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Grand Trunk Railway, 
 
 LEUER ADDRESSED to the "MONTREAL WITNESS," 
 
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 ri.ror. n,a.lr in that Pa,er uJMono.ol,, l„ \,, ^;,,„,^ 
 J rank, and Injury to Montreal Inler.sts^ 
 
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 Ad^ocary U,, u Tke W.n.s.^^ ^ Conrpelin.j Lin... 
 
 y.^.^^'~}'^ '^ ^^^ ^^ custom to take offi .jal 
 notice of newspaper articles upon the work 
 iDsr or policy or- the Grand Trunk EiiU^J^ 
 excppt in so far as that rnay be „eees,arv' 
 which ,s not often, to correct mSr^ 
 8ent^t,on , generally unintentional, or mis! 
 appreheubion. ^ 
 
 Articles in the Montreal Witne^^ hit,;,, 
 reinrence to the affairs of tteComirn? 
 have recently however been so nuSus' 
 ana you must pardon me for saying rnS 
 
 ao Zf'? t"'"''^ '^^^^^^ in^mftterL of 
 taor, that I have to ask you to sire „« 
 
 pace m ^our journal to nier to fome of 
 
 tne statements made. * 
 
 I shall not go further back than th., 
 
 period when the agitation in reference to 
 
 . ?. bridge across the St. Lawrence River 1 
 
 Coteau ecently commenced. 
 
 Inat the Grand Trnnfc- p^rv,.^™ i 
 
 oppo.ad the proie'ot forputtT a ^bX'e 
 across the river at this pkoe vm, L^ ^ 
 correspondents seom to bok"^ up^n ZZ 
 serious oifonce.and it furtherf.eems f. tl 
 
 scheme, there has been unanimity of oni- 
 nion between the representatives of ?hl 
 e"nm:ft"rhe°G " ^' '^^ cittth^^ity Got! 
 
 artr'jomp?nr'"^°^°*'^^« ^^'^'"^^ 
 
 offhTF!;.?!^ encouraged the construction 
 ot the bridge, at the same lime vou LZ. 
 admitted that it would " deflect" Ipart of 
 the trade of this city, only to be regained 
 
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 by the eonetruction of a second bridgrt 
 across the jiver within the boundaries of 
 Montreal, or near thereto. 
 
 Iq opposing the Coteau scheme the 
 Grand Trunk Company have done so, I 
 trust, m a legritimate and straightforward 
 manner, and I think you will not be in- 
 clined to dispute that they hare the same 
 right to protect their own interests as be- 
 long to any other coi poration or at y citi- 
 ^enwithin the bounds of the Dominion. 
 
 When you refer to opposition to the 
 Coteau Railway Bridge as opposition to 
 the people of Glengarry being permitted 
 to have ingress and egress to and from 
 markets cf their own choosing, I may ven- 
 ture to think that you entirely misappre- 
 hend the situation. There has been no 
 opposition, 6o far as 1 know, either by the 
 Grand TrunkRailwayCompany or any of the 
 other bodies to whom you ha ire referred 
 to the construction of the Montreal & City 
 of Ottawa Junction Rii I way, and by that 
 ■Kail way the people of Glenyrarry could as 
 efficiently and cheaply reaca any cf the 
 markets which are available to them as 
 they could by means cf the Railway pro- 
 posed to be constructed to Rouse's Point, 
 or to the neighbouring town of S". Johns. 
 
 So far from the Grand Trunk Comoany 
 being opposed to th<t wishes of the people 
 ot Glengarry to have railway communica- 
 tion through their district, I am in a posi- 
 tion to say that they have always looked 
 upon this project with particular f tvour, 
 have been willing to aiH it to any extent 
 within their power, and I believe that the 
 aid which they have cffdred in the past to 
 give to the scheme is quite equal to any 
 which has been promised by the American 
 Railway Companies who are advocating 
 the construction of the Coteau Bridge. 
 
