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DaiLty EXAMINER,
DECEMBER 30, 1880.
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ing of this gigantic andertaking as a Gov- ernment work. On this point, both par-
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are agreed. Mr. Haythorne would
REPLY 10 SENATOR HAYTRORNE, | Sr a anne
Addressed to the Peopie of Prince
‘that the present arrrangement with the
Syndicate for the construction of the
' Canada Pacific Railway will be ruinous to
Edward Island by an Island)
the people of Canada. He conveniently
Member of the House of Com-| forgets that they are much more favorable
mons.
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As Senator Haythorne has deemed it| self.
proper to address you on the subject of the Canada Pacific Railway, in a very one-
sided manner, it is but right that the other/ 1874, offered any company that
‘than the plan proposed by the late Admin- listration, and strongly supported by him-
ME. MACKENZIE'& PLAN.
Mr. Mackenzie, in his Railway Act of would
side of this important question shold bej undertake to construct and operate this
fairly placed before you. | ME. MAYTHORNES INCONSISTENCY. | Mr. Haythorne begins his letter by re- | minding you that the Islaad was ot trapped” into Confederation by the build- ing of the Island Railway. There is no! ether part of Mr. Haythorne’s political) career that isso flagrantly inconsistent as his connection with the building of the Island branch railways. and his stealing off! in the middle of the night, to put the coun- | try into Confederation. Let me go more | fully into this question and again recite the faets which are so well known to every} elector of Prince Edward Island. Let us examine how far this now) patriotic Senator was himself responsible | for the [sland being put into Confederation. It will be remembered that he and his party acceded to power on professed oppo- sition to the construction of the Island Railway, some of his friends going so far as to assert that it would be better to buy off ‘the contractors, by paying a heavy indem- nity, and stop the work. Mr. Haythorne was Leader of his party at the time and might have been expected to be sincere in | his loud-mouthed professions to the peo- ple that he would stop the building of the road. He declared that the Railway would ruin the Island; but, having once found the reins of Government placed in his hands, he immediately put under contract seventy miles more Reiway—-giving the work to the same contractors who had been accused of robbing the country by build-! ing an inferior road to that which the spe- cification called for, and at one thousand dollars per mile more than was paid for| the trunk line. THIA WAS THE COURSE | taken by Mr. Haythorne and his party to | stop the building of the railroad. This was the plan adopted by Mr. Haythorne to keep the Island out of the much dreaded Con- federation. If Mr. Haythorne had stopped at constrneting the branch lines, his conduct might hare been excused, notwith- / standing his profession to stop the work | when he came into power. But Mr. | Haythorne did not stop kere. After) fixing the largely increased liability upon the country of building the branch lines, and failing to provide for the obligations which must necessarilly follow, Mr. Hay thorne saw a way out of the difficulty. The country found itself suddenly, and, without the least intimation, ‘‘ entrapped” inte Confederation |» And by whom! Was it by the advocates of Confederation, or the advocates of the Railway! No! But by Robert Poore Haythorne and the Hon. David Laird. The midnight trip of these gentlemen was made, | think,
WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE
of the supporters of Mr. Haythorne in the Mouse of Assembly, and most certainly ‘“withont the knowledge of the people at large.” The people whom Mr. Haythorne should have consulted were despised. You whom he is s0 anxious now to serve, (well
railway from Lake Nipissing to the Pacific, a distance of 2,600 miles, the sum of $10,000 cash and 20,000 acres of land per mile—‘‘ and that tenders should be in- vited to state the additional sum, if any,
which a gnarantee of 4 per cent.
