Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-07-08
DAILY POST -IIfELLtaEB6ER



Oar Canadian friends and neighbon
.ate much interest and display much
pr;de IN their RAILROAD across the CONT
nsnt. They are exceedingly oonhdsns OF
- eariv construction, and hardly les SO
~ thu enormous trade awaiting it, and
that thsy are justified in much OF what
~, .nsieipate cannot be doubted.
The commercial value Of the ROAD
vben completed is stated very ooncase's
:. ors - the Ministry in a recent re-
BORT. he says:
IN. Rr;tish Columbia line are s6veo, 0ur
Notion will b this: From MonsreA 20
Port Moody by the Canaoian1 .a IaG :a
Rsiivav. the distance viii % ooO mAss
from New York 10 Port Moody W sne
Csnadiau Pacific R9ilwsy ana A1coy,
m disfence will b $50 miles. Lron
Ncv York 20 Port Moody ~ the Uanno-
ian Pacific Railway and brockvule' Inc
distanoe will be 8, 40 miles: nov sae
distanoe from New York tssan t n:c.
- ~ the Central and Union tacIno
Railroads IL q, 3H miles: A. the o y IN
from Montreal TO Port Moody - 800
miles. Ne shall Be able. with OUT Oe.se.
line. better grades and ffeeooT IIv.n Ia
bonded debt under which the unien eno
Oentrnl Pacific railroads suuer, 20 cu
nete With the lines south OF %, anu Sl.o
the Aid Of fast steamers, connecttnR o"n
Francisco With Victoria, 20 secure GU.
adorable portion Of the trace WIN Dan oan
Franoisoo and the Western osasss. rc!n
liverpool 70 Montreal, 2.!0; IRON Law
ernod 20 New York, 3O4O: from iavel
pooi 10 Port Moody VIA nonsreai c an
the Canadian PAcific Railway I'D
from Liverpool TO San Francisco py .as
United States roads, the snoless i9!o
that could be obtained, 6sU; IfoIn Lis-
eruool TO Yokohama and japan VIZ .ne
Montreal 4 Canadian Pacinc haaiway,
1883: from Liverpool 70 ioAs nam s ~"
San Francisco, l2JGH. 90 .e s Wa.. s"sy
\ route from Port Moody VIA M no a'ssa
and Canadian Paciac Halfway !oa 'p S".
shorter than via New YORK anu 'an
Francisoo, showing that 20 Iau ns
through traffic 10 concerned, ~ wiz 49,
utterly impossible for any road o., IN, ~
continent TO begin to compare Win ~. .s
Canadian Pacific. from Ai,eI!o. ~
YOkOnAmA VIA tno O6no" 49,. -.
route will b. 1912 miles shorter man wa
New York and San Francisco. AooA,nR
at It . little cl0ser homo, am R,M "
6nd the result il such as VIII % Iagor-
ably rscsiysd by tho House. From . .as,
Hsi;fsx To Quebec, CSC miles; from
0rsI,sc n Montreal, l76 miles; from
Tootrsai 70 Port Moody, 2s5O, or 3706
from - 70 "a. from Halifax to Port
Moody. Liverpool TO Port Moody, 6is6
m;lss. from Liverpool " New York It 70
S10: New York 70 San Francisco, 3!!U,
making total Of CS3O."
Thu advantages Of the short route
possessed BY them are plain and moon
trovert,bls, and will have their effect
upon tho future commerce Of the world.
Still, their advantages a. compared with
the San Francisco route. and not with
that Of tho Northern Pacific. The North
ern Pacific route il also several hundred
miles shorter than either Of the present
routes 10 San Francisco. II. however, Is
several hundred miles longer than the
Canadian road; the distance from Now
York by its route being 3.4OS miles to
Puget Sound, and 9O25 from Montreal.
These distances, though, are by routes
unnecessarily long, being by OF Pend
d'Orsills, Walluls and Portland. By
taking Q cut across from point IN Mon
tans, via lewiston and over the Cascade
Mountains 70 Puget Sound, the route OF
the Northern Pacific will be shortened
20 that Of the Canadian, and perhaps
made even shorter. That this short cut
will be ultimately taken. either BY the
Northern Pacific or another company.
there II no question, and but little quea-
ton that it will BE- taken inside OF two
years. From the Sound to Asia the dis
tanos ID about the same as from the ter
minus Of the Canadian road. We can
mot believe that the Northern Pscific
people will allow themselves to DO boat
On in any particular by tho Canadian
Pacific, and NO therefore loon for a
shortening Of their line at An carly day,
or in about two years, AZ before stated.