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oon CREE TT FOOLS woe: Veter PT LL TL Pe LE ES AR PTS SPST r ¥ , r ’ ¥ rY * , ° VOL. AAV. CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE ons" » ‘ he ww es ORES ORT VE ee a mks SOT De Sere = <a ALMAN AO FOR NOVEMBER, 1874, (From Examiner Extra, Nov. 13.) But the cireumstar connected with We publish an Exawint EXTRA. | ¢ publication’ of this correspondence, ad atuinis the correspondence hb nj} shows more plainly stil] the malevolent the Local Government and Mr. Swiny.ord, | spirit which actuates the Cabinet at Otta. oe -N.be-| the Agent of the Dominion Govern-| wa against the Local Government, We do ¥ - ment. lt exhibits the latter in its not hesitate to say that so great a Want aN : true light, and shows how hopeless | of courtesy, so complete an abandonment a . ia itis forus to expect fair play from our | of the ordinary decencies of official inter- vw : : | Masters at Ottawa. | course, has {never ,veen before exhibited : - Never was a corre spondence put before by one Government towards another, as / » 54 the country in so unexampled a manner, | that shown by our magters at Ottawa to- 2M “ : 7 : while it was still unconcluded that one wards this Provinee. If it were desirable ow adie . 7 4 15, party should rush into print and publish to publish the correspondence, it at al ST . 3 the letters, with the correspondence in| events was to have been expected that 7 fe a 37 | such a state as to convey a false impres- some cqmmuniecation would first have si 7 4 33) 10 * - sion, is disreputable and disereditable in | been made to the Head®of the Executive ~<a 9 10 11 99 vs | the extreme, And this is what'the Do-| before doing so. Mr. Swinyard’s letters 1 ‘ 7 6 s 26 minion Government has done. Their | were written for the information of Sir ~t : 39 | agent, under instructions, has endeayor—| Robert Hodgson’s Government, and not ‘ Ga Is ed to place, first the Contractors, and | of Mr. Ower’s Government. ashe strange- ~y aT oats “~ 13 | then the Government, in a false position. | ly imagines,” (See his letter, 26th May.) 17 Tues as 4 ® 11| We have no fault to find with Mr. Swin- Mr, Swinyard’s instructions from Ottawa, - ms a : 2 ; yard personally. He came to carry out or- | no doubt, prevented him from making ary 20 F ; G& 789 4 ders which were given to him by men who | such communication. But if it were de- 2 > a ; a ; care nothing for us so long as our taxes | sirable to publish these letters,the Govern- 23 M < s : ) a7 are cegularly paid into the Dominien ment and their agents should know of but oe — 7 : 7 oa ‘reasury. Judged by the standard by one medium for doing so—the Gazette of a6 3 S14 42 50| which the actions ot men in every day | the Dominion, or at least that of the Pro- ani o4 3 : 7 life are measured, the conduct of Bene- | vince; and no doubt the usual Zeourse 99 & a. ’ 15 | dette, the French Ambassador to the | would have been followed had it not been M said * 4°) King of Prussia at Ems, was insolent and for the appearance, just at this time, of cso== overbearing. But the world knew that he | the Minister of the Interior upon the U 2] NES OARDS simply carried out the orders he had re-| scene. On Friday night Mr. Laird arrived

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TINWARE, KITCHEN UTENSILS |

de, We. de. All orders in the above business will be punctually attended to Having lately made large purchases in the Cheapest Markets, intended for House Builders, such as

Gias Fitting, Water Closets, Bell Fitting, &e., &e.,

We are prepared to sell them at Rates as Low as can be had in the city, and will fit them up in a good workmanlike style.

To a generous public we would say, that all orders in this branch of our business will be attended to with dispatch.

