Report on the Great western railway, Canada West, to the president and directors /

Mode of access: Internet.

Indenture of agreement between the Great Western Railway Company and the Erie and Ontario Railway Company

Indenture of agreement between the Great Western Railway Company and the Erie and Ontario Railway Company in order for the companies to unite, March 20, 1854.

The broad gauge, the bane of the Great Western Railway Company : with an account of the present & prospective liabilities saddled on the proprietors by the promoters of that peculiar crotchet /

Mode of access: Internet.

Thames and Severn Canal : Copy of memorial presented to the Board of Trade on the 29th November ultimo, by the public and canal navigations interested, with respect to the acquisition by the Great Western Railway Company of the Thames and Severn Canal, and the subsequent correspondence which has arisen thereon.

Title from back cover.

Instructions for running of trains, &c., on the Atlantic & great western railway.

Mode of access: Internet.

Before the Interstate commerce commission. In the matter of the application of the Great northern railway company, etc., Finance docket no. 7439. In the matter of the application of the Western Pacific railroad company, etc. Finance docket no. 7440. In the matter of the application of the Great northern railway company and the Western Pacific railroad company, etc. Finance docket no. 7781 ...

Vol. [1]-[2]. Applicants' opening brief. F.G. Dorety, F.M. Angellotti [and others], attorneys.--v. [3]-[5] Brief for Southern Pacific company, Union Pacific railroad company, Oregon short line railroad company, Oregon-Washington railroad & navigation company and Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad company, interveners. B.C. Dey, G.V. Shoup [and others] attorneys.

Approximate estimate of the cost of extending the Port Dalhousie and Thorold Railway from Geneva Street to the Great Western Railway Station at Lock no. 12

Approximate estimate of the cost of extending the Port Dalhousie and Thorold Railway from Geneva Street to the Great Western Railway Station at Lock no. 12 (2 copies) [one appears to be a rough copy] (2 pages, handwritten), Feb. 2, 1855.

Erie & Niagara Railway Collection, 1864-1884

William Alexander Thomson (1816-1878) was a promoter and developer of railway systems in western Ontario. He incorporated the Fort Erie Railroad Company in 1857, purchased the Erie and Ontario Railroad in 1863, and incorporated the Erie and Niagara Extension Railway Company in 1868 (later renamed the Canada Southern Railway). Thomson was also elected to the House of Commons for Welland in 1872, and re-elected in 1874. He was known for his support of public management of the currency and is seen as a pioneer advocate of government monetary policy. He was also an advocate of radical agrarian economic doctrine, believing that Canadian laws favoured mercantile interests over those of the producers of goods, and that this hindered national development.

Presentation from the Office of Macdonald and Rykert regarding the Case of O'Connor vs. the Great Western Railway Co.

Presentation from the Office of Macdonald and Rykert regarding the Case of O’Connor vs. the Great Western Railway Co. This is a handwritten, 9 ½ page double sided document). Some of the witnesses for the plaintiff included: Robert Johnson, John Ryder, Edward Duffy, Gilbert Gregory, John Cutter, James Patterson, Samuel Rush and Francis Bigger, among others. They claimed that the Great Western Railway Co. was destroying their land. Jacob Dittrick claimed that the culverts were not large enough to carry off water. Mr. Jackson noticed injury to his flats. Wild grass was destroying the bottom grass, May 6, 1836.

Mr. Woodward’s timetable regarding the suspension bridge to Toronto via the Great Western Railway and Port Dalhousie Railway

Mr. Woodward’s timetable regarding the suspension bridge to Toronto via the Great Western Railway and Port Dalhousie Railway (1 page, handwritten), Jan. 22, 1856

Post card with a notice of freight arrival addressed to S.D. Woodruff from the Great Western Railway for castings, a keg and grates

Post card with a notice of freight arrival addressed to S.D. Woodruff from the Great Western Railway for castings, a keg and grates, Aug.11, [1876].

Printed blank for arrival of goods by Great Western Railway at St. Catharines

Printed blank for arrival of goods by Great Western Railway at St. Catharines, Aug. 24, 1876.

Printed blank for arrival of goods by Great Western Railway at St. Catharines

Printed blank for arrival of goods by Great Western Railway at St. Catharines, Nov. 18 [1876].

In the matter of the application of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company for authority to acquire control by lease of the railroad of the Virginian Railway Company. October 12, 1925 [Jan. 28, 1926]

Vols. 1-3 paged continuously (iii, viii, 3029 p.)