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EQU kTOR IKICA eeje •; {Pearl Is, ^xy^ W: fy hesert of rJ".!/.. 120 ^ ,\\lmiiy \\n,(J .^^' ,^^^-' ''it. /fto^^ /<■• tiloo' .ct*: Vu^"lfl< ^ /* /j\ ,r,,«^ 'f^^s « ^ S [ r,; M W /( ^>il/ 5 \ •Sbt U '- r CHICAC ■f>^^^: ,A\ ■OTT^nr^N- i./^'^^-^^ ^^^^W^V^^ Vif., Wi-^ ■ ■^v^' 5.') 70 65 60 55 45 fO 75 70 35 65 To II This Company 1st.— the iJnmin 2ikI.~ Jrd. — Trunk Air tliroii^rli til )5nins\vick, J'.astern Cc I'.iiropc ; (I making the 4t:i.— ' fcnindland | nuantimc tunning ;i c 5tli.-' time, there some 308 It 6th.—' wise, and c< 7th.—', that your I to connect 1 8th.—'' ing some 9c on July 28t 9th.— 'J in operatior 10th. — route, as coi «C(jnd only of the Inter I I To HIS liXCIlLLENCY THE GOJ'ERNOR C.liNERAL IN f COUNCIL. This ^Petition of the Great American and European Short Line (Railway Company jh'miilv shiavktii : ^^^- — Tliat your petitioner is a Company diil)- incorporated and or^'anized under ,in Act of the iJoniinion I'.irlianient passed Ji\\ May, lS- to connect them. 8th.— Your Petitioner would call your special attention to the fact that it is now construct- ing some 90 miles of its Railw.iy in Nova Scotia under a contract made with ^'our (Government on July 2Sth, 18.S2. 9th.— That by the completion of its Line across Maine, it will connect with Lines already in operation, and become the Royal Mail route to the Maritime Provinces and ICurope. 10th.— That the completion of the construction and consolidation of Lines on the proposed route, as contemplatcxl by this Company (\'our Petitioner), is of the greatest National importance. Spcond only to that of the Canadian Pacific, and it will be the natural extension of that road and of the Intercolonial to the winter Seaports of the Maritime Provinces. J I I nose M^:. ... nth. — Your Petitioner hcliovcs that the completion of its system through Cape Breton v^,, have a f^rcater tendency to draw tlie Colony of N'cwfoumiland into the Dominion than any otii argument that can he used. Refc ;2tli. — Vour Petitioner desires most respectfully to call your attention to the UlfferenJfvernni hetween the subsidies granted to the Canadian Pacific, and in fact to all other railways built in tw'^'^'"^ ^ Dominion, and to the subsidy under which this Comjwny is building and asking for. ' '''^^ ijth.— ^'our Petitioner theref. — In the I rovince of New lirunswlck, between ]'"redericton and Buy Verte, about i^nncctior miles, the sum of $3,200 per mile, a total of $3X4,000. At CI c. — In the Province of Nova Scotia, between Bay Verte and Pugwash, about 40 miles, t*"*-' ^''id c sum of $3,200 per mile, a total of $128,000. At L( (/. — -In the Island of Cape Breton, between the Straits of Canso and Sydney or Louisbu- C)., on t about So miles, the sum of $6,400 per mile, (as the cost of construction will there be more tl ''rom double the other portions specified,) a total of $512,000. ' ^'•-'^^ Bi 14th. — Your Petitioner further prays that you will grant it an adequate Postal subsid) At H( the carriage of Mails, after the completion of its Line to Houlton. ^""' ' h- 15th. — Your Petitioner further prays that you will grant it free running powers over* the Ver Intercolonial Kailway, between Salisbury and Painsec Junction, at which points it intersects mileage joins that Railway. ^'''^"i 16th. — Your Petitioner further pra>-3 that yau will grant it a cash subsidy for the constructed them of a Line from a point, either at the Straits of Canso, or on its Line to Louisburg, in the direc;^ t^ii-- St. of Whycoqamah and Cape North, not to exceed 30 miles, a sum of $6,400 per mile, a tota $ 1 82,000. And your I'etitioner, as in dutj- bound, will ever pray, &c., Slc. m By CHARLIES L. SNOW, Cliie/ Kni/iiicer onzcn ovci :pre.ssly fi Ffoin the hart) '. propose Tile Ml nexed, ai irg will b( % 3 Cape Breton w^j^ on than any otii Referring to the petition of this Company, asking,' for certain subsidies, from the Dominion to the (lifferci!