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 Title: The Commerce of Montreal and its manufactures, 1888 
 
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THE 
 
 ommerce * 
 
 
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 AND ITS 
 
 * Man. ti fact Tires 
 
 1888 . 
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 
 he George Bishop Engraving and Printing Co’y., Ltd. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Historical Summary Page 7 
 
 From the Conquest to the Present Da}’ 13 
 
 Government, Population, Revenue and Assessment 17 
 
 Banking 19 
 
 Trade of the Port of Montreal 22 
 
 Shipping Trade 24 
 
 Railroad Interests 26 
 
 Electric Current , 28 
 
 Manufacturing Interests 29 
 
 Education 30 
 
 Press 
 
 Business Houses 35 to 177 
 
 Index 17S 
 
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 /▼I ONTREAL’S title to the commercial metropolis cf British North America comes 
 A I I to her by inheritance. Her right to that title is older — much older — than Queen 
 Victoria’s title to the succession of the British Crown. History tells us that 
 Jacques Cartier, who discovered Montreal, found in 1535, when he landed at Quebec, that 
 Montreal, then called Hochelaga, was at that early age the metropolis of the savage 
 state, the capital city of the Indian tribes. His own narrative of the discovery has the 
 charm of romance that surrounds all North American stories. He found Quebec on the 
 15th of August, 1535, and met Honacona, the Lord or KiDg of Quebec, then called 
 •Stadacona. He could not be dissuaded from a visit to Montreal, and from the 19th of 
 ■(September to the 28th he was engaged in sailing as far as Lake St. Peter where he was 
 compelled by shoal water to leave his ships and take to the boats. He reached his des- 
 tination on the second of October, having landed at the foot of the island. Having 
 arrayed himself in the most gorgeous finery, he left his boats, and, accompanied by 
 twenty mariners and four gentlemen, set out for Hochelaga. He was guided by three 
 Indians, and says, in his description of the journey, that “all along he found the way as 
 well beaten and frequented as can be, the fairest and best country that could possibly 
 be seen, full of goodly great oaks, as any in the woods in France, under which the ground 
 was all covered with acorns.” After he had gone about four miles, he was met by one of 
 the principal chiefs, who paid him some honor, made a speech to him, and insisted upon 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 him taking a rest before he presented him to their great King, Agouhanna by name. 
 This King had no throne but the brawny arms of his braves; and, supported on the 
 shoulders of several of these, he received the man whom the simple natives looked upon 
 as a god, — a man who taught them Christianity as he understood it, but who tarnished 
 his name by unchristian and traitorous conduct afterwards. He recited the Gospel of 
 St. John to these natives — it were crime to call them savages then — and prayed that 
 God would open their hearts. He doubtless hoped that they would fill his pockets. 
 They did, and did the same for thousands of his fellow-countrymen, long afterwards- 
 when not a vestige of their houses was left. 
 
 Cartier had taken thirteen days from Quebec to Montreal, which nowadays can 
 be encompassed in five hours by train. He thus describes the town : — 
 
 “It is placed near, and, as it were, joined to a great mountain, very fertile on the 
 top, from which you may see very far. The town is round, encompassed about with 
 timber, with three rampires, one within another, framed like a sharp spire, but laid across- 
 above. The middle-moat of these is made and built in a direct line, but perpendicular. 
 The rampires are framed and fashioned with pieces of timber, laid along the ground, very 
 well and cunningly joined after their fashion. This enclosure is in height about two 
 rods. It hath but one gate or entry thereat, which is shut with piles, stakes and bars. 
 Over it and also in many parts of the wall, there be places to run along, and ladders to 
 get up, all full of stones for the defence of it.” 
 
 “There are in the town about fifty houses, each fifty paces long, and fifteen or 
 twenty broad, built all of wood, covered over with the bark of the wood, as broad as any 
 board, and cunningly joined together. Within are many rooms, lodgings, and chambers. 
 In the midst of everyone there is a great court, in the middle whereof they make their 
 fires. They live in common together, then do the husbands, wives and children, each 
 one retire to their chambers. They have also in the tops of their houses, certain garrets 
 wherein they keep their corn to make their bread. The people are given to no other 
 exercise, but only to husbandry and fishing for their existence.” 
 
 Here was a paradise. A nation of peaceful people were making a god of Cartier. 
 He in turn was introducing to them a civilization that was to ruin them body and soul,, 
 and ultimately wipe them from the face of the earth. He ascended the mountain near 
 by, which he called “ Mont Royal.” It was no wonder the sight of the surrounding 
 country “ filled him with feelings of joy and gratification.” To-day, the fashionable tourist 
 who views the same scene, altered by civilization, will say that its grand in beauty, even- 
 after four centuries have stamped it with the iron hand of commerce and garnished it with 
 the golden sheen of agriculture. Then Cartier saw the broad St. Lawrence and the 
 sombre Ottawa, encircling the Island of Montreal. Looking southward, he beheld the 
 foam of the Lachine Rapids, dashing over the leaps in the rocks, and betmnd, the moun- 
 tain ranges known as the Adirondac-ks. Westward, up the Ottawa Valley a vista of 
 forest glade and the waters of the Lake of Two Mountains shining in the distance. 
 Northward-,- a succession -of. forest ranges, denoting a well watered country and a range 
 of hills beyond. Eastward, the Town and Bay of Hochelaga, the St. Lawrence hurrying 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
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 past St. Helen’s Island, Boucherville and Beloeil Mountains beyond all. The forest 
 luxuriance was upon every hand, and these lovely tints of Autumn had overspread the 
 whole country. Cartier had never seen its like before. He never came back to see it 
 .again. The scene has changed. Now the gazer looks from Mount Boyal as Cartier did ; 
 but takes his view from a high tower that overlooks the homes of over three hundred 
 thousand people, the spires of a hundred churches, most of them in Montreal, but spires 
 that gleam in the sun wherever the eye turns. Bridges span the St. Lawrence and the 
 Ottawa Eivers. Steamers ply the rushing waters, and the shriek of the locomotive 
 resounds where Cartier heard only the rushing waters. Huge ocean steamers in dozens, 
 tall masts of heavy ocean sailing vessels fringe the river, where Cartier saw the rushes 
 and the waving shrubbery. Tall grain elevators, smoking chimneys, dense blocks of 
 limestone warehouses, miles of streets, with houses and public buildings to the value of 
 •over one hundred and fifty millions of dollars, exclusive of their contents, public schools 
 and universities, convents and hospitals, princely emporiums and palatial hotels. Cartier 
 would to-day have seen all this. He would not have been compelled to hurry away on 
 the same day he came. He would have seen, too, how an artificial river — the Lachine 
 -Canal — enabled ships that could carry his entire fleet on the deck of any one of them, 
 to pass around the Lachine Rapids, and the water turning the machinery of scores of 
 ■mills upon its banks. Instead of the barter for beads and gevv-gawsin the Mount Royal 
 he saw then, he would find to-day banks in Montreal, with a capital of forty-six millions 
 of dollars, merchants worth millions of dollars to their credit, factories by the score 
 employing twelve to fifteen thousand workmen and valued at more than fifty million 
 dollars, hotels, some of which could house the then whole population of Hochelaga. 
 Cartier’s visit to Montreal was succeeded by one which Samuel Champlain paid to it in 
 1603, when he found Montreal almost deserted, and was himself stopped by the Lachine 
 Rapids, which tourists to-day find so very interesting as a natural curiosity. He again 
 visited the spot in 1609, where he found the Huron Indians friendly, and he formed an 
 alliance with them against the Iroquois. Be Monts, whose lieutenant Champlain was, 
 dow lost his monopoly of the trade of the St. Lawrence, by the King’s decree. Cham- 
 plain returned to France, and was authorized by Count de Soissons, the new Viceroy of 
 New France, to return and act as the latter’s lieutenant. In 1611 Champlain put up the 
 first dwelling made by Christian men in Montreal. He also in the following year induced 
 four Recollet Fathers to go to Montreal and attend to the spiritual wants of the people. 
 He now spent eight busy years of exploration and war against the Iroquois, who were 
 fierce foes. 
 
