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' ' ' 4 5 ■ • 6 • ffttaoctm mouman ,ntt cmir - (ANSI and no TEST CHAUT No, 2) I.I Iti 1^ m lit ■ M. 111 |16 u u L& ■ 2.0 1:25 i U I ii 1.6 4?S=!iQJM^!GEinV t«5J EqM iloin Slr»,l — ^" uMIm-"^: rfr .-.•■^ rx':'. I^Vui y %„3w*i ■iK' >.. . ,.; •■ ■■■■'■ ■m....'\r. .MUM,i . ) : x^ S/ l-A I have the honor to submit' the foOqiwiBg Beport on the Noy»8ootia Bait- inyf nuide in pamMnoe of my t^jtointment in t^ hmm annexed, to ejauniine mto i,t« oonditi()in^ ooet, and management ;i • ; ^y^ IhafwAehonortolifcfllr, / " -V >^ Tour obedient lervant) '^'iff? ■'■•'■• ' ' * . , • JAMBS lAUBIi; y', ' ><, / * CHirO Engineer. ."■-■'** .'>'«■ '■■ . ;f ■' /'"^i^H *t v5f iff^^ ■■:-^i,'^*^; -^1 - ♦ ■ ■-' . '■'•^ii:- ^K. ^ :tu:>J ■:-^^ .-r •!*?■ i!i fii0%Jbtt»> iiSM S Mm itr, 18fi la "Boolu «Oontridl BMoo of tite Fiovmoial tiig^liftitte,' a Beeolntion wi Iwjilfct flotetaor '*to employ ompetiMt Mniosaa to e: MmMi MV«lat^9ldiBo Iiepartmenti^ in«tqaii% the A( jlA^Wlio Worin and'Uim WditSon^ and jo 1^^ also Qpoii; i^f^nrtnoaflliiNrlttdi^^^t^ BoolwaiM Aoooittitsare kep^ mA on *" the«g(i|bm^M6dTi^ mmiiea and keapingiLB A/^oom^ thaj^ may ' ~ tM piJIdM) JJf^i'J^-'' ' • * ^7 ' '.' . . ^ . ' i^AliiiuMia «f tife Ammiw dounofl dated 16i liili'^lMwnMleal Awms-, nneopneoted ofi#«/ fV paatieolarserti ^^a. ^ c Str^T^'T^fe" pf*^'»"- • r' ♦ / J^S^T The Oovenunent having aelected you to oaxry hito efleot the objeotM Hpeoifled in the Leguslativo KoHoIution and thd filinuUi of Goiinoil, I have oonununioated with the Chairman of the Bailway Board, and roqucBted him to put you in iKtHMeanioit of ^ dooumenta that may be required to enable you to fulfil tluH duty, and to afford vou every facility in hin power in making the inveBtigationa with whloh you have been charged. It 'w particularly desired by the Government that you should, after carefbl examination, report ftiUy upon the present state of the wSlkB, embracing every section of the proposed line, the overage cost per mile, their value and chano- tei^with a detailed statemeht of the expendit^w^ chissifying each account under its prd|>er heading, and ftumishing as accurate uAwsiamate as poHsible of the amount re- quired, m addition to th« present outby, to complete the Road to Windsor and Truro, with a Bur avera^ equipment Yoiur report will also be expected to notice a^^y defect that may come under your observation, and, in fact, to present such a statement of the operationH, that the I^ gislature and the publio may be enabled fldly to understand the whole subject, and resolve any doubto as to the permanence or stability of the works. You are fUrther requested to suggest any changes or improvem^its in the mode of keepmg the Accounto and Books of the Bailway Board, which you may deem ad- ViB&DlO* Should any assistance be desired in carrying oqt the objects thus detailed, you will be good enough to communicate to me your wishes, which will meet with prompt attention. tfjPRiAiJais, I honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed) Bsny Civil Engmeer. "V* CHARLES TUPPER. /"*.: hJi :'%-■.. ■m- m. ■':.'\ A f -> '■ ^ ,;. i^f '■^w -Tiysc, -J^ t„^^ ">." rf#T^ 'J^t : • . i ified in rith the ^hIoii of > airord u have i, after tiraoiiiK chanc- ider Hii tunt ro* Truro, ' ^a -*«■ .A, i EPOttT. Tub Railway worku at proiiont under conetruction in Nova Scotia, and to whicli the foregoing Letter and Minute of Council refer, embrace the Trunk or "Main line," which coinnionceH at Halifax and ruiM northHtontorly to Truro at the head of the Boflin of Mined, a di«tance of Oli^ milen; and the Windtior branch, which leaveii the Main line at a point 13^ milois flrom ^Halifax, now called the Junction, and thence rwoB westerly to Windsor, on the Avon River, a di«tanoe of 31,*o miles. The construction of these roads, as public P^rovincial worlot, was authorised by Act pas(|ed March Slsfy 1864, and by a subsequent ;Act of the Ruino session, proviHion wuh made for obtaining Uie necessary funds for building them, by authorising the con' tracting of a loan by the issue of debentures on the pledge of the revenues of the Province, — tlie said debentures to bear interest at six per cent, per annum, and be ^redeemable in twenty years. The first of these Acts provides for the appointment of a Board of CommiseionerH and a Chief Engineer by the Governor in Council, and confers upon them all the requisite powers to carry on ahd complete the works. The Commissioners pxe authorised to draw on the Receiver General for all monies that may be required for the purposes of the Act, but are restricted not to expend a larger sum, nor mcur liabilities to ^ larger extent in any one year, than £200,000. The work was commenced j}n the Main line Juno IStl^ 1864, and on the Winduor branch in July, 1866, and hoi been prosecuted without interruption up to the preuent time. ^ ■ ■ J^^. ^ " In Februai^, 1856, the first four milflMiom Halifax was opened for travel. 0!i July 27th, 1866, the road was opened to%^ford, 8 miles firom Halifax. In January, 1867, an additional Hi miles, extending to Schultz's or Grand Lake station, wax brought into v^e; and on tho 3rd instant, 9 niilcs, extending to the Truro road crossmg, was opened ^making 311 miles of the Main line completed and now in operation. The Windsor branch was passdd over by a locomotive and car on the 30th Decem- ber last, but OS part of the grading and ballasting remains to be done, and the tum- bles and water stations are yet in an unfinished state, it has been deemed advisable delay opening it to the public imtil these works are further advanced. On the renfaiuing thirty miles of the Main line to Truro, about two-thirds of the work is done, and were is nbthiuK in the charaoter of thtft remaining to be accom- plished to prevent the enture roacT being- opened for travel by the first of November ^ next. ."■,.-■-,■ ./■■■.■■■■• •■»v, • / ■■■..■■ CHABACtEBISnOS OF THS BOAD. Fbr the firsi^d miles, firom Halifax, the Main fine passes through that nUii|e or belt of rooky and broken land which runs along the Atlantic shores of Nova Scotia. It is oharaoterized bv a rugged and uneven surface, fuU of rocky gorges and dee^^bogs, generally unsmted for the purposes of agriculture, while tixe tiinber with which it ui covered is of stinted growth and of Uttle value.^ Beyond this, or soon «fter pas- *■■'- ^. (ji_£.u^Ji& . .^»W. .. _i Kd^iki&if^kiAAiSM- ■f '*'•• ^ w: '«.: 1 ■ing Grand Lake, tho clia appear aiid tlio k)\\ liocoin reach Truro, where tho wontd of the himbandmi Tho Windsor branch U' ferred to, and proceeduii emerge Arom it until wi< liter of tho country materially improve^— the rockii dii»- in more lUvonibk!. Thin improvonM-nt «>ontinu(>R tmtil we jountry pruwutii a wide orea of rich Hoil adaptor) to the vcH tho Main lino in tho midst of tho bnrr»'n track above r©- woHtorly. Homowhat in tho nuigo of tho fonnation, does not ^ _ in 7 or e mile* of Windsor, where it meet* the richer eoil and c'uitivoted country ^faich lioa along tlio nouthom flhore« of the Bay of Fundy and (Jaiiin of Mines. | Thene unfavorable featuren of tho country, trevertied on the flmt part of the iine, have rendered it neconiary to adopt gradiontH and curvaturcH of a Homewhat objw iionablo character^— almough not more ho than occum on many other roads designed as goneral thoroughfares for trade and travel. The maximum grade on tho Main lino in going north, occurs in ascending firom Bedfoid station to Lily Lake, and is at tlio rote of o4,1, feet per mile for H miles in length. In coming south, the maximum is 48 feet per mile, immediately on leavihg Truro, and extends for a diHtanco of 1 milo 41 chains. TJie maximum grade on the Windsor branch, going west, is 711 feet por mile for 19 chains near Long Lake ; and coming east, 64m feeijper mile for 62 chains, about one milo west of toe Big Bog Brook viaduct, / The minimum radi|us of curvature on the Main line is 792 feet» and on the Wind- sor branch, 1320 feei The aggregate amiount of curvature on the Main line is 2536 degrees, or an aver- age of 41 degrees ner mile. On the Windsor branch the aggregate amount of cur- vature is 1636 degrees, or an average of 61 i degrees per mile. The whole amoimt of the ascents on the Main line in proceeding from Halifax to Truro is 606.4 feit, and the amount of the descents 568.3 feet On the Windsor branch, the whole/amount of the ascents is 461.9 feet, and of the descents 505.7 feet. Including the por ion of the Main line between Halifax and the junction, the amount of the ascents fro: n Halifax CoWindsor is 631.4 feet, and the (unount of the descents 019.0 feet. The summit or highest point on the Main line is six miles from Truro, and is 'ele- vated I8O/0 feet above tlio level of tjdewater. On the Windsor branch, the summit is at Mount Uniocke station, 13 miles from the junction, and is elevated 518.7 feet above tide, I /o The whole length of straight line oh the Main road is 39 miles, and of ctiWea line 22io milcH. On the Windsorybranch, there is of straight line 18io miles, ond of curved line 13i miles. / Tables No. 1 and 2 in the Appendix exhibit the details relative to the grades, — tiieh length and inclination, the ascents and descents, dnd elevation al^ve tide. Tables No. 3 and 4 exhibit the details relative to the curvatures, the length of {Eie radius and of the curve on each portion of the road, with the amount of curvature in degreed ; also, the length of straight and ciurved line, vrith the aggregates of each. The width of the road bed is 22 feet in excavations, and from 16 to 18 f^et on em- bankments, at tlie fonnation level, which is 18 inches below the base of the rail. The side slopes of earth excavations, on the first 39 i miles of the Main line ood: on the whole of the Windsor branch, were originally proposed to be on6 horizontal to one particular, but the experience of two winters having proved that this was insufficient, they have in many cases been reduced or flattened, so as tq* make thein about one and a half horizontal to one perpendicular. On the rema^ubg portion of tite Main line, the work not having, oeen let out until last Spring, the slopes were contracted for at li to 1. / • /. ■=4 ■ t^^^^^pR. tit fi > 4 In rook exMvaUonm the contmcta -provide that the rfopen -hall bo thro* ntih«« to one foot; wid tlio «inlmnk«u,nt«. aro r«M,uiriMl U. hiivo nlopoH of on« and a half hori- contal U. one perpendicular, excepting where fonn«Ml of rock, when they are made one to one. *•.«.. i Wiadudt and /?rwi/rt.— Tlioro'aro a number of important ntnicturcn of thw km.I on the road. Of th<«S already completed on the Main lino, the Hedionl v.a.luct acroj. the Sackville river ha» five -pan- of 50 feet each, and m 62 feet in height The ■Viaduct over Metchor'B river hiii. Uiree -nan-, the centre one being 60 feet, and thTend one- 80 feet each) at an elevation o[ !J2 feet above the r^er The -uper-tnio- tu^Sof b^th are cominl-ed of wrought iron tubular (pnhrn. T\ic Bridge acro« E Mile river, i„ of timber. 635 feet in length, in -pan- of 80 feet, and .