See “Halifax and Yarmouth Ry. Co.”
Dominion
3 Edw. VII, Cap, 10S
| Incorporation of Coast Yukon Ry. Co. to build from Kitimat Inlet to Atlin Lake, thence to Yukon River and to AlaskanBoundary, via Dawson, etc. | 1903 |
British Columbia
3-4 Edw. VII, Cap. 58
| Incorporation of Coast-Yukon Ry. Co. to build from Hazelton to Atlin Lake, thence to 60th Parallel, etc. | 1903-4 |
17 Geo. V, Cap. 55
| Declares Coast Yukon Ry. Co. dissolved | 1926-27 |
Dominion
6 Edw. VII, Cap. 82
| Incorporation of Cobalt Range Ry. Co. to build from Hailey bury, via Townships Bucke, Coleman and Lorrain, to a point in Township of Lorrain, opposite Fort Temiskaming, thence across the Ottawa River by railway steam ferry to Fort Temiskaming, to Ville Marie, to Kippewa, etc., etc. | 1906 |
8-9 Edw. VII, Cap. 73
| Line to Gowanda and to Opasitica Lake and the National Trans-Continental Ry.; time extension, securities | 1909 |
See “Cobourg, Blairton and Marmora Ry. and Mining Co.”
Province of Canada
16 Vic., Cap. 40
| Incorporation of Cobourg and Peterborough Ry. Co. to build through country between Cobourg and Peterborough | 1852 |
16 Vic., Cap. 242
| Branch lines; agreements with other companies; bonds; alien directors, etc. | 1853 |
18 Vic., Cap. 186
| Branch line to Marmora Iron Works; increase of Capital Stock; directors from municipalities; traffic agreements; beach lands; time extension | 1855 |
22 Vic., Cap. 119
| Retirement of directors; bond issue; borrowing powers; redemption of mortgage bonds and payment for right of way; amalgamation or sale or lease of railway authorized, etc. | 1858 |
| Statute | Precis | Year |
Province of Canada
25 Vic., Cap. 58
| Establishment of Board of Arbitrators to value railway company’s property, settle claims, etc.; new Capital; bond issue; mortgage; power to lease railway, etc., etc. | 1862 |
29 Vic., Cap 79
| Sets value of railway property at $100,000, money to be paid into Chancery; reversion of railway to company; sale of railway if payments not made | 1865 (2) |
29 Vic., Cap. 81
| Acquirement of vessels; construction of tramway from River Trent to Marmora Iron Works; authority for railway company to amalgamate with the Marmora Iron Co., etc. | 1865 (2) |
29-30 Vic., Cap. 103
| Confirms amalgamation of Cobourg and Peterborough Ry. Co. and the Marmora Iron Co. under name of Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Ry. and Mining Co., etc., etc. | 1866 |
Ontario
31 Vic., Cap 43
| Extension of line from Ashburnham to Chemong Lake | 1868 |
| NOTE – Apparently, under this Act (Ontario, 31 Vic., Cap. 43), the railway company assumed the rights of the Peterborough and Chemong Lake Ry. Co., which see. |
33. Vic., Cap. 38
| Legalizes amalgamation outlined in Statutes of Province of Canada, 29-30 Vic., Cap. 103 | 1869 |
35 Vic., Cap. 59
| Extension line from Ashburnham to Peterborough and to Fenelon Falls and Parry Sound; aid from Town of Peterborough; power to lease railway | 1871-2 |
36 Vic., Cap 95
| Extensions of line; time extension; gauge of railway; municipal aid; lands; vessels, etc. | 1873 |
38 Vic., Cap. 47
| Debentures; time extension; gauge of branch line | 1874 (2) |
39 Vic., Cap. 22
| Subsidy – Harwood to Ashburnham | 1875-6 |
40 Vic., Cap. 81
| Foreclosure under rights of debenture holders; new company former; debenture issue; time extension; sale of lands, powers to carry on iron smelting business; acquirement lands in Cobourg; rights of Northumberland and Durham Savings Bank and of Town of Cobourg | 1877 |
41 Vic., Cap. 64
| Lease of portion of line to Grand Junction Ry. Co. confirmed | 1881 |
Dominion
