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PROSPPXTUS
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Quebec ami la he St. jfolm
RAILWAY,
(Former/// (^unher and Go^i/ord Unit way. )
liiPovporntfHl by n spocial Act ol' iho Le^'islaturrol the Pro-
viiif'o of'(Juo])no. passod in thf» ytMir 1809,
Vict. 82, Cap. 5;],
Araonilod ])y • 34, " 24.
" 85, '^ 24,
and '• 88, "
Subsidized by Vict. 82, Cap. 52.
Amondod t)Y " 34. '• 21,
.And by Land Grant Act,
4. ■>.- 11 OO
Amended bv ' 37, " 2.
CapiTvVL Stock,
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OFFICERS.
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M.AV. BABY, Esq.. M.IMV
The Hon. K. CHINTC, (tS.m:Uor.)
'HitcfitiiTi.
John Ross, Esq. The Hon. !>. ^^^^;^;^^" ^
(Commissioner of Public W oih!>.)
J. B. llRNAUD, Esq. Wm. WiTHALL. Esq..
[Vice-Pfeddent. Quebec hunk.)
J. D. Brousseatt. Esq.
His WoRsin? the Mayou of Quebec, {ex-qlUcio )
m\ti i^'«8hicn* una ^ccrrUu'ii.
.T.J. RioKON, Esq., C. E.
Unto.x Bank and La Banqtte Nattonale.
Messrs Andrews. Caron cS: Andrews.
Messrs. C. TESr^iER and Jacques Angers.
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PROSPECTUS
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mha m\ lal\e $t. lodn Kailu^ag,
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC,
C-AuKTA-IDA..
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The Cily ul' Quebec, louiided by Champlain. in the year
1(508, and ihe oklest town ol importance on the Continent
of America, stands on a bold promontory at the Junction oi
the River St. CharU's with the 8t. Lawrence. On thr
Quebec side of the latter rivt-r a, splendid agricultural coun-
jry, settled two hundred years ago, andiidiabitod by a happy,
(contented, and comparat'ively jeosperous people, stretches
from east to west as far as the cy(» can reach. This coun-
try is tinfoi-tunately, however, only a fringe of SL'ttlement on
the border of tlie forest. At a distance often miles from the
St. Lawrence, the Laurcntiau range of mountains, which
stretches from Labrador to Lake Huron, appears to bar ei-
fectually the progress of settlement, and to indicate that
the limit of agricultural development north of the river has
been reached. AVith the first settlement of the country
this strip betw^een the mountain range and the river soon
1)ecame lilled up, and the tide of immigration flow^ed west-
Ward. Quebec having no ])ack country, and her i)eople
contenting themselves with one trade of forwarding lumber
w^hich came from the west, and neglecting to develope the
resources of her own m^ighborhood, was gradually outstrip-
ped by other cities.
The vast country, which stretches North and West, from
the Laurentian iiiountains for live hundred miles to
Hudson's Bay, remained for many years an unknown terri-
tory, irequented only ])y the Indians and the employees ol
the different I'urtrading compiiiiics, Ij\ (U'i>;'oos however
the lumhermtMi, the great pioiuvrsol' settlement in Nortliern
countries, (Voin ihr Ilivcr t!?t. Maurice, on om; side, and tlic
Suffueuav on the other, Ix'U'an to iiiid their way into this
country. Jte])orts of Ihe li-reat lertilily of the soil reached
the older settlements, and farmers commenced to establish
themselves on the shores of Lake St. John, a h\rue sheet
of water 100 miles from (Quebec, from whicii the Sag'uenay
Jlows, and, to a lesser extent, on the liiver St. Maurice an<l
its tributaries. NotAvithstandiiiii' the great distance from
markets, and the difficulty of communication, the Lake St.
John settlements ilourished and increased, and the peO]>le
of Quebec beuan to realize that their l»ack country, so lonu'
unknown, was N'alualde.
In 1854 a company was formed iu (Quebec, under the
name of the (Quebec Northern liailway, called later the
Quebec and Sajiuenay Railway, for the ])nrpose of buildinu'
a raih'oad — a thing- then ahnost unknow^n in Canada — from
Quebec to the Kiver St. Anne, with the intention of extend-
ing it to Lake St. John. The project, however, after making-
some prog-ress in the \vay of surveys, location, <S:c., fell
through, and nothinu' further was done, Avith the exception
of gaininu' information by means of Government explorations
until 1808, when the cpiestion was again agitated by a
number of prominent gentlemen, and in 18<;)lt the Quebec and
Gosibrd Uailway Company was incorporated by the Legis-
lature, for the jmr pose of building aline from (Quebec, in
the direction which a road must take to reach Lake St.
John, to the township of Gosibrd, a distance of 2G miles.
The Company was (ng-ani>:ed under the presidency of
Mr. H. G. Joly, M. P. V., and a board of direction composed
of some of the b.'st imMi in (^lu^bec. The Provincial Go-
vernment gave a su1)3idy ofi:iil,710 per mile, the City of
Queliec subscribed $10,000 of stock, and the subscriptions
Irom private individuals — aftiM'wards increased, from time
to time, by several ])rominent merchants in the most gene-
rous mann<'r — \vere liberal ; but the means at the disposal
of the Company were insufficient to build an ordinary iron
road, so it was decided to lay wooden rails, and replace
them with iron, when the traffic justifi.ed its being done.
The contract was given to Mr, J B. Hulbert, a i>entleman
who had constructed a similar road in the United States,
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and vviis hy liim nipidly carried out. i\w lino ]n'hvj: coin-
]>l('t('d and I'ully equipped wilh roJJiiio- stock hy the Tall of
1871. when it was leased to the contructor for thrt^o years.
The line was successlully Avorked durinu- the remainder ol"
the sea.soii of 1871, and from May to Novem])er, 1872, and
sources of trallic developed which lar exceeded the expecta-
tions ol'the Compairy, and the ability ol'tho wooden road
to carry. Three large saAv mills were erected at points
where the line crosses as many streams, large quantities of
lire wood and square timber "were cut and hauled to the
road, and quite a large i)assenger traffic realized, princi-
pally through pic-nic excursions from the city to the diffe-
rent picturesque spots on the line, which became very po-
pular, and which promise to ])ecome quite an item in pas-
senger traffic when iron rails are laid, and excursionists
can be certain of the time to be occupied. This was im-
possible with the wooden road, as rain, Irost, or snow on
the rails, prevented trains irom running, in consequence
ol' the wheels slipping, so that the line could not be worked
in winter, or even during bad, or I'rostv weather. The
Ireiuht traffic was, irom this cause, verv much less than
what could have been obtained, and considerable quantities
ol' freight are still lying at diHerent points on the road,
waiting transportation. The traffic ol" the line, during the
period referred to, was as follows : —
TliAFFlC l^ETUliXJ^.
Copied ffoin the 0[fu:ial llr/urns made to rniHanient.
1871.
AFTER It^T .SEPTEMBER TO END (Jl- WOKKING SEASOX.
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,,. C'iir loads,
1< 1 r e w o o d 2 , 2 1 5 c o r d s 554
Spruce lumber...313,87ofeet B. M I57
Hardwood 10,060 " '• o
JSquare Birch 5,200 cubic feet 52
Merchandise 16,740 lbs 4
Passengers 1,'J44 ,34
Total..
Train Mileage 16,740 miles.
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Fi!v\v<H)(l S,2ii(-oi(ls 2,061
S(iuan> Hiivh -J^OOn ciihic I'.m'I 210
l>ino ami Spruco [ , ,..0^,),. iboi 15 M 71(i
Deals aiul Lnnibor \
Do Saw 1 cms.. 3r),<)0(i piecos o,000
Merdiandisc...r.' .U::;.!)7<S lbs 60
Passengers 5,382 206
Total 6,2(;2
Train Mileauv isii/.iss miles,
ITrn." Copy.l .1. .1. IHCKOX,
In 1S7;; (heLi'ssoe, liavijm'lx'corneiniU.'h inv()l\<'(l Ihrouu-h
• '(.nnection wilh otlier lavue contracts, lei't (Quebec, and tlie
lease was eancdlt'd by lUiUiuii consent. The line havinu'
^ot much out. ol re[)air, tliroug'li the wearing" oi' the rails,
and tlieiriiot having been renewed, mostoi the season Avas
lost in making tenii)orary repairs, and the necessary linan-
cial arranu-enienls. and consequently very little work was
doiu^. Ill 1874 the line was not worked, except by the
millowniM's. w ho brouglii in their Inmlier.
Had iron rails been laid oriuiiially. tliere can be no doubt
that a large and remunerative trallic would luwe been
received. As it was. the wo >den road was worked to its
utmost capacity, and 1,r)(i(i carloads ol" Freight, got out in
1872 and 1S73. still remain to be transported.
Alter the ■.•omi)letion oitln' liist section, the original idea
ol' building a raihvay to Lake St. .lohn was no.t lost sight
ol'. In the winter ol' 1870 a surveying party under Mr.
Casgraiii, P.L. S.. nuide a survey of the then proposed line
IVoni the township of R(/:^mont, adjoining Gosl'ord, to the
mouth of the Kiver Metabetchouan. on Lake St. John.
This surveyor rei)orted a practicable route for a railway.
In 1872 another party under Mr. Sullivan. V. L. vS., Avas
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soiit by tlic I'roviiicial Govcniim'Ut, railiaiiioiit liiuing-
votod ii «um lV)r that purpose, oytT nearly Ihr saiu'^ roiito.
Tho. ropoii ol' this siirroyor wasunlavorahlo, and as he was
of opinion that a lin«.' ovor this hiiili country, ihouuh ili<'
most direct, would ho very oxponsivo to eonslrucl, it was
decided to seek a mort^ l;i\(>ral)l(' line lurther W(V'<1.
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In the spring ol 1872 a petition was received hy the
Company, si^-ned by •UOlarmers, inhabitants ol" the Jlonrish-
ini»- townrship oC IlolxM-val, at the mouth ol' the Tviv«'r Ouiat-
ehouanish on Lake >St. John, praying- the Company lo
e.stablish their terminus at that point, and calling their
attention to the (^xtreraely favorable route lor a railway
between Quebec and thai ]>laee. which could be used. (Vidi'
Appendix D.)
D'lring the session of LSTl a large grant of land was
made !>v the Legislature of the Province in aid of the
t^xtension ol" the railway to Lake r^t. .lohn. The grant
c .» isists of 10. 000 acres per mile, to be taken from the
Uovernmeiil lands in theCounti(>s oi' (Quebec. ^Montmorenci
and CliK'outimi.
Lithe whiter of 187o-74, another surveying party, under
Mr, Horace Dumais, P. L. S., was m^ni out by the Provincial
Government, and a careful survey was made of the country
between Lake iSt. John and the Jiiver St. ]Mauiice, startiiii;'
from the lliver Ouiatchouan, on Lake St. John ;by Com-
missioners' Lake, Jiake lildouard and the River Batiscan.
and again from Lake Edouard to J^a Tuque, and by the
lliver Croche and the Tiiver ("Juitchouanish to ].,ake St,
Johu
The reports on both tlies(> lines, which are annexed, (see
Appendix A), and which indicate a very thorough and
careful examination of the country, were extremely favor-
able. The former, which is the most direct, passes through
a level country, well watered, and thickly ^vooded with
valuable timber, and containing a large proportion of
farming land. The second, from the mouth of the Kiver
Croche to its source, passes through even better land, of
which the Surveyor speaks in the most enthusiastic terms.
One, or the other, of these routes will ])robably be select<Hl
when the line is located. '
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The publication oi'tho reports oi' ihose surveys; caused a
very strong feeling- in Queb(^c in I'avor of the enterprise,
and numerous petitions were addressed to the City Council
urging- them to agree to the proposition which had been
made by the Company, and to su])scril)e the stock Avhioh
ihe city was asked to' take in the enterpi-ise. These peti-
tions \vere signed by nearly four thousand tax-payers, and
property holders in the city, including His Grace the Arch-
bishop, the clergy, and nearly every prominent merchant
and business man. After a long discussion, and arrange-
ment of details, the City Council pledged itself, by an
almost unanimous vote, to obtain power from the l^egis-
lature to subscribe an amount of stock, w hich, though not
(juite what the Company had asked for, is however, a very
liberal grant, and serves to indicate the strong favor in
which the scheme is held l)y the Citizens of Quebec. Th"
particulars of the vote of the City Council will be seen on
reference to Appendix 1'.
The inhabitants of the several townships on Lake St.
John, and of St. llaymond, have also expressfd their
willingness to subscribe for stock, to the extent of their
means, as soon as they ar<^ called upon to do so.
This brings the history of the road down to the present
time.
The value of the Assets ol'llie Company will be seen on
reference to Appendix Gr.
(-OUNTEV TIIROrdll WiriCTl TllF. TJXK TJT'XS.
The Company's line commences in the su])urb of St.
Sauveur. (Quebec, where the terminus is lor tiie ])resent
situated, until the line can be extended lo deep water on
the St. Lawrence. The depot groiuul at the terminus con-
sists of twelve acres of very valuable land — very high prices
are now being paid lor land in this vicinity — wm-II fenced
in, and forming a commodious and extensive yarij, which,
after the line is extended into the city, will still ])e of very
great use for storing cars. ))irlky freight. fu<'l for enuines.
and for shops, and othei' puri>oses.
Leaving the terminus, the hue runs west and north,
through thf parishes of St. Sauvenr. Ste. |M)ye, Ancienne
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Lorette, St. Ambroise, and Ste. Catherines, reaching the
Jacques Cartier River at a point 16 miles from Quebec. At
this place tliore is an excellent wnter-power, capable of
driving many minuifactories. aiid already a lari>e saw mill
has been builL Avlii<'h will give considevaljle traflic to the
road. The (junntity of luni])oron the . lace jues Cartier is
g-reat, and the exi.ension of iliis item of I v;' Hie promises to
be considerable when the railway is lairiy ruiininu'. tjp
to this point, the country passed througli is^ thickly settled,
and altogether cleared.
After crossing- the Jacques Cartier the line passes through
a partly settled and partly wooded country, until the River
aux Pins is reached, at a distance of 21 miles from Quebec.
Here a large steam saw mill has been erected, and excel-
lent lumber, ])otli pine and spruce, is turned out. Leaving-
this point, the course is through a more hilly country, almost
entirely covered Avith the best of hardwood, suital)le for
firewood and square timber. The terminus is reached at
Lower Lac a ITsle, in the Township of Grosford, a distance
of 26 miles from Quebec. Another saw mill has])een built
at this point vv^hich will furnisli a large (juantity of freiu'ht.
The Company owns 20 acres of land for depot ground at
this terminus, besides 12,500 acres in tlie immediate vicini-
ty. The quantity of Hrewood in this neighborhood is al-
most inexhaustible, and will furnish as much freight as the
road can carry for many years to come.
Leaving the terminus of the present road, the projected
line runs in a westerly direction for 13 miles, reaching the
River Ste. Anne, at the village of St. Raymond, the proposed
terminus of the lirst section, a distance of about 40 miles
I'rom Que])ec. The Ste. Anne has been lumbered on for
some years, and the quantity of timber on its banks is even
greater than on the Jacques Cartiei-. A prominent mer-
chant of Quebec has slated his intention of building two
large mills here, as soon as the railway reaches this point.
St. Raymond is a nourishing ]>arish, one of the largest and
most prosperous in the A'ieinity of Quel)ec, and contains a
population of 4,000. A large trallic may be expected from
this parish, as the .distance from a market is, at present, a
great drawback to its prosperity, and prevents new lands
being- taken up.
