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Winter Arrangement,
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TOESUAY. December ud. 1679.
ALN ONS WEST TRAINS GOING VE oeee do g | Noa. 1&3, | No. 5, TATIONS, Mixed. Mixed, dumnenpeyetittin—eem | neianabaaaeisal ‘Georgetown ..... Dp 5.20 a. m.! -Casdigans........; “S46 * |
: q ’ Ar 10.10 ‘*} Mt stew t Juve... /iy, 10.15“ ;
j ) Koyalty Junction! * LL. 27 ‘6 | Ctieaswe,, \o* 11.50a.m.
‘Dp 38.00am Dp 3.00pm TRoyalty Jusciion; ** 3.22 ‘* | ** 3.23 *
bNorth Wilts re..! **
Baanter River... .: “ 9.30 *
9.14 °° * @ae” } #8 4.30 *“
Breedalbane.....| ‘10.07 “ * 5.08 “ Geanty jine.....) 10.17 “| “ 5.18“ Kensingtoe... ial e¢ 19:55 *‘* “ 5.55 *6 : ‘Ar 11.50 a m)Ar 6.50 pm
Sammerside..... Dp 1.30 p m| Walling... fe 219 | Port Hill ... veel 7 3-00 7 ©’ Leary. .. a 4.47 ae Alberton. . G17 “
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Tignish...... Dp 6.30 a mi
Miesben:.. «...) > 7-25 1 Rate vies. 2: “* 8.25 “ | Port Hill .......- “* 9.40 7 Wellington ......| * 1.22 “ } ia Ar li,i0 am ae 7" (Dy 2.30 pm|Dp 7.30am Kensington......' ‘ 3.00“ | ** 8.05 °° County Line . oat ede. . Shoe 1 «6 3.44 Breedalbane... .. ae | ‘* $54 ne Hanter River....| ‘* 430 * | “ 9.30 North Wiltsiire..| ‘* #40 “* |“ 9.43 ‘ > Reyalty Junction! ** 5,37 “ Ee os o Ar 6.00 pmjAr 11,00 am . Charlottetowa..../5 230 p m1 : Royalty Junction: * aoe A . ’ \Ar od _ Mt. Stw't duoc. Dp. 4.15 * + Cardigan... ip or aees * Georgetown ..... Ar 6.00 p mj} ” — = o+ =~ cette eee ea ne - - —.. - SOURIS BRANCH. Prains Going West. i Srations. | No.7, Mixed. e . i Beatie ......6.0s hed | Depart 7.15 a m. -Harmeny........ could 7.34 = ‘St. Peter’s....... ae ‘8 8.55 7: Mosel ..ci gsxnveset « =-9.23 ‘Mt. Stewart Janction.| Arrive 10.10 a, m.
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HURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1880 NO. 117
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-atruction ef a branch railway at a very rea-!it was found necessary ~SBent the
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a a dis-jgniddle of Janvary, to take the imaiis
senable cost. Vhis would involve
tance of about thirty four miles, while the!away from her, avd have them forwarded roposed Lrancli between Cape Traverse on : by the only ronte by means of which com-
! he isidud and County Line station, runs a | munication cai be kept up with the ont-
i distance of about eleven milea, and through | side world in midwinter—ihe Capes route,
}® conntry quite level This Jaiter renie ts, 'Canes Traverse and Tormentise are only
:? y >on ; 4 Ra Si. } a 14 believe, theshort« sc ANG G05 nemica., | at a!
