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 CANADA PACIFIC RAILWAY 
 
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 Provuuc of Ontarin. I)o:ninioii of Canada. 
 
 MAY iS'74. 
 
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 (NEAR LAKE NIPISSINC), 
 Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada. 
 
 MAY 1874. 
 
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 HAMILTON, ONTARIO : 
 
 TIMES" STEAM PRINTIN G COMf ANY, 3 HUGHSON STREET. 
 
 1874. 
 
 HAMILTON PU: . L1BRAH2 
 
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 HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, 
 
 JUL 41956 
 
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 jlir^fii(ir§ nnd m\ttr§ of the |onip:mn. 
 
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 JOHN STUART, M. P., 
 
 Hamilton, 
 
 ANTHONY cur I', do. 
 
 VVM. HENPRIE, do. 
 
 MATHEW LFXJGA'l, do. 
 
 JAMES TURNFK, 
 
 Hamilton. 
 
 'IHOS. SAUNDERS, do. 
 JOHN FIELD, do. 
 
 P. W. DAYFOO'l'. do. 
 
 Onk Vacancy. 
 THOMAS ATKINS, Warden, County of Simcoe, ex fl/jicw. 
 
 ^ffi^iti i 
 
 JOHN STUART, M. V., 
 ANTHONY COPP, - 
 MAITLAND YOUNCi, 
 C. F. DUTTON, 
 
 President. 
 
 Vice-President. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Chiki- Engineer. 
 
 BURTON, BRUCE & WALKER. 
 
 EDWARD GURNEY, Hamilton, appointed by Lieut. Governor 
 in Council, 
 
 J. M. WILLIAMS, M. P. P., Hamilton, appointed by Vic 
 Company. 
 
 ONE TRUSTEE appointed by eaclii Municipality granting aid. 
 ■ EDWARD GURNEY, Chairman. 
 
PROSPECTUS 
 
 OF THE 
 
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 COMPANY. 
 
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 This Company is empowered to construct a railway from the 
 City of Hamilton to one of the Bays bordering upon the Townshii. 
 ofTay,and thence to the Canada Pacific Railway; also to con- 
 struct a branch line to Collingwood. 
 
 The ultimate object of the proje.;tors of this railway was to 
 connect the City of Hamilton with t .Vorth-Western Provinces 
 of the Dommion-hence its name, The Hamilton and North- 
 western Railway. 
 
 The more immediate object was to connect the City of Hamilton 
 with the rich agricultural counties of Halton, Peel and Simcoe 
 and the great lumber territory on the Georgian Bay and North 
 Shore of Lake Huron; and, at the same time, provide a more 
 direct and less costly route for the productions of these sections 
 of the country to the principal markets of consumption and to the 
 seaboard. 
 
 When completed it will form the shortest possible connecting 
 link between the American railways converging at Suspension 
 Bndge and Buffalo, and the Canada Pacific and Northern Pacific 
 Railways. 
 
 It is, therefore, destined to be one of the principal highways of 
 traffic between the Eastern States, as well as Western Ontario, and 
 the North-West. 
 
 MUNICIPAL AND GOVERNMENT AID. 
 
 e importance of this railway to the country along its route. 
 
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 as well as to the Province generally, has been fully recognised 
 both by the Municipalities and the Provincial Government, in the 
 liberal aid granted towards its construction. 
 
 At the time that application for aid was made, it was intended 
 to make Barric the temporary terminus of the main line until the 
 construction of the liastern section of the Canada Pacific wag 
 completed, and application was accordingly limited to the Mimici- 
 pahties south of Barrie. 
 
 Municipal aid has been obtained for the construction of the 
 line from Hamilton to 13arrie, and the branch line to Collinewood 
 as follows : ' 
 
 Township of Innisfil ^ .^^^ 
 
 Fawn of Collingwood 29 ooo 
 
 County of Simcoe .'.;;;; .J^^ 
 
 Countyofrcel ^^^^^ 
 
 Village of Georgetown 10 000 
 
 County of Ilaltpn ."; (,^[^ 
 
 CUy of Hamilton ,^,^ 
 
 Total Muuicipal aid $554,000" 
 
 From the " Railway Fund " of the Province of Ontario, a ^rant 
 has also been obtained of $2,500 per mile, and $500 per mile ad- 
 ditional on 44 miles, making a total grant from this fund of 
 of $346,250. 
 
 The Municipal and Government grants in the aggregate are 
 equivalent to $6,925 per mile. 
 
 The Company have recently selected Victoria Harbour, about 
 29 miles north of Barrie, in the Township of Tay, as the temporary 
 terminus of the main line, and for this section they expect to 
 obtain Municipal and Government aid on an equally liberal scale 
 The further extension of the line to connect with the Canada 
 Pacific Railway will be aided by the Dominion as well as the 
 Ontario Government; tlie 14th section of the Canadian Pacific 
 Railway Act of 1874 providing for " such grants to any company 
 " or companies already incorporated or to be hereafter incorpor- 
 "ated, not exceeding $12,000 per mile, as will secure the con 
 ^^ struction of the branch lines extending from its Eastern terminus 
 " to connect with existing or proposed lines of railway." 
 
THE GAUGE. 
 
 The gauge of .h , ,d will be 4 ft. Sy2 in., the same as that of 
 the principal conns. ;hg lines, thus admitting of interchange of 
 traffic in full car loads v/ithout transhipment. 
 
 SURVEYS. 
 
 The line has been located between Hamilton and Barrie and 
 CoUingAvood, and the accompanying Report of the Chief En- 
 gineer, Mr. C. F. Button, contains the requisite details as to 
 alignment and gradients, and the estimated cost of construction. 
 It is expected that the surveys between Barrie and Victoria 
 Harbour will be sufficiently advanced to admit of the details being 
 embodied in his Report. 
 
 ROUTE. 
 Commencing at the City of Hamilton, the line takes an easterly 
 course through part of the County of Wentwortli, then turning 
 northward, it passes over Burlington Beach, and enters the County 
 of Halton near the Village of Burlington ; it thence takes as nearly 
 as possible a straight course northward across the Counties of 
 Halton and Peel to the Village of Clarksville in the County of 
 Simcoe. The branch line here diverges in a north-westerly direc- 
 tion to Collingwood, the main line taking a north-easterly direc- 
 tion via Barrie, the County Town, to Victoria Harbour, in the 
 Township of Tay. An examination of the map will show ' how 
 central this route is through these Counties, especially the County 
 of Simcoe. 
 
 CONNECTIONS OF THE ROAD. 
 
 The Railway will make the following connections : 
 
 AT HAMILTON : 
 
 Lake Ontario.— Hamilton to all places on the Lakes and River .St. Lawrence. 
 
 t Great Western Railway.— Buflfalo and Susp. Bridge to Detroit and Sarnia. 
 
 Hamilton & Lake Erie Railway.— Hamilton to Port Dover (now open 
 to Jaryis). 
 
 t Grand Trunk Railway.— Buffalo to Goderich, Sarnia and Detroit. 
 
 t Canada Southern Railway.— Buffalo to Amherstburgh and Mooretown. 
 
 + Great Western Loop Line.— Buffalo to Glencoe. 
 
 t Also the American Railways connecting with these Lines. 
 
AT BURLINGTON (p miUsfrotn Hamilton) • * 
 Great Western Railway. TorontoBrand^^ , t_,,. 
 
 AT MILTON {22 miles from Hamilton) ■ * 
 Credit Valley Railway (now building, -.^p,,, ,„ st. The... 
 
 AT GEORGETOWN (j5 miles from Hamilton) ■ * 
 t Grand Trunk Railway.- Det.oit and Go dench to Portland. 
 
 AT SLiGO {44 miles from Hamilton) : * 
 ""^Ul^^lr '^°^-^-*- Branch (now b„ndin,).-,treets- 
 
 AT CALEDON EAST (^<? »„7«/^,,;, Hamilton) ■ ♦ 
 Toronto. Grey & Bn.ce Railw^^-To^, Xeeswater and Owen Sound. 
 
 AT COLLINGVVOOD (loj miles from Hamilton) : * 
 """' ""CC""^'^°°'' '° ^" P'-- -• ^a-'es Huron. Michigan and 
 Northern Railway.-Toronto to Meaford. 
 
 AT BARRiE (pT miles from Hamilion) ■ * 
 Northern Railway Extension.-Barne to Gravenhu.st. ' 
 
 AT VICTORIA HARBo'^Ur(^^;~^y-,,,, ^^„^.^,. _ , 
 Georgian Bay. 
 
 Midland Railway.-Port Hope to Midland. 
 
 NK.R ,,KE NIPISSING (^^i^;;^/,,/,,, j,,„^.,,^„. , , 
 Canada Pacific Railway. ' 
 
 SOUTHERN TERMINUS. 
 
Toronto. 
 
 mas. 
 
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 "£)•— Streets- 
 
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 Owen Sound. 
 
 lichigan and 
 
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 rio. 
 
 i) may be 
 
 This Bay covers an area of 7,500 acres, and forms one of the 
 safest and most capacious harbours on the inland waters. 
 
 The population of Hamilton in 1836 was only 2,846, it is now 
 upwards of 32,000, and steadily increasing ; the assessed value of 
 property is upwards of $14,000,000. 
 
 It is the first city in the Province of Ontario in manufactures, 
 and the second in commerce. 
 
 The year 1873 dates a new era of its progress, as the opening of 
 the Hamilton and Lake Erie Railway in that year secured to the 
 city a connection with the Grand Trunk Railway, the Canada 
 Southern Railway and the Great Western Loop Line. 
 
