Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-06
The Canadian. Pacific Organization
Winnipeg Daily Times.]

Winnipeg Daily Times.]
Shortly after the ratification of the contract
by parliament the directors of the Canadian
Pacific railway met in Montreal, when the S..
900, 900 of stock required to be subscribed by
the terms of the charter were Immediately sub
scribed by the contractors and their friends in
London and Paris, and 30. per cent thereof
paid in, and 81 200, 900 required to be paid to
the government as security for the per-
formance of the work was deposited
in the bank of Montreal to the
credit of the finance minister at Ottawa. The
company was then fully organized by the ap-
pointment of George Stephen, of Montreal, as
president; Duncan Mcintyre, of Montreal, vice
president; and J. J. c. Abbott, @. c., solicitor.
Messrs. Stephen, Mcintyre, Angus and Hill
were chosen as an executive committee.
Charles Drinkwater was appointed secretary
perintendent of the Western division. Ar
rangements were made for the immediate
and rapid prosecution of the work of
construction. The principal headquarters of
the company were fixed at Montreal, and the
old Consolidated bank building secured for
offices, which are now open for transactions
of business. The headquarters of the Eastern
division Will no doubt be also established in
Montreal, as the probable eastern terminus Of
Central and Occidental rail ways.
4 On the 22d of April, the general
superintendent issued his first official circular,
showing that by agreement with the govern
ment he would on May 1, 1881, take posses
sion of all that portion of the
Canadian Pacific railway now con-
structed lying west of Telford station, and
thereafter that portion of said railway would
be operated by the Canadian Pacific railway
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railway will be divided into two divisions, to-
wit: First-That portion of the line extend
ing from Emerson via Winnipeg to Portage la
Prairie, will constitute one division, and will
be known as the Red River division. Second
That portion of the line extending from the
junction with the Red River division, near st.
Boniface, eastward to Telford, will constitute
one division, and will be known as the East
ern division.
In connection with this announcement ap.
peared list of the official staff, with head
quarters of the Western division fixed at Win
nipeg. They were as follows: Gen. Thos'
L. Rosser, chief engineer; w. R. Baker, local
treasurer and assistant to the general superin
tendent; William Harder, assistant traffic
manager l. G.. Ogden, Jr., auditor;
George P. Nelson, general store
keeper; Joel May, superintendent o1
Western division; Thos. J. Lynskey, superin
tendent of Eastern division; John Egan, trair
dispatcher; and F. c. Butterield, mechanical
superintendent. It will be observed that tht
above list is to some extent provisional, ow.
ing to portion of the Eastern division being
for the present attached to the Western divls
ion; but this may continue for some years un
til the completion and taking over of that por
tion of the road. A pleasing feature of th'
transfer is that as far as was practicable th,
services of all former employees OF the roa6
have been retained.