Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 19, 1877, Winnipeg, Manitoba I if 211 we Iff 00 monday fun. 1877. K12pokt of Trio 1 s it till s Avit. With characteristic Energy or. Macken has brought the department Over which to presides into such Good working order that to has been Able to bring Down his an Juial report for the financial year ending june 30th, 1870, immediately upon the opening of parliament. As our space will not permit us to Deal with the whole of this voluminous return in the limits assigned to a single article we turn first of All to the portion relating to the Pacific has Paramount interest for. Tho people of Manitoba and the North West. The chief Engineer has furnished a supplementary re port which contains a statement of the amount of work done to the51st december last. All the surveys projected for the season wore completed but the Dilli cuties presented by the rugged surface of British Columbia still prevent the final adoption of the route the railway is to take. Much valuable information has been gained however Dur. Ing Tho year. On the East Side of the Rocky mountains in the Woodland and Prairie regions the location of the line for construction has been completed Between the English Miles from fort rat Portage -98 from Tho same Point and very great improvements have been made in the profiles. The works will on an average to moderate up to the 24oth mile. The rest to Kat por Tage will be heavy for about i i Miles but Tho rest moderate. There Aro now j8i Miles of the line of rail Way definitely located and of these i la Miles Aro under contract for construction. The located Lino goes As far As Livingstone near fort Polly. From Livingstone to a Point in the Long Tiu e of cd Ironton a Dis Tance of Olg Miles a trial line been Sui Voyed. The position of the located line will not vary much from this As the coun try is very favourable for construction. From Tho Longitude of Edmonton to the Summit of the yellow head pass in the Rocky distance of a continuous line has been surveyed and 140 of it located. Tho distance from fort William on Lako Superior to the yellow head pass is Miles and thence to Buto Inlet 040, making in All a total by route of Miles from Lako Superior to Pacific Waters. Tho country eastward from the Point on the Lino under construction Between fort William and port Savanne by bag Lake to Xep Igon Kiver has also been explored and shows a practicable Lino with not very heavy works. From that Point to Pic River the works will to very heavy and from the Ivor Pic to French Kiver the surveys were not completed when Winter set in but As far As examined a feasible line can be had. From French River to Tho proposed Oast Jern terminus the Survey is in Progress and i Tho whole will be finished in i few weeks j Tho surveys therefore Are nearly completed i the larger portion of the line located and a considerable part actually under construction. Tho Telegraph 1ms been erected for 7s7 Miles Westward from Selkirk and for Lifty eastward from that Point As Well As for Miles Westerly from fort William. The following is an account of Tho work on the Pacific railway actually done on the of december 1870 Kanin o and i 1. The contract to. A i from fort William to Sunshine Crook Miles is nearly completed. 2. The works on contract to. From Sunshine Creek to English River a distance of so Miles Are being vigorously prosecuted the contract to. 14, from Selkirk red River eastward to Cross Lake 77 Miles is a Little More than Hall finished. And 1. This work Between fort William and English River 113 Miles is embraced in contract to. 2- and Tho rails have been Laid from fort William to a distance of 2i Miles. 2. The track laying and blasting Between Selkirk red River and Keewatin rat Portage is embraced in contract to. Dent that 80 Miles further West will be completed next summer. This will connect with the navigable Waters of Rainy Lake Rainy Kivor and Lako of Tho Only obstacle to Tho passage of steamers and tugs being a fall near fort Francos at which a canal of Large dimensions is in course of construction. From rat Portage on Winnipeg River at Tho outlet of Tho Lake of the Woods to Tho Rod River is a distance of 114 Miles of which is already graded and 79 Miles will be graded in Tho summer of ls77. Large quantities of Stool rails Aro deposited at Thunder Bay and on Tho red River awaiting