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 ■ Aiuoiig' all the Provinces oi" (Tie'CoiiiV'dciation, llie i^ro- 
 
 vinco of Quobec is, unrortniiatoij>% that which sliows tlu» 
 
 leasl siiiiis of pro<i-rcss. Wliilo the popuhitiou of Nova 
 
 Scolia increased IT per cent, Oiitorio 1«l per cent, and New 
 
 lirunswick 1-U per cent, between 1801 and 1871, that oj 
 
 1^ (Quebec showed an increase of only 7 per cent. Our peox^h* 
 
 have eniii>Tated in great nnmbi"«i-s to the United States, wo 
 
 do not attract anything like our lair proportion of the ini' 
 
 migration from Europe, and iii all the other evidences of 
 
 material progress Ave are behind our neighbors. Vet th<» 
 
 Province of Quebec lias a fertile soil, a splendid climate, 
 
 <;xcellent water communications, an area greater than that 
 
 of any oCi he older provinces of the Dominion, and every- 
 
 l thing which should serve to make its people progressive, 
 
 l', prosperous and contented. To what then, can our want of 
 
 , progress be attributed ? Principally, and almost entirely, 
 
 ' ' to our imperl'ect means of communication, A farmer cannot 
 
 bo prosperous when he has to bring his produce from iifty 
 
 to one hundred miles to market, spend half of his time on 
 
 ^ the way. and waste, in travelling expenses, at least one 
 
 third of the value of what he sells. An immigrant will 
 
 not settle on our wild lands, with no means of reaching the 
 
 :-, Imsiness cadres, while he can go to the AA'estern States, or 
 
 *' Ontario. an<l settle on land with a railwav at his door, 
 
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 T The only remedy for this state of allairs is to follow the 
 example oi" the other Provinces, and do everything we can, 
 *" within the limit 01 our means, to encourage the. construc- 
 
 tion of railways. 
 
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 A glance at th(» railway statistics of ihe United States and 
 Canada, as given in the accompanying- prospectns, will 
 show how sadly deficient we are in this question of vital 
 impartance, and how marked that deliciency is in that por- 
 tion of the Province which lies North of the Kiver SI. Law- 
 rence. These figures shew that in 1>72 the United States 
 had a mile of railway in operation for every -57 square 
 miles of area, while Ontario had one for every ol square 
 miles. Nova Scotia for 03, New Brunswick for 82, Quebec 
 for 200, and the portion of the Province North of the St. 
 Lawrence only one mile of railway for every 1584 square 
 miles of area. Hut, it may be said, this portion of the Pro- 
 A'inoe has a large area of, unsettled country, so the compji- 
 rison is not a fair one. 'I^^Vell, let us take the proportion as 
 regards population. '.V.tjing similarly situated as to 
 sparse population, we sH^n\ld have tlie same mileage, in pro- 
 portion, as the ^Vesterl^•^•tiltes. They have a mile of rail- 
 way for every 488 of poji^jlation. This portion of the Pro- 
 A'ince has one for every;ii<>:29 inluihllunh ! l'>en after the 
 completion ol the NortlJ.*^5h()re and Northern Colonization 
 roads, it will only have il'lnile for 1,290 ; or, in other words, 
 the Western States will.tUiWi have, in proi)ortion to popu- 
 lation, three miles of rai^Vji^y against one in this section of 
 the Province of Quebec, 
 
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 The annual increase •of new railwavs in the United 
 States, for three years, ^Jras^ in 1870 5525 miles, in 1871 
 7779 miles, and in 1872 6*4*27 miles. At the .same rate of 
 increase, they will double their present enormous railway 
 system in less than ten years. 
 
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 In these facts we can see the cause of the immense 
 foreign immigration to the United States, while that to 
 Canada is in.signilicant, and a reason why so many Cana- 
 dians find profitable employment in that country. 
 
