. Canada's railway problem and its solution . of 43,929,312 acres; have authorized guaranteesto the extent of $409,869,165, of which the bonds have been executed tothe extent of $350,622,918, and the guarantees earned to the extent of$273,642,663. 43 After the granting of this stupendous aid to the railway the result is,there is only one really successful road in Canada, the Canadian Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian Northern are practicallybrankrupt. It costs the roads, owned and operated by the Dominion,$200 to $220 to eai-n $100; and though practically all of the arrable land
. Canada's railway problem and its solution . of 43,929,312 acres; have authorized guaranteesto the extent of $409,869,165, of which the bonds have been executed tothe extent of $350,622,918, and the guarantees earned to the extent of$273,642,663. 43 After the granting of this stupendous aid to the railway the result is,there is only one really successful road in Canada, the Canadian Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian Northern are practicallybrankrupt. It costs the roads, owned and operated by the Dominion,$200 to $220 to eai-n $100; and though practically all of the arrable landin the public domain in the Northwest has been alienated, not 15% hasbeen settled and improved, and the grain produced comes from an acreageof less than 10% of this arrable land. Surely it is time Canadians should stop and consider whither theyare drifting, and demand a sharp reversal of a railway policy that has ledto such unfortunate results. Montreal, February 1917. The Modern Printing : ti ^-^W^ ■t:s>^ ~ V^^^ W^5. DOMINKLN 01 ( \N VI) V PROPOSED CONSOLIDATIQHj Grand Trunk, Grand Trunk Pacific, National Transcontinental and Canadian Northern Railways. G»»0t»/7 PkF R, m, lh„ 1 m ,hn r. i Crrnd Tn«k ind 0 T Pac Ma n U es . Nalmal Tmsan nmh Rb rmy Olhir Cmdm He t,n, />, «., L at. OmUaa OmnmiaHI, my> arnpl m Taas R, - _z: ~canadasrailwaypr00tyew
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