Surveys, construction & betterment.

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Ottawa & New York.—In 1897 track was laid from the Canada Atlantic Jct. (Hawthorne) to the G.T. Jct. near Cornwall, 50 6/10 miles, of which 12 were ballasted. The year 1898 ended with a mileage in Canada of 56 85/100 from the C.P.R. Jct. on its Montréal & Ottawa short line, to the International Boundary near Cornwall, all of which is complete in grading track & ballast, also all fences, telegraph line, sign boards, &c. The bridge over the north channel of the St. Lawrence river & the Cornwall canal has been completed. The New York & Ottawa Ry. in New York State, from the International Boundary to Moira, 15 15/100 miles, is all complete & under operation, except the wrecked portion of the bridge over the south channel of the St. Lawrence. The Collins Bay Rafting Co. succeeding in taking out part of one span from the bed of the river & moved the centre span downstream about 1,000 ft., where it swung round lengthwise with the stream, so that there is no danger of a flood being caused. (Dec. '98, pg. 263.)

Railways: C.A.Ry., G.T.Ry., O. & N.Y.Ry.

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