tipon 25 ~
should be given by the Donunion for years afterwards.” This, aecording to Mr. Haythorne’s valuation of $2 per acre for the land, would stand as follows :— 52,000,000 acres of land at $2 per
REPS BE eae eee a $104,000, 000 Cash subsidy........ y 26,000, 000 (duaranteed interest on sum ¢x-
pended in construction, over
310,000 per mile..... 10,000, 000 $140,000, 000 Now, compare these figures with the
present proposed arrangement. The Gov- ernment agrees to give the Syndicate the parts of the road now completed and under contract, estimated to cost :-
£28, 000,000
Cash eubsidy ............:..... 26,000,000 95,600,000 acres land at Mr. H's
MINS SS. aks o's 59,000,000
$103,000, 000
or $3'7,000,000 less than was offered by the Mackenzie Administration, To make mny estimate agree with the total cost as stated by Sir Charles Tupper, it is enly necessary to take his valuation of the lands. If the lands are valued at $1.00 an acre, a fair value, and one which Mr. Mackenzie last year said was a fictitious value, the total will be $78,000,000. There can be
NOTHING OBJECTIONABLE TO P. BE ISLANDERS
in the details of the agreement, as we are not called upon, by these details, tu make any sacrifice. In my opinion--and [ think a wajority of the people of the Island will agree with me—the country that is going to derive the most benefit from the road should pay for it in lands, and not compel the older Provinces to construct it ont of the rovenue.
MR. HAYTHORNE OBJECTS
to the company owning the road. When it is remembered that the cost of operating has been estimated by Sandford Fleming at $8,000,009 aunually, the burden (whieh would be removed from the shoulders of the people will be properly estimated by the electors of P. E. Island.
SUNDRY MIS-STATEMENTS,
are several statements in Mr. letter that are positively
There Haythorne’s untrue.
He says that the most costly sections will be substantially finished for the company by the Government. Now everyone who has heard or read the speeches of the Oppo- sition leaders, knows that one of the strong- est objections urged against terms, is the supposition that the company will not build the Lake Superior section, because of the rocky nature of the country, through which
remember that he and Mr. Laird, at a mid-| the line will have to pass. This argument night hour left the Island with the grave | has also been applied to British Columbia secret of selling ‘‘the independent consti-| where the configuration of the country is
tution you have enjoyed for one hundred | years’ locked upin their unpatriotic breasts and
STRALTHILY WSNDED THEIR WAY
to Ottawa Mr. Haythorne must indulge the fixed hope that his past record is speng- ed out when he addresses the following words to the electors of Prince Edward Island. ‘‘ But improvident as the bargain obviously is, [ consider the concealment the Government has practiced most deserving ef censure. This is the head and front of their offending.” SENATOR HAYTHOBNE’S BARGAIN.
The bargain which Messrs. Haythorne and Laird made is not yet forgotten. They agreed to go into Confederation on terms $28,000 less per year than was afterwards aveured by the Conservative Party—repre- sented by a delegation consisting of the Honorable Messrs. Pope, Howlan and Haviland.
But Mr. Haythorne and his colleague, while betraying your rights and neglecting your interests, did not fail to handsomely provide fer themselvee. Thinking that these things are forgotten, and aspiring, no doubt, to still further political advance- ment, this ambitious Senater now comes to the fron:, endeavoring to excite oppesition to the present Pacific Railway scheme.
it NOW SUITS
Mr. Haythorne to quote Mr. Fleming, Sir Charles Tupper and Sir J. A. McDon- ald’s estimates of last year for building the Canada Pacific Railway. were scouted last session by the Opposjtion as being utterly absurd and incorrect. Both the past and present leader of the Opposition—-Messrs. McKenziv and Blake -~ decius ed over and over again—as may be seen by reference to Hensard, 1880,—that the read would cost,
AT LEAST, $120,000,000.
From the inception of the Pacitic Rail- way undertaking, it has always been the policy of the present Government to build the Road by subsidizing a Company and paying for itin money and lands. What- ever difference of opinion may exist throughout the country with regard to other uatters, there is scarcely any one, on either side of politics,
FOOLHARDY ENOUGH,
These estimates!
mountaineus. The most difficult part of the road remains tu be built. The company, says Mr. Haythorne, will
‘enjoy a practical monopoly of all the branch
lines which may be required.’’ No company that obtains » charter will be prohibited from building branch lines in any part of
the Government.
