The Ontario Scrapbook Hansard

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 30 Mar 1904, p. 3

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* P s io w dhap en e ns neeg ap nlon hyA . ' { fere ipany Vfanted power to trans-- H its undertakings --to the Toronto & Mam1lt9n Railway Company, and Mr. > da:lccl:lsa'm g&.C., for Hamilton, want-- % fihbuldseha ded that if this were done the Torontavgz nl(-)l dn -- now hes. 'The im f0 amilton now _ has. f1g e tor construction was _rgduced- m 1910 to 1909. The bill will come Up again to--day . 2/ 1% | ~El'£g?-icbl£ _tl)f the _ Hamilton Radial | from j arlway Cpm.pany to 'extend C imico to Toronto was cur-- tailed. ] l. Hon. Mr. Gibson said that the road is now _ extended to Oakville, and may lbe to Toronto. It might interchange traflic at Mimico with the Toronto Su-- burbe_m. He protested against limiting the time of completion from five years to three years. | Mayor Morden said that the limit | was too long, and might shut out other companies. l Hon. Mr. Gibson said that Toronto 'has a dozen bills to come into Ham-- !I]tOI"l. Why should Hamilton oppose [ a bill to come into Toronto? |_ The clause, "and the extension of the line from Mimico to Toronto:" [ was struck out. The clause giving | bower to cross highways and toll roads | on the level was struck out. A clause |was added protecting.existing agree-- !mcnts with municipalities, and declar-- ! ng tha.t. no power is given to construct jany rairlway track upon or along any Iportlon oi Burlington Beach, without it}le consent of the municipal corpora-- | tton of the Township of Saltficet. and nothing in this section contained shall 'alter, vary or restrict the rights of |the townships of Etobicoke, under or i by virtne of chap. 118 of 3, Ed. VIL, i Ontario," |Thc North Midland. _ The bill to incorporate the North iMidland Railway Company to con--| struct railways in the neighborhood of{ 'I,ondon. Clinton, Exeter, Seaforth and 'St. Mary's was passed with some 'amendments, the chief of which was: i"Notwithstanding anything in this act, the railway shall not be constructed . |al-ong any highway within the limits of any city except upon and subject; [to such terms and conditions as may ; be mutually agreed upon between the | !company and any street railway al-- , "ready operating in such city or upon 'the terms of any existing agreement | lbctwecn any city street railway com-, 'pany and the city, provided --always that when the agreement between any' | city street. railway company and the : | city does not contain any provision for | ithe'admission of radial roads, then i! ; {the Council of such city shall by by--; |law : or resolution request the street| \railway company to allow its tracks or : i any of the city streets to be used for : ' the entrance 'of the railway to be con--| i structed under this act into such city, ; the company shall permit its tracks [or any city streets to be so used to ! some central point in the said city ; to be named by the City Council, upon such terms and conditions as to com-- pensation and otherwise as may be mutually agreed upon,. or as shall be. |settled by the Lieutenant--Governor in Council in case of disagreement." The 'time {jor _ commencing -- construction | was reduced from five to four years.

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