The Huron Expositor, 1870-12-30, Page 44.
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Official Paiper of. the County,:
•
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1870:
r1.1e. "Expositor" this Week.
C ntrary to the prevalent custom
among local journal; we neither sus-
pend publication, this holiday week
nor issue a sheet of reduced size.
We have two reasons for this. First,
a live journal like the EXPOSITOR
cannot afford to give up the fifty-
second part of its yearly business,
and second our paper is a public ne-
cessity—the people cannot spare it,
even a single week. As for those
in our employ, we ate sure not one
of them ate. his Christmas -dinner
with less gusto of n account of the
regular publication of the EXPOSITOR.
We present even an unusually full
paper this week. Lengthy reports
of various railway meetings, corres-
pondence about the preposed railway,
amass of local and district news, in-
teresting miscellaneous reading, and
a summary of general and war news,
will be found in our columns.
The London, Huron and Brace
vs. the Wellington, Grey and
Bruce Railway.
The people ot North Huron have
. .
now two 1 ait way projects before them.
One of these is a OraDCh of the Wel-
lington, Grey and Bruce Railway, to,
rum from Herrieton to Kincardine;
the other is a line of narrow-guage
railivay from London to Southerly-
,
ton. This being the case, it devolves
upon the people of that section t�
consider well both projects, and to
,weigh the respective merits and de -
'merits of each, ere they decide to
which they will render the assistance
• necessary to enable the promoters to
carry out _their proposed schemes.
It is indeed a question of the Latest
vital intportanee to the people of
North Huron, and upon the decision
whieh they -give may depend, in a
great measure, the future prosperity
of their fine and fertile country.
-Under these circumstances, we do
not consider it out of place to venture
an opinion, as to which of the pro-
posed roads would ultimately prove
to be the most beneficial.
In thefirst place, then, there .is
no disputing the fact that the people
of this section are determinedly re -
•solved upon having railway Commu-
nication of some kind, and it is equal-
ly undeniable that that; communica-
tion has now becorre almost a neces-
sity. A finer tract of country than
• that lying to the North of us cannot
be found in Canada, and if railway
communication were provided, it
would soon become even better de-
veloped and •more valuable. This
establishes the fact that the country
is able to support a railway. Thus,
the sooner they receive what is so
urgently demanded, the better. Now,
• in considering these two projects,
we must not lose :'2ight of the fact
that the one which is likely to be
of the most immediate service, all
• things being, equal, is the ode which
should receive the greatest ,amount
of consideration. We are willing to
admit that the Wellington, Grey
• . and Bruce Road Would afford a more
•direct outlet for the products of the
• country, as it is an established fact
that the natural tendency of ali our
_productions is to the Easterly ,mar-
kets. But is it in any way probable
that this cempanv will ever construct
4 road such as that they now propos*
to Kincardine? Tiieir -main line,
[ •
which they, ale bound by their char-
ter to build before the touch any of
the branches,—willon parallel with
the branch to Kinca d e, with only
about sixteln miles interveniug.•
This being the case, is it reasonable.
to suppose tile& they would build a
branch to curry the trab c from their
main line unless it Iwo e merely to
prevent allot nu compet ng road from
stepping in ancl taki g part of the
territory which they t mapped out
tor their niaiu line. 43 t aside free)
this, we do not beiive t at the 'Wel-
lington' , Greyand Br et) Company
is in -a posit' n. to build this branch.
Every person knows with what diffi-
culty they have reached the point at
which their i road no terminates.
It is over three years since.the road
from Guelph was com enced, and
during that time they ;have only
built some fourteen or sixteen Milee,
and at this rate, how kg Would it
take to build three roads, each of
.which would be more ti an three
times the ..en th .of what hart already
been donstru ted7 If the people of
North Huron do not ,have railway
until the Kincardine' b nsh of the
Wellington, Grey and B u e is built.
it is our opinion that b t few ofthe
present: Ale don, wil have the
pleasure of a ide by nu frbtnWing.
ham to Haini ton. rh w ele pro-
ject is eviden ily a sham, gotten. up
for the purpo e of bur ki g the Lon.
don project, Se that alri al oad may
not be built, nd the: w ole of the
territory lefti tact for t e enefit of
the main lin.
