New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-27

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,"nd and San Francisco and to be isolated lo' 'D'
aets Of American energy enterprise and capital
-, there is no practical remedy, and they can o".S
- that the Canada Pacific Railroad VIII ni.iss'
a. situation. Meanw hlle the tradespeop'e u''u
ysnt for their feelings by cursng tne DON-i-1 ~.
tariff. lamentlng the old days OF INC To- - g.,
and complaining Of the British uoNoi1in 49,
withdrawing the fleet which used TO rehueN'Ou'
IN Fsonimalt Bay and bring trade 10 'heil 0oun.
,ors They are too loyal and perhaps TOO ietnare'o
10 bring the feet back by demonstration III '"'0'
of breaking their bonds by revolution.
co1uMBIAN ELECTION METHODS
An election for members of the Dominion farn"-
nent and the Provincial Legislature is approacnlnA
,1 .,o convass gives foreigner an opportunity 10
CT olnnse at the politics of the country % La
% can learn. there are no principles or puohc
t;ors a+ iss,,e There is a Government parry an
Orrosition INIT no difference OF opinion as 70 ''"
4ha local government should be adinlino'@ -
how the province should be repreSeh'eu az -
is disceru1he The contest is neleIS -
hatvVeen the ms and the Outs. IL "o
much recrimination. personal abuse an" pa" -
.-esooner dinp-dong as a brisk State campaign
nsuallv brings out the other side OF me
Some things are rather commendabe IN tue poii
system here There areno nominating conventions
Ar,hodv can stand for Parliament VINO can ee'
tweutv-fve citizens to sign paper requesting hini
10 RIM. and who will deposit $500 Win 'he au'uo,'
ties-a sort of entrance fee for the race Inc c'hu
dates appear on the same platform al d puo"0
ing and announce their opinions on puDlc "n'iia
rd tboir Intentions If elected. Then they put
themselves more explicitly on record by eacn pun
fishing Ia the newspapers and IN cIcui"i' -
oaI-oss N the electors Being thus formally
IN the field they make a personal canN' S'
IN the old English stye going about among Tue
,bo cufira inuiiSu LdIlid-
pentarv forms are closely copied in the petty fro-
y;rcial Government The Ministry is responsive 70
+be Uouse and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, appohted
nv the Governor General at Ottawa, represents al
secondhand the sovereignty OF the queen anu y
purelv an executive officer assuming an at'i'uue VI
impartiality in political contests Appointments
and patronage are bestowed by the Prime MINISTER
who holds bis place long as he can COMMAND
majority in the hlIpuuan Parliament Oh twenty
FIVE members The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is p.o'iuo~
with a spacious. handsome house ana WIN
private secretary at the expense Oh
the Province. but he draws his salary from
the Dominion Treasury, an arrangement calculated
20 insure his devotion TO the confederation scheme
of government. He can dissolve the Legislature
Just as the Queen prorogues Parliament. IN 0ruef-
ING a new election he issues proclamation IN the
name Of Victoria, by the grace Of God OF the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Queen Defender OF the ATM eIc eJc' c'c' o.
bans one of the etceteras stands for Lord Beacons-
fields pinchbeck title of Empress which was de-
signed for use in the Colonies, but which is never
mentioned in this part of Her Majesty's domlnlons
of course the Queen knows nothing about the
election in British COlumbis. and very little about
the province But she is put in PRINT in this fash
ION:
Whereas We are desirous and resolved as soon as
may he meet Our people OF Cur frov nee OF prlt-
fH.N.rH. mia IN naU p
stature. We DO make known Our hoy al WIN ana
Pleasure to call new l., gslatlve Assembly OF Our
said Province; and do iurt her declare that by the
advice of our Executive Council OF BRITISH OOium-
bio, etc.
THE CANADA PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Work on the western end of the Canada Paclhc
Railroad being theoretically prosecuted this sum-
uer. In the contract with the Syndicate the Ottawa
Government undertook to complete at It's own
expense 215 miles of track from Port Moody, at
tide water 70 sayoua's Ferry on Kamloops Lake.
and turn it over TO the company, which Is TO Duld
the rest of the line and operate the whole road
These 215 miles are to be open for traffic by the
end Of 1854. The Government has let out the JOB
to a contractor who, luckily for himself. Is paid by
the cubic ward of earth aud rock moved, and not by
the linear yard or mile of road constructed. Prom
pho ographs kindly shown me by the government
engineer in charge of the work, should Judge IL 20
be the most expensive piece of railroad TO be found
on the American cOuAiutui. EOi d NAo-tihN' Va Nv
miles through the Fraser River Canon ii appears to
be all rock cut and fill. trestle and tunnel The
first 100 miles from the coast to Yale are not so bad
Inasmuch as that is a wide, fat valley along the
river for that distance but above Yale, the head OF
navigation, the mountain walls rise precipitously
out of the water on both sides of the stream.
II ia vet uncertain where the road viii get over
the main divide of the Rockies. The Leather or Tete
jaime Pass, having elevation of only $500
through it, but the engineers now trying TO fnd
shorter and more southern route, following
branch of the Saskatchewan from the east and
seeking a crossing at Kicking Horse Pass, which
has an elevation of 1000 feet, About 100 miles
will be saved if the southern route is found FEAST
bic.
Considerable good country on the Pacific shore
will be thrown open to settlement by the building
of the road. On the Lower Fraser
some farming il carried on, where patches
of open prairie are found bug much of the land is
low and subject to overflow. East Of the Cascades
there are large stretches of high rolling bunch-grass
country, winch afford fine stock ranges, and ought
to prove valuable for wheat and oats From de-
scnptions of this country gwen by men who have
traversed It, should judge ii 10 be similar TO East
srn Washington Territory between the strip
of sage bush desert bordering the Column
bia River and the Bitter Root Noun
tains; but probably broken by high
ridges The Canada Pacific Railroad Is not going To
WORK wonders for British Columbia. If il stImu-
iaies the further development OF the limited ayr
cultural of the colony, and brings IN caPi
10 make more Oh lts 'lnlei supply anu oI JUS really
excellent VEINS OF bltumlnOus and anthracite coal,
xhe population may IN time reach 100000. Nine
tenths OF the area OF the province Will, however,
sways remain valueless
On THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vancouver's Island is mainly mountain. rock and