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who later became a city councillor, and Dale Martin, purchased some land on the extension's right-of-way for $ 280,000. The two had stood to make a profit of nearly $ 7 million, had the expected expropriation gone through.
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371:History
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183:Toronto
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1265:Draper
1087:Albion
1033:Cummer
1029:Drewry
990:Wilson
961:Dupont
935:Dundas
751:Warden
731:Leslie
717:Jarvis
674:Weston
1107:Dawes
1047:Front
1008:Finch
985:Dixon
952:Bloor
930:Queen
712:Yonge
692:Keele
85:Major
1280:John
1250:Bond
911:King
687:Jane
564:See
552:2013
523:2015
357:YMCA
1181:QEW
1176:427
1171:409
1166:404
1161:401
1156:400
897:S→N
817:Bay
636:W→E
1385::
1151:27
1146:2A
572:^
525:.
513:.
509:.
302:.
290:.
205:,
201:,
185:,
147:←
1049:/
1035:/
1031:/
996:/
992:/
983:/
954:/
945:/
928:/
899:)
719:/
647:/
638:)
612:e
605:t
598:v
554:.
166:→
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