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Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Speech on Guysboro Railroad The next co-vmrn that took up the matter was one that promised most hopeiul results. In 1906 the construe tion oi… More...

Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Speech on Guysboro Railroad The next co-vmrn that took up the matter was one that promised most hopeiul results. In 1906 the construe tion oi the roads comprised in the contract with the Nova Scotia Eas tern Railway Co was taken up by men connected with the Acadia Coal Company and other coal interests in Pictou County, represented by Sir Montagu Allan, and Mr. C. J. Coll. A company was organized, known as the Halifax and Eastern Railway Company. In the same year special legislation was brought down by the Provincial Government, empowering the Government to enter into con tract with this new company, and with the right to grant a loan not to exceed per mile, the new company to have practically the same privileges as were extended to the Halifax and Southwestern Rail way Company. Now anyone who knew the Allans oi Montreal, and who knew their position in the finan cial world would have said that here at last, in Sir Montagu Allan was a man, the most capable in the whole country to carry out this pro ject. Here was a man who would have a personal interest in the road, and I wish to state here that any one who would say that Sir Mon tagu Allan would lend himseli to political trickery would state what is absolutely absurd. In connection with this project, the Hon. Mr. Drysdale, then Attorney General oi the Prov ince, put it happily in bringing down the Bill to give these men their charter. He said. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Encyclopaedias & Reference Works<

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