The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-21 00:00:00

the Grand Trunk Railway. He mentioned that
the first train he entered at Boston was practicAly
a Ist, 2d, and 3d class train. The first clr.ss was
called a palace or drawing-room car, which was
luxuriously and richly furnished, with state rooms
for privacy and saloons for society. The ordinary
car which ten years ago was the only one suited to
the simpler habits of the Republic was the emi-
grant car. Throughout the West the habits of tho
traveller. were still more luxurious. It was
difficult to describe the extraordinary luxury
of one of Pulman's palace cars, which made the
journey from Omaha and San Francisco. The
public would go 30 or 40 miles round and would
pay almost anything to ride in them ; and the rail-
ways that d'd not have them were very nvich ne-
glected. The number of passenger on the
Grind Trunk Railwr.y ha 1 not been increased since
18 t, but he be!i?ved that they had been greatly
improved. 'I he executive, 13 months ago, in con_
section with other companies, lea,e,l 200 a'ljustab!c
gauge cars, to facilitate the traffic. Ile then
scribed the immense produce in the IVestern Sates,
which was increasing year by year, and must be ac-
commodated either by the Grand Trunk cr
routes. They had made arrangements for the hire
and purchase of 500 superior wagarms fr •rn a co•n-
pany of merchants in Montreal. The cost was to be
$BOO for each waggon, 8+ per cent. per annum was
the rate of interest to be paid on the capital ad-
vanced, and Gi per cent. per annum towards the
purchase of the waggons. These terms were con-
sidered very favourable to the Grand Trunk Com-
pany. The company had already 2,500 goods box
cars and 1,500 platform cars, and if the new cars
paid them as well it would be an excellent bargain
for the Grand Trunk Company. Iherhad also ar-
ranged for the hire of 300 adjustable gauge cars at
2kc. per cent. per mile, making together 800 new
cars. He could not see why they should not earn
as much per car as the 2,500 goads cars belonging
to the company, and if they did the additional
traffic would amount to £300,000 per annum.
Freighters were willing to pay 10 per cent. more
for the carriage of produce in adjustable gauge
cars than in the ordinary cars, because they
could pass over different lines without tranship-
ment. Pulman's cars cost about £4,500, and
were as superior to the first-class carriages of the
Loudon and .North-Western or the Midland as the
latter were to the old stage coaches. He pro-
posed to employ those superior cars on the
Grand Trunk Railway, as the people in the West-
ern States were great travellers, and there was no
line which passed through so much natural beauty
as the Grand Trunk, especially in the summer sea-
son. He felt certain that if they got those cars on
the line they would have a very large increase of
passenger traffic. He proposed to invest £70,000
in those cars, and suggested that the company
should raise the necessary capital by the issue of
the .second equipment mortgage bonds, which
amounted to £500,000. If they wished to make
the Grand Trunk an assured success they should
spend upon the line not less than £300,000 on ca-
pital account, including ballast, sidings, engine
sheds, and station accommodation during the next
three years. From all he had seen and heard he
believed that in Mr. Brydges they had an honest,
efficient, and able man, and that they would com-
mit a great mistake if they parted with him. There
was no prospect of the renewal of the Reciprocity
Treaty. The American people had an idea that
they could force Canada into a union by withhold-
ing commercial intercourse with her. The effect,
however, was exactly the reverse, and the Cana-
dian people were becoming under the pressure more
and more a distinct and separate nationality. He
concluded by strongly recommending the construc-
tion of the Buffalo Bridge so soon as matters could
be arranged with the Buffalo and Lake Huron
Company.

Captain TrLER, R.E., seconded the motion for
,e adoption of the report.
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A long discussion then ensued, in the course of
which Mr. Creak moved an amendment to the effect
that-, in the opinion of the meeting, a change was
imperatively required in the management in Ca-

Mr. WHATMAN, M.P., seconded the amend-