BULLETIN Of THE

CANi\~TIAN IRAlliLROP\]) TI1TI§TOIR~(A1L

AS§O(nl~1rTION

Number 4 Fe bruary .1938

(Cn-u® U('Z~nill IlJ)~ ~ffilITlI1l ~ LZ®Y

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The BULLETIN of the

CANADIAN RAILilOAD HISTCRICAL ASSOCIATION

Chateau de Ramezay, r"::ontreal No.4, February, 1938 .

NOT IC:!lS

The Re~lar !iembers of the Association are reminded that the Annual Dues for the year, 1938, are now payable. Cheq uas are to be made payable to The Canadian Railroad Historical Association, and may be sent to the Treasurer, ;~1rs. ~;. E Bevin(Zton, Department of Immigra ­tion ane Colonization, Canadian Pacific Railway, Montreal.

At the Annual l!eetiM of the Association, held on January 12th, it was decided that in future Out - of -town Members, who desire to receive t~e Bulletin, must subscribe to it at the rate of Fifty Cents per year These subscriptions should be sent to the Treasurer at once.

The .;;\J;mAL REPORT of the PRESIDENT

Our Association p. n1; " rs upon the s iyth year of its 1 L.'e J and survey­ing its five years of eYistence, we are pleased to say t hat it has fully .i ustified itself as an his­torical or~anization desi~ned to :-;~~ci'.llizc in recordinll and pre-3":i'Yi.'l,q: t l .. ,~ } j is tory and the mater ­i nl relics of the railways of Conada

The very important matter of our affiliations ,,1th other historical societies, the est~bl)0hrnent of r~sponsible conn(3ctiolls abroad J

and the acquiremBnt of a notabln public ,osition ano respect , auto ­ma.t ically developed uS we pro ­gressed, and we now find our name known and our body referred to by individuals, companies and societ­ies throu"hout the United States and Canada, and also in the British Isles T~e close relationship of our

Association to the Antiquarian Society ~as, no doubt , been a guid iog hand in our ~'ror',: u:ld an influence in our IH'c . '."e ;7e re born in the Chat8au de Ramezay, and grew to our prosnnt mature state uneer its s1eltarinp roof. Me nre bound by foster tics to the Antiquarian Society.

Monthly .i.1eetinG(s. Ten monthly meetings were held in the course of the year 193? T~e attendance be­spoke the interest of our member ­ship 1n the vlOr'lc of the Association The avera~e attendance represented fully 60 p,c . of the regular mem­bers; an extraordinarily high 8Ver ­ap:e . Business E~tt.tings. The ASS?Ciation's business '.Vas at all times lnterest­lng, and devoid of difficulty. It hus pro ved to be of an interesting nature, and quite attractive to any­one of historical bent of mind. Sone of us feared at the outset that our discussions and activities would be so confined and unattract­ive that ,'fe Vlould quickly exhaust onr fund of interesting topics, which were supposed to be. naturally, limited to sub.iGcts devoid of artistic or aesthet ic apgeal . The contrary is the case . The story of the railroad in its every phase can be told and presented in our forum ill a way to hol d all lntell igent interest, and even our ordinary routine business reflects at times the headli~ht beams of the locomo ­tives 'l:'hose names and numbers are alone familiar to our chosen circle

Hembershi D. The pas t year has tion. A full and detailed list of be-en -m£r'<ed by .9. s'.lbstantiul in - the 19~? donations will be found in cr~ase in our .<!~n('rul mC'!nb~rshtp ; the mirutGs of cur r egular meetings . not extens i ve, it is ... J,.'I~ '':; , tu't i,;}."curH ions, Our SUI!lIner oxcurs ions valuable , And t:.rhila a lar.o;-:~ ro 'o, l duri:l.~ the past year cOL'lprtsed of membf!rs would mean i:-t~rQQ sGd soveral visits to railway erect ing funds in our Treasury. and be of shops , Point St. Charles, An~us, great mo.terial a::>sist!.lnce in our Kinllston and Montreal Locor.1.otivo pllrsui ts, ~11'e are !lot uIlI!l.indful of ~'.'orks; that to Kingston being the the nature of our Association, and most oxtended and successful yet the fact t~at its aim and purpose carried out by our Association. It a9peals to a certain class of in- was also the first held by train. dividuals "pho arc imbuod with an r,I'l rkiAA Historic Sites. It has been interest in the hi s~orical side of the a.im of this Association since it the railway, and who are cnthus - 1-7aS founded, to have durable marking iastic students in their chosen sj"gns plac0d at the sites of histor-and particular s9here, but not ical interest to our railwo.ys in numerous in any loc '.l l i ty , Uontr~al proper, and elsewhere .

