. Railways and other ways: being reminiscences of canal and railway life during a period of sixty-seven years; with characteristic sketches of canal and railway men, early tram roads and railways, steamboats and ocean steamships, the electric telegraph and Atlantic cable, Canada and its railways, trade and commerce . constant and untiring devotion to the interests ofthe proprietors, that they presented him with gold and silverplate to the value of ^2,500 sterling. Sir Joseph was married in 1869 to Catherine, daughter ofthe late Andrew Dow of Montreal, and they have three sons andthree daughter
. Railways and other ways: being reminiscences of canal and railway life during a period of sixty-seven years; with characteristic sketches of canal and railway men, early tram roads and railways, steamboats and ocean steamships, the electric telegraph and Atlantic cable, Canada and its railways, trade and commerce . constant and untiring devotion to the interests ofthe proprietors, that they presented him with gold and silverplate to the value of ^2,500 sterling. Sir Joseph was married in 1869 to Catherine, daughter ofthe late Andrew Dow of Montreal, and they have three sons andthree daughters living. Sir Joseph Hickson, notwithstanding his arduous duties forupwards of forty years, was not allowed to altogether rest uponhis oars, for in 1892 he was appointed chairman of a royal com-mission on the liquor traffic, which is still pursuing its investi-gations (December, 1893). LEWIS JAMES SEARGEANT. The following extract is taken from the Port Huron DailyTimes, Tunnel Opening Edition, September 19th, 1891 : ** Mr. L. J. Seargeant, who succeeded Sir Joseph Hicksonas General Manager of the Grand Trunk Railway, was born atTrowbridge, Wiltshire, England, and from an early age has beenconnected with railways. His English career was associatedwith the largest of British railway systems, the Great Western,.
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