,z twam -, P .':, B.Co , lrWe
? ' -$20,;16 0~00, realizi1ng 18, 1 , i-
|'e::onltr?a to statute. This lllegality wasd inttei Pb r
!~house on May 15th' of this year, and defended on. the grouid iti WS'
to save the contractors trom bankruDtcey?. A further guarantee ot $I! ,5 ff, l
: has-been authorized. ' '?I
C . Contrary to the Premier's statement that Messrs. Foley,:Welch &. St;.
;had put into construction $9,000,000 over and above the $18,000,000 advand .
by the government, Chief Engineer Gamble's report shows the amount expend . -e '".X
is only $18,802,805. . .
Another $6,000,000 was voted for the P. G. E. Ry. Co. at the last sessijon. " -
N.B.-The Railway Act of 1912 has been completely ignored as to its demand for fan ," '
annual report by the AMinister of Railways.
The entire affairs of this company, its financigl position, its methods- o-~.:.:'.i?
construction, its relation to subsidiary companies and its treatment of. sub-m ^ >
contractors and laborers call for immediate and thorough investigation-. Bt
according to the B. C. Railway Act, incorporated with the P. G. E. Railway Act .
practically, no such investigation can be held without the consent of the .-
company itself. It enacts that any information or evidence given to the .
MJinister Qf Railways "shall not be open to the public or published, but shall? S
be for the information of the minister only." (Sec. 283 (a) Chap. 194,-
R.S.B.C. 1911.)
The above synopsis is proved by the "Votes and Proceedings" of the last session of the
Legiolature, which also prove that MESSBS. BOWSEB, REID & WALLBRIDGE A LC C-..
&iOLICITORS FOR BOTH THE P. G. E. RY. CO. AND P. WEICH, THRE CONTRAO .. C - .-"
PATRONAGE
The Vancouver School Board investigation and the investigations duritng- *
* last session of the legislature prove that the Bowser machine systematicall -
exacts contributions for its upkeep -on all public business, even profiting ouf
I of the money contributed for the education of our children. British COIumbtitr :
has the opportunity of leading the whole of Canada in the complete abolitwf
of this hateful system by electing the Liberals, who have definitely pled;f-
themselves to abolish patronage and establish a non-partisan civil serie .
commission.
We recommend these facts and figures to the most careful consideration-
of the electors and appeal to them to aet at the polls as their eonsciene?1^ :
dictates.
(Signed) G. R. WELCH
J. R. ROBERTSON
JOHN MACKAY . . .
i A. E. COOKE . .. '
J. S. H1ENDERSON
-SUN JOB PRElSSF ' *
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