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 SAUbT Stb. Marie « Hudsoiis Bay/Raiuway C6. 
 
 •■OMHOMAk aUBTQM •■OAL MMMm 
 
 lHMii^BWillHw!>^g»g3Se%..gglJajii' 
 
 «••« m». Umri*. ttni., It mm tar It, Um.- 
 
 Tb nm Hmammiiuibim 
 
 Yoar PruvlaiiMMl Biwrd iA UirMtani Imv« <i«ri«J«l 
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 balnni ynu Uw Hml oflMai nrninmnlasUon rwwivml fmoi 
 Umi A«lia|i CbM Kininwr 6f t^ Gu«|mi». Mm 
 
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 •ngliMaring ami eiMiiiii«i«i«l Ntemlpoliit of th« wUnianU of 
 
 Nparkirity whiah yotir unterpHM puaMMM, an tha liMt 
 
 ImmI roaU^for ImoMOM IbImmI wm and rivar eoniMKiitina, 
 
 riMihing to tha farthanat bauiMla uf Uila eanlinant, la » 
 
 ravalaiion of piMalMlitiaa whi«h no uthar parnotia in this 
 
 Ciirpa>r«Uan, or pmlMbljr In tha Dominion llMlf, hava 
 
 kwi augK«atad to thalr mlmiM, in |im(>(t««i6/« form. 
 
 DurinK tha aavan jaMii afnoa tha Hrat |pr»nt of tha 
 
 Chuimr of thia GoidpMx Ito DirMton li*«a <wnald«rf I 
 
 ita proapaeta of aueeaaa •• llmltad to a cnmnkaneKinant of 
 
 way traAo, llrat upon the M^tiona naaroat the Hi Mary 'a 
 
 Rivar, by tha earriaga of foraat prodnota of pul|ii«te|d 
 
 aprooa, pine, and hardwoo)! lumbar, and by gi 
 
 aitanding northward anM' the main lino of thaCai 
 
 Jhuiffe Railway waa rMohed ; thence to pm(r«« very 
 
 gndnally to tha Oraat 8aa beyond (H eo«irM tha 
 
 4apr«nion of lioaineia for tha lait few years haa aeoen- 
 
 toatad a*en thb extremely eonaarvative polioy. In tha 
 
 light, however, of the facta and ttmmytm aat forth ao 
 
 elaarly in the Engineer'a Rep<irt, your Direetora are 
 
 (joavineed tliat tha former alma ahould be promptly and 
 
 •ntiraly ravaraad. That InatMd of " piaeemeal " work 
 
 ' Noia t-TW lUpMt Ntona M •• m»t» ky OImwI« T. IbrTaj. a*. 
 
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 ■••h**MMiWia Ik* Oenraaael anklMi •• OUam aa* •! Th<mH* 
 4»rtMUwia*>*»i»la iik hp «.e««l«lf«T«»—' w »i»l«l.— ««k*> 
 ■WT«r«aa<« M l* ~ M**.lalipWlpiiii H >r H m»kl.B «»*rt. 
 
 Mr. Itamt^ pimiaa* nSt. iiamwi Ik* i iiwl tl t ■■ " O mmti 
 
 ^-_. n-' ki Ml n Ml'i" *-a' f -* '>- -'-'—' i.^. a....«» ^1. 
 
 Okaal •! fcali •IfcllaHa.lk* Ik*. lM«Mt ••t* *« ll» kMia Ik* dotU. 
 
 on Um Noatkam aMUwi, tha iral atlaatkM tkw^M ha 
 glvaa tn ihAatmaUtietteHi of tha Niwiheni portloa m> «tl 
 •NlKi|<v httWMi HJ llP.E aMd ttda water at tha h«l 
 terminal polnral or'naaf tha innuth of tha Monaa UvM . 
 If any raaaimAMe IndiMwroanta will inaura Ikv 
 I w wed l ata d uik H n i< * l 'i i i of thai all Important aiiwaOliig 
 link of oMly tM milea hetwMm the flOO.OOO milaa of 
 railway now In Operation im Ihia aimllnant. ami tha 
 9,000 mllaa of iMd-ioakad aaa enaat baynnd, aoeh !■> 
 doaamanta alMMiUl he maila without any unneoaaaary 
 delay* The paramount pulilie inlareata uf the Unmiato* 
 demand tkia, a«H lila ProvinM of OMario will InSlpr^ 
 ably miaa a funrfamantal olemantof permanent eipanaim 
 and pnaperilyf if it allow* th« grmtaat pnaaUile inlamal 
 Improvement ^ithin Ito border* to eimtlnua In ahayaMS 
 while otiinr I'roviiMwa, not ao well nitiMtad gain the 
 earlleat aea port, from whieh the eommerea of Hudaon 
 Bay may radiate without mmtHliuting In tha |iruapar4ty 
 of ()ntarla; 
 
 Heratofore It haa beenVaumed in tha publie mind, 
 that of the varioaa aehamaa and ruiltaa advoeatad for 
 railway t/anait to Hudaon 'a Bay, iMie waa aliuut aa | 
 M another, and all of lioubthl utility. .S9 little waa 
 known of tha eharaetarlatUa uf the g reat Oaaadian aaa 
 eoaat and of the regiona bordering on on it. that tha 
 Federal and ProTlneial Htatuta Hooka ana eumhered with 
 apami (Partem, for variouf impractiealile ruutaa. ^im 
 note S ^ 
 
 The time for aoeh ignoranee to be Inleratad mwl 
 end when the faeta and auggeatioua which the accom- 
 panying Bnginaaring Report diadoaa, are Mkde public. 
 and which may ba aammad up aa follows : 
 
 AfMr •■***m(*I aewaM*** (ar «••' a >klfa <f » *Miiarr. II Ha* k*** r 
 
 ill *■• •# awn Umm tia W t Ma lapa^i M aiaat Ika ra^a ln aiia t i a( Ika 
 
 a««r aipaaaiaa aaaMBart* a( ika anak" Nank- Waal.- 
 
 ■aaiaaeiaaaike HaHwar OaaaaaiMrkMi kaWtka »fm Haa la Ufe* 
 ■aaarlar fraai Ika aaalki a»aaa4 Ika ana Harkar An* Uia flae *( 
 ■wMraaMa haalaaa ma aiMI (lakMaaaaUf tkt ^ t» t *« kf Ika ilaknal aa- 
 gtoaar ■■<* U iiiaia Ika aa l i a aaa la Ika MMii^MM HIvaH i fcalM Ika 
 temmwalareawaralraatataaalkaika r aiaHkaOraat Lakaa, t«M*fc ti la 
 aaaltaaaa aMi i | ri<i rt« i **« kallt Ik* iM alantat nllmr ita N w Tark 
 Ollrh aaaraaaaUr aMlaaaeaatel r*e*r« *»«* Um lalar O iiaali Ckaal tt 
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 Wetat-Oaaaruwiai I ii nm *ai» m pWTiaaa tar a raUwir Ha* 
 •■liirtkw v«M (raw PHt OkanklH far ■** kaaaiea aUaa, la fart tknaak 
 akat an kaewa I* « « | I i hm a* Ika ■•■aNM Utmt*.' »kat* kawaa 
 
 lililii M fnw liiii' ' — • T" - -'"^ — <a-iM. Uawartara 
 
 lanUaalWlakaalalakawkaraaMBMatkaaMMa wkMa faallMa Hva, 
 aeaataaafcaalMa ■arOMBpair^lartratlaaeaat. Bat UM* to Uaiplr 
 pw» al a a»*la«i wMak la l*l*B*k Ik* aartk *a# •« Uka Wlkaina »a« Ikaa 
 Uilkaaw^ta^lla^ rMaaalntnii a diaUMaa* laUy a Ikaataai aUlaa 
 
 aratrkllaa MaraaalkaMaa 
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 raaU, aatn Ik* 
 
 n ^ nt aa«aw»taaialiaM > *>li 
 
 Uw OkaitarnMrna la, aat a( Ik* in Ilea* af «(•*• 
 
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 alraai a faa aa> >aU am a<lk« C iai>«ay. i nn li ll y la 
 
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 (•> Tlifa nnM* NMIb Umh flMdMMatal «m- 
 
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 hm Um MitMl iMiiniiliii mi4 a y imiii l H— . 
 
 I MM larwISAl will ba tiM bMt h*** of aappikM. 
 
 1/ iMVMillialwIlMdMflMlMMl 
 
 lo Um kMl HMkaia for Um pro4w4a of Um 
 
 ragioM tiii><iHat <■■ fiwlMM'a ■!•/. mmI <>I II« «* food 
 •Mil MnMllaf Mllway littM «Mv«tlh"« >" 
 
 (dl) TW Uwrt MMoa of MvigitUtNi UinMck Ika 
 Mraita to Ika OiMHli«»imUM«itebMitiaMiMof rafaUr 
 aoMwawUI atoMMililp !!■«■ iMpoaaibU. Kmimi no rail 
 Um to H«dm'a B»j ilapaatfaat «|>oa anali aMHiM aon- 
 •M ba Ma4a to p^jr avan lla aipa— a a If M 
 or «•/ frai(tito aaa ba aaeurad. 
 
 (a) A b oUm t — IqaaaJtawMalaii B iof g i' M > adgwHaaiMa 
 is UmI Um »aal akora of Harfaoa'a Bajr froM Jlooaa 
 roatorjr to CbaatorMd lolal, kaa b«i om liBown notnr*! 
 korbor, MMoly. fCtCharahill Btrar. Ilaavhora. akM^ 
 Um ilMfa. Mod and bool-lar i*to aitond aaaward In a 
 aoaat-wlar H^a qr bait ton Mtlaa or aMfa vWio. wbara al 
 low Uda aMtoaa often baanaaa laaaMvably atmidad in 
 Mod and mmoag houldara oat of aigtit of luid. Hoeh 
 MMrina aondiUona ara probably |ioi to ba found on anek 
 • iMHa aaala alaawhara on Uta ffioba. Tha daaeription in 
 Um BaginaarV Rapor« of Um aflbct uf Uiia fwilora al ihu 
 bmmUi of Um graal Nalaoa Rivar, ahoakt ba aapaaially 
 noted aaaapUantory of Iba aaiiM of Um abnadonmaBt 
 of Um anbaidiaad rpkllway rovte UMoaa to Um City of 
 WinnipaC, yal avan t)Maa prohibiUra natoral faataraa do 
 not datar proaaatoia fntaa pablidy adiroaaUof aaeiMBM of 
 water w«ya aonnaetad with tbat wild tocrastial rirar to 
 ■aaoModata tha Winnipag grain traAa by tanalnaUag 
 at tha aaaaa nnappraaafaaUa point, or from waarying tha 
 oflWal aaMtakata of tha paUie ialanaK \>f dawanHing 
 lagialadTa attantion to tha aaoM 
 
