768

Date 1912-02-22

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Page 4 THROUGH THE HEART OF THELCITY Continued Pacific Railway by the presi Railwa Grand kPa being cons er land in 3: Irrigation Company intended to build a railws about a year ago made a the Canadia to build a b board at their annust members of this legislature, ing over the inaps. various lines that hawiteen guaran- teed by ure before. and jous lines guaranteed by the Federal government, and bullt through the prairie country, will know and, ff they are able to go back through the years that have gour by will ciate what the people of had to put up with when there was only one company. and they will be thankful that Sir Thomas Shaush- nessy bas justified the legislation of these variolis governments the various governments have couraze to take this question and bave asked the people. ulatate; to grant the as necessary for the purpose of curing the construction of railways a fast as they can be legitimately con- structed in this great province Rapldity of Work mat leads me to another question, There are two points of opposition that there are raised against the railway legislation of tpis government and that will be raised because we have had it anticipated fm this Honse during the days that bave gone by. One is that we should give ear to the Canadian Pacific Rail- way Company: and the other t we should compel these railwars bind them, to bulld all in one Fear. Need of Rallway Construction el ember of as much as any much as any farm- ns of the there ovince of Alberta will stand. at jut aa strongly as be felt. That t lege an ure of I ving in this country 2 from railway communication for years 1 lived in no railway line in the country, and although had little to do with rail: way matters and transportation pro: Dlems I do know that the troubles of the settlers and farmers in those days was In regard to dealing with only one railway company. an I feel that we shonld strain the credit of the province to the utmost for the pur. pose of giving needed assistance to the people of the country. Put we should not go beyond that. This prov. Ince has a future before It, and wheth- country when the er we have to put up with a few II'tlr that Must Not strain Credit Work Now Under Constructio ame westof Ed- leage pract present ti the-steet mpany. a on during the Mr. Hoadley: What are the figures in operation? ae day would not incl 3 on the main tine, actual egard to these m of affairs in ers, I may say that it does not obation even of ion. There meet with t the members of the oppos e things that they di-aj Ther probably think that the be 600 miles graded and be 380 miles with track lald apo and I would not bject If there were track Iaid on that grading, and I have no doubt tt will'be laid within a reasonable time. But Mr. Speak r. this question should possibly come more properly at s lat because may say that T intend legislation for the purpove of extend- ing these present guarantees up to he Tist of December next year, th: ones that are not covered by present legislation, for the 1: enabling both this company Grand Trunk Branch Co, to comple'r as tar as posible the mileag they have alre this province Only One Year Extensions I have taken the position th extensions would be given by thie legislature at least under my ad- vice for more than ome year at that so far a the guarantees country, Tike the people of this coun- try, when mattera are properly pre sented to them ar prepared to deal with them on a fair, honest and bon orable business bax Those com panies have done a fair amount of work and the circum:tances have b such that It has been impossible with in reasonable expense, to do wha hese guarantees called for, and the jegislature will take these matters in to reasonable consideration and will extend them, but we will not exten: them more than one year at a time and it will be compulsory upon th companies to show at every sersion Railways Wei pusiness met wit but whether t nat account I wish to mention the t 1 do wish the members ure and the countr; to know that alsed and op w railways throughout this Roth the Grand T Canadian Northe raded their lines to Ci were held up there alm by va ications, legally made, 1 for the 1 them from going on with constr ugh lands that are owned PR We have bad many in this House of these railway companies going through oth- er people's land and have had o settle with them but the PR which did not have any fences to tear down, which did not have any destroy, which did n x of value that could be destroy ops have any- ed exeert ss that Providence made grow the government presented and PREMIER Whose rai ay policy will work won they have beld up construction ougn this copntry by ev was legal, and they succeeded for a mer In stop- breadth of ry subterfuge tha: great portion of the ping railway co city of Calgary Must Reckon With People And when members come here and there should have been more railway in this co truction by these two Br y will have to teckon with the people of this country upon that ba- i when they say that the C. PR was willing to give the people all th ition that was needed, they will have to reckon with the people of the city of Calgary for keeping the Grand Trunk out of that city that 1s now presented by the junior member for Calgary, who is so very deeply in- terested In pfeventing these two com. antes from building any railway ip this country. at companies