On The National Political And Commercial Importance Of A Railway From Halifax To Quebec

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ISBN 13 : 9780483426818
Total Pages : 30 pages
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Download or read book On the National, Political, and Commercial Importance of a Railway From Halifax to Quebec written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from On the National, Political, and Commercial Importance of a Railway From Halifax to Quebec: With Extracts From Important Despatches and Acts of Parliament Relating Thereto Quebec, the capital of Canada, the key of the river Saint Lawrence and great American lakes, is a focus of commerce not only to the vast British possessions, but also the great northern and western territories of the United States, and from this city extends the greatest and most important internal navigation and railway communication in the world. But Quebec, during six months of the year, has no outlet to the sea, being closed by we, and communication with England and with the important provinces of Nova Scotia' and New Brunswick is, in consequence, carried through the United States, solely for the want of this railway connection with Halifax. The English mails are conveyed through that country, at an annual expense of more than £20, 000, but if the proposed line of railway were made, they would be delivered 1n Quebec before the steamer could reach a port in the United States, and be due at Toronto before the steamer arrived at New York. 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.