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 ONE OF THE OLDEST HAIL EOADS IN CANADA. 
 By IL S. Poole, M. Can. Soc. G. E. 
 
 In 1818, when cnal minus wore fir.st opened on the East River of 
 Pictou, a tram road was made Crom the pits to the head of the tide, 
 above where the iron railway bridge now spans the river j but shipments 
 were small until a transfer of the property took place in 1827, when a 
 new site for the wharves was selected lower down the river. 
 
 As the trade grew and the inconvenience of shippin" iu shallow 
 waters was more and more felt, other sites still lower down were found, 
 and so it came about that in the courses of ten years four moves werr 
 made. 
 
 The tram road was of the now standard gauge, 4' 8J", and was 
 worked by horses. Sidings were placed about half a mile apart, and cauh 
 horse went his half mile or so with a full load, and, leaving it on the 
 maiu lino for the next horse to take on, rotunHxl with empty wa"on3 
 from the siding. 
 
 AVhen in lH:i4, it was found that much Improved facilities were 
 required to meet the growing trade, the final t^itr was selected opposite 
 the loading ground, some four or live miles further down the river from 
 the shipping place in use, at a point where there was ample water for 
 vessels of the largest size tlien engaged in the coal trade. 
 
 The extension then decided on was subsequently built in a more 
 substantial manner than the upper part of tlie road hid been made. 
 It was finished in 1838, and in thiit year the first locomotive ran over 
 a railroad iu British North America. 
 
 For half a century this rail road was in operation, and form:my years 
 carried pas.sengers as well as freight; it was finally abandoned lust 
 autumn, and tlio shipping of coal transferred from thv. loading ground 
 where this South Pietou Railroad terminated, to wharves at the mouth 
 of the harbour, access to which is attained over a branch of the Inter- 
 colonial Jiailway to Pictou Landing. These newer wharves will accom- 
 modate any vessel that can cro.ss the bar at the liarbour's mouth, they 
 are accessible earlier and later in the season than those at the loading 
 ground, and from them loaded vessels can .sail at any time of the tide 
 day or night. 
 
 When the tram road gave place to the rail road, the line to the pits 
 was also changed, and the whole length of seven miles cumo under new 
 .surveys. 
 
 The President of this society has spoken of the desirability of record- 
 ing tlie names of those who were pioneers in the several branches of the 
 profession of engineering, and the author now wmild name Mr. Peter 
 Crerar as the first Hailroad engineer in Xova Scotia if not in Canada. 
 
 Mr. Crerar was born in 17S5 at Uiv.idalbane in Perthshire, and came 
 to Nova Scotia in 1817. 11" first taught in a school anil then became 
 deputy land surveyor, in which jatU'r cajiacity he laid out several of 
 wh»t are now the main roads in Pictou County, lie died iu 1 857. 
 
Mr. Orerur*liiid had uu expurieucti iu ruilruailtturvuyiufj; iiud Imildiug, 
 prior to tiie time he was uui^iixcd to luii thu trial lines of the extension 
 of the South PiotJU llailroid ; yet wluii his phins and -spaeid cations 
 were laid before the Board of Directors " at home," they were so wel] 
 sfttistied with them, that they wrote out, -aying : "' What need is there of 
 our sending you an engineer when you have Mr. Crerar in the country ? 
 Let him supervise the construction.'' This was accordingly done, and 
 sevi'r.il of the sections he prepared to show tlie progress of thf woik 
 have been preserved. One of these suctions the author is, by the kindness 
 of Mr. Clendeiiin, the I'residcut of the .\ca<lia Coal Company, the pre- 
 sent owners of the property, enabled lierewith to send for preservation 
 in tlie archives of the Society. 
 
 A glance at .Mr. Crerar's section i.s arrested by the uiiusmil uniform- 
 ity of the grade for a road passing through a country so uneven as theiv 
 shown, so different from that ordinarily met with on colliery railways 
 built in the present day. The road starts from the pits witii a falling 
 grade of one in 437 feet for a distance of 3500 feet, thence it is practi- 
 cally level for 18,770 feet, a slight itieline of one in 578 feel then follows 
 for 2,500 feet, succeedeci by a level piece of road for 5,810 feet ; a 
 grade of one in 360 feet for 1 .500 feet tlien takes the road to the timber 
 structure, in connection with the wiiarf 16i feet above ordinary high 
 tit^p. 
 
