The Standard., 9 janvier 1909, samedi 9 janvier 1909

[" | ILLUSTRATED | ILLUSTRATED | wie.The Standard, ve VOL.V.No.2.Scientists Now Claim That Italian Disaster is by All Odds the Worst in the World's History MONTREAL, CANADA, JANUARY 9, 1909.171 ST.JAMES STREET.a \u2014 me SAERE Lo 3 ai ef ® EERE 0 SCENES AND PLACES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENT AWFUL EARTHQUAKE HOLOCAUST IN ITALY\u2014By numbers, the pictures show:\u2014(1) The harbor front at Messina, which, together with the city and its environments, was completely overwhelmed in the two earthquake shocks of Dec.27 and 30.(2) The courtyard of a house at Pompeii, which was buried beneath a downpour of lava during the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D.79, and which was only uncovered a few years ago.(3) A view in the Capuchin catacombs at Palermo, which was seriously damaged by last week\u2019s earthquake.(4) Frescoes and sculpture in the Cathedral at Messina, which were completely destroyed by the first earthquake shock.By Earthquake Shock and Tidal Wave a Most Beautiful Country Was Made Utterly Desolate Ne NAN NE Narr DUT EL Hite SCENES AND PLACES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENT AWFUL EARTHQUAKE HOLOCAUST IN ITALY\u2014By numbers, the pictures show:\u2014(1) The opera house at Catania, now a mass of ruins.(2) The water-front at Palermo, which was badly damaged by fast week\u2019s shocks.(3) A general view of Pompeii, which was completely buried in lava during the big eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D.79.(4) A corridor in the Capuchin catacombs at Palermo, showing the skulls, skeletons and coffins of hundreds of deceased Capuchin monks.The recent earthquake wrought considerable havoc in this unique sepulchre.cmt a 2e re ae cm 2 THE STANDARD, MONTREAL, CANADA.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 How the Great Commercial Centre of Montreal is Stretching Out Arms Into Hinterland of Quebec mm ne \\ MONTREAL REACHES OUT INTO NORTHERN QUE laid track on the Nomining-Rapide de L\u2019Orignal branch of the C.P.R.MONTREAL NOW STRETCHING OUT.HE majority of the illustrations on this page deal with construction work on the Rapide de L\u2019Orignal extension to the No- mining prance of the C.P.R.This extension, when completed will be twenty-five miles in length, and will connect the town of Nomining with the village of Rapide de L\u2019Orignal It will traverse a thickly wooded district, in which game of all kinds are to be found, and it will skirt by the shores of several beautiful lakes abounding in fish.The line has been under construction for some months past, but progress has been less rapid than usual owing to the natural obstacles that had to be overcome, such as swamps, rocks, forests, creeks and sandy soil It is hoped, however, to have it completed and ready for traffic during the course of the coming year.The line will connect Rapide de L\u2019Orignal with Montreal, and will form a continuation of that which for many years past has been popular with Montrealers, namely, the railway that traverses the picturesque Ste.Agathe and Labelle sections of the Province of Quebec.This railway was built in sections, and gradually worked iis way norit until a few years ago Nomining was reached.The branch now under construction will, in its turn, be added to, as a link connecting Rapide de L\u2019Orignal with Maniwaki has been surveyed and will be built in due time.When it shall have been completed it will be possible for a Montrealer to reach the game and fishing preserves in the No- mining, Labelle and Maniwaki districts via Ste.Agathe, St.Jovite, Labelle and Nomining, and return to Montreal by way of Maniwaki and Ottawa.The gap between Rapide de L\u2019Orignal and Maniwaki miles in length, and from Maniwaki to is only about 20 _ RN BEC\u2014A section gang straightening and levelling the newly- (Photo by H.Richards.) J RAILWAYS AND THEIR TROUBLES.\u20ac¢ HE American roads have recognized that in order to make profits they must be allowed to increase the rates; but in the Dominion, rates appear to be fixed for us quite arbitrarily, by official persons who, however able in other directions, have no practical experience of railway operating.