Canadian National Telegram sent to the Superintendent in Cochrane ON from Kapuskasing ON
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Canadian National Telegram sent to the Superintendent in Cochrane ON from Kapuskasing ONEntry/Object ID
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Telegram sent to W. B. Way, the superintendent for the Canadian National Cochrane Division in 1926. It was sent from Morrow and Beatty from the Kapuskasing Subdivision in Kapuskasing ON. The telegram reads "one car of our shipment Russian Rail was borrowed for Kapuskasing yard work and laid by your crew stop kindly arrange to replace with a car of same now here consigned your order advise". Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document, actual telegram sent to W. B. Way. 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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