West of Bridgetown the Dominion Atlantic crossed a bridge to the south side of the Annapolis River while the Middleton and Victoria Beach line continued along the northern side of the river from Bridgetown west to Port Wade.
[1] The incorporators (those listed as the first members of the company) included forestry operators, merchants and lawyers from along the proposed route.
This was a common way to get political support for the necessary legislative charter each railway had to have in order to qualify for the provincial construction grant, to allow it to expropriate its right of way (which it actually owned)[2] and to permit it to cross highways.
At about this time the railway plans were approved and filed in the registry of deeds, which constituted the expropriation.
The provincial government fixed the length of the line at forty miles (64 kilometers) for purposes of the subsidy.
The railway was used for various agricultural and forest products, but its most important through cargo was iron from the mines at Torbrook, which was shipped from the Port Wade wharf.