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From St. Raymond, the second section, after crossing the
River Ste. Anne, takes a north-W(^storly direction, passing
throui>'h u well timbered country, uniil the River Batiscan,
is reached. From this point, the two most favorable pro-
ii^cted lines diverire ; one takina' th(.' most direct route to
Lake St. John by the valley of the Batiscan, Lake Edward,
Little Bostonnais, Commissioners' Lake, and River Ouiatch-
ouan, and reachino- tlie Lake at thevillaii'e of Notre-Damedu
Lac, in the towns^ Ij) of Roberval, before mentioned. The
country from the I itiscan to this point, is described by the
Government surveyor as level, and oli'erinu' no obstacles to
the construction of a railway. A large quantity of the
land is excellently adapted for agriculture, and almost all
of it is richly timbered. The line passes through a large
])lock of land, containhig 319,440 acres, which until last
year, when it w^as exchanged for a money subsidy, was
the property of the North Shore Railway Company. This
block, ^A'hi('h includes the large and fertile " Isle du Lac
Edouard,'" is- described by Mr. Gr. A, Gouin, a well known
and hiu'hly esteemed lumb(^rman, who was consulted, as to
its value. ]>y the Directors of the North Shore R. R., as
follows : — " I beg to inform you that I am, and have been
" lumb(^ring on lands adjacent to Block -'B" on the river
" Batiscan, and tluit 1 know that l)lock io be a virgin tract of
" liiinb(^r, and is as favoral>]y located, for lumbering and
" agricultural purposes, as that worked by me,- which
" produces a very line quality of White Pine, Spruce and
" other timber. The tim))er ])rought down this river com-
" mands the highest Y>vm^ in all the markets of Great Bri-
" tain." And tlie oiiicial remarks ol' the Crown Lands De-
partment upon this block are : — " AVell timbered, the
" greatest part fit for settlement."
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The other Ihie, after leaving the Riv^'r Batiscan, crosses
the water-sheds of several bran ch(\s of the St. Maurice, until
it reaches the mouth of the River Croche, near La Tuque, on
the main St. Maurici\ This jioint is the depot for the
luaibering supplies of the whole of the vast region drained
by the St. Maurice, and the construction of the railway, or
a branch ot it, from Quebec to la Tuque, would secure to
the line the transport of nearly all the supi)lies required
for the lumbering operations of the river, 'vhich are estima-
ted at '2,000 tons per annum, and would bean immense
saving to the lumberman. At La Tuque several larger farms,
in connection with the diU'erent lumbering estabhshments,
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ai'e under cultivation, and it only requires the means of*
communication with a market to ensure the location here
of a large settlement.
From La Tuque this lines follows in a north easterly
direction the valley of the Croche, a river which flows
through an almost level country, the few rapids in its course
being so small, as to be obliterated when tlie water is high.
The land on this river is thus ch scribed by the government
surveyor : " The soil in the pulley of tlie River Croche i*
" richer. Flat lands so to f-peak, neary half-a-mile wide,
" covered with luxuriant vegetation, among which elm and
** and ash predominate, stretch away on each side of the
*' river for a distance of at least fifty miles. There are
" several settlements along these strips, at which abundant
" crops of hay and oats are raised.
" These rivers are all well timbered ; pine m to be seen
"' all the way from the township Charlevoix, on Lake St..
" John, to La Tuque."
Leaving the lliver Croehe, the line crosses the height of
of land, and follows the Ouiatchouanish lliver to Lake St.
John, reaching nearly the sauK^ ])oint as the line via the
Batiscan, but at an increased distance of about 30 miles.
Lake St. John, vs^hich is situated in laiituide 48.^'' North,
longitude 72*^ West, is a lavge sheet of water, nearly circular
in shape, and covers an area of about 700 square miles. It
is fed by six large rivers, besides several of minor impor-
tance. The Peribonca, which flows in from the North-East,
has been explored for 150 miles from its mouth without
arriving at iis source. The Mistas^ini, which comes from
the North, has been (>xplored for the same distance, with a
like result ; this river is the route taken by voyagtnirs to
Lake Mistassiii, a large lake in the far north, which
discharges into the Hudson's Bay. The Chamouchouan,
which falls into the Lake from the North-West, is, at a dis-
tance of 100 miles from its mouth, still a large river, over
400 feet in width. The Ouiatchouan, Ouiatchouanish, and
Metabetchouan,' wich flow in from the South and West, are
large streams which have been thoroughly explored in con-
nection with the location ot this railway.
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AH these rivers are rich in Pine and Spruce timber.
Some of them are literally nnloiiched. while others have
been lumbered on for some years by Messrs. Price Eros. &
Co. of Quebec, who own, at Chicoutimi, on the Sapuenay,
one of the laruest saw mills in Canada, cuttini^ annually
from twenty to thirty million leet of lumber. Ships of the
largest tonnage load this luni1)er at Chicoutimi, for all parts
of the world, but the navigation of the Saguenay between
this point and Lake St John, a distance of 50 miles, is, un-
fortunately, impossible. Most ol' the saw logs for this mill
come from the Lake, and are tow«xl from the mouths of the
different rivers, to the discharge, by a steamer built by the
above named firm for that purpose. The carrying of supplies
for this lumbering business, Vvhich may be indelinitely ex-
tended, must form a large item in the traffic of the Lake St.
John Railway.
The country around Lake St. John is said to be equal, if
not superior, for agricultural purposes, to any in the Pro-
vince, and is estimated to l)e capable, with the other tracts
traversed by tlie proposed hue, of sustaining a population
of from 200,000 to 800,000 persons. In that portion alone,
surveyed ])y Mr. Dumais, he reports a quantity of good
land, suflicient to serve a population of 75,000 to 100,000
souls. Excellent crops are raised here, including wheat,
equal to any grown in Canada, and the climate is
milder, the snowi'ail less, and sowing and harvesting two
weeks earlier than in tlie neighborliocxl of Qviebi^c. This
may l)e attributed to tlie low elevation of the country, and
to the shelter all'orded by the^ high ranges of mountains
which, on the North-AVest, protect this district from cold
winds, and on the lilast, from the damp winds and heavy
snowstorms which come from the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
The route of the railway is protected in a similar way by
the Laurentian mountains, which run from North-East to
South-West, parallel to the pro]>osed line, and lor the pur-
pose of passing through which, the deviation from Quebec
to St. Raymond is necessarv. liut the u-reat drawback to
the settlement of this country at preseiit, i';, that by the
circuitous route that has to be taken, and which can only
be used during the season of navigation, the farnn^rat Lake
St. John is 300 miles from his market. This can only be
remedied by the construction of this railway.
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TRAFFIC.
It would of course be preiiiatnrc to give estimates for
the traffic on the whole lino, before it is even located,
especially as the greater part of the country to bo traversed
is. as yet, almost uninhabited. An estimate has however
been made 1)y the Chief liluQiueer of the traffic on the first
section, from Quebec to St Kaymond, which, it is confi-
dently believed, will be fully verified in practice. (See
Appendix F.)
The items of iirewood and lumber on this section must
be very great sources of traffic. Th(» former will, as has
been previously stated, only be limited bv the ability of
the line to carry it. The latter, if only the mills at pre-
sent in operation on the Grosford line are considered, would
be sufficient to employ ten cars per diem all the year round ;
and if the mills contemplated are built, a full daily train of
deals and sawn lumber could be safely calculated on.
But, if this the is case on the first section, what must it be
for the remainder of the road, wh<^re the limber is compa-
ratively untouched ? Between Quebec and Lake St. John
the line crosses, or touches no less than thirteen large rivers,
besides numerous streams of less importance. Each of
of these points of intersection must become a mill site.
Streams, which to the lumbrrman are now inaccessi-
ble, or timber too far from rivers to be prolitably cut,
become, with a railway, and moveable steam mills, invalu-
able. Can there be any donl)!: theii, that sawn lumber will
form a most important and reinnuorative source of traffic
for this road : The whole of the Ibreign lumber trade of
the United States — nota])ly that with South America and
the "West Indies —is rapidly fallinu' int;» Canadian hands,
and so great is thcMr own consunii)tion, (the annual pro-
duction of White Tine sawn luinlx'r in the I'nitt^d States
is estimated at the enormous figure of 4.000,000,000 feet,
while that of Canada is still under 1,000,000,000,) and so
rapidly are they denuding their ibvests, that th«^y must soon
be dependent on us to a great extent for even their domestic
AVants. "When this becomt^s the case, how enormously
must our produce of lumlxn* 1)e increased, to supply the
demand. No other timber limits in Canada are situated
within so short a distance of a seajjort, with every con«
yenience for shipping to any quarter of the globe, so that
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the railway cannot do otherwise than develope the lumber
productio]! of this region to its utmost capacity. Even at
the present time the manii!actiir<^ oi" logs on the Saguonay
and the tSt. Maurice is e([ual to about one hundred and
twenty million feot of lum])er annually, or sudici'ut to
load li3;000 platform cars of the largest size !
The trallic in produce and passengers on the first section
will be considerable. On the other sections it will have
to be (levi'loped as the country becomes settled ; and no
more rapid mv'ans can be found for settling a timber coun-
try which is lit ibr anything, than through the timber
trade. In Canada th;' iiimb'erraan and the x->ioneer settler
have invariably gone togeth(3r, mutually assisting and
being usi'ful to one another. The lumberman buying all
the farmer can raise in summer, and paying him for his
labor in the winter.
Freighting th-' supplie- and men for the lumbering oper-
ation on ilvi St. Mauric;> and Saguenay must also be a large
source ot revenue to the railway. At i:)vesent those for the
lirst named ri- jr have to bo taken over one hundred
miles to the distributing point on the main river, part of the
way in car is, and the balance in boats and canoes, at an ex-
pense varying from $1(3, to $20, per ton. AVhereas they
could bv:' carried, prolitai)ly, by rail th<.> same distance, for
^2.50 per ton. The same is thecase, to a great extent, in
the Lake tSt. .Tolin country. There can be no doubt that
the road will get nearly the v.'hole of this traffic, which may
be estimated at 4,000 passengers, 2,500 tons of freight, and
800 horses.
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The total population to be served by the line, and the
produce raised by them, at the date of the last census, will
be seen on reierence to Appendix 0.
SUMMARY.
The objects of the Lake St. John Railway Company may
be summed up as follows : The Company seek to open up
to cultivation an immense territory, lying at our very
doors, capable of adding one fourth to the populatiou of the
Province. '
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They wish to make useful to the City ol* Quebec, the va-
luable back country which nature has given her, and they
seek to clevelopo a lumber trade, Vv liich, ^vhile being bene-
licial to the country, will ])e proiitable to the undei^aking.
That there is a n(^cessity, and a pressing one, for increased
railway accommodation' in the rrovinco of Quebec, and
more particularly in that portion of it lying north of the
St. Lawrence, may be seen by comparing the railway mile*
age of the United states, and the otiior Provinces of (V
nada, in operation at the end of 1872, with that of the Pro-
vince of Quebec, giviiio- the proportions to area and popu-
lation.
his
Statement showing the mileage of Railways in operation
in the United States and Canada at the ciid of 1872,
compared with area and population. (Sidino-s &c'.
not included). °
TERRITORV.
I'opiilailoii; Aiv:i, :\[ih.< of \ S^ir iiiile-^ jriiliiibitants
K. R. jtiMino i;:ilt' per mile of
of R. K, i R. R.
I Mjmire
18ri)-isr!. i i.;iliv<.
"l(),ti(;i),ll: 1) ]:i7.(i2:
New Enn;!;iiitl States ;), 580,000 f.s.S-lS
Mid.lle States
Western States
Southern States
Prtcille States
Total Tnitod States
OiUario
^ova Scotia
New Rruiiswiek
ll.OiiO.OOJl r8'.),;'.78
810,0110 •^'j'^.ImI
ti),2:!2,O0O: 2.4;i2,;!ir)
riiliu;!. I
JjOii.'j,
2,1;;:
I
(17,1114
] :.
10. :'
.'J J. 1,
o."i. !'
21-1. r,\
••;7. 1,
i,i)20.s.jl
;:87.80()
28
h, I ,
Qtiebcc, total, (w o o d e n
roads inclu^dve) !
uebee, North of St Law-,
reiice '
;.1!U.,j7:
.>,jS, iHJ
I'i7,7s0j
21,7:;!!
2r,-;22
iii:^,:'5."i
lO't.oOO
.•;-i;
I'M
oi
ll'!
S2
21'."'
1
.ol
7i»',)
71)0
4.'] (5
78()
,?,)•,<
1,118
839
1,682
j,52!)
The objections which have been olFered to this, as objec-
tions are to almost every scheme, in its inception, are :— r
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1. That the road will run too far North.
2. That the depth of snow will make it difficult to work
he line in winter.
3. Tliat the rouL>jiue.s.s oi' the country will render it too
expensive to build.
4. That the soil is not adapted for ag-ri culture.
."). That lunib(n' being its principal source of traffic, the
lino will not pay.
To the first objection it may be answered — that the ex-
treme northerly pohit to be touclied by the Quebec and
Lake St. John Railway, is more than ten miles further
south than the northernmost on the Intercolonial, and from
fifty to four hundred miles further south than neurit/ the
ivhole of ihe Canadian Pacilic U It : that Lake Nipissing
(which is to be the point of junction of the Pacific with the
Canadian railway system, and to which Toronto is now
building a railway, which, thouiih running through a coun-
try described in the Government map of 1857, as being
"barren and rocky,"' is already paying- handsomely) is only
120 miles further south than the Lake St. John, or in about
the same latitude as Que})ec ; — while Lake Nipigon, in On-
tario, another important point on the Pacific line, is 100
miles north of Lake St. John, and finally that the Interco-
lonial, for nearly 400 miles of its length, runs between the
same degrees of latitude as the Lake St. John K R. In any
case, the question of dillerence in latitude is apt to be
thought too much of, as it requires a great many degrees to
make any perceptible change, as far as commerce is con-
cerned. I^"'or instance, the canals in the State of New York
are always closed almost simultaneously with our own,
and generally several days before the close of navigation at
Quebec.
In answer to the second objection, it has already been
shown that the snowfall, owing to the shelter of the ranges
of mountains standing between the St. Lawrence and the
valley through which the line will run, and which natu-
rally take away the force of easterly storms, is much less
in this region, than in the neighborhood of Quebec. As a
proof of this, one of the sur\'l»ying parties found that when
there was a depth of four feet of snow at Quebec, there
w^re only eighteen inches on the headwaters of the Batis-
can.
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) Work
[' it too
ic, the
;he ex-
ec and
further
d from
irlf/ the .
pissing
dth the
is now
a coun-
5 being
is only
n about
, in On-
, is 100
[nterco-
een the
In any
t to be
igrees to
is con-
w York
ir own,
ration at
dy been
e ranges
and the
ch natu-
luch less
sc. As a
I at when
)c, there
he Batis-
To the third and lourth ohjoctions, the report ol' Mr. Sur-
veyor pumciis, is, perhai)s, the l)est and mo.^t complete eon-
tradictiou which can l)e ollered.
To the lii'lh — the experience ol iiuuierous railways, both
ill Canada and in the l;nited States, proves that luml)er is
a' most remunerative article ol' tralUc. In Florida, a small
line, 4.) miles in length, which depends entirely on lumlier
lor traffic, and carries it in competilion with a river running''
along-side, cleared in 187o, al'ter payhig all expenst-s, nearlv
7 per cent on the entire cosi ol'the road. Numerous rail-
ways in Minnesota, \Yisconsin and Miehigan have been
built solely lor the purpose of carrying- lumber; and in
Ontario i( is the principal source of trafhc on several lines —
for instance, in 1878 it eontribuled 7U per cent of Ihe total
IVeig-ht receijils of the Toronio and Nipissing 11. !{., 74 per
cent oi' the Midland, and 65 per cent of those of the Toronio,
Grey and Bruce II. R. All of these roads carried large
([uantities of lire wood, the liisf named 27,502 cords, the
second about 8,000, aiul the last 20,174 cords. As the To-
ronto and Nipissing runs through a couiUry which, if Gov-
ernment reports are io be believed, is very much inferior to
that to be traversed by the Quebec and Lake St. John,
.-uid has a very similar climate, it Avill ]>e interesting
to see how^ that line has .succeeded. According to the last
annual report of that Gompany, the receipts for the year
eiuling oOth June, 1874, were, from pa.ssengers s$69,108, Irom
IVeighl, &c. $149,00!!, total $218 207, the operating expenses
were $121,278, or 55 per cent of the earnings, and the sur-
plus was i$9('),0o4, equal to (J per cent on the entire cost of
the road. The freight traffic of this line for that year was
made u]) as follows :
Firewood 27,oU2 Cords 45,940 tons
Square Timber 40,759 Cuinc feet... 1,019 "
Sawn Lumber 10,095,879 Feet B. M... 23,850 •'
Shingles, sleepers, flour, ^vheat, grain and mer-
chandise, iVc. &-C !^ 29,958 "
100,707 ions
Tlic nccounls of the Midland It. K. of Canada, having its
terminus at Port Hope, show even a greater traffic in lum-
l)er. The total eanungs of the road for the year ending
:)lst December. 187-), were, from passenaers. $80,489; from
K<^
-ii.-T;Tti»»ir-tiinii'
mmmm
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freight, &c.^237.H70 ; total. 1018^50. ^Tlie operaU.g^ n;-
pai?s, and expense, of all ^^^«-"P^^<'";';;^^;^;\^i\^
i>er cent, olthe earnings, and tlu- net profit ,.l.i(,.»b.>,. quai
to 6 per cent, on the cost ol* the road.
