The Board of
Railway Commissioners for Canada.

Order no. 48685

Saturday, the 28th of
May, A.D. 1932

In the matter of the Orders of the Board Nos. 35153, 35308, 36737, 36738, 37239, and 36693, dated respectively June 5, 1924, July 10, 1924, August 22, 1925, August 21, 1925, January 15, 1926, and August 13, 1925, authorizing the construction of three subways: one under the tracks of the Galt Subdivision and the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Subdivision of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the Brampton Subdivision of the Canadian National Railways at Bloor street; one under the tracks of the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian National Railways on Royce avenue; and one under the tracks of the Canadian National Railways' Newmarket Subdivision on Bloor street—all in the City of Toronto and Province of Ontario; and Order No. 40367, dated February 16, 1928, making a contribution of certain payments out of The Railway Grade Crossing Fund towards the cost of the said work; and apportioning the remainder of such cost, including interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum thereon from the dates of expenditure to the date of payment, fifty per cent to the City of Toronto and fifty per cent to the Railway Companies;

And in the matter of the application of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the Canadian National Railways for an Order dividing the cost of maintaining the said subways.

32453, 32453.6

C. P. Fullerton
Chief Commissioner

S. J. McLean
Asst. Chief Commissioner

T. C. Norris
Commissioner

Upon hearing the matter at the sittings of the Board held in Toronto, April 27, 1932, in the presence of counsel for the said railway companies, the Toronto Transportation Commission, the city of Toronto, the Consumers' Gas Company of Toronto, the Bell Telephone Company of Canada, and the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, and what was alleged,—

The Board orders:

  1. That the cost of maintaining the said subway under the tracks of the Galt Subdivision and the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Subdivision of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the Brampton Subdivision of the Canadian National Railways at Bloor street, in the city of Toronto, and province of Ontario, be borne and paid as follows, namely: ten per cent by the Toronto Transportation Commission, forty-five per cent by the city of Toronto, and forty-five per cent by the railway companies.
  2. That the cost of maintaining the said subway under the tracks of the Canadian National Railways' Newmarket Subdivision on Bloor street, in the city of Toronto, and province of Ontario, be borne and paid as follows, namely: ten per cent by the Toronto Transportation Commission, forty-five per cent by the city of Toronto, and forty-five per cent by the Canadian National Railways.
  3. That the cost of maintaining the said subway under the tracks of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the Canadian National Railways on Royce avenue, in the city of Toronto and province of Ontario, be borne and paid as follows, namely: fifty per cent by the city of Toronto and fifty per cent by the railway companies.
  4. That the city of Toronto maintain, at its own expense, its roads and sidewalks, and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the Canadian National Railways their ballast, ties, rails, fastenings, and tracks.
  5. That the Toronto Transportation Commission maintain, at its own expense, its tracks and overhead construction.