A lot of First-class WATER COOLERS Shand. Sayers Crystal Blue sold cheaper ever. (Nov. 11, 1871,)

attention, | KINDS OF

QICUFPTERS and Water Closet, Pipes, tI Lead, Figures. Deep-sea and Hand- |

retail WINDLASS |

They keep constantly on hand :—

ceived from Paris, dnd held, and rightly so, his umperial master responsible for his representative’s conduct, and the con- sequences which necessarily flowed from it, And so it is with Mr

in Charlottetown from Ottawa. <A caucus was at once summoned, and the plan of

action decided upon. Some capital might

| might be made for his friends—their politi-

i Swinyard ; |

he came here, no doubt, well enough dis- |

posed towards us, so far as he was a free

agent, but bound very strenuously by | instructions the most positive, to embar- |

Loeal

means in his power.

rass the Government by every

And yet, what must strike every one, |

lis how ill be has succeeded in do- ing so. For the

nothing to fear or be ashamed of from the

Government

publication of the correspondence. In every one of Mr. Owen’s letters, there

have |

eal prospects might be brightened if the correspondence in its then unfinished state, be kept from the Royal Gazette, and fur- ished to the most virulent of the Opposi- tion press, to the exclusion of all the Gov- We do not credit the Minister of the Interior with any desire to conceal this masterpiece of political strategy. He

ernment organs,

glories too much in the recklessness of his unscrupulous par-

tizanship to make any secret of his desire

} to injure the Local Government. He

appears an anxious and an honest desire

to do everything in his power to have the

railroad opened at the earliest possible

moment, His letters show that every- thing has been done by the Local Gov- | ernment. yard asks is granted to him, and a deter-

| mination is apparent throughout to avoid

has done what not one of his colleagues would have dared to do with one of the larger provinces. To have given the let-

ters to the Patriot,—his own private pro-

ere .. Sees

Carfada, T have arrived here fofthe purpoze

; o. , . Prd }

Of placing myseil In commun tion With

you in order to ( t » the intentions ol] } i

your Government with respect to tne open-

+} tT.) ’ Patlenw «

of the Pri a iward lsiand | AWay, a

portion of which it has been reported to the Dominion Government, is completed and ready to be taken possession of,

I have also received instructions to make myself generally acquaintet, for the in- formation of the Dominion Government,

| with the present condition of the entire

| particular

| perty,—would have been an indecency |

Every information Mr. Swin- |

that collision which he was sent bere to

| bring about.

All that the Contractors could do was being done. ‘Mr. Boyd witness (see Mr. Owen's letters of 19 Aug.) that they were pushing the work with the

be ars

greatest energy, and were sparing no ex- | pense to forward it. This Mr. S. contractors were then

does

not deny. The

spending over $80,000 a month.

| they could obtain fer love or money. | And there was every prospect that the | work would be completed by the time | specified in the contract. naturally oceurs, why was Mr. Swinyard

The question

| . . . . | tho contracting parties until the railway

i e . was finished? The Local Government

They

were employing every man whose services |

too great for even him to have justified when he met his colleagues. And the Herald was selected because the bitter- ness of its invectives would help to do

}

pondence was written to accomplish.

| complished, in order to enable your Goy~

| in fact they are complete in all respects, | land according ta specification, and if not

Railway and its appurtenances.

I beg therefore humbly to request that | you will be pleased to appoint an hour at which I may have the honor of waiting upon | you. |

l have, &c., [Signed ] THO. SWINYARD. The Hon. Lemuel C. Owen, President Executive Council.

[cory. ] | CuarLotretows, May 26th, 1874. | Dear Sir ;—If you can make it conveni- | ent to call at the Colonial Building this afternoon, | will be happy to meet you. and will remain here until five o'clock. J have, &c., L. C OWEN. Tho. Swinyard, Esq, Rankin House.

5 a De Ra eR

Arran gem«<

ts to receive over the Railway on 1c

their behalf from the Local Government. | it eats } sai 1 if vou L shall Chey re much oviged lf you y : . ia :

will take the subject into consideration. and

notify me at thre « when your Governmen tender the Railway, the acceptance of the Dominion Govern- ment, when I will immediately proceed to make the final inspection of the line on its behalf.

In the meantime perhaps you will kindly request your Engineer to place himself in communication with me, in order as far as possible to facilitate matters.

l have, &¢

} > moment, t will be prepared to

THO, SWINYARD. | | JIon. Lemuel C. Owen,

President Ex. Council, P. E. I ¢ ‘OPY. | Fxecutiv: Councit, Prince Edward Island, August 7th, 1874. Sirn,—I have the honor to acknowlede the receipt of your communication of yes-

terday’s date, and in reply to state that the |

Government of this Province are very an- xious that the Railroad shal: be open for traffic at as early a day as possible; but as

the contractors for thebuilding of tite’ road +having with you on

do not intend handing over any part of it until their contract is completed, the Gov»

| ernment cannot interfere with them in any

[cory. ] Cu’town, P. E. Istanp. June Ist, 1874.

