PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

ANNUAL REPOET

OF

THE DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST

1918

PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

VICTORIA, B.C.: Printed by WILLIAM H. CTJLLIN, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1919.

To His Honour Sir FRANK STILLMAN BARNARD, K.C.M.G., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOUR:

Herewith I beg respectfully to submit Report for the Department; of Railways for the year 1918.

JOHX OLIVER, Minister of Railways. Victoria, B.C., February Hith, 1919.

REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS.

Hon. John Oliver, Victoria, B.C., December 31st, 1918. Minister of Raihvays, Victoria, B.C. SIB,—I have the honour to submit a report dealing with the principal activities of the Rail­ way Department during the year ending December 31st, 1918. The staff of the Department consists of Chief Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Inspector of Rolling-stock and Equipment, clerk, and stenographer. In addition to railways proper, the Department has control over the Songhees terminal improvement-works and the maintenance and operation of the combined railway and highway bridge over the Fraser River at New Westminster, with its railway and highway approaches and connections. An examination of the whole Grand Trunk Pacific line between Yellowhead Pass and Prince Rupert was made in connection with that company's application for right-of-way through Crown lands lying between these points, and all matters in that connection adjusted, except on the section between Miles 30 and 36, west of Yellowhead Pass, where the position with respect to the rights-of-way of the Canadian Northern Railway and the Grand Trunk Pacific is not yet clarified. Right-of-way applications on behalf of other companies, such as the Canadian Northern, V.V. & E., Kettle Valley, and others, have also been, dealt with. Applications for extension of time in which to complete their undertakings made by various railway companies have been dealt with, and certificates of approval have been issued for level, over, and under crossings. Location plans and profiles of various lines of railway and drawings of standard structures were placed before the Minister after examination and received his approval. A list of certificates issued during the year is given in Appendix A.

CANADIAN NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY TERMINALS. Construction of the terminals of this company has been prosecuted throughout the year, and estimates have been approved for payment in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of the " Canadian Northern Pacific Railway Terminals Act, 1913," as detailed hereunder:— Estimate No. 41. January $103,535 24 41A. January 28,013 42 42. February 58,403 43 43. March . . . 47,661 90 44. April 95,645 08 45. May 43,183 90 46. June .... 24,005 34 47. July 54,313 34 4S. August .. 62,916 25 49. September 23,092 10 50. October .. 24,7S5 73 51. November 16,196 9S 52. December 21,705 62

Total $603,458 33 The iiosition as to the terminals as at December 31st, 1918, is shown by the following statement:—

Estimated Proportion Proportion Total Cost of Total Cash of Total of Estimated Available Amount now Retentions. Amount each Terminal. Work now Cost. each Terminal. earned. payable. Pone.

$4,308,455 10 0.4718 $4,262,363 21 0.70449 $3,002,792 11 $ 3,998 69 $2,998,793 42 2,202,601 50 0.24095 2,179,113 97 0.83033 1,822,458 41 83,507 69 1,738,950 72 1,213,424 62 0.13275 1,200.570 16 0.96341 1,166,641 14 1,156,641 14 353,9S8 89 0.0387 349,996 73 0.8197 286,892 54 286,892 54 209,908 29 0.0230 208,008 39 0.9846 204,804 68 204,804 68 Victoria. 853,125 00 0.0933 843.790 66 Totals 89,141,503 40 • 100,000 $9,043,843 12 $6,473,588 88 $87,506 38 $6,386,082 50 E 6- BRITISH COLUMBIA. 1919

CANADIAN NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY ON VANCOUVER ISLAND. Track-laying started at the end of October, using rails lent by Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company to Dominion Government, and this work is still proceeding. The tonnage of 60-lb. steel rails turned over to the Canadian Northern Railway at December 31st was as follows: 2,737.8 tons and corresponding amount of accessories. I may mention that the importance of the Nitinat country as a source of aeroplane-spruce supply was brought first to the attention of the Air Board by the Department in September, 1917. It was the importance of this spruce-supply which brought about the starting-up of this con­ struction-work. NEW WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. In addition to the usual maintenance and repair-work carried out during the year to maintain the bridge and its approaches in a high state of efficiency, new 80-lb. steel rails were laid on the tracks leading from the north end of the bridge to the Great Northern line, replacing the old 70-lb. steel rails, which were disposed of by public sale. An extension of the interlocking system as affecting Great Northern operation was completed at a joint expenditure between that company and the Government, thus assuring a better protec­ tion in the handling of railroad traffic across the bridge. This extension makes a positive block between. Signal No. IS on the south end of the bridge and Signal No. 7 in the Great Northern Sapperton plant, a distance of 5,375 feet, and permits only one Great Northern or Canadian Northern train to get within the above-mentioned interlocking section, thereby doing away with the possibility of a head-on or rear collision in the positive blocked section. An unsatisfactory condition still, however, exists on the east approach, south end. A Great Northern freight-train may cross the bridge and use the Government approach to get to their old water-front line on the south side of the river for the purpose of picking up or spotting cars at the shingle-mills along this line. This train would be unprotected from the time it passed the home signal on the east approach until it was able to clear the Government track at the switch connecting same with water-front line. The distance between these points is 3,800 feet, and while this unprotected train was in this section it would be possible for a Canadian Northern train to meet it on single track. Negotiations are under way with the Canadian Northern officials to remedy this condition. A system of soundings was taken around the piers and pier-protection work of the bridge to determine the extent of scour since the previous soundings were taken in 1916. Nothing serious in the way of scour was determined. No check was taken of the maximum vehicular traffic across the bridge during the year. The railroad traffic across the bridge for the year 1918 was as follows:—

