| Joseph Howe, Nugent, R. (Halifax, N.S.) - 1851 - 34 pages
...Prophet, yet I will venture to predict that in five years we shall make the journey hence te> duebec and Montreal, and home through Portland and St. John...six days. With such objects in view, with the means before'us to open up 1000 miles^of this noble territory — to increase its resources, and lay bare... | |
| George Edward Fenety - 1896 - 402 pages
...that many in this room will live to hear the whistle of the steam engine in the passes of the Eocky Mountains, and to make the journey from Halifax to the Pacific in five or six days." A bucolic gentleman having heard a great deal about " Joe Howe " and being a great admirer of his reputation,... | |
| Agnes Maule Machar - 1903 - 616 pages
...John by rail, and I believe that many in this room will live to hear the whistle of the steamengine in the passes of the Rocky Mountains, and to make the journey from Halifax to the Pacific Ocean in five or six days." In his railway schemes he looked for help to England, but the Home government... | |
| J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish - 1905 - 636 pages
...railways, and there he uttered a daring prophecy, which many years ago was to a large extent fulfilled, "I believe that many in this room will live to hear...from Halifax to the Pacific in five or six days." But even Howe (born fighter though he was) was not always leading the strenuous life of political contest... | |
| 1895 - 1174 pages
...that many in this room will live to hear the whistle of the steam engine in the passes of the Rockies and to make the journey from Halifax to the Pacific in five or six days." Many others advocated the Intercolonial Railway, among whom may be named Sir Richard Bonnycastle (1846),... | |
| Canada. Parliament. Senate - 1910 - 1024 pages
...and 1 believe that many in this room will live to hear the whistle of the steam engine in the passage of the Rocky mountains, and to make the journey from...objects in view, with the means before us to open up 1,0<X) miles of this noble territory, to increase its resources, and lay bare its treasures, surely... | |
| 1911 - 1122 pages
...Montreal, and home through Portland and St. John, by rail ; and I believe that many in tJds room Witt Uve to hear the whistle of the steam engine in the passes...journey from Halifax to the Pacific in five or six days" In 1871, when British Columbia was incorporated into the Dominion of Canada under the condition that... | |
| Lawrence Johnstone Burpee - 1915 - 344 pages
...Halifax to the mouth of the Fraser ; and that in 1851 Joseph Howe said, at a public meeting in Halifax, ' I believe that many in this room will live to hear...from Halifax to the Pacific in five or six days.' He might have added that ten years later Thomas D'Arcy McGee, contemplating the Victoria Bridge from... | |
| William Lawson Grant - 1915 - 198 pages
...John, by rail ; and I believe that many in this room will live to hear the whistle of the steam-engine in the passes of the Rocky Mountains and to make the...from Halifax to the Pacific in five or six days.' 1 The question of the future of British North America had long occupied his mind. His first recorded... | |
| Ruth Kedzie Wood - 1915 - 512 pages
...some of his hearers would live to hear the whistle of a steam engine among the passes of the Rockies, and to make the journey from Halifax to the Pacific in five or six days." This prediction the Intercolonial Railway has valiantly helped to fulfill. For nearly half the total... | |
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