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THE BEGINNING AND THE END (?) OF WELLAND ST. RAILWAY
[Welland Tribune, 14 September 1911]
The above is a photo taken on Monday of the commencement of the construction on Welland street railway. The start was made at the M.C.R. end on Muir street.
This may also be the end as work was stopped Tuesday morning by the town officials until the town council dealt with the bond required by the franchise by-law.
Report of the action taken in this matter at last night’s council meeting appears in this paper. The bond offered by the company was turned down.
When seen by the Tribune representative this morning, C.J. Laughlin, jr., said:
“We will do nothing more towards building the road. We have already spent $12,000 on the preliminary work and the town should give us a bonus other than ask us to put up $10,000. We will put the roadway back in its former condition again and that ends it.
It is thought by some that a compromise may yet be effected so that the railway will be built, but at present there is nothing of this kind in sight.
Welland wants the railway. The location of the Deere plant here depends on its construction. The general opinion is that if the company are willing to risk the large outlay for the construction of the road, the town could well afford to take some risk for the construction.
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