Palliser, Captain, his mistaken view regarding a railway to the Pacific, 117. Papineau, L. J., and state ownership of railways, 49. Peto, Brassey, Betts and Jackson, 66. See Brassey. Poor, John A., 246; his railway enterprises, 42-4, 60-1, 114. Pope, John Henry, and the C.P.R., 139, 140, 158. Prince Edward Island, its railway, 103, 233. See Maritime Provinces. Quebec, railways in, 36-40, 41-5, 49, 92, 101-2, 103 n.; grants in aid, 103 n., 190-1, 241. Quebec and Richmond Railway, 75, 80, 81 n. Railway Commission, the, 171-172, 243. Railways, development of, 1, 4-12, 244-6; the gauge question, 95-8; narrow-gauge lines, 98-100, 103, 224; wooden rails, 101-2; railway profits, 50, 79, 82, 86, 94, 95, 121; railway jobbery, 85-6, 170-1 and note, 213, 235 n., 236; grants in aid, 103 and note, 170-1, 241-2; 'ticket scalping,' 172. See under Canada. Reciprocity Treaty, the, 80. Richelieu, Cardinal, and the power of steam, 7. Rivers-Wilson, Sir Charles, president of the Grand Trunk, 199-200, 202. Robinson, Major, his railway survey, 59-60, 107. Rogers, Major, his C.P.R. route through the Rockies, 162. Ross, A. M., and the Grand Trunk, 77, 79. Ross, James, and the Canadian Northern, 184. Ross, John, first president of the Grand Trunk, 76. Rosser, General, and the C.P.R., 152. Ruskin, John, his opinion of the railway, 11. Sage, Russell, and the St Paul and Pacific, 132. St Lawrence, the canal system of the, 15-16, 34-5; river steamers of, 25. St Lawrence and Atlantic Railway, 40, 41, 42-5, 54, 55, 69, 70, 75-6, 79. St Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway, 128, 132, 134, 137, 151, 228. See Great Northern. Saskatchewan, railways in, 184, 216, 224-5; grants in aid, 192, 241. Scott, W. L., and the C.P.R., 154. Shaughnessy, Sir Thomas, president of the C.P.R., 222-223, 246. Simpson, Sir George, his record journey to the Pacific, 109-12. Smith, Donald, 133. See Strathcona, Lord. Stephen, George. See Mount Stephen, Lord. Stephenson, George, his locomotive triumph, 2-5, 10. Stickney, A. B., and the C.P.R., 152. Stockton and Darlington Railway, 2-3, 6. Strathcona, Lord, 112 n.; and the C.P. Syndicate, 133-4, 141-2, 151, 157, 166, 246. Surrey Iron Railway, 6. Tache, E. P., his railway advocacy, 65. Timiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, 216, 238-9. Trans-Canada Railway, 187, 207. Tupper, Sir Charles, minister of Railways, 139, 140, 141, 146, 158, 170. Tyler, Sir Henry, president of the Grand Trunk, 140, 199. United States, their transport development, 25, 32-3; competition with Canada for the western trade, 31-5, 39; railway development, 38, 52-3, 96, 115-16, 121; depression in, 198, 202; interrelations with Canada, 28, 50-1, 232-3. Van Horne, Sir William, and the C.P.R., 148 n., 152, 159, 161, 164-5, 166, 205, 222, 246. Waddington, Alfred, railway promoter, 115, 121, 122, 246. Watkin, Edwin, his Pacific project, 114. Watt, James, his reciprocating steam-engine, 9.