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SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1912. No. 44.

Board's Decision Satisfactory

Notwithstanding efforts to obscure the issue, it is quite evident
to all who are cognizant of the facts, that the decision of the Rail-
way Commissioners following the rehearing of the townsite case
was favorable to the cause of South Hazelton, the location favored
by the people of the present town, With the action of the Board in
confirming the order relating to lot 882, we have no fault to find.
All that was asked for or expected by advocates of South Hazelton
was the rescission of the restraining order previously issued and the
granting of permission for the location of a station at that conven-
ient point, i

In rescinding the order which prevented the establishment of a
station on the site favored by a majority of the people, the Com-
missioners intimated that plans for a station conforming to the
railway’s standard would be approved. To use acolloquialism, they
“put it up to” the GT. P. We are informed that the railway ‘peo-
ple are now preparing their plans, and may look with confidence
for a final and satisfactory settlement of the townsite question, so
far as the interests of Hazelton are concerned,

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Skeena Offers Best Route

The choice of routes for a line of railway to bring the Groundhog
eoal to a market is attracting an increasing amount of attention,
and it is to be noted with regret that the greater portion of the
matter printed in outside newspapers on this subject is in favor of
one or the other of the Naas river routes. An active campaign: is
being carried on in behalf of both of these proposed lines and, as
seems to be only too frequent when a litigant attempts .to be hig
own judge, the worse is made to appear the better cause, The
leading mining journal published in the province, in a late

does not hesitate to say that the Dominion government. engineers
' who were in the coal field last summer decidedly favor both of the
Naas routes over the Skeena river route, by way of Hazelton, We
have read the reports of those gentlemen.and can find ‘nowhere any
such statements as are attributed to them by the boosters for the
Naas route, Even the man sent out in the interests of the Portland
Canal route fails to make a demonstration of the feasibility of
either one of the routes favored in the interests of Stewart,

Groundhog country is not surveyed, and the published maps all
differ. All of them must be considered as being largely guess

work on the part of the makers and not the fruit of actual know-
ledge, ——-

B.S. Wright made a sketch map of the country in March, 1912,
soing into the country by way of Stewart, and his finding ig that
one route leads'up the Naas, after passing over a 2700-foot summit
between Stewart and the Naas water-shed, to Anthony creek, a
tributary of the Naas, and thence over the summit to Beirnes
creek, a tributary of the Skeena, and in the very heart of the coal-
field, The elevation of the summit between Anthony creek and
Beirnes creek is 4300 feet and the only other pass considered ayail-
able for a line that would be under 200 miles in length has an ele-
vation of 4100 feet, As the elevation of the Skeena-at. the ‘mouth
of either of the creeks leading down from these: summits is 2500
feet or less, there is a matter of 1600 feet of elevation to be over-
come or, say, a two per cent, grade for.sixteen- miles,” ‘The- alter-
native route would pass from Naas wateis to the Skeena practically
along the route of the government telegraph trail between Fifth
and Sixth Cabins, and although-a favorable pass may be obtained,
the route is so lengthened in getting-into the coal-field proper that

the Grand Trunk

indhog distriet must find a
nditions in its favor, all’ ‘else.
ted; .The main points in favor of

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THE OMINEOA MINER, SATURDAY, JUNE:

Work Of Bible Society?*"
An impressive and interesting
sevice was held in St.’ Peter's
church last Sunday in connection
with the work of the Canadian

_|Bible Society. Members -of ‘all

denominations were . present.
Rey. John Field conducted. ‘the
service. ‘Rev. D. R. '"MeLean
read the Old Testanient lesson
and Dr. Wrinch read the.lésson
from the New Testament, “Rey.
W. M. Reid, agent of ‘the: Cana-
dian Bible Society, spoke .Of the
work heis doing in the cireilation
of the Scriptures chiefly among
the foreign population in “British
Columbia. ee
Mr. Reid is the first. who-has
spoken in this town on the ‘sub-
ject, and the large- congregation
listened with marked attention
while the reverend - gentleman
spoke of the pleasure it gave
him to come to this far-Aung
northland and speak from. the
pulpit of the devoted pioneer
missionary, Rev, John Field; and
to be associated with him.and the
ministers of -the other denomi-
nations, y .
Mr. Reid spoke of the’ Bible.as
the best Book in the world trans-
lated into 500 languages -and
spoken to all men, in all lands, ‘at
all times and under all eireum-
stances, and that the message it
brings to men will help to solve.
all cur problems, political, com-
mercial, social and domestic,
. At the close of the service. a
branch of. the Canadian Bible
Society was organized in ‘Hazel-
ton and the surrounding district
with the following officers; Presi-
dent, Rev. John Field; Secretary,
Rev, D. R. McLean; Treasurer,
Dr. Wrinch, - ; eo

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‘New Westminster June 24:
One hundred dollars has ‘been
offered by the Progressive “Aggo-
tiation of the City for the best
slogan to be adopted as the motto
for the banner of progress that
has been‘raised here. -A second
prize of $50 will-alsa’ be given,
The rules of the.competition, ‘are
very simple,. All- slogans - must
be sent tothe. secretary ‘of the
association by September 12. To
win they must be short and
snappy and have a good lilt to
them, They must also inelude
either the words New Westmin-
ster or Fraser, ; ot

New Westminster on the broad

greatest freshwater port on the
Pacific coast and the chief open-
ing to the western -spout forthe
prairie’s grain, once the Panatna
canal is open, With that. end in
harbor development, ° All last
year Mr. Powell, an- Américan
engineer of international repute,
was- drawing up, plans for the

to pass the first installment of
anticipation of the opening of the

and a-half ‘million dollar. work

prove the river ‘chanel all ‘the
way up the ‘short fifteen miles
from the sea to-this city,

Boosting Westminster’. -

_ SOHN B. LinDquist |

Fraser river aims at being the{*: °° >: on, ae
: Working Plang ‘and. Specifieationa. ‘1.

view, big sums are being spent on |

harbor, and the’ city.is juat- about [2 «:

half a million’ dollars to be spent};
on improving the water front in|:

canal. | The Dominion govern- 4
ment has also started on the three |

which:they have planned to. im-|—

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