DETAILS OF RAILWAY ACT Extension of .Jurisdiction Over Wator Traffic Between I'olnt.s in Oan- ada Is Also Provided For Ottawa, March 20.—Control by the railway board of stock and municipalities with respect to highways, levol crossings, etc., extension of jurisdiction over all water truffle between points in Canada and control over the placing of poles or -wires in streets of cities are prominent features of the revised tuid consolidated Railway Act, details of which were announced today by tlie government. The present consolidation, of the Railway Act is the first since- 1906 and in the Intervening period there have been twelve amending; acts which are now consolidated with the a«t of 1906 and contain other changes made. The work of consolidation has been proceeding for some time with the minister of'railways and the board • of railway commissioners in close touch with every step taking place. Valuable* suggestions have been received from municipal officers and other public bodies as well as from the railways themselves, from ofli-cials of the board of railway department and from the judges. The growth of the act includes extension to' a number of questions other than railway matters, including express business, telegraph, telephone, power and electricity and traffic by- water between ports in Canada, when carri&d by railway steamship companies. The new act gives the board power to submit questions of jurisdiction to the Supreme Court with a view to moro speedy determination and to avoid expense to litigants. Provision is also made for more quickly dealing with appeals generally. It is provided in the bill that hereafter the issue of stock bonds and other securities by railway companies shall be subject to control. Leave must bo obtained from the board be-Tore any issue of stock, bonds, or other securities, payable more than a year after date of issue, otherwise than solely for money consideration, can be made. The board is given power to impose terms and conditions respecting such issue and may refuse leave or may limit the amount to what it is satisfied is reasonable and proper. " The board is also given power to see that the proceeds of any such issue are properly applied and duly accounted for. The act is being amended so as to bring control under the board of sale, lease and management of railways EE£.t,Y TfclJJUNE upon Iho railway, When dainago results from fires started by locomotives, the act Is so changed that it 1b only in cases where negligence is proven on tho part of the owner that the company is entitled to tlie benefit of tho owner's insurance. Railway conslitbles must be British subjects. The board ia given power to forbid the use of coal itt any district and order the use of electricity or such other kind of fuel or power as may be deemed proper. Stricter penalties are provided for obstruction of highway crossings and lihe company and not. the employee is made liable where the fault is in the rules of the company. Power is given the board to order a railway to be opened to traffic. TWENTY-TWO YEARS AMONG IMD1AN Superior of .Mission in y sleigh, drawn b> horses. He was accompanied b\ Joseph Odette and O. L. Burdick traders at the fort. He said: "It seems good to be in civilization once more after such a long stay in the vast hinterland of Alberta. The most interesting thing to me is the wonderful transformation of a crude frontier village, such as Edmonton was when I came through here in 1892, to a substantially built city of 70.000 ambitious and progressive people. "Wo have a good country around Fort Smith. We have raised No. 1 hard wheat and all kinds of vegetables. Hoirses and cattle can be wintered along with the reindeer and buffalo. The nearest settlement to us is Smith Landing, 16 miles: south, while on the north we have Port Simpson, 500 miles distant, and Fort McPhersori, 1,300 miles distant. Truly, it is a country of magnificent distances and possibilities. "Already I am eager to return to the life in the open; but before I do tged cadonot oi-ways. The board may refuse permission to build a new railway "whemfl It will not be useful to the public 6r may compel different railways to run OTer one right-of-way by putting away straight tracks or getting rights over existing tracks all on the one right-of-way. It is expected that this will lielp solve the problem of highway crossings in cities. There is a new provision to enable the board to provide tb&t industries subsequently established may be served by existing spurs or branch lines. The forbidding of removal of WILL FIGHT FOR NORTHERN TRADE Vancouver Bourd of Trade to Seek Share of Peace ltiver Trade "The Vancouver Board of Trade does not propose to permit Edmon-*.,.*.-o. -,-uv, *«. «.~v. ...e. — .