. 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. e unableto float their scheme in the financial markets,and in 1887 they once more sought to extend theterms of assistance. As before, Mr. Norquayhalted, and was unwilling to go as far as hisopponents in meeting the demands of the pro-moters, but a decided declaration of the intentionof Messrs. Greenway and to go furtherthan he, brought the Premier once more totime,
. 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. e unableto float their scheme in the financial markets,and in 1887 they once more sought to extend theterms of assistance. As before, Mr. Norquayhalted, and was unwilling to go as far as hisopponents in meeting the demands of the pro-moters, but a decided declaration of the intentionof Messrs. Greenway and to go furtherthan he, brought the Premier once more totime, and the Act of 18S7 was passed, authorizing 236 CANADA: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA. ithe same guarantee on four and one-half millionsto be given, but on more liberal terms insome respects than those of the Act of scheme was taken up in the succeedingyear by Messrs. Onderdonk and Ross, the well-known railway contractors, and they proposed toproceed at once with the enterprise. It was atthis stage that the new Greenway Governmentdeclared its unwillingness to give the guaranteeauthorized by the Act, notwithstanding the Prem-iers pledge when in opposition. Ministers restedtheir objection largely on the view that while the. Hugh Sutherland, Province had for the sake of procuring a line ofrailway to compete with the Canadian Pacific,proposed to give a bonus equal to §180,000 a yearfor 25 years, it had smce that time, in the shapeof aid granted to the Northern Pacific and Man-itoba Road, pledged its credit for about $80,-000 a year, in return for which it had securedcompetition from at least one quarter. For thatreason, the Government contended, the Provincecould not now afford, or be expected to give, morethan $100,000 a year at the most to the Hud- sons Bay Railway—that being the interest atfour per cent, on $2,500,000. The correspond-ence which was published at the time indicatedthat Messrs. Onderdonk and Ross would havebeen disposed, on certain conditions, to acceptaid
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