قراءة كتاب The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways
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The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways
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[Transcriber's note: This book has varying page headers. Those headers have been collected at the start of each chapter as an introductory paragraph.]
'The surveyor, often an explorer as well, striking out into the wilderness in search of mountain pass or lower grade.'
From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys
THE
RAILWAY BUILDERS
A Chronicle of Overland Highways
BY
OSCAR D. SKELTON
TORONTO
GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY
1916
Copyright in all Countries subscribing to
the Berne Convention
CONTENTS
| Page | ||
| I. | THE COMING OF THE RAILWAY | 1 |
| II. | EARLY TRAVEL IN CANADA | 13 |
| III. | THE CALL FOR THE RAILWAY | 27 |
| IV. | THE CANADIAN BEGINNINGS | 36 |
| V. | THE GRAND TRUNK ERA | 52 |
| VI. | THE INTERCOLONIAL | 93 |
| VII. | THE CANADIAN PACIFIC—BEGINNINGS | 109 |
| VIII. | BUILDING THE CANADIAN PACIFIC | 131 |
| IX. | THE ERA OF AMALGAMATION | 169 |
| X. | THE CANADIAN NORTHERN | 181 |
| XI. | THE EXPANSION OF THE GRAND TRUNK | 196 |
| XII. | SUNDRY DEVELOPMENTS | 220 |
| XIII. | SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS | 240 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE | 248 | |
| INDEX | 249 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| 'THE SURVEYOR, OFTEN AN EXPLORER AS WELL, STRIKING OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS IN SEARCH OF MOUNTAIN PASS OR LOWER GRADE' From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys. |
Frontispiece |
| THE FIRST RAILWAY ENGINE IN CANADA, CHAMPLAIN AND ST LAWRENCE RAILROAD, 1837 From a print in the Château de Ramezay. |
Facing page 38 |
| RAILROADS AND LOTTERIES An Early Canadian Prospectus. |
" 48 |
| SIR FRANCIS HINCKS From a portrait in the Dominion Archives. |
" 66 |
| RAILWAYS OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, 1860 (Map) | " 92 |