Train going over the Midgell Bridge. Courtesy of the Prince Edward Island Provincial Archives?

By 1873, the Island was facing bankruptcy from the railway debt. This debt proved to be one the main reasons for the Island entering Confederation in 1873. With the debt now in the hands of the Dominion, the railway continued to be constructed. Of the sixty—five stations built by 1874, six were categorized as “terminal stations,” twelve as “way or crossing” stations," and forty-seven as “flag stations.” (34) St. Peters was a way or crossing station, and the stations at Five Houses, Ashton, Midgell, Marie, and Selkirk, were considered flag stations. When the construction of the railway finished, there was an average of one station every three miles, and in certain places there were sidings, which allowed two trains to meet, or pass, and box cars for produce to park, every 3.5 miles on average. (35)

The St. Peters Station“, as was provided in the original contract. when erected was of the following measurements: (36)

Passenger and Freight House combined,

urinals and closets, one story: 22ft. x 43ft. Play‘orm' 150 ft. x 88ft. Tank house and tank: 18ft. x 18ft. Coal shed: 20ft. x 40ft.

* Accession No. 4395—10. 1‘ The original railway station is now currently owned by the St. l’eters Senior Citizen’s group, and is m the “Circle Club.”

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