Rothesay Park Bridge
Moncton—General Offices of the Intercolonial Railway through the Trees
The management and administration of the Intercolonial Railway, as well as the clerical, constructive and auxiliary staffs, all centre in Moncton. As a consequence, about 2500 of the town’s population are in Intercolonial employ.
The General Offices of the Railway occupy a prominent position adjoining the station grounds. The building has recently been extended to give much needed room, and with its pleasant surroundings gives comfortable quarters for the working staff of the system.
The city bears on its face every evidence of prosperity, and it has many excellent stores and pleasant residential streets.
The Moncton and Buctouche Railway has its headquarters here; and Moncton is also the eastern terminus of one of Canada’s trans-continental railway systems, the Grand Trunk Pacific.
The phenomenon of the Bay of Fundy “Tidal Bore” is best seen on the Petitcodiac River at Moncton. The rise and fall of the tide here shows a difference of thirty feet between extreme high and extreme low. At favorable times the height of the incoming wall of water, or “bore,” is between four and five feet. At such times it is a very wonderful and interesting sight.
There are a number of pleasant walks and drives in and around the city, with drives of a more extended character to Shediac and Hopewell Cape and Rocks. By rail, too, it is easy to reach many pleasant spots in a very short time.
Many will be surprised to learn that there are splendid oil and gas fields in the neighborhood of Moncton. A number of wells have been drilled, and some are exceedingly productive.