The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-12
Railroads
LINES FOR MANITOBA
G. E. Hamilton Goes to Winnipeg to
Help Along the Manitoba
Railway Company.
T. Mayne DAILY Is Already There in
Interests Of Another Road
Probably the G. T.

Attorney C. E. Hamilton of ST. Paul,
who is behind the proposition to build
b road in southern Manitoba, of which q
map was recently printed In
J ournal, left last night for Winnipeg
where the members of the Manitoba legis-
lature convene to-day. Mr.. Hamilton is
acting for the promoters, and the pro-
vincial parliament will be asked to au-
thorize the road under the name OF the
Manitoba Railway company.
Mr. Hamilton says that he has behind
him capital for the work and that If the
charter Is granted work will begin at
once, although considerable opposition
from the Canadian Pacific is expected.
The Manitoba government will have to
appeal to the country in the coming sum-
mer, and it is thought that the main
issue will be the construction or 1nde-
pendent railways to compete with the
Canadian Pacific railroad. Mr.. Hamilton s
scheme will, therefore, meet warm
lobby.
A message from Winnipeg states that
another railroad corporation will also ap-
ply to the Manitoba legislature for a
charter for road. What particular rail-
way is behind this new application has
not yet been learned, but it is believed to
be the Grand Trunk.
The Winnipeg representative of the ap-
plicants for the charter is 7. Mayne DAILY,
questioned he said he was not in a posi-
ton to confirm or deny that it was the
Grand Trunk. II received my instruc-
tons from firm of solicitors in
Toronto" said he. ''All that can say
is that the railway making application
is one Of the leading roads in Canada
and it is not the Canadian Pacific
The Line Projected. Il
The application will ask for powers te
construct. equip and maintain a railway
from the following points,
From Winnipeg southerly to the town
Gretna and from Plum Coulee to Carman
from Winnipeg northeasterly to Tyndal
and thence northerly to the mouth OF tn
Winnipeg river; from Winnipeg westerl!
| to Brandon and southwesterly to tn
| southern boundary of the province, AM
| from point on this line near Elgi1
northwesterly through Hartney and Vir
| den to the western boundary OF Manitoba
from a point on this line near Delorafne
to the western boundary of the province
! from Carman northwesterly to Portage Ii
Prairie and thence northwesterly runnin
between Lake Manitoba and Big Gras
| Marsh to Lake Wfnnipegosis; from Gret
ma westerly to Crystal City, northwestern
| through Elgin to the western boundary
| from Carberry on the southern boundary
from Carberry northerly to the town Q
Neepana, thence northerly and north
westerly between the end of the Canada
| Northern railway and the Riding Noun
tains to junction with that line at tn
western boundary; from Carberry south
| easterly to the town Of Morden,t thenc
southerly to the International boundary
from Carberry northwesterly to Rapi
City, and northwesterly to the wester
boundary of the province; from Brando
southeasterly to junction at Baldur wit
| f11n 20 To11, II
easterly to the Lake Of the Woods; fror
Winnipeg southerly to junction with tn
Canadian Pacific and thence to the inter
national boundary at Emerson