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VEGETABLE GARDEN AT FORT GEORGE, “BiG.
(Van. News-Advertiser, March 24, 1912.)

BANQUET WAS TENDERED Mr. George Hammond, president of the Natural Resources Security Company, at the Hotel Hly-

A sium last evening. The event was to mark Mr. Hammond’s return from Ottawa, where he was instrumental in winning an
important decision from the Railway Commission affecting the townsite location of Fort George, and in the course of the
evening Mr. Hammond, in a brief address, in response to felicitations on the success of his mission, gave out some new and
valuable information concerning. the north country and the important part it is destined to play in the commercial development of

Vancouver.

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Among the invited guests were: Aldermen Hepburn, Ramsay and Crowe; Messrs, E. P., Miller P. D. McTavish, W. H. Merrick,
S. S. Taylor, J. N. Harvey, G. H. Salmon, Colonel A. Whyte, Robert Kelly, W. E. Burns, Knox Walkem, Capt. S. H. Johnston, Dr. H. S.
Rowe, R. B. Lennie, Rev. Dr. Mackay, Rey. R. J. Wilson, E. W. Maclean, B. A. Lascelle, George Hulings, A. G. McCandless, J. C. Keith,
H. A. Carney, J. J. Banfield, R. W. Holland F. P. Wilson, H. L. Jenkins, Dr. A. S. Munroe, W: Cunningham, Dr. F. J. Ewing, John Rid- |
ington, J. H. Brownlee, Rev. George E. Pidgeon, K. A. Mackenzie, R. BE. A. Young, S. A. Cater, W. E. Playfair, R. K. Lindsay, J. R. Tol-
pey, O. O. Holmgren, L. C. Porterfield, Paul Stephenson, U. H. Helm, G. J. Telfer and F. C. Green J. H. MacGregor, A. C. Burdick and
H. W. R. Moore, of Victoria, and Mayor MecNeish, of North Vancouver.

Mr. Hammond in his introductory remarks made mention of the value of the Railway Commission in safeguarding the rights
of the people, and then gave a review of the present railway situation in Canada west of the Great Lakes and the impossibility of the
railways continuing their methods of handling the products of the prairies by way of the eastern route. Continuing, he said in part:

“This transportation question appeared to be so important to me that I made it my business to go to the Department of Rail-
ways in Ottawa to find out what the prospects were for railway lines building thrcugh British Columbia, and I found that there are
seven live railway charters through the Peace River country. Five of these charters named Fort George as being on their line, two
___ of the charters intend going west from the Peace River to an outlet on the Pacific Coast. One of the railway companies which has
already started construction, expended $100,000 last season endeavoring to find an outlet west from the Peace River without being
obliged to come to Fort George. They found it impossible and had to abandon the idea. The British Columbia and Yukon Railway,
which is being promoted by Mr. Harris and others, including Mr. McTavish, has obtained a subsidy to build from Fort George to Dun-

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“These. facts taken in connection with the breakdown of transportation on the prairies have lead me to a conclusion that the
only salvation for Western Canada in regard to transportation facilities is the outlet to the Pacific Coast, and of course this outlet
must be over a grade which can be made to handle the traffic. It would be impossible for the Canadian Pacific to handle freight
through the Kicking Horse Pass and over the Rogers Pass on account of the grades.

“Shortly after my arrival in Ottawa I was informed that Mr. J. D. McArthur, who has the charter for the Edmonton, Dunvegan
and British Columbia Railway, had completed all his arrangements for financing the building of that railroad. Some big railway
company must be behind him. It is not the Canadian Northern, because the Canadian Northern is building its own line from Edmon-
ton to Fort George. It is not the Grand Trunk Pacific, because the Grand Trunk Pacific has plenty of trouble on hand financing its
lines already under construction. Therefore there is only one conclusion to arrive at, and that is that the Canadian Pacific Railway
is behind the McArthur road, and that the continuation of the road from Fort George west will be along the Fraser River to Lytton.
This will give the Canadian Pacific Railway a line from Edmonton to Vancouver, through the Peace River, with practically a water
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“Tt ig a fact that the Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian Northern can haul freight from the Yellowhead Pass with a big train,
and no doubt a large proportion of the grain crop of Alberta will be hauled through the Yellowhead Pass within two or three years,
but it is also a fact that the C. N. R. and G. T. P., through the Yellowhead Pass, cannot begin to haul a sufficient amount of grain from
the prairies to relieve the congestion. More railways must be built to take care of this congestion and these railways will come
through the Peace River, because they will be assured of a large local traffic. It has been estimated that the Peace River district is
sufficiently large and rich in resources to take care of a population of 30,000,000 people. - The important feature to all this, in my
mind, is the fact that Vancouver must benefit from these conditions. Vancouver must benefit more than any other city.

