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Toronto and York Radial Ry.—The additional lines which the company is authorized to build under the Act passed last session of the Ontario Legislature include extensions and branches of the different railways forming the T. and Y. R. R. upon highways, with the consent of the municipal authorities, or upon private right-of-way; a line from the Toronto and Scarboro Division to Markham; and a line from the Metropolitan Division at Sutton to Pefferlaw. The present Act does not extend the rights of the company under any existing agreement with any municipality so as to empower the company to lay double tracks upon any highway where such right does not expressly exist under such agreement.

Application is being made for the construction of additional switches on the Metropolitan Division in North Toronto. The present switches are only short passing places, about 400 or 500 ft. long, and the proposed new ones extend from 1,050 to 1,650 ft. in length. The municipal authorities are opposing the plans before the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board. (June, pg. 559.)

Railways: T. & Y.Rad.Ry.

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