The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Trail of the Swinging Lanterns, by John Morison Copeland

ANDREW J. TAYLOR Lines to the memory of a good friend and business associate

BY-WATER MAGAZINE Business Getter’s Competition Prize Winning Essay

LINES TO QUEEN QUINTE

THE CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM

A TENDERFOOT IN TEMISKAMING And the silent places beyond awaiting the iron horse

MONSIEUR WILLIAM P. DUPEROW General Passenger Agent, Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Government Railways

THOSE UNDIGNIFIED BOX CARS Some methods of the men who control their movements

ONTARIO’S TWIN SISTER IS THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY

LINES ADDRESSED TO FREDERICK P. NELSON Traveling Agent, Grand Trunk Railway, on the occasion of his marriage, Hamilton, Canada, May 27th, 1912

A PILFERED POT-POURRI Timid Traveler vs. Tantalizing Ticket Clerk at the Bureau of Information

THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT

A HAPHAZARD CHRONOLOGY

BALLAD TO THE BROTHERHOOD

Transcriber’s Notes

THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE

WILLIAM H. BIGGAR Vice-President and General Counsel of G.T.R. and G.T.P. Railways Some Recollections and An Appreciation

The TRAIL of the Swinging Lanterns

AN OLD CAMPAIGNER’S CAREER

FOREWORD

KNIGHTS OF THE SWINGING LANTERN

THE CREDIT VALLEY RAILWAY Toronto to St. Thomas via Woodstock Inauguration of Toronto-Milton sections, September 19th, 1879

THE CRUSADE OF UNITED STATES RAILWAY INTERESTS IN CANADA

CONTENTS

A WIZARD WHEN IN BUD THOMAS A. EDISON

A GIGANTIC HUMAN HIVE Is the Canadian Pacific Railway Headquarters

NAVIGATORS OF THE BLUE Carrier pigeons—pioneers in aerial transportation

W. B. LANIGAN Freight Traffic Manager, Canadian Pacific Railway A Biographical Reminisence

JAMES CHARLTON The Nestor and Grand Old Man among passenger agents

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

A DECEASED CANADIAN RAILWAY The Sheriff Runs Away From His Spoils

SAMUEL R. CALLAWAY His Character and Notable Career

THOMAS N. JARVIS An Organizing Genius

GEO. J. CHARLTON Passenger Traffic Expert

TRANSPORTATION CLUB OF TORONTO BANQUET NOVEMBER, 1914