^9v«^''""it;iit. to aid in the completion of its projected Railway from Montreal through the I'ro- ;ilways built iti tl('^'^"« of (Juebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, to Louisburg, Cape Mreton. jy for. * ^ ''''^^^ the honor to submit a map of tiie route with tables showing its length and the saving bsidy to aid in i^' distances over all other existing, projected or possible lines. follows :- -I'or v ,, T'l'-' route as shown having been adopted by the directorate of my Company, and its con- >al and L«>uisbiit>^'Ction determined upon, provided the aid asked for is granted, I have i)repared for your thousand dolia»^''''"'it'0" a brief statement of the details of its location, and the advantages which we consider : will be to the whole Dominion of Canada. .bout 55 miles, t According to the arrangements which have been perfected, our trains will run out of and ito Montreal over the tracks of the South l^astern Railway, as far as Chambly, and make close Verte, about i^pnection Mith the Canadian Pacific over the new bridge. At Chambly we will acquire the branch which the South Eastern have built as far as Maric- ibout 40 miles, t'll*^ '"^^ complete it to Lenno.wille. At T.ennowille we acquire the International Railway as far as constructed to Moose River, Ineyor Louisbii- ^^ "" the western border of Maine. rhere be more tl ''"•'oni this point we will build across the State of Maine to Houlton, on the western border f New Brunswick. Postal subsid) At Houlton conn<:ction will -be made with New Brunswick Railway for St. Andrews and St. jhn. The ciistance from Montreal to St. Andrews will thus be 385. against 340 miles to Boston ig powers over a the Vermont Central, and 300 to I'ortland via the Cirand Trunk Railway, but these differences Its it intersects : mileage as against our line will be more than compensated bx- our low grades and flat curves. }-'rom Houlton we will run ovci the New Brunswick Railway to Woodstock Junction, and for the construcictti them acquire the Fredericton Branch of that Railway to Gibson, opposite Fredericton, lurg. in the direc:i the St. John River. per mile, a tota I""'''""" Cibson we will build to Salisbury, a Station on the Intercolonial Railway, and thence e will run through Moncton over that Railway to Painsec Junction. At Moncton we will make connections with trains from Quebec and St. John, and for alifa.v. From Painsec Junction we will build to the Kastern Border of New ]3runswick, near wrt Line (Ry. iki Verte. at which place comiection will be made with the Cape Tormentine Railway for rince I'.dward Island. VV - and OWl Manage: ^''■'"" ^^'"''' "^^^^"^ ^^'^ ^^'^' ^^"''^^ ^^ Pugwasli, Nova Scotia, where we join our line now under instruction to New (ilasgow. From New (ilasgow we will acciuire the Halifax and Cape Breton Railway now in opera- m to the Straits of Canso. The Straits, at the location of the proposed ferry, are about j./oo feet wide, are never izm over and remarkably free from ice. Through cars will be crossed upon boats built i^fessly for that purpose, as is done at many places in the United States. ; *^Froin the Straits of Canso we will build over the mo.st practicable and .idvantageous route ^ harbor of Syilncy or Louisburg. These ports are already connected by a railway which lA-oposc to ac(|uire. The niilo in uperatit>n, under contract and remaining to be built are .shown in table "A" j^ed, and if the subsidy asked for be granted, the entire line between Montreal and Louis- will be In operation by Januarj^ 1st, 1885. :^ Our Company was formed for the purpose of building^ and operating a Railway from Montreal to Cape-North, in the Island of Cape-Breton, nmning a lino of steamers thence to Cape-Ray, the nearest point in Newfoundland, and constructing a road across that Island to lionavista on its extreme eastern coast in order to obtain the shortest ])ossible ocean route to Kurope for the transportation of passengers and mails from a point vvliich should be above and beyond the fog and ice linn'ts, that renders the passage which all steamers have to make from off Cape-Race, Newfoundland, tt) the Atlantic ports, so dangerous. However it is not the intention of my Con)pany to undertake the construction of the Cape- North and Newfoundland portions of its projected line until further investigations are made in regard to