Canadian engineer . nd Port Arthur, on Lake Superior, for the purposeof -reaching navigation on the Great Lakes; also from themain line southerly about 22g miles to North Bay or Graven-hurst, in the Province of Ontario, to make connection withthe lines of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada,and another from the main line southerly to Montreal. This great undertaking has been iprojected to meet thepressing demand for transportation facilities in BritishNorth America, caused by the large tide of immigrationwhich is now flowing into the country from Great Britain,Northern Europe, and stiil
Canadian engineer . nd Port Arthur, on Lake Superior, for the purposeof -reaching navigation on the Great Lakes; also from themain line southerly about 22g miles to North Bay or Graven-hurst, in the Province of Ontario, to make connection withthe lines of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada,and another from the main line southerly to Montreal. This great undertaking has been iprojected to meet thepressing demand for transportation facilities in BritishNorth America, caused by the large tide of immigrationwhich is now flowing into the country from Great Britain,Northern Europe, and stiil more extensively frcm the WesternStates of the United States of America. The authorized capital stock of the company is $45,-000,000, of which $20,000,000 may be issued as Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada is to acquireall of the common stock (except shares held by directors)in consideration of guarantees, etc., and must retain amajority holding during the term of the agreements withthe Constructing Line North of Lake Superior. Mr. Charles Melville Hays was the originator of thisproject, and, according to Mr. Frederick A. Talbot, of Lon-don, England, who has made a considerable study of thisrailway and its history, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his govern-ment must be credited with their great share of the workby securing the consent of the people of Canada to partici-pate in such a project as a government transcontinentalrailway. The whole of the western country was canvassed religiously. No one knew for whom these parties wereworking, or just what the scheme in hand comprised, as itwas revealed in a somewhat hazy manner. Secret meetingswere held in the cities, large towns, villages, and even inremote settlements. Extreme caution had to be taken toprevent any tangible particulars of the undertaking reach-ing the management of the , insomuch as the Cana-dian Pacific regarded the West as its own territory. Investigation of the dormant wealth of the
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