13 PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN, THURSDAY. MARCH 31, 1932 Mill-Rate Now Chief Concern of1 City Council SHOPMEN ON RAILWAYS AGREE TO ACCEPT A 10% WAGE CUT Montreal, Mar. 29�The Canadian j I federation of shops trades, which num- ! ; beio among its members 30.000 men 1 | employed on the Canadian railways, j �:---- I has intimated its willingness to accept i Increases Shown In The ' the 10% wage cut proponed some time | ago by the railway managements, the j same to be operative as from April 1st. -------------o------------- Estimated Expenditures of Various Departments HEAVY DISCOUNT RATE Slump of Canadian Dollar in jvjew York Adds Charge of $6,000 for Year The members, of:, the city council WEATHER HALTS MOVEMENT OF BIG REINDEER HERD Three Men Killed Monday Night on P.G.L Railway ! Engine Went Through Trestle at Fountain Creek V/hile ; - Clearing Track i � - I VICTIMS WERE MARRIED� j pREMiiR TASCHEREAU FREE STATE WILL BE EXCLUDED IF THE OATH IS ABOLISHED Ottawa, Mar. 29�It is freely stated that Canada will move for the exclusion of any representatives from -the Irish Free State from the economic conference in the event of that government deciding to abolL-h the oath of allegiance. In such an event the Irish Free State would have ceased to be a part of the British empire and outside the pale in the consideration of, empire trade matters. -o School Teachers Are Meeting in Fifth Convention Attendance Sets the High Mark Since Institute Was Started Four Years Ago BIG SOCIAL FEATURES Ottawa. Mar. "^Advices from the j FirsC Serious Accident in Twenty north intimate that unfavorable weather for the past two weeks has halt- I ed the movement, of the big herd of! reindeer which the federal government Years Operation of the Provincial Railway men were and a The members oi one , u-w wtu�." , reinclee.r which the lederal government -------- -,y�nt an anxious time on Monday nas Deen mOving for several'monl'hs j Quesnel. Mar. 29�Three, me veiling in considering the estimates j from Alaska to the delta cf the Mac- i killed on the P. G. E. railway, *_i_ � nf the several standing committees on � kenzie river. The introduction of the fourth seriously injured, when train' pvoenditures for the current year. The I reui(ieer Ls expected to solve the food No. i went through the bridge classing '' nbers were torn between two de- , problem for the Eskimos of the north- [ Fountain Creek, ten miles north of 111_____+� criup thft CUStomai'V SUP- lanri t iii^^t of 11 jVr.lfv.lr nrs Mnnriav nkrht. Sons, one to give the customary sup-. land. nSt to the find'ngs of the committees. : 'and the other to keep the mill-rate ! down so that the payment of taxes .� Sght be ^Pt withhi the bound.so^ probability. In che to report all of tr finance committee, standing the maximum mill- COMMITTEE ON BEAUHARNOIS NEARING THE END Ottawa. Mar. 29-It is reported the it hd ith i will be down senate committee charged with an investigation into certain phases of the i_ ! Beauharnois scandal will resume its week. j Lillooet at 11 o'clock on Monday night. i The dead of Minor Beasley. engineer; Jack Duncan, fireman;, and Hamilton Cummings. brakeman. Charles Conley. a second brakeman, was injured, and taken to hospital at Lillooet. It is not known how seriously he has been injured. Scant details of the accident have STILL OPPOSING THE ST. LAWRENCE PROJECT Montreal, Mar., 29�That no progress has been made in the matter of bridging the.differences of the province- of. Quebec and the federal government in the matter of the St. Lawrence im-prqvmeht was made clear today by Premier Taschereau. He says nothing- has happened to vary the opposition of the province of Quebec to the several plans vrtveh have been proposed. departments, both of lrpluses even on the ; existing low volume of business. In the ; wil1 be tne case of the light and power-utility the total revenues were estimated at $36,-150 as against $37,574.10 for the previous year, but operating expenses were cut to $17,700 from $19,847.46. The expenditures on the distribution system were estimated at $2,161, and on of fee administration $700, a cut of $887 from the estimate of the previous year, the chief saving being $400 on insurance and compnsation. The total estimate for operating expenditure was returned at $20,501, as against $23,536.07. bringing out an operating profit of $15,049. j from which capital charges for interest and sinking fund, amounting to $8.