Had tle e
scheme 'never • :n moo
_ tIsrh,npdeoon.
d, .1,
Re of 'Wing am wool not I have
been honoure with a vi it from
Messrs. Brown and M Givern, on
Thursday, the 22nd instrint nor for
s yeare, to
rep and
nds full
te what
n it will
o hatch -
•many, months,
collie. The
and perha
ellington,
Bruce people lave their
already, ---i let "them co
they haie undertaken,—
be time ienougii to comm
ing new schem s.
Now, with
scheme. We
London are th'
a.nd that they
but the abilit
pi
Lh
st
•egard, to the
elieve the
roughly in
aye not only
also, to c
their road, prov'ding they re
ieasonable ass tanbe fron ti e mu
cipalities throt gh which e ro
will pass,they have 'a righ
pect. • In th: rst place't Toad
w 'hich they pro ose to bu 14 mu
more easily and cheaply on true
than -the propbded bran h of t
Wellington, Gfey and "r ce.:
Are second plac , when b it it w
be much more easily an • cheat
run, and elthotigh its car yi g ea
city is not so en eat as the ot er, yet
for all local tra c it will b • found
abundantIly ade uate. 73 si, es' this,
the London peo ele are p ep wed- to
give a .guarante that the Wr'll have
their road in running order, ithin a
year and a ha1f,14roviding th neces-
h m. So
-c o nsidQjr.
e
Lon
vie
earn
he'w
•nstr
eive
don
of
est,
tret
the
ni-
ad
ex -
ch
ted
he
In
ill
pa
sary assistance is 'granted
that, taking all f.hings in
adore we IieIiev it Will.
best interests ofl the people
Northern town hips to giv
coa ntena ce .a n support to t
donase e. - Teue, it has it
ir;
backs, but, .after nieture co
tion, we honestly feel that it, p
are much bright r than t e
In fact, 'any esirson who j a
both the Wingh m and Ain
be
meeeings, .could
with the remark
demeanor of t
The balleying,
not but
ble differ nc
e tiro depu
blustering a
certain language ot some of th
bers oftJhe Hamilien dele
certainly. eontra
ably with ithe st
est and blisiness,
London gentlem
in plain, un -asst
they wanted and what they
thing defi
-the form
red the • w
ted ,very un
aight-forwar
ike addra se
•n. • The 1 tt
ming words
it
r.
to do'; whereas n
be obtained front
that they consid
ritory belonging to themrro
they were bound to retain it,
question of gua es we sha 1 t
hand todiscuss t a future ti
to the
of the
their
le Lon -
d raw-
sidera-
,
ospects
other.
tended
eyville
struck
la the
ations.
61
mer:re-
• a tion,
avotu-
. hone
of the
r told
what
ended
could
xcept
ter-
nd
The
ke in
1
e.
For No. 1 home made 8ho pa ks, go
to Thos Ceventry'S
• The, Hoh4ay,Seas n.
In Seaforth, hristrnas ,a cele-
brated quietly and pleasantly On
Sunday, in the E iscopal and Cath-
olic Churches, th usual servi es. for
the day were hel , and in re st of
the 'other church s, the preach is di-
rected. their rernark-s in a c annel.
suggested by the ocCasion. T le at-
tendance at the hurches, os ever, .
was not very laig , owing; d u tless,-
to • the incleinent of the ive ther.
Monday was larg ly occepi d ly so,
cial gatherings and pleasore Ip• miss'
-which are peculiarlyappropgat and
characteristic of this seasorla. • On
Monday evening, a tea -Mee in was
given in the Wesleyan M thodist
Church, an account . of seln0 will
be: found in another column. In
other parts of di ,county and dis-
trict, the celebrafon was of a siert
ilarly happy cha accer, aml
pleasant to think that Cbris mas
time hes passed 1eavin fe re -
vets cad ineny p easant me
ries.
In• ependence be Our Boast.
• 0 r esteemed contemporaries, th
Lora on Adverager, the Berlin Tele'
qrap and the Clint° New Era
m;▪ s4 prebend our I') shion. W
are ndependent, but e have not
"c r e out on the Inde endent tick-
et" We are Refor ers---radical
Re • wers, if you will and the Ex -I
POS oa is a Reform uurnal, an
wil e, So lung as th helm con
tin e in the hands o its: preseu
int dein. But we re none th
less udepandent. To be a Refor
mer ii ust a man. give ip his iiber-I
ty • f thOught1 Must ire rentelned
his f eedoin of speech? Must he
eve raisewhat he t inks wrong,
and dlenounce what he Milks ri ht?•
No away will such sardine ts ;
the ire te libel on t te good old'
tau To be a Refo met is • be
free nd to love freed° $1 . The ery
new has a smack ofi depend ce.
