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Lorsqua la document eat ti-op grand pour itra reprodujt en un seul clich*. 11 est film* * partir da Tangle superieur gauchn. da gauche * droita. at da haut an baa, an pranint le nombre d'imeges n^cessaira. Las niagrammea suivsnts illustrent le mOlhode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 Micaocorr msixuTiON tbt ch*«t (ANSI ord ISO TEST CHART No 2) A -APPLIED IN/MGE il.53 E.5I Mgm Sir* THE GREATER ONTARIO TO BE DEVELOPED BY The Bruce Mines & Algoma Railway WHICH 18 THE Western Ontario Route to Hudson Bay. NEW YORK* Ni coi nei str the Fr Co hal tbi THB GRUAT CLAY BlblLT OF NORTHE,RN ONTARIO Containing over 16,000,000 Acres Ov«r Thr««-Peurtha th* Kntlr* ArMt f all Landa under erep In Canada In 1S91. THE Report of thr Survey and Exploration of Northerly Ontario, i \ page i6, aho^a the following : AOHICULTURAL UNDS. The great clay belt running from the Quebec boundary west through Nipiaaing and Algoma Districts, and into the District of Thunder Bay, comprises an area of at least 24,300 square miles, or 1 5,6So,oco acres, nearly all of which is well adapted for cultivation. This almost unbroken stretch of good farming land is nearly three-quarters as great in extent as the whole settled portion of the Province south of Lake Nipissing and the French and Mattawa rivers. It is larger than the States of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Delaware combined, and one- half the size of New York. The region is watered by the Moose River. The said report on page 62, dealing with the portion of the clay belt through which the Bruce Mines and Algoma Railway line is projected, shows the following information : " The district included in our investigations comprises an area of about " seven thousand eight hundred square miles, and leaving off one thousand " eight hundred square miles for water, etc., we have left six thousand " square miles, seventy-five per cent, of which is choice farming land, and " in the event of the country bemg cleared up, a good portion of thetemain- •' ing twenty-five per cent., and what we now condemn as being too low or " too wet, could be brought under cultivation as grass land. And of this " six thousand square miles of territory, sixty per cent, of it will cut five " cords of spruce wood per acre.' There would be over 3,000,000 acres of this clay belt within 25 miles of the Bruce Mines and Alg-oma Railway. FUR BEARING ANIMALS. These comprise beaver, marten, otter, fisher, moose, caribou, bear, rabbit, muskrat. HUDSON BAY, CANADA'S GREAT INLAND SEA. The value of the Hudson Bay was recognized in Great Britain at a very early period, both as a highway to the American Continent and for thL richness of the natural resources of the land around its banks. Not only is the Hudson Bay the natural highway of products from the farms of western Canada and the western States, but its waters are rich in fish- eries, its shores aVound in mineral deposits of the highest commercial value. Thes: statements are founded upon the reports of navigators, mineralogists and geologists, many of them in the Government employ. The line of railway would not only open up these vast mineral resources in the Province of Ontario, but also those in the Province of Quebec. THE MINERAL RESOURCES-IRON ORE. A very lar8;e body of iron ore is found on the Mettagami branch of the Moose river, and of this Mr. Barron says from personal observation " that any quantity of this ore can be obtained at a very low rate, and that associated as it is with lignite and peat for fuel, it will unquestionably be mmed and smelted on the spot at no very distant day." According to the Government geologists this is the sort of ore which is worked so largely in England, and forms the basis of her enormous industry." On the eastern coast of Hudson Bay and outside the Umits of Ontario are very extensive beds of carbonate of iron " carrying tweuty-fivc per cent of carbonate manganese— a valuable ore for the manufacture of speigeleisen, used in making Bessemer Steel." Dr. Bell, who has examined this deposit and presented an exhaustive outline of its extent says that " the abundance of the ore is its great feature. Forming the uppermost band on nearly all these large islands where the dip is so low and the underlying strata confined to the clifTs along their eastern sides, the iron-stone beds are spread over the greater portion of their area, which in the aggregate amounts to many thousand of acres. The islands being destitute of timber and the rocks much scattered by the frost, &r., the ore, ready broken, may be gathered up in inexhaustible quantities. The islands ofifer good shelter for ^■essels and the ore might be conveniently loaded in many places." BITUMINOUS AND ANTHRACITE COAL. Dr. Bell when on the shores of James Bay obtained from the Indians samples of both bituminous and anthracite coal, and all information up to the present received would point to the probability of vast coal measures exisiting in that portion of Canada. THE ROCK LAKE COPPER DISTRICT Extends from Bruce Mines to main line of C.P.R. and includes an area of some 5,000,000 acres of mineral, timber and arable lands. Of the 100,000,000 acres in New Ontario, East Algoma comprises 47,000,000, or nearly four times the area of Old Ontario, lying west of Toronto, including the Counties of York and Simcoe. The census returns show East Algoma to have a population of 47,000, but its present population will now exceed 50,000, which is over half the population British Columbia had in 1890, and in 1910 should be at least 150,000. The constituency of East Algoma contains mineral lands which are sufficiently valuable to secure capital to prospect and develop same if rail- way facilities are assured. The farmer can transport the product of the farm twenty or thirty miles to a railway, but the product of the -nine cannot be transported a mile. The railway is an absolute necet'ity to a mining district. Without railway facilities the development of tl. ■; district is impossible. The Rock Lake district, or the portion of East Algoma traversed by the first 100 miles of the Bruce Mines & Algoma Railway comprises an- area of over 3,500,000 acres, being 60 miles east and west, and ico miles from Lake Huron North. It practically has no railways to develop iti mineral, arable and timber resources. THE ROCK LAKE COPPER MINING DISTRICT. The following is quoted from the report of the Royal Commission on the "Mineral Resources of Ontario," 1890, page 99, E.B.Borron, ex M.P., former manager of the old Bruce mines : " In the district of Algoma, fro.Ti the mouth of the French river to Pigeon river, on Lake