The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-27

distance OF more than SUI miles, THAT It. |
was determined to build these new lines |
The Wetaaliwin Line. now in operation for |
forty miles, La being extended eastward |
900 miles. The Laaomha branch, also in OBJ
Grafton for about forty miles, is being built |
eastward 900 miles. Both Lines, it Is be-
Loved, Will converge at Saskatoon.
On the east the Kirkella branch is be- !
ing extended ninety miles northwest from |
Strassburs to a junction with the $50 mile
extension OF the Manitoba & Northwest
ern branch to Saskatoon. Here Is a total
Of $50 miles converging from the east and
west toward Saskatoon that the Canadian
Pacific railway Is now actually building.
Other important extensions now under
way by the Canadian Pacific are the line
from Reston to Wolsey In southeastern
Saskatchewan, a line which connects VOL
sey on the main line with Reston on the
Pipestone branch in Manitoba. This line
Will run through a rich farming country
IN the southeastern part of the old dis
trtot of Assiniboia, that has hitherto been
without railway communication. The Ca
madam Pacific Is also at work on line
northward from Moose Jaw to the elbow
Of the South Saskatchewan, a distance of
about seventy miles, This line will be
extended northward to connection with
the Lacombe line. To say nothing OF
number OF other extensions, such as the
Teulon branch In Manitoba, and extern
sive projects in British Columbia, the Ca
madam Pacific is now building more than
LOCO miles of railway in western Canada.
BY the time the Canadian Northern
gets to Edmonton 1t will have built this
year on its main line nearly 400 miles Of
railway. On its Prince Albert and other
branches 1t will have built 200 miles
more The Prince Albert branch is now
within fourteen miles of that thriving
city. It is expected that this branch will
ultimately be extended westward to Ed
| monitor. giving the Canadian Northern
| another trunk line through the Saskatch-
evan valley. The Grand Trunk Pacific
Is just beginning work on its line be-
| tween Winnipeg and Edmonton, a dis
lance. by its survey of something less
than 800 miles. It is expected that the
whole length of this line will be under
contract by the beginning of spring. AL
| ready the contract has been let for $50
| miles northwest from Portage Ia Prairie,
and actual work has begun. In this con-
i nect1on the mileage about to be built for
the Grand Trunk Pacific in western On
tario should also be considered. The con-
| tract has been let to Foley Bros. & Kelly
of st. Paul for the 22o mile branch that
! Is to connect the main line with Fort
William, on Lake Superior, and the con-
| tract for that portion of the main line
between the junction and Winnipeg will
soon be let, the distance. being about 200
miles Thus the Grand Trunk Pacific will
build, or undertake to build, next year
nearly 1,200 miles of line.
The Canadian Northern will build next
year an extension from Hartney, Mani
tcoa, to Regina, about $50 miles. 1t will
also oulld one line northward from Ed
monitor to Athabasca Landing, ninety
miles, and another westward for an In
definite distance. Various shorter ex-
tensions will bring the Canadian North
ern's mileage under construction next
year up to 800
TO sum up, the Canadian Pacific will
build about 1000 miles. The Grand Trunk
Pacific about the same, and the Canadian
Northern about 500. In other words.
there will be built in western Canada next
year about 5000 miles of main line. Three
thousand miles of new railway means al
least 800 stations and all of the growth
and population and wealth and activity
that naturally go with such extensive
railway building
In this connection it is worth while to
point out that the total railway mileage
OF western Canada is now only about
5000, Hence, the lines to be built next
year will be equivalent to so per cent Of
the existing mileage
The present operated mileage Of the
Canadian Pacific in Manitoba, Saskatch.
evan. and Alberta Is about $500, Of
which about half is in Manitoba The
total mileage Of the Canadian Northern
IN Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
is about 1,300.
Considering these impressive figures
which mean the expenditure Of at leas,
$50, 100000. to say nothing of associated
expenditures, which will be at least $40,.
100000 more, the people Of western Can.
ada feel confident that no matter wha
happens elsewhere they are sure Of an.