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MONTREAL NORTHERN COLONIZATION RAILWAY. 
 
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 REPORT 
 
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 ON 
 
 HOCHKLAGA AND ST. JEROME SECTION, 
 
 BY 
 
 CHARLES LEGGE, 
 
 Civil Etujineer. 
 
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 liERALD SIEA.M PRESS, 51 AND 53 ST. JAMES SlREET. 
 
 1869. 
 
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REPORT. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ICri. SEPTEMBER, 1869. 
 48 Great St. James Stkeit. 
 To the Provisional Erectors 0/ the Montreal NorthernlColor^i.atton Sailwa,, Compaq,. 
 Gentlemen,— 
 
 rf opening ,i|, li.e Ll, , Lrv » «lfl,f,„;„. i! t ? T'l' ""'" "'•» "'"■ '1" "I"" 
 which refereuce huH been made lovinct ot Quebec, lor tlie purposes to 
 
 con„„e«„„ „ , , , .,„ c'u^uii^i''^f,;^v,& :„;^;„.srsvsi^i^^^ 
 
 ton ol till, most .inKiWc rft,! li.r a toimiual tlatiou at „, in the cilv ii, Z L mJ ,;, , 
 ,.rS„t,Vt'ipLSS^^SroVlK^^^^^^^^ 
 
lo'ngth of lino to rich' «' 1' .^ rJ n d i s.rXi'ri'r "' *'''' ;^'"*^"" •■""' '*" 
 
 nioro (liniciilt rciuf.. tj... ... . , •"„ **:^"'" ^ """ '« <"<' hiuiio tunc iiiinh ovt'r a 
 
 HtaU^nH'r,!^ "^ -i /'y ti.o (Iran.I Truik Iluihv..y 
 
 addi.i.,nHl railway »ccc.in..odHti?r!uil 1,1' f... ./'" <■''>'«-) un.tly l,c n., n.oni for 
 
 ••onl wood, but even di, It k d "/.Itv no e!^f "o. nnu.la u.n of larg. .,,mntitleH of 
 Htreeta<.eo'nnno.lation for 1 , « v^nrr a X^l froril '^ '*'"> '""";':' "'" """' "' 
 
 .oon dcllnod t„ t„p ,l„. s,, I.«„„.„„ „i „,„!, ;;„",;,,,',',„ Am, ,„»„ m,l,,„, 
 
 "'wlsrn ''■"'''^^tt.':;iL:K:i''i:/t"'r,' iiir,:;;,"" "™ '* - ■•■ - 
 
 l««, .11 Ih. vario™ SXS r". TODc7LmThol'' '"! 1'"'* '""■^' '" ""'"■ 
 mtorprUc will be rtuliaid * ^° «il,™«»i,i| omrjiiig out ol 11,6 
 
 point., topplnj. all th^t,Z«Zi'J,lJ^r' ?, " .'','""K»" '""I """' in.|-.rtiiit 
 lands bordering on the ^ver Rouee in f , t ?' ' " r' « '"""^' /'" v'"'' ''''"" ♦''^' *'^''*"" 
 
 ...j-o.at„a,„th,/dir„L":r:,sre„"S:iv7dtu^:r::si::s 
 
 would el« the r«d VO".li-abr,ac"f Zt^al yXi.,S.» li """' "" "'""""■ 
 
 ai»<;. uSiS':.trpfw ,° S'wSr °i",«r f '-'«»,.? ;,ic."i» „o«..o. „„ 
 
 Mile End. Vinet'8 BridK St Eo«o and%f T^ !' J^'' ''™"'^ *™™ Hochelaga ,,»« 
 
 miles, Wile a th rd Hne wrs suiested f o^ >^^^^ i'' T.'' t ^"J"'^ '''«*^'^'^'' "t^""^ 
 
 Martin, Moulin ii la SeTt Thfrcse and^t ?.r^^^^^^^ f^"' ^"/' ^"'^^''^ ^"'^S^' »*• 
 wMch cWd special ad^antagL^eVtt %SS:$£:^::.^ZS^S^^; 
 
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 J^o^fa^M^IS'!!'"""^''^^-''"™-'''' examination, tho commit... eonc.udca their 
 
 "•H rom the uuHu Unnk ,„u,| to co /m c wHh h[ w'fT ^^n'^ PP^""" *" *'""«« branch 
 laKCH lyu.K to tl,« ,.a„t ,»>.! w.Mt .-f it rrtimVmM?! '''''• ^^"•'•el'«nn« nn<l oth„r vll- 
 
 •'it'll r\mi il„. ffovinrucnt ,,r n,./ p.. •''*,""''' ™''y currant. 
 
 in th. ,m;oh..< „tlo.. ,„ tl... ....tl";;;,,^ ""• '"-""•-•«* l"""*-* to tho road, to aid the fo^Jy 
 
 "S"';:?^?'''-'-^ ,,. „„.„..., to ior 
 
 i.w •■ ^ '"" ^''" ^•'^'■/'"nition or the rit^of M< S i "^'-'^**>« /«:'\l^''"«-l't'H of th.. Ottiwa. 
 
 t.eal, und ut <m.i^^ S: ^:,;:^'Z\i^^^'^ ^'"'^ " '•"'« - J--"''" - the dty of Mon- 
 
 were, alii' ;it:^;.;^iJ;;:;;;',«-« Quebec, the promot;;^ of the enterprina 
 
 ««s.«tun.e i„ it„ ,„.,or tc.wards he ril^ "' ^^fJS "«'«,""""*>'. *'> «iv" all' Z 
 of the eouiitry, y„t it huh not Dreimrpn ?. „ ? " ""'^ "'milar roads in other partH 
 
 P.a3-er of the H:.,'ond .oho; li n' 1 ' i rptrwm.ldT'"'-?r '""•' '" '*'-conlancc witlfTh 
 the form of a siil.sidv at i ,. , ,■ !l ' '^"''' ''" willing U) give, a monev L'rai.i ).. 
 
 iaadditiontowhcl'"nv li£ el r^''^ 
 
 "V'iwiit thi '"' *'""^'^"'''""''-'s: '"* ''^'•°'"' ""'"^ --V0 ti!; "ii:;^; 
 
 Act i»<on,lraHnf 'tVj'V^lS T\ "'?'""*^'^ *« «» ".c 6th Apr.l 180'. An 
 
 ««Hented to at the^H.mu, ♦ S^ L am nJillithf ,,"""[''•" '""'^'"^ ^'"'"I'""^ -«« ^^ho 
 fmm the main line, I.ranch road to S 1;„" , .rsr'sT'i ^T'' *]'" '^"^^«^ ^^^ "t«»'l 
 or to unite ,v,th the ('arillon and (irenv I- ' ' ^^^''''''t^st'a"*-, Laohnte, Granville- 
 
 B.Htnct of Tern.honne to>var,i; e c v o otb ur^' ""■/" ""''''"^ "'« '"'« bevond tho' 
 ttH may hereafter he l.nilt l.y th "(£,^1 ^ ' Tn".,*" "nit" with such otherrailwavK 
 given to extend iMau.h r ids a^ , : T \. "''f ''""'^"3^ Company." Power is a ho 
 eanterly (hronsh the lo v„sl „r K - "'. "' ^'- ''^""^«"'-. «'• ^dele, St. aS e a 
 way. The co;;,,any 1.;:",:,':/; le'V. ::iarAo':;"'o^"''' ^^^ L-'"-iekn.l HaaJa'rai'! 
 wood. The capital .stock bein-^ ioo" .0 ,. rif v » *".'/':^!7, transporting and seltini, <iro 
 to increase the capital stock to"$* «,) ^ ""'""'* '^"'''' °*" *'» "'^'^ with ,fower 
 
 ofTfne^z?:^K:-;:tj:';--^^^ 
 
 a selection ol route to he made it Vll n *'^ '"""^^'^ ^i^^ "''^''^'fti linos to onablfl 
 