 (f) Ooneading all Um natoral advantagaa of OhBrohill 
 Rivar aa a harbor, yoar anginaar pointo to tha facto tiMt 
 baiag too mitaadM north of Um Mooaa Rivar taraiina] 
 Um "opan aaaaoa" aa eoaparad with that at tha laat 
 
 itioaad port k enrtailad thirty daya in apring and a 
 
 ith aaeh tall OB acwmat of ito highar laUtnda. That 
 to iaaoh Um OhuvhUI Haibor froai Um GUy of Winai- 
 pai- woald'ra<|nira at laaat 780 niilaa of naw laHway, of 
 
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 iMMafitotety aar*ad »ia Um flP & froM Winnipag •'^ , 
 
 una ijwMa. 4f M*te* lh»aa A <ir « <to it III i i » *«A( 
 tewa.k Um baM lMH»r «a Um Bar •»-» tte iwaatiaaMa 
 
 laproVad ahlppiag faatUtlaa ara daly |f9«t4ad Th«*a. 
 Um la^at talld af • tiMif ateMMM * «t lUM «■» 
 orfgMliMd aargoaa for pmAtaM. a«»»n«— •" ^^"^ 
 paal HiTi'-"-f-'r •'*•' Um bM-»«at ta aaah yaar wb^ 
 aMh tf^ia baranflar <la«alapad oa UM* IWMa l» ^ 
 AUanulp awl hayowl 
 
 tg> t»»" H"* •" *^ "**' Utet on no oUm* nirta 
 bat UllaL wnald tab in any aanahtefsiite qaaaUlf, !• 
 worth ail* at Um land Iban at Um aaa t^wJaal. *"» 
 waM of a anaiMawaa r ala aMrbal Tbia la • Ruint tan 
 wall tab* • to ba gaiaanyad. bnt It Maaaa Um diAranaa 
 biMwaan nMOMTilai aaaaaaa or failara. to Um loataa Ukaa 
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 Laavtig Um nafaUva potato napaaUag praapaMl«« ^ 
 aompaUti am tnm oUMr poaalbia rival linaa. yoar INraatota 
 teka gra< 4 aikUafaatiaa in aakiag your flnrafal aMantloa 
 to tha gf md p>«aib(litiaa uf yoar •oterpriM. •■ abatahad 
 by tha « ipartanoad bMd nf Um aaUwr of tha BnginoaV '^ 
 lag Rapvl 
 
 Itia HMMMd that Um north aaaUon la to ba aoM- 
 platad > nt, foi^PLiwa ao aonalnaiva aa to naad no 
 fnrtlMr i rgumant. 
 
 Wia Utia aoaonpliahad. Um aforaaaid faport poiata 
 oat a w ly to aatand ito ao wn a a t t ona north-w a ateriy to 
 tha ahof a of tha Bakring Saa, a niote diatMMa of naaHy 
 ft.000 n ilaa I Aatoniahing aa Uiia raralation ia in tha 
 oaUlna. a akaar inapaotioa not only aoaflma Ito 
 raliakiliiy. bat bringa to tha front tha aarpriaing faa^ 
 tkat about M par etU. of tha whole ctMlanea is 
 atrmtdl n»ci09t»d 6y ateam fWMM-. Thoa fnm (ka 
 moatklbf Um Yakoa, wklak ia nnrignhia by ataani-^ 
 boato ftr t.fOO milaa, a roato aan ha aatoUiahad via 
 tka PMtnipina bmnafc raaching I JMO milaa aaatward from 
 Bakring Saa and to wiUiin 80 milaa of Um Maokanaia 
 Oalta. Hara tha Hodaon Bay Company hnra an ok 
 road «at out for traiNfar of gooda batwaan Um two 
 rirara. Upon tha lattar atraam a te a m a r a aaeand oa- 
 intermptadly to Oraat HUve Laka and ito aa«tam ax- 
 tramity a diatanea of ovar 1,400 milaa. Tbanea a port- 
 ■fa railway of about 178 milaa, aeaorcfUig to Um latoH 
 Qovammant owpa, will raaeh Chaatarflald Inlat. wbaiMa 
 I, MO milaa of doap watar narigntioo ia availabla for a 
 diiaat Una of ataaaMn wtUi Mooaa Rirar. Thoa «e 
 8,000 miloi of ialand rirar ataamar routaa, but *U of 
 poftaga rail waya naad ba nddad to nUliaa 1 300 addiUonal 
 milaa of aalt aaa tranait and eonnaet tha whola witfl 
 ywir railway t Thia maana a route axtanding froan 
 'foroato aa tha naaraat eommareial eantra, to tka 
 
 ahona of Bahring Saa in a eonUaaooa lina 9 aboot 
 
 vhWi 4M woald ba Uuna|h a *mf lo^ aoaahry. 
 
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 • Ai« aMIaa <>( partaf i railway fmrtlMta* |»«i«i<ImiI llia*«. 
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 tJOO mlUa ainra af aa*t«aMa niataa.a* AitlMlwaM 
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 •rMIl llMaa liafiir* HMtnlkaHKi mkI tho m«Kiiill«<anl aKKra 
 gate (if wvar 4.000 mikn <>l Intarnal aiHnmuntoaUtifl wUM 
 tMtiM ra«n«f<ia««f ('«a*Jal Nat aol/ ia IktaTtir laaaii 
 ing Iranall rrmta avalUhla for a rafiiM atliari rallwajr 
 • lUnatoa (nmi Iha aKUlh aiiial Iw alow al baat, latl la In 
 «M viwfa avUaMM af falMltMM waaMi Ih gM. patrut 
 aaai. anal and • Jl ara baing announaad in eamalanlljr ln> 
 •raaatiiK IM4aii«ai>, um Ilia hanly aiiiiunir la pualilag 
 ■or* aiKi aiora Into ila ImaiaMa biit ««4a«atn|taii <IW^ 
 trUla, li> aay nolhinff i>f Ika aKrianllnral and ftiraal 
 valaaa, wMah |»laiNljF a|>|iMr a^un Uu> aurCaaa u( Uuiaa 
 TMt aolitadaa ThM tha opaiitaff of Ihia in«arior Iranall 
 aonn««li<m via (?haaiarilatii Inlat and (Inal NIava Uka 
 «||| immainaUly add many Mllli<MM uf iMUra lo 
 Um nUioMl waalth ol CMHkd* la liayiNMl •|n<i«tJMM. 
 In honor of llta Knginaar who haa flt«| "■wteji"' 
 it, your Diraeliira pn>|M«a to daalKnata th« ■am* Vtldi 
 " Harvay ftuala " fullowinc Uia praaMtcnt ma<l« in rIv^ 
 an individual nart^y t<°> Iha Unit nMita pnijM-tail in (7aiiaila 
 iMlwaan U»ka Mupariur aad Laka WinnlpiK. iinown aa 
 <tha " lyaaraoQ roat*." 
 
 With Ihia grand olijaol aUainnibla. how ahall it lia nioat 
 wiaaty mMla availalila t 
 
 In tha liM of nolviiig Ihia prabtam your Diraetota pn>- 
 poM lo adopt eartain linaa of action *al(j«>et to yoar 
 approval, hriafly outlinad aa foltowa : 
 
 Fir»t-A» tn <:on»trueUoM Ctmt. Tha Hoard win 
 adopt tha raeowniantliation in tha t'lnginaar'a Raport that 
 •IM.000 par inila(*f)aa note 3) ba mada tha laaia (if aaleula 
 > tionaa thneoat of a railway built and e<|uippad upon tlin 
 .^■tandafd of Ilia L^« Huparior Diviai*Mi (SwIlMiry to Fort 
 William )of thaCanada Paeille Railway— to ba harainafter 
 rafarrad to by ila initiala (^P.R — if for lonmiotiva wrviM, 
 or fur aquivaiant «l«ctrical aquipmant and atyla of »m- 
 ■tnietioa upon a atendard to ba approvad by tha Onvam- 
 mant after imipaction of an illuRtrativa taction of the 
 mme, upon a full aeale in aetual operation. Unt of the 
 groM aum mantioned, tho Conipaay will roMrre not 
 late than Bra nor more than ten peroent for preliminary 
 and incidantel expanaea, including aurveya and inapee- 
 tion outlaya, aa may ba agreed upon with eontraetote. 
 '. Within thoaa limite the flnaneial atanding and buainaM 
 
 tm pfn^jf^tiktt^ |Ml'%MI •PwiwM iii|W]r '^•••••'••^ 
 vl teda. a* 
 
 ill III 
 
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 nf tha rmrta frwa tha ite Mary • Rivar In U4a water m 
 lite Mmm Mte* MNfl ateteMMl at «• ivaiiik «ii Hw 
 aaat a« IMim pa» mib. •ItaoOflM) U altiaMlaly te 
 ka pr<>«l«l«l , bwl ftiT Iha Mirik mmikm ••! IM 
 ft jlOO.aOO oMly will ha »<«i|aif«< la Ika tial I 
 with wMah atpawdUara an temiag ttalila aan i 
 
 To |ir<>«lda r<ir ikia aaiiitei II b prrtpiiaMl that Iha 
 IVanlnkm Im applUI !•> f>ir a tami gratit uf lt.MDO aarJ 
 par miki (alna^ MAhnrtead hy k|«, «• iThaftev H, 4t 
 Viati>ria ilNM) for a railway fnaa tha IIm iif Iha ('PR. 
 to Hu>l«HMHay).tohMalUiU>lii«artha«aMU»f HaiImM 
 Hay in Iha Tarrikirlaa nadar llnmlnl«Hi Mmlryl aatth af 
 Ontario* Uttindariaa, aa<l wkl«b hav* imi |>raaant an|M- 
 maraial vaiua Utr want of Iha tranati ra«lllllM whiali Ihia 
 ( 'ompany a railway aanftirwtatk AltekVkMWqphMMB 
 of 17400 par mile, payalila pro rate, una hatf aa taA 
 tan mlla MMlion la Ixtlll, and Iha Ulanaa ap>Ni auw- 
 plaliun of Iha north aaatioo froM tk* CP.E M iMo 
 water HulaH<|iMii(ly Iha wnUIi naatiiin t<> tha Hi Mary% 
 Rlrar to ha likawlaa aldal 
 
 Thia la a laaa rate in moifay. ami th» aamn In lamia. W 
 aanethHiad for auhaitliaing tha aliandtmMl rtMtm from 
 Winnipag to Iha month of Iha Nalann Riv«r 
 
 Aim that tha Pruvlnea of Onterio grant lo Ihia Ite 
 uaiial aubaidy of 1.1.000 par mila in inoaay. p^abU pro 
 rate. iHM half tm each ten mila MctiiNi ia eomplalatl ami 
 mnaindar whan railway in oomplateil fn.ni tlia (t P K. to 
 tide water , abio aahaa<)u«ntly in like manner aa to'*^ 
 Houtham aaetion. 
 
