SUND,VY)REGPXIAX, PORTLAND, APRIL 1.8, C 1909. y
CREATING A NEW GIT Y AND PACIFIC SEAPORT
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BY KrflENB D. WHITK
PRINCE RUPERT. B. C. April 10
'Special Correspondence.) Notwith
standing: the fact that the outside
orld In general sense knows little of the
progress made In the building; of the
qranrt Trunk Pacific Railway, thousands
of people are keeping in close touch with
rondifions and eagerly awaiting the open
ing of the sale of lots in the new western
terminal townslte at Trince Ruport B
This sale Is announced to begin In
May of the present year. Since my last
'letter to The Oregonian a vast amount
,f development work has been completed
long the right-of-way of the G. T. P.
end extensive mileage across the conti
nent has been placed in operatfon. From
t W innipeg, the road has been completed
westward to Edmonton, a distance of 0
TnJIes. West of Kdmonton 100 miles of
road is finished. Kast of Winnipeg W
Imlles is completed on one section and 200
on anofher. . The material used in con
struction Is of the heaviest and best. It
U the intention of the O. T. P. Co. and
the Dominion government to make the
road one of the best on the continent.
The most difficult and expensive part of
the work of construction is the first 20K
miles oast from Prince Rupert. This is
mostly heavy rock work an! fills. From
Kltselas canyon eastward the route of
the road pasBes through fertile valleys
nd along level plateaus largely, on easv
rradlents to the YeUowhead Pass through
V,,,.road wlU fmd lta way into the
teat IMalna east of the Rocky Moun
tains From there to Edmonton and on
? . , ip1R th road traverses unbroken
tretohes of tortile prairie lands which
comprise one of BrltaJn's greatest gran
aries and storehouses.. Upon this Immense
empire of fhe North. Britain must de
pend largely for her supply of bread
mffs end meat- Into this enormous area
or productivity are pouring today thou
sands of farmers and empire builders of
Krawn brain and thrift to take part In
the winning of the West. This has quite
properly been termed the American In
vasion of Canada, for the reason that
three-fourths of Canada's new settlers
re coming from that side of the line.
.
These settlers, profiting by the experi
ence of the past and bSlng nothing if not
'M' f ?ery. I,ew fleld of Promise
ZljJl j superior inducements for monev
getting regardless of the rigors of North-
r8'1!011- by tha way- surpass
In very slight if any degree the severi
Winters in the Northern and
Middle Western of the United States and
from which the large part of the emi
gration from the United States proceeds,
will number In this year. 70.000 souls!
Invaders have but carried
out their part In the history of the de-
nen?,?' th K American conU
nent ajid the making and forging of new
and fe "oIllnK today, their farms
and homes In the states for $75 and J100
an acre and coming into Canada's in-
?a-"Rb'8 reW for crreaI mowing and
purchasing from the Canadian govern-
r-Jlt,and thfl ra"way companies better
Is mr" Productive lands at from
IZ 'a lcrs tnat Increase in value
th" country grows-and this is a mat-.
W of months in the present day and age
in Canada trlt !i a population of 6.000 000
and a square mileage of far greater than
ill '.T? States ,t!' S5..000-so
1 at Within two. three, four ;
MdlL Hn,atr th setUer ha -become
independent financially.
.
Along the coast of British Columbia
,.inLmtlC condItin are such "hat
dn "ot.profltable but . a short
frn th atw.r and the soli emerges
from the Inevitable muskeag Into clay
nd sandy loam and is very productive
Along and tributary to the route of
W vZavTr,":k aCiflc- are the' Butke!