The Ireiiiht carried Avas made upas i<dluNVs (althougli
sa^n limber reached the enormous ligm^ ^^^^^o md hm.
feet, it was. owing- to the depression m the lumbei tiade.
14 million feet less than in the previous year) :
Midland K. R. {Broad Gauge.)
65,868,000 ieet Sawn Lumber «l-,^oo ions.
560,000 cubic feet Timber 1--.640
21,268 M. Shinjrles ..^.-- 4,-bU
036 Cars of Pickets and Ties.. 0,360
1,000 " firewood 10,000
118,595 tons— 74 p. e.
All other freight ff^ " ^ "
161,068 tons-100 p. c.
A better proof than this of the feasibility of the l^ake St^
.Tonh R. R. scheme, or a fairer promise lor its future, could
hardly be offered.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, the Directors of the Quebec and Lake Sl^
John R. R. Companv cannot but think that their proiect. s
one which must be'attractive to capitalisis -indeed it has
proved so already to a o-veat extent-and which, being- pa-
triotic, is well worthy the liberal assistance and sympaim
it has received from the Citizens of Quebec, and which i.
will no doubt receive from the Government ol the Frovinci
:i--s.
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11 g, ro-
6, or 57
], ( (j[ual
thougli
million
■ trade.
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APPENDICES.
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20 '•
100 p. V.
Lake Si .
•0, could
Lake St
pioJoetL fi'
id it has
eing' pa-
ympathy
svhicli ii
Province
A. — Extracts from the report of Mr. Horace Dumais P. L. S.
B. — Statisties of the ]n'e.seni annual jnoduction of luml)er in
the territory to ))»» st-rved by the Railway,
C — Census report for 1871. -md ag-ricultiiral products of
the same territory.
1). — Copy of petition from the inhal)ilants of Kol)erval.
Vj. — Opinions of th»! press, ncwspaix^r eorrespondeuc**. &-c.
F. — Hesolutions of the City Council of (^ueli^'c. granting aid
to the line.
Cx. — Assets of the Company, rolling stock. cVc
H. — Construction and Trafhf* estimates,
.1, — ChartvM* of the Com]>any, amendments, and land grant.
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A.p)>eiiclix A.,
KiTRACTS Iroiii the Koportsoi'Mr. Jloruoe Dumai.s, rroviii-
•iiul Laud'>?ui'veyor. on an explotitioii iiiadt*, l)y ordei
of the (loveriimciit, of th** country I )et\vo4'n J^akt* St.
John and thf Tlivor St. Maurico. Provinfc (»!' (^ut'hec
['rr(lll.W:iliM|i.]
N.ii la - 1> kW I- I'll I- i;i i: I \ M.I K tith \|.iil. I>>71.
I
I'll lllf IIuIiiiimIiIi' till' CiUIIIIlis.'iiillcr »l ' loWII I. Mini,-.
SiK.
I li;iM' tin- Innicir to iiifniiii V'Hi llnil tin- 4'\|iliirMtiiiii ami .•'laliiit; ul the rivor Oiiiat-
>'houuii. )iurt <il ilic tircat liostoiinai- aiul ISati-caii. rcini|ii'isiiiL^ llic l-^laini of Lake
Ivloimril, ami irthiM- iriliiilarii--^ tn tin- fa«i. llif liilllf l!>istiiiiiiMi.< ami |iart nl'lin' Itivti-
('roi'lii'umi Ouiali'liiiiiani-li. have, nwiiii; In ilic winter liavinjr Ix'i'ii ii-iially lavuraMi;
tnr -iicli o]ierat'niM-, licrii lirniiirlii i" ■> -iii'iM'--t'iil icniiiiialiuii.
'I'lie re.-'iilt n( uiv n]u'ruliiin> tar cxcccil- liio lhi|it'> wliicli I iiili'rla iiicil liial il inij^lil
lie |jiissil)k' tiMi|>L'ii ii|i 10 cipliiiii/itliciM a |PMri ol iIh' \:i,<t ilniiiaii ; .i'lir lid woi'ii iis ••iii't
ihc valley lit' the SI. I.awrciii'i'.
'I'liffi' Pan nnw \w iici ilniilil that tlir i.-Dlatcil cnlcniy ul' l,aki' ,St. .lolin will in a very
*lic>rt lime be i-o'iiifiaeil liy a In nit cIiimm nf .-■eltlfincnl - with tin- tine |iariHlic.J alnns^ tlu-
St. I.awrcm'c. Ih-mmmmi (^iicp ami Tliicc Itivf-rs. ;iml iil-n with the valli'V nl' the St.
•Maurici'.
'I'ho Laiirt'iitiaii f;in;^e ha.-, -n tn -prak. liteii etiiii'c.l from the ro<,'inii which I have
eT|ilori'i| : till" lii;:h('st land- iml ri-iiiL' -i .T Immireil fecf .ilmvc the levi'l nfLitkeSl.
■Kihii.
.\t'ter iiH.-^.-iiif^the fir^'t liill whieh riff.* south nf the lake nii the seinml mile, a .■"light-
ly uncliiluting pluiii jire-Jeut.-: itself. e.xtcnirmK fmin Vnrtli tn .Smith lora Iniij^ ilistanee.
.Uxne ('niiiini.«i.«ioncr.«' hake, iirmthcr ri-<'. lex- than the first, lead- tn the levi I nf th.-
heijfht (if lanrl, iiml Innii.-i the .-ecnml ami last jdateaii. The cleseeiil Inwards the St .
Lawrence is aliiinst iiii|ieri-e|ililde. The valley is wide ami the view iiiairriilieeiit. A'S
t'.ir the snil ami tiiiilier. the essential- nf the reijinii. they are at lea.-t satist'aetnry. The
hnul is not, eertaiiily. eniii]iosed n| alluvion .and elay, like that of the greuter part nf
I he VAlley oi' hake St, .rnhn, liiit j;ray ami yellow earth, iiii.xedin some jiluoes with ?and,
anil eovered hy a very rieh mould, whieh iinuui-es inueh, if the lu.xurianf forests of
every :'ort of wood tn he I'niiml in the )iroviiiee. whieh eover tlii< |iart nf the eoitiitry
frniu one river to the other, may he eniisidered a lavorahle indication.
The I.sland of Lake Ivlouard is the key. or rather the hy|ihen. eoimeetin^' the val-
leys of the St. Lawrence and the Safrneiiay.
The .soil in the v.illey of (he liiver Croche is richer. Flat lands so tospeak, iieavl>
half a niilf wide, eovered with a lu.vuriant vegetation, among which idiii and ash jire-
douiinate, stretch away on each side of the river for a distance of at least lil'ly miles.
There are several settlements ainng the-e -trips, ni whieh uljinidant ciii|is of hay ami
Oat's are raised.
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rroviii-
l)y order
Lake f5l.
(^uel)ec.
■ii. \^:\.
• river Ouiat-
iliiml i>r LaVe
I (if tin- UivtM-
lly t:l\«'r:lVik
I that it miglit
• twi'i'ii US aii'l
will ill a very
An:~ aliin;? the
ley "f tho St.
whicii I have
■el cfLnke St .
mill', a.ilight-
loug (U*fiince.
lie lovi'l 'if til.'
owanls t!u' St .
isfiiilifient. \'
«i'actory. The
UroaltT part nf
ices witii paiiil,
iaiit lore.sts of
of tlu- ooiintvy
lectin^' the val-
o^iieak, iieavix
m and a.-h jire-
I'Mst lifiy milef.
r(i|(s (if hay aiui
Th«»f liver- are ;tll Wi-ll tiliil<(rei| ; |iint5 i.< tr. lie >ifeii .ill the WiiV trulU the t-iWIi-
■.hi|i t'harli'Viilx. .m L:il<t« .>t. .Fnhii, t.> !.:( rih|ii'. I'lit- ri\ er i 'r'lrlif i* neli in |iiiie ..t
the he.it ijiialily. .Mr. Hall inake-^ •_' ,.iiimi |,i.,'. m \,.;xr ,,n i(. HU<i iit 'h.- -nine r:".- .I'l-ie
i- a -i,|)|ily fur iii;itiy ye.ir> t iin'.
I v\a< rather ili-a/reeahly "uriH i-.'.l l.y liir :i|i|ieiii;iiire ..t the .<t. .Mum ire. it i« ;(l-
iiiiKt a niiiiiatiiri' <if the ."^aj^iieiiay with it- -teep liaiiK> .1114 Imie ri«ek-.
Tu .-itHie that there is ni> |ira..'lierthl« ruM'l ahmg the .'^t. .Maurice: that the Iiiiii-
hering linn-' (i|.eratinjj; on the tippcrSt. Mauriee, have not yel .■'iieeeeileil iii i.|>eniiig up
i'.»mniiini('iiticiii with the I'ilcs; i.i taiifninomit t.i snyinj: that the iMlvHiit.tge>< of thi-
part of th« eoiiiitry do nut i)iiile justify tlie i| riptioii* niol eih'niinijriiie ri'p.,rt- we
have «ii often rend ol Ihi.s interestiti;; \iilley.
It would .ippear from the stiitcnieiit." of eonipeteuf parties. aj;ent^ id' the luinher-
iiij; firms referred to ahove, who have lived more than twenty yenrs in this .section, ihwi
it is silnio-'t impos.:ili|(> to run m railwiiy throii;;li ihe ,<t. .Mmiri'i' \alley. .xeepf ;it eiioi-
riloiis I'ost,
The ni(tst iiiitiir.il loute nnd the eheiipe-l. heinj^at least Omi feet h'.'low the line run
liv .Mr. .Sullivan, oil the height^, aiidwhii-h would traverse hir^re traeti id'.i^nod Innd and
III li^iiilii'dit lori.»f^. Is to he found only in the \ iilley of the l{i , ( r Mati-e:in.
.\ hraneh eould he made lo I'omnef the St. .Muurii-e mid the Hiver ('r."'lie, hy tLtr
Valley <d' the liisor liu-itonnais. the rivers • \ii Lord" and .leanni'lle.
1 pause here. I pe'ei-ive that ! am Mntii'ipatin;^; my report, wliieli will he lraii#-
luitted tu you ad ijuon as eoiupleirfd. I am ahout hejfintiiii;.' the jdan-. whieh hl.t iKii t</
ba a Wi:irk of some time : ahout live Inimlrod miles of chdiniiij.' to he lai<l down "ii paper.
I have the h.iiior to I.e.
A.'.. .\<-..
i,Tru»copy.)
K. K. TAt'Hi;,
A*«i.'tant romnii'sionei.
l>ei artiiientofCrown li«ndi,
yutd.,ee.5tb H«ptemher. 1^7-1.
1'. H. r»i.n.\is.
1'. I.. S.
r.iNCMSfdX.
(t'op
The eusiMiihJo of rhe explor.ition.- perfoi'iued iiiihi.« part oT tiie territory ot Luke
at. John unit of the .'>t. Mauriee, i^ive.< a SLillieiently aeeurate idea of the rehttise iui-
portanee of these two valleys, so thu^ it may he said that the one is almost a .(jntiiiua
lion of ihe ullier. -o insii^niti(>ant afe the oliie('t< interpoJud helwi-t-n Iheiii.
The seerets of tJeoloj'y might perluqis tell us the preeise dale ol liieir -eparAtion,
for the Lake St John must in a far remote time, h.ive Uis«harj:ed it; waters into the
St. -Maurice hy the l{iv Cruo.....
-pajB-
■gwggBHBffHgiWgHBapiilllHBB!
oo
It may certainly be .upposed, that the land. ^v^.•K•h we no>v culUv..te in tl>*= ^'ountv
of rLi.o«ti,ui, wev/fo„ue;i the he-, <. .his ,ake, -nd that the beaut.ful an die t U
vallev ..r the fro.he, .erved as a ,H.a,e lo.these waters towards the ,^. 1-™ ;
u ohan,H.| ,«ite different fnun that which they n-w follow. :md ,o.ned .h. WMt.r.-.tnu,
:it. Lawrenc*- luort directly tht»n they <l« ut 'riidoitsac.
Thi. mnv .uffiee to .how clearly .luU the valley of Lake St. John i. not a l^a^iu
with no outlet toward, the We.t. a. was at lir.t thought, and surrounded on all .s.d
bv the h.f.y chain of the haurenlide., which n.ade the opening of eoinm«nK-«t.onp.r>
difficult and indeed impossible for a railway, and isolated this f.ne valley Iron, t a
the ,St. Lawrence and of the St. Maurice, by a .pace ..f n.ore than a hundred n..l.> ...
unfruitful and barren land, and altojre.her unfit for puqiOBe. of Colon..at.ou.
We. our.elve., cro..ed the Laurentidc, .-everal time, in those place* which are
,n,.wn to be the least dimcult and the nu.st accessible, but each time we ^^^^^
vinced that thi. immense country wa. only tit for hunting and fiah.ng. and that .t wa.
impossible .o cons.ruct a railway .hn.u.h it. nnloss at the expense of m.lUon..
A, pve.ent. t.king in.o cnsidera.ion .h. pas. explorations wbica we have n.ade,
and .halju.t cou.ple.ed, ,he contrast is rc...ain,: 1 now perce.ve « ^-"^ ^ --^;
with hardly any obstacle, towards the St. 1. wr.nce. passing by the sale ot t «.e n ouu
rains and ,..ecipices which wc used to regard a- uor .,nly possible passage ^ o a. a^.
a tcrri.orv bu. little broken, ti. tor cultivation, and covered w.th magn.bcen. tm.be .
wirh .ve;v facllitv lor transport : a territory capable of rceiving and se.t .ng a P"^ '"
iH.ion of nu.nv thousand soul., nun.cnn.s water powers placed here and there tor tn.
utility and induMrv of, his population: . territory which will porn.i. the locafon o a
railwav. more th.-u.' a thou-a.id feet brlnw the present trace, and above all travertin,,
a fevtiic region, which rcMuin-s only .nns t. work it t„ bccoue rich and prosperous.
The vallov. ofUuiatohouan. HostontuMS, llatiscan. Little lios.onn.is and the .'rocbe,
whieh I have'explonnl. contain nenrly a .nillion ..crc of arabU- land, w.th hall a ..u ■
li«n acres included in the county .f fhicouti.ni. Thi. is n.uch ...ore th.n suthcen. t„
iuterest the (;overnment and Iriend.s „f t'oloni/ation to favor, a.id at the .an.c t.ii.e f.
help the settlement of the vast Domain comprised within the l'n.vi..ce .., Quebec a.o.
which mav <n largely cont.-ibate to its ;olv.inc..mcnt i.nd innsper.ly.
The whi'lr Iminlih Milmiiiicil
1 hnvc il.c I.
,||,i| In liC.
AC. A .. \e
iSiitlicil, 1
p. II. 1)1' MAIS
l». L.
rfrue oopv.)
K.i;. T.\oiii:
Assistant ('onniii--ioriev,
Department ofCiown Lands.
Quebeii. j.h Su)itetubsr. I^7■l.
in thet'ountv
ill and l'ertil«
Lawrence, )>y
»• not H Usiii
3d on all .-^idei
nicstions Vv-rv
J from tlmt i.i
ndred niil'-" «•!'
ttioii.
ce« wLlcU ure
e became eon-
ind tbRt it WHS
inilUon»<.
we bavt' niitde,
<it'tilo.«e inouu
;i'. Wo 'fi" at.-"'
niCiient tiiiibei.
ettlinf? :i pojiu
d Ihert' for tbi;
111' location of h
■ ;iil tiavtirsin^:
d proiijierous.
andlbiM'iociik-,
witb bull it mil
llMU Slltticifid til
|H> -HUH' tiiii>^ t"
■ i.f Quebec, nil. I
Dl MAIS
l». 1-.