 It will also be noticed on the plan of the road that in the matter of 
 curves, great caution has been shown ; as even when it entailed extra 
 cutting of considerable amount, nowhere is there a curve of over 4 
 degrees radius. 
 
 The cutLings anU embankments were both made with a slope of one 
 and a half to one ; the former being made 18 feet wide at the bottom, 
 and tlie latter of the same width at the top. 
 
 Among the papers relating to the cc -truction of the road is the 
 following memorandum, connected witli the first line in England intend- 
 ed for general traffic. 
 
 " The Liverpool and .Manchester Hail lload. 
 Iron Rail lload ar. ount .£67,912.0.(1. 
 
 " The above expenditure compri.ses the following items : Rail for a don. 
 ble way from Liverpool to Mancliester, with occasional lines of commun- 
 ication and additional side lines at the different depots, being about 35 
 miles of double way = ;'.,847 Urns, at prices averaging something less 
 than £12.10.0. per ton.'' 
 
 In addition to the interest which this memorandum has as a state- 
 ment of cost, the author would specially draw attention to the use in it of 
 the words " depot" and '■ rail road." Their use here makes it probable 
 that these words were common In Kngland at the time in iiuestion, 
 although they have been there al iiined and replaced by •' station " and 
 " railway. " 
 
 It would appear probable that these t^'rms were at the same time adopt- 
 ed in America, but in contiadistinction to the English practice, they were 
 retained there just as philologists tell us m;iny words and expressions, 
 which are distinctive of New IJigland t<i-day, :ire recollections of Puritan 
 times, and are not indigenous to the soil. Only the other tlay, a review- 
 er, writing on the great .Vmerican languagi', gave "depot as an adap- 
 tation from the French direct by the people of America; but it would seem 
 that the u>e of that word in the foregoing niemoriindum pnint,s t<j its 
 having iiad at least a tcniporary resting place in Kni;land on its way to 
 America. 
 
 It may be noted tliat in all the papers connccteil with the South Pic- 
 tou road, the invariable practice is tti speak of it as a ■ rail road, " never 
 as a" railroad'' or • railway," and this spelling the author has 
 retained in this [lapcr. 
 
 The road has, as already mentioned, a gaug(! of 4' 8i," a.- was the 
 practice in England at the time of its building. The rails were of several 
 sections of whieli pieces have been sent to the museum ol the Society, 
 the earliest form was scalloped to sit in metal chairs spiked to sleepers 
 placed 3 feel apart. The turnouts are made with tongues or split 
 jiolnts of the form now reijulred by the British Board of Trade, and one 
 which has of late grown more ui favor In America than the facing pointc 
 ordinarily seen. 
 
 «In some papers he si^ns himself ' Geographic Knginecr.' 
 
Xiocomotives : — Tho first ('rurino to run (ni tho rnail was tlie Sam- 
 son, wliic'li is still ill woiUini; order and was in use until 1H8t. This 
 engini' lud in tlii' prooe-ision of'looomotivcs ut the Chicago exhibition in 
 1883, and was driven by Gtiornu Davidson, who came out with it from 
 En^lund in \KW. 
 
 Tho John Huddle and the llereules were iuiported at the samo time, 
 and were similarly constructi'd ; they were fiillowed hy the Albion and 
 I'ictou, whieli have inelined cylinders and tubular boilers, and- subse- 
 quently in 1853by the \'ulcan, which has tlu^ cylinders placed hori- 
 zontally. 
 
 The boiler of the John Huddle !■< now used to drive; a stationary 
 engine, and the others are not beyond repair if use could be found for 
 them. The veteran Samson is wailing for a purchaser * who will preserve 
 it as a relic of past practice. U was built by Timothy H:ickworth of 
 Newcastle, weighs l(i tons, !;• cwt., (tgr,, 20 lbs., and with duplicate 
 wheels and other parts cost .C21 40. Uy. 
 
 The cylinders are 15J " diameter with a .strokr of 10 " and a valve 
 area of 2J a(|. ins. They sit vertically over the liiiid driving wheels, and 
 have Watt's parallel motion instead of erossheads and slides. The 
 wheels are 4' in diameter, six in number, with a wheel base of 8' 8" ; 
 they are made in two pieces, the anuukr portion is kept in position 
 round the central hub by twelve circular keys of wood. 
 
