The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-07-13
Singular Record in Railroad
Building Was Establish
ed on July !.
SUDBURY WAS THE SCENE
Second Direct Communication.
With Toronto Made With
in Sixteen Days.

A singular record in railroad build
ing in Canada was estab-
llshed on July /, when Sudbury. two
hundred and fifty miles from Toronto
and the town OF tho greatest niclsie
mine in the world which Is controlled
by American capital. had its second
direct communication with Toronto,
the manufacturing metropolis OF
Canada, within 16 days.
The second Inc to be opend since
June Is, VIII 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 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 nbounds
with rivers and lakes full of fish, and
Is roamed over by thousands of red
deer. and which, as II Is Immediately
south of the niclsle copper, iron and
silver mines that are proved TO be
among the richest that are in the
world. also likely contain large de-
posits 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 a
party of prospectors to work for the
rest of the summer. He writes.
"The assay of the quartz discovered
has proved quite satisfactory, 50 l
-, tsa ,L NJ
erating.'
Ore for Freight.
The new railroad win bring the ore
from the Moose Mountain mines,
about 80 miles north Of Sudbury. to
Key Harbor, the port which has been
established on Geprgta bay. with an
initial capacity for handling 5000
tons per day. and which brings Cleve-
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 "Sellwood." after the vice
president of the Moose Mountain Iron
Company (the president is John w.
Gates, OF New York; and shipment
win begin as soon as the docks are
completed, which. is is expected. will
be sometime In August
Key harbor Is at the mouth of Key
inlet. about six miles south OF the
outlet OF the French river, which VIII.
some day, he channel Of the Georgian
bay canal. taking western grain via.
Lake NIplssing and the Ottawa river
to Montreal. saving about 400 miles
haulage TO tide water.
4 Delightful Region.
It 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 IroquoIs. south OF the
St Lawrence. Indeed, Champlain
camped on the site of modern Key
Harbor, where some interesting rel-
les were discovered when work on the
port began a year ago. The whole
French river region Is delight for
fishermen. canoeists and 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 hinterland OF Georgian
bay.
The Canadian Northern Ontario
railway makes access TO the French
river remarkable easy, for, instead OF
long roundabout tedious journey.
there Is n 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 smelter. capable OF employ
ing $4,000 men is planned, the will
derness through Champlain passed
viii become one OF the most profita-
bic localities on the continent.