- about 20 feet in height The bridge aero- IJarnoy'- Hrook hoM a timber ';|«I?«"t';"«J"';^;; Stce -pan. of 80 feet «».pported on -tone plen. and abutments, at a he gbt of 40 feet alM.ve t>.e water. And the Shubenacadio rfver i« cro-ed by a viaduct con»poHcd of wrought iron giiden. roHting on -tone pier- and abutment- ui Uireo -panji of 40 foot ""on ufrportion 5f *th/Main road under con-tmction, there are ttfo largo viaduct- ; one acroKH theShubenacadie river of three Ijpan- of 100 feet each and 35 feet m height and the other ocro- the 8tewincke river of two npanH of 100 foot, 8-4 foot above the river ; tlie raporHtructure- of both of wrought iron girtler-. On the Windiir branch the bridge aero- the Sackville River ha- three -pan- of 30 feet at a height of 40 feet above the river. Section three viaduct ha- -even -pan- of 30 feet, from 25 to 30 feet in height The Big Bog brcwk viaduct ha- five -imn- of 60 feet and 1-05 feet in height The St Croix viaduct five -pan-, one of 70 leet and four of 30 feet each, at a height of 65 feet above the nver. The -uner-tnic. turesofSackville river bridge and Section 3 viaduct aro coinpoHod of timber, Umt, KeBii^B^g brook of wrought iron girder-, and the St. Croix viaduct ha- the centre -nan of iron and the other- of timber. AH the other road and brook bridge-, botli on the Mam line and Windsor branch, tavo timber -upemtructure- Bum)orted on -tone pier- and abutmcntA Jtailmv Supmtruclvrc.—T\m l« con-tnictcd on a plan Uie same a- i« in u-o on a nuS of raihvayH in Great Britain. Hie iron rail- of (i3 pound- per yard arc Bupp3tt"at interval-, averaging about 24 fe^t, by ca-t iron chair-, weighing 33 ZiVSSch at the rail joint-, and twenty-two pound- intenncNt inlbi4, ho proM«'nt«'(I. 'JTi) Uuii t, hiw l)t!t»ii (liroctwl. N«Mtliur (looN nn inN|M*cti(m oi'ttiQ lMM>kii nlliird th(> iiironnittiiin tUwimi. 'Diin ariwiM mainly tVom tha nmnn*^ in whicii thu |wynuMitM hnvo Ikhui nindu— tho Miniw p(iyn>(^«t ft^9qiu>ntty «'ikv«>rin^ w«||kM of f;rt(ilin)(, uinwinry, ritil-liiyintf, Nliition ItiiiKlingN, iui«l fvn-' oing ; (inil nltiiougli an ollitrt liiut lu<«>n niu<|o to H«<|)iiriiti< tli«i (u'countM in mmw com!*, by A NyNtcni oC tmnNHn nn«l on thu crudit of thu i'ruvincu — thu inlhK'iu-u wliich it iM fonfU dentiy iintiui|Mitud thiit itn, conipU^tion will havu upon thu buMinuwt luul priMpurity, not only of thu nuution of country through whioh it inun<^diiitoly paNM>N, but of thu whoU Proyinco— thu uxpcotntion that if it in MucorHMful and Holf-HUHtiiining oilitiuM will bo uxtundud to othur MuctionH — ruiidur it duHirubh motion nnil » fair and onndid Ntatuniunt of thu factn iihould end, uvury uflort which tiniu and circiuuHtancuM wyultl puniiit, In thtv diw'hargu of thiM duty, And in coniplinncu with thu lottur of in(«tructionis to givu " a dutailud Htatumunt of tho uxpundiiuru, (ttiuwifying utu^h account undur itH "propur huading," it wiw tliouglit bout to ro-construct thu accountH from thu vouchcni and ea 31: 1867, Sep. SO. To paid CommiflRionerB, or placed to their credit ,. £55,000 do. . . . ... .do do 140,710 do ... .do .do 246,411 do do do. 161,000 u « « To paid salaries.^ 1,228 " do do 3,137 " do do 2,887 " .do do 1,724 5 2 17 2 6 10 10 15 7 609,122 2 8 — 8,977 18 To paid interest on Debentures, &c. 29,634 10 " ** expense account 391 9 1* 9 11* je648,127 1 5 * Tlw Vonchorg for tho payments made on Msoonnt of Mklwics ud oxpeoM Mconnt— wtth the exception of tborc for iheyewl857— are mostly miming or mWnid. , ^^ 18 >t 'itr^bii.4>t4^ il /^K % I *n 1 .^.* ». «/■•« u • '..*'■ 2 8 On. 1807, St'pt. 30. ny fJom-ml R«v«»miP .••-.«;• «" f ^^' « IMM'n«unii.«>MlnNovftHrQii»^ 4^25 ' 430;J75 6 r 8 " Premium** on m\U' of Dobcnturew ami Billit of KxrliiiHK*'. iiu'lmting mnTue*! int<»rei»t 6,077 8 M Conh— lU'l I'lirniiiKH of tin; Hiiilwny lor tlio your oiMliiiK I>.H'»'mlM'r HI, ISW OOl 18 3 " niiriiiK. nrotlHTH, k Co., .ulviimo* ma.l« on I)H»«'»tiirvH in thuir ImmlM lH,.Jl I 1- lU " M. H. Alinon, on I)i«lK'nturo»< hk o«)lliit«rftl ... 10,500 " IntoroNt «luc HomI lioUli-n. • • -Jjl <) " Hank of Nova Scoliii , •• • • 4«,iO» IJ » «i^ £018,127 1 5 An-OIINTH. novnu or itAii.ww iftMMiHWoMM m. 1857. Sept. 30. To paif William McCidly, » Liven«Hd 109 7 10 To do. overi»aid Wm. Dtivw, and oven^liarge on traffic ocicount, to be A l:; K done by day's X, th. Bo«d f 0«kM«^ "^^Si^Ae wiTSdng been let out under several c<«ta»ct. on the flwt four wo- bXe^the Engineer and Contnwjtors aa to the meaning or construction to be put insufficient, and were in some instances reduqed **« ^^*^^^ Stoh^^Mrn toto the cuttings to enable ^'^y'Zt^^Z^^J^^ oot imtrocUon ftom the EngmeeMmd for removing rach extra natenal they claim to be ijaia. ^ , ^ ^ ^^ „^ CToi^es Inkes and bogs, the hot. 2^n:i^r:s^^^ .^Srsmust, however, exaj^e «^« g~""f P^^f^^^f 3^^^^ A?^^^ ^Wid satisfy themselves on this pomt, as weU as ol the !^^^f^y/'J^ ^„„ -SSai «nd quantities drawn or written upon the several sheets, ajd of ^^ mature -of^ToiEB, aadof the sites of all &e embaBkments; for ^^en a Je^^JJ^ Sl-, -'f > ^--fr^ ^.> • S"' ■ « y*-^i»^'»-^ "5f > ■» ^ "I -h- ^ 10 / - « from the nmterial taken It^f L exSoiS rfwr ^J'"^*"? 'f'^ «»^« "diaU be made up by side cuttinir nr^S °^ 1 •!!i'«^'"^ *^« deficiency "and expenae." "^ *^ procured and deponted at the Contraotort risk titi'J?^"%;^^^,*^3,^^^^^^^ "^'^ °^^ *° ">« P«>«e. and qua.. and that w^rfZe^ Tl hiving Zn^T^!!' °'''"'^«>' "?«* "'^"^^ tiea, no crow aections nor ntoDer sminHJn!! K«?t *® "^^^ accuracy in the qua^tf^ d«c«P«.cie. between L^SunTrfta^el,^^^^^ '"IS*? *^«!r "^^ •Uy performed. That by the coTlracL^i? * „ • • "^ *^® '^«^'^« ""d right of making alteratiTar^d^of^mWriL T^'*""®". ^^ *° themaervee the fonued by the conSS ^d l^Hr ;^£^^ T?*'°°" °^ '^y ^d to be ^ -additionil labor S^l^Z\^JL^!r''^'^ fl»at~«8uch alterationa or 2y -the same -baU L pSd for « eTtL^? .£' T*^* enteredinto further than ^ -likerightto withd?J^aiylttiS^ofi^w?^'"^°^^^^^ "ponding deductionT ^y£r LdthZthr^}^^'^'^'' *° mate a corre* dule of quantities referred to in th. ^ annexed to each contract waa a aohe^ - ♦'ahaU fil in pricefKe^vlml H "P^T^^^t'T ^ ^^^^^^^^ "The contraStoS ««chedule, an/by «,ese rate?thri JT'?*'*''" ^'^^^^^ enumerated iir the .SSd "and the conlcIpSce i^^L^d ofd^S,'''^.^' '^^^'^ ^^^^^ «haU K^ "the case may be but B^iSltl^ k ^^®** ^^ ^^^ *™0"n* thu« ascertained m "has beenKS^S i^th^^^SncLT«l^^ °!L"i*?*'' ^^''^ «>^ whicKo'^S Other cLmfl, Buch m d^a^a^or w k^'^V'^^^u^. *^«*^^«'* ^y *be engiS tions madrin^e grade andTKthe i^ll 3 J^^^^.^tb ironVib, for^tera- ^ The whole amSunt o{ e^^^lork^^^V^^^^^^^^ bvthe Board of Commi^onJra an?^ J^& ^T J^", ^^op^^^ and aUowed above the sitoa apecifi^TZ ISSJiL^'^^n**'^ *?"«**'"« «^»"»«^ over and ^1,000. The adltion^cUiTwSTat hL? December Slat, 1867, ia about wUch are^ow in dia JaiS to ov^^^^^^ ^^ «»« contractors, and ' inliterial remfved ^ ^ducW ^"^i^efcT^ f ftem-^ch aaforaddiS tied to be paid ; fof although"^ ^e^i^^r:^^^'''^^ T '^^T' ^"«- bound to construct the Railway, 'with ^ThJ^hiL^^A^^ contractor shaU be m clay and earth cuttinga-sGch m a^ ™^ wSf "^ .u^® ^^^P®" sp^iified, ' " this Tbe dopes originaUy ougK have bS ^t iTsa ^hS Si ?^-t ^P"eticable. a fbtter alope eyen than this wSl L^mWrL ! 1* to 1 j and at a few places bvaUdes. dn eq^taSTp^iS^c^^s^notST't ^l"^ '^"^^ ««bfy required, should nol^ a? rgen^'J^^^ ri^to «tra work and extra operftiona ^ ^"^"^^'^ '^'^^'^ ^^ wlS;Sw;;'orS pr^fc^^^ r^^^al excavated, beyond in makiiig embankmMiE i^ «v • ®'*°,.'°'*® "P ^o' *be waste anddmiC rations ao far as it Koea. andth« ^S!Z„^™i. n^"^*®"** *«*en out o exofc. 2«ea and deposited ^^theco^i^ft^^t? ^ "«^«„«Pi»y«de cutting SS^ that can be mrt oi» this to lai^ aSJ* ^ *"i ^^Tense." I see no OQa^Stmm bound tamJke^ S^ «ii^ doubl or give the contractors a claii»^^tt^iS~ hitions. * ""- ^"^ *^^«es for waste and shrinkage in H^Sihdr^oSS files aadachedules of^c^aJt^ ti^^fX'lS^ the pngm of these claims. " "*® *"*'^ ^''"S ?">▼«« enoneouSi m '»■ -^ T t ■ { i» « 6uJ 3r- 1 *■-! *" ' -ii^-^i, f - s tf^ ^m ^ ..'*i; ;5 \. 'j^k^^. mum i 3^r^ -J • . .i*3S^^^B ,1^5SWuld ^yhe g^^f ^ii^% TuBt have been ^laced^on ^ «,d where it waa -o/^^f Ur^^ ZiStea'tf^S would be requfred to flJl them, soft and yielding, "^ *»iiiX j^^^ iS beSwn^e partie«r-thfct lio apecial nwaBr »4hat no distbujt underjton^ ^ had^tw^^ tion or olau«> in the oontrapt .oocuw in: ^^^^^ of ^holding the road for tweWe «»b«denciea or ^^H^^^^^^^^rnriL atS t« ffis item sufficiently d^ow that nwnlhs after completion, Md tiie pweaattocnM TO ^^ Te contractors dJd not aUow for ^^f^^ff" ^^,7«,^of ^^ rtipulations of the NotwithBtandiug, Oierefore, by ^^^l^^^^^'^'^^i.'^^c^tracto^^^ taldug the contr«ctB,a»e risk of ^^^^^^^^J^^^TmconA,^^^ •««!«« . whole matter m y»e^r-the^nerel wo^an pp ^^^^ conuider it a feir subject that the quantities ^^^^^^-^^^^Ji^^^ mA special merits of for settlement on equitable P'^^J^^^f A*"^^^ . but as to others, a re-mear ewh claim. Some ol them are undoubtedly e^^^ eatisfactory con- .urement of ^e work would ^^JSS7^rw\TSgineerf of the additiona^ Wher^ I have allowed for reducmg dopes, it is m cases wnere «i to be doBne. , •: * *i.«* « numhAr of « General Accounts" are It wUl be observed from the estamate, that aj™«' °* wWch various payment* opfu^th contractors who^ve two ^more^oon^^™^^ Sve been earned on the ^^, ,^Terj^!^Sy bS^^ °'^«' ^ exhibit the SptSt"pJ^an^e=r|^^^ V^^ h.v« made mi .^owmim for wduomg *f J"* S^'^nTgreat Mnor. Amount pnid. Estimated Cost £21,149 12 84 £21,649 12 8* ...6,314 15 6,814 16 £27,404 7 81 £27,964 7 8* aECnON NO. 2, main line, length 1 mile 9* CI!AU}»r ^ ^ Tl,e grading and balloating of thi. Beetion was let out to Dlack & McDonald,.and Paid Black * McDonald for gracling, &c., amount of contract less ^^^^ ^^ ^ £100 for work not Imiflhed. • 'g^^ q y « Wvman & Co., for rail laying, &c • ••*■•;••■.• .V" „• ," " • ' of.n 63 « for^305 sleepers furni»hod under several contrac^ at 2h. 3d.. . ..IbJ Amount paid to September 30th, 1857 ,....• ; • • • »^^^ ^ ^ Add to widen cuttings and embankments. . . • • • • £10,005' 2 8 \ ^ . CImsiJkdwn. Amount paid. Estimated Cost. r. V ^ ■^ ......£8,904 3 0. £9,004 3 Graduig, &c ^ • . • • .'g^Q 18 9 940 18 9 Superstructure ; ' •• ' ' ' , — — £9,905 2 3 £10,005 2 3 ■01/ 8} "il 11 SECTION NO. 3, MAIN LINE— LENGTH 2 MILES 57 CHAINS. CBEELMtN & Co., OONTHACT0B.S. CoBridmble .ork rem^.to bo done to put thta action ijj e-M™r' t^. futarS S. .l„;«onhelo;gcuttfBg«est north of BcdM M£ ^-l^l,- Pkid Creelman & Co. for work done by^them • • • *^^'^?q , ^ 3 « WilUam Tumbull for finishing embankments • « 1 ia 13 « Johnston & Blackie for gradmg, &c... • ; • • • • • • • • • • ; •An;k;:^„'a * « iFeetham'sretum^-days'workfinishmghne at SackviUe bridge, • oririnaily charged to bridge. •••:•• « A. Feetha^'sreturnsx-extra work finishing and i^ducmg slopes Tiei07 IDs. added for use of locomotive anJ^crcdited to ^ _ ^ James Fnl^" for ex^vating,'i™di iaying; and bdlasting SackvUle '^^^ station .