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The People of Prince Arthur's Landing having been denied the privilege of connect- ing a short line of railway, which they have made at their own expense, with the Canadian Pacific Railway at the terminus of the latter at the Town Plot of Fort William, on the Kaministaquia River, and believing that influences have been used, as well in this matter as in procuring the removal of the terminus from the harbour on Lake Superior where the Government had first decided on placing it, to a point fai- inland, and not in any way 80 advantageously situated, are naturally desirous that their view of the matter should be laid before the public. For this reason, publicity is given, with r' luctance, and as a last resort, to the following statement and documents, in the hope of obtaining, through the weight of public opinion, for the people of Prince Arthur's Landing, that fair and equitable consideration which they justly merit. Toronto, 19th Maro.i, 1878. J AS. R. KOAF, On bcluUf of the hihuhitants of Frince Arthurs Laiidiny. S0ronto: ♦ '. PRINTED BY HUNTER, ROSE & (JO. 25 WELLINGTON ST, WKST 1878. "Vr) #■ PRINCE ARTHUR'S LANDING AND THE TERMINUS OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. Tlje people of Prince Arthur's Landing having built a short railroad as a lino of com- munication between their harbour and the terminus of the Canada Pacific Railway, nearly five miles inland on the I\.aminiKtaquia,and having been debarred from the privilege of form- ing a connection with the Pacific line at the latter place, for reasons which, if any exist, have never been explained to them, are naturally desirous of having a clear and unbiassed statement of the circumstances connecte-,sly misrepresented to and placed in a false light before the Government and tlie country ; and (10.) Lastly, they claim and can prove that Prince Arthur's Landing is the natural and proper place for the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway ; that the reports as to the harbour being exposed are untrue, that it can easily \f made U) accommodate any number of vessels; and that within the past eiglii years then- have been 1,575 arrivals of large vessels at the port, without so nuicii as a single wreck or even accident of the most trifling nature occurring ; that their statements and complaints are well founded, caa, they assert, be made abundantly clear, and a number of documents are annexed, from .... ' ' t which it will he seen that they — the people of Prince Arthur — have at least had reason on their side and that, under very trying circumstances, they have acted with becoming and commendable energy in the endeavour to extricate themselves and their settlement from a very embarrassing position, and it may be added have shown much moderation and forbearance in urging their claims Apart from any consideration as to the superiority of Prince Arthur's Landing as a harbour, it will readily be admitted that, as a matter of simple! justice, the pcjople of that place siiouM not be denied such i)rivilege8 as are accorded to communities elsewhen throughout tlie Dominion, and it has yet to be shown that the inhabitants of any district, on nuiking a branch line of railway, have been debarred from connecting it with a leading; line. On the contrary, branch lines are always considered an advantage to a main line, and that an excerption should be made iii the case of the Prince Arthur's line must be due to exceptional causes. Such is, at least, the natural inference and what these causes an or have been is a fair subject of intjuiry. The people claim that they were led to form their settlement by the reports of Gov ornment Engineers who, for a long period, had coincided in the opinion that the harbour now known as Prince Arthur's Landing, was the proper starting-point for a line of com munication with the north-west, and although this, in the event of a better place having been found, might not, of itself, be an admissable argument, in favour f)f adopting their harl)our, it should at least entitle them to friendly consideration in their endeavours to establish conununication with that better place. This is about all that they now claim, but at the same time they deny that a better place has been found and assert that the government and the country have been deceived by interested land speculators, through whose influence the terminus of our great national high-way, instead of being at a harboui on Lake Superior, has been fixed at a point* nearly five^miles inland, on a narrow wind ing stream which is not adapted for an extended traffic and which freezes up so early in the fall Jis to cause the loss of a very considerable part of the season during which naviga- tion is open on the great lakes. The position will, however, be better understood by a brief review of the principa! facts bearing thereon. The history is not a very long one and it cannot be otherwise thar of interest at the present time. That Prince Arthur's Landing was the point first thosen as the Lake Superior Ter minus of the Pacific Railway is quite evident from the following extract : — Canadian Pacific Railway, Office of the Engineer-in-Chief, Nov. 6th, 1872. " William Murdoch, Esq. " Dear Sir, — The Government having resolved that an exploratory survey should b made of the country lying between Princv Arthur's Landing, Thunder Bay, and the liui run by Mr. Henry Carre during the latter part of the last and the beginning of the pre sent year with the view to the construction of a line of railway /rw/i the point first named I have to inform you that you have been selected to take charge, &c." (Signed) Sandford Fleming. Between the date of this letter and the close of navigation in 1874, a new order o things had arisen. The people of Thunder Bay discovered that a point about five mile; inland on the Kaministaquia, had been adopted as the eastern terminus or starting poiii of the Pacific Railway, and they knew that the ground chosen was on the land of a coin pany which had bt-some possessed of a very large tract in that direction. In regard t this selection the resident Engineer reported to the Chief Eugiiieer as follows : — " You will see from the windings of the river immediately beyond there, that steamer could not go or pass each other, up or down, and at that point the river level is twenty * The governmeat dock, at the i)reaent Teriniiiu4, is ureciaely four miles and aixty- five chains inland, I' the river, from the outer margin of the shoal at 12 feet ol water. least had reason i with becoming their settlement h moderation and ur's Landing as a \,\w i)t!()p!e of that unities elsewhen ts of any district, it with a leading go to a main line, line must be dui t these causes an le reports of Gov- that the harbour for a line of com itter place having of adopting theii leir endeavours to t they now claim, nd assert that the Rculators, through )eing at a harboui m a narrow wind zes up so early in ing which naviga- w of the principal be otherwise thai ake Superior Ter 5th, 1872. / survey should b' Bay, and the liiii 'inning of the pre 3 point first iiameii BD Fleming, J4, a new order o it about five mile. i or starting poin the land of a com on. In regard t jUows : — liere, that steamer er level is twenty ■fivechaina inland, b seven feet lower than the banks, with level plateau on top gradually falling to the river mouth. " / would respedjully tnihmit for i/oitr considtrntion, the irro/m'fti/ of produciixj the line tuwards the mouth of the river, to obtain a lower kvel and loin/er nariflution in the Fall of the year. " (Sign(!