Mr, Tweedie: Were they not stop- y had not compiled visions of the law, Is eacon why the PR an 4 them up T knows of no good that would people who want -o shi this country, or the peo on T was discussing Not a Justifieation, ted that evervthing did was or nee with the law of this tenis flike hon; member thinks it was at the CPR 1 am quite sattstied, 1 bave no doubt that heir legal depart ment Is properly carried on with the very best advice they can get, and they are able to pay for it and ought to get St, and I have no doubt tha: they are doing what they can do everything they did in regard to that things or Bot, the furnre is vastly in the Interests of the people of this they did In tng very best legal manner had, no legal right. lit it would not be hi MEDICINE HAT DAILY NEWS / one that to-day, show that they hav t was possible and done Rive them the advantages of clvitlza- in the Thursday, February 22nd, 1912 ounelt of the municipallty wi would caus je Most fn the thelr ost to bulld rajiways in the tion, and I hope that the manner tn carried The subsection gives the Sac nck Tean give country, and thia House and this pro- hich the government: of the d nlaiiter of railways and: telephone rample In regard to thins fined in accepting thie Hreposiug Co do this in the inter power to make regulations In renpe: Neciiumiantdeibeise ree eetue teginias the clvilization of Chis country. 1k qovrallways aloug the Viehwaye Mt by N RY 1 Uelanked to past inithe tHe: Interests of the people who) Hall fasurance for Municipalities the Ean : nteress of the country ary coming here to settle up those Thr amendments ma the Ry Reraete : Cera etl Mains, and not only down through the raj Municipalities Act couerning ball anime at tif Pah Sec eecuedulee s country, but to the west of insurance provide that any twenty Tu intaehocan R th pee Raa aa Calgary and Edmonton line, where rq) municipalities miy form them Fie Ceniiaions Wek matter. There fe wo reason 89 Mey have walted long yeara tm the) selves into hall Mvuraticn ViNCL i RTE Wat NDE TE AHO ATE Ne ope that that benevolent corporation the reaves of the munteipality belng eu ae Rem ieen ave A)ihe Canadian Pacific Rallway, would (he wall uisurance board he ted tn Wonhan ac 1 tiy tenms steel raita OO eae oe i Seen ey CHA contr where there was purance board will organize and op nev bmuti ss adleadl hi Viele gt; railway that would come In com the business of hall invurance pakttonie : Yo that has been supported by thls pecition with It that hating Waited qayessing and levying m tax for yal c el ROT SARCNE AA SE isee TRIS A wae Jone Yeurs down there it 14 In usurance purposes. Hall insurance nion and Caigery combined for Papen aap none en a v(t reata of the people of the prov- may be taken uy by a muntelpallty by (the Canadian Northern condition of affairs; but the sugges'- :nun Ip absolutely necessary? and that jhe munlelpality may withdraw from Se Soe ates Come nee cee have been made up to the that xreat portion of the country to the hull (nawrance district at the end Wenigreceelnds Fe ee Ca with rail- the north of us, that country unknown of five yaara. The maximum indem cy ee srouse, TAY, ieelalatlon Nave sot Deon of auch) io niany wrople, that country that has nity which can be paid was fixed at Fe ee eae usec ne me weameste comands largely advertised and is 0) 6 per acre, The hall insurance board an Northern Western was not souse rocured ey carried on COM sry We struction, so you are ng rall from th way to support your contention Which ion who stated in th the business of this assemb hon. leader of the Oppos House it w Hon, Mr. Sifton: 1 am willing to be abt by the hon member for Oko: to the other railway companies a) right to build through the tled and profitable portions of province. aud ament should undertake the responsibility roads to the sks Of aby one who has made ndy of these Intricate legal ns and who no doubt has rece e assistance of the hon. soll for the rallway In question, and know that t Northern Railway had ed at the gove of building colon Unsettled portions of 1 Mr. Michener: Thi will ive er of the Op views onthe pe question presently Hon, Mr Sifton: We 4 to hear them. 1 hope there something new in them. 1 he will not attempt to lead road. He is hadn't anything to do tlon of the Can- dian Nor Western Railway But, though the legal question ts an nortant one to the members of th assembly, have grave doubt whether the hon. of the co) all be de- the peor ple of the sider tha this House or the peo- ince of Alberta to con- we should take the position jemen and the farmers ry, the people who doxir- ed the coal from the Prazeau 8, ate willing to wait until hon, member for Okotoks and myself cide this le n between us, and decide right In re- gard to It. 1 that should assume what the unprofitable portion of the coun- try I don't mind giving him a hin on. I am not going to state what I think the most profi able portions of the country through which railways enn be built. T have on that map outlined t el he government 3 was e int on the que ortions of in the p, railways to which of gt; be the most Interests of the suld be bullt, these lines profitable, 1 think, possibly, if he es uf less value in you would .be them o ctically b tract which you had honest way of looking at the PTON the only ders tn the development of Alberta. matter, vernment Owned Not Possible fs not possible for the province sent popul tion, with its limited