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The following is a list of the stockhoitlers of the Toronto, Grey and Bnice Railway Company on the Slsfc of July, 18G9, -v/hen the Company was organized, and now amounting in all to $325,000, of which one-half has already been paid up and expended on the road. Let the Welling- ton, Grey and Bruce Railway Company produce their stock list ! They <lare not ; as the sum of it only amounts to $30,000, and as most of the signatures are bogus : — • SUnsCUIIlEUS NAMES. SIIAKKS. AM I'. Goi-ilon Mivckay & Co 100 A. R, McMiister& brother 100 John Sliuddeii 100 H. S. Ilowlaml 100 Gooderliam k Worts 100 Robert Walker & Sons ... 10(1 E. H. King, Jlontroiil. . 100 <>t'o. Ilrowu 50 Noah Ikrrih.irt oO Bryce, McMurrich & (Jo. . . fiO Thoiua.s Lailey 50 Thomson h Buni.s 50 Alexandi^r Mauiiiiig 50 Rice Lewis & Sou 50 John Mi'Uinahl&Co.. .. 50 Thomas DMc 50 Sir C'liits. Fox x Sou.s. London 50 §10,000 10,000 1(»,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 5,000 5,000 .5,000 5,000 5,000 ."S.OOO 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 •SiriLSCUlIlKUS' XAMKS. SHAKES, AM'T, J. G, Worts 50 §5,000 T. (.'. Cliisholin (in trust) 50 5,000 John Shcidden 50 5,000 Jolin Sheddcn (in trust) 50 5,000 John ("Jordan (in trust) .. 50 5,000 John (tordon (in trust)... 50 5,000 Lvmnn k AIcNah 40 • 4,000 John Ginty 40 4.000 Dickey, Nidi & Co 30 3,000 Uohertson & Cook 25 2,500 John Gordon 25 2,500 Wm, Elliot 25 2,500 Lvmnn, Klliot & Co 25 2,500 Blaikif k Alexander 20 2,000 W. B, Hamilton 20 2,000 W. 1'. Howland 20 2,000 JohnMoydftCo. 20 2,000 W. & 1{. Grimth 20 2,000 .3 •W-JS*"^-^'^ C,J'^ 3 Hl'BSCKmKn.S NAMKS. Will. H. Howliiiul Hciiilfison & Bostwifk ... A. W. Jjiiudcr W. H. H.atfv S. A. OliviT^ JolmTiivl()r& liio.s R. a. J)allHS \V. C. (lie Witt &(•().... K. H. l)i.\oii .T(j1iii J. Vickcis Duiispiiiif,')! k Watson ... iJootli & Sou J. k.h Taylor David nucliaii E. LcHiUay Kraiik Smith k Co M. Staunton .l.Sl.ieMs H. K. 51. itoultoii, bv W. H. IWiiilton .' Jauu's K. Smith Thos.MJiifflth & Co V. k V. A. Howlaiul •J. Morrison JaiM^ui's Ai Hay John Ivny O'Kei'f.' .V Co James Youn^ Janus iMichii- Brown Urotliers li. A lloskins Parson I Jrotht'v.s John ]^. Smith Jos. Simpson Kohfit II. Grav... Aldwi-11 .tCo..' liobcit 11. (Jray Jost'i ih Holiiiison G. McGiiw E. JI. Chadwick Wni. Hainsay & Co W, J'. Matthfws& Co ... Joseph Leslie J. II. .\nustroi><5 Win. Biuko Neil Currie W. Ji'llivv 'John \i. McKay P. IJnnis J. Gardliou.se CKinjilii-il it <'asKels P. Patftrson & Son \Vni. CJalhrailh C. K. Joms H. H. l)i\oM George IJarker Geo. Stephen, Aloiitrenl.. Kenj. ijyiimn, Montreal.. Geo. Laidlnw W. II. liouitou .SHAKES. A.M r. 20 $2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 20 2,000 12 1,200 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 TO 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1 000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 10 1,000 nnWCttlllEIl8 NAMKS. .■SHARES. AMT. Noah Barnhart, in trust 10 John Rankin, Montreal... 10 Thomas Lailey 10 Ed. Havelinan, Brantford 10 Adam, Stevenson & Co... 10 Hugh Allan, Montreal... 10 James Morrison 7 John Robertson, Son & Co 5 Jenning k Brandon 6 John Fi.skin 5 James Shields 5 Gardner k Ramsay 5 Morrison, Taylor '& Co . . 5 Jas. B. Sorley (in trust)... 5 C. J, Campbell 5 J. G. Jo.seph&Co 5 E. H Graham 5 W. Arthurs 5 John Canavan 5 C. T. Hurrell 5 Wm. Pyper 5 Hugh Miller 5 John McCarter 5 H. W. Oulf 5 Larratt W. Smith 5 Hughes Brothers 5 James Paterson 5 Osier &Mo.s3 5 H. TiOyd Hime 5 George Harding 5 A. S. Irving 5 Thomas Hodgins 5 Arthur Leppar 5 Neil Currie..'. 5 W. A. Murray 5 Walters. Lee 5 J. Saurin MeMurray 5 Edward Ilardman 5 G. Hague 5 E. O. Bickford 5 Thos Thompson 5 Maitland McCarthy 5 J. E. Boyd, St. Joiin.N.B 5 John Riddel 5 C. Perry, in trust 5 J. S. Keith 5 Hurd, Leigh & Co 5 Cubit Spankhall 5 H. Hewitt & Co 5 John Green, Orangeville. 5 J. Stock 4 W. W. Colwell 4 Douglas Laidlaw 4 Noah L. Piper 3 W. Cayley 3 Edward Morphy 3 McKeiizie & Seott 3 James Cox 3 A. T. McCord 3 Joseph Davids 3 $1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 70O £00 500 500 500 50O 600 500 600 50O 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 50O 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 600 500 50O 500 50O 500 500 500 50O 600 500 400 400 400 300 30O 300 30O 300 300 300 SUUSCltlllEUS NAMKS. SIIAIU'.N. $1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 70O £00 500 500 i500 50O 500 500 600 50O 500 600 500 500 500 500 500 500 600 500 500 500 50O 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 600 500 500 600 50Q 600 500 500 50O 500 500 400 400 400 300 30O 300 300 300 300 300 Thomns Ucst 3 L. Wilson 3 T. Swiiiarton 3 Livingston, Johnson & Co 3 G. 11. McLellan, bv \V. H. noulton .'. 2 Jolin Nasniitli 2 Sydney Ifnmilton 2 Daviilson, McVittie AcCo. 2 , D. Giilbraith & Co 2 Rohcrt JalFiay 2 Pellatt & Osier 2 J. D. Edgar.. 2 Jnnips Fli'ining 2 Jnmcs Tliorbnrn. 2 M. A. Thomas ■;.... 2 S. M. .Tarvia 2 ChaudhT& Phitt 2 Sam. Montgomery 2 "W. H. J'hipps... 