PASSENGER. FRKIGHT. MIXED.

Trains. Cars. Trains. Cars. Trains. Cars.

2,261 14,424 860 18,548 1,163 8,535 1,046 5,785 1,178 17,477 1,481 3,039 3,061 6,398 1,282 12,140 1,272 3,314* 2,343 198 442 2,462 361 3,968

6,800 29,059 3,681 54,674 3,916 14,888

* Dairy cars. SONGHEES TERMINALS. The work of grading the terminal grounds and industrial sites was carried on during the year up to July 15th, .when it was considered advisable to suspend operations until a definite ultimate scheme of development as to terminal facilities was decided on. Sixteen thousand cubic yards of rock-excavation was carried out during the period of work at a cost of $22,000, using the same plant and equipment as in 1917. 9 GEO. 5 • DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS. R 7

A portion of the unimproved area at the west end adjoining Mud Bay and fronting on the harbour, amounting to 3.16 acres, was leased to the Cholberg Ship Company at a rental of $100 per month. This lease expires on February 1st, 1920, and is renewable at the option of the Minister of Railways.

PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY—OPERATION. Operation on this line had been abandoned by the previous management. The line was blocked by snow, ice, and rock slides, and there was not a complete operating, maintenance, or mechanical organization on the road when the Railway Department started on March 13th to get the motive power in shape, so as to open the 167 miles of line between Squamish and Clinton-; yet in about three weeks this line was ploughed out, an extra gang, section crew, steam-shovel crew, bridge-repair gang, roundhouse-men, and car-repair men were organized and put to work, and a regular schedule service inaugurated. The main line, Squamish to Clinton, and the North Shore Division, North Vancouver to Whytecliff, were then carefully inspected, and necessary work outside regular maintenance of track and bridge-repair work was undertaken and carried out in the summer months. Ballast was hauled and distributed on sections which had never been raised to final surface, and the line put in good running condition. The wharf and wharf approach at Squamish was given a thorough overhaul and some needed repairs made at the North Vancouver transfer ferry-slip. In order to maintain a regular service on the North Shore Division it was decided to replace the pile bridge across the Capilano, which was washed out, by another temporary structure, so as to afford transportation facilities while the two new bridges, 100-foot span each, were being erected. It was estimated that the whole of this work (temporary and permanent bridges) would cost from $4S,000 to $50,000. This work was done by contract and has now been completed at the estimated cost. A new cattle-corral and loading facilities were provided at the Cariboo Road crossing, some thirteen miles north of Clinton, which proved of very great value to the stockmen in the country and benefited the railway company, and thirty additional stock-cars were brought so as to ensure rapid movement of stock shipments. As the railway company's agreement with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company covering lease of. barge handling the traffic between Squamish and Vancouver expired on June 30th, and that any renewal thereafter would have to be on the basis of $50 per day rental instead of the old rate of $40 per day, it was decided to buy or build a barge. Tenders were called for construction of a fifteen-car barge, but no bids were received; consequently most of the barges on the Pacific Coast between San Francisco and Victoria were inquired into with the idea of purchase, and eventually it wTas found possible to purchase from the Great Northern Railway their transfer barge for $18,000, which had been carefully examined by competent authority and reported on favourably. On August 7th the tug " Freno," rented by the railway company at $100 per day, was partially destroyed by fire, and immediate steps were taken to purchase a tug for the railway company. After careful survey of and report on the tug " Daring," of Seattle, this vessel was bought for the sum of $24,000. This tug and barge handle the Vancouver to Squamish and A'ancouver to North Vancouver transfer business. . . The question of light, water, and poweT needed at Squamish terminals and town has been gone into thoroughly; surveys, plans, and estimates made; and it is intended to commence the construction of a combined light, water, and power system there, giving power for the use of the railway-shops and light and water for the use and protection of the railway company's property and for the town. On account of the insufficient housing accommodation for railway employees at Squamish, it was considered necessary, as a beginning, to erect twelve employees' cottages with modern conveniences. Tenders were called for. The contract was awarded to the lowest tenderer, and there are now eight of the twelve under construction. A reconnaissance was made early in the year covering three possible routes connecting the Pacific Great Eastern near Clinton with the Canadian Northern Railway at Ashcroft, and an extremely favourable line, both as to grades and curvature, has been found, and at a cost not exceeding $42,000 per mile ready for operation. R 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA. 1919

