The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . ecting point for twobranches of the Canadian Pacific Railway,and having connections with all parts ofthe country by means of those lines. In its public buildings full use hasbeen made of Estevans resources, manyedifices being constructed of locally manu-factured brick. The Post Office and theTown Hall, perhaps the most imposingstructure in the town, are closely followedby the four schools. The churches arewell to the fore, the Methodist, Presby-terian, Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic,and Free Metho
The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . ecting point for twobranches of the Canadian Pacific Railway,and having connections with all parts ofthe country by means of those lines. In its public buildings full use hasbeen made of Estevans resources, manyedifices being constructed of locally manu-factured brick. The Post Office and theTown Hall, perhaps the most imposingstructure in the town, are closely followedby the four schools. The churches arewell to the fore, the Methodist, Presby-terian, Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic,and Free Methodist denominations allbeing represented. The Bank of BritishNorth America, the Bank of Hamilton,and the Union Bank of Canada are allconducting operations in the town, whilethe travelling public is catered for bythree hotels. A hospital is under con-struction. It is only recently that the questionof public utilities has been seriously con-sidered. Two trunk sewers have, however,already been laid and a sewerage plantinstalled. A large water tower with acapacity of 100,000 gallons has been P*. 1. LAND TITLES BUILDING, PORTION OF VICTORIA PARK, REGINA. 2. CITY HALL, REGINA. 3. LEADER BLOCK, REGINA. 5. LIBRARY AND TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, REGINA. ?3° SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN erected close to the Town Hall, andpipes are now being laid to the resi-dences. The electric light plant supplieslight at .1 cost of 8 cents per kilowatthour. Wohelty.—The town of Wolseley is oneof the more prosperous of the smallerplaces on the main line of the CanadianPacific Railway, and is situated in a dis-trict where grain growing and mixedfanning are almost equally flourishingindustries. To the north, east, and westof the town the greater part of the landi* already under cultivation, but to thesouth there are thousands of acres thathave remained undeveloped, and whichmay be purchased at quite moderate district is served by the Wolseley-Reston branch of the Canadian PacificRailway,
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