“Within five years we will have at least five railroads in operation to Fort George. We have the Pacific and Great Hastern,
SSd-by the -Dritish Columpia Goverment, aie tia watt Tun from Vancouver to Pure Geurpe tu Culuecl With these “Peace River
lines now under construction and will be completed by the time the Vancouver line is completed. Then we have the main line of the
Grand Trunk Pacific. I am speaking particularly about Fort George because I believe that Fort George will be the gateway to the
Peace River district, as well as to Northern British Columbia, and I believe that the wholesale merchants and others in Vancouver
must pay attention to the fact that through Fort George and by way of Fort George they can reach a vast territory and supply that
territory with goods from Vancouver. With that in mind it might be well to call attention to the fact of certain distances from Fort
George. It is 450 miles from Fort George to Vancouver. It is 460 miles from Fort George to Prince Rupert. It is 465 miles from Fort
George to Edmonion. It is 32 miles from Fort George to Dunvegan, via Pine River Pass. Now takes these distances and compare
them with the distances from Edmonton, Winnipeg and Port Arthur to the Peace River country. For instance, the distance from Ed-
monton to Dunvegan is 360 miles. The distance from Winnipeg to Hdmonton is 820 miles, and from Port Arthur to Winnipeg 420
miles, making a total distance from Port Arthur to Dunvegan of 1,600 miles, as against 700 miles from Vancouver to Dunvegan.

“T do not think that anyone can question the fact that Vancouver will command the trade of the Peace River country just as
goon as transportation facilities are perfected from Vancouver to the Peace River, and not only that, but Vancouver will command the
trade of the whole Fort George country and Northern British Columbia, more especially after the Panama Canal is completed.”

Mr. K. A. Mackenzie acted as toastmaster, and the other spea kers were: Messrs. J. N. Harvey, A. G. McCandless Ald. Hepburn,
S. S. Taylor, Dr. E. S. Rowe, H. P. Miller, Beach Lascelle, R. 8. Ford and John Nelson, all of whom paid a high tribute to Mr. Hammond
and the important part he was taking in the development of British Columbia.

Provincial Exhibition at
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Fort George to southern boundary of .B. GC. ... 2.52.5 cee eee eee ee eee eee wees e ee ecrenaes 450 miles

RELIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT FORT GEORGE DISTRICT

The Fort George Board of Trade is the most reliable source of information available with regard to the Fort George town and
district. Those wishing accurate and prompt replies to questions as to the resources and development of Fort George district should
write to the Board of Trade, or should call on the Secretary of this Board at Fort George.

The Fort George Board of Trade is organized under the laws of the Dominion of Canada and is a public body not working for
any private interests. It has no axes to grind and its only aim is the upbuilding of the district which it represents.

Write to or call on the Secretary of the Fort George Board of Trade, Fort George, B. C., for all information with regard to land,
climate and openings for business.

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TABLE OF DISTANCES.

LIST OF RAILROADS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WITH LIVE CHARTERS TO BUjLD TO FORT GEORGE.

Grand Trunk Pacific, Transcontinental,, to reach Fort George in the fall of 1512.

Pacific & Great Eastern, bonds guaranteed by the British Columbia Government to build from Vancouver to Fort George in three years.
British Columbia and Dawson, Fort George through the Peace River country, cash subsidy from the Dominion Government.
Edmonton-Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway under construction.

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Pacific Northern & Omineca Railway. Pacific & Hudson Bay Railway.
Jdmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway. Pacific & Peace River Railway.
Canadian Northern Railway. Pine Pass Railway.

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