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To the Honourable, the Minister of Rail- 
 ways, and Members of the Senate and 
 House of Commons of the Dominion 
 of Canada : — 
 
 The Erie and Huron Railway (;onii>aiiy hc^ to present a statement of 
 their position and affairs. 
 
 In the year 1S72 this Company was chartered by tlie Ontario Govern- 
 nient to build a Line of Railway from the Rond Juui, a (}overnment 
 Harbour of Refuge on Lake Erie to the Town of Sarnia, at the foot of 
 Lake Huron, via the Towns of Blenheim, Chatham, Dresden, and 
 VVallaceburfr, and the Villages of Port Lambton, Fort Sombra, Cartwrighl, 
 Mooretown, antl Corruna, on the River St. Clair, to Port Sarnia; with a 
 Branch from the Town of Dresden through the Township of Dawn, and 
 the Village of Oil Springs to Oil City on the Canada Southern Railway 
 See map. 
 
 A Bonus of !5ii55,ooo was voted, in aid of the sclieme, by the County 
 of Kent, and another Bonus of .f 110,000 was also voted by the County of 
 Lambton. Costly and prolonged Litigation to set aside these Bonuses 
 followed on a suit brought by a ratepayer, and the Company was thus pre- 
 vented from carrying on its scheme until the year 1878, when, having 
 gained its case, the Directors made an agreement with a prominent contrac- 
 tor for the bi, '.Iding of their Road through the County of Kent only, the Bonus 
 of $110,000 from the County of Lambton having expired, through lap.;e of 
 time lost in Litigation. 
 
 In 1879 they were obliged to abandon the work temporarily for want 
 of funds to carry on their contract. 
 
 In 18S1 the Ontario Government passed an Act for their relief, by 
 making the County of Kent Bonus payable when the Line was built to 
 Wallaceburg and voting a subsidy of $2,000 a mile to the Company, pay- 
 able when finished to that point. 
 
 In 1882, further Bonuses having been voted to the extent of $70,000 
 by the Towns of Blenheim, Chatham, Dresden, and Wallaceburg, the 
 Company entered into another contract for the completion and equipment 
 of that portion of the Line, and on the 30th September, 1883, that section 
 of the Road from Rond Eau to Wallaceburg, a distance of 41* miles, was 
 built in a first class manner with steel rails and iron bridges, together with 
 wharves and piers at Rond Eau and Wallaceburg. and all necessary 
 
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 ^Utions, sid.n^.s. simps ,.nc| ,.(),,.,• h„.l r 
 
 -;Hcien, supply of L,1Z " ' 7; -'' -l'"...-! uUI> . ,.,ocl and 
 
 and.s now ,.,M.la,ly n.nnin.. ,. !'„:'' '""' P---^«- coaches 
 
 ■"Ivantageofthep,„l,licata rest of i,^' "''''""''■' «» 'tin' f,'reu 
 -';ich together with . ' .. stock rnL^rV"""" '", ''°"''^ "^ ^'- ^ ^ 
 
 _ "'-•(■ompanynournxlasdfiu th. „. ,""''-' '^^oo.ooo. 
 and other Assets entirely exhausted, ad ' ^IT ^"^'^'"" "^ '^^ J^— s 
 
 The Shareholders are fnlly i„„ n. ' '''""'^' ''""^• 
 
 oftheirsclK.n,e.andthe,r:^,:f:^ ^; ;;;'! "'^^ ^^""^- --' "'U-rtance 
 o the Municipalities alo,; their ol k "'^ ' '^ ■'"■"- ^'^^ only 
 
 ^c.ht.es. hut also to the Trade Z':^^ 'T ''Tl' ''''''''' '^'''4 
 I .ovnce of Ontario and ,o the Don.ni..; W^^ n ", "' ^''^" '^°^''°'> "' the 
 o tne and Huron, thus avoiding iCZ2^ ' Vr^'''''^ ^^'^ f-"<^« 
 of St. Clair, and the constantly ^ha : "'o Vh" ""''" °f the Flats 
 
 Rether n, An,er,can waters. " ^ °^ ^^^''""'^''- ^'''i^'' is now aito- 
 
 The proposed Route runs parrallel u ffl, n ^ 
 State of Michigan ibr a consider it^h^^:^ ^T^^^ ''''''' '" ''>'^ 
 Clair mtervening, across which it is Inn ? < ' "' °"'>' ^''^ ^^'^er St. 
 points, hy which considerable 1 van ITm ""''''''"'' ^^^^^'^ ^t given 
 -ii - .a.ned through the inc^::^^^: :!-;- f ^'^^ --'-: 
 
 U.ere to the North Wes'^:;! ^ Z"-- ^^'^ ^^--"ip Lines fron, 
 Boat fron. the Government Harbo: If ifuge T""-, 'r '''' °" ' ^^^"'-• 
 thus shortening the Route from Cleveland Pin" ''"'' ^° ^^^^^-^^a"^- 
 Sarn.a and the North-West bv over xoo nlf r"^' ""^' ^incinnatti, to 
 
 able American travel and traffic thro;,:rt;fw::^^^^^^^ 
 
 These advantages are now, for want of f 7 ^^"'"^"la. 
 