Sit,—l regretted very much that your unavoidable absence prevented you from accompanying Mr. Schreiber, Mr. Boyd and | myself over the railway between this Town and Summerside last week. |

Although the inspection made was ne- cessarily a preliminary and hurried one, it was evident that a good deal of odd work remained to be done.

It was equally clear, however, that by special exertion and attention being given to this section of the line, the contractors would soon be in a position te offer it to your Government for acceptance.

In view, therefore, of the advanced state of the work, and the universal desire which seems to prevail, that the line between Charlottetown and Summerside should be used as early as possible for the public service, | beg very respectfully to suggest that your Chief Engineer, Mr. J. E. Boyd, should be directed to proceed with all speed to make a special and thoroughly detailed inspection of the Railway between the places named, inclusive, with instruc. tions to report the present condition of the Stations, Wharves, Sheds, Platforms, Turntables, Tank Houses, Swtiches, Sig. | nals, Fences, (these latter require most attention) Culverts, Bridges, Cattle-Guards andthe Roadsbed, Hallast- ing and permanent way generally, whether |

the particular work that remains to be completed, and how soon it can be acs

ernment te signify to the Dominion Goy- ernment, the earliest day on which you |

| will be prepared to offer for their accept- | ance this portion of the Railway, subject to |

the work which Mr. Swinyard’s corres— | | the Contractors may make in regara to the

Fancy a correspondence between the Do-

minion Government and that of Nova Scotia first appearing in the Reporter or

the Colonist. If such were the case, we

imagine that Mr. Vail and Mr. Coffin, as | * A . | gines, and how many of each class of Cars

well as Governor Archibald, would have But one circumstance, showing still more plainly

something to say in the matter.

the animus of the Dominion Government, |

the conditions (which should be specitied) |

continued use of the line by them, neces- sary to enable them to carry on their oper; ations in the construction of theremaining portion of the Railway and Works The

| Engineer should likewise be directed to |

' } |

make enqyiries into the condition of the Rolling Stock, and to state how many En-

can at the same time be handed over by |

'the Contractors to your Government in|

| good working order, for the acceptance of |

| which does not appear from the correspon- |

then sent here? what business had the | General Government to interfere between |

dence, is this: that it was furnished to the Herald, and made no secret of by Mr.

Caven, before Mr. Swinyard’s letter of | the 9th of November was delivered to Mr. |

Owen. wrung no doubt, from Mr. Swinyard by his own reflections upon the discourtesy

j ‘ . and the unfairness of the orders he had

| would very willingly have taken from the |

, . ‘ ° | Contractors the line from Summerside to

Charlottetown, but the Contractors could

| ly necessary to them if the contract was to !

be completed in time, and they were bend- | ing all their energies, and were working day and night to attain this desirable result.

received from Ottawa.

Twelve months under the rule of the

| present Cabinet at Ottawa has taught us not hand it over, for its use was absolute— |

Will it be believed that Mr. Swinyard |

did not produce his credentials from the Dominion Government until months after his coming here ? Was this for the pur- pose of affording Mr. Mackenzie the op- portunity of recalling him as he recalled

|of shewing his overweeniog arrogance,

| because the people of small or distant

a request which every ambrssador from

every civilized country is expected to

comply with. Mr. Swinyard arrived (here in May, and not until September | would he produce his appointment from the Minister of Public Works. We can well imagine what this was expected to lead to, and but for the forbearance of the Local Government, would have led

to.

It would be an interesting matter to know. if the agent of the Government would only inform us, who made the “ report’? to the Dominion Government referred to in his letter of the 26th May. Clearly, not the Government ; as cer- t tinly not the Contractors. From whom do these ‘reports’ emanate then upon which the Dominion Government deems itself at liberty to act regarding the internal af- fairs of this Province ?

