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 /■„ (/„■ ,Ua«m-.s-, A;:,-.m' ->./ CounnWon and l,Mi- \ I Lis last ol.j.rlinn „ to ..s,he mu,t co«clu..ve. 
 , ,' ',„,•./.* in U.e r.on.,rnnti.n .,/., Ituil- j ...d by it the ci.,.e„, ,,. Mo.Mr.al, w. hope are 
 
 , ,„ „ „, the City nf iUmUml with By prepare.) to Man.l or lall. Some ot ..s may be 
 
 '"•"V "',„„,,„„,, , acfi..se<l (as we l,av.. aln-uly l-een) ot hol.l.ng 
 
 (.KNTL.MKN, -However p,-...mpM,o.m i. may pro,M>rty in Monlr.al, an.l of hnng co.r.oc e,l 
 ,J on "e .1 .. >.s, to spLk to you .nrec.ly «ith other railroa.U. W. plea,, gml.y to boh; 
 ,0 K t me. ., . o. .he ,vss. w. t,,.: tha, ,he an.l ^von!.. no, uk. Ihe stand we now do unle« 
 '"""* " ,, , . ^, , ' ^, :,.., „.„ ,hal| i,n- .leeply inleresle.l, in common with our feliow- 
 „„por,=nce o, the -'';•« "^.e a. wh h e | cU.Jn, ,„ Montreal, as lan.led proprietor,, a,,.. 
 ,„e.l,«telya .>.le. .nU he J""^;^ ;";;;; p^oprieto.s also in the railroa.U which have .he.r 
 tiavi- arrive. ■ iiressin" or piompt a. Hon anu irav ii- i , , . ,. ,., . . • 
 
 » no .me U ,heo.J,va,ce of conventional termini .mmcd.ately m l.ont o.the town, not n.ne 
 nie, will be receive.l as our apology. ""les up the S,. Lawrence ! 
 
 n.les, will uerecei ,^„„' l,. si An- The iirp.>rtant FortlnnU and Champlain Rail- 
 
 A Railroad bv way "( S"- l''Udtache,M. An- •■■ i"i . .. •. _, 
 
 A uaiiroau oy y ...,.^, , . f,,„,,ra. ' roads have thtir teimini opposite the city, and 
 
 ilrpwfi and thence by tbe most :!iieoi ano lavoru" •"'" ,...■,■ .l ■ <■ 
 
 .ireits, anu meiiue ujr u .. , , „, ,„ 1 these are matters wh ch, in strikiiiiJ the city of 
 
 hie lineloBytov<n,you may now ir.fely reckon i 'tiese art mu.ie.. «.k., ^ / 
 
 Die line lo oyiov, ,y , j , |^, ; ,,,,.,.,.,, ^^.„h ^ Ottawa road, will be 
 
 upon as a matter of certainty, lii.lee.i ine iepiin„ ./ 
 
 ' ■ -1 ., I i,u iV,o ii.luihi- lor vni'r most serious conside.alioii 
 
 which we ust now see manilesled liy the innaoi- ."' j 
 
 wnicn we JUS nuv. / ,ii„i,,„st H th^ proposed connection at the \ illage of [,a. 
 
 tanis of ih 8 Citv can no oiiger leave the siiisii.esi *■ " i i- ,.,.■. , 
 
 doubt irihe matter; and il you will only ac, in Cine can, notwithstanding tlieo ,ec.ion, we have 
 .'one r w th our M.in cipality '• The C.rp.-rH.ion to it, be nliimately she«n to I., the only route by 
 If Montre ," the question will be speedily settled, which you can ren..h Montreal, then ,lo yoo ,oiu 
 Great and stren.ious etiorts are be,,,, ma.le to ' it-b»t we k,.o. , such no, :- U- „e case, and 
 hrihK this important roa.l directly to the Villa-e of j hence our opposition. 
 
 U hi e 2re the Lachine, orSa.her the .Vlnn- \ ^^ e are tol.l ihat because a tew ,.,„..inP„, en- 
 el. ul New York R«ilroa.l h.-.n..hesoli-u,Plat,.. .aged in theLachine Railroad have been the l„s, 
 b ,.h by wav r' the Indian Village o, t^.u.hna- ; to obtain a Charter, and that theiis is he on y ex- 
 w Ja ' This ,, ...osition we, as CmIz.us of Mon- , i»ting one, they n;,ist not be .lepnve.l o the a.i- 
 ^eal rep-iilte. and the action, which we feel as- I vau'a^es of it. No one presumes ,o entertain such 
 re 1 w l^hoitlv take place in our Corporation in a desire. l,et them ,o on and bu, d ihe roa, they 
 Mirei, wiii.n.Miy i i ^n„i»,n,.LitP. as wi ini doubt be the case if they 
 
 this matter, w,ll convince you that our views ac- j 
 i-nrd with ihosi-. oi thecilizens st'iieiaily. j 
 
