Letter from the Henry Selin Forest Products Company to the Superintendent of Canadian National's Cochrane Division regarding siding for their company
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Letter from the Henry Selin Forest Products Company to the Superintendent of Canadian National's Cochrane Division regarding siding for their companyEntry/Object ID
2021.1008.01Description
Letter written to L.N. Gagnon, the Superintendent of Canadian National's Cochrane Division in 1950. The letter was sent fro, S. A. Friedman, from the Henry Selin Forest Products company. The letter is regarding a proposed siding project in Hearst for the company and is requesting that Canadian National provides ties, switch ties, and between 10-15 car loads of cinders for the project. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document, actual letter sent to the Superintendent. 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