June, 1881.
53
SNOWPEAKS.
British Colum
bia's principal
gnowpeak, Mount
Brown, is 16,000
feet in height ;only
one other peak on
the Pacific, Mount
Elias, in Alaska, is
higher, being 19,
000 feet. Our own
snow-king, Mount
Hood, is a mere
baby besides these,
being but 11,225
feet in height. Mt.
Baker rises 10,814
feet, and is seen to
greatest advantage
from amongst that
grand archipelago
in the gulf of Geor
gia, from whence
our artist has mode
his sketch. Mount
Baker was named
in !792,aftcritsdis.
coverer, one of the
lieutenantsof Van
couver's exploring
expedition.
PROSPEROUS
There is a general business revival
in British Columbia as the annexed re
print from the Victoria Colonht of June
9, iS8l, shows :
" The occupa
tion of the habit
ual croaker, is al
most, like Othel
lo's, gone. In
pile of the
gloomiest fo r e
boding, business
interests are sure
ly and steadily re
riving. The
workshops are
nearly all busy.
In some branches
suitable hands are
not obtainable,
and the fulfilment
of orders is some
what delayed in
consequence. In
the wholesale
trad there is an
active inquiry for
goods and ship-
J." 'v"'-'
r-;-.-';
MT.
COLUMBIA.
t'iPiii-i ii mi m'lii1ii-iiiiV miin nimn in inn i "f S -rrntr ti i it
J "' & ' ' ' I
XA' n
-''-J'"'',Y
K'i'K
HAKER FROM TIIK
merits to the Mainland arr large ami
daily increasing. In the retail trade an
improved demand for many descrip
tions of goods is reported and milliners
and dressmakers have not Wen as ac
tively employed for many years as now.
F ELL'S BLOCK VICTORIA.
(it'l.F OK CKOROIA,
m,i
II. f.
not feeling the benefit of the Improved
condition of affairs; but it'jmiist be re
numbered that the city was largely
overbuilt from 1876 to 1879. The
town in those three year grew (aster
than the country and I he former is no w
Inthe clothing and
boot and shoe fac
tories there is a
manifest improve
ment, and some of
the proprietor are
preparing to en
large their prem
ise and increase
their facilities for
manufac t u r i n g.
There are no im
portant real estate
transactions to re
cord; but dealers
report numerous
impiirl e , with
sale of a few town
lots at advanced
figures. Money Is
casirr and cheaper,
lilght per cent,
per annum is the
ruling rate and we
have heard of
money being of
fered upon excep
tionable security as
low as seven per
cent. The build
ing trade Is the
only one that I
Ing spoil until the
1 . 1 1 1
country snan
have had time to
catch up." The
large railway ex
penditure on the
Mainland has
caused the grati
fying change
which it adord
us much pleasure
to note. It has
plac d ready
mon ay In the
hand of the In
terior producer.
It has given the
trader the where
withal to wipe
old score from
the siate, ami has
iitfused new life
into many chan
nels that previ
ously suffered
from stagnation.