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(iKNTI-HMKN: As iiDtliinj; is move diHicuU tlmu 1" undiTstiiinl ami ciiiiiparc Fimiiiciiil Statements, llirown across tlio House, iiml iis some persons outsiile are tryiii;^ to uiystii'y us all liy seiidiiij.' 8triiij;s of tii'ures into it. J think it lint lair t(< you to condense, into a sumll couipass, the calculations wliii !i hear on the (juestion new liet'on; us. '{'he Hoiid from St. .roiin lo our tVonticr, which Mr. Jackson lias contracted I'or, runs over a country more I'avorallc ihii'i we can lio|ic to lind I'ur our 'rniuk Line. There are nu Colicijiiid Mountains to cross, and the seciion neari'St to St. dolni is not so diflicult as that lictween Jlalil'a.K and liie Shu))ena- cadic. For niakin}^ this Uoad Mr. .lackson is to iiave U'i.'iOH Sterliufj; per mile. If iron rises ahove .CO 10 per ton, (and it has risen already to .tlO.) lie is to char;.'e an increased prici; in jiroportion to the rise. As iron is not only wanted lor rails, hut tor all the iin|ilemeiits u.sed in construction, ami for the phuit and rollin;r stock to run npiin them, it ibrms a serious item. I set down the cost, then of Mv. Jackson's Road throu;.;h New Urunswick at XTODU Sterling per mile. If there couhl he any doulit, upon this sulijecl. the (.'oliei|uid Mountains, and the granite .section near llalil'ax. may fairly he thrown in. to prove thai Mr. Jackson will not make our Trunk Line for less than .C7000. i;pon this liiisis I start, and assume thai it will ,'o.st t'.ilH.OOil. No matier whether the nKiney' is raised on I'rmincial liomls. Company'.s J5onds, Slock Certificates, or in any other manne. ,:;'.iMl.tlO') worth of Pajicr will he set alloat in ihe London Market with the name of Nova Scotia lo It. and the interest upon whi.li the trullie over this single Jload will have to pay. When this is dune we shall still have 20tl miles of liranch Hoads to make to get to I'ictou and Victoria Ucacli. If these are not made, lu'arly all our own (,'onntry is left withtait acconnnodation, (fov the Trunk Line only crosses the I'roviucc while the I'ranches run through it) and our (Jidf Trade, iii- cludiie' that of I'rince Edward I'-hmil. and the Trade of our Western (J<ainties. gms to Shcdiac and St. •lolin. IIow are these l{oad.s to he maih' .' ll is said that Mr. .lackson wi!' iiake iJranch Hoads at a lower [iricc than the Trunk. Hut the I'.ranch Hoads to Shcdiac and ^lirannchi, for which he has con- tracted, are to cost the same jirice as the Trunk in New Hrunswick, one running over a dead level, and the other over a most favorahie Country. Our J{ranch Roads, then, if made hy Mr. Jackson, will cost no less than those in New Urunswick. We shall want, therefore, to complete our system, 20t) miles~-.£L4()' .('"0. The ;l2(lmih.s. which we all want, wonhl cost us, at these rates. ,U2.-J4(), 000 Sterling, or ,C2,800,000 Currency, of which, I have no hesitation in saying, from the hest information [ hav(! heen aide to "ather, after studying the snhject fir two ye;irs. CSdll, (111(1 Stei-ling, or £1.000,000 Ciirrc'ucy, over and ahovc the fair cost of good Hoads. and a fair profit to Contractors, would he made out of this Countrv. if the Roads paid : — out of those who hought the jiajier in England, if they ilid not. You may su'hmit to such an enormous sacrifice as this, hut I never will. \ wil! resist it while 1 have a voice to raise, or a hand to do my iiidding. It is obvious, then, that we eainiol complete our .system at Mr. Jia'k.son's prices, or have IJraiiches at all, unless we eomhine the wh(dc. and deal with persons whose ideas are somewhat more moderate. Messi-s. Syk(s. King, and IJrookticld offer to make the whole :'>20 miles for ,U1. 