, 1876-03-20

mil kG9-TuGU H&Ut UQ110 SI1E8ATH 6uHGlVb IfuH
nightmare Of f'Rurca, camo down to tho nonee
tho nexs morlltnR, and votod-ln fngor OF tie
bill You know tbe sequel, The lino has boon !!
built, Ia now owned b. Vanderbilt anA managed |
almost hopolessly bankrupt. and I,aa not paid
1 called recently Il the elegantly
apartments OF Mr; Brydgcs, and, ~ Tux Tn'nunE
regard 10 tt3 road to whoso interests he ~ he
present more closely .iovotfng himself.
TIE ISrKN-co1osfAL RAILROAD or CANADA.
Tho uonotal Bupor'ntondcnt Of Government
Railroads Waa courteous a. ID bis wont, and very
rea1ilv Earo expression 10 his views.
"Chicago." said he fought 70 feel ~ inter.
ost ~ the !uter- Colonial Railroad. tor 4 fa bound
Of rs9e Tho oa
niGhts trip across tho Atlantic will shortly be
numbetod with tho horrors Of tho psa.. To-day
tho Traveller can ride from saa Francteco
Trough to 1fa!lfax 10 .. Pullman palace car.
aud there step nboerd an ocean atcam.
Or that will .pu. him upou the rharf
a. liverpool r!aI attos c four or ive days'
on IS vay v!o% n Gns:xG Ss TO msn n1d H.
Grand Trunk and the tnssr-coouial, ia as eafo |
ana speedy ..ilroad Journey ~ eau DO made in
| this country"
"Duilt 10 last. Tie rond~bei Ia one Of tho
most solid on tho continent. 1t is fashioned Of.
| ter tho English ,doa. There arc nono Of tue
Of Tue P1a 10ans .hoat l.
mixed, and Is magnificent, Tbilo oven tue SEQ
ond cIasa masonry Ia a. good a. that known "a
1rst-clnsa on tho majority: Of American roads.
Tho line is laid With 320 miles Of Bessemer at col
rails, 10 pouls to Tho yard and Ia in splendid con-
dition. About 15 milos from Monckton, IN New
Brunarick, there iB stsesch Of roh1 81 miles in
length, that
Az ABSOLUTELY DEAD B1RA1onr LINE.
/ Away abovo the beautiful Alramtchi, there Is
nnother beautiful piece of road, "a uiifoa In
length, that Ia also perfectly straight The
| Gratea aud curveA OF the rond aro easy. At
eoyornl points tho smallor streams have been
nes or under arches Of masonry Of small span
and massivo construction, tho road being car
| ried over the original bod on treatte-work or em.
bankments. At Elm Troe. near Dathurat, there
| Is cutting through en1Id black rock GOO feet
long. and from y to 18 feet deep; and At one Of
tho crossings Of Barnaby River The stream has
been turned through q tunnel 20 feet square,
driven through tho solid rock for distance OF
"About the bridges? 2"
"The two over Tho Mfanichi River are the
longest. 0ne Of thctit Ia 1.2A feet long. in slx
spnnH, and has an aHproach Of 800 feet Tic
other is almost a. long, and together shoy coat
nearly s2.000, ,oo0. Only two Of the bridges aro
Of wood. a!l others Of moro than "a feet span
boing Of iron."
1rs y11ITAny CHARACTER.
necesEityf"
~ have my own ideas as TO tho necessity that
existed for tue contraction Of tho line, but tho
general idoa III that there was political and
| military necessity for the construction OF the
road. It gi7es Canada q winter outlet to the
seq through her own te1ritory, which abe has
never before pohsesaod. Ultimately, whon tho
Canada Phcshc shall bs completed. thoro will 10
an available route open ut all ttulcB from Tho
extreme eastern to tho extreme restern portions
Of Her 31aJesty's Canadian Dominions. Tho
promises OF u good local traffic Is excellent for
although tho rond paAses through districts
3ithnrtn nfr1nat n ff1a nytfaffA Hnr14
yot thoy arc tue centres of well-popuiated sot-
tlenents. and tho soil ia far from being Of tbat
sterile and unproductive character which 1t has
somehow been generally assumed to be-"
In further reply to my queries, learned that
| she arrangements tor travel over tho road waro
approaching completon. and that 1t Was tho In
tlon Of Sir Ilry1gos to use hts best endcayors to
| porulArize tue route to through travel.
