Montreal In 1856

Author : General Railroad Celebration Committee
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364710920
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Montreal in 1856 written by General Railroad Celebration Committee and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Montreal in 1856: A Sketch Prepared for the Celebration of the Opening of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada Coming amongst us, as our friends and visitors now do, on this auspicious occasion, from all parts of Canada and the adjoining States, for the purpose of uniting.with us in the Ceremonies of this day, designed as they are to commemorate an event which inaugurates a new etain Canada, the Committee desire to place in their hands a concise, yet comprehensive view of the present position of the Trade, Commerce and Manufactures of this, the_ largest commercial City in British North America. The facts hereafter compressed into the brief space of these few pages lead us to anticipate a. Brilliant future for Montreal. With the rapid growth and steady progress of our great Province, Montreal will continue to advance, and we are sure our friends will cordially unite with us in our bright anticipations of a prosperous and happy future to this important Canadian Dependency of the British Crown, and with it to this City. Ere, however, addressing ourselves to the practical object of this pamphlet, we ask the guest, who to-day enjoys the hospitality of our citizens, as he pursues his path along our massive wharves and commodious harbour, or threads his way amid the crowds, who join in the celebration of the day, to travel back with us, in imagination to the earlier history of this now busy mart of human industry, in order to contrast the past with the present; and while so doing, pardon us, if we endeavour to look beyond the fleeting present, and indulge in bright anticipations of what we regard as the destiny of our City. 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.