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yifi 4 d iP rl’ it 1 7 id # é '.I.‘HAT desirable property on the corner of Metcaife and Queen streets, now as & Wewleyan Church and Pursonage, al. uonrybundfidty.bmhr“ A frontage on street of 9 lset, and «Queen street of 132 feet. hnunn‘owulmE $300 and taxes. (,.i‘huuhmlupumn". «: Wh IPMMN. holeâ€" [ April 2, 1874, Montrem imatter. FHE HERALD OF HEALTH M ka rpo SmR â€"â€"From Ist stone § Irince‘s Terrace, 5&“ o hag BERMINGHAM, Reai Estate Agent, April 22, 1874, w * Oltawa, May 4. THE ‘reditors who have not already fyled their month, and are nc -‘fir :h- City 0f Moutrea!, on the N1 lflm \Y OF MAY uexi, at cleven o‘ciock in the enpon, for the examination of the Insoivent, d the ondering of L6 «ifairs of the estate genâ€" hy THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF DUFFERILN. rhe AEE R bas vacancies for a few uw"""“"wfi.“hmvu‘- mce, corner of Wlgin and Siater streets. Bright, s2â€"comtnrtable bedrooms, and & good table. & C YUSTOMS DEPARTMENT The Hampton Colored Students Friday and aunrg: May 15 and 16. CHARLES MACEVOY‘3. HIBERNICON COMEDY COY When will be given, M VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SBAL®, Rcoars ow Pricks.â€"Admission T5 cts. Reseryâ€" ed Seats $ _ Gatiety Srotm, ""_*‘ H i ber thorized Discount on A1 ‘l‘mnhcnl_b!;l_lng RINK MUSIC HALL, ntire Ne ! New Scenery; Music, and Charabter Sepigharw ae The new Dramatic Epelode, entitled MONDAY, MAY 1ith ntreal, April 20, 1874, HARRY CARTER, the l.|.1 of Guides, best cealist aand D-nee&lf#m Barney." Mss ULI A N McA «* Nore.* LA‘F‘; ELIDELLE, -“Mmfi”‘ -m‘ c"u‘.nl;:n: EY, _ * Soprand." cl:rer. JAS. LATHRQPE, GEO, JUDSON: Dramstic [NDE& TAE DISTINGUISHED ‘eso entertainments have attracted crowded «es in Europe and America and cannot fail terest the musical critic as well as those who amusâ€"ment. ckets, Dcts. ; Reserved T5cts.; for ulâ€"m,\.'au.nordbu::-"'l-.ft-. Al ATINEE SATURDAY AFTE®NOON. () Irish Hearts, B BLAGK CGROOK, »INK MUSIO HALL. * ramstic Company of 68 Peopl« * eemenemand it aids y %’L&MMM Wiil be beld in the Street PRESBYTERâ€" «s”uuuficuho: %A; EYENING, the th insi. for t elml f me to the new gw, the Rev. Wm. Armâ€" romg, M.A. _ Addresses will be delivered by uhe ev. i M. Gordon, B.D., Rev, W. J, Hunter, Tex wil bo serve0 y the indics of w serv tion at 7.~0 o‘ctock. Admission 30 w“ 27th and 28th of MAY, AT THE Sintbous‘ gs Waliker Dewni® Wik w OLD RYE WHISKEY REAL BUTTER! ntributiods before that day May 1ith, 1894. Enroke . Old ‘Rye i D) 13 jn number, a Hampton !mw ute, Va.,) willgve an on For a Season of UNE WEEK, COMMENCIXG " higher type of manhood,â€" :t.m.lu:ll -o’tnl.” "The best phystâ€" The Press speak well of it. mm ‘i w bemiitn nA UE w icnone T t ohnn ; . whkh promioel oo hhouk _ . ission Sc., 50c., and 75¢. & nfluvvm@nl_l}}: YIMCOE _ AZA AR. J W PRY IT! TEY 1T! TRY IT! SUCIAL REâ€"UNION SL&AVE. PLANTATION. nd Sacred Melodies as sung in the » i meoe Wihiskey 1 can recommend as beâ€" he n-flm.‘i’flhh“-. at historical " The Red is of mg':ul?':u' and MATINEE on SATURD« Y. itronage of their Excellencies AMENDMENTS THERETO, Apply to r of OLIVIER COTE, of Ottawua Hatter and Furrisr, an Insolvent. JOSEPH KAVANAGH‘3, fe?!. W“m mm at Warb, canuRishs & Carn®, May 3rd, 1874 am NP ACT OF 1869 A N‘S HALL. Will be rendered by the May 13th R.8. m‘“&'& 4, 1874 BOARD EJ The Genuine New York #, BO â€"ORIGINALâ€" FOR SALE ONLY AT Otjawa, April 2ith, 1874 & Co‘% Seotch Wihiskey, any hour, AND, P. 0. Ottawa JOHN FAIR, ting, " The Reception AT NOONAN‘8 Wellingtonâ€"st. Invotees iy to J 2568â€"10in we were continually warned, was there any chance of faith being kept with British Columbia, thit precious region without the possession of which some people ‘appearâ€" ed to think the grass would scarcely grow, or the springs run, in Ontario and Quebes: These hardâ€"pressed party hacks and poâ€" litical Jeremiahs have even sought to make a little cripital out of the Govern. ment‘s prudent action with respect to the better survey of the Western region to be traversed by this Railway, before entering upon its construction, and this notwithstanding the utter failure of their hypocritical cries and forebodings last winter. At length, however, and in good enough time, considering the age of the Ministry ‘and the imperative demands of the publi¢c business, we have the Pacific Railway project, already anticipated by the declarations of ~the First® Minister. We may premise by recalling the fact of The country will be. glad to see the Gorernment scheme with regard to the proposed Canadian Pacific Railway, and the aispersien of all the doubts .and im aginary difficulties which an ingenious, but not very honest Opposition have, for months past, been industriously striving to throw around this question. How often have we not bee: toli that the formaition and maintenance of & Grit Ministry involved the abandonment of this promised work, the violation of the bargain with British Columbia, the loss of that Province and a host of other sins and w»»s under which Canaia . would speedily go to ruin? Throughout the late elections, in pars tioular, the ory of dishonest purposes, and consequent impeading ruin, was rung in our ears without ceasing. Only by the reâ€" | election of the Macdnaldâ€"Tupper Party , THE PACIFIC RAILWAY SCHEME down. Dr. Tupper had been prepared, he acknowledged that, to answer the Minâ€" ister of Public Works‘ able support of the policy of the Government relative to this great undertaking, but he was not preâ€" pared just then. That was obvious ; and his asking that . the . further debate should be had on the second reading of the bill, while octansiâ€" bly for the purpose of saving time, was really itis to suspected to enable him to recover arguments that the Premier had discounted for him. After a day or two spent in cogitation upon the matter, the monbcrlorOumbolhndwilldonbue-bo able to make a splurge ; but that he will succeed in criticising the scheme of the Government with the effect of placing it fl-hdvfltlpboddothuofwhichtho huuwomnentmdsuaugh Allan bee came the victims, is more than the most ardent of the honorable gentleman‘s ad, mirers will be likely to anticipate. from him, & thorough naastery of bis subâ€" joot. His success may be best illustrated by recalling the position in which the Opâ€" position found themselves upon his sitting tions, repurted elsewhere in this paper, is worthy of careful reading. Mr. Mackenzie showed, what the House fully expected The speech of the Premier, made upon the motion to go into Committee of the Whole upon the Pacific Railway resolu. Balance of Profit and Loss carried handsome sum of $2072,54060. This provided a dividend, as declared, 0‘ 6 per cent, with a bonus of 2 per cent, leaving a balance at the credit of Profit and Loss of $584,203.17, The success achieved by the managers of this institution continues, perhaps without a parallel in the history of banking. STATEMENT OF THE RESULTOF THE BUSINESS oF THE BAXK FoR TH® YEAR ENDED S0TH APRIL, 1874. Balance of Profit and Loss A«!taollmt mnw&.m..... terss siscse++. .