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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m6thode. 32 X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ".-^lEB* .%,... *.-- REPORTS OM DRUMMOND COUNTY RAILWAY 1897 •Ottawa, JihI Fobruiiiy, 1S!)7. Dkau Mh. I'.i.air.-Iu coniplinncc witli your ro„u,Nf f,w inf genor,il chfinietor of tli.M'oad constructed l>v tl^ I ..' j ^ intonnation us to ll„ fro... St... Itosalie Ju.iction o.H o G.S d T.m L "l """'' ^^^ liaihv.iy O.n.p.u.y Loona.-d to Moose Park a d tanL n "" • 'l'"'^' '"' '>''"""""ndvill,, an.l SL _ length f..o„, St. W rd to \Tcolc •» d ' ii ' '■'^''^''' "'''' '' '^'-"^■'' "»' ' ' '"*>- i" i.earChaudior,. lirid-^eshourbe IniVy^^^ ^^^^^^ '7*'' ^''" exceed ng ;,;3 teet per mile, a.ul that thau^ 43:Heet, and tl.t U^o^e^^e ;-;-:^:;- 0^^^^:^:^:' ' '^ ™"- o.n Jt:;^^ ^^t:':iri sub :;.:r - 1 '^ ;•"?- ?"•■ -"'"S i'^-" ^o feet and the steel structures restinj^ , ^s^^ ;^ 1 J ,, '^"f ' ^'''T^' " f"'^'-'''"' 'V Hubstantial girders .-esting on st,..mg weU bldltmr^^rZ^ : s tSislZT' ""' "'"""''f^ whei'eas, the gene.-al d.-ainage th.-ou-hout the s. X",. V i . ? ''"''' ""^^""1"<1<^. culverts co.istructe.i of sound cedarth be 10 v ' '"'' ''"'.■" ''"■^^''•' ^'"•"""'' of the line th.-ough the clea..ed landV^^i^;^ ti:::;:ri:i'no f" ^P"' IT'""" whei'eas, on a smal portion of tl... Uno ., ,„• e ' ^"^^tanti.tl post and boai'fl fence, way is laid with 2,0(50^ to tl^ ,,"';. ^.^'r^i'" '''T'''^r''- ^'" P"'-"-'"'^ connected with steel fish plates weighing oO pounds to tlie yai.l The road is well ballasted with a vei'v fine .miUfv ,.f ... a.'e neat buildings of what I conside. s, ffwl .i^'^'^^. "^ r'''^^'- ^lie statio., buildings road, and the w^ter service is good '■"f''"'"^ ''"" ^'"^ '•'-"iui:e...e,.ts of tlu- that a Sly ^:::;;r:;"dir t^ zJTi!^ '^T''*'f "" ^ '"^^^^ ^'-^ -^ ^'- -i- being reduced to 53 f^ ^i 2kin " ,' :;! a.™;,' J'Tf r," ''"' '' ''■'" ''•"• '"='" "'•■'^'^ ■such be your intention, ;hich I aiu...; u! be fhe "ase "" '"''""^"" ^^^ ^"« '•'"^^'' '^^ piotic^7z;^\:Sha;cC'.i;;d,f "uin' '" >"i' ^ ^^"'^"'^' «— ■• ^"^' -"■ •Railway, upon that p^t ^f U^^s b^^' T S'^f U.U S.rf "'."' ^''1' ''f;T'^''""''^' tp_that^jf_theInte.TOlonial Raiiw.v '■~ \'^""'^.^'^S that the staiH limUhuuhj^be emial HMll^^lfe^ F-se,^r^ fn.,.h, and „„„„. b.iiai,^ ti.rouS.!;::;:'tK;S;7.e Wli^ln ';^!" '""f^ r^y •'^^'^ ^^ «""'■• -'-^-^^ial road' Brid^ wit aB..anchl;rNicd;? ul^LZ^^S^"^ '"'" '^^^ ^^^'^ - ^haudiere clown into ph^^e, and .^ 3 m^ti v i ^m;v h^J^" ""'^^ ^^''"1 ^'" '•"'"''^•' '^ -^^'-^^ bo seen, is to n.y view t^e prop^ ' tS^t, Z' ^ I^L S:t^^^'''"^ '"'^'^"^ ""'^^ I (im, yours faitlifully, The iro„.,ura1.Ic A. (J. lU.Mu, '^ ^"' •^"''-''''" "^ ^'P'- A'«^V,my. „„rf (7a«r. MinisUT ..f Railways and CanaLs, Ottawa. that ;^th;:?]