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STJ^FLE^IEIlSrT TO TIHCIE ?M ifrmrisco Jourtwl of Commerce 4T~ BRITISH COLUMBIA AMD SHOWING GEOLOGICAL FORMATIOM9, XOXNSKAXi BSBOBLDa, 2|a. -J-- W.D. PATTERSON CE. «UiEOFSrATUrE M/1XS ■i*" 'T ff* ■*,i" «f •» «f Y «" sfe sfi slo Tne New Orleans Exposition. Since the Centennial no exposition has ever bf aeld in the United States at all approach- its i= 't_portance that now held at New Or- ■ jans. and in fact we may say that nothing like it has ever been seen in the country before. It derives its importance partly from the importance of New Orleans, partly from its location and partly because the Crescent city is the eapi- tol of the French - descended portion of the population of the Gulf States. The situation of New Orleans is one of the finest in the world. Before the war it was the great metropolis of the South, and bids fair to be so in the future. Its population according to the census of 1880 was 216,090, and cannot now be less than 260,000. Its location at the mouth of the Mississippi and its forty-two navigable tributaries draining the heart of the North American continent is such, that nothing finer commercially can be imagined. The Mississippi and its tributaries drain twenty-one States ana Territories—has a navigable waterway of 15,710 or nearly 16,000 miles. It is the natural outlet of all the States and Territories here referred to, and their teeming millions— the place where all their industries will some day seek a market, so far as they seek a foreign one, and into the port of which shall be poured the riches of the commerce of the earth into the lap of the valley of the Father of Waters. Directly opposite, almost, to New Orleans is the mouth of one of the great rivers of South America, the mighty Orinoco, which leads navigation right into the heart of the South American continent. The tributaries of the Orinoco interlock with those of the world of waters, the Amazon, while the latter, by Its southern tributaries, is brought to the doors of navigation of the Bio de la Plata, thus leading through thousands of miles of waterway right through into the heart of the southern portion of the Americas, and .perhaps the one greatest in natural resources. From Lake Itasca to Buenos Ayres, there is an almost uninterrupted navigation of nine thousand miles, with the Crescent city in the commercial centre. It has also direct communication with the great Congo Valley of South Africa and its hundred millions of people, while the proposed Nicaragua and Panama canals, and the proposed Tehuantepec ship railroad, brings it to the Orient and the Pacific. The Souttt is entering on a new life, and New Orleans will be the busy oentre of that life. The seven million bales of ootton raised from the Ohio to the Mexique Bay, and from the Atlantic to the western border of Texas will all find a market there, and not only a market but a place of manufacture, whence it will be dispersed abroad to clothe the peoples of the world. The cotton alone is worth more than two hundred millions of dollars. _ Place the imports on what it will have, paid for similar sum, and you CUSTOMS STATISTICS. Imports Into the Province of British Columbia for 12 Years, Ending June 30, 1883. Yesr ending 30th Jnne, 1872. From Canada , Tear ending 801b Jnce, 1873.. From Can da.... _. .... Trar ending 30!h Jane, From Canada :87*. Year ending 30th Jnne, 1875. From Canada Year ending 30th Jens. 187*.. From Canada Year ending 30th Jnne, 1877.. From Canada Year ending 80th Jnne, 1878. From Canada Year ending 30th Jane, 1879 From Canada Year ending 30th Jnne, 1880. From Canada Tear snding 80th Jane, 1881.. Prom Canada Tear ending SOth Jnme, 1883.. From Canada Tear ending 30th Jane, 1883. From Canada Talc* of Total Imposts. 800BB EXTIBKD FOB HOME cOSSUMPTI N. GEORGE .'AMES FINOLAY, JOHN HENRY DURHAM. JOHN HEN-RY BRODIE. $1.790 352 00 37,115 00 2.191.011 00 76,004 00 1,085.5(0 00 68,104 00 2.543.55 ■ 00 117,054 00 9^97,697 00 129.735 00 3,230,368 00 1(3,142 00 3.244,503 00 1M.7M00 1.440.781 00 184.951 (0 1,689,3»4 00 308,072 00 2.489.843 CO 387,111 00 2.899.243 00 449,7(8 CO 3,937.538 00 824.207 00 Dtttiabu Go:r>s. tl .800.3(1 00 1,!69.113 CO l.«7«,T93 00 1.934,482 CO 3.337.073 00 1330,391 00 1,905,301 00 1,997,128 90 1.(14,1(5 00 2,214,1(3 00 1,472,174 00 3,331.023 00 Fax* Goods. $166,707 00 22,215 CO 507,364 00 75,(01 00 371,544 00 66.104 00 (66,111 CO 117,054 00 707,906 00 129,735 00 346,318 00 163.143 00 367.936 00 144,754 00 3:0.3'29 00 184,951 90 122 451 00 208 073 00 342.963 00 387.111 00 401.587 00 449,7(8 00 550,833 00 (24,307 00 Tocal ToXAX.. $1,767,068 00 23.216 00 2,076.476 00 78.(04 00 2,04«,336 00 (6.104 00 2.490.593 ro 117,954 00 2,944,978 01 129,735 00 2,166.709 00 163,142 00 2,273,127 00 144.764 00 2.317,464 00 184 951 00 1.736.616 09 208,072 00 2.457.116 CO 387,111 00 2,876,461 00 449,768 00 3,866^56 00 624.307 00 for the 12 years Duty Collected. $342,'.»0 48 302,147 65 336.491 47 413,991 50 448,384 (2 426,126 14 484,704 04 450,175 43 689,429 92 (78,104 63 907,765 54 $5 813,337 13 IMPOBT8 AT THK PORTS OF TICTOBI4. AND NANAIMO, YEIB ENDING 30th JUNE, 1884. Year ending 30.a June. 1884.. Fr.m Canada $3,476,796 SO 789,287 00 92,957.296 00 •493,743 00 788.287 09 $3,371,038 00 788 287 00 $790,(76 91 Ten. UliO:— Caatoms oolleetioaa at New We^ttainlaUr for the six months ending Dee. Slst were $61,- 8(7 46 ; excise. $4,632 78. Total, $65,000 23. For the corresponding period of 1(81, the auonnts were $34,031 (4 »nd $3 035 Si. Total. $37,067 73, showing an increase of $37,942 49. Exports from the Province of British Columbia for 12 Tears, Ending 30th June, 1883. Y»Aa. 1872. 1873. •( 1874. 0 I SeM.Jl.Ka,S» B.Ore. <^:--aJBd»!,' Gold_fl.63S.lS4 B. Ore 3.839 Coal.. 190,94 Stone. •aa at a ,, and you have a possible out- tome'of commerce of four hundred millions per annum, and arising from a single article. Truly, cotton is king. As a manufacturing center it has even a higher station in the future. These seven million bales of cotton were they all manufactured in the Crescent City would be worth nearly four hundred millions of dollars, where the raw material would be worth only one-half. We give this not with an intention to affirm that New Orleans is likely to center in herself all the industries of the South, but rather to show what an important future is before her . and some points that indicate what that future may be. , . New Orleans is one of the great ports of the United States through which the flood tide of immigration in future, must flow. An immigration from Europe has centered here since the first French settlement. Attracted by consanguinity and by language, many of the sons of France who seek a foreign shore find themselves irresistably attracted by that city looking out on the tropics that bears for name that which irresistibly draws to mind la pucelle a" Orleans, the renowned Joan of Arc. The original Frenoh settlement is thus being continually added to, and de- SDite its American nationality the sons of France look upon it as an outpost of their country beyond the sea. Hence France and Spain also which too has contributed of its blood to build it up, Italy, and Continental Europe as a whole, will be attracted hither, as they could by no other American city. England is sending the Great Eastern with a full line of exhibi s. When she is anchored in the stream she will serv., as a great hotel for the city's guests. This exposition will.therefore, be the «»0(^eW9Mn1aftr« ever held in America, and may be truly termed a peaceful congress of the nations. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. j 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. Total Gold.. $1,072.02 8. Ore to Coal.. 27$.*3 Gold..$l,(06.*> 8. Ore 1A> Coal.. 323.54 Gold..$l.<73.4 Coal.. 669.0 Gold .$1,188.7! Coal.. D30.1C Total Gold..$l 031,46. Coal.. 727.71J eold.. Coal . Ir.Ore $943 703 686.909 200 1.234,362 14(1,145 1.929.294 3,033,13V 1.718,848 1,769,171 1,(30,811 9314.3T7 9214,76, Hot th# predaoe of 45,361 Gold.. Coil.. Gold.. Coal.. Ir.Ore 8. Ore $964,484 700.142 ■ 1,(64.636 $376,918 739,351 600 10 Gold.. Coal.. Ir.Ore $733,335 713.H7 700 Exports •17.079 437,073 S09.646 133,986 71338 106,603 423,840 633,493 317.410 400.984 978,903 1 333,383 Til ^28 Not thr prodaoe ef 160.116 riot the produce of 393.468 Not the 273,430 Not thr 287.94} Hot the 327,360 Net tin 1734(6 Not the 269,192 320,625 158.804 Not thr 191.747 Not the 392.875 Not thr 407,(34 Not the 411,810 produce of 319.027 produce of 240,893 produce of 257.314 produce ol 568.671 produce of 8141 339,218 produce ef 360,474 produce of 300,429 produce of 387,894 produce of 2.886 British C (.296 British C 9.727 British C sin- tact's. 3.080 British C 3,08,' British 0 463 Brltiah C $H**9 r •luajbla. 1,197 olumbii, 443 olumbla. TOTAl AHorara. olomhia 2/05 British O 3343 Brltiah 0 248 British C 948 Br tiah C 6,791 British C olumbla l.fOO olumb:a 87 olnmbla, 100 oloanbia. 22 olumDla, 2,616 olumbla, 443 olumbla, 91.8ss.si, 94,0(7 1,742,113 60,234 2,051.743 59.881 2.777.J95 47.627 3,709.082 41,706 3,946 969 25,116 2,768.147 30,713 3,708 847 47,126 2,684,901 (9,669 3,231,5J4 24,199 3,080,841 36,060 3,346,363 38,979 $3,383,343 FINDLAY. DURHAM 8 BRODIE, IMPORTERS OP General Merchandise, WHARF STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. London Offices: ■ - - 61 St. Mary Axe Street. VICTORIA TEANSFER COMPANY ILIMITED.I Incorporated, $£50,000 Capital. British Columbia Soap Works HUMBOLDT STREET, VICTORIA. B. C. WJLTL, KINJJS OF Mottled. Yellow, Fancy and Toilet TVT stVJ^O JJm-A.<J*X' U KBD. Retailed by every dealer in the Province. Wholesale at the Factory. LIVJEIEfcY and H^OIC ST^.IJIL.EJS Corner Government and Johnson Streets. THE LABGEST AND FINEST STOCK OP HOESES, CARKIAGES, PHAETONS, BUGGIES. ETC., IN THE PROVINCE. Baggage Tranferred to and from Steamers. Turner, Beetou & Co. IMPORTERS AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. -A-Q-EKT'T'S FOR The Globe Marine Insurance Company, of London. Guardian Fire Insurance Company, of London. Hartford Fire Insurance Company, of Connecticut. North British and Mercantile, of London. Wharf Street, opposite Yates, Victoria, B. O- Bank of British Columbia, Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1862. CAPITAL, - . v - . - - $2,500,000 With power to inorease. DIRECTORS—Robert Gillespie, Esq. (London Director Bank of Montreal), Chairman ; James Anderson, Esq. (Messrs. Anderson, Anderson & Co.); Eden Colville, Esq. (Deputy Governor Hudson's Bay Co.); H. D. Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. Falkner, Bell & Co., San Francisco); Sir John Rose, Bart., E. C. M. G. (Chairman London and Westminister Bank.) London Office—28 Cornhill, London. Branches at San Francisco, Cal.; Portland, Or.; Victoria, B. C; New Westminster, B. C. AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS.—In Canada : The Bank of Montreal and branches. United States—Agents Bank of Montreal, 5SL Wall street, New York ; Bank of Montreal, Chicago. United Kingdom—Bank of British Columbia, 28 Cornhill, London ; National Provincial Bank of England, North and South Wales Bank, British Linen Company's Bank, Bank of Ireland. India, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand—Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank, Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. Mexico and South America—London Bank of Mexico and South America. Telegraphic transfers and remittances to and from all points can be made through this bank at current rates. Collections carefully attended to and every description of banking business transacted. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. :E»t;*Vfc>liA»liooa iu 1858. SOLE AGENTS IN BRITISH OOLCMBIA FOR The J. O. Ayer Companv, Lowell, Mass.; Davis & Laurence Company, Montreal ; California Fig Syrup Company ; Grimault & Co., Paris ; Milbnrn & Co.. Toronto ; D. Jayne & Son, Philadelphia. A Full Assortment of PERFUMEBY, TOILET ARTICLES, PAINTS, OILS tnd WINDOW GLASS always on hand. We beg to convey our best thanks to our old correspondents for their continued oonfldenoe, and to assure our more recent ones that our best efforts will be exerted to promote their interests. LANGLEY A CO. MUNROE MILLER, STEAM Book and Job Printer JOHNSON STREET, NEAR BROAD, Viotorla. IQ. O. UNION SAW WORKS, jUX^af^ A. BRONSON, Proprietor. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN NEUFELDER & ROSS, • IN * Provisions UQUORS, Groceries WINES AND Government St., EXPORTS FB1M THE T8 Of YIOTOalA AND HAKAIMO, YKAB ENDING 30m JUNK. 1884. 1884. Total Exports. ii,06a 1893,693 I3.6J3 ! 1270,866 r*et the'proJnce of II,(IS British C $2,718 olomb a. 93,613,607 26,287 I2.6S9.894 Mix Total (or th. bat, and ng Dwambar 91st 93,161,893 o — These returns do not.ae tb. Lumbar and Fish exports of New WsstrntmsLr the past half rear. ' Maw Westminister, .take direct reiurna i. Ottawa. CALIFORNIA WINES Zinfandel, Riesling, Tokay, Muscatel, Angelica, Etc. KAMCFACTIREB8 tlW Inserted Saw Teeth. .AND. AJW" S. SAW SMITHINQ .AND. MILLWRIGHT WORK. All Work. <3t--ajLA.X-A.XlLt.90c3.. No. 32 Fremont Street, San Francisco. Garesche, Green & Companv Govern*m.ezit Street. Victoria, B. C. Foreign and Domestic CHEESE. Oregon and Island PEODUOE, Terms—Bills Payable Monthly. "Victoria, B. O. DEPOSITS received in Gold, Silver and TJ. S. Currency. Interest paid in the same on time deposits. GOLD DUST and U. S. CURRENCY purchased at highest market rates. SIGHT DRAFTS and TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFERS on San Francisco, New York and Canada. _ ", EXCHANGE ON LONDON available in all parts W Europe, England, Ireland and Scotland. LETTERS OF CREDIT issued on the principal Cities of the United States, Canada and Europe. AGENTS FOR WELLS FARGO & CO. INDIAN GURIUSITIBS AND STONE (MINGS. A complete assortment of all kinds of Cariosities, manufactured in stone and wood hg Haida and other Indians of the Northwest Coast (as illustrated in the August number of tSe " West Shore"), can always be found in stock at Johnson Street, A. A. AARONSOH, VICTORIA. B. C. Government and Broad, Museums and Libraries supplied at lowest possible rates. All purchases carefully paoked- so as to carry safely to any part of the world. Jasr- Correspondence solicited. £ton Stancmo Jaurnal of Commerce ■Vol. I. VICTORIA e Capital City. Increasing Importance- BRITISH COLUMBIA SA3NT FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, Her Splendid Geographical Position. HOLDS THE FORT WHETHER IN PEACE OR WAR. The Pacific Watch Tower. Council and * the people. aasemo'y. the latter elected by Has an area ,TANCOnTISB w^sd miles iotigeabV.i,6,000 e1°are miles, being 275 In 1843 the n„Ja,6ra8° breadth of 8ft m 1843 the aTd, iding Home time . I miles. trading nnftuU80n, BaJ' Company established »ton jhe iB!andi wbich waa for (1j ■ , ~~ *»!nuu, wuk.ii wan i constituting a uS.,y the United Stake as By the treaty ofiiue \.he Loni8'ana purchase, was confirmed t %,' however, the possession a colony i„ Si l*r,ettt Britain. It was made with British rv'i' T w*8 Anally consolidated ■"era are sm. 1, !,* 88ven Jeara lat«- The and NillinatZmJ1"1 not nftvig»hle. Nootka I he island i... " contain excellent harbora. the Gnlf 0f i'*,ated from the oontineut by width, which J^0181*.1 'wenty-five miles in •Johnson's ,7.., aricates with the ocean, bv Juan de Fuoa il°.wthe nor,h- and tha Strait of The nrin ? SOnth- the Fraser rf nTera of B"tish Colombia are navigable for im! !° the Kooky mounuins, Gulf of Geortri. !?" BIld emptying into the the Skeena Th'p I °- B,'ckeen> the Nae. and thiB province ^""nbia river also rises in I and many vacant chain from the first breakfast onwards, a grailTial reappearance of almost forgotten face* as we draw near onr destination and a moat regretful knowledge that things in general and other things in particular ware just beginning to get very pleasant when the time approached to aay good-bye. On the whole tha journey was briar and a very ARKITCD AT VICTORIA. British Columbia in general, and Victoria in particular, unquestionably holds a very important GEOORAFHICAI. BITCATIOH. A reference to a map of the world will show INTO. 8. villa at the north and east, and Olympia, Oakland. Btellsooom City, Tacomd. Port Madison, SeattB and Port Townsend from tha south, with all the other places rapidly growing into importance along these shores, mast pass throigh her gateway. Aaahowing the importance of her geographical position, the Home Government made it a I It ia indeed a vsbt nrvrnso city . and beauty. Fortunately, very few "improvements" have betn attempted here, beyond the making of roads and olearing out the un- The town site, as will be seen from sketches | derbmah, and it would be the grossest vandsl- on the first and second pages of this ulitioa, > ism to do so. Ever and again seme moss-cov- rises gradually from the water nntil it reaches a j ered rock affords a welcome reat to thoae who higher level, where will be found the principal ] love to linger in the shady grovea, whilst rustle business streets. These streets in turn seats- are thickly scattered ovsr the more fre- CLIMATK in tnetSOto;0}* that °f tha AOantic Co»st I nmon »IJr ^ " degrees below Her Victualing Yards and Coaling Stations. INTRODUCTORY. FUKTATH >N. It is related of one of the Kings of France that his Father Confisscr took him to task for too freely indulging in the society of the ladies of his court to the neglect of his own lovely and charming consoit. uncommon temperature. Died byetheern P°r'i°a of the country is occn' Tl 1.- B0CKI "O^TAISS. 15 7no ii7hest, "umniit fe™>g Mount Hooker, CaV™ li ' M>d Mount Brow». 16,000 feet. The S^rra v'T'1"' a continuation of the . north to r.^' travere0 th<> province from ! °h ^oas & 8U di""nce of *°° Biles from ' °ast' Th«e are large tracts of fKBTILE LAND 5=22 'he ^"oore and in the valleyB ofi if™l"m »nd Fraser Kivers. and crops of Wo V '7e' oat8' Potatoes, turnips and hay j a»n.il*'1 'TP- Tha valleys and hillsides are well wooded, the . PSIXCTPAL TREES Being cedar, fir, pine, willow and poplar, some of immense size. The principal BOUIICE OF WEAI.TH Of the province hitherto has been in its gold mines, together with fish, lumber and coal, but what undeveloped riches may reault from the advent of the New Canadian Pacific Bailway it is impossible to estimate. Gold erUts in all parts of the province, but the greatest quantity has been taken ont along rraser River. Ouly the alluvial deposits, where the geld is found in g. ains, have thus far been worked. Veins of silver, copper, lead and iron ores have been discovered. Bituminous coal exists in the valley of Thompson River, one of the affluents of the Fraser. There are also large deposits on Vancouver IslaLd, which have been very successfully worked for some time, as also two on Qaeen Charlotte Island. THE AETICLEB OF EXPOET The hint was taken in good part and appa- 4ry Bold, furs, lumber, spars of great size, fish, «ti» f,.i-mM.„ fish oil and cranberries. The imrtorts are Dro- rently forgotten. At dinner, however, the King quietly asked the Good Father, who was a noted epicure, what was his favorite dish. "Partridges, yonr Majesty," replied the unsuspecting priest. The chef <fe cuisint was accordingly foith- with instructed to prepare for the future nothing but plump little partridges for this priestly disciple of Epicurus. For tha first few meals the Holy Father did ample justice to his repast, but at the end of the third day complained to the King that he was feasting upon nothing but partridges, and learned to his surprise th.it it was by bis Majesty's express command! "Mixfoi, yes," said the King, "did I net ask you to tell me your favorite dish?" "Your Majesty is really too kind. Partridges are of a certainty very niee, mats toh/uurs perdrix'."—and the nauseated expression of countenance finished the sentence ! The priest was al>wed to return to his varied courses, bat never again did he tackle the King upon his inconstancy. "Tonjours per- dxix" was a text that he remembered. So will tha San Fbasctsco Jocbnai. of Cox jo-i:*. we thiua. b« pardoned «. i..p ;.. '--ii. California is vary charming; her wild Sierra*, her deep Yoaemite, her graceful redwoods, her mammoth Sequoiaa, her riah valleys and her sonny homes, "nt/zw tonjottrn jxrdrij::" However good the tempting morael, a change is none the less appreciated. There is something fresh and piquant in this outside flirtation. and our rea ler-^ we know.will enjoy a glimpse beyond oar bbfeen as well as ourselves. iiefore proceeding to give oar impression of this wonderlul country or to describe the points of interest and of beauty that have met us on every hand, it will be expedient to refreah our memAries somewhat respecting its situation, its governmental and political aspects and the like. Pint then THE DOMINION OF CANADA, Of which British Columbia forms a part, is a confederation onder the British flag, composed at ihe provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Mew Brunswick, Nova Scoti., Manitoba, British Columbia and Prince Edward Ialand, and ot tha Northwestern Territories. It has a total-area of 3.372.290 square mi lea. and embraces all thr Britiah possessions in North America, with the exception of the island of Newfoundland and tha coast of Labrador. It is bounded on the North by the Arctic Oceun. on tha South by the I nited States, on the West by the Pacific Ocean and Alaika, and on the East by the Atlantic. The Dominion was created by an Act of the British Parliament in 1867. The form of government, while in some respects similar to that of the United States, differs widely from it in others. Executive power is vested in a Governor-General, who is appointed by the British Government, and exercises authority in the name of the Queen. His advisers are the members of his Privy Council, whom he appoints and removes with the concurrence of ihe House of Commons. The Queen is vested with the command of the naval and nrlitary forces, including the militia. Legislative power is entrusted to two Houses of Parliament, the Senate and the House of Commons. The members of the Senate are appointed by tha Governor-General, on the recommendation of the Privy Council, and are apportioned between the provinces, three falling to the share of British Colombia. A Senator mast possess free-hold and personal property to the value of 94,000 each, and must be a resident of the province (or which he is appointed, The tenure of office is for life, vacated only by Joss of his qualifying property, or upon conviction of some infamous crime. The House, of Commons consists of 20*! members, six of whom ure returned from British Columbia. All appropriation bills mast, as in England, originate in this house, to which the Privy Council is responsible, it being in accord with the views of that political party which, for the time being, has the majority. The Dominion Parliament has exolusive control ot the currency, postal service, public debt, raising of money by any mode of taxation or by borrowing, regulation of trade and commerce, tha militia, savings banks, mamuge and divorce, criminal law, navigation, ahtp- ping, bankruptcy, and ail subjects not specially uesigned to local legis'atures. The Provincial Legislatures have the rights to levy direct taxes and borrow money for provincial purposes, the management of the public lands, public works lyin^ within the provinces, municipal insiitutious, hospitais, prisons, asylums and charities, and generally all matters of a local or private charade r. All ju lges are appointed by the Dominion Government jexeert thoae of some minor •■ourts in the maritime provinces), and hold their appointments for life, removable only by their own resignation, by impeachment or by death. The merchant marine of the Dominion ranks as the fourth largest of the world. The manufacturing ii.terests of the Dominion have so developed within a few years that the data furnish' <! by the last returns are now of little value. From this rapid sket'-h of the I lominion in general, we turn to an equ iliv rapid sketch of BKITISB c.-OI.I'MHIA In particular. This Province is the westernmost of those composing the' Dominion of Canada. It lies between latitude 4H minutes It seconds and longitude 113 degrees: 130 degrees west. It is bounded on the north by the sixth parallel, and on the East by the Canadian Rocky Mountains, on the South by the Pacific States, and on the West by Alaska and the Pa- cifio Ocean. Its area is :!f>6,U0Q sqimre mites. (larger than England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and more extensive even than California, Oregon and Washington Territory combined). This province was formerly unjer the Hud son Bay Company, but in 1H58 (Owing chiefly to the influx of inhabitants caused by the discovery of gold on the Fraser river), it was created a distinct Territorial Government. In 1871 the Province joined the Dominion of Canada, it being a condition precedent that tfte Dominion should connect the Atlantic with the Pacific by railway. Victoria, situate on Vancouver Island, is the capital ot the province. The form of government is similar to that of the other provinces. A Lieutenant •ovsroor and Cabinet uf five, a Legislative nd cranberries. " The imports are provisions, clothing, furniture and the like. A PBOTfccnVE DtTTX Is imposed on all imports, and, although all Canadian goods and products are admitted free of duty iuto the mother country, England pays the same duty as America or any other country for all goods she sends into the Dominion. Of coarse we do not mean by this that Canada can ship free of duty goods into the mother country that are in themselves subject to taxation in England—such as wine, spirits, tobacco and the like. What we mean is that Canadian goods and products are as free from duty in England as if they hud been produceel or manufactured in England itself—and that with these few exceptions all Canadian goods are admitted free into English ports, whereas England pnys Canuds duty upon all goods shipped to the Dominion, just the same as any disconnected foreign country would do. Our readers will, we trust, pardon us this introductory article, dealing with matters w«y within the covers of a school geography, b - having thus PLrATiFP thp ■- IT might hsve been floating in aome aerial machine. It was impossible to tell where water ended and where earth and »ky began. Towards noon the mountains assumed a more definite shape, yet even then the fickle Dame seemed coy and like a akillfui flirt determined to let imagination lend enchantment to the w... In part. Cbe hase .n.t distant clouds . seemed interwoven as a guazy mantle which By recalling the general "situation" respecting Nature in artistic mode had donned and the country of our visit, we feel that we car. ' ,r, -,ped around her charms, disclosing just the better enlarge upon the special description I enough tc make you wish for more. On our left the craggy mountains of Vancouver VICTORIA FROM enjoyable one. The third day you lose sight of ■ this at a glance. Not only are the distances land entirely, but after the third night you j comparatively favorable across the ocean to ^■££££E!tt£rZ ££ ' J°P-- «- <""» "«* but the direction of Joan de Fur*. { of the trade winds, the open harbors and vast It appeared to us se though we had taken ; coal fields must be taken into consideration. a ratp to rantTX.Ain> i Moreover, now that the Grand Trunk road is And were unconsciously drifting through the ' an accomplished fact—a road that links the clouds on our way to their shadowy home, i pacific Ocean with the system of the St. The straits average some twelve miles across, | T — — ■ — .,. and Victoria is distant from the ocean a bout Lawrence navigation on the Eastern side of the seventy miles. The morning of our entry was American Continent, and traverses, en route- calm, still and hazy. The water was like a one immense region rich in the products of the sheet of burnished steel, whilst the bay, the | ioil ,n(j we,nh of minerals-it is impossible mist, the clouds and distant mountains, were , ,. .. . .. .. . blended into one, and for all we could teU we to "»■■«■"■'" *• Bro"th ol the wldeIJ eI tended commerce that must of necessity follow. Turning from the map of the world to that on the seventh page of this edition, the importance of the geographical position ot Victoria, the capital of the Province, is equally observable. This map includes but a very small portion of Br^- ish Columbia, as we were anxious to show, on a larger scale, that section of the country over ESQCIMALT ROAD. condition precedent to the granting of the laree subsidy to the new line of steamships (referred to in another article), that all their of each section that we pass through. OUTWARD BOUND "Why,there's quite a crowd aboard," remarked PaqcHp, as he cast his < jds <.ft in search of a " subject," and Pencils was right for once. We say "for onoe," because yon had batter know right here that Pencils, who accompanies na on this trip, has a most poetic goal, and is apt to indulge in flights of imagination. Ho goes into rapture* oyqt some dirty Indian in a red blanket, whilst the more tumble-down the shanty, the less roof there in to a house, the less safety there is in a brill"*, or the like, by so much the more anxious is he to "slap it in." If we did not keep him somewhat in check, this edition woold be literally ruinous. On thiB oc.asion, however, Penjdla1 remarks Island with glistening inists and thickly | wnorUd littlft Islands: on oar right the vast ! forests of our distant Territory, aurmounted by J the Olympian range that now and again thrust , its snow capped peaks beyond the clouds, I content at last to dwell in the everlasting azure of the vault of Heaven. * ' As we drew near Victoria. Pencils beeame ex-1 cited and declared that we had been TBAKSPOBTKD TO SWITZERLAND. Indeed he went so far as to point out the ex- act spot oa Lake Lucerne that we were just! then passing. A gun from the saluting battery . awoke him from bis dream, and we turned J our attention to VTCTOaiA. The most picturesque view ot this place is from the deck of the boat as you approach. The city lies scattered on a rising slope; above the water, with various prominent land-; marks standing out before you. Central above them ail, on the highest point of the middle distance, is thr Church of England Cathedral— a modern Gothic wooden building to which distance lends enchantment. On the right, a little underneath, i* the Reformed Episcopalian Church, whilst to the leit stretch away the ■ principal business houses of the city, Aa you approach you c*tch a glimpse of Eequimault bar bo r to the left, and of Beacon hill in front, which we traveled, and its general relatiorkat.t- [ to the Pacific Coast. In referring to this map our renders mty be ! surDrised to find the exceptional iype uaj,d to | denote Vancouver, and we will here repeat, i therefore, as we mention in another article, j that we have purposely emphasized the three 1 Vsnoouvers as a warning to the unwary by call- 1 ing particular attention to the fact that Vancouver on the Coiundtia river is a different place altogether from Vancouver in British Columbia, and that neither of the two Vancouvers is situ- csyrmALr HIS HONOR HUGH NELSON. The Lieutenant Governor. boats, outward or inward bound, must call at Victoria. Moreover, not only is it the seat of the Provincial Government, but the Home and Domin- set cs thinkiDg and inquiring, and we found ! towards the right. that the passengers on board the j °f landing the revenue officer, who was very , iimt iub pun^ fi j pQi,^ RD(j obliging, soon disorAered "from the sTEAMsatP oao. w. L.U.M; . cut of our jib" that we were not on smuggling Were principally Americans, and were not s.i ben*. and forthwith put hie magic touch of chalk upon our baggage without even undoing f*fh on pleasure bent to spend a quiet month in the , J ,t ° Switzerland of America, but were mostly ; The aoei booked to the Fast via the new Canadian Facific Railway. They appeared to be satisfied on the whole, that although they were losing s little time they were saving considerable money, | the rates being appreciably less, and the quan-: flty of baggage allowed free much gTcater. The tediousnesB of the journey, moreover, is J relieved by a far more interesting route—that is j to say, the chief scenic effects on the American lines are puesed through at night, whilst the ' Csnadisn line tskes you by day as well as by night through one continued panorama of the grandest and most sublime scenery that the ■ globe contains. Hence theu the Elder was pretty full. Pencils was soon engaged in a surreptitious sketch of the most charming •• little woman " aboard; in due course we are under way. the '.olden (late is passed and we THK at the wharf was "very English, ! you know." N\ t a 'bu., not a horse ear to be ■ seen, though the city claims some It,000 inhabitants; but instead a whole line of hansom''cabs, ''landaus," "victorias" and other ( conveyances; whilst for style the private teams, ! tandems, wagonettes, doc-carts and the ' < >f the rich sounds and gulfs and inlets which ate on Vancouver Ialand Returning, then, to ion the geographical position of Victoria, it will be seen that she COMMANDS THK WHOLE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR'S OFFICIAL Governments atretoh away beyond, and on to still gradually I quented parts, and near by where the band rising ground, where are located some of the , plays (see sketch). Here in fact, one S.it u ■ - principal residential houses. In London, the ; day afternoon ia quite a gay and festive scene. metropolis of England, the seat of government | The military band, the appreciative com] any, ia removed a abort distance, namely to the Court j the sporkliDg eyes snd rosy oheeks (no powder I of St. James at Westminster, and so here, the j and paste here,fair daughters of San Francisco), | seat of government is removed across the ' the blooded horses.the great variety of carriages | bridge to the Westminster of Victoria, on • m -ke quite an animated picture. There .eome James' Bay. This email bay and bridge is | " sweet little thing" on a bobtail nag. there shown in the sketch on the second page. The i another, just as swtet, in full charge of a dog- ; government buildings are situate just over this I cart, with her " tiger " behind, and a far more bridge on the right, and here also will be ' vicious looking animal in trout, and thus and touud many of the principal private houses.Ij thm in every direction, an inteiesting crowd. Another "arm" of the harbor extends in a ' Then on past the oaks and drs to grassy slopes southerly direction several mile-t inland, and and sunny lawns where many a hard-fought reaches nearly to ; game of baseball or cricket hai been lost and ; won, and on till you reach the summit of a gentle incline known as Beacon Hill. This hil. Here will be found the Deptford and ' 8io«'8,r»P'.dlv'? «he water, and around its he<e Woolwich of Victoria, but instead of en. ouater- > r,klrtlD« """ «lg».°f the grove on etther handing the greasy, grimy Thames vou hare spread ! " " "eaguihcent driveway. The view is beyond before *oa i most magnificent harbor, pro-, d'aenpUon- Beneath you the blue wstera of the | tected from every wind, deep, clear, b.ight-a ! str"ta "f J'"n 'la tac». '(retching down to- ' perfect paradise for sailors, and l>iuK pe.ee-1 wara\ ,,he ^^ on your right, and Pug.t fnlly at anchor will be seen an iron-clod mon- 8oQDd,vfow"dr J0" l«£. «hilst the oppoatte i star of the deep, with several M,-, looking! shore 'Washington lerntory) Banked along its ' Utile corvettes to keep her company. Here has ""f^ '"8<h '"J. the^ramp;rts of snow that just been completed a large drydock. and or- °r°wo thf O yrnpian Highli, seem charged with ders have recently been Issued to construct ex- ; .h*. Sood. ^iT10a to the people on e.ther side, ' ten-ive fortifications The Home Government'. „.Tht'a sh,Ut not mel thy neighbor's land, have undertaken to —pply 8u». W the ''lancing over your "boulder towards the heaviest calibre. Here also at present is quite f»st' >'oa "—.**' *Io°Qt "•*•r P™udlv raioing an exteuaive navy yard, to be ahortly greatlv f ^u hoary crest in the full majesty of his splen- • enlarged, and here likewise will be established ?or. ,It '"• '""jort, impossible for any city to : a very important coaling station, as referred to '' Le blest wlth 5*»V grander, more perfect above recreation grounds than are set aside for the Our readers will notice a sketch of the light- ; P™!"18 ot th" city- house at the entrance to this harbor, known «• thk oorsim dbiias, the "Fisgaard Light." Esquimau. Pencils Moreover, in every direction, weuld make a sat himself behind an intereating relic for the Californiana mouth water. The roads everywhere are perfect. The reason for this was ; apparent, for upon in pury we found that the roads were niude and maintained, not by indi- | viduala, not by corporations, not by conimuni- ' ties even, but by the Government itself. Victoria undoubtedly possesses fine advantages as A BaSrDKNTIAL 'ITT, . And as she becomes better known and more hugely advertised, there is no question that : year by year will add to her increasing popularity with the traveling public, and that • Americans generally, and Callfornions in par- | tieular. will seek to spend a portion of the year , in ber bracing air, enjoying not merely her Al- pine scenery, her evening twilight, her perfect roads, charming society ami kindred pleasures, bat the restfnlness ever produced by an entire change, such us can alone be obtained by occasionally oi-ossing the border and mixing with people holding different customs, and habits, and modes of life to those we are accustomed to at home. As we remark in another oolnmn. to an Engliebnian British Columbia is very Ameriean in Its ton-* and appearance; an American, however, would find here quite RESIDENCE, CAREY CASTLE. also have t Victoria, vast an ' and there sake of "the "artistic," but. although the 100- ton guns have not yet arrived, we should be special interests is no doubt that the near future; sorry to mislead the Russian Beer or any other will Bee strong fortifications at this ; poacher that might come prowling around, snd commanding point, with extensive arsenals and < are bound to confess therefore, should such strikiog difference and much food for observation and enjoyment accordingly. As the seat of Government and Victoria And not CArtTAL 01' THK PROVINCE, holds a very exceptional roerelv is she tne poaition. capital of the 1-rtpUlln Ar.liey fttla awf over ftiv ri^lr. <ptclal Artist fetti badly over the tnfratl. sre at last fairly ploughing the rolling waves of the grnn<!»Pacinc. See voyages, even when described by the most superb wri'ers, are at last but old friends in turned coats, and we will not therefore trouble our readers with any loagacooniit of our in'eresting passage in the (ieo. W. Elder. Buf lice it to say that the ex"el'ent Captain, his officers ami men all did their level best to make . thing i pleasant, that the weather was charming, and that the view of the California shore, ' which is always kept in sight, and indeed for j head. the greater part of Ihe passage at cnlv a few I Our "cabby" soon deposited as, latggege ami miles distant, helped considerably to break the ! all, at the Driard Hotel; and after doing ample monotony of the voyage. There were, of oourse, ; justice to the well.filled board, we presently the usual incidents, fogs and rollers, spouting j sought onoe more to obtain our long lost land whales, saluting boats, full tables to start witb, rM5*p< *i%M- suburbs within s recent date, are numerous, costly and jadsctoos. end have adde 1 greatly to the commerolsl standing and appearance of this conservative place. Ihe business buildings are solid and substantial, and with but few exceptions built of alone and brick. Tha public institutions and Government buildings are of a superior class and Btyle of architecture, and attractive to the eye. The several architects certainly deserve peat commendation, not alone for their skill, but for the evident painstaking care and forethought ol their designs. One new building in particular deserves more than pasting mention, namely, the new Law Courts, now nearing completion. The building will cost about $50,u00 when finished, and the citizens are justly proud of it. It has a fine, commanding location, and is built of red brick with a solid foundation of sandstone. Other PUBLIC Altn BCdlXKKS BUILDINGS, To say nothing of private residences, are In process of erection,whilst some are already liuiKued. Among t these may be mentioned the George Stetly building, corner Blanchard and Johnson streets, a fine three-story brick building, costing $15,000: the solid brick block of Louis Willie, on Johnson street, costine 96,500; the residence of the late Premier, Smytne, on Meuzies street, a finely finished dwelling house, co-ring about $0,010; A. J. Lsngley s house en Fort street, $5,000; F. E. De Veulle's on Menzies street, $3,000: £ H. Fiohsr, Pandora street, about $5,000; Boot. Erskine. Kings Eosd, $3,6v0; Frederick William-. Supeiiur street, $5,000; J. B. BelUetitre's. Fiscunrd street, *7.600; Joseph Summers, Ystes street. $2,500; Joseph Spratt, improvements, $2,000; C. K. Henonf, Dallas Koad, $2,5o0: the Goldstream House, J as. Phair. prop., $5,000, and many others. It ia estimated that a sum total of $573,NO is being expended on the new buildings now in course of erection and in the hands of architect*, and the results achieved are a sure indication of the prosperity and healthy state of affairs existing in the community, as well as a progoobtication of the confidence felt in the future. Never before has com meres and trade been carried on to such good advantages. An able Government is at the helm, and conducts the public affaire with great judgment, firmness and discretion. The public school system it renowned for its edu rational facilities und completeness. THB aHCBCHBS ABD BriJOIOCS — 1Ut'TtOSS Are conducted excellently, and on a most sound and philanthrope tests. Among these are many den.