Guelph
Advertiser 15 April 1852
Grand Trunk Railway
THE RAILROAD
In our correspondence published today will be
found two letters relative to the route of the Toronto and Guelph
Railroad. Much has been said and written on this subject; but
the letters referred to are worthy of grave consideration.
The Township Council of Esquesing have advertised
a By-Law for Stock in the above Railroad to the amount of 10,000
pounds; on condition that the Railroad shall pass through the
village of Norval, to the village of Georgetown, (or between the
village of Georgetown and the village of Stewarttown,) and to
the village of Acton, with a station at each of the said villages,
or between Georgetown and Stewartown and at Acton.
We have information from good authority, that
this By-Law is not likely to pass -- that a majority of the rate
payers of Esquesing are likely to decide against it. If this be
the case, it would certainly be for the interest of the Road,
that it should take a more northerly route, passingthrough the
upper part of Chinguacousy, touching Caledon, -- thence to the
village of Erin, -- and thence almost through the centre of Eramosa
to Guelph. This route would be somewhat farther than the proposed
route through Esquesing; but the expense might be but little more;
for the mountain and the high lands which would have been crossed
in Esquesing would be avoided by the more northerly route; and
the road might pass along the natural ..... between the two mountains
in Erin. No survey of this route has yet been made - perhaps thought
of only by few -- yet if Esquesing refuse to take any stock; and
Erin and Caledon offer to take ten thousand each ... some attention.
Chinguacousy had already spoken out for ten thousand. None will
deny that a northern route will be more satisfactory to this district
of country than a route running for some distance near the Lake;
and above all, a northerly route will assuredly be the route best
calculated to pay. These considerations should not be overlooked
by the Railroad Directory; and though Erin and Caledon are rather
late with their propositions, yet if Esquesing shall refuse to
lend a helping hand to the Road, the voice from Erin and Caledon
should not be disregarded.
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