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 HUDSON'S BAY & PACIFIC RAILWAY 
 
 NEW STEAMSHIP ROUTE SYNDICATE, LIMITED. 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. 
 
 From the HON. T. K. DALY (Minister of the Interior of the Dominion Government of Canada). 
 " I note your views generally re8pectin;< tlie Uadsun's Bay ronte. I must > ay I cordially agree in the opinioos you express 
 in this relation ; and speaking tor myself, no one lion been more anxious than I to see this road an accomplished fact. I think it 
 wonld give to onr North- West trade an impetus, and pro ' ice results such as conld not fail to be of the utmost lienefit to that 
 conntry and Canada as • whole." 
 
 From the MARQUIS OF DUFFERIN & AVA, K.G. (British Ambassaior to Franoe, formerly Governor 
 
 General to Canada). 
 " I am very much obliged to you tor your letter of the 5th, and the enclosures <n reference to the proposed railway from 
 Port Churchill on Hudson °a Bay to the interior of the North-West territory of Canada. Any undertaking which tends to facilitate 
 intarcourae between Great Britain and the Dominion is nudoubtedly worthy of every support. I nm glad to see, however, that 
 the papers you have sent me contain assnrannes from the officers of the Hudson's Bay Company that the ice is no impediment to 
 the working of the project. The advantagas of the plan leem obvious. 
 
 Again from the MARQUIS OF OUFFERIN Sc AVA, KG. 
 " In reply to your letter, I beg to say that I can have uo possible objection to your interesting pamphlet being 
 dedicated to me." 
 
 From MR. FURNESa, M.P. (of Messrs. Fnrness, Wlthey Sc Co., Ship Owners). 
 "The scheme has a groat future before it." 
 
 From LORD CHARLES BERESFORD (Superintendent of H.H. Dockyard, Chatham). 
 " Lord Charlea Beresfnrd desires to express his thanks. He considers the idea a most important one." 
 
 From SIR LEOPOLD M'OLINTOOK (the famous Arotlo Explorer >. 
 " I ahall be glad to see the proposed Hudson's Bay Route completed. I wish yon all success." 
 
 From OLBMENT R. MARKHAM (President of the Royal Geographical Society). 
 *■ I am mash obligtd to yon f jr sending me your Pamphlet on the proposed Hudson's Bay and Pacifiu Railway, which is a 
 very eompleto eolk«tian of the information tint ia on the salijMt and arranged in a very complete form. I look upon the establish- 
 ment of the route as a matter of great importance." 
 
 From A. L. LIGHT. C.E. (Consulting Engineer to the Province of Quebec). 
 
 Qufbec, 15th Dtermber, 189S. 
 " I duly received your pamphlet on the proposed Hudson 's Bay and Pacific Railway. It covers the ground ; every statement 
 is reasonable and not overdrawn, and is supported by independent and trustworthy testimony. The enterprise moreover is feasible, 
 and it aeems to be necessary to the requirements of this great and rapidly developing region." 
 
 From JOHN NELSON, Whitewood, Assiniboia. 
 
 July Unii, iHOi. 
 " The proposed Railway from Port Churchill through the rich Prairie Lands to Calgary is causing great interest here. 
 Several enthasiostio meetings of the settlers have been held denouncing the high prohibitory rates of freight by the Canodinn 
 Pacific F.ailway and resolving to use every legitimate means in their power to induoe the Dominion (iovernment to assist in every 
 possible manner the carrying out of the projected Railway. The freight on he Canadian PaoiBo Railway and the present price of 
 grain in Europe leaves little or no profit to the grower. Immigration has almost ceased, and unless the Churchill Railway in con- 
 itmoted the end must come, the land will go out of onllivation and the fruitful prairie land be abandoned to nature ; this is a serious 
 reflection to me and other;, after many years of toil, and yon cannot wonder nt the perfect unanimity of our public meetings in 
 urging the Oovernment to assist in the carrying out of tlio Hu Iain's Day llallw.iy, which is onr only hope for the future ; but we are 
 buoyed up in the belief that from the recent discussions in the Dominion Legislature, and the articles in the Public Press extending 
 (mm Mova Bootla to the Pacific, the commencement of this great national undertaking will not be longer delayed. 
 
