1893, Sept. 28--Bright, glorious morning--Entries-- G. T. Bell, G.T.R. J. Guerin, C. & N.W.R. Will. Jackson, Clinton B. W. Johnson, U.P.R. J. G. Laven, M.C.R. H. G. Thorley, White Star Line 1895, Jan. 1--Sunshine, cold and dusty-- New Year gift, Eastern Line commissions all withdrawn. 1895--Henri Menier, famous French Chocolate King, secured possession of Anticosti Island in the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, first fiefed by Louis XIV in 1680 to the explorer Sieur Louis Joliet, and Senator Gaston Menier now uses the 30 mile Anticosti Railway to market the island’s pulpwood. [Illustration: SCENE ON THE ANTICOSTI RAILWAY] 1895, Feb. 7--Coldest yet, lines blocked--Callers to register:-- W. E. Belcher, N.P.R. R. S. Lewis, L.V.R. A. J. Macdougall, Ill. Cent. R. F. MacFarlane, Dominion Line W. J. Mason, N.P.R. A. J. Spurr, C.B. & Q.R. 1895, July 12--Very hot and close, circus in town, L.O.L. William III-- J. H. Duthie, Dominion Line W. Hatch, R. & O.N. Co. W. B. Lanigan, C.P.R. C. E. Macpherson, C.P.R. 1897, July 20--Extract from E. de la Hooke’s diary:--Arrival in London of Geo. B. Reeve and official car party, including Geo. T. Bell, W. E. Davis and J. E. Quick. Other agents in town who dropped in at the Clock Corner were:-- P. F. Dolan, Gorge Route Geo. McCaskey, N.P.R. C. E. Morgan, G.T.R. H. J. Rhein, Big 4 (L.S. & M.S.) 1902, Oct.--Canadian Ticket Agents’ Association held its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., this being their first convention taking place outside of Canada. 1902--Conductor James Guthrie, who so ably handled the special train on tour with their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York--now the King and Queen--was complimented in special letters for his appearance and deportment on this occasion by Geo. T. Bell, G.P.A., and Superintendents Brownlee and Gillen. 1903--National-Transcontinental Railway--1,804 miles Moncton, N.B., to Winnipeg, planned by the Laurier Administration, was begun this year. 1903–04--Canadian Government issued a charter to Colonel Floyd, Cobourg, and others, authorizing the Campbellford, Lake Ontario & Western Railway from Cobourg to Campbellford, which became the nucleus of the “C.P.R.” Lake Shore Line to Ottawa.