The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-15
GREAT WHEAT
CROP IN CANADA
Two Hundred Million Bush
els Reported of the New
Crop.
Rush of Railway Construc-
tion to Take Care Of the
Wheat.
BY United Press Wire.

Winnipeg, Canada, AUG. 10. III
order to handle the enormous two
hundred million llushel wheat crop
this year the three big Canadian rail-
way systems are pughing the work
of new construction n the western
provinces, 80 miles or new lines hav-
ing just been Inspected by the Dom
inion Railway Commission and placed
i'm service. Two thousand miles will
be added to the total this year.
In addition to the work in the
prairie provinces new tracks are be
ing rapidly constructed in British Co
lumbia. The Canadian Northern has
lessened it's gap between ocean and
ccean to $50 miles by letting the con-
tract for the construction of 100 miles
between Hope nortSward to Kan
loops. A force of 1000 men is eX
ectc1 u be at worn on this section
wit'. r short tn-. and the task
must he completed within two years.
Construction work Is nearing COM
pletion on the line from Port Mann
on the Pacific Coast, to Hope. The
eastern end of the road is at Hel-
low Head Pass on its boundary be-
tween Alberta and British Columbia.
from Kamloops northeast to Yellow
Head there are $50 miles of noun
tains to crawl around, cut through
or tunnel under
The 100 miles between Hope and
Kamloops run through the canyons
OF the Fraser and South Thompson
rivers. IL is the most difficult part
of the transcontinental road, and the
most beautiful.
The road from Yellow Head east
10 Edmonton Is not yet in position to
handle regular traffic Work upon
this section is being hurried as fast
as possible, but there are several
large bridges to be quilt, including
those across the Pembina and Nc
Laod rivers. 1t is possible that this
section will not be ready to handle
much freight traffic until next year.
In the prairie provinces railroad
| hacks seem to be springing out of
the ground like magic. The year Will
see nearly two thousand miles of new
road built More than one thousand
miles have been constructed or are
under construction in Saskatchewan
alone
This province Is in the throes of tho
greatest railway development any
section of the world has ever seen.
The Canadian Northern is building
$3.50 miles; the Grand Trunk Pacific
is building $40 miles; and the Cana
| dian Pacific is at work on 3iS miles
of new track. Most of this mileage
consist of branch or extensions into
the newly settled wheat districts.
BY tho end of the year Saskatche-
wan will have 4,752 miles of track.
| This is more than half the mileage
of the state of New York, and more
than the state of Washington or
Forth Dakota or South Dakota. The
new building is distributed among the
three lines as follows:
Canadian Pacific: From outlook
northwest 60 miles; Craven to Colon
say, 65 miles; Weyburn to Leth-
bridge, 20 miles; Esteven to Forward,
80 miles, Regina to Bulyea, 10 miles
Lauder extension, 20 miles; second
track from Moose Jaw 10 Pasqua, z
miles; second track from Moose Jaw
20 Caron, 16 miles; Moose Jaw south
west, 35 miles; Swift Current south
east, 40 miles, Swift Current north
west, 35 miles.
Grand Trunk Pacific Melville to
Regina, 40 miles; Battleford to Big
gar, so miles; Regina to boundary line
| (U. s. 90 miles, Regina to Moose
Jaw, 40 miles; Young to Prince Al
bert, 80 miles.
Canadian Northern: Aylesbury to
| Davidson, Is miles; Battleford, Jack
fish line, 40 miles, Thuhder Hill ex-
tension, 20 miles; Delsle branch from
| Goose Lake line, 35 miles; Moose Jaw
southeast to 100 miles; Rossburn ex-
tension, 20 miles; Shellbrook line, 50
miles.
East of Winnipeg new railroad work
Is being pushed. Sir William Mack
cnzie recently made public announces
meht that all sections OF the Cana
dian Northern under construction had
been financed and that contracts
| would soon be awarded for all un-
completed sections. The contract for
the construction of 800 miles from
Port Arthur to Sellwood junction will
he let in n short time.
The preliminary estimates Of the
1911 grain crops Of the western pro-
vlncas show the need for more rail-
roads. The Saskatchewan depart
ment of agriculture estimates the
wheat acreage in that province at
| r 200 iparaoeo % tu,no4,. 49,.