>minati >os, comprising Church of England, Human Catholic, Reformed Episcopalian, Preebyterian, Methodist. Baptist and Jewish religions. There is also a high school for sdvaneed pupils, a number as public rtoheols, controlled by a Board of Trustees.and maintained free of cost to the parents of the children attending, all handsome and snbstan- ti-illy constructed, besides a number of private schools. The city has an excellent TSXaEOBAPBIC SXSTXU And telephone connections, and has a number of lines established, whereby Sau Francisco, Portland and other ports of importance to iti commerce can be resdily reached. A splendid system of wAJrm wobks Has been completed at su expense ol gttr\ite\ snd the city is abundantly supplied. The water is brought by powerful conductors from E k L tke, a prettv body of wtiter sev*>n miles distant The OSS WOBKS And a number of strong dectnc lights, suspended at advantage tw points about the cit)-, ket»p the place well lighted on the darkeet nights and loom up high above the bouses and beautiful drives. TU-re are a nnmber of societies and clubs, and TBK XANCFACTTR.N't INM'STHll.3 Are represented by iron aud brass works, saw mills, rice mills planing millf, soap works, boot and shoe factory, cigar and ma'ch factories, glove fact >ry and a number of others, which do a thriving business. Four solid banks, a large and handsome poet etfice, a dozen good hotels, two express tympanies and a number of ItTrry staples serve to complete a citr that justly holds the position of capital of the province The Provincial Government like would make sven our Golden Gate Park J spread themselves for hundreds of miles on a Rstnrday afternoon hide its diminished around, tapping Ihe vast regions of usidevel- I oped wealth that center to these deep waters i down countless canyons and sloping valleys, whilst not only Is she the flr>t port that greets the hardy argonaut on hie s*fe return to shore, but Vancouver, New Wsbbbsubbbbsx, Wellington, .egiTtbrougl. tbs gentle Intluenoe of Uorpheus. Nanaimo. Whatcom, sbb Conmer and Coupe- victualing yards, navy yards aud coaling stations established as the hfsdquarters for the British fleet in the Pacific waters. Rueh then, briefly, is her important geographical position for commerce and trade ami nsval and military defense, nor ia her position for health and enjoyment, as a residential center, leas attractive. ever be the case, that another sort of barking* \ province, but if may be said that she holds Ihe irons would be found here, besSdes the one of j eaytaa. as well, ior Victoria Is a BKreVtarj avrv. Pencils' special selection. j «-««* many h the large pile (hst is hord.d within Wending your way In another direction. I her walla, across James Bay, you shortly come to TH> ,MPIWTHmnrrBt bkmxib mix rsEE, Additions and new structures that have breu A natural retreat, perfect in its wild simplicity I made snd erected in Victoria proper and its As mentioned in our introductory article, the Provincial Government has the ruin to levy direct tixes, and to borrow m u-y f.>r provincial purposes. It undertakes the management of the public lands, public works lying within the province, municipal institutions, homes, hospitals, prisons, asylnm*, chsrities, and gen- en.lly all matters of a local character, that is to say, •' bbsbbb rule," so tar as the province ia concerned. First on the list is th - Obastf .executive and representative ot the Crown. TBK UXtTTXM&XTHiOVKBXOR. His Honor, Hugh Nelson, was boru in Ireland on the 25th May, 1*30, at Larue, County Antrim. He settled in Brui-h iVlumUa as far back as ISia. In IW'I he U-omie a partaer iu the firm of Moody A Co. at Moodyvilie, liur- rard Inlet, described in anotuer column. He was Vioe-Presidetst and manager of the Mt»ody- ville Sawmill Company till Hsa\ when he retired trom business. He rrpr-«t ut-i New Westminster in the British Columbia Legislature iroiu Nov*inner, 1870, until its dissolution in 1*71, on the confederation of that colony with the Dominion of Cantda. Ke- tnrneo to the Commons for that constituency Noveniht-r, 1*7], and again at the general election, 1872 He sat in tne £>enate from the Pith December, 1879. until February 8, tH7( when he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor. He receive- a salary of $9,000. A portrait of his Honor will be noticed on this page aa also a sketch cf his cherming official istlecv in the environs of Victons. The Cabinet or KXKcrnvB notmciL Is com posed of: The Honorable Robert Dunsmuir, the President of the Council. The Honorable A. E. B. Davie, Attorney General and Premier. The Honorable John Robson, Provincial Secretary and Minis*-* of Mines. The Honorable John Herbert Tnrn-r. Minister of Finance and Agriculture*. The Honorable Forbes K.i9o. Vera >n. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. Portraits of these several gentlemen will be noticed on the second page of this edition. THK BOXOBJaBUt BOBfcST DT'VsMTIB, 4. V. Was born in 1825 at llurlford A\isbire, Scotland, where his father and grand- lather before him were coul masters. He is a large colliery proprietor and ship owner. President of the Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway and a Jut-tice of the Peace. A more extensive sketch of bis life sppeais in another column. THK ROTfOBABLK AUTlXl'll BHSBHTBH. HATSON iuvir, Q r. Is a son of John Chapniaa Davie, surgeon, who emigrated from Englaud to British Columbia in 1862, snd was born in Somersetshire, England, in 1848. He was called to tne Par o4 British Columbia in 1873 aud appoiuted VJ C. in 1^3. He is one of the Benchsrs of the Law Society, became Attorney General in the cdmiuistratiou of the Honorable William Smythe. I'p m the death at Mr. Smythe in 1887, he succeeded hint as Pr. m er and President of the OssasjatL TBK BONOS*.HI V JOHN BOBSON la a son of the lste Mr. John RejBSBHt, a mttive of Scotia^ d, who emigrated to OMSSSB in 189$, He vta* bom at Penh, Ontario, in L88*\ andset- ;l«d iu Mttsa OosBHsvcaa in LW$. He wt. Ids u poweiful pen aud i- equally fovcjpes ass -j>e.ik- er Hi* established the Itritiyfii'- tmnbim saw* papa* st New Westimnst.r, and weal editor. . tik wi e. of the bVbbbb (eassBBt, st Victoria. tor neaily si\ fanra, He has til ed many vety iu.|Hirtnut onbjic positions, aud l>< iti^ a legisis- t ve <\ unctlorst the t.meof the I'liion. the title <-t It .i -tote was oonferrel asj him for life. THK BjaSJ aaffJBJ BkfcfekUT Tl'KNkB Is a sou of Mr John Turner, of Ipswich, ring He w ..s t*orn at that place in lawn. He cane to Halifax, Iff, tt., in lN"»o. aud sett'ed iu British Columbia in bbbbX BBBBM further note* respecting Mr. Turner aud his enterprise will be found iu snolher col uuin. He was txmne-Ud with ttie volunteer militia from 1859 to 187 \ when he * uiered !h" reserve milita- Was appoiuted I.ieuteuaut Colonel in 1879. Waa Mayor of Yictoiia for three years from 1*7'*, aud was tir-t returned to the Legislative Assembly at ths last general electiou. TBK HOX FOBBICn OBOBOK VERNON Is the thitd son of I. K V. Vernon, Esq., D. L , of Ctontarf Castle, County Dubliu, Ireland. A full account of his family and lineage appears in Burke's Peerage. He was born at Clontarf Castle in 1813, was educated iu England and received a commission in the Royal Engineers. This, however, he resigned after i ahort service, and settled in British Columbia ! in 18f>3, and now owns oue of ahl fluent 1 ranches lu the province. He was first returnt .1 | to the Legislative Assembly at the geueral elec- io-n in 1876, re-elected at general election 1878. I re- elated at last general election, appointed Chief tVinini aion< r of Lands and Worka April 1, 1887, and subsequently r- -elected .^ ■■Ml ■■n■B■BB■BBBBlBBB■ m&Sem sssbbBHHsss. 2 BTUTISH OOLUMRIA KDTTTQN SAN FRANCTSCO JOURNAL OF COMMERCE-VICTORIA (Continued). Established 1372. Incorporated 1833. —AND— PRICE CURRENT. PUBLISHED BV THE Journal of Commerce! Publishing Co* OFFICE : 4111 California St., San Francisco. TBEMS OP SUBSCETPTION: ONE YEAR. Weukly EdiUon (in aUvauee) $4 00 SIX MONTHS 2 50 Postage in the Un ted SUiten, Canada, British Columbia, prepaid by the publishers. Postage to all Foreign Countries must be prepaid. Sample copies tree to any addresv-t. JZ&~Correspondents and friends who receive a copy of this Journal will please acknowledge the receipt of same to sender. l&A One Cent Stamp will prepay'postage on a single copy of any issue of the DAILY or WEEKLY JOURNAL OF COMMERCE to Postoffices in ilie United States or Canada. t3P*Acknowledged the Official Journal of U. S. Navy and War Department. EXPLANATORY AK"J> DEDUCTIVE. Although this edi.iun of our paper is dated February, 1888, our readers will please remember that the data was collected in the months of September, October and November, 1887, and that most of the articles were written in British Columbia during tbat time. It will readily be understood that the finishing and reproduction on ziuc of so large a number of original hand sketches necessarily delayed publication for some little time after the return of our representative and specatl artist to this city. With reference to the scope of the work itself, we should say, moreover, that, although from the title of the edition, it might be gathered that we intended to take our readers through the whole of this va-t province, yet it wili be seen that we confine ourselves to 'a comparatively small section. It is no part of our duty as a commercial paper to visit distant wilds and unoccupied districts. We therefore simply confined our attention to those places and districts that are already pushing themselves to the front in this rapidly growing and prosperous country. We have no desire to do the work of the prospector. Our object is merely to call attention, to fo.-ter inquiry, snd to afford oar long list of commercial constituents correct data upon which to formulate their pli.ns whether for the placing of their capital or their merchandise, whether for the opening of a mine, the development of agriculture, the establishment of workshops, the sale of machinery, or whatever rray be the object of their search. Having culled attention to the various places of growing importance or special centers of industry by rapid and necessarily superficial sketches—but sufficient withal for all practical purposes of an introductory character—it rests with each intending settler, merchant, man of capital, or any one else who may desire to embark his time, skill, energy, or means in this comparatively new and apparently abnormally rich field of enterprise, to make his own particular inquiries. This can be done, if needs be from a distance, simply by addressing "the Minister of Finance and Agriculture. Victoria, B. C." Reliable information, statistical and otherwise, will be forwarded on application. Many excellent works have been compiled under Government authority, for the information and guidance of intending settlers. These pamphlets treat specially of every district, and the particular resources (so far as known) of each section of the country, whether of the coast or the interior; whether of coal, iron, gold or other mineral; whether of agriculture, cattle-raising, fish, logging, or what not. Although it is poe<*ible, therefore, that we may refer here and there in this edition to various smaller places and outlying districts, it should be borne in mind that we are in such cases speaking from hearsay and not from personal observation. In fact, we purposely treat only of tho-*e districts that lis within the belt of the more thickly-populated portion of the province, and even of these places, as we hinted at above, superficially and not exhaustively. As we are over the border, and this edition will find its way to the uttermost parts of the world, a word to our many kind and new-made friends in Canada, and to our foreign readers wherever they may be, about ourselves, and our reasons for this distant visit, may not be out of place. Oar journal, as a daily and weekly paper, is devoted to the interest of trade and c >mmerce on the Pacific Coast. Arising naturally from this we issue, from time to time, special editions dealing with particular industries—one week may be a " lumber edition," the next a "coal edition," an "iron edition," or anything else of commercial interest. Carrying this line still farther, we issue special editions relating to places or localities. Is there for instance a new gold mine discovered, a new railroad completed in any particular section; has a place developed anything of value to the commercial world, anything that attracts general attention, or that is likely to lead to rapid developments, to profitable investments, to the placing of merchandise, or that offers a new field of enterprise to our commercial constituents, there we send or representatives to unearth the particulars and to write of tbat place, that enterprise, that event or what not, without color or bias, fear or favor, exactly as it "pans out." The information we thus issue is of great value to our commercial clients. Every place or individual of any enterprise or deserving of any notice is equally anxious to secure representation and to accept such an opportunity of being able, in no extensive and far-reaching a manner, to make known the exceptional enterprise, industry, section of country, or as the case may be, to which it is desired to call attention; to foster or stimulate its growth, to induce the flow of capital or of labor, of settlers or of trade, according to the exigencies of the case. From the foregoing it may be readiy surmised that oar agent is not to be found amongst dead-heats and deserts, and that a representation in our columns may, in itself, be taken as prima facie evidence of a successful business, a thriving enterprise, a prosperous community, or th^ like. Towns and localities are very like individuals—we by no means intend to suggest that there are no first-class merchants in any given place excepting those who have advertised in oor paper, but we do say tbat our advertising columns bb treating of individual enterprises, and the schedules of sales of this edition an bought up for distribution by communities, both form very good mirrors wherein is pretty frequently represented a true gauge of the probable future development whether of the individual or of the place itself. Furthermore, we also contend tbat people seeking investment for capital or settlers looking for a new home wherein to place their energy and skill, may, with great advantage to therm-elves, read between the lines and measure out the spaces in our advertising columns. Let a man deal with a shopkeeper, an estate agent, or any one else, lacking fenergy or enterprise, and sooner or later be will have some cause to be dissatisfied; and so with any intending new settler, let Mm Btnke out for that place which is in its corporate capacity showing the most energy ana enterprise, and he will never regret his choice, though some other place hard by may have ten times the natural advantages. There is another point we wish to touch upon. We should be extremely sorry if any of our readers were misled by any glowing description in these pages into the belief that there is a fortune, or an opening even, in this land of milk and honey, for everybody and anybody, no matter what may be his capacity or calling. Men with trained muscles and not afraid to work will find ready employ ni. at and remunerative wages. The same may be taid of Bkilled artisans, the same of domestics. The clerk, no matter what his ability, what bis training, how high his education, will find but very poor encouragement. We came across several instances of university men—men who had taken their degrees at Oxford or at Cambridge— who were employed as day laborers, working en the roads or handling lumber at the saw-mills. The hanger-on or office-seeker will find no Boil so poor in any quarter of the globe. Anyone with a knowledge of farming and some little capital may, by a few years' thrift snd steady work, become a wealthy man. There is plenty of good land yet to be taken up, and ready home markets. We are convinced that the gold deposits are the richest in Ihe world, bnt most of the best districts are at present difficult of access, and a man should have some little "pile" to draw npon before he can hope to obtain success in this field of enterprise. The whole province is essentially a mineral country, and to men of means there is a wide scope for the profitable employment of capital. We often hear men comp'aining that they were born too late or bewailing the for-, tunes they could have mode had they lived in '49. Bnt let as tell them, there is the same chance of making a fortune now as then, in fact a better chance if they are willing to show the fame grit and energy a* was displayed by the California pioneers. Where do we find today a man willing to traverse for thonsands of miles a wild, unexplored continent, trusting merely to his horse or caravan? Men begin to think they have done wonders by going fifty miles beyond a railroad track, and are content to boast of what they could have done if they had been first in the firld ! Well, they need no longer complain. Then* Are millions of seres of an worked minerals in British Col umbia. The gold deposits are i»s neb. the frontier iintj is not so distant. The Indian? are peaceable and helpful instead of hostile and savage. Why complain then of not living in '49? Th^se are po nts for consideration by men of small means To capitalists, however, this rich and undeveloped c untry offers the most tempting opportunities. When men like Leland Stanford, Crocker, Huntington, Hopkins, W. T. Coleman. Welch, st hoc genus omne, are turning their attention to its resources, it may be safely inferred that other men, with more time at their disposal, th mgb maybe smaller capital, may find profitable investments here, m tre especially by giving personal attention to their interest*. One word more. Oar friends will not.ee that we have not spared the rod where we thought. criticism beneficial to the community ; neither in our encomiums have we at all overcolored the picture. We have, in short, endeavored to write of places and things, of individuals and industries, ja&t as we found them. As a foreign newspaper we have nothing to fear on the one hand, and no favors to curry on the other. We were simply charmed with oor visit to this conntry, profoundly impressed with its magnificent future, and grained beyond mea s with the genuine hoapitalitv of the people. The Country and Its Future Viewed from a Point of Vantage. The affairs of the city are well looked after by a "worshipful Mayor" snd City Council, We naturally at once turned to the people's representative as our firtvt fountain of information. THE MAIon. We found Mr. Fill a man of some sixty summers (winter storms have certainly had ▼ery little to do with his rotund form snd genial face). He has been twice elected to the office of Mayor, and is immensely popular with his fellow citizens. A man evidently well read, quick to take a point, t-mait at repartee, and when he believes himself in the right "all the king's horses and all the king's men1' will find it no easy matter to trip him np, or to turn him from his purpose. We spent many happy hours witn ,Mr. Fell and are indebted to him in many ways. Although weighing some 3.0 pound?, he pihted usaon foot lrom 10 a, h. to 5 p. sl. over three Bleep hills, t.king us on foot because we could not have seen the same stretch of country by any other means, stepping out the while with the best of us, and accomplishing his se\en hours' walk without turning a hair. The third hill we climbed, namely, MOUNT TuLMIE, Was a pointed cone, from the top of which we could see the whole of the surrounding country by simply turning wheie we stood, as if upon a watch-tower. To the south we commanded a fall view of the city of Victoria, and beyond, the straits of Juan de Fuca, stretching away towards the ocean. A little to the right of the i ity we con Id discern the Esquimau harbor, destined for so much iu the futuie. To the west the thickly-wooded raine known as the Sooke Hills, rich in undeveloped gold mines snd other minerals To the northwest the Gulf of Georgia, to the north James Island and the Island of San Juan, bo long a bone of contention between America and England, but ultimately ceded to us under the award of Emperor William of Germany, To tbe eis*t we trace the entrance to Puget Sound,and turiucg from there a little to the south, we can ju.-t distinguish tbe smoke arising lrom i'oi t Angeles in Washington Territory, whilst beyond some fifty to sixty miles dibtunt, appear as a noble background, the magnificent cbttin of the snow - capped Olympian range. Casting our eyes nearer to the foreground we observe stretching away beneath us in every direction, cultivated fie-ds, luxuriant orchards, fertile valleys, and park-like undulations that hep to complete a panoruma at onee the most grand, the most varied, and the most unique it has ever been onr good fortune to see in any quarter of the globe. The morning was exquisite, and as we sat down to rest and viewed the country from our point of vantage, tbe MAGNIFICKNT FL'TCliK For this city forced itself npon our notice. The metropolis of a country so vast in its extent, so unlimited in its resources, the first "House of Call," bo to speak, in what will undoubtedly soon become one of the most im porlant of the world's highways, it is impossible to gauge at present the rapidity of her unquestionable development. Nor is she dependent upon one string alone to her bow, for, whilst she is the first port of entry from the ocean, and, whilst all the traffic of the province, all the shipments of the irand new rai.- road pass through her gates, yet, even beyond this, as we viewed the country from the top of this Nature's watch tower, we could not but noti e the SMALL ST3ETCH OF WATER That divided her from Washington Teiritcry, only some ten or eleven miles from point to point. There can be no doubt, therefore, that American lines will shortly reach these points, and, even now, considerable shipments are dispatcbid aud received by tbe way of Paget Sound, connecting with the rapidly developing system of our West Coast lines. The time 1b not far uiotant when ferry boats will run from point to point with the same readiness as th ■ feiry from Tiburon to San Fruncisco (about the same distance) c<>r.ying passengers and all sorts of freight, express wagons and fnruiture vans, buggies, carriages und teams, and may be, even whole tr- ins of cars. The pas-age of the stiaita of Jaan de fruca is far more protected than the passage frt.m San Francisco to Tiburon, for here the terries mu-t puss (he mouth ot the Golden Gate, where the Pacific rollers have fiee ri^ht of entry. Yet these boats carry every soit of vehicle. »nd ply with the utmost regularity. The better to work out this line of thought we will &-k onr readers to inspeot the map on page 7 of this edition. Whilst on the subjeat of maps, moreover, we will aiso call attention to "THE THREE VANCOCTEllS," Lying ui'hiu so r>inul a compass. Vancouver Island, Vancouver (late Granville), and Vancouver on the Colombia river. This is, we think, to say the least, a little bit confusing and might have been avoided; perhaps the " powers that be " may not think it even yet too late to remedy it. if Vancouver were on Vancouver Island even, there might have been some excuse, tboagh even then we think it a pity to multiply names. If the schedule of names in the world is run ou , inventive power is at a standstill, and names in consequence must be multiplied, it appears to us, tbat " Columbia" would be far more appropriate, though why its old name of " Granville " waanot good enough, we cannot discover on so shoit a visit. When we take passage for Vancouver we naturally presume we shall be carried to the well-known island of that name, and shall, anon, find oun-elves somewhere on the looking- out place eoross tbe Pacific ocean, but each i- not the ca e, oh! readers. Vancouver, tbe terminus of the Grand Canadian Pacific Kailroad, is situated on iiurrard's Inlet, at a point formerly known as Granville. On the map above mentioned we give the location of all three Vuncouvers in big type, so that our readers may in no wise be misled by the strange coincidence of there being three important places of the same name in the same quarter of the globe. Onr readers, we trust, will pardon us this long digression. We have been sitting tbe while upon the hill-top, overlooking the conntry, aud these were some of the thoughts that engaged onr attention. With appetite awakened by tbe glorious air, we next thought of the groaning larder r.t ihe Driard H tel, and, tx cloning to Pencils, who bad posed "his Worship" as a foreground, we beat a hasty retreat toward the city. Durii.g our long walk we passed by ORCHABBS, Th"tD<--in which were lsden with the most delicious fruits, the boughs just bending and breaking with their burden. We have never seen a more magnificent show in any part of our Golden State, whilst the flavor of the fruit is oertainly finer than in most sections of California, and as fine in any we have ever tested. Peaches apricot-*, plums*, apples, pears we personally sampled and they were, without question, of the most perfect growth, and we were informed that cherries, strawberries aud nil sorts of berries, not then in season, were equally luxuriant and equally luscious. We observed tbat roots of all sorts were doing well and t at the vegetable gardens everywhere were in splendid condition. Note —The above article was written in Sep- j tember, shonly after our arriraj in British Colnrnbia. Upon onr return to San Francisco ' in December, we received the following from ; British Columbia, from which it will be ►sen how soon our surmises are receiving confirms- tion: Victobia (B. C), November 30—The E«- I qnimault and Nanaimo Railway Company gives I notice of application at the coming session of the Legisii.tnre for a chatter to construct a branch line to a point on tbe Str.iita of Fuc i, opposite Port Angeles, Washington Tarritoiy. Tha intention is to connect with a line to be built from Portland t,o Port Angel-s b. means of a train transfer boat thus bringing Vict ri<t in direct communication with American railway systems. A F£W IMPAtSSIONS. InEngiah hotels "Boots" is quite an institut on. He relieves you of tbose cumbersome articles snd loans you a pair of carpet slippers in which to bake your toes ovt r your bedroom fire. He brushes your clothes and acts as messenger boy; be uncords your trunk and unstraps your portmanteau; he digs your worms, feeds your dog, cleans your gun, knows every pool in the district, every nook and corner of the city, and, whilst the honse sleeps, collects from each bedroom door, boots and shoes of of Huntley, the Marquis of Quesnsbcry, snd the like. N.>r are Am ricans unrepresented. We find Henry Ward tieecber. Bob Iggers«<l, Chief Justice Wait, General W E. Sherrum, Charles C ocker, J. W Mackay, Professor Jdin Fisk of Harvard and others, to say nothing of th -. Siamese princes These are jnat a '»» names coiled at haphazard. The chief attraction, ho vcver, of the Drferd lies not in its guests however exalted, but in its management. The proprietors are eminently "U )i I men," who know their business. Tbe cenera) arrangements are good and you feel that a master eye is looking after your welfare. The b. lis are not in your room for show, bnt an answer to your summons is promp'ly and wi lingly given, and the waiters, moreover, at all times are civil and oMigiug. En tbe dining-room, not only is the t able goid and the service and attendance admirable, bet it is patent at once to the casual observer that the proprietors themselves know what to tat, aud how to eat it, and tbe result is an en: re absence of all those galling little tiivialites that after all, in the aggregate, affect our appe- rite and digestion more than most of us csreto acknowledge even to ourselves. The accompanying view of the Driard House was crxwn from a photograpn by Mr. Hastings Fort street, Victoria Tne top skstth shows a portion of the offioe and readirg room, the doors seen on the left lead to tbe bi Hard-room. It requires but a very short visit to accennt for the deserved popularity of tbe Driard Hotel, and of its excellent proprietors, Messrs. Reeon & Bartnagle. and obtain more "solid comfort" out of this life before " joining the great majority" than Brother Jonathan dreams of. IN OI'R OWN FRKK COl'VTRY A man mar lose his personal liberty in one State for that which across the line of the next State would not be even an offence. In another a man may indulge in the most barefaced flirtation. whUst in the nex city, flying the same flag, he would, for the same amusement, find himself a too much married individual. In another mere incompatibility of temper wUl readily burst the bonds of matrimony, whilst In yet another the grossest infidelity will Bcarcelv be sufficient to unlock the (railing chains. The judges, elected to their office for a specified term and seeking* re-election, too often view the lexal questions brought before the Court through the spectacles of the local "political boss.** Because we live under a republican form of government and preach the noble sentiment of "a government of the people, for tbe people, by the people," we are too apt too think that we alone are "free .** It is well now and again to get BEYOND OCR BORDERS And to take honest note of the points of difference between ourselves and our neighbors; to wench the pros and cons, and to recognize that neither side perhaps has yet attained perfection. laving unquestionably under the best form of government suitable for our own happy land, it is hard to understand that equal freedom can be obtained in other countries under a different form of executive. The people of the Dominion are profoundly loyal to the Crown and appear to recognize that true freedom consists, not m the name or form of the executive, but In the will of the people being dominant in a representative form of government; in keeping the money bags within their own control, and. above all, in an impartial. speedy and strict administration of justice. Whilst each province is allowed absolute discretion in the management of its own affairs and in the protection of its own interests, the Dominion law protects the personal liberty of each subject, the same in one province as in all, and sees to it that his status in insol- W. P. Sayward. It is a noticeable fact that all of Victoria's old pioneers are respected and prosperous citizens. They have watched the city daring; past decsdes in all —4 M&&3m&L+*L> I M 4. 1;fife^w'-TsB^VlteS' ..^.iT^i.,^^,ffixo^,la].rI>.,.^a:^E^ :..i: every imaginable size, make aud style, to be replaced again, bright and early and bright and shining outside each door, ready for the occupant of the room upon his rising. We remember some years ago staying at an hotel in a fashionable watering place in England. The past-ages contained at night and at early morn the usual row of boots and shoes outride each door, and many were the speculations concerning the occupants of tbe room as pictured by the ehoes upon the mat. At one a dainty little slipper, at another the evidence of a gout-afflicted owner, at a thisd the "understandings" of a "sport," at yet another the proof of the whertabcuts of the last new bride and groom; at another the mnch*manied squire and his portly dame; and thus and thus from door to door no mat without its own paiticu'ar tale or food for speculation. A stay of a few days in any Engli>b hotel and yon have no difficulty in fixing at or.ee tbe occupant of every room. Each lovely Cinder- alls is soon fitted to her slipper. In tbe present instance, No. 12 was held by a ringlet ted •*mtss" of a very uncertain age, who retired early snd arose late. Everyone in the hotel as they passed her door after ate had retired at night and before she arcse in the morning noticed her charming little shoes upon the mat. No. 15, nearly opposite, was occupied by a hot-beaded Major—a strong disciple of Kim- rod. One evening, tired w>th his long day's huut. he retreats 1 tarly to his room and arose ptoportionatelv Isfe the u:xt morning. Everyone a- they sauntered up to bed took special notice of the Major's massive shooting boots on the mat of No. 1 o and ca^t an envious g ance at the delicate shoes on the mat of No. 12. Alas! i-ome wag, who arose with the eatly worm, conceived the diabolical plot of placing the massive boots alongside the delicate bhoea on the mat of No. 12. Each gne&t on filing dowa to breakfast took iu the sit nation. Tne whimpered conversation, the smothered laughter, the sparkling eyes were tell tale signs, and ahowed too plainly how well the plot had worked—how thoroughly the joke was under- fatood. The Major was furious and thirst* d for gore, bnt the wag held his secret. Poor Miss Bing- 1 tt-., tboiiwii obtaining the sympathy of everyone, could not face the quizzing looti ana was compelled to seek for pastures new. We «re afraid if American hotels hod such a crop of leather in thepassag.s these same boots and shoes would soon get ttill more "mixed" in some capacious bag that would not readily surrender its contents. It is t-'t range how this cartom of planting your boots at your threshold sticks to the British flag. Though thousands of miles distant from England, one of the first things on crossing the border into British Colombia that reminded us we were no longer in the United states, was tbe row of bocts and shoes along the corridor of our hotel. Not bnt that there are n any other very STRIKING DIFFEHKNCEt; That are at once noticeable. Consideiir g that an imaginary line only divides the two countries, that the people uie of tbe same race, blood and language, the points of difference are indeed very interesting and carious. Some in favor of one country, some in favor of the other. A bansom cab, fur instance, rattled us off to the the Driard Ho'el. No cobU-car. no h'-rse-car, not even a 'bus was in sight. The to ids are hard mettled and even, and pleasant to drive over; no cobbles to jolt yea out of the buggr.no car-rails t> twist yourwhtel off The streets are more picturesque tbaa with as, not all alike in interminable straight lines. Men. when smoking, are mostly smoking pipes, in.-teud of cigars. The place has a quiet, subdued, restful appearance, not the same horry-hcurry, rush and push in the streets. Laughter is not so boisterous; conversatiun not so loud. In the hotel, > leetric bells are found iu every room, even to the bath-rooms and closets. Meals a:e served a, and when you want them, as tarly or i s late as you please; no meal bells, no gong-4 vibrate the very appetite outof you; no f< ar of finding the dinir g-room locked if }ou oversleep yourself. Yon VICTOKIA FK0M L&UB3j ' Society in British Columbia. Kastern people, and Europeans in particular, are far more given "to hospitality" than are the old- timers on the Pacific Slope. Californians are very slow to admit strangers within their family circle, no matter what their credentials, or hew close the tie created by the *'letter of introduction." A "drink atthe bar"ora'TreeIunch"is generally considered enough to redeem their obligation to the writer of the letter, or i?.ll that is necessarT* 'o accord aa a welcome to a stranger, however remote may be the region whence he comes. THE OBLIGATION DCK FROM SOCIETY To a stranger is viewed from a different standpoint, however, in British Columbia, especially from tbe new Mood now pouring in from the old countries. This is a good sign. Speaking generally, the people are more refined, and society is established on a firmer basis. One thing is particularly noticeable, namely, the different style of Englishmen who settle in Canada to those who generally favor the United States. IX CALIFORNIA We have enough and to apare of the irrepressible SMES BAY. vency. in marriage and divorce, and in all oust social matters are the same the country over. 1 he judges, who are appointed for life, are, as a nat- UBaTresult, fearless in their decisions; the poor man feels safe in the protection of his rights, and the rich man knows that no money, no "ring, no " political boss" will secure him immunity from his wrong doing. In practice, as well as in theory, thetiaw for the poor is the .same as the law for the rich. As a result lynch law ispracticallvunknow n; no, "shooting scrape" disturbs the equilibrium'of the community and each man feela secure in the protection of histlife, his liberty, his honor, and bis home. Mr. W. P. Say ward's mill and yard arc bounded by Constance street and the bridge, known as the first bridge on the road to Esquimau, on the one side, and Rock Bay and the inner harbor on the: other. It possesses storage accommodations for millions of feet of lumber. A glance at some of the huge logs floating securely in the bay, and at a raft of seme 200,000 feet which had recently been towed down from the timber districts,'was suggestive of what a mighty thing was mun's ingenuity over the giant products of the forest. As we watched we noticed that a log weighing thons- p. M. it you door may have your breakfast ut S'> desire. The "House" can s and it if you can, and no one frowns in ai ger, no one raises an eyebrow in surprise to think that a ^towji man is free enough to do as he bni.s-.