 Aa a pmvineial " aokmlntion rsilwi^ " thh IIm mate 
 ont-waigli in imptHtenee all tha othara pbw, or hentlo- 
 fora pfujaetaii. oomMnad Ita pnmipt inaugurati<m will 
 ancure tha pro ••ininant and permanent l<ication of tha 
 leading eommaniial entrepot of the Ureal (^nadian Haa 
 near tha omtra of that aoaat liw of (hitario. and eanf«r 
 an imp)rtenee upon the north«|^ eMiti«in of tha pntviii^ 
 which no other cokiniainK p"Ucy can do 
 
 It ia mora than probable that at the point of aon- 
 tact with the aix thouaand niilea of inland aaa eoaat Um by 
 the iiliortcat ponaible railway connection, not ortly with 
 the trana-continentel ayntoin of the Canadian Paoffl^^ 
 niutea. eiiat and waat. Irat alao with tha unrivaled water-' 
 waya via the (Ireat Ukaa and tha Ht Uvranea.-ik dty 
 will apettdily develop, whoaa induatriea will aupport 
 many thooaanila of wealth prodneera and tha aspotte 
 from which will in a aurpriaingly abort period eqna) 
 
 ft aboot 
 
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 •l«v«l<>(»ing aay *»laa llMy aHf paiaaM, latnn avManl lo 
 MMxl argamani 
 
 YiNir Dtraetuta toka plaaaMrn In ni|iuriiag Ulal Ilia 
 •ilHaikm In Uila ragMd Imi baaa aad la i pp wa i i l i 4 by 
 Uia Pn>viM)lal anUuiriUaa 
 
 Tha Pnivimtial lamia mainly toav w ai il liy Ikin luata 
 •M liailW la Ihaa* mmit nvar aftar aarvajr to w tl taw aa 
 " f raa jfanl lanila " itr <llR>r«rf for aala al SO aanla par 
 Mt« Mit(tacl U* liniliar raaar% ali oaa. 
 
 II hm baaa iiiirtilaii IM Ika Iknainlon <lov«*«- 
 manl haa navar had an appMoalioa ttw tha pnrehaa* mI 
 may <>f lu Umla in ih* Hudauna Bay raiMin.ami • valua- 
 tion of U aanta par aar* will ha a Hbaral iatiMata al 
 actual avaraga valua 
 
 Tha alMTtar of tha (^ipany limila lla iaaua of aloak 
 lo tMOp.600, or a pro raU of ST .100 par mila. and U la 
 propoaad ki prorida for faaknea of nasdad rapilnl by ala 
 of llva par aaut Piral-lian Daliaatura Bunda 
 
 Oiftha for«(OinR IjMia tha oapital aeeount will mmlt 
 aa follwra : 
 
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 LaadtakaMy trum 
 
 •1,1100 par aiUa 
 
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 lilMM >m tha Inland lahaa ami rivara wMh a anaa* wioa 
 •IpMaar Una Un Madinaw Nay and Htmila, and tha aggfi^ 
 
 naaa vttl u tio.miiijiao MpMal la ««Ma« tM aOlai at 
 
 railway wmnaatlng with Ml SAO mllaa if tha af« r u al d 
 •an and Inland Inh* and rivar natttai <i( whJah all «t«ip« 
 ahnni MO attai la AImIm vtll la vMMa Omtitm 
 limlto 
 
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 Ih* Mibaidiary "portaga" niilwayaon tha" Harvay nrataa" 
 wail <4 (%aatorfUld InlaL A aartaln amount of Hnt 
 U*n d*banturaa to ba iaauad pro raU par mil* npon UiMn 
 thould ba guarantaad by thia oompMiy, and aluek, aul*- 
 MripHon by it aathoriaad. Hurraya ot Ih* " portaga* " 
 ■koald ba proo a adad with at one*, in whi«h tha FadamI 
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 ■ubaidiaa in laoda and inooay for tha ahort diaUoM* 
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 lo Um Xukm aiiMuM Im MMinac»l «i • mill lo 
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 Th* liinU MMiUliMil In Um KogiitMr • Kaport UwU • 
 •*M»p ImI •NUUiiI rtyl* of milway mm Im hUIImI at 
 UMMMlMiiiita nn U'« r«Miilt i>f '^ifMMiiNwl atiidlm <i«viitMi 
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 AiiMMint of eapiUI. A imxiarata numlwrof capaoioiia liut 
 liKht ilmft fraiiflit b«rg«a aan iMiva an iromitnw tunnafa 
 at thajowaat lOMn^lla nnt Th« ataamara tuwinK tham 
 kmn hava aulAcK^y^HMangar aooiNnina<latl<iiU|, wltboal 
 •sptnaiva aMaaanriaa ami •Un oailaya lo attain hiich 
 •pawl. 
 
 Tlia aflant i>f thia lyatain will li« to draw tha produeii 
 and traila <if a larxa part of Alaaka aa wall aa all of Canada 
 north of AlhabMH Bivar v»ll«y and tMtward of Um 
 Roeky Mountaina from tha PaeiNo ociaat. and eoneantrata 
 tlia Mina at tha cuniniardal cantna via tha n«w liud- 
 ■on'a Hay route. 
 
 Third, Corporatm Managtmmt Yoar Diractora 
 raeOgniaa tha faet that an affair of thia iiumnituda cannot 
 ba manaifad properly at Hault 8ta. Maria, btit akould lia 
 eontrollfld front a wntral point in loueh with capital and 
 with oonipatant axeeutive andOovarroantal nuperviNion. 
 Haneathay rMommend that the main ofHoe lieaatahliab- 
 ad at Toropt<i" 
 
 ('onaidaring' that thia new ayatem of irunait will 
 ^^fnrniah maana of aeeeaii to tha vaat reKiona of North- 
 weatem Canada, greater in extent than now coverwl by ita 
 preaeut entire railway HyHlem. the Proviaionl Dirvctom 
 will not allow their peraonal. or Iqeal, interaat, to retard 
 the earlleat poaaiblo realiution of ita incalualile IwnelitM, 
 which they tieaire to aee o>nt.folled by reprenentativu 
 Canadians not only at preaent, but in the future. 
 
 To necure this object they decid«<l to make the con- 
 atructioo contract, payable in the proportion of the atock, 
 
 biM<b aifl <ulat<li«« maila avaltalila. InM with tha 
 tion that at Uaat aiity par ami of tha aloah ahall ha 
 dapinitMl In Intal at Tiimnin and raaarrad for raaMant 
 ( Vnaalian auhaRriittion at par until afUr tlia railway la 
 npanail to tha ahairaa of tha OQiat Canadian a«l. 
 
 Tha Pntvliirial ami J^Nniniim (tovemmanta aw to 
 hava a aimiUr option for tha wnw |Mrioi| by wh 
 (?ana<lian eontrol can In p><rinan«iitly aaaurad 
 
 Your Diraetori have IwHin pnmaouling nogotiatifMin 
 with capiialiMa of ample inaana, and with pntfoaaional 
 anKinearing lalant of tha highaat on|«r, awl hava th* 
 iiatiafaetion of aaauring yma that if Ihu Oovanimantal 
 aelion aought for ia proai|itly olitaiiia<l, ihara la no <louU 
 of tha Work in opening tha profwaml route from tha 
 C.P.R, to Hiidaim'a Ray haiiig entarail upon with<Mt delay 
 under the terrn^ of a contract alraaily agreed upon and 
 of being pualithl to ctiinplation with all praetieabla apaad 
 and that thia grand riault may ba actually raaliaad 
 before tha el<«a of thia century. 
 
 To prepare the way fur thia achievement aeveral pif>^ 
 liminary meoonalaaiioaa have baan inaile of tha riMtta afl • 
 whole, an<i of d^ioiis aeetiona of the name, ineluding a 
 Mrvey «l the liarbor in the tide water ar«M at tlie mouth 
 of the MoQae Riv'hr «iid of tlia entrance to it which ia tha 
 on^ly pUoH along the entire Ontariji coaat whara ada<|uata 
 harbor facilitie*! are powible. 
 
 VfHii' Direct<irs now conclude that tlie jieit atep in 
 the line of progreaa ia lo nacura tha eo-openttion of ropra- 
 Mantative men in buaineaaaffairaatthe Provincial capital 
 who will eonaant to aoaume Directorate control of ita 
 attaira, that the aima herein aet forth may be carriad 
 .out in a HMtiHfac-tory manner. 
 
 To that end the Executive Committee of the Board 
 ia authoriaed to oomluot auitable negutiationa at Toronto 
 and w MUceeMfiil termination of the Mme ia moat earneatly 
 deeiriHi by the present Pn)viHional Hoard of Directoni. 
 Reapectfully nubmitled by onler, etc 
 '* Jmhm McKay, Jimbph CAtztnn, 
 
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 TORONTO COKKESPONDENCE. 
 
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 JueKPH CoxicSH. Kmt.. 
 
 PrtMUUnI PrtftMtmal Aoant 9/ DIrtrtan tf M< amtiU HU. MmH4 # 
 Mattwa't Ma* RmUwtt Ompoay. 
 
 Dbah Sin,— After cnniidrring the atatementa ael forth in 
 the Hpecial Rvpoit of your Hoard.^ated Dneraber Ift, 1800, 
 aiid the |>erannal axplanationa of jroiiraelf and other menibvra 
 of thr Kxecutive C'oiiiinlttee, we nfntv t» b<«ome Dlreclom of 
 thv wld Company, with a view to facilitate a re-organliatlnn 
 of the Board after the main ofRre of the tympany haa been 
 tranaferrrd to the City of Toronto. , 
 
 Yoara reapectfully. 
 
 HTAPLBTON OALDKUOTT, 
 8. H. BLAKB, 
 J. W. LANOMUIR. 
 ROBT. KIUiOUR, 
 JAMBS MCOTT. 
 ToHoirro, JtfaveA Vi, lim. 
 
 ToHOMTO, Marth M, 7497; 
 Maaaaa. lULOKxirr, Bcakk, Lanohiiib, 
 
 KiMiovK A, HcoTT, Tohohto. 
 
 OatrrLBHKN,--! have the hrnor to acknowledge the 
 receipt of your favor of thaJU^ Instant, and hcg lt«ve to 
 report that after your conaent waa made known, a nieetInK of 
 the Pniviaional Board of Direclora of the Hault Hte. Marie and 
 Hudson'* Bay Railway Company waa duly held at Hault Hte.\ 
 Marie; Ontario, at 10 a.ro., on Haturday the 27th instant. 
 
 A By-law waa unanldidusly adopted changlnR the Main 
 Ofllce of the (Company to the City of TorontOi by virtue of tha 
 ppwera conferred by the Charter amendment of iSylL 
 
 Action WAS alao taken aa authoriaed by the Charter to add 
 to the number of the Olrcctors, with a *vlew to maintain the 
 original number. 
 
