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“ Hlt;*ncst George” bought a farm in Can-mag^n. n t yet folly pud for, which he expects will bo valuable property when the railway is builtI It is probable the station will be on it, or near it! I have stimulated great numbers of farmers and fellow* citizens to buy land on the route of the ipi*xng railway, because it was cheap, and eert.un to advance as soon as die railway was built.ion will not tail to remember that the route of the Xipissiag railway was clearly denned in maps, and expressed in bonds ^© municipalities. The location of stations being al* defined *by bonds.I know of no class of men better entitled to share in the rise in the value of such property than the promoters of these railways.It seems rather strange that a voice fromLindsay should be raised against makingbinds ** valuable” in the county that boasts jLindsay as ita capital—lands’ yon admitthat are now “ worthless. ” What kind of Ipatriotism is Lindsay patriotism f It is jcertainly not County patriotism ! Suppose jmy motive (which it was not) was to bene- :fit my own property, was it any worse.'than yours 1T ra _ __
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Lindsay Expositor

Lindsay, Ontario, CA

Thu, Mar 03, 1870

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