Show A N T owr ar I 1 the only ship railway in north america about finished amm biem SCHEM ot of niles id is operation Opera doa Ce presenting billions minions of or money the beading leading boad road ben men hast lost slim S R r F ahron kit 1 NEW jan 9 A times ti pedal special from halifax N 8 baja what will ill ba be the only ship railway in in north america is rapidly approaching completion it ia designed to convey vessels over the isthmus of chignecto a narrow nock of land which joins the province of nova scotia and now brunswick lining wick a distance of seventeen miles the steal steel for the track is the heaviest ever made and pounds to the yard yara thre will be a double track upon which the tile cradle containing the vessel veisel aldr trans transport p ott will be placed laced the locomotives two of abu which which will be aed in drawing vessels across the isthmus are built on the tile same principle as ordinary engines but of much greater weight and power the tile vessels vessels to be transported will be hoisted by hydraulic po var from the basin to the track it is estimated that with ith till this A power and the roadbed in good condition a ship of ordinary capacity will ba be taken from tile bay of fundy and place J in tile gulf of st lawrence in two and a half hours though a speed of ten miles an hour ia is obtainable during the coming year the chignecto citrine Trang transport port railway should be in tit active operation and a saving on each trip will be effected of five hundred mi es is www dcarr money and land laud C rants grants badt made to cattett vote STANDARD special 3 F chronicle Ser ricel jan 9 0 the latest government returns show that canadas canada 8 total railway mileage in operation is representing a capital of eight years ao azo the government ern ment presumably with a view to promoting r t f railway 1 level ip nent but F ta amt in r eit reali tyas a for securing curi g vote I 1 adopted a of voting a g subsidy ranging from 2203 to per mile to every new enter enterprise prisa ther thereby by securing ag strength in n many of the hitherto doubtful counties through which these new roads roada have been projected acted 8 ne this policy wai wag inaugurated no lesi thian companies have received grants in the tile shape of money orland or land in all fifty eight of theo companies ill leave s good e de contracts forthe for the construction 8 av a ofte n eoin st of the 6 roada covering an a alg aggregate regate distance of 2252 the modey I 1 no y subsidies leg amount to to a and rid of this sum 5 hal hai been paid up to november last there are pre thir y two companies with a projected mileage of miles which have been granted aid to the extent 0 of f but hive irive not yet entered into any contract for the construction i I 1 on of the tile lines then in tle northwest 0 at land grants to the amount of acres have been voted to eleven corn companies anies having a mileage of 2711 civi nivi miles more aloa than one third of these land grantor have been beau allotted to the winnipeg A hudson bay ilay railway for a projected distance of G 0 miles mile q of which I 1 it ell oily only forty miles have yet ben built tile mont important rant enterprise of list last year has been the active prosecution of work on the qu apelle App ile lle long lake A saskatchewan railway from froin regina to prince albert with a branch to battleford Batt BatI leford abut miles of this road has already baen been completed before the tile clo clow ae of the present year trains will he be running into prince albert about milea north of regina egina It railroad hen sin hail must shave STANDARD special 8 F chronicle 13 service ervice I 1 NEW nev jan 9 in compliance with a general order issued by bv the superintendent of the elie Phila philadelphia dilphia t heading reading railroad company brakemen ana baggage immers employed on the lie road will be compe compelled led to report for duty in the future with clean shaven face when tha tile superintendent ismuel his ilia sweeping ord ardt r tor for the tile sacrifice sacr ilice of beards boards he ma male le no explanation but it la Is generally understood der stood that his ilia idea la 13 to have all men emp employed loved on tha tile it K abing ading roid look ai well as possible according to his way of 0 thinking a man cannot meet these theme exe except ept by having a clean shaven face bev several e ral hav e re resigned reigned rather than comply and barainca Barr sauri inca fica their beards |