 To thia end the first four of the signera of your letter 
 before ma were at that meeting duly added to the number fay 
 election .with the ezpaclatlon that another vacancy would 
 
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 mmt h» MM hf «ka itirtlnM of Um NMalala* ■•«>« M 
 
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 •flw Um >»«iim»<Iwi <i( Um llM m wi hWkiva IV 
 
 >*,«llp>ah, oraaanoa 
 
 IwUll 
 
 In TiKwito. •* 
 UMllatla 
 Mjr lia ptmaC 
 bi ■>•■* wtUi f <Mi < 
 date aa mar avlt r"" •'•"•■■'aataMa. 
 Yuofa vary r ia y ttfully. 
 
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 ^A-Aa a4>mnM4 aMaUa« al llM 
 A^l (l IMT. a«TaaaMr l<l Ika rraaMraf* iMIaVi 
 gaiitlaiaw a aiail arara ivaaant aa IMraatuaa, 
 
 Mr. (!<iHaa >.Miiw«il hU raal|PMU»« aa Piaahlant. «iM 
 IHUlNlirn OaUaontl. mmf.. was aiarlail Ui (III UM'>ar*MM>r 
 
 AMaraan Jamaa Nnitt «aa abrtaat VIr- l 'taali l aatA. Mr. 
 
 ■nllliw Jarvla oaa a|if»(nUiil Trwuurrr, 
 Marray. ().■.. IUna«ar and <thlaf Rnsli 
 
 SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT 
 TORONTO DIRECTORS 
 
 TIm) rarqpIiHi S|i«:UI Report oTthe oriKiital Pn»- 
 visional Hoard of Uirecton of the above naiiMd Cooi- 
 pMiy will aaplain Um general •Uliu of the enterpHae, 
 and the reawma which led the membera of the Mine to 
 fccommend a renrganiiatioti of the Hoard and the re- 
 moval of the'maili o<lk« to the City of Toronta 
 
 The undcrtigned believe that luch action will con- 
 tribute not only to the proaperity of thit City but alao 
 specially promote the intercsta of the Province and of the 
 Domiition. 
 
 They arrived at thia concluaion, in view of bctt 
 wid leatuiea of the case stated in part u fdllowt >— 
 
 JVrel— That the extention of the system of Canadian 
 railways to the shores of the great Northern Sea can be 
 undoubtedly made moat readily and economically' from 
 a point on the Canada Pacific Railway at or near 
 Miasanabie Sution thence northward along the valley of 
 the Moose River to tide water at iu mouth. 
 
 Ateoiuf— That a railway upon that route will accom- 
 modate a larger section of the Dominion than any other 
 line than can be projected to Hudson's Bay as it atfords 
 a suflWently direct line of communication with Winni- 
 peg and Manitoba on the West, the great lakes on the 
 South, and Toronto and the populated section of Ontario 
 on the East * 
 
 X^Mt^It will most centrally penetrate the vast 
 body of unexplored crown lands situated along the sea 
 coast -and south and south-east of James' Bay and 
 Will moat rapidly develop whatever value they conUin. 
 
 These views are endorsed by one whom all will 
 
 raoogniie as an expert in these matters, having made 
 
 them a study in the management of the great corpolration 
 
 of which he is the head, and who has had a large part 
 
 of the region to b« traversed by this line, surveyed or 
 
 explored in locating 'the C.P.R. The following letter 
 
 fitNn that source in reply to Toronto enquiries aa 
 
 appended, had great weight in forming the opinion 
 
 of the undersigned. 
 
 TomnrrtK Jitnmtrf to, iW.' 
 
 m» WiLUAM C. Van HoMia, 
 
 ruaWinf n* Oi aa it aa flMOb ilafliaa* O iwpaiis. 
 Moaraa/ti. 
 
 
 ■t DiAa Sm WnxiAM,— 
 
 When tka Boginaer of th« Saolt 8ta. Haria * Hudsoa'a 
 Bay Railway CMmipaay Hrat aaw me in oonnactloo with thia 
 
 aMtsMaklail, I is e aa i y ranmimaulad him Ihat ha 
 f>m la oHar lo aaeartain whai view yoti louk oa ih/it f4^ of 
 y«ur Raliwajr Ooapany. After an ahaanca of m nmidM 
 apaai larnaly In ohtalnlaR Information and prorunac (urli a 
 auliatanUal Intaraai In tha iimlaftak Ing aa wnuki warrant him 
 In tha oooelitalon that ha uilght fairly aajr tha rtmA could now 
 ba Hitllt, I attain rarommaad hln^ to aaa fou aM dlacum tha 
 maMar la vlaw of tha fart, that, owing uy tha Incraaaad 
 Inlaraat Ukan haraiiaa of mlnlnx and tha aanaral davakiptuaat 
 of Iha rouBtry, othara had lakao up tha ftvsailaa of rom- 
 ■uolcaUaa with Hndaoa'a Bay. Attar ryiry aMturaiy aoa- 
 ■idarlnfi tha ggaUar with Mr. Marvsy I had nmka to tha 
 concluaion that It was of vary vital uumaQt to tha aucnam of 
 tha antarprlaa U> tofirh tha O.P.R. at tha abortaat Una of, 
 itlatanca fnmi Hudaon'a Bay. Thia waa thought to ba Iq tita 
 vielnlty <if MiaaanaMa. Anothar Una I* now ooataroplatad to 
 tha Baat covarlng a langth of aaarly M mliaa i anothar ona 
 again to tha Waat of much mora oonaidarabia langtb. As 
 bstwaaa thaaa two It aaamad that In Um inlaraat of tha Pro- 
 rlnca aoAof tha O.P.R. Ihart could bo no quaatlon but that 
 thoahortarandthodlrsetllnawaatlMOiia to ha adoptad. U 
 appaarod to ma, alao, that aa thia IIm{ ran ao largsly In tha 
 vallay of tha Mooaa RIra It would inafca tha work aaaiar of 
 aeoompllahmaat and would alao. furalah meaoa of tasting 
 lUrly Uia capability of alactrlclty aa appllad to a railway. 
 Tha gtwlual fall thrmwh thia *allay givaa (ba opportunity a( 
 abort Inlarvals of rapplying running powar. 
 
 In order to tha carrying oul\ of any of thaaa aobamaa l| 
 will ba naoaaaary to proeuro aubata n tla l aasiatanca from 
 Oovammant. Tha Uovaramant should aid that Una wbl 
 Will bast anawar Its purpoaaa in tha ganaral davalopmant of 
 tha country, and act baat aa a fatdar to tha grant trunk Una 
 which It toncbea. To my mind therti aarms to be no quaatlon 
 but that tha abort diract routa ahouM meat with tha larger 
 OMaaura of anaoorageikiant from thoaa whoae duty it la to 
 Muartalta what will la tha long run be tha moat faaaihia and 
 laaat aspenaiva Una, having f6r Ita object the development of 
 wha> oiay be found woMh developing In thie Northata 
 territory. I cannot esaggerata the Importance of a com- 
 monicatifm from you In tha atrengthenlng of our haoda, in 
 praaanting to tha Oovemmant tha clalma of the ronta. which 
 Mr. Harvey and hla Company have thouffht to be the moet 
 feaslMe meaoa of opening up comraunicattoo with, and 
 developing the reeourcee of the Hudaon'a Bay territory. * * • 
 We are moat anziooa to work In eotiiis harmony with you in 
 this matter, and to endeavor, ao far as the commoditlee of the 
 North wlU enable it, to make thia line a feeder to the Canadian 
 PaeiflcBaUway. 
 
 Yoore taithfnUy. 
 
 «. H. BZ.AKB. 
 
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I ha** fovr )•«•■» trf Um nth laatant. I mm not wNM- 
 Mlly •pqiMlnlarf oil* %tt» nmt<uv»» nl Um torTtiary lnt«M« 
 Um m«ln Una .>f llw l)an«dlMi PartHr IUll«r*)r mm! Jani«» Hay. 
 M|4 of Um toixb mmI «*Mn haytimt. M> «HynM «n optnUm ■•• 
 tiM nwHto nf Mr. Harvay'* rallwsr ■■ I wr n lw Bivli • mil* 
 wr wtwM aot ka ■■nag Ik^ wbMi Mm ftiaaiMaB rMUb 
 
 .OMMpaajr vaipi^ •■ MvwMry k> !!• jmmmI tfilMiti tmt 
 UMrafim thU OcmipMir »<iuld n<>t h^ dlip n i t l« uka Miy 
 part In (^^••natrurUaxi nr Ui Iw fliiaiuTlally Inti n«li< la It la 
 aajr mdf^^ i-an imlf aav that If lb* •nUrprlMn alMHiM raaah 
 Um nHMtnwUun ataipi Um t'aiwiiUui Pwlllv Oimipanjr wmild 
 afford It Um imiat f»«<>ratil« )«mM •■ raxanla raUa <>« nm- 
 
 ^■triictlon tiMtartak, ni|i|>ll»« mmI witrkmon raUw aa llharal •• 
 nnild ha •ipartol bjr a frlotHlljr ntaiMrtlag Una fnnn an«<lMr 
 and l( mmld ftirtlMr »gnm la Um moat llbaral dlvlatooa of 
 rataa on all InUBe IntarrhaaRad la Um futul*, and would 
 maka an arrangauimt aa Ui Uila Inlarrbanca for aa kmg a 
 Uma aa mlKht ha daalrad. 
 
 If a Una to Jamn' Hay U Ui ha bulU It aaanM U> hm that 
 Um mdta from MUaanalila or fnmi aoma plara In that vicinity 
 la by all (Mlda thf liaat that ran ha aalactad. Murh InforuMtloa 
 aa I hava Indlcataa that Ihara ara no mataria) phyalcal 
 dllHculUaa to cMracvoma iMtwaan MlManaMa and Hoaao 
 raetory. A Hna by «ray of Laka AMtUM w<mld ba lomo- 
 what ahortar In paint of throufh diatanca, hut mtt anou|h 
 
 ' onuld ba Wfad In dialanca to Juatify tha much Kmatar aitant 
 «if Una to ha buUt. Morautrar, tha Una from MlaMjuaMa, aa 
 Will ba 'atan by a ilaara at tha map, would afford a alMirt 
 routa from thr waat, thr Iniportanca of which ahuuld not ba 
 ovarltMikail. 
 
 I ani, youra vary (r«ly. 
 
 (««nad) W. (}. VA!i( IIOKNR. 
 
 a H. BUAKB, Rp)., Q.C.. 
 
 TOMIHTO. 
 
