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Th; failed to cc on the 30tl the eubjeoi 1'etition op British Columbia. \A^'\ Petilion oj Legislative Assembiy of British Columbia to the Queen, respecting Canadian Pacific Railway, March 25, 1881. To th': Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. Most Gracdus SovBaEiON : Wo, Your Mitjortly's most dutiful and loyal subjjcts, the Mombers of the Lo^is- lativo AnHombly of the Province of British Columbia, in ihe Fourth Session of the Third Parliiimont a-', omblod, humbly approach Your M ijosly for the purpose of representing — 1 . That the Pi ovince was mainly induced to oiter into the Dominion Confedera- tion in 1871, by the oflbr and agreement on the part of the Dominion, as appears by the Treaty of Union of that ye.vr, to construcL and com|)lcte a Kailway on or before July. 1881, hrough British Territory, connocling Britisli Ooluixbia with the Eastern Provinces. 2. That, on the 31st day of July, 1874, the Government of this Province pres'-ntel a humble Petition lo Your Alajesty ros]»'cting the non-fulfilment by the Dominion of its Pailway obligations towards British Columbia, as are contained in the Treaty of Union between the Dominion and British Columbia, assented to by Your Majesty in the year 1871. 3. That negotiations thereupon ensued, which rcfulted in Your Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies (the Earl of Carnarvon) signifying his decision on the question in dispute, which decision, it is important to observe, was assented to by the Dominion Government. 4. That the following, amongst other conditions, form part of this decision : — (ft.) " That the Eailway fnmi Esquimalt to Nanairao shall be commenced as soon " as poHsiblo and completed with all practicable dispatch. (h.) "That $2,000,0CO a year, rnd not 81,50it,000, shall be the minimum 4'^ \ " expenditure on railway works withir the Province from the date at which the " surveys are sufficiently completed to enable that amount to be exponde I on " construction. In naming this amount I understand that, it being alike the interest " and the wish of the Dominion Government tu urge on with all speed the completion " of the works now to bo undertaken, the annual expenditure will be as much iti " excess of the minimum of 82,000,000 as in any year may be found practicable. (c.) '• Tjiistly, that on or bef)re the 31st December, 1890, the Railway shall be " completed and open for traffic from the Pacific saiiboard to a point on the western " end of Lake Superior, at whicli it will fall into connection with the existing lines " of railway through a portion of the United States, and also with the navigation on " Canadian waters. To ))rocoed at ju'esont with the remainder of the railway " extending, by the country northward of Lake Superior, to the existing Canadian " linos, ought not, in my opinion, to be required, and the time for undertaking that ■' work must be determined by the development of setilemont and the changing " circumstances of the country. The day is, however, I hoijo, not very distant when " a continuous line of Railway through Canadian toriitory will be pra'ticablo, and I " therefore look upon thispf)rtion of the scheme as po>tpi)hed rather than abandoned." 5. That owing lo the tolal disregard by the Dominion of those and other Ci^n- dilions contained in iho Settlement so ctfocto I, the Legislative Assembly, carl}- in the Session of 1H7*), unanimousl}' parsed an humble Address to Your .Majesty, jnaying that Your Maj sty would be graciously i)K'ased lo cause the Dominion Govornmi->nl to carry out the agreement above refori-ed to. 6. That, in reply to the said Address, Your Majesty's said Secretary of State was pleased to alvise the Province to sub nit to raiUvsiy construction being deferred until the spring of 1878, in order to enaljlo the Dominion Government, during the year 1877, to solve some doubtful points connected with the railway route; and that the delay montioncl was c )ncded in deference lo llis Lordship's wishes, without prejudice, however, to the rights of iho Province. 7. That the Dominion Government having, up to the month of August, 18^8, failed to commence Railway construction in the Province, the Legislative A^sera^J!y, on the 30th of A.ugU8t of the same year, further humbly addressed Your Majesty on the aubjeot. bieo \>^o. Petition op British Columbia. 8. That, for the purpo-e of iivoiding needless repetition, and of affording Your Majesty thelullost information on this buljject, Your Petitioners crave leave to refer Your Miijesty to tlio conlonts of the ab )vo-montioned Addresses presented to Your Majesty, and to the several docutneuls therein referred to 9. That, in the Spring of 1880, the vvorlf of constiuction was commenced by the Dominit»n in the interior of the Province, but not from its seaboard, or between Esquirnalt and Nanaimo. 10. That it is believed that arrangements have lately been made between the Dominion and a Syndicate, or Company of capitalists, for t!ie construction of the Canadian Pacific liailway by 1891; which arrangements include about 500 miles of Railway North of Lake Superior, but exclude the section of 70 miles of iiailway between Esquirnalt and Nanaimo. 11. That, under the Treaty of Union, it was expressly stipulated and agreed that Railway Ck)nstru 'tion should bo commenced from the seaboard of the Province; and under the Sottloinont etfocted in 1874, it was, as has been shown above, also expressly stipulated ;iid agreed that the section of the Railway between Esquirnalt and Nanaimo should be constructed and complete I with all practicable dispatch, and that construction of the lino North of Lake Superior should be deferred until after the completion of the railway communication between the seaboard of the Province and Lake Superior. 12. That, although the Dominion Government has never questioned the right or claim of the Province to have the Railway coinmenced from its seaboard, and has moreover acknowledged that the Province is entitled to have the section of the line between Esquirnalt and Nanaimo constructel, yet no provision has boon made by them for the fulfilment of these portions of their Railway obligations. 13. That, by the Treaty of Union, British Columbia was allowed to retain ittj own Tariff until the Canadian Pacific Railway should be completed, but believing in the good faith of the Dominion, and being dosirous of promoting Confederation in its true sense, the Province surrendered its Tariff in 1872, and adopted the Tariff of the Dominion. 14. That, since the Province adopted this course, the Tariff of the Dominion has been largely increased, to the serious injury of British Columbia, upon whom increased burdens have boon thereby placed without any of the compensating advantages which are, in consequence of such increase, eujoyed by the Eastern Pi'ovincos of the Dominion. 15. That the time originally agreed upon in the Treaty of Union, for construct- ing the Canadian Pacific Railway, will expira in July of this year without the terms thereof, as to railway construction, having been oven approximately fulfilled, no portion of the Canadian Pacific liailway having up to the present time, been constructed and equipped in the Province. 16. That, under the circumstances herein and in the said Addresses set Your Petitioners humbly pray — (a.) That Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause the Dominion Government to be moved to carry out their Railway obligations to the Province, by providing for the immediate commencement and active prosecution of railway work on the section of the Canadian Pacilic Kail- way lying between Esquirnalt and Nanaimo, aad bj' constructing the portion of line between Port Moody and Yale : (b.) That the Province be permitted to regulate and collect its own Tariff of Customs and Excise until through communication by Railway be established through British Territory with the Eastern Provinces : (c.) That in any event compensation be awarded by the Dominion to the Province for the losses inflicted upon the latter by reason of the breaches of agreements and delays herein referred to. And Your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. FREDCK. WILLIAMS, Speaker of Legidative Assembly, YiOTOBiA, British Columbia, 25th March, 1881. forth,