^^r^? rS^,^:;:::;;':;;^"'-^- ^-^ ^^'^^way^ a,.., Oana,. .a... oxtensi.m of tl.e Intercolonial i{a Iw y 'fro its ' T7"' •*''" ^'^f''"'^'"'' ^•""^•"'•■s, the w.th a tonninal in that dtv, will Z^iwZc^J^Zi '7'''''''': f ^^''''^ '^' ^^'°"^'-'-'-'. colonial Railway and place the Governm ent rtHwiv " '"'^ "'"•^'"^'^''^ "^' ^''^ ^''tor- foomg. The disadvantages under wh X ' Jn 1^ «y.ste,n upon a much improved w.th its 1,200 n.iles of track trave sh '' n ost t ^ n i^'l '^'"I -ay has been op/nute.!, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, ancUh r^h con H^'*'' "^ ''^" '''" P'«vinces o Quebec, and terminating 170 mile.s distant SnAr"''^ '""^'"'^ "^ the Province of have been so obvious t^ railwly m^U u ^J ' '^^^^^^^^^ been tole..ted if the road had befongej U p i " J ^oZ S "' ''"^''^ ^^""'^ "'^^ '"-- . .t it^i'v^r-h^lilr j;-^^ - rntercolonial systen. Srii^l-irirrt^^^^^^ and in coase,,uence the IntercoTn^lS ^^ 1 1' be .? "r"," 'f""*''^'^' -»' ^-vil: (!.and Trunk Compar.y for such througl t ', J E ,'t^'? ,1^^*"'^'^ dependent upon the interest of the Grand Trunk to dive.t Mon real 1 ,uoi f' 'i^'' '* ^"'' ^■'^'•""'- '^^^^' land, ,n preference to maritime ports has ope ratLl Z 1 " ^7?Pe'^» P"''t.s to Port- colomal Railway doing anyportfon of heTi^^^ a^^Jmuit 7' r"^^^ ""^T"' ^'>« ^-'^- the Governn.ent railway system remains eZudTd at^^^^^^^^ nnportant traffic augn.enting centre. In this situation th ''''''"' •*'''""""^ ^ '■"'» ■•"' Intercolonial Railway have always felt thit IL^ , ' .'''^^ executive officers of the mg for direct business for EuropTan 1 t "MiTtire pJ^r^'^^ "' -"'p'" Nvest-bound traffic in the other. They have 1, v Z^^ ' ,"\°'''^ direction, and for convenient distributing centre, and^to be sliuVoT/^l'T'^'^^.^^^^^'-^'^l ''- tl- mos vast voluine of tralHc that would pass ovei e In ercolon d ^FT' '"'" '^^'''^ ^° >»«« - the most direct and best possible connections ueavn^lK? .l^'"^'^y' At Montreal Canadian Pacific Railway systems, lia iu thJ Hne ' "''^' 'I'' ^'''^"^ ^runk and populous parts of Western Canada reach t lu the cl^.f?",'"?- <;'"'«"g'^0"t the most of that section of the Dominion, ' and lavi g onn^^^^^^^^ loading lines of the United States. With a sxtS^eto,^ "'■"^"' 1'°'"^'* ^^ith the ".anagers of the Intercolonial are of opinL t£ffc itv^inT'^r^'^ ''' ^^^^^''^''^l. the position to compete with rival Hnes^oi Lis^e L „, n "' w''" '" '^'' ^'''' P^^^'^^^^^ lutherto been unable to obtain in any consideiabSv ^''^.^Vest, which they have Intercolonial coul.l then canvass tl.e'iSt^'^^Z^nd^'' traffic agents 'of th^ ;:^:::ti^Sir-^-"^^' '^ ^^— ^-'-^-^"^4tSh'ui^t:K.-: well as Europe, they would bo in a portion to^^^^^ll^aS^r ::J-;;-- ^ 3 passo.1 over to tl.. (!,.„, 1 Tnu.k Hailwuy f...,,. ti,„; -o timlf i; "l;; L.:^' I,!:;;^ "II ■ .i",ibility of a line of first ,;lass steaniera on tlie Athu.t;,. .....L.;.. , ♦! • terminus .hning half the year at Halifax or St. John, he l a an e Ih " t h i '''7 an. the further prohahility of a line of freight steamers i;iy .^1 "1 ■;.;;; i an,l (he n.antune po.^ts m winter l.eing ..onsi.lere,! it seen,i to the .\iinister o |e t „- "nport,vne.. that the Tnterrolonial Ifailway should he early prepar... 1 n i . . . »!"■ I..M.ents rertairi to accrue from such a tratlie. ^ ' * * '"'" "* The Minister ol.s.,.rves with r.-spect to passenger tratlie, tliat the ..xistin" conJitinns a o untavourahle. Travellers naturally avoi.i the in.