ve are perfcct1.y ','110;. 1. plf:HlSed Than'<s to the persistent efforts of \7ith thp. quality oJ."' O'lr m~L'1bGrship.Mr. C L Terroux, a cast metal All of our people ar~ hobbyists, plaque on a rail standard has been and our fi~ld of ~ndc~vour and re - erec t ed durin~ 1937 on the King search 1s one w~ich provides mani- ;':dward highr1ay to mark the crossing l fold divisions, ellch or~ affording point of the Champlain & St . Lawrence n. special line or historical pur- Railroad. :; ~ ~ t a~'r 'l i tin,g '3.nd invitiIl@: select Our Meeting Place and HeadQuarters . : 1t. ":.~~l:t iu:, . r!e continue to en,ioy the privilege l'~cturc s ond Entertainment. We of meetin~ nnd storine our treasures have been singula.rly 3uccessful in the Chateau de Ramezay, free of over the full course of the past cost. '.'/e appreciate the value of year in the provisions mode to this favour, especially in view of fill our platform Gr·'~t cre dit our limited funds. is due to our ' Secr(!tG.:" ~i , i':ir . P .I.Y.Financcs. Our financial position Nicholls, for his efforts in this has maintained on a sound basis, and departm~:1t, and the success we begin th'J year of 1938 free of in -achieved. cumbranccs and with a surplus. This Donations. A steady flo\'1 of vo.lu- healthy conditio.n is due to two cir-able donatio~~, which hav~ bce~ cumstaoces; firstly, the generous exhibited at our monthly meetin~s, ~ttitude of the Antiquarian Society, has mar~cd our r ecord for 193? and secondly, the individual gener-~7e are pleased to make s!Jt:!cial oslty of the members. . mention of a len!!th of track and P'lblic Recop.:nitiort. Our r eputatlon a set of oripinal · car wheels of ~orltinuf!S to be r:mhanccd and position the Albion Mines Railway of lP39, to be impro'Tcd as the years go on . received fran Nove. ,~cotia, and An example of the respect we command obtnined tl"rollR:h the entr:rprise of ;'l,'lS rocently shown in a practical Mr. Nicholls, and the front'll name~ashion by the Canadian National plates of the DOI!linion .:'Ltlantic RlJ.il';"/ays . Such aid is bound to in-Raill"ay 10comotiY13s, " ~'J icholson" spire us with a true sense of the and " Haliburton", dO ~ i:.lte d by the work WG have set our ha.nd to, and Canadian Pac !fie R~ih'!ay, throue.h the fact that we have so obtained the instrumentnlity of Ur. R . O. tho serious consideration of both

·J1 .. miot Among the virts of our in- the C ,lLR. and the C.P.R" and the dividual I!l.(~robers, those of Hr. pr0sti~e coming of their recognition C L 'l.'c!' !'( IIX ceservc special men- is encourap:ing in the highest degree.

Prosp~£1us. The future of our Association must ever be our ser ­ious problem to COilS ider . So for) our pro~rcss has bGr::1 st':a.d ily for­,'!ard, and manifest r.i(/"1s i:ldicntc

display our material for the public interest At the same time we must not build castles in the air . It should be r emembered that unless

a continuance of this pr ogress. The mysterious ,~of!t(;nts of the

futur e can only c'Jll tor sober spec.ulat1on and a rcc.so:wble anticipation of \~'h3t may lie in store It is to be hoped that 'l!O m~y come into possossion of a mnseum V"-; ' Cl " :" 0 can effect ively

Yle secure a fire - proof sane tuary for our collection, we should leave it in the hands of members here and there. To place it in an inflamm­able buildina: in its entirety, \"lould be courting the destruction of the whole. Lot us persevere in our rlo rk . Another year may bring us into bigger and brighter fields.

John Loye, President.

The ANl<UAL REPORT of the SECRETARY

As Secretary of 'i:r(i> (:an:'3di .r;!"l Railroad beR to submit my repoJ.'t for the .t' ,~ar 1937 arran~~d in tabular form.