2 T. G. Mason 2 Alf. J. Mason 2 J. H. Mason 2 John Houlton 2 S. Evans 2 W. T. Steinu 2 L. R. IVinlton 2 David Hoe 2 George (iibsoii 2' W. T. Mason 2 Villieis A iMcCoid 2 N. Johnson 2 Ford & Ifi.rbes 2 R. W*. Laird 2 J. H. Ince 2 Columbus II. (Jreen 2 Mrs. S. Kennedy 2 Philip Chamlier 2 T. H. Ince 1 David W. Smith 1 Alex. GiMiimel 1 Joseph (tearing 1 Robert Davis 1 M. ^Morrison 1 lUake, Kerr k Wells 1 J. Garvin 1 J. Prondl'ool 1 H. J. Morsel Co 1 Jas. Bain 1 E. Harris 1 W. S. Durie 1 0. J. Whitehead • 1 Toronto Tea Com[>any. . . 1 .). C. Shaptpr 1 P. M.Clark ] M. Shears 1 S. Hewani 1 J. H. Morris 1 ¥. H.Stavntr 1 AM*r. 300 300 300 300 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 ^00 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 SUllMt'KHlJ';U.s' N.VMKS. SUARK.4. AM'T. Steward Wells George Verrai W. W. Cohvell W, Iliekford R. Hall & Co R. Robinson F. Pearson L. H. MolFatt G. M. Yarker Rronsden & Putton..., G. W. Warner. W. U. Senrth G. Duggan. W. I'aterson JohnCayley F. Caylev..' R. n. Rutland W. Ikyley R. Reynolds Winglield & Tliomas . A. Hamilton J. -laekson A, W. Moiriil D. E. Houlton H. E. Houlton R. Godbold Elizabeth (^.odl.old.... John Ritchie Thonuis Wylie Justus Lemon J. Knight KiihUl Charles itobinson. .. Nathan Clark Dunean Cameron.. . . I'at. Murpliy Edward Ward Alex. Lewis Jaekson Pi>tter Thomas Harrison James Bell Adam Hunter Alex. Ferguson Thomas fjamlerson... Wm. Hunter Donald Lamont Alex. Meljar'-n., Wm. Clark Wm. Stone .lohn Willoughby James Harrison Walter McLellan R. H. Gates James Cumeron Edgar .1. .larvi.s Wadswovtlii Unwin. W. Dever Uoht. Jonkn k Ci>.... W. J. tSimcue Kerr.. 100 100 10(> 1(0 100 100 100 101) 100 100 100 10(» 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 loo 100 100 100 100 100 ■4 A Strais^ht forward Statement. Read the following aildrcBS •which was delivered by the President of the Toronto, drey & Bruce Railway, John Gordon, P^sq., to the County Council of Crey, at Owen Sound, on the 9th day of March, 1871, as reported in the Owen Sound papers. He undertakes to build the road he represents, from both ends simultaneously, in eighteen months. Mr. Turner, one cf the Directors of the Wellington, Grey tt Bruce Railway, told the council that if his comj)any was forced to do the same^ that " the county might keep their bonus and be d d." If really in earnest about building their road, why should the Wellington, Grey & Bruce Railway Company object to work from both ends at once 1 Why 1 Because they never intend to go beyond Durham ! That is their little game ! They to stop at Durham and Cumberland with his North Grey Bantling to stick at Meaford. '• . ' Mil GoiiDOX, in addressing the County Council to show the ability of his Com- pany to build the extcnHiou to Owen Sound, would briefly advert — 1st, to the linancial position of the Company; 2nd, to what the Toronto, Grey & Rruce Knilway, a narrow gan^'e, had done. The bona fide capital already subscribed was $325,000 ; of this sum there was piid uj) enough with the bonuses from the municipalities iini bonds for .?6,0t)0 per mile "they liad sold" to finish the line to Afount Forest. That line extended from Toronto 90 miles. The rails were now laid to the summit of the Calcdon Hills, and wouid be laid to Orangeville the first week of April, to Arthur Vil- lage; in July.land to. Mount Forest the first of October/ Work was going on along the entire distance of this 90 miles simultaneously, and Mr. Shanly, the Contractor, was to , .'eceive a lionus of one thousand dollars per week for each week that he would be in advance of his contract — or say, if he finishes tojIMount Forest first of .September, he receives $4,000 (extra, llolling Stock for that section was provided for as follows. Three Locomotives now on the line employed in wrok of construction, four more to be delivered in May ; eight passenger cars to be delivered in May ; fifty box cars delivered ; fifty box cars constructing ; fifty fiat cars delivered ; fifty fiat cars constructing. The Contract was let in November, 18t)9, from Toronto to Arthur, and the Company would have 90 miles of Railway lUdshed <'n'lv erpiipped and ready foi trattic. with .Station houses and grain warehouses, all done wub their own means and the assistance of the municipalities who so generously confided in the men at th« head of tlu; Company ; and in the scheme they advocated, all this was achieved with- out any foreign aid. The Company was determined to have an independent line, ffee from either English or Yankee control. They were also determined not to mort- gage the road for .