Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-24
LAST FRONTIER HAS
BACKED Up IN
NORTHWEST
First Train Runs to Edmonton
Over Grand Trunk Pacific
Great Step in March of En-
pife Builders.


has Teachtd Edmonton, Alberta, aC.
cording to dispatches from operating
officials. The first train reached the
outskirts of that city. the station OF
Glover Bar. Just half AN hour after the
the track was completed in the work
of air line construction toward Prince
Rupert, the new city ON the Pacific
coast about 300 miies north of Van
couver. As soon az some more ballast
ing has been done regular train ser
vice Will be i~nauguratcd
Construction crews working east
from prince Rupert are out about i20
miles to the vicinity of Bahine lake.
This leaves a big gap through yellow
Head pass still to be filled, but the
building of this remarkable mountain
section of low gradients is going for
ward in record time. Another gap is
being closed between Winnipeg and
Lake superior Junction When this is
completed in September the Grand
Trunk Pacific's line from Fort VIII
liam on the Great Lakes to Edmon-
ton 1888 miles long viii b. in readiness
TO haul the 1909 crop.
The remaining mountain construc-
ton is colored with romance, as no
railway building since the Union Pafi-
fic. for beyond Edison. - miles west
of Edmonton. II plunges into an un-
peopled and primeNal region. crossing
the mineral-ribbed hanks of the Atha-
baska river, tie Frazer and other
streams in the Mackenzie river water
shed. passing the lonely post at Fort
George and the Babinc range. 1t eN-
tends about 500 miles beyond the last
frontier. The prospective crossing of
the railroad has started the settlement
in the valley Of the Peace river to the
north and along the Lard Already
regular schedules and Timetables ar"
established north and west by steamer,
stage and, to the far ~northWard, dog
trains. Tie day AMI the hour of
starting to AthabaskH Landing. Shagi-
naupi's and for ChipN ivan now ar,
fixed and known. The first train out
of Winnipeg on the Grand Trunk Pa
cific last fan carried 200 prospective
settlers for the Tramping Lake dis
trict. Survey parties for the railroads
are running lines for branches to tn"
Peace river and north to the Atha-
baska and the pioneer settlers are
already growing crops up there.
When the first railway reaches old
Fort Nermilllon, 700 miles north of
Edmonton. an outpost of II new from
tier. they win find "A grist mill run by
electricity and homes lighted from
the same current, steam threshers, 81
pure bred dairy herd and Il settlement
of farmers who last year raised 2o,oo0
bushels of grain ana will raise FAR
more this year in the rapid increase Of
titled acreage which has run up west
ern Canada's annual crop from 90
600. 600 bushels in 1909 to 10000 600
in 1909.
Train service to Edmonton has
brought into the world - new and
lusty towns. from Edmonton east to
Wainwright. including Ardorssan, TN
cas-, neville, Toficld. Shonts. lyIey'
Poe. Holden. Bruce, Ncstor, Meighon
Philips. Kinsella. Junkins, Irma, Ha"-
kins, Fabyan. From Edmonton west
to Edison. the towns are, Acheson'
Spruce Grove. stony Plains, CarNcl'
Duffield. Wabamun. Falls. Gamlord'
Hargwep, lsficld. JarroW, Keston Lea
man. Mackay. Niton, Otloy, Peers
Roseyear. Thornton, Yates.
The region OF man between Ed
son and Prince Rupert is not uneN-
plored. in fact has been reconnoitered
time and again, not only by the sur
and by engineers investigating
traffic possibilities there for the
government which guaranteed bonds
to the amount of - per cent of the
cost of the mountain section, but also
by officials of the Grand Trunk
which guaranteed the remaining 20
per cent. and the Grand Trun, Pa
'ific officials who are building TINS
laring project one report states
1T is probable that no other area in
North America can equal this portion
If British Columbia in her natural
-esources. Where there is no agri-
and pasture, there is mining
N numbering to be developed. and
there are zone of these, al
.hough they often occur in one dis
.rict, there is at least trapping ana
hunting. 1t is IN truth IA northern
Cldorado. which future events are
bound to verify. Lying as il does.
far to the north. the climatic condi-
ions have in the past been supposed
10 be extremely severe during the
season. but the fallacy of this
impression is rapidly becoming known
)n account of the reverse conditions
actually existing. due in large part 20
The proximity of this territory Il" :
Pacific ocean and the Influence "'
he Japan current. Before the house
IF commons agriculture committee
recently. Mr.. Eihu stewart. domin-
ON superintendent of forestry. bon tes-
as TO the and cundi-
ions concerning the northern country.
having particular reference. however.
10 the district adjacent To Great slave
lake. which lies many hundred miles
.till more northcrly of where the
Grand Trunk Pacific viii be- con
-tructed. said that the growth of
segctation In the Mackenzie Basin
was surprising. the sun ina the sum
ner being visible for about twenty
iours out of tw~entv-four ON July
5th at Fort Providence. near Great
lake. on the Mackenzie river
,hout $50 miles north OF Edmonton,
Mr.. Stewart said he saw wheat in the
mix. POTATOES in flower. peas tit To
Use. tomatoes. turnips. rhubarb. beats.
.abbage. onions and other garden veg-