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 3yLE3V^03E^.A.l?riD.A. 
 
 ON THE 
 
 SHORT LINE RAILWAY QUESTION. 
 
 The undersigned doeni it to be their duty to call special 
 attrition once more to the Short Line Railway question, with 
 the object not only of placing on record the views held by a 
 large majority of the Halifax Chamber of Conihierce, the City 
 Council and the citizens of Halifax generally, but in the hope 
 that some means may l.te devised whereby steps may be taken 
 without further loss of time, to have tlie surveys completed 
 (in the "shortest and best practicable route" for the proposed 
 line of i-ailway, connecting the principal ports of the Maritime 
 Provinces with the Canadian Pacific Railway, at oi near Mon- 
 treal, having in view the ultimate adoption of this route by 
 the government, as none other will prove saiisfactory to this 
 section of the Dominion, 
 
 
 
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 Our contention is — 
 
 1. That the project of constructinu' a short line railway to 
 the West, originated with the people of Halifax, — better means 
 of conununication with the interioi' having been felt to be au 
 urgent necessity in the interests of trade and commerce. 
 
 2. That the surveys were undertaken professedly in the 
 interests of Halifax, as the nearest continental poit to h^n.rope, 
 St. John, and in the general interests of the Maritime Pro- 
 V inces. 
 
 3. That we were })romi8ed by the Dominion ( lovermnent 
 the "shortest and best" practicable line that could be obtained 
 after careful, thorough and complete surveys had been made 
 to establish whore this line could be found. 
 
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 4. That the siivveys so far untloi'takpii have iti some in- 
 stances l»e(n haromotrical i x[)luraLi(*n.s only, that others wore 
 hurried throu'di and that nono of tlvetn wore cither thorouiih 
 or complete. 
 
 5. That the line which has bin-n ch'isscd as " taking the first 
 phice" and known as No. G or " the International route," run- 
 ning froni Montreal to Halifax \'ia Lachine, Sherbrook, Me- 
 gantie and Mattawanikeag is most objectionable from almost 
 every point of view and that it is unfit to be used as a main 
 trunk short line from the seaboard to the interior. 
 
 6. That the " International i-oute" will be of little practical 
 service to the port of Halifax, the Pi-ovince of Nova, or the 
 Maritime Provinces, as it is not likely to afford any better 
 accommodation than the existing Intercolonial Railway, and 
 that it is not the "shortest" nor the "best," nor is it even a 
 
 good line. 
 
 7. That the official reports of the Government Engineers 
 engaged in survejing the " International route" (which repoi'ts 
 weie submitted to Parliament) show clearly anil conclusively 
 that it is an unfavorable line, involving many long and exces- 
 .sively heavy gradients and sharp curves, passing over high 
 sumn)its and for long distances through barren country, Ije- 
 sides being in close proximity to existing American lines of 
 railway terminating at rival American ports. 
 
 8. That the ofticial reports, laid before ParliaTuent, of other 
 Goveriiment Engineers engaged in surveying other routes for 
 the Short Line Railway, indicate that a vastly superior line, 
 much shorter in distance, easier to construct, witli low sum- 
 mits, easy gradients and curves and passing through superior 
 lands, can be obtained via the North Shore Railway, Quebec, 
 Lake Chesuncook and Canterbury. 
 
 9. That this line known as " The Combination Line" has 
 been surveyed by order of the Government, with the excep- 
 tion of a short 'gap of about 35 or 40 miles from Lake Chesun- 
 cook, westwardly, which gap has been stated by Mr. A. L. 
 Light, C. E., and Mr. Vernon Smith, C. E., (Government 
 Engineers), to be " a low lying valley" presenting no engineer- 
 ing difficulties of any kind. 
 
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 hers wore 
 thorough 
 
 g the first 
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 irook. Me- 
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 as a main 
 
 } practical 
 »va, or tlie 
 ny better 
 Iway, and 
 it even a 
 
 Engineers 
 >ch reports 
 nclusively 
 ind oxces- 
 over high 
 intry, be- 
 1 lines of 
 
 t, of other 
 ontes for 
 ci'ior line, 
 low sum- 
 superior 
 y, Quebec, 
 
 Line" has 
 le exeep- 
 e Chesun- 
 
 Mr. A. L. 
 ivernment 
 
 engineer- 
 
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 10. That in the interests of tlie Maritime Provinces, but 
 particularly of the port of Halifax, the merits of "The Com- 
 bination Line" should be investigated l»eforc any contract is 
 entered into with any company for the construction of the 
 contemplated line of railway. 
 
 Comparison Between "The International Route" and 
 "The Comhination Line," 
 
 from the latest and most reliable data that can be obtained. 
 
 IIntkhnatViJ Comiitnat'n 
 
 llOUTR. 
 
 Line. 
 
 I- 
 
 IViilt find owned by tlio C. P. 11. Co ' 11 
 
 iSuilt (inil ownt^d by the Dorniuion Ooverimient.j 201 
 
 Existing llaihviiNS to be acquired I 170 
 
 To be built . . . .' I 3o8 
 
 miles. 
 
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 Total distauc-e 'Montreiil to Halifax 740 
 
 Miixiniuui gradients — feet per mile. j 74 
 
 Miiiiiuum curveo — degree radius ; 10* 
 
 172 miles. 
 201 ^ " 
 None, 
 .351 " 
 
 724* " 
 85 to 40 
 •1* 
 
 *Hy Mr Light's ooininitation, the total length of the "Combination Iiine," from Mon- 
 treal to Halifax, i,~ 710 inilos,— showinj; a .inving of 30 miles, 
 
 The undersigned are of opinion that it is still open to the 
 Government to recind the Railway Resolutions passed at the 
 last session of Parliament in favor of the International route, 
 upon its being shown to them that a superior, shorter and 
 moie favorable line exi its in another direction, and the adop- 
 tion of which will not prejudice or sacrifice a single Canadian 
 interest. 
 
 We assert that no contract has yet been entered into be- 
 tween the Government and the International Railway Com- 
 pany or any other company for the con.'itriiction of the pro- 
 posed r)hort Line Railway, and we have it on high authority 
 that the Canadian Paciric Railway Company as a corporation 
 have not vet come to any determination as to wdiich route 
 they wor.id feel disposed to adopt in the event of their enter- 
 ing upon the undertaking. 
 
 It is true that it lias been stated through the press that 
 several prominent directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway 
 ^Company have recently been nominated as directors of the so- 
 
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called International Railway Conipany, mt then' in </(Xxl 
 leason to believe that the noiiii nations, in some instanctis at 
 lea.st, were made without the krkowledge or consent of the 
 gentlemen whose names were used. 
 
 The whole (question is therefore still in the same position as 
 it was on the adjournment of Parliament at its last session, 
 and so far from being settled, it is belivered that the whole 
 iiubject will be again opened up at the forthcoming ,s(ission. 
 
 J. 0. MACKINTOSH, 
 
 Mai/ or. 
 W. C. SILVER, 
 
 Ch'nian CItamber of Oomiuerca. 
 
 K. H. KEATING, 
 
 Citij Eagiiu'cr. 
 HALfFAX, 7th December, 18IS5. 
 
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 Mriiioi'aiiduin (•ontMiiiinjiuItstnu'ts (Vom and roft roncos lo ciMlaiii ptililic 
 
 iloi'iiiiKMits 1oii(;liiii<; a sii!).-ii|y to a Shui'l Lino of Unilway IVom Montreal and 
 
 (^ihliec to till' llarl)()tir of Halifax, N. S. 
 
 AiMMi. i). 1H84. 
 
 Sir Ciiarlos TiippiT. IMiiiistrr of l?ailway.s, in tlio Dominion raiiianiont 
 niovc'il. " 'I'liat tlu' i louse t,o inoirow resolve il-^eil'iiilo eoniiiiilte of tlie nhojo 
 lo eoiisider llie <'ollo\vin<f lesolntion '' : 
 
 " Tliat it is oxpeilieiit to authorize tlu; Governor in Coimcil to L';rant the 
 subsidies licreinafliT nicMitioned lo and for tlio Tallies, UaihvMvs and Railway 
 Companies hei'einaller nienlioned, tliut is to sjiy :— 
 
 (Here follows an euiinu'ratioii ot'a nuni')cr of HnihTnys in ditTenMit parts 
 of t 'anada and anions tlie rest the followinu' : ) 
 
 "■For tlic constniclioii of a line of Unilway conneelintj; iMontreal with 
 llic llai'liom-s of St. John ami Halifax liy the shortest iind lnjst praetioablo 
 Ivonte a subsidy no. exceeding; .irl7U,(HJ0 [xm' aiuuiiu for liflecu years or a 
 guarantee of a like sum for m like period as interest on Bonds of the Conipany 
 undertaking the work. 
 
 " For the construction of a Line of llaihvay from Oxford Station on the 
 Intereolonial Railway to Sydney' or Lonisbiirg a subsiily not exceeding 
 •'ir'30,000.'>0 i)er annum for 15 years, or a guarantee foi' a like sum for a like 
 period as interest on the IJonds of the Company undertaking the work in .id- 
 ditiou to the subsidies previously granted, and also a lease or transfer to such 
 eonipany of the Eastern Extension Ksiilway from New (JIasgow to Canso 
 
 with its i)rcsent equii)nients. 
 
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 " The subsidies hereinbefore mentioned as to be granted to companie.s 
 
 named for that purpose shall be granted to such companies respectively. * 
 
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 " All lines, for the construction of which subsidies are granted * * * 
 shall be constructed * * ♦ upon conditions to be approved by the 
 Governor in Council » * # f^^^^\ specified in an agreement to l)e 
 made in each case by the company with the Government, and which tiie 
 (Government shall' be emi)owered to make. The location also of any such line 
 of liaihva}' shall be subject to the ajipproval of the Governor in Council, and 
 :d! the said subsidies sh.all be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund 
 of Canada b}' installments, on the completion of each section of the Railway 
 of not less than ten miles proportionate to the value of the portion so com- 
 pleted in comparison with tliat of the whole work undertaken, to be establish- 
 ed by the report of the INIinister. — The Hansnrd Dehnt<'s, April 0, 1884, page 
 
 On the 10th April, 1884, Sir Charles Tapper moved above resolutions, 
 after delivery of a speech from which we (jiiote the following: 
 
 " I need not say, Sir, that all countries recognize the construction of 
 railways .as one of tlie greatest, probably the greatest and most important. 
 
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im'nn< of prKiiioliit;^; th'^ ,'iilv iiicciin'iil ;iii(l pro'.n'fs:? of a ('(tiiiitry ; a'ld I iuhmI 
 iiol s;iy lioro thai CmikuIm is iii;t liclii'id the res' ol' tlu' \v( iM in that, regard — 
 that ill no pari of the wi.rlil i-i lln' iinpinlaiit, lactor. that the ••')iist,ni(.'ti(»ii of 
 lailways alloids, iiiorr thoroii^iily recognized thanitha-i Item in Canada 
 whoi'c tlic cHi'ils Hat hav( incn made with.in the last ('cw years iho vi'iy 
 ^rcat (illorts 1 thmk I may ^ay the niic.,n;dli!(l (>librts, iliat, < iniada has 
 iiiad(> to span tiiis continrnt IVoiii oocan lO OCean, will conipaio luvoiiralily 
 witli any that have lieeii \i\i\t\i' I't tiie ih veiupmi'iil iiml aih aiie.'ineiit of any 
 eoMiitry, 'i'iie lloiis(«, 1 tiiiiik, uill aiiree witli nie wlien 1 sav that the 
 rt'oviiice of r.ritisli ('ohnnbia — l^ecause I will liegiii on llic I'aeidc coast — 
 I iis not l»0('ii lu'gU'Clcd in tlie piovision made lor lailway roiistmelion. \V« 
 lia\e not only provided for iht- lapid <<onipleli«)n oi'oiir ,i;real national woilc, 
 llie Canadian I'aeilie iiaihvay. to the llarlioiir of I'ort Mooily at IJiirrard 
 liih^t, hnl we have dnriiii;' tlii> present Session al-o made pi'ovision for 
 exlendiii<f a lino of railw.'iy from Nanaimo down lo the Ilartionr of N'ictoria, 
 thus providing wvy fully and ellieienlly for the development of that section 
 o" this great Doiiiinion. 1 la ii. Sir, I need not remind the House that tlio 
 g 'cat North- West, wiiich but yesterday was a track les-, desert , is now not 
 Old}' spanneil with a line of railway thioiigiiout it-< ciiiin' Uitntli, from 1 ho 
 liDundary of Outaiio (o the iiouiiiiary of lirilish tohimhia, Imi; that, in addi- 
 tion, anangenienls have licoii maili — in connecHuii with the eonstriielion of 
 the Caun'lian l^acilic IJailway, aiui liy aid fiii'nished iiy the ( {ovorninont — lor 
 the oniistniction of hi'anches connvXMiiin; ihe ('aiiadian raciiic llail\va\ wilh 
 very im[)ortant and leading sections of couni is . 'I'iie Ui'solution wiiich my 
 right lion. IViend lias just submiited to tiie oonsideration <jf the House 
 jirovides for an addil'ona! mith't for the gre;it North-\Vest,— pi'ovidcs f(,)r an 
 enormous grant of land as a free subsidy and coutril'nlioii to promote the 
 (construction of a liiu^ of railway from ^Vinllipeg to Itudson's Uay, with t''" 
 view of obtaining an addilinnal outlet for several monlhs of thoyoar for th L 
 groat country, '-fhe appropriation of (i, I'M) acnv. of land per mile wit.hin the 
 Trovinco of Manitoba, and rJ,X{K) [ktcs of land I'cr iiii)(> outside of that 
 I'rovinco. to aid in the construction of tli(> Hudson's i'.ay Hallway is an 
 evidence to tlu; world of the gi'eat iiii[)ortaiice thai, tlie (lOvernuictU attach — 
 and, when tho IJosolution passes, as 1 have no d'lubt it will pass, by the coin- 
 inon consent of ijiis House — of the value this l';iriiament attach, to aii'ording 
 every possible facility for the develo[)incnt of the great North West . Nor 
 need I remind tho House that, in the carrying oiu. 'd' 'his great work of an 
 inter-oceanic railway, we have [irovided lor the r:i[)id coun'triiciion of no less 
 than or)!) miles of road from Voxi .Artluii- to Callander, in^■olvi^g t!ie oxptMi- 
 
 diiure within the Province of Ontario ot over $20,000,000 in 
 
 connection with the construction of the Canadian Pacilic llailway. Thru. 
 Sir, my lion, friend who preceded I'lc in the olliee wiiich I have now the 
 honour to hold, obtained from IViiliament aiulKn'iry to give $12,000 per 
 mile as ti subsidy for a road from Callander to Pembroke, as a link to extend 
 tl;e Canadian Pacilic Kailway down in this iliroction, to connict it with the 
 Canada Central Kailway at Pembroke, involving an additional cxpendi- 
 tnre for that service of "$14.000-00C. The House is al.so aware that this 
 Parliament has provided, during last Session and the iireceding Session, for 
 
 !i subsidy of 612,000 per mile for 110 miles of road, from Callander 
 to Gravenhurst, to connect the g-reat cities of Ontario and the 
 
 (ireat Lakes with the Canadian I'acitic Pvailway, by the shortest and 
 
 most practicable and best line that could be obtained ; and i 
 
 hope to be able, before this [loiise rises, to lay u[)on the Table ol' the House 
 a contract, made with a company incorporated Ibr the purpose and acting in 
 conjunction, with the iNorthern and Noith-Wcstern liailway Company— a 
 
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 ((iiiti.'ict for till' |iiiMii|.t ii!iil"i'l;il\iii'i Hin! (oiiiiili'tioii "I' tliiil \vot'l<, so as to 
 ii;ive it. |ii;ii'ti(';illv i'\n'.u ill liiv .•••irly sc.i^mm o( Isstl. l>_v llu' Mint' tin- (';in;i(l- 
 ■in I'MC'Ilic Kiiilway will l)r (•iiiiijilclt'il. 'li-if I'liilnficcs mm (>N|UMi(litiirt' wiihiii 
 ill.- I'roviiicc ul'dulario of Suine $22,760 000 i'l *''>iiiu'i'li()ii willi llir 
 fi.iistriictiiMi of thai |iorl ion ol llic (';,iiai|i:iii riUMlic IJailway 1\ iiiji liitwciai 
 I'li't Aiiliiir Jiinl ( 'allamlcr, iiclwccii ('allnmU'i' aiul I'l'iiihrolci' iiml iii'twc'ii 
 ( 'allaiiilcr and (,Jravc'ulini.-<l. W'c iio-.v cciic to lii'^ I'roviiicc of <^ni'l»i'i; ; ami 
 J may say no )i(;r,>()ii in this lloiist' uiii ipa >,li()ii lor a iiKiiiiciil tlic lad, lliat 
 if [H'ovi-'ion liad iiol i)i'<Mi iiiadi' in lln' I'lMvinrc ol (^dn'ln'c for llic i:oiislrn' ■ 
 tiun of a lailvva'i from (^nclicc to (Mlawa, lliis House woiiiil liav<» rcianlfd. 
 !l 10 country won III iiavc ri'^uiilcd. tin- t'aiiailiaii l'aflli<' iiaiUvay as oiitiitiy 
 int'omi>l('t(.', and would iiavi.- liccii [iroparcd to lUal witii that hiancli of the 
 i|ii(sli()ii just as our hoii fii"nds o[)i)ositi; di-alt will) tlu' (|iu>stion of coniu-r- 
 iim tlui Canada (.'cntra! fr-'in l'i'inl>r«)kr ti> Callaiulfi, l>v an a|)i)ro[)riatioii oi 
 a >iiin of inonov siillliimt to arfoiiipli-li tlic pnritosc. The fact that the (lov- 
 I'liiment of (^iicltcc antici|)ili'd tliil action,. tlic fai-i that liu'. (iovfrnmcnl oi 
 ',>iiclii''; liavc sine" (. ■ 'iitedcral ioii c\'o nd'-d from lii'iro'.vii tivasuiy a sum. I 
 bclit'vt!, of i"'«i' -<[ l.(j;)(i.U')(.) in liic ('Misirnclion of railways within llic 
 Province of (;u.l>i'c. instead ol dimiiiisliiici' tiieir claim to considiM'alion at 
 this late hour >! iciiulluiis il. I lhiii\, vcr\- iiiin'ji : this fad increases ili. 
 -Ireiinth of tlii'ir |)Ositioii m Mpproacliin^ the < lovci'iiment as they have doiie 
 and asl<in<i' to lie recouped a fair auioniil. of that in lU'y and lo iie placed 
 relatively in -omewhat, ; he same |i')-.iiion as tha! which tiny would h:tve 
 occupied if ihi'v had n(;t been so forward to promote Llial which is admitted 
 on all side's to he the i^reat nalional woi'c of this country I'lider tlii'si' eir- 
 -ini.sianees. the ( Jovernmenl of (^ir;liec. haviirj,' contiihuted. as I say. ovii 
 -1 l,iMj(j.()()0 in lai'way coiisi riidioii in tlcit [)orLiun of the Dominion, came to 
 ihis (ioverumenl with a claim \'i>r the f.iii' and just ctjnsideralion as reeanled 
 that section of the I'ailway const i iicUoii which they had enuaiicd in and eom- 
 plt.'ted, and which nii;;'ht lairl}' ho reL!,a!dcd as a pi^rtiou oI" liie ^reat iiiter- 
 
 oceaiii'.' line of railway ( iieeiino-, in (;,ct. acposs the entire Continent, 
 
 Lhroug'h Canadian territory, tiie two oceans. After full and fair 
 
 consideration of the proposals thai were made and of the fact that they had 
 exliaiisteil till! resources of the Province of (^uchec in thi ■; ell'ort. this success 
 fid etforl, to construct this most impi.rtant link of t'.ic gTeat national 
 work, the Oovorni.ient caiiie to the colieliision that tlu' < ioxernnHMil o',' 
 '.Mielu'c were eiiiitled to a ,ii,rant of .-^IJ.OOO per mile for that poi'tion of th'' 
 road that had already liecoiiie a link and ,1 section of the <'anadian Paeili • 
 l.'ailway, that portion lyinu' lietweiu the City of iMoiitroal and Ottawa; an I 
 as ivuMidcd the other portion, the only hesitation, the only donitt that existe I 
 as to the propriety of expendinu- tlu.' >P2.nO(j p, r mile from Montreal to ti e 
 IIar!)our of (i>iiel)('c arose- from the fact that llie (iovernmciit of Queluc h; d 
 parted with that portion of the r.'ulway, and that, at this moment it d d 
 
 afford that short and unrestricted line of communication tor 
 the Canadian Pacific Railway to make the Harbour of Quebec 
 
 that which it is Relieved. In the iiit'-rest of t!ie wlioK; of this country, it is 
 • lesircablc if; .should he made, namely, the Summer terminus of the 
 Canadian Pacific Railway. Under these cireumstauccs it was tliouLdit 
 judicious to appro[)r!ate S''. *»<)() per mile to the Government of (Juehcc for 
 iliat portion of the lino e\tendin<4 from IMontreal to the Harbour of Quel):'c, 
 Mud to ask Parliament for an ;i[)|)ropriation for an equal .*(),000 a mile for 
 the [>urpose of eiisuriiiL'' the extension of the Canadian Pacific IJailway f'om 
 its present, terminus at Montreal lo the Har'ionrot '.hiehec ; and the Resolu- 
 tion states very explicitly the mode in which that approi)riation wdl he 
 '"^fd. . , . Then a vei-y stronir feelin*^ has grown up in tha Alnritirue 
 
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Pruvinco8, luid not uiily in Un; Muriliiiu! Provim-cs, hut tliroui^hoiit Canada, 
 lieciuisc!, f holii.'vo. Unit Ironi Urilisli ('olinnl>i:i down tlnon^h the North -Wt'sl 
 Territories, tlu'ongh the IVovince of Ontario. :ind in the I'rovincc ofl^nehee, 
 there has been u stroniji,- and general seiitiini'iit that this «rifat inter-oceanic 
 line of the Canadian raeihe Railway wonld l)i' incomplete if we were 
 
 (<i)liged to have onr Atlantic tepminus in a foreig'n country. I 
 
 believe that sentiment is not at all eonlined to Hh; Province of Nova Scotia, 
 or Prince luhvard Ishmd, or tlie Province of New Hriniswick, hut I tielicve, 
 it has taken jnst as (h'cp a hold of the minds of onr fi'iends in the other 
 Provinces, ahnost as it has in the Maritime Provimcs. Although every 
 edbrt has been made to render tlie operation of the intercolonial Railway as 
 successful as ])0ssihle. although, more has heen accomplished in the (level()|)- 
 meut of the country, in the development of the trade and husincss of the 
 country througli the agency of the Intercolonial Railway than any person on 
 either side of this House a few years agosup|)oseil to he [)Ossii)le, --till we have 
 found we were too heavily handicapi)ed hy the distance, and that we ccnild 
 not — rehictantly as we were driven to the conclusion. \\v. have heen (h'iven 
 to the conclusion hy the force of circumstances and l»y the [iractical results, 
 that it is imimssihle for tlie i)orts of St. -loini and Halifax to compete with 
 the nearer i)orts of Portland and Boston, in the I'nited State's. Under tiiese 
 circumstances, the attentions of the (loverunient has been drawn, as 1 have 
 said on one or two occasions l)efore in tills House, to the best, means by 
 which we might secure a reaii/ation of that which we all desire, the Atlan- 
 tic terminus b*;ing" in Canadian territory as well as the Pacific 
 
 terminus, and thus lie placed in a position to I'airly compete for the great 
 trans-coutinental trade and tralHc that we all know must How over that 
 line. ... 1 have stated the position in which this question stands from 
 its national and larger point of view, and T l)elieve I may confidently ridy 
 not only upon the kind support of our friends on this side of the House for 
 carrying out a measure which has heen considered hy the (Tovernmeul in all 
 its aspects and in all its bearings, with a view to the promotion of the best 
 interests of the country, but I helii-ve I can rely with equal confidence upon 
 the support of gentlemen opiwsite in carrying out wliat we all recognize as 
 
 most important, making a complete line of Communication through 
 Canada, and enable us to have the g-reat ocean termini, on the 
 Atlantic as well as on the Pacific, within our own borders. From 
 
 Montreal. Halifax will be brought within 072 miles .nid it is found practicable 
 to obtain a line which will bring the port of Sydney under the effect of this 
 subvention, with 771: miles. There will thus he saveil in the present dis- 
 tance from Montreal to Sydney, 21 !• miles, in the distance from Montreal to 
 Halifax, 17;? miles, and tlie distance to St. .lohn will be reduced 159 miles. 
 f Inive only to read these figures to the House. 1 think, in order to show that 
 the Government, in asking for this aid in ext(.'nding practically the terminus 
 of the Canadian P;icitic Railway, imolving as it will the transport of the 
 traflic of both the Grand Trunk Railway ami the Canadian Pacilic 
 Railway down to onr own coasts and our own ports in the maritime Prov- 
 vinces, are asking aid which will, without any (jiiestion, assure the completion 
 of that. I have already stated that it is proj)Oscd that this shall not only be 
 
 the shortest line to Montreal, but the shortest line to Quebec 
 
 In tact, I believe that, within a very brief period — I have stated four years 
 as the term in these Resolutions — tliis line of communication will be perfect- 
 ed, and we will have the satisfaction of linding that we have the complete 
 realization of our hopes and expectations in reference to the transcontinental 
 trallic of the Canadian Pacific Railway being brought down to our own ports 
 The questions with which I have been dealing up to this point, of course, arc 
 
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 l.asfd upon broad :uk1 natioiuil cosidenitious. They are founded upon a 
 
 jiolioy that is recognized and has been ifcognized t'rom the tinst as the lirst 
 
 Inly wp owihI to our country, and tliat is to (.'(tain l)y the construction of a 
 
 national line of railway the closest possible intercommunication be- 
 
 iwfen one section of our country and another. Tiie great disadvantage 
 under which Canada has laboured, if it may Ite regarded as a disul vantage, 
 .> lis the remoteness of important sections cf our oonnuon country from one 
 another, and we have all regarded it as a lirst duty we owed to tiit; country 
 ID endeavour to remove and obviate that as fai' as possible l)y diiiiiidshing the 
 distance between all the important points of communication in the several 
 xi'tions of our country, thus bringing them as clo-icly as we could together. 
 N>)C only commercially but socially, the greatest yiossible advant.ige may be 
 t'airly expected from shortening the distance of intercomniunication between 
 the great commercial centres of the country and the outlying portions of it. 
 
