Identifier: fewfactsaboutcit00sask (find matches)
Title: A few facts about the city of Saskatoon : something of its past, present and prospects for the future, a city of opportunities. A railway centre. The hub of the great hard wheat area of Central Saskatchewan
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Saskatoon Board of Trade Saskatoon Board of Trade
Subjects: Architecture Railroads
Publisher: Saskatoon : Saskatoon Board of Trade
Contributing Library: Queen's University Library, W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Queen's University - University of Toronto Libraries

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of Sas-katoon which occupied all of thatportion lying east of the CanadianNorthern tracks and bordered on thesouth and east hy the river. Onlj- anarrow strip or portion of a block laywest of the railway; west of the rail-road lay Riversdale, which had asits southern border the river, while (Page Five.) S A S K .\ T O O N—T HE HUB OF THE HARD WHEAT BEL T—W ESTERN CANADA on 4he south and east bank stretchedthe historic old townsite of early Sas-katoon and latterly Nutana. Theseplaces have combined to make thepresent Saskatoon by special act ofthe provincial legislature. The citj is divided into four wardsand each ward is represented in theniLinicipal council by two aldermenJames Clinkskill liad the honor of be-ing the citys first mayor, and in thecouncil with liini were the late Thos. Cooland, W. J. Bell, R B. Irvine, J.H. Thompson, Vy. H. Coy, F. A.Blain, Wm. Hopkins and John Ash-worth. On the death of Mr. Coplandin the earlj^ fall Dr. H. E. Munroewas elected to complete the term.
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J. F. Cairns Departmental Store. tPage Six.J S A S K A T O O N—T H E HUB OF THE HARD WIIE. Al P. i: I T W E S T E R N CANADA A RAILWAY CENTRE SASKATOON is des-tined to be thegreat railway cen-tre of the prairieprovinces. Thethree great trans-continental systems of Can-ada have one and all defi-nite plans for building theirlines right into the city.The Canadian Northernnow serves the city, andboth the Canadian Pacificand the Grand Trunk Paci-fic are engaged in the ac-tual work of constructing their bridgesover the Saskatchewan into Saska-toon. The C. P. R. have a line built25 miles west of the city on the wayto Wetaskiwin and are built from theeast rii^ht up to Strassburg, 100 mileseast of Saskatoon, and have definitelyset aside funds for completing theline into the city by September of A Divisional Point for theCanadian Northern, theCanadian Pacific and theGrand Trunk Pacific-Pro-vincial Centre of Operation Saskatoon to Prince Albert has alsobeen granted and that line as well willbefewfactsaboutcit00sask

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