1850--First public proposal, as a practical enterprise, to lay a Trans-atlantic cable, made by Right Reverend J. T. Mullock, Catholic Bishop of St. Johns, Newfoundland, which American Trans-atlantic Telegraph Company realised in 1867 under the chairmanship of Peter Cooper, the philanthropist. 1851, Sept.--At Boston, Mass., occurred a three day jubilee to celebrate the connection by railway of Montreal and Boston, at which President Filmore of United States and Lord Elgin, Queen Victoria’s representative in British North America, were prominent amongst a large gathering of distinguished international visitors. 1851–2--First international suspension bridge erected over Niagara River by Great Western-New York Central Rys. The engineer was John A. Roebling, it cost $400,000, kites were used to carry across the first ropes. The late Bob. Lewis was telegraph operator at Suspension Bridge at that time and Ferdinand Richardt painted from a daguerreotype the picture of this bridge from which D. L. Glover engraved any prints extant. 1852–3--Inauguration of Ontario, Simcoe & Huron Railway. Incorporated 1849, it was the first of Ontario’s lines and ran from the foot of Brock Street, Toronto, to Collingwood, on Georgian Bay. It became the Northern Railway 1859, amalgamated with the Hamilton & Northwestern Railway 1884, and was merged into the Grand Trunk Railway 1888. The Lady Elgin, Ontario’s first locomotive, made for the O.S. & H.R., came in parts from Portland, Maine, 1852, traveled via Oswego, N.Y., and vessel to Toronto, and John Harvie, lately deceased in that city, was the first O.S. & H.R. conductor in charge of the train this engine pulled, Carlos McColl was the first driver and Joseph Lopez was the first fireman of that ancient locomotive. It was broken up and melted in 1881. TOO MUCH NERVE TONIC Timid Party--“This train seems to be traveling at a fearful pace Ma’am! I feel nervous.” Stolid elderly female--“Yus--aint it? My Bill’s a-drivin’ of the ingin’ an’ ’e can make her go when ’e’s got a drop o’ drink in ’im.--_Tit Bits_” 1853--Telegraphy was used by the Grand Trunk Railway. H. P. Dwight is said to have been the father of the utility in Canada. 1853–4–5--Great Western Railway of Canada built from Niagara Falls via London to Windsor beside Detroit River. 1853–63--C. J. Brydges was managing director, respectively of the Great Western Railway and Grand Trunk Railway in Canada. 1854, July 22--Victoria Bridge over St. Lawrence River, which cost $7,000,000, was started and in November, 1859, it was opened for traffic.