BLECTR] 



INK MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILWAY 



Tins ix an iw|M.n.iiii hue rowing from the United Sute* 



at Niaga MM<, Hithwe*twanl for 365 miles 



>r through the rich fruit t*>lt of fouthcrn Ontario 

 The total length of each railway r cyftcm of railway* actually 



L; within the Provino >llowt: 



Grand Trunk and ! .1/>7O mile*. 



Canadian Pacific and bran*' 



1 branches. . uji " 



National Transcontinental and branche* ^47 M 



Timiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway 



ami branches U6 



Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway 



and branches 167 



other systems 



Included in thi* \v-re 605 mile* nf new railway opened for 

 traffic in 1012. The Province lead* the other Province* in railway 

 mileage with a total of 10,030 mi!- 



ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. 



Electric railwav* are in mam of the citie and leading tov 

 tlu Province. Radial lines extrnl from the chief cirir* into the 

 and there are also rural lines affording subsidiary tram- 

 portation for pa^en-rr<. lijrht freight and farm pn>duce The total 

 is 772 



1 1 K.I I WAYS IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO. 



natcd that in the "I counties of Old or Southern 



f"e<l approximately at 

 folio 



Tnmk roads connecting the large towns and 



3.500 mile* 



o r leading ifarket roads rt/o n 



25XXX> r 

 jularv township r>;v! 16.500 miles 



Total 



oyooo 



The highways previous to the construction of steam railways. 

 about sixtv vears ago. were the only means of transportation from 



the ports reached by navigation on the Great Lakes. It was 



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