Historical Association, I For convenience it is

1. Number of members: Regular members,

Out - of -town ,

active .... . • ..... . non-activeX ...... . active. , . ' ... . ... . non-active .•....• .

29 9

13 4

Honourary ..•.. , .. . .. . . .. . .. ..•.•.•.. 9

total 38

total 17 9

X ;Non - active a means: did not 64 attend one meetinR during the year .

2. Number of regul9.r meetings ... ,.... ..... 10 3. Average attendance:

~1embers ..• ;.; ...•.. . • . ... , • . . , .... ,. Guests . ..... ... . ...... ........ ' ..

4 Number of lectures:

14+ 3-

by members ... .. . .... ... . . . . . .• . 3

total 17

by ~uests . . . .... .. ..... .. . ...... 2 total 5 The followin~ lectures were delivered before the Association: April'14th ' Mr , 'IT.E Foster "Sidelip!;hts· on the Diesel," Hay 12th Mr.Murray Gibbon" Wr iting Railway History." ('i)"')Le r 13th Mr. T.C.H. SmithilMontreal t.r. Southe r n Counties Ry." Ho vembe r 10th Mr. Victor Morin "Carillon and Grenville Ry." December 15th Mr.H C Rochester"The Iut'ernational Limited,"

5. Number of new members: Rep!'ular . . • . ...•... ' .. . . . •.. ~ .

. Out - of-to'N:1., G'l :m::Iia'..1 .•• •••••••••••• l~~ ·J~ ric :.J.n .. . ... . .. .... . .

6. Number of'excursions: City .•••...•••.•. ~ .. ; .. ;; •.• . .•••••• by Motorcar by Train

................ ....... . . . . . . . .. . .... ' ........ .

6 3 1

3 1 1

total 10

total 5

T""'e follot'tinP.' july 28th AUl'ust 8th Aupust 29th September 26th October 24th

exeurs10ns \" ~r e or~anized by the Association : To Sorel , Drummondville, etc. To the C ;; R. Point St . Charles S~s. To the C.~.R AnRUS Shops. To the Canadia~ Locomo tive Company, Kingston­To the Montreal Locomot i ve \lorks.

7. Avera~e attendance :- . 1.!embers ..•. ...•... : . ; .. ~ ~ ........ ;. 8+ Guests ............• f ••••••••• f.~.! 9- total 17

8. Number of dona tions .................... 21 9. Number of donors or'gifts: .... .

!11embers ...... .•.. ; ....• ; . . . ; ...... ; 8 Non-members .... . •.•.•............. . . 7 total 15

Respectfully submitted, R. V. V. Nicholls

Secretary.

Receipts: '---O'n deposit B::.:.n'·:: of Montreal, January 1937 .. . . ;$

29 memberships at $2.00 . . •. . ........•... . ......• :2.r:.n'( Interest .•.... .••. •. •.. . . .•. , ... , •..... . .

Expenditures: Membership Antiquarian Soc iety . . ..... ~; ......• , tir C. L Terroux - tablet ..•. , . . . , •.. ~ ....... .

30.07 58.00

.23

5; 00 10.00

88.30

Therrien Frares - stationery . ........ ...... ..• 10 .14 25.14 Ealance ........... . . 63.16

On deposit, Ban'.;: of !.1ontr'1al, December 31, 1937 $ 63.16

The R-:"'ORT of the EDITORIAL CO:TI:'ITT~ of the BULLETIN

Mr. ::>resident:

The Editorial Committee of the Bulletin be~to submit its report for the year 1937. It is arranged 1n two parts, Part I sets forth the Committee's financial report, Part II contains the Committee's re­commendations for the coming year .

Part r . Bulletin Copies Pafesll Stencils Paper Paper Typing '7rappers Postage

,E..rinted reguired re quired cost cost ---y-- 65 7 6 500 $1.18 60 at ?2¢ 80¢

II 8~ 10 9 1000 2,30 "~ l. 75 50 60 60 III flO 7 5 1000 2.30 1.50 50 " 60 76

~ includes covers tr. distributed approximately as follows: All local members, 35 ; all

non-local members, 15 ; libraries, institutions, etc. 15.

Total costs: Stencils .......• $4.08 Paper ....•. i • • • 5' 79 Typing ........ ; 3.25 Wrappers .. . . . . • 1. 92 Postage .. . • .. • 2.15

$17.1A !vlaterials on hand: Paper valued at

Stencils valued at .60 .68

r:28 Nett Cost: 0:15.90

Vouchers accompany this report covering all expenditures, except for postage and wrappers.

