2. Formation of the Montreal Colonization Railway

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Maps xv
6. 1. The first charter and the search for capital 1
7. 2. Formation of the Montreal Colonization Railway 23
8. 3. Montreal’s million 38
9. 4. Subsidies and contracts 54
10. 5. Collapse and government takeover 70
11. 6. The government railway: a noose for Boucherville and Joly 89
12. 7. Chapleau and the railway: 1880-1 112
13. 8. Sale of the QMO&O 125
14. 9. Corwlusion 138
15. Notes 145
16. Bibliography 169
17. Index 181