"CANADA AS IT IS."

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 85, 3 January 1908, Page 2

"CANADA AS IT IS."

ACCORDING TO MR WILLIAM CABLE.j, Vll/" * . A TERRIBLE COUNTRY . ' . • ilr. William Cable,, head •of . tho,. foundry "- : : lirm : of; (William -.> Cable and i. i pnetois of the Lion' Foundry, is "'a quiet, ' hard-headed Scotl with:a fine head for ; mec- 1 --j hanics andikeenly: observant ju&t finished a tour of tlie'''fror'd, wjiich commenced by & trip across tiio Paeifio>-aiid J ia jog across Canada ■: A'Tho. seasonv.was 'Six -.fffieksjor raotfi' la^oi ; f Tiand. the cduntry'. wan in: &' state of' thaw I ,' ■- ■ ! said Mr., Cabloj .-"and-it:-Was: jprotty" bad;, ■ Jjoforc !leaving -Vancouver-; the 1 O.P;R. clerkv\ ■ laskod where :■ we" wero"gOuig:--to:: brcakr'the '■ s t (thfi ; O.PiRv- have;hotels; evctywhoje): Zi - 4Jid-.iL said Glacier^—heard-.it<wffs *4-, ; good. jildcV-; •; --to:see. -Wo got to rjghtjiand . found that .'tho'plaeo'iwas 'fidt'iyet-open; and-' , there , was ;••• feet -of. >. snow : ou', the ' 1 ground " : : had -nevfir'sfiieatlonedithft'-fact- vv • at Vancomerf, , , ,7 1 _ j-> "-Not they—that's-CPR mhnag6m?Ub.".4 ,'ijien you continued oast? a 'tl ''VfeS, ftnd wo didn't- Vitm day the 'whole 'trip 'across, j Banff '(in 1 the Rockies) w4s closed, but 'we had a', look at,' hot" springs; .-'.wHiih - ate '.BCfwhWo . .m- it, siyith.'jpur i own shot also <' , ,visited-, tho sßufFdlo.,Reserve, ,aiid 11/iS'-big! btwl>v'--< is being dovelopfcd i close by, la connection With-much , there Sidf a ptodel ■ liuning toivnship 1 i 1 1 '"Wo ran east llion to Mcdicino flat—th^town lit by naturiil gas—and from the stuffy -i Steam-lioated carnages-, (the steam :44nil<jt be ' -' regulated)' wo saVi'fiiuttfcrouSi.bodies-of-iattle -I frozeniin thojpaddoekfl jaiUidei Then v: { on ...to:, Moose? Jaw,i,where June- > I tions; With i the " States radway. It r .i - a rusli\town'—a. bustling, place: - with ; awful '■ streets. - AtTWinnipeg- iit still cold,, but 1 .people said. ;it ..Was.^the,:.first i.fine. 1 day, they ' had hid that i be&sim.. It whs all aliv^ —a t - city in:a-.pritniiiiVo.c6iid;tioii. (~Lotg t 6f-nl9liey -i, i hhs been made lh Winnipeg ,estate, liitj was being made. i.> On amVul it' Lake ' SUperioi 1 we ioutid- the great hbdy. of Vrater < frozen, but wo stayed;#*day.ortwl»tat'T?otth v J ' • JJay, a rising town ;• before-|;omg . doWn to -• 'loronto, Which- is a .fihe cit-yj iWith. 4.- lot of nlauillactunhg going fill V '"111; addition tb.\thd intense c6ld: 6iperi« ■■■ enced—in Mnvj l too—thero wore ab6uthalf"a« . dftzon ■ afccidonts oxporlenfced T on the :■ At.one time wo.were delayed thirteen hoilfs, . and at another, sis j liollrsj!: but: fclifcy? SteHioif > used, to that sort of thing in- Canada. - v 1 "I was told that list Svinttf/^a^so bad' i . that , ft", woman tending-- her: : sitek 1 husband -- ■, ' went out to get some wood- frofil: th^'fßttickj'. ;t ! • olily a few yards from the door,- whoft .sho, .j •was smothfcfed by ; a -bliz^airdj' almost within tou6h of. her ,own " ( again, tho- country ■ ■ pedplfe: - wire • s6' • • lor firing that they toro dowii the-O.P.R. , siiow-fences-in certain districts to' hi'ea]i v up i ; tor firowCod '■, ~ f ■ "in Canada they tlofi't give- you iuy : : 'f ; .ing when tho tram: is abotat to. staft-^jt'■ ji^t. : 1 gbes, aud if . you arp .not.,oli. it; :sd- j'buj have to stick, pl-otty..-well:: to ..^oWv: ttom whilo/t-ravfelliilg to provOht awkward- j accidents" ;Mr. .Cable, also .viSited,vMontreal, k .Quebeo,- i tho. Niagara Falls, New l'ork, ■ J Atlantic City, and other placos; in v . beloro leaving for "England. 7 •• ■" ■ ' -J