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lieutenant governor, and other officials. and ofid poJiee ftuni Fun 1'efiy lo liaitle-ina.de wooden nouse*, uua nave sent them j there, where they have been erected, Guv- ;ernor Dewdney went to the enormous ex - j pense of adding two together, and that, 1 fbelieve, is the lieutenant-governor's palace. { The Go vex mne lit do not intend to go to any j expense there on buildings of a permanent character, until the cost of building i* infinitely reduced. When the railway is finished, when the lumber can be bought along ! the line cheaper, and when brick is made, j and I am glad to sav that in that region IC? % c j Ithere is, 1 am told, first-rate brick clay, at a ] cheap rate, the Government will proceed to |put up a brick post office instead of a wooden j one, and they may even venture on the ex- j travagance of erecting a brick custom house, because we are going to have a custom house there, and if the governor behave* himself very well we may change his t\i o wooden ready-made houses into a brick one. That is simply the whole story. The bon. gentleman has said something about a lottery. I have read it in the newspapers. If anything of that kind hits been done by the Canadian Pacific Railway, I think they have acted very improperly, and must take the consequence, so if an improper mode of disposing of the lots. All they were instructed and authorized to do was to take the management of the whole town, to lay it out according to the experiences of those in charge, and the company have very experienced officers, such as Mr. Van Horne,who know exactly what is required, and what is the most 2rofi table and effective way to lay out a town. He concluded by moving the additions to Mr. Casey’s motion:Copies of orders in council locating the head quarters of the mounted police at Fort KJlice.“ Copies of orders in council locating the headquarters of the mounted police at Fort Polly.** Copies of orders in council, or other authority. directing the construction at Fort Felly of police barracks, and other public buildings, with copies of all advertisements for tenders, tenders and contracts for the const ruction of the same, and statement of all sums expended up to date, on account-of such construction.** Copies of orders in council locating: the scat of Government of the Northwest Territories and head quarters of the mounted police at Battleford, and directing: the removal of thethe mounted _ford, with * tit turn cut of expense* connected with such removal. _ I-“ Copies of orders in council, or other author- | ity, direct-inf? the construction at Batrlcford of a j lieutenant governor’s residence, police barracks ; £ and other public buildings, with copies of all advertisements for tenders, tenders and contract* for the construction of the same, and statement of all sums expended up to date, on account of such const ruction.'’i ~ ' iii! :
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Winnipeg Daily Sun
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Tue, Mar 27, 1883
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