. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. in the open sea through CabotStrait, south of Newfoundland. Thislatter course lengthens the voyage toLiverpool by one hundred and sixty-eight miles. When Cabot Strait isclosed by winters icy hand, Halifaxis Canadas most northerly port. With the recent phenomenal devel-opment of her natural resources, andthe accompanying great influx offoreigners, Canada suddenly findsherself too big for her transportationfacilities. The United States cannot of Belle Isle—is likewise would be little point in build-ing a railroad through this Saguenaycount
. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. in the open sea through CabotStrait, south of Newfoundland. Thislatter course lengthens the voyage toLiverpool by one hundred and sixty-eight miles. When Cabot Strait isclosed by winters icy hand, Halifaxis Canadas most northerly port. With the recent phenomenal devel-opment of her natural resources, andthe accompanying great influx offoreigners, Canada suddenly findsherself too big for her transportationfacilities. The United States cannot of Belle Isle—is likewise would be little point in build-ing a railroad through this Saguenaycountry, as it is termed, for the sakeof the brief summer period when itwould be possible to run steamers toLabrador, because there are numerousharbors along the Gulf that wouldserve the same purpose at far lessexpense. If, however, Belle IsleStrait were tunneled and the railwaysystem extended through Newfound-land to St. Johns, it would be pos-sible to utilize it the whole yearround; and this is what is con-templated. It must be remembered. LOG CABIN INN. A Famous Resort of the Held Newfoundland Railway. greatly assist her. At the presenttime the American railroads are over-worked. J. J. Hills declaration thatthe railroad companies of the Un-ited States must within the next fiveyears expend not less than $500,000,-000 if the volume of our business isto be handled is familiar to all of meet her most urgent needs twogreat lines of steel track are beingthrown across the rich Canadianplains, namely, the Grand TrunkPacific and the Canadian Laurier cabinet promises a roadto Hudson Bay. A line to the At-lantic seaboard in Eastern Labrador—in the neighborhood of the Strait that the shortest and most directroute between these western territor-ies and the British Isles lies throughLabrador and Newfoundland, andthat cities like Chicago and St. Paulwould be brought as near to BelleIsle Strait as to New York, so thatthe gain by this route would be asthe difference of a st
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