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The head of the railway construction department in France, Mr. J. W. Stewart, i« a millionaire, and the greatest builder of railways in tho world. A Scotsman, and devoted to the land of his birth, ho made no his mind to seek fame, and fortune in Canada, and landed in that country with only a few shillings Ho got work on a farm, and then finding employment on a railway, acquired a knowledge of engineering. Eventually lie became a partner in the great American firm of Foley and Walsh, From his quite, unassuming ways it would never bo imagined that he is one of the most energetic nnd forceful personalities in the British Empire, and one of its greatest organisers.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7914, 4 August 1917, Page 1 (Supplement)
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