IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) :/j 1.0 I.I 1.25 H: 1^ 1.8 U IIIIII.6 a <^ /}. 7 O^^ ># -^ Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 ip ^ 4^, s° €s>. ,/<^^l%" rni propor- 3ve Ontario is 640 feet t Leveling, le required, ntial points, umintained idging, &c. IS objection- langer from '8 Creek, it d the level f access to, jecame ne- bour, could 1 down with f moderate s, either in 'e/ surface how)thatit ountry, in- ed that the ed through 'assing the the direct extremity Clay's or Petcrboro, curves are ;urves aio Tho twtul distance from Port Hope Harbour, lo the cenUi of thrf Town of Peterboro, as measured through the Rough Woods, (but laid down on the Section) is 35 miles. The distance measured by the plan is 34 miles tiO chains, from Port Hope Harbour to the centre of Peterboro. It will be observed by tho President hiuI P>onrd that the estimates subiuitted, in detail, embrace lor each distinct mile, all the items of Earth work, Drainage, Bridging, Culverts, Fencing and every thing reqiiisito to complfjte the Road, ul.so, an abstract estimate of the whole, slicwing,the heads of expenditure, and their proportion to the Total Expense, as here rccapilulatod, viz: 1st, Earth Workv Bridging, Fencing and Land, JCII.709 12 9 'ind, Superstructure, Timber, Iron and laying do., 34,380 3rd, Locomotive Engines, Cars, Stations, Depots, Tools and Hxturos, required for tho first <3 years, 6,400 4th, Ten per cent, for contingencies, r)/:»oo 10 Total Cost to put the Roarl in working order, £57,030 12 3 nil the work has been estimated on a liberal scale, and the prices cor- respond with work actually being perlurmcd in the province at the present time. In consequence of the small amount of Earth wr;rk required, the whole line may be put in operation by 24 month:--. On the whole,extent of the Line, there has not been found a Single Cjibic yard of rock excnvalion. or of hard pan. which is vwre objcclionahlc, and not one single cubic yard of solid stone mason- ry, or brick work will be required on the entire extent of the Line, ejccept at the Depots and Stations. All of which is respectfully Submitted. FRANCIS HALL, C. E . Port Hope, 28th August, 1847. ise in 90 h are sel- ' eet — rise STATISTICAL INI ORMATIOIN RILATIVK TO THR PROPOSED RAILWAY, From Port Hope to Peterboro. The President and Directors of tlw Peterboro and Port Hope Railway, beg to lay before tiie Stockholders and the Public, informa- tion M'liich has been elicited by iIk! survey of the proposed line, rela- tive to the situation, products, and business of that j)art of tjie country between the Towns this Railway is intended to connect. It is now evident from careful investigation, ,that the proposed lino of Railway, will not only be especially beneficial to the Landowner, Farmer, Merchant, Storekeeper, Tradesman, Mechanic and the trav- elling community, but that all who do or may hold Shares in the Ca|)- ital Stock of the Company will find their investment productive of a large netunn. The State of the Stock Book may show to those at a distance from this locality the confidence the people of Peterbero and Port Hope have im the undertaking; about il'20,000 has been taken up principal- ly by them, being about one third the estimated cost of the line. The Route as surveyed, and which commends itself to the Board of Directors is ,the product of careful examination and diligent perse- verance in the Engineer, who has studiously observed and attended to the instructions he received "to find the nearest and best line consis- tent with exj)ense." It passes through a highly fertile, ^y,ell cultivated and thickly poj)u- lated country, in the neighbourhood of valuable Grist and Saw Mills, and Mill Sites, and of Villages which with its aid must raj)idly grow into importance. After taking a coLTse 3 i miles westward from the harbour of Port Hope, it is carried northward through the Township of Hope, till it attains the 8th Concession b"ne, thence eastward to the village of Bewdly at the head of Rice Lake where has lately been erected a Steam Saw Mill capable of cutting 12,000 feet of lumber daily, 2 taverns, several dwelling houses, blacksmith's shop &c. there is also a wharf & stoj-o- houses at which the Steamer Forester touches. Timber of every de- scription and in every character may bo brought up Rice Lake to tliis I)oint by rafts at a small cast and by the proposed railway the great difficulty and expense rif trail: porting it to \/Ac Ontario will hit n ort Hope in forma- line, rela- 3 country loscd lino .nrlowner, the trnv- the Ca|)- ctive of a ince from 'ort Ho])0 principnl- ne. he Board mt pe^sc- ttended to le con e is- kly poj)u- !aw Mills, dly grow (ir of Port l)e, till it jfBewdiy eatn Saw , peveral f & 8tOJ*0- 3very dr- ke to this (ho groiit > will hit Pkom Hkwdi.ev, It Id prupooi>i 1»y ICatlivay at the iircsciit Tariff of irvigUt, Township of (.'