24
S...K^u^T oi .a. .Ws »..;^oUp .i«..v — cu^a
:jlSV log.-. \'\v:rf.
Kniiiv-iU'iil ill .-Mwii lum-
'\ licr. IVel. Ihiiuu
i IIH'll^Ul'l'.
N«inr ol lliMT. Tril'ulurv of |
I'iii.
.laiM|ii"-''-iiMior 8!. 1/i^reii.r,
jJt. Ar.ti." , '!>' ■••!
llatifCiUA •■• ''" ■"!
1
I'oriiu-ul ''" •■• :
i
no?toiinai> M.Mi.uri.T \
I'fl«i lirniM'h
Mckiiiiik ■!«
(rochr ''"
M,-l!ilM'ti'li"ii:ni I.iiKr St. -'"li"
Ouiatoli'iiuiu
Oiiiriti'liiiiuinisli
<'liamoiicliouiic.
Mifta^siiii
IVri'iiitii''!
|)thrr rivers
?'J2
.^.;;;>2
s.tiy.)
4,",llMi
•;4.s•^:>
^Jlrlu•e.
:' I' .:;.')•';
l.i.lUlO
i7.s;;fi
rill.'
•jiruce.
1 17, ."-44.600
.1.
do
,1..
.1.^
Siiiru'-'iiiiy .
«o,oyi
iml
Toi.il,
14S.I
lG,28,i,2nO
1 44, S 74
]n.o7.'\.roo
14,1 7, too
277, T2«
2?.fi22,80(l
27,;72,«P0|
I
Quc))CC; .Tanuary, 18T."»
25
infaclnrt'd
e 1^1. John
ill -.invn lum-I
lei . liipimi
•jiruce.
dix B.
in 1874 on the rivers which will be crossed, or touched, by
Railway. — (From oificial returns.)
Square timbar, cubic
feet.
itirolt.
on 10.28,1,200
283,651
TMinaratt
Other
tirnbtr
10S,2i;i
Total
eqiinl
fo cHr-
loads,
lurgi'.st
siitc.
5,008
288,<51
108.21.1
.'5,;{21
8,.189
100 per
KeiQMik*.
Tiie total receipts of square Direk, in
Quebec, in 1874, were 850,954 feet, und of
Tiuniirnc ;^24,fi;!8 Ijct. The quantity
coining from the North Shore between
Quebec <iiid Three Rivern has been es-
tiiuntcd at one-third of the t^tul receipts
of thi.-' lociillv manufactured timber.
The Pine and Sjiruee Saw-logs were
actually manufactured on tJovernmeut
land.'^ on thene rivert^. If logs made on
farmers' lands were a<lded, the totals
would Ijc very much greater. This al<io
excluiles logs made on the main St. Mau-
rice, all its West branches', and the East
branches above the Croche, on which
from 400,000 at 500,000 logs, or 80 per
cent of the whyle, arc annually cut.
cent.
■■
26
ii
Appen
E^TRVCTi^ from the Census report of Canada for 1871,
to be traversed or supplied by the Quebec and
produce, &c.. for the Census oi 1871, have not
ascertamed to be 25 per cent m the County of
and lOOpercentinChicoutnni. The figures tor
DediK ;, ,"ov iiorHoii? of
«bovo ouiintios not
ycrviMl by tlip ]iro]ioscd
line, fiiy ; —
,")(l ]ir. ct. o!' eiirtiiqiliiin
ill ]>v. ct. oiTiivtufur.
2.") yr. ct. of Quobof Co.
In district to ))0 =pi-vpJ
by Q. & L. St..l. R. R
Equal to ton? of 2. 000 lb-
27
^ppen
or 1871,
ebec and
have not
bounty of
ffures for
rons
Ihn.
Hay.
Chees«
28,332
3,008
23,016
240
19,467
l.ttU
7,2or
78,11] 5,762
28,326
1,979
49,78C
49,780
3,783
I'm
2000
dix C.
shewing the population aiid annual produce of the district
Lake St. John Rtiilway. — (The returns of ag-ricultural
yet been published, but the increase since 18GI has been
Quebec, 50 per cent in Portneuf, 50 percent in Champlaiu,
1861 have therefore been taken, adding- these percentages.)
lbs.
Bbls.
Beef and
Pork.
lb.-.
AVooI.
Ydf? cloth
riiinncl
«nd linen
lb.<. riiix
iuul
llciuii.
Head of
live
.stock.
Value ot
live
."lock.
1
cukivt'd.
id.
Butter.
Acres
held.
3,902
•*
194,514
287,906
.'>,179
19,012
22,38;';
11,121
33,375
728,400
SI5,91G
213,707
429,169
7,774
59,U1
103,479
78,432
68,032
832,984
100,425
451,171
219,472
0,70;^
52,189
117,132
57,774
58,003
004,749
110,574
359,010
123,.J34
3,874
30,790
60,. 10 2
10,140
37,492
435,348
.s0,83(l
255,338
1,060,101
»
23,530
1(32,238
303,550
157,473
201,524
2,705,995
453,745
1,279,280
396,296
8,J33
60,745
115,901
70,883
71,091
900,900
102,478
458,532
• 663,805
14,997
101,493
1,S7,055
80,590
129,833
1,895,029
291,267
820,754
331
1,499
51
43
lit if i
28
Appendix Z>.
I'fiTlTlON. — -from the inhabitants of the Township of Ro-
berval, on Lake St. John.
Roborral, 4th May, 1872.
To the Honorable I'rc^iilcnt uiul Directors
of the Gostbrd Wooden Railway Company.
\Vc, tha undersigned, all farmers of the municipality of Koberral, in the Couuty
of Chicoutimi, humbly submit the following :
That all the colonists of Lake St. John, your subscribers in jjarticular, hare heard
with the greatest satisfaction the iletcrniination made by your Company to prolong the
line already at Gosford, ti> the liorder i)f Lake St. .John, and our satisfaction is the
greater, as we sec the communicntion will bring us into direct relation with Qae1)c«,
and will be the means of rapiilly increasing the colonization, without connting the
groat advantage that will accrue to Quebec by attracting to it prorision?, and ft lumber
trade which will be very consideral)le.
That the .said Company having also decided on taking the inauHgenient of their
work to prolong the route to the borders of Lake St. John, could not make abetter
ciioicc of a place for the Tonninus than by taking the ma'nificient site found at the
mouth of the river OuiatehDUiinish in liic township of Kol)erval. Among otlier advan-
tages ottered by the site at the mouth of the siiid river we can mention without foar :
Isl. Tiiat there is a deep icisin loiiud at the mouth of iiiis said river, which could
5orvG a« a harbour for several largo vessels, thu,» affording facility for the navigation of
li-^ke St. .John, and easy communication with nil other ports on the liake, and among
others River Metabctcliouan, St. .Fcvome, La Dccharge, Peribonca, Mistassini, and
others in good time.
2nd. Thai grist and sawmills would be setup, and wheat is grown on the ?aid
Biver Ouintchouivnish sullicient to sujiply (-cvcral large mill", and which would all go
to the de)iol if it sliould l)C liiere,
;'>rd. That the jdaco nhove iiiontioncd is in the centre of population and trade
opened up by the Kcno'^ami Ro;iil and other similar roads, offering the perspective of a
city.
4tli. That the (losluid Kailwav, at the mouth «ftho said river Ouiatchouanish,
will find itself near the centre of flu- parish of Notrc-Diune du Lac St. Joan, and at a
short distance from se\eial other imrishes which, ttmngh young, are flouridhing.
5tli. That in having the terminus at the said river, the railway will necessarily
pas,' through the valley of Lake St. .John fthe valley of good land) which extends from
the borders of Lake 3t. Jidin to a great distance in the rear of the townships of Robcr-
val, Ouiatchouan, Ashnamouchouan and Dcmoules.
titii. They would Hud a road without obstacles frmn the said river to twenty leagues
boyoad. The truth of this statement can be proved, and as to a plan wo can give you
security in the |)ersons of Louis Clcasy, .lerry iMaher. Ambroiso tluil and Charles
Xepton, who offer to f-nd a good route for a railway without any notable obstacle, from
Lake St. John t* (i^uebcc or its environs.
•y
A
\t
ip of Ro-
ay, 1872.
219
We conclude that the fine .lite on the Ouiatchouanish should be ehoscn in prefer-
ence to all other? for a tcnninns, for the reasons above cited, and we will not cease te
pray for the success of the cntcrprit^c.
(Here follow the .signature.-, 'iM in nunil)(.'r..'
in tkc Couuty
ar, hure heard
to prolong the
sfnction is the
I with Qttcljc*,
t counting the
I, and a lumber
;ement of their
make a better
found at the
ig other advan-
(vithout loar :
jr, which could
ic navigation of
ike, and among
Mi?tas8ini, and
wn on the J«id
ch would all go
ation and trade
peispcctive of a
Ouialchouanlsh,
,. Joan, and at a
ouriching.
will neeemsarily
lich extends from
rnshipa of Rober-
to twenty leagues'
. wo can gi\"t! you
Juil and Charles
blc obstacle, from
.A-px^enciix 111.
OriNIONS OF THE PRESS.
Letter in "Morniug Chronicle" 25th October, 1873.
(To The Editor of the Morning- Chronicle.)
Sir,
Observing tlic corrosiiondonfe signed X. Y. /. in your ii^suo of the lath instant, T
hasten to niado a few roinarks on beiialf of the projoct lie advocate? .■•o strongly : being
well acquainted with the surrounding country of Quebec City — and as much so ef the
Parish of Sf. Unymoud, which lies to its Xoitli-Wcst.
I do not hesitate iu saying (hut if tlio (Josford Railway whs extended to the vill.igo
of Su Raymond, it would in all rosijocts lop.iy the Company handso!iii>Iy on the small
outlay necessary to eonipletc it. as il is known to all wlio aic aequainled with the loca-
lity that the present terminus of (he inii I lies in a swnmi), within twelve miles of the
village, with no road of coiamunioiUioii fit for a liorso to travel ovov. Now Mr. Kditor,
the parish of rit. R?iyinond is the largest in area on the Xorth ."-"hore of the River Bi,
Lawrence, and at present contains at least (!000 souls, with good and substantial ohaai-
ecs of rapid increase. The soil is oxeelleiit for agricultural ])nrposes, and in places
jiupcrior to the lands of the valley of tjtieboc, being clay and .sandy loam. Hat and well
watered, its market being Quebec City. The comniiinication therewith is circuitons,
and the distance for'y-live miles ; that obstacle alam is sufficient to discourajic inteiMi-
ing settlers.
It is the prevailing opinion that should tlic I)ireclors of tlie (losford R-ailway Com-
p.iny see tit to extend the line to the village during next season, they will have the
hearty cooperation of all lierc. and in doing so it will be a groat stopping stone in <ho
right direction towards tho fuiniinent ef the graml objoi-t, the extension of tho road t»»
Lake St. John, b;^ inducing settlers to locate the lanh in the int'>rior, on a routo which
will eventually be chosen for tho project — as settlements arc invariably made ou
rivers and valleys of easiest access.
I dare sny there are some who are averse to the project, labouring under the idea
that the construction of a railway is not jn-acticablo : but I can assure them there ara
BO iTOpcdiment.s. The possibility of construction as far as St. Raymond is a certainty,
andcTenfor a further distance of forty or fifty miles in a westward direction; and,
Moreover, tho road can be built to the village with easier gradients and loss ««rtk«
work than th« part already conaitruoted.
-M
30
I inu:"t al.-o draw your alteiuiou to the i'tllowiii'.; t'iiet — the f^rcatcr extent of the
Company'.'' lairls lie on the north bank of tho UiviM- St. Anno, and as far as six miles
towards fl'.o n u-th ol" it, being i;i i-lo.='o apiiroximation tu the north branch of Ih- River
■?t. Anne; tti.it fho Rivor Sf. Aim • in'opcf i-: flpikolhy an inai.-ce.'siblc );',.> i;itain
range on t'le north liiink, i-nini>letely >hiitti!ig out '.■uMi'.'.inni.Mtion witli the mv ran,';os
of tho township ofdo-f.ird, ai"! ncco^Fiiaiin;^ the drno! Hir all lumber ma I,- du the
Company's lands to be at the juMi-riou of the nurtli liiMUtii with the KiverSl. Anne
proper, wliieh is at this village, the eeiitre ol' {]\y |.aiisii.
I am e(jntii!ent that after a ivtrclul survey of ill.; muic )U'u[iosod by those faiuiiiar
with the locality, the direetors will be astonished at the easy grades oblainablc, and
light e.arthwork that can lie sliown, and will conlirni '• X. Y. Z's."' estimate of $15,000
fer mile equipped.
1 aui .Si
Yours, itc.
St. Uaymond, October 20tli, 1S7;1.
T. RAIL.
From the •' Mercury," 1st April 1874.
The adoiition by (lie City (,'i»urieil id' the rojiorl of tin.' Finance Coiuuiittce, refusing
tho aid asked by the Lalve St. .John llailwuy Cou'iiany, was not a surprise to us,
bnt wo did think that sonic diseussion would have taken place, and some compromise
have been effected, 'fiioiigh not prep.ired to go to the extent indicated in the motion
proposed by t'ouncilloi' T.iseiierenn in favor of a grant to the wliole length of the
proposed line, we do consider, j;,; we said some time ago, tliat it would be good
policy for the city to subscribe a Ics.-er amount, say .$100,000 on the first section to
St. Raymond.
In the first jdacc, w,? think it w.)uld Ijc a di.'gr.iec to tlse city, and a standing mo-
ntiment to our want of energy, to all"W thiri r.iihvay, on which over a quarter of a
million dollars have been expend;.'d, to be abandoned. This will have to be done un-
less some one oonies to the rescue, ;ind pul)lic spirited gentlemen in the comaiunity
liAVC alreaby sacrified too nuieh in ubscriptions to this road, to be called on again-
The duty now Kes with the tjovcninient and the C<n-[Mii.ition. Unless the latter movo
now, the Executive will, when applied to for a share of the redistribution of tlie rail-
way surplus, say — •' your own people Jo not take , any interest in this road." The
boHcflts of railways have been so often illustrated, and are so universally admitted,
that it seems useless to repeat theiu. Ciiicago, t() 'lay. has tv,enty five lines of railroad
running into the City. Jler jnogrcss is iinoxampled. Toronto has six ; Montreal will
have seyen ; th(; little town of Sheibrooke will have live. "We are burning with anxiety
to spend hundreds of millions in Ijuildlng tliree thousand niiies of road to eominunieiito
with some ton thousand Whites in Dritish Columbia, while, with strange inconsis-
tency, we are inditferent to the fact that double that nuiiil)er of our own countrymen
are isolated within a hundred miles of us for want of railway communication. If the
eity grant the amount we sugj^est, we think that, leaving out of the question the great
impetus its trade wouM receive from building rolling stock, Ac, and the working of
the line, the interest would be far more than provided for by the taxes to bo collected
from the two or three hundred families employed on the road and in its workghops,
»ikI through leasing tlie Palais property to the Company for yards and depot.
\t
n
m
XT extent of the
far as six miles
nch of 111" River
'■'^iljlo i;io iiif.'iin
KM- lUlvl.' Ill, t.I:o
KiverSl. Aunt-
y tlioMo familiar
obtainable, and
11.1 tc (if $15,009
. RAIL.
liltce, refusing
irprisc to ii?,
c conij)roinise
in the motion
length of the
auld bo good
irsi section to
standing mo-
qunrter of a
) bo done un-
com'.nunity
lod on again.
! latter move
n of the rail-
road." The
lly admitted,
's of railroad
lontroal will
with anxiety
ionnnunicato
go inconsis-
conntrymon
ion. If the
on the groat
! working of
bo collooted
workshop?,
ot.
31
THE LAKE ^^T. JOHN RAILWAY.
(To (he Editor of the Mornbii:: Chronide.)
.Srn,— The imblie will, no <l'mbi, be ploaaod to hi;ar of the niinorod intention of the
Director, of tho Lal:e St, John li'iilway tu jmsii thi;i iiii|) )rt:int uii.Ioitaking forthwith.