When Mr. Swinyard preferred his re- | quest to be allowed ‘ informally ’ to in-

spect the road, Mr, Owen offered him every facility. But this did not satisfy ‘him. The pertinacity with which the French ambassador, already alluded to, ‘redoubled his demands upon the Prussian King, when each request was granted, bears but a faint resemblance to Mr. | Swinyard’s ingenuity in raising, what he hoped would prove, insurmountable difi- ‘culties, For not satisfied with Mr. | Owen's expressed wish that he should | ‘ informally ’ inspect the road, and that he would render him every assistance ia ‘his power, he next demands that Mr.

. Owen should furnish him with an engine

and car—a request he knew it was im- possible for Mr. Owen to comply with, | becausegthe road was in the possession of ‘the Contractors, and with the rolling stock, were completely under their sole control—a demand which even, if it had been complied with, would have had the effect of suspending the work along

the whole line,

Colonies dare to ask for the authority of | : : an agent sent to negotiate with them—

Mr. Edgar from British Columbia, and | ; otherwise answered at all.

the vast difference between the treatment

That letter was an afterthought, |

awarded to us, and to the larger Pro-|

vinces. sible, we have been exceptionaliy dealt with. Through the influence of the Min- ister of the Interior, a clause was intro- duced into the election law of last session

In every case in which it is pos- |

| ment, to lay down a Line of Telegraph along

disfranchising one-third of the electors of |

this Province, an act of treachery which, |

fortunately for us, the Senate defeated. Despatches from the Local Government are barely and curtly acknowledged by the Secretary of State, and often not And so it will remain so long as we are so ineflici- ently and unworthily represented in the House of Commons; so long as we are, as at present, handed over to Mr. Laird and to his satellites with, no doubt, the in- junction which, in times gone by, was th2 final warning given by the Colonial Min- ister to Governors on the eve of their de— parture for their Governments,—~ Do as you like and what you please, only keep the Colonists from troubling us.”’

Correspondence between the Provincial Government and s NJ T. Swinyard, Esq. [cory.] CuanLotretown, P. E, istanp. November 9th, 1874. Sm: Representations having been made to the authorities at Ottawa. that an im~ pression prevails amongst the people of the Island that the opening of the Railway has been delayed, and is still retarded, by want of inclination, or effort on the part of the Dominion Government to meet the reason- able wishes and expectations of the public in the matter, and explanations having been demanded, [ have the honor to inform you, that I have been directed to acquaint you that in order that the public may have a correct knowledge of the facts and circum- stances of the case, I have received in- structions to place at the disposal of the Press, the correspondence wiich has passed between the Provincial Government and myself upon the subject, and I am at the same time to assure you that this course is deemed necessary, simply to set forth the action of the Dominion Covernftment, and the desire manifested, to take the earliest opportunity of assuming the Railway when completed, and making arrangement to put it into operation as soon as practicable. I have &c., (Signed) THO. SWINYARD.

The Hon. Lemuel C. Owen, President Ex. Council, P. E. J.

Correspondence with the Provincial Go- vernment on Mr. Swinyard’s First Visit to the Island.

(cory. ]

Tue Rankin Hovse, Cuartorretowy, P. E. |.

May 26th 1874.

Sir :—I have the honor to inform you that in pursuance of instructions from the Minis. ter of Public Works of the Dominion of

the Government of the Dominion. The | numbers of the Engines and of the Cars so } to be given up, should be stated: I have, X&c., (Signed) THO, SWINYARD. The Hon. Lemuel C. Owen President Executive Council.

[cory.]

CuartortetowN, P._E, j[sLanp, June 8th, 1874. My Dear Sir :—Referring to my inter- view with you, Mr. Brecken, and Mr. Havi. land this morning, regarding the substance of the Telegram, which it was decided I might with propriety forward to Ottawa for the information of the Minister of Public Works for the Dominion, I now beg to en-

close a copy of the actual Telegram sent. I await the opinion of the Attorney Gen> eral in regard to the power of the Governs

the Railway for its own use I remain, dear Sir, yours very truly, THO. SWINYARD. The Hon. Lemuel Owen, President Executive Council.

[COPY OF TELEGRAM. ] CuaRLoTTreTowN, P. E. Isianp. June 8th, 1874. Hon. ALEX. Mackenzig, Minister Public Works, Ottawa.