50-51 Vic., Cap. 87
| Dominion incorporation of new railway company under name Cobourg Blairton and Marmora Ry. and Mining Co. to take over the railway of the Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Ry. and Mining Co. under foreclosure sale | 1887 |
| Statute | Precis | Year |
Ontario
51 Vic., Cap. 74
| Peterborough and Chemong Lake Ry. Co. takes over portion of Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Ry. and Mining Co’s line between Peterborough and Chemong Lake | 1888 |
52 Vic., Cap. 59
| Town of Cobourg to issue debentures in aid of railway company | 1889 |
Dominion
56 Vic., Cap. 47
| Amalgamation of Cobourg, Blairton and Marmora Ry. and Mining Co. with the Grand Trunk Ry. Co. of Canada |
Dominion
52 Vic., Cap. 62
| Incorporation of Cobourg, Northumberland and Pacific Ry. Co. to build from Cobourg to the Trent River and to Mining regions in Townships of Marmora and Belmont, with authority to purchase existing line between Cobourg and Rice Lake | 1889 |
Ontario
52 Vic., Cap. 59
| Town of Cobourg may aid railway company | 1889 |
Dominion
52 Vic., Cap. 2
| Subsidy – Cobourg to a point on the Ontario and Quebec Ry. line | 1890 |
54-55 Vic., Cap. 90
| Time extension; change of directors; branch line to County of Hastings; mineral lands, etc. | 1891 |
55-56 Vic., Cap. 5
| Subsidy – In lieu of 53 Vic., Cap. 2 | 1892 |
55-56 Vic., Cap. 38
| Time extension; bonds | 1892 |
Ontario
56 Vic., Cap. 68
| Aid from Town of Cobourg and certain other municipalities | 1893 |
Dominion
57-58 Vic., Cap. 68
| Time extension; power to lease line to Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. | 1894 |
P.C. 3757, December 28, 1894
| Approves agreement for lease of Cobourg, Northumberland and Pacific Ry. to the Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. for 999 years, when former is constructed | 1894 |
| NOTE – The line was not built and the agreement for lease expired in October 1897. |
60-61 Vic., Cap. 4
| Subsidy – In lieu of 55-56 Vic., Cap. 5 | 1897 |
62-62 Vic., Cap. 61
| Revives charter; extends time; confirms stock issue | 1899 |
| NOTE – The railway was not built and its charter expired in 1902 |
| Statute | Precis | Year |
See “Cobourg, Blairton and Marmora Ry. and Mining Co.”
Ontario
9 Edw. VII, Cap., 131
| Incorporation of Cobourg, Port Hope and Havelock Electric Ry. Co. to build an electric railway from Port Hope to Cobourg, etc., etc. | 1909 |
Ontario
9 Edw. VII, Cap. 132
| Incorporation of Cobourg Radial Ry. Co. to build from Cobourg to Peterborough etc., etc. | 1909 |
Alberta
2-3 Geo. V, Cap. 34
| Incorporation of Cochrane and South Western Ry. Co. to build from Village of Cochrane, Alberta, southwesterly to a point in Rs 7 and 8, W. 5th M, at intersection of range line with boundary line, between Alberta and British Columbia, etc., etc. | 1911-12 |
NOTE – Incorporated, February 26, 1903, under Nova Scotia Companies’ Act, to carry on business in mining coal and other minerals, and to construct and acquire lines of railway in such connection, etc., etc.
Nova Scotia
6 Edw. VII, Cap. 109
| Tax exemption for Colchester Coal and Ry. Co in County of Colchester. | 1906 |
Dominion
6 Edw. VII, Cap. 43, Item 25
| Subsidy- Debert Station to Debert Coal Mines | 1906 |
Nova Scotia
3 Geo. V, Cap. 181
| Re certain government coal leases | 1913 |
Dominion
51 Vic., Cap. 70
| Incorporation of Collingwood and Bay of Quinte Ry. Co. to build from Collingwood, via Bradford, Uxbridge and Port Perry, to Presqu’Ile Harbour near Brighton, or to Trenton, or to Belleville, etc., etc. | 1888 |
54-55 Vic., Cap. 84
| Time extension | 1891 |
