The advocate., 1892-05-11

Last week reference was made IN this COL
umn of the advantages of the city OF WIN
nipeg. Your readers will note that / en-
deayor to bring before them such informa-
ton as have in control. From Winnipeg
to PoFtege Prairie the traveller passes over
fertile prairie with some Of the best farms
on each side of the railroad in the country.
This town contains on a small margin about
as much wealth as Winnipeg. Flour mills,
paper factories and saw mills are evidence
of the prosperity of the locality, from here
you can take another railroad and go two
hundred miles northwest through more
fertile country than can be found in the
same mileage along the Manitoba q North
west railroad, suCh places as Gladstone and
other points, until one reaches the settle
ment made by the immigrants from Dakota.
It is not necessary for those who have an
idea of trying their success in the country,
to pass the near line Of those who have set
tied in Yorktown, Assinab0ia. From York
town west, you can proceed by rail to Prince
Albert, and on the trip the traveller will
find land more valuable than they passed
over by the railroad. The reason OF this 10
there is more good soil abont the same but
not so stiff, consequently grain natures
quicker than it does South.
From Yorktown to Prince Albert is cal
culated to be about 225 miles. The railroad
will be finished to Prince Albert this year.
This line may be continued to the Hudson
bay and from direct route from the Uni
ted States through the British possessions
by the Hudson bay to Europe, making the
distance over 1000 miles less than by the
old route on the Atlantic coast.
It is not hard to see that the future OF
northwest Canada can easily be imagined,
and it may be we'll for those who, independ-
e lffyinw IN
tend TO settle in the country, to consider the
advantages which we can offer them.
The province of Manitoba is little larger
than Great Britain and Ireland combined.
From it's geographical position and other pc
culiar characteristics Manitoba may be re-
garded as the keystone of the provinces
which span the continent from ocean to
ocean.
The construction of the Canadian Pacific
railway marked an epoch in the history of
the province. It is impossible to travel
across the country without feelings of Rd-
miration for the courage of those who con-
ceived and carried out the plan which has
resulted in such national benefit. It gives
an outlet TO either ocean and the great lakes
to the product of the loamy soil.
It would be useless to try to describe the
scenery Of this land. The mountains espe-
cially are grand. Travelling through them
we are treated to q constant succession Of
surprises, each more novel than its prede-
cessor' ALI of natures most wonderful works
are shown in the massive rocks and yawning
chRsms, lakes, streams and waterfalls. The
prairies abound in fertile and attract
i've tracts for farming. The country is well
watered. If running water is not c0nven-
iently near, good water may be found very
close to the surface.
There is no scarcity of timber or fuel, for
vast forests are in close proximity. 1t is
also certain that extensive coal beds exist in
many accessible points Of the northwest.
The grain growing capacity of the soil is
it's leading characteristic and most likely
will continue for some time to come and
will cause that region to be the chief grRnary
of the American continent, but it is none
the less true that its ability to produce OK
cellent green crops is factor which will be
utilized in years to come.
"There man is a man II he Is willing to
toll,
And the humbleSt may gather the fruits Of
the SOIL
There children are blessings, and he who
hath most,
There the. young may exat and the aged
Away, far away, in the land Of the west"
Passengers and freight for Manitoba will
be sent via the Chicago, st. Paul & Kansas
City railway from points nearest the juno
ture of this road.
The passenger accommodations, By per-
sonal experience, being 80 good, know
those who once 60 over that railway will
send me a line to say; "We are treated we'll"
More information can be had from
CAPT. G. P. BLISS, G. E.,