Superior, up- wards of 400 miles in a straight line, and from thence northward to the height of land, there is, I believe, no considerable area in which copper- bearing rocks do not occur. On almost every considerable lake in the interior, indications of copper may be seen. We have an area of 20,000 square miles of what may be termed copper-bearing country." A small strip of this copper-bearing country, two miles in length by about half a mile in breadth, or one square mile in all, has actually produced 40,000 and 50,000 tons of dressed ore, worth between 82,500,000 and $3,000,000.' The Rock Lake copper mines h?.ve been developed by sinking a main shaft down 425 feet. The cross-cuts in the shaft show that the vein has a width of over 14 feet at the 100 and 200 foot levels, and over 45 feet at the 300 and 400 foot levels. Some thirty cross-cuts put in at different intervals on the surface for over two miles, with other I'.evelopment operations, prove beyond doubt that these mines contain an enormous quantity of copper ore which, under favorable conditions, can be treated at a profit. Concent- rating mills, with a capacity of treating 100 tons per day, have been in operation, and they are now paying at the rate of $91,000 per annum in wages alone. It is intended to increase the capacity to 1,000 tons per day, meaning an annual expenditure in wages of $450,000 and $400,000 in other disbursements, together amounting to the sumof $850,000 per annum. The Bruce mines at a cost of some $400,000 have been reopened and large concentrating mills erected. The copper Queen, 13 miles north of the Rock Lake mine, has been developed and air compressor and other mining machinery is being installed. These copper ores resemble those of .Montana and Arizona, and will require somewhat similar treatment, which necessitates railway facilities the handling of large quantities of ore and the expenditure of large sums for wages. The establishment of the reduction works will secure a rapid and extensive developjnent of this copper territory. DIVIDEND PAYING MINES BRING MEN AND MONEY. The operation of these and other copper mines, and the actual pay- ment of dividends, would luring into Algoma millions of capital and thous. ands of employees, and thus furnish a new and important market for the farm and manufactured products of Old Ontario. GOOD RESULTS ALREADY. Tlie Province granted a subsidy of $51,000 to the Bruce Mines & Algoma Railway Company for the Prst 17 miles which has been constructed and in operation. There has been expended already in railway construc- tion, equipment and mining operations nearly $1,000,000 in said district, and Canadian, English and American capital is being expended on copper locations in the district, now, that the Bruce Mines & Algoma Kailway line is being operated between Bruce Mines and Rock Lake. A promising copper location to the south-east of the Rock Lake copper mines has been bonded to American capitalists who purpose sinking the main shaft 1000 feet. • Duluth capitalists have expended considerable money in exploring the Indian Lake copper property to the North-west of Rock Lake mines, and the results are satisfactory. The copper locations in the Township of Morin, including above i.ooo acres, lie some eight miles north-east of the McMahon property, and are very promising. The Stobie Mining Company have installed an air compressor and other modern machinery on their copper mine in the Township of Johnson, and have sunk their main shaft over 200 feet, and have drifted some 200 feet, and these operations have revealed some of the richest copper ore on the continent. Considerable money has been expended by James Stobie in developing some very promising copper locations in the northern portion of the Town- ship of Johnson. J. J. Case and other Northern Michigan capitalists have purchased a valuable copper location in the Township of Montgomery, which gives promise of being a valuable copper mine. In the Township of Aberdeen a deposit of excellent iron ore has been discovered and other iron locations are known to exist. It is believed that these iron ore deposits will be sufficient to supply the necessary flux required for the smelting of the copper ores. There are a great many very promising copper locations in that mining district, and the construction of the Bruce mines and Algoma rail- way would secure a cheap supply of timber from the interior for charcoal and other purposes and the necessary capital to construct and operate smelters to treat the entire output of this important mining district within the Province. THE LAKE SUPERIOR COPPER MINES IN MICHIGAN. AIlhouKh (he Lake Superior copper raining district is exceedingly rich yet these mines have paid in wages the enormous sum of J275,ooo,ooo out of a total output of $+00,000,000. 1 he mines furnish employment, directly or indirectly, to over lo 000 men. -^ The value of the output of the copper mines of the United States of America for 1899 was $100,000,000. Should these mines only furnish employment, directly and indirectly to 10,000 men, it would mean an additional population of 40,000 who would pay annually into the Dominion treasury fn customs dues over 8300,000. IF SUBSIDY GRANTED TO BRUCE MINES AND ALGOMA RAILWAY THE COMPANY WILL SECURE A LARGE SMELTER FOR ALGOMA. If the Bruce Mines & Algoma Railway Company receives the subsidii, asked, the smelting and reduction works will be located at Rock Lake mines or at a suitable point in that district. The proposed smelting and reduction works will treat and refine the ropper ore, and produce merchantable copper ready for manufacturing purposes, and as over $,,000,000 of copper wire and ingots are imported mto Canada annually, these refineries would have a home market for almost half of their product. LAKE SUPERIOR COPPER MINES IN MICHIGAN. Value of 01 It for i8qq a r,- ., ,- ^^ • St40,000,ooo Dividend for I qoo. total alue of output T„. 1 ^^■ J , 400,000,000 lolal Dividends..,. T . i . . - 100,000,000 Total expended in wages over 275,000,000 Number of men directly employed in mines, millsand smelter... ,3 921 Number directly and indirectly 0000 Value of output of copper mines of U.S.A. for 1899 ^.'^.'^Sioo.ooo^ooo 1 I CANADA IN 1900. Output of Lead 68.169.821 lbs. Silver 4,446,508 " Copper 18.919.820 •• "'"''el 7.080,227 '• $2,760,521 2,730.000 3,063.119 3.227.000 The value of wheat exported from Canada in'isl . ^^iv.OOO 000 red" r "''"""^ »"« P^POsed smelters and "^""^ 2.500,000 COLORADO. THE GREAT SILVER LEAD STATE-1900. Smelters' output Silver output $40,000,000 Lead output 14,000,000 Copperoutput 6,000,000 Gold output i,ooo,ouo Entire output of silverupto December'ar'.'qoo 38,000,000 Entire output of lead up to Dece.r,ber 31, 900 ' 'Z'°" Entire output of copper up .0 December 't. .goo:.;:;. Xo Z Mining dividends in 1900 J . yoo 13,000,000 Number of men employed in mining, smeuing.'etc:;.:.:; "^'^"oooo Waives paid... 40,000 Population ¥27.112,500 Wealth per capita '...........,.'