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f npmoorar geadenrnentst h l ASK FOR PROVINCIAL SUCBsSIDY. | ; ues | j } _| For the Building of Road From Owen | | [ Sound to Meaford. # ! The Owen Sound ; Lake Shore Rail-- [ way Company, which was incorporated '_.to build a linte from Owen Sound to -- Meaford, a distance of about forty | miles, is anxious to obtain a Provincial subsidy. A deputation consisting ot Mr. George Boyd and Mr. McLaughlin of Owen Sound waited on the Premier this morning and asked that a subsidy of $3,000 a mile should be granted. A Dominion subsidy of $6,000 a mile has already been granted. T;.s deputation pointed out that existing liries between the two points mentioned crossed the _height of land through the centre Yof the storm area, and invariably were blocked from time to time during the winter months. The proposed road would, they said, ; not only take a shorter, but a more sheltered route, anrd by its construction l u4 the travelling public woulid be gr(-a":.l [; convenienced. t Consideration of the request wasl !| promised. | ;I The_deputation was introduced by | d Mr. J. 8. Duff, MPP., and Mr. .: B. I| Lueas. MP.P. l | tm | 1 I