. . 59 Jas. Stephenson . . .. .. . 161 Abraham Fell 167 W. J. Spicer 169 E. P. Hannaford 171 Cross Section View, showing Strata and Construction of St. Clair Tunnel 178 Device for Removing Smoke .. . . 175 List of Portraits and Illustrations. PAGE. Joseph Hobson .. . .. .. .. .. 177 Sectional View, full length of Tunnel under St. Clair River, Tunnel Engine Emerging from Portal . . 179 S. R. Callaway 183 John Burton .. 189 John Earls 191 Arthur White 193 Geo. Burdett Spriggs . . . .. .. 195 A Souvenir of the Great Western
. . 59 Jas. Stephenson . . .. .. . 161 Abraham Fell 167 W. J. Spicer 169 E. P. Hannaford 171 Cross Section View, showing Strata and Construction of St. Clair Tunnel 178 Device for Removing Smoke .. . . 175 List of Portraits and Illustrations. PAGE. Joseph Hobson .. . .. .. .. .. 177 Sectional View, full length of Tunnel under St. Clair River, Tunnel Engine Emerging from Portal . . 179 S. R. Callaway 183 John Burton .. 189 John Earls 191 Arthur White 193 Geo. Burdett Spriggs . . . .. .. 195 A Souvenir of the Great Western Railway of Canada . 199 James Charlton . . . . . 201 David Pottinger 217 N. Weatherston 219 John Weatherston 233 Alderman Hallam . . . . - . • 259 Suspension Bridge (G. T. R.) over Niagara River . 285 One Hundred Ton, St. Clair Tunnel Locomotive . 301 Sir William C. Van Home 305 A Ships Bill of Lading One Hundred Years Ago .. 323 Niagara Falls (Two views) . .. .. .. • • S53 J, B. Jones 379 Sir Hugh Allan 397. HON. JOHN ROSS. CONTENTS. Chapter I.—pages 21 to 38. The Authors Birth—His Father—John Hargreaves, the Carrier, 21; School-BoyDays—School in a Kitchen—School at Sandy Johnnys, 22 ; Go to see theHanging—Remove to Preston—Apprenticed to a Carrier-Pickford & Co.,—Town of Preston—Its Guild—The Earl of Derby, 23 ; An EnthusiasticCarrier—Pen Portrait of John Hargreaves, 24; John Hargreaves as a CoachDriver—John Hargreaves and the Toil-Gate Man—Way Bills—BraithwaitePoole, ; My First Railway—Its Gauge, 26 ; A Railway Episode—The OldestRailway Man—Canal-Boat Robbers, 27 ; The Lost Fly-Boat—Game Poachers,28 ; Rates of Carriage—A Clever Teamster—Joe Knows the Rates- What aMerchant would Stand, 29 ; The Deead Mon —A Queer Question—Whiskeyand Wool, 30 ; Canal Packet Boats—The Swiftsure—A pleasant Sail—TheMysterious Trunk, 31 ; Early case of Burking —How Johnny MorrisonBalanced his Cash-Book, 32 ; Myles Becks Cash-Book—Hea
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