Canada and Its Provinces: The Dominion. Industrial expansionAdam Shortt, Sir Arthur George Doughty Brook, 1914 |
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Seite 435 - Lines of Steam or other Ships, Railways, Canals, Telegraphs, and other Works and Undertakings connecting the Province with any other or others of the Provinces, or extending beyond the Limits of the Province...
Seite 416 - Territory, and the improvements required for the development of the Trade of the Great West with the Seaboard, are regarded by this Conference as subjects of the highest importance to the Federated Provinces, and shall be prosecuted at the earliest possible period that the state of the Finances will permit.
Seite 435 - Lines of Steam or other Ships, Railways, Canals, and other works, connecting any two or more of the Provinces together, or extending beyond the limits of any Province.
Seite 359 - The rigour of a Canadian winter, covering the. face of the country with snow, and congealing every river, lake, and harbour, produces a stagnation in trade, which cannot fail to have a bad effect on the commerce of the country and the habits of the people, who are compelled to complete their whole business transactions during the summer and autumn months, and remain in a state of comparative indolence during the remainder of the year.
Seite 394 - The fact that 250 miles of the railway are now open for traffic, to be increased to 390 miles by the close of the present year. 4. The execution of the whole remaining works being in the hands of most experienced contractors ; the eminent English firm of Messrs. Peto, Brassey, Betts and Jackson, having undertaken six-sevenths thereof, including the St.
Seite 394 - The completeness of the system of railway, ene;rossing, as it does, the traffic of Canada and the State of Maine, and precluding injurious competition. 2. The large amount of government guarantee and of Canadian capital invested, being two millions eight hundred thousand pounds sterling. 3. The fact that...
Seite 453 - ... by the shipper, shall, when destined for points in Canada, be carried entirely on Canadian territory, or between Canadian inland ports, and that the through rate on export traffic from the point of origin to the point of destination shall at no time be greater via Canadian ports than via United States ports, and that all such traffic, not specifically routed otherwise by the shipper, shall be carried to Canadian ocean ports.
Seite 434 - West into American channels is continued and the Canadian Pacific Company is to be treated as a public enemy by the people of Winnipeg, the company will at once take steps to establish their principal workshops at Fort William, which, from an operating point of view has many advantages, leaving nothing at Winnipeg but the ordinary division shops. Pray do not be mistaken. This is not an idle threat, it is a fixed purpose, taken after full consideration.
Seite 396 - Canada, it will be therefore seen, commencing at the debouchure of the three largest lakes in the world, pours the accumulating traffic in one unbroken line throughout the entire length of Canada into the St. Lawrence at Montreal and Quebec, on which it rests at the north, while on the south it reaches the magnificent harbours of Portland and St.
Seite 377 - It is also to be understood that Her Majesty's Government will by no means object to its forming part of the plan which may be determined upon, that it should include a provision for establishing a communication between the projected Railway and the Railways of the United States.