..'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.'..'.','.'.' Z'!°° Total weatth of State, $1,668,000,000. ' " Population is the true wealth of a nation equar.h:roftrun:ttdstat:'^ '=°''^^^°"'p"' °'^--'^ ^'-'^^^^^ "- The establishment of a refinery In Canada by men known .0 sessa long and successful experience in treatingTimilar "rasses of copper ore in the United States, would create a confidence in thP copper locations of Canada, and would secure English and A-^irica^ capital for the development of our mlnera' esoufees American SUGAR SECURES MORE CAPITAL THAN VINEGAR. While the Liberal Governments are entitled to ereat crprfft 1^. ,; r the mining industry by subsidizing the necessary rJZysZf J^ol^st"! factory results have accrued therefrom, yet the mining industry wU no be on a satisfactory basis until Canada is able to refine her own metals and be pc sess£ independent of the United States, whose legislation in t'le past has been most erratic and detrimental respecting Canadian interests. The Dominion of Canada, except forja short temporary period, had the free use of the American canal at Sault Ste. Marie on equal terms with the shipping interests of the United States, yet we expended $3,550,938 in constructing a new canal there in Canada, and will each year spend over $15,000 on maintenance and repairs. This expenditure did not secure for us any additional population or better facilities for our shipping interests, but was incurred for the sole and only reason that our shipping interests might be independent of the United States, and no voice in all Canada raised a protest against this expenditure. Will not all Ontario unanimously support an ordinary land grant to the Bruce Mines and Aigroma Railway and put our copper mining: Interests on a proper national basis ? ONTARIO SHOULD AID. New York, although possessed of practically no mineral resources, includes within its confines more important refineries than probably all the other states combined. The Ontario Iron Mining Fund of }i25,ooo has produced splendid results. $225,000 was set apart by the Province to secure the growing of sugar beets in Ontario Ontario owns about 13,000,000 acres of a copper-bearing territory north of the Great Lakes. The establishing of a copper refinery would enhance the prospective value of these lands jnd hasten the day when the Province could dispose of same and secure thousands of men and millions of capital to develop these resources to the great advantage of the farmer and manufacturer of Old Ontario. THE ARABLE RESOURCES. In the Townships of Plummer, Additional, Pummer and Aberdeen, there are numerous farms comprising excellent soil, large areas under cultivation, and modern buildings. Abundant crops are produced, and the mining and railway develop- ments furnish an excellent cash market for ail farm products, and the price of lands has materially increased within the last year; yet good, improved farms can be secured at a reasonable price. The greater portion of the lands in Chesiey, Additional, McMahon and Morin, are still owned by the Crown, and settlers, explorers and volunteers should examine the lands in these Townships, and the unsur- veyed territory north thereof, before selecting elsewhere, as these lands will be near to railway facilities and to an excellent market for the hard wood, hemlock and products of the farm. Good arable lands are found in the Townships of Johnson, Rose and Galbraith. A few farmers in the Townships of Johnson, Aberdeen and Plummer, have received from $i,ooo to $5,000 for their mining rights alone, and still retain most of the surface rights for farming purposes. THE MISSISSAUGA VALLEY CONTAINS VAST TIMBER, MINERAL AND ARABLE LANDS. Copper, iron and gold locations are said to have been discovered at many different points in the unsurveyed territory drained by the many branches of the Mississauga River. In these river valleys there is said to be over one million acres of excellent arable lands. THE MINING AND COLONIZATION RAILWAY HAS BEEN THE GREAT FACTOR IN CREATING THE WONDERFUL TRAFFIC OF THE GREAT LAKES. In 1901 ihe tonnage which passed through the Sault Ste. Marie canals exceeded 28,000,000 paying to the shipping interests over $31,000,000 for transportation of such freight. All the wheat shipped from Lake Superior and Lake Michigan ports, including American and Canadian, did not exceed 81,000,000 bushels, which would only be equivalent to about 2 ?oo - 000 tons. ' The iron ore shipped by boat from the Lake Superior States of Michi- gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota exceeded 20,000,000 tons, and this cla<.s of freight, together with the coal which is shipped back to the Lake Superior region for mining and manufacturing purposes, goes to make up the greater portion of that large freight business that has created the exten- sive shipping business of Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago. It is short colonization and mining railways that have created this vast traffic, and it is railways like the Bruce Mines and Algoma RaUway Company that will develop Northern Ontario and create a profitable traffic that will bring into existence a vast important shipping interest for the ports of Collingwood, Meaford, Owe;i Sound, Kincardine, Goderich, Sarnia and Windsor. THE RAILWAY IS THE GREAT CIVILIZER. The United States h ive only six per rent, of the area of the world, but they possess over forty per cent, of the entire railway mileage, capitalized at $11,000,000,000, paying annually $500,000,000 in wages to its 800,000 employees, and $49,000,000 in taxes. In the United Stales there has been 162,000,000 acres granted to railway companies, and over 52,000,000 in Canada, but the Crown still owns over 2,000,000,000, acres in Catiada. The total annual earnings exceed over S i ,000,000,000 which is equal to the entire assistance re, eived by way of bonus from all sources. Minnesota has about the same area as East Algcma. Between 1861 and 1881 there were jver 20,000,000 acres — equal to nearly forty-five per cent, of of its area — granted to railways in Minnesota. These grants included some of the best timber, mineral and arable lands in the United States. Its population increased from 172,023 in 186a, to 1,307,826 in i8go, when three-fourths of its population were of foreign parentage. THE POPULATION INCREASED NEARLY HALF A MILL.'ON