Excerpt from The Intercolonial Railway: Analysis of the Frontier Central and Bay Chaleurs Routes N ot so with the Western Division which traverses the Province of New Brunswick throughout its entire length. Hence we find various localities in that Province eagerly contending for this rich prize, prompted, we fear, more by local and personal considerations than the general welfare. N or are we surprized at this rivalry and can readily believe that each claimant may fancy that the public good is best promoted by adopting his particular vlews. In order more clearly to comprehend the nature and extent of the rival claimants, and the respective merits of the competing routes, it will first be necessary to examine the form of New Brunswick and the distribution of its population. New Brunswick is an irregular oblong, whose greatest side nearly coin cides with the Meridian. It is bounded on the South and Best almost entirely by water, and the River St. J ohn flows through and along its wes tern border. The coasts of a new country are invariabl y first settled, popa lation penetrating into the interior by its estuaries and navigable streams. This rule is universal, and quite independent of soil and climate, sections or districts developing proportionally to these facilities. Hence we find the population of New Brunswick almost exclusively located on the east, south and west sides, with the north and a vast tract in the interior a primeval forest. This irregular and unequal distribution of the population of New Brunswick has given birth to the contention about the different routes, and unnecessarily delays the completion of the Railway. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.