I say iniportant, a^ I believe it t- bo inoro to than any enfi'rjivi.so ever undertaken in
Quebec, and likoly to be of even j,'ri'ater a Ivantago to tho city that the North Shore,
from which we all believe Quebec will derivo so much bcnolit Thi,s may seem a
strong assertion, bat let \x.< consider the iirobable ri-^ults of the comiiletioa of the twe
lines. Tho North Shore, runniu;; tlimiigh an old settled country, and alongside of a
splendid water comnuinication, will not open up any new settlements, or increase to
any great extent tho lumber trade of tho port; nor can it bring ua the whole trade of
the country thorugh which it runs— thougli wo lioi)e it will bring a good share— as
that is already done, princiiially by Montreal during tho season of navigation, by
means of the river ; but it will give u-- rapid communication, winter and summer, with
the outsidu world, ;;ivo our manufactures an 1 che,!|) luljov a "-han-c t'. com.' into play,
and bring us a share of the r^r?;,;. trade of tho Wc-t;.
Tho Lalic St. .John Jlailv/ay, uu the other hand, will open up a new territory, the
back country proper of Quebec, with a climate and soil hotter tli.an our own, estimated
to be capable uf sustaining a population ( f !,lirco hundrcl thousand souls, and whose
trade, when opened up by the r.iilway, must bo done entirely liy Quebec. The line
can have no competing route, either w:ii-or or rail. The trade of the existing settle-
ments on tho Lake will be very considerable as it i.^^ ; what will it be when a large
immigration j)Ours into this desirable country, as it must when opened up by the
railway. Tho trallic in firewood must bo very large, as the supply close at hand \a
almost inexhaustible The siipplios for tho lumbering oper^ious of the S. Maurice
and Saguenay, now mostly f.unitjhcd by Montreal and Tliree River.-, and which may
be valued at .■j!:;oo,Oon to $.V.iii,(lOO per annum, would then bo bought altogether in
Quebec. But tho great feature of the undertaking, and tho most hopeful one for the
city, is tho lumber trade it will dcvolope. Alter passing a ])oint Ad miles from Quebec,
the line will run altogether thma'^h timber limit.'= v.nlil it roaches Lake St John,
Erory stream capalde of lloaiinc; a log become-', on a. railway jtassing through a richly
timbered country, a mill sit;. Hven in a comparatively poor timber district like that
traversed by tho (I rand Trunk bctv.uen Quebec and Richmond, eight or ton large saw-
mills have been started since tho lino was built. On that portion of the (Josford Rail-
way which runs through an unsettled country, only abount ten miles in length, three
saw-mills of considerable capacity were built immediately after tlie real was opened.
What will it bo, then, with a road running through rich timber limits, which already
supply, though now very inaccessible, a largo proportion of tho logs sawn in this
neighborhood, and from which a great fjuanfity of the timber, remote from streams,
can only be got at by a railway ?
Would there bo room for sutii an extension of the trado in sawn lumber, and is
not the market already sulliciently glutted '.'--aro questions which might be asked.
Lot lis look elsewhero— tlio manufacture in tho United States is going on , at such »
rate, that their Ijost informed men warn lumberers that in a very few years more there
will be no pino, fit to cut, oast of tho Rocky ilountains. All our unused timber lands
will then come into play to supply both the United States, and tlio groat markets of
^ttstralia, South Africa, South America, and tho West Indies, which ^hcy har9 SP
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l«ax eontrollad. We art aecustoiUGj to consider Quabcc the lumber shipping port ftf
tho world; but if it so? Wa cut ia the yicinity of Quebec something like 130,0§A,90lt
feet of doiIs and lu ubor. In t.'hioago they do a litt'o more— tho receipts there in 1873,
for a little over six months (I hav9 not the figures for tlio whole year) were (180,000,
•00, and for tho year miiy h;- estimated at 1,01)0, (100,000 feet, or eight times as much
a"! our mnnufa.'turw.
A large proportion of tliis timber comes to Cliicag« by rail fram Minnesota an«I
WiseoHsin, and linlo its \»ay lo New York by many hundred miles of lake freighting,
and after transhipment, .md tediuii- and expensive lightering through canals, if
landed thoro, and finally reahipped to ilia many markets whieh Aiueriean enterprise
kas found for it How little mast be left for tho miller in the far West, after paying
all these charges, or how great must be tho prices realized in these markets I Surely
we ean compete in this trade.
If the supply in the United States is diminishing as rapidly as practical men say
it is, Canada is destined to do nearly the whole of tho immense foreign lumber tra«ie
sew done by tho Union from the Atlantic side. Would we be too sanguine, then, in
saying that if the Hniber is in tlic Lountry, the hake St. John R. U. alone might
eTcntiially double our trade in sawn lumber? The iiuestion is whether that trade shall
be flarried on at Montreal, Three Kivers or Quebec. If we build this Lake St. John
RailwHy, wo tap tho supplies < f the two gioatast rirers lying entirely in the Province,
— the St. Maurice and .Saguenny — double their manufacture of saw logs, and bring
their trade to our doors. If wo do not do so, Montreal, which is already exporting a
large quantity cf lumber to South America, will build their projected line to the Lake,
ria S> Jorome and La Tuque, and besides taking all the trade of our natural baek
country, will export to the South .\merican, and other new markets, all its lumbet
whioh Three Rivors cannot control
Is not the construction of this railway, then, an important question for Quobeo,
and is it not a matter for congratulation that something is to be done at last ?
Yours Truly,
Qaabco, 14th Sept., 1374.
X. Y. Z.
PROFESSOR LARUE'S OPINION.
{Translated from the French.)
Several years hare elapsed since public attention was first directed towards the.
oenstruotion of a line ot railroad having for its object the bringing of the fertile vallej
ef Lnke St. John into communication with tho City of Quebec. During that peried
explorations were repeatedly male, giving rise to reports more or lest encouraging, or
more or less unfavorable
Nov, however, this question seems about to present itself under a new aspect. Mr.
Horace Dumais, a young and talented civil engineer, has recently addressed to the
Honorable Commissioner of Grown Lands, a letter replete with information of a ver/
■orprislng and unaffected nature, the result of an exploration recently made by kini
bjy order of the Provinaial Government
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>piDg portftf
) i3n,o««,io»
tboro in lS7<*t,
iToro (iSO,ftOft,
tnes as miek
innesofca &n4
[0 fraightingt
h canals, ii
an enterpfiaa
after paying
kets I Surely
tical men say
lumber tt&i*
ine. then, ia
alone mi^ht
at trade shall
Jake St' John
the Provinee,
fi, and bring
y exporting a
to the Lake,
natural baok
ill iti lumbet
n for Quebec,
last?
X. Y. Z.
i towards th«.
> fertile Tallej
g that perisd
icouraging, or
' aspeot. Mr.
Iressed to th«
ti«n of a rery
made by kin)
Before submitting to the publioi Mr. Dumais' letter, a.= well a= the conclusions of
his Report, it may not ho without interest to give a .<hort account of the JilFerent ex-
plorations made up to the present time, In order to be ablo to coinjmro one with the
other, and to, judge mora easily of the advantages aud dinadvantagos of tho lino that
each rocommond".
For greater cloarnci-s we will divide our subject into two parts :
Ist. Tho Toj)ogr:iphy of tlic localities of the proposed lines.
2nd. Economical considerations.
TOPOGRAPHY.
By glancing now on the ajjconijwinyins map it will bo scon that Lake St. .Tohn ix
situatod to tho North of Quebec, tho diitnnco in a direct line between '\esc two point*
being 120 miles
No navigable rivers connect thiM laku with (iueboc.
On tho other hand, It will also appear that Lako ,St John discharge:' itself by the
River S ir^uenuy into the Paver ,St. Lawrence, at Tadousac. Between Tadousac and
Lako St John is to be found tho growing town of Chicoutimi.
Tho distance between Lako .'-t. John and Chicoutimi is (10 miles, and between
Chicoutimi and Tadousac 101 miles.
That part of tho Saguonay which Hows between Tadousac and Chicoutimi is navig-
able for ships of large tonnage, but the ships have to be tjwcd tho whole distance by
stenmora.
From Chicoutimi to Lake St. John, na navigation is possible, owing to tho numer-
ous rapids which obstruct the river and render it wholly impassable.
Hence it follows that the lino of communication required by trade between the
large and fertile valley of Lako St John and tho River St. Lawrenco can only bo
effected by a railroad.
By reference to the plan it Wil! bo seen that as the result of the explorations made
up to date, three distinct Routes arc indicated ;
1st Route "Sullivan's."
3nd Route " Dumais' No. 1.''
3rd Route " Dumais' No. 8."
These three routes starting from Lake St. John, all unito atone point, "St. Ray-
mend," a distance of twelve leagues from Quebec.
The Sullivan rouce is tho shortest; nevertheless, it is thrown aside, the country
being mountainous, full of swamps, and wholly unlit for cultivation and colonization.
Tho Dumais route (No. 1,) though of greater length than the preceding is much
to be preferred. It runs through rich valleys, covered with magnificent forests, and
effaring by their fertility a vast field to colonization.
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I
But the Dutuais line (Nu. 2.) tho last ono explored, presents dcoidcd adTantaget
Over tho other two.
Sfttiii;? aside the Sullivan route as well as tho Dumai.s route, So. \, we will
confine ours^'Ivos u> a few obicrvations in rcj^iird to Huinai.i route, No. 2, whii-h, in
Duinais' estimation, i.s far luoro ndvantaj^eous than th'-' two others.
This route (Xo.2,) as shown nn tho iiia|), starts a litHc to tlio west of Lake 8t. John
and runs alon;^ the banks of tlio IlivLT Crochc, which may hf said to be a continuation
of the Ouiatchouani.'^h, to La Tu.|ue. From La Tuque it takes an easterly course to
Lake Edward, and (inally attains St. Uayinond, and thenoo runs to Quebec.
By following this direction, this route (Duuiais Xo. 2) traverses an uninterrupted
luite of nia;:;niricent valley?, all connoctod together and presenting tho richest j;rowth
of most valuable timber, and a toil olVoring to the colonist an<l farmer tho highest con-
ditions to fertility,
But let us see what Mr. Dumaiti hiuHclf says in his letter addressed to tlio Com-
missioner of Crown Lands on ()th April last, (1871.) — .See Appendix A.
ECONOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS
From Mr. Dumais letter and Report, it would follow then that it i." a settled fact
that in the vast area of country extcndini; to the north of Quebc?, immenso and beau-
tiful valleys arc to bo f iiind covering thousands of acres of cultivable land and of the
bestdescription, awailiii'^ luit tho woodman's axe to give forth their riches and become
* granary replete with abundance.
It would thou apjieai' true tiiatthis, the richest part of the vast domain of the Pro-
vince of (Juobcc, is lying idle and unproductive; this land which would bo tho back
eeuntry of <Jucbec, and without which, despite our efforts, <iuebec can only languish
and decay.
Let us suppose, for an instant, this large extent of fertile country to be colonized,
brought into cultivation, and inhabited by a populatiou of 500,000 S'mls I Let us
a uppose, and this is the ease, that the only opening for such a prospect will be through
Qucboe.
What a magnificent pro.=pect !
Does not then this momentous iiuostion commend itself by its importance to th*
attention of every one, and ought not ]Mr. Dumais' report to engage without further
delay the serious consideration of all those whose duties in different degrees, impose
upon them the care and furtherance of public intercut.
Ill liEIlT LARUK.
Quebec, Nov. 10, ls71.
€^--...r.M^
1^
I
Id adraniagoe
10- I, we will
2, which, in
jiike St. John
la cuutinuation
prly course to
tboc.
unintcinipted
Irichcst growth
|o hi^jhcst COB-
d to tlio Com-
.« a settled fact
enso and beau-
land and of the
ics and become
lain of the Pro-
iM bo the back
a only langaiah
to be colonized,
S"ul8 I Let U8
will be through
lortance to tu«
vithout further
legroes, impose
: LARUE.
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LAKE ST JOHN RAILWAY.
[Courriei- du Cnnmia, ISth Nw., 1874.)
When the Company applicil to the Corpora Mmi for ;ii'l, marir of our •oiin'illorn de-
eliiroJ thomsulvos in favor of the propo.sitlon ; biitiirst rciiuirpl t!ic; I'onspiit of the tax-
payers. In triis they showed their wisdom, as the t)tirstion was far too important te
be otherwise deuidcd upon.
But since the eitizons have expressed such favor.iblc \ 1 mv». lutli hy ihi; naiiicnuis-
ly signnd petitions, and by tho voice of th(! '.,'c;nr)al public-, t.!i;j conn. ;!li,i-s nnnd «•
longer hcsita'o. If they an* a.s sini't-ro as wo wish tlium to ho, if they lespcft the
wi«he« of their oonstitiionls, they will act without (urthcr dolnv. The citizens bar*
their eyes upon thom, and awnit with »ou!idenco th-^ir votir in favr of the proposition
whicli will I'ontriliutd sn imi'li to tho wcH'arf nf tln' i-iiy.
What tlu'y lU-ik is not iMiisidt'iMblc, SltiiMiiMl for :'r, miles of road. Xoi a rent of
thi.x will havo to bo paid before tho lirnt so'jfioii i.-i completed and received This
amount represents an annual charge of $f!,l)Oil for interest, and $1,000 for fliukinj; fund,
in all, a total of $7,000. From this amount, $2,000 per annum should bo deducted,
which sura the Company are willing to pay for tho lease (if a idoco <if ground within
its limits for a depot ground; anil a further sum of SJjOiiO per annum, to bo levied on
tho Company ami its ooiployoes f(U- taxes. There will then roi < :i tho balance of
$3,000 per annum, to bo paid by tho city, for the construction aii I •-««^uipincnt of tho
first section of the road. This important section being completed wi. . . ,.( only cnsuro
tUe,completion of tho whole road", but will also secure to tho C'om| :m. , tlie (Jovern-
ment aid for its entire length.
The real amount to be paid, will bo $(,000 per annum, which will Include a sink-
ing fund of 2 per cent, (this will cancel tho debt in 2"' years.) which will not be mor«
than one kalf cent in tho dollar on the ratcabb' value (if real estate. 'I'liis is aboiu
the cost of 8t. ,Iohn'.<! gate.
When we consider that thi.s road, as soon as it coiiniien<'os operations, will bo enti-
tled to ."tharo in tho ru-appvopriation of tho Raihvay grant, through the lapsing of the
grants of those who havo not conformed to the law ; that tliis roail will draw tho eoui-
wioreo of Lake St. .fohn to Quebec ; that it will open up an immense region which will
give access to a largo population; that will cro.ss inexhaust.ablo forests, whero some
hundreds of rich parishes will undoubtedly be founded ; that it will create a now back
oeuntry ; when we see that some of our Iarge«t cajjitalists are engaged in f'-.e enter
prize, and that they ask nothing until the work is cumpletod. can wc hesitate to take
part in an affair which will not cost tlio city for a con.sidcrablc time, more than a half
cent in tho dollar! certainly not. Judging from this point of view, the councillors will
without doubt act. Thoy preferred waiting tho o[iinion of tho citizens. They know
now what that is, ami that it accords witii thc'r own views; so that there is nothing
now left for them but to act.
Thoy must not delay ; all delays arc fatal. At present the law passed, is in our fa-
vor; if we put it olT, wo may not for a long time find tho Legislature again disposed to
make so largo a grant in the distribution of the public funds.
Put tho Company in a position to secure the city these advantages, and to obtain
this large concession from the Government. Prove that wo boliovo in the success of the
■P
■i
Bl
IIIIHHI
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road; it will cost U8 nothing, we shall bonefit lar^^.ly, Kiid we shall be exposed to no
risks, as wo pay nothing until the road is completed.
Le.' tho^c who yot doubt tho otroi!ts of railroads on property, go to St. Rooh, the
Palrti^, St. Jo.=i(!p'i stroct and clfowhoro, thoy will tluT.' liiul an iistonii-hing riao in tho
routs and valiio of limd. In some plaoos, wv <lo not hu.-itato to say that property has
ri.<ou cent pur cent. Tho constriicti'jn of tho Luko St. John road will give it a further
impetus
Now that Quobec lias ent-^rcd on a railway policy ; now that it sees the bent^fits,
and liow it iias afTci-ted its rovonue, do not stop half way, luako Quobec a great com-
mercial cutro; rents will double. By paying an additional dollar now, thoy will gain
tire. Tlie population will increase, as also factories and trade.