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; NOTES FROM THY CAPITAL. cost of about SJj00,000. The Straits eo eer é ,of Northumberland are about nme miles! HOUSE OF Cf >i MK INS, : { wide in a direct cour ie. The men empleyed |
rr jin the hazardous and arduous service cf
Prince Edward Island Reiiway) carrying mails atid pasasngers across these
Communication. ) | Straits are a brave, hardy, and careful body
a fof nen. Tee much cannot be their
: MOTIONS FOR PAPERS, } Mr, Brecxiy, in moving for copies of all surveys, engineers’ reports, correspondence, memorials, papers and cuments, having reference to a proposed railway connecting Cape Termentines In the Province of New Brunswick, with Be | ‘ntercolominl Railway, and also connecting Cape Traverse, iu Prineé Edward Islin@, with the Prince Edward Island Railway, ¥said : 1 may remind the House that, when the Provinge of Prince Edward Island en- tered Confederation, in 1873, among the terms Union guaranteed to that Prov- ince was the following :—-
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‘Efficient steain service fer the conveys ance of mails and passengers to he estab- lished and maintained between the Island and the mainland of the Dominion, winter and thus placing the Island im continuous epmuunitation with the Inter-
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efforts have been made.to carry out this promise. The steamer ‘‘ Northern Licht ” was built by the late Government, led by the hon. member for Lambton, and piaced on the Winter route between Georgetown in the Island,and Pictou in the Province of Nova Scotia. I, do not profess, Mr. Speaker, to have such a knowledge of ship- ping as to warrant me in saying whether that vessel is properly modelled and built for the work intended for her, bat I doubt very much whether it is possible to con- struct a steamer, | care not on what model or by what moulds, that will. bo able te keep up regular and constant communiea- tion throvghort the winter months be- tween the Island and the mainland, I do rot believe it possible. £ de not wish to undervalue the services of the winter steamer; she is no doubt an advantage to us, inasmuch as she keeps open the com- munication with Nova Scotia for six weeks after our summer boats cease running ; the freight that she carries is a great advantage te our merchants, besides aifording {acili- ties for females to travel to and frem Prince Edward Island, which rarely takes place by the way of the Capes. From the experience we have had of the ‘Northern Light,” now extending over four winters, { feel justified in stating to this House that no winter steambeat communica- tien can fairly and thoroughly carry out and fulfil that condition of the Union which assured to us_ efficient stoam-service for the conveyances of mails and passengers between the Island and the mainland, placing usin continuous commn- nication with the railway system of the Do- minion. Mr. Speaker, the people of the Island look with confidence to the Govern- ment to earry eut fully and honestly this
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condition. In. 1878, the predecessors of the present Government sent an en- gineer to make a survey of the econn- ‘try lying between the Intercolenial tf (ee . Railway. and Cape Tormentine, in the Province ef Wew Brunswick,
and between Cape Traverse and the rail-
tway on the Igland. Mir. Mcleods report may be said to be in favour ‘of the undertaking. Afver examin- ling several cempetent witnesses, living on i both sides of the Straits of Nerthumber- ‘land, whose occupations have been for years to make the winter crossing, and
vhese experience was placed at his dis- posal, he reports :
“That the evidence appears to show that he most reliable: way of crossing to the Island is by the ice-boats, and that a steam- er cannot be used during that period; that there is no part of the Straits where the ice opens at regular intervals, bub that the movements of the ice are governed by the wind ; that the best cross ing for the ice-boats is between Allen’s on the mainland and Cape Traverse on the Island ; also that'a screw steamer, drawing about 10 feet of water, would be the most suitable at all reasons when the crossing is practicable, and that the ice-boats would i be enabled to commence crossing when the steamer is forced to stop.” | On reading over Mr. MeLeod’s report, and ‘looking at his estimates of thé cost of cen- structing wharves on the New Brunswick and Island sides of the Straits, it is quite evident that his idea was to provide pro- ‘tection and a¢commodation for a steamer of ithe draft ef the ‘‘ Northern Light,” which |is from 18 ft. to 20 it., for he speaks of ‘building a wharf at Cape Jourimainygahbont 2,100 feet long, at a cost of about $147,000, j which will give 700 ft. of wharf at from 10 ‘ft. to 12 ft. at low water spring tides,
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‘the present wharf sheuld be lengthened 740 ft. and widened, making it 2,200 ft. long, at a cost of about $95,000. Less, ‘draft of water, and wharves prebably of
