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EXAMINER,

1880.

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Patriotic Carelessness.

LN thee uurse of one of his able and con-

the Re

Vinciug spseclas on ciprocity Reso- |

lutions (so-called) the Hon. James Nichol.

son pointed out, that thouzh the speakers '

rho favored Unrestricted Reeiprocity had dilated upon the number of cattle sent from c ‘ot | i

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States, they had been very ) say noching at allabout the cattle

seat from the United States int» Canada,

In Competition with the ecatile of Canadian

farmers. Commenting upon this point, the

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**Neariy ail the statistics whieh Mr. Nichol- mm geve tn support of the late increases in the Dy miaion tarif really tell agsinst the duty on live stock altogether. The nu nerous horses,

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cattie, s'e+p aad s¥Wiasimoor el into Cinada feom the U vite | Scaces, to whi:h he referred, Wer: nmearrly ali brought ia for breediag pur pes, aad che daiy the-eon was therefore an lujuy teow firm: s and rancimea. [n the N wthwast the yreater part of the cattle and h »cs23 obtained to stock the ranches are pro- Carel freon Mvatansaalother United Stites territo +, aal the figures read by Mr. Nisixson priavipslly relate to these impor- tations.

Phe fact isthat Mr Nicholson did not refer Ct» catile brought from tie States into Can-

ada for breeding purpuses. He referred only

t> cattle brought in to take the plaice of cattle prodacel by our farmers, and to lessen tha demand and lower the prices of esttle products in our country. These Were, a3 he showed, —

Horses cee ueeecuns cosas 4,009 WE UINEE c b ib odees cécc cence sewers 748 Sheep 43,225 Pa Oa a 6 4 vhs 040s Cobbckee dae. 3,937

the United States for breeding purposes—for the im- ck

free of duty as follows:

The cattle imported from

provemert of farm st -were admitted

Horses

eens odea “bo Cattle Oe 66008 deus bles ae cee 106 » Tit obehh + 06 ene odds 6600006 6 kemee &s 21 PI 6c i deel cece bela, 45 Fowls .... 3.8387

lt is not crelitable to the organ of all the Grits and the exponent of the Unrestricted vscipr

city alias Annexation to be su very careless about facts.

City Council.

A Spectat Mzetine of the City Council was heli last evening for the purpose of

introducing a by-law for Jevying and specifying the rate of asseas- ment forthe current year on real estate,

pers mal property and polls, for general civic anl waterworks purposes; also, a by- law allowing a rate of discount on said assessments Present: Miyor Haviland; Councillors Morris, Byrne, Hughes, Crabbe, Douse, Lirge, Elen, McCarron, Taylor,

Mayor Haviland presented the report of Messrs. H. C. Lowe, Philip Coyle* and Caarles McGregor, the valuaturs appoint-d by the Finante C »mmittee to examine into the condttinon of Upper Prince Street School property They reported that they had visit- ed the place aud va'usd the building, furni- ture and linds, and estimited the total Vai tte $23 200

Miyor Hsviland explsined that a rumor 'n cireul :tivn about the streets to the effect that the books of the city were not being kept as they should be by the present City Clerk had come to his ears. Mr. McPher- son, the Clerk, on the matter reaching him, expressed a wish that the accounts should be ex amined into by competent accountants, and with his (che Mayor's) sanction, the books were this afternoon opened for the inspection of Messrs, Lewis Carvell, Wil- liam M:Lean and F. W. Hyndmain—usll ex- pert accoantents. Hore is their report :

lo His Worship

OF same at

Hon. T. Heath Haviland, Mayor. Str,—The anlersigned have examined the “ unts of the Ci y of Charlottetown, show-

“f tae work done by Mr AH. Macpherson, ty rk, for s-veral years pist, and are ot 1¢ Opiiio’ that Fifteen Huadred Dollars per ear is a low salary for suc services.

The work as seen by us is a credit to the City.

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Your obedient servants, LEWIs CARVELL, Wa McLean, Frep W., HynpMan, Ch'to vn, P E Baa April 2\, 1890. Councillor Morris submitted the foljow- ing estimates of expenditara and revenue fur the current year : EXPENDITURE.

Cott GIORNO kooks cncicceccess g 2°09 SEEES TAMIR cdc cctcccss ve 4000 ON eee 5O0vU lire Oh 0660614 ised Cheb deine ; 2.00 Market House..... ci cowe es 1000 NED, ies Seno yw es bes Je baedins, ‘ 6000 Le eR ey 250 A -sessing and collecting taxes..... 50 Vemma. ........... ae ae e 250 Interest and diseount...... hake ic ‘ 56.0 Water Commissioners........ coe 3000 Boned of Heaith.......... nay es oe 5u0 BN ibis i ne hb och cic 50 Ne og 2 oi cb cc ce: 20 Koad of Schoo Trustees.......... $622 Smallpox D-bentures,.......... ‘a 160) DODUNOOGOUUR ions .cciccecce cus 2000 MPN, «0c kk daicuactnne 2500

& 46,432

REVENUE. Real Estate, $2 647,253, at gp. c-..$23,163 46 Personal Property, $904.27, at &

i Wiscsacevecces+cce.seeeenes 8564 87 Ordiuary Reveoue. .............. 9600 00 Puls Tad, 1910, a6 GB. .cccccccce,. 2000 GO!

