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I I i- "York tounty Councii Conduct ed .hiue Session Aiter bengthy Rebate , v 00 Many. imports. i ' COUNTY TAX RATE ' 55th AS LAST YEAR Reports of the Various Committees l Last Friday the York«Co%ty Coun- cil concluded its June session, one of the longest and most important of this summer session of the County Council. ' The County Council of York is the largest in Ontario consisting of 57 members and representing an assess- ment of over 80 millions of dollars. , The committee reports give a gen- eral revieW‘ of the cbuncil work and we give herewith an summary of the various reports. Markets W. C. Gohn, Reeve of Markham and chairman of the market committee re- ported as follows: 1. We have leased a lot situated Just outside the City Limits on Yonge Street, on which there has been erec- té\d a metallic building 28’x44’, with accommodation for 40 Vendors. The building will cost $800 and the rental .of the lot $200 yearly. \We'recommend that the County of York bear cost of construction, while a‘ fee will be charged which we ex- vpect .will cover rental and' operation chargesf ' '2. We are also negotiating for a location on Danfbrth avenue which would serve the public residing in the eastern part of the City and it is hoped to open a similar market in that locality. 3. During the present year sev‘ 'eral radical changes have taken place in regard to the management of St. ' _ \Lasairence Market. In connection with those changes the advise of the soli- , 'citor has been secured and we find that under the Agreement entered in- to between the County of York and the City of Toronto, the City of Toâ€" rontocannot charge any fees or ren- tal on any of the City Markets with _ the exception of the Cattle Market. ;While there is no .doubt as to the 'validity of this-agreement, we feel that it would be wise, from the stand- point of the producers using the St. Lawrence Market, to empower the Warden and Commissioners to enter dnto a new agreement between the City of Toronto and the County of York. l The Finance wommittee through their chairman, Geo. Kellam. Deputy Reeve of Vaughan, reported as fol- lows: 1. That the usual grant of 25.00~ be given the following named orti- culture Societies, when they have complied with the required regula- tions. Roseland Horticulture Society, - Greenwood-Woodbine Horticulture So- ciety, Mt. Albert Horticulture Society, Scarboro Horticulture Society. 2. That a grant“, of two fliundred dollars be given to the Salvation Army Social Service. Industrial Home The Indbstrial Home Compiission- ers, Geo. Kellain of Vaughan and W. Riddell of Georgina reported: 1. We found in the Home on ‘Jan- uary lst 82 inmates and committed ,‘ 14. In March there were 96 inmates, since then 4 have died and 17 dis: charged. The number in the Home June 1st, 75. Seeding has been completed and the' the fall wheat is looking fair. orchard has been nicely pruned and the farm stock are all in good condition. ' 3. The system of fire protection commenced last year has been com- pleted. The standpipe has filled and with the engine running the water can be forced ever any of the build- ,ings. We have hose placed on every floor. The total cost has been 87.300 The Home is kept neat and clean. and the care and comfort of the in- mates is given every consideration by Mr." and Mrs. Stoddart. i The men's sleeping quarters and .the Hospital room are filled to capa- city. Reforstration One of the interesting develop- ments in York in recent years h I been the reforstration. Some four years ago the County bought 1000 acres on the 8th con.. Whitchurch. and before 1926 planted 250 acres. This year the through W. C. that: During the past year. the house occupied by the foreman on the Hol- ll 5 committee Gohn of report Markham lidge property has been repainted 11 sslmriltv and reshingled, and a new combined driving house. stable and workshop has been erected. During the present year the fencing of the entire pro- perty will be completed. all of which add to its general appearance. During the winter seine thinning on the tim- bered .area has been attended to which improves the appearance of same, and allows for theI development of the younger and better.class of trees. That portion of the property plan- ted in 1924 and 1925 has shown won- derful growth, the Jack Pine having reached a height of 31/2 feet in many cases. We also find that fully 90 per cent of trees planted have survived. The acreage. planted during the present year consists of 125 acres, made us as follows,â€" Red Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.000 White Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000 Scotch Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.009 Jack Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,000 ' Poplar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,000 ' Total . . . . . . Total 205,000 trees. While the planting of this