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Toua laa autraa axamplairas originaux aont filmto an commandant par la pramiara paga qui eomporta una amprainta d'impraaaion ou d'iiluatration at an tarminant par la darniAr* paga qui comport* una taiia amprainta. Un daa tymbolat auivanta tpparaitra aur la darniira imaga da ehaqua microficha, talon la cat: la tymbola ^^ aignifia "A SUIVRE", la aymbola V aignifia "FIN". Laa cartaa. planchaa. ubiaaux. ate. pauvant atra filmia * daa taux da rtduction diffirantt. Lortqua la documant aat trop grand pour itra raproduit an un taul clich*. II aat filma a partir da I'angia tup*riaur gaucha, da gaucha * droita. at da haut an baa, an pranant la nombra d'imagaa nacaaaaira. Laa diagrammat tuivania illuatrant la mathoda. 2 3 5 6 MKIOCOfr IBOWTION IBT CHMT (ANSI ond ISO TEST CH»IIT No. J) 1.0 ^ I.I 1 U° |2.0 '= 111 1.8 A /IPPLIED ItvHGE Ini //./ t GHIGNEGTO SHIP RAILWAY CASE IS THE DOMINION ACTING IN BAD FAITH WITH THE BRITISH INVESTORS? Address by Mr. A. D. Provand at a Meeting of Members of Parlianient. Some of the Menibers have Strong Opinions. REPRINTED FROM THE OHAWA EVEfllNC JOURNAL, 26th Vt'L, 1901. Reprinted from the OtUwi ETening Joumal ol J6tk April, 1901 Chignecto Ship Railway Case Is the Dominion Acting in Bad Faith With the British Investors 7 A Meeting of Members of Parliament Addressed by Mr. Provand on the Subject. Some of the Members Have Strong Opmions. Mr. A. D. Prova-^d. of London, Erg., who represents the shareholders of the Chignecto Ship Railway Company, last evening addressed a meiting in the Tower Room of the parliament buildings upon the affairs of the company. Mr. Provand has been trying for six years past to got a hearing for the Dritish investors in the Chignecto company, who at present are about four million dollars out. Mr McKinnon, M. P., occupied the chair, and among those present were : SenatorMcSweeney, Senator Tem pieman. Dr. Russell, M. P., Messrs Lennox, M.P, Bruce, M. P., McLennan, M. P., Fowler, M.P., Copp, M. P., Kaulbach, M. P.,' Cochrane, M. P., Gourley, M. P., Osier, M. P., Prior, M. P., Broder, M. p'. Barker, M. P., Wilson, M. P., Parmelce, M. P., Giluiour, M. P.. Alcorn, M. P., Tolton, M. P., Claire, M. P. McGowan, M. P.,Gil)son, M. P., Kidd, M. P., and others. THE CHIGNECTO CASE. Mr. Provand opened his address by a brief review of the history of the scheme for securing a ship route across the Isthmus of Chignecto, between the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. lie said that in 1S71 a Royal Com- mission reported strongly in favor of a Ship Canal, being made at almost any cost, and the Government was so impressed that it voted money towards commencing construction each year from 1872 to 1875. The vote in 1875 was »1,000,000. The estimated cost was $5,300,000 and the lion. Alexander Mac- kenzie, then Prime Minister said in the House that if it could be made for that sum it would bo well to do so. But later estimates made the cost as high as The Ship R»ilw„,, c„„(i„m,,| Mr. I.„,v„uj, ^^ „„ , propo^od .„ Mr. K„.h...„ . .,.„ ,.,„.„ ,, ,;, „,-; ::;:r 7.: rt ...n, M„r„ Ih., Kovc.r„,„.nt wh.. «ub,„i,eu.l ,h..,„ t„ their oh cf ! (Government therefore adopted and agreed to .' Lldiz. p. vi"l Mr K could find the c.pit.1 in K„Kland ««d thut they would r.!n.ir, I ,'" .nb.id, until the Railway wa. completed an, w „; oX l'^^ " Plea,, note that ti.e Government h.dVen willin, 7pe d IZCtT", ..xmdlion dollar, of their own money in makinR a SplTso.l T railway pre«,nt.d many adv.nUge, over a eanal anS as the' ^p LI ',n ', the Railway auhaidy wa, only half the co»t of a canal and no Z of tl Zf thatermealteredtoovorcomJthefiranrS: ::S^ .^.ended by three others, subsequently pa J io'dl o "t 'th'" ''''""'"' finally the bankera promised to ask UritL, i, , . , '' "'""^^ ""^ .he Canadian OoverLent Z:^,!::^:::;':::':::^'' !'' t'».' '^ and the Government did so. ^ ' '"'' ^f^'^<^iio'» The incorporators named in the act were only known tn .