$12,000 per mile as proposed by a rival Company, as such a mort- gage (admitting that the road would ever be built) would so encumber and hamper the tiiiflic, and cause such dear freights, that such a monopoly would be a curse to the County of Grey, instead of a benefit. He could refer them to an able report of one of Hamilton's best merchants as to the grasping mouoioly of the Great Western Railroad .and thcAvant of competition exiK^rienced by Hamilton. The I'reston Uerlin Railroad, controlled at one time by the Great West- ern Railroad (.'ompany, was abandoned, and the iron, &c, sold to the Grand Trunk. He vtould now come to the important question before the Council, the extensio" to Owen Sound, which would be about 70 miles long, and how he proposed to build it. The Company would undertake to build this section in 18 months, and in order to render full justice to the County of Gr^, they proposed to begin at both ends of the line at once^ and to continue the work simultaneously until finished, and to give ample seiuuity to the corporation of Grey to carry out their obligations in everv particular. He held that no security or' bonds from any Company, "however wealthy," were equal to this — namely, building IS resident , to the ch, 1871, juild the months. k Biuce ;he sani&« If really on, Grey at once 1 That is with his his Com- st, to the JO llnilway, $325,000 ; palities iml rest. Tliat limit of the Artliur Vil- m along the tractor, waa uk that he rest first of as ]trovided onstrftctioii, May ; fifty I ; fifty flat :o to Arthur, tl and ready [• own mcana c, men at th« hieved with- mdent line, not to niort- Hiuh a mort- and hamper would be a refer them :lie grasping pcrienced by Great West- and Trunk, he extensio" }scd to build nths, and in login at both finished, and r out their bonds from ly, building 1 the lin»'[froni lioth ends — and nothing short of this should satisfy the j^uanlinns of the County. 1'lie County of Grey wn.s some lilty miles ntross, aii<l say that twenty miles of the road was liuiU and tlien work stojuied, llii^ Coiujiany coulil not lie comjiclli'd to i^'o on, and the north ]iart of tin; County would liave lo jmy fur the twenty miles and still l>e without a roii I. Tii " & Urui miles iiraier lake Ontario thiin its rival ; it brought th'ni within 8 miles as near the Susiiension liridge, by Toronto and Hamilton, as tlie ViCllin^'ton, (irey k Uruee did; and by water at Toronto, 30 miles m-arer the States ; and if Owen .Sound and North (Jny was ever to ]'i!itii'ipate in the trade of thr gniit We.st, it v.a.s by the short v«nj ««<(>? t »»1 \,\J l-iliLl^ll'itLLllt Mil' l«<t\t^' »'l 1111. ^IVilL IT I, -My || »lil.-» fly IIIUHIIUI^ and direct cut to lake Ontario, as freights, rates and time {would In- [.roiiortionably less. t He would now close liy leferring to the claims of the Toronto, (Jny and Bruce Kailroad on the Council and ixople of (irey — 1st, tiny weie of a material kind, beingjby all the fields line to serve (irey best ; L'lid, the Toronto, tirey and Bruce Itailroad laid ehiini to tlieir f^vncrosity, as liad it not been lor the jirojcctors of tho.<e lints, of which Vuo. Laidhiw was the great chief, (irey would not h ive two or three railroad coniiianies wooing its trade. IlHreferrid to Ccorgc I.uidhnv uh re lartic'ularly, aS nnu'li was .said in the last camjuiign in (irey about unjust ami wicked Icgi.slation in connection with the Toronto, (Jrey and Bruce Clmrters ; end ikiw the lir.->t thing by the V.'iUington (<rey and Bruce, or Ilamil'.on City was to c(;]'y tliis very grouiiing clause, and by leaving out Kgeimont, which is as much benditlcd as any of the townshijis, forces the unwilling townships in. The Toronto, Grey and iJruee could have ]ihiye(l the siime game last time, carried their scheme by leaving certain town- ships out, but tli'clinail, as such would be unjust ; iird, he belicvul the Toronto, (irey and Bruce had eliiims on their juitriotism. They were determined to build lines to serve their own country, and develop the resources of this ]iiiit m' llie l,ii)iiiiiiion — this grand Canada of ours — lines owned, worked and controlled by C.inadians, and not a branch of miother ro.id, whose cliief i;ecommendalion was to cairy every fat steer to the .Vtati's, as if the Yankees were the only people viho could appreciate good hi.'ef. Wliat your own Reeves say. The following i.s tlie petition to tho county council of the lleeves k Deputy Ptcovos for the introiluctioii of the By-Law in aitl of the Toronto, Grey tt Biuco llaihvay. Road it and say, ratcpayer-s of Cvcy, if there is any Imiubupj in it : — TO TllH WABDEX AND COUXCli. OF TIIH COUNTY' OF GIWX. The Pctilirju of the under.-^i'fued Beeves and Deputy Beeves of the following Town- ships :— HUGH BEED, Bi.kvk ok Svdenua.m ; .JAMKS (iAlJDNi;!!, Dkitty Bkkvic oi-'Sydknuam ; DB. iU'GBKGO!!, Bkkvf. or Holland; B. J. DOYLi; Bkkvv, OF Sai!Awaiv ; WILLI AAl BECKlK, Bi:i:vk uF Aktkmlma ; B. GHENT, Uei'Utv BLi'.vr. of AuriCMEsiA ; BOBEBT ildillLE, Bkkvi; ok Mki.ani'Tiiux ; JOHN CAMERON, l)i;ruTV Bi;i: vi; of Hullam) ; THOJIAS I'ETTMAN, Bi:i:vi; OF Kicri-KL : JAJIES BEATTIE, Bkkykof Sullivan ; 1). iMcGlLlVBAY, J)li'L-jy Kkkyk uf Sl'llivan ; BOIJEBT LINN, Bzicvk of 1)i:i:i;y. Slieweth that the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Baihvay Company having reiiuested the following Townships — Melancthon, Proton, Glenelg, Ospivy, Artemcsia, ilolliind, SuBivan, Sydenham, Derby, Ke]>iiel, and S:U'awak, b.iiig a portion of the <.'ounty Municipaliy of the County of Gny, to grant them a bonus of two hundred and sixty-four thousand iloliars. • « We, till Hiiitl A'titiniiiTM, iit foiiliiriiilty with ilm|ittr lciiiy-<)iic, tliirty-tluvo Vic toriii, Olitiuii), ilcsiir fn niil, in tlir cxlilit iircinsud, in lln' rolistnU'tioll of tin; Hiiid llaihvuy jiirI to lie nsscssnl tlici'i'Inr. Wo, tlifrdori', jUiiy tlutt ymir Coniiiil «liiill jass u liy linv, unci .siil.niil tlic HnniH to tin; vod- of tin' iiUitliiicil iiiti'|iiiyii.i of tii;it iiortinn nf tlir Aliinii i|iiility of tlie ("tiiinly of (J ivy ulon'saiil, I'l'i" tlnr iiiir|ioHt' ol' rai.sinu tin- saiil sum on tlmt iiortioii of tlu' t'oiiiity oftiii'y itliovf .si't Initli, Ity tin' issnc of ilclicntutciH of the .s.iiil Aliinii-inal- ity of tlio County of (li'cy for tln^ amount of^aiil lnunis, ]iayalile in Iwcnly years, ami for tlin clflivi'iy of tlu! sano' to tlic 'I'lustn's ii)i|iointcil, or td In; ii|i]ic>intiMl, nndir tlu'. Act of Incorponttioi. ^ i the 'I'oronto <ii:y ami I'.rncc 1! liKvay t'oiii|i;iny, nnlrr the fol- lowing terms : ]st--'riiere siiall \ir a l'iei<,'lil ami I'a-^.senyLM' Station at or williin one milu of Shdbonrne, in tin 'l'ouii.'