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The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartes ou les planches trop grandes pour dtre reproduites en un seui cliche sont filmies d partir de Tangle sup4irieure gauche, de gauche A droite et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n6cessaire. Le diagramme suivant illustre la mithode : 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 wrgi^m^r' *«''•■' ■«"**<^>'>'" '■ ' '■■:■'■ :':.:^>ii.^i^k^.:r^ (Circular.) . * t^,\M \i/d^*^~JLJ^^ t-d. I ^ CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, Ottawa, 1st July, 1880. To THE Members of the Engineering Staff AND Other Officers. You will learn from the documents appended, published by permis- sion, that I am no longer in the Government service. For the past seventeen years I have served under successive Adminis- trations as Engineer-in-Chief of important public works : first, the Inter- colonial Railway and, more recently, the Pacific Railway. I cannot cease to act as I have hitherto done without thinking of my past relationship with the many who have aided me, and I cannot retire from the position I have so long held without bidding farewell to those with whom I have been associated. In undertakings so gigantic, involving questions so complicated, it is not possible to avoid differences of opinion and such difficulties as are incident thereto. But these difficulties have been exceptionally few, and they have been far more than compensated by the exceedingly agreeable relations which have generally prevailed; by the genuine satisfaction which has arisen from the performance of duty ; and by the engrossing character of the work itself As the head of the Engineering Staff to whom the G-overnment has looked for opinions and reports on all questions ; as the officer held respon- sible for the direction of every operation and the organization of every detail from the first explorations to the present time, it is with peculiar regret that I break my connection with the Pacific Railway at this particular 2 stage. I cannot conceal from the members of the Staflf that I would have preferred to have remained with them to help forward the more complete fruition of our joint labors. But circumstances have exacted that it shall be otherwise, and the time has come when my professional connection with the great undertaking into which I have thrown my best energies must close. On the other hand, I conceive that I may, with legitimate satisfaction, look back on the progress which has been made. The vast territory in which our investigations have been made is no longer a terra incognita. Our labours have successfully pierced the formidable barriers imposed by nature, and every problem of practicability has been solved. Construction is being proceeded with at different points, within a range of nearly 2,000 miles, and in a little more than another year the completion of at least 600 miles of the railway is assured. In that short period a line of communi- cation will be open within Canadian territory for the influx of settlers to our great fertile wilderness, destined to be the home of millions. In retiring from the office of Engineer-in-Chief of the Pacific Railway, I entertain the kindliest feelings to each and to all. I shall always retain a warm recollection of friendships formed during my official career. I shall delight in hearing of the prosperity of my old associates, and I shall watch with deep, may I say with patriotic interest, the development of a national work which it has been my high privilege to assist in bringing to its present condition. Again, with cordial good feeling and best wishes to all — Farewell ! i SANDFORD FLEMlNa. 3 Lktter from the Secretary of the Department of Railways and Oanals, enclosing an Order in Council appointing Mr. Sandford Fleming, to a position combining the Offices of Consulting Engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway and Chief Engineer of the Intercolonial Railway, Department of Railways and Canals, Canada, Ottawa, 3rd June, 1880. Sir, — T am dirooted to enclose for your information a copy of an Order in Council, dated the 22nd ultimo, appointing you Consulting Engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway and Chief Engineer of the Intercolonial. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, F. BRAUN, Secretary. j Sandford Fleming, Esq. Copt of a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Privy Council, apprmed by Bis Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the 22nd May, 1 880. On a Memorandum dated 11th May, 1880, from the Honorable the Minister of Eailways and Canals, having reference to the Intercolonial Railway, stating that a considerable number of suits brought against the Govoi'nment by the contractors have been left undecided ; that it would be a very difficult matter for any one excep- the Engineer who was connected with the work from its inception to satisfactorily perform the sorvice of finally adjusting and settling such claims, and recommending that Mr. Sandford Fleming, formerly Chief Engineer on said railway, bo relieved from the duties and responsibilities connected with the office of Bngineer-in-Chief of the Pacific Railway, and bo re-appointed Chief Engineer of the Intercolonit,! Rail- way, to investigate the unse+tlod claims ffhich have arisen in connection with that undertaking upon which no judicial decision has been given, and report on each case to the Department of Railways and Canals. The Minister considers it important that ho should continue to have tho benefit of Mr. Fleming's professional skill and judgment in important matters connected with the construction of the Pacific Railway ; he therefor recommends that that gentleman be retained as Consulting Engineer for that work, for the purpose of affording advice and assistance in that capacity to the Minister and officers of the Department. Tho Minister further recommends that Mr. Fleming bo paid a salary of six thousand dollars per annum, while discharging the combined duties of Consulting Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway and Chief Engineei- of the Intercolonial Railway. The Committee submit the above recommendations for Your Excellency's approval. Certified. (Signed) J. O. COT^, Clerk, Privy Council. fr I . r Lktter to the Honorable the