The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-07

wore started with United States capt.
| tai and some OF the railroad land grantA
| are handled by them. In the meantime
there has been lareg influx OF popula-
| tion from eastern Canada. together with
some from Great Britain. Tho most OF
the lifo blood of tho city. however, Is
American and Cadanian; and the two
flow along together In ono harmonious
stream. Both seem to have implicit
| faith In the future Of tho city, and. in
deed, the indications are that their faith
is we'll founded.
BY Automobile Through Winni-
peg.
"But let us go down and have cup
OF beef tea" said the winnipegger.
.and we shall then take n ride through
the city In an automobile"
Beef tea is more common than whiskey
as winter drink here. 1t is served at
all the saloons and hotels, and ono can
have It on tap. Indeed 1t takes tho
place OF soda water from December till
May.
Having finished our tea, we rode
through the main street of the city.
This was one OF the old Indian trails.
which ran north and south following
! the course of the Red River. past tho
Hudson Bay fort which was once sta
toned here. Portage Avenue, which we
/ saw from tho roof, cuts 1t almost at
right angles It Is also part Of an old
Indian trail, which extended from here
! n thousand miles westward to Edmon-
ton town now reached by three great
railroad systems.
Main Street has many old buildings. 1t
was the first business part of Winnipeg,
I tuh, nd m.
tains the best business properties. Real
estate along 1t has gone up like shot
within the past FIVE years, and 1t is
said to now be fully as high as in Min
| neapolis or Toronto. Store-roors rent
| for from $3.50 to $3.50 a year, and you
| can buy business front for less money
! In Montreal than right here.
! Notice the banks! Winnipeg is one of
the financial centers of Canada 1t has
thirteen bank buildings. the most of them
branches of the great banks OF Canada.
They do big business, and they will
compare In their appointments with all
most any banks of our country. The
clearings last week were about ten mil
lion dollars. This is just double what
they were in the same week one year
ago. and three times as much as they
/, were three years before.
The Residence Section.
But ne ny along up the street in our
automobile. The hand OF that veteran
winnIpegger. Mr.. Fred Hcnach, Ia on
the lever. and we are going like mad.
He takes US on toward the river, past
the Hudson Bay Company stores and
Offices, by Lord Strathcona's big apart
ment house. and then turns to the right.
and we fly past the Manitoba Club. and
on into the principal residence section.
The streets are still wide. but they wind
this way and that along the Assiniboine
River Boulevards have been laid out on
both sides of the stream in such way
that every residence has back yard
running down to the water. There are
miles of fine houses in this part of Win
n'peg, and other miles have been laid
are new. and the largest and best Of
palace OF Aladdin, in the space of a
I white brick and cream-colored stone.
is white city, and. under the bright
exists here for thirteen months or more
every year. 1t looks as neat as 3 pin.
1 Leaving the boulevards. we ride through
street after street of brand new cottages.
the honlas of the well-to-do and poorer
classes OF the city. We see. strange to
say, no signs OF ito let and very few
OF for sale" Winnipeg has almost no
tenement buildings, and so far as have
seen, no two-story flats. Indeed. 1t is
almost impossible to rent a dwelling at
- r.