developments. The Canadian government has Boon very Active in Telegraph construction. In Tho distance of Miles from Lako Superior to fort Edmonton on Tho Saskatchewan River near the Rocky mountains 50 Miles West of Thunder Hay and Miles West of the Railroad crossing on red River Aro now in operation and Tho whole Lino to Tho Pacific coast will to constructed As soon As Tho Canada Pacific Railroad with which Tho Telegraph is Conterminous is definitely located. Or. Taylor reports the wheat crop of Manitoba As below an average of Quantity and Quality As being not More than is bushels to Tho Amie. Oats will average k bushels j Barley 40 bushels while Tho vege table crop is a plethora. To Grasshopper eggs in Manitoba or in Tho territory West and Northwest. Rows has Boon received that Ink Padu to Tho first instigator of the Sioux massacre in with five Hundred lodges Lias crossed Tho Frontier near Wood Mountain about two Hundred Miles West of Pem Bizaj and is now on Canadian territory. Tho indians Are profuse in Pacific expressions and will to shrewd enough to avoid any excesses in their Placo of Refuge but there Aro no troops in the Vicinity to repress a raid in the Spring on the Missouri settlements. Tho mounted police Are two Hundred Miles further West near the Cypress Hills and Aro a Force of tidy too men. To Aro assured that measures concerted with Tho Manitoba authorities and the Hudson s Bay company will effectually prevent any sup plies of arms or ammunition to hostile indians the Only danger being from american traders Dif Turbed in their former operations of this kind in Montana who May surreptitiously Cross the Frontier near Tho Cypress Hills. Tho Minnesota Hoard of health will be glad to hear on Tho Consul s authority that the Small pox still limited to tin Vicinity of Lake Winnipeg 100 Miles North of the settlements of Manitoba. The loss of Lite in a crowded population of icelanders at Jim i and a few bands of adjacent indians has been deaths to a total population of but the disease yielded readily to treatment when a proper Hoapil service was and is expected to Abate with the return of mild weather. A very general vaccination has occurred in Manitoba and if Tho disease should extend South wards there is Little apprehension. The indians around the Quad Niino have proved Avery effective police in supporting sanitary regulations. now ply on Lako Winnipeg and the Saskatchewan and a regular communication for tourists and emigrant.-, from 1-Ort Jarry to fort Cdr Norton or even nearer the Rocky mountains will doubtless be established during the year. A bimonthly Overland mail at present connects the two o l Tigjo of Insp a Jook of and Mas uses. Tho Public Urc Herthy notified that the Ollilee for Tho or Welt huh and measures now open in the new custom House Ink i have received to Curry out tin require ments of the act mid to proceed against nil parties the same. I a Star a Cpl v inspector. 12th, 1s77. Film la Juds ski s i am opening out a Slock of Field Garden and Flower seeds selected from the Best growers and seeds men of established reputation both on this continent and Europe which cannot fall to rive satisfaction which i sell it Ontario prices with a Small in Ive Blakc for freight. I leaders and Othen requiring Large quantities will please hand in their orders Early which Wlsh have my at Tention. For Wilson s Standard Scales implements and hardware. Tobaccos and Cigar of the finest brands. And to make room for seeds 1 will a selection of canned Jjo ods. Robert h. Keith wholesale and r. Tali seedsman main North of new i out office Winnipeg works nearly opposite Viand Central first Street Winnipeg. 5o is Ore have opened to their new premises which Are the largest and shop in tin North Wem. They an prepared to Hilld Aud sleighs of All i Epa l rim done in the m horse shoeing attended Lohn tin Champion of new Ork is ale. Come and t by him. Carrla a pal tin and trimming done a Superior manner. By warrant to sat is aet Ion Al i branches. Montgomery Bros. Tiik Louyal skin to i i i of w v. Siuyu a lady o Hinly ran clocks and sparkling eyes and a wealth of dark Brown hair at an open window Mil the wind Bleu mods. And the same a som with wondrou., Power of a Kuyal sewing machine. I no More i gusset and is Sun no Moie on seam t tile widowed wife my end he Ille t r. 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