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Ontario Sault Ste. Marie Ry.—A notice is published, signed by John Bell, of Belleville, Solicitor to the G.T.R., stating that application will be made at the next session of the Ontario Legislature for an act for the purpose of re-incorporating the Ontario Sault Ste. Marie Ry. Co. The O.S.S.M. Ry. Co. was incorporated by the Ontario Legislature in 1881 with power to construct a single or double track railway from Gravenhurst, or other convenient point, to the French river, and thence to Sault Ste. Marie, with a branch or branches to Lake Nipissing or Lake Temiskaming, with power to make extensions southerly to connect with the railway system of Ontario. An effort was made to obtain a subsidy the same year, but none was granted, and in 1887, an act extending the time within which the railway might be constructed was passed.

In 1881 the Dominion Parliament incorporated the Northern, North-Western and Sault Ste. Marie Ry. to build a line from Gravenhurst, then the terminus of the Northern Ry., to a junction with the C.P.R. at Callander, and giving running powers over that Co.'s line to Whanipiti river, from whence power was given to build a line to Sault Ste. Marie, to bridge the river and make connection with U.S. lines. In 1884 the name of this Co. was altered to the Northern and Pacific Junction Ry. Co., and its powers somewhat amended, but the general route of the lines authorized was not altered. Under these acts the line now operated by the G.T.R. from Gravenhurst to North Bay was constructed, and in 1894 the Ontario Legislature voted $7,500 to the Northern and Pacific Junction Ry. to build 2 miles of line from Burks Falls to the Magnetawan river. By an arrangement the G.T.R., which had acquired the right of way from Whanipiti to Sault Ste. Marie, handed over tis right of way from Whanipiti to Sault Ste. Marie to the C.P.R., which constructed the line from Sudbury to Sault Ste. Marie, and made the connections with U.S. lines.

Railways: G.T.Ry.

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