-.f thinks be t. Tbe guests all appear able to eat their meals without b< ing compelled to make their kr ile no tbe duly of a spoon, and are also ab e c mforiably to get tbi >ii: h each course without tha intervention of s< me s- ore or so of "individual dibhes," arrang* d in semicircles in tier upon tier, cent- ring from their plates. Again, considering it is the border line instead of the Atlantic that divides us, the difference in language is also very marked. A man no longer 'iayefs," but "larfs;" he sptaks of u/ivertising instead of advertising; of sn adt-ertifcemeht instead of adveif Viuunt; m apricot has return* d from an ap'priuct to an apricot; a pa'tent is no longer a pttt'ent; you speak of a call as a 'curf" i i. stead oi a "oayef; an engine is no longer an ingine, and the like. Moreover, we are no longer under the thraldom of Wcb- ater's American dictionary (so called) to murder the spelling and de stroy tbe pronunciation. [In glancing through these p'iges onr English and Canadian friends will please rt in ruber that this paper is printed and publiahed in San Francisco, where what remains i f Webster's (very) original dictionary still rules suj reme ] All the*e things are trifles, but they s'l tend greatly to affect the general character of the picture. At the same time the people are viar COSMOPOLITAN. They keep the Fomth of July with the name regularity as the Queen's birthday. The place is both English and American in its ways and ideas; the lines are so intermixed that it is impossible to tell where Americanisms begin and where Angloisms leave off. To an Englishman the place is very American; to an American the place is very English. THE HOTELS Have not as much style about them peihap.s as ihe American, bnt what they lo=e in H'yle they n»' r- than make up in good solid comfort. Whilst st Victoria we stayed ut the Driard, and can say without hesitation it is the mo t comfortable hotel on the Pacific Coabt, English or America i. Wfa,.t the Pa ace Hotel is to California, tbe Driard is to Biitish Columbia. It is the gtne.al rend zvoub of ihe e a t. Wbere- tverbent everyone a.wax s br> aks his journey at Victoria, and anyone of note in arm'-ly stays »»t tbe Driard. Princes, (lnvernors-Gener.il, business m n, tourists, p1, n-ure--e kers and 1 eal h-setkers, all alike, make tl e Driard their bandqa rter-i. Dur.ng our protr.ioud visit here, Sir Arthur B'atkwood, Ihe Chief Secre tary of tbe BrtttHh poht -ffice. sat nest in at t tble, an ex-High Lord Chancellor of Eug'anl smoked his cigar with us in the lobby, whilst Hr Wm. Oi** V<f"ir, the (.overnor of flong Kong, some four or five prelates, including the American Bishop of Shanghai were gmsts in the hotel. Ou turning over tbe register we encounter tbe names of the Qovernor-Oereral, Thr H. Com* Th- H' ■'.•■ A iPrrmier.) THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. R-be.-t DnusttaV, /. p., Prr.fiffssf ■/ tht E. B. Darie. Q. C, M:■.,■'»u\0> -■,-./' (. The HitH. J.&n Rob*u». J Miuitltr <.f Mines. Th? Hon J. H. Trtrnrr, M Affricuftvri: Thr Hon. F. O. Ytrnon, Cki*f Coi*in~*si"ner of LamU and Pvb'ic HVr*- Pm ii■■■;.,! .\.;-,;t.ir-i usif " 'Arry abroad/' with his "loud"' check suit and his still .louder tongue; we have Cockneys in skoals, till we are given to imngine tbat all Britishers alike play murderous havoc with the poor letter H; we have parvenus of the snob, or "dude" ctass, who, by reason of a long purse, think they can peas in the United States for genuine " English gentlemen;*'we have the uneducated, poverty-stricken immigrant; we have not a few of the discontented, unpatriotic Radicals, who simply want the earth, and at the end of six weeks grumble as loudly in the States, or in Canada, as they do at Home, because they cannot get it; we pretty frequently have also some poor specimens of .the aristocracy-degenerate sons who have brought disgrace not merely upon themselves, but upon their whole pa- tricran class, and for this reason—though still sporting the title of "My Lord"—ostracised at Home ami compelled to seek the United States as their only refuge. So wonder tbat an English "Lord" is only a synonymous name for a kn»ve or a fool, for -thus far the better part of the nobility never seem to visit us. But amongst all the various classes of Englishmen that come to our shores, either to visit us or to stay, how >>eldom do we find the Kood old English country gentleman represented • * a^'i'he class that go to make up the very oackbone* ands of pounds floated gracefully in the water, suddenly a man descends from the mill with a grappling hook attached to a heavy chain, sinks it into tbe log, and away it is whirled rapid > up a long slip* rolled skillfully on to a sliding platform, and in a few minutes is disposed of in various shapes and sizes about the yard. It is truly a wonderful thing. Mr. -Sayward built his mill at a cost of some 810,000 nine years ego. He also owns a mill at Port Madison, and employs two vessels -a steamer and schconer—In the inter* sts of his business. His lumber is towed from the East coast and mainland, and is received in rafts of from 200,000 to /iOO.000 feet. He does all his own planing, uses the improved double circular Spautding saw and trimmers, and cuts an average of 30,000 feet per day. He manufactures about six million feet annually of pine, cedar and spruce, of which Oregon pine is held most in demand. His principal engine a a TVhurse power and drive* the main saw. aiso furnishing the power fur hauling logs up the slip. The second engine runs the planer, large saw and its stages of prosperity and adversity. They have all seen feasts and famines, hardships and comforts, yet have never allowed their faith in the city to waver Mr. W. P. Say ward, proprietor of the Book Bay Sawmills before described, is a splendid representative of this class. He has been a resident of Victoria since 1858. A native of Thomas- ton. Maine, he left there at the age of 21. being possessed of a spirit of adventure, s level head, a strong arm. and an honest heart- He resided in Boston, as also in Florida for a few years, but daring tbe gold excitement in California in'49, he with four or five comoanions.gtarted for the newly- discovered Eldorado, to seek out their fortunes. Contrary to the usual custom. Mr. Saywmrd on his arrival in California did not join the pick and shov. el brigade, but commenced to work at his trade, which was that of a carpenter and builder. Skilled labor and men with a trade were in active demand, and in consequence were paid very high wages. Eluding that the hills and valleys were not lined with gold, as many had been foolishly led to believe, young Say ward with characteristic shrewdness w:ent to work at his trade, and in a short time had saved enough money to start in business as a baker in Sacramento w ith one ot his companions — also a baker—who had accompanied him on his trip to California. At this time, of course, this was a most remunerative business, and it was here that Mr. Say ward can be said to have obtained his first start in life. In three years he made sufficient money to buy out the lumber establishment ot 8. S. £mith in San Fiancisco, and thus drifted into a line of business which came more directly under his knowledge as aprncrical carpenter. By honest and honorable dealings in the products of the forest, Mr. Say ward built up a large fortune. In 1858 be came to the Northwest, which he thought possessed better scope for ability. He built a lumber mill near Saanach in 1861. There he remained, conducting a profitable and constantly increasing business until 1878, when be established his present plant. Mr. Say ward is now 61 years of age, though he looks and acts like a much younger man. being to all appearances, active strong and healthy as a yout.g man of 35, and in as full possession of all his mental faculties. Although an American citizen, there are no residents in Victoria, more de- .-erving of eulogy than Mr, Sayward. He has used tioth his capital and inflnence to forward such enter^ prises as were calculated to benefit the city and advance public interests, and has been closely identified with all noteworthy movements of a business character organized in the city. Mr. Sayward is a memberof the Pioneer Association, as. also the Order of Odd Fellows. By his customers and business -..)ii:ij!i:.;inu;a be, ia respected aa a man of honor and integrity, and by his friends beloved as a man of warm heart, generous impulses, and charitable nclinations. R. H0TEL ACCOMMODATION. The Driard Hcuee Is unquestionably the leading hotel of British Columbia. It is situate on the south side of View street, and occupies the entire block lying between Broad and Pouglas streets. The proprietors Messrs. Uedon & Hartnagle, are very deservedly popular, rot merely with their guests but with their employees, and also throughout th.- city They know well how to combine the Savriter in vwdo with tbe fortiter in re. Their eyes are every where, giving; every good proof how- much each department, down to the merest mechanical office, is effected by a competent executive. The waiters atttnd to your wants with alacrity, the table clothes and napkina (which are of the finest linen) are kept spotlessly white, the service also la excellent and in every respect tbe comfort of the guests seems at all times, and at all seasons, to be the special study, end, aim and object of the house and every one In it from the proprietors down to The dishwasher. The Driard cannot of course compare with the Palace in style or ir. »i2e, but It very favorably compares in everything else. The dining-room is ca panic of teatingabout 9T0guests.and there are also besides two ctner private dining-rooms. Tbe office ia a comfortable room, also used as a smoking and reading room, some 60x25 feet. Entering through this is a billiard room of about the same sire and here also is a handsomely fitted bar. Tho drawing-room ia \ery nicely and tastefully furnished, its dimensions are about 40x30 feet. There are altogether about 125 bedrooms in addition to private sitting rooms, baih rooms, offices and the like. The kit. he: French chef de cutftine. The kit. hen is presided over by a viry capable cui.tinc, assisted by another French artiste, and their cooking cannot be surpassed in the Avenue de 1 Opera. The dining-room ia attended by a steward and ten excellent waiters. There are altoget her some 35 or 10 hands employed about ihe place. 9 — .riinmer.and „ his latum at Bo wen lath saw enables him toinnnu- ' The house is lighted throughout by a very free factu'-e all his own laths. He has also an improved ! use of incandescent electric lamps, giving a verv log trimmer, and the slabs and sawdust that are j soft, steady, yet brilliant liirbt Electric ltalM r-*,m apparently of such little value, he makes, by a most ! ingenious arrangement of shafts, do dntvas fuel for his engines. He also has built a square brick furnace, ltix'Jo feet, which, being roofed over and grated inside, receives the surplus sawdust and consumes the samein a living bed of fire. This, Mr. mum.-ate with the office from every room in tbe house, as also a telephone to any part of the city The "old hotel was built about 20 years ago, but a very large addition was made some two years ... and already tbere is a pressing demand to enlarg*' the stakes. Fortunately the proprietor* have ample room to build another large wing on the site of the garden this will then make indeed a very rine hotel. The accompanying drawing from a photograph hy Mr. Hasting*, photographer of this city, will best describe the exterior, and shows also a section of the office. Clarence Hotel. Now that Victoria is attracting s nob a wide-spread reputation throughout tie United States, Canada and Europe, and that so many thousands of visitors are daily flocking in to enjoy her glorious summer and to spend a few weeks of pleasur able recreation in fl.hing or hunting among her picturesque hills and beautiful lakes and streams, this edition would scarcely be compute without some special mention of the several hotels, restaurants, and lodtr mg bouses to be found in this city in order that persons contemplating a trip to this locality may know what accommodations they may look for before starting, and be able to make their arrangements accordinglv. JTStS^sJn^^B T? view ■spec W» started out on a tour of ticn. ami having- heard «o niucn a entirely THE DfilARD HOUSE. so to speak, of the Knglish nation, rarely sends a representative amongst u-i. The great strength of 1 Knglfsh people, the pivot upon which the nation turns, tbe "upper middle classes.*' "the younger sun , "the squires" unu "county families, are almost unknown to us men from whose ranks are drawn "the great unpaid" (the inagiNtratcsl, the bur, the clergy, and in days gone ny, and still to some extent, the officers of tbe army, navy and the vil service; men, taking them an a class, whose is above question, any one of whom having ledged "his honor as a gentleman" would fulfill tl pi, bda obligation OT die; men whom untold millions I the Sandwich Inlnnds and Australia, hut hn The Clarence Hotel ■t constitute not only th,. Hnest bio. t ♦ wv'ffiT"- Th". '!il 'Ha' '•"<"' >n™hc buni1 ^"^rU ta-oV- r^x red color, and ia the m.wt . lea-imt and rrfi"1^ «»h.' h^;.",^a dh ooast. The main or office .... hVv(;vHOn i>o»Kias SSJTSSm the ladies entrance, and a bun and •rv ^'PS-wtreet side. tr, .V.orei.a.rc. al1',°K''tber over 90 rooms J»«h a \ lew to the comfort of those * ho ,„ny occupy them, and the attendance, care and cleanliness throughout could not be bet ter. On every floor mere are two bath rooms one for ladies and one for gentleman all sunnhM with the most modern sanitary appliances; aS free for the use of guests. Directly off the office i« an elevator the Miilikan make-the Clarence bi pl.^ed wit°h one ' '" ° pMThM* which is a«p. The d'ning h-ill is a light cheery room in which lime. Besides a number of "*"er ,0" parsons can be comfortably icatcd at on.' districts, he employs about time. Across the hall from this la a private din n the mill. His own private In,R,;foon,1.'0^ 'J.'r «**«*on.niodation of families or o new billiard Say.vard asserts, be finds cheaper tban carting away the stuff, there being little or no den: id for it. with this constant glowing furnace Mr. Sayward might successfully run an engine of great power, such, for instance, asjthe electric light, or utilized for burning "" men in the logging hlrty or forty hands in wharf offers a secure moorage for vessels of'all de- | parties who desire to dine in privacy d lo » Lne hftr,ro<lVl- which contains two np tables of the Brunswick & Balke manufaeti J?" ith all grades of the choicest vrteaT seriptions, and his shipments up the coast ami. ._ local fields are large and valuable In the past Mr. I Sayward has made experiments in shipments to ould neith r bribe, iror buy, nor turn from "the right," Tbese men seldors come amongst us and are ra'-e- ly tempted to leave their home but for a few weeks at a tune. There is something unmistakable about the KING Of OKNLtNK MKTAf.. You do not want to ciamine further, and so with the class of Englishmen it was our &ood fortune to associate with miring our sijiv in British Columbia. The people generally are law abiding, happy, prosperous and eminently contented. A wee bit f co: servative may be, not quite so nervously goal) end. rush ing and excited as their cousins across . ; the border, but although they may not count their L»ord ljansaowne. Sir John A. McDonald, the ; millions so rapidly, they appear to have something Prime Minister, Sir Charles Tapper, tbe Earl else to Ihe for besides the accumulation of dollars, found it very profitable on accou.it of the high dut. imposed. 'I he duty of $2 per thousand imposed by tbe Sun Francisco ports is rather a large one, and prevents shipment from this Dominion, but it >« more than likely that the tariff will some day he removed, which will allow this port tocompete. and compete successfully, with Oregon. VVashington Territory, and the Northwest, Mr. Sayward hes grovided very well arranged hose, attached to a re plug, easily renchcd, and commanding all parts of the yard and mill. His business is vast and profitable, and he enjoys the respect and admiration of tbe trade and community. Our readers will ob-erve a distant vlcwoftbis mill In the sketch appearing on the top of page 1 of this edition. The tail chimney on the left, near tbe bridge, marks the location of the Bock Bay Sawmill. R. I lies, over by rcplrte liquors and cigars, and is presided It". I"'i Zfi H'1' "'"' ,loh,'rI "cOlwws, who have established for themselves quite a rep nation as tniyers of delicious beverages. ^ n a8 Ihe rates are, comparatively speakine vcrv rcasonablc. ranging fmm $:! to fc p^-r day accord ing to rooms Mr. Richards gives his rn ire t?n e and personal supervision to the management of Oriental Hotel. This hotel is managed on the American plan and has a desirable location on Yatea street. In the heart of the business district of Victoria. Mr. Wm, McKcon. the proprietor, is aa old pioneer snd a genial, pleasant landlord of a really drat- X. house. His hotel is well patronized by tour- uU. but he does a grood family mule Mr. Mc Kcon has been in his present location for the past twenty-ove years, and haa a son connected wiUi him In tbe busiueas. wno la very popular with the miests. The sleepin* accommodations are ample. "he bouse having Si) rpo""- we" furnished and comfortably built, a dining-room seating 7S n-o pie with a gjod servjee. a nrs -class baraodbill- (ani room, and a pnrate family dining hall. The traveler will find rest and comfort, a (rood table, and reasonable terms at'he oriental h. The Occidental This hotel fronts on the wharves of the steamboat lines and tbe railways of tbe Canadian Pacific and the Esquimau and Nanaimo. and has a fine sweeping sits of James Bay and the "Gorge." It is located on the corner of w hart and Johnson streets. The present proprietor. Mr. Wm Jensen. has h:id the house under his management since 7». and has made many improvement*, amongst them beiiiK the Duilding of an addition in a*. It is a flre-proof structure, and contains yo large and well-arranged sleeping rooms, furnished in the latest modern style, 'ihe dining-room MsaU forty- eight, and is so constructed as to command a fine view of the Bay. where boats of all des ripliona may be seen plying to and fro. arresting the nun- a-^y guest's attention, and commanding his admiration. The table is an excellent one and tbe sex- vice ia good. The hotel has met with more than iu proportion of success In the past, and looks forward to a continuance of their custom in tbe A sketch of this hotel will be found in our advertising columns. K. Windsor Hotel This commodious and well-kept bouse, besides being the oldest hotel In Victoria, is one of the old landmarks, it being the first briok building that was erected here. It ia still remembered as the "Old Boomerang," but Is now called the Windsor, and its present proprietor, Mr. Alex. Mcih.nald. who bouifbt It three years ago, is a respected and well-to-do citizen of Victoria. There is a fine bar and billiard room, where will be found a choice stock of liquors and imported cigars. There are twenty-five commodious and well-arranged sleep ing apartments in the house, and a spacious dining- room on tbe ground floor, accommodates half a hundred people at one sitting. The hotel is fortunately located, being on the corner of (lovern- ment and I'ourtenay streets, and only a few steps from James Bay. The trailer seeking quiet and comfort will find the Windsor a very agreeable place to stop at. rt- The leading Metropolitan Papers. *'TH« COLONIST" la onqnestlonably the oldest, wealthiest, and most widely circulated newspaper in the province, and possesses theimost extensive and best equipped pri.ting house west of Toronto in the nonunion. The first issue appeared on the 11th December. 1858. Its proprietor and editor at that time waa Hon. A. DeCosmos, afterwards Premier of the local Government and senior representative ot the city of Victoria in the Ottawa Parliament. It waa started as a tri-weekly. In 1WJ the triweekly became a flve-times a week publication. In 1S61 it became a daily- Mr. Higgins owned and edited tac < olonist from January. ltM9. till October II. lv«. when, after a period of successful editorial labor in British I olumliia and California, extending over a period of thirtj - one years, he disposed ot the establishment which, under his guidance and management had grown to be one of tne most valuable n.-wspapcr properties In the country,to the present proprietors, and retired to private life. Asa newspaper, we think, it mav be lairiy claimed that Thr t'o/omV has alwnys occupied the front rank in British Columbia journalism, never having failed to lay before its readers the latest and most reliable information tiiat could be obtained. The late proprietor, Mr ixmvid *il- llani Higgins. M. I". 1'.. represents Ksquimalt Ihs- trlct in tne Legislative Assembly. He is the fourth son of W. B. Higgins. a native ol Manchester. Kng.. who settled in Nova Scotia in 1H14. and removed to the United State, in 11CI6. Mr. l> W. Higgins was born in Halifax. N. >., November 30. 1&3L Our 'Frisco reader, will remember that Mr. 1). W. Higgins was one of several who founded uV the Morning Call newspaper in Han Krancnu-o in 1856—aelling his interest I n that paper in 185;, w ben he removed to British Columbia. He organized and was first President of the Victoria Fire Department: a member ot the Hoard of Education in British Columbia in IHSS-oy. and Is a memberof the City Count.il and School Hoard ol Victoria. As before mentioned, he disposed of bis interest in the Colonitft to the present \ i in it tss Messrs. W. H Kills, A. H. Sargison an« ¥V. It Higg ns. in October 188& THK STANDARD Also is a well-established daily and week!, lournal, and enjoys quite a considerable circulation. THK TlMKs Is a bright and new-sy evening paper, the only afternoon publication in the city. Although started only four years ago, it has attained a circulation and a consequent influence in tbe social, commercial and political affairs of the Province not Inferior to its more venerable contemporaries. The difficulties incidental toall aews- paper publication are increased occasionally in Victoria when the telegraph wires refuse to work and the editor Is left entirely to his own resource, to evolve from an over-taxed imagination and dreary exchanges a readable and intercsuny paper. But the Times makes the most of iu environment. It has American soap, judiciously .-ombined with Canadian conservatism, and deals with public questions from a broad and liberal stand isnut The weekly edition enjoys a large circulation in the l*rovince. and is an excellent family newspaper. The proprietors are the Times Printing and Publishing Co. while the management is in the hands ot Messrs. W ns. Tem- pleman and J.C. Md.ogan. Kastern newspaper men of experience. During the past summer, tbe build- ing occupied by tbe Times ton Yates streetl has been enlarged by an additional fUt. and a iub printing plant has also been added. The Albion Iron Works. Thos. Earle Were established in 1862. and are assuming large proportions ; indeed, they certainly constitute today, the chief industry of Victoria in fact, of the the Province. The works are situate on State and Chatlmm streets, and oocupy in space several town low. in addit on to liarbor frontage, extensive wharves, storehouses, and the like. L'pou reference to the sketch at the top of the first page of tins edition, fflsw wn^ks wl 1 be ■m. ...tending from the water up th* hill Mr- Say ward s sawmill will be noticed on the lert tttie bui.dings with tbe tall chimney by the brtdgel. and the Albion Iron Works are at theotner side, that is, on the extreme right of the picture, 1 here ia nothing to compare with these works north of San Francisco. The company manufactures steam engines of every description, tlsh can ners* machinery, sawmill aud mining machinery, and, indeed, considers nothing too big to be bevood its scope. Tbe Ksquiinait and Nanaimo or Island itailroad was supplied by this company with all the iron work used for bridges, etc.. on thai line. In connection with the works is a brass-finishing shop.to say nothing of a large stove foundry, where are manufactured every kind of stove imaginable, suitable tor kitchen, parlor, hall or elsewhere, and lor the consumption of coal. wood. I r other fuel. ihe enterprise finds employment for a great many skilled mechanics and other hands, and is certainly the mast important in the province. Mr. Kobert Dunsmulr is the President of the company. The Victoria Machinery repot Messrs. Spratt & Gray have just started quite an extensive industry here. Their premise, are situate on Work street. Kock Bay. and form quite an important feature in the landscape, comprising four S.story buildings, with an engine and boiler room attached, and a slip for docking small steam launches, besides a good water frontage on Vn tons harbor, with extensive wharvra. Messrs. Spratt .4 tiray an- both old Ii r» and well I. no on and descrvcdls respected throughout the prowncc. Mr. Joseph spratt has n sided on the const for some thirty odd J ears. Coming from >an Francis.-o to \ ntorla in 18t£! he originated the Albion Iron and Stove W oi ks. now the largest enterprise in the province, a notice of which appears clsew here in these columns. Mr. Spratt -old out his interest in the Albion Iron Works in l.vsi to a joint stock company, but is still interested in mam large and paying enterprises on this coast, and is certan It one of the most nidi-awake and public spirited citizens of British Columbia, and a man of extra- ordinary business -sagacity. Jtfr.KJjtms.H, partner, has been sixteen vearain British t oiumbia. Was nss,siste,l with Mr. Spratt as foreman and afterwards with the Albion Iron w orks a-s general manager till ISs». iu which tear ne resigned his charge in order to visit bis home in Scotland. Here he spent i.carlt a tear, taking the opportunity while thee of t siting'and noting the workings of the pi incipal shipyards on Ihe Clyde and the gigantic Iron works of the district. Messrs. Spratt at tiray are both thoroughly practical engineers, w. 11 posted in the requirements of the roast, and personally reliable in every respect, may carry on Ihe business of, onsulling engineers, draughtsmen and patent attorneys. They are dealers in new and second hand machinery of all kinds. They execute re[.airs: they erect an.) s.lly-i intend machines, deal Iu engine and mill s„P,,i„-. a-«ay ores, and liamalj tran act all business of a kindred natui-r Tnrner, Beeton ft Co., Whose place of business is on W barf street, are general IniMUtU and ship hn.kerv transacting their business chiefly by indents. Their anassasa is solid and their rcpulallun extends the »..rid ot, r I'hey arc largely interested in the salmon BBS nenes of the Coast, having thr.-o large pa.king nous.s on the Skeciia River, u e should it ill has aiso that they received the silver mi-da! for canu.sl salmon from Ihe lain.lon Fisheries Exhibition as wei a-- tt.e gold medal at the Antwerp Exhibition in iiev.. Acting as commission merchants and natlng also a branch lions, in I on.Ion. tlt.y are £^osrod to fill orders in any line of goods cith.r r.ngliah or Canadian las a glance at their card In our advertising columns will sho.vi. and they c r lainly have the best of facilities for so doing at most reasonable rates. They handle also large Si* brandy, claret, isirt. malt liquors, "nbkv, groceries, twine, and no one know- .hat n\. ■,1°Jn,',he b,'"t Eastern and European banana, it » "I be likewise nolncd that ibet hold several t al name insurance agen, i.-s for life, fin' and marine. /"'''r hU-Mness premise, on Whaif sir.-, t noonr] a v.rj important axiaitinn In this ,\.lu-.,c|, wrboh hri?-l E"','k quarter of the city they are an,. f„?.UU,°' a 0,"',n >'""' *r* "I architecture neiVaZ ?"' °'.""' '"""' important of the busl mated 7» {""V ,h'" '""" The nou"<- " "'l'"- VknLi,'",1"?,1'' Vr " <'• Beet.n. and in the Can. ', "';' """ '••*■ Turner.a m.inb.. nf T"-ne?h hli,.,;',!'M' ''""'n-'ial Uovcromriit. Mr of Fmanc. J f . m',,or""" Portfolio of Minister nuance and Agriculture. Messrs. Davies A^ Co. Are the principal and leading a.icioneers of the n'.Z, . u y *""■ ""ablished in lSKl. and their P ace of bualne., i, „„ Whl>r, Klrw,, -, , - He'isnoi'w1* lh° m,T "urv"w of the firm. hol..?ner..p0ur,.','!oI!t"f",,r"i'''ll,> "' '"« -'•-. and as an auctioXr,,,-.[, T'''.'.* t«-tct re, or.l U>oprln«d^totiS5f£fra?e ascertained that shippod from Ja'iTn 'whi,',' ?*•*• «'"
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*" *** """' "' °' . * " « NEW WESTMINSTER The Centre of a Large Agricultural Valley. BRITISH ^COLUMBIA EDITION SAN FRANCISCO JOURNAL OF COMMERCE-NEW WESTMINSTER. inch a aiil™ i ? RodKe«. not merelT eTery knows wlnl bata "i°»y 8<>od fellow." who the table L d fiU hi" oh"ir ** the end o£ mittinu w'ii moreover, wind and weather per- in booH „Ti BPln Jon a yarn snd crack a joke »s oleas»i.inautical fashion till the time flies wheels T3. and a» quickly as the paddle- ■■ in due timo *. .nnm..k ih. And i due time we approach the atOCTH OF THE FSASKB RIVER greater certainty tbat the Fraser river delta will be worth $200 an acre ten years from now than the California land above referred to will be then worth $300 an acre; but take these figures, the $10,000 investment in California will have grown to $15,00(1—that is, a profit of $100 an acre for 50 acres, whilst the $10,000 investment here will have grown to $40,000— that is, a profit of $160 an acre for 250 acres. To any thinking man there oan be no doubt that the three cities of British Columbia are on Tiie District Possesses Ihe Only Large Mass of Choice AGRICULTURAL LAND Anywhere on the Mainland of the North Pacific Slope lets ofetWeIc01ne<1 whilst vet beating the wave's hf? by tha avant cour'"T ot the ^S^f^^^'^^^ I As the nature; center of the .first .agricultural .. !-«rBa mouth" of - —**,~ -*— —>—- **- watfM «■» vB. uy tQe warn courier or tne | .l —_s~ . ttv ,~."7. z~ slill near *" *horUy enter- A9 wa approach .he,f¥B °f.a T7 abnor?»i.»nd lasttng growth. "••-ii nearer, the a Ivan tin*nm.l pent«r nt thp fi*a* orrrinnltn-ol *]£*** mouth" of ; ^^^^^^^ ed with ot?*6-?-**'16 to any one at r11 ac^aain-" noble river mnst be THAT LIES UPON THE OCEAN, With a Shipping Port in Its Midst. A MigaMc River, Sheltered at Its lontli, Cuts nmRtfl tbe District. A GREAT FUTURE. The Granary of the Province. HOB LARGE LUMBER INTERESTS. Her Enormous Wealth of Fish^es. broad eiras" "V™ °P«nine at orlce in'° 'he tected inland * o*81111 instead of into a pro- Rlidinp .1 Bea' 'Presently we find ourselves *"er delta v0"8 of ,ba arms o£ the Fraser hand arlrf if ms and settlements on either the buav ca *Dd beantT to tho scene, whilst with the ' deacribed in another article, Indian en 8&T and n0Tel surroundingB of their y°n with tr?Pmenta' cannot fail *° impress duatry u ,, showing importance of this in- fresh ■'naeW 8acb new bend °' 'he river some river itS3f8"honae'' ia brought to view. The canoes anrlom-0reoTer' is alive with iuterest, far as the 9hln8 hosts dotting the expanse as flaes. imn ,ao 'each. Your attention never stretehad V. * Uat at a ^dden turn, you see stretched before you on a sloping bank °fThJee^.W?rt»mster itself. onoe strike,8 .eXCtUent in eTery «■»•«* aud al b-ealthf nines, r" perfect in ita sdeclion f"r eitanrli^ "'sing gently from the wat rand age oaoafi?P'P'l^d, to some altitude, the drain- 55 outUneof1^*11 t-h"t. can b* d^aired- -"ilsl and many soiri6 -"7 lt8e'f' itB '"^ bniId'ng<> hillside i,8„~2 7f,n8 "er n"on tier UP the the whole JL""1-' most Btriking, aud, to cap inB to tVia'i 5 " C* for tbe firat t,me a back" pictures„„ >d8Cap9 °' the most beautiful and imaS08 hD8 of mountains that could be the PPIWhiin8 tbe wharf- the bnm and '•><« of e« wwS?,£'V""* Mi,U " 6re6t3 J0"1 the <■«...■ e bn8y yarda surrounding cast Next en", lniPre(1»>°n3 " of a prosperous city. ahx2«S?*i .1" oIat>Bi°8 of the bell and the ,„™9rand Canadian Pacific Railroad, and yon nanT VV)ncethat Eaata°d West are hand in ?nml d ,that the K°yal c'tv has not only the tee^KC'al advantaBe of a noble tivor, protected by an inland sea. but the richt of way to a giRaniic road that traverses the Klobe. " ",ef ls na'igable for about 100 miles. district of the province. New Westminster will undoubtedly hold her own amongst the trio. A shipping port lying in the midst of THE LARGEST COMPACT AQHICULTUBAT, DISTalCT Of the province, on a navigable river sheltered at the month and traversing the whole of the and offal are received by a chute and carried From thence to the "cooling-room" for 12 thence into the gulf to be removed by the tide, I hours or so till they get thoroughly cooled off. whilst the salmon pass on to the cleaning After which they are tested again, this time by bench where they are received by other handa ( sound and "atacked" ior 10 days or a fortnight and subjected to a thorough oleansiug and rinsing by clean and sparkling water kept in constant flow direct from the spring; then on to a tank wherein is a slight pickle. Here they are rubbed and scrubbed with a brush till the alime and scales are all thoroughly removed. From thence they are transferred to the ' 'fish knives." This apparatus is so constructed that a fish placed upon the bench is seized by a numbor of revolving knives, set at distances of four inches apart; thus, by one turn, cutting tbe salmon into lengths exactly to fit the depth of the can. From thence these divided portions are transferred to another bench where are arranged men armed with long, sharp knives, in order to get thoroughly settled and cool. They are then reteated again by sound and pronounced ready for "lackering" This is done to protect cam from rust, etc. They are then tested again by sonnd, after which they are labeled and boxed and the process is over. WHKBE NEXT TBE CAN WILL TCBN DP It is impossible to say. Maybe in the capacious belly of a shark, or on the arid plains of an African desert; or, perhaps, the snow-capped peak of tbe wildest Sierra. In palace or in cottage, in tbe heart of civilization, or the furthest limit of our frontier line, no one ever expresses surprise at unearthing a oan bearing a label from the Fraser river. and canneries and saw-mills have solved the question of PTSpply. Where would our Western cities have been to day, but for these two inventions ? It ia certain that our pioneers could never have pushed on their lines, depending upon the ordinary food supply of bygone days; neither could they have obtained tbe necessary shelter by tbe aid of the old-time saw-pit. Our lines have been extended so rapidly, and towns and cities have followed so closely, that even the modern saw-mills oan and at a given signal away it speeds up the incline with no more to say about it than a bound fly drawn along the web to tha spider's den. Following the log to tha platform above, you will find some six or seven logs arranged In a row awaiting exeoution. At a given sign, for ne one speaks in this mysterious chamber, a ready chain entwines itself around the trunk like some trained python and places it upon tbe execution carriage, with as much ease aa you would lift a baby to your knee. Here tbe a . ^ . t. . , scarcely turn out tbe lumber and ready-made i bugs log, sometimes seventy feet in length, is material quick enough to meet the demand for j securely placed in irons so that it cannot move buildings that seem to grow out ol the very sod. We have just taken you through the home of one of Mother Necessity's children—the gigantic canneries of the Fraser— we will now endeavor to show you the home of another of her children, namely, the or struggle in the coming ordeal. The gauge is s»t to any thickness. At another sign tbe carriage moves upon its deadly course. Upon ita quick return ycu notce that a slice has been taken clean off the side of the log; the gauge is set sgain, again it speeds along—another INP^ The " They ride the unsuspecting log." Winnepog Loa-nc 8tu&9thing. "Well, what do you think of British Columbia?" asks an old-timer of a fellow-traveler, as they meet in the smoking-room of the Driard Hotel at Victoria. "Why, I am simply delighted with it," replies the stranger, "but I am even still more astonished than delighted, if that is possible, for I had no idea that I was coming intti such a country. I always understood that Victoria was a little Indian fishing village, and thought that the Hudson Bay Company appointed one of its clerks to act as chief magistrate of the district to keep things in order a bit." "Why, you surprise me," stammers the old- timer. "You must have traveled a great distance, sir?" "Oh, no. I live at Winnipeg, the first great place you come to, as you travel from Victoria toward the East on the C. P. K." "Then jou must, indeed, live a very secluded life, Bir, not to know more about British Columbia?" "Oh, dear, no. So far from leading a secluded life, I am, to a certain extent, a public man, being a member of the Winnipeg City Council—and you may bet your bottom dollar that the Winnipeg boys know bow to keep tbeir eyes open—but the fact of the matter is, however much we try, we can never find anything to read about this unknown land, and no one ever comes along who knows anything about it. There was a rumor onoe in Winnipeg that some one tbere had received a pamphlet about British Columbia. The City Council immediately took steps to secure it, but after diligent enquiry were obliged to give up"the search, it having probably been sent to a friend in confidence, with instructions not to pass it around." "Well, this beats anything I ever heard," says the Missbanks; "you'll let 'em know something about us when you get back—won't you, sir?" "Certainly, if I get back; but the fact is, I am on my way to California and shall probably stay there. A ahort time Bince I received by mail a oopyof tbe San Francisco Journal of Commebck containing such a glowing and detailed account of San Luis Obispo county, and ooming as it did, on the top of one continual and constant account in the liewspupers about the splendid soil, the charming climate, tbe orange groves, the sunny homes, the wealth and boundless resources of California, that I could stand it no longer and determined to go there myself." "Weil, I must confess that is only natural, but don't you ibii.k yon ought to look round here a little 1 (fore going ever tbe border?" "I thould like to very much, but my plans are all now made, and I cannot very well break through them. You see we don't hear anything abont this pro\ince till we gtt here; we do not look upon the C. P. R. as leading to British Columbia, but as the higbwoy round the globe, to China and Japan, tbe Indies and tbe Orient, to sunny California and tbe Golden West of which we read so constantly, and however pleased we may I e with the place when we get here, it is difficult then to alter our plans, besides I am searching for agricultural land, not logging camps." "If that is so, you certainly ought to go to New Westminster und look round thereabouts before you decide on anything." "New Wentminster?" "Yes." "Where is New Westminster, plfase?" "Never heard of Now Westminster?" "You rtally mnst pardon my ignorance, but I certainly never have!" "Well, that beats all," groaned old Moss- banks. " Never heard of New Westminster' Dear ! dear ! dear ! That beats all I If you'll juBt draw your chair round into this corner here, light your pipe and make yourself comfortable, I'll try and give you a few pointers." A conversation somewhat on the above lines actually took place between a British Columbian and a Winnipeg Town Councilman whilst we were in the province, and we can vouch for the fact that BritiRh Columbia is quite as little known, even just across the border, as it appears to be in Wiunipeg. So little is the place advertised or talked about that nine men oat of ten, even in 'Frisco, hold Ihe same vague idea of the country as did the City Councilman living on the C. P. It. itself. . Leaving the old-timer busily engaged in "posting" tbe man from Winnipeg we will endeavor to give our readers tbe result of ouL9w^ observation and enquiry respecting New Westminster and the stirroundii.g country. We approached New Westminster from Nanaimo. Leaving the latter place at 6a. m. we boarded the good steamship Kobert Dunsmuir aad bud u mot PLEASANT PASSAOK Across tbe Gulf of Georgia. The boat is oom for table, the bretze in vigor- ating, the appetite almost pain'ul, th» <*">" abundant, the cooking excellent, and the j till it meets with the rapids at Yale, aft passing which, it becomes navigable again, rax vallet ir "new Westminster mstuict " Extends alongside the river from the sea to ■ne rapids with in average breadth of ten to niteen mi'es. The surface of tbe whole v lley a*. ,w_lndeed. very little above the sea level. At times, especially for a short time in early summer, the upper Fraser river in the New , eaimiaster district oveiflows a portion of the lands during high fre.hets. And perhaps for a tew hours at a time, two or three tiin-s iu the winter the sea may cover some portions of the lower delta for a depth of two « three inches. To permanently »™"aiin these rich tracts of land, thor**'°.e. all that is necessary- is the con*»»*.ction of a few email dykes, a mt.r» fcagats-lle to tbe clearing of the forest as in other paits of British Columbia, or even to oleaumg out the "Monte" in some of the richest parts of California. The climate is sufficiently moist without being too dry. Malaria is unknown. The giant cedar, Douglas •3lM.C»»>p»««»i»,.j» NEW WESTMINSTER FOREGROUND. rich agricultui al valley fur a stretch of some | hundred miles or so, is bound to increase in like ratio with her sister cities whatever may be their growth. Every brick laid in Vancouv er, every enterprise started iu the provinoe shonld be a natter of rejoicing to the royal city. The sooner will necessity bring settlers to till the soil of her rich vaHeys, the eooner will she reap to the fell the advantages of adding granaries and woolen mills to her oan- neries and sawmilis till the latter, now so prominently forward, will siuk into utter insignificance, lost in the surroundings ot the products of the soil. The only thing New Westminster wants is a little leaven from the states To see to it that the world kuows that there is such a place, and that within sight of her fir. Western hemlock, Menzies fir, large leaf maple, and other trees thickly cover the land in parts, whilst in other ports tbere are large open areas, especially in the aea shore municipalities, an also in tbe riverine municipalities furth.r.back from the banks. The soil mostly is of a deep black earth wIlu a clay subsoil, and large tracts of alluvial soil farther up the Fraser. Clay loamB and light sandy loams ore also found in parts. The various soils whether delta depo.it, alluvial, or otherwise, are all extremely fertile though some may be more readily exhausted than others. However this may be, the most splendid crops ate to be met with in every part of the district alike. . Out of the MILLIONS OF ACREI. In this district, not ono acre in%5,C00*is as'yet under cultivation, although all or nearly all of ] busy port, foitanes await those who put their skill, labor and energy into the rich soil that surrounds tbem. As it is, tbe ruling idea in ! tbe town appears to be that the citizens are ' better off by keeping themselves well, out of mind and cut of sight. A bootmaker miybe ! thinks that by letting outsiders know of this ! rich valley some other cobbler will get to I know of it, too; tbe saddler, perhaps, wishes to I "keep things quiet " for the same reason, and ; so from store to store and house to house. The bootmaker, for instance, forgetting that 1 although he may bring in another cobbler he I adds at the ssme time one hundred customers I or so to his list, until at last tbe valley settled and the city grown beyond alt recognition, bis own little stool and oobbler's awl are no longer to be found in the surroundings of his wholesale store. Sdbob will not permit of our THE QUEEN'S HOTEL—CATHOLIC CHURCH. the Fraser river delta is " taken up." Lind cleared, and more or le>B under cultivation, may be purchased here for from f 25 to $G'J an acre, according to loca'.ion. etc. The yield will bear comparison even with most parts of California. The yield per acre being: Oats, 50 to 120 bushels; barley, 40 to SO bushels; hay, 2 to 4 tons; turnips 40 to 75 tous; potatoes, 8 to 30 tons; wheat, 40 to 75 bushels, according to soil and cultivation. The current prices are oats, barley, wheat at $30 per ton; hay, *18 to #25; potatoes. $20 to $25; carrots, $15; eggs average from 25 to 50 cents, chickens by the dozen $:; to $8; turkeys. 