After careful examination and inquiry, Local Government have concluded that Contractors are not yet in position to hand ever to them any portion of the Railway, that much work remains to be accomplishs ed; that Contractors require continued use of Line at unfixed hours and cannot give up sufficient Rolling Stock for proper train service, that complete telegraph communi- cation is necessary along Railway, and that having the general welfare of the public in view, it is neither expedient nor safe to open the Railway for traffic before Septem- ber. Contractors time is not up till month of September. I return to Ottawa on Thurs- day.

THO, SWINYARD.

Executive Covncit, Prince Edward Island.

June 12th, 1874.

Sir:—On receipt of your letter of the 26th ulto., I was engaged in corresponding with our Railway Contractors in reference to the handing over by them, of that por- tion of the line between Charlottetown and Summerside, with a sufficient amount of rolling stock. Since then I haye hed fur. ther correspondence which has been laid before the administrator of the Government | in Council, The Government have taken the same into careful consideration, and in view of the incomplete state of the whole line, and the limited amount of rolling stock which the contractors would be enabled to deliver, as | also the probability of the opening of the Central Section, seriously endangering the finishing of the Eastern and Western Sec- tions at the time stated in the contract, have come to the conclusion that it would not conduce to the public interest, at pres sent, to accept from the Contractors the portion of the Railway between Charlotte town and Summerside on the terms prox posed by them.

I have &&., , L. C. OWEN, President Ex, Council. Tho. Swinyard, Esq., &c., de.

Correspondence with the Government on Mr. Swinyard's second visit to the

Tsland,

(copy. ] CuartotTetown, P. E. I

| j |

August 6th, 1874. | you to hold out an expectation to me that | of the 26th ult., except that I stated my Sir,—I called at your office yesterday, but | the line can be tendered to the Dominion | intention ot going over the line in company had not the pleasure of finding you in. The Government before the time mentioned in with Mr. Ridout, C. E., for the purpose of

Government of the Dominion,,being anxious that no undue delay should take place in the opening of the P. E. I. Railway, have directed me to revisit the Island for the

purpose of organizing the Staff, and making

vay, other than seeing that the road is built in all its parts in accordance with the specification and arrangements made for its construction. I have, &c., L. C. OWEN,

President Ex. Council.

Swinyard, Esq., &c., &c. Cu'town, P. KE. Island, August 8th, 157

Thos.

1

Sirn,—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th instant, in answer to mine of the 6th, in reference to arrange: ments for the opening of the Prince Edward Island Railway.

You are good enough toinform me that ‘the Contractors for the buliding of the

| road do not intend handing over any part

of it, until their contract is completed, and you add that the Government cannot in-~ terfere with them in any way, other than seeing that the road is built in all its parts, in accordance with ¢he specification and arrangements made for its construction. Inasmuch as the Contracts entered into between your Government and the Con- tractors provide that the Railway shall be completed not later than the 7th proximo and as the Deminion Government have, for some months past, been led to expect

| that the Reilway, or at least some portion

of it, would be completed and ready to be opened for the use of the public, on or be fore that date, 1 beg very respectfully to inquire whether any arrangement has been come to between your Government and the Contractors, whereby the Contract time has been extended, and if so, to what date such extension has been granted ?

{ beg permission likewise to inquire whether, as the Contract for the Main Line is altogether distinct from that for the Branch Lines, | am right 1n inferring from your remarks that if the Main Line be

completed before the Branch Lines, it is |

not the intention of the Contractors to hand over the Main Line to the Government at the date of its completion, and that they intend to keep the rolling stock of the Main Line (which was separately contracted

| for, apart from the rolling stock belonging

to the Branch Limes) in their possession until the Branch Lines are also completed?

I trust you will excuse the liberty I take in making these inqguiries, but having come here under the instructions of the Domin- ion Government, for the special purpose of

making all the necessary arrangements for |

the opening of the P. E. Island Railway, and being now actively engaged in the preliminaries connected therewith, the in- definite nature of the reply I have received, places me in an awkward position, as it

prevents me from giving any fixity to the | arrangements which in order to provide |

for the proper working of the line, it is expedient beforehand to make. Ihave, &c., THO. SWINYARD. Hon. Lemuel ©. Owen, President Ex. Council, P. E. 1. [copy. ] Executive Counc, Prince Edward Island. August 17th, 1874. Sin .—In reply to your communication of the 8th inst., 1 have the honor to inform you that ea enquiry of the Contractors for building the Prince Edward Island Railway, their agent here, Mr. Charles C. Gregory, writes, under date of 10th inst., ‘‘ that they are pushing their works with the utmost energy, in order to secure the completion ef the Railway at the earliest possible date,

and that itis their desire to be in a posi- | tion to hand over the entire line of Ral- |

way, Main Line and branches complete ac- cording to contract and within the time required of them by their contract, and they anticipate no difficulty in doing so.”’

