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Tous les autres exemplaires originaux sont fiimds en commengant par la premidre page qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'illustration et en terminant par la dernidre page qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un des symboles suivants apparaftra sur la dernidre image de cheque microfiche, selon ie cas: le symbole — ► signifie "A SUIVRE ", le symbols V signifie "FIN". Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre filmds d des taux de reduction diffdrents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour Stre reproduit en un seul clichd, il est filmi d partir de Tangle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche d droite. et de haut en bas. en prenant le nombre d'images nicessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 S/ J ili OF , aO N T A R I O , C A- N A D a; ••rioin Inn; .ii,l iiw)|-ii I vm I ' 1 ; I . ■ n P E Q -fi. 'Tti I ••.. - : -viiv/il-ri • ;,l ,1^;m This Eailway was chartered by the Legislature of Oiitarib in' MT8, W. 86 Vic. Cap. 77, ol the Statutes of the Province, and an Act passed in the year 187« extended the time for -the commenceniimt wid^ompletioB f»f the-Kwlwayr4>ee.-^ 8^- -Vi^^jap - SB . .. »-■ »««.*««w— The Line is intended to ran from ,a point on the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada at or near the Carlton Station, to a point, also on the Grand Trunk Railway, in the Township bf Sc'arbbrough ; passing through the Village of Yorkville. The object of thfa, Railway is: First. To alleviate as much as possible the crush of Traffic now passing daily over the Esplanade in front of the City of Toronto, by providing an alteraaiive atid supfeWbr route for Thr6ugh Freight, and allow the business proper of Toronto City to be carried on with greater facility. '^^nfjP"!^ '"**°*,°- ^'^^^^'^^ *° ^"^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ *"^ otJ»er craft for either Passengers or Shippers, is ficross the Esplanade, which is now the only outlet for all the Railway Traffic. The nunierotts fetal accideiits which occur by persons being run over by the Trains imperatively demand w amj^liorj^tjott,,jnj tjfe conduct of this Traffic. There are now more than 200 Trains daily passing to and fro over the Line of the ■Esplanade, anti a ful-ther jtttii riiust evidently take place fl^hen the Credit Valley Railway is o^&Si, "^htet !t ^tfilb doubt shortly be. ' ' ' The IB^planade accoiiiindaation, which is now wholly inadequate, cannot be enlarged exc^lrt kt'itodrttoous cost, foi- the reason that it is bounded on the South side by the deep waters of the Bay, lined with Wharves and Storehouses; and on the North by large wd valuable Warehouses and Factories. liii ij He^^tadtJMi of Y. L. L. Railway have devised this mode of overcoming the difficulty, and are confident that it will effectually relieve the m«8t" crowded part of the City, and accowl to Shippers and Passengers by the numerous Boats in the season of Navigation, facilities for croisifl^'and nsin-oSJang this nnfm1t«r»■ the Northern portion of Toronto, and also the Villagers of Vorkville to a jjri'iH fU'Kri'e. inaxniiich as they will Iw enabled to avail themselveH nf any train leaving; Toronto for the FJutt, VV'eHt or North, it lieinjj contemplated to build a Passenger Station at Yorkvillc, anil iiiuui