Again wo say, the councilirs asked for the consent of the citizens ; they haya rt*
talned that, let them act. Let tho vote be unanimous, and the population will endors*
the city cciin?il, \vlio are now on the eve of great e\i.'i)to.
Chronide, 2Brd Nov. 1874.
THE LAKE ST. JOHN RAILWAY.
Tho subject of the propos»'d sulscription by tho City in favor of this railway is to
coino before the City Council, in Coinniittee, to-monow evening. At the last ineetin'»
cf tlM Oonmnl the opinion of the members sesuied unanimous in favor of granting tna
proposrtu aid, the only question being as to Uio i;iode in which tho Company propos*
to continuu the lino to tho Lake, after tlic completion of tho first socf.on to St. Raymond.
In ordor to nseortain fully the views and intentions of tho ' ompany, and arrange all
tlui necessary details, the subject was referred to a Spci-ial Committeo of tho whole
Couneil, to meet on Tuesday ; at which meeting tho I'iroctors of tho road are to be
pros'-nt. iVe must confess tiiat when tho question of a civic subscription to this lino
was lirst jiniposed, about a year ago. we were inclined to oppose i^, because, although
til! fertility of tlio country around Lake St. John, and its adaptability for stttfo'nent,
were well known, the only route wliioli had been explureil for l his road '/assod c\ lOUgh
a country, not only very unfavoiaiilo lor sottli.'inont, but almost i:iipr leticablo for a
raihvay. Since tlu-n, however, two nciw routes, lying ftirtlior ii'.and, ' ave been explo*
red by a disinterested jiarty, a Surveyor in the omjiloy of tho (i( V''n;.m,'D,, and reported
by him to he, not only v"ry practicable for railway purposes, but al«o as p issing through
IV country rich in tii'.dier, and very suita'de for agrieulturo
There has been a good deal of discussion and muidi move information on this sub-
juct during ih') past year than ever hef .re. People who fancied that the country north
of Quebec was nothin» but n howlin;.; Vi'ddovnnss of mountains, arc rather astonished
to fir.d that from liako St. .John to a jioiiit not far from tli<! present terminus of tLs
(iosford llailway, is a plateau, to quote th' report of the s\irvoyor — " with an almost
imperceptible descent," or to bo told that when wo are revelling in four foot of snow
near (iuobec, tliey have only eighteen inches to two foot on tho head waters of ti:!
Batuoan ; or that in tho neighborhood of Luke St. Joiin (which, by the way, few pee-
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[loaed to no
,. Rooh, tho
rise in tho
roporty bas
it a further
the bent^fits.
I great coin-
oy will gain
lay hare tb-
will eadors*
pltt will remember is in a more Southerly latitude than (iaspe) they now amci reap their
9rof)« — good wheat among other tiling.^— two wonks earlier than wo do. All thia dis-
cuasion, and tho information published, have had the effeot of producing a very faror-
able impression of the suhomo ; ?o r.vieli so, tluittho petitions in its f:ivor prossntod
to the Council last week bore the signatures of over three thuus tn-I taxpayers from all
quarters of the city, and among them nearly every property holder of importance.
Taking everything into consideration, we t.hiiik that the eity would derive very great
and substantial benolUs fruin the consti-uctii^n uf tl'iS ra-hvay, and Unit tho Finance
Committee have acted \Ti>oly in rcoomnionding a subscription in its favor; the only
question, to our mind, boingi whether it would not bo better, iujitead of subscriljing to
ea^di section separately, to iay d(iwu a oomprelion-ive sclieme for ail to tho \'dioli) lini
with which the Directors could mooi Parliament, and complete tlu arrang<imants on
which they say tliey have jettled for the CHpital ronuirod for (he <'onitructi<»n of tli«
entire rond.
Mermry, Mondaij, November 23. 1874.
LAKE ST. JOHN RAILWAY.
railway is to
last meeting
granting tn«
pany propose
St. Raymond,
arrange all
of tho wholo
oad are to be
m to this line
use, although
for scttlouont,
assod id iough
ticablo for a
e been explo*
, and roi)ortoJ
ssini; through
n on this sub-
country north
er astonished
jrmiuus of tLs
ith an almost
r foot of snow
waters of tin
(way, few j»o»-
To-morrow tho City Ccncil will consider tho report, of the l"inan-'e Committoo,
recommending a stock subscription of .$IO',ui)(( towards tho construction of tho tirst
section of the Quebec and Lake St. John railway. During the course of Friday's debate
a letter from the President of tho Company was read, suggesting the oxpediency of
action on tho entire icheme, and also of a linal deci-^ion being arriv>! I at without any
further delay. After an expression of opinion on tlie part of most the mombers present
in a favorable sense, it was decided that the Council in Committee of the wholo should
meet the IJoard of Director.'; to-morrow, Tuesday, and the letter above alluded to, ae
well as. anothc from tho Secretary of the Com[)any relative to tho lease of a portion of
the Palais Harbour for tlie terminus of tlie road, were referred to this Committee.
The points raised in the President's letter are cxooodingly important : it may tliero-
fore not bo out of place to bring them under the public notice. In tho (irst place atten-
tion is called to tho expediency of amending the resolution of the Finance Committee
80 that the action of tiie Council may cover tho entire line of railway and not simply
tho flrst section ; and at the same time exiilaining fully tiie nature and extent of tho
aid sougiit for from the city in furtherance of this project, anil tho conditions to bo
attached to tho same, as f jIIows, viz : — Tho aid to assume the foriu ol a stock HUb-
Bcription to the extent of ;j'i! 000 per mile of road, including hidings; but tho total
amount of the said stock subsorijitiou In no event to exceed the sum of |6U0,000. The
^)Iau8 UD s lication for tho building of tho road i.o bo submitted for tlio approval of,
and to be sanctioned by the Lieutenant-(iovernor in Council. The payment of the said
stock subscription to bo made in bonds, bearing seven per cent Interest, and at par, and
the issues of the saiil bonds to be ma Ic upon the completion and reception by the
Uovornment engineer, of tli" .scvtral so ti ii)< into which ilic road in to bo divided for
couftruct'on purposes.
The reasons given in support of this suggestion arc twofold and as follows : in
order that tho company may bo placed in a satisfactory position before parliament,
rooro tispeoially as tho railway grant of tho last session is to be linaliy re- apportioned at
3!i
t1i« next meeting of the legislature ; and, likewise, to enable the companj to clos* its
non^ociatioiis in England at tlio proper time, the financial basis on the part of the city
und parlimient being coiuplo'oil. The suggestion and the reasons alleged in support
thereof, are iissiirodiy ik'serving of tho most serious consideration on the part of the
members of tiie city council, and coimnond tlieniselves from a business point of vieir ;
and it may bo added, no rinki- arc incurred in adopting tho suggestion, the publie
interests being, under tho t?rins of tho same, most carefully guarded A partial aid oh
the part o" tho city may complicate tho position; in this caso parliament may either
refuse to come to the assistanec of the company, or may adopt the same policy as the
eity, and assist to the extent of the first section only, whicli would in either ease prove
fatal to the scheme.
Tho importance of ;it nncc phiting ihc company in n posifinn to close it? negocintiono
Ih England cannot lie ci\ crcslimMted. The money iqavkct is iiable to sudden and violent
»h«nges, which .no fi(M|iionfly f';il;i! to the best n'.ntii rod sch-'nics: and. it mun! He
• vidont to all, that the comji.iiiy can m.ikr im move in the money market until its ar-
rangements witli the legi^liiturc mid tijo city arc duly perfected.
Tho second point culls attention to the necessity of an immediate decision being
arrived at, and tho reasons advanced in support are as follows. In order that the line
of railway from tJosford U> tlie village of ,<t. Kaynumd may be located at once, and the
ttrst section be levelled so us to jtcimit of the ("<impany"s Kngineer preparing tho profile,
working plans, .tc, preparatory to the same l)cing submitted for ajiproval ; and of a
contract being based and signed thcrcnn : and likewise to permit of arrangements being
taken for tho procuring of rails, sleepers, timber and other requisite materials. It is
stated, and the assertion m sell' evident, that if these jireparatory steps be not taken at
once it will be impossible to seciuc the comjilcte construction of the first section of the
road by the close of the next working season.
There can lie no mistaking tlie importance (if the point raised. The great advan-
tage of securing the immediate commencement of works of great nmgnitude is clear;
the experience of profiting by the favorable state of the money market is also easily un-
der.itood, especially in large undertakings of this kind, involving the outlay of vast sums
of money ; the gradual and ultim.ate construction of tho entire line of railway ns a.
necessary conseniirm'c alfcndant u]Mm the consiriictidu ot'tlic llrst section of the roatl
will also be at once realized by business men. c-pecially by railway promoters; and
inally, tho importance to the jmblic in general of securing, at the earliest date the
sponing ajid working of tlie road and the creaticm of tratlic therefor, thus circulating
ttapitul, stimulating traile and giving employment to a large raimber of men must for-
cibly come liome to all parti(!s.
The enterprise i.* lu the hand:- of . -0010 of tho best business men of tho eity, and
the fact of its having been i,.l-cii up by suvli parties, and of tiieir willingness to invest
their money is a proof iif the jounlness of the scheme, and such as has not jet been
given in any similar case.
It is a fact not to be controveited, that, as Ibis railway will run through a section ef
the province possessing valuable water powers, covered with a nmgnifleent forest of
oTery description of timber, and containing millions of acres ofri(di agricultural lauds,
the country will be colonized as the works progress. The settler, besides tho advan-
tages of oHsy communication, will find in the railway his best euxtomcr, and tho ready
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cloM its
f the city
in support
art of the
t of view ;
he public
:ial aid oa
nay either
icy as the
3ase prove
:!go('inMou!>
mil violent
it muHt \f
mtil its HI-
8ion being
lilt the line
cc, and the
the profile,
; und of a
iicnts being
riiils. It is
ot taken at
ction of the
•eat advan-
le is clear :
oai^ily un-
f.
f vast Bums
lilwny as a.
)t' the road
lotor,"! ; and
Ht date the
ciriuhiting
1 aitisit for-
■i
i
e city, and
>6 to invest
.>t yet been
IV section ef
it foreut of
tiiral laudt^,
the ad van -
1 the ready
purchns>er in cash for the timber he will cut dinvn in the clciiring ol his land ; in fact
the company, and the settler between thcni, will, in a jhort time, clear nnd settle this
vast region. What is tlie drawback to the settlement oC the eomitry? Chiefly tho
want of enny menns of tr;ii)!=ii<M-t, iuid the impd-'-iiliilit y , (Hi tlie jinrt of the settleVi
to obtain a fair value fur his iirnduee. whil.-'l at the same time he \i compelled to pay
excessive prices for artii'lcs of consumptioii : the exemplificatidii of this law of the rela-
tive value of all produce af measured by the ili.-lamf anU cost of transport, from tho
seat of production to tho jilace of consumption, may hi seen on a collosal scale at the
present day all ovor the world, especially in tlie States. Tlie distance of the grain-
producing belt from the Atlantic compelleil the gradual d-nelopmcnt of the canals
and railway system of the L'niloii Ft.acs aad CiUiud-.i. tlio wonders i)f tho universe.
And had not this fundamental l;iw boon clearly undcrstoi d by men of genius and
ability the far west to this day would be a silent wilderness.
Can tiicre be .iny ditticulty then in reaii/.ing, ihat, I', the time this road is built
througli to the Ljike there will be a populatimi i)f o\('r an a'lditional ,"»0,000 souls lo»
cated along and near the vicinity of the line of railroad ? and tliat the years after the
opening of the road a pojiulatiim of greatly over 100,0011 soul.s will be living in this
country, and finally that in a future, not very remote, there will be settled in this vast
territory a happy and prosperous poprlatiou of over .'lOO.OliO. trihulary to this city (as
there is no other outlet to this region), a iiojinlalion lullowing immense agricultural,
lumbering aad manufacturing pursuits. Then indeed will (iuehec take its true posi-
tion and expand to the proportions reserved to it by its natural geograjdiical situation.
Let not therefore the gohlen opportunity be suflered to pass l)y unheeded: let us
rise equal to the ciccasion and stand firmly by the comiiauy, which has, after years of
effort virtually succeeded in assuming the buildMig of this important road. Let us not^
by fui^thcr procrastination, run the risk- of seeing the company lose its share of the
gnintat the next ses.-iou of I'.irlian.ent, and also of thi'H our natural back countrj',
being brought into communiaulion with another centre of populatirm by means ofiin
extension of the Xorthcrn (Ulnni/.ation Railway from St. .Jerome through IjJI Tuque to
Iiakc 8t. .John, these tlangers are clearly set forth in the President's letter to tho Mayor
and members of the City t'ouneil. under ilate (d'the Itbh September last.
The rate-payers of the Cily of tiucbcc thiongh iheir |ictilioii^ now before tiieCoun*
cil, have stated in terms not to be mistaken, their appreciation of this project, anti
their desire that the prayer cil' the Company for .aid should bi; immediately granted.
Let therefore the City Council do its duty to-morrow night : let no obstacles bo thrown
in the way cither to defeat the scheme, i>v to jiostponc a solution ; but let the Board
of Directors be met, and a fnuil agreement airived al in a l.iii-. Jn-^t ami lihcial spirit.
{From C£i'(incme)U, ^-itlt November, 1874.)
(Tll.VXSLATKiX.)
THE QUEBEC AND LAKE 8T. JOHN RAILWAY.
The public follow with interest tho progre--- "f the negotiations going on between
the directors of this now enterprise, und the Cnrporation of liudbec for the purpose of
nbtiiiniug poouniary assistnnco. It is evident that tho cutorprito is very popular)
nod ueuts with the syiuptitliy of tho great majority of tho tux-puyers.
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The question eiiinc before the Council on Friday and iva.« adjourned to a general
committee for the i>urpo.fe of meeting the Directors of the Comjtanj. This meeting
takes place thi» evening.
The Prci^idcnt, in a letter addressed to and read Ijcforc the Council, last Fridiy.
call? their attention to ?evcral important points, among others the advantages to ijc
gained by slightly modifying the report of the Finance Committee in such a mani.er
that the action of the Council will cover the entire line of the railway.
He gives as a reason in favor of this change that the Company shall, as soon as
possible bo placed in a position to meet the Legislature advantageously at its next
s«!8Bion, when tho railway subsidies will be finally re-adjusted; and also, in order that
the Company may bo placed in a position to make their financial arrangements inEng-
la/nd, after having c.-itablishcd their base of operations with the (Jovernmcnt and tho
Corporation of Quebec. So that the Company may be able to act, it will bo necessary
that this basis shall bo established noAV or later, so that they may take advantage of
the i)resont state of the money market. That may, 'o-morrow, be subject to sudden
fluctuations which arc often fatal to enterprises iniugurated with the most brilliant
I>rospects.
This change has every advantuge, and merit:, serious consideration, and an imme-
diate decision in accordance with public opinion, as it can be cft'ected Avithout neglect-
ing the interests of the City.
Our municipal representatives owe it to the tax-payers to exact that the terminus
shall be within the City limits, and not in the outskirts.
With the Corporation subsidy and that of tho Government, the Company will hare
no further diflicnity in pushing tiieir works witli vigor. Who knows but that the
Lnko St. John Road might astonish the North Shore, by being the first to bo inaugn-
rated ? If the contractors of tlic two lines arc willing to compete for this object, Quebec
may ask no bettor!
!
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{Le Canadien, 2bth November, 1874.)
(TRANSLATIOX.)
QUEBEC AND LAKE ST. JOHN RAILWAY.