 ' Fourth— U is well known that other routes have 
 have been projected to James' Bay from Toronto but 
 there are conclusive reasons for considering that they 
 cannot supply business facilities as advantageously for 
 this city as the line of this corporation, because: (!> 
 the better service which a trunk line like that of the 
 C.P.R. can furnisltr from the junction with the branch to 
 this city over existing connections, (b), It is safe to 
 assume that lower rates of freight and pasaengerltransit 
 and faster time can be furnished for Toronto business 
 with Hudson's Bay via Missanabie than by any other 
 route that is at all probable to be built for many years to 
 come. It must not be overlooked that with the connec- 
 tion via the C.P.R. to Heron Bay on Lake Superior a 
 water route m at anc« availtMe, by which gtods in bulk 
 
 ' (!kn bM^ftyered to or from our city M lower rates per 
 ifpn tnfli b^ any all rail route between the terminals at 
 Hudson's Bay aM this city, (c), Again, no export 
 trade from Hudson's Bay southward could be diverged 
 to railways with an eastward trend when a shorter 
 
 ' southern line to the great Lakes was oflered as via 
 "Heron Bay" or the "Soo," and any railway to those 
 northern waters must evidently secure that traffic in 
 
 :-order to become self supporting. (d), But a still 
 weightier consideration is that while the Missanabie 
 route can reasonably satisfy the demands of Winnipeg 
 
 / . ■ ■ ■ 
 
 and Manitoba tor a railway connection In HutbiNi'a 
 
 Bay, lh« altrrnailv* of l&ving no other accna but by a 
 
 rouhi bwuplnc aaatwanl on a dirwct litw to Toronto wouki 
 
 not be lalisfactiiry to the Waatem City and Provlnc*,- 
 
 but a more direct line would certainly he agitalad until 
 
 realised, and Ontario would kMe the great advantage eC 
 
 the coneanlrallon v( the wMeat range of fauainaia now 
 
 , possible at a point on tha sea coast within its own limits^ 
 
 While these are not all the' arguments that can be 
 used, they are deemed sufficient to dt^monatrate the fcct 
 that the interests of Toronto, of Ontario, and of the 
 Dominion will be moat advantaff^sly promoted by 
 favoring the Miaaanabie route, /a* the pioneer line 
 between this City and Hudson's 
 
 Heitce the undersigocd hawb accorded to it their 
 personal support, and invite their felknv citijwns desiring 
 to see the business connection /of this city extended aa 
 fast aa possible, to do likewiie, and secure permanent 
 control of the Missanabie rou^e to Hudson's Bay, in and 
 for this city. 
 
 As to the flnancial programme set forth in the Special 
 Report, it may be ««ll to remark that sutistics show' 
 that the total -cash subfidies granted to the railways of 
 Canada average over f 1 jpoo per mile, and unquestion- 
 ably none of them presented as large proportion of 
 public advantages for the mileage involved as the railway 
 now under consideration. That a short link of but aso 
 miles will connect the 1 5/M0 miles of Canadian railways, 
 and the 2000,000 miles nf Continental railway transit, 
 with 6,000 miles of inland sea coast, in our own territory, 
 is an unparalleled case, and when to that, nearly 6/100 
 miles, additional of inland, lake and river navigatkm 
 can be added in the manner and by the mean» therein 
 set forth, the result can be truly termed wonderAil. 
 
 The proportion in resources to be provided are 
 about four-tenths in private capital, three-tenths in 
 cash subeidies, and three-tenths in crown lands, at 
 an estimate which cannot be considered as conver- 
 tible into cash assets for many years to come, and 
 the disposal of which as an element of industrial de- 
 vek>pment is really a greater benefit to the (^rown than 
 withholding the same would be. The terms theiefore 
 seem to be not only warranted by precedent but aa ^ 
 favorable to the public interest as could be reasopably 
 expected. ' 
 
 That the realisation of this new developtnent of the 
 resources of Canada will form an important epoch in its 
 history tnere can be no doubt 
 
 tITAPLBtON CALDBfUOTT, 
 8.H. BLAKB. 
 ', J. W. LANOMUIR. "• 
 
 . ROBIORT KlbOODR, 
 
 JAIIBH800TT. 
 ToeoHTo, April e, tam. 
 
 
 
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 •ADDENDA 
 
 aor<ClltMNQ TM« OMAT OOMOMIIUaAt OrrOHTUNITY or CAMAOA. 
 
 INMUNTMIAI. HIIKNOMKNA. 
 
 Mtdlani imiKfiMi, in (lavvlopinK Ilia miiHireMi <>f 
 nnaiploml wwtiiHM of tli« kIoIm, Iuu iHiiitont iiiiurviill<)Uii 
 history tlinn ia ■■•ni|iliM<(d in tii« rnoord of th« Iwit Hve 
 yamrn euiMMrning that |Mrt of Wmlom ('anaila liiiown •• 
 
 tha K<ii>t«nay Hiatriet of Hritiah tUA bi% In IHIIS Iha 
 
 atiilnaaa of all tha pretwiinK ugat n-ataii ii|ion tha iiuw 
 famoua aaetlun of tha Ktwky Mountain^ 
 
 Explorvra il«iniHMtrat«xl the praaaniHt of tha hidilan 
 Wtalth of pnicioua inat«U. and now tli<iUMan<la ar« at 
 work followinK up thti " leatJa " mt rvcwntly diacnvtrwl, 
 Mid from tha Iwwala of tha a«rth are broiiKht forth 
 railliona, with tha voluma inoraaMnK in an aatoniahin); 
 miia ("Sae notoX ^ ~ " ^ ^ 
 
 Meanwhila the *arfaoe vielna|{« ia manifeatini; mar- 
 vallous changaa. The priaieval foreata aro diaap|)«arin|{. 
 diliaa ara apringing into poaition. Lake* arw ItMng 
 utiliiad by linaa of ^aaaengvr and freight lad«n«il 
 ateamara ; while railwaya are penetrating into " paaaea " 
 hitherto aolaly trodden by the tiunter. The <|U()ation of 
 linea of railwaya- to eonnect with the general tmnait 
 •yatom of Canada and of the Continent ia now engaging 
 tlu) attention of the entira Dominion. 
 
 Another fleld of aimilar poaiibilitioa, but covering a 
 vtatly greater area, and with far more diveraiHed 
 reaouroes, ia juat now emerging from the deituetude of 
 hoary agea and forcing itaelf upon the *kention of the 
 far-aighted atateaman, and enterpriaing capitaliat 
 beeauae of the reaulta of exploratioiM made by the 
 pioneer eiplorera who have commenced aearehing into 
 ita unknown reoeaaea. Tlie vaHt region njferriMl to, while 
 including a part of Britiah ColumiHa, extendH far beyond 
 that Province to the eaatward and northward, and niAy 
 1)0 moat accurately d«aignate«l a« the Baainn of the 
 Ifaekensie and Yukon Rivera, the aeoond and third, nn 
 aiae, of thoae on thia Continent ; the Miaainiippi alone 
 taking precedence in magnitude. 
 
 Over one hundred yean ago ( 1 788) Mackenzie, having 
 the extension of fur trading facilities in view, doicended 
 the river bearing his name toils mouth. To him the 
 surface indications of sustenance for fur bearing animals 
 d^tituted all the wealth to lie aouglit for. The wit 
 and sulphur Bpring«,the asphaltum and petroleum rivulets 
 u>d pools, the cliflit of^cQal lining the river for hnndnwU 
 
 •Van.- 
 
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 -11 t* clrMidf etaar; Mill • mnwpdndMt o( The Landan, Rns.. 
 
 HlU OohaBblLlhU tkiii prairlww-a xl«M o( 
 
 i>li»«ll»tloB with and laeladina tha ralax of 
 
 par, wm, tn tha ckiaa at irni. raaeh a rrar"* 
 
 waMaa aoBtliiawit allowaaca for a po«alhla 
 
 of miloa or tlia auHfaroua sanila on whiah thay 
 unwittingly tnid. hail no oimiiMireial signilUsamw or 
 in<iuatriat valuM to thaip '"* I'^^V "tartwi a flni 
 ill on* of th« coal Imlgva, and a C^iiiMlian aur« eying 
 party fmiiid the flUi atill bariiln|(; one huiidrml y«ani 
 laUr. (Hae K«|M>rt of K <). lieC<Miiiall, H.A , iiage OH). 
 
 The Nin«t««<;ith (.'antury haa since come, and ta iinarly 
 gona, with little chaiiga in the ucomimia comlition of that 
 vast ntgion, excnpt that Ruwla has sold Alaska to the 
 Uniteil HUtaa , tint hnrds of buflalo. and Witli them the 
 hordaa of migratory Indians, liave iltNappnnrtMl from the 
 " I'lainit " of tli« Haiikstchewaii and Maokansie Valleyn i 
 liut now a mighty cliangH is ovideittly im|wnding, for 
 the milling explorer liaa anterml thoae regions, and rich 
 prima are alrea^ly fiHiiul to uxist, which noairigora of 
 rlimatf, will d«t«r the rentlHw •iiergiiM of tha mining 
 adventurer from making known to the world. -^ 
 
 Before noting the local uvidmices of wealth which 
 they have diaeloaed, a more general aurvay of the reyioii 
 will be flrst preaentitd. 
 
 This can be done by taking advantage of the 
 examiiiationa made by a Select (committee of the Henata 
 of the Dominion of CanwU, and publialied by authority 
 of PaMiaraent in 1H8N, in a document of 310 page*, and 
 from which copioua extmcta are made. 
 
 The Committee was " appointed to enquire into the 
 " resources of that part of the Dominion lying north of 
 " tha Hankatchuwan waUirsbwl, I'^t of the Rocky Moun- 
 -* tains, and West of Hudson's Hay, atid comprising the 
 " Great Mackenzie Basin — its extent of navigable nvers 
 " lakea and sea coast, of arable and pastoral land, its 
 " flshtiries, forests and minea, and to report upon it* 
 " poviible corairtHrcial and agricultural value." 
 
 The Commitiee reported that the Mackensie Baiiin 
 comprised an area estimated\t 1,200,000 squars miles; 
 nlso tiMt the three great lakes Atliabasca, (]reat HIave 
 Lake, and Great Bear Lake, have navigable coast lines of 
 over 4,000 miles, with an area probably exceeding that 
 of the great lakes of the St. Lawrence Basin, excluding 
 Lake Miohigitn. 
 
 That there are 2,750 miles of navigable water in the. 
 Msckeiuie River ani main tributaries, of which 1.300 
 miles are north of the rapids of the Great Slave River, 
 and can bo navigatvd by ocean steaiuers of medium 
 capacity, which can, via Bohring Sea and the Arctic 
 Ocean and the M«ckenzio, reach and traverse Greiit 
 
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 K<Mt*aa)a wlU •iM«Ha)TaaontaialraoatrilHita«l«,«ft,«W worth of 
 
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 |irc<iloa«aMUIora,fori>hlMllHiBilnoooaalrroflha8loeanlampMl7lnm«a. 
 Ins Iw oatpaf from a anmbar af atoaa. lo whMi arm maiilh aaw ahlppm 
 ara adda4, Roadaad'a |rlaM> alae alaadllj aalaritaK, and It la aow oaruUn 
 aad ouMrnortham alttrlcta of wnt Kooienar— ao Um 
 
 that tha JllaeUI**—^^--^, . 
 