Surveys for the replacing of several pumping-stations by gravity system at water-supply stations on the line have been made, estimates made, and the work is ready to be undertaken when the time is opportune.

PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY—CORSTHLTCTION. At the end of July it was decided to undertake further construction-work. Tenders were called for, and on August 24th a contract was entered into with the Northern Construction Company to carry out the works on a cost plus basis and.working to certain definite unit prices. If the unit prices are exceeded, no percentage will be paid on the excess>; but if the work is done at a less price than the quantities multiplied by the unit price, then the contracting firm will receive in addition to the 5% per cent, on the actual cost of the work a bonus of 25 per cent, of the saving effected, the remaining 75 per cent, accruing to the railway company. In connection with this method of doing work, the following extract from the Engineering News-Record, New York, of date January 2nd, 1919, comments as follows:— " The cost-plus-sliding-seale-fee contract has operated successfully, and should not be per­ mitted to disappear from public-works practice. It may well be that the details of this contract can profitably be altered, but its principle of assured fair compensation should be maintained inviolate. Government officials who have directed war construction, contractors who have per­ formed this construction, and engineers who have watched the war-work are a unit in this opinion. They are supported by the record of a thousand million dollars' worth of work accomplished with remarkable speed and with astonishing harmony between engineers and contractors and workmen." A start was not made till well on in September, but on December 31st there had been constructed the following:— 32 miles track-laying. 12 miles surfacing and ballasting. 43 miles telephone-line. 300,000 feet timber erected in bridges. 3 portable stations. 1 40,000-gallon water-tank and pumping-station. 3 tool houses. 800 cubic yards grading. 67,000 ties. There is now being delivered from the Illinois Steel Company the balance of the rails and fastenings required to finish the track-laying on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway to Fort George. About 11,500 tons of rails and accessories have already been received, and in this connection I would draw your attention to the fact that the railway company is getting a much better rail than originally called for, owing entirely, however, to the peculiar position the rail-mills were in, due to the war; the United States Government having ordered plant changes, eliminating the production of Bessemer. The Pacific Great Eastern is receiving O.H. rails instead of Bessemer, and that O.H. is very much in favour with railroad companies the production in 1915 of 1,755,168 tons O.H. against 326,952 B. clearly shows.

Examinations, amongst others, of the following lines of railway and of their power and equipment have also been made during the year:— British Columbia Electric lines. Nakusp & Slocan. Western Fuel Company. Canadian Colliery lines. Morrissey, Fernie & Michel. Eastern British Columbia. Corbin Coal & Coke Railway. Dolly Varden Mines Railway.

A list of the Minister's certificates issued in accordance with the provisions of the Act and referring to all such matters connected with railways as provided for therein is given in Appendix A. 9 GEO. 5 DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS. R 9

Accidents which have occurred on railways under the jurisdiction of this Department and reported as required by the Act are stated in Appendix B. A list of the railways incorporated under Acts of the Legislature of British Columbia since 1S83 is given in Appendix C. A list of the companies operating logging and industrial railways, with their mileages, etc., is given in Appendix D. • Balance-sheets, in accordance with the provisions of the " Railway Act," have been filed by the following railway companies:— Comox Logging Railway Company. Crow's Nest Southern Railway Company. British Columbia & Yukon Railway Company. Victoria Terminal Railway & Ferry Company. Victoria & Sidney Railway Company. Menzies Bay Railway Company. New Westminster Southern Railway. Penticton Railway Company. Pacific Great Eastern Railway. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, A. F. PROCTOR, Chief Engineer. R 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA. 1919

APPENDICES.

APPENDIX A.