 The lion, gentleman has had something to say witli reference tu the Short 
 Line Railway Company. Well, sir, that is quite foreign to the subject. The 
 hnii. gentleman knows, if he has taken the pains to read the Resolutions, that 
 it is not an appropriation to the Short Line Railway Company at all. It is 
 provided in this Resolution that the (Movernment sliall have tii(> power to 
 make these arrangements in whole or in part, either for one section or the 
 other, or with on'e company, coviVing the whole, or two companies, as the 
 case may be found most convenient. It empowers the (>overnment, within 
 til > limits of the Resolution, to make these arrangements with any company 
 that will give the (Government solid and substantial and unqualitied guaran- 
 tees of their ability to carry the work to comjdetion ; and therefore, until the 
 Short Lint R.ailway Company is in a position to do that, they will not obtain 
 any contract under the arrangement. " 
 
 These resolutions wen? subsequently jiassed on I'Jth April, 1884, and 
 jn'blishrd ill tiic. St'itntfx of that yrar, Chnp. 8. 
 
 Luring the years 18K1 and IS^Sb surveys were made under the direction 
 of < iovernment between the Harbours of Montreal, St. John and Halifax, 
 to ascertain the shortest and most practicable route, and reports of the same 
 \vt re laid before Parliament during the session of 188'), chief of which were. 
 those of A. L. Light, Vernon Smith and Moses Burpee. 
 
 It was considered that the shortest and most practicable of said lines 
 uas the combinaf ion line -see annexed plan, of which Mr. Li<,dit savs : "1 
 tVel convinced this line if established in connection with a bridge over the St. 
 !,awrence at Quebec, will combine in a marked degree the reipnreinents of 
 -Montreal, St. Andrews, St. John. St. Stephens, Fredericton, ILilifax, and 
 the ports fnrtlier east, placing all localities on a fair and equal footing." 
 
 Distance from Montreal to Halifax, Mattawamkege .and St. John, 76'.) 
 miles. Distance from Montreal via Quebec, itc, 710 miles savin":, in favor 
 <.,)uebec 59 miles (Sre vpport of jiropused sliort liur of R. U. prhited /ji/ order 
 "J Pnrliami'iif, 1885; (f/,'<o app<'ndi.f t<> ^aid r( porta.) No survey at this time 
 had lieeu made of the route now proposed bv t!ie St. Lawrence and Maritime 
 R. K. Co. 
 
6 
 
 In ISN") an Act (sov. out in Statutes, Chap. HS of that yt^ar) \v;i« passed 
 t'roiii which we (piote as t'cill'nvs : 
 
 1. "The (Governor in Council may grant the further sul)si(lies here- 
 inafter iiieiitioncd towards tlie construction of the railways liereinafter 
 described vcspecti.eiy, that is to say:-- 
 
 (1.) For a railway from a point on the Intercolonial Knilway at 
 T^iviere du Loup or Riviere Ouelle, in the Province of (,|nehec. to 
 Kdmunston, in the Province of New Brunswick, a Kiib.iidy not exceeding 
 two thousand eight hundred dollar's per mile for seventy-Hve miles, and six 
 thousand dollars per mile for eight miles, not exi-eeding in the whole two 
 hundred and fifty-ei,i,dit thousand dollars ; the said subsidy to be in addition 
 to the subsidy authorized to be granted in aid of the construction of the 
 .said railway by the Act forty-tifth Victoria, chapter fourteen, and constitut- 
 ing wi!"i the subsidy so authorized, a subsidy not exceeding in the whole 
 four hundred and ninety-eight thousand dollars, and to be granted for the 
 said railway upon the terms and conditions specified in the said Act, and 
 payable out of the Consolidated Revenue l'\ind of Canada ; and for the 
 purpose of incorporating the poi'sons undertaking the constructioi\ of the 
 said railway aiul those who shall be associated with them in the undertaking, 
 the Governor may grant to them, under such corporate name as he shall 
 deem expedient, a charter conferring upon them the franchises, privileges 
 and powers reiiuisite for the said purposes which shall be similar to such of 
 the franchises, privileges and powers granted to railway compaiues during 
 the present session, as the Governor shall deem most useful or appropriate to 
 the said undertaking ; and such charter, being published in the C((nada 
 Cin-.flte, with any Order or Orders in Council relating to it, shall liave force 
 anil elTect as if it were an Act of the Parliament of Canada. 
 
 (L'.) For a line of railway from the south bank of the St. Lawrence 
 River opposite or near Montreal to the harbours of St. Andrews, St. .John 
 and Halifax, rut Sherbrooke, Moosehead liake, Mettawandceag, Harvey, 
 Fredericton and Salisbury, a subsidy not exceeding eighty tliousaud dollars 
 per annum for twenty years, forming in the whole, together with the subsidy- 
 authorized by the Act forty-seventh Victoria, chapter eight, for a line of 
 railway connecting ^Montreal with the said harbours of St. John and Halifax 
 by the shortest and best practical route, which the line above descriljed is 
 foui\d to be, a subsidy not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand 
 dollars per annum, the whole of which shall be paid in aid of the construction 
 of such line of railway for a period of twenty years, or a guarantee of a like 
 sum for a like period as interest on the bonds of the company undertaking 
 the work ; the said subsidy to be so granted upon the terms and conditions 
 of, and payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund in the manner speci- 
 tied in the safd last mentioned Act in respect of the subsidy thereby 
 authorized in aid of the said line of railway. " 
 
Duriiii: iJii' (liscaissinn on this Act Sir Hfctor Langevin spoke as fallows : 
 
 '' Wf'll, I am Hurc tiit> lion. t;oiitioinau \s ill be {jleased to liear the ueclar- 
 iUion whirli t\ui Govennneiit makes through me, that in the arrangements to 
 l.e iiiaclf with the coinpatiy to build the railway, and to take advantage of 
 this vote ot' money, of S?n0,000 during 2U vears, the CJovei-nment will take 
 can' to f;e(MirB the completion of the railway, not only to Mattawamkeag^, 
 but also to Salisbury, and if that is not seeured, there will i.e no subsidy 
 givtui We must act in ;^oo(i faith; the faith of Parliament is pledged and 
 we muKt take cave that money is employed as Parliament wishes. 
 
 On the 10th of December, 1885, the Government of (Canada entered into 
 an igreeni'Uit with the International R. R. Co. a.« follows : 
 
 Articles of Agreement made and entered into in triplicate, this four- 
 teen'! h day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 and eiglity-Hve. 
 
 The International Railway Company, (hereinafter called the 'Company") 
 of the first part, and Her iMajesty Queen Victoria, repres(;nted herein by the 
 .Minister of Railways and Canals (hereinafter referred to as the ".Minister") 
 of the second part. 
 
 \\ itnessetli, that whereas the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada 
 has passed cert:. in Aets in aid of the construction of a line of railway from 
 the south bank of ihe St. Lawrence River, opposite or near Montreal, to the 
 r{arl)ours of Si. Andrews, St. John and Halifax, via Sherbrooke, Moosehead 
 Lak". ]\rattawamkeag, IT .rvey, Frederioton and Salisbury, to wit : 
 
 Act 1st. An Act passed during the session held in the 17th year of Her 
 .Majesty's Reign, Chapter 8, entitled, '' An Act to authorize certain subsidies 
 and grants for and in respect of the construction of the lines of railway therein 
 mentioned by which amongst other things, ;t is ni eflect enacted, " that 
 the C.ovevnor in Council may grant for the construction of a line of railway 
 connecting Montreal with the Harbours of St. John and Halifax, by the 
 shortest and best practicable route, after the report of compc'tent engineers, a 
 subsidy not execedirig .>?170,000 per annum fifteen years, or a guarantee of a 
 iiki: sum for a like period as interest on bonds of the Company undertaking 
 the work 
 
8 
 
 Act 2nd. An Act passed during the session lifld in tlio l-.'-tli and 4!Uli 
 year of Her Majesty's R.>i<;n, Chapter T).^, and ontitled, " An Act to authorize 
 the granting of further suLsidies to and making further provision for tlie con- 
 struction and erticient operat:.ion of the railways therein d'\sciil.(:d, by which, 
 amongst other things it is in effect enacted, " that the (iovernorin Council 
 may grant for a line of railway from the south l>ank of the 8t. J^awrence 
 River opi'osite or near Montreal, to the harl)ors of 8t. Andrew's, St. John 
 and Halifax, via Slierl)rook:e, JNIoosehead Lak.-, Mattawanikeag, Harvey, 
 Fredericton and SalisVairy, a subsidy not exceeding eighty thousand dollars 
 per aiuiuni for twenty years forming in the whole together with the subsidy 
 authorized by the Act'lTth Vic, Cap. S, foi- a hue of Kailway eonnecting 
 Montreal with the said harbours of St. John :i:id Halifax hy the shortest 
 and uest praciicable route, which the line abov described is found to be, a 
 sulisidy not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars per annum, 
 the whole of which shall be paid in aid of the ctmstruction of such line of 
 railway, for a period of twvnty years or a guarantee of a like sum for a like 
 period^is interest oh the bonds of the Company, undertaking the work, the 
 said subsidy to be so granted upon the terms and conditions and payable out 
 of the Consolidated Revenue Fund in the manner specified in the said last 
 mentioned Act, in respect of the subsidy thereby authorized in aid of the 
 ;. id line of lailway. 
 
 
 
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 And whereas it is hy tlie said Act, 47 Vic, Cap. 8, in effect provided that 
 fho said sulisidies shall ho fi' ran ted to such couipaiuos as shall he approved hy 
 till' Governor in Coiiiifil, as hiving cstaWlished to his satisfaction their ahility 
 to ooi\struct and complete the said railway, and that the line for the con- 
 stiiicHon of which tlu; snhsidics arc i:frant(Hl shall bo coinnienced within two 
 V'^ai's from the 1st day of Juiy, lf<Sl, and completed within a roasonahle time, 
 not to oxceed four years to he li\cd hy order in Council, and shall also be 
 i'uiis(,iLU:ted according to descriptions and specilications and upon conditions to 
 1)0 approved Ijy the ( Jovernor in Council, on the report of the JNIinister of 
 Railways and Canals, and specified in an a<;reenient to be made by the com- 
 pany with the ( Jocorument ami which tlio Government is thereby empowered 
 to iiiii.ke, and that t^he location of su'di lino of railway shall bo subject to the 
 a]i]jroval of the ('-'"ernor in Council, and that the said subsidies shall be pay- 
 aldo Kutof tlie Oi- solidatod li((%onne Fund of Canada, by instalments on the 
 completion of each section of tlio Railway of not less than ten miles proport- 
 ionate to the valu.' of the portion so completed in comparison with that of the 
 whole work undertaken, to i)e estalilisheri by the report of the said Minister, 
 and that the granting oi such sultsidics shall ho. subject to such conditions for 
 securing such runiiing powers or tratKc arrangements and other rights as will 
 alTord all reasonable facilities and equal mileage rates to all rail ways connect- 
 ing v.ith the railway so subsidized as the Governor in Council may determine. 
 
 Xow this agn;ement witnesseth, that in consideration of the premises, 
 the company, for tiiemselves and their assigns, covenant and agree to and 
 with Her Majesty, her successors or assigns, in manner following, that is to 
 say :— ' ■ 
 
 Lst. That the company shall and will, well, truthfully and faithfully 
 make, build, construct, complete and acquire, (by running powers or otlier- 
 wi.se), a line of railway commencing on the .south bank of the St. Lawrence 
 rtiver at or near Caughnawaga ; thence, in as direct a line as practicable, 
 passing through the town of Sherbrooke to Lennoxville ; thence, over the 
 International flail way, to the liouniiary l)etween the Province of Quebec and 
 the iStato of Main : thence, following approximately the location recently 
 niad(* for the Short Line R.nlway. crossing the Moosehead Lake and follow- 
 ing as direct a line as practicable to the south end of the Lower West 
 Branch Pond ; thence, on as direct a line as the physical features of the 
 country will admit of, crossing the St. John River as near Fredericton as 
 practicable, through the township of Salisbury to Moncton, the points and 
 approximate route and course biMug shown on the map hereto annexed 
 marked " A," and all bridges. culv(>rts and works appertaining thereto ; and 
 will build, construct, complete and accjuire the said line of railway, bridges 
 culverts, works, and all the engineering services, whether in the field or in 
 preparing plans, or doing other othce work to the entire satisfaction of the 
 Covernor in Council. 
 
 2nd. That the company shall and will locate and construct the sections 
 to bo built of the said lino of railway in as straight a course as practicable, 
 with only such deviation as may seem absolutely indispensable to avoid 
 serious engineering obstacles and as shall be allowed by the Governor in 
 < "ouncil. 
 
 3rd. That the gradients and alignment shall be the best that the 
 physical features of the country will admit of without involving unus'ially 
 heavy works of construction, with respect to which the Governor in Council 
 shall decide, but in no case on the section of line to be constructed shall the 
 inaximum grade exceed fifty eight foot per mile or the maximum degree f»f 
 curve exceed six degrees. 
 
10 
 
 4tli. 7"liat ijlims. priililcs iiiid liills of (]ii!\nlitii'.-; ot tin- wliult; ijiiiwiiy in 
 ten mile sootions slinll l.r t'iii-iii-.lii'il. hik! Ilmt luforf the work is roimiit'iu'cd 
 on any ton mile scctiuii, such plans jiioril(\s and liills of qniuitilics shall he 
 approved l)y the (jio\(^rnor in Council ; and lict'oiH; ;iny payments ai'O niade the 
 company shall furnish such fni'tlier return- as may he leijuiijed to .'atisfy the 
 Minister. 
 
 .5th. That the eouipany will upon and aft(>r tjio completion and ac<[uisi 
 tion of the said line of railways and \vor!<s app(>rtaitnn;;- th(>retc. ecpiip tlic- 
 sanie and truly and faithfully keep and maintain the sanie, a ul the rnllintj' 
 stock refjuir(fl tlierefor, in elliiient workin:,' ;nid runniiii; order, and ■•IkiII 
 continuouslv and faithfully oner.ite th(> sani<! to the satisfaction (if tlie (Jo\ ci' 
 nor in Council. 
 
 Oth. That the company 'will liuild, ('onstruct, acquire and eo(n{)li'te the 
 said line of railway and wo)-ks appeilaininu' theicto in all respects in ;u coid- 
 ance with the specilication hereto ainiexed, niai'k(>d "" B,' tlie true int'Mit and 
 meanini^ of which is that the line shall he eijiial in ((uaiity and standard of 
 construction and ecjuipment to that of the t'anadian i';H:ilic l^iilwiiy ludwceii 
 (Jallendar and Port Moody, and upon a line of locution to he appiovc'd hy the 
 Oovornor in Council. 
 
 7th. That the annual suhsidy of .-^"j.VJJJtH) for twenty years shall he 
 paid as authorized and provided hy the two Acts heieinhefore cited, cither. 
 diiectly to the company, or as inteiest on Ijonds to he issued l)V the com]/any 
 at their option. 
 
 Sth. That the company shall commence the works emliraced in this 
 a"reement withiii six months from the d-ate hereof, and shall cnmjilcte tin! 
 whole of said works on or hefore the first day of July, eighteen hundred and 
 ei'dity nine, time hein;.; detdared to be material and of the esseni'e of this 
 agreement. 
 
 In witness whereof, the International Ivailway (Company have caused 
 their corporate sea! to he allixcd hereto, and these presents to ho signed hy 
 Duncan Mclntyre, the President of thc/jomiiany, and the Minister of Hall- 
 ways and Canals hath hereunto allixed and set his hand and the seal of the 
 Department of l^iailways and Canals, and the Secretary of the saiil hepart 
 mentof Railways and Canals hath countersigned. 
 
 Signed, .sealed and delivered in presence of 
 
 (Signe^d) CHARLES TUPPEH, 
 
 High C(iiiinilnsloi)i:rJ'<ir C<i%<id(i, 
 
 LoHih))}, ElKJ. 
 
 (.Signed) 
 1)1 NCAN MCINTYRE, 
 
 Pri:st(.li')d. 
 
 (Signed) W. B. IVES, 
 
 Signed by the Minister and Secretary of 
 Railwiys and Canals, and s(\aled in 
 the presence of 
 (Signed) IT A. FISSIAUET, 
 (Signed) M. DKS.IABDINS. 
 
 (Signed) J. DAVIDSON, 
 
 Sc'Tifari/, 
 
 (Signed) J. II. POPE, 
 Mixisfcr of Jinilirui/s 
 
 and C'lunls. 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 A. P. P, RAD ELY. 
 
 Si'Cirliini. 
 
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 >IK.MO]iIAL. 
 
 To iiiK IIitNoi; \ni.H TiiK Mkmueks oi' TriB Tuivv CoUNCii, OK Canada: 
 
 TIk; iiiiMiiori.'il (>r the iiiiiliTsiiriicd. tlio Mcml)or9 of the dolcixation ap- 
 |ii/nitiiiuiil l)y till' CiMcs of IhilitUx and Fredoricton and tlie Town of 3Ionclon 
 
 Iliini'tly shcuotli. 
 Tliiit in and l..v CluipUM- .')>< of IS .-uid 49 Victoria a subsidy'of S2r.0,()()0 
 .■1 yi'Jir for 20 years was ^'.ranUid to any (,'onii)any that vvonld' inidcrtaiio to 
 luiild a line; ol' IJnilway from tlie sontli "bank of tlie St. Lawronee Rivoi", op- 
 posite or near Montreal, to the liari)oiirs of St. Andrews, St. Jolin and Ilali- 
 ra\, via Sherl>ro()l<e, INFooselioad Lake. .Malta vvanikca,<i;. Harvey, Fref'erielon 
 and S:disl>tiry, that heino; eon.sidered the shortest and best practicable route 
 and so stated in t!ie Act of Parliament, which subsidy was to be paid as the 
 iJovcrnor (itMieral in Council slioidd determine. 
 
 That subsef]uenlly a contract was enlercd into for the l)ui!din<' of said 
 ii»ad with the Intei'national Railway Company, wliioli contract was fran.s- 
 li'i I'.'d with the as.seut of the (rovernment to the Atlantic North West Hail- 
 way Company, which latter company gi anted to the (Canadian I'acitic Railway 
 ( onipany a perpetual iea.ne ot their line and interest, that said road has been 
 virtually constructed lo ^fatlawamkeag, but no work whatever has been done 
 on the |)ortion of the line from Harvey via Fredericton tiironi;ii the Township 
 fi' Salis!)ury to Moneton, and from various circumstances your memorialists 
 iiave reason to fear that it is not the intention of the Company to complete 
 ilie contract, a fear which h.is caused great anxiety and al.arm to the poeple 
 of the .Maritime provinces I'opresented to us. 
 
 (See Sir Hector L;ini:evins speech page ) 
 
 Votu' Memoi'alists then and now fully relv upon the public pledges so 
 Uiveii and feel .satislied that the Gov M'ament will recognize our rights in the 
 premises and do all in its p:)wi!r to secure the construction of that portion of 
 ihe road above referred to frou) Harvey via Fredei'icton through the Tovvn- 
 >iii|) of Salisbury to .MonctoM. as a portion of the groat Tran.s-Continental 
 line of Railway conned inu: the Seaports on the Atlantic Seaboard of the 
 Dominion with those of l!ie I'acific. 
 
 Yoiu' .Memorialists t Ik re fore hinnbly pra\- that you will take such steps 
 a- Ml your w isdoni may be deemed necessary to secure the l)uilding, e(|uipping 
 and i-unning of said roal. .\nd as in duty bound your Memorialists will 
 WW pray. 
 
 Delejjrates from 
 City of 
 Halifax. 
 
 /P. O'MIJLLIN, 
 
 I Afayor of the City o, 
 
 I W. D, HARRINCT(>N, 
 
 /J. D 
 
 f Halt fax. 
 
