The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-16
U.S.CONS()|S..
TOCANA[)A
LIKELY
People of Winnipeg Vancouver
Country Interested in the
Proposal
OF THIS GOVERNMENT
To Name One or More Representatives
for Country Fast Filling |
With Americans.
OF THIS GOVERNMENT
To Name One or More Representatives
~ 3. G. sayaer.

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J. Washington. D. G.. April 16.-There
is a great interest throughout the
western portion of Canada in the re-
port that the United States intends to
appoint one or more consuls between
Winnipeg and Vancouver. As q NUM-
Der of consuls have recently been cut
on in eastern Canada. the people of
the west, which needs them 30 greatly.
hope that tbs government at, WASH
ington will act promptly.
At present there is no consul be-
tween Winnipeg and Vancouver, dis
tance of 1850 miles, although there is
no other part of Canada in which there
are SO many Americans and where
American interests are SO proportion
ately large.
It is estimated that since 1893 over
100000 Americans have settled In
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,
and they are now going in at the aver
age rate of $4,000 a year. This year
I. the number of Americans seeking
homes in western Canada will not be
less than 10000. So great is the rush
that the railways, leading from Mime
apolis and st. Paul to the boundary
have both their freight and passenger
traffic congested. Cars containing
settlers effects are passing through,
Portal, where the 500 railways west
ern line enters Saskatchewan, at the
rate of about three hundred cars
week, and two or three thousand per-
sons have been crossing the line
each week on the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and 500 since the
opening of the season Up to April
1, Ii, 900 have entered western Canada,
and more than> half of them from the
United States. These American immi-
grants come from all ovevr the coun-
try, though the several northern
states contribute the larger number.
The official report for the last year
gives the official distribution of the
immigrants by states of origin as
follows:
North Dakota 1000, Minnesota 7,547,
Iowa 2,212, Nebraska 920; Wisconsin
1876, South Dakota 1,34S, Michigan
1876, New York 542, Illinois 1857.
Kansas 548, Idaho 1884, Oklahoma 359,
Massachusetts 552, Utah 221, Pennsyl-
vania 268, Indian Territory 80; Ohio
4S6, Colorado 235, Indiana 400, Wyom-
ing 1O9, Missouri SAL, Maine 122,
Maryland 8; Texas 102, Kentucky 43,
Louisiana 8, Georgia 8, Washington
7O2, Arkansas 3S, Virginia 81, Mexico
"a, Oregon 1853, Rhode Island 81, New
Hampshire 65, Vermont 81, Connecti-
cut 50, Florida s. Alabama 18. Tennes--
see 6, South Carolina 26, New Jersey
. 13, California 35, Delaware q, Nevada
1, Arizona "a, not classified 45.
It is impossible to estimate the
amount Of American capital interested
in Western Canada. The land and Inn
migration, business is very largely in
the hands Of Americans and they have
gone into scores ofalumber, flour mill
ing and other manufacturing enter
: prises.
The immense amount Of new rail-
road building under way In western
Canada. about 5000 miles, is bring
Z ing I'm hordes of American laborers,
contractors, etc. j. j. Hill of the
Great Northern railway, has just an
! nounced that he will Immediately pro-
ceed to build trunk line from Winni-
peg 10 Vancouver. He says that his
lines will be completed within three