Publication contains the following sections: "At dinner . . . Monday, 15th April, 1957 . . . "; "The First Trans-Canada Train, Montreal to Vancouver, from The Daily News-Advertiser, . . . May 24, 1887"; "From The Victoria Colonist, Tuesday, May 24th, 1887"; "The Welcome to Harry Abbott, Esq., General Superintendent of the Pacific Division of the Canadian Pacific Railway" . . . M. A. MacLean, Mayor"; "The Return . . . August 22, 1945" [gift of "374" to citizens of Vancouver by Canadian Pacific Railway]; "After Seventy Years" [those who attended dinner, gives year of arrival in Vancouver].