765

Date 1912-02-22

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. : 0.00, 000.00 ull. gt; 4 Co. Insurance. 5 ERSONS. visit to the home R. Thompson of office on Friday he child died ame morning fat the post- the following of Mr o'clock and Th Death was due to the third dead and two liv ill be held at the Thursday a.m. yf the Valley View ty-one on Mon- presence of Miss Bull Head Butte ne intends to stay term. The 22 pupils baby schoo 11, He says the down to his r sleighing west of th to township 6. are looking for at and he belleves ut least two weeks Pee etesteete tte ee + 4 eS:. s a S, re essentlal to by ean supply all 3, holesnle prices 1 please don't yhody. deed Pes w 0 4 : : can 3 felgary and Edmonton line to Thursday, February 22nd, 1912 THRO (From Saturday's Daily) In consequence of the misleading and erroneous statements made co cerning the North and South line of Northern Railway and y Incorrect maps of the ished in the daily press of rival cities, the News hax, at consid: erable trouble and expense, secur un anthentle tracing of the route which will be followed. Naturally the plans of the Canadian Northern as they affect Medicine Hat will be of paramount Interest, but the map pub- Ushed In this issue also outlines the entire seope of the great Sifton rail. way policy and as such will appeal strongly to the settlers and others to whom development along this ling means so much. Premler Sifton s speech In explun: tion of his polley Is appended. In bringing: before the House the motion which I now desire to mak it is my duty to state that the sub- fect mutter of the resolution has been brought to the attention of the Liew tenant Governor and he has gracious- ly allowed the matter to be brought to the attention of the legislature, and in moving, as I now do, that this House do Immediately resolve itself into committee of the whole to con sider a resolution respecting the guar- antes of certain securities of the E monton, Dunvegan and British Co- lumbia Railway Company: the Grand Trunk Pacific Branch Lines Company the Canadian Northern Railway Com- pany, and the Canadian Northern Western Railway Company, I presume it will be my privilege to give some explanation of the bill which is to be Introduced in these four resolutions which are upon the order paper, and to explain to the members of this lex- Islaturo and through them tq the country st large the reasons why the Government should litroduce this leg- elation and ask the legisisture to pass it, and the reasons thar would Justify the legislature in passing such legs lation at this stage of our existen this Although I am now moving resolution only In regard to one line of railway at the present time for the purpose of carrying out the ordinary rules of the House, it will be of in- terest to those who Wish to follow the debate that I should go into details right at the opening of these remarks what will be covered by the four bills that will be introduced in consequence of these resolutions that are upon the order paper. In so doing I will say. that the lines of railway that will be covered by the guarantee of this House are as follows The Lines Guaranteed From a point om the constructed Ine of the Canadian Northern Rail road at or near Bruderhelm, thence in a generally easterly and southeasterly direction to point at or near Vermil- Hion, thence In a southerly direction to a pofnt at or near Walnwricht and through Medicine Hat to a point om the southern boundary of the Province of Alberta, with a branch from a point northwest of Vermilion In townships 58 and-64, easterly to the eastern ponndiry of the Province. Phe Peace River lIne from. ay towards the Peace River, miles at 20,000 per mile. t The road from Athabasca Landing to Fort McMurray, 175 miles, and from that line to Lac La Biche, 40 miles, each at 15,000 per mile. The road north of the Saskatchewan river running towards St. Paul de Metis, 100 miles at 15,000 per mile. The road running south of the Sas- katchewan river through Bruderhelm to the eastern boundary of the prov- ince, 200 miles at 13,000 per milo. The road running to the west of the west of Pigeon Lake, 100. miles at 15,000 per mile, The extension of the Brazeau line south-oasterly to the extension of the Goose Lake line of the Canadian thern, 120 miles at 13,000, The.extension of the line from, rose, 80 miles, at 13,000. The line trom Calgary east of the Calgary and Edmonton line, 100 miles at 13,000. And under the Canadian Northern charter the extension of the Goose Lake branch of that railway from the eastern boundary of the province to the junction of Calgary-Vesreville tine at the crossing of the Red Deer river, 120 miles at 19,000. The legisiation asked for in regard to the Grand Trunk Branch Lines Co. only includes an amount of 58 miles and Jt is for the purpose of as- sisting in the construction of -a line running from their main: line In a southerly direction for the purpose of opening up a very extensive and large con) mining area that . they require the assistance of the province to em able them to open up that very rich territory to the people of Alberta. Mr, Michener: I would like to ask Information the total guar- Ono- 250 for my antec, The Total Guarantees. Mr, Sifton; The totals are as fol- lows: 250 miles at 20,000, 5,000,000; 415 miles at 15,000, 6,226,000; 649 miles at 13,000, 8,320,000; making a total of 19,545,000, lesa 150 milea at 15 000, 1,950,000. Making a total new guarantee un- dor this legislation of 17,595,000 for the Canadian Northern Western. MEDICINE HAL NEWS Page 1 UGH THE HEART OF THE CY Route Map of the Canadian Northern Railway Shows the Competing Line Passing Through Medicine Hat From the North and Stretching on South to the U.S. Boundary, Making a Vast Tract of Fertile and Well Settled Country Tributary to the City PLAN SHOWING RAILROADS, GUARANTEED BY ALBERTA GOVERNMENT rand Trunk Branch Lines, 58 miles at 20,000, 1,160,000. For the Edmonton Railway, miles at 20,000, 7,000,000. 