Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada Volume 23, No. 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ...in aid of the construction of a railway bridge over the River St. John, such advances not to exceed 80 per cent of the expenditure as made, nor in the whole $300,000. Upon submission of satisfactory plans for such bridge and its approaches, an Order in Council was passed on the 25th of August under which a deed of mortgage and agreement was executed on the 12th of October, 1887, covering the works in question, and running for a. term of 15 years from the date of the first advance, the interest payable being at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. The bridge having been built and inspected, authority was given on the 14th of November, 1888, for its being opened for public trafic. On the 17th ofApril, 1889, an Order in Councilwas passed authorizing the payment of the balance of the total advance permitted by the Act, the expenditure on the work having been $376,741. By the Subsidy Act of last Session, 52 Vic., ch. 3, a subsidy of $30,000 was granted to the company for the said bridge, and was paid before the close of the fiscal year. The work connects the Fredericton Railway at Fredericton with the Northern and Vestern Railway at St. Mai-y's. Great Eastern Railway Company. (See Nos. 88, 114 and 174.) By the Act 49 Vic., ch. 10, authority was given for the grant of a subsidy to an extent not exceeding $32,000, on an estimated distance of 10 miles, towards the construction of a line from Yamaska to the River St. Francis, Que.; and the Great Eastern Railway Company having applied, and having satisfactorily shown their ability to perform the work, a contract was made with them on the 12th of 0cmber, 1886, under the authority of an Order in Council of the 9th of that month, the time for completion being fixed as the 1st of October, 1887. The...