Chapter 9

Sage, Russell, and the St Paul and Pacific,132.

St Lawrence, the canal system of the,15-16,34-5; river steamers of,25.

St Lawrence and Atlantic Railway,40,41,42-5,54,55,69,70,75-6,79.

St Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway,128,132,134,137,151,228. See Great Northern.

Saskatchewan, railways in,184,216,224-5; grants in aid,192,241.

Scott, W. L., and the C.P.R.,154.

Shaughnessy, Sir Thomas, president of the C.P.R.,222-223,246.

Simpson, Sir George, his record journey to the Pacific,109-12.

Smith, Donald,133. See Strathcona, Lord.

Stephen, George. See Mount Stephen, Lord.

Stephenson, George, his locomotive triumph,2-5,10.

Stickney, A. B., and the C.P.R.,152.

Stockton and Darlington Railway,2-3,6.

Strathcona, Lord,112n.; and the C.P. Syndicate,133-4,141-2,151,157,166,246.

Surrey Iron Railway,6.

Taché, E. P., his railway advocacy,65.

Timiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway,216,238-9.

Trans-Canada Railway,187,207.

Tupper, Sir Charles, minister of Railways,139,140,141,146,158,170.

Tyler, Sir Henry, president of the Grand Trunk,140,199.

United States, their transport development,25,32-3; competition with Canada for the western trade,31-5,39; railway development,38,52-3,96,115-16,121; depression in,198,202; interrelations with Canada,28,50-1,232-3.

Van Horne, Sir William, and the C.P.R.,148n.,152,159,161,164-5,166,205,222,246.

Waddington, Alfred, railway promoter,115,121,122,246.

Watkin, Edwin, his Pacific project,114.

Watt, James, his reciprocating steam-engine,9.

Young, John, his railway enterprises,45,65,70,114.

Zimmermann, Samuel, railway contractor,47.


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