Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-26
RIVAL FOR SHIPPING TRUST
Canadian Pacific Railway Proposes to Es-
tabliIh Steamship Line,
DOMINION GOVERNMENT GIVES SUBSIDY
Government VIII Insist Upon Having
Refrigerator Plants, Carry
n ing Capacity and
~ Speed.

LoNi 'ly 25.-The announcement
from MOI. that the Canadian Pacific
railway had, At the request Of the Cana
dian ministers now in London, offered to es-
tablish and work weekly fast service be-
tween Quebec and Liverpool in the sum
mer and between Halifax and Liverpool in
the winter, with a good freight service, is
causing considerable stir in England where
It is hailed with delight as being an offset
to j. Pierpont Morgans shipping combine
The evening papers have flaming placards
reading: English Combination to Fight
the American Trust" etc. The oficials Of
the Canadian Pacific railroad here deny
that they have any such intention, but
they as well as others believe that the
long discussed Canadian fast service is
finally approaching realization.
The chief indication of this is the fact
that the offer was made by the Canadian
Pacific railroad at the instance Of the
Canadian ministers now here and that they
were fully aware Of the conditions the i'm
perial government is prepared to accede TO-.
! Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal the
Canadian high commissioner, said in an in
terview today:
| While l am unable to add to the in
/ formation already printed, the terms seem
| reasonable and probable. The members of
| were authorized by the Canadian Parlia-
ment to offer subsidy of el50O0O for this
not been Increased The reported subsidy
of f26o,OOO shows an advance over the
ORIGINAL OFFER but It has always been un-
derstood that GreaS Britain would supple
ment Canada's offer, though 1 am not say
ing to what extent
Canadian Pacific railroad directors con-
nrmed to a representative of the Asso-
ciated Press every particular OF the Cana
dian Pacifc's offer to build and operate
a subsidized line, and both he and others
interested were confident that the project
would be accomplished.
The chief requirements Of the imperial
government will be that the steamers shall
become auxiliary cruisers. the same az
the Canadian Pacific railroads Empress
(Pacihc) liners. The principal points OF
which the Canadian government will in.
slst relate to refrigerating plants. speed
and cargo capacity. 1t is admitted OF
all sides that the present movement wal
hastened by, II It was not the immediate
outcome Of the formation of the American
shipping combine.
Joseph Lawrence, member Of Parlismen
for the Monmouth district, has informed
the Newport Chamber of Commerce tha
Liverpool is practically certain to be th'
terminal port OF the new Canadian servic'
and that no Bristol channel port Will b
chosen.
Comment OF the Press.
The Globe, commenting on the offer
says: NATURALLY a subsidy Will be ex
pected for the new service, but since th'
DominicA government is most willing b
share this obligation there should not b
the least dificulty in financing the scheme
Apart from the stimulus 1t cannot fail t
give to Anglo Canadian business. 1t will b.
most helpful in perfecting all the British
lines of communication with the far east.
The Pail Mall Gazette sees in the Cana
dian Pacific railroad proposal guarant'
against the Atlantic becoming strictly
preserve Of the American shipping trust
and adds: 'It was only because the At
lantic trust had command OF the railway
of the United States that they could hop
to rival England in the carrying trade
They did not expect competition iron
Canada as we'll as from obsolete England
Now that 1t is clear that they are goinl
to have 1t, the prospect cannot be re
assuring to the Morgans and the fortune
hunting allies in England and Germany"