Excerpt from The Credit Valley Railway Application, for Right of Way and Crossings at the City of Toronto: Before the Railway Committee of the Privy Council, Ottawa, Thursday, June 19th, 1879

Hon. Mr. Macdougall - As to the line east of [bathurst Str, cet we find it necessary in order to reach our depot or water terminus, to cross certain branches of the Grand Trunk Railway and I suppose the Great Western. We ask for the necessary author ity to cross those lines, of course under the direction of engineers or whatever mode rs the proper one. In In 4g down the line, we have made as little disturbance of the existing lines as possible. Lg do not know that it is necessary to argue any point in the case until we hear the objections that may be raised. We have prepared a statement of our case, which has been published. We regarded this as a matter of public importance, and not wishing to do anything which could not be defended on ublic as well as on legal grounds, we have taken the people into our confidence, and publis ed in the Toronto journals, the case of the Credit Valley Railway, citing shortly the different acts and transactions bear ing upon'it. I have read it over this morning again, and I do not see that very much is to be added. I know that the members. Of the Government do not care to hear long arguments on points which do not necessarily arise.

Mr. Cassels - Before going into the case, there is one point I wish to ut before the Committee both on behalf of the Grand Trunk Railway and on behalf of the orthern. I suppose thatan body who has read the papers for the last fortnight, will see that they have been deluged with' correspondence from the Credit Valley Railway Company, and that after application had been made to this Court (because we look upon this Committee as a Court, ) there have been a. Series of letters and resolutions gotten up, and the newspapers have been filled with them. It may be a matter of remark, that neither the N orthern nor the Grand Trunk Railway have thought fit to answer these attacks. We have not done so, because we thought that this Committee should be considered as a Court of law, and that it was due to such a tribunal that no remarks should be made in the press to influence public opinion on the subject, and, besides, public opinion has nothing to do with the decision of the question at all. This is why we did not answer those letters, and not because we did not think the statements they contained were utterly without foundation.

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