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THE COST
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-Ol' TME»
Nakusp and Slocan Railway
PCS SinZORN TO BY ENGINEERS.
And compared with the Cost of Other Railways.
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A Return brought clown to the House on
the 27th of March, 1894, in reference to the
cunstructiiin of the \aku-.ip ..V SI<M:nn Railway,
conlaineci the swum stalcments (if those im-
medialcly connecleil with the enterprise.
In spcakiny of the lenders recfived, Mr. A.
J. WeaverMridj^maii, Ntcretary-Trcasurer of
the Nakusp ^: Slocan Railway Co., makes
affKiivit :
" The only lender received complying with
the form was thai of Mr. I>. Mrt.ilhvray^
wliich was for all the bonds of the Company
and contained a marked cheipie for $112,000.
" Three other lenders were opened, one for
$20,000 per mile in bonds and $5,000 in paid
«p slock of ihe '."ompany , one for $25,000 in
lxmd^ and $4,000 in paid up slock ; and one
for $20,000 in Urnds \K-t mile, none of which
cc:np!ieil wilh the form of lender issueil, or
Were ."ccc>mpanied by eillier chcfpie or deposit,
nnd which consctpiently could not receive con-
sideration. The U.-it mentioned tender was
)nime<1iately withdrawn after receipt.''
MR. IUTMESNAY's E'^IIMAIP..
Mr. Dnrhe^nny, civil engin««r, apptfintiftl
\jy the C. I*. R. to examine the line and report
on the cc^l, Mates a^ follow? in his al^itiavil :
** My estimate for the several <eciii»ns of ihe
line was as folliiws : —
" Fr\M« Nakiitp to Summit I..il(f. u mi!*-*
'" »i4..'i'7 $i8H.7Ji
"From .Sutniiiil L.-ikf to head of Sltvan
l^ikf. 1 1 mile* "t Stt.^fS itx),t>48
" From ticaJ St.viin I.iikc lo \VilM->n Crrfk, '
5S i"tlc« I'' $I4,JJ4 -jKiii
'* Fri>m WiliMut CriH-k to Three P»)rk», H}^
miles w< $ji,7'o >ui,6io
$57'*." I
*• Mf.in avtrajfe ,(8 tiijl«t ti.att
"This estimate was exchi-*ive of all rolling;
stiick, efpiipment, and plant whatever.
*' This was the eslimaie which I comniuni-
cak'd to Mr. Abbott, and in pre)>arin^ the
Mime I went upon the assuniptiun. from (he
vuircc iif my instructions, that the ('anadi.in
I'ncific Railway (onij>any pru(niM.'d thenisclvcs
to bi^iM the road aH they ha-l dxnr in the case
of the ("ohmibia and KjMitenay Railway, of
which I had U-en ihe Kn^vu-cr in charj;e of
corislrucliiin. The al»ove eslimale (a» men-
tioned in a telejjram from Mr. AblM>tt lo Mr.
Van Home on the jr<l July, iSyj,) did not
make any allowance (or continKcneieK or omi»-
•ions, and I then tonsi IcrMi, a<> 1 now do,
that a margin of 15 )K-r cent shouhl be allow
cfl t'} covi-r any omissions in my rstimate an<l
all acci<lents ind ( onlin^encles, and I con
carred in Ihe lelejjram «m sent.
".My final estimate, therefore, a<isnmin^
thai the Company tlifinnelve:; wuulil construct
the line, is :
"ijpcr .-ent .', m,^x\
" AnJ the HVrniKi* P*t mite. '7.4'»7
*'Th* thrive ctttnuile. niakcR no allowanre
•1 mdinarf fs^tnict«f'» ivohl. nor for the
cost of railway transportation of rails, material
and lalxmr, nor the use i)f rolling stock, tools,
and matt-rials, which would have to be de-
frayed by a ctMisttuciinj; company ; the Cana-
dian I'acitlr Railway Company, in consiinct-
inj; a road ihemsfivfs, (imiinj; their own rail-
way lrans|>ortalion an<l iisin^; their own rollinj;
At<K.'k, ttMjIs, plant and materials, fr)r which the
, work is only charged at construction rates."
j And ajjain : —
" We inspected the grading; over the portion
then built as far as SliK'an I^ike, and found
the work decidedly well done, and, as I con-
•sider, fully up lo the standard required by the
specilicatioiis of the Dominion ( Jovcrnmcnl
when insjH'Clini; for the purjmst: of paying; ilie
usual subsidy."
