This Was A Handsome
Piece Of Workmanship, Beautifully Chased And Set In A Rosewood Handle,
And Bore The Following Inscription:
- "To H.R.H. Princess Louise, this
trowel was presented by the contractors of the Quebec Harbour Works,
on
The occasion of her laying the tablet stone of the Princess Louise
Embankment and Docks, River St. Charles, Quebec July 29, 1880." Her
Royal Highness, with this splendid implement, dug right lustily into
the cement, and having prepared the bed, drew back to allow the
ponderous stone to be lowered thereinto. This done, a beautiful mallet
of polished oak having been presented, the mass received two or three
blows, and was then declared to be well and truly laid. The Vice-Regal
party almost immediately afterwards regained the Druid, which
swiftly conveyed the members thereof to terra firma, the police
yacht Dolphin being in attendance. Of the other steamers, the
Clyde and North, after a short sail round the harbour, landed
their passengers at the Grand Trunk Railway wharf; the Brothers went
down to St. Joseph, and gave to those on board an opportunity of
noticing the progress made upon the new Graving Dock there. The troops
and privileged guests having been conveyed to and from the scene by
the Montreal Harbour Commissioners' boat John Young.
HARBOUR AND DOCK WORKS.
Before describing these vast and important structures, calculated to
afford such boundless facilities to ocean shipping frequenting our port,
it may not be without interest to note the efforts made at various times
for their construction.
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