Another misstatement which Mr. Hay- thorn’s letter contains is the one that ‘‘The Company also will have the privilege of re- ‘ceiving all articles required in the con- struction of the read free of duty.” Now, there is no way in which he could have fallen intoa mistake upon this point unless he is entirely ignorant of what the materials for the construction of a railway are. The contract distinctly specifies what materials are admitted free. They are ‘steel rails,’ ‘ tish plates and fastenings,’ ‘spikes,’ ‘bolts’ and ‘nuts,’ ‘wire, ‘timber,’ ‘ materials for bridges, and ‘the telegraph ap- paratus used in the first construction of the line.’ Steel rails are ad- mitted duty free now,and that item will probably amount to more than all the others put together. Timber is also ad mitted free. And all the materials upon which duty is now levied, and which will be free te the company, is estimated by a care- ful authority, not to amount to more than five per cent of the materials that will be used in the construction of the road. The company must either constract or build rolling stock, and either upon the materials
complete i articles, the company must pay duty if they import them. They will use an immense number of spades, picks, plows and other tools, and upon these they must either pay duty, or get them made in the
amount of money in equipping thair work- shops, and there is nu exemption in the case of the articles required for that pur pose.
As a native and a representative, I feel as deep an interest in the welfare and in- terests of the people of Prince Edward Is-
feel certain that the electors are capable of understanding the nature of the bargain, under the proposed agreement, which fixes the cost of the road at a definite sum, to be
wt the presont time to advocate the build-
from the sale of lands by the Government.
the North Weat through lands owned by
land as the Hon. Mr. Haythorne; and I)
imported for that purpose or upon the!
country. They will have to expend a large |
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paid entirely in lands and money obtained |
This provides for the building of the road without calling upon the taxpayers of Prince Edward Island to pay one dollar for itn construction.
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Another Objection Removed.
Tue news that the Canadian Pacific Rail- way Contractors will fit out the Railway | with Iron Bridges and Steel Rails, and that they understand and accept the standard ofithe Union Pacifie Railway as finished in 1873, to be the standard by which they are to be governed in its construction, effectual- ly removes aud puts beyond doubt another of the objections to the Contraet, over which Mr. Davies labored in the might of his strong imagination.
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MASONIC.
Monday last., 27th December, being St. John’s Day, the Brethren of St, John’s, Victoria and King Solomon Lodges, A. F. & A. M.,met together at their Lodge Room, Masonic Hall, Water Street, for the pur- pose of installing the officers elect of their several Lodges for the ensuing year. The following are the officers of St. John’s Lodge, No. 1 A. F. & A. M. :—
Thomas A. McLean, W. M. (re-elected).
John A. Rowe, 8S. W.
‘obert Young, J. W.
A. N. Large, freasurer (re-elected. )
John G, J, Weldon, Secretary (re-elected. )
Ven. J. H. Read, D. 0. Chap. (re-elected. )
F. 5. Longworth, S. D.
Alex. Horne, J. D.
H. J. Worth, S. S.
Alex. J. McLean, J. 8.
Robert B. Huestis Organist. ,
Nathaniel N. McDonnell, I. @.
James Dollar, Tyler. ' VICFORIA LODGE, No. 2.
N. Campbell, W. M.
A. H. B. Macgowaa, S. W.
P. Lea. J. We
W. R. Watson, Treasurer (re-eleeted),
J. A. Lawson, Secretary do, Rev. J. M. McLeod, Chap. do. C. F. Yates, S. D. da,
VY. S. Chandler, J. D. S. Grey, S. 8. P. M. W. H. Findley, J. 8. EK. F. Purdy, Marshal (re-elected. ) P. M. A. McKeuzie, Organist (re-elected. ) M. Waddell, I. 8S. J. Dollar, Tyler (re-elected. ) KING BOLOMON LODGE, NO, Y. P. A. Carvell, W. M. (re-elected. } Cc. J. Clark, S. W. A. W. Holroyd, J. W. W. H. A@tken, P. M., Treasurer (re-elected. ) W. RK. Bereham, Secretary.
