Grand Trunk betterments, etc.

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Correspondence has recently taken place between Brantford city authorities & General Manager Hays, respecting the running of the Co.'s through Detroit & Niagara Falls trains via Brantford so as to place that city on the Main Line. My Hays said in a letter to the City Clerk: The question has been before the management in previous years, & while the advantage to our mutual interests in the change referred to has been conceded, the Co. has been deterred from taking action relative thereto owing to the hard times & consequent financial stringency existing. The season is now too far advanced for use to undertake anything in the direction desired this year, but we will be glad to again take the matter up for consideration & we may later on be able to lay before you a plan for consummating the change desired & asking your co-operation to that end. Should such a plan receive a favorable reception I have no doubt that I would be able to obtain the necessary authority to complete the work next year.

In regard to locating the freight station at Brantford on the south side of the tracks, instead of on the north as at present, & utilizing the old car shops for freight sheds, Mr. Hays said that the old car shops were unsuitable, & that better facilities could be acquired at but little greater cost by erecting a building specially adapted for freight purposes.

Railways: G.T.Ry.

Stations: Brantford

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