@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . ns0:identifierAIP "f5db9ed8-f195-4a3e-b5e4-20919124e26c"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:alternative "COLUMBIA AND WESTERN RAILWAY LAND GRANT."@en ; dcterms:isReferencedBy "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1198198"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en ; dcterms:creator "British Columbia. Legislative Assembly"@en ; dcterms:issued "2014-12-10"@en, "[1902]"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0064135/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ 2 Ed. 7 Columbia and Western Railway Land Grant. 1375 CORRESPONDENCE LAND GRANT TO THE COLUMBIA & WESTERN RAILWAY. Attorney-General's Office, Victoria, June 9th, 1902. The Honourable The Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. Re Land Grant, Section 4, Columbia & Western Railway. Sir,—During the course of the debate upon the Message of His Honour referring to the above matter it was suggested, after I had given an axplanation of the arrangement made in 1898 between Mr. Shaughnessy, on behalf of the Columbia & Western Railway Company, and the Premier, Mr. Turner, that I should write to you giving you a short history of the events which led up to the contract between Messrs. Mackenzie & Mann and the Government for the construction of a line of railway from the Coast to Penticton, and from Penticton to Midway. The "Columbia and Western Railway Aid Act, 1896," authorised the Lieutenant- Governor in Council to grant 20,000 acres per mile. This was applicable to sections 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 only, section 4 of the railway being from Christina Lake to Midway?. In the fall of 1897 Messrs. Mackenzie & Mann commenced negotiations with the Government for the construction of a line from the Coast to Robson, upon the terms of a money subsidy of $4,000 a mile. By the terms of the " Railway Aid Act, 1897," authority was given to subsidise a railway from the Coast to Midway to the extent of $4,000 per mile. Upon the 23rd February, 1898, it was proposed by Mr. Mann to the Government that if the "Railway Aid Act, 1897," was amended so as to give power to bonus to the extent of $4,000 per mile a line from Midway to Robson, Messrs. Mackenzie & Mann would enter into a contract to build a railway from the Coast to Penticton as one section, and from Penticton to Robson as another section, and that they would give security to the extent of $75,000 for the construction of each section. Early in 1898 the then Government had been acquainted with the fact that the Columbia cfe Western Railway Company were preparing to build from Robson to Penticton, and that Mr. Shaughnessy would be in Victoria in June to arrange with the Government the final details. The Government at that time was most anxious to secure the construction of a through line from the Coast to Penticton, to connect at that point with the Columbia & Western system, thus securing a through line from the Coast to Robson. Mr. Mann was unwilling to do anything unless the bonus was given to Messrs. Mackenzie & Mann for a line as far as Midway?, giving as his reason that if his firm reached Midway the line would not be dependent solely? upon the Columbia & Western, but would have an outlet to the south if satisfactory traffic arrangements with the Columbia & Western Railway could not be made. The Government was then confronted with these facts : The Columbia & Western Railway Company were ready to build from Robson to Penticton, but Messrs. Mackenzie & Mann would not contract for a road to Penticton as its eastern terminus, insisting upon a bonus for the line as far as Midway. Mr. Shaughnessy arrived in Victoria in June, and negotiations were entered into by the Government with him and with Mr. Mann, with a view of arriving at such a solution of the matter as would result in the construction of a line from the Coast to Robson. The Government intimated to Mr. Shaughnessy its desire to have a through line from the Coast to Robson, and that Messrs. Mackenzie & Mann were willing to enter into a contract for the construction of a line from the Coast to Midway if the Columbia & Western Railway Company would give up its right to construct from Midway to Penticton. Mr. Shaughnessy consented to this, provided the Columbia & Western subsidy rights were protected in respect of the portion of the Columbia & Western Railway which the Company would, under the changed conditions, be permitted to construct. In other words, when the Columbia & Western Railway Company had constructed to Midway, it should be entitled to its full subsidy acreage for the mileage constructed. This was agreed upon, and accordingly a contract was entered into by the Government with Messrs. Mackenzie & Mann for the construction of a line from the Coast to Midway, via Penticton. Upon the execution of this contract, the Columbia & Western Railway Company entered upon the construction of its line from Robson to Midway. Subsequently, in July, 1898, the Government proposed to the Columbia & Western Railway Company that a cash subsidy of $4,000 per mile should be taken, and an agreement upon these lines was signed by the Company, but political changes prevented its completion. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, D. M. Eberts, Attorney-General. victoria, b. c. : Printed by Richard Wolfenden, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1902."""@en ; edm:hasType "Legislative proceedings"@en ; dcterms:identifier "J110.L5 S7"@en, "1902_52_1375_1376"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0064135"@en ; dcterms:language "English"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en ; dcterms:publisher "Victoria, BC : Government Printer"@en ; dcterms:rights "Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia"@en ; dcterms:source "Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en ; dcterms:title "CORRESPONDENCE RE LAND GRANT TO THE COLUMBIA & WESTERN RAILWAY."@en ; dcterms:type "Text"@en ; dcterms:description ""@en .