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 THE 
 
 NORTHERN COLONIZATION RAILWAY. 
 
 Visit of the President and Directors to St. Jerome. 
 
 
 An Hour at St. Thcrese—Thcy Visit the College and Receive an 
 
 Address — Warm Welcome by the Good People of St. 
 
 yerome — Dinner to the Directors by the Municipal 
 
 Council — Important Speeches, &c. 
 
 {From the Montreal aa^(!t'\ \lili February, 187Q) 
 
 Four yrars ago the Nonlurn Colonization 
 liiilwHy Company was started, its odject 
 bfiiifs' to construct a wooden railway from 
 M(jntrtfl to St. Jerome, and the j)rii)cipiil 
 dtsiijrn to furnish this tity with a jiicntifui 
 supi)]y of cheap wood. Gradually the pro- 
 ject K'row, uniil at la>t, it is the intention f)f 
 the Cotiipnny to make it the first link in the 
 frn at Cai'Jidian Paeifiu Railway. During all 
 the vui\Ji:K prospects <.f the Company, the 
 people, of St Jerome, following tlie example 
 of their good Cure, the Rev. Father Lalielle, 
 have been true tj it, and l:ave hoptd, and 
 still hope, that it may be the means of f,'"v- 
 ing to tl.'C North Shore of the Ottawa, what it 
 ha.i lon^ so much needed, a Grand Trunk 
 Line ol R lilway, which shall give to all that 
 Aast (ountry, an easy means of communica- 
 tion with tlie great centres of trade. I 
 
 Enrly irr the present week, the Directors of 
 the Oompiiny and sevoial memb-rs of the 
 press of tliis ciiy received invitations to at- 
 tend a dinner which was to be given toth(m 
 by the citizins of St Jerome, on 'I'huisday. 
 Af^cordingly, on Wednesday afternoon, a con- 
 sideiable puity collected at the ollice of 
 the South Eastern Counties Ruilway, on St. 
 James street, where several most com I'ortahle 
 covered sleighs were in waiting for them. 
 Despite the extremely unfavorable state of 
 the weather, which seenud almost to pre- 
 clude the possibility of arriving at their des- 
 tination, the party set out at halt-past three 
 o'clock p m , and by sevui had anived at St. 
 Therese. Here the tind hoises were taken 
 out to bait, and the travelers betook theni- 
 selves to the hotel. They had not long been 
 waiting, however, when an invitation arrived 
 froui the Superior and Directors of the Col- 
 
 ^e of Ste. Therose to vitiit that institution. 
 
 The kind bo.spi'alify of the rev. gentlemen 
 was very gladly acci pt d, and the patty at 
 once walked across to the colUgc, which is 
 a line laige stone building, littt (I up with all 
 mo lern conveniences, including gas and 
 steam heating. He.e they were most cor- 
 dially welcomed by the Superior, Rev Mr 
 Natitelle, and the R 'V Mr Charloliois, Ctiro 
 of the Pari!-;, c-f Stt; Tltense, a.s well as by the 
 other ge'.t.'emen connecttd with 'he iiJStitu- 
 tion, and after a short time spent in couver- 
 siition, were conducted to the largo hall, 
 where the scholars were awaiting their arrival 
 and the Colhge band was playing. So soon 
 as the music sto|)pcd, the Superior read the 
 following address ; 
 
 " To the President and rirfctors of the North- 
 ern Colonisdtion Railway Conipani/. 
 
 " Ge.ntlemen, — On the occasion of your 
 passage through Ste. Therese permit 
 us to wish yoti a hearty welcome, and to ex- 
 press how great is our liappiness, in receiving 
 within our walls for a moment, guests so 
 distinguished. This visit does us great 
 honour, and we n joice the more because we 
 see in it a new pledge of sticcess, for an en- 
 terprise which interests us in the highest 
 degree. With the eiicigy and constancy 
 wliieh has cliaracteriz' (1 ir, your company 
 cannot but triumph overall obstacles; and 
 we may hope that it will very soon be in a 
 position to give us the railroad, the want of 
 which is so keenly felt in this part of the 
 country. 
 
 For ourselves we pray esrnstly for this 
 result, and we are ready to lahor to the ex- 
 tent of otir power for an »'ntet|U'ise which we 
 feel will be useful not only to us, but to the 
 entire country. 
 
I pray yon to acrapt gpntlemen th« honor 
 of our rtspt'ct, and the aHguraace of our de- 
 votion, 
 
 (Signed) 
 The ScpEnioR and the Directors op the Col- 
 lege OP Ste. TnniiESE.' 
 
 Sir Hcon Allan in replying to tlie address 
 eaiil it cflurdtd liim tiie Rrtatt'Si pleasure to 
 liavu tliis opportunity of visiting this insti- 
 tution of Uarniiijr, and he appreciated fully 
 the compliment which had been paid to him 
 nud to his brotln r Directors in the presenta- 
 tion of this address. The enterprise witli 
 ■whicli they wero connected, and in 
 which the people of Ste. Thereso evinced 
 BO lively an interest, he believed was on the 
 eve (.f i>U(ce88. The Directors would use 
 every exertion to e"sure that success. He 
 t xpresst (1 his gratification at the appearance 
 of so many young meiand lads, the students 
 of the college. Tnere was hope for the 
 future of the country when its youth were 
 thus carefully and ably educated. He again 
 thanked the superiors and directors of the 
 College for their address. (Cheers.) 
 
 Tiie party were then invited to the dining 
 room (jf the ( olhge, where they partook of 
 refreshments, and having enjoyed an exceed 
 ingly pKa^ant half hour, they resumed their 
 jouiiiey, which was tinislied without mishap, 
 unless the fact that the unfortunate occupants 
 of two sleifihs were kept upon the road quite 
 two hours longer than their fellows, owing 
 to the exljausted state of their horses, and 
 that they missed thereby a sumptuous supper 
 given by the ijood cure Labelle to the early 
 arrivers, may be considered a mishap. For- 
 tunately the late ones obtained a good com- 
 fortable meal at Grignon's hotel, in which 
 place they also f(/und very comfortable bcids, 
 at about three o'clock on Thursday morning. 
 The larger number of the party, who were 
 entertained by the cure, had gone to rest two 
 or three hours before. 
 