30 to 35 centa a pound; home dairy butter, 25 to 30 cents a pound; h-me cheese, 15 to IH cents a pound. Rich crops are often realized even without cultivation, or at least cultivation not worthy of the name—thus a jield of three tons per acre of timothy in the twelfth crop. A yield of eighty bushels of win at per acre is slso on record. Hops do remarkably well here, as also do all fruits of temt.erate climate. ... The district, also, is purlicularly well- adapted to dairying. Good natural hay and grasses abound on the open lauds, animals thrive well, and there is no doubt that stock raising will shortly receive tho greatest encouragement and attention. In an interview with Mr. Van Bramer, a resident heie for a quarter of a century and more, we ascertained that out of three or four millions of acres of fine agricultural laud on the Fraaer river delta and vicinity, not one-eightieth part was ns yet under cultivation. Here farms might be bought at from Jl" to $'10 an acre—that is, farms un- det cultivation, having say 200 out of 500 at-riis down in timothy-that would produce *40 ner acre per annum clear, without doing anything beyond sitting down and seeing the grass "ito now $18 a ton, be estimated would be S25 a ton before Spring. The yield wi I aver- fgeSton. to an acre, and will cost $4 50 an a0Th,ereCUis*nod.n8ow worthy of mention. The cattle require no housing and no feeding except of course, the milch cows, which have to be fed a little. It is " A BL'RNIN.l SHAME" That this valuable land should be lying waste and crying aloud for cultivation just for the want of a little printer's ink to let the starving tenantry of the old countries know what a bo- n,nza awaits them here. Any farmer Strug 3tog to make both ends meet and to pay his ?«.fwbo will sell out wh.lst he has anything left o sell, and will bring out with b.m even wo or three thousand dollars-say £o00 or £600 even-in 10 years may be a comparat.vely " Thesis plenty of land under cultivation in C. ifornia to be bought for *->00 an Bcxa. Ithai will produce that amount clear per annum, a man thus PATINO FOB HIS FARM OFF ONB TEAR'S CROP. But here he Ban do the same off one year's crop by giving $40 an acre, instead of $2(0 Now, suppose he invests $10,1100 in California land at $200 ho will have> purchased fifty acres, but if he invests $10 000 here at $40 an acre, be will have purchased .»0 acres. Now, the market here at meat is com- oaratively small, the land not settled up, the towns in their infancy; but with the magnificent future before British Onlnnibi., the rsp.d development of the country, that must follow toe construction of the new lines, tbere is far 1 dwelling looser on the agricultural advantages • of the district, but let us now introduce yon J to some of THE CANNEBIES OF THE PBASKB. We are bound to confess we entered the I work* severely prejudiced against those "tinned j thinge " and emerged from the other end ab- ; rtolntely and entirely converted. [ Everything is kept as clean aa a prize dairy and any one who cannot enjoy ; a meal off canned salmon mast have a screw j looae somewhere. I A vi-it to the canning interests of the Fraser ! we rank as one of the most interesting features ' of our trip. A spin down the Fraser river is a pleasant ' enough outing anyway, but when you have a ; jolly little steam launch all to yonrself, ' the "Salmon King" as your pilot, and the most perfect day that ever an Indian summer i produced, you possess a combination forenjoy- , ment not often to be met with. The whole stretch of the river ia dotted here 1 and trier*1 wi*h bnsy fisherma* in their skiffs ; and boats and picturesque canoes, whilst every ! mile or two the outline of some cannery, large or Einiil', adds life and beauty to the scene. ! Here and there a stretch of level bank with ! Indian t-ncampm*-nts, their white tents and I rugged shanties standing out in bold relief. ! whilst the foliage of the forests that line the t bank now in its brightest tints, give a warmth and color to the scene enough to turn an nrtlBt's j head. The bright reflection of the red and ' o:ange maple leaves in the sinning placid i waters of the river, tempered here and there by j the cold grey of the rugged mountains in the I distance, combine to make a picture that will ifnsten itself upon your vision for a lifetime. | If we had listened to Pencils we should have. ta!;en several daya to accomplish the journey At tvery bend of the river there was well-nigh j a mutiny aboard bi cause we would not stop to ; let him "slap it in." Well, in due time, we arrived alongside the ; wharf and a BE1DTIFCL BIGnT AWAITED CS. The last boat had just come in and was dig ! charging its shining freight, whilst on the I landing were carefully arranged in long rows i some 2000 or more of the finest salmon that j ever grabbed a fly. Indians are employed to catch the fish by | morns of what is known as the "gill net," | making quite a nice little harvest during th* ! season. The company finds the boats, the ! nets, an'1 all necessary outfit, and pays tbe Indians 10 cents each for all the fish (big or small) that they may bring in. THE FISH Are first transferred from the Indian's boat to the landing stage, from thence to the "counting stage," where they are all arranged in lines or rows and counted. They are then ready for manipulation and pass on from stage to stage going through the several departments with th- same regularity as if passed through some huge machine—going in at one end of tbe cannery before they are yet cold and emerging at the other thoroughly preserved and enclosed in hermetically sealed cans, each weighing 1V£ poumls. labelled and packed in cases of 48 pounds to a case, all ready for shipment. From the counting platform they pass one by ono into tbe hands of the "splitter." usually a Chinaman, whose dnty it la to split them open to remove the entrails and offal, the head, tail and fins. An expert Chinaman will readily "slit" as many as 3000 a day. All the heads who deftly cut these divided portions into still smaller parts (lengthwise), so cutting them as not to interfere wiih the length of the pieces, which, by the "fish knife" apparatus have already been cut tc the exact length of the can, but in a manner so that each can may secure the right proportion of the rich, fatty or underneath portion of the fish to accompany the fleshy or back portion. The fish thus cut up then reach the "fiiJing table." Here THE CAN FTBST HAKES ITS APPEABANCE, An 1 each can receives a fair quantity of back to a proportionate amount of tbe fatty p.trt. and so packed that they exactly and tightly fiii the cm. Then on to the "weighiug department," where each can is "tested" to see that it is properly filled—in which case it weighs exactly 1 lb 4 oz. From themco to the "wining table," where each <"•** *s thoroughly wiped : '^^. Thanks to our kind host we spent a most delightful day on the Fraser and in our investigation of these interesting works. But for her canneries what would the' 'enterprising West" be to-day? There has been an age of bronze, an age of iron and some say an age of wire, but wo think that this age may with equal force be called THE AGE OF TIN. Our tin cans are the pioneers of civilization and of enterprise. What mighty results have been accomplished through their aid! The spot now la not of much value where a tin can has not found its way. Not long since a party ol explorers found themselves after a terrible struggle and many privations, at the top of tbe highest peak of a new and apparently unknown region. Not a trace of civilization or of man had met their eye * for weeks and J ' ROYAL CITT FLAKING MILLS OF M1KSTEB." NEW WEST- Come out with us to the river bank near the railroad depot, for there we shall find the buildings we are about to vi*-it, near and handy to current and tide, to road and rail—in addition to which the compiny has just now completed a new switch and carried a line of rails right through the very center of their yards. Ah! See here. We are some distance yet from the mills, but already are there traces of the gigantic enterprise. These graded roads we are on, rising so many feet above the surrounding swamp, are nothing but layer upon layer of sawdust with wood and shingle foundations. Ah! Now we are getting nearer; winding and dodging round piles of planks and bundles of laths, a very labyrinth of gang-ways and slice is gone. On its return the python again seises it and turns it round on to its flat, cut surface. The next side is then treet»d in the same way, and thus nil all four sides are square. The gauge is then net to the r» quired thickness, so that the pit-ce to be sawn < tf will exactly fit the "gang raw," Again the carriage passes np the t'ack, this time depositing a squared and m*st*ive pieoe of timber on ' tbe rollers beyond. 1 he*e rollers take their burden straight to the opening of THE GANG SAW. Hitherto the saws whose work we have been watching have been two circular saws of GO in. diameter, set one above the other so as exaotly to meet in their line of cut. Tho gang-saw that now takes up the game is an ingenious contrivance, whereby a given number of saws work together in a gang—the motion being ap ] cannot show you half there is to be seen hire. We must, however, let you have a peep at TBE EMOXNU Before we go. Tbere are five engin*-.. altogether and six boilers. The larg »t engine la about 'i50 horse power and baa a 14-inch cylinder and Ali stroke. The fires are kept going alt night because of the drying rooms. The furnaces may be said to be self-supplying, for the nawdust from the mill is the only fuel. This is brought down a chute direct from the saw and three men are engaged in feeding tbe fires. We should mention that the Hoyal City Planing Mills have two rcLLv FQrrrrKn saw hills H*re. one for local trade aud one for foreign, as also another at Vancouver. The company has decided also to en ct another mill up the coast capable of cutting 200,000 feet a day, to be devoted exclusively to export business. Tbe company, however, already employ some 400 men, aud their enterprise is far reaching. We noticed oars loading for Montreal, to tbe Barney Smith Manufacturing Co. at Dayton, Ohio; to Winnipeg, Calgary, Brandon, Fort Arthur and other distant points. With reference to the home market we may mention that they make all the boxes for the canneries, having a regnlar box departmert, thus ini'linc hand in hand with their sister pioneer indnetry. The company also has three a. ..mrr* for towing lo^s from their logcii g tamp?, and keep a fluctuating stock here valued at from a quarter to half a million dollars. Such, then, nre a few particulars of one of the chief industries at New Westrrinst*»r—indeed of the province. No I ne can pay a visit here without d< riving a very great deal of pleasure as well us information, and will be Bure to exptrienee a n«o*t h-arty and oordial reception from Mr. John Hendry, tbe court* otis manager, as will us every politeness and attenion from the employeea. In addition to the above industries a WOOLEN MANOTACTOBT Has been established here under a bnnna fr m the city of $1,000, and $3,000 from the province. Close by la tha NEW WKS-miNSTKB rOCNDRT, Having Mr. Kobert Law as i Mprietor. Al sorts of general foundry vork is done here, suob aa the casting of cogwheels and all aorta of castiug and tbe lise, It is at present the only foundry on the mainland. Besides the undoubted future befoie this place aa the great agricultural centn* and all that is implied by that phrase, we should not forget to mention A TRW OF THB r-LCMS That already fill i » New Wentminster's share. Here, for instance, is one of the' Dominion Penitentiaries, and when we consider that tbere are only five in the whole Dominion, some idea of ita importance may be formed. Then here also is the provincial prison, tho insane asylum and the State hospital, b« sides a convent, a large hospital attached thereto, and a convent schiol. Here also resides the Anglican Bi^nop of the Diocese and tbe venerable Archdeacon. Now prisons and a-ylonis may not be very interacting institution*-, but they all have to be provisioned, and help accordiugly to fill tbe pockets of tho merchants; lor it must be renumbered that prisoners and *lli- ch U alike r*quire food and el 'thing. Such large and important buildiugs and institutions, moreover, are not pi toed by the dominion Government except iu positions tbat command them both at the present time and as looking to the future. Again, here is the Dominion Land Office for this province, aa well as the Local Uovcrnmeut and cleaned. Then on to the "toppers," who put on the covers ready for soldering. After this they are passed through the "soldering department." Here, by an ingenious contrivance, the cans gradually pass through a "crimper," which fastens down the covers, on through a chute, where the ends to be soldered pass over a wick filled with muriatic acid and water, fed by a fountain attached to the chute. Thus on through a narrow channel of molten solder, so arranged on a slope that the edgo only of the can to be soldered rolls in the molten solder. From thence to another chute -.bout 4(1 feet long, placed on a gentle incline. By the timo the cans have rolled to the end of this chute the solder is cool aud hard, and the can is thus hermetically sealed. The cans are then placed upon an iron tray or cooler—eaoh holding 164 cans. This truy and its contents weeks. In the excitement of the situation the leader of the band mounted the pinnacle of a sloping rock and addressed his companions, pointing out the beanty of the scene, the rich valleys that stretched away beneath them, th-' gurgling rivnleta, the well watered plains, and "spread himself" in his peroration upon th- success that ever waits upon a noble perseverance and the pardonable spirit of rapture and pride that now fi,led their souls as they contemplated this rich region from a spot where never before the foot of man had trod. To emphasize his words he turned to wave his hand along the line of tbe magnificent horizon when his foot dislodged what he had mi-taken for a stone, half buried in the s?anty soil. It glistened aa it rolled off from tbe slope of the rock. In eager haste the explorers picked it up and found an empty can! History paths. Ti ing and unpiiing. one con*-t >nt beehive of industry, one perpetual current of circulation. Yard-hands, with thtir quaint ki'id of truck—a sort of long, narrow, balanced barrow, with two little wheela in the eeTiter acting as a pivot—are loading up from the mil ani cirting to the pd-^s; o>her*, are car ing from the piles to the barges at the wharf or otherwise aa occasion demands in busy suocraaion, generally two men ho a barrow. These, are public roads running through th - y.irds, bnt see the people are nevtrtbVess cannoned on every hand: "No smoking!'' "No taking to the men whilst at work." Now come with ns round here to the river trout. See that "tug" awav up the river? Well, you may notice she is towing some mass behind her floating on the water. Those are logs she is fetching down from one of theoomptny'a ^*74«j3.Q and down in-tead of circular. In passing thronph thiff mill the tin.tier is entirely a*-gre- ga'ed at one passage, being cut into as many boaids •■ tbere are sawa at the r- quired thicknesses (1 inch or 2 inch, as the esse may be, according to tbe distance the saws nay be stt apart). Thus, in a few tninntis after the huge log is seized in the "boom" at the bottom ot the drag," it emerges at tbe other aud of the tcill cut into boarda of a staple thicknese and width hnd cated rff by the yardbanda to la? piled or shipped as directed from the effiej. Tbe gang outs 'is.in. h b ardn at a timer and turns out a>>me 5" to 60,000 fe*-t a day! It ia one continuous syst' m . > o department has to •rait for another, and no one can r-t.nd idle for a moment. Now, let us walk round and see some of the sit x bbows, For there are a number of other wonderful machines lure, and perhaps more than yonr imagination boja. dreamed of. Here, for in-tance. is a 'shingle mill." a cir- cnUr aaw that just suips off shingles of the reqnirtd thickn^as ami shape to tbe tune of 30,- 00'> a day. This requires enly two men to work, viz., a man to watch the aettmg of the ft THE BBUNBTTE SAW-MILLS AND LAIDLAW'S CANNEKY. is placed in the "testing tank," where, through the application of water of a right temperature, any flaw in tbe can or soldering is quickly discovered. In case of a flaw the can is put on one side for inspection and remedy, aud is then relegated to an inferior grade. The sound cans piss on to the "boiling tank," where they remain in boiling water for 1 hour and 10 minutes at a temperature of 212 degs. From thence to the second testing tank, where they aro put through similar tests. Thence to the "steam retorts," where they remain for I hour and upwards, according to the size of the fish, under a steam pressure of from 20 to 30 lbs., thus completely cooking the bones and every part, so that the entire contents of the can may be eaten. The cans are then dipped into lye and water, and from thence are transferred to the cooling- tank, wherti they are again thoroughly cleaned. d^ea not record, but it probably once contained a label from the Fraser river- There are Fome twelve or fourteen of these inmense canneries on the Fraser river, and be- aiiea the ordinary labor inside, it is from this scurce that the Indians mainly depend for Ueir living, and as showing tbe effect upon ttis city, we ascertained that the Indians nlone hive been known to spend as much as 412,000 in one day in the city of New Westminster. Now let us introduce you to the lumber interest. "KEO-WSTTT 19 THE HOTHEB OF INVENTION." Whan residing under the shadow of the two "inva-ntiona" that wait upon the primary " lecessities " of onr Western pioneer life, it is alaost impossible not to moralise. On the frontier, food aad ah el ter are the two main demands. logging camps, kraaled in the loggers Those loga will shortly be water enc'o ore, called by There to the left of the boom ii where they cipture the logs and drag them ha for execution Soo 1 they're after one now. Ju«t notice bow those men w th their long polea hop, skip and jump over the water from log to log and cut out their victim like a cowboy wiih a steer. Mark their graceful pose as they ride the unsuspecting log towards the trap prepared for it at yon dark and frowning opening. At last the massive log lies passive and obedient at the entrance to THE OOBE'S CASTLB. Hook0, made of the finest steel and fastened by couplings to an endless obain, Stixe the mammoth log in a claae and firm embraen. KEAB THE FOVNDBY. gauge after each stroke of the saw, and a boy below who takes thr shiugle as it falls Hnd pma it under the "trimmer," and works with the same regularity as tbe machine itself. Here are the Uthe men that turn out—we are afraid to say how many an hour. Then on through the "factory." Herein a mortising machine, whilst here is the m.chine that roak. . tbe tenon to fit in the mortise There m the ' m uld«r" and there it* the "shsptr' -every ingeuions contrivance tor moulding oir.de* *. r t>oth>c* and the like. Indeed, wood may be moulded by this machine to any shape th*>t may be designed, anch aa fancy mouldings for tev.a, cornices, and the like. There ia a "diagonal planet" for finishing oft doors. In passing through this machine the doors eome out not m* rt ly pUned but rubbed off with sand \ aper Then we pass on to the "elonr-demp;" that machine close by is the "ten plen-r" for making circular raooldings, bev. led sdajaaj and the like. Then pn*a we np into the finishing room, where are seven benches with men hard at work finishing off and flung together door, and window sashes, ordinary or extmordiuarr, Gothic, or Norman, Queen Annie, or r4.sftu.ke. Yon may notice some over there for a new church in Winnipeg. Now, on through the turning-room, where they arc turning out bslnsters and newel posts, curtain-rods and bed-posts, « rooks. n\a-a for fishnets, and no one knows what all. Then on through the grazing room. Over there you may notice some plate glass. This is the first ear- load of plate glass ever shipped to this city. There are the drying houses, sewn of them in all, with thousands of feel of atfam-pipe coil-d under tbe floor. Over there i»re the machine and work-hops employing one chief and three bUekemitha and three machiniats. H-ra la a email engine to drive the turning lathe, the strum drill, etc Th.it pinning-mill ynu ere hss jnst be an brought In to undergo repairs Then tbere Is the filing room where three men are kept con stantly engageel in filing saws. Th-n the knife-grinding room, wh*re all tbe edged to la are ahar»uned. Here you may e'and snd watch the sparks fly from the emery with the ssme pleasure as any boy over his first Catherine wheel. Over there ia the "cook honae" where all bands have their "grub," beyond yajaj may just see tha "oabina" where the a.nglr men may aeeure a room, rent free, if thry so desire. Next tha "eook-hon-e" ia tha general stave tfteUaglBej te th* werU, bnt we reetl/ Agency. Hence, alt governmental business for t' e province, inclusive of the di pi k»1 of all Government land, must be tran*act<d here. H'realsnia tbe l'r. steal 1 Land Ofitm, Tho Dominion Timber Insp. ctor's i flier, and here aiso are* tbe headquarters for the tilegr.q h r-ya- tem of the whole province TBK WAT KB Is supplied at present Horn springs found in tl e adjoining hills, ns pure as crystal und as cnul a» can be imauineii; but a sclit i.n* is tow under con.id«rati< n tot bringing tbe watt r from Cr.quitlan mm*, a natuial te*-e'rvoir of the inoi-t perfect »at*r and sufficient to supply a - ity as bit. as Lone'on Use It with In r 0,0 «'.< t " inhabitants. 'ihi-* sebum- can be carried through readily and at a very musII exp MB* Such then are some of tbe more i-alient p> il p. 1 f interest centering round New Westntii *trr. Tha Royal t ity with its bouses aud atotaaj will be found more minutely described iu au* other article. We tnn-t wa have auid enongh to indicate 1HK IilPOnTANT POSITION That it holds nnd will continue to hold in this magnificent province. Her forests aud her fish are practically inexhaustible, her ngricu.tural land is only equalled by ita unexceptional facitnit s of location, and in fact, tbe BO*a1 Ott) l.uk* but one thing to make her rich, powerful and gnat, and that ia for the world to know ot her i \1-t1 nee. Tho Brunette Saw Mill. One of tha Lanea! and moat plctnceaojoa saw- mi in m 1 lie l'iu\ in. .■ 1- situate on the 1 Nvsar 1 ■ to the iiorta'cn-t. .111M OQtatde the eii> limits of Nfw \\vetmiubter, Ootnaj UmlietwHrd b| road about a mile from the postofllce, you rantelotae ►.(Kit a hers in ] aaia gem by the llojsl Kngtnaaca lnt.il tluir heavdquartef*. Mill Lnown u "l ha Camp.' anit cv( n \ct maiked by the debrta of their huts. Here' juu may well real awhile, tat Mm have a RMSX HBBIIIlllIU view both of the river. « bJcfa lake*- a *diari' la ml at thin point, and ol thr mo. ni'iii , which here present a ino»t iUikJngatt' penranev. with their rugved peaks »n*t •mgiu toal i*ooes. rvieneltiig bacli int'i the « Aiieme uiatance, and evideuil* in some Instances reacbtnai to a ureal sltiliulc. In front him! Ih low \mi. nestling in the valley 4. le-se alniiKSiue the n\er. is 1 he mill ot the Brunette Oompan). Ihe Largs « hue betid- hiRjuet bejontt Is (he l^aidla^ CaJUsery* Ofte ol tha two on the 1 rase 1 river under tha manniretvu't.i 01 of Mr. J. A. Laidlaw; this cannery, m tact, being ho awn nraaaart) entirely, (to »lo-*e togrth*r ere the mill and eannei> ihM at tli>1 > ou max almost mtataka them far one twterprtee ihe mtll. until Lately, was owned b) i»* Beck Broe h Oo , a*d has only been reoeaU) Im orparatad aa a limited bsbiln> company, Wa weremnchpsaaaad wuh oor \itdt. Erar) thing la in Ural imie order here. The main engine, LBj.ll, was built m the Albion Iron v\ orka m\ lo urn.1. rhiaennina La ensragett enttmbj In dm mg tt.esaw. Aiu'lher eii*.iin , LtXlR, hiu nds Ui all 1 he I rank of the work, nameb, *'i" two trtmmara. the two planers, tha edejer, the shingle mmhine, tha join* r ihe bene li w» and umi aawduai nuivnywa* Thr ws.t i r te conveyed In a oonil till pipe from a laaaBrvnir un an adjuintitaj bill. t<> wtuoa menus liirj nut oni> secure sii the water thai require without an> psmintng, bm an mar to the attitude ol ihe BmHng than. secure areul pressure and oan carrj alsr-err,iel Iron. the hyatmnta ov** nnj pan of then buildings A tidal atrwam, tbe Brunette, cute in al the back of the mill ■•* hit '1 1* of greal assistant e. ss K) bringing thr booms up this stream th. > areenah ed i«« lean the mili trem the rear. Asa n Milt oi thtathe lumber Ls lOiiiiniied down 1 be rollera in n t-trai^ht lined! rcct from the aawa to the steamer or scow ai the srhairf, thus saving considerable labor The srejodandauwdusfia ahn taken direct tothafm naee br means at a « but*, ir, which works an rnd- teta chain with slats ai short intarvmla, tnni UnuaJlj shoving along the refuse pmced in 'he chnte, and dumping It into the iSirnaoe, tnni ir .rntly all thla work had lo be aceomnllatied by hand. Here am save the ' Kwarl link In ana he the nisi time an Ingrulous contrivance In which links nuii be taken out or a* laura, and without the am lleat trouble, This mill turns out a nival mmij boxeshutb roc ihe fruit tradr w«U » for the canncrlee, The 001 pan) also ma eifsei are here e\i rythtngi 1 BiilshtnnoaTn house, snob as ail sorta ol moutdinirs. guttera, 1 us- tics. guthlea and the like, and hai e a large sloe k on hand of rouarb ami drraaed tnmbe r They nil also am order** for doni>.\\ nutow t, moU.dtngB, slniiylea •.hake.*, latha, et« . m well n* allscrtaof tun scroll Hawing or anythlna In the wood in. hmMmil; puruoeeeal the towee! rates. Kastern im n WOttM Lss ml lier surprised to him* Borneo! the boarda turned oui here, lour tee 1 and anwarda in breadth ixhir nnibmn uncommon. Ivecompany's wlinrf i« over csm feel long- hero, and the WOWf deep enough lo 10 enmumdatu su Alien liner. The) have also a \ er> handy lua;, christened lbs Iris, as well as several scow*., and deliver nt any point up or down the 1 i\ Bf They turn out about nXOOf a day. Tbrlr export trade lies prlnctnaUl al Calgarj . but LhO) ttbosend h . oti«iderable shipment to PorontftV The oomneny knap a tin. timiinir Block at Ihrlr Brunette null valued at from 91(1.0H0 to g 18,(100. In connection with tha mill in the unusl hou««o " and eabins. as well as a Btore supplied With a general line of grocortaa, provisions, blankota, cloTbiuK, ami the like. Thr company s Imaging camp Is situate st Mud Ba>. about thiri > ir Ilea owtant, and ihe company aro alao oponina: up another al Pit l.nkr. The company have also established a branch yard st Vancouver, where they carry about gifidOQ worth of stttck. \ telephone conn acta the two oilcan The local market keeps the mill -. ai v busr. but there is DO doubt that a large foreign sea trade might Im* done here, neelng Ihe advantages of the unique river facilities by reason or its protected moatb anterlng into au .alaae sss,*ns\ll*» great aeoth at tha waterway. BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION SAN FRANCISCO JOURNAL OF COMMERCE-NEW WESTMINSTER. NEW .WESTMINSTER. Continued from Ftfth Page. New Westminster. Until a year ago, Westminster was the only city on the mainland of British Columbia, and by far the most important trade center. Vancouver is now a city of great possibilities, and will doubtless take a share of the provincial trade from her sister on the Fraser. BecauBe one hears so much about the city of Vancouver, however, it by no means follows that it is the only place on tha mainland worthy of special [slaud of Vancouver, Bishop Ridley being aonsecrated for the diocese of Caledonia, comprising the northern portion of the mainland. Bishop Sillitoe taking his title from the royal city, his diocese being the southern part of the mainland. The total number of the clergy of the Church of England ia now thirty-eight. Other relieious bodies—the Roman Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists have their ministers and places of worship, not only in the larger towns, but as well in the outlying agricultural districts. The system of education is tbat known in the eastern provinces of the Dominion—the free school system. There are, however, good private schools for both sexes. P. S. Curtis'& Co. If any of our readers should at aby time find themselves at all "under the weather** when in New vVestnifnster. we would advise them to go right straight to the "Medical Hall" on Columbia street, near the Colonial Hotel. Mr- Curtis not only keeps the best and most reliable drugs, but himself, personally and carefully, compounds the prescriptions. In fact, he has the largest prescription business by far on the mainland. Mr. Curtis has the entire confidence of all the local doctors, and is recommended by the faculty, both far and near. He does a very lance wholesale and retail business here, and his drug store is the largest and best fitted in the city. Here also will be found a full assortment of all articles usually kept notice. The city of Westminster is on the Fraser River about sixteen miles from i mouth. Tbe site waa chosen by the late Moody, of the Royal Engineers, and the^koiue ia certainly most complimentary to Ijffc judgment snd foresight. The bank of the river at this point rises gradually to a hight of between two and three hundred feet, and the situation of the city is both beautiful and very healthy. Mount Baker, in Washington Territory, ia easily seen, and to the east Are the coast ranges, forming a fine background some magnificent stretches of landscape. The climate here is much the same as that of Vic-' toria and Vancouver, with the difference that the cold moist winds from the ocean are considerably tempered by passing over sixteen miles of land before reaching the •* royal city.