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Report in reference to the Canadian Pacific Railway: 1879

Fleming, Sandford (Sir): 1827-1915. Born and educated as surveyor and engineer in Scotland; became engineer for Northern Railway, 1845; chief engineer of Intercolonial Railway during its construction; engineer-in-chief of surveys for CPR, 1871-1880; proponent of 24-hour-per-day system of time reckoning and intra-imperial system of cable communication; created C.M.G. (1877), K.C.M.G. (1897); charter member of Royal Society of Canada, 1882; chancellor of Queen's University, 1880-1915; director of HBC and CPR for some years (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Dated: "5th April, 1879." Cover title: "Report addressed to the Honourable the Minister of Public Works, Canada. 1879" Appendices: I, "The physical character of the prairie region obtained from authentic sources" (pages 25-124); II, "A description of the several contracts entered into—with rates and prices—for the supply of materials and execution of work on the Canadian Pacific Railway, since January, 1877, to the present time" (pages 125-138); III, "Report of the Engineer-in-Chief on surveying operations and construction for the year 1878" (pages 139-142); IV, "Map of the prairie region." Part I is a compilation of

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