 The great thoroughfares between Western Ontario and the 
 markets of the continent and the seaboard are— 
 
 I. St. The Lake and River St. Lawrence. 
 
 2nd. The Lake and Erie Canal. 
 
 3rd. The Grand Trunk Railway. 
 
 4th. The Great Western Railway. 
 
 5th. The Buffalo and Lake Huron Branch of Grand Trunk R. R. 
 
 6th. The Canada Southern Railway. 
 
 7th. The Great Western Loop Line. 
 
 All these converge at Hamilton and at no other place in the Pro- 
 , t7«a— which gives it pre-eminent advantages as a trade centre. 
 
 NORTHERN TERMINL 
 
 Collingwood, one of the Northern Termini, was, in 1853, little 
 better than a wilderness. It was in that year selected as the 
 Northern Terminus of the Huron, Simcoe and Ontario Railway, 
 now known as the Northern Railway of Canada, and has since 
 risen to a place of considerable importance. 
 
 Its present population approximates 4000, and is steadily in- 
 creasing. 
 
 Via Collingwood is the shortest route from Ports on Lake 
 Michigan and Superior, to Ports on Lake Ontario and the River 
 St. Lawrence, and it has consequently become the transhipping 
 port of a large and valuable traffic. 
 
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 J.^\^''^f^'' ^''^"''" °^ °^'' 400 tons elch form a semi- 
 
 Mmes, and Sault St. Marie on Lake Huron, and at N eprn 
 S.Iver Islet, Prince Arthur's Landing, and Duluth on Uke' 
 bupenor, connecting at Thunder Bay with Dawson's Transporta- 
 
 Z^Z L u^T '"'^ '' °"^"''' '"''^ *'^^ Northern Pacific 
 Kailway for Moorehead and Kittson's Red River Line. 
 
 Sau^r^^^M """' n™ " '''''^'' "^'"^ ^^^^^^" Colling^vood and 
 ^ault St. Mane, calhng at Owen Sound, Collin's Inlet, Killarney, 
 
 Manitowaning, Little Current, Spanish River, Algoma Mills 
 
 Thessalon R.ver, Wellington Mines, (larden Rivef, and Gore 
 
 In 1872 the Collingwood and Lake Superior Steamers carried 
 7,747 passengers, being an average of about 300 per week this 
 season they have accommodation ^or 500 passengers weekly.' 
 
 I ll T ''PP^":^'^^''" be found particulars as to the nature of the 
 i.aice Superior Irade, and its rapid extension since 1855. 
 
 A large amount of capital has been invested in the lumber trade 
 
 frot fl TV! '"^'^''' '" *°^^^"S logs and carrying lumber 
 Z T r' ''"' °' "^^'^ ""^°"- The quanti^^ of lumber 
 thus brought to Collingwood, in addition to what is cut by 
 lo^c^l mills, exceeds the carrying capacity of the Northern Rail- 
 Victoria Harbour, the temporary terminus of the main line is 
 important, chiefly in connection wth the lumber trade. 
 
 Vii^.nTu'f ^'^'""^ ""'^''""'■^ ''' within short distance of 
 mIw u r'' """''^' P^"«»^"g»i«hene, Midland, Sturgeon, 
 Maichedash, Severn River, and Parry Sound. At each of these a 
 ^ge amount of capital has been invested in the erection of Saw 
 t^fe InJlV^ ^ firms owning large tracts of timbered lands in 
 tiiest localities and throughout the country lying north of the 
 
ich form a sem:-- 
 perior, calling at 
 sh Rivti, Bruce 
 id at Neepigon, 
 )uluth oil Lake 
 on's Transporta- 
 Northern Pacific 
 Line. 
 
 I!olling^vood and 
 
 Inlet, Killarney, 
 
 Algonia Mills, 
 
 iver, and Gore 
 
 teamers carried 
 per week, this 
 ;rs weekly. 
 
 le nature of the 
 1855. 
 
 le lumber trade 
 sides transient 
 arrying lumber 
 >tity of lumber 
 fiat is cut by 
 N^ortliem Rail- 
 
 e main line, is 
 ide. 
 
 rt distance of 
 nd, Sturgeon, 
 ich of these a 
 rection of Saw 
 ered lands in 
 north of the 
 
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 THE COUNTRY BETWEEN THE TERMINAL STATIONS. 
 
 The following are the Municipalities in the Counties of Halton, 
 Peel and Simcoe, through which the line will run, or closely bord- 
 ering upon it ; containing a population according to the census of 
 1871 of 98,488, and property of the assessed value of $18,665,331. 
 
 Township of Nelson 
 
 Trafalgar 
 
 Esquesing 
 
 Nassagaweya 
 
 Town of Milton 
 
 Georgeto-wn 
 
 Township of Chinguacousy 
 
 Caledon 
 
 Albion 
 
 Mono 
 
 Adjala 
 
 Tecumseth 
 
 West Gwillimsbury 
 
 Mulmur 
 
 Tossorontio 
 
 Essa 
 
 Innisfil 
 
 Nottawasaga 
 
 Sunnidale 
 
 Vespra 
 
 Oro 
 
 Flos 
 
 Medonte 
 
 Tiny 
 
 Tay 
 
 OrUlia &; Matchedash 
 
 Town of Barrie 
 
 Collingwood 
 
 Acres. 
 Resident. 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Non- 
 Resident. 
 
 46,873 
 
 66,716 
 
 
 67.137 
 
 
 44.791 
 
 
 79,890 
 
 
 68,802 
 
 '.799 
 
 56.923 
 
 
 66,377 
 
 2,84s 
 
 43.903 
 
 1,388 
 
 63,970 
 
 3.403 
 
 42,904 
 
 1,680 
 
 58,691 
 
 11,227 
 
 3 '.930 
 
 13.388 
 
 57.«6o 
 
 9.840 
 
 65,920 
 
 5,672 
 
 78,122 
 
 11.573 
 
 38.119 
 
 •5,976 
 
 38.405 
 
 21,395 
 
 68,222 
 
 4,857 
 
 43.054 
 
 18,836 
 
 47.719 
 
 17,901 
 
 47.741 
 
 27,123 
 
 27.998 
 
 18,724 
 
 42,830 
 
 32,190 
 
 1,294,197 
 
 219,817 
 
 Assessed 
 Value. 
 
 1,329,801 
 
 1,671,230 
 
 1,435,024 
 
 602,087 
 
 » 75,805 
 
 189,115 
 2,322,441 
 965,680 
 894,817 
 670,366 
 
 32».2SS 
 
 910,975 
 736,640 
 308,167 
 291,105 
 710,998 
 975,480 
 1,205,070 
 246,128 
 240,020 
 321,264 
 200,669 
 283,382 
 244,014 
 181,280 
 203,440 
 601,817 
 427,261 
 
 $18,665,331 98.488 
 
 Popu- 
 lation. 
 
 "4^19 
 5.027 
 6,139 
 2,964 
 891 
 1,282 
 6,129 
 4,78s 
 4,857 
 3,980 
 2,878 
 4,728 
 3,036 
 3,505 
 1,570 
 4,221 
 5,48c 
 6,70A 
 
 i.99« 
 2,077 
 
 4,364 
 1,756 
 2,541 
 
 3,214 
 1,629 
 1,894 
 
 3.398 
 2,829 
 
 Besides these, several other townships more remote, will un- 
 doubtedly be tributary to the trafiSc of the line, such as Erin and 
 East Garafraxa, in the County of Wellington ; the Township of 
 King, in the County of York ; and the Townships of Melancthon, 
 Osprey and Collingwood, in the County of Grey, most of which 
 will be embraced in an area of 1 2 miles on either side of the line. 
 
 The wealth and productiveness of the Counties of Halton, Peel 
 and Simcoe, will be seen by the annexed statistical table of agri- 
 cultural productions : 
 
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 Since the foregoing table was completed, a communication has 
 been received from the County Clerk of the County of Simcoe 
 regarding the agricultural produce of the Southern Townships of 
 that County, viz : Adjala, Essa, West Gwillimbury, Innisfil, Te- 
 cumseth, Tossorontio, Mono, Mulmur, together with Nottawasaga- 
 one of the Northern Townships. The product of wheat, oal, 
 peas and barley, for the year 1873, is put down at 6,436,000 bush! 
 
 <l ^u 'T~T°' ^''"'"^ '''''"'^ any information from the 
 Northern Townships, they arc not noticed in the Schedule ; how- 
 ever, I may say that the Township of Oro is about equal in every 
 respect to the Township of Essa, (viz., 620,000 bushels.) The 
 Townships of Sunnidale, Flos, Vespra, Medonte, Tiny, Tay, Oril- 
 Jiaand Matchedash, are comparatively new Townships, although 
 
 ^^ fast approaching the older ones in population and wealth. They 
 have an incalculable amount of white pine and oak timber." 
 J The amount of wealth, including the incorporated Towns and 
 Villages of the County, is equalized at nearly $14,000,000 ; but 
 you are aware this is only the assessed value, and I would say 
 not near half the true value." ^ 
 
 These Counties shew the following increase of population : 
 
 1851. J871. 
 
 Halton. ,8,322 ,,,606 
 
 ^.e^l, 24,816 26,000 
 
 Simcoe, 2 7,t65 57,389 
 
 These figures indicate astonishing progress in the developement 
 of these Count.es, more particularly in the County of Simcoe 
 i^uhire increase of production in the Counties of Halton and Peel 
 will arise chiefly from improved methods of cultivation, the per- 
 centage of lands not under cultivation being small as compared 
 with that in the County of Simcoe. In the County of Simcoe h 
 will be observed, that there is only about one-fourth of thriand 
 under cultivation leaving nearly 800,000 acres still to be cleaS 
 and rendered productive. The future traffic in the item of agricuT 
 tural produce may readily be estimated when it is considererthat' 
 every additional 100,000 acres brought under cultivation means an 
 annual increase of at least ,,750.000 bushels of grain, and a ^ro 
 portionate mcrease of every other product. 
 