 Mr. Alfred Sandam’s work on Montreal., Past and Present , says : — “In 1620 
 Duke de Montmorenci, Lord High Admiral, purchased the Vice-royalty from Prince de 
 Conde, for the sum of eleven thousand crowns.*** In 1621 Montmorenci deprived the 
 Merchants’ Association of their charter and transferred all the colonial trade to the 
 Sieurs de Caen. These gentlemen actively engaged in the fur trade, and seem to have 
 ■behaved m a very arbitrary manner, which finally led to a disagreement between Cham- 
 plain and themselves. Added to this dissatisfaction was the fact that the Be Caens, 
 
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 being Huguenots, were not likely to further the interests of the Catholic Church in 
 Canada. In 1623 the De Caens and the old Merchants’ Company had formed a union ; 
 but being continually engaged in disputes as to their rights, the Duke de Montmorenci 
 to relieve himself of trouble, disposed of his Vice-royalty to his nephew, the Duke 
 de Tentadone, who had entered holy orders, and whose sole object, in thus purchasing 
 it, was to use his influence towards the conversion of the Indians. In 1625 he sent out 
 three Jesuits, and added three Bi others to the Recollets already in Canada. These 
 Jesuit Fathers, L’Allemand, Masse and Brebeuf, were men of exemplary character and 
 piety, and cheerfully undertook the mission. 
 
 The disputes between the De Caens and the colonists were settled by the forma- 
 tion of a companj- under the direct auspices of Carninal Richelieu, and this company 
 was called the “ CENTS ASSOCIES,” or Company of One Hundred Associates. 
 
 They agreed to send out colonists and tradesmen and were bound to have six 
 thousand Roman Catholic Frenchmen in Canada before 1643, to provide three priests 
 to each settlement and give them all necessary comforts for fifteen years ; and after- 
 wards to give the clergy cleared lands in order to maintain the Catholic Church in 
 JSlew France. 
 
 But before this, came the British upon the scene, and the result of war between 
 France and Britain was the first conquest of Canada by Sir David Kirk in 1629, when 
 Champlain surrendered the whole ofCanada. Five years afterwards Champlain returned 
 as Governor, the British having given up Canada to the French by the treaty of St. 
 Germain. Champlain’s death followed in 1635, and he was succeeded by M. de Mont- 
 magny . Thus far Quebec was receiving all the attention of the colonists ; but in 1640, 
 the whole Island of Montreal was ceded to the Missionaries for the purpose of convert- 
 ing the Indians. The manner in which this was brought about is most romantic and 
 reads more like a leaf from St. Paul’s life than anything in Montreal’s history. 
 
 Jerome le Royer de la Dauversiere, who lived in France, an enthusiastic devo- 
 tee, heard a voice telling him to go to Montreal, in Canada and establish the Hdtel- 
 Dieu Hospital of Huns. As he was then a tax-collector in Anjou, France, the father of 
 six children, and with but a moderate salary, he hesitated. Jean Jacques Olier, a young 
 priest, was at about the same time praying in the old church of St. Germain de Paris 
 France, when he thought he heard a voice from Heaven telling him to go and form a 
 Society of Priests in Montreal, Canada. Though both these men were ignorant of the 
 precise shape of Montreal, yet they mysteriously found themselves in possession of exact 
 details of the Island. 
 
 Dauversiere was further conformed in his resolve to go after he had gone to 
 Paris, for here he had a vision in which he heard Christ ask the Virgin Mary three 
 times “ Where can I find a faithful servant?” 
 
 Upon this the Virgin took Dauversiere by the hand, saying, “ See, Lord, here is 
 that faithful servant.” 
 
 Christ received him with a smile, and promised him wisdom and strength to do 
 his work. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
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 The most curious part of it all was his meeting with Olier. Dauversiere went to 
 the Chateau of Menden, not far from St. Cloud. On entering the gallery of an old castle 
 he met a priest, and though he had never seen him before, he called him Olier, while 
 Olier, who never had met or heard of him before, called him Dauversiere; and, each as 
 if by inspiration, knew the other to the depths of his heart. 
 
 They discussed their plans, and whether the reader may smile or not at the story, 
 these men believed most firmly in the work that they set out upon, for they soon found 
 supporters, and soon afterwards, joined by Baron de Fancamp and three others, formed 
 the Societe de Notre-Dame de Montreal, and had a capital of seventy-five thousand livres. 
 With such incentive, nothing could stop the enthusiasts, and after some negotiations 
 with the One Hundred Associates they secured the whole Island of Montreal, except part 
 of the west, which was reserved by the Associates for a fort and stores. The king con- 
 firmed the bargain, and these six became Lords of the Island of Montreal. 
 
 Their plan was to locate forty men upon the Island, raise crops, and build houses 
 for the priests and convents for the nuns. Paul de Chomedy, Sieur de Maisonneuve were 
 chosen commander of the expedition, and Mademoiselle Mance was prevailed on to take 
 charge of the new hospital. She, with the wives of two men and a female volunteer, were 
 the only women in the party, which in February, 1841, assembled at the Church of Notre 
 Dame in Paris and eonseciated Montreal to the Holy Family, to be called “Ville-Marie 
 de Montreal.” The party arrived in Quebec in the same year, but were compelled to 
 winter at the Island of Orleans, and were there received with suspicion and distrust by 
 their fellow-countrymen. Madame de la Peltric joined the party here, and on the 8th 
 of May, 1642, Maisonneuve embarked and was in Montreal on the IT th. They lost no 
 time, and before the Indians were aware of what they were doing, had several houses, 
 built, pallisades erected, and were ready either to pray, work or fight. That same year 
 the first flood that ever troubled Christians in Montreal arose until it filled the ditch of 
 Maisonneuve’s Fort, and threatened the fort itself. But worse than this were the attacks 
 of the Indians. Being accused once by his men of cowardice, Maisonneuve sallied forth 
 to attack the Indians, leaving D’Aillebout within the fort to act as a reserve.**** They 
 were themselves attacked by the Indians, who killed three of them and wounded several 
 others. Finally they broke ranks and retreated in great desorder towards the fort. 
 Maisonneuve, with a pistol in each hand, held the Indians in check for some time. They 
 might have killed him, but they wished to take him prisoner. Their Chief desiring this 
 honor, rushed forward, but just as he was about to grasp him, Maisonneuve fired, and 
 the Chief fell dead. The Indians fearing that the body of their Chief would fall into 
 the hands of the French, rushed forward to secure it, and Maisonneuve passed safely 
 within the fort. From that day his men never dared to impute cowardice to him. In 
 1644 the Island of Montreal passed into the hands of the Sulpicians of Paris, and was 
 destined for the support of that religious order. 
 
 In 1661 there was a tremendous earthquake or series of shocks lasting from 
 February to August. This terror is described with most vivid power. In one day 
 180,000 square miles of land were convulsed, many rivers were totally lost, the St. Law- 
 rence River appeared totally white. At Tadousac such a heavy shower of volcanic 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 ashes fell that the water became much agitated as during a tempest. An entire forest 
 was loosened at Point Alonettes and slid into the St. Lawrence. Yet there was not a 
 single life lost, nor a single person harmed in any way, a most curious affair truly. 
 
 It is surprising that even as early as 1664 New York commenced to compete with 
 Montreal. The Province of New York sought and obtained a large portion of the fur- 
 trade theretofore exclusively centred in Montreal. Then commenced the trouble that 
 afterwards led to wars and reprisals. The Iroquois were on the side of the English, and 
 the fighting was severe, treachery despicable, and losses heavy on both sides. In 1687 
 a peace was declared at Montreal ; but bj’ the treachery of an old Seneca Chief, the whole 
 of this effort on the part of the French was made to appear only a treacherous plot, and 
 in 1689 fourteen hundred Iroquois swarmed down upon the doomed settlers, wasted and 
 burned Lachine, burned two hundred persons alive, and made their track one carnival of 
 pillage, outrage and torture, such as only the savage knows how to inflict. A war with 
 the British followed, and for several years the country was ravaged now by one party 
 and again by another. Montreal was constantlj- the point of attack. In 1713, how- 
 ever, the cession of Acadia, Newfoundland and Hudson’s Bay Territory to Britain left 
 Canada at peace until 1749, when the British again threatened Canada. Montreal at 
 this time had become a city of consequence. Prench troops, with their Indian allies,, 
 were quartered in the city in large members, and the Baron de Longueuil had been 
 appointed Governor. It had prospered greatly. 
 
 But a day of British glory was dawning upon North America. Wolfe’s army and 
 Saunders’ fleet were to attack Quebec ; General Amherst was to attack by way of Crown 
 Point and Ticonderoga; while Sir William Johnson was to capture Niagara and descend 
 the St. Lawrence. On the 8th of September, 1760, Montreal passed into the hands of 
 Great Britain. The French troops were permitted to march out with the honors of war. 
 Wolfe had already captured Quebec, and the British flag waved over the whole of North 
 America. 
 