 Dt.'leuates from 
 Fredericton. 
 
 Delegates from 
 
 the Town 
 
 of ]Monctoa. 
 
 Ahlennan Ward 2 (JlUf of Halifax. 
 'JLLIAM F. MacCOY, 
 
 Recorder for City of Halifax. 
 
 HAZEN, 
 
 Maijor of Fredericton. 
 A. A STIRLING, 
 
 Sherif of York Co.. N. li. 
 
 J. L. HARRIS, 
 
 President 31. S.R.Co., rO M.G.Co. 
 II. T. STEVENS, 
 
 Editor d Prop. Moneton Times. 
 1). J. WALSH, 
 Councillor Ward 2. Toivn Moneton. 
 
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 KL-lerrinji; to convspondcnce that, was liml willi y.m liy Mr. KostiT on 
 Itehairof ii iiMinhor oftlic rcprescntativtis IVom tlu; ISIiiriliiut' TroviiKu-s, hikI 
 your lottfM' in reply cliitcd tlio Utli Fel)iiiary last, wc would a<iuin solicit, 
 your attention to the sultjcct of extending the C 1*. U. systci'i to tlu; eastern 
 sea ports of tlie Domininn. 
 
 Vou are no doulu aware 'hat t,iu' CJovi;rninent was uieniorialfzcd last 
 year and requested to j,naiit a subsidy to such a company o'- companies as 
 would undertake th-; work, and that rescjlutions were sul)-ic.|iu'utly passed by 
 Parliament for tiuit purpose 
 
 "• For tlie construction of a line of railway c iiuectiug .Montreal with the 
 harbours of St. .lohn and Halifax by tht." shortest ami bosi practicable routo, 
 a sul)8idy not exceediuij; .-r^lTf'OOO per annum for IT) years, or a <i;uarant(Hi of 
 a like sum for a lik-e period as interest on bonds of the company undertakinjj; 
 the work." 
 
 We would like to be informed whether Mie (.'. P. R. Com|)any or some 
 company in alliance with it will underta!,. ne ccmstruction or acquisilion of 
 a line of railway to tlu; Maritime Provinces in order to give to the ('. P. 1?. 
 an Atlantic Terminus or niore than one. in Canadian territory. 
 
 We would like to know the vi(!ws of the v . P. li Company t\s to what 
 would best answer for the purpose of alfordiuii; that (company an outlet to t.he 
 Atlantic ocean ; also upon what terms the railway can be built, specifying 
 the time of completion, etc. 
 
 We recognize the importance that must attacii to the views of the C P. 
 R. on this subject, and while reviewing the euipiiries of last year, we would 
 further ask as full a statement as possil)le of yoiu' opinions on the points re- 
 ferred to 
 
 Yoiii's. etc, 
 
 M. B. DALY. 
 J. F. ST A IKS. 
 
 On.vwA, --'olh Fe!)V... 1885. 
 
 21fh February, 188;j. 
 
 M. B. Daly, Esq., 
 
 Ottawa, 
 Dear Siu : 
 
 I am in receipt of the letter of the 2ltji instant, signed by yourself and 
 Messrs. Wood and Stairs, upon the snlijeet of tlii^ extension of the Canadian 
 Pacific Railway to the Maritime Provinces so as to connect it vvitli the ports 
 of St' Andi'ews, St. John. Halifax and Louisbourg. 
 
 With reference to the matter of the location of such an extension as you 
 refer to, I beg to say that my opinion remains unchai'ged by tlu! various 
 surveys that have been madi!. On the contrary my previous opinion has 
 been confirmed and I am fully satisfied that the best line would be a, line 
 running as directly as i)0ssible from Montreal via Sherbrooke, Moo.se- 
 head Lake, and Frederict,on to Moncton, utilizing existing lines as far as 
 practicable. 
 
 I may further say that if the Government should decide adecpiately to 
 subsidize such a line it could, in my opinion, be completed withi!i t\ro yeai-s 
 fi'om the date of the contract. 
 
 I estimate that a first class road, thoroughly equipped would involve a 
 capital cost of ^12,500,000. While 1 am not now in a position to commit 
 my colleagues to an actual offer to undertake the work, 1 feel safe in saying 
 that with a subsidy of $300,000 a year for 20 years, the Atlantic and North- 
 
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 )!(' route, 
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 pecifying 
 
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 we would 
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 iuion lias 
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 liiatoly to 
 two years 
 
 involve a 
 
 to commit 
 
 in saying 
 
 nd North - 
 
 U'l'Mirrn Railway Conipuiiy would lu.' willing to enter into a conlinel with 
 I he < iovcninient 1o inakc thf ilireet (tonneetion as ahove staled. 
 
 ."'pi'idvin;^' for t he ('. P. 1». Coiiipauy, I may say (hat in my opinidii, it' 
 >i;('li a niilw.iy wcif liuilt. *' ■• littor eo;ii]>.iny wonhl uudm-tako to Icisd aiifl 
 iipcrat** it, providi'd suital; pr'v isioii wen- made for tlit; curryim,' of frei;,dit 
 o\ er t\u- liitni'coloiiial IJailwiiy from Moiictcni to Iltilifax. 
 
 F miiy siiy that .Monctou woidd lie tin- proper point to (oniicct tlii' 
 Loiiislioui't,' liiu with till' ( 'iiniidiiiii I'lKjitic I'luihvny. 
 
 I am, (Unir sir, 
 
 Yours very ti uly, 
 
 (Syd) '(JKOIIGK STKPIIKX. 
 
 ()TrAWA, KUliJiiuf, Ins."). 
 I )i:Aii Mif. Stkimikn : 
 
 As it i^ nf ii.uch iiiipurtiiiici' tlmt the present proposals of the (loveiii 
 iiieiit may nol» lie suHieieiiL to liiiui; iiliout the ihikIi desin.'d result of tlio 
 < oustructinii (if (I line of r;iilwiiy lietwceii Montreal and the sea ports of Novii 
 Siotiu anil New I'lrunswick. in whieh the ( 'iinadi;in I'aeilie 11. Company will 
 lie inr«'rested, we would ask your consideration of the following; points : 
 
 is th(^ route [noposed, \i,'.., \ ia Sluaiirooke, Moosohead Lake Matta 
 wamki'aj:, Harvey, J' ledtuieton and Salishury sueli as mi'ets your iip|iroval 
 ;ind the one that your coinpiuiy would i»o the most favourable to adopt." 
 
 We have always attached the greatest inipoilanoe in eoniieetion with 
 this suliject to the desiraliiliiy of having the (.'. V. }i. directly interested in 
 the new road or line to tie built under this .scheme. For this reason we 
 would ask you to ijive us such assurance as the circuinstances of the case 
 will permit, that it is the intention of the C. P. K. to take up this project 
 Uid endeavour to develop the tratlic of their main road in that direction as 
 much as possilile, and that they will endeavour to promote, suiOi trallic 
 throuirh our Canadian si-a ports liy the pvojjosed extension of their system 
 eastward rather than have it drawn otl' towards the ports of the United 
 States. 
 
 Yours trulv, M, H. D.VI.Y, 
 
 ,J. V. STAIRS. 
 
 TllK C'.\N.\IJ1.\N P.VCIKIC li.AII.WAV (.'()., 
 
 Offick of thk Prksiobnt, 
 M. I! I).\i,v, l':s<.i.. .WiHfmil, lath June, ISS-I. 
 
 •I. F. STAIliS, l^^si^., 
 SiHs : 
 Replying to your letter of the IGtli June, on the sui>Ject of tlie [irofiosed 
 diiirt lino between Montreal and the sea ports of Nova Scotia and New 
 l''iuns»vick, \ have to say that the route indicated therein is, in the li,!,dit of 
 "iir present know ledge, the best that lias been proposed, and this rout«,> is 
 piefcrrcKl liy 'he </anadian Pacific Railway ('oiepany to any other that has 
 been suggested. 
 
 I will say, further, that it is tho desin; of the Canadian Pacific Railway 
 Company to take up this scheme tis a natural and neces.sary supplement to 
 the Canadian Pac-ific Railway as it now exists. 
 
 The company will lie ready without loss of time to enter into negotia- 
 tions with the (roveriment for carrying out this project as soon as the 
 necessary legislation is obtained. 
 
 1 am, sirs, 
 
 Yours trulv, 
 
 GF:0. STEPHEN, 
 
 President., 
 
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 To ■line Mi:miiki(s ok tiik (irv Coiscir. : 
 
 ^'(jiii' ili'li;.';tti'.s iij)|ii>iiit('(l to |ic()i-i'ci1 t.i(iMa\Mi in (Mii jiiiicl i>ii with llm 
 (Iflc'.'atcs iVoiii Ki'<Ml(;rict(jii and .Mnnitoii in I'datioii to tlic fonndctioii of tlic 
 Sihiii LiiM' JtaiKviiy, \«"j, i«'av(^ to ivport as t'ollou'.s : 
 
 Your tl(dr:;iit»'s, fcidiiit,' that it was iniportiint to linv'" an Iiitci'vifw witl) 
 iii<- ( lovccnnii'iit at ixs curly iv day ns [lo-silih^ iiniiit'diattdy procccih-d to 
 Otta'va, wlicio they arrived on the J'.'nd nil., iind thi' New llriinswte!. d'dc 
 uatcs anivcd next (hiy. 
 
 ( >n account of tin; ;■Jl^(■m."■ of si'Vcr.d of (lie niiiMstcis tlie dcl'-i^'ates were 
 unalile to (ilitaiii a hearin^c hefore t!ie ( iovern lent until Saturd ly, 1 lie Li'Itii 
 nil.; lait they iinpi'dscl the time hy waiting on several of tlie iiunisters and 
 discwssin!.' the t|ue--Lion and iinpt "ssiiej; iijHin them tlu; importam'e to the 
 people of .the Maiitime I'mvin 'es, I'^pcLiilly to Halifax, of havii;;; (he ruad 
 liuilt and completed accof<lini.' 1<> the teians of the ciontract, and ^e aii! '^lad 
 In lie ai>h! to repiat I heir readiness to do ail in thi'ir power to Iiave th" con 
 tract carried out. 
 
 The dele;^ates, iiefoi'e the interview witli the ( fov.'rntiient, met and dis 
 cursed tlu^ aii visahility of presentiuL' a joint memorial, whicli coutsc; was liial 
 ly adopird, iind one was [irepared and assented to iiy tin' deleiiates ai d pre- 
 s(mted to the tJoveruintMit, a true cojiy of wlnidi is hoi'oto annexed. 
 
 The delf';.;atiou addressed the jaivy council at some lonyth, and your 
 ih;lej,'ates did iu>t fail to impress upon (he tiovoniment the ah^ojute nocossity 
 of th(^ Short JJne hein^ comphited according,' to the terins of the contract 
 and the great advantage.^ that would naturally acoau! therefrom to the city ; 
 that tlu! government and parliament of Canada stood jdedgod to the pcoph- of 
 the; Maritime Provinces to se(i its t<'rms enforced ; that the sulisidy was gi\'en 
 upow the faith and jdedge that it would not only l)e huilt hut that tiie road 
 would lie running by the first of July next, and also the strong and emphatic 
 feeling tiiat existed in the city of Halifax in relation thereto ; also, your dele- 
 gation did not fail to point out to tlu! goNta'nment that it would he a gross 
 violation on tiu^ part of the part of the? (.'aniula Pacific iiailway company, if 
 after entering upon a solenui oldigation and obtaining the sniisid^' for tlie 
 completion of the whole, and after dr.nving (lie .'subsidy on that portion of the 
 mail l)uilt i)y tlnuu un(ha- the contrict, they should now refuse, to cornplett.' 
 it to Salisbury, a road which was virtually a,pprove(l of by tln^insolves. 
 
 After tlie delegates had t^xpress(Kl their views Sir Joliii A. Macdonald 
 on behalf of the govenunent, ill substance, spoUe as follows; ''Previous to 
 the arrival of the delegates at Ottawa I may say that the government had 
 this matter before them and were fully alive to its impartance to tlio ]ieople 
 of the Maritime Provinces and tin; feeling that o.xists tluM-e and their earnest 
 desire to .see the road built and completed in the time mentioned in tlio con- 
 tract. IJnforseeii difllculties often arise in many such enterprises as this, but 
 we have no douljt that the I\Iaritime Provinces will l)e (juite satisfied if the 
 road is completed witliin a rea.sonai)le time. T may further say that the 
 matter is still before goxernment and the fact of your delegation from the 
 Maritime Provinces coming to Ottawa to wait upon the government will in- 
 duce us to put forth every effort to adopt the best means to meet your views, 
 and I have no doubt and believe there will be found a favorable solution of 
 the matter in acrordance with your wishes." 
 
 From the assurances your delegates received from the government, and 
 also from private interviews held with the ministers of tlie cabinet,, your 
 
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 delcgatos are convinced tlmt the railway will be completed in as short a time 
 as practicable. 
 
 Although your delegates were not charged with the duty of pressing upon 
 th*; government the necessity of having a fast line of steamers b.-tweon this 
 port and England, yo.t we have reason to believe tlmt as soon as negotiations 
 now gOHig on, between the Dominion and Imperial governments in relation 
 the' .CO are completed, a sutiicient subsidy will be placed in the estimates this 
 year for that purpose by the government of Canada. 
 
 Your delegates having been charged by the chamber of commerce to 
 present to the government the resolution passed bv that body, duly presented 
 the same. * j j i 
 
 Hcfore closing this report your delegates desire to express their o!)li"a- 
 tion to Messrs. M. B. Daly and John Stairs, and also to the provincial and 
 city engineers for valuabh^ information, which materially assisted them in 
 preseiitnig important facts to the government. 
 
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 House n.'solvccl itsolf into Committee to consider tliP following resoiu* 
 
 That it is expoiliiiiit that a railway .should lio constrnctiHl, at* a (»ovorn- 
 inent work, iH-twcon a point of juiu tinn on the New l^ruiiHwiik ll lilwuy, at 
 or near Harvey, in tlie Ptovinrp of Nrw Hninswick', and tlu; point of junc- 
 tion with the IntiMVolnni.ii Railway, at or iK-ar Salisiniry or Monclon, in the 
 said Province, anrl that the smn of live hundred tlnaisiuid dollars he granted 
 towaids the construction of said llnilway. 
 
 ( In the rommittoe, ) 
 
 Sir JOHN A. MACnONALI). The coiutnittoo will ronieniher that 
 Parliament subsidised a lino running' in fact from Mniitreal via Sherhrooko to 
 Mattawainkeaf,', and from MattawanikeaL,' to Salisi>ury to a junction with the 
 Intercolonial Railway. This short line was divided into three portions, ajid 
 Sti'5,000 were reserved for the construction of this portion frnni Harvey to 
 Salisbury. The subsidy was "granted to the Internatioual Railway. This 
 company assigned it to the Atlantic and North-Western, who again lea.i('d 
 the line to the Canadian Pacilic Railway. 
 
 Mr. WKLDON (St. John) The whole line/ 
 
 Sir JOHN A. MACDONALI). No; th'i portion. The Canadian 
 Pacitic Railway would have control of the whole line from Sherbrooke to the 
 junction with the Intercolonial Railway at Moncto i. 
 
 Mr. DAVIES (P. E. I.). Was the part now proposed to be built 
 leased to the Canadian Pacitic Railway. 
 
 Sir JOHN A. MACDONALI). It was by the Atlantic and North- 
 western Railway Company. This railway is a link of the short line from 
 Slontreal to Halifax so strongly advocated in 1881 by Mr. Blackmann of New 
 
 
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 • ik, n Ljroiil iiulway proiuolcr. who r;'|)rosciitt'(l t,o thfi Govci'ninoiit !Vi\il tln' 
 , i.in liolder.H ol' Llie cniiipMiiy tliiit the ('Histi luilion ol'sir'ti a lino woiiM liriii'j; 
 i();i,otlior tlio ^TPftl Canadidii soajiorts on the Atlantic aii'l Pacilic (jccaiis by 
 
 :'if -hoitosi (lirt'ct pmiIo, ihii< sicuriiiii to ilu; Canadian transconti- 
 
 !l(MUal Hni' tli(> most vn\nA iniiil an I [tassenL^cr trausil between Ivnope ami 
 
 A-ia, and to Canada all Iho iid\anlau'i^'>» nllondhiii tlii' liaiidling and tians- 
 
 no I ol" tlie heavy tralle between th" ea^ti'in and northern lioniisithofe:^. In 
 
 |)S,S"J. Me. lilacUtiiann :nid his associates seeiired by Act -l'> Vie.. vn[). 23, n 
 
 lehai'tor for this road inider tiie name of tlio (Jreat American and Kinopcaii 
 
 Isiioit liine liailway. They soiiulit (lovcnDiiieiit aid, ami by tlie Aels i") 
 
 \ ie,, cup. 11, aiid Iti Vie, cap. 2."), ti casli seii.sidy was i^raiitcd towards 
 
 lniildin;i the eastern scclion. I'p to the end of 1SM;1, \.\v' company had 
 
 ;,eeoMipIi-hed very litth; towards it coiislruetiou. Ix'iiiu; niiieii '.-inliara^ised Ity 
 
 |li;j;hlness in tiie New York money market. Work on th( line ceased, and 
 
 |;hc piil)lic mind Ijonauie sonunvhat exorcised over the delay, and ms it svas 
 
 i'onnd Uiat no t'nrtlur proijress was likely to bo made — 
 
 MU. JONKS (llalilax). Js tJial tho Oxford and (.'aiie hrolon Win'.'! 
 
 .Sir JOHN A. MA^"I)()NAI.,1). No. As it was found. that no further 
 |proji;ress wa.s likely to be nmdo with thi> construction of this important work 
 Imiless further (ioverumont aid was ;j;r.'inted, a cash subsidy of ?17t),()00 prr 
 iiiiuiun !'or l."> years was niven lor the (;oiistru<'tion of a lino between Monlri-d 
 ;iiid the harbours of Si, John and Halifax, foUowinu the route which the re- 
 port of a compi'teiit eiijiineer laid (lown as the shortest and most praetiealde, . 
 Il pon the proroi^atiou of I'arliament. tin; Government issued <n'ders for siu- 
 jvcys to tic made of several of the most feasiijie routes, and early in the ,sum- 
 jnier of l^Sf) a l!ir<^o staff of eiiyineors took the field and explored the country, 
 rriiey made .surveys of a numljor of the routes, and' we obtained snllicient in- 
 li'oiinalion to enable the (lovernment to select the shortest route practicable. 
 I'he result of their surveys was the adoption of a line from INloutreal via 
 j.'^herbrooke .and Matt.awamkeag, to Ilarvey, Fredericton and Salisbury. The 
 Isubsidy av.iilable, however, proved to be insuflleient to induce capitalists to 
 |eini)nrk in the enter[)r'.se, and diiriniii t-'i^- Session of 18S,") it was increased to 
 .ij;r)(),()(il) per arniuin for 20 years. Shortly after rarliment rose, a repro- 
 ■^entativc oi^ the International Railway examined tho {general map of the route 
 l.uid the i)lans, profiles, and survey of the line subsidised and liavin;i' apparently 
 .■alisiicd himself of the feasibility and soundness of the enterpii-e, the con.- 
 Ipimy otfered to outer into a contract for its construction and operation under 
 |tl)e Act*48-'li). Victoria, cap. .'iS. On the Mth of December, 1885, a formal 
 ontr.act was entered into. The International Kaihvay Company owned 
 labont Idt) miles of railway running eastwaril from Leunoxvillo, which would 
 Jorm a link in the short line. Subseijuently, in 1886, tlie Atlantic .and 
 |\(-rth-West(}rn Company purchased this ro.ad, and J'grecd to construct the 
 lalance subject to the consent of the Government to accejit tlieni as eontract- 
 brs and confirm the arrangement. This company seemed to be equally reliable 
 [is the other, and the Government confirmed tho arrangement, and accepted 
 hem as contractors l)y agreement of the I- January, 1887. Having Ibnnd 
 IliiTieulty in obtaining the capital requisite to [)roceed with the work under 
 [ontract. they .vought the aid of the Canadian Pacific Railway, who agreed to 
 'lUiii^h the money for tho construction of tho two first sections, that is from 
 Montreal to Sherbrooke and from the Intercolonial boundary to Mattawain- 
 voag, on condition that these sections should be leased to them and the 
 Jiiiiount of the subsidy oontinuable to this section secured to them. An agree- 
 |nent for a perpetual lease was entered into on the (3th December, 188G, and 
 i.'is conlirmed an(l accepted l)y the Goveriimi^nt by tho agreement above re- 
 
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■feri'cyl u* oil U(C 12lli .);inu;iry, !ss7, Tlii)^ i'r>ii!>,o iil.-uioil hcyoiiil pi''\ul\c'it 
 lure the construction ami 0|>nni1.i<iii ni' two oiii of flu- thnn' ^sectiori.s of th. 
 iiiie. TIio financial ;ii'mn;if.nj('nts Ix'ii.u cc/iupliicii, the company in'ocrodc 
 vigoi'Oiisly ivitii tlio CiUL-trnclion of tho work, :ui'l it is exix'^ac] the i-oad wi!! 
 Ik- inidci Liaflic fiOiii .MoiUri'iil to f fMrvcy (.*ui i\ nr vt niontli. TIk; Atlantic 
 •iiivl Nor(li-\\'rs((. rn IJailway Coaipauy beiii^ cailod on to proceod with tiu' 
 constniction ol"t!u> tliiifl -rf'tion from llarvoy t:> Salisluiry, oxprosst'il lliom- 
 Holvesi unable to rtusc the nocossnry capital, and the Canadian )'acific liailway 
 was not (ii^l'Osod to cinhark in ait rnloipriso which Ihcy :ilU'g(td vvoidd oub 
 ito the ^uviuj; of rroni !4 to 10 inilos in dislaucc to llaliOiK. Tiie dislanct 
 stivcd in fact will lio 27 iniUiH. Kvory ctfortlia-; iiocu iiuide to indn.co them fi' 
 undrrdxkc liic constiiicti'in of lliis ecction of th'' )'oad with the (lovcrnmi'iii 
 snhsidy. That is exactly the |io.<ition of tlie ca.Sf. rarlianicnt ngiccd to 'j,ir\ 
 •'"■■t):5,()<)0 for i'tycai-; for ttie construction of this portion of the loail, undc 
 the imp.ossion that tin; ( 'aiuuli in I'acific liaiiway was really the Athnlic ami 
 Norfli-Wcstevn. it whs stated in rarliiiUMit tluit the Canadian Pacific Kail- 
 way hr.d undertaken to build liie roail, and my lio'i. friend the Miiii.-sler oi 
 i'ublic Works stated in Parlianioiil wiicii the matter was before the lions 
 that it was coiisi:jered it was perlectly safe and certain r.luil the road woiilo 
 i)e built and (hat the tjoyi rntneiit wo'iid sco tliat it was l)uilt 'I'he (i.-vo la- 
 ment feel lha.t tluy Imvc pledged tiien-.selvos to ParHaini^ii' aiei 'he coi!i.!r\ 
 through ivhich this road pa-A-s t!iat th'Moa 1 silioii'd belmiil A.>thc.\t!an 
 tic and Novth-Westorii Kadwiiy (,,'onipany are unable to liiiild .1. ami as tie' 
 Canadian I'acific liailway does i.jt care To assume the respoiisiitility, ihi 
 (.o\..siiui(Mit hive n.-.ked I':aliam''nt t(* luiild that jior'ion of the rotid lYon. 
 IIarA-e\ to ^alisi.iury. or to iMonctuii. which is oa tlie suiiu: line. The road i.-- 
 of»titnatcd to cos* •■?) ti,Ot)(i a mile. 'That has been consiih r-il carefully h\ 
 the Chief TMe^ineei 
 
 Mr MIT( llldJ,. ^Vhat is Use whole distance V 
 
 Sir.MdfN A. MACDONA fJ.). One himdrcd and diirtcen niilc.^. Tin' 
 Fredciicton iJrid^o Coiiipan\, whiei! tin- lion, gentleman has heard something 
 alioii'. have offered to take the coiiiract to laiild it for ^lO.Ooo a mile, 
 and 1 know now tli.at another party hi- oM'ered to build the road for t!ii 
 sa (' siini. As to the solvency of that party. ] ;ini- not yet informed. 
 I had a loiler from an njjont of theirs tiiis ovouiuQ:, but I have not 
 
 laid it 'leforo t! 
 