$ 400,449 83 Pl;_,ll:h year endeu 30th Apfl;,‘ t and mak fult on e sand Liak ne n T0 o oo s9 4) The Bank of Montreal has issued its balance sheet, a copy of which hi been handed us by Mr. Drummond, Manager at Ottawa, for the year ended 30th April last, . The exhibit shews a remarkably successful year. Un a subscribed capitai stock of $12,000,000, the profits for the year in question, after deducting cha» ges of mapagement and bad debts, foot up the Good Times Coming.â€"C. P. Dorion Insolvent Act.â€"John Fair. Bazaar.â€"Christ Church, Social.â€"Presbyterian Chu ch. ividend .6 per cent. and Bonus 2 per cent paid lhunb..r.Wl‘ ividend # per cen . and lonu'_“ +2 per cent., paymwble (tters_Noonan‘s Restaurant l or Fare.â€"M, Kavanagh Che Ottawa Cimes Wesleyan Bazaar CAMPBELL & ALMAS Have just to hand a shidment of good first quality & the Wost. Families will do well to all ear v mt | CAMPBELL & ALMAS The ory at present day amongst Famlies is where m':: gol youd I:’uur. April 9th, 1874 WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1874 fi*' A"‘:E fg':!Y QUEEN RESTAURANT. Lunch Bill of Fare, MA Y 13t_h, 187 4. Oysters Fried uTTER | BUTTER® suaTEn New Advertisements Sandwiches, Tea and . Coffee, Fried. (g-fon Stowed Fresh Shell Oysters, GROCE RS soUP; ~â€" Vegetable. _ JOINTS. Bâ€"ef Heart Scaffed Corned Beet. Roast Veal. Ham,. MHOT, Haricot Mutton. oYsTERs®, M. KAVANAGH, Proprietor $920,102 56 Â¥52,834 71 86 SPARKSâ€"8T $1,88%,787 26 $2,472,000 48 $58,24 17 Truscs, Vauses, Bags, the ahupol acep! in the city at _ «4 * A rout assortment of Base Ball goods at the Baziar, 24 Sparks Street.=â€" 2559â€"1m The route of this main.artery will doubtâ€" less interest many of our citizens. It will start from where Slater street strikes Ashburnham Hill and run in an easterly direction towards the Canal, draining an area of 314 square acres or the;ruteéan of Upper Town, ~The Hill and the Chau« diere will be dramed by some plan here aiter to be devised. It will then make a circuit of the Canal Basin m rm m line of ve s whi t follow m, Wtz‘.' The sewer will then follow the channel of the By Wash as tar as King street, when it will turn down that street, continuing in ‘a direct line through McLaren & Co.‘s lumber yard t> the Ottawa River. It will drain in Lower Town an area of 687 square acres, { embracing nearly all that portion of the city. ‘The outskirts beyond these limits will be drained into the Rideau River. . A chief feature of the work will be that the surplus water lot from the basin will as usual run through the entire sewer theres be cloansing it out thoroughly at all times, The Byâ€"Wash and main sewer will join each other at the present junction ot Mos grove and Rideau Streets. The sewer is so situated in the lowest level of the city as to make it an easy matter to drain into it from any section of the city. The very best brick will be uâ€"ed in its e>»mstruciion, and it is also calculited to make the smaller drains, by the use of similar maâ€" terial of a more permanent character than | hitherto. 1t is to be hoped that the wor once started will be prosecuted with vigor until completed. ‘The city will then have, from a sauitary point of view, es. tablished one of the greatest safeguards against disease; and an everlasting boon will have been confetred upon a rhinkmd progressive city. We cannot close this reâ€" port without congratulating the city en~ t.'inoer upon the rbility and skill l. has isplayed in this work aithough compara« tively a stranger to the city, â€" of this fact, it may not be amiss to refer briefly to the proposed work. As most of our readers are aware, this work will cost at least half a million dollars, but all will admit that it will be money inâ€" vested to good advantage. Itseems to be a corollary to our system of water works, for it would at best be absurd to supply a large city like this with water without making ample provision for: carrying off the surplus refuse. In a few days tenders will doubtless be cullodfortoinmguuuthowmkott thorough sewerage of this city, In view of extending existing or contemplated roads to Lake Nipissing, to connect with the Eastern term:iâ€"as of the Pacific. Tepn thousand dollars : mile should prove a tempting inducement, particularly to the people in the interior districts, already possessing the advantage of the shortest routes between the great Western Lakes and tide water on the St. Lawrence. a mile, seems a judicious one, and calou« lated to inspire the public confidecce in the scheme of the Government and the characâ€" ter of the contractors to be dealt with. The people of the Utitaws region will notice with satisfaction the fulfitment of the pro mise to give liberal aid to parties desirous l The Government will retain the alterâ€" nate sections of lind, and sell, at prices to be arranged ~with the Contractors, two thirds of their allotments, giving them the proceeds, of course. in this way precau« tions, wili be taken against the locking up of large tracts of cultivable land by corpora= tions or individuals, with a view to monoâ€" polies and extortion hereafter, ‘The Gov ernment, we may be sure, will exert its influence, in the interest of the public, to prevent too high a price being demandâ€". ed, to the undue enrichment of pmprith. and obstruction of settlement. This was adanger which occasioned great uneasi. ness to many well wishers of the country and _ of the Liberal â€" Party, â€" and which _ they â€" took â€" every occasion of pointing out whenever, during previous sessions, ‘ this question was discussed. The present scheme in all points bears evidence to the honest deâ€" sire of the leaders of the Government to practice, in so far as it is possible, the policy they advocated with such persistâ€" ence and ability when in Opposition. Thus the contracts are to be submitted to Parlisment, before letting, so that in a matter of such importance, affecting the resources of the people so seriousiy, the sentiment of theirrepresentatives may be pronounced. If any mistakes occur after such a wise precaution, it will nott be the fault of the fiinisters only, bu t mainly that of Parliament, the bulk of| whose members have sufficient acumen to