.hi[) of Mclamlhon. 'Ju(l--A ria^ Statiipu at ii convcniiMit jioint ii"ar iJumlalk rii-.l (Miiee. Mrd — A Fliij; Sliition at or iwar liOt ISiO, 1st Couws.<ion, Tnunto ami Sydcnlinm Uoad. (S.W.) 4tli — A l''r(i;^lit and Passenger Station, at or urar tlie Diirlium and Collingwoo-l Itoad, iit tlie most iiracticatde ituint hetwec n Fleslicrtim .iml Side ]!nad N.). 'id, North J)urhiini lload, in Artemisia. 5th — -A Freight and I'asscnger Station at m near Sidi' Itoad No loit, sonth-wi'st of Toronto nnd Sydenham h'oad, in tlie 'I'owiishiii of (ilemlg. t)th — A Flag St;.tion at or near Side Koail No. (!(», Tonriito in>l SviU'iiluim UoaJ, S. "W., iu the To'vnsliip of Holland. 7th — A Freight and Pa.s.senger Station at, or as near as la.i. lieaMe to tin; Villag« of Williara.sford. 8th — A Froiglit and i'assengerjStation at, or witliin one mile of the Village of t'hatsworth, and a Flag Station lietwcen Chatsworth and (hveii Sound. « 9tli — The Kailway .sliall eomc to the water of Owen Sound I5ay, and that tln-re he » Freight ami rasseiiger Station in th-i Town of Owen Souml, within ou« and a quarter miies of tlie Town Hall, in Owen SoiHiil. loth — That the uonstrui;tion of the Hoad he eommeiiced at Owen S.)und and Ovaiigeville, ami carried on simultaiieousl}', and he eompleted within eighteen moiitli.s from the delivery of tiie Deheiitures to the Tru.stees, under the Aet incor- porating the Toronto, Grey and 15rui;e Railway. 11th — Tlie .said Honius shall he expended ( ]irorato) Avlndly in the County of (!rey, hetwet'ii the Town of Owen Sound nnd the Town of Oraiigeville. 12tli — That before the (hdivery of the Hehr-ntures to the Trustees, Iho said Com- pany shall give their Hond to the County of Orey, in the. I'enalty of 'I'wo Hundred irT and Sixty-four Tlimisand Dollars for the perforniaiicu of tlie terms aliove iiientiound. 13th — That tlie said Conijiany shall enter into an agreement with the said Cor- jioi'ation of the County of lirey to complete the said l<aihvay, and iiave it running within eighteen moiitlis from the delivery of the Hehentiires to the said Trustees, and to pay, by way of lii[uidated damages, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars jier month ibr each and every month, after two years, that the said railway n^mains in- eonipleted and not actually ruiinii)g, from the time of the didivery of the Deheiitures to the Trustees aforesaid. Owen Sound, 7tli March, 1871. <* ]). McGHEGOlJ, Kkevk uv Hom.axd ; U. J. DOYLE, UkkvI': ok S.xiuwak ; WM. LECKIF, Ui:i-VK(>K Autkmi'.sia ; K GHENT, Dr.i'iTY Hkkvk ok Aiitemi:- isi.\ ; ROBT. McGH1':E, lii;i;vK of Mkiancthon ; .lOHN CAMEHON, Dr.puTY ]{KEVK OF H(ii,i,ANi> ; Hvc.H lir.KT), Kekvk of Sydicniiam ; THOS. PETTMAN, ItEEVKOF Keh'EI-i. ; .TAS. 15EATIE, Ukevk of Sullivan ; I). McGlLLlVliAY, Deputy Keeve of Si;llivan ; KOBT. LYNN, Reeve of Dkuhy ; JAS. (JaRD- NER, r ^uty Reeve of Syoenham. I, John Goimoy, President of the Toronto, Grey and Hruco Railway, hereby, in behalf of the said Company, agree to the saiil terms. JOHN GORDON, ^ President Toronto, Grey and liruce Railway Company. ii'i'ii Vic tint Hllill tilt: Hnillt) ty of tiie Hirtioii (if iiiii'iiial- MI'H, llllll null r the ■!■ Ilic f'ol- 11' iiiilo of iydcnlmm lliii.ijwool ■id, North IDlltll-WL'st nun Koail, li(! Villiigu Villiig>! of t tliiMv lie mic mill n kiuiid luul II I'ijilltODIl Act iucor- ty (ifCirey, said Coni- •ii Umidred mi'iitioned, e Hiiid VoT' '■ it ruiiiiiiig id TniHtees, Dollars per rctiiaiiis in- Di.d)ciitui'03 Sauawak ; -)K AllTEMK- N, HlPUTY ^l<yrTMAN, LLIVKAY, ,\S. GARD- vay, hereby. (Jomiiany. 'i Proen'Nh Hinder l».y the Toronto road Tlio Toronto, Grey il' Bruco Uiul»vuy Couipauy will liavt; Imilt no U-hh than W miles of Kiiilway in littlo over eighteen niontlis, in immt' of ■wliich road the I'ollowing letter from Mr. F. iSbiiiily, llns eontnutor, who H (lonbtiess well-known to the rtiteimyerrt of Grey. Have the Welling- ton, (»rey & Jlrneo lliiilway Comjiany paid tlioir contractor yet for tho work lio has done, or did they blacken his (>ye,-i insteiid f Ask "Mv. lleekie I Wliy is that geiilleman not sent to Grey as lie wi's lo Bruce, when tlie lU'Uce By-Law was bef«)re the iieoplo ? Why. Iieoanse he has been swindled by the Ilamilton Company, and has found out that ihey Hi'c n bogus concern ? Ask wlusro is Reekie : ToiiiiNiii, ,i]vt .M.iivli, 1>>71. TOTHK rHKSlDKNT AND DIRKCTOIIS OF THK T01li)NT<>, CUKV .\ND WnVCK RAILWAY,— GKNTLKMKN.