INDEX
Alberta, railways in, [184], [216], [224]; grants in aid, [192], [241].
Allan, Sir Hugh, and the Pacific Scandal, [122-7].
America, North, ways of access into, [29-30]; and transport development, [30-5].
Angus, R. B., and the Canadian Pacific Syndicate, [135], [136] n., [137], [151].
Ashburton Treaty, the, [57-8].
Blair, Andrew G., minister of Railways, [208].
Blake, Edward, his opposition to the C.P.R. contract, [143-5], [157] N.
Borden, Sir Robert, and the Canadian Northern, [191], [192].
Brassey, Betts, Peto and Jackson, railway contractors in the Maritime Provinces, [66-67], [69], [73], [75]; in Canada, [70], [72-6], [79], [80], [81] and note, [83].
British Columbia, its terms of union with Canada, [115], [116], [128], [130]; railway grants in aid, [192], [241].
Broun, Sir Richard, his railway, [58].
Buchanan, Isaac, promotes the Great Western, [47].
Canada, before the advent of the railway, [12-14], [19-26], [109-113]; development of water transport, [14-16], [33-5]; of land transport, [16-19]; her railway policy, [27-30], [49-55], [64], [69-71], [169-72], [176], [190], [191], [209], [211], [233-9], [241-3]; railway building, [36-49], [84-5], [93], [98], [182-3]; the Grand Trunk, [71-74], [81-2], [83], [88-90], [94], [187]; the Intercolonial, [106-8]; the C.P.R., [116], [122-9], [139-50], [158-9], [164-5], [176-7], [224]; a 'boom' period, [85], [181-2], [196]; the Canadian Northern, [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].
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].
Great Britain, her railway mileage in 1846, [38]; her railway policy in Canada, [54-5], [106]; in the Maritime Provinces, [59], [60], [62-6], [73]. See England.
Great Northern Railway, its development in Canada, [137-138], [187], [228-32].
Great Western Railway, building of, [40], [41], [46-7], [54], [55], [69], [70], [77], [84], [86-7], [91], [94], [95], [97], [99], [104-5]; acquired by the Grand Trunk, [179].
Guarantee Acts, to aid railway building, [55], [69], [71], [84], [86].
Gutelius, F. P., manager of the Intercolonial, [234].
Gzowski and Co., railway contractors, [77], [81] n.
Hays, Charles M., [246]; president of the Grand Trunk, [200-1], [203-4], [206], [212], [215]; drowned in the 'Titanic' disaster, [202].
Hill, James J., and the C.P. Syndicate, [133], [134], [136] n., [137] and note, [141], [151], [162]; and the Great Northern, [138] n., [228-30].
Hincks, Sir Francis, [52], [53], [246]; his railway policy, [53-4], [56], [69], [70-1], [72-3], [88]; and railway enterprises, [65-6], [73-6], [122].
Holt, H. S., and the Canadian Northern, [184].
Holton, Luther, his railway enterprises, [70], [71], [74-6], [81] n., [84].
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].
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].
Taché, 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].
Young, John, his railway enterprises, [45], [65], [70], [114].
Zimmermann, Samuel, railway contractor, [47].