DURING EACH <;aCADE- The railway companies constructed the railways, advertised the country, secured men and capital to develop the latent resources, and thus secured a remunerative traffic for their enterprise. In 1901 Minnesota produced over 10,000,000 tons of iron ore, worth at the smelters over $45,000,000. In 1900 she produced over 50,000,000 bushels of wheat alone and her state capital has cost over $7,000,000. AN AUSTRALIAN SUBSIDY. South Australia is offer-ng a huge land grant for the construction of a transcontinental railway. The proposed line is to run from south to north, through South Australia and connecting the Indian with the South Pacific ocean. The length of the railway will be 1,200 miles, and the line is to be constructed on a gauge of three feet six inches, and is to be capable of carrying traffic at a speed of 20 miles an hour. The* cost of the line is esti- mated at /'6,ooo,ooo. In return for the construction of this line a land grant of 75,000 acres per mile is offered, or, altogether, 90,000,000 acres. The contractors will be entitled to all the gold, metals and minerals in the area to be granted to them. The scheme !.as received the approval of the South Australian Parlia- ment and steps are to be taken to bring it before the notice of capitalists. Eighteen months are to be allowed for the preparation of tenders, and a pamphlet issued by the Government describes the scheme as "a magnificent opportunity for the capitalists to embark in one of the few really great undertakings with a golden future in prospect yet left to the world to be achieved." The Argentine Republic has for years held out the following induce- ments to the actual settler. 1. -Advanced passage money. 2. Free gift of 250 acres. 3. .Advanced food for one year at least. 4. .\dvanced grain, cattle, horses, etc., cost of houses, etc., to the extent of $1,000. 5. Exemption from taxation foi' 10 years. 6. Guarantee to industrial companies of 7 per cent, profit '■n their investments. 7. Immense tracts of land to colonization companies, etc. It is said that 370,000 immigrants settled in this Republic in 1889. English capitalists have now invested over * i ,500,000,000 in the Argentine Republic. There ai '. over $500,000,000 invested by American capitalists in railway, mining and other enterprises in Mexico. Reasonable concessions would bring a similiar amount to Canada. CANADA IS SO PENURIOUS In her treatment of capital required in the Development of her resources, that CANADAIAN CAPITAL FINDS MORE ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENTS IN FOREIGN LANDS. The King of Canadian Railway Builders, Sir William Van Home, is giving his energy, experience and capital to the development of war impoverished Cuba. Messrs. McKenzie & Mann, Canada's foremost railway builders are allured to South America by tempting concessions. The following and similar notices appear in our Toronto papers frequently ; FABULOUS WEALTH. McKenzie & Mann will develop the rich resourcesjof Venezuela's gold mines, tropical forests, and asphalt deposits. The concession covers 11,000,000 acres of territory on which are great grovesofbalata, rubber trees and very rich deposits of gold, iron, copper and other minerals. »4 A portion of the Har*nii i^oldHelds reputed to he the richest in tKe world far excelling in richness the famed Yukon is withi** theliniits of the concession. BIO CANADIAN SYNDICATE TO INVEST TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS IN LIGHTING MEXICO. A syndicate of Canadian capitalists headed hy Senator Cox, William MacKenzie, and monied men of Montreal and Halifax, are about to finance a Mexican light and power company, and to supply the city of Mexico with electric light and power. James Ross, of Montreal is the, leading spirit in the enterprise. The capital will be twelve millions, with double that amoint of bonds. Twin City Railway & Sao Paulo Tram and a hundred other invest- ments absorb millions of Canadian capital, while our timber, mineral and arable resources lie dormant, like the talent buried in the napkin, until the necessary railway facilities are furnished to secure the development thereof. GRANTS MADE TO OTHER RAILWAYS. 8,480,000 acres of land, in addition to certain cash subsidies, were not sufficient to induce capital to build the Winnipeg & Hudson Bay Railway, $13,000 was granted to secure the construction of the line of railway from Gravenhurst to North Bay. To secure the construction of 191 miles of the Quebec and Lake St. John, subsidies (including municipal), to the extent of $18,600 per mile, were granted. To secure railway construction in Old Ontario, the Province granted over $6,000,000, but the municipalities gave $10,1^00,000; so that in Old Ontario the ordinary Provincial subsidy of $3,u,.3 per mile was supple- mented by a municipal grant of $5,000 per mile. In "orthern Ontario no municipal assi^it ince can be expected. The company simply asks that in addition to the usual cash subsidy from the Dominmn, the Government of Ontario give a land grant of 7,400 acres per mile, to be selected in alternate Townships in the vicinity of its line of railway, as the Goverment may direct. The Ontario, Hudson Bay & Western Railway and the James Bay Railway were granted in 1899 a subsidy of $2,000 in cash and 5,000 acres per mile for 425 miles, but no portion of either Ime has been constructed. The Manitoulin & North Shore received a grant of about 2,600,000 acres for 330 miles including the pine subject to payment of value thereof. The Trans-Canada expects to get from the Province of Quebec 20,000 acres per mile for 380 miles, from Roberval to James Bay. The southern portion of this hne was subsidized at the rate of 10,000 acres per mile, jet only about 13 miles have been constructed. «s The Crowi Nett P«i» Railway received ao.ooo acrei per mile.. It ii aubinilted that in order to lecure the conitruction of the Bruce Minea & Algoma Railway to Hudaon Bay, a grant of 7,400 acrea per mile should be made to the company including the pine, aubject to the payment of dues of la.oo per thousand, as there are some fifty miles near the height of land that would pass through a barren country. Near Hudson Bay the land is also apparently valueless. In order to secure sufficient traffic to pay operatinf; expenses, and a reasonable dividend on the money invested, it is absolutely necessary 'o offer the best possible inducements to settler, explorer and manufacturer, and the following resolution adopted by the Sault Ste. Marie Board of Trade undoubtedly sets forth the policy that must be adopted to secure the necessary capital for the co ,truction of the necessary colonization railway and the development of C .ada's natural resources. Whireas the greater portion of Cansda is still owned by the Crown : <<« that paid by ihc- railwav company and settler. A«d furtlnr ,„otv.d that this Board urge upon the riominion Parliament the wisdom of granting to such lines of railway the usuil cash subsidies and of imposing a duty of twenty.five per centum ad valorem on steel rails and other articles manufactured from raw materials obtainable in Canada. c- .v'l^^r,'*" '""'''"' " * '°P>' °' "■'» '"olution be forwarded to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Pre. of Canada ; The Hon. George W Ross Premier M Ontario, and A. ii. Dyment, Esquire, M.P. A VERY MODERATE GRANT ASKED. It is submitted that the company's request is very moderate for the following reasons ; I. The municipalities supplemented the Government grants in Old Ontario at the r»te of f 5,000 per mile, but no municipal assistance can be expected in Northern Ontario. riM « 1^' "" °'."