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: DECEMBER i7, Dsso. 3

OFFICE:

PRO® BULLDING, CORNER OF WATER.

AND CREAT GEORGE STREETS, Charlottetown, P. E. L. Liarss or SUBSCRIPTION :

Six Months, $2 50 Three Months, 1 25 One Month, 0 50 Ove Woek, 012

eo Advertising at most moderate rates.

@ontracte may be made for month!y, quar- terly, or half-yearly advertisements, on appli- e,hon.

Ww. L. OUTTON, | J. W. MITCHELL,

Manager, | Utiice Sup’t.

W. E, GREENWOOD, Cathedral and Church Organ Builcer

RESIDENCE: St. Lawrence Hotel, Gharlottetown,

YOCIETIBS or CHURCHES wishing to bh.) get PLVE ORGANS will do well to com municate with the above, who is prepared to build CHURCH ORGANS from $300 apwards. To any Churches on the Island wishing te get an Organ the terms will be most favorable, and prices will be given

Mach Lower than Could be Gbiained Elsewhere.

ORGANS and PIANOS of all kinds re. paired and tuned.

ALL WORK WARRANTED to give eem- plete satis action.

Norv. 30, 1880-—3m eod PROFESSIONAL CARD!

FRANCIS S. LONGWORTH,

Barrister-at-Law, NOTARY PUBLIC, &c.

OPFICK-—O Halloran's Building, 46 Great George Street, next door to the Union Bank, Charlottetown, P. E. Island.

Ker. 25, '80—her pat till 31st dee

New Grocery Store.

A General Assortment eof

CHOICE GROCERIES

Fleur, Tea, Sugar, Molasses, Currants, Raisins, Seap, ftarch, &c.. &e.

@anar ree Cast. W. A. HUTCHESON,

Bor. 1), '36—-1m 109 Upper Queen St, Next doer to Miller Bres.

QUEZN INSURANCE 00'Y.

OF ENGLAND.

GAPITAL,. . TWO MILLIONS STEPLIANC

BSURANCE effected on all kinds of Build- iags, Merchandise and Produce. Aiso, oa Ree en the stocks. p ia] rates for isolated residences, Lames settled promptly. GRORGE MACLEOD (Union Bank), Agent for Prince Edward island June, |877—

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EYE, EAR AND THROAT. DR. J. RB McLEAN,

O@raduat of the University ef Pennsylvania,

fermeriy Assistant Surgeen to tho 8th and Lecust Street Eye and Ear Ia- firmary, Philadelphia, confines sis practice exclusively to diseases of the Eye, Ear and Threat. @fhee at St. Lawrence Hotel, Picton, ¥. Ss.

@et. 14, 1880.

~ OLD QUEEN SQUARE

LIVERY STABLES

RH-OPLNED.

HE Subscriber has removed to the com-

- OHARLOTTETOWN.

molious Livery Stables,

LATELY OCCUPIED BY MR. JAMES BARR, | North Side Queen Square, i Where you can get the CHEAPEST AND Brew TURSOUTS IN THE CITY.

JAMES N. MILLNER. Oh’town, Sept. 14, 1880—ly |

BARKELS Bult AND SALT, QUEEN’S WHARF. |

BAGS SALT, | 500 200 Barrels Herring and Maekerei __

BAIT,

300 MACK EREL BARRELS. | 100 barrels : 0 barrels nels | FAT HERRING. | 100 Quintals CODFI3H and HAKE.

Just Landed—a choice let New Labrader

rs D, SMALL. | Nev, 22, '60—t

PRINCE EDWARD ESLAND, F

Set Riker ceili mminsn wealantinesrar tiie ate to ames

rire and Life Assurance Company, 11 LOMBARD STREET, LONDON, E. €. ESTABLISHED 1821.

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Subscribed Capital, - - - . . : £0,733. 200.00

Capital paid up, - : “ . a ‘ ° $4,866,600,.60

Total Fands, upwards of = - . ° ° . St4,507,553,.66

Total Annuai inceme, nearly. - ° : . $2,433,300.00 ee eee

DIRECTORS: , Chairman—Augustus Prevost, Esa. Deputy Chairman—Johu G. Talbot, Esq., M. P.

