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- VICTORIA ILLUSTRATED. 37
Indeed, it is not those in this community who are regarded as being over-sanguine, that look forward to a time when the road will not only
be extended to the north end of the Island, but will have its connections with the American system of transcontinental railways at Beecher
Bay, and by way of Bute Inlet with a second all-Canadian route. The E. & N. Railway is generally recognized as an exceedingly well managed
institution. At its head are the sons of the late Hon. Robt. Dunsmuir, its founder, who have surrounded themselves with men of great
practical administrative as well as professional ability, and much as the Island Railway has accomplished in the past, it is destined in
the future to do more in the interests of island development, and inter-provincial, international trade.
The officers of the Island railway, of which some views appear elsewhere, are A. Dunsmuir, President ; Joseph Hunter, General
Superintendent ; and H. K. Prior, General Freight and Passenger Agent.
THE JEWELL BLOCK, CORNER YATES AND DOUGLAS STREETS.
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