IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) y A t<>^ y. f/j ^.#.^ ^■^ ^/: <- 1.0 1.1 1.25 ■-IEI M 1 2.0 111= lA. Ill 1.6 Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) 872-4503 # *•» « REPORT } ON HOCHKLAGA AND ST. JEROME SECTION, BY CHARLES LEGGE, Civil Etujineer. » ^«^.^- liERALD SIEA.M PRESS, 51 AND 53 ST. JAMES SlREET. 1869. 1 REPORT. I 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^^; t T r 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^''"«-l't'H of th.. Ottiwa. t.eal, und ut '. *'> «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»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, « 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 i i "' , 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*. Z^l VS.I4 «* J a" 7a *''»•• I si.'aa »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.,\ ♦! "^ ^? "^^ ;?'', '^''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 «?' '"' '""" '•"'^"■'^■'';''<;<-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, 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 1 10 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 12 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';^"'" ' ""' '' *'"''^"^'^^ '•''^^' ^^^ ^ ^-^^ •' 1 i „ 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'■ 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,:",;™' -' Montreal, 5th O.-tober, 1869 LEGGE. ^^ G.NTLBMBJJ : MoNTHBAL, llth:Octol)er, 1869. ., , ?'"^o *h« publication of the report on theJHochela