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Ii FIRST REPORT ON CONVEYANCE 1 AS ADOPrED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 1 PRINTED BY THE GAZEITE PRINTING COMPANY. L.j^jtiij;a=« M |||'^,nr;l|"lr^^.'^JaF■i^l^ap^-v-.. .^^-.^l-^..^.,^^ilj^^L.^^l-4-i^-i^-.-u^JJ^-Ji »-ijlJII BRITISH ASSOCIA TION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE montbbaij meeting, August 27th to September Sfd, 1884. FIRST REPORT ON CONVEYANCE AS ADOPTED BY THU EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. PRINTED BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY. 18S4. __^^.-: mmm IfmRiM.-. iClaai 'Vf^ ll * » k '-.tl' ''* W-ti*** TbGreotlNTERNHTI QElt^ERiUL. OITFICEg J. STEPHENSON, Gen 7 Passenger Agent. W. EDGAR, Ass't Gen 'I Pass 'r Agent XJN^ITE E. P. BEACH, General Agent, 271 Broadway, WM. F. SMITH, Eastern Passenger Agent, 271 Broadway, J. H. WHITMAN, Passenger Agent, .... W. ROBINSON, " .... sRHHTOHHl • ROOTE I^EAST i^TtEST. X. OFFICES, GAR, \ss't Gen'l Pass'r Agent. MOINTTRE^^JlL, canajdjl. L. J. SEARGEANT, Traffic Manager. JOSEPH HICKSON, Gen'l Manager. W. WAINWRIGHT, Assistant Manager. UISriTEID 8TA.TES AOENCIES: Broadway, New York. II Chicago. Detroit. W. C. TALLMAN, New England Passenger Agent, - . . . G. B. OSWELL, Passenger Agent, T. D. SHERIDAN, " " F. H. SMALL, " " for Maine and the Lower Provinces, • Boston. - Ogdensburg. • Buffalo, - Bangor, Me. Vi. o 7 -^ / .) '*. \, ■t-h V :?%.Ms^O,". .1 ^Vi^- ■ « TRAVELLING ARRANGEMENTS. U A.— OCEAN STEAMERS. The various steamship companies will make reduc- tions in their rates of ocean-passage to all members (whether life, annual, or associate) of the British Asso- ciation who may desire to attend the Montreal meeting, as follows : — CANADIAN LINES. Allan Line of Steamships — Address : Messrs. Allan Bros. 8f Co., James Street, Liverpool. — ^This line will make an abatement oi three ^ineas from the ordinary fares, so that the return-rates {exclusive of the government grant), between Liv^erpool and Quebec, will be nineteen (19), twenty-two (22), and twenty-scA^en (27) guineas, accord- ing to the accommodation. The return-rates between Liverpool and Halifax will be practically the same. Holders of return-tickets, will have the privilege of sailing from any of the United States or Canadian ports, at which the mail steamers of this line call. Single tickets, outwards, will be charged at the full ordinary rates, viz., from twelve (12) to twenty-one (21) guineas (exclusive of the government grant), but should the holders of such tickets return by an Allan steamer, they will be entitled, on application to Messrs. H. & A. Allan, Montreal, to a homeward cabin-passage at the reduced rate of =£12 10s. The mail steamers of this line leave Liverpool every Thursday for Quebec, and on alternate Tuesdays for Halifax ; but in all probability, should the applications 6 for passages be sufficiently numerous, the company will send one of their newest and most powerful vessels as a special steamer. The sailing days from Canada are every Saturday from Quebec, and alternate Mondays from Halifax. The out- ward Halifax steamers proceed to Baltimore, and leave that port, for return to Halifax and Liverpool, on alter- nate Tuesdays. The Allan company also maintains a weekly service of steamers between Glasgow and Quebec, leaving the former port every Wednesday. These steamers do not take passengers /row America. RAILWAY CONNECTIONS.