-727.34, were to be deducted, leaving an estimated net surplus on the year's Fit? PERSISTS IN POLICY ABOLISH OATH witness to testify. , can- I and to London. msmmmmmmsmB to remove a large rock, which ae 1-d been brought on the-right- Oscar Hoff Will Proceed With Swimming Tank for operating expenditure was returned at $20,501. as against $23,536.07. bring- j City Council Agrees to Give him Easy Terms on Desired Lot Near City Hall estimated net surplus on the year's _ .. ... . c ,. 7 operations of $6,921.66, as compared Revenue Possibilities or Venture Will Determine Nature of the Accommodations Oscar Hoff contemplates giv'oig the tiiicient, iot wie previous .y^wv.. 1 city the-advantage of a swimming The wa1>erworlcs service estimate 1 tank% if the cost is not out of all pro-shows revenue of $14,200 as compared portion to the probable revenue. Mr. with $14,626.72 for 1931. Maintenance ! Hoffs first move was the purchase of and office administration are shown at j a ]Ot from the city, situate on Seventh $6,500 as compared with $5.562.35.! avenue opposite the high school, where '^erebelng an increase of $500 to cover ; ne purposed locating his tank, but he of way. The accident happened while the engine was pa'ssJjng over the north bent of the Fountain Creek bridge. The engine. either went i through the bridge or left the raHs j and toppled over, falling to the Cariboo ' highway below. All three of the men j killed were married, two of them hav- \ ing families. The homes of all three i were at Squamish. Charles Conley. I the injured brakeman. is married and j has his home at New Westminster. Monday night's accident is the first serious one which has happened on the P. G. E. during the twenty year of its operation by the provincial go\ eminent. ; An examination of the trestle, fol- | loving the accident disclosed that it' had been ... ._ freshet. ^ allegianco despite e p^ t'ons made in the matter by the British government. It is reported the Free State .cabinet are in complete agreement on the text of "the reply which will be forwarded to London. counted for in the increased charges on account of interest and sinking fund, the allocate for which were in-sufficient for the previous y�ar. bl i s Rights of City Were Invaded by the Legislature serious one wuiuu ima i�o.i'if �.vi ~�. I --------- the P. G. E. during the twenty years Effect of North-West Telephone .if i+c nndmHm hv t.hft nrovinc'.al rov- I ^_ , T . Company's Incorporation Has Been Revealed undermined by a recent | MUNICIPALITIES LOSE j Telephone Company Has Secur- BIG JUMBLE SALE WILL GET UNDER WAY FRIDAV #riS36 elep py ed Free Hand To Do As It Pleases on Streets temporary repairs to the water tank, and a cut of $100 for office administration. The operating: profit on the found the cost of water suppl'ed by the city would be more than the venture could bear. He then decided to .shift utility is shown at $7,700 for the year j nLs location, and appeared before the as compared with $9,064.37 for 1931. i city council on Monday evening with From this capital charges for interest j an application to purchase lot 4. and sinking fund provision, amounting i block 169. juSt across the area from to $6,847.82 have to be deducted, leav-| the city hall. It appears there is a *ng the net surplus for the utility of strong well on this property, .from but $852.18. as compared with a sur- which the required water could -be plus of $3,702.45 for 1931. This is chief- pumped. In any event Mr. Hoff was ly a bookkeeping difference, as owing j prepared to go ahead with his venture to the surplus in the sinking fund ac- ;if he got a