pl-:CEMBER 27. 1951

(lplimistic Note Sounded By C.N.ll. President Gordon

X.-allowing are excerpts from the and review by Donald Gor- C.M.G.. LL.D., Chairman and Na-

year- tilhlzsident of the Canadian tional Railways. ,

The growth and developme it ac- hieved during the past year re- presents the continuation of a mud which began with the onset cg the second World War and y'j1il'll has proceeded without in- nil-uption since. At the same 1.me that new and important see- ,.,,.my industries have been tak- mg form and thriving in our 1,:-alll'l.V economic climate, new (1.5.-overies of natural wealth have been simultaneously bioadenl ig our horizons. Improved technologies have given greater scope to the .hiiiiitive and enterprise of de- ielopment-minded Canadians and li?5'.'llF.d in the opening up of ..g;..; whose significance has been "maxi-n for some time but whose resources were not previously re- garrlrd as economically available the international situation has prayed a part in the stimulation ni industrial development in this piu1:ll'3', giving impetus to the es- -.. Lsliinciit of new sources Oi gziatcgic materials and influencing lg... trend of industrial growth.

The Canadian National Railways i...s intimately associated with i . activities in l95i. From ): vioiindland to British Columbia .-iii engineers and dgvelopment of- ); ers were active, if rking in close it son with both Government and mriiistry. whose combined plan- izng indicates that more than srmo millions will be spent in the immediate future on industrial rlant and development along our ll!lC5.

New Rail Projects

We have begun the construc- ; e of a 147-mile rail line from 5 rrridon. Man., to Lynn Lake -. here an important property. con- "lllilllg nickel and other strategic iiwtaLs. is being developed by Sher- ztl Gordon Mines. Preliminary :.::-vcys have also started that will vault in the construction of a 46- nzic rail link from Terrace. B.C. ll Kitimat where a water power and refinery project. costing at ;r.i.rt 5500 millions. has been start- :.1 by the Aluminum Company of Twiada. . These are but two of the ins- -: projects with which we. as a ..i.lway, have been associated There have been scores of oth- ers and although many are less -sin-ctacular. all are making a con- lrihutlon to Canada's economic fu- 'liI'i" and in most cases to our de- friirr.

in 1951 the Canadian National t:.i-xied in excess of 90 million tons nt 1--eight. 23 million shipments of -rxirrss and i7 million passengers. our communications system trans- ir-md it million telegrams and rabies. and we accommodated Iiirre-quarters of a million guests ..n our hotels.

-Our roster of diesel locomotives was increased by 108 units. These have been placed in service. and we are now awaiting delivery of B

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57 additional units for which or- ders were placed with the manu- facturers during the year. Our through freight services are now being operated with diesel power between Montreal and the Lake St. John district. and diesels are racing used ii. regular service on lines and in terminals in every part. of Canada.

Freight Car Equipment

We received 5.205 units of new fl'PlE!hl. car equipment. and '10 units of new passenger train equipment during the year. and we have more than a thousand units of rolling strick now on order from the build-

ers. Our programme of modern- ising passenger cars in our own shops is making cood headway

The delivery of new box cars. cou- pled with an accelerated repair and shopping schedule, has improv- ed the car supply for the move- ment of the large volume of freight traffic that has developed but shortage of steel and other dif- ticulties have unfortunately held deliveries to a slower pace than we would wish.

In the record volunie of freicht tonnage handled last year. the principal increases were in grain and grain products. uuinwood. '.(")Ol'll)lllp. ores and concentrates. Despite difficulties. we did 8 8004 Job of meeting the demand! 9i this traffic. and it is r.v.ratifi'in8 N? all Canadian National personne that our efforts to supl.V box cars to meet the critical situation in the Prairie Provinces were so well received by all concerned. De- creases were noted in the move- merit of anthracite and bituminous coal. livestock. crude oil. and auto- mobile bodies and parts.

Management is. however. con- siderably concerned because the revenues from increased freight traffic and higher freight rates are not keeping pace with rapidly mounting operating costs. The biggest jump was in our wage bill. We are the largest industrial em- ployer iii Canada. and the grant- ing. of the 40-hour week with wage increases has created a heavy ad- ditional burden of operating ex- pense that is bound to be reflect- ed in our net income account.

K Highway Competition

i Another problem of national in- .terest and, indeed. of concern. is .tlir.r of growing competition from .lrighway carriers. In every part lot the country last year the net- iaork of highways was improved and extended by. Federal and Pro- vincial governments. and the com- petitive position of motor trans- port operators accordingly ini- proved. The question of road rail competition is one to which the railways are giving, a great deal of time and study. In the Canadian ecoromy there is a place and a need for motor carriers and rail- rziiys. but there exists an unequal balance of burden and advantage between the two forms of trans- ion.

1 Part. of the answer may be found in the extension of railway-owned and operated bus and truck ser- v:rc:. New higliway routes were established by the Canadian Na- tional Railways last year where we found that we could give a better service to certain areas. but

these were. and will continue to be. regarded as supplementary to our railway operations which. of necessity. are our primary con- cern. .