.WAN Di's ■Manvkrs S. .Mo\A(.nAN Wheat I Other at 4d [drain at per hush 4(1 a hns ()r),()(Hii 107000 I 20,0001 0,000i I 7,000! -2,0001 i n^yooi 2.000I ■ 12,000: 4,000; Poik at'Graso 1 Biittpr J! Is 3 per[Seed at'| at 15s || barrel 4(1 a busj p(?r ton.ji 200 !i ^■>o 1! U4.000I 7(»0 300 hO 50 200 i;j:iO 60 :ijo 10}.VH)0 20 7 1 1 1 i ( 2 1 ! 1; _'i |! 1 jEnn 41 l'^ 1 i 'i n 4 !l R3 2 (5 400 004(» (■ l.-<10 134t)4 H,000 jhirrelsof fl,)!ir from 3 flouring Mills at Till per hi - - - - - Passengers daily. e:icli way, 310 days per vear, at 3s Od each, . . . . T.'kOOO feet of lumber daily ^r:'in IH Saw Mills, being the amount tliey are /v//),'//y/p oi'ciitling, at lus [ler th lusaiid, 2.'/() diy;- per _\ ear, 2r)») ft OH I r, 937') J!ii2.-)41 19 2 10 !, 1'hk M.vn>io(i\ Iiiu .' WoiiK-i. uiu yituaiijJ \n the Township of • iluniiont about 7 miles t'ruiii the t-a.^jtorti end ol' Kioe Luke. We nndprstfuifi tint tlinso works nrn nhoiit to lio put into full opera- tion Ity jmrtifn wlut Ikivi- anipio moans and ahility to carry tlietn on. Ttic Iron is of the lir-t (|u;ility and \iu>>\ iiliiindimt. In tljiH nriglibor- liood is ulso found Red Oclirc, excellent Jjithograplijc Stone and Marble. From Controvillc the line takes tlie couj:sn of the .Peterboro' rond and may be niadu upon it for six miles, until it reneb.H Pahncr's Inn, whicli is also a gotxl situation for tbe collocti(jn of trailic for the Kail- way. This place according to the prt^nt travelled road is 7 miles distant from I'eterboro', but a onsideraldc saving of distance, will be eliectctl by tlie line i)assing about N. K. to I'eterboro, PKTRnnono', the (/ounty Town of theColborne District, containing n population ot about liODl) hjhaljitants, possesses natural advantages, eipial periiaps, to any locality in Canada, and needs only the cheap and rpady moans of transport wliich a Railway will afford, to make it ri»e in importance both in size and wealth. Its situation is beanliful, and is most advantageous for business, be- ing built on the River Otonabee, and has never failed to call forth the admiration of its visitors, — but that which most astonishes the traveller is its almost boundless water power : a fall of 1(30 feet is found be- tween liuckhorn Lake, and the iiridge of Peterboro. The Mill privi- leges found witliin a short flistance can scarcely be estimated. The regular quantity of water passing per minute, is equal to 86,400 Cubic feet, or, OOl.^iOO (jallons. This is nearly the minimum quantity for this River at Peterboro, throughout the year. Two oxcelleni Flouring Mills, each furnished with four run of stones, nre now in operation, which are found to be quite inadequate for the Manufactory of Flour, two more are about to be erected by Z. Hurn- ham, and E. Perry, FiSquires : and within a iihort diatanco of thft Town there are several others. Saw Mills to the number of 13 send their Lumber to this Towm, these mills are capable of cutting 60,000 feet of lumber in 24 hours, but some of them for want of a good market are comparatively idle ; 20s, per 1000 feet hr.'' lately been paid for carriage of I^umber to Tiake Ontario, a distance of 30 miles, which almost prohibits its trana- portation. The supply of timber for Saw Mills can scarcely be calculated, .it It can be easily Rafted from a distance of upwards of 100 mil*;?, by ni^ans of the chain of L'',ke'' 'vine n th(^ northward.. I 'I* 1 •iishtp of- uU opera- tliein on. nriglibor- Stone iind ■horn' rond iiur's Inn, r the Uiiil- IS 7 miles tunce, will containing idvantagea, 2 cheap and \nke it rise siness. hc- ill forth the he traveller 3 found be- } Mill privi- ied. The . ,400 Cubic uantity for of stones, lite for the /. Burn- nco of th« this Town, 24 hours, vely idle ; jumber to 13 its trann- ti 11 Stonb uuitttble for buililing purpofjeg is alio abundant, one kind found m this neighbourlwxjd, id capable of bearing a high polish. Hy Hailway tlie frontier Tow riH could be supplied with this material at u miicli lower pri<'e than is now paid, vi/ : £1 17s M. per Toise. Lime alrio, ut .'xl, per bushel, can be obtained here, whereas lOd per bushel is comuKtnly paid at the l-'ront, There are H Foimiiries, in this Town capable of making the hoavieat mill castings, There are 2 C'lotli I'liclories, oiu; intended for 'iH Looms ; machine and Axe Factories ; a Mill for sawing Lath ; a Tunu'ng and Furniture l-'actory *k(;. There is n<»tliing remarkable in the exisfance of such establish- ments in a North American Tow n ; but wIumi we know the disadvau' tages under AVhich the Inhabitants of I'eterboro labour, paying for freight upon their imports, ;H)s, per ton from Lake Ontario, wo sec ia this beginning (d' macbincry and busiiK^ss, and in the enterprise which they have awakened to, together with tlu; advantages of the beautiful Hiver Otonabee,' tlu- assurance