Ami further : —
" The general j»r.idienls and curvature of
the line iis liK:ated are, I consider, the best the
country will |)ermit."'
MK. MAKl'Ol k's STAIKMKNI.
In the sworn statement of Mr. Marp<ile,
Su|>erintendent of the Pacific Division *jf the
C. P. R., are the foHnwing : — ;
*' We found the work nfconsttucliont «o far
a.s it had pro^resKed, to Ik.- well done, and
such as would Itc, in our opinion, accepi.able
lo the Canadian Pacific Railway t'ompany for '.
opt-ration, ami up to the siantlard retptired by
the Dominion (".overnment regulations for a
subsidized rond in a mineral country. So '\\r
as insiit.'cted the j;radienis antl curvature are,
, in my opinion, not excessive, and are Ihe best
I the country will allow within reasonable limit!. 1
of expcndiuirc in consiruition. >
" I am lamiliar with the estimate made by
Mr. liuchcsnay, ami in my itpinion the total i
cost as placed by him al $6^*4, 054 was a mo*i- i
crate estimate even undtr the favorable con-
(liiitms which he mentions as intUiencing him |
in its preparation.
"I submit, for thi- ptiritosc of comparison,
the relative cost uf the Mission Itrauch of the
( '.madian Pacific Kailv\ ay and of 'he ( oljmhia
K<H>ipn.iy Railway, l»oth of which were erm-
strucietl by the Canadian P.tcilii- Railway, and
invler the iinme<liate super. isii»n of the t'oui-
pany's Kn^jincers.
" Altached hereto and marke<l " ,\ " is a!
statement of the cost of the mission Branch of
the Cantidian Pacific Radw-ay, which shows '
the total cost to have Ix-en $216,157.15, e<- ,
elusive of the l)rid|*e .across (he Friisrr River.!
an<l the averflut- cost prr mdr, $2 ^. '1(5. 72:
and also aitached hrrcto ami niiitkrd " li " is '
a similar sta(emen( of the cost of the Columbia
and K'Kitenay Riiitway, showing; Ihe (otal cttst '
itfiha[ rtiilHny to have trt*i-n $5H.*<.')t j. 1 1, ex '
elusive of the bridge aerus« (ho Koolenny
River, ami the avera(;e ctMH |wf mile, $21,-
" The work iif construction on the Mission
Mranchof the Canadian Pacific Railway nnd on
lheColutnl)iaand K<M<tenay Railway u.ts hrav-
irr than ou (he Nakusp an^! Sloiun Railway.and
the smaller aaioimt of (he t-slimnle for con
struction wat aliMi due to the fact that at (he
lime of construction of the former railways the
cost of lalmr and supplies was higher than it
was estimated it would be at ihc time of th<' '
cemsl-uction of (he Nakusp and .Slocan Rail- i
way; but, evm making allow.mce fur these
conditions, the estiinatt- of $17,497 as its pro- 1
bable cos( to the Canailian Pacific Railway, in
lii;ht <tf the facilities mentioned in Mr. Duches- \
nay's declaralitm, is low. !
"The rolling; stock and ccpiipmcnt which will
bf pl.ici'd upon !he Naku-p and Slocan Rail-
way when conipleled will be transferred froni
the main line of the Canadian Pacitic Railway,
nnd will be of the sanie standard as is now in
use on other branches operated by the Com-
|»any.
" The rails supplied by the Canadian Pacific
Railway (.'ompany, lo the Nukusp and
Slocan Company, in pursuance of the a{;rec- ,
menl of the 91I1 Au^^ist. iSg^, are ordinary 56 .
and *x>-|>)utid rails, which are bein^; taken oH .
sections of the ntain line where we have heavy
(raOic and where lar^e locomotives are in use
for the pur|>o>e of being replaced by 72-;M>und
raits, and in this matter ihe Nakusp and Slo-
can Railway is Ikcint^ (rented in an exactly :
(Columbia and Koixenay, and the Arrow I^ke
Hranch."