--.».... ... ton to enjoy the profitable results of spurs without consent of tho board "the flow of settlement to the Peace River without a struggle," declared is designed to make its control in (these mi»yfcr8 more complete. The -^the board as to location ttions and the affording of facilities are made more clear and complete. New provisions are added for compensation for Interference by the railways with mining rights and to give power to examine .mine workings near railways with a view to assuring safety of the railway. The portion of tho a.ct relating to arbitration proceedings generally has been almost remodelled and very materially altered. The county court judge, and in the province of Quebec the supreme judge, is now made arbitrator ex-officio. The provision that an owner could not appeal until the a.ward was over $60 0, even though he might be entitled to ten times as much, is amended so that he may appeal when he claims more than $1,000. Provision is mad© by which the board may order a company to construct a public passageway on a railway bridge at th^e expense of the municipality applying, •¦ iThere is the new clause providing for compensation to a municipality where a railway Is allowed along a highway. There are sections providing for the replacing of sliding1 or hurdle gates, and fanm crossings with swing gates, and better provision is made for protecting owners' enclosures when i milyr&y iaf'-bWag constructed. The board is given power to deal with the hours of duty for railway employees, and the length of a section and. number of employees In a ¦cction is stated.. Power ia given the board to suspend tariffs pending inquiry. Special freight tariffs have to be filed with the board in time to bo clicked before they come into force. Provision is made giving the board power to order the company to refund tolls Illegally collected. One feature of the new act is the extension of control over all water traffic between ports or points in Cantula. Anothe-r feature provides that hereafter no telegraph, telephone or power company under.) Dominion jurisdiction shall put wires or poles on streets or highways without permission. . Lines already built are mot inter-fere-d with except that in cities and towns they may be ordered to be put under ground; and more effective provision is made for putting them ¦underground by providing a joint ooard whore one or more of the lines 1« under provincial juriedietion. By tlie law governing damages, ¦where cattle and other animals are injured, the burden of proof is put C. E. Tisdall, M.L.A.., in a. recent interview in Vancouver. "The board here plans shortly to take up this question in an effort to divert a large proportion of this flow of settlement, Bending it to the Peace River via Vancouver and Fort George rather than north from the Alberta cities. It is probable that the land settlement committee of the board of trade will be given authority to obtain information as to conditions prevailing in northern British Columbia and on the best method of providing a feas-able route into the Peace River on this side of the provincial boundary line. No doubt the committee will lose no time In making a report to the board so that quick action may follow." The Vancouver member recently took up the Peace River settlement question with tho board o-f trade council, pointing out that. Vancouver merchants should make every effort to obtain a- share of the profitable cash business of settlers bound for the north. "Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary in past years have been built up by the prairie settlers' cash trade," he said. "I am told that at the present time the northern roads in Alberta are filled with prairie schooners, many of them from the United States, and all on the way to the Peace River. Most of these prospective settlers are frontiersmen who are well equipped to meet the new conditions of: the north. "With the early completion of the Pacific Great Eastern there is no reason why most of these people could not get Into the Peace River by rail to Fort George and then through the valleys north of tha city. I have been informed 'that the travelling north of Fort Georgo is just as light as it is from Edmonton and in any case within a few years we look to have the Pacific Grea Eastern extension finished. It seemi to me that it would be cheaper for tho American settlers to ship their goods to Fort George via Vancouver than to make a long overland trip in their schooners through Alberta. "Our information here is that the Peace River country is a good dea better than is generally imagined For grain growing and stock raining it Is said to be excellent. We have been Informed that the Dominion government area of 3,500,000 acre in British Columbia is without equa for mixed farming. "There should be no valid rnasoi why Vancouver merchants, and eon sequently the city as a whole, shouh not obtain benefits from a large proportion of the flow of settlement into the Peace River valleys." Saturday, April i 8, 1914 FOR A SQUARE MEAL THY TOWERS' RESTAURANT Only the best in everything. Back at the old stand D. McLARTY L.1XD VAlXJ/LTOn AND LOCATOR Apply at Office of Foil George Realty Securities Co., litd. Central Avenue- The Bis: Three of Central B.C. THE ORIENTAL RESTAURANT CENTRAL AVENUE Just Behind the Water Tower That's where you get the 'best meal ia town I&EAL TICKETS, $8.00 FOO CO., Prop. Leech Sign Co. 45 Howard At©,, Edmonton Phone 4561 for SIGNS of all kinds. 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Rooming House, For Sale in SOUTH FOR'l' GEOIIGE Two -storey building 21 e;ihild.fuwllh"ed UIld elec" This rooming house is doing very good business, all the ° g ,ccuiliecl 00O C,\s«, WILL 1IAM)LE Borneo to be arranged. Appl,- McIVOIl *.SIMPSON Heal Ksim<. Ajc«ita Central Avenue' FOKT CJKOHGB NEW HAZBLTON Center of the richest raining district in Canada. G-atewar of the Groundhog anthracite coal fields. The junction of tho waterways wher» th« line* of trade meet. Future absolutely asaurod. HUISICKT Trade center of tho Bulkley Valley. Is ao strategically located that all branch railway lines will be built from that point-Has no possiblo competitor for tho tra