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 > not kiiovy anything ab(;ut the 
 
 parlH 
 
 who otfcr to build the road. liiit this otr(^r is the saiiu 
 
 in fact as that iiade by the Fredericlon Ilridgc Coiii)iany to luiild i' 
 for Sit), ')()(! a nji!(\ '{"lie (Jovernmcnt made a iirovisional arrangement with 
 the Ciuuuliun I'acific Iv'ailway Couipany, who, I do nil think, were very 
 willing to nndertaki' it, but they liave rigreot' that, if the road is built from 
 Marvoy to Salis.jury l)y the ( Joveyument they will operaie it, they will nin 
 it, (hey will keep it in good (»rder and repair, aiul it will become a portion of 
 their sliovt line fioin Montreal to Moncton, joining there with the Intercolon- 
 ial Railway. Tliey will have it at a nominal rent for 20 years, and at tlie 
 end of 2') years they agree to j.'ay .^'73, OOt) in perpetuity. '.''Hat contract is, 
 of cour.=!e, not operative until it is .sanctioned by Varlianient. The resolution 
 now before the com inittco i.^ simply that it be resolved lha( the railway bt 
 constiiicted as a t^overnmeiit work, and that l*ad",nmcn' will ;i[>[i!'o[)riat 
 i!^.50().()UO towards I he ci.inslriietioii of th'' raihvaw 
 
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 .r II 
 
 llll:l\ in IHO-'CCl 
 
 ( )t I I sv!i niid rcjii'csciit flic vii'W^ of that (;(ii|H)r,'u imi to your ( iovcrmncnt. 
 
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 ect 111'' I lie 
 
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 i til 
 
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 iril iiik; 
 
 ;iiiil 
 
 ^t. I 
 
 iiiw ri'u.'c 
 
 l):i;iy 
 
 iVoill 
 
 tor a 
 
 CMS 
 
 1 siiltsidy 111 aid ot: tlie roiistriu-tiiMi nt a direct liiic (.)f rauway 
 
 Kail w II y 
 .)f 
 
 Con 
 
 .diiiuiistoii 
 
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 'iliclriii ill 
 
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 M".V lifUIlSWU'k. 
 
 W 
 
 iiiav 
 
 t hat the 111 itlcr- 
 
 air^ 
 
 Ihiim- 
 
 ■rcii.att(.'r ^tatci 
 
 lot oriuMia! witli 
 
 '!■.-;( ;lV(\s. 
 
 TIk'V arc ill'' result of ;> I'ull iliscussi' 
 
 n ot tlK-' 
 
 Slll.Jl 
 
 ■t !)ct'ni-c the 
 
 I', ltd of Trade a( Hiiiifav, :iud the saiiie wia'c fully endorsed at a iiieeliiii,' of 
 
 City ( 
 " 1 
 
 laillell 
 
 .f 
 
 litn\ n 
 
 tter di; 
 
 uUll 
 
 Ici/atiiMi had 
 
 '{i;irt( 
 
 tor 
 
 I H t.iwa, Ijy a vote ot eli'\ (sii 
 -ixteiMi, and that said expn 
 
 to four out f)f a full ineinlji rsiiin at tli.it tiuie of 
 
 .f 
 
 es,->inii ot oiiiniOM is I'cpi-es 
 
 ■It i/.( 
 
 lis of llalifiix. We \\v' t'l iircfii 
 
 dative of that of th 
 
 tin; e(3iisid( rat ions, 
 
 hid 
 
 I II) our 
 
 liiiiljiiieilt ale projier lo 
 
 ;U'e(l 
 
 'fore vour ( ioveriuneiit, touehiii'' tlii^ 
 
 idy to the line in i|Uestion, hy a jiassini; refereiiee to the history of the 
 iL;ication, wliieli resultetl in a full ret'Ognitioa of tlnj rii(ht of llalif.iv to lie 
 iinecttnl l>y tii(> shortest and most practicalile line of I'ailway with Montreal. 
 
 tl 
 
 le \('rv coiK 
 
 leiised refereiict^s to that liistorv we feel it n 
 
 (!(;essai'V mi siinnlf 
 
 justice to ijuote shortly some of the speeches and votes ot yourself and meinliors 
 "f your tiovennnent in Parliament at Ottawa, and which form the Imsii of 
 
 '■I'.'li 
 
 t upon which we found our claim to 1 
 
 ia\e our 
 
 interests considered in (h( 
 
 -i;r.itinj;- of the sulisidy in (juosti 
 
 on. 
 
 Ml April Oth, iSSt, Sir Charles 'i'lipp^r 
 
 .M 
 
 llliite)' ol 
 
 ailu a^•s 11 
 
 th 
 
 'oiiiinion Parliament, imived : "That the House tn-ui.jrrow resolve itself 
 iloa Couiiiiitt(H^ of the whe<le to consider the following residiition." 
 
 "That it is ('\pci!ii.^nt to autliorize. the (ioveriior in Council to i^rant the 
 
 >ulisidi(\s hm'einafter nieutionod to and tor 
 
 li:irli(' 
 
 kail 
 
 w.ivs ami 
 
 \\y Com])anie.s hereinafter mentioned that is to s,iy 
 
 Il^re (MIows an enumeration of a uumh(;r of Uaiiways in (liflereiit part 
 
 ! * 'anada and anioiii; the rest the fo 
 
 lowiie. 
 
 • ; 
 
 V 
 
 >r the eonstruetioii of a liai; of Hailway eoniu.'ctiii;' .Montreal wiili the 
 
 il uhoiirs ("if St. .John and Halifax hy the shortest and hest practicalde Ivoute 
 
 liisidv not exceediii!' f?l 70,000 per annum for 1 o v(>ars ( 
 
 V 
 live .sum lor n like period as interest on H 
 
 work. 
 
 a ('uarantee ot 
 
 IIIOS o 
 
 f the Companv undertakini 
 
 line 
 
 for the ciMist ruction of which siihsides are ''ranted 
 
 di he 
 
 constructed 
 
 unoii c 
 
 oudilions to h 
 
 anprovcd 
 
 |>V 
 
 th 
 
 I* '"vei'uor in (Jouncil 
 
 liii I' 
 
 * • and specified in an ai,'reeineiit to 1m> made 
 
 ach case liy the Company N\ii!i t':c ( ro\ c riiment, and which the (ioverii 
 
 :i( Hi s|ia 
 
 11 
 
 lliiil 
 
 eni}ioweretl to mak(i 
 
 Th 
 
 itioii also of any such line o 
 
 f 
 
 wi 
 
 ly shall te suh|e( t to the ap[)rov.il of the (Governor m C'ouncil, and a 
 
 ill 
 
 Hie said suDsiduss sli 
 
 aiii 
 
 avahle out ot tli 
 
 c 
 
 msolKlateit 
 
 KevcMi 
 
 ue F 
 
 und of 
 
 ula hy instalments, on the comphition of each sectiiai of the U ailway of 
 I' les.s than ten miles, proportionate to the value of the portion so completed 
 
L'O 
 
 1?^: ' 
 
 ill froinpafison willi ihaf ot tli>' vvlmlf work midt rtukcii, t(i lir ('.st;il';i>lir( 
 
 lli(! ic]>()il of tlic Miiiislii ' — /'/,, // 
 
 -',U- 
 
 Oil t 
 
 II t.lic lOll 
 
 iirii 
 
 IN.-^I, Sir ( 
 
 iDi^'l I'l 
 
 lllMr^ 
 
 / D^l.^t, 
 
 \l ril 
 
 r 
 
 niu'V iiiovi'd tlic ;UM)\ (• rcsiilii 
 
 /' 
 
 .1 \ 
 
 I'"!. 
 
 tidii. iifici- the (Icljxci \ .it' In.-, sjx' 
 1 
 
 •h f 
 
 iilly ouUiniiiif ilic liistnry ot' tin- ;i|i|iro 
 
 ]iri;itioiis ot tlic hoiliTal l^rliiuuciit, i'X|i<'iuli' 
 
 r.iif 
 
 isli Uoluiiiiii.i. 1 
 
 lir \. \V 
 
 Tcii'itofics, Miiiiitoliii, ( )ir,iti'io mid QiKdicc, towards tlir coii^triK-Lion ot' tli 
 '^VfAt iiit(»i' ociiiUiic liiicut' r.iihvay Throuijli ('iiiiiuliaii t<'riitoiy. W'f 1"'L! Nmv 
 
 'H' '('a\i' 
 
 to <juo 
 
 it(! iiti'w |i!iss;i^i'.s of tliat spi'Coli uttiTctl liy Sit Cliailn.s uii lliat accasion 
 id) tlic full auilioritv 'if vour Ci'i\ ri'iiincnt, and svliid 
 
 si)oaKiii<; as lie was \v 
 
 trom the broad policy it on 
 Halifax : 
 
 tliiK^d, has formed tl 
 
 Oasis o 
 
 f all 
 
 our liorK's toi 
 
 Tl 
 
 leu a very stron 
 
 f.vl 
 
 lilt: 
 
 lias iircjsvu uo in 
 
 M 
 
 11 II line 
 
 'ros nice 
 
 am 
 
 1 not only in the .Marifiine Provinces, l)nt throiii,dniLit Canada, liccanse 
 lieliove that from ilritish C'olnmhia down tliron^;)! the North-West 'I'crritorie 
 tliroUi,di tlic Province of Ontario and the Province o 
 ,> stroll'' and wiieral sentiment that this ureat iiitei'-( 
 
 f <> 
 
 neoec 
 
 tl 
 
 lere lias i>cci 
 
 H'canie line o 
 
 f the ( 
 
 ^aii.i 
 
 (lian 
 
 Paciti 
 
 Itailwav would 
 
 he iiico 
 
 Atlantic terminus in a f 
 
 oreiun CO 
 
 uiitrv. 
 
 leCe, if w 
 
 e were ohiiiicd 
 
 (o nave (,ur 
 
 hcl 
 
 ie\'e 
 
 he seiitimeii) is ii 
 
 (•on 
 
 lined to the Provi 
 
 nee o 
 
 f N. 
 
 iva Scotii 
 
 I or 
 
 1 
 
 nnce 
 
 it at all 
 Ivlward Island, oi tie 
 
 Province of New lirunswi 
 
 \ra 
 
 I. T 
 
 iclievc it l);is taia^ii |ns( as deep a hold on 
 
 th(^ minds of our friends in the otiier Pioviiices almost as it lias in ilie Man 
 
 tiiiu 
 
 1 
 
 lo\ lllCCS. 
 
 Altl 
 
 louuli (nerv ( 
 
 ll'oit 
 
 la.- 
 
 it the Intercolonial Pa 
 
 Ikh'ii made tn lender (he o|ieratioii 
 
 U .\av as siicces 
 
 sfnl as 
 
 Me, alth' Ui;h liiol 
 
 e lias lieeli 
 
 •complished in the developeiiuMit of the coiiiitvy, in the deNclojicniciit of tin 
 
 tradi 
 Raih 
 
 am 
 
 1 1, 
 
 usiness in the country throU'' 
 
 h t 
 
 le a<'ency ( 
 
 <t tin 
 
 I ntercolonia 
 
 tl 
 
 ly tlian any person on (uuiersnli 
 
 of this House a i 
 
 ew years a 40 suppost'ii 
 
 to 1)0 possible, still w(> ha\(; found we were too lii",\ily iiandi''apped by tin 
 
 (list; 
 
 nice, and that we coulc 
 
 not -rekn 
 
 itly 
 
 IS we are drivi 
 
 sion, we Have hccn ilriveii 
 1 
 
 to tl 
 
 le conclusion b\- the foi( 
 
 ■11 to the concln- 
 )f t'ircnm-;tances aihl 
 
 y the practiciil results, that it 
 
 IS im 
 
 |inssil)le^for the Ports of St. .fol 
 
 111 anc 
 
 Halifax to compete with the nearer l*orts of ]'oriland and l>.ist(in. in the 
 I'nited States. lender these cir.umstanci^s, the attention of the (.to\-efnineni 
 has been drawn, as I ha\'e said on one or two occasions in tiiis House, to t.ht 
 Ijost means by which we ini;4ht si'curo a I'ealization of that which we all desire. 
 ///'' Atlaniir. f':r»n)iiis hi'lni) in. f/n; C<inadhin, Ttrritori/ as well as the Pacitic 
 
 termiiuis, and thus be placed 
 
 in a 
 
 position to fairly compf^te tor tln^ !.;r''a! 
 
 transcontinental triule and tratlic that w',- idl know must f!o 
 
 iver tlia^ 
 
 line 
 
 '• [ liave stated the position in which this ipieNjion st.mds from it 
 national or larger point of view, and 1 liciieve I may conlidently rely not only 
 uiKjii the kind suiiport of our friends on this sidi^ of the House for earryiiu 
 
 lut a measure which has boon considered Iiv tl 
 
 le 
 
 :d\erntneiit in a 
 
 1 it 
 
 s asiiec 
 
 and in all its beariims with a \ iew to the jir'imotion o 
 
 f tl 
 
 le liest interests o* 
 
 the country, but I belie\e I c;\n rely with ^'jual confidence upon the siipjtoii 
 of genth^nieii o[)posite in carrying out wliat we all recof^'nize as most impot ' 
 
 ,1, 
 
 iiiitDid, ami enahliii;. 
 
 lilt, iii'tkiii(j a coDiph't'' lin<- of vonimniiicdfto)), tlircn'ili C- 
 
 js to have the i,'reat ocean termini, on the Atlantic as well as on the Paciti. 
 
 wi 
 
 th 
 
 in out own borders 
 
 If 
 
 From Montreal. Halifax will be broii'dit wilhii 
 
 (37- miles, and it is found practicaljle to olitain a line which will briny ih. 
 port of Sydney under the eil'ect of tliis sub\ (Mil ifm, within 771 miles. Tli'Ti 
 will thus be saved in th(^ present distances from Montreal to Sydney, 21 (' 
 luih^s, ill the distance from Montreal t() Halifax, \T\ miles, and the distaiici 
 to St. John will be reduced to 15!) miles. I have only to read tlu^se lipfures t( 
 
the lioiis'', I think, ill oriler lo sliow tint the (lovcfumcnt, in iiskiuf; for this 
 11(1 ill <'\tfmliii!j;' i)r!ii.ti<M.lly to the tciniiiius of tli.^ Canada I'arilic llnilway. 
 in\o!\iiin- as it will, tlic traiisput of the. trallic of liotli the (iraml Trunk 
 I'liiway mill the r.inadian I'ariliir kiilway dou n to (jiir own coasts and our 
 
 iwn polls in the Mnriiime I'nninees, are uskini!, that whicli will, without any 
 .|iiestion, assure^ the I'oiiiiiletion of that. J have already stated that it is 
 [a-oposod tl.at this shall not <ejly lie the shortest liiie to IMuntreal, luit the 
 -iiortest line to t.'ueltee. 
 
 '' In fact, I Ijeliinc that, within a, \cry lirief jierioil J havo stated fmii 
 
 . !i's as the term in 'die.se resolutions -this liiio of i'o;iinnnui;ation will 
 -alt in the transeoiitinental trallu' ot the Canadian Paeitie Hiiiway heiny 
 iiroii,t(lit down to our own ports. The (pie'^tious with whieh I have lie'cui 
 dealiii'j; up to this p<jiiit, of course, are Ijased n/imi, Itrixid mcl wi/lon.r'J. 
 iiiisidi'.raAloiiti. The'y arefnunded upnn a |ioliey that is reroi^nized and lia.s 
 lie'.Mi recoifiiizi'd fi'om the tirsi as the lirst liuty that we owcil the couiitiy, 
 and that is to he oljtaiiud hy thi^ con.struetion of a iiational line of railway 
 the clof-est j)ossil)le intere<iiini!Unicatioii httuieii one si.'i'tion of our eounti'v 
 
 :n.(i anotlM.'r 
 
 th 
 
 at (li-.a.dvanfai. 
 
 !■ uider whi<di Canada 
 
 may oe le^,irtle(.i ;is a (Itsadvantaue 
 
 lia.s 1; 
 f 
 
 loourei 
 
 1, if 
 
 the remoteness of important 
 we have all n'^arded 
 
 .--i.'i I ions of our coiiinion t' nuilry iV im one .tnothi'r, tind 
 
 n as a lirst duty we owed to the ec^antiy, to .ndeax Dur to renio\-( 
 
 aiM 
 
 1 ol 
 
 iviate 
 
 hi 
 ■oin 
 
 t as tar vis | 
 
 )OS, 
 
 dltle hy diniinishiiii,' the dihtanee hetween all the imporiant 
 
 ot commiinieatmn m the se\'eral si' aioi 
 
 it our i.or.ni i v. 
 
 nu.- 
 
 'iniiL 
 
 finly cnmim'rcially out socially, 
 
 ilniii as clo.Sfly as we could together. Not 
 
 the greatest possilde advantai;i' may he fairly oxpiu'ted from shorteniiiL!' tin- 
 tlistance of" intereommnnieation between the i^'reat eommeriia.1 centres of t he 
 . niintry and tne outlyini; portions of it. 
 
 The' said resolutions wa-re duly pas:-<'il and thereiijion wa> founded an 
 .\et eiiiltodyiiiir the same and [lahlished in the Statutes of Caiiida t 'lia[iter 
 -^ of the Acts of 188-1. 
 
 As ii result of the sur\oys tind in\cstii,'fitions of your Covernmeiit mad'" 
 
 ascertain the shortest atul most pi'aeticnJ 
 
 •inruu 
 
 tl 
 
 le 
 
 -ummors o 
 
 f 1.^8 1-5 t( 
 
 rniifr hctween 
 
 the 1 
 
 lariiors 
 
 of .Montn^al, St. dol 
 
 ill. 
 
 i.iid llalifa'v, !',irli;i ment 
 
 • liiniiL,' 'ts session lu the winter 
 Statutes of tliat year of whii h w 
 
 .f iss, 
 (luote 
 
 ), })asse(l an 
 
 .Vet C 
 
 liaii. 
 
 .1^ 
 
 >f tl 
 
 part 
 
 foil 
 
 >ws: 
 
 '['he', tjovernor in Cnuieii may grant the futhei' su'isidies hereinafter 
 
 lentioned towards the construction o 
 
 >f tl 
 
 le 
 
 ai .vav: 
 
 liereinarter descrilx'd 
 
 ■i|M'<'tivi 
 
 • ,,,. 
 
 tliat is to say: 
 
 of railway from the Siulh liank of the St. Lawrence 
 
 urn 
 
 ;i\cr 
 
 ))iI)osite or near 
 
 .Monti eal to the harhors of St. Andrews, St. dohn and 
 
 lialit'a.x, /-/f Sherhrook, .Moosohead Lake, Motta.wainkea'' llarvev, Ficderict 
 
 on 
 
 aui 
 
 I Siilishury, a sulisidy not exceeding eighty thousand dollars per annum fur 
 vNeiitv years, fonuing in the whole, together with the suhsidy aulhori/cd hy 
 he Act forty-S(;v(^nth N'ictoria, chapter eight, for a line of mil 
 
 way connecting 
 Montreal with the sai<l harhors of St. .loliii and llalifa.\ hv the shortest and 
 
 ■st praeticalile i^oute. 
 
 Tiich tl;e lino c.hove described is found to he, a sulisidv 
 
 not exceeding two hundred and tifty thousand dollars per annmu, the whole 
 of which shall he paid in aid of the construction of such line of railroad for a 
 like pciiod as interest on the lionds of the company undertaking to work: the 
 said sllli^idy to lio so gi'anted upon the tei'nis and conditions of, and payahle 
 out of tlie Consolidated l^cvenue Kund in tlic manner specified in the said last 
 luentionod Act in respect of th(> sulisidy tlierehy authorized in tiid nf the s.iid 
 I 
 
 me ()■ 
 
 f raiiv 
 
 ■ay. 
 
 I '"i 
 tl 
 
 J 
 I'i 
 
 I 
 
•}•) 
 
 .m 
 
 !4 
 
 Dun'ii;,' till' ilisoiission Oil till' p!issai,'r ct Mii^ .V'l Sir Ilct-tDr lj;iii^i'\ in 
 
 Minister of Kiilwiiys, spoko iis follows; 
 
 Wt'il, 1 am sure; tlio lioi 
 
 'I'll 
 
 tlf^i 
 
 nail wil 
 
 r 
 
 'I to litvir (he tlt'rlai' 
 
 atioa which tho Qoverunieiit uMkns tliroui'ii lu", tha^ in lIh' ;u'raiiL;(!ii)''nts to 
 
 i»i; \i\mU' with th( 
 
 (' company to build tlm railway, to take aflvanta^o of this 
 vote; of monoy, of .~?lJ;)0,000 diirini^ llO years, the (iovernment will inke care to 
 securf! the coinpletion of the i':iilwav, not onlv to .UATTA n'AMEAd. JUT 
 ALSO TO SA/JS/if/hV, ai.d if tl'iat is not se. ured, there will l.e no suhsidy 
 i;ivon. Wo must act in <^ood faith ; the faith of IVirliament is phidijod and wo 
 must tako caro that that money is employed as Parliament wislies." 
 