\u201d A Grand Trunk official, in discussing with The Standard the prevailing conditions, which showed.improvement as to gross earnings, but, at the same time, an increase in the expense accounts, made the foregoing remark.\u201cOnce rates are lowered, it is difficult, if not impossible, to restore them,\u201d was another observation of the official in question.\u201cYears ago, when times were good, and the dollar had a larger purchasing power than it has now, freight rates were lowered generally all over the continent, owing to the keenness of competition.The Canadian roads had to follow suit.But shortly afterwards wages went up, the cost of material increased, while, at the same time, the rates remained at the low level.This has been the difficulty ever since\u2014the difficulty of making profit, owing to the heavy expenses, \u201cIt is strange that railroads, which are commercial undertakings, should not be allowed to direct their own business; but the tendency now is toward governmental interference and control.In the United States, you have the Interstate Commerce Act, and in the Dominion, the Railway Commission.Certainly, governments have a right to take cognizance of the operations of railways, which concern the public so MONTREAL REACHES OUT INTO NORTHERN QUEBEC\u2014Cutting through the rock on the Nomining-Rapide de L\u2019Orignal branch of the C.P.R.Ottawa a railway constructed.has already been The construction of these railways is opening up the country to a remarkable extent, and villages are springing up on all sides.A NL TN A a en MONTREAL REACHES OUT INTO NORTHERN QUEBEC\u2014Overcoming a swamp by trestle-work on the Nomining-Rapide de L\u2019Orignal branch of the C.P.R.~~ (Photo by H.Richards.) ~~ (Photo by H.Richards.) MONTREAL REACHES OUT INTO NORTHERN QUEBEC\u2014Tie-laying at the rate of a mile a day on the Nomin- ing-Rapide de L\u2019Orignal branch of the C.P.R.near the River Sawga.LAN (Photo by H.Richards.) NN NN NES Ne CNE NN MONTREAL REACHES OUT INTO NORTHERN QUEBEC\u2014A ballast train being loaded with gravel on the Nom- ining-Rapide de L\u2019Orignal and of this cost two-fifths, or $440,- 000,000.falls on others than the consumptive.And when this tremendous loss, this enormous paralysis of energy is extended to what may happen unless conditions change, before the last living inhabitant of the Urited States passes to his long home it is represented by figures that are stupendous and inconceivable.Measured, then, by the bare standard of money alone, this dread di-ease, unless checked, has already laid out for destruction an MONTREAL REACHES OUT INTO NORTHERN QUEBEC\u2014A trestle on the Nomining-Rapide de L\u2019Orignal branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway.I Nomining is the centre of the region known as the Labelle region.It is bordered by seven beautiful lakes, amongst the number being, the Great and Little Nomining.The former is six miles long and five miles at its greatest width, while the latter has a shore line of about nine miles.it 5 WT a lh ta MONTREAL REACHES OUT INTO NORTHERN QUEBEC\u2014A construction gang on the Nomining-Rapide de L\u2019Orignal branch of the C.P.R.(Photo by H.Richards.) LAN AN A vitally; but no other business has its rates fixed for it by an outside body.This is really the trouble with us\u2014we are over-governed or over-legislated for, so to speak.That the government should fix maximum rates is understood, but to fix rates below the maximum, to impose a special rate upon us for a particular district, to rob the management of virtually all volition\u2014 this is what makes the situation so difficult, and, at the same time, what discourages investors, who are now looking for industrial stocks, while industrial enterprises, manufactures, are not interfered with.There can be expansion.the regulation of prices, upon the initiative of the management.Profits are thus, with able management, assured.\u201d \u201cThis tendency, then, is in the direction of government control of the railways?\u201d \u201cIt looks that way, but experience proves that government roads are never operated with the vigor, the success, or the profit which mark private ownership.\u201cWhat is wanted is more elasticity, less embarrassing restrictions, which are often imposed without adequate knowledge.\u201d