reasonable price on the lot. counts last year the full amount was! Mayor Patterson explained to mem-not charged to the waterworks depart- ' Ders of the council he had been ap-ment. the excess capital for the cur- � proached as to the probable cost of a rent year being $1,565.90. - ; water supply from the city, but had That comiderable pruning was done j taken the position any special rate wfth the finance estimate was shown j Would have to be set by the council in the total of $31,295.50 for expendi- as a whole. The prospect of a heavy tures. an amount but $1,182.13 in ex- ! charge for water had induced Mr. Hoff cess-of the estimate for 1931. This re- ; to l30ek another site, where he would suit was achieved desp'te the fact that J be independent of the municipal water, provision is^ made for an excess of' He naa found a lot which suited his nearly $6,000 on account of the discount | purpose in block 169, and was before upon the Canadian dollar in New ' the council for the purpose of acquir-York. This affects costs in connection ! irLg it Ke thought the price fixed for with redemption of bonds payable in the lot might be governed by the view-New York funds; as well as interest members of the council took as to the no,-----*------*_--------- , ^vantage to the city in securing a k funds; as w payments on the same. �incuts on tne same. > advantage to uie ciuj "� ow-*"*~ �7 The estimates for the fire depart- ! swimming tank. Personally he thought ment show a slight reduction, beinc ; every encouragement should be given, returned at $6,19750. as compared j john Mclnnis appeared for Mr. Hoff with $6,517.35 for the previous vear. ftmi explained the altered plan. Mr. The estimates for the health depart- Hoff proposes to build a swimming ment checked closelv wRh those of tank with a concrete floor, at an es-the previous year, the fi-arures being timated cost of $800. The housing:in S7.496.47 as comoared with $7,155.18. f Of the tank would be an after consid- The estimate'for t.he colice depart- eration It was believed the well on ment is largely fixed with the agree- tne property would furnish the reqiur-ment for the poricine of the city. ! ^ water, and except during very nign which amounts to $4,750.00. The total L Water there would be suffic'.ent drayn- f�l(-irr><�>�. (a. iu. j____i_____l �.�- *T Mtn ' -. xu- .... ,,i- w-Vi�i-i t.hf> Water Remarkable Collection of Wares Will Go Under the Hammer in Two-Day Sale The big jun:b'o rale, which has o'een simmering for the pust few weeks in the Columbus Hotel building, wii! reach the boiling pour, tomorrow, when a continuous auction wUl be co:"menred at 2.00 o'clock, to dispose of the most lemarkable collection of merchandise and wares ever assembled in Prince George. The jumble sale was launched as a surplus one. but it soon passed through this, stage and assumed much larger proportions. The collectors for the sale were energetic, and their ideas of surplusage proved to be most elastic and instant. Cm warm days overcoats and mackintoshes were treated as surplus, and found their way to the salesroom. The same rule was applied to almost every article of wearing apparel. While the collectors were in sight the youngster had to stick on the back of his hobby-horse, or it would be caught in the ebb tied and move out on its way to the salesroom. Everything was fish that found its way into the net of the collectors, and there were cases in which missing infants sleighs had to be replevined from the growing lUock of bargains. The raid was extended to the stores of That the North-West Telcphom Banquet and Reception Tendered the Visitors in Austin Hall Last Evening The fifth annual convention "of the � British Columbia Central Teachers' Institute opened in the Baron Byng_ lvgh school on Wednesday morning and will continue in cession until Thursday afternoon. The registration of the teachers in attendance took considerable time, and after the singing of the anthem "O Canada" an address of welcome was extended by Mayor Patterson on behalf of the city. The