CERTIFICATES, 1918. F. Bulloch— Cert. No. Granting an extra $20 per month in connection with improvement, Songhees Reserve ' 42SA Canadian Northern Pacific Railway— Approving 120-foot deck Howe truss 428 Approving 60-foot deck Howe truss 429 R. W. Macintyre— Appointed as Temporary Assistant Engineer, Department of Railways .... 429A British Columbia Telephone Company— Permission to lay wires under British Columbia Electric Railway tracks at Newton Road, Scott Road, near Kennedy and Scott Road, Scott Station, Surrey, B.C 430 Beaver River Lumber— Permission to operate spur platform and conveyors in present arrangement 431 South-east Kootenay Railway— Extension of time from February 27th, 1918, to February 27th, 1919 433 Naas & Skeena River Railway Company— Extension of time from May 31st, 1918, to May 31st, 1919 413A Menzies Bay Railway— Extension of time from March 28th, 1918, to March 28th, 1919 435 Vancouver Power Company— . Permission to carry tracks under tracks of V.V. & E. Railway, Lots 2 and 3, Group 2, New Westminster 436 Graham Island Railway— Extension of time to deposit $15,000 to August 20th, 1918 437 British Columbia Electric Railway— Approval of Tariff No. 173 , 434 Graham Island Railway—• Extension of time to deposit $15,000 to November 20th, 1918 438 Northern Vancouver Island Railway— Extension of time to March 21st, 1919 439 - Saanich Municipality and British Columbia Electric Railway—• Permission to lay water-mains under British Columbia Electric tracks, Daisy Avenue, Daffodil Avenue, Blackwood and Chesterfield Roads 440 9 GEO. 5 DEPARTMENT OP RAILWAYS. R 11

APPENDIX B.

ACCIDENT REPORT, 1918.

Persons injured. Result.

B.C. Electric Rly. Chauffeur. Killed Auto struck bv car. Man Died of injuries Lady Bruised and shock Ribs broken and bruised Struck by car. Man, passenger Rib broken Fell in car. Lady Captain, fire-truck. Killed /.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.v.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. Fire-truck struck car. Driver, u Lieutenant, n Hoseman, u Cruised and shaken up Man. Fractured skull r... Auto collided with car. employee. Killed Excessive current of electricity. Struck by auto while working on track. Fractured skull; fatal Struck by car and fell, striking lamp-standard. Wrists severely cut, shaken, and bruised Auto smashed into car. Slight concussion and badly bruised Auto collided with street-car. empl03ree. Broken ribs, bruised hip Fell from roof of car. Wrist injured ' Derailment of motor hand-car. Killed Truck collided with street-car. Badly injured Auto collided with car. Chinaman Killed Auto struck by train. Great Northern Rly. Man, employee Shoulder bruised Link-banger fell on man. . Strain of abdominal muscles Lifting heavy timber. Head cut and shoulder sprained Knocked off hand-car. Two ribs broken Slipped and fell, pulling up old ties. Italian Killed Gasolene-car struck by train. Man employee. Severely sprained knee. Speeder hit by train, occupant thrown off. Sprained left arm Fell off scaffold on bridge. Croiv's Nest Southern Rly.

Man, employee Loss of finger-nail and bruised hand.... While unloading rails caught hand between. Western Fuel Co. Man, employee Killed Caught between cars. Chinaman, employee. Died from effects '. Slipped and fell, car passing over left foot. Comox Logging & Rly. Co. Man, employee , Killed Derailment of locomotive. Breaking of link attached to broken loop of line attached to windfall. R 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA. 1919

APPENDIX C.

RAILWAYS INCOBPOBATED UNDER ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SINCE 1S83.

Name of Railway. Cap. Year. Remarks.

30 1903 Lapsed. 46 1898 40 1890 60 1890 62 1891 " 52 1896 Ashcroft, Barkerville & Ft. George Rly., . 49 1906 47 1898 " 65 1901 79 1899 Atlin Southern Rly . 80 1897 TI Barkerville, Ashcroft, & Kamloops Rly 46 1897 Bedlington & Nelson Rly 47 1897 Declared for public benefit, c. 53, 1899. 46 1893 48 1907 50 1906 56 1910 " 32 1903 „ 53 1906 51 1906 u 57 1910 British Columbia Northern & Alaska Rly... '52 1906 36 1893 Amended, c. 47, 1893 ; repealed, c. 53, 1894; c. 39, 1894 ; c. 4, 1896; c. 53, 1896 ; c. 33, 1897. Declared for public benefit, c. 36, 1897. British Columbia Electric Rly.— 31 1886 38 1889 Incorporation. Vancouver Electric Rly. & Light Co 61 1890 Amendment. National Electric Tramway & Light Co. 39 1889 Victoria Electric Rly. & Light Co., c. 62, 1894. 52 1890 Amendment. 65 1890 Westminster <& Vancouver Tramway Co. 67 1890 Amended. 49 1890 71 1891 ^Act to amalgamate Westminster Street Rly. &. Westminster & Van-

