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THE DAILY NE

Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist

 
  

  
  
  

 

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY,

JANUARY 23, 1912.

 

E ARE THOSE MISSING ONE HUNDRED

 

 

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
GETS DOWN 10 BUSINESS. . ete el

on of the municipal under-
Employ a competent pur-

Board of Works ex- | tion supplies.

of affairs left * excavation and piling of
and Shawatlans Narrows.

thods to expedite "Eng ineering “et

veneral way | Progress of works not
grading of streets, |
in detail not
» 10th of each month

recommendations

nority report was brought
on with this by

fits recommendations run thus:

Goes out altoge

varded satisfactorily
, | watlans passage
cannot profitably board | ,

 

‘e standard wage

 

ASSOCIATION OF
PHONE SUPT. COUNTRY FAIRS

d|Premier McBride Reminds Dele-
gates that Friut and Agricul-
tural Products of Province Have
Won Prizes Against the World.

POSITION OF

ity Counctl Last Night Rejecte
Recommendation
Committee in Favor of Reten-
tion of E. Love as Supt. at $200.

ommendation that the Press Despatch.

as superintendent of the Association of

ne department al a salar)

ommendation

considerable

opened up by railways.

» to dispensing
services of the
been continuously

» really well paying mu

» association this

jme aka concerning grants to fairs,

The rejection of the re OPERATION SUCCESSFUL

\wirs. J. Jabour Compliments Sa

» reported in this’ issue, | pert Surgeons on Her Recovery.

» Rupert Dairy.

- PE ete ree ret et tent Pm et

| REMEMBER !!

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CAMERON BAY ORDER

beet of Railway Commission
Is Filed by rid Council.

ght laid before the Couneil the

decision of the Railway Commis-

airman Ald. Morrissey Presents a Comprehensive | *'0" in regard to the encroach-
Report on Civic Works and Hydro-Electric Scheme
—Minority Report on Labor Points

| ment of the Grand Trunk Pacific
upon lands at Cameron Bay, and
suggested that it be filed, which
was accordingly done. The order
attached to the lengthy report
reads as follows:

i “Tt is ordered that on or be-
[fore the 1st day of May, 1912,
the Grand Trunk Paeific Railway
Company remove sufficient rock
fill at Cameron Bay to leave on
opening at the deepest point of
lat least thirty feet in width; the
said company to file with the
Board before February 15th,
1912, and furnish the applicants
with, a plan showing the location

of the opening and the depth of
the girders for carrying its |

tracks; and if any dispute arises

as to these details the same to |Intyre Hall this «vening to dis-
feuss plans of municipal public
ity. it

be submitted to the chief engineer
of the Board for adjustment.

 

 

A Hs Ft Pr Pt et Ft Pa a OA

SMELLS LIKE SMOKE!

In the report of the Board
of Public Works laid before

!

Chairman Morrissey paren-
thetically makes the follow-
ing startling statement:

“At work on the new city
fire hall and city hall we
failed to receive the num-
ber of men at work. Com-
puting the number of men
engaged at the above duties
we find 104 men engaged.
(Your chairman of commit-
tee might here remark that
the pay roll for December,
1911, showed 210 men at
work, and upon enquiry |!
exould find that no men had
been discharged since that
time except three men from
Thompson’s gang.)”’

the Council tast night, (

 

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Rupert Fish Market,

BEATRICE ARRIVED

and Freight
from Vancouver Today. |

! Mail,

| permanently.
ported excellent

Early Closing.
business houses
. every night
commencing
Provision
d, Williams

jwill close at 7 | p.

 

 

Public Publicity Meeting.
A meeting will be held in Me

rooms over
‘ offices or

P, RR,

Beatrice ar-
> with pas-|
freight. Con-

of the

. Mitehell of the
» & Watts
two sisters-in-law
» young ladies |
> Rupert,
Locke re-

all the

Phillips,
Prince

Frizzell Me at

Ss. Wal-
isif

TO REDUCE ENGINEERING STAFF :

City Engineer Recommends Dropping Three Men From His’

Force on \ March First Next

ALD. MORRISSEY EXPRESSES SURPRISE

Calls Col. Davis to Witness That He Used No Undue Influence in
dation Brought Before the Council

Mayor Newton

Having Such a Recommen
—Special Committee Appointed on

jmembers of the staff may be dis-
pensed with at the beginning of
the month, I submit herewith ¢
statement showing the education
al training and experience of the
different members. IT would sug
gest that a committee be appoint
ed to select those to be retained

There was a rumor. around
town yesterday that some oflicial
heads would fall into the basket
at the meeqting of the Council,
and the result was the congrega

tiom of a great crowd at the City

ruillotine and revel in the sight
Hall to watch the work of the
of gor Iwo or three rows of

spectators were perched upan the
counter, with a crowd reaching
to the street peering between
them. All the inside floor space
was occupied, many of the of-
ficials themselves being present.