 On tlu; lOtli of Di'cemlier, IS.So, the ;^'Ovoriiment of Canachi entered into 
 an agrtoment with th(! Inti'rnational Railway (.'om|)iny amoni; other thin:;s 
 to construct, comphfte and ai^juire a line of raihvay from or n(!ar Cauuli 
 nawaira, in tho Pjovince of ti>ue!)ec to iNloncton, New Ih-unswiek in as direct 
 
 luutry will admit and tlmr as recited in 
 ill commenie the works 
 
 a lino as tlie jthysical features of th 
 
 section eiglit of said contra<'V ••the (JvDopany 
 
 emlmico! 
 
 in 
 
 tl 
 
 us agreement wiilim si\ inontus or int 
 
 tl' tl 
 
 lereot aiu 
 
 uiv, 
 
 1 si 
 
 laii 
 
 complete the wliole of said work> on or iiefore tiio first day of J 
 fiiw h'iiiij ili'''h(r<'d to hi' iirit'i'liil uwl nt' th<- I'ssi'nrc nf (igrreiiunit.^' 
 
 Wo nood not refer to the fact thai lids contri.c.t was not carried out as 
 r(^sp(^cts the construction of section three of said proposed line, that is to say. 
 that portion lying l»etw 
 
 ecu 
 
 II 
 
 ir\ev ami 
 
 Sili 
 
 slmrs' a distance of aliout 1 1 I 
 
 niilos in the Province of New iSiunswiek ; nor neeil >a e lefi r to the ful 
 
 and 
 
 frai 
 
 iK" a''lviiowieii''m(Mi 
 
 di 
 
 it of 
 
 youi't 
 
 to\ I'rnmeut as evKUiined bv 
 
 th 
 
 speech of your 
 
 instruction of the H.irve,\ Salishurv 
 
 alifax and s 
 
 houl< 
 
 Ik- carried out. 
 
 self in Parliamont last year that the 
 portion of the said line was l»ut just tc 
 
 From a full review of the hi-tory of this latter we respoctfully suhmit 
 tho following : — 
 
 (^■1) That it was till' (ieclar"(l polieyofthe Government of (' 
 188i to suhsidiso and cause to 
 
 construited a iim: ot raiiwa\' connecting tiv 
 
 iinaila in 
 
 tho sliertest and most praeiicahle routes the Ports of Montreal. St. Jolin and 
 
 IFalifax. 
 
 {li) That to oll'ectuate that poli. y .S-_>ot),tjOO for -JO years 
 
 was voiei 
 
 I 1 
 
 »v 
 
 Parliament, and of this sum ."^1^7.000 aetually expeiidiul in constructing a 
 line, of railway hy tho shortest and most practicil'le route bctwoeii .Montreal 
 and St, John. 
 
 {€) That there remains of said sum voted \^y P.uliament and availal)l(» 
 for ovpenditure towards tlie eonstruction of a line of r.iilway lietween M 
 
 ont- 
 
 roiil and Halifax hy the shortest 
 863,000 per annum for "JO years. 
 (D) That the .short line nos 
 
 and 
 
 most. [iriL'tic'alile route the sum 'if 
 
 Mail 
 i)h 
 
 w 
 
 ly 
 
 botweon Montreal sind Halifax is 
 
 lieiiiL; opeiaied hytlie ('anailiaii I'acili 
 ;*(;/ the shortest nor most jiractica- 
 
 nor was it over conteiiiplated hy Parliament ov the peo[>lc of Xova 
 Scotia that it sliould he accepted as such. 
 
 We have therefore hoen sent by the corjiorations rojiresenling the com 
 mercial and husinoss interests of Halifax to press upon your (Jovernment the 
 necessity for tho early (;xpendituro of tlie said sum of monoy or its equivalent, 
 towards tho object for which it was voted and whicli uikUt tho tonus of tiie 
 contract above referred to should ha\o completed a short line railwav fidiu 
 Montreal to Halifax in July 1881). 
 
 That tliero exists a su[)roMio noce.ssity in the interest of Halifax and tin 
 
 Province of Nova Scotia that del 
 
 vy should not oca; ur m 
 
 uivina: etloct to tlio 
 
 object of Parliament in voting tii.^ said subsidy will appear from consideration 
 of the following : — 
 
 'ij 
 
1 into 
 
 dirrct 
 itcil ill 
 
 wmks 
 1 shall 
 
 1. That thi' I'on.-irnirhoii ot "itiirr uf the lines pnijMisod will iiisolvc a 
 Icliiy ot i,\vo yours nftrr (■iiiiiiufjiccuicnt ot' tiic work. 
 
 2— Tliaf tlic City ot ."^r, .Foliii, tlio couiincrciiil ri\.il of JLilit'itx, liiis 
 nh'f'iujy lioc^ii ill 111' i-iij(iyiii<iit o|' thf advaiita^os of a slioi't lino <.'Oiuici:tioii 
 with Slontrcal si:u'C Jiiiv. |S<'.l. 
 
 o. -That llaiit'a\ is at lliu present time at a serioiis disiid vantage as 
 resjierts the reali/.atioii of tlu; r;reat o'ljei-t of its l)usiiiess lueii ti- hecome tlie 
 Pritn-i(ial Atlantic Port nf ('aiia(h\. 
 
 The flitlieulties which prevented ParliiMiient favoi'inff tho construction 
 of the Hiirvey-.Salisliiiry have led to consider favoralily tlie proposition of the 
 c()nstructi(,>n of a liiiect line lietween Ivlniunston and Alonotoii as a svilistiditt . 
 
 We imdorstaiKi that application has heen made to Parliament for a cash 
 ■ li'isidy to aid in the construct ion of this lino, ;ind that if rrranted the (Irand 
 rniids llailway (.'i)mpany ^vill operate the same in coniiinction with its own 
 line and the (ntercoloinal Itailway. is pai't of a throuyii short Hue lietwcn 
 Montreal aiu' Halifax, and that wIkmi the saiil through short line is complcled 
 i'iic distance /• firrcii I lnlij'ii.i' <('n<l Mduti'iiil I'i/i nof cccrcd 710 niihs, 
 
 A^sumiiiL; that voui- Go^■ernnlenr will nut enter into anv contract for the 
 ronsinution of the line lietween ICdnuinston and Moncton without first 
 C'lii'iiig an adequate guarantee from the (irand Truidi Ilailway Conijiany 
 lint th(> same will hi (.ipeiated as a part of it.- through sliort line to Halifax, 
 iial that tho same will he constructed within a leasonalik; time, we fe<d fidly 
 jiistiiied in asking your (Jovcrni-'ent to accept the same as a proper suhstitute 
 fur the Harvey-Salishury line and askinu that the sum of .9615,000.00 for 
 iwcnty yoans, already voted hy Parliament and remaining unexpended as 
 atiove stated, shall he ipprnpriatod for tl.at purpose. 
 
 It is suhmitteil that hy adopting this course tlie appropriation already 
 voted by Parliament will not be materially inm-eased aiid the claims of 
 Halifax and Xova Scotia be fully satislicd. 
 
 We desire, however, to impress upon your Government that unless the 
 -ubsidy is granted upon a s/itisfactory guarant<,'e tliat tho saiil road subsidized 
 \vill be ofierated by the (irand Trunk Kailway (.^ompany as a part of its 
 through line to lfalifa\ no advantage will accrue from the construction of 
 the same, and that it is only upon the assurance of that fact that it receives 
 tlic ipproxal of our penplc d an altei'!iiai\e measure. 
 
 
 'acilic 
 
 'actica 
 
 Nova 
 
 ■ com- 
 "ut (he 
 ivaloiit 
 of the 
 y tVom 
 
 nd liio 
 
 to tlie 
 
 :'ration 
 
 We have, &c , 
 
 M. DWYER, I Delegates 
 
 JAMES MORROW, } from Halifav 
 JAS. A. CTIIPMAN, ) Hounl of Trade. 
 
 f 
 
 n 
 
2< 
 
 SCiiEDrLK A 
 
 ('(»\ii-Ai;i.s()N <M- Ai!i;i\.\i.s ui" Expn-^s Trains IVom Mc.ntr'.'al to 
 Halifax from .iannary 1st, to May 1st. ISOO. 
 
 lf\tcrcolor\ial aqd Crai\d Trur\k, 
 
 via Levis S-T6 miles. 
 
 Date 
 
 ISiH). 
 
 .1,111. 
 
 1 
 
 •I 
 
 :i 
 4 
 
 r. 
 
 7 
 
 S 
 
 y 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 II 
 
 15 
 Hi 
 17 
 18 
 1!) 
 
 21 
 >)■> 
 
 2A 
 
 2r> 
 
 20 
 28 
 29 
 30 
 31 
 
 l)ii(^--14-]0. 
 
 Tiiui' "T Arrival 
 
 17.0;-, 
 ii'i. 1> 
 14.10 
 1 1.10 
 10. 1;". 
 M.IO 
 10.10 
 14.10 
 
 0.4.^. 
 
 1.80 
 20. 1< 
 19.51 
 14.10 
 14.10 
 
 Lnti 
 
 21.;?5 
 17.22 
 15.K 
 
 19.1;'. 
 14.10 
 15.:i5 
 14.10 
 14.42 
 15.22 
 14.10 
 15.55 
 
 " 12 
 
 11 
 14 
 
 10 
 
 .M. 
 
 I.:i8 
 
 2.05 r 
 
 1.00 
 
 1().:!5 I 
 
 11.20 \ 
 
 5.50 ' 
 
 5.14 
 
 7.25 
 
 :j.l2 
 
 ..50 
 
 5.08 
 
 1,25 
 
 ..'52 
 
 1.12 11 
 
 11 
 
 1 1- I' 
 
 1.4i> i! 
 
 •ntercolonial and Canada Pacific, 
 
 via St. John 756 miles. 
 
 I>uo- 22.:10. 
 
 Date 
 1590. 
 
 J.-iii. 
 
 10 
 1 1 
 12 
 IS 
 15 
 10 i 
 
 17 1 
 
 18 ! 
 
 20 : 
 
 21 1 
 
 22 i 
 
 2:! I 
 2i i 
 
 '^•: \ 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 29 I 
 ;;() I 
 ;n ' 
 
 rnir ot Ari'iviu. j |] ^j 
 
 4. 
 24. 
 2;5. 
 22. 
 
 2. 
 2:-!, 
 24, 
 24, 
 
 2, 
 21, 
 
 1 
 24, 
 
 2;i, 
 
 0, 
 
 2 
 4 
 4 
 
 2:i, 
 
 1, 
 
 2:i, 
 
 24 
 
 2;5 
 
 28 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 15 
 ,85 
 2,s 
 ,80 
 ,05 
 ,14 
 ,10 
 ,10 
 ,25 
 .17 
 .14 
 .42 
 .20 
 .20 
 .10 
 .45 
 .80 
 .80 
 .17 
 . K 
 .40 
 .19 
 .05 
 .82 
 .80 
 .09 
 .45 
 
 Ian. 2 
 
 5.45 
 
 " 8 
 
 2.05 
 
 
 .5s 
 
 " 7 
 
 8.85 
 
 
 11 1 
 
 " 9 
 
 1. 0) 
 
 " 10 
 
 1. Ill 
 
 " 11 
 
 8.55 
 
 " 12 
 
 1.17 
 
 " 18 
 
 2 11 
 
 ■■' 14 
 
 2.12 
 
 
 . 50 
 
 " 17 
 
 4.50 
 
 •' 18 
 
 8.40 
 
 " 19 
 
 (!. 1 5 
 
 '.' 21 
 
 0.00 
 
 
 1.00 
 
 " •)•>, 
 
 •7 (7 
 
 
 
 
 .81) 
 
 '• 25 
 
 2. 1 
 I'l 
 
 
 . -J-' 
 
 
 1 112 
 
 " 80 
 
 2.00 
 
 " :;i 
 
 8.89 
 
 Fell. 1 
 
 4.15 
 
 u 
 
 "^ 
 
 $ 
 
 Siinuiiiaiy 
 
 Iiitcrco'l & Grana Trunk. !i Interco'l & C. \\ R. 
 
 Tiaiii.s ; On Time 1/itr 
 
 Trains (.)nTiiiie: J.at 
 
 11 I 10 
 
 i 
 
 20 
 
J 5 
 
 SciiKi)Ui,K A. — ('ontinued. 
 
 h 
 
 Intercolonial ar^d Grand TrunK 
 
 via Levis 846 miles. 
 
 Intercolonial and Canada Pacaiflc, 
 
 via St. John 756 r^iles. 
 
 
 
 Uuo-MlO. 
 
 
 
 Duo— 
 
 22 30. 
 
 
 ]\lU: 
 
 Tiiiic (if Arrival. 
 
 j 
 
 Latu 
 
 Date 
 
 
 
 Lilt.' 
 
 IsiHi. 
 
 11 M. 
 
 1890, 
 
 Tiiiio 
 
 i' Arrival. 
 
 11. .M. 
 
 \-\K 1 
 
 11.10 
 
 
 Fell, 1 
 
 22,55 
 
 
 .25 
 
 " 2 
 
 14,10 
 
 
 3 
 
 22,43 
 
 
 .13 
 
 " 4 
 
 20,." 
 
 C,47 
 
 " 4 
 
 •2'1.-6Q 
 
 
 
 " 5 
 
 21, K 
 
 G.50 
 
 ,5 
 
 23.45 
 
 
 1.15 
 
 '•■ t! 
 
 ir).r»2 
 
 1,42 
 
 " 13 
 
 24, K 
 
 
 1.30 
 
 '' 7 
 
 1 1,10 
 
 
 " 7 
 
 24. K 
 
 
 1,30 
 
 " 8 
 
 22.57 
 
 8.47 " 8 
 
 24,23 
 
 F.'li. 9 
 
 1.53 
 
 " 9 
 
 22,20 
 
 .S.IO " 10 
 
 24. K 
 
 
 1.30 
 
 " 11 
 
 14.10 
 
 " n 
 
 23. 35 
 
 
 1.05 
 
 " 12 
 
 i.v,;iO 
 
 1.20 " 12 
 
 23,35 
 
 
 1.05 
 
 - 18 
 
 l(i. K 
 
 1.50 " 13 
 
 22.30 
 
 
 
 " 14 
 
 10. 1,5 
 
 2.05 " 14 
 
 7. K 
 
 •' 15 
 
 8.30 
 
 " If. 
 
 14.10 
 
 
 " 15 
 
 23.30 
 
 
 1.00 
 
 " IG 
 
 22.42 
 
 S..')2 
 
 " 17 
 
 22.30 
 
 
 
 " 18 , 
 
 14.10 
 
 
 " IS 
 
 24.40 
 
 
 2.10 
 
 " 19 
 
 17,40 
 
 3,30 
 
 '* 19 
 
 1.50 
 
 " 20 
 
 3,20 
 
 " 20 
 
 17. K 
 
 2,. 50 
 
 " 20 
 
 1.05 
 
 " 21 
 
 2,35 
 
 " 21 ' 
 
 4.:j5 Feb. 22 
 
 14.25 
 
 " 21 
 
 3.25 
 
 " 22 
 
 4,55 
 
 " 22 
 
 23.3.5 
 
 !»,25 
 
 " 22 
 
 1.30 
 
 " 23 
 
 3,00 
 
 " 24 
 
 14.10 
 
 
 " 24 
 
 23. 2S 
 
 
 ,58 
 
 " 25 
 
 14.10 
 
 
 " 25 
 
 23.30 
 
 
 1,00 
 
 " 2() : 
 
 14.1(1 
 
 
 " 2t! 
 
 23,15 
 
 
 ,45 
 
 " 2? i 
 
 11.10 
 
 
 '• 27 
 
 22,42 
 
 
 ,12 
 
 " 28 1 
 
 11.10 
 
 
 " 28 
 
 23.15 
 
 
 ,45 
 
 ■MllllllllU'V — 
 
 IiitPiTo'l & Grand Trmik. i Iiiterco'l & C, P. R. 
 
 Train 
 
 24 
 
 On Tim.' Late 
 
 13 
 
 Trains 
 
 24 
 
 On Time Late 
 
 21 
 
 (i 
 
:"• 
 
 26 
 
 SciiEDL \.K A. -Continued. 
 
 Intercolonial and Grand Trui^k 
 
 via Levis— 846 qiles. 
 
 Due— 14-10. 
 
 1890. 
 
 Mi 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 4 
 .'■) 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 y 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 11 
 lo 
 l(i 
 l8 
 19 
 20 
 21 
 22 
 23 
 2r, 
 26 
 27 
 2S 
 29 
 30 
 
 Time of Ariiv.il 
 
 M. 
 14. 
 
 14. 
 
 14. 
 
 10 
 10 
 10 
 10 
 
 14.10 
 14.10 
 14.10 
 14.10 
 l,5.ir. 
 
 Late 
 li. M. 
 
 10.33 
 14.10 
 17.3:. 
 14.10 
 If). 3.5 
 
 ir..r.7 
 
 17.30 
 14.10 
 14.10 
 14.10 
 14.10 
 14.10 
 18.0.5 
 10.30 
 18.3.'> 
 14.10 
 
 3.55 
 2.20 
 4.25 
 
 1.0.' 
 
 I 
 
 2.23 ! 
 
 I 
 
 3.25 ' 
 
 1.25 i 
 1.47 I 
 3.20 I 
 
 Intercolonial and Canada Pacific, 
 
 via St John -756 (T\iles. 
 
 Due-22-30. 
 
 Datu 
 1890. 
 
 (if Aiiivii!, 
 
 II. M. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 1 i 
 
 23.10 
 
 
 l.in 
 
 i t 
 
 3 ' 
 
 4.35 
 
 Ufir. 4 
 
 0.05 
 
 i ( 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 23.30 
 22.30 
 
 
 l.Of. 
 
 t ( 
 
 1) 
 
 23.08 
 
 
 .38 
 
 t ; 
 
 7 
 
 h.:>." 
 
 8 
 
 7.50 
 
 ( I 
 
 8 
 
 22.40 
 
 
 .10 
 
 t i 
 
 10 
 
 •j:f.45 
 
 
 1.15 
 
 I i 
 
 11 
 
 23.45 
 
 
 1.15 
 
 li 
 
 12 
 
 23.05 
 
 
 .;i5 
 
 c * 
 
 13 i 
 11 
 
 24.14 
 
 22.30 
 
 " M 
 
 1.45 
 
 t ( 
 
 1". 
 
 23. K 
 
 
 .30 
 
 ( t 
 
 17 
 
 23.35 
 
 
 1.05 
 
 t i 
 
 18 
 
 23.35 
 
 
 1.05 
 
 1 1 
 
 11> 
 
 23.23 
 
 
 .53 
 
 C( 
 
 20 
 
 22.53 
 
 
 .23 
 
 C( 
 
 21 
 
 24. K 
 
 
 1.30 
 
 £( 
 
 22 
 
 23.35 
 
 
 1.05 
 
 «< 
 
 24 
 
 22.45 
 
 
 .15 
 
 K 
 
 25 
 
 22.55 
 
 
 .25 
 
 ( t 
 
 20 
 
 24. K 
 
 
 1,30 
 
 (( 
 
 27 
 
 22.30 
 
 
 
 (( 
 
 28 
 
 2.05 
 
 " 21) 
 
 3.38 
 
 " 
 
 2;i 
 
 3.45 
 
 " 30 
 
 5.15 
 
 " 
 
 31 
 
 24.05 
 
 Aiir. I 
 
 1.35 
 
 Interco'l & Grand Trunk. 
 
 SuinnKuy- 
 
 TraiiiH 
 
 25 
 
 On Time 
 
 10 
 
 Late 
 
 Intcrfo'i k Grand Trunk. 
 
 Trains 
 
 2G 
 
 On Time 
 
 Tiate 
 
 23 
 
27 
 
 Schedule A.—Contlmied. 
 
 I i 
 
 7.r.o 
 
 .1(5 
 
 1.15 
 l.l.'j 
 
 1.4.-. 
 
 Intercoloiiial and Grand Trunk 
 
 via Levis -846 miles. 
 
 Date 
 1890. 
 
 Xyr. 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 ;< 
 
 4 
 ;, 
 6 
 ,S 
 i) 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 1:5 
 
 17 
 18 
 19 
 20 
 22 
 2;\ 
 24 
 'Ih 
 2a 
 27 
 29 
 
 Due— 14-10. 
 
 Tiiiic of Arrival. 
 
 14.10 
 1 6. 1 S 
 11.10 
 16.2;') 
 14.10 
 
 n.io 
 
 14.10 
 
 14.1U 
 
 14.10 
 
 14,10 
 
 14.10 
 
 14.10 
 
 14.10 
 
 14.10 
 
 l.'i. K 
 
 14,10 
 
 14.10 
 
 14.10 
 
 14.10 
 
 1.^..47 
 
 14.10 
 
 14.10 
 
 14.10 
 
 14.10 
 
 14.10 
 
 14.10 
 
 Late 
 M. .M. 
 
 2.0.S 
 
 2.1:. 
 
 Intercolonial aqd Canada Pacific, 
 
 via St. Jchn 766 miles, 
 
 1.37 
 
 D.itc 
 1S90. 
 
 Apr. 
 
 Duo— 22-30. 
 
 Tiiuu of Arrival. 
 
 1 
 
 24.05 
 
 2 
 
 23. K 
 
 ,", 
 
 1.38 
 
 4 
 
 1.50 
 
 r> 
 
 1.05 
 
 1 
 
 1. K 
 
 8 
 
 24.22 
 
 9 
 
 2.3 s 
 
 10 
 
 21.05 
 
 11 
 
 24.50 
 
 12 
 
 24.35 
 
 14 
 
 2.15 
 
 15 
 
 1.45 
 
 16 
 
 24.57 
 
 17 
 
 1.55 
 
 18 
 
 23.58 
 
 19 
 
 22.34 
 
 21 
 
 24.25 
 
 22 
 
 23.40 
 
 2:i 
 
 24.50 
 
 24 
 
 24.25 
 
 25 
 
 23.45 
 
 26 
 
 24.30 
 
 28 
 
 23.05 
 
 29 
 
 23.15 
 
 30 
 
 22.30 
 
 A[ii, 
 
 4 
 5 
 
 (> 
 8 
 !) 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 15 
 16 
 17 
 18 
 
 •n 
 
 25 
 27 
 
 I;at(i 
 
 H. M. 
 
 1.35 
 
 .30 
 
 3.0.S 
 
 3.20 
 
 2.35 
 
 2.30 
 
 1.52 
 
 4.08 
 
 1.35 
 
 2.20 
 
 2.U5 
 
 3.45 
 
 3.15 
 
 2.27 
 
 3.25 
 
 1,28 
 
 ,04 
 
 1,.55 
 
 1,10 
 
 2.20 
 
 1.55 
 
 1.15 
 
 2.00 
 
 .35 
 
 .45 
 
 ! i 
 
 Suiiiiiiary- 
 
 Intcrco' 
 
 I & nran.l Tnuik. 
 
 Iiitercio'l & C. 1 
 
 '. R. 
 
 
 Trains 
 
 Oil Time Lato 
 
 TraiiiH 
 
 Oil Tiiiio 
 
 Lato 
 
 
 26 
 
 1 i 
 22 4 1 26 
 
 1 
 
 25 
 
 
 II 
 
 I 
 I 'I 
 
 Recapitulation for 4 Montlis. 
 
 (i. T R 
 
 Trains 
 
 On Time 
 
 Lato 
 
 Trains 
 
 On Time 
 
 Late 
 
 102 
 
 60 
 
 42 
 
 103 
 
 8 
 
 95 
 
 -C. I'. R. 
 
28 
 
 ■^ )^ 
 
 
 o 
 
 rn 
 
 
 T'l 71 r-* , 
 
 . 1 ^1 
 
 C -r '"% ' 
 
 
 
29 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . -r 
 
 71 
 
 r:?i?^:2;e;t2'--i-:^f^ 
 
 3-. I 
 
 tc 
 
 W 
 
 m 
 
 1^ 
 
30 
 
 S(:iIKI>(TI,K 0. 
 