$13,728 33

Real Estate, water, $2,407,000, ats BOs cic viseatins ...8 2106 13 Peisoasl Property, § $5,950, at]-10

Pou Lax, 1400, at JO

935 95 14) vv

$46,096) 41

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Total Revenue............. ovens 46,960 41 total Expenditure........... «+--+ 46,232 U0 PINs Gricedan 25ceasr tie 8 728 41

Councillor Morria also presented a by- luw Specitying the rate of assessment on

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eral civic purposes, which was read a first | time and submitted to a committee of the whole, Counciilor Byrne in the chair.

Councillor Morris moved, seconded by | Councillor Byrne, that the blank in the bill | specifying the rate of assessment on rea! | estate be filled up with § per cent. Councillor Crabbe, seconded by Cowncil- | lor Hughes, moved that the blank be filled up with L per cent.

| : |} Some discussion then took place on the

; ; j subject of taxation, in which Coun- iciilors Douse, Crabbe and Morris ltook part. The latter, in the

course of his remarks made some references to ** boudlers,” ‘* temperance men” and ** Masonry,” apon which Councillor Crabbe arose and left the room,

After Councillor Crabba left, a vote was taken on the resolution fixing the rate of assessment at § per cent. which was carried, Councillor Hughes alone dissenting.

Councillor Hughes thereupon left the meeting.

The attention of Chairman Byrne being |

Councillor Elen askep if the vote just taken was legal

Che Mayor said it was not, as the re- quired number of Councillors was not pre- sent

Councillor Morris asked if there was no way of compelling Councillors Crabbe and Huyhes to return to the meeting.

Iu reply, the Miyor quoted from the rules and regulations governing the City Council, as follows :

17. No member shall leave the room during the transaction of business, without permis- sion of the Mayor or Chairman.

1S Every member who leaves the room without permi:sion of the Mayor or Chairman, unless he excuses himself to the satisfaction of | the Mayor and Council, shwll be considered under censure, and an entry of such censure shall be made on the journals of the Council, | aud not expunged until the above satisfaction is made.

A brief discussion ensued, as a result of which it was decided to adjeurn until to- morrew forenvon at 10 o’cluck,—a proceed- ing of which the Recorder, who had by this time arrived on the scene, approved.

This morning the Council met according to adjuarnment ; but Councillors Davison, Crabbe and Hughes did not show up. The messenger who had been sent for them re- ported that the former was in the country, and the latter two refused to attend.

Councillor Morris said he supposed that the only thing that could be done under the circumstances waa to adjvurn until to-mor- row,

The Mayor said the meeting might be adjourned until to-morrow, but after three days an adjournment would not be legai, and a special meeting would have to be called.

Councillor Morris asked the Recorder if application might not be made to the judges of the Supreme Court for an order com- pelling the absent Councilors to attend the meeting and discharge the duties for which they were elected ?

The Recorder advised the Council to adjourn unt:] to-morrow, and in the mean- time he would lock into the law on the subject and give the Board a written opin- lun at that meeting.

After some discussion it was decided to adopt this course.

Councillor Morris moved, seconded by Coure:ilor Byrne, that the Board of Schou! lrustees be author z+d to purchase Upper Prince Street School building for a sum not exceeding $24,000

This resolution was put and carried after | some discussion had taken place concerning the action of the Schou! Board in applying tu the Legislature for power to issue ad- ditional debentures without first having a resvlution passed by the Council approving of such a course.

Meeting adj..urned until two o'clock to- morrow afternoon,

The Amendments Condemned.

AN emergency meeting of the City Coun- cil was held last evening at half-past nine to consider the Act amending the Act of Incorporation, which is to be introduced in the House of Assembly shorily. Besides the Mayor and Recorder there were pre- sent: Councillors Morris, Byraoe, Douse, Eden, Luge, McCarron and Taylor,

