| November 1923, No. 309 | Canadian Railway and Marine World (Toronto) | Page 537, col. 3 |
Canadian National Railways construction, betterments, etc.
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Longlac-Nakina cut-off.—We were advised Oct. 20 that Foley Bros. & Hervey would complete their contract on time by Oct. 31, including grading, bridging, concrete work and everything pertaining to the construction, with the exception of track laying and ballasting, which C.N.R. forces are doing. Contractors bid on this work late in 1922, but the contract was not let for some six weeks afterwards. Foley Bros. & Hervey started in the latter part of Jan. 1923 to build camps and tote roads, but the six weeks they had lost delayed the work considerably, as they encountered deep snow which made the building of tote roads difficult. In addition to the original contract, Foley Bros. graded Nakina yard, which is a terminal of considerable extent, and involved quite an addition to the yardage to be moved under the original contract. O. W. Swenson, Secretary-Treasurer of Foley Bors., St. Paul, Minn., was in direct charge of the work, with headquarters at Longlac. At the time of writing (Oct. 22), some 16 miles of track has been laid from Nakina toward Longlac toward Nakina. Cold weather and a heavy snowfall is reported, which will probably delay the completion of track laying somewhat. (Oct., pg. 473.)
Railways: C.N.Rys.