 Itaatom Keataaar -wUl hrsia to jmUtf hf laria oBt>«m of praoloaa malal 
 l|«a blsii hoitaa haw aalaMaiSMI <i Umse 
 
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 lit* Hatpiirti 
 
 ABiH^ «■• PMnmiAL LA una. 
 
 TiMt vllkln tiM mM iit lit* t Imnioltlas'* nMiulry llw*« I* 
 • IHaalMa iiraM of Wi^Uub •■«•*« mliaa HtiMi for Um gniwtk «l 
 piitaUMs, wn.lin auuara mAara niltoM* fiir Imrfoy. mmI IM.lin 
 ■|iMi« mlUa MitlaM* fur whMU. 
 
 TiMt litof* la • partnriU •>«« ■># Ml,lin aiitiam mtWa, WifltO 
 ■ lUa ••( whlah la <>|wn prmIHa wlUt •mmAmutt ip^ivaa, Uia 
 raiiMln'lar tMnfi hhitv tir Hiaa wtiuilaNl j YTI.IIMI atiiMra iittlaa, 
 inrlutllnff ilM p«iUHa, laay ha ciiiia rt ar»il aa arahlai i««m1. 
 
 TiMt sKiHtl «»,M» a^lMW« mllaa <•! tlM litlal arM U iiaalna 
 tor Um paaiura^a i>f tUmtrattf MiiiwUa <ir fi>c •■lUltrathm. Thia 
 •TM nimiirtalnii t%a Harrati (InniiHia mmI a imritam iif Um 
 lightly wtaalaal rasVm to thalr aiwik •<i4 w«at. 
 
 That UiriMMfcuttt Uil* Mmbla and paMonU ara* UUiiala hmmn 
 nn (llcTttr to ttiin U> MtmiiMr lan Q aniw. Um a|lHiit| Mooara aiHi 
 Iba bulla ftfdavldwiMH U«aa auoaariaa aa aarlr otirlb iif Ur^** 
 HIava tmk* aa at Wlnnlpag. IH. Paul ami iMmMayolU, King 
 ■ton. nr Ottawa, and aaHlar ainfis tka tVara, Ltaril and aiMna 
 minor arvatani affluanta nf Um Or«tl Marbanti* KWrr. wiMra. 
 Um rllmal* rraamhiaa that «4 waa t ai n Ontartu. 
 
 That tha nail** RraaHa aiid ratahaa ara aquai and In aanM 
 dlatrkla auparlor Ut thaaa of aaatam Oaaada. 
 
 That Um pr»*alllng anMth-«r«at aamwar Vlixia <>f tha 
 WMiatrjr In qiiaatlciw liring tha wanath and MuilaturK whirh 
 randar niaalMa tha far mirtlMm r araa l cmarth, and aanalhly 
 •Ihrt tha rllmala of tha rMilon i i a d ar nHMldarathm aa far 
 ' Morth a« tha Arrtlr rlrria amfaa far raat aa tha aaatam rim of 
 Um Mackanil* Haaln. 
 
 naMBWBi, MMiBvra aiib miiBa 
 Tha Immanar laciiatriaa araa of tha aaalin and oortlMrm 
 liurtlona of Um araa iindar rofMldantUon ImpltM, fr<MII tk» 
 avidanca givan ragardlng tha quanUlT and qualllT of t» 
 watar f<aid Ibhaa, tha futiira aupply of a grant purtlnn of 
 North AnMrlcan i-onllnanti 
 
 UIT and qi 
 
 wpplT of a grant nurtinn « 
 
 wblla, though tnara haa 
 
 Ing am flah. yat tha folk 
 
 tha 
 
 ulHalnad laaa arldaner ragarding aan flah. yat tha following 
 hara hann fiHind on tha iMNftham and 
 
 within tha 
 
 ■nifia of tha pnwant anaalry , vl* i lalnMNi, on fbur of tha rirara 
 amptjring Into Hudaon a Hajr on lla waatarn ahora, and In all 
 tha rirara flowing Into tha Arrtlr Meaaa. ateapt Iha Maehanaia< 
 whara an antlrahr dlllarrat but alao valunhia aiwrlaa, tha MalMo 
 JfoahntaM. Navlna tha loral itama of Um ItMonna, ailata In 
 grant nuvihara. Tha 
 Antic (Mmw and 
 
 eod uin 
 quantljr 
 
 [ion -tha hanka 
 tahan 
 
 Tha caaaling la found im lh» oMat of tha 
 Hudaon a Bay, thua Implying tha im'aanaa of 
 nka naar bjr, and Iha rwk cod baa hrrn fra- 
 
 and bridging purpuaaa, far In an 
 
 ctlva valua to tha trailwi ragiona uf Canada and 
 
 gn a t pruapaci 
 Cka IfnltadHb 
 
 Idlng, 
 iofl( 
 
 lla own 
 
 Ining, n 
 naada, i 
 
 of 
 
 igro' 
 all^lHirpoaaa of houaa and ahip nulMInf, for mining, rmllwair 
 
 raa 
 - . ' ' gro' 
 ftomiatitm hatag aeanl. hut tha allnrlal portion haa upon It (on 
 
 Htataa Ut Iha ■oath, tha growtB on tha L«urantlan 
 
 Tha foraat araa haa upim It a growth of traaa wril aiiltad for 
 -" ^' " iHilk 
 
 raalaa 
 tha gi 
 
 at portion 
 tha rirar of Ita nama and alaawhara) Iha " Uard," a 
 poplar. aooMliinaa rallrd Halm of Ollaad or mugh bark poplar, 
 110 faat high, wllh a atuiup dUunaUr of flva to ala taal. Tha 
 mhilt tmrutm, IW faat high, with a atump dlaroatar of four to 
 fl*n faai t tha larrA, of auut fhaaaOM mtm, and tha hmikilnw 
 mint, whnaa atralght alam la oftan IHIIkrt long, with only two 
 . taut' of illalnrtar at tha alilmp. 
 
 Of tha nliMa of thIa Taat ragion llltia la known of that pari 
 •aatoftha Mackanala RIvar and north uf araat Mava Uika. 
 Of Um wmtir n aflluanU of tha Haekamia anongh la known to 
 •how tha* on tha haadwatara of th* PMica, Uard and Paal 
 RWara thara ara from mOlntoaiXOOOai|uara mlka whkh may 
 ha co n aidarad aurifaroua, whUa ilanada poaaaaaaa waat of Iha 
 RockT Mountaina a matalllfarmta araa, principally of gold- 
 ylftdlng mcfca, thiitaan hundrad nlllta la langth. wllli an 
 avaraga b raadlh of four lu flva hundrMl mllaa, giving an araa 
 tar matar than that of tha almllar mining diatrWta of tha 
 nalnboring RapuMlo. 
 
 In addition to thaaa aurifaroiiadapdal^, gold haa baan found 
 on tha waat abfir* of Hudaoa'a Bay, and hw bean latid to aziat 
 In oartain portlooa of tha Barran.Omunda. Silvrr oo tha 
 Uppar Uard and i^mca Rlrar« oaopar upon tha Oopparmina 
 Rtrer, which aaay ha oonnactad «riUi aa aaalam arm of Oraat 
 Bmr Laka by a tramway of InKy mllaa, Imn, graphita. ochra, 
 
 ' 1i and piNtarT clay, mica, gypaiim, lime ana aandatona, 
 I for glaaa aiMl moulding, ana aaphaltiun, ai^all known to 
 axlat, tehlla the patmlauni arm la ao axlanaira aa to JuaUf r tha 
 balirfi that avratually It wiU anpply tha largar part of thia 
 conUnant and ha ahlppcd fmm Chuivblll or aonia mora north- 
 am Hudaoa'a Bay port toKngiamL 
 
 Bait aiid aiilphiir dapoalta ara laaa axlanaiva, but tha formar 
 la found In cryalala aqual in purity to Iha baat rock wit and In 
 highly lallna anringa, whita tha Uttar la found In tha form of 
 pyrltaa, and tha fact that thaaa patrolaum and lalt dapoalta 
 occur mainly naar tha Una of dirialoa hatwaan "daap watar 
 naTi||«tioli and that fltlcd for tha llghtar oiafL giva tbam a 
 poaaiUa g r aa t oommarrial valua. TM aatanaiva coal and 
 flgniUdcngaitaof Ihalowar Mackatiila and alaawhara will ba 
 found to 6a of g raa t valua whan tha q u aaUon of rrdneing Ita 
 iron uraa and. ih* tranaportatlon of tba paodnc t a of thia vaat 
 rrglon hava to be aolved hj ataaro aea-gotog or llgntar river 
 craft. 
 
 The evidanra auhmlttad to yoiir Committae poiala to tha 
 ei l aceiw* In tha Athabaiea aad Miidiwiila Valley u f tha mit - 
 
 ■W-" 
 
 aalva p ataiilaam flaMhi Aa n rha. If aat hi the wa»l. TW 
 of patrataaai aail nawainady Iha lim^ad hw It by all 
 
 aaaaof palialaaai aas aaaaaaa 
 
 aaMaaa aMLlaaraaMag at auali 
 
 Iha iSaMMuaa aaid WiU faah t 
 
 a rapM rallit, ihal It la |pa<>lMMa 
 wM MauMM aa ■nriimiiiia valaa Iq 
 
 la i«* M »la a aaahl la Iha aavlpillmi «l ttHm ragfcai a 
 'tdaaaii baa a g raad a* In Iha g n al aalaat laf Hi^||iroha« 
 
 navl- 
 
 <if great |Ma l» (ha Mwlaaa'a 
 
 f aaad tha walarwaya. avan 
 
 Ilk* walarwaya. 
 Waa raaaat in laiMi 
 
 ■allna, a«d lUa twt hM ha 
 
 Wmf liwaipaay, wh<> ban ai< 
 
 whan «lr*«liw«a and dlWrall . ralhar than naaM » 
 
 aarrtag*. ami UMir lalaad puala In aa hr natlh aa Um Amir 
 
 airria ara auw auanlUd fRMH thair raalral 4a P " ! al l^>*« ttarry 
 
 wllh onlf lit mlba <if laad rarrlafa, hiur uf Ihu halng by 
 
 tramway at tha Uraml Haplda <4 Iha ■aakalahawan. ainatv 
 
 mllaa itf w a g go n traaapiirt frant Mdaioalua lu Athabaa aa I 
 Ing. thanr* by alaanMr aM fl^imal lu FoH Ihnlth on tha Uraat 
 
 Hlava Klvar, whara I wanly mllaa of wa 
 ahalluw with flaap walar aavlgalUa, aaj tha alaamar NTrMaa 
 dlatributaa thani lu Um varloua paala down to Iha nMUla al 
 Um Markaaala luat abitv* lu aatuary, whara Iha rivar la aaM to 
 ha all mllaa wlJa. ami up I'm! Klvar which |i>lna tka MarhaAal* 
 naar that ixilnl •••• fort Marphanata <>« that g«iU haarlng ^ 
 alraa m . Tha graat l*k«a whirh rwalra tha dralnaga nf Uila 
 vaat ragkin and gIva •<■ wiual Hnar lo tha Uarh«f|ala, all bara 
 ilaap walar navlgathm, and Ilka ninat lahaa ••' tha l«iir«atlan 
 furmalMm ara atiidalad with lalanda. 
 
