Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 28, 1876, Winnipeg, Manitoba Feb Day Jais 28, stage m3e to the Saskatchewan. One of the most important considerations for the people of this province in the near future will be How to open up communication with the far West. Though Many schemes of railway construction have been before the Public and in some directions the country is covered with a perfect net work of Charters they Are. Mostly the out crop of schemes to enrich a few adventurers by the Sale of the franchise to the capitalists who soon will be seeking investments in this direction. We have no doubt but that after or a year or two of Good crops and successful settlement with the Pembina Branch railway constructed to St. Boniface Means for the construction of a Railroad to the settlements South of Lake Manitoba and further West will easily be had if the route of the Canada Pacific railway from rat Portage West is not changed to fulfil the requirements which we think altogether Likely As the bulk of evidence is accumulating in its favor. But in the meantime until such a Road is constructed whether it is the Canada Pacific or any other it is highly desirable thac some Mode of regular communication should be established through the Fertile q Appelle Valley Touchwood Hills and lower Saskatchewan countries. Already the irregular traffic is very Large lately added to considerably by the establishment of the posts of the mounted police. Last summer it was estimated that Over carts passed Over the Trail to Carlton and the upper country. Fort Ellice fort Pelly and Garlton must at tract great attention As centres of influence during the next few years it is Al ready observed that the country around the Forks of the Saskatchewan commonly known As Carlton is being rapidly settled some several locations thereabout having Al ready attracted considerable population. Were some regular Mode of communication established a great impulse would be Given to settlement along its line nearer Home by the facilities it would Furni Sli to prospectors who Are now deterred from advancing into the Interior by the great expense attending individual outfits for travelling. Of the hundreds who visit us in the summer few go beyond Portage la Prairie and within that distance finding the land nearly All taken up Many leave without getting locations whereas could they visit the Fertile Banks of Many streams which pour their Waters into the Assiniboine from the Quap Pelle Valley and the Touchwood Hill Sec prosperous settlements would be established to Supply from their Well stocked barns and herds the after Comers and work ing parties. The inhabitants of the various posts together with the considerable numb ers of traders and Hunters throughout thesis Kat Chewan and Bow Eiver countries Alto Gether estimated at some persons have for some years past clamouring for postal facilities As they were depend Manitoba wednesday Jan 26th. Evening on motion of Eon. Or. Davis the Bill for the abolition of the upper souse was read a third passed and sent to the Legisla Tive Council for concurrence. House resumed committee of the whole on the Bill respecting the department of Public Chenier in the chair. Some unimportant amendments having been made the committee Rose and reported. Hox. Or. Koyal moved the third Reading of the Bill. Or. Luxton objected to the third Reading of the Bill As he wished it to be referred Back to committee to make some Amend ments respecting the appointment of a superintendent of Public works. While he would not object to the appointment of a superintendent when the necessities of the province demanded it he did object to the House legislating that there should be a superintendent. Hon. Or. Royal explained that the Bill did not provide that a superintendent should be appointed but that one May be appointed by the Lieut governor in coun cil. Or. Cornish did hot think legislation would be passed by the House unless there was some object in View. He inferred that it was the intention of the government to appoint a superintendent. He thought the Heads of departments should be relieved of details of the office and he trusted that when a superintendent was appointed it would be for his fitness and at a salary proportionate to the duties performed. He did not think it was right to have the Hon. Minister of Public works going about Mea Suring and thought the government should appoint a person for that duty for whose actions they would be responsible to the House. Or. Luxton said he now understood that the government intended appointing a superintendent and he would not be doing Justice to his constituents if he did not oppose it. He moved in amendment that the Bill be referred Back to committee to make such an amendment to the Bill As would prevent the appointment of a superintendent. Or. Dick seconded the motion and spoke against the appointment As an unnecessary one. He ridiculed it As absurd to spend per cent of amount voted for Public works in the supervision thereof. Messes. Brown and Mckenzie also spoke strongly against the appointment and Hon or. Royal defended it. Or. Cornish again spoke in favor of the appointment and said that it was Neces sary for every head of a department to have a Deputy who had no political leanings and who would perform the work properly irrespective of who might form the govern ment of the Day. Or. Luxton s amendment was lost on the following division Brown Bird Cowan Dick Luxton Mckenzie Bourke Davis Cornish Chenier Gunn Girard Howard Lemay Mckay