 It has appeared to me, and I am not 
 singular in thinking so, that you have 
 been mainly influenced in advocating 
 the construction of this bridge because 
 it is part of a scheme opposed to the 
 Grand Truak Railway. I am led to this 
 conclueion because I cannot suppose, in- 
 
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 other channels ^ Coteau, into 
 
 near this cit- and in ! / • ®'- I'lwrence 
 vocacy of Tr/i desire to k'-"''^-^'' ^'"' ^'^' 
 who are interesfprl in •. ®^ ***os® 
 
 terests of the citv nf ivi«-* "o^ot « the m- 
 
 -ted byt'e%"'/trfbuto?o?a w'^P^^- 
 ot money for 8uch a purnose nn/J^ '"" 
 iner circumstances. ^ ^ "°'*®'" ^'^t- 
 
 Vou express the opinion thafc IVTn^f i 
 has never realized fnii^VvT J, Montreal 
 
 her position! andlba" thi?- ^^^^'''^S^^ of 
 to the fact thar«he onlr n '! *''''°^ ^^'^^^y 
 Of railway 00.^^^^^^--,^'- 
 
 quest/:n";le7ert;rear,'ar"^^.*^« 
 tae advantages of her nntfn ""^^^"^^'^ 
 
 I would point ou ?o voa fi°r' "°^' ^'^'^ 
 she has only one linpnr. •i^*' '° «**"nf? 
 cation, youSe a mi'sUk"'"**^ ^°'"'"«°^- 
 
 real over the T.ctoria B^e on ^°°'" 
 which are satisfactory to the O.m J ?^' 
 interested ^ ® ^OQipaniea 
 
 One of these Co.npanies is a rl.v.^.^. 
 petitor witb the GrandTunk to lu p'^'"' 
 yet. notwithstanding this fhl- /^l ^^^^' 
 been carried Tand f-^ ^' ^'^^^ *^a8 
 years past on Ivms of whifn'J^*' *^ 
 manage that Rail^vay have ni .K 't''^^ 
 necessary to complain ' ^^°"^^* ^^ 
 
 The business of the Delaware & R„^c« 
 Company is likewise taken to «n? f °° 
 Montreal across the VictorTa Bridge '"''" 
 
 and if the arrangement ^i^ot Lruel* 
 
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 ifc was not owinpr to any action taken loy 
 the Grand Trunk Company. 
 
 Tbe business of the Passumpaic Com- 
 pany brought over the South-Eaotern Line 
 wae also, unfil quite recently, run to and 
 from Montreal in precisely the same way 
 as the business of the South-Eistern 
 Corapf»ny. 
 
 No Railway Company, east or south-east 
 of the St. Lawrence River, desirinj? infrreas 
 and egre?9 for their business to and from 
 Montreal, has been denied facilities by the 
 Grank Trunk Company. It is quite true 
 that with one Company whose line; has only 
 recently been opened throujjh for traffic, we 
 have not been able to asrree on tho scmIp of 
 chnrjjes to be paid for the aecommodalion 
 which they seek to obtain from this Com- 
 pany. 
 
 To the diaputep which have taken place 
 aoout thf> Montreal Portland and Boston 
 Railway I need not refer. That line is at. 
 prtsent suppos d to be under the control of 
 the Passumpsic Railway Company, al- 
 thouorh that control appears, even now, to 
 be a matter of controversy. 
 
 The Grand Trunk Company have been 
 quite willing for months past to make> an 
 arransrement for the business of the Mont- 
 real, Portlrind and Bosron Company, and 
 you appear ro have come to th*^ conclusion 
 that because there has been diBaj^reement 
 as to the payments to be made, tbe 
 demands of the Grand Trunk Company are 
 exorbitant, and that the desire is to 
 prevent a Company, which may be in some 
 way or other a competitor, obtainioi' access 
 to this city. 
 
 I ask you if in coming to this conclusion 
 without makinsr any ecquiry from the other 
 interest involved, you are doiu^ jnstice to 
 yourself or to the Grand Trunk Company? 
 
