New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-07
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL CHARTER FROM THE
DOMINION OF CANADA.

DOMINION OF CANADA.
Written proposals will received by the undersigned
days February 1893 up to tho hour Of
for the purchase Of part Of 900 the CAPI
TAI STOCK of the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
COMPANY corporation created In 1881 by patent
under the great seal Of the Dominion
hoy Of act Of the Dominion Parliament passed February
10, 1881
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
continuously through Canadian territory from the city
Montreal Canada to Port Moody British Column.
bia one OF the finest harbors the Pacific Ocean.
The main line will 1904 miles LONG, and with branches
Of 4O2 miles under construction the total mileage viii be
1906 miles either already built or now building.
The entire line will be laid with steel rails Weighing SO
pounds per yard upward will be first class In every
respect
1880 MILES HAVE BEEN ALREADY BUILT AND
EQUIPPED.
1876 miles are in process OF construction.
August 1888 there will be through communication from
Montreal to Winnipeg by the companys own railway except
for the length Of Lake Superior which the company Will
operate It's own line OF steamboats,
The entire limo Of Winnipeg ia TO BIO completed in 1885
at which time there viii be through communication from tho
City of NewYork he Pacific Ocean, over the Canadian
Pacific Railway via Chicago St Pau aud winnipeg and
from Montreal Pacific ocean, by the Companys own
railway with its connecting line Of steamboats, on Lake
Superior.
The railway finished in 1886 as to make
COMPLETE THROUGH RAIL CONN ECT1oN from Mon
trca to the Pacific Ocean within Canadian territory
ADVANTAGES OF THIS LINE.
Tho Main Line OF Canadian Pacific Railway from Mon
Pacific will 1904 miles in length being
427 miles shorter than the shortest line from NewYOrk to
BY OF its Brockvile Branch It has
direct rail with NewYork City and the distance
the Pacific ocean by the Canadian Pacific
Railway, will be 1877 miles shorter than from NewYork TO
Francisco by the shortest existing line.
The grades OF line will generally be extremely moderate
II believed with exception OF about 100 miles in
the ky Mountains win rarely exceed forty feet
the mile that the maximum grades eastward from
Winnipeg Superior win exceed twentyseven
feet the while the grades of the mountain region
heavier than those OF other trans contnen'
tai lines.
The Eastern Section Of the Railway mainly through
settled popuous country and also through valuable tim
Der lands, in which
AN IMMENSE LUMBER BUSINESS
The Lake Superior Section through lands
containing amounts Of valuable timber iron and copper
800 miles westward from Winnipeg and TO the foot OF
the Rocky Mountains the line runs through
THE FINEST WHEAT REGION IN THE WORLD,
capable producing cOpso the very best wheat
and barley
The temperature Of winnipeg appoSmates closely to
that Montreal and Paul Westward the climate mode
steadily Of Rocky Mountains.
cattle unsheteed throughout the winter
again modoratos still further from the western
base and there
this territory which desirable residence and for
cuf