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News of Eastern Ontario FRACTURES FOOT Miss Susie O'Niel, Kingston, an em- ployee of the Belmont Cafe, while on er way to work on Friday morning last, slipped and fractured a bone in her foot on an icy walk on Bagot street, She was attended by Dr. C. W. Bennett and was later removed to the Hotel Dieu Hospital there. " PLAN SETTELL'S RELEASE Plans are in operation for the release of Clarence Settell, sent to Portsmouth Penitentiary for three vears for stealing money from the Ontario Hydro Commission. He is in the mail bag department; fand has served half his term. His mo- ther, 82, is at Toronto and Ottawa interceding for his release. NAPANEE HAS TENNIS CLUB The Napanee Tennis Club has been organized and the outlook for the com- ing summer is very encouraging. The officers chosen are: Hon, Pres, Judge J .H Madden; President, Mr. G. W. Gibbard; 1st Vice Pres, Mr, W. J. Doller; 2nd Vice Pres, Mr. J. L. Mur- ray; Sec'y-Treas, Mr. K.'S. Ham; Executive Committee, Rev. A, J. Wil- son, Gerald Smith, Herbert Holder, Malcolm Corkill; Publicity Agent, 1. H. Douglas. MORE LICENSES ISSUED More licenses have been issued for Kingston autos and trucks this year than last for the same period of time. It was thought that the unfavorable driving conditions would detract froin the sales of licenses, but this is not the case. There has been a steady increase in the sales totals of the local office, So far this year there have been 777 licenses issued, whereas on the sane day last year there were only 506: is- | sued, ' ARDENT SPORTSMAN DEAD i Last of the group of fancy skaters | finally dashed itself ag which brought fame to Brockville half |: a century ago, . George (G. Lafayette, |i who was for a similar period engage.l in the jewellery, watch-making and op- | ) tical business, died on Saturday. Dr. A. |} M. Lafayette, Syracuse, N.Y. is an | only surviving son, while Mrs, C. IY, Fraser and Mrs. C. M. Babcock, both of Brockville, are surviving sisters, His Avery, of Mallorytown. t mitted equipment took place from Kingston to standing than 40 years served in the employ of the C.P.R, as a locomotives engineer, being superan- nuated about 12 years ago, Prior to his retirement where he I will not licted with the rabies, for number LEAVES FOR MOOSE JAW Perth has lost another popular and prominent native son in the person of Jac Lapoint, son of Nr, and Mrs, M. . Lapoint. He left with Moose Jaw, Sask., as his destination, after visits, in Toronto, Kenora, Fort William and Winnipeg. In Moose Jaw he will enter the firm of Slater & York, who conduct a men's furnishing business, Mr, York being his cousin, FIRST MESSAGE In connection with the fiftieth anni- versary of the invention of the Bell telephone, which will be celebrated: on March 10th, it is very interesting to note that the first long-distance tele- phone message in Canada to be trans over purely Bell telephone London, Ont., on or about 1888. the year OLD ENGINEER DIES A former well-known resident of Prescott and a C.P.R. engineer of long in the person of John A. Dolman, died at Keewatin, For morc the late Mr. Dolman he resided in Prescott, > was a member of Amity «odge, No, 80, 1.O.O.F,, and of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers He is survived by one son, James Dol man of Ottawa MAD DOG IN LANARK VILLAGE While in Lanark village a few days ago Mr. W. A. Geddes of Mississippi a thrilling expericnce which he cet for some time, While assing along a street there Yhe wils net by a dog which was evidently af it was bi and snapping and frothing, and it din residence and broke its way house. It was followed by a of men, among them being Geddes, and they succeeded in the dog into submission and it out of the house where z ad ng amst a wool 1 private nto the Mr eating Iriving resident was waiting for it with a rifle with which he despatched it, village and county is undcr quarantine wife is a daughter of the late Ruggles | for the rabies, and this dog Lanark episode was he first to happen in the village 1 ENGINEER ACTED which he made, the details were not 4 in accord with the plans, no such resolution IN BEST INTERESTS (Continued from Page 1) Education and the citizens of Osh- awa generally." Witnesses Criticized Work Comparatively early in the Inves- tigation, a witness was called by the prosecution, who gave evidence to the effect that the footings and walls of the Collegiate Iastitute had been skimped and that the roof of the Simcoe Street North Public School had been made flatter than it should have been to save cinder concrete fill for the contractors. |p