 In the morning, as the directors and others 
 were assembled in the cure's house, they 
 were waited upon by the deputation, consist- 
 int; of Mr. Godfroi Laviolette, Mayor of St. 
 Jerotn.', and Councillors J B. Villemure, 
 AVilliiini Gaiithier, Joseph Boisseau, Joseph 
 Di sforges, Jean Baptiste Latoiir, Jerome 
 L<in).'pie, as well as Dr. J E Pievost, Messrs 
 Ml Ichior, Prevost, W. H. Scott, Louis Morin, 
 Z'pherin Limoges, L. E Cotte, Louis La- 
 belle and others; and the deputation having 
 been introduced to Sir Hugh Allan and the 
 directors, the Mayor proceeded to read an 
 aidret^s : 
 
 To the Prenident and Directors of the Montreal 
 Colonization Railu-ai/ : 
 Gkxtlemkn, — The presence of Sir Hugh 
 Allan at St. Jerome, as well as that of the 
 olhir Directors of the Montreal Northern 
 Cobinizrttion Riilway, causes great joy to the 
 ciiiz ns of the Parish of St Jerome, because 
 their visit in this locality is an assurance of 
 the success of the great enterprise which to- 
 day t xeites all our hopes, and interests us in 
 Bo many ways. When a railway compaiiy 
 
 places Kb confidence In a man like Sir Hugh 
 Allan, of whose distinginshed talents and in- 
 domitable energy in great enterprises, which 
 are known throughout all the country, and 
 have even been recognized by the Sovereign, 
 it acquires an irresistible force, in the same 
 way as the head gives vitality to ail the rest 
 of tne body. Receive then, Mr. President 
 and Directors, the expression of our grati- 
 luile for the honour 30U haee done us to-day, 
 and be assured that the inhabitants of St. 
 Jerome will treasure a recollection of this 
 visit, which will never be effaced from their 
 memory. 
 
 G. LAVI01,ETTP3, 
 
 Mayor of St Jerome. 
 
 Sir ircGH Allan, on behalf of himsidf and 
 th,e Directors of the Companj', returned 
 thanks to the Corporation for the address. 
 He felt much gratified by the manner in 
 which he himself had been spoken of in it, 
 though he feared that he was scarcely en- 
 titled to the amount of credit which it attri- 
 buted to him. He certainly had exerted 
 himself, and he believed ho might say with 
 some measure of success, in promoting the 
 progress of the country ; and so long as he 
 possessed the power, he earnestly desired to 
 labor for its further advancement. With 
 regard to the great enterprise in which he 
 was now engaged, and which Kd to his pre- 
 sent visit to the beautifid village of St. 
 Jerome, he would say that the oniy thing 
 necessary for its success was that they shouki 
 combine their energies and work manfully 
 together to obtain it. Let all interested in 
 it exert a determined will ; let tiiem prose- 
 cute and further it perseverii-gly and un- 
 ceasingly; let each devote his iulluenee and 
 his time, as far as possible, to every measure 
 that can aid its progress, and it mimt su'ceid. 
 (Cheers.) Their reward would be the pros- 
 perity of the country generally, and especial- 
 ly of that portion of it through which the 
 railway would pass. (Applause.) 
 
 Mr. Beaibien, as Vice-President of the 
 Company, said it was very ii)tere»-ting and 
 pleasing to him to meet with the Corporation 
 of St. Jerome concerniiig an enterprise which 
 thiy all had so much at hi art. JIo was ex- 
 ceedingly gratified with the interest which 
 the people of St. J'-rome were sliowing with 
 regaid to the Northern (lolonization lliilwaj', 
 and with their determination to aid in that 
 project as much as possible. The result of 
 the work would be of great advantage to th(! 
 country, and they were consequently meet- 
 ing with great eucourag' ment everywhere. 
 They had met not oidy with encouragement 
 from the Local Legisiuture of the Province, 
 but from all the municipalities, and St. 
 Jerome in particular. The cool reception 
 which they had given to another riiputation 
 contrasted very strongly with the warm and 
 hearty welcome which had beea given to him- 
 self and his fellow director.^ He also re- 
 joiced at the reception given to Sir Hugh 
 Allan, who, if he proceeded, as he (Mr. 
 Buaubien) thought that he would do iu the 
 
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 present enterprise, ;ho country would not i shonid never cease to strive for the snccres 
 fail to prove tlnir griititudo to liim A grand {of the eaturimso until succtss had biiu ob- 
 tiuiil^ liiiu WHS iict'dt d oti the north Hhoru a^'laincd. 
 
 well as on tlie foiuh, and it waH only ju^t, jjr. Chapleau, M P.P., and Mr. Thomas 
 that it uliotiid obtain it. T buy need not be | vVhitk, jr, alHi> spoke, and thu dtputatioa 
 afraid of tliu tint at . wliicli liad been niade j^f^.^wttrds retired. 
 
 by aiiolii.n- deputation from Montreal, tliat I The remaining portion of the time before 
 tlu; million would not l>e granted. T>»e jho dinner, which was appointed to take 
 enterprise was so thoroughly national, the I pi^^.g ^^ Grignon's hotel at one o'clock, was 
 whole country was BO thoroughly interested |,„.t.upiyj jq drivinif or walking about tho 
 in it, that the whole people must be with | viHago and the adjoining country. The vil- 
 tbtm.ai d to no with the people it wasneces-iagj, ,8 large and well built, and possesses 
 ^ary to go with them (the N. C. U Co.) ; between eleven and twelve hundred inhibi- 
 
 Tlon Mr. OtiMBT alsomadea few reraarkfl iti"t«; iu fi'-t, it is perhaps the moat 
 The object ot the meeting was another testiift-'vanoed of the towns in Lower 
 mony of the prosperity of their Companv i<-'a"a<l'* which are deprived of rail- 
 Jnaugnrated by p rsons, who had not i way communication. Along 
 
 ....^ .„^. . communication. Along the front 
 tho*u'ghrortlR-"greatneU" to'w"hi(,h'it'wouUt|«>f th« to^n runs the North River, a 
 come, the enterprise had done nothing but ■ Pr^tty stream, whi h falls natural y some 
 increase. The countrv had spoken in lt^|'''teen feet over a rocky ledge, about half 
 favour, believing that it would be a principal W*: down the long street, and gives power 
 artery of .(.mmunication, The Oovernment I to drive a woollen factory and gust mill, 
 of the Province thinking the road of national '■ which are almost constantly empb.yed. In- 
 imporlan.e had liberally subsi.lised it. Tiieideed this river, in many places in or near St. 
 policy ot the GovernmuMit in thi.s respect had •''■'•"m«, would aftoid a great many good 
 been approved of by the peoole. He also i water power.s, and when the railway reaches 
 
 that point, which it certainly will in the 
 course of a very few years, St. Jerome will 
 undoubtedly resound with the busy hum of 
 machinery of many kinds, and will become 
 to Montreal what Lowell is to Boston. 
 
