The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-10
THE NEW CANADIAN PACIFIC ROUTE
WIN, Gov. couehnn Of " anl.obn say. a bout It

W1NN1PRG, Manitoba, June 4.-IIaving re-
Gently travelled 700 miles with Gov. Couchon Of
Manitoba and been dned by him ut the Govern
ment House. the old headquarters OF tho
Hudsons Bay Company In Winnipeg, / am per
mitted to give some OF this gentleman's ideas
on the new Canadian empire in the Northwest
When asked Gov. Couchon when the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad would he finished from
Winnipeg to Thunder Bay on Lake Superior
he said:
Tho Canadian Pacific proper will not run
through Winnipeg. Winnipeg IL on Red River.
twenty-five miles south OF Lake Winnipeg.
The Canadian Pacific is to run from Thunder
Bay to the south end OF Lake Winnipeg to
new town called Sekirk. branch Of the
Canadian Pacific is already built from Selkirk
up Rod River through Winnipeg to st. Vincent
on the boundary OF Minnesota. where 1t con-
meets with tine st. Paul and Pacific for 81. Paul"
"IIow much OF the Canadian Pacific is really
bullt?"
Il will show YOU" said the Governor. picking
up the Government map. is 1856 miles from
selkrk to Thunder Bay. Tho road Ia com
peted from sekirk toward Thunder Bay 80
miles and from Thunder Bay west. toward Sell
kirk, 100 miles. The 175 miles between, and
which will finish the road so rs 70 give Winni-
peg and Lake Manitoba nm outlet to Lake Su.
perior, is being graded now. Three thousand
1--WE hundred men are at work on ii. II is to be
finished in the spring OF 1881, Tho steel rails
for this 175 miles now lay Of Thunder Boy. SO.
counting tho track from Winnipeg to 81. Vim
cent we have nbout 800 miles Of road built"
What is the status Of the road west OF Selkirk
Two million dollars have just been appro-
priated by the Government 70 continue the work,
but we ,lHd we were all wrong in the old
How wrong ?" asked.
Well We surveyed the rond too lar south.
Va tad paur ~ n lar ub,a al
then along the North sask atchewan to Edmon,
ton on the $50 parallel. and from :Sence south
why do you change It north ?"
Well. we and Elmonton hundred miles
Too far south for the warm beltl what do
you mem ?" asked.
Well sir. we find that Il Is much warmer up
and Athabnsca Rivers. than 1t Is down in lnti-
tudc 40 at Winnipeg. In fact it is very much
McKepzie River than 1t is in Winnipeg. They
raise wheat, barley and Indian corn up there"
Whnt makes II so warm up there"
1t Is the effect OF the wind blowing from tho
japanese Gull Stream. This wind Is called the
clindOok wind by. the Indians. Il blows up
along the const OF British Columbia. making
Nictorlu rs warm us san Francisco. In fact. the
Chromatilla rose. the fuchsia. and the helio-
Now. up on Peace River John Macoun the Gov
crnment lotnnist. was bitten by mosquitoes in
Auril. Wheat grows there, between latitude So
anu D's WfiEuluE 10 pbunus 10 llt DuHufl 30
you SEQ we have got TO run the Canadian Pacific
through that country. 1t may seem funny to
you that we should run railroad right on to-
ward Alaska I'LL we get almost to the Pacific
Ocenn. but IL Is a fact"
Then this is all caused by the warm Japan
csc Gull Stream that blows up the Pacific coast
toward Alaskan" | asked.
Yes. that II the cause Don't your warm
Gull Stream that comes up by Newfoundland
from Florida blow across TO the Great Britain.
which lnys in latitude So and make IL MS warm
MS Philadelphia situated In latitude 4O2 II the
Gulf stream makes England in latitude So. Ms
warm rs Philadeluhia. why wont il make Brit
ish Columbia and Peace aud Athabasca Rivers
as warm tooY Besides continued the Gov:
ernor. we have found that tho warm Gulf
Stream pushes all the icebergs out through
Behrng Struts. through the Arctic Sea enst-
ward into Baifins Bay, and they go cooling the
air along the coast of Newfoundland and Maine.
No icebcrgs along the Pacific coast. As soon as
the new route is surveyed ont. and n caravan OF
surveyors started for Peace River yesterday. we
Will commence grading tho Canadian Pacific
track west. In about i've years we think We can
take you Americans almost to Alnskn over our
Canadian Pacific road" ELI PERKINS.