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Legislative Assembly","@language":"en"}],"DateAvailable":[{"@value":"2014-12-10","@language":"en"}],"DateIssued":[{"@value":"[1906]","@language":"en"}],"DigitalResourceOriginalRecord":[{"@value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/bcsessional\/items\/1.0064264\/source.json","@language":"en"}],"FileFormat":[{"@value":"application\/pdf","@language":"en"}],"FullText":[{"@value":" 6 Ed. 7 Kaien Island Land Grant. F 17\nRETURN\nTo an Order of the House for copies of all Orders in Council, agreements, grants,\nmaps, letters, telegrams, or other papers in possession of the Government, relative\nto the acquisition by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company of lands at\nKai-en Island, or elsewhere in British Columbia, whether for right-of-way, terminal\nor townsite purposes, or by way of subsidy.\nR. F. GREEN,\nChief Commissioner of Lands and Works.\nLands and Works Department,\n18th January, 1906.\nVictoria, B. C, March 9th, 1905.\nHon. Richard McBride,\nPremier, Victoria, B. C.\nSir,\u2014Referring to our several conversations, at which time you discussed the action your\nGovernment might be willing to take, in order to secure for the Province of British Columbia\nthe greatest possible advantages that will accrue to it by the construction of the Grand Trunk\nPacific Railway.\nI beg to assure you it is the desire of the Company to do all that is possible to give the\nmaximum benefits to the Provinces through which it will pass, in proportion to the mileage\nbuilt therein.\nOur plans are to first construct a line connecting Lake Superior with Winnipeg, continuing our surveys in the Eastern Provinces, and west of Winnipeg to the Pacific Coast. Upon\ncompleting into Winnipeg, to construct from there west, thus passing through a well-populated\ncountry, and one that produces traffic. By doing this the line would also be in connection\nwith the business centre of Eastern Canada, and would have traffic constantly coming along\nthe new line, and to the end of same.\nI understand your desire is to secure for the Province of British Columbia as great an\nexpenditure of money in British Columbia as is possible, and at the same time have construction commence at an early date.\nWe have carefully figured on the cost of building the new line, bringing in our supplies\nand equipment, and find that the policy laid down for our guidance, to build from the East to\nthe West, is the most economical.\nShould we reverse the conditions, it will not be only more expensive for us, in the way of\ngetting labour, supplies and material to the front, but we will, for a considerable period, have a\nlarge amount of money invested in property on which we will be paying an interest charge,\nand on which we will have absolutely no return, i. e., there will be no local business upon the\nline, and it cannot be used as a through line until connected with the line from the East.\nI understand your Government is not in favour of cash subsidies, under any circumstances,\nand that in the case of the Grand Trunk Pacific, some feel that the guarantee we have\nreceived from the Dominion Government is the limit of assistance that should be accorded to\nus. Such being the case, we will be obliged to carry on our work in the most economical\nmanner, and reduce our interest charge to the minimum, by having as little disconnected line\nas possible.\nIn an endeavour to produce the results you desire for the Province, I would ask if your\nGovernment will consider the advisability of bringing down a Bill, at this Session, granting to\nthe Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company:\u2014\n1. Right-of-way, not exceeding two hundred feet, across Crown lands, for main and\nbranch lines, excepting where additional widths are required, for sidings, stations, sheds,\nwharves, warehouses, embankments, cuts, bridges, culverts, drains, and other works and\napproaches thereto.\n2. Fifteen thousand acres of land for each mile of main and branch line to be constructed\nin the Province of British Columbia. F 18 Kaien Island Land Grant. 1906\n3. Exemption from taxation for thirty years from completion of said railway of equipment, stations and station grounds, work-shops, buildings, yards, rolling stock, appliances, and\nother property required and used for the construction, equipment and working of the said line\nof railway, and all personal property owned or possessed by the Company, also capital stock\nof the Company.\n4. The Railway Company to have the privilege to take from any public lands adjacent to\nor near the line of said railway or branches all stone, timber or gravel, or other material\nnecessary or useful for construction of the railway, and also, where necessary, to fill in upon\nany public lands.