ol" n good niaint«>nance of the Hail way. The ex[)orts and imjiorts ol this Town have been carefully collected and it is believed arc faithtully detailed, t'igether with the jjresent charges for freight cVc. of culatcd, a« miles, by TABLE of the Exports and Imports the ToTvn of Peterboro, together with the present Tariff of Freight, &c., on 110,000 Busluils of Wheat • 1,050 do. Pea^, ' G80 do. (Jrass Seed 21,000 Barrels of Flour 3000 do. Halt 600 do. Plaster 100 do. Ashes 50 do. Pork 540 do. Meal 1.024 Tons Merchandise ' 36 do. Butter 37 do. Leather, Beer, Fur d:c.at 20s 20 Passengers daily, 310 days in the year, at 7s 6d each, Carriage of Mail, 60000 feet of Lumber daily, from 14 Mill?, 10 *' Saws, 250 days in the year, at 208 per M. "~Jt;23757 4 at nd 5d at .^.d at Is (id jit 2 s ()d at 2 s Od at .^)S nt 2 s at Is Od at 31 Is at 2us £2201 l.*^ 4 21 17 6 14 3 4 1.^)75 375 75 25 5 40 10 15.30 3(5 37 ? s 2325 400 i:8757 4 ~> \ 15000 13 Thus we Beo that a Bum amounting to £8757 48 2d, is now paiJ tinnually if we add to this £15,000, for tlie Lumber the mills now in operation cayi cut, and which would be certainly exported, had their own- ers the means of doing so at a reasonable rate, the present amount of business would cost £23757 4s 2d. This alone would be sufficient to satisfy the Directors to prosecute the undertaking of the Railway, but if they are to be guided by the result of Railways in the United States, the saving of time and expense has generally at once tripled the num- ber of passengers, and greatly increased business and industry. Several individuals are now prepared to put up additional Mills as soon as the Railway is commenced. New Traffic such as Stone, Spars, Squared Timber, Staves, Cordwood, Bark. Lime, Shingles, Turned Ware, &c., would find a ready market, and the Journey which now occupies i'roni 8 to 10 hours could be performed in two. Another encouragement must not be passed over. It appears that the course of the proposed Railway for several miles west of Port Hope, is that which must be taken by the Kingston and Wolfe Island Railway whenever it is made, and of the speedy commencement of this desirable luidertaking, there seems now but little doubt with the en- couraging attention the British Government are giving to the making of a great trunk Railway through the British North iVinerican Pro- vinces. The President and Directors consider tliemselves justified in antici- pating a trade in the items specified to the amount of £24199 8s lOftl at a reduction of h the nresent cimrges. To this may safely be added £5,000, at least for new traffic, which wrthout any allowance for in- crease of business amounts to £29,199 8s lOfd. Yet they hav« (U'ery reason to expect that there will be an immense and iuimediiite increase to every nresent branch of business. The proj)osed Railway will affovd an uninterrnpted trade at all sea- sons of the year, and enable the Merchants and Storekeepers of Peter- boro' to keep their btock rej)lenished and have a continual variety of Goods. The Railway unitcil with the boundless wafer power of the Otona- bce, for Mills, and the great variety and quantity of timber in the Col- borne District must suggest to the minds of thinking, calculating nien, the great advantages held out for ship building at Port Hope. As a natural Harbour it is acknowledged by the most re?j)ectablo and talented Captninp. navigating Lake Ontario, not to have its equal tetweon Toronto nnd Kingsfrm. Its ca|)al)i!ities a? a harbour n[' re- £:_ now in eir own- nount of lufficient way, but id States, the num- industry* 3 as soon , Staves, ould find 8 to 10 pears that t of Port ,lfe Island jnt of this 1 the en- B making ican Pro* 13 fuge have been highly commended to the British and Colonial Govern. r^^f iiidinTLtf ''' '' '"^"'^^ ''''^''''^ ^- ^^^ -"«^-- It is proposed to allow interest upon all instalments on Stock, from the date of Payment, as in all those cases where this has been dZ m England, the works have advanced to completion, at leas one or two years beyond those hnes that have not done so, and from the qui^k mlrof nt T'^'TT' '^'r '^^'''^ ''' ^^'"Pl^ted, the prepay ment of Interest is reduced to almost nothing to the shareholders be- aides the mducement that is held out to money holders? posses'sine moderate means, of immediate investment, and return forT same^ 1 he profitableness of such an investment must be most apparent to a djscermng public, by comparing the' Engineer's estimates of the cost Cnlir°P°''^ ^^^i^^^' ""''^ '^^ confidently anticipated return esthLates '' ^'^ '^ proposieg to complete and furnish it at thegi Port Hope, September 6, 1847. DAVID SMART, Pretident. 1 in antici- ) 8s lOliI Y be added ice for in- they have iiuriiedinto at all sca- s of Peter- varietv of the Otona- in tlie Col- dating inen, e. re?pectnl)lo ■e its equal hour of re-