I' Va"7' the Bablne. Omlneca, Ne
m ? It I i meTm "'her smaller ones
oLWl11 be settled rapidly
as soon as the road is completed far
enough into the Interior to transport
lumber and machinery. The-first hnn
drod miles from Prince RupTrf east!
rdd.onheUP th 8kena Rive? ' J p "ml
bv tl e ttf'?1dklnd " operation
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entire road win be competed and In
operation by the time specified the
company charter which December
Street work haa been in progress in
Prince Rupert for over a month n
'J- T- P-""1 the Provincimi0nGo'vern!
nent having Joined forces and made
n preliminary appropriation of J20 000
J40.000 for sewers.
.
Prince Rupert townslte is a model
pr modern landscape englneHng
Wrved and tangential lines wlTcWl
Vine to make all parts of the city con
veniently aocesslble. and. when built
."merin't?8 mos beautifully laid out
cities In the world. At present tl
townslte look, rogh. rugdtTnd , n!
inviting, although superbly situated
Hut one. two. three years hence, presto!
x-,e.rn r.,,ho 'ming city of
the Northwest will begin to emerge
from the mold of the builder Into the
heautiful and prosperous rity It is des
tined to become. Sconically, . ao. mora
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O
Sd1""1' could. have been chosen
lor Prince Rupert. ...
The more one studies the subject and
analyses it th- more forcibly is one "im
pressed with the logical conclusion that
Prince Rupert is to become ' great - In a
commercial, sense.. Tears before a step
71 ll". m thf actusU rk of construc
tion of this road the .question was studied
?ZL oTefuI.,y: we'Khel and. considered
Plnt" of vlew hy the Dominion
government, and. by some of the best
Wayrmen a"d engineers on the Conti
nent. Its . tributary resources, Its com
mand of export and import trade, the
jt w ? haul between the East
and W est of 400 miles and more and the
same saving In. distance between Prince
Rupert and the Orient, as compared with
hetnl"Uh- !he matter oI Bdes
being a dominant factor, were all - c-e-fully
considered points. ; Neither the-Do-minion
government nor the Grand Trunk
Company would invest- near a hundred
millions of dollars Jn a railway enterprise
except the proposition could offer , the
in "iV.? moSt. ""answerable , arguments
in Its favor. All-doubt set at .
J aftracUv. . little bungalow adaptable
to any section of . the country and -which
can be built .for less, than ' 1000, , with
every Inside convenience. . '
The house ' Is" 26x34 feet,' with a front
porch 7x14 feet. Its outer construction
is weatherboarding - or shingles, flared
at the foundation line and with Just a
touch of ruggedness in the cobblestone
porch pedestals and chimnev.
The 1 oof is shingled and all" of the out
side is rough lumber, undressed, but wire
brushed and stained.
The projecting gable la supported ' by
heavy brackets and finished with heavy
SxlO inch verge boards.
The eaves project three feet, with ex
posed rafter ends. The porch - has a
wood floor and cement steps.
By the way, I would not . advise my
dearest enemy to build a cement-floored
porch or to occupy for a single month a
house witli a cement-floored porch.
This I say purely from a hygienic stand
point, for there is no better or surer
way to contract rheumatism, the incura
ble disease, than to sit or stand more or
less constantly on such a floor.
A cement floor has no. advantage, ex
cept that it may be washed off by the
US. f ,fL no,e-' but a ood 'wood floor
laid with white lead jolnfs properlv
sloped and kept, well painted will take
all the water one cares to give It -
The inside arrangement of this house
is very simple, but it could not be more
convenient, and the rooms are all of com
fortable sire, without an inch of waste
space. ,
The fining-room has a high wainscot,
with plate rail and a quaint brick fire
place and mantel. A handsome buttressed
opening leads into the living-room and
bookcases are built on each . side of - the
opening.
The cabinet kitchen is a feature that
every, woman, should insist upon having
in her home, and there is plenty of good
closet room. The -window arrangement is
excellent for abundant light and air
The entire house is well plastered with
carpet-float finish and tinted. The inside
wood-trim Is of Oregon pine, stained and
waxed Floors of living, and dining-rooms
are of narrow matched pine, laid snusr
and smooth and finished the, same as
hardwood, with filler, shellac and wax
xhe house from, which fills description
was written was stained a 'dark jrreen
outside, with a-frosted roof.