•••••••'••:•••:••••■ ,;*j/; "^ iiR Sutherland arid S6n8 for laying siding at Bedford .1*0 1 4 T. HanriKht for raising road at Scott^s bridge. .^ 6;r609«»per8, including 500 for Bedford t^^^ ^^^ 2 under aeWsiJ contracts, at 2s. 3d. ' ' ' Amount paid to Sept 30th, 1857 ........... ^27,069 14 lU Add for bank walls and to /reduce earth slopes to li to 1 and ^ ^ widen embankmenta. » ,000 £28,009 14 11 J . T. ' ■ '>?* •*^^s^ v%fM^vii^^tiiii<*t f.. *" II." "y mm * m • OracHpg, Ac. 2'ftl86 7 SuDertttructure • , Y Suporftti A 7 2,906 7 £27^069 14 11 * £28,069 14 lU ^■■- A I noTioN HO. 4, wlv, um-toom 70 ouran. «,e™lc<.ntn>cta The toUo-mg «. U.. «uou.Upud : Tbis section was let out in Paid William Grant for grading, &c... . . • • • • • :^^ ' '/{o^^'H ' 'o WilUoin TumbuU for gn^mg and rail I^J^K/^'^^^ « forembanWtacroMwcKy gg^ g g ■.■.'.".! 733 fl 3 a « lalje •• for completing work. .£2,614 3 2,965 10 6 . .876 13 Si « James Kennedy and others for rock cuttmg _ ^^gg 18 4 « JamesGrant for rockcutting... .....— ••••••• -^ 7 6 « Archibald Rutherford for trucking iroa from SackviUe to Bccu _^ ^ ^ « for loading sleepers and bftulmg keys. «.■ • • ^ . . .n 9 10 .203 lOi 1 8 Amount paid to ^ Add to widen embankments, reduce slopes, &c Sept30th,1867....... ...W50 8 5 Grading, &c. . . Superstructure . . . £7,550 3 6 Cks^Jlcation. Amount paid. Estimated Cost. .... .......£6,577 17 2 £6,677 17 2 .........872 6 3 872 6 3 £7,450 3 6 £7,560 3 5 SKCnON NO. 5, MAIN UNI^-LENOTH 8 MOM 60 CHAINS. ' "g, BLArtC, MCDONAVD & IBONS, CONTIUCIOBS. Amomt of oriffmal contracTr-^™d"»R • V ' inftflR a 6 I^m^^^ , I Snperstnictuie.... . 10,685 8 6 ^^^ g^^ jg •aopiig cuttings, li to l^^^r ^^"f^-^.-'^^if'^^^ • at 28. 7id... """^kBii 9 Extto work on culverts and drams. ... ^ .. -v^^^ 1 or tW.-w<»k to the Tiaue of «1,110 r*m.l». ^^ and put- 's "WkT !*^> .-# «^« ''^Wm^^W^^^'^^^'^'^^^^'^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^'-'^'^'*^'^'' -4%' )dCo«t 7 lU 7 its pud: 8 10 6 13 31 ; 18 4 7 6, I 2 6 I 9 lOi \ 1 8 ) 3 5 3 3 5 ated Cost. 7 17 2 2 6 3 3 6 cture, and g and putr ». • 60 19 -8 '?i0^f: ■ ■ ■• . • ■. {■■■■■ ■ •■ • ■ ' ■ ■ ■ . ■ •' ■ . ■ ':■. ' ■ r ■ ■ . ■ ■ ■ . ** ■' . ■ •■.,'■ ■ ■ ^-15 ' '< . 144 6 2 Extra bridge at peg No. 816.v^- • • - * ' ' " ; * * ' ' * * ' 833 19 9 Balloting, rieoperti and rail layuig, »v « . . 92 12 6 er'8Btation....*...-''V:' ..81 LaVinK rails at Windsor junction.,... 184 16 3 pffinn at Fletcher'- -taUoii..... -^"^ »^18 11 6 * V / -£61,679 10 9 (Lnnt paid BA«k &Co:to Sopt-30th, 186:^ £47,8^6 5.) Addtowidenemltnkmcnti,.complotcgj^ing^^^^^ ' ^ Total.. ••^63,097 1 84 CimiM^ Amount paid. ^--''^^'^'^^^ £36,688 18 2 ^41,035 13 Grading, &c...... " ■' .V... 11009 1 0" 11,009 1 Superstructure., » .......134 16 3 18416 3 Station buildings. . . • ■ • • '■'^.- ■ V 917 10 6i 917106* Iron girders CONTBACTOR. . * „ T.i ^SrhSl^*"'-^ S^futtr^uTu. bo .oped to U U, 1 , U.e oO.. eutting. »> mo.ay through rook *14«0 18 6' ^ Extra work ailowed to December 3M 1867. For grading station grounds atGrandI^e...t.... £867 ^2 « layingstationtracH»c- •••••;•• .227 7 « bildSig station house and platforms ^^ ^ « extra w>rk on culverts and drams ' 'lll^Z^^- 1,445 . ■ ,.'/:/ ' £18,243 8 ^^ V (Amount p^to^^^ ^.Addforiducin^Lpesof^ for wideimig embankments. ...... • • • • *""" « ibrexS»*teh1j8andcontingenoes,andto ..■- ' ■ ■.'■■'^■\'--[ -■■'■ ■' .■ ^ -^ £19,143 8 6 B^^5?^^ 16 ■' / "' CiMmJicfttion. Ajrtount paid. Bitimfttcd Co«t. ^ ,, - ' ...^16,47114 £16;J7l 14 GraclinK,&c c^ '^19 7 6 2,644 7 6 SuporHtructure ■•• ;' • -gg^ 7, ^ ' 227 7 Stfttlon bttiWingH '- • -^ ' • • " ,, ■ , — • .^18,118 8 6 £19,148 8 SECTION NO. 7, MAIN LINK, UJNOTII 7 MILES. iJlITIIBBLAND A 80NH, CoNTBACTOnS. The oriirinal contrtujt on this section embraced tbo Rrmling, Hur.crHtnictnr« ond crccUon'lrrc gS^of the fin^t Shubenacadie bridge ; and tliero fian been added a contract for fencing, which is paid for a«- Estiknated 30^7 4^1/17 6 1,^90 18 54 44O67 19 34 / iS-* ait :^ .. Jr'- •; >. 4ii>< . i„« J ^ , Tt*.- ■'■"■■■• iicnoN NO. 8, MA« uii»-i««« 10 ^"•« ^* ^*""- * •"'7"" '' X81J282 7 0^ Amount of oontnwt— Owling. • • 10 834 11 4 '*"' - « Superttruoture ' "r--—— £41,010 18 4 Extra wtrkaUotced to Deembernii,nb1, -w K« »{.in(r ifrade of ombankmontii, 8320 cubic For extra work by raising graae o. ^^^^^ ^^ ^ C. yards at la. oa. . • • • >^ „ - jx « extra work on Nino Mile River bridge 1,102 « « on Bamey'B Brook bridge ''Si in .\ « on bridge at peg« 690 to 094 ?t u a ^. u on bW at Truro road. • . . • • .40 14 o on oiilv^rte, drains, and brook dlve^ lo 4 sions ." ■ ViOA « in grading Hinsdale station, 7480 ^v C. yards, at 6d ......187 u o . in grading Shubonacadie station, ,q j y „ , m2ayaId^atlM.M.......^^^688^^ j ,^ . j £48,182 10 t Amount paid to 96pt 30th, 1857, £38 576. Add for sWg cuttings U to 1, completing bndges, extra dt3, s&e and ba^ ditehea, protecting e'»»>«^»»S7"^ artlSg walls opridges^gra^ngstatu^^^^^^ 2,000 ' laying siding?, (grad. £1600, supr. £400).. ..... s- •• • ••^'""" £50,182 10 -, / < j£34.876 £39,447 18^ o Grading,&c..V • '^3700 10,734 11 4 ^ Superstruct^rt. Xll- £38,576 £50,182 10 -■/"■" . ' ' / fflS^ON NO. 9, MAIN UNB-UmOTn 4 IIOKB 41 CHAINS. SoTHBBLAHD A Sons, C0NTBACTOB8. Thiscontractemb™cesthegr«ling,supe«tructure,fencing,andthecrectionoftiio ^ iron girders of the second Shubenacadie bridge. / AmoSntof contract^radmg... Si? 6 " « « Superstructure. *»»*^ *' " . « «/ Fencing. . .....:.. • • • ' ■ : ^_^^^i_____ £21,903 3 10 Add for contingencies and extxarnasonry in Sh bridge Mid culverts *l»0OO U " • for extm drains, side ditehe8,foniung way .^tioM, and laying sidings (grad. £500, „„. j. ^ « M)r.£800>v...Mik.;-^-- ••••• • ^^^ 1,800 ' 23,793 8 10 Iron girders for second Shubenacadie bridge ....•...■. • l' ' — _ • ; £30,793 3 10 » Ofthto-wfl»ktott io w li w< i f £ 575 3 i '.4d.f«Ma«iMtob«aoiia. ^ ___ _ „ . ■'' ' ,, ' ' _^ •:■ L___ , > / . • . ' ■ . ■■#.- ";7'"T*i»" — : IB CbuaifteaHm. OnMling, Ac HupcrHtnicturoi Iron nirdoni Fencing Amount pfti««. KnUmaUsd C.*t .£8,066 To X18,283 3 .1,000 4,649 17 6 ........7,000 '.'.IGO 860 8 4 £0,216 £30,798 8 10 I ■f HECTIOM MO. 10, MAW UN»-LW0T1I 8 MII.W 68 01IAW8. aOTIIBlLAKD A 80KII, CONTBACTORR. „,„^t!nn of tho T..U, contract include, the grading, «upor.tructure, fencmg, and the erocUon of the iron girdcn. of the StcwinckoUiver bridge. ^22 008 8 3 Amount of contnvctr— Oriulmg. ' g ^ q Suponitructurc ;■- \^lf \ V » « . Fencing ' ^'"°^ £31,696 19 7 Add for extra ma«>nry on Uio Stewiacko and other b^^^^^ and for contingencies in cro«»mg bogs J,000 U /• « for grading in forming way fjation^ and / foV additional drainH and Hide ditxsheB... 1,000 U U « for station tracks and Htdrnga ....>...». ... a"" gg^Q q q (Amount paid to S«pt 80th, 1867, £4973.) - f^^ff J» J Add for iron girders of Stewiacko bridge ^ J_ £89,496 19 7 C*^.. ^Amount jaid. M^MC^t Grading, &c. . . ••• '270 8,326 Superstructure... ^- • • 20 1,663 11 4 Fencing; • •• */"' ....4,600 Iron girders '• — — — — . £4,973 £39,496 19 7 BBCnON NO. 11, MAIN UN»—L«NOTH 8 MILES 25 CHAINS. WaLKEB a Co., CONTBACTOM. This contract embrace* the gniding, Bupcrstructui^^ tod f^^^^^^^ Amount of contnwfc-Gradiiig.... 6788 12 6. « « Superstructure o,(ao 1^ a ^ a « „ Fencing. . . .... - • • • • • • . . y^o *" £19,879 68 Addfor«ading8tfttiongrou»dsatTruroMdwayBtotio ,:' fwexti* work oi public road diversions £600 / « for additional masonry and bndgmg for fi. Mill Brook and extra drams and culverts 2,400 W « far station tracks and sidmgs at Truro ^ denat and way Btationa. ..ow; v 3,800 00 (AmountpaidSept 30th 1857,^^139.) >^-^ "ISL/d ^ CJaidficaiwn. Amount paid. }fYT^}^^^^ ^ £3379 £14,638 16 6 Ort>diiag,&c ■ • ■ • \""" 700 00 7 ,333 12 6 • Superstructujre • ••T""**" 60 1,706 16 8 > Fencing......... ..y.-.y •.• •.-•• •■• . ... ^-'-v\ £4,139 £33,679 5 8 .«^v>^i«i^ H«K»^ . T ^ ■ -/.^ .III ' "#MHMi^^^^^BWpplBllii^^ I .|^"ll£i^ 'nriiiltfiiiiiiitf ilrtWi^J^ ^.^:?i...s^i^5g?P3^:^^. „.^" t^-'^^-^^-^Tt:: — ■.^s'-T--;t Ml Cunt 8 17': e 8 4 8 10 )n of tho \ 19 7 96 19 7 6 19 7 rfttod Cost )S 8 3 56 53 11 4 [)0 90 19 7 J79 6 8 , (■■■ 800 ,679 5 8 imated Cost ,638 16 6 ,333 12 ,706 16 8 .,679 5 8 ^ ■AutiviUi BWOM. . £2 750 18 aid n. C«mll« fi.r ».ulWlnK stono ^^'^'''^^'^ '•'" ; ; ; ." " .* ] ." '. .' ! . . .'435 0* - William A.la.u« f"r «Io *'«» "yP!;yi;i;fl'tiiii aWw «>! >•-* ''* - ThoniM lUnriKht for carpentry and •»t«ting gW.m ^fiiO 19 8 ; t LTtcrtt^^dUbor; .rooting ginier.,- icVpor schedule A. . ...1^ Hj, Total ^"^'WS 2 9 MHWVUANBMUS CONSTRUOTIOM. « Upholding" or Ilopoirs Of rood, for the year 1855. Charged to this ^^^^ ^^ ^ Making ca'X"gvm;diVoUVc«ngm^^^^^ 6 8* &c, in 1850, per schedule A 114 q 9 Ditto, ditto, in 1857, ditto - ^^^g ^ ii 7 Amount paid to Sept 80, 1857 . . ^. ^ v^/ •^- • ' ' ' ' ' " ' 2,000 Add for misceUoneius, catUo guards, and form crossmgs _j £2,768 7 11* - c^.i^ A-jtp^i, itirWi Orading,&c ,500 76 B«moH HO. 1, wtN.>«oB »a.^<^"-;^7„«J^^^ Cambbon a CO. - afterward. John^n A nu^««^ ^o" ^^ ^^^^^^ This section ^?- «,"«i»'^^J""^^^t^^^ i^nerone"made with JohnHton & afterwards cancelled by ™"*"^,^f^«r^^ T^^^ ^d grade have been mmlc, and Blackie. Several changes f^'J.^^^ °f^f ^^^^ ^rts oSginally proposed. The cut- embankmente have been ""b;^*"^^ oAvTo embankment require to be w.dcncd. tings are mainly through clay. One or two c ggg ^ q A"-r^»^^"-r^gsSuctu;e;.-.v.v..v.. -M2i u 3 _ £33,305 3 u u « ijrfn, W»r* otfotwrf, to />w. 3K 1867. For sloping cuttings li to 1, « and «» much flatter as may be nece. St« secure them," ner»^eement*..^.^...^J,"«J J , Sng grade in Cut W 18, per agreement. ... .150 U Sa work on bridge at peg go, 16:. i^i « « at peg No. 816. . • • • • °" - ' on culvertis&sandBided.tehe8. . . .71 17 in extra size of side ditches, 4207 ^ ^^ cubic yards, at 2b. 8d. . . . • • ■ • • • • **• . « ,. in grading Winder x>mcUon, 4734 ^^^^ ^^ cubic yards, at m. aa. • • • • r q « Laying one set of poinUi and cnwnngs.. . • • • •• ••' t (Amount paid to S^t 80th, 1857, £32,4'74.)^^^^^ ^ Of thK work to the v.«-e of XHO r«-»^ 3 4 11 4,439 10 9 £37,744 11 ^'r f*" .if' '■ -' * ^ * f^'^TT^J^ ' If': • wt ♦, » '« n„a for bying Hiamgis (KHwIinK, xi.mi, ^ i«ip«r,£200) ' J -^ — 1.700 .w ... CImi/lcatim. Amount pnid ^fS('l«„ . ^ . X27,474 |^'?jJi«|PX Ororting, 4o , ...6,000 *3t jlM| ,^20 l^. 8 £82,474*JO ^0,44i ^ j r% , ' Severn alteraUon. havoron m.l« ^^^^^^^ ^£ A^tbS earth rfopoH have pncmlly In^en rcd.uud t.. about I * u> i .nont;, requin, rai«».g and widonmg out ^^ ^ . ^ Amount of contraotr-fOlpiinK... .--^ 4 a « , ^itti>on»tructuro ••"'''* jC28,0OO ^ iJr<«i work aUawed to December SU, 1867. ^For naditional embankment. «.,., at Sockvil^^^^ « rubingSHn^embankmcm^^ ^ 4 7069cub.yd9.. at 2».8d.. ......■•-'•• ••••'^ a _ « allowanceonaccountofombankmontNo.1 ...1,100 J -^ « iSngroodatpegNo.667.2GOc.yaat2H^8d.....38 «. extm work on culvert*, drams, and ^^^' ^^^^^ « q coureea . • • • ''AL' ' * 31 19 « extra work on bridgofl. .. • • ■ ■_•. jim:iA?k '1^' . v « grading Biding a^tchell's road, 760 WJJ»|J|^^^ ^^ ># « grading siding at Beddoea road, 120 1 p^M ^ ^ ^ •* 2^8d... •• •• £4,447 16 8 . .Amount paid to Sept 39th. 1857, £28999. ;%1 Add for bank walls, extra doping, and bank ^^^^ « forSotin5;s^ \iOO * ybadimr *200, super. £2000) »uw " ^^ , « foMTn^ or rin rap waU to protect em- ^ ^ bankmcnt at bndges • • • ••"^^ i^ioo • 58,647 15 8 Grading ...,.....