Minister of Railways and Canals from Mr. Sandford Fleming submitting reasons for declining the new position assigned to him. Tho Honorable Sir Charles Topper, K.C.M.G., Minister of BailwayH and Canals, Ottawa. Ottawa, 7th Juno, 1880. Sir, — The Order in Council of tho 32nd May, has been communicated to me by tho Secretary in a letter dated the 3rd instant. By it I am relieved of the aotivo dntioH and responsibilities of Enginoer-in-Chiof of the Pacific Eailway, and appointed Consulting Engineer. I am named Chief Engineer of the Intercolonial Railway to investigate the unsettled claims that have arisen during construction. In the nine years I have acted as Engineer-in-Chief of the Pacific Railway, I have given my best oiforts to carry out tho instructions and wishes of the Govern ment ; my labors have frequently been harassing, but I have exerted myself to the utmost of my power to advance the work, and I have done all I could to promote the general interests of the Dominion in connection therewith. At this stage in tho progress of the undertaking I may recount what has been accomplished. The question of practicability with the difficult problem of route has been successfully solved. The most exacting labor imposed upon the Chief Engineer has been performed. Generally speaking, the whole design of the Railway and its multitudinous works have been considered; difficulties overcome ; details arranged; plane prepared ; specifications made ; contracts framed ; modes of procedure estab- lished; operations for carrying on the works systematized, and instructions to the various executive officers issued and put in force. So much having been designed and organized, the duty remaining consists chiefly in general supervision and carrying out what has been arranged and determined. I can, therefore, relinqi *he position I have so long held with a feeling of confidence for tho future and although difficul- ties which no foresight can guard against may present thorns b.-. js, I am justified in saying that every contingency that may bo antic' j: 1 has been considered, and, as far fis practicable, provided for. Having from its inception been so actively engaged in connection with the undertaking, and in forming and maturing the organization for carrying it to com- 6 plotion, I shall novor ceaso to take a doop intoroRt in tho groat work, and I will always be willing and ready to give my advice and render all the service in my power towards tho establishment of the Railway system to the Pacific. But ray nomination to investigate the unsettled claims which hivvo arisen in tho construction of the Intercolonial Railway places mo in a position as embarrassing as it is unwelcome. The service is not strictly of an engineering character, and it could scarcely be possible to select a duty more distasteful for rae to perform, or one for which, with my antecedents in tho matter of those claims, T appear loss fitted to act. The difficulties now to be investigated and settled are due mainly to the adoption of a policy entirely at variance with the views I hold, and the recommendations made by me when Chief Engineer of the Intercolonial Railway some years ago. They have arisen through tho disregard of the earnest and repeated warnings which I gave in letters, official and unofficial, addresseti to the Head of the Government during the early stages of construction. I respectfully submit, therefore, that I am not the person to make the investigation. Whatever decision I might give, or what- ever report I might make, the party to whom it would bo adverse would be in the position to challenge it as the result of prejudice or feeling, and to insist that it was adopted to fit in with opinions previously expressed, The service proposed to bo assigned is so full of complications thai I can forsee it will be one utterly impossible for rae to perform with any hope of giving satisfac- tion in any quarter ; however just my decision, I will be exposed to the charge in Parliament, and in the press, that it has been my aim and object to sustain my pre- viously expressed theories and opinions. The Government likewise cannot fail to recognize that in a matter of such im- portance, involving the settlement of claims amounting to several millions of dollars, all ground for hostile «riticism should be avoided. My sense of duty has always led me to serve the Governraent as best I could in every position in which I have been placed. In this instance, I feel it a duty to point out that no good result can be attained from deputing me to attempt the settle- ment of the Intercolonial Railway claims, and that it does not appear to mo expedi- ent that I should enter upon the investigation. In declining this duty, I am aware that I will be terminating my connection with the great railway works of the Dominion, to which 1 have given the best seventeen years of my life in the responsiDle position of Chief Engineer. l^ i '^ tt will especially bo puinful for mc to Hepnratc myself from the Pacific Rail- way in hti present cotidition, but the toi'mw of the Oi-dor in Council leave mo no ulternutive. . Accordingly for llio rcuHontj 8ot forth I have reapectfully to »wk the Government to allow me to decline the new ]>oMition aHuigned to me. 1 Imvo the houor to bo, Sir, Your obedient norvant, ^ (Signed) SANDPORD FLEMING. Letter from the Honorable the Minister of Railways and Canals acknowledging the receipt of letter from Mr. Sandford Flemimj declining to accept the position of Consulting Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway and Chief Engineer of the Intercolonial Railway. OiuicE OK THE Minister of Kailway« and Canals, Canada, Ottawa, 10th June, 1880. My Dear Sir, — I have to acknowledge the receipt of j-our letter of the tth inst. declining, for reasons Ihercin wlalcd, to accept the office of Consulting Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Kailway and Chief Engineer of the Intercolonial Railway, which will be duly communicated to my colleagues. Entertaining as I do the h'^'hest estimate of your ability and integrity, I cannot but express my groat regret that you have not felt it consistent with your duty to accept the position to which you had been appointed. Wishing you every success and happiness in the future. 1 remain yours faithful!}', CHARLES TUPPER. Sandford Plemino, Esi^., C.ll C.xM.G.