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 people of Montreal now looked forward to an era of peace and prosperity', 
 ( j General Amherst, the British Commandant was elated over the success of his 
 soldiers, and the French-Canadian people were glad the war was at an end. One 
 paragraph in the General’s orders thanked Sir William Johnston, who commanded the 
 Indians, for keeping them within bounds so that Amherst could write : “ I have the 
 pleasure to assure you that not a peasant, woman or child has been hurt by them, or a 
 house burnt since I entered the enemy’s country.” A Military Government was estab- 
 lished in Montreal, under General Thomas Gage, who treated the conquered people in 
 the most humane manner. In 1763 the Treaty of Paris ceded the whole of Canada to- 
 Great Britain. General Murray was appointed Governor, and chose a Council compris- 
 ing a Lieutenant-Governor at Three Bivers and one in Montreal, with the Chief Justice 
 and eight citizens. The next event of importance to Montreal was its capture by 
 General Montgomery of the United States army in 1775. The invading army had sent 
 to Longue Point their advance guard, under Ethan Allen, to attack Montreal. They 
 landed on the 24th of October and on the 25th, General Carlton assembled thirty 
 regulars and 200 militia under Major Carden. The troops of Allen had entrenched them- 
 selves in some barns but were routed, and the whole of the enemy captured and sent to- 
 England. It was after this that General Montgomery took the city. After he had 
 been killed, and his army routed at Quebec, the United States troops evacuated Montreal 
 at the end of May, 1776. The treaty of Versailles, unfortunately for Canadians, was 
 very favorable to the United States. Canada’s territory was much curtailed, the coun- 
 try having been left without a winter sea-port; but, to-day, Halifax supplies the want, 
 Portland, however of right belongs to Canada. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 In 1*792 the first Protestent Church was built in Montreal, St. Gabriel 
 Street Church, the congregation of which still exist under the pastorate of the Rev. 
 Robert Campbell. In 1791 the French-Canadian people were separated, to some extent 
 from the British-Canadians by the division of the country into Upper and Lower 
 Canada, each with its own Legislative Council and Assembly. 
 
 In 1792 Montreal City was defined and devided into two Wards, the East and the 
 West. The first Parliament of Canada assembled at Quebec, and the East Ward was 
 represented by Joseph Frobisher and John Richardson, and the West by James McGill 
 and J. B. Durocher. Montreal borrowed money even in these early days to erect a Jail 
 and Court House. In 1799 they appointed a city surveyor, in 1801 authorized Water 
 Works. The rights of the conquered French people were respected to a fault, take 
 one instance: — When the French army took property on which to build the city walls 
 they did not pay for it ; but agreed that if ever the walls were thrown down or in dis- 
 use they would return the property to the owners. French law had been replaced by 
 English law but the property was returned to the original owners or their heirs by the 
 conqnerers. 
 
 The first Newspaper libel on record was one by the Gazette , which reflected upon the 
 'Governor. It was because of the publication of toasts at a dinner, April 1st, 1806, and 
 a Parliamentary warrent was issued for the arrest of Isaac Todd, the chairman of the 
 dinner, and Edward Edwards, the printer. Neither could be found when wanted and 
 the matter dropped. The toasts were consideted a sarcasm on the Government. 
 
 In 1805 an Act was passed providing for improved navigation between Quebec and 
 Montreal, and the Trinity House Board was established, which was afterwards converted 
 to the Harbor Trust or Harbor Commissioners of Montreal, a quasi-government body. 
 There were in that day two streets in Montreal— the Upper Notre Dame, and the Lower 
 St. Paul. Some of the quaint discnptions of the city in these days are interesting. 
 For example, in Acrioi Travels we find “ Montreal is divided into the Upper and 
 Lower Towns, although the level between them exceeds not twelve or fifteen feet. 
 A natural wharf very near to the town is formed by the depth of the stream and the 
 sudden declivity of the bank. * * * * The environs and town contain 12,000 inhabi- 
 tants.” One event of note was the advent of the first steamer, fitted out by Mr. John 
 
 Molson, and she made the voyage to Quebec in 1809 in thirty-six hours of sailing. She 
 was a wonder in her day. A description of her says : “ No wind or tide can stop her, 
 she has seventy-five feet keel and eighty-five feet on deck.” She was the second steamer 
 built on the American Continent, Fulton’s steamer having first cleaved the waters of the 
 Hudson. Monopolists were as keen then as they are to-day, for Mr. Molson was 
 granted the monopoly for fifteen years. 
 
 The war of 1812 followed, and Montreal witnessed the entry of General Hull as 
 a prisoner, with his army. The Herald of that day thus facetiously alludes to Hull’s 
 arrival “ That General Hull should have entered our city so soon, at the head of his 
 troops, rather exceeded our expectations. We were, however, happy to see him, and 
 receive him with all the honors due to his rank and importance as a public character. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
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 * * * * The General appears to be about sixty years of age, and bears his misfortunes 
 with a degree of resignation that but few men in similar circumstances are gifted with.” 
 Montreal played no active part in the war of 1812, and from that time until the rebellion 
 of 1838-39 suffered no serious check from disturbances. Enterprise was commencing 
 to appear in every part of Montreal. Street lighting by lamps, paid for by private sub- 
 scription, was commenced in 1815. In 1819 the Bank of Montreal w&s organized, and 
 in 1821 the Lachine Canal was commenced. In that year the British and Canadian 
 School was founded for the education of the children of the laboring classes.” In 
 1831 Montreal became a port of entry ; in 1832 there was a riot in which troops fired 
 upon the mob and killed three and wounded two, and in the same year 1904 persons 
 died of cholera. There was cholera in 1834 and three years of constant confusion were 
 followed by the rebelion of 1837-38. Subsequently there were riotous political demon- 
 strations and 1849 the Parliament Buildings were destroyed by fire to mark the 
 displeasure of people, who believed that the Government had had no right to pass the 
 Rebellion losses bill. Lord Elgin was rotten-egged for daring, as Governor-General, to 
 sign the bill. Biots in 1850 ; a great fire in the same year, and general depression, 
 were followed by the opening of the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railway in 1851, another 
 great fire in 1852, and the Gavazzi riot in 1853. The opening of the Grand Trunk 
 Railway to Portland, and the commencement of the Victoria Bridge in the same year 
 were events in Montreal’s history, each of which marked forward movements in Canadian* 
 trade. 
 
 It is curious that while New York has held her place as the commercial metro- 
 polis of the United States for three centuries, Montreal has done likewise, so far as- 
 Canada is concerned. The Montreal of to-day, as a commercial city, is to Canada what 
 London is to Great Britain and New York to the United States. Montreal occupies a. 
 specially advantageous position at the head of oceanic navigation and at the com- 
 mencement of lake and river navigation, having direct railway communication with 
 the chief cities of Canada and the United States. In order to aecommoiate the magnifi- 
 cent fleet of ships that come to her port from all lands, the ship channel of the river 
 St. Lawrence has been deepened to twenty-five feet at the lowest condition of the river 
 and a further deepening is now in progress; in order to achieve this, she had to borrow 
 some three million dollars, and the removal of this debt will lift from her shoulders the 
 last and greatest burden she has had to bear. In consequence of this debt the scale of 
 harbor dues imposed was necessarily heavy, giving smaller and in other respects less' 
 convenient ports an unfair advantage over Montreal. In compliance, however, with* 
 many urgent representations the Federal Government has assumed the responsibility 
 of this debt. The city is the terminus of one of the completest railway systems in the- 
 world. Two divisions of the Grand Trunk Railway, and various lines run in connection 
 with its magnificent system, afford easy access to the United States and the principal 
 cities of Canada, while the marvellous monument of national enterprise and engineering- 
 skill, the Canadian Pacific Railway traverses the continent from sea to sea, opening up 
 magnificent tracts of fertile country and developing stores of wealth hitherto unknown. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 while it is becoming the great highway for commercial intercourse between the eastern 
 and western limits of the old world. In addition to its great importance as the chief 
 port and forwarding station of Canada, Montreal is also the largest manufacturing cen- 
 are in the Dominion. Among its industries are foundries, sugar refineries, tanneries, 
 silk mills, manufactories of hardware, carriage and sleighs, corn brooms, woodenware, 
 glass, paints and drugs, edge tools, locomotives, steam engines, boilers, india lubber 
 goods, printing presses, agricultural implements, musical instruments, paper, rope, 
 sewing machines, types, pins, tobacco, woolen and cotton goods, boots and shoes, and 
 other smaller industries. There are besides saw and flour mills, rolling mills, lead 
 works, brass foundries, and many other industrial establishments. The educational 
 means of the city comprise the University of McGill with faculties of law, science, art 
 and medicine, a branch of the Laval University with faculties of divinity, law, medicine 
 and arts. Theological colleges belonging to Roman Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian 
 and Methodist bodies, a Jesuit College, a high school, two Normal Schools, several 
 classical and scientific academies. The elementary schools are under the control 
 respectively of the Catholic and Protestant School Commissioners, and there are also two 
 affiliated medical colleges one to Bishops College, Lennoxville, the other to Victoria 
 College, Cobourg. As a sign of the business transactions carried on by the community, 
 it may be noted that there are no fewer than sixteen banking establishments, twenty-six 
 Fire and sixteen Life Insurance offices located in the city. There are thirteen 
 public markets, whose total sales of farm produce amount yearly to some $650,000. 
 In order to facilitate the vast intercourse with foreign countries, the following 
 nations are represented in the city by Cousuls and Vice-Consuls, viz : the 
 Argentine Confederation, Austro-Hungary. Belgium, Chili and Peru, Denmark, 
 Prance, the German Empire, the kingdom of Hawaii, the Netherlands, Sweeden 
 and Norway, the Republic of Uruguay, Spain, Switzerland and the United States. 
 Montreal is the centre of a judicial district presided over by seven judges. The 
 -Court of Queen’s Bench also hold sittings in the months of February, May, 
 October and December. The section of the Bar of the Province of Quebec located 
 in Montreal numbers about 310 members. The city is the seat of a Roman Catholic 
 Archbishop and an Anglican Bishop. 
 
