The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-15
THE cAxAD1Ax pAurro RAILWAY.
How this Eser<y or America, Roads Gained
1ts Hold on Canada.

1 W tHofo on Nnnnun.
To THE EDITOR OF TIT suN-Sir: To Illus
trate the manner in which the Canadian Gov
ernmen and the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company have conspircd to prevent American
railways from obtaining any share OF Canadian
trafHc. permit me to make the following state
inents:
During the session OF 1884 or 1886 the
Minister OF Railways came down to Parlia-
ment with a bill authorizing the Governor in
Council. at his pleasure. to declare any railway
in Canada to be for tho general good OF the
Dominion. 1t seemed a very harmless meas
ure. and was allowed to pass without oppo-
sition. The Canadian Pacific HALLWAY Com
pany then promptly fled with tho Minister OF
Railways. maps and plans OF every branch
line its officers conceived would prevent the
construction Of competing lines or the diver
sion Of auy Of its traf1 By American railways.
The Minister OF Railways as promptly laid the
plans and maps before the Governor in Coun-
Gil. and they were at once approved and con.
frmed Their confirmation by the Governor
In Council had the same effect as IL they had
been confirmed by Parliament. The next is
sue Of the Canada Gazette contained tho official
notice that tho Governor in Council had
declared the Intercolonial Railway. the
Grand Trunk Railway. and the Cana
dian Pacific Railway. with all Its
branches. to be railways for tho general good
OF the Dominion. About the same time It was
announced that the Canadian Pacific Railway
xompany hau purchased the charter Of u rail-
west to the T.ouris Mountains. very near sp" the
l A;met t%. r. boundary. 4 little later in the ses.
to pa 1hs n,a'st WitS Of = fbaiI II va again cam down
Railway act by taking power from the pro.
v!ncial Parliaments to grant II charter for the
and ended in the province. which would inter.
sect a line Of railway declared by the Governor
mipion. The Liberals made a desperate iIeRt
:, vio detGas the ,r biiii OF the ground TINT i was
federation act. and that Il was against public
t has'n Bin h tbrSayyb cGpm a ri. yo combined bin to force
law. The immediate object Of the measure
was to prevent Manitoba from granting a
Portage Ia P '"S fs" on the can e. / na'1 FacIi tso To
me boundnry line at or near the town OF Penn
t aaee N q RhsSS'i fa sasee k IL RsES 'G r.. %inn Tisa
an and t houris Mountain Railway was purchased
o 81 th Ses eo Sanasaa IA t teS1ii w so as the to m %saact + n
branch Of the Canadian Pacific. and therefore
2 io rai Iva Tor the general good of the Domin-
for the construction Of a railway from PortaGs
i . e eoss e as& ssid li Hs IT n ERe1S in,e anpSsfisi;
Fac hSart Tb M9iu urtSnr 6 oSSansh .; 9i ~ the &c, Canadian
any line which, Would enable sn thsp r Ameries q,
t trafsc.' Va " s alfeW lie hsS d RSIsl0 fr % ,e1 f SHinssit To
own and operate a line from Port Huron to
Chicago. another from Port Huron to Detroit,
land: for the express purpose Of ,divertinR
American traffic over its line. The Grand
Bridge at, Niagara and the international
Bridge at Black kock. We also allow them to
freight. upon the American side. They are
also permitted to operate 4 steam ferry be-
tween windsor and Detroit. for the express
purpose OF carrying American paRaen 0ara and
freight to their lines in Canada. The Cana
dian Pacific enjoys the same privileges upon
that the Canadian Government has conspired
with the Canadian Pacific Railwa Company
to prevent by eyery. possible means American
roads from sharing in tho Canadian trafic. it
is certainly time that the bonding system be
abolished root and branch.
Francis WAY1AND GLEN.
BROOKLYN. Jan. 13.