look into undertakings of this sort, ascerâ€" | tain their character and bearing upon the | public interest, and declare. their mind in | ’ relation to them. This teature constitutes a material difference between the railâ€" }| way policy of the present, and that of the ; late Government, and one on which the | country may congratulate itself. There [ will be no room for jobbery,or the sus. |â€" picion of dishocesty or partizanship in the "| | giving out of this work.. ‘The mo:t solvent and capable men will gat the preference :\ ( no matter to what party or district they | belong. If not, it will be the fault of Parâ€" , liament alone. The provision as to the 5 deposit of security, to the amount of $5,000 1A | the despatch . of suryeyors, tolerably well aequainted with the Rooky Mountain and {conu guous British Columbia region, with ,t.he object of disowvering the best pass | and route thence to the coast, as regards | the fewest physical difficultics, the finest : lard, and the least expense. Mr. Horetzky | is one of the gentlemen appointed to this duty, and from his knowledge of the country and his skill and industry much is hoped. in the light of our experie 1ce in reference to the section of ths Grand Trunk Railway on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, the Intercolonial, and other roads, we presume no argument is necess sary to prove the common sense of this course. Canada, with the advantage of the very best route that exists, has a gigantic expenditure to face in this enâ€" terprise, at a time when her debt for works approaching completion _ preâ€" sents most admonitory proportions. ‘I‘he Pacific lRoad will be divided into four sections, each large enough to rank as a ‘ great national undertaking in countries of: old world dimensions. The first section is. to begin near and to the south of Lake Nipissing, and extend towards the wests ern end of Like Superior, ‘The next will reach thence to Fort Garry, with a branch to Fembina; the third from Winnipeg to some point between Fort Edmonton and the Rocky Mountains, and the fourth and last from thence to the Pacific Ocean: The work will be let in sections and sub" sections to Contractors, who will receiv‘ assistance in land and money, the grants of either not to exceed 20,000 acres and 10,000 por mile. The Main Sewer. Enorms & Uo., & Bparks Street near Bankâ€"st 1 CUCCAS CCOUmIees. 70 sSUrmount in ‘"that time. Noverthdcphlho work had been un dertaken, and the House knew thit preâ€" cisely what was.anticipated took place, The .. present â€"â€" Government â€" had _ to undertake o. do something, â€" that & No S o t e Sn e eoiee the work would be Joommenced in two and would be completed in ten, Eolud-pponlod to the House, not as a mere pariy opponent of the hon. gentle man, but'f r one whoufolt a great interest in the ‘Union, t it was impossible to coustruct a MHQOO miles in length, with so many difficulties to surmount in ‘that in constructing the Intercolonial road, which was only 500 miles in length, and had better chances of speedy consiruction. He hadâ€"looked on that work as a necessity of the Union, and was not in favor of unâ€" dertaking it as a commercial transaction, but as a political necessity, He recollect. ed that some prominent gentlemen in the House anticipated that the work would be completed . within three _ yeiyrs, The three ~years had ~pased, rami four years mo e, and it wouli yet take ar least a year, and probably two years, be« fore it would be pussible to accomplish the very desirable wish to have complete «ommunicat.on, be(ween the systems of BRiiTways Kast and West. And yet in 1871, when the difficulties were perfectly un. derstood, the late Parliament of Canada, under the guidance. of the Right bon. geontleman opposite, gravely undertook to construct a"road five or six times the length within ten years, and pledged the honor and good faith of the country, trat $b ons y e - business statement of what he conceived to be lrouury in submitting the state: ment had placed before the House. The duty was imposed :&on the Governs ment of proving some scheme for carrying out ‘an agreement entered into by the solemn | action â€" of â€" Parliament The original ‘scheme was one that he had oP- posed as one that seemed to him uiterly impracticable at the time it was proposed. He had not changed that opinion ; but, being placed in the Government, he was bound to endeavour to accomplish in spirit if not in letter the treaty of . Union with SritishColumbia, Du ing the r-ugo of the resolutions through the te House, he had expressed his mind very freely as to the extent of the & tions which they were assuming, and :o had expressed the opivion that the pass« age of thit measure would result,if not in future calamity, in embarrassing the counâ€" try. Unfortanately all that he had antiâ€" cipated had been fully realized and diffi. oul;:iuhs'duiun. TMJTA“ Government were able with some ty to carry the resolutions through the House. He had then‘characterized the resolutions as extraordinary, because the terms express. ed in them had not beenaâ€"ked by British Columbig. ‘That Province was content with some means that could: have been carried out, but the Government of the day went beyond that desire. It was worth while to glance at the extent of the country‘s obligations, We knew already the dizmtieg that hd_ been experienced * Hon, Mr. MACKENZIE, in introducing his Pacitic RnilwsfiBuolutiou, drew the attention of the House to some remarks he proposed to make in connection with the measure. He proposed to confine himself as much as possible to a simple business statement of what ha annaaigad eCV Dened 9 EC Te Hon.. Mr. MACKENZIE moved the House into Committes to consider certain proposed resolutions relative to the Cansâ€" dian Pacific Railway: f Hon. Mr, MACKENZIE in the absence of the Hon Mr. Cartwright moved the House into Committee of the Whole to consider resolutions to extend to the 1st of Jaly, 1874, the period limited by the first section of the Act 36 Vic., Cap, 39, as that to which the duties of customs charge. able in Rupert‘s Land at the time mens tioned in the saidsection shall be conâ€" tinued without increase in the Frovince of Manitoba and the Northwest ‘Territories. _ _Hon. Mr, DORIUN considered that the postponement of the Bill was very gener [dly desired, and he, therefore, recomâ€" ‘ mended the postponement of it until next session, although the Government had been anxious to bring it in this séskion. Perhaps if the bill was printed in time they wouli go on with it. ILfirltl’..din‘dlefll was carried. A message from His Excellency the Governor General was received . on the subject of naturalization. * Hon, Mr. SMIIH [Westmoreland] moved that the House do toâ€"morrow reâ€" solve itself into Committee of the Whole to consider. re:o‘utions to extend certain provisions of "The Seamen‘s Act, 1873," to vessels employed in navigiting the inâ€" land waters of Canada. % * se t en e m med than the benefits which it afforded. He _ wanted _ an Insolvency â€" Act, which would be as un »xceptionable as any Insolvency Actcould be. He disâ€" agreed with the sentimen ts of the hon. member for South Bruce. He feared that all the evile in connection with this Aot, grow out of the systems of voluntary as~ signments. Directly und indirectl y voluns tary assignment was an evil. The creditor ought not to be forced into an arrange» ment, which he ought not to accept, either in his own interests or in that of others. ‘ Mr. YOUNG was quite aware of the imâ€" portance of this measure. He believed that it had been held by the Courts, that pres ure had. been used to bring a person into bankruptcy, that their claims were pn!‘enntul" y valid. Hedisagreed in fote with this motion. It had been deterâ€" mined by the Courts that a monml given within four weeks of the assignâ€" ment to a tank was valid, which was virtuâ€" ally giving a preference to a chief creditor over all the others. Hon. Mr. MITCBELL thought that this matter should be permitted to stind over until next session ; but he thought that voluntary assignments would not be done away with, Mr, (OLIVER hoped that the measure would not be dealt with until next ses. sion. Mr. DeTOSM08 said that the Chamber of Commerce, of British Columbia, were anxious that the existing local Insolvency Law should be retained. He had received a telegram to that effect. * e e e e e en Of course where there was evidence of fraud that ought to be promptly dealt with. He thought it was utterly impossi« ble that at this late hour of the session the measure could receive that attention which was essentially necessary to its effective and satisfactory working. Mr. COLBY w«s among the number of those who belisved that the evils growing out of the Insolvency Act were greater Phl uy . n _ caut w . Mr. JONES thought the principle of the voluntary assignmeut a bad one; but he thought, nevertheless, that if a debtor was not permitted to make an assignment at the time when he considered it necesâ€" sary it would be unfair not to discharge him. ‘The public should have & greater amount of protection than they had hitherto received under the Inseolvency.Bill Prpii ons c miepe mt P iud ubdiiiden s anmretealiepitreiael Subdl dmvtchc c Hon. J. H. CAMERON thought that the Bill should be printed and circulated through the country. He thought that any Insolvency Bill intended to be adopt» ed should be submitted to a thorough competent committee of the House. He thought a short Act should be introduced to continue the present measure, _ Hon. Mr. BLAKE‘S idea had always been to place in liquidation the estate ‘of the insolvent debtor at onceâ€"at the earliest momentâ€"so as to secure for creditors the best possible result to avoid the disgrace of obtaining for creditors a mere minimum. The carrying on of the business until every.â€" thing was vanished was a decided mistake, 1t appeared to him that at this stage of the session it was impossible for the House to give the measure that conâ€"ideration which it merited. He should deire that there should be ample opportunity to hear from the m »rchants of the country, what course in their opinion should:be pursued, ‘ money in â€" his hands _ when it amounted to $100, which he could not withdraw without the joint signatures of the lmEoot.ou. The eighth point rel«t «d to the Province of Q 1ebec, where the law relating to the seizure of real estate was difâ€" lerent to that of any other Proâ€"ince. The ninth point related to the sale of estates, As soon as the sale was over, the Sheril would immediately hand over to the creâ€" ditors the proceeds, deducting therefrom the costs ot the proceedings. _ The other points related to minor details, some of which had been suggested by the Dominion Board of Trade. y THE OTTAWA TIMES MAY 13, Is74 Continued from First Page quite evident that the construction of this 65 miles of rsilroad would be a necessity in order to get into Manitoba,. _ He had no { doubt‘that, if the House would pass the vote asked for this purpose, this branch might be in operation in little more than a year. He had now to point out what the scheme of the Goverament was in relation to the construction of the road itself. â€" He had already said that he considered the building of the road to be a burden that mmtbobombythopooploof the counâ€" try. It was useless to expect that it could be undertaken as a commercial enterprise for some time to come. Kven, with regard to the branch from Fort Garryjto Pembina. which he thought had some commercial advantages, there was no doubt that at present these commercial advantages would be small unless a great deal of traf. fic in connection with the building of the road proper was thrown into it. _ In the first place, they had to ask ~the House for complete power to proceed with the con» struction of the road under the terms of the Union with British Columbis. They could not (hrow off that obligation ex« cept with the consent of the contracting «party, ‘They proposed to divide the road into several sections, one from Nipissing to Nepigon, a distance of 557 miles, This was a section that the Government, did not consider it at all necessary to be carâ€" riodonfouono@n:.. The next section was from some point, on Lake Superior to Red River, a distance of about 416 miles, This section must be Imooodod with im« mediately, From River crossing, westward to Edmonton, was 780 milea ; but the Government thought the River or | veys. He also remembered that at a time of particular emergency, the farce of com« is | mencing the road had been gone through ‘r| with by driving stakes at Kequimait. it | Under these . circumstances the present e | Government thought that the least they _ could do in the mean« e| time _ was to _ confer with the s. | local authorities of the Provinces, and to endeavor to ascertain from them if any r | means could be arranged by which an ex« e | tension of time could be procured for the y | prosecution of the work. With that view i | an agent was sent to that Province. In the course of his communication with the e | Local Government, it became very apâ€" _ | pareut, as has appeared from the remarks â€" | of members from Vancouver Island,in this t| House, that it was a very important 1 | matier for themtoâ€"have..the _road . | menced near Kequimalt, and e | he, for one, was ~ quite willing that if the Local Government were dis. .