The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-13
HILLS CANADIAN LINES.
Great Northern Railroad Mangnate Tn
folds Plans For Future.

Northern has announced his decision
to build transcontiuental line from
Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Feruie, Brit.
ish Columbia, q distance Of $50 miles.
Construction work will be begun this
summer, says the Spokesman.Review.
In certain circles there is nothing es.
pecially new in that statement, but in.
terest is added when it is explained
why MIR. Hill is going to build the
road. He declares the time is not far
distant when the United States will
not be able to raise wheat sufficient
for its own consumption. 1t will be
compelled to import from the rapidly
increasing fields Of Canada, and Mr..
Hill ants to handle as much a. pos.
sible Of the importation.
One Of Mr.. Hills characteristics
wher asked question as to why he
builds an extension 10 to ask himself
q question and then answer it. Anent
the Can adian invasion he says:
"How long will it be before the
United States ceases to be wheat ex-
porting nation:"
He answers it thus, and therein is
the chief reason for his building the
above mentioned transcOntinental line:
1--WE now use 500, O,O0O.O 600 bushels OF
wheat annually for bread and seed,
and the yearly consumption is increas.
ing at a rapid pace. With our popu'
lation growing steadily, home con
sumption will increase, aud it will no,
be great many years Until the
United States will have to import
wheat from Canada
That is a sample Of Mr.. Hills sa
gacity: one Of the open secrets OF bis
success as q railroad builder-looks
into the future and is there to NEE,
the new demands. And so it is to be
with his Canadian line. He will b
on the other side of the line with q
transcontinental road and many feed
ing branches when the United State:
finds it necessary to import wheat fol
local consumption.
} That Mr.. Hill has for years appre
ciated the fact that the time was com
ing when his northern road would
: shown by q map OF the Great Norther,
road. Assiduously he has been build
> ing branches from the main lire cortl
: to the imaginary boundary, al. read
: to incorporate under Canadian law
and extend them to his now authorized
} transcontinental road from Winnipe!
: to Fernie.
At present the following extensions
of the Great Northern into Canad;
2 are under constructions: St. John; n
: D., at Brandon, Manitoba, .5 miles
from Neche, n. D., to Portage Il
: Prairie. Manitoba. - miles, and frou
. Waikalla, n. D, to Morden, Mani
: toba, 20 miles. These severa
branche. are being constructed unde
' separate ch arters.
No statement can be secured whethe
Mr.. Hills road will be north or sout
: o! tue Canadian Pacific west of tt
c points just mentioned. Al Winnipe
? termiu al, have been purchased at a
expense of s3,0OO,00O. AT Portage l
Prairie terminals have also been st
cured. The same Is true at Brandon
Work .s 80 far advanced on thee
branches tia they will be complete
by early fall.
! 1t Is said that Mr.. Hill ha. mad
the assertion that his new Canada
t line will be in operation by the tin
: the Grand Trunk Pacific is complete
" to Winnipeg. In the event that Il
q Canadian Pacific does not choose
: take the traffic which the new roa
t will be prepared to turn over to it
} Winnipeg. Mr.. Hill will only have +,
build southeast from there to Greer
bush, Mimi, 70 Dewey Lake, Minn
- from which place the Great Norther
y has its OWE rails into Duluth, MINI