The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-26

cesslve freight rates of the Canada,
Pacific.
IL is known that if railway connec
ton can be established between tbe
Great Northern and the Crows Nest
mines, Mr.. Hill has agreed to tal,o :,
large supply of coal for the use nj
the Great Northern and the Northern
faclhc railways and the coal com.
pany now proposes to meet him in
spite OF the overshadowing power of
the Canadian Pacific monopoly.
Whatever the real cause of the
row between these RAILWAYS and e.,
anclai corporations, undoubtedly the
result OF the fight will prove of great
benefit to the Canadian west. That
the Canadian Pacific western ratas
are excessive, the great majority Of
people believe, and many. of the flo.
ures quoted tend to prove it.
as regards western Canada ,ra
hritlsh Columbia the Canadian Paci-
nc mas monopoly which enables II
TO 40 practically as it will. so long &c
the Canadian parliament refuses ~,
a'io" charters to competitive roads
across the international boundary
Parliament has hitherto refused to
permit any extension of the Ame,.;.
Gan roads into the west and British
Columbia, where the same might
come into competition with the Can.
adlan transcontinental line. but tho
outcome of this present warfare viii
probably be a radical change in such
a policy.
The present war against the Can.
adlan Pacific revives the interesting
story OF the famous Crows Nest Pass
oeal, three years ago, between the
Canadian government and the Can.
adian Pacific railroad, by which the
latter secured an enormous subsidy
ior the construction of the Crows
Nest road. 1t also lets in consider.
able light upon the present attitude
OF the coal company, which profited
SO largely by it.
Prior to 1896 the conservative gov.
ernment of that time proposed to sub.
sidlze the Canadian Pacific to con
struct the Crows Nest line. The ib-
erals vehemently opposed this course
ana pubic opinion throughout
the country was SO strong against the
arrangement that the government did
not press It's proposal through na..
lament Within a brief period af
Ter the present government came into
power, however. the whole country
was astonished by the announcement
or an agreement by the new libe .al
administration to grant the Canadian
Pacific a larger subsidy than was pro-
posed by the conservatives for the
construction of this very railway.
1t soon afterward became known
that at the time this agreement was
entered into some prominent liberals
ch1et among them were Senator Cox
and Mr., Jaffray, became Interested in
a large area of valuable coal lands in
the Crows Nest region.
The Crows Nest line went through
and the coal company started mining,
supplying the output of it's mines.
chleiiy to the Canadian Pacific for the
latter's smeter at Trail. Some time
ago this smelter shut down, and the
coal company then made contract
with Montana man which required
all its product of coal. Thereupon
the Canadian Pacific started putting
up coal freights on the coal, while
several Canadian Pacific magnates
announced new coal company Of
their own.
Ihefe are some enormous coal de-
posits in the Crows Nest country
sufficient, 1t is said, to supply the
whole North American contingent for
of years, but it is had been
stipulated between the Cox-Jaffray
people and the Canadian Pacific that
the latter should not mine coal so ,
long as the coal company worked its
mines vigorously. Now the Cox-Jas-
fray people charge the Canadian Pa
citic with endeavoring to drive them
out by excessive freight charges.
The report that Mr.. Hill has ar ,
ranged to purchase the coal COM
panys mines for 100000 is author ,
tatively denied by the Ottawa mem
Der of that company. The mines are
said to be worth double that sum. 6
The company however, will at once /
Increase it's capitalization to the ey-
ent of $1,5O0,OOO by the issue of 60, +;
100 additional $25 shares, of viii I'll =
ssue 10000 shares will be allotted to
Mr.. Hill.
This is considered a significant fea- ;:
ure of the situation, in view of the
act that the Canadian Pacific COM
)any inSinuateS that the coal COM