 The boiler with a capacity of 540 gallons has a length of 13' 4", and 
 carried a pressure of GO lbs. on the square inch. It has a single return 
 flue of g" plate, single rivetted, J6A" in d'umeter round the fire, and 
 diminishing to IS '' wiicre it enters the smoke box. As constructed tho 
 tender goes in front, and the stoker alone attends to the liring, while the 
 driver sits in an iron chair behind hi.s engine. 
 
 Tho author among tiie notes of his father, wiio managed the Albion 
 Mines for the General Mining Association for fourteen years, finds a 
 careful record of tlie work done by each locomoti\ ; ; and between 
 the years 1840 and 1853, the Samson ou an average in each year was 
 out 113 days, ran 4721 miles a ye.ir, and hauled 21,913 chaldrons of 
 coal, at an average annual cost of £01. 9s. Od. cy. =" for repairs, and £227. 
 13s. 2d. Cy. for working expenses. 
 
 Cost ofmaierial a'ld work. — The author has come across a few items 
 of cost with which Material and work of to-day may be compared, e.g., 
 The actual co; t of earth cuttings per yard ranged from ten pence to one 
 shilling and three pence, 02,297 yards costing £3247. 7s. 5d. In later 
 work the rale paid was even lower, and down to 5^d. per cubic yard for 
 levelling a coal floor. At the present time, cuttinu's through the same 
 class of ground, stiff' boulder clay with embedded rocks and pebbles, 
 could not be made under thirty cents per cubio yard. 
 
 Spruce U " and 2" boards were bought for 22 shillings per thousand ; 
 hemlock at nineteen and six pence. 
 
 Hemlock logs not less than 15" diameter as Ibllows : — 
 27 logs 36 feet long i;aeh at 4s. Od. 
 297 " 25 " " " 3s. 
 
 54 " 24 " " " 2s. lOd. 
 
 507 " 19 " " " 2s. 5d. 
 
 1350 •• 13 '• " •' Is. 9d. in all £233.08. 9d. 
 
 Cedar sleepers from New Hrunswick were delivered at 2s. each in 
 1840. and at from Is. 9d. to 2s. Od. in 1847. 
 
 Iron rails, 21,149 yards, weighed 017 Urns 14 cwt.,anii required 258 
 tons 2 ewt. id' metal chair.s .ind 35 tons 17cwt. of pins and wedges. 
 
 As an example ot stone work take the cost in 1850 of a culvert 4 
 feet in diameter, 143 feet long, uiidi^r an cmbinknietit 35feet high. 
 
 Finding and hauling stone 9 miles at... 10s. Od. per c. yd. 
 
 lUiilding same i>'- 
 
 Face dressing insiileof culvert and including reduc- 
 inu the .stone to the mould of the arch IX" 
 
 thick, stones 7" at face, 11 " at back at 12s.0d. " •' 
 
 Then a retaining wall 90 feet long by 24 I'eci high, 7 feet thick at 
 the bottom, and 4 feet .'i inches wide at the lop was built, the stope 
 found and the face chisel dressed lor 12s, (id. per cubic yard, 
 
 * I'rico .iskcii $.iOO, 
 
 * The £\ Cy. was worth lUs. stg. 
 
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The author has not been able to mnko out the actual first cost of tho 
 road, but in iil'tur yi:arH ilio vulualimi iiiclu^ivoofliiiul iliimiigen luul 
 engiuiM lilood at tTOJOO.ls. (Id. 
 
 Tlie ibllowing however \» the e«tiiiiuteby Mr. Crerur of the probalile 
 expense of completing tlic Albion .Mines Rail Rjttd, from its eom- 
 uieucumeul at the Foundry to its termination attiie I^ouding ground : — 
 
 Curreney 
 
 Kxcavatinn 135,980 eubic yards (« la. 2W ,i'H882-2-»i 
 
 21.t)00 Tons prepared stones liiid on r<(, (is. fid. per ton 7020 
 
 10,5ti0 sleepers (ji, Is. 3d. each (ItiO It 
 
 Ijayini; down snnip !ind r.iils, &(• fiOO 
 
 A bridge at Simon Kraser's Cove, stone abutments e.'ich aver- 
 aging 30 ft. Iiigh, wooden tops supported by wooden piers or 
 
 pier poles. &c.,&c 447.0.0 
 
 A bridso neross Cove Brook, &e., &c 579.0.0 
 
 A bridge from Dunbar's Point to Ijoading ground one stone 
 
 abutment, &c 1593.0.0 
 
 15 bridges and passing places, stone abntiiient'", woodi^n tops. 
 