-onvenien.cs and el fys i it to transf.vs, ami at Levis passeng.w-s must, now he ferrie.i across the S TlZnnn I p-v^e. over to the (h-aml Trunk liailway. The .Irawhad^: h tld rdatio:r";en^ f.T'u ■i-l;>*;''l"at the passenger l.us.ness of the Intercolonial liailway mioht airls 1,0 expected to increase when these transfers have heen rendere.l utin-.c^J^^arv 1 v e proposed connection with .Montr..al. Having regard to the prohahI."e t 1 li | ,,.. { of ^a^ast steamship service on the Atlantic, these consi.lerations have special slglliS The general manager of (Jovernment railways, in summing up the a.lvanta-'es of ( h,. p oposed extension, ,u]vi^s that, in his opinion, if this inc^xlient Zt^ o, l U cost Jml f^Tl' T^T *^''' '" "i'^"' '" "'^■*'*^^' '^"^ ^^^^nnion now proposed at a motlerate cost and to ti. hest advantage, after a careful study of the situation availin-^ himse f th judgment and experience of the officials of the Department of ltailways"tnd '■ „U and others competent to advi.se on the subject, has arrived at the concl sion Tl f arrangement shouhl, if possible, be made w th the '-^d^r^rS^llZ^Z.J^ T the use of that portion of their main line from 8. 'ZueZ^^^X^T^ ^. z ;' v"t5:Sh;';f ""' ^';r"'i-Y'^ ^^'"''•''" ^^ ' extensiv"::;:;:iJ^;tSi^st tliouty that the Drummond County line pro,j,.cted from Hte. Ho.salie to Chiudiere and already constructed to within :^■2 or 3,5 miles of that point, sh..uld als^be Za iied cither by lea.se o. purchase ; that the uncompleted link should be built by Govern "n or, ,f proceeded with by the Drummond County Railway Company ami finH "d -xs SSn'tKr"''';-'^ that company, should also be fncludeS i"f tC r.tg e^ wftK eM,?^^ T''-P''rr'°^''^'r^^^^^ '^'^' the bridge at ChaudTre with the line to Levis, belonging to the Craml Trunk Railway Compan^-but in which the Drummond County Railway Company has obtained rights-shouM a so be Taken over from the last mentioned company. ^'" " tnred^wiH 'Th ^°'''^'' ^^'^^'J" **f "l''"^°" "^ ''^"^^ ^''^ l^^l^^ed to judge, can he com- deemeJni^ "r"^r*"'^' '•*^*''' '^^ '" S'''^'' °'- 'Instances, so that it has not be^i deemed necessary to make any comparison with other routes. Ihe M mister further states, as the result of negotiations extendin- over a consider able^per.0.1 with the representatives of the two companies above men foned huhe h miabled to submit f.r consideration terms and conditions upon which he Grand Trunk Company and the Drummond County Company will respectively aUee to Xe 1 1 several properties as above described at the disposal of the^ Crown^ sS The policy b- approved of bringing the Intercolonial Railway into the City of Montrear These ex sJt "f ' ^""'r ^ *° l^'^'i-^' -•« - favourable as it is possible to se'ure under wo li^o:""^^^^^ -"' ^- f-" cletaiinvT.ljh rTtWs tnT y^ no "^*="'i^"';^ted m the extended contract, the Grand Trunk Company as full and unlimited u.se as the company itself enjoys, of its terminal facilities in tho 8.7,:^ iii^ i:u:i:i;;i:^;...t,:^;.:;;r;r;..!:r '-'•' ^- "t "- -^ -"-^^. .1.0 o1;i!!:;;S'l;; •r';i;^:f;';i^r'::;it:::'""*^ ^''"?^'^"^ '^ ^^ ■?