‘sufficient to accommodate a small tnug-boat necessary for the efficient winter crossing. The country between Amherst and Cape
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live on the mainland who reside near the centres of conmmerc# are accustomed to with regularity their Jette correspondence, can scarcely conceiye the cisndvantaces which the mercantile com-
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Ceolying Msland Waiis. i}i1s is w@ matte? Moa
geat noment to the Island, the drawbacks which are incident to our. insular position
should receive the earnest cCousideration of
the Dominion Government, and we may ask as a-matter of right onder the terms of Union that these disadvantages should be lessencd as much as po . We see rail- roads invelving the expenditwre of mil
being built in other part sof the Dominion yet unpeopled, and we, from ihe Lower
Provinces, give our support ic these great undertakings, believing that they will tend te develop thezo hitherio unsettled Prov inees. But we, from the Lewer Provinces, come from a country thickly populated, which does not possess the means of com. munication which are afforded to the peo- ple settling in the Nerth West. We de not
believe both sides of tlle Honso were wait- ing to learn the result of the ‘‘ Nerthern Light” experiment, which I boldly assert has failed ta seevre that continous eom- munication which we have a right to expect under the Terms of Union. I urge upon my hon friend the Minister of Railways and his colleagues to give this matter their extnest consideration, and to see that the people of Prince Edward Island receive their due, and that the terms promised to u¥ fre faithfully and honestly carried out, and that too, with as little delay as poarible.
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Mr. Hacnerr: This Question of winter stenin communication is of great import- ance to the people of Prince Edward Island. The prospect of obtaining it was one great reason why the peeple of the Island con- sented io Confederation. it was well un- derstood by the people of the Island at the time of Union, and it is better understood to-day that owing, to the peculiar stiuation of the Island, to her insular position, and to the fact that for five menthsof theyearher coasts are completely surrounded with ice, sha could not derive any benefits from Con- federation. The people of the Island were aware that the Dominion was pledged to the construction of publie works of great magnitnde, such as the opening cf canals, the building of railways, and other work of a similar nature. Thoy also knew that, on bacoming a part of the Dominion of Can- ada, they Would be compelled to contribute
their share for the construetion ef those works, and, unless means cf communiea-
ticn bringing them in connection with the railway system of the Dominion, winter! and summer, were secured to them, they} would not be in a pesitien to participate in the beiiefits which would accrue to the rest of the Dominion by the censtruction ef | these-works. They therefore have it ex-| pressly stipulated in the terms ef Confed- | eration, that efficient steam communica. | tion. winter and summer, should be maim tained by tho Dominion Government, for the ceuveyance of mails and passengers toand from the Island. Now let us con- sider for one moment how this part of the compact has been carried out. We find that for the first two years after Confeder- ation nothing at all was dene towards ful- filling this part of the contract, so far as the winter season was concerned. In the year 1876, the Government, recognizing the rights of the -Island in this matter, placed the now famous ‘‘ Northern Light” upon the route between Georgetuwn and
; - r . .+ ~e Pictou. [am net going to say anything
speak in 2 complaining spirit, because we |s
well as the both sides, sufficient to accommodale a steainer drawing 1@f{t. of water, would cost about $600,000, that it
separated by w strait of some nine miles n width, and experience has shown, after iany attempts at other points, that this is the ronte which must be adopted for our winter wail service. Such being the fact, it becomes the duty of the Government to so improve this ronceto make it as perfect as possible, and all their energies and weans
should he concentrated on this one peint At- present, the crossing if
ellected hy use of Hhe small ice-boats as it was before Confederation. I need not re- fer io the difficulties gnd hardships exper- icnced by the brave aid hardy men who
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perform thig service, who are called upon in the middle of onr severe winters to risk their lives in the public in- terest. They have been most successfol in performing this duty, and ewing te their skill and ability, we are enabled to'receive our mails with some degree ef regularity. Brt the great diffeulty they have to eon- tend with isnot the ice but open water, when high winds prevail, and they have been frequently compelled to return ort ac- count of the open water and lolly, withent being able to eliect a crossing. It is be- lieved by parties who are competent to judge in this matter that a small steamboat
