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earnings were $25,470,790.18 (against (i,314 miles 

 of railway and earnings of $21,242,038.75 the pre- 

 vious year). The total expenditure for working 

 expenses was $14,684,790.65, making the net earn- 

 ings $10,786,005.53, an increase of $2,120,107.20 

 over the net earnings of the previous year. The 

 company carried 3,327,368 passengers and 5,493,- 

 030 tons of freight. The gross earnings of all 

 the Government roads the Intercolonial, the 

 Windsor branch, and the Prince Edward Island 

 Railway for the same fiscal year amounted to 

 $3,313,847.10, and, compared with those of the 

 preceding year, showed an increase of $253,772.72. 

 The gross working expenses amounted to $3,577,- 

 248.88, an increase of $399,979.27. The net loss 

 on the operations of the year was $263,401.78. 

 These features included the sum of $70,000 rent 

 paid for the extension of the Intercolonial into 

 Montreal, under an agreement which became ef- 

 fective in March. 



On March 1, 1898, the operations of the Inter- 

 colonial were extended to Montreal by means of 

 .lease's obtained from the Grand Trunk and Drum- 

 mond County Railway Companies, making an 

 addition of 169.81 miles to the operation of the 

 Government line, its length being 1,314 miles in- 

 stead of 1,145. During the fiscal year there was 

 an addition of $252,756.80 to the capital account 

 expenditure, making the total expenditure charge- 

 able to capital on the whole road up to June 30, 

 1898, $55,668,913. The additions made during the 

 year included $56,651 for increased accommoda- 

 tion at Halifax, $93,943 for increased accommo- 

 dation at Moncton, $19,820 for the extension to 

 deep water at North Sydney, and $65,510.92 on 

 rolling stock. The gross earnings of the year 

 amounted to $3,117,669.85, an increase of $251,841; 

 and the working expenses, exclusive of $70,000 

 rent paid for the extension to Montreal, to $3,259,- 

 ('48, an increase of $331,679.84, making the ex- 

 cess of expenditure $139,978. There was a profit 

 of $19,045 in the operation of the Windsor 

 branch, and a loss of $72,468 upon the Prince 

 Edward Island Railway. Comparing the earnings 

 with those of the previous year, the passenger 

 traffic produced $1,053,864, an increase of $74,849; 

 the freight traffic amounted to $1,857,740, an in- 

 crease of $170,689; and the carriage of mails and 

 express freight produced $206,065, an increase of 

 $6,093. The earnings per mile were $2,594.53, an 

 increase of $91.45. 



The total projected length of the Crow's Nest 

 Railway in British Columbia is 344 miles; from 

 Lethbridge to Knoknoack Station, Kootenay lake, 

 290 miles; and from Knoknoack Station. to Nel- 

 son, 54 miles. The work of construction has so 

 far been confined to the section between Leth- 

 bridge and Knoknoack Station, 290 miles, over 

 which the track laying was completed on Oct. 8, 

 and the line over this section is in safe condition 

 for public traffic. A train transfer landing has 

 been constructed on Kootenay lake at Knok- 

 noack, so that cars with their loads can be trans- 

 ferred without transshipment from that point to 

 Nelson, which will greatly assist mining opera- 

 tions through the Kootenay district. The amount 

 of subsidy paid up to Nov. 1, 1898, was $2,162,- 

 190. Surveys have been made of the remainder 

 of the line subsidized viz., from the south end 

 of the Kootenay lake to Nelson but the final 

 plans of location have not yet been filed in the 

 department, as a revision of the location is in 

 contemplation, with a view of reducing the se- 

 verity of the curves in some instances. 



A most important railway event of the year 

 was the retirement of Sir W. C. Van Home on 

 June 12 from the presidency of the Canadian 



Pacific Railroad, his election as chairman of the 

 board, and the appointment of Mr. T. G. Shaugh- 

 nessy as his successor. 



Canals. The expenditure charged to capital 

 on the original construction and the enlargement 

 of the several canals of the Dominion up to June 

 30, 1898, was $72,504,401. A further sum of $15,- 

 067,096 was expended on the repairs, mainte- 

 nance, and operation of these works, making a 

 total of $87,571,498. The total revenue derived, 

 including tolls and rentals of lands and water 

 powers, amounted to $11,710,240. The expendi- 

 ture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, was 

 as follows: On construction and enlargement, 

 $3,207,249; and a further sum of $624,755 for re- 

 pairs, renewals, and operation, making a total 

 for the year of $3,832,005. The net revenue for 

 the year was $407,662, an increase compared with 

 the net revenue of the previous year of $22,882. 

 The net canal tolls amounted to $344,057, an in- 

 crease of $22,429; and the rents received to 

 $44,050, a decrease of $549. The total expendi- 

 ture on canal staff and maintenance, repairs, and 

 renewals amounted for the year to $624,755, a 

 decrease of $8,520, and the total net receipts 

 amounting, as above, to $407,662. The amount 

 of expenditure in excess of receipts was $217,093, 

 compared with an excess expenditure the pre- 

 vious year of $248,495. The following features 

 of the principal canal traffic during the season 

 of navigation of 1897 will be of interest: On the 

 Welland Canal 1,274,292 tons of freight were 

 moved, a decrease of 5,695 tons; 1,050,093 tons 

 passed eastward and 224,199 westward; 1,244,750 

 tons were through freight, of which 1,026,458 

 tons passed eastward. Of this through freight, 

 Canadian vessels carried 345,977 tons, an increase 

 of 4,847 tons; and United States vessels 898,773 

 tons, a decrease of 3,693 tons. The quantity of 

 grain passed down the St. Lawrence canals to 

 Montreal was 560,254 tons, an increase of 99,205 

 tons compared with the previous year. The fur- 

 ther quantity of 43,023 tons of grain passed down 

 the St. Lawrence canals only to Montreal, mak- 

 ing the total 603,277 tons. Seven cargoes of grain, 

 aggregating 2,324 tons, were taken down direct 

 to Montreal through the Welland and St. Law- 

 rence canals. 



On the Sault Ste. Marie Canal the total move- 

 ment of freight was 4,947,063 tons, an increase 

 of 369,660 tons, carried in 4,268 vessels, the num- 

 ber of lockages -being 2,604. Of wheat, 17,924,802 

 bushels, and of other grain 3,253,405 bushels, 

 were carried; 1,093,456 barrels of flour, 3,572,854 

 tons of iron ore, and 7,799,156 feet, board meas- 

 ure, of lumber. All these items show a consider- 

 able decrease. The total traffic at the point ac- 

 commodated by the two canals the American 

 and Canadian amounted to 18,986,689 tons, an 

 increase of 1,730,266 tons, carried in 17,080 ves- 

 sels, a decrease of 1,497. The total quantity of 

 wheat carried was 55,931,779 bushels, a decrease 

 of 7,532,097; and of other grain 24,968,136, a de- 

 crease of 2,747,129. Of lumber the total was 802,- 

 240,156 feet, board measure, an increase of 113,- 

 366,356. As having an interesting bearing on 

 the question of canal versus railway transport 

 of grain from the West, it may be noted that, 

 whereas grain and peas passed down to Mont- 

 real through the St. Lawrence canals to the 

 extent of 560,254 tons, an increase of 64,386 tons 

 over the previous year, the quantity carried to 

 Montreal by the Canadian Pacific and Grand 

 Trunk Railways amounted to 228,586 tons, an 

 increase of 74,869. The quantity of grain car- 

 ried to tide water on the New York State canals 

 was 569,362 tons, a decrease of 183,677 tons, while 



