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TO THE HONORABLE THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 
 
 OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA, 
 
 The Petition of the CJorporatioii of the. 
 
 <^t in the Province of Ontario. 
 
 That tlie Toronto. Hamilton <fe Buffalo Railway Company was incorporated by an 
 Act of the LegiaUiture of tlie Province of Ontario, 47 Victoria, Chapter 75, amended by the 
 Acts passed by that Legislature, 52 Victoria, Chapter 8;}, and 53 Victoria, Chapter 126, and 
 as further amended Ijy the Acts of the Parliament of Canada, 54-55 Victoria, Chapter 80 (1891) 
 and 5« Victoria. Chapter &2 (1893), by which the said Company was authorized and 
 empowered to construct and operate a line of Railway f^-om a point in or near the City of 
 Toronto to a point in the City of Hamilton, and thence to some point at or near the 
 International Bridge or the Cantilever Bridge on the Niagara River, or to a point at or 
 near the Town of Welland in the County of VVelhiud, and from the City of Brantford to 
 the City of Hamilton, and from the Village of Waterford on the line of the Canada 
 Southern Railway (M. C. Ry.) to a convenient point on or near the shores of Lake Erie. 
 
 AND WHEREAS the said Railway Company has decided to build its line of railway 
 from Waterford to a point on the shores of Lake Erie, and from the City of Brantford to 
 and through the City of Hamilton to a point at or near to or east of the Town of Welland 
 to a. junction with the Canada Southern Railway (now operated by the Michigan Central 
 Railway Company), and from the City of Hamilton to the City of Toronto: in all about 
 140 miles. 
 
 AND WHEREAS the Corporation of the City of Hamilton has gran.ted aid to the 
 said Railway to the extent of !i^225,(H)(). 
 
 AND WHEREAS the Brantford, Waterloo tfe Lake Erie Railway Company was 
 incorporated by an A(!t passed during the Session of the Parlianunit of Canada held in the 
 year 1885, and amended in the year 1887, and further amended during the Sessions of 1889 
 and 189(), and in pursuan(!e of the powers in the said Acts contained the said Railway 
 Company constructed and operated its line of Railway between Waterford and the City of 
 Brantford. a distance of 18 miles. 
 
 AND WHEREAS in pursuance of the powers contained in the said Act of the 
 Parliament of Canada. 54-55 Victoria, Chapter 8(1, the Toronto. Hamilton & Buffalo 
 Railway Company acquired and became the purchasers of the railway of the 
 Brantford, Waterloo & Lake Erie Railway Company, together with all its works, cap ital 
 stock, assets, rights, privileges, property and franchises, and now owns and controls and is 
 operating the same. 
 
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AND WHEREAS Ww Toronto, Hiuniltou «fe Butfnlo Railway Ih proceedinMr with a 
 part or \U iitidortakinK niid U now constructing it-i line of railway from tlif City of 
 Bnmtlonl to tlit- City of Hiiniilt(»n. 
 
 AND WhrlKEAS llir .onstruction of tiu- (•(iiiten>piat«J lineH of railway t)f the 
 Toronto, Hfimilton tt Buffalo Railway Company, in tlie opinion of your petitionern, is 
 for the general a(lvanta«e of Canada. 
 
 AND WHEREAS the Town of Welland and the (Jities of Hamilton, Brantford 
 and Toronto, and all the other Municipal itie.-< lyiuff between Lake Erie, the Niagara River, 
 and the City of Toronto are largely intenisted in the construction of the proposed lines 
 of railway ; and whereas many of the places referred to are without railway facilities, and 
 tiiose that now have railway connecition would be mu(!h benefitted by having the 
 proposed railway constructed. 
 
 WHEREFORE your petitioners would most humbly submit, that to secure the 
 construction thereof, it is most important and essential that additional aid be granted by 
 your Honorable House for that purpose, to the extent of ><.'5.'iOO per mile for the whole of 
 said line of Railway, as has heretofore betn granted to similar undertakings. 
 
 THEREFORE your Petitioners humbly pray that your Honorable House may b« 
 pleased to grant such aid to the said Toronto. Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Company. 
 
 And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. 
 
 Dated at. 
 
 .this day of 
 
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