 Fa¥ourabl» Letters have also been received from— 
 
 The Marquis of Salisbury, the Lord Egerton of Tatton, James Rankin, Esq., M.P., 
 Sir John Leng. M.P., Lord Oeorge Hamilton, M.P„ Sir Horace Farquhar, Admiral Colomb, 
 Lord Wolesey, Sir Alfred Jephson, James Johnson, Esq., of Ottawa, and others. 
 
 At the prosent price of wlieat tlie Ji'armers cannot pay the charges for conveyance over the Canadian 
 Paoiflo Railway. The proposed Kailway will wva upward* of 1,300 milai to and from England at a 
 Ndnotion of ftpelght of on* half. 
 
 Th* N*w*pap«n of Canada *tat* that th* Railroad i* an abaolut* n*o*uity or th* land 
 will |o oat of oultif atlon. 
 
EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESS. 
 
 From THE VANCOUVER WEEKLY WORLD, June 7th, 1894. 
 
 A writer in An Kastern onteraporary ban this to 6ay of the HaJaon'i Bay route, now receiving ao mach attention : Eaatem 
 Canada mnst wutcli the development of the Hudson 'r Bay route. No merely Provinoial sentiment can be permitted to obsoare our 
 vision of a sense of that which is most letting, simply because it is feared such may not eondnce to ou; immediate welfare. There 
 in no such thing as a separated Canada. We are all united. We of Nova Scotia have as much rights in the national property of 
 Hudson's Bay as the yoomen of the Hnskatchenan. We cannot there afford lo have our national assets rust in idleness. These are 
 meant to contribute to the universal pro8|>erity of the Dominion. It is a mlRtake to suggest that the Hudson's Bay route cannot 
 benefit the Maritimes. Not a sod is turned West of the Kocky ^fountains, not a fur-bearing animal trapped in the ciroam-aretio 
 zone of timber without the effort, the stride of devulopment which such implies, reacting to the express benefit of the Maritime 
 Provinces of Canada. Hnw much more then will l>e the opening of this great gale of the North Amerioan continent by this giant 
 nation benefit us, inexpressibly and much ! For some reason ur other we of ili') Kast are not familiar with the Hudson's Bay 
 scheme. We have studied it closely, and satisfactorily appreciated its iiionientoui qualiiies. We have therefore determined to 
 make a speciali,. of the matter. Upon this occasion, liowevor, it will help iis to listen to the voice of the West. " Hodaon's Bay is 
 a roQte which will soon be made use of as an outlet for graiu and cattle, and whose importance in the future is incalculable as a base 
 of supply and an impregnable military highway bet le-n Great Briiam and the Dominion. By this route Oaskatehewaii and 
 Assiuiboia are as near tidewater as Ontario. By this route San Francisco is <JIK) miles nei^er tiie seaboard than by the way of 
 Chicago — a savini; in distauce, too, effected in land carriage, whose cost, as compared with ooeivu transport, is as 15 to one. By this 
 route, Santa Fe, in New Mexico, is 800 miles nearer Churchill, on Huilson's Bay, than to New York, and by it the vast European 
 trade of the I'ucifiu seaboard down to the (iulf of California, and west of the Sierra Madre Kange, is destined to find an outlet. 
 These are economic .'acts whose triumph is only a question of time. Events are harrying in this direction, for the people of 
 Manitolia and the Territories are becoming impatient over the route, and an increasing cry is being raised foi its development. 
 Like wheat-raising in the North-west, doubts have been cast by jealous interests upon the echeme. Notwithstanding the most patent 
 facts in history of polar adventure, a groundless impression prevails that the navigation of Hudson's Straits and Bay is attended 
 with extreme difficulty and peril. The open season on Hudbon's Straits is variable, but will probably average five months, and, per- 
 haps, for large and powerful steam vessels ])roperly constructed may prove practicable for the greater portion of the yew. 
 There are three merchantmen at present on the route, whii:h leave London in June, and make the trip in about six weeks, against 
 a crnstant headwind. The return trip, aided by a fitir bree/,«, is made in some '20 days. These vessels arc of some SOO tons register, 
 but carry 800 tons, and are strongly built. Severe storms are rarely encountered on the voyage, the chief difficulty being the 
 passage of the Straits, in which, however, no vessel has beeu lost in years. The Straits are narrow and both coasts are visible from 
 the ship. They are lined with icebergs, which are aground, and bear a startling resemblance to lofty, embattled towers and great 
 cities. Few icebergs are afloat in the Straits, but vast sheets of floating ice are often set together by the tide, breaking up when it 
 'tarns, and leaving a tree passage for the ships. But what tlirue vessels can do, a thousand can do ; and just as large fleets visit 
 (jnebec iu spring and fall for timber, so la?gntMt» w i ll H al t Hodaon's Bay for wheat. The adoption of steam will reduce the 
 passsge to less than the time of a Montreal and Liverpool packet, and (he diieotncM otthis route will place a large portion o( the 
 North-west aa regards British trade in as favorable position as Eaatem Canada." This is one way of putting it. The following 
 boldly lays down the principle that a new Canadian port be created at Chaiehill : " The building of the Hnduon Bay Railway is • 
 subject of vital importance to the whole o( the North-west Territories, since we must stand either aa men of progress, who will 
 develop and open up their new highway for our products through Hudson's Strait, or form the obstrnetioniats to this great enter- 
 prise. Port CUurcbill is the best harbour for any kind of vessel, the water being deeper and the channel safer. The entrance to 
 Chnrohill harbour is through a narrow, rockey inlet about half a mile across, a ledge of rock jutting out Irom the eaai side nearly 
 across the month, upon the extremity of which is the ruin of an old stone battery. The depth in this ohsnnel in low water is five 
 fathoms. The breadth of the harbour inside the entrance is about two miles, and continues that width for upwards of 14 miles 
 from the months. The average tide rise is about to Vi feet and the tide runs nine fniles up the river. The over-topping points 
 at the entrance make the harbour perfectly secure from any storm that may rage in the bay, and there is room in the harbour for • 
 large fleet u{ oueau stcamera. Here, then is the groat front iloor to this country. When the ships from all parts of the world are 
 invited by us to cast their anchors in Churchill harbour a large northern commercial city will arino at Port Churchill, a city 
 exactly a degree and a quarter further south than St. Petersburg, the aapital of the Rjissian Kmpire. By the revenue that will be 
 collected at Churchill we will not then be a source of expense to the Dominion. We will not then require to send immigration agents 
 abroad for the purpose of peopling our North-west. The tide of immigration will flow directly into our Province. Uur farmers will 
 find a ready market for their products. The price of grain will be as high in Saskatchewan aa in Obicago or Monlreai. This is our 
 destiny. 
 
