St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-06
HISTORY OF TIE COMPANY.

The Canadian Pacific Railway company was
incorporated Feb. Is. 1881. AT that time the
government of the Dominion of Canada had
construction and partly completed two
sections OF the main line OF the Cana
dian Pacific railway, one of 432
miles between Winnipeg and Thunder
bay on Lake Superior and one of 2l3 miles
between Port Moody on the Pacific coast and
Kaneioops lake in British Columbia. 1t had
completed and in operation branch line
sixty-fiye miles in length from Winnipeg
southwark to Emerson on the international
boundary, where it connected with
the st. Paul. Minneapolis & Mani
toba road. The contract between
the government and the company
provided for the completion by the govern
ment of the sections under construction, and
their transfer to the company as part of its
subsidy. In addition to these no miles OF
completed railway with sidngs, depots, water
stations, engine houses, etc., the company
was granted S25 900, 900 in cash and %, 600, 900
acres of selected agricultural lands, together
with a number of concessions of great value,
such as exemption from competition for
twenty years, perpetual exemption from
taxation OF any description, exemption from
duties on track, bridge and telegraph ma
terials and the perpetual right to make such
rates as would afford Il net revenue of 10 per
cent. on the capital invested. In conSidera-
ton of these grants and concessions, the
operate the line from Callandor Ont, the
terminus of the Canada Central railway, to
the Pacific ocean, a distance OF $500 miles,
before the end of the year 1891.
Deducting the sections to be completed by the
government, there remained for the company
to build 1,9I0 miles of the main line. In Or
der to secure
ITS EASTERN CONNECTIONS
the company Immediately purchased the
Canada Central railway, extending from Cal
landor, Ont, on Lake Nipissing to Ottawa,
the capital of the Dominion, and to Brock
vile on the st. Lawrence river. A line be-
tween Ottawa and Montreal was subsequently
purchased from the government of the prov
ince of Quebec, and Montreal became the
principal eastern terminus Of the rail-
way. Within three months after its incor-
poration, or in May, 1881, the company
commenced work on the line west OF W1nni-
peg. and by the close Of that year had the
track laid to Oak lake, a distance of 165
miles from Winnipeg, and had made con-
siderable progress in grading beyond. nthe
spring of 1882 construction was delayed by
floods in the Red river valley, which inter-
rupted railway communication from the
south for a considerable time, and from the
commencement of work. about April l, until
the end of June, only $3.50 miles of main
track were laid. But from this time forward
rapid progress was made.
On the 9th of November the track had
cached tn summit, 122 miles west of Calgary,
and 962 miles from Winnipeg.
The three seasons work on the Western
section of the main line will foot up as fol-
lows:
Miles.
1881 1920
1882 ............. 419 SO
1906. ...........'...' oio. 20
IOual. ......'. oo%' IL
The year 1884 was principally occupied with
the Lake Superior district.
AT the end of this year the lines owned and
operated are as follows:
EASTERN DIVISION.
Miles.
WALL HHe. ................... .'''..'''-' ffo
branches. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 195
Total. Observation-Disclosures. 644
WESTERN DIVISION.
Miles.
WILL me-. ..'..'.'''.' 'i' foo
ontario &Quebec. IUO
Credit Valley and branches. ............. lof
Toronto, Grey g. Bruce and branches. l66
With the completion of the line the total
length of road, main line and branches Will
be about 3,400 miles.