*' The population of tbe city is about 4,000. In it are located the Provincial Penitentiary, the Provincial Asylum, a large central prison and two hospitals. Nearly all religious denominations have churches and regular services. The Roman Catholic Church is tbe largest and handsomest in the city. The Church of England is a massive stone building, snd it possesses the only chime of bells in the province—the generons gift of Lady Burdette-Coutta. There are also commodious churches belonging to the Presbyterians. Methodists, Baptists and Reformed Episcopals. There is a college under direction of the Episcopal Church, and the Roman Catholics have a large convent and a college for boys, as well as a fine hospital jast completed at a cost of nearly $20,000. The pnblio schools are graded and w<.ll conducted, and there is also a high school for advanced pupils. The PoBtofhoe and Customs Office is a substantial brick block which cost $30,000. There are also a large drill shed, Court House, Land Office, Land Registry Office, Public Library, and other buildings devoted to public purposes. Hitherto the city has been without a commodious public ball, the drill shed, skating rink, and Firemen's Hall being scarcely up to the times. An opera house is now in course of erection, however, oup.ble of seating 1,000 persons, and the Odd Fellows are also erecting a Urge public hall in their brick building. For fifteen years, up to 1881, there was very little advancement made in Westminster, but for the past aix yeara it has been going ahead steadi'y. There is more money being spent in building this year, by far, than has been spea-'t during any former year of its history Mostof the new business places are of bricks. aud many of them present a very substantial and creditable appearance. At the present time there are no fewer than ten brick blocks in course of erection, some of them being very large and costly. In these there will be accommodation for about twenty stores. One of the blocks will cost $30,000, and is the largest single brick block in the Province. In addition there have been erected this season a large number of residences, some of which are very handsome. The people of Westminster claim for their city many important advantages which other cities in tbe Province do not possess. It is situated on tbe Fraser, whirh always has been, and is still, one of the gr-at avenu-s of commerce. It is alto connected by a abort branch railway with tbe Central Pacific Railroad. Having both tbe river and the railway, it is the most accessible market for tbe pt-ople, especially of the Fr.i-er v«Hey. which is largely settled, and is acknowledged t* be the finest agricultural district in British Columbia. It is expected that the northern extension of tbe American railway system will connect with the Central Pacific streets, a sketch of which building will be found in these columns. From the opening in 1863 until the present time, Mr. Isaac B- Fisher has been the trusted agent at this branch, and has secured for himself in the interval an enviable reputation, being highly esteemed and immensely popular with his customers and fellow-citizens- A sketch of Mr. Fisher's house also appears in these columns, Mr. L. L Diane fills the position of accountant We have referred at greater length to this banking establishment in our articles upon Vancouver. The "British Columbian.' The British Columbian was founded in 1SS2 by John Robson. now Provincial Secretary and Minister of Education. It is, therefore, one of the oldest newspapers in British Columbia. In 1876 it was purchased by a joint stock company, and changed from a semi-weekly to a daily. It al" so issues a weekly edition for the country. The Columbian regularly receives the C, P. R. and Postal Union telegrams, and presents a very creditable appearance. It claims to have a larger circulation than any other newspaper on the mainland of British Columbia- 1». Robson, B. A., a graduate of Victoria University, Cobourg. Ontario, is editor and manager. The Colonial Hotel. One of the principal buildings in the city is tne Colonial Hotel. It is the largest and best appointed hotel on the mam land, making up some 80 beds. On the ground floor, entering from the sidewalk, and communicating also with tbe hallway, is a fine commodious office, used also as a smoking and reading room. At the rear of the office is a large billiard room holding three tables, and here also is a well appointed bar. Tbe dining room is on the floor above and is arranged to accommodate fifty people at a time. On this floor also Is a well-furnished parlor with an excellent piano by Henry Miller, of Boston. The #edrooms are lofty, light, airy and comfortable, and in fact, tbe whole bouse at once inspires you with a confidence that here you may make your headquarters with quiet and enjoyment whether on business or on pleasure bent. The house is fitted with every modern convenience including a telephone. A French chef looks after your inner man, as only a French chef knows how. whilst the service is excellent, the linen of the finest and at all times kept spotleesly clean and well laundried. The waiters are bright, attentive, civil and polite. In fact, your every want is studied and everything is done to make your stay pleasant and agreeable. Mr. Luke Cither, the excellent proprietor, has his eyes everywhere, and of course to his controling influence is due the smooth working of the House and the oerfectsatisfactionof his guests. He came originally from New York State, about eight years ago, hut only entered upon his present enterprise in April last, In paying a visit to British Columbia—even if the intention is merely to " pass through"—tourists will miss a great deal if they fail to pay a visit to this city and see its beautiful river and thriving industries, and in coming to this city a stay at this pleasant hotel will be-not the least of its many attractions. iu a drug store-toilet articles, perfumery, patent medicines and the like. Mr, Curtis came to New Westminster 13years ago Ontario- a member of the City Council and holds the pdkyon of Chairman of the Finance Committee. He%lso lately held the office of Secretary to Of Interest to Intending Settler . We cull the fallowing extracts from a pamphlet issued under the authority of the Provincial Government: BRITISH COI.TJMHI A COMPARED WITH OTHER PACIFIC COAST COUNTRIES. The progress of the Northwest is one of the most remarkable events on the North American continent within the last decade. It is an index of the future: British Columbia (British), Washington. Oregon and California (V. 3. A.), are the four principal countries on the Pacific ocean side of the continent. These are fine countries, hut each has its advantages and disadvantages. British Columbia. upon the whole, is the best of these countries to settle in, for the following substantial reasons: The demand for labor is great and wages high Taking the whole year round, or taking a series of years, the climate is more healthy and enjoyable. The wheat, barley and hops of British Columbia beat those of California, and her root crops beat those of Oregon. Her grass-fed beef and mutton are the best on the continent. British Columbia has more coal and better coal, finer harbors, superior fish, sounder trees. Her mineral lands, con. taining precious metals, are very extensive. The public domain is sold cheaply; tbe taxation is immensely less: titles are securer; the Government maintains free unsectarian public schools; the laws are better carried out; tbe people hare as much political freedom as any people can desire. WHO SHOULD COME. General advice can be given only as to the classes of emigrants The application of this advice to special cases must be the business of each individual himself. The same qualities are necessary to success here as elsewhere. Any other notion will lead to disappointment. The urgent requirements of the province at the present time are men and money—the laborer, the mechanic, the real farmer, dairyman, fruit-grower or stock raiser, and the large and small capitalist. Every man who is able and wining to work with his hands can find employment at godH uxujes, especially those who are fitted for railway work. There is scarcely an industry in the province that !s not, at present, hampered by the scarcity of labor. Railways, public works, mines, mills, logging-camps, fisheries and farms—all require more labor. Any smart, active, capable man, with only a little money, but accustomed to work with his hands, is sure to succeed in making a comfortable home in British Columbia. Wage* are very high; land, food and house materials are still relatively cheap. If such a settler has a strong heart himself, and is blessed with a common-sense wife used to country vrork, he may confidently look forward to becoming even rich. He need not long remain in the condition of a laborer. This certainty of rising in the social scale must stimulate the emigrant. To farmers" sons, or persons trith moderate means, qualified for the life of a settler in a new conutry. who cannot see openings in older-countries—who cannot go up, because the passages are blocked —who cannot go down because their habits *nd pride forbid, the varied resources of the country would seem to promise success, if they avotrl whisky and are industrious and patient. Farmers or other persons, with larger means. will also find either tillage-farming, or cattle or sheep-farming in British Columbia an agreeable and profitable occupation. The country does not yet feed itself. Why should a farmer in the old country continue to pay rent, and remain under the control of a landlord as a leaseholder or yearly tenant, when, with one year's rental, he can purchase a partially prepared farm with buildings on it, in the thoroughly British province of British Columbia? Emigrants from all nations are invited. Aliens may hold and transmit land as fully aa British subjects—may be naturalized after one year's residence. Alien women are naturalized by marriage. Bovill Brothers One of the handsomest stores in town is that of Messrs. H. T. Read 8c Co., who occupy the center of the imposing new Masonic Block. A sketch of this building will be found in these columns and Fographs kindly furnished us by the' Bovill Bros. Are getting together quite an extensive business as photographers. They show from their work that they are careful observers of nature as well as of characters, and understand both how to pose their subjects for a portrait or what point in a landscape would make the best study—weak spots in most photograph era. They have very nice studios and parlors on Columbia street. The Queen's Hotel, the Masonic Block, the Back, and Mrs. Fisher's house were all copied from pho- scows, but they buy also very largely outside. They employ in good seasons Bome 260 to 270 men inside the cannery, besides the hands in the fishing camps and boata. The cannery, a sketch of which will be found in these columns, is situate on the Lion Islands, the waters of the river flanking it on the right hand and on the left. And no brand is better known or higher valued than the "Lion Brand" from the Lion Islands. The cannery has a superficial ground area of 22.000 feet- The main building. under one roof, is 116x84 feet, a fish-cleaning room. 100x75 feet; the bath and wash-room, 100x32 feet; they have here, moreover, a large shipping wharf and a warehouse capable of storing 25.000 cases, and attached are the usual proportion of net houses, store houses, offices, and the like. together with the mess houses where all employed in the establishment may refresh "the inner man." Mr. Ewen has likewise an extensive fishing camp situate on West ham Island, at the mouth of the river, with houses and cabins for tbe men, and an extensive and permanent line of wharf, a qnarter of a mile long, for drying the nets and the like, Mr. Ewen has spent his lifetime in the business, residing for the last twonty-flve years in British Columbia. We learned that he fished for some time for John Moir & Son, the noted salmon merchants of Abcrdeen.Scotland. It will be remembered that these gentlemen were the original inventors of the hermetical system of sealing goods, and it was at their works that Mr. Ewen learned and adonted their method of treating fish—a system from which he never swerved during all the new departures and forced return to the good old plan, so often experienced by his confreres. Messrs. Robert Ward & Co.. merchants, of Victoria, are the sole agents for this popular brand and have been so from its establishment. The Bon Accord Fishery Company, S:tuatc a short distance beyond the bend in the Fraser river, just above New Westminster, Is another important cannery bearing the above legend. The spot selected for this cannery commands one of the prettiest views on the Fraser if not in the Province. 1 he river narrows considerably just by this point, and here doubtless the contemplated new line of railroad will stretch its bridge. It is indeed a lovely spot. Little islets covered with trees and vegetation dot the river, whilst the Cascade Mountains, in the distance, here present a most magnificent background, being exquisitely outlined, serrated and biserrated, cold, barren, rocky, wild and picturesque in the extreme, with here and there some snow-capped peak thrusting his proud head above his fellows. The foothills from the middle distance, green with magnificent timoer, sloping in undulating lines and terrace upon terrace, till they bathe their ■ foliage in the river at vour feet. Mr. D. J. Munn is the fortunate superintendent of this enterprise, and holds a large proportion of the stock. Here he has wisely built himself a pretty sunny home surrounded by thriving orchards and flowering vines, enjoying to the full this Nature's paradise at the very threshold of his interesting business. The cannery has a ca-acity for about 2-5,000 cases, and employs, all told, some 300 hands, with a fleet of 40 Boats The main building covers 100x140 feet, and there are besides the usual complement of houses, out-houses, cabins and the like. The river steamboats pass close by the wharf and sail as often ■s desired. A short distii.ee at the back of the cannery splashes and dashes a sparkling mountain stream, the home of the Dominion Salmon Ha'chery. This stream flows into the Fraser just below the cannery. The salmon eggs for this hatchery are secured some 50 miles or so up the river and are then brought and deposited in this little stream cloee by the stage till one would think they would «■*_•■ *■ ■•Boodness away." If we could make sure that our ow^?tc?enrat home, or our hotels or boardings bosses we» one-tenth as clean as a sa mon.cannery we misrht even venture a personal inspection fShESl Sr dinner. Each branch ofthe undertaking also goes on like clock-work rewlar^ thodical, everything to fit into j*£&»S.2k.£! right time, from the making of the tin can at one end of the house to the placing of the lid on the packing case at the other. The main building is 150x140 feet Then there is are rwpdly enforced—not winked at as with us—and this, doubtless, is oat of the main reasons why the British Columbia brands are preferred to our own, and aceouau likewise tor the fact that eur own fishing grounds are more apt to "give out** • For instance, only fish of a certain sue are allow ed to be taken. The murderous "wheel" which de- atrovs the young fish also, is absolutely prohibited No fishing, moreover, is allowed above tidal waters. agent for^lthese various brands, and a bouse of SS£,Tn^d«Sdo *«"5»*>n h« enormons^dVan- Moreover, wherever Mr. Ben Young, the Salmon the 7.,-v fist _Jhp ,arran^m^^ made to obtain ine very beat of salmon, the ner-Rnnal Mtrn »••»*. Uils or the business are undertaken by a masler hand, and the result is the ever incre&iSgConfidence m these brands. As we said .nbir*article don back of the cannery. About 10,000,000 suckeye" sal mon eggs were brought down this year and placed there to be hatched. It is from this crystal stream that the water is brought for this cannery—a constant flow, fresh and pure and cool, for ever passing through the cleansing tanks and water troughs. No fear here THE BUtTISHjiCOLUMBlA PACKING HOUSE.3rrtf.OP *8i** 1—Harlock's Cavxery. VIEW FKOM LADNEB'3 LANDING, LOOKING! 2—The British-Americax Packing Company. DOWN TH£ RIVER. 3— The Wklu.vgton Tacking Company. the cook house, the net house, the office, the cabins and the like, and altogether there is quite an institution here. The cannery employs some too men and has a fleet of about forty boats, besides a tug and a complement of fish scows. The fish are mostly caught at the mouth of the river In salt water, and brought up in scows to the cannery. This year the company put 'up 17,0<»0 cases, but in good seasons the cannery has a capacity for at least 30.000 cases. The principal market is found in Great Britain, The Qneen's Hotel, Of which a sketch appears in these ns is approaching completion, anil will be quite an acquisition to the city. It is of a pleasing style of elevation externally and) is commodious and well planned and fitted with every modern improvement. Mr. G. W. Grant, of this city, is the architect and must be congratulated upon his work. It is a three-story brick building situate on the corner of Columbia and Clement streets. It con- ains 45chambers, large dining-haU, bar and. bil- Measr?. Rend & Co.'s Hardware store will be noticed as the center of the three. Here will be found a very large and general line of Hardware, Carpenter**' and all other trade tools, agricultural hand implements, such as harvest tools, spades, forks and tbe like, loggers' implements, saws—crosscut aud 01 hers-- p-iints, oils—lubricating and otherwise—ship chandlery, plated articles, cutler}*, brushes, rope, bear and beaver tnip-. ;un' in short every thing usually carried in a large hardware establishment. Messrs Read & Co. do a Urge business up country from whence goods mayjhc ordered by mail and sent C..O. V. by express. WELLINGTON T. I PACKING Trapp. HOUSE- THOS. LADNER, SUPERINTENDENT. Another retail establishment that we must no; for get to mention is the hardware store of T. I. Trapp & Co. on Columbia street. Established here in 1886, they carry quits an extensive stock of general hardware, paints, oils, carpenters'and all other trade tools, cutlery, ahip- chaudlery. and the like. Mr. Trapp also carries on the business of auctioneer, and is considered a hard hitter. At any rate he can knock down anything from an ox to a city lot against anybody in the Province. His services as an auctioneer are appreciated far and near, he having quite an extensive business in the inlying country districts. THE BONflACCORDjfcPACKING HOUSE—D. J. MUNN.JSUPERINTENDENT. Railroad at Westminster. The line from Seattle to tbe boundary has been laid out, and the Westminster Board of Trade holds a charter for the connecting line between the boundary and the city. A steam ferry or bridge across tbe Fraser will enabU traffic to reach the Central Pacific Railroad without breaking bulk The river is navigable for ships of moderate draught, tbe lowest water at the entrance being 14 feet at extreme low tide, and about 34 feet at high tide. It is navigable for stern-wheel steamers for 100 miles above the city. The Canadian Govern* ment is now engaged in improving the river month, and within a year or two it is expected the entrance will be deep enough to admit any vessel afloat. Tbe advantages of a fresh water harbor are too well known to require explanation. Wharves built on piles at Westminster will stand for thirty years, whereas in salt water they are destroyed by the teredo in about five yeara. At Westminster tbe rise and fall of the tide is only About six or seven feet, which means a very great saving in the cost and trouble of transhipping freight. This city is also the center of tbe fresh fish and fish-cunning industry. There are twelve canning establishments on the river within fourteen miles of the city, and two establishments for shipping and freezing fresh fish. The city is surrounded also by extensive tracts of valuable timber, and it has three large sawmills and a large and very complete factory for producing ■ash, doors, and furniture. A woolen mill (the only one in the Province), has been built and Snt in operation this season. The city is ghted with gas, and will be supplied with electric lights before tbe end of the year. The central < ffi e of the Canadian Pa -ifio Railroad telegraph system a situ.ited here, and onm r,N with the Postal Union. This office gives employment to sixt'-en operators, and is by far the most import <nt in the province. Steamers make daily trips from Westminster up the river, and there are two steamers plying regularly to Victoria, one to N maimo, and several to Vancouver. The Canadian Pacific Railroad gives a daily train servi e from the main tines, sod tW'> trains a day between Westminster and Vancouver. The people of the royal ciry claim that there is no city in Briti-h Columbia more favor-ibly situated for trade and expansion, and that the future fto them is very full of promise. Hard room and offices, a gentleman's sitting-room, a ladies' parlor; and is moreover supplied with closets and bath-rooms on each floor. We ascertained when in the city that the house was in the market for lease for a term of five yeara at «200 a month,with a reduction for the first two years. If still in the market there is an excellent opportunity here for any wide-awake hotel D- Drysdale ft Co. Occupy the finest dry goods establishment in the city, having secured the corner store in the new and imposing Masonic block. A sketch of this building appears in these columns, and our read Woods, Turner & Gamble viiiivii, uasa-rua 1. wiAALjr ,i^;ac a vi call j nt (ur;-antinr; jiui-xti .., . - - man. It is the property of Mr. Duncan, of New ers will notice that Mrmn. Drysdale have taken Westminster. j the first store in the block. Here will be found a large, varied, and most complete line of dry goods, and everything usually carried, or included under that denomination. Mr. Drysdale is a man of much enterprise and thoroughly at home in his business, and it is evident after an inspection of his stock and comparison of his prices that he not only knows how to please his customers as an excellent salesman, but bow, when and where to buy to the best advantage in every way. The new and coroodious premises in the Masonic block will unquestionably add not a little to his own business, to the comfort of his customers, and to the credit of the city. Church s and Schools. In 1359 the first bishop of Colombia was consecrated, the Right Rev. George Hdls. The Diocese of Columbia at that time being coterminous with the Province inclusive of Van* conver Island- The bishopric and two archdeaconries were endowed (now Bsroness) Bnrdett oontts. the original diocese of by Miss In 1870 Columbia was divided into three—Columbia, Caledonia and New Westminster, Bishop Hills I cIan^lhis. v! Have the leading real estate business of the city. Their office is situate on Columbia street, close to the Colonial Hotel. Messrs. Woods & (lo. have several very large estates under their management. For instance, that of J. R. F'oord, about 10.000 acres, mostly agricultural, and other large estates, comprising farming, grazing and dairying lands. as well as valuable city lots, mining lands, timber claims, and indeed properties of all sorts. They also hold several valuable agencies. amongHt which may be mentioned the Western of Toronto, the City of London and the Mtna. of Hartford, fire insurance: the New York Life, the Travelers' Life and Accident of Hartford, life assurance. They are agents also for the Dominion Kxpress Co.. whose business extends from New Westminster to Montreal, connecting in Montreal with the National Express Co. for Kastern points. Messrs. Woods & Co. inform us that a very large quantity of fish and produce was shipped during the lost season to Kastern Canada through this company. Probably no one has a more intimate knowledge of the country than Mr. Woods, his business as a land surveyor not merely taking him into all sorts Of nooks and corners, both far and near, hut insuring more careful observation than when traveling through the country merely on pleasure bent. Intending settlers and others visit ing this city can, we are sure, depend upon receiving reliable and valuable information as to the district and its resources upon application to iVlessrs. Wood4. Turner & Gamble. HER BUSY RIVER And Wealth of Fisheries. In another column will be found a long and minute description of the methods and workings of salmon canneries in general, and we will now introduce our readers to some of the leading packing houses of the Fraser in particular. Perhaps in British Columbia, at the present time the rich harvests of the teas and rivers tmrpass even the resources of the land. Her rivers and inlets and land-locked waters, literally swarm with fish. The rich Oolochan or candle fish (so named from the Indians sticking it upright snd lighting it as a candle, so oily and fat is it) shoal in millions. Herring, though at present there is a lull in the storm, sweep down upon you like the Egyptian locust Trout abound in every stream. Cod banks are plentiful and are superior to those of Newfoundland, sturgeon and halibut are common at a hundred pounds in weight. Seals and sea otters frequent the Straits of San Juan de Fuca. and cen to fifteen schooners are entraged in sealing with an annual catch of 10,000 fur seals, valued at $10 each, besides hairy seals of less value- Whales are numerous in the adjoining seas. The waters everywhere indeed are simply alive with fish and the supply of sea food is practically inexhaustible. But after all the finny favorites glorious salmon — are the famous province. and at certain Fraser and other ank. There are Ave distinct varieties, caught in multitudes from April, when they begin their Spring migration to the headwaters of the streams, until the beginning of November when the season ends. The salmon-canning industry is one of the most important on the Pacific Coast, and of the several canneries found here, that of Ewen ft Co., Of which Mr. -Alex. Kwen is managing director, Is the largest, as well as the oldest established. Mr. the fish of the seasons crowd tbe streams from bank to bank, of stale or muddy water, or that the fish will be canned without a proper cleansing. Great Britain and Canada supply the principal markets and the well-known popular brand is that of "The Bon Accord." Mr. Alex. Ewen hold.* likewise an interest in this enterprise. Messrs. Robert Ward & Co. of Victoria, are the sole agents for this cannery also. After the salmon season was over this year Mr. Munn tried his hand at fruit canning, and by way of experiment put up just a few cases. He is thoroughly well pleas d with the outlook, and next year will probably make quite a feature of this auxiliary enterprise. We predict that this will be the forerunner of quite an important industry. It will not only be a great boon to the district as stimulating its agricultural products, but if it is found feasible, and we can see no reason why not, it will meet one of the present drawbacks to the salmon cannery enterprise by obviating the necessity for closing down for so long a period every year. Fruit and vegetables can be taken in hand just as the salmon season ends, and will thus keep the hands together all the time to the great benefit, not merely of the company and their employees, but to the stores and general community of the towns and cities contiguous as well. We congratulate Mr. Munn upon his push and enterprise, and wish him every success. A sketch of this cannery will be found in these columns. The Delta Packing Company. Adjoining the wharf at Ladner's Landing—the gateway to the richest agricultural district of the Province—is situate one of the largest salmon canneries of the Fraser, near and handy to the hotel and store, the village and growing centralization of this valuable section of the country. Here then are the headquarters of the Delta Packing Company, of which Mr. J. A. Laidlaw is superintendent and one of the principal stockholders. Besides the usual river frontage this packinghouse has the advantage of a small creek extending along its entire side, flanking which are erected the racks for drying the nets. In this little creek you may notice a gay and busy scene-tho Indians in their gaudy dresses, some cleaning the monster nets, otheis hauling the nets from the boats on to the racks to dry. whilst others yet again in and round the net house arc mending old or making new ones Men, women, and children of swarthy skin and bedecked with bright red, blue- yellow or green shawls or handkerchiefs are all busily engaged earning their dollars and adding their quota to the national prosperity equally with the whites, their tomahawks buried and rotten as a thing of the past, never again to be unearthed. MonivSta! Q. W. Grant Is the chitcct of the two largest business blocks in tiie Province, namely, the Masonic and Odd Fe lows' Block, in New Westminster, and the Wilson Block in Vancouver. The principal buildings erected by Mr. Grant in Victoria are:— The residences of Captain Grant, Mr. T. B. Humphries and Mr. James Huthinson. In New Westminster: the Masonic and the C. S. Scoul- lar blocks, and the re idential houses of Mr. John Henry, Mr. T. B. Pierson and Mr. W. J. Armstrong. In Vancouver: the Wilson block and the private residence of Mr. W. B. Wilson. We congratulate Mr. Grant, both upon the excellent character of tbe work as well as the pleasing style of elevation, careful planning, and general management. Mr. Grant is a thoroughly wideawake business man. who knows what he is about and possesses withal the energy and capacity to Mr. Grant reports (of Columbia) receiving s. bi. diocese ^l^^i^SS^9^^^9^^1^^ Walker & ShadweU. Among the retail r-tore** we must not forget to mention the Au Bon Man-he on Columbia street. Here may be found a full line of dry goods of every imaginable article usually carried under that denomination..** well as gentlemen's fumishinggoods making afeo unite a specialty of gentlemen's hats I bey have nuit.- an extensive stock of ready mads clothing. Messrs. Walker •■*. ShadweU are not only careful, obliging Kale»mcn. thoroughly conversant with their business, but from a petVOOSJ inspection <-f their stock it is evident t<> us that they know also what to buy and how to buv ii They have a large trade, not merely in town hut in the agricultural districts and in the towns up the line, whence orders arriving by mail receive immediate attention, the goods being forwarded ( (). D. by express. The Globe House. One of the handMoinest stores in town is that of Mr. W. Hnr, as above, on Columbia street Here alsoinay l*e found, perhaps, the mostextensive stock of dry goods on the mainland, including ja« kef I ami skirts, ribbons and dre^s. umbrellas and hats as a'soa large line of g'-ntlemens'furnishing gooils niakingpnrticularlyatsoaspcciallyofinilliiierv. Mr. Kaeisevidenlly a go^ ahead.enterprising man.'thoroughly at home at his bosfaesa, and as capable a buyer as he is a painsfakinia-. rotir'eous salesman The busy Ht>pcaran< e of his store bespeaks his popularity. He carries on a large business with the inlying country and places up the line receivintr orders by mail and dispatching goods C. O. D. by express. We would refer our readers to a sketch in these columns "A b t of Columbia street. New Westminster. H. C." The Olobe House will be here seen, next door to the Colonial Hotel. James Ellard & Co. Occupv a very neat and commodious building on the corner of Columbia and Mary streets Here they carry an excellent line of dry goods, including skirts and jackets and clonks, umbrellas, trunks, valises, carpets, table covers snd the like, as also a large assortment of ready made clothing and gen- | Kwen is. on this river at least the father tlnrnens furnishing goods. They make also Quite A ' °f the fish trade Rwcns 8c Co's cannery specialty of millinery, and many is the "sweet little has a capacity for 50.000 cases in good seasons, but hat turned out from this department. this year they put up only 23.000 cases, an imount Their entire stock is excellent in every respect, 1 however, that far exceeded any other caniery In and their prices astonishingly low. They do an e*x- big seasons the payroll runs intoST«,000to|S0,O00>or tensive trade with the country districts and places more, which will give some idea of the magnitude up the line of rail from whence orders may be sent of the enterprise and its effect upon trade ind com by mail and the goods forwarded C. O. D. by ex- merce in the adjacent cities. The company keep a pre** J fleet of forty boats, besides two tugs, and numerous but considerable shipments arc made to Australia, Canada, and even to Honolulu and South America. The brand is well known as the "Maple l^eaf Mnmil." which has always stood at the head of the market and commanded a very ready sale. Messrs. Welch. Hithft it Co., Victoria, of world-wide reputation as commission merchants, are the sole agents of the company. The sketch of this cannery which appears in these columns is taken from the shore side, just across the creek above mentioned. . meal off canned salmon of Mr. Youngs pack. LADNER'S LANDING Ana u»o Fraser River Municipalities. On the Fra.eni.er Sumas i» the bound.tr, but Terr ! on the canning interest... a n.ar must have a screw little fishing is, in fact, done above eisht milea from ! |™| _"5mf "J^t.^0.'^,"?,".' sJUjftLS?''' Westminster. The greatest part of the fishing is:*" done a. Mi. sandheads at the three different outleta of the river, l»a.i,. Canoe Pass, North Arm and in I the main channel. The company has three mat. '..lildings here, one 40x60, a second 120x30. and a third ito.«rt. besides two warehouses 1.50x30 a net house, and th. ... ,,i "cook house," cabina, etc. I Altogether they have eotne 910,000 worth of nets here. This ia the only cannery on the Fraaer, we believe, that employs steam power for ita machinery. The aoldering machine, the can formers, the elevator for hoisting the fish out of the boata. and the like are all worked by steam, thus saving a great deal of time and labor. The brand is known as "The Wellington," and b.ar. an excellent reputation, as indeed do all tho.e on t*w» Fraaer river. This year the company put up 12.500 caaea. Great Britain and Australia .re their principal markets. Messrs. Welch, Rithet Ac Co. are the sole agents for this packing company. A sketch of this cannery appears in these columns. The Salmon Every one in British Columbia knows Ben Young the "Salmon King." Ilia bright, open countenance is met with at every turn, he appears to be ubiquitous. A "holy terror" L, his finny subjects, for he has not onlyacontrolling interest in two large packing houses that he runs on his own account, but is managcralsofortwoof the principal canneries on the Fraser Hirer, owned by the w d- renowned W. T. Coleman. Now, although as King, he is a bloodthirsty tyrant, causing more of his subjects to be beheaded than any hero in the Arabian Nights. He ha... nevertheless, a nod anil a smile and a gix.1 word for everybody, whilst his hearty laugh will herald his approach long before he appears in aanajwB. prr sonrt. Notwithstanding his congenial timiiiier however, he is "business" to the Iwrkbone We are indcbted.to Mr. Young for a thorough in-icht 'nto the workings of a cannery. A visit to the The agricultural land lying in the Fraa«r River Valley between the Gnlf of Georgia and Tala is divided into seven municipalities. On the north side Richmond, Westminster and Maple Ridge, and on the sonth side Delta, Surrey. Langley and Chilliwaeh, The districts together comprise some 1,500 square miles, mostly agricultural, and in some parts of the finest and richest quslity. Westminster, as the oldest and largest main., land city, we have treated of at some length in another column Each of the remaining municipalities is governed by a " Reeve" and five Coancilmen, elected annually by the owners and renters of property within tbe district of their municipalities. Tha Delta is at present tbe most important. Mr. John McKee, Jr., holds tbe position of Reeve, and tbe Council consists of Messrs. Wm. Arthur, Thos. E. Ladtier, Wm. Pybns. J. R. Sutherby anrf Geo. Kitson, with Mr. Wm. McKee as clerk. In tbe Delta District alone there are some lfiO sqnare miles of the richest agricultural land of tbe Province, and we should say uoliet- ter land can be found on the coast. LAPN.B/H I.ANPINO Is gradually growing to be the natural center of this municipality. Already are tbere two large canneries here, a saw mill, a town hall, two churches, a well patronized hotel, a public school, a large general store, a money order post office, a telegraph office, besides other smaller stores, and several private houses. low. at. aanrttovar .even canneries within a imtius of four miles. The wharf, at which passengers and freight are receive I. is free. There is, moreover, direct daily communication with Victoria, Vancouver and New Westminster, and weekly to Nanaimo. Altogether Ladner's Landing has a busy appearance, and as viewed from the wharf (see above sketch) the river banks also are quite lively bare. From this point the several canneries in the distance all appear as if they were lining the banks of tbe Frazer River, as shown in the sketch, but, in fact, tbe Kritisb-Amerioan Packing Basjaja, of which the " Salmon King " is manager, is situate some little dt.tance down one of th" many little creek- th.it aeek tbeir own wav out to tbe *ull -the particular creek or small branch "apsBJ which this cannery is situate is known as Canoe Pass. As showing tbe increasing importance of this municipality as an agricnltnr .1 center Mr. McXeely, tbe popular host of the hotel, reported ALEX. EWEN A CO.'S PACaXING HOUSE, LION ISLAND. FRASER RIVER. Laidlaw 8c Co. Mr. J. A. Laidlaw is interested also in another large cannery situate on the Fraser, near Brunette Creek, just above New Westminster. A sketch of this cannery also appears in these columns. It has a capacity f,,r 17.000 ease., tint next year will be running with the same capacity as th.. Delta. The water used in this cannery is brought in pities from a clear mountain stream tbat sparkles and leaps down the steep side of an adjoining hill and is kept in constant flow with great pressure right into the tanks and washtrava of the ranataj The brand is known as the " Dominion Brand" and is held in equally high estimation with that of he I lelta. Messrs. \v eich. Hilhet 4 Co. are agents likewise for this cannery. Such was the gay and interesting sight that greeted us aa we approached the wharf at the Delta Cannery. We were greatly interested in watching the entire process here, from the catch to the last nail in the packing case. One principal feature that strikes you in this, aa in all the Fraser River canneries is the great attention to cleanliness. It almost seems as if they were unnecessarily particular, cleaning and rinsing, and. rinsing and cleaning at every Ta 3 Wellington Packing Company. A short distance down the Fraser river from Lad- uer'a Landing ia situate another important salmon cannery, known as the Wellington Packing Company. Mr. Thos. E. Ladner ia superintendent here and holds a large proportion of the stock. The packing house has a capacity for 2.5.000 caaea, employing nearly 400 hand, altogether—that ia, in.' eluding Chinamen and Indians. The cempany hai a geet of 40 boats together with a ateam tug >nd scows for bringing up the fish from the fishing carapa down the river. We abould mention that the laws are far stricter here than in the U. 8. fisheries, and not only arc the laws themselves stricter, but they British-American Packing Company's works at | that when he came here fivj year. sg.\ sotue- under'. il'ZJe '.,"v'7l.i." ''v"" lhc ''<*■•*'."<]'•'■ ! thine under l.tHXl .„■*< ef ..'rain. .» t-M,, -ere unoer pilotage of Mr. Hen ^ onng. as rifi-nhrd in „„»„... . . , ,, .. he htm-elf sold lip- our article upon the cannery Interest of the IWin.c "Wt out. wheres- last year he him^eit .. I we rank as one of the most Intare-ttsa. features of j ward* of SO.Otsi sacks to the surrounding tatm- •h^'.n|i. I era for their gtain shipment.. The Ladner s This cannery I. one of Ihe largest ha taw werU. I Ta^ai.- n,.tel of which Mr. McNeely IS having a capacity in a prosprrou- «i-.si for turn I 1-»n"n*. Motel, oi "
