The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-04
STARTING A DEBT SAYING THEIR CROP
Manitobans Seem to Be Alive to the
Situation.
ELEVATORS AND ROLLING STOCK
Farmers Are Adding to the Storage
Shortage of Harvesters
Feared, However,.
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal. 49,
Winnipeg, Man, Aug. 1.-Two questions
that are being discussed not only by the
farmers but also by business men in
Manitoba and the Canadian Northwest
are how is the great crop that is now
is it to be handled later by the railway
companies. .,
]. J. Golden, provincial government i'm
migration agent, discussed the first mat
ter with o u T n correspondent. He
said that in eastern Canada wages were
there would not be any rush from that
quarter, but railway companies have made
special arrangements and have" offered
special inducements that may have the
effect of bringing men in.
THE Canadian Pacific railroads. said
Mr.. Golden, has been good enough to
give us excellent facilities this year.
The road will allow harvesters to travel
from the east at once by the regular
trains at the rates allowed on the ~har-
vester specials. In this connection have
sent an agent, and he Is at present work.
ing between Montreal and Quebec.
1T is necessary for harvesters COM
ing west by the ordinary trains to re-
ceive a certificate from Mr.. Burke, and,
of course, he is taking care to see that
only the right class of men are favored,
so that the Canadian Pacific railroad
should be protected In it's generous
action.
The prospects for large influx Of
harvesters are not bright, and I question
that the required number will come"
Both the Canadian Pacific and Canadian
Northern have arrangements completed
for handling big crop this year. Since
the last crop the Canadian Northern has
completed it's line to Port Arthur, which
gives it lake port. 1t has built large
| elevator, modernly equipped, at that
terminus and it has also added to its
rolling stock some hundreds Of grain cars
and score and a half new engines.
The Canadian Pacific railroad, too, has
| greatly increased it's facilities for hand
| ling grain.' At Fort William the elevator
! capacity has already been increased and
| will be materially added to in the near
future, and like It's rival road, 1t has also
added very largely to its rolling stock.
The blockade of last year was caused
mainly by the extremely and unusually
wet fall; for about six weeks rain fell
without ceasing; threshing was delayed
and finally the prairie roads became sc
heavy that it was impossible to team out
the grain after it was threshed
! Even odds would be good betting that
the same weather conditions will not
prevail this coming fall, but even If they
do the country is in better condition from
an agricultural position than ever before
in its history; in addition to the sextrs
accommodation which the railways will
be able to furnish, farmers elevator
companies have been organized in many
parts Of the province. The companies
have built elevators and they, In addi
tion to the elevators erected by such com
panies as the OgiNie Flour Mills com
pany, the Lake Of the Woods milling com
pany and the Northern Elevator com
pany afford storage for an extra milliol
of wheat at q conservative estimate.
Il The leading dealers in grain are almos
assured of two things: that the crop will
Il be- big one and that It. will be handled
without the delay that caused such wide
spread trouble in the fall of 1901.