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Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
HmauciaL
BY SPECIAL CHARTER FROM THE
DOMINION OF CANADA

DOMINION OF CANADA
Written proposals will be by the UNDERMINED on
the 9th It'll days of February 1888 the hour Of
D. purchase Of any part of the CAPI
tai STOCK of the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
COMPANY corporation created in 1881 by letters patent
under great seal OF the Dominion Of Canada
thoy of the Dominion Parliament passed February
Is, 1891
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
continuously through Canadian territory from the city
of Montreal Lower Canada Port Moody in British COum
bis. one OF the finest harbors the Pacific Ocean.
The main line will 904 miles onZ, and with branches
OF 42 miles under construction the total mileage VIII DO
1906 mi es either already built building
The entire line will be laid with steel rails weighing SO
pounds and upward and will be first Class IN every
respect
1880 MILES HAVE BEEN ALREADY BUILT AND
EQUIPPED.
1876 miles are In process of construction.
In August 1888 there viii be through communication from
Montreal to Winnipeg by the cOmpanys railway except
for the length of Lake Superior which the company will
operate its own line OF steamboats,.
The entire line west of winnipeg be completed 1885
at which time there win be through communication from tho
City Of Ne~York he Pacific Ocean the Canadian
Pacific Railway via Chicago St. Paul aud Winnipeg. and,
from Montreal to the Pacific Ocean by the Compays
railway with its connecting line OF steamboats, On Lake
Superior.
The entire railway be finished in 1885, TO make
COMPLETE THROUGH RAIL CONN ECTIoN from Mon
treat to the Pacific Ocean, within Canadian territory
ADVANTAGES OF THIS LINE.
The Main line Of the Canadian Pacific Railway from Mon
will 29D4 miles in length being
miles than tho shortest line from New York to
San Francisco BY Of It's Brockve Branch has
with NewYork City and the distance
the Pacific Ocean by the Canadian Pacific
Railway will be 167 miles shorter than from NewYork TO
San Francisco by the shortest existing line.
The grades Of the line will generally be extremely moderate
Ia believed with the exception OF about 100 miles In
the Rocky the will rarely exceed forty feet
to the mile that tho maximum grades eastward from
Winnipeg Lake Superior will never exceed twenty seven
feet while the grades of the mountain region
case than those OF other contnen
tat lines.
Tho Eastern Of the Railway mainly through
settled aud popuous country and also through valuable tim
ber lands, In which
AN IMMENSE LUMBER BUSINESS
The Lake Superior Section through lands
containing valuable timber iron and copper
For 300 miles westward from Winnipeg and TO the foot OF
the Rocky Monntsns. the limo runs through
THE FINEST WHEAT REGION IN TUE WORLD
capable producing crops the very best wheat
cats. and barley.
temperature Winnipeg approximstes closely to
that Paul Westward the climate mode
steadily the base of the Rocky Mountains
whore cattle ed throughout the winter
The climate again mOderates still further from the western
Pacific and there Is part
this territory which desirable residence and for
cultivation.