The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-29
No.2-Canadian Pacific Territory:

Edward Island railway, 1853 miles.
The rest of the mileage is made up
of smaller lines in the various prov
inces. The total paid in" capitsl
amounted in 1892 to $S45, 5,0O0, 900, of
which the dominion and local govern
ments and municipalities have con-
tributed $1S5,2O0,00O. The Canadian Pa
cific system embraces much more than
its main line. its eastern extensions
reaching to st. John, N. b.; Halifax.
N. s.; Cape Breton. etc, while numer-
GUS branches connect the trunk road
with the chief American cities.
This great highway from ocean TO
ocean, serves the treble purpose OF
political union, business intercourse
and the imperial government, as a
military road. With British fleets
commanding both the Atlantic and
Pacific ends of the line, Halifax the
North Atlantic station and Esquimalt.
the Pacific, both troops and munitions
of war could be transported lin the
event Of difficulties in her eastern do
minions) to China, Japan and India,
in less time and with much less risk
than by any other route. There are
large coal fields near each of these
ports and craving docks capable of
holding the largest vessels, giving
value to the railway and adding
strength to the empire. Another OBJ
ject lesson for our American govern
ment.
Vancouver is the Pacific terminus Of
this Canadian Pacific railway, and also
the point of embarkation for their
steamship lines between Vancouver,
China and Japan, San Francisco, Aus
tralia, Honolulu and also Alaska and
Puet Sound ports. The city owes its
rapid prosperity to these important pro-
jects, and is destined to be one of the
largest cities on the Pacific coast for
as its great advantages are entirely be-
yond the realm of speculation and
doubt. 1t is beautifully located on a
peninsular CBurrard Inlet on the east
and English Bay on the west), and has
every advantage that a fine harbor can
afford. 1t is surrounded by a country
of rare beauty and the climate is milder
than that of Delaware, being backed
by the cascade range of mountains near
at hand at the north. the mountains of
Vancouver Island across the Gulf Of
Georgia at the west, the Olympics at the
southwest, with the eternal snow cap
ped Mount Baker looming up to height
of over two miles at the southeast. In
fact 1t is protected on every side while
enjoying the sea breezes from the Strait
Of Georgia.
The situation is most perfect as re-
CARDS picturesqueness, harbor facilities,
commercial advantages and natural
drainage. The land slopes gradually
to the csea, rendering drainage easy,
and in two directions the city permits
indefinite expansion. 1t has an mex
haustible fresh water supply, brought
across the bay from lake in a ravine
of one of the neighboring heights. The
city which had no population In 1881,
has today 10000 inhabitants. Its Won
derful growth is a matter of history
and has almost no parallel.
THE CITY'S GROWTH.
A great conflagration in June, 1886,
from surrounding forest swept away
the young wooden city every house but
one, but before the embers died, mater
ials for rebuilding were on their way,
and in place of wooden structures there
arose rapidly grand edifices of granite,
iron and brick. The city is now laid
out on a magnificent scale. It's resi-
dences, business blocks, hotels, churches
and public buildings of all classes would
be creditable to any city in the east,