| June 1898, No. 4 | The Railway and Shipping World (Toronto) | Page 99, col. 1 |
Construction & betterment notes.
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Irondale, Ottawa & Bancroft.—This line is projected to run from a junction on the G.T.R.'s Lindsay-Haliburton branch easterly to Brockville. At present it is completed & in operation from the G.T.R. Jct. [Howland] to Baptiste, near Bancroft, 45 miles. At the last session of the Ontario Legislature it was voted a bonus of $3,000, being $3,000 a mile for a 10 mile extension from a point 45 miles from Irondale, at the end of the portion to which aid was granted in 1896 , & thence easterly. It is not expected that any work will be done on the extension this year. (Official.)
Railways: I.B. & O.Ry.