its practical abilit\', but to accpiire and construct the shortest possible line from Montreal to Louisburg, Cape Breton, as marked upon the accompanying maj), and it is for that purpose only that assistance is now asked. I need scarcely call j-our attention to the fact that at the present day, only that rou'e whicli insures the shortest and quickest transit can succes.sfuUy comi)cte with all rivals in the matter of mails and passengers, and up to a certain distance ( wliic'n is yearly becoming greater) of freight as well. The enormous volume of traffic between Western Canada and Kurope will naturally find its way by that route in the case of mails and passengers, which makes the quickest time between the Continents- — and in the case of freights by that route which gives the shortest distance to the sea board. It is with a view of showing the advantages of our Line in tjiesc respects that the annexed table of distances " B. &• C." is submitted. That table will hold good for all points west of Montreal, as all traffic nvst pass through that city. I think that our Line meets the wishes of all Canadians who favor a National Port as compared to an American one and who prefer that Canadian freights, passengers and mails should be shipped and received at their own Ports rather than at those of the United States. The Maritime Provinces are practically .separated, so far as qu'ck Railway transit is concerned, from Western Canada by the geographical intrusion of the State of Maine. Still more b\' the fact that the shortest routes to the Canadian .sea boards (as shown b\- the map) are occupied in part by separate small companies and being operated for Local purposes they only act as feeders for American roads. None of those Companies po.ssess the strength necessary to construct the roads which would unite them. This my Company proposes to undertake, and to acquire as many of those smaller roads as lie in its projected route, to consolidate them into its own sjstem, and to operate them as a National Trunk Line. Vou will also observe that, as our road will directly compete with all lines leading to American Ports, its business will be essentially Canadian. By our route the fine harbors of St. John and St. Andrews will be brought (within a- few miles) as near to Montreal, as the nearest American Harbors of Portland and Boston are to that city— so that similar freight rates can be offered by our road and the business kept in Canadian Territory. While these Ports will be the natural outlet for Canadian freight.s, Louisburg which possesses one of the finest land-locked harbors in the Dominion, and open all the year around will be the port for the shipment and reception of mails, passengers, and express freights to and from Europe. . . • I '■^t 5 By our line the Island of Cape Breton will be given a railway communication with the rest o Canada, and ,ts wonderful mineral deposits open for development, ^ut this can only be afforded ti,em-from a commerei4l point of view-by a Con.pany building and ooerating as we propose a great through line. • o . e, Assuming that railway travel is. faster than steamer in the proportion of three to one, and the speed of an. express mail train at 45. and that of h steamer at 15 nnles per hour-such a train would run from Louisburg to Montreal in 17 hours, while a steamer would take 70 hours Thnt .s. .f a steanv bound for Montreal would touch at Sydney or Lpuisb.rg to land her mail and I.asse.,gers, th , would be in Montreal S3 hours, or over two days ahead of tiiat steamer The converse ,s also true as mails and passengers would be enabled to leave two days after a steamer had left Montreal and catch her at Sydney or Louisburg while she is coaling there In hko manner in a steamer bound for St. John or St. Andrews, mails and passengers landed 1^ Lomsburg would reach P4ontreal in 36 hours, and if bound for Halifax, ,7 ho^rrs quicker than if landed at those Torts. M ^'^>- Comparing our line and time from Louisburg with the present ones from Halifax as a wmter route for mails and passengers, you will ascertain that we will .save 29 hours in 'their transit to and from Montreal. We therefore feel no hesita.,cy in asking aid from the Dominion Government to complete our system as an undertaking of National importance to Canada for the followin^r reasons : -- ist-Hecause we will join the railway systems of Central with Eastern Canada by the shortest possible Ime. ^ -'nd-Because we will open the ports on her own seaboard nearest to her railway and com- mercial centres for the shipment and reception of her freights. 