Henry, Hulse Berens, Esq., | Right Hon. J. G. Hubbard, M.P., Henry Bonham-Carter, Ksq., | Frederick H. Janson, Esq., Charies William Curtis, Eaq., |G. J. Shaw-Lefevre, Hsq., M. P., Charles F. Devas, Esq., Beaumont W. Lubbock, Esq., Sir Walter R. Farqubar, Bart. John Buddulph Martin, Esq., Alban G. H. Gibbs, Esq., ‘Henry John Normah, Esq., James Goodson, Esq., ' David Powell, Junr., Esq., Thomson Hankey, Ksq., Henry Vigne, Ksq. Richard Musgrave Harvey, Esq.,.

F. J. Marsden, Manager Fire Dept.

Actuary and Secretary—T. G. C. Browne,

‘n° one anne 1 See :

Risks at lewest current rates by

CARV ELL BROS., AGENTS. Charlottetown, Dec. 9, 1S80—2m 2aw, pat 2m law

ene a. hae eed cietrn 28 Ane nae > ae = < —_- + mache one —_-

JAMES HOBBS,

CABINET MAKER,

Undertaker, &c., Next to Baptist Church, Prings Street, Charlottetown.

REPAIRING TI

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The New School Desk supplied at short notice, VERY CHEAP.

UNDERTAKING

COFFINS AND CASKETS.

The Undertaking Department@personally attended to at moderate charges. All who patronize this establishment may feel confident upon receiving the very best valne for thei money. All work warranted. Seasoned Stock bist kind.

Coffin Pedestals, something new and much neceded, sent te the house fres of charge.

New Plumes of the latest design. Parties leaving full erders for funerals wil! be snbject to onLY MALF PRICE fer hearse,

with either one or two horses. Nev. 12, 1880 —3m 2aw

WINTER CLOTHING

20:

Gentlemen, before Buying your Winter

OVERCOATS AND REEFERS,

YOU SHOULD VISIT

J. B. WMIACDONALD’S, QUEEN STREET.

A magnificent stock to choose from—and very cheap.

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Ladies’ Mantles!

Ladies will find the largest variety and lowest price Mantles in the City at

J. 6. MACDONALD,

uren Street.

“BUTTER, BUTTER,

eight) /NHOICE QUALITY, FOR SALE BY ed cast end of King street | S/T, FUR, r ° ‘ . , | BEER & GCFF'S. nae | Ney. 26, 1880.

The reems ever my store in Queen strest, —— very suitable fer offices. Apply to WILLIAM DODD.

HOUSE ef reems, with good cellar and yard, sitmat-.

@OMFORTABLE

Very Superior Teas,

Ost. 18, 1880. 85 PACKAGES just received ex Bthe/ ; ) Blanche ; 186 paekages more te ar-

WOOD, —- B08 Bante:

¢ | Those THAS will be found ve ter i & Woop, x ‘ Ty tuperter iD i O00 eee aeuDsana 2000 tonanns. stren jth and flaver, and we offer them whele- for sale by eels and retail at remarkably low figures. |

BEBR & SONG.

JOSEPH MEAGHER.

RIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1880.

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acres. The Act forther provided for es giarantes of fonr per cent. on such addi- tioval avm aa shenld be agreed upon by the contractors, and the only way to eati- “ - mate whas this wenld amount to, as the NOTES FROM THB CAPITAL. | Government iad not received an offer for the whole work, was to take the Georgian Bay branch of 85 miles, which he thought ; the hon. gentlemen opposite would not (RESUME OF SIR CHARLES TUPPER’s sprEcH Object to as A fair average. CONTINUED. Mr. MaeKenzie—I do. (Laughter. )