Acting on behalf of the Architects, t t t draw knowledge perfect One would neasurements and examinations or protesy would been made. ratepayers their own that, 'as a of the right lave The of this City can conelusions; but | ratepayer with a facts, I have a hink 'I puts its objection | footings THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1926 the proper expense procuring evidence to show that the buildings are right," just as willingly as the expense of evidence tending to show that they are wrong, This to defray Committee to Mr, Smith's conduct on the ground that, draw- ing a salary from the City, he has used some of his time in this mat- ter in preparing such facts and da- ta and giving evidence 'to the de- triment and against the interests of the Osh@#wa Board of Education and the citizens of Oshawa gener- ally." Has this Investigation Com- mittee been always so concerned about the burden of the ratepay- ers? 1 will leave that to -the rate- payers to judge, Last October, al- most a month before the investiga- tion started, an engineer, Mr. J. R, Marshall, President of the Canad- lan Inspection & Testing Company, was employed by the Investigation Committee to examine the concrete in the footings and walls of the Collegiate Institute, Made Report | Mr. Marshall made his report to Mr. Somerville (an architect em- ployed by. the Investigation Com- mittee) dated October 28th, 1925, in which he found that the con- crete taken from the Collegiate In- stitute, and which had been tested in the laboratories of the Canadian Testing and Inspection Co, Ltd, had a strength of 2,220 pounds to the square inch, and, in his report, stated that the concrete was "he- yond question as to its strength." Undoubtedly, Mr. Marshall was paid substantial fees for his inspec- tion and test, and I venture the op- inion that his fees far exceeded the value of all the time Mr, Smith has spent on this matter. Mr. Marsh- all was not called to give evidence by the Investigation Committee, al- though they must have known, and undoubtedly did know, what Mr. Marshall had reported as to the concrete, On the contrary, evidences wis adduced by the Investigation Committee, tending to show that the conerete was bad and that the had been skimped, and many hours were spent at the in- vestigation, both in putting in this evidence and in pebutting it, and these 'many Loufs have cost the ratepayers many times the amount or value of Mr. Smith's time Mr. Marshall was called by me, on he- half of the architects and contract- ors, at the last session of the In- Investigation | | ever | to express my opinion | hat the parties responsible for this | resolution are not acting entirely in Oshawa Board of Education or the taxpayers | of Oshawa generally come Surely one would very much in the that would be gratified to learn that the | he best interests of the How can one other conclusion? think = that it interests of and of this City to any the rate-payers are properly constructed, think that 'the rates payers of this City would be willing buildings vestigating Committee, and his re- port and evidence placed hefore Judge Tytler, Acain it appears from Mar- shall's evidence, that, at time he made his inspection last October, Mr the ANGLE STORES PRON 57 10 243 155 "i | Contractors and Architects' Inspect- or, whom I represent, I made an ap- plication for permission to open up such of the footings of the Collegi- ate Institute as His Honour Judge Tytler might select in order that they might be measured and examined, and, at the time of making applica- tion, I suggested that Mr. Smith make the examination and measure- ments, and this suggestion appeared to be satisfactory to all parties, The application was granted, and the footings were selected by His Honour Judge Tytler. They were opened up at the expense of my own clients, and the measurements and examinations were made by Mr. Smith, who afterwards made his report and gave his evidence be- fore Judge Tytler, the substance of which was that the footings that he examined were substantially the same as called for on the plans. later on I asked Mr. Smith ww measure and compare the roof of the Simcoe Street. North Sahool, with the roof as indicated on the plans of the School, which he did, and embodied his findings in his report and evidence which he pre- sented to His Honour Judge Tytler, the effect of which was that the roof was substantially the same, so far as measurements were concern- ed, as the roof called for on the plans. My only reason for having Mr, Smith to do this work was in order that we might secure impar- tial and competent