, 1874-02-16

Let Tho poor nlhh nEr tue BTCAtt
Let rlghfs Do ever portioncai
Lot charters not b0 soil;
Lot Cannd!ans 1.-Two an brothcrHt
Az in tho bravo days Of old.
But, on this subject Of tho recent election,
enough las boon said. Tho victory achieved by
tho Liberal party 10 III perfoot kooping With
rarty-rulo coaBcs to be good II tho roln" Of
Government nrc always held by ono clique; and
tho Bano CAUSES TINT arc at work III Ehgaha ln
oust tho Liberal Gladstone have accomplished
tho dofoat Of sl,o Conservative Macdonald.
GRANGE OF RA1LwAY-roLtcy.
In no point Of policy Inns the now Government
introduced groAtor chango tllan III roforenco to
Tho manner In which tlio work on tho Oannda
Pacific Railroad shall bo prosecuted. When tho
negotiations for tho incorporation Of tho Prov
neo Of British Columbia into tho Confederation
wero proceeding, tho Macdonald uoyornmontvol-
unfairly raIsod tho pilo Of tho Columbian dole
gatcs, aud offered to plotgc tho Canadian Goy-
ornmont to do far moro than oyon tllo ocel;lent,
ala desired. Thoy agrood to finish tho railroad
within ton ycnrs, toBtart ita constructions at both
ontls within two years, aud to submit to certain
ponnlticH II tho fill conditions OF tho bond woro
not carried out. But IT was soon 1nado up
fur from my serious attompt being made
by tile General Government to carry thoul Into
oifoct 1t waB ovldont thoy mere to DO loft as
legacy to the generation Of reolitioiaus who
mentioned in tito covenant. tho Mnokenzlo
Ministry havo introduced now departure In this
mattor, and on It put themselves sqmarely botoro
tho country. Tho position takon by hfr. hlao-
konzo and his follow Ministers OIL this a1bioct
'is sensible OTTO. Thny acknowledged tho abb
aurdity Of attempting to build railroad at prcs-
ont across country which has ncvor got boon
now oyon been destroyed by fire.. But thoro ID
no abandonment Of tho idea Of constructing
such railroad. That will bo done. The only
question is, When2
Is to build, ut once road to connect Manitoba
with Lnko Superior aud tho great wntor-rollte.
Tue lakoB OH tho route aro to 10 utilized ct
frat, 30 that tho length Of railroad to be built
Mill bo only 1856 miles, simultaneously With
from Fort Garry will be- proceeded with: This,
1t Ia anticipated, will give . wintor outlet. and
afford connection with tue American network Of
railways Then, at tho othor ond Of tho lino
| ab!o expectations met by tho Immediate survey
| Of routes and tile speedy commoncementof of work.
This will lenvc only two sections to be finished in
tho future: TINT lying cast Of tho Rocky Noun
tains, aud that from thu wcatoEn ond Of Lake
| Superior to tho Canadian railroads. Mr.. N1Ac-
konzie intends at first to utilizo, 30 far as tho
first of these two SECTIONS arc concbrnedt tho
long stretch Of waeor-comm,inlcation afforded ny
| the Saskatchewan; and, in tho extreme east,
tho granting Of bonuses in looked upon as ro'l-
dering possible the construction Of tho road from
this place to French River, by which connection
will bo obtained with railroads already running
to Georgian Bay: Thus viii this part OF tlio Do
minion 10 placed In connection with thorall-and-
water route to the fortilo plains Of
THE "anEAT LONE LAND"
Tho idea OF abandoning tho project OF rail-
road from this point along tho northern shore
Luke Superior is indignantly doniod by the Adj
miuistration; but tho absolute ncceHsity Of its
| most speedy construction III not admitted BY
thoul. Indeed, to tho Wow OF noat people, the
| railroad-Bcheme across tho continent, as pro-
| posed by Mr.. hlackenzio, Ia fur moro attractive
than tho wildost idcaa Of Sir John A. Macdonald.