annual convention of th's institute is growing in size each year, and it is now easily the largest of the conventions which meet in Prince George. When it opened for business on Wednesday there were seventy-three names on the convention register, as follows. E. Arland, Vanderhoof; Eliza Milli-gan, Prince George; Lucille Wilson, Orange Valley; Helen Moore. Willow-vale: Gwendolyn Lang. Penny; Ruth Butler, Dunster; Esther Nash, Beaver River; Jessie Lambert, Mountain View; Marion McMillan. Prince George; Margaret Coton. Prince George^; Lillian Barnett. Mapes; Lucretla Adair, Bums Lake; Betty Lamb. Vanderhoof; V. L. Chapman, Prince George J. C. McGuire. Quesnel; Dennis C. Smith, Hutton; Evelyn Mooney. Lake District; Dora Jamieson. Chilco; Stella Simmon-ite, Webber Lake; Muriel M'ller, New-lands; Elsie E. Fccles, Prince George; Elsie G. Greenidge, Woodpecker; Mil-, dred Summers, Hixon; M. R. Lockhart | Snowshoe; Mildred Muir, Aleza Lake: Dorothy M. Urquhart, Loos; Rosie E. Smart, McBride; Olive D. Mouat, Mc-Bride: S. A. J. Palmer, Shelly. Betty Davies. Ferndale; Wlnnifred Tyner, Pinmcore; Mary A. Beran. Endako; Louise Jessop, Pineview; R. M. Chan-. non. North Fraser Lake; Edna L. ! Baxter. South Fort George; R. A. Rice, I Prince George: G. H. Stocks.1 Fort I George; N. G. Duclos. South Fort George; N. G. Elgie. Long-worth; M. That "^^.^^L'r^rition by C. Cochrane. Prince George; P. M. Company � .th~"^ ^'"^^^ ^ Qrimmond. Lily Lake; Doris Moore ^^3^>^T^S|:Erihcft George; Kaye Murray, strath- the legislature, has monopoly of the telephone business in lbi made clear at monopoly of the telephe British Columbia, was made clear at Prince. George; Kaye Muy, r naver; Frances Kirkham, Isle Pien*e: Lauretta McCoil, Bcdnesti; Evelyn given the company power upon the streets and lanes of Pririea Geoi-ge. and of every incorporated area in the province and do virtually as they please without municipal permit.'Tho aldermen � learned all this in an opinion submitted by P. E. Wilson. K. C. city solicitor'at the request of the council. The North-West Company entered Prince George through the purchase of the franchise granted by the city to the Fort George & Alberta Telephone Company. Limited. Tliis franchise was the company's sole charier for doing business. The terms of L,he franchise obligated the company to pay to the cHy 5'-; of its gross revenues �n lieu of all taxes and licence fe*?s. on Smedley. Braeside: Irene Ross. Fraser m.s ! Lake; T. A. Warder. Prince George; (�r | L. C. Curtis, Vanderhoof; M.. E. Burton, Sheraton; R. McGowan. ?Jiuti^ Lake; R. McLeod, Newlands; J. Mc-Leod, Prince George; K. Reid. Pr'nce George; M. L. Peck. Giscome: Mary C. Welch, Giscome; Daisy Brealey, Beavcrley: Ellen deB. Mitchell: El-wood C. Rice. Hulatt; F. G. Cook. Vaji-deiHioof; Annie A. Whipple, Danskin; , W. L. Martin, Prince George: Gordon Hall, Fort Fr^er; Mr. Campbell, Haz-elton; D. M. Moore. Salmon River; Ruby Wilkin. Prince George: J. W. Richards. Mud River; T. S. Carmich-ael. Prince George; J. Metcalf. Collsy-mount; G. H. Leversage, Prince George L. Saunders, Palling; J. J. Williams. Engen: and Inspector W. G. Gamble, Prince George. ule of charges. The franchise ro- hcld m [hc Austin building, and this ule of charges. The franch si>ect�d the jurisdiction of the municipality over the streets and lanes within its boundaries. The last renewal i of the franchise had approximately i '"",\,7|1't two years to run when the North-West I W' J ird it No question a5 wa.s followed by a reception and dance. T. S. Carmichael presided over the bouquet. The raid was enciiucu ^ t.lc oVv.� ~ two years to run when the the city merchants, and levies made < companv acquired it. No question a5 C; !.._/.u�r iiiri'srfiftMofi over the'of for the department was $7,980 ! age from the tank when the as compared with $8,647.02] j would be changed. The plan p: Public works estima+es met with the ! for the heating of the water, for most opposition. They totalled $13.- a boiler had been secured, but the ae- pposition. They totalled $13. 