| Show IN mm GILES Fight Between the Canadian Pacific and Ketie River + RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES + THE CORBIN SYNDICATE HAST HAS-T UPPER HAITD + Such I the Situation at Present AlThough Al-Though the Canadian May Secure the Balance Heavy Advance I Value of Central Pacific She Southern Pacific Earnings Not t New York Jan 20A dispatch to the Tribune from Ottawa says The meting met-ing of parliament will tee the renewal of hostilities between the Canadian Pa elite railroad and Its most formidable rival in the rich mining districts of southern British Columbia An application appli-cation is pending on behalf of the Kettle Ket-tle Rive Valley Railroad company Inters in-ters similar to the measure which last session was defeated through the intlu ence of the Canadian Pacific The promoters of the Kettle River proposition are Americans the D C Corbin syndicate which was the pioneer pio-neer of railway building In this part of British Columbia and controls the only means of atoess to and from the Ko Nest line is tcnas until th Crows UnO tmls omplcte Mr Corbins road the Spokane Spo-kane Fails Northern runs north from Ptokane Wash It connects with the Great Northern Northern Pacllic Union Un-ion Pad tc and generally with the railroad States Its road systems of the United Is connections Into Canada are known a the Nelson Fort Shepard which opens up a rich part of West Kootenai and the Red Mountain from Northport across the boundary to Roland The propoid new line to Kettle river will make a southern outlet t < the Boundary Creek district whose rich I I Bounda disrIc i deposits of copper gold and silver have I attracted the eyes of shrewd capitalists I a showing mineral wealth equal to if I not exceeding the famous country surrounding sur-rounding Butte Mont For the mastery of the situation In this country the Canadian Pacific Is straining every Influence In-fluence that an influential corporation knows si well how to command arid apply The applicants have shown themselves capable of putting up an exceedingly strong case which all but won for them last session against the Canadian Pacific railroad in parliament parlia-ment wiser for many years the influence influ-ence of the latter was invariably paramount mount liven the ministry itself gave on the whole support to the Kettle Riverbill although the mater not beIng be-Ing one of government policy the ministry I min-istry wee not called upoii to give its unanimous Influence a a body either way waMr Corbins syndicate asks no subsidy sub-sidy and las received none on any of the roads which it has constructed in Canadian territory and offers the neans of carrying the ores of the I Boundary Creek country across the reasonable boundary for treatment at rates and with all due guarantee for I the protection of Canadian interests But 1 is Just here that the Canadian Pacific railroad steps in with the argument 1 argu-ment that it is prepared and indeed engaged in this very same undertaking eng the people of British Columbia want no trespassing on Canadian territory I terri-tory by American companies and that in short the interests of Canada will be best served by keeping trade within her own borders Instead of diverting it into American channels The argument is one that carries some weight although al-though the minster of railways has expressed himself a satisfied that the fullest provision may bl mae for Canadian protection and to guard against handing valuable franchises to American capitalists to the hurt and prejudice of Canadian trade Minister convinced of Blair however is fully the wisdom of securing to the Grand Trunk system means of accass to British Brit-ish Columbia with an opportunity of its thereby affording competition against the Canadian Pacific road to the cities of eastern Canada The Canadian Pacific railroad is alive to the imDortance of the interests which the contest involves for i and promises prom-ises should the application be sustained sus-tained through the influence of the American transcontinental lines to make I hot for the later by Invading their own territory The gold discoveries in the Yukon were the cause of a host of applications last year for the chartering of railways from points on the coast and from British Brit-ish Columbia to Dawson Through the special provision which the administration administra-tion had made for the building of a line by way of the Stickeen river these were all ordered to stand over last session ses-sion but since the defeat of the government govern-ment in the senate and the dropping of the scheme other concerns are coming forward with offers to build if allowed by the federal authorities to do so In all some five or six charters are sought generally understood to be promoted by American concerns |
