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28t!i Iv'I)i-uiuy. 18iH), the rccinpt dI' the nii-morial pro.sentod by Dr. Vitivl 

 auJ (»r Uk' i).'t,iti()ii ac(;;)inp;i:iyi!i:i' !!>>' lu.'iuurial. 



\ i«u jiloH". r^ii', iTcon'iiiziiiL;' ui our' ih;' iuiporLaiu'i oi" such an 

 ii!i'! "lakiuu-.alh'i'iTailiiiga rcry siur.ini'.rv sial'ia'.'iit ot'thi' facts ,subiiiilt,t>(l 

 ])y (he iiii'mhiT I'or Iviiaou^ki, * on ihv 2lsi May, 18>-8, rcsolvt-d to >4'iv(' 

 0V''V\' jto.ssibh' NUi)pui't lO the ])rnji'i't and got tiui L.'gi.daLivt* A.sso.ably 

 ol' (^tic'brc t(i voii' a suh'<i(ly olt 'U thol^^^and acr-vs ol' land p^T siiilc, tothr 

 company dri'/aniz.'d loj th.- imriiosi' of consri-uciinij^ thi' i]i'au'h Line. 



1 think. I )nay say. iliat one u! th^- patriDiic j)roji'cts, which is upper- 

 most in your mind, is the consirurlion of a railway around the CJraspe 

 Peiiii.-.iila, in the seeliijii nmst lavoiable for '■olonizilioii, thai is to say, at 

 some di;;tauce from t he >hore on ih^ oih'r side of l!ie Shickshcdc and 

 Notre Dann- rana-es (if moujitnins. Mow, the ii.itane branch would be 

 the .Niartinu point of the (iaspe looji-liiu'. 



As I have already staled, thebfstor rather ihe only [)ass Ihroughthe 

 Shickshocks is thai all'ordid by the Matan-' river. By means of this 

 jiass and wh^Mi once on the southi!rn sloi)e of the Notre Dame Mountains, 

 a loop-line might be budt almost in a straight line to Gaspc l]asin. thence 

 run around the peninsula and connect with tht; IJait' des ChaKurs 

 Kailway. This woulil not prevent the Mata]>edia valley being placed in 

 direct conunnnieation with the loop-line by a branch line from near 

 Trout River, to AuKiui, or Causapsc 1, on the Intcrcoloiiial. 



IJeyond a doii'ot, we will beiore lonii" see this idea carried out. By 

 iucicas', d communications not only will our country assume a new a,--pect, 

 but th<' spirii of the [lopulation will assunn; a new nature, will linditstdf 

 impelK-d by a powerful imi)ulse and be auimatvd with an unknown 

 energy. 



1 hope that the reaiuiiii' (d this report will contribute to sonn* exl -nt, 

 howsoever small it niay be, to the ai iK)mplislunent of the j)roJects which 

 you iiave generously assisted, while at the same time it will, in exchange, 

 assui'e you the gratiiud.' and support of a numerous and vigourous 

 population. 



I have th" hono\rr &c , 



(.Signed) AllTilUR BUIES. 



K-mouski, r»tli O.'tober, lSi)0. 



