Even these cuts didn't suffice. By 1884, the CPR was almost out of money. With Van Horne's help the CPR was completed in November 1885, which was five years ahead of schedule. Van Horne also organized troop movements to the Northwest during the uprising with efficiency.
5) Andrew Onderdonk was an American, who was under contract with the CPOR. He helped built part of the railway in British Columbia. At one point, while he was building the line through the Fraser Canyon, he was short of both money and workers. He solved this by hiring many Chinese men at low wages who had immigrated between 1881 and 1885.
6) Major Rogers was a railway surveyor who was hired to help lay out a rail line to the Pacific Ocean. He began exploring the Selkirk Mountains in 1881, and he discovered the Rogers Pass, which was through the Rocky and Selkirk mountain ranges in BC. He also discovered the Kicking Horse Pass. The CPR route was built through these passes. The route through Rogers Pass connected the east to the west.
7) Sanford Fleming was a surveyor for the Dominion, and was the one who directed the surveying for the railway. He sent many people into British Columbia to survey the area, and they brought back a lot of valuable information, which led to the first accurate map of British Columbia. However, this also led to many disagreements. He recommended and favored a route that ran through the Yellowhead Pass, but in the end the CPR was not built through this route. .
8) Hugh Allan was the only Canadian with the means to take on a transcontinental railway project. He had made his fortune in shipping, manufacturing, and railways in eastern Canada. He joined forces with Jay Cooke, an American, and formed the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Their intention was to have a branch line on the American Northern Pacific Railway, and this was concealed from the government.
9) Sam Steele was a member of the North West Mounted Police.