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;j» THE ROUTE TUNNELS. )IAN FIC JTAINEER " IING UES Radishes 15 CHOW CHOW 15 PS Beef Broth 25 or Alberta Whitefish 65 ASTS, ETC. *J*HE Connaught Tunnel, through Sweetbread Saute with Mushrooms 65 Mount Macdonald, just east of Spaghetti Italienne 45 Glacier Station, was built to avoid the climb over the top of Rogers n with Dressing 90 Pass, through a gorge subject in winter and spring to heavy snow- slides, against which the railway was protected by 4}/2 miles of AKS, ETC. permanent snowsheds. The tunnel Half) 1.25 (20 Minutes) is the longest tunnel in America, TRIPS 65 BROILED HAM 65 measuring exactly five miles from portal to portal. NE) 45; (TWO) 80 SMALL STEAK 1.00 In addition to eliminating snow- BACON AND FRIED EGGS 65 sheds, it shortens the distance VED WITH ORDER, 15 CENTS across the Selkirk Mountains by Ay2 miles, lowers the summit attained by the railway by 552 feet, VNS (HOT Of* COLD) 35 and reduces track curvature by an amount corresponding to 7 com plete circles. Perfect ventilation is attained by powerful fans. The SS tunnel is double tracked, and |ED 35 FRIED (ONE) 20; (TWO) 35 measures 29 feet from side to side and 21 feet 6J^ inches from " (ONE) 20; (TWO) 40 the base rail to the crown. Mount EY bR CHEESE 50 JELLY OR HAM 60 Macdonald towers nearly a mile above the railway in almost verti cal height. \TS, ETC. \RDINES 60 )NGUE 75 ROAST BEEF OR LAMB 75 1AYONNAISE 65 D, 15 CENTS EXTRA ADS YONNAISE DRESSING OMATOES 35 HEAD LETTUCE 35 CHICKEN 60 SLICED CUCUMBERS 35 DRESSING 10 CENTS DINI SEP THE SPIRAL TUNNELS T>RIOR to 1908 Hector and "THE MC -*- Field stations were sepa rated by such extreme grades that four consolidation loco A LA motives were required to haul a trainload of freight over this VEGI section. For about three Fresh Asparagi miles a grade of 4.4 per cent SPINACH 20 CARROTS VICHY 20 New Potatoes, prevailed —• ten times the maximum gradient normally permitted on heavy prairie BRITISH COL work. Boiled or Mashed 15 FRENCH FRIED OR By the construction of these Spiral Tunnels this grade has DE now been reduced to 2.2 per Fruit Jelly witl cent. From the east, the Peach Pie 20 Berries with Cream 35 track enters Tunnel No. 1, Ice Cream 25 3,255 feet in length, turning Sliced Pineapple Berry Shortcake 30 an angle under Cathedral Mountain of about 250 de PRESERVED FRUITS, MARM grees on a 573 foot radius, (IN INDI passing under itself and STRAWBERRIES RASP emerging at the portal 54 feet CRABAPPLEJELLY BRAMBLE lower. Tunnel No. 2, under STRAWBERRY JAM ORANGE OR GRAF Mount Ogden, has a similar radius through an angle of PRESERVED FIGS 35 232 degrees; it is 2,922 feet long and the grade produces BREAD AND BUTTE a difference in elevation of TOAST 15 WHITE. RAISIN about 50 feet at the portal. HOT BRAN OR Thus the railway traverses the valley by three lines at CHEESE Wl different elevations . and CANADIAN CHEDDAR crosses and re-crosses the French .Roquefort Kicking Horse River by four bridges. Two engines can TEA, ' now haul a bigger load up COFFEE. POT 20 (SERVED WITH CREAM OR HOT MILK) NESTLES MILK FOOD 25 the valley than the four pre INSTANT POSTUM 20 viously used. FOR BOTTLED AND OTHER I The two tunnels are a per fect maze, for the railway WAITERS ARE FORBIDDEN TO ACCEPT OR PASSENGERS ARE REQUESTED TO INSPECT MEAL CHECK doubles upon itself twice and OR UNSATISFACTORY SERVICE REPORT THE MATTER TO t forms a rough figure "8" in shape. If the train is run in two sections, passengers are able to see the other SOUVENIR COPY OF THIS MENU CARD IN E section at a higher or lower APPLICATION TO THE level, making its way up "the big grade." CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROADING IN THE "THE MOUNTAINEER" ROCKIES *T*HE contract between the EVENING -*- Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the Govern RELISHES ment of the Dominion of Spring Onions 15 Radishes 15 CHOW CHOW 15 Canada, entered ig.to in 1880, CUEEN OLIVES 20 MIXED PICKLES 15 to build a railway across the prairies and through the SOUPS Rocky Mountains to the Pa Vegetable 25 Beef Broth 25 cific Coast, called for com pletion in ten years' time. FISH Broiled or Fried Lake Trout or Alberta Whitefish 65 Actually, the railway was completed, and through trains run, in half this time. But ENTREES, ROASTS, ETC. speedy construction through Individual Veal and Ham Pie 65 Sweetbread