 From THE PALL MALL GAZETTE, Jnly 17th, 1894. 
 
 The unanimous vote of the Canadian Paillumcnt in f.tvour of granting a heavy subsidy to a new line of fast Tranaatlantio 
 steamers is very gratifying. The lino is to he purely Canadian and British, the steamara are to get the benetit of the subsidy : 
 that is a conaiderable advantage, but in the matter of money payments it la alwaya open to the United States to " go one better." 
 But the Canadian route, however, will have one a.lvantage whioh money cannot buy : it will have the full benefit of the short circle, 
 resulting from the high latitude of the points of departure and arrival. It is not altogether imi^^nsible that before long we may see 
 a far greater stride made in the matter o) Transatlantic navigation ; and tbis time also it will be Canada that will be the gainer. 
 There is evidence that Hudson's Bay is becoming every year freer of ice. II the experimental voyages whioh hsve been made to 
 Port Nelson on the western extremity of Hudson's Bay prove to be the iutroduotion of a regular summer service over the same 
 route, then indeed Canada will have opened a road to the heart of the Amerioan continent which ought to give her a permanent pre* 
 eminence in the matter of oommunication. Port Nelson Is sixteen degrees north of New York, but it ia no less than twenty-three 
 degre<is to the west of it. A iwssenger landing at Port Nelson is already west of t|e longitude of Bt. Louis.