 Montreal claims and certainly deserves the title of the “City of Churches,” 
 and, as Mark Twain observes, “ is the only city on the Continent where you cannot 
 throw a brick without breaking a church window.” It contains some seventy-five 
 churches of all denominations, many of which are magnificent edifices. Among the 
 finest and largest buildings erected of late years may be mentioned the Post Office in 
 St. James Street, erected in 1816, at the cost of $400,000. The new City Hall, which 
 cost close on $120,000, The majestic Cathedral of St. Peter, upon Dominion Square, 
 is to cost when completed $300,000. The Windsor Hotel, built in 1818, at a cost of 
 $1,100,000, and having 434 rooms, and acommodation for 150 guests, is hardly inferior 
 to any establishment of the kind on the Continent. The Bank of Montreal is one of the 
 finest buildings in America, and there are now in course of erection two magnificent 
 
THE CITY HALL, — MONTREAL. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS GOMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 17 
 
 Railway Depots for the Grand Trank and Canadian Pacific Railways, a spacious and 
 handsome new Gothic church for the Methodists, and several splendid blocks or build- 
 ings for offices, including new offices for two Life Insurance Companies, the New York 
 and the Imperial ; while a new building for the law courts, nearly opposite the present 
 building, which has become too small for present requirements, is soon to be erected. 
 Montreal has at present about 145 miles of streets. Between the years 1878 and 1886, 
 no less than fifteen miles 165 yards of sewers were laid down by the city, making a total 
 of ninety miles of sewers existing. One of the most important acquisitions for the city was 
 the purchase by the Corporation, between the years 1872 and 1875, of Mount Royal, 
 nnd laying it out with drives as a public park, the cost to date being $622,337. The 
 Mountain, which stands alone in the wide river plain, is some 550 feet in height. It is 
 -ascended by a winding carriage road, by a series of about 427 steps for foot passengers, 
 and by an elevator. The winding road opens up to the public two very beautiful 
 vistas, one looking down the valley of the St. Lawrence with its many islands, and the 
 •other giving a view of the Lake of Two Mountains, whilst in the far distance the Green 
 Mountains of Vermont and a portion of the Adirondacks are plainly discernible on a 
 ■clear day. This drive is acknowledged by visitors to be by far the most beautiful of 
 any park on this Continent. 
 
 GOVERNMENT, POPULATION, REVENUE 
 AND ASSESSMENT. 
 
 Montreal is governed by a mayor and city council composed of thirty-six 
 Aldermen. It returns three members to the Federal Parliament and three to the 
 Provincial and is the largest and wealthiest city in the Dominion of Canada. 
 
 The vast increase in the population of Montreal City goes on with each year, and 
 as stimulated by the accession to he limits of large tracts of territory and thousands of 
 persons wbo, while residing in suburban municipalities adjacent, are employed during 
 the day at business in the city. In area, the city has increased on every side, the 
 smaller municipalities having yielded to the natural law of gravitation and been absorbed 
 into the larger body. Whereas at her incorporation she covered an area of 3498 
 ^cres, she now includes within he borders an area of 5366 acres, including 1230 acres 
 added by the annexation of the municipality of Hochelaga in 1885; 308 acres by the 
 annexation of St. Jean Baptiste in 1886, and 340 acres by that of St. Gabriel in 1887. 
 These accessions to the city limits were severally formed into wards, making with the 
 ward of St. James which had been previously added by the subdivision of the other 
 wards, twelve wards in all into which the city is now subdivided. But it is not in the 
 ■matter of actual acreage covered that the city has shown the most conspicuous pro- 
 gress. What were, but a few years since, open fields an pastures have become the 
 populous sections of St. Antoine, St. Ann’s, St. Mary’s and St. James Wards, while the 
 East, Centre and West Wards, constituting the city mercantile, have within the same 
 
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 time been altered by the magnificence and magnitude of their buildings. The popula- 
 tion cf the city in 1800 was 9000, in 1825 it was 22,000, and in 1831, 27,937.. The last 
 census taken in 1887, added to the annexed ward of St. Gabriel shows the population 
 now to be 200,000. 
 
 The Government takes a general census in every tenth year and the following 
 are the figures since 1851, viz. 
 
 Census 1851 population 57,715 
 
 “ 1861 “ 90,323 
 
 “ 1871 “ 107,225 
 
 “ 1881 “ 140,727 
 
 Present population 200,000 
 
 The latter figures are very much underdrawn and do not include several larg&- 
 suburban districts which will likely be added to Montreal before the Government stakes, 
 the census of 1891 . The closest estimate of the city’s population to-day puts it at 
 220,000. 
 
 The principal source of civic revenue is the tax levied upon real e.-tate, and the- 
 following table shewing the assessable value of property within the city during the last, 
 seven years indicates the increase in buildings and values: — 
 
 $65,199,200 
 66,483,810 
 68,157,655 
 70,478,380 
 71,583,659 
 72,877,834 
 74,786,581 
 104,758,512 
 
 In addition to this assessed value of real estate there is also in the city property- 
 of the value of $17,117,340 exempted from taxation under the following heads: 
 
 Government property 
 
 Corporation property 
 
 Seminary property 
 
 i f Catholic 
 
 $2,419,500 
 
 4,282,500 
 
 1 mo non 
 
 on uroiies s -n , , , 
 
 Jrrotestant. i 909 
 
 0,^.0 i Catholic 
 
 970 inn 
 
 Peisonages Prote6tant 
 
 ion onn 
 
 Benevolent f Catholic 4 4^4 gQQ 
 
 Institutions 1 Protestant I’owo’mn 
 
 Manufactories 
 
 
 1880 
 
 1881 
 
 1882. 
 
 1883 
 
 1884 
 
 1885 
 
 1886 
 1887. 
 
 Total 
 
 $17,117,340- 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 r 9 
 
 The plan of assessment in Mew York City is to place and assessed value upon the 
 property and add to this the balance of real or market value to propertv. If this were 
 •done in Montreal on the same principle, the real value of Montreal property would be, 
 '■$145,000,000 and the assessed value something like $125,000,000. Property is assessed 
 notoriously under the mark of real estate values and no city in Canada escapes with 
 «uch economical taxation as does Montreal. One bad feature of this part of her 
 machinery is that the churches and much church property are exempt from taxation. 
 
 A Board of Assessors appraises the value of the property every year. They are 
 Under the control of the City Council, which, however, has no power to do more than 
 make recommendations to them. 
 
 The rate of annual assessment is one per cent, on value. There is an additional 
 one-fifth of one cent for school tax which is levied and collected by the city, but handed 
 over for administration to the School Commissioners (a body appointed by the local 
 'Government and the city jointly). 
 
 In addition to this one and one-fifth per cent, on realty there is a water rate 
 •charged to the tenants based on a sliding scale, which amounts to about seven and one- 
 half per cent, on annual rental values, and an assessment of seven and one- half per 
 ^cent. on the rental of all business premises which is known as the Business Tax; and 
 also specific licenses on certain businesses and the usual taxes on horses, carriages, dogs, 
 •etc., which come under the head of Personal Taxes. The city also derives a consider- 
 able revenue from the markets and from penalties imposed by the Becorder’s Court for 
 infraction of city by-laws. Brains and street improvements are made by special 
 •assessments borne in whole or in part by the persons benefitted. 
 
