Author: John Andrew Eagle
Publisher: Kingston, Ont. : McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN: 9780773506749
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A large federal cash subsidy aided CPR construction of the Crows Nest Pass Railway from Lethbridge, Alberta, to Nelson, British Columbia. The line, completed in late 1898, was designed to en-courage mining and smelting in the Kootenays and to link this region with Central Canada. From 1989 to 1914 the Great Northern Railroad in the United States also built lines into southern British Columbia to tap this valuable mining traffic. The CPR completed a line to Vancouver in 1915, by which time it dominated the regional traffic. However, it still faced competition for this traffic from the Great Northern which had allied itself with the Canadian Northern Railway. John Eagle examines the lengthy and bitter conflict which resulted between the two railways. Eagle provides the first scholarly analysis of the Crows Nest Pass Agreement of 1897. Under this historic agreement, the CPR stimulated prairie agriculture by lowering its freight rates on grain, matching both the lower rates of the Canadian Northern on grain and the rates on wheat established under the Manitoba Agreement of 1901. The development of southern British Columbia also opened a new market for prairie grain and cattle. The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Development of Western Canada challenges the prevailing view that CPR land policies were designed primarily to promote settlement in order to generate traffic for the railway. Eagle argues that the railway adopted policies which maximized profits from its agricultural lands so that proceeds from prairie land sales became an important source of revenue for the company.
The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Development of Western Canada, 1896-1914
Author: John Andrew Eagle
Publisher: Kingston, Ont. : McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN: 9780773506749
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A large federal cash subsidy aided CPR construction of the Crows Nest Pass Railway from Lethbridge, Alberta, to Nelson, British Columbia. The line, completed in late 1898, was designed to en-courage mining and smelting in the Kootenays and to link this region with Central Canada. From 1989 to 1914 the Great Northern Railroad in the United States also built lines into southern British Columbia to tap this valuable mining traffic. The CPR completed a line to Vancouver in 1915, by which time it dominated the regional traffic. However, it still faced competition for this traffic from the Great Northern which had allied itself with the Canadian Northern Railway. John Eagle examines the lengthy and bitter conflict which resulted between the two railways. Eagle provides the first scholarly analysis of the Crows Nest Pass Agreement of 1897. Under this historic agreement, the CPR stimulated prairie agriculture by lowering its freight rates on grain, matching both the lower rates of the Canadian Northern on grain and the rates on wheat established under the Manitoba Agreement of 1901. The development of southern British Columbia also opened a new market for prairie grain and cattle. The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Development of Western Canada challenges the prevailing view that CPR land policies were designed primarily to promote settlement in order to generate traffic for the railway. Eagle argues that the railway adopted policies which maximized profits from its agricultural lands so that proceeds from prairie land sales became an important source of revenue for the company.
Publisher: Kingston, Ont. : McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN: 9780773506749
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A large federal cash subsidy aided CPR construction of the Crows Nest Pass Railway from Lethbridge, Alberta, to Nelson, British Columbia. The line, completed in late 1898, was designed to en-courage mining and smelting in the Kootenays and to link this region with Central Canada. From 1989 to 1914 the Great Northern Railroad in the United States also built lines into southern British Columbia to tap this valuable mining traffic. The CPR completed a line to Vancouver in 1915, by which time it dominated the regional traffic. However, it still faced competition for this traffic from the Great Northern which had allied itself with the Canadian Northern Railway. John Eagle examines the lengthy and bitter conflict which resulted between the two railways. Eagle provides the first scholarly analysis of the Crows Nest Pass Agreement of 1897. Under this historic agreement, the CPR stimulated prairie agriculture by lowering its freight rates on grain, matching both the lower rates of the Canadian Northern on grain and the rates on wheat established under the Manitoba Agreement of 1901. The development of southern British Columbia also opened a new market for prairie grain and cattle. The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Development of Western Canada challenges the prevailing view that CPR land policies were designed primarily to promote settlement in order to generate traffic for the railway. Eagle argues that the railway adopted policies which maximized profits from its agricultural lands so that proceeds from prairie land sales became an important source of revenue for the company.
Western Canada's Railways
Author: J. Edward Martin
Publisher: White Rock, B.C. : Studio E.
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher: White Rock, B.C. : Studio E.
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A History of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Author: Harold Adams Innis
Publisher: London, McClelland
ISBN:
Category : Canadian Pacific Railway
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher: London, McClelland
ISBN:
Category : Canadian Pacific Railway
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Thirty-two Scenic Views of Western Canada Along the Lines of the Canadian National Railways, the Largest Railway System in America
Author: Canadian National Railways
Publisher: Canada : s.n., 192
ISBN:
Category : Canada, Western
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Publisher: Canada : s.n., 192
ISBN:
Category : Canada, Western
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Canadian Railways: Great Western Railway of Canada, Buffalo and Lake Huron, and Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, considered in reference to the proposed fusion of the lines
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Locomotives of Western Canada
Author: Mike Danneman
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445683733
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
A stunning collection of photographs documenting the railways in Canada, one of the most scenic parts of the world.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445683733
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
A stunning collection of photographs documenting the railways in Canada, one of the most scenic parts of the world.
Great Western Railway of Canada. A few facts relative to the present position and management, etc
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Precis of Evidence of Canadian National Railways Submitted to the Royal Commission on Railway Transportation in Canada [in Respect Of] Section IV [and] Section VII [of] Statutory and Related Rates on Grain and Grain Products in Western Canada
Author: Canada. Royal Commission on Transportation
Publisher: Montréal : The Commission
ISBN:
Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Montréal : The Commission
ISBN:
Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Canadian Railway and Transport Cases
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Manufacturing and Business Opportunities in Western Canada Along the Lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Western Lines. Industrial Dept
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description