2

- ment: ‘and improvement of re-
" goulrces: more ‘productive than de-|

. posits merely drawing the. bank
; | since: ‘the death. ‘on Thursday

“: other than civil government, sal-
~ aries, administration. of Justice,

_ $200,000.

_dhuding $300, 000° for the new
addition to the parliament, build-
' '. $ngs and appropriations: for new

" appropriations’ total $280,000, or
$100,000 greater than last year.

"provided for the'cost of four royal
2! eommissions to :deal | with. ARTia
-. dtlture, labor, municipal matters,

THERN BRITISH COLUMBIA,

| PRICE $2.00 A YEAR:

Bg lS of “Sten aL |
° “ions, for Public’ Undertake}

FI

 (Bpaetal to, The Mines)

for: ‘approval...

expenditures,” “at: $16,270;000.

These estimates exceed: those of

last year by: $2,000, 000. and - $5,-

000, 000 respectively. In addition
to the: main estirhates for.expen-

diture -* are .

should:be-used: for’ the- develop-

rate of interest, «
The chief i items of expenditure 8,

éte., ara:.- >.
"Education, $2, 200, 000. oon
Public works - and | buildings |
$3,000,000...
Roads, ‘ateeets, “tdges and
wharves,:$5,027, 000;

‘Subsidies ‘and ‘contingencies,

For’ viablie. “works the ‘unpre-
cedented: total. ig. $8,236, 000, in-

hospitals, © “eourthouses; . ‘ete.,
chiefly in lower British. Columbia.

For the Burrard Inlet: bridge,
in connection with. the ‘Vancou-
ver-Fort George line, $400,000 i is

. |. provided, - ‘conditional on appro- |.
" priations by the Dominion and the

"“muncipalities concerned.

- bridge Will coat $1,500,000.

‘The:

“For agricultural . purposes’ the

Twenty-five thousand dollars is}:

7 LS Brewster attacked the railway] .

- " poley of the government, being
_ andwéred by: Bowser, who replied | t
_ f

: on a » fast and hard-|
‘game : from. the}

tee team thia afterndon, The | (

four goals: to. three,

ed. three goals in Co
alone’.

Fiszetton
hi

Includes, Five’ ‘Millions for. Roads’ and
¢sBridgesPrarogation of. Logisiature
; Expected on Tuesday 0 or Wednesday

oP toria, Feb: 23:—The session
> dg ‘fapidly. drawing to a ~cldse;
The. ministers logk* for proroga-

tiont on: ‘Tuesday’. or. Wedtiesday: :
“De® -estinates ‘for’ the -year
were submitted yesterday. “They
0 provide: for the most: ambitious

’ program of public’. undertakings
ever. presented to the legislature
‘The: receipts “are
estimated’ at $10, $87,000..and the:

supplementaries
‘exceeding - $700, 000. This: pro:
gram, anticipates a: ‘deficit. for the
year ..of - about’. $6,750,000, ‘The
actual defict. will ‘ba’ considerably | - wate
__ lower, ‘as'the receipts. will Brob- ao

ably exeeed estimates by: Several}... |

million, : as has” been’. ‘the. exper-
lence of the: past,” The idea ‘of |:’.
the, admin tration is that the
“* money: “now Tying inthe” bank}:

Saal “Jand Mrs. C.K Morison.
: Of an ianassuming: and lovable].

“| the esteem and’ ‘regard ‘of all

row aftemoon, leaving. thé ne Seay performances. The.8peaker also

intimated. that .the Canadian {4
C2! Pacific might 1 very well have done| 8
“| tore than: it has for the ie develop. 1

New. "York: WE

Roosevelt In Tesponse: 0 the-re-

notnina a for'a cs thaed term. °

3 ; President ||

| [quest of the govériors:of. eight: || 7
‘states,.has announced his willing- {|
|] ness to". accept. the. Republican |p

= God Ore-c at t Depth”

il ‘tinnel:

of. chalcopyrite. “ore.

on. the . hanging.” ‘wall;

copper.

run both ways from the, tunnel.
(Continued ou page ten)

MRS, “SEALY DEAD.

