The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-09

the undertaking was commenced and
in half the, time allowed under the con-
tract with the government. It's great
competitor in the West, the Canadian
Northern, has unique record of hav-
ing extended at the rate of a mile a
day for IL years. Canada now has
more railroad mileage per capita than
any other country on the globe. In
spite of the activity in the United
States, only 1874 miles of new road
were added to the total mileage of
222,2S2 during the last year, or an in
crease of 2.56 per cent. In Canada
the total mileage of 21,353 was in
creased by 1892 or So per cent. The
ratio to population is still more strik-
ing. Mexico has a population twice as
great as that of Canada, but only 1856
miles of railroad were laid in Mexico
in 1907, or one mile to every 3s,21S
persons of her eighty-three millions.
Canada, with only 6,442,5S1 inhabi-
tants, constructed railroad mile for
every 1880.
1t is this record which Canada pro-
poses in the next twelve months to
beat. Engineering plans and esti-
mates have been made by the three
largest railroads and work is already
in progress or will be undertaken in a
dozen different directions. The
Grand Trunk Pacific is pushing it's
lines past Saskatoon towards Edmon-
! ton with it's eyes fixed on the new har-
Dor of Prince Rupert as the ultimate
terminus of the latest trans-continent-
al project on the continent. The Ca
madam Pacific is building a secondary
line; has already "double-tracked" a
large part of the way between Winni-
peg and Fort William and will add
new branches and feeders all the way
from Eastern Canada to Vancouver.
| The Canadian Northern will complete
it's link between Toronto and Port
Arthur Recently it has built two large
bridges, one over the Rainy river at
Fort Frances, on the direct line from
| Winnipeg to Duluth. the other over
the North Saskatchewan at Prince AL
| bert, where a short line is to extend
, to Battleford. Meanwhile railroad
men here are awakening to the fact
that every day is linking eastern and
! western Canada more closely togeth
er and only an exceptional display OF
activity on their part will be able to
| divert the enormous wheat crop Of
western Canada through the States tC
the Gulf and wean Manitoba, SaS
katchewan and Alberta away from
! their commercial allegiance to Mon
treal and the East.
] ic ron, ,ly h1a th~t FSrap I'll
river should receive railroad service ii
the year that the Tercentenary of the
founding of Quebec by Ckamplain is
being celebrated. The French river
was navigated by the French explor-
err nearly three hundred years ago OF
his way to stay with the Huron In
dams, prior to a raid with them upor
the Iroquois south of the st. Law
renee. Instead Champlain camped OF
| the site of the modern Key harbor
discovered when worl, on the port be
gan a year ago. The whole French
river region is delight to the fisher
man canoeist and camper, and alread,
many Americans who know something
of sport in Canada have arranged tt
spend their vacations among tn,
woods and rocks and waters Of thi
hinterland of Georgian Boy. Tn,
Canadian Northern Ontario line
make access to the French river easy
and with the development Of minera
traffic from Sellwood to Key harbo
and to Toronto, where smelte
capable of employing $4,000 men i
planned, the wilderness through
which Champlain passed may becom
one of the most profitable localitie
on the continent.