RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT.
The uutravelled Englishman can have little conception of the rapidity with which the Canadian West is being developed. The three great railway systems—the Canadian Pacific, the Grand Trunk Pacific, and the Canadian Northern—;we covering the Prairie Provinces in every direction with their branch lines. The Grand Trunk Railway Company inaugurated a new train service at the beginning of the year, and in connection therewith it is announced that of the 150 new stations contracted for last .spring 98 have been opened. The new stations on the Grand Trunk Pacific are an innovation so far as Western Canada is concerned, inasmuch as, unlike stations built heretofore, they are to be maintained all the year round. This means that stations called "Hay," gtatiottSr—J.e-a points
where trains stop only when there are passengers to get on or oft —are in charge, winter and summer-, of a capable employee, and are kept heated day and night. An arrangement has been made with seetionmen to live in these stations, and in return For looking after the station and keeping it clean for the reception of passengers at all times the men get their rooms and heat free of cost.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10576, 6 March 1912, Page 4
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196RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10576, 6 March 1912, Page 4
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