Excerpt from The Victoria Bridge, at Montreal, Canada: Who Is Entitled to the Credit of Its Conception?, Or a Short History of Its Origin A great event has just occurred in Canada. The Victoria Bridge, the greatest work of Robert Stephenson, has been opened for traffic. We believe that seven years and upwards have been consumed in the construction of this wonderful bridge, and at last a train has passed over it, and the St. Lawrence is no longer an obstacle to free communication between the Canadas and the United States. This bridge is the most magnificent work of the kind in existence; for, although within our own island we have the bridge across the Menai Straits, yet in every point the Victoria Bridge is far superior. It is, indeed, to be doubted if ever a monument has been raised by human hands which can offer a prouder memorial of the race which reared it than the Victoria Bridge. To Robert Stephenson is due the merit of its conception; to Messrs. Peto and Brassey the praise which belongs to the contractors for such a work when successfully executed. Had Stephenson lived to have seen the announcement thus made, his high sense of justice and delicacy of feeling would no doubt have prompted him to have set the Times right in regard to the source of the conception of the Victoria Bridge. Fortunately for the fame of those who are entitled to this credit, Mr. Stephenson has left behind him conclusive evidence in their favor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.