Review of reviews and world's work . y i> sprin^in^ up. When the railway was built there was hardly a human hahitation in Newfoundland five miles from tinl £>asl Some idea of the ( harai ter of the < unntry may he had when it is known that ti 1 i^island, lar-M-r than Ireland; possessed it^ wholeprimeval forests and minerals up to that timeprai ii< ally undeveloped and unexplored i you • ould i Hiii on the number of Lourisl i iting dland from abroad To daj there an- •? n thousand, print ipallj from the United States, who visit the island annually. I 111 ? i: I |/ I |< I 11. I DC
Review of reviews and world's work . y i> sprin^in^ up. When the railway was built there was hardly a human hahitation in Newfoundland five miles from tinl £>asl Some idea of the ( harai ter of the < unntry may he had when it is known that ti 1 i^island, lar-M-r than Ireland; possessed it^ wholeprimeval forests and minerals up to that timeprai ii< ally undeveloped and unexplored i you • ould i Hiii on the number of Lourisl i iting dland from abroad To daj there an- •? n thousand, print ipallj from the United States, who visit the island annually. I 111 ? i: I |/ I |< I 11. I DC under: < ...\ ernmenl to < on irru< i t hi roi( polii j. in that ii •< H ii . ould ni be ex 50 ////. AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS pected to pay for its operation. The governmerit was fortunate, however, in -e construction ;i contractor, in theperson of the late sir Robert Reid, of Modtreal, who undertook to operate the road forfift) years without any cost to the Colony, save. 1 HI SIR I I Kill) a land grant of the thousand at res per mile ofrailway taken in alternate blocks along the was in [898, and since then industriesha\e multiplied through the country. In addition to the operation of the road, theNewfoundland Government entered into anagreement with Sir Robert Reid for the ionStruction and operation of nine steamersply in tin various bays of Newfoundland ontin- north, south, and west < oasts of the islandthat are t ippe I hy the r ilway, another steamerto ply on the Labrador coast, and anotheracross the Cabol Strait, the water- of whichdivide Cape Breton from Newfoundland. Mlthi-M st< imers are of a first class type and stfrom twelve to sixteen Knot- an h • tr These -learner- all a< t a- to the railway. GROM i ?? • •: ti- lt i e ih it in SO short a i 11 of this road and - developed the large industr\ now tarried on by them. Last year nearlya million dollar- was re. eived from freight and passengers th
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