-Haviiii,' recently ivluiai.d li an inspcr. tioii of the works lieiiif; carried out under iiiy contract between Weston and Aitlnir- i iiiii enaldedto state, that notwitlistaiidiiifj the winter weather, wliiidi IVoni the e^n, stant thaws has been ])eculiarly unruvorablc to the ex;avatii«iiH, as well as to the de- livery of material, everything; necessary for aa early coniiiletion of your liiii' is in ds forward a state as can be expected or desired. The Grading np to Graugeville is all coiniiletcd, with the o.cuption of ab lUt a \ mile, which is however in j'rogress, and will not in any way obstruct the laying uf tho track which should reach there, say in two weeks from now. Tile material for the fencing, not erected last year, has ail been delivered, and the Iniilding will be eoininenced immediately the frost leives the ground. Th" station luiildings arc all up, and nearly conipleti'd between Weston and Uiaiigeviile, includ- ing those of the latter point, end if the balhisting is proceeded with, inimeiliat'dy the weather permits, there will be nothing to preve:!t tlio line from being opened for trallie by the beginning of .luly as lar as Oraugeville. From Oraugeville to Arthur operations have not ce;i.sed duiing the wint -r. tlie extreme wetness of the suiumer and fall of last year, together witU the seareity and liigli price of labour, having materially retarded jiro^'ress on this portiou of liir line, obliging me to continue work into, and during winter at a gi'iit disadviiiitage, in order to allow of the track lieiiig laiil without interruption from Oraugeville, when aftef reaidiing that point, and tliey liaving adopted this eours", no dehiv is anticipa- ted, as the liridge at (Jraiid River, and the long and heavy embankments tlnre and at ISoyne Creek will be completed in good time to allow of the work reaidiing .Vrtllur by the first of August. On the Seetiou from Arthur to Jlount Forest — lo uiiles--fi;r which 1 dosed iie;iu- traet with you on 'Joth January, the works are jirogressing I'avoiirably, a large (juautity of material for Fencing, Bridging, &c., and also Ties, liavc been delivered, and the whole of such material providea for. The grading has hec!'. co:nmeuced at all imiiortant points, and so soon as the grouiul is sutiiciently dry a large force will be engaged on this work. The luiildings are also so far arranged for that they will be commenced immediately, and 1 am in hojies by the 1st of August to be ready to lay track at Arthur, and to continue, without interruption, until Moiuit Forest is reached ; the balasting will be proceeded with simultaneoH.sly, and if no unlookcd for obstacle occurs, the line will be ready for traific throughout by the first day of October next. The promise of an unusually early opening of tlie spring, and the prospect of a moderately dry summer, gives me confidence that with an averagt; supply of labour we will not be disappointed in our expectations. Yours truly, F. SHANLY. Tlio Biil)l»le Burst. i Tlio gi-oiit bugbear th<i oncmios of tlio Narrow Gniigo liuvo tried to frighten th« pouplo with, is that those roads wouKl provo a failure in our cliniato. It was nothing to them that theso roads have worked well in Norway, v/ith a cliuiatu as rigorous and snows as dooji as ourn — they still fituok to it that they liad not l»eon triiul in Canada and would provo a failure hero. This last support is now knocked from under thorn by the letter of Mv. AVragge, Chief- Engineer of the Toronto, Grey it Bruce Railway, a gentleman of largo ex])orionco in tho building of uU kinds of Railways. Narrow Onuj^c Railways. To the Editor of jtlio 7V/«r.t, — Sin, I uinltTstiiiiil tlint in llio contt'st now takiiiij liliice in the County otTiiKy, bt'twoi'ii the Toronto, (in-y nnd IJnici! and the Wuilinf;- ton, Grt'y nnd Ihuco IJaihvays, liotli of whom urn Rockiiifj for honnscs in aid of thoir constrnction, tlio old cry against the ellicicncy of Narrow Uangu IJailways is being brought np again. I liavL' not up to tho iirtscnt tinip taiccn any ai'tive part in tho iliscusision of IJroail rv. Narrow Gaugu IJaihvay.s, but when I find Ntatcnicnts niado which arc wholly at viU'iiincc with Xlw. facts, I feel bound to conio forward in the interests of those liail- way Ciiiiipanies who have entrusted nic with the charge of thi'ir work.s, and to pre- vent till' ratepayers of the County of Grey from licing led away by statements from i'.nsoru))nlons persons whose only object is to mislead. ^Vilh your permission, therefore, 1 will as lirie.tiy as jiossible give a few (ncU connocted with Railways of 3 feet inches gauge, to show their ca})abilities of carrying all the traihc which is likely to come upon a Kailway through your section of the country. In doing this, let it be understood that I mention nothing which has not come either within my own jicrsonal experience or that of tho authorities I name in each case. Tliere are four points upon which T will touch, being those inost often controverted — nnmely : Speed, Safety, Snow, nnd capacity for carrying freight and Tassenger trallic. Jst. Speed. — I have traveled both here nnd in Norway on Narrow Gauge Kailways. at a speed of 35 miles an hour vith perfect safety. The manager of tlio (^hioenslnnd Hallways wiites ns follows : "I liave run trains at speeds of 'M) miles an hoiu', and found them smoother than on an ordinary English I'ailway at similar s])eed ; our ordinary tiaius run at a sliced of 20 miles an hoiu', ineliiding stojipages." The V orking expenses depend in a great measure to the speed at which the trains arc run. In Norway, liailways of 4 feet 8A inches, and of 3 feet inches gauge, made by tho same Engineer nnd worked by the same manager, all run at similar speeds, nnd th(! Narrow Gauge ISailways cost less to work than the broad giiuge. 