January 1900, No. 23 | The Railway and Shipping World (Toronto) | Page 6, col. 1 |
Grand Trunk betterments, etc.
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The ratepayers of Meaford, Ont., have passed a by-law granting bonuses amounting to $56,000. Of this $31,000 is to be given to the G.T.R. to divert its line so as to connect with the harbor at Meaford, & to erect station & other buildings for the transaction of all its business at that town in connection with the harbor & with an elevator to be erected there. The remaining $25,000 is to be given to the Botsford-Jenks Co., of Port Huron, Mich., to erect at Meaford an elevator to cost not less than $100,000 & with a storage capacity of, at least 600,000 bush.
Railways: G.T.Ry.
Stations: Meaford