The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
AND THE CANADIAN WEST

5lalLH III the country dIlo ldCh VI cAlcI-5
prise. These have resulted In clogging
progress somewhat; but the opinion seems
to have seized the community that the
responsibility belongs to the railway COM
5pany, Shortage of warehouse room can
be met by the company storing In cars.
It Is not seen that this &is the most pro-
life cause of terminal congestion. Stor-
age cars are In the way Of arrivals, depar-
lures and local deliveries business men
do not care to know anything Of such
things. One would think that the sure
basis Winnipeg stands on would long ago
have bred perfect confidence in its per-
manency. 1t Is not SO, however. The
business spirit Is doubly elastic. An OPP
perfume rain stretches 1t to the limits of
elation; a rain a week overdue contracts
1t to the point Of depression.
It is doubtful If the whole continent can
show another city Of citizens so erratic
In business behavior. One is inclined to
ask what race these men sprang from.
They will tell you they are British, but
they certainly do not possess the trait
that has been one Of the prominent fea-
titude under all conditions. No step is
taken until all risk is eliminated. Conf
dence is only felt when success is assured.
The impression cannot be got rid of that
Winnipeg has prospered in spite of It's
people. You will hear that fir its age it has
quite enough to show. The reply is that
it should have twice as much. There is
one point Of general agreement, however,
and that is the railway should be entirely
free from all such human foibles; that its
vigilance should never be caught mapping,
and it should be prepared for every emer-
gency. Il
| This habit Of relying on such an fnsti-
tuition is probably what has caused the
weakening of self-reliance that is so APP
| parent, but the country is awakening, and
its undoubted stability should pull those In
control into the right paths. If not there
are still the Dukhobors to fall back on
This depression crept in unaided. The
subject is too forceful to be ignored.
| Five Branches From Winnipeg:
1 From Winnipeg five branches rur
north, south and southwest. Two through
southern Manitoba, the garden spot of the
province, like every other spot in it. II
would be difficult to find country any
where with SO many best spots as Mani
toba possesses; it is full of them. Those
five branch lines aggregate 600 miles. One
of the shortest ones sends into the city
seventy-five cars a day from the quarries
adjacent of rubble, dimension and broker
stone for the various works going on II
the city.
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thru wheat fields as far as Moose Jaw
| where the 500 line from the border join.
| it after traversing 100 miles of highly
favored country rapidly being settled
| from the south. Fifty-si71 miles west O.
Winnipeg another branch shoots north
west about 800 miles long, still another A
miles west, and another 35 miles west
| a few miles further on Brandon, tn,
1 wheat city, is reached This is a, flour
ishing town and will this year be a larg,
railway terminal. A branch running
southwest commences at the next Est a
ation and this is the last feeder till 5Regin;
/ Is reached; where the Prince Alder
branch, $50 miles long, starts z
1t is to this part of the country that tn
immigrants are hocking and their car
of effects produced a jam this spring
At Dunmore Junction, $50 miles west o
Winnipeg, the Crows Nest branch start
| and runs to the Kootenay lake, 39s-raife
away. It has been In operation abou
four years, and called the coal mines
4 previously mentioned, into existence 2
Beyond the lake another mountain sys
tenn Of railways is in operation, principally
engaged in carrying ores and coke to tn
smelters and the merchandise from tn
east that the numerous towns and camp
need. There is no western outlet to thi
system yet
\ Calgary. and the Edmonton Branch.
I The next point of interest is Calgary
y $50 miles west Of Winnipeg. It Is rail-
way terminal with large repair shops an
the general offices of the western divis
ion. r. ]. Jameson is the general super
intendent. The Edmonton branch start
here and runs direct north thru farm
ers' paradise for $50 miles. The great ad
vantages of this section were early recog
nized by Americans, who have poured i
in ever increasing numbers for years.
Following the main line from Calgar
the Rocky mountains are reached in sixt
miles, and there begins that chain Of be
wildering beauty Of mountain and rive
that stretches to the coast The Englis
language has been exhausted in vain at
, tempts to describe the scenery, as sue