Well, I went back to the start line, because I found ONE small reference to Somers in the sessional papers of 1869, asserting it was Andrew Somers who had been Sumners' partner in the railway contract. Thanks to Wilf Morley and Philip Brides for their input though! Jay Underwood Elmsdale NS >From Jay Underwood and Railfare*DC Books "Ghost Tracks": http://www.railfare.net/Ghost%20Tracks.html "From Folly to Fortune": http://www.railfare.net/FromFollyToFortune.html "Built for War": http://www.railfare.net/builtforwar.html