Canadian Pacific Railway Case Study

The Canadian Pacific Railway was important in the birth and development of many Canadian cities. Once finished settlers found themselves based along the rail tracks. This was because the railway line determined which cities would grow and which would die. Every small town wanted to be near the tracks which made transportation easier and growth faster. The tracks would bring great business.

(a) Why did CSX make a two-tiered offer? What effect does this structure have on the transaction?

“When a child of the streets stands before you in rags, with a tear-stained face, you cannot easily forget him. And yet, you are perplexed what to do. The human soul is difficult to interfere with. You hesitate how far you should go.” – Charles Loring Brace

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Each railroad was to receive a 200-foot-wide right-of-way and sections of public lands to help finance construction. The Northern Pacific’s charter originally provided ten alternate sections per mile in states through which it passed and 20 sections per mile in territories. If sufficient lands were not available within this grant, other sections could be selected as in-lieu from a secondary zone which reached back from the tracks another 20 miles.8 These land grants contributed greatly to commercial development and growth of towns along the track routes. A fourth railroad was the Southern Pacific, which was routed from New Orleans to Los Angeles. The Great Northern Railway was the fifth transcontinental line. The Great Northern, along with the Northern Pacific, had the greatest impact on developing the northwest. However, unlike the Northern Pacific, it was not a land-grand railroad. It did not obtain federal loans to help in its construction as did the Union

The transcontinental Railroad was completed on May 10, 1869. It had started in 1830 and took almost 4 decades to finish. By 1850 the track was about 9,000 miles long east of the Missouri River. At about the same time many people were moving west. It was a dangerous path over mountains, rivers, and deserts. Before the Transcontinental Railroad it cost almost $1,000 ($31,250.00 in 2015) to travel across the country, after the railroad it cost only $100 ($4,687.50 in

Codelfa Construction (Plaintiff) had a contract with State Rail Authority NSW (Defendant) to excavate the tunnels for the railway in New South Wales. The contract agreed to complete the work in assured dates and finish it within 130 weeks, to finish work Codelfa were suppose to work three shifts a day and 7 days a week; initially Codelfa Construction was working accordingly. The work was to dig a tunnel so offcourse it was very noisy and caused some vibrations which were annoying to the surrounding residents which led to application quite a few application of nuisance and after a while Codelfa Construction had an injunction where they were forced to reduce the work hours by two shifts a day and not working on Sundays. The problem started here as the working hours were reduced so Codelfa Constructions was not able to finish the work in the set period of time which was given according to the contract therefore Codelfa Construction’s budget did exceed than mentioned in the contract and they needed more time to finish the work.

The Pacific Railway Act passed in 1862. Which paved the way for two companies-- the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific--to construct a railroad that would connect Omaha, Nebraska to the west coast. With this type of expansion the railroad became the easiest way of moving westward. Since this was the easiest form of transportation of goods the Western settlement increased and more railroads were built. It was also the easiest way to get goods to the market. This meant that the settlement revolved around where the different locations of the railroad depots would be built. Which in turn made the residents move their markets and ranches closer to a railroad so they could transport their goods. In turn the placement of the railroad depot forever

The Transcontinental Railroad, first known as the Pacific Railroad was an almost a 2000-mile railroad line. It was constructed over a span of six years between 1863 and 1869. It connected the eastern U.S. rail network in Iowa with the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay.

Mackenzie, also disagreed with the construction of the railway but he did allow the Canadian Pacific Survey to continue to survey possible routes the railway could take. After Mackenzie’s term in office was over Macdonald won the elections once again and began searching for the CPR’s backers, which he eventually did. The backers were actually three private investors whom became to to known as The CPR Syndicate, moreover they also had monopoly on all rail tariffs west of Lake Superior for the next ten years. As soon as their contract was approved the CPR Syndicate altered the railway’s original route and moved it around 300 kilometers south, into the southern prairies which in turn gave the CPR more control of how the area would develop, though because of this unforeseen change of plans, the Canadian Pacific Survey had then become irrelevant. Constructing the CPR had then proved to be quite a hassle for it was not going well, along with the its snail like progress. To confront this dilemma, the CPR Syndicate hired William Van Horne with hopes that he would transform the CPR’s dire situation, in fact Van Horne exceeded their

The transcontinental railroad had a massive impact on settlers and Native Americans. Today, a modern piece of technology that affects society both positively and negatively are smartphones. When the Transcontinental railroad was built, it impacted settlers in a positive way. There was now a much safer, quicker, and less expensive way to travel down to the west. There were no longers worries about wagons tipping and the chance of dying on the middle of the trip was greatly reduced. I can relate this to present day smartphones because this technology helps people stay in touch better and makes information quick and easy to access. Students can check their grades on their phones, do research, and even write papers. This new technology is advanced

Cunard is facing a problem as to whether their marketing efforts should go towards tactical promotions or if they should be applied to marketing the overall brand while facing the effects of a recession.

In the beginning stages of railroad building, the Union Pacific Railroad Company skillfully connected the cities in the east by 9,000 miles of tracks. Then on July 1, 1862 President Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act, which granted financial aid to the two companies who would be working on the Transcontinental Railroad, the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad. A tough decision then arose, would the railroad be built in north through Montana and Oregon, in the south through Texas and Los Angeles or be built as a central route? After much discussion, the central route was chosen. Work started soon after, connecting the well-developed tracks in the east to the growing tracks in the west. On May 10, 1869 the two companies

The Railways are very important part of Canada's history and a part of transportation. "For more than a century, CP rail was called the Canadian Pacific Railway, and it remains today the railroad that helped to settle the Canadian West in the Second half of the last Century" ( Thomas York 129). The CP was not only built to provide transportation, but it was also built to get British Columbia united with Canada. It also helped many Chinese immigrants to come to Canada and had a strong impact on the political and economic connection between west to east of Canada. It is beyond doubt that the Canadian Pacific Railway was really the one that had Canada united as a country.

WestJet develop their IT operation early and force them get the lead in the aviation businesses. However, as the global economic and the change of people’s demand, the strategic plan of WestJet need to be change to follow the change of the world. Compare with other aviation business, the IT structure of WestJet is small and keeps running on their pervious operation before Smith join into the organization. There are some risks coming out if WestJet continue these IT operations.