, 1873-08-05
Cnnadn Southern. Tiia In not n bnl showing
for n Province having population Of lesa than
a mn MN t,ens,tn

Cnnhun Southern. 1fta In not n bnt! showing
for ,s Provinco M having population Of les' than
: =, tri1r MONEY 1svEsrEp
ut the, prosont ttmo III thcao rniwnyH. exclusive
Of tho 1ye last mentioned IL S1a, ,ol9,a7l MI OK,
1T :16, ,G31,718 Tho 1onEtl. in mileage covorod
by tho NOW rontls III no 1evs than ], All milos.
They aro not confined to- o1y portion OF Tho
Province, bnt nre oquay distributed over all ita
TINT progress ia to DO unvorua'. Tho three cticH
Of Toronto. 1Ianilton. and Ottawa nro thu livost
In tho New Dominion, mud snrpnas III thoir rnlo
of material progrcns tho Advancement mado by
Canadn's commercial tnosropolib, hto,ntroai THO
Fronch population Of tho great city MI tho st.
Lawrence hnvo exercised h bouatnbinE effect
upon its ensorpr;uo, and to.tay ucos fur moro
niigns Of growth IN oittor Of tho throo Ontario
cities mentioned above thnn in tho loading city
Of Qncboo Province. Fortunately, tho Govor1l-
mont Of Ontario WAS administered for four years
by tho tightoae individual tint ovor kopt watch
ovor a public p'lrso, 80 TINT today thoro
applicable to pubic i imppovenonts' or tio adng
Of enterprises OF II gonoral character. or this
surplua nbout e200D, D,Uo0ls pledged for MD in tho
construction Of railways, In tho hLapo Of a bont,s
Of from $4,000 to sb,0oO per milo and ncarly
handed oyor to tho corporations that havo
flniBhod, or n,ado some substantial progress
with, thoir roatas.
Within tho pass few days,
BEvERAL IMPORTANT BTEF5
Aavo boon taken by Romo OF tho roads H1on-
toned above. The Toronto, drcy i bruce
laoad has run it's first I'asBonger-train Of cars
ovor it's entire projected l9ngth Of rond, 9hd tho
is full OF 80 much advantage to tho Wostorn
shipper, is In running order; aud tho Canada
Southern Is alroady ct work OIL certain portions
Of @ hs linz 2 and 8es M 1S o e'ady ysmou dGr re1s
Doyor noad has been oroned, and also tho limo
OF tho Wellington, Grey & Bruce, to Wingl,nm.
A project thnt is exciting somo little attention
to-day Is tho constraeaon 20 o. roaa tEom tno
tion Of the two lakes, Superior and Huron: With
thin route completed, q vast amount OF track
would find its way to TORONTO, Hamilton, md
Ottawa; while tho eupplion which would 10 3
for wlichovor town wns al)lo to bid tho lowest.
With tho fine district about tho two lakes sot-
tied, roads built, and IMMORAL wealth developed,
this Province may DO expected to fulfil lior
| III tho world.
Away to tho eastward of this Province. but
intimately connected with its futnro succoss,
THE TWO GREAT sonEMEs
now under way, known Us tho North Shore and
tho Northern Colonization Hoatls. Tho first
! runs along tho north shore Of tho River ut.
Lawrence, and connects tho two oitlo1 Of Quebec
Ing road, tito Grand Trunk; the second, is q
grand schomo for crossing tho Province Of
| Quebec through parts now almost entirely unsot-
tied and making direct connection 3 botoon
ought to bo remarked that third scheme known
| aa tho Toronto & Ottawa Railroad, will. when
| carried out,-and II ie but matter Of tmo,-
constitute the remaining link in another com
pleto chain of railways from tho West to tide-
water. Tho oontraetH for tho building of
THE NORTHERN COLONIZATION NA1LnoAD
havo been lot to h[oBsrs. D. Macdonald md #.
Abbott, for the sum Of s4,220 600, exclusive of
III fro sim, ta 1f
milo, inclusive Of bridges md equipments. Do
fore tho contract lot there ons,cd tito usual
squabblo Ono of tho contractors, Mr.. Abbott.
was known to bo relative OF q Director, aud QUO
Of tho Montreal representatives objected. His
brother Immediately offered to resign from tho
Directorate but buHinoss was proceeded with,
and tho.contract lot as stated. The Northern
Colonization noad ia duo to bo opened for traflio
by October, 1876; but It IL hardly lilscy that it
will bo SO. It it il i'll running order in
1876, it will bc RI noon as pooplo gen.
ernlly expect. Tho citixons Of Montreal,
who subscribed ?1,0oo,o00 bonus towards
Of tho contract to anybody bearing the mime Of
Macdonald or Abbott; they hoth smell worry rank
~, now thlt the Pacific Hallway disclosures have
been made The people ,,, arc askng that tho
doubtful if tic Boartl Of Directors will pay any
attention to the public clamor.
incidentally, tho operations Of hlr. Dawson on
what is known as
from tho hoad Of Lake Superior to Manitoba,
aro worth rccor.ling. When "Georgy "-Daw-
sou has fed 30 long. aa public official Tint hc is
everywhere know. by hih Christian nan'e'nede
/ S247, 200. Up to date, there have boon expended
| ovor 2500, 600, and appropriations amounting to
| total Of $3.50 0G0 moro llavo bcon mnde. Whnt
cauAoB tho most chngrin, however, il TINT three
called for, but that no good has been achieved
by tho work. Immigrants to Manitoba will