Mr. MEIGHEN:
Is he a son of the late Postmaster General or of the member for the riding?
Mr. COPP:
I do not know.
Mr. MEIGHEN:
Inasmuch as the Postmas: er General never had a son, I do not think it is likely that this man was his son. He may be a son of the member for the riding.
Mr. GARDINER:
What was the estimated damage by the engineers of the department on this particular work?
Mr. COPP:
The amount asked for in the
vote.
Mr. GARDINER:
Do the contractors bear any part of the damage at all?
Mr. COPP:
We are relieving the contractor from the damage for the reasons I have stated. He did his work properly and efficiently.
Item agreed to. Ontario- Bronte-wharf repairs 4,900 Burlington-breakwater extension 9,800 Burlington channel-repairs to north pier .. 3,100 Chatham-repairs to revetment wall-further amount required 7,500 Chute a Blond eau-wharf reconstruction.. 7,600 Collingwood-breakwater reconstruction .. 35,000 Honey Harbour-wharf 11,600 Laurenson Lake-dredging 2,000 L'Orignal-contribution towards cost of shore protection, the province of Ontario to contribute a like amount and the municipality-$1,000 2,000 Meaford-breakwater repairs 9,000 Midland-dredging 58,000 Midland-wharf-further amount required 45,000 New Liskeard-wharf repairs 3,650 Owen Sound-harbour wall 15,000 Port Stanley-harbour improvements and repairs-further amount required 10,000 Rondeau-dredging 32,000 Saugeon River-repairs to harbour worksfurther amount required 4,000 Sault Ste. Marie-dredging slip 61,000 Windsor-wharf repairs 3,000 324,150
Supply-Harbours and Rivers
Mr. GARDINER:
Will the minister give
the committee information with regard to the Collingwood breakwater.
Mr. COPP:
This amount of $35,000 is required to provide for the construction in concrete of 400 lineal feet of the north breakwater at the outer end and varying in width from 22 feet to 70 feet at the headblodk. This is for reconstruction and repairs.
Mr. GARDINER:
Is this work let by contract?
Mr. COPP:
Yes.
Mr. GARDINER:
Who are the contractors?
Mr. COPP:
This is just voting the money and the contract will be called for later on. It has not been let.
Mr. McTAGGART:
This is a new item
for Honey Harbour. Is there any accommodation there at the present time?
Mr. COPP:
The amount of the vote is
Mr. MEIGHEN:
I must enter a protest
against this habit of bringing down supplementary estimates in batches-all sorts of works here, there and everywhere. There is no use in having these items in the supple-mentaries. The only object the government had was to spring the news gently, get the country to think there was not very much being voted, and then bring batches in at the last.
Mr. HOEY:
Can the minister tell us
where Honey Harbour is?
Mr. HAMMELL:
I will tell the hen.
gentleman the reason why this item was not put in the main estimates. Honey Harbour is quite an important place on the Georgian bay, and until the present season the people had been served at a private wharf. During the past winter the owner of this wharf notified the people that they could no longer use it. There are about 2,500 people to be served by this wharf, and there is no other wharf in this locality.