■.•;•••••••••• 6*200 5,972 4 6 Superstructure • • • • • • • .••••••-•• •_ •■ >" ., -IZTirTTT £28,999 38,647 16 8 . - ■ ■ .■ ■■ " ■ . • -.. ■-^-■. ■- . . - . ■ X 91 \ c,ntr«t«a fur -'"-", i,'*,^";X At ....« or tw.. pl-r.^^ wU«r« ti« gr«^ Ipe nu- . £34,02:1 ....0,788 10 1 Amount of contract— (Jr*''"!*- - Kxlnt work atkMPrd h Dm. 8W, 1867. For 17.020 cuh. yd. of ^^ put int. «'»»'^''";i^^^^^^^ « 4^78 cub. yil*. in rawing gnwlo on e«ft«inlimt ^ No 11, at llii. Od • • •. « thi«-um. p«r a,jro«,n««t, for |.(ibitU«t.ng cm- bankmontln i.luco of viaduot, &o ^»^^^ « oxtm work on brij^ge «t PK No. 7y . . ^ • . y . - ^ ^^ M on * "P"^ kV ..^ .Vol fi70 on " at|)«g«No.*«7an«01.....»7U u building pile bridge through lM,g on cmlmnk. ^ mont No. 12, wiy. ■ • • : ' '^23 8 extra work on rowl ftltorotionii ' • • ^ ^^ on culvert* and drauiH ...it^ 7 15 8 ated Cost 6 11 2 2 4 6 .7 15 8 M M M • (Amount paid to SopL 80th, 186% £44,140 8 7.) Add lor «traigl.t^ing roa-Und widening *t- wlu^^inj al torcd by Cameron & Co. . . -^ •••-•• *° *• for additional material t«embankmtw*-s, , «lopo wall at ^uluctH, graduig Unmii^^ Htation, laying wdmg, kc, (gnul. AOW, MIX) £200). "tj" ■ « for extra drninn, Hide and iMinkditchcM^d for excavating or pdmg where grade w ^^^ q near aurface . . • • * ' " £48,020 ^^ 2,300 Qrading, &o. .. . SurperBtructnrd. ClMsifieaivm. * Amount paid. ..£38,140 8 7 ■ ■ ; 0,000 £61,220 2 7 EHtinuited Coat. £4*;282 ^ " 0,988 1^7 1 £44,140 8 7 ^£51,220 2 7 • Ineladei £4,159 «■• S*. * IVom Jdhniloo * BlMkle'ii Ooneral occoanfc A- :>f*' C? :v ■"A "-,* 22 TOdreqnirotobewiaenMl. .£41,705 18 9 Am,untofoo,rtr«t,--CM.J^;^--v;;;;;:^ £47,468 18 3 ■ iM™WV*««Ujto^«SW,1867. 0,«ling.tSt.CroixSUUoo,4lS7c„bioyd.,.t2.W«^^^^ , ' furnished by the Com're, Girders *U0^ ^^ ^ Freight and Insurance.. "154 . - Erecting ...•..•••••••••••••__ 863 17 6 ^^^^^ ^ g _ : ~ £49,861 11 (An^unt paid to Sept aoth. 1857,^,1^ 5^^^ Add for reducing slopes of ^^"^y^. £2,500 u foVe^rig^oding/baiJ^ditchWand^^^^^ ^ ^ « S?:=aia at Sterol &e.:--"-- -^ 3,300 « for Iron girders at Big Bog brookbridge. paid by Cou.^^^^^ ^ ^ missioners.... ....••••• ••••••:• £55,391 7 5 I„„ OWe«..... ..•■;■•■••■-■■ -^^ £66,391 7 6 MCDONAI^ & Snn-SON, CONTBA<^^. ^ ■ The sieves on this sec^a.-^ . quite irre^ular-Bome of the cuttings are not to ^^ ^^ ^ ' Amount of contract-Grading... •••• ^o^q 28 .^„ ^ n Amount ui ^ Superstructure ........••• • •*'■ £21,500 . *^f*isf^^ft^aru. ^' "•' ' ' \ -»• ~?4'Jip^^^^,|l^!^"",'^-*P^'f»«'''" ,. ' .'j|-. ♦' ■ • , - ■ ■; ■■ , ; •• ' ' ■ '-.'■* # . . ■■ « on • Wfeetspans...... ...•7^^ IV m ' « . « on ctUvorte a«d drains, mcludmg BideditehM 'lilflll-- 4,869 13 8 ^^ - £26,369 13 3 ^P* Add for doping clay cutting- 1* to l....>^ " ^«^fortL5raiiditohe8,gtad'g.B,dg,&c, (gra.£40O,Bup.£200)... ' ""'' 1,600 ^;, Add cort of inm girders and labor on St Croix viaduct, V^ ^^^^^ jg 5 ' bv Commissioners •••••••■•• £29,286 12 8 £22,919 10 7 Graaing,&c -it- •••••••• ' ^040 2 8 . Superstructure.. ....;•:•-;• • * 1,326 19 6 Iron girder* of St. Croix viaduct ..... - •^>^^" £29,286 12 8 on the next page. '•/^f.^- .•■ ■■ -■'■.■.' ■ ■ ■' " ' ■ ' - '■ ■ ■ . ■ '■ ■ - • " ■ ' ■*M "If ■' ■ .• • ■ .- ■ ' ■ ■ . " " ■- ■ - ■ ' \.«n.,nN 5 EX,^8I0N,NOT1. 1 MILE. SEOTION ^'^'^'=^*^°'''^„ D^^^^ A SIMPSON, eoNTBAOrOBS. , ,- Vn f. : ThU«,*,» let out :;r cubic ,^..*eSohedu.e price, of «ct.o„ No. 5. grounds, at Wmdsor, at Is. dd.......-".^^'g^ 14 6 Bridge at Winkworth rood • ■ - •■ '.162 5 6 ^^ « « atpegNo.26. ■ "....SIS ' %' Road Alterations; . • " 285 17 6 - * li? Culvertsand drains.. ......••••••• ■•" .'/.'...OS 0. „',^;, Grubbing and deanng on Une. .... • • • •• . -^£7,885 17 ^ " 2150 cubic yards of balloting, at Is. 4d m 7 6 1926 L yards of nul laying.,at IS. aa.... " " 3^6 15 ^IJri^e of materials, li miles, at £90. • ""'"' _ 741 9 2 '■r''".^:-^^^i^. - ' Total to Dec. 31st, 1857. ....... •■••^8'627 6 8 - Add to ccmiplete filling of ^ grounds, 45,000 cubic ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ yards of «Wavation, at Is. id... ...••• • ' ;• «^eouo Add fo? additional atotiontrack^Bitogs, and mi«^^^ (irrading, £300, super. £300) _^ ^ ^^^ ** £12,03916 8 1 < "IS*- k ■ t .^A. t 4 ■ ~t 1 -■ I ' ■ ■ •! ■1 f , ^ \ " ' ,^1 ' 1 \ . > i^ ' .-feS W^M S^ ^ * r ■ . . . V «i» "• ' ' ^^' , ' J'^. m^t^^ ^ JH V lj^4^m%kk-i^ jA^^^^^. li." .^ 1^^^^ ^^fc^ «■ IsSiiHUlittiJ S&^M ^H ^^mS^^^^^^^^ f^^^ u ■ . Grading, &0...... ...... .......mm 7 6 Superetructure . ........... . ..1,041 » ^ - ■ £12,039 16 8 > ■■■■■■■•' Clamfication of (M of Seetion No.t> and ExUntm. Amount paid. Estimated Ckwt .*£27,032 13 5i{^22,919 10 7 „ f 6,040 2 8 5,000 \ ;;o4i 9 2 I .....1,326 19 5 1,326 19 5 Grading, &c.,»ection No. 5 « Extension Superstructure, Section No. 5. . . « Extension ...... Iron Girders, St Croix bridge. . RECAPITULATION of the foregoiitg Edimdes for the G^i^'Md Sup^jpnucroBB of • , the several Sediom. ' ' , .^ £33,369 12 104 £41,326 9 4 IWAIN MNC Hichmond Station . Boad Alterations. Section No. 1 .... < u u 2 « a a u u a u u the repairs of locomotives and cars are also entirely too^ for & ^ommodation of this department, and must be If gf ^y ^f^/e^^d^ Additiomd machinery and tools wUl also be requured. !<- »« j'»P<>'^^»J. ^"^^ ^Sislt pSment-from the want of local faciUties to procure work done at oUier estebhsh- K--shWd be more than ordinarily complete. To keep a large 8t«ck of duphcate SS^himd to be ready in cases of accident is expensive, and the repau: ,sW^ Should be capable of supplying aU that may be required m this respect .It would X be desirJble^that the passenger cars should be built at tiie work shops, the freight and insurance being heavy items on their importation. .», j ♦ I SSowed for erecting wood sheds, of which there are none on ^e road at present: It wUl be found trSe economy to have the wood kept dry and seasoned "^irtS Appendix win be found a tabular statement (NaJ) showing the location, dimensions, and other particulars relative to the station budding^and fixtures already built or contracted for. .^ Tlicro hwl been expended, September 30th, 1867, for Btntion buiWing«, llxturcis machinery and tooU— including £362 Sn, 3d. paid under the Section contracti4— the Bumof..... > •• •••• -.^a^GTS 4 7 For the quarter ending Dec. Slat, 1857, there waa paid on account of buildings about £3,600 . And for tumtablea, cranes, tools and machinery for workshops... ...0,000 To complete the buildings Mid platforms, now under construction, will cost, say ......1,000 ^ ■ . 10,500 £20,078 4 4 For the additional buildings and fixtures required, I estimate as follows : Jitc/unond—Heyf machine and repair shop— brick or stone. 1,600 " Freight or merchandise building, and additions to present station house / l.JOO « Carhouse..... -^GO « Wood sheds, &c. 000 « Machinery and tools for repairs ifiiW U w Jhw/kw— Passenger and freight building. foVl U I « Wood sheds, water works, and laying down turntable . , W)U J " Ihiro — Passenger and freight bmlding*— brick or stone 1,500 « Engine house and fixtures. do 500 « Wood sheds, tanks, and laying down turntable. 800 m«*or...,...do......do.............do. ..........^.... 800 Wau Staiiom-r-^y, eight watenng stations, including Bedford and . . ^ % Grand Lake, fitted with water tanks, wood sheds, "wells, and pumper aqueducts— average for each station £400.. m ...,- 3,200 00 « Passenger and freight buildings at the above way stflr tions (additional). ......2,000 « Say eight intermediate or 2d class stations— making , 4. stopping places about five miles apart— average, . say for buildings and plntfoims, £300 ...... ... .... 2,400 00 " Miscellaneonp, and to fit up machinery and toots in .- workshops....: ■ ......... ...2,600 Total..........; £40,378 4 7 (4). Equipment or Ro|.lino Stock. The rolling stock at present in use on the road is nA follows : 7 Locomotive Engines, ' V 6 Eight wheel Passenger Cars, 1 « 2d. Class and Mail Car, 4 « Covered Merchandise Cars, 31 " Platform Cars, 1 Four wheel Merchandise Car, 5 ISght wheel Covered Horse Cars, , '3 « Cattle and Sheep Cars, 2 Four wheel Ballast Cars, 1 'Snow Plow, and 4 Hand Cars. > '•%^ % 4- "if' K , *"* 'fF.' .iav'. it S- *« ^ J « ux» "il^.-^^ i J I. riii ■ 7 98 ■,■■ TTiere are mdef^ contimdim m tlie WorktAopt at the Jiieknond Station. ■ ^ 2 Eight wheel 2d. Class Passenger Cam 2 « Covered Merchandise Cars, 8 " Horse Cars, - . * « Flatforro Cars, Two additional locomotive Engines, which were ordered fVom Neilson & Co, of Glasgow, of fhe satno size as Nos. 6 and 7 at present on the rood, were lost on board the " Thdmas " last fall. They wore fully insured, and their place is being supplied by the Manufacturers. Six more oif the same size have recently been ordered. Thefu^^ount paid for locomotive engines up to Sept. 30th, 1857, was £11094 17 2| "i'or jfessenger, freight, and other cars, snow plow and omnibuses. ... .9996 12 6i 21091 9 9^ The two locomotives (Nos. 6 & 7) received since Sept 30th cost, delivered at Halifax, say £4250 each. .......... .v* . . . .^. . .8500 Eight locomotive engines ordered, say. . .... . . • .34,Q0 Two passenger cars, received since Sept 30th. i. . * 1100 Wheels and axles, wag^n mounting, &c., ., . .a. .4500 To fit up the locomotives and tb complete the cars now build- , ' ^ ... :.... ...,L....500 mgj say . Making the cost of the rolling stock now in use, under construc- tion or ordered. .;.... .£69691 99 ■ In addition to the above,! estimate that the following locomotives and cars will be required for the effective operation of the road when coinpleted to Windsor and Truro, viz ; > locomotive engines, 30 tons eochj^at £4500^ £18000 6 eight wheel passenger cars, Ist class, at 5 40 6 20 baggage and 2d. class, at freight cars. . ,. ...... .at cattle cors. , ... 7. at platform and lumber cars at 500* £18000 600 3000 '. ■ 350 1750 • >'■ 175 7000 ■»,, 175 1050 '\ ■ ' 140 2800 33600 ■- * £103201 ■3^ (5), Wharves. ' The wharf a't Halifax was built by contract, and has been in use for some time. That at Windsor was built by days labor, and is completed, with the exceptioi} of the back fijling, metalling, &c. . There has b^n paid on account of the wharf at Halifax £854 17 31 And on account of^the wharf at Windsor .£2769 1 5i To complete the latter requires 5000 cubic yards of filling, at Is. 3d.. ..;.... 312 10 -# ' Addfor metalling, mooring rings, &c.. -,. .300 ■,*^' • — 3381 11 5$ £4236 8 9 r J^he price of these locomotives H btocd on the co«t of the two last received at HaliTax, viz., about £4260 each, incInOiog (liiplicntc nud spare parts, It is a nuch higher prtee,- however, than is asnall^ paid for ipcomotivcs 6f that claw, \\ V JL-V4-^ ' L^l^t.1l.i^^iMAS 3=3f?»