 The revenue from all sources in 1886 was $1,908,859, and in 1850, only $150,000, 
 figures which show more clearly than aught else can the material increase of the city. 
 Merchants of to-day, whose fathers reared them in comfortable rooms above the down, 
 "town store, now rear their families in palatial residences up town or in the west end. 
 They have grown rich with the city’s advance. Their villas lie along the foot of the 
 mountain from which Jacques Cartier first looked upon the then forest of Montreal. 
 
 BANKING. 
 
 The feature of Montreal’s commercial life is her great Banking Institutions. In 
 their working they are after the United States pattern, while the Scottish system is 
 followed as to large capital and numerous branches. The Bank of England’s first 
 President was a Scotchman, and so was the first President of the Bank of Montreal, Mr. 
 •John Grey, It was established in 1817, and its capital was $350,000. To-day, the 
 Bank has a capital of $12,000,000, and a reserve fund of $6,000,000 besides a large fund 
 for contingencies, and some most valuable property. This Bank is the pioneer of 
 -Canadian banks, and in faet there are but two or three other institutions in the world of 
 larger capital. The incorporation of the Bank was in 1818, and as banking was then 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 in its infancy the founders found it no easy matter to induce the confidence of the peo~ 
 pie, especially the French habitants or farmers. They would not at first accept its bills 
 as current money. The directors of the bank were often required to endorse their 
 bank notes, and it was many a year before the prejudice died away. The bank’s pros- 
 perity was somewhat retarded by the mismanagement of a President who succeeded 
 Mr. John Grey, Mr. Samuel Gerard by name, and also by the panicky feeling caused by 
 the United States threats during the troubles of 1837, when it suspended payment 
 Mr. John Molson became President in 1827. Nearly half of the bank’s capital had been 
 sacrificed by bad management previous to that time; but by 1861 it had reached a 
 very forward state, and it was after this period that Mr. E. H. King’s master hand 
 appeared in the affairs of the Bank. He knew Wall Street, New York, and had its 
 wants well in his mind. By a series of well considered speculative movements, Mr„ 
 King came to the relief of New York merchants and brokers during a great stringency 
 in money, in 1870, which he, of course, did not create, but which he in no wise regretted 
 since it helped him to make his fame and the bank’s fortune, at the same time. Loans, 
 on call at high rates of interest were the rule ; and here is one of his masterly strokes, 
 a newspaper story of that day : — 
 
 “ He had a large amount of foreign exchange on hand. New York had very 
 little gold and what it had Mr. King bought up. He then gave out that he had done 
 this in order to ship it to England and loading it in a dray had it carted through the 
 leading streets of New York in sight of the whole population and stored on board an. 
 ocean steamer. The natural consequence was that gold at once rose to a high premium 
 He then sold both his gold and exchange at high figures, realizing a handsome profit 
 therelrom. and removed the gold from the vessel for delivery to the purchasers.” 
 
 At that time the capital of the bank was $6,000,000, but in 1871, on a motion by 
 Mr. Wm. Murray at the annual meeting authority was given to the directors to double- 
 the capital at their convenience. On January 15th, 1872, the capital was increased by 
 $2,000,000, and on November 27th of the same year the final $4,000,000 of stock was 
 sold to such shareholders as wanted it at 25 per cent, premium, the remainder being 
 sold in the open market. The bank realized about $1,500,000 which was added to the 
 reserves. Mr. King’s resignation followed shortly afterwards and he removed to 
 London, Eng., where he is chairman of the advisory board of the English branch of' 
 the Bank of Montreal. 
 
 The destinies of the Bank came into the manipulation of Mr. K, B. Angus, after 
 Mr. King went to Europe, and it was in a most troublous time that this liandsome 
 Scotchman held the helm. During his regime there were failures of the Consolidated 
 and Mechanics Banks, and the most stringent period in finance followed, in course of 
 which there came a reduction of the “ rest ” or reserve fund taken to pay the dividend 
 of the year, which was ten percent. Mr. F. C. Smithers succeeded him, and it was 
 under his astute guidance and a return of better times that the bank reached its present 
 excellent position. At the death of Mr. Smithers, Mr. Buchanan succeeded him as. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 21 
 
 General Manager. The Montreal Bank may be regarded almost as a national institu- 
 tion, for if there should be any trouble in its usually serene chambers, the credit of the- 
 country would feel it to its centre. 
 
 There are seven other banks in Montreal and eight branches of banks, and finan- 
 cial agencies and correspondents representing every financial centre in the world. The 
 four leading banks, Montreal, Merchants, Molsons and British North America, have 
 sixty-eight branches in Ontario, seven in New Brunswick, five in Manitoba, four in 
 British Columbia, two in Nova Scotia, and live agencies in London, New York, 
 Chicago, and San Francisco. 
 
 The smaller banks, People’s, Hochelaga, Jacques Cartier and Ville-Marie, have 
 their twenty-four branches all in the Province of Quebec. These figures illustrate the- 
 steady growth of the Banking Houses: — 
 
 Capital. 
 
 1858—13,457,904 
 1868—18,781,283 
 1878 -33,895,111 
 1888—27,554,396 
 Discounts. 
 1858—26,803,031 
 1868—28.167,554 
 1878—58,746,750 
 1888—53,245,217 
 
 Deposits. 
 6,123,958 
 20,388,171 
 30,718,571 
 43,489,428 
 No. of Banks. 
 5 
 8 
 11 
 8 
 
 Circulation. 
 6,205,866 
 2,462,317 
 10,147,426 
 13,503,531 
 No. of Branches. 
 39 
 68 
 112 
 118 
 
 The statement of deposits does not include those of the Government, except for- 
 1858, at which date the bank returns did not distinguish such deposits. 
 
 It will be seen that in 1868 the circulation fell to $2,462,317. This was partly 
 due to the large influx of American silver coin which, to a great extent, took the place 
 of bank notes, and was only removed in 1870, and partly to the use by the Bank of 
 Montreal of Provincial and Dominion notes from 1866 to 1871, at which latter date the 
 total outstanding circulation of the leading bank was only $182,683. The other banks 
 having declined the offer of the Government to pay them a commission to abandon 
 their own circulation and to use that of the Government, the attempt to monopolize the 
 bank circulation was abandoned. The Bank of Montreal resumed its own issues, and 
 by the 30th April, 1872, had an outstanding circulation of $3,116,037. The increase in 
 bank circulation since that date shows how remarkable bas been the development of 
 
 Canadian trade. 
 
 The greatest advance, however, is seen in the increased deposits, which have 
 risen from $6, 153,958 in 1858 to $43,489,428 in 1888. 
 
 Over twenty millions of these deposits bear no interest ; adding to this amount 
 the reserve funds, over ten millions, and the circulation, over thirteen millions, it is 
 found that the city banks have (including capital) the use of over seventy million 
 dollars to earn dividends on $27,554,396, to say nothing of the profits on interest-bearing 
 
 deposits. 
 
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 MONTREAL ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 To-day, for example, so low has the rate of interest fallen that the Government 
 found it necessary to accept for fifteen millions ot dollars placed temporarily with 
 i-banks in Montreal. 
 
 The figures above show that while deposits increased in our banks seven times 
 'Over in thirty years, circulation very little more than doubled and discounts hardly 
 doubled, all facts that show the stability of our banks and banking system. Dividends 
 paid on the earnings of Banks in Montreal runs from 6 to 10 per cent. Take this table. 
 It gives the present condition of Montreal Banks in a nut-sbell. 
 
 STATEMENT OF BANKS ACTING UNDER CHARTER. 
 
 ■For the month ending 31st December, 1885, according to the Returns furnished by them to ihe Department of 
 
 Finance. 
 
 NAME OE BANK. 
 
 Capital Au- 
 thorized. 
 
 Capital 
 
 Sub- 
 
 scribed. 
 
 Capital 
 
 Paid-Up. 
 
 Reserve 
 
 Fund. 
 
 Total 
 
 Liabilities . 
 
 Total 
 
 Assets. 
 
 Dividend 
 Declared 
 Rale p. c. 
 per ann’m 
 
 Bank of Montreal 
 
 12,000,000 
 
 12,000,000 
 
 12,000,000 
 
 6,000,000 
 
 28,077,748.47 
 
 46,749,584.37 
 
 10 
 
 Bank of British N. America. . 
 
 4.806,060 
 
 4,866,666 
 
 4,866,666 
 
 1,055,100 
 
 C, 714, 669. 00 
 
 11.4*3,842.00 
 
 (i 
 
 Banque du Peuple 
 
 1,200,000 
 
 1,200,000 
 
 1,200,000 
 
 200,000 
 
 2,147,430.34 
 
 3,676,680.11 
 
 6 
 
 Banque Jacques-Cartier .... 
 
