New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15
CANADA'S GREAT RAILROAD.
THE NEW LINE TO THH PACIFIC.

| QuFBrC Nov. 13.-In the completion of the
Canadian Pacific Railway just taking place. has been
brought close another Of those great
enterprises for which Americans famous. Surveys
began IN 1870, and vast amount OF information
COLLECTED The government undertook the building Of
| the proposed road and by the end of 1880 had
! stracted 432 miles of track between Winnipeg and
| LAX, Superior 213 miles up the Frazer River IN Bnt-
| ish Columbia and other portions. The manage
ment proved unsatisfactory, however aud in 1881 the
whole work turned to corporation called this
| Canadian Pacific Railway Company to which
given no miles of completed road and attached prop
erty $25, 0OO. 90 in cash, 25000000 of land,
| exemption from taxation customs duties con-
struetion materials and various other privileges and
immunitIes in tor which ir was 70 Construct
| equip aud operate transcontinental line north Of
| Lake Surerior within ten years. w. q. Van Horne .
resident Of milwaukee,. who had large experience was
made general manager, aud the work began
| Never a railway pushed forward rapidly
| Forty thousand men were at one time engaged all
along the line and halt that number almost con-
tinuously employed. In Ontario and Quebec old rail-
| WAYS were bought and knit into the system. new
| r al was built from Montreal to Toronto via Ottawa
and line of Clydebuilt steamers put upon the Great
Lakes make complete the route between Winnipeg
and the sea- An army of engineers and aborers under
the most admirable discipline and aided by improved
appliances. was mustered the plains and before the
end of 1881 the main line had been carried TO 1S5
miles west of Winnipeg The next year it ad-
vsnced 41S miles further and by theeud Of November
1888 the track had reached the summit OF tue Rocky
Mountains. The speed with which this put down
was wonderful Scores of days together would show
an average advance of three and three-qu miles
| while the total average between Winnipeg and tie
Rockies was over two and one-half miles tor every
| working day.
Mean awhile great force Of Chinese shovelers wers
pushing eastward 10 British Columbia and there WA
no lack OF activity in Ontario The track already laid
up the Ottawa Advance beyond Lack N,ppissing
aud the time large bodies of men were landed
along the northern shore OF Lake Superior and began
work toward each other through the heavy forests
granite knolls aud dashIng MYERS that up the
| scenery OF that savage region. large amount OF
| work here-hundreds OF miles OF trark-was accom-
plished amid the OF a semiarctic winter. In May
of the present year the various sections were united
aud continuous track presented from the wharves at
Quebec western side OF the Rocky Mountains
| twenty five hundred miles, All that remained to
| open the line clear through TO the PACING the
crossing OF three untsn ranges but this OF itself
a gigantic undertaking The kockies tFead west
ward IDLY that IN British Columbia they 10
the longitude OF salt Lake. There three separate
lines mountains easternmost, the R0ckies Id
nc 1t equally lofty range named Sekrk third, Inc
| Gold Range Between the kocsies and the Seikirss
the boundary line rises the Columbia River
| 1t iowa hortbward vanly seeking escape, until IL
reaches the northern OF the Selkrks just above
latitude 90 when it sweeps around them and begins
to flow directly southwark along tneii western hank
The engineers had therefore, carry their IRON road
over the ROCKIES span the upper Columbia surrnount
the Selkirks, the enlarged Columbia a second
tlme traverse the Geld Range and meet the Pacific
| division at the Sishwap Likes To-day a completed
track retches 100 miles from Quebec to Port
Moody besides l.50O milos OF branches.
Now a lew words, all from personal observation, ~
to what is to be along this new route The ap-
| pearaLce OF eastern canada is nowhere remarkable.
but the equipment of the iue will attract aten-
tiou ne parlvr and dining aud sleeping solid
! ms al luaile
builds own l1comotiv and commOner North
OF Lake SUPERIOR the country Is Wild in the extreme
| Rugged forests stand upon rugged rocks The many
sire am, are ful OF aud boil and Among
leuges and bOulders. between the Ottawa ana the
lahe the track runs upon the low Laureutian water
| shed and yoa may launch your canoe side
and Loaf to Hudsons bay, or on the other or an ex
citing trip to Lake Sapcrior-each way Il rough Q
| primeva wilderness aboLn,ling in nsh and game and
| opportunities Tor adventure.