Part II

Administration: It seems apparent that it is in the best interest to have one member of the Editorial Committee, preferably the Chairman, delegated to the tas~ of collecting, organizin~, and editing the material to be published, and one member delegated to the task of com­posin~ and printing the Bulletin. Consist of the Bulletin: It is felt that a satisfactory Bulletin should contain as a minimum in each issue 'the following material: 1. Formal reports or' t 1w officers, and committees 01' the association 2. Oripinal articles, either contributed, or revised from lectures. 3. News items of two l(inds:

a; News items of the Association, i.e. resumes of the minutes, b. NeVIs items of historical value f from newspapers and journals.

4. Locomotive lists. 5. PhotoRraph exchange,

Further, the value of the Bullet in would be increased unquestionably if some me." ~lS can be found to publish illust::"/i t ions, and might be increased by the incorporation of a Why and Wherefor Section.

Cover: The question of the provision of a satisfactory cover for the Bulletin still requires an answer.

Finance: Basing an e :-ti.r,lo.te UpC'Il 1. a Bulletin \'lhich is issued four t.:..rn.es per year, and each issue of w'hich contains , on the average ten paRes . and 2. economies which it seems possible to effect in the cost of paper, the Bulletin for 1938 should not cost more than $25 .

The Committee suupests that the Bulletin be posted free to 1. Regular members in ~ood standing. 2. Honourary members,. and~certain in­stitutions, libraries, etc.; that at a subscription rate of fifty cents per year the Bulletin be sent to Out -or-town members

The estimated revenue from this nevI arrangement is Six Dollars, ,leav-, i~g some Nineteen Dollars to be met out of th e general funds of the !\.ssociation

Respectfully submitted, R.V V.Nicholls, Chairman John Loye, Robert R. Brown. ~ ' ! , '! : . : ,

Loco~otive List, II

Locomot i ves of the Dominion Atlantic Railway Compiled by Bobert R . Brown

Winasor and An:-~apolis Railway (B.G.} 1869-1873

Blt. Acc. No. Nome lAoS lR69 --Sir- CuRpard lASS lA69 Jos . Howe lR51 1869 St. Lawrence 1869 1869 1 Evangeline

11 11 2 Gabriel 11 If 3 Hia~.'!a t ha " " 4 Blomidon " " 5 Grand Pre 11 II 6 Ga"Suereaux

1853 1872 Liphtning If St. Croix

Dia . Tyoe Cy1.Driv Builder 4-2 - 0 12x18 60 Neilson

" " " " 4- 4-0 15x20 66 Portland

11 16x22 61 Fox . Walker " " " " " " "

" " " " "

" " " " "

" " " " "

15x24 65 Schenectady II 60 Port l and

Ex

Ex

ReI!1arks N.S.H. No.2

" No.3 G.T .R. No . 4

Ex.G .W.R. No.2 Second Hand

Yarmouth and Annapolis Ry. (Western Counties Ry.) 1874 -1894

1874 1 Pioneer· 4- 4 - 0 14x22 54 Portland No.208 Re D.A.R. No.2 lfl76 2 Geo.B.Doane " 15x22 60 " 340 7 1689 3 Western " 17x24 62 " 602 10 1892 4 .'::I.nr.apal is " " " " 623 15 1894 5 Yarmaut :: " 14&J.Rx24 66 Baldwin 17 1894 6 Dip-by "

,. " " 18

1A79 7 'if H. ~~oody ) " 16x24 60 Portland 355 Sold to W&A 19 .Re Cerese )

1879 8 ';reymouth " " " " 354 Re D.A.R. No.8

Windsor Branch Ry. (Wester n Count ies) 1877 - 1879

1877 Fran'< Killam 4 -4 - 0 15x22 60 Po r tland 341 Sold 1879to N.B&C. ~ " Halifax " Windsor " Yarmouth

" " " " " 16x24 " " " " " "

Cornwallis Valley Ry. 1889 - 1892

342 348 344

18?1 1990 1 Queen 1.1ub 4 -4 - 0 12x24 56 Rogers

l R66 11'175 1 1'175 1R6 e 1A75 2 1875 1866 1875 3 1875

Windsor and Annapolis Ry. (S G.) 1875 - 1894

Evangeline 4-4 - 0 Kinl'ston Rebuilt Portland

Gabriel 4-4-0 Kingston Rebuilt Por tland

Hiawatha 4-4-0 ~-:ings ton Rebuilt Por tland

55

63

64

" " " 7

" " " '" " " " f

Ex N.B .R. No.30

, . ~ ? ..