 500,000 
 
 500,000 
 
 500,000 
 
 140,000 
 
 1,251,552. S3 
 
 1,912,859.25 
 
 G 
 
 Banque Ville-Marie 
 
 500,000 
 
 500,000 
 
 477,530 
 
 20,000 
 
 959,737.34 
 
 1,462,543.94 
 
 7 
 
 Banque d’Hochelaga 
 
 1,000,000 
 
 710,100 
 
 710,100 
 
 70,000 
 
 1,188,549.75 
 
 1,973,811.01 
 
 <5 
 
 Molsons’ Bank 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 G75,000 
 
 7,952,303.04 
 
 10,833,081.98 
 
 8 
 
 -Merchants’ Bank of Canada. . 
 
 6,000,000 
 
 5,708,267 
 
 5,736,699 
 
 1,375,000 
 
 14,622,697. S9 
 
 21,982,369.11 
 
 7 
 
 Banque Nationale 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 Nil. 
 
 2,250,341.21 
 
 4,399,680.41 
 
 Nil. 
 
 TRADE OF THE PORT OF MONTREAL. 
 
 Having touched upon the heart of our commercial system, on banks let us give 
 the reader a glance at their arteries and feeders. This the trade of the Port of Mont- 
 real has to do with. From the report of Geo. A. Hadrill, Secretary of the Montreal 
 Board of Trade, we find that the total tonnage of sea-going vessels for season of 1885 
 was 683,854 tons, which exceeds the previous highest record (664,263 tons in 1883). 
 Of this tonnage only 9.39 per cent, was sail, showing how completely steamers have 
 supplanted sailing vessels in the ocean carrying trade of this port. Of inland vessels 
 there arrived 5003, with a total tonnage of 724,975 tons, the aggregate of ocean and 
 inland tonnage being 5632 vessels and 1,408,829 tons. 
 
 The lumber trade continues to be a large item in Montreal’s shipping business, 
 the exports to South America in 1885 employing 47 vessels, carrying a total of 26 465 - 
 543 feet, the shipments to the United Kingdom being 89,667,407 feet, of which 84(282,. 
 275 feet were by steamers. 
 
 There is a largo and steady increase in the exports of Phosphate, last year’s 
 figures being 24,299 tons; for 1884, 20,461 tons; and for 1883, 17,160 tons. 
 
 Receipts of coal by sea in 1885 were, from Great Britain 48,022 tons, from the 
 United States 213,641 tons, and from the Maritime Provinces 215,600 tons or a total of 
 478,953 tons. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS GOMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 2£ 
 
 The port has been lighted with electric lights and the floating elevators and land* 
 elevators give great facility to the trade in grain. In 1535, Cartier had to abandon a 
 vessel of 120 tons and reach Montreal in boats. In 1888 ships drawing 27% feet of' 
 water and of 4000 to 5000 tons, ascended and descended the St. Lawrence to Montreal, 
 the deepening of a channel having accomplished the work of rendering the mighty 
 river a purveyor of wealth to Montreal and to the Dominion. The tonnage of 1850“ 
 from sea at the port of Montreal was 46,156; in 1877 it was 870,773. The values of 
 merchandise in 1850 was $1,009,256, and in 1887, it was $8,745,526. In 1850 there . 
 were exported values to the extent of $1,745,772, and in 1887 they reached $29,391,798. 
 In 1850, the exports were $7,174,180; in 1887, they were valued at $43,100,183. Thus, 
 the expansion goes on. 
 
 In 1887, some 20,785,976 bushels of grain were received, and 18,701,767 shipped 
 from Montreal’s port. 
 
 The Cattle Export Trade has largely benefitted the port of Montreal. In 1874-75,. 
 the value of imported horses and cattle was $1,008,740; while in 1884 5, it had 
 fallen to $573,690. The exports, however, which were in 1874-75, $2,123,794, increased 
 to $10,668,675. The Port of Montreal, though closed for five months of the year, is 
 the third largest port on the American Continent. It is 250 miles nearer to Liverpool 
 than the other American ports, and is nearer (via the Pacific coast ports and Canadian 
 Pacific Railway) to Asiatic ports by 1134 miles. Take the distance from Chicago to 
 Liverpool via Montreal, and it is 4088 miles, against 4480 miles via New York, or 392: 
 miles shorter by the Montreal route. 
 
 The first ocean mail steamer between England and Montreal, the “Genca,” of 
 700 tons burden, arrived in port in 1853, and since then the growth of commerce on 
 the St. Lawrence has been such that to-day there are over twenty lines of regular 
 ocean steamships, while the yearly tonnage has increased from 358,000 tons in 1851 to. 
 870,883 in 1887. 
 
 At the time of confederation of the Canadian Provinces, the indebtedness of the 
 Harbor of Montreal was about $1,126,000. Since then there has been expended on the 
 harbor proper over $1,520,000, making in all $2,646,000. The present indebtedness is 
 $1,881,000, being a difference of $765,000, which has been paid out of revenue. Much 
 more than this sum, however, has been paid out of revenue, and the total cost of the 
 harbor, embracing as it does nearly five miles of wharfage front and extending fiom 
 the river St. Pierre to Longue Pointe, is about $3,200,000. All this has been met by 
 tonnage dues and taxes levied upon vessels and their cargoes coming to Montreal . 
 
 The cost of excavating the ship channel in 1882 to 1888 was about $5,000,000. 
 
 Here is one way that vessels managed to reach their anchorage in 1822, told by 
 a newspaper: — 
 
 ‘‘There was then only one tow boat on the river, the steamer “Hercules, com. 
 mauded by Captain George Brush. The “ Hercules” was not able to tow the “ Favorite,” 
 a brig of 276 tons, against the current, and a message was sent to Mr. Hiram Gilbert, a 
 butcher, whose establishment was at the river side and who kept a supply of oxen for 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 towing purposes, to assist in towing the brig up the rapids. A hawser was sent on 
 si ore and ten oxen attached to it ; but still the united force of steamer and oxen was 
 not enough. The “ Favorite ” had been built by a Mr. Johnstone who carried on his 
 ‘business at Hochelaga ; and he, seeing the plight in which the brig found itself sent 
 down forty or fifty of h ; s men to lend a hand. A second hawser was sent on shore and 
 'to this the fifty men put their strength. The “ Hercules ” had just steamed up afresh, 
 'the “Frvorite” carried every inch of available sail, the oxen were whipped up and the 
 men tugged and pulled as well they could; and these combined forces enabled the vessel 
 to get to her anchorage without further trouble. The aspect of Montreal at that time 
 was very different from what it is now. There were no wharves in those days ; to-day 
 there are over five miles of the finest wharves in the world along the river front. 
 
 SHIPPING TRADE. 
 
 Montreal’s Shipping Trade is a twin brother of the Eailway, and plying 
 between her port and the outside are the steamers and sailing vessels of the Allan Line 
 Dominion, Beaver, Temperley, White Cross, Hansa, Black Diamond, Furness, Thomson, 
 Donaldson, and Bosstere Lines, and a number of vessels called ocean tramps, allot' which 
 vessels make up a very large carrying capacity. The Allan Line Fleet comprises thirty 
 steamers with a tonnage of 96,820 and twelve clipper vessels with a tonnage of 17,432. 
 This line carries the mail, and was organized by the late Sir Hugh Allan and his brother, 
 Mr. Andrew Allan, who is at present the head of the Company. It was the first of the 
 (regular Lines to demonstrate the safety and speed of the new Canadian Lines by the St. 
 Lawrence route. 
 
 The Dominion Line is a rival to the old Allan Line, and has ten vessels on the 
 way, aggregating 31,720 tons. This line carries the mails each alternate week 
 
 with the Allans. 
 
 The Beavei Line is purely Canadian, and has six steam vessels running between 
 Liverpool and ( Glasgow and Montreal. The tonnage of the six vessels is about 23,500 
 The White Cross Line plies between Antwerp and Montreal and employs three steamers 
 -on the route. The Hansa Line employs four steamers and does a German trade. The 
 Black Diamond Company keeps three coasting steamers between Montreal and the 
 Provinces of the Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. The Furness 
 Line, between London and Montreal, has eight steamships. The Thomson Line supplies 
 the Mediterranean Sea trade, and carries large consignments for the Western States, via 
 Montreal. The line takes back cattle and sheep to Newcastle-on-Tyne. The Donaldson 
 Line runs weekly between Montreal and Glasgow and has six steam vessels on the ser- 
 vice, which carry general cargoes to Canada and take cattle to Scotland, grain, deals, 
 butter, cheese and sundries. This line runs to Halifax in Winter. The Temperley Line 
 runs three large steamships between Montreal and London, and do a heavy carrying 
 business. The passenger business is done principally by the Allans, Dominion and 
 Beaver Lines, though the others also carry a fair share of passengers. 
 
