Reports of chief engineer on the survey of the North Shore railway, and of directors on the proper resources of the same.

To avoid the higher grounds on the south side of the Cap- Rouge River, and to join the valley on the north, along which the line continues its course, two curves are necessary, one of about I a mile radius, the other of 11,460 ft. or nearly two miles, and two bridges.At each crossing of the last named river, the spans are so small, not exceeding in either case 40 feet, that their cost need not be considered, in comparison to that of bringing the Railway over the high grounds, which it is the object of this detour to avoid.Following the valley on the north of this river, the line tra- verses its highest point rising gradually on the face of the Jacques Cartier hills (which are a continuation or spur of the Lorette Mountains, terminating at the St. Lawrence, near Pointe- aux-Trembles^and reaches their summit level(375 feet above low water at Quebec) at about one mile west of « Paradis' Mills.» As regards cost of construction, the last two and a half miles may be considered as of the greatest importance on this division.Running, at this point, in a direction almost north and south, elevated considerably, even at this their lowest point, above the level of the surrounding country, these hills offer an obstacle which will require a greater amount of labor to remove, than appears to present itself on any other part of the line.This point or «pass, » I am persuaded from a careful personal examination of the range, is the best that can be found.At it, a passage can be effected, with a gradient of 50, if not 46, feet to the mile, and a curve of 11 miles radius.The above inclination, I am disposed to think, may be further dimi- nished in the location of your line, and the cost of the work reduced.While on this subject, I may remark that there is but one other « pass » by which a passage over these hills could be effected ; I allude to that known as « Doyles » obout two miles more to the north.This summit is not to be approached by the route described above.To render it available, the course of the line of Railway would have to be brought close under Charlesbourg and Indian Lorette, and over the heights north of the Church of Ancienne Lorette.

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