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on
[With> a>£igh of-.rdief .thfe
initial' issue  is xable  tb'
^fact that the old. and aggravated
[jestion. of the'3 Grand Tr-uifk Pacific
Railway Commission
to  Hold
railway   lands,  as
Hi tie Hei*e Matter
who bought  the land: nearly a  year J-ajjo ..fully, anticipated and believed the j town would make a.^artsat start and the ayefa'ge\for their lots. ["'• They certainly boiight on the-'.per-imanent. street^b^cause  they  thought I the 'stattonodte('would, 'without /ities-1 tion,-be^io<fate5 at the foot of George rn this they were, vastly dis-
lilway
rince   GeorgCL-jSpproaches ^ttreme,nt<
can fact
i; 'station  site   in early]'
appojmed arid ' have.: lost money  afid
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railway   lands,  as  th^would  bring,-ever,    that    much    of    the   evidence ,  £^wn hot        gresst.d as rap. itNm line with ¦th^Kpropfirties^oehe-f given  to the  Railway  Board by the l^,.. .... _t-:_-i,.J    «ru.. -X«. *u:^ J~
er River.
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Indian reserve and i townsite promoters   was greatly, mia-   »o.     '¦l'v lver.   .-£.*v                         ! lpaHihn- ->-.•                                                          !.-•'»
leading.
¦^Subsequently the -^railway- company"!'. It is also significant- to njc
Lve   influenced/tKe
as anticipated.. Why all this de-is-    the    "nigger  on .the J fence"; is'not the location of George" Street the' centre line-of all the land
a famous firnrof landscape I although, the s^ionloca^h stands,,      w               Railway   Company   and
the case,*1'             - •              - *            ^
Street, "V
reyance   of   this' importa^/mat^er" m   January,     1913,    by  the  railway^whejn the" RaUjvii'r Board has viewed ! ?u.      .,,,,,.           .  . „       t   •
s   retarded   developme^here;   or   company,  for   an  order placing, the I the situation^n the grpund-and has Itel and fifty thousand dollar stores
 Why have the
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at .thTconflicting ror^rts- and spec-   location ' of their  station "at the"'foot1 had" an opportunity to form an opin-! d<^el°P uthls  str«et lf   t^not^the utibns as to the/i%l Outcome must j of   Ge^ge   Street,  the. thoroughfare i ion^the .matter which is based up- -'best? Why are. the people doing busi-
fluenced< thie  /unwary   in   a I designed by the experts,"as the cen-! on<apparent facts, and not upon the\i               —¦,•.,-.   L     ¦.       ...     ^ .,
asure>^5p^ome   of   these   people j tral traffic arterv m.thTi~«rf«.«fin.n«tfll«1uence of^ouns^K'at Ot.tn^—the I were earlier begun because the Rail-
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 TneSs  in  tne    °utjving.  suburbs ^tnat
isure.^oj-some oi these people tral traffic artery m the~scientifically't£ll6<juehce. of^counsefat Ottawa—the ncial/ros>esr will result." Having laid.outcity~rand-ati .order was issued'''depot' will be placed -aV the George :'d*'riri their judgment of the matter ihv th* k^u,.^ ..o-^'n^f^^ *u;~ y~~xC£XJ. Street; «\tp': nic'^tu ninnn»-f ¦**<*
luence them in
 d   ut city, andail order was issuelP               e  placed  aV the  George  wa>' Company haad- not developed itrj
 judgment of the matter ibv the board-appiwing^his loca^on.l Street site: This'is- the eloquent fact, .plans, moving in and buying lots and ¦  allowed their judgment to       g          obiectioiia were Immediate jbprne oufby  the 'Urge development,[fi^PV^g storeson   George  Street ?|
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Sayings Department at eacli^Branch. Travellers ^Cheques arjd Mbney^Orders Sold.
 Branch
DUNCAN, Manager
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fsfsl^lgS^^iiS w™ s.*,, ^,eh. hairsimPly ^f mm*m thei
way Board, by the counsel of the'in-j'dustrious tovynsite! vendors, who were j engaged    in    sellings. "Fort   George" i lpts west of the  Grand iTrunk town, , by this time" had ^eeQ-named
,      ,         ,-i ¦¦¦;.¦-'¦„¦         j   riuioe    ^Georgfe"    to   di$ting'uish' it development ,'of   NGeorge^from   ^^[^ «fort    Geor^f eel.   This street  is -rapidly  hiiild- \ whigh wag industriouslv. opposing the^
plans^of the  railway company  in its:.
