Show f Kicking Against the Canada 4 Pacific New York 22 Heralds Winnepeg Captain Scott M P telegraphed by request to Sir John A McDonald to ascertain if it were true that tne Pacific Hallway syndicate would have power to cross the boundary with a railway line to the west of Pembina branch He was answered that the syndicate had power to build branch lines anywhere On the strength of this the local legisature on motion of the premier ptEel the folow ing reeoluion this evening Whereas It appears fom a telegram dated the 18th of December addresed by Right lion Sir John A McDonald premier of the government of Canada to Tbos Scott M P for Selkirk that the Canada Pacific Railwiy company will hare the power to build branch lines anywhere any-where and iriercoa It u farhor lacndel I as appears from the publication of tho terms j on which tbo Canada Pacific Railway syndicate have agreed to construct equip maintain and operate the said Canada Pacific railway to grant to raid company com-pany the exclusive right of building and operating branch lines of railway to the international boundary line between Canada and the United States and Whereas It appears further that the said company have tne right of accepting any such alternate sections of lind a they may think proper and it is deemed that the powers intended to be granted to the company wculd bo detrimental to the best interests of the Province at C Manitoba and while ths house it of the opinion that tha construction of the Canada Can-ada Pacific Railway should ba intrusted to a private company it view with alarm tbo terms of the agreement between be-tween tbe government and the iyndicaf I therefore Be it resolved That for the present the Canada Pacific Railway syndicate I should have given to them powar to build only the min lino of the Canada Pacific Railway and that any other line or branch line shall be built by the syndicate syndi-cate or by other comp ni i only after their obtaining rower tom time to time from the Parliament of Canada to build such lino or bran hp8 and that the mainline main-line of the Canada Pacific Railway iball not be alowed to approach at any point j aI within fifteen miles of the international bojndary hne and that Parliament II should not abandon its right to authorize if the construction railways In any direction di-rection by other companies that the syndicate shall not have the option of choosing and electing their own lands but shall be compelled to take alternate sections of the sections or townships for their land grant in aid of the construe Lion of the railways Irrespective of the I quality of the soil |