 In the southern Townships of Simcoe and the Township of 
 
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 Nottawasaga, there are no less than 69 saw mills, and many more 
 to be erected, convenient to the track of this Road. 
 
 Those between Clarksvillc and Collingwood already in opera- 
 tion are of sufficient capacity to turn out annually— 
 40,000,000 feet of lumber ; 
 30,000,000 laths ; 
 12,000,000 shingles. 
 
 In the Townships [of Tossorontio and Mulmur there are about 
 60,000 acres of timbered lands, and excellent water powers on 
 Pine River and other branches of the Nottawasaga River; a 
 large milling business will be developed there by this road, which 
 runs from comer to comer of Tossoronto, and with Stations on 
 the leadmg roads from the adjoining Township of Mulmur. 
 
 In the appendix will be found a list of mills, with their annual 
 capacity, which would be tributary to the fraffic of the Road be- 
 tween Barrie and Victoria Harbour, inc'-.ding the mills on the 
 adjacent Bays, ^'he total quantity of lur -ber which these are cap- 
 able of turning out annually, is not less than 155,800,000 feet. 
 
 'i'hese figures appear large, but their correctness is corroborated 
 by the following extract from the commercial article of the Toronto 
 Globe, of nth March, 1874, in reference to the lumber trade of 
 this season : 
 
 ^^ "In lumber there is a considerable falling off, owing to the de- 
 " pression in the market last year. Very few mill owners have 
 II got their full supply of logs cut. And the amount to be manufac- 
 ^ tured will show at least a falling off of one-half the stock. It is 
 '' evident, however, to those interested that the ' Zero' of the lum- 
 " ber market has been reached, and although ]3erhaps no immedi- 
 I ate advance is looked for, still the price of all descriptions of 
 ^^ lumber is expected to take an upward turn after the opening of 
 navigation. In square timber the amount marketed, owin? to 
 I want of snow in the woods, will not exceed one-half the quamity 
 of last winter, notwithstanding the large increase in rock elm 
 ^^ timber. On the Georgian Bay ports, the estimated stock of sawn 
 lumber on hand is about 40,000,000. Tlie stock of old and new 
 ^^ logs hkely to begot to the mills is estimated at 75,000,000 for man- 
 ufacturing, being a great decrease over last year's production." 
 
s, and many more 
 )nd. 
 
 already in opera- 
 
 ly- 
 
 ir there are about 
 t water powers on 
 ivasaga River; a 
 ' this road, which 
 I with Stations on 
 f Mulmur. 
 
 ivith their annual 
 )f the Road be- 
 the mills on the 
 ch these are cap- 
 800,000 feet. 
 
 s is corroborated 
 
 ie of the Toronto 
 
 lumber trade of 
 
 owing to the de- 
 nill owners have 
 It to be manufcu- 
 ' the stock. It is 
 iero' of the lum- 
 laps no immedi- 
 descriptions of 
 : the opening of 
 keted, owing to 
 alf the quantity 
 ase in rock elm 
 'i stock of sawn 
 if old and new 
 10,000 for man- 
 roduction.'" 
 
 *5 
 
 THE COUN rPY BEYOND THE NORTHERN TERMINI. 
 
 The country jjcyond Coliingwood and Victoria Harbour, on 
 the North Shores of Lake Huron and Lake Superior, will be tri- 
 butary to the traffic at these points ; and through a portion of it 
 the line will ultimately run, on its extension to make junction with 
 the Canada Pacific Railway. 
 
 This vast region of country is divided into Districts as follows : 
 
 Areo— Acres. Population. 
 
 1871. 
 
 The Muskoka District 1.208.307 5,400 
 
 The Nipissing District— North 6.993.500 848 
 
 " " " —South 2.382.080 943 
 
 The Parry Sound District 2.188.5S0 1,519 
 
 The Mantoulin Island 757.250 2,011 
 
 The Algoma District— t;ast 7.244.000 977 
 
 " — Centre i. 291. 200 2,177 
 
 " -^Vest 18.333.352 1.853 
 
 In 1868 an Act was passed by the Ontario Legislature to pro- 
 mote the settlement of Crown Lands in these Districts, known as 
 the " Free .Grant and Homestead Act." In the Report of the 
 Crown Lands Commissioner for 1872, he states that, prior to that 
 year the settlement of these lands had not been satisfactory, " and 
 " that it became evident that the only means of opening up the 
 " country for settlement was through lumbering enterprise." A 
 large amount of capital had been invested in saws-mills on the 
 North Shore of Lake Huron, and mill-owners were prepared to 
 enlarge their establishments if the timbered lands were put in the 
 market. In October of 1872 the Government sold at auction 
 timber berths to the extent of 5,031 square miles, realizing the 
 large sum of $602,665 for the mere privilege of cutting the timber, 
 subject to timber dues on every stick cut. 
 
 "The result of this policy (the Commissioner goes on to say) 
 " will be the rapid settlement of lands suitable for agricultural 
 " purposes, and at the same time open up the way to the de- 
 " velopement oi whatever mineral wealth might exist in the 
 " country. It may also be noted in this connection that a means 
 " of communication became highly necessary between the country 
 " settled east of French River and the Lake Superior Region, 
 
ri 
 
 i6 
 
 •• „ni!^i 1*'»' »™- I he bamer to ihi, has hilhmo l,„„ ,,,, 
 ™nhaU,.d d„.„.-, n,«M„g along ,he ,hor. of Lake Huron 
 .h op™,„g u, „f ,„«h „„ ,^„, on lumbering in ho ,<™W 
 
 of whioh ,a. e,pe„„«| i„ o,'^ "Sol ' ' '*' ^"'"' 
 
 mmt't-""""'*""' ■''' '""' ""' ■""" '""''"■ 
 
 M Townships in Miiskoka District. 
 7 " " Parry Sound " 
 
 3 " " Nipissing '< 
 
 3 " " Algoma " 
 
 fZ^J'*"" ""''■" """""'•" '" "" -" ■«75 was a, 
 
 IS72 M 
 
 Muskoka P«"°"« •«•'«". Ac„. Person, ^4.od. Acre.. 
 
 Parry Sou..d.... ,57 JJ'J^ '^^^ 55,644 
 
 ^'^°'"' '^ ^.060 :: ''III 
 
 In 1872 the demand for mineral lands on North Shore of Uke 
 Superior dunng the year, resulted in the sale of 63.046 acreVinte 
 unsurveyed portion of the Territory. In the survVvVrl T V 
 
 In that year 22,029 acres of mineral lands were sold on th^ 
 
 P^vtc^Xs !^"'^'°^'^' ^° ^ ""^"-^^ '• ^-^- oUh 
 rrovmce, and 38,920 .u;res m the surveyed 7o,< -; ;„ fh. 
 
 Distncts of Thunder Bay and Algoma. "^ ' - «n the 
 
settlement and 
 lerto Jiecn the 
 Take Huron I 
 n the territory, 
 le desired con 
 
 ization Roads 
 • large portion 
 
 )en for settle- 
 
 1873 was as 
 
 Acres, 
 
 SS.644 
 
 16,497 
 
 6,210 
 '.S40 
 
 ore of lake 
 acres in the 
 Townships 
 1 lands sold 
 Cashibowie, 
 
 new Town- 
 1 the same 
 e Superior, 
 
 lold on the 
 'of Lakes 
 tmi of the 
 
 '. "^ in the 
 
 From these extracts from the Ci ,vn Unds Reports of . 7 aad 
 1873, it will I>L- seen that everything is being done by Government, 
 as well as by -rivate enterprise, t<. (Icvelope the resources of this 
 great region, and that at no distant day it must become a well set- 
 tled and productive country; an ' that largo ami increasing quan- 
 tities of the protlucts of the field, the forest, and the mine, will 
 tome from it to swell the traffic of this F^oad. There can be 
 no doubt that this Road will be one of the chief instruments in 
 the devclopcment of the resources of that region. 
 
 THROUGH GRAIN TRAFFIC. 
 
 I he Tollingwood route for grain from the West to the Seaboard 
 was Minded to incidentally on a preceding page, in . onnection 
 with the Northern Termini of the road. 
 
 This will prove an important source of revenue to the Com- 
 pany. 
 
 In addition to transient vessels engaged in the carrying trade 
 
 between Chicago, Milwaukee and Collingwood, the Northern 
 
 Railway Company have chartered a line of vessels for the better 
 
 accommodation of the through grain traffic. Six ol these run 
 
 between Chicago md Collingwood and three between 'I'oronto and 
 
 Kingston, of an aggregate capacity of 207,000 bushels jjcr month 
 
 or 51.750 bushels per week. This trade requires 25 cars daily 
 
 between Colling\vood and Toronto, and admits of large expansion, 
 
 especially during the months of June, July and August— the 
 
 period of the year when grain is peculiarly susceptible of damage 
 
 by heatfng on long voyages, under closed hatches. This route 
 
 provides for frequent turning over of the grain in transit to the 
 
 Eastern Mills or Ocean Ship's side, and preserves it in sound 
 
 condition. 
 
 The rates earned on this traffic are about half the ordinary 
 tariff rates— say 4 cents per bushel. This would be 
 cent per ton per mile, a paying rate in full train loads 
 
 EXISTING ROUTES AND THOSE OPENED BY THIS ROAD 
 
 COMPARED. 
 