evidence on these points. It must be conceded that Mr. Smith was competent and OA Ne TR a Tm | | Colored Madras it should be conceded that he could be expected to be absolutely im- partial. And now the Investigation Committee says that, in doing this, Mr. Smith was acting "to the de- triment and against she interests of the Oshawa Board of Education and the citizens of Oshawa gemer- ally." How, in the name of com- mon sense, can it be said that it as "to the detriment and against the interests of the Oshawa Board of Education and the citizens of Oshawa generally" to have facts and figures presented by the City Engineer to show that in these two rather important instances the buildings are in accord with what the ratepayers of Oshawa have paid for? [If the presentation of such facts amd figures is "to the detri- ment and against the interests of the Oshawa Board of Education and the citizens of Oshawa gener- ally," them, conversely, it would be "to the detriment and against the interests of the Oshawa Board of Education and the eiti- zens of Oshawa generally" if Mi. Smith had made an examination and taken measurements and had found and given evi- dence that the details of the buildings which he examined were not in accord with the plans but that the ratepayers had paid for something which they did not get. The absurdity of this is obvious. 1 venture to say that, if Mr. Smith had given evidence that, in the { TI ee Luke Furniture Company's SPOT LIGHT SPECIAL --- FOR FRIDAY - -- Muslin, Beautifully colored madras. Special Price $1.25 yd. CO Brown, Rose, | | | splendid quality, | Blue, Gold or Green--50" wide. | EE Coal-Coke And First Class Wood Let Us Solve Your Fuel Problem Argue-McLaughlin Co, 110 KING ST. W. ' ® Fu! a ¢ of some of the footings of the Colleg- fate were opened up, and that, while he was there, Mr. Somerville meas- ured them. Not knowing at the time that this was the case, I af- terwards made application to His Honour Judge Tytler for pérmis- sion to open up such footings as he might select for inspection by Mr. Smith, and, at the time 1 made application, the Investigation Com- mittee must have known that some of the footings had already heen opened up and found to be satis- factory. If they were so anxious to save expense for the ratepayers of the City of Oshawa, why did they sit by and not tell us that they had already opened up the footings and found them correct or otherwise? If they had admitted that they had already opened up the footings, not only would Mr, Smith's time have been saved, but considerable time on the investigation at considerable cost to the ratepayers, that has been taken up in an endeavor to prove and disprove that the foot- ings were wrong. Then, in con- nection with the roof of the Sim- coe Street North Public School, some of Mr, Smith's time was taken up in making measurements to as- certain the facts and in presenting the facts to the Investigation, and considerable time of the Investiga- tion was employed on this one point, -when all the time the In- vestigation Committee knew, or should have known, or could eas- ily have ascertained from its own architect, whether there was any- thing whatever in the charge that this roof had heen skimped, And so 1 might go on with a number of such incidents, all of which would only be cumulative to show the ratepayers of this City that the real motive behind this resolution of the Investigation Committee is not that Mr. Smith has acted 'to the detriment and against the interests of the Oshawa Board of Kducation and the citizens of Oshawa generally," but that, since Mr. Smith did not find give evidence that the buildings [were wrong in the details that fexamined, his evidence should not (have heen given at all { There absolutely no doubt my own mind, that, did, Mr. Smith acted ty and in the belief |performing a real {believe Mr. Smith was in the interests {to know whether Ihe examined them, the |were in accord with the plans inot, and I also believe that | vast majority of the ratepayers of Ithis City will hold the sume opin ion. Mr. | Engineer, Is that he that public thought of the engaged as through the vr | presentations 'of Ex-Mayor Trick | and 'myself, upon whom devolved | most of the work of selecting a new [City Engineer, when it was decided a few years ago to engage one first- rate man for all the work of the City. Mr. Trick then represented the joard of selecting Smith was Jargely Commissioners in state, Water an Engineer I without reservation, that I 'have never had any reason to regret the recommendation that Mr. Trick anu I made that Mr. Smith be