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DAILY EXAMINER, - - - -

The Liberal-Conservative Party Rave taken the room in the Market House, formerly used as the City Council Chamber. This room

w ill be open throughout the cam-

piign. .

JHE DAILY EXAMINER.

JANUARY 15, 1890.

Summerside.

Davip Rocers, Esq., and Grizert Des- Rocue, Esq., have been nominated as the Liberal-Conservative candidates for this

District.

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Cardigan.

Messrs. SHaw and McDoNaLp are still unopposed in ‘the Cardigan District. Des- perate efforts are being made to work up an Opposition candidate for Cardigan.

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Bedeque.

A large and influential convention of Liberal Conservative delegates, from the Fourth District of Queen’s County, was held yesterday at Bedeque. Hon. G. W. Bentley wd Major Wright, Esq., were un- animously nominated to contest the Dis- trict.

OO Rustico and West River.

Apvices fom this District are very en- couraging to the candidature of McKay and Currie. At the meeting held in Brookfield last night, Mr. McKay was cor- dially received and obtained many assur- ances of aid for the ticket supporting the McLeod Administration.

Those Tolls.

Ir we had had the Grits in office, we should now probably have toll gates on our roads and bridges, as a supplement to the assessments, all these years. The passage of the law, as quoted by Tue Examiner, is the best evidence of their intention. Their Leader may plead that the law was passed inadvertantly and meant nothing. But such a plea will be a damning admission of his own carelessness, the carelessness Of his

followers, and their inattention to the legis- lation of the Province. To talk about the carelessness of Mr. Ferguson, after such an admission as that, will be useless.

What About That Policy?

Waar do the Oppositionists propose ? Do they still intend, if they win the con- fidence of a majority of the people, to ent down the pay of the venerable Crier of the Supreme Court, and amalgamate the offices of Provincial Auditor and Deputy Provin- cial Secretary—as they proposed to do last winter ? Is this their policy ? Having heard what the Government intend to do, the peo- ple would now like to know what the Op- positivnists intend todo! The publication of their Leader’s card is anxiously awaited.

By the way, who is their Leader? In the event of -their return to power, Hon. Mr.

Yeo will not leave Port Hill to take office in Charlottetown—of that we may be sure Is Mr. L. H. Davies’ law partner the com- ing man? Oris Mr. J. H. Bell?

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Civic Finances.

We have in the City accounts an exhibit which is clear and intelligible, reflecting credit upon Mr. A. H. McPherson and the Finance Committee.

The receipts of the corporation in the year 1889 are summarized as. follows :—

Ordinary Receipts.............8. $ 9,295 27 Beott Ace Pines: Geese ese se 1,009 00 Real Estate Tx (Civic). .......... 24 886 (8 Personal Property, do .......... 6,902 25 Poll Tax, Gasp eeseeiesk 9,040 00 Water Tax Fund. .......... Baya, 7,337 50

$51,511 10

The expenses were :—

Ordinary Expenses............... $29.990 68 monoul Trustees.) 0. cats sta vs >. 9,700 00 Literest on Water Debentures..... 7,025 00

$46,715 68

Deducting the unpaid accounts of 1889, amounting to $1,561.70, there is shown an excess of revenue over expenditure of $3, 233.72; and if all the uncollected taxes of 1839 can be githered, in the excess of re- venue will amount to $5,476.92.

The capitil account shows an excess of assets over liabilities to the amount _of $23,- 738.21.

Civic indebtedness is stated as follows :— Total ordinary City debt, Dec. 31,

PASO Sire sss ret iy eee testa $129,390 50 Total Water Debentures issued... 165,000 00 Total net debt of the City, 3lst

B0. SS8O FU CP ARS 5 - 294,300 50

Coacerning the Water Works the Com- missioners report that,—

‘«The amount received in water rates for the year _wag $4621.81. The sources of re- venue during some part of the year were as follows :—

935 Dwellings..... eee eee a. 3,039 104 Stables or Barns ...-...-. re Sn 65 Stores, Offices, &c., 216 83 BA TAOGR vies Cece nk te Sate . 110 27 28 Miscellaneous, intludiog factor- ies, public buildings, steam-

Of8; BC. 566 RO. Pe ore testes 1 © Winess oi 25-53 TF OD

$4,621.81

At present there are 1,018 services in |

operation yielding an annual income of $8,- 859.40, or at the rate of $8.68 each.

‘The “Patriot” and the Policy.

