the change-off terminal of White River, Ontario. This status of being a home terminal for train crews ensures the township of a number of high-quality skilled jobs. The railway attracted to the township, and employed people for many occupations including track maintenance, signal maintenance, telecommunications, mechanical and locomotive maintenance, yard operation, radio communication, engineering and administration. The railway built and maintained homes in Schreiber for its supervisory and trades staff. The creation of a dedicated housing supply is attributable to the railway's policy of transferring their employees often. This constant movement of staff was a very common early practice within all railways, owing usually to the large territory combined with the limitations on travel and communications. Early transportation publications would contain numerous announcements of promotion and transfer of location. By constructing and managing the properties in the smaller centres, the railway was able to ensure accommodations for its officials and their families. The rotating in-and-out of supervisors gave these people exposure to the CPR's various subdivisions, allowed them to experience the challenges that may be specific to those territories, and to meet and understand the needs of the local rail customers. Having housing available in a small centre such as Schreiber made such a transfer easier for the railways' incoming staff and their families. The company housing was concentrated in two areas within Schreiber. The Canadian Pacific tracks and switching yard are located in the centre of the town and divide the town into two distinct zones. While there were CPR houses in various parts of the town, the primary concentration of these buildings was located along two streets. There was an alignment of CPR houses on Manitoba Street to the north of the CPR yard tracks. There was a similar collection of company houses located on Alberta Street. Alberta Street is located to the south side of the CPR tracks. Thus there was a somewhat even distribution of these dwellings on both sides of the rail yard. The majority of the railway's supplied dwellings were large boxy duplexes. There were also some detached homes provided. These company buildings tended to be identical in construction materials and colours. CPR's Tuscan red colour was a mainstay in identifying company houses. The Tuscan red painted wood trim and complementary red insul-brick siding were common characteristics. The in-resident Schreiber Division Superintendent was allocated a single detached house on the corner of Alberta and