(l) William Mukihuh, " KiKiinenr C. I'. Ildilway, Thunder Bay District. "September 7th, 1874." So that if the Kaministiuiuia was to be adopted, llic mouth of the river and not the ground of the great land conii»any was the {jroper place, w bich it no doubt was, from an engineer's point of view, and it niiiy be added that the land, for two miles from \\w mouth of the river upwards, was at that time unpatented, and altiiough partly settled upon, might have been obtained at a moderate price. It is thus evident that, both in regard to advantage of locality and economy of tlie public funds, the recommendation of the re- sident Kngine^er was a good one. But it had not pleased the land speculators, and tinding himself beneath the frown of power, Mr. Murdoch soon afterwards left the .service. The people of Prince Arthur's Landing, st-eing that they were tlui.s to bo cut off, in the course of the following summer, set about devising ways and means to form a connec- tion at their own expense, but in the first ]>lace, tht^y addressed a petition to the Minister of Public Works and to the House of Commons, setting foith the p()sition in which they were placed, and praying that the line might be extended to tlieir settlement where they claimed that the harbour accommodation was all that could V)e desiied, immenliately on the navig- able waters of Lake Superior, an th neces pany agaii appli tary infoT In course of the interview which followed, the Reeve oHisrcd, on the part of the people of Prince Arthur, to grade tlie line, put on the ties and hand it over ready for the rails, to the Government. He also said that, in the matter of location, they would he guided entirely by the advice of the (Jovernment Engineers. The Premier expressed his satisfaction, re- marking that the offer was a very good one, and said further that he would have nmch plea- sure in layint? the matter before his colleagues. Satisfied with these assurances, the Reeve returned to Thunder Bay, and the people of I'riiice Arthur went so vigorously to work that, by the fall of 187G, they had the grading oi' their lino in great part completed. Hv this time, however, they had l)ecome painfully aware that the land speculators of the Kaministiijuia were using every endeavour to thwart their enteri»ri.se, and some correspond- ence which they had with the (ji overmen t convinced tiiem that tliey harl but little favour to ^ look for. On the 2nd of Octoher. I87G, the Engineer of their road addressed a letter to the De- partment of Public Works, sending with it the plans and book of reference required by law to be handed in, in such eases. Instead of receiving a friendly reply, he was informed by letter bearing date the "iGth of the same month, that "as the boundary of the Province of Ontario is still unsettled, it cannot be claimed that the proposed railway is entirely within that Province. If it be entirely within tiiat Province, the railway Act of 1876 will not ap- ply. If it be not within the Province, then the Act of incoriioration is without authority, &c." So that, in any and every conceivable case, the people were in error, and must stop their railway. This letter is rather a singular one, for an oflScial paper, more especially, in view of the fact that, in 1874, a conventional boundary had been established far west of the* proposed railway. The Minister had evidently forgotten that Ontario was exercising juris- diction, with the concurrence of the Dominion Government, and had courts of law and all appliances for the administration of justice at Thunder Bay. The letter is of interest, how- ever, as showing how wit, although of a rather ghastly character, can be introduced in official documents, and still more so, as exhibiting the desire that existed at head quarters to stop the building of the Prince Arthur's Landing and Kaministiquia Railway, and it is difficult to disconnect this desire from the great land speculation on the Kaministiquia. Noliiing daunted at this rebufi", the people of Prince Arthur's Laiuling still pressed their work ahead, and in the winter of 1876-77, again sent their Reeve to Ottawa, with instructions to inform the Premier that their line was ready for the rails, and that they were prepared to hand it over fn;e of charge to the Government, stipulating only that the rails should be put on, and the line adopted as a switch or branch. But in order that the history may be consecutive, it is necessary to notice another official letter. Matters had, 1 people, who liave have built four d to promote the provide for the iloiie over twenty itun? of Ontario, 'ity of Shuniah, and colh'ction of 1, togethui- with uKi feel greatly iitervifw when it y leaving Ottawa \ U!KS, ' itf ^huninh. )art of the people y for the rails, to •e guided entirely -s satisfaction, re- have much plca- i-ances, the Reeve sly to work that, ted. speculators of the some correspond- it little favour to b i letter to the De- required by law was informed by tlie Province of 3 entirely within 876 will not ap- :thout authority, p, and must stop ire especially, in I far west of the * exercising juris- ts of law and all )f interest, how- duced in official quarters to stop nd it is difficult a. iig still pressed Ottawa, with and tiiat they g only that the 1 order that the Matters had, .•it the time last referred to, arrived at a point that remlered some professional opiiii(m necessary to justify the selertioti of the Terminus on the property of the great land com- pany of the Kaministacinia, and on Mr. ISorron, M.P., for the Distric;, liriiiging the matter again to the notice of the Minister, the Chief Engijieer of the (Canadian Pacilic Hallway was applied to, and he addressed a letter, bearing date the 2Hth February, 1S77. to the Secre- tary of the Department of Public Works, a copy of which was handed to Mr. IJorron for information. In this letter the following occurs : — " Tt has always ^een held important to reach the navigable waters of Lake Supe.inr, by the shortest and best line of railway fnmi X\w prairie country. This was the govern- ing principle wliicb led to the tt-rminus being fi.ved at Fort William." In this slioit sentence, there are no less than three inaccuracies — Ist, That the naviirable w.ters of Lake Superior have been reached ; 2nd, that the terminus is at Fort William ; 3rd, that the shorte.s*, and best lint" has Ix-en adopted. The truth is, the termimjs has been (i.xed, not on the navigable waters of Lake Superior nor even at Fort William, but at a point far up on the Kaministaquia to which the name of Fort Williajn Town Plot, altliougli it is di^statlt from and has no (ionnection with or any relation whatever to Fort William, has been applied. And, as to the shortest and best route having been cho.sen, it is only neci'ssary to rel'i-r to the accompanying map to see that Murillo Station, a point ten miles inland on the railway, is as near to Prince Arthur's Landing as it is to the present terminus, and it is well known tliat the ground in both cases is the same, being low and swampy. Moreover, by running tlit^ line from that station to Piince Arthur, the navigable waters of Lake Sujjerior w(mld, in reality, have beeji reached, wht-reas