er and proprietor, has only qnite r ing forty eiKht pounds. This year's yield.of course. I been opened. Tbere is bedroom acoo -„ht poui lid n„t reach thaw. flan... Some 1.10 to ITS Chinamen are employed with about the like number of Indiana. The I ti.m for thirty toast., a dining-room, a private i tiiuiuM-.w^^., - i.ai.. • bmssW, Nktb-voom. bar ...... „.„ mii me use niinincr or Indians. I tie torn- _ . Zl .. " ..V K , i ,. „.n.]]r f,,lt pany has a fleet of alsuit forti boats The ap- ••>•' reading-room, and the hotel la usually full proach to this cannery as it atqiears from I juliicr'a landing, is depicted in a sketch on this tssge. as also the busy surrounding* of the \s.i oua other industries that hero line the banks of the river. During this interesting trip we stopped also at the 1 h.enix Cannery, another large packing house Fraaer. Mr. B. Young is nrks, which are operated "ear tbe mouth of the manager also of these by Mr. W. T. Coleman. ^'lue 100 men are employed here, in addition to aoout 1.10 Indian fishermen, and a busy aud inter r™« sight it is to see these works in full swing. The canned salmon turned out here is consigned to every quarter of the globe. On our way hack ana stopped to ins;*', I the Mntish Columbia Tni-king House, close to New Westminster, a very faithful skelch of which ap pears in these columns. This cannery is the prop erty of Mr. Wm. T. Coleman, the well knovi n root Hussion merchant and millionaire of Sen Fraiui-, >> Mr. Hen Young ia manager here also. The cannery is very similar in sire, catch capa- fjiy and general working and arrangement 'to ilic llrltish Packing Company previously described, and we need not. therefore, repeat. Mr Men t oumr hns likewise the controlling interest at branch cannery on the skeena Uiver. when. Hi., packed this season 11.000 eases .fMK' V'.iing is also about_tohuilrt another hrano ef the British American Packing House In Sooth A laska Mr. W. T. Coleman, of San Fran. is,-o, is the sole to overflowing. Mr M.N.ely, we may add. is not only mm. h..st of the h'.tel. but ia also the owner i.f a wharf an.I propriet r of a la'ge gen- . ral st, th. where be keeps quite a large line of dry gods, boots, shoes, rtw.lv-tua.1e clothing, jewelty. provisions, family groceries and tbe like. He is agent likewise for agricultural implements, an.) buys and deals iu all sorts of farm produce. We mav add that each enterprise grows yearly out of all recgnition. As the New Westminster Southern Railroad is only a matter of time, and a short time st tbst, so is tbe line of rail from Ladner's to Popcum but a matter of a very short time. Tbe importance of Ihe Southern K.sa.l to Westminster cannot be overe.timate.1, and the same may be ssi.l of this short It miles of road to Ladner's Landing. It passes through tha Mod Hay district and traverses and opens up the whole of the neb districts of l.angley. Mastqui. Somas and I'lnlliwach. A charter for this lioe was granted last session. When both lines are completed il will cross Ihe Southern line, sod (here is no doubt that this ooontry will shortly be tapped from every direction, and ready markets found or North or South, or F.sst or West. Means . Sept. Precipitation by Months. Season, and Years, at New Westminster, British Columbia I. AT. 49 deg. 12 mln. 47 sees. N„ lMnK. in deR_ „ —fc JO ^ „. 0.37 2.51 3.70 0.72 008 8.80 -Mil 5.27 6.I0 4.65 5.03 7.08 2.04 8.44 2,nj 4.95 2.09 6,1" 1.97 ,/4 2.34 5.53 A.93 8.77 7.53 3.14 2,94 5.28 3.20 Nov. 11.61 7.65 10.61 6.07 9.98 7.41 4.23 1.49 636 5.33 16.74 S.&8 11,56 7.00 5.61 I 7.90 Dec. 7.63 7.04 17.06 4.29 5.81 5.64 7.39 15,99 11.23 11,74 6.62 3.61 5,83 15,89 w Jan 13.95 1.52 4.14 7.35 4.82 &81 5.46 5,89 5.46 9,17 8.02 10.43 7.58 10.34 7.sT I'cb. Mar. April. May 9.62 4.05 9.11 4.95 6.72 11.22 1.43 ! 11.19 . 7.75 | 3.70 \ 9.07 | 4.77 ! 9.76 | 6,88 . 9.77 609 11.22 8.02 7.47 6.79 11.02 1.45 6,33 7,12 1.63 2.48 4.(1 9.46 6.S8 3.61 3.46 2.46 4.95 1.55 1.33 3.37 2.95 6.05 2.11 0.87 ^,38 3.18 awasa^wawi ay. June. — 1.87 3.91 170 2.31 7.13 « si 2.89 2.35 1.62 265 217 0.65 5.42 1,24 4,39 2.27 2.02 5,26 2.33 3.05 3.38 J"1 0.47 »J5 1.54 S.74 0.84 141 141 July. "-si 093 0.02 IAS l.ll:t 1.24 5.U "..VI 220 4.08 0.77 0.48 -Mil 0.23 Aug. 1.00 224 120 2.27 178 0.53 pj I.II 148 1.93 7.01 0.02 1.60 a 74 Kutiiiii. Winter. .« Se,. Nv I*. Feb Mai J 11.49 1107 19.19 13.98 20.78 19.54 14.71 *4t 8.34 15.54 ■ B 18* •-•■.!. £1 15.22 .ring. r Mv Mean Temperature., Feo. |iUaicn7~Aprii7 38.4 i toTT 48 31.9) 15 61 3031 16.59 17..17 11.67 11.28 30.07 24.44 13.34 U.II 18.18 Summer. .nnual. Jun Vug Sl 4* A 72 13 IS 5.4* 20.81 7 04 l ■ «; 6» 1064 AM 1 11 fi It) lam ».« 8.7» 3.M 9.91 15.19 8.JI 6.79 11.08 7.28 11.97 10.24 5.54 18„*S 1.M *.3S~ a B StM ».8J 49." J1.SS .•At* '±± W»• 1 ^»ta7~j5ne; he^meWuT^^^^^^ deg. bel lie nil in. '.. 14 jrai'1"6 A. PKaUA Cat*. - • ■■••■ MMfvpf BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION SAN FRANCISCO JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. Westminster. Ladner's Landing, Nanaimo and Places on Island Railroad Advertisements. C. B. WOODS, Land Surveyor. . -*•■ Q-OAMBLK, Notary PntOlo WOODS, TURNER & GAMBLB LAND SURVEYORS, ' Real Estate, Commission and Insurance Aqents MONEY TO LOAN on first mortgage on improved Real Eat... » unimproved, for sale In all parts of the district. City and SL:FARMING LANDS, improved and Mining Stocks bought and sold. Fire. Life and Accident InaurSLLoi? '<" ■»*• in choice locations. JEtna Insurance Co of Hartford. Western Insurance Co. of ■S!2J?nce„effiec«ed- Repreaenting Fire- Co.; Life -New \ ork Life Insurance Co.; Accident-Traveler, t10' c"v of London Fire Insurance AGENCY OF THE DOMINION EXPRESS CO. ,ravelen> Inanrance Co. of HirtfoVj? ""aTmaC* Established 1870. IVEW WESTMINSTER, B. O. The Pioneer Fl.hermen and Or-iajrluii,! Salmon Cannera WOODS, TURNER «fc Office, Ellard's Block, Columbia St. gamble. NEW WESTMINSTER. jvcexjig^l aALL. D. S. CURTIS & CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS, COLUMBIA STREET, New Westminster JEJ. C. BANK OF BRIT mm COLUMBIA, Sole Proprietors of the Celebrated " Lion" Brand Canned Salmon. CANNERY, - LION ISLAND, FRASER RITEB, B. C Silver Medals Antwerp, 1885. ALEXANDER EWEN, Managing Director. Represented by Robert Ward & Co.,Victoria,B.C. SOLE AGENTS. THE BON ACCORD FISHERY C01PA5Y COQUITLAM, FRASER RIVER, B. C. F.OYAX CHARTER. 1862. INCORPORATE CAPITAIi, ... WITH POWER TO INCREASE. LOXDOX OFFICE—38 Cornhill, London. BRANCHES at 1.„ p mioHter, Vancouver, Nan.imo ami Kaniloop. *° v andico. Port'anrt. _ ENTS AND CORRESPONDF.H A."nta Brtiah Linen *E.SOO,000 o Is. New Wot- _.,*"'! Bi. che. Uiiilcd Sute. • ;.uv... no, „. Eluil.n.l- W2ETS& FSSrt KinpWi -Bank of _ Jhlns. Japan Aurtiil& ii ""ff**"* South Wale. Bink: l.ritish Baok Corporation Chartered «.•■« of la.lla, Auatrall. a,d Chin. ?£& glj!*** Hon. K. ■>«, S tha, «hai Bank of Au.trala.ia. Unnmettul Bank Company of Sidney M.x.„, *iT .Sc""i'h and Au.rralian Chartered sink. and South America. ™ *na South America—London Bank ol Memo Telegraphic B a sfers and rfmittauces to and from all point, can h» ™ a . Collection, carefully attended to anil every deacriptiou of banking trVuMetoi h tW* b*nk *' cam''t »«««■ ISAAC B- PISHEB, AKent- POSTAL ADDRESS. NEW WESTMINSTER. PAOKEES and CTJREBS of SALMON. Proprietors of the "BON ACCORD" Brand of Canned Salmon. D. J. MUNN, Manager. U ROBT. ffAHD 4 CO., Victoria, B. C. SOLE AGENTS. NEW WESTMINSTER FOUNDRY. General Foundry Work of Every Description. C. A. WADHAM'S CANNERY, LADNER'S LANDING, FRASER RIVER. The British-American PACKING COMPANY OF FRASER and SKEENA RIVERS PACKERS OF THE FOLLOWING BRANDS: British-American Packing Co.. Skeena Rivsr, British-American Packing Co, Fraser River. Caledonia Packing Co. The Queen Brand. The Above are the Favorite Brands of Canada. British Columbia Packing Co., Fraser Hirer, English & Co., Fraser River. Eoyai City Saw Hill. Boyal Oity Sash and Door Factory. Dominion Saw Mill. Dominion Sash and Door Foctory. head o:f\f*io:e3 Vancouver Saw Hill, Vancouver £aah and Door Factory Vancouver, B. 0. WM. T. COLEMAN & CO. SAJV FRANCISCO. 1VEW YORK and CHICAGO, SOLE AGENTS. ROYAL CITY PLANING MILLS CO. (LIMITED.) NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. Vessels Loaded at M ii Wharves for ali Ports in the World. Cars Loaded in Mill Yard for all Points on Canadian Pacific R. and Connections. BRUNETTE Saw mill Company, Limited (LATE DkKECK DUOS, ft CO.) NKW WESTMINSTER B. C. KEEP ALWAYS ON HAND Bough amM Mressed: Mumber, DOORS, WINDOWS. MOULDINGS, SHINGLES, SHAKES and LATHS. All orders for Turn np, Scroll Sawing, or »m tumi: in the wood line that may be required tor binding pnrpos. » will be anpplied nt loweat rates. PACKER OF CANNED SALMON. THE WELL-KNOWN " TRIDENT " BRAND. A. WADHAM. - Proprietor and Manager. DELTA CANNING CO. LADNER'S LANDING, FRASER RIVER SALMON PACKERS. MAPLE LEAP BRAND. e All Canieil "almou Bearing their Brand Guaranteed. So e Agents Welch, Rithet & Co., Victoria, B. C. H. CROFT, Assoc. M. Inst. C. E., M. I. M. E. W. ANGUS. TBE ONLY FOUNDRY ON IBB MAINLAND IN TBE PROVINCE. ROBERT LAW. Proprietor. BOVILL BBOTIERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, Columbia Street, NEW WESTMINSTER. And Building Superintendent, NEW WESTMINSTER and VANCOUVER. JAMES ELLARD & CO. % DIRECT IMPORTERS OF Dry Goods, Clothing, Gents' Furnishing and Fancy Goods, Etc. MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING IN LATEST STYLES LONDON HOUSE, Oor. of Mary and Columbia Sts., New Westminster, B 0. Genera! Hardware and Cutlery. White Lead and Colors, Linseed and Lubricating Oils, Varnishes and all Ends of Brushes. m. Y. READ <3fc CO. Pitch, Oakum, Tar, Rosin, Rope. Blocks and Tackle, Window Glass and Putty. MASONIC AND ODD nUOm1 BUILDING, CtM.Bl.BIA STREET. NEW WESTMINSTER. B. C. AU BON MARCHE. Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, Clothing, GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, ETC. WALKEE & SHADWELL, Proprietors, NEW -WESTMINSTER, B. C. T. J. TRAPP <fc CO. AUCTIONEERS, Importers and Dealers in General Hardware, Painta, Oils, Window-Glass, WaU-Paper, Brushes, Tar, Pitch, Oaknm, Etc. DOORS AND WINDOWS AT FACTORY PRICES. Columbia Street, New Westminster. B. C. TH© Grl^OBE HOUSE Columbia St. IVe^r Westminster. II. O Importers of Dry Goods, MILLINERY, FANCY GOODS, EMBROIDERY, SILKS snd WOOL. WILLIAM RAE, Manaeer. The Colonial Hotel LUKE PITHER. Proprietor. ) FIRST-CLASS IN Fire-Proof Building- EVERY RESPECT. Center of City. Headquarters for Travelers and Commercial Men. SAMPLE BOOMS. PfEW WEST»«*,'8TEBl **• Ct CROFT & ANGUS, GHEMAINUS S-Ab."W MILL BRITISH COLUMBIA. COWICHAN LAKE HOTEL (Dice's S atioo, EsQDimaDlt and Nanaimo Railway.) Superb Hunting, Fishing and Boating. LAKE AND RIVFR. CHARLES GREEN, PROPRIETOR. F. F. JATKEK. QUAMICHAN HOTEL, Duncan's JStEirtioxi.. E. and N. Railway, Within Five Minutes Walk of the Cowichan River Price & Jaynes, Proprietors, Quamichan, B. C. Nanaimo Advertisements. LAIDLAW &3 CO. New Westminster, B. C. Fraser River Salmon Packers DOMINION BRAND. -All Canned Halmon bearing* their Brand Guaranteed. Sole Agents Welch, Rithet & Co., Victoria, B. C. Wellington Packing Co. LADNER'S LANDING, Fraser River Salmon Packers WELLINGTON BRAND. All Canned Salmon 'Bearing? their Brand Guaranteed. Sole Agents Welch, Rithet & Co., Victoria, B. C. D. DRYSDALE & CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Dry Goods, Clothing, MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, Carpets and House Furnishings, mats A.rmr> caps, Columbia, St., New Westminster, B, O, TBAPP BBOB." OLD STAND. Harlock Packing" Co. LADNER'S LANDING, FRASER RIVER SALMON PACKERS H P O BRAND All Canned tislmon Bearing; their Brand Guaranteed. Sole Agents Welch, Rithet & Co., Victoria. B. C. SKEENA PACKING CO. PORT ESSINOTON, SKEENA RIVER, R. CUNNINGHAM, Proprietor, SALMON PACKERS, All Salmon Packed by this Company Guaranteed. Sole Agents Welch, Rithet & Co., Victoria, B. C The MclNeely House, LADNER'S LANDING, CLOSE TO THE WHARF. COMFORTABLE ROOMS. Hunters, Tourists, Travelers and Int-nding Investors and Settlers will find Excellent Accommodations at this Botel. TERMS REASONABLE. Importer, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Furniture, Glassware, Carpets, Etc. Upholstering and Undertaking in all its Branches. All Sorts of Upholstering Work l>one. Carpets Sewed and Laid. Watt Paper Hung. Lounges and Mattresses Made to Order and Repaired. Vancouver Warehouse, BASTION STREET, NANAIMO, B. C FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING CHIEFLY. VANCOUVER CLOTHING HOUSE, Commercial St., Nanaimo, B. C. I. ABRAMS & CO. A XI) GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS. Eat.bll.hed 1876. 8. M. RAI'KR. RAPER, RAPER & CO. 1MIN1RTKRS AMI DKAI.KRS IN Stationery, Books, Music. Fancy Goods, Etc. 1VA1VAIMO, :o. o. JtsT-Copim of this edition of Trk San Fk»n> two .Iih-uvu. or Cohmbbc. may be obtain*.] tarn. THE CENTRAL HOTEL, NANAIMO. B. C. JOSEPH WEBB, .... Proprietor Large Airy Booms. Good Table. Bom* Comforts. MMMbbVbbbbBbMbVSB !^*'.^«g5^«*< 5 '■ '' * SB^smtf. \Wi BBBBBVOaOBBl 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION SAN FRANCISCO JOURNAL OF COMMERCE-VANCOUVER. VANCOUVER. AN INFANT PRODIGY. "Wide-^A/walce Citizens. Letting no Chance Escape Them in the Present. MAmG AMPLE PKOVISION FOK THE FDTUBE. Unbounded Resources. "COMINGr' EVENTS OAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFOBE.* A Mtaarniiloent Outlook, A GORGEOUS APPSOaCS. Approaching Vancouver by water we presently pass through the "Narrows" and enter at once the magnificent harbor of " Burrard In* let," the moat perfect shelter that Father Neptune ever planned. Towards out left we view the craggy peaks and broken outline of the distant Coast Range. with the foothills extending downward to tbe water's edge, and on our right the abaded groves and cool retreats of the Government Reservation, destined for many a "lovers' walk" of the future, for here is the site of the new park. The evening of otir entry to the harbor was beyond description. It seemed as if fair Heaperis had decked herself in all her brightest gems and soft, rich-tinted velTets to bid ban so'r to Atlas. her retiring lord, and as we turned the point and passed beyond the "Narrow.," the setting sun now casts each stretch of valley into misty shade, now lights the mountain slopes and distant crags with color stolen from some wood nymph's cheek. In front tbe eye still travels onward down the inlet through the "Second Narrows," and on, and on, from gulden points to glistening islets, and thus and thns till the warm evening purple of the middle distance merges in the mist and both are lost in the cold grey ot the shadowy range beyond. Turning towards the South, we notice an extensive clearing on a gentle slope towards the water front, with busy streets and imposing buildings, stretching away for nearly two miles along the shore. It is well nigh impossible to believe that this is the infant city of Vancouver—a growth of a year. "Ah!" cries Pencils, as the good ship Yose- mice drew near her moorings, "do you see that hotel on the rising ground, right here close to the wharf and depot? That is certainly where we ought to stay whilst in town. Jnst see what A SPLENDID VTEW m shall get from the verandas." We found it was the "Leland House," kept of pure ohaoe of slopes, and banks, and holes, and dips, covered with enormous trees and massive stumps, have grown smoothly-paved roads and sidewalks, all on proper levels and easy gradients, in many plsees necessitating "a fill" of from 8 to 10 feet. The sideways, temporarily thrust into peculiar prominence, look like so many elevated trestle bridges, crossing and recrossing the city in every direction. The roads are gradually graded up to these sidewalks, the houses and stores are built on either side the road, following the same settled grade, and every one knows at once what his ground floor le-el will be, and will continue to be, after tbe bailding is erected. It is impossible to estimate the enormous trouble and future expense the city has been saved by the far-sighted, business-like, broad-minded policy displayed by the ruling spirits in the City Council in thiB and other kindred matters relating to the future welfare of this city. It is difficult to give our readers any just idea of the way this city has been treated in this respect. We desired Pencils to give a rough sketch of a bit of the grading work to supplement our remarks, and to give a more vivid idea of the work accomplished here. This sketch, which we give below, shows some of the graded trestle sidewalks, men at work filling np the roadway, and houses built or in course ot erection to meet the same grade. In a few weeks this street will be all oomplete-l, built in on either side, and no one will any longer recognize that the sidewalk was once a trestle bridge and the roadway and houses built up to meet it. This sketch also shows how the streets are lighted by incandescent electric lights. How much a municipal council, or other ruling power, may do to help forward or TO BETABD THK PBOSPEBITT OF A CITY I How easy it is for some small-minded, nervous, weak-kneed individual on a Board to mar the work of all the rest! A oity may be kept back for years, its natural resources may remain undeveloped for decades, its future—whether in tbe extent of its wealth, its comfort, elegance or bealth, may be altogether changed—just through the well-meant efforts of some narrow-minded demagogue, who, perhaps, for half a century has never, been beyond the limits of bis own little "eleariBg," and has had no means of forming any idea of the world's progress or of the aggregated experience of the civilized quarters of the globe. If citizens would think less of trying to reduce taxation aud more about securing to the full the proper advantages to be derived from a lavish expenditure, they wonld not only have more comforts but more money in the exchequer at the end of tbe yt ar. No man should be allowed to find a seat on any Municipal Council until the breadth of his character had been thoroughly tested. It is evident that the broad-minded men on the O.ty Council here have had maay a fight and many a compromise with their more t mid confreres. There is one thing in this respect that we would particularly criticise, and that is THK WIDTH Or TH. BOADS. Why imitate the wretched style of the cities of the United States? Is land so much more plentilul in Europe, or is it there so far less productive than on this continent that the citizens of Paris, for instance, oan afford to add to the comfort, health and appearance of their city by giving in feet to their boulevards and avenues, their squares and public thoroughfares what our modern cities will grudgingly give in inches ? If Vancouver expected lo remain a small city we would not have to pass this criticism, but Vancouver expects one day to be as big as Paris, and we are vastly in favor of adopting Vancouver's estimate of herself. The streets are wide enough for another Victoria, but are by no means wide enough as looking to the future. The contracted size of the lot. is soother great blot. These few strictures notwithstanding, THE CTTY HAS DOBS WILL. Besides #125,000 spent on the roads, they have spent another $25,000 in perfecting the sewers, which, before this paper goes to press, will doubtless be finished. This special expenditure has been covered by a loan of $150,000 at bix per cent, for a period of 40 years. Tbe loan was placed right away at 98. Besides the time and money saved by completing these works in an organized systematic manner, the SKETCH SHOWING GRADING OF 8TBEETS. by mine host Wm. Prout, who heartily wel corned us in good old Canadian t>tvle. Pencils, apparently, has not only an eye for the beautiful, bnt he seems to be able to loo te everything of the best, as if by instinct. We esrlainly spent a very agreeable time at the Leland House. Not only does it possess the finest view, but mine host and his busy, little wife, who have only recently taken over tbe proprietorship of the hotel, do all they can to make you feel "at home." A drawing of the Leland House will be found in our advertising columns. "You've just dined? Well, come out with us then on tbe veranda and smoke a cigar. Stretch yourself at full length on that bamboo chair, throw yonr leg over that elongated arm; that's right; now what have you got to say about it? Isn't that a magnificent view over the bay? It is two miles across. Ton would scarcely think so, would you? Those foothills are ten miles off, whilst tbe distant peaks, you see almost due north, we are told are over forty miles away as the crow flies. Those white specks you see over the water are the houses of tbe Indian mission. Ton may just distinguish the spire ot the church; some distance to the right you see the Moodyville settlement; here is the largest sawmill in the province. On this side of the bay, there to the right where you see those fine ships lying at anchor, is tha "Hastings" Sawmill. Bight here below you is the C. P. B. wharf. You can just amount of the loan has been recouped over and over again already, by the inert ased value that such expenditure alone has placed upon tbe ready graded building frontages thus created. It just makes a 'Frisosn's mouth water when he compares the business men of this infant Vancouver with the poor, dollar-limit fossils of San Francieco, where they boast of having no debt, as if it were a credit to the place not to iaaue municipal bonds while tbe roads aud pathways are a disgrace to civilization, and tbe City Hall is a .'ending monanient to incapacity and jobbery as year after year it thrusts its tattered wings before the public gsze. We would next call our reader's attention to the accompanying sketch showing A bibd's-etk vibw From the roof of the C. P. B. Hotel and to the distant view of tbe oity from Westminster road in the corner of the same picture. From these views some idea will be gathered of the size and growth of the place since June 13, 1886, to September, 1837, when these sketches were taken. As you approach Vancouver from New Westminster by road, the size and importance of the new-born city is particularly observable. From the rising ground whence the last mentioned sketch was made, your line of vision tikes in the bridge over False Creek, just below you, wbile beyond to the right you catch sight of tbe harbor, and to the left a glimpse of .™««w jvx, .a M.D \j. a . ... wub.a. xou uau JUS. t, .- . j, ° T^ distinguish the smoke stack and masts of the ^aK"an f*aT\ ,. ,. "Port Victor" lying there, one ef tbe "liners" f 5Hf&i5 eTery d'rec''on on "" pemnsnla between this port and Japan. This line of formB.d °* thBse J™"*wat*l" u"re tb? hon3e8 boat., you will remember, has been jnst I and,. 8tore"' the ml}1* "nd workJQOPs th»« 8" to established and has been granted a subsidy j mtt*° an tho ,"* °l Vancouver. You can scarcely from Ihe British Government of £45.000 per I credit that a few short months »*o the whole of annum snd increased by the Canadian Gov- j this peninsula was one vast mass of gigantio ernment to $300,000. Just this side of tbe wharf you may notice sn engine and some freight oars; well, there is the depot of the Canadian Pacifio Bailway. the gigantic enterprise just completed, connecting Fast and West, the Atlantic with Pacifio. It coat $200,- 000,000 to enable the engine to reach tbis town; niee little bill, isn't it? Well, jou have finished your cigar, let ns go inside and join the ladies st the piano." (Our readers will notice on this psgea sketch of ihe view from the Leland Hotel.) riext morning we were out bright aud early, ss Pencils said,to "take in" the city. We often had to caution Pencils about these injudicious bikabks, And on tbis occasion it well nigh cost us our liberty. Alderman Hannion, who happened to be passing, had bis ears pricked as Usual, and catching oar avowed intention of "taking in" tbe oity, brought the matter forward iu his "officious capacity," at the next meeting of tbe Council. Fortunately for us the rest of the Councilors were not bo easily alarmed for the safety of their city, so that Alderman Mannion did not think it wise to bring forward his mo tion either to have us incarcerated or ordered to "move on." He only "hoped that the city safe would be kept locked during our stay," and tbat "no more o' these 'ere letery thramps would be a-oomin'round atari atari," Well, notwithstanding Alderman Mannion,we followed Pencils' advice and proceeded to "take in" tbe oity. For a place of only a year's growth tbere is more to "take in" than we have ever before met with in all our experience. We had heard bo much of Vancouver, and its rapid growth, that we were prepared (or the usual disappointment, but we were bound to oonfess thst tbe place, in every respeot, altogether exceeded anything we had been led to expect of it. One of the first things thst strikes a stranger, especially If be bails from San Francisco, is 'he mi tliodi si, business-like, large-hearted manner in which the BOADS ANT) SIDEWALKS Have been formed and graded. During tbe past ear some twelve miles of streets snd twenty- ne miles of sidewalk have been graded an 1 .some $15,000. Out , vua.-v UbUIUDUlu w ran uun vc ' timber and tangled forest. Before we leave Westminster road let us first say tbat you should certainly approach Vancouver from this direction. Ask for Geo. Kay- mer's stage—it leaves the Colonial House every morning at 8:30. You not only have a most delightful ride through a splendid forest, but you save a long stuffy journey by rail, as tbe line at this point takes a long detour of some thirty miles or so, whilst tbe journey by stage is a pleasant ride of eight or nine miles. Moreover, from this direction you enter the town from the point that commands, not only its most picturesque surroundings, but that enables you to see the whole prospect spread before you as on a map. As we sland here on tbe Westminster road and view tbe city lying on the peninsula beyond we wonld have you bear in mind that on the June 13, 1880. tbe great fire made a clean sweep of everything—two houses alou. escaping—and that every bnilding you see in the distance before you has been erected in tbe interval. Again, do not imagine that those distant buildings are all flimsy wooden shanties—many of them are SUBSTANTIAL, MASSIVE BL'ILP'NriS. Some built of bard, cut granite, ethers of brick, others of cement, and that even when of wood many of them are of considerable architectural importance. The following tabic, which gives uot merely the cost, but shows also the material at which each building is constructed, demonstrates better than anything, perhaps, the amount of energy that has been displayed here in thiB short time: Name. Mr. Abbott's res Mr. Ferguson's res C. P. B Hotel P. A. Hamilton block.... Van Horns block New York block Lord Durham blook Lord E phiiiStnue block... Sir D A. Smith blook... Hank block IToimin block Home block ,. Angus blook Lady Stephen blook Brick 8,000 \Grant block Springer k Van Brsemer bloek Innes bloek Hamilton block (Bewicks k Wulffsohn) Lovel block Alexander block ". Wilson block Coldwell & Grant block... McLennan & McFeely bi'k Gilmore k Clark block Abram block Ferguson bloek. Byrnes block Templeton block Oppenbeimar Bros, blook. Tye 4 Co bloek K. H.. Alexander 'a res. ... The above-mentioned buildings, which by no means comprehend all the substantial ere©- Briok 12,000 Cement 5,000 Brick 10,000 Brick 5,000 Briok 5,000 Brie. 25,000 Briok 5,000 Briok, iron 8,000 Brick 18,000 Brick 7,000 Brick 7.000 Biick 17,000 Brick 3,000 Briok 8,000 Briok 4,000 Cement 5,000 heard many severe criticisms of tbis hotel—it did not seem to please the public taste on this coast for some reason. We can only presume because it wasn't straight up and down with the usual tier upon tier of hideous bay windows and stuccoed porticos. Having been prepared in advance for something ugly, we must confess we were very agreeably surprised. It is, however, in our judgment, being spoiled in its finish. When will this North American continent of ours learn to throw a little sp'ce of luxury into its style of living, and to leoognixe that " dining" does not necessarily mean gobbling up the largest amount of food it is possible to dispose of iu the smallest amount of time? On the continent of Europe for instance, the dining room is so constructed that in Winter time you can see ss mnoh of tha beautiful scenery surrounding you as it is possible to take in through the widest of windows. In Summer if steam pipes and coils are not enough to keep this hotel empty, we certainly do not know what would. It is not yet too late to rectify matters, snd we trust it may be done. There are also several pretty and stylish PBIVATE BKSTDENCES, Notably that of Mr. A. G. Ferguson. This house is finished also inside in excellent taste and shows up to advantage some of the native woods which, when polished, develop soma of the prettiest and most striking grains we have ever seen. Mr. Abbott's house is also very pretty, and we are told is finished and fitted inside in excellent taste, but we had no opportunity of taking any personal notes of its interior. Dr. Le Fevres' house is another handsome bnilding; and, indeed, there are many others in town, but space will not permit us to dwell longer on this subject. Snoh, then, is the general appearance of Van- there ia no fear of this town retrograding, bnt let the citizens be short-sighted enough to reduce the power of the big-hearts by electing a few more cheese-paring individuals—who think more about saving a dune than they do about securing a dollar—and tbis is just the place that would stand still during the weak-kneed, nervous administration thus brought into power. Thus far THK CITIZENS MOST BI OONOKATtrLATSA) Upon their choice, though there are a few timid men yet on tbe Board who might seek retirement with advantage to themselves and their constituents alike. This is invariably the case, however, with any and every Board. Perhaps it is scarcely fair to criticise at all a Board that has accomplished so much and done its work so well. When we eonsider that in March, 1886, the whole of this town site and VIEW FBOM THE LELAND HOUSE, LOOKING ACBOSS BTJBBABD INLET. tions in town, srs all either finished or in course of erection, and, as will bs seen, are of a permanent character and together oost some half a million of dollars. Of course, however, this list dose not include many handsome private residences, besides numerous important hotels, stores, warehouses, breweries, factories, mills workshops and other building-, constructed of wood whioh, it must be born* in mind, however, represent, nevertheless, a very considerable outlay. As showing the size and style of some of the buildings here, we give a sketch of the Wilson Block, as also on pago 11 of the Lady Stephen or Postoffice Block, and on page la, moreover, in our advertising columns, will be found views of several of the st. res and other buildings. THE WILSON BLOCK. situate on Cordova street, is a three-story building, and covers an area of TO -86 fast It is divided into four stores and the stories above are divided, one-half of the block into excellent and oommodious offices, and the other half ia so arranged that it may be let with either of the these same windows oan be thrown back—the whole wail, so to speak, being removable —and half the guests will be dining in the open air on the broad veranda adjoining. Here the guests will take their ease and prolong their meal some hour or two over their choice Havana or their o*fe noir as they view some distant Alp, or listen to the roar of the falls of the Rhine, or may be to softer strains nearer and dearer in some fern-screened corner of the salle a T7ianger. How pleasant it would.be in the Summer time to dine under similar conditions st Vancouver, in full view of tbe magnificent Coast Binge, reflected again in the deep waters of Burrard Inlet, but no, as usual the windows of the dining room of the C. P. B. Hotel are of the same old narrow type, intended merely to let in the light, and no doubt as soon as "upholstered" will be becurtained and beshaded till they effectually shut out every remaining vestige of the beautiful landscape. In this hunter's paradise, moreover, nothing ia done to play upon the tourist's imagination or to make him feel as if Ihe was in the land of sport. In view of anVexciting chase on the couver and its surroundings to-day. What it will be this time next year, it :a impossible to say. so rapidly is it growing. By reference to the PLAN OS THE NINTH PAOE, The shape and mode of laying out the streets will be seen, is also the location of some of the more important buildings and places. The proposed new Park comprises the whole of the Government reservation (shown on the index map), lying on the peninsula formed by " the Narrows," Coal Harbor aud English bay. From the park to Burrard street the lots are laid out for private residential property, and many exc.-U nt sites will be found here. From Burrard street and continuing away in an easterly direction, lies the business portion of the town. Granville str?et ia about to be extended across False Creek, and will then shortly be carried right through down to the Fraser Biver delta, forming a r< ady road to a new market from all points,of this vast agricultural district. Water street and the whole of the dip and level ground following the rail- peninsula was one mass of forest, crowded with trees of enormous size, some as mnoh as eight to ten feet in diameter and 300 feet high, that now some 1000 acres are cleared at an average cost of $250 or more an aore; that ">e city in the like interval has grown from praoticaiij, «oth<~ to 6000 inhabitants. That some twelve miles of roao -a, and twenty miles of sidewalks hav« been graded aud pi.snkad- tbat sewers have been constructed at a cost of $2o>,ouo, that water schemes have been discussed and settled; fire limits and laws established; a Board of Trade inangurated; hospital established, and all tbe work tbat these and similar matters entail, we say when we consider all this and the shore time in which all the work has been accomplished and the excellent way in which everything has been done, we certainly think that the Mayor aud City Council have produced wonders and are deserving of tbe best thanks, not merely of their city but of tbe province. We have, however, by no means finished with the Mayor and Council yet. It goes without saying that men of this calibre are too stores as a whole, being suitable for a furniture store and warehouse or any other wholesale business or factory. Mr. G. W. Grant, of New Westminster and Vancouver, is the architect. Messrs. Band Bros., Beal Estate Brokers, are the fortunate occupiers of the corner building in this block, and mnst be congratulated upon having one of tbe finest < ffices in town- Adjoining Messrs. Rand Brothers' office is the store occupied by Mr. Nelson as tbe "City Drug Store," and it may truly be said that tbere is no handsomer or more commodious store in the province. THE LADY STEPHEN BLOCK On Hastings street, a sketch of whioh will be found on page 11, is another very fine building—one aide of which is occupied by tbe PoBtoffice and the other side by Messrs. Boss & Ceperley. the well-known reel estate brokers. A glance st this sketch will give our readers some idea of the thriving business of these trusted and popular morrow, what associations ever oling to the open grate, to the snspended trophies of rod and reel, of gun and rifle? " I told the landlord to his'face, The chimney corner waa the {place." Here, as yon sit within the capacious chimney and strain jour neck and eyes to watch the crackling sparks and curling smoke on their way to the frosty air above, you stretch your weary limbs towards the blazing pine logs and listen to the wondrous "fish tales" or to tbe spicy yarns of your many new- made friends tid your intended visit of a day is prolonged into a month before you realize where you are. At the C. P. B. Hotel, ho-v- ever, no effort has been made to tempt the tourist to "break his journey" here. Inst, ad of a wide, capacious chimney corner, Mg enough to hold an ordinary smoking-room, the large, bare office has not even on open grate ' It is heated—tell it not io Oath -by that most detestable of all modern "improvements" (save the mark) namely the steam-heater. The way will unquestionably command the mercantile and wholesale offices and warehouses. The rest of the town site, practically, is the property of the v r YANCOCVIB IMPBOTEMENT COMPANY LTMTTKD. This area of land which comprises the eastern half of the city of Vancouver, is now on the market It consists of Sections 181 and. 196 (about 300 seres) and is rapidly being built up. Lying high, as it does, witha gentle slope to the shore of Burrard Inlet, it possesses un- equaled facilities for drainage; it ha' been cleared of timber at great expense, is free of all ravines and other inequalities of surface which might deter tho progress of building During the past Summer about ten miles of streets, snd double that length of sidewalks have been made. It possesses the best water front of the city of Vancouver, and, in short, such is the natural importance of this property that the Canadian Pacifio Company deferred bringing their line on to Vancouver for many months during which time negotiations were WIDE AWAKB To ait down tamely and let their city mould its own destinies at haphazard. Men who secure the grading of their streets in advance to the extent and perfection tbat obtains in this oity men who have tbe oourege to accomplish work of this kind in an infant city at an expenditure of $150,000, men who hare the oapaoitv to carry such works through with the same business forethought and forsignted policy as these men have shown are not likely to let their city of the future starve or want of enterprise and industries. An exemplification of this was shown, while we were in the city the council voting, and the citizens by ballot'com- a obant or $45,000. Of this sum $20,000 was voted as the first in- stalment for their Isying out of the new nark which, when finished, will be one of the lareesi and most magnificent in tbe world, and $25- 000 aa s bonus to enoonrage the establishment chine shops, and the like, will speedily follow. The Hospital alao will cost $20,000, and there are in adSltioo, several large private enterprises such as gas, aleetric "ght and other companies. The water company, also a private venture,is constructing reservoirs, Isying pipes, and otherwise computing the water system at . cost of $280,000. The reservoir is nine miles distant, across Burrard Inlet, at aa elevation of 430 feet. The water will be brought thence in pipes and from ita great pressure will throw a jet some 300 feet above the highest part of tbe city obviating all necessity for fire engines. There will instead be hydrants at olose intervals all over the oity. These and kindred matters too numerous to mention have closely occupied the attention of the City Couneil, and so long as Vancouver returns men of this mettle to look after ita interests, we oan WITH CONTTDENCE BECOMMEND Our mercantile friends and all seeking profitable investment for their money, to trust their energy and enterprise to the fostering oare of the City Fathers of this go-a-head plaee. Wa hare spoken pretty fully about tha CTTY COUNCIL And their labors, and it will be well, therefore, to say a word about tbe Aldermen composing it. First then the "Worahipful Mayor,'' KB. M. A. MACLEAN, Is a native of Scotland. He came to Canada with his parents ia 1845. He takes very active interest in tbe welfare of Vancouver and assisted largely in getting it incorporated aa a city. In an edition of this paper two years ago we ventured to prophesy he would be elected as the first Mayor, since which time he has been twice elected to the poet and has devoted all his tims and energy to the duties of his office. ALDEBMAN B. H. ALEXANDER Is also a native of Scotland. He also has always shown s lively interest in the welfare of the city and was one of the first to prepare its incorporation. ALDEBMAN BOBKBT GLABX Is another native of Scotland, and ia somewhat dUpneed to think thst tbe less public attention is drawn m. Vancouver the better, and tha' foreign newspaper, avteinly ought not to be encouraged to cross the boa**,.. ALDEBMAN L. A. HAMILTON, P. a. £S. Is also of Sootoh extraction. He was eng»a«d as a surveyor on tbe British North American Boundary Company In defining the forty- ninth parallel. He subsequently acoepted a situation as chief land surveyor to the Canadian Pacific Bailwsy Company and now holds the position of Assistant Land Commissioner ALDERMAN JOSEPH HUMPHRIES Is s native of Ontario,and stated that he waa induced to settle in British Columbia owing to a stray copy of the San Frincisco Journal or Commebce falling into his hands. He now represents the Moodyville Sawmill Company in this city. ALDERMAN JOHN LKTBVBB Is snother native of Ontario. He graduated at McGill University, taking the first Sutherland Gold Medal. He practised medicine in Brook- right of the mill, m the foreground, will be .... the oook-house and dining-rcto. wh.r. .n.1 bands take their meals, and beiwe^oV ",'he buildings, in ths distanoe, ws just «2.k Blimnseof the new C. P. B. hotel J*.,°h. » glimpse »itn the coast range of mountains for a background When weerrived at the mill tha good •Uamahir, Mamie was lying at the wharf, and our g,mJj guide (the manager of the works) insisted thai ws must "begin st the beginning,' before w. oould arrive at a proper understanding 0f iT. lumber business. Acting under this bai7.J nothing would satisfy him till we had prornued to board the Mamie and to accompany hirst, Cardero channel in order tbat wa raivht •take in" his loguing camp. The jonr ney was uneventful, except that Pencil, as usual, oooasior ed us considerable trouble by resorting to all sorts of tricks to stop the boat every few minutes in order 11 "slap it in » At first we had some STmi atby for him, for wa did certainly pass through fairy-land—bays and channels snd creeks, with little islands etadded about like floating gardens, tbe water, moreover, as smooth as molten lead, and the deep purple of the distant mountains here and there relieved by a snow-capped peak beyond, or some ragged promontory in the foreground that was at times almost too much svea fer our own more matter of fsct constitution. At last ws succeeded in locking Pencils up below and in dne oonrse found ourselves welcomed at THE LOOOINO C*MP. Now don't suppose for a moment that tha logging fraternity do not know bow to take cars of themselves. Here by the side of a cool and gurgling livu'et our friends have pitched not their tents, bnt their cosy plank huts. A tasty supper awaits each hungry woodsman as he sights the we'eome spot,and many s yarn is spun and many a joke ia oracked around the fabled campflre; the blaz<ng logs now casting a rosy 'int over the rugged faces, now bringing out in bold relief tbe outlii.es of the weuried forma that stretch themselves around, whilst tbe blue smoke curli up.ard through the straight and stately channels of the giant trees till it merges in the darkness of ths vaulted roof above. Not thus, however, do the loggers spend the night, for soon the campflre is forsaken and each one reals him in his own particular bunk. Before we leave tbe camp ju-t take a peep within the larder—venisen and bear, grouse, salmon and tront; no need to go hungry in these forests. You notice tbnt some thirty men or so are camping here, bnt do uot imagine that all are engaged in cutting trees. Out of these thirty m<n only two ate knights of the axe. The thick and tangled forest ia not a> ea-tily connuered aa most people may imagios as they sit in tbeir soft arm chairs at home. Ia STABTINO A liar The first requirement is to build a road. Now this LOOKING TOWARDS ENGLISH BAY FBOM A CORNER OF THE < NEW PARK. nreLfr?,r!Ln,*time.bntJ't ">• Winning of the ; doesn't mean just rl.sring'. track of a few ii!?0. l^Z™.i •£! ** to tht P°*">od of sur- trees snd stumps and underbrush, but the for- geon on the Psetflo Division of the O. P. E. | nation of a road over which heavv log., some- alderman oeo. h. LooKEKBT '• times 13 i.