Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-04

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America as an employe of the Hud-
son BAY company: He told me
that one could easily get through ia
the Yukon from this side of the
mountains He said he would go first
to Edmonton by rail, then 20 to
Lake Athabaska by wagon, and
thence on to the Lesser Slave lake
from where he would pack his goods
ny trail to the Nelson river, and
on to the Dease river. and thence right
on TO the Pelly river and down to
tne klondike. He says there are
along nearly the whole of his route
used for years by the Hudson Bay
company, miners and traders. The
landing to the Pelly could be made
with pack horses. and wagon road
could be made without much cost.
The trip to Pelly from Athabaska
| landing would be only about 900
miles, ana thence you could easily
noat down the 200 miles remaining
TO the gold regions. There is no
doubt but that there will be n num-
Der of men who will make this trip in
the spring. l meet everywhere peo-
| PIE VINO are going to the Klondllie as
soon as the winter is over. All sorts of
companies are being formed in
CSanaua' the shares In which range
from ~ cents to one or more dollars
l nave before me the prospectus of u
| company with u capital (authorized)
OF sl'2O0,OOO In five million shares, the
par value OF which is "a cents, or one
smiling. One of the heads Of the
! company Is the mayor of Montreal,
ana there quite n number Of dlstin-
! Euished men on the directors list
| me advertisement Of this company
states that subscription lists are
now open and that shares may be
secured upon application by paying 6
| cents share.
CANADA'S CAPITAL.
This town of ottawa is beautiful
one 1t is about one-sixth the size of
washington. 1t has wide and well
paved streets, good public buildings
ana " / am correctly informed, n
magnificent public debt. Its situation
is on series of bluffs at the point
where the Ottawa and the Rideau
rivers join. These rivers dash over a
great fall at this point, and the Ri
deau canal has been built through the
city In order to connect Lower CANADA
with Lake Ontario. and thus prevent
the necessity of vessels going I'M the
st. Lawrence river under the enemy's
IRE. RMS canal cost about two and
haii millions of dollars. and 1T is said
10 be worth 1t. Ottawa, like Washing
ton, was cut out of the woods 1t had
10000 Inhabitants In 1854. and II was
-FOUR years later that Queen Victoria
chose 1t as the capital of her American
dominions Today the chief bust
Dying and legislation. The lumber
business amounts to about S5,00O.0OO n
year. Legislation. I Judge, Is even
more profitable, for 1t costs about s37,-
100000 annually to run the government
and the total debt of the Canadian do
mlnion in 1895 was over 5000, 600, OO0
This makes $50 for every man, woman
and child in the dominion, an average
of $500 per family, an enormous debt,
TO say the least. The annual charge
on the debt In way of interest is more |
than $40 family, and the figures are
sun going up. In business of this |
kind lobbying pays somewhat in pro-
portion to the legislation, so. as far |
as can Judge the three businesses of |
Ottawa must be thriving.
SLOT BONES FOR CONDUCTORS. |
Ottawa has a good system of street |
car lines. The cars are moved by cleo |
trlcity, generated by the Chaudlere |
falls, and the fare is Ave cents trip. |
Each car has a motorman and a CON |
ductor. The conductor collects the
fares. but he does not handle the |
money on entering the car at one |
station l saw In one corner of 1t high |
above the passengers heads what |
looked to me to be beer mug or stein
htted into an iron ring placed for the |
purpose In the walls of the car. When
the conductor entered he took down |
this beer mug and poked II under my |
nose. then saw that the mug had n |
top like boys savings bank, and that
there was slot IN IT for my five-cent
piece. / handed the conductor n dime. |
He returned me two flve-cent pieces |
and again iiourished the stein under
my nose i put one of the coins In the
slot. II stuck, and II took the conduc-
tor about 1--WE squares to shake It to
the bottom. II was the same with the
next nickel. and more than half of
the conductors time was spent In
shaking the coins through the slot.
The same method prevails In collect
Ing fares In Montreal. save that the
boxes there look more like fatirons
than beer mugs, and when the conduc-
tor approaches You with one OF them
you fear he may be about to assault
you with some deadly weapon.
A LOOK AT PARLIAMENT.
took look at the Parliament hous-
es this afternoon. They are built upon
Parliament Nm. Just above the com
mercial part of the N, and in as
commanding location as IL our Cap
itol at washington. The lawn about |
them covers many acres, and It Is as
velvety as that of an English park. At
the back. away below you, flows the |
wide ottawa river. its banks lined with
piles OF lumber and its waters covered
win saw logs Beyond you can see
.or miles across the country. BeautI-
full farms extend In every direction.
and above and below you flows the |
liver. Near by you hear the falling
u water. You walk to one side OF |
he grounds and look down upon the |
fideau canal The Parliament build
ngs themselves make you think more
" a cathedral than great govern {
nent structure. They are based on | |
he Gothic architecture OF the twelfth |
'enture and have many turrets and I
overs. Their material is n cream !
olored sand stone. the arches over the
ioors and windows being of sand | q
none OF terra Gotta red, so that the | y
whole forms n fine combination in |
way OF colors. Tho buildings cover.
Judge, about half the area OF our Cap 4
tot OF Washington. I entered at the | a
entral door and made my way into r
ne senate chamber. and from there c
'ent into the house of commons. The t
Wo houses nre much alike. They are | n
,othic chambers with ceilings of glass. n
ne windows in the walls are filed d
'lth stained glass, so that you think n
ourself, Mt first. In n church. At one I
ma OF each room is the throne. or b
mar Tor presiding officer. This chair e
carved and there Is royal coat OF
rms above It, The speaker faces the RI
oor, ana there Ia nm aisle In front Of p
I'm which runs from his desk back to W
ne door, The seats rise on either side | p
] thls aisle to the walls, the members u
] one party having one side OF the | II
aamber and those of the other sitting Il