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

Montréal track elevation.—A conference has been held in Montréal between representatives of the company and the City Council respecting the elevation of the tracks in the city. W. Wainwright, General Assistant and Comptroller G.T.R., said the conference was a preliminary one for the purpose of placing the plans before the council so that they might be studied prior to an agreement being discussed. The details of the plan were being worked out by the company's engineers, and after these had been completed and a statement of the estimated cost prepared, Mr. Hays would be prepared to confer with the Council upon the whole question. The company desired to get rid of the level crossings, but as the railway was in existence before many of the streets were, it had rights which could not be sacrificed. The committee, it is understood, will arrange to visit Philadelphia and other places where a similar work of track elevation has been carried out in order to see what had been done.

Railways: G.T.Ry.

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