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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1930 Bowmanville Daily Times of will-be received at Times in the Cowan Council Completes Year's Work With a Small Dificit, Larger One Was Expected The last meeting of the Town Council for this year was held in the Council Chamber on Monday night and the most surprising fea- ture of this meeting was the fact that, in spite of predictions that 8 large deficit would be noticed, the council ended its session showing only about $450 behind, and need- ed in supplementary estimates, While some of the departments had large deficits, others had a sur- plus, evening matters up consider- ably and the McGill moneys were very useful in keeping down what might have been a large deficit. However, this matter of the McGill money being used for various works was not a last minute thought to keep down the deficit but was ar- ranged for in the month of July, Roads and Streets The Roads and Streets Committee commenced the year on an estimat- cd expenditure of $7,000 and spent about $8,182.73. Of this oxtra amount $800 was provided for in a previous supplementary estimate and with certain moneys coming back to tho department from other sources only a further supplement- ary estimate of $150 was needed. Part of the expense which has beon incurred in this department hes yet to be paid by the Governments of Ontario and Canada under the un- employment relief plan. Printing, Ete. The Printing and Stationery Committee in their report showed that with an estimated expenditure at the beginning of the year of $700 actual expenditures were $696, leaving a small balance, Relief and Health The Relief and Health Committee came off the best of any department in the town despite the depression, While the Government has been co- operating with unemployed very little expenditure has been made by this committes, The resuit is a surplus of $318.85 in the relief sec. tion and a surplus of $121 in the health department, Cemetery The Cemetery Committee com. menced the year expecting to spend $2000 but the" members of this com- mittee decided that new gates and other {improvements were badly needed at the cemetery, However, it was decided to call the new gates the McGill Memorial Gates, the money to come from the McGill estate moneys, The actual expen- diture of this committees for tne year was $4099.96 or $2099.96 more than was expected. As $1,659 is to be pald out of the McGill moneys only a deficit of $449.96 re- mains on he books. olice Dept. The Police Department camo very near their quota but remained on the safe side. Estimates made for the year were $4000 and actual ex- penses $3,992.66 leaving a balance on hand of 331, Public Property The Public Property who were wise enough to ask for as much money as they needed after con- templating several improvements at the town hall, finished the year with a surplus of $114.52, The esti. mates wera $7,000 and the expend!. tures $6,885.48, Fire Department The Fire Department completed the year with a deficit of $108.88 hut should all outstanding accounts be paid before December 31 the committee will actually have a sur- plus of $167. Certain charges have been made for attendance at fires and these have not as yet been pald and should they be pald this year a surplus. instead of a deficit {s/ likely to be noted, 'The estimates for the year were $5,000 and the expenditures $5,108.88. Of this sum $3,480 is paid to the Water. works Department of the town as rent for the Fire Hydrants. It tonk members of the council a long time to figure out whether or not there was a deficit at the end of the year, and most of them are not clear on the subject. However, Mayor Elliott's figures pointed to a Order Your ow Personal Greeting Cards Now at KARN'S small defielt of $450 which might be wiped out by the end of the year and Jet again might be increased. FINAL MEETING OF TOWN GOUNGIL WAS BUSY SESSION Bowmanville Receives Fur- ther Sum from the McGill Estate in Washington The last meeting of the Town Council on Monday evening saw a lot of business completed for the year, The Department of Agriculture of Ontario notified the council that it must appoint a municipal weed inspector and submit the name to the Department before February 1st, 1931, This matter was left for the new council to consider, The Oscar Hudson Company of Toronto acknowledged its appoint- ment of town auditor for the en- suing year, The Provincial Department of Health notftied the council that it must submit all new waterworks to the department for approval before work is commenced. This was re- ferred to the waterworks commit. tee, The Hydro Electric Power Com- mission agreed to the installation of new lights in the business sec- iton, Forty three 300 watt units will be installed on King street and four 150 watt units on Tem- perance street. The 300 watt units will be charged for at the rate of $37.60 per annum and the 160 watt unts at $27 per annum, The council later passed a resolution approving these charges, Town Clerk John Lyle notified council of the result of tax arrear sale held on December 6 when five properties were offered for sale. Only one was sold, The Washington Loan and Trust Company sent a statement of af- fairs with the McGill Estate where- by the town is to receive 51 per cent, of the sum of $1,367, which is now the balance on hand, The Finance Committee and Water Works committees present- ed their reports of expenditures which were approved. Town Clerk Lyle gave statement of taxes paid showing about $22, 000 being In arrears to date as against $14,000 being In arrears at this time last year, As the as- sessment was higher