- “Aegreat many: of: the, people; of
Hazelton and the district. have.a|
feeling of personal . bereavement

morning of: Mrs. Helen M. Sealy,
wife of John C.K. Sealy. of: ‘Haz-
elton.and eldest daughter 6 of Mr, |

disposition, “Mrs. Sealy | possessed
‘a large number of friends. ° ‘Her|"

‘| Kindly nature and _untiring-ac-|

tivity in: good” works ‘gained her

with whom. she | came in. contact,
and her Joss. “will be deeply © felt
in’ ‘Hazelton. Suffering: ‘froma

cepted : her: lot, . -uncoipplaining:
When ‘told that. the ‘operation, ‘by
which it-was ‘hoped her life would
be. ‘Suved, was-of ‘no: avail,. she
faced death with smiling courage,
“The. deceased Jady. was in her}:
twenty-ninth year. ‘Her parents
and: her: sister, “Miss. Nietoria
Morison, for . many years resi-
dents of. -Hazelton,,: are. now “in
Port Essington, her brother, J John |:
W. Morison,: residing. here...
The. sympathy... ‘of. everyone. in
the ‘district. will -go “out. to. Mr
Sealy and. the family of the‘de-
parted in. the hour, of their be
reavement.-

. The funeral wiil be: held: tomor-

. | tn Rocher de Boule .

“driven “the : “eroabeut

‘174 feet, ‘slightly further
than: the: estimated ‘distance; the!
manager ‘of. the Rocher de Boule
- | property... aniounces the-tapping.
“| of the lower. vein at a. dejith “of
100+: feet on: the. lead. "On. the}
footwall- the vein. carries five feet |.
_ carrying
about nine. per cent copper... At
the point. where the titnnel - cuts
the vein, : the: granite horse which |
separates the ‘copper. and galena |
ores on'the: siirface is not in. evi-
dence, the silyer-lead oreshowing
without
even 2 gouge. ‘hetwween it and ‘the

J. A, Cowan, who. ig in in charge
of” the: ‘property, told The Miner
yesterday: that drifts: would be

~ MPNRNED mau

ee

malady ‘whieli’ all’: ‘the skill” of |
physicians failed to-cure,.she. ac-|

| Premier was carefulto point out,

Adverting: to the Great Northern;

tion “arranged. for within thr
years includes: about 1840, Ji
‘of road.

ad: indebtedness about’. $25, 000,

will. total $1,850,000, «
the amount; under both policies;
up to’. date," to $46,000, 000:7ir
bonded. indebtedness and % 600;
000 in-cash..
In addition: ‘to its. present fyb
“jsidies, the -Catiadian “Norther
_{ will receive assistance in-the-con-
_| struction: of 150 miles of: ‘vailway
‘on Vancouver Island, fron Carip-

This. line. will provide" an
ntrance, into Stratheona.’ P,

couver Island: will be: built. bysthe|

G. P,’R., which has stranjred to
construct ’ @ line from Parksville
fo Comox.: to

The. Kettle. Valley railway: will

The extent: ‘of the. idbility fis
volved: under the six bills brought
‘down yesterday by the Premier;
aggregates, with. respect to bond-

000; while'the cash’ ‘considerations |
‘This raises

ay | 000...

“ ‘Another ni new: ‘railway. 0 on” “Wane

| Pression Tntrducs § Six Bills, Covering Fight“
~-Hundred “and Forty-five Miles of New
Lines; .to Cost Over Twenty-six Millions---|
Will: Probably: Submit Question. to People|

Victoria; Feb, “hrm: ‘mileage
the’. McBridé “railway. policy: of
1912. duplicates: very; nearly hat
‘of; 1910; the total number ‘of miles
‘provided: ‘for i in the new: program
being’ 845, : The railway construc:

$500,000. in. ‘all.

Hope, : “ affording. .-

es the Canadian Pacifie and provid-

the Kodtenays. The V. V. &E.

Northern. .
over the Kaslo & Slocan railway,

the province $100,000. It will
cost. the railway company $400,-
1000 to take over the Slocan line,
‘which is now the property of the
Great Northern.
: The: province- agrees ‘to: pur-

the B,C; Southern. and Columbia
,& Western ° ‘railways. The deal
involves the. payment of $1, 000, -

“An: ‘extension of the Canadian |
Northern. from Kamloops to Ver-
‘mon and. thence to Lumby; and a

‘seen arranged, . also a line from
‘Vernon to the East Arm of
Okanagan Lake, opposite Okana-

gan fending, a distance i in all of
145 miles.