 So far as might be judged of the country 
 
 The Hon. Mr. Adhott, in replying, Baidij^vitd j,g covering of snow on, it is a lino 
 
 He could not plead that he was not able toLgrJcultural district, resembling very much 
 
 speak French, but he would prefer to sptak ,nany parts of the Eastern Townships, as to 
 
 in EngliNh as a ryinbol of the manner in, scenery at least. There are the t^ame tree- 
 
 said that the Directors in securing their 
 President had lent new force to the project 
 And if this energy continued they need have 
 no doubt of the ultimate success of the under- 
 taking. 
 
 which French or iMiglish were working side 
 by side for the success of the great enter- 
 prise in which they were engaged. He 
 thanked them very heartily as one of the 
 Directors of the Company, for the compli- 
 ment which had been paid to them. He felt 
 certain that the energy which they had dis- 
 played, and the spirit they had evinced, 
 
 crowned heights and rolling meedow land.-<, 
 through which wind pretty quiet rivers, at 
 short intervals, with here and there beauti- 
 ful little ponds or lakes. To return to 
 
 THE DINNER 
 
 which, of course, was by far the most impor- 
 tant feature at St. Jerome on Thursday. It 
 
 would carry on the great national wiprn. in | was spread in Grignon's comfortable hotel, 
 which they were engaged to its completion 'not by the worthy landlont, however, but by 
 He calltd the enterprise a great national en- Mr. Carlisle, of the Terrapin Restaurant of 
 terprisp, bejause the advantagrs it offered j this city, and a very good dinner it was too, 
 Were national. Wliat the country required j one suited to the various consciences, of thosa 
 was develoijment, colonization, encourage- 1 who assembled at it; there were entrees,. 
 ment for the emigrant to come to it and &\l)ouilli, roti, gibier etc., for Protestant sto- 
 career for those v.^ ho were in it. '^Vhate/er; machs, and for our lens fortunate brethern, to 
 might be done or said in favour of Ooloniza- whom Lent is a reality, there were half a 
 tiori, the true method of colonizing was to dozen kinds of fish, oysters in variou.^ forms, 
 afford em!)loyment and subsistence to all lobsters aw natiirel, and in salads, etc , etc. 
 ^omer.^, and to encourage its citizens who re- 1 The bill of fare which was very neatly got 
 main in it with an opportunity not only for j up, bore the following mottoes. " Vest le 
 earning a living, but forattainingdistinction \ Grand Tronc dit Nord quc nous voulonn de^/uia 
 That would be one of the great ]3entRts\l'Allantiqiiejui:qu'auPariJiqueett<on}>ass<:ule- 
 which these public enterprises would confer I ment Vembranchcment de St Jerome." " Vaincre 
 upon the country, but it was not one of the low Periravec elle." ^'■VEnergie, la perseveran- 
 least of them. He did not claim the credit Ice etlepairiotisme de noa amis dompteront I'Jn- 
 of oiiginating the enterprise, but he hoped\jHstice et le /anatisme de nos adveisaires" The 
 
 he might say that he had not failed in his 
 devotion to it since he had been honoured 
 by being associated with it. Thanking the 
 Corporation for their address, and for the 
 well-deserved compliments to their Presi- 
 dent, he would only farther say that so long 
 as h« possesaed tho power of labour he 
 
 tables were handsomely and appropriately 
 decorated, and when surrounded as they wero 
 at half-past one o'clock by a happy, hungry 
 lot of men, presented a decidedly brilliant 
 appearance. 
 
 The chair was taken by Dr. Prevost, His 
 Worship the Mayor, having beea prevented 
 
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 from nttcnfling bv illn'-ss, and the vice chair | it 
 
 by Mr. J. B. L Villnimi-' On tli.s ri^lit ot 
 
 tilt! Cliiiirmiin Fnt Sir lliiiih Alliiii, Il-v. 
 
 F.ithri Ltli> III', Il>n. Attoiii y (JimhiiiI Oiii- 
 
 iiift, Hon J J. ('. Atil)()tt, and Mr. Clinplcnn 
 
 M r,P, on tin; lift, Ilcv. Mr. Nint.ll.-, Sii 
 
 purior iif till! St. 'I'lierfsu rolli^rc, M L 15 (in 
 
 tiit-n, M l\ P,iMr Ilod.riciiH! Mason, MP, 
 
 R.-v. Mr. Tiiili.Midcan, Mr ,1 11 ['..Mudrv, Mr 
 
 PS Miiipliy, .Mr 'I'. White, jr., Mr. Liggf liio cost ot' woixl woidd bd very nuuli ridni'- 
 
 and otlurs ot thf Motitri'Jil |>iiity. !t;tl. ll.:hid undurwtood tiiiit wt-rt: tiiu niil- 
 
 The fiood tliini.H on f iio bill of fare having | way constrncttd, vso )d conld \w brongbt 
 
 finHJly bei'n disjio.si-d of, jinio Moiitrtal at S'^.OD a cord. If tlii.s were 
 
 Tho Cii.\ii,M.vN ros.", and explained tho , ""^ "'^ ^'■"' '" '» ""' poor, and iho labour- 
 use of the Mavor'.s ab.sentv. lie ai.sa said a ' '"- ^''"'^^''^ i"""^ '" ".''»'^«' inewtin.ablo. If 
 
 wotild, if carried, bo of advatt- 
 tigo to Montnal, and would give 
 it nioro tliiin a million in retnrn, 
 He flit tint tlu' I'/istern itortion of Montnal 
 r<(|uiicd thi.s railway f.specially. 'rhero 
 iviii; two classes of pe(i[)lt! in every city, tiie 
 industrial anil tlu; laiiourinR cbiKsen, to both 
 of whiili tberdlway wonid be of advantage. 
 l\) the latter more diroctly perhaps, a.s by it 
 
 cans 
 
 few woid.s with ri.speL't to the orii^in of the 
 ainner, iind went on to i)rop(i.se ttie lu-alth 
 of the Quet'ti, Avbith was most heartily 
 responded to; tho Company singing " (Jod 
 Save the Queen." 
 