Tur Patriot ‘keeps dark” about the improvements in respect to agriculture pro- posed by the McLeod Administration, ‘keeps dark” about everything in the card of the Leader of the Government, —ex- cept the ‘‘ just and equitable” measures which may have to be passed, “* pending the adjustment of our claims against the Federal Government,” to supplement our revenue. To this it refers, interpreting it by the remarks of THe HxaMiner. It is possible that the Patriot is wrong in going to Tue Examrver for an interpretation; for Tue Examiner is not in the secrets of the Government, and knows nothing about the prospects for an early settlement of our claims against the Dominion. Our con- clusion was based on these grounds: (1) The severest economy was exercised by the Sullivan Administration; (2) still the

revenues of recent years have not balanced the expenditures; (3) the new Administration propose additional

expenditures for the promotion of agricul- ture, etc.; (4) the Legislative Council stands inthe way of further administrative or legislative reforms, —therefore it will, we believe, be necessary to revert, for a time at least, to taxation. Taxation is not, in itself, a curse. If levied justly and equitably, and if the proceeds be applied — prudently and carefully—to the develop- ment of, the resources of the country. it may be not a bad _ thing We had, for many years, a land tax, the pro- ceeds of which were expended in defraying the cost of education. No one thought of calling it a ‘‘curse.” It was only when spies and tax gatherers were sent over the land ; when the taxes were made to bear un- equally upon the people; when the heavy burden of the taxes was placed upon enter- prise and thrift ; when the proceeds of the taxes were being frittered away by an extra- vagant carelessand thoughtless Government, __that the taxes were calleda curse, and the t \xpayers were driven to the verge of rebel- lion on account of them. A moderate tax, equitably applied and prudently husbanded, will not, we feel sure, be objected to by our intelligent yeomanry. In view of the

fact that the cost of education has been enhanced by about $40,000 + year, and that it is proposed to promote the mterests of our farmers—the bone and sinew and main resource of the country—the policy of the Government in respect to-taxation will, we believe, be regarded as justifiabie. Better taxation than stagnation or debt. ————————$_—$_$<$<§_oe 0 —_—

An Explanation.

A Few days ago the Patriot published, under sengational headings, a ,report of some remetks of Mr. Malcolm McLeod, Q.C., respecting the management of the Land Office. Concerning this report Mr. McLeod has written an explanatory letter, which the Patriot has published—but not under sensational headings! Mr. McLeod states that the paragraph referred to is ‘‘caleulated to convey a wrong expression,” by leading the Patriot’s readers to under- stand that his remarks were intended as ‘‘a personal attack on the Hon. Donald Ferguson.” He explains that ‘‘ Mr. Fer- guson had then (in 1881) been but a very short time in office ; and that none of the occurrences on which he based his remarks had taken place during the term he had been in the Land Office, except so far as he

had acted as Commissioner in connection with the case then on trial.

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Notes and Comments.

—The Toll Gate Law was passed in 1877, when Mr. L. H. Davies was in office—not in 1887 as stated by THE EXAMINER yes- terday

—A correspondent informs the Agricul- turist that the Emerald Debating Club very ably discussed the question ‘‘ High License or Scott Act,” a few evenings ago, deciding in favor of High License. Thus one by one the great questions of the day are bein g disposed of.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

The Third District.

Srm,—The candidature of Mr. Fred. Peters for the Third District of Queen’s is an infliction too heavy for the people. The honest yeomanry of this section pre- fer as representatives good practical and intelligent farmers who are always willing to listen to and remedy our grievances The dastardly manner in which this lawyer and his brother chip, L H. Davies, are presenting Mr. Ferguson, whom we look upon as the friend of the husbandman and a self made man will prove a boomerang. The antecedents of Mr. Peters are well put in a couplet which appeared in your paper at the time he asked the electors of Char- lottetown to accept him :;-—

« A Tory of the Tories’ now,

With much assurance makes his bow,

And says that he ‘A Liberal’ is!! Leopards may change thei: spots, and we The Ethiopean White may see,

Buc not this Metamorphosis ! ! I feel that Mr. Peters will, before long, prove that he cannot deceive.

Brackry Point. Jan. 13, 18990.

Disgraceful.

Siz,—-I understand that the Liberal party

are secking to evter the political wedge into our civic election, so as to be of advantage to them at the local contest. Knowing that Ward Four contains a majority of their

On | supporters, they are anxious to bring oppo

the other hand, the total expenditure on sition against Mr. Crabbe, who is an active

maintenance was $3,081.67, but it includes |

coal for the greater part of two yeurs, the amount paid for which being $1,440 24. The Commissioners, however, have been able to piy over to the City Treasurer $1,540.14 a sum which they did not calgujate upva Using able to deposit,

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temperance man. What care these hypo- crites for the morals or the good of the city su long as they may reap a par.y ad- vantage? Out on such tactics! I am confident that this insult to our intelligence wili be resented on the 22nd inst. I am gurprised that a ae could fall so low. i A)

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The Sewerage Question. DR. JOHNSON SUMS UP AND GIV¥ES ~HIS OPINION.