Mr. J. E. Boyd, the Engineer in charge for the Government of this Province, writes me in reference thereto, under the same date: —‘*To prevent disappointment on your part, I feei bound, however, to state, that in undertaking to hand over the en-

tire line of Railway, Main Line and branches complete, according to contract on the 7th |

September next, I think heis attempting an impossibility. The Contractors are push- ing the work with the greatest energy, and are sparing no expense to forward it, but dependent as they are on labor drawn from an agricultural population, they will. I fear, be embarrassed by the loss of large num- bers of their men, who will go home to at~ tend to their harvest. Ido not see how it is practicable for them to complete the work in less time than two months from the present time, even under favorable circumstances, and in the event of bad weather it may take even longer than that.”

Above you have all the information I am possessed of at present, on the matter in question, and until the term of the cons tract expires, do not see that we can ask any more from the Contractors.

I do not know that any part of the Roll- ing Stock is intended particularly for the Main Line or the branches; the several importations of engines being used in coms

mon on both lines; and iam not informed | what part of the rolling stock is intended |

for one or the other Contract ; and further, the Contract for the branch lines has bes

come so intermixed with that of the Main | Line, that it is now difficult to separate |

them. The Engineer will see that all the rolling

stock, and other material used in construcs |

tion, are in complete order when handed over, and if deficient in any part, they must be repaired or replaced. I have, &c., L. C. OWEN. President Ex. Council. Tho. Swinyard, Esq., &., &., &o,

(COPY. ) Cuar.ottetown, P. E. I. September 12, 1874.

Dear Mr. Owex,—Acting upon the of- ficial letter 1 received from you, under date the 17th August, 1 advised the Do-

minion Government that I did not antici- | pate the Prince Edward Island Railway | would be tendered by your ,Government | for the acceptance of the Dominion before | the middle of October, and possibly later. | AsI have made all the preliminary arrange- |

ments which, under the circumstances, it is it is possible for me to make, I propose to pay an interim visit io Ottawa, leaving here on Monday fortnight, the 14th inst., unless

| you have received any advices from your

Engineer or Contractors which may induce

your official faver.—I shall be extremely obliged if you will let me know. Yours very truly, THO, SWINYARD, Hon, Lemuel ©. Qwen, &c,, &e.,

r any portion ofi:, for }

ae pista’ Sdicsiaads! Rake ii a caneinllin steel = _ > “4 ) peer 4 y » » mR G, 13874 ‘O. 4 at 4 a & A & as se r > A ek ae Me oe wae sa a 6 Te RE PT RES \¢ (copYr,) PYeittat T-9 not consider could ‘claim the E £ TI { N I i ] , ice Islan \ r a O€ a, 187 t ' ne li : Tuomas Swinyann, Esquire: " . On» Sir.— I have been directed by the Pre. fii 7 . sident of the Council to acknowledge the! +... ee ae : . . aig. i 2aVe neither s in Ww Le yt y receipt of your communication of the Ist}, sal : . " ie i . a iC revel 5 1 ar . inst., which on account of his absence from n P : : 7 orm in l j t the Island, was not recieved by him until | goog [ay ey : % . : ‘ ag i ‘ rou ¥ | this morning. and in reply thereto to state, | ¢,.) “i x that since his communication of the 17th he hi ; 7 ult., he has received no advi from ti f oe Government Engineer or ( ~t in re- i : 6 | ference to the timeat which the line of | , pi eg ' Railway may be expected to tendered ; ‘ ' - fila 8 € e to the Dominion Government , ce i ve j y ri ‘ | I have &c . ler t} 7 > - | y ‘ rt ToT x x > - OT § | W <7, boil ARs e! ‘ ‘ v9 j Ass’'t Clerk Ex. Cour ' f oP . ur } I . « ul tl { nt : eT i om a ae n i hand- ( orrespon de nce with he Governm ed ove: nd the | srmment being very if. A ys “ / ef. / / i ‘ om on Vr. Swiny rae ti . } | anxious to be put in possess S$ g800N : TJ - ; ee £S(GNG, i} SEIDIE, W I t ? ve tae ¢ ntractors any 1 ¢ T f c ticn 7 COPY. ) s i ade ; i aye, a > CHARLOTTETOWN, LC. OWEN 26th October, 1874. nen It | vy ; " . . Hy ' Sir,—Referring to the interview I, upon | Thomas Swinyard Esq., &c., &c my return from Ottawa. had the ho oo Saturday the 2: } C ¥ instant, at which I was informed that your iA PPOWN Governmtnt were not yet in & position to November, 5, 1874 notify the Government of the Dominion| Sim:—I have the honor to acknowledge that the Prince Edward Island Railway It) f e Pi: hat the Prince Edward isiand Waliway was | the receipt of your letter of yesterday's