 The Cit.zeMi of Monlre.il lepn.liale ihis propo«h 1 
 tion, (or the i.illowing veiy comliisive reasons:— 
 )«,._The distaiuelrom M. F.nsii'.he .ir Saint 
 An.lrews lo Ihe ("ily ol Mmiiieal. we are assured, 
 li less ihai, 'o I ..diine, and ihereioi.' ihe ilistance 
 II. teivening between .Montreal an.i l,a.-liine will, 
 wp believe, be sived; but this will r-ooii lie ascer- 
 tdinedanil ma.l- public. 
 
 l),i,l —By the connection propose.1, irrespective 
 ..t Ihe iurrenswl liistaiice, the shoit piece of road 
 1,1 l.achine lias c.iM over X120,000, which we 
 trust yon will n.)t, any more than ourselves, be 
 piepaitd to en.loise, f.u the benelit ol the Stocl;- 
 holders who have clinsen lo invest llieir money 
 
 lliere. 
 
 3rO._Tbe coiistniction of a Bridge, opposite 
 tbeCityof Montreal, you will already have seen, 
 may be counted up.)n as setlU.and • ilii tliis im- 
 p.,rtHiii laci before us, will any of you be dispos- 
 e,| 10 swerve one inch irom the sliaigl lesl and 
 •,he shoitest ioute lo that imporlant poini in builil- 
 iligu Kaihoad.— esnc'iaily when it involves Ihe 
 conseqneii.'es <d paying a share of the cost nf the 
 l.aclih.e Hoad, and tiavelling round by the Vil- 
 U.e of Lachine eight or nine miles out ol your 
 
 w 4y . 
 
 4il,.„VVill you an.l the .:ilizens of Montieal be 
 di'pojfd to amalijiinale with Ihn l.achine Kail- 
 load merely todivnie oiii profits hoi,, the t)ilawa 
 mail v^•itb them, when we do not requiie them at 
 
 all ! 
 
 ill, —Shall we not all receuc inu,-h laiger divi- 
 dends il ih,- loa.l ie,iches Moiilreal by the nearest 
 
 ami ^tlaluhles' Uw 
 
 . wilhoul being ta| p'.l at the 
 
 contemplate, as will no doubt be the case if they 
 have the means, but in the meantime let us all he 
 guarded in makinj; the best possible counectiiui?,. 
 If your interests had been the chief, the ruling 
 guideof those engaged in the Uiidertaking now 
 under discussion, would not s.iine of you, who 
 were subscribei.s, have been put into the direc- 
 tion 1 You can best answer that question you, - 
 selves. 
 
 A,, other Charier can&nd will soon be oblained, 
 and it will be cheaper and better to have a good 
 and proiier road, even at the expense of a shoit de- 
 lay, than hasliiy anil rashly to engage it, one, possi- 
 bly calculated lo subserve olhi-r i.,ler,'std than ours 
 All ive can wish and ask is, that you should first 
 be prepateil lo engage in the unde.iakiiig, and we 
 are happy to see that the County of Two Moun- 
 tains has already taken the initiative, by olleiing 
 its credit to the amouiii of £11)1,00.1. This ex- 
 ample must, and will no doubt ijo lollowcd by the 
 other Counties interest?,!, and llieiiudtri.iUing will 
 crrlainiy b,' seoiiie.l, if your eH'.i-i-, ai. ■■'ronijcd 
 by our own Corporation. 
 
 We have the lioi or to be, 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 Your obedient servants, 
 A. M. DKLISLE, 
 WILMaM WOKKMAN, 
 .IKAN BRUNEAU, 
 ••^AMUEL (iALE, 
 A. i.aROCQUE, 
 JOHN MOLSON, 
 LOUIS KE.NAl'n, 
 H. TAYLOR, 
 ,)0.S. ROV, 
 .lAMES LOGAN, 
 I'AUL JOS. LACROIX, 
 
 .luHN uon.>>, 
 L. iJi:AUl)RY, 
 
 illage 
 
 ol 
 
 Lacliiiie, where iie,e-;s,,iily a gieat, if 
 
 j.ol the sreaifr. puUon 
 
 ot tlie ircvel and tuiffic 
 
 Mill lie can 
 
 led otfto the State uf New York 
 
 .1. 
 
 H. H. LeMOINE 
 
 Montreal, Februaiy 10, 1853.