„. i i necessary legislative machinery created by v."r pLrul"' '"'"'"'""""'« pany to hold temporarily the charter the suUdv ' M ' '"" """* ""'"■ the Ii,.i.way until they co'uld be transL d : r' i est orirrt '" T""" ™oney to carry out the project. They never iuld:; td ;tr./"r object and that of the "Pvornment was to obtain the eapitalfn Zdl.' th.s was repeatedly stated in the House by the Ministers ""'^ weret:du:tXz'"t:ru:rm:r''rr""^"'^"^*''''-^-^»'-^^^^ ness. Wetookno tintmotinT^^'T':""'"""?"^^^ Tu 1 F"" "' promoting It. That was entire y doRo hero in r»n.j were induced topromisriS: zt^r;::r:s^-:-- 1 "-"' '"*- ' -*"=r'!::::™r:;rt;5:: - iliT bv Canadian L|!.,i,la.iok. Continning, Mr. i-.avaiid ,»id : III Mnroh 1880 rliu priwiMjctin nf (I,., « furred .sl,.re« a,„„„.,.i„,, to fS.iO n ^0 , """'" '""" '"■"''''• The pre- »^nil (liaro't, thunfuru, wliutuvur iirrHii^iuiiiuiit wi' ciiriiB to Willi tli« (iovarninmit will benefit thooe who orlK>nall; fimini lliu capital, NkvKK CiOT A DuI.I.AB. After pointini; out that tliu cuiiipanjr never rueeived a dollar hy wayofaub* aidy from the Dominion, the aulwidy grant having; Iweii made puvaltle only after (he completion ol the work and upon ita mairitifnance tu the catiafaotion of tlicUov- eniiiicnt, anil that on the contrary the coinpuny hud |>aid the Government more then $100,OOU dutiea on machinery which could not l>e nia, firatly, they think the ttailway will not bo commercially suocuaaful and lecondly, thuv lay that we have liad repeated extcntiona of time. With regard to the quea- tiou ofoommercial auocoaa, I auhniit that the Uovernnient take up an indefensible poaition. The scheme was before the House for six years from 1883 to 18)i8, when the last act was pasred, and by suljsidiising it the (iovernment gave the strongeiit proof they coiild that it had tlieir approval. They took ample time for consid- eration. In effect tlio enterprise was a partnership Ijetwoen the Government and the Coinpi.ny. The Acta of your House invited ua to expend our capital by promising us a subsidy when we had done so. We have expended Sl.UOtl.OOU and now— taking advantage of their own legislative mistake in the amended General Railway Act of 1888 which prevented us issuing our bonds and securing the entirecapital — t.liey say that because the Railway was not cdlnpleted by the agreed day that they will not now allow us to complete it and earn the subsidy. In faith of the subsidy we expended $4,000,000 and ure ready to expend the balance required to complete the Railway. We oidy ask the Government to keep their bargain and we shall keep ours and abide by the result whether prutitable oi otherwise. Their plea of the Railway not being a eommercial auecess la iriaduiiaS' alile. The facta have merely to be mated to show that the action of the Government is totally ccmtrary to the Hrsl prineipli^s of equity and fair dealing. TuE Extensions ok Time, Their second leaeoii, namely, that we !mve had repeated exteusions of time js contrary to fact, we had one exteniiion of one year given to us in ISlll on iiec- oiint of the unforeseen difKcnlties encountered in construction which were then .srated in the House. One of these was, that to obtain a solid rock foundation for tlie docks and basins the excavations had to be carried 24 feet deeper than wasjbelievod to bonecessary liy the teat borings. There was, however, another exten. aion of time promised us,but wlien we were ready witli our eupltal in June 18*4 to rcoomineiice oomtrnctioM, ihe imimiiKi wm not lopt »n.l ih. ™;iii,l.> ..xMii,.!,..! of onu /ear is tlis only oriu we ever recuivuj. Ill thin oonncclioii Mr. I'rovaml called iiHeiition t.i tliu iiiiiiieniiia extvimioi'ii of time given the Interprovitieial Uridip., (icorxian Hay (-'•■lal, I'oritiac and Paoitio Junelion Railway Company'- l)ril lieen to ^ivo uxieii-.i.iii* ,.f time »n>l to ruvote Bubsidiuj. Tlie Chi«neotc) ache ii.t i, ihu ordy exuiption ni.idu. TlIK CoMI'ANt's OkKKRH. Mr. I'rorand next outlined the vurioua torina of relief aakcd eriinieiit, hut to which no natiafuctory anawer hud yet hwii j,'iven. follows : of the (iov They were aa We have asked the (Jovernnient for lelief in various wny» without siiecea-. Firstly, hy rovotinK our anlwidy ami chartei-, to which we are clearly entitled dccnrdine to all Canadian prccedenla. Secondly, if they will not do so we are ajjreeahle to accept a anin as compen- sation and