Mr. POWER:
The member representing
this constituency is a representative statesman.
Mr. LUCAS:
There was a lot in my constituency for seventeen years without a building put upon it.
Mr. VALLANCE:
I might tell my hon. friend that we have a lot, bought by the Tories in 1911, on which there has been no building erected.
Mr. ROSS (Kingston):
Might I ask what is the size of the village?
Mr. VALLANCE:
Eleven hundred.
Item agreed to. Saskatoon-public building, $150,000.
Mr. ELLIOTT:
In this connection three projects were under consideration, one the construction of a new public building, second, the enlargement of the existing building, and third, the purchase of another building. The present post office building is entirely inadequate to provide for the business that is carried on there, and the advice from our architect is that from a structural standpoint it cannot be economically enlarged to accommodate all the government offices. It was therefore found advisable to obtain another suitable site. The site of the present building is a valuable one, and the land around there, necessary to provide the further accommodation required, is being held at a very high price. What is proposed is to purchase a lot 40 feet on Twenty-second avenue for $53,000, the property adjacent to the railway station and situated on block 148 with a frontage of 150 feet on First avenue, 120 feet on Twenty-second avenue, and distant from the podt office 250 feet on First avenue, and to build on that lot.
Item agreed to.
It is eleven o'clock.
Mr. MACKENZIE KING:
Is there any objection to finishing the item? The remaining vote, for Tisdale, is a small one.
Mr. GARDINER:
It is rather a large item, Mr. Chairman, and I suggest that it stand over.
Mr. STEVENS:
You have had a pretty good day.
Progress reported.
At eleven o'clock the house adjourned, without question put, pursuant to standing order. Banking and Commerce Committee Monday, May 7, 1928