tJii- prcntiid firm in us /,s /lot on the V(irl///" right in stating that the navigation at their Village is open somewliat later in the fall," it is well known that the waters of Lake Superior, even in sheltered bays, do not freeze until the winter has far advanced, while the Kaministaquia closes with the first moderately hard frost. In November, 187'J, the Chief Engineer had adopted Prince Arthur's Landing as the starting point of the railway. Th(!re was no word of an exposed coast at that time ; but, in 1874, he seems to have (|uite changed his views and had selected a point over four miles and three quarters up the Karaanistaquia, on the lands of the great speculators, and that, too, against the emplnilic adcia; of his immediate .viltordinate, who recommended the more open location near Fort William ; that is, the real, not the falsely named, Fort William — where the land might have been had for nothing, or at a moderate price. It may be doing injustice to the Chief Engineer to imply that he is responsible for ing the Terminus where it now is. He does not say so in his letter, but, on the contrary, dis- £* f * The full tpxt of this letter will be found in the appendix. I II tinotly states that it had been fixed at Port William, knowing well, at the same moment, that it waH actuallv entablished far inland from Fort William, on u bank twentysttvcn foet abore the river IctcI, and on lands embraced in the ^^eat Hpeculution. What means this equivoea- tiOD? Hut, to proceced, the delegate from Prinee Arthur's Landing, Mr. Thomas Marks, reached Ottawa in the end of March, 1877, and in the beginning of April waited for the second tinio on the Minister of I'ublic Works, accompanied, as in the first instance, by sever- al meuibcrs of Farliiimtjnt. The Minister r«ceivcd the de|iutation very courteously, but avoided giving any answer to the Keeve's application for rails to complete the lino, uaying that they would not be re(|uircd until the riiciKc line was completed. He, however, without the slightest hesitation, promised to allow the lino to be oonnected with the Pacific road. The Reeve then suggested that, in order to avoid any possible misap[»rehonsion, on the part of the local oflBcers, it would be well that he should have an official lettor, informing him that leave to connect hatl been granted. The Premier as.sured him that the required letter would be written, and so the interview ended. After waiting for the promised letter for a rcasrt William is pro t I 1 e Engineers were sent to make the survey under circum.stances which placed them in a very se position. They were not, of course, told so, in as many words, but tliey could not be Hherwi.se than aware that the object of the survey was to discover something which might pport the position taken by the Government in condemning the one place and adopting the ;her. They knew and could not but know that their survey was a political one and that, wever favourably they might be impres.sed with the Landing, tlicir report could have no ch practical result as to lead the Government to abandon the Kaministaquia, where lands d been bought and such vast sums expended, and acknowledge it.aelf in error oy adopting e harbour of Prince Arthur. They knew that it would be very unpleasant to the Govern- ent should they find themselves compelled, in the interests of justice, to report against its licy in choosing the Kaministaquia, and they knew, also, that it would be very agreeable the Government if their conr . noes would permit them to report that the locality was J n exposed, that the waves beat and winds blew and that it would take an expenditure of it«; lions on wharves to render it safe, inasmuch as such a report would tend to put it, theC^l vemment, in a better position before the country and lead tbe public to suppose that ::M great land purchase on the Kaministaquia was a matter of necessity after all. It wfs, then fore, a politically immoral proceeding to place the Engineers in this position. f The work was unquestionably of a political character, and a sort of ex post facto work ';? that, and professional men should never be placed in a situation where they could in any a ; feel that the smile of their superiors in oflSce would be on the one side, perhaps the wrr '^ side, and their frown on the other. In any case, the measurements of the Engineers will given with perfect fidelity ; no one can doubt that. But it is just possible, in fact, hif;l' ^ probable, that ideal wharves, calculated on the imaginary traffic of the far distant futu:' : with their attendant cost of millions, may astonish tlie wor^d and bring peace to the troubl*^ dreams of the alarmed land-holders of the Kaministaquia.* , iFmai The cost of Wharves at Prince Arthur's Landing ,er I ters Cai Has been calculated by Engineers employed by the people of that place, and they, togettijrtract with the captains of vessels, whose experience should be worth something, are unanimous .i^[ tb" opinion that an extension of six hundred feet to the present wharf would meet the quirements of the shipping for a long time to come. This extension would cost at the o side $45,000 (forty-five thousand dollars), and that is a sum little more than equal to a yea: cost of the incessant dredging demanded on the Kaministaquia, so that the friends of Prinj Arthur's Landing need not be alarmed at any imaginary estimates which may be put fort; in official reports, to sustain the Government in its cruel policy of aiding and abetting t\jl land-jobbers of the Xaministaquia in wiping that, to them, obnoxious place from the face creation. Jo * This anticipation, to judge by the reports in the (lapers, has already been in part verified. title IPtBn an expenditure of i tend to put it, the (*I* lie to suppose that i 'ter all. It wfs, th^ sition. )f ex post facto worlc^ . the, could in any .. . APPENDIX. de, perhaps the wrr Jl the Engineers will * •ossible, in fact, hifrt the far distant futu ; peace to the trouble „„, t,-.,tjc. ' ^^^1 Uirmation of W. H. Furlongs, Provincial Land Surveyor 14 ^tcr of the Council of Shuniah, to Marcus Smith, Esq., acting Chief Engineer of the Canada Pacific Railway 1* ice, and they, togetl^jbgtracts from speech made by Dr. Clarke, M.P.P., in the Legislative Assembly 16 ing, are unanimous .^ . , tx- i x xr t n a ;!,;»,. 17 »rf would meet the ^^'^ "^ ^^1^**'» •'^™^" ^'"''' *" °''"- '^' ^- ^'^'"' would cost at the oCjettors of Captain's than equal to a yea , ,„. urw u » ift ^ the friends of Prin Anderson of Steamer " Quebec 18 ich may be put fort \V. Tate Robertson, of Steamer " Francis Smith " 19 plafe from^^the fei' J'>1"' ^^'^^^'^y- «^ *^« ^'"*"'^ ^*''*'' ^'''''"''' " ^^"'^^'^^ " ^^ Barton Atkins, United States licensed pilot 20 part verified McDougall, of the United States Steamer " City of Duluth " 20 Robertson of the Steamer " Ontario " 20 ■' Kennedy, of the Steamer " City of Owen Sound " 21 ' Tretheway, of the Thunder Bay Propeller " Kate Murks " 21, 22 • John O'Mally, of the sailing vessel " Mary Ann Hulbert " 22 Benjamin Tripp, late of the Steamer " Ontario " 23 Prtition of the inhabitants of Prince Arthur's Landing 23 W OFFKJIAL LETTERS. !