Show RAILWAY TO THE NORTH canadian government to bo asked to give sanction without delay new york feb the canadian parliament which meets today will be asked to sanction without delay a government bill lor the construction ol 01 a railway from glenora to telegraph creek on the keen river to teslin lake a distance of allee baya the ottawa correspondent of the herald the road which ia to be completed by november will be the first railway making or the klondike between telegraph creek and teelin lake tha government ol 01 british columbia has built a wagon road over which transportation companies will run stages and pack carts the keen from wrangle northward flows thirty miles through united states territory ant the free navigation of the river was conceded to cabada by the treaty of 1871 and the bonding ar 1 range ments entered into by the united states and the government of canada will permit goods to bo shipped from vancouver and victoria via without breaking bulk there is uninterrupted navigation from bealin lake to dawson city a distance of COO miles from may to nov 15 the teelin or hootalinqua river flows out cf teelin lake and on being joined by the cie salmon ie known as the lewes at fort selkirk the leaea is joined by abo polly and the two form the yukon this route has been selected by the canadian government as the shortest and best route to the gold fields the i total distance from vancouver to dawson bythie route is 1550 miles it ia an allwater all water route except for the miles of wagon road between glenora and teslin lake when the railroad over that section is finished it will bo possible to reach daw eon from vancouver or victoria in a week with no greater amount of discomfort than ia experienced on a voyage across the atlantic rates on the railway will be regulated by the dominion government and will be reduced 25 per cent at the end of three years abo canadian parliament will not grant a charter to any competitive railway from any point on the international ter boundary for a period of five years the contract provides that the ore ceball keep the existing exi eting wagon riad in good repair until enca times the railways ceball be running and afford every facility tor the transportation por tation of passengers and freight mr sifton the canadian minister of the interior spent u weeke last year in the northwest territory and selected the route via glenora and bealin because la hia judgment it is the easiest of the routes also because from teslin und also from glenora 16 traverses a country known to be rich with rich placer diggings |