190-1, 192, 194;
a period of depression, 197-8, 202; the Grand Trunk Pacific, 206-11,
213-15; railway interrelations with United States, 231, 232-3, 241;
government roads, 108, 233-239; Canada's position in the railway world,
240-1. See Railways.
Canada Central Railway, 100, 128, 173.
Canada North-West Land Company, 153.
Canada Southern Railway, 40, 98-9, 104.
Canadian Northern Railway, 92; building of, 183, 185-9, 230, 232;
financing of, 190-5; other enterprises, 195, 211.
Canadian Pacific Railway, the great demand for, 114-17; the survey and
route, 117-20, 129, 160-1, 162-3; the Pacific Scandal, 120-7; the
syndicate, 130-42, 150-2; terms of building contract, 141-50, 172-173;
financing of, 139-42, 147-150, 152-9, 181, 227-8, 236; its
construction, 128, 159-68; development eastward, 173-175; further
expansion, 175-178, 223-6, 232; and other railways, 139-40, 173-6, 186,
203, 215, 225; the world's foremost transportation system, 220-1, 226-7.
Canadian Pacific Syndicate, the, 130-42, 150-2.
Capreol, F. C., his ingenious financing scheme, 48.
Caraquet Railway Company, 171 n.
Cartier, Sir George, 107; and the C.P.R. contract, 123, 124, 125 n.
Central Vermont Railway, 101, 122 n., 174, 204.
Chamberlin, Edson J., president of the Grand Trunk, 202, 215.
Champlain and St Lawrence Railway, 36-8, 39, 40, 49-50.
Chandler, E. B., 53; his railway mission, 63, 65-6.
Cox, George A., 143, 179.
Elgin, Lord, governor-general of Canada, 72.
England, the locomotive contest in, 1-5; her lead in railway
development, 7-10. See Great Britain.
European and North American Railway, 60-2, 64, 68-9, 102, 174.
Farley, Jesse P., and the Canadian Pacific Syndicate, 132, 137 n.
Fleming, Sir Sandford, 245, 246; and the Intercolonial, 56-7, 106-8,
117; and the C.P.R., 114, 117-20, 178.
Galt, Sir A. T., 172; his railway enterprises, 44, 45, 70, 71, 74-6,
77, 81 n., 84, 114, 246.
Gladstone, W. E., colonial secretary, 59.
Grand Trunk Railway, 38; building and financing of, 71-84, 87, 94, 95,
97, 99, 104-5, 122-3, 187, 232; and the C.P.R., 155, 174, 178-80; in
low water, 196-9; changes of administration and material, 200-2,
218-19; eastern activities, 203-5; westward expansion, 205-6, 208, 211,
214. See Grand Trunk Pacific.
Grand Trunk Pacific, 205; the demand for, 209; question of the route,
207-8, 210, 215-18; building and financing of, 208-9, 211-15, 217.
Grant, Rev. George M., 117.
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