440.000, or CoriO.OOO more than Mr. Jackson, taking his New Urunswick Contracts for a guide, will require for the Trunk Line. Rut we were told hy Mr. Johuston the other ev,'ning, thai ^Ir. Jackson, or somehody else, couhl liuild our r.ranch Lines at 114.0(10. 'I'o work a system of Railways in our country, m- in any country, lo advantage, ihe guagc. the superstructure, and the weight of rail, should he the same. The same carriaires and engines can llu'ii he run ovi'r all the Lines. To tell us that lighter rails and rolling stiK'k will answer to liring harrels of Ajiples from .\imapolis. and Coals from I'ictou. than what are i-e(piired to hring harreis of Flour and pa.^sengcrs from Canada, is to draw largely upon our credulity: and if our svsteiu is to consist of one u:<iod Line, ami two jioor <ines, the heavy rolling stock of the 'j'riink Line will crush the liranchis. or every thing jiassing from the centre of the I'rovincelo the extremities. and vice versa, must he shifted at the icntr;!! station. .V cosily Trunk and chea|i liranches w.iiilil cripph' our whole svsteiu- -ami if Mr. Jackson, (u- any ho<ly else. <.wiicd t!ie Trunk, and we the ISraiiches. matters would >lill he worse iliaii if ihe whole were puhlic properly. The 'friink Line might pav hut the Rranches n.ver could. "l>ul. assiimile' thai 1 am wrong, and thai the r>raueh's could he huilt for .U400O per mile, let us eounl the cost; -00 miles, at thai pri<e. will rei|iiire to construcl tlieiii CSOO.OOO stg.. or .CI, 0(10. 000 currency. .Vdd this to the cost of 'Mr. Jack.s(m'sTrunk Line - - - ClMO.dOii stg. or .»:i.l;!T..'.00 ey. ISIr. .lohiL-ton's Rranches. - - S(IO,00"f or LOOO.OOO- ,U1. 710.000 CL',Li7.000 The whole of this money, it will he home in mind, must come from England, hccause however miuh we may lioirow ahroad, or whatever I'apcr we may issue in London, we niusl not. wo have heen told hy Mr. Johnston, horrowaiiv thing or issiit; any I'aiiei-. at lioiiu', fir fear of ruining iho.se who trust us. Now does any man helievc thai .Mr Jackson and Mr. Johnston together, i-.in float in England •CI. 710.(10(1 jtond^ and 1 )eheiiiuic- oid_\ oin' half >r which are to lie ■_'iiaraiitccd In the I'rovincial '",';•"■ "' ".^,, ";ll ''fV' ''■"'' ■'" ''" ''"' '"■'"■■'"-■* "''^" 'l'^' J^''»»<-1»-'.^ •■'^' con,.„..nml. Mr J.ckso- ■v.'ll knows, il :\lr. Julnist.m itcics not. llmt wlicii li.. I.ns liix e'lKHlon ,>(l-v,f ,1,. :ii „„. i , I ^ «,.|| knows, if Mr. JulMist..n docs not. ili„t wiicn lio lias his CIHO.OOO atloiit. tlicro will not bo niucli ;i;;:'s :•;.';" •" ''•;.^^;"'';'"-^ <■?: - """t-t to i.., .. ti„. ...k. „r n,akin, ,i„. ^^..:z:lA\z^^ nu' r^rrij) Id iiiitiic ( (inlnicti)i's. "^ rtiscl.Mr, tl„.n. tl,Mt if ti,.' Trunk Lin,, is to 1... nm,|,. mI Mr. Jarksim's price.., tho Branch Lines '■■"■no h.. a,„.n,,„.., lor nmnv v, ,ns to ,.o,n,>. The Mrn.h.rs ,v,,rr.sentin.. (■o„n,i..,s Enst and Wes -^liouM iimii'islan.i ihis, u.s the coimtrv will ,si>o il at a "iancv ' •- """ ""st tlu'lwo prlji!;^;;;!!;!;';""' "'■'""'' '''■"''■ '""'«^"'^'""'^tt,.ntiouonlyon thoTrnnkLin... In us ..ontraat If .Mr. Jackson makes it. •! will cost ,C!MO.O(ll» ir Messrs. Svkos anil ('.. r.TC.DOd ,, . , , DiHi'rcncc. ,i;'j;!4.00(i U i.s apparent, tiiei, that abo.il one fonrth less capital will he r..,|iiire,l t., eonstrnct the Trunk Line ■ lone. ,1 we accept thcn-olli-r, than if the JJua,l is n.a-le l,y Mr. Jack.'on. It n,av he sai.l tluU it n,aUm iL'r. r ''T\ '"■ -n' "' ""i '-"-^-'i/'":'" '•'••"" l--.