In the course of his annual report to the City Council, as Health Officer, Dr. John- gon says :

“Now, in your consideration of this subject it cannot be lost sight of that the large in- crease of waste water which the new system of water supply involves, has absolutel) necessitated the deyising of some ready method for the disposal of it. Every householder in the city is being now made to realize the im- perious demand for the proper drainage of his premises,—and the best answer to the ques- tion ** How shall we dispose of one waste water?” is being demanded on every hand. It is indeed plainly discernible that a crisis is reached, and that unless and until the citizens are prepared to adopt a costly system of arti- ficial sewering, some expedient must be resort- ed to in the emergency. As such expedient it appears that certain wells, variousty styled ‘blind wells,” ‘‘sewage wells,” &c., have been largely experimented upon and strongly recommended. : =

*‘Phese wells are tubular shafts of the dia- meter of three or four inches, bored through the strata of the earth to the depth of from twenty to forty feet, so as to reach an_under- ground water-way, or to the ground water, and down this shaft an iron tube 48 driven. By the term ‘underground water-way’ is meant an opening in the strata tapped by the tube, and through which @ stream of water, unlimited for all intended uses and purposes, will flow away rapidly and uninter- ruptedly. By the term ‘ground-water’ is meant the great body of water which under- lies the city, permeating and filling every interspace in the solid strata, soas to form a virtual sheet of water, and to the l-vel of which all excess of the water of “saturation gravitates trom the overlying strata, whether by coursing through the crevices or percolat- ing through the pores of the ruck. Itis pre- sumed that the ground-water being distinct but not separate from the sea, and being gov- erned by the law of the equilibrium of liquids, is always seeking its level with the sea by emptying into it .all additions to-its volume which would otherwise raise it above the sea level, and that its horizontal and vertical movements are controlled by the tidal forces.

«Governed by these views as to the course and final destination in the sea of all liquids poured into these tubular wells, their practi- cal utility for the disposal of waste water has now for a long time been tested in ali parts of the city, and they have been found to fulfil all the requirements of perfect drains, and to be capable of being flushed at the rate of thou- sands of gallons per hour. It has therefore been claimed for them that they afford a safe, effective, and economical method by which to secure that at which all true sanitation aims, viz., the dryness. cleanliness, and purity of the ground and of the air around and about our dwellings

been strongly objected that whatev might be the immediate benefits to be} derived therefiom, the ultimate results would be disastrous in the extreme. In this direction it has been poiated out, and stren- uously argued, that the level of the ground water, ag indicated by the depth of the city wells, varies according to the elevation or de- pression of the suiface from about 40 to 15 feet below it; that the movements and changes of the ground water are slowly effect- ed,, and that therefore the fnteripiugling of the waste water with it would tend to its gradual and irretrievable’ poilution ; that a process of putrefaction would be set up, as a result of which noxious gases would be form- ed and which might readily ascend through the tubes as ventilating shafts, or be forced upwards by the pressure of the rising ground- water, or be drawn through the overlying strata to the surface by force of the vacuum caused by the heated or rarified air of the house or of the outer atmosphere.

“Such is a summary statement of the prin- cipal arguments which have been advanced by the objectors to the use of tne drainage wells, and as theoretical objections they are unquestionably founded upon a solid basis of well known physical laws,—laws which will operate with unfailing c-rtainty when- ever and wherever all the required conditions are found. Anditis just here that the real force of the objections is called in question. Will all the conditions required to produce these baneful results be brought about by the use of the tubular drains? In support ofa negative reply to this question, it has been affirmed that the waste waters conducted per- pendicularly down these tubes to the depth of twenty or forty feet, there at once or soon to mingle with the great body of the ground water, cannot by any natural force be aguwin elevated t ar the surface in their im- pure state; ty@t tidal pressure cannot raise it above the sea level, and that capillary action would involve purifying filtration of the water in “its upward course through the rock and_ shale. It is further argued that the conditions of great dilution, low temperature, constant motion and outflow to the sea, are unfavo:- able to the process of putrefaction, and that the gases generated by this process would, to a great extent if not altogether, be held in solution by the ground water, to be eventually lost in the sea, and that the chances of any liberated gases finding their way to the surface in harmful volume are very small, having to pass, as they would, through the overlying — strata, holding, as water of saturation, the computed equivalent of a body‘of water of the depth of from seven to twelve feet, and which is ordi- narily replenished from the surface to the ex tent of its gravitation to, and gradual absorp- tion in, the ground-water. And further, that the direct ascent of the mephitic air through the tubes as a probable source of danger is no greater than that incident to the best con- structed systems of artificial sewering. It‘is further contended that the porous and fissured sandstone rock beneath this city and its being bordered so extensively by tidal water and elevated so safely above it, constitute special advantages for the use of these tubular drain- age wells for the waste water, by removing the liability to danger from stagnation and putrefaction to which the same system of draiuage under less favorable conditions might give rise 3

