. Railway age . s-eparate sections between that pointand Winnipeg agsregating .iTl miles. The Lake Superior branch,running from Lake Superior .luuction, Ont., southeast to Fort Will-iam, 210 miles, is being built by the Grand Trunk Paciflc. On tillsbranch grading except on eight miles has been finished and 12,>miles of track has been laid, nie Gmnd Trunk Paciflc BranchLines Co. has been authorized to build branch lines both east andwest of Winnipeg. These are shown on the map as projected. Theline from Winnipeg west to Prince Rupert, B. C, 1,750 miles. Is beingbuilt by the Grand Trunk Pacif
. Railway age . s-eparate sections between that pointand Winnipeg agsregating .iTl miles. The Lake Superior branch,running from Lake Superior .luuction, Ont., southeast to Fort Will-iam, 210 miles, is being built by the Grand Trunk Paciflc. On tillsbranch grading except on eight miles has been finished and 12,>miles of track has been laid, nie Gmnd Trunk Paciflc BranchLines Co. has been authorized to build branch lines both east andwest of Winnipeg. These are shown on the map as projected. Theline from Winnipeg west to Prince Rupert, B. C, 1,750 miles. Is beingbuilt by the Grand Trunk Pacific. This Is all located. GradingIs finished on the section from Winnipeg to Portage La Prairie. 56miles, and track Is laid from the latter point BOO miles to lOarl,75 miles west of Saskatoon, Sask. Work is under way from thispoint to Edmonton, Alb., 253 miles, and to a point 120 miles fur-ther west of BJdmonton. From Prince Rupert eastward, work isunder way on 100 miles of road to Kiteselas canyon, which is the. GENERAL NEWS SECTION The New York legislature has passed a bill requiring railroaduompanies to pay their employees twice a month. A press despatch from Bedford, Pa., says that the school oftelegraphy maintained by the Pennsylvania Railroad at that placehas graduated 60 students. The Chicago & Alton now runs one of its trains through be-tween Chicago and Kansas City in 13 hours, which Is 30 minutesless than the previous lime and 30 minutes less than the time madeby any other line. The five railroads running eastward from East St. Louis whichabsorb drayage ; on freight from St. Louis, will hereaftermake the allowance on shipments brought by any one of 20 transfercompanies, instead of only two companies, as heretofore. Canadian papers leport that the immigration into Canada thisyear has been smaller than last year by about 40,000 people, a resultwhich is quite contrary to the expectations which were aroused bythe heavy movement from Kurope and the United States ear
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