| posed to make terms for an extension of > | time, this Government should undertake >| the construction of the Island portion as rapidly as possible. â€" If, on the other } | hand, the local authorities were deter. _| mined to dem ind the whole terms, it be came evident that this Houâ€"e could only | concede to them those terms, and nothing _| more. ‘The Gouernment: instructed Mr. | Edgar to state that they would be pro-' pared to undertake the commencement of ) | the work upon the Teland immediately, | and so soon as the works could be placed |: +] under contract, they would expend | $1,500,000 a year on the work. He did | ) | not know whether these terms had been |accepted or not, but as the session was | drawing to a close, it was absolutely neâ€" cessary that the Government should have J ‘ nunuowoumplilhthmupw ' ‘| pectations of tbomu{-doflht?ro- ; vince. . He referred to speech miade | . at his election on assuming the leadership |â€" of the Government, in which he had | ; stited that in regard to Pacific railway | policy, the water communication alâ€" ( ready existing, would have to be 1 walith oo enlorte e flns ts || gent! g_ to . speech Iad sined that if bhis [Â¥r. Mac»| , | kenzig‘s] views were carried out, â€" British | , Columbia would have the nm secede | from the Union. He had a opinion | , of the people of British Columbis than to 1 suppose that they would accept the advice. 1 of the head of an extreme party leader. y* The more he had refiected on the plan of | , utilizing water communication the more I was he convinced of ‘its &nefimbillty. r Unfortunately the part of the road that C would cost the most was that from the a Rocky Mountains westward. This portion I although in mileage not approaching the | , eastward portion was much more expenâ€" i sive. The entire cost from the Rocky c Mountains, eastward, was essimated at no t less than $35,000,000. Since the last com â€" r munication was made to‘the country, the ‘b survey was nenrluy completed from Lake | ; Bimcoe to Lake Nepigon, a distance of 557 t miles, ‘The Government propose to | ;, build _ a _ railway from Pemâ€"| . bina; to â€" Fort ot(:;.rry immediately | Dndy the course election a great deal of capital wasâ€"so far as trying is conâ€" S ceraed â€"endeavored to be made out of the &# proposal to build the Pembina aid Fort r (hrgbnnch. 'l‘hom-ot the hon | ,, gontlieman opposite s that this had | ,, been doue in connection with an agreeâ€" rC ment with the Northern Pacific Railway. al He (Mr, Mackenzie) iesired to give this | ., an emphatic denial... He never knew H any one connected with that Railway of nor had he ever had any communication tr with any one so connected. â€"It bezime | "‘ ( to fulfil the obligations imposed upon them, suppose the road were finished in seven years, we had Mr. Fleming‘sauthorâ€" ity that until 3,000,000 of people were thrown into that _ at _ present uninhabited territory, the road would not pay its working expenses. Besides the running expenses, the amount of money that would be required for the renew .1 of portions of the road had to be taken into consideration. Iron rails required to be renewed every eight or ten years, but no doubt with steel rails that lime might beextended. These was an additional obligation assunmed y the right honorable gentleman oppo:i:e. The country was bound by the terms of Union to reach the seaboard, but the l.:e Govâ€" ernment undertook that the terminus should be placed at the southern »xtremiâ€" ty of Vancouver Island, thus adding about 250 miles to the obligations already ex« isting. But be did notthink the Order in Council enacting this passed by the late Government was binding upon the coun> try,. It was known from the surveys that, after rmf Bute Inlet, there wasstill a distance of 150 miles 10 traverse before reaching the main land of the island. Then on the next 30 miles there were the following works : 7,880 feet of bridging, with one span of 680 feet, three ot 1 100, Oue of 1, 00 and two of 1,350, andâ€"une water was very deep and the current was reported by the engineer to be at irom four to nine miles an hour. Besides this, there were a large number of tunnels on the Is« land. Under these circumstances the present Government assumed office. They were quite aware that the difficulties to be surmounted were extreme. They were quite aware also that British Columbia had declared the terms of Union to have been violated, though he was also aware that the right hon, gentleman hart> given it as his legal opinion, that the works of construction were commenced by the surâ€" obligations imposed b; t:o-b_ll_l.l'dm-.-oi a:; road would not terminate when the road was built, Euppose the country were able it . could not be accomplished within the time and that _ the money must be furnished by the people ‘of this country, ‘The House knew that the would enable this Parliament to carry out in spirit if not in letter, this part of the obligation with British Colum»ia, lhe logal terms of that union were spe. cific. We were bound within a certain vime to construct that road in a given time ; but there was also a moral consideration. The present Lieut. Governor had declared that the exact terms could only be exâ€" ecuted if it was in the power of the counâ€" try, and the House knew that Sir Geor Cartier was obliged, in order to quiet l.gz spirit of disquiet among his own followers, to pass a certain resolution. The hon, gontleman then read the resolution which was to the effect that the Pacific Railway should be constructed by private enter: prise and not by the Domfiion Govern. ment. and that public aid by grants of land should be givenâ€"the work to be conâ€" structed provided it did not unduly press on the resources of the Dominion, as the Pariiament of the Dominion should there« after determine. ‘The Government hnd‘ now to show how the exact terms with British Coiumbia could be carried out withâ€" out pressing too unduly on the resources ot the people, He believed that ‘| road possessed a fair amount of traffic, and all the roads were under Government |supervision. _ Towards building these about $20,000,000 while the sompanion ned about $ 000 while the ies advanced nearly four times that amount, He merely instanced the different modes of building the roads in different counâ€" tries, because from these instances, they might derive some little instruction which would be benélficial in determining upon . the â€"plan to â€" ‘be adopted in building . the Canadian _ road now under consideration, ‘In New Zsaland, an English colony, the work of railway making had been going on for some time. ‘That colosy was divided i?:'o several pro. vinces, each having a mun ipal governi body which eontlnled the lands ; bm circumstances under which the work was done there ware ‘s> entirely differert to this country that aothing could be based on ‘the information.. ‘The Irish railway system had been aided by the Government. A grant of $10.000 per mile was made by the Government, the Irish railway com» m- giving | security of a very absolute mtholi;-m:”form' i:.s;w.'