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Memorandum of information for Parties purposing to tender, by 1st December, 1878, for constructing and working the Line

Memorandum issued to the Canadian Pacific Railway from the Department of Public Works regarding applications for contracts for the construction of various sections of the Pacific railway from Lake Nipissing to British Columbia.

Canada. Department of Public Works

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

Railway Government Publication item 72.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

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

Railway Government Publication item 76.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

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

Railway Government Publication item 78.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

[Reproduction of Reward Poster]

A reproduction of a poster from the Post Office Inspector offering $500 for information on a missing letter. Believed to be from "Building the CPR: Jackdaw No. C4" by Doug Stuebing, published in 1968, which is a compilation of reproduced material, among other things.

King, E.F.

Extract from Sessional Papers No. 43, 42 Victoria, 4th Parliament, regarding the railway line between Thunder Bay & Fort George, British Columbia

Pamphlet contains an extract from the Sessional Papers No. 43, 42 Victoria, 4th Parliament, regarding the railway line between Thunder Bay & Fort George, British Columbia and between Yellow Head Pass and Burrard Inlet. Missing original cover.

Canada

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

Railway Government Publication item 71.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

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.

Railway Government Publication item 73.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

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

Railway Government Publication item 74.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

[Chinese merchant]

Item is a stereoview photograph of a Chinese merchant in Victoria, British Columbia. The home in the background is quite opulent and accompanying materials suggest the picture was taken around James Bay.

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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

Railway Government Publication item 82.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

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

Railway Government Publication item 85.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

[Reproduction of an Ad for the Canadian Pacific Railway]

An ad reading "England's Key to her Asiatic & Australasian Possessions is Canada and must use the Canadian Pacific Railway, (the only line from the Atlantic to the Pacific) to reach them on time". Believed to be from "Building the CPR: Jackdaw No. C4" by Doug Stuebing, published in 1968, which is a compilation of reproduced material, among other things.

Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Speech delivered in the House of Commons on the 20th April, 1880, by Hon. Wm. Macdougall, on Mr. Blake's resolution

Pamphlet contains text of a speech given in the House of Commons by William MacDougall regarding Edward Blake's resolution to renege on the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway through British Columbia. File includes a bibliographic note regarding this pamphlet.

Macdougall, William

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