Letter from the Spruce Falls Company to the Superintendent for Canadian National, Cochrane Division in regards to a request for rail
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Letter from the Spruce Falls Company to the Superintendent for Canadian National, Cochrane Division in regards to a request for railEntry/Object ID
2021.1006.01Description
Letter written to W. B. Way, the Superintendent for Canadian National's Cochrane Division. The letter was sent from the Spruce Falls Company in 1926, regarding the supply of 14,000 feet of rail that is to be supplied to them from Canadian National. The letter states that the Chief Engineer in Toronto authorized this action. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document. Canadian National was created following the end of the First World War, by combining five lines which were financially troubled. It soon became the largest railway in the country. Canadian National Railways was founded in 1919 as a combination of several railways that had become bankrupt and were being ran by the Canadian Government Railways, its primary service was freight but also operated passenger service until 1978 until it was absorbed by VIA rail. The Canadian National Railways was created by the Government of Canada as a means to fund the failing railway corporations including: Intercolonial Railway of Canada, National Transcontinental Railway, Prince Edward Island Railway, and Hudson's Bay Railway.Collection
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Canadian National