. per cent. Up to present t there had been no defalcations in the payment of interest, and the system seemed to work tolerably well. <â€"In> Britisl India . great works were carried on under tie direct supervision and control of the Gov. ernment, toa certain extent, and organized companies. . The Government guaranteed a dividend of 41 to 5 per cent for 99 years, and if no other agreement were come to in the meantime, at the end of the 99 years the Government wonlld be. come the possessors of the railw ays Under‘that system the roais were sai d’w he remarkably successful. . The diviaends had been pnd’, and there had been no seâ€" rious deficiency. > ‘The Government had one Director on each Board, and he exerâ€" c‘:::d m:i‘n m:::i as he oonholl; freight within his Province. Thus there was a Aflw Government sapervision I had Dbeen a greater moeasure of safety than in ‘T‘M' and the ruinous compeâ€" tition which had been so injurious in Hing land to. railway companies, and which must yet prove disastrous in America, was almost entirely avoided in France, because the Government located the lines, and the competition did not take place in the same rense. The result was that each renentpet Pn Bast c 424 is well as the principal towns on which it should touch, and then they invited proâ€" posals from capitalists â€"‘These proposals were carefully prepared and examined, and sometimes they were put up for aucâ€" tion ; but generally speaking the tenders lworo received and the one t was conâ€" sidered _ the most â€"_ advantageous was accepted and subsidized, In ‘other cases <> companies organ« ized schemes themselves and submitted them to the Government with osed plans and everyth te. f;o:rdorwdmmwm were advertised, and if any others offered more advantagcous terms, the scheme was offered to. the originating company, who failing to accept these, it was put :r at auction and sold to the highest bidder. Under this system several railroads of considerable length had been built. The first was built by an English company, the Government granting asubsidy of $130,000 per mile, the company sl:so receivinga grant of land in that part of the country Â¥m¢ which the railway passed, with tlu‘ir.lvilegoof cutting timber, to be used on: mhfl'ikhon the Government Lands. An ~English company ailso received a Lis ; (f)u rmo'to,':m mil isbon to ‘porto 0 per e, with timber, and all the mines and minâ€" erals within half a mile of the railway, that they ‘might discover. The French railways had been constructed on a someâ€" what mixed plan. Asarule the French Government surveyed all the railways, and astaff of engineers was kept for that purpose. When a road was considered necessary, it was located by the Governâ€" ment engineers, . and then the work was commenced. Under that mixed . system, | there was no doubt that the French rail« | / ways had been a great success, There willlions of dollars, and to givye &h ‘actual subsidy of twentyâ€"ome millions of dollars, In Portugal all the railways were built by thesGovernment. The Government iniâ€" tisted the work by first deciding u; the route where the line shou.d be bnsznnd ulfl|mode IE which it should be built, as sval SE lc cck TC" ~]. The SPEAKER took the chair at half ‘] past seven o‘clock. | . Hon. Mr. MACKENZIE resumed his ‘ | statement by saying that he was about reâ€" ‘ | ferring, when the House rose, to the mode | to be adopted in constructing:these works ‘ | which they were discussing ; and he now purposed referring to some other countries |that had expended large amounts of | money â€" for similar undertakings, There were several countries very much in the | same position as Canada, who were underâ€" "‘u"fl,‘h‘ construction of railways on a very large scale. He might cite as an inâ€" lmbhmgf the South American Keâ€" pul The Argentine was constructing the Platte Rivo:io-d which is 247 miles long, and they adopted the plan of giving an absolute grant of $32,000 per mile, and a guarantee of 7 per cent on that amo int Q,)l' 40 year.: This roid was in the Platte alley, through a coun try somemwhat simi~ lar to our own, as its soil and climate was almost sinmt«r, at least to some parts of Canads â€" The Southern Krilway which is 72 miles long was constructed by the Govâ€" ernment giviog a guarantee of 7 per cent. upon $5@0,000 per mmile ; and the Northern RKailway received a guarantee of 7 per cent. on $750,000 for 50 years. In Chili, the only railway was the one from Val. pariso to ~the tal Santiago, the dis« tance being lbo:tpiu miles, n.oomrny undertaking to build it, threeâ€"fifths of the cost being provided by them, and twoâ€"filths by the Government. _ Butâ€"the plan was foundtowork-ob.dby that â€" the Government thought it better to buy out the private sharehoiders at par, and for that purgon they borrowed seven milâ€" lions to finish the road. The railway was commenced in 1850, and opened in 1873. Russia is another country, possessing vast resources in land and money, or rather in credit. When in 1847, the first great railway company was organized, the orâ€" gonization was formed by French gentleâ€" men, and they con«tructed the road beâ€" tween 8t. Petersburg and Moscow, as well as other lines cf railway. That company received in the first place a guarantee : of } 4 per cent on a certain capital, the ex» |â€" penaiture being $110,500 per mile, ~and | afterwards they asked for some increase in | that guarantee, .. That was. refused by the | Russian Government, but they finally un» | prmay P WR C cage . J could be ascended 100 miles west of this, and leave *a distance of lomwm in the neighbourhood between 600 and 700 ; miles. From that point westward, it was | quite clear there were no mears of rapid communication except, by building the railroad. _ ‘This portion _ they r ed to proceed with as rapidly m were able to obtain a completion of the surveys. There were now four ‘ survey parties in British Columbia, At present _ the tgxon available route appeared to be Bute Inlet. The shorte:t route was that which took the Fraser River, that was some 50 or 60 miles. That_by Bute Inlet J::uenud a descent