H 51 1894 Amended. Land grant. ,, 56 1894 55 1896 Victoria Electric Rly. & Light Co 63 1894 City of Victoria to supply light and power. Victoria & British Columbia Electric 81 1897 Supply electric light and power in and around City of Victoria. British Columbia Yukon Rly 49 1897. Operating. 54 1891 Amended, c. 48, 1893, and c. 59, 1895. Lapsed. 53 1891 74 1911 Lapsed. 48 1892 3 1910 4 1910 (a.) Yellowhead Pass to Vancouver, completed ; (&.) Victoria to Barclay Sound, time extended to July 1st, 1917. 32 1912 Barclay Sound to Nootka Sound, time extended to July 1st, 1917. 57 1913 to July 1st, 1917; (b.) Westminster Bridge to Steveston, time extended to July 1st, 1917 ; (c.) Victoria to Patricia Bay, completed. 58 1913 59 1913 , ton, and Patricia Bay. 61 1914 62 1914 February 20th, 1917. 11 1880 Land grant. 20 1889 34 1889 Incorporation. Amended, c. 40, 1S90; c. 36, 1892; c. 39, 1893; c. 4, 1895 ; c. 35,1S97. Lapsed. 50 1898 Lapsed. Cariboo, Barkerville, & Willow River Rly,. 62 1910 Cariboo Rly. (Ashcroft & Cariboo) 55 1897 Amendment, c. 50, 1897. Lapsed. Cassiar Central Rly. 35 1897 Crown grant. 52 1897 Incorporation. Lapsed. Chilkat & Klehine Rly. & Navigation Co 68 1901 Lapsed. Chilliwack Rly 55 1891 Declared for public benefit, c. 43, 1893. Not built. 61 1890 Lapsed. 21 1889 62 1890 Amended, c. 49,1892; c. 60,1895. Declared for public benefit, c. 80,1890. Columbia & Kootenay Rly. & Transporta- 25 1883 Amended, c. 24, 1884; c. 21, 1889; c. 41, 1890. Lapsed. 8 1896 Subsidy Act. Repealed, c. 8, 1903. 54 1896 Incorporation. Amended, e. 12, 1898; c. 14, 1899; c. 4, 1900; c. 70, 1901; c. 9, 1903; c. 9, 1906. Declared for public benefit, c. 61, 1898. 69 1901 Amended, c. 9, 1902. Declared for public benefit, c. 199, 1903. 58 1904 Lapsed. Comox & Cape Scott RIv 71 1901 63 1910 Operating. Cowichan, Alberni, & Fort Rupert Rly .... 59 1904 Amended, c. 54, 1906. Lapsed. 72 1901 Lapsed. \ / 9 GEO. 5 DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS. R 13

APPENDIX C—Continued. RAILWAY'S INCORPORATED UNDER ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Continued.

Name of Railway. Cap. Year. Remarks.