Norquay Lepine Nolin Royal Taylor. The Bill was then read a third time passed and sent to the legislative Council for concurrence. Hon. Or. Royal moved the third Reading of a Bill respecting the registration of Mort gages to be Given by parties obtaining assistance from the Central Relief committee which was carried and the Bill passed and sent to the legislative Council for concur rence. On motion of Hon. Or. Royal the House went into committee of the whole of the Bil ent upon the kindness of the Hudson s Bav Public Mckenzie in i . Company who Send to their various centres a Semi yearly mail. This state of things has been somewhat amended since the location of the mounted police for those in the Vicinity of their posts by a monthly mail. This however does not Avail the parties located elsewhere and even for those sup plied by this Means the mail not being an official guarantee for safety or regularity. A Case in Point has occurred recently in the loss of a letter containing a sum of Money transmitted from this City to a gentleman at Carlton. Were the mail a regular one and enclosed in a regular mail bag such an Accident Coull not readily occur. We Are led to the consideration of this the chair. Or. Bird suggested the addition of a clause providing that the roads across the settlement Belt should in All cases follow the surveys and showed the injustice that would be done to the occupants of narrow lots should the roads Cut across diagonally there should be More safeguards in for such parties. Hon. Or. Royal thought there was sufficient Protection As one of the arbitrator was to be appointed by the owners of the land and that no Road was to be opened until after the full consideration by the Lieut. Governor in Council. The committee then Rose arid reported. Third Reading to Morrow. Hon. Or. Royal moved the second read ing of a Bill respecting the appointment o magistrates in the province and explain dec that it provided for the appointment b subject by tie application of Blakely car police in the outlying districts x f m and the amount to be paid them for their Pei Ter co. To the Dominion government services. For a subsidy towards the establishment of a i the House went into committee of the stage line to Carlton and Hope that the sub i Cowan in the chair Jet will obtain clue and considerate Atten a amendments were Tion from the authorities. We would of committee Rose and report j v third Reading to Morrow. Hon. Or. Howard Rose to a question o during his absence from the j House in the afternoon the Premier had a Ahvay in a manner course favor strongly the giving of such a contract into the hands of one of our own citizens if the facilities and Means were at i hand to carry it out but this is barely Dos i Housun tti1 the Premier had if n Darein passed a motion relating to the Marquette s1ble, if a passenger service is a Desidera Lisgar and Selkirk Kai Vav in a manner which he thought most contemptible Anc a gentlemanly. Had he been in the House he might not have objected to the Passani by railways must find new routes on which their stage Plant and horses. They express themselves ready to place a y turn As Well As the Carriage of the mail. This stage company which has for Man y years past pioneered communication on i 1 i Tinmu Nicacio of the Mot loll but cold not gee Why pre Mier had urged the motion knowing his absence was unavoidable. Hon. Or. Davis explained . On object in the matter was to Correct an irregularity into which the House had been led weekly line f Ges a and he was not aware when he prepared the weekly line if necessary from Here to Carl motion that or. Howard would be absent ton As soon As stopping places can be pre pared. We know of no project of imme Diate practicability that is so worthy of the assistance of the members for this province and so Well calculated to facilitate Settle ment and investment in our Western Terri tories. Though we have sometimes had occasion to criticize the management of the Minnesota Manitoba stage line we Are bound to acknowledge that they have been prominently useful towards the settlement of the country for the past five years we have been entirely dependent upon them for ingress and egress and Carriage of the mails during Winter and considering the difficulties the service has been Well and faithfully done. Hon. Or. No Quay introduced a Bill inti ruled the Church Temporali ties act. Mit. Brown asked the government if the reference made in the speech with regard to redistribution is supposed to have been answered and disposed of by the appoint ment of the committee made last Sittin p the House and if it is the intention of government to act in the matter practicalities session Host. Or. Norquay in the absence of Premier said in action taken by this House was the Best and most Cive to working up the necessary information requisite for such a measure and when the committee had. Arrived at some conclusions the matter would be submitted to the House and action taken by the govern ment. Hon. Or. Girard asked the Goyer men if it is their intention to ascertain As so in possible the possibility of draining for Agri j cultural and commercial purposes those t Ost a Beaver skin Gauntlet of h la for the lefthand. Palm of hand either Black t ittle v t i Boniface known a. Kid or Calfskin. The finder will be rewarded by hy.the-. Marsh called 1 leaving the same at this office. 