. Hardware merchandising August-October 1912. quid new road would be wisely built ifit paralleled the old road. Do it now, was the great slogan tokeep before the Government, and thedouble track would be built from Monc-ton to Halifax. It would be blossominglike the rose for the entire east, and would show the world that the MaritimeProvinces were even greater than wasever told or prophesied. (Applause.)General Running Rights. A. M. Bell spoke on the subject andreferred to other grades than those notedon the resolution. He pointed out thatas he understood the agreement of thdgovern
. Hardware merchandising August-October 1912. quid new road would be wisely built ifit paralleled the old road. Do it now, was the great slogan tokeep before the Government, and thedouble track would be built from Monc-ton to Halifax. It would be blossominglike the rose for the entire east, and would show the world that the MaritimeProvinces were even greater than wasever told or prophesied. (Applause.)General Running Rights. A. M. Bell spoke on the subject andreferred to other grades than those notedon the resolution. He pointed out thatas he understood the agreement of thdgovernment, it allowed running rights ofall railways. Nova Seotians should demand theirrights, should claim their rights to con-nection with a transcontinental thought Nova Seotians should standtogether and see that the connectionfrom Moncton to the seaboard should bemodern in every way. Captain Read referred to a port inP. E. I. which would be a fine terminusfor the N. T. Ry., namely, harbor was perfect, and as a connec-. A. M. BELL, Halifax. prominent debater of the Convention for many years. tion it would be fifty miles nearer Monc-ton than Halifax, and would be 150miles nearer the docks of Liverpool. Thisplace, with modern car ferry over theNorthumberland Straits, would make aperfect port. There was no fog inGeorgetown. However, he would notoppose the resolution as it was properand reasonable. (Applause.) Mr. Youll said the double tracking ideaappealed to him. The port need not bediscussed, as thp company building therailway would choose the port. Awayback in 1876 the C. P. R. was bitterlyopposed in the Maritime Provinces. Itwas very well to say get busy, do itnow, etc., but he knew this Board hadpassed fine resolutions lrfore and no-thing bad come of them. How were theygoing to go about it? Perhaps each in-dividual Board of Trade might take upthe subject and brin°- it before the vari-ous members of Parliament and thusforward the resolutions into
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