The Intercolonial: A Historical Sketch of the Inception, Location, Construction and Completion of the Line of Railway Uniting the Inland and Atlantic Provinces of the Dominion, with Maps and Numerous Illustrations |
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1st July 20 feet abutment adopted Andrews Atlantic Bay Chaleur Bay of Fundy boundary bridge British Brunswick built Burland-Desbarats Lith caisson Canada carried Central route Chief Engineer clay Cobequid Cobequid Mountains coffer-dam Colonial commenced Commissioners completed concrete construction contract contractors cost Croix crossing cubic yards culverts curves cuttings depth difficulty direct distance District Division Dominion dredging embankment extend favour feet wide Folly Lake foundation Fredericton grades gravel Halifax height high water highlands Imperial Government inches Intercolonial Railway iron John Lake land Lawrence length line F Majesty's Government masonry ment Messrs Metapedia Miramichi MIRAMICHI BRIDGES Moncton Nova Scotia Ocean passed Photo-Lith piers piles proposed Provinces pumps quantity of excavation Quebec rails Resident Engineer Restigouche River du Loup river St rock settlement side spans stone stream structure survey thence tion traffic Treaty of 1783 Trois Pistoles Truro tunnel United valley yards per mile
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Page 6 - East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth, in the bay of Fundy, to its source, and from its source, directly north, to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 6 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the Boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their Boundaries, viz., from the North-west Angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that Angle which is formed by a line drawn due North, from the source of the St. Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St.
Page 5 - River, has yet been ascertained , and whereas that part of the boundary line between the dominions of the two Powers which extends from the source of the River St. Croix directly north to the...
Page 6 - And, in the event of the said two commissioners differing, or both, or either of them, refusing, declining, or wilfully omitting to act, such reports, declarations, or statements, shall be made by them, or either of them, and such reference to a friendly sovereign or state, shall be made, in all respects, as in the latter part of the fourth article i» 506 contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated.
Page 18 - Francis, and of the lakes through which it flows, to the outlet of the Lake Pohenagamook; thence south-westerly, in a straight line, to a point on the north-west branch of the River St. John, which point shall be ten miles distant from the main branch of the St. John, in a straight line and in the nearest direction...
Page 6 - America, to forget all past misunderstandings and differences that have unhappily interrupted the good correspondence and friendship which they mutually wish to restore, and to establish such a beneficial and satisfactory intercourse between the two countries, upon the ground of reciprocal advantages and mutual convenience, as may promote and secure to both perpetual peace and harmony...
Page 18 - Portage ; thence down along the said highlands which divide the waters which empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 12 - From the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz. that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix river to the highlands, along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 6 - Croix to the river Iroquois or Cataraquy, to be surveyed and marked according to the said provisions. The said Commissioners shall make a map of the said boundary, and annex to it a declaration under their hands and seals, certifying it to be the true map of the said boundary, and particularizing the latitude and longitude of the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, of the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, and of such other points of the said boundary as they may deem proper.