The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-22
A BOUNDARY DISPUTE LIES
BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
A British Statesman Says that the Difficulty
Will Be Settled Within Six Months and
Then the Era of Prosperity for
Newfoundland Will Begin.

the land, as in 1n3. The treaty of that
year declares the French should not erect
any buildings besides stages made of
boards and the huts necessary for the
f,sa drying Of fish, The declaration OF
French shall build only their scaffolds, by
which is meant fish flakes for drying pur-
Lobsters were not timed in 1713 or 1888,
and did not figure then. The timing in
dustry requires permanent buildings and
d dIGiL9flss on the shore: HOLSTERS are not
industry attached to the soil, not to the
nShery treaty shore. If there is any value
rigidly enforced. Their fishing stations on
me treaty coast do not exceed seven, and
none are profitable apart from the lobster
- Newfoundland denies the French right
bank fishery. If this contention be V sus1
| tame tI1nf1 1y the British Government the
French. If the French can arrange e. with ite
me coIony for bait for the bank fishery,
they will probably abandon the treaty
arrangement regarding the French fish
In support of the English claims, it
may be added that France has practically
apahdoned operations on the coasts and
tnaI the various enterprises encoura ged by
the British have prospered wonderfully
of late years. Agriculture, numbering and
mining are profitable industries, and as
the treaty shore is unusually rich in some
places in agricultural lands, lumber tracts
dog-in-the-manger in Newfoundland's de-
velopment. There are fully 1900 British
ment is seriously impeded through the
danger to English capital while the coun-
try is in its present state.
Notwithstanding these dangers, it is
announced that an English syndicate with
a capital of &250,0 sterling has been
formed to develop the Parsons Pond oil
well, on the west coast of Newfoundland,
which experts pronounce to be one of
the best regions yet discovered. In several
places in the pond the oil springs to the
surface of the water, and all round the
earth is saturated with the crude oil.
Next summer pipes will be laid to the
nearest port, so as to facilitate shipment.
are to receive &12, 900 and one-tllird inter-
est in the workings
With the object of developing the Brit
ish colony in Newfoundland, Mr.. Reid.
the agent of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way, has issued public notice to the eff
feet that lands along the line of railway
will be granted for agricultural purposes
free of cost, under the conditions as to
cultivation prescribed in the Crown Lands
act Formerly these lands were sold bv
settlers on the same terms as are granite
crown lands, namely, thirty cents per
acre Now Mr.. Reid offers them free to
bona-fide settlers, so that anyone can OBJ
tain from him 100 acres free of all charges
The settler may also avail himself of
an act passed last year which offers a
bonus of $50 per acre, payable to the ex-
tent of three acres, for clearing land
which then belongs to the settler. Any
line of railway free, and will also be paid
by the government $50 for clearing the
Mr.. Reid has also contracted with the
Newfoundland Government to build and
tween St. Johns and Labrador, the others
on the large bays, to connect with the
railway al various points This is part of
the plan which he has formed for the de-
velOpment of the resources of the island.
BY this coastwise steam service every
fishing village and town will participate
be connected with st. Johns.-William B.
Mccormick.