The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-12
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
A RAILROAD SYSTEM FOSTERED ny
ENORMOUS SUBSIDIES.

1uence, HONttcnl ana Otherwlse-N u the
Principal Agent OF Toryism In Canada.
MONTREAL. Dec 10-Any ono who sets out
10 ascertain the drift Of public sentiment in
canada upon tho question OF political union or
npon any other large question is sure to be
s,tonished very early in his inquiry at the
enormous influence exerted by tho Grand
Trunk and the Canadian Pacific. About the
roads themselves 1t 10 impossible to get my
parson OF note to talk for publication. II q
nolitictan. he knows they can make his con-
st,tuency too hot to hold him: II merchant.
that they can ruin him by a stroke OF the pen.
Tbsre is a great deal Of private discussion GO
ING on lust now In consequence OF President
Uarrisons observations with respect to them,
and the points here stated may be taken to
represent very fairly the Liberal side OF Cana
dian opinion in this city. which is the head
quarters OF the Canadian railroad system. and
elsewhere.
In the nrst place. then. the whole system is
$4,000 miles long. largo mileage for popu.
lstion under 5000. 900. scattered over a mar
row fringe OF territory extending for 1000
miles The late Sir John Macdonald was the
father Of It. as OF almost everything else in the
colony. Whom he entered public life IN 1914
there we're only thirty miles Of railroad In
operation. Tho bonusinG plan. under which
the large fabric OF to-day has been created.
vss Introduced shortly after his entry on tho
scsns. when Parliament passed an act guar
snteeing payment OF interest for a term Of
years on tho bonds OF roads seventy miles
long or more. In 1852 tho Grand Trunk was
Incorporated. and the construction OF its line
,,om -" -, nnnt. 80 p;..t. ~.
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The next great road to be built was the
lntercolonial. from Halifax to the St Law
renee River II was designed to connect the
maritime provinces with central canada. and
at the SUGGESTION ofthe military authorities OF
England the line was carried By n long northern
detour. 80 as to DO as far away from the Ameri-
can frontier as possible The road was con-
structed By tho Government OF Canada. and
has ever since been operated by it With its
extensions it is nearly 1.2OO miles long. and
has cost the Canadian taxpayer on capital &C.
count $o36OO.OuO. The Canadian Pacific from
the St Lawrence to tho Pacific Ocean was
undertaken as Government work In 1871,
commenced after years OF surveying in 1875.
transferred to the present company in 1880.
and finished at tho end OF 1885. The idea OF
an British line from the Atlantic to tho
Pacific. fulfilled on the completion OF these two
roads. 10 said to have first suggested itself to
British army oficer. Major Carmichael
bmyth. who saw that 1t would be useful to
bsAn as eoun,efpoise 70 tne ae3eiopment
ana. eus'oesi1 enouSn' tno nEs' ioaoeo tram
ten closseu irom ocean 70 ocean was iFeien.eo
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