Canadian Northern Ry, construction.

The C.N.R. tracklaying gang reached Battleford, Sask., May 16, upon the main line from Winnipeg, which is being pushed through to Edmonton, Alta. The place will be made a divisional headquarters.

In connection with the erection of a new station at Port Arthur, Ont., it is announced that the plans, which are being prepared by Mr. Pratt, the company's architect in Winnipeg, will be ready early in June. The question of the Government yard, which has been in an unsettled state for some years, has been disposed of by the Ontario Government. In exchange for 200 ft. of water frontage for local purposes, the C.N.R. interests obtain 300 ft. on Cumberland St., for use for hotel purposes. The C.P.R. obtains a strip of North Water St., in exchange for running rights over two tracks of railway, and Port Arthur receives the land facing on Arthur and Cumberland streets for municipal buildings.

Railways: C.No.Ry.

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