Hardware merchandising January-June 1897 . Vol. IX. MONTREAL AND TORONTO, APRIL 24, 1897 No. 17 J. BAYNE MacLEAN, HUGH C. MacLEAN, President. THE MacLEAN PUB. CO. Limited. Fine Magazine Printers and Trade Newspaper Publishers TORONTO: MONTREAL: 26 Front St. W. Board of Trade Building. Telephone 2148. Telephone 1255. John Cameron, General Subscription A. G. Campbell. General Subscription Agent. THE DUTY OF THE GOVERNMENT. THE project of a railway through theCrows Nest Pass is beginning to seedaylight. Although no official state-ment has yet been made it is generally un-d

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Hardware merchandising January-June 1897 . Vol. IX. MONTREAL AND TORONTO, APRIL 24, 1897 No. 17 J. BAYNE MacLEAN, HUGH C. MacLEAN, President. THE MacLEAN PUB. CO. Limited. Fine Magazine Printers and Trade Newspaper Publishers TORONTO: MONTREAL: 26 Front St. W. Board of Trade Building. Telephone 2148. Telephone 1255. John Cameron, General Subscription A. G. Campbell. General Subscription Agent. THE DUTY OF THE GOVERNMENT. THE project of a railway through theCrows Nest Pass is beginning to seedaylight. Although no official state-ment has yet been made it is generally un-derstood that the Dominion Government hasoffered to give the a subsidy of #10,-000 per mile, under certain these conditions are has not beenmade public, but the Government and authorities are negotiating regard-ing them. It is probable, therefore, that we are onthe eve of the settlement of this importantquestion. The position of the Government is a deli-cate one. The expenditure of $3,150,000is, in itself,

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