°»''"<=''°" i» f" "'o« expensive in Northern than in Old Ontario, sometimes exceeding $50000 per mile. 3- A lucrative freight and passenger traffic awaited the advent of the railway in Old Ontario. 4. The company will be required to wau many years for profitable returns even after investing an equal amount in mining and othe: industrial enter-' prises, to secure the ultimate success of the undertaking 5. The land is nov practically of no value to the revenues of the Province, and if given to the con-oany they will secure settlers for the 0,000,000 owned by the Province, in their efforts to attract attention to heir own and the railway and subsidia.y enterprises will make tae Crown lands o( far greater value (C the intending settler. 6. The cash subsidies are now made subject to many conditions, such as, the regulation t^ Govern.-nent as to tolls to be charged, reservation of fr"e°e°of chTT '° °^^" "'"Panies, the carrying of mails, etc., practically 7. Considerable mileage must be built to furnish the necessary branch Imes to the different miues, and no subsidy is asked for such extra mileage. The Coloi.ir.tion Ktilwayi in feedn. for the iteain.hip line, and r.ilw.yi of old OnUrioMd the f.ir policy to Rrraler Ontirio ii to gr.ni ample tubiidm to «ecure the conilruction of tuch lines and increase tlie tax payable by the railway to the Province and Ihu. each mile of railway will become a aource of revenue to the Province. The United Stales railways received assistance to the extent of al)out ».,oo.mk;o,ooo but they pay over »4„ 000,000 in taxes, which is nearly equivalent to 5 per cent, per annum on the assistance received. In iooj the railways in the State of Michigan paid »a.H5o,33i in taxes. RAILWAYS BRING MEN AND MONEY TO A COUNTRY. The Hon. Joseph Chamberlain said in Canada a few years ago 1 "What this country wants is population. Wild land is of no value compared with population. "^ If northern Ontario was settled to the same density as Old Ontario we would have 9.000,000 instead of 2.500,000. Develop the greate. Omario, and hold ;ne proud position of being the banner Province in this lair Dominion. LAKE TRANSPORTATION THE CHEAPEST. The tov and cities in Ontario, located on Georgian Bay, Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario, are all most seriously interested in being assured of water communication direct to all lines of railway which may run north- ward from Georgian Bay and Lake Superior. Tb- 1 tistics in 1S98 show the remarkably small freight charges made lor the „ eyance of freight by water transportation on the Greai Lake System. For a. .verage distance of 842 miles, coal was catried for 25 rents a ton ; grain, i cents a bushel ; iron ore. 60 cents per ton ; lumber, ti.65 per thousand. Although the charges are small, the total amount received for transportation in 1898 was $,4,125 S96. being one-third of the entire earnings of the railway systems of Canada, and only requiring a capital investment in steamships of less than J47,ooo,ooo, whereas our railway systems represent a cost of some »Qoo,ooo,ooo. The value of the said l^ake traffic m 1898 amounted to over 233,000,000, and the proportion of the freight carried by Canadian vessels was only two and one-fith per cent. The greater portion of this vast Lake traffic hss been developed by the construction of colonization railways from Lake ports into the interior to develop the mineral and other natural resoures. This shows clearly that the true railway policy for Ontario is to secure by sufficient land and money srants the construction of colonization railways from Lake ports into the interior. i8 After hav-i"^ expends $83,000,000 on our canal systems, it would be the worst piece of parsimony to refuse to grant the necessary subsidies to secure the construction of colonization railways in Northern Ontatio. The Province has scarcely touched the fringe of the great aericultura and mmeral wealth of the Province. These latent resources should be made available for the sons and daughters of Old Ontario, and thus reap the benefit arising from the development of our Province, instead of allow ing men to drift to an alien nation. WHAT THE UNITED STATES HAVE DONE CANADA CAN DO. The State of Minnesota between i86i and 1881 granted over 20,000 - 000 acres or 45 per cent, of its entire area to secure the construction of railways, and Us population increased froi.i 172,023, in i860, to 1,301 826 in 1890, and three-quarters of its intire population Was of foreign parentage. The railway companies constructed the railways, advertised the country, and secured men and capital to develop the latent resources. THE VAST IRON AND COPPER WEALTH TAKEN FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. The Lake Superior region, during 1899 shipped 18,300,000 tons of iron ore, making a grand total since the mines were opened, of 152,000,000 tons worth, when made into pig iron, $1,600,000,000. The estimated output tor 1900 is 20,000,000 tons. The lake carriers alone will receive over $20,000,000 for transpor.,aq this quantity of ore to Cleveland and other lower lake ports. When made into pig iron there, this quantity of ore will be worth over $250,000,000. The United States exported in 1899 over $100,000,000 of iron and steel, including machinery. The annual output for many years in Ontario has not exceeded ti.ooo tons of iron ore, largely through lack of the neces- sary railway facilities in Northern Ontario. THE COPPER OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. There is about $200,000,000 invested in the copper mines of Michigan. In 1899 they produced $40,000,000 worth of copper. These copper mines pay taxes on an assessed valine of $108,000,000. POSSIBILITIES