The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-26
SAYS THE ROAD
WILL Be BUILT
St. Paul Railroad Man
Interviewed.
AT KALISPETI
War on Between Canadian Pacific and
Crows Nest Company
J.J. Hill in 1t.
Paul Railroad
Interviewed.
AT KALISPELL

| A st. Paul railroad man who is IN
the city states that he has reason ,u
believe that the report that the
Northern will build a cutoff from
Great Falls to the Crows Nest Pass
coal mines in British Columbia SAYS
the Great Falls Tribune. He is pos
| tive that President Hill OF the Great
Northern has prepared for great
fight with the Canadian Pacific and
has secured large interests in the
valuable Crows Nest mines, and it
is necessary for the Great Northern
to shorten its haul from those mines
and from the timber lands of Flat
head county. AT present the North
ern Pacific floats timber down the
flathead river to it's own line and
thence has a short haul to Butte. The
Great Northern, on the other hand,
must haul all timber from Flatheaa
county via Hayre and thence to
Butte The haul is several hundred
miles further than that over the
Northern Pacific, and as enormous
quantities of Flathead timber are
used in Butte, the disadvantage of the
Great Northern Is great. Much of
this disadvantage would be overcome
by a short line from Great Falls to
the vicinity Of Kalispell, from which
place there is an easy grade up to the
Crows Nest mines. President Hill
has established at Kalispell the larg-
est saw mills in the state, and in
order to compete with the Northern
Pacific, he must provide a shorter
haul. and the Tribune's informant is
confident that the cutoff will he built
from this city, where much of the
Crows Nest coal Is to be used,
In this connection, the following
dispatch from Ottawa is of much To-
cal interest:
A titanic conflict of rival interests,
both railway and financial, such as
has never been witnessed in Canada
and which will stir the whole coun-
try, is imminent. Unless actual hos
tihties are averted soon the coming
session of the dominion parliament
will be made the theater of the most
desperate legislative struggle ever
made in it's Hobbies,
Primarily, the present acute sita-
alton has developed in consequence
of proposal to connect the coal re-
gion of the Crows Nest Pass with the
American transcOntinental lines of
railway, but there are deeper motives
at the root of the impending clash.
A prominent factor therein is James
J. Hill, of the Great Northern, whose
vast railway schemes of late have
stirred the United States from the
Atlantic to the Pacific.
War to the knife has been openly
declared against the Canadian Pa
cific railroad by the Crows Nest Coal
company whose headquarters, and
whose president, Robert Jaffray, are
located in Toronto Mr.. Iafrray IS
also president of the Globe Publish
ing company, OF that city, and the
Globe, which is the leading mouth
piece OF the government. has opened
the campaign against the Canadian
Pacific, thus involving the liberal gov
at Ottawa, the majority OF
whose adherents have become strong
ly antagonistic to the present policy
of the Canadian Pacific officials.
1t is "a well known fact that Mr..
Hill proposes to build line which
will give the Great Northern access to
East Kootenai and the Crows Nest
Pass coal mines. In this connrc-
ton, notice has appeared in the
Canadian Gazette that company, at
whose back Mr.. Jaffray will apply tn
the Canadian parliament for char
ter to construct line of railway to
the boundary to connect with the
Great Northern system; also to build
north to tap the Canadian Pacific
main line about Banff, and to run
another line east to strike the Crows
Nest Pass railway near Lethbridge. I
1t Is currently reported here that I
Mr.. Jaffray has made an alliance /;
with Mr.. Hill, whereby the latter will L
be enabled to obtain a charter from {
to extend the Great North t
ern into southern British Columbia,
and thus compete with the Canadian {
Pacific. A powerful lever toward get