-The distance from Quebec to Montreal is 1*72 miles by rail, 160 miles by water ; the time is about six hours by rail, and eleven hours (night) by water ; the fare for the double journey is about 14/3 by rail, and 10/2 by water. The distance from Halifax to Quebec is 686 miles ; the time is about twenty-six hours ; the fare free. On this route, the passenger may visit St. John, New Bruns- wick, via Moncton. The distannd of the latter lake ; the duration of the voyage from Owen Sound being about forty hours. It is intended that the excursionists should go west by the latter route, which passes through some of the longest settled and best known districts of the province of Ontario. Arrangements will be made for trips and excursions from Toronto, across Lake Ontario to Niagara, under the direction of local committees io be formed in both places ; giving to all members an oppor- tunity of visiting the Falls. From Port Arthur west- ward, the railway passes through the towns of Winni- peg, Brandon, Regina, Medicine Hat and Calgary, before 13 reaching Stephen (the summit-level of the Roeky Moun- tains), the entire distance being about fourteen hundred miles. The running time from Port Arthur to Winni- peg is about twenty hours, and about forty from Winni- peg to Stephen. On the return-journey, members may vary their route, by passing from Winnipeg over the company's line to Emerson and St, Vincent, and thence southward through the United States, via St. Paul and Chicago ; the cost and mileage of this return-route is given on another page. One of the Canadian Pacific Ilailway maps will accompany this report, and mem- bers may obtain all further information from the com- pany s general emigration-agent, Mr. Alexander Begg, 88 Cannon street, London, E. C. The company will also arrange for excursions from Montreal to Brockville, by way of Ottawa ; thereby giving members an opportunity of visiting the Thou- sand Islands, and returning by steamer through the Long Sault, Coteau, Cedar, Cascade and Lachiue Rapids. The Canada Atlantic Railway Co. offers to members of the British Association and their families free excur- sions to Coteati and Ottawa, returning by the rapids ; and also free-passes, by any of the ordinary trains, over the same route. This railway extends from Montreal to Coteau, 37 miles, over the Grrand Trunk line, and thence to the city of Ottawa, *78 miles. The time from Montreal to Ottawa is about three hours. The Grand Trunk ^ilway Co. has made favourable arrangements with its connecting railways, under which, those members who may wish to proceed to Montreal via New York, Boston, or Philadelphia, will be conveyed to and from Montreal at about one-half the usual rates. A wide choice of routes will be afforded, with opportunities of seeing the Eisner Hudson, Sara- toga, Lake George, Lake Champlain, etc., when on the way from New York. 14 This company has also made arrangements,which will enable those membors who may desire it, to vary their return-] ourney from the Northwest, by leaving the Canadian Pacific Railway at Winnipeg, and return- ing to Montreal via St. Vincent, St. Paul, Minneapolis,' Chicago, and Niagara Falls, the fares being about one- half the usual rates. The company has also offered, on the same liberal terms, an excursion to Chicago via the great lakes, and one to Niagara Falls. Members may obtain time-tables, maps, and all other information, at the Company's London oflB.ce, Dashwood House, 9 New Broad Street, E. C. The North Shore Railway extends from Montreal to Que- bec, on the north side of the River St. Lawrence ; dis- tance 172 miles, time about five hours. This company will give an excursion to Quebec by special trains, at 10/6 for the double journey, and passages to mem- bers on the regular trains, at reduced rates. An excur- sion will also be arranged to Three Rivers (*74 miles), and thence by a branch to Grand-Piles (30 miles) — a large lumbering and forest region, near to which are the Shawenegan Falls. The Central Vermont Railroad connects with the Grand Trunk Railway at St. Johns, 2*7 miles south from Montreal, and reaches, with its connections, all the im- portant points in New England lying between the cities of New York and Boston. "An excursion to Lake Champlain, Waterbury and the Green Mountains of Vermont, will be arranged over this railway. The South Eastern Railway, which, with its connections, is called the Montreal and Boston Air Line, affords com- munication with all important New England points between Boston and Portland, including