Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-07
Thanks the Grand Trunk.

was neld IN M Ontreal last August,
.opy Of the resolution adopted by tn,
Canadian Committee of Arrangement:
At a meeting held 18th November, 1909
Accompanying this resolution was
personal letter to Mr.. Chas. M. Hays
Second Vice-President and Genera
Manager, from Mr.. Arthur J. Hodgson
Chairman of the Committee, which
leads, as follows:
Montreal, November 18th, 1903.
CHAS. M. HAYS, Esq,
Second Vice-President and Genera
Manager,
Grand Trunk Railway System, City
Dear Sir:
1t affords me much pleasure to COM
municate herewith a resolution adopted
by my Committee this forenoon, con-
veying to your Company an expression
of it's gratitude for the tour over the
Grand Trunk Railway System, which
by the courtesy of it's Management, was
provided for the oversee delegates tc
the Fifth Congress.
Thanking you personally for having
from the first inception of the project
of free tour for the oversee delegates
given the idea the most hearty recep-
ton,
l remain, Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully.
ARTHUR J. HODGSON,
Chairman
The resolution reads:
Resolution adopted by the Canadian
Committee of Arrangements al
Meeting held 18th November 1903
Resolved-That the Canadian Com
mittee of Arrangements tenders to the
Grand Trunk Railway Company its
most sincere thanks for the heart
manner with which it met the Com
mittee's request that the oversee dele
gates to the Fifth Congress of Cham
bers of Commerce of the Empire should
with the object of giving them some
idea of the extent, resources, and beau
ties of this country, be rendered a COM
pllmentary tour over its lines,
That the size and sumptuOus an
pointment OF the special train provided
by the Grand Trunk Railway Company
for the conveyance of the party of 225
delegates was a revelation to them, and
that the comfort and convenience OF
travelling thereon and the high speed
maintained were greatly appreciated.
That the Committee greatfully recells
the Company's considerable kindness il,
sending with the party number of its
chief officers who in their official car
dispensed each day most welcome hos
pitality to the delegates and theil
ladies, and who moreover endeared
themselves to every member of the
party by their constant and unweary-
ing personal attention to their wants
and comfort.
That the trip from Montreal &c
Niagara, with the visits paid en- route
to Kingston, Toronto and Hamilton
and the glimpses afforded of the River
ST. Lawrence and Lake Ontario was
much enjoyed by the Delegates, afford
ing as it did opportunity to form just
appreciation of the cities in that Sec
ton of the country and it's River and
Great Lake scenery, while the sojourr
at Niagara Falls was a delight to all.
That the journey through the beauti-
full Dundas Valley, the visits to the
cities of London, Windsor and Sarnia
| with the trip under the river through
| the st. Clair Tunnel, were much APP.
preciated by the party, while the boat
| trip through the lovely scenery Of the
Muskoka Lakes. taken in perfect
weather, concluded most enjoyable
week,
That the Committee specially thanks
| the Grand Trunk Railway Company fol
| the series of beautifully illustrated and
tastefully bound guide book of the
| route that were presented to each mem
hnr >f tho ortxy ND
Company that these are greatly
treasured by all who received them,
That the committee of Arrangements
| is convinced that the circumstance that
| with the assistance Of the Dominion
Government and by the kindness of the
Railway and Inland Steamboat Com
panies, it was able to tender to the
| oversee delegates these extended tours
through Canada, added largely to the
success which has attended the holding
of the Fifth Congress in this City, and
| it is most gratifying to know that thess
tours have resulted in impressing the
| delegates most favourably with the
great resources of this country, the vast
opportunities it affords for the invest
| ment of capital, and its superior advan-
tages as home for the surplus popula-
tion of the motherland,
That the committee has been gratifled
to learn that the knowledge of the
resources and beauties of our country
thus obtained by the delegated will be
widely disseminated by them through
the various parts Of the Empire from
which they came, for it is the intention
Of many of the delegates to COM
municate to the members of their
respective Chambers and to other audi
ences, by illustrated lectures and other