| Friday, June 27, 1930 | The Newmarket Era | Page 2, col. 3 |
County drops right to Metropolitan line.
The County Council on Monday waived rights they may have had in taking over the Metropolitan Railway, from Toronto to Lake Simcoe and operating it as a public utility. A resolution to this effect was passed by a vote of 29 to 18.
A by-law will be submitted which will approve the sale of the line from North Toronto to Richmond Hill to the four southern municipalities, at price of $75,000. Of this and any deficit which may be incurred, North York will pay 50 per cent., Richmond Hill 23 per cent., and Markham and Vaughan 11 per cent. each. Bus competition would not be allowed. The sale price of the line, by an agreement with the T.T.C. and the purchasers, will be spread over a period of fifteen years by the sale of debentures.
Another resolution, moved by F. A. Lundy, reeve of Newmarket, and seconded by Reeve A. Murray, Aurora, that the county take advantage of Justice McEvoy's judgment, and operate the radial from North Toronto to Lake Simcoe as a public utility, was lost.
To a suggestion by Mr. Lundy that the legal department draft an agreement protecting the county's rights, Mr. Elliot retorted that the county had no rights.
The county solicitor, Col. Lennox, was not present, and some of the members of the council wished to delay a final decision until Wednesday, when he would be there.