, 1882-08-12
Another Help for this Country

In giving the following. relating TO the
rapid construction Of the Canadian Pacific,
We peak Of II a, another prom nen, fsatnts
IN the up-bnildns OF Eastern Washington,
for the rea.on that since lhr 4, cldsi-upOn
change In the roate OF that lIne Of railway,
i. wil cross the Up r C,lua.bi, near
enough 20 C"lvilie to mike that a cspot of
supplies during ths construction of 4 large
part OF the llE-. And II Is no. un!ilely ti'at
a sr.lway w;li tie built fron Spokan. Fails
I, Kettle F lis, above CJlvlile, aua from
that pom. boats wall uryiS..e the up.er
liver to the crossing o; IN. Cinaditn Paci!ie.
All this has been very clearly indicated by
Chef Enginec; Rogers. of the mountain dis
;rict ct the Csoadisn Pacific. who has VISITED
the country roc,n OF Cvlvilie, AMI Is in the
possession OF knowledge Of the inten;ioas
o. the comp ny Mr. D. C Shepard, one Of
III. conlrac, ,or= Il this line o! raa!, has been
interviewed rrcsrt!y, and the following IL
what he says Of its coustcuction
We contracted. said Mr.. S2ep.rl. IN
Fe;IGary last, 70 construct SEQ miles OF road
toy the Canadian Pacific. and to complete
the work duriag 1892 Of that numb, of
niles about fifty were partially grad d AID
n.sIly completed. Work b.gan in March,
hUt, o:sIng 70 tn, snow and water the late
spring auG the freight tlockaie. operations
were greatly retarded gn!il June l. The
initial point WIS Fat creek. SIS miles wes.
Of Brandon. have Just returned from the
.iUe, cad rhe gradiug Is all und,r way.
III ,ni 4 the track was II. miles west of
at creek, Thursday, July q, and the grad
ing Was comv!rtei iif;T oliles further la
fact. the grading is all vel under way to
Moose jay creek, midway between tie
l95th AMI i0Gta nleridlans. The grading is
progressing 4: .he rate Of Elk miles per daY,
and the iron Is beng placed at tie rate of
threc miles per day.
We have 1900 men a: work. including
teIrns,er.. and i, 600 teams. The present
re Of track laying, however, viii SON be
increased 10 iour miles per day, as We shalt
put on two gangs OF men, in r=lieis, and
work fifteen haur3 ont OF the twenty four,
instead OF eleven hours, SIS a, preseat. We
shall show recnsi at track l,ying winch
mas never heen surpassed On this Continent
In f,c', the i'm ROW Is ing down just a.
fast Sc il can he pallea iron the carr. Not
wi;h,taudu u5 the adverse Influences encoun-
tered ss,iy il the spr;ng, We expect to com
pl-ts tie 50 mics Of grading before it
frees Up, aaf p=rhaps fifty miles more.
We shall mere sse ouv force IS rapidly as
possibly. TIE trlck laying will 70 on all
wil.ter. srd We will have the grade all
;Feued By spring.
pIsTsSCE OF 663 MILES
West OF WmneTeg. Not only that. bu. We
hope TO carry It ttty miles farther. beyond
tire crossing of the Sa>kstch wan river.
Glow ahCu, the c, un;ry through which
,our Contract rntsnds,~
Tie average Is good Ahcu. B.andoa
the country j. very fne. West OF Flat crees <
TIE land is nj good. although :or the frs, so
miles there : considerable wet, low surface,
with zoII. sSzEr. About thn present end
oi ie track. snd fer 6ity nile, beyond, II is
splendid, AID res-mhits TIE western half Of
Renville ccnnty, Minn. It r very Gn.
wheat i.nd IN the On 'App.I!e country. OF
cOarse. immigration IN that direction has
been very lsrg-, and the settlers all .eem 10
be prosperous and happy. The prsiries are
fairly dotted with cahina Taking it alto
setter, the route OF the road Is through a
country which ~i!l develgp great resources.
PRasFERISG How rapidly the country
shout Cot.oawcoi is setting up ia b-st
shown BY the s:a,eneas tbs. few months
ago there ", re not half Gozsn children cf
school age in that district. bu, to-day Miss
Rogers Is iezcting there VITA , list Of 2S
sch'lars- Tie last qa.rt>rly meeting of tie
NJ E. church at that place was held IN the
| bna u Mr. Ben Boyce. and WAS isrg- Is AZ
! tsaded. Everybody in tia: region seems to
b prosperins