1 .U. \-4f I MRST YEAR,� NUMBER 8 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1909 THREE DOLLARS A THE G. T. P. GAP IN B.C. IS 539 MILES WIEi� Contractors Said to be at Work in Yellowhead Pass, and Duncan Ross, an ex-M.P. is Working as a Sub-Contractor at a Point Six Miles South of Hazelton, Which Places Fort George in the Middle of the Gap-Was Sir Wilfrid Laurier Responsible for Deposing Sir Charles Rivers-Wilson? [GH G.T. P. OFFICIAL PLACES HIMSElFoiTrECORD AS A "COOLIE'j progress made in building the Trunk Pacific Railway through British Columbia is of interest to (ers: of The Tribune, for most of fa waiting for the day of its corn-knowing that little can be done in mtry without the railway for a f!)f transportation. W. H. Harrison, Jus been on the Skeena for over a wind who was in Prkice Rupert the f|art of this month, arrived at Fort | e on Tuesday, making the trip from jhuver via Quesnel ir^9 days, and leav-ie latter place at rioon on Friday. �� [. Harrison says that, with the excep-'$ few heavy rock cuts like the one -aveyard Point and the long fill be-rKaien and Watson islands, the is practically finished from Prince f to the mouth of Copper river, 100 ��?-: -r� J Grading samps are established from <|c>ppeV river to the 178-mile post, where JDuii^|i|Ross, ex-member for Yale-Cari-bodfftl^a sub-contract, EtossVcamp is 287 miles; northwest of Fort George and a few tjnriles southeast of Hazelton. The early closing of navigation on the Skeena stopped the delivery of supplies at the grading camps above Kitselas Canyon, and, consequently, there is a shortage of supplies at most of the camps. Some are short of provisions, others of, hay and grain, and others of powder. An effort will be made to get in supplies over tote roads; but few of the camps will work full-handed during the winter, for men are leaving the camps and going to Prince Rupert. At Prince Rupert, Ross & Mc-Cauil, sub-contractors, are still at work on the two bluffs, on which work was commenced in May, 1908. Angus Stewart has a contract to grade a road-bed along the harbor front from the;G...T. P. wharf to beyond the sawmill, a distance of 3 miles. Steel rails for the first 100 miles of track have been delivered; and an engine, caboose, and 40 flat-cars are standing on the only piece of laid track the G.T. P. has in British Columbia. The sub-contractors who have been allotted work east of the mouth of Copper river are: Miles. McDougall & Rankin, A . . 101 to 102 D. A. Rankin, . . . ' . 103 to 112 �M. Sheedy,..... 113 to 122 Moran & Chiene, . ? . .123 to 1.24 A. L. McHugh, . - . . . 125 to 138 P. Salvus,..... 139 to 142 Bostrom & Kullander, . . j - 143 to 145 Sheedy & Paget, . . � ./ � . 146 to 155 Dan Stewart, . \' '.'�-. - 156 to 159 Norman McLeod, .X. . ..�. 160 to 162 Freeburg & Stone, . \\. . . 163 to 172 Foley, Welch & Stewart's camp, . 173 to 175 Duncan Ross, . ;. . . X. 176 to 178 The only news received at Fort George of progeis on the G.T.�.-W?st. ol Pass, 40 miles east of Tete Jaime Cache and 252 miles east of Fort George. The Standard of Empire of London, dated November 19th, says: "Mr. Bor-" den, in the course of the debate on the " Address, called attention to the delay in " the construction of the Grand Trunk " Pacific Railway, and referred to the " statements made in explanation of this " delay by Sir Charles Rivers -Wilson. " The point was sharply taken up by Sir " Wilfrid Laurier, who denied that there " was any justification for Sir Charles " Rivers -Wilson's^ complaints as to the " shortage of men, and declared that the " progress of the construction subsequent " to that speech conclusively showed that "�that the work was going on satisfactor-" ily in every respect". When at Prince Rupert in. July or August-last, Sir. Charles Rivers-Wilson, who was then president of the Grand -Trunk-, Railway, stated that the scarcity of labor was delaying construction work in Britisj i Columbia, and that the government Wa s away behind time in completing the first section east of Winnipeg. Wlxen at Vancouver and at Winnipeg, en route to London, he repeated these statements. Ijle also stated that the foad could not (ie built across British Columbia within a. reasonable time or at reasonable cost unl&o the company were allowed to bring.firi coolie labor from Asia. Soon after^is return to London there was a meeting! >i the shareholders of the Grand., Railway. A resolution to move the dent's office from London to was passed, arid Sir Charles Rivjer^iA^s&q handed in his resignation as prfefilenfe: Had Sir Wilfrid 'I#unM--Q�$^^ :lie~ Rad, lie deserves flie tliatlk^ of tlie people of Canada. i William Wainwright, another higH official of the G.T.P., who does the company's political work at both Ottawa and Victoria, was at Vancouver in November," and before leaving for Montreal is credited with stating, that had the company been allowed to employ Asiatic coolie labor, the road would have been completed across British Columbia on time. The road can be built across British Columbia on time, if only Sir Wilfrid Laurier will clean out the "coolies" in the G.T.P. head office in Montreal, William Wainwright along with the rest; then order Jack Stewart to quit being a padrone and a dealer in groceries, and begin the work of building the G.T.P. atross British Columbia in earnest. With Laurier behind the gun the G.T.P. can be completed by the end of 1911. Make Canada white, and begin at Montreal. Made the Trip in 3,1-2 Days. Ed Harrison of Quesnel made the trip from that place to Fort George in 3 1-2 days.-with a sleigh-load of passengers. He left Quesnel on Friday at noon and reached Fort George on. Monday evening. The passengers were W. H. Harrison, Thomas Thoburn, and D. Graham. He started on tYfe return trip at 2 o'clock on Thursday, and intended to be in Quesnel on Saturday eveiling, He says he could make the trip in two days. The distance is 100 miles. Brought in a Survey Party. George Forbes, who left Fort George intending to go to Bullion, where he could work his team, returned on Sunday from Quesnel with H. JE\ Rutter, George Bowes, George Bouiie, Walter Crocker, and their Chinese cook, all of Victoria. They belong to a Gore & McGregor survey party that'worked last summer and fall west and southwest of Fort George, oh both government and private surveys. They have gone up Fraser river. Mail Stage Left on Monday. Hamilton's stage went out on Monday morning with the mail and two Chinese passengers. One was the boy Billy, who was cook on the river steamer Nechaco and who got both feet froze in November in coming from the canyon to Fort George. He was veiy weak, and on reaching Quesnel will be-sen^to. a-hospital. The next mail stage will leave here on Monday, January 3,1910, and will be loaded down with good Conservative resolutions. : �:�:� � ���:ti:fliip �|� .,-~ ; vf'vi^ia i , r n * 1 mm^ ' � 4