Crow's Nest & Kootenay Lake Rly 44 1888 Incorporation. Amended, c. 63,1890; c. 56,1891. Repealed, c. 53, 1894. Lapsed. 72 1888 Land grant. Crow's Nest & Northern Rly 58 1908 Amended, c. 64, 1911. Lapsed. 73 1901 Operating- (G.N.R. or V. V. & E. Rly.). Delta, New Westminster, & Eastern Rly 57 1894 Amended, c. 54, 1897. Lapsed. Act, 1917. Time to complete, December 31st, 1918. Delta Rly 34 1887 Lapsed. 52 1898 52 1907 Operating. 61 1897 Lapsed. East Kootenay Valley Rly 53 1S98 60 1908 Operating. Esquimalt & Nanaimo Rly 13 1875 Land grant. Repealed, c. 16, 1882. Amende ', c. 28, 1888 ; c. 45, 1888. 26 1903 Settlers' Rights Act. 33 1912 Agreement. Amended, c. 60,1913. Declared for public benefit, c. 90,1909. 33 1903 Lapsed. 52 1909 Fording Valley Rlv 63 1905 26 1883 54 1909 65 1910 Amendment. Time extended to 1919. 19 1908 Crown grant. Amended, c. 22, 1909; c. 34, 1912. Operating. 66 1911 Time extended to April 1st, 1919. Hall Mines, Ltd., Tramway Act 59 1894 Lapsed. 55 1909 Harrison Hot Springs Tramway 68 1891 Howe Sound, Pemberton Valley, & Northern Rly , 53 1907 $5,000 deposit with Minister of Finance. 67 1910 Amendment to c. 53, 1907. Amalgamated with Pacific Great Eastern. Hudson Bav Pacific Rly 61 1908 Lapsed. 77 1901 Island Valley Rly 68 1910 Kamloops & Atlin Rly 83 1899 48 1900 78 1901 58 1906 Kaslo & Lardo-Duncan Rly 58 1897 Kaslo & Slocan Rly 37 1892 Land grant. 52 1892 Incorporation. Amended, c. 41, 1894 ; c. 61, 1894 ; e. 36, 1897 ; C.P.R. was paid $100,000 for reconstructing Kaslo & Slocan Rly. (c. 37, 1912). Now- operating. Kaslo & Slocan Tramway Co 52 1893 Lapsed. Kettle River Valley Rly 26 1910 Agreement. ) 35 1912 Ratify Agreement, Jan. 12th, 1912. ^Leased to C.P.R. 53 1912 By-law operating. j 54 1898 Amended, c. 84, 1899. Lapsed. 55 1898 Amended, c. 85, 1899. Lapsed. i 53 1893 Lapsed. 25 1887 Land grant. Lapsed. 35 1887 Incorporation. Lapsed. Kootenay, Cariboo, & Pacific Rly 34 1903 Lapsed. 79 1901 35 1903 Declared for the public benefit. 29 1888 Land grant. Lapsed. 46 1888 Change of title. Lapsed. Columbia & Kootenay Rly. & Navigation Co. 35 18S9 Lapsed. Ladysmith Lumber Co. Rly 62 1908 Operating. Lake Bennett Rly 80 1901 Lapsed. 54 1893 IF 64 1897 57 1891 56 1909 Lapsed, §5,000 deposited with Minister of Finance. 69 1910 Time extended to March 28th, 1919. 81 1901 Amended, c. 45, 1902. Repealed, c. 45, 1902. Amended, c. 36, 1904; o. 60, 1906. Lapsed. Midway-Penticton Rly 44 1899 37 1903 Lapsed. 56 1898 Mount Tolmie Park & Cordova Bay Rly 55 1893 69 1911 Amended, c. 79, 1916. Extension of time to May 31st, 1919. 56 1893 Amended, e. 43, 1894. Operated by C.P.R. Nanaiino-Alberni Rly 66 1897 Lapsed. Nanaimo Electric Tramway Co 69 1891 TI Nanaimo Railway Act 25 1881 58 1891 Amended, c. 42, 1894; c. 37, 1897. 38 1892 Land grant. Declared for the public benefit, c. 57, 1893. 42 1894 Amended, c. 42, 1894 ; c. 37, 1897. New Westminster-Port Mooiy Rly 14 1882 Amended, c. 25, 1884. Lapsed. 57 1893 Lapsed. New Westminster & Vancouver Short Line Rly 37 1889 Amended, c. 67, 1892; c. 60, 1896. Lapsed. 27 1883 Lapsed. 36 1887 Amended, c. 36, 1889. Operating. G.N.P. purchased from Port Kells to Bridge, New Westminster. Since sold to Canadian Northern. Nicola, Kamloops, & Similkameen Coal & Rly. Co 47 1891 Amended, c. 38, 1903. Declared for public benefit, c. 164, 1903. R 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA. 1919

. APPENDIX C—Concluded. KAILWAYS INCORPORATED UNDER ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA—Concluded.

Name of Railway. Gap. Year. Remarks.

