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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 T ^ i P. h ibi pRosi'F.( rrs (»i ■IIIK (OuelJCf and lalu' St. Holjii KAILVVAV, lutnnerli/ Qncher m/d Gos/ord Rdiiwaif.) 9 liicoii)ariiUHl by n sj).'cial*A( t oT the Li\i>if>)laLiire ol the Pro- vince ol' Qii(>])oc, pasHid ill the. year 18H0, Vict. 32, Cap. 58, AmeiRled hy " -M, ' 24. - lo. •• 24, ;iiul •• ;58, Hubsidi/ed by Vict. 82, Cap! 52, AnuMided ))y " >4. - 21, And by Liiiid CIraiit Atl, •■ 85, ' 28, Anieiub'4^>y " *^^' "2. Caimial Stock, $5' 000,000. QUEBEC : l'iiiNii::i ,\ r Till'; "Min,MMi ('hiiunk m: " Oh-h^k. 'r.-.- ^ '■' ~^. ^^''^mJS^'^m^E f'. ft- 1^, ^13 i it..' f r 'f; f^ a l\ !l 11 PROSPPXTUS <•!■ Tin; 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, $5' 000,000. QUEBEC : l'Hixri;i) n ini: •• .MiiiiM\(i (.'ifinivirM: " Oi kk'k. / OFFICERS. o^«. ^^^^;^;^^" ^ (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. f?V^5 2 PROSPECTUS 01' TUK mha m\ lal\e $t. lodn Kailu^ag, PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, C-AuKTA-IDA.. J 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 anle 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, :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, o 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. i ,,. 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. 826 (> i7.) SlU ('„r Inn, I?, Fi!v\v 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::;.!)7den 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 i 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. i ! : 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 selectoses. Leaving the terminus, the hue runs west and north, through thf parishes of St. Sauvenr. Ste. |M)ye, Ancienne '9 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. o 10 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." I 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, f 11 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. ^amiii 12 • 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. ■ip IS 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 nii 14 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. I I 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. ' t 15 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 u 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. 17 ) 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 1 1 i i I ■ 1 18 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 iany, amendments, and land grant. ! I I i ■2ii 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 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,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. ■^ 21 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:ilt. .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 t iin'. I v\a< rather ili-a/reeahly "uriH i-.'.l l.y liir :i|i|ieiii;iiire ..t the . .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 ,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 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 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, -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 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 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 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 33 >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 . 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 anoly 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! 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 , 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)!=iiv 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. 9 r r 1, i 1 i i ■i: ! ill -J ' m • 40 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! ! 1 {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 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(.;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. 42 [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 our stock in the .N'orlh Shore wc are giving to the L:(l(•-•,. '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. '< '? 43 Inexntninln;? fli.' .•on-^in rotiini {\,v 1>7I. will he (V.iin,] ilie rnjl 'Win? puru.iij l:l''t.. 'DIM l.vTliiN. 10 Iv ;lh Ihc oli- ih.v HIT ISHI ijiit'lifc Oil V. • ,''iol)ec C'ciiiiiiv is: I. .ilMl'.t'.i (9 '.»! L'2,li.">2 Si .Maiiriif Xurili hi.tii;; iii'iiiL>in l\H I 'liicniitiiiii A Siiiriit'iui V. I ii..'i; '.I lo.ii.is JJ.'.IS'I 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|.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:v ' 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. 'M\.:;>: Afontrciil . Torouti 4J,S21 KMIDii Ihiinillon. t.Uliifln ... I.OIIlloll .... 1. ()(;(» II. i(ir.22.- ..(;.iKt2 2t;.7iii 21..",).". l."..S2ii 1(1.(1112 1 1.2: 1 7.t;2(> 0.87(1 1.271 ]*KK i'FNT. 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 44 \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 uni IH'Overbially fertile, the climate singularly mild, and it has been computed that a popiilation of over 3or. 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 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.) Aital 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 47 1'"^'^ >t .lolu, in live >-;,„■'. ' '■'""'■'^•''-''y liui.lKvV,„ '^ I'pemlj.v fv. 'l'"5'.(J):.c.,.,„l„.,,is7| ''^'"'='*™ l.(>ClMfMT|\J,-< v::^::;:;:;::-""''' -■■■---■-:^..^^^^^ ,, „„„ .„ V .. -' •■ .. "■ -I 1,1101) '•••■"■'-'■'"'■• -'I •• .. ;; K.nmMiM I l.fllMI Mil <'.\j;s. ' '"'^ !'--:^li' •• ! .. :;,::,Mi „,. ^"^■'^"^-" ■' < ■•' •■'';;;;:'■.:::: ^"""" i'',?;>ii 11(1 — i:i,w.)(i no "'■'^'' '-"■' I "'■ -''i"- 'yv.:r ,,.„i (,,,, >.>2.!i5(i (Ml i-'!,2.;r (Ml "i'llKl; .\>,7, Hnijni<)ii|U:tl In l.il.",(l |,,||,, I,; „,[. |,,|, .■j2'i2..il)0 \.'\. A( .. ^1 .imii |„.r mili. . ("i.don K'M.I.I.M. .>T'M K. tA2'^ - Lii;."- liiijriii''-. ."n I'lM!- ( I'"ilM rl-l- l';(.--i-:;-ci . ( ',| |< I I Viii\ I'lcit'lil •■ ^ .-^(•'■■lllll .-lil-- •' •• I.l" I'1,I||m||,i •■ , . |,,,,vpriiii; -i-.i II" , iiii|Mo-. iii^.l;ir,|nc' r.niicr liri.l.s.* ire- 1 !<• \vni k , :iii(l 1., i,-,...i\-,. iioii i;iil iv.fm Si. .<;in\ciir hi (;..-r...p|, ,-.i\ ."(• lililc- Kvini.-inn ,.!■ |;„,.,.| Imiii (;M.r.,ra t„ .-^i. |;:,v„i ..„|. ur,,,!;,,-. ri,i:iit "\'\\,\\. Ii|-!,|;r,... ,•!,,! I . , jVec I '. c ilMli r.t ^ ' ' I,', Nlii.--. Fxl'MiM,,!) Iiv.in .-I. .■^■|.|\i<:ir Im l';il.ii. ||:,vli IVniiiiMis ,11 l',,I;,i- Ihr'M.iir, i:i,:l.,,|i„;: S!-,liu„ lHii|,[i„;.-. fiirm>. A'e Wn,k .^h,..],-. T.M.I^, A- iliit- .».".|i.(MI(l li, 11(111 ri.oiiii -•..itIM) .ij..'ili(i . I (III,' 11(1 IIIII.IMIII ■JII.OOII :Mi. 0(111 'I ;,!'i!i ' •Mllill-^'cpcit- III ].(■!■ 1-l'iil .^.■I'ill.lMin 1-7112. .'pyr Income aud IC.riiv.nditun . ^:^■i'l.M \Ti:i> LVCOMK. )l).tl(HI (• il'i- I.I I' irw.iii.;. .It • r.l. J.p,i)0(i.o:i|i feet H. .\1. |i,.;.|- ,-„! |,„i,il iiiuicr J! I .V I .iin . ■I'lll.llliri II. S(|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. ^ hi 38 "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, ««.«T. M. W. I'.AIiV. Ks.... .M. 1'. 1'. 'I'm: lliiN. K- <'HI\U.', (StMiatur.i 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'