Surveys, construction, betterment, &c.

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James Bay.—Parry Sound townspeople fear that the 5 mile section from the Canada Atlantic to the town of Parry Sound may not be built as proposed. At a recent meeting of the Board of Trade, the Secretary said that Mackenzie, Mann & Co. asked the town to give a bonus of $15,000, exemption from taxation for 21 years, right of way on town property & a grant of all water frontage owned by the town. The town made a counter proposal to give $12,000 instead of $15,000, but no reply was received. Later indications were not wanting that the Co. was seriously entertaining the idea of projecting a line from the vicinity of Maple Lake station north through the Balsam settlement, getting as near Dunchurch and Loring as possible, & on to French River, endeavoring to find a crossing over the French River near Lake Nipissing than Contin's Island. The Secretary was authorized to renew correspondence with Mackenzie, Mann & Co. (Nov., pg. 326.)

Railways: C.A.Ry., J.B.Ry.

Stations: Parry Sound