At a meeting of the City Council, on Friday last, at which the riucstion of subsidising
this important lino of Railway was discussed on a motion on the Report of tho Pi-
Banco Committee, recommending the granting of a stock subscription of $100,000 for
the first section to St. Raymond, and after ii lengthy disoassion during which tho
members of the Council cx])ressed themselves most favorably disposed towards the
undertaking, the matter was jiostponed for final decision until this evening. Thia
luceting the Directors were reriuestcd to attend, to discuss and settle the conditiona
and details under which'thc grant should be made. During tho discussion a letter waa
road from tho President of tho Comjmny setting forth tho advisability of taking iuta
•OBsiderution a subscription for the whole road : thib letter was put fwrwurd by th»
n
te a general
[his meeting
, last Friday,
intnge? to Ijc
ich a mnnier
.11, a? soon as
y at it? next
in order that
ments in Eng-
ment and the
1 bo necessary
advantage of
eet to sudden
most brilliant
and an imuic-
thout ucglect-
t the terminus
pany Vrill have
? but that the
to be inaugU"
object, Quebec
■"^
Pn.,Ml^n> .. ;, .H^^,.iu.n uo.thy .rn,,. ,„H.i,lcral,io:, Ml ,h, ( „,nir,l. 1, („„Hu.. npnn
..Mn.-^.M'yMM|„„i,nU ..ni,,,-. ainl .. u. !„,,,,„.„ ,„ k„ow i, nnhn-li,.. vi,.n> whi.-l, ,y
hnl,| i,v M.^,.^;,l .,„.„,.,.,> „tii„. C.ui.-il Mini I'uMi,. ^..inMlly, n ,• (hv.vl.n. ,-„nM,|..r ,.
;!clvi.<,-il.lc lu .•mII |.,iri:riila,' .itl.'iilinii liu icli..
li. MH'.ll-l .K,n,-ni|,I, :lu- l>n-i,|,.„| ],..!„(. ,.,.! llir ;„U i^;,l,i|iu ..( alt.Tll,'^ i Ik n-
• •lit in* liiM' )»!' I!:)ii\\,-i y.
«
-n.u,. ..„„M,!rra!,un..r linM' .il, andnv ,a„ asM.rc tli^m (l,al ,-l,„ul,| tinv .lori.lr
"'■ f^'^'"-"r^-|'M..f>M.; tin. .- ,,.,.„■,[ i.r ,|,e ulM.ir n.a,|, lli.x „il| ,„,,■( niUi ;l„.' uiiivn -
>ala,.,.HnaloniH. ra(c.-i.ay,.r.Ml M,..(hy.- Tl,.. ,va-.„„s -,., p„-t!, l.vtiu. i'n.si.Io,,. t,,,-
^nu.t.n- (his ai.I an, v.ry cloa.. Shnul,! ,1,. C, -il o„ly j.,,iMt tho -„l„i,|v r,„- Ih.
"'■'' -■'••'-•''"" "'■""■ '* '■ •'"" '•"■• l.'':/i<i^iMiiv ,„ay lakr (ho K,nu- vi..w and v.'.(,, a M„n
''"'"'■"' l""''"ii '"ily : iiinl lum will thai rll-.-l ihr i-xtrwu.u ol tii.^ l!„a.| ? ^vhv il will
I'.'. llHM.i.Mn.~„f tiio Cn.iii.any |.,-^ii|.r ,.,)! tiil.nuahl 1V(.M. thi' \.,nvmuu-ut . n. the ,-inn.s
lu'l hoiii- Uikcii u)> nil ar.M.iint oi^^m.io of ih,. Ciiiii.aiiio iii.-jiid,.,! in th,; subsi.jy act ..I
last M..-ioN no; l,,u in;: ,i.iM|,li,.,l with lb.- |„nvi.i„n- u| mm-Ii an. Tho in..n.-v m, av-,.il-
al.lcwill 1,,. iTa|.|To|.iia!r.hui.i I hi.O ■..in|.any iur I h.' ah.iv ,. „,,mh.,| n.aM,i,niav onlv
■'l>laiii it> >iian- in the irai.|.|ui,.iati.>n Im- ii- |ir,r MTtinii. ami wlicn thr time ruuy^-^ U,v
a>kin- f.u- a turthr,- -rant. ih. n .y wll !„■ all :;,„k- ai„l ihon-ply of (h.K.'uv.-rnnu.ni
ini,'ht v.ry n-a-unahly I,... - •• W,. have n„ Inn.l- availah!.,.- whil.. on (1,,. oihor han.l
l.y alo|,hn-lii(.<n-.>;ini, inih.. I'l'-i'l'Md-' In ;,.,■,( iu' u li.,|r .litliruliy wiljl,,, p„ ,n er.
'■''"'''"■'■• '''^■'■'■'•■"' '"■ ■J^''l'"" '- ll'^" .•ol.r.M.ofa..|ion l,v I lu' ( 'nnmil a^ t he in
..n..:.ultlH;(il.ywonl,| h. a,u|,ly ,,:-,nhh.,| lor l.y |,„vin. nvn- anv inouov „n
'':"■'' ^"■■"'""""'''^'- H''^""-ll''> '■""'->• «"Uhln.oMa-M,n.,l!y.c.-,ue(h.eon.t'aH-.
I i<'ll o! the w l|..|.> iinc.
'''"' ' "'"i'^'">- '^""I'l ''"•'• ^''ly ln.lnr,.nu.i,l to |„!:.h on .hr )•..,. 1, Knowi,,- that a-
II |M.,L;ivs-,.,|.a:,.!,,.M.a.;h ^r. lion w a. ron,|,h.t,vi thrynnuhl ^.,.,.i^.. ,1,, ai,| -ra nlr,|
•^"li"i" 'i"' fnnhi.' .iiMi anxiny o( Inn in- lo ,„„„. hHop- tlir C ij ^ihI Parliament,
''"■"'''''"' ""• '-^'•'■'""•nl Inoi th. ans lioMi, winrh wo„l.| hr more ihan d.n.htluh
-viM-y year Miiiin-i,,, pro,, I.',- i„in,N, a,,, I o.-c^ipyinj: th,. valuahl- linu- hotl, -if 1 l,r
''oiiinil an. I LcLii-ia! hit.
WAY.
in of subsidising
port of the Fi-
of.i; 100,000 for
ring which the
sed towards the
evening. Thia
e the conditionfl
(ion a letter wa^s
f of taking into
forward hy the
A.-an .■ann'.-i ol ; h,. ,lin n ,.,- ._• I in'mijo,,.- no, ,,, |„>«. any linir in proccMiiir
'viih .lir work. ^^,. happm to kiiou that .Mrp- havr I...,.i, iakn; alira.lv. in anticipation
or the nop,.,! rorfavon,!,!,. x o; ,• of . hr ( 'oiin.-il t,o .(:,,t (!„■ work, au.l tli.il .oulra-i- wilj
''•■"la.lriniiii.Mliatrly io.t!M-..ttiin:ont ol i!,. ti.-. auK t iinh,.,. nM,ui,v.| .lunn;; tli,.
'■"^"'".-' "-ii't-'Vin h> -o ihat I hr Company may lay th,. n,il,^ at ihr lit>t .•omnuMi.T-
""•"I "lllu' nc^M ~piin;:. Thn-ail- will al.-o he pnivhax',! and on thr .-pot at th.^cai--
ln'-t po.-.-ihU- dale .illn- ,hr op,.|iin-- ol' iia\ iu'ation. perhaps liolor.'.
■rheiTloiT, we .^'ly a-.iia w In.pe Ihat the Cmn. il wilt ^ote on llo- whole .-rheirie.
Mi.l in .-o,!uin.-l!iey ma\ :v-l a>Miic.l that they are only eariyii,- oui ihe view^ of
I he iiiiijnrity of the eili/.en- it l^hiehee.
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[Chronicle. 2iUh November, 1874.)
THE LAKE ST. JOHN KAILAVAY.
The mcciiiiz of ilic ('ii\ t oumil
iicsdiiv cvdiiii''. in ' 'iiiimiitli
'I tlic \t1i(i|p,
resullpfi, a? «ill linvf ln'cii .-ocii ii
iiir if|iiiii (p( llic incci mi; \\\ vc
-icidi
ly - i-.-iic, 111 H
rf*fi>iiinirn(liiHi)ii tliHt ilio cily i-ultrif.ribu .stock in the .sclu'iiic to the extent id' .*2,.'iOO jar
mile for llie ciilirf kMii;ili id Itii' iwnd. 'I'liis result whs dijliiiiieil Mfter it ilivision, wliiidi
n* underi-tinul doer^ ihd indiente iiny opiio.^itioii on tlie piirl id' tlio Ciuincil to the
;«elicini', but Will- cuiseil liy it dift'eit'iu-e id' ii|diii(Hi iiiiii.iii;i; the iiiciiilpers iis in tlie iiiiidc
in wiiich tlie >iul)sei'i}>li«M shoulil be iiiiide : .'oiiie wishing tu aid, for the |ireseiil. only
the first seelioti to St. Hftyuioiul, while the. niiijority wore in favor of aceeilin;:
to the (^tjii|iaiiy's sii2j,'estioii and making the vole ajuily In the whole leiip^lli
of line to Lake Si. .John. 'I'lie ic.-iilt
:'!iuie, yswlienlhe lir>l .-eelioii is tiiiished.
II either ease would be )iiaclieally the
il will nmsi liktdy be. Viv this lime
ne.xt year, the Comjiaiiy would only, if Ihe other ]iroiio>ilioii had been carried. ha\i'
had to m(\v a iieAV a{)]dieati<>n to Ihe City. As the ((iiestion ha> now been settled ileli-
nitcly in this way. we lio|ie. when ii come.- I.'efore tlieCouneil foreoneurrencc on Friday
evening, to see ."ueh a unaiiimons vote as will show the Legislature and the Province
that we are in earnest in thi.- nuttier. It eerljiiuly i.< a jdeasure to liiid such solid and
influential eijjuniereial men. a- were )irescul at Tuesday's meeting, lakiiij: .-o deep an
•ntere.st in a public enterprise, and lo hear >ueli sentiments. :is I'tdl from the li|is (d'oiie
of the most iirominent. who .slated thai '• ihoujrh he had un personal iutere.rt in (hi-
matter ho was i(uite jircpared tosaeiitiee the laifro amount nf slock he liad bub.«eribi'd
to tlie enterpri>o. and even it necessary subscribe amdher s.l.ttlM) sooner than seo
Quebec depri\ed of the road.'' Such -enlimeiifs. we think, aii^'iirweil fur the fului'"
ol Ourgood old <ilv. and Iho I'ael that
some id'imr best men are williu'' I
o under
laK
this f'chcme and think -n highly ofil. should be
tliat il i.s u limiii-iifie underlakin:.'. We iiiive b
tiie traflie reali/.od by the (iosford liuilway iluring ils short e\i-l
and the probable trathe on that piu'lion of the line .ilon
■ ullieieni to ion\ iiiee the most seeplieal
•en furnished wilii snme ligures as i.i
ten
iMiee as a woKiten roa
e wljeii relaid in iron
win
intend publishing tomorrow: and we tru^t tiiey will eoiniiu.e our eorrespondeni .
Tax-payer," that even the Mr.«t seetitui lo SI. I
uiymond will have such a biisine-
r
will make it very advantageous to the etty.
that the .-ubserifiiioii to tiii! lirst section i;
to the Nortii Shore. a> our stock in the .N'orlh Shore
wc are giving to the L:(l<e St. .lojiii only >(•-•,. 'tOff. a cnn.xidt
IX ]iayer is in error in say in;r
propnrtion as we ere gi\ ing
amounts to .^O.flOl) per mile, wiiilp
!• ditferenec.
(Merctn-//. 21 fit Nov., IS 74.)
LAKE ST. JOHN RAILWAY.
If will not be out of place, in aniieipaiion «i iJio uu)clingid the City Ciuincil llii-
evening, (when Ihe reemnmendati.ni of the eiunmittee of the whole Council, paused on
Tuesday night last, by I | i„ si. naiuely : That Ihe eil.y .subscribe $11)11.(100 towards the
hrtt ecelion to 81. Raymond, and .'iiL'..".(>0 i.eriuile to the reniaiiiiug portion ofthr linetn
Jiftke St. John.) lo supplciicut the ligures given in thi- morning's Clivmirl , by » iVu
more I'acti ami Hgurcsi.
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Inexntninln;? fli.' .•on-^in rotiini {\,v 1>7I. will he (V.iin,] ilie rnjl
'Win? puru.iij
l:l''t..
'DIM l.vTliiN.
10
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• ,''iol)ec C'ciiiiiiv
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(9 '.»!<n
, I '1.0 1 2 I "Mill ;
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2»1
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iliatiipliiiii 2II,IMI> L'2,li.">2
Si .Maiiriif Xurili hi.tii;;
iii'iiiL>in
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I 'liicniitiiiii A Siiiriit'iui V. I ii..'i; '.I
lo.ii.is
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2, "4 I
.liij
Thes
(' :ilf iiiii(iii;j rc-iili-. (hid
0'- iil.V 11,1- jclil.illv mil (iiilv -I
ill 'lill. Itlll lie-
>-i<M.sL'il (hiiin.i^llii' liii.sl Id v(':ir- in ii |ii>|.nhiiii,ii .il.-a.v HH.lKiii mhiI.-: ,iimI why '.' tie
i-:iii*e all. or niMilv >o. (.I'llu' im|if)i( :iiiii i'X)>i>rt Innlc lia- pii-M'd iis il(pf»i> :itiil l.fiu-,'
iMiTled to -Moiilreiil wlii'ic ;,'rcjit('r luciliru's ;iip i<f\>:v <! nl .•nhimiinii'iilion wiiU mlier
imrts of the r'nimtiy !)>' ils po-itioii hi- c-ciitir >t\' liii' liiilwjiys iiml imiijiU of the . tmn-
■:rv. we!=r iiiul south I'lisl. iiinl tlH?,!;i-e;iter cntfriiri-e ol'ihe wmU- resiJonl Iheiv,:* ^
ruiL^^equtMit result tiiifliiM' li:is .stoo.Ul ill cr rjitlici' •,'oni> Ikm!;. for \\;uiloft'.. .'i '•.
t.:riliiie* mul (Mik'r|ivisc. Tlu'se arc very ^tlllJ'>'ii•n l;iri<. Wc « ill now 'II ui'/V;.' i
lo ;i ft»v iH4H'c tl'Mirc- culled I'lom llic ccn-ii- rcliiiii.- lt"\v In liirc ii> : --
IVilTI. Mln\.
I\( l!K.
Ihc
ibi-l
til re
luKc
u;U
18(il.
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Afontrciil .
Torouti 4J,S21
KMIDii
Ihiinillon.
t.Uliifln ...
I.OIIlloll ....
1. ()(;(»
II.
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7.t;2(>
0.87(1
1.271
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2'l
4(1
roit'i.
:ll -we
ilciil.
ihile
What is !ill litis line to? Wliy. ;io-ni,. |i, f;ii-ililic> ol cmnmuniiMtion anil enter-
|>iise
A siill inori! I'l'murk.ihlt' lii.!, (\ iilc iIk' census for poiiulalion. and tlie American
M.-tnunl for the clliiT li,i;ure>) the -ijnints niiidi' to the IJrockv ille end <4ltawH Kail
vsay. sevonly-live miles of road were iis follows, vi/. ;'-Lannrk ))0]iulalioa, iriiS7l.
i.'..S:;il: Renfrew i.o|iulalinii, I I. Oil!*. Total. 27.92'.!. .^uhscrihed *S0(1.O0O. etjusl tw
■(O ])er head. ICIi/ahellitow ii iio|iulal ion,
;|,".0.(tO(». ncirly .>;';0 per head
!id Droikville. with a |io|iulalion of J,2()?. ,■»; 11 1.4!i:;. ei|iial to .>;SI) per heail.
•il thi^
scd on
(Is the
line tn
When the sum asked from the City of Qiichec, for the Lake St. .)(din load
Is only S.>lll». 0(1(1. IVoin a popiilalion of liO.OtM', and only *s.ll-'l per head, and this to
iciirc the only means of >ioppini; the decrease In its importance and the only nieaiis
at present oH'ered to increase its trade and prosperity. Hat let us hope the (.'ity t'ouu-
lil will <(i) to lo-iiiuhrs iiieetiiii;' deieniii 1 lo su|iporl < oiiiicillor liussell's rf eoinmen-
dalioii. adopted on Tuesday niifht. and pas- il liy a unaiiinioii- v.ilc The whole cd' the
valepayeis will support tlicni in so doiii;;. a- shown hy the many petitions presented,
\Vf say a:!;ai(i. (.'ouiicillor- do uiuidiity a- called upon Ky your coiistituent-, and vute
iiiiaiiiniiiuslv in fa roll r of I he I'rant.
V il
I'cu
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\Hmlixrl. o//i Dfrriiihrr. 1.^74.)
l.AKK ST. JOHN RAILWAY.
