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Las diagrammes suivants illustrant la methods. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 eOVERBMEHTAL ASSISTANCE TO THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Dbab Sir John,— As the beiiei' seems to be abroad, and to be entertained evon by Bonio of those who are very near yon in tlie Govern- ment, thattl-e Canadian I'lic^'.ii; Kiiilway Company has been treatod by tlio Gov- ernment with snob liberality in the inat- ter of subsidies as to (live its coiniwtitors, the Grand Trunk Railway Company especially, just tiround for nomplaint, and as we have felt for a Ions time back that the very reverse was the case, I have re- cently gone into the (luestion with a view to ascsrtaining which, if either, liave rea- Bon to be dissatisfied— the friends of the Grand Trunk or thc'J of the Canadian Pacific. I presume that the Grand Trunk has uo more reason to find fault witli tiie original subsidy granted by tlie (iovern- meut to the Canadian Pacific tiian the latter has with the large loans made by the Government to tlie former, which, having been placed beyoid the pcissibiiity of recovery, became practically a gift.and which amounted to much more iu ','ill' Sault Stc. Marie Bridge and approiichc? ' '*■• ™ FraBer River Bridze Ih0,(l(.0 The equitimcnt.ot the above named lines is not included. Its cost Cor all of ,..,„,, them has been ^,4&^,(KliJ .* ad the Company'? three Lnke sionnicrs cost ;»'>ooo Making a tot il of $28,290,000 For some of these lines and works the company sought Government assistance but was refused ; while during tho period tovering their constructior — viz., from 1882 to the present time— not one single im|)ortant work has been carried out by or for the Grand Trunk Company without such assistance, save some sections of double track between Montreal and Toronto. Kastofthe great lakes the following cash subsidies have bee i granted to com- panies in the interest of the Canadian Pac'ific:— Fora line; from Olenannan to Wingham. $,18.0>IU For a lino from liondon to Chatham 195,000 For a lino from Woodstock to llamiUon (not utillzeil as yet) 15.S,400 1 do not include the subsidy to the West Ontario Pacific Railway from Inger- soil to London (afterwards applied to part of a line from Woodstock to London) be- cause it was refused to the t)n.ario and Quebec and granted to another party who had to be boiigiit out ; nor do I include the subsidies to the Guelph Junction Railwav Company or the International Railwav Company, neither of which were granted" at the instance of the Canadian i'acific Railwav Company and from noithir of which did itderive any benefit. Nor do 1 take into account the Govern- ment's annuil contribution of $186,600 for w'>f>j>'finrs to the interest on the bonds of Atlantic & Nortiiwesi,' rensive work involved, and this for a lino of vastly more importance to the country at large than it is to tlie Canadian Pacific Railwav Company. The usual land grants of 6,400 acres per mile have l)etin made to various rail- way lines in the Northwest, built by the Canadian Pacific Company, viz. : Exten- sions of the Manitoba Southwestern rail- way from Elm Creek to Glenboro 60 miles, from Karnsley to Carman 6 miles, and from Manitou to Doloraino 101 miles (these extensions co8ting,with equipment, ^^2,301,000); and also for the Souris branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway now under cnusttiiction and upon which §642,000 has already been expended. But 1 have not heard of any objections on the part of the Grand Trunk Company to the small cash subsidy for the Kootenay rail- Montreal. Sept. S7th, 1890. way or to the land subsidies for railways in the Northwest, and I have only enu- merated these in order that the Canadian Pacific Company may be duly debited with all of the favors and assistance it has had. The complaints of the friends of the Crrand Trunk are directed towards the few cash subsidies in the oast which I have mentioned. But as against these what has the Grand Trunk had? Its almost worthless lino between Quebec and River du Loup was taken over by the Government at a large price in order to provide funds for completing its Chicago connections. It has had subsidies for everything it has done or that had been done for it in the way of railway building, within the past nine years, and much be- sides. It now owns the line from Graven- hurst to Lake Nipissing, towards which the Government contributed $1,320,000 in cash on (Conditions which were intended to secure its independence and its equal use by the Canadian Pacific, conditions which subsequent, legislation practically annulled. It was granted in 1885 for the extension of its "' ntreal & Champlain Junction Railway from Brousseau's to Dundee,$30,- 000. It was granted in 1887 for the same railway $64,000, and again in 1888, $9,- 6VJ'. It was given in 1887 <|S96,mTiJ &!!