Grand Trunk betterments, etc.

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Victoria Jubilee bridge.—It is frequently asked if provision has been made for an electric car service across this bridge, connecting with the south shore, & opening up all the districts & municipalities in this region to prompt communication with the metropolis. The interest in this question is not confined to the proprietors, who naturally look for an enhancement of values. It extends to several corporations & syndicates, who see in such opening up great possibilities for future expansion & profit. Charters have been obtained for operating electric power along the south shore as well as throughout the Eastern townships. The question hitherto has been the connection across the river. It may be said that the G.T.R. management, while alive to the question, has not made any, provision for an electric service at present. This is a matter which will, in the near future, be the subject of negotiation with all the parties interested, & doubtless electric cars will run across the reconstructed bridge with advantage to the districts of country to be served, as well as profit to those who are willing to invest their money in the project of placing a gridiron across a stretch of country which has hitherto been cut off from vital connection with the city. The new bridge, however, will be opened without such service, & it may take some time before arrangements can be made for its introduction. Those who have noticed the laying of wires below the rails & who believed that electricity was virtually an accomplished fact are a little sanguine—signal wires are being laid to make connection with either shore. Electricity will doubtless come in time, as an influential official recently remarked; but it cannot be immediately arranged for.—Witness.

Railways: G.T.Ry.

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