the White Mountains. An excursion will be arranged, by this i " , 15 railway, to Newport, Vermont (distance 100 miles, time about lour hours), and thence by steamer to the outlet of Lake Memphreraagog, returning to Montreal by the same route. The Delaware and Hudson Canal CJo.'s railways connect with the Grand Trunk Railway at Rouses Point, 50 miles south of Montreal, and extend thence along the west shore of Lake Champlain, into the states of New York and Pennsylvania. An excursion will be arranged from Montreal to Plattsburg on Lake Champlain, and thence to Au-Sable Chasm in the Adirondacks, return- ing by the same route. The Richelieu and Ontario Co. has a steamer leaving Montreal for Quebec every week-day at t o'clock p.m. ; also another leaving every week-day at noon for Toronto, Hamilton, and Niagara. Reduced fares will be arranged for, and also one or two excursions. Through Tickets, in accordance with the above ar- rangements, may, on presentation of a certificate to be obtained from Prof. T. G. Bonney, be procured as follows : — In England, at the offices of the various steamship com- panies ; in Montreal and Quebec, at the Grand Trunk Rail- way stations ; in Nmo York, at the New York Central Railway, Grand Central depot, 42ud street, and at the New York, West Shore and Bulfalo depot ; in Boston^ at the Boston and Lowell depot, either for the Central Vermont, or for the Montreal and Boston Air Line ; in Philadelphia, at the Pennsylvania Railway depot; in Chicago, at the Chicago and Grand Trunk depot, corner of 4th Avenue and Polk streets ; in St Paul, at the Union depot, for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Chicago and Northwestern, and the Chicago, Milwau- kee and St. Paul Railways. N.B. — All the railway-companies, referred to herein, grant the privilege of breaking the journey at points of interest. 16 Sleeping-berths in cars average about 8/- a night, and seats in day palace-cars about 6/3 a day for each passenger. Meals in dining-cars and refreshment-rooms are charged for at the rate of from 2/- to 8/-. Telegraphs. — Through the liberality of the Great Northwestern and Western Union telegraph com- panies, telegraphic messages from members of the Association will, during the meeting, be sent from Montreal to all parts of Canada and the United States, free of charge. Local CJommittees will be organized in the various Can- adian cities to bo visited, — as Halifax, St. John, Quebec, Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton, London, "Winni- peg, etc., etc. — to receive excursionists and visiting- members, and to care for them during their stay. Two or more members of the Montreal committee will also accompany each excursion as conductors. Hotel Bates throughout Canada seldom exceed three dollars (12/6) per diem. A list of hotels and of special rates will be given in the Gruide Book. Money.— The sovereign is a legal tender throughout Canada for four dollars and eighty-six and two-third cents ($4.86§). Bankers' letters-of-credit, circulai -notes and marginal-bills, as also Bank of England notes, are easily negotiable at the rate of about four dollars and eighty cenio lo the pound sterling ($4.80 = ill). {See also KB. on page 10.) Respectfully submitted. The foregoing report was adopted by the Executive Committee, and ordered to be transmitted. H. McLennan, Chairman Ex. Com Montreal, February 9th, 1884. vt m -J - a5 05 SS'^SSS IC iC lO 1(5 O >0 i^ CO eo r~ 00 CO (M CO CO IM - t>. t^ t^ ooinooo i-H 1-1 tH T-( l-t H 3 B ' g p3 o go ^ <1 g t. , '■' c3 eS ""I ""• '-' • <^O«20C!oOO • I-t ^ CO (N O o ^0 ^3 ^3 ^O 'O ^3 ^O •• t>. lO »0 l-H lO rH i-t r-« i-H l-H Tj< t^ i>. m I- CO o i-i socniamootngisio ©■1(MOi-ti-t»-liH 1-40000000 e<5 1-H ■^ 05 o5 00 od OOOOOQ lOO odeoscC'iM'^drH ~iao CO CO 00 CO COMOlCiraeOiO t^MMOiCOrfirti « CO •<*< eOeOrJtTt* Tf rH iH pH iH r-t 1-t . to CO 2 J p : 2 :i ! o ^ o «§ 05 a «* ■2 S Sffi ate a fi '3 8 a« '• ® s ■^ . 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