year was carried on under favorable conditions, the absence of sufficient, moisture and the nature of blow-sand, may cause a greater precentage to fail than in the proceeding years. We would recommend the planting of that portion of the Ballantrae swamp on the 8th concession of Whitchurch, which has been acquired by. the County of York, through the diversion of the roadway, and/same could be used as a demonstration plot. Education The Educational Committee thro- ugh H. E. Beckett of Scarboro pre- sented‘ a report recommending that payment. be- made on or before 1st October next, to the High and Con- tinuation lSchools below mentioned, the'amounts set opposite their; re- spective names. , ' High Schools Weston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,761.64 Markham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,260.86 Richmond Hill . . . . . . . . . . 10,923.56 Newmarket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,103.31 Aurora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,582.24 Scarboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,013.20 Mimico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,602.00 Continiiation Schools Stouffville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1,683.14 Sutton .......1 . . . . . . . . . . 1,747.52 Mt. Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737.11 Islington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855.45 Agincourt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,081.98 Schomberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.79 Danforth Park No. 26 . . . . . 7,639.75 Long Branch .2 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,661.11 Fairbank (Adjusted) 870.62 There°was also presented a special report dealing with the metropolitan area for schools. . I The report stated that there are 42 school sections in the suburbs of Te- oronto, including the wns of Lea- side, Weston, New Toronto, and Mim- ico, and the Villages of Forest Hill and Swansea, whose condition is su- burban rather than rural and who have a common interest in the schools. The following are the sections re- commended for the area: Scarboroâ€"Sections 10, 12, 3 and 15. East Yorkâ€"Sections 7. Su, 1011, 26 and ‘37. Leasideâ€"All. North Yorkâ€"Sections 2. 3, 4, 811, 10. 14, 21u. and .‘l4u. York Sections 13. 15. 211i. 35. 28. 29, 30, 32, 33. 3411 and 115. Forest Hillâ€"â€"_~\‘il. ’ “'estonâ€"Ail. Etobicoke Sections 3. 5. S. 11. 12. 14. 15. 16. )Iimicoâ€"All. New Torouioâ€"All. Swanseaâ€"Ail. In 1921 there were 56 schools in this area. serving a population of approximately 108.240 people and 22.263 pupils, ;.: :1 total annual cost to the area of 31.236.401.00. Under the Atticnxitiient to the Pubâ€" lic School Ac: vi 1026. the rcp‘rcsent- on ilie Metropolitan Public Arc-.1 Board. that each Municipality or portion of Municipality is in clch one member. and six members to be elected by general vote throughout the Metro- politan Public School Area. There are included 1 ation . School provides 1). Municipalities “ g5 o . . positions $1,515., 1.2..“ i in i‘i‘ ‘ll'UleSOki arm. and each i: c".â€" Lii‘ud io clcct a iiicmbcr which will ;:i\c a Board of 17 members to man- :1530 the schools. The members elect- cd by the Municipalities to serve one year, and the six members for five years. Special provision is made for the equalization of the nssessnients of the difl'ercnt municipalities for pubâ€" lic school purposes by the appointâ€" ment by the Board of a commission which will consist of three persons who need not be members of the Board .and an appeal shall lie- from the report of the commission to the County Judge in the same manner as an appeal from the County assess- ment. 1 The Metropolitan Public School Board may issue debentures’ in its corporation name, but it must obtain the consent of the Ontario Railway & Municipal Board in any case where the, annual rate required to meet the payment of principal and interest ex- ceeds 30 per cent of the total rate required to meet the total'cost of the public schools in the area. If the new issue of debentures exceeds the 30 per cent. as stated above then. it is necessary for the Board to obtain the assent of the eleceors. The amount required to be raised annually to cove the debenture and maintenance cost for the schools in the area will be apportioned among the various municipalities by the Board according to the equalized as- sessment, in a similar manner as the county rates for the different pur- poses and the rates for county and township statutory grants will not be levied for school purposes as they are at present. By this there will be a relief from township and county rates. \“ be following table shows the great difference in the cost per room . _w‘ \ . _ I I ’t- . . ‘ _ W it works. in the future we must bear that debt. ""~"“"”"‘“'""“""*“""""“1 ""-' ‘“ "' UNFAIR PROPOSITION That is not fair, just or honest. S U MM E R ‘1)(‘Illliy Reeve Murphy of Ilimicol Reeve R. H. l\lc(lrcf:oi'. of East SCHOOLS i siren;er opposed the bill. llc first York. who favors ‘he bill. spoke folk”, 1.1%....