Do opr contemporarie theme Ives
"go it blind," right or wrong al-
ways We think not They are
too g od _Reformers for hat.
1
DECIEVIBER 3a, 1870.
• No. 1 homemade ki
weo hide for $3.50, at
whic
wide
whic
on S
tire.
and
four"
yet
the
th ro
befo
man
edren
had
hour
and
A la
and I
wasfl
for $
at $3
ots for $
titry's.
The Cornwall 'ire.
E Cornwall Wool n Factory,
has become reno ned far • n
for the exceile t • blan ete
were manufacture at ito as
nday last, totally
The safe has b
• he account books
to be uninjured.
en discovered to t
fire.• The mane
gh the building a
the fire broke out
as at his post, and the c
ath Sch
about
diseover
then se
blank
e prope
$ •
estroyes by
n ope ed,
and par ers
No clue ias
e origi of.
er pas ed
short erne
the Wa
oI-
il-
ol
ran
d,
n.
ts
•f the Factory Sabi
een dismissed onl
efore the fire was
et no sign of fire w
e quantity of woo
il was saved. T
sured in various
5 3,000.
0,000.
y
corapemes
The ;lOss is estimaled
The Clinton Ne -Era has
larged its its size and is printed -on n w
• type- It has now a. deerdedly ha de
some ppearance. Wei hope he
• comin yeer may be to our conte
porary a new era of success, that is
enter ise may meet a 'Signal T -
ward hat, his Star way ever be in
the as nclant, and that he may lo
milieu' an INDEPENDENT and faith ul
.Expos'tor of the Reforw princie es
we bo h profess.
PE IONAL.—We-clip the folio
inet'co plimentery and well-dese v-
-ednot ce of our respected predee s-
sor fr m the 13erlin Telegraph:
"Mr. uxton has retired from t le
manag$ merit of the IfusoN EXPO
TOR. We are sorry to part wi h
him as ihe has proved himself to e
an abl end censistent Itetormer.:"
For t e Cheapest Boots ani. Shoes
Seafort
ventry'
according to quality, go to C
EUR PEAR WAR SUMMARY.
Bei.ow-will be found a daily digest
of the elegraphic news, anent the
Ftliaco IPrussiari War.
FRIDAY. •
e The 4ampaign on the Loire hi s
not be in marked during the past te
days. bet any action beyond, frequel t
skirmis ing between the outposts •f
the cont nding armies. !The Frencl
have sl wly retreated to Blois, an
that pl. e would have beeri given u
withou resistence, it is ! reportec
but for he timely arrival of Garnbe
ta, wh at once adopted energeti
measur for offering an iobstinat
defence1, The Loire army has peer
divided into two corps, come -amide
by Gen 'leis Chausey;and Bourbeki
and 1) -Palatlines is to orga.niz
forces lsewhere. The •people o
Bordea evince the most patrion
and w like spirit, and encourag
the lar reinforcements continuall
. .
sreivin from the neighbouring de
partmei ts. Gen. DuCrot is report
.ed to have left Paris in a balloon
though • o intelligence of his descen
to land as yet been received. II
is to ass roe command of one of. th
armies i• the provincee, • and prob
ably on result will be...the adoption
of offenAve operations against the
S in concert with General
Reports are contradictory
F Gen Manteuffel's move -
He is said to be marching
tre, and again to be retreat -
Gen. Trochu has
e old plan of showing his
s of provisions to the cap=
ssian • officers, whom he
ated, bidding them to re-
ey had seen to their Royal
Prussia
• Trochu.
tespecti
mente.
upon H
•ins io
adopted
large sto
tured Pr
then lib
late all t
master.
SATURDAY. •
The in efatigable Ganabetta has,
•it is rep rted, arrived at Lyons,
where he has been enthusiasticaliy
received, nd requested to mete out
the tulles measures of justice to the
disturbers of the peace of the city,
especially to those connected with
the assassination of Fore, a chief of
battalion of guards. Gambetta will
...
no doubt aa $iuly organizeet new and
stiong arm out of the material at
his disposal in that part of Fr nee.
