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Don’t Start Before May 1st

Be sure that your ticket reads to Fort George and
that the company carries you there. Do not confuse
Fort George and South Fort George. The latter point
is on the Fraser River. Fort George is on the line of
the railroad and faces on the Nechaco River.

If one desires he can drive in his own conveyance
from Ashcroft to Quesnel over the renewed Cariboo
road, ferry across the Fraser at Quesnel and reach Fort
George via the recently built Blackwater wagon road.

By the middle of the summer trains on the Grand
Trunk Pacifie Railway will ‘be running direct from Hd-
monton to Tete Jaune Cache, where they will connect
with steamers on the Fraser River for Fort George.
This route will eliminate the 165-mile drive on the
Cariboo road between Ashcroft and Soda Creek.

WHEN TO GO

We advise going in between the first of May and the
first of November. During this period the roads are
more likely to be in good condition and navigation on
the river open. If one intends driving in taking house-
hold effects and stock we would advise delay until
June, when the natural grasses will have attained a
vigorous growth and will furnish feed, which is very

expensive;
THE COST

The fare from Ashcroft to Fort George, one way, will
be $45.50 ‘by the B. X. Company’s autos and boats.
Meals and beds are extra, and while on the road will
cost 50 cents each, on steamer 75 cents for bed and
$1.00 for berth. Forty pounds baggage is allowed on a
ticket, 8 cents being charged per poynd excess. Express
rates will be 124 cents per pound to Fort George.
Railroad fare from Vancouver to Ashcroft is $8.15.

TIME IT TAKES

The quickest trip possible from Ashcroft to Fort
George and return is eight days, leaving Ashcroft say
on Monday morning, arriving in Fort George at Thurs-
day noon; leaving Fort George on return trip Saturday
morning early, and-arriving in Ashcroft the following
Tuesday night at 6 o’clock.

MAIL STAGE SCHEDULE.

The B. C. Express Company has the mail contract
for the interior of British Columbia, and send out mail
stages from Ashcroft during the summer months every
Monday and Friday mornings at 4 a.m., connecting
witht the steamer ‘“‘B.X.’’ at Soda Creek every Wed-
nesday and Sunday mornings. The autos will leave
the same mornings. as the wagon stages, but at 8
o'clock, connecting with the same boats to Fort George.

RAILROAD FREIGHT RATES
The rates on mixed seitlers’ effects are, from Van-
couver to Ashcroft, $24.50 per car; rates on less than
carload lots run from 24 cents per 100 pounds for
household goods to 94 cents per 100 pounds for first-
class farm implements and general merchandise. We
refer you to your local freight agent for detail freight

charges.
INLAND FREIGHT RATES.

Inland freight is handled at Ashcroft by C. H. Smith,
forwarding agent, who charges $4.00 per ton for stor-
age and forwarding. Freight is taken into the interior
by freight wagons in summer and sleighs in winter.
The rate the coming season wiil be 6 cents per pound
through to Fort George. Freight to Quesnel can be con-
signed to Wm. Peebles, who will warehouse and for-
ward. The B.C. Express Company will not charge for
storage or forwarding if freight is consigned to its
steamers.

TIRE REGULATIONS ON CARIBOO ROAD.

All who intend to drive into Cariboo should take care
to note the regulations as regards width of tires. Wa-
gons shall not carry a load in excess of the following:
On tires under 3 inches in width ............2000 lbs.
On tires 3 inches wide and under 4 inches...3000 Ibs.
On tires 4 inches wide and under 5 inches...6000 lbs.
On tires 5 inches and’ over ..... - 6000 lbs. and over

Wagons must be ‘broad gauge’’—5 feet between
eentres of tires.

LIVING ACCOMMODATIGNS

There are no houses for rent -in-Quesnel--or= Fort -

George. One will have to provide himself with tents
or live at the hotels. The hotel rates are usually $2.00
a day and up. Good service will be given this season
all along the road, and at Fort George first- class
modern hotel accommodation will be found.