On Ihunder Bay. Dehiad the magnificent basate
headland OF Thunder Cape is the nouris hug port
Prince Arthurs Landing aud near il old Fort William
which began 10 be trading poe. when the Seur du
Luth in 1878, built fort here TOR trading with the
Sioux. Then comes that wonderful tange OF rivers,
marshes and lakes hills OF NAKED granite and hooks Of
forest. through which Tor two centuries the Indian
| tradr aud trapPer. the French Hoyagenr end red
sknued warrior have been gliding in birch bark
errands OF peIil and priv alton, gloried aud
then By fabulous rewards This is Kew -" home
| OF the NORTH west Wind"
| Four hundred miles west OF Port Arthur We emerge
upon the prsres OF the ned River country aud where
the bcd and the Assiuibome JOIN. find city OF 3OoO0
| people, covering What only years ago were the
Indian canpIug grounds at the yates OF Fort Garry
Winnipeg is 10 be 10 tue Canadian North west what
Chicago ia To the Prarie States ST. Paul 10 the
UPPER Mississippi region and its further growth will DO
apid ana sure. Five raj Aays now centre there and
Is the collecting aud distributing point all
tine great agricultural turoeainy aud nsa-produclng
region OF that northern interior.
| The treeless plains which stretch through thousand
miles open aud level country west OF tue Red hver
| are all cutvaDle, and tor the hrst 900 "a ies
already dotted with villages aud farmhouses. The
| hi cher anu somewhat dryer western halt aDOrinds In
lakes which break tue mOnoOny Of the journey most
santy. The rss glimpse OF the mountains is got
100 miles away from their bases-a delicate crnkied
| line OF whit along the horizon; and at Calgary they
into PLAIN view. Cagarry IA on the Bow hiyer,
which down ren tie interior OF the mountains
| 10 swell the great Saskatchewan. The Hudsons Bay
| Company had OF its most southery posts there.
and tho Mounted Police tore chose il their chief
station in that part Oh the world Around this noceua
has sprung up "A large town which expects 10 be tho
Dcaye Of t1at region, and will be supported by the
| cattle ana sheep owners whose increasing herds
pstIro between the footballs aud the Saskatcsev
everywhere south OF the Red Deer kyer and also by
the varied industries OF he ountsns waic min
ing numbering and tourist-catchin2 industries viii
som begin to flourish.
An, those mountains! | know the Rockies like .
book trom the springs OF the Columbia the mouth
| OF the Rio Colorado and vow there that
surpsss hose that meet us after We roll through the
gates OF the Bow and begin the ascent OF the Kicking
Horse pass. AT the he ad OF the pass close
beneath the sheer mattresses Of Mount Stephen,
crowned. six thousand tcst overhead, by glitering
masses OF solii ice almost equally solid spOw and
still there TO ast1nish your eyes thc loftier,
abrupt, more glacier studded, more glor
ously 81, age SelkIrks which man. white or red
had ever entered until the engineers fought their way
across and drew the iron track after then. No person
need 70 through the Mountains without stopping ior
hotels are building at several favorable points.
Beyond the mountains In British Columbia stretch
rolling graslands. THIS Is primarily cattc-raising
region Yet large AREA. are suitable Tor farming and
producers will lind adequate rket III the mining
caps which before l0nI will be scattered along tho
Gold Range and about the big Bend OF the Columbia,
where tue prec GUS metals to be- plentiful When
the Ihemp River has been descended to its mouth
the road follows the Frazer down its resounding
canons until tho passage through the Cascade Noun
taus has been effected. In crossing over 10
Bu,rara', Inlet he Pacific terminus Is reached whence
It. amer nay be taken to Victoria, ~ and BY, 70
China aud japan
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