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CANxVDA PACIFIC) RAILWAY.
ELEMENTS FOR A PROSPECTUS.
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The '• ('; iiailii I'licidf ltail\vny" (1) piowiiittj thw shorte.'t line i>f ri-Htw between Eiir()[>« mid
Asia, whilst itpnsKo« ovw tho m«.)8t ravoniblf iTround in Uh- woiU] for a !<;r;roa<L (2) Tho grades
and CUT7US ar>' ■■ iilritiules iiiii.iiil"l> ,■ Hi. < Im;!,i|.' mm- i • thim i>ii .•in v of the
other routes across iir Amerioan loninii'iit, imu llie line ix utiarly Ivff ;r/.,i fiiow, thusonabJing
it to bo worlced willi ro^-uliiriiy. rajiidity and fcoiioiay. Timbor, ball;i:<i I'.ad water carnii^^e in
-■vi'i-y direction iain'-", ili.- :'i,mi,,'-i laivilitics of cunstracliou : coal i-> I'.vtmdanl boih at tht
termini and abaiu Uic roaa. ;iiul tli.' , viiutry trf versed oiftirs a successir!, ,)i' ferlilo. lauds and
water comninniealion unnvalled m N' Mb America, and |>resenimq: «nch ledtiijMniPnts to nettlera
iia Canada 1ms bitUerto never had to oiler. These, will .soon create a local or ^fny (riiHit . which*
added to that olrbc TreiiRm'.,'. fvoiu Hn- Ivn: t, tlie ••enenil through trathc, ;i if' tln' many other
advautag'o -il i :,iu , \\ nl ,i:il.c :iir ' (';nu!ilii i'v.ilic Railwfy'* beyond a d •.,'-)'. Ilie best paying
line i-croKs the A.i<iern-.iii Cojuim^nt. .
K^iTrMATED KXI'ENWE.
The opinions of competent eiiiiineerf vary in this re.><pei!t concernine a linw of such extent
»iud tlirongh an unsettled counlrv ; but Icftvinar a.~iirl» Entflisb estimates, whicli are hardly appli-
cable, and taking ih.ei.sr, Mi ; .' : ii h lii'st Amerii an lines as ;i lair bisjs, 111,' tnllowing ligureB
will lie I'onnd snlticienlly co'recl :
Total distance from the junction of (h,- \la,ta\va:i aii-l the Ottawa , the propo.sed .starting
IXi'uti. to til.' Miuiiuii .•[ til, ViU.iw lload I'iiss (iiiuit ol Ibitifh Colunibiii), 2,002 miles, of which ;
Livel, or coiuparaiivi'lv m,. !.4:!7 miles .il .€7,000 .t'10,l29,000
Rollincr ground, ;i8S '• 7,500 2.1(50,000
Hilly and rocky, 827 ' 8,o00 2,779,500
Til'tjraph, 2,062 " .',0 103,100
X15.171,600
ill ih . ' li.'iiljii 111 till' uuil'orni cxiH-iisf.^," \ iz., cli'arinsj; anddraining, fupei'stnicture,
fitations, v» i; i.i;i •!! > 'l\' "iiii'js ii'llnr.;- stock, eiiii'iui'eiue; ''i>iiting'enci^!s, and reserve fund, figure
for ..iJi.OOO !".'.'■ luilf, ami I'l. " v'lriuble ' spenscs'' or siradiU'.^ and bridpnig, for the remainder of
the sum.
Ill liritish '.' i.iHjl I. II.. .|;s,,,i., ii ,1,1 ih.. .summit oi' the Yellow Head I'a.ss to Waddington
Harbour .-it the heai ol i'alc Inlci, is ')■> I'lili's, of which :
152 milcis conripaTativ\dy i.'vei, at i'T'i"" Xl,0(i4,000
:;t,i ■• hilly and rocky, at cs.-yn) (;!) ... 2,490,500
Eitra lor the detile of the llomalhco VaUey 100,000
■145 miles of t"legr;^ 22,260
T..f..| lor Jinti,sh (Jolumbia (4) 3,Q7t;.760
{I) Sm " Sllotim of the iTOjiossd lino dX civorlaii.! r.>ilfoaJ ttiroa^h liritiili Norlli icucriea" hj Alfred Wuhii 'ton. liOadoB,
LungiDnnit k Co., 1869, tar lUe delaitB of tU« routfl.