( 14 feet in diameter, and 100 feet or Is a native of Prince Edward's Island. He is a *° >°ng, may be brought down to ihe coast. machinist by trade and oame to this oity in July J This is accomplished in the first place bya of last year. I gang of "swampers." who go ahead and clear alderman iosbph mannion the way of all obstructions, ready for ths Is a native of Ireland. Thie is the alderman "skidders" to take a hold. Ihe "skidden" wL° W" *° ,c*red °T P°°r Psocils' remarks answer to "section men" on s railroad, and are about "taking in the oity," and hoped that "no ! constantly at work making aud repairing ths Meterary thramps' would be aomin' j roads The logging Mad is bail* with "skids," HASTINGS' SAWMILL AND SHIPPING. Material. Cost Brick $10,000 Cement 10,000 Brick 100,0 JO Briok 6,000 Cut stone 42,000 Cut stone 40,000 Briok 15,000 Brick 15,000 Stone 20,i 00 Briok 18,000 Briok 10,000 Brick 10.000 Brick 10,000 Out stoat li,000j ag.nta, and of their handsome and excellent offices. For an infant a year old, this oity may, indeed, well be proud of ils already large sprinkling of brick and granite buildings, ita plsts glass and aubstant.il blocks, most of which not merely poss ss great character, but show considerable taste in their architectural construction. The now O. P. B. HOTEL Is also nesring completion. A distant view of tbis hotel will be seen in the sketch of Messrs. Leamy A Kyle's mill. It is full of gable ands, with a double row of dormer windows in the wide sloping roof, after ths style on the continent ot Europe, and presents s picturesque snd pleasing a) pear- j Before reaching Vancouver we bad 1 bed-rooms, in fact pretty Well the whole house, will be heated by these noisy, suffocating nuisances. Where steam-heaters, stoves, hot air furnsces and other health destroying monstrosities ."are supplementary merely, of course, there is not the same objection, but when as in this hotel most of the rooms have nut a single open grate to take off the foul and heated air the situation becomes unbearable. Opening a window or a transom doss not help matters muoh. This, of course, lets in oool sir, bot it does not let out the foetid remains that continue to accumulate in the chambers. Hot sir, it is well known, creates a draft inward, and will not properly escape except by means of some still hotter outlet, as for instance the updraft of a chimney with a fire in the grate. So long as there ar. other hotels in the city with open fire plsees, pending for the acquirement by that company of one-third of this property. All the more important industries of the city are located here.among others the "Hastings-'Sawmill with wharves attached. An iron foundry also is in course of construction and tbe Anthracite Coal Company a lsrge bunkers, togethsr with ths proposed smelting works will also be in this vicinity. The City Hall. Pubiio School. Churoh of England, Presbyterian and Baptist Churohes. together with the residences of the Msyor and Srincipal merchants are all on this propertv tr. R. G. Tallow, of Vancouver, ia the com! pany s agent. The oity is governed by a Municipal Counoil composed of a Worsnipf al Mayor and ten Aldermen. So long as THE BCLLNO SPIRITS On this Board oontinus to hold the majority. I minro works. When it is considered that ore fW,m .v.- provine. 1. at th. present time shippe^.U the" way to Denver. Colorado, th. important be., mg that hese new smelters will have upon "he mining industry of British Columbia ^ scarcely be over-estimated. Now that the truiik railroad is an accomplished tact, branch Mne- to every rtch mining field will foilow.aud fo ,° w as quickly as they can be fnrm.il. Ji i once the ball begin, to roll" Stft^ fuiii biiry pronu"ed to keep* ■*■* Aaa NATCBAL BBSTfLS, itai of Um£w3 ixiJ? $-£tw3i$%S around atari, atari. A">KBMA!I DAVID OPPENHEIMEB Is ths life aad soul of the Council, and unless we greatly mistake. wiU be elected by acclamation to fill the office of Mayor in the coming year. He is a native of Bavaria and spent hia boyhood on the banks of the Rhine. Mr. Op- penheimer own. property here, hi. interests being widespread and scattered over all the prinoipal centers of the city, whether East, west or South. His was the first axe to dear the city front site. Mr. Onpenheimer has done muoh for the province. He has not only made money here, but as soon as made be haa re-in- veated it in some new venture, thus always adding his all to the growth aud prosperity of the place . He holds also at present the office of Chairman of the Finance Committee. AI.DBBM1B I. A Ar OV-FEBHKIMBB, £le5.*5 aoooBipanied David tu thia country in 1848. The two brothers came to this Province in 1860. and have been associated together ever since sharing each other's vicissitudes and prosperity. ALDEBMAN K. SAHDERS Is a native of London, England. He came to this province in 1886 and commenced buainees as a builder. The Major and Aldermen have oor hearty good wishes. Long m»y they live to fill their seTeral positions with honor to themselves and to the profit and welfare of their ruling city. the c. r. a. So mnch has been written and said from tims to time of the Canadian Pacifio Railroad which, moreover, oan well afford to blow it. own trumpet, through it. own publication., that we will S , U. ? ,np "luab,e ■P»oe by repeating the oft told tale To any thiulmg man iti. enough ■?_**»■»■ Vancouver as th. deep-water, main. U,a..r?S,ns!" "' ,thn P-anti* TOBd. IU fatur. is assured beyond all question. log. about 12 inches iu diameter, flat are placed about 9 feet apart. The read* and their various branches are made to follow the grouad so as to secure a natural and gradual incline to ths water. Tree, are selected and felled al <ng- ■ide the roads or within a certain distance therefrom. The above cut .how. A LCHK-EK Engaged in felling a tree. Our readers will observe tbat if the logger at o I ou tbe ground, or even at his own height therefrom, the circumference of the '.r, .■ .1 t.'iat |»'iui would gir. him double the work tbat it avail highsr up. Tne logger, therefore, cuts a notch in the tree at Ihe rrq lired distauo. lrom ths ground aud in this notch he insert, his "springboard." and en thia he stands aa he cuts the tree in its ■mailer circumference. Alter the trees are felled comes the ■ -s . o|-T." That ia. the placing them ou the "skid road." This is done by means of a cable, a snatch- block and an ox team of 8 to 10 oxen. On. «nd of tbe cable is fastened to a tree or a .tump, at the right angle on the opposite aide of the road. The anatch block is then lasteued to the trunk, tbe oxen pull upon th. block aud by thia immense leverage the truuk is drawn and.placed upon the road. A "l.OAD', I. theu made up on the road. Twelve oxen are chained to the load of logs; the skids are well greased, the fore part of each log is "sniped" 'that is beveled like an ice-sled) so as to run over the skids without catobing in th.ni, or tearing them up, and in thi. manner a load of some 6,000 to 8.000 ,'eet at a time is hauled down to water. H.re a "booh" Is formed of some four to five hundred thou*- ,__ _ .. , — ** •» •■Bur uti>auai mucn i — . nrr>'niN un i iiititr wi«*"" — reiM SLIT »»<>»•«.. her. and hold the '•tf™ of the "drag ' .t ,he Commercial MU1 caoiial ,r?J „ .22! for "* »»ouot of energy. "ere we are theu bask stain with buaiuess enterprising. pree- nt. they wiUnot be long in doing it either LOQGING —nager, immensely. Tbe mill has a cap u-itv for 75.000 feet a day, and employs .bout ;«10 men (all wbitel. In connection with the null ia a RH1P-TARD, And a scow now on'the slips is inwurse of **• Here also waa built their »»» Ti.uhthe6rmm^r;rite,rd<!not •& creek. You wdl flrTrl lTwmi11" Jo»» "cross False ! slruction. net Messrs. Le«mT MTwS.m*^m" Proprietors, I good 8. 8. Mamie, registering 1>0 tons, *ss every attention, and von' SaE. " u 0W 7°° ""Si"18 "1",",U "' *"•<*"-' of th. prettiest vi.wjo? vii '" °bUm °"\ **??■ U,m^ V •">• "'"led h*re <*'T a stretch of tandaoane th.. *ncoOTir "d enioy *oms 12 months since, and have already dous the world, l'.ncil, ^^c"^^ be beaten in wondera-putting up tbeir mill aid buildii* over there abounded in "ti,.V v.?.* W.hol<> ,hor' "PPort»nant thereto, built th. ir steamboat as* tbat m.y mean, .nd that evlr^"^ »hateT.r »»• «« or .ev.n scow., and altogether roa ■oms new picture Mcnmrhp0aKhtou' W-°"" "toni.ned ,t tne busy scens the other. H.iuath.-.i * ch.rm.ng than mill, but i7£?t£2V°y*e little readers on bits wdl r in" the was neceaaary to reserve ths J?* "noths, oooason. Oar 10, and wftl observe the ill to the ^T9?1". down" frooT • the tiJUZL now *" *»• °«*'n«. « route to the 'ssMMMoa ■ vsSJTiasjas. To iddition the busy i~~— to which ih«y have just cosapl't*" pile driving for a new yaid and «.b factory, o» the Vancouver town ait*, just opposite ib"! mill near the C. P. R round-honae. ass i handy to their line of rails, 'hey constructed a ..itch light int* j cloes whenoe their new yard. They so a large local troda, aad IrsaJy abi»J lb aonslderably to u. East. ,«** Ha BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION SAN FRANCI8JPO JOURNAL OF COMMERCE-VANCOUVER. 9 RIAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE RIAL ESTATE Real Estate Brokers % Financial Agents Dices at Vancouver and New Westminster, B. G. We have the Choicest Lots On the Market ^An^r jfj^gfrHr^^ We can get Any Other LOTS For You at ■■ HBasBSBsaf ^ '"' BSBsasi ^^ ^---^L_i^A^--- Lowest Prices. jfortiMfe^^ SSSKSSv Agents for the Celebrated BRIGHOUSE, HAILSTONE & MORTON ESTATES, Comprising the Greater Part Of Lot 185, the "Nob Hill" of VANCOUVER. THOUSANDS of Acres FARM LANDS THOUSANDS of Acres ON THE FRASER RIVER DELTA! RENTS COLLECTED, INVESTMENTS Estates Make No Mistake, "but Go to MADE. Managed for Non-Residents RAND BROS Wilson Block, Cordova st., Vancouver. V 10 BRITISH COLUMBIAN EDITION SAN FRANCISCO mTTPTJAT. OF COMMERCE-VANCOUVER. \ ■B" VANCOUVER. Continued from Eighth Page. REAL ESTATE ITEMS. "History Repeats Itself." "If I had invested a hundred dollars, sir, in San Francisco in the 'early days' and hung on till now, I'd have been worth my million. Just think of it!" Point out the man on the coast who has not heard some 'Friscan complaining of his luck somewhat as above. In Chicago you will meet with the same weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, and so indeed in the vicinity of any of our rapidly- gTowing cities. Perhaps nothing strikes- a Tit" iior from the old country so forcibly as the fatvu- lous growth of our centers of industry. On tbis continent we have become familiarized with the sudden springing into existence of almost ready.made towns. We pass over the rolliug prairies or beat our wayjthrongh the tangled forest and on our return a few months later, houses have replaced the trees, whilst streets and eable cars monopolize the prairie, and it is thought beneath our dignity to give expression even to an exclamation of surprise. If we could only know before hand the winning horse at the approaching Derby, or the lucky number of the Louisiana Lottery, what a snug little fortune we might make, nnd so with the cities that spring themselves upon ns as if by magic on this continent of ours. If we could only get the ''straight tip" as to what city wonld secure the popular favor; what spot on the prairie; what tangled mass in the forest would forthwith blossom and bud with houses and stores and busy industries, how easy it would be to become a millionaire! Barely do "coming events cast their shadows before " with the same marked outline as in tbis infant City of Vancouver, and yet will history repeat itself. Many will be the lamentations in a few years to come about the "golden opportunity lost." When Hastings street is connected with Hastings by cable-ear, when Granville street has become the "Market street, "extending to English hay and taps the agricultural district beyond; when Cordova street gives place to wholesale stores, and Waler street and the whole of the level ground of the hollow and along the line, become monopolized by shippers and merchants; when smelters and foundries, shipyards and factories, and the grimy homes of steel and iron, coal and coke fringe the magnificent stretch ol waterfront; when the whole peninsula is covered with bricks and mortar, the town extending along the Westminster road, and the busy ferries taking the surplus population to the second Oakland across the Day, then shall we hear the same groans in the streets of Vancouver, the same striking upon the thigh, as in our own city of "Frisco to-day: " Oh, that I had given any price in the ' early days' to have bought the lots where new stands that factory, that smelter, that warehouse or the like." "Just to think that I might have owned half Market (Granville) street, or the whole of Kearny (Powell) street. If I had only looked a little ahead, and studied a bit the signs of the times." These and such like regrets will follow with the same certainty as will the rapid development of the oity. We know of no place where TELE LINES OF THK FGTTTBE Are, or ever have been, so clearly marked as in this same city of Vancouver. Let us summarise a few of them:— 1. Here is just now completed the end (or the beginning, which you please,) of the mainland portion of a line that circles the globe. Here is the spot that men of unsurpassed •>. to the place as being too cramped and narrow in its views and aspirations, and content, moreover, at all times, to sit in tbe manger and bowl if others attempted to do that which it either could not or would not do itself. A local press should be supported at all times, and, indeed, subsidized if necessary; but its supporters should be careful to select an editor, with broad ideas, and one capable of viewing everything tending to the interests of tbe city from a disinterested standpoint. Such, then, are some of the PBOS. AXD CONS. Concerning this city and her people. The "Cane.," as will be seen, are comparatively trivial in themselves, and easily remedied; the "Pins.." in our opinion, are as everlasting as tbe hills. We will not leave the line of thought suggested by this article without a word upon the FKKSENT VAXUia. We have stated a fee of our reasons for thinking tbat this oity will rapidly enter the lists with the other wonuerful growths on this continent, and it will be as well, therefore, to compare its present values with those of some of our remarkable cities that a few short years ago could only show values equal.to Vancouver ot to-day: Comparative prices of.valuable property per front foot in Chicago ! $6000 Cincinnati 3000 Cleveland 3000 San Francisco 3000 St. Louis 2500 Los Angeles 2000 Omaha 1000 Denver -60 Vancouver 150 Comparative table of tha cheapest business property within one mile of the center of business, per foot frontage: Chicago *300 St. Louis 200 Cincinnati 150 San Francisco 150 Los Angeles 150 Cleveland 100 Denver 100 Omaha 100 Vancouver—altogether too low to estimate— say about $300 per acre. Comparative table of residential property per foot frontage: Chicago Cleveland Cincinnati San Francisco... St. Louis Los Angeles Denver Omaha Vancouver 3800 800 600 450 200 150 150 J 100 20 From the above, it will be seen, therefore, if we are right in our judgment as to the probable rapid growth of this city, and the public can weigh well some of onr reasons stated above for arriving at this conclusion, then indeed there is ample room yet for profitable investment as well as profitable enterprises, and our prophecy above, we tbink, will be fulfilled, tbat fn a very few sears to come, groans will be heard in the streets of Vancouver, and many a slap upon the thigh as people bewail the chance they missed by not investing in the early days. energy, pluck, perseverance, skill, money, forethought and indonritable will, have spent $200,000,000 to reach ! 3. Here is a port, whilst yet in its infancy, that holds the backing and support, not merely of the Dominion and her strongest and most capable men, but also of her mother country —a country at once the wealthiest and most powerful of the world. 4. Here is the first mainland touching point We are indebted to Messrs. Band Brothers—whose judgment in matters relating to real estate Is second to none on this continent—for the above tables, as also for much valuable information respecting Vancouver and vicinity. We take this opportunity of acknowledging our obligations and of thanking them warmly for their courtesy and attention. Rand Brothers. If every one in this exceptionally wideawake, go-ahead city was possessed of the same energy and business-like capacity, tbe same fearlessness of " casting their bread upon the waters " —tbe same recognition of the advantages to be derived from seeking for outside support and the sharing of the good things this city enjoys as do tbe Band Bros., this wonderful infant would be still more wonderful to-day even than it is. The prica of lots would be even double wbat they are, many would be the substantial enterprises even now in full blast, and large indeed would be the outside capital flowing hitherward for investment and the fostering of legitimate industries. Messrs. Band Brothers are thorough-going THE WILSON BLOCK—Hand Bros.'s Offices, the CUy Druq Store, and other business houses. by water with her rich sister colonies of Anstra-1 real estate brokers, with whom it is a pleasure lasia, and the wealth of the Indies; whilst, on the other band, here is tbe List house of call, bo to speak, ou the mainland, at the end of a line traversing a country larger in area than tbe United States. These lines of travel, moreover, being deemed of sufficient importance already to secure a special and substantial subsidy from Great Britain. 5. Here, also, is the most perfect harbor the world cun show, entirely protected at every point, and capable of affording shelter to the largest fleet and the biggeBt ships of any navy of modern times. 6. Here coal and iron, both of the first quality, go hand in hand, a similar cause alone accounting for the secret of England's greatness to-day. England is the workshop of the world, and who shall say that similar causes will not shortly make Vancouver the workshop of the Pacific slope? 7. Here is the most charming climate of the world, and the gronnd-work for one of the most picturesque residential quarters that Dame Nature could bestow. 8. Whilst not only does coal, iron and lumber lie at her very threshold, and rich minerals within her province only awaiting short branches from -lit- new trunk line for their development, but tbe food supply for her own requirements is practically inexhaustible. The finest salmon may be bought at your door for a cent a pound, and the islands and delta of the Eraser liver, under 5 miles distant, supply some hundreds of thousands of acres of the finest agricultural land in the world, being an accumulation ot the washings of the mountains. These are a few of the thoughts that will occur to any business man as he contt-mpl.*tea this intant city, but the list migbt be continued almost without end. On the other hand to ne cbiticsx: The streets are somewhat too narrow. The seat ot government of the railroad (Montreal; —considering tbe enormous bearing it has upon the place—is too remote from the town, thus losing touch of its interests and wishes, to the common detriment of the company and the people alike. The people are somewhat too conbervative, timid at uuopting anything n< w or lifting themselves out of a rut. and whilst very energetic in all mutters touching their own comfort or the well-being ot their city, are apt to be content to lose more than half the benefit of their energy by u>.og very inadequate means to take their light from under a bushel—an evidence, of **n tail influence," "absenteeism," * delegated authority," or come similar cause tending to n rrowrnindedness. hhowing small cap icily to grasp the future, as well as a l.ck of aspiration b- yoiid the mediocre. It is a curious fact tbat narrow street* in our experience are alwayn sure and certain evidences that there are Biiue narrow minds around exciting their inilueuc■-. Vai couver, in some respects, shows iinruistuk hie signs of compromises effected b> tlie broader una more far- sighted citizens with their smaller minded. wtak-ku. t it brethren. In the natureof thing*, ■ome men with minds as hi all as tneir bodies, must txiht in evtry community, tut it would be a wise policy to buy them out and to send them back from wbeme tbey came—one small minded man will do more to rt t rd a nraiHi than ten strong men can do to urge it forward —a fac*t that the citizens in all the three citits ot British Columbia wou-d do well to bear in mind at each recurring election. We can thoroughly sympathize with those BIO-HEABTKn. Enterprising meu, who, in spite of all opposition, have carried this oity through all its municipal difficulties withadiaplay of forethought, judgment, and breadth of ideas that have not only produced rt.su ts unique in themselves, but that have, moreover, left such an impress npon their work tb-u the careful observer cannot fall to recognize in this city au infant prodigy destined for great things. Our kind friends will pardon us one more criticism. It is a pity that the LOCAL PEEHS Ii not up to the standard of its sister cities. A local newspaper plays a most important part, and bus Us own, welt-defined duties to perform. No one, moreover, expects it to make itself ridiculous by any attempt to go beyond them, If the local press moreover, from any cause, cannot offer hospitality to an accredited editor oh a visit to the city, it would at Icftst be well to observe the usual courtesy of returning his call by leaving a card. This the more if he receive! a visit from a confrere of another nationality. We think, for the credit of the Stars aud tit ripen, we may my that an editor of the local press in Vancouver would find the metropolitan press of 'Frisco more alive to the Amenities of society. However, this is a small matter, and is thrown in incidentally on the spur of the moment. What we intended to allude to was, that the press appeared to be a detriment to do business; not merely is their jarfgment unsurpassed, their business record spotless, their experience large and their knowledge as experts in their line of business beyond dispute, but their enterprise is endless, and their energy is a by-word in the province. Up with tbe lark, they are nevertheless not afraid of the midnight oil; here, there and everywhere with their customers and clients, it is wonderful how they get through the daily routine of their business. From our own observation it appeared to us tbat more feet crossed their threshold in a day than that of any other house in town in a week. Here are their headquarters, but they have a branch also at New Westminster, and have some oi tbe most desirable investments to offer in any part of tbe town or province- including large lists of city properties, as well as farms and ranches on the Fraser river delta, and in all parts of the province. Mines and mining stock also fall within their sale lists, as also iron and coal lands, timber limits, and every imaginable property or investment to be found in the province. They have just moved into their fine new offices, situate in the Wilson block, the largest building in town—a cut of which appears above. TRAVELING ON THE SOUND. STEAMBOAT LUXURIES. "The Premier." "Ease 'erl" "Stop 'erl" "Turn 'er starn!" What "innocent abroad" has not taken his penny ride down the Thames from Westminster to London bridge, or from the Surrey Side to Charing Cross, and watched the poor little urchin shivering in the wet and cold, keeping one eye down the engine room and the other fixed upon the captain as he walks the" bridge '• above? The captain signals with his fingers to the boy on the deck below, who howls out the order down the hatchway to the engineer: "'Ed easy!" " sturn-n-n easy!" Everything easy except tbe passengers, who, as a rule, are pretty uneasy—packed like sardines ou one deck without a saloon or a cabin—not even a root or au awning, wet or shine, baking hot or freezing cold. This primitive stfite of things exists, we believe, to tbis day, and we often wondi r what some of our Old Country friends would say could they be suddenly transferred to the deck of one of the floating palaces that span tbe inland seas of the far West—if they would venture to tbe term incognita, beyond the wild home of Buffalo Bill and the uncivilized redskin, the land of the setting sun* and the fnr-Li.'d settlements of the Hudson Bay! We wiil endeavor to give our refined and luxuriant L >ndon friends a little idea of th- sort of boats we indulge in here as we travel from point to point ou the sounds and straits and inland seas of this rough and tumble country of their imagination. Well, here is the "Premier" lying at the wharf ; come aboard with us, O luxurious Londoner! No, no. You need not bring tbat umbrella with you; if it sbould ruin we will promise you better shelter than struggling against the wind and storm wiih that flimsy thing as if you were on one of your own penny boats on the busy Thames! Ah! beie we are. Come in here. This is the drawing- room. What do you think of it f One hundred and thirty feet long and more.. This is belter than getting under an nmbrel'n, eh? Try one of those easy chairs or throw yourself at length ou that soft cushioned couch. You can take a nap, no one will disturb yon, and this thick Brussels carpet will deaden all noise. \ot tkepjf? Well, then, we'll get on with our inspection. See that piano by J. A' C, Fischer of New York? Oh, yes, we have "heaps of fun " on the "Premier" sometimes — no one thinks of getting seasick here. Thoto oil pnihtinys in ihe panel? They are illustrative of the scenery in British Columbia. Just look into one or two of theso staterooms, there are forty-four on this upper deck and forty-eight below—altogether the boat can accommodate 13f> passengers—see there are two comfortable berths to each state-room, fitted with spring mattresses and everything that modern comfoit can think of. No danger of upsetting a lamp or setting your bed on fire, no necessity even to strike a match to get a light, just turn that tap and you havo at once a bright electric light; turn it back and yon are in darkness again. Those taps over the wash basin supply you with hot or cold water at pleasure at any time of night or day. Turn the other tap there, tbe basin will empty itself, no fear of upsetting anything. Now just look in here. This is one of the bridal chambers. There are five rooms like this; see, pull back that curtain,a regular double "fourposter." Ah! we thought this would "fetch you." Regular floating hotel, eh? Notice that bureau, that mirror, that wardrobe, that washstand. Like to get married, would you? just for the sake of being entitled to ta^e one of these double state' rooms? Well there's plenty of opportunity for making desperate love aboard, see all these little flirtation corners round the drawing-rcom with soft seats and cool retreats, to say nothing of the charming promenades on the upper deck. Now let ns walk through behind here. This is tbe smoking-room, about 20x30 feet, here you may enjoy your cigar in peace or indulge in a quiet game of whist tha while. On the middle deck is a fine saloon with CONCERNING AGENTS AND AGENTS ROOMS. It may be noticed that the word "boom," except us applied to a raft of logs, nowhere appears in tbis edition, as applied to British' Columbia or any portion of the province, property is riirtatly placed Some agents for instance will just "suck" a big estate for what it is worth, content merely to sit down idly anil take their fees as they come along- Others will be content to take the lion's share of commissions whilst they let some minor agents do toe work, spend the money in advertising and developments, and generally hunt up the buyers and settlers. And others again will actually wish to retard a sale or to keep back the natural arowth of a country in order that they may "have it all." If landowners cannot see through 'these narrow-minded, smill-souled individuals it ia no business of ours to open their eyes, but ««1 estate offloes would be besieged by lines ofpeo^e exfendiug a quarter of . ««• «£ bag'their turn, like the crowd at •£•*■**■** o/a sal. of P»'«,« ,«oket9/Thf. Tbere Britisher, however, will none of th... There i, not the slightest particle af> >•»■.*■« the prices rise-rapidly nse and steadily rise- in spite of everything. . The following are some of the more prominent real estate men in this city: MESSES. BOSS A CIFEBLET Occupy very handsome new premises in the Lady Stephens Block. ' new piciutno-' •— The bnilding is of a state-rooms and offices, aud on the deck below, all above the water line, a comfortable dining-room arsanged to seat some forty persons at a time. We'll go down to dinner presently, but come up here first to the upper deck. Now isn't this a fine place to "take your walks abroad" and get up your appetite. There's the captain's room and there the first officer's. Isn't tbat good enough for a prince? That is the "wheel house" right in the bow (see accompanying sketch). No necessity here for the notice that invariably meets you in the Old Country of "do not«peak to the man at tbe wheel," the public don't get a chance of doing so here. The wheel is comfortably housed, protected from wind and weather, and placed at tbe vantage point whence the clearest look-out can be obtained; no boy is wanted to try his lnugs against the storm before you can "stop 'er" or "turn 'er starn." From this Bluebeard's closet, where no one is permitted to enter, the captain can communicate at once with the engineer or indeed with any part of the ship. Speaking of the engineer reminds us that tbe engines are well worth inspection. They were made entirely by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco and are of the very latest design. All the pipes center to one point and the engineer can control every part of the machinery without moving his position, thus closing or opening any given valve jnst by stretching out MOODYVILLE FROM THE HAKBOK. and the omis?ion is natural. Had we been^sre do say to our df"™ traveling through California the word would iends and distant 1 readers *»orre*pond probably have appeared twenty times in every-^-ith and column, but a "boom" is not indigenous to thej MAKe todb De- soil where floats the British flag. A species of qui si us *'boom."oertainIy,may be forced into existence of» UVB and en6r" •. 5 .a. .. * - _- i w .!cede men ; seek here and there—a sort of spurious article—but j*onr property. your city lot, your farm. . it invariably "busts." enterprise, whatever it "may be, where men of __ (energy and push are surrounding you; be care- the bbitish DETKBT anything FOBCBD jfaj to se*tle od estates, or sections, or quar- And unnatural, and would simply avoid ajters of a city where the owner, or agent , ., ,, ., - a j % M .. -or ruling spirit is alive aud wide-awake and you boom as they would avoid a painted face, or a™.,*^ ^ ^ h Toa pBY twice tbe incmy bleached bead of hair. Some people carry thiB fQr voar interest. feeling, however, to an i As we mentioned in another columu, the city I of Vancouver recently AB3UBD AND DAMAGING EXTENT. !Ui »•"""«.« *«v j — . i., tt- . u *u i *»**! VOTED 325,000 AS A BtrBSIDT Notably m Victoria, where the real estate agents hove an idea that everybody is going to!For Bmelting works. In itself this may not be \~ . . , . w, ... ,_ a very crest thine, but as an indication of the hunt up a geography to search out British *££ ft cannot be overestimated. In casting Columbia, and that tbey are doing their dutyl jn your iot with men of this calibre you may to their clients by hanging up a big map of | rest assured that your interest will be secured, the property entrusted them for sale* and that men of fjresight, judgment and capao- in some fusty little inner office wherelity will look ahead sufficiently for the protec- nebody oan see it! In the opinion j tion, well-being and prosperity of the oom- of these exclusive agents, it would, in fact, bejmunity. And as with cities, so with property quite an indelicate act to expose their city to|owners, so with agents. Let as urge you the public gaze through the columns of a news; again to cast in your lot with those who give paper. These men. moreover, are equally!bast proof that tbey are alive and wide awake. Moodyville from the Milt Grounds. very substantia' character, constructed of massive granite blocks. A sketch of tbe*e premises will be found on p*ge 11 of this edition. Half the building is devoted to the use of the Postoffice, and Messrs. Ross & Ceperley occupy the other half. It will be seen, therefore, that they 'hold the fort,' so far as position and locality are concerned. Their office, moreover, is handsomely fitted! and furnished, and the whole surroundings at once inspire you with confidence in the solidity, reliability, enterprise and capacity of the men who are conducting the business*. The Senior partner holds a very enviable and ■oon acquired the reputation of being the most euo 3id olxTutor in Canada, bu name extending to v3.Dd.as well us overihis v ontinent. Aa he was SSdandta t*- ihurou*hly posted and thus able t-V aniicinate an inoreaae in values, his every movinient was watched by other realef-UUenienand ?rTv Sniuear in 1881-2, he cleared over »MO.00O. whirl was all re-invested, while durln* six months of thii period his monthly oaah depot*.!* in ihe taiik frini rcrciPtsof «Ues made by Fum ra.. from Snow to JwOO.000. and everything he f^'hS was » success until the i^oom" touched was » whoQ hf) ,0(|t ^vthinl? through his unbounded faith lo fhe^MtiSaJ reSSreea of the Northwest, and its rapidT development. In 1881. when tbe C. H. R. ca. commenctsd the construction of tue national hatrhwar with r*markahle energy, there was a rush of capital and enterprise to U innipeg, and it was not the visionary ones alone who went thither, but sober experienced and thoughtful men. Through a variety of causes the rush came to a standstill: banks and monetary institutions. srUoh had hitherto encouraged the wildest of HtR-cuiations, suddenly lightened an i called in their loans, then followed almost » panic with the strewn wrecks J of ihe "boom." All surrered, th<- oldest and wisest ■ as well as the rest being covered in the wreck* and had the "boom" not burst when it did, Mr. Ross' success would have been pointed out as one of the most marvelous on the Contiuen'; but after all the? I experience and lesson have Iht-ir value, and Mr. I toss is now on the road to speedily retrieve the past. In Manitoba he was connected with nearly every project that had for its object the development of the country, and was chosen to represent the Great Northwest in the "Huwland Syndicate" to construct the C K It, In 1884 he came to British Columbia to commence life again, aud he had some Interest at Port Moody, the then terminus of the C.P.R. On a visit to this place as well aa to tbe present site of Vancouver he immediately decided ths latter could only be ths pls.se tor the permanent terminus of the great trant- contlneutai railway; and at once declared it was one of the finest natural town site* in the world, which is every day becoming more patent through the energy and enterprise of its ciusens. He then assisted very materially in having the change of terminus made to its present site; and has unbounded faith in the great future of Vancouver. He entered politics in 1875, beiug elected to represent Spriugtfeld in the begislitive Assembly of .Manitoba, and on a general election bsing held in 1879 was re-elected, and had only three votes polled against him. He resigned in 1SX. to contest I.i«>gar for the House of Commons and was elected, defeating Dr. mow Swett) Schultx, a very strong man, and the oldest member tor the county. At the last general election, although residing in British Columbia for three years, his constituents returned him by acclamation. Ihe number of voters in the county is 6003. During his term in Parliament Mr. ltoss hus made two speeches, especially dealing with the future of the (..rest Northwest, which at once gave him a strong position in the House. These speeches wire printed by the tjtovernment and the C. P. It. Co., and scattered broadcast as immigration literature. He is a thoruMbch Canadian in it* broadest ^crtmc, as distinguished from paro-hial or provincial* and from an inHmattf know-led*-..* ot t|„- coiinu-% . DSSV aiders the hope of the future greatness of lanada rests upon the development of the unlimited natural recourses of the region from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean- His principal traits of character are geniality, indomitable will, energy and perseverance. Here as in Winnipeg he is thoroughly posted about advancing values. H. r. t'KnERr KV, The junior member of the Arm of Itoss & Ceperley, is an .\meriean. waa horn in Otsego county. New York, in ISM. educated nt Whitestown .Seminary. °f 'he same State. H* i came to Minnesota at the age of 21 years, and since that time has traveled extensively through , the Western ftltates and Territories, the lasi taftl years having been -pent in New Mcxit o and I Montana in the real estate and insun.iue bu-nie--. representing at one time in .Montana hfiecMi ot the leading English and American Fire Insurance companies. Air. Ceperley possesses a thorough knowledge of the business in which he is engaged; he is a memberof the Vancouver Board of Trade, >tnd was elected to the first conncil of that body. He is % live, energetic and thoroughly reliable gentleman. We can assure our readers that any business entrusted to Messrs. Boss & Leperley will receive prompt and careful attention. RAND BROTHERS. A sketch of Messrs. Hand Bros, will be found in another column. . C. JNNKS & CO, Another wide-awake firm here is that of Messrs- F. C. Innes & Co. Mr. Innes is in fact the pioneer real estate man in this city, and no one is better ar- auainted with values, or has had greater facilities ian he has for acquiring oil that special knowledge which can be obtained only by the man who starts with the beginning. Moreover his partner, who is an attorney.is able to give the most careful and reliable attention to the examination of titles and the preparation of legal documents. Mr. Innes also is a Notary Public, and the firm, besides being real estate brokers and conveyancers, do a considerable business as financial and insurance agents Messrs. Innes 8c Co. are not only well acquainted in Eastern Canada, but Mr. Innea is himself fatnll isr with the whole of tbe Pacific Coast, and has a thorough knowledge of the various methods of transacting business in its several States and districts, together with its general requirements. necessities, developments and interests. Mr. Innes is himself a large property owner In this city and vicinity, comprisingsomeof theehoic eat business and residential lots in the market. Messrs. Innes & Co. are noted for their square dealings, their push and enterprise, and for the en- ergv, perseverance, painstaking and ability shown in the conduct of tbeir business. H. A. JO.N'EH & CO. We do not pretend to account for the "reason why, but it always doe* appear to ns that real estate men who hail from "the States" can get through more work in a day than anv other real estate men can in a week. They seem to have gotten the "hangof it" somehow. It is but neccscarv forus to say that Mr. H. a. Jones comes from the new a sort of building and loan soc,..,* stock broking business. ui*urani*iiiL7„*,!,,J estate, like, with correspondents in ■]. thsTLjT^tad ths the world. That ihi>r - omprehensivl^^^Uta3 grow and increase w ith the same tmtM SH?"* *HI city of their selection is, in oor Ju<E^nfl*,es*wj 3oestion. Their banking bougefi^j™*.. bsyood orva street, nearly oppnsit* las r jd^,00 * or* Company's office*. The foundsUojJ*. i •n*l,wi H.u.r I l> nf ' Olid HfcM- and upper portion of brick. Th" u,t»L ***& the building is flushed oft in hanSSl,* * the in rx.ellent taste. With a lar^flrTLi?C? «< prwf *afc and every ot her <*oii-reniet-»e« ^°rlar sary fitting, proper and useful for th*,,Vt* »•*•». A sketch of their premises wm be fouSi\r*»ta. vertising column*. "-ourn. Messrs. Bewieke & WulfTVohn haves*-,-, correspondent* in Humhury. Berlin ViTnr^5,*« Havre, Antwerp, I^mdon. (.laagowMont ^J**> York. San Krancisco, \'n tori-., B.