- ^" ^'^ f'- - Gnui.I Trunk- Railway (V.np y • ,. ' m ' 'T ""i-',;"""'^''^ '•>• ll.L condJtk^s^Z di '-t^ T ^S^nir'^r'^'ir "'" •^""<-" shall bo so applied as to ext,",. u h ,,: '''*,'":'*'''" " *'"' •''■"t'^' '^'">^- ■^tato.l lease, at which tinio tho l...,.,l fWio f ,,' '"^ V"-.^W,UUU) at the expiration of the C-own u,.dorsucl oa is tfL ;;st d ^r'"';'"'^ '-''' ''^ ^l- The .Minister a.lds hat twill frl>e (^rown free from all incu.nbra.u.e.s. oon.panies offers t^s^ l^Z^^^^r^'^t t^hrf '"' I'V^^:""' ""'"''"•"'<' ce.-,.ed, the sale could not, f<,. ..l.vious ro.sn s 1 o' , i?", ''!'"'' ^'-'P*"')' i« <^on- «ut as to the property of the d:^.;::: (' iin^^'s^:;;;!;:;^^/:^^ z "'f'"" '^"'■^^'' purchase in preference to a ip.i«P l„„l fi Y'.iip.i.iN, lie would have favourer a tions on thai i,asis iil! ^nwi li.i^ ,, do'sr?^ ^'T ''"P"'!''^ '^^ '^"^^'- '"^^ ..ogotia- acoepta..ceoftliecoi.inanvsXlf'f le / '• ""i -^^ '■""""'""« alternative to the would he for the go^!eTZ. t t^ „ 1. nU m"''"" ^"'•"'"'' '^ **^ ^^ '^''^'^^^^'^^d with, which woul.inotSrpr^ constructi.m of a new line of railway to that of the l).u, mond Cou tv *'^'"""''°f f «"t"-« length would run contiguou. of railway by .ov^nZli'r tE ^ Slflinf ^^S' u;^;;' T""'-" ^""^'^"-^ '•- seriously mpair, if it would not t,>f..ii„ T . ""^ '^""'f' ""^le.' the circumstances, very Company, and unlo si ou Wbo ^ I !'"{' '"; '""'P"''^ '*^ ^'^^ Drummond Cm.nty • represents . ap" ta "^ i, "r^ Iv i^ ^^ " f '".' '''■ '^^^'^^ demanded by the companj huil,Ianewli,ror.ritrv ; eve ""^ ' , '""^ '^ ^^ould cost the government to to the gov,.rn en bv he i ui ' ion n 7^ ^"'T'T' ^^'''^' "^^'^ be likely to accrue would commend tseft pu S 2 ov. 1 f''". "rl''"'' '' '^ ^•^"^"■"' '^ '^"^'^ '-^ I'o'i^T between the Chaudi e S'a;S'st Lsall ?he \-T'' "' ''""^'"» ""^'^ ^'^ ''"^ ways estimates that the sumtf Tl fiOO (.00 l' . f- ''""T'^' "^ g^'^^^'-^nient rail- it is only fair to the Drum .dcS '^' «utbcient forthepur^pose ; although and engineers .•epol^'ece 'S t tZ l.^^^ ^ ?r'^""" ''^'^^ '^«"*"'^' statemeiUs iU. fnto.Voionial IJaS'-ts .„ a Ijun.a to ,ts through tiuni.., and in acquii-ing this ,-aihvay fin.u the 1),,. m, wl ( ■ , ' Company. ,n p.^f..,.,... to l.„ii.iin« a nol linJ' whi.l, wouM la .• h vZ^l Company as an a.'t.ve, an.l .ioubtl..ss a .su«.essful oMnpKit.M' to,' tl . 3 ' ) , i govon.,nont will ho ..u.-in, at a not nn.-asonahl., cost a !nost s;,U I . •. 'ovoM U .ss,l .; routo hav,,,. an cstahlishcl an.l paying tralllc. and without ,.,^count.i, 1. p.-ohal j.hty of futu,-o co„,petition in .'ospect of its local husincss "^"""tu >nK th. «1U, (1,0 (.,,„„l l,„„k l|,„|„„y (.•.,i„|,„„y ,1,1,1 i|,c 1),.,,, i (:„,„„„ |t,i ,," The con.nnttfo suhn.it tl... ahovo ,<.cunnn..n.lation foi- Vou,' Hx...ll,..;ey's ,■lpp^.^al. («Hd.).)OHN,J. McfJKE, C7«r/' oj the J'riry Cmniril. I Ottawa, 2nd Juno, \R\)~ in which I'i^s.nT'l '°I"'r''' "'y ''«P°''t' V 'emarking that the seaso.i of the yoa,- .H... weeks out of the ground, and the first attention gve,. to n-in^^^^^^^^^ ^.ir:^,r;j;^^;^"; P-P- -7"ty l,y ,.enewing th^, ties, Xl^ nir^.:!.. ti ^ iluty i« tlia* n tluMu : uiiinipdrd driiimw (;..iisc.