‘«The arguments emp'oyed on either side of this question are thus presented to the notice of your Council and Board as clearly and con- cisely as it is at all easy for me to formulate them, and as such they are submitted to your judgment thereupon. I desire to say that they give evidence of a close and intelligent study of the subject, and of earnest and- noble purpose on the part of those who’have produced them.

“My obinion is, that in the present uncertain and unsettled state of the public mind in regard to this all important subject of the sewering, any immediute au- thorative interference on the part of you Council or Board with reference tothe use or non-use of these drainage wells would be ill. timed and ili-judged Of their great sanitary value in relieving the smalier yards and prem- ises of the surfeit of slops with which, in the absence of this and every other opportunity for drainage, they must be constantly deluged there can, [ think, be no room for doubt. Neither does it appear to me that by any such usecof them as can or will be made by the citizens, any remote dangers willbe incurred

Jkt Bh comparaife. to throws Otherwisty ver |

“ Against this advocacy of their use it hagh

Pa ACE 2 st

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S I AM DETERMINED not to carry any of my present stock of WINTER A GOODS over, they must go regardless of profit, as 1 must make room for my SPRING STOCK. These goods are warranted genuine ENGLISH and SCOTCH BEAVERS, MELTONS, VENETIANS, NAPS, WORSTEDS and TWEEDS. Customers wanting SUITS, OVERCOATS. or REEFERS, can have those goods made up at prices away down. :

NOW GOIN

Parties wishing to secure Bargains should avail themselves of this opportunity.

A. J. MURee.

MERCHANT TAILOR, Charlottetown, Jan. 15, 1890.

UPPER QUEEN STREFT.

LECTION “PROBABILITIES” for the next Thirty Days kK is not the question of the hour, but for

Bargains in Far Caps, Fur Coats and Robes

= COME. DIRECT 710 @

I have decided ‘to sell AT COST for Cash the balance of FUR GOODS.

Just Opened—40 pieces Tweeds and Worsteds, received ‘ex 8, S. “Stanley,” and will be sold away down,

D. A. BRUCK, Queen Street,

Ion’town, Jan. 9, 1890—eod & wky

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x)————— McLeod & McKenzie, Star Merchant Tailors. ——(x)

I ODESTY forbids us (to use a slang phrase) to blow our own horn, and as it is contrary dg to our opinion (according to the old proverb) when in Rome to do as Rome does, we shall endeavor, as heretofore, to present tacts so undeniable as to be beyond the reach of dis- pute. True, people have gained for themselves a name (not an enviable one) which, to all appearances, served the purpose they had in view. But wisdom dictates, before posing as ‘leaders in the great race for supremacy, that we should look well to the foundation upon which those assertions are based. ‘To throw the mantle of charity over such people is our motto; and instead of revealing to the public gaze, through your columns, the errors inte which they have fallen, we will endeavor to lead them gently into the light. That you will acquiesce in what wt sav, is a foregone conclusion, namely, as Fathers of the trade in this Province we treat the several branches of the trade in this city with the same consideration ag a loving parent would his innocent offspring ; and to this end we invite such traders to aim high and co-operate in elevating this, the first profession, to the high status to which it is entitled. In the meantime, call and see our handsome goods, in NAPS, MELTONS, SCOTCH TWEEDS, WORSTEDS, etc., made up in the latest styles and cheap.

McLEOD & McKENZIE.

Charlnttatawn, Act 14. 1880

present and formidable dangers which they are intended and calculated largely to avert.

Yo the Electors of Char-

In making this statement, the disuse of the lotietown, Common and city wels for, drinking purposes is under- stood, as other ample supply js within reach, Royalty.

and should be at once made freely available in lieu of the public wells.