Nicola Valley Rly. 1891 Declared for the public benefit. 1893 Chap. 50, 1892. North Star & Arrow Lake Rly 1898 Amended, c. 86, 1899. Lapsed. Northern Vancouver Island Railway.. 1910 1911 Time extended to March 28th, 1919. $5,000 deposited with Minister of Finance. Okanagan & Kootenay Rly. 1890 Lapsed. 1890 Osoyoos & Okanagan Rly... 1893 Pacific Great Eastern Rly... 1913 Amended, c. 61, 1913; c. 62, 1913 ; c. 65, 1914. 1912 Under construction. Pacific Northern and Eastern Rly... 1903 Lapsed. Pacific Northern and Omineca Rly.. 1900 Amended, c. 55, 1902 ; c. 77, 1902 ; c. 40, 1903 ; c. 67, 1905 ; c. 58, 1909. Lapsed. Security deposited with Minister of Finance. Pacific Rly 1910 Lapsed. Peace & Naas River Rly.... 1911 Penticton Rly 1910 Portland & Stickine Rly... . 1898 Portland Canal Short Line . 1909 Amended, c. 74, 1911: Now called Canadian North-eastern Rly. Abandoned. Portland Canal Rly 1907 Lapsed. Port Moody, Indian River, & Northern Rly. 1910 Prince Rupert & Port Simpson Rly 1909 Quatsino Rly 1903 Queen Charlotte Island Rly 1901 Amended, c. 57, 1907. 1905 Lapsed. Queen Charlotte Rly 1910 Rainy Hollow Rly 1907 Red Mountain Rly 61 1893 Declared for public benefit, c. 60, 1S95. Revelstoke & Cassiar Rly 61 1898 Lapsed. Rock Bay & Salmon River Rly. 51 1900 St. Mary's & Cherry Creek Rly 64 1906 St. Mary's Valley Rly 65 1906 Shuswap & Okanagan Rly 26 1887 Amended, c. 30, 1888; c. 42, 1890; c. 37, 1891. Skeena River & Eastern Rly 62 1898 Lapsed. Skeena River Rly. Colonization & Explor­ ation Co 63 1898 South-east Kootenay Rly 64 1898 63 1906 Amended, c. 61, 1909. Time extended to February 27th, 1919. South Kootenay Rly 88 1898 Lapsed. South Okanagan Rlv 66 1906 Stave Valley Rly 70 1905 Stickeen & Teslin Rly. Navigation & Colo­ nization Co 71 1897 Toad Mountain & Nelson Tramway Incor­ poration 70 1891 Amended, c. 44, 1898; c. 40, 1900. Toad Mountain & Nelson Tramway Incor­ poration 185 Chap. 58, 1901, an Act respecting tha Incorporation of Tramway, Tele­ phone, and Telegraph Companies. Tramway Inspection 50 1910 Amended, c. 51, 1911. Upper Columbia Navigation & Tramway Co 50 1891 Vancouver & Grand Forks Rly ... 1901 Lapsed. Vancouver & Lulu Island Electric Rly. & Improvement Co 1891 Vancouver & Lulu Island Rly 1891 Amended, c. 73,1897 ; c. 52,1900. Declared for public benefit, c. 86,1901. Vancouver & Nicola Valley Rly 1908 Amended, c. 80, 1910. Lapsed. Vancouver & Northern Rly 1909 Lapsed. Vancouver & Westminster Rly 1900 Amended, c. 78, 1902. Vancouver Island Hydro-electric & Tram­ way Co., Ltd Incorporated, joint-stock company, November 12th, 1912, ed. Vancouver Land & Rly. Co 1S82 Lapsed. Vancouver-Nanaimo Rly. Transfer Co 1897 Vancouver, Northern, & Yukon Rly 1899 Amended, c. 55, 1900. Lapsed. Vancouver, Northern, Peace River, & Alaska Rly. & Navigation Co.. 1891 Lapsed. Vancouver, Victoria, & Eastern Rly. & Navigation Co '. 1897 Declared for public benefit, c. 172, 1905. Vernon & Okanagan Rly 1891 Lapsed. Victoria & Barkley Sound Rly 1909 Victoria & Northern America Rly 1891 Victoria & Saanich Rly 1886 1886 Victoria & Seymour Narrows Rly. 1902 Victoria & Sidney Rly 1892 1892 Sporation.} grated by G.N.R. Victoria & Yellowhead Pass Rly. Aid. 1902 Lapsed. 1901 Victoria Terminal Rly. &, Ferry'Oo... A e 54 19 S 1901 ayB ."-jaww . ' °" ' ° [Operatej d by G.N.R. Victoria, Vancouver, & Westminster.. 1894 Amended, c. 76, 1897. Lapsed. Victoria Harbour Rly. Co 1911 Lapsed. Wellington Colliery Rly 1883 1911 Operating. Yale Northern Rly . 1901 Lapsed. Yukon Mining & Trading & Transportation Co 1897 Yukon Mining &, Trading & Transportation Co 1897 9 GEO. 5 DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS. R 15

APPENDIX I).

LIST OF COMPANIES OPERATING LOGGING AND INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS.

No. Name of Railway. Miles. Locos. Other Equipment.

