. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . PRINCE RUPERT. 165 croakers who prophesied that it would never bedone, and who foresaw nothing but failure aheadfor the railway and for the town site. Later onthe same sort of croakers took to prophesying thatthe Panama Canal would never be opened. Butthe world goes round in spite of them. It was even said by many that Prince Rupertwas only a blind, and that the Grand Trunk Pacificwould ultimately make its terminus at Port Simpson,twenty miles farther north, and have another lown-site boom there after they had made all they couldout of Pr
. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . PRINCE RUPERT. 165 croakers who prophesied that it would never bedone, and who foresaw nothing but failure aheadfor the railway and for the town site. Later onthe same sort of croakers took to prophesying thatthe Panama Canal would never be opened. Butthe world goes round in spite of them. It was even said by many that Prince Rupertwas only a blind, and that the Grand Trunk Pacificwould ultimately make its terminus at Port Simpson,twenty miles farther north, and have another lown-site boom there after they had made all they couldout of Prince Rupert. The townsite has serious disadvantages, thatcannot be denied, but they are not insuperable ;they can be overcome by. those two useful qualitiespatience and perseverance, qualities which are beingshown to a remarkable extent by the progressivelittle community. And il necessarily follows thatthe expense is great, and that taxation must beheavy for many years to come. But they are looking forward to the completionof the railway and to the op
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