166-63, i great Lake con trucking water Coli Mieir across mus Keg Lake augmenting. Vol Jeremy the Quantity receives Eiver la Eine stopped in its course by these Obsta Les the inhabitants settled on the Banks or said River Hon. Or Royal said that there was of doubt that great Benefit would result to the to vice were the opened ind it would allow an inexhaustible Supply f Wood to be floated Down to Winnipeg the government would cause the preliminary surveys to be Madej and take such fur her action As was or. Cowan moved that the name of the member for Kildonan or Sutherland be added to the standing committee on Public accounts and said that or. Sutherland was m one committee Only and his object was o place another. _ Hon. Or Boyal said he had rid objection o the motion which was carried. The House adjourned at 11.30. Thursday Jan. 27. The speaker took the chair at p m. Several committees made formal reports. The committee on private Bills reporter on the petition of the Bishop of Kupert s that the provisions of the House lad not been complied with but would re commend under the circumstances that eave be granted to introduce the Bill Peti Ione for. The report of the committee was adopt on the orders of the Day being called for he third Reading of a Bill concerning Public oads or. Bird asked that it be not now read a Bird time but be referred Back to commit be to make a certain amendment. . Royal the Bill was referred Back to the committee of the whole or. Nolin in the chair. Or. Bird moved the addition of a clause providing that any Road or roads leading Roin any municipality or other place out Ide through the settlement Belt shall run parallel with the lots. Or. Dick had great objections to that clause being added and held that where roads struck a lot that was swampy and unit for Road purposes without great expense they should have the privilege to run across he lots All the Way through. He thought it be left an open question with the government. The Bill As it now stands pro idea that the petitioners should pay one Burth of All expenses which would make hem cautious and the extra Price which the government would have to pay would also prevent them the government from jiving consent to running across lots unless t was absolutely necessary. Or. Lemay would vote for or. Bird s to Ion. If the Road was wanted to run across ots let those lots be purchased. He refer the great injury and inconvenience it would cause by roads running across loft and declared that he would rather give a Road allowance along his lot than have a Road transverse it. Or. Sutherland would also support the motion. He said that if a Road transverse a five or six Chain lot obliquely it would Ren Der the lot almost useless Anil would injure the parts not taken ten times the value of the Road allowance. In the Small Parish of Kildonan three roads from. Springfield would strike it and Cross and injure some Twenty or Twenty five lots. There were cer Tain ridges that would do to cultivate and lie would oppose any measure that might destroy the Only land fit for cultivation that might be on a farm. It would not injure Park much when the Road ran along the Edge but it would Alk St totally destroy it if the Road ran diagonally across it. Great care should be taken in the matter As this legis lation was intended to Settle the question for All time to come. Or. Luxton said that if this was to Settle the question forever it was the strongest argument that could be used against the pro posed addition. In Winnipeg they had the Power to put a Road through wherever they liked and if it ran across a lot in such a Way As to destroy its value they had to pay for the whole lot and he argued the same principle should apply to farms. He held that the roads should be run straight and that the owners of the land had ample Secu Rity in the Bill that full Justice would be done them in the Way and manner in which arbitrators Are to be appointed and in the decision of the arbitrators being subject to confirmation by the in coun cil. Or. Brown thought they should Only look to the roads being put in the Best places. In some of the parishes the lines of the lots ran straight or almost straight with the sur Veys and in others did not and while it was the duty of the House to protect All inter ests yet some must give Way to the Public Good. He did not think they could com Pute the damage by the simple . Or. Cowan did not see Why this House should put it out of the Power of the government to run roads where it was thought Best. Hon. Or. listened to the Dis Cussion with much anxiety. He did not wonder that the old settlers looked upon any matter affecting their old homesteads with considerable jealousy. But the Many should not suffer for the Sake few by taking the old lines he was told some roads would be lengthened from one to two Miles. These roads were to be great thoroughfares and should be made in. As direct a line As possible. And head no doubt in Many instances the full Cost of the farms would be gladly paid to have the roads run in a straight line. He suggested that the amendment be so changed to allow this to be done when such arrangements could be made. Hon. Or. Norquay moved the following All cases where any Road from any. Municipality or township outside the settlement Belt is required to any great Highway within the settlement Belt such a Road shall run parallel with the line of the lots except where the parties owning the lots consent to allow such Road to run diagonally through their lands which was car ried on a of-15 to 7. Bird Chenier Dubuc Gir Ard Gunn Lemay Lepine Howard Murray Mckay Norquay Royal Sutherland. Taylor nays Brown Cornish Davis Dick Luxton