June, 1881.
THE WEST SHORE.
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portant business community, at once to
charmingly rural and so easy of access
to those who toil for their living in the
The city has two daily newspapers
each issuing weekly editions- of these,
jth Cotfit't, the Irmlinjj nrwppr In
heart of the city. From the summit of tho province, is edited and published by
the hill, at early dawn, a most magnifi- th pioneer journalist, Mr. D. W. Hig
cent view may be beheld. Facing the 'K;nHt am ability compares favorably
spectator who is looking south, the wjlr( any Pacific Const publication,
stately chiefs of the Olympian range Three commercial banks each with
rise in their grandeur; away to the left, iargC capital, and the Dominion Sav.
Mount Raker and the Cascades cleave ig Bunk, do a flourishing business,
the air for thousands of feet upwards, The census just completed gives Vk
and on the right the lovely foliage of toria a population of 6,364 exclusive of
the opposing Vancouver Hills and the natives, yet the Telephone Company
placid entrance to Esquimult Harbor, have already more than 70 stations
render the scene superbly grand. Re- established. The city is lighted by
freshed, as it were, with the gentle good quality of gas, and negotiations
breeze which reaches him from the are now under way to introduce the
traits of Fuca, the opectutor turns his electric light. Pure wholesome water
face northward, or nearly so, and then is brought in pipes from a lake about
he beholds, reposing almost at his feet, seven miles ditnnt, the works are cor
the city, its outskirts a little more than porution procrty, and a lull supply is
a stone's throw offj and yet so near to furnished consumers ut actual cost.
II the lovely verdure which surrounds The fire companies arc well housed
him. Before he leaves he takes one have good steam appuratus, and under
more glance seac ard, and now can just I the constant drilling of their chief en-
discern in the distance the white cliff's gincer, Chas. J. Phillips, Esq., have at
of Dungcness, which the rising sun has tamed the enviable reputation of being
illumined; and then again, looking a the most efficient fire department in the
little to the right, Race Rocks and the Northwest. Manufacturing Is still in its
light-house, standing boldly out against infancy here,und enterprising men wil
the misty background, catch his eye find good openings in nearly all branches,
for the first time that morning. But Iron foundries, machine shops, a stove
apart from the beauty of the panoramic foundry, tanneries, sash and door, fur
view obtainable from Beacon Hill, the niture, boot and shoe, wagon, onj
park is very naturally a fashionable match and clyar factories, and sevcra
promenade, and being surrounded by a breweries, arc Ix-ing successfully con
race-track it is often the scene of trot- ducted, and an organ factory the first
ting and running mutches, whilst the in the Northwest has just been cstalv
youth of the city enjoy its spacious levels lished. Other manufacturing branches
with base ball, foot-ball, cricket and will no doubt follow rapidly, as the
other athletic exercises. city council and the provincial govern
There are other charming spots to "lent arc doing all In their power to
which allusion might well I made, but the different Industries, By a
for the purposes of this article it must recent act the tirst woolen mill erected
uffice to state that the neighlwrhood In Victoria is to receive a bonus of
abounds in interesting features. The $ioxjo.
Urge number of fine residences erected To such of our readers as usually
testify that the place la appreciated by take part in the summer exodus which
those who live there, and that they will begin shortly for 1881, we say, try
have every intention of making it their Victoria, and you will have moreen
permanent home. joyment, see and Itear more for less
Vi.,iin snort.men will have amol nd come back better satisfied
opportunity to display their .kill with hfln m P'ce 7"u h,vt ,m
roil and gun as game and fish are abun-1 v,,,,,r"' n , ,
dant in this vicinity. When the Canadian Pacific Railroad
The comforts of the inner man are I i finished, the shortest and easiest route
also well provided for. Victoria has from Japan, China and the Australian
in "The Driard" a first-class hotel in Colonies to Europe, will I by steam
every respect 5 the table is not surpass, ship to British Columbia, thence by
ed even by the best San Francisco ho- rail to Halifax, thence by steamship to
tel. England.
YAI.K.
The original importance of this place,
turned after one of the Ilmlr.on Dsy
Company officials, arose In iSjS from
the large amount of gold taken from
the bars in this immediate vicinity.
Located on the Fraser river, 1 so miles
from Its mouth, and at the head of
steamboat navigation, It has, since then,
always been a stirring place where the
eight or twelve mule prairie schooner
of the Interior, and the steamboat meet
and exchange cargoes. A plucky little
newspaper, the Inland Sentinel, is pun
ished here weekly. We use the word
ducky because the Sentinel was first
started at Emory, five miles below
Yale, and for several months the print
ing office was the only house In town.
Emory City finally expanded, another
house or two were erected, and the ed
itorial quarters became crumped) so one
fine morning the entire newspaper
plant was carted up to Yale, where the
enterprising publisher does good ser
vice in making the advantages of the
district known to the outside world,
Yale's present lmjiortaiice, and for
its size, It Is, without doubt, the live
liest place on the Pacific, is due to It
being the temporary headquarters of
the Canadian Pacific Railroad construc
tors. It has numerous stores, and more
saloons to the acre than any place in
the wo Id. This, however, la hardly to
be wondered at when the reader un
derstands that railroad laborers,
and half of them whites, i.re at work
in this Immediate vicinity, and it re
quires considerable lubrication to keep
them in working trim.
To see Yale at its best or worst (we
hardly know which) visitors should try
to reach there on the Sunday following
the loth of the month (pay-day.) The
location, in a narrow gorge, backed by
mountains from J ,000 to 1,500 feet is)
bight, is picturesquely grand, but In it
self, a barrier to Yale ever becoming
much larger place than it now is. For
the tourist and sportsman, however,
this I'ffVrt a rich field for enjoyment
The little creeks and streams in the
immediate vicinity swarm with trout
during the months of August ami Hep
tember, ,ind in the bills quite an abun
dance of game may I found. From
Victoria the fine strainer Western
Slope, in command of Capt. Moore,
make scmUwcckly through trips, usu
ally accomplished In out and half