A ride on James Bay R.R.

Through the courtesy of Mr. Russell, one of the genial and obliging conductors on the gravel trains, a Liberal reporter and two of our prominent business men had a pleasant trip over part of the James Bay Railway Tuesday afternoon. At Richmond Hill station they boarded No. 65, driven by Engineer "Bob" Yarno and went south with a train of gravel for ballast in the vicinity of Don Post Office. We might here say that the road is now pretty well ballasted all the way from Parry Sound, with the exception of about seven miles immediately north of Don. As about 120 car loads of gravel are hauled and emptied in a day, and each car is 36 ft. in length, the company hope to have the balance of the ballasting completed in a week or ten days.

Our citizens returned on No. 161, driven by Engineer Charles Quardick, and proceeded to the Forester gravel pit about half way between the third and fourth concessions of Whitchurch, a short distance south east of White Rose Post Office. The principal attraction at that point was the loading of the gravel cars by the Marion Shovel, model 60. This shovel does its work well, and fills each car at the rate of one every two minutes. The flat cars are 36 ft. long and 9 ft. wide, and each car is filled with six scoops.

There are a good many curves in the toad, though the drivers say that not too sharp to make good time with safety. The "sink hole" about a mile north of the Elgin sideline is now pretty well under control, though the company avoids sending the heaviest engines over that point. We returned home between 7 and 8 o'clock, with a good appetite after an enjoyable trip over the new line.

Railways: J.B.Ry.

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