The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-19
1904. RICHMOND, VA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1905.
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tains."
But Is there no land grant with the
railroad, Mr.. Morse?''
%Not on the main line. we have a
branch going down through New On
tarlo to Port Arthur. This IL known as
the Lake Superior branch. 1t will be
used merely, as the outlet of our great
wheat traffic to water transportation,
and will rather be n mighty grain chute
than a passenger line. For 1t we get
from. the provincial government $1,000 in
cash and G,0o0 acres Of land per mile.s z.
t'But is Il not dangerous TO agree 10
government? Tile chances for graft and
boodling will be great"
Not In this case. The railway must
be constructed under our supervision, and
al contracts for work and supplies will
be competitive. We can even bid upon the
work ourselves, and we shall be vitality
interested in making the cost as low
as is consiatert with good work, as we
have to pay an interest upon It for fifty
years" FF43 = a6i4
becomes OF the al vt the END
Of that timer s&t
The government agrees either to take
that branch Of i, giving us operating
rights with the western division and the
Grand Trunk system. orrto renew our
lease for another fifty years"
The Cost.
What will 1t. cost to make the road?'
lit has been csti'nl-nd that II can 10
built Tor sl23, 50o,o0 This Ia supposing
the eastern division can be built fnr $50. :
900 annie, and the mountain section for
from fifty to sixty ! no ,,and dollars a
mile. This is what our surveys show 10
be the probable cost The prairie section
vs. . Ma l>,,t1y
twenty FIVE Thousand dollars tnile.''f
The Climb Over the Rockies.
nov about the grade? Do you not
have d big lift in getting across the
Rockies ~
81 mo; we will have better grade than.
any other COMMUNICATING Our grade Will
nowhere be more than four-tenths OF ono
per cent, or twenty-six feet to the mile
That means less than six inches any
where in one hundred feet, This Is on tho
prairie section. In the mountain section
twill nowhere exceed ninety .'.lln feet
to the mile. It. will be 60 per cent. -l"ss
than that OF any other road over, The
I Rockies"
E...what will be. your highest pass?''
LESS than four thousand feet" replied
Mr.. Morse THE Canadian Pacific has to
Slift It's through trains to 5299 feet; the
Great N Northern to 5.2G feet and the
Northern Pacific to .5,567 feet, The Union
Pacific crosses the mountains at a higher
latitude than any other road It goes UP
Ii to s,247t feet and the Atchlson. Topeka
and Santa Fe rises to 1893 Il feet.<SThc5
Southern Pacific crosses at little over
\ s. coo, hut 1t falls in one place 263 feet
below tidewater. We shall have the low
est lift. and hence can operate at
lower COST.
will you have trouble getting over
the mountains"
The chef trouble is in going down the
Pacific side. The grade is easy from the
prairies to the top. but we snail have
s. TO wind this way and that do!n the
western. slope. 's5S is3isy sS
AS understand It the western di-s
vision will belong entirely tosthe Grand
Trunk? % ~ Z, rs. s. s
Yes; 1t will be- constructed by the
Grand Trunk Pacific Company. with the
government guarantees. as I have stated
On the mountain section tho government
will pay the interest on the amount OF
its guarantees for the frst9seven years,
and II there should be a default OF In
terest during the next three years It
Will pay that also. but such last payment
will be capitalized and eventually paid
back by = the company to the govern
ment.
"As to the prairie section" continued