The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
new CITY OF THE PACIFIC.
PRINCE RUPERT, THE GRAND
TRUNKS WESTERN TERMINUS.
Planned to Make II. a Model seaport The
Harber ~COmmOdiOus and safe and the
Surrounding Territory Picturesque
and Productive -yaluable Fisheries.

VICTORIA, B. c., Dec. 5.-The new city
which the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Company proposes establishing at it's west
ern terminus on Kaien Island is already
taking shape. The city has been named
Prince Rupert. after the cousin OF King
Charles ii. of England, who was first Gov
ernor of the Hudson's Bay Company.
A trip TO Prince Rupert fills the visitor
with the enthusiasm and optimism which
the head officials of the road are displaying.
Imagine a wide channel leading into a land
locked harbor a mile in width, whose waters
extend far inland beyond the expansive
basin which forms the harbor itself, and
some idea can be formed of the great port
which, it may be said without exaggeration.
will be capable of accommodating all the
fleets of the Pacific. The spacious harbor
Of Vancouver is frequently referred to as
one of the finest on the Pacific coast. IL
might be lost in that Of Prince Rupert.
Fringing the shores of this great bay.
Kaien Island and the adjacent mainland
present a panorama Of almost unbroken
forest, while Digby Island stretches itself
across the entrance to the city 10 protect
il from the swells Of The Pacific. Mountains
towering two thousand feet above the water
perform a similar Office in shielding the
town from the winds blowing of land. The
green MACS Of fir and cedar il Scared here
and there by the location camps of the
survey parties, while .. small wharf pro-
vides landing accommodation for the coast
ing Apart from these all is az
vet virgin wilderness.
The site is picturesque. The land slopes
back gently for distances ranging from
half a mile to two or three miles. Here
and there the ground rises abruptly, provid-
ing the necessary fall for drainage n
sewerage, while a shore line five or six
miles in extent sweeps around the front Of
the future city. The view from these ele-
/ waited stations and from the beach il charm
ing. On the opposite shore mountains
slope down TO the water.
To the northwest. through \ channel
studded with islands. is 10 be seen the
famous Indian village Of Metlakhetls,
known on the Coast a. The Holy City y"
This village was laid out by the missionary
Duncan. Here he taught his copper colored
disciples ia embrace the arts and trades Of
the white man and founded what was in
tended to he a model settlement. Later
trouble arose between Duncan and his
Bishop and the Indians migrated to a set
Element on the Alaskan coast. Opposite
Prince Rupert rises Mount HAYS. named
after the President Of the line. II il more
than three thousand feet high.
The railway men are proceeding upon
| NOfIlFW ~ hONCI ltlNT III CAiiNll NIN' Wv .
Before an acre of land is put on the market
the best expert advice Is to be obtained in
planning the city on the most up TO date
lines. When the official party Of the rail-
road were last on the Coast they saw in
Seattle houses, hotels and business blocks
being torn down in order TO permit OF lower
' ing the street grades and correcting other
defects in the laying out Of that city. This
is to be obviated in Prince Rupert. which
is intended to be the city beautiful of the
Coast. Five parties are nov engaged in
a careful Typographical survey OF the whole
/ townsite. When this il complete their
| plans will 90 before a board OF engineers
| and landscape gardeners. and they will
decide upon the best lines to adopt in build
ing the city proper.
The city itself is in a trade sense born
to the purple. Not only will il be fhe Pacific
terminus of the shortest transcontinental
system in America. with the lowest grades
Of any line traversing North America. but
through it's gates will our the vast west
bound trade of that line to the opulent
Orient. Immediately behind it lies "A virgin