second reading of the. Premier's
six. railway, bills yesterday, . Mr.
McBride | in- a. lengthy - ‘and ‘able
addresa explained the provisions
of each and ineidentally’ gave. a
forecast ‘of the: advantages he
expects - the. province to’ derive
from. the: construction of the
various lines." He . “intimated
vaguely. that ah appeal to the
‘people |: was - ‘probable, . -without
suggestion’ of a. -date. At the

rounded by inembere and others,
wha ‘warmly congratulated him|:.
upon. his railway. poliey ‘and his |.
exposition,. . Brewster moved the
adjournment of the débate on five
of the bills,: Williams acting in.
the, ease Of thé sixth. ”

“Yn the course ot his: addres the

that’ the: Pacific” Great : Eastern.
will be independent of the.G.T, P,,
the C. P. B. and all other lines:

{he- declared that J; a Hill had
proven‘better at promises than

line, | t
and fertile |:

Speech of Premier i in: ‘Explanation : ~ ome .
OF Administration’ S Railway Program

» Mietoria, Feb:: DB: Upon - the |m

close of his speech he was sur-|

Premier said, “The government,

‘session; . but if w& think | these
‘proposals — ‘are of ‘such’ “great

Justify an appeal to the people,.

jury: and look to them for that|
endorsement to which: hard and
honest work and efficient admin-
‘fatration rightly entitle us,’

i pening: of. the - Panama’ Canal,
hwhich

ar in.the- present proposals ag|e

provide for an. extetialon from £
Geri | Hon,

ment to press on with. the work.
of providing. transportation for
the northern part of the country,
‘All such efforts will be based in
the. future, as in the past, on
‘closest enquiry and investigation.
Just as soon.as. time and condi-
tions warrant it,.we propose -to
leave nothing undone to connect
the Peace River district with the.
older settled districts of the south,
60 that. we may . preserve this.
gteat, ‘country and its. resources
for. our own- people. and ¢ our own.
interests, ”

‘Speaking on the possibility of
an: “appeal . to the people,. the

under ordinary, conditions, would
be entitled to remain for. another
weight: and importance. as - to

we will appear, before that great

‘After. explaining the. features
details ‘of each: bill, the
cer told of thé: proaperity of
“prosperity of the: present and
¢ which would follow with the
W.. railways, ‘which ‘would: be
n pleted. at thé ‘time .of ‘the

hrough the present, ‘admin
32,990. built-or under ton:
16 which:

be. given’ re “cash giatantée of
$10,000. a. mile,. approximately
The : provinee
Will also : appropriate. $200,000 for
& bridge over the Fraser river at
connection
| between the Kettle Valley ‘and

a short line from Vancouver to

is tohaverunning rights over the
Hine satisfactory. to. the Great

. AS a consideration for’ taking|

the, P. RB will receive from

‘chase’ the unsold ‘portions of:

Ine from, Vernon to: ‘Kelowna, ‘has }>

ators, - Applications for two rail-

{that he will operate < on thé upper |:
Fraser during. the coming séason.

‘which will run in ‘eonnection with
‘the BX: ‘She will “be slightly
anialler than the B.°X., her: dix
Tiendiona being 120 feet in. length
/ and.26'feet ‘in -beam.,..
si bere all the | he Inte eaulpiont ad | a

an ine “Palbot. aed Dent ep
J eee and Frank Waller will feet

must, pee added | g0n, should male.as good.a. ‘oak ti

' May Prevent Strike’.

ment is using every effort to pre-
vent the threatened general strike
of the coal miners. “Eight hun-
dred thousand voted ‘to strike
on February ye

London: The British Govern-

PEAGE RIVER
RAILWAY LINE

Foley, Welch & S & Stewart and.

Former Minister

Renfrew, Ont.; Feb, .22:—Hon.

loney. Contrary to all precedent,

contest.

on Sir Wilfrid’s retirement fram

as leader of the Liberals.
King May Return.

remove to Calgary’ and will. re-
sign his seat... Mackenzie King,
one of the defeated Liberal min-
isters, will be the opposition can-
didate,