 Next followed the health of tlie Dominion 
 and Loi.'al Oovirnments and Legislature. 
 
 ili'y desire(i to ol)tain the million grant 
 iroii! Montnal, however, they mu.-«t arrange 
 lo have the road run ntraight fiom Montjtal 
 . to St Jerome, otherwise tliey woiihi run the 
 risli of losing the support of the labouring 
 elasses of Montreal. They hIiouM dteide 
 ! therefore at on<e to build the road to St. Je- 
 rome. He hoped in the course of ten yiars to 
 Hon. Mr O1TI.MKT was called upon to re- ; see not only tlie railroad at St. Juome, but 
 Fpond to thi,- toast, but pref.ared to give way ihe brautitul river on which it was situated, 
 toothers, and Mr. ftlassoii wa.s requested to covered with manufaetoiies, and tlie liches 
 do honour to the toast. which they would produce scattered yvcr 
 
 Mr. Masson quite under.stood, in ri.sing to the country. The people ot St. Jerome too 
 respond to the toast, thit it was not because; 'must not exhaust themselves in dinnera, 
 01 his persoiu'.l attributes that he had been ti.ey must work, and worii hard. If they 
 called upon to do so, but beeauso he re|)re- I'lid tliis and placed tlieir confiilenco in the 
 Sented the iiii|)ortant ('oiinty ot Teire- | North(;rri Cohuiization Railway (/'ompany, 
 boiine in the House of tioinmons. Tlx' ; he l)elieved that they would have the road 
 Federal L.'gislature iiad not peibaps had in less than thre(! years. The Hon. gentle- 
 very much to do with tlie im[)ortant |)rojt'ct man then sat down amid loud and prolonged 
 about which they were met to speak, but jelieers. 
 
 that little was of very considenible import- i Mr. Cn.iPLKAi' replied in behalf of the Lo- 
 ance, as it had actu.illy given lite to tlie com- cal Legislature. He spoke of the County of 
 pany. lie then alluded to the manner in Terrebonne, ami of its interests, ai being 
 
 (bntieal with those of the rest of the Pro- 
 vince. He then referred to the Local L' gis- 
 latiire and Governrai^nt of Quebec, and al- 
 luded to the latti r as being very popular in 
 
 which a charter had been obtiunetl in the 
 Fediral L'gislature, fur the C.mada Cen- 
 tral road, the dillicidlies tliere had been in 
 regard to the laml grant, &c , and went onto 
 
 applaud the action of the Government of the country. He spoke of the encourago- 
 Quebec in giving so generous a lind grant meiit it had given to the building of rail- 
 as th-y had done to thi; Northern Coloniz i ways and the opening of the wild lands, and 
 tion Railroad, which was principally a com- ; said, although there had been many kinds of 
 mereial line, considering tliu great national railways built ard tried, the Northern Colo- 
 importance of the work. Unfortunately niziition Company and the people of St. 
 they had not thought that the time had come Jerome were not going to bo sati.-fied 
 to ac'oid a grant to the road to St Jerome, ; with anything less than a good sub- 
 but, in view of the great importance of such istantial iron railway, and when it was 
 a load for colonization purposes, he hoped .linisiied the latter would have a better 
 Ihiv soon would do so. He then spoke of opinion cf it than they ever had bef(jre. 
 the W( rk which he had done on behalf of the He spoke of the grtat objects of the Con- 
 railway in the House ot Commons. He was fefieration of the trovinces as being the de- 
 also one of the first persons to come to Mon- velopment of the country and the piosperity 
 treal aiid ask the city to. subscribe a million of the people; neither of these could be 
 of dollars to the road. He had done this, f^lly attained unless the country was inter- 
 not as the mimbcr for the County of Terre- sected by such railways as these. One thing 
 bonn", but as a citizen and jjroperty holder confederation had accomplished was tho 
 of Montreal; as a citizen of Montreal, and obliteration of all distinctions of class and 
 one who would be ta.xed for the grant, he religion in the Local Legislature. Tho 
 would favour it. Efforts had been made to Legislature of Quebec worked harmoniously 
 induce him to think that the proprietors of and steadily in the interests of the country 
 Montreal ought not to subscribe for this rail- and of the people it represented. After 
 way. But he could not take this view of the [speaking lor some time on this subject, Mr. 
 matter He would vote for the million grant ;Chapleau referred to the efiorts of the Grand 
 by Montreal, not because it would benefit [Trunk Company and others to prevent the 
 tha County of Ten eboane, but because ' accomplishoiient of the grtat work ia which 
 
fhpy Wfiro cnpnpoH, nnrl said that the next 
 time ht; came to St. Jerome the Northern 
 Coloriizition road would bo built, and he 
 shoulil come in a car inHtead of by such a 
 hIow mcauH of tranHport as that in which ihey 
 had come the day pre vioiiH. After that he 
 would vihit them oftuner than he had been in 
 the habit of doin^. There were thcRO who 
 Were working against the accomplishment of 
 th's f^n.'at ent(^rprise. Thi y had come to St 
 Jerome and talked of anotlitr railway, out 
 the people of St Jerome had rejected them 
 Why? IJecauKe they did not believe in the 
 hincerity or the pit)miHes of the new Com- 
 pany. In the Northern Colonization they 
 iiad a Company in whose justice and sinceiity 
 they could rcdy. Tlie new Company in pro- 
 posing to build a new road, proposed only to 
 bent lit themselves, and coul I do nothing for 
 the interest.? of the people of St. Jjrome. In 
 the other thi-y had a Company at whose head 
 WHS such a man as Sir Hugh Allun, in whosc 
 ability and sincerity they could place the ut 
 most conlidcnce, and whose name was an 
 assurance of the success of the road. 
 