 Hcveral points, especially wf) r er m.^ro tT.e^r""' '"^':'^'^ ^"'""'' «xplanl°ions on 
 agaiu be necessary to refer. '" ""^ **-''"»'»' »i *'>« line, to which it will .."t 
 
 rese, andMrMa'lslMlIJ'TMnTK'.'^im^^^^^^ IVovincial Land Surveyor, of 8(. The- 
 
 ;l"ty from their acpiai/.tan c. vl ih e , o S.^'''^^,*^''' gentlemen well qfialified for he 
 bdore you. That portion of the r , . het "^^n ir ' 'i'''"'''' r'^'^'^^ ^^ ^''i ''^^ ^o laid 
 2. < l.m.les, hein,, uniformly ugrc.e, ar. 1 tw"^^^^^^ ''"'' ^^'^' ^^"^' amounting to 
 
 t will not be necessary „„ each rS t^^^^^^^^^^ '? wJHcbover line is adopted, 
 
 lorhesake of I'-evit/, confine on ZriS^^^^^^^^^^^ ' " /" ''r' ^^'" therefore' 
 
 1-^nd, the point where the divergence o^o^'fi ^^^'^.tt"" "' "'''' '•""*"' '"'••'"' *^''» 
 
 Aoutn No. 1. — From Afil/. l.'..,i • Tr-u 
 rose to St. Jerome ''' '^"'' "'" ^ '"'^«<^ "' ^ault «ux Recollets, St. Rose and St The- 
 
 lir^~:iti!^':;.;;r';:rt^Simm.!'"''T'' ^^* '""- -^^^f ^i'^ ^nd comer the 
 ng easterly, it ,>asscs t^lh^p ", ^r " owSZ mTV^/I" "" ?^ ^^"'^ '"^«' tirnce ^^ur-! 
 «'do ine, strikes the fir.st brancl of^the SttalZ ^ . I'^i'"'' *""'' following ,he western 
 c.-08S,ng the Mill P.md, I'iche's sla„d am n / -'''"u* ^'^^''''^ '^*^"^" I'i^'»'6'« MillgJ 
 west and proceeds in a pretty die ""oC ' to S " n" '^'T""^ ""^ '^'' ''^'''' 't «"'-ves to the 
 of the Ottawa at a point one^housand ?oet abcfve t)T' '''''? k ?]"'''•"' '^"^ ""^"th branch 
 ' ver IS divided by islands into sev^n disTinc clmnn'ir''°f * ^^'''^?•, ^* ^^^'^ P'^'^^" tbo 
 Riderable space between the two shores / '^''^nne s, and as the islands occupy a con- 
 b le site for crossing. rJom \r no h' ehre Ztn^ ""^ ''''''^^' *" ^<^ ^^"-°- 
 7''f^''c«'\P'VS8ingtotheeast(f thoSe^e Imf '"^"x."" ** '^"'«^t course to St. 
 
 to the Trecarrie, on lino betwcS iS'aS T ° het '^H * "'« ^""'.e^^ «f St. Jauvie^ 
 
 anu louthet; theuco curving to the east it 
 
o.«?^rL'i;tron;,::i;',!i:r'*" ^''•^'""" »-"»- ^^ «•- -"^- ■•- ^« '^ «..ic., or 
 cunisi^^;:.i:SnN'o^irrj;;£SL;';";^''":'^ ^^v" " ^- '-'Htm. of 
 
 cnrvHturo of MO o ' ^ »•-"» mdiuHVo 4 ^, (J |:t:i fct imliuH), uiti, h lotiil 
 
 scS;6oo:"rf2,«s,!""nl!;:f rii'r' r'"r« '**'r^. ""•• <•♦•- .-."ipnK.r.tH, i. 
 
 f«etpcrinil., rc.Hpccti'vH.v, wi NU.; m 1^1 hT.V^^^^^^^^ vo.y ». ,„, ,,„ , „., 
 
 the wutt-riu tLu livor Tlu- work or, if.,. ./ " ''^ '^' * "'•"^'" ""' •*"•'"'" "» 
 
 of «omo 40,00n cubic vS in nonS. ■" '".'l'*'' ""■ ^ *'•"' ''''''•' "" ••"'•ank.n.-.il 
 
 ih<>^ rousing of tUoLZr^nlX^^ '■'^'''^'''^ "'" '^"" "^ » '"iKl" ... a.", fo-t at.ovo 
 
 the level of the WHter2 h" J H,h r i h. 7^ "'^* ''" J"*''."* " ''^'«''^ "'' ^•' f'^^^ '^'"'V.' 
 direction ofMontrTuH 50 feet per n^^^^^^^^^^^^ "'"' '"' »'"" '"i.l.'e, in tho 
 
 The next point where conHidcrahL ,™ • "!"' embiiHknient of ;,:..,ooO cubic var.ls. 
 where a cutting of 8« 000 cSva^^^^^^ met with on thiH !!,„., ii at St. TImtchc 
 
 Krarel, and u TmS U tlJ I^^^^^^^ 'n"- h.lMMuvcv.r. isof san.l an. 
 
 fHvour'ably m uJed bein^ ^ out Z ■"•'•'""."' ^?' '^'" 'i'l.i"inin^ crnbnni^mcnts, i« 
 uiate-nal4.,inast?nfthoro,;rF.^m '""«"' -^ V'" """> f-' »"™h'""K th. 
 
 Ui.ct.anathe county bein;1ev.S:r::;^tISr;;,[: ^t.^^^IllJ'-^^^r '« ""-'^ 
 
 in a direct" orn^e to Vitt'JKHdt'' "T" • "^r,"' *r" ™"'"'' ^'■«'" ^'"'^ ''"«'- ''""l l""—'l'< 
 
 .otlfilx=°"J':£ir."t™l7;,''^k3^^^^ ■■' '""■' "' •■■ •■'"■ '-'•'■' "< 
 
 liM, nuigini from 1 » % n»S * >•, ",''. "'"a *"''»"" "' 1 '« ""i™ •««!,• u,, ot ,«rvrd 
 ThTrcICtst-J^.rZ ^"*^' ^"^ ^•"'■'*'*' ^"'^^«' ^'- ^^"^t'"- Moulin i la Dalle, St. 
 
