. Canada: an encyclopædia of the country; the Canadian dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development, by a corps of eminent writers and specialists. Charles M. Hays. with 7,587,148 tons of freight. The newly ap-pointed General Manager, Mr. Charles M. Hays,came to Canada in January, 1896, fresh from thesuccessful management of several American lines,and promptly inaugurated a new system of inter-nal administration, and in 1898 is pressing theprinciple of alliance and co-operation betweenAmerican railways and the Grand Tr
. Canada: an encyclopædia of the country; the Canadian dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development, by a corps of eminent writers and specialists. Charles M. Hays. with 7,587,148 tons of freight. The newly ap-pointed General Manager, Mr. Charles M. Hays,came to Canada in January, 1896, fresh from thesuccessful management of several American lines,and promptly inaugurated a new system of inter-nal administration, and in 1898 is pressing theprinciple of alliance and co-operation betweenAmerican railways and the Grand Trunk SIR W lAM {? VAN 11(»KNK. ; HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY MOLYNEUX ST. JOHN, lite Editor of the Winnifti: f,te /Wsi A Trans - Continental railway throughBritish North America was a subjectthat for many years prior to the con-federation of the Canadas and adja-cent colonies had engaged the attention of travel-lers and statesmen. Innumerable letters andpamphlets had been written to show its use andthe feasibility of its construction—much of whichwas written with necessarily imperfect informationconcerning the obstacles and difficulties to beencountered and overcome—and some efforts weremade to obtain legislation on the subject. In1829, Mr. McTaggart, a Civil Engineer, had pro-posed such a highway ; in 1848, Major Carrnichael-Smyth proposed the construction by convictlabour of a railwajto the Pacific by the KickingHorse Pass, a route more nearly than any to that finally adopted ; in 1849,Lieut. Synge advocated ancjther way of accom-plishin
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