^Brunn, Secretary Department, Public W(,rks S. Fleuiing, Enginee ' Chief 24, 25 F^Brunn, Secretary Department Public Works 25 2(5 flligh Ryan, Report of Railroud Wi H. Furlonge, Report on Railroad Qi- H. Spalding, Superintendent Sault Ste. Marie Canal 27 14 Affidavits were made by Mr. Thomas Marks, President of the Prince Arthur's Land '5 Y and Kaiuinistaquia Railroad Company, and by Mr. Frank Moberly, Chief Engineer of Jlopcr same, setting forth : — 1 Ist. Tha'. the said railway was properly located, and did not, in any way, interfere wtllpect the switches or works of the Canadian Pacific Railway. ^J^J ■2nd. That no attempt was made, and that no intention existed of forming a junctfifioui of the railway tracks without authority. IPire u 3rd. That no orders were given either to them or any of their people, officially or otllterti" •wise, to refrain from carrying the work through the Government Reserve. rigli' 4th. That the stoppage of the work would greatly injure the prospects of the Dist^kl " '- and its struggling inhabitants who had, at large cost, almost completed their enterprise, «igine only for their own benefit, but for that of the Dominion at large. Notwithstanding these affidavits and the petitions of the inhabitants, the influence of Jfftbu land holders of the Kaministaquia proved too powerful, and the enterprise was crushed. Wf • ' to Prince Arthor's Landing, November 12th, 1877. I, William Holland Furlonge, of the Village of Prince Arthur's Landing, Provinc Land Surveyor, do solemnly declare — 1. That I consider the point of junction of the Prince Arthur's Landing and Kamir taquia Railroad with the Canada Pacific Railway, is the best that could be found in t vicinity. 2. That, if the point of junction was to be transferred to a point at or near the Governm- Dock, it would involve an enormous outlay in the shape of a deep cutting which is at pre« avoided by the junction being at the top of the grade from the river. 3. That if the point of junction was placed higher up the line of the Canada paci Railway, it would involve the expense of more grading, tracklaying, &o. 4. That the land around the point of junction chosen offers unusual facilities for a statl; and I consider it would be advantageous for both lines to have it there. 5. That this point of junction will in no wise interfere with the workshops, switches other buildings of the Canada Pacific Railway. And I make this solemn declaration, believing the same to be true, and by virtue of t Act, passed in the thirty-seventh year of Her Majesty's reign, cap. 37, Statutes of Canada (Signed) W. H. Furlonge. Prov. Land Surveyor. Affirmed before me at Prince Arthur's Landing, \ Thunder Bay District, this thirteenth ' •linpo boast itrum( now ii aent < ■llildi tieliev( 5 no tanc \ ||DOW 't|benl( |rti. gbu w iMmme •Ii 1 #es1 'lent -4 '. fade 4rthi in day of November, A.D. 1877. f (Signed) Robert Maitland, A Com. in B. R. (kc. Prince Arthur's Landing, 13th Sept., 1876. To Marcos Smith, Esq., Chief Engineer Canadian Pacific Railway. Sir, — On the part of the Council of the Municipality of Shuniah, we avail ourselves ' the opportunity of your being here, in the high public position which you occupy, to dri your attention to a matter of great importance to the people of this district. You will have seen, since your arrival, that ^ short line of railway has been laid out ac 3ome work done thereon with a view of connecting the Town of Prince Arthur's Landing wi; the present iarminus of the Pacific Railroad on the Kaministaquia. You will likely also have heard that the municipality of this extensive district h granted a bonus of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) towards the oonstruction of tl short line. MS 15 IBER 12th, 1877. 'inoe Arthur's Land • ' Yoa are also doubtlcBB uwaru that there has been much discussion as to whether the Chief Engineer of pi^pcr Terminus should have been at this point or at the Town plot of Fort William. Into this question we do not however propose to enter, at present, hut we would most ny way, interfere wwlp cctfuUy invite your serious attention to the fact that, many years before the Pacific wveys were undertaken and before there was a tree cut or a settlement made in this section, of forming a junctlirious parties of engineers and surveyors sent out by the Government, at different limes, mre unanimous in .selecting the place now called Prince Arthur's Landing as the proper t>I»lo, officially or otlitorting point to the Northwest Territories. We do not pretend to know wliethcsr they were rve. I%hf or wrong in this, time will show, but we do say that the jwople now settled here were, ospeots of the Dist:kl a L'reat measure, induced to establish themselves, by the unanimity of opinion of the d their enterpri.se, «igineer's sent out by the Government. You will already have seen, in part, what we have accomplished. The Town of Prince ts, the influence of Artli'ir's Landing is now the largest in the wide District of A Igoma, although of but little rise was crushed. Ofcr lour year's growth, We have already a considerable and rapidly growing; pojjulation. We Mka point to numerous handsome stores, and houses of public accommodation. We can also boaet of four churches belonging to as many different denominationr., and we have been in- strumental in drawing in an agricultural population, as well as a number of miners, who are BOW industriously occupied in our immediate neighbourhood. We may add that the Govern- IKnt of Ontario has cho.sen this point as the headquarters of the District, and the public 8 Landing, Provinc jigildings for judicial purposes are now being constructed. Under all these circumstances, we Wlieve that you will see the propriety of the course we arc adopting in endeavouring to con- jandicg and Kamir ihct ourselves with the present Terminus, and we feel that we have at least some claim to as- >uld be found in \ ifctance from the Government. We forbear to reflect on anyone for what has occurred, up to the present time, but we r near the Governm Ipiow that our case has never been fairly represented to the Government, and that there have ig which is at pre.st Iflen local prejudices and local interests even among engineer's, some of whom have acted like Crtisans, rather than as men giving calm consideration to a subject of great public import- ce. Therefore it is that we address ourselves to you, and we do so in the full confidence that racilities for a stati ftm will give this matter the consideration which it deserves and lay it fairly before the Gov- Itnment. The assistance which we need is not great and it is for a public as well as a local object. ^e shall, as soon as po.ssible, send you plans showing the position of our road, with a state- iient of the aid which we need. 1 Before concluding we may take occasion to deny at least one objection which has been ilade to the Landing, which, however unreasonable it may appear here, has attracted some attention at a distance. We allude to the oft reiterated report that the Harbour of Prince 4ii'thur's Landing is exposed. l^u will yourself have observed that there is no wave wa.shed beach, that the trees grow to the waters edge, and that there is a board shed out on the Dock, only two feet above the level of the water, which a single wave of any force would wasli away. In what way then is •nr Harbour exposed 1 Even before a dock was built, we have had small open boats riding at iDchor through the whole season of navigation, and we can assure you that but little cribwork Urould be requisite to afi'ord the most perfect shelter. One subject more we may mention, and flat is, that the Bay remains open while a vessel can navigate any part of Lake Superior. Our short line will therefore bo of .some public advantage, in affording access from Lake ojterior to the present Terminus, long aft«r the Kaministaquia has closed, a month or six we<;ks it least. Wo have the honour to be Sir, Your respectful and obedient servnts, By order of the Council, workshops, switches and by virtue of i statutes of Canada [. FURLONGE. w. Land Surveyor. Maitland, Com. in B. R. d-c. Ith Sept., 1876. ive avail ourselves 'ou occupy, to drs ict. IS been laid out ac thur's Landing wi;*l Ktensive district h: oonstruotion of th^ (Signed) Sismed) Robert Maitland, Clerk. Thomas iMarks, Jicenii. 