| Tho history OF the enterprise forms
| nLAcK PAGE IN cASADA'a HISTORY,
| 70 uniformly vas everything connected with 1t
made tho subject Of corruption aud Eascality.
heasy thirty Years ago Earl Durham, the author
OF tho famous rapport on tic Condition of
Canada, " urged It's construction. and from that
tine until 1870 the 'lntcr-co1oniaA" though
ball Of ali the petty incompetontB and malicious
Mazplots that have hold Bway either In this coun-
| try or In the Colonial Office On Downing streot.
Iu 1915 . company waa formed to build Tho road,
OF route WeTo mhde. But that worat OF otfciBl
"sticks'-thc hater Of all Colonial entezprse-
Earl Grey sneerod the project into disteputc.
and in the clash Of political dts.
or all hopes oil it's construction. Later Oh, an
insyrcolonial confcroneo nae held at Toronto,
aud all the provinces Agrncd to combine in the
carrying out Of tho entorpriso. CANADA granting
GIG, 600 Of aid. war OF routes followed,
and Tho English authorities, nSniug Themselves
Of techntcs|itE once more choked the cnses-
prise. Then came tho memorable Trout diEl-
Guilty, aud the Engah troops, sent to reinforce
| HrfFF J9Rk hair T1rua D1Rn1 ria and
feet while crossing 10 sleds through the snowy
wilderness from Halifax to Riviera du LouI'.
Then came Ills "royAl nibR,' the Uuko nj Eew-
castle, and offered to guarantee the interest on
any loan Of money Canada might negotiate to
build tho road, but the Canadians failed 10 riss
to very great enthusiasm. mud it MAS not Until
1854 that .Saudford Flaming, tho most promt.
nent and tho beat CIVIL enginoer In Canada, wan
ozdotod to mako resurvey OF tho route. III
| 1865, Fleming submitted a report. showing if
teen practicable lines, and sho construction Of
tho road having be3n made one OF tho articles Of
confcleratiou, the adoption Of that schon,o
made TITO building Of the road certainly at laet.
| Tho first Conlodorated Parliament passed the
necessary Ret, and in 1868 commenced tho fight
: over the route Sir JOHN A. Macdonald fayorod
| rou.o thnt waa the farthess round, aud tie
most expensive TO build, aud asserted that tho
Imperial a,lthortios. with chafacssrist!c English
stupidity. would refuse to guala antoc my loan II
auy routu WAS chosen.
TIE LIE wAs OWEN
! on 8oyoral occasions. but the Temperature ot
this CITY il too low for any "hobtllo meetings. u
and, aftot conflict conAnel to worela aud 4
bsstte soaaoned with bribery, the HaIe dos Qua
1oura route was adopted. Sir John tr1umphed,
and hia then familiar henciman, @. J. Brydges,
took scat at ths official Board OF Commission.
crs appointed to superintend tho building OF tht
road, together with Que Aqutla Walsh. Of scan
dal-reeking memory, Z. d. Chandler, and J. W
! Mckoau, sanford Fleming being appointed Chic
Epgincor.
Tho oventa TINT havo followed fast one upo1
Auoshor alnce that tlno will not astempt t,
sketch. At avery seasion OF the Dominion Par
| lament thero Woro committees Of inquiry int
: tho alleged corruptsons Of tho Board, aud til
/. Grit minority fumed and frottod itself a!nos
into tho grave ~ It found tho Government MS
, toritv ty1annical and implacablo. Contracts wer
days OK Grand Trunk corruption seemed to hav
boon revlyed. but the stealing waa lono Hcion
: tically, Thcro. wase no stupid Lvons no
, Bcoundrolly hIatshcs; and above all, tile soca