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

t,en nrono.ais will received by the undersigned on
the 9th of February 1883 up TO the hour OF
for the purchase part of 100000 OF the CAPT.
tai STOCK Of the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
COMPANY corporation created in 1881 by letters patent
under the great seal the Dominion Of Canada under au
horty of the Dominion Parliament passed februSy
| 10, 1881
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
runs continuously through Canadian territory from the City
of Montreal Canada to Port Moody in British Coum
bia. of the finest harbors on the Pacific Ocean
The will 2, 90i miles long, and with branches
miles under construction the total mileage VIII be
1906 miles either already built or now building
The line will be laid with steel rails weighing 90
pounds per yard upward will be first class in every
respect
l73O MILES HAVE BEEN ALREADY BUILT AND
EQUIPPED.
1876 miles are in process construction.
In August 1888 will be through communication from
Montreal Wsnpeg bt the companys own railway except
for the length OF Lake Superior which the company VIII
operate its own line of steamboats,.
The entire line west Of winnipeg be completed in 1889
at which time there will be through communication from the
city Of New York to Pacific Ocean, over the Canadian
Pacific Railway Chicago St Paul and winnipeg ana
from Montreal to the PacGcNcean bv the Companys own
railway with its connecting line Of steamboats, on Lake
superior.
entire railway TO be finished in 1885, to make
COMPLETE THROUGH RAIL CONNECTION from Mon
treal to the Pacific Ocean. within Canadian territory
ADVANTAGES OF THIS LINE.
The Main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway from Mon
trea to the Pacific will 29 miles in length being
427 miles shorter than the line from Ncw-fok 10
san Francisco BY its Brockvlle Branch 1t has
direct connections with NewYOrk City and the distance
from New York to the Pacific by the Canadian Pacihc
Railway will l67 miles shorter than from Newly orA 10
san Francisco by the shortest existing line
The grades line will generally be extremely moderate
II IA beey cd that with exception OF about 100 miles In
the Rocky Mountains viii rarely exceed forty feet
TO the mile and that Iimum grades eastward from
Winnipeg to Lake Superior exceed twenty seven
feet 10 the milo while the grades OF the mountain region
will in no case those Of other trans connen
lines.
The Eastern Section Of the Railway mainly through
settled and popuous county, and also through valuable tim
Der lands, in which
AN IMMENSE LUMBER BUSINESS
The Lake Superior Section runs through lahHs
containing vast amounts timber iron and copper
For 900 miles from Winnipeg and 10 the foot Of
the Rocky Mountains. the line runs through
THE FINEST WHEAT REGION IN THE WORLD,
capable producing cropso the very best wheat
and barley
temperature Of winnipeg appormates closely 10
that OF Montreal Paul Westward the climate mode
rates steadily TO the of the Rocky Mountains
where cattle range unsheered throughout the wnter
The climate again still further from the western
base of the and there is part
territory which not desirable ior residence and Tor
cultivation.