Saute with Mushrooms 65 Spanish Omelet 60 Spaghetti Italienne 45 the Rocky Mountains neces Roast Young Chicken with Dressing 90 sitated a considerable amount of temporary work. The judg CHOPS, STEAKS, ETC. ment of this has been fully Broiled or Fried Chicken (Half) 1.25 (20 Minutes) warranted, first in the matter BACON (THREE) STRIPS 35; (SIX) STRIPS 65 BROILED HAM 65 of early operation, and later SIRLOIN STEAK 1.50 LAMB CHOPS (ONE) 45; (TWO) 80 SMALL STEAK 1.00 HAM AND FRIED EGGS 65 BACON AND FRIED EGGS 65 by a realization of a large ONE STRIP BACON, WHEN SERVED WITH ORDER, 15 CENTS saving in first cost. It was natural, however, that in INDIVIDUAL BAKED BEANS (HOT OR COLD) 35 creasing trade should see many millions spent in grade EGGS reductions and in the erection BOILED (ONE) 20; (TWO) 35 SCRAMBLED 35 FRIED (ONE) 20; (TWO) 35 POACHED ON TOAST (ONE) 20; (TWO) 40 of permanent structures. OMELETS: PLAIN 45 TOMATO, PARSLEY 6R CHEESE 50 JELLY OR HAM 60 Amongst other things, this has involved the construction COLD IVI EATS, ETC. of a most interesting system IMPORTED SARDINES 60 of tunnels and of one of the SLICED CHICKEN 80 HAM OR TONGUE 75 ROAST BEEF OR LAMB 75 LAKE TROUT, MAYONNAISE 65 longest tunnels on the con WITH POTATO SALAD, 15 CENTS EXTRA tinent —• the Spiral Tunnels at Field and the Connaught SALADS Tunnel at Glacier, both of WITH FRENCH OR MAYONNAISE DRESSING which are illustrated on the \w LETTUCE AND TOMATO 35 SLICED TOMATOES 35 HEAD LETTUCE 35 COMBINATION 35 BEET AND EGG 35 CHICKEN 60 SLICED CUCUMBERS 35 reverse side of this menu. THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING 10 CENTS 2-13 DINING CAR SERVICE "THE MOUTAINEER" SOME FACTS ABOUT THE CANADIAN PACIFIC ROCKIES A LA CARTE VEGETABLES *TpHE Rocky Mountains, the Fresh Asparagus, Drawn Butter 45 Selkirk Mountains, and SPINACH 20 CARROTS VICHY 20 SUGAR CORN 20 FRENCH PEAS 20 New Potatoes, Maitre d'Hotel 30 the other related ranges have- within reach of railway trans BRITISH COLUMBIA POTATOES portation—over six hundred Boiled or Mashed 15 Lyonnalse 25 and fifty mountain peaks FRENCH FRIED OR HASHED BROWNED 25 6,000 feet above sea level, or DESSERTS higher. One hundred and Fruit Jelly with Whipped Cream 20 forty-four are 10,000 feet or Peach Pie 20 Apple Pie 20, with Cheese 30 Berries with Cream 35 Vanilla Custard Pudding 20 higher. Ice Cream 25 Special Individual Cake Service 20 Sliced Pineapple with Bran Muffins 35 Berry Shortcake 30 Cantaloupe (Half) 30 There are many score of passes six, seven, eight or PRESERVED FRUITS, MARMALADE, JAMS OR JELLIES 25 nine thousand feet in height. (IN INDIVIDUAL JARS) STRAWBERRIES RASPBERRIES PINEAPPLE CRABAPPLE JELLY BRAMBLEBERRY JELLY QUINCE JELLY Canada has reserved in its STRAWBERRY JAM RASPBERRY JAM ORANGE OR GRAPE FRUIT MARMALADE mountain • 'National parks'' over 9,800 square miles—an PRESERVED FIGS 35 INDIVIDUAL COMB OR STRAINED HONEY 25 area nearly five times as big as one of its own provinces BREAD AND BUTTER SERVICE PER PERSON (Prince Edward Island). Six TOAST 15 WHITE, RAISIN AND BROWN BREAD 10 ROLLS 15 of these are on, or reached HOT BRAN OR CORN MUFFINS 15 from, the Canadian Pacific. CHEESE WITH CRACKERS 25 At Banff, Lake Louise, CANADIAN CHEDDAR MACLAREN'S IMPERIAL French .Roquefort Swiss Gruyere Emerald Lake (near Field), Glacier and Sicamous are de TEA, ' OFFEE, ETC. COFFEE, POT 20 (SERVED WITH CREAM OR HOT MILK) COCOA, POT 25 TEA, POT 20 lightful Canadian Pacific NESTLES MILK FOOD 25 HORLICK'S MALTED MILK 20 INSTANT POSTUM 20 INDIVIDUAL SEALED BOTTLE MILK 15 mountain hotels — supple FOR BOTTLED AND OTHER BEVERAGES SEE SPECIAL LIST mented by bungalow camps at Wapta Lake, the Yoho WAITERS ARE FORBIDDEN TO ACCEPT OR SERVE VERBAL ORDERS PASSENGERS ARE REQUESTED TO INSPECT MEAL CHECK BEFORE MAKING PAYMENT, AND IN CASE OF ANY OVERCHARGE Valley, Lake O'Hara, Lake OR UNSATISFACTORY SERVICE REPORT THE MATTER TO THE STEWARD IN CHARGE OF THE CAR OR TO W. A. COOPER, Windermere, Moraine Lake, MANAGER, SLEEPING, DINING, PARLOR CARS and three points on the new / RESTAURANTS AND NEWS SERVICE, MONTREAL Banff -Windermere automo SOUVENIR COPY OF THIS MENU CARD IN ENVELOPE READY FOR MAILING, MAY BE HAD ON bile road. APPLICATION TO THE DINING CAR STEWARD - WA _J;f «ifss s:.|:iss »- WHITE DOTTED LINES REPRESENT THE ROUTE TAKEN BY TRAIN THROUGH SPIRAL TUNNELS. .

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