 I do not for a moment question your 
 desire to fairly represent this or any other 
 matter upon which you write, but impar- 
 tial observers will conclude that it ou(?ht 
 to have occurred to you that those who 
 control the affairs of the Grand Trunk 
 Railway might fairly be supposed to be as 
 
 
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 well informed as to what ^ra p„- 
 proper cHarffea f.,r tL '^^ ^*"^ ^"<J 
 
 taion-.hVrirr, 'o'=:or/hr^for"r'^^^- 
 
 Siva both as regards ,'f«nr?^~'^P'^°- 
 the cost of woS it hr^'°''lu*'''''^ «"<^ 
 
 the ter^nJr LJiSf ^/-^^^ "- of 
 t^Trn.nal facilities which J 1^'" ^^'"P^^y. 
 a- Bom.what confined 'andTn o^"?' 
 
 Mrmtioil Portland A- p'^'"!^^"^ ^'^-n the 
 Grand Truck Onmn 'u '"^'^''''^^t. The 
 
 -al Portland 1 Bostorr^ ''*^ ^°°^- 
 their connections to and from" Z^R '"'^ 
 venture station and^f from the Bona- 
 
 very much lower rate IL/'"^''^'^ ^^ ^ 
 one-third. ' ^^^^ ^ "^^y «ay than 
 
 ^t is not, however, my nurnoHP f« ^• 
 cuss in vour ..^ii..v.« ■'^ purpose to die- 
 
 pan.r, whose bvid^e%';;;^^';'<sJ>^;^'": 
 
 '"DO-, and with Tj,^ ^*"P«r IS 1,800 feet 
 
 ineaBures a total dL '*'^' *^^ ^-^^^^ «°<J 
 railep, make tEl f ^;'*"°«« ^f only three 
 
 passag^rf traffic ^ "^ '^^'^''^ ^"' ^'^^ 
 
 General Merchandise, of all 
 
 and Jute. 
 
 All fourth-classfr-eightea;!-- ''• ^^ ''^ ^^«- 
 bound .. . 
 
 Baskets. empt;,:F^h-k;t;:'- p''''^^'^«- 
 
 Feathers. Willow-ware 
 «»ves and all exrra bulky 
 andl.ghtarticlos in ca> 
 
 loads, estimated at 20,000 
 
 Ab.^;a.Vicie;mq„;n;;i;;^''-p^'^^^^t,8. 
 
 i«B3 than car loads 10c. per 100 lbs. 
 
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 You are aware, no doubt, that the dis- 
 tance from St Limbert's into Bonaventure 
 Station is seven miles. 
 
 You mention also the tolls on the 
 laternational Bridge as bein^ $2 a car. 
 Your figures are again incori-ecf, but 
 if they were correct you must allow 
 me to point out that tfaa loternational 
 Bridge Company owns besides the bridge 
 nothing but a very short approach 
 of a few jards at each end of ir, and 
 that their charges are almost wholly for 
 the use of the Bridge structure, whicu cost 
 little more than a fourth of the amount 
 expended on the Victoria Bridge, not tak- 
 ing into account the five miles of railway 
 over which the traflSc of the M ntreal 
 Portiand & Boston Company would be 
 hauled, in addition to its passage ac- 
 ross the Bridge, and the terminal accom- 
 modation afforded in this city. 
 
 In some of your articles you have spoken 
 of the interests of Montreal being injured 
 bv the Grand Trunk Company, and this 
 city being treated as no hing more than a 
 " lucrative way Rtation." 
 
 It is singulir that whilst you write in 
 this sense, a portion of the press of the 
 next largest city in the Dominion com- 
 plain that the interests of that city are 
 sacrificed by thp Grand Trunk Company in 
 the promotion of the interests of Montreal. 
 
 It is probable that i you Lad a larger 
 experience on the subject, you wouj.l know 
 how utterly impaosible it is for a liail.vay 
 Company, owniug a line the length of the 
 Grand Trunk, to so arrange its tariff as to 
 give entire satisfaction to every district. 
 
 I unhesitatingly assert that there is no 
 city on thie Continent which has beer^ 
 better served b? any Railway Company, 
 either in the service offered or in the rates 
 charged for years past, or whose general 
 prosperity has been more largely promoted 
 hv railway enterprize, than has the city of 
 Montreal. 
 
