Line of of railway described, 8. The Company may lay out, construct and operate a railway of the gauge of four feet eight and one-half inches from a point at, near, or in the city of Winnipeg, in the province of Manitoba, westerly and northerly to a point at or near Clandeboye Bay on the shore of Lake Manitoba, and thence in a northerly direction to a point at or near the post office of Lundar, Branch line. in the said province, and thence northerly to a point on the shore of Lake Winnipeg near Grand Rapids in the district of Keewatin; and may construct and operate a branch line from a point on the main line near Winnipeg northerly through the town of Stonewall and thence in a northwesterly direction to Lake Francis, in the province of Manitoba. Consent of municipality. Electric and other power. Telegraphs and telephones in municipalities. Vessels. 9. Notwithstanding anything in The Railway Act, the Company shall not construct or operate its line of railway along any highway, street or other public place without first obtaining the consent, expressed by by-law, of the municipality having jurisdiction over such highway, street or other public place, and upon terms to be agreed upon with such municipality. 10. For the purposes of its undertaking and subject to the provisions of section 247 of The Railway Act, the Company may acquire electric or other power or energy, which may be transmitted and delivered to any place in the municipalities through which the railway is authorized to be built, and may receive, transform, transmit, distribute and supply such power or energy in any form, and may dispose of the surplus thereof, and collect rates and charges therefor; but no such rate or charge shall be demanded or taken until it has been approved of by the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada, who may also revise such rates and charges from time to time. 11. Nothing in this Act shall authorize the Company to construct or operate any telegraph or telephone lines or any lines for the purpose of distributing electricity for lighting, heating or motor purposes, or disposing of surplus power generated by the Company's works and not required for the undertaking of the Company, upon, along or across any highway or public place, without first obtaining the consent, expressed by by-law, of the municipality having jurisdiction over such highway or public place, and upon terms to be agreed with such municipality. 12. The Company may construct and operate such steam and other ferries, boats and vessels as the directors deem requisite Transporta- for the carriage of passengers, freight and other traffic in connection with its railway. tion. Telegraphs and telephones. 13. The Company may, subject to the provisions of The Railway Act, construct and operate telegraph and telephone lines upon and along its railway, and establish offices for and undertake the transmission of messages for the public, and collect tolls therefor; and for the purposes of operating such lines, or exchanging or transmitting messages, may, subject to the provisions of the said Act, enter into contracts with any companies having telegraph or telephone powers, and may connect its own lines with the lines of, or may lease its own line to, any such companies. of tolls. 2. No toll or charge shall be demanded or taken for the trans- Approval mission of any message, or for leasing or using the telegraphs or telephones of the Company, until it has been approved of by the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada, who may also revise such tolls and charges from time to time. 3. Part II. of The Telegraphs Act shall apply to the telegra- R.S., c. 126. phic business of the Company. other than 14. The Company may establish, maintain and conduct Lands for hotels, theatres, parks, athletic grounds, speedways and other railway places of amusement, and for these purposes may buy, hold and purposes. sell and otherwise dispose of lands. securities. 15. The securities issued by the Company shall not exceed Issue of twenty-five thousand dollars per mile of the railway, and may be issued only in proportion to the length of railway constructed or under contract to be constructed. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. 106. An Act respecting the Manitoulin and North Shore [Assented to 27th April, 1907.] c. 72; THEREAS the Manitoulin and North Shore Railway Com- Preamble. pany has by its petition prayed that it be enacted as 1900, c. 64; hereinafter set forth, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of 1902, c. 74 the said petition: Therefore His Majesty, by and with the 1903, c. 148; advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of 1906, c. 123. Canada, enacts as follows: 1905, c. 120; 1. The section substituted by section 1 of chapter 148 of the 1903, c. 148, statutes of 1903 for section 1 of chapter 74 of the statutes of s. 1, amended. 1901 is hereby amended by striking out of the said section the words "by way of the town of Sault Ste. Marie, in the district Line of of Algoma, or by such other route as the Company determines." railway. construction. 2. Except as amended by this Act, the lines of railway Extension of described in sections 1 and 2 of chapter 148 of the statutes time for of 1903, and in section 7 of chapter 64 of the statutes of 1900, except those portions thereof lying between Sudbury and s. 7; 1903, Little Current, and between Meaford and Owen Sound, respec- c. 148, ss. 1 tively, may be commenced within two years and completed within five years after the passing of this Act, otherwise the powers granted for such construction shall cease and be null and void as respects so much as then remains uncompleted. 3. Subsection 1 of section 1 of chapter 120 of the statutes of 1905. c. 120, 1905 is hereby repealed. amended. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. |