^'-"'- "'" «•'•■>- "ill the intc S .!^ A, 1 n " ;""'■ n ' "^'' ''■'"' ".'*' '''^^ ^^'""' ""'^' I'^'-V '•••• '■'• ■''•"■ '""'^ '""«' -'"•'■t the interest And who w.ll pay the tolls .' .Nova.scotians. to the end ..f tin,e. Is il not palpahle. then that w rauat pay nhout .U4.0.H, a year n,..re than we nee.l pay il'Mr. .laeksoM n,akcj,he' JJoa.l ' l a n n Za o half our ordinary Road A .„c so triflin,:^ an amount that we should n„. save it if weoan .' 1{\S at compound interest, will amount in I'O y.'ars to U4 S'.i;i 17s -\,\ --it.uw, rofn' !!r''''/"il "rn"" ""'''"'^ "'' "" ^'''"^'"'■" "'" '"^ '''^^ '•' ''" •' '•"^'' "'"" i" «'"• "ther uot us ilissipate tins tallaev. I-IO miles ori!(.ad. if wc pay Mr. .Tack.son half ihe cost, will ivMuire 11 we pay Mi'ssrs. Syk.^s ;', of their estimate. To the hitter we should have less to |)!iv hv [T, „..,, In the one ca.se we should own two-thirds of ,|„. U | i„ p.,,,„,,„itv. In llie .,ther we should ovn only a n,ortj:a,^e cpial to half tho cost. In the one c-c^e we slimiM liav,. a elianee of ,, ofi c nnu n surato to the risk we run. In the other, all the proli. .ver si.x per cent. ..,cs to Mr J cks. n J 1: over heappare,nadvanm,e hehl out to us of a (irsi mon^a^.. hecan^e I do no 1^ ev hat ei h M Jackson or Messrs bykcs .^ Co. would emhark in llie cnt..rpri,se if it woiil.l not pay si v er co t A,. ,te people seldom take sc.oiul inort^ajrcs except wh,.. the property is worth the minev ' t:4^'^(HM'/'rp'''-'''''''i''r'';'' '" """""■'■/i"'l>l'' '•""inist. .Mr. John,.;on would jrive'Mr. Jackson ,U,...,UO .d I'rovincial J onds at ,,ar, to he lu-ociatcd iil,r.,ad. We prop.,se to horrow £1 i(J 00 is =it home, the interest on which w,mld either he saved, or kept in Nova-Scotia. To uitl e 'Tru Pk -me alone, thendore. we should rcpiirc to ne^ociale in Cnjand hut ,C-70.(l.iT s crlim' o vldcl if wetod a prcninin. of hut ten per cent. alWr payin, evpenses. we should effect^ IwnJ j laS^n'u^-i'oOoT' v" i"""''"' ",''' ^"^- "'" '"" "l'^""""^- ^^'- J"l"-tonasks us topavMr The f^;ovcvnmenl pr,,p„M. to pay Messrs. Sykes i Co. ,<:4.-.(l.i;i;7 Currencv. will, Cash raised in Lii'Tlamh less the i.rcmmm. e.,iial to t;-J4:!.i;il7 hearin- inlcivsl ai per cent. (MUial to With .C«0,00('l .Stjr. horrowrd hv llicSa\ ■n-s i k at 4 per c,.|U beariii;r an interest of ' (■•> in,, ^,„ ,„. ci,„„><. • With £80,000 of I'rovince I'ap,.,-. hearm,. lerest. or a.ssum- ' ' ^"^^ '"^ ' '"' ^ ing 1-8 ol the amount in sjiecii' is retained to meet il, '■"'^"'- ' Ul(i00 8tK.or .U2000Cur>. 4.")0.667 XH.ilJil SiL'. or .tl^.i>7."- Cur'v .i;]8,U20 £24,275. By aceeiitiiif^ Mr. Jacksoirs proposition, then. an,| lakiii- Mr. Jolmston's advice, wc shall saddle M^s-ir ^ r ^^ r I ;^'''''''"'^ .">■ '""'"'" ''"' "'"^ i"f..duc..d by me. and employinjr £10,000 Currency, a sum eipial to the entire annual -ppropriation for the (ireat lioads ofThe I'ro^ f liiJv ^!'hi;!' thmednH!'';' I'r • "f '" 'i^' "'"""' 7 ''" ^f^'""^''' ' ^'"' '"" ""^«' '"« """""i'^l statements I liav<' ihc honor to he. (ienllcnien. Your Obedient Servant, (.cbruarv 7^ 1«A:! J^^'^KPII HOWK. iir'ijiosci.l. iiiiii -Mr Juckso:! not bo much s iinil floating kiuwh Lines ist luid West I't us CDntrast Trunk Line, lilt it niattei-s I' int{!i-('st I'd the Hitrrost. Iiiii »(■ must I sum wjual .1:14.000, llic otiior. .C4".;'),000 4r)0,6()T should ov,n it, commen- on. I |)ass ■ thiit cither ix per coiit. Ir. .liicksou 1)0,000 si<i. thu Trunk in which, il' a savin;,; of to|iay Ml' sterling', or •h niiseii in ' 'ur'y Cury. ) <'ur"y. hull .saddle ilit;T('st of oiiiploying lifi nearly f the I'ro- itatcmcnts n wa.s duo It. rowjv