His absence is felt in Tours, w iere
there is some hesitation and u cer•
taintyrespeeting defensive weast res,
if we are to acci-ert some of th re,
purts. It is stated that the 1 rus-
sians • after constant skirtnielting,
pressed the French elose upon T urs,
where a severe battle occureed in
which the !evaders were victor-) •us,
and shortly afterwards bon) bat ded
Tourswhen the inavorsurreude ed.
-
But tlfe Prussians then evacti red
the town and retreated to the no th-
west to Chatee u Renault, until ac-
cording to a later despatch, there is
n in the departnee
oire. Another gr
een made from P•
official reports of
the walls several
uation is, however,
,
MONDAY. •
The gener 1 situation is a li
more encour ging for the Fren
although the e is a report that
Chausey has been defeated by
combined ar ies of the Duke
Mecklenburg and Prince Freder
Charles. A reach report says t
at Point Noy le, on the 23rd,
Faidherbe in t and defeated the
mans after hot engagement
seven hours' uratien. The ca,pt
of several st ong positions by
French forces that issued from P
is confirmed but the rumor t
the two divi ions of the Army
the Loire ha effected a juncti
proves untrue Rouen has been
tirely vacated by the Germans; P
the inhabitan of Rheims are ris
iinto insurrect ou against the anti)
1 ty of the P ussian commander;
whose assista ce 5,000 Saxons h
been despatc ed. CouneBismar
in a circular • his foreign ambas
dors, eomplai s, that French offic rs,
who are :prisoners of war, are e n-
stantly breaking their paroles; and
he threaten, stein meaeures to s p
the practice. In the faee of all ti at
we have latel heard of General u-
eroes operatic, s around Paris, i is
Again rumored that he left the ea 1-
tal in a- hallo n, on the 15thin te
to take corn and of a 'Provinc al
aVre has. been fu ly
attack, and seve al
riding at anchor in
herbourg .is consid r -
the fortifications n
eying been fully ar
ed. The Queen jof
eceived a despkt li
nd stating that the
de an onslaught frcint
axon position near
e badly routed. The
orth, 60,000 stronlg,
..,ieces- by Mauteffel,
• Airnens. There is
in Berlin about t e
at ding Paris. T1 e
Say .ii, is caused y
and ammunition n
teries. •
ESDAY.
intelligence of ti e
General Faidherbe
e French, and Ge .
h a portion of ti e
ear Orleans, on tl e
claimed as a victor
ppears-to have bee
ere as on other i•
e Morale of the it
e been oonspicuou.
li light on the desp
the struggle, an
ow surrounding thp
Gen. Faidherb
ges that he repulse
ack, certainly di I
renew. the comba
• despatch, however.,
nota Prussi•
the Indre-et.-
sortie haS
and there ar
rations befor
ago. The si
changed.
11
t if
nd
ris,
pe-
ays
un-
tle
h;
en.
the
• of
ick
rat
en.
er
of
re
he
ris
of
In,
nd
ng
te
ve
k,
army corps.
prepared fora
war vessels ar
the harbor.
ed impregnabl
the lend side
ed and equip
Prussia has
from hei husb
French had m
Paris on the
taine, and we
rpay, of ehe
vas routed to
n Friday,' nea
strong feelin
play in bowl
fficial journal.
le lack of gun
ie German ba
The further
attle between
ona mending ti
lanteuffel, wi
erman forces
3t d, al though
y the latter, r
ardly won.
nt occasions t
onal levies ha
'is throws fre
te character o
e difficultie§
erman cause.
though he all
e Prussian at
t attempt to
ing William's
ows that, although, the battle
mplete success fo
general was onl.,
Pursue" Faidherbe
two days after it
This suggests tha
t have retired i
and severely pun
espreviously.
a
ti
rti
ji
2
ce
ti
ra
th
al
th
n
sh
claimed as a c
Monteuffel, tha
Oornme-ncing'
retreating forces
alleged defeat.
the French rim
pretty good circle
ished their enem
•win
The report of;
sinate King W
Merck, and Vera
the most irnpor
gence in the nee
war this wornin
dred persons wet
ed, arms being f
the number. TI
movements are n
SDA.Y.
n attempt to assas
Warn, Count Bis -
Moltke is, if true,
ant piece of intelli-
s from the seat of
. Sonie two hon-
e, it is said, arrest-
und on sevenry .of
e further military
t of great interest.