That  the prolbnging  of the  doubt Hch   has   so sive depot will
upon    the -  investor    as ! is evident iii view ofK the-sub-; „ Intial
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up  with  business   houses  of ^all , and forms at .present toe%t  active business centre or the  These businesses-hat'e. been
 .            ...
 further heading of the intricate.
Established on^the high-priced^prop-   ^Uestion w^s held before the Railway
rty, on\e  understanding, tnat  the   Board- May 6th, 1913, resulting in the
Way company would, rise its best   rescinding of the order then standing^
nde^vors'toSstablish^their depot at   and the railway company was direct-
stojstablishtheir depot at                                                        ^
 of the^ect, and, added to ; ed to erecL a station at. a point 3,000  e   lh^ common-sense   convio- ¦ ffet east of the eastern boundary of.  ^^                     the Natural Resources Security Com
the foot
fchis,   are   the' c<____     ------   _____                               . .        ____
[ions of thos>idoing^»4iness  there,: the Natural Resources,Security Corn-endorsing   it-with^theirX approval  as   Pany-'s^ownsites.   Chairman Drayton main- radiating   th«rnn,,hf^«  nf  was abs^h^frbm the sitting, and the
					
					
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The history of this matterX^tretches t»ack' to' the tirrfc when the Grand Trunk ^Pacific Railway Company pur-
was absen: decision was
 iy^en by Assistant Chief
missioner Commissioners eave, buKdissenteg^f/o
 and concurred in

King George Hotel, a $100,000 Structure on George Street.
proceeded    on . this    street-rupted.
unihter-  only spot to dp-'ljusiness.  The future of the city^lies in a direct line from
 Wood Wood
Dry Fir \Vood, any length
Phone ,45, 3 rings
 Prompt Delivery
JonHsoii &
 South^Fort George
 Commis-
George, .Street; Taken from Connaught Park Hill U«t April.
sioner McEiea
_.       .  _____        ___n; In^J.uly^of the.'Sanie
Georgtslvear tne^railwa'y company carried the tter,   in appeal, under .^section 56 Railway Act, to the-xLieutenant
fehased Indian Reserve No. 1 ludson's Bay post of Fort or   the   purpose" of establishing  on
it land an'irhportant townsite. This : of t'..-^..------„ .__,-----y__________
hase   was  completed   in  Novem^j-Governor^n-Council.   Counsel for" all 1911, being carried throughjby'j sides   wenNl^eard  by   the   Dominion esentatives of the, Indian Depart- \ Cabinet*-" hut  the- situation lw|w^not and.-the railway, who^jvere eag^- 'enlightened as^theN^inister-tSf Justice assisted    in their    Jtegbtiations   pointed   pur that  as^t^e   appeal  in-the  Indians by ^the pioneers of : volved,questions'^   facfej\depending counti'j'^^^       /,          ¦>         ¦¦      \ for their solution upon the apprecia-
|P;.Shortly after^the railway cqmpany  tionwiruf weighing   of  cbntradletory Required  the  land]^iKVancouver re,aT>6Vidence, therefore, the^-G-oyernor^h^. Btate    concern    nameoNthe,^atural   Council was not justied in interfering esources   Security     Company.  Ltd.,'  with-the Board's decision. trhich was engaged-in  selling ¦widely \     The case, however, has since been jvertised townsites of highly specui>taken up by the Railway Board, and itive value^o the vest of the'Indian : the^nmtter is  under reconsideration, eserve, applied to the Board of Rail- i Menibet^cif   the   Board   visited   the y Cornmissioners for an order di-' ground   this^sumnier,  and  Chairman ectin'g the railway company to place; Drayton, who recently returned frorh station near their towjisites, or at  England, will visiTthV situation -here the western end of the G. T. P. prop-.!.next week, accompanieaNby;'-the other |erty.-' It  shoiildv.be  stated,  in  order' Commissioners,  and  the   depot  loca-|that a Conception of the fairness or .tion should shortly result.     v ^S\J infa'irness of this application may be ¦     The foregoing    outline    of -events,: realized," tnat   the   real   estate   firmldoes  not  give  any  adequate idea" of seeking this'order had previously ad-" the tenacious figjit pu_t up by the Nat-ertised several "proposed" locations I ural Resources ? Seo'urity    Company, for this depot, shown on .their'maps<; Limited, of Vancouver, to plant the s either oi), ov in close.pr.oximity to,' depot  advantageously  to  their'mass heir   property.     The , railway . com-i of townsites."" and,   so    support the
