My fathers aunt was married to an Alexander Robert Mann a brother
to Sir Donald Mann who built the CPR. Alexander built many railroad
lines in Ontario,
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. In 1902 he owned the
Canadian Northern
Railway, Neepawa and McCreary? In 1903 he built the Greenway
Branch.
Around 1906, Alexander packed up, sold the house and moved to
Vancouver
B.C. and continued his work under the co name of Northern Construction
Co. His co. built railways and bridges, one of them the
Patulla Bridge