 BrS^ cSsl^S: ^1^ as:: r b?'^ ?i^:7 "f '^"'' «*^-""' ^-'- ^-^ ^"-^'« 
 
 in a direct line to St \T«rMn ♦». V'"^^ that bridge, and curves v.csterly runniuif 
 
 place, it thence /PH for X Taic^^^^^^^^^ '''■?'' '*"'*"^''' '"^ »'-' ''-'^ '»' th'** 
 
 «>ci,8 the linst route near the f?te St I ml p ?' ^^V' '.* •.'"'''''" *" *>"' <^^a.st and inter- 
 Therese thence to.lo:"g";L'ori^Ll';oX ^"«*""^'^' ^"^ ^'-' "^^'^ «f «^- 
 
 St.'Jerll;r;r;t bynXi^ritt^^^^^^^^ direct from Moulin . la Dalle to 
 
 diHtance to the east and nro^^ah v tv.' ?J.f ? Jn^"!?''"^ ''""g" «»' '^t- Tln-reso some 
 would be required ;,dettTr^nethl"T* ^' ^''^""'y ''^"''"'^ ^o. Additional surveys 
 to St. Jerom^e, y this route rsSnUosm ''''^*' ^'"'*''""" <■'«•" ^ile End 
 
 distance, 2(;.G0 milerarrstrPk-hf ^LfV. « 5 ''•^*^ "^''''» '" ''^''''' "'the air line. Of this 
 ;angin. from 1 o i^,^0 ^^&^1^^'^^^,'£^^:^'l^rof curved line, 
 being 450° ; and cost inrli-flii.o- hrwi„ „ . ^''"V '*' "lums) the total curvature 
 
 The most noticeable /ea turS Z fon'Z .'•"'""'/iu*"';-**'^'''*^''*' ^'^'^'^^^ V^r mile, 
 the bridges over the vo rh e-s ZhZ ^""^t™/*'"" of this line is the rcLiction in cost of 
 
 gradients obtliLd at tL n aces r '■/^%^"''^'*' ''' ^"" "« ^^^ '""'" I'^vourable 
 Vinets Bridge, mt be bric-n^'Sa^ ''' crossing the iiack River, at or near 
 
 arilie^SX^lafge'L^'o^irtSfu'-"*'^ '''' '''''''' *'»« "»« «f the bridge, and 
 
 wooden cribs, ti led wftntoneaKri^ '•'*"?'''"? ^ ^"'^^''' "H- 1'1'««« I'^^^'^ a'" 
 the water up They would leo'.^re Im •' ^ ''"^i'-'^t^-'d condition from the surface of 
 Stone piers^o supp^orT the Sr^trrctu^^^^^ rebuilding for the reception of the 
 
 PPori ine superatiucture, the present ice breakers protecting them 
 
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 tT''l\lt:;iT^^J^^^^^^^ 0^ .upcr.,tructure will b« 0«2 Unci 
 
 -roHH at that point, bdnK\u Llm^tS nr„t f i f" ^''° "T"^ "'•^^ "f'^" bridge, Md 
 th« hridg. pioiH uml kn l.r.ftk 1 ah^l. r "' ^'T "'" *''« »°^ ""• of timber by 
 
 mil will ,,UHH through th.'- bri iK./Tn dC of ovVr 1 ? ''?''V'''';''°''' '••"l"«'«d- Th.' 
 low water una iHa;pn.«.,.lK:i|'Cv';";«r^^^^^^^^^^ «' " ^««t •bov 
 
 tL « roHpect [h fur in ..dvanci o?tir«t RoseJJ^iK "PProHoh.'ng the bridge, and in 
 
 on ^S^;i^^r!na:;^S^:t:^;;,^ti;;;:sr!i:r - --^---'^ «-, 
 
 BonTEK iTotttl leniftli 
 
 Mile*. 
 
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 »t ralght line onrvod .;of curvature, of bridgi. 
 
 exaliratlSn "I'Z ^^SLSTirr f"^ T""*."'' "^"^ "^-'^^ the course of our cursory 
 ftecollectBhould be o„e S ^L ,eT^ .,f ""^'i^ °' ?'°'"» *»"'» »»>« village of Sault aj 
 
 power at pr.Hente,„pi:.:/„'.t'S S tL'^rtt v in'*-"' ' \ "''''''' °^ ^^^ ^"t" 
 l^o brouj,'ht into opiTafion at a com /inL^iV^ I . ^i J( mcreat-J amount which could 
 
 which would create a ".Dsid.S a^ mS f k ' •''""''^ ""^ J"''i«o«8 employment of 
 «tance, together ,.ith the Vac t '^t o„e rth"A? ^'""°'-""' I?' t^e Railway. This circum' 
 Mr. Pelleticr, resided th'U am who "^^^^^^^ evergeUc promoters of the enterprise. 
 
 P«rty, led me to vi.-w the nmte wm?^r^.I. f ^" '■'^'\* ""f "^"^ ""'""K'' i»i» extensive pro- 
 this line to cost $IgT.,O0O m reThanTe of'Zo i ^'"T V"' ""^^^ *""'«. ^''^wins 
 curvature adJitional ; also with th„„w. l'^ competing lines, with 1 1 3 degrees of 
 althcugh over three mleskssTnl.ni^ objectionable gradients at the two bridges 
 idea ofrecommcnclhSit for voir SXn'"^^ """ """'' "'"'■**"*'^ *" abandonS 
 
 the itS/wm;S,"e:^;;";ferg2fr'^^^ *?'"-r'''*' *« --e,ucnce of losing 
 of th,. road near Mr Vciretre A r roneftv th« -'^ ^ "'"^^ * T^ •PPe^'r-at the crossinf 
 g;oun,I. The station, if placed wZe th^ fevel L}'7h« r»fi' {'■t''^T '^' ''''^'^' "^ *b^ 
 at least 1,700 feet south of the tmSLd rold . r "f *> « vi ''"^^'^i'^ K™""^, would be 
 have to bo passed ov.r by an unL ourairrn«H i "^ '"^^^ ' ^ ^'«t"°^'« •^'^^'^b would 
 «ta ionat Lajeunesse'scornerVea v neSfirid^P -whereas, on the other h.nd, with the 
 Vil ag<. although increased oToOO feet Ja l^sVv " 
 
 hu.lt. ttud along which the proc& of thr^an,?f * '^' macadamized road, already 
 
 Route No. 2, via VineirBr dirand St Ro?« i, t^'^f "'' '""' *-"«"y ^e transported. ^ 
 
 my «ttention,'in consequen 'i oi its llrtnl'. •'* '''««/«cornmended itself strongly to 
 
 in excess of an air line wIm.oA^? ''^'"'^ ^^'^ «''*"« ^ore than half a mile 
 
 auxllecollct villag^^'r^s!; ng ncoTt;7| Srm 7h."; ' *'''"• "« °^'^'^'^°"^' «""«""'' 
 grade at St. Rose which ina^ v , n„fr i 7 ' ! ^h^ expensive crossing, with heavy 
 Moulin i la Dalle or No 3 ro«r o the ert2' *? *T" ^^' "°«* ^^ 'bis line over Z 
 rule out this otherwise most a&Ceou^SJ Is.?"' ?'''' "« '"^ *»^« ^'''^^' *« 
 mation now at hand. Additional sufvevs shni.lH i. ^ :i *i'® P'"'"''"*' ^'^b ^he 'nfor- 
 of. St. Rose, with the view of asSuint if l^rl ™^^^^^^ 
 
 exist. If so, the general course nffh:^r ««"^'no'-e favourable crossing may not 
 point about midway^fSe ^vHrect'to S^^rr'se'^ '''''^' "'"' •^'*'^"*^^^' ^^^ » 
 
 longor^lLrr ' Moui.^ 711 t£'^S^^'^'^^'' - - forced to adopt the 
 objection to this route, is the exTra 3* .nYlpr^ t***- «r'»^? "^ *78,000, in first cost. The 
 pass for all time, le's enS to JotJe cxtenr'hnw '^ the through freight will have to 
 traversed. On the other hand, the railway wi'l if nS.*'^ ^^'- 'T'' «'"*^^«"*'' *« ^e 
 increased amount of traffic ^'^or.tJrZ':^^^oSS.r^^^^^^^^^ 
 