 Since 1807, when under Confederation the dillerent 
 Provinces obtained the control of their local allairs, and 
 particularly of the important interest of railways, a better 
 and more enterprising spirit has been manifested through- 
 out the Dominion, and more particularly in the IM'ovince 
 of Ontario. Our own Province has also don^^ something 
 towards encouraging new railways, but, unfortunntely, on 
 B~> small a scale that almost all the i>rojected lines are at a 
 
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 shindslill. Tilt' spirit oT riiilway (.'nti'vpriht', which haM 
 hocoiiK' so goiuM-al in C'lniadu Avilhin the last low yinirH, 
 and wliich pioinisos to ho productivo of so much i^ood to 
 th« country, nmv bo said U) owe its orii>iu alniont entirely 
 to tho (loslord Ivailway. iJofon^ thai lino was built, under- 
 lakinii's of tho kind, oxct-pt as (iovoiumt'nt works, were 
 almost unknown in Canada, and i>articularly so in tho 
 I'rovinc*' ol" (^ut'boc : but altor that time numerous com- 
 panies wore incorporated, and a ieeling created in I'avor of 
 railway}^, to which i'ven tho oreat scheme of a Canadian 
 road anoss ilic Continent may be allributod. 
 
 It would be an unL,'ratorul return, then, to the men who 
 have, at areat personal sacritico,' constructed this experi- 
 mental wooden railway, which has iudiroctly been the 
 cause of such <»-ood res alts to the "mintry, lor Parliament 
 to say that althouoh wooden rai).s have not been found to 
 answer, the country would not 'be'-ar any share of the loss 
 in an cxperim'Mit undertaken ib'',the general m'ood. 
 
 If WO are to make any pro£i-ress in this Province a much 
 more liberal policy must bo decided on by Parliament. It 
 seems well understood that wo can all'ord to double the 
 aid which tho Legislature has horotoloro given to railways, 
 and only incur a debt half as larii-e as wo aro able to pay 
 the interest on. - »;'. -i. .!•> >;^!is'«r .te! .t / /.'.♦<( j.»>.^-. i 
 
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 The total public debt of th(; Dominion only amounts to 
 !$35 per head of population, Avhile in tho United States, the 
 Federal debt amounts to i$50, and the State debt to $t> per 
 head. It may be seen from these iiguros that it Avould be 
 ([uito safe for us to spend a very large amount of money in 
 developing tlio country by moans of railways, and still 
 have a very small debt per head as compared to that of the 
 United States. I^-i 
 
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 But tho United States is not tho only country in the 
 world in whicli railways arc making rapid progress. All 
 over tho Continent of l*]urope. in India, .lapan, the Australian 
 Colonics, New Zealand, and South Africa, this greatest of 
 modern inventions is ronderinu' the most remote places 
 accessible to commerce and civilization. This is particu- 
 larly the case in Ilussia, whose railw ay system bids fair to 
 be secoiul onlv to that of the United States, and this fact, 
 
wlicii WO considrr that her cliiniiN' i?^ llio saiiic as oiiv own, 
 or t'Vt'H more rigorous, sliould l><' siiHicit'iit \o .show that 
 ouv dolicioiH'ioH ill lliis vt'spoct sliouM not ho utlrihiilod to 
 rliinatc. * 
 
 While desirous ol" seoiiiu' a railway policy whirh will do 
 equal Jusl ice jo all jiortioiis ol i!ie Province. I he ])iro«'tors 
 of the Lake SI. .lohn Railway think their enterprise is 
 entitle<l to the particular con«ideration of rarlianienl. Its 
 object is Olio whi<*li f'hould have the sympathy and support 
 ol" every lover f»l his country. It is to open up for settle- 
 ment a fertile country, close to our very doors ; a r.oiuitry 
 which is adaj)ied for tii\' kipport of a lari^-e population, and 
 which will, while uiviitA'- homes and omplovment to our 
 people, so mnny ot whrtfiV.jiow leave us to seek work ols«'- 
 whor*', make this i)orti(jM'.'»>f the Province soniothinu' more 
 than a fringe of settle^^ij.'iit alonu* the St. Lawrence. It 
 will remove from i.solatijJiV,'and i»ivo a nuu-ket to a popula- 
 tioji of over liO.CMM) jjersoJiiJ.ln the Lake t^*, John District. 
 This last of itself should'^K'-'ii sullicient reason for holpinii' 
 this onteri)rise lil)erally, particularly when il is consi<l- 
 «ued tJiatthe Dominion "is;* building- .■>,<l()0 miles of rail- 
 way to JJritish Columbi'a',' "whore llio population is noi 
 ereater than this. 
 
