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In THK liAILWAY C0MM..IIOKOK THK lIolJSK »)f AsSKlMHI.Y (l\ THK 29tH rNSIANI, Mr. Bryuoks stated thv; cask as koi.i.ows, on !;khai.k in- rHK I'romotkks ok the Bii.i. : — Tlu' ol)ji'C!t of tills Bill is i" cniilinii ;m iiiinngonicDl made licUvcpii the Biitliilo iind Lal;e Union and Grand 'rni^ik Railway (Dinpanics, undi:r the iiutlioiitv ol'llic l.'Hsi chiiisc ol'llir ('onsi)li(lalpd Slalntes reiori'lng lo Kuilways. Tlw aurccmiMit piovidi.'.-. thai the two Hn.ilways, as \y conlcirijlali-d in that clause, shall be worked as one sysli'in, the rcf-cipts of the two Coni()anic's being divided in the proportions set out in the agreement. If the agreement established nothing else but that bare faet, it would not be neeessary to ask the sanction of Parliaiuent to it at all, except on the general principle that all agieements between Railway ("ornpaiiies in England, (and both the Grand Trunk and BiifTalo and Lake lluiou are practically English Companies, from the fact of the capital being held there) — are submitted to Parliament, and confirmed by an Act thereof. That is one reason why the Bill is introduced ; another r'-ason is, that authority is sought in this Bill, to raise for the purposes of the joint traJFic of the two Companies, a sum of money, necessary to accomplish certain things, those things being the laying of a third rail be!w(x>n Bud'alo and Saniia, and the construction of the International Bridge at Bntlalo. Revoiid the 'natters, which are all contained, and for which ample authority exists, \v. the l;31st clause of the Railway Act, the only things in the Bill requiring sanction, are the raising of the money for the purposes stated ; and the clause slating that in the event of the proportion of net receipts accruing to the Bullalo and Lake iluron Company, not being sulficient lo meet the interest on their liontls in full, their claim shall be confined to the proportion of net receipts going to that Company. This is a short statement of the ,' alter, and thi' agreement is altached to ihe Bill, so that any one reading it wi'i see that the facts are us stated. Mr. Wood, who had charge of this Bill, made a statement in reference to it last week ; il is not necessary ll"'" J should now enlarge upon what he -.aid. iMk. IRVIN'G, solicitor to the Great Western Railway Company, staled, that he ajipeaivd lai liehalf of that Conii)any, and afit r mentioning several objections of a li'chnieal character as to the legality of the agreement set out in the SchcJiile lo the Mill, be proceeded to say. Mr. Wood, in opening the mailer the other day, made some remarks with refi renec to the objections raised by the lireat Western Company to the Bill being clearly on account of competition. The system which the (iraiid Trunk Company has pursued towards the Great Western ever since il has obtained control of the Buli'alo aiul Lake Iluron, has been one of direct diU'ercnlial rales against them (ihe (irrat \N estern) to the injury, not only of the Great Western, but to the injury of the publie--Numl)ers of instances could be broughl lerward if necessary. The whole policy is one lo injure the Greal WeMern, and all people expe- rienced in these mailers in England, widl know, that a large Company can aflord to Kiv.' week by week, what is a large matter to small Companies, luid thus in lime i>y irritating the Shareholders bring them lo ayree to become parly to the larger system by securing to them llieir interest payments. This is the whole scope of the policy of the Grand Trunk Company in reference to this matter. I think in a few minutes I can give you one ov two instances which will siirjirise you. Before llie BuH'alo Company, ))assed into the hands of llie Grand v)^' .).»