The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-15
NEN RAILWAY FOR CANADA.
GENEROUS SUBSIDY VOTED AT RE-
CENT SESSION or PARLIAExT.


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 Of
railway projects aggregated over Ss.ueoN
Not for fifteen years has there been %
grea, a sum voted for such purposes The
bulk of this money goes 10 roads that are
to form links OF . new transconttnentA
line in opposition 70 the Canadian Pacific.
These roads are under separate manage
ments, and there are stu large gaps be-
tween them.
The plan calls for q line from Quebec TO
Port Simpson, on the Pacific. Starting
from the former city. there u Q railway
known as the Great Northern. which runs
southwesterly to Toilette, and is now being
extended westward 10 Join the Canada
Atlantic system al South Indian the Otia-
wa river being brsdged at Hawkesbury to
permit this being done.
The Canada Atlantic road runs westward
to Depot Harbor, on Georgian bay. and the
Great lakes will be utilized for the pres
ent as far as Fort william. near the head
Of Lake Superior.
From that poin: there Is now In process
Of construction a road which will end at
Winnipeg. running through the rich Rainy
river country, and skirting the Minnesota
boundary. encroaching upon that state for
distance OF thirty miles. This road il
known as the Ontario & Rainy River road.
To aid In It's construction parliament has
just voted 81. ESQ., 600. In addition handsome
subventions have been voted by the iegis-
latures OF Ontario and Manitoba toward
the sections failing within their territory.
Altogether the combined subsidies to this
line will amount to more than $4,0o a mile.
AT Winnipeg, the Ontario 4 Rainy River
roac viii meet the Northern Pacific. which
runs westward TO Portage La Prairie. q
distance OF sixty-six miles. There begins
the Canadian Northern. owned by the pro-
pr.e,ors Of the Ontario Il RAINY River
road 1t runs nortnward and westward
for a distance OF some 100 miles There Is
a subsidy for thif and additions are being
made every year. Its objective point Is
other company. supposed to be simply an
alas for Mann & Mackenzie. the owners
Of the Ontario & Rainy RIVER. there has a.
IS. 20 mile for the construction of q road
from Edmonton westward 10 the Yellow
Head pass. through the Rocky mountains
From the Yellow Head pass the old aban-
coned route Of the Canadian Pacific runs
to the waters Of the Pacific at Port Simp-
son. passing through the upper valley OF
the Fraser and the rich Cariboo mineral
country.
Thus the new system VIII extend across
the continent from t.dewater to tidewater,
and will be composed OF sections OF the
Great Northern. Canada. Atlantic. the on
terfo & Rainy River Toau a'!u t,e AHA
dian Northern, with the great lakes as a
connecting link 1t viii follow closely the
route laid cut for the Canadian Pacific
when II va. intended 10 build II as pub
lie work IT VIII run through much
more fertile country than that traversed
by the present ire OF the Canadian Pacific.
but the mileage VIII be so much greater
that Il will hardly hope to be an effective
competitor for passenger traffic.
Quebec viii be The Eastern terminus in
summer and In winter the new bridge
across the St Lawrence at Quebec will az
ford access 10 the government railway.
which runs to Halifax ard ST. John. The
hrs dye is 20 cross the 81. Lawrence eight
miles above Quebec. II vii, cost 81. 90 oso.
ans one-fourth Of this amount has list
been contributed by the Canadian pariia-
ment.
The company holding the charter an
nouncss that II WI, begin work within the
next two months and X hopes to have It
completed within two years.