Report Of The Special Committee Appointed To Enquire And Report As To The Condition Management And Prospects Of The Grand Trunk Railway Co 1857 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Report of the Commission: Appointed to Inquire Into the Affairs of the Grand Trunk Railway His Excellency Lieutenant General Sir Wilmam Fenwick Williams, Baronet of Kars, K. C. B., Administrator of the Government of the Province of Canada, and Commanding Her Majesty's Forces therein, &c., &c., See. To all to whom these presents shall come or whom they may in any wise concern - Greeting: Whereas it has been deemed expedient, in view of the important interest of the Province in the maintenance and working of the Grand Trunk Railway, and the statements made by the Company of its embarrassed condition, that a strict enquiry should be instituted into the compliance by the Company with the conditions of the Relief Acts - into its present financial position - and into the mode and expense of maintaining and working the line, with the traffic arrangements connected therewith; Now Know Ye, that under and pursuant to the provision of the thirteenth chapter of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada, intituled: "An Act respecting inquiries concerning Public Matters and Official Notices," the authority in me thereby vested, and by and with the advice and consent of Her Majesty's Executive Council for the said Province, I have nominated, constituted and appointed, and by these Presents do nominate, constitute and appoint John Langton, of the City of Quebec, Esquire, J. Lewis Grant, of the City of Toronto, Esquire, and Toussaint Trudeau, of the City of Quebec, Esquire, to be Commissioners to enquire into the management of the Grand Trunk Railway - the compliance by the Company with the conditions of the Relief Acts - the present financial position, and generally into the mode and expense of maintaining and working tho Line, with the traffic arrangements connected therewith, and into such other matters connected with the Grand Trunk Company, as they may be hereafter instructed by me to investigate; and Thomas Wily, of the City of Montreal, to be Secretary to the said Commission; And I no Hereby authorize and empower them the said John Langton, J. Lewis Grant and Toussaint Trudeau, as such Commissioners, to summon before them any party or witnesses, and lo require them to give evidence on oath orally or in writing, (or on solemn affirmation, if such parlies be entitled to affirm in civil matters) and to produce such documents and things as they, the said Commissioners, or any two of them, may deem requisite to the full investigation of the matters and things aforesaid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.