 The present means of communication between the great pro- 
 ducing country traversed by this road, and the markets of con- 
 sumption are — 
 
 *TffO 
 
! li 
 
 i8 
 
 I St. Lake and Canal Navigation, 
 and. The Northern Railway. 
 3rd. The Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway. 
 4th. The Midland Railway-(now being extended from OrilHa to 
 Georgian Bay.) 
 
 The principal Eastern Ports to whicJi lumber is shipped by 
 water are Buffalo, Oswego and Albany, the latter is the principal 
 lumber market of the Eastern States; Buffalo and Oswego are 
 mtermediate transhipping Ports. 
 
 The receipts of lumber at Oswego and Buffalo in 1872 
 were — ' 
 
 •Oswego 292,919,282 feet. 
 
 Buffalo 204,976,754 " 
 
 The principal receipts at Oswego and aboiU one-fourth of those 
 at Buffalo were from Canada. 
 
 . The cost of deliveHng lumber from Victoria Harbour in Albany 
 . by water, is as follows : 
 
 Lake freight, (average) per ,000 feet. . . "Yslo" "" $171"* 
 
 Insurance and forwarding charges. o 40 o w 
 
 Canal freight to Albany *: . . 7^0 46^ 
 
 '^*"^'' $109^ ^^^ 
 
 The route chiefly used from the Georgian Bay to Albany is part 
 rail and water, and the cost as follows from Victoria Harbour :_ 
 
 Lake freight to CoUingvrood and charges per 1000 feet... $1' 7? 
 Rail freight per Northern Railway ... *=" y *' 75 
 
 Collmgwood to Toronto, .$i6 (per car of sixio feet)" " ' * oo 
 
 Costof handling at Toi onto a t-iU 
 
 Lake freight, Toronto to Oswego, and insurance ' .7. '." , f,Vi 
 
 Oswego charges • 02^ 
 
 Canal freight to Albany .. I ......." ..'..'.'.'. ° ^^ 
 
 Total, "IT'" 
 
 $9 75 
 
 The cost of delivering lumber in Oswego, Suffalo and Albany 
 by this road and its connections, at the ordinary local tariff 
 rata for corresponding mileage on Great Western Railway, woald 
 be thus from Victoria Harbour : 
 
 To Buffalo by H. & N. W. R. and G. W. R.-.go miles-Per Car 
 
 of 8,000 feet, $3i.oo=per 1,000 ft .^. . ... . . *' .$3.87;^;, 
 
from Orillia to 
 
 is shipped by 
 is the principal 
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 iflalo in 1872 
 feet. 
 
 burth of those 
 
 our in Albany 
 
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 $5 SO 
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 $10 00 
 
 Vlbany is part 
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 ■ $• 75 
 
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 • $9 75 
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 ^ local tariff 
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 si 
 
 rC»r 
 
 ■$3-87;^. 
 
 19 
 
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 thr^ , "?' ^'''^'' arrangements could be effected admitting of 
 through rates at considerably under local tariff rates as a lumed 
 ^ above comparisons. // ,„ust te a,,ent f,o,n f.ZZ TZt 
 road could control the lumber traffic for the Eastern SfnJ J \ 
 paying rates from Victoria Harbot.r ^'"'"' ""'^ "' 
 
 onTrZ^nfT""^' '' •;'" "•' '"' '''''' ^°"'^' '^'^^ ""e will be 
 onafootmgofexact equality with the Northern Railway but the 
 d^rence „, favor of the former by all rail route to 2^1 on 
 B dge as shewn m comparative table of freight rates on page ' 
 will be from $1.50 to $2.00 per r,ooo feet ^ ^ 
 
 hauUro^'rt"' ^t^' "" '"^^ =^'°"^ *^^ «^'"^ d-'-- to 
 haul from Georg,an Bay to Port Hope a, this line to Hamilton. 
 
 Lake Ontario freights and insurance are generally the same 
 from both places, seldom a difference of 25c. per i 000 feet T 
 favor of Port Hope. 
 
 L"tfer.totd h"'' '/ "'"' '' is distant from the American 
 troKtier at Ogdensburg ,63 miles and at Buffalo 264 miles. 
 
 is llr;itl "f ^"'■'J'^^^^ '^'^' ™^d meets the Midland Railway, 
 
 Z 7 . '''' ''™'"''''" '■^^"^•^^ ^^ Suspension Bridge 
 
 Zarthf7^Z T'" '" ''" ■^"^' ''""^''- «''^^ -^^/-'-//V . 
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 The advantage of direct shipment by rail of other classes of 
 freight may be illustrated thus :— 
 
 BARLEY TO ALBANY FROAf CALEDOxV EAST. 
 
 .^ . , "^^*'^"' -^N" ^^'*TER ROUTE VIA TORONTO. 
 
 Caledon East to Toronto, per 100 lbs.. « 
 
 Elevating and other charges there . , ' 
 
 Lake Freight and Insurance to Oswego. f, 
 
 Oswego forwarding charge ^ 
 
 Canal Freight (average) ^ 
 
 "V!"; t""^'' "■' ""■ '^- "•' ^"^ ""^^ ^'"'^'^ CENTRAL R. R. 
 
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 ir 
 
 30. ' 
 
 The importance of direct railway communication with the 
 United States will be recognised in view of the extent of trade 
 between Canada and that country, which, during the seven years 
 that have elapsed since the expiration of the Reciprocity Treaty, 
 amounts to over $466,800,000, an average of over $65,000,000 
 annually, and which must swell to much greater magnitude on 
 renewal of reciprocity, for which negotiations are now going on ; 
 and in view of the further fact that for five months in the year the 
 water routes between the two countries are closed. 
 
 The Northern Railway and the Toronto, Grey & Bruce Rail 
 way are of Jifferent gauge from the tnink lines of the country, 
 and all property carried over them to Toronto, if forwarded thence 
 by rail has to be transhipped to cars of other Companies, a 
 process which, besides involving serious delays, is estimated lo 
 cost as much on every ton as would pay carriage for additional 
 fifty miles if forwarded without transhipment. 
 
 But even were these roads of uniform gauge with the trunk 
 lines, the serious disadvantage remains that their Southern Ter- 
 mmus is, by the shortest route, forty miles further from Western 
 Ontano and the American frontier, tlian the Southern Terminus 
 of this Road— Western Ontario and the United States being the 
 chief consumers of pine lumber, the great staple of the Northern 
 country. 
 
 A further serious disadvantage of these Hues connected with 
 their Southern Terminus is, that while enjoying the use of the 
 water routes on equal terms with Hamilton, Toronto has only the 
 Great Western Railway and the GAnd Trunk Railway competing 
 for traffic to Western Ontario and the United States, while Hamil- 
 ton has the Great Western Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway 
 and the Canada Southern Railway, 
 
 The Grand Trunk and Great Western compete at Toronto for 
 traffic to Eastern States on terms of great inequality, the distance 
 from Toronto being 
 
 By Great Western Railway to Suspensien Bridge. . 83 miles 
 
 '' " " " Buffalo i„ " * 
 
 " Grand Trunk Railway to " 203 " 
 
 ■'<U 
 
:ation with the 
 extent of trade 
 the seven years 
 iprocity Treaty, 
 'er $65,000,000 
 
 magnitude on 
 now going on ; 
 
 in the year the 
 
 & Bruce Rail 
 of the country, 
 rwarded thence 
 
 Companies, a 
 s estimated to 
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 Southern Ter- 
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 bern Terminus 
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 31 
 
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 By Great Western Railway to Suspension Bridge.. . .43 miles. 
 
 " " " " Buffalo 71 " 
 
 " Grand Trunk Railway " 75 " 
 
 " Canada Southern Railway " 87 " 
 
 Acting as a feeder to all the Trunk Lines, this line will be in 
 antagonism to none, and the shipper will have it in his option to 
 consign to any line for further carriage of his property beyond 
 Hamilton. 
 
 By means of the connections at Sligo and Georgetown as well 
 as Caledon East, passengers and freight can be carried to Toronto 
 as well as to Hamilton. 
 