 It has been the constant aim of the 
 Company to develope the basinesa of this 
 city, and to aid by its arrangements m 
 
 imtmn^'- 
 
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 believed :hey wei also nrnT'i'^^'^ ^ff'*"^ 
 f^re of the Coinpary P^^^'^^^iDg ,he wel- 
 
 If Montreal has been treafpri a. . , 
 ti*e way station/' I can !" ^^^^^otsl- 
 there are many :nberplell7ny''"u '^"^^ 
 
 -.^s7r.ruto^;°-.r'^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 -'y; they are"the 'We't p^r ^^ '^*'. 
 iimteiial in the o\tv 11% P^'^^^^asers of 
 
 lou charge the G^an^d^Jlrct'/" '^*''^" 
 you so fr. quenrly do with ^n- P^"^' *« 
 'erest8 of Ijontreai L '°.)""n(^ the in- 
 
 t»^e t.ct Z'Tr^ZTLr' T"^ ^^" 
 ^-"^pariy collects in tJe ^ ^^ "^^'^ ^^e 
 
 K.Vwt'cTn41nnk'Jft^^^°^-^- 
 railway into MonrreaJw^II ^""^"'"et » 
 as largely to rh^ „ u- ^'^^/^e*" contribute 
 
 Orand^Tfun'k ^orpli^Ha^Vt^.'^.- JJe 
 past and do to davf I oJn °°^ '° ^^« 
 
 I only state what^; a fac? ^1"^^°" *^*^ 
 there are inanv ! f S ''*^^when X say that 
 
 Dominion whefe ti « ru^^**^'" ^b« 
 Gr.„d Trunk^oi^^plnrt^u'in;' ^?.^ 
 equal convenience located and th. .''"^ 
 
 «iSt Z't S Tol ^"^ 'V' ^0°' 
 Ihe West is also i„aJeuraf. ■ ° ""■"' •» 
 
 to Ottawa. """'ly "8 now running 
 
 Gov^nmtnt ha" tC/ot "° ^'""" "■» 
 "-ve tneirown reasons for 
 
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 doing so ; but I may mention to you the 
 f ict that the Grand Trunk Company have 
 been willing t" make arrargrtrnt-nts for an 
 exchange of traffic between their line and 
 the Quebec Qovernment Bulwayc, and 
 that just BO soon aa the control of the line 
 was assumed by the Government, I offered, 
 with the sanction of the Directorn, to enter 
 into such arranj;ement8 as would ensure a 
 free exchange of traffic between thoae lines 
 and the Grind rruak K til way, not ♦•xoept- 
 ing such fucilitiea as would ennble the 
 GoveruQient lines to forward traffic freely 
 to every place oast and south of the Vic 
 toria Bridge, an offer which will, I have 
 no doubt, indue tiuerec-jive thn considera- 
 tion of the energetic Premier of the Pro- 
 vince. 
 
 I may perhaps also be permitted, in cloa- 
 ing this letter, to refer tj statements 
 which have been made and are now ac- 
 tively circulated, as to thw quantity of 
 traffic passed over the Victoria Bridge 
 being equal to its full cdpatity. This state- 
 ment is beft answered by pointing out 
 that over otherportions cf the Grind Trunk 
 lino where only a single track exists (as is 
 the case on the Vic^^oria Bridge) and 
 where the facilities f jr crossing trains are 
 not by any means so gr^at, forty per cent, 
 more trains are passed in the twenty-four 
 hours than pass over the Victori* Bridge 
 in the ordinary course of business. 
 
 I am. Sir, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 Joseph Hickson, 
 General Manager. 
 Montreal, April .16. 1870. 
 
you the 
 my have 
 ts for an 
 line and 
 ■y?, and 
 the line 
 [ offered, 
 to enter 
 ensure a 
 )ae lines 
 cxoept- 
 ble the 
 c freely 
 be Vic 
 , I have 
 nsidera- 
 he Pro- 
 
 , in clos- 
 teraents 
 now ac- 
 aiity of 
 
 Bridfife 
 is state- 
 ingr out 
 A Trunk 
 ts (as is 
 •e) and 
 liiis arc 
 >ei" cent. 
 nty.four 
 
 Bridge 
 
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 iannger.