\n5. In case townsites are afterwards created on any of the lands granted, the provisions\nof the Land Act (section 32) are not to apply. This provision not to apply to the lands on\nwhich the permanent western terminus is located. Provided, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company will:\u2014\nA. Commence construction in British Columbia, on the Pacific Coast, as soon as the\nterminal site is determined upon, which, it is expected, will be on or before June 30th.\nB. To build from the terminal East, upon receiving the first one hundred miles of location\nfrom the engineering department, the necessary parties to be put in the field to secure this\ninformation this year.\nC. The Company to immediately make their financial arrangements for the entire British\nColumbia construction.\nD. Will continue construction through British Columbia, from the Pacific Coast eastward\nto the summit of the Rocky Mountains, bringing, of course, all labour, supplies and material\nfor this portion of the road in from the Coast, and procuring, as far as practicable, all things\nbeing equal, supplies for this portion of the road in British Columbia.\nE. To establish connection between the Grand Trunk Pacific terminus and the southern\nportion of the Province.\nF. The Company to dispose of any lands it may secure at Government schedule of prices,\nunder three headings, namely: first, second, and third class, such prices being five dollars, two\ndollars and fifty cents, and one dollar per acre, respectively.\nI have, etc.,\n(Signed)        Frank W. Morse,\nVice-Pres't. and General Manager.\nVictoria, B. C, March 17th, 1905.\nFrank W. Morse, Esq.,\nVice-President and General Manager, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway,\nVictoria, B. C.\nDear Sir,\u2014I am in receipt of your favour of the 9th inst. asking if the Government\nwould consider the advisability of introducing a Bill at the present Session of the Legislature\ngranting to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company certain concessions stated in your\nletter.\nIn reply, I would state that this question has been placed before and considered by the\nExecutive Council, and the decision arrived at is that your proposal cannot be entertained.\nYours truly,\n(Signed) Richard McBride,\nPremier.\nEdmonton, Alta., March 20th, 1905.\nDear Mr. McBride,\u2014I beg to acknowledge your letter of March 17th., in reply to mine\nof the 9th inst., in which I set forth the conditions under which construction of the Grand\nTrunk Pacific in British Columbia might be commenced on the Pacific Coast and built through\nto the East.\nNote that the proposition is rejected by the Executive Council, which, I take it, permanently disposes of the subject.\nYours very truly,\nHon. Richard McBride. Premier, (Signed) Frank W. Morse.\nVictoria, B. C. 6 Ed. 7 Kaien Island Land Grant. F 19\nVictoria, B. C, February 21st., 1905.\nThe Honourable the Chief Commissioner\nof Lands and Works, Victoria, B. C.\nSir,\u2014In connection with the subject referred to in the Order in Council dated the 4th of\nMay, 1904, under the terms of which it was arranged that certain lands situate on Kaien\nIsland should be conveyed to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company for terminal purposes,\nthe Company, after investigating the subject, has learned that for the railway yards, coal\ndocks, etc., it will be advisable\u2014in fact, necessary\u2014to obtain a certain portion of the Indian\nReserve which immediately adjoins the land already surveyed under the provisions of the\nOrder in Council above referred.\nThe Company is desirous, therefore, of entering into negotiations with the Government\nfor the acquisition of their revisionary interest in these lands. You know that the Indian title\nmust be first extinguished. The Company will be obliged to deal with the Government of\nCanada on that subject. The value of the local Government's interest is not as great as it\nwould be if they possessed the unencumbered fee. We should be glad, however, to have some\nidea of the price which the Government would ask for their interest, provided that we can\narrange with the Dominion Government for the removal of the Indians.\nYou will remember that the writer mentioned this subject to you a day or two since, and\nyou stated that the Government prefer that the proposition should come from the Company.\nThe writer has conferred with Mr. Morse, who is here now representing the Grand Trunk\nPacific Railway Company in these transactions, and it seems to us fair to suggest that the\nGovernment, after the Indian title is extinguished, should convey that portion of the lands\nrequired by the Company and should retain a one-quarter interest in those lands.