| July 1923, No. 305 | Canadian Railway and Marine World (Toronto) | Page 343, col. 3 |
Canadian National Railways construction, betterments, etc.
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Longlac-Nakina Cutoff.—Senator Dandurand stated in the Senate recently, in answer to questions by Senator Lynch-Staunton, that a contract has been let for clearing, grading, culverts, and bridges on this line, to Foley Bros. & Hervey, the estimated cost being $775,980. The amount required to cover expenditure to March 31, 1923, was provided by Parliament last year, in vote 112. Since that reply was given, a bill has been introduced to cover the C.N.R. general construction programme, which includes $1,944,000 for this line. Foley Bros., of Foley Bros. & Hervey, who have the contract for the cutoff, is an old contracting firm which has built thousands of miles of railway in Canada and the united States. O. W. Swensen, its Secretary-Treasurer, who is in charge of the Longlac-Nakina work, had charged of the following construction in Canada for Foley Bros. and their associates: Algoma Central Ry., from Sault Ste. Marie to Josephine Mine, including branch to Helen Mine Jct., Ont.; C.P.R., Bolton Jct. to Sudbury line, from Byng Inlet to Rainford, Ont.; G.T. Pacific Ry. Lake Superior branch, from Fort William to Lake Superior Jct., Ont.; National Transcontinental Ry., from Québec City to Cochrane; Canadian Northern Ry., from Ruel to Port Arthur, Ont. In addition to these lines, Foley Bros. and their associates did the second track construction from Fort William to Winnipeg; built the G.T. Pacific Ry. to the Pacific coast through the Yellowhead Pass and the C.P.R. Connaught tunnel.
Railways: C.N.Rys.