 The CnAiHMAN n( xt proposed the President 
 and Directors of the Northern Colonization 
 lUilway, which was received with rapturous 
 applause. 
 
 Sir Hdoh Allan, in reply, commenced by 
 speaking of the numbers and enthusiasm of 
 the company present, and said these wen- 
 altribuuilile to the importance of the road 
 He was dilighted to find with wliat pleasure 
 and attention they bad been received by the 
 people of St. Jerome. He had never had an 
 oi)portunity before of visiting the place and 
 knowing its importance, but in looking 
 around it that day lie was surprised and de- 
 lighted to find whata beautiful country it was, 
 and what magnificent resources it pt-ssessed 
 (Cheers) In speaking of the Northern 
 Colonization Railway, it would be but right 
 that he should give them some account of 
 how he came to be connected with it him 
 Self. He must say in the first place that he 
 had hid none of the haourof having in- 
 stituted it. That honour belonged entirely 
 to others. ]\Ir. Beaubien, who was present, 
 V, as one of its first and principal promoters 
 They were all well aware of his great per- 
 severance and energy, and he [Sir Hugh] 
 needed not to tell them of it. For bis own 
 part, he was, he .believed, the last of the di- 
 rectors to become associated with the enter- 
 prise. The reason he had not come in before 
 was because he looked upon it merely as a 
 local work, and as long as he considered it so 
 he felt that they could accomplish it without 
 his assistance. He had looked upon it merely 
 as a colonization railu ly from Montreal to 
 Ottawa, and there was no doubt that it would | 
 go there. But so long as he thought that j 
 the project was confined to that he did not \ 
 consider it necessary to take any part in it ; 
 But when British Columbia came into thej 
 Confederation tLe subject wore an entirely | 
 different aspect. As soon as the union was | 
 accompligbed with the coaditiouof a railroad] 
 
 across the continent to bo built within ten 
 years, he felt that action was necessary, and 
 he [Sir Hugh] did not longer hcsitnte. Since, 
 ho liad taken the pains to infirm himself 
 thoroughly on the whole qiiesti(m an<l ho 
 had come to the conclusion that without tho 
 Northern Colonization connecting with tho 
 Canada (Jentral, and by it with the Ciinada 
 I'acific at Lake Nipis.sing. a road to tlie I'aci- 
 fic would he an injury to Montreal rather 
 than otherwise. Jlontnal was interested in 
 having a road by tho shortest possible route 
 to the Pacific. Tho road h<! offered 1 imself 
 to build. [Great cheers.] He liad offer' d to 
 build a road from the Pacific to Lake Nipis- 
 sing, and now be waiitefl a railroad to go to 
 the lattir place to meet it. He liad not tho 
 slightest doubt that such a road would be 
 built, and wlien it was, Montreal, and indeed 
 all Lower Canada would acquire an impor- 
 tance that they never had before. The pro- 
 duce of the East — of China and Japan — 
 would have to pass thr(>n'.ch that way, and 
 the frelfjbt of the Western States woiilil also 
 have to come down by Montreal. There 
 was fiot only the traffic of our own country, 
 but also of others, of which such a road 
 wotdd be the highway. In view of these 
 things he (Sir Hugh) could not understand 
 how any one that knew anything about tho 
 subjee* could hesitate for a raomt.'nt to carry 
 through such a work. lie had, on his part, 
 determined tc use all his energies to that 
 end, and he liad no doubt it would be ac- 
 complished. (Cheers.) Sir Hugh then 
 thanked them for the reception himself and 
 the other Directors had met with, ancf con- 
 cluded by hoping that their acquaintance 
 year by year would be greater and greater. 
 (Cheeis.) 
 
 Hon. Mr, Ocimkt also sioke at some 
 length. As a member of the Quebec Govern- 
 ment, he felt thac the all important words 
 pronounced by Sir Hugh Allan were very 
 flattering to himself and his colleagues. He 
 must confess that he felt proud that this tes- 
 timony should have been given. It was now 
 some years since we had entered into the 
 Confedt-ration, and sinie that time the Gov- 
 ernment and the members of the Quebec Leg- 
 islature had been considering questions of 
 great importance for the advancement of tho 
 country. The policy which had been adopt- 
 ed with regard to railways was he believed, 
 generous and in the interest of the country. 
 Not only had large portions of the public 
 domain been divided to meet the various 
 wants of different localities, but the 
 Government had given its full and 
 ample concurrence to the schemes. 
 They did not look to see if 
 the Companies would benefit one sec- 
 tion of the country mo.e than another, 
 but their policy had been one for the general 
 good of the Province. Without going into 
 the details of what the Government had 
 done, he would say that the Government had 
 yielded to a legitimate pressure ; to the pres- 
 sure of publio opiuioQ, in adopting their 
 
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 6 
 
 railway policy. It was only by thus follow- 
 itiK piililic opinion tliiit thvy could «'xiHt. 
 AVIiin KiantH liiul Imcii asked tor th<-y did not 
 in(|uire wlirihiT tiny Well! (iir the biiu-tit ot 
 tho North Sliori! or lor the; .Soiiili Siiori', hut 
 wlualur ihi y would hi' fur the (iood of thu I'ro 
 viuL'c. llu tiicii toliow-d the hintory ot ihe 
 road in wliosu intercHt lluy wtro now nut, 
 and Huid that wlun tliu intcrpriKc had tirut 
 taken litV, it was in a vtry humhie 
 way; hut its proiuottrs saw it 
 nhould nut stop then; ; thi-y felt tliat it 
 should hixiiTui! a luitioual rntcrprisi', a d 
 tliey liad tuiidn it out', an cntfrprisu thf 
 power of which no Oovoruini'nt could resist 
 When the com puny iiinie to theGovi rnmeiit 
 for a suhriidy it was given with pleasure, he- 
 cause they saw that the entei prise was n 
 national one. It was a soim^wha. strange 
 lact that diirin!; the course of the next four 
 or five mouths the little town of Sherbrooke 
 would he the terminus of four or five rail- 
 ways. Did it not seem almost imi>ossihle 
 that Montreal, the metropolis of the Domi- 
 nion, should have hut one railway terminus 
 there? Hi' could not coniprelund a policy 
 which would cotjtinue such a htateof things, 
 a policy which he could not hut condemn ; 
 but one which luid in reality been deve- 
 loped within the last three or four 
 days. The hon gentleman then proceeded 
 to pay a high triimte tothe manner in which 
 Mr. ('ha[ihau hiul laboured at the Quebec 
 Ltiiisiatun^ for the railway cause, the North- 
 ern Colonization more esi)ecially. lie also 
 spoke of the great wi.-dom of the Company 
 in calling to their head a man of audi high 
 qualities as Sir Hugh Allan, who in thi 
 speech which he had made had given his 
 word that the road should be built. There 
 was one thing in Sir Ilujih's lif(!. which pos- 
 sibly they were not aware of; ilid they know 
 that he was at one time an inhabitant of Ste. 
 Rose? Yes! he had livid at Ste. Rose, and 
 had been a neighbor of the father of the Rev 
 Mr. Labelle There was one thing which he 
 might be allowed to say furtiier. He (Mr 
 Ouimet) was also of Ste. Rose. (Cheers. 
 
