The so-called Hudson's Bay route consists of a railway connecting 

 Port Simpson, on the Pacific, with Ft. Churchill, on the west coast of 

 Hudson's Bay, and a line of ocean steamers plying between the latter 



Columbia, to Ft. Churchill by the propose! railroad \s M50 statute 



operating the proposed railway. 



If we take Yokohama, a <vniral point in Japan, and Liverpoc 



the shortest distance between the two on some of the existing r< 

 and this proposed one. 



New York to Li' 



Yokohama to Port Moody . . 



Port Moody to Montreal 



Montreal to Liverpool 



Yokohama to Port Simpson, B. C 4 , 444 



Port Simpson to Churchill 1,450 



Churchill to Liverpool 3,404 



Total railway and navigation 9 , 298 



Difference in favor of No. 2 over No. 1 661 statute mile-. 



Difference in favor of No. 3 over No. 1 2,728 statute miles. 



DillVrenee in favor of No. 3 over No. 2 2,067 statute miles. 