\nAs the situation now is, the lands are practically valueless; they are not fit for occupation\nor settlement, and can only be used for the townsite or railway purposes. Under the\nCompany's plan, these lands will not form a part of the town proper, that is to say, they are\nnot likely to have any value for ordinary business lots, or for residence purposes; they will be\nused by the Company in connection with the railway service; and in these circumstances, and\nalso considering the fact that the Government will own a very considerable interest in the\nrest of the townsite, it seems to us that it would be reasonable to convey an undivided three-\nquarters to the Company. It should always be remembered that it will be the expenditure of\ntheir money and their enterprise which will give these lands any value to the Government or\nto the public generally.\nWe have, &c,\n(Signed)        Bodwell & Lawson,\nSolicitors for the G. T. P. Ry. Co.\nVictoria, March 17th, 1905.\nFrank W. Morse,\nVice-President and General Manager, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway,\nVictoria, B. C.\nDear Sir,\u2014Adverting to our several conferences and to the solicitors for your Company,\nMessrs. Bodwell & Lawson's communications to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works\nof the 9th instant and 21st. ultimo, respectively, regarding the proposal of your Company to\nacquire a portion of the Tsimpsean Indian Reserve on Kaien Island for railway purposes, I\nbeg to advise you that this matter has been considered by the Government, and, as a result,\nthe following conclusions are submitted.\n1. No disposition of any portion of this reserve can be made unless and until the Dominion\nGovernment removes the Indians from the reserve, or from that portion thereof with which it\nis intended to deal.\n2. In such case the Government is willing, upon your Company satisfying the Chief\nCommissioner of Lands and Works of the necessity of securing additional holdings in that\nvicinity for the purpose of its railway, that no disposition of any portion of such lands shall\nbe made without first offering your Company an opportunity to purchase them.\nYours truly,\n(Signed)        Richard McBride,\nPremier. F 20 Kaien Island Land Grant. 1906\nVictoria, B. C, January 19th, 1904.\nSir,\u2014The question of the location of the western terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific\nis one which will very soon engage the attention of the Government, and I am instructed by\ncertain clients to lay before you the following points for your consideration :\u2014\nIt is of the greatest importance that the terminus should be located on land of such a\ncharacter that the Government, on behalf of the people of the Province, will derive a direct\nbenefit under those sections of the Land Act which allow them to retain one-quarter of any\nland granted, which may, after the grant, be used as a townsite. Tuck Inlet is known to be\na favourable location for a harbour and terminal purposes. On one side of the inlet the land\nis covered by an Indian Reserve, on which a possible site for a terminus can be found, namely,\nthe east shore of Digny Island. If that spot should be selected by the Grand Trunk Pacific,\nthe arrangement will be made entirely with the Dominion Government and no direct benefit\nwill be obtained by the Province.\nIf a terminus is located at Port Simpson or Kitamaat Arm, the same result will follow, as\nthe land is held by private owners, and the greater number of the locations are dated prior\nto April 17th, 1896, and, therefore, the Government will have no interest in the townsite\nestablished.\nIt is possible, however, to so arrange matters that the terminus can be located on\nunoccupied Crown lands, and in the circumstances I propose the following for your consideration :\u2014\nUnder section 39, chapter 113, of the Land Act, the Governor in Council is authorised to\nmake free, or partially free, grants of unoccupied, unappropriated Crown lands for any purposes\nof public advantage. From enquiries which I have caused to be made, I understand that a\ntract of suitable land can be obtained from the Crown lands surrounding Tuck Inlet, on the\nTsimpsean Peninsula, which are now covered by a reserve. I suggest that my clients form\na company to acquire these lands\u2014say 10,000 acres\u2014including foreshore and waterfront, in\nblocks of not less than half a mile square; a grant of the lands to be made by the Crown to\nthe Company and the latter undertaking to negotiate with the Grand Trunk Pacific for the\nestablishment of their western terminus, subject to the following conditions :\u2014\n1. The Company will pay to the Government the sum of $1.00 per acre for the land, as\nsoon as the survey of the same has been completed.