8 
 
 way into Montieal, over the ordinary macadam nod roads, wcro tlio ncan°s( n.iiv -v 
 station located at St. Rose or still farther cast ' • 
 
 Pfav-ngnov^ considered the tlireo rival routes totl.onoitli, it ouiy remains in so H, 
 MonulT "' '''^''"'"'^'' '" ^^"'"^ "*' "'^' --'"-'tiou of the iinc^::.^ Tlu/ I'.arl.mn of 
 
 f.JtH'^^r' "•' '■•'"^'' Mile End is situated, being ele; ited oncl.un.h-ed an-i tw..nlv 
 
 «r i ^ d?> s>uw b^l^^r "' ''"i'^r"' "'v"^'"* ^''^''y -»-^tion ;^ii^; tile i:."ri 
 
 ?,■.,; .f^ II • ^'"'' '"^'-'''l'' '^'^ " ^■"«*' *"" y^^^'it to ''0 entortain.Ml even w.-n- it 
 
 l.nident toallow engines to traver.se crowded thorouglitHros ' 
 
 .Inn r»l ^^'''^'"'''^.' ^^'«» tl'ought desirable to reach the level of tl,,; l.aibour bv an . xten- 
 ■ n.,\ ♦! "^ ^? "^^ <livi8ion lino between Sbei)per.l's and IVel's ,n.no ties ^nd 
 
 p^ ^? iSiei:s";iS:"^ '" ''- ^^"^"' '' -'''- *'- ■•'^•- ^ ^'""^ ..is.^:^' ■'-:■ 'ii;:! 
 
 mn4n."S?o'^^^ '"J?" '« «t^■'^'Kh^ «"<! the balance of l.X', mil,, in curves, 
 
 ctl n-w ,e ■tbr u i- oSn 'I', .*'\- ' "'■ <''''"'* '"''''* ^'"•'"^•) '^''"' t''^^' '"■^t of this 
 
 iTl I. Imn ("•omm^^^ ^'"^ '^'"^'■''' '* '^ I'l'^'^'-'ned, would be ..onstru te.l 
 
 'he line. <-omm..ssioner.s, the company doing the liUin.ir, witli the excavations fnuu 
 
 pr^m^^tJ^of X'^;''"r":r 7*^" 'f "M'rises the cutting and embankment re,,ui,v,l „n the 
 
 eV.d also hflttiu^n '>;?'', '^''i'^^'"';' ""^' ''"'"'■•^' <""'• «'•"*"»-' ''""•" t'. the lower 
 "idenie'ith e K 1 the harbour to rea.h its levci-the line at that point ,,assing 
 
 " t t ; dis , h^^^^^^^^ ^''"^' ^ ""-'^ ""^\'' -'^"^ ^•«'»''"« '-"t <>» to the wharvei either- 
 \vTt ^ w!n '"r *'''' Jiarbour, or (.uiving .-md running puiallel to it. 
 
 IK. n t P U^^^^^^ short extension of the line, 1 may be 
 
 i^^n^^^^''TTf''''"!y!^ ^'^^'""'•"'" ■*« i."."«liate constr, ion h en 
 I a u)n pany H, at oni.-e hud a large traffic in lumber for exportation either bv w'lter or 
 
 I he meant'it the nJh.t ' *"" ^"'''* '"'"'"■'■ l"-o''"^'""g •■^«io'^ of the J.ominion. 
 to tlc^xSlirb .1 l^?i *''^^ .^;xtension ,s urgently required for supplying cord wood 
 •it receivi IK n .Itt^?^^ l"»e k.lns .and to a large portion of the eastern suburbs of the 
 
 Nvell o stS t^^./Hri ' c^'Parat.ve estimates of the cost of construction, it muv b,- 
 
 wcu to state that the bridges are designed on the "Howe Truss n- ' Arcr." miuVi,,],. tl,n 
 
 vu" 1 r: "lorn l":;:t;H Tr' "'i " *!i'^ ''^^'^^^ '" •- -^"•;i^i"S c^ir::!;^-;^! ::: 
 
 'iTt 1 ba wor 1,. f . > 1 • " "";-7" '"*? '" ^'"' •^"P'"-«t'i.ctmc. masourv is employed, 
 
 t ' ire ut l.^nv 1 *'"? " ■■"Oled, ami entirely c.nered in by boarding, or sh eting, 
 
 • 1 e h, ,;« 1 >" '^'"'^'V"'^'"; "t^ .'^'■'^ ""«l'- twelve feet wide on top, witl slopes of T 
 to 1 iml vuttings, iitteen leet wide, with similar .slopes 
 
 l.rior'nd'te,^''b'!HV''"'*^'''T? ''^' ^''''' "'"^•^'""^ <^>'- "^ '1«"''''^ *''"'^ ''t " ruture 
 t^^i clr . . .V' '^'.-■'^'".•^"^l ^<«. ai''^ '111 of stone. The ballast is one an.l a half foot 
 
 mtn ^ d t an 'nne r ;" T'"^" :^ ''"'• '^'"' «"'^«« ^''"I't-l i'^ the narrow one . 
 
 ch w'ilVbei.rr., V d«.-h '''•'• *, V\" ''''™''"" P«'>"''^n«»t way re.ommended, ami 
 s inmte of H>' f ^, n **"'' ''' ""*^ ''""'^" "^ "lo " Foster wood.n liaihvav ■' An 
 
 eniiu ,u 1 ar Td ?. a 1" '^'1"'I'!"''"^ «'"''' ■■i« -11'"^^ stock, station buil.iiugs.-freig^ 
 
 ^T' lie mile Lh r «?' '"' '""" '•"'^"■'^■''<t i" the fo.vgoing estimates, or 
 
 : n ^V.i- ' *^"' Hochelaga to Ht. .lenmie «« Moulin i\ la Dalle R unv be stntV.I 
 
 Katoli'K.Sn?"'''"?!""' «t™"gl>;''<;<-0>nmended for a road of this character, is the " Kairlie 
 
 'riiL t : ■ '^'^ °* ^''''''?^ '""^'^ ^'""-I-''' '"'ves, surmounting steeper 
 
 Tt t 11 ndi a .^^^.^^^ '""■^'' "'^"""^ ""'"'• ^"fi'"'' ""^^ '" "«<■. «1'"'', 'Vt the Sitme time 
 - n a' . n t ble TJ^hTrVT' ^"' ^"^ ^■--.l^-''""^''>' n-essary) au.l .Uu.Zl 
 
 a.. nv>und to';:i an ii: i^i^e^iiVzSristi::^ "■•• '^'^'""'^" "-^' "- ' " *-^-'' 
 
 '^^E:iB^^^ ^tei£ a;5 ^:i:--sSi:':^ 
 
 the d'-cvii>f ,m • ,,- w- V ^". "I*'y t« this, It may be sImI,.,1 thnt truss bridK,.« of 
 
 -^ 
 
 f> 
 
 i. 
 
♦ 
 
 ^ 
 
 f^ 
 
 4. 
 