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 The importance of the,.^uirk<' St. John country, and the 
 necessity of connectiiui- il-Tvith the r<'st of the ProviiU'c, 
 have lojii>- boi'ii felt. As far l)ack as 1828 the rarliamont of 
 Lower Canada appointed a commission to examine an»l 
 repmt upon this back country, and llieu' report, like every 
 other since that time, was cxceedinii'ly favorable. A 
 strouii-er proof could scarcely hi' lound of the adaptability 
 of this district for seltluuicut, than the fact that the last 
 (H'usus shows, for the County of Chicoutimi, an increase in 
 population in ten years, from 10,478 to n,40;ij, or lunir 7<> 
 per cent, t and in yL»ricultural pi'oducts equal to 100 per 
 
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 * .NoiT. — 111 il t.olcj^riiiii ri'iiiu S;. I'oli'inliuiji'. diii'd I'.'tli NovciiiIk'I'. 1K7 1. v. c riii<l : 
 •• \uvi)t.ilir>n of (lie NfV:i is nftirly (•!o>ic<l I'm' tlic winter. \rc \< tto»l\'.\f iniodic 
 river from Tjtko f/nloifu. 'riw l':iy nf Cr.>n.''t;iiU is IVozni over, iitii) i-nniiniiriiciii ion liv 
 wiC' i> iiitrrni|ili!il." 
 
 o , ilii' Miiiii' (liiy ill (iiiclifc. tliu Hi\(T Si. liiiwrciifi' \vii> ii~ cli'iir ol' ire ii-^ in iiiid- 
 .-iiinnier. itnd tixTv were no .-i^ti:^ of fho do-'o of niiviffiilion. Ami yt-l Si. i'oti'f-liur;.'-. 
 700 ntili's fiii'tlicr north tli;n) L.tkc S(. .lolm (wliicli i- in iilioiit llic >:>u\v iLitiiniU- i^^ 
 X'ipiiMu). i^' liecoinin); ii jjroiit rnil^Vl:ly ronlrc. 
 
 t TliP jioimliHioa of the fuwiisliip <>r ItobovTiil, on l.ikt; .Si. .lolm. im ri-:i.-o.l from 2<)ti 
 in I8C1 to 1>.4«7 in l.sTl - over 'lOO |.(>r out ! 
 
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 <riij. a urrMlci" iiicii'as'. |)H»l)!il>ly, ih.-iii llmi ol' miy other 
 porliuii of iIm' Douiinioji. 
 
 Tlic ukl ^Tiihtt'd hy tin- rn»\iii^ial ( JuViiiiiiu'iii to this 
 rnilwiiy consists ol' a laiul j^mnt ol" |(>,(mio ncrt-s per inih'. 
 with the option of i^xchiing-inLi' it lor n si.ljsidy ol" ."Sjil'.oOO per 
 niih', i)ayul>lo in rrovin<ial (Iv.- \h'v rrwi (lilxMiluicN. This 
 iii'nnt ijas hccn lonnd utterly ina(h'(piat>' as a basis on 
 which to indiico <*ai»italists to i'uvnish sullioit'iir iunds to 
 coniph'tc (lie road, l)iit should thr Lciiislaturc meet th<' 
 viowsol'ilit' ('(Oiipany. «(,ntiii<is will ininiodiatoly he given 
 lor the Hlecpors :tn<l liniher re(|uired lor laying tho iirst 
 section with iron rails, and extendinii' it to the nourishing 
 parish, and village olSt. Raymond. The work ol' redueing 
 the grades on the prosejit road, and urading the line IVom 
 (roslbrd to St. JJaymond, will l)o proceeded with in the 
 early spring, and the lirst section will, it is hoped, he ready 
 lor traihe hy Septenihor next; after which the loi-ation of 
 the remaining sections of the road w*ill be ju-or-eeded with. 
 