2)if?, Safety — The lloor of our Passenger Cars is at a level of 2 feet 7 inches abovi' the level of the rails, and they are 8 feet ('» inches in width. The broad gauge cars are 4 feet 6 inches above the rails, and they are 11 feet C inches in wiiUh. It doi'S not need a philosopher to see that of the two the naiTOW gauge cars are the safest, as the width of the car compared with the height of the centre of gravity rejiders them less liable to oscillation. Mr, I'ihl, the Norwegian Government Engineer, writes as fol- lows : " As to the safety of fast running, engines and carriages run as safely and stead- ily at 30 miles an hour on the 3 feet (J inches gauge as they do on one of 4 feet 84 inches. I have run at ujiwards of 40 miles an hour with as much feeling of ease nnd .security as I have felt while ininning on a broader gauge." The Manager of the Queensland Narrow Gauge Railway says : *' We have never had a tr.un olf the line, no enginehas ever been damaged seriously, and no train has ever been delayed more than 30 minutes since the opening of the line three years .sijice." A pretty good record. T I *? y * ^nl. .S')»"»r»— Miijor AilelskolJ, (Joverniiifiit Riillwny Kiigiii mt in Mwi' li-n, sivi, " KxiK'rinicc (luriiij^suvuml suvure wiiiti'iM Imn' 1ms shown thai m\v li?ic,-i Iiuvc Im'cu kf'iit iiH IViii! troni snow as tlir bromltir (inf<i. Tliu ininow K'HW '"'>' ''"<■' •"' ^'i'l t'l liiivuf{ivt'n Hatisluctory rt'sults in Swt'dun." ilr. Tiiil nayA Unit in N'l.rwuy, " mw Hnow pliiiiKlis iiiahn no (lilHtiiity iit tlm'i' fi'ct of snow or nmi"." I Imvi! run nur I'liKini's throiiKh cutting's witli two feet of Uliow 01' more in tlr-ip, on tli«' Topinio, (iicy and I'nu'o llailway n'if/i onli/ //u; cmrnitclfr in front, of lln'm, ,.s wu lia>l no 8M0W |ilou,!,'li at nil lit work durinj; last winter. So niucK tor tiic liii;;lM'iir. ith. i'lipncitii — Our own gravel trains carried a load of 100 tons, iniyinj,' load, as a re;,'nlar tliinj^ whfu atyorklast fall, and if only ten of such train< ran (hiily, tiore would lie a cafiacity of over 3(10,000 tons of freif;ht earried in ii year, a tralHr tar in excess ut ...l.„i. l.^ .,».,»,.». ..1 <■..- 1 r.i'.,..i.1 I I ,. r...>i. ... i\ .1.: ittiiiuii^ iiii.-f iiuvcr cariiuu iiioni iiiiiii''i<ji',wiM; in ii jeiii, iiii<i ii:'' i iiori way in Norway carries nnnnally l!,lOO jias.senjjerH i)er miloof II dlw.iy, li;iir :i.s ni iiiv ngiiin as the Northern. I get this tact from the Jn orwcfiiaii f,'ovcn'incnt rctuni.s. I am glad to sny, Mr. Kditor, that that terrilile dillicuity, tlic Ciicdon iiionntiiin, has vanished into the nir. AVe should never he aide to (,'ct an i'n;;iiic up it Mud all such halderdasli was the sonjj si.\ months a;<o,our en^jiiies arc n )\v woi kin^' at ( 'hai hs- ton, 3 milea lieyond thi) top of the mountain, and will he ut nian.^evillc luf m- th'' 18th of A])ril, but I miiipyse (mr llamiltou friends won't bjliuvn evca this f.ict. 1 nm sir, your obedient servant, Ekmu.m) Wii.uKii;, Chiof-l'.nyineer, T., C. & 15. I!. Toronto, March 28tli 1871. A Falneli od Nailed. The Hainilton Company would iiavo tho pfoplo of (hvy Ijcliovo that tlie Niivrow (iaiigo is a failure, lloail wliat JMcMsrs. (ioo N'rlmiu k "Worts, one of the largest milling firm.s in Ontario; Jolin ,A •«'!!, th^ well-known n>anufactur«r of fanning iniploii-nits, ; a J lloe it Ijiotlicr, tho enterprising storekeepers of Woodbridge, havo < \y on the Riil)p-fl. These iirms all live in the coimtry, and on the line of tlit Toront.., (Jrey and ]?ruce Railway, and daily see the engines at work. They kun.r nil about tho working of tho line; and, unsoDc'lUnl, t^ivo tl^oir te,itlnionY about it. Head their letter, fanne* . of Grey, and when ILiiiH/ton false- hoods about tho inclliciency of tho Narrow Gauge are endeavorie«I lo bo foisted upon you, nail them with it, WdouniaiKu;, April 4, 1S71. To the Dirccforx of the Toronto, Omj ami JJrucn Hiiliniy : — (Iknti.kmkm, — Wc learn that somo people, in the interest of lI:i7iiiltoi', ; vc' emlenvoring to throw doubt upon the workinj? eajta-ity of thi- Toronto, (ircy inni IJruce Uailwny. During the months of December, January and Fclmiary last, ymir road carried for us 200 car-loads of freicjlit <)etwcen "Weston and Woolbritl.;e, all (jf which was done with regularity and despatch. We had many opportunities during the winter of witncs.-.iML: the working of tlic llailway, and we have no hesitation in expressint; or.r conviction tliat it can be operated readily, and experiences no more dillicuity from snow-storms than a broad {;ci\i''e r.iilway Joe.s. ALFRED GOODERHAJr, (for Gooderliam .t Woit.s\ ' Pine (ir..ve Mills. .V>HN AHELL, vVoodbridRe. B.»E & BliOTJlEll, Woodbridge. \ .