- ...^.ji: 2 Trunk Compmiy, ilicy iisci^ to inlcrclmrt^i! Curn. 'I'liis hnsiiioss is now put an (■nd Id by tlic condiufl of (In- (Jiiind Trnnk, I'xccpl in one or two cascH wIhto Traders ap|)lii'd t;o ilic (irand Trunk Company, and t'ronn pi-rsonal considiMiitions havo Slice Tcdi'd hill only in oik; or two inslanciis. The avcraj^i.' of cxclian^c of ('ars for the llir('(> yi'ars previous to the Ri ilway passiiii; into the hands of the Gi -id Trunk Company — as can hit ascertained by figures tliat, whenever one. Car was upon liie Railway of another, they jiay •J,! a day deniiirra«o, (wliicli is a iiiatler well imilerslood jjelween Railway (.'oiiipanies). Tiic average niiinlier ol' Cars exchani^'ed, I say, for each year between (ireat Western and liulfalo Com- pany amoimled to 5708 — SiiKM- the year it has been in lli<' hands of the Grand Trunk, III" number has been ;i97. 'I'liis is not solely a los> lo iln' (ireat Western Company, biil il is an injury lo ihe w hole of iIk; Western portion of the Province, who are almost lo a man auy, in Tiiiilcr ■l,"i(l,()()!) ^•iibic fee!. In ItilJj they received 70,(100 In IHCJ-ti;! llie (ireat Woieni nceived a lar;je aiiiounl of through grain which came in al (io;!eri(!h, and v.-. is carried on the road, p :arly one million bushels of grain and 10,000 l)arrels of (lour, but since the ari-anyemeni lielwcen the Uudiiio and Lake iluniii and (ir.iii I Trunk (Jiiuipanies, all this has been |)ni iiii end to. Willi rel'i'rence i:> ihe live >;oek bu-iie's-:, ih're is competition between all American routes to ilie South, and (ireat Wi -1 Tn and Grand Trunk to the \ortli. The American Roads giti 'S,r)5 a Car for ^loek, and the (ireal Vi'csti rii and (irand Trunk Companies could also get 5i,5i"), but the Grand Trunk in onler to injure tlie Great VV'cslern Company puts it down to ■jJiJ") in Ameriean currency, for cuttle from Detroit lliroiigli lo Hiiii'alo, ;t prii-e which it can be shown does not pay llieir riiiuiing expenses. The Grand Trunk are reducing rates lo ihe injury of the Buliaio and Lake Huron property, so ihat the Clreat Western '\impany may lie injured. Mil. iJRVDGr.S, ill reply spoke as foih.w. : " As -Mr. Irving in beh.df of the (ireat Western Company, has miidc ri variety of .^iali nieiiis iniendcd 1,1 opposi ihis Hill, I hope the ConimilUe will do UK! the favor to allow me to make same remarks with relereiiec to them. 1 must say I was surprised at his objeelion about the third rail, beeaiisi' if 1 am correctly iiiforiiii'd, or can understand Ihe Repia-is whieji the (ireat Weslern Company have themselvi's is.-iii'd, ihev have olilained ihe aulhorily of llieir shareholders lo do precisely the same lliiiur, vi/ ; lay down a third rail upon their own line; and liierefore if there is any ihiiii.' improper in ihi' course v.c are taking, lluy are certainly precisely in ihe same position as om-elves, and they will have to >ro to Parliament to ask Inr the same aiillKirity that v. e ;irc now .■iskin^'. I <-annol ihereror" '-ei' what :,'r(Miiid for objeelidli thai can i:e as coming;- iV.riii the (Ileal Western Company. Willi ret;ard lo lie next point, and dial nMlly i- ihe ^-ist ol his whole ca-e. Iles:l^^^that the a','reeliK 1:1 between ihe.