It is now k
Clarke, a Quee
G orge Cartier's
a out the same ti
ul Denis, now
ca o—is to be t
G mere' of Mani
nt will satisfy
ee tain French
he e are said to b
own that H. J:
's Counsel of Sir
creation— made
le as the notorious
bar -tender in Chi -
e first Attorney -
ba. The appoint-
• ishop Tache, but
anasian aspirants
in the dumps.
emember the -cle
ies Wines, Liquors,
'enator Me.Cie
acqepted the Algo
his appointment
Gaiette.
ring sale of Grocer.
&c., at Shearson &
1h8-tf
of Chatham, has
a judgeship, and
appeared in the
Fish at cost, at
W. A. Shearson &
158-tf
Tiff NEW RAILWAY.
LARGE & ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINCS
AT WIACHAM AND AINLEYVILLE.
•
The
Farmers of the North bound
to have a Railway. -
t THE LONDON NARROW (WAGE THE
FAVORITE.
Speeches of the Hamilton and London De -
Deputations, and other Prominent
Gentlemen.
Specially Reported for the Huron
.Expositor.
THE WINGHAM MEETING:
A large and influential Meeting of the
inhabitants of Wingham and adjoining
l'oeienships. was held at that village on
Thursday last. The meeting was called
in the interests of the Wellington, Grey
• and Bruce Railway, and was addressed
by the President, ex -President, and one
of the Directors or that . road, also by
Messrs. Imlach and Patterson, Reeve and
Deputy Reeve of Brantford, and others,
in its behalf. There was also present a
deputation from the London Board of
Trade, in the interests- of the London,
Huron and Bruce Railway, only one of
whom, • however, — Murray Anderson,
Esq.,—addreased the meeting. The
meeting was called for 12 ''clock, but it
was nearly two ere the Hamilton men
were ready to mount the rostrum. About
2 o'clock, it was; proposed and seconded.
that Mr. Gibson. of Winghana, take the
chair, and that C. Tait Scott, Deinity
Reeve of Turnberry, act as Secretary.
The chairman, in his opening remarks,
said that the meeting was convened to
consider the railway question, but at the
outset, he deemed it necessary to makea
few explanatory remarks. , About twelve
months ago a meeting was held to con-
sider the propriety af . having railway
communication to Wingham, and at that
meeting it was resolved to make over -
tame to what is called the narrow guage,
or Toronto, Grey and Bruce Company.
The result of this overture was, -that it
was decided upon to run a line from Ar-
thur to Kincardine, touching Bluevale
and Wingham, in the Township of Turn -
berry. Mr. Robinson had paseed over the
proposed route, and stated that he had
never found a railway which could be so
asily built as that from Arthur to Kin -
arcane. About the time that the En-
" eer's report was submitted to the
ard; 'the President and Mr. Laidlaw
ad to go to England for the alleged pur-
ose of disposing of the bonds, and noth-
ng could be done Until their return.
ut it would seem Gat the location of
he roa,d had gone with the sale of the
onds, asirom that day to this they; had
lways fought shy of the Wingham peo-
le. After the President and Mr. Laid-
aw arrived home, a deputation from
Wingham and Lucknow waited upon the
irectors, and were phtimised that a
eeliminary Survey would be at once
ommenced. The deputation came home,
ndi have been waiting for the survey
ver since. The next thing they heard
f Mr. Laidlaw, he was at Owen Sound,
ndeavoring to get assistance from the
eople of that section to assist him. to
Sven Sound; and in a short time, me -
or like they heard of him at Kincar-
ine, and then shortly after, some where
se. But, like a meteor, Mr. Laidlaw is
ow quenched in darkness, and the
inghem people are willing to let him
main as he is. The idea of first build -
g the branch of the Wellington, Grey
d Brece, from Harriston and Kincar-
ne, was first mooted by Mr. Isaac
ichanan. He considered that
y man or bedy of men had a perfect,
ght to come here and advocate the in -
rests o their respective schemes. He
.1
w cons dered that the people of Wing -
in were free to choose for th.emselves.--
ey had stuck to the narrow guage as
g they had a rag to cling cto, and
uld not now be blamed if they
nd. it necessary to look elsewhere for
at which had been denied them by the
ronto people. The chairman after a
v further remarks called upon
MR. ADAM BROWN, Ex -president of
Wellington, Grey and Bruce Rail -
d. Mr. Brown commenced. by saying
t he , would endeavor to compress
at he had to say into as little space
possible. As President of the We
HUT'
, Grey and Bruce Railway, he had
I the honor of opening the ball in the
unty f Bruce, and as Ex -president h
w had the pleasure of appearing befor
s• me ting to fire the first shot_
ron i benalf the road which he repre
ted. He was glad to see so large an
pecta le an audience present, it show
hat t ey were thoroughly in earnes
heir demand for railway comeninica.
