Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-14
Line From Quebec to Port Simpson
Will be Built
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Tribune from Montreal says
The amounts voted at the session Of
parliament which has just closed In aid
or railway projects. aggregated over
ie0O0.O00 Not Tor fifteen years has
there been ao great o. sum voted Tor
such purpose. The bulk Of this money
goes 60 roads that are to form links Of
now tranacontlncntai line 90 opposition
To the Canadian Pacific These roads
arc under separate arrangements and
there arc atlll large gaps between them.
but d is apparent that the various In.
forests have an understanding and are
working toward q common end and
the subsidies show that the govern
mont ~ in the scheme.
Tho plan calls for line from cue.
beck 10 Port simpson. on the Pacific
Starting from the former city. there j.
n railway. known az the Great Notih.
oru. which runs H0uthwc8tcrly 20 Jpli.
otto. and " now being extended west
ward TO join the Canada Atlantic sya.
tenn az South Indian. the ottawa river
being bHdgud az Hawkcabury 10 permit
this being done. Large HubHldiCB in ala
Of the completion OF this link have been
voted.
Thc Canada Atlantic road runs west
ward 90 Depot Hnrbor on Georgian
hay. and the great lakes will be- utilized
Tor the present as far Hs Fort william,
near the head of Lake superior
From that point there ~ now In pro-
cess OF construction "a road which viii
end 90 Winnipeg, running through the
rich Rainy river country and sMrtlng
the Minncsoth boundary enctnaching
upon that state for distance NJ 30
miles This road u known us the on,
tnrio and Rainy River road. ana 20 ala
iu To- construction. parliament has Just
voted, 100000. In addition hand
some Hubyonii0uH have been voted by
the legislatures Of ontario ana Munltu-
bn toward the SECTIONS falling within
their territory Altogether the CONE
hlucd subsidies 20 this line viii amount
60 more thun $4,000 mile.
The Dominion subsidies are subject
10 stringent conditions. providing Tor
government supervision nj freight rates
and guarding against absorption by
other roads under penalty of forfeiture
OF the charter
Al Winnipeg the ontario and Rainy
River road VIII meet the Northern Pa
cinc. which runs westward 90 Portage
la Prairie. "a distance vi SO miles, There
begins the Canadian Northern. owned
hy the propflctora of the ontario ana
Rainy River road. II runs uurthWnrd
aud westward Tor "a distance OF some
900 miles There u q subsidy for this,
and additions are being made every
year IT, objective point IL Edmonton,
In the far northwest To another COM
puny supposed 90 be- simply an alias
Tor Mann and Mackenzie, the owners u
the ontario and Rainy River. there
has been granted "a charter with sub
sldy OF 81 200 @ milo Tor the cunatfuc-
tl1n of road from Edmonton west
ward 60 the Nelluwhcnd pass through
the Rocky Mountains. From the Nul-
lowhcad pass, the old, abandoned route
of the Canadian Pacific runs TO the
waters ~ the Pacific az 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 Tldcwoter
90 TidowutOr. and will be composed of
sections Of the Orcntcru, Canada, Al
luntlc. the Ontario and Rainy River
road and the Canadian Northern with
the Great Lakes az a connecting link,
/ II will be essentially a freight line ana
] will depend In the main on the local
trutnp which N viii develop along the
line. Il Will follow closely the route
laid out Tor tho Canadian Pacific when
% was intended 20 build Il a. a public
work Il will run through "a much
more fertile country than that tray
ersad by the present line Of the Ca
madam Pacific, but the mileage win be
20 much greater that Il will hardly
hope 60 be- an effective competitor for
passenger traffic
quebec will be the eastern terminus
In summer and In winter the new
bridge ucross the st. Lawrence az
quebec viii ufford access 10 the gov
eminent railway the international which
runs TO Halifax and 81. Johns, Tho
scheme Tor this bridge has been con-
Hldcrcd FOR a long time, but at last II
looks as though something IL 20 be
done. The bridge n TO cross the 81.
Lawrence eight miles above Quebec.
| II win cost 81 900 900. and ouc-fourth of
this amount has Just been contributed
by the Canadian parliament. The
company holding the charter an
nounccs that II viii begin work within
the next two months and II hopes Ia
! hnyp IL COMPLETED within two years.