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Page 3• Alexander Macdonald. Following this, he executed a number of sub-contracts on the Intercolonial Railway. Perhaps the greatest achievement of his whole career, however, was the building of section B of the C. P. R., in partnership with Manning and Macdonald. This section of the transcontinental line lies along the north shore of Lake Superior, and at many points presents some most difficult feats in engineering. Not a little of it is built on trestles overhanging the rocky shores of the great inland sea. Mr. Isbester finished that contract with a profit of $300,000. Some of this money he subsequently lost on a contract which he undertook about ten years ago on the Cape Breton extension of the Intercolonial Railway in partnership with Mr. R. G. Reid, the Newfoundland railway magnate. Only last spring Mr. Isbester completed a contract on the Crow's Nest Pass. About twenty-three years ago Mr. Isbester married Miss Fraser at Quebec. To them was born a family of four sons and one daughter. Miss Minota is at home with her brother Alexander; Colin is in Winnipeg, James has been spending the summer with Mr. Alex. Simpson, of the Ontario Bank at Aylmer, and Malcolm is visiting Mr. Rufus Pope at Sherbrooke, Que. Dr. Herridge's Tribute Mr. Isbester was a life-long Presbyterian, and he and his family were constant attendants at St. Andrews church. Dr. Herridge, his pastor, said: "I was very much shocked to learn of his death. He was a man of fine ability and his genial disposition and real kindness of heart will cause a host of friends in all parts of the Dominion to regret his death. The bereaved wife and family may be assured of wide-spread sympathy An ardent lover of athletic pastimes, Mr. Isbester was particularly interested in the Capital Lacrosse Club. In its early days he was one of its financial mainstays. At the bazaar last spring he offered a prize in the tombola - a horse, sleigh and harness. Mr. Isbester was also a valued member of the Rideau Club.