Railway Gauges. 



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RECAPITULATION. 



Cost of p r e - 

 paring road 

 bed for rails 



Cost of super 

 structure. 



MF 



30, 5 $248, 071 00 $305,370 00 

 30! 8 161,089 OOj 165,210 00 



$86,982 00:$140,154 00 



Cost of road- 

 bed and su 

 pers truct- 

 ure. 



$553,441 00 

 326,305 00 



$227,136 00 



Cost per Mile. 



Koad-bed. 



Superstruct 

 ure. 



$8,269 00 $10, 179 00 

 5,369 63' 5,507 20 



$2,899 37j $4,671 80 



Total. 



$18, 448 00 

 10,876 83 



$7,571 17 



Making a saving in favor of the narrow-gauge on the cost 

 of preparing the road bed, 35 per cent. ; on the cost of super- 

 structure, 46 per cent. ; on the roadbed and superstructure, 41 

 per cent. We have the following estimates of cost of two 

 Canada roads, guage 3 ft. 6 in. : 



TORONTO, GRAY AND BOUCE. 

 Western Junction to Orangeville, 41 Miles. 



Grading, fencing, ties, bridges and culverts 



Rails and fastenings 



Track-laying and ballasting 



Station buildings 



Right of way , 



Telegraph 



Engineering 



Commissions, officers, directors' fees, etc. . . 



Law expenses 



Sundries 



Rolling stock 



Total cost 



Total. 



$196,595 



181,015 



67,770 



24, 407 



24, 600 



1,640 



23, 370 



15,469 



3,936 



2,000 



$540,802 

 105, 960 



$646, 762 



Per mile. 



$4,795 



4,415 



1,653 



595 



600 



40 



570 



377 



96 



49 



$13,190 

 2,560 



$15,750 



* Difference in favor of narrow-gange. 



