Grand Trunk Railway betterments, construction, etc.

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Track elevation in Montréal.—The City Engineer of Montréal has submitted as estimate to the Board of Railway Commissioners showing that the proposed elevation of the G.T.R. tracks in the city could be carried out for $5,500,000. The cost of the work between Bonaventure Station and Point St. Charles, as estimate by the G.T.R. engineers, is $5,760,000. It is expected that the Board will shortly reach a conclusion on the matter, and decide the proportion which shall be paid by the city. The city has already power to contribute $2,000,000 to the cost, but the company asks that this be raised to $2,800,000, on account of the great increase in the cost of material and labor since it was decided upon.

E. J. Chamberlin, in a recent interview, referring to the matter, said it was doubtful if the track elevation at Montréal and the building of a new station which was involved, could be carried out at the same time as the building of the viaduct and the provision of a new union station at Toronto. There would be too much dislocation of traffic, even if the money for the two works was available.

Railways: G.T.Ry.

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