Grand Trunk betterments, etc.

General Superintendent McGuigan says about 300 miles of new steel rails will be laid this year. The small gaps in the stretches of double track between Toronto & Montréal will be filled in, making double track throughout. The completion of the Victoria Jubilee Bridge has been somewhat delayed, owing to the difficulty in procuring material. It is expected that the date of the formal opening will be announced very shortly. At first there will only be train service over the bridge, no accommodation having yet been provided for foot passengers or vehicles.

In the construction of the general office building in Montréal, red granite will be used for the base, which will be 9 ft. high; this will be followed by grey granite at the top of the 1st floor, above which Wallace, N.S., bluestone will be used. The estimated cost of the building is now placed at $500,000. A large number of contractors are preparing to tender.

A Montréal despatch of May 15 stated that the management had decided to build a second bridge aver the Niagara River between Black Rock, N.Y., & Fort Erie, Ont., that plans were being prepared in the Chief Engineers office, & that it was expected work would be commenced this year. We are officially informed that there was no foundation whatever for the despatch. The Niagara Falls & International bridges give the Co. all the facilities of that character that it has any possible use for.

Railways: G.T.Ry.

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