 averaging 20 ft. high and 15 ft. span, at.tlSO each 2700.0.0 
 
 Drains and Culverts 800.0.0 
 
 COO Tons Iron rails, chairs, etc., @ i;i5perton ...9000.0.0 
 
 32.^41.2.6 
 
 Ten per Cent. Contingencies . ..3234.2.3 
 
 £ 35575.4.9 
 
 Having located the line, the next step was to obtain the rightof way 
 and as in those days there was no Eailway Act, it may lie of interest to 
 note what proceedings were actually taken. 
 
 First application was made to thc(Jeiieral Sessions of the county, 
 and then in aeconlance with the authority there obtained there was 
 issued the following notice and in duo course the Jury's award. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an order of the Justices of the 
 General Sessions of tlie Peace for the County nf Pictou, dated the 4th 
 day of January instant, made upon the application of the (ieneral 
 Mining Assoeiation, which Association an^ the sublessees of His .Majesty's 
 mines in the Province of Nova Scotia, by Joseph Smith, Ksijuire, their 
 agent and attorney, a precept in writing has been issued, directed to the 
 Sheriff of the county of Pictou, or hi.i* deputy, commanding him to 
 summon ceitain persons being freeholders to apjiear at the house of 
 James Frascr, innkeeper in the town of New Glasgow, on Tuesday, the 
 4th day of April n;'Xt ensuing, at 11 o'elnck furenoon. foi the purpose 
 of laying out and setting utt' within the lands of any person or per.sons 
 owning tlie same, or in possession thereof, so n)uch of the said land as 
 may be recjuired for the purpose of altering the line of rail road, now 
 in use at the Albion .Mines on the East River of Pictou, in the county 
 aforesaid, the whole way from the shafts or pits at the said mines, down 
 the west side of the said river to some convenient point opposite to 
 what is generally called the '• Loading Ground. " and for assessing the 
 damages to the owner or owners, tenant or tenants of such lands, 
 according to their several interests tiir being deprived ol the use and 
 benefit thereof; ami tor the exiionse of making fences or ditches, and 
 also for fixing and aseerlainiii'.' the annual rents for the use and occu- 
 pation of the said lands, in aeconlance with the laws of the I'mvinee in 
 such case nnidc and provided. 
 
 (Signed,) Jas. .Minnestkii. 
 
 Clerk of the Sessions. 
 Pictcu, January (5th, 1837. 
 " At 'he house of Jaims Frascr. Ftuikcepcr in tlie Town of New Glasgow, 
 this sixth day of .May, one tlnmsaiid eight hundred and thirty, 
 fom'. 
 A list or panel of the names of twelve of the freeholders sunmioned 
 and in attendance, under and by virtue of the prcccpi hereto annexed, 
 who on the list of freeholders to the said precept anuexcd being called 
 ovci Crst appeared and answered thereon, and who wcie thcreupoii 
 sworn by me the subscriber, John W. Harris, the deputy of John J . 
 Sawyer, Fsquire, sheriff of the Comity of Halifax, as a jury to the faith- 
 
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ful discharge of tlii' iliilies requiri'il nf thfiiiby llif liiws of the Provinne, 
 t()ucliiii>; lilt! several matters uml tliiiiv;^ "i •!"' i*''''' prticupt iiicutiunod 
 and set fortli imnicly : — (Aloxandur McDoniild and othcrM.) 
 
 VERDICT (JK KINUINd oK TIIK ADdVK ./URY. 
 
