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The Trail of the Swinging Lanterns

The Trail of the Swinging Lanterns

by John Morison Copeland

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Author
Copeland, John Morison
Title
The trail of the swinging lanterns : a racy, railroading review of transportation matters, methods and men
Credits
Nick Wall, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications
Subject
Railroads -- Canada
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 65454
Release Date
May 27, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.The TRAIL of the Swinging Lanterns
  3. 3.FOREWORD
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.NAVIGATORS OF THE BLUE Carrier pigeons—pioneers in aerial transportation
  6. 6.A DECEASED CANADIAN RAILWAY The Sheriff Runs Away From His Spoils
  7. 7.ONTARIO’S TWIN SISTER IS THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY
  8. 8.WILLIAM H. BIGGAR Vice-President and General Counsel of G.T.R. and G.T.P. Railways Some Recollections and An Appreciation
  9. 9.Untitled
  10. 10.Untitled
  11. 11.AN OLD CAMPAIGNER’S CAREER
  12. 12.KNIGHTS OF THE SWINGING LANTERN
  13. 13.THE CREDIT VALLEY RAILWAY Toronto to St. Thomas via Woodstock Inauguration of Toronto-Milton sections, September 19th, 1879
  14. 14.THE CRUSADE OF UNITED STATES RAILWAY INTERESTS IN CANADA
  15. 15.A WIZARD WHEN IN BUD THOMAS A. EDISON
  16. 16.A GIGANTIC HUMAN HIVE Is the Canadian Pacific Railway Headquarters
  17. 17.W. B. LANIGAN Freight Traffic Manager, Canadian Pacific Railway A Biographical Reminisence
  18. 18.JAMES CHARLTON The Nestor and Grand Old Man among passenger agents
  19. 19.UNCLE SAM’S ADOPTED SONS Their name is legion, but this is only remotely realized beyond the broad boundaries of their chosen field of action
  20. 20.SAMUEL R. CALLAWAY His Character and Notable Career
  21. 21.THOMAS N. JARVIS An Organizing Genius
  22. 22.GEO. J. CHARLTON Passenger Traffic Expert
  23. 23.TRANSPORTATION CLUB OF TORONTO BANQUET NOVEMBER, 1914
  24. 24.ANDREW J. TAYLOR Lines to the memory of a good friend and business associate
  25. 25.BY-WATER MAGAZINE Business Getter’s Competition Prize Winning Essay
  26. 26.LINES TO QUEEN QUINTE
  27. 27.THE CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
  28. 28.A TENDERFOOT IN TEMISKAMING And the silent places beyond awaiting the iron horse
  29. 29.MONSIEUR WILLIAM P. DUPEROW General Passenger Agent, Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Government Railways
  30. 30.THOSE UNDIGNIFIED BOX CARS Some methods of the men who control their movements
  31. 31.LINES ADDRESSED TO FREDERICK P. NELSON Traveling Agent, Grand Trunk Railway, on the occasion of his marriage, Hamilton, Canada, May 27th, 1912
  32. 32.A PILFERED POT-POURRI Timid Traveler vs. Tantalizing Ticket Clerk at the Bureau of Information
  33. 33.THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT
  34. 34.A HAPHAZARD CHRONOLOGY
  35. 35.BALLAD TO THE BROTHERHOOD
  36. 36.Transcriber’s Notes

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