“ mm, “vmmm any pointed out ilml eigiii iiit‘litli’ci‘u o‘a’ briefly. Itcgardin: tlie_rcniark made inicrrupiion for July and August, . . . . . . . . ... ' r. H . the educational committee o: im- almu‘. a School having ;. S\‘.‘l‘.‘.nl;r‘.g our! invigu info the 1.111 lezni . . - e 1 I‘ 1' " ‘ :'~’ ‘. county. who bi-mimit ill a i'i‘poti tank. he said ihlS rcierrcd to East “"1” “l " 1 L” ~ - . . . ‘_V . . 1 v‘ w i W ' lllVl‘l‘ll‘R‘ 11‘? :ii‘cii. resided oiiisideliork. but i'cniinjed the council that TT‘IL: bHA‘V BUSINESS the ll?"‘;1. “Each municipality has i‘is‘ihe people were not responsible for, S{‘l-{00LS, TORONTO. (v.11 uz‘ob‘cms and should be ilii(\\"" ‘ ‘s. bi he ‘i'i: >cs. “The ice ile do ' ' . . v I 1 . r. . ., ).U11H” Lt tint 1‘“ ,1 I I Courses begun now may be com- m (on \ilil-iill‘lil. The bill I.“ Just no. want it. he suic. pimp“ without fm-wd vacatums‘ e:::.:i.iuc'iL: there is nothing dc- WANT MATTER DEFERRED by daily attendance or by Home finiti in ii. Th'gv give power to us Reeve R. l“. llii'ks. North York. Stud." I’lglli‘il{111119113113 on If; r s - ‘ .‘ *'- tosi ; anagcr o to miss the bill. thcn ste) out ‘roi‘i 'inovcd ilia‘ the debate 'id our'u. “new to ' ‘f n .‘ ° ’ ‘ i _ I . ‘I_ l f _] L , , ‘3] 8101\1' St. V‘l est. ’loronte. Tele- unoci. li l.' a most 1171.211 proposi- whici was. carricil. utter V\\'lllCil he phone Kingfidule 316,â€"); o ll'm. introduced the follov.'iug resolution. _ T113” in. hm! never heard iromior which was tabled: “That whereas the L”? râ€"VLZWM ' (g H. Ferguson. ilinister of Educa- tion. uphold the Metropolitan Area Iadoption of the Mitropolitan Area Bill in its present form will impose bill. "lie is noi seriouslv in favor of unfair financjal Obligation upon 001“ it. I never heard him down itAhe Icould not do that very well when on. of his Ministers introduced it. “If you carry this through not know what will happen to Mim- ico. The bill is here before its time, and you are doing an injustice by adopting this plan," he concluded. L. H. Baldwin, reeve of Forest Hill. another opponent of the scheme, said it was a serious question. “It is not a Metropolitan School. Asea, ‘but‘a suburban school area. If this passed the county loses all control, no matter what damage is done. Do you- think the/ management of our; schools should be taken from our hands? That is what the bill does. It places the control in the hands of one or two municipalities. “Many difficulties will occur in this Metropolitan Area. You are damaging local contact with teachers and pupils. We will gladly forego our Government grant, but don’t take away the control of ear own schools, because We will suffer by it. You can give ourrgrant to Mr. Edâ€" wards" school if yiou like. PRESENT SYSTEM A SUCCESS "“Why go back on themoutstanding school system which ’has proved a .success? I cannot believe that the council is going to give themselves away by making themselves a tool of the Government by bringing this act into force. “Once this area is brought into operation the entire area‘becomes responsible for the debenture debt, [do consultation with is, tain municipalities. be it resolved that the Metropolitan Area Bill be refer- red to a special consideration and for the > Government regarding desirable amendments to the present bill. and that such com- mittee report to this council at the November session.” Richmond Hill Roads Last year all the County roads' in Richmond Hill were returned to the village and it was expected that 75 per cent. of the county road tax would be rebated. The Department of Highways however ilOId that for 1925 ‘ there would not be a rebate as tl'ie county had spent the rebate. The council of Richmond Hill pro- tested and asked for a rebate of men- ies spent on roads in Richmond Hill during 1925, a deputation headed by T. Trench; former reeve, appeared before the council. He'said, “we were promised a rebate of 75 per cent. of all monies expended, and have not re- ceived it yet.” W. .H. Pugsley, former warden, also spoke on \‘behalf of Richmond Hill. “I don’t think we received a fair deal from the start. and Rich- mond Hill is entitled to better treatâ€" ment,” he said. J. Lunau, reeve of Richmond. Hill, said it was very urgent that his mnu- icipality should receive the money. “we lowered our mill rate 11/2 mills anticipating that we would get this money.” ' i I “We will give Richmond Hill every dollar the act says we shall. They Eyes. E BY i‘iiE MOST MOD’ERN METHODS A rtificinl Eyes Fitted. F. E. Luke OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN (Upstairs Opposite Simpson’s) 163:167 Yonge Street. Toronto 2 Elgin 4820 _____._,.