That the^ commission can fail tp be. South Kort George, and further west, ills   and   Good-, im'piessed   with   the   conditions   now, j the land is some hundred feet higher j prevailing  at  Prince George we can ia-nd cannot ever be a business pbr.tion-]j
.not  imagine.  The exodus from' Fortffof Prince George territory.  The diag-George.'the NaturaLResOurces^e'cur- ;onal avnue takes\are of Central Fort ity  Company's townsites,   tp-^rince \ Geoi-ge as it branches ofT in the shape : George, is, in itself, perhaps, the most  of a wye, one    leg    to    South  Fort I
scoiivineirig   arguments^especially  aa -George¦• and.   surrounding    territory,! thW    people    aye    locating in  the j and  the  other  leg  to  Central   Fort Georfee     Street^ vicinity. . A  simple; George, with Connaught Park hill in cpinpart^or^of the two places, bearing ! the apex of the angle.  Does any in4 in  min^--their  respective  periods  of telli-gent   business   man or Engineer^ exis>enc»Ov<)uld seem to us to annul ', see (hat this is not the proper way to
>heforce of Mr. Hammond's best ar- | treaf this    territory? NA11 traveller^
¦^ments presented; during previous•; passing through here are asjtouridied disfcussions of the^case.^^-.^^ | that tnere should be hesitation to ac-TheXta^nd no .doubt taken by the cept the sitev selected by the Land-Railway Company is thitt^this town-i scape 'Architects^ It is about time the site was laid "Out by an indepeTideQt^people \vpke up. to find out why this j firnT^f landscape architects from the oamjfging condition exists in this lo-,United States which have had years^cality. Either_5he Architects- area'.f;o61s of experience in such wbrkvias'uiey and do not-knbvT-how to lay; ^u.t^a felt the townsite. wasonjj-^of great im-  town to the best adyahtltge,_,or some
portance and thej;pr5per location of mother" people who know nothing^about the^ station, layo'ut, ofxstree£s, etc., in these matters are endeavoring to inr the int.ere^ts of the people^as well as terfere. Avith the best/plan. The" citi-the^Company, was important>The en-; zens are not going to stand ^or such Ijineers  of  this Jiirm   visited   Prince %om-fpolery.   If highly selected; skill-
_Sonth Fort George, the Prosperous Pione.fr Town.
6f :the .territory, naineljr: South Fort George, but-was not in any way'iri- "Zoom, fluerieed by      desire to niiik¥ money  K
Ceorge StreetJ>ken'frdm Same Point as Above Picture, Thrr»Weeks Ago.
-opposed their appiicatioli; | statements made in their advertise-added engineering difficulties' to | ments. -. Being heavy advertisers,' and Bneral undesirability of the  lor .controlling ... a -. rigwjspaper.   at    Fort
spughtx*- by   the   Natural   Re-people.-'At  the   hearing   of
George,-; Mrir :Hamnipnd .has had considerable support for his case" in the
liter before-the Railway Coni- | press,   ,and   altogether ' had   made   a in   March,  1912,   the     late j great fight/                                       ,.
jMabee refused to make any'J"  The   Prince _,Ge,orge...Post \does not
irection in the matter owing
emature nature of. the Lap-
;The citizens ^f the pioneer
"df~South"    Fort    George,
^weight of their argument of the railway company's fhout, as did the land jle-Bf ^he Hudsotj.'s Bay. Ctftn!-
! for a moment wish, to criticise the gentlemen of thfe Railway . Commission for the result of their'';deliberations in this case,' for we do not see how- apy cdfcrt. could fail to be inv-presSed by the carefully prepared case of the townsitb concern which has opposed the railroad, and a large
both thtse factors favored l section  of the public, in"  this  fight.
George^in^the early daysYand av?.iled ed men. are not best able to decide themsclvesdf^ contour maps anrtvde- 'these- matters, then we had better go veloped the plazas laid' out after- 'right down the list and select some wards in their /omce. The Grand intelligent laborer who can be pulled Trunk Pacific Railway did-nof dictate either way for the convenience of land where the station should be or Tow speculators and grabbers, and so re-the "important streets should be run, ¦ duce expenses where special talent but suggested that Hhe best and most has a right to employment.
