New Britain herald., 1925-05-09
-~~---s~ s=s=v v-vss V nFSNsS THI PECULIAR CANADIAN
 RAIL SIIl NIIO\

operates enormous hotvIs, and liners on both tho AumH, and the rlrjlr oy,m. Om. can 'r,r, moro than ha't way rounI ihc 4'u',s on ru#rImn IauFc v"asyls and trains oul sleep on Couahan lacih, prop rrty th" entire 'imo, In aldiiou 'H rl)roaI makes Its own sleeping ool dining ,ars and builds its own .ocourou,rS. IL is entirely scll-sus- 'waIaE and has been a prosperous company for e"rwnous s'ock- ho.l.rs have hr,n accustomed to r,..Nl9s a 10 per cent return.
 Thor. is no rat.roa1 in thu Untol S'ut.s c,,u remotely like tt in eA- t,N. Our trunk Oho,' in the ,asi- run from ,uy Nlmur syabourd ,o CuwaRo, only uuc-lhrd across tho country. and m 'le west the trunk 9o's' start in 'Nn mJlIla west anl ~.ol 10 tue Ia.lhc. II there were an Amrrr@ ruuro1d starring at Boston and .A,.udmg to San Fran. cl,no or lbs Angeles, iI woull com- nen ia extent with The Canadian ru@l-; but even then, in order to ua as o.l-cmNraclns in 'He trans ror'aHon industry, it would have to own MS hotels in all tho large cities anl liners on both oceans.
 Tie Canadian Pacific is d private- 'y ownel system, run for profit. No oao doubts that f is also run in the Interest Of the public. No one doubts IS ab.ty and willingness to give IS good a service as the traffic de- man1s. No one in Canada regards it in any other light than pardon- able pride.
 But Canada also has a govern mont-owned line, the Canadian Ma 'ional railway, Most Of it is what was formerly the Grand Trunk sys- tenn. l. has been a moncy-losing proposition for a long time. Last year its deficit was &55,T57,4S1, It's lines are also extensive. and include the Central Vermont in New Eng land --- and on this line there was deficit of sS9ToG2 for the year. t also includes such lines of the Grand Trunk as extend into M1cm- gan, with d lino into Chicago. In this respect if differs from rbr ra- nadjan Pacific, the Ial,-r having no lines in inc United States
 Throughout much Of it's territory tho Canadian National competcs with the Canadian Pacific, some of the competition is regarded as "wasteCul' But while the Canadian Pacific is enabled to pay hand- some dividend while competing, inc government line steadily losos money. What to do? that IS the question up iu Canada. Tae Ca naI.an Pacific 7ays is taN's prompt ly aud runs it's trains equally as promptly: the Canadian National merely forces the government 10 d.g down into its ;cans to met the huge deficits.
 I. must be stress.i "a: inc Grand Trunk was TO vnuder:ul paying proposition before the gov erumcut took it over. It never las paid enough di,,donds 10 make a noise about and the government took it over partly because inc stockholders 7v.ro harassol oyer tho tmpncuulous sjrua'ion
 Now there is a plan n ama'ra- mate the Cauadian Pacific and thr Canadian National It wQu'| ho a nice thing for the latter 70 ho coFp. ! with the prosperous iino, hut re soyrrmcut would ho honjiuc os.r us g9vornmcnt-controu'l line 10 8 prlvato company and tane q la:.i in forming a huge pri'a'e 1o.A"aI monopoly. George r. Graham. m."- ist4r Of railways O. Canada. 'o.I Parliament the government s@o1' "d..4r" -he plan, and ."h"sj'a'o ha- tora taking an action flat woHl shake -ha confidence oe iaves-ors in caua8inn honesty and justice"
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