The romance of the Canadian Pacific Railway

by R. G. MacBeth

CONTENTS
Chapter		Page
I.	Famous Forerunners	[1]
II.	The Approach to a Great Task	[11]
III.	Giants in Action	[18]
IV.	The Chariot Wheels Drag	[33]
V.	Getting Up Speed	[43]
VI.	A Great Adventure	[53]
VII.	The New Company	[67]
VIII.	A Constructive Genius	[79]
IX.	Crossing the Prairie	[94]
X.	Battling for Life	[110]
XI.	Ocean to Ocean	[129]
XII.	Guardians of the Road	[151]
XIII.	Intensive and Extensive Work	[164]
XIV.	The Guiding Hands	[181]
XV.	The Wonders of the Deep	[207]
XVI.	War Service	[220]
XVII.	The Floodtide of Wheat	[235]
XVIII.	Special Features	[245]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

ILLUSTRATIONS
			Page
Typical Canadian Pacific Scenery			[Frontispiece]
		The Bow River Valley and Banff Springs Hotel; Lake
	Louise; Mount Sir Donald and Illecillewatt Glacier;
	Moraine Lake.
Early Builders			[76]
		Lord Mount Stephen, First President; Sir William Van
	Horne, First General Manager and Second President; Lord
	Shaughnessy, Early Financier and Third President.
An Interesting Group			[93]
		Lord Shaughnessy, Lord Strathcona (Donald A. Smith),
	Lady Strathcona.
The Present Management			[188]
		E. W. Beatty, President; Grant Hall, Vice-President;
	I. G. Ogden, Vice-President of Finance; W. R. McInnes, Vice-
	President in Charge of Traffic; A. D. Mactier, Vice-President,
	Eastern Lines; D. C. Coleman, Vice-President, Western Lines;
	Sir George McLaren Brown, European General Manager.
Former Officers			[205]
		The late David McNicoll, Vice-President and General
	Manager; the late R. B. Angus.
Recent Developments			[252]
		The Bassano Dam; the Brooks Aqueduct; Supply Farm at
	Strathmore, Alberta; Canadian Pacific Docks at Quebec.

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The Romance of the Canadian

Pacific Railway

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