■ It in • 10 ' , Toronto v. Ilatniltoii or Wall Street to a China Orange. • Hear wliat the great Adam Hope, leading merchant of Hamilton says of that city, as compared with Toronto. The following are his words, as j^riuteti in the Hamilton Hkpectator of 24th February, 18i'l. The city of Toronto has long enjoyed the priceless advantages of Uco rival and competing hnes of railway, and hence lier rapid gi-owth in manufactures, population, and commercial activity. Hamilton, on the other hand, with but one railway, is little better tlian a mere way station, and hence the slow growth of our city in all that characterizes the rapM progress of the neighbouring city. Toronto command.'} through ' rates from England by Portland and the Grand Trunk Kailwav, or by JVew iorkandthe Great Western. Hamilton again is entirely at the mercy of the ' courlwy' of the Great Western Railway. "W^; do not requin; to go far to seek a remedy lor this unsatisfactory state of things, l>!it if allowed to slip out of our Jiauds the opportunity may never again be oiy^s, and therefore, we would earnestly recommend a direct connection with the Grand Trunk Railway. It has become a necessity for Hamilton, if she is not to sink into a second-rate town, to see that sho IS brought into direct connection with the Grand Trunk system, the great national railway of the Dominion, at the earliest possilile moment, and that, too, irrespective of what the Great Western Railway may thiak,say or do in thu premises. An acoomodation train leaving Goderich every morning at an early hour for Hamil- ton, and returning the same evening, would do more for th% tr^de <4 Hamilton than even the Wellington, Grey and linice Railway. Hamilton has been gradually losing her trade on the JJutfalo and Lake Huron Railway fnmi the dilhi^ulties connected with the transfer of traffic at Paris. We are also threatened with a withdrawal of tlie. co-operation of the Great Western Railway in the Wellington, Grey and JJruce Railway schen.e. The share property of the Great Western Railway (if really liable under an act of the Local Legislature) has been loaded down with a million sterling ni the foolish outlay on the Glencoe Loop-line, the interest on which would have swept away more than the last half yearly suridus for dividend, but for llie increase in the local traliic. Hear also Jiow the Owen Sound Advertiser shows up the absurdity of comparing Yankee Hamilton witli Toronto, the Queen City of Wes- tern Canada : " A few figures will best illustrate the choice of market question : — From Owen Sound to Hamilton via Clilford, 148 miles. From Owen Sound to Toronto via. Orangeville, 118 miles, showing a distance of 30 miles in favor of Toronto market ; from Owen Sound to Suspension Bridge via Orangeville and Toronto, 199 miles; from Owen Sound to SuspeiK ion Bridge ria Clilford, 191 miles, a distance of eight miles against the Orangeville route. Certainly a small thing to boast much of and a slender base for the exclusive privilege of doing the carrying trade to the American market. Eight miles is but a small difference of distance considering the total length of the roail, and on account of the more ecoifomical character of the Orangeville road, it will be able to compete successfully with the Clifford road. Hence we find the choice of market really lies with the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railwi v. For surely this eight miles is more than compensated, apart from the question jf competition, by the advantage of having tho> Toronto market open at 118 miles, especially when is taken into account that the great bulk of the business connections of this county already fomie<l with Toronto, and that most of our produce finds its way to the ^^aTitic sea-board, whence also our importations of goods are received. The great A ortance of a direct route will be seen here at a glance. Vhe Toronto, Grey and Bruce railway running straiglit towards the great St. Lawrence iiighway of trade, recommends itself as paramount to all others. Certainly, the W. G. & B. road, by way of Clifford, will not bear • comparison with it. And besides, the latter would shut us out of the Toronto market altogether, as no one would think of going to Toronto via Hamilton. So far then as the choice ot Markets is concerned, and indeed in almost every other respect, the Toronto, I ami incur hen Among other 1 simultaneously. let us not miis it," A Comparison. ' \t i Read the following table of distances between OwexxSound and Lake Ontario as per Toronto, Grev k Bruce Railway and Wellington, Grey TbZ RaiCay, and listen 'to what Mr. W. K. Muir, the General Su- tI;:^Klent and 'Manager of the Great ^este.. Railway W. say on the subject, as per his letter in the Toronto Globe of 30th Jan., 871 H intX as you will see, to carry all your freight fron, Owen SW ^Toronto over 70 miles more road than via the Toronto Gx-ey cc Bruce Railway and he will make the people of Grey pay sweetly for domg so She gets the chance. Don't let him have it, men of Grey. Ihs prom- ises to the contrary are no guarantees. 