129.70 as compared with $11,210.90 for !931 Th t d been secured, but e not been worked out until h t upon '-�.iu as compared with i5ll.2io.9O ior ; ^^ ha^ not been worneu ^^ ��"� -1931. There was a cut of $600 in street Mr Hoff ascertained the terms upon maintenance, the estimate beinc: reduc- ; which he could acquire the desired lot. �1 to $3,900. huh thn ftonirp included ' ah ^^.^v^rx of the council were "< w $j,aoo. but the neurp incmaea \ ^H membei-^ oi t-ne wunv,� --.. *900 for oil for street sprinkllne:. This I agreed the plan should be given en-was stoutlv opposed by Alderman Tay- COuragement. A sw:mming tank witn w and Alderman Opie. as an expon- ; proper supei-vMon would do away wun diture which could be avoided. " "' � Alderman Griffith supported the recommendation contending the lay:n? of the dust on the streets in the busi- upon stocks of groceries and provi- j sioas. men's wear, ladies' and children's I wear, and notions of all kinds. If you have not inspected the collection which has been got together, it would be worth while to do so before the sale gets under way. It ranges from razor blades to sewing machines and gramaphonos. to sacks of potatoes and-stock feed, and all of it is to come under the hammer tomorrow and i_______of the jumble �Ue will bedevoTed" to the purposes of the local Church of England. :�nd any articles not disposed of a' the sale will be distrbuted amoru the nee1 " of the city and district; The to municipal jurisdiction over streets wa.s raised at the time, , chalmnn of the Prince trustees, was I he first ^eI m we c1�.t..�v... called upon. He paid o. neat tribute to the school teachers for the service they arc rendering to streets was nwwu �u u.......... the North-west Company continued to tor lae service i..<.-.> ,..u .v...^....._ . pav the city the. stipulated rental in , rp the Province; and complimented - --'_... ..������,.. t,,,, them upon the excellence of the Brit- pay the city the. stipula the percentage of gross revenues. Th-hi out tonight and p franchise runs li gross out tonight, and il th "ix>n the^cxcelen Columbia Central In.stitutr. P. E. K. C followed Mr Ft man. h franchise runs out tg ; |, through its .solicitor. J. O. Wilson, the. Wson. K. C followed Mr companv .some days ago served notice : orid assure^ the company ho had a ujxm the city it would no; apply for a ; warm regard for public -chool teachers renewal of the franchise, but would be k H aid he had started red by v of children bathing | tlve of the a�yi their work. He *aid he had started out in life as a school teacher in east- undeTtts* act" or ''uVcorpofation, Tho cin. Ca\\ada-and incidentally had been company would refuse to make frr- one of the Tirst school tm.stees for.the ther payment to the city of a fixed cll>- <* p�? Geot|e- rn' ' -A percentage Of its earnings, but it was H. McGowan. of Bums Lake, tender-open to the city to tax the comply ed the thahks of the members of the in the ways provided in the Municipal inst'.tute for the arrangements made of the city nnci ci.muuu. mure ,1W. Act. ' for U^r entertainfcment while in the sale-continues" in progress those in Tlie receipt of the lr-tter of the tele- Clt>"- These were addi-e^sed to the m-charge will be pleased to receive any I phone company's sol'citor cawed the stitutes executive, and to.the citizens further donation?. They are aprecia- I mavor and aldermen to sir up and of Prmce George generally, and were -.-i-t. ,.__ u�I take notice if the contention of th* acknowledged by V. L. Chapman, who -~.,,,�� �,pr^ poiTect the city had lost assured the companv H had berti a ~ f~- *'-io pvpf�.nt.ivf� to make renewal of the franchie, ut content with thp powora secured by f iooration which has been section is~a matter of first im-He also contended the oil �, a charge of 25 cents for 121�s cents for children. talking the matter over the stance. He aiso contended the oil, j^^ talking the matter ow "�. treatment of the street surface is an prcpcSat was made that Mr. Hofr oe ^portant factor in street maintenance.