Any inquiries regarding bungalows or
.bunsalow bulldjjpg. addressed, tp. tUo- Bun-
. ..ma.i.uuii . hub . weeK is or n
1 vl reoruary nut clear 1
1 ' . . nuuiuer-ui ainrerent points
AN INEXPENSIVE AND CONVENIENT BUNGALOW I
. BY- HENRY .Mfmvcm 1 ,-viXWJVy If I
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structlon work began in earnest, and that
work has been pushed with vigor all
along, the line, . East and West
Large capital lies ready to invest here
. V n bulld,n-.' and In commercial
and Industrial enterprises. One has but
to look back a few years to Winnipeg.
Oalgary. Edmonton and other towns along
the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway
and consider what they were five years
ago and what they have become since
to be convinced of the almost incalcu
lable possibilities of Prince Rupert In the
line of municipal development.
v.Thir' SO far. has been the winning of
the est. and the great work has scarce
ly begun. Railways will be built 2000
miles north of Prince Rupert, and a net
work of lines will cross and recross
Northern and Central British Columbia
and across the great Peace River' Valley
from the old line of the G. T. P., to reach
resourceful and productive fields at pres
ent inaccessible to the farmer,- stock
raiser and miner.
The. Winter here has been cold during
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L dar hav followed each other
almost without a break during that time.
Prince Rupert has built herself a ca
pacious and commodious postoffice, a fine
large Courthouse and police headquar
ters and residence, and many large frame
"J- reJn a considerable area In the
center of the townslte. and all of these
structures have , been built regardless of
the fact that no title could be given and
no assurance that title could be acquired.
.Thtf 86rVeS to n,ustrate the confidence
squatters have in the future of the new
city and their ability to acquire title
when -the property is . put on sale. It is
generally understood and believed, how
that squatters will be given first
choice of lots at values to be fixed by the
townslte owners. The prediction has
been freely made that by the first of next
October Prince Rupert would have a pop
ulation of at least 10,000 considerable of
an Increase over 600. In any event, there
will be a large population within a very
short period of time. This statement is
based on the fact -that preparations are
now In nrne-reRs fni- ta
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in Canada and the States, and that
steamer accommodations lmvo h... i
ready engaged. There is no doubt that
Prince Rupert. will ho,.. w
rapid growth than any city of the Pacific
AT, i lne earIy stages of its
development, owing to the fact that a
vast territory of vaster resources depends
entirely at present, upon the building of
the G T. P. road as an outlet for its
products, that this fact is known to the
knZ v . ana - that- it is likewise
known that an imnnt-tont
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shipping port wlH be speedily built here.
". "-""umtugea lacts will give the
new city by the sea a superlative mag
netic attraction. In other words, that it
win have no competitor to draw its vast
export and import trade away for years
to come.
.,.V,inCOUVer- SeattIe and other" cities of
the Pacific Coast contended with increas
ing competition, and yet they are in the
forefront of great commercial develop
ment. .
w,m.UlatiV? evldence of untold mineral
J1 J" the country . tributary to the
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway from the
sea, almost, to the eastern base of the
Kockies -asily forecasts rapid develop
ment Of PjlTitt ,,r .
, . . . " nu many otner
i,t? ,?fmtS alonis th Une on this
:.: ',., me ensuing few years, to
say nothing of other great resources, all
of which only await the establishment of
railway communication to be . accessible
to the farmer and. prospector. .
To date Prince Rupert has proved to
wLT Srh.8 healthiest towns in the
world, which is due largely to the heavy
precipitation and the temperate Winters
and Summers. There has been very little
sickness here in proportion to the popu-
JfJ hn;,tThe"-.a?raln- Prl" Rupert draws
Hs health-giving ozone rrom the sea on
the west and the great mountain ranges
of the coast on the east, which is alwavs
cool and refreshing, aiwajs
haIlbut and herring fishing season
a" hus'OP-ened n thla northern coast
h?, fltSPnn8r r Kinr saimon has made
T-hc- . appearance in Rupert harbor.
