MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



[1852. 



brandies from tiio Tiimlc line to all (he impnvlant (owns and Tillages 

 in Canada, ^incc lie camo am.iiiij ii^, lie li.is cxliihitcd an cneriry aiul 

 perseverance rarely o(|nalled, in llie prosecnticiri of liis mission, visiling 

 most of our towns and villages, while the cnlcrprising portion of onr 

 citizens have vied with each other in seconding his -^ndeavois to nialto 

 " Canada a Tilrr/rap/iic net iKirk." Mr. Snow has jierformed an im* 

 uicnso amount of travel and labor, and succeeded in organizing Com- 

 panies for the construction of Lines on twelve routes, amounting to 

 near IGOO milcx ! The stock on most of them being filled and on the 

 other portion, but a small addition is wanted. On sonic of the routes 

 poles are being set, while on others wire is now beir.g strung upon the 

 pole.s. The longest line is the Grand Trunk, over 8U0 miles in length 

 from Port Sarnia to Quebec, by way of Prince Edward's county. 

 Eleven branches radiate from it making some 800 miles more. Wiring 

 is to commence on the Trunk Line west, from Kingston this month, 

 under the direction of A. F. P wight. Esq , one of the energetic and 

 enterprising Contractors. William WcUer, Esq., of Cobourg, is Pre.'-i- 

 dent of the Grand Trunk Line ; and Cecil Mortimer, Esq., of the Pank 

 Agency at Picton, Treasurer. The Directors are all gentlemen of 

 wealth, and the highest rcspectabilily, who reside on the Line. The 

 foUowing are the distances of the Grand Trunk Line and tributaries 

 in Can.ada in addition to the American Linc.=i. All are under contract 

 to be in operation by April 1853. 



TUUXK LINE. MILES. 



Port Sarnia to Hamilton 142 



Hamilton to Toronto 48 



Toronto to Kingston by Picton 210 



Kingston to Montreal 190 



Montreal to Quebec 200 



TranuTARiES to tkunk link. 



On the Ottawa 150 



Gobourg to Peterborough 30 



Toronto to Parrie and Lake Huron — . 95 



Toronto to Guelph and Goderich 130 



Hamilton to Buffalo 70 



Prantfnrd and Buffalo Railroad 72 



Brantford to Simcoe and Dover , 33 



Port Dover to Port Burwell 45 



Port Burwell to IngersoU 35 



Port Stanley to London 27 



Loudon to Windsor 120 



Miles of Wew Lines 1598 



Miles no w in operation 840 



Tofalmiles 2437 



CAPITAL IXVF.STF.D. 



For Lines now in operation if 130.000 



Do. in progress 100,000 



$290,000 

 The investment in these ne^ Lines cannot but pay a handsome 

 interest, while the public will be vastly accommodated, and put Canada 

 nt least on an equal footing with the States for transmission of intelli- 

 gence, and all the important cities, towns, and villages, within a 

 moment's distance of each other. Who would have imagined it two 

 years ago ? — Simcoe Standard. 



The Trunk Line of Railway. 



Li consequence of the negnciations which took place in London 

 Rome time since between the Oelitratcs of the Provincial Government 

 «nd the leading firms of English Uailway CMnlractors, Mr. Ross, Civil 

 Engineer, has on behalf of Messrs Jacksun, Pcto, Br.assey and others, 

 made a tour of the Province with a view to ascertain the prospects 

 nnd facilities which it affords for Railway construction. Mr. Ross has 

 been accompanied by Mr. Thomas Kuefer, C. E., and they have 

 together visited the lines in both provinces already in course of coii- 

 fltruction, and the routes suggested for those in contemplation. Mr. 

 Ross has already taken the contract for the Quebec and Richmond 

 Railway, and it is inferred from the very favorable opinions that ho 

 lias cxprcs.sed, that the parties for whom he acts will be prepared at a 

 •very early d.ite to enter largely upon the construction of other lines. 

 Mr. Ross goes to England immediately, but is expected to return to 

 Canada after a session there of three or four weeks. 



Nortlicrn R.-xilway. 



Soma new appointments have been lately made on this lino, conse- 

 quent upon the resignation of the Honorable H. C. Seymour lato 

 Engineer in Chief, whose heavy engagements in the United States 

 induced him to retire from that ollicc. The Company has appointed 

 F. W. Cumberland, Esq.. as Ih'b successor, and wo uiidcif land that that 

 gentleman has already entered upon his duties. It is not improbable 

 - at the line to liradfoid (31 mile.'^) will be opened on the 25tli Sep- 



tember, and it is intended to complete llio remainder of the length to 

 Bavrie (09 miles) early in the ensuing winter. Four miles of the per- 

 manent way has already been laid, ami the first Locomotive Engine is 

 daily expected. The Toronto Depot and Road Stations are to be con- 

 structed immediately. 



