. The problems of transportation in Canada . hat will be the condition of this new king-dom twenty years hence or fifty yeais hence,when this lease will expire ; if we could see thetowns and villages that will be settled alongthis grand National Transcontinental line, ifwe could see the enormous industries that willhâve sprung in the districts through whichthe road will pass, we would in some measurerealise the immense service the présent admi-nistration lias rendered to our country; and Iventure to say that when the history of thisadministration is written, and when the life of 48 The Nationa
. The problems of transportation in Canada . hat will be the condition of this new king-dom twenty years hence or fifty yeais hence,when this lease will expire ; if we could see thetowns and villages that will be settled alongthis grand National Transcontinental line, ifwe could see the enormous industries that willhâve sprung in the districts through whichthe road will pass, we would in some measurerealise the immense service the présent admi-nistration lias rendered to our country; and Iventure to say that when the history of thisadministration is written, and when the life of 48 The National Transcontinental Railway the distinguished statesman, who now rulesthe destinies of Canada is ended, and lie hasdisappeared froin the turmoil of polities ; thenindeed the brightiest page in ail his lifes historywill be the one, when he first united the heartsof the people of his country, and the next one,will be when he joined the provinces of theDominion by this long solid continuons link ofsteel, the National Transcontinental THE NATIONAL TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY The National Transcontinental Railway Speech delivered in the Senateon the jythjune içoj
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