But it was a great disappoint-

ment Only one head—that of
Mr. Love, the superintendent of
the telephone system was

doomed to drop, and this only
after a long debate and the defeat
of the reeommendation of the
Light and Telephone Committee
that he should be retained. The
Gity Engineer did report, however,

that he would be able to, reduce
his staff by three about the 14st
of March, bul no names were
mentioned, and the report was
jnot acted upon, but referred to
a special committee, The report
in question read as follows:

“In view of the nearing com-
pletion of the grading of Section
{, a reduction in the engineering
staff is necessary, It is my opin-

duce
Couneil had been told again and
again that more help was re
| department instead

quired in th
of less; aso the Council had

select

in the city employ.”

Alderman Clayton said that as
the Engineer was well acquainted
with the qualifications of the
various members of his staff he
should be asked to recommend
the three to be dropped,

Alderman Morrissey was sur-
prised at this suggestion to re

from time to time received appli-
leations for increase of wages for
members of this staff.

Alderman Bullock - Webster
said it might place the City En-
gineer in an embarrassing posti-
tion to select the three men to be
dropped, as. if the Couneil should
others, and those the City
Engineer recommended for dis
missal be retained, it would be |

rather awkward, }gineer was defeated by

Then Mayor Newton made

ong speech, telling how he and
the Bngineer had conferred to- |

ion that the services of three gether on the subjeet with the re-

was so busy

the engineering staff, as the

. Davis said there
too many at the

 

» brought up the

Board of Works and the

to a Special committee

* on in the
seemed to
have gathered the impression that |
» was charging him with]
with the}
» immediately
placed that official upon the wit
. Davis stated that
conference
had intro-

again

after the
recently raised
» line and the
to be able
asked for,
» should so suddenly be found
» than necessary on the

was hone

present time, but

were ap-

proaching completion and he felt
3 would be
a smaller
came Up.
matter now m
to be let out

Alderman Clayton’s motion that
referred to the
City En-
an amend-
» referred
composed
the three

According to Alderman Morris-
sey’s statements at last night's
City Council meeting, there is
trouble brewing with the City
Telephone department. ‘There
won't be a single operator there,”
he said, “if things are allowed to
go on as they are at present.”

Alderman Morrissey suggested
that there was a trouble breeder
in the “Hello” house and that the
staff is disorganized. He even
stated that a member of the real
‘trouble’ department of the
phone system had approached
iim to seek his influence to re-
nove a certain member of the
resent gang.

The revelations were the result
fa report by the phone commit-

jtee that a new official known as
|the chief operator be employed at

1$65 per month, The addition to
th estaff was considered neces-
sary because of the adoption of
the multiple system, and to im-
rve the servic
| Before Alderman Morrissey
| he ad had his say out the state of
affairs at, the central phone of-
fiee was pretty well mud-bedrag-
gled. If all were true at which
Alderman Morrissey hinted, there
is much to regret in the way of
misunderstanding, if not actual
misconduct, affecting the depart-
ment, The heinous crime of
“listening”? was suggested, but a
tangled state of affairs involv-
ing reference to private letters
containing cerlain charges * was
partially revealed by Alderman
Morrissey, who demands inves-
| tigation. His statements were
| greeted with considerable demur
and eventually the matter of this
proposed appointment was laid

 

over,

KILLED INHIS |
FIRST FLIGHT

First Death of the Year Among
EBirdmen—Jumped from Height
of Sixty Feet—All His Bones |.
Eroken. |

 

 

 

Canadian Press Despatch.

Los Angeles, Jan, 23.—Foll ee
ing shortly after a young couple |
had been married on the aviation |'
fleld at the international meet
here yesterday afternoon, Ruther-
ford Page, an aviator who had
just obtained his license as avi-
ator, was suddenly dashed
death by his aeroplane
from a height of 150 feet. Page
jumped clear of the machine

tically every bone in his body be-
ing broken. This is the first!
death in the ranks of airmen for

theggear,
New Arrivals.

