| Show tift TH PACIFIC iff great BRITAIN the people of great britain find I 1 in ia the tha northern pacific railway not only a profitable and desirable field for investment but a aa powerful agency arency for the tho concentration and development of their colo coio colonial bial blai possessions extending from halifax to the pacific ocean and for fot the maintenance of their trade with the far east below are given brief extracts from recent articles in leading british journals which indicate ind leste leate the cordial good will extended to the efterp enterprise rise nise by the english public the whole area of england and scot landis land is about gibout fifty seven million acres I 1 and aud that of england scotland and ire land is about seventy five millions so that the territory given by the american government to Northern the pacific railway company exceeds that of great britain by three millions of acres and is only on of acre than the whole area of the united kingdom our interest in this particular american enterprise arises from the circumstance that it appears to open up to us a portion of our own dominions which have hitherto been almost inaccessible la in shori short from the eastern to the western terminus of the line the route of this road trave traverses rees a region most moat desirable for settlement and rich in resources whose development will be almost as profitable ta to british as to american interests london morning post our am american amerlean i cousins are bre given to acting while wo we are debating and planning in the recent completion of the northern pacific railway across the state of min uin minnesota another F tride has aten taken in idi that path which has for its goal the rendering accessible to in austry dus and civilization elvilio mon won every available portion of the globe what has already been accomplished in the completion of the minnesota division of the northern pacific road is of immense importance in furnis furnishing hing bing access to and an outlet for manitoba and our other british provinces provin ceh cea in the northwest this thib great work has commenced under tho the mosi most favorit favorable ble bie auspices not nione alone in a commer commercial olal but in an international sense if by the tile time tim 6 the construction train of the northern pacific la 18 echoing alon aion along g the rich valleys of montana a branch line in a northerly direction shall not have been projected to tap direct the fertile british american provinces of the saskatchewan we shall be disappointed in our etI etl estimate mate of the en enterprise ter ten prise of those at the helm of this thib great project bet london morning advertiser tho the importance of the northern pacific line has haa been acknowledged by the united states government by endowing the company with the largest laud grant ever made for any ana public work in the united states the value of the property possessed by the company is undoubted and the bonds will we have e very every reason to bellaire bei bel iee fee become a favor lavor favorite ite soura 4 of df investment not only in the united states but on this side of the atlantic where whore deb des despite pitet one or two exceptions american railway securities are rapidly EF rowing growing in public estimation we may add that a glance at the n names arm es of the directors of the northern pacific company shows that the niah management age ment is in the hands bands of gentlemen of well weli known standing many of whom have had great experience ip in connection with other important lines iines rall paid raid vay gazette london the importance of tho northern pacific road or the value of the security it offers can scarcely be overrated overrate dand aud and as such we commend its mortgage bonds to the consideration of any of our readers who are beeking seeking alist blass investments contemplating or a settlement on the other side of the Atlantic the bonds being aval available lahie labie to pay for landkof lands of the company at united states currency liverpool journal of commerce much of the ferrit territory ory which the northern pacific route traverses is of unsurpassed fer fertility tilDy the soil lind tind a hid bid fid glit gilt climate nate are alike favorable to the farmer for when tillage cessek ceases to tobe be profi profitable table tabie the land is available for grazing awid arid here the mot face should not be lost sight of that by its connection at one end with the Canad canadian lah inn lines and baits by ita proximity to british columbia at the other it will become an international line fraught with social and commercial advantages to both countries and the link to strengthen that political chain by which chwe we are every day bec bee becoming omIng more closely allied in feelings and aspirations without with our cousins in america notting hamshire eng guardian in whatever way the northern P pacific a cl Ball rail road is regarded whether hether as to executive management route ces cea cesor or business is it is a great en of universal Nt interest erest the northern portion of the american continent is rapidly becoming the bond of union betwee between ft the trade crade of asia and of its railways and especially the pacific railway will kiil i naturally command a great through brou gh traffic le and the local business will increase year by year with the devoid develd development of the country the line passes through one orle of the best wheat growing regions in the world and through gli districts teeming with ma many n y kinds kind of min mineral ral rai wealth these are thecle thecie the elements that attract population and population implies industry by which wealth is accumulated and distributed money moncy market review london evidence is afforded that the local traffic will be enormous beyond dakota the route lies through Mont montana kila kils three times the size of the he E empire aire alre state of new york with lands of unsurpassed fertility unequalled unequal led for grazing purposes and with large depo sits sita of gold silver copper and eoal coal features which with its ith pure and salubrious atmosphere and dry tiry climate ke are suie gule to draw to it an immense population with the extension of the line to puget paget goods will be conveyed between liverpool and yokohama in 13 days less time than by the suez canal thus independently of colonial interests great BrIt britain aln nin which can ear afford to neglect nothing that will end in maintaining her in in the far east fast trade has hag an immerso stake inthe completion of thee ihfe northern pacific road rond here watha patha railway journal london it is said that the complaints which are sometimes made that the use of steel pens causes a numbness of the forefingers are not altogether imaginary the explanation is that the metallic pen pressed closely in writing does actually carry off electricity so rapidly as to produce a palsy of those particular members in some highly organized per Ss sons |