\n2. If the Company shall fail to secure the establishment of the western terminus on the\nsite selected within twelve months from the date of the grant, the land shall revert to the\nCrown, and the Company shall have no claim against the Government for expenses of survey,\netc., but shall be refunded the purchase price of $1.00 per acre paid at the time of the survey.\n3. The Company will, if required by the Government, deposit a reasonable sum as a\nguarantee of good faith, and are prepared to give you, in confidence, satisfactory assurances of\ntheir ability to. carry on the negotiations they have indicated, and to perform any covenants\nwhich they may undertake in the premises.\nThe Company will be incorporated under the laws of the Province of  British Columbia.\nThe advantages to accrue to the Government will be :\u2014\n1. The establishment of the terminus at a suitable place :\n2. The receipt of the sum of $10,000 in cash, which is the Government price for lands\nof the character above described :\n3. The one-quarter of the lots in the townsite, which property would be of very great\nvalue.\nThe Company will not bind itself to procure the establishment of the terminus on the\nsite selected, but will guarantee to use its very best efforts in that behalf, and will pledge\nitself not to attempt to dispose of the lands, or any part of them, for any other purpose\nwhatever.\nIf the Government consider this proposition favourably, we are prepared at once to carry\nout the plan suggested. We can give you a sufficient description of the land to locate the\nsame generally in your Department, and will proceed immediately with the surveys, so that\nthe Crown grants can issue in due course.\nI have <fec,\n(Signed)        E. V. Bodwell.\nTo the Honourable\nThe Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. 6 Ed. 7 Kaien Island Land Grant. F 21\nLands and Works Department,\nVictoria, 21st February, 1905.\nSir,\u2014Referring to the delay which has taken place in the issuance of the Crown grants\ncovering certain lands in the Tsimpsean Peninsula, near Tucks Inlet, referred to in Order in\nCouncil dated 4th May, 1904, I beg to inform you, at your request, that the title to such lands\ncould have been transferred to you in August or September last, but for the fact that a petition\nunder the Land Act was filed on behalf of a party named Taylor, who claimed to have located\na portion of the lands in question under the \" South African War Land Grant Act.\"\nIt has not been convenient for the Attorney-General's Department to get this matter on\nfor hearing up to the present, and the Government did not deem it wise to actually deliver the\ngrants until the matter referred to in the petition had been disposed of.\nAt the time that the issuance of these grants was interfered with, as above stated, and\nfrom that period up to the present I have been satisfied, from the facts and circumstances\nwhich you have from time to time brought to my attention, that there was a bona fide desire\non the part of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company to carry out their part of the undertaking, and that the terminus of the road would in due course be permanently located on the\nlands in question; provided the title thereto could be transferred by the Government to the\nCompany.\nHowever, there is every probability that the matter will now be brought to a speedy\ntermination, and the Government is prepared, as soon as the legal provisions are complied\nwith, to deliver the grants in compliance with the terms named in the Order in Council above\nreferred to.\nI am, etc.,\nE. V. Bodwell, Esq., K. C, (Signed)        R. F. Green.\nVictoria, B. C. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works.\nWhereas on the 3rd day of May, 1904, an Order in Council was passed, a copy of which\nis hereto annexed :\nAnd whereas the lands referred to in such Order in Council have been surveyed and\nCrown grants thereof have been issued and are now ready for delivery:\nAnd whereas the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), referred to in Clause 8 of the\nsaid Order in Council, has been duly paid :\nAnd whereas evidence has been produced, satisfactory to the Chief Commissioner of Lands\nand Works, that the terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway will be located on some\nportion of the said lands, and that the townsite surrounding said terminus will be created as\nreferred to in clause 2 of the said Order in Council:\nAnd whereas it is expedient to file with the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works a\nwritten approval of the terms of the said Order, signed by the proper officer in that behalf of\nthe Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company :\nAnd whereas Frank W. Morse, whose signature is attached hereto, is the Vice-President\nand General Manager of the said Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company, and is the officer of\nthe said Company properly authorised to give the said approval, and hereby undertakes to do so:\nNow, therefore, it is witnessed by these presents that I, Frank W. Morse, Vice-President\nand General Manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company, do hereby certify that\nthe Company approves of all the terms and conditions expressed in the Order in Council of the\n3rd day of May, 1904, a copy of which is attached hereto; and further declare that the lands\nin question are to be taken over by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company, on the terms\nand conditions expressed in the said Order in Council, and that the western terminus of the\nGrand Trunk Pacific Railway will be located on some portion of the said lands, and that the\ntownsite surrounding the said terminus will be located on the lands so to be conveyed in the\nsaid Crown grants; and, further, that the Company will observe all the conditions expressed\nin the said Order in Council to be performed by it, and will accept the conveyance of the said\nlands on the conditions mentioned in the said Crown grants; and, further, that if the Chief\nCommissioner of Lands and Works shall so request, I will in due course procure a formal\nratification of this certificate by the Directors of the Company.\nAs witness my hand at the City of Victoria, Province of British Columbia, the 6th day\nof March, A. D., 1905.\n(Signed)       Frank W. Morse. F 22 Kaien Island Land Grant. 1906\nVictoria, B. C, 9th March, 1905.\nSir,\u2014Referring to the Order in Council of the 4th of May, 1904, respecting the lands to\nbe conveyed by the Government to me for the purposes of the western terminus for the Grand\nTrunk Pacific Railway Company, I am instructed by the Company and I hereby direct and\nrequest that the Crown grant should issue directly to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company instead of to me. As you are aware, in that matter I was simply acting as the trustee\nfor the Company, and it will save conveyancing and serve every purpose of the order if the\ngrant is made directly to the Company.\nI am,  etc.,\nTo the Honourable (Signed)        E. V. Bodwell.\nThe Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works,\nVictoria, B. C.\n(Signed)        Henri G. Joly de Lotbiniere,\nLieutenant-Governor.\nLAND ACT.\nProvince of        ) (Signed)       W. S. Gore,\nBritish Columbia.   \/ Deputy Commissioner of Lands and. Works.\nNo   1^-\nrv o.   x 6 2\nEDWARD VII., by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and\nIreland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King,\nDefender of the Faith, &c, &c.\nTo all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:\nKNOW YE, that We do by these presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, in consideration of the fulfilment of the terms of an Order in Council, approved by His Honour the\nLieutenant-Governor on the fourth day of May, 1904, and of the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars\nto Us paid, give and grant unto The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company, its successors and\nassigns, all those parcels or lots of land situated in Coast District, said to contain ten thousand\n(10,000) acres, more or less, and more particularly described on the map or plan hereunto\nannexed and coloured red, and numbered Lots Two hundred and fifty-one (251), Four hundred\nand forty-three (443), and Four hundred and forty-four (444), Range Five (5), on the official\nplan or survey of the said Coast District, in the Province of British Columbia, To have and\nTo hold the said parcels or lots of land, and all and singular the premises hereby granted, with\ntheir appurtenances, together with (where any of the lands so described abut upon, or form\nthe shore of, any tidal waters, or the bank of any river, lake or stream) all the foreshore and\nriparian rights which We, in the right of Our Province of British Columbia, may have in the\nsaid lands, including the lands below as well as above high-water mark, unto the said Grand\nTrunk Pacific Railway Company, its successors and assigns, for ever.\n1. Provided, nevertheless, that it shall at all times be lawful for Us, Our Heirs and\nSuccessors, or for any person or persons acting in that behalf by Our or their authority, to\nresume any part of the said lands which it may be deemed necessary to resume for making\nroads, canals, bridges, towing-paths, or other works of public utility or convenience ; so nevertheless that the lands so to be resumed shall not exceed one-twentieth part of the whole of the\nlands aforesaid, and that no such resumption shall be made of any lands on which any buildings\nmay have been erected, or which may be in use as gardens or otherwise for the more convenient\noccupation of any such buildings.