Rev. Alfred Osborne, Chaplain (re-elected. ) John I. Crockett, Senior Deacon. R. A. Cox, Junior Deaeon. i W. J. Miller, Organist.
J, Dollar, Tyler. \
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Halifax, Dec. 28th—arrived Skinner, from Charlottetown.
schr. Swan, Sailed on same
dats, Louise (from New Yor!) for Georgetown. |
Bordeaux, Dec. 22nd—~sailed barque Clari- bel, for Baltimore,
Plymouth, Vee. 14th —arrived brigt. Annie, Davies, from P. E. 1.
Barbadoes, Nov. 26—arrived Isabel, from Montague P. E. I,
Pernambuco, Dec. 12-—Bark City of Uharlot- tetown, from Paraiba for Liverpool, got ashore in leaving port and remains; must discharge cargo before she can get off.
Liverpool, Dec. 13.—The master of the brig Retriever, of Aberystwith, who was a pas- senger in the Polynesian (s), from Bostor, states that he sailed from Maderia in ballast for Charlottetown (P. E. I.), and was wrecked at New Harbor on Nov, 21.
Queenstown, Dee, 15—John F. Kebertson, M*Acthur, from Prince Edward Island (oats), arrived here, lest both anchors and chains in a snow storm eff Cape Jack. She reports that on Nov. 28, 45 N, 52 W, passed barque Mogul, waterlogged and abandoned, with foremast and maintopgallantmast gone, and nothing set but mizenstaysail.
NOTICE! ©
rENHE Members of the Tremont Fire Engine
Company are requested to meet at their Engine House THIS (THURSDAY) EVEN. ING, at half-past seven, to receive yearly pay.
Ch'town, Dee. 30, ’50.
BANK STOCK.
WILL sell at AUCTION, at my Sale Room, Queen Square, on FRIDAY, 7th January, at 12 0’clock,— 15 shares in Bank of P. EK. Island, 15 shares in Union Bank P. E. Island, 5 shares in Merchants Bank P. E. Island.
WILLIAM DODD,
Auctioneer.
R. SCOTT, Sec’y.
Dec. 29, ’80—eod
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January. 1881, at the Charlottetown Business College. All persons wishing to
join must file their applications (written) previous to that date. Terms, tuition, hours,
&e., on application to L. B. MILLER, Principal, Post Office Box 136. Ch’town, Dec. 29, "3@.
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G. W. WAKEFORD, Pe se 27, LSey. op ely ‘' Life Among the Hills!
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COLORADO IN 1880.
H. FLETCHER, Esq., will deliver the
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Funds .to go to the relief of the poor, The first Lecture will give a description of the physical appearance
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WOR SALE HERE, or on Cars at George: town. Apply to ; JAMES BROWN & cO., Vater Street, Ch’town,
P.E. Island Railway.
TENDERS FOR SLEEPERS,
EALED TENDERS, marked ‘‘ Tenders for Sleepers.” will be received by the undersigned at the Railway Office, Charlotte- town, until 6 p. m., SATURDAY, the 8th January, 18Sl, for the undermentioned Sleepers :— Between Georgetown and Mt. Stewart, 13,000 “4 Mt. Stewart and Ch’town.... 13,000 as Mt. Stewart and Souris...... 6,000 - Royalty Junction and S’Side.. 18,500 " Summerside and Tignish.... 40,500 Forms of Specitieation and Tender can be had on application at any of the Railway Stations, or at the Railway Office, Charlotte-
town. L. B. ARCHIBALD,
ke é Superintendent. | Railway Office, Charlottetown, Dec. 24, 1880 6i, pat pres her ar ne sp sj kea pio till date
Buffalo. Buffalo.
Dec. 28, ’50.
A SPLENDID LOT OF BUFFALO ii ROBES, lined and trimmed.
A few JAPANESE ROBES.
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