St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-19
The Canadian Pacific Rapidly Approach
ing OOmplstiOn--Its Mineral Wealth
and Scenery.
First Train of Merchandise to be Taken
Over the Waterloo Route To-day
From st. Paul.
An Advance in Rates Has the Effect
of Reducing Shipments From
Chicago.
state Senator Streator's Complaint
Against the Observation-Disclosures
Utah Pool.
Becky Mountain Division.

G. Z. Moss OF st. Paul has returned
from the Rocky mountain division of the
Canadian Pacific line, where he had the
contract of constructing part of the line
MIR. Moss emphatically denies many of the
sensational reports that have been eircu-
lated recently regarding the manner in
which the labOTerS are treated. and states
that he never did construction work on any
railroad where the men were treated so
fairly as they are on the Canadian Pacific
In regard TO construction work, Mr.. Moss
said:
During the past year the work of con-
struction on the main line of the Canadian
Pacific has been prosecuted with uninter-
rupted energy and success, the promise
made in May last to the shareholders, in
the annual report, that the rails will be
laid from Calender TO Port Arthur within
year from this time having been literally
fulfilled. On the mountain section the
rails are now laid to point near the sum
nit of the SelkirkS, forming a continuous
line from Montreal westward for distance
of $500 miles. On the government section
between Port Moody, the present western
terminus, and Savonas Ferry, a distance
OF 213 miles, the rails have been laid, and
this section of the line, which will be soon
handed over by the government to the
company, has been operated for some time
past by the contractor who built 1t.
On the section between SavOna's Ferry
and the present end of the track. near the
summit of the SelkiTkS, a distance of 2O3
miles, the work Is SO Tar advanced as to
Justify the expectation that the rails will be
laid before the end of September. cOmplet-
ing the track from end to end of the main
line. The directors, therefore, can conf
IDENTIFY assure the shareholders that by the
early opening of next year the through line
from Montreal to the Pacific ocean. a dis
lance of . SOS miles, will be finished and in
perfect condition, thoroughly equipped.
possessing every requisite facility for doing
its work economically and efficiently. and
at least equal to the best of its competitors
in all respects. The company will then
have built and equipped 2.344 miles of rail-
way in five years from the time it began
work.
THIS Is REMARKABLE TIME,
and no other line on the continent has been
built with such haste in the face of so many
obstacles. For this, much of the credit can
be given to James Ross, manager of con-
structlon, who has worked with the great
est energy to have the line completed. He
IS only 80 years of age, and in my opinion
lIo otllcI HAL Oh the continent cOulu nave
done what he has James Muir of the firm
of Muir Bros. tunnel contractors. will re-
turn TO St. Paul In a few days. Hehas 500
men at work on his tunnel work. and will
have the work he contracted for completed
about Sept. l.
The scenery where the line crosses the
Rockies is gorgeous. From Calgary to the
second crossing of the Columbia, at Kick
ing Horse pass and river, the scenery is in
comparable. In this section three ravines
will be crossed and the bridges across them
will be 100. 1876 and 215 feet high, the last
being the highest wooden bridge in the
world. The snow in the mountain passes
in number of places is from 500 to 600
feet deep, and when it slides the force is so
great that the wind blows down trees three
feet thick that are half way up the other
mountain Fifteen miles east OF Canmore
there is hot spring equal 10 some of those
in the Yellowstone National park. The
country is vastly wealthy in minerals, and
as soon as the mines are developed with
Eastern capital they will rank second TO
none in the world. 4 party of prospectOrs
went to the COntenal range of mountains
and brought into camp at the big bend of
the Columbia fifty pounds of fine speci-
mems Of gold. / imagine that next spring
there will be rush OF immigration to these
mines not exceeded by that to the Occur
d'Alene mines IN the spring OF 1854"