MONTREAL ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 2 S' 
 
 Besides these regular lines are the miscellaneous vessels that come consigned to 
 Messrs. Anderson & McKenzie, and also those to Messrs. Robert Reford & Co. They 
 do a laige carrying business in lumber to South American ports. Several attempts having 
 been made to induce a French line of steamers, all resulted in disappointment until 
 1887 when the Bossiere Line, comprising five steamers, commenced doing business from 
 Havre to Montreal. 
 
 The trade of the whole Dominion for 1887 was. in imports, $112,892,236 and the- 
 duty $22,469,705. Of this Montreal took in $43,943,594, which paid a duty of $8,874,- 
 147 nearly two-fifths of the whole imports of the country and more than double that 
 of Toronto. 
 
 The export trade shows Montreal's supremacy in trade in even a greater ratio, 
 for while the whole Dominion exported $89,515,811 the port of Montreal exported of" 
 that sum about one-third or $29,032,613. Toronto had but $3,192,157, and Quebec 
 $5,318,533. Montreal’s export was over nine times that of Toronto, and nearly threa 
 millions more than the whole of Ontario. 
 
 These figures have relation to Montreal’s ocean trade. There are, however, a 
 great many carrying companies on Canada’s inland waters. Chief among these is the 
 Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company. This Company controls the whole river 
 navigation and has a fleet of twenty of the finest steamboats in America. Besides her 
 regular line, which runs from Quebec to Toronto, the Company now owns the Sague- 
 nay fleet and two ferry steamers at Montreal and Longueuil. Besides doing about all 
 the passenger trade of the St. Lawrence the Richelieu & Ontario Company carries, 
 immense quantities of freight. Its officers are Alex. Murray, President; Alphonse- 
 Desjardins, M.P., Vice-President; J. B. Labelle, M.P., General Manager. 
 
 The Montreal Transportation Company does a heavy carrying business in grain 
 and has a lake fleet of eleven vessels with a capacity of 310,000 bushels; also a river 
 fleet of four tugs and thirty-five barges with carrying capacity of 700,000 bushels. The 
 Company also carries coal and has a grain elevating capacity at Kingston of over 
 20,000 bushels per hour. 
 
 The Kingston & Montreal Forwarding Company’s vessels have a capacity of 400,- 
 000 bushels of grain per trip and have two floating elevators at Montreal. The barges 
 make ten trips during the year, and so fast has their trade with the Western States 
 ports increased that they are forced to add new vessels each year. Mr. Alex. Gunn of 
 Kingston is President, Mr. J. G. Ross of Quebec, Vice-President, and Mr. Wm. Stewart 
 of Montreal, Managing Director. 
 
 The Merchants’ Line between Chicago and Montreal, dates from 1836, and is now 
 owned by Messrs. Jacques, Tracey & Co. Their fleet touch points between Chicago and 
 Montreal, and comprises ten steamers and some smaller craft. This line does a very 
 heavy general freight business to and from Chicago and intermediate points. 
 
 The Ottawa River Navigation Company supplies one more of the great Cana- 
 dian Waterways, and is a passenger as well as freight line. It is owned by the Shep- 
 pards. Mr. R. W. Sheppards, as early as 1840, commenced the work of this line, and had. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
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 a splendid fleet of boats upon it by 1860, adding one after the other until to-day there 
 Rre five splendid boats on the Ottawa River. Comfort is a strong point in this line and 
 there is only one other that excels this good point, and that is safety. 
 
 The great lake and river system of Canada has been made continuously naviga- 
 ble for a distance of 2384 statute miles, by a connecting chain of ten canals, comprising 
 '71* miles of artificial navigation. This system extends from the Straits of Belle Isle to 
 Thunder Bay, at the head of Lake Superior. The following table of distances indicates 
 •rIso the respective positions of these canals : — 
 
 •Straits of Belle Isle to Father Point 
 
 Father Point to Rimouski 
 
 Rimouski to Quebec 
 
 'Quebec to Three Rivers (or tide- water) 
 
 Three Rivers to Montreal 
 
 Lachine Canal 
 
 Tachine to Beauharnois 
 
 Beauharnois Canal 
 
 -St. Cecile to Cornwall 
 
 •Cornwall Canal 
 
 River and Farran’s Point Canals 
 
 Rapide Plat Canal 
 
 River and Point Iroquois Canal 
 
 -Junction and Galops Canal 
 
 Prescott to Kingston 
 
 Kingston to Port Dalhousie 
 
 Port Dalhousie to Port Colborne (Welland Canal) 
 
 Port Colborne to Amherstburg 
 
 Amherstburg to Windsor 
 
 Windsor to Foot of St. Mary’s Island 
 
 Foot of St. Mary’s Island to Sarnia 
 
 -Sarnia to Foot of St. Joseph Island 
 
 Foot of St. Joseph’s Island to Sault St. Mary 
 
 ■Sault St. Mary Canal 
 
 Head of Sault St. Mary to Point aux Pins 
 
 PointauxPins to Duluth 
 
 Miles. 
 . 643 
 6 
 
 . 177 
 74 
 
 , 86 
 • 
 
 15 * 
 
 Hi 
 
 32f 
 
 11 * 
 
 16* 
 
 4 
 
 7* 
 
 4f 
 
 68f 
 
 170 
 
 27 
 
 232 
 
 18 
 
 25 
 
 33 
 
 270 
 
 47 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 390 
 
 Total 
 
 2384 
 
 RAILROAD INTERESTS. 
 
 Montreal’s Railway facilities are but another evidence of her importance, enter- 
 prise and riches. The city is the Canadian terminus of the Canadian Pacific, Grand 
 Trunk, Central A ermont, Delawara and Hudson, South Eastern, and branch railways of 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
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 other lines. In direct communication with Halifax, Portland, Boston, )lew York, Chic- 
 ago, Buffalo, Toronto, Winnipeg, .Duluth, Ottawa, Quebec, and intermediate points. The- 
 lines of railway traced on the map would leave Montreal like a spider in the centre of a 
 web, or the hub of well spread spokes of a large commercial wheel. The Grand Trunk- 
 Railway completed its road through from Montreal to Toronto somewhere about 1859,. 
 and before that had completed the Victoria Bridge, a wonder in that early day of 
 scientific progress. Since that time this road has covered this part of the Continent off 
 British America, and is now completing a double track over its entire length, while its- 
 direct branches extend through the States of Maine, Hew York, Michigan, Indiana, 
 Illinois and Wisconsin. Its indirect branches reach San Francisco, run through to- 
 Mexico, touch Florida and cover the whole Continent, The Trunk line covers to-day 
 about 3000 miles, and while much of its earl} 7 history is associated with the name of Mr.. 
 C. J. Brydges, its former General Manager, Mr. Joseph Hickson’s has been the master- 
 hand that has created its present importance. His struggle has been against the Vanderbilt 
 and Gould systems in the United States, and his battle against these giants was a noble one, 
 and successful. The report for the year 1851 show ed that the number of passengers 
 carried by the Grand Trunk amounted to 117,806 and the tons of freight carried to 116,- 
 571, the receipts being in all $412,590. During the year 1883-4 the same line carried-, 
 six millions of tons of freight and five millions of passengers. In 1886 its freightage was. 
 nearly as large and its passenger list about the same, its earnings being $14,100,000. 
 
 Mr. Joseph Hickson’s staff comprises men of eminent ability in the railway world,, 
 chief among whom is Mr. Wm. Wainwright, Assistant General Manager, who has for 
 many years been associated with the line. Mr. L. J. Seargeant, Traffic Manager. Mr.. 
 James Stephenson superintends the division east of Toronto and the north division, the- 
 south division being superintended by Mr. Charles Stiff. The Chief Engineer is Mr.. 
 E. P. Hannaford, the Mechanical Superintendent, Mr. II. Wallis ; the Treasurer, Mr. 
 R. Wright, the Accountant, Mr. H. W. Walker; the Traffic Auditor, Mr. J. F. Walker;, 
 the General Freight Agent, Mr. T. Taudy ; the General Passenger Agent, Mr. W. Edgar. 
 The accounts of the Company are inspected by a Board of Audit of which Mr. T. B. 
 Hawson, for a considerable period the auditor in chief, is secretary. Mr. S. Baiker is 
 the manager of the North and Western divisions, with quarters at Toronto, where Mi .. 
 E. Wragge is also local manager. Mr. J. Hobson is the constructing engineer at Ham- 
 ilton, Mr. A. Burns is the general freight agent in Montreal. The total number of 
 employees is about on an average 16,000 and of these rather more than a third are- 
 mechanics. The workshops usually absorb 2000 men in Montreal, 600 of so in Hamilton,. 
 400 in London, and Stratford, severally, 300 in Brantford, 250 in Fort Gratiot, 100 in, 
 Gorham, and a small force in Portland, more or less, as required. The balance of the 
 mechanical force consists of engineers and firemen. The workshops always find plent} 
 tp-do. During the past seven years 150 new locomotives have been built and several! 
 hundreds of new cars of all kinds from the palatial order down to the flat car. 
 