#S? " '"V**! «S"¥*~ \ ^''' V '*H"i Pf^** * LOOl 9 600 UOO 3201 £854 17 31 3381 11 6i 4236 8 9 49 (6.) Land Damaobs AND Fbncino. liie not authorisini; tl^ odpttruoiipii or the road, gives auUiority to the Commia- moneni and those acting under them " tO enter upon and take poHiewion of any lands « requirad for the track of the railways, or for stations ;" and ajUo to enter " upon any " hrnds" and take matorial of any kind that m^y be required ^and provides that the monies payable for land and damages shall form a County charge, to be assessed, ap- portioned, and paid for, accordipg to the relative benefita derived iVom the Bailway by the several sections of the counfy. The land, therefore, occupied by the Railway, and the damages to pffoperty,have not been included in the payments made by the Board of Railway CommissioDers, except in the folkxwing instances : Paid for a House at the Halifax tonninus bought of R BiarshaU £175 (^ « for recording deed ^ 8 « for Land at A^an village, on which to place buildings interfered with by the Railway (conveyance to J. Morrow) .,176 " for Interest 1 year and 9 months on the above 18 « for recording deed .• ^ « for Matorial and labor in removing and fixing up buildings at African viUage... ../•; .210 « to T. & L Piers for damages to property on Bedford Basin, m acco^ I dance with resolution passed by the Legislature . , . . 500 7 8 T 9 £1079 12 9 Fencing. There are now built, or contracted for, 114 miles of Fence, at prices ranging from 58. to 16s. 6d. per rod— the average price per rod being 6b. 3d. nearly, whidi IB equal to £100 per mile. „ To fence the whole of the Main line and Windsor btanch, on both sides, would re- quire 186 miles of fence, which would cost at the above average, £18,600 ;, but it may be deserving of consideration whether there is a necessity for fene&ig the whole un- mediately. For many miles the road passes through a sparsely settled regicm covered with timber and underbrush, in which few, if anv, cattle are paBtwred ; and the fire- quency of fires in such places would endanger wooden fences. Again, on several parts of the line the embankments are made mamly of rock, with slopes of nearly onfr to one, which cattle will not readily attempt I think, therefore, that three-fourtl^ of Sine is all that it may be advisoble to enclose at present To this I add an allow- of £500 for Snow fences, which on some portion of tihe iM may be found de- le. ' The fences built are known as « Post and rail,"— the posta generally of: hackmatack and the mlmgs of spruce. Stone is very abundant on many parts of the line, covenng, IndLed, the vrtiole surface, and rendering it difficult to erect a wood fence. In such places I would give, the preference to rough stone walls, which would cost but little in^ in the first instance, and be far more durable. # - . Etftimate. ly 140 miles of fence, including that alifeady built, at £100 per mile £14000 now fences. ....;:..... - • • • -SO® ' Add I«nd and damagec^ as above. •}^'^^ 12 9 '■"''■■'■^'' ■ -■; - ^- ^. ■ ' V ■ ■ ■■■ ■ •■ -^ ■; ^ - ■■ ' ■ ■ ■ :^ £15579 12 9 Amount paid on account of fencing ..•..5044 10 5 , « <* for land and dataages. ....... . ^"►"^ ^ -^ .1079 12 -9 £6124 3 2 Table No. 6 inihe appencUx is a statement of the contracts for fencing. , '-!,/* I*X It 30 ■ • (7). SALABIBS and InCIDRNTAL EZPBlfSEB. • Tlio amount expended under thiB head, during the time the road hjto been under conntruction, if iw follown: «p«fti. ,o t SalarioB of CommiBBionem paid bv the Receiver General. £5696 13 I Incidental oxponnes paid by the Roc. Qen. (Expenw a4scount) .im » U Salaries paidV the Commi«iioncr«. iwa o ii Incidental exponsea paid by the Commwaionets. .' .. . • i4v* ii 000 ^ ' ^- ^tal.................£17771 19 64 . ■ .".•/'' '■■.."" • ■ •' / ■'' , . ■ ■ (9). OipiCE EXPENSIES. , The expenditures haye been as follows : __ . _ Postages and telegraphs. ....../.......... £201 5 5* Printing and advertising. • • • -ooi « ot Office expenses— furniture, fikl, &c. . . . . ........ . .^^. . . . . .117U o a* / -V £1983 54 Add for 12 months./. •• ••^600 Total......... £2533 54 • / (10). Contingencies. ' j There have b^n classed under this head the following expenditvires : ^ Law Chwges.^. T.^ .........:......,. .£248 15 Commissions and agencies. i • • j ooo _^ o Homelnsur^ce ....;................................. ..180 10 Interest . . / ,.............../.....••••••••.•••• • • • ♦ * v** " *» .v £1522 10 84 Add 'for 12 ihonths ...-......•.•••• > . . • Y^rt**^'' ' * ^000 £4522 10 84 ' eilNi of thli^ l8 _for Intorat drto Bariag Brothen 4 Co., December 31it> 1M7. 1 j-»^ »-»j-»j^yT,^pB- follows 181 5 » [90 14 6i 71 19 100 6» r7i 19 6» )33 61 522 10 Si (11). MATBmiALH AHD PlaWT. Under thii hoad have b«en en^bmced ballMt wnggonH, wheeVbarr^WH, mow*, and road toulM ; alno, itemB of lumber, timber, cement, iron, ateul, oil, kc, which have not been charged to any other than General account — neither the bookn nor vouchera showing wnat diitpoBition hsM been made of them. The itemH are m follows : Plant Account^— VfaggoxM, wheel-bwrrows and scows, derrick, rood tools, gunpowder, &c ♦ £839 5 5i Lumber ana tiidber , .^ .... 748 8 3 Portland cement • • • • • on li r i Iron, iteol, nuta and screws 1480 11 51 Oil,and cotton waste 71 13 3 MiscellaneoUB 00 lo 3 £3170 5 9 Add for 12 four wheel ballast or gravel cars, for making repairs, at £75 900 « for tooie,&6;;::r:;. ;:::.:... . ..mo o o £4670 6 9 ■ ;. ,. ^ : ■•• (12). Interest on Debentuheb. .^ The amount paid for Interest on Debentures, &c., up to September 30Ui, 1^57, as entered on the books of the Receiver General, is £29,C34 10 9 Add for accrued interest imd the interest falling due for the next 12 months. ,.,... 46,000 * £74,634 10 9 From this account there might be deducted the net profits of working the road up to the time of its entire completion, but in the uncertamty <^. what the sum may be, I prefer to leave it, to go towards meeting depreciation of rolling stock and such efclms of tiie contractors as nviiy bp recognised. (13). Telegraph. « In the atimat«, I have allowed £3600 for building and equiping a Telegraph line for the use of the road. I am of opinion, however, that tiiis expenditure may, at least for the present, be deferred. The expenses of operating a railway telegraph are by no means inconsiderable, as, to derive firom it full benefit, it must commumcate with every station on the line and be conducted by a man of intelligence, always at his post, and who is capable of directing and regulatinjf the trains. A very large traffi^ under proner reguktions, can be conducted on a smglo track without such aid. Jl an arf^ement can be made witii existing lines, or if private enterpnse should desire ioestablish one along tiie route of the railway, every facility and encourage- ment should be given. To maintain and operate a telegraph properly, would pro- bably cost not less tiill £600 per annum. . ^ #. '^1 'h • Of UiU Mnoant £» Jto. 6d. U debited to the Wm Department for gnnpowder barwU returned in ISM.whlohf ^nonpidd. a * s • ,-1 ^' ■i-"*' 82 V SUMMARY. Conectlnir tho varioiw ilcmn of Uie Ei.timat« Uigother, we ob^in the folIowiiiK reiiult*— of the Amount Piii«l, U.« Amount Required U> comploVJ tho road, and th« total coit of the Ro«d and KruVpment complete • — — ^ — .i^z_= ;_■ ■■■ ■-■ - Amount (Mttu to Hlc>»ttwyMid.| andBnUiwMBi 472018 16 114 8623 18 9 6124 9287 12771 1988 1522 8170 29684 8 6 19 10 5 10 2 6i 61 64 84 9 9 6666^ .19*11 99408 73671 30800 11 16 84 5 10 "91^5 3^Q0„ 6000 600 8000 1500 45000 8500 9 0. 7 0-j 268042 40378 108291 1 4 8 7 9 4286 8 868208 7 84 16579 12787 17771 2683 4622 4670 746^4 8600 12 6 19 10 6 10 9 64 64 64 84 9 9 1,024W "y 24 The above estimate includes both the Main line and the Windsor branch; but as it may be satisfactory to know the cost of eaqhsjpftAte, I add the following state- ments: — , * ^ Siciemeid thewmg the approximate eori- diition, telogrnph, widening iMnlmnkmontu, nn«l « f«*f "tlier iU'niH. I linvo nu-ant nei- ther to omit nor inclutlo ony thing hut what will he found octuiUly noceiwiry hofore the QuuHtruction iiccount of tho rowl can ho doHed. m. 5911 16 2 UEVBNUR OR THANSTORTATION ACCOUNT. In making up and diuwifyring thin account, Homo «Iifflculty how hecn experienced from tho vouchem not olwftyH Bpocifying tlio nature of tho wrvicoH rondeivij or tlio labor porfonnod,— an imperfection continued to tho prewsnt time. For tho year 1865, tho riinning oxponnoii wore not iioporatcd fVom tho conHtruction occount until tho cIoho of the year, and had to bo arrived at, on Homo itemn, by oHtima- 1^ tion. Tlio ropairH of the road for that year, ftmounting to £4 U) U 0, were chargwl to conHtruction or general account ; 1 have not doomed it nccowary to trani^fer them, altlioiigh thoy wore properly cliorgeablo to working ex|)en8eH, and wouW reduce X ta^es from faUb^ fc down and obstructing the road. Many of the cuttings and emImkmertsTrr of S than the contract width. The clay embankments. wLh have rSryh^n "l ^S" ^^^ u*Jt&r^ £|.^*tt'SM£t^U)'^ i'4^h-. / ' ", "JS^IJ w r(«oi|)(«, of (ho KWul 1867, (V monlhn,) mll<-« In ' uper»- U,m. m 5 51 12 10 o» )5 7 & 12 3 U) 4i 19 17 6 .FT?-""""'' may bo txtMctMl to aottlo l4ir)(«ly hy ii«n tfirdoni iiMod j>i^** inuro iniiMirltint viadtK-la luvl hridgoM woro niAiiufliotunHl by FAirbaim & Soiim, of MAiifhcHtor, rlnalAiid, forwAitlixl ii| MCctionii, And put togutlier on thu wurkK. Tho gnuitoMt Hmnii in which thi^y wni pnipoMtMl to b«* uimhI art) in tho bridgcn aon>fm th«> 2rit'Ht})iub«>nuoAdi() and the Htowiiu'ku rivvnt, which havu OAflh oponingH of 100 fuot ThitM) liridguH uru not yut coiiiplotit. The Kinittrt*, I am informed by the Knginecr, arc proportioned to Himtain a wurght of Mcvnn tonn \H)r f(M)t without breaking, which i" amnio. I wouhi, am a nmttor of procaution, roroni- mcnd that they, and, in fiict, all bridge*, ho Hubjoctod tu a proper to«t previouA U> ojwning the rood for the tronHporttttion of pAWiengora, " Oukertt ami Draiiu. — The nioMoury of thin cli^ in of a fair qualitv, bifk^ujdor mihio of the heavy embankinontH arch oulvertM of a larger oiMniing wouhl have TJkTT pri»- forablo. 