 nent danger of being lost to >He Province ' '" '' ^" "•^'^' '■^' '--- 
 
 It will cost over $400,000 to complete -..I - • , 
 Wallaceburg to Sarnia and build the netssarl >'''"'^ '^'' ^° "^''^^ f'-om 
 and a draw bridge over the Sydenh^rRH^r "^ "' ^^'P^' ^"^^ ^-^es, 
 
 Ihe Company have not a d II 
 or Municipal, but probably could raise sloo' °' ^°";"' ^''^'^^^ Government 
 •^nn,. if the Government and M..n pa^u !; ?" ''' ""^"^^ ^^ ^'^^ ""cler- 
 «• -•: 4?2o ..,.,00 more. ^"•"'c.paht.es interested, would assist with 
 
I'''"' ^^ '^'' .' H^KHl and 
 '' P'l^sfiigcr coaches, 
 
 '" 'V'liK froit,r),t, an.l 
 aniKT, to 'tlii; f^ieat 
 
 I)orKls of the. IJoad, 
 ne cost of Road, 41 i 
 ' $700,000. 
 
 ^■^ition of its Bonuses 
 P'"Hy l)iiilt. 
 
 '"f and inij),,rtf.ncc 
 ■'^ainia. .\ot onJ)- 
 ^■ly without Iv'aiiway 
 ''•■'t portion of the 
 ""^•ctin^^ the Lakes 
 ctiltics of the Flats 
 which is now alto- 
 
 ^an JJordcr in the 
 "ly the River St. 
 Ji Ferries at given 
 1 of tlie Province 
 'fie. 
 
 the Peninsula of 
 
 "affording a short 
 Port. 
 
 iship Lines from 
 put on a regular 
 111, to Cleveland, 
 fl Cincinnatti, to 
 3 l)ring consider- 
 linsula. 
 
 1 with, in inimi- 
 
 e 30 miles from 
 ips, and ferries, 
 
 er Government 
 Js of the under- 
 uld assist with 
 
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 \foml,ersoftho Council of the Corporation of the Town ,.f Sarnia 
 .dVrr ;f^r""''"'-^ "'^^ '^ "'^- '^'^"'^''^^ '-^^^ '-" «^'-r sourc 
 or tlie Koad to that place. 
 
 The Townships of Sond.ra and Moore it is conHdently expected 
 -'..I'i ^.ve ^r5,ooo each, and the Con,pany have had someen^ouragen In 
 
 ,,f M ^r ^'"'^ "'' '''"^" ''''^ ^''' '""^ ^'^ ^^'^'■'^ f^'iven i,y then, 
 
 o .he Napanee and Tan)worth Road, as well as son.e oti,er.^ the expecta- 
 t. ons of the pron.oters conld be fuifdled to the great adv ntage of the 
 western part of the Province of Ontario, and to the advantag o 
 I rade and Navigation of the Dominion of Cana.la. 
 
 By the operation of an Act of the ParlianKnt of Tana.la the last 
 Session, 46 Vic.. Chapter 34, this Company came nnder thec< , ro of 1 
 
 rand Trunk Railway as well as .that of the Canada Sour hern Railway 
 nd a short Act ,s now before this House for an extension oi time in i',' 
 , to complete its Line which l.as become necessary. 
 
 DonWni'"^p'"r''' '"'''."''' °'"' °^ ''"^ ^'"'"^'^^"y •'"^'^'- *•'« c ntrol of tile 
 
 ^n In L . n S""'"''"'"""'' ''^'' Company appear to have los" the right 
 to look to the Ontario Government for a continuance of their sub ifh 
 which It had been led to expect, for the completion of the work, an 1 ale 
 been plainly told by the latter Government that it must now k to he 
 Dommion Government for a continuance of the aid heretofore vot^d and 
 
 Ont Xc " '" ""'""'"' "°^'^ ^^^^" °ff ^'-'^ hands, whic tl ^ 
 Ontario Government were morally bound to see through, and .at the 
 
 uiKc u witn all its equities. 
 
 Withont discussing the logic or justice of this proposition the Co ,nanv 
 humbly beg to set forth that unless the Dominion Parliament ado, ' thil 
 view this ( ompany seem likely to fall between two stools, and is, . e 
 and undertaking be completely ruined. 
 
 the rl!;^^'''''?"' '"'' °'''''°''' °^*'^" ^"" '""^ ^^•"■«" I^'-^ilvvay beg that 
 he Dominion Government and the members of the Senate and HoSse of 
 Comm.-ns of the Parliament of Canada will fairly consider the c'c ..n 
 stances and do what in their judgment may appeal to be just. 
 
 A. MCKELLAR, 
 
 President. 
 
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