 The CiiAinvAN when next ho rose proposed 
 the health of the Press. 
 
 ]\In. Tnos. White, jr., being called upon, paid 
 this was a proutl day for St .Jerome and in 
 many senses a proud day for the I'rovince of 
 Quebec. The peojjle of this village had in 
 the presence of the Directors of the Northern 
 Colonizition Railway evidence of the sin- 
 cerity of the CouiiKiny in the work in which 
 they were engagul, and they had in the well- 
 known business energy of the President and 
 gentlemen composing the Direction assur- 
 ances of its success. (Cheers.) He knew 
 of no place more entitled to railway commu- 
 nication than this beautiful village. He 
 knew something of the towns and villages 
 of Canada, and he could say that among 
 them all there was not one — ri moved as this 
 was from the facilities of travel and commu- 
 nication, which gave greater evidence ot 
 taste, intelligeuco and thrift on the part 
 
 of the inhabitants. (Cheeia ) This enter- 
 prise, lu! felt »|uito sure, was esstjutially a 
 Provincial woik in the sense of i'lovineial 
 development. The gnat hold wldeh it had 
 upwn thj minds ol the people ofthe I'rovinco 
 ot Qtiehec, inhabiting the north shore of the 
 St. Lawrence and Ottawa, was that that part 
 of the country was entitled to development 
 • qually with the south on whose imjiro v. m^ nt 
 80 much public money had lieen spent (cheers) 
 Wliile in every other part of the Dominion 
 the utmost activity in railway enterprises 
 P'-evailed, it had been a reproach to the 
 parishes on the north shiu'e of the St. L iw- 
 rence, in Quebec, that they were inert and 
 unenterprising. This enlerprine was the 
 answer which was beiuggiven to that charge, 
 and the demon^traticm of today proved that 
 the answer came from the hearts of the peo- 
 ple till mselves. (Cheeis ) As a means of 
 developing the country between Montreal 
 and the mountains in rear of St. Jerome 
 tins Railway was entitled to con- 
 siderable confidence; but he (Mr. White) 
 confessed that it was in its larger objects 
 that he felt it was peculiarly entitled to the 
 confi<lence of the people of Montreal. It 
 had for object the connecting, by a direct 
 and independent route, the Ottawa region, 
 the Lake Huron and Lake Superior country, 
 the fertile valleys of the north west and 
 British Columbia beyond the Rocky Moun- 
 tains, with the great ocean port of Montreal, 
 the commercial metropolis of the Dtnninion, 
 (Cheers.) It had for object the making of 
 the trade of all that vrst region, and if the 
 countries of Japan and China beyond, tri- 
 butary to the commercial im[)ortanco of 
 Montreal, and tributary, therefore, to the 
 political importance of the key-stone 
 Province of Quebec. And it would 
 accomplish this, because, once built, it 
 became the shortest and most direct 
 route to the ocean port. (Cheers.) Wo were 
 entering upon a career of great material de- 
 velopment, and it was gratifying to know 
 that the people of this hitherto neglected 
 .section of Canada were to share in the 
 general advantages from it. At this moment 
 eleven hundred miles of railway were under 
 construction in Canada. Eight hundred 
 miles more were on the eve of being com. 
 menced, and this was exclusive of the Canada 
 Pacific Railwaj'. confederation had for- 
 tunately wiped away many of the old politi- 
 cal asperities, and we were to-day thinking 
 more of the interests of the country than of 
 any party. True, we had still occasional re- 
 minders that all was not quite forgotten. 
 We had the partie dit progrnmme, the partie 
 hteu, the partie rou.e, and last, and perhaps 
 least, the partie A'ationale (laughter) ; but, 
 in spite of these, the party which would re- 
 ceive, because it would deserve, the confi- 
 dence of the country would be that which 
 devoted itself to the material development 
 of the Dominion. (Cheers.) In the in- 
 terests of that development, he wished God- 
 speed to the enterprise which had brought 
 ibom together th»t daj. (Cheers.) 
 
Mr. Tasbe alBO upoko at gome length aud St. Ji'romo wcro not miuh 'ifriiid of what tho 
 with lomo eloquence. new Company could do. Tlicy had ((nu.' to 
 
 Mr. rEAiBiKN had a toast to propoKo and tlio condition from th.^ nnm.'s which th.-y 
 th.y mu^t p-rmit him, at tho risk (,f saw on tho prosptcHis, (Imt thcP was no in- 
 prolonging tho ineotimr, to nay a iVw ^' »'••>» "f ''"''"''iK a ida.l td St .Lromr, and 
 words.' A proHpi'ttus had recmtly Uen is- ,consiqiu'ntly (■illljl.^,' ii tn-.tint,' of tii.- 'I'own 
 Butd by a new company in which it whh Coiuk il, th. y liiid pn-^sid tho rcs(.lnti<.iiK, 
 titatt'd that it was tho intention of tho di- «''''''' '"'•• •"'" imhlishcd in tho M(.ntn..l 
 rectors of tho Northern Cohmization Uidiway I>ap<TH. Tiio pcoph- of St Jerome had hI- 
 Company to abandon St Jcrom -. and only ^ays hnp.d that tlio Northern Ci)hmi//iti..n 
 
