Railway development.

Projected lines, surveys, construction, betterments, etc.

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Brockville, Westport and Sault Ste. Marie Ry.—The applications of W. H. Comstock and others to acquire this railway and extend it to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., under the title of the Brockville and Northwestern Ry. of C. F. Hohn and others to have the title of the line vested in them, they having bought the line at a recent sale, and with all the powers of the original incorporators, and to incorporate them under the title of the Brockville and Sault Ste. Marie Ry. Co.; and of James Cooper and others, creditors of the B., W. and S.S.M. Ry., incorporating them as the Brockville and Western Ry. Co., were considered by the Railway Committee of the House of Commons as one order. The three bills were referred to a sub-committee with a view of harmonizing the different interests. (May, pg. 145.)

Railways: B.W. & S.S.M.Ry.

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