 Sin JZ £ui. W^h' 'li '•'^f-'V^''''' '"' '^"•^ "'° ^■'^^l'' «t"'^'"'-«. ^^ this manner, 
 
 ma' oral Hr al ov. i . I • *''^,'^;"''»^'"t« "'«l Piers, however, if built of perisbablo 
 
 mS\mts^^^^^^ tl.o wator, it is almost impis.siblo to replace the 
 
 1 .t'nn rt ,H wlVn^'f "•;■•': ^•' f''^'»tly- In a few years, therefore, this most 
 
 Ti Uon th, IH thos ab.i. y ut tlie whole dej.en.ls, oecomcs inseeu're, and the 
 
 . Mtir. 1 ":•■/' ''V'/?'^ ^\'''"' *''" ".Jinary beam an.l box 'culverts 
 
 bi^wav I.v s W .i ""l""^ ^'", r;''''i"'-"' vvi.hout trouble, but the nmouut saved in 
 
 iiiis wa\ , by Mibstitutm.-j; wood, would be inconsiderable 
 
 thatatrthemTcK'nf'f''r^''''''^ V.^ti.nate of the'thrro lines ou the supposition 
 bm t. n ; • '^T^r^ '"'" '',".''*' '" ^''" <'''^^* ''"'*''»"■. «f ^vood, and now beg to 
 tn f St o < V f ? n " '. '"', "'"'? '^''"^'' >■"" ^^"' "-'^^ "t a jr'lance th^ relative saving 
 in nii,D lost ovei the monMlmable stone structure: ' 
 
 Kol'TES. 
 
 ^o. 1— Hoflmlaga to St.. "l 
 .Joronic via Siiiilt mix f 
 nccollets, ic ) 
 
 Ko. 2—1)0. ilo. (•/((Viiicfs) 
 Bridge and St. Rose. . . ] 
 
 Xo. 3-Do do. i'«( Moulin ] 
 A III Dulle. . , 
 
 loiilin I 
 J 
 
 'i'otfil co.^il o!' line wil li 
 
 irMae piiT.-, &t! , built of 
 
 niiisonry. 
 
 Tcita 
 bri(l),'t 
 
 lcos-t(.r line wit.li 
 piers, X;c., hnilt of 
 
 Wf(«l. 
 
 Saving efTflcted. 
 
 S'i''J,<ioy 
 
 
 .■S'-W.-.TiO 
 
 SfiO,3r.9 
 
 S'g:,2!'3 
 
 
 S")08,lia!) 
 
 S58,.',99 
 
 Sisu.Gra 
 
 
 Si«i,i»-' 
 
 $•-'■"',062 
 
 comlUioni'?^''''^' *'''''''' ""^ ^'''" ""^ '''■^"*'''" ''°'* "^ ""^'^ line under" the following 
 
 1st. -liiiHiGKS AXi) Cri.ViatTS, WITH StO.NT. Alll.TMK.Nra, PlEIiS, &C. 
 
 UoUTES. 
 
 Xo. 1— Iloclieliipa to St.'i 
 JiToino (•/(( .'5i'init (mix f 
 RccoUpts Villii^'p iindi' 
 ft. l)-isc— ;iu.s.'; miles..; 
 
 Xo.2— Iin.do. (■(rtVinet's') 
 Biidpoand St. Hose— J 
 ;m..l:i miles ) 
 
 Xo. ;i-Do. (1... ,/,( Moulin ) 
 i\ la Dalle and St. The- > 
 reae-34.04 iiiilea ) 
 
 I'ol.'il eost of tlio iriio, per 
 mile, euinijlet<^ 
 
 Total cost o( tile line, per!™''' ''I*'' °[ tlie line, per 
 mil,., witlioiit (,,uipnieut. i""'"" witl;oV'«)mpmentor 
 
 bridges, 
 
 S'ii,-'i» 
 
 SlS,(i4-.> 
 SI -1,384 
 
 Sii.ir..! 
 
 $10,942 
 $8,9.^4 
 S8,008 
 
 2nd. — Bui!)UES AM) Cl 1,VERT3 nill.T ENTIUKLV OF WoOD. 
 
 noUTES. 
 
 iTiital eo«t of ili,. line, per 
 mill', cuiiiplele. 
 
 So. 1— Hochpintj;a to St."i 
 .leroine via Sault aux( i 
 HecoUets V'iUntre iiiidf! 
 St. Kos-e— iiU.St milog. J j 
 
 st's^ 
 
 N'o. 2— T)o. do. ria Vinet'sl 
 Bridge and St, Ilo-ie- 
 ;t0.4:i miles... 
 
 N'l). ;i— Do dii. r,,/ ViiiiiV) 
 Briilfro ami Jt.mlin i\ In } 
 Dalle-M.04 milea-.,.. J 
 
 Sl!»,'.ilJ^' 
 
 S^'i.v 
 
 fil3,64r. 
 
 Total eo=t of tlie lino, p<-i 
 mill', willioiit iiiniiiment. 
 
 S^'<,''' 
 
 Total cost of the line, iior 
 
 mile, witliout eqniiiinftnt 
 
 or l.ridgen. 
 
 Si;i,i -.; 
 
 10,414 
 
 SI 0.088 
 SSifiO.'. 
 $7,87.'S 
 
 It is now necessary that some remarks should bo made with reference to the new style 
 of permanent way, or track proposed for the line. The report having reached a greater 
 
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 the beneftt of those who may not have seen this^rcr novel «^lmnfT ™°''? ^^^ 
 railway, a system which will no doubt be producTvo of Lat I-o«.l fhl T **" "■'''' 
 to Its economic adaptation for the object in view v^z Kt, i ?«^° 'ou"try, owing 
 roads. uh^udjili in ^le^\,vl2: cheap and efficient coloniiiation 
 
 of examining the charactt^of the wo k wm^S 'f ' ""'.''"' '' ^'"'^ ^'"' "'« PUi-PO"" 
 
 £;^tfo|a-;-'£S}»^^ 
 
 I'Jb^LrtS--' "°"^^ ^ ^elievelSrsir-tKe^t^dT^^^ 
 
 the rate of maximum irrade on n rnn. "r , ?^*'-.**^ *^^ '"''^' "■■ '^"a'"!/ «'x "mes 
 much as the reavksrincline on the m?I > " ' i^xr'^'^^ ' "'' ''^""^ t»"*^« "'"es as 
 curve on the C Xn roa is 1 /L„,/^.i«^^ and Northern railway. The sharpest 
 
 our lino will br.yr«Vrriw^^^^^^ ""i'""' '''^'''' '• ■• '"'"'m"™ curve on 
 
 first cost of the roTrrresSfve o/^^S ^^^ l^"'!-"* «tatf-8 that the 
 
 mile, and the rolHng' ocK the ra etf KSo'n.'r'f {^'"".".^l-^^'^^ '"'«"* »7,500 per 
 currencv Rv rofomnZt^^i ■ ^*>^^'^ P'^r mile additiona , a in American 
 
 Our estimate fS-VolHng s^o^^^^^^^ "o passenger traffic being allowed. 
 
 andamou'n?s%oTur$3:231*^;ermTerr[ffi ^'^« "«^^'-^ "-"'"^ ^^"^ '- 
 
 pefmife '£?oi'^t*i,:v*rto;"7fr^ 
 
 to lav it down on t lie Vo'd Imp? tf reX'Tor 't ^ oH"''"'^*'i"'*.""' "'" ^« '^'•^i--^ 
 
 twenty tons, running at the S'o ?;/« y ^m "s tr S;"\t' «? ^r^^^^ ''' '^?^''"^'* «*" 
 
