Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-04

PIE OF TINS city and province to consider ~
IN nutshell, the scheme is as followS."
FROM Missarrabie, the point On the main
Inc or the e. r. r. nearest 10 Hudson's
Bay. a railway is to be buiIt oso noiia'' -, >
moose Tort on the shore of Canada's great
inland sea Thence by a watarwav Of I ara
nllIes chesterfield inlet. at the northwest
corner OF Hudson's Bay is reached Tnc
inlet extends west inland 300 miles Fror,
mere railway 2DV miles long will connect
MIN the waters OF Great Slave lake
rronl mere 1t is claimed. there is a nayi-
gable waterway for lars. hears To r.
mouth of the mckenzie river diS,.ne
OF 100 miles. From the mouth Of ~
Mackenzie a short Railway OF 10 mills
nouau give access to the Porcupine river.
naVlsable tributary of TIE Yukon h,,
winch rivers a journey of 400 miles Iaad,
rignt TO the lately discovered gold folds
rms Is the project, a route of trausnort..
LII ',.p miles from the Hudson's Bay
s,ore OF ontario to the riches of Capada's
almost boundless areas of tic north
Dy"sy OF this main artery of commerce. a.
me feace river. which, from Great slave
bargaI Is fnaslganie SO the tale is told. to
Eases OF LOO tons capacity. fer 800 miles
ms II Is claimed. would open up for set
eiement the great expanse of arabic land
io Tha the basin of the Peace river
Inc whole scheme is in the hands of txo
companies. that already mentioned n,hi'i,
mas IN hand the railway through Northern
0G ~, ana the Hudson Bay and Yukon
tm,y and Navigation Company. con-
ha
panies are composed of practicaIIy ~,
same people, and charters have been grant
ea 10 both of them. Messrs. StanIeron
Saioecott, James Scott and Robert Eii,
SUI are the promoting committee Mr. a.
L. Harvey, c. E., is the engineer anu -, -
eI,al manager anu seh-
MI Harvey explained the scbera 70
~ ian ana empire representative yesterday.
II was feasible, he said, only because 40
per cent of the whole route was bv w.tar
anu tne opening up Of the whole 5000 miles
n WOULD require an expenditure of only Sso
u 49, y. capitu. IN the opinion of Mr..
.i II Is the most important proposj
con next to the Canadian Pacific rniiw-ay
ever submitted for the consideratIon ~
the people of Canada. MIR. Harvey siIyiJe.
c cue nui.s INTO fourctD the rendering ac-
Sessiple OF the gold fields, petroleum salt
ana sulphur deposits, and the coal beas 81
me Yukon and Mackenzie basins. f1e ~
opening up Tor settlement Of the Lake Atbe
ing accsss u 70 neaSe river REGIONS: go the CIV
oustries or Hudson bay; (4) the benefi.s 10
accrue TO ontario. and espe cfally Toron.o
o oy becoming becoming the base Of so great systsra
which the riches of the courtrv in o,,ay,tos,
would find market eS'oi
Inc nshing grounds of Hudson hay. Mr.
Ia v; told the reporter. were said to be
me Hchest IN the world, but from its ;and
ana ice-bound situation had heretorore
oeen almost untouched Mr. Harvey bad
.hte.siewed sea captains who had win
.,,hsi.A uosoh- pay while engaged in
Mnaung there. and they all grew enrhu-
slastic over the idea of the fishing there
becoming easily accessible. One OF them
sai9 tnat II the route were opened uD tho
region would become a great summer re-
=: sorI ror a couple OF months in the wear
" was the pleasantest climate he had evcr
Anown, ana there was no end TO big rama
one day. eef IN
San Francisco Mr. Harvey stated mos
me present base OF supplies for the Yukon
gold heids by route OF 4 400 miles and
accessible only for three monrhs IN az
year. Inc proposed route would be onar