3rd-Because we willcreate in her territory the universal route and short line for mails and passengers to and from I'.urope. 4th -Because we will bring all the Capitals of her Maritime Provinces the nearest possible to her own Capital. ' 5th-Bccause we will complete the complement of her Pacific Railway to the Atlantic Occin and form with it a grand continuous and short railway line between the most extreme ports 'in her Dominion. ' hetu'^'n wT'^'V""' ''"^' ^^; V";'f "'' '"'-^ ^"■""^^'-^ " ^■"^''^^ expansion of trade of all kinds between Western Canada and the Maritime Provinces. Hoping then that the Government may consider the completion of a trunk line of 800 miles of railway m its territory as proposed by us of sufficient national importance to grant the aid asked for. t, ^ i<. I have the honor to be Most respectfully Your ob't servant, ruiiWAKii, N. .s., Ainil 17, 1883. To THE IIox. SlK Cir.VKl.ES TUI'IEK, K.C.B. Minister of KailuHiys und Canals, CHARLES L. SXOW, Chi-f Eiig. and Gen. Mana^.r Gt. Am i!. En. Slum Line Nv ■IT mmmmm TABLB "A," il//7t'.s in Oiu'rathtn^ ttniler ('oiifratf tnirl to lie. Btdlt, to com^th-fc Air Line hrfinecn MONTREAL III! r(iiii|i1otvrl. Toliil PistauwJ I'rciin Mq/ilreHl. (,)uf lire MoMlii'iil MiMisr lii\i-r, r. ( fid'llltoll Mail- VlUc ... MiHor liiv.l, I'.O.. 1 . . [IllllIlMll IGU 1311 •JJl 1711 7:! On no iia so IKO .Mllilir •im Niw I'liiiiisw icTv , . . . . ISiiiu Vciti' t,H HH4 ('ii|ii' lUvloii ' alisd . . . ■l.ouihliurj; 7ril . ■ Tntiils 7M 278 ]3;J 353 764 TutuI ilistiiiicr IVoiii Miiiitrniil fu Luuiiibuig 78i 111 npeia'-oii "27^ riKii-rfiiiitiH.t l:!H Totiil ill ii|ii laiimi .laii. Isi, ISsJ 411 Hiilaiice to tduiiilcU' 353 TABLE "B." f'omparah're Stateinent of distances of present and proposed MOXTHKAI, —AMI— ST. ANDREWS. Via G. T., l.C.Ry., St. .Ti.liii and fiivuid SoiiOnni 8:!r. x'iT.'iO " U. T., I. C. I!v.. iiivii'i-c ilii Lc'iip mill N. H. l!y u(i2 '• •■ (i.T., (Diiiivilli'.TiJhH'ion,) li.MM. mill N. 1! Ky :a\ •' " Miiiniitic Hi.itic, (Viilliiwiiiiikcii;;,) li. M. miil X. li. liy :!70 " ' O-t. A. and E. Short Line, (Houlton ,) mid N. I!. Ity 385 MONTREAL —ami— ST. JOHN. Via G T. and I. 0. Ry.. T l.". x ■.'.Tin •• (i. 'IV, 1. C. ]{y., Rivii'ii' ilii Lniiji mill N Jl. I!y .".«■'< •' (i. T. (Oaiivirio.Jimrlioii.) li. & ,M.. mid S|. .lulm mid Miiiiic itX^t " Minaiitii- Riiiiti, 15. i .M. mid SI. .I.ilin mid XIaiiii- 412 •' •' at. A. and E. Short Line (Houlton,) N. ii. aud St. Joim mid .Maim-. . . . 410 " MONTREAL — .\xi.~ jroN'C'l'ON. Vin G. T. nnd I. C. Ry WW f' G T., !.(.'. liv., RiviiTir dii Loup, N. 1!. Rv. (WiKHlstuck .Jiiiiclidii,) nnd (Irt. A. iiml /':. S. L. 11,1 .' OK' " G. T.. liosloii and .Miiiiu'. St. .1. and M.. and I. <,'. Rv 675 « Mii;aiitii Rnutr, I! and M., St. ,J. and M..and 1. C Ry r.l2 •' at. A. and E. Short Line Ry..., 476 MONTKKAL * — ..^Nn— HA 1,1EAX. Via InlcivDliiMial Hailwav SJ.", x 'J.lHd " (iiaiid TnuiU anil St. J.iliu S'i'J " •• l(ivii:rr dii T;iiiii.. di. .1. ,ind E. S. I,. /{,, , and I. V. Rv Mnn " •' Mr;;mitir Rout,,, and St. .foliii and I. 0. Rv Tnii « . " at. A. and E. Short Line mid I. C. Ity e53 •' MON'J'RE.VL — \sn— LLUISIUnUi. Via EC Rv.iuidTinii. Wl x 2,2 Ki '■ " ( ixtord and (.V. .1. ./)!./ A-;. S. /, , 'Mi " •■ IliviiVcdu Limp and ^'^ .1. 3,2y.^ ;i,27.t :>. inn 3,115 LIVERPOOL :i,4«5 :i,;i25 n.i.vj 3,150 LlVEIIl'OOL. :;,::2.'> 3,3+2 :i,2HII J, I HO 3,133 LIVKRl'OO' :i,2n4 :!,i:in 3,004 ""^ J)lM(anc*s saved h,i GBEAT AMERICAN rf; EUROPIUK SHORT LINE over Existing Roufrs. HKTWEEX Milox saved. Miiiitrcal ami Frcilciii^ton., " St. Aiidivws. St. .IdIui MnllCtull Oliarloltftowi), I'.K.I. (C'apf Toniipiititip) I'ii'tou Haliliix ....'..,, 1 .oulsburg or Sy duey .' .' „ ' - - % >! > ■ '*^ 'a