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 the public : 
 
 onnected with 
 the use of the 
 o has only the 
 ivay competing 
 , while Hamil- 
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 « Toronto for 
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26 
 FURTHER RAILWAY SERVICE A NECESSITY 
 
 Northern Po.t ^L ^ ^' '^73i in reference to the 
 
 notZZrlLt °""'^ "' '''"^°*)' ^"'^ 'hat its history need 
 not Cscourage railway enterprise in that section of country. This 
 
 since been added 56 n,iles of leased Hn" '° "'"' '^" 
 
 At that time the population of dimcoe was a little over .7 oo« 
 
 i auie on page 1 2. This was one of the parH«f r,;i 
 vef "from f "' '•' """"' ^^^^ ^*^^^">' '— ed year after 
 
 and the progress of the country reUrd'ed. ' <=°"«eq"<^nce. 
 
 passed n lletildtS 1 "^'^ '' ^'^ '°"°^'"« --'"'-s, 
 
 l Toronto, oTth March 'sl""'^' -^^ " ""''"^^' '^'' 
 that city on the 6th March: ''' "' P^^Lshed in the papers of 
 
 '•.rat^fvinSLStr^^^^^ by Mr. Randolph, 'That .he 
 
 :: per transporting facilft?efon he NoS rI." ^^' ^T'A ^«"' '^ Pro 
 
 has been made to the Company year aft^ Railway, and that representation 
 ;; a 1 w thout effect ; and that^W^ ™e" in J'^e'wTS T£"^h"^^^ 
 
 ngof the season of navigation the diKrjiinnfi^/''*^ °° '•>* °^^^ 
 ...h^dmanyway; therefore some actionTX?^^^^^^ 
 
 ::sSstre^neS^To^^^^^^^^^ Prentice, "That more 
 
 &TP/,""^ economical shipment, and tha?mo?^dn\" "'''° ''"*' »° •'^•"it 
 
 " fn i.°l"*''^y"'^"''»l *» H»eet the gentalt«^cf»v''^*'°.°'" '''Toronto 
 
 -c. of engmes and cars o« the line^SeCkf^fm^a,:^/:-, .fi'tU^/ 
 
ma 
 
 :essity, 
 
 editorial article 
 eference to the 
 )ose of shewing 
 a reflex of the 
 its history need 
 country. This 
 g from the City 
 e of about 95 
 
 to which have 
 
 !e over 27,000, 
 5ference to the 
 : earliest rail- 
 nstruction and 
 IS not satisfac- 
 
 sed year after 
 those of 1873 
 ross earnings 
 
 every branch 
 consequence, 
 
 ? resolutions, 
 rchants, held 
 he papers of 
 
 *, 'That the 
 r want of pro- 
 representation 
 »d protest, but 
 t on the open. 
 i to be dimin- 
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 'That more 
 line, to admit 
 )m Rt Toronto 
 e. That the 
 of the traffic 
 
 37 
 
 ;; and that in consequence of these difficulties the business is retarded, and the 
 
 .. P. n 'T"''^ u'^ "'''°"8l> the inability to g,t lumber to market so as 
 
 to aUow the merchants to compete with other ports of Shipment.'— Carried. 
 
 „''^\ **« J?°ved by Mr. Alexander Prentice, seconded by Mr. F. P. G 
 
 '<«V uV . '''^ '^^r'" " absolutely necessary that a change in the gauge 
 ^should be made to conform with other railways, both here and in the United 
 "oir" • '" accommodate the large and increasing trade in Western Canada 
 ana m the States. That the trade is seriously affected by breakinc bulk 
 " ^V,u "^tr'"^ additional expense and delay, and giving to the western portion 
 "Carried "" "' "" '''^'■*""'Ke over us in furnishing the eas'.em markets.' 
 
 The following statement by the Managing Director of the 
 Northern Railway, at the annual meeting in March, 1873, fuUy 
 confirms the statement that the lumber traffic has outgrown its 
 capacity, and gives some insight into the remarkable grain traffic 
 of the road, as well : 
 
 <- L^^'^'^i"^ '" '*'*' t™ffic "f the past year, he said he was afraid that while 
 " 111 ''"r'T':''' generously acknowledged the efforts they had made to cive 
 " ^!iii, r.', ' transportation in their power, they felt that the carrying 
 ^_ ability of the company was far below the demands made upon it. Not only 
 _ the elevator but all the storehouses were crammed to their utmost capacity 
 _^ /I// the yards and sidings of the Company were largely occupUd with lumber 
 
 " ,1LT^ ^Tf , ,T'f "' ""i "" ''""^""y "'*&''* '" ""■'' '" t" ''■'<•' « road run- 
 ning Its whole length between hu^e files of lumber." 
 
 The following extract from the Report presented at the annual 
 meeting in Toronto, on i8th F»biuary, 1874, is fully more instruc- 
 tive on this point: 
 
 "At this moment, notwithstanding that the crop is but partially out the 
 "grain trade in the County of .Simcoe, and of the City of Toronto, is suspend - 
 " u' r^M^'y 'Storehouse in every town, and at every station along the line o*" 
 " this Railway, is full of grain, by reason of the inability of this Company to 
 ' move It; partly because of the iasufficiency of Rolling Stock, and partly 
 " because its elevator and storage capacity at Toronto is wholly inadequate to 
 " the trade. Thus the farmer is unable to find a market for his produce • the 
 " merchant is embarrassed in his operations ; and the business which oueht to 
 " be transacted and the profits which ought to be realized during the winter 
 " are postponed until the summer (for the movement of grain in the sprinp is 
 " impossible), to the obvious injury of every interest. 
 
 " "^J^^ (^'^'"^^^ruatioMS apply with even more force to the timber and lumber 
 "trades, during, the season of navigation, which is the only period in which thev 
 "can reach thf markets ; for it follcnvs that if by reason of insufficient enni'fi- 
 
 ment, this railway is unable to find transport for 'hose trades during t ^{on 
 "of open waters, the timber which should reach Quebec in August, for fan . tort 
 " and the lumber zcihich should reach the eastern markets before the close of the 
 ••canals must be •wintered over' at the lossofa year, and at all the risks and 
 ••financial burthens which such a loss implies." 
 
 And finally on this subject, reference is made to the following 
 statement by the Managing Director, at the same meeting : 
 
38 
 
 ing had been, for year.,, three ZTaTJZT,t° ^ '??' «"" '" ""> ""o™- 
 
 tfupKumary interest »f its irobnetot, hutLL T ^*"'P<"*y' »<>t merely in 
 
 Us v>hcle duty as an instn,meTandaniLZ^^'\ " 1'"""' ''"" '' '""'/'' 'i" 
 
 ment of the pros*e,ity 7Z%Z itVXr// T'^T"'.'' '7 "•' ''""''P' 
 
 they were, so to .peak, andtoseetVtwhTtt r.^TJ''^'^'^' sAaeiMus 
 
 _, and there was a 7ance of ^X^ Sif'^^r^lf^,;^ f^^-^ «"" &ood, 
 
 'hose commercial operaHonLhifh, nthZVofZlt^/Jfj' "" ""^"'"'"^ 
 
 "than any mere investments maJ,iJ ik. ^.t""' ^^f "-' ■^'"' '"'"■' iccount 
 
 ;;iun,l,er trade, and said h^ woZf r Ind themZ. .1'" ''^T^^ *!?'='" »" '^e 
 
 '' this commodity was an unDreceenMH?„f,M ""^ '"*''''<=' "^ "872 for 
 
 ;:oftheinabili.yVtheCoTp„„;toSf^^^^^^^^^ »"^ yet by re«o„ 
 
 gation millions of feet of it were left o^thl & r'^^u'* ""^ '^'°'"' "^ "a^i- 
 
 wintered over until the springof 87^ Then ,^, I °^ "'"•'' '"''»°'""s to kc 
 
 in 1873 the markets were fwaV dowr below ,1 J' T"'"« °^ ""vigatio. 
 
 " which in the fall of 1872 was deLS » '^^ ordmary rates, and that 
 
 ;: cle. Turning next to the g^fn Ua3e Je re'^Lr^'.^' "" ^^^^^^^^ arti- 
 
 there was noL warehoused one en5o?Xf?iif.J?' '.'T 'T^ ""^ 
 "not crammed to repletion with Dr.xlurrw,;^! r "* '° "*" ""'«'' *'»'<:'» *«« 
 
 '• and he had himselFseen iZtrj^^l.Ti^^^rr'C^i^!^^^^^^''' 
 
 tb/.".?'" °/'"^!* ^^'^'^ Of ""^tter, it may be confidently asserted 
 that thts ratlway ts as much required for the further devlpem J 
 of h.s progressive section of country as was the Northern RaZy 
 for the earher stages of its progress. ^ 
 
 ESTIMATED EARNINGS OF THE ROAD. 
 
 The favorable alignment and gradients of the Road will con 
 tribute materially to the economy of its operation 
 
 Viewing the present and prospective traffic resources of tb« 
 country through which it is to run, and the traffi atlll'.: 
 the hne owing to the superiority of its connections, its J s elrn 
 
 z:i^ '"''''"''''''''''' ''-' ''- i^o'cop^mii::;: 
 
 The ordinary working expenses of the Northern Railway apnear 
 by the accounts to have been in 1S72, 58.06 per cent oTfb^ „ 
 earnings ; and in ,8;3, 64.4. per clnJ ithe h^hest^er cenZ 
 of any year. It is well understood that the true worZex 
 
 perly have been charged to capital account, had that account been 
 open, bemg charged to working expenses. '" 
 
 The working expenses of the Midland RaUway appear by the 
 
 I 
 
MBm 
 
 Id see that the de- 
 it out in the morn- 
 supply, andfrrtat 
 any, not merely in 
 er that it would da 
 ffit, in the develop- 
 _ hands shackled as 
 'ompany tvai good, 
 II go on impairing 
 far more account 
 erred them to the 
 rkct of 1872 for 
 ind yet by reason 
 the close of navi- 
 r customers to be 
 ng of navigatioB 
 ry rates, and that 
 I unsaleable arti- 
 the report said 
 other which was 
 if transportation, 
 ilOW:. '• 
 
 >9 
 
 accounts of that Company to have been in 1872, 56.96 per cent., 
 and in 1873, 57.05 per cent. 
 
 It is considered that the working expenses of this road will not 
 exceed 55 per cent., but assuming them at 60 per cent., would 
 leave a nclt earning of $1600 per mile, c(i«al to six percent, upon 
 $27,000 per mile of railway. 
 
 lentlj' asserted 
 dev^lopement 
 them Railway 
 
 AD. 
 
 oad will con- 
 
 jurces of the 
 tttractions of 
 ts gross earn- 
 » per mile, to 
 
 ilway appear 
 of the gross 
 per centage 
 working ex- 
 : should pro- 
 ccount been 
 
 pear by the 
 
30 
 
 CHIEF ENGINEERS REPORT. 
 