The advertisement issued by Mr. Mc-, Sie Char'es Tupper—The hon. gentleman | Kenzie on the 29th of May,1876, for offers! goes further than I expected he would, for | to be made on ist January, 1877, under when the Foster contract was abandoned he janthority of the Act of 1874, stipulated | scouted the idea of its being a difficult see-

that contractors were to receive lands, or|tion. He contended that the Georgian the proceeds of jand. Bay branc) was a fair average section, and ! Mr. Mackenzie—No! No! If you will|said that the lowest offer received for that }look at the Act of 1874, you will see that | was $7.500 per mile, from a Mr. Munson, of the Government was to dispose ef the| Boston. Mr. Foster's own offer being $12,- lands and hand ever the money as it was | 000 per mile. Afterwards Mr. Foster had learned. ‘acquired Mr. Munson’s contract, which was | Sir Charles Tupper—I am glad my hon. | $10,000 fe mile in cash, 20,000 acres of jfriend mentioned that, because it reminds | land per mile, and four per cent on * 900 ‘ine that the Government undertook to dis- | PEF mile for twenty years, but Mr. Foster i pose of the land itself and thus save the | had to abandon hia Comtrars because he ‘eontractors the expense of doing so. Con- jconld not get a single capitalist to join ttinuing, he referred to the change in pub- | 12%. He went on to show that on this ‘lie apinien in England, and said it was; as ne _— a es under — scheme largely due to the success of the Syndicate |“ vid araar all 4 TT $104,887 O00, which had purchased the St. Paul and | VvVomipg Gown tw the present contract Manitoba Railway, and who had not only | #€ = that the total amount which it shown with what rapidity and at what} would cost the country for the 712 miles of sinall cust a railway could be built, but | toad to be completed by the Government also the great value of the praine Jands | would be,including everything,t wenty-eight through which the road ran. He would |inillions of dollers. This included the por- state that when it was decided to ask | tions of the road already built. Then for capitalists on what terms they would com-

Pacific Raiiway Contract.

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Syndicate, the cost was tu be £$25,000,-

Pacific Railway, the Government placed itself in communication with all the

‘to carry ont so

the two thousand miles to be buiit by the plete and work in perpetuity the Canadian ' 1 Dae y ‘ had [000 and 25,900,060 acres of land. The

total cost of the whule road therefore, valuing the land at #1 an acre would be $78,000,000, These terms, he contended, were far below any previously obtained or ‘Parliament for the construc: .” ln 1873, the amount 700,009, and $1,500,000 @ktre 4 miles betore re- In "1880, by the terms ent eontract, it was $78,000,000. He next proceeded to con- sider the value of the lend, taking the Foster contrect at a basis of calculation. With reference to that portion of the road Mr. Mackenzie hadsaid in 1876 that what had beeu ssid in certain papers regarding the engineering difficulties was entirely

parties they thonght even likely to he able vast a scheme. Some

capitaliste had é ; Ang | Sanctioned by

tion of the vt vstimated w

American and Canadian made a proposal to complete the line, he might say that it had always been in- tended by the Government to complete the British Columbia Section to Port Moody, because it would be ridicvleus to terminate it at Yale, where there was only three feet of water, and he was happy te give all praise and eredit to his predecessor for selecting the terminus he did

Mr. Blake--But you said if wee preme- ture,

Sir Charies Tupper—We thought it was remature at that time, because there were ; ; as a rottes which needed more thorough | fallacious. “The ** Globe” declares now exploration, but after these explorations that itis idle to say that land is worth had been made it had been decided that | Only # dollar an acre, affirming that it is Port Moody was the best terminus. worth two dollars, but the leader of the When the quertion of the terminus had | Opposition, or the leader of the late Gov. been decided, « proposal had been made fto ernment, would scarcaly venture to meet

ask the parties on what terms they wonld him on that ground. On a former vecasion complete the road from Nipissing to Kam- when he (Sir Charles) had valued the land at

