British Columbia and Her Imperial Outlook (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from British Columbia and Her Imperial OutlookNew markets will he Itttllltl on the Atlantie l'nr British (folnnihia lnnilwr ainl paper. This new large (il'lllillltl will increase the pl'ire. Lint the saving of lrieght is an -nor|iious item. The present freight-rates front Vaneonwr to Liwrpool are sixteen ilollars per feet. The Canal will git'e British 1'olnmbia a rate of about eight dollars per feet. This (litierenee per l, illt will achl to the value of British Colinnliia titnher destined for Europe. But. It is for more reasons than this that. British ('olninhia is (lestineil to be a vast Imperial industrial workshop. While her agricultural ancl horticultural possibilites are far hevolul what is generally supposed, British ('olninliia is in natural resourees and raw materials of imlustrv on of the richest areas on the ulohe. But above all is she tieh in mechanieal power - Water-piiwer awl eoal. These ire about to he opened up and Their ilewlopnient soon will he mmputation. For. Roughly speaking. There is not an invi-stinent in British ('oluinhia to-dav whit'h will not he increased in Value hv the new t'anal but also inneh indirectlv in the impetus given to development. This one thinu-this Canal - costing as nothing - will double, quadruple and quintuple vallies out there in a few brief rears. With easier aeeess will route new trade, and new demands will rreate new products. And soon the innumerable water-[mwers of British Columbia Will start the wheels of a thousand new industries. The illiinitable resourees oi the Province will be opened up, developed, and utilised at home or shipped abroail. The value of ww town lot and of every acre of land of the Zittfiptlt square miles of the l'rovinee will he greatly enhaneed town sites will he hewed out of the forests, aml the forests tlieinseives - e\'erv stiel-t of wood of their l-'t'l¿ktxm arres of forest aml woodland will ibt' increased in value direetlv, by reason of eheaper shipping alone, to the extent of several dollars per feet, awl in the items of lumber and woml-palp alone the Panama Canal will make as a free gift to British Columbia mnsiilerahli' more than the United States is spending on the. Whole Canal.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.