Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Grenville, Richard 1 February 1868, CO 60:32, no. 3371, 12.
Abstract
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Grenville, Richard 1 February 1868, CO 60:32, no. 3371, 12.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (4), Other documents (1).
No. 2
New Westminster
1st February 1868
My Lord Duke,
With reference to my despatch No. 146 of the 22nd
November 1867, I feel compelled to make some additional remarks
respecting Mr
Waddington's project of opening a roadfrom
from the Pacific at Bute
Inlet to the frontiers of Canada. I am told that he has been
lecturing with some success on the subject in Canada. It is
therefore my duty to say, although I should be glad to see
Capitalists spend their money in the Colony, that I believe the
line proposed by Mr
Waddington is about the worst that could have been selected.
I may mention in supportof
of this assertion that the New
Westminster Volunteers when in persuit [sic] of the Chilicoten
murderers found themselves unable to penetrate to the Interior
by way of Bute Inlet but reached the centre of the Colony when
Bentinck Arm was taken as a point of departure.
from the Pacific at Bute
Inlet to the frontiers of Canada. I am told that he has been
lecturing with some success on the subject in Canada. It is
therefore my duty to say, although I should be glad to see
Capitalists spend their money in the Colony, that I believe the
line proposed by Mr
Waddington is about the worst that could have been selected.
I may mention in supportof
of this assertion that the New
Westminster Volunteers when in persuit [sic] of the Chilicoten
murderers found themselves unable to penetrate to the Interior
by way of Bute Inlet but reached the centre of the Colony when
Bentinck Arm was taken as a point of departure.
Minutes by CO staff
Should this & 1204 be ackn: saying that they will not be lost
sight of should his Grace receive any formal & specific project
in writing from Mr Waddington. His Grace saw him.
CC
3/4
This is killing the slain I conceive. But the argt
is not conclusive. It may be that a line of route
absolutely impracticable to men & horses
as it stands may be
made practicable to carriages by a trifling expenditure of
money, while a route practicable for men and horses as it stands
may require enormous sums to make it practicable for carriages.
Ansr as proposed.
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