this year by over $5,000 this Is not considered a bad state of affairs, Council adjourned halt past ten, COUNCIL FOREGOES about OYSTER SUPPER TO AID WELFARE WORK Mayor Thanks Members of Council for Co-operation During Past Year The Town Council, was not, as is usual, the guests of the Mayor at an oyster supper at the conclu- sion of the last meeting of the year on Monday night. Mayor El- liott amid much applause an- nounced that in view of the de- pression he had decided to give the amount of a supper of this kind to the Community Welfare Committee for work among the needy instead of giving the council {ts usual treat. This announcement was greeted with much applause. The Mayor, in a short address at the close of the meeting thanked the members of the council for their cooperation during the year. "We have been through a most trying year", he stated, "and It 'would have been {impossible to bave come out as well as we have bad it not been for the close co- operation of all members of the leounetl." Reove Carruthe:s om behalf of the members of the council thank. ed Mayor Elliott for his co-opera- [tion in the various committees of {Which he is an ex-officio member. {Councillor Lockhart expressed tha (hope that all members of the coun- cll would be returned by acclama- tion to save the town the expenses ot an election, hut rumors concern- lng municipal politics wil not [probably allow for this, As far as {is known one member is dropping out and it is believed that there will be a mayorally contest thiy year. Mayor Elliott has been elect. ed by acclamation for the past two years and a former Reeve is expected to enter the field against him this year, It is also rumored that a former Mayor may be back in the arena again, It is the general feeling around the town that the least the Cham- Drug Store | Next INO, Phone 378 . | doo Fy 2 | ber of Commerce, wu body which has never been active only at clec: tion thmes, will net come forward | terested with all the nominations this year as has been a feature of past elec- WHITBY DAILY TIMES STREET CLOSING BY C.N.R, WILL BE PROBED BY COUNCIL No Provision For Pedestrians Over Tracks in South Ward The Town Council at fits final meeting of the year held Monday night, passed a resolution, instruct. ing the solicitor to take up with the Canadian National Rallways the question of the closing of By. yon street south for pedestrian traffic, by the erection thoreon, of part of the station building, con. trary to sn agreement made some years ago between the town and the Grand Trunk rallway company, This question has been taken up with the C.N.R. before but with. out satisfaction, and the Council is determined to get action one way or the other. As matters stand now, the full width of Byron street is blocked by the Railway freight sheds, while no proper crossing over the tracks has been provided. Furthermore, it is very dark at this point. The C.N.R. has been asked to provide a light as the crossing now used by pedestrians is more dangerous than ever on account of the dark. ness. When the station lights aro out the dangerous situation is in. tensified. At Council's meeting two weeks ago, it was decided that Council would visit this spot in a body. but this was not done. Coun. Reid brought the matter up again on Monday night, advocating that some definite action be taken, Reeve Jackson asserted that the C.N.R. had violated its agreement with the town with respect to the use of Byron street and should bo called into account, To Protect Public For the protection of both mo- torists and pedestrians, Council de- cided to replace the silent police man which has done traffic duty at tho Brock and Dundas Streets intersection for a number of years and has reduced to sompe extent the number of accidents at that point A newer device will be sccured, it possible by the streets committee, The matter of placing sand on Dun- das street hill during slippery weather was placed in the hands of the Police Department. Recent. ly several accidents have occurred on account of fey pavements, mak. ing it difficult for ists to stop for the signal light A sug. gestion by Deputy.Reeve Deverell, that these lights be shut off dur. ing the winter months, was not entertained by the Council in the interests of pedestrians, pertien- larly women and children Town Will Advertise mote Council voted to share with the | Chamber of Commerce a portion of the cost of placing a half page advertisement, setting forth White | by's industrial advantages annual Busines In the + Review of the FI. nancial Post which will be pub. | distributed | lished shortly and widely among prominent business men und manufacturers in Canada, Great Dritain, the United States and forcign countries, It fs an ex- clusive publication, reaching in Whitby, will pay $25 each. mittee was named to prepare the copy for the advertisement, Thanked the Mayor Before Countil adjourned, a motion was passed, expressing Council's appreciation of the able leadership and kindly co-operation of His Worship, Mayor C. E. Bow. man, and expressing the hope that he and his family would enjoy a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Replying to the motion, which was carried unanimously, Mayor Jowman stated that he had enjoy. ed his work as presiding officer at the council board, also that it had been a pleasure to he associated with every member of the council. For the most part, harmony had prevailed during the year. and every membor of the counci! had glven bis best service to the town. Reeve Jackson spoke briefly, ex- pressing his personal appreciation of Mayor Bowman's work, ond 4t tho co-operation he had received from every member of the council. COUNCIL