Canadian machinery and metalworking (July-December 1917) . of thereasons for the construction of the line connecting the Prairie Pro-vinces with the Pacific Coast was that itwould provide an outlet for wheat andother commodities to the coast for trans-portation to Europe via the PanamaCanal, as now recommended by the Do-minions Royal Commission in its recentreports on Canada to the British Govern-ment. The opening up of new territoryfor settlers and the development of in-ter-provincial trade were other import-ant considerations. The opening up ofthe Saskatchewan Valley for Americanfarme
Canadian machinery and metalworking (July-December 1917) . of thereasons for the construction of the line connecting the Prairie Pro-vinces with the Pacific Coast was that itwould provide an outlet for wheat andother commodities to the coast for trans-portation to Europe via the PanamaCanal, as now recommended by the Do-minions Royal Commission in its recentreports on Canada to the British Govern-ment. The opening up of new territoryfor settlers and the development of in-ter-provincial trade were other import-ant considerations. The opening up ofthe Saskatchewan Valley for Americanfarmers particularly has proved of ines-timable advantage to the .people of Can-ada from a production point of view. has also been a means of creat-ing competition, thus tending to steadyfreight rates. It has also assisted in therapid growth of population and increasein production of a large territory. The lines of the are well lo-cated in view of traffic conditions andthe construction of the track has been July 5, 1917. CANADIAN MACHINERY 13. WATERSIDE TERMINALS AT PORT ARTHUR, ONT. accomplished at a comparatively lowcost. Easy grades are a feature of thesystem and an important one particu-larly through the Rockies. Had it notbeen for the war, the would mostprobably have been able to operate theroad profitably, but the financial situa-tion during the past three years hasbeen such that the position of the Sys-tem has called for Government assist-ance in some form. It is likely that somemeans will be found to assist the roaduntil the situation is again normal. Can-ada went into the building of railways,in advance of settlement, as a businessto induce settlement, and that settle-ment is certain to come within a rea-sonable number of years. To carry the road over during the in-tervening period, that is, until the new-ly-opened territory becomes a sourceof revenue, in the form of freight prin-cipally, some assistance is necessary. Itis generally conceded t
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