): I
Tlift iniinicip:il jintlioi'itios of Quebec liiivp now pleedired tlieiti.'?elv<'.s
i-o as.sLs,t tlii.s important undertaking to tiie extent ol' $l."i( »,('(>(» lor the
whole line I'rom (iueboo to Like .'>t. John, luid in a few days, the Pro-
vincial Legislature will be asked to su))pleiiient tbi.s lii)oral grant with
fiu'ther aid Iroin tlie public purse. ( >!' course, there is the usual amount
ol' aspersion cast upon tlie project on the part ol the wiseacres, who have
invariably stood in the way ol' our advanoemont, and though lew in
number, they are not lacking in audacity, and, no doubt, intend to carry
their opposition |^to the realization ol' the un<tertaking into Pari lament
itself. We have little doubt of their ultimate defeat, but it is well that
the Legislature should be made aware of tiie insignilicance of this
obstructive element. Tlie majority ol the rale payers of Queliec
believe that it cannot have too many iron roads running into it. The
Xorth Shore line is specially important to us for tie dir?ct manner in
which it will withdraw ns I'rom our present position of isolation and
dependence, but this Lake St. .lolm K lihvay is. in anothei- sense ecjually
important to us, in that it will at once supply \'ov us one ot our greatest
wants — a large l)ack country and a rich agricultural population, the only
solid foundations upon which to rest the prosperity ot grea,t citie.s. The
old fogy ideas, which have prevailed, to the effect that beyond the
chain of mountains which bound our vision to the .North, there is nothing
but a barren waste, a^ region of almost eternal snow, have long since
been exploded. Tiic very contrary has been proven to be the case upon
actual survey- It has been estimated that probably one lil'th of the
aral)le lands of the Province are situated in this country : the soil i>i
IH'Overbially fertile, the climate singularly mild, and it has been computed
that a popiilation of over 3<iO.()riii souls can be located therein. Mr.
Dumais, who hag been engaged in oxamininii this countrv and laying
out the continuation of the best line to Lake St. .John from St. Uayniond,
has hitely proved the existence of a. va-t territory at our very doors,
trom which the Laurentian range of mountains has ilisappeared, con-
taining millions of acres of line agricultural lan<l, coveied with a magni-
licent forest, abounding in water powers, and ollering an immense Held
for colonization, and at the same time great railway facilities, and at an
elevation of at least H»M() feet under Mr. Sullivan's line. .Speaking of it'
he .says in his report: — " .After passing. A-." (Sec Appendi.x A.) Irame-
liiate advantages of an important character, and ultimate results, which at
the presensday it would be impossible to fully realize, will follow from 1 he
construction of this national colonization railway ; — in the expenditure to
be incurred in the building and working of the lirst section, iu the
expenditure attendant upon the gradual and ultimate construction of
4.5
the entire line of railway, aiul in its working. Tlie road IVom St. Ray-
mond will 1)0 built insection.soltVoniL'oto .Id mili-seaolj, andtlii- sovoral
seclioii- will i)p opened to trallii-as oomplete<l. The tratlic lor year?;
will consi-t principally in lr.ml)er, whicli e,\ists in inexhaustible (jUan ti-
tles, and ol' all description-;, and will tax the working powers ol' the
road to the utmost, whilst the country is being opened up lor colonization
purposes. The suppho-; for th(^ lumbering establishments on the St.
Mauri<'e, will mostly pass over this road direct from (ineboc, reaching
La Tuque by means of a siiort branoli from the Jnain line, thus largely
increasing the local trade ; the cost of transport by tliis road as com-
pared with the present route, via Throe Rivers, being most mateiially
ri'(iiu\^d. Tiie time therel'oio, has now arrivc<l whfU a decision must be
coaoe to as to whether or not these soctions of t!:e Provinee shall bo
thrown open to .settlement. It i.s admitted that without railway I'aci.
lilies no turl her eoloni/ation em be attempted: in faet a movement of
emigration has threatened to set m IVomL.ike St. .bihn, owing to a iloej)
feeling of discouragement having .«eized upon the popul ition at the
-ight of their helj'less and isolated position, and compelled as they are
to pay exorVtit lut prices for all articles of coniuraption, whilst at the
same time coiumanding no market for their produce. And the time
has also arrived when a d^'cision must be reached, as to whether or uot
the tr.ade of these districts shall be developed and he centered in Wu'
city ol (Quebec Further delay will inevitably lead to the diversion ol
this trade inio another channel: in i'act steps have already be(;n taken
in this direction, arhl nothing but instant action can :ivert the tlir<'i-
teneil blow which would indeed })p ;in iireparalile di-.astci- tu liii- city.
h\.
Ollicial copy of Utvsoliiiion ol' the City Council of Que-
bec, subscribiuir stock in the Quebec and fjako St. John
b'tiilvvay ('oni])any. passed, i'Tth Novcm]>or. 1874.
foFFIOIAL.I
SIVKOIAL MlvETlN(i < )F THE CITY COUNCIL.
Fruiuij, iVor. -llih. 1874.
I'PESENP :— His Worshi]) the Mayor, and Aldenneii
Chambers, Cute, Dinninu", (.^irou.K, ifencliey, Norrihr. liin^-
fret ; Councillors Archer. Bt'-langer, lUirns, ('onvey, Co\.»-
ney, Ginoras, llaniei, Lafrance, Mailloux, MoLau£ihlin.
I'e'achv, liu.^.sell, Smith, 1'urcottc, Valli»'re and Woods.
4^
Thp iiiinui<^s ollht^ i;\st iiiocliiiii" \v<mo road niiH coiilinu-
.'(1.
U»Mtl, tlu» iiTOlh icporl ol'lhi' iMiiaiue Cominiltco. \\iiich
Ix'iuo- put to Ihr vole. akUMiiuni Giroiix, secoudiHl by aldci-
iiian Cute, moved in aiiieiidiiioiu, thai all iho woihU aitci-
•Ihaf in the t'ight lino ofthc said report })c sivuck out, and
the i'ollowinii- suhstiiutod : ••'J'luU Lhi> Council apply to ihn*
Provincial I^ci'islature at its «'nsuin^' s''.ssion, lo ))c uulliDriz-
• 'd lo issiu' debentures at thirty years, at par, at an interest
not exceeding' seven i»er cenl. as a subscri])tion to the ca]>i-
tal stock olliie Goslbrd and Luke St. John Ivailwtiy Couk-
])any, at a rate oi' ?S'2. ;"><)<) ])er mile, up to the sum or>ii4jU.-
<>00, the ]>ayment ol'said subscription to be divided into
live sections of thirty-six miles each, oi' which |oO. 000 be
uranted to lirst section from Quebec to Sr. IJaymond, and
.-^00,000 10 each of the ollun- lour sections, from St. Ivay-
juond lo Lake St. John, and thelialance oi?<40,000. paya])le
when the load Avill be r«'ceived and in lull operation on
the entire line. The said su))scription subject totheclause>
and conditions to be stipulated ))etwee]i the (.'oiincil ami
the Company, and provided ahvays that the said road be
completely linished to Lake St. John in iive years,"" which
motion ])eini»' put to the vote, was e;!rri(Ml (»n division, l;'
au'ainst 4, namely : —
Foil — Messrs. Chambcr»i. Cnlc, Diiuiinii', (iiroux, llen-
chey. Norris, JiiniVet, Archer, JJclan^'er. IJurns. Coveney,
llamel. Mailloux, Peachv, Kussell, Smitli. Tnrcotle. \:\\'
li.-re. Woods, (10.)
A<i.viNST — Messrs. Convey, Gingras, LalVance, Mci^aun'h-
lin,{4,) and the said report, as amended, was carried on the
.■ianie division, and it \\ as therelbrc*
lit!Soli'e(/. — That this Council apply to the Provincial Le-
U'islature at its ensuinii" session, to 1)0 authorized lo issue
ilebentures at thirty years, at par. at an interest not I'xceed-
iuL!,' seven per cent, as a .subscription to the ca]>ital slock ol
the (.fost'ord and Lake St, John IJaihvay Company, at a rate
oi' i5;2,r»00 per mile, up to the sum of Js;-!, ",(),( lOO, {ho payment
ol'said subscription to be divided into live sections of thir-
ty-six miles each, ol' which ^.VXOOo be Lr'ranled to lirst sim'-
lion. from (^uebtv to St. Raymoml. and ^HO.OOO to each ot
the other I'our sections, I'rom St. Uaymond to Lake St. John,
and the balance or'jlO.OOO. payable when the road will be
(E
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-'Appendix .1.
Summary of the 4 <
"'■Quebec, affieth."' ,1 e' ,';,''Si'''««'"o „, tl,„ r,o,i„„
««'lway Company " " '^""'"''^ '"•<! Lake St j"]!,^
^o-.5;yo^v';zT^- "-^ ^'^-^ '- Q^:fc.etTi
Capital to be $120 000 ,',. d
Barnes ..ue provisional Di.ecto..
^0te~ -^^g.^- B.^^^^ ..e. .,e ow.e. of
50
The Company may agree with the Quebec Street Rail-
way Company, for the use of their line, except for locoinio-
tives.
The Mayor or Warden of any municipaUty, subscribing
$10,000 or more of stock, shall "be ex-n/ficio a Director.
Company to have i)o\Yer to purchase and hold 14,000
acres of land.
Company to have power to issue promissory notes signed
by President or Vice-rresident and Secretary-Treasurer,
when authorized by majority, or quorum of Directors, and
for which President, Vice-President or Secretary-Treasurer,
shall not be personally liable.
Directors may issue bonds to such an extent as they may
deem advisable, and bonds may be made payable to bearer.
No unsubscribed stock to be sold bv the directors under
par.
Directors may declare stock forfeited, and forfeiture be
confirmed at a subsequent meeting of shareholders.
Perishable goods may be sold for non-payment of freight
forthwith.
The Provincial Government may take possession of the
Railway, on payment of cost and 10 per cent advance,
with 6 per cent interest. In ease of non-agreement as to
any claim by the Company, two arbitrators shall be ap-
pointed, and an umpire be chosen by them, and failing
these, a judge of the Superior Court may appoint an arbi-
trator, or umpire, whose award shall be linal.
Vic/. 84, Cap. 24, assented to, 2ith Decehiber, 1870.
Amends act of incorporation, changing the name of the
Company, to the Quebec and Lake l<t. John Railway Com-
pany.
Empowers the Company tocA^end their line, by such
route as they choose, from Oosford to such point on the
shore of Lake St. John, as they may see fit.
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lllxtensioii to be built in threo or more sections, in such
order as the (^ompany desire, any one. or more of which
may be worked on completion, subject to the provisions of
the 2oth to 29th sections ol' the (^ii<'be<.' Kail way Act of
18G9.
Capital stock increased to !^!ir)(i,ui.'0. in sluires of $10.
Extension to be completed before -'Ust Deceml^er. 1^76.
Company may purchase or hold land in the vicinity of
their line, to the extent of 10,000 fores per mile.
If agreed to by the Quebec Stroet Railway Company,
and apjiroved by the City Council of (Quebec, locomotives
may be run on the line of that Company, as far as the Pa-
lais Harbor.
The provisions of the orignal act of incorporation to
apply also to this act, subject to Quebec Kail way Act of
1869.
This Act to come into Ibice only when approved by the
shareholders of the Compa)iy, repr(\senting at least two
thirds of the stock, at a meeting to be held after customary
notice. Such notice to specify objects of meeting.
Vicl. 35, Cap. 24, assented to, 23/y/ December. 1871.
Amends previous acts, and authorizes Company to lease
their line, rolling stock or property, or to make arrange-
ments with any other Company for rolling stock, or the
use of any other line.
Confirms a lease, made 1st August. 1871, of the Com-
pany's property to .T. B. Hulbert.
Locomotives may be run, with consent of the Quebec
Street R. K. Co. aiid tlic City Council, on the track of that
(Company i'^ far as the Palais Market.
The line may })e extended, l)y such a route as the Com-
pany think proper, to the Palais Harbor, and depot, yard,
workshops, and wharves be established there.
53
C
I'or
-oiiipany may, with the consent of the Secretary of State
War, or the Governor aeiieral in Council, or the Lieu-
tenant-G-overnor m Council, or the Corporation of the City
ol Que})ec, take in-operty recpiired ibr the extrusion.
Company may, uith Hk^ consent of the City Council, run
their line in, or along, or across any street in the City.'
Capital increased to $2.r,00,000, and new shares to be
1100 each.
Time Ihv completion exieudtMl io :^,lst Dooemher, 187S.
This act to bo deemed a special :ici. subject to Quebec
Uailwav Act of 1860. <^ tu
Vicf. 32, Cap. 52, amntedlo, r>/h April, 1869.
G-raiiis Provincial aid to the Quebec and aosford Railway
iuid other Companies, as follows, for roads i.i r>)-ra+''on be-
lore 1st July, 1872 : x ■ «o
^ A sail3sidy of 8 per cent, per annum for 20 years on the
oona fide cost oi the road, such cost not lo exceed $5,000 ner
mile uvcran-e. ' ^
CD
G-ives a subsidy of 3 p.-r cent. ]xn- annum on the actual
cost any bridge oyer a stream exceedino- .50 yards in
breadth, it the cost should exceed $r,.000. "
Subsidy jmyable on each U miles of railway.
Subsidy may be capitalized at 6 p>n' cjmt.
Vict. 34, Ca/>, 21, assen/ed to. 2it!i Da'cmlwr. 1870.
Exieiids delay mentioned in Subsidy Act of 1869 to 1st
July, 1875.
Iron rails may be laid instead of wooden, without affect-
ino- title to subgidy.
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"ict. 35, Cap 2i, msenteU to. 2Srrf Dec, 1871
»iouof'?wi''""W»''"t<>fsnfeidv ofl8«0„ ' ,
wou ot J5 luil,,^ oi mail oifko.. • ■ °°" °" comple-
f''V'^ 35, Ca„. 23, «„«„,„; ,„, 03,^ ^^,. _ jg^^
of their line, IVom Uo,fn>.,i i Vi ""P*"-*'' ^"^ fh" eitoiuiou
wh.ch ihe Corapanyt S^VL^ertordvl '"" ""' ""'«■
lot marked Block Fi tr""*""'" "^ "'•own lands ftom
mey and ChSimi described i^ t ?T''-«' M^"^"
' '''""-"'>'^'' "» schedule of this act)
Decemb^'lVTr'"'^"'' "> 1'"'"' '-"tioned. before 31st
25 mlte^l^rr '" ■=""""="• ""'•y «-»t l«"d for each
proris?ow{hi.,lf:ti,^rcf;' """' '*'"'«• "'""'s^"-
Extension to be ccmnenced before 1st May. 1874
poSKSy.;.^« .trttttt ?r~- -«>
deemed longer than necessaiy! ^'*^^''^^- ''^1">" adopted is
rM. 37, C«/,. 2, ««.«<erfto, 28th Jamari,, 1874
«2,ioo%;;Sr ""'^'"^ P''-"' '" '«-• «ie<l..et,.d from the
54
Quebec and Lake St. John R. R. to claim money subsidy,
must abandon claim to laud grant, under Vict. 35, cap. 23,
on or before 1st January, 1875,
Subsidy payable in provincial 5 per cent bonds,
ii m a r a f i ' i Maff a ria;
([pw
( OF THE PROPOSED )
fl^II^fiOAO
Cfjmpilf^d by
J.J.A'ir/wn C.£.
SCALE.
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JOHN IMSS. Ks.i.
.1. 15. KI'.XAIh, IN-i
|»lRK4"rOU«).
ThkIIon.P. riAUNKAr, -M. 1". 1'..
{Ciimmiixioiifr cf I'lil'lir M'oth" )
W.M. WITHALli, Esq.,
{yi('e-Pir'<!il'-iil Qiii'Uic Bunk.)
.1. 1). I'.RorSSKAT', Es(;.
Ills WoHllil' Tin: MAV015 OF QUKHKC. {,:,-..ifi.l,..)
.1. .1. IMCKOX. Esq., V. K.
IW'SU.V.iKS.
INinx HANK AND LA HANQIE NATloNALE.
MOI.l<'lT<»K!4.
Mk.ssus. AXlillKnS, rARoN .V AXIHIEWS.
Mlssk.^. ('. TE.'^SIER AM) .lAl lil'KS AMiKKS.
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