Premier Hotel-—G, 0, Smith
ic Cowley,

TO ABOLISH BOTH POLL AND ROAD TAK© © o's:

1 (Canadian Press Despatch,

Victoria, Jan, 23,—The sitting
bs Doolers Mi icNeil and lof the Legislature was devoted

yesterday almost wholly to an ex

een: | iADAtan by Attorney General
| Bowser of the proposed changes

of revised statutes,

Finanee Minister Ellison brought
‘}in a synopsis report from the
}Gommission on Taxation, This
lrecommends the abolition of the
poll tax, which last year yielded
$513,388 to the treasury, It ree-
ommends also the abolition of
the personal property tax, Of
a meting of the the income tax it recommends the
following changes: That the ex-
-jemption be raised from 81,000
| to 81,500; the withdrawal of any

 

 

exemption from incomes over
$50,000, and an addition of a sur-
tax of 5 per cent, for that part |
of income which exceeds $50,000;
an exemption of $2 for each fand
legitimate child under 48 years |
of age for farmers, and an aver-

age system for assessing the in

comes rial trades,

The Commissioners state their
ybject to have been to reduce ihe

taxation on citizens with smaller
to |Gomimisaion

incomes and at the same time

|
readjust its incidence on the pos-}

sessor of larger Incomes,

It further recommends the
periodical reassessment of prop
erty according to value as de
fined, the abolition of taxation on |

jimprovements,
| fore ing registratio not reai estate
forth the

aeaataatadinn

jof real estate

In dealing with the cos
recommends
Taduced fromion the spot, Mr. Frank A, Ellis
ton Chere

jis no change veaaile in the mineral|did view property,

Sweeping Recommendations of the Commission on Taxation are \«""'
| ~ Brought Before the Legislature

serl-|

“UAASN ARE |
legislation en

purchase,
registration fee of Victoria, Jan, 23,—The British
the value
up to s5.000 be ex
estate, irre-

per cent

Tom and Jerry at the Savoy.

al tax the
that

IMrs. H. O. Carr, B, M. Rogers.
Grand Trunk Inn—l. Burnside,
Namu Fr. W. MelIntosh, Van-

LABOR CONVENTION

 

|

\Premier McBride Delivers Ad-
dress of Welcome to Delegates.

Columbia Federation of Labor
eonvened here yesterday. Premier
iMeBride delivered the address of
welcome to the assembled dele-

gates,

Valuable Residential Property.
On Saturday next at 2:30 p. m.

lwill sell by public auction splen-
Fourth avenue
and Dunsmuir street, also choice
vacant lot, Fifth avenue, wilhout
iposerve, See handbills, AL

   
 

NEXT MAILS

   

ebewee Friday 8 a.m,

   

 

PRICE Five CENTS

TROUBLE IN MUNICIPAL
TELEPHONE DEPARTMENT

Investigation Demanded by Ald. Morrissey Who Hints
at Certain Changes Affecting the Dept.— Proposal
to Appoint Chief Operator Starts Discussion

 

DON’T MARRY YOUNG

Decide Against

is detrimental
* was the subject
» between repre-
sentatives of the
byterian and Baptist debating so-
taking part in the

{. Williams and
The awarded the de-
cision to the ¢

with interest to the

 

HOSPITAL AMBULANCE

 

Trustees Apply to Council for a
Place to House the Machine.

shortly to arrive. They suggest-

ed the old fire station temporarily
could be provided

» request was al once

 

AWEUL TIMES
IN VANCOUVER

Thousands of Unemployed Parad-
ing Streets with Banners—New
Mayor Issues Edict Interdicting
Free Speech—Police Patroling.

 

» trial and returned
is a general feeling of

a serious outbreak may
says that thou-

falling sands of une mploye ad men are pag

to jany

ners stating that this is the army

when sixty feet from the ground|of the
and fell flat, his neck and prac- starving

lealled in and there ts also a larg
» mounted kept pa-

» had been no rioting

te Andrew’ s Society “Opens Ban-
quet Season.
The banquet season is now well
at hand and as usual the St. /
takes its place at
big dinners
This year the feast will
ibe spread at the Premier Hotel,
» preparations are

drew’'s Society

personnel of the com-
» in charge the statement is
te mp will exceed all previous ef-
The dinner will be he sd on

2 . Kerr, George Scott,
Maleco!m McLeod or the secretary,

Manson will not
» nor again until