The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-09-02
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS.

sulphur springs WHICH, uau ueeu us
covered about half a mile from
Bamff station, in the Bow river dis
trict. One of the springs is situated
on the side of q mountain, entrance
to it being obtained from the top by
ladder, by which descent is made
into large cave. There is natural
terrace four or five feet in width
round it which is formed from the
alkali and other substances held in
solution by the hot spring. Below
this terrace of alkali there is
shelving two feet in width, and in
the center are the basins containing
the water which boils up at a tenn
perature of So degrees G. About
two miles further on, on the summit
of the mountain, there is another
hot spring which is in the open air
and it boils up at temperature of
l05 degrees G. From the time that
they left the end of the track until
they reached Montreal the party
travelled 2,4S6 miles and over. The
whole portion of the road, with the
exception of about 3O6 miles between
Nepigon and Biscotassing, trains
can be run at the rate of fifty miles
an hour if need be. The party went
from Calgary to Winnipeg, a dis
lance of 84l miles, in twenty-on
hours and forty-seven minutes, in
Guiding stoppages. They left Win
nipeg at 8.37 in the morning, and
had they not been delayed for an
hour by hot box on the road they
would have reached Port Arthur at
z O'Clock in the evening. They left
Biscotassing at 3.15 on Wednesday
morning, arriving at 8 O'Clock the
same evening. From the time they
left Montreal until their return they
travelled $500 miles, covering the
distance in period of 209 hours.
While on the road they averaged
CPS miles per day.
MIR. A. b. CHAFFEE
was also seen, and he stated they
had visited all the places to the end
of the track, 1880 miles beyond
Winnipeg. The track was SPLEEN
did one, and they made quick rum
ming, the average mileage being
forty miles per hour from Winnipeg
to the summit of the Selkirks, but
sometimes they went good deal
faster. On the return journey they
drove from Calgary to Winnipeg, a
distance of $40 miles in 81 hours
AZ minutes. This portion of the
line has been thoroughly completed,
ballasted, and the grading is almost
imperceptible. Indeed, said Mr..
Chaffee, the heaviest grade on the
whole line is at Hochelaga. There
had been some heavy work done on
the section from Port Arthur, round
the north side of Lake Superior, and
if the Opposition in Parliament
would only adjourn and go and see
what had been done, they would
come back and vote more money.
In six weeks from to-day there was
no reason why the public should
not take the cars at Montreal and
travel direct to the top of the Rocky
Mountains at a uniform speed of
forty miles an hour. The station
houses in the Northwest provinces
were well built, the road was SPLEEN
didly furnished and the rolling stock
was in thorough order. In southern
Manitoba the crops were looking
rich, and farmers say they were
three weeks in advance of last year.
In many cases the wheat and oats
had headed. The whole country
was looking fine. The valley be-
tween Calgary and the top Of the
Rockies could not be equalled for
fertility in the continent of America,
and here thousands of acres of the
virgin soil had been broken up for
cultivation. The soil is a rich black
mould, probably of from ten to
fifteen feet in thickness. The graz
ing was splendid and large num-
Der Of fine cattle, in thorough condi-
ton, were noticed. He did not
think that, even in imagination, any
/, one had as yet taken in what the
future of the great Northwest coun-
try would be. There was land of
the most fertile nature in abundance,
which would support millions. He
thought if the people Of the province
of Quebec only understood what the
country really was, they would to q
man vacate the province and make
homes for themselves in the Far
West. 1t was grand place fol
young men who were starting in the
world. All the excitement caused
by the Northwest troubles had sub
sided, and things were going on as
usual. In conversation, one hardly
heard the matter mentioned. The
party had lovely weather during