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Ottawa, May: gh “After » a two
days? hearing: and an additional

i ‘Hamménd: ‘oft Vatieduver se:
‘| cured. from-the original- stakers

‘| the land that is now embraced in
_''!the Fort George townsite, - Prior. |

ah ‘| to the crown grants ‘being issued
-|the Grand Trunk. Pacific railway

entered a. protest, ; claiming. that
this particular 1] land. was needed
; ay and townsite. -Durpos-

ing the ‘voluminous ¢ evidence; the es, Th

Railway Commission today hand:
ed down’ its ‘decision: ‘in the’ now
famous Fort. George station case.’
The’ application of ‘the Grand
Trunk Pacific railroad. to placé a
station ‘on the eastern’ part of the
Indian’ reserve ‘located ‘at. the
junction of the Fraser’ and: Ne-
chaco rivers: in ‘central’ ‘British |:
Columbia’ and to name the station
Prinee George was: refused. ‘The
application ‘of ‘the: Natural: Re-
sources Security. Company, Ltd.,
and: George Je: Hammond, of Van-
couver, ‘for a station on the west-
ern end of the reserve, adjoiaing
the Fort George townsite, arid
for the' station to be: named Fort
George, was successful. The de-
cision orders - the~ Grand Trunk
Pacific railway to place its station
in the western part of the reserve
three thousand | ‘fest. east of the
townsite. °

The railway. was ‘represented
by W. Biggar; K.C.; A. H. Han-
sard, W. D. Hogg, K.C.,-A. Fripp,

- R.B. Bennett, K.-C. The Natur-

al Resources Security Co., George
J. Hammond, ‘and the citizens of
Fort George were represented by |
R. A. Pringle, K.C., George F.
Henderson, KC; Clive Pringle:
‘The contest for control of what
is now known as Fort George

the- original’ stakers,’ The land

sidewalks built, buildings erected,
and the: rapid i increase of popula-

of a prosperous city... on

pany, | the ‘subsidary. company

Pacific railroad i is to give the own-
ers of. property a fifty per cent.
interest -in’ the townsites in ex-.
change for a clear’ deed “to their
property, ' Negotiations \ were op-
ened between the Natural Ke-
sources — ‘Security: Company, - of
Vancouver, ’ “the | owners of ‘the
Fort. George townsite, and the

summated, owing to the demands
made by: ‘the railroad. The In-
site on the east was’ then pur-
Indians, through the Dominion
government, - ‘for $200, 000. The

Tailway company then announced

the eastern part of the reserve,
over a-mile and a half away from

dates back four years, - George

the town of Fort George and that

ment at Victoria, however, upheld |
‘was ‘then’ ‘gub- divided’ into’ build-| 3

ing’ lots; “streets -were “graded,

tion indicated the speedy growth x

The general policy af. the Grand on
Trunk Pacific Development Com-| ¥

which ‘exploits’ the ‘townsites in | A
connection with the Grand Trunk :

Grand Trunk Pacific Development x
| Company,” but: ‘were ‘never’ con-|*&

dian reserve adjoining the ‘town--

chased by ‘the railroad from the *

that it- would: place its. station: on ,

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