Early in the year' the report of the Royal Commission on Trans- portation was published. some of its recommendations have formed the basis of legislation which is now being examined by Purifi- ment. including the important principle of. freight rate equaliza- tion which involves primarily a conflict of interest between ship- pcrs.

Implementation of corrective measures recommended for adjust- ing the capital structure of the C.N.l7l.. will do a good deal to dis- pel the fog of mlsunde t -"ng which has surrounded our finan- cial results nnd bring into sharper focus the real contribution made by the system to the economic life and security of the nation.

Several other matters of inter- est have a place in this review. These include the progress that has been made on the construc- tion of the Bonaventure freight facilities in Montreal. which are expected to be completed next year. Alternatlons and additions to the approaches to Central sta- tion which are now underway are also expected to be completed with- in the next eighteen months.

A study of the capacity and de- sign of the classification and stor- age yards of the system was be- gun during the year. This re- sulted in work being started on an extension of the Turcot yard in

Montreal to provide an increased

capacity of 2.500 cars. In Toronto and in Edmonton our freight fac- ilities are being enlarged to'tak: care of the STOWUS volume of traf- ric through those terminals.

Traffic Control

The system of centralized traf- fic control was extended to cover the line from Folcyet to Horne- riarne. 9. distance of i-iii miles in Northern Ontario: We now have a total of 450 miles of track govern- ed by c.'r.c.

In November we took over the eiortric line of the Qiiciir-c Rail- way. Light. and Power Conipany between Quebec and St. Joachini. This Rives us a direct connection with our La Maibale subdivision and the tourist and freirtlit traffic over the line is expected siibstaii- tially to increase our revcnncs.

A contract for the building of a iiewicar ferry, to be oneratecl across the Cabot Strait by the Canadian National., was awarded during the year by the Department of Ti'misriort. The shin will be de- signed to carry automobiles. buses and trucks and general freight be- tween Newfoundland and the mainland and. together with new dock facilities to be installed at North Sydney. N.S.. and Port- aux-Basques. Nfld.. will provide this important communications link with the most modern me- chanized ferry operation known.

Hotel Extension

work mi mosierniziiig the New- foundland Hotel at st. John's. and building the extension to the Mac- donald Hotel at Edmonton. is mov- ing ahead. The house count at our yeai-round hotels is expected to show a slight decrease compared with the previous year. but rev- cnues will be higher because of increased room and meal rates. We accommodated a'greater num- ber of guests at our summer ho- tels compared with 1950 but in this phase of our operations. as in all others. higher costs for labor and materials will be reflected.

Announcement during the year that a causeway will be built across Canso Strait was welcomed by the company. It will provide. for faster movement of train ser- vice between Cape Breton island and the mainland and improve rail transportation generally. A bli: diversion of track from present aliur-inent will be necessary in or- der that the railway may use the causeway but our plans for this are already well advanced.

Itecord levels will be reached in 1951 in the volume of traffic hand- led by our telegraph: for private leased wires. radio programme facilities. stock quotation services and ielsl messages. Major plant additions and betterments now in progress will be continued in 1952.

We face the new year with hopr. Economically. socially and techno- logically Canada is moving for- ward. Our contribution will be to encourage this progress by provid- ing the most efficient and depend-

able transportation that lies with- in our power.

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Strange But nlrue

By F. H. MacArthur

The nodding of our heads up and down and sideways to mean "yes" or "no" were copied from the lower animals.

When the mother brought her young some tid-bit she would hold it tcmptingly before its mouth and the quick forward movement of the head, with mouth open. show- ed the young animal's desire and acceptance of the offer. Even .to- day if you will observe closely somebody nodding his head to mean "yes" you'll notice that the lips are unconsciously opened a little.

In much the same manner when the young animals had been well dinecl. a tightly closed mouth and a shaking of the head from side to side were resorted to. to keep the

mother from putting more food into their mouths. our natural impulse today is to shut our

mouths when we shake our heads to mean "no."

Why do we sometimes call a man a ”benedict" when he mar- ries? Because that was the name given to a. funny character in Shakespeare's play. "Love's Labor Inst." who was finally wedded to a. girl named "Beatrice."

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The Passing

Scene By Observer

While we have a lot to learn before we can claim to have reach- ed political maturity. there are signs. which he who runs may read. that we are growing up. One of these is the tendency to discount promises made in the lever time of elections. It almost seems now as if the day when elections could be won on prom- ises, the bigger lllc better. is past and over. No one, except the "pork barrel" type of politician will regret it.

Incidentally. that type of politic- ian is getting more rare every day and there is good reason to believe he will soon be extinct. for he will have nothing to feed on. True. rash promises are still made on the eve of elections (e.g. bigger and better public services. less taxes) but candidates who make them do so with their ion- gues in their cheeks. Nothing at all like the old timer who thought his political worth was measured by the fantastic promises he could think up on the spur of the mo- ment.