-c ! wo ( ■ouipanies is produclivi' cf coiiipeiiiioii as against ihe lirea' Western Company, and, I presiiiie- iherefor", lie iiican< is injurious to the piiblitt interets. I most liisliiietly and clearlv druv liiat ihe policy of ihe (iiaiid 'i'riink Company has been to leiliice rales as .igaiiisl llie (ireat Weslern, and 1 will slate very shoilly die policy w iiicli the lirand T.unk Company has adopli'd in this malter, which i diink will salisly yiHi.lhal we haw- adopled in llie Weslera pari of ihe I'lovinee, -imply ih- iiiii- |)iiliev asoa every eiher p:iil of the Grand Trunk Line. T ■ tmju mnjsBB Firtfi iti rc!,'ur(l lo piisscnm-T I'.irt's. TIk; Giiitid Triiiik Coiiipuny wlicii I hceiitne coiini-ctfd with it 3 years ago, was cliiirging bolwoeii MoiiIr-iiI and Toronli),— wliic'li is .•cilniiily not ii poiiil in coiii|)<'lilion vvilli tlic Grout VVcuiorn— $!) in snniiiier and 5IO in winter— Tiif liin; lliiit lets licrn cliargftl for tlie lust ■> vi'iirs, und is bi'ins,' clinrgcd now, is a iinil'orni clmrgc of «,S in winter unci siiinnK r, wliicli is ciiiiviilfiii to 11 icdiir'lion on liiut porlion oflln- iim' wliicli lias ,„, rclerriic. lo llie (.real Wrslrin— of IG |)cr uciil. On tli<' line between Mont- ri'id anil (iiiehec— wliieli ai^iiiu is not in coiiiiielilion wilii the Great We ^ern Kaiiway— tlie eliaruv used lo hi' ■jj,5..j:i, ■AJiiisI in tlic two lasl winters, it iia> been 'jjil or a rediU'lion ol nearly .'i.U per eelil. Again i»' ret,'ani lo ilie Monln^al and f'iiatnplain line, belore ilie ainalga- inaliontooli place ll,e lure lr..m Montreal to Uouses Point a distanee of oO miles, wa~ «,'2— siiiee the amalgamation the fare has lieen redneed to$l 51) cents or a ri'dueliuiiof i.J percent— all the local fan-son that amalgamated line liaving la'CM ictliieed in |)roponioli ■fhe Montreal and Champlain line in no way alU'cls ilie interests of the (ireat West, 111, and 1 meiilion these fads to shew llial the Policy of the Grand Triiidv is lo make ii- fires as low as possible consislenlly with a due regard to gelling paiil for ilii' work ihry perlorm. Adooliiig thai policy, 1 he fare belween Toronto and Delroil, and Sarnia, (c(|nivalciit disldiieo lo Ihat belween Moiilreal and (inebec,) has been reduced from what il oritrinally was viz: -i" lost— a icduction has been made in the same wav ill the fare belw 11 Sarnia and Hiilfalo. These rediictior.s have been made beeansi' 1 bdi 'Ved thai lliev would brini; aboul larger reei,'i|)ls lo tile Com|)any ; ;md die r.-nll has b,,rii as was r^pe(rled; and I say that it isenlirely wrong and false lo charue llie Grand Trunk Company, with having reduced the fares on the Wcslern Districi specially for the injury of the Great VVeslern, when we have ;idoj)lcd precisely the same Policy e Huron Hoad, but if the Hiillalo and Lake Huron Company can carry Ihe Trallic ;)! miles moreover iheir own line, I should like lo know, why they are not lo do il. It may no; be for the benetit of the Great \V, .!,ru Coi'upany. Iiiit il is for the benelit of tic IJiiH'alo and Lake Huron and ^I Jh »j.!!l" ssm the public' — who l)iMii'lil by llii; (!'icii|)('iiiii!^()f flic cd-i (»t'triins|)(irliilio(i. It ccriainly (Iocs seem ('X('i'("liii;,'ly siniiii,'!' Ilml lll;il siioiild be iniidc :i ;,'niun(l lor objection to lhi^< 1)111. The iiilcrciinn^c ol Ciiih wm?