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to sprplement the ice beats wonld perfect
{ is bs rvice Bu f. aS the crossing is Cun- ned. The only thing then required to
render this service complete, would be to connect this ferry with the Iniercolonial and Prince Edward Island Railways ; this would necessitate the construction of two short lines of railway on both sides. With this object in view, the late Government ordered a survey to be mado of the proposed branches, Thissurvey was made by Mr. MeLeod, ©. E., a gentleman of con siderable ability, and he reported that the building and equipping of the railways, as construction of wharves on
lam of opimicn, however, is not at all necessary to pro- vide wharfing to the extent estimated by Mr. McLeod ; that wharves sufficient to accommodate a vessel drawing lft, of water will answer all purposes, and thereby saving ef about $100,000 would be effected. It will thus be eéen that abeut $500,000 will” be the whole expenditure required, and, when we consider ihe large expenditure which ia going on every year fer the pur-
pese of keeping faith with the Province of
British Ceiumbia, ameunting to tillions
of dollars, I think we are not asking fer anything unreasonable when we request
that this small amount shall be ex-
pended at once for the purpese of carry- ing out the solemn compact entered into
with Prince Edward Island. In look- ing over a debate which teok place in this House on this subject in i878, | was pleased to find that the hon. the Minister
of Railways and Canals, then in epposition,
expressed himself in the following man-
ner :—
‘ji wasa part of the terms cf Union with Prince Edward Island, and the Gov-
ernuent of Canada was bound to, accom-
plish, if that were possible, that communi-
eation which had been attempted to be made by means ef the ‘* Northern Light.”
I presume the hon. gentleman is of the
saine opinion still, and new that it is clear-
ly established that communication must be kept up by way of the Capes, [ hope he will at onee take action and cause these branch railways, so necessary to this com- munication, to be built without delay and thus carry out the terms of the Union with Prince Edward Island.
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A Wonprrren. Corcipence wu Lor- reny Noumpnrs.—Ambrogio, a Nepolitan monk, who sinee the closing of the monas- teries had wandered about begging, has died in the hospital at Naples of injuries inflicted by twe men who insisted on his telling them the luéky namber in the fortheeming lottery, On his disclaiming such powers they shockingly maltreated him, but in the hospital he mentioned the numbers 13 and 65. This being published in the papers, numbers of persons backed those figures, while ethers backed 37, which in their cabala signifies monk, and these three numbers happened to win,
disparaging of the ‘‘ Northern Light.” She was built expressly for the purpose ef test-
ing the practicability of navigating the; Straits in midwinter. She was merely, placed there as an experiment, and, if she| has not come up to the expectations of} those who tock an interest in her, she has} net altogether proved a failure. She has| at intervals succeeded in effecting & crossing, | sometimes making her trips with consider: | able regularity, and sometimes being for a| whole week ata time locked in the ice, being unable to move in any direction. | She haa, however, been successful te'a cer- | tain extent, and her operatiows have been | of great benefit. to those engaged in) trade, as they have been enabled) to receive consignments of ~ goods: that they otherwise would have todo without | tillspring. With regard to the carriage of | mails and passengers, which is, after all, thé main feature of this affair, and which is} the only part of the original compact that | we can insist upon having carried eut, her operations have been most unsatisfactory. |
Even during the present winter, which has
been one of the most successful seasens,
|The Government will be mulcted of two imillien lire through this coincidence,--
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A Sr, Pererspure cable to the New York Herald says the Russian Government is con-
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and ammunition in America and shipping them to Viodivestock to equip, for the purpose of withstanding the anticipated Ghinese attack. It is also in contemplation to purchase a large quantity of coalin America for shipment to
‘lodivestock te supply the Russian fleet in- the Pacitic. Preparations for a formidable Mohammedan movement against China are believed to be already on foot. ,’
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‘The pool will be £60,009, the first boat to take the prize. : sales ” *+<2p->- pPywrws Te Ce >
PoTaTogs For ENGLanp.—The Norw barque Erragon, 476 tons, arrived at Hali- faxon the 3rd from New York, to load potatees for London.
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