New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-28
CANADA.
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TORONTO. THURSDAY, Aug. q. l-54.
Contrary TO the ancipatons expressed in my last
letter. Mr. Norm had been elected by accamatiOn for
Chcounat There will therefore be but one Minister.
PostnartcrGeneral Cameron absent from the II 'use,
OF The opening Of the Session There were two cand
dates in the field for ChicOumat both favorable 10 the
Government and there was therefore no insuperable
diff Guilty in inducing them to withdraw, in order to
make room for the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
This return will strengthen the position Of the Govern
II ont considerably for in the absence OF Mr. NORM
tie ministerial leader for Lover Cana Ia would have
been wanting.
The Spoakershp i. subject of hot pursuit;
ex.Speaker Macdonald j, canddat" for retlec.
t,n; and he has taken the singular plan OF can
yasing for support of going through the coun-
ty and calling upon members OF the new House
to rolc their He has also addressed some sort
OF circular To such of the members of the new House
AS he suspects of being nmical to the administration;
but the precise purport of il has not transpred. HE
nsme is also put forward by certain journals the Pre-
nier of a new administrations but donbt if he could
con mand ten Upper Canada votes of his own party
in the House. young member oi tne fouge parry
of Lower Canada, accompanies him in his excursion
through the country giving assurances OF the adhesion
OF tia part to the " combinations This mode
of canyassing for the SpeakershiP, and OF sounding
members as to their views of new administration has
al least novelty to recommend it, though 1T much can
BE- said for its modesty. The Tories of Upper Canada
will probably support Mr.. MacdOnald's claims to the
Speakersbp: but do not think he has any chance OF
reelection. 1t is pretty certain that the first test
vote will he on the Speakers5ip: so that the relative
strength Of parties will soon be ascertained.
An engineers report of a railway project, which
may properly he said 10 be continuation of the Grand
Trunk into the Western States far as Prairie du
Chen on the Mississippi has just been published in
this city. The survey has been made by an engineer
attached 70 the Grand Trunk, and altogether IL looks
as the scheme under the patronage of that COM
pany Tie project bears the of the Port Huron
and Lake Michigan Railway The report OF the
engineer is accompanied by two maps, one of which
slows the routes from Europe through Canada to the
Western States The object is TO show that the route
pointed out by the Port Huron and Lake Michigan
Hallway is the shortest and the natural one TO the
Western States. The ocean distances thus given:
From Quebec 70 Liverpool, 26-0 miles; from Quebec
to Galway. Ireland. 200 miles: New-York TO Gal
vay e-l5 miles: New York TO Liverpool, 1903
miles OF course nothing is said about the length Of
time which the River ST. Lawrence, below Quebec, is
closed in winter; nor Quebec once reached by the
emgrant the Grand Trunk line of railway is pointed
to as the means of conveying him TO the western
frontier of the province at Port Larna At this point
the projected line of railway commences; crossing the
Peninsula of Northern Michigan to Grand Haven on
Lake Michigan which is to be crossed by steamer due
west to Milwaukee; whence the railway is TO be pro-
duccd TO Prairie du Chen on the Mississippi, where
il is TO terminate for the present; bt this is not
eardod its ultimate western terminus for il is re-
garded by the projectors as "a link in the artery
(which is to connect the shores of the Atlanrc with
'lose Of the Pacific" From Portland, by the Grand
| Trunk and the Port Huron aud Lake Michigan Rail-
ways to Prairie du Chen the distance is 800 miles.
| Tie line of the Port Huron and Lake Michigan Rail
way is about fifty miles north Of the Central Michg
with which it is parallel. The great earnings OF the
two existing railways which cross Michigan on the
southern border Of the State ard in the direction
the projected line held up as proof that the
! proposed road would also prove paying concern
The tier Of counties To be pierced by this railway
| in Northern Michigan. increased in population hom
il in 1881 to to 9Oi in 1850; aud in the assessed
value of real and personal estate from 81 ii4, 16 Ill
l-5l 10 SIS 027 ,ig2 in l5J3, being an Increase of
1888 3l5 in two years II appears that north OF
the tier Of counties through which the road will run
il a country abounding in pine timber. The highest
elevation ON the fouc IL 800 hundred feet above the
surface of Lakes Huron and Michigan the summit be-
ing attained by gradual ascent OF 81 miles from Lake
Huron The gradients generally would b. 80 feet in
| the mile: near Grand Rapids they would be 50 feet.
The estimated cost, on specification similar 10 that
of the Grand Trunk with iron bridges station build
ngs of stone and brick and rail 6j lbs. 10 the yard
| is $1,000 or for tie entire work at an assumed
| length Of 300 miles SS,000OJ0. The engineer esti-
mates the FIRST years return from this expenditure az
eight per cent on the outlay. The proe il emphsti
csy Canadian in It's interests and tendencies and must
do something to divert the emgran traffic through this
Province TO the Western States The work has already
been placed under contract: GZowsky X Co being the
contractors Tie figure probably something jke that
| mentioned IN the engineers report.
pr Woods OF Ardovor, whose decelss We have re-
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