(31 Tlio iiUIn of tlm ScwksttliewsB is gunnrnlly « |i»rf*.t tivpl, without n mouu.l .ir tree to T«ry th« vMl »xp»»«» oi grwn iwurd—
orer vtUUAi Sir Ojorgs Siuip.'.on trfcvotle.l 90i) milisK in l.i thtys witU fi{i boraea and loaded oitrM, withoat %ny road.
\ .1) Sny atU'iaiit .)) ObinesQ labor ^ftii be proourod oa tb« Paoilie coast at one dollar por day.
(4) It Ifdd bitn jiRi3«ft»ln6d, tbiit by eoastnicting; 0U0pei.Bloo rillroad trriigoft 0T«r the tbraeRtrails b«twocn the mninland and fttuart
Inlnud. Stuart and Vnldot lalanda, aud Valdea aad \autouvar Islaiil. tht railway can ha erontuuWy eontiuaed down Iho weal ildo of
linta Inlet and acroM Vanoouvsr Islanl, a.ihor to ibt hoad of Kyiiq.iot Hound; or to Albarni Canal at the b«nd of BaroUy dound |
nrto iStqniTialt hari.'jnr uottf Viiitoria; thiis^v.nding tho i^romiug of the Oulf of Ooorgia and all it» ineou»euienc«». But tbr aipiDH
would t>a ouurm.iuc on nccouutut tlu* itroat ^Ijl^ of tho bridg.^.f, and the excosaive rug{(odneB3 of a portion of the ground ; xay i;.3,6Ut),U00,
Ct,Slia,SOD ot £i,Ou(l,tliiii, (,if <ibi«b £I.7lltijmn for the btidget,) for lUS, 164, or 848 inilM, to each of ihua harbours rtupeotiraly. Such
an undartalilog mast nei'osiiarll.v hn deferred to a future day, though It poinU to the adviiability of carrying the r<»d to But* Ink
apart from other vdgbty ..!ontid«rationf. *
Total/or hrititli Oolumhia, broUffhtprwtinf..". X3,C76,750
Portion , Mist of the Kocky Mountains ••••• • 13,171,600
Interest on capital fxp>'ml.'<l during the lirst 2\ year.s, at 5 per cent 1,161,050
Total JE'20,000,000
01' which the section between Neepigon Bay and Fort (Jarry (483 miles) would cost about
three aud a half luiUiou:*.
ESTIMATED RETUHNt?.
THIIOU'HI 'I'ltAKFlC,
The. imraber of passensrers por day at euch terminus on ti.e " Central Paoific" is about 100.
We Avill suppose only GO "through passengers on the "Canada racillc," or 30 each way)(800
days, = 18,000 per anuum. The price from Ottawa to tSan Francisco has lately been reduced to
about ?m or xm 18,000 pas8on<rers at i;20 • • ^.'800,000
Goods,— 50 tons pel day each way, = 30,000 tons at IJ cents per mil", on '2,o07
iniies to Bute lulet, = £» 18 0, or say jCH. (The price for 1,82(5 miles per " Central
Pacific" was. till lately, $1 per cubic foot, or $84. That from New York to San Fran-
cisco by Cape Horn is'about $12.) 80.000 tons at £S 240,000
Precious metals, A'jOO.OOO at A percent • 2,500
Besides this amount from the Carib<K) gold mines, the exportation of bullion to
China for tea, .silk, spices, &:c , varies from 2,5 to 35 milUon dollars annually, of which
say one million .vLn-liuar at i per cent 5,000
Carrit^e of mails, Canadian and Imperial 20,000
Do of small parcels aud express matter ' 6,000
Telegraph despatches 10,000
LOCAL OK WAY TBAFPIC,
8ti,000 passeugcrs per anmxm, or twice the number of through passengers, for an
average distajice of 400 miles, or one sixth, at jES tJ 8 120,000
Good's trattic. rousisting : 1st. Of lumber and fuel lioin the forests of the
"\Vinipe<r. in r.tuni for the produce of the Fertile Belt, such as cattle, grain, &c.,
transported to Neepigon Bay. The entire trade of the North-West Territory, both
settlers aud Hudson's Bay Company, auiouuts at present to from three to lour
million dollars annually. 2nd. The trade between Ottawa uud Lake Hiiperior, by
Neepigon Harbour, which is 70 miles nearer to Montr(^al by water than Chicago.