of some 8,500 feet in the course of a very few miles. ‘The Goverrment p.:o:oud, if no better route presented itself in course of explorations, to adopt this route; but they did not now commit themselves to auy route until thorough surveys were made, ‘ihe Government conceded it to be utterly unsound in principle to underâ€" | £ake a work of this kind before m&o‘r surveys were made. tHe had a firm f in the future of Canada ; he believed that the vast prairies of the Nortwest would, ::thi:f the !go Umobouome'ot the memâ€"~ re of the House, be densely populated, and that they might hope for some traffic On that road within that time which would make it a commercial success.. What would other countries think then if a few years hence it was lound that Canada had adopted the wrong route in constructing her Pacific Railway, and that other roads got all the traffic. It was absolutely nnoa-u? than an exact survey should be made before the route was decided on. 1t being six o‘clock the House took re. | AFTER RECESS, wed seven milâ€" The railway was opened in 1873. ; possessing vast ween OVU and 700 | oneâ€"half went to the Government, .."&".Tl t westward, it was | as the arrears of interest, and the other o mears of rapid | half went to the shareholiders. He had by building the | now instanced the condition of things in n _ they â€"| most of the other countries from which rapidly m inform stion of any value was likely to be a completion of| had ; and now he might mention that he were now four| was reminded by the U{:&muon that his ritish Columbia, * echeme was pnotlo?ly same as that of most _ _unfll"elol the late Government. It was said " Mr. ‘whonndothepnpo..l,u to any terms whatever. ‘They thought it was oze of the modifications of the terms of union in favor of the Province: which circumstances ©alled upon them to grant, and the Govâ€" to qonaiter thiege 4 thet aier in ut to gonsider ind in that spirit. _ And whether Columbia would Agree to reasonable terms as to the build« ooo oo oo e e e to British and Canadian commerce, and ll,hoy felt it was extremely desirable that facil‘t es should be given at thit place both for commerciai vessels and ~ Her Majasty‘s navy, and therefore they felt that they would be quite justified in acâ€" e%m‘ the proposa!, and advance the $250,000 as the work was constructed. He had to submit & resolution to the House authorizing the Government to carry out that proposal. It had been assumed in the Province that the proposal‘ hid boen accepted for the purpose of offering some . soit of inducement to them to modify the | urms:flud upon for building the railâ€" | way, _ He had to say that there never was | a word between himselt and the gentleâ€" man from Victoria who sat behind him | P ‘iuint ltoots Aubntre nsfi a ds & 3 znc ut 5 per cent for the oo-cmot.ionor’m. tiin public works in the shape of docks, and a new proposal had â€" been brought before the Government, which was to the effect, that an advance should be granted to the Province of $2500 U, to be paid out as the work proceeded instead of givâ€" ing a gusrantee, After giving the matter due consideration, the Government felt gn(; the matter was of extreme importance £2 Ctar c o oo td * had with Georgian Bay. 1t was tolerably evident to one taking the (map and goln;lpm:{yjhamfiu Bay to the mouth of French â€" River, that. it would be ty far the shortest â€" route lnu-yfm in the Ottaws Valley. He did not that it was that he shouldâ€" say n’thin;fnrtborinnlmaonof the re« solutions he ictended to submit to the House, but there was one point about which he desired to say a word or two be. tore he sat down. Matters had taken place in British Columbia to which he wished to refer, 1t would have been oS« served that there was a great deal of exâ€" citement in the Province. There had been a proposed aid to the Province of a guaranâ€" m‘ol' the interest on $100,000 for 10 years nÂ¥ Winie mask Alour onl ol 2 S Hon. Mr. MACKENZIE replied that he was not quite sure of the distance. 1t wis intended,to subsidize two.branches, but the rincipal one would be that in the Ottawa G"“"- ‘by which communication could be .du‘: Dr. TUPPER .:hd was it intend t there should two branches, an of what length ? _ isfiniafioeten: AusAucascso s | to all parts of the country, and have it , | well populated, because it was only by ‘ h:v_ingwhfionintbcn.fiythm;h i’ moxpeotmponty It would be obâ€" -ervod&huintho':-oluh. the Govâ€" erament provided the submisssion of | the contracts ‘to Parliament, and they ‘ pmidodnhoth&i;:'u‘%uo&. of .an eligible characterâ€" received no sections in the billâ€"the road was divided inwkfourmucfio-â€"tho Government took power to issue proposals, to induce tenders. _ There were four g-.t secâ€" tions of the road,, and might be desirable that each of these sections -honldbobuilt:y an independent comâ€" y, insteadjof havi one giant company. mt,fhowom,m::‘on.mah: than for his present purpose, They in the bill dinided the country into these sections for the convenience of tenders from MMM be able to undertake the waole, but quite :rhhofundcrhkm" a part. The Briâ€" ish Columbia section, would have to be proceeded with as fast as possible, and that, in order to keep faith with the ort proposed to take mf;’i.duwfi.z'h they proposed to ‘begin work sometime it o promtttie it B nane ns it for the sanction of At "onldahoho‘ob:::ndtu&q-w to work, from BaF to the mokth of Frenich River wan d | there should be a favorable harbor found M&qwmm-mm- 1 ward. That branch, so tar as he could Judge from the map, would be 80 or 86 miles ofline, and he purposed to get auâ€" | . thmityhomhrlhnoat, to subsidizs, the | existing railway connecting, the branch | , eastw.ird, so that that there would be ready | communication from the Provinces of |, Quebec and Ontario. He felt sure that the 1 scheme would secure the approval of memâ€" 1 bers on both sides of the House, and of j the country at large. _ 1 i O Vepinbime xt ns nc altt. uitc â€"<: 2 No doubt part of it would exceed that cost very much, but east of the Rooky Mouniains bhe thought that som would cover the outlay. ‘The quantity of land granted would be absolute in each case of m,(DOmpormh.bm.hm it was an evil system to place a large qmtityt:mhndhthhm of cons . youe y Government proposed to reâ€" tain entire control of the sale of two thinhonh.hndinthdrmhfl,ud wmmmmwthom.-. panies over which the co.apanies would have absolute control, It was likely that rhis would depreciate the value of the lind to some extent in the eyes of conâ€" tractors who meant to mauke a profit on the undertakingâ€"and he wished t meet with only such contracting. comâ€" panies as did desire to make a profit by their enterprise, becuuse when .