 Tha mnat anotharn wmraa uf tha graat MachantI* Rlvar la.a 
 atraam fad by tha glarlara uf MuunU ll<Mikar ami Hr<i%n, two 
 of tha higbaal of iJir Hnrhy Umiatain nhala. la UllludaV'IB', 
 aad thia anun liariimM a navlgabia atraam, praaarrlng that 
 rharactar aarapl at tha liraaha oMfltloaad. 4Kr''*fl ^* ■<**'*r 
 fljin nUlaa <if Ita <<uurH< U> tha P»Ur Haa. Aa aMmly iiMnlluiMd 
 Ibaaa waata r n aflluanU #111 fiiriii valuabia llnha •« » inrana uf 
 taking In maahlnarv and mining auppllaa U> tha iip|>ar watara 
 of tha Paaea and Uard Rtvara which ara m>w Inan-aaaahla fur 
 haa« V marhlnary fnun Ih* waat nuMl, and lb* i-uat uf Ukin 
 nnivialona, makaa In mlnliig and ~ 
 
 daaldaratum. Tha navigation u|Hin 
 
 MMI, and lb* i-<Mt uf l«kliu| la 
 
 |tr<><l>artlng alfurla a aarluuc 
 
 . wMiaUanTRIvaralauwIIIha 
 
 Important fartur In tha fiitura flMid aupply 
 
 ling raglntt of Iha upper Yuhon and PealHI*' 
 
 M Ih* ftvah water fiaid flahaa uf (ha ragioa, I 
 
 t» Iha graal 
 
 (M 
 ling." aa aarallant 
 found 
 
 , Baek-a' 
 
 "'X 
 
 not pravahint aaaawbara, aaame I 
 n l(a rivara. ami evan waat of Iha Rucky 
 
 liounlalna.'but tha atapl* pnuliK-l «f Ita lahaa ami large rivara. 
 ~ lb <if graat walght iuid aarallant flavor, and 
 trawl often reaching forty piMada In weight, and evinaaea goaa 
 
 to ahow that tha farthar mirth the graater Iha vlaM of lab till 
 tha quanUty benimaa anoriooua. Aa an liiuairatlnn tha fnl- 
 lowlng la given fiom'tha evidence uf Pmf. Maouun, who qikolae 
 Mr John RIchardaon to tha tlhri, that one of tha aariy overiand 
 fVanklln eipeditlone took flftv thuuaand while flah un a north- 
 aaata m arm of Oreat Bear Laha, and Wr John Rkbardaon alao 
 ■tataa that tha graat bUa tnmt awarm Ita all Um northern grwM 
 lahaa. 
 
 Inragardlothaaalmonfleherleak It would appear from the 
 evidanra that aainuin are abundant In Iha rivet* and abing the 
 ooaal of tha noHb-waat aide of Hudam'a Bay aa wall a* In tha 
 rivare <if (ha northern aborne of the conUnent. Your Otmi- 
 mltlae eonaifler It advlaaMa that maana ahouM ha adopted l«> 
 aacvrtaia more accurately the ait^t and value of the aatmon 
 IMMrlaa uf theee ragiona, wUh a view to nUllaIng them for the 
 purpoeae of commerce aiMt for the revenue which they may 
 aflnnl. 
 
 The IndUn popniatloa la apan*. and the Indiana, never 
 
 allvtd U> l< 
 charartar 
 lat the davelopoient of the country, 
 tha lodianaof BritidkOolnnbIa, mav be aided by them with- 
 out great danger of thair demotaliiathHi and with a reaaonahla 
 hope that, aa In the raae of the Indiana mantlonad, their 
 eondltlon may be improved. 
 
 Your itooinlttaa daalring to rafar brieOy to tha evidenee 
 upon which they have baaed thee* ooncluahma, may MpUin 
 that very early in their inveetlgationa thajr beeaaae convinced 
 that very little mora waa known of Iha northern and eaatam 
 porthm of the area etmimittad to (hem for inveatigatioa than 
 waa known df the interior of Africa or Auatralla. 
 
 Tour Uoamittae ragrat they have made ao long a report. 
 
 idian popniatloa la apafe*. ana loe inoiana, never 
 
 r*d U> large comunnltlea, ara peareaMa,. aiMl their 
 
 laractar aad hablte aa jgivan hj witoaaeee Juatify a 
 
 I ho development of the country, aa In the cave of 
 
 but truallhai an esmae will he found In tha faet tlmi upon a 
 OMp of aimiUr projection and acal* the ragi<m in auaetlon 
 oocupiee an araa g iaa ta r than Ih* Auetrallaii raatinaat or 
 
 two-ihirda of BnrmM, covering part of the Britiah lalanda, 
 Norway, 8wad*a, DanOMrk, Qarmany, Auetria, and a part of 
 PnuMse and Reaaia. 
 
 Tour ColBmittae have raaann In hallave that a ooatpatiaaa 
 of the capabllltiea of thte aitenl of country Id our owp oontin- 
 eat,ezc*eda ineXfatof navtgaUon, araaofaraUaandpaatoral 
 land*, valuable fraah water iCheriaa, foiaete and minae and In 
 capacity to aopport nopalation, the rontlnantal part of Rurope 
 to which we have referred. 
 
 The chief p riaiat eominerelal praduct><if tha country la Ite 
 fura, whleb, aa the ragioa In queetion la the hMi great Air 
 p raaarrt «f the world, are of very grea t p raaa n tand ptoapacUva 
 value, all (he flnar fura of cnmmoroe being there round, and 
 (ha lalae In London yearly ^mounUng to aaveral mlllioaa of 
 dollars ' '. . . 
 
 Your Commitlaa feel that with thia report and (he evidmcr 
 harawiUi they wiU have done all that it waa poaalbia to do 
 alooe the date of their appaintment and the receipt of their 
 ineteiKtiooa, to iolorm your HoaoraMa Houaa and the peopit- 
 of thia countrr upon the reeourcee of CaiuMla'e Urtal Htttrvt. 
 
 All of whhdi la raapretfolly aabMlttad. 
 
 Jom HcHVLTI. 
 
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as:i 
 
 "^ '- -f* 'i' 
 
 .;■ 
 
 Thm trnt'tri^ Mm npwl »hM« •!•«« Utk Mriy 
 
 Imi )ra*r«, uwi ya4 (b* i t i»*B i< « n»« aiMllitK ia aKowiim 
 • wtHMlarfal |Mmgr«B In Um tfaylqyw un t of Um 
 
 faMhHirtel ranwM* ol Um Mrtkwart miHtm «f Ik* 
 
 mmliiMal InoliMling; AUallik, wkkik in vUw nf Um 
 pfain— ri m <llfll«ui4i«i ill ha ov r a g nip, -4»»^«l malnl/ 
 
 hws MMll aKiiiani matliarfn of Inill. ■'■ alimat 
 
 InarwIibU. 
 
 Tha bart (lluatimtlmt of IImm imw arnHHtiaM will lia 
 fwnd in aiiraHa ltnm mwaa of tha llanu^ puMlahad In 
 Mm IVMk daHag tha laat hw mostha^ of Vhiali m Um 
 aaiaatbina will ha fumiahad in • aupplamant Minaiarf for 
 tha Infimnatltm of tluiaa who $umf not ha«« iioiiead tham 
 i« thalr oriKlnnl fonn. 
 
 Tha follawloK n<lvartiaamant ia nniqna not only aa Jf 
 la ioditMUion of tha emnmareiAl tranti of davahipmant in 
 A ragion haratofora oouaitlarad to ba valuabla only aa * 
 far puM iiraaarva. bat alao from tha faet that tiia 
 Dominion Oovammant h«a no availabla maMia of aeete 
 hy pablio oonvayanea to tha loeation propiMad to ba 
 laaaad, axoapt by aanding Mroai tha nontinant thanea 
 northward via tha pMiAe (hurnn to a landing upon and 
 oonVayMMa aeroan iha tanritory of another nation, and 
 with a longnr tima raqniaita tbiMi would ba naoMMry to 
 raaeh tha aurifaruoa raglona of South Afrliw I 
 
 
 mtiira FOR A LiMi rou nra ixoluuvi uoirr i 
 
 r>RIOOB MM OOLA IN A rAKT Or TH« BSD Or 
 
 •raw ART RITRR. A TRIRUTANV Ot 
 
 TUB YUKON RtVBR. NORTR 
 
 WRir TBRRIDNURR. 
 
 r wMih • Imw wUTM Imm* imv m 
 
 hw Mmw ar Mr MaM 
 OiakrUMat •( Ik* liitfM««r. 
 
 M«XI| _ 
 
 J<MQ| k-HALU ■ unl ary. 
 
 Limitatioa of apa«a oompala tha omiaaion of a moat 
 intarMltiiig report datwl OtUw*. April lat, 1897. from 
 Mr. William Mooro, mail agant of the Dominion Qovam- 
 mtat, wherein hia eiparienoe in forwarding maila from 
 VietoriR, EC, to the CauRdiMi awtioo of tha Yukon 
 Valley ia narrated. Tlie mail leaving the laat mentioned 
 oity Aug. U. 1806, via JunoM, U.a, iwehed ito'daatin*- 
 tioo Rt Fort Coddithy on the 11th of September or U 
 daya, but returning left September 15th and did not 
 reach Juneau until Uie 10th of Fek, 1897. and Vidoric, 
 EC. at tha end of thefouith month of tranalt He m«(R 
 •taamer on the Yukon Kiver having MO tone of freigki 
 for 0>nadi>n point*, and towing two bargea carrying 
 800 to n a eae h. or 8 00 to n e i n all o n o n e trip. An 
 
 agant of the U.S. Qoveinmenit retorted in 1897 to the 
 
 that th« p»M «-lda of Noritl Waaiam Cm 
 Alaaka wara tha rMhMt ami moat aataoaiva In tha 
 wmtt,mim M mmU d tka prwiuatiaR of the y«ir •» im 
 milliooa of <loilaf* 
 
 Knough. li ta bailavad. haa alivady kMR tlRlad to 
 •lanHMiatrmla thai Iha nmtrol of llM If*!* of the 
 Yukon ami IIim;Km<«I« ItwiliM MMiplMl with that of tlia 
 portion of Iha IIiwIimmi H^ Haaiii not yat raaahwl by 
 ■Miilam tranait faailltiaa to llM HHil hnpurtant eoaRmar- 
 eiai proMam m>w haf<m th* people and Oovammant 
 of Canada. 
 