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 *.\n arrangement has b(>en made ))y th«' Company with 
 certain prominent capitalists of QuobiM* securing the funds 
 required for the construction of the r<tarl upon tlu^ conditions 
 set forth in the following letters: 
 
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 M. W. WuiY, Es(|., 
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 q. \- L. St. .1. 1{. M. Co. 
 
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 ■\ s (hiebec. JOlh November. IST;.. 
 
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 After consultation with our fri(Mids, either one of the 
 following plans has })een settled upon as the financial ]>asis 
 upon which the necessary ciipital to l)uild the (^ue])ec and 
 Fiake St. John Kailway Conipauvs Ivoad, estimated at 
 sn./iOO,00(), has been assrired : " v « n^ 
 
 The (ioVerinnent to grant a llonus ol s.",.<iu(i p(>r mile o\' 
 road ; or 
 
 The (lovernment to resume the land-iiraiit of 1, •200,000 
 acres made to the Companv. and in lieu tluM-eof to subscribe 
 stock in the Company's capital to the extent of ^10,000 pir 
 mile of road : 
 
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 T\u' |>jiyiiit'UtN to Ik' mado pro rnfo lor «':»<'li and cvriv Ion 
 i:iil«'.s otidjul l»uilt, tuid in IX'Ik'iiIuicn In'miiit!' nix jxiri'iit. 
 iiil«'n»8t. 
 
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 Vonr obodii'ii? Sfivaiil, 
 
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 (Siuiu'd.) JOHN lahs^. 
 
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 Quclxj'. mill X<,v.']iil)<M-, is7;{. 
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 (I ik L. .St. J. \l. \i, ('„. 
 Sin, 
 
 AlUT c(nisultuti<m with our IViL'iid.s, tlu' lollowijii-- lias 
 1)»'0ji .settled upon as the liiiancial basis upon whith Iho 
 lU'c.'SNary capital to build i]w (^uelu'c and Lake St. Jolni 
 lirtihvay Conipnnys JItud, ostinuU^-d at s3,.')(iO.<lOO, has been 
 assured : 
 
 The (Corporation of the Cily of -QuelxT lo orani a Bonus 
 of >52,r>00 per mile (.f road : * 
 
 The payments to 1)0 made pro rata for each and everv ten 
 miles of road built, and in ])«'b(Mituros bearing- seven per 
 cent, interest. 
 
 I remain, Sir, 
 
 Your obedii'ut Servant, 
 
 (Si«-ncd,) 
 
 J 11 N UOSS. 
 
 Quebec, lOth B'elnuarv, 1874. 
 M. W. Baby, Esq., 
 
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 Q. cS: L. St. J. n. \i. Co. 
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 I beo- to state, for the information of the lioard ol" Di- 
 rectors of the Quebec and Lake St. John K'ailvvay Coinpmiy, 
 
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 llml I am w illiiii* and prfpaird lo midt'itako llic ouiislruc- 
 lion ol" (lie first section of tlio Compaiiy'« road to Si. Ifay- 
 mond, iimui'diatfly, upon Ix'iu!? notitiod that thf conditions 
 laid down in my lottcrH oi' tho lOtli Nov«Mnln'r lasl have 
 lnM'n ai.'cepled. 
 
 1 have I ho honor to he, 
 Sir, 
 Vourohfdionl Si'rvanl, 
 
 (Siiiued,) 
 
 .lOJLN UOSS. 
 
 Tliewe rondilions certainly cannot he regarded as heinii* 
 «»ther\vis(' than oxtivnicly lihoral. The (Mty of (^uchcc has 
 ill" reed, su])ject to tin- sanction of the Legislature, to tin! 
 stipulations which refer to it. It now rests with P.-irlia- 
 nieiit to do its share. 
 
 The Directors trust that this important scheme m ill re- 
 ceive the consideration which it deserves, and with which, 
 they are contident, ihe Lei>islatuie, followiuii" the example 
 .set by the City of (iuebei.', will treat il. 
 
 
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