The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31
WHEAT HOPPERI0
GREAT northwest |:
Mn Carpenter SO Describes Port
Arthur and Fort William,
Canada's Grain Cities.
BIGGEST ELEVATOR in WORLD
A Great System Run BY Enter
prising Amcrical,s-Munici-
pal Ownership.
Bv Frank G. Carpenter.

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(Epeclal Correspondence OF The Times
Dispatch)
PonT ARTHUR, ONTARIO, Dec. 3o.-1
am ut the nozzle OF the great grain funnel
at the end OF the hopper down which
* Canada.s wheat Is pouring into the boats
OF Lake Superior. The crop amounted to
more than q hundred million bushels. and
during tho season q steady stream OF
golden grain has rolled into Port Arthur.
Here and at the sister city OF Fort VIII
liam, four miles away, arc some OF the
mlghtiest elevators OF the world. These
Is are now packed almost to bursting, and
Z are closed up for the winter to await
i the opening OF navigation in April or
" May.
Canada's Great Grain Ports.
Port Arthur and Fort william are the
Duluth and Superior CITY OF the Cana
< dian Northwest. They promise to have
8$ on equal business with those American
B grain ports, and at tho same time to
Il take the place OF st. Paul and Mime
q apolis into the vast region now opening
up. above the international boundary.
Both have excellent hnrbors. Port Arthur
s Is situated right on Thunder Bay, and
Z Fort Williams ia four miles away, little
( back from tho bay, at tho mouth Of the
Kaministiquln River. {s 4. M
y Superior two or three hundred miles
from Duluth, and within about 400 miles
OF Winnipeg, the Chicago sof Western
Canada. AT both towns there Is plenty
3 Of water for tho biggest Of the lake
I steamers and a great caravan OF boats
u IS moving back and forth between them
4 and the east during eight months OF the
q year. " IN "a ss 5tt#
: The ports already Y have II connection
Suff SN
Railroad and the new Canadian North
81 ern. and the Grand Trunk Pacific Is
u now building a branch which will con-
meet with Its main line and thus brinA
n another river Of wheat to this point. BY
Ia these roads Port Arthur and Fort vii ~
81 liam have access to every part OF the
wheat belt, and the traffic which viii
y; grow up in consequence, Will make this
one OF the commercial centers 81 the
Canada OF the future.
The Breezy West:
ties and Fort Wiliamitcs claim, and
they claim Is SO entliusinsucall tina t
& believe them I Ike the towns. They
are full Of the spirit OF the breezy
West. You can feel y Z q in the air. s The
. moment I landcd on Thunder Bay the
IL cold calculating rs wet blanket 8s OF the
i rnoneyed cast fell from my should ers.
tiEu;f SSttIUcu AASSS
"A In 4 a land wi tt, IA III ture.
s This gione is more like tiis United 4
4 States than Eastern Canada. 1t Is full
II Of twentieth century progress The 4
towns are made up OF young men, with 4
red 4 blood V In their veins. The people 4
look Mt tho future through the right /
end OF the opera glass. and most OF i
" them have microscopes In front OF the
q lenses. Every one II IS building air cas-
\ leE-not5 In Spain. but uI=on Lake Su-
8 perior-and although he r. ckonwledg
VI that he has not yet gotten beyond tho a
+ foundations. he can In his minds eye 4
8 SEQ thirty-sto skyscrapers far surpass-
ing tho cities Of the present. Port Ar
thur has Six Il thousand population and
~ Fort w lillian one thousand more,
Nevertheless their citizens rather sneer
! at Montreal and Winnipeg, and think
E that when Joined together they will be
the great middle city OF the Canada Of
the future. n II Ks ia 81 s.!
Said Mr.. II. B. Allen, the edltor5of the
Port Arthur Chronic le,4 to me last hight
4 as he put his thumbs in the armholes
@of his vest and Il brew out his chest:
II The Canada Of the future Will have
three big cities. One may possibly be
u Montreal, but I rather think 1t will be
situated on tho Atlantic Ocean east OF
& but I rather think It VIII be Port Simp-
81 son. a t the terminus Of the new Grand
Trunk Pacific and the third Will certain;
n lY be at Port Arthur, for this Is the nat
#ural situation set aside for a @ great
metropolis by the Almighty. Nature has
& put the resources here and giYensus the |
E combination OF water powers, railroads
b and tho Great La kes. We are at heSvery |
& neck Of things. and there Is no pos
& siblIty for any place to compete wi III us.
81 We can get coal by water at the lowest
4 freight rate and we have mountains of I
Il iron In the Antlk ok an ra4,g nearby. Ma G.
T kenzie & Mann are already putting up
blast furnaces which will make a hundred
tons Of pig iron a day, and wesshall even
tually DO a grea tSindustrinl center. We al
/ on the lake. and there is plenty OF lun1-
Il Der within easy reach.
1--WE have q hun dred and fifty thousand!