Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-06-08

There is perhaps no better example
OF the remarkable progress being
made by Canada in providing trans
portation facilities throughout the
length and breadth of the Dominion
than the construction of an automo-
bile highway from ocean to ocean.
which is nearing completion, says
Consul General r. E. Mansfield,
Vancouver. B. c.
Twenty five years ago the plan to
build a railroad from Halifax TO
Vancouver was considered visionary
and impracticable. To cross the bar
ren wastes above Lake Superior, the
vast prairies of Saskatchewan, and
the mountain passes of Alberta ana
British Columbia was then considered
by some of the best engineers to be
physically impossible. Yet today one
great continental railway is under
successful operation, another is near
ing completion, and a third IS under
construction.
few years ago no one would have
thought of motoring through CANADA
| from ocean to ocean as among the
possibilities of the near future Dut
! fodav automobiles are running al
most the entire length of the new
| canadian transcontinental highway,
| and only a few more links of the
| chain are needed TO permit tae
motorist to make the trip IN Salets
and comfort. From Halifax to SUD
| hurry. from Winnipeg to the Great
! divide. the trail is nearly finished,
and the more difficult roads through
the mountains of British Columbia
are rapidly nearing completion.
When completed this will furnlsh
ono of the longest and one of the
most beautiful and picturesque auto
mobile routes in the world. From the
land of Acadia TO the shores OF the
| pacific it will run 30OO miles
through fertile plains and Vallegs
and over mountain ranges.
| The most picturesque part OF the
trin is from Calgary to vancouver.
from Calgary the route leaves the
nrairies. mounts the foothills OF the
Rockies and penetrates INTO thelr
fastness ninety miles away at Bantf,
from where the road turns into the
Vermilion Pass and then down the
valley of the Columbia TO Cranbrooh
Already the run from Cranbrook t
Treston has been made by automo-
bile. and it will not be long until thf
trail to Nelson. Grand Forks, anc
: Vancouver is finished.
" When this great route is completed
II will not be necessary for Canaui'
! an motorists to incur the expense O
/ foreign travel, for no finer trip eat
| he made under the flag of any laht
than that over this transcontlnenta
highway. Even the Tyrolean o.
swiss Alps cannot surpass the Slt
kinks or the Rocky Mountains 10
grandeur. beauty. and variety O
Scenery. In few hours the motor
is+ can travel Switzerland iron
border to border, but 1t Will tax
many days to see all the spiendors
the great Northwest.
An interesting feature of this rout
will be the number and variety OF at
\ tractive side trips it offers, Man
new roads connecting with the mar
| highway and suitable for motor drlV
ing are already finished and other
| are under construction, which ope|
IN new regions of beauty. One .
| these will be the road up Noun
Ii Rayelstoke. four miles of which is al
[ ready finished: nine miles more of
/ per cent graded macadam road
Wv will extend it to the summit
150 feet above sea level, from wher
the panoramic view is excellent Fo
seventy-five miles on either side eN
tend the snowcapped peaks of tn
Gold. Illecilewaet and Selkif
ranges. Thousands of feet below
the pine-clad valleys can be caugd
glirnpsee of the Columbia and llleel
fewaet rivers. BY easy pony. trai
from the Chalet can be reached tw
beautiful lakes-Eya and Millar-an