St. Lawrence and Lake Huron and Peterborough Junction 

 Lines. 

 The Report of the Engineer of the St. Lawrence and Lake Huron 

 Line has hctii issued. It is proposed to connect the Ogdensburgh 

 route with Peterborough and the CJeorgian Bay. It has not yet been 

 determined where the Southern Terminus shall be located, whether at 

 Kingston or I'rescott ; the original proposition was to the latter town, 

 but in view of the early Construction of the Trunk line, Kingston 

 may it is said be selected, as saving distance and answering the A^hole 

 purpose. An application is about to be made to Pailiamcnt for a 

 Charter to construct a Junction Line between Toronto and Peter- 

 Ixnoiigli — and a reconaisaiice has already been made of the route. 

 Whetlier as a portion of a trallic line (by which it is affirmed the dis- 

 tance would bo less than by tlie Lake shore) or a loop line to it, by 

 which to connect the back Townships with Toronto and Kingston re- 

 spectively, the scheme appeal's to bo well worthy of favorable con- 

 sideration. 



The Great Western. 



The works on this line are progressing with great rapidity. The 

 Carriage Factoiies at the Hamilton Depot arc nearly complete, and 

 the car builders will be put in early possession. All the .arrangements 

 have been made with reference to Locomotive power and general roll- 

 ing stock, and throughout the whole length of the line there is full 

 evidence of the most energetic actitm on the part of all Cimcerned. 

 Engineers in connection wiih this Company are now engaged on u 

 survej' between Toronto and Hamilton, and a ch.irter will probably 

 be obtained during the ensuing Session of Parliament .authorizing its 

 construction. In this route the two cities will be united at an early 

 date, and (taking the whole length from the Detroit River to Toronto) 

 a largo instalment of the Trunk line will be secured. 



The Brock Monument. 



Tho Committee appointed to select a new design for the Monument 

 to be erected to the memory of tho lato General Sir Isaac Brock, at 

 Quecnslown Heights, piet last week at the Parliament Buildings, 

 Toronto. 



Considering the nafuro of the work to be constructed, and how 

 sehhvm an opportunity is afforded for the o.xercise of taste in so popu- 

 lar and attractive a subject, tho competition appears to have signally 

 failed. This may probably be traced to the fact that most of the 

 Architects declined to interfere in consequence of the claims of one of 

 their number, whoso design was apiiroved and accepted some years 

 since. Seven designs only were siduniKcrl and these were but from 

 four Architects, and one Sculptor. One a Grecian Doric column, 

 chaste and effective in cliaracler — by Mr. Young, (the author of the 

 design originally adopted). Two from Mr. Thomas, the first a com- 

 posite column on a hit;li pedestal and stylobate, extreintly graceful in 

 design, of great altitude, but perhaps somewbat too delicately enriched, 

 ami the second, an arch surmounted by an Equestrian Statue of tho 

 General — which could not be said to offer any rivalry to the before 

 mentioned work by the same master. Another design — a Greek 

 column — of no established order — but elegant in outline and detail, 

 by Mr. Hutchinson Clarke, of Hamilton, two by an anonymous con- 

 tributor — a Corinthian column with a garland wre.ithed around the 

 shaft, (!) and a Gothic Mausoleum of most wretched character and 

 miserably rendered ; with a Doric column having Sculptural ornamen- 

 tation by a Boston Sculptor, completed tho number of css;iy3 

 submitted for this unquestionably attractive subject. From amongst 

 these tho Commiiteo h.as selected Mr. Thomas' Composite column, tho 

 construction of which is to be immediately commenced, and which 

 when completed will doubtless approve itself to the public as worthy 

 of its purpose and of tho high reputation of its author. 

 Farmer's Associations. 



We perceive by the Woodstock Western Progress of tho I2th inst, 

 that a Fanner's Association has been just formed in the Township of 

 East Oxford, in the County (jf Oxford. This is a slop in the right 

 direction. We have time after time urged Hp(Hi our agricultural 

 friends tho vast importance of the formation of similar associations 

 throughout Canada, and we are ploa.sed to see that farmers aru at 

 ler.gth beginning to comprehend tho solid advantages likely to flow 

 from them. Besides the dilfusion of useful agricultural knowledge, 

 the farmers' clubs promote a desirable friendly intercourse and sociability 

 among farmers wherever they exist, from which the greatest gooil 

 often Hows. No community of farmers should bo without one, and 

 we trust that before long every township in Upper Canada will have 

 iUs .agricultural a.ssociation. It has iieeu .said t' at union is strenptli, 

 and with equal truth it may be said that union is knowledge ; a union 