* at iijl events to i\ very Uw^v. extent, in (connec- tion Willi the lliidiii!li liiiliic 1 hiivc iilludeil to, which hiis simply fj;o!io over 3 1 Miilc" more ol' tile HiiHkIo iind l.jikc Hnr>n line, to ilie bcni'lii of that Conipanv. In ((H'lrd lo the ([ncNlion of j.;riMii and liiidier ; ihere i> no (iotihr ;i con- siderable deciea^c in the iig^rcsralc by, l/iil it is liiere and It },'oes to llaiiiillon or IVadMlo, and it is ant rii;ht lo ob|ect 'o the carrviii" onl of an arriinifemcnl which may liav(! the elU'cl of divcrtini; 'rallic from |[aniilt(ai which previously went there. So loni,' as llic public Imsr die advanlaifc of the carriaije of the frcii;ht at a n.'asonablc rate, that i^ all that is necessary so far as they are concerned. In reajard lo i;rain,— the iirain that nscd to L^o to Hamilton, no donhi :,'o,'s |jartly to Toronto, and partly lo Montreal, and ihe conntry nortli of Slralford or Paris is s,'oincf to t;ain lar^idy in the future by this operation. Dnrinu; the time thai the Mnllalo and Lake Huron Kailway wn.s worked indcpciidenlly, it was the policy of thai Company to send llie whole of the ira(fi(^ as far a- it could, lo liull'alo, bccansc in doin;,- so, it ;,f()i the tr dlie eariied tlic sjjrealcsl Icnijlh of mileaiTc. In jilacini; it in c..nuiiuuicalion with the (irand Triitdi line, il is a matter of indillcrciice whether the irallic is sent to Midfalo T(a-onlo o" Montreal— it is now lefi cnlindy Ic ihe decision of die s|]i|,|)|.r. Prior to the amalijamalion between the two (' same lime realize a larijcr amount of |>idlil. I should like here to make a lew remarks with reference to whal fell from .Mr. Dickson the other day. There is no doubt whatever that last winter dicre were hirye aeeiimiilalionsof Freiijht at stations iipun the I'niialo and Lake ilnron I, inc. So there were at all the siatioiis on the (irand Trmik Line, as well as at every station, and on iat Western Line to \ew- York or Hoslon, o\rv those Railways. We were placed in ihi' same posiiion to a laru;*' extent, and the matter was very much aiTfiravaled, iVoin this faci, ihiii last winter ihe Hanks were \ciy lii^lil, tlicy would not disroiml bills exeipi .'ii short periods, and as the Country was piior, every liiidy w;is most anxiiais id ijel dieir lirodiictioiis to market, and there was thus a ^'i-cater |.ressure oi' freii,dit diirimj last winter tiiaii was ev^r liiiown belori', and yet there was acliiall\- :i t;i- at.a- v>-eii,di1 carried over the line beiween Paris :,nd teichaaeli duriuLi last yeai liam ever was the case previouslv. rpw mils of (! 1,000 ions of r'reiirlii was carried dnrin;.; llic year between Diiniiville and (ioderich, (not iiKdiidin<> that \\ liirii came by water.) and ihn' i-- a lar!,'cr(| iiiiy than from the reimiis of the IJullalo and Lake Huron Company appears to ha\i' ever been eoineyfnl bcjore. (i|,0(10 tons (if ficiirhl rei|nires i I .,* V M ■ . t I ■ii'iiiifc'i I ri"i i^^:i y.^i 11,11, J lll^^ti. t^ I . . u- soimtliiiiK likf (J.WH) (^iiri*, iinii wilhoul, I iini min-, in llin Nli(,{litf'Hl dfyrci-, (•lmr^ing Mr. I)i,' llmt which hi' si!ion of tuiillers geiieiillj. forcing ii liirger amount of freight than had heen l.nown before, Ihul phiecd us ill the dillieullies we were, crippled as we were besides liy llie severity i>f (he winter. Ill regard lo lakiiig ihc Slock of llie HuH'alo and l,ake Huron olfthiil line, — I dare say any gciitleiiiaii travelling over llie line would observe lliiit iimny lliitlalo and {.like Huron Cars that used to lie there were not there ; hut the arrangeiiient was this — The Hiillalo and Lake Huron Coiiipaiiy have ahi.it 3C0 Cars of their own, which is soniewhere about ;,' per iiiih' of Kailway. The Grand Trunk Conipim;, have nearly .'J to u mile of Railway. The two stocks have been put together willioiit ever allemptinglo >eparale them, and ihey are used in eonniion. If Hiitlalo and Lake Huron Cars wi'ie not there, Grand Trunk ones were used to the greatest extent possible, and at the Stations on the Bullalo and Lake Huron line in proportion to iheir wants, Ihey had as large .