16 In the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, on Slat Jan, last, Dr. Clarke, M.P.P.,/or North Riding of Norfolk, rtuide the following remarks, which are taken from the full ami, r reeled report of his speech : Ion. J. Di Whispers have gone the rounds of the House that this Chamber was to be dissolved the close ot this session, in order that both Provincial and Dominion Parliaments should .J to the polls together. This course, he for one, should most strenuously object to, because,^, the first place , he knew of no reasons which would justify such a step on the part of tP*""^' Government ; and in the second, he knew of no weakness in the Dominion House which l«* o'"^' quired them to lean upon us ; we certainly needed no help from them. But so far as Algoaf^^^S and some of the localities are concerned, such an allied election would entail loss upon t! House, because, in consequence of the local policy of the Mackenzie Government, and t' favouritism alleged to be shown to certain individuals, that Government's own once wai supporters were alienated from them, and in declared hostility to them. Nor could we wr' der at it when the fact: were known, and when certain firms and individuals had more iiifi ,^ enco at Ottawa than the peoples' own re))re8entatives. (Cheers from the Opposition.) Thil||4 G people were friends of the Ontario Administration, and would continue so unless sinster inli^lt^s ence should here, as there, become paramount. It was true, there was a portion of Algoillfiand so benighted politically that it could only return a Tory ; but he had hopes of their reforni tion in the near future (cheers), and would regret to see the noble settlement of Thunder B1 for a moment allied to them ; for up to this time, the pcjople, and especially the press, in sp;( of much aggravation, and in spite of loss to their pockets, were staunch and true to the pnl ciples of Reform and Progress. 1 He regretted to say it, that the policy of the Dominion Government towards that brai and struggling people, who had invested and risked their all at Thunder Bay, had been one \ vexation, and of an injustice so manifest as to separate the fealty and affection of the peo[! to that extent that men who had for over a quarter of a century voted Reform, and notbi: j else, would rather cut their hands off" than vote for the Mackenzie administration. He d not blame Mr. Mckenzie so much as he did old Reformers, who, for the sake of featheri: their own nests, had not hesitated at falsehood and misrepresentation, careless if they ruin^ the Government, "-o that they but carried out their own selfish purposes. (Hear, hear, ai cheers.) lie was a reformer, and for thirty years had never faltered in his allegiance to l party, and it grieved liim, exceedingly, to have to justify his best friends in taking a host; attitude to a Government which refused them simple juf?tice — whose policy paralysed tht \ enterprise. He called upijn the Local Government of Ontario to notice the insult put up ; itself and this llonouiable House, by the refusal of the Minister of Public Works ai Ottai to permit the Kaministiiquia it P. A. L. Railway to connect with the Canadian Pacific. Tl duty of this House and this Government was, not only to assist railroads having a good fiiu cial basis and pointing to inland waters, but, after so assisting, to see that no sinster inffueu should prevent those roads from being sujeessf'ul. i Cheers.) And yet this road, built b} brave handful of people, aided by the paternal Government of (Jntario, with its metal la down ready for use, lay idly knocking at the door of the Bureau of Public Works at Otta« oor the privilege of a connection which, if such road were in the hands of a private compau would long since have been granted. To keep the river port open to a limited extent, will a; d-^s ^e(^uire a grant of $25,000 per annum ; and he challenged the Minister of Public Wor at Ottawa to show cause why this sum should be so spent yearly, when the outlay whii bought the land and built the docks up the river, added to this grant, almost uselessly spe: in dredging, would have docked the mouth of the river,^where the dock would have formed terminus for the C. 1'. R. satisfactory to all parties. (Hear, from the Opposition.) 0' Local Government has been doing its duty in developing the country, by building roai and bridges for the use of the settlers they were inviting, and he was proud to say that t! sympathies of the people were with the Mowat Administration, recognizing the broad prim • J pies upon which its policy was founded. Let the Dominion Government but equally do i duty— let it accept as a gift, in kindness and worth, this railroad of six miles, and work it; connection with the original plan. It will not harm the Canada Pacific Railroad to have ^[jx^ Term'aus on the open bay, as well as five miles up the river. (Hear, hear.) ^ j^ #tisi • nch i 17 Captain Dick's Letter on Thunder Bay as a Harbour. &c. &c. &c., Senator. Dear Sir, — I see by the reports of the parliamentary debates that the merits of Iwrke, M.P.P., /or from the full ami i Toronto, April 16th, 1877. __ 3on. J. C. AiKENS, was to be dissolved Parliaments should . object to, becauHL',^ . - ..... ep on the part of jHluncler Bay, as a harbour, have boon under discussion in the Senate, and as I am one of ion House which «** oldest captains on the lakes, and was the first man to run a Canadian steamer regularly But so far as AlgoAfough LaJ r, without any risk | ig port of the Nort >: i intricate creek lil u Frmi John McKay. Master Prop. " Manistee." On Board Str. " Manistee." Prince Arthur, Dec. 4th, '77. 1 a good har'oo'^r fc '^ ^> Jo^i McKay, Master of the Propeller " Manistee " beg to certify to the following fili», viz .