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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul cliche, il est film6 d partir de Tangle supdrieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 }. \Hl)i^ of u'vtp iHrr];, / / / / ^>n '' ' I ' ' / I ■ ' / 'I t ■ / •' ' ■ ^ ' ' / / ' I ' z,^:.ocial Committee of one Alderman from each Ward to consider and report on at a" early day. Motion passed. Committee : — Alderman MacCoy, Hesslein, Stephen, McLennan, Woodill and O'Brien. [A true extract] Thomas Rhind, City ClerJc, EXTRACT FROM MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL, JANUARY 9th, 1884. Read Report from the Special Committee in reference to the letter from the Mayor of Quebec, on the subject of making Halifax the Winter Terminus for the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Committee to whom was referred the letter of His Wor- sliip the Mayor of Quebec, in relation to making Halifax the Winter Port, and Quebec the Sunnner Port of the Canadian Pacific Railway, beg leave to report as follows : Your Connuittee having met and discussed the matter referred to them, considered it proper to invite some of the leading nun- chants of Halifax, and otlun-s interested in the matter, to meet your Connnittee with a view of having their opinions on the question, as it was one of great importance to the citizens generally. Your Committee therefore sent invitations to a number of gentlemen, and after a full discussion a committee was appointed- consisting of the Chairman, Hon. Alfred G. Jones, Hon. Senator Power and J. J. Bremner, Esquire, to draw up resolutions in accordance with the views of the meeting, and submit them at a future meeting, at which all persons interested should be invited to attend. 5 or lUan of Ited- itov ill it a lited A notice was given of that meeting through the press, and all persons* interested were invited to attend tliereat. The committee referred to reported to that meeting the three resolutions following : Whereas, At the present time the only available means of transport- ing freight between the terminus uf the Intercolonial Railway at Point Levis and the City of Montreal — the great entrepot of freight passing between the interior and the seaboard — is by lines controlled by a Mingle company, so that there is practically no competition on that portion of the route ; and Whereas, Owing to the absence of such competition, great and un- warrantable delays, highly injurious to the business of the Intercolonial Railway and of all points east of Montreal continually occur in the transportation of freight, and frequently of mails and passengers to and fro between Point Levis and Montreal, and it has also been found by experience that the cost of moving goods from one of these points tD the other in many cases equals, and in some cases exceeds, that of transporting the same goods over the whole length of the Intercolonial, although the distance traversed in the latter case is more than three times as great as in the former, and as a consequence through traffic over the Government railway is most seriously diminished ; and Whereas, The interests of the Intercolonial Railway, of the three lower Provinces and of a large portion of the Province of Quebec im- peratively demand that there should be, at the earliest practicable date, a line of railway from Point Levis to Montreal, owned and con- trolled by the Government of Canada ; and Whereas, If the Intercolonial Railway were the property of a company of sufficient wealth and resources to incur the necessary ex- pense, steps would at once be taken to place the western terminus of the road at a competing point for railway freight ; and Whereas, It was hoped that by the extension of the Intercolonial Railway from River du Loup to Point Levis the necessary competition would be secured, but these hopes have been frustrated by the recent acquisition of the control of the North Shore and Eastern Railways by the same company which owns the road on the south of the St. Law- rence, between Point Levis and Montreal ; Therefore Resolved, That in the opinion ot the Council it is most desirable that the vJovernmeut of Canada should, as soon as practicable, secure an extension of the Intei'colonial from Point Levis to Montreal, either by ijurchasing or leasing one of the two existing lines or by con- structing a new road. Whereas, It has come to the knowledge of the Council that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company have it in contemplation to locate their Atlantic winter terminus at an United States port ; and Whereas, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, although, in one sense, a private corporation, such as would be under ordinary circum- stances empowered to locate their road so as to secure the largest practicable profit to the company's shareholders, on the other hand have undertaken a great national work with a view of building up and con- dasoliting the various sections of the Dominion ; and n Wfierra^, 'I'lio cxroetliiiKly yrcat aRsistancc L'lvon to tlio ootupnny in Muiir umUirtiikiiig hy tin- < inVfrimn'iit and r'arliaunMil '(tf!, till) I'wfiisal rk than the utilization, for temporary pur- poses, of the American lines south if Lake Superior between Sault Sainte Mario and Manitoba ; and Whereas, Tht! Lower Provinces, whose peopb' have contributed lar^tfely towards the const ru«'tion of the t'anadian I'acitio IJailway, are entitled to dciive tiiercfroui the comparal ively slii,'ht advantage of having its winter termitnis situated within tlieir territory ; T/tcrcfore Resolved, That in the opinion of the Council the projected location of tlio Atlantic winter terminus of the (\-uiadian I'acitic Mail- way at a foreigu port wotdd be a direct violation of the principles enunciated and acted ui)on by the (iovernment ami Parliament with respect to the road around Lake Superior, and an irreparable injury to the people of tlm Lower Provinces, and that it is the imperativ duty of the (Jovernment of Canada to take such steps as may be founu necessary to secin-e the location of the eastern winter terminus of our great inter-oceanic railway at a harbor within our borders. Itesnived, That copies of the foregoing resolutions be forwarded by the City Clerk to the members of the Senate and Commons from (i^uebec and the three Maritime Pi-ovinces, to the members of the Legislature of the said four Provinces, to the Mayors of Quebec, St. .[olin, Fredericton and Charlottetown, anil to such other Mayors, Wardens or other persons as shall be thought advi^iable. Passed unanimously. Those llcsolutions wcro uimniinou.sly passed at a very influen- tial meeting' of our leading citizens and merchants, and a strong feeling ixisted that this Council should use every ettbrt in their poN^ei- to press upoii the Federal (Toverninent the necessity, as well u.s tlio right, to have the Terminus of the Canada Pacific Rail wav located within the Maritime Provinces. Your C'omnuttee would therefori' recotnniend to this Council the resolutions |)asseil at that nieetng for tiieir adoption, and that every ellort. should l)e made to ean-y out the object this and the (^utliei' (Vunieil liave in view, Ai' of which is respectfully submitted. William F. MacCoy, Chairman, On motion of Aldernmn MacCoy. .secon