2 Making a total under this whole legislation of 25,755,000. The last line I mentioned. the Ed- snonton, Dunvegan and British Col- umbia Railway is being built by that company under an arrangement with the Grand Trunk satisfactory to both compantes, and the Grand Trunk urg- ed us to assist in the construction of this Ine for the purpose of securing riore rapid building than they were able to accomplish themselves at the present time, and for that reason we For the are accepting that responsibility and are usking to have this guarantee given to this line. Mr. Speaker, in bringing these mat- ters to the attention of the House, and specially In regard to figures of this magnitude In a young and growing province such as Alberta is, it be- comes the duty of the government of the day to Justify to the people of the country the position that they take in regard to these matters. It is a serious matter for the province of Al- berta to assume even the responsihil- ity although we do not feel that that responsibility will ever be called upon but it ig a serious matter to assume a responsibility in reference to large amounts of this kind, and in assum: ing that responsibility it is the duty of the government to show to the people of Alberta that it is necessary in the interests of the province, but after it 1s done to see that that money 1s expended in such a way that if the lineg-be taken oyer by the government, that they will be buils In such places and In such system and In such a man- ner that the province will haye full value for the money which was ex- pended, Interests of Entire Province I think that the members of this eae, carostoN legislature In looking upon that map, from the knowledge that they have of the country at the present time, will see that if the Hnes are built in a pro- per Way, and not bullt in advance of the settlement of the country too fast, that theso Hnes will be in the inter: ests of the province at large, and cov- er such portions of this coultry that they will be able to constitute a sys tem with very little change, and in io foot ees eee 4 t mein adee oes fe wae oo Senda ee oe me a me ec ws ae ee ee ae wg wee of lines upon which a guarantee is placed, Best Possible Legislation But in addition to that it Is a duty which rests upon the Government of the day, In propounding. legislation of this kind, to at least not only take the position that it is the best legis- lation that we are able to get in re- gurd to these matters, but that there Is no other way open to the people taking over every line that Is guar- of thiy country to secure the neces- anteed have a system that will be able to compete with any system that could possibly be built by any other rail- sary rallways that they require in the development of this country and in this connection it becomes neces- way company, That is one thing that sary fof me to refer to some corres- should be kept In mind fn the location pondence that was Iald on the table E way companion of thle and it sary u used r who already, but 8 Of of the knowledge n to them by some per- this legis overnment y owi) be us luember of this ent pro- V poss The CP. 1 This tnformati Jinat iv would-be possible to procure the Canadian Pacific Railway to build lines necessary in this coun- roposals the effect rhewe atatements have been mado utne the nous, they have. Beam hinted at inside the house In the past week: and T have no doubt that throughout the length and breadth lor Alberta irresponsible newspapers ble speakers will con- and irrespom nue) to, those statements knowing from thelr own experience lin the past that there is no founda- tion for statements of the Kind. 1 am koing to read to the members of this House the letter that was received by tig government from Mr. George Bury, on behalf of the Canadian Pa- cific Railway. I don't want any min- understanding; T have no quarrel with the Canadian Pacific railway. 1 hare lived in this country since be- fore they started business in this western country, and they have done a wonderful work. They are a great business corporation and they are working in the interest of the Can: dian Pacific railway and in the inter- ests of the people of this country in the railway building they are doing. But, during the whole time that com- pany was in existence it never built branch line in this western coun- try until It was forced to do so by competition, During the long years it had big grants and the sole control of this country, it never built a branch line until forced to do so by competition, Mr. Bury s Letter Then we received this letter: Winnipeg, Oct. 27, 1911 Dear Mr. Sifton, We have beard that the Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk Pa- cific railway companies are endeat- oring to enter into a very elaborate branch line programme with your government. 1 trust no definite ar- rangements will be arrived at until we have been given the opportunity of knowing what you have in con- templation, so that lines may be built where they are most needed by set- also to avoid unnecessary duplication, This prepared to build, without. goverp- ment aid, branch lines that are nat- urally tributary to our system. I fee) satisfied that your policy is to secure the more rapid develop- ment of such parts of the country as are already being settled. 1 would be glad if you would write me at your convenience on the sub- ject as we will shortly be preparing our construction programme for next year. Yours truly, GEORGE BURY, Vice-President and Gen. Manager. The Obvious Intent It is hardly necessary to make re- marks on that, Mr. Speaker, because it shows. in itself that their desire was that there should be no assist- ance given to any line that would come into undue competition with their own lines, and I would say that the programme I have outlined today meets with thelr approval from that standpoint, and does not come into undue confpetition with them, and they have so expressed themselves, 0 that as far as that part of it is con- cerned there is no need for further discussion. But 1 would like in con- junction with this letter from Mr. Bury, the vice-president and general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to read you a few remarks of that great railway man and railway manager, Sir Thomas Shaughpossy, at the annual meet- ing of the Canadian Pacific-Raflway company, held in Montreal in Octo- ber last, The whole report is here of the annual meeting, but there are only a few lines of it of interest to this assembly at the present time, and they are as follows: It will not only be desirable, but necessary to continue to build year by year a good many miles of. these branch lines to provide present and incoming settlers with transporta- tion facilities, more miles, indeed, than you wold have been called upon to provide had the Dominion and Pro- vincial Governments, who have pledg- ed their credit almost beyond the limit of prudence to assist other rail gt; way companies, insisted that these companies should open wp new terri- tory instead of buflding their Yinds through Settled sections of the coun- try. where ample transportation fa cilities already existed. That fn the policy of the Canadiai (Continued on page four) company stands gt;

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