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PROPOSED RAILROAD

[Welland Tribune, 25 January 1889]

THE proposed new railroad between Hamilton and Buffalo will, it is contemplated, cross Welland river just west of the water works pump house with a depot near the English church parsonage. If the project materializes, the town will be asked for a bonus to assist in building the road, with the guarantee that the round house and car-shops be located here. Welland is well situated for headquarters of this nature, as rails and materials of all kinds could be placed on the spot by way of both land and water. There would be two railway stations in Pelham –one near Pelham Corners (one mile from Fonthill) and another at or near Fenwick.

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