Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1911 — CANADA PUSHES ITS ROADS [ARTICLE]

CANADA PUSHES ITS ROADS

Three Transcontinental Lines Built or Under Way and a Fourth to Tidewater. Canada will have three transcontinental railroad lines and a fourth road to tidewater by way of Hudson bay, if the policies of the liberal government are carried out. The Canadian Pacific was the pioneer road. The Grand Trunk Pacific is rapidly nearly completion under government supervision. The third line to span the dominion will be the Canadian Northern. To Insure the completion of the third line, the government purposes to guarantee the Canadian Northern’s bonds to the extent of 3% per cent on <35,000 a mile for the one thousand miles between Montreal and Port Arthur. This will link the company’s eastern and western systems. From Montreal to St. John, N. 8., it is proposed to operate the Canadian Northern over the Inter-Colonial, a government owned road. The latter road will be strengthened" by the construction of new branches and the acquisition of a number of existing side lines at an expense* of 17 million dollars. The contain an item of two million dollars to be expended t- starting the Northern Tine to Hudson Bay.