This fonds contains the schedule of rates and rules for the trainmen. The document was produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway company’s western division and was owned by William George Wood. ‘Thank you’ is inscribed in the left had corner of the document. The document was approved by the Brotherhood of the Railway Trainmen.
Image of Main Street from the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) depot in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; includes view of Manitoba Street and the Maple Leaf Hotel.
Image of Canadian Pacific Railway yards looking east. There are piles of wood in the yard and trains travelling along the tracks. Grain elevators and the city of Moose Jaw can be seen in the distance.
The Canadian Pacific Railway yards as they appeared in 1910. Great development had taken place in the preceding twenty years, since the first train left Yorkton in 1891. In the picture above, left center, it will be noted that in 1910 the fair grounds were on the present site of Jubilee park, the live stock building and large tents are seen. On the right is Livingstone Street.
View from the top of the Murray Memorial Building showing the end of the building plus the entrance, theatre and the classroom wings. Trees in the foreground, city in the background showing Ogilvie Flour mill on the left and the Canadian Pacific railway bridge across the river on the right.
Folded rectangle of paper on the outside is the basics of the deal and the the inside folds out into a large certificate. The certificate is legal confirmation of of deal in which the British government gave the Canadian Pacific Railway land in Manitoba to build its railway on. The certificate is dated 1905 but it says the deal actually took place back in 1899.