. He thought it was high time tha
people of this beautiful section o
stile had railway communicatio
h the front, as they had been shut up
enough. Himself and his colleague
a here to -day for the purpose of lay
before them a scheme by which they
d secure what they desired. Mr.
wn then went into agstatement as to
the project which he advocated
inated.. The charter had first been
ined by a Tomato Company several
$ ago, but had never been made use
ntil a few years ago, when a number
he business men of Hamilton, took
of the scheme, revived the charter,
commenced the construction of the
. After commencing the construction
he road from Guelph. they applied to
proprietors of the Great Western
way to back there in their under -
g. This the Great Western readily
—and agreed to take it off their
s as soon as it was built, stock it,
run it for all time to come. They
commenced the construction of the
section of the road, from Guelph to
us. The Townships granted bonuses,
ebentures wore placed. in -the hands
e Provincial Government, and the
y paid over to them as the work
eded. The Company foiled, how..
that they had not sufficient to com-
the road through the County of
ngton, and they consequently ap-
to the City of Hamilton for assist -
Hamilton, - notwithstanding that
been so badly burnt with railway
es before, recognized. the importance
s project-, and transferred to them
to the amount of $95,000 which
ity held against the Great Western
ay, with this assistance they corn-
• the first section of their road.
ndertaking was a great one. He
assure thein that it was not so easy
Id a railway as to bake a cracker,
ey had taken the matter in hand
ey were bound to pith. it forward
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then went on at considerable length to
show what difficulties they had had to
contend with, in order to explain the de-
lay whieh had occurred. The Welling-
ton. Grey and Bruce Company sought a
bonus from Bruce, and in this inatance as
in. all others, they nailed their colors to
the .mast, and never for a moment lost
sight of them,. but stuck to the ship until
they gained what they sought. • He ad-
mitted that the ;Southern Townships of
Bruce were not served as they thould be,
and for this reaeon they proposed to
make their road -like a three pronged
fork. The centre or main prong running
direct -from Guelph through flarriston
and Walkerton to Southampton ; one of
the prongs branching off frona Barrie -ton,
south • through Wroxeter, Wingham,
Lueknow., &c., to Kincardine, and the
fare, but of that ef their children after-
cided, as their decision would effect therci
only a question of their own future wel-
fare,
to all others, and concluded
by cautioning the people, how they de,
either for weal or for wee. It was not
ing directly to the eastern mahkets was
question of pages but a question of
• u.arkets, and argued that. his road, lead-
ple of South Huron was not simply a.
it. But the question now before the peo-
build ; and stated that his contempt for
this three feet sik affair Was so great,
that he hai scarcely patience to speak of
and Bruce, and depicting the vast benefits
•
receive from being c ennected with a line
• such as the one his Company proposed to
Grey and 13ruce with the Toronto, Grey
promotere of the three feet six thing.
the present position of the Wellington,
which the people of South Huron would
completion in spite of all the opposition
Mr_ Brown then proceeded to compare
themeelves, arid they would carry it to
third prong running from Harreston to
was the work they had m! -ked out for
vvhich they mfght encounter from the
Owen Sound, by way of Durham.. Thi
maof Brantford, was the
nextL eakieclle, and strongly condemned
the,narrow guage scheme, and held forth
the benefits to be derived from the con-
struction of the Welliagton, Grey &
Bruce. Mr. Laidlaw stated that the peo-
ple of Brantford thought 80 much of con-
nectionwith a road like the Great West-
ern that theyhad recently granted $75,-
000 in hard cash to aid in the construx-
tien of the Harrisburg branch, and: stated:
that the people of North Huron could
gain connection with the Berne read thro'
the Wellington, Grey & Bruce, for a
much less sum.