 We whose naiiios are liorotn subscribed, beiiiK the jurors natiiud in the 
 above list or panel, do hereby eertify, that being first duly sworn we 
 proceeded to the diseharu'e of the duties iiiipnsed on us, and havinsi 
 traversed the line propo-ed by tht: iij;ents of the trustecsof the (rencral 
 Mining Association, as an extension of the rail road froui the shafts 
 or pits at the Albion Mines on the Kast river of Pictou, the whole way 
 from the said shafts or pits down the west side of said river, to a point 
 iu said river o|iposit<' to what is ealled the loadinf: "ground, as shown to 
 us by the said aj;cnls of said tr\istecs, and havinj,' heard all such parties 
 interested therein, as well for as against their several proofs, opinions, 
 plans, estimutCH and suggestions as appeared before us, and having 
 again by ourselves, scparat*; and apart from all int<!rostod therein, given 
 the whole business n^terred to us our most mature deliberation, do say 
 that in our judgment it is needful and re(|uisite to extend the said line 
 of rail road the whole way from the said shafts or pits, to a point or place 
 in the said Fast river of Pictou, opposite to the said lo;iding ground, 
 that being the nearest sea water navigable for loaded ships or vessels 
 of any size in the said river ; and that for the purpose of so extending 
 the said rail road, it is needful and n-cossury to open and make the same 
 across and in front of the lands lyinii on the west side of the said river, 
 between the said sliid'ts or pits and the said loading ground, on the sev- 
 eral courses as shown upon the plans hereunto annexed, which plans are 
 made and signed by Peter Crerur, deputy land surveyor and civil engin- 
 eer, and thereupon for that purpose we do hereby lay out and make as 
 the same is now marked and staked on the ground, and shown upon the 
 said plan, through, over aod within the lands following, that is to say 
 commencing at or near the foundry, that being a short distance from the 
 said shafts and pits, and to which place the said rail road has been 
 previously laid down and established as we are infornjcd, and 
 running from thence through, over, and within the lands now in the 
 possession of the said General Mining Association, one John Duff, one 
 William Fraser •' Ogg," one William Blair, the widow and heirs of the 
 late Donald Smith deceased, and then ag;dn of the said association to 
 the bridge at New Glasgow, and passing under the western end of the 
 said bridge, theuoe to run through, over and within the lands of the said 
 Association, one Donald Fr:iser, mason, one Thomas Fraser, one Edmund 
 Walter llemdell, one Donald MeKeiizie, one William Mcintosh, Messrs. 
 Simon James and John Fraser, again other land of the suid Association ; 
 Messrs, George and.lohu Fraser, one W^illiani MeRay, again more laud 
 of the said association ; one Alexander .McDonald, one Donald Fraser, 
 the widow and heirs of the late Colin Fraser deceased, and Messrs. 
 Eobert and William i unbar, and from the said Robert and William 
 Dunbar's lands into the said Fast river, to a point opposite the said 
 loading ground, according to the said phm, allowing for the purpose of 
 opening and uniking the suid riiil road so uiuch ol the land on each side 
 of the said line not exceeding more thiin five nor in any ease less than 
 three rods iu the whole breadth llieieof, clear id' fences and ditches, except 
 at such places as the said line shall or may puss into or out cf the waters 
 of the said river, as may be rcijuisiti and necessary for the formation 
 of a, proper ra il road, when so I'xtended as aforesaid, and we have assessed 
 the damages to be paid by the said trustees of the said Association to 
 the owner or owners, tenant or tenants of the said lands, according to 
 their se\eral interests therein, or to such other person or persons as may 
 be lawfidly entitled to receive the same, for being deprived of the use and 
 bcnctit of such land, and for the injury that may be done thereto, :ind for 
 the I X]ieiise which miiyl>eimpci>Ld m them for making fences or clitches, 
 for the purjHJSc ol' separating all the lands so l.iid oH' us aforesaid from 
 other parts of the tracts of land, within whicK the lands so laid off arc 
 C(mtained a,-- follows: that is to say, lor damagi s and fencing on and over 
 the laud !!"W in the possession of the said HoViert and William Dunbar, 
 seventy-three pounds ten shillings, ,iiid for tlic like, &c., Ac, all which 
 said sums are to bo lattl'ul money of Nova tjcotia, and to be paid to the 
 {H'rson or |)ersouM entitled thereto as afcresaid by the said trustees of the 
 
 
 
Mttid AdwioiiitiMii. wliiii iiixl Mil mioii lis tlic xnid linu iif ruilroiid Im I'oin- 
 iiif iicTcl ami till' l'(!iicTt (nil il|i In u luwlul iimiijicr. 
 