■— That I have run regularly to Prince Arthur during the present season of navigation retching said Prince Arth.ur on my first trip for the season on the 2nd May last and leav- James Dick. "^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^Y ^^^ ^^^P ^^^- ^^^' Inuring all the time that I have called at the said R(|nce Arthur, in this and previous years, I was never put to any inconvenience from stformy weather, while, as a Port, it is open as early in spring and as late in the fall as ai^ on the Lake ; at the present time there is no ice in Thunder Bay while the Kam- in&taquia River is frozen over and that portion of my cargo for there has to be landed 1 2th Nov., '77. ^^^^e. I have several times during the season lain off at the mouth of the Kaministaquia since she was bui Bi^er so that I might have daylight to go in, not daring to venture in during the night, it the head of Lat ^ I have sailed on the Lakes during the i)ast 20 years — as Master of various Steamers Landing, Thundt M|the last 14 years and as such have had a good deal of experience with the various har- assengers while tt Mbrs on the Lakes, and I can confidently recommend Thunder Bay as a good, safe and 110 occasion have ofliamodious harbour, ing at the wharvt ' » John McKay, Master Prop. " Manistee " of Chicago. ...ic*' ^r-' in From Gapt. McLougall, of tfie Chicayo, Milwaukee, <£• Lake Superior Line of Steavici Strameu "City of Duluth," " Lake Superior, Nov. 19th, 1877. I, Alexander McDoiigall, having sailed on the lakes during the last seventeen years., during seven as master of the strs. Scott, Japan, City of Duluth, — at present master of ui City of Duluth ; during the greater portion of the time I have run to Lake Superior. Having been asked my opinion as to whether Prince Arthur's Landing, Thunder B;j: or Fort William, on the Kaministaquia River, is the better harbour, beg to state my r* sons for saying that Prince Arthur's Landing is. During the present summer 1 have visited Prince Arthur's Landing regularly w| City of Diduth, and have always found it a good harbour and easy of access. Twice ha I gone in and out during the fogs which are of such frequency and density on Lake Sii;i| nor, during the first half of the season of navigation, while, at the same time, it would i impossible to make the Kaministac^uia River, owing to the great extent of shoal water f||^ag the immediate vicinity of the mouth, as well as the long and intricate channel over the t '■^^ f through which we have to pass to reach the river ; 1 know of no harbour on La ; Superior so easily approached during a fog as Prince Arthur's landing, owing to its favo , able soundings. Neither have I heard, seen, or understood why a steamer cannot land Prince Arthur's Landing during any weather, as the only wind which could apparent 1 have any effect on the docks there, is a south-easterly gale, which seldom ever occurs the lakes ; and even with a south-easterly storm it is my opinion that there would not r sufficient sea to drive a boat away from the docks. i. Another of the great advantages of P. A. Landing, is the late open navigation '»i Thunder Bay in the fall, which is at least two weeks later than that of the Kaministaqt - d On this trip, the last for the season of 1877, the Kaministaquia, on the 16th Novemb 4 showed that it had already been frozen over, — and this is an unusually mild fall, — wh i there was not a vestige of ice at Prince Arthur's Landing. Besides, the last month of na m gation on Lake Superior is always the most important month of the season, there bei A heavier and more freights. Prince Arthur's Landing is also very favourably situated »| r the building of docks, as the shore is bold, and they would not have to run out far intoi '^qu^ lake, as well as the bottom being good for driving piles. ^un Alex. McDougall, ^^y^\ Master of the " City of Duluth." Letter from Captain Atkins, U. S. Pilot and Ship Master, formerly Steamer Metropolis. ^ Prince Arthur's Landing, Thunder Bay, Nov^taiber 9th, 1877. The undersigned, shipmaster, having for the last thirty years been engaged in t , navigation of the Northern Lakes, and especially of Lake Superior, would state forti information of parties interested, and not familiar with the locality of Thunder Bay, tl I it is, in its entire extent, a most excellent harbour, unsurpassed by any on the Lakes in .| uniform depth of water, as well as for the protection it affords from the storms of i * Lake, and their attendant high seas. _, The docks at Prince Arthur's Landing are substantial and commodious, easy of acf | at all times, and under all circumstances, during the season of navigation, and are r * protected from all winds excepting from the South-east, which in no event could cat serious trouble or inconvenience. ' Baiiton Atkins, Licensed Pilot and Shipmaster. 21 Line of Steamt, in," ov. 19th, 1877. From Cupl. Robertson, On Board Stu. "Ontaiuo," Prince Arthur's Lauding, Nov. 19th, '77. •, This is to certify that I have been master of the steamer " ( )ntario " since th»' Spring ist seventeen years,^ 1876, on the route between Sarnia, Thunder Bay a!id Duluth, pasniuL' in and out of l^n^sent master of t.JJu„der Bay every trip up and down. ake ^^l^^pe^o^. 1 j^j^^g g^^g j^^^ Thunder Bay and landed goods and passengers at Prince Arthur's mling, 1 hunder B landing during the heaviest storms that I have experienced oti Lake Superior, and this heg to state my r ^thout the slightest trouble or inconvenience. .. I consider this Bay one of the safest and easiest enteroil harbours on Lake Superior, nding regularly w gj^^j ^.j^p wharves at Prince Arthur can be approached in a snow storm or in the thickest access. |^^*^^ ''■ ||g by soundings ; the anchorage is good, being of a tough clay ground. Fleets of sailing nnity on Lake hii nijggeig c^n work in and out of the Bay to and from P. A. Landing, without incurring the nie ^^^^t It would jjijpense of being towed, thus saving to vessel owners and grain shippers heavy sums for 'lit ot shoal water 'l^^wage when forwarding grain to tht^ East from the Northwestern Provinces, channel over the 1 p^om my practical experience of the harbour at P. A. Lauding, I think all that is re- lo harbour on u mired is a little more dock accommodation to render it one of the safest landing places on ;, owing to its lavo ^g Ljj1{(, and the season of navigation from this point connecting with railways at i-amer cannot land puiuth, Ashland, Marquette, &c., will be at least three weeks or a month later in the Fall ich could appareii li^n it could possibly be in any of the narrow Northern Kivers emptying into Lake Bldom ever occurs Huperior. t there would not open navigation >f the Kaministaqi the 16th Noveml ally mild fall,— wl he last month of ni, e season, there be; vourably situated run out far into ; E. Robertson, Master Stemner Ontario,''* From Caj . Kennedy, Str. City of Owen's Sound. On Board Steajviee " City of Owen's Sound," Thunder Bay, Nov. 9th, '77. This is to certify that I have plied with the Steamer Columbia (500 tons) between Sontreal and Thunder Bay during the seasons 1875 and 1876, and between Collingwood, mnder Bay and Duluth in 1877, with the Steamer " City of Owen's Sound " (1350 tons,) the latter being laden on one occasion with 24,000 bushels of grain and 700 bbls. salt drawing 12^ feet water ; during the season above mentioned I have touched every trip at ftince Arthur's Landing, and even with the present dock accommodation, I have dis- charged freight and landed passengers with as much ease as if I had been in one of the amallest harbours on the Lakes. During the night of October 2nd, 1877, when the little propeller " Kate Marks " met with the mishap by breaking her engine and drifting on the bar near the mouth of the liver, and which I consider one of the stormiest nights of the season, I lay quietly all night at Marks Bros'. Dock, Prince Arthur's Landing, experiencing no inconvenience from •ny motion of the sea, with a heavy gale blowing from the snuth-eaHt. I have had 26 year's experience as Master of Vessels and Steamers on the Lakes, and (Consider Thunder Bay a safe and commodious harbour, easily approached at night or in ^fog, and more suitable for the terminus of a great railway than the narrow and intricate lannel of the Kaministaquia Ifiver. ' Joseph Kennedy, Master ' ' City Owen's Somnd. " .?j From Capt, 2'rethewei/, of the " Kate MarLi." Prince Arthur's Landing, Thunder Ba", 27th Dec, '77. I, Thomas Henry Trethewey, of Prince Arthur's Landing, in the District of Thunder ami Shipmaster, ^7* *^d Proyince of Ontario, Mariner, do soleumly declare that I have lived at Prince City of Duluth." 