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P1089 C3m4 1871 Vii'i'liiifi./;. x"^' ^^ 1 G MEMORIAL IX COXNKCTION- MITH THE OMFNKCA KOAD PBTITIOX. To Jfit Excillcht/ O'vcriiur Sluiiirorr uiid lie J^!lon iiig Memorial, entering luoro into iK-tails rcjtar.ling the i.l.jc-ct and in'iCfKity. of the taid Pelition. : It is I'.ow cxi-,-eiIinj;ly luol.uhle tliat wv.nil hun.lrwl miners will i^o to the new mines in the Omiin'cu Di-tri.-l vcr.v c;irtv in the insniinr S|,ring. riilo^o ;H)mc new developments aro miide in (."aritioo, it will he dLj.rivid of ot lea»t Lnlf iti present mining population. In the agricultural lli^tri!■t•<, every man who is ahle to leave his farming inter^l^ is intending to go \tx the same diroetiou. ■\Ve can roasonnhly ealiulato ufK)n three or four hundred from Vicloris. "Washington Territory, nud California. Tlierefore, it ia not an cxasgeralcd ostimalu to believe that l,2i") or I.IOO men will, in a short time, bo trtTonU for Gcrmanscu Creek. A great miiny of them will strive to reneh the mines as iK>nn as the weather will allow theni to travel, aiid before it is possible to tnins[iort food, or mining tooU over the present route?. It follows, therefnre, that there will be an inevitable delay at :-ome point in their journey, unlets additional fatilities are j.rovided for them to reaeh their destJ- nation. In snch n case srcat suffering might i-nsuc, and a reaction would jirohaldy talc«> plaee, which wo'^kI retard the prospeeting of the eouutry. To avoid this, there is but one joute oapable of affording early relict This i» the route luojiosed to be opened from Quetnelmoulli, ria the <;ibcome Portage. The ordinarv time .it which the ice ditappears from the fpper Kra-er liiver, and the waters leading to and from McLeod's Lake Ih .VpHl ioth. Ipon Tutla Lake, it invariably remains .about a month later, often not brcnking up until the ]»l June. Even after the ice is gone from th.it lake, the gra-s upon the trail from TatU Lauding to the Omineea KiviT is iuhulhrient for llie fuppoit of animnU until nearly the 1st .Inly. Thus the Kniser liiver Route will allow the transportation of 6uj)plies about six weeks earlier than the one bitherto followed. This route has another advantage over others. In the ivent of its being o^ieued, a large nuinber of boats \\\Wh:- at once eonstrueicd at (Juc-nclmoulh. and each miner, who has moiH'V to get his summer's ^npj.lies, will be able I0 land them directly iu the heart of the mineo. lli= boat will five him ready i.icau- of moving them up or down the river, and thus pro>i>eeti:ig will be made a matter of llttlr dillieulty. If, however, men are compelled to carry their Ibod U|>on their bnek*, through forests without trails, their efforts will be limited to .1 very few creeks. It is enpposed that Gcrraansen Creek does not tie more than Hcvciity.five .Miles in an air line from MeLeod's Lake, n^r more than One bnudri-on;>lit at Kamloops I.nkp, alreadv hai-ljed. after liiini; tnii;-port>d ti ity niili''.-, for 1} ''eiit." per lb. — a trifle only above tbo prices in Sail P'niueisco. The fame reinarV;- !i|iply cij'.iallv to otbcr produce, jndtoeattlc, bogs, andi-bcep. The iMitire mercant'li" eo:nmniiity of nritii« are ilrjirived of a portion of tlieir market, n uuiver'>.il de|ires>ion «ill exist among tbo traders, and iiunn oftlieni will be ruined. Such a result could not fail to siiioiisly injure Vict.riia and our otber priueipal towns. Tlic amor.nf tbat i.' asked from Ibe Government for the "r'-posed roods i\Dd trailf is small. ,\ low individuals from one single tbinly po)iulated district bave contrib'itcd upwards of J-\:C Tlw'if'ind Di'Unn tor tbe explorations wbicb liavc already been nia'le. Only six limes tbis amount is a.sked from the whole country. If by means of this sni.ill outlay one thousand men slmuld be enabled to remain in the Oiiiineca I'oantn' for 'he space of one year, the amount expended by the (roveniiiient would be nveived back, or nearly so, in Customs Duties and Tolls on the Tjicrchandizc consumed by tbem. In thiB CAent, the Government would in 'bat hpace of l.;iic actually be reimbursed for its eN-]>enditurc. It is evident that the influN of a 'arire minlnjr population, and tbe full dcvelop- 11. ent of tli>' extensive ^old field which undoubtedly exists upon the Peace Hiver and its tributaries will give the ('"Inny an additional inil>ortance iu tbe eyes of tbe ]it ''pie of Canada. As a means of Inistenini Coufcdei-ation. and of seeuring tbe most f.ivoiablc terms of I'liion, it therefjre seems to bo tbe trnc policy of the (lOVernnient to render that country easy of access. In ri-ytiid to the fiasibility of the sehenie of openinar this route, and tbe lime «bieh Hill I..' .■ in'mii. d in .anyiiig L'oods over it, we beg toapjicnd the following >:t.iii-ni<'iit- irom wi 11-ki.own miners : — " Peace Rinr ."■niiib " sva- two d.ays goin'T from tbe Giscnie PorLige to Mcl.eod's l..ikc. :ind two more from iheic to Findlays Ttiver; " Hhick .( i.'W " was five days u'oiiij: Irom Findlay's Hiver to Germansen Creek, mid jioleil liis lanoe the whole distance: dobn Gisei.me ays be could go from Germansen Creek to tbe Portage ju seven (toys in a .anoe. (.r . itlo r way in twelve days with loaded boatB; ">'iik Sihif" ..•..iile tbe trip fi-..m the nioiilh of Nation l.'iver up to JIeT.,eo»OjP<»l«"'^' ' ,00(1 tons of Flour, r)iiig niiJ furiiiinjt f r tliC Xnrlliorn odiiccrs would be irkct, it is tliou^lit inixj (liiriiijf tlie in;: for irrniii, we oiiilv fill koii. after above tha jiriocs !, liogs, niitl »1icep. cl«>icl.v connoctcd 'lie barter niiil tlie iriMlio latter I'lam «ill exist among lOuUl not fail to jirpsed rooJs «d«1 ovulated district itions wliii-h liavp IP wliole foiintrv. lablcd to ri'iiiain i-xpondfd by tlie itios and Tolls on ninent would in tbi> full dcvolop- tlio Ti-aco Kivor u tl,e (._vfs of tbe of ipiaring the uc ]iolio_v of the to. and tbe time nil the follow ing 'lue Portage to Tniansfn Creek, i'ortage iu SL-ven lip to iltlAod't McLofid's Ijikt >ivls aud blark iS.»^~-i^^^ ^ite^ >Arl» I •' DaiKinjc mil •• sRv., " r .-an go from Portage to Findlav'c Branch in fonr day*. ITiivc boon up I'arMiip River 40 miles above MoLeodV lUver. It is good for -i.ai.il.oating: plenty of water aud not rapid. I think it ia not over 75 milo« in.ni .NfeLeodV Lake to the bead of Gornianfeu Creek." -Ml the above believe that a irood and easy tr.Vil oonid be opened almost iu a ■ llr.ii line from MeLeod'» L.^ko to Gcraianscn Creek. T" i>lu'iiiii we wi^h to ,tato to your Excellency— That ri-i)on'» .^' .N>'^ r , '/ ' ^- t ^ t ' il ^ tJ'-: m ?-■■ ■• i : I!...- f-..V i V rrra^-'"