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| Length | Cost of road and equipment | Receipts | Working expenses and renewals | Persons employed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| miles | $ | number | |||
| Great Western | 345.0 | 23,855,881 | 3,370,637 | 1,545,595 | 2,851 |
| Grand Trunk 1 | 1,377.0 | 80,704,095 | 6,470,998 | 4,932,764 | 5,370 |
| London and Port Stanley | 24.5 | 1,032,850 | 33,191 | 26,044 | 38 |
| Welland | 25.5 | 1,622,843 | 100,016 | 69,746 | 56 |
| Northern | 97.0 | 5,457,789 | 506,748 | 275,941 | 446 |
| Port Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton | 43.0 | 1,593,536 | 94,021 | 78,123 | 130 |
| Cobourg and Peterborough2 | 73.0 | 400,000 | 63,814 | * | * |
| Port Hope and Perterborough 3 | 14.0 | 900,000 | 21,098 | 18,450 | 18 |
| Brockville and Ottawa | 86.5 | 2,602,024 | 86,575 | 65,814 | 108 |
| Prescott and Ottawa | 54.0 | 2,008,994 | 86,126 | 65,137 | 138 |
| Carillon and Grenville | 13.0 | 95,077 | 10,386 | 5,784 | 13 |
| Stanstead, Shefford and Chambly | 44.0 | 1,216,000 | 58,420 | 44,138 | 70 |
| St. Lawrence and Industrie | 12.0 | 54,100 | 8,648 | 6,566 | 20 |
| Totals | 2,148.5 | 121,543,189 | 10,910,678 | 7,134,102 | 9,258 |
| * Data are included with the data in the previous category. | |||||
| Note: The Railways of Canada have all been constructed by private Companies, assisted in most cases by advances from Government, on which they have undertaken to pay interest as upon other stock. In the case of the Grand Trunk Railway, the largest in the country, and the one most essential to the development of its commerce and its military defence, the Government lien has been postponed, i. e., it is not to carry interest until the Road pays 6 per cent, to the private bond and shareholders. | |||||
| 1. Including the Montreal and Champlain, and the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railways. | |||||
| 2. Not including 18 miles in common with the P. H. L. and B. Railway. | |||||
| 3. This is the length of the section from Cobourg to Rice Lake, the only one now used. | |||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1867. | |||||
