Railway development.

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The G.T. Pacific Ry. has filed plans with the Department of Railways showing the lands which it proposes to acquire by expropriation, for terminal purposes, on the Pacific coast, and on Lake Superior at Port Arthur and Fort William. The plans filed for the Pacific coast terminus, the Globe's Ottawa correspondent says, will enable the Government to make a choice between Kaien Island and Port Simpson. Kaien Island is at the entrance of Tuck's Inlet, and forms a part of the Tsimpian Indian Reserve, and contains altogether about 50,000 acres. It is situated equidistant from Port Simpson and the Skeena River, and Tuck's Inlet is an arm of the sea larger than Burrard's Inlet. Port Simpson is situated 14 miles north from Kaien Island. C. M. Hays, when interviewed in regard to the matter, said that the filing of the plans did not signify that any decision had been reached in regard to the terminal. It was necessary, to set before the Government the land that would be necessary at any probable terminus, so that when a decision was made by the company the consent of the Government would be already anticipated.

The plans filed for the terminals on Lake Superior show a line running into Fort William and another into Port Arthur, the one to the west of the C.P.R. terminals, and the other east of the Canadian Northern Ry. terminals. The property on the lake front south of the Kaministiquia River, known as the Mission, is asked for at Fort William; and in Port Arthur an area of 548 acres lying between the C.P.R. and the lake front from Stephen St. eastward for 10,000 ft. It includes property within the municipal bounds of Port Arthur, and runs into the adjoining township. Most of the land at Port Arthur is private property, and the expropriation proceedings will come before the Railway Commissioners.

Railways: G.T.P.Ry.

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