________. Joh Dunlop & Son FLORISTS __._I_. I promptly and . FOR SALE, 345 feet Yonge St. frontage, N.W_. corner Yonge St. and Maple Side Road (Arnold Property), Lots 181. Private 15 foot driveway in/‘ rear from Maple Road. Easyv terms if desired. No better loca~ tion on North Yonge St. Splendid opportunity for investment as these lots will increase in value. Apply ‘ rammed-1,, Glasses if Required at Right Prices. up It Richmond, Hill .- Ont. We solicit, orders for" cut flowers, for, all 0c- 5.»- I casions which Will be_,.'.'«'g cheer-'- if fully filled. a: ‘1. i".' .'.. ". I 15 per year of education in this area. have a great grieVance’" said War_ i , _ Municipality Cost ‘per room per year Rate den Pearson. The matter was refer- 1‘ R' Herrlngton New Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,197.00 E 10 mills TGd t0 the LengIatiVe Committee to I ' "' Weston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,359.00 10.4 mills see the Deparlfment 0f Highways- Miinico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.568.00 ‘ ‘ 18.1 mills -, County. Rate ’ ' Forest Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,600.00 (Estimate) 7. mills The county rate was StI‘UCk at the I E M I L L York, Sec. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,305.00 ~ 39.9 mills same as last year, namely 6.6 millsJ , York, Sec. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,236.00 17. mills made up as follows: .1 V Scarboro, Sec. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘ .. 1,828.00 37.1 mills General £3159 ~ . - - - . - l - - - - 3-50914. . . - ‘ I East York, Sec. 26 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,990.00 37.3 mills Industrial Home"‘.......:.. 0.21519 . Grmdmg Flour and .‘ v'é Etobicoke, Sec. 11, , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,189.00 49.6 mills court House - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.05361 Feeds ‘ Scarboro,’Sec. 13' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,939.00 27.1 mills Road Improvement . . . . . . . ' 0.06933 ., _ ' "Ni North York,, Sec. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,429.00 13.5 mills ‘Provincial Roads Deb~---;- 0-31781 Baled Hay and Straw," ,. Leaside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,864.00 '7.21 mills Provincial Roads Imp... 0.086663 D I. . I i d i ‘ ‘ From this table you will see that ' 1 Road Construction . . . . . . . . 1.93227 9 Iverles .V.‘ I . and Forest Hill becomes mortgaged Road Maintenance . . . . . . . . 0.21739 2' the COSt Per room 15 less 1r" the large for that debt. and if we join the city Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.19863 Phone J'VF’ -r schools, and where the cost per room I I is less the rate is highest It is true that the different rates is partly due to inequalities in assessments, but it must be admitted that the chief cause for these inequalities are such as within this Area and there can be no question that the burden of provid- ing for the education in these disâ€" tricts is most inequally distributed. To overcome the school difficulties existing in the suburbs some co-oper- ative method of administering our system must be adopted, and to do this it is necessary to enlarge our areas and do away with municipal and school boundaries. This will al- low the pupils to go to the nearest school and in many instances will save the duplication of new additionâ€" 31 rooms and new buildings which are necessary under the present method of administering the public schools. The report was debated for a day and finally the matter was referred to a special committee to report again in November 1926. I '3 James Lee, Reeve of Leaside, was the first to voice objections. “,I don't think it is just at zill."‘-he said with emphasis. D. Webster. deputy reeve. Weston, Contendcd that Weston would not get fair representation on the pro- posed Metropolitan School Board, “You have only one man under your personal supervision. We a fine board of education new. and we would to dispense with that body and be satisfied with one man. I don‘t think it is fair," he said. COST PER ROOM T. Allen said. “The reason why the Government brought down such a ixil is to sec if cost of education could not be struck more cqually. I think we should Government. that they can look Lif1er us. (hey cannot do now. The men who have have listen to the so which have the educational interests of the province :1: hear: brought in the bill." Speaking to the members of coun- cil outside the area proposed. Reeve Allen told them to consider the mat- ter seriously. and asked them to give an opportunity to those favoring the area a chance to try it and see how On Your Subscriptions 9to’,“ .If Toronto Dailies ’by Sub- .1 As a special introductory offer for our enlarged paper, now eight pages all home print we have arrange ed clubbing rates that mean a material saving toour We are now offering the years sub- scription to the Liberal and any one of the Toronto daily papers at the remarkably low price of subscribers. $5.75 per yea '1 9 I' THE LIBERAL ‘ Richmond Hill Ontario. .v‘ scribing for-the Liberal 1 .1 I