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Mustard plaster car and sunlit rails headline Arctic expansion
Arthoe W Cullen, Chicago wheat king, plans a $2,000,000 pleasure park project alongside the Canadian Pacific Transcontinental line. The new Solarium car on the Empress of Canada features vita-glass for sun rays. CP staff joke about mustard plasters but justify the glass end sun room. A tunnel linking North Vancouver to the Transcontinental system opens with Governor-General aboard the inaugural train. Captain Middleton of the Alberta receives three top hats as he begins port calls, a playful record-keeping gesture.
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C. P. BR
Trans-Canada Limited
England
North Vancouver
Frank Middleton
Canadian Pacific
Alberta
Porte
Sault Ste. Marie
Port McNicall
Fort William