8.0 1 17 Hercules steel logging-trucks, 1 flat ear. 5.0 1 10 logging-cars, 7 logging-trucks, 1 workmen's passenger-car. 4.0 1 1 flat car, 10 logging-cars, 8 logging-trucks. Bloedell, Stewart & Welsh Logging Rly 9.7 2 3 flat cars, 18 logging-cars, 4 logging-trucks. Britannia Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd 35 25* 15 flat cars, 250 ore-cars. B.C. Mills Timber & Trading Co 26.5 6 1 box car, 2 flat cars, 62 logging-trucks, 1 ballast-car, 2 pile-drivers, 2 snow-ploughs. Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Ltd 10.0 20 8 box cars, 25 flat cars, 383 coal-cars, 25 work-cars, 2 passenger-cars, 8 workmen's passenger-cars, 1 steam-shovel, 2 pile-drivers, 1 snow-plough. 5.48 2 1 flat car, 12 logging-cars, 27 logging-trucks, 1 steam-shovel, 1 pile- driver. 5.0 2 4 logging-trucks. Canadian Panama Lumber & Logging Co. .. 7.0 1 14 logging-trucks, 2 work-cars. Canadian Robert Dollar Co., Ltd 5.0 1 6 logging-cars, 16 sets logging-trucks. 19.2 5 42 fiat cars, 564 coal-cars, 21 work-cars, 2 workmen's passenger-cars, 1 crane. 3.5 2* 11 dump-cars, 4 hoppers, 3 flat cars. 27.0 3 2 box cars, 2 flat cars, 82 logging-cars, 3 log-loaders. 10.0 2 96 coal-cars, 8 work-cars, 2 steam-shovels, 1 snow-plough. Crow's Nest Pass Lumber Co 9.0 2 3 flat cars, 3 dining-cars, 1 office car, 3 bunk-cars. 45.0 6 15 logging-trucks, 200 flat cars, 2 speeders. 1.0 4 small iron logging-trucks. Dolly Varden Mines Co 17.0 'Y 1 box car, 15 flat cars, 2 conductors' vans. 2.0 1 1 box car, 1 flat car, 7 logging-trucks, 1 pile-driver, 1 log-loader. East Kootenay Logging Rlv 10.0 1 24 logging-cars, 2 log-loaders. Eastern British Columbia Rly. (Corbin Coal 14.0 3 8 box cars, 9 flat cars, 1 baggage-car, 1 passenger car, 1 pile-driver, & Coke). 1 snow-plough. 15.86 2 1 box car, 12 flat cars, 20 logging-cars, 1 work-car, 3 ballast-cars, 1 pile-driver. 3.5 1 4 logging-trucks, 1 donkey and goader. 3.0 1 1 flat car, 10 logging-trucks. Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & 5.25 11 2 flat cars, 12 stock-ears, 50 coal-cars, 3 logging-cars, 20 baggage- Power Co., Ltd. cars, 1 hoist. 1.5 2 40 ore-cars. Heaps, E. IL, & Co., Ltd 11.25 1 4 flat cars, 15 logging-trucks, 3 oil-tanks, 2 water-tanks. 25.0 3 2 flat cars, 60 logging-trucks, 10 work-cars, 1 baggage-car, 1 work­ men's passenger car, 1 pile-driver. 7.0 2 1 flat car, 1 pile-driver, 1 log-loader. Khaka International Trading Co 1.25 1 1 logging-truck. 2.0 1 2 flat cars, 1 logging-car. 4.0 1 1 flat car, 10 logging-cars, 4 logging-trucks. Mainland Cedar Co., Ltd 2.6 1 1 box car, 10 logging-cars, 4 logging-trucks, 1 work-car, 1 pile- driver, 2 log-loaders. 0.5 1 2 logging-cars. Merrill-Ring-Moore Logging Co., Ltd 2.5 2 19 logging-cars. 10.85 5 6 box cars, 49 coal-cars, 1 passenger car, 5 workmen's passenger cars, 1 conductor's car, 1 snow-plough, 1 crane. Nimpkish Timber Co., Ltd 7.0 2 21 pr. logging-cars, 12 pr. logging-trucks, 1 pile-driver. 9.35 8 3 flat cars, 48 coal-cars. 3.0 25 logging-cars, 4 logging-tmcks, 2 pile-drivers, 2 log-loaders. Port Moody Coquitlam Rly 14.5 1 6 flat cars, 12 logging-cars. Ross Saskatoon Lumber Co 12.0 2 27 logging-cars. Smith Hutchison Logging Rly 2.0 1 2 sets logging-trucks. 6.25 2 4 yarding-engines, 1 flat car, 11 logging-cars, 2 logging-trucks, 1 pile- driver, i- 9.0 I 18 logging-trucks, 1 pile-driver. 3.0 1 1 ore-car, 4 logging-cars, 1 workmen's passenger-car. Victoria Lumber Co 20.0 3 36 sets logging-trucks, 3 flat cars. Wilson Bardy, Ltd 5.0 1 flat car, 16 logging-trucks. Totals 465.54 145

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Printed by WILLIAM H. CULI VN, Prin ter to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1919.