The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-07-29
issued: 1905-06-07
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note: .'•.> v-'V \ ugiii jti^ti THE Y NEWS JUJI1O190: >■■> __ c- / VOL. 4 NELSON, B. C, WEDNESDAY,.JUNE 7, 1905 NO. 41 HILL'S PLANS DISREGARDED His Movements Will Not Affect the Construction Plans of C. P. R. Wm. Whyte Outlines Present and Future Flans-No Coast-Kootenay Line Contemplated at Present The only construction works in Kootenay planned tor this year by the C. P..R. company are the branch south- yrwd fiom Spence's Bridge to Nicola luke, ami the beginning ol! lhe Kootenay Central Hum Guillen. Both lima will ultimately be extended tu form connections to .the south, with the Boundary aud Crow's Neat Hues, respectively. In thy course of the next several years, Lhe number depending upon the rate of growth In population and wealth In the districts concerned, the country westward from Midway will be opened, and gadually branch lines will be extended to the coast, or to a poini on the uialu line near the coast. The C. P. R. company Is nol apprehensive that ils rival, tlie Ureal Northern Hallway company will anticipate it with a Coast to Kootenay road. The authorities of the'Canadian company regard as significant president J.J. Hill's avoidance of any positive undertaking as to the proportion of the road he proposes to build, which shall be on Canadian soil. They are convinced that his intention, if successful in his present applications, is to follow the course of tho Skagit river from Similkameen to some point ou Puget Sound, probably Everett; William Whyte, of Winnipeg, second vice-president of the C, P. R, company, arrived on the delayed train from Rob- ton last evening. At tbe Strathcona he wus met by a representative of The Daily News who usked for information as to the company's plans for the immediate future with respect to British Columbia generally, and Kootenay in particular. Mr. Whyte said: "Well, I did a little talking at the coast. 1 don't know whether 1 have been pumped dry or not. Yes. 1 think you may say that our plans for this summer aro definite. The li…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0381805
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : F.J. Deane
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text