The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-14
BIG SUBSIDIES.
Granted by Canadian Parliament For
New Railroads


New York, Aug IA special to the
Tribune from Montreal says:
The amounts voted at the session of
parliament which has just closed in aid
Sc. OOO, 600 Not for fifteen years has
there been so great sum voted for
such purposes. The bulk of this money
goes to roads that are to form links of
a new transcontinenta1 line in oppost-
ton to the Canadian Pacific. These
roads are under separate arrangements
and there are still large gaps between
them, but it is apparent that the var
ious interests have an understanding
and are working toward a common end,
and the subsidies show that the gov
eminent is in the scheme.
The plan calls for a line from Que
bee to Port Simpson, on the Pacific.
Starting from the former city, there is
a railway known as the Great North
Toilette. and is now being extended
westward to join the Canadian Allan
tic system at South Indian, the Ottawa
river being bridged at Iawkesbury to
permit this being done Large sub
sides in aid OF the completion Of this
link have been voted
The Canadian Atlantic road runs
westward to Depot HarbOr on Georgian
bay, and the great lakes will be utilized
for the present as far as FIT. William,
near the head of Lake Superior.
From that point there is now in pro-
cess of construction a road which will
extend to Winnipeg, running through
the rich Rainy river country and skirt
ing the Minnesota boundary, encroach-
ing upon that state for a distance of
thirty miles. This road is known as the
Ontario and Rainy river road and to aid
in its construction parliament has just
voted $1,000, 600. In addition handsome
subventiOns have been voted by the
legislatures of Ontario and Manitoba
toward the sections falling within their
territory. Altogether the combined
subsidies to this line will amount to
more than S14 900 a mile.
The Dominion subsidies are subject
to stringent conditions, providing for
government supervision of freight rates
and guarding against absorption by
other roads under penalty of forfeiture
of the charter
At Winnipeg the Ontario and Rainy
River road viii meet the Northern Pa
c1fiC, which runs westward to POrta ge
LIE Prairie. a distance of sixty-six miles
There begins the Canadian Northern,
owned by the prOprietOrs of the Ontario
and Rainy River road. 1t runs north
ward ana westward for a distance of
some 400 miles. There is a subsidy for
this and additions are being made every
year. Its objective point is Edmonton,
in the far northwest. To another COM
pany, supposed to be simply an alias
for Mann and Mackenzie, the owners of
the Ontario and Rainy River, there has
been granted a charter with a subsidy
Of Sc 200 a mile for the construction of a
road from Edmonton westward to the
YelIowhead Pass through the Rocky
mountains. From the YellOWhead Pass
the old, abandoned route of the Cana
dian Pacific runs to the waters of the
Pacific at Port Simpson, passing
through the upper valley of the Fraser
and the rich Caribou mineral country.
Thus the new system will extend
across the continent from tidewater to
tidewater. and will be composed of sec
lions of the Great Northern, the Can
ada Atlantic, the Ontario and Rainy
River road and the Canadian Northern,
with the great lakes as a connecting
link It will be essentially a freight
line, and will depend in the main on the
local traffic which it will develop along
the line 1t will follow closely the route
laid out for the Canadian Pacific when