|Ufntly ia many partn (.f tlio liiu^ Imiidi KHiHs 1ms sproiilrd uvor llio luiidhtd wliicli to /vn oliscrvcr witiiout j.m.'iK'id cxpcrii'iK-o docs not H»ii.';,'<'st ii t'livounililt' opinion of its (•Imnicb'r, wliilr in t i.-L, it docs not affect thn Hiifety and tliiirmter of tilt" roiwilx'd. On tli(> condition of the rcuUied, it is my duty fivv(.unil)ly to loport. Yho l.iili.ist is of an excellent eliaraeter, and there is plenty of it. It is not very neatly dressed oH as on older lines, l.ut tliat is more a matter of appearance allectini,' the luusiied l(.ok ot the woik. than in any way a detrimei\t injurious to the safety and chara.'ter of tii.' track. 1 liave myself Keen on a train which travelled forty ndlcs an luuir, and I never felt the Hli>,'htest anxiety as to the propriety of this speed. I have reason to helieve that there are occasions whero specials have been run between Drummondville and St. Hyacinthe at the extreme rate of sixty ndles an hour, and I ilo not l)(ili«'ve that those anpiainted with the condition of the track felt that any risk was hein^' incurred during the jourm-y. The outer portion of the track to l>rmn- niomlville is cleared oiV,i?enerally, and the fencin-; in ;,'ood condition. Kast of Drum- mondville, this H.ime condition is by no means universal. There are spots wImmv the li.dit bush has yet to be removed. I cannot precisely «ive the extent of this ground where such work is necessary, but with a sullicient party, a few day.s would rectify it. Where the land is under cultivation, the fencin,-; is re<:ular and erticient. In thi" places where the line pa.=>ses through a timbered country of li;,dit bush with a thick under f,'rowtli, fencinj,' has not b(!en constructed, but no inconvenience arises to the line, for the bush itself is close and thick, and animals are not likely to stray throu<;h it. it will thus be .seen that in those 7.5 miles there is a good roadbed, well ballasted ; the rails in line ; tlie ditches freely carrying ofY the water, with regularity of different. Trades, the whole in etllcient and satisfactory working ord»'r. " While what may be called tlif'xc<'llcntconditi()r., fully balla.sted with the.. V. ■,.,.(;,.., e i . three miles near the St. Francis Hiver, the loca.ln of vChid, o t H I ^ ' ^ ^I to reduce the gradients to .3:5 feet per mile -the tra.k throughout is i e y^ll Z' dit^. the rads being ;.0 lbs. steel-and in good order, new tiJ^ were lliyi^trt^thlln; and Il'rs'''^u'"fch^sT■V'^ steel superstructure on very goo,l cement masonry abutments s n . i\ 1 1 u "'"" '^''■"" ^''^'■'^ '" "^ P''*^^^"^ «0 feet of trestle Work v hi h IS to be rei)Iaced with a permanent structure. ' " The line is fen.'ed throughout with the e.xception of about 7.1 miles throu-di dense wooils ami swamp where fencing is not at present re.,uired H'lou^li clen.se he station buildings and sidings are amply .sulllcient for the trallic, .s-mie of the buildings re,,u,re repair.s and painting, which I was informe.l is to be done at ^00 I am, sir, your obedient servant, (Signed.) THOMAS RIDOUT.