Jilf t waters are the home of the halibut
.J bVrinK- the Cod and oolichan. and
many large canneries are engaged In the
norTh" P-fCk,n,f ndustry alongthe coast
?he fiswnrri1 5 Prlne RuDrt- at
the fishing industrj- will be one of the
most important of this coast country.
lif?"06 lDerestln features of town
blMtlnSSS" UPCrt 18 th8 tr"nendous
blasting going on constantly in the two
parTcf CU,4bret " the Jal
part of the townslte. No. -1 is directly
abreast of the most thickly settled art
of the town and only about 200 yards dis
tant, and were it not for tlie fact that
.'f of the explosion, is
exerted toward the hay from the base of
40 feet high which faces the bav. this
part of Prince Rupert, called "Knox!
v lie." would have been "all shot to
pieces- long ago. A, it is.- the Wg 420?
foot warehouse in front of this bluff to
caward, occupied by Foley. Welch &
'arVG- T- P- "tractors, has oeen
toltf?d and Pa.tChed so.niany times
. r ' bas!1nres":ntcd the appearance of
hJ ? y qU At flr,t- ln ,hIa Part of
the town, we were inclined to be a
bit nervous, especially when each par
ticular ioint r.r ' par-
make a herculean effort
Itself from. ,t, neighbor wh the
larger shots were fired, and would seek
i"?eu f 8 Ferch back of to"-n from
which to view the upheaval of rock
v1 THh leS" rl-i Than
bj remaining so near the "Bring line,"
but shot, came so thick' and fast that
we finally became accustomed to them
and the fitful showers of small stone
on our own -and adjoining roof, and
would remain quietly at work rather than
lose time and comfort by scrambling tip a
water-soaked muskeag hillside in quest
of safer places ' - -Passing
along Rupert-road a few davs
ago. one of these heavy shots was fired
and I stood still and tried to count the
rock ln the air at varying elevations but
two particular "detachments" seomed to
possess a greater attraction to me than
all others combined, owing to the inter
esting fact that they were headed di
rectly toward, the particular spot of
earth upon which I stood. Being an old
baseball player in the days when Pott
land was a village and Jo Buchtel.
Henry Thompson, Frank Warren. James
Steel William Wadhams. Edward
Quackenbush and other, were star play
ers in the old "Pioneers." I simply stood
and watched their meteoric descent. Now
I did not try to catch . either of those
stones. I just saw that they did not
catch me. One struck about a foot to
the left and the other two to the right.
I was entirely satisfied with the outcome
Hero -on the townslte in proximity to
cut No. 1 notice Is given by the Provin
cial police in advance of all heavy shots
to be fired, and the denizen, of this
quarter "flee to the hills" back of
Knoxville." Between the heavy blast
ing on the right of way and that in
progress on the townsite grading the in-
ti.-si-a 11 1. uproar would remind in
fancy,
thur.
in
of the bombardment of Port At
' The- steamship,, companies . are. making
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who does not need a tonic at this particular season. With the first sign
of spring-time almost every one begins to feel bad. Some have no
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system is in a state of disorder. Little physical irregularities upset the
perfect working of the blood, the appetite fails, digestion is poor, the"
energies are depressed, and other unpleasant symptoms give warning
that the physical machinery is "out of gear" and needs some healthful
stimulating assistance to build it up to normal, and perhaps ward off
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This disturbed and disor
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they therefore become dull and
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These Winter accumulations
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rich, red corpuscles to such an
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ample preparations for the accommoda
tion of the great numbers of new-comers
when the ruRh begins in May and on
through the Bummer, so that there may
be no lack of traveling accommodations.