• it» ~ Beauiiarnois Junction Railway — a line already heavilv ciibsidized by the Pro- vince of Quebec— the two subsidies sutticing to pav for it in full, as the presi- dent of the Grand Trunk recently told his shareholders It was given in 1887 a subsidy of $20,- 000 for its Jacques Cartier Union railway, which had already been in oijeration three years ; and again, in 1890, another subsidy of $48,000 for the same railway, this latter subsidy covering at the same time a portion of the original Grand Trunk Railway. It was granted in 1887 $96,000 ff-r its Vaudreuil and Prescott railway ,and again in 1890 for the same line under the name of the Montreal and Ottawa Railway a further sum of $90,000. And in 1888 and 1890 the sums of $64 - 000 and $115,000 were granted for a rail- way in its interests from Kingston to Smith's Falls and Ottawa— a line leased to the Grand Trunk in advance of con- struction and to compete with the Ontario and (^uebec,which was built without sub- 8 id v. The Grand Trunk was also given in 1889 a subsidy of $375,000 for a tunnel under the St. Clair river at Sarnia, while theCanadian Pacific Company was deniod assistauco for its bridge at Sault Ste. Marie— a work of vastly greater import- ance to the country— and has since been denied the privelege of registering in Canada without payment of duty, one of its steel ferry steamers for the transfer of its trains over the Detroit river, m com- petition with that very tunnel. #2^. \ T^ If the Grand Trunk may complain of asaiBtance beiiin given to coniixilin^' lines, the Canadian l'in;iflo phould be lieiinl on tlje same subject. Tha Jacqut'H < artier Union Railway, the Beaiiharnnis .Tinntion, the Vaudrouil it Preseotland Montreal .tOtta'.va Railways before menti'Mied.aK well an the Kin^'Mton, Smith'M Falla & Ottawa, were all hiiilt, or are bein^' huilt.to compete with Canadian Pacific lines, and so is the St. Clair tun- nel. And other lines be.sides are bein;; built, assisted by (iovornment siihsiclies, to compete with Canadian racilic lines that had no sulmidios. The Pontiac and Pacific .lunction Rail- way— a directly comi)etii.^' line for almost its entire length was granted in 1884, $272,000 for its line from Hull or Aylmer to Pembroke, and" in lS87i?4l,100 for a bridue at Ottawa; and again, in 1890, $24,000 for a lino from Hull to Ayl- mer. The Canada Atlantic Railway, an- other direct competitor, was granted in 1884 $96,000, and in 1886 $38,000 more ; and in 1887 the same Company was granted *180,000 for a bridge across the St. Lawrence in direct comixitition witli the bridge tiien just completed by the Canadian Pacific t'ompany, without siib- siily, across the same river and but a few miles below ; but notwithstanding the snlisiily to the Canada Atlantic Company for this (;ompoting bridge, and another to the Pontiac and Pacific Junction Company for a com()eting bridge at Ottawa ami to tiie Grand Trunk Company for a comjwt- iiig tunnel at Sarnia, the Canadian Pacific Company has since been refused assist- ance to the exttmt of S27,(iOOfor itsFraser river bri'igo in British Comnibia— a bridge intended to protect Canadian in- terests and to eomiiete only with foreign lines. The Canadian Pacific Company has not, directly or indirectly, opposed the grant- ing of any charters that have been asked from Parliament in Canadian in- terests, nor is it disposed to do so. It is able to take care of itself against any legitima'e oompetition. Nor ha.T it com- plained of the subsidies that have been given to the Pontiac and Pacific .lunction or Canada Atlantic Railways, nor even of those given to the Grand Trunk Company, nor of any other ; but everybody connect- ed wit r. it feels keenly the injustice of the treatment it has received, not alone in the matter of subsidies. They deny that there is any ground for the opinion which seems to prevail in some quarters that the Company ii under exceptional obligations to the country and they deny emphatically that the Company has re- ceived anything in the past that sliould in the least degree weaken its claim to as liberal treatment as is accordeil to any other railway company in the Dominion ; and they claim that the very opposite in true. The Company undertook a con- tract with the Government and carried out its part of it faithfully, punctually and efficiently, and when it receives all that it is entitled to under that contract it will still be far from overpaid. Faithfully yours, W. C. Van Horne. To the Right Hon. Sir John 'A. Macdonald, OC.B., Ottawa. I