perfect plan be. developed. This work                   —-------:—^—
cost the Company $6/O00;00• and they         ,  NEW  BELGIUM .PAPER believed from the layout jt would give       ^ cunous produce of the -European! the greatest benefit to the oldest part   war, and orte perhaps  without prece-
Is ~th"e"~^tarting~ur~Bergen-op-" Holland,   of   Le   Journal   des
Muenced by a desire to make money  Kofugies, a  two-page newspaper de-out    of    the    lots,    nor    were J the  voted to giving to exiles from  Bel- i landscape      artists     authorized^o.to giiim the'   sort    of    information \of do    otherwise "than    make    a    plan  which they are so much in Mieed.   The \ for "the   . .interests _^of     all    con-">first "nurnber of this  publication  ap-j cerried. C They   *  selected      George  pi-'ared_on.Octoljer  3-5th, and it con-! Street as ihe..point for development Yains, besides  news' as. to. the  prog-| for many "reasons,/ and gpod ones.   It.  Ie.ss of the military operations in the \ is  onv, high  land-.and   the  important  shhpe-bf. more or less 'oincia\ bulletins streets-radiate  from   it  in fuir and  from _the  various  official, bureaus,  a reasonable manner   to   the  west and  warmly    enthusiastic    expression  of to the south to. take  care  of South  gratitude; fortyie welcome whifh. the Fort George.   The" great obstruction  tlunisands  of, fugitive   Belgians  who of Connaught Park hill made it nee-:-were driven from their Homes  have essary  that^ this location should  bo  received in Holland.. ^selected   from    an    engineering   and
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WE-CAK SELL Y()t:. A SITE FOR A HOME
$^00.00 UP;
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y;.to the present uiisettl^cK^nqitipus'iii it isA^tjll to investigate the standing of-.your Y\y ¦ iuice Go'nipanLes.   AVorcpj^sciit the i'orcmds^^ /Conipaiiies whoso staiulin^Jias not beoiLJiiipaired hy X\\j/ pi4'eseiit"\var.   Before placing' yoiu* iiisurance.it will byao " yom^iidvaiitag'o to invcsti^ato-ouivjadu'ios.     /    >//'
bQR^ON  BAIN  CO.,/l.td.
-C^^ REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE^AGENTSr =j Corner Sefeond Avenue and George Street

Hotel
Near - Depot.
Rooms Bright and Newly Furnished Reduced Rates to Permanent Guests
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landscape   point   of  iyiew,   and  any   "When you agree for sake of argu--other'location froni this would have.j ment -that it's a good thing to buy j-spoiled the development of their plan:  Koods Made in,. Canada, don't forget For a norsnn to, s*]»ri- « at.ntion site   that it's not merely a matter of argu-
For a person to select^a station site
wlio was not on the ground was tak-  inent.^ Doit.;
ing chances, and the'chances showed,
that
and
Fiag-wavin'g is .al] right'if you *p';
Some The rest
at millions of dollars were at stake,  ply ihe sentiment practically* id this? was fche^niain cause of the.enlis^ and go to th^/front. ". Uroiible^and   must' have  caused   theJ of us can buy "Made    in" Canada",| Railway Company a loss of hundreds 'goods..andymake the money,Jto keep]
it the iett8tern"ena*of "the \ We luive'cause , to ' believe,   how-1 of thou'sands Vf "dollars.  Our citizens ! them there.
Grand Trunk Pacific
G.T.P.
Edmohton - Prince George Prince Rupert /
¦•¦¦'¦¦ v  v->   " '°..         ' ¦    '.     C ' i  ^ x-THROUGH STANDARD SLEEPER
West Bound'—Leave Edmonton Sundays and Tuesdays, 9^15 p.m.
^Arrive Prince-George Mondays & Wednesdays 7.45 p.m. V "    .", Arrive*1 Prince Rupert Tuesdays and.Thursdays (j"-00:p;m. East. Bousid—Leave Prince Rupert .Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. "^Arrive   Prince   George Thursdays and Surtdays 8-.'?0 a.m. ',   Arrive Edmonton Fridays and Mondays 8-0.0 a.m. ,       ¦"    j-;  ¦J'/'1 "                              ^--.^   ¦ <-   ¦ *   ¦¦¦ a.->»____'.'. ¦      "^"•¦__-    L_ '
Edmontonr Jasper- Prince George^
ij    .,       :~    ' .. ,     Leave Edmonton Fridays 9-15 p.m.     V                    A
i 7<   Arrive Prince-George Saturdays 7-45 p.m. -' RETURNING—Leaver Prince George Tuesdays 8-30 a.m.
Arrive Edmonton' Wednesdays-8-00 a.m.   j]-,,   CONNECTIONS ATt^DMONTON FROM ALtr-POlNTS EAST     <
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