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Letter from John Henry Newman (Oriel College) to Dr. Richard Whately, commenting on and enclosing notes on a review on 'Dr. Whateley's Logic', in the Edinburgh Review of April 1833 . ✔
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Newman On Sir W. Hamilton review of Whatley's Logic
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Letter from Roderic O'Connor (c/o D. W. Burpee, 45 Murray Street West, Hamilton, Ontario) to Professor P. F. Purcell (Gayfield, Killney), discussing life in Canada; etc.
C/o D.W. Burpee C.N.O.RS 45. Murray Str. West. Hamilton. Ontario
My dear Professor,
I have your op of 17.Dec.r lcsh? & was glad to hear from you. Let me congratulate you on your son, whom I hope I may meet some day. I thoroughly appreciate your reference to Miss Mansford?, now Mrs Murray. That is now, as far as I am concerned, a matter of history.
Well, I was delighted to hear the School is doing well & with it the very best success. In answer to your question, I like the open air life. It is magnificent. I have been out every day. Winter. Summer. since last March 1911. Now? west at 101° & also 52 degrees of frost. when I have had my lunch frozen too stiff to eat. an icicle hanging from my eyelashes.
I wrote of the Canadian North Railway last June for a better job than I had with the C.P.R. and got it.
With C.P.R I started as Rodman & was promoted to Draftsman then Transitman? .... 2 months. The C.N.R.S. gave me an appt. as "Resident? Engineer" on construction with an office and staff of 3. Two chainmen? & Rodman. I was sent to Montréal where I had to str pick up, and stake out a line that was surveyed 7 years previously. I staked out 22 miles of the line. This was in Dec.r with 4' snow on the ground. I only found 5 of the original hubs. I was then given a "Residency"? of 8 miles for construction over which I had full charge. The Event closed down & I was sent back to Toronto to retrace the line from Toronto to Hamilton. This is now just finished & I expect to have an 8 mile section for Construction
The Company is building from Toronto thro' Hamilton into Niagara Falls (Ont.)|Niagra Falls & then I think to Chicago. There is some heavy Engineering work on this 40 miles. 3 Bridges average 600' span across Gullys varying in depth from 69' to 110'. I have done all the Contouring etc in connection with these, my notes are plotted in head office. The work is hard, often have 12 miles walk in a day & office work when I get back. The method of running in Cu... is very simple & interesting & construction is also. I think I have been lucky. I have found myself in a few tight corners but always come out all right. All the R.. have standardized. Single track, Road bed is 15' wide & fills are 22' in cuts. All flange rails use? and suspended joints, ........, Ties. what we call "sleepess"? 2 ½ apart centres are not creas.... Ballasting of course varies with locality but generally seen to be broken stone.
The C.N.R is doing the construction that either C.P. or F.T.P.? as they are not yet thro' to Vancouver. Have about 1400 li built.
The Asst Chief Eng.r went to England last July for holiday & brought back 15 men. Engineers, Chainmen & Rodmen.
There is plenty of work for a B.E. N.U.I. I think the National might get into Commonwealth with the "Chief Engineer of Construction" C.N.Ry. Toronto. {original text: "?"} I suggested it to O'Farrell last year because I happened to know that C.N.R likes to have "Old Country" man. They're in search of chainmen.
One of my men was originally a waiter. I picked him up in Montréal and he is here with me. The 2.d was a bank clerk, the