Senatorial excursion party over the Union Pacific Railway, E.D.; Speeches of Senators on the Pacific Railroad question...June 14, 1867.

Includes proceedings of meetings of excursionists, held at Fort Harker, Kan., June 7 and 8, 1867.

Memorial of the people of Red River to the British and Canadian governments, with remarks on the colonization of central British North America, and the establishment of a great territorial road from Canada to British Columbia.

Memorial of the people of Red River Settlement.

Western Canada - Manitoba, Assiniboia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. How to get there. How to select lands. How to begin. How to make money.

Cover-title: Farming and ranching in western Canada.

The great Dominion; studies of Canada;

Introductory.--The North-west.--The Canadian Pacific railway.--Coal.--Eastern Canada.--British Columbia.--Northern Canada: the great fur country.--Trade relations and trade policy.--Labour, education and political tendencies.

Report

Mode of access: Internet.

Collision of Union Pacific Railroad train MHOTU-23 with BNSF Railway Company train MEAP-TUL-126-D with subsequent derailment and hazardous materials release, Macdona, Texas, June 28, 2004.

"PB2006-916303," "Notation 7675D."

Before the Interstate commerce commission. In the matter of the application of the Great northern railway company, etc., Finance docket no. 7439. In the matter of the application of the Western Pacific railroad company, etc. Finance docket no. 7440. In the matter of the application of the Great northern railway company and the Western Pacific railroad company, etc. Finance docket no. 7781 ...

Vol. [1]-[2]. Applicants' opening brief. F.G. Dorety, F.M. Angellotti [and others], attorneys.--v. [3]-[5] Brief for Southern Pacific company, Union Pacific railroad company, Oregon short line railroad company, Oregon-Washington railroad & navigation company and Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad company, interveners. B.C. Dey, G.V. Shoup [and others] attorneys.

The Mystery of Privity: Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada v Robinson (1915)

This article examines a little known decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada v Robinson (1915). The examination is historical and it provides a different insight into the understanding of privity of contract, a doctrine central to contract law. The examination reveals a process of trans-Atlantic legal migration in which English law was applied to resolve an Ontario case. The nature of the resolution is surprising because it appears to conflict with the better known decision of the House of Lords, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company, Limited v Selfridge and Company, Limited, which a similarly constituted panel delivered in the same week. This article argues that there was a greater malleability in the resolution of cases concerned with privity than was thought to have existed. It is also argued that the power of Canadian railway capitalism is a significant factor in understanding the legal resolution of the case. Finally, it the article considers the use of English and American precedents relevant to the case. The application of English precedents to the case led to a resolution not entirely befitting Canadian conditions.

The Topolovampo Pacific railway : a commercial and statistical review, showing its local, transcontinental, international and interoceanic features and advantages /

Bound in a vol. with supplied title: [Austin-Topolovampo railroad documents]

The Pacific railroads : suggestions submitted to the Hon. Charles Devens, attorney-general of the United States, on the resolutions of the Senate and House of Representatives in respect to the operation of the Union Pacific Railroad and branches : on behalf of said railroad company /

Mode of access: Internet.

How we built the Union Pacific railway, and other railway papers and addresses,

Mode of access: Internet.

Canadian Niagara Power Company fonds

Power at the Falls: The first recorded harnessing of Niagara Falls power was in 1759 by Daniel Joncairs. On the American side of the Falls he dug a small ditch and drew water to turn a wheel which powered a sawmill. In 1805 brothers Augustus and Peter Porter expanded on Joncairs idea. They bought the American Falls from New York State at public auction. Using Joncairs old site they built a gristmill and tannery which stayed in business for twenty years. The next attempt at using the Falls came in 1860 when construction of the hydraulic canal began by the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Co. The canal was complete in 1861 and brought water from the Niagara river, above the falls, to the mills below. By 1881 the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Co. had a small generating station which provided some electricity to the village of Niagara Falls and the Mills. This lasted only four years and then the company sold its assets at public auction due to bankruptcy. Jacob Schoellkopf arrived at the Falls in 1877 with the purchase of the hydraulic canal land and water and power rights. In 1879 Schoellkopf teamed up with Charles Brush (of Euclid Ohio) and powered Brush’s generator and carbon arc lights with the power from his water turbines, to illuminate the Falls electrically for the first time. The year 1895 marked the opening of the Adam No. 1 generating station on the American side. The station was the beginnings of modern electrical utility operations. The design and operations of the generating station came from worldwide competitions held by panels of experts. Some who were involved in the project include; George Westinghouse, J. Pierpont Morgan, Lord Kelvin and Nikoli Tesla. The plants were operated by the Niagara Falls Power Company until 1961, when the Robert Moses Plant began operation in Lewiston, NY. The Adams plants were demolished that same year and the site used as a sewage treatment plant. The Canadian side of the Falls began generating their own power on January 1, 1905. This power came from the William Birch Rankine Power Station located 500 yards above the Horseshoe Falls. This power station provided the village of Fort Erie with its first electricity in 1907, using its two 10,000 electrical horsepower generators. Today 11 generators produce 100,000 horsepower (75 megawatts) and operate as part of the Niagara Mohawk and Fortis Incorporated Power Group.

Canadian Shredded Wheat Company Fonds

In 1893 Attorney Henry Drushel Perky and William H. Ford invented a machine for the preparation of cereals for food. Perky soon realized that the actual cereal biscuits were more popular than the machines and he opened Shredded Wheat plants in Massachusetts and Niagara Falls, New York. In 1904, the Niagara Falls, Canada plant was opened. These factories also served as tourist attractions. In 1907, one hundred thousand people visited the plants on both sides of the border. In 1928, the company was sold to The National Biscuit Company and the product name changed to Nabisco Shredded Wheat. The name of the plant was changed to Nabisco Foods in 1956 to reflect the variety of foods that were being produced at that time. In 1985, Nabisco was purchased by J.R. Reynolds thus forming RJR Nabisco. In 1994, RJR sold its breakfast cereal business to Kraft Foods and the international licenses to General Mills. Shredded Wheat is now integrated into the Post Foods portfolio. with information from: Niagara Falls Canada a History by The Kiwanis Club of Stamford, Ontario Inc. and Business Source Complete

Statistics of Manufacturers for the year 1905 - Canadian Niagara Power Company

A census form for the year 1905. The form was approved by the Governor General in Council January 22, 1906.