THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

The Origin of the C.P.R.

Difficulties to be faced.

A Slow Start.

Public Tenders called for.

Terms of the Contract.

Surveys made.

Points to be considered.

Fleming crosses the Mountains.

A Fresh Start made.

The Lake Superior Section.

Gauge and Weight of Rails.

Camp Regulations.

Some Advantageous Conditions.

Heavy Rock Work.

Filling in Swamps.

High Bridging.

The Prairie Section.

Change of Route.

Cuttings to be avoided.

Staff Organization.

How the Work was subdivided.

Marking out the Route.

Allotment of Work.

Forming the Dump.

"Muskegs" give Trouble.

Remuneration.

Protection against Snow.

Scenes in Camp.

Mortality among Horses.

Movable Hotels.

Laying the Track.

Quick Station Building.

Fast but Thorough Work.

In the Rockies.

Chinese Labour.

The Labour Problem.

Prospecting for a Way through the Mountains.

Rogers's Exploratory Survey.

Rogers finds a Way.

Rail-roading in the Mountains.

Terrific Obstacles.

A Mountain Construction Camp.

Trials of the Navvy.

Blasting the Rock.

Accidents.

Disastrous Carelessness.

A Comic Escape.

The Mountains in Winter.

Tunnelling.

The "Great Divide."

Heavy Gradients.

A Stiff Climb.

Safety Switches.

A Fresh Location of Track near Hector.

Building Bridges.

Pile-driving.

Stony Creek Bridge.

Cold and Dangerous Work.

Snow-sheds.

Types of Snow-sheds.

The "Loops."

The Rails meet.

A Dramatic Scene.

The Last Spike driven.

What the C.P.R. has done for Canada.

The Great Hotels of the C.P.R.

The Empress Hotel at Victoria.