Public men and public life in Canada; the story of the Canadian confederacy, being recollections of Parliament and the press and embracing a succinct account of the stirring events which led to the confederation of British North America into the Dominion of Canada . -iting effect. The Grand Trunk Railway, a still more ambitiousproject, was also under construction at this Hon. Francis Hincks, Premier of Canada, vis-ited Great Britain early in 1852, with the Hon. E. , of New Brunswick, in the hope of pro-moting the construction ofthe Intercolonial Railwayat that time. Failing
Public men and public life in Canada; the story of the Canadian confederacy, being recollections of Parliament and the press and embracing a succinct account of the stirring events which led to the confederation of British North America into the Dominion of Canada . -iting effect. The Grand Trunk Railway, a still more ambitiousproject, was also under construction at this Hon. Francis Hincks, Premier of Canada, vis-ited Great Britain early in 1852, with the Hon. E. , of New Brunswick, in the hope of pro-moting the construction ofthe Intercolonial Railwayat that time. Failing toenlist the support of theImperial Government, hetook up the constructionof a trunk line throughCanada, and conductedif he did not conclude,arrangements with theeminent English contrac-tors, Messrs. Peto, Jack-son, Brassey and Betts,for the construction ofthe Grand Trunk road,corporated the same year,of a Government guarantee being given to theextent of about £2,500 per mile, to be paid proportion of $160,000, as each £100,000 wasexpended upon the line.* Messrs. Jackson andBetts, accompanied by Robert Stephenson, ,the famous engineer, visited Canada, in 1853,to complete the arrangements, and a suggestive * Canadian Year-Book, 1894, page 210. 25. Hon. ; Hincks. The company was in-Parliament approved PUBLIC MEN AND PUBLIC LIFE IN CANADA sidelight is thrown on the condition of the coun-try at that time by the memorable trip they madethrough the western peninsula, accompanied by anumber of leading Canadian politicians and railwaymagnates, to spy out the land and, if possible, dis-cover the best route for the proposed undertaking. This party proved a large and imposing the more distinguished gentlemen who com-posed it were Robert Stephenson, , WilliamJackson, , W. L. Betts, , Hon. FrancisHincks, Chancellor Blake, Hon. J. S. Ross, H. Killaly, Mr. A. M. Ross, Chief Engineer ofthe proposed railroad, and Mr. Walter Shanly, En-gineer of the
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