 HAMaroN AND North Wkstkrn Ra.uvav. 
 T« „ „ . Hamilton, June 8th, ,874. 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 'beg ID submit the roll„TOgR,p„,. 
 
 c*:.„^:;'""' " "'- '-«' f- „„„,■„„„ ,„ „,„,, ^„_ 
 
 e«L^?rc„',t;'::d'™'"''"°''^'«"'"''Mu„ctio.,,ana 
 
 .he n,i,e .„„*„/rh ^r'^.r^r ^^7 " '"' '° 
 south, with good alliirnm^nf ^ V *"^ ""^^ ascending 
 
 «ceea ...o.Lrc'XTtr'thTir" "" ^'*'"' ■"" -■ 
 
 foult: ;'*™*"' "' "" ""■■" '- fr- Ha™„„„ ,0 Batric is as 
 
 Length of Straight Hne 
 
 " "3 degree curves.. ;•• 70.07 miles. 
 
 " " 2 ., „ 4-23 miles 
 
 " << I u „ 4-48 " 
 
 12.01 " 
 
 " 2C.72 " 
 
 Making length of main line to Barrle " 
 
 "^ 90.79 '> 
 
 The alignment of the Collingwood branch is us follows : 
 
ERN Railway, 
 
 - 8th, 1874. 
 n and North- 
 
 liarrie and 
 
 unction, and 
 
 md Victoria 
 
 of the line, 
 f" 60 feet to 
 ' ascending 
 ly will not 
 
 iarric is as 
 
 •07 miles. 
 
 72 " 
 
 79 " 
 
 s ; 
 
 31 
 
 Length Of itrtight line 3^,54 ^1,^,. 
 
 " " 3 degree rurves 0.80 miles 
 
 " "» " " 1.66 •' 
 
 * 0.9s " 
 
 — ^-^^ " 
 
 Making the total length of the branch 35.95 " 
 
 I'otal length of tangents on main line to Barrie and 
 
 Collingwood branch ioa.6i •' 
 
 Total length of curves j^,, <i 
 
 Making length of main line to Barrie and Brancli . . r 26.74 '• 
 
 Distance from Banie to Victoria Harbour 29.78 " 
 
 Total length of line 156.52 " 
 
 The length of the different gradients on the main line to Barrie 
 is as follows : 
 
 Level and under 1 5 feet per mile 43.65 miles. 
 
 Ascending north 15 to 25 ft. per mile . 10.07 " 
 
 " as " 35 " 6.20 " 
 
 " 35 " 45 " 6.48 '• 
 
 " 45 " 55 •' 4.23 " 
 
 " 55 " 59 " 4.07 " 
 
 Ascending south 15 "25 " 3,5 « 
 
 " 25 " 35 " 2.78 " 
 
 " 35 " 45 " ^65 « 
 
 " 45 " 53 ♦' 6.41 " 
 
 90.79 
 And on the Collingwood Branch : 
 
 Level and under 15 feet per mile 23.03 miles. 
 
 Ascending north 15 to 25 ft. per mie o 34 " 
 
 " 25 " 35 " 0.35 " 
 
 " 35 " 45 " 3-56 " 
 
 Ascending south 15 "25 " 3.65 " 
 
 " 25 " 35 " 2!84 " 
 
 " 35 " 45 " 0.20 " 
 
 " 45 " 53 " 1.98 " 
 
length m anyone place is i.io miles. ^ ' ^ ' '"' 
 
 dol^f^^'"" •''' ^'"^'^ "' '^'"'""'^ ^° '^^ t«"g*^"ts, and in no rase 
 does the resistance of the curve inrl crra^„ u- , "'""''^^^ 
 
 effect of the maximum grade ' '"'"'''"'^ "^'''^ ''^'^ 
 
 ^cIllTcZ " ""'" "'" '^ ^^^'"^ '^" ^'^^ '9- ^"^ or a 3 
 
 :^Pensive.and.ndr:rd:^'.-J-rJr^^^^ 
 
 interncrtti: t^r • -" -- ^^^ ^--- -''-- -•- - 
 
 heyc^,t Lh r ' '" "'"''"" -th the plans shown, as 
 they can be rebu.lt every ten years for a sum equal to about one 
 
 yd x- r ''' ^™"'" '''' ^°"'^ '' - "-^ ''«^^ 
 
 ry . and when it becomes necessary to renew them it can be don^ 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 C. F. DUTTON, 
 
 Chief Ens^ineer. 
 
niles, going north, 
 t grade; greatest 
 
 ts, and in no rase 
 bined exceed the 
 
 1910 feet, or a 3 
 
 Its of sjflicient 
 '■ entering upon 
 1 by a tangent of 
 
 recommend the 
 
 irable and not 
 
 Inst from 12 to 
 
 without risk or 
 
 i and small ciil- 
 )Ians shown, as 
 1 to about one- 
 ired for mason- 
 it can be done 
 ials can be de- 
 
 UTTON, 
 ~^hief Ene^ineer. 
 
 iz 
 
 REPORT OF ENGINEER OF PUBLIC WORKS, PROVINCE 
 
 OF ONTARIO. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OK PUBLIC WORKS, ONTARIO, 
 
 T^TTvr Toronto, ^th June, 1874, 
 
 JOHN STUART, Esq, M. P., 
 
 President, 
 HAMltTOW & WORTH WESTERN RY CO.. 
 
 gjjj Hamilton, Ont. 
 
 catlt'nfT'^' ^"examination of the plans, profiles and specifi- 
 atd Norfh W ''T'^'l'T''^ '■°'-'h« construction of the Hamilton 
 and North Western Railway, and I have to state that I consider 
 the location and alignment of the Railway judiciously made and 
 carefully chosen. 
 
 In locating the line, I am informed that a rule was laid down 
 
 bat the maximum grades in going north should not exceed 60 feet 
 
 to the mile ; and in going south, 52.8 feet, and it is satisfactory to 
 
 po 1' r^'' ■; "° "" ^-^^^^''"^ ^'^^^^ «s--' -'y--" 
 
 as fixed u, on' "' ' ^''''^" "' '" approaching to the maximum 
 . In explanation of the difference in the inclination of the maxi- 
 
 sTh ^; n '^"'^ '"' I^''""" '^°^^ S<^'"S "°"^^' *^"d those going 
 south I will mention that while (after the completion of the line) 
 
 he heaviest traffic will always pass southwards over the Railway 
 the natural features of the country are such that the rise from the 
 southerly terminus to the summit is much greater than that from 
 
 he norherlyterminus-the difference being equal to the differ- 
 ence of level between Lakes Huron and Ontario. 
 
 rl^X 'T^ S '"^"'"""' ^ '^"^ '^'^' '" '^^ distance of 90.79 
 miles between Hamilton and Barrie, there are 70.07 miles of 
 ...,.., I, mx!e= of cun-cs having radii of 5,730 feef 448 
 n.Ies with radii of .,865 feet ; and 4-4 miles with'?,9ro fe^'ra^i" 
 
34 
 
 On the Collingwood branch, 35.95 miles in length, there are 
 32.54 miles of straight lines, and only 3.41 miles of curve Jh 
 radu as easy as those before mentioned. 
 
 The al^rnent of that part of the main line between Barrie and 
 
 te:::d z^^' -'- ^^ -^^^^ -^^^ ^^ ^--^^^^ i- ch^ 
 
 waf I ^nATt^"" ™^°"""' ^'"'"'■^ '" theconstruction of a Rail- 
 thTLn'th . "h "T 1° '' ^'^^^P^-"^"^ J'ght in proportion o 
 the length of the road-the most important structure requ red beine 
 a swmg bridge of 130 feet, opening across the entrance channel tf 
 Bur mgton Bay. There will also be X38. feet in leng h How: 
 tms bndgmg m spans of 50 and roo feet at various points In 
 the ime, and 3560 feet of trestle bridging over 30 feet fn height 
 
 of'Iut'tinTl'' r'r'^ " *'^ ^-^^^^^^'-^ -d f--ation 
 dLs tSh ^'"bai^kments, I find from examination of the 
 
 a ml and t""^' T"''^ "'" "°^ ^^^^^^ ^^'5- -^icyard 
 
 a mile and I am of the opinion that the quantities with regard 
 
 to eadi detail of the work, are carefully and correctly tlLn out 
 
 There are no engineering difficulties whatever in connection 
 
 with the work to be done in the construction of this line, and 1st 
 
 of the excavations being light in depth and free from rock there 
 
 IS nothing to deter a contractor from seeing his way cS a L 
 
 the nature and cost of each class of the projected Iks With 
 
 regard to their character as compared with lines of R ihvay n 
 
 operation throughout the Province, I consider the works sp ciLd 
 
 o be fully equal to any; and with the station and terminaTsTuc 
 
 tares mentioned, that the line will be fully equipped for he de" 
 
 velopement of a large traffic. PPea lor the de- 
 
 * 
 
 r.nr'\*^ '°"''''"' ''™^""' °^ '^'^ Railway at Hamilton the 
 cen re of a large trade, the northern termini at Collingwood and 
 Victoria Harbour on the Georgian Bav nnd fh. r P^^^^ ^"f 
 through the Counties of HalZ Ld aid sI'VT V '"""' 
 important towns and villages of m::'^:^^'^^^^' 
 
 town, and the 1 oronto. Grey & Bruce Railway at Mono rIh t 
 
 have no doubt that a large traffic will hZ T J^? ' ^ 
 
 struction of this r..^ In ?v n. , '^"P"'^ ^y '^^ *^°"- 
 
 in the more settled districts south of Bar- 
 
;ngth, there are 
 of curves, with 
 
 een Barrie and 
 nilar in charac- 
 
 :tion of a Rail- 
 proportion to 
 required being 
 ice channel to 
 igth of Howe 
 >us points on 
 "eet in height 
 
 md formation 
 nation of tlie 
 >o cubic yards 
 ;s with regard 
 tly taken out. 
 
 n connection 
 ine, and most 
 m rock, there 
 ■ clearly as to 
 vorks. With 
 f Railway in 
 )rks specified 
 rminal struc- 
 :d for the de- 
 
 35 ' 
 
 rie, this will consist chiefly in moving the produce, manufactures, 
 and ordinary travel of a well settled country; and in the more 
 northerly portions, the developement of a large trade in every 
 species of timber, from the higher classes of merchantable lumber, 
 to the various kinds of woods used for the manufacture of furni- 
 ture, telegraph poles, ties, and cordwood, while the harbours at the 
 northern termini will enable the Railway to compete for the large 
 lumber trade carried on around the Georgian Bay, as well as for 
 the largely increasing through traffic from the Western States. 
 
