Sir William Van Horne - Date/Photographer unknown.

11 September 2012

On This Day in History

Canada - In 1915, Sir William Van Horne, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, died at age 72.
 
The American-born Van Horne was appointed general manager of the CPR in 1882.
 
Under his management, the problem-plagued railway was finally completed from Montreal, Quebec, to Port Moody, British Columbia, in 1885.
 
Author unknown.