OF NORTHERN ONTARIO. Northern Ontario is almost equal to the comhined areas of Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin, but in 1891 had a population of 54,876, com- pared with 5,o8.,595 in these States, including 46,,7,5 Canadian and riritish born subjects The entire population in Canada, West of Lake Superior, in 189, was only 317,478. "^ y . «» „i ^'1°'-^° \^^' "°' ™* '^°"" ''*'' ''**" paid towards aiding colonization railroads ,n Algoma, Manitoulin, or Nipiwing. The usual Government grants have been made, but these have been far too meagre to induce capital to invest in any of the railway enterprises. With the necessary raUway facilities secured, the iron, copper and other resources can be developed. The development of these brings settlers' capital, and industrial enter- prises, to the great advantage of the entire Province. Some persons have very erroneous ideas that mineral lands are very valuable. Probably of all the lands they are the least valuable. Any person has the right to search over a township for mineral, and m many there are no mineral locations of any value whatever. In other townships he may find a number of locations indicating mineral of value, but probably in no township is there 10 per centum of the area valuable as mineral lands. The idea of a Province making revenue out of her mineral lands is the shadow ; the influx into the Province of men and capital through the development of her mineral resources is the substance. OLD ONTARIO REAPS THE MOST BENEFIT. The amount of capital brought into the country by the prospector and the mining capitalist is very much under-estimated. In [he January 1900 number of the Reriew of Reviews it is estimated that during the years 1897 and 1898 $75,ooc joo was taken into the Klondike by prospectors and others, and allowing them a fair rate of wages, they expended in prospect- mg, &c., $145,000,000, and during these years only $22,000,000 in gold was extracted from that region as against $220,000,000 brought into the Klondike. Without railways Greater Ontario cannot be developed. The Colonization Railway is entitled to every reasonable encourage- ment. ° THE COLONIZATION RAILWAY MUST WAIT MANY YEARS BEFORE A PROFITABLE BUSINESS CAN BE SECURED. The February number of the /,!.«,■««, „/ Jf«„;,„, poi„,s „„, ,^^j .^ former periods of business prosperity enormous quantities of home and unless five tin esT'ea'llfonr™'^"".''*''"''^ "■""" be a success Treasury of the Province I^if k ^ Province as if paid into the be increased at anvTime The monr H""'' '"^"'"'' "'"■='> -"^X ci.u.tio„an,o„/tL7eop?etr^:r;erer.:;;r;r'°" '^ -' ^" dispoL or,r:""ini?'',ar7h:t°"°'''''™'"'^^°"''' ^^ -'""^'^ - valueless, and sec^etesettremennr """ P"f '-"y inacce,..ble and very small additional Lpe^le,""!.;. '""°" °' ""''^ ^*=' '°'"^''' -'" .he c?™p?„7c:S Hif Mai"'t ''' ""if ^ "°""' ^"■^"'' ""= "^^t to have interest each yea^a^d th ''!l^ ' *"'" ^"' "^ =""8" '° '"« """«■" "f S"ch Company may make ft^h^. t reserve the r.ght to say what charges the alsotoaCotherco" 'eThT'I:''T°""^^^ """ P''^^^"^"^- -^ so that the Governments 'fth ^ I"""'"^ °^'' "''' '^'"^ """"y- direct taxation ryrePr„vlean''d?H'""':' '*'""" ""= "'''' '° '-J- Dominion have sCLoXtrlrfthfn '°/««"'^;\'=''"«« "y the would accrue from Governm.nr u °°""'"°'' »" 'he benefits that bility of mee ing dettts wh ch T T.""' "''" ""'"^'^ '"^ '«P™- most Colonisation Rai?wavcloa„i'"'°''"^^ ""= ""'^ '''''"^ °f ^apldityofdevelopm::raTd':X:r^-hrbe:rar^rs'' ''^'^=' '^^"^ INPECUNIOUS AID TO SE„,hrS OR COLONIZATION RAILWAY UHINGS LOSS INDIRECTLY TO CANADA. div-dlltrprt'etld muL'":::!' K 1T^ '^°'"''='"^ '° ^^^ -"^'-'-y Canada. The' Tack of -c ^^ "'' "P""' f"" ^='"8 '"™»'«d in .heir shareholders The succes'sTther "T 'T '° ^''"="^'' "'^ '" pany has attracted caoLl , H Ca"a'',an Pacific Railway Corn- railway facilities furnS;rhat"E:;Hshrnd'r '"■ '"'^ "'^"--«y into Canada. E,nghsh and American capital will pour 31 SUMMARY Land Grant Subsidy of 7,400 acres per mile for 400 ""'^^ acres 2,960,000 Cash subsidy received from Dominion Government .. $ 1,280,600 The Company would make the following expenditures : Costs of constructing line and for equipment .« i,,ooo,ooo Capital necessarily invested in mining, lumbering and development of resources to secure a remunera- tive trafiSc for railway .545,000,000 An additional population to make railway enterprise pay would be at least 4; .oy^o. The value of product of the factories of Ontario, 1 89 1, averaged .'J;i,44o.oo, per employee, so that the value of 25,000 employees each year would be $36,000,000 This population would pay in custom dues to the Dominion Treas y annually $ 658,000 If the present Provincial tax on railways were in- creased to $100 per mile, this company alone would pay the interest at 4 per centum per annum on $ 1,000,000 $600,000 is the interest on $20,000,000 THE BRUCE MINES & ALGOMA RAILWAY LINE WILL PROBABLY INTERSECT THE MANITOULIN AND NORTH SHORE LINE NEAR ROCK LAKE. The traffic created by the Bruce Mines & Algoma Railway will be deverted to Toronto and Western Ontario by the Steamship lines and the Manitoulin and North Shore Railway and should hasten the constructior of such railway connection between New and Old Ontario. It is submitted that the Bruce Mines & Algoma Railway is even of greater importance to Ontario than ever the Manitoulin & North Shore Railway, as it will develop such vast arable, miner? id timber resources, and also with a steamship line on Hudson Bay renaer accessible hundreds of millions of acres of valuable land, which at present are inaccessible. THE LAND GRANT FROM THE PROVINCE TO THE MANITOULIN AND NORTH SHORE RAILWAY Enthusiastically Endorsed by Statesmen, Press and People Premier's Address In Moving the Second Reading MANITOULIN RAILWAY BILL. The Premier, in moving the second reading of the bill resoertin^ ,h« Man,toul,n and North Shore Railway, said . I lo not pro is tt 'time to go .mo details of the bill, which were explained prelty fully when t w"! mtoduced. Our object in this measure is to furnish opportun^iesfo settlement to make profitable the timber and minerals of that o„n y by brmgmgthemtothe market, and by finding homes for those who may enter the w.lds for settlement. Those features are important, but th! Gov ernment wants to keep before the country the fact that we have a valt domam there that w.ll sustain a considerable population with its reso,, rrt! .he extent <^ which we have not yet realised, a'nd that L^rdin tonorn' methods settlement and development can largely only take plfce by he 'T^Iu V^" ''""'' """ °f ™^''"^y^ ^"^ ^""' ""' fifty year! ago, so hat the settlers m Huron and Bruce and in York Coun.yf