 Uiiilwiiy would Hucci'cd ; utid were deji^^hted 
 
 that it had secured the interestand intluenco 
 
 A hi^ii tliliiite vi>>f then 
 
 (laid to tho tilent, cnterpri.so and enernies 
 
 L' build a branch lino to it. Now, tiio f.u t 
 WKH i,;;:to the contrary. When tho road was 
 first projected, several of those gentlemen of Sir Hiigli Allan 
 
 whoso names were on tho prospectus had 
 
 objected to it, because it wus too liumblo. A 
 
 roa<l to St. Jerome to bring in cordwood 
 
 would never pay. The project of coming 
 
 through the county of Ottawa and on to the /'mc' "K""*, "s f'C.v hud r plied to the C.rand 
 
 P.iei tic was then not even thought of' Now '''"'unk— they looked fur a railway which 
 
 that these things had been resolved upon, '^I'ould develop the whole N'ortliern country. 
 
 however, these gentlemen turned about '!'">"• <-''«"■»■'* ) before sitting down h.; pro- 
 
 again. When the fish was a little fi.^h they P"si'*' the health of the Corporation of Mon, 
 
 wish* d it a big one, but now that tho fish treal. 
 
 Lad grown to 1)0 a big one they wished it a Ti-o toast was heartily received and ap- 
 
 small one. (Laughter) He then propo.^ed propriately responded to by Alderman 
 
 the health of the municipality of St, Jer- Wilson. 
 
 ome. 
 
 of tho noble Knight, and lie continueil that in 
 their work for tlm riiilw.iy, the peoj)!*' of St. 
 Jerome looked for more than their own ad- 
 
 The CiiAiRMAN, in responding, said that 
 tho citizens felt tliat this was a most auspi- 
 cious moment ; they were in the presence of 
 all that was most powerful, most enterprising, 
 most energetic in the land, to say nothing of 
 the no small induence of the press. He then 
 went on to give a short histoiy of the rail- 
 road from its mcipiency, of the difficulties it 
 had encountered, etc. Having secured the 
 intluenco of the first men of Montreal and of 
 the Province, they had thought now that the 
 
 Sir nL-(iii Ar.L.v.v, at thisjunctiire, roso and 
 said that tho hon Attorney-(ieneral had told 
 them that ho h.id at one time been a resident 
 ofSto Hose. Such wiif, ill fact, the c.iso. Ho 
 had passed the greater part of two years 
 tliero shortly after arriving in this country 
 with a view of learning French He had not 
 been awaro until ho cime here that his 
 nearest neighbour, while living there, had 
 been th« father of the II' v. Mr. Labello. 
 He had known his father very well, 
 but he had never until now known the 
 
 enterprise would have speedi y been brought r< ■ za ■ t j 
 
 ' c , A II 1. V. .. ^- Cure He wi.s veiv anxious to srv one word 
 
 to a successful end. But a very short time ■,., ». »„ .1 " i 1 • i 1 1 1 • 
 
 •' with respect to the pleasure which he and his 
 
 fellow directors had felt in coming to St, 
 
 They had been treated like prin- 
 
 ago, to their great surprise, an insidious op- 
 position to the scheme to which the P'-'ople , V ' 
 
 of St. Jeome had always given their support 
 
 oes, and every time that they thouyht of St, 
 
 had been bt gun by a company which had al- t ~ *v, . 1 1 .1 : i »■ .1 1 ^ a 
 
 , ^r^ . •' 1 i 1 • I. iu 1-1 Jerome they would tbiiik of the pleasant day 
 
 ways been their enemy, but which they did .. . 1 „j „ „,. ^i ,, ,,11 ^ , ■; 
 
 ..•'',. mi 1 J they had silent there. He could not but 
 
 not expect to meet in thi- way. Ihey had:»i 1 .■ A ■ 1. tt .i i-, 
 
 . ^ L , ., 1 i «• 4. r ii >. . thank the Cure too Ho was 11 man the liko 
 
 lust witnessed the last effort of the Grand fi„v,i.iij t 11 ij 
 
 J, , ^ ^, 1, ,. 1 • 1 ..1 of whom he had seldom met ; and ho would 
 
 Trunk to overthrow the lino, which they 
 
 tell those gentlemen that if ever they got tho 
 railroad to St. Jerome they would be more 
 indebted to their Cure than to any one else. 
 He then proposed the health of the Rev. Mr. 
 Labflle, which was receiveil with rapturous 
 applause. 
 
 found they could no longer laugh at The 
 r<j)reseutative of this company uad come to, 
 St Jerome thinking to surprise the peo- 
 ple, and by insidious counsris to turn 
 their minds from the Northern Coloniza-j 
 tion Railway Company, Ihese people had ^ 
 evidently expected that the people of St. i Fa'.her Labellk felt highly honored at tho 
 Jerome would throw themselves into dattering terms in which the President had 
 their arms, and that th»-v would desert alluded to him in proiiosing liis health. He 
 the company with whom they had had done what little ho could to obtain a 
 been working for the last four years railway to St. Jerome, but his work was that 
 A gentleman when he saw that he could of a poor country Cure. In remembi ring 
 could not succeed in his scheme, had threat- that his father was a neighb ur of Sir Himh 
 ened to oppose the million dollar grant In Allan, he felt that the son should also bo his 
 Montreal, He had said that if th.e grant ; neighbor. He was glad to support tnis rail- 
 were not made by Montreal a road on the way project, led by Sir Hugh. Railroads 
 North Shore could not succeed, and that if wer^now the question of the day, and the 
 the million were granted he would do all hegiaantic undertaking of the construction of a 
 could in England against it. (Cries of railway across this continent through our 
 shame, and who said it ) It was Mr. Bryd- .own Dominion proved that what was the 
 ges who had said it. He had done it in a | tradition of Lachine — namely, that it was 
 frank manner, aad publicly, Tho people of [ the road to China — proved to be a reality, 
 
t' 
 