13 Extract from Mr. Muirls letter to the Globe : — " No one would 8up])ose that the people of Ilainilton and the W. G. k B. Cora- ■" pany took such energetic action in huiluing and extending this road for the Grand •' Trunk Company's cars to take the freight from it, and away from the Great '• Westorn. Tlie bondholders, I presume, have something to say al)out that ; and, " I tliiuk, so long as the freight from the nortli is taken iu GREAT WESTERN" " CARS to TORONTO, and to and for nil other points to which it is consigned, at " rates NEVKit moiiKn than those charged by the Grand Trunk and with quite as " much despatch, we believe shippers of freight and the promoters and bondholders '• of the road will hifve no cause to complain." Would not a branch of a railway bonded for $12,000 per mile, ike tlie Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway, be really more of a curse than a benefit to the County of Grey — and is this not the reason why the Great Western Railway are already threatening to withdraw their co-operation, as Mr. Adam Hope says they are. Cordwooci Do tlie farmers of Grey wish to continue in the tuture as they have <lone in the past, burnmg their valuable cordwood at a cost of $14 per acre, when by voting for the Toronto, Grey and Brucd By-Law they can turn it into money, and earn by the sale uf it three times as much as will pay the entire railway tax of the county ? Surely not. The Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway Company is bound by the terms of its Charter to cany cordwood at 2^c. per cord per mile for distances of over 50 miles, and 3c. per cord per mile for less distances. Wood, in Toronto, is now selling at $8 per cord, whereas in Hamilton it is only §4. What says the Wellington, Grey jk Bruce Railway Company to this? Let them show the people of Grey in their charter a clause binding them to carry cordwood if they can. They intend in this matter to follow the selfish example of Mr. Cumberland, and the Northern Railway, and by refusing to carry wood, will keep the price down to ^1.50 per cord, so that their engines can be cheaply run. Farmers of Grey look out foi this huge swindle on the part of the Hamilton Compiiny, and by voting for the Toronto, Grey & Bruce By-Law, show that you appreciate the efforts made by the Toronto Compjuiy, (guarrantoed to you by their charter) to turn your cordwood into money. „ , . The 4|ueMtioii at Issue- Farmers of Grey you have now the case before you. On one side you have an independent line to the capital of Ontario, the best market in the Dominiuu ; a line backed by the best men in the Province, ands bound to carry out their promises. As an evidence of their good ftiith 14 and ability, their names ai,*e before you. They promise to commence boldly from both ends of the line and work until finished, with a "bonded debt only of $G,000 per mile. On the other hand you are ofTered a Branch from Clifford, running for 40 miles parallel, within 14 or 16 miles- of the Bruce Branch to Southampton, as crooked as a ram's horn, bunded for the eilormous sum of $12,000 per mile ; and, if ever built to North - Grey (of which there is not the least chance), the monopoly would be a curse instead of a blessing to the county. Your farms would be for ever taxed to pay the bloated English bondholders. But what chance has North Grey of ever getting the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Road, even if the people voted for it? There might be a chance for Normanby, but certainly none for North Grey. Next, if built, would the Great Western Railway work it ! Never ! Rest assured of this ! Your road and money . would share the fate of the Preston and Berlin was built : but the Gi'eat Western Railway sold the rails to the Grand Road which finding it a non-paying concern. Trunk, and the line remains a standing monument until this day, of Great Western Railway broken faith. Again take the Hamilton and Port Dover road, which was graded, and ties and rails laid upon it, yet it was never finished. The ties were allowed to rot, and the rails sold to the Northern Railroad Co. Take now an example nearer home. You know what was done l)y this Hamilton Company with the Coimty of Bnice, and how the people of that section have been treated. It is now over two years since the Bruce Bonus Avas voted, and not a sod has yet been turned in that county, nor is it likely one ever will be. More atrocious still : last session of Parliament the Wellington, Grey & Bruce Co. got an act of Parliament passed, giving them another year to get to Bruce, and this without the consent of the people. Will you support a bottomless Company like this 1 Let it be hoped, never ! You are independent men, and will support an inde- pendent railway like the Toronto, Grey <fe Bruce. Come out, farmers of Grey, in your might on tlie 18tli of April, and vote early in support of your be.«it interests^ and the Toronto By-Law. kh mmence ■bonded ■ ffered a 16 miles , bonded ;o Norths lid be a 1 be for ,t chance ',e Boad, irmanby, le Great ! Your I Berlin Bailway ) Grand itil this iake the md rails 3d to rot, example Company ;ion have onus was it likely ment the 5d, giving lit of the Let it be au inde- 4 he 18th tci*ests»