alon, Yonge street, could have convenient access, but these have been sup;rseded byra.ways^ As we have immense territories, we have thus our duty to aid and to find capital. We are encouraged by what Z been done to talce a similar course. We must cIrefUUyTook fo^ facililies for ,ra„™;on for? f '' "^'""^ " '° '"'""^ '"'''■"°'"" A FORWARD MOVEMENT. I shall not weary the House any further We lonk nnnn .ti »rKp,?5"" '» -"-'"^ ""> second reading Of ttwil: THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION CONCURS from that upon th.s occas.on. As a rule, the Legislature has oeen askldt H pronounce upon schemes which involved farar.,, Leg,sla.ure ,f g,,„,,j ,^^^ and we hav^ " ';«P°"»'bility upon the have no. been r,„„i,hed wi.h prope, 1,,' '^"'"P''""'''' "'""ys f we form judgment with regard to ft"^ But as I h"'' ""'"''" '"■" ^"'^'^ 'o not >n the same position on this occasion L Vf ■"'™»'«d. we are acquainted with the geography of the d" s'trt "f ' i'""' " P"""" ->>° - at once 'hedesirability of a railway s'cTrslifwJ" "'" ''"'"« '° ^« on 1^ shores of the Pacific Ocean ore. , he Hud, « """ " "'" '^''■'l "^ If .t does, well and good. Even if t he o ooo . u'^ " '"°"'" "'^"^^• referred to-an influx of English capital toT "'^7' "'^ ""■'• '^'^"d resources-even iHt should result as soil „f, '"'"''f '" ""'P "" "'h" past, there would be enough left to justrthe T '■ r'""°"' '"'™ '■> ">« consentrng to the passing of this act legislature of the province in I shall merely now at this staee mentinn me as very important, namely, thauhe bi 1 shouH "'""': '"'■"'' """" '° before be.ng finally passed which wi I compe the c '° "'" ''°""' P^°^*^'°n '■"e on the mainland of this province '"P"^' '° <=<"»''«' the WHAT THE PRESS HAS SAID. S-reat deal for the Ontario nenin'n J '""■':o'">decl. will mean a A DESERVING ENTERPRISE. ;ea.uSt^::l:::::::S'-;:^--- Shore ^-way has several immigrants from foreig-n Sie, Z™? '"'"''''^'^ andaftral a vacant situation. If anyparticuLi^du^.i" "° """"""y "» «'""» men ,t is never necessarrtoLndani'm '""''" ™* ' "OO work! foreign country to get them The ten th*'"!"°" '*«"' '» « average of four to a family, would be equvIentoT f""=' "'"' -' »:iT ;, /"''"'™'" ^^"-"'^^ 'he services of tan ""'^ '"°" °' ^°'~° all kinds of artisans and tradesmen. If Mr CW f !i ^"ekeepers, and >e W.II. directly through his own effor add to 'a! "' '" °''"«^"°-. large as that of the city of Hamilton ijut the r,^^°""-,* P°P"'^'i™ as of he|p,„g „any other industries, and thereblt '^ "'" ^' ""= '"^^"^ '- .-t that wil, be the mean^ of ^^;''--!:::^ ^'^^Jl I f route .oAlgoma. All West r„ o„ ,io wi, ," "T "' '" '"""'^ "'- mumcation with Sudbury, Saults"eManf l"= Pu. m much closer com- '-Hen the proposed line, skirtb^he, "3; :,; Tl" ""''°"^'" P"'""' constructed.-7V,« fVorhl. '''"''^ °' "'« Georgian Bay, is A PROGRESSIVE RAILWAY BARGAIN more vitally interested than anv o,h^ °f Toronto. We are, perhaps, Ontario developed, and in Lw^/^'devI'^ '" O"'"- '" "avng Ne^J •h« this city will no, be liracked ' ""J r"' '" =-" a way centre ,n iavorof Montreal or anyTas ern J'v ' ''^"""'"6 and wholesale ''"g of a portion of the western gfain ,'1 ' ^ ''"'""^ °' '^^ ^''"^■ an a,r line .0 Collingwood in dn . " "^ ^'" "^^ '^e result of -mprovement of the St. wLnle canal " T!!" '"^ -P-vement of the eal to Toronto, but on the oheArd' Sf ^"""P^' "-" ^ «-d ^^""d.ng of a few elevators, and the add t f T" '™re than the laborers and their families to our nonn, t T °^ '' '"^"^ =™^« "' ^heap v..al interest to Toronto to maiL„T l". °" "! °"'" ''^■"'' '' - °f financial metropolis of the provnea'deTnn '' '^' commercial and natural base of supplies for the new co , "^ ? ^' '° P"''' "= ^'^™=^^ 'he north Winnipeg, 'which is bee." "ng ^'.T L" " '""*^ "''"'^ "P '° '"^ manufacturing city, has grown as he r.T T"" " =°™n»^rcial and '.ave been developed. So must T o„ o XT '"'= ^~ding country we can, but let us see that we are no. t . "' ^" "'^ ^rain trade if of New Ontario their g o r es J ' ^o^'l ""' °' ""'"^ '"^^"'"^ n.cessarie..-S„/„.,/„_,, .v,„,„ '"' '^'>' S°°'^'' =hoc leather, and other onaL".:''rhXcrnrrr„Tr ^'•°°°°''° -- acres. Our territory of explored andTno ,'*'" '''^" 113 000,000 that the ordinary mind canCif 121.1,?'°'""'' '"""^ '" ^^ ^a« The day has come when thlnr,^ •■"'"'" ='' ^''eatness. has become desirabTein^heinteSsS"*"''.''^^ "'" '"''^"'"'y New Ontario. To ooen un thoT .1 ^''® P^^P'^ 'n OW. as well as advantageto Old Srb^ thaHf r.'f -^'"^ ^'" ''^ "^ ^'"'"^^^^^ taken from the forests. But tw houZ thf'?" f™"" ''^^ '"""«'' Between I88I andlSBI ihlZ 7 development be made' '~"^"'^^«-'---'''-SS;-trdrarisr"ooS 36 period When $90,000,000 w°.™„V> '""r^ «)nstpuotlon. In a were settled In all the prSyTn^esTti-lT/".*? **''°°° "»'»i?«U't8 Compare this result wlth?h.!l Dominion, ment to ^Ive 2.542.000 acm of l^^T"' "' '"" O"'""-'" Govern, build 300 miles Of r;nwav™d«m n n *"*"««""" '"" o^Wies to they secure. The propS to ^?" '°'°°° "'"P'" °" "« lands startling one, b„. the return ''."''^ '° '"'' " '"<=' »f '•''nd '^ a Co,,„,,^. ""'^" secured .s equally surprisinK._C«,«„ „„rf There is a danirer that n,» neglect the souther^ 'hecompany -.vill build the northern section and bu'ld the southern section The itnH '=°"'""''»lancing mducement to P- mile, as against 7,400 acre for buM" r' """ ^""■°" '^ ■°'°°° -«^ . Toronto, Hamilton, London L-^^ '""" ""= ^°"'' ^""^ '"«"<''= cuies, want to be assured of dfreatnnlctK^" °"^ °"'«' '"""^ -^ and North Shore line with ,hXi°7 Tl ^ '"""' °^ '"" Manitoulin There is scarcely a doub that he' ro^ " '"""'^^ '° '"^ '"'^"•• '0 build the whole road, b i s be'tt" ,0 h.' "V'T'''"^ '" ^°°'' '-'" requ-re that the completion o he luthlrn ,'".'"''"'' '° "" ^°' """ '<> -X months later than the comple" on "f .1 °" ''.'" ''°' "" "'°'' ">" ^'"^"•<. ompietion of the northern.-n< Mail and Legisl'tle;"nd^s't«™gh: wirhCch' 0°:;, '": "^"^"'•'^ '° ">« O"'-- Adv,rti»r. ^ '^"'' """=•' B°°d to the whole people.-Z.o„rf„« A FAIR RAILWAY BARGAIN. -ditions'a:ts:t ohr- - rr^^''^'^ -n granted on such North Shore RailwayTroject t^e n ' ,"" T'" '° '"^ ^''"'"°'"- and not be so unpopular aVitTnow'"'" °' """^^ -"^'^--g would in alternate toVnshfp leeTlon? No cash f h f."?"" '""^"^^ '^^ There is no money for him «nH J „"""''^ '* 8^'^«n- of this road except L it r used rf'''^*'''"*''«''''"«™=tion resources Of northern^ntarfoMd^/,h"f"^ °' developing the way. well and jrood for Tw *"°"'''eycan malce money that Whole province.-r/f; ^l^rr' "' " *""»« "enefltin Ae 27 A »ECORD.B»EAK,NG PAaWAY BARGAIN. up an entirely new section of count "a^r""""'-"- ^'"' ""-"V «"' open The railway will be a treat h,,,.