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R vate ~-- 'read west for 105 miles. s The company wwill grant running WEDNESD AY AP RIL 3 privileges to any other railway and the Government retains control of ie in erorrrnreeememae--ameamunmmememmmememmmemeanseammesmenimze the right of way and of rates. The company will erect a 300.ton public amelter in the Sudbury mining re-- gion, and will locate 1,000 settlers per year for ten yenars on its lands, s The timber and minerals nanre to be manufactured in Canada., & Another important step in develop» R t ment is the announcement of a grant for the building of the . "St, / Joe" line, running from Port Ar--| F thur toward Lake Nepigon. " ProgreSSive Bar g a in The foregoing are the main features | O tario of the bill introduced in the Legisla-- j Ma'de by n ture last evening by Premier Ross for t the subsidizing of the Manitoulin & Govemmen North Shore Railway. As will be seen, it is one of the most important projects eectied irrmreetcerrctes for the development of the Province " yet brought forwarda. The rights ro-- h served by the Province, as well as the TER\IS S E C L R E D. undertakings of the company, show N1 that a careful bargain was made, pro-- t1 mising a wide development in eastern wommmmmmmmmmmnnitzemees Algoma. The Premier explained the | bill at considerable length, ~and Mr, R Whitney, while not -- discussing the Control of Right of Way and measure, expressed pieasure at its con-- Rates. tents. Eariier in the day the resolu-- tions for aid to other railways were presented. One of these is the Port m«eecittarant Arthur & St. Joe Railway, for which a vote of $2,000 ana 5,000 acres a mile for 30 miles is included. The supple-- P' DETTLERS TO BE LOCATED mentary estimates were laid on the table, and amount to $180,000. . It is T nfi o ooo mc row quite evident that the House will not conclude its labors this week. Land Grant of 2,500,000 -""'"fs" The Premier's Explanation. Joe Ralilway Gets a Grant--Yes-- The Premier,; in introducing the terday in the Legislature. Manitoulin & North Shore Railway Company's bill, explained the measure | kc k at some length. The company, he said,if was empowered by Dominion act to construct a line of ralllway from Lit-- t by the Pro-- le Current northward 100 miles, and a in retuen for & '"? 2,000 neres branch line from a point on the said ¥Yince of Ontario of 2,542, line to Sudbury, also from Little Cur-- d, and no cash, the Manitoulin rent southeasterly to a point on the of land, i Company, south shore of Fitzwilliam Island, and & North Shore Railway from a point near Tobermory south-- £ the enterprises of the Clergue easterly to Meaford, passing through one o rtakes to build n o near Wiarton and Owen Sound. syndicate, unde us The whole length of the line to be sub-- railway commencing at Meaforda, sidized, Mr. Ross said, is not to ex_ i through Owen Sound, Wiar-- ceed 300 miles. At the other eng raunning Fenlthsula, tRhence 1he line would run westerly or north-- :ton and the Bruce Pen » westerly from a point in the Township ferry to Manitoulin Island. of '"Drill, toward M!chiplcoten, a , dis-- by ear the rattway ntill tance of 105 miles. The line would Crossing the island serve 'varlous purposgs, the first agd some distance, most important of which was to make t3 '!lo"":;':' t:rs-dbury and then transportation -- easy. By connecting iending n it _ NNN t im _