loops, the Government finishing the pertions | 92 an acre, Mr. Blake had aconsed him of under construction. exaggerating, had denied that the Hovse Mr. McKenzie —VWill that document be} WOuld accept the valuation of the hon. laid on the table ! member for Cumberland, and thought that Sir Charles Tupper—There is ne ob- #1 an acre would be an exeosive price. Mr. jection, but it will not afford much informa- Mackenzie had declared that the. land was ae not worth $2 an aere, and wished he would Mr. MacKenzie—Will the names he | Sy that it wae worth $1. Asto the cost given ? Lt was net advertised, I suppose, as of the work, assuming $1.50 an acre, to our scheme was ! meet in some degree the valuation made hy Sir Charles Tupper—No, it wae nob ad- the organ of the opposition, » caleniation vertised, because it was felt that after the | VOuld show that the estimated cost under aunouncement had been made in Parlia-|the Allan charter would be $112,000,000, ment that no offers had been received in| *hat of the late administration in 1874 coply to that adrertisement, it was not wonid be $132,887,500, while that of the chought any replies would be received to a| Preset scheme would be $90,500,000. uew advertisement. The parties mest Going the whole length that the Globe goes likely to undortake the work had been com- and assuming the land is worth $2 an acre, municated with, and, in response, the offer | 2°¥ would the account stand i In 1873 it had been received which had been laid} "4% $159,400,000 ; in 1874 it was $160,- before the House. That offer proposed to | 827,500, now it ts $103,000,000, or less complete the railway and work it after- thas the amount placed at the disposal of wards on the most favorable terms which | the late Government reckoning the land at had ever been offered to che House or $1 per acre (great applaune). made by any person in this country. He | The leader of the late Goverment did not wonld first say that he had caused a state | appear to be satistied yet that the pre- ment to he. made showing what it would | sent ferins were better than ever hetfore cost to complete the parts of the road under sanctioned by Parliament, and in order to construction, and the amount was shown to | satisfy him and the Opposition generally, be $28,000,060. ithe would quote from an authority for Mr. Blake-—is that only for completing, which they had great respect, and which or doea that inelnde the whole cost? they would be sure to accept, namely, Sir Charles Tuapper.—That includes | their own statements. On May 12th, 1874, every doilar of the expense of completing Mr. Mackenzie had said, as reported in the road and handing it to the Company. Hansard, that the portion of the read in Referrine to the estimates, etc., brought! British Columbia alone would cost $35,- down by him last year, he said that the | 000,000 to build, and the whele cost of the present ene differed from it somewhat, be- | road from Lake Superior to the Pacific cause in preparing last year’s statement he | would not be less than 2100,000,000. Ae. was determined the estimate should not be | cording to the present contract the costof the exceeded. He replied that the $28,000,000 | road from Nipissing to the Pacific would ‘nelnded the completion of the Yale-Kam- | be only $78,060,000. Mr. Mackenzie had leops section, the Thunder Bay branch said that the portion of the road in and everything, except some $3,000,000 for British Columbia would be built as rapidly surveys, which had not been included last | as surveys could be made, and if neces- year. The contract, as laid on the table,| sary the hundred imillions would be spent provided for the building of 2,627 miles, | to connect the waters of Lake Superior and if the contractors changed the ronte so} with the tidal waters of the Pacific. The as to go north of Lake Nipigon, it would | hon. gentleman had also said that the pro- increase the length 50 miles, but not im-} posed cost was $10,000 and 25,000 acres crease the cost. Taking up the proposais| per mile, but that this wonld not build it in their order, he would say the Act ef | from end to end, In proof.of this he had 1872 authorized the giving of $20,000,000 | referred to the cost of building the Inter- in cash, on 2,750 miles, and 50,000,000 | colonial, $45,000 a mile, of the Northern For the purposes of eom- | Pacific Railway as far as completed, $47,000 of the Central be touched Canadian gentleman

acres of lard. parison he would value the land at #1 | to $48,000 per mile, and per acre, which would place the cost of | Pacific as tow enermous tw the road, under that preposal, as $84,700,- | upon, With regard te the 000. A company was formed to build the) Pacific Railway the hon. road on these terms, but they had failed to j head declared bis opinion that the interest capitalists, and had heen obliged to | average cost would reach $40,000 surrender their charter. Honorable gen-| per mile, and had also said he did not expeet tlemen opposite had always said the Gov- | that any commercial advantages would arise ernment, might as well expect to build the ‘from the building of the road for many years road for $10,000,000 as for $30,000 000 and | to come. He proceeded to quote Mr. Mae- 50,000,000 acres. He then referred to the! kenzie’s speech of 1874. that the road must proposal of 1874, by which the length of | be constructed with money furnished by the road was proposed to be 2,797 miles, | the people, and would coat one hundred mil- main road and branches, and it was pro- lions, and eight millions a year to operate,in to give $10,000 per mile, which would | addition to the cost of renewing the rails and

make $27,970,000 in cash, and 20,000 acres | sleepers every eight years; that the cost

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