Report and minutes of evidence taken before the Select Committee of the Senate appointed to inquire into and report upon the purchase of lands at Fort William for a terminus to the Canadian Pacific Railway
First report of the Select Standing Committee on public accounts in reference to expenditure on the Canadian Pacific Railway between Fort William and Red River
Return to an address of the House of Commons, dated 20th February, 1879; for copy of any order in council passed in June, 1876, locating the line of the Canada Pacific Railway between Thunder Bay and a point at or near Fort George, in British Columbia, with all correspondence between the Dominion and Columbia Government respecting the same; also for a copy of an order in council of August or September, 1878, respecting the location of the line of the Canada Pacific Railway between Yellow Head Pass and Burrard Inlet, with all correspondence between the Dominion and Provincial Governments respecting the same; and also, a copy of any special report, if any, of any engineer recommending the location of the respective lines, and on what the orders in council were directly based
Return to an order of the House of Commons dated 24th February, 1879; -- for all correspondence between the Department of Public Works and the representatives of the various railway lines in connection with the Intercolonial and with the steamship companies or their representatives, with a view of obtaining such through freight rates upon grain, etc., from the west to Halifax or European Ports as will constitute Halifax the winter shipping port of the Dominion
Report of survey of coast in the vicinity of Capes Tormentine and Traverse on Prince Edward Island and Main Land, and a suggested railway connection between said Capes to Intercolonial and Prince Edward Island Railways, with a view to secure winter communication with the Island
Return to an order of the House of Commons, dated 31st March, 1879: -- for a statement showing the quantity of old iron rails the government now has at its disposal. 2nd. The names of the companies to which quantities of old rails have been lent, and the conditions upon which such loans were made. 3rd. Where the rails at the disposal of the government now are
Correspondence respecting the Riviere du Loup Branch of the Grand Trunk Railway laid on the table of the House of Commons by the Honorable the Minister of Public Works
Map of part of Manitoba and the North West Territory published to illustrate regulations...the disposal of certain Dominion lands for the purposes of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Return to address. Papers relating to the claims of Murray & Co., contractors, Intercolonial Railway, and the decision of Mr. Samuel Keefer, the sole arbitrator thereon
Canadian Pacific Railway. A. and B. General specification and form of contract for grading, bridging, track laying and ballasting. The works to be done by the contractors, of which the hereto annexed are the specifications, consist of all the excavation, grading, bridging, track-laying, ballasting, and other works required to be done on that portion of the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, commencing at the western end of Contract No. 25, about 113 miles west of the town plot of Fort William, and termination at Station No. 1,290, near the crossing of Eagle River, and said to be in length about 118 miles
Return to an order of the House of Commons, dated 10th March, 1879; -- for all tenders containing schedules of quantities and prices at the letting of contracts Numbers 13, 14, 15 and 25, Canadian Pacific Railway; contracts made on same; schedules of quantities actually paid for, and estimate of quantities, and cost of work to be done on these contracts; also, all correspondence or instructions relative to any changes in the character or construction of the said works.
Communication. From Sandford Fleming, Esq., Engineer in Chief of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Honorable the Minister of Public Works, dated Ottawa, 1st February, 1879, accompanied by tenders for the construction of works from English River to Eagle River, 118miles, -- from Eagle River to Keewatin, 67 miles, -- from English River to Keewatin, 185 miles, -- and letter from Marcus Smith to Sandford Fleming, Esq., in relation thereto, dated the 31st January, 1879
Return to an address of the House of Commons, dated 16th February, 1880; -- for copies of all reports made since the first day of March, 1879, respecting any portion of the route, or proposed route, of the Pacific Railway; also, reports of explorations of any portion of the country between the neighborhood of Fort Pelly and the Pacific Ocean, via the Peace River Valley or Pine River Pass, with copies of all orders in Council respecting such explorations, or the adoption of the route of the said Pacific railway, and also copies of all correspondence relating to the same; also, copies of all reports made by Captain Brundige, upon Port Simpson, and the navigation of Dixon's Entrance
Return to an order of the House of Commons, dated 23rd February, 1880; -- for a statement showing the names and salaries of all persons engaged, during the year 1879, as engineers and assistants in the field, on the Canada Pacific Railway, and other employees out of the department at Ottawa; also the expenditure of supplies, and the names of the parties supplying the same, and whether procured by ordinary purchase or by tender
Return to an order of the House of Commons, dated 8th March, 1880; -- for a copy of a memorandum of location of Canada Pacific Railway, 1879, by Mr. Marcus Smith