 Up to liM. the moat eatarpHaing l>uaimM minda 
 of Canada did not raaliaa that tha traOa of tha 
 Ifaain of tka Yukon and of tha MarKanaia north of Uha 
 Winnipeg, waa of any apaeial Iniportanea. or daarn it 
 pomlble to aompata for it aneaaaafnlly againat tha Induaa- 
 maota of proiaetad linaa of tranait fnim tha Paaila 
 Coaat 
 
 Now all thia to changed. No <nm longvr dtiulita thai 
 tha minaral waalth of thaw ragi<ma ia to ba davalupad 
 with inarvalooa rapidity and to a praetieally unliinita^ 
 astent That faith in aueh a future eitenda beyond ■• 
 wall aa parmxatoa (^ia<la ia inilinttMl liy th« fact that a 
 ehartar ia bmng applied for at tha pmwnt NMaioii of tha 
 Dnminlon Parltoment by Rngliah eapiUiiaU under tho 
 lead of tha Duke of Tuck (Hoe Hupplamant), for thn 
 purpoee of opening a oombined rail and water way from 
 tha Paeillc Coaat, in U.a territory, to Fori Selkirk on 
 the Yukon. To overcome the exoaaaivaly ataep gradea 
 of the pamage over the intervening mountain range a 
 cog-wheel ^fatem 4l railway kmomotion to propoacd for 
 uaa thereon. 
 
 It to obvio«M, however, that tha tendency of thia, and 
 aiodkr wealeriy traufeit projecta, to to drain commerce 
 away from Canada, inatead of intoaad through it ■• the 
 propoaed eaaterly ayatem of tranait, via Ontario'a aaa- 
 port will moat benefldally acoompliah. 
 
 Tha concluaian arrived at in the report flrat men- 
 tioned in theae pagea, that the traffic of the main portion 
 of the vaat MaeKeniie Baain lying north of Lake Winni- 
 peg and neariy all of the Yukon Baain to a geographiMJ' 
 heritag*- of Baatem. Canada from which it can not be 
 evicted except throogh miaapprehenaion or nagliganee, to 
 one of unlimited importance to Canadiana generally. 
 
 The mora careful the atody mad* of thto propoai- 
 tion. the more deariy iU certainty appean, until thoae 
 who** name* are hareto i^tpended a* accepting the 
 oflMal control of th* Corpotation are unanimoiMly oon- 
 vineed of ita reliability, together with all othera to 
 whom th* 4labor»l* lis* of rwwwing refarrad to- .ha* 
 been ahowfe. : ■ ' : --V t . . '".■:,^' ^^' 7' •*"" '^ " \ 
 
 The wMdom of th* aetoetion of th* W«*tem extremity 
 of Chaa t arda l d Intot aa th* pmnt for a railway portage 
 from th * B aai n of H a dmn'a Bay Ito th at o f t h* M ac Kew ri* 
 at th* eaatam end of Or*al Slav* Lak* will be mof* 
 
 
 
M 
 
 •p 
 
 On Uith 
 
 hi fft0 nitoM llMfi n mh Iw s4 
 
 •liiaa III UuU alutrt anaMaatinc 
 
 llpiMip !• h* fiMWMt TIm 
 C^IowmIMm fVportarf tiMl dmm 
 I rnm Um Amtla <J|>^ Ut Um 
 •Ml Mid ol Um Oi<Mt4 i^a In mmpU 'U>fm of •ImimmI. 
 wHkoail • 9iag\» •ikalnMtinn • iIIMmiiVm •> l**^ (.^OO 
 mlUa InUiMl, whiU Um mom mnxilUti^ aaial im lludaMi'a 
 Rkjr far al kmH IJOO nilM ol aiaar 4mf «a<«r lo Um m»- 
 port uf Ontarioi A ' porUgii" wa Uo ii wlU> abawt 60 iiiltoi 
 of milway will aiiniMKt Uiia tUap «•!•? riMlM «llh Ut« 
 Mvlgablo makm* of Um Yakon v<* tia PtHwapiM ri^mr 
 braiwth. Ham alMkniar mm! fralght Iimvmi will hava • 
 faviMinnmimnt atuml half way arHi a Uv<»rat>l« ekannai 
 titr Iha ninainloK illatanm to fort Halkirk. ^ 
 
 Miai'NANDiaa uaM ■vnmiau.v m otuvKntn ntm 
 
 QMTAklO'a aKAPOKt T«> rcMT HlUllMI, VU TNI Mai!- 
 
 KiHSiB ami YiiKiiM wiirri, at a uiwib PArmu rati 
 
 tMAN CAM M POKB PXIM AMY PArtrif^ Oi>A«r aSAP(«T 
 
 IM im amrTH or PiroBr'a Houmii 
 
 Thia faat alaarly ooaln>ia Uia <|uaaUun of Um UibdUry 
 Iraffa allillaUoaa of Uioaa n«iaaa. Tha wholaaala nMr- 
 ehanta of Uimtraal and Toronto will And that vaat 
 tarritory tkair paetillar Hald of tritda in (Canadian f|aada, 
 and largaiy for fotaign im|i<>rtationa alao, aa tha apring 
 tnuia will alwaya ba thaiia by having at laaataiity daya 
 aarliar ae c aaa than poaalbla by tha Hadaon'a Htrmit nnita* 
 
 Among the many uniqaa and ipaoially intam^ing 
 faaturaa of thia nawiy projaetad oontlnantal roata, wblah 
 muat ha omittad for tha aaka of brevity, biit one exeap- 
 Uon will ba mada, nanaly in ealling attenUon to the 
 (aet Uiat whila tha railway aeroai tha "divida " hatwaan 
 tha water* of Hodaoa'a Bay and Great HIave Lake will 
 ba at tha mileage oantre of tha S,600 milaa of navigable 
 water routa batwaan Ontario'a aaaport and the " port- 
 age " railway to tha Yakon, in a northweatarly direetioo 
 it will alao oonneot with qaita aa ranuu-kable a water 
 eourae of about tlu lame navigable diatanoe to tha 
 aoath-«eat, namely j;iOO milaa, with but (wa obatraetion 
 for the entire dwtanoa t Thia ia obtained by following 
 Oreat HIave I^ka to the mouth of Oraat HIave River, 
 about SiW milea, thence up the Slave River 260 milaa to 
 'the mouth of Peace River, thence np the Peace River to 
 the baae of tha Rocky Mountaina a diatancaof 770 milea, 
 making IJIIO milea, 
 
 ProfeaMMT Maeonn teaUBed before the Senate (Jommittae 
 (■aa Report pagea 66-7S) thiat ha had travaraed the whole 
 length of the river from ita aouroe to iti mouth in a boat, 
 and that a ateamar drawing ait faat of water obuld readily 
 paaa to tha foot hilla of the Rocky Mountaina. 
 
 . On the Eaatam Section of the P«ace River freight 
 
 o.baigaa of 1,000 tona burden can donbtleaa be uaed, 
 
 whieh will rednoa the coat of t|«ight tranaportaUon 
 
 to tlM lowaat ralaa la tna nlai^ Rrvar UMta are 
 iaptda for ataiait thtriaan milaa wMva tha II « 
 W&f flkk'a alMaMra anwa fraai ahova a* 
 bahtw and tranafar aargnaa <>v*f a t*»m railway 
 WhaUMw na«l|ratkia An *• lm|>rti*«d at tiMi |»uiat to 
 panall bargaa lo paaa Um ■Ma^laaiiid. I» m wiMMai 
 qaaalioa, but with Um .probaMHUaa In Aavw of ovaranM- 
 Ing the wbatnirtiain 
 
 Pr o f — i r Maaoun taatlfl«l that a raplda of Mn •# 
 twalva milaa aiMwl >m tha PaaM Mlvar at tha kaaa of 
 t(M Jtoeky MiHinlalna iMt whan that wm paaaaii tha 
 river lay daap and aliigglah fur Mfty milaa Ihniugh Iha 
 Mima, with alavationa of S.OOO faat or nMira riaing on 
 aithar «l<la Handing to Um amith thara waa TS rallaa 
 mure of daap water- way throogh tha Paranii) Itratuth 
 to MaLand'a Lake, making tha aggragata of navigabia 
 water-way on tha Paaca Rlvar almut 001) milaa 
 
 Ilia obaarvatltma ahowad that tha river waa open for 
 eight montha in tha year or horn April lal lo Danaibar 
 lai 
 
 Hla Intarwiting daaerlptlon ol ita ehAradaHatiM HHat 
 ba omitted aieept imit aiiawar aa followa altar atating 
 that ha waa out uptm tha great plaina aaat <if the RiMky 
 Mountaina. 
 
 " WlMfi wa raai-had Um hank nf Um rivar Wf> Kama >t|MNi It 
 " Ilka •« If wa «*ni atalklna acniaa thia riMHn. Th* rmmtry 
 "waa |MiKaitl)r la*«l and MMt* waa no ainiaarantia of Um 
 " rl*ar until mm i-aaw u|i<>n tha <rar|a u( alnuiat a aiaaii hank. 
 " Wa nHikl aaa Um oiuntry <m Um omifialta aida i}l tha rivar. ' 
 " Havaa huodrad faat liakiw tta thara lluwail a tnl||bt* rivar. 
 " • • Mr. Mrratakr and I naaaarad tha Itaak aa4 rnnntl that 
 "Um rivar waa that dialanca rr»m (hakiw) tha pralria." 
 
 That aueh a watar-eourae aa thia ean never be aupar- 
 ■adad by railway Iranaportation la bey<md doubt That 
 tha jpoiiuota of tha fornat and the minea in tha vary 
 heart of the Rocky Mountaina ean ba floated for over 
 1,400 milea, anUrely through favodng eurrenia or alack 
 water to the terminal of tha abort " portage " railway 
 connecting with Hndaoa'a B^ and the ahorea of Ontario, 
 ia a atupenduotM fact, pregnant with eomniercial pnaaihi- 
 liUaa, whieh the moat anUiuaiaatic InMineaa optimiat can 
 hardly overaatimatq. , 
 
 Profeaaor Hall teatified that CheaUriield Inlet waa S80 
 milea long and navigable for ita entire diatance. 
 
 Hon. M. Chriatie, lata inapecting factor of th|) Hndaon 
 Ray Company, taatifled that the mapa of Clraat Slave 
 Lake were all vary inaoeurate and that he thought that 
 H.waa longer than' Lake Superior, having been on both. 
 Hia aatimate waa that it waa tiearly 600 milea long. It 
 waa very deep and clear water and navigable from end 
 to end. 
 
 Thia atatement will be eloaad by a mention of the 
 fact that wheat raiaed on the ahorea of Lake AUiabaaea 
 took the flmt premium at th« centennial fair at Phila- 
 delphia. A volume oon|d be flUad with verifled atata- 
 menta of the auperior agricultural and foreat reaooreaa 
 
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 alaaa It la a auaMy k a Ma oto to traaopnrt onpplWa to that dMaat 
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