Chapter I: Front Matter

[Cover Illustration]

_Typical Canadian Pacific Scenery_]

The Romance
_of the_ Canadian
Pacific Railway

_By_
R. G. MacBETH

_Author of “The Making of the Canadian West,”_
_“The Romance of Western Canada,” Etc._

THE RYERSON PRESS
TORONTO

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Copyright, Canada, 1924, by
THE RYERSON PRESS

CONTENTS

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I. Famous Forerunners 1

II. The Approach to a Great Task 11

III. Giants in Action 18

IV. The Chariot Wheels Drag 33

V. Getting Up Speed 43

VI. A Great Adventure 53

VII. The New Company 67

VIII. A Constructive Genius 79

IX. Crossing the Prairie 94

X. Battling for Life 110

XI. Ocean to Ocean 129

XII. Guardians of the Road 151

XIII. Intensive and Extensive Work 164

XIV. The Guiding Hands 181

XV. The Wonders of the Deep 207

XVI. War Service 220

XVII. The Floodtide of Wheat 235

XVIII. Special Features 245

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Typical Canadian Pacific Scenery _Fron
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The Bow River Valley and Banff Springs Hotel; Lake
Louise; Mount Sir Donald and Illecillewatt Glacier;
Moraine Lake.

Early Builders 76
Lord Mount Stephen, First President; Sir William Van
Horne, First General Manager and Second President; Lord
Shaughnessy, Early Financier and Third President.

An Interesting Group 93
Lord Shaughnessy, Lord Strathcona (Donald A. Smith),
Lady Strathcona.

The Present Management 188
E. W. Beatty, President; Grant Hall, Vice-President;
I. G. Ogden, Vice-President of Finance; W. R. McInnes, Vice-
President in Charge of Traffic; A. D. Mactier, Vice-President,
Eastern Lines; D. C. Coleman, Vice-President, Western Lines;
Sir George McLaren Brown, European General Manager.

Former Officers 205
The late David McNicoll, Vice-President and General
Manager; the late R. B. Angus.

Recent Developments 252
The Bassano Dam; the Brooks Aqueduct; Supply Farm at
Strathmore, Alberta; Canadian Pacific Docks at Quebec.

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_The Romance of the Canadian_
_Pacific Railway_

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THE ROMANCE OF THE
CANADIAN PACIFIC
RAILWAY