The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland HighwaysSkelton, Oscar D. (Oscar Douglas)
History
The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways
Skelton, Oscar D. (Oscar Douglas)
Pacific railroads; Railroads -- Canada -- History
Howe, Joseph, 52, 53, 246; his railway campaign in England, 62-4, 65-6,
69, 70; and state ownership, 66-7; his prophecy, 113.
Howland, Sir William, his railway syndicate, 143, 145.
Hudson, 'King,' railway promoter, 38, 47.
Hudson Bay Railway, 237-8.
Intercolonial Railway, 59-60, 98; building of, 105-8, 179; later
development, 233-7.
Jackson, Henry, railway contractor, 73, 75, 76.
Jaffray, Robert, 179.
Keefer, Thomas C., a distinguished engineer, 36, 246.
Kennedy, John S., and the C.P. Syndicate, 132, 136 n., 137 n., 141, 151.
Kittson, Norman W., and the St Paul and Pacific, 133, 134, 136 n.
Lash, Z. A., and the Canadian Northern, 184.
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid, 246; his railway policy, 188, 190, 192, 207, 210.
Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 2-4, 36.
Mabee, Justice, chairman of Railway Commission, 232-3, 243.
M'Carthy, D'Alton, and a Railway Commission, 171.
Macdonald, Sir John, 246; and the C.P.R., 115, 116, 122, 124-6, 128-9,
130, 140, 141-2, 158, 210.
Macdonnell, Allan, railway promoter, 113-14.
M'Intyre, Duncan, and the C.P.R., 139-40, 141, 150, 157.
Mackenzie, Alexander, and the C.P.R., 127-8.
Mackenzie, William, 246; and the Canadian Northern, 183-5, 189-90, 192.
M'Lean, S. J., his report on railways, 243.
M'Mullen, G. W., and the Pacific Scandal, 121-2, 123, 124.
MacNab, Sir Allan, promotes the Great Western, 47, 53.
Macpherson, D. L., his railway enterprises, 70, 71, 74-6, 81 n., 84,
123-4.
Manitoba, railways of, 176-7, 183, 185, 186, 233, 237; grants in aid,
191, 192, 241.
Mann, Donald, and the Canadian Northern, 183-5, 189-90, 192.
Maritime Provinces, their network of roads, 18; their railway projects
and policy, 55-69, 93, 104 n.; and the Intercolonial, 106-8, 237; and
the Grand Trunk Pacific, 207-8.
Merritt, W. Hamilton, and the Welland Canal, 90-1.
Midland Railway, 100, 179, 183, 230.
Minnesota venture, the, 131-9.
Mississippi, transport development on the, 31-2.
Mitchell, Peter, and the Intercolonial, 107.
Montreal, and the St Lawrence and Atlantic Railway, 42-4, 60.
Morse, Frank, manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific, 215.
Mount Stephen, Lord, and the C.P. Syndicate, 134-7; and the C.P.R.,
139, 140, 141, 150, 157 and note, 221-2, 246.
Municipal Loan Fund, the, 88-90.
National Transcontinental Railway, 172, 233, 236.
New Brunswick, railways in, 67-9, 102, 103 n., 175; grants in aid, 241.
See Maritime Provinces.
Northern Railway, building of, 40, 41, 47-8, 55, 69, 84, 87-8, 94, 100,
104 n.; acquired by the Grand Trunk, 179.
Northern Pacific Railway, 116, 121 n., 134, 157, 166, 177, 186, 230.
North-West Rebellion, the, and the C.P.R., 164-5.
Nova Scotia, railways in, 67, 102, 103 n., 188; grants in aid, 192,
241. See Maritime Provinces.
Ontario, railways in, 40, 41, 45-8, 49, 50-1, 80, 89-92, 98-101, 103
n., 175, 216, 233; and the C.P.R. contract, 123; grants in aid, 103 n.,
190, 191, 192, 216, 241.
Osler, E. B., and the C.P.R., 151.
Pacific Scandal, the, 120-7.
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