UP THE PACIFIC COAST 35 



"A Scotchman," she said. 



Some gold seekers on a train on the C. P. R. 

 were made very angry by the repeated changes 

 in time, always of an hour later, as they jour- 

 neyed farther and farther from the rising sun. 

 The last change was made before reaching 

 Vancouver, and in their eagerness to get to 

 the fabled land of gold and adventure, many 

 of them cursed the train people for making 

 them "lose" so much time. A wandering He- 

 brew silenced them, however, by saying: 

 **Vel, don't ve get once an hour's traveling 

 mitoud paying notings for it?" 



Our steamer stopped at Alert Bay, Port 

 Simpson, and Prince Rupert. This last town 

 will be the terminus of the New Grand 

 Trunk Pacific Railroad, which will not be in 

 operation as far as this port for a year and a 

 half, or until 19 14. The town site is not at- 

 tractive. It is covered with high rocks 

 through which several openings for streets 

 have been blasted. There are perhaps a 

 dozen stores here — some of them being quite 

 pretentious, while a couple of churches look 

 after the spiritual wants of the populace, and 

 branches of two big Eastern banks take care of 

 the financial end. The prices asked for store 

 sites seem to be outrageously high. Opposite 



