. Canadian machinery and metalworking (January-June 1913). gave the contract for the con-struction at St. John, , of two milesof docks, a dry dock and ship repairingplant, costing $12,000,000, to the NortonGriffiths Co., Canada, Ltd. future, the owners of one such havingan agreement with the Norton Griffithsfirm to come to St. John when the dockand harbor work is sufficiently ad-vanced. The C. P. R. already have terminal Again, it is said that the C. N. R. ispractically certain to make St. John itsAtlantic terminus. Three Transcontinentals. This will give St. John three trans-continental r
. Canadian machinery and metalworking (January-June 1913). gave the contract for the con-struction at St. John, , of two milesof docks, a dry dock and ship repairingplant, costing $12,000,000, to the NortonGriffiths Co., Canada, Ltd. future, the owners of one such havingan agreement with the Norton Griffithsfirm to come to St. John when the dockand harbor work is sufficiently ad-vanced. The C. P. R. already have terminal Again, it is said that the C. N. R. ispractically certain to make St. John itsAtlantic terminus. Three Transcontinentals. This will give St. John three trans-continental railways emptying the pro-ducts of Western Canada and the Unit-ed States on her wharves. Add to therailways, the Intercolonial, covering arich territory as far west as Montreal;the St. John Valley Railway, which willtap, with its branches, the heart of therich farming land of New Brunswick,and the upper reaches of the St. JohnRiver, navigable 100 miles inland, withits four branches, each navigable forover fifty miles, bringing the products of ST OOHM The Docks. The two miles of docks—twenty-threein all—are for the terminals of the• Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co. Thedry dock, to be operated by its build-ers, will be one of the largest in theworld, and there is also every possibil-ity of a steel shipbuilding plant beingestablished in the comparatively near facilities at St. John, using seven docks,each capable of accommodating two ves-sels. These have, however, been foundtoo small, and eleven more of like ca-pacity are being built by the Govern-ment for the use of that railroad. Inaddition, the Intercolonial Railway havetwo docks, and there are two more at thePettingill wharf, owned by the city. the farms right to the ships side; thenit will be at once seen that there are im-mense possibilities ahead for this pro-gressive port. Comparison of Distances. A comparison of distance of time andtransit between Liverpool and Chicagobv the New York and St. John routes
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