| Show i SiN w a VAN noriNB rt li Ihntcnl llh IrrrtnUrllU In III llillriMI atnsmnsl Sir William C Von Horn prwllilllt 01 f the Cndlin IMclflc Itnllvtny who ban Just been charged with Irregular ties In the handling nf the Diiluth and Vlnnlpeg Uoad is I derive from an que Dutch Mock He li I n duMtmtint of one of the old patroon famine who tall the foundation ot the City of how York under this name ot New Amsterdam Amster-dam Ho was born In Wilt County llnols In 1813 nnd began life at n tale 1 graph operator on the Illinois Central Ire rose rapidly from one HMt tn anther an-ther until IKS2 when he wn the IHI Ml superintendent of the Chlrngii Mil 9 1 aukra I St Paul toad In that year c b e Will offered the position of general iprrlnlrndcnt of the Canadian Padflo and accepted tinder ids management construction woo pushed forward with emarkabln energy and the last splk was driven at Crnlgcllachle by Sir DanIel Dan-Iel 1 Smith on Nov 7 1113 flue years eforo the time set In the government contract A regular transcontinental ervlcn wa Inaugurated and Van lorne tins developed the traffic of Ill r ss Bill WILLIAM VAN HOIlNi road wllh es mucn SIICCCM and rnpldllx as he had advanced lime construction ills nervice were recognltnl by his election to the vice presidency and laser by his election to the presidency of the road The owned and leased llnei ot Ibo Canadian Pacific roter G36 t miles Van llornn has through his of llclil position been prominent In Cnni than politic In consideration of hit effort to push tho affair ot limo great mal he ass knighted by Queen Vie totla lie itlll claim to be nn Amerl can cltlten |