Councilior Morris, in arising to move a resviution asking the members of the House of Assembly to reject the bill in question when it came before them, said that sv far as he could understand the provisions of the bill, it provided for some radical changes in the cons ‘itution of the city. Jt provides that Ward Four bs divided into two wards, Ward Five into three, aud that Wards Oae, Two and Three remain as at present. He did net think a majority of the tax- payers were favorable tv any such change, as that which the proposed amendments would involve. The petition asking for the int-.duction of the biil which had been hawked about for signatures from bouse to house, only contained something like two huudred and fifty electors names out of the total voting population of the city. Ward Oae, he said, contained as many votes as Ward Four. Ward Five, of course, was a larger Ward, aud if any injustice was being done it he was quite williug that the wreng should be made right. The Council would cheerfully give Ward Five anything it is eubi'led to by resson of wealth or popu- l.tiun, but he protested ayainst the present actempt to gerrymander the wards, especially a3 the people had not made known their desirefur a change to the Council. The members representing the city in the House of Assembly, Messrs. Blake «nd McLeod, had retused to have anything Whatever to do withthe bili, and it had been given to a member representing a country district, Mr. Underhay, to intro- duce. He thought the Couneil had a per- fect right to protest against this action. Mr. Underhay had no right whatever to

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|} Mayor, instead of five wards

{to forward a copy to the Speaker of the

touch the bill, Country members did not uuderstend the situation iu the city, The, Claage sheuld have been petitioned for | thruugh the City Gouneil, the guardians ot | the city’s rights, and they woul! have done | what was right and just inthe matter But | this course had not been taken. He there- | fore moved the following resvlation :

Whereas, Certain citizeus have thought pro- per to petition she Legislature to change the | representation of the Wards of the City to) suit their own peculiar views; and,

Whereas, No dissatigiaction hag been exe 4 a ’

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justice has been or is now being done to any Ward in this City; and,

Whereas, The City Members have any authority from this Council said Act amending the Ineorporanion Ac‘:

Theo Resolved, Vhat this representing the

Members

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present

not to Pp “* ss , Citv Conucil, citizens of Charlottetown, of the House of sembly to re ject the said Act ame nding the Incorpuration Act, until this Council are sat isfied that a majority of the cit ens and tax- payers desire the said amendment.

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Councillor Byrne, in seconding the reso- lution, made « few remarks. He thought it rigit and proper that the Council should pass such a resolution as that which had just been tabled, ia order that the mem- bers of the Legislature might understind the situation. The bill, as he uaderstood it, provided that Ward Five be divided ivut» three wards, and Ward Four into two, the other three wards to remain as at present. ‘This change would divide the city into eight wards, which are to be represented by eight councillors and with ten councillors and a Mayor as at present. No dissatisfaction with the present arrange- ment has been expressed to this Counel; hence the use of the word ‘* peculiar’ in the resolution. We protest against the proposed amendment because nv desire for such change has been made known ‘to us;

Navigation Company are amenable to pub- lic opinion, although they may be without soul, and the days of stowing horses, cattle and passengers in the same boat, are num- hered. Me Hales may deplore this fact, but he and his masters must be forced to learn their inexorable lesson. RESPONDENT April 19th, 1899. The Ci'y Biil. Srr,— Wards 1, Zand 3 earnestly hope that the promoters of the act to amend the City

[ncorporation will not be backwar | ia appear: |

ing at the meeting to-night. Kvery accom: modation will be provided for them, and ia fact reserved seats for, say, twelve are in order, as that number is expected to cover the pria- cipal movers of the scheme.

Surely after their troub'e in making a house

to house canvass, aud securing to theic views | electorate’ of 2,500, |

20) odd votes out of an they will not allow these particular views to go by defau't at a citizens’ meeting.

We also hope that the country membeis who are supposed to support the amendment, will also attend and see for themselves what the ciizens think of this encroachment on their rights by a few of our smadlest taxpayers.

Those who pay our taxes are the meu to listen to, not those who are here to-day and heaven knows where to-morrow. Come one, come all

and if any body should be conversant with and understand the wants of the eitizens, that body is the City Council, Any appli- eation for a change should be first made known to them—should come through them. But the Council bas not been consulted in the matter at all! He felt sure that at the meeting te be held in the Market Hall, to- morrow night, such action would be taken as would give the members of the Legisla- ture to understand that the proposed amendments were not required.

The resolution was then put and carried unanimously, and the Clerk was instracted

House of Assembly. Meeting adjourned.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR,

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A Reply to Mr. Strang.

