Toronto-Lake Simcoe radial railway proposed abandonment.

The conference which had been arranged for July 24, in Toronto between York County transportation committee, Toronto board of control, and the Toronto Transportation Commission, to discuss the T.T.C.'s recommendation to the Toronto board of control that the radial electric railway between Toronto and Sutton, on Lake Simcoe, owned by the City of Toronto and operated by the T.T.C. as agent, be abandoned, was no more fruitful than the preceding ones described in our August issue, pg. 515. The T.T.C. recommendation for abandonment was dealt with in Canadian Railway and Marine World for June, pg. 386, and July, pg. 462. The municipalities represented on the York County transportation committee are very much opposed to operation being discontinued. The view of their representatives is that the City of Toronto is bound by contract to continue the radial railway service, but city authorities hold an opposite view. The most recent development in connection with the matter is the expression of intention by the municipalities affected to secure an expert on radial electric railway operation to report on the situation, in an attempt to show, among other things, that the large deficits being incurred by the line are caused to a great extent by charges which are levied against it but which it should not properly be called upon to bear.

Railways: Met.Ry., T. & Y.Rad.Ry., T.T.C.

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