the building of the railway?

Morris has written:

'The proposed railway across Newfoundland' -- subject(s): Railroads

There is no train service in Prince Edward Island. The former railway bed is now a walking trail. There is no train service on the island of Newfoundland. The former railway bed has also been turned into a trail. There is, however, a rail line running from Sept Isles, Quebec, into Labrador (which is part of Newfoundland).

because the confederation's main point for joining was a railway stretching from coast to coast with didn't really excite them, mainly because there an island