Fleming Sir Sandford 1827- Born At Kirkaldy Scotland Came To

Canada, 1845. Chief engineer of the Intercolonial Railway; and of the

Canadian Pacific Railway; chancellor of Queen's University since 1880;

president of the Royal Society of Canada, 1888-1889. To his initiation

and persistent enthusiasm are due the establishment of a system of

universal or cosmic time; the laying of the Pacific cable, as part of an

inter-imperial telegraph service; and the building of the memorial tower

at Halifax to commemorate the opening of the first colonial Legislature.