 and the mllrond arro^B thifl rontinrnt wonUI 
 bj cairicd out by Sir Hiik'Ii Allan. Tluir 
 entniicH bad so far bctii vniiqni^brd, mid 
 diiriuK thu past tbico ycarH many obHtticlcH 
 b!i<l biin ovi rcdMH', wbi< b, iti(b;id, bnd 
 calUd lor tin ir united cxtitions. llo (U)- 
 nimnci at first to nrccpt tlm rtirf of St. 
 .IiTiinir, but upon fnrlbcr n((|uaintHn('i! witb 
 tbv p(op!c and district, be Rittbd tbcrt-, 
 in tbi- liopii tliat en- buif? railioid 
 conni'ciion wdiild Iw made witb Montreal. He 
 bud alwajH trn at i'litli i[i tbe i nferprirte and 
 t'Eteem for tbe pronioti rs of tbe railronil com- 
 pany, cHpecially wbeii lie saw Sir Hn^b 
 Allan tit it« liead. Ho wns at tbo ontHet 
 laii>,'bed at for tbe idea be ntertained of tbe 
 f;uc(•es^flll aceolliplipbment of tbe cnter|)rise, 
 but tberc was a wise saying '■ Hi' laugbs well 
 wbo liiM),dis liiKt " Tbree years n^o bt^ wrote 
 to Sir (iior^e ('artier uif^irif; tins (inestioii 
 upon bis attetition. Tbe nrideitakinK sbould 
 not bei'onliutd, bowever, to a local work, but 
 to carry a line from (juebec to tbe I'acide 
 Coast. At tb(f same time tbey must con- 
 utrmt as early as possible a line tbrouudi tbe 
 tbe Province of<Juebec, sncbluirif? necessary 
 for our commeice and coloni/.ation, and tbe 
 Nortbern Colonization road woidd succews- 
 I'ully accomplisb botli tbose obji'cts. Haviiij; 
 made a briet reterenic to tbe didiitultii h sur- 
 mounted by tbe ('ompany, be expressed bim 
 self conlideiit of tbe success not only of tbe 
 local scbeuii' of a tailr:)ad from Montreal to 
 St. Jerome, but of tbe gi<^antic undertaking 
 wbicb w nld strutcb n lino from 
 \\\'* Atlantic to tbo Pacific Consts 
 He bitjiily commended tlie local government 
 for tbeir policy, and lieartily tbanked Hon 
 j\Ir. Ouinut and tbi^ fioveriiment for tbe fa- 
 vour wbicb tbey bad sbown to tliis jrreat and 
 nolile enterprise. Iii doifif^ tliis tbey bad 
 immensely aiUanccd tlie Province of Quebec, 
 and bo was certain tbat a day would airive 
 wben tlie liistory of our country would bo 
 written, tbat it sliould be tbe cause of tbe 
 fame vi some men tbat tbey bad done all in 
 tluir power to favour tbis {,'reat work. He 
 bflieved tliat tbis pidicy was also tbat of the 
 I'ederal government. Tbis must .'-urely be 
 tbe case, for bad not Sir treor^jje E. Cartier 
 said tbat it bboiild receive bi.s support, that 
 it was the jjreal road to tbo Pacdfic. To 
 say tbat Sir Cieoriro Cartier was against tbe 
 lailway was to injure bis character and to 
 doidit his woid. (Clicers.) This was what 
 he thought of Sir George's character. Kvery 
 man in tbis country should have a national 
 
 I policy, »nd all who wcrfl npralnst this project 
 I were against a national policy. Tbo Giand 
 Trunk liad o[)ened war against them. They 
 were not, fortunately, afraid of tbat war. 
 Tbey could say to them, although we may 
 not liavo <(>ntidenco in our f»)rce, we have 
 I confidence in tbe pro|(!ct in which wo are 
 'engaged, wbicb is destined to cbaniie tbo 
 < bari«eter of thi.s whf)b'coiu«try, anentrrpriso 
 which was so great that it could go without 
 inlbiencc or help, 'i'bis proji ( t, be bi lievcd, 
 was master of the ground, and be bai! no ft.ar 
 of the inlliienee <d' tbe (Irani! Trunk, even 
 thoujjb tbey might oppose in Kiinland. In 
 tbe north of this provinci- tbeir land bad 
 eieen mortgaged, for tin construction of a 
 road in tin? Soutb, which had bei-n of bnt 
 v>ry flight hem fit to the y(uth, bnt wbiib 
 tbey bad accedid to witb alacrity, believing 
 that it was for the general good ol the conn, 
 try at lar^-o. Ho could not understand 
 why the (Jrand 'J'runk should opposo 
 tbis S(!beme. Surely it would not in- 
 juretbern. If tbe bael< c<uintry wire o|)in' i| 
 to them it must surely he for their interest 
 and h(^ hoped tbey wcndd conio to ko' it in 
 tbis light. When (be tmilding of tbf (Jrand 
 Trunk bail been spoken ui it bad been op- 
 posed by tbe /x'Diit/rn because, tbey Slid it will 
 give tb(! Grand Trunk too much power. A 
 ilifl"rrent, ami, be thought, a correct vii'w ))a(l 
 bi'cn taken of this ((uestion. He had br. 
 lieved tbat the Granil Trunk would b; of 
 great benefit to the country. H.it, if the 
 (Jrand Ti unk persisted in its course of op- 
 position, it would prove tbat tbo t oio/cs hud 
 been right, that tbey bad given a power to 
 the Grand Trunk whieh was now being used 
 against them, and that if their (the /,'oiii/r.i) 
 e.xamide had been followed tbis could never 
 have been tbe case. Wben tbe wrong- 
 neSH of this policy was considered lie 
 thought tbat it must b(! abandoned. Tbo 
 more one i)art of a countiy llourislnd tli! 
 more the rest must tlourisb.. If one part of 
 the Province wished to tbuirisb at the ex- 
 pense of another it would bo sure to bring 
 about trouble and disiigrei ment. What was 
 required was a policy on all bands as liben.l 
 as that wliiib bad been ptirsued by tbe Pro- 
 vince of Quebec, 'i'lie reverend gentb niai,, 
 having concluded, sat down amid loud 
 cheers. 
 
 Tlio company then broke up, and tl >. 
 Montreal party drove back to town, whe. ! 
 they arrived without adventure shortly aft' 
 midnight. 
 
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