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The Railway and Marine World - 1911-12 - Application for 999 Year Lease - October Passenger Earnings
The Railway and Marine World - 1911-12 - Application for 999 Year Lease - October Passenger Earnings
A news article was published in the December 1911 issue of The Railway and Marine World trade magazine about the DAR requesting approval by the Board of Railway Commissioners for a 999 year lease of the company to the C.P.R. An Order-in-Council would also be needed. Also included was an estimate of the October passenger earnings. The scan of the article appears below, while the article text is shown here for search purposes:
Dominion Atlantic Ry.—Application is being made to the Board of Railway Commissioners for a recommendation to the Governor in Council to sanction a lease of the company’s railway to the C.P.R. for 999 years from Jan. 1, 1912.
Estimated passenger earnings for Oct., $76,200; freight, $93,400: total, $169,600.
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