 I have the honor to remain 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 T. N. MOLESWORTH, 
 
 Engineer, Public Works. 
 
 [amilton, the 
 igwood and 
 in its transit 
 iching at the 
 
 Clarksville, 
 'f at George- 
 'no Road, I 
 
 by the con- 
 >uth of Bar- 
 
tl- 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 LAKE SUPERIOR TRADE. 
 
 The growth of the Lake Superior Trade will be seen at a glance 
 by the following statement of Canal Tolls collected on the Sault 
 i)te Mane Canal, in each year since 1855 : 
 
 For 1855 «.■,», 
 
 1856 * 4,374 
 
 1857 7.575 
 
 K:::;: i^'^'^' 
 
 i860...::::::;::::::;::::; ^'94; 
 
 1861 ?4,777 
 
 1862 :::;;;;;:;;; K? 
 
 1863 ,''°°7 
 
 186^ :.:::.::;;*;;:; ^^'^.it 
 
 mi :::;:::;::S 
 
 i^'::::::::::::.::.;:::.:-:: H'^, 
 
 1868 33.515 
 
 1869 ^5.977 
 
 1870 31.579 
 
 .87. : ::::;;;: t'^^ 
 
 1872, 33.865 
 
 ' 41,232 
 
 The nature of the traffic is shewn by the following figures from 
 
 the Canal Returns. The principal kinds of freight shipped to 
 
 J-ake huperior through the canal in 1872 were the following :- 
 
 Pork ^^^. 
 
 Flour. . 10,306 bbls. 
 
 Beef ...■.".■.;■.■. • 42,141 '' 
 
 Bacon . 4.i6ilbs. 
 
 Lard. :....:■;. =42.475 " 
 
 Butter 213,396 " 
 
 Cheese..::;;:; 559,137 •• 
 
 Apples 200,994 '< 
 
 SUMT 20,02Sbbls. 
 
 Tea ..; 5,454,559 lb.s. 
 
 Coffee.. 7,988!<:hests. 
 
 Salt., 7.815 hags, 
 
 42,690bbTs. 
 
2 
 
 Tobacco 
 
 Nails '. ■. ;.'.; 321,836 lbs. 
 
 Dried Fruit 4ii98S kegs. 
 
 Vegeiables ,,',[ 73.230 lbs. 
 
 Merchandise... 35.263 bus. 
 
 Hay ■//' 38,215 tons. 
 
 l^umber 2,931 tons. 
 
 Cattle '"'" i,488,cioo;ft. 
 
 Horses and mules.' 3.6o8 head. 
 
 Liquor 528 
 
 Malt .".'.".'.'.'.'. 7,oS2 bbk. 
 
 Coarse Grain '.S4S.87S lbs. 
 
 Coal Oil 444,876 bus. 
 
 Potatoes .'.".'.".'.' 5. 182 bbls. 
 
 Railway Spikes.... '6,435 hus. 
 
 24,737 kegs. 
 
 "^'^ rr!n Orf^ '""''' "^'""''^ '''' '"™'" '''''' ^'^"P"'^^ ^vere : 
 
 Mass Copper'.*. .'.",'.'.'.'. 383,305 tons. 
 
 Ingot Copper ..".*.' 1,709 " 
 
 Stamped work ^.547 " 
 
 fig Iron 4.145 " 
 
 Fisli 29,534 " 
 
 Lumber 14,529 half bar'ls. 
 
 Pelts and Furs.... 254,000 fi. 
 
 Hides .5,J33bd!s. 
 
 Tallow 5,321 
 
 SilverOre 64,5761bs. 
 
 Wheat 306 tons. 
 
 Flour 567.134 bus. 
 
 Potash ■;■ 93,270 bbls. 
 
 Building Stone 16 tons. 
 
 Merchandise 5,213 " 
 
 Quarts ' ; ■ ■ '■' 4,755 " 
 
 591 " 
 
 This trade was carried as- follows -—'rb^ p «■ 1 
 
 Superior line employed xxsteamerhavinin '"' "^-^'^ 
 
 of 10,7x7.75. which paid $^r,.Ty.ZZ: tTT' ''""^^" 
 Lake Superior line had k st.LeJ Zr I' ^'"'^^° ''^"'^ 
 
 tolls collected, $2,893 4I ^ ^ST^""^^^ 
 pany had 4 steamers ; tonnage r 7 2g r 1,1 ^''"•'PT'°" ^°'^- 
 Collingwood and Lake Si^^ln:^':^'';^-^^- 
 ^,590.43 i number of passages. xa6; amo.L of " '.J ris' 
 These steamers were all engaged in a ret^nHr r. ' *^'^°^-^^- 
 
 trade. There were, besidl' f; 0, f t a^r'^^^ 
 througH the canal, paying toll's to the Z:!:^;,;^ f^^ 
 Lake Superior iron trade there were i, ^t.. ,^^'^^- ^" ^^^ 
 paying $4,496.48 in tolls- a so HsZ ^"'^'' '''^'^'^' 
 
 $90. Of sailing vessels 1^ t er thanLl'' ''';' T'^^' ^'''' 
 canal, paying ,,.7.., . tolK tC Z Z^rT^ 
 
1,836 lbs. 
 1.985 kegs, 
 3.230 lbs. 
 5,263 bus. 
 S.21S tons. 
 2.931 'ons. 
 S.ooojft. 
 1,608 head. 
 528 
 
 ',082 bbli. 
 ,875 lbs. 
 ,876 bus. 
 
 ,l82hblH. 
 
 ,435 hws. 
 .737 kegs. 
 
 erior were : 
 
 305 tons. 
 709 " 
 
 547 " 
 '45 " 
 534 " 
 529lialfbar'k 
 aoofi. 
 133 bdls. 
 321 
 
 576 lbs. 
 J06 tons. 
 
 34 bus- 
 70 bbls. 
 16 tons. 
 13 " 
 55 •' 
 )i " 
 
 and Lake 
 ite tonnage 
 liicago and 
 
 3.7^('.7l; 
 
 I'On Com- 
 81,480. i4_ 
 
 tonnage, 
 $2,303.88. 
 md freight 
 =h passed 
 5. In the 
 
 engaged, 
 hich paid 
 rough the 
 
 steamers 
 
 3 
 
 passing through the canal in 187. was 62, making 792 passages 
 The number cf passengers going through the cand dur gThe 
 year 1S72 was .5,330, and of these no fewer than 7.747 Lre 
 earned by the Colhngwood and Uke Superior line of steamers 
 
 tndV a?T """ T'^'i" '""^ ^°"'"^--' -d Lake Superio; 
 trade have accommodation for over 500 passengers weekly. 
 
 NORTrfERN RAILWAY. 
 
 OnlT/sSa^r.s'rr' °' "^^ ^^"''^ P"^''^^^<^ - Toronto, 
 
 •'emttuitn'rriAtsiSTr' •^"/''^'T P=^"^'^ '" '859 vesting the 
 
 ■•cLitorfaUl^SeTucrsS^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 "ofl2T"£y"UTo 1 1' Trir'r "^r.'^^^'' =^"^ I'yOrJ'^r in Council 
 " It providSo ^^'' ai" nl of Cs ::> T 'T'^ ^'^^"'« °" «» ?""«• 
 
 ::^-..aini; tb. co.^;::?^s;!St '^j'S^ix'^-rs z 
 
 <'n.'ended~,'b^f''/"''"' '" "' '"""*'™"" "^ "^'^ '=""^'"°»^ '•'^reby recom. 
 ".ended, (he fn(»re earnings of the railway shall be distributed as follows :- 
 
 " ''"'■"' 3eXt^y;;^ire"L^;ar' '^"^ "^^ '^^^"^"••^ '^^^ "^"-f- 
 
 " ^"'■~ • TarZch^S'the T''' •':f ?>"V'°'" "'^ ''"y °f "'^ ''^'« "hereof, 
 "SorityTr'eby^tter"' '^'■''"'"" ''•'"''* ''' '''' '""''-» '° 
 
 "4th.-In payment of interest on the Provincial lien of ^475,000 sterling. 
 " 5lh.-In payment of interest on the arrears of interest due Jo the Province. 
 