 Hlckii'I's ok Catitk anfi S(ii:r.i' 
 I'ort (>\l Montreal. 
 
 »- — 
 
 Mips I II. 
 
 <ilC.\M> TlUNIv K\IL>VAV. 
 
 IHSS. 
 
 .F.iniiitiy . . . 
 Ki'liMiary . 
 .Miucli . . . . 
 April .... 
 
 iMny 
 
 .Iiinc 
 
 .Inly 
 
 Aii},'iist . . . 
 Si>|it(iiilic'.r 
 Ortnlicr . . . 
 Noviiiili(!r 
 Dofi'mlicr. 
 
 Cattle. ! SIm'ci 
 
 !i5.'i5 
 
 IMO 
 
 25^7 
 
 174 
 
 l'.U8 
 
 218 
 
 1950 , 
 
 407 
 
 0117 i 
 
 141 
 
 78G9 ; 
 
 is.s-; 
 
 12201 
 
 114t!2 
 
 VU'.'t) 1 
 
 '.•:!rH 
 
 11571 
 
 57;}:5 
 
 12451 j 
 
 ('i5i1t) 
 
 (i252 1 
 
 3524 
 
 2t)41 
 
 1 
 
 1751 
 
 85597 
 
 4lH.'.ii 
 
 Ml)'. 111. 
 
 C.ittli'. 
 
 21(10 
 2071 
 v:.'.57 
 23(;!' 
 1(H)!I2 
 7 1 08 
 S27<i 
 !I875 
 7072 
 7870 
 5837 
 2418 
 
 I (51) 1 53 
 
 Slici'ii, 
 
 1184 
 4C.4 
 40(i 
 54M 
 1H7 
 
 13^7 
 
 7ti02 
 t)80!» 
 (i2M 
 532i> 
 3774 
 
 40G73 
 
 Fruiii Ollici'il Sources. 
 
 SCHEDULE 1). 
 
 4 
 
 EXFOUTS OF CVI'TLK AND SlIKI'l', 
 
 from Port of Montreal. 
 
 OUANI> TKl NK KY. 
 
 1889. 
 
 Mo N'T 11. 
 
 May 
 
 .IlUlO 
 
 .ruly 
 
 August . . 
 St'jitfiuibor 
 October . . . 
 Kovotiiber. 
 
 Cattle. 
 
 081G 
 7193 
 9949 
 11190 
 10776 
 8838 
 5538 
 
 j 60300 
 From Ollicial Sources. 
 
 SI 
 
 U'l'J). 
 
 72 
 1021) 
 10009 
 9484 
 6089 
 67<38 
 3059 
 
 .3H515 
 
 CANA1>'M PACIFIC KY. 
 
 Iii8». 
 
 MiiNni. 
 
 Ca( tic. 
 
 .Sliccp. 
 
 
 4540 
 2771 
 2804 
 2824 
 48.53 
 53.'?t> 
 2822 
 
 vn 
 
 Ot)7 
 r)502 
 4804 
 2902 
 4054 
 2202 
 
 
 2()000 
 
 21622 
 
31 
 
 OriAUA, May ;;, iMto. 
 
 N. Sli; .I'tllN S, !) TlloMl'M'N', 
 
 M'l II inh'f I / Jii.sti<:»\ 
 
 lflt"ivn : 
 
 \ ': ar JSir, — 
 
 Flck'niiii; to 'h • matfoi-) in (Uir interview w itii voi; toiii.'liini,' llif ]n"n(in-«<'(l 
 
 ; ii,-,iily iii ai'l ol tlio tionstiucLuiM of ii lino ot iJailway l"'t\\(tMi Kilmmsloii 
 
 .1 11 j.oiiit on {}<.v J liter-* 'i);oiii il iiL or- imnr Moncloti i i.ii<liLi(iU!il u|)()ii tli'> 
 
 . • I ciii^ op'TiUi'ii »irf p.'irf. of I he UvhihI Trunk Slioi t, liiiw' into ll ilit'n\, N. 
 
 ^ no lio^ to submit iliti t'ul!o>.vlui; i'lt'.,! inatioii — liuvM.-illy olitaiii"il tV'iin (!i.' 
 
 < '■ ;i\ !ii!ali!t; siiUri't'S 0|H'1i to ^>x : 
 
 1 si . .\-( to tlif pror/lculji/.i/i/ of tli'-' roiit.c in (luoslioii. 
 
 In (.1) Din/'iiicf. We Hi'i' iiit'onarti diat ti,i> Company lias iilf;il wiili tin' 
 > partiii' tit oMluilwa}.-. a tiiitio of (Ii .ttmocs takt a from tin' ollii-iiil rctnrns 
 Hi , froiii uccual iiieus>nr()iiioiiL ami duly icrtiliod liy tlio (.'oinpan;. 's Jvii^iiifor, 
 ' s\ ini', th(.* Haino l,o b'^ 710 iijiic^a from Muntnal to Halifax. 
 
 It! Haiil stateiiH-nt also alloni.s a. foiupavativo statement of distances as 
 I '■i\\<'t'n the Intcri' >!oni:il li. Ii, tlin projiost.-d S/mrf lii"- and the t.'aiiadinn 
 Ki< liie Railway. The 1. C. II. bcii.y S'.O iiiilo.4 ; the C. P. R., 7 t'J miles, and 
 ',1 |iropo.scd liiK 7 JO. 
 
 ( Ii) Grades And Cnrvnturf.-i. The ma.\iiiiiim crnule allowed bv the the 
 .' .iiiimcnt if a oiifiifty grade or 80 feet to the imlo. Dei TcMuiscouta line 
 !• ;>.' ma.Kimuiii y;iadi; of .seventy-nine feet whioh it is propot^ed to be icduced 
 . ly siN lect as a na.ximuni an.l luider that in many place.s. The lari,'e.st 
 <■: \e at pn-Hciit is 70 doyrecs wliiih will b^• materially reduced. The 
 iVisident of the Company assured tho dele^'atiou that his Company had 
 .?i.)0,000 to its eroiiil in the hands of tlie trustees of its bo'ids in ]iOn<lon, to 
 'I ii.=.eil at once t^; pui t.bis hi.e in (li-it el.iss conditiin, 8e.e!i a.s it is di'-irable 
 Mifough line should be. 
 
 The Ref)ort of the lilagiuetTs of f he ^taritilne and St Lawrence Railway 
 
 I 'i: puny as to the rest r»f the roii'-i' to .Monct'.ui i.^ that a very satisfactory 
 i;.* had been lucated ai .1 that si road can be coii.-»tructod there rqnal to the 
 
 II 1 reoloniitl. We are informed tli it this survey so far hsis co.st ^15.000.00 one 
 ':i!t uf which lias i)een paid by the (Jratid Trunk Railway Company. Also 
 i*: ;t the proposed agreement between the. Temisroiua Railway (.om[iany, the 
 Mirifime & St. Lawrence Railway Company and the Crand Trunk Railway 
 
 pany, by which the latter Coiii]);uiy proposes to use the Siiiu road into 
 
 i'W as part of a shore line from Montieal, contemplates that the road of 
 
 Ui" ilr.st company and the one to la; Imilt by the second company shall bo 
 
 liiML class ; that to th:it end the <ii-and Trunk will guarantee the Bonds ott.he 
 
 '"('i>!id imnied Company up to !<8, 000,000 00 and will see to the liXpenditure 
 
 i' Oijxt sum to the best possible ailvantu-ge, 
 
 ft is stated that in order to secure a r-'nlly first class road so that the 
 ni'-e may be satisfactory to al! concerned that |)10,(J00 per nnle of a cash 
 I' idy is neiu'ssary, or to $2,000,000 in the aggregate, 
 
 ' ot 
 
 t 
 i! 
 
;)2 
 
 i 
 
 If Jill the ;ii)'ivo conditions can \)n fullillcil, luid \vc suimiit Llini they m 
 all matters upon wliioli tlio ,i,'()veninient can lie satisticil IkiOi-c the appropii , 
 tion of th'; subsidy, f/if ilcliytdi's are inia)iuii()us in. lh>' opiii'uni tJnU f/iis fin. 
 ftliovld l)t'. s>i/)stf/i.<''(/ n-< s'i(jtji f)ti'(l. We aio also iinaiiinioiisly of the opiniot 
 that the Cotnpany lias made a .sut'ieient case to warrant the gowinnient ii 
 taking power to expend the said sum ot S6;'>,000 per year for 2') years rcniiii, 
 ing unexpended of the app^ropi'iatiou of ISS.") upon tiie line in (pifstion, in casr 
 tlie conditions proposed are satisfactory and guaranteed by the ("I land Trui.'v 
 Railway. 
 
 We find that the opponents of the proposed Kdmunston-Moiieton lin.s 
 urge three arguments why this line slioiild not be subsidized, none; of whirh 
 take into aceov;ut the tremendous advantage to JIalifax in Iiaving the (JraMJ 
 Trunk Railway establish its terminus tluue. The arguments are : — 
 
 1st. That it will only save an hour of time on the jonrmy lietwe<Mi 
 Montreal and Halifax. The (J. P. R, time table indeed would seem to Ijear 
 out that contention, but experience has d(Mnonstrated that it is fallacious. 
 The arrivals, ite., from otlicial records, are shown on Exhibit "A" hereto 
 annexed. The trains are on an average two iiours l)ehind time. The n(\v 
 short line utilizing 311 miles of the Intercolonial, and the old, and well huiit 
 road from Chaudiere to Montreal of the (J rand Trunk, with tlic exception of 
 some 12;") n)iles on tiie Temisconta line. alTbrds the best roa'J in (.'anada. 
 
 The time on the I. C. R. has been reduced some six hours since (»pi'nii..r 
 of the C. P. R. into Halifax, and it is by all admitted that this can be stiii 
 further reduced. AVe can then fairly expect much iietter tini" than o\i'i' 
 practically the same road n^luced to a shorter distance. It is contended tlicii 
 that the difference between 710 miles and 7'>C) miles iv length, of the oresent 
 (J. P. R. Short Line does not rejiresent the actual saving of time, tlui^.gh it 
 may in mileage. 
 
 We do not say anything as to tht^ prrdiable reduction of tinm m bot'n 
 roads over the present arising out of the healthy competition that may ensue. 
 
 2nd, It is also argued that there will result a ilniinaire of trallic fmn. 
 the I. C. R. 
 
 The new Short Line will utilize oxl miles of the 1. C. R. as agiinsL !.'<■'' 
 of the I. C. R. used by the C. P. R. 
 
 The (Jrand Trunk Railway has now in that area of C'.mada from which 
 freight will naturally gravitate towards Halifax over its short line DOU estali 
 lished stations and a total of 'JOOO solicitoi's of fi'cight who now give directioi, 
 to that Company's trallic to Portland and other Atnerican port.s. AU^ the^c 
 would bo utilized in sending freight to Halifax, whereas if this line is not 
 built and the Grand Trunk is shut out of Halifax, all its great en<»rgies will 
 be directed to giving greater facilities of freight tiallic to P,)rtland, and tli" 
 I. C. R. will lose a portion of that which it now Ii'is. 
 
 At present the schedule "R " sliows that the average el fi^iglit land( I 
 at Halifax during the past season is 230 tons per steamer, o" t'oerwi bouts. 
 
 These same steamers afterwards passed on to Portland anu there lamlcil 
 from 2000 to IK^OO tons for shipnient to Montreal and other points west„ 
 
 Theso iigurcs can, we believe, be verified. So that stating the matti r 
 shortly, we think it fairly can bo contended tliat the 311 miles of the I. <' 
 R. will produce a greater revenue than the Go? now utilised. 
 
 We say nothing of the advantageous position the Government will Imlil, 
 owning and op<erating the two portions of the I. C. R., with tsvo hiindiil 
 miles of the proposed line sandwiched l)etween, uj)on which the Grand Trunk 
 has guaranteed $;{,000,000 of Roods or as to the consequent power of ik 
 (Jovcrnmti.t to lix the proportion of the freight falling to its share. 
 
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 The argument a.s to (Iraiua^f of tralHc from tlie 1. C. K., wf suljinit, has 
 ",io [loiiit any way from tlip fact tliat it at prt;sseiic has a competitor in the 
 '". P. R. Short Line nearly 10'> miles shorter, witli an a-imo.it unlimited 
 r-iipacitv to carry all freight (itVorino-. 
 
 The last arf,'umeiit olferetl in opposition to the siilisidizin;^' of this line 
 lo :- — 
 
 ■Irfl That the present facilities for traliic are ample for all tlmt exists, 
 ami to suhsiflize another road is to ruin the Company already operating. 
 
 This argument against having two roads of imjuuI leiigrh operating 
 1 'tween two common points mf-ans only that tlie ('. V. R. wishes to have thf3 
 F.rrhtsin' J!i;//tf U> llol) the 1. ('. K. of its traffic. The C. P. R. has secured 
 ."-is7,000 of th(! .*2-")0,0(KI voted and completed its line U) its satisfaction. 
 Thar CompMny i-cfused to accept the halaacf and fiiltil its iihumI (ilillgation to 
 lialifa.x, anrl now it is gravely urged that this lialance should not be irivcn to 
 another T'ompany for fear th^it ii would raise up a formidalilf rival In the ( '. 
 ]'. Ii. in its ti'atli.- to Jfnlifav. 
 
 Jt is also suliiuitted that there are reason -, why the (Jriind Trunk Rail 
 \\.\y could operate a Short Line inli' Halifax in conjuctioii with tfic J. (..'. R. 
 pntita))iy wlu'n the ' ', 1\ It. rrnild not do so. I'his view is sujiportcd from 
 r,iusiderati(jn of the matters i)reviously stated,, viz., the laru't and intluential 
 connection of the tirand Trunk [{ailway throughout ( hitari •. an 1 those 
 i-fgions of ( 'anada with which Nov a Seotia and llalil'ax have iulimate ti'ade 
 rel.icioiis. while the C. P. R. does not enjoy ( ho.se extensive connections, and 
 has to rely upi.n it through trade from points west of Lake Superior. 
 
 Finally : All these arguments are from th.' stjindpoiut of the interest 
 ■r existing corjiorations. They wo'e ,dl considered in T^^t when Parlia- 
 ii.'Mit decided that >!'J-')0,0')li fur 20 years .■>■/< o^/ A/ be voted to give Halifax a 
 Short Line connection with Montreal. Any argument tliat a balance of 
 >''i."),()OU of tliat sum for tlie same pei-iod should not bi' a|)propriated towards 
 •j:iviiig Ifalifix a .s''''e//'/ short and cmipeLing line should, we submit, not be 
 tiiated as serious, esptnually as coming from parties interested in a Company 
 V iiich has repeatedly refu.sed this sum to aid in shortening ils ju-eseni, line. 
 .1 ('(ni))i'n))/ ithlcli hti!i rt'/'iiviyf. ■'S IS !^. (.<//■ I iif thi'. xn lis id if fi/ioi'ld )ii>( fi'iir ''oin- 
 P'iilid)! Ji't)i)i niip only ric'irhi'j i<ii/'',()(i<K 
 
 We again urge the importance of secuiiui; the entrance of a second and 
 ' .uipeting line into Halifax by appropriation of the balance of the sum 
 liready voted, upon the ground that the result will be of incalculable value 
 not only to Nova Scotia and Halifax, but to all th(> manufacturing centres of 
 t'l • West, whose products find a ready market in the East. r 
 
 • It has, wi; think, lieen very succi^ssfullv demoii-.l rated that tlie L C. R- 
 iKis b(M"n of great advantage to the western farmers and manufacturers in 
 enabling them to plac-e their products in the Hastern market cheaply and 
 ' Npeditiously. 
 
 To have two lines competing for this very trathc surely will result in 
 ' iwering tariffs, and to that extent will enable the Western seller to compete 
 :a Hastern markets more successfully. 
 
 Then, as to the maritime traffic Westwaid, — the products of tlie East are 
 chietly of the niliio and the sea, and for access to the Western markets have 
 '" compete witli the natural products from a foreign c(Hintry. A saving of 
 It'"^ miles of transport is of more advantage to the shippers of coal from Xova 
 Siutia in enabling them to reach the remoter Western Markets than a duty 
 <'ii that product. 
 
 
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 34 
 
 Th(! saviiij,' of 10^ miles of distiuice in the constrmtiou of the short liii.; 
 herein urged will eiiulilo Nova Scotia owners to cany the same to Kingston, 
 in competition witli foreign coal. 
 
 The advantage to Halifax of having a short all CV.nadian line operated 
 through to Montreal is obvious, from the fact that if hostile legislation in tin; 
 United States takes away the bonding privilege to Canadian Railways passing 
 through American territory, the present short line \\\\\ W. useless for all th^- 
 purposes of making Halifax a terndnal port of Canada. 
 
 All of which i.s respectfully sul)nutte(l on behalf of Delegation fron' 
 Halifax. */• 
 
 1 have the honor, 
 
 to be sir, 
 Your most obedient servant, 
 
 ' B. F. Teakson, 
 
 0)1 lii'lidlf 'if (If Dilegaiioii fiiih) Unlifnx. 
 
 NoTK.- For Tables and Schedules refi-rred to in this letter. See p. p 
 •J4 to 30 -and Addenda B-1. 
 
 i 
 
35 
 
 T'l TMK PUESIDKNl AND MkMHKRS 
 
 BoAHD OF Thadi;, FIalifax. 
 
 i.ich'li men : 
 
 In tlie year 18b4 it was tlio Miinouncocl intention of the CJovernnicnt in 
 
 ici'Ofrnition of the «.'Iaini of the Maritime Provinctis, to provi'le for tlie con- 
 ^; ruction of a liuo of raih<:iy. wliicli slionUl give t!ie most direct connection 
 wiUi tlie ^I'eal railway systems of Canada. On tlie 10th of April of that 
 \'.'ir. Sir (.'liarlfs Tiipper, Minister of Kailwnys, iiuro(hu'ed in the Dominion 
 i'arlianient resolutions authorizing the Governor-in-(.'ouneil ,to 5;ranl subsi- 
 dies for railway i)urposes, including the following : 
 
 *' l'\)r llio construction of a line of railway eotniecting ^loiitreai with 
 •" the hivrlioiiis of St. John and Halifax by the shortest and best [traeiicable 
 •■ lontc, after the rejjort of ctjinpetent, engineers, a subsidy ui.t exceeding 
 •• .'^170,000 per aimum ti)r l."i years, or a guarantee of a like sum for a like 
 •• jieriod as interest on tlie bonds of the company undertaking the work." 
 
 In till' course of his spoiM'h sui)porting these resolutions. Sir Charles 
 T'lfipii relei'ied to ilie lai'gc expenditures for lailways made in liritish 
 ('>!!iii)bia. ill the .North West , already inad.e an^l contemplated in iManitol)a. 
 'I. an expendiiure of some .''■•2'J,7Ci(.{lOn, in cotinectioii with the (y'aiiadian 
 l';te!tic Railway in Ontario, and to provision made for lailways in Queltec^ 
 ile then went on to refer to the fact that a strong and giiieial sentiment had 
 jiowii u|> not only in the Maritime Piovinces, !>mI also in Hiitisli Columbia, 
 ;;i tiie North West Territories, aiitl in tiie Trovinces of Oiitaiio and Quebec 
 that the great inter-oeeanic line of the Canadian Pacific R.ailway wouhl be 
 .complete if we wore obliged to have our Atlantic tiMiniiiiis in a foreign 
 • ountiT. lie staled that it wa.s admitted to lie im[)ossible to aceomplish this 
 via the existing line of the Jntercolonial, and that it was tlit; olyect of the 
 <Tuvernnient in asking I'or the rcjiiired aid to provide for the transport of 
 ihe trallic of both the Canadian I'acilieand tlie (irand 'J'rniik Hallways down 
 to our own coasts and our own ports in the Maritimi- Provinces. 
 
 The purpose of the Covernment to reach the ports of St. .lohu and 
 Malilax by the shortest and best practieat)Ie route was thus clearly declared. 
 \ number of surveys wese nndertaki'ii to ascertain which route l)est fultilkHl 
 tiiese conditions. Of tlu; various routes snr\eyetl. that known as the *' Com- 
 bination IJne," reported upon by Mr. A. L. Light, C K., was almost 
 Nuaaimously advocated by Halifax, and urgently insisted upon as that lu'st 
 iiieetiug the Government's avowed conditions, it soon became known that 
 the Canadian Pacific Railway iirefened another route, known as tlic! '• Inter- 
 national,' and it was ,sub.so(|uently stated that they would not undertake to 
 o])erate an}' other. A large section of the people here claimed that a railway 
 by this route would be "msitively detrimental to ns. It was assertdl that it 
 was far from l)eiiig eitlic the sliorte.«t or i)est route, and that it would bo the 
 means of diverting the trade of Caimda to the ports of the United States 
 rather than to our own ports, but the identifi(!ation of tlie Canadian Pacific 
 Hallway with any siiort line undertaken was nniversalh- admitted to be 
 ■ iidispensable, and the adoption of the " Jnternatioiml "' route was at length 
 le'luetantly concurred in. The (irand Trunk Railway at this time showed 
 no dihi)osition to come to Halifax, and we were therefore almost completely 
 ill the hands of the Canadian Pacific. It was also known that the tJovern- 
 
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;'.(•) 
 
 inant stiongly lavored the *• Iiitenuilioufil ' roult\ This loiiti'. known in 
 the surveys .is Xiiniiier Six. was to conu> from M.)aHval \u HalitUx vi i 
 Sliei'l)rooivO, iMoosehcail Lake. Mattawanikeau', Harvey, Fredericlon aiiii 
 Salisl)«ry. 
 
 In accepting tills rotite, the one consideration wliie.li prevented on; 
 
 llie fact thiit if. was to reaeli Halifax via Fredericl 
 
 oil 
 
 prononnced hostility was 
 and Salisbury. The [leople ot Halifax wore determined that tliis point ;i; 
 least .'should be placed beyond doubt. Our representatives in I'iirliainent at 
 that time addressed letters on the sul)Jecl to .Mr. (now Sir (Itjoroe) ,St"plieti. 
 l^resident of t!ie *-". P. Railway. .\ reply Ironi ]\Ir. Stephen, dated L'Stli ul 
 February, 188.'), while ret'usini;' delinitely to commit his colleagues, gave them 
 to nnderst.aiid that a company, of whi(!h he w.is u leading member, tlic 
 
 Atlantic and iV<;rtli We-tern Knilwav Co.. would be re.adv to I'liter 
 
 :ul( 
 
 arrangements witii the (ioveriiiiniit to construct the line, provided a suital»le 
 subsidy was given, and that the Canadian raeilic Railway would lease ami 
 wi)erHte it. Oti the I'itli ofMuii'' ol'the saim; year, ^Mr. Sieplieii agiin wrote 
 'o ."Nlessrs. Daly and 8tair.<» in rejily to a letter from them, askinij: if the route 
 oropo.sed via Sliorbiooke, .Moosehead Lake. Alattawamlceag Harvex. I'^ieil- 
 
 ericton and ."^aiisltury were siieii as met with Ids approval, and was the ( 
 that liis company would Iti' thi' most favoi.able to alo[»t. His rcph- v 
 
 .)ii»' 
 IS ri'pi\- w:i- 
 
 headed, "• 'Hie Canadian l'aeiil<' Railwav Co. — Ollieeof tlie I'resideni , 
 
 ai;il 
 
 '!gned 
 
 'Coi'iie 
 
 Step 
 
 lieu. 
 