Mr. Murray Anderson, one of theLone
don deputation, and President of the
Port Stanley Railway Compan3. was the
next speaker. Mr. Anderson said that
to -day he would hamrP to claim.the sym.
pathy of the meeting, as he waathe only
one of the London deputation who would
be permitted to contend against the tre,
menden ; force from Hamilton and Brant-
ford. He was not a very old man, but
_he had been connectedwith a go. ;d many-
• railway enterprises. He had had the
pleasure of introducing the first By -Law
in ,the County of Middlesex, to take-
• stock in the London and Gore Railroad,
which is now the Great Western. Now
as to the question of guages. The gen-
tlemee from Hamilton appear to think
that no other guage is right or practica-
ble except the broad, but he would ask
how 18 it that the Great Western Rail,
way, the step-parent of the Wellington,
Grey_ & Bruce road, is reducing the guage
of that line from broad to narrow. The
se6ret of the matter is, the Great West-
ern have a large amount of rolling stock
which 'Was .formerly used on the broad
guage, and. which is now useless for the
narrow, and they wish to keep the Wel-
lington, Grey & Bruce road for the pur-
pose of using their i old rolling stock upon,
thus pawning off their old wore out
stock upon the people of Huron. and
Bruce.— There is no institution which
has so great a tendency to benefit and
implore a country as a railway, and it
therefere behoved the people of North
Huron, to Weigh well the Matter ere they
gave their support to any railway enter- ,
prise. Now he woulcl tell -them that no
broad guage railway had ever paid. A
collateral road for local traffic will 'pay
much better than a line which depends
mainly upon through traffic, but even
this will not pay on the broad guage
principle. As proof of this he might say
that the best paying roads in England,
in fact the only. roads which dicl pay
were narrow guage roads. Another ad-
vantage in favor of the narrow guage is
that it is far easier built, and much less-
expensive to run than the broad. With
e regard to the markets which could be •
e, roached by the proposed London scheme,
in he woulid say in the first place that the
London market as a general thing was
d•
higher. than either the Hamilton or To-
ronto markets: and four timeSmore grain
t was an-mally shipped from London than
from Varonto, but he did not Wish it to
t be understood that the London market
f was the only one. Itwasgenerally ad-
inittbd. that the American market was
the best market we had. Now the pro-
s posed road would lead to direct commu-
nication with the markets of the -United
States, as the Port Stanley road would.
be run in connection with this proposed
road, so that grain could he shipped di-
rect to the lake shore without breaking
bulk. Besides this Port Stanley commu-
nication which leads to the Buffalo and -
Toledo markets, we have in London two
other railways which the proposed one
would intersect, and before long there
• will be four, all of which would lead to
the best markets of the world. While
this was the case with London, Hamil-
ton was bound down to one, :The fact
was if the Hamilton scheme were accept-
ed by the people they would be binding
themselVel hand and foot to the Great
Western Railway. Why was it that
they were enabled -to give better prices
for produce at London than at Hamilto11?
simply because they in London had a
choice of markets. Boats left Port Stan-
ley every day loaded with stock and pro-
duce, foe the best American markets.
To cond.-fide he would say that they pro-
posed -to build a line of railways from the
City of liondon, to connect with the Port
Stanley road—which would be altered to
a narrow. guage,- through the Counties
of Huron and Bruce to Lake Huron, and
if the people of this section of country
desired it to come to Wingham they
could have it. He would say that no
city in the Province has spent more in
railway enterprises than London, and ho
could assure them thatvehen the people of
thet city took hold of any project, they
meant business, and would push it three
and he firmly believed that on this occa-
sion they would be ably and liberally as=
sisted by the municipalities through
which the road would pass. They did
not want five years in Which to 'build it.
If they did not have the road completed
inside of a yeat and -21 half, they didn't.
' DECEMBEER ..a
emniamoommanammaamaj
want to -come atall. A
enly sbont two months .
wpmfizis itnIXIJOIllistlon)
efl, rargia
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employed, and had comn
all that was now wanted
viecess, '0i7.s tbe heart3%
the municipalities thrn
road would i)ass, and wb
nefi t. A 'ter consitier
marks Mr. Anderson ireS
his plain, business -likes ;
Ppl5eee,sescilloninn"po'illigi theteeantie&eetin;
' Mr. McGivern, Pre.,ilh.
'4174ton, Grey A:, Brace Iti
next speaker, but we ha'.
