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Montreal Turnpike Trust fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1840-1923.

Reference:

R4145-0-9-E, MG28-III27

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105682

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Montreal Turnpike Trust fonds
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Fonds includes:

6 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1840-1923.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

6.525 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of minute books, 1840-1923; letterbooks, 1840-1923; correspondence, petitions and reports, 1855-1922; legal papers, 1840-1923; financial records, 1840-1922; and miscellaneous papers.

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Montreal Turnpike Trust

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Montreal Turnpike Trust : The Montreal Turnpike Roads Trust (MTT) was established under the authority of the provincial ordinance of Lower Canada 3 Vic. Cap. 31 in 1840 in view of the need for "improvement of the roads in the neighbourhood of, and leading to the City of Montreal, and to raise a fund for that purpose". The MTT duly raised about $200,000 by issuing road loan debentures. By 1889 the Dominion Government acquired most of these debentures. From 1871 on, unfortunately, the Trust was not consistently able to pay all the interest due and became a liability of the Dominion Government until its termination.

The demise of the trust was presaged by the growth of municipalities serviced by its roads. To these towns the toll gates were a nuisance and commutation agreeements were made whereby various municipalities took over the roads, indemnifying the MTT at the rate of $4,000 per mile as provided by an Act of the Province of Quebec, 2 Geo. V, C.2 (1912). By 1922 the total assets of the trust were the amounts owed by the various municipalities; the expense of administering the corporation could no longer be justified. The Montreal Turnpike Trust was terminated by Quebec Statute 13 Geo. V, C.12.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid includes a detailed inventory and a shelf list. MSS0656 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000939.pdf
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001111.pdf

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General note:

Upon termination of the trust, the books of the trust were turned over to the Minister of Public Works and Labour for Quebec. The books were later transferred to the Dept. of Finance at Ottawa, and finally to the National Archives.
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Montreal (Quebec) - Petitions

Montreal Turnpike Trust - Officials and employees, [1840-1923] Richard White, [1892-1897]

Montreal Turnpike Trust - Financial records, 1840-1922 Senécal & Depatie (Montreal, Quebec), [1840-1923]

Hy. Senécal, [1840-1923]

Montreal Turnpike Trust - Committees, 1887-1907 Certificate of Search, 1879, 1898

Montreal (Quebec) - Bonds, [1840-1923]

Montreal (Quebec) - Deeds, 1840-1922

Montreal (Quebec) - Leases, 1842-1921

Montreal (Quebec) - Contracts

Montreal (Quebec) - Trusts and trustees, 1840-1923

Montreal (Quebec) - Court records, 1860-1911

Ordinances, [1840-1923]

Montreal (Quebec) - Engineers, 1890-1903, 1906-1915

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Legislation

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Private

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MG28-III27
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