Int« '< oloniiil. This is wliy tins parishis of Sic l-'lavic and St. Luce, which 

 lire 111 iiowiMc iiior*' iavoun-d l)y iSatxiTf than Sandy Bay, do a thriving' 



hnsiucss by scllinn th' ir produce lor « ash as soon as it is ripe, tluiiiks to 

 llic liiU'rcohiuial which runs tlirouuli ih''ir entire Icno'th. It, is even 

 stated that the parisli of St >. i.u 'c produces ye;irlv som • huudr 'ds of 

 })nslie|s of potato, s ; the same woul<l li.- done at Sandy I'ay and Kiviero 

 Uiaiiche, if ilicfi' was a railway there, 



Witlifiutits heino," necessarv to refer, ibr ooin]iarison sake, to so 

 adv.,.,ei(i a jiavish ;■< ^.liI^l■ l,uc.-, h t us take for cxainph' Saint Ihniiase, 

 ([uiie a new I); :-:-li 111 I'.ar of Sandv liay. Sain; Daniasc makes much 

 more money ihan ihe latter because it shii>s its produci- -when it likes, 

 bec-'v.' it is only S'-vcn iiiiles Iroiii a station on tli' liit"v,M)loiiial c:il',d 

 Sai;.. .Miii .. . I", r arol' Saint ])aiu is . and b -low it in l he rone, ■•■ions bick 

 of Iiivierc lihiU' h th;' soil is splndicl ; but to net th 'vc one has to {lass 

 ovi" liv«' or six ieatrucs of hilly atitj <(iilicult roads. Wlunonce these liiUs 

 ar<' iias^i (1 We . oui upoii a line au'ri'Ultural rce-ion ^vllich sivctchc-. as 

 far as the Ur.i ■ des (Miah'ui's. 



'v'V.dy Hay has only h.id a resident priest for ihirtv years. In ^•■•iO 

 the iii,-i nil,'. 1\.>\ . Mr liuiiias, went to reside 1 Ic.re. U that lim.tliere 

 we. otily abou; .si>;ly i)ihal)irants. it is to Air. l)uiuas. to the un(.'e;;.viiii>' 

 eilbrts and the untivinLi' labuurof that Mitive Hiid intelligent pri 'st. that 

 we n\ve the fi . "ii' (la ' lo!) ol the tia.rili of Sandy Day, 



Ifo-uiri'abI' .\1 r. .1 u.^tic•' Tessii'i^ (old -,ii(' (piite rec.tHlv that hayinii' 

 oc;c;..-lw;;, some forty y ars aijo. to no to Malane, he had to do tlie thirty 

 mil' .-. i>et ween Lit t ie Al''tis ;! nd ]\Iaiane oii horsfliack along the beach 

 and that wh"n h ■ l-'l'l th:- shore he had to "'o by paths barely traced oiit 

 thvoCvii'h th:' \yoofls. At pr.-- iit Sandy l5,iy has seyenleeu hundred com- 

 mxiii e.iits, jioiwiihstaiidiii!^' :)i • disastrous d"iH)pu!ation cau^fd bv the 

 depriliiVi- (d' I'lanv young and even old in Mi ; the psirish oi K'iviere 

 Bla:;.h • lias (oc tiiousaiid four liuiidrcd andtiii.ly si'ven communicants. 



There is another ihinu' which is of th ■ i>-reatest importance. Tho 

 uor'li shore of th- Saint Lawrence might carry on a very proHtabh' trade 

 in Jr-h with ih' parishes ojthe county oi'Matane if theri> v.'as a raiiway 

 to t;ike th iish oa ii.s arrival and trans})ort it to Quebec in ice. The same 

 miu'hr b ' doiu- for h::llbut which are talcr: in great quantities opposite 

 Sandy Hay and Uiyicr e lilanehe, and this wnuhl be of o-reit assistance to 

 the poorer port ion of the population on both shores. Schooners loaded 

 witli llsh hav • crossiMi from the nortli to Uiyiore Hlaindie and that Hsh 

 was conveyv'ii in ravt.-; and sohl along the vvay a. far as ]vimouski. 

 But such a thiiiu" can only happen once ; there is too mueli risk of the 

 fish spoilinu'. I m iitiou ihi.s lact to show how easy it would 1)' by 

 means of the Matane lirar.ch Railway to establish a li>eal trade between 

 both shores of the river which would also contribute towards retaining a 

 portion of our population in th.' country. At present the Hsh taken ou the 

 north does not come over to the south shore. Ther.- would be nothing to 