8oind of them look Humll in nixu for thu area of coiuilry drained through thom. On aoction No. U of tlio Main line, no moHonry haH yet been mniHtnictiul, and the quantity in (ho m*h(vlule appoam to mo itiHuiruMent. Truro Mill BnMik in ciomed four tiinoH, and hIiouM have a water way of not Iohh than 25 foot. The watorn of thin brook are tci)orto(f to Hnrcod over the meadowH, in high fVoiihetis to a ilepth of 8 to 6 feet, aimI, ah the (l«)w will noocHMarily be olwtructed by the railway onibank- ment, auflleient 0|iening Mhould bo left for tho piuwnge of the whole l)o"ulvort« were permitted to bo UHcd on the western end of the line, tliey ore poor oubHtiditea for Htono work. . Jf' BaUading. — The HpecificatiouH call for tmlluftting to a depth of one fbot and a wi«Uh of 14 feet, both in cxcavatioiiH and on emhankinontH, of clean n)un_„ ^^ — ^'-'i''^^"*'- "» ""o wuu- ties bordering the Basin of JE^ines will be sent to Halifax by railway or be shipped by water. I would recommend that all new engines ordered should have from 18 to 20 tons weight restiiig on the driving wheels, and have steam power sufficient to work up to their full adhesion. Such engines would be capable of caning on the 64& feet grades 176 tons gross or 88 tons net, and on the 71 i feet grades 162 tons gross . or 81 tons net Heavy engines are objectionable on many accouhts, but with the grades on this road they become a necessity. ' On the &ie Kailway in the state of New York, 446 miles in length, 246 continuous miles of which has no grade in the direction of the greatest trade over five feet "per mile, and with maximum grades of 60 feet per mile, out of 203 locomotiYes owned by the company, 92 have more than 18 'tons weight on the driving wheels, and 20 have from 20 to 32 tons, the latter being used only on the portions of the road where the steepest inclinations occiff. On your road tiiere would be no econonly in using heavy locomotives on the steeper grades only. Stnkhe»and (h>mnga. — The switches andMsrossings of a Bailway are of more im- portance than their qoe^ intimates. All experience diows that accidents are more hable to occur at them than at any other pomts upon a road. Hiose in use on this radway are made on the English plaii, which answers well, and is, perhaps, safer than any other for smmner use, but in this clfinate, in the winter time, the movable rails wiU be liable to get flocked up with ice and snow and cannot be dependeNS on as aeV- ifdrng, and will require much care and attention. No greater number of Ithem than Iff found actually necessary should be allowed, to branch from the Main track. ^ RoKng Stock.— In the estunate, I have allowed for what ordinarily would be consi- dered a moderate equipment, but, as the amount required depends entirely on the bu^ess to be accommodated, it can readily be increased should the businfess warrant The paasenger and freight cars on the road are of approved forms and substantially built. I observe oHe thing, however, in connection with them which perhapsit might be advisable to correct The wheels under the passenger cars are of cast iron, while those under the freighrcars are of wrought iron. The latter are much more expen- sive, and presumed to be safer and stronger,- and as passenger trains travel at higher rates of speed than freight trains, and more- serious results attend any failure of their runnmg gear, it is desmible that the best shduld be placed under them. Cast iron wheels are mostly used in the States, but jnore frbm motives of economy than from any opmion of their being equal or superior to those of wrought iroa .SkOian (jhyunda.— At Halifkx the station grounds are much cramped from the vicin- 1^ of the nsmg grounds and from the line of the Railway being mostly on a curve They are not well adapted to accommodate a hurge amount of Imnness. This termi- nus has also tiie disadvantage of beine at a considerable distan5e"from the centre of busm^ of the city, which will cause delay, inconvenience and expense to the busi- ness of the i^,— fcm pit ^ 1^^' 1^^ 1 «' ,/ h tenninii of y' toomudl the traffic important t low rites, f the coun- shipped by n 18 to 20 nt to work a the 64^ tons grosa- , with the continuous B feet *per ves owned )i8,and 20 f the road Qononly in more im- ) are more Be on this safer than Vable rails tonasM^- them thtui be consi- )ly on the is warrant [)stantially )s it might rem, while >re€xpen- at higher re of-their Ca^t iron iian fixmi ihe vicin- i a curve, his termi- I centre of the bu8i< quired to grounds. "■ i event of it may be it Wind- i:^) ■ ^ J : \ im <\f Aieemmlt am Vmchert. ' * Many of the vouchers are very imperfect ; a 'few are entirely without date of any kind, and it is necessary to refer to toe books to discover even in what year they were paid,— -others ape very inexpli^ lis to the considcratioji for the payments, also as to wlmt accoimt they properly belong. Thus, in the quarter ending December 9-lst,1855, voucher No. 363 IS a receipt of John Kennedy for £8 for "advance for labor," without date of any kind, month or year; and voucher No. 1, for the quarter endmg Mairch Slst, 1867, is a receipt of Wm. J. Wiswell for «£100 on account," also without date, and there is no date to the bill on which it was part payment, amount- ing to £689 ; vouchers 126 and l34, March quarter, 1867, are returns of labor on contract No. 3, and for cutting wood and pmnping water, iunounting to £76 48. lid., also without date of any kiiid. Sometimes the vouchers do not correspond as to date with the entries in the books. Thus Voucher No. 134 March quarter, 1856, is a receipt of E Niford for £4 4. 4i for 6f cords of wood, dated as received payment, Nov. 6th, 1855, is not entered in the journal as having l^een paid until Feb. 28th, 1856: Voucher No. 219, June quarter, 1865, is John Grain's Bill against D. Cameron, for balance due on making ten waggons, amounting to £5 15 receipted as having been paid Jan. 24th, 1865. This voucher has not even evidence on its face that it was chargeable against ti^e rt^way or Commissioners^ — ^their names not appearing in thebilL -* -i; Some of the vouchers which contain a number of items chargeable to different accounts, do Wt show how they were distributed. In bills of this kind, unless the distribution made is noted at the time, it would be difficult in many cases to select the sam% items, many standing on debatable groimd, particularly between what is properly chargeable to construction and to working expenses : Latterly, however, the distribution haiji been more generally noted on th& voucher. Anomer of this class which has been extensively practised, is the first charging bills, or cosh paid, to one account, and afterwards transferring some portion of me account, and some- times without specifying the items, to somie oUier. In September quarter, 1856, £345 6 8 is paic[ T. Hanright on account for erecting girders of Sackville bridge, per vouchers 112 to 121, and in the same quarter £27 10 of the amount is transferred ftnd charged to Richmond station, and £20 16 7ito Sackville station. Hie trans- portation expenses for 1855 were largely made up in this way, and probably neither the Commissioners nor book-keeper could now say in many instances what the items were that were thus transferred. In the trani^rtation accounts of 1856 full one- third of the amount ori^aUy debited to "Locomotive charges" is transferred to other accounts. In this connection, however, it is but just that I should state that I dis- covered nothing from the books or vouchers but that the intention was to make a fair and proper distribution ; although instances occur where it is evident that the whole or a portion of some bills should have been charged td other account*^ thus : In the quarter ending Dec. 31st, 1855, £88 19 4 is paid to Johnston & Dimock on account of "Fencing," per vouchers 245,246, and 247, and in the same quarter £134 16 js paid them on account of" New iEngine House," which sums, Amounting to £223 14 6, are entered on Johnston & Dimock's account in the ledger as trans- ferred to " New Store ;" but they are both, in fact, charged to " New Engine House," an^ afterwards tranrferred lo " Station House an9 other Building " account In June Suorte^, 1856, voucher No. 221, Commercial Wharf bill for wharfage on chairs, !;4 4 0, spikes, 8s. lOd, and wheels and axles, £1 9 6,— together £6 2 4,— is all charged to rollhig stock, while the latter sum only was properly chargeoble to that account In Man^ quarter, 1856, voucher 166, bill for lumber for Sackville bridge, is charged to Riehmoid Station. In March quarter, 1857, Joseph Mitchell's bill for wharfoge of 30 J tons Brictge Iron, is charged to "Iron Rails;" and in December, 1865, T. Hanright's receipt for £27 10 for erecting Freight Shed at Sackville Sta- >-^ V I- y ' A'"*' a^.,>,^4i'>«'« ' '• • mm ^--^^-^ jmitm^,^..^.-. ti'^i-y J , 40 ■• tion, 18 charged to Sftckville Bridge. Entries like those show great caroloflsnosa, i; making up the books. • ,< , ; Pjiymeutsarefrequentlymadeooaccountofseveral ciontractft, when Hoparato ac- counts have already been opened. Thus': D.McDonald is paid, per voucher No 38, Sep^tomber quarter, 1867, « £3,000 on account works No. 2 and 6 Windsor bnmclii? which sum of coursci cannot be charged to either contract ; and in the same quarter S. Sutherland & Sons are poid « £2,700 on account," being part of the pet centage retained on three sections, viz, 7, 9 and 10, which must make numerous transfers^d entries necessary m order to distribute and charge to the proper accounts, 'Of course, With such a system of making payments, when neither the engineer, commiu- Bioncrs, nor contractors qan know how much .has been paid on any particular section, errors Y'" fe^*u®^^J-V*'*'"'''~*"'^ ^® accordingly find in the quarter ending bcjCcm- ber 31st, 1856, that McDonald & Simpson were paid on engineer's estimate, per voUcher 1 No. 345, « £1,439 on account of contract for grading section No. 6, Windsor bnjich," but this, by mistake, is charged on the hooka to cgntrAct No. 2, Windsor bnUichTand so remains In Mardi quarter, 185T, vouchers 8l and 82, are engineer's estimjtes in favor of Johnston & Blackie for « £3,064 on account of work done on contract No. 3, Windsor branch,"— but this sum', on the books, was charged to contract /No 3* Mam lino, and closed up Johnston & Blackie's account. on Umi section, whibh was charged off to « cpnstructidn" or General account, Jurie 30th, 1857. But tliis sum was not my able on that work, and had to be disenterred from the construction ac- count and charged to No. 3, Windsor branch. In the same quarter, voucher No 76 D, McDonald's receipt for «* £1,000 on account of 10 per cent, on contract No 5 Windsor branch" is charged on the books to McDonjdd & Simpson's general/account! As shewing the difficulty of making up an accurate statement of the coit, under distinct beadmgs, from the books, and in explanation of the amounts given in this re- port not always corresponding with the Ledger entries, I* will cite one of two in- stances : In May, 1864, a bill of £6 7s. 6d. for drawing tables and trestles J charged to «surveymg;' which, with the ordinary latitude given to engineering andTurveyinK expenses, was a prqper classification- In September, 1854, however, it is ifosferrel to « office furniture " account In December to « office expenses,"— and ij the same quarter to « permanent way," which last account at a later date is trajsferred to "construction." Ftom. the wanderings of this small item it is evident that the ac- countant did not know well what to do with it ; but in the following ins&ce I can see no obj^t m making the entry : Voubher No. 26, March quarteiv 1860. Bowes and Son8biIl,fpr printing 50 schedules and 100 bills of work to be Jet, is chatged to con- tract No. 9 in place of being charged to printing and advertising^accountT There? are dso numerous cases of salaries paid to inspectors, time-keepers, &c, beinj charged to particular sections or contracts— but not on contractors account,- and/being after^ words charged to construction, do not a|>pear in the/books either agauWt salaries or engineering. ;, , ' . 