 "^'^'~''\!T'Z°l ♦''^l"/T'' °" *"ch portion of the Mortgage Bonds 
 ";Lars^f heinHillT^ '° the prionty hereby granted^^d on?he 
 " of thTr^J *^' *';''™^ ^"^ '1"« on «he present bonded debt 
 
 ,, of «ie Company, up to the d.te of the Second Preferential Bonds ; 
 
 " 7th.-In Dividends on the Share Capital of the Company. 
 « ;;Und« this Order in Council th, debt of the Company took the following 
 
4 
 
 I. —First Preference Bonds . 
 
 50,000 
 
 3. —Government lien — 283,900 
 
 4— Interest Arrears' Bond to Pro'vjnce 475.ooo 
 
 6. —Stock Subscriptions 53,336 
 
 169,279 
 
 ^::Wei»T' on the position now aUainSTvrr^''" to congratulate the 
 "Relief Act of iSco Th^ m-^ • ^''^'"^ by the Company in re at ion to thp 
 
 ;; [faithfully compled with ^w'Sv *''/,•=' '"^ve n^w been fdly and 
 justed and paid offrthe works L^.k'^v "^'''^ Company have been ad 
 standanlof^ermaneitefficTency and w Z .*"'^" b^«" restored to a high 
 »he public by advance in tSwrl^ , T additional impost upon 
 way have been so augmented"" 'oT r,> •'' j*'^^ ^"? '"''^'^""^ "^ ">e rail- 
 Its credit on a sound basis ' *■'""■ ' '''^'*^^"'l "^ility and establish 
 
 [y^^^'^^^r^s^,"'^^^ - best be gathered f.-om 
 
 "carnmgs of the Road up to ^i^t Dtemberrast f-"''"' "'"™* "' ""= ^'°^ 
 
 1859 
 
 i860 $240,044 
 
 1861 ,'.■ 332,967 
 
 1862 410,939 
 
 1863 '.'. 406,238 
 
 1864 406,600 
 
 Jl 865 ....'." 467, 266 
 
 i866 506,748 
 
 1867 512,874 
 
 1868 561,370 
 
 1869 550,070 
 
 1870 " 671,076 
 
 1871 ,;; 733.567 
 
 1872 777.498 
 
 894,774 
 
 nearly FOUR 
 
 ...^ surplus for thec7ed7t;r^-;;as1s;^ll\T„\"8':?; '^''H^^^ 
 
 the surplus was $155,991 . i„ i86^'^^f>. ^^^' '^'"» $4o6,6o6 of revenue 
 
 availabfe for tht crIStL' Zstaj^t^J^r^'f °'M67,266, the amZj 
 
g^g^. 
 
 300 
 
 X)o 
 
 134 
 
 01 
 
 ;^250,0OO 
 
 283.900 
 
 475,000 
 
 68,239 
 
 53,336 
 169,279 
 
 ^'.299,754 
 
 and, relieved 
 iition of great 
 :tors thus re- 
 gratulate the 
 elation to the 
 een fully and 
 ave been ad- 
 red to a high 
 impost upon 
 e of the rail- 
 md establish 
 
 thered from 
 of the gross 
 
 ly FOUR 
 p,044, the 
 f receipts, 
 if revenue, 
 le amount 
 venue ran 
 5 of 1864, 
 
 lenditures 
 s to leove 
 
 "accounts of the great extVnsionrnmi ;.„ ^ ■'*'" "" ''"«* w>'h glowinir 
 ; the line ; and ,vfen the eTere 1^1?^!"'^"''' »'«'»(: «rried on!ll olef 
 under the hea,'. of 'special works^-but T;«"'\d' «\*"°""' *" opened 
 same out of ordinary re^lnTe Here i the'"s'.v/°'' ""T ^'^ *»'<*'" «» 'he 
 works' went on-a„J „ is v^y cl^ar7hJ miul^'ii'' ^'l'''' ""ese 'special 
 nary ..or,s m,;,^ „,,,., ^^,/,,^ '''^^^Pr'^iXlSstZ^li: ""'■ 
 
 1862 
 
 1863.... $ 8,106 
 
 1864 ■; 30,627 
 
 1S65 31.988 
 
 1866 Si,4'9 
 
 1867.... 27,928 
 
 1868 89,581 
 
 1869 55,964 
 
 1870... . 164,122 
 
 1871... 136,248 
 
 1872....; 138,478 
 
 '85,723 
 
 Total, .... 
 
 pif T-'".'!'"',"": road stands at this moment. 
 
 $920,184 
 
 ■' .872. the debts of the Comp:„7 werra! foirwr':- °" ""' 3°"' '^^"'"''"^ 
 
 First Preference Bonds.. . -. 
 
 Second " « $1,216,666 
 
 Third " .. \ ',381,646 
 
 " " << jj 243,333 
 
 Government lien. 144,868 
 
 Interest, Arrears, Debenture's 2,3' 1,666 
 
 Debentures not entitled . 335.6o3 
 
 Kevenue Account.... 48,139 
 
 Intereston 1st Preference" Bonds"' ' ' 3.532 
 
 2nd " ■< 37,'9S 
 
 3rtl •< .. * 37,236 
 
 - B 9,154 
 
 Bills Payable 4,409 
 
 Outstanding Wages. . ..'.'.', '24.659 
 
 All other Accounts 43* 
 
 '86,413 
 
 " And their cash assets were as follows :— 
 
 $6,085,057 
 
 Cash on hand 
 
 Bank of Toronto. ........ ,'.'.'..". '9 
 
 Commerce 4,o<o 
 
 London and Westminster Bank ^'"'^ 
 
 1?"^^ °f Directors, London....;;'; 57,779 
 
 station Masters '6,303 
 
 Bills Recoivable '. '5,o3o 
 
 Stores on hand .. . 2,131 
 
 Fuel " ....';;; so^oi© 
 
 All other accounts. 28,1348 
 
 439, 7'8 
 
 $619,648 
 
6 . 
 
 per cent, the entire annual interest o„ ^hirsum il^sSS^'^fh.'^' '''' 
 .herefore, the ,..m required to pay oil claims against t¥e'['rp.ny t tS;"' 
 
 "ym's";?:-' ''' "' '" ^"'^ "'= '■"'*"-^ "^ ">« Con.pany stoo.l for the 
 
 Cross Revenue was «o,, . ^, 
 
 The ordinary expenditure was .■.■■■■.■.■■.'.' .' '..; 528,'s3 
 
 And the nett available surplus was $366^ 
 
 •'T4Vp:iJ"fthrSitf4'.^f'thVr ^P"" -'^P-,-' works.- and $.80. 
 
le entire debt 
 
 409. At six 
 
 I'his was, 
 
 >any in 1872, 
 
 Saw Mills *nd Lath and Shingle Mill., in operation North of Barrie 
 hat would .hip by Hamilton & North Weatern, if extended to 
 Victoria Harbor. 
 
 I'ROPaiETOK. 
 
 John Shortretd, . ., 
 Shortreed ft Ijiidlaw, 
 
 •Salter, 
 
 I'arkcr, .... ['[ 
 
 McC'«rty ['"' 
 
 John Salter, '.,[] 
 
 John Robinson, . ] . ] 
 Sutherland & Coates, 
 
 Cook Urotheri 
 
 James Kerr, 
 
 O.J. Phelps & Co,..;; 
 
 Mnnssing .Shingle Faetoiy, 
 
 iartridge. 
 
 Whites, . . 
 
 w. w. iJeiding, ;;;; 
 
 Martin & Cummingti, 
 
 Kichy & McCraight, 
 
 Turner 
 
 Turner 8: Johnson. '...' 
 
 W. F. Orr&Co., ... 
 
 Latch & Co., 
 
 R'tchey, ;;■ 
 
 Elm Flats Mills, , . 
 
 Wybridge Mills, 
 
 Coulter's Mills, 
 
 Castelman & Flewes, . 
 
 Copeland's Mill 
 
 Davidson's Mill.s, 
 MeMurray & Fuller, ; ' 
 H. H. Cook, 
 Christie's Mills, 
 Sturgeon River Mills," ;.' 
 W. D. Ardagh, .. 
 McCraney & Co., . 
 Wabaushene Mills, .. ,', 
 
 D. Morrow & Co 
 
 Sturgeon River Mill; \" 
 Musquash Mills, 
 Byng Inlet Mills. '.' " 
 Parry Sound Mills, . 
 
 CAl'ACITV. 
 
 . . 1,500,000 feet. 
 •• 3i30o.ooo " 
 300,000 " 
 1,500,000 " 
 .. 1,500,000 " 
 .. 1,000,000 " 
 .. 1,000,000 " 
 .. 3,000,000 " 
 .. 2,000,000 " 
 . . 3,000,000 " 
 . . 3,000,000 " 
 300,000 " 
 .. 1,500,000 " 
 . . 1,500,000 " 
 . 1,800,000 " 
 .. 3,500,000 " 
 500,000 " 
 300,000 " 
 . 3,300,000 " 
 . 5,000,000 " 
 . 3,500,000 " 
 1,000,000 " 
 1,000,000 " 
 . 2,500,000 " 
 2,000,000 " 
 
 • 3.000,000 " 
 . 2,000,000 " 
 . 6,000,000 " 
 
 • 3.000,000 " 
 10,000,000 " 
 
 3.000,000 '• 
 
 5.000,000 " 
 
 7.000,000 " 
 
 3,000,000 " 
 
 0,000,000 " 
 
 4.000,000 " 
 
 8,000,000 " 
 
 16,000,000 " 
 
 16,000,000 " 
 
 18,000,000 " 
 
 Total, . 
 
 155,800,000 feet. 
 
 Wtn^^ ■BSi-i-tr'!' 
 
Page 
 read $6.0( 
 
 $7.oc 
 
E I^ I2/-A.TTJ 3SJ: . 
 
 Page 1 8— Canal Freight to Albany via Ihiffalo, fnr $7.00 
 read $6.00 
 
 $7,00 includes Hudson River Freight, Albany to New York.