29 Mar 1898
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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1898
Page
1
A detailed prospectus extols Cranbrook as a strategic divisional hub for the C.N.P. Ry in fertile mountain country. It touts water, timber, and mineral wealth, notes Cranbrook’s central location to mining districts, and forecasts a future smelter, mines nearby, and rail-linked coal facilities fueling growth.
The Cranbrook townsite offers attractive residential avenues with telegraph and telephone lines electric lights and water works. Promoters claim Cranbrook will grow rapidly as rail expansion and industry develop and that central position makes it the natural hub for routes from Wardner Moyle Port Steele Swansea and nearby camps with strong investor interest from Canada and the United States.
The Herald hints at numerous undeveloped claims near Cranbrook reachable by wagon and road, with Paymaster and Bimetallic near 342 miles away showing a 23 inch then 54 inch ledge and assays of 36 dollars and 26 percent copper. Other promising sites include Love group, Union Jack, Tumwater, Hamilton Brothers galena claim, and Palmer creek adjacents, urging readers to subscribe for the paper.
C P R acting Chief Engineer Macleod surveyed Cranbrook and Wardner progress on the Crow's Nest Pass Railway. He预计 the line would reach Cranbrook by August with a temporary false-work bridge at the Kootenay destined for an iron structure later. Contractors west of Cranbrook include Armstrong, Murphy, Meleth & Veters, Haskins, and A Robinson with crews up to 80 men, and multiple tunnel and right-of-way contracts.
Local notes report A Paget visiting Wardner and ore samples from town outskirts. Dr. Watt returns from Moyie City with word of a rebuilt Moyie saw mill. A W Bleasdell, Port Steele druggist, in Cranbrook. Leitch of Cranbrook Mill Co. on business trip to Fort Steele and Wardner. Peter Cotter headed to Mayi to supply square timbers. G H W Miner to Forty Steele for hardware orders. Post office needs and rising mail activity spark Cranbrook chatter. local barber rivalry referenced. Wardner, Moyie City, Fort Steele and Mayi figures appear amid town commerce and travel.
A veteran frontier businessman from eastern regions, W. T. Kaake of Kaake & Williams, arrives in Cranbrook to assess the town’s prospects and decides it will be his future headquarters. He brings extensive building and contracting experience from frontier towns to back Cranbrook’s potential.
Readers learn Cranbrook will be a divisional rail point with shops and hotels planned. Costs near eight dollars weekly for board, limited open business now, housing scarce, hunting and fishing rich, mining rising, and Col. W Hyde Baker connected to regional governance while residents await the railway’s progress to August.
A Swede lodger at the Oriental hotel was caught attempting theft on an upper floor, while Constable IL W. Barnes pursued the suspect from Fort Steele to Cranbrook. The arrest follows reports of rising petty larceny among railroad workers, with other arrivals and local comment on Cranbrook as a developing town.
Victoria and Vancouver report heavy Klondike traffic with 38 ships and 9600 tons bound for Wrangel and Lynn Canal while 6509 prospectors head north. Salvation Army General Booth visits Pacific coast cities. Chief Justice successor speculation centers on British Columbia lawyers including Fraser and several Vancouver and Victoria figures.
The article notes placer gold widespread in East Kootenay but questions the certainty of gold in every gulch. It calls Rast Kootenay virgin ground for systematic prospecting of coal and minerals and mentions spring boat service on the Kootenay River with routes via Wardner Fort Steele and Kalispell.
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