**To my mind there is no question affecting the public welfare, and with which your Council and Board have to deal, more im- portant than that to which your attention is now directed, and itis a very hopeful sign of the times that the citizens are now at length fully awake to the dangers which lurk about their homes, and which can be removed only by an efficient system of drainage or sewerage.

‘*T hope to be distinctly understood in my previously expressed opinion regarding the drainage wells, as speaking thus favorably of them only in comparison of the otherwise ab- GC occaurenht aende Sas se solutely undrained condition of the city, and ¢),6 number of fu eae ue a of ler aang #.-properly - constructed sc14 in Sita aed of RET aR

artificiul sewering. { } eae

7 My personal conviction is, that noeyatem | ee ee = - completion of the term is so sound in principle, or so safe and effec- letentors ¥ = E rc see = consult the tive in practice as that which provides for the | — ae : 2 me & General Election before direct appHostion to the land of the mixed ee eee indust f th

sewage—including waste wa 1re- 5. Sea CUS Ges thetit npn the oo of the ae Province, measures will be adopled. which is my purpose to present to the public =e op will best render the labor of the husbandman portunity may offer some facts respecting this remunerative, by increasing the aid given to and other systems for the disposal of sewage, the Annual Exhibitions, by the importation of hoping thereby to aid in the general search improved stock, and by. providing instruction fone the heat. on Agricuitural Chemistry and a course of

popular lectures on agricultural subjects. $100 Reward.

In order to give greater shipping facilities,

ENTLEMEN,—Thanking you for the

liberal support you have given me in

the last three General Elections, and having

again been nominated a candidate for the

representation of your interests in the House of Assembly, Bnow seek your suffrages.

Afier the Promotion of the Hon. W. W. Sulivan to a seat on the Supreme Court Bench of this Province, His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor entrusted me with the | formation of a Government.

Having accomplished the formation of a

and until the Dominion Government shall have taken over all the wharves that became the property of the Dominion Government at the time of Confederation, it is our policy to keep in repair such of them as are essential to the trade of the locality where they are respectively built.

As in the past, our policy is to vigorously press toa settlement our claims against the Federal Government.

Rigorous economy will be practiced in the expenditure of public money, while at the Same time liberal provision wi!l be made for \the public service. pea _____-__| | Pending the adjustment of our claims against

SQUTHPORT FERRY BRIDGE. Roar nak bRnsiieat eearte mths Gea

NE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be paid to any person or persons who will give such information as will lead to the discovery and conviction of the person or persons who set fire to my Store at Cardigan, on the morn- ing of 14th January, 1890, : WM. MINTO. janl5—dy lw pd

eed, and at the same time provide foi ase the large expenditure required for our eduea- PUBLIC MEETING will be held in the | Monat system. In that case, such measures to Mount Herbert Hall, Lot 4, on WED.| sight ete = pur revenue will be adopted as NESDAY, the 22nd inst., | will bear the least heavily on the people, and

at 12 o’clock, noon. | yj i

: S t > : | will at the just a itable ‘he Candidates for Charlottetown and for ! : » ea ae time be Just nd equitable. T yhanges will be made in the public service

the Third and Fourth Districts are respect- |; nird 5 istric resp - der cure e i fully invited to attend, ; eee eet to secure efficiency and greater |; Security to the public interests e I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant,

By order of Committee. ROBERT STEWART, Seoretary. .

—_—AND GREAT——

Ready Cash Bargains

ee A T——

JAS. PATON & COS.

E ARE CLEARING OUT the balance of our WIN- TER STOCK at a great re-

duction.

Big Discounts off Fur-Lined Cloaks.

Bie Biscounts off Winter

Jackets. Tremendous Bargains in Fur

Caps, Fur Boas, Cajes and Muffs.

Millinery & Dress Goods VERY CHEAP.

2,000 Yards Grey Flannel

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90 p, c. Under Regular Prices,

We offer this great induce- ment for Two Weeks only.

Goat Robes and Fur Coats,

At the Very Lowest Prices.

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The Whole Stock of Ready- made Reefers, Overcoats and Uisters at prices that will astonish these who favor us with a call.

Qur Carpet Department LARGEST & BEST ON THE ISLAND.

For Low Prices and Best Designs we take the lead.

iantie aid Ulster Cloths

clearing out at 20 per cent. under regular prices. Now is the time to secure Bargains.

Our Whole Steck of Blankets ata Great Sacrifice.

REMEMBER! —Now is the time, if you want to buy a lot af goods for little money

Jas, Pal & CO,

MARKET SQUARE.

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