G.T.R. betterments, construction, etc.

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Ottawa improvements.—The Board of Railway Commissioners has approved plans for change of alignment in the vicinity of Rideau Canal, and across Main St., Elgin St., and Echo Drive, Ottawa.

In connection with the C.P.R. proposal of build a tunnel along a portion of the Rideau Canal in order to secure a new entrance to the centre of the city, the G.T.R. is said to have prepared a plan for submission to the city council. The proposition is said to aim at brining all the railways in over intersecting roads as far as the Deep Cut, to allow the Canadian Northern Ry. to run from there to the central station, and to have the C.P.R. tracks parallel those of the its own line through Ottawa East, near the present union station.

The new station is expected to be ready for opening in Sept., about the same time as the new hotel. Other improvements planned include addition to the workshops, but it is not expected that these will be undertaken until the matter of the entrance of the various lines into the city is settled. However, new steel coal chutes will be erected, having a storage capacity of 350 tons, at a cost of about $15,000, to replace the existing trestles.

Railways: G.T.Ry.

Stations: Ottawa

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