GRAND TRUNK WANTS
~ GROUNDHOG CHARTER

Transcontinental Road. In-
tends to Build Line From
Hazelton. to- Goalficlds

” Vietoria Feb, 21 _ The { im-
menge coal j measures of theupper
Skeena are receiving their ‘meed
of attention from railway oper-

|way tcharters,° for lines to tap
the Groundhog field, will be made
to the Legislature in the course!
of a few days, according to the
Sun. According to the report,
Mackenzie & Mann are to apply
for a charter for an extension of
the Portland Canal Short Line
from Stewart. This road will be
some ninety miles’ long. The
Grand Trunk Pacific is also to
apply for power to build.to the
Groundhog basin, with Hazelton
as its point of departuro, . The
distance is given as 150 miles,
Information to' the above’ effect
was disclosed during the ‘recent
mnecting here of the Western
branch of the Canadian Mining
Institute. . Should the. Mann ap-
Plication be favored it. will un-
doubtedly mean the extension of
the fourteer-mile railway now
constructed out of : Stewart, on
Portland Canal, to -the upper
Skeen8, by way of Bear River
valley, *.

_ Bucey Goes to Fraser
‘Captain ‘Joe’ Bucey,; the well-
known-navigator of the Skeend,
in a letter to the Miner, states

He will have conimand of the new
boat: which is being’ constructed
for the B. C, Express ' Co, and

Returns fo Commons

George P. Graham wag elected
in South Renfrew byselection by
a majority of 800 over Dr. Ma-|

Sir Wilfrid Laurier spoke in the!”
The member-elect, will]:
occupy the vacant seat next to
Laurier, and will be his first
lieutenant.. It is expected that

Politics, Graham will sueceed him

. Ottawa, Feb,. 22.—It is stated
that.A. H. Clarke, Liberal mem-
ber for South Essex, intends ‘to

‘D'Arcy. Tate, of. Winnipeg Dor

“sha: will|-

' Associates Form Company |<
To Construct the Road os

G.1.P, WAIVES ITS RIGHTS.

Section. North of Fort George Not Yet

Must be Completed in 1915—Local
Men Interested in Company

—

(Special to The Miner)

Victore Feb, 20:—One of the
chief incidents .of the present -”
session of the legislature was the.
announcement by Premier Me- -.
Bride, at three o’clock this after... -

administration.

feature of the program as out- .
lined by My, McBride is the -
arrangement. with Foley, Welch’
& Stewart, by which that firm, |
under the name of the Pacific’
Great Eastern Railway, will build

a line from Fort.George to North _.
Vancouver and New Westmin-
ster. This will be the first link

in the Peace River line, absorb- |
ing the partially constructed
Howe Sound-Pemberton ‘liné.

ment the ‘same bond guar-
antees and assistance as. has .
been given the Canadian North-_
‘ern, No announcement was

the necessary ferry-service from
the mainland to Victoria.

- The bill, authorizing: the Fort .
George line contains clauses simi- "

start within ten miles of Vancou-
ver this summer, in July at the: ~

be paid. - Supplies are ta be purs
chased in the province. The goy-'
ernment will control rates, the
company agreeing not to appeal _
to the Railway Board.
of appeal by others the company | |
is bound to represent to the com-—
missioners that it is-‘satishied with

The bill also includes free grants

and townsites, The construction” .*
and equipment of the road. must oe
be of the best. . ™
Foley, Welch & Stewart and
their associates, in turn, agree
with the G. T. P. that the latter
shall- waive its charter. rights on
the former. agree that if they re-
ceive offers for the purchase of
control of the company, the pro.”

. |pogals: shall be submitted to the |

GT. P., which shall have’ ‘the °

first right'to acquire the line, the

option to continue for sixty.days:;-

the two roads is provided for; =
The capital of the road is tobe.”
$25,000,000. . The line. must be A
completed by July 1, 1916.- at
- Other members of-the com
pany, in addition ta: ithe big: con:
tracting firm,- aré ‘said ‘to: be

ald McLeod, of Vancouver’ and
Vernor W. Smith, ‘of Hazelion ;

A ‘Townsite Rumor
Some little. hae é

‘]oh the Fraser: as they. enjoyed tn | Chicks
~ the Skeens informal

Provided for—Road to That Point -.

noon, of the railway policy of the - ws
The principal.

Foley, Welch & Stewart will ree — .
ceive from the provincial govern-

made vegarding the extension of _
the line beyond. Fort. George or

lar to that passed in 1910 for the ~~ *
Canadian Northern. Work is.to -

very latest. Fair wages are to... *-

In case...

rates as fixed by the government.” =.="

of land required for right-of-way =~

Interchange of traffic: between os