 're-ideiit. 
 
 and read as lollows 
 
 Re|)lyiiig to your letter of the l''>th of June, on tiie ^ubjeet o\' tl 
 
 pro|)osed siiort hue lutwei'ii 
 
 .Montreal and tli 
 
 Mid New Hiiins 
 
 aports of Nova Seoti.a 
 
 WH' 
 
 have to ^av ih.attlie route indicated thei-ein is. in tiu 
 
 '■ liglit of our |)reseiit knowlt>dge, llie best tliat lias lieeii i)roi)osei1, and thi^ 
 '■ route is preferred by the Caiunlian I'acilic Company to any other that lia- 
 " l»een suggested. I will say further that it is tlie desire (.»f the Camidiau 
 " Pacific Piailwiiy Company to take u\^ tliis schejne as a natural and nece-is.iry 
 " sui)plemeiit to the Canadian Paeilie Railv,a\ as it now exists. Tlie Cmu- 
 " pany will be ready witliout loss of time ti) enter into lu^gotiatious with tiie 
 "• Ciovernment for carrying out this project as soon as the necessary leuisl.a 
 " tioii is obtaiiKMl." 
 
 We can hardlv wonder if the u;eiillenieu wlio were ut tlic time t'liiirged 
 with guarding tlie interests of llililax. considered that sueli assuranees 
 almost removed further ('aiise (or .anxiety as to the line being uiidertakeu 
 and constructed in its < ntiretv. 
 
 nuring the .session of lS'>>ri. resolutions authorizing ('urtlier snbsid 
 
 le 
 
 towards the construction of I'eitain railways wc'rt> passed, including provision 
 of 8"2."'0.<)(H) for ll') years, inclusive ol' tlie previous ap|)ropriation. for a iiiie 
 
 of railwav IVom tlie south bank of the St. Lawreiua' Rivi 
 
 r. opposite or near 
 
 Montreal to the harbours of St. Andrew's, .St. John and H.alifax. via Shei. 
 brooke. Mooseh id Lake, Mattawamkeag. ILirvey, Frederieton and Salis- 
 bury. In the ..yiirse of the discussion ou this re.soluti(;n. Sir Hector Langevin 
 s|)oke as follows : 
 
 >' Well, I am sure tlie Hon. gentlemen will be plciiseil to hear the declar- 
 " atiou which the Government makes through uie, that in the arrangement 
 ■' to be made with the Company to liuild tlu\ railw.ays and to take advan 
 " lage ot this vote of money, of *2r>ii.0()0. dining lii» years, the ( ;o\eriimeiri 
 " will take care to secure the (fomplotion of tlie niilway not only to Matta- 
 " warakeag, but also to Salislmry, and if that is not secured there will be 
 " no subsidy given. We must act in good faith, that faith of itarlianient is 
 " pledged, and we must take care that that money is emiiloyed as Pailiameut 
 '' wishes." 
 
Mr. Kiik ol' ( iiiyshoru" w.is not sii'^-^liil with ev-'ii this t.'iiip!i:Uii' jukI 
 nii.liiiii- (l('t'l;ir;itii)ii ;iiul ui()\(m1 an auii'iidinrut pruvidiuii' th:U tho \vorl< on 
 '.'.h- Si'ctions of tlu' li'.io 1>ot\voi.'ii Ilarvoy. I-'rcleiictoii and SalisUiu'V ."iioidd 
 ho liu^iin ;uirl [)i-o>oeiited siniMltanooiisly with the work on tho portion of the 
 I'lK- west of Hio bonndai'v liorwiMii Xow l)i iniswick and Maim-. '1 liis ainend- 
 iiicnt was met iiy tlie followiiit.'' fnrthor stalL'tnt nt fi'<)ni Si;- Hector Lanao- 
 
 '• [ di» not think that tliis is an anuMKhncnt wliicii sjiouhl bo niadn. a> if 
 •■ ir wori! cai'iicd, insli-ad of li(>Ipin<: tlic (Mil('r|iri>o i' wonhl tlirow oljstadcs 
 
 • in its way. Dtiun- lion. <i(MitIonti('n may oomc! foru-ard and ask that work 
 
 • >n. other portions of tho hno sliall be prosocntod siinuUanootisIy. Tliat is 
 •• not (!one anywhore ; wo see no sneh provision in any charter ; no road is 
 •• midortakon in that way. After the e\-|)ianati(v.is I j;ave Just now, that tho 
 •■ contract whieh tlio Governinont will hav(^ to make will be mado in sneh a 
 
 ■ way as to secnre the eonipietioii of the line, takin^r eare that the heaviest 
 ■• portion of tlu' line may not bo left to be built and paid with an amount 
 
 • only e(|nal to tho easiest portions of tho line, hut that the different [)Oitions 
 
 • uiav lie paid aeeordinp; to the characte" '' tho work to be pertV)rined — 
 
 • under tiiese circnmslances I hope that the lK)n. i^entlenian will not persist 
 •• in Ins motion. If he does, of eonrso. I must ask tho lion, gentlemen sup- 
 •■ [)ortini!; this hill to viMe atrainst the amendment,"' 
 
 In the face of such explicit statements (hat the (ilovernmcnt reco>inized 
 t':,o danjier to bo avoided and would elfeotnally u:nard afj;ainst it, it is not 
 '^urpi'isino- that xn-en the members from Halifax- did not see their way to 
 iic'ther hamper the rrovernnient in its neirotiations b}- .sniiportinfi; Mr. Kirk's 
 auiendment, which failed to pa.s.s the house. 
 
 On the 1 1th of I)eeem!)er. 18H.'). the (rovernment of Canada entered 
 into an agreement with the '' International HaiUvay Co."' for tho constniction 
 "fa line of railway in accordani'O with the legislation of the same yi'ar and 
 stipulated in the contract that the whole of said works should l)e completed 
 on or before the first day of July, ISSH. time being declared to he material 
 uml of the essence of the aiireement. During ISSfi the International (,'om- 
 pniy transferred its contract to the Atlantic and North Western Railway 
 Co'iipany. It will he remcmbored that the latter is the company to which 
 Mr. (leoriie Stephen :dhnled in his correspondence above referred to with 
 Messrs. Dalv auil Stairs anrl of whi(!h he was a member. Iiy agreement 
 with the novernment dated l-'th of .January. 1S87, the contract originally 
 liiade with the International Company was assumed by the Atlantic and 
 North Western Company The last named company, with the assistance of 
 !!ie Canadian I'aciiie, Railway, completed the first two sections of the con- 
 tract, but entirely broke faitii with regarfl to the third s^^ction from Harvey 
 •,o Salisbury. A Halifax delegation, consisting of the Mayor, the Recorder 
 i.nii .Mderman Harrington, together with delegations from Fredericton and 
 ■^1 mcton. went to Ottawa to interview the Goveiliment when it was feared 
 iii.attlie Harvey-Salisbury section wonhl not be completed as soon as pro- 
 vided for by contract. On their return they reported that Sir John A. 
 Mncdonald, on Itehalf of the Government, hacl addressed tliein in substance 
 li*' follows : — 
 
 " l^-evions to the arrival of the deleg.ates at Ottawa I mav say that the 
 • "Government had the matter before them, and were fully alive to its im- 
 
 • p<»rtance to the people of the Maritime Provinces and the feeling that 
 '■ exists there and their earnest desire to see the road built and completed 
 ' 'n the lime mentioned in the contract. Cnforscen difflcnlties often arise 
 
38 
 
 •• ill iiiMiiy such cnti'rpriHi'-^ ns llii^. Init. wo Imvc no doiiht lliat tlx' Mtiritiirn' 
 " ProviiR'cs will Ik i)uiti' salisfiod if llw roud is coinphMcil in ;» rcasoiKih!-' 
 •• titiio I iiKiy ruriln'r suy tli:it tlic matttM' is still before (ioNct niin'iit. ;ii^l 
 '" tlio \\\i[ (){ youi' (lt'l('^!itii)i\ iVom llu: .Maritiiiu' Proviiic-cs comiii'j' 1 ) <)ll iwa 
 •• to wait upon tlio (iovmimont will iiidiUH' us to put Corlli cvci'v < ll'oM to 
 '• udoiit the host lucans to moot your viows. jind I liavo no doiiht ;.nd h('li(Mi' 
 •• tlicrc will h(> fuiiiid a t'avoralilo silution of tlio inatlor in ad'o'd-iiKtr witli 
 "■ your wishes." 
 
 Wlion tlio Atl.uitifi aM<l North Wcstorn (Vjiiipauy, f>ii hciiiijj called uii tr. 
 proceed with the construe! ion oftlie third section from Ilarvey to Sali-<l(>'"y. 
 refused to do so on the plea that they w<M'e unal'le to laise the ncce^sai-y 
 capital. Jiiid the Canadian Pacitie would not un(U>rtake t!\e work, it became 
 apparent that the Oovei'mnent, notwillislunilinii: the rt'pealed warnings tncy 
 had ri'Ceived. had alloweil themselves to li(>caii<iht in a trap The outeomi- i>| 
 all ihcir assurances was found to he an :iii,reenient wliicli Id'L theui withoul 
 recourse when the cnnii)aiiy bi'oke faith. Durin<>' the session of iss'.i tiie 
 (ioveruiuent did the only thiiia' which, (;onaistcnt with the oitli^'ations of 
 Parlianieni and their own honor was open to them, inliodneed resolutions to 
 make pi'ovision for the construction of the IIar\('y->alishnry link a> a tlov- 
 ernment work. The-^e resolutions were carriid in the Housi- ot ('omuions. 
 but were dofealed in i!;e Senate. IIavin<;' ri'pard to the laru'e eontriiiutii>ns 
 hnied uriuii the Maritime l^Mvinci's, espi'ci.ally in conni'ction with tliis Tana- 
 (han I'acific U;uhvay. and in view of tiie declared policy of the Government 
 to connect the laiije Trunk lines with the harbors of St. .lohii and Halifax by 
 the shortlist and best practicahh' route, the time had <jone by for makiniz 
 nice calculations as to the expenditure required to coinple \\\v national cliar- 
 acler of the I'ailway systi-m. 'I'he Senate had coni'urred in the previous 
 lojiislation introdneiid i»y t'le (lovei'nment to fultil its [)ledaes to the Mari- 
 time Provinces, and thi'ir I'efusal of the authority rofpilred imdtr the alten-d 
 condition of ali'airs. in \ ifw ot' all the circnmstatices, can mib/ hi' charin- 
 loriT.ed ((s (in, ncl of f pitiHiitinn 'ind n hroadi of aiinr-provincidl i/ooJ fdllh. 
 It is the more .surprisinsi; as it i.s said to be tlie onlv uistancie in which tin' 
 Senate has rejcM'tcd a measure introduceil by the (iovernment of Sir .lohn A. 
 Macdonald in voting the expenditure cd' money. The House of Commons 
 in the meantime is in the huniiliatmii situation of beluLr restrained from usiuii 
 the public funds necessary to discharfjje its d''liiierat,ely assumed ol>liirations 
 to an important section of the ((nuiiry. and the i^overnment occupies a 
 position slid less defensible. 
 
 The distanci' from Montreal to St John by the Craud Trunk and Inter- 
 colonial is 7'l*> miles. Iiy the Canadian raciflc. it is 481 miles, savin^,^ "-'(li 
 miles; Montreal to Halifax by (i.T. R. and I. C W. is .S.'K) miles; by the 
 C. W \i. via St John. X. l'., is 75.S miles, saving 82 miles. It will thus be 
 seen that the loss of the t'urther oO miles we ex[)ected t.o save via Freiler- 
 ictron. toufether with other advantaires f)f this ront(\ should not be ipiielly 
 sul)mittcd to unless :somc other connection eipially advantageous is sul>sti- 
 tuted. It is a (juestion whether, as is asserted by many, we are not actually 
 in a worse relative posjiif)!! tlian l)efor»> the constiiietion of the f'. I'. K. Short 
 I^ine. Certainl\ not one dollar of the amount exp^ndei] can be rejianh-d as 
 .spent in onr behalf. Any advantatiC obtained lier(! from the oompleled 
 Sections has been in the direction of improved iiassen<:'er service, and nol (>!' 
 increased freie'ht facilities, '"omparatively little throniih freiirht is cariied 
 over the C. ]'. H. to or from Halifax via St. John. Cnder the most favie- 
 al)le circumstances the route wonUI fail to ail'ord the connection required 
 with Montreal ami the West. Ihit the iidiercnt dr.awliacks of the route 
 
 
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39 
 
 lave bi.'on :i;2';r;iv;it,o(l hy the fHiluri; of tlie GoverntiK'ut conlroUiiu!; tlio 
 iiito,rcolf>iiial Uailway and llie uutliorilics oflhe C:iu!ulian J'iicific liuilwiiy to 
 >Dtor into such ruiituul arrangements as arc necessary for tho f1evoloi)nu!nt 
 iflhe Irjinic. (Since this was written, we understand tliat in Sei/teinlior, 
 1 S'JU. the tarifV previously in t'orco to Montreal and place:^ West, via Levis, 
 was made applicable l)y the C. P. R. via St. John, N. li.) 
 
 A review of the negotiations conducted by the Governniont for tlie 
 cotistruetion of tho Short Line compels the conclusion that oiu' interests 
 have been sacrificed. In direct opposition to tho positive statements ot Sir 
 Hector J/mLTOvin, that the [)roposeil line would bo dealt with as a whole, and 
 if its comi^lotion, to Salisl)ury was not secured, that no subsidy would be 
 i;iven, tiu' line was actually divided into tliree sections, and the total amount 
 of tho subsidy allotted between them, so that if an}' one section was com- 
 pleted t\u'. aliotiaeut. of subsidy for that section was due in full, instead of a 
 percentage lieiug retained in the hands of the (Government until the ('om[)k'- 
 tion of tiic whole line. Tiie Government thus left itself without any substan- 
 lial means of giving eflect to tlie distinct pledges whicii had beeaauthoritivoly 
 ^iven, and wiiich were accepted in good faitii. As a further evidence of the 
 icrnarlcahle ol)liquity of vision, whieli cliaracterized tho negotiations on 
 I H'half of tlio Government, we may refer to the fact wln'ch we nnderstir \ 
 :> now generally admitted, that, in the division oH the amount of sub; y 
 lu'tween the tlu-ee sections of the road, ihc sum allotted to the Harvey- 
 .•^ali^blu•y was f;tr short ot its efjuitablo proportion. Any possible defence of 
 -iicli niismaiiagemont of important public interests is precluded by the fact 
 of the warnings gi\en in Parli:iment that the Railway C'ompany was out 
 lilcely to try to ovt-rreach tlie (rovermnent with regard to this very section. 
 < )f ti)o sul)sidy voted by Parliament of . ^2.^0,00'.) for 'Ji) years to connect 
 ^rontreal with St. Andrew's, .St. Jolui ami llaUj'(u\ .^1»7,00U h:is been used 
 to provide the connection promised to .St. Andrew's and St. Joiui, and as far 
 as tiiese ports are concerned, tlie intfiution of I'arliamcnL lias been t'uUy 
 realized. Tlie remaining s;im of 86o,000 for 20 years tliorefore belongs 
 entirely to ILalifax to be employed for tho purpose for which Parliament 
 voted it, in giving to Halifax Mie necessary railway connection. When 
 reference is made hereafter to this sum of ^G.'?,nOO for 20 years, it may be 
 taken to stand for such larger sum as should properly have l>een allotted to 
 liie Ilarvey-SalisbuiT section. At present no arrangement ex'sts for the 
 expenditure of this money. It is impossible to state too strongly the serious 
 iiijtiry to this port resulting from the delay which has ahxvidy occurred from 
 'lie policy pnrsiued. 
 
 In (lemanding the fulfilment of the (!overnment's pledges to the port of 
 Halifax, we are simph' using the language of their own resolutions, and not 
 ■I'eating an\ tlistinction between the intin'ests of Halifax and the rest of Xov;i. 
 ^cotia. The interests of all parts of the Province in this matter are identical. 
 1 ho serious lo.ss sustaineil b}- this port through the delay in the completion of 
 its railwaj' connection has its counterpart in a greater (^r less (legree in every 
 l)ort of the Province, which is in contact with the railway system and the 
 Province should therefore be u unit insisting on its just claims. 
 
 So far we have dealt ehietly with tho ease as it existed up to within a 
 war ago. A new feature was introduced by the Grand Trunk Railway, 
 causing it to be known that it was interested in the construction of a Short 
 Line to Halifax via Edmunston and a point near Moncton. It then became 
 necessary to determine the position in which wo stood ; — the A.tlantic and 
 North Western Oo., and its more powerful ally, tho Canadian Pacific Rail- 
 way, l>y their failure to carr}* out their undertakings, and by the elHux of 
 time, time having lieen specially declared to be material and of the essence 
 
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 «')f llio ;\;jjr('cniont, had lorfoitt'd .'ill cUiiin upon tlic Govoniniciit uiidtM' flieir 
 iinfnlfillod ('oiitr.'ict. 'I'lio o'l'i'jatioiis, howovor, of Tui'liinnciit .'iiidof the 
 
 (iovcniiiioiil to Lliis port and Province 
 i'orcp. Tlio question ns to whetliftr tli 
 Monctoii roiilc vnuld host fiillil t' 
 coi)!io(:tinj4 llalifav witli ^loiitical ' 
 received caroAil coiirtidovatioii licr 
 the n'soliilioiis ado)>tL'd bv the 1 
 as follows : - 
 
 a-^ already sot lortli, nMiiaiiii'(l in Ciil! 
 
 ev-Salisbuiyor Uk; Kdiniinstoii- 
 
 lit.ioiis tirii.rinally laid down oT 
 
 lortist and (ii'st practicable route 
 
 ■ decision arrived at is contained in 
 
 .1 'I'rade on Hie ICtli of A pi 11. 181M), 
 
 The followinc; are soino of the eonsidf-ratioiLs wliicli iiilluenct: llir prefer- 
 ence for the Kdnunif'tonlMoncton route. 
 
 1. DisrAN'ji". --While the present Canadiaii Pacific ,Sii(>rL Line is 7.')8 
 miles, and the line through Harvey and Salisliiu'v would he .about 728 miles, 
 wo are informed that tin; St. Lnwrenee and Maritime Pi'ovinees IJnilway Co., 
 whicii otTers to coui^truet the Edmniiston-Moncton road, has tiled witli the 
 Department of Railways a Table of Distances taken from the Ollieial lleturns, 
 :ind from actual m."HKurenient and, duly certified by the Company's Engineer, 
 .showing this route to be 7lU miles from Montreal to Ilalitax. 
 
 ".-'. CoNNKcnoN wrnr (Iijam) Tui:nk Svsik.m. The Grand Trunk Rail- 
 way has at present in that area of Canada from which fr(Mght will naturally 
 graA'ifate towards Halifax over its Short Line, 9(iiJ estal^lished stations, and 
 a total of liOOO soliciLors of freight who now give direction to that ('on)pany's 
 traffic to Portland :ind other I'nited States ports. All these woidd be 
 irtilized in sending freight to Halifax, whereas if this line is not built, anci 
 the 'rrand Trunk is shut out of Halifax, all its great energies will continue 
 to bo directed towards giving greater tacilities of freight traffic to Portland 
 to the detriment of Hulifax'. 
 
 In the stat:sti(;al year book of Canada for 1889, published by the 
 Department of Agriculture, we find the hallowing, extracted from sec 
 tion 530 : 
 
 "The Canadian P.veific .System has the greatest number of miles in 
 *•' operation, but the trallic on the Grand Trunk Sj-steni is considerably the 
 *' largest, running as it does through the most populous and best settled 
 '• portion of the Dominioii. In proportion to the number of miles in opera- 
 " tion, the freight traffic on the Grand Trunk System having been 2,289 
 >' tons, and that on the (Janadian Pacific '>'M) tons per mile. On the same 
 ■'lines the i)asspngers cftrried per mile were, on the Grand Trunk PJOO, and 
 ' on the C'anadian Pacific, 49 f. 
 
 "The numfjorof miles run hy traiu.s on the same lines in proportion to 
 "each mile in operiition was — on the (Jrand Trunk r),0l2 miles, and on the 
 "Canadian Pacitic 2,137 miles." 
 
 The mileage and total freight carried on Canadian railways during 1889 
 is as follows. (See chart.) 
 
 This shows that the Grand Trunk System carried 39% of the total 
 freight and that the Canadian Pacific carried 15 7. 
 
 It is impossible to add anything to this oversvhelming argument of facts 
 and figures to show the enormous importance to the ^Liritime Provinces of 
 the best possible connection with the Grand Trunk System. 
 
 2. Atlantic Mail Service. — The Government have now for several 
 years been endeavoring to arrange a new contract for mail steamers to make 
 
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 tl.t'i)' tiriiiiims siiiuinoi- iuiil uiutcr in Cfumiiian pM'Is. Tlu'ir aitinii iu tliis 
 .■•X'artl I'vidoiu'cs somo iiu-oiisistotuy iis loiiy hs they h'n.n tin* [)riiu'.i|iiil [inrts 
 
 11 tliL- ^rai'itiiiie Prov im-cs wirlidur the l^^t available (.•oiiiici.'tioii wiili so 
 liilKirr.uit a systt'iii ns the <Jr'.ui(l Trunk, li is apparent that with the ( iraiul 
 Trunk and the < 'aiuulian Paeitic l{ailu;i_v euin|iei iny for iralTh"! at Halit'aA ami 
 St. .lohii, the etforls to secure steamers vo iiiuK rtake sivli a servic-e would l)e 
 un'atly aided, a.id the sulisei|uent develoi.ineiii ot' tin' trallii- after tlir steaintTs 
 
 ire on the loute maleriaily promoted, 
 
 •1. WicsT India Stkami-ks. — Thrrc arf at present two lines from Halifax 
 :i<l one line fr<im St. John lunninL,' to the West Ind'e-s uiidei' sul)sidy from 
 I'.irliana'nt. It was deelaied that ihese servic<'S were intended to foster the 
 ■rade, not only of the .Maritime Pro\ inee'-, hut a'so of the other Provinees (^f 
 •he Dnminion with the AN'est Indies. Jt is impossihle to aecoinplish this jiur- 
 )'Osv in any snilicient deu'ree witliout intimate ■■onneetion with l>oth the Cana- 
 !ian Paeilie lu d the Oiiuid 'J'rnidc Piailways. 
 
 T'. Am, ('ANAiiiW Link. — The advantage of having a ;«hort all (,'anadian 
 line through to Montreal is obvious itxnn thi' fart that if liostile le;^islation in 
 •lie I'nired .States lakof* away the bondine' privilei^e from ('anadian railways 
 passinj^t throu<;h I'nited Srates territory, flie present Short Line will be 
 useless for all pnrposi's of niakint^ Halifax a terminal port for Canada. 
 