| Il il true that,
| TO THE sLAp-pAs1 AMERICAN MIND,
it may seom downfall to descend to such pro-
paic plaus after talkiuE Of tranacontineutal
routes and soycn days rido in Pullman
coach across the plains. But VIC aro 8cotc!iy
| and cautious. We would rather hayo little,
aud be arre of It, than grasp Mt much and obtaitl
nothing, We Kanucka live somo degrees nearor
| the North Polo than you A1neroana; nnd what
in moro to tho point, our pacifc Rarond will
1un several hundreds Of miles nearer Ba1tlnH
nlagn1nont bolt Of prairio-land lying in tho sas-
katohewan Valley will ono day tecm with mill
ions Of people. At present, wo arc endcayorlng
to fill mp the waste places nearor home.
TIE PROGRESS IN nA1LnoAD-E ENTERPRISE
throughout the Dominion is, porhapn, tho most
gratlfYng feature Of tho day. This spirit OF
enterprise has oven affected Provinces whore IL
has boon customary to look for nothing except
OF tho Province ol Quebec. Tho French elonlont
has been held to be 30 great bar to tho develop.
mont of the naturnl RESOURCES Of the country that
manufacturers aud others 1avo porforco moved
into the Uppor Province, or across into the
States, in order to escape from tho lethnrGs
which threatened to enGnlf them. But here
comes tho Hon. Treasurer nobertHon, Of The
Provincial Administration, and In his budget
states as the railway-poltcy Of tho Government
| THE MOST LIBERAL SUBSIDIES
| +o.ror1a thu fnnstrnrffou Of railroads. Yn1
Treasurer has divided railroads into throt
clasBes: A, D. and G. To CasB A, Including
the North Shore 4 Northern Colonization Road,
a SUBSIDY OF $4,000, 900 Inns beou granted, the
block, valued at 81 ,Boo QQo., 70 Glass ., q eSb
sidy of $4,000 per mile has boon givon Tl
companies which will roceiyp this bonus arc th'
Southeastern Hallway 12o miles Lewis y 8 Kon
ships, 100 n,les; philil'sbnrg, Farnha,n I
lma Ska. 100 milos; Waterloo l. hlagoS,. q
miles; hlissiaquoi i Black Riyor, 55 miles
Quebec Frontier, 80 miloa; St. Jerome Dsaucll
| 25 miles, Lawrentiloa, 20 milos 70 Class
land.grants have boon committed for ~, guy pc
milo sabsidy in dcbonturos, payable in section
I Of 25 miles completed mud equipped.
: IN THE rnov1soE or ONTARIO,
| pleo* much progress la being made. New ltnes
mud extennions Of existing systo1na, arc continl'
ally being forwarded; and tho spring season
, work promises to be oven moro fully and bette
\ utilized tlan tho past Tho railway-Byste1n 0
:, | the country lA rnpGly aLtnlhnE uecent H!oPof
tionH IT wo are not gridironod liito tho State q
!. Illinois, at any rate w0 are approaching toward
tint Lappy condition when, no 1nattor wllcro !
tho Province our destination may be, We shall
ablo to reach it by the stoam-cars.
NEL1aIous DISPUTE.
q Tic Institute Canadion, OF Montreal 81
= cioty Which has como undor tho ban OF til
!, Catholic Church, and all OF wi,oso nlemberH hay
!. bean oxcomu.unicated.-ha again cpnlo botol
"A tho public to ongroaH its attention. Thts time
y is because ono Of its nnombors secured burial
. tho hantla Of priest, notwithstanding the decrt
II of anatho,na suspended over him., But vi
% not trouble you with religious wranglings. Oh
j, engo to Judge from its newspapers las n no
!. than enough within hor own corporate limits
aatiafy rcaaonahly-miuded porsons.
Just word az to
OUR LUADEN-TRApE. .
Canada shipped last year to an parts of IL
a world $23,870.977 worth OF lumber, OF whit
u 90 104 os8 worth wont to the United States, a.,
II litsio over $12, 900, 600 worth to England. u
ia buainess Ii being gradually developed with oil.
countries, until tho dawn Of IN iminonso trado
rising upon ua. Tho business dona last yo
,,ou Ind het f1,n f1iffpr1nt 1rnyiuEoH