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PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1979,,WHIT13Y FRËEPRESS' rBetween You 1 I M- ~vr wqi~ ' ani lVIe BRUTH CHAMBERS In 1851 Joseph, Howe, orator,. poet and statesman propblz.d'tbat one would hear the whlstle of the steam engine tbrougb 'the Rockey Mountains and wýould b. able te JourneyfromHallax tethe Pacflc in five or sixdays. And s0 lb came to b e., Wbeeled palaces banlshed- traditional wearlnss 0ftraveland opened up a whole ne world ln Canada and'one could travel from sea b sea. 1Afler lb. railways came inte b.ing',lt.eWest opened Up. Homesteadlng grew, vilages and town lbrlved, cities, grew larger. Grain crops and cool were sent te lb. easb coast and tote. west. Parms, tlb.-feeders of cities sprung up all througb lb. west ýbecause of this new mode 0ftranspor- tation. Farmers at'last bad a market'for tleir grain and other produce as tbey had been growing too much te con- *sume.It themselves. Greal amounts of money were spent by tb. railway companles on Irrigation and graineries'te help facilitate the expansion., Large, magràlfçent hotels were builb boo close, thlb railwayterminais. Hotel Palister in Calgary, 'named afler lb. explorer w*howas sent to report on lb. possibilities of a railway b.ing bullt througb te lb. coast. The Empresin Remliniscng a' Vict»rl4, flb. Royal Alexandra in Winnlpeg,, Hotel Van- couver, Banfft, Lake Louise, lb. ChateauFronlenac la, Quebec, ia Montreal PrlaceViger Hôtel, lb.e Royal York la Toronto, St. Andr.ws by. lb. sea in New Brunswick and lb. NovaScotian in Halifax Canadaa, a bUge, country cf almoot four million square. mle nd forty t housand miles of rails. 'This, was lb. beglnlngl0 ro and maburiby cf aur country. la 1914, hen lb.FIit World, War began lb. C.P.R. became lb. world's greteSt transortion syslem. Tro6ps were lranàspofrted; ove ra'million' lncludlng te passeogers and four mlllo oaicargo. OneaanWho. lb Second World War'came troops mnd Supplias travfold Wr ril front coraI te coraIt. Troop trains. were much in evidmne wlth men belng sent fromprovince' bo provýincete bé trëaln.daI baic training camps -and te lb. ual ~ ~ ~ ~ m cotheborslsb rs b Atlantic. Planes e d bo. ata. waà a amanI place thon'and in, lb. main building there was a buge -window where one stood b wateb lb. planescorne in;, taxi inte ýposition and idnlsmbak lt's pasaugfers, aIllen offiersrelurnlng home, 60om aliestannschlllb.thewel. Rather. suddenly in lb. flfties lb. etrain system' beca'me ralber'passe, Oub moded, and old bal. Small'tewns acros the Prairies <ied, fr.Igbt rates started b ogo up andlb. face of Canada'changedl. Nol 80 much for us In lb. centri parb'ý of lb. country but for many wesleners lb was a disaster. AYoung ma bs ompany sent hlm te meetings from Canada's a big country. a THRUWAY Mufflercentre. Your m-uffler can go on We,'honour our R 1uaran- you, anywhere. That's why yoush ould buy your next m'uffler from tee from, coast-to-coast. BecauLse' we're the largest. chain of indepen'-dent, muffler specialists in Canada. :So go à»head an d.see this big countryof our's. We're with you ail the way. thru M"Uy fflercentre UWAY ýREMORE-THAN WEu )MEVO - -INSPIRATION, DIAL Diail 66-1331 and- hear a three minute inspirational message by Pastor Emmo Oltmoiins- of the Emmanuelchurch at 401 Rosslnd nrl ,4eAuu:. IAL:., mmmmmbý clty to cltyby air was heard to remark that "tains were for peasants." Notý so,ý a very wrong conception, but - a prevalant one. So. away wlth the, old and on wltb tMe new. Now we are beglnlng to realize that this was a mistake. ITere should have been room for planes and trains.,Now asý tbhe eghties, are1 about to begin we, may have to spend millons, more, likely billions'.to, rebuildor revamp the railway, system. Many hundreds of villages and towns will spring Into action once agai n; whole industries may.bave newbeginlngs and many immigantswlllflnd their way acro .s the country as they dld many years ago. 1On. 0f the, happlest memorles' I bave la of travelling by train as -a youngster. Wbat -a glorlous thlng it. wasl1 I stili feel the same wpy when 1 hear or see a train and to boardon bolds the same magic. Many people stll travel by rail, by cholce simply because. they bave the saâme memoriesW that l'bave. I1t's not the'same of course. Sometimes snack bars rather than dinlng cars and not the same service. Dining car, white linen, silver and crytal;'well trained waiters, ever ready at your elbow wibhextra ice, waber or something for the. children. Hot bubtered toast in silver -muffin dishes, wonderful roast, beef, Winlpeg gold eye and for som e, strange reason pineapple rings'always, a dellght bo meon a trai. Drawlng rooms, simillar to a staberoom on a shlp. So very comfortable wlbb soft plush seats, sleeping accom- modation and a' bathroom. for cblldren ýjust like a playbouse, cosy and ail together. This part of the train was 'ýIways at the end 0f the car and down.the ale plush seats, face to face se that familles could b. bo-gether. At nigbt these seats b"cme erh, p per and lower. Whab funif-t was to walk along.and, se. the curtains bump 'ing in and out as peéple'strugged to undres behindthe cov er of tbe drapes. People, ýgenerafly chi"e who loved tb sleep in ùanhuerclamnmefed ùcoilapuible ladders to their cosy'hideawy. ThesimailI'inyLigts you could burn on by pusblng a but-' ton; tb. bell to summons lb.eporter and the windows. 0f those windows, ýespeclally at nlght, Ligbts, ber.and there as you passed' farm, bouses or biny bamieta. Stations brlghtly ligbbed and ulwgays people$ often sbarlng sbeeplshly at you from thé platform. ,Lading and unloading of supplies and, always large.canvas bags of mail being beaved on or off the train and slorted on long tables enroute to tbe mail ca. In th. dayblme a. change of scene every few minutes, some times cbildren looking Up at tb. windows to catch a glimpe cof strangers bound for far away places or livestock gialloping away-from tb. sound of lh. whistle and the' clickity clack, of lt hees A walk on the platform Or a stroill up a street if th. s'top over was long enug, A visit ,with the telegrapb operator in th. station whilebeapd away at the keys. Happy, smiling porters who took your sboes diat bad, been left, out on the floor before you wenb te b.d and in the morning rigbl where you bad lefItbem, shining andbrlgbt. Conductors who with brush in hand brushed you off before you left the train. Tbese mený took great pride in keeping their passengers bappy and content. Boredom nieyer. Books't6 read, th. daily newspaper and often comnpatable fellowtravellers te talk witb, a game of bridge or cribbage. 1To day many people back from travels in Asia orEurope chose to return home from elther'coast by train. Slower yes, flot a few bours to cover thousands of milles but'several days. To ýconserve fuel, 10 revitalize the land lets brlng the railroads inte focus again. This, might b. the beglnnlng of, shipa saillng the seas full of passengers as lbey were a f.w years ago.. To day there are snack bars, cocktail, bars and super- vlsed playtime for children on trains. Bring back tednn cars and th. palaces on wbeels" and a whole new world will ain over again. Planes we'need too, but lmmediancy and.