Elgin, Lord, governor-general of Canada,72.
England, the locomotive contest in,1-5; her lead in railway development,7-10. See Great Britain.
European and North American Railway,60-2,64,68-9,102,174.
Farley, Jesse P., and the Canadian Pacific Syndicate,132,137n.
Fleming, Sir Sandford,245,246; and the Intercolonial,56-7,106-8,117; and the C.P.R.,114,117-20,178.
Galt, Sir A. T.,172; his railway enterprises,44,45,70,71,74-6,77,81n.,84,114,246.
Gladstone, W. E., colonial secretary,59.
Grand Trunk Railway,38; building and financing of,71-84,87,94,95,97,99,104-5,122-3,187,232; and the C.P.R.,155,174,178-80; in low water,196-9; changes of administration and material,200-2,218-19; eastern activities,203-5; westward expansion,205-6,208,211,214. See Grand Trunk Pacific.
Grand Trunk Pacific,205; the demand for,209; question of the route,207-8,210,215-18; building and financing of,208-9,211-15,217.
Grant, Rev. George M.,117.
Great Britain, her railway mileage in 1846,38; her railway policy in Canada,54-5,106; in the Maritime Provinces,59,60,62-6,73. See England.
Great Northern Railway, its development in Canada,137-138,187,228-32.
Great Western Railway, building of,40,41,46-7,54,55,69,70,77,84,86-7,91,94,95,97,99,104-5; acquired by the Grand Trunk,179.
Guarantee Acts, to aid railway building,55,69,71,84,86.
Gutelius, F. P., manager of the Intercolonial,234.
Gzowski and Co., railway contractors,77,81n.
Hays, Charles M.,246; president of the Grand Trunk,200-1,203-4,206,212,215; drowned in the 'Titanic' disaster,202.
Hill, James J., and the C.P. Syndicate,133,134,136n.,137and note,141,151,162; and the Great Northern,138n.,228-30.
Hincks, Sir Francis,52,53,246; his railway policy,53-4,56,69,70-1,72-3,88; and railway enterprises,65-6,73-6,122.
Holt, H. S., and the Canadian Northern,184.
Holton, Luther, his railway enterprises,70,71,74-6,81n.,84.
Howe, Joseph,52,53,246; his railway campaign in England,62-4,65-6,69,70; and state ownership,66-7; his prophecy,113.
Howland, Sir William, his railway syndicate,143,145.
Hudson, 'King,' railway promoter,38,47.
Hudson Bay Railway,237-8.
Intercolonial Railway,59-60,98; building of,105-8,179; later development,233-7.
Jackson, Henry, railway contractor,73,75,76.
Jaffray, Robert,179.
Keefer, Thomas C., a distinguished engineer,36,246.
Kennedy, John S., and the C.P. Syndicate,132,136n.,137n.,141,151.
Kittson, Norman W., and the St Paul and Pacific,133,134,136n.
Lash, Z. A., and the Canadian Northern,184.
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid,246; his railway policy,188,190,192,207,210.
Liverpool and Manchester Railway,2-4,36.
Mabee, Justice, chairman of Railway Commission,232-3,243.
M'Carthy, D'Alton, and a Railway Commission,171.
Macdonald, Sir John,246; and the C.P.R.,115,116,122,124-6,128-9,130,140,141-2,158,210.
Macdonnell, Allan, railway promoter,113-14.
M'Intyre, Duncan, and the C.P.R.,139-40,141,150,157.
Mackenzie, Alexander, and the C.P.R.,127-8.
Mackenzie, William,246; and the Canadian Northern,183-5,189-90,192.
M'Lean, S. J., his report on railways,243.
M'Mullen, G. W., and the Pacific Scandal,121-2,123,124.
MacNab, Sir Allan, promotes the Great Western,47,53.
Macpherson, D. L., his railway enterprises,70,71,74-6,81n.,84,123-4.
Manitoba, railways of,176-7,183,185,186,233,237; grants in aid,191,192,241.
Mann, Donald, and the Canadian Northern,183-5,189-90,192.
Maritime Provinces, their network of roads,18; their railway projects and policy,55-69,93,104n.; and the Intercolonial,106-8,237; and the Grand Trunk Pacific,207-8.
Merritt, W. Hamilton, and the Welland Canal,90-1.
Midland Railway,100,179,183,230.
Minnesota venture, the,131-9.
Mississippi, transport development on the,31-2.
Mitchell, Peter, and the Intercolonial,107.
Montreal, and the St Lawrence and Atlantic Railway,42-4,60.
Morse, Frank, manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific,215.
Mount Stephen, Lord, and the C.P. Syndicate,134-7; and the C.P.R.,139,140,141,150,157and note,221-2,246.
Municipal Loan Fund, the,88-90.
National Transcontinental Railway,172,233,236.
New Brunswick, railways in,67-9,102,103n.,175; grants in aid,241. See Maritime Provinces.
Northern Railway, building of,40,41,47-8,55,69,84,87-8,94,100,104n.; acquired by the Grand Trunk,179.
Northern Pacific Railway,116,121n.,134,157,166,177,186,230.
North-West Rebellion, the, and the C.P.R.,164-5.
Nova Scotia, railways in,67,102,103n.,188; grants in aid,192,241. See Maritime Provinces.
Ontario, railways in,40,41,45-8,49,50-1,80,89-92,98-101,103n.,175,216,233; and the C.P.R. contract,123; grants in aid,103n.,190,191,192,216,241.
Osler, E. B., and the C.P.R.,151.
Pacific Scandal, the,120-7.
Palliser, Captain, his mistaken view regarding a railway to the Pacific,117.
Papineau, L. J., and state ownership of railways,49.
Peto, Brassey, Betts and Jackson,66. See Brassey.
Poor, John A.,246; his railway enterprises,42-4,60-1,114.
Pope, John Henry, and the C.P.R.,139,140,158.
Prince Edward Island, its railway,103,233. See Maritime Provinces.
Quebec, railways in,36-40,41-5,49,92,101-2,103n.; grants in aid,103n.,190-1,241.
Quebec and Richmond Railway,75,80,81n.
Railway Commission, the,171-172,243.
Railways, development of,1,4-12,244-6; the gauge question,95-8; narrow-gauge lines,98-100,103,224; wooden rails,101-2; railway profits,50,79,82,86,94,95,121; railway jobbery,85-6,170-1and note,213,235n.,236; grants in aid,103and note,170-1,241-2; 'ticket scalping,'172. See under Canada.
Reciprocity Treaty, the,80.
Richelieu, Cardinal, and the power of steam,7.
Rivers-Wilson, Sir Charles, president of the Grand Trunk,199-200,202.
Robinson, Major, his railway survey,59-60,107.
Rogers, Major, his C.P.R. route through the Rockies,162.
Ross, A. M., and the Grand Trunk,77,79.
Ross, James, and the Canadian Northern,184.
Ross, John, first president of the Grand Trunk,76.
Rosser, General, and the C.P.R.,152.
Ruskin, John, his opinion of the railway,11.