Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-01

Is remarkable Tor its beauty, It's EASY
/ gradients and facilities for drainage.
he main portion Of the ground on
/ which the city stands IS peninsula In
character False Creek, a tidal arm OF
/ English Bay pduI-ling Burrard Inlet
| near tie eastern boundary OF the city.
! The western knob OF this peninsula is a
/ military reserve, about uup thousand
acres iu CEtsut. and comprising the so
/ called Stanley Park This reserve has
] been leased To the cts for park purposes
NJ nominal rental. With the exception
/ OF q beautiful DIVE way around 10. cost.
] iuE about $4,000, and paved TOT several
I mites with cam shells. and a number OF
! bride paths aud shady bowers. this
| para Is still IN a state OF nature, afford.
/ iur as It does one Of the best living
Illustrations oi the genuine, primcyal
| British Columbia forest to be found In
/ the province. Vancouver has both gas
and electric lights. II possesses ~
miles OF electric street railways, water.
works, 20 miles oi streets opened, II
miles OF gravcled streets, o miles Of
macadam, 6i miles Of sidewalk. IS miles
OF sewsu, etc. Clpilano river on the
/ opposite side OF the inlet with dam
I six miles up the valley IS the source Of
water supply for the city; the water IS
plpcd across the inlet. A tramway
connects Vancouver with New West
Minister a young city Of g0o1 inhabitants
situated on the Fraser river, ~ miles
southeast oi Vancouver
lnul 1850 the site Of Vancouver was
covered with a dense forest. From
| May TO July OF that year it, growth was
/ most rapid, bgt iu July fire spreading
every house but one in the place, and
with this one exception, every building
now seen IN the City has been built since
that time. The present population is
about 10000 Vancouver Is the western
terminus OF The Canadian Pacific rail.
way, aud the most important seaport
town ON the Pacific coast north uI San
Francisco, Ocean steamers leave st
regular intervals Tor Japan, China sand.
Wlch Islands. the liii Islands, New
Zealand. Australia. Alaska, etc. Locally,
/ AMI CoIstWi,e, Vancouver has direct
aud regular communication BY steam.
ship with Victoria, NIualmo. Portland,
san Francisco, aud all up and down
the coast \ancouyeTOg Buuarl lnlct,
is e concentrating point iot the lumber
interests Ol the British Columbian coast.
The saw mills around its shores IN 1898
had a capacity Of about 10000 daily Or
40 oUo. 600 feet per annum.
While tue bciutllul location OF Van
couyer can not lail to please the traveller,
! certainly do not admire its city plot, or
general survey. The streets, though per.
haps more regular than those oil Seattle
Portland and some other western towns,
run "a all directions, without any refer.
cncc To- tic cardinal points Of the com
pass, and the blocks aud lots are too
small. On the other hand the city
spreads over so much ground leaving
80 many vacant lands between tie &C.
cupied portions, that the expense OF
making roads, extending water mains,
etc, etc, to the different fragments Oi
the city and It's suburbs has become
almost anlOpprcssiye tax already lleyery
founder OF a city would visit tue capital
ul Utah before making his final surveys,
he would gam some object lessons that
would enable hIm TO lay OF his town.
site with more taste and consistency.
Nor Is the peculiar shape Ol the sites,
water fronts OF slopes vi such cities els
Vancouver aud Seattle sufficient cx.
Cusr Tor making all the streets crooked
and irregular, at least not according to
my Judgment
While the readers OF the News may
be pretty well posted in regard 10 the
building OF our i've United States trans
continental TailWays-the Union Pacific,
the Northern Pacific, the Great North.
em. the Atlantic aud Pacific and the
Southern Pacific am OF the opinion
that most Of them know but a very little
about the sixth Of these great cOntncn.
tll highways, namely the Canadian Pa.
cihc railroad. Hence submit the iol.
lowing:
A railway from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, all the way ON British soil, was
long the dream OF few Canadians.
This dream OF the few became, In time,
the hope Of the many, and on the con.
federation OF the british North Amen.
can provinces, IN 1907. is realization
was found 10 be political necessity.
Then the government Of the new DO.
mluion Of Canada set about the building
ui the Canadian Pacific railway. Much
OF the country through which the rail.
way must be built was still uneNplorcd.
Toward the east, all about Lake Super.
ior anu beyond To Red river WAS vast
rocky region where deep lakes and
mighty rivers ~ every direction opposed
the progress OF tie engineer Beyond
Red river iur thousand miles stretched
a great plain, known only to the wild In
dian and the fur trader, then came the
mountains, range after range, IN close
succession, and all UNEMPLOYED, Through
all this tot a distance OF nearly three
thousand miles the railway surveys had
tut to be made. These consumed
much time and money; people became
impatient and found fault and doubted.
There were dlilercdces OF opinion, and
these differences became questions OF
domestic politics, dividing parties, and
Il was not until 1875, twenty years ago,
that the construction commenced In
earnest
The machinery OF government was
found to be il-adapted to the carrying
on OF such an enterprise; hence, after
many changes aud delays, Il was de.
Clded IN 1850, to surrender the work
to a private company, Consequently
the Canadian Pacific railway company
was organized early IN 1851, aud immeli-
atcly entered into contract with the
government to complete the line within
ten years,
AT that time the railway system OF
eastern Canada had already advanced
Tar up the Ottawa Valley attracted
mainly by the rapidly growing traffic
from the pine forests and It was from
point Of connection with this system
that the Canadian Pacific railroad had
to be carried through to the Pacific
coast, a distance OF 1850 miles. OF tins
the uuNt Tnmtut had under nstfugtinn