1 The accounts would be much simplified, and ei^^es in the book Wgely reduced by adopting monthly, ^n place of weekly, pay rolls, for the employJesL I believe' there woulg be found to be, no hardship or inconvenience 4n this, judging from expe- rienoe on other roads. X" ^ , By having peparate pay Tolls and retiima for tlie different depwIanJnts of construc- tion and repairs, upholding, locofliotive oharget^ traffic charges, &q, wSuld also greatly Bunplify the accounts, and reduce the number of ehtrie& &ese pay/rolls and retun^ should be mode m printed forms, being the only way by which sWplioity and uni- formity-^an be obtained. For the nun^erous small payments whidfare.biade on ac- count of labor, wood, iand material— not entering into the irgplnr' pay rolla or re- ttirns— printed blanks also shbiuld be used, and all vouchers should/ not only specify when for labor, the nature of 'the services performed, and "whe^ for materials, the' w ft 'n h I ii t t .«f -t '-•^i^'^HrV ' • ix\' Iff/" 41 weight, quantity, or the amount of each item, with Uie price, but designato on their face the diBtributipn^ or account to which the eame hw been Charged. Many bilJs are now made out for ealarieB and labot without specifymg the nature of ihe aervices or labor psrformcd. . „ , . , .. .^ I have in preparation a number of blank forms, more *8pec>ally with r«ferenco~to the working department of the road, which will be subiAitted at an early day. • Every facility and aueiBtance has been afforded me by the Chief Engineer, m ob- ^ning the date as rektes to the characteristics df the road, and otherwise, when the information was in his power ; but as he keeps no general account of the expenditures or cost of the railway, mosUy all the information of thb kind has been derived Irom the books kept in the Commissioners office, and from the quarterly accounts and vouchers rendered to the Financial Secretary, In fact, I have relied mainly on the vouchers,— the numerous transfore and cross entries rendering it tedious and diHicuit to make out the cost under any head of expenditure from tlie books, and even alter arrivinflf at a result tliere is no certjunty that the whole is embraced It maybe proper to state, that I consider the j^ngineer Department of ^e road as havini been organised on too Umited a seale, origmating, no doubt, m the laudable desire of economy, but in this it is quite possibleto go too far. The force employed . has not been sufficient to give the requisite levels and stakes during the progress of the woric; and we consequently find, at Hcveral places, the gniding out of Ime, exca- vations and eihbankments too wide, and at others not wide enoUgh, improper ballast- ing used, and other matters of detail imperfectly executed. Some of th«, bogs and Jakes which W swallowed up such large quantities of material, cojild have been Martially orVholly avoided, and nodoubt would have been, had proper-eoundmgs been Sen to d^'termiie their depths on the original surveys-v The services of on^ or two well qualified assistant Engineers in addition to those who have been employ ed.pn the road, to have given a per^nal superintendence to the work, would have saved . large exiienditures at many points-expenditures which, although nommaUy^^^^^ by the contractors, ^ave generally in the end to be made up \t^«™ »» *^« *J^^f . aUowauces or otherwise. The duties of Chief Engineer are such, in the office, as pre- •Tente his spending much of his time upon the line during the construction of j ron4 TableNo.8in the appendix is a list of the present officers , and employees, their duties and compensatiir Table No. 9 is ^«o"»P»>^S'^?, ^t*^^™^.^ ^f^\l oflS cost per mile of the Nova Scotia railway, and pf the Railways of the State of Nc^ ^Accompanying this report are profiles of the M.un Kne from the Junction to Tniro, imd of Ae Windsor branch, which were furnished by the Chief fiigmeer. I have, had marked on them the grades in feet per mile, also tlie position of the several vior StTwid bridges On the portion of the Main Line under construction, the cuttings and miings' are coloured, so as tb exhibit^ the progress made m th? ' ""^Tn making up Schedule A., it was found convenient to defer entering some of the Inv^ces of kon^ntil such time as the distribution^of ira Is, chairs, &c^^^^^^^ iSa^counW This makes an apparent difference in the expenditure for some " quSterefrom^thaV*hown on the books, but I have appended the cl^^ck balances wS^howthe ftems carried forward. They are of no vrflufe, however, further than as shewing that the schedule" agrees with the accounts rendered to the Financial Secretary This schedule has been compiled at no inconsiderable expense of labor . S tS result of a careful examination of eaph separate voucher or evidence of .Sent from the commoncement of the work, and it is beh^yed that when taken mi . Ection with this report, will fM^ish all the information as to the expendaures • - ' ■/ }' "11 : ."''■■■■■■;"■':.'.■■■»:■ •■■■ ':. >, : ' ' - " ■ ^ \'' V ■. ^--p. ' - 42 v which can be reaaonabljr expected. To MeMn. Jtmes O. BogM, A Jam 0. Fife and Charles M Nutting. whoWaaaisted in making it up, I am Sdebted fi^the pe^^ verance with which they have devoted themaelve^ to Se work. **"'"' "® P®'^ ^ ■ f I have Uie, honor to be, ' " ^ Your moM obedient Servant, * JAMES laubie; Civil Engineer. Ah^^T^'^n ™^"?^*^8 ^e foreffomg repprt, I have been informed by the W fo^d ly al«.mfonned,thatof theBleeperBofwhichlcfuldgjnrac^^i^^ .-. ii ■li ;'-■/■■■■' ■ ■ ■ ^ '■ ■ ■ ■"■■'■' * •' . > \: 1 » ■ 7 1 ;■■■■'-;'"■ ■ ■ ■; >' » ■ ' ■■*..*■•■'■'.'■ ■ V . ' ■ .' .■ ■ r . . ■ ■ ■ ■ > ■ • ■■-•■.,. ■ ■"■'% ■ ■ \ • :■ /•■ ;>■ ■-:-■.■■ ■ ■■ - ■ .. • ■ ■-■■ 4 ■ !'. >■■■■■■ ■. , , / * ■ ■ . ■' . ■ ; ■ ^-rx - ^ ..J m - - . * / .^I^r^f?^^^ J*" w^ *«f5^ I itp -^ -/fsv*' .-..fl^l*^',,*^ '"k Fife, and, the pene- APPENJ)I?:.- i "i a 2 3 4 4 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 11 14 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 22 *22 23 24 25 25 26 26 28 29 SO 80 . 31 32 33 ^4 N> zm- 78 84 26 26 78 40 46 70 66 1 40 11 63 21 70 26 41 66 21 66 3 43 3 31 13 21 60 69 61 32 22 47 31 73 65 43 3 63 23 21 43 Ondo iu feet per Mile. 88 40 2 34 72 ,0 47 67 65 25 7J5 15 1 40 61 42 48 49 2 36 1 15 2| 15 45 1 35 27 40 40 28 62 8 39^ 8 73 51 70 V 26 64 '42 1 62 68 - 40 ,60 60 78 1 12 60 ^ 40 >/ Ascent of Onde in Feet. Far. 043 264' 366 Level. 1650 413 330 550 . 412 Level. 150 Level.. . 81.48 Level. 440 Level.' 500 660 260 Level. 660 330 Level. 440 440 LeveL' 264 . Level. 330 Level 388.2 361 ^ 253.9 LeveL 220 330 r 471.43 65a 330 1320 600 660 126.92 137-5 330 Doflcont I filevation of Ondoabv'o Tidej in Foet. Water Fbct. ■ 56 20.0 14.4 3.2 12 8 160 9!6 12.8 S5.2 64.8 12.0 10.6 8-0 211 8.0 16,0 12.0 12.0 200 164) 13.6 16..0 20-8 24.0 16.0 H.2 9.6 16.0 4.0 8.8 9£ 41.6 38.4 16.0 ♦ 2.7 9.8 12.7 8.0 329 970 ■ 6.4 4 5 6.0 Fbit. 12.4 18.2 8.3 8.2 6.5 47.9 LOCAUTT. Pnor. 14.9 2.9 9.7 10.6 6.3 19.6 26.0 23.0 6.0 16.5. 7.8' 96 i9.2 19.9 2.5 9.? ■\ 124^0 * 8.0 10;4 15.0 22.8 7.9 7.9 5.0 17.7 8.1 16.1 5.6 5.6 88.5 38.5 136.5 135.5 129.2 129.2 Halifax. 116. 91.0 91.0 95.5 72.6 72.6 78.5 72.5 72.5 67.0 57.0 49.2 49.2 61.6 62.0 70.2 • 70.2 61.a 69.3 3SL4 476 6|$.6 63.1 58.6 49.3 972. 73.2 66.2 Bedford Station. Lily Lake.— >_^ 116 '^'^"Vd^f J^^*^o"- Fletcher's Station! Grand lake Station. IShubenacodie nver [Upper. Nine MUe River [Road. Barney's Brook. ■C'l 84 43) I 288.6 233.7 ^'•^' ■^ ,. ".J. r ^f^, J -jVp-t ■""^"j^-D •/ 44 Ditttanco f LoiiKtIi (>r from Ilali- Grade / from Ifali- Grade |Inclinntiou fkxiiiMiluHJ ill Milo8. Ma. Onide III foot per Mile. Araentof Grade in Fnet. De«j«nt I EloTation of Gradouliovo Tide in Foot. Water. S4 43 35 28 36 37 13 87 30 38 65 39 62 40 42 34 43 48 44 13 44 26 44 58 44 73 45 42 46 60 47 40 47 63 48 k 48 ^5 49 ^8 49 53 49 66 ,50 1 50 79 51 11 51 41 51 67 62 27 52 71 53 19 54 39 64 45 55 '6 65 16 56 66 66 6 66 46 66 74 67 3 67 6 58 16 58 42 58 66 69 16 60 67 60 79 01 16 m^im LOCAUTT. Uoldswortli's moadV Truro road atNolsou'tf Shutwuacadio Rivor, [Lower. Stewiacke Roa/A. StewWke Bridg«. .j^ I I li \ \ \ Pollis's Bog* ' Brinton's fioad. Brookfield Road. Siitnmit.*** *»'i* - '■-^^M- -^> ^ UTT. ■■"■ ■:*, .r I's moadV BtNolsou'tf lio Rivor, [Lowor. Bridg«. {oad. Road. (.; 45 ^ AnNTR«CT or €»B10IE^T«. [ AHCRNDIKO. i WWOKNUIKO. TOTAL. Milcii. iCMmiiiM Miteii. (Miniiu Miles. Chain* I^vel From to 20 feeVpcr milo 10 From 20 to 40"ffOt lierjuilo 8 From' 40 to (50 foot pet^nilo | 3 From 00 to 1.8 ft. per>jilo _1 '■• 2S .^ -I — ^ • < "■ ' ' ' Tadlr No. 2. TAULK OF (iUA^MKy TS OX THK WINDSOU UUANCH. Ditttaiico from llalU ll^xinMileH Loiifrtli ul' Urado ill MilcH. lOnii^o iii'.VsceiUof Inclination foot^wr 1 Oiiido of Urado Mlfoi in Foot — — «r ^ Mh. C(ih.M«. Chs. 1 in. 13 7 13 SO 14 12 Fr.gr. i_ FEET. , ^ Fkct. __Fkkt 14 57 15 72 IG 9 17 11 18 1 18 35 18 09 19 14 19 33 21 10 21 27 21 08 22 32 22 77 23 42 24 11 25 3 25 53 25 05 20 11 26 .50 20 77 27 27 27 70 27 79 28 39 20 , & 29 18 23 02 45 16 17 2 70 •34 34 25 19 03 11 41 44 45 45 49 72 50 12 20 39 27 30 43 9 40 46 IS Dccount I EloviUion of Orndcabv'o Tido in Foot. I Walor. 1 liQvel. 183 117.80 110 Level. 150 Level. 140.07 '88 75 73.82 "75 Level. 140.67 370 Level. 000 127 220 253.84 253.84 140.0 1400.G 400 1400.6 412.5 73.3.3 Level. 103.1 244.4 28.8 44.7 48 35.3. 30 GO 70.4 71.5 70.4 36 11.1 8 41.5 24 20.8 20.8 30 3.0 13.2 3.0 10.4 7.2 h. 2L0 29 18 16 11 22.3 25.2 57 35.9 25 22.0 IT 124.5 18.5 25.2 21.9 12 9 3.3 0.8 Locality. 15.4 ■7.7 11.9 ^ 1.7 4.5 1.3 0.8 29.4 3.5 120 120 148.3 173.5 280.5 230.5 200.4 200.4 2.j1 270 298.0 315.0 440.1 440.1 458.0 450.9 450.9 455.4 480. V' 502.5 515.4 518.7 500.8 505.1 500.0 499.3 50(i.l r)00.3 505.3 475.9 472.4 Windnor J\mcti<«« 12 % ■I T^i "W^^WW- 4(i '■■' \ ■ l)i.-taiii!i) liiili);lll (if fi-iiiii Iliili-' Or.tilo fqyjnMtl.'K in Alil.-fi. Oil 18 IS 7J ;;() r,;{ .'!'J :!l ;n 7 .'!.") •M »(! ^17 .'J 7 J!7' .*J8 ^8 yy 40 40 4;j 4}J, 4( •IH 4 7 ].-( 4.'{ 7'» 4t> .'tl 40 ao 4.} 44 14 4.'1 '48 8 4!) 4 28 72 5G .'10 lid L".» .10 ;{•) :!(; r.:i 10 .•{'() ;!o •VI ()•-' !) 70 7 1 50 20 -.5 40 41 .30 24 44 (;4 UiMily iiiAM'cntor _F»!rrr._|^FKKT.^ I 422.0 of (Jniilt) 1 ill. 01 r.1.2 20.4 lo.s.l 200 hovfl. I. '1 7..-) ' 27r) 440 \ IOl..ii I i;;.s.o% 88 j 01.07! 212.0 I Ifl.lli 811.8 88 '\ 04^ 3084.1.,. f 1.1 0;i:48 50.1 3.300 220 2ii38.10 'I20..5 Levi' I. Level. ;jo.2 1 0.2 12 ^^'^ .'18 00 \ r»7.<) 21.8 47..-) . 1.8 00 50 1>V 2i 2 4;).8- 0.0 18.7 44 50 '31. 49 I htwi'iit of (Jniilv jjvFftil. FKtrr. 7(i.2 24 10.7 8.0 IG.O 7.0 22.5 70 10.1 32. 1 50.2 57 35 0.0 00.0 0.8 t'>«) 5G.2 Kloviilioii I IllMtVO Tillo '_ _Fkct. J^ 472.4 4 18.4 431.7 441.3 4 11.3 40*1 451.4 I5;».4 4 12.5 431.9 412.4. 333.4 323.3 201.2 211 241 184 181 184 149 148.4^. 88.4 87.0 7;i.4 78.4 22.2 22.2" Iak'alitv. KikI orH«rti«»ii 3. Big Hujj Brook. End of Soution 4. ■St. Croix IJiver. Ponhook Koiul. {Wickworth Roiiil. iWiiuLsoi'T T -H-m 401.0 ! 505.7 I 22.2 AB.STIIAC* OF j ASCEXIII.