Ex l-c:-G-;-R . no. 21 : \ {:~ . . ;. D.A.R. No . 14

Ex I~~R-. No .22 : ... .. D.A.R. No.13

Ex I-,.C..,.R~ No 23 '" . . .. . D.A.R. No . 3

1859 1875 4 B10midon 1875 Rebuilt 1859 1875 5 Grand Pre 1875 Rebuilt

1875 ~- Gaspereaux 1875 Rebuilt 1875 1875 7 Basil " " a Benedict It n 9 Minne H2o Ha

1891 1119110 Kentvi lle 1'1"9 1'18911 St Eu1,lie 1890 1890 mAcadiB

? 1892 13 Queen ,U,b 1892 1892 14 Ata l anta 1893 1893 l5 Oberon 18931893 15Titania

Re Vallieres 1894 1A94 17 Fortuna 1.",06 lAge lA Re .~ina :i..P,?':1 19 .. J Ii. Moody

1 '194 He Ce rese

, ,:' r

4 - 4 - 0 16x24 60 Fleming ,. 4-4-0 16x24 6 0 n

" 4-4-0 16x24 62 Portland

" 4-4-0 16x24 60 "

" " " " " " " " "

" " " " " "

17x24 66 Baldwin 18x24 62 Portland

" ,.

" 12x2 4 56 ROlZers 17x24 66 Baidwin l Rx24 "

" " 4-4-0 18x24 Baldwin

" " "

;;: . .1'"1 . ' • .. , ,.)~ . . n~:;: ,

't' Ex E.&N.A . '

333 334 335

599 603

Ex

Ex

1 ~~ i~~ (OJ

D.A. R. No.4 E.& N.A. ::· D.A.R . No.5 I.C.R. D.A.R. No.6

D.A.R. No.9 D.A.R. No.12

D.A.R. No.ll D.A.R. No.1 . D.A R. No.16 D.A.R. No . 19 1l.A R. No.20

" 16x24 60 Portland 355"

D.A.R. D.A R.

'Ex Y & A D.A.R.

No.21 No.23 No .7 No .22

Midla nd Ry. of !lova Sc ot ia

.~874 1.'1R3 ~R':'4 l~, )

1901 1 Truro 1902 2 Windsor 1902 3 Brooklyn l~ ,-:. 4 Pioneer

1892 1 queen Iflab

18?4 1894 2 Pioneer lA06 1875 3 Hiawatha ) 1A75 Rebuil t )

1A75 4 B10midon ) 1875 Rebuilt)

1875 5 Grand Pr e ) 1'175 Rebui l t )

1'175 e Gaspereaux) 187 5 Rebuilt ) lP. ·7t) 1.994 ? Geo. B Doane L,'; " 9 If 8 llJeymouth J " ' ''. 1A75 9 Minnehaha If"" ~'':'~ 1.19410 Western l. : · l '~· ; > 4 ) (j 1.1 :\c:Jd i a .~ , J"-'}. 1,'91 12 Xentvi lle l'Y G 1fl75 13 Gabrie l )

Rebuilt) 12')6 lA?5 14 Evan~pline) l~'~ Rebuilt) 1.s~2 1894 15 Annapolis ] ~ j:!. IBq2 16 Atalanta

4 - 4 - 0 17x?4 66 " "

l'iy' .2 17x24 16x24

62 66 55

Rhode Is. G.T R. Rhode Is. Portland

Ex GTR No .421 DAR Ex GTR NO.261 DAR Ex GTR No.420 DAR

31 30 29 28 2-6-0 ;~,... DAR

Dominion At l nntic Ry. 1894 -

4-4-0 12x2 4 56 Ro~ers

" " "

"

" " " " " " " "

4-4-0

14x22 54 Portland 2('1 KiIlgston~J Portland Sold Fleming Fleming

15x24 50

Fleming Fleming 15x24 50

Portland Portland 15x24 62

15x~ 2 16x24 16x24 15x24 1Elx24 17x24

60 Portland ~ ,o 50 Por tland ,; ,! 60 ?ortland ~"';~ 62 Portland \. ~:_ 62 Portland'·' 66 Baldwin

Kingsto:-... . ':,. Portland Sold N.B.R. Ki!llZston ~"'Sold N.B.R.

