tailieunhanh - THE RAILWAY BUILDERS

On the morning of October 6, 1829, there began at Rainhill, in England, a contest without parallel in either sport or industry. There were four entries: Braithwaite and Ericsson's Novelty. Timothy Hackworth's Sans-pareil. Stephenson and Booth's Rocket. Burstall's Perseverance. .These were neither race-horses nor stagecoaches, but rival types of the newly invented steam locomotive. To win the £500 prize offered, the successful engine, if weighing six tons, must be able to draw a load of twenty tons at ten miles an hour, and to cover at least seventy miles a day. Little wonder that an eminent Liverpool merchant declared that. | THE RAILWAY BUILDERS A Chronicle of Overland Highways BY OSCAR D. SKELTON TORONTO GLASGOW BROOK COMPANY 1916 Copyright in all Countries subscribing to the Berne Convention CONTENTS Page I. THE COMING OF THE RAILWAY 1 II. EARLY TRAVEL IN CANADA 13 III. THE CALL FOR THE RAILWAY 27 IV. THE CANADIAN BEGINNINGS 36 V. THE GRAND TRUNK ERA 52 VI. THE INTERCOLONIAL 93 VII. THE CANADIAN PACIFIC-BEGINNINGS 109 VIII. BUILDING THE CANADIAN PACIFIC 131 IX. THE ERA OF AMALGAMATION 169 X. THE CANADIAN NORTHERN 181 XI. THE EXPANSION OF THE GRAND TRUNK 196 XII. SUNDRY DEVELOPMENTS 220 XIII. SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS 240 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 248 INDEX 249 vii ILLUSTRATIONS THE SURVEYOR OFTEN AN EXPLORER AS Frontispiece WELL STRIKING OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS IN SEARCH OF MOUNTAIN PASS OR LOWER GRADE From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys. THE FIRST RAILWAY ENGINE IN CANADA Facing CHAMPLAIN AND ST LAWRENCE RAILROAD page 38 1837 From a print in the Chateau de Ramezay. RAILROADS AND LOTTERIES An Early Canadian Prospectus. 48 SIR FRANCIS HINCKS From a portrait in the Dominion Archives. 66 RAILWAYS OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA 1860 Map 92 SIR GEORGE SIMPSON From a print in the John Ross Robertson 110 Collection Toronto Public Library SIR SANDFORD FLEMING From a photograph by Topley. 114 FLEMING ROUTE AND THE TRANS- CONTINENTALS Map 118 vm RAILWAYS OF CANADA 1880 Map 130 LORD STRATHCONA From a photograph by Lafayette London. 134 LORD MOUNT STEPHEN From a photograph by Wood and Henry Dufftown. 140 By courtesy of Sir William Van Horne. SIR WILLIAM CORNELIUS VAN HORNE From a photograph by Notman. 148 RAILWAYS OF CANADA 1896 Map .