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,lIE VALLEY Or' THE E:,PLOITS
CEnTr. Ho"l~.G .S .)
It i s now some t wenty yea r s since t.hf e article was first penned , but va rious
consideratLms pre vent ed 1tf! publication before .
Perhaps t he dread of being
classed 88 8 wi ld enthusiast and of arousing the r e se bili t y of those who might
condescend to r eed my optirnistical ef'f'usdon had
something to do ....ith its nonpublication
at t hat time .
The cross country railway bed not
r ea ched t his f av ored locality t ill year-n
after, nor , had i t s construction t hus far , been se r-Loue'Iy entert~i ned . Thi s gr-eat,
innovator has entirely revolutionized our ideas, And Je v \lil1 nov be found to
doubt, t he possibilities of the gr-and inheritance bequeathed to us .
But "time changes end we change \lith it ll • The prognostications i ndulged i n
t.vent.y years ago ore now bedng f ul f illed . The great ne w pulp en ter prises of the
Neasr-s , Harmso vr-t.h at Grand FeLfs , and t.he Albert Reid Co , , at Bf sbop t s Falls, are
destined to bring about the set.tIement. Ann cu Itdvatd on of this magni ficient valley ,
which I have no heaft.at.fon in snyine i~ capable of supplyinG nearly all the veget -,
.
e b'le and animal food ve now sume , But in my ....f Ldoat dr-eams I neve r contemplated
Hving t o seev a ci t y l ai d out and equipped with a l l t he most up-Lo-da te moder-n
Lapr-ove cen tc_~t_ ~ .i:e ~:!. te_,~k~~ :.Gr~ ~:,-~~~ ~. of . ~he . ~~oi ts .