 ^ei?s:^anS st^ ^-^«-' ^ ni;^;p£^^^is;^!^t;rc&:rtSir^ 
 
 co^l^ljSS^I^lSSu — ^^ >" -. weakest 
 
 taSof kVc^ rVor*JrhTiateTnf7,''"^ l-^'"""* ^"''''''^ "^ ^'^ to 14 foet, without assis- 
 road. The erSs and roH tin t ''''*'"• '^ """" '■'^•'' '"'"''^ ''"' ""'^^■•"' «"'f'i^« to the 
 on the raas to a greate? extent tC f(T^ "''' "^*' -V""' "* ^'''^'^ i"-I"ality, impinge 
 increase the des^inglendes • wWle at tL''''' "?-^°'''" ''"'^ <-""tinuou./and thus 
 rolling stock itself ^'"S '^encies , while at the same time, acting prejudicially on the 
 
 w J'knoir tt'if iif s'oTtimrr wirr '/" r " "««^^^ «>'"*-•" " ■•« « 
 
 a much greater amount of strain n™;„ 4 ? P'-^^^^ «°dways. is capable of resisting 
 same force ; woode" ste^for eZortir n?"? *r\*''"? '' ^^'''^'^'^ horizontally to the 
 
 belrTeiTCrib™'^"^"* ''' ^"^^""^ "- -^'^ *° p' '^^ "s greatest service, will 
 
 longVSdil°['p1e?esXir1aci s'L'es'lt '4r' ', '"^'^^'^.^T^' '^^^ ^'"-'^ ^^^^ *- 
 pieces having been cKk'ed ouJon th ir i * '"^.^'f. aifl "f convenient length. These 
 
 reception of the blScks. Sb tl°"at "il^ir -4^^ ' '^'''f - ''^ ' '""''. ^^ t'^*^ 
 
 With two inches bearing mul n7n:»^+L *. •'I^^^^^^^f "" J^bc snoHiu.n'8 of the checks, 
 
 of 1 inch diameL™ ^dVitl' CihVh '"^^^ ^^''''' "^° longitudinals , oak pins' 
 
 eier,are armn through the side pieces at each joint of the blocks-the 
 
 \ 
 
 V 
 
 JKt 
 
n 
 
 ,. 
 
 i 
 
 i^t 
 
 4 
 
 LZS^f'' TS'fn''n-''^i"^- ''i^'' ^-^ch other and are secured together at those pointi with 
 ron bolt«. The longitudinals and blocks form the mils, and are held in guage with each 
 
 and held firmly in place by doub c wcdircs driven between the side of the notch and the 
 ongjudnul timbers, he whole being bedded firmly in the ballast, which is brought to 
 the upper mde of the longitudinals, leaving only 3 Inches in length of the upper ends of 
 tiie blocks exposed to view, and resembling two continuous parallel lines of rails A 
 short section of track on this system has been in use on the Industry and Eawdon rail- 
 way as an experiment, since the commencement of the season-some two months after 
 it was placed, the writer examined its condition, and found no appearance of wear. The 
 superintendent of the line, now reports, that the material has uad(;rgone no change since 
 tne day it was i)ut down. ^ 
 
 »jy T^'T^ r*""" "?."* ^''''y "^ *'"^^''' ^'"'"ff "'* VracUciil effect on the material, when 
 airanged m this form, the only point to guard against, is the natural decav of the timber, 
 ihis could be very materially prevented, by giving the expc^ed surface a coating of coal 
 tar, asphaltum, or other anti-sei.tic, say the second season after theltrackis down, and when 
 the timber has become thoroughly seasoned. These preparations wiU close up all the 
 pores, seams or checks, and render them impervious to water; the sand and dust from 
 the ballast, will also become incorporated with the tar or other substance, and be forced 
 into the upper surface of the blocks, and increase the traction power. Treated in this 
 manner, m my opinion, a wooden railway will last longer in this climate, than an iron 
 road and tonsiructed for about one fourth of tho expense, with the additional advantage, 
 that tne country furnishes all the material and labour in the wooden road, while in the 
 iron one, an amount of money equal to at least three times the cost of the wooden track 
 18 sent oat ot the country, simply to purchase tho iron. 
 
 Ha-ing great confidence in this system of woorten *;ack, I strongly urge its adoption 
 for our proposed railway- a samole, full size, may be seen at Mr. Foster's office, in the 
 &t t atrick Hall, and I would lequest gentlemen who may be interested in the Uochelagi. 
 anrt bt. Jerome railway, or in other lines, to call and examine it 
 
 After having touched pretty fully cm all the points nocesFary for an understanding of 
 the location and cost of the proposed railway, it be Jines my duty to glance briefly at 
 the irapoitant interests to be served by its construction and operation, both with refer- 
 ence to the city of Montreal, and the country in the roar. 
 
 We will first refer to the important subject of a cheap supply of cord-wood to the 
 consiimers in the city, simultaneously with an advanced price to the producer in the 
 
 vOUIllr V • 
 
 For several yeara past, the price of this necessary article has ranged from six to eight 
 dollars per cord, with an annual consumption in this city of over 162,000 cords, brought 
 ^'uanti't'' ' ^'''^*^'" '-■'""'''J'*"*^*^' ^"'^ ^'''^^y succeeding year increasing both in cost and 
 
 At St Jerome, as before stated, tho present price is one dollar per cord.and at St Sauveur 
 but seventy.five cents per cord. As some interest will be felt in learning the enormous 
 quantity which will be available for many years, in this district of the Province, the fol- 
 lowing statement, 'urnished by a reliable authority, is given. In the county of Terre- 
 bonne, to the north of St. Jerome, there are 093,300 acres of bush, chiefly hard wood In 
 the county of Argeuteuil, contiguous to Terrebonne, and within 20 miles of St Jerome, 
 there are 451,000 acres of hard wood land, together with some 21,000 acres of timber 
 land in the Parishes of Canute and Columba. In addition to this, there is an almost 
 endless extent of unconceded territory lying north and east of St. Jerome, which pro- 
 duces the usual quantity and quality of wood. For the present, it will serve the pur- 
 pose to state the quantity of wood which the foregoing aggregate of 1,165,300 acres will 
 yield. At say 40 cords to the acre, it will amount to the enormous sum of 46 6 12,000 cords • 
 orjcapable of supplying this city, with its present consumption, for 288 years— a state- 
 ment which will no doubt, give pleasure to those people who may be fearful of the total 
 consumption in a few years, of the fuel of this country, more especially when it exists 
 at the same time, within easy and cheap haul. 
 
 In the Town.ships of Wexford, Doncaster, Carrick and so on North, there is rt ported 
 to be abundance of good pine timber. 
 
