PROGRESS OF CANADA.
Nothing, perhaps, is more eloquent as regards the phenomenal progress being made by the Dominion of Canada than the rate of railway expansion, either in construction or sanctioned. It is estimated, on seemingly reliable data, that within- the next five years no lees than 7000 miles of railway will be completed and brought into operation. This year track will be laid for 1500 miles of now lines about the same as last year—British Columbia being at present the chief participator in this development. At this rate we may see Canada within the next decade with a railway system of something like 44,000 miles. Australia., with its 17,000 miles of railway, and comparatively small annual increase, and New Zealand, with its 2717 miles, will have to wake up if they mean to compete with their sister Dominion.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14473, 13 September 1910, Page 6
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139PROGRESS OF CANADA. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14473, 13 September 1910, Page 6
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