El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-21
MOTOR CARS AID
To GOOD ROADS
Building Of Roads in Canada
Shows Value of Autos for
Pleasure and Business.

There is perhaps no better eNaI5e
of the remarkable progress oelhs .ttc1
by Canada in providing trahspo. -
facilities throughout the IensIh
breadth of the dominion than me -
struction Of an automobile nlsHMa'
from ocean to ocean, when Is
ing completion, says Motoring MAS"
zine and Motor World.
Twenty-Five years g the plan ~
build a railroad from Halifax TO van,
couver was considered visionary anu
impracticable. To cross the barren
wastes above Lake Superior, the vas
prairies of Saskatchewan, ana IHo
mountain passes of Alberta ana BIZ
ish Columbia. was then considered Dy
some of the best engineers to be phys
icaIly impossible. Yet today one greaI
continental railway is under successLul
operation, another is nearing compIe-
and, and a third is under construction
Improved Highways.
A few years ago no one would nave
thought of motoring through Cana1a
from ocean to ocean as among the
possibilities Of the near future, but To-
day automobiles are running almost
the entire length Of the new Canadian
transcontinentaI highway, and only a
few more links Of the chain are need
! ed to permit the mOtOrtSt to make the
trip in safety and comfort. From Han
fax to Sudbury, from TO Ine
! Great Divide. The trail is nearly fin
ished, and the more difficult roads
through the Mountains of British Co
lumbia are rapidly nearing completion.
Picturesque Route.
When completed this Will furnish one
Of the longest and one of the most
beautiful and picturesque automobile
routes in the world. From the land of
! Acadia to the shores of the Pacific II
will run 5000 miles through fertile
B plains and valleys and Over mountain
ranges. The most picturesque trip is
( from CALGARY To Vancouver. FROM
| Calgary the route leaves the
prairies, mounts the foothills of
the Rockies and penetrates into their
Businesses 80 miles away at Bantfr
from where the road turns into the
VermiIlion pass, and then Town the
valley of the Columbia to Cranbrook
Already the u from CranbroOk to
CrestOn has been made by autOmo-
bile, and it will not be long until the
trail to Nelson, Grand Forks n Van
Attractive side Trips.
An interesting feature Of this route
will be the number and variety Of at
tractive side trips it offers. Many new
roads connecting with the main high
way. and suitable for motor driving
are already finished, and others are
under construction, which open up new
regions of beauty. One Of these will b'
the road up Mt. RevelstOke, four miles
Of which is already finished; min mile
more of a seven percent graded ma,
cadam roadway will extend it to tn
summit, 6150 feet above sea level, from
where the panoramic view is excellent
For IS miles on either side extend thu
snow capped peaks Of the Gold, lille
cilIewaet and Selkirk ranges. Thou
sands Of feet below, in the pinecla'
valleys, can be caught glimpses of tn
Columbia and nlecillewaet rivers. r,
easy pony trails from the Chalet ca
be reached two beautiful lakes-Evi
and Millar-and from their rock,
shores a panorama of the Great Gordol
glacier is unfOlded.
Other scenic attractions along whicl
the great motor highway will pass ar
the Columbia and Windermere valleys
the VermilliOn pass and K~ootenay an,
OkanOgan lakes.