• a report of his remarks. Ni
great /Ilea -sure -a 'rehash
made by hie predeee,ssor, ;
.. ; Mr. Messer, Reeve of
next called upon, he said
hag had heard both sides,
to. judge which of the ii
serve them best. In his4:
ie4e as a ratepayer, he won
.-eision in favor a the Hari
cause he tonsidered it the
bath grain and stock,
ed its location best suite4
ship of Turnberry„ - The
come what way it would,
one station in Turobt- • ,
other there would be tlnq
prospects, he eonsidered,• ai
road. better than the Lmul
ter road runs through a coi
of hountry, the people of iv
little interest in lit. or alee
as the Vanier -will tra.versd
of Howink, Turnberree, 1
others, which are in rea
need of railway commu
London road, it was said,
000 per mile to build and
aslie other eoujd be buil
• 000 per naile,theequipmen
ed by the Great 'Western
consequently nolb costing
anything, Notwithstand
that the Londoni road cos
he would give the extra 81
to the Hamilton -oad, as b
people would be at least t
ter served by it 1 If the H
delay -ed, he would then
London scheme.; The p
country wanted 4 railway,
bound to have it. He we
advise the peopleto give -
the road which would hav
gine run into W..ughani.
Mr. Patterson a Brk.ntfo
earnestly advocating the in
Wellington, Grey and Bru
• ly advising the people to ha
ao with any other.
Mr. C. Tait Sett, Dep _
Turnberry, said that the pe
railevaP His Sympathies 'w
of the road that wmild go to
as the bnik of the products -
try naturally went in that
however, we don't get the
rcad, he 'woulil favor giain
the. first company that wont
road opened and in runni
Winghane
Mr. Campbells of Luekno-
in favor - of the Wellington
Bruce road.
Mr. Currie -of Wawanos
road that would lead dire.
ern market. His township
good reasonable bonus to AWN
would first give ra4lway lac'
Mr. Stewart, onf of the
the Wellington, Gi1ey and 13i
dressed the meeting.
Mr. Lewis Braeej said the3
forsake the Wellin on,
as it as -thesecond Kin the
Peter Fisher said tbri
plied
tid
Aerl Peter
me to thie seetion of
nine or ten years ago, any
preditted that now- there wx
respectable railwa.ycornpanie
run a road. throng 'their
would have been considered
for the Lunatic Asylum, B
times had changed, arid. he
ji
the railway gentlemen p
whichever party Should lx
enough to have their road r
Win,diain would not have a
el
pick, as here there wds as
power as could any place be f
the milling and ma.nufactur.
were not to be -despised. - Re
the Hamilton or Guelph route
ral one for the products of Itlh
Mr. D. D. Hay, of Listowe
last speaker. Mr. Hay spokt
,of the Hamilton Scheme.
At the conelusion a nee
passed expressing the prefere
meeting for the 'Wellington
Bruce, and pledging the nieeta
a liberal bonus to the 'first rail
would pass thrcingh WingY
votes of thanks Wale Chat
tary, and the twn deputation
Mg disper.sed. '
TIIE AIN-LEN-VILLE M'
On Friday, the 23rd
lowing the Wingharn meetin
Attended and most husa.ti
was held. in A rnistrones If
The object of' this met -
give the London deputation
nit y of laying before the pro
Townships of Grey and Morris
its to be derived from ihj co
of a railway from London t
County of Ituron to Lake 1
to elicit from the people of tli
ships, an expression ef
propriety of granting aid to su
terprise. The meeting was or
appointing :Sohn Leckie, Esq
Grey, chairman, and It. '
Sec,retary.
iheehairinan, in opening
said., there was nn difference
amongst the people of this steti
country with regard to theiIC
railwa.y communOtion, the
ence of -opinion being as to w
proposed. roede euPport 'should
He had attended, the meeti
Wingham yesterday, in the in
the Wollington, Grey and Brue
and he roust say that a more
attempt to burk an enterprise
which the Hamilton people wet
he never knew. These peep
that they had a prior right ti
tory, and that they were det
keep out all competitors ; u
part he had never seen in any 01
lic prints or elsewhere a tin
about building their branch t$
dine until the London schemc.
spoken. of. The conduct of the 1
gentlemen at the meeting at SN
show -ed plainly that they aver
earnest, and that they were afra
tuss the subject, for they woul
/ow a single local man who was
able to their scheme to speak
meeting, or have anything to a
choked us all off. The chair
upon