\n2. Provided, also, that it shall at all times be lawful for Us, Our Heirs and Successors,\nor for any person or persons acting under Our or their authority, to enter into and upon any\npart of the said lands, and to raise and get thereout any minerals, precious or base, including 6 Ed. 7 Kaien Island Land Grant. F 23\ncoal and petroleum, which may be thereupon or thereunder situate, and to use and enjoy any\nand every part of the same land, and of the easements and privileges thereto belonging, for the\npurpose of such raising and getting, and every other purpose connected therewith, paying in\nrespect of such raising, getting and use reasonable compensation.\n3. Provided, also, that it shall be lawful for any person duly authorised in that behalf by\nUs, Our Heirs and Successors, to take and occupy such water privileges, and to have and enjoy\nsuch rights of carrying water over, through, or under any parts of the hereditaments hereby\ngranted, as may be reasonably required for mining or agricultural purposes in the vicinity of\nthe said hereditaments, paying therefor a reasonable compensation to the aforesaid Grand Trunk\nPacific Railway Company, its successors or assigns.\n4. Provided, also, that it shall be at all times lawful for any person duly authorised in\nthat behalf by Us, Our Heirs and Successors, to take from or upon any part of the hereditaments hereby granted, without compensation, any gravel, sand, stone, lime, timber or other\nmaterial which may be required in the construction, maintenance or repair of any roads, ferries,\nbridges or other public works.\n5. Provided, also, that in the event of any of the lands hereby granted being divided into\ntown lots, one-fourth of all the blocks of lots, to be selected as provided in section 32 of the\n\" Land Act,\" shall be re-conveyed to Us and Our successors.\n6. Provided, further, that the land hereby granted fronting on the sea or other waterway\nshall be divided into blocks having a frontage on the sea or waterway of not less than one\nthousand (1,000) feet, and the selection of the water front lands so divided shall be in conformity with section 32 of the \" Land Act,\" and shall be re-conveyed to Us and Our Successors,\ntogether with the land appurtenant thereto above and below low-water mark, upon the request\nof the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works.\n7. Provided, further, that there shall be re-conveyed to Us and Our Successors, upon the\nrequest of the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, one-fourth of all the land embraced\nin this grant that shall not be divided into town lots or water front blocks, the said lands to\nbe divided into blocks containing not more than eighty acres, and the selection of said lands to\nbe in conformity with section 32 of the \" Land Act.\"\n8. Provided, further, that any re-conveyance to Us and Our Successors of any of the lots\nhereinbefore mentioned shall include (when the lands so described abut upon or form the shore\nof any tidal waters, or the bank of any river, lake or stream) all the foreshore and riparian\nrights, including the lands above and below low-water mark.\n9. Provided, also, that all travelled streets, roads, trails and other highways existing over\nor through said lands at the date hereof shall be excepted from this grant.\nIn testimony whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and\nthe Great Seal of Our Province of British Columbia to be hereunto affixed :\nWitness, His Honour the Honourable Sir Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbiniere,\nK. C. M. G., Lieutenant-Governor of Our said Province of British Columbia, at Our\nGovernment House, in Our City of Victoria, this Tenth day of March, in the year\nof Our Lord One thousand nine hundred and five, and in the fifth year of Our\nReign.\nBy Command.\n(Signed)        FRED. J. FULTON,\nProvincial Secretary.\nvictoria, b. c.\nPrinted by Richard WoLFRNDRK, V.D., I.S.O., Printer to the King's Most Kxcellent Majesty.\n1906.","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Legislative proceedings","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"J110.L5 S7","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1906_09_F17_F23","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0064264","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"Victoria, BC : Government Printer","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. 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