\(). KKSCEJ - . . 1 Miles- jChaiiiH fMiieHT '«...*. ( 3 10 3 * 4 07 2 . .". . . .' 2 0.'{ ►- i . . . . . 2 ■ 2^ 1 ■ " t ! 13 13 ! j;j 1 uri ■£ 'Pi f^^ ■r-. ^liSs.. ■'^'■^.■.'^?^:smr:'. * » "■W^^m i-* «■=♦■;$*", ■jm"v ♦ ■ -V 48 ■*t 'i* Diwtfliii'o li'-iiffUi from <»• IliUirux. Hlnii^lil Mx. (;iiii. 1) 10 ID II II II n II II 12 12 13 13 It It M 14 U in 15 10 10 10 10 10 17 17 17 19 19 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 33 -to II 73 12 2t 42 58 01 7(> 6 50 If) 55 J 31 51 01 75 27 50 12 41 40 58 72 8 42 78 11 57 20 50 AO 3 34 44 59 I 26 45 66 67 15 CIlltillN ..51 M ..||H MO oliK. tk) th».|40 dm. HO tlU.liO tUA \[ , ntiiiiiM I lit I (o I (o lo I t«> ' ' mill .81 • in ,.20. ,20. (UM;liii. 10 iilm.lUO clw. '20 iilm. ii|)wi-ilruiliiiH ritiliiiti IrmliiiM riitliu* ('liuijm'(;iiuiiiN(3iniiiH|ciiftiuit(nmiiii 54. 10. t 32. 40. .14.. .2\.] A2.'. 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HO ch>. radius and uywnl. m nim.m eiuAO islia, to iW (iha nidiua IS" 49 62 4 80 49 67 H 61 69 69 11 40 48 66 IB 18 68 78 18 11 11 18 15 71 80 10 80 71 89 86 67 62 10 68 15 16 67 72 1^ 12 28, it 1 11 28 66 11 86 2 10 '.\'m. \\n. '.m. '.'mo. '.m\ '..m. '. '. X '.'.20. .18». .162. .!i26! '.'.iiO. '.'.ki'. '.'.ii'. Vjs'. .'"48! '. '. :i. '. '. '.6 ,.u. ...80. .18. !'.io. • ■ •■•' • .117, !266'. !!i4'. ,19. .18. to u> 10 (Iha. »0 rli«. nMliiiN nKlliia 80«jIm to 20 oha i-Kdiim .22. .21. ,22. .19, '.ii'. .89*. !2o! !48'. 20 nliH. to 12 dm Ch«lM0fMli)a .15. .87. lio'. Wlioitt No. uf of Curt*. I/K'AUTr. ..81 : • • • tk--^ i 27. ..17! ..4a.. ;!6«!! 26! it". 89! 126. 3122 622 120 ..8. '.si! "u! !8i! !i8 !&! !!!6 :^2! '!7.6- !!2i! !!i8! !!!7! !!i4! •'• • • * ...8, Shtih«nKciwliu River. Rlinwiiilc'. 9 Shtibeniiciulio River. Stewiacke River. 660 290 246 .44. , . I . .40. !!«6! ■ !76! !".29! ..'.".16 ! *.56 'Mb ....I ..14, ...7 • • • • ....71. PoIHm'h Bog. Brookricid Roml. 36 Truro. 2536 . 39 milus 2 cluiiiw. in nuX^A 16 oluiuiB. Totol curvnlurc, 2536 degrees. Averige curviture per mile, 41 dcgreeu. • Length of Straight Line . . Leogth of Curved line. . , . ... ^ r.' *-i- V^^fr <■'* f ( »«r*>"t«< • '•^.r "'V "► -*«^- r"W Table Ko. 4. TAHLE OF CURVKS ON WINDSOR BRAKCH. .-^ / ■ • V- LKNGtU OK KACil CI.A88 OV CVUVK Wlinin Distaiico Longtli B0.c]is.:80cli8 .dOchs .40ch> .80 ohs .20 ohs No. of Degreei of ^urve. . ;•: • -.■• . ■ -'■ ■■ from of radius to to to to to ■ - Halifax. Straigh and 60c1fe .40oh8 . 80 ohs . 20 ohs .12chs LOOALFtr. * ■ Lino. upwrd.'radius ,, radius radius radim radius J ■..._. . Ms. Gli8 . Chains Chains Chains, Cliaini iCliainsjOhainsjChaint ■'■;:.■ 4. ■■ ■■■■ ' ; ■ 13 7 Junction with Main > Dine,. 13 38 13 45 '.'.'.7.'. i . . . . • ■ • • • • • « • V- 31.. ..00.. 13 69 • ■•••• -' • • • • 24.. ..68.. '/ ■ ■ '■' ' 14> 75 .86.. 15 13 18.. ..25.. ■ -^ ■ ' ■ 15 41 ..28.. ♦ !■ " 15 73 > • "" ' ' 32.. ..69.. Beaver Bank Boad. 10 03 ..70.. .V r ■• 10 78 15.. • • t ■ ..21.. / -" ■ ■..;■■• 17 '14 ..10.. . / . . , ■ ■'-..■ ■ .■ 17 20 12.. ..17.. ■/■■■ '-■•■■■ ' 18 4 . ,58. . 1 .-, ■ ■:■... 18 17 •-Si.' • 13.. ..29.. / ■ . ' ' ■ - ■■ 18 45 ..28 a }>, . . • •' • • 18 Oi- 16 .36.7 !!32'/! ls 64 ...3.. « • • • ... .... . • • • * V 18 79 • • • ». ■ • • • • *-:m a 16.. a ■ a a Long Lake. 19 33 ..34.. • • • • ■ • ■ ■ ■ • • • : . . . >' a • a , *■' ' -<='.- vl9 52 I • •' • • • ■ • • • > a' ■ 19.. ..37.. 20 6 ..34.. ■ ■ -■■ 20 24 .,19.. .... 18.. a a • « ..2L. 20 43 , yr - . ■ : ■ ■ 20 72 .':98.'." ..29. ■ • • • a •' • a • • a a ... . ..1(4.. • " ■ ■ ■ 22 10 22 46 ..36. • • • • • • • • .... ..25.. 22 54 . . . o. . ■ • • ■ a a a a '.]^Q,'. 22 68 • • • • 14.. ■ a a a - 23 50 ..62.. Sackville River 23 §1 11 .16.. 1 24 35 ..64.. • a • • • • • • • 24 68 • • • • 23.. a a a • • » • • ..S3.. 24 76 ..i7.. • •' • ■ « • • • a ■ • a 1 25 6 • ■ ■ • 10.. •^■'a a' ■ . .15. . 26 61 ..46.. ■ " X 26 66 ..14. • • • • • • .^ a • a a a ■ a« a a • a. ■ •- J. 10.. near Uniacke Station. . 26 32 ..47.. - ■ • • • * 26 44 " • • ■'•■ • 12.. • a a a • a a ' a • • a • ..17.. /■ ;-■ 26 53 ...9.. . . .\^ • • • •. 54.* .* i a a a a a a a a a • • a a a 27 27 ■ a a a ..62.. : ^--^ .-■.,, ' ■ . '■ 27 47 l'.^.'. • • • • • • ■ ■ a a • a 20.. • * •, • .46.. '*,''"" ■■' • 27 69 ..*> . ^ • • • * a a • a a a a • • • • • Dear Third Lake. 28 9 20.. ..14.. »•' 28 26 ,.16.. m 37 .12. • ■ ■ • • ■ • • » • • o* • 29 18 .ei.. • ■ • • . , . . • • • 4 • • ^ • 29 46 .27. • ••• •••4 ^sl^ • • • « •* « • • ,.19.. - — . ^ 29 63 ••:.| ...,) la.. • • • • • ^ • • .26.. !-% ■ A*-**' af^i ife « * • " * 1 Lake. _^ • ' *• \ ( • 1 » • / iss^SSL \ ^aMtKMtt**^ .*ad Ik -^--^' v; tain [line. /■ md. ition. T ^^BMOTk CM ^ 8 A01I CLAM OV ODBVB- DitUnce i Length SO ohB.lSo oba. from ™ . rikdioiL to Halifax. 8t™Jg^* and 60ch«. line, ttpwrd. nwJtna 60oh»46oU,,dOohiT to to 80ch8.20oh8 J -___, Whole 20ch«4 No. to 12chi radim of Degreei of ^ Curve LoCAUTY. / 'O Length of Straight Line Length of ChUfved line ■.••/•-••' 18 mUes 30 chains. 13 «* 19 « Slmfles itfcnaina. Total Curv«t«», 1635 de«ee«. Average Cnrv*twe per mO^li degrees. # ; -A^a -i m ,H "^VyftTrtspp*^^! Table No. 6. StaTBMKNT ffllOWINO tub T/KJATION, DmWBIONS, AND OTHKR PABTIOOtAIW, RKLATIV. TO tlO Location. Richmond u Oharaotor. MaterliOa. Wood. « a Stone. Wood. « Bedford...... ■ « « Fletcher's .... OrandLake... Elmadale Windsor . Mount Uniacke. Station fioiue. •♦ "projectiona Store Housoi Engine Hoiiae. do. , Work Shop. Stable. * Turntable. . Two Dwejhng houses PassengBrHouse. Freight House. Dwelling House. Statipn House. Station House. Station House. ^ Station House. Engine House. Turntable. Ilron & w'dl IStation House. | Wood. DimensioniB Bemarks. N ^^ Machdjkey andFixtobes'at Richmond Station. T^vo Turntables 50 feet diameter. One 16 horse horizontal high pressure ikigine. ^ 6 horse do. do. do. " fmaU high pressure Engine, for pumping water. ^ laijfe Turning Lathe, for turning locomotive wheels. pair wheel Turning Lathes 24 inch head. Planing Machine to plane 15 ft. or cy. faces. Shaping Machine. • « Radial Drilling^Machine, mdius fiom 20 inch to 4'feet " Screw cuttmg Lathe. « Vertical do. ** Circular Saw Machine. "Ritent Brick Machine. ' STATEMENT O F CONTRACTS FOR FENCING. Lengtl) *^186x82 3x30x20 7 7 70x83 204 X 48 Contract price £1674. 60x20 Temporary. 76x46 65x17 42adia. 40x14 H. 66x20 80x26 ' ; 80x20 V 60x22 40 X 26,Contract price £266. 200x84 160x20 60ft.dia. 40x26Contract price £249; ^ .;ion Boad. OotitractOT's Name. 1 1 & 2 William Tumbull........ Duiiel McPhersou, £8 lOs. for extra work Andrew Hiffler , . WiHiam TurhbuU. . Johnston & Dimock. ..... Thomas WoodworUi ...... ■} Fencing coii- tf acted for. I Rods. Fkkt. 166 4 "PirJceT per Bod. -• 38 71 1996 628 101 6 16 Amount of Contract Amount Paid, 78. 16a 6d. 78. ^ 7a 6s. 8d. 6i.8•'•«•''., 6 6 Black, McDonald, & Ir^m . • . Herbert Hanil; . . ...«•••• ' Ditt6 ... ......•■ 9 10 11 1 5 John and Edward Fisher. . . Ditto t James Fraser, . . . . • - .about 8. Sutherland & Sons ..... Thomas H. Gibbs. ... ^ about S. Sutherlimd & Sons. . .- . S. Sutherland & Sons. .... WtSket iiCo. . . .*. ....... BnuMdk John J. Tumbull John8ton,0'Brien& Creighton Sundty snjiall charges Length of Flencingcoit- tractod for. Koiw. Fan. 1086 2560 1458 91 160 176 1336 1518 \ 4664 2887 6 5684 5320 2000 4720 Price. er ' Ajhouut of Contract. Amount Paid. 86756 5 6s. 6d. 5s. Ss. 68. Sd. 1^38: Od. 5b. 8id 5s. Bid 6s. 8d. 5s.ai4d. 6s. 64^ 5s. Hid. 58. 11 id 6a 5d. 5^6d. 68.3d. .'ij • • « • • £ .352 19 58 6 144 422 16 62 11 3 - 45 13 4 60 4 8 176 260 1022 150 ~~2p 8 60 88 oll065 63 11 4 11410 12 9 504410 5 Table No. 7. Statement of the Nombee of Looomotiveb « use oh the Nova Scotia Bailwat. _ No. and Name of Engine. Use. 1.1llayflower..Pa8.&i"l? Weights with Wood and Water. ten- ders. Toni 2.SirGa«MTd. do. 3. JortphHowe do. ^ 1^0^ En^e BaUast * « « ^•epi'B 161 15* 9 .9 \ » «...fctepi'a.9 ...9.. .0.. t^im......KjW25 ..15..14'. 7, « .....4 do. |26 1..16..114.. 14 ISn-l (HI gine| Drivers Tns Tons. 12.. • • f • • • • I • • « * V • . • • «f •• .15.. .16 Capaoii? of "lenders. Cylinders. Dia. Stroke 13 .0. .0. .0. .0.. ^ Gals. 1500. . ..461.. .Mft. .OlO.. •410.. 1600: 1600.. inehslmches. 15 12 12 10 10 16 16 Connec- tions Drivers. No. 20 18. 18.. 16.. 16.. 21.. 21.. inside, outside Dia. Name of Builder. feet 5 6 6 3i Si 6 6 MaUeMu, Nrtlsoaft Coi,Gla8- do. do. do. do. ■ K -. .>1*?fi \ s*4r>si-i li' '{fc. *> -^ -wr ■ *j ^ ~W' '1^ .« OFFICERS AND iMBS. ^ - ■ *" James McNab . ^ . . William Pryor, Jr. John H. Ahdenon . John Morrow. . . .. ThDmu Eobto .... William Buckley . ; James R, Fonnan . J. RMpsse. . . , . , . William Smellie.. . Five Pupila . . . *.., f 54 -^^ Table No. 8. PU)YEES OF THE NOVA SCOTUr RAILWAY. '^^^< V *> Ornoi. " ^ XJhnmuBtimen, r Pllairman TioR.v^ Commimioner . . .> V — '«*• t r 4 • m m y ''^''^ -:■'■. ■WiQium Marshall.. •C.E Hewitt. ..... k Adams. .-.. . .■. E. LemonI . . . a . . J. Hanright w,:.*. , . 'Charles Creed . . : . F.W.Fishwick.... 'J: Alexander . . . . . A. Moir- . . .^. , . . .'- J. Jofimiton ..'. ... John Mui^y. . Jaioes Hunt. ■. WUliam Cbghill .. Thomas O'Connor ., : CL P. Bogga*» . W. Shea. ..... ..... , WiUiam Boyd . . . George Cleiand. . . , J. Mqliellan ....... George Malcolm Daniel Ferguaoir . . A. Cameron ^'. ... . S. Cameron^,. .'.. . , XX. i,#eftt ........4. Wiiliam Stocks . . . Barnes Cpchian . Jolin McFarlane . Peter McCarron . . M. McDonald. ... D.'Jacobs.. .. . William Davis. F.Ci^amer. . : . J. Hopgood . . Accoimtaht . Clerk... Offide keeper and Messejager, . Engineera. Chief Engineer , .... . . ... . Engineer . ; . . , ; £700 £200 £200 • £800 £150 ,.^60 ^ £760 St]^. per annum. £450- Gyv ** * ............. . ..[ £260 •*] " ^ " • • • • f • . • in all £260 or £62 ea. per anniim, and r annum. M , ' *■ « 'r^' 6s. per da/ when employed me.a8uring t)k>rk, &c; on the road.' Superintendents and Icemen on Boad. < f •. • • » t-fk U a . . . * a 't, * • ' .< Time iCeeper.^. . . . ; . , Supertni of Locomotives, &c. u ........... ..... Guards Conductor. . • • « • . Halifax. . Bedford ... GfiantdlAke EUhsdale ^. I^gine Driver, • •••*• «•• •■ a «. • • • •'. i < lis. lOs. 10s. ^ lOs. lOs. 10s. 78. 6d. £320 11a Sd. 10s, 7s. 6d. per annum, per day. • ,, . u u u u per annum; per day, and House, perdky. , per annum.' per day. ' « a u u u u « « u u u u it u • « a u it u u « u u a a u ,.«■ u « ■ ft-. ■•\ ,.>.- vf.*^' .■*-4!?J*: r# tet fs* ^ - £*it. 'R^ V *> B. Dunn George Clark. . . • • iin,and e rood.' . GeorgeClark...... ....-•••••••••'•* • aS»edl«jy.......-.-;--'--^* •'••••••• I RHRchie. *.y...-.;- ....'-••••; John Gow^r .../,..-."•••.••••.•••'••;••• X. McAlpin .,. ......:.;...••••••••*••• T» n«« .... .*. .''^.. •••• • • MoAIp p.D^y i „ . %?Moir, (Boy .... • • • •« • • - • • • ♦ -^ • ' ; ' • Waiiam Malcolm . . . Blaokinmth ^ . •• ■ B. Kutherford . . . . : • • • • ^ '^ E.Barrey..1!:.. W.Sinicliur..,. 11. Tobio. . . . > • . jl Tobin , ^. . ^. - - . , X Ward Carpenter ...... D. Ward. .. ...v. .. V- • V' •••••• *VV"'' "T" " James Harn^; •• • 'v ""'" " " *- ' ^ ' ' * John McCarton... 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