Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-29
A Northern shortcut.

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From the Philadelphia Record.
Hudson Bay is a great stretch of
salt water in upper Canada, cover
Ing nearly as much territory as the
State of Texas. From its northern
limit it stretches southwark about 500
miles. 1t is connected with the At
lantic Ocean by a great strait navig-
able from about the middle of June
to the end of October. During the
rest of the year the bay Is covered with
| ice. 1t is now proposed by the Cana
dian government to build a railroad
APO miles in length to connect Hud-
son Bay with the system of trans
continental roads which traverse our
| northwestern States and the Cana
dian provinces. The construction of
the road has been already commenced,
and work has been begun on suit
able terminals at Port Nelson, a point
of good harborage on the west coast
| of the bay near the mouth of the Nell
son River 1t is expected that the
road will be completed during the
year 1914
once completed, the Hudson Bay
railroad will shorten the distance be-
/ tween the grain fields of Minnesota,
the Dakotas, Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and other West Canadian prov
inces and the ports of Northern Eu-
rope by approximately 1000 miles.
There will be q shorter land haul, as
well as O. shorter water haul, and only
one transshipment en- route. Valuable
deposits of iron ore, galena and plum
bago are known to exist along the
| line of the railroad, and the waters
of the bay swarm with edible FISH.
Some of the more southerly lands adj
1acent to the bay are low and level
/ - i IL. lx4rr Co.
| ing.
Next to the building of the Panama
Canal this opening Of four months
short cut between Northern Europe
and Northwestern America is the
most significant trade happening or
| late years. 1t will contribute greatly
to the comfort of mankind by cheap
ening the cost of distribution of food
products on which the nations rely
for daily bread.
Constellation That Has Excited RhapsO-
dies from Days of Job.
Charles Nevers Holmes, In the Boston
Herald
| The Pleiadesl-once more cleaning
and glittering on high, like a silvery,
shining ornamental mist or tiny
cloud. like a small cluster of minute
diamonds set within the ebon back
ground of an illimitable universe.
Once more the Pleiades, once more
those seven inconspicuous suns of
night united in a conspicuous and
splendid star-group The Pleiades!-in
| the South, on high where the rudy
"eye" of Taurus blazes furiously, and
westwardly Aries and Pisces glimmer
dimly to the terrestrial vision of man.
| The Pleiades!-beautifu Pleiades of
( the constellation of Taurus. To him
who possesses only good eyesight, six
miniature sky diamonds sparkle and
| scintillate In delicate fire; but he that
has keen eyesight will discern another
sun or even other suns in this Won
derful cluster Of stars. But a more
powerful "eye" than that possessed
naturally by man the telescope
"eye'-will reveal many more suns
within the ornamental domain oc-
cupied by the Pleiades, and the rays
of light that fall softly, yet swiftly,
upon some Photographic plate will
| imprison there, to be developed later,
as many as 1900 suns. constituting
the glorious group of the Pleiades
| Alcyone, Electra, Atlas, Maia, Me-
rope, Taygeta, Caleno. These seven
suns compose our Pleiades, as the
| Pleiades are popularity known. Alcy-
| one anu II1S Quiet shy -BtiuS VI Tic
| Pleiades associated with and imi
mersed amidst a nebula. Alcyone
and these other clustered sky-gems
In constant motion through the ether
of our universe in imperceptible prog
gress across the face of the Despair
gled armament. High in the south
are they, glittering and cleaning,
minute and beautiful. AS man views
them today, man viewed them CEN
turtles ago The most enlightened
scientist of the twentieth century can
admire them as enthusiastically as
his comparatively unenlightened
brother of the times of job Yester-
day the Pleiades glimmered glorious
ly amidst evenings darkened dome;
tonight they still glitter gloriously;
and tomorrow-in the far, far future
they will glimmer and glitter just
as gloriously against the background
of chill winters armament. Glorious
beautiful, indeed, are the Pleiades OF
Taurus as they sparkle and shine