 At the present time, all this mitural wealth of the country is useless, in fact a mil. 
 sance, or positive loss to the settler, from the additional hibourit necessitates incleaiinK 
 up his land, over the prairie land of the West. Without railway or water transportation 
 to give It a money value, this heavy bulky article, cannot be profitably taken to market 
 a distance of tnenty five or thirty miles, neither will its only product potashes, obtain-' 
 ed at heavy .-:. .ind great f^onp.n«,plinn .of f„el, pay for the time and expense of mak- 
 ing and traiLiporting over this long rough road to market— on the other hand the 
 high price ot fire wood in the city, and ever on the increase, now renders this prime 
 necessity, a very serious item in tho cost ot living, bearing especially with great 
 
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 together>nd thus more n..arlyCSith>^^^^^^^^ T? P'""*' of demand and gu'pply 
 proper remuneration for tho abo^f f H.S t^ J^in , .f'"'- '""'"'^ '^^ °"^« obtains a 
 ncr maintains his family. dmT^^^^^^ c.«;>) and in this man- 
 
 »"B land fit for cultivation, an7 ell s'nZrt ' Th f IW progrosH-soon rendering 
 door for the wood, applies' also to th i ni, .n^^^^^ *^'* V\'\ '"""'^^ ^'""g'^t *« !>'« 
 
 nary industry, a tU years wm «n,l iVnf i^ / '^f "'H "'^'"^ farm, and with ordi- 
 
 builtontheplanoropC^T c" I nirtZ,^^^^ c.reumstances. The railway 
 ed, to the rapid oJloni^atio^ of o, l 1 ^lan «\ ^^ " ?. 'ncans which can be adopt- 
 in the country, and incitH nn i-n il wW^ T ^^^''•^''l' "'"^ "'^^'^^^ population 
 vantages, the bade woods-l'tt " S £ lifl n"' /^' T^^'^ll '^'"' '*" ''"«"'^'"'l ^d- 
 . frequently succumbs at an e"- y « r, n tl ' fan H^ f "^?'''* '"i^ •''"■*^'*^ ^"^ ^«''. "^nd 
 try in disgust, for the prairie i'tmUf' tL West ' '' ''""""*' "'" ^'"'''^ "'« '^«»n- 
 
 o.; iSf s *td':::i!;ii^i:;'2;:;:;^;i^-;|[;,r ): *«"/"?? *« ~« ^^'^^ »* 'east 
 
 per annum. The aveUo . , iof o wood a l , '- "^^ l>y >t, or say 80,000 cords 
 
 double, or reach two dollars , e co d To tl il a 1, 7. f,?^^^^ '"^"'^ ^'''^''^^y «««" 
 and profit to the railway com aw and an a litinl "^ t^^T *" ^^'^ "'"'^ of transport 
 ;hant. The tot.vl cost^f'tTHoordel verS S^ e P^^^^^^^ oT T^'* \' *'*' ^T,'* ^''^ 
 but five dollars per cord or sav on,> . > n, fiff . ,°' Hocheluga would reach 
 
 city. By this ycLly tranl^ K th one t^m'tco OOO h'" '\ '^"" '^'i^ ^°^ ''^ *^" 
 farmers, or at least $80,o a yoa. niore than n/i n ' w^^^^ ^"-'" P'^'^^ «»'' *« t^^* 
 
 course a difficult nu\tter t^ d^tenn nrCw mucl o7 < r"^ "T"^. T*^"'"'- ^^ '« "^ 
 Montreal markets. AVe may ped a ^a sM.Tne tLt nn * "^, l"""''"'-''^ finds its way to the 
 so, and that the raihv u w, nl.I i ^ ?i . '^ • " "" '"^"^' °'" "00,000 bushels will do 
 
 .m'ci: .trr :i't:Tr"^'/^^».rs °' ■■■■ rf > « *"„., « .,,0,. .i.. 
 
 Mont roni, o dl«ta„cc of «« ;o .^ 1, '. , °' °']° '""'''' "' «'»"• f""" '*«' pl«», to 
 
 bay, for instance, a S profit ?,. the f r 3. '!'.'. «^rv,ccs $0,000. In the item of 
 compres^ • ,,nd forlardecfto nua;^*; by mllwar "'^' "'^^ '^ '"^''"S *^'« ^""^^ -•*-'<' 
 traverse'di;;' 1\!;" .ann^v a'conlirr^? f f '"-^-"•h^ Two Mountains and Laval 
 
 souls ; of co'l.rse the n ^:ri" "w^mm.lH "!"""*^^ '« '^''-•^ ^«'«0" 
 
 Biimmer months in each V(.aVsomo -m „.' n> i ' *''"* •^■''t""'^*''- During the six 
 during the six winte™„ths^irnum^^^^^^^^ °''"' ""^ l-'i^S-^ ''t St. Ro.se, and 
 
 assume the total numi at t«^^^^^^^^ is la.-gely an ex.rss of the summer travel But 
 
 that each oFt .^ Sul.Sio./pa; ' ^""ann /l/'^ '''' three counties,:and 
 
 at least one luUf o^te dumber Tvail.lZLrvcfof^t^ '?'^"«° ^'^° ^'^«* 
 
 Hve cents coming and -oin- or fiftv^m . f^-^h f* ""^'^•■'^' '''''^'' P'^^''^' t^^'^-'ty 
 
 the total revenue I-dvcTb; t h. R^-l^^ u/" '""""^ '.'P' '^^''''™Si%' say thirty miles ; 
 
 less than the ^^enZ^JZZ ^X^'^i:::;!'' ^''''''' ''''"''^''y '"^^^ 
 of ^ r'tn^" wilich ''^tdJ';::' r''^'" '"/I't ^^^-r"' ^^^^ ^"^«'J^« <=«ver but a portion 
 
 taciiities o;i^rj:;'';;y tiT^a w'; ThSb^Si^^^t^.^;:':^;^!'^":?'^^'^*"-^'-^*'' «- 
 
 bourhood of St Jeiome • the .l.'tiir, 1^, ?i„i beautiful ^orth river, in ihe neigh- 
 
 tbe sylvan spots of the lliv r^ le Mes ] l"' S f m'..^' "- Laurentides, as well'as 
 studded by villas and summer>U 1 .n! c f, -A ' ^ "*" '^'''' Prairies, would soon be 
 
 possible bv the nl w- ^ Evi v f. ' '"'T ■■""'"'' *" '^"'* <■••"•" ^^e city, rendered 
 
 doubh.i in vai:;:,'i:;!Satei^r th r^u^ 7^ ^st'Sif '^ ^V'^ ^r'*' ' """'^^ ^^ 
 
 running to waste wonltl 1... fn.i, >,i f„ . f i "i^.n'st tiain. Ihe water power now 
 
 turn react Tall otl" 'braL lo ndS^^ ''Se richT"^*"""^ «'"'"!J*''"«' ^'^ '" 
 in the T.n„n>„tian d' irict v/nlu ™'"'^*'^^- ^ ''^ "ch plumbago, iron, and other mines 
 
 aspect be put onThc'^hoIe^re of tt^'oun';^"'" ' ""' '' *'"''^"^'^^ '•''^^' ^^^ ^ ^-^^ 
 
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 13 
 
 Collecting our computed annual revenue from the three items enumerated we have : 
 
 Traffic charges on Jransport ..f 80,000 cords of wood at $1.50 per cord, $120 000 
 
 ^"« 'lo. 150,000 l.usiiels of grain at 2 cents 9,000 
 
 *^o. do. 2 1,000 passenf,aT3 at $0.50 12,000 
 
 Makiiig a total annual revenue of $141 ooo 
 
 Of which we will allow the large margin of 80 per cent, fo cover working expenses and 
 renewals, and there will remain $28,200 for interest accDUut. 
 
