Canadian National Railways: Expense form from Algoma Eastern Railways: Providing Passenger Facilities, MTCE connection, and Track Maintenance (1 of 4)
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Canadian National Railways: Expense form from Algoma Eastern Railways: Providing Passenger Facilities, MTCE connection, and Track Maintenance (1 of 4)Entry/Object ID
2021.1019.01Description
Invoice written on behalf of the Algoma Eastern Railway billing the Canadian National Railway company in February 1923. The invoice lists the costs and reasons for the charges for: MTCE Algoma Eastern Connection: $100.51 Providing Passenger Facilities: $138.99 Track Maintenance $34.07 Total: $273.57 Account 297: 134.58 Account 391: $138.99 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