appointed. relationship with Mr. member and as Chair- man of the Board of Water Com- missioners, 1 have always found | him highly efficient and at all times {most attentive to and anxious for the welfare of this City and the | ratepayers generally I {regret exceedingly that has been made upon in my Smith, as a this him, illogiCal in the extreme. jefore closing these observations I feel it is my right and duty, as a ratepaver of the City of Oshawa, to {reveal to the Board of Education, land the vatepavers generally an- other phase of this matter. I in- clude the Board of Education because I believe that very little, if any that has been done by the In- vestigation Committee has been with the knowledge or approval of the Board of Education as a whole. On the contrary 1 believe that this Committee has acted more or' less as a Star Chamber. This opinion is confirmed by the clause in resolution, moved by Trustee Mit: kery, at the meeting of the Board of Education of February 3rd, 1926, which says, "that all correspond- ence be referred the Investiga- tion Committee." Actions Pending the present time there are pending two actions against the Board of Education--one brought by the Gay Company, 1td., for about $7.000.00, balance of its contract on the Collegiate Institute; and the other by Hutton & Souter for the balance of its fees on the Collegiate Institute, amounting to about §4.- 700.00. These actions, unless settled in the meantime, will go on trial at the sitting of the Supreme Court at Whitby on April 12th. The Board of Education, in defending these actions, has set up Counter- claims, alleging deficiencies in the Simcoe Street North Public School and in the Collegiate Institute. If these actions go on trial, it cer- tainly means that a very large part of the evidence that has been gone through at the investigation will have to be repeated, undoubtedly at considerable expense to both par- ties, regardless From my knowledge of the whole matter, I may say that I think it is absolute folly that these actions should go to trial with the repiti- tion of all this evidence at enormous expense to both parties, when it is possible, if not indeed wery prob- able that they could be settled in a very short time if the matter was in the hands of a Committee of the Board of Education actuated by a desire to serve only the interests of the Board of Education and the ratepayers of Oshawa generally. The present Investigation Commit- tee has, since its original appoint- ment on August 10th, 1925, mever shown the least inclination or dispo- sition to consider or even discuss settlement of this whole matter. On lor about the 28th day of October, 1925, 1 myself suggested to the to At Solicitor for the Board of or hoe | in| in doing as he | conscientious- | was ! public service. 1 it | in the details that | buildings | or | the City | Council, and 1 represented the! personally | attack | partic- | ularly in view of the grounds of the | attack, which 1 regard as absurd and the | chell and seconded by Trustee Vic- | of the outcome. | Education, and to at least one member of the Investiga-' tion Committee, that this whole af- fair was a matter that could and {should be settled, and 1 even went 80 far as to propose a basis of 'settlement. Under date of October '28th, 1925, 1 wrote a letter to the Solicitor for the Board of Educa- tion, with my proposal of settle- ment, Committee's Attitude did this on my own re- sponsibility, and really against the wishes of my clients, who insist- ed that there were no deficiencies iin the buildings and that the Board |of Education and the ratepayers had got rather more 'and not less than the contracts, plans and spec- ifications called for. 1 received no reply to my communication to the [Solicitor for the Board of Kduca- |tion, and the interview 1 had with {this member of the Investigation Committee convinced me that he, at any rute, was not acting in the best {interesis of the Board of Ed- ucation and the ratepayers gener- ally; and, from subsequent events, I am convinced that this attitude now prevails with the Investiga- tion Committee, with the probable exception of one member whom, I am informed, refuses to attend any meetings or have anything to do with the Committee for reasons which it would be interesting to have him divulge. 1 may say, in conclusion, that, if this attitude continues to be the guiding prin- ciple and actuating motive in the conduct of the investigation and the litigation now pending, we will undoubtedly have costly litigation, prolonged over many months, if not years. 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