failing agreement a to the amount wc arc willing to leave this to h« *ixed by arbitration. Thirdly, as the Grivernment hni! not consented either to reinstate or cuinpen' euto ns we have asked for a Select Ciinioitteo of the House to hoar our ease and re- port to Parliament which will then be inforim ' of the facts ami able ti> arriro at a fair judgment as to the inerita of the (lueati^ The (lovurn'uent would incur do responsibility in granting this committee and .i,ed not adopt any of its lindings unlesa they thought tit to do so. Fourthly, I havo suggested a reference to the Hon. Mr. .Justice Hurbidge of Ihu Exchec]Uer Court sitting as a Coinmisoloner to ascertain anil rjport the f.tet.t. as he did in 1892 with several claims arisiiii; out of contracts to construct the Cipe Hreton, Oxford and New Glasgow Railways which were referred to him III this case also, there would be no responsibility assumed by the (iovernnient in doing so. So far they have not agreed to any of tlii^sc proposals. In conclusion Mr. I'rovand again called attention to the cxpeiidituie of *4.0iH),000 by the company on the enterprise upon the good faith of the Dom- inion. He claimed there is no other instance on record anywhere of investors expending their own money on a public work not being allowed tlic time to com- plete it. He asserted the investors would not have put their money into the un- dertaking had they thought it possible they would receive such treatment and also that the investors had a substantial grievance and appealed to the sense of fairness of his audience for their co-operation in securing justice. Replying to a quebtion Mr. Provand said that the company had caretakers along thu Uailway and everytliin(f, except the ties, wood work and cement which hiid detcriuratud to soinc extent, was in good condition. The Itailwa; could bo com- pleted in a summer and a iialt. VIEWS OF MEMBERS. Mr. Osier, Toronto, said ho sympathized strongly with the company »nd hoped the government would come to a settlement with them. Mr. i'arrnilee said it vas claimed the railway conld not be a snceeseful com- ercial enterjirise. If this was nut so and the company had already spent W.OOO,- 001) lie asked why ihe company slionld not go on and finish the work without a subsidy ! He said that Mr. I'rovand luid made out a strong case of the good faith of the country licing pledged. Mr. (iouilay said the company eriild nut go on with the work without a re- vival of it.s charter. Mr I'rovand «aid the company would not spend anytliing to complete the Itailway unli'ss the subsidy was voted. To do so would bo to put a premium on bad faith. Mr. Lnnnox asked if Mr. I'rovand had taken any steps to have the matter hronght before the House, He was interesttd and would like to see it before the House. Mr. (iuurley said that so far as iiu knew tiiis was the only case in which Can- ada had failed to be honest and that he would do his beet to promote a remedy. He was pursuadcd that both sides of politics would sink prejudices and do what was right. Mr. Kaulbach said he believed the Government had acted in good faith when the enterprise was lirst mooted. He pointed on t that the disappearance of the ship bnildinj; industry from Quebec, the Gnlf and New Brunswick had brought about the change in conditions that led to the belief that the Railway would not be a commercial success. He expressed sympathy with the investors and said that anytliing he conld do towards having them recouped to some extent he would do. Mr. Copp said that if the country entered into the affair in good faith he thought die Government was in dnty bound to fulfil its part. He said he would do what he conld in this connection. Mr. Barker said that Canada's position savored of sharp practice. The in- vestors had not a shadow of legal claim but they and the Dominion went into the enterprise together and Cana':-■ • ».. ■■ 11 '^>y'}'% 'fe^- ■•i^.:,;.■iV GHIGNEGTO SHIP RAILWAY CASE IS THE DOMINION ACTING IN BAD FAITH WITH THE BRITISH INVESTORS? Address by Mr. A. D. Provand at a Meeting of Members of Parliatnent. Some of the Mernbers have Strong Opinions. REPI|INTED FROM TI|E OnAWA EVE)IINC JOURKAL, 26th MH{fl, 1901.