There are 14 steamers engaged in the trade on Lake Superior, with a total capacity
of 10,000 tons, besides 110 vessels of otJier descriptions. Coal aud copper and iron
ores are among the most frequent freights. 3rd. The trade both ways* witli the
Cariboo gold mines. Total, Fay, 100 tons per day, or 30,000,t.onB annually, carried an
average distance of 500 miles, at £1 128 48,000
810,,500
Deduct 60 per cent, for working exp.nses 486,300
NetproBt jC 824,200
8A.LES OF LAND.
After the late event.'-, which have rendered the lied River Settlement so
notorious, the inauguration of thi; " Canada Pacilic Railway " will immediately fona
a point of attraction to the whole population of Knrope and Canada. Emigrants
will flock to thii .spot, and speedily liecorae interested as settlers in a work, in which
they will find a means both to gain their bread and benefit their condition. Settle -
Oatried forward X324,200
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monf and oivilizntion will (bllow tho road step by Htep, as fasf. u.s it. advances, aud its
ri'tjults ufiijuiri' iiKin.' luul more irnportaiiuo, till if would Ixi dillicult to Kay what
amount of jioj)ulii(iou Ihi; oj>iMiinsr up oi■^^U'h an i-xtensivc and iortilc torritory, nidcd
l>y all th(>Nc iidvantai^of, nuiy attract; — at the end of a couple years, pnibably not
lesN than ten or tweive tlioitsand m-ltlors annually. In the adjoining State, of
Miunt'Kola, the |K>pulation ha* inerersed, in tliD hvst eisrhteen yparf, from 5,000 to
600,000 ; and on the " Illinois Central, the m\e of IbikIk, which iiuioun((?d to at least
136,000,000 (Heveii and a <[unrter iniiiioi.n nterliug;), more than paid the cost of the
road, =>|28,610,22H, L'veirythingrinduded. 6,000 wtllers at ItiO aer«« each, would
make 9i30,000 iwire«, hi an avera4,'e price, inciudiuuf town lots, ol' $2 per acre,
=. $1,920,000, or X8!)4,2nO, iind after deducting surveyintr exix-useu 880,000
MINERALS.
On the norlli side of Lake Superior, at Neepipfou Bay, close to which the pro-
posed route pajjses, traces of valuable copper und silrer or" are iibundaiit, and are
believed to extend through the hilLs thU form the divide between that point and
Winipe;^ river, hi thi! plain of the Saskatchewan, beds of coal crop ont on the
projected line of rojul, near the Touchwotwl llillw, 400 miles west of Fort Garry, aud
a^'ain 400 niilcM further west, near Lonir Lake, in Long. IJ'!'^. These will become
invaluat>le, both for the use of the riiilroad and of the future inhabitants of (he
jilain, where wood is scarce. In JJritish Columbia, the road traverses the celebruted
liald Mountains, which are known to be rich in j^-old, si'ver, eopper and lead, ores :
and here tlie construction of (he rai.rt;iy will no doubt lead to important
discoveries pro virm.
Net return i;704 200
or 8J per cent imerest on a capital of ,620,000,000.
It must not be forj^otteu, however, that the above lisfures are only supposed to apply to the
first year or two alter tl e openincr of the mud ; luid thiit (he i ralKc, as well as the price of land,
will rapidly increase, and that in an enormous ratio, with the ilevelopment of the coiuitry.
ALFRED WADDINGTON.
Ottawa, 'i2nd Angnst. 1870