resources, in the position in w stands at the present time it would not be possible for Alberta to raise the 60 millions that might be necessary for embarking on a system of government owned railways in the province It would ably be the destruction of the in- terests of many people now resident in the province if we went into-it on Not Arguing Legality Put Twas not arguing the question allty of the action of this in the last session legal- the Canadian Nor- That law was pas- thern Railway Crown at-Ottawa, and for 0 een before the solicitors Canadian Pacific Railway, and if there was anything the matter wi re we would het The solicitors of the Canadian not have left Pacific Railway woul ne hon. member for Okotoks to bring it up here. They keep stat for the purpose, and if they could have prevented construction of the Canadian Northern to the Brazeau they would not have adopted the fool- ish plan of hauling rafls 60 miles ac- ross the country for th purpose of ance of lines of railway with immense capital and that have spen'ngs east and to wes: it is for that reason 1 ask the legislature to continus tne same policy in regard to these mat- ters, It would be possible for Alberta upon a small scale, a coastantly m- creasing scale, to go into this, but the people who have come to Alberta locking construction at Rocky Moun- ror the purpose of building up homes (ala Hones 10 wh cheape. for themselves and their families, for much cleaner work. much nicer eM) the purpose of Improving their stan1- ployment to send one of their lawy- ing in this world because that fs 'he ers to the courthouse at Calxary reason that brought most af the peo- get an order for an injunction than It pie to this western country -ere Lot is. during such weather as that Of prepared to wait 50 years, as their an- summer, with the roads in the cestors waited in Ontario. They are hat we are Informed they jot prepared to wait the many years ber for Red Deer. tha: the people of the Maritime prov- to go through those swapms and) inces walted, They are not. prepated moskerr, to go and Iny out yards atlio wait the many years that the set- Rocky Mountain House which are far tlers omthe wesiern plains of the Un- in advance of anything that willbe ted States waited. The people who required for years to come uave come here have largely: come Rut wad not Intending to discuss from places where they have thess fa- tat all in legal aspec': 1 was not cilities, where they have rallway com- Intending to bore the bon. membern petition, where they have telephone with any question as to whether they competition; and they have come here were tieht or wrong Tchad Intended expecting as soon as possible to se to discuss the qvescion whith has cure the same rights and privileges heen thixed as to why more railways that they- have been accustomed to had not heen constroeted by the Can- While 1 don t take the position that adlan Northern and the Grand Truak when people come to a new country Rranch Tinea Co, under the charters they are enti led to receive all the ad- granted them three years ago, and 1 vantages that they had in. the towns have referred to these actions, and Tifrom which they came, or even that think that, not only those actions, the farmers who settle on these plains tuat have taken place In regard to the +hould get every advantage tha they question uring the three or four could have got at home, should be en- years that have gone by. would jiistify titled to all the accesories of civiliza- thin legislature at thie present sea- tlon that they had in the countries sion not only extending those guaran- from which they came. tees to the 3lst December next in or- Daty to Give Rallways der to give them an opportunity of 1 do hold that it ts the duty of the foing a work which Is in the interests government of the day, the duty of of Alberta, but notwithstanding the the legitiature, the duty of the prov- statement that bas been. made here ince as a whole, so fast as possible, to are by the hon mer mselves to the members of this popular with people down through the may authori Jing else but th to give of th is tered upon any scale. When we have the assist- he chairman of the people of the coul- American States and with th American States and with the people board te borrow uch sums of money stern Canada, who talk of s may be necessary to pay claima for Pratrie and tosses, pending the collection of tax- ing the mecea les, but In no case shall the sum be ir hopes T think the) moun, of unpald y the Peace River mis- more than t taken claims at the time of the borrowing. It Good Land Near Edmonton fy also provided that from the Inder 1 think if they settled within 50. nity to be paid to any farmer In re miles of Edmonton they would get pect (0 losses from hall shall be de ducted any unpaid taxes An Amendment was carried altering m of office or councillors of 4 from two years as good Inns us in the Peace Ri er, but there is more of It up there there are uncounted acres up th for the advancing cfvillzation rur wor s the duty of this to one Year ve an in- The commit at country, to take steps the bill on it up. It has been sald that The act to regulate theatres aud the ig now owned by the federal goy- Knee Hill Railway Company's bill nt but the fact that the peopi Were also considered in committee cf re the te 1) munietp: jexislature, because we h reported progresa on intend to secure the whole and reported soon ag cues (ite