Excerpt from The Engineering Journal, 1939, Vol. 22: The Journal of the Engineering Institute of CanadaSummary - The author develops a theme whereby the inter est of men of the Empire Builder type could be obtained as a means of helping to solve the western dry areas problem. Engineering investigations should be advanced and some definite move forward must be made without loss of time as there is a limit to the courage of even the best of a fine people. As an instance of other major problems in Canada requiring immediate solution, he also refers to the railway problem, advocating a unified management.Wherever I travel I try to point the vision of men and women to the great domain that lies beyond the reach Of rails and roads and cities as the foremost of all Canada's possessions. What has been our attitude? What but to exploit and plunder for an individual's bank account! The common interest, the good Of the nation, the legacy to the future - these have been handy bits of banquet oratory, but they have had little to do with the actual economic management of the country's natural resources.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.