The Archive · 1928

North from New York

For one who wishes to run directly north from New York, there is a splendid highway in either shore of the Hudson, preferably the west, Vancouver, July 10.

The chief thing that interests the people of British Columbia at the present time is the completion of their government-owned railway the Pacific Great Eastern, It is being strongly urged, feom all quarters, that the line should be taken into the Great Peace River country and thus provide a Pacific coast outlet for millions of bushels of wheat.

There is the suggestion of the Premier that. the line will either be thus completed by the province, or that the railway will be taken over by the Canadian National railways and this, much needed, const outlet provided, At present thousands of settlers are pouring: into the Peace district and it bids fair to become the greatest wheat producing country in the world,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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