The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-07-16
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Singular Record in Railroad
Building Was Establish
ed on July /.
SUDBURY WAS THE SCENE
Second Direct Communication
With Toronto Made With
in Sixteen Days.

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A singular record in railroad build
Ing in Canada was estab-
lished on July /. when Sudbury, two
hundred and fifty miles from Toronto
and the town of the greatest nickle
mine in the world which Is controlled
by American capital. had It's second
direct communication with Toronto.
the manufacturing metropolis OF
Canada, within 16 days.
The second line to be opend since
June IL. will be the Canadian North
ern Ontario railway, (part OF the east
ern division, of the Canadian North
ern. which has $500 miles of track
through the great wheat belt of
Western Canada) which for a year
has been running from Toronto to
Parry Sound, alongside the wonderful
Muskoka lakes, and which has been
extended to Sudbury. through a wild
and rugged country that abounds
with rivers and lakes full of fish, and
is roamed over by thousands OF red
deer, and which. as 1t is Immediately
south of the nickle copper. iron and
silver mines that are proved to be
among the richest that are In the
world. also likely contain large de-
posts of minerals. For instance Mr..
j. T. Kerr. of Detroit, who, getting
into the French river district on con-
struction trains, did little prospect
ing, has already arranged to take n
party of prospectors to work for the
rest Of the summer. He writes,
''The assay of the quartz discovered
has proved quite satisfactory, so l
decided to go back and commence OPP
Grating"
Orc for Freight.
The new railroad will bring the ore
from the Moose. ~ Mountain mines,
about 30 miles north of Sudbury. to
Key Harbor, the port which has been
established on Georgia bay, with an
Initial capacity for handling 5000
tons per day and which brings clevc-
land and other iron manufacturing
cities 500 miles nearer to mines than
they were when they had to depend
upon supplis from Duluth. The town
at the Moose mountain mines has
been called "Sellwbod," after the vice
president of the Moose Mountain Iron
Company tthe president is John w.
Gates. of New York; and shipment
will begin as soon as the docks are
completed, which. is is expected, will
be sometime in August
Key harbor is at the mouth 6f Key
inlet. about six miles south OF the
outlet of the French river. which will.
some day, be channel of the Georgian
bay canal. taking western grain via.
Lake Nlplssing and the Ottawa river
to Montreal, saving about 400 miles
haulage to tide water.
A Delightful Region.
1t is remarkable that the French
river should receive railway service
in the year that the tercentennary of
the founding of Quebec by Cham
plain is being celebrated. The French
river was navigated by the French
explorer, nearly three hundred years
ago, on his way to stay with the
Huron Indians, prior to a raid with
them upon the 1roquois, south of the
st. Lawrence. Indeed. Champlain
camped on the site of modern Key
Harbor, where some interesting rel
les We're discovered when work on the
port began year ago. The whole
French river region is delight for
AiShei men, CduuelstS anu campers,
and already many Americans who
know something of sport in Canada.
have arranged to spend the vacations
among the woods, and rocks and wa
tiers of this hlnterlael of Georgian
bay.
The Canadian Northern Ontario
railway makes access to the French
river remarkable easy, for, instead of
a long roundabout. tedious Journey.
there Is first class daily passenger
service with parlor and dining car
accommodations. With the develop
ment of mineral traffic from Sellwood
to Key Harbor. and also to Toronto.
where a smelter. capable of employ
ing $4,000 men is planned. the will
derness through CHAMPAIGN passed
will become one of the most profita-
BILE localities on the continent.
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