Bunk-houses and tents will be very
much in evidence here, which, together
with the two large hotels already in op
eration and the large number of lodging
houses, will provide ample accommoda
tion for investors, builders and visitors..
Construction trains are running here
and the two, big steam shovels in opera
tion in cuts 1 and 3 two of the heaviest
pieces of construction work on the west
ern division, combine with the work
going on in many directions on streets
and sewers to make Prince Rupert quite
a busy-looking town.
Snow fell here to the depth . of about
14 inches, but did not remain on the
ground over a month.
Navigation is open on the I-ower
Skeena and the river steamer Skeena.
owned and operated by Foley. Welch A
Stewart. G. T. P. contractors, makes
frequent trips to and fro. The Skeena
will be open to navigation about the l&th
of April. Including the Hudson Bay
Company's boats, the G. T. P. and Folev.
Welch & Stewart boats, probably six or
seven fine river steamboats will "be run
ning between Prince Rupert and Skeena
River points this Summer, such as Port
Ksslngton. Kitsumkalum, Copper River.
Graveysrd Point. Telegraph Creek. Kit
elas and Hazleton.
Fine copper prospects have been dis
covered at a number of point, within
easy distance of Prince Rupert and much
development work will be done this sea
son. Near Stewart, on Portland Inlet, on
Queen Charlotte Islands and along Alice
Arm copper and gold ledges promise
good results. Large coal deposits on
Queen Charlotte Islands will be devel
oped this year and sawmills there will
be increased in capacity capable of sup
plying all the lumber required for trib
utary territory.
'oal dopostts in Rtilkeley Valley for 40
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F twenty or more pounds In
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1 pretty good evidence of merit on
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. H. MAKTIH,
50 Second Street, Warren, Ohio.
Last Spring I was greatly run
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the work is hard and the hours are
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1110 LeFayette St., Scranton, Pa.
Last year I was greatly run
down in health, and feeling that I
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hegan the use of S. S. S.. and took
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improved my appetite and digestion'
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45 S.Tork St., Island.
Wheeling, W. V.
and barks; a systemic and tonic
miles, of
developed.
good quality, will also be
A large number of prospectors will hike
away into the interior as soon as the
, uuppears. in search of copper and
gold and to locate farm lands. Provin
cial lands are placed in two classes:
rirst-cla.- land is the best, most avail
able and fertile in the Province and is
valued at 5 an acre. Second-class com
5TS8 otber lanls and is valued at
--50 an acre. These lands may be pur
chased from the Provincial government
ay any one applying therefor provided
mey are not in any reserve made bv the
HOVrnJ"?nt- Personal application nnij-t
be made and submitted to the Land re
partment for approval. If approved, the
purchaser or applicant mav proceed to
make payment in accordance with the
ruling, of the department. Letters ar
received here daily In larg numbers
asking for information relative to the
lands for sale and terms of payment.
The vanguard of the processional ; to
Prince Rupert has already reached the
town and from now to the sale date of
lots in May. and after, the travel will
be very heavy.
Grand Trunk officials came to 'Prince
Rupert and returned to Victoria this
eek and public announcement will b
made of the date upon which lots will
be placed on sale within the-neit two
weeks. Large capital is waiting to in
vest in Prince Rupert and to begin im
provements on an extensive scale. The
first sale of lots will be of those on the
high ground to the east of the govern
ment buildings and it is there where
the building will begin
Prince Rupert townsile will present a
phenomenal different aspect in the next
six mnnlhs. r -y-.- . , . ... '
' - (-'(urtui-is win te.
come property-owners and builder.-, and
from a hotchpotch and confused jumble
of shacks and tents Prince Rupert will
be transformed into a rapldlv develop
ing Pnd prospering incorporated munic
ipality. Present accommodations will
be inadequate to house the crowds that
L . xcuvc preparations are
nientation of present fm-ilitiey.
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