The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-22

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Ocean Routes: NV York 10 Liver
pool 500 miles; Montreal to Liver.
pool, 800 miles; Churchtil to Liver.
POOL, 1925 smiles. It will DO observed |
That by sea- Churchill ID alxty. four
miles nearer Liverpool. than Montreal
and ia miles nearer than New York.
Sea freight Is not, however, an i'm.
portant matter 80 the strongest argu.
ment must be built on the saving Of
distance by land. Look at another
table:
Land Routes.-Winnipcg to Mon.
treal, via Chicago, 1903 miles: Win.
nipeg to Montreal, via c. Z. r., l,4s4
miles; Winnipeg to Churchill, 700
miles. A car Of wheat shipped from
Winnipeg to Montreal to quote from
the latest approved tariff would cost
Ss4S.60. Taking the same rate and
calculating on the distance toChurchill
the cost of a car of wheat would he
1913 to the sea, saving to the
Province Of Manitoba of $4,000 on
every carload of wheat passing out Of
the country. This argument alone
ought to be sufficient to ensure to this
scheme the support of a land whose
staple product is grain, and whose
prosperity so largely depends on the
prices realized for what is sold.
Further. it is no longer secret that
some Of the rivers emptying Their
waters into the Hudson's Bay, afford
access to rich timber areas. Near
the head waters Of the Goose and AL.
hany rivers white pine is found in
large quantities. Red, pitch and jack
pine is found farther down the
streams. Good, sound logs of white
spruce more than two feet in diametre
showing 100 to 40 lines of growth,
may be seen in many places along the
Hayes and Nelson rivers. Jack pine,
two feet in diameter, at the butt, with
straight trunks 20 feet in height, near.
ly free from branches for the first
twenty or thirty feet from the ground,
can be found on the Albany and other
rivers flowing into the bay.
The mineral deposits Of this com.
paritivly nnexplored region are of
much greater Importance than is
generally supposed. Manganiferous
iron ore. copper. silver and gold have
already rewarded discovery. Ignite,
gypsum and petroleum bearing lime.
stone, are also reported. Anthracite
coal, plumbag0 mica, and various orna.
mental stones are also native to that
region.
The fisheries of the bay are of ex.
ceeding value. During the eleven
years ending with 1874, United States
whalers brought back from there, oil
and whalebone amounting in value to
$l,37l.02S.36. This, according to print.
ed report, which is ever below rather
than above the true return. Salmon
and cod are also found in many places
and in quantities according with the
magnitude of the body of water where
they live.
These last facts to show that road
once built would find freight enough
both to and from the sea- and that the
wants of prairie land are not likely to
long remain unsupplied.
BY all means let us have a read to
the bay. Let us have it quickly. We
mistake the temper and pluck of
western people if they do not speedily
and with enthusiasm embrace this
opportunity of revolutionizing their
condition and prospects. Capitalists
are already proffering the $22,0OO,OO
which is the estimated cost of the
work. and Steamship companies have
volunteered to take care of the grain
as soon as it is warehoused at the sea.
board. Surely better day is coming
for this great wheat growing country.
aid the dawning, tongue and pen,
Aid It, hopes of honest men,
AID IT. paper, aid It, type,
Aid It. Tor the hour ia ripe;
Andour earnett must not slacken into play.
Men ofthought and men of action clear the way
j. SERMONS.
Emerson Feb. 10 1874