 And We hiivi' iiUii lixcd iiiid iisccrtiuiicd tlic iiiirnilil rout tor tho uphuhI 
 oct'upatiiiii ipf till! .said land", laid utt'ns atinvfiaid as IiiIIiiwh, that ix tn Hny, 
 fur DO uiuoh tliureol' ('ji'aic.rHny fuiict'n or diluhcK uh mIimII bu miulHit.! 
 
 and nti'iM-ary ('.ullii' pur|mw ..I' tin- said mil mail, wl souxtcndi'd ax 
 
 alori'saiil, tlit; saiiir to lir asi'i'itaint'd by artual nicaiiiri'iiifnt by a .sworn 
 deputy survi'yiir III' land when tin- said rail riMid Ix foiinud, wliioh in now hi 
 piwDCSHinn (d' tlii' .-aid Koboit and William Dunbar, Ac, \,,., th.' an 
 nual rent of four {iiiuihIm fur caoli and i-viry acre and .sn in propnrtion 
 fur any li'.s«,r i|uantily that may lir rc(|iii.sitc, &c. (N.H.—OtluT lotMarn ut 
 twopi.unilN, lwi>pi>uiid.s ton slillUn^r., t|,,v,! pouudi, five pDund.x), which 
 HuidHuinshcrwby fixed for r.int, b^utiif ulnoof likit lawful numoy an afore- 
 said, and tn bt! paid by llw .said trustrtvi in twidvo nmntlis from and 
 af'U'r the time whru the priiiTiilln,i;H had iir Im had under the said pre- 
 cept shall luue been lunliriiied, and sunn yearly and eaeh year thfrimfliir, 
 so long as they ciinilnuu to occupy the said rail road. I'rovidi'd always 
 lliat such owner or owners, tunautor tenants, or such oth^r person or per- 
 sons entitled to nieeive >ueh annual rent as alore.said, do and shall from 
 time to time, and atall times hereafter, so lon^ a.« the said line .so laid off 
 and marked as uforedaid shall be held and ocoupied as ulbrosaid, at his 
 or their expense, eo.st and eli:ir;,'es, repair and keep in repair all sueh 
 fbnoesasho, she, or tliuy are bound to put up in manner afore.sald, and in 
 default thereof the said iissoeiatiiin shall he at liberty to repair and keep 
 in repair all sueh feneos, and retain out of the annual rent aliircdaid the 
 reasoDuble expen.se and oust of the same. * * * And we have further 
 eonsiilered that there shall be unide at the expense of the said AsHoeiatiou, 
 cither across or under the .said rail road, when the .same is formed and com. 
 plet^d, suitable and eommftilious places for the owner or owners 
 tommt or tenants respectively of the several tracts of land through, over 
 or within which the said line for the said rail road has been laid off and 
 marked as afore.sald, to pass and repass from one part of the .said tracts 
 of land to the other, the said ].a.ssini,' jilaees to be in sueh part of the 
 said line as will admit of their belns mado by a bridf,'o at least fourteen 
 feet above the level of the rails to be Uid on the said road, or at such other 
 part thereof as will admit of their beln^' made to pass under the said 
 line of rails, and to be at least ten leet clear, at the option of the owners, 
 of the soil ojiposit ■ thereto, and in ease there .shall uot be on any of the 
 said tracts of land an embankment of sufficient hei},'ht or cutting of a 
 sufficient depth, to admit of a passliii; place to be made as before describ- 
 ed, then there shall be made as afore.sald one at sueh place on tho .said line, 
 as there shall be neillier a euttliif: nor embankment (d' more than three 
 leet, such plare to bo pointed out by tlie owner opposite, and We further 
 eun.sideillir number of .said jiassimj; places shall be asfollow.s, tiv. 
 
 In witness we have hereto snb.scrilied our names at the house of 
 .lames Kiaser, [iinkeeper, ,it -N'ew (ila.sjiow, this eighth day of iMay. one 
 thousand eli;ht hiiiidivd and thirty four, having been three days engaged 
 in this business, to us ivferrci: as aforesaid, in the jiresence of the said 
 John W. Harris, who has snbserlbed his name hereto. 
 
 (.Signed) Alex. McJ)onald. 
 liis 
 •ieorge x (Jratto, 
 
 Muirk 
 John Adani.son, 
 I'eter .Mel.anehlali. 
 .lo.seph 'I'riiminian. 
 
 Iiis 
 
 dailies X I'reriii. 
 
 murk 
 
 William Wylie. 
 1 )onald -Mefiilveray. 
 Ihinean McDougall. 
 .rohn Idppineott. 
 Ivhvard Patterson, 
 .las. J^iirvis. 
 Julm \V. JIarrls. 
 iJepy. .SherifT,