Sru,—Last Thursday’s EXAMINER con-! tains a communication from Mr. Alexander | Strang concerning the much discus:ed | merits of the Capes Route. Mr. Strang is | an advocate Of that route for passengers leaving Charlottetown for points on the mainland. 1s preferences or prejudices | in this respect are, perhaps, immaterial, where the interests of the travelling public are invelved, and may, therefore, be over- looked; bat the gross inaccuracies with which his communication abounds re flacts | little credit oa their author, and should | meet with a full and candid exposure, even in the face of the apparent, th: ugh partially | qualified, editorial endorsement of THE Ex-| AMINER. j

It must be admitted that an opinion pre- | vails, somewhat generally, that a saving in| time and mileage is offered to the passen- gerfrom Charlottetown to Montreal (tor instance) via the Capes, as compared with the Summerside and Puiat du Chene route; but the exact opposite of that opinion is really aud incontrovertibly true, and should be disseminated by every honorable man and j urnalist who may contribute to the selu- tion of the important problem of ** continn- ous steam communication.” Mr, Strang would have us believe that there is a differ- ence of 24 hours time in favor of the} traveller from Charlottetown, going by the Cipes route, to Paincac Junction, as against the traveller de-tined for the same point by way of Summerside aud Puint du Chene. He also states, what is un- doubtedly correct, that a traveler on reach- ing the railway at Cape Tormentine could take a “*fastC P.R. tram from Halifax,” and allows the simple-minded reader of his remarks to infer that a similar privilege would be denied the man who crossed over by the Summerside route. ‘The utter ab- surdity of this assertion, or insinuation, is too plain to require serious refutation.

ut let us glance, briefly, at some ac'ual and important facts in reference to the que-tion of comparative distances.

F:iom Charlottetown to Painsec Junction, by Summerside and Point du Chene, is 96 miles, while the distance from Charlotre- town to Painsee by the Capes route is 124 miles, thus making the former route less by 28 mies than the latter. Where, then, let me ask, does Mr. Strang’s **24 hours ahead” idea in favor of his project mate- rialize? Is it in the preposterous notion that the C. P. R. agent at Painsec, while selling a ticket to Mr. Strang’s Capes pas- senger en route for Montreal, would refuse a ticket to the man who traveled froin the Island by Summerside and Point du Chene ? This, however, seems to be one of Mr. Strang’s arguments.

Lest the correctness of the mileages given above should be questioned by Mr. Strang or his abet ors, I here furnish particulars of distances from place to place en route, as obtained from sources which I challenge Mr. Strang to impeach :—

BY THE CAPES,

Charlottetown to Emerald..... o<cee 2 miles

Emerald to Cape Traverse...... «oes 12 miles

Cape Traverse to Cape Tormentine, a SE erie a 12 miles

Cape Tormentine to Sackville ...... 36 miles Sackville to Painsec Junction ...... 32 miles

124 miles

BY SUMMERSIDE AND POINT DU CHENE.

Charlottetown to Summerside ..... . 49 miles Su.nmerside to Pi, du Chene, wharf to wharf..... 36 miles

Poiat du Chene to Paiusec. ........ 11 miles 96 miles These figures, Mr. Editor, are amongst the most significant factors connected with the questivn under discussion; and to ig- nore their relevancy or misrepresent or suppress them is surely not the best wey to accomplish avy permanent improvement. There is no torce whatever in the cireum- stince that heretufore passengers were obliged to remain several hours at Point du Chene after the arrival there of our summer boats, before taking a car west ward or noithward. The time has new ar- rived when close connections must and will be made, and when the Steam Navigation Company can no longer, with impun ty, trifle with the precious time oi travellers and business men. The boats should leave Summerside one or two heurs earlier for Point du Chene, and the puas- senger boat should be, in every respect, equal tou. the demands of the times, and: in- stead of taking 34 hours to yross, should

No SURRENDER.

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They Should Not Be Afraid.

Sir,—I am informed that a petition, in favor of the new City Bill, was carried around Charlottetuwn for signatures, and that out of an electorate of over two thousand, only some two hundred were found in favor of the Bill. If thia is true, it accounts for the lordly manner in which the promoters intend tou act towards the meeting to-night. They know from their house to house canvass tha: a vast mej ority of the electurs »re opposed to their gerry-

; mander, and have (wisely perhaps) decided

to stay away. If their cause is just, why do they not attend tv night and stand up for their action. ‘They should not be afraic. A Charlottetown audience has never yet re- fused a proper person a hearing.

CITIZEN. ee

House of Assembly.

APRIL 22. Heuse went into Committee to further consider the Bill respecting elections. Pro- gress was reported.

WARTED.

1,000 Bushels Melntyre Potatoes,

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Highest market price paid for same. ply to

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Thursday Evening Next, 24th April, RY RLY. JOHN REED.

Subject, “ Lord George Jeffreys.”

Lecture to commence at 8 o'clock. Admis- sion, 10 cents. R. M. BARRATT, ap22—2i Secretary.

Land and Stables, BY AUCTION.

(>* FHURSDAY, May Ist, at 12 o’clock, sharp, at our Auction of Horses and Livery Outfits, we wil also s+ll under instrue- tions from Mr. P. P Gulis, his valuable Lot of Land, with Stable thereon, on Lower Great George Street.

The above Stab'es are the best located in the city for local trade, as well as being the nearest to, and only one block distant trom, the leading Hotels, and have always done a good busigess.

E. H. NORTON & CO.,

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