04 Jul 1907
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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1907
Page
1
Distances from Spokane to St Paul listed for three routes. Northern Pacific 1513 miles. Great Northern 1485 miles. Soo Spokane and Cranbrook line 1480 miles.
The Soo Spokane line launches service with a grand reception in Cranbrook as the first train arrives late from Spokane. Passengers tour elegant cars, dining and sleeping service prepared by William and McCowan, while crews ready for St. Paul connections. The Spokane route adds an express line westward with a 14 section tourist car, leather upholstery, smoking room, and a Canadian Pacific diner, all part of the new equipment mix.
The new Pacific station service on the Spokane Inland route boasts a sleek dining car with green leather, six two person tables and 36 chair seats. Engine 1 on the Spokane Inland road powers the fastest service, with Albert Matthewson in charge of the dining car and Conductor John Clair overseeing the inaugural run.
A party of Hudson Bay Pacific railway engineers travels via Seattle to Port Simpson to start constructing ocean docks and lay yards for the company. Malcolm L. Macdonald and directors will visit Victoria in mid July to review the route eastward toward the Skeena river and Peace River district with surveyors. Two survey teams operate from Fort Churchill and Athabasca lake district to map the new road toward the Pacific. all preliminary work aims to finish by fall.
Winnipeg June 26 W M Macleod chief engineer of the G N R to be made manager in succession to B A Davies who resigned. Macleod known as a practical railway man whose counsels carry weight in both eastern and western operations.
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