'earner Metropolis. !ay, 9th, 1877. »een engaged in : ', would state for ! r Thunder Bay, ti y on the Lakes in the storms of )dious, easy of aci gation, and are v i event could c;. 2S ^$^ u Arthur's Landing since Nov. 1871 ; that I am well acquainted with the liarhour ofThut der Bay, and during the time 1 have lived here I have never seen a sea heavy enough tH compel a steamer or sailing vessel to leave the wharves. tlh I hiwe been Master ot the PropeHer " Kate Marks " since May last, running betwee: Prince iVhhur's Landing and the Kamiiuptu(|uia River as well as coasting down the lal<^ While running between P. A. Landing and Kamiuistaquia we laid up regularly at Priiic; Arthur's Landing for the night, and in June last we laid at Marks" wharf during tli heaviest gale I ever remember seeing since I have lived at Prince Arthur's Landing, with out the Slightest damage being done to the boat. That, in my opinion, it is wholly unnecessary for the government to build a break water at Prince Arthur's Landing, as it is so well protected by prominent headlands. The KaministiKj Ilia River was frozen over strong enough, on the 9th of Novembe: last, to prevent the local boats making their regular trips, but was afterwards opened bjS the propeller " Sovereign." It closed finally about the end of November so that the pro / peller " Manistee," on her last trip here for the season, Dec. 3rd, landed her Fort Willian g freight at Prince Arthur's Landing. The first steamer which arrived at Prince Arthur's Landing, this season, was tht 1' " Mary Groh' vn the 29th of April last, the last steamer of the regular lines to clear front this Port was the Prop. " Manistee," of the South Shore Line on the 4th December. I With the Propeller " Kate Marks " I made a trip to Silver Islet on the 6th Decern ber, returning on the, 7th ; also on Christmas Day I made a trip to Silver Harbour — abou; i twelve (12) miles from Prince Arthur's Landing, and at the present time the Bay is ai clear of ice as during the month of October. i And I made this solemn declaration conscientiously believingthe same to be true and * by virtue of the Act passed in the thirty-seventh year of Her Majesty's reigu entitled at ^ Act for the suppression of voluntary and extrajudicial oaths. ' T. H. Trethewey, Master Propeller " Kate Marks." Solemnly declared before me at Prince Arthur's j Landing in the District of Thunder Bay, this > 27th day of December, 1877. ) Robert Maitland, A Com. in B. E., &c. \ % 1 I' IK I l: From Caj)t. John 0'3la/li/, On Board Schooner " Mary Ann Hulbert," Prince Arthur's Landing, Nov. 13th, '77. For the benefit of whom it may concern I beg to state the following facts with reference to Thunder Bay as a Harbour : I have sailed on the lakes during a greater portion of the last twenty-three years, having been master of a coasting vessel at the age of sixteen as well as master and owner of various vessels since. During this season ,(1877) I have been largely engaged in the fishing trade on the North Shore of Lake Superior, and while attending to such have been obliged to visit Prince Arthur twelve times during the season to report and clear +rom the Custom House with the Schooner " Mary Ann Hulbert," of Bayfield, Wisconsin, and on no occasion had we to use a tug to get either in or out from the docks, — and have lain at the docks at Prince Arthur during two ot the heaviest easterly gales of the season, and do consider it a perfectly safe harbour, either to lay at the docks, or to an anchor during any gale that could ever blow. The bottom is of play which makes a good anchorage in any part of the Bay. I :at S8 th the harbour of Thiir. ■ I would further say t^at it is very easily approached, and after a vessel has passed a sea heavy enough i Tj^under Cape light, it can make a straijjjht course for the Town of Prince Arthur, and in tUck weather you can come in by the lead as the soundings are gradual. y last, running betwee: " — - - coasting down the lake up regularly at Priiic, Vlarks' wharf during th Arthur's Landing, witt I consider Thunder Bay one of the best harbours on Lake Superior. John O'Mally, Letter from Captain Tripp, late of the Steamer Ontario. Toronto, 21st April, 1877. rnentto build a break eminent headlands. the 9th of Novembe >; I understand you have been making some enquiry about the general opinion of Lake .s afterwards opened bt fil^perior captains'as to which of the two places in Thunder Bay, known, respectively, as Prince i^ember so that the pro .^hur's Landing and Fort William, is the best adapted for a harbour calculated to meet the anded her Fort Willian general wants of commerce. ; There can be but one true conclusion to come at in the matter, Fort William, it is true, is , this season, was th( l*id locked, but it will cost close on to a million of dollars to make it such a place, as it should gular lines to clear fron; ^ ^^ come up to the requirements that the shipping interests will, in a few year's, force on the tho 4th December. port of Thunder Bay, as the Great North-west settles up and seeks an outlet for her produce. slet on the 6th Decern Prince Arthur's Landing can be made a good harbour for comparatively little money, and, ) Silver Harbour abou; ftiniy opinion, is the best of the two places. It would cost a heavy annual outlay to keep Fort ent time the Bay is a; William River deep enough for shipping, and a great extent of pier-work, greater than any- iping of the kind tequired at the Landing, would be necessary, and the river at Fort William the same to be true and ^^^^ ^V ^'^^^ ^ month to six weeks earlier in the Fall, which would be a great drawback esty's reign entitled an ^ shipping interests and would be felt more, as business increased and vessels had to run WEY, oelkr " Kate Marks." t r in the season. (Signed) Benj. Tripp. ^N HULBERT," NG, Nov. 13th, '77. ing facts with reference enty-three years, having r and owner of various ihing trade on the North id to visit Prince Arthur louse with the Schooner d we to use a tug to get e Arthur during two ot' Y safe harbour, either to ow. The bottom is of 2fe the Hononrabk Minister of Public Wwks, and to the Honourable House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada, in Parliament assembled : — The petition of the inhabitants of Prince Arthur's Landing, Thunder Bay, February 36th, 1875, humbly sheweth :— ' That we, the inhabitants of Prince Arthur's Landing, having learned with surprise and regret that it is the intention of the Govprnment to make the town plot of Fort William, on the Kamiuistaquia River, the terminus of thri Fort Garry branch of the Canada Pacific Bail way, beg to bring before you our claims to a continuation of the railway to this point. * Prince Arthur's Landing is a flourishing town of twelve hundred inhabitants, chiefly HiCtive and enterprising men, who have been thu means of opening up this isolated section, «pdu)'ing the usual disadvantages ami hardshijis of i)ioneers, and deserving therefore of Ifcognition at the hands of the Government. A largo amount of capital, over !?300,000, liis been expended in actual building improvements, and consei^uently the value