-n tended they were doing these MMM&MMH‘MQ some mistake, (laughter)â€"but it was much beiter that should be the case, and that the value of the land should be depreciâ€" -todinthoquo“hmlmpq% than that the Government not reâ€" of the lands and their control. â€" Thedeaire dmlfimm.ut‘mtobrh‘iq.uh. er_ io the source of w;?liu than tion of the Canada Pac.fic romd +u th portions as were close to the Iakes. The Cextral Pacific he would not tuch up ‘n, as the cost of it was so m’ Tss from tne j »bbery connected with it afle ded no ground for comparison, but judging from the cost of our own rai there was no reason to exrpect IM_F Canada P.cific could be built trom to ondunkleuoouhn $40,000 per mile. sb it esR TV L Government would invite intending conâ€" tractors to state the amount, for waich they would require a guarantee of 4 per cent, He was quite aware that $10,000 per mile and 20,000 acres of land would not build the road from end to end though that might cover the cost â€"for a great portion of it, but he had no means of Ascertaining the probable expenditure per mile would he further than their own ex. perience had taught. The Intercolonial had cost $45,000 per mile, traversing on the whole & very desirable eoun&rl, and with the additional advantage of aving procured the iron structures and rails at a vime when there was a great deâ€" pression in the price of iron. The Northern Pacific had cost to the Red _ River about ~$48,000 â€" per mile. That ro d travereed an aimost wholly prairie region, er l.uylhe sOuroé of mmnnline slam kss > in attempt to give a fictitious value to land and expect Knglish capitalists to ac: cept thit fictitious value as the real value. There was also this difference between the system of the late Government and the znunt, that the former took the power Parliament into their own hands to muke ~ny arbitery arrangements . they might think proper with any company, and they were not to be subject to any superyvision by Parliament, Now what he proposed to do was to give $10,000 per miie and 20.00) acres of land., and then the T2 _ CCC ‘Jovernment. it was said " Mr. Muckenzie‘s schem is just the same as tirt of the late (Go t, for he offtsrs to give land and \~monâ€" y tor the building of the Pacifi : Ruilway, but as he had nothing elâ€"e but iand and money to give, it was not exsy for him to act other« wise. But in this the pressnt Government diff=red from their predecessors in oflice, Tuey frankly denounced the after folly of unattempt to give~ a ficlitious value to land and exnaot Knulich nusikuMhqll uo _ C2 over the whole railway system. | After the ana.hal t ::fl’;q ,?:._'P_w . .w“.! ) would invite intending cocâ€" state the amount, for waich require a guarantee of 4 per was quite aware that $10,000 ‘q,por. . except Hon, Dr. TUPPER referred back t §h8 statements he had made that waso surplus. The Supplementary £stimé were accounted for in the expendi § the previous year and might cover that was expended six months + hon. gentieman when asking for mentary Estimates should have t face of the estimate in what yi items were experded. ‘Tag hon. ib man had entered in the Supp T : Estimates +ums which should bave charged t> tormer years, in order 40 S@ell tboqxpanditunudlo-m a dehnolk Referring to the item for Mounted Nonhw-? he wanted to know x5 Finance Minister was going to spend $200¢ .. OJ when the Hm-.‘wb‘- that $186 00U per annum would be all t# ’wddh.nqnmadlorthnnrvm_ i 4s $200,000 was $87,000 in excess of what H# . required, according to his own Aigur®® The hon. gentieman put in]'=, M3 mentary E:timates no less F5 for extension of the intercolofial miu® which had already been charged to capi# socount. He referred to several OthM _ items, which he said should be seitled OME . of the $1,600,000 surplus which he s4i0 . the Hon. Minister of Finasce had pla®4 _ in the estimates there to swell them. i these estimates were %““.0“ hioul were not expended in 1873, and 1 had no relation to the Public 4 for 1873=74; also $442,100 that 4 through Committee, where an was made, and the third reading was ord#@ ed for toâ€"morrow. omm Un the motion of the â€"Hon. Mr. C WRIGHT that the House do go into mittee of Supply, _ _ _ . t Hon. Mr. MACKENZIE said that Government supplied the money for improvement of the harbour of ol the _ _# C TCC 10 vHG £ ol the country with BOMé iBiemi especially for the past few .dayg. " E quite, true, as might na pected, that those ty f ported the OW e tlonmonhoagmmv T A from a rational point of view, â€" E. seen no-o:id objection taken to . position of the i. â€" in o f tais Pohg' and Lg ¢ § policy when fully understood woy A «e pted by the m at b“ ue § people in British Columbia: f k uy was a large one, but ond} 3 he thought it would be the country, He had oi the country with , in!MthornflwnyorMi“ id t difference in carry ing out, whay, . 240 10 ernment considereq would be i t the public interest, He had, say that they were ungble 1o anll 4 terms of union as Agreed Dotthe All the engineers of ..,.""’“‘ x a physical impossibility, ap 4 all s Columbia could complain of w h position to carry _ out < f union so fat as . "lige: Co) they had seen no such i of the Govhrnn“m' -"b % Parlismem wou‘d show no but they could not do w 4 impossibility . 1f the l1 ouge 4 the proposition whicn h. 1 "V * had his 3@ would be all thet _ hat service. B _’ excess of what B# _ his m l a t in ° «/ th 10es *that -“_,..5*5’ colon _T charged to t t to several oth es ould be seitled ) OW hy n us 10 whuat 3 he llouge ch he had 4@ be in the ad watched ,‘”" in the bewan, was Lil I ns eepii .“, '{ N. CART â€" o into Come vack to l f hd:6 : * #*% weel t whose 0 Bocety: w Mb‘ “.- Mr, u.,.,'.. -hnnu“: men & Stree 4 Heneral again in the Rink Mus #s full & house as on : “",“""*c-tw.,l 4 Ame ‘h‘ml phernalis." thare q $ P‘“fi‘u“ ‘“, witnessed the enterta that it is without exoe NQ'.W O night, when dou! house, wili greet thei bemse tbtip lhe ladies of C Bfiu}' 372 that the bon. 1 say that jaymen iterest fell necessa would sweep away which they were p tae m nsm counts when , made by i1 nominal. 1t was â€" the case of go I had 253,812. ,.'nuh‘u tlâ€"man that there 372, that the bon. 1 say that paymer terest fell necessa would sweep away To this must ooX phood in on scust, and which money ©ould not oo ‘of $205, amount 10 6ip: m*;‘:".‘!!'.".‘; »ius : of #1,783 37 Iithin two months Alnme "IDLne M"â€" P 1 Cc have m‘r‘ 4 RBe iunchean ;. Sparts 8t, of nt lake into the nment as t Sparks B ty which way, ‘p Te A4t noticed ) highly the You; The aund t the . invite might Rasioue mirable former