| Summary: | The Newfoundland Trans-Atlantic Route Newfoundland trans-Atlantic route -- The Viking track. Green Bay as an Atlantic terminal -- Green Bay as a port -- Bay of Islands -- Green Bay a safe habour [sic] to make -- Period for which route is available -- Advantage of route for mails and passengers. Dangers of the Belle Isle Straits -- And of the South Coast of Newfoundland -- Reasons for safety of Green Bay route -- It will also be the pleasantest route -- Cost of operating steamers would be less -- Boasts of less speed could be used -- Advantage of a west of Ireland port -- Relation to all-red route. Isolation of Newfoundland -- The Bay of Islands and Gaspé train ferry: letter from Mr. J. G. Scott -- Comparison of distances -- Freedom from fog of proposed route. Percentage of days with fog at lighthouses on the Newfoundland coast -- Train ferries. The question of transhipment -- Train ferries -- Gulf of St. Lawrence a sheltered sea; distance no difficulty -- Train ferries regular sea-going boats -- Sufficiency of freight -- Commercial practicability of the Gaspé train ferry -- Cost of operation -- Grand trunk train ferries -- Small rise and fall of tide in the Gulf of St. Lawrence -- Larger boats possible, and drawing more water -- Feasibility of winter navigation of the river and gulf of St. Lawrence. Extract from letter from M. le Vasseur, Secretary to the Quebec Board of Trade, to the Hon. L. P. Pelletier, Postmaster-General and Representative of the District of Quebec in the federal government -- Letter from Captain Couillard and Captain Paul Lachance -- Extract of letter from Mr. J. A. Fafard -- Extract of letter from Captain Bernier -- Quebec trade with Newfoundland disappears -- Importance as a grain route. Sir Robert Bond's speech -- Importance of fortifying St. John's -- And of fortifying Green Bay -- The Hudson Bay route and Labrador. The Hudson Strait -- Reports of various expeditions -- Importance of route in relation to an all red cable line -- Government tax upon through mails. An important ...
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