of the )|nd has been greatly enhanced ; whereas the town plot of Fort William is almost unin- Ibbitod, and is o',vnod ulmofst fiiUrcly by speculators, so we pray ihat Prince Arthur's Handing, being the oliler and already established settlement, may not be ignored, but re- Ipive the advantages of the railway starting from it. I There is already at the Landing, besides an open roadstead for any number of vessels, Hgood substantial dock, which, with a comparatively small additional expenditure, would lie amply snflScient for all the requirements of trade for several years to come. There are #lly two or three days during tlie .season when vessels would have any difliculty in dis- Iparging or shipping, with the acctmiinodatKin tiie dock possesses at present, but a break- iiater of six hundred feet or l"ss woulil oiiviale this, and as oidy live miles of a perfectly ■vel country intervene between Fort William and this point, tlie cost of continuing the liulway would be v^ry small. ,^ It is an un(U.spute(l fact that the Kaniiinstii|uia River is clo-ied by ice several weeks jirlier than the Bay, the average time of the River freezing up, being the first week iu 24 the A eotit November ; this is a disqualification affecting the River for being made the final termin of the railway on Lake Superior, the importance of which cannot be over-estimated ^. the fall of the year is the period during which the heaviest shipments are nxad'^^P Therefore, if the railway terrainatfe at Fort William, all late freight would have toM. by Duluth, thus losing a large amount of money to Canada, besides building I'^f^, American lines in opposition to ours ; in the same way shippers in the West would si,. ma Duluth, rather than risk having their freight left over for an entire season at Fc"^*^^ William. We do not deem it necessary to enlarge on the well-known fact of there being at t: ^"^ mouch of the Kaministaquia River an extensive bar of some three-quarters of a mile*, f^' width, which would involve a large expenditure in dredging, keeping dredged, and cri bing ; sailing vessels would also require towage for several miles to reach the terminus at present located, whereas at the Landing, vessels can enter or leave, by night or in ft without the assistance of tugs. Therefore we your petitioners humbly pray that, in consideration of these facts, yc Honourable House may be moved to favourably entertain our petition and cause t railway to be extended to Prince Arthur's Landing. (Signed) Pi;ter Nicholson, And over 100 others. Ottawa, October, 26th 1876. ^« ^ Sir, — I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2nd instai covering plans of the location of the Prince Arthur's Landing and Kaministaquia Rail w. , ^ with book of reference. * *?' In reply I am directed to inform you that as the North Western boundary of t: ^^ Province of Ontario is still unsettled, it cannot be stated that the proposed railway is e*" ^^ tirely within that Province. If it be entirely within the Province, the Railway Act ^S^ 18C8 will not apply. If it be not within the Province then the Act o: incorporation *'*7^ without avthority. ^ The documents will in the meantime be filed in this office. ® ®^' I have the honour to be. Sir, Your obedient servant, F. Braun. Frank Moberley, Esq., C. E. Prince Arthur's Landing, Thukder Bay. Not oplac le poi tad 8 The following two letters from Mr. Fleming were communicated to Mr. Marks, Pre- dent of the Prince Arthur's Landing and Karainistaquia Railway, through Mr. Borro M.P. Ottawa, Fkbv. 28th, 1877. G oar I •ort\ Copy of No. 13248. F. Braun, Esq., Secretari/ of I'ublic Works. Sir, — With regard to the application of parties living on Thunder Bay, that the d ernment should complete a branch railway from Fort William to Prince Arthur's Landii I would wish to remark : — It has always been held important to reach the navigable waters of Lake Superior : the shortest and best line of railway from the prairie country. This was the goveriiii1*Oii principle which has led to the terminus being fixed at Fort William. But for that, i: f terminus might have been fixed at some other point. The branch line to Prince Arthui's Landing, above referred to, would constitute ; exteoEion of tlu' line simKi six miles, ami wimld nn doulit ii (piiie to be Wdiked by li X'^ Governmcut, along with the portion of the line Iroiii Fort VViiliiim westward. a»«t I 25 t' be over-estimate l" ^^^ parties at Prince Arthur's Landing are probably right in stating that the navi- shii)ments are m l''^ ^^ ^'^^^"^ ^'^^'''^8® ^^ °P^" somewhat later in the fall than the river is at Fort William, ["•ht would have t ^ ^'^ ^^^ always been held to be due to the fact t^at the coast at Prince Arthur's .r besides building"t»#5J^.^^P«f'^- ,, , uv , . .w n f .u , • . a the We^t w nld 1 '^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^: "" ^^ public advantage that could accrue from the extension to ^».+;^« «-^o„« 4. w'ilioe Arthur's Landing, would be the use of the line to the latter place for a short period entire season at rc;.*' <> n p^i the fall of the year. •t of til b ■ t J^tthe present time, it appears to me that that object is insufficient to justify the ex- e Quart rs f a tn"l ^^^ ^^ ^^® ^^"® ^^^ miles and departing from the governing principle acted on in the .ing dredged, and'cri^f^^^"^ ^^ » *«^"^^""« ^" *^« ^''^ P^^'^"" > reach the terminus ; I am, Ac, ve, by night or in fo ; (Signed) Sandford Fleming. ion of these facts, yoi petition and cause til ER Nicholson, Liid over 100 others, (Copy.) Ottawa, March 16th, 1877. roBER, 26th 1876. &c. le Hon. A. Mackenzie, > &c., &c., ter of the 2nd instai ,^ „ „_. , , , . , , , . , . . , ?[amin ista quia Rail w •DEAR Sir, — With regard to the conversation the other day, respecting the fixing of e Pacific Railway at Fort William, I beg to state — stern boundary of ti That the plan securing the land was filed on January 23rd, 1875, that I am not aware roposed railway is e*', i^^^'' Hazlewood was consulted with respect thereto ; that he was not appointed in the Railway Act *^^ of the District until the following spring (April), and 1 am satisfied that he is not 'ct o: incorporation »% way responsible for the selection. , . , . , . ^ My otnciai letter to you of the 28th ultimo explains the circumstances connected with loice of Fort William. it servant, F. Braun. I am, Ac, (Signed) Sandford Fleming. NOTB, — In theae letters the mistak* (?) is made of identifying Fort William with the Terminus; The iriAcei; »re over three miles apart, by the river, as will be seen on reference to the aooompanying map. le tioint recommendoil by Mr. Murdoch for a Terminus was in close proximity to Fort Wilham. The tUM site of the Terminus does not appear to have been recommended by any Engineer. to Mr, Marks, Pre- through Mr. Borro Ottawa, July 31st, 1877. ;iiv. 28TII, 1»77. •Oentlkmkk, — In reply to your application of the 20th instant, for permission to hare oof Railway form a connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway at the Town Plot of 'ort William, I beg to inform you that so soon as the Assistant Chief Engineer, now in bie Korth-West, returns to Ottawa, the matter will be placed before him for his report.f T Biiy, that the Gc I ice Artliui's Laiidii; 'M (if Lake Superior 1 '"t is was the governiilifciaQ Marks, Esq., But for that, ti mPreat. P. A. L. and K. 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