in such a state of completion as to be res | date, in reference {o the in pection of the ceived from the Contractors, 1 beg in sup. Railway. It would ill become me to press port of what I then urged, to submit to! further for the facilities |

od, . suggested, and I you the reasons why facilities should be | have written to Mr. Boyd, informing him

accorded to me for an immediate informai | that I shall be happy to avail myself ot the

inspection of the line and its equipmeni. | opportunity you give to sccompany him on

preparatory to the final inspection after} his partial inspection ¢ $o-morrow

| the line has been taken by your Govern: | though it be only in an informal manner.

ment from the Contractors :— l beg to enclose you a copy ef the letter I Ist—Because this is the third visit I | have addrees to Mr. Boyd.

have paid, under instructions, for the special l have, &c.

purpose of assuming, if finished the Rail- | rHO. SWINYARD

way, ora portien thereof, forthe Dominion | The [lon. Lemue! ( ren,

Government; and now that the autumn is President Ex. Counce

so far advanced, it would be unfortunate if sia ice

every advantage were not teken of the} (corpr.)

present fine weather. Cuantorrerown, P. E. I,, 2ndiy—Because, should rainstorms occur | November 6, 1874.

the inspection necessirily, would be im-~| Siz,—I find 1 omitted to enclose the

peded | copy of my letter t>» Mr. Boyd, referred to

Bo in my communicat.on of yesterday's date. I now do so.

'

3rdly—Because, should frost set in, the | detection of soft spots in the road bed would be difficult. Since I wrote, Mr. Boyd has intimated to 4thly —Because, should snow fall, it | me that his purposed inspection tour which would be impossible to properly examine | was fixed for te-day, has the ditching, ballasting, ties, and track~ | poned. laying. | i have &c.., Sthly—Because an immediate informal THO. SWINYARD. inspection would not at all interfere with The Hon, Lemuel C. Owen, the Local Government and the Contiactors, | President Ex, Council. 6thly--Because it would greatly facilitate | the taking over of the Railway by the Do- | minion Government, 23 an important por> tion of the preliminaries would thus be got | through with, before the line is ih cepted by the Local Government from the | | Contractors, thereby hastening the time of | | Opening the Railway for traflic purposes. | Tthly-——Because it woula save time if the |} Locomotives and Cars were | particularly those which have been in|

of been post-

(COPY.) Cue RLOTTET }'rince Edward Island

Nov. 5th 1874.

' nally acs

My Dear Sizg.— hare received a letter from the Hon, Mr. Owen, dated 31st Oct., in which he stated that you intend going over a part of the Railway for inspection about Friday next (to-morrow), and that he

examined

service. would be glad if] would accompany you

I thought it might be possible for me, I had previously applied to him as head lassisted by Mr. Ridout, C. E, and Mr. | ofthe government ‘ ngine and Car Stronach, Mechanical Superintendant, to | to enable me ani M to make an } accomplish certain port ns ¢ } rk}? nat Inspections tie line, m order | without troubling you for an E nd | ! no time migit be lost by the Nomi. | Car, but upon reflection, considering the B worernmn t road into | lateness of the season, I deem it advisable | OP®? mm when ¢ i parsed,