The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-01
Railroads
HUDSON BAY Line
As CANADA'S HOPE
RETENTION OF TRANSPORTATION
PROFIT rs PROBLEM.
Invasion of British Northwest by Hill
with Roads Equipped to Handle I'm
mense Grain Tonnage Starts Agita-
tion to Prevent Freight from Seeking
American Outlets.


Canada and the immense numbers Of |
immigrants pouring into the country |
affords an example of the rush to the |
wheat lands of the United States, in the
days when railroad communication was
not like the present.
Transportation facilities from the !
vast granary in the Canadian west to
the markets of the world is at present
the subject which is agitating all
minds, and, since the invasion Of that
country by J. j. Hill, the activity in
railway construction has been unprec-
edented. Hill has tapped the wheat
country. IN f four PLACES a ard the 6 Sieh
each entrance. being admirably chosen
to divert the tide of grain expectation
thru American ports. 3" e"
Ready to Lay Tracks.
Charters have been secured by the
invader, both by purchase and from the
government, which will allow him prar-
plan is to make Duluth the shipping
port and in time make it rival Of Port
Arthur. in the amount of wheat which
is carried from the Canadian bread
| basket. q ~...-, =. -
Independent terminals have been Sc
cured in Winnipeg for the new road,
and already there is great deal of
|
summer Hill will have thousands of
men grading a bed for his steel net
work, and before the Grand Trunk Pa
cific, which is building under the pat
ronage of the Canadian government,
shall have reached Edmonton, the
Great Northern is to be completed to
the Pacific.
Enough to Haul Crops.
With the completion of the Hill sys:
| tenn there will be four transcontinental
roads thru Canada, all that can be re-
exports or imports. Wheat, which forms
the most important article Of export,
is stored in elevators at Port Arthur,
where it is loaded into the lake steam
ers. The grain is again placed in ele-
vators along the st. Lawrence river,
where the ocean boats are laden.
The frequent handling of the grain
sive, naturally the transportation COM
panies are considering all means Of fur,
nishing something more convenient, and
expeditions The Canadian railway
companies will have keen rival in the
Hill road and it will require an up-to-date
system and cheaper rates to prevent
grain grown in the Canadian west from
If the Hill: road carries it's freight thru
Canada to the Atlantic and Pacific
there will not be any jealousy from. the
other companies, as there will be album
dance of traffic for all and Mr.. Hill is
native Of the country to which ne IS
| returning in the evening OF his days.
| But it is when the traffic is diverted to
J keenest. Money and trade must be
: kept in Canada if possible, is the feel.
\ Hudson Bay Route. ...> >''a
The solution of the difficulty Is the
Hudson Bay route, by which a 5OO-mile
haulage is saved, and also the expensive
= rehandling which the present routes en-
. tail. The Great Northern and the
} Canadian Northern will build to the
Pas Mission, 500 miles southwest OF
Fort Churchill on Hudson bay, and the
other two roads will not be behind IN
r reaching a position equally as advan.
q ter of much discussion as to whether
J. the federal or the Manitoban and Sas
j. katchewan governments should furnish
j. the subsidy for the remainder Of the
a road to the great waterway. The out
come of the negotiations, 1t is thought
r will probably be double: tracked roae
r which will be used jointly by the differ
s. the road will pass is not adapted tt
J.. wheat and will not be settled for years
a to come,
n On the shores Of Hudson bay will
l. grow up city, and immense elevator
l. will hold the season 8 crop for shipmen
J. early in the following summer when tn
bay has become clear Of ice. Thi
s. scheme will be accomplished, it j
it thought, in the near future and thes
n and not till then will the Canadian
l. trade be secure and the wheat traffic
re which by then will have assumed enor
nous proportions, be kept within tn,
bounds Of the producing nation. TIL,
next few years will see a struggle fo
railway supremacy in western Canada
J.. The farmer will be the gamer and won
derful will be the development Of tn
| roeouroos of Tint rrouinu counfrv