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River, and thence to Port-aux-Basques." This con- 

 tract was signed by both parties on the 16th day of 

 May, 1893. 



On the same day another contract was entered into 

 with Mr. Reid to operate for ten years the Placentia 

 branch railway and also the " Newfoundland North- 

 ern and Western/' as the new line from Placentia 

 Junction to Port-aux-Basques was to be called. This 

 contract was quite full and strict; among the many 

 provisions included were a sum of $15,600.00 per 

 mile ; fee simple land grants as follows : 250,000 acres 

 upon completion of the northern line to Exploits, 250,- 

 000 acres upon completion of the line to Port-aux- 

 Basques, and the balance at the completion ; land to 

 be located on each side of the road, and in alternate 

 sections of one or two miles in length and eight 

 miles deep; and one commendable section of the 

 contract stipulates that the daily wages of laborers 

 shall not be less than one dollar a day, and payable 

 monthly. 



In October, 1890, as per contract, the work was be- 

 gun with vigor; at the close of 1891 sixty-five miles 

 were completed and operated, and by the fall of 1893 

 two hundred miles were completed and trains were 

 running between Exploits, Whitbourne and St. 

 John's. 