 The amount of money required to build anil C((iii|) the line from 
 
 Hochclaga to St. Jerome is If 489 (554 
 
 Which at 7 per cent, per annum will require §!34 275 
 
 To meet this amotmt, are the proceeds of the (Jovernnient guaranVc'e'of ' ' 
 3 per cent, on $5,000 per mile for 34.04 miles = $170,200 
 
 at 3 per cent «5 jo,; 
 
 Coal of bridges over Ottawa $107,058. sit 3 per cent'.'.'. '. '.'.,"."." 3'211 
 Kstimated profit on traffic 28 200 
 
 $3G,517 
 
 Leaving a balance of (^ 2 24'' 
 
 After paying 7 per cent, on the total investment, and allowing 80 per ( cut. for workine 
 expenses and renewals. 01 j, 
 
 The foregoing figures all err on the safe side, and should convince the most sceptical 
 of the great importance of the work, both to the country and city 
 
 Taking the saving eficcted to the city in the reduction in price of the single article of 
 cord wood, and the gain to the country by the enhanced price of the same, with the 
 increased price of agricultural products, and W(; have a sum of $23(5,000 per annum 
 realized by the operation of the road, a saving which in two years would more tiian build 
 and equip the line. 
 
 Or, i» the event of the CDrporation of Montreal, mid the various municipalities 
 interested, agreeing to become respongiblo for the annual sum re.iuircd as interest on the 
 f^J^nh \lr,^^^"^^^^ "^ ^^^^ tJovernment guarantee, $8,317, it would onlv amount 
 to5>2o,Jj8. We have shewed that llie city and municipalities will each year save on 
 only two Items of the traffic, the sum of $23(;,000, from which deduct the amount of 
 interest on cost of railway, $25,958, for which they would be liable, and a net yearly 
 balance of$210,042 is in their favour. ^ ' 
 
 It is considered that any further comment is unnecessary. 
 
 Before concluding the Report, a few remarks on the water power at St. Jerome may 
 not be out of place, in consequence of the intimate relation which exists between its 
 prohtable employment, and the construction of the railway. The North River which 
 furnishes the power in (piestion, tiUtes its rise in several large lakes in the interior of the 
 country, draining a large extent of territory, and flowing in a southerly direction to St 
 Jerome, where it turns suddenly and runs in a south westerly direction, discharging into 
 the Ottawa river, near St. Andrew's. At the village of St. Jerome.and for the distance of 
 SIX miles there is a fall of three hundred and five teet, divided over that space by a suc- 
 cession of cascades or currents, and developing a power of 120,000 horses, at the lowest 
 stage ot the water in a dry season, or about twelv<! times as much power, as exists at 
 the city ot Lowell, in the United States. 
 
 In all my experience as an hydraulic engineer, 1 have n(!ver seen a more favourable 
 locality tor employing the water hy a succession of dams, at dittercnt points along the 
 river, thuscausmg it to repeat its useful elVect, at least a dozen times, within the distance 
 ol SIX niles. The bed of the river in many places, is of rock, with adjoining banks ad- 
 mirably adapted lor the efficient distribution of the power for useful purposes, in mills 
 
 ■ Passing along the beautiful banks of this river, and stopping from time to time to ex- 
 amine points which would give joy to the hydraulician's heart, and which by the expen- 
 diture of a few hundred dollars could be converted into splendid mill sites ; with the 
 rich undulating agricultural country stretching oflf to the south, east and west, and flanked 
 on the north by the Laurentian mountains, with their undeveloped mineral wealth, the 
 spectator would be deeply impressed with the facilities given by Trovidence for turning 
 the riches of this region into a means of sniiiinrt for the toemin"' 'innulntion'-ct destined 
 to occupy this lavoured country. The writer himself, could vvcll sympathize with the 
 enthusiasm of the Reverend Mr. Labello, the esteemed cure of the parish, who is now de 
 
t 
 
 Britain .lid Iho Unittd Slale« wilTil „. Vl^ J ? '^ <li«.tribul<.J tlirousli C.niid., Ore.l, 
 If brouflil withii two hoiir« „f 11,/ JI,"nS maik.r T, , '""'" ?' """"' <"' ''•>'■ 
 
 ire?l'„?iz:lf,i!;»"-™-"'''"''»''"™"''^ 
 
 both ^vitlM'oforcnre t<. engiacininL' fo/tur s an^^^^^^^ "•'' '■'"■'-'' "» ^t« merits, 
 
 as a governing consideration, the sekXS rllic ine wri"*?' '" ^,r^^''^i''« ^^^e time 
 amount of good to the largest lumiber of people '' ''"' ^"^''* the greatest 
 
 Ihe fagures and facts are now Ijcfore vou and it i« f,>,- v,.., « . -^ 
 deductions drawn therefrom are reasona We WSSierwL ^ '^'"*^' ''^^^^^^ t^e 
 
 I have the honour to be, 
 OentJemeu, 
 
 Tour obedient servant, 
 
 CHARLES LEGGE, 
 
 Civil Engineer 
 and Trovisional Direitor MNCfi 
 
 poijtc, .j,i„..i.„ „i,„ .Ho main ,„ .L'^'.ljV'Si';';, Sr^i.^^r.'^J,:",;™' 
 
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 Montreal, 5th O.-tober, 1869 
 
 LEGGE. 
 
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G.NTLBMBJJ : MoNTHBAL, llth:Octol)er, 1869. 
 
 ., , ?'"^o *h« publication of the report on theJHochela<?a?and St." Jerome 
 
 railway, yon have been requested to furnish the public with nn estimate of the probable 
 rost of an extension of the line to Orenville, with the view of tapping the Ottawa 
 JSavigation at that point, and also of etlV-itinj,' a junction with theV' Canada Central 
 railway." '• 
 
 Until the surveys are completed, it will of course, be difficult to state the cosfwith 
 any degree of prv^cision— assuming however, that the country to be traversed, is some- 
 what similar to that already surveyed, the following approximate estimate may be 
 plVCfn * 
 
 The distance from St. Jerome, via St. Scholn«tlque and Lachute, to Grenville is 34 
 r!!r^'-*l° * .^'"^ """ f""* Pf .^'^'^ ''''' ^"^'"S equal to the Hochelaga and St. Jerome line, 
 aSdTrack wiU bc"""^^ '^"'' ^^^^'''' "*^ *°*"' '"^°""* ^'"' '*°'* Purchase, fencing, grading 
 
 :H mileH^$8,200 ^olaann 
 
 Add for Additional Stations and Rolling Stock ;;.V.V . .V.V. '. ". '. ". '. '. .' .' i ". ' ". .* 63 000 
 
 Coat of Bridge over North River at Lachute, &c ..........'.!.'.■ 23,200 
 
 To ImI^Im ?i'''"/r*'"r° °^J'"' ^'"""^ ^*- '^"'"""^ t« Gronvine-34 miles.. $370,000 
 lothis, add cost of line from Hochelaga to St l 
 
 Jerome, including bridges, Ac, 3 1.04 milo«— say / $490,000 
 
 Making a total co.,t of ....i^^^ 
 
 Th^V!?^l'l'''"***^° •'■''*'; "^^^2.039 per mile, including bridges and equipments- 
 
 the comnSn of^?^'''''''"'''^'' ""/'i"^^" ^"" f"™''^^^ **^« required:informatlon, pending 
 the completion of th<,' survoy.s and detailed estimates. » f » 
 
 I am, gentlemen. 
 
 Your obedient servant. 
 
 Toil.,, Prrtviui^^ni T^- X « CHARLES LEOOE, C. E. 
 
 1 the 1 rovisional Directors, Montreal ) " 
 
 Northern Colonization Railway. J 
 
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