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Show PUSHING CANADIAN ; GOVERNMENT ROADS )TTA"'A, Ont., May 17. The ex pension of the Canadian government railway system by connecting with the Intercolonial thirteen branch line totaling to-taling o50 miles in length is indicated by a aotice from the minister of rail-wav. rail-wav. This addition.-eoopled with the two Nova Hcotia branches, which the government ia acquiring power, to bnild, will make the Intercolonial one of the great trunk line systems of Canada. Can-ada. The lease are to be for ninety-nine ninety-nine years. The Intercolonial earned a substantial surplus for the government I st year |