ont LOGAT BREVITIES, railway Jopment to that country Sean: (Prom Saturday's Dally) Mr. J.C. McLeod of Seven Persons ta in the city J Welr is int be an added reason for the gly- g of their aid and thelr credit for the getting of those natural Federal auth That, Mr. Spe: tha Hat from Little Mr the Hut mon of Ashford Ranch after aut of Bull Springs ts is the one thing will justify the province in enter ing upon this system of railway tog- slation in opening up that country, spending a week in the city left Pes- The feeling that that country belongs terday for his hone Mr. T, C Crockett Is up from Walsh viditing friends. Mr. Jess Fisher is in from his ranch down the river the province the value that wi given to these natural resources Mr 'Sid- Williams of the CPR Ir i Plant at Strathmore, late of the American Hot TJs in the Hat tr Colin Met In the Hat to: Bowell M 1 t Bowell recaive eguin Syarwood, B. 1 weok with me Yast wing the Lenton wm is giving an added impetus to be many sextal even the Hat y. evenmmgs Montreal progressive McDougall, tained edit of the y ing and st prize and Miss som am C. Lee the consolations. ay evening Miss Ogden end fr Dodi took first for bigh score and Mr. Phoenix and Miss Cameron were awarded the consolation prizes. River and Hest extent they will took upon it as one of which they did something for th ince of Alberta and for f ations for which they will lo tinue to be-proud, and they have en: in era of prosperity for farmer, every merchant and very. real Sirprived I On Thursday night Jast a member of Mist Alice Brows every manufacturer and A most enjoyable ev inte dealer and owner, and for every ening was spat. Miss Brown made Jinhabitant of the provin her an excellen: hostess under the circum- he be working for wages or an em: stances. Those present were: Missan ployer, and they will see that they I. Kerr, A. Wagstal, G. McLaren, continue this prosperity and the day D. Niblock, E. Osborne, B. Nesbitt, will come when the country will have E. Drauison, Messrs. Sid Holt, R. railroads to the North-South. Fast Manzer, F. Slow Visa wee vovoaueet ciel owtcle wane Wea ce ie cea 48 Jiengvh and breadth of the province sieat in games and dane connected not only with the Eastern Zi Unes and the Atlantic, but the W. Jern Unes and the Pacific and the Hul- son Pay tines to the North of us E, Michener, leader of the Opposi- 2, that fn order to deliver an lintelligent criticism of the policy nich bad been so clegantiy submittal Filey, svmning Mrs. 5. C. Denke to them t would be necessary tor W * hostess at a delightfal progres: them to have a few hours in which to/7Ve whist party. Mrs. T. Taylor and aoe eae. details of the guarantee MES Nicholson winning the prises bitt, He therefore moved the adjourn- 8 Mrs. W. T. Finlay and Mw, J. ment of the discussion. Mclean the consolation awards. The House agreed and went into committee of the whole further con-, Wilbur Cory emertaimed some sidering the Rural Municipalities bili, friends at his home-Main street to Evening Session cards last evening, the event - arpa dietaesiod ot the Baral avict- lag . Acighifal Gc. bls tastea See palities bill was resumed at the even- filled and the prize winners were Mis ing sitting. Vera Flem: A point which has been raiked s - white eral times recently In the meetings of the raliway committee came up resin viz., whether electric railways shauld be allowed to run along the road al- fowances or whether they should to 4, a cbliged to purchase their-own rignts Mowerm Perey Gevnor amt Roscke of way. directly alongside the cad CUtisned a number of friends ot allowances, The latter contention he fesklence of Mr. C. L, White, was urged by George Hoadley, Oko- Ist evening. A most enioyable time Toke, and supported by T. M. Twesiic, Was sent in carts and music, Mr. 7. Calgary. Opiaions differed on the Tweel's mimicry of various lead question as to whether sufficient Men, Mr. White's piano selections and room on the road allowances would ations songs helped make the evening be left for ordinary traffic if electric a delightful one for all a wa aaaioerall peat aes eeeeea dh * Thursday dftermoon Mrs. J. A. Ca- tneron was hostess at q bridge party of five tables. Mrs. H. C. Yuill wie ning the prize for highest score. and Oliver Barrean, Miss Jessie Milne and Frank Herric secured the consqlation. Mr. Cory will entertain again this even- ing 7, Teltord, Leduc, maintained that heb bb the room could not well be spared trom the road allowances. T. M. Tweedie said the bill gave considerably Increased powers to ru- j rat municipalities and he thought the provincial government should place confidence In them and allow them to have complete control over their own road allowances. 3. R. Boyle, Sturgeon, sald every reasonable opportunity should be giv en.to encourage the advent of electric Canadian factory In Medicine railways, ++ Hat. The necessary deposit A motion to insert a subsection to + has been forwarded. the elaure vesting control of highways sf ols ole ole ole obe oh ofe ole obs ob ok oth WILL BUILD IN MAY The Industrial Burean has received a wire frim the Western Poreeinin Manmfac- turing Company stating that the Roard of Directors has approved of General Manager MeIntyre s netion In signing an agreement to locate thelr Pe eee seed Shop x Ever . 0 : z Mans ZF thie POSSS eceee IRV foes Wonnan 30,000 Bway Fist ow avert on can w omtice we

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