In 1879 Booth, with William G. Perley of Ottawa and J. Gregory Smith of St. Albans, Vermont, purchased the lines from the Macdonald group as part of an aggressive railway expansion plan.
Perley, with J.R. Booth and others, helped develop railways in the region, including the Canada Atlantic Railway and the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway.
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With William Goodhue Perley and James Skead, Bronson was also a promoter of the Upper Ottawa Steamship Company.