(Osr OK IIIF. MISSION- HRANCH. i
t'lenriiin. Wwl'hiitK', ^nulinK, irrstlf* and
Friis«-r Ki»cr Sii^.tp-'i i.S
Tmvk, iMlIasliriK, ei>Ki<H-t.-rtiiK ii'iii ■nt.-i' ,
tirnl.il ivspi-nsen. . . , , . . tVi.Kso it [
RiKliti.twny 8..^ 67 i
Ffiiciii(f . 6,rijj 8j j
ItiiilJinKS • 1 1 ,78jt an I
Total eost i4 r.iil»av rc-iilv f»'r tratVic, cx-
eliiiii%t' ot hriJKt-' .vross Fr.Tstr Ri^t-r. j
mil! t'x*lii*i*c of rolling siivk $,h(m.h7 15
I "In the year iSqi I inarlc a general recon-
;nais.\nce of the country lying between Lower
'.Arrow Lake and KooieuHy Lake, under in
! struclio!-.> (roni the Canadian Pacific Railwav.
an<i ihoro'ighly explored the country passed
1 thf Migli by the I'ne of the Nakusp and Slocan
Ki.iiway as now located, and in the year 1S92
! I ran a trial line from Nakusp to .Summit I>ake.
' "I also maile an estiinale of the cost of a
line frim Nakusp to Three Forks, which was
in excess of the estima(e made by Mr. Duch-
esnay, C.K., with which I am fannliar, but
this excess is principally due to dilTererit sjieci-
ficotions. t however, ihoroii^;hly agree with
the estimate under which .Mr. Duchesnay
places the total cost at $664,954, and llie
average cost per tnile at $17,497, under the
favourable conditions whicli he niention.s .as
influencing him in its preparation."
rosr OF RAM, WAYS KI.SF.UIIKRK.
It will be interesting lo note what the cost
' i)f some of the princip.il railways in (^'anaiia
was. The Star .\Imanac for 1S94 gives a
table showing the co^t \n:r mdc, U»th aciunl
and theoretical (estimated), in 1802. Ro aig
>t<H:k, it say», is in mast ca"--- ni< !udcd j
cost, but it f^locn not sjteci^. l-few »»,
COST ni till. lOl.rMltIA AM' K"o|l.s\v
KAll WW.
C'lmrinR. KrubbinK. KrtdtnK lre«llni aitJ
hntlK**^> exelimitc of the bridge iter«>HN
KiS'l«'in\ Kiwr ■$t.'(8.,s84 .-7
Trnek. biill<. ■tniK« cnfiiKertn|[ aitJ inei-
t'riit.ll expi-iisi-* ■ ,. j«),(vji iH
lliiilJiiiKS M-- 4.^>7 !*('
Totid fo»i ft ilu* r.iiJMn^ rnaJx tor I r.-»lK*".
r%<.lu«iw <>l tbi- l<rKt((t'.tkross Kts'ten.iy
Ro.-r, rtnJ OiliiMtcof rollinB •uvk, .$.s»*.'M \ n
Mil^iiKt-. JT-K ihiuaI t t .iiiwi ,>( Sji.iKi.ih per mili
not imlvKting hridifi- .lero^k K>H>ifii.-iy Ki\»T.
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MuIh.nH's Dicnon.Trv "f Sliitiviii". j;ivt-!. iht
Utta\ ini)tra|;c .tihI cost of ronstrmtion fnr
Kinope nn<l the wnrlil, at v.Tri.nis liatt-., as
follows :
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WIIAI MB. Sir.WAH' SAVS.
Ml. v\, K. Stewart, civil engineer, al (»fes*nl
in charge of the Arrow Ijtke limtich erf the C.
P. R.f and one of the most tareful Stid ex
[wrienccd railway en)(>neen in Canadli, says :
The same authoitty for .1 ix-riml lietween
1887 and iSSS gives the average cost of con
structioii \K-t mile fni (he Cni(ed Mates al
t'l2,^^x) ; f"r Australia, I'o.^itx* ; and fctr
Sou[h Africa, £8,900.
The above figures will give a g<Mxl general
idea id the cost of railway coustruclion, and
re:ideis can come to 11 conclusion as to iht
legitimate cost of conttructiun in a mountain
oils country like Ilriliih CuluinUa.
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