 We find that th(^ oppnupnts of the jjroposed Edinunston-Monrton line 
 urge four arifuments why iliis line should not lie snlisidizod : — 
 
 1. That a :-»nt!ii'iently good road cannot be' eoiistJ^licted to meet tlie 
 jeouirements (jf a yood line. 
 
 (a) (iuAiii-.s AMP ('[.uVATUiiKS. — '111'' mixiinuMi grade, allowed by the 
 
 i^Mveniment is ont- rif Si.) feet to the mile. The Teinisc(juata line has a 
 
 naxin.um grade (if 7l.> feet, whieh it: is proposed to reduce to 60 feet, as a 
 
 iiiaxinmm, and under that in many phn^es. Tne largest curve at present is 
 
 - id to l)e seven flegri-e.s, which is to be materially redut'ed. The President 
 
 t the L'on\pany assurerl thi> delegation that his ( "ompany liad $150,000 to its 
 
 ledit in the han(is of tlu^ trustees of its bon(K in uondon, available for im- 
 
 iiediate use to put this line in tirst-class oonditien. 
 
 Tiie report of th(^ Engineers of the Maritime and St. Lawrence Railway Co. 
 i ittaclied hereto) as to the res! of the route to Moncton is that "a practic- 
 i.le and satisfactory route suitaVde for a tirst-class road, adapted to through 
 ratfic. with reasonable grades ami curvatures, can be obtained at a moderate 
 ■^t of construction." We are infoianed that this sur\ey has cost 8Lt,000, 
 ■ne-half of which has been [)aid by the Grand Trunk Pail way Co., also that 
 lie pro|H)sed agreement between the Tenii.scouata Railway (Jompany, the 
 Maritime and St. Lawrence Company and the (irand Trunk Railway Com- 
 pany, by whicli the latter Company proposes to use the said road into Halifa.x 
 '^ part of a Short Line from Montreal, contemplates that the road of the first 
 ' 'inpany and the one to be built by the second Company shall be tirat-cla.ss. 
 Tliat to this end the (irand Trunk will guarantee the bonds of the second 
 I amed Company up to ^'^.OOOjOOO, and will see to tlie expenditure of that 
 > ini to tlie best possible advantage. ^ 
 
 'J. That it will only save an liour of the time on the journey l)etweeii 
 M 'htreal and Halifax. 
 
 The time on tlie L (J. R. has been reduced some six hours since the 
 'jiening of the C. P. R. into Halifax, aiid it is by all admitted that this can 
 
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 ite-.till tijfih<;i" ri'iliifcil. We ( ,ui tlu';i f;iir!y fxpucL iiiui;li licltm' tiiii" ovor 
 pr.iit iciilly tliM sill' ritui' i'f>lii.'ol t) a sli'>ru?r ciistvMi'o. Tliis result '.voukl 
 'ir ai(l(!(i liy tl»e hniltliy roiiipctitioii that winild l>ti prDiuotcl l)('t\v«.>'ii tin- 
 two short. ri>aiis. 
 
 • I. l! is .iIm. ,'irt,'Ufil tliiit there will rasiilt n (hMinuL^'c of trtUlu- troiu 
 the I. C. 1{. 
 
 'I'hi; (i. T. li. Shorr Linf woiiKl utilize ;5 1 1 miles of the I. (.'. R. as ii.t,Miiist 
 •J7"» of the l. C. li. ii-e,l l,y the ('. P. 11. We hnvr iilretuly refencl to tlx; 
 eiioriiious tnilUi! eoiitrollod by the (iraiul Trunk liiilwiiy. It' even a shar(' of 
 this is diverted to llilit';i\, id .idditimi it) present tratlic and such tralM'> to 
 and from the new o(^unti'y to Ik- opened up as would pass over a portion of 
 the Intereolonial, wt; tliiid< it eau f;iirly hi' cont.Mided that the 'Ml miles of 
 the I. C. It. whieh would then form a piirt of the throuij;h line to Montreal, 
 would produce a yrejiter revenue than tlie Goj miles now utilized, We say 
 ' nothing 'if th" ad v,ui'a'.,'eous pusition the (jrovernnit,')it would liold, owning and 
 oper.uir.L,' tin; two plM•tioll.^ of the Intercolonial llliilway, with two hundred 
 inile.s of the proposed lint^ sandwiched lietwcen them, ujiou wliich the (Jrand 
 Trunk has guarantet.'d -"^iiiODU.OOU of bonds, nor as to the conseijueut p.)Wt?r 
 of the (TOvernmiMit to fix the proportion of the frei<,dit falling to its share. 
 
 As an evidence of how susceptible of development is thn ocean ti'ade via 
 Ifalifax, wo may mention that during the year iNf^'J stisamers of the Furness 
 Ijine from London landed here souk," -t.liOO ton.s of weiglit and measuremcfit 
 cargo for (,)uebeo and points west, and took in here some 170,000 laish-'ls of 
 jieas or grain l>esides other cargo, outside of their local trii the. It has lieeii 
 stated that the cpiantity of grain would have been much larger except for t)io 
 poor harvest in (Jntjirio. If this trade can cxjst in the, face of the indilference 
 or hostility of the (Ii'and Trunk and Canadian Pacific, we may fairly look for 
 a rapid devolopuient of this and sniulai' tralfic when the (.! rand Trunk ami 
 Caiuidian Pacili', It lilways are using their enormous powers to send freight 
 this way. This is in addition to the large tratRc which will be handled when 
 the ( lovernnient contract for mail steamers to land and load, their cargoes here 
 instead nf t^^oing to the (Inited States ports. 
 
 4. That the pre.sent facilities for traffic are :iiiipl(;for all that exist i, and 
 to sul)sidi/.e another road is t'> ruin the (.'ompany idready operating. 
 
 The argument against l;aving two roarls of about etjual length opeiMtin;,' 
 between two common points means only that the C. P. K. wishes to have the 
 exclusive light to rol) the [. C. 1:1, of its trallic. The (.'. P. R. has secured 
 S187,000 of the §-.'.")O,O0l) voted, and completed its line, to its satisfaction. 
 That company refused to accept the balance and fulfil its moral obligations to 
 Halifax, and now it is gravely urged that the 1), dance should not lie given to 
 another Couijiany for fear that it would raise up a formidable ri\ al to the C. 
 P. R. in the trallic to the Maritime Provinces, 
 
 Whih; the arguments ])ressed Ijy the ('. P. I{. apie.ir to h.ive produced an 
 effect upon the fiovernment, we submit that their influence should have been 
 in the opposite direction. It is incredible' that that (corporation would 
 '.^specially concern itself to oppose the subsidizing of a local line to open up 
 some new countrv in \ew Brunswick, or to prevent the Grand Trunk becom- 
 ing involved with a fiiece of railway, which eoulil not advantai^'eously carry 
 its through trathc. It could oidy be worth th(: while of the V. P. 11. to engaire 
 in active opposition under the idea that it would be the means of the (i. T. R. 
 competing actively for business in this direction, and it is only this anticipa- 
 tion, so evidently shared l)y the C. P. R., which warrants us in urging that 
 the subsidy should be granted by the Government for the purposes referred to. 
 
.MiiiTiivcr. 1(11 tli<'m' iir^nimMits lU'c finiii tlic stiiii(I|)i'iiif of the iiitert-st of 
 »,\istiiij^ coijiDiiitioiis. 
 
 As ii(riM.-t.injrc tilt' I htric iiliiiiiii' Kiiil\v;iy (licy wt-ic nil iionsiili-icd in ISS}, 
 when I'lii-liaiiH'iit, lU'L-idfil tliiit iji-."ii).(J0O for -*<) years slioiiM 1)0 voted to yivi; 
 t le .Mai itiiiic Pinviiicps ii Sliorf Line t'omu'ct ion with Montrefil. Any iirtfii 
 
 II eiit.i tliiit a liiiliiiice of .*=(i;i,()UO of that sum, for the same pericjtl, slmuhl not 
 '■'<" appro) iriated towards j^ivini,' to these Provinces a second short and eoinpet- 
 in<; hne should, we elaim, not he treateil seriously, espei-ially as uoniint,' from 
 parlies interesti'd in a ('omp;uiy which has repeatedly refused this suni to aid 
 
 .iishorrerdny its pn vnt line. A Company which has received $187,000 
 of thp subsidy-should not fear competition from one only receiv- 
 ing $63,000.' 
 
 As to the Maritime ti'allic westward. 'J'he products of the ea.st are 
 . Iiiefly of the nn'ni' and of the sea. an ' for access to the west(3rn markets have 
 
 III compete with the ii itiiral products from a forei;j;n country. A savini; in 
 distance of transport is of iji'eat icdvanta^e ro the shippers of coal and other 
 products from N(.i\a Si,i/ia in cnalilini;' them to reach the remoter western 
 markets. 
 
 We may also lefer to the f ict that the securini; of a second and conipet- 
 i'il; line into Halifax l>y appropriation of tin? SUm already VO Dd ^vill he of 
 ;ii<'alculal)le value not only to the .Mai'itime Troxinces, liut to ail the nninu- 
 tictmini' ceiUres in the Wfst, wlio>e products finii a ready market in the 
 i'last. It has. we thin';. l>een very successfully demonstrated tiiat the I. C K. 
 Ivis heen of i.;re:it adv;inta^'e to the western farmers and manufacturers in 
 cnahlintj; them to place their proilucts in the eastern markets I'heaply and 
 c\pe(litiously. 'I o have two lines competinj.; for this very tralVic surely will 
 liable th(^ western seller to compete in eastern markets more successfully. 
 
 It i> stated that in ordei' to seiau'O a really hrst-class road for the 
 [imposed Grand Trunk Short Line that !rl(^,t)0O per nule of a cash subsidy 
 ior 'wiOO miles, or ?2,000,000 in the a'f<'reuate will he necessary. This is less 
 ihiPiit woulil have < ost the ( Jovei'iimcnt to construct the llarvey-Salislairy 
 
 I'ctions, as they proposed to do. Wo ai-e, for the reasons already 
 
 stated, of the opinion that t he ( i.n crnment shouhl withoUt further delay 
 
 t .in th ■ necessary leg-islation to enable them to offer the subsidy 
 
 required It is of course cs->cnlial that liefore the a})proi)riation of tlie 
 -ubsidy the Oi)\ cinment should take the steps necessary to satisfy them.selves 
 tlr.it a sulhcieiitly ;;ood lin(> can be seiauvd, ami tliat the conditions imposed 
 • p(ai the ('omjiany are satisfactory and guaranteed by the Grand Trunk 
 
 i> illway. 
 
 It is iiipt, (l(>sired in the abo\ e to exhibit any hostility to tlie Canadian 
 i'aoitic Uailway. However much we may re^jret that our eonn<^ction with 
 
 that line has not been sue h as was distinctly g'uaranteed to us, we 
 
 b'lieve we xoice the sentiments of the Board of Trade, as well as the people 
 iif Halifax, in expressiny tha hope that the Cinadian Pacific will soon se(k 
 an outlet at this port, and that this Railway and the (irand Truid; will meet 
 h.ie in fi icndly rivalry. 
 
 All of which is lespi'ctfully subndtted liy your Delegates. 
 
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 Mat.t.'iw;unko:i^ to \':;in.'t.'bofo 
 
 Vanccboro to Ilarvoy 
 
 Ilarvc'v to Sulisbm'v - siiy to build 
 
 Salisbiuy to Monctoii 
 
 Moiitroal to Mumioii by (' P. Ji 
 
 -Moiiotoii to Halifax' 
 
 Total (li.NLuiif.', .Mimical to Il-'ifax. by C. I'. It 
 
 Moiitroal to Cliauili»'ii' .function '•/•' (i. T. U 
 
 Chaiulit;re .linicMoii lo Uivor du r.(tii|i r'lti I. C. R 
 
 River du Loup t<> Kduuiistou rin Tt uiisi-outa , ... 
 
 fcLilmunstun to uuar (iraiid Falls, where . survey ooiMucnroil 
 Kroui Zero, wliere suivey eouimencotl, to Rci'ry'.s .Mill.s, as 
 
 per ivclual .survey uiado !ast fall ( lsS'») 
 
 IJorry's .Mills to Moucloii vl i I C. 1> 
 
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 A further saviuiT in distance can be made by luiildini>; a 
 
 ■• Hraiich " l)otween the I. (.". R. and Teniiscoiua l\ail- 
 
 way from a point on the I. <'. II. we.*t of Kaiuaraska 
 
 and eonneetin<i; witli the Teuii^coiita aluuit 2.') miles 
 
 I'rom River du Loii)) !."> 
 
 Montreal to .Moncton less G. T. II. loop line as under 
 
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 ISIoncton to Halifax 1st) 
 
 Tot.'il disl.'iMce Montreal to Halifax, G. 'V. R 7lo 
 
 (r. T. R Loo|) Line 'rom St. Hyaeiulhe t<» -\rtlialiasca 
 
 (Quebec Uivisiijn''; a savinii' iu_ distance will be uiado 'JI 
 
 The above dislMices are actcnrate and reliable and ascertained by actu;d 
 survey where so stated or have been taken from the published time table. 
 
 The statement of dist.aiices cii' nlated in the interests of tin? Harvey ani 
 Salisluiry line is inaccnrati' in the foll(»win;j; particulars: 
 
 There is a positive misstatement of the distance from Mattawamkea.' 
 to Vanceboro as 17 miles wliereas the C. 1'. R. time tallies shew it to be .")b 
 miles. 
 
 The distance from Harvey to Moncton U also stated as 120 miles wliih' 
 it is believed the real estimated distance accoi-din*.; to the last survey is 1:?:! 
 miles !is it is understood the length to be huilt tiom Harvey to Salisbury i- 
 109 miles and the distanc*! from Salisliuiy to Moncton is 1.) miles. 
 
 The statement is also incorrect as to the length of the Temiscouta 
 Route inasmuch as it states the distance from Montreal to Point Levi 171 
 miles instead of to Chaudiere Jnnctioii Ivl 5 miles. 
 
 v-ork V 
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 HiviKKi: Du LouF, Dtcemlior 25th, l.'SiJO. 
 
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 In uiM'dieucc to \<*nr instructions to umIvh a survey of the line of railway 
 luithorized by your Cluirtei' t t be built from Fjdniundston in the Province of 
 New Bruii^uick, at tli(! juiietioii with the Teniiscouta Railway (now in 
 operation honi Riviere du FiOup) to Moncton, or the best point of connection 
 near tiierc with the Intercolonial Railway. I beg now to report to you the 
 res'.iir (if the sui-vey Just eimiplctod by nie. and under my instructions, liy the 
 sr.ilT under my orders. 
 
 As the most dilHcult section of the proposed line was that between the 
 Sr. .I.ihn I'liver ;U or near Urand Falls t,(i the Miramichi River. I commenced 
 by seiiilm^ Iwm of the en^inecsrs under my orders, Mr. Force, C. F., and .Mr. 
 Cniuston, ('. F,. to walk over and examine the country between iliose points, 
 und to report on the most favorable route to !)e obtained. 
 
 After reccivihj.' their reports 1 oriranized and sent out three parties to 
 make iui accurate preliminary survey of the line, that under Mr. Force from 
 rlie St. Jnhn Kiver to the Tobique River, under Mr. Cran^tori from the hitter 
 pi'int to [)oakro'An, on the line of the Northern and Western Railway of 
 New Ilrunswick. and under Mi'. William ^McCarthy, C. F'., from Doaktown 
 t>) McniCton. 
 
 They have now completed their surveys, and have prepared tlie protdes 
 :uid estimates of the (juaiitities of work on the pioposed line, and 1 now sub- 
 nut to you the result of the survey. 
 
 A practicable anrl satisfactory loute suitable for a lirst class road, adapteil 
 to through tratllc, witli reasonable grades and curvatures, can l)e obtained at 
 a moderate cost of construction. 
 
 1 did not consider it necessary to make a complete survey of that portion 
 of the line from Fdmunston to (Iraiul Flails, as there are no engineering dith- 
 culties between those points, and a good line can be ol)tainad there by a 
 distance of about .'iCi miles, but J have also e.xamineil a route from the junction 
 of the (iraiul River with the 8t. John River, about twelve miles abo\ t (irand 
 Fulls miming to tiie North of the Sisson Range of Hills, which 1 am satislied 
 i-< readily obtainable, and which would shorten f/ie dita' ihroiKjlt iHatance hij 
 III leant (fu 71) tics. 
 
 The complete survey, however, made by my us.^istant engineers ooni- 
 uietired at Grand Falls and ternunated at Berry's Mills, a station on the 
 Intercolonial Railway seven miles north of Moncton. 
 
 From Grand Falls to the Tobiijue, a distance of 24 miles, two local 
 summits of about 300 feet each, on either side of the Salmon River, have to 
 lie ()\ercome, and will necessitate a maximum grade of (10 feet to the mile 
 on this section, with a curvature not exceeding 5 or 1140 radius. The 
 v.ork will be somewhat hestvy on this section, as two large cuttings are 
 lequiretl, and steel viaducts will be necessary at the cro.ssings of the Little 
 hi\er, Salmon River and Little Salmon River, in all about 2300 feet, ut an 
 
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 av'cra;;o lieiglit of 75 foot. Tlie country tlirouifli ilm .soi.'tioii, except ii«av 
 Gnitul Falls ami tlio Tobique is uiisettleil, hut is well tiinln-red with cedar 
 lieinlook, spruce, l)irc)i, inaplt> and l)«ecli, but tin' spruce has boeii cut to a 
 considorablo extent in the vicinity of the rivers. The land is well adapted 
 for farniini; and should be well settled when opened up by the Railroad. 
 
 The second section, from the mouth of Threes Kivers on the Tobique to 
 the summit, a di^'.tanc(; of 2t>'^ mdes, follows the Wapsakay^'au Kiver and its 
 Itranch, the de Cliute. There are no local summits of any consequence on 
 this section, but the main summit, between the St. John and the .Miramichi, 
 has to lie crossed at an elevation of 1 lOO feet above the Tobique, but we Ite- 
 lieve that by following another branch of the de Oiute than th^'t on Avhicli 
 we I'an the line, we can cross the summit at a lower level ami redm-e rlu' 
 grades, so that tliey wiil not e\.;eed .').'5 feet to the mile. 
 
 This will confine the mavimum grade of (>6 feet to the mih- to a total 
 distance of 12 miles i)etween Grand Falls and the Tobique, liut my assistant^ 
 report that they !ire satisfied tli it (>ii a careful location the grades can be 
 grt-atly improved. 
 
 Tile work lei this latter seetioii will not l)e .^o lusavy ;is iwi tlie lir>' 
 .section, and the only structure of importance will he tiiat crossing the 'i'obiijui- 
 River, requiring three spans of l.")0 fi'i't each, and oOO feet of trestle a[)roacli 
 This section is svell timbered, liut e.xcept near the he, el waters i;f tle- 
 streims a consideralile p)rtiiin of tin; wliite and red pine- and spruce iias b'^eu 
 taken out. 
 
 The third s"cti;>n is from the summit down to (Jii- Mirannelii ufar Do'ik- 
 town, a distance, of 4'» miles. The line foUows and crossi'-i tin' fillowiiiL; 
 streams, the Cleiii'water, Rock i>rook, Dungarvan, liartliolomew, and iii:; 
 Hole Briok, which latter is followed by the .Miramicli: liiver. The gradi'> 
 are all descending i)ra:'tioalIy in the one direction, anl with the exception of 
 one of b() feet, are all under .">:'> feet to the mile, but the only maximum grad^'. 
 .Mr. Cranston, who made this p'>rtion of the survey, thinks can be (.'limiii:it-»d 
 l)y following the right branch of the de Uliuti- River, mJfrrbf/ lUso n nuiiilr 
 ii.hli^ .iitrt)i/f iif' dlnfinn'r. ui/f b" nt'ob'. 
 
 The curvature on this section will not I'xceed ."» * or lllG feet radiu.^. 
 The work here wiil l)e m i ler.itely heavy, an<l the only structures or 
 importam-e will l»e two steel \iaducts of I'oO fei.t each, 40 feet high, two steel 
 spans of 100 feet each and oii'^ of 7.") feet. 
 
 The Miramichi wiil reipjii'e three spans of ItiO feet each, with some 
 trestle ap|)roaeh. The land on tins se;'tion Is ibund iitly iiinl>ered, and of 
 good ([Uality. 
 
 On the fourth section, from th.s .Miramichi to I5erry"s MilLs, a distance of 
 09'r miles, the country is level oi slightly undulating, except where streams 
 are met with which usually run through deep ravines. 
 
 There are no grades on this section exceeding 5 ? feet to the mile, ami 
 the line is usally direct, and the perceiitag*> of curvature, which nowlnn- 
 exceeds T* ° will be small. The m )st important structures are tho-;'' crossing 
 Cain's Rivers and Mazroll Brook, the former requiring 1.^00 feet of steel 
 viaduct, and the latter 1500 feet about 7"> feet liigh. There are also several 
 smaller streams to be crossed, whiidi will require 2600 feet in all of steel 
 viaduct from 20 to 4G feet high. The rest of the wi)rk is not so heavy as on 
 the previous sections. 
 
 The country here is partially settled along the principle riv( r.s, and tim- 
 ber abundant, a con3ideral)le quantity of spruce still remaining uncut. 
 Some of the land is of very good ipiality. , 
 
 The total length of the line surveyed from Grand Falls, to Berry's Mills 
 was 1G6 miles, and adding .'{0 miles from Edmundston to Grand Falls and 
 
^eve., ,m es from Bony. Mills to Moarton, the total rlistaii.e from Edmuud.- 
 
 tout^ Moncton woulc h. 1^)9 .ail.s which nonhl make the cHstanee fn.m 
 
 ^ront,•ou to UaJ.fax, hy the (Jmu.l Trunk to Chamimro J.nutio.,, the [nter- 
 
 .■oloa.al .. Rn-.ere Da Loup, th e Te.niscouata Kailwav to Edmunston aixd the 
 
 rropos. ,1 uio to Monftou. and thence by the Intorerdonial to Halifax 759 
 miles in all. ■ ~ • u 
 
 If, however, the line tVom the Grand River Xorth ot the Sisson Ila.u'e 
 vhmh, as have already stated, I explored myself and with an Assistant 
 bn^Mueer, he adopted, a saving of distance of at least ten milefl would he 
 notamed. and the improv...nieni of the line at the de Chute Jliver, recommen- 
 -dl.y Mr G.anston, wonld also rfhvt a saving of a distance, so that in mv 
 ^>pmion, the total lengtli from EdauM.ston to .Moacton mav be n..iuced to 199 
 miles, or -49m,Iesf,;om .Montreal to Halifax. Tune did' not allow of our 
 makin- a coiuplf-te survey of the line by rhe.se alternative routes nt the two 
 points I have rererred to, Imt 1 believe that when ma(h^ it will result in the 
 .saving ot distance already stated. 
 
 An approximate estimate of the quantity and cost of tJie work, according 
 .o he .survey actually marie, lues been prepared by n,yself and mv a.sistantss 
 
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 Your obedient servant, 
 
 (f^gfl.) J. Adam Davy, 
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