Mckenzie. The committee Rose and reported and the Bill was read time sent to the legislative Council for concur rence. Hon. Or. Norquay introduced a Bill entitled the Church Temporali ties which was read second Reading to Morrow. A . Moved that the House resolve committee of the. Whole on the Amend the municipal of j87sr he _. Said that in the Hill passed last session words were erroneously and amendments were required to allow councils to carry out provisions. He did not approve of tie sliding scale for statute labor adopted last session which was not passed in the Way introduced by him at the wish of the Council of Springfield and now he pro posed to do away with it altogether. He thought the amendment he now. Proposed would Memore believed Good roads would increase the value of Hoff or Pya in seconded the motion and said that or. Dick had taken a great in Terest in perfecting municipal Laws Ine eyes of the province were upon the Munici Pality of Springfield and the Success of municipal institutions in this province depended very much upon the Way which that Council carried out the municipal act. That Council had some experience and he believed that the proposed amendments de served the attention of the members of the House. In Cowan in the clause 10, which provides that All statute labor of the residents shall on the Road division in which they reside elicited considerable discussion. Or. Sutherland moved an amendment that the statute labor should be performed on the Road division where the situate and argued that it would be doing an injustice to parties in a Road division were persons owing land in that division allowed to perform statute labor for that land Miles away and it might be in another township. His amendment he said was in accordance with the wishes of the Council of Springfield. Or. Dick strongly opposed the Amend ment and or. Luxton spoke in favor of it. The amendment was then carried by a vote of 10 to 8. On motion of or. Luxton a clause pro Viding for the appointment of a collector of taxes other than the treasurer if the coun cil saw fit was added. The committee Rose and reported and the Bill was read a third time passed and sent to the legislative Council for concur rence. Or. Disk moved the second Reading of a Bill concerning the Observance of the lord s Day. He referred to the frequent violation of the Sabbath in Manitoba and this Bill was intended to put a Stop to such violations the Bill had been prepared with great care but perhaps it would Reed some amendment and he trusted that in com Mittee the minister of Public works would make such amendments so that it would not conflict with the statutes. Or. Mokay said there Wasj already an act in Force regarding Sabbath Observance and this Bill should have been to Amend that act. He would therefore move that it be referred to a special committee consisting of messes. Cornish Dick Murray Chenier Bird Norquay Howard and Mckay to make the necessary amendments. Hon. Or. Howard seconded the motion for reasons Given by or. Mckay. Or. Brown thought the Bill should receive its second Reading if there were Laws re Garding this matter they were not carried out. He approved of the principle of the Bill. F do. Cowan believed the Bill to be a Good one and no persons needed it More than some of the residents of Winnipeg. Thought the Bill should go through the regu Lar course. Hon. My. Howard explained that the motion was to save the time of the Bill was informal and it was better for it in be sent to a special committee to have the necessary alterations made. Or. Sutherland did not see the necessity of. The Bill being sent to a special commit tee and thought the amendments could be made in committee of the whole. Or. Bird said that almost every clause conflicted with some act now in it was much better to have it presented in proper shape. Or. Dick did not wish to give up the Bill still he had no objection to it being referred to a special committee or Mckay s motion was then carried. Or. Brown s Bill to Divide the province in to counties was introduced and read a first time. Second Reading on monday. Or. Brown moved for an Humble address to his Honor the , for correspondence with reference to the Bills reserved last session which was car ried. Hon. Or. How Ard moved the second read ing of a Bill respecting the Protection of game in this province and said the Neces sity for such a Bill must be apparent to everyone. If the ruthless destruction of game province which had been to my on for some time was to be would very shortly be All destroyed. The first clause provided that no person should or expose for in pos session any Partridge or Prairie Chicken be tween 1st april and 1st september in and year or any wild Duck 01 Goose Between the 1st june and 15th August or wild Rab bits Between 1st april and 1st october the second clause provided against the or Selling 01 destroying of the eggs of the Birds mentioned the third clause provid eel against the poisoning of game the fourth clause permitted any Peison m actual any Bird or animals 01 take the manufacturers of building material engines patterns and models Box and stoves for burning Wood and Cal Iron a brass castings f it every description. Cedar Street St. Paul Minn. S Afes. Hall s Stan d Ard 8 a fit a full line of fire burglar proof safes and vault doors always in Stock. Bigford fa68more, agents. Office Anil War rooms 46 Jackson Paul Mann Visota. P i a q o q o a o co o o of o o it q q b h o z and new year s. 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