." - 4 - 0 1 ?x.":4 62 Portland :-! 4-01-0 1 ?X~4 66 Baldwin

(To be cont i nued )

Frev.No.

C.V. 1 W.A. 13 Y.A. 1

1/' .A. ENA W.A. ENA W. A . I.C. V.f ,A. Y A . Y A. W.A . Y.A.

23 3

4

5

6 2 8 9 3

'1/ A. 12 W.A. 10 I.C . 22 \"/ .A . I.C .

2 21

1 4

14

C?·: :'

NEWS OF THE ASSOCIATION Resumes of the r·.linutes

The Annual I.Ieeting of the Associa­tion VIas hela 0:1 tie evenin.~ of '-1ednesday, January 12th , in ' the Chateau de Rameza~r, i.~ontreal . The President was in the chair.

The rollowi~ reports 'Here rp.ud and a~~roved : 1. the Treasurer's, 2 the Sec retary' s 3. the Presi­dent ' s, and 4 the Editorial Coo­mittee's of t~e Bulletin. The sum O l' :e~iftef;!l : · .J~J.~rs and Ninety Cents W'lS paid to t l' e Chairman of that Committee nett cost of publishing t he Bulletin for the year, 1937. T~e executive officers of the

Association v:ere re-elected for the year, 1938. as fo!10ws: Pr9Ri­dent, Mr John Loyo ; ;;lce - I"resi u,: .f..:: , Mr 1" ~, i Spria,gs; Secretary, ;',1r. R V :v Nicholls; Treo.surer I Mrs. M E Bevington; and Directors, Messrs D F Anpus , L A Renaud, and C L Terroux.

The Editorial Commit tee of the Bulletin·was re-eleC':ted as follm'ls: Mr R. V. V. Nicholls , Chairman, Hr . John Loye , and Mr . Robert R. Brovm A special fund of Twenty Dollars was set up to finance the Bullet in for the year 1938. 'rhe Editorial Committee VIas authorized to CharRG Out - of - town ~,Icmbe rs nn annual subscription of Fifty Cents.

The President re::! d a !.Iemoriul, re the paint ina of Canadian loco ­motives in colours, for pr8senta ­tion to the C N R and C.P .R. Formal anoroval was reserved to c.11ow time for further discussion

'Sxcurs ions On the afternoon of Saturday,

January 15th, sa,'ne twenty members and friends of the Association c:llled at the home of' (ass Adaline Van Horne , Sherbrookc ~ r · ' ~: t , ~~ontreal and viet'led "{;hc a rt coll­ection of her late father, Sir Will io.m Van Horne . Though 11iss

Va!1 Horne was indisposed and unable to '"elcome personally the part:;, ~'1lple o?portunity 'uas given to study the famous paintings by Rembrandt, 3~ls, El Greco, Montecelli , Romney, Constable, and others. Particularly fsscinating was Sir William 's in ­completed illustrated catalogue of his art collections.

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Tholl~h thp. Secretary's su#Zsestion of l~st November , that the Canadian railroads sponsor fan excursions, \':as not receivfJd by them w:' ", en­thusiasm, it is yet hoped to organ­izo such excursions on the Associa ­tions own responsibility this summer But for this it is essen­ti~l that your execut ive accurate­ly gauges how many persons are in­terested in such trips .

The ItR~ilroad Enthusiasts" of Boston nnd New Yor~ a re organizing a trio to the Old Colonie Shops of the D~ & .. H. at Albany and the Mechanicville Yards of the B. &" M in May. This cent-a -mile excursiQ.n would become ~n internat i onal event if f~ns went from Montrc.'3.l. ~.'lri te at once and tell us if you I

::!nd how mony ~of your.-f!.tends, are interested in this triu.

l~embers intE'rested in the history of the Dominion Atlantic Railway may vrish to obtain copies of W. W. Clarke's "History of the Earliest Railways in Nova Scotia", which is now out - of-print. Copies of this book, in new condition, can be pur ­chased fram the Old Authors Shop, :915 St.Catherine st.W., Montreal for Fifty Cents, Postpaid.