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OF THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY—SEPTEMBER, 1910

it must be taken out by dynamite. Here also are gold, silver,
wood and coal, all of which will come in over the Yukon exten-
sion, pass out by this new Pacific gateway, and go down to the
sea in ships, eventually, belonging to the Grand Trunk Pacific.

Another feature in favor of Prince Rupert is the great saving
of time effected by the northerly route. The distance from Liv-
erpool to Yokohama by this route is 10,031 miles, as against 10,829
miles via New York and San Francisco. Moreover, ships sailing
from Prince Rupert pass with a few strokes from the land-locked
harbor to the high seas, and begin their journey across the Pacific
500 miles nearer the East than a ship would be sailing at the
same time from another Pacific port.

As an illustration of the advantage in distance which will be
realized via the Grand Trunk Pacific route, it has been estimated
that a traveler from China, Japan or Alaska may board a pas-
senger train on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway at Prince Ru-

pert and be in Winnipeg within a few hours of the time the

steamer from which he disembarked could reach Vancouver. In
addition to the shorter distance across the Pacific Ocean will be
the much faster time that can be made by rail over the practically
level grades of four-tenths of one per cent the Grand Trunk
Pacific has obtained through the mountains and which are shown
in tabulated form on page 23, in comparison with other lines, and

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