TAKES OVER THE CARF OF TRANSIENT MEN Organize to Prevent Over. lapping Police Issue Meal Tickets The "housing and feeding of traneient workless and homeless men who seek the town's hospital. ty night after night in the local lockup will he undertaken by the Town Council, at the suggestion of the Executive of the Chamber of Commerce. Council will have con. structed some canvas" cots which will be placed In a portioh of the town hall basement now used for housing transients, and meal tickets to be issued by the Police Depart. ment only, will he provided and paid for by the town. Local res. taurants will receive an equal share of this business, The Town will pay, it is expected, at the rate of 205 cents per meal, and will set forth tho menu to bo provided for thai amount, Care will be taken to avoid feeding and housing habitual repeaters. A Jotter was read at the (final meeting of Council Mogday night from the Chamber of Commerce e3- ecutive asking that accommodation be provided fu the town basement, with the use of the furnace yoom If necessary; that the Council under- take to provide all transients with at least one meal and that a special committee of Council be named to carry out these suggestions fu con junction with a committee of the Chamber of Commerce, Council decided that it would not he good business to open the fur. nace room for transients, It was felt that the present anvevters were 'nrge enough to cope with any em- ergency. = The Counell, In deciding to ink over the care of tranelente fir thet it would prevent overlapping now § existence, It was poinied out (nas the transients were calling at many doors in town, particularly those of ministers, with the result that some men got more than ope meal and were tempted to hang around for soveral days. The Chief reported that some men now ip the cells bad been here for several days. It was the opinfon of Council that trans- fent relief should be handled en- tirely by the police, with the Coun- cil supplying the funds. Apprecia- tion of the generosity of organizs- tions and private citizens in this re- spect so far was expressed, Council named a special commit- tee of the mayor, reeve, and Couns. Rowe, Ormiston and Landon to work in conjunction with the Cham- ber of Commerce Executive Com- mittee, with power to act, The treasurer was also empowered to fssue cheques iu payment of the town's expenditures for this work until the new Council takes office. It was reported that a few gen- erous citizens bad dopated some cote. Asks Recount Woodstock.--~Low man by three votes in a three-cornered fight for the two Aldermanic seats in St. Andrew's ward in the recent muni. cipal elections, Aldermen James D, Hill has filed with City Clerk Lee, a request for a recount. CONFIRENCF VATE FOR ENGINEER (Continued from page 1) dicial investigation into the affairs of this city. 1 am satisfied that the business of this city has been con- ducted honestly and with integrity, and that the citizens have no reason to regret having placed the present council in office," the mayor declared. As far as the charge against the city engineer were concerned, the mayor dismissed them with the statement that the engineer's department was always under criticism, for this was the department in which the most money was spent. It would be a waste of the ratepayers' money to lave a judicial investigation held. Lauds Times' Attitude publish statements made by Eddie McDonald. "If the Toronto papers are no bigger than to publish such rot, let them go to it. 1 am glad the Oshawa newspaper is big enough to. ignore such stuff." Alderman Sully said that he was not worrying at all about Eddie Mc- Donald's candidature in his ward, but he objected to criticism levelled at the Board of Works department. He moved a vote of confidence in the Board of Works and the city engineer, which: was seconded by Alderman Bunker. Should Ignore Matter Alderman Macdonald also express- ed confidence in the Board of Works and the city engineer, and oposed spending money to hold a judicial in- vestigation, which he declared was entirely unnecessary. He declared that the council should ignore the matter altogether and not place any motion on its books regarding it, The whole statements of FEddie McDonald as reported in The Tele- gram, did not contain one real charge they were just gossip, said Alderman Mayor Mitchell paid tribute to The Oshawa Daily Times for refusing to Morris, but they reflected upon the whole council as much as they did against the city engineer, He was confident that every alderman and every city executive was honest and sincere, and declared that it was not the council's duty to order a judicial mvestigation at this time. Mayor Mitchell spoke again briefly, to inform the council that he has is- sued instruction to the Chief of Po- lice to ban the unemployed from meeting in the city council chambers as they had been doing since the weather became colder The privi- lege had been bused, in his opin- ion, he declared, "I feel that the council has done all that it could to help the unemployed, and apparently condemnation is all the thanks we are to receive." Alderman E. Jackson also express- ed confidence in the city engineer and the Board of Works, and asked if there was not some way in which the making of such allegations should be stopped. On the motion of confidence being put, it was carried with only the voice of Alderman P. A. MacDonald dissenting. All other members of the council were present and supported the motion. the | class of people who might be fu- | The Coun« | | ell and the Chamber of Commerce A special com. | is the mention here. 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