The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21

The ra ties are from So to 81 per day. and
under the management Of Fred w.
Sprado and his able corps of assistants
we found it equal in every respect to
any hostelry along the line of this
great national highway.
PROSPEROUS BANKS.
Perhaps the best index to the pros
perty of city may be the number or
financial institutions within its limits,
together with it's churches and other
public buildings. its wholesale ana res
tail stores, its factories, its car SHOPS
elevators. etc. Winnipeg has eleven
chartered banks with Il capital OF FOR
ty-fiye millions, also all the principal
loan companies in Eastern Canada are
here represented. If there is one thing
more than another that the citizens or
Winnipeg are proud of, it is the cNcep-
tional excellence of their store houses
and shonS. from the conimodinus es-
Establishments Cf the iiudSOn'S BAY COM
rany to the Indian Bazaar, where are
found all kinds of historical relies ana
curios. Here this powerful mercantile
corporation tiudson's Fay company
instead of exchanging beads ana pant
with Indian trappers, displays the lat
est fashions in plate glass show WIN
dows and maintains general store for
city needs.
There stores are interesting and the
history of their early trading is the
connecting link between the oaSt ana
present. They impress one on enter
ing as Il combined government huilu~
ing and Wholesale establishment. Well
worthy the renoWn ct the company ana
the city. Here are eighty Whplesa'a 'a
houses with capital Of ten millions.
and with annual sales OF S2' """.oo'.
Here are tWontT-seven churches repre-
"entih% the various religious u&hH,ni-
nations, many Of them very imposing
cdiiices. Winnipeg is the seat of GOV
crnment ana Of the law courts ol Maai-
ioha. and mere are located the ,!oniii'-
ON government savings BANK th' i'",
minion othceF for the province aln
the ncaGtNdilerS oi ana chiei foS~ "i
Inc Hudson EaN company, Whi'h sup
ines aa GutlNing outpostS "NteNnln%
even 70 lHc Nictic ocean. ne h''''t-
arE power IS represented pN the 'i""N
ol Cahadiai dfagooilS, stationed AZ
f"ft ''sh"rhn IN the cry anu II Is
i.tso me headquarters o' thc mi!,tary
district and OF number OF military
corps.
THE GRAIN TRADE.
The grain business is necessarily one
Of the first magaitude. Nearly tVcn~
ty-thrcc-.nilion bushels of wheat were
Inspected and exported in 1891, and in
1895 31.11I5,03S bushels. As q natural
complement 10 this is the milling in
duStry Here in Winnipeg and trihu-
tary territory are thirty-six roller mills
with daily capacity of eight tious-
and barrels and in addition. as the
headquarters OF the Western division
OF the Canadian Pacific railway. there
are over two hundred elevators, with
n capacity of upwards OF seven million
bushels, radiating from this trade CEN
ter.
The car shous. freight sheds. land
,,'ua .,,,, .,', anu o'n,r ucl'it
at Winnings. and ia crn,yn all thr
Canadian Pacific railway are erecting
n nreat sorting elavotor', of tho can
acjtv of one million bushels to faciIi-
tate the handling or Grain Ac may ha
easily im,"ined an army of twelve
bundrnl Mon ora orinlr,c[i l,, tbo r,i,-
wo,, in tbn town ond a r,;r idao nf ti,,
mo~nituda of H., C,n,di,n pao;Go
rniIwov interosts wv nn ootha,n,; .,t
when tho reader ,earns tb,t thara ,ra
from twortv tn ,I,i,,,. ,,iIas ~ ,;,i,,,.
ia tbn ,rn;,, ,.,,lr ~ 49, 1,.l,9
Grr9n t,I, c.a,i;a " 1sr(;a .i,'. 49,,
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cid ~ ,hn - i,."', ~. AZ VIZ vi.',ei
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ava 'a,,.i, v'' ,' .,., I'a,ea pou,l"a,S'
,., ;,., ms N''n ''ie ''teat Noith-
,.,. "" "Ia't.,eS 80 S".tn-
i,..1'. ~" Ia % '"u'io,h ~, Maili'o't respect
10y l''u - ln.it7 oiStait, alo
;n+' H. ~ VI ,,"l III anu nor r'hWeSt
~ ,r II iiui9o', i'aH country oeSlu'S
1 ,, ~ I" b"y ia'i"aE 10 Hno-
,I1,'i.'1 ni,'.i - I'ot operated me
.',,.i''""t, diNH!oh Oh me Northern Pa
NY; n;c ial"uy eAteics southWaid to
W i!'h'reH junction -Ji niles on the
''l''ii hhe.
OWNERS OF THE TOy-N
,rb;, a.
Vii ooi'i'i', me Caiiaui1h
no,,'i,,i,, oMheu manly py the
poliea na 80, ii.iiieiit' tne CANADIAN
,,,, ~ ui' ',,c iiu,'Soli > i'oy
n.i'nS' ne tahadiah racine rai'-
ro,5 rrs Gnu , ..u s5o.e' e'll'i,eht own peit nl
n.I al'ii" "Gi'9 -luur Ihii'S VIDE on eacn
,I ",uI ~ ny run oau petWeeh w ihhlpeG
a.. 60 W "a! iilouhtaihS. Ihose sec
,','i!a ~ - III 'i,e ptlt huihpered even belong
1 ~ w so,e.ihileht ana the "dd num-
m 49,, o,I'i,i' % the Nhiia"lan racine
800, s''.io'. i'oiia l''e settlers on either
St'tloh can secure them Tor few shil-
nnSS !ci aclt Ior loo OF more acres.
ai,ua iI' "ntti cei,u'h eaS! CONDITIONS are
,'.'' i..',,H i"'ci'' are sranteu. me
aiu'so.i ,''s,' . pay ,oiI'Paiis' thitt hlysterl-
, uo Powsi tiidt lor nearly TWO centuries
iiaS hy,' ooiil!iiioii over large part
W NJ III Aiie,lca, sun own ABOUT one
.WehlietI Ui the leftile iands OF Mani
l'pa aiu the CANADIAN Northwest, in
az, an some seven hlililoh acres. Their
iaiius represent sections eightan twen-
SIN III each township ana they nave
~" II lots III tVvts important town III
.iie touhtr!. neIeVer the traveller or
Se'tlcr spes' ne ilhus the HudsOnS BAY
Stofrs-the earnest pioneers-distribut-
ed throughout the whole region. This
ON favorable terms. or it gives immeii-
.. ~ ,',iiioy h'til ~ an hunters anu
ttdplelS VINO 40 not care to settle any