- . .. ^ said to be isolated from'toe „ ° o, h ''""°''"" '"*"''■ -"ich ™ay now THE MANITOULIN RAILWAY. '~:rtct^:L"H?rair7 r-^'"^ ''"--<" ^" ^>ways necessarily, owinp tn ;»= ^'way development of New On.., u j^-wesfer„ p::^^;^ p^s^ dtf "' ^™"«^' '^-r:: :^ of Quebec and Montreal, and tCllZ! "'"'«"'°" *«h the Province Manuoba and the Territo'ries, subs dU y o M^rr"', " "'" " •"=" ° The terms seem reasonable a„H >. "^ ""'" "■" Toronto. r** Af<,«,«„ o„,v^ ^^,^:°°;'"« "d on >he whole in the public interests.- PROGRESSIVE LEGISIATION. ^'^^^^^'^'£y!!^:::^Jt:^'''''''--^ ...a construe. -J. -Hursd., and Mr. -C:;-L --— -^^^ devote to the new enterprise. wTh ,h^ ">« 'v 1,^ ^f ,a„ds which they even now going on in the northern ?„. '''''"' "^^^^'opment which is •s opening up for ,,, theolder pa/t of , " ^^' "" -"- '^e great future which of the benefit. Plac-H in t '^^ Province should reao a l=r„. --'wealth, aste^^^lt b™Tr:J:tr^-''^ ^^"-^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Old Ontario should have an area o great In ^'■' ""' '°""= ^"^ ^'"es of ofthem.-r/,.&,.,W./e,.„,. ^ofgrea. and increasing prosperity ahead 3S »„H ,'l! ''m'' ""=';. '^"°\'=P"'P0"1» «' those respecting the Algonu Central and the Manuouhn and North Shore railroads that the Ross «overnmen .. entrenching ,tself in the confidence of the people, and convincing then that the men now ,n power have the will and the capacity to deal with und.rt.l<,ngs of vast magnitude, and to deal with then, in such a nunner a» to beat conserve the interests of the province as a whole.-r/,. /:.,/s<„„,„ lfrnHtfofa, ' ' Not only will it prove advantageous to New Ontario, but it will undoubtedly have correspondingly beneficial effects upon the older portion, of the province by opening up fre.h avenues of trade and creatine new markets for our surplus products.-- TU, Uta/ord Mirror. The enterprise is one of the most important milestones in the history of Owen Sound.-r/,< Ovai Sound Times. ^ »nH mT ^""""^ '" ''"■''^ interested in having the link between this town and Meaford constructed at as early a date as possible._OB,f« So„„d Su„. The farmers of Manitoulin Island and the farmers and miners on the north shore have claims upon the province which cannot be disregarded bu the province owes to its whole self, and not necessarily to any section of It the duty of opening up and developing its North-west Territories It must do more than that. It must see to it that the trade of that territory Hows through the commercial arteries of the province. For this reason the railway m question appears to be a necessity.-n,« Mmford Mouitor. The Ontario Government seems to have made an excellent bargain for the construction of the Manitoulin Railway. There is no money grant New Ontario is paying for its own development. The minerals and timber of that country are of no use if lacihties are not provided for gettins them to a market. This bargain is ^imething new in the way of railway building in ta.s country._r/i« Record, Windsor. All this is now unsettled wilderness. This lin. may yet become a link in another transcontinental highway which will give competition and make th« railway problem of Canada easier of solution. The leader of the Opposition could find no fault with the Manitoulin and North Shore agree- ment. He pronounced the railway a good thing because a necessity.-Vfe W.^-ile the road will not cost the province a dollar, the building of the me will beofinestimable value to Eastern Algoma, as well as to .-, very arge section of older Ontario. Premier Ross m.-,y well be classified a,„ong the nation builders, because he is opening the door to the development and 1 s.fegu,rded.-7-A. R./on.urGnU " '" ''"'"" ""'"^ P^^'^ MOST FAVORABLE BARGAIN. ern„Sr:i^iro'p;::i::,^,''r«^'" """^^^ ">■ ->■ Canadian Oov i^remier Ross their hearty support.-r/,. il/„„/,,„/ s,„,. ""°''"<:^'' ") A GOOD RAILWAY BARGAIN. .he llfoTlu^ZVs'::Ja :".°'""r^ -"^ S-^^PHical position of IN THE LEGISLATURE. Governmem will gr,.„t, i„s,etd of ca h 'c. ^ ^"^ r','" ""'"^ "'^ will bo made, said Pr n^rKo! '„,;'' ''°'' '"" "^'''"^ ^ ""^ '"-" unproductive since the be^LtTof tin^.l'Srw ^ '"" "=■" """ 30 THE MANITOULIN AND NORTH SHORE BARGAIN. In thii ilaga of our development, Onterio needa railwaya, and railway! need capital to build them. Without diicouraging capital the Roii Government has yet kept in mind that railwaya are public utilitiea and ought someday to be the property of the people if they >o chooae.-i?./orw.r Stmeot, Until Ontario is prepared to go into railway building on its own account we can hardly do better than hand our railway enterprises over to men like Mr. Clergue, who are satisfled with fair reward on their invest- ment.— JVor/AS/nf, Parry Sound. AS AN UP-TO-DATE RAILWAY POLICY. This bargain acknowledges the force of three things which have had much discussion in the press and on public platforms— the likelihood of pubhc ownership in the future. Government control of rates in the meantime, and m case of purchase, a price to the Government of cost and interest minus the Provincial subsidy and one-half of any Dominion subsidy Duffirin Aihtrtlur, Orangtvillt. This bargain is without exception the best the province has made with any railway — Tkt Port Arthur Chronicle. There can be no question that the successful operation of this line with the safeguards by which it is surrounded will mean a great deal for the Ontario peninsula and stimulate the development ot Algoma to a great degree.— rA« News, Alexandria. The Government and Mr. Clergue's Company have made a good bar- gain all round— good for the people, good for Ontario, good for the com- pany.— TA* Napanee Express. The settlement part of the bargain is accomplished by the construction of the North Shore line, but it is also worth noting that the construction along the peninsula confers other advantages. It will put Old Ontario and New Ontario in closer touch, a good thing for both, inducing Old Ontario to make ventures of capital and energy in the great north land and New Ontario to trade with us— Uarrie Examiner. The railway is one that will revolutionize the geographical position of the towns of southwestern Ontario. It will be of immense advantage lo the fertile peninsula, and among the other advantages promised to the North Shore is a big reduction in [he price of co»\.— Chronicle-Telegraph, Waterloo. I 3« NEW ONTARIO. <- .h. Provinc. b new it .„ d „«" ,' T* '""""^ "a. b«n .deled "•n. .e.m. to be hon«Tlv » *^' '"'' "" P"""' P™vincUI govern- •«»mp. Premier Ro...n . f^overnmcnt .id to railroad cons.ruction pUceOmariowhere.hV^i '^ 7"^'""'' '^ <=on'in»«d must .oon perou. con" „:'! "" '"'°"'"' '" "" "°'" """ °' P-««"iv. .nd pro,- .nd ^iXVhe pr'efem 'r ' '"'""" °f --liza.ion .od .na.er.al pro«r«s