To My Brother,
Whose Encouragement and Confidence Made Lighter the Task
of Writing These Manuscripts and Preparing
the Illustrations Herein.

CONTENTS

PAGE
Navigators of the Blue[6]
A Deceased Canadian Railroad[7]
Ontario’s Twin Sister—Grand Trunk Railway[12]
William H. Biggar[16]
Sir Thomas Dakin’s Locomotive[19]
Toronto and Nipissing Railway[20]
An Old Campaigner’s Career[21]
Knights of the Swinging Lanterns[25]
Credit Valley Railway—Milton Celebration[26]
Crusade of “U.S.A.” Railway Interests in Canada[28]
Thomas A. Edison[47]
A Gigantic Human Hive—C.P.R.[52]
William B. Lanigan[54]
James Charlton[56]
Uncle Sam’s Adopted Sons[61]
Samuel R. Callaway[74]
Thomas N. Jarvis[77]
Geo. J. Charlton[79]
A Reveler’s Dream[83]
Andrew J. Taylor[87]
Business Getter’s Competition[90]
Lines to Queen Quinte[94]
The Canadian Northern Railway System[95]
A Tenderfoot in Temiskaming[99]
William P. Duperow[106]
Those Undignified Box Cars[112]
Frederic P. Nelson[123]
A Pilfered Pot Pourri[126]
The Trail of the Serpent[129]
A Haphazard Chronology[136]
Ballad to the Brotherhood[145]

NAVIGATORS OF THE BLUE
Carrier pigeons—pioneers in aerial transportation