*C. Kids N*w neiro, Hueno* Ayres, Yokohama. Kobe Hm.-l Jft~ Shanghai. Hungkok. and other places." """Woo* One department in devot, d to a general bai.ti. and stock broking business, and tha other ioi»** eral real estate and itiKiiranei' business. Thtr C5. agencies for the ksasHa* hie. tin- and inartiait!!r* ance offices of the world, and ss capiuiii.t« ii command many advantages, amongst others. iSI* ing losses rig l»t a way. w nhuiit waiting lor ii..'" rival of the mone> Trum Ih. urhVe. An SiGuntm. , of this kind cdme under our imiiee uhiUt «* i in the town. A lire hap;■• i,--d on the Ulb of Jul! (ember; the claim fur II.Vu was ndjusu-d mila ™£ on tVtoher HMli.tl-us being far uhead of UniT!S settlement ot any other otli. e in town. w We are indebted to Me---*. Ilewirke & Wnlff sohn for many a. ts of > Indiissm, and take this oimnV tnnity of acknowledging our appreciation ot Th-' attention and genuine hospitality shown m br itJijZ whilst in the provnn e. * ^*" Leland House. What Driard House Is to VI, »nria Leland House ia t Vancouver The autographs of aa Lords and my Ladies, adorn the Kcgister. Ths elite amongst the taartosl follow like sheep as if by Instinct, and e\ery one feci- mote than satisned if he is lucky enough to find a "shake-down." Inside everything is done that careful uianagcnicut and an obliging nature candoto eater to the comfort and enjoyment of the guests. Ihe house has recently changed hands and is now under the proprietorship of Mr. Wm. Prout. who lately conduct. ed a similar business in Victoria- Mr. J. K. Inaley so well known as the owner and late proprietor of the Colonial Hotel, .tt .New Westminster, holds the position of manager. Already have Mr. snd Mrs. Prout become deservedly popular -sitb tbeir guesU.and as a consequence during our stay wefr*. qucntly observed thai the house was not Urge enough to meet tt.u demands u|»o> it The houae >,i i.,,i.-.l .ri ii-#Hiit-r*sTreet is k Imv** bu.Idlus; of ihr-i'e Morten, capable or affording ....'"mmodauoa to attout 100 gucHls. It is close to the depot and the wharf, as well as near and handy to the busiasse jrortiun ia the town. The dtiiiug-ro m is very nicely ntted up and arranged to seat ubout forty *ue«Ua.t a time. Un the ground floor also is tin-billiard room bar and office, all separate, the la ter used bkswiss as a reading and snu k: ng room. (-n the floor above is a pretty drawing room and anti-draw ing room with a ran nu | piano by liaine* of New York! and the bed-chambers on tliat and tlie floor above are ail comfortable and well-furnished room*. Kach floor ojhts on to a vt-rand*. where are found comfortable seats and from whence may be eiijnjed a view of the most charming scenery this perfect • ountrj can produce. We understaud that very exten-ive alterations and additions are in ■ on- temptation, and then.- is no doubt that next spring will see gnat ■ hang* s here. A tut of the budding as also a *d.eti li or :be TftatJ from the veranda wdl be found in these columns. Mr aud .Mrs. irom nave our best wishes, aim we <-an recommend their house with confidence, whether to the iitixeus or to tourists. Oppenhelmer Brothers Are direct importers and strictly wholesale dealers in groceries, and have obtained fnr themselves a well-earned reputation throughout this coast for reliability, enterprise and progress. The flrro carry everything in the grocery line, and do a very considerab.e business Tbey occupy a line new brick building on Pow ell street, a sketch of whick will be found in our advertising columns. Tne Oppeuhrinier Brothers are both active members of the City Council, and are referred to more folly la our orticlo-in-chicf uj-on Vancouver. THE NEW STEAMBOAT "PBEM1EK." his hand from where be atando. An independent engine works the dynamo for the electric lights. There is a donkey engine also, used to heat the rooms, to supply hot water, to drive the pumps, the hydrants and the like. Printed m- structiona direct each officer and man and even passengers, what to do in case of fire, thus providing against all coin'u -ion. Tho ship is divided into seven air tight, water tight aud fireproof compartments, the coal bonkers occupying one, and each deck can be flooded just by turning a handle. The boat is owned by Captain npencer, of Portland, Oregon, and is chartered by the Pacific Navigation Company. She has a regular ran between Vancouver and Paget Sound, ply- cautions on public grounds not to do anything that would be likeiy to assist iu attracting n't i.tion to the province. *• It might have the effect of stimulating the more rapid development of the country, you know, and I sbould have more to attend to then than I could possibly manage." We have actudly heard some of the leading real estate men in Victoria airing these views in all seriousness I The real estate men (generally speaking) ol Vancouver and New Westminister are made of diftehest sikttlk. Now let us whisper a word of advice in tbe ears of our friends at a distance. If you are desirous of settling in British From the bent of the foregoing remarks our readers, we trust, will be able to follow us therefore, when we say tbat there is an immense difference between "booming** a place and calling legitimate attention to its natuial resources, and fostering their development. British ColumbL* is certainly not booming. Tbe rapid growth of tbe cities, the increase in population, the vast and steady advance in values, are SIMPLY NsU.MiL EESrjLTS Arising from recent exceptional circumstances in a country unprecedented for the wealth of Its natural resources. It would be strange indeed if a country so imp >rta.it positiou as M. P. (Let us here explain to the uninitiated tbat "3!. P. P." means ^'Member of the Provincial Parliament,*' and "M. P." the much more important position of "Member of the Dominion Parliament.") Mr Ross then is one of the Representatives of the country in the Dominion Parliament. His career has been a very honorable one, though checkered, and of considerable interest. We feel constrained, therefore, to give a brief Bketch of his life. M***. A. v itoss, n. A.—M. P. WSJ born March B, lsiti. at Nairn, County of Mid- <i'es--x, Ontario. Kducatedat Nairn Village School «ardsville Cnunnmr School, Toronto Normal .school, L mverslty College, and gruduated as B. A. at loronto University. He waa Inspector of Public LEAHY & KYLE'S MILL, FALsE CREEK. ing three times a week between tbe terminus of the Northern Pacific with tbe terminus of the Canadian Pacific R-tilroadn. Sb■■ has a speed of fifteen miles an hour (economical), but is Capable of running seventeen miles au hour. Now come down with us to dinner, we will crack a bottle of fine old dry champsgne—for we can vouch for its quality—and pledge the health of the genial manager of the Pacific Navigation Company, Captain Irving, may whose shadow never grow lea. Columbia, of investing in farms or lota, opening up any new enterprise, or what not, let us urge you to place yourselves in tho bund-* of thoso men who give best public proof of their enterprise and push. MEN WITH HIO ESTATES and interests who place tbeir aff-urs in the hands of agents lacking any particle of enterprise, have themselves to thank for wbat they consider their ill-luck. They are mostly on the spot and ought to see at a glance whether their vast lu its extent and so fabulously rich in its minerals, its fish, its lumber and natural products could be suddenly transported from the outer wilds to the center of one of the miin highways of the world, without being brought a little into prominence or having its values somewhat revolutionised. We can only say that were any section of California suddenly to receive one*teuth of the cause for a "boom1* as now exists in British Colutnrfo, values would go out of all recognition properties would change hands twenty tim* week, and i"k-1 II,,,,! T.,L iV ■" *,.■!'"■■-• "'KTward. Ilea. ko»s «,'r. ; , .i L ,'!oS."- K,ll»»'*.- H»K««rt. Il-pflrm I . ,n , ™, , ™ '"Il"? chartered KaBka n„,i four wh.SSr*'".™" br"!<'* ""> *""" '<*>k U,r le«,i '.>« Ji. , "", ,MH""'"- <•' ih<- Pwfiana. Mr. H^,.!i. M"yw°f Manitoba in 1880; and after the * 5 , "f h'» brother, b, •„„„• the lnnrcwt operator an.l owner of real estate in tho Sorthwct, and Tlie Retail Stores. MR. A IlfNKl.n. One of thr prettiest stores in the eity is&atot Btr.AKra. Hunker. M"mte in the Hamilton Bloek at the corner of Ha.tinK. and (Jraiivlle .trwta. This storv wa. built by Mr. Hamilton, who hold, the position of chairman of the Hoard of Worki. as well as C P. B*. 1-and Commissioner. Mr. HatnitTon was his own .rchitet-t. and eeru'nlr must be conRTatulated upon his taste and workmanship. It will be seen from , lie ar, orupatnin* picture that the people of this city are already studying; appe.ran.es ns tvell as solidity. KTery new block erected has an air of "Come to stay about it uncommon in the Pioneer cities of the States. Sot only, however, is the exterior of a plcasinff Hiatal aw i,ut the latcrtorti .1*0 worth, of bmbjbbb. The taste aud b-j-iite.*, like arranircmctit of the stock is at once noticeable, and it 1. apparent to all that Mr. Alfred Hunker, who has lately arriTed from St John.. New Hiunswick, is not only . wideawake m»n. thoroughly at home at ni. bu«- ISDKX MAP OF VANVOIVER. State of Ohio to convey at once the picture of a tip... hut BSBSBbbbI of that sort nf grit, tempered raattag. pushing, eneriretic business man. Mr. I by a bright mtcllitrcn.c. that w ill make hi. prea- Jaaea, IBaiauTUC, will be found equally alive to the enee an acquisition loan, ri-imt city We predict i.itere-t.-,ol Ins principals, whether a,unit for a ven-: that he will aoo,, make his mark anion,,! his dor or a purchaser. Arriving at v aucouecr before : fellow citizen-,. the treat lire he was oneof the very Brst toopen an Jle conduct, the business of a nrst-claal family otli c LB this Phienix City; hence It ia that by ktow- 1 grocer, earning Onward, of HOW worth of «vn'- tnir up with the place he I. thoroiurhly convcraanl [eral provision, of all aorta in , onibinauoa wuh with all the ins nnd outs of the situation, ha. all fruits, vegetable ami dan v produce. the prices at his tinners ends, and is never at fault He 1. . Canadian to the backbone Canadian i„ his valuations. Hy strict attention to business, un- born and Canadian he hoj>cs to die failimrencntT.and proved integrity, he has secured I After leaving St John, he did not settledowa himself an extensive business: and. indeed, baa again blindlv. however nut gi, e himself a chance etltected sales of property for all the leading land | to see if anv other pla.-o .lined him better visit- owners in the city. A firm believer in \ aticouvor ing ail the chief plaora aad districts on the ita brilliant future, we predict that Mr. .loins w ill make hi. mark, and probably his fortune, in this city of his adoption Hastings' Sawmill- One of the most prominent landmarks ot Vancouver is the Hastings'Sawmill. Huilt at the extremity of a little tsdnted BBBBBBBB1 .Hitting out for some distance into the bay. the mill CBJB h, - your eye directly, whether from the laud or water, and strikes home at once as the center of a busy enterprise. Whether you refer tothe plan of the town or to any of the sketchesof theplaccthc Hastings' Mill .lands out with the striking promi BJ BOB. The sketch at the foot of issge t* i- a faithful representation, and shows also ihe evtell sive shipping business transacted at this company's lutnN-r yard. Their trade is BBBBtt) foreign, principally to Australia, chitia. and the southwest coast of America. They turn out some 1- to U n-tllion feet a year, and their monthly payroll is about f.'sW0. They have a capacity for ■ s.ono feet a day. The machinery include. one circular double tk) inch saw. one e.lg, r. one uony gang with II in,h gate, having a capa, i'\ of 10.000 a day. lath and pi, kct null, two plan, ra. The iftill employs some ISO lueu.all w hite except the ■•00k. The company has a logging camp 111 Eaa*liati Hay, about six miles distant bv water, w h, re BBOBJ i", men are employed. The trees here are of a greal -ize. often I or H feel in diameter The onto ;>any has likewise two other camp, on Thtnlow I.. land, about i:» miles dist.uu, when- they omplo, ■s) men. It also hus a |s,werful tug for bringing in the booms. The oomp.ui, has only very receiHly been incorporated, and is known as the Hastings .Sawmill company, limited. Mr. It. Alexander 1. their tried aud capable manager. from the m,nuiitoii border to southern California, and relumed fully satisiled that Vancouver was the),lace of Ma ehnaBO. He has,, lea.cot his stora and we think has shown good itidgment In th. scl.ctionot lhes|»,t to drive his'stakes Already has Mr Hunker started a trade v.itn China.having shini.Nl a large amount of fruit hv the steamship "Port Victor" of the 0. P. It. line just under yvsy. Abrams & McLean. Another of the principal stores here is the cloth- Btffj , siablishment of Messrs. Abrams 4: MtLcanoa Carroll .in.t Hurnt out at ihe great lire, the) were 111 fuil .sinn agnir, at the 1 nd of two week. and now carry a full and excellent line of clothing and gentlemen', furnishing goods, including ladies ai.dgelltUliv.lt'. BOBtJfJBBd BBsMB Of eery riescrip- 11011. hats, waterpi,s,fs, imibrei::,s, gi,,, rs. trunk., sat* hcK lil.nk, ts. and e\crMhieg in this hue of business thai -an Is' thoughtof It is ,-, id.ul from the excellent uualitv of the gissls and their extremely low prices ti,at M,-srs AbrattuA M, Is an knoo what to boj and how 10 l>wv it. \\ . understand that th,, do a large trade with the inlying country dirtii. Is and pla, eg on ihe Hoc of rail from w hence good, may tw ordered by mall and forwarded C. t>. I>. by ex;,r,ss. The ,iccom|vsiii mg .ketch gives a very truthful representation off their business 1:1 :. Bank of British Columbia. In the development and rapid growth of any rising place, a good, sound, reliable bank play, a v,iy important part. Thia province may cert unly !» cougratulntisl in this respect Tho Hank of 111IItail Columbia is uot only a thoroughly solid insiiii.tiou. but the management ia evidently as wideawake and enterprising as it is judicious an.1 . .mini It. r.iiuiucations are far reaching, the bank hav ing its head otllce 111 London, whilst its br.n, lies ale s. ,,t tercd over this coa.1 in every due tion at San Francisco. Portland. »r.. Victor... New W,-tminster. Vancouver, Nanaimo mid raillllim Hcsi.lcaitsovvn particular branches, th. bank boa agent, and eorresiKit,dents in every quarter of the s's. "' '' Mafl tucoriK'ratcd by Uoyal Charter in ■J with M capital ot ^'.AOO.OOO. He give the prim i| al items of the knit three half -1 ear y balance shoots, „. the) w ill is- round Into: I -Hug not nu-iely as applied lo itus , nteipri-e. but •'-hi index of the sl.adilv in, rea-iug trade and P filiation of the prov 111, e: Jiu„:l0. lbs- .11. June SO. ., . , Is-sil. lsx;. iss; •pitalpaidnp ctr.coio I,os.tv, tun,I BMM Not.- in circulation . II ,'jj; t urrcht ae.ouiils ai.dde IH.-il. M|..,T| Hills 1 ayable. .... InVSM <U!>er current liabilities. l;,.^ll Specie, cash and gold bars and dust IVtafiS 1'on.sol- and Imli.i -lock. BaJJBi Hilla receivable and Hotnitiioli notes . .. Hills discounted and S7I.11S0 i:t.:tu s .,., 1 HUM i:u.it; 17. s|,. MJ. 1 \ Ut .. IJtsdB) NtJHS .".. c.- ■.M ml ■itl.Tils most 3».an bj ,. loans Other securities Hank premises Ivalaiice of profit loss Working expenses.. liivnlend Added to reserve.... Curried forward — Hid IS l.-J BUS. lis.-1 ■I'M :,.ia> UN Ml.KM Sv.lr.Mi I I I ■ 2-vnw II im: 1- ..-o .Viso Us. i.ii.vik; jt.t:- LVSM 21910 ll.:lll I.MMH M*sl S.UI0 Mr J. C. Keith is the x aluahle, trusted and is. ular agent 111 this .ity. This branch .... opened roc business direellv after the lire, and indeed vv a- the tlr-t t*unk established here It i. bv all odds doing the largest business bv far in the pl'a.-e U , should sol forget to mention thatlbef .re tl„ Uot criiim nt Ivankcis*. Bewieke & Wulffsohn. li i..|,iir,» no "second sight to ere that this firm will grow into prominence in the same talio with tlie rapid grow th of the city. Mr, Hew Igfca is one of Kr.glnnd s "younger eons." being from BBS good old stock of Ihe Yorkshire Hewiekea. Mr. Wulffsohn come, from llatnrmnr. Germany where he is still the head of a large export and im port general merchandise business, with another large business also of tho same kind In Bra.ll Messrs. Bewieke ft Wulffsohn are in realiiy pri vaielvankers here, but with that fearless hidivul uality that stays not to go in the beaten track of others, or to ,-opy the exact lines of precedent thev adant their business to the circumstanced , ,1 . ,'■ surroundings, and hav, establi. led . ,»"luL bus nowhere more after the pattern of nelliiVbeok Bunk in London than any other ln.tl utio we can call to mind-combining with their ba^ukVug bill" The Tremont Hotel, tin Carroll Mn,-t Boa* Poena*, ta a comroodioui brick building in a llt-t eh,-- i-.sit.on. near the pri!lcl|ssl whob-saie and retail ston-s of the xow\ It ha. .•-.•omnuslationa for als„it one hundred guest., and the g> nial pnn" 1, t'Ts. UeBBrB M> KM- t.r, :. Ill take eei— ,al care to -. •■ after tne . 0.10. . I act well Is-mg of th, I- gne.'s The dm Ing rxsitn is arrange! loses! alsuit Msveata. liters i. an excell, nt parlor, opening on to a pleasant ver.mda. a bilbant rva.tn. oaHce, .looking and ri'»« 1 ne room, ai ,1, v, rv ,,,,,. 1 1,1., and comfort tbat aflr.t-.hvw family "aid .omnicroial Intel can al lord. 'Ihoais.v, -k.,.1 giro, a van f.nhful representation of the bud,In g. F. W Hsvrt. Annihrr t'litfi j»t i-iiik. « •-.♦* ««aVr man tn thi. .-it> i.Mr. t- W. III. t IBM BTSSVtSsSef of flu- prill- c4pej suni.thirv iSsri OH thr maitiliuul of Br.l>»h OoBTttsatssV Ha atesM ■• th.* slestt-era. Ndi.-, «*iteb- alaSlBe, t-SSl prist SS it.-' tirr. ami »ilh lits u-usl • '(,«*. up aii.1 saV. ' hI-s'ii* him wan **rui.uinu" hit tiii>>..i.->- Mtfitii- Aln.swst whil-i tin' Bjnms>B. wo* f'tlj hot. Ill asepsa tull line of furtuturr lirrr. sad In*-, aa *■•*■'' ii"i*r "tori'. »- «.-H m« b tutnit-irr niaii- ■if-.. ior\ (tbe oiilx OS.* in ..'"ii- Hi-TV. hI»*o, will tiv f.MiTi'1 a '-ln-i' f *,--.'.■■ m.-ti, i.f china. iK)r\vlain. , ii». ktrv, ul'sswiirr, Limn*. .-. .tl|pH|><-i. tan«rt*. '-1 fact, erstrf r\-guii«ito fnr lurtttyhing or l»osutlfTiiif vnur .MSB-B. ru.-arxt-i thr-Minh thr town arc prettl frotiiii-nilj rrUiiMillitij »!•>■ If '..11 in Hurt '•• tvt funill'ilT," snd nii'Kii Miin «tn.riil.i 11' iriN'ri! the atl> l.f Hf -■ ooatssaaplaulag Urvr st^ttooa to In* biuteets prtfinisfa. Thomson Bros Wc ran rvcomniriii ■ r rrBtlrr* to |"*T * \ i-stt 10 th- %m«h nllr.1 kassksAors al thrse ea- ttfT.n-.ino: SaSBj. It li r-ituntinl on the ©••• -i.it- t»f l'or»lova strr«t. in the ITtBBjtSjr •* •i.i' asssteass at»Htoa] vi ita town Rerethey carry mu r\.fll.-nt Im- ««l Uknk-« anil •.laiii'iurv, Uia*- 111K «Hii''" » fratun- of th. u ronmii r> Ul' books. l,clK-er» CmSh Ubnkr-joiirnslii atul slot k 1«H>I.» f-itnsh line thtslr shelTes, TtMj do a cosaildCTshls buslasas h- tirwis a^rnt-*, nml fan> al-*ti qmllc a line ot toy* Bad fain, aiiit'lrs. Wr may in. n\ mn I hat .opirs of Ibis «tlitlon may br pirn hasr«l at thoir -low. 8. T. TiUey. On Ootiiova Stivri. haa quite an rxtrnslrs business here. Mil nit out at tlie firt' h* sUhTtod rlRht In atrain unini.lmt.lv null a trnt f»r • Bto'c, and no* hn« in unnilatod hew* i-onir four i.r In thousand d.ll«r> Wl.rth of hIocIl Ho carries an e\trll.>ni BSSSMrUSjSaK of boxtks, stailaoecr) ssMfasMii uoihN ut sr**i ilsauilrttar* AMlii'Kulni hia at ore is Ihe head IllSSlhonf S- flce. Mr. Tilley Is a ll\e. enrntctii.- I'sciflr w'oast man. baUnK Buvtil oonir re«ra in t'atiforiiis. *nd .oiiiiiiK oriKinally from New Brunt*lea. t'opirsof thiscditkin may be obtatiie-d. from Mr. BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION SAN FRANCISCO JOURNAL OF COMMERCE-VANCOUVER. REAL ESTATE! 11 REAL ESTATE! ROSS REAL ESTATE Financial Ag'ts INVESTMENT SECURITIES Mines and Mining Stocks Estates Managed For Non-Residents Timber Limits. I I 1 i m M mkMMkMkwmmikmm^^ eSo Ceperlev's Real Estate OfTloe. A Choice aw»a^«i«innlBnnnMa^^aBa^^ sssss^s^-asss? Of City & Suburban PROPERTY. Acre Tracts ■within the City Limits. Farms & Ranches. Representing the iEtna of Hartford, Hartford of Hartford, Western of Toronto, Fireman's Fund (Marine] Travelers' Life of Hartford and Accident of Hartford. AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF Maps and Price Lists Free on Application. Correspondence Solicited ADDRESS, Boss & Ceperley, POST OFFICE BLOCK, VANCOUVER, B.C. BRITISH COLUMBIA EDITION SAN FRANCISCO JOURNAL OF COMMERCE-VANCOUVER. yohn Wulffsohn P H. Bewieke ♦ e**-- OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAIL WAT' CO. F. C. INNES & CO., EEAL ESTATE BROKERS Financial Agents, Notaries Public, Conveyancers, etc. As one of the Members of our firm is an attorney, the most careful attention is given to the preparation of legal documents and the examination of titles. BEWICKE & WULFFSOHN, BANKERS. and General Financial Agents. •r**t*rrf**tt**w*******tt*****f**tri EVIDENCES ARE DAILY MULTIPLYING WHICH SERVE TO CONVINCE EVEN SKEPTICAL PERSONS THAT THE CITY OF VANCOUVER BV ITS ..K»t.Kll'H,< \I. MM-ATIOV, 3 Is Destined to he the Largest Seaport North of San Francisco. Its resources are both substantial and inexhaustible. Its development is no more rapid than is consistent with health. No city on the Pacific Coast can show such a record in Public Works and Improvements in proportion to its size as Vancouver. No city on the Pacific Coast can show ?uch extensive private improvements in proportion to population and age as Vancouver. The increase in value of all kinds of property in and around Vancouver during the coming five years will be greater than in anj' place on the Coast. Extensive improvements in the way of buildings, wharves, workshops and tracks are being made by the Canadian Paciric Railwaj- Company. Smelting Works, to have a capacity of hundreds of tons of ore per day, have been commenced. Iron Foundries and other important industries are now being formulated. Hundreds of feet of massive brick structures are now being erected. Scores of elegant residences are being built throughout the city. Mile upon mile of broad avenues and magnificent streets are being graded and improved. VANCOUVER IS THE CITY OF THE NORTHWEST TO LIVE IN. Vancouver is the city of the Northwest to speculate in if you wish to make money. Invest in Vancouver now if you would reap the greatest profit from your investment. Property has advanced in value generally 25 per cent and more in the past few months. For full information concerning Vancouver, and desirable iavestments to be found in and near the city, address Banking & Stock Broking DEPARTMENT. BILLS DISCOUNTED, CHECKS COLLECTED, EXCHANGES EFFECTED, JfeULLION PURCHASED, * CORPORATION BONDS, MINING STOCK. GAS AND All Other COMPANY SHARES BOUGHT AND SOLD AND EVERY KIND OF BANKING AND STOCK BROKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Heal Estate and Insurance DEPARTMENT. BUILDIVG Estates FINANCED REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD. |H RENTS COLLECTED. ifi harfaiLi * I ri i i i^i.bbbi1bb»i ir '^^>^T\i^^^s^^i^l!^CAeT^i*^^MS^smAx^s'^^&s^^^^mA^Ak^^^^jZ}^,. £ B REPAIRS EFFECTED. ;$;r m FULL CHARGE AND MANAGEMENT OF ROTATES UNDERTAKEN FOR NOX-RESIDENTS. LIFE, FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCES EFFECTED WITH THE LEADING OFFICES OF THE WORLD. MONEY ADVANCED on APPROVED SECURITY IMPORT AND EXPORT. 131. J±. vTOHSTES &z, OO. HP. O. BOX 18. Real Estate and Loan Brokers, Vancouver, B. C. HAMBURG, BERLIN VIENNA, PARIS, HAVRE, ANTWERP. -^grezicies surged. Correspondents: LONDON, ^^^^^ GLASGOW, *MANCHESTER MONTREAL, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCfSCO VICTORIA, B. C. RIO DE JANEIRO. BUENOS AYRES YOKOHAMA, KOBE, HONGKONG. SHANGHAI •TONKIN, BANGKOK CORBESPOJVDESTCB MOODYVILLE. "Yon eee those white specks over there across the water? No, not there, vbat is the Indian mission; over there to the right of where you are looking. Yon notice the smoke curling np and tbe steam from the engines? Yes there, well that is Moodyville. Messrs. Welch & Co., the large coma.i.-sion merchants of San Francisoo, and Welch, Rithet & Co., of Victoria, have quite a co ony there aud "own the whole business. ** A large saw mill, the largest in the Province, and attached thertto a comfortable and well appointed hotel, an excellent library and read* ing-room for the "hands," a church, a school. a grist mill, a tire brigade, a cook house and boarding house for the employees, a machine shop.ablacksmith's and carpenter's shop.a shipyard, a large general store, quite a little settlement in the way of huts and cottages, and t- very pleasant, charmingly situated residence for their manager, Mr. B. Springer. This house, which i« very conveniently arranged am. of a pleasing style of elevation, was built l\ the present Lieutenant-Governor, Hugh Nelson, some yeara since, he being at that time one of the owners of this very valuable property. Those big ships you see lying there are awaiting their cargoes of lumber, for this mill, let ns tell you, does an immense foreign trade. The company has vessels ur.der engagement at the present moment for 15,000,000 feet of lumber for Australia and elsewhere. Tne company ship largely also to China and Japan and South America. That ship yuu see there now is under charter for Butnos Ayres. The new line of steamboats to Yokohama also ship a considerable quantity. The company has very powerful engines here, taken from an English man-of-war, "The Sparrow- Hawk," that was dismantled out here some time ago—it is a splendid engine of about 500 horse-power, kept going by eleven boilers, the furr>aces for which are fed by the sawdust from the mill. The «aws are the usual double 60-inoh circulars (arrangements also have jnst been mado for another Bet), with a 24-inch gang saw and-the usual complement of "planer.-, " "edgers." "gang bolters,"ulJ "lathers." The mill ia very roomy and convenient, and the lumber, as soon r& cut, ia deposited on the "live rollers," which transfers it to the respective destinations, thus saving a great deal of hand labor. The company employs some 300 men altogether, including the logging camps, and can turn out 1*25,0 0 feet of lumber in 12 hours. Yet, notwithstanding this enormous capacity, they were compelled daring the Summer to run night and day, owing to press of business. The whole place is lighted by electric light. There ia a separate engine to run the grist mill, the machinery for the workshops, and the fire- pumps in case of fire. As a double protection moreover against fire the company has an immense water tank on tbe adjoining hill, holding some 50,000 gallons of water, giving 150 feet pressure to the pquare inch. From this source the whole prentises can be Hooded in a few minutes. The company own several logging camps, one on the inlet close by and some four or five up the Coast, ratgiog from 75 to 150 miles distant, with a powerful tug which id kept in constant work bringing down the "booms," and tbe like. Messrs. Welch, Rithet «fc Co. estiixnte that they have about 5,000,000 feet of timber in the booms at the mill, and some 7,000,000 in the water altogether. The hotel attached to thiB - nterprise deserves special mention. Tho excellent manager, Capt. Power, fills a difficult position with credit to himself, with great satisfaction to the company, and in a munner to win unbounded popularity with the mixed community surrounding him. The company do not "run" this hotel there for wbat it can make out of it, but simply to supply a want. The hotel is well furnished and well appointed and the cook is all tbat can be desired. Capt. Power, moreover, sees to it that hia guests are made to feel contented in a manner that only a genial man of the world, who himself knows "what's what." can do. At the bar only the very beat wines and liquors are kept, and here again Captain Power displays equal good judgment and ability, knowing well how to combine the suav- Uer in modo with the furtiter fare. Notwithstanding the large community surrounding him, drunkenness is unknown, another standing example to show—were any more necessary to convince unwarped minds, and minds warped or unhinged ean't be convinced any way—that the liquor traffic, properly managed and controlled, is far more effectual in its results than prohibition. Here the men have their glass of beer or wine with their meals, as thirst or nature may dictate, or their own liking or appetite may prompt, without the temptation engendered by prohibition of bringing home whole bottles of whisky at a time. The owners of this hotel r.re very properly content to see to it that the employees are well cared for, their reasonable wants, likings and desires studied and met, that the liqaor at the bar is of the best, that no "hanging round" the bar-room be permitted, but at the same time that grown men are no longer tied to their grandmother's apron strings. We wish all pimilar large enterprises showed the same common sense and courage of their opinions. The settlement is very prettily situated on Burrard Inlet, just across from Vancouver. ferry boats -ply some three or four times a day. Pretty, httle houses and cottages dot the hill side, half hidden by the overhanging boughs •nd ?ich vegetation. The sketch on page 10 shows a section of the mill end grounds with Mr. Springer's house I on the hill to the left, as seen from the water. The steamboat Yosemite and several ships awaiting a cargo, will also be noticed. Tbe company's wharves extend for a considerable distance, and altogether they have some five or six miles of water front here. The smaller picture in the corner is taken from the bacK of the store, the hotel being at the rear behind the artist and consequently not included in the picture. The buildings on the right are the lodging house, cook house, etc., tbe long trough on the lai-ih trestles is the water conduit from a sparkling stream, which flows down the hillside a little further inland. The wharves, of course, are net seen from this view, being on the other side of the mill. We may men.ion that the watei is very deep right up te the banks. With reference to Messrs. Welch & Co. allowing a bar for the sale of liquors within t hi limits of their settlement here, we did not know when we were writing the above remarks how nearly our views had been confirmed by the actual circumstances of the case, and before goiug to press we feel constrained to add a short postscript, to this article. It ia related, and we know we can vouch for the truth of the | narrative, that Mr. Welch, one day when visitiog 1 his works, was very much annoyed at finding one of his men considerably under the influence of l.quor. As soon as the man hid "sobered off," Mr. Welch immediately sought occasion to rebuke him for his drunkenness, and was considerably staggered upon having the tables turned upon himself. The man, with some warmth, charged that Mr. Welch was himself responsible for all the hard drinking in the settlement! Continuing, he urged that if " he could obt tin a glass of beer or liquor when he wanted it, he wonld have 'his glass' and that would end it. Whereas, it being n.cessary to take a journey across the water before he conld meet with a saloon, he naturally took tho opportunity ot supplying himself with a whole bottle of whisky, and then he just simply couldn't leave the thing alone till he had finished it" The man maintained, moreover, that be was not singular in this respect. In the result, Mr. Welch determined to try an experiment, and directed that a bar should be opened for the sale of liquors, taking care to see that tbe genuine article was dispensed instead of fusel oil. The goody-goodies were distracted and j furious. The church bodies and their ministers, the bine-ribbons and the Mother Grundies be- j wailed, aud petitioned, and threatened, and pleaded, but Mr. Welch is a man not merely with a level head, tut with an unbending wilt j and mind of his own, and in due cour.-e the j bar was opened. Uoon his n?xt visit, some J time afterwards, Mr. Welch was thanked on all i hands—the goodies and the ribbons, the gruo- I dies and the ministers uniting their cougratnlu- ■ tions. Drunkenne s, hitherto rampant, wasjOADDp,! practically unknown. I ^ ry " ■* w ■— ■— tOLICITEB. THE- LELAND HOUSE, FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. Oor. Granville and Hastings Streets, CLOSE TO RAILROAD DEPOT AND WHARF. WM. PROUT, Proprietor. OFPENHEIMER BROS. — IMPORTERS OF GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS VANCOUVER CLOTHING STORE. ABRAMS & McLEAN. XDE3.^b.T_jE^I-13 IIST J. A. Brock & Co. Anyone coming tn Vancouver should not fail lo pay a. visit to J.rook * Co.'a Photographic studio on Cordova street, v e are indebted to these gentlemen for many faints and acts of kindness and take pleasure in acknowlenginK our obligation. jS'ot only will visitors fully appreciate an inspection of their excel ent views, but any one a' a distance <:> nteniplatinu" a visit, to this country will do well to Bend on a few dollars to Means. Brock tt Co. for an assortment of their views Their portraits alsoare very successful studies. We were very pleaded also with their studio and reception rooms, which are nicely furnished and lighted also by tlie incandescent electric light. We may mention that the sketches of the Wilson block, the i'ostolH'-e Block, the Leland House aim the Trernont House were made from photographs from this studio. CLOTHING, GENTS' ?UBNISHINGS, HATS and CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES, STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. TREMONT On Carroll CORDOVA ST., VANCODVER, B. C. ALFRED BUNKER, General Grocer & Commission Merchant T?- '■■■■- CIGARS AND TOBACCO, POWELL STREET, VANCOUER, B. C. POSTQFFICE BOX lOO. First Bank Established in the City of Vancouver. BANK OFlBRITISH COLUMBIA, °OE. HASTINGS OAPITAL, ORPOKATKD BY KoYAI. IHAJITER HOTEL, Near Powell. WITH hiWKR T-> LONDON OFFICE 28 Cun.l.ill, Londm n.iuster, Vancouver. XtinaiiMi Mad K;ii.)!uan>. _^—— — A-JKNTH AND CURRKsl'i >M>KNTS In Canada The Bunk of Montreal snd JJram.1 Agent* ltank of Mflntreal. .W Wall Street. New York; Hank of Mont eaJ. Cliicaff... I'nit ■ MJ.na-3.t- «'■— * "' " .nilt'll ; Niitiiili.il iTuViueiial Rami* «» bT—J »- *** Ire ^^^^^^^ INCREASE. BRANCHES at Bn —Tnn. -B.OOO.OOO .'uitlaml. Or, Yi,-»<t.H. Ne We ..*,. ...... 1.JHK ui jnniiirtM.. M Colunihia, 28 ComhtU. Lon.l< luiniiany s Bonk ; Bank of ] .national l'r. viiKU*J Bank of J-.uglaud : North . .._ w. a.^and. India, I'liina, .laiuui, Atitttraha, Corporation- i ImrUre.l Bank of India, Australia and C ' Auiitralarda, Coin inertia" Bank Company * ~ f of Sydney. I'hiiia, hi Mi-xjco an . Tutted Stale- il kiu«.loni Bank of l.r.tt-l __- and South WnlenBaiikL Hnd-h l.inei N^w Zealand Hoiii. Kong and Shatial righth, ScoltUli and Australian Chartered Bonk, nd South America Lot**— **"*- " oudon Bank (>f M, Am.riea. ^aBBIBBBBlllllllHBBaBBaSBHSBBjBfjBTBBTBBtSjB*^ Telegraph'c transfers arid remittances to and from all poiuta can Tae niiMle tlirnuifh thh t-ank at enrreot nd. Colleetions CHiefuliy attended to and every description of tanking transacted. hai B.M. . Bank el AND FRUITS A GRANVILLE SPECIALTY. STREETS. THE Johnston & Tyson. Amongst the retail atorcsdescrvingeHpccinl mention ia Umi of Messrs. Johnfdun Sc Tyson, situate in a very coninmnfling position ou the corner of Powell and Carroll streets It is a very substantial and commodious building, filled v,i:h a choice selection of clothing and gentlemen's furnish ing goods. The business was established by Ogle, Campbell & Co., of New Westminster, and purchased by the present proprietors, .Messrs. John- I ston & Tyson, in June Inst. VV*c have inspected their stock, which bears evidence of a very careful selection, and at once j stamps tlie "buyer" as a man of great judgment and experience. The make, (.uality and style are nil' that could be desired. There can be no doubt ih.it Messrs. Johnston & Tyson, not only secure a Iutk'- portioti of th • trade of this place, but from many of the towns and villages of the interior, especially from places up the line, from whence orders may be sent by mi.ii, receiving immediate attention and shipments by rail. They carry a full line of every imaginable article of clothing and underwear, us well as boots and shoes of all sorts, liu'iea' and gen tlemen's, high or low, ordinary or hunting, leather or rubber. Also umbrellas, hats, trunks, satchels, towels, shirts, ties, collars, cuffs, hose, and indeed everything usually included in the above lines. From what we have seen of their stock and their prices, it is evident that they secure the entire eon- Hdence of their customers. Excellent Table, Good Accommodation, First-Class in Every Respect. The City Drug Store. Mr. Charles Nelson, who came to this city shortly after the fire, now occupies one of the finest stores in the province, situate in the imposing new "Wilson Block," a sketch of which appears in these columns. Here he carries a full line of pure drugs, together with an excellent assortment of perfumery, soap and toilet articles of every description, all of the best and most approved ntyle and make. Mi*. Nelson holds the Knglish Associate certificate. F. X. Martin. JOHNSTON & TYSON, Powell Street, Vancouver, B. C. Full Lines of Clothing, Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Satchels, Hose, Umbrellas, Hats, Underwear of all Sorts, Rubber and Waterproofs. EASTERU PRICES. 0 tiers ly Mail Premutly Attended to and Forwarded C. 0. D. J. O. KEITH. Afrent. hTATI(,M;in . -a«. m Vissrs^^^sng^mm. ™ PA=ER. fHOJSOX I'*AaVd KROH, WHO !*. BOOKSTORj;. BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS & PRINTERS COMMERCIAL SUV MILLS, FALSE CREEK. KYLE, Proprietors, Office WEST MI and Lumber NSTEM VAI\COUVKU, II Yard: AYE ME, Hastings Saw Mill Company, L'd VANCOUVER, H. t t* This K.lith Another "Anti-fire man" carrying a large and successful business here is Mr. b X. Martin. His I store ia situate on Condova street, iu the very center ot the business section of the town. We do " not know a better example of the "Happy Grocer" ' than this genial caterer. Whilst he has a pleasant word for every one, he has also a constant eve to business, and uses excellent judgment in the selection of his goods, consisting of a full line of family groceries, provisions aad dairy produce. THE CITY DRUG STORE CHARLES NELSON, Chemist and Druggist Wilson's Briok: Block, Bookseller, Stationer FAACY GOODS CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. -**' <*""" "f,hi* £'""»" »'"// ^ Obtained Here. PIONEER FURNITURE FACTORyT" MANUFACTURER OP FURNlTHRr- Importer aud Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Crock„r„ r-i U"C Carpets, AVall Paper and House Furnishing GoodV°i'»Zl_CUM"W!*™. ^'Hl in. UNDERTAKER. Manufacturers and Shippers ol all litis of Lnniber aid Spars. DICKSON, DeWOLP & CO., Commission Merchants 412 and 414 BATTERY STREET, SAN ERANC.SCO. CAL. HEATLEY, MATTON & CO. GEORGE YARD. . Tna.x,a=^ LOMBARD 8T.. LONDON Agents for „,e Hastings Saw Mill Company, Limited. 11 CORDOVA STREET. J- j3l. ■ of Every Description VANCOUVER, B. C Cordova Street, Vancouver, B. C. Portrait and Landscape Photographe g. If. ALEXANDER. M anaser. WELCH & CO. Shipping un Commission ,ta hmts, No. 109 California Street, San Frarcisco, California. HKl'ltK.SI'.XTI'.I) BY CORDOVA STREET, ■%TA%.Xu-0* fTJ^TEMTt., BJHITK rs, •1.WMBXA. WELCH, R.THET A CO. Vi, IOBIA, BBtTIRH COI.DMBIA. N. D. WELCH * LlTKBBOOL. CO. Agents MoodyrilU Saw Mill, *°™ts Planters' TiJ0-' f\BUrrar* ""**• »• * LiHe °f Packets for Bonululu. B. Agents C Bre*>er « Co., Bonululu, H. I. Agent, Messrs. F. A. Schaefer di I. Co.. Bemululm, B. It ^^
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Victoria (B.C.)
San_Francisco_Journal_of_Commerce_British_Columbia_Edition_1888-02
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