1. Provision in the British North America Act for the building of the road
2. Reasons for building the road
(a) Military
(b) Commercial
3. Selection of the route
(a) Routes that were possible
(b) Reasons for the final choice
4. Facts about the road
(a) Principal places on the road
(b) Branches of the road
(c) Length and cost
5. Value of the road to the new Dominion
The class may be asked afterwards to draw a map showing the route and the chief commercial centres served by the railway.