So far as the bulk of the peo-

'ical control simply by denouncing the government of the day. Gov- ernments are finding it harder and harder to stay in office simp- ly by reiterating over and over how badly things were done by their predecessors. This means, surely, that the people generally are taking their politics more in- telligently, though perhaps a little less dramatically. It is a sign of growth. As we outgrow adolescence we are expected to put away childish things.

Those of us who are old enough to recall the old type of political meeting where mud was thrown around in profusion and charges and counter charges were hurled with little or no thought as to nccurai-yginay perhaps experience a little nostalgia, for certainly it made for a good deal of excito- ment. that the type of meeting popular in our dny. with its emphasis on cool argument instead of invcctive,

But, we feel, for all that, ,

is really much better. more ho- coming to our iiicrczising sense of. political values. : Now nnd then some invxpor-; ienced man may try some of the, old tricks. but he ret'ciVr's littloi encouragement from anybody. l-le learns sooner or later that. while there are many ways to mzikci friends and influence people. the making of unjust charges Jlgallllsl another is not one of them.

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some 15,500 new jobs were open- ed in Canada in 1951 according ta

Labor Minister Gregg. Ontario and Quebec led the way with 12.- 000 new jobs, largely through de- fence industries. Newfoundlands r.eW industries accounted for two- thirds of the 1.400 new jobs in the four Maritime Provinces and the Prairies development of chemical and refining plalatia ousted 1.000

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Just R lime over A Cemury ago on the voters list for the Civic polite attention to candidates who It does Svvm as if izrv-It imiit- 'L.J),B-”

the nme gown of Tamra in M11” Election in February. all City profess nbilitv to do the impos- ical oratory were on the vuiy nut. . ' ' H om . Taxes must. be paid in full by Dec- slble. but their hearts are not in There are still giants. to be sure. ”'””' ”" "”'”'h m") w 16 m

was the home of 3 group or "wk" ember (list, it. Moreland more they are 1401- Mr. Churchill for example But ii'9'i5id""m"' cwerl ....B. ting to admire frankness and taking a wide. look there 'll'l" fr-it: Party Spirit

The buceanee” Me Wmar but DIE!) IN ENGLAND .. word straiglitfordwardness more than realiv outstanding 'poIiti('iIl( N.pNllx'- the Slliiiit iiV9S OH. Hem. many has been received 1,3, relatives in demagogy. ' - crs left. in the present Calif-ldltllll Blind pariizziiisliip seems to be years ago I wmvain M 30 persons Little Shemogue, N3” of the This trend seems to be growing House of Commons there are aiiyiguing the xuiy of the slogans. it L019 to (loam Wm”: me bli”-1"? imam in Gmldfm-d Enniami 01' On all levels of political nciivit-lnumbcr of men who can prcprircivannot be ililinsilid that me 0',d -African sun shone overhead. Leander W Brown '3. nfe mg of ies. The great political leader of a well thought out ease for al-in-i-v. "MN burly, right or wrong!'. That's right. they froze to death 71 He wBs'bom M'stame mid E tomorrow, irrespective of party ln-!most anything. Tliov my amp ,,d.iditl produce n rcrluin kind of sin- from the bitter winds which 1.21 the son of the lat); Janis hols, will be the man who willivocalcs. Their lhirikiiir: is order-lhilily. L0.VHii.V '0 0”9'5 "adj" swept down. upon them from the; ahdl '1'(athn,ne (Anderson. Brown take the electorate un.-(.S(.....(.dly 1), and um”. dmion good. but p,.l...iom1 (-Ian, however amoral it towering, snow-covered Atlasi l ' into his confidence and who will haps in the uholc zisscnilily noilrniglit he in essence. has in our Mountains. TR,xNsFERRhaD y. Mr C V promise what he feels sure he one could be named who by slier-rlhistory been rPSD0n5ibie ii” mu”

More than 750 years ago 3 great Snow'Ct. Bear River NS' has re. can ptr-rform and no more. All eloquence and oratorical style (-ouiriitliat. was 52004 3nd "i7b19- 1” tower was erected near the city. cymy been traxlsfelned " to the this is vcrygniucht to the -good. stir men's souls. ipraisr-s have been sung by U" Into its walls went 960- bags of Rgval Bank or Canada at Digbv Of ”””'5”- ””5 ltludifbie 5f'"iImPTi' Ready mngu.-5 1,,,.,... M... ,..lpoc-is in all ages. It is still a musk and strange but true the;N..gg M... snow Wm be ,.emc.mbe,,. '3 by nfi ""g""s1d”"”li"5”'; If filpleniy. but row. if any. iourliv i OWN”: i9if'i;;ii lifw rem sweet-smelling odor still assailsed in Chmlouemwn having Served if"? llii” liffrlil I aiendif with fire. You can :10 all Cummued on page 10 the nostrils of all who pass by. .,,. Accountant at me Royal Bank ”""” i,” H", y' ””d 5.”? 0 ","E .Uus island in elm-lion lime. ---------

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