OUR RAILWAVS-THEIR COST.
' fi-Sir-,—Thu-otho'r \Tfli;l;,,-.ivhen. a deputation " -jruitetl Worii; 'Jlr. Millar re Mosgicl- '' dubUcatibiii 'bo-. stafeeitMh'dt tho cost, had nU I tetidjniexpeddetl tlif Estimate 'by i:G5,000, yiz;,; : i,UeEflro.dOpi .■:iiitead; i ''o.f:ViCl3S,l)oo,' anil .'wily ..'one- ■ tlt'iia df : 'thc> ;; wbrk'.'was'dono. -Had this , 'work' I 6ec I ri*~'"dorio'''by' ; c6ni;rso't;. tho.lino would'have' ■bscn;-iii(fehii-d ; .«rß':l:hisr.niid mJst likely at'.fho"estitnated'cbst.' T-hq lion, gentleman' also' Stated '■' th'ttt-them-ork'Tvlien-fiiiiHlied' would 'cost-Jam?; ' 000i»"JVhffi'-Jv>"Wt to;l>hojyc:ii-.h6w.lbng.isftho, ,' eotintTy.-tQ raMp with .such ,wa§te? As , , anbldiconfrnctflf, :I would..place, a. doub^.iine. • iijltf:,io' iJnve : sca'Kill. : ,fo.rAtUis sum, Wheir.tlio. • otigp 'Central .was getting 'formed,-, and tho. ; vin'd((cts*|etJ;iAji built, "I; was at;.poolburn,',ah(l. , ■'- being paid 12s.', also some ■; Hi', per , 'day^somVif Hhem' hnt worth' 6s.—all ' f-'GoyofnUierits'trbkeV-roenV Js". it possililo for . ■ thiEi' , ' 'oW'-a'n'y'-" ether i'bf■' pur iiiultfays,'... to /pny. ; ' when: ; money" , .! i' squandored •in .-'his'- mannor;—' 1909;;,,;.' ; ..; ; .;..,'..
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 6 September 1909, Page 4
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125OUR RAILWAVS-THEIR COST. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 6 September 1909, Page 4
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