Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Station, Fort George, British Columbia.
Gangs of itinerants "shipped" from such mushroom towns to the camps under the watchful eye of an agent of the employment bureau called a "scout" or "mancatcher" whose responsibility it was to ensure that none of them "jumped." Frequently the men were locked inside colonist cars like these. The costs of transportation to the job always placed the stiffs substantially in debt even before beginning work.