 The Board of Direction is composed as follows : — President, Sir H. W. Tyler, M.P.^ 
 Lord Claud Hamilton, M. P., Hon. Frank Smith, Toronto, Messrs. Robert Young, 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Robert Gillespie, W. N. Heggate, James Charles, John Mainham, Major A. G. Dickson, M.P . 
 
 The Intercolonial Kailway was one of the early Government roads and ran to 
 Halifax as the cementing brick of the Confederation of the Provinces. The North Shore 
 Koad to Quebec afterwards was built in connection with the Montreal, Ottawa and West- 
 -ern to Ottawa. Then followed the completion of the Montreal, Portland and Boston, 
 the building of the road of the Grand Trunk along the south shore to Dundee and Fort 
 ‘Covington, the line to Sorel ; and all brought grist to Montreal’s Mill. 
 
 It was reserved for the greatest tribute of all to be laid at Montreal’s feet, and in 
 1886 the Canadian Pacific Railway was reached completion, to land at Montreal’s feet 
 the grain of a great farming country. In 1884 the earnings of the Canadian Pacific 
 Were #5,750,521. In 1887 they were $11,606,412. Thus Montreal reaps benefits that 
 even her most sanguine sons could not foresee ten years ago. From Quebec to 
 Vancouver the distance is 3077 miles, and besides this the railway has acquired nearly 
 a thousand miles of road in the old Provinces. 
 
 The officers of the Company are President, Sir George Stephen, Bart.; Vice-Pre- 
 sident and General Manager, W. C. Van Horne; who may be looked upon as theguild- 
 ing spirits in the grand undertaking, whose complete confidence in the future of Canada 
 -and of the ultimate success of Canada’s transcontinental road has never for a moment 
 flagged. Mr. C. Drinkwater, for many years assistant to Mr. Hickson, of the G.T.R., is 
 Secretary, while Mr. Van Horne has for Assistant Manager, Mr. T. G. Shaughnessy, 
 ■whose push and enterprise, coupled with his extended experience in matters of detail 
 •have proved him an invaluable help to the Vice-President. Mr, George Olds, the Traffic 
 Manager, and Mr. Lucius Tuttle, Passenger Traffic Manager, were both well known in 
 the railway world of the United States before they came here, and have done good work 
 in building up the business of the road. The other officers are: Comptroller, I. G. 
 Ogden; Treasuier, W. Sutherland Taylor; General Superintendent Ontario and 
 Atlantic division, T. A. Mackinnon ; General Superintendent Eastern division, 
 •C. W. Spencer, General Superintendent Western division, W. Whyte; General 
 •Superintendent Pacific division, Harry Abbott; General Freight and Passenger 
 Agent Western and Pacific division, K. Kerr; General Passenger Agent Ontario 
 •and Atlantic division, D. McNicholl. 
 
 At the present moment two great railway stations are in process of erection. 
 The first is the Grand Trunk’s Bonaventure Depot, to co.-st $300,000. The Canadian 
 Pacific’s new Bonaventure is the second of these and will cost fully $300,000. 
 
 ELECTRIC CURRENT. 
 
 Montreal Telegraph Company, Dominion Telegraph Company and Canadian 
 Pacific Railway Telegraph Company give communication with every part of the known 
 world. These Companies make use of no less than ten cables. Three from North Syd- 
 *ney, C. B., to Hearts Content, Newfoundland, and thence to Talentia, Ireland ; one 
 Lorn North Sydney, C. B., to St. Pierre, Miquelon, thence to Brest; two from St. John, 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
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 N. B,, to Canso, N. S., and thence to Penzance; one from Halifax to Ballinskellen, Ire- 
 land ; one via New York to Canso, N. Si, St. Pierre, Miquelon; and thence to Brest 
 two via New York to Canso, N. S., and thence to Waterville, Ireland, where it connects 
 with Weston-Super-Mare, England. 
 
 The telephone service is supplied by the Bell Telephone Company. The first 
 service used was put up in 18*78 by Sir Hugh Allan at the suggestion of Mr. Angus 
 Grant, an electrician and telegraph man well-known in the ranks of telegraphy. This 
 was used by the Princess Louise to talk to Sir Hugh Allan, and she was delighted to 
 find that a whisper could be heard 130 miles away. To-day under the energy of Mr., 
 Sise, of the Bell Telephone Company, there are lines of eight wires running to Toronto 
 and Hamilton, three to London, two to Sarnia and Detroit, two to Buffalo, two to 
 Niagara, some 5,000 miles of wire in all. 
 
 MANUFACTURING INTERESTS. 
 
 Montreal’s manufactures form a great and interesting subject in her modern his- 
 tory, and after the inception of the national policy her wealth flowed out in the estab- 
 lishment of mills in every part of the Dominion. Cotton, paper, cigars and tobacco, 
 boots and shoes, sugar refining, even silk making, each received a very great stimulus 
 The consequence was that investments in all these departments were so well rewarded 
 by the result of money making, owing to heavy duties imposed upon outside competitors, 
 that more money flowed out than the trade of Canada actually warranted ; and then 
 ■came the inevitable pause in the advance. When the National Policy came into play 
 there were but seven cotton mills in Canada. To-day there are twenty-three mills, half 
 a million spindles, 10,000 looms and about 8,000 persons earning their bread from the 
 product of the looms. Montreal capitalists control more than half the amount of capi- 
 tal put into these mills. They manufacture every class of cottons from the grey 
 unbleached to the finest qualities of prints and the more ornamental “ searsucker,” and 
 ourtain goods, plain and fancy shirtings— everything, in fact, that cotton can be used to 
 manufacture. The annual product is 9,000,000 yards of cotton cloth. Of the twenty- 
 three mills in Canada the following are controlled by Montreal capital : 
 
 The Hochelaga Cotton Co. with 110,000 spindles and an annual product of 1,500,- 
 O00 yards of cotton cloth, the Chambly Cotton Co., Coaticook Cotton Co., Montreal Cot- 
 ton Co., Merchants’ Cotton Co., Cauadian Cotton Co., Stormont Cotton Co., Kingston 
 -Cotton Co., Hamiltou Cotton Co., Ontario Cotton Mills, Dundas Cotton Co., and the 
 Magog Print and Textile Company, are mainly controlled by Montreal capital in 
 
 Montreal. 
 
 The iron and coal industry was accelerated by the National Policy, and the Mont- 
 real Bolling Mill with 500 men and boys in their employ is expected to furnish all the 
 iron pipe, horse-shoes, horse-shoe nails, etc. The Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific 
 Bailways shops turn out all the rolling stock and make all the heavy repairs required by 
 
30 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 their roads, and the Dominion Car Works make all the chilled steel car wheels for tho 
 Grand Trunk and Intercolonial Railwaj^s. It employs over 600 men. A large 
 steel axle factory in Hochelaga emploj^s 100 hands. Eight firms of nail and spike makers 
 have $2,000,000 invested in their business, and employ 1600 labourecs. There are four 
 horse-shoe factories, five make horseshoe nails, three firms make tacks and ornamen- 
 tal nails, one factory makes iron piping and twelve large foundries supply fittings for- 
 stoves, fences, lamps, furnaces, pumps. Three firms manufacture safes, two steel 
 saws, two sewing machines, six wire, four springs, two electric light and two tele- 
 phone machinery, and so on in a long line the iron and steel trade could be lengthened 
 out. Suffice it to say that fully eight thousand persons earn their bread in this 
 industry. Brass founding is also one of the industries of Montreal and employs nearly 
 half a million of money and about four hundred men. The sugar industry is chief" 
 
 among those that were revised by the National Policy. The Redpath Sugar Refining 
 
 was closed, but opened again and in a few months was employing 600 or YOO 
 persons and putting out a million and a half pounds of sugar for each year. The 3t. 
 Lawrence Sugar Refinery is also a Montreal institution and has a capital of $850,000 
 while the Redpath (or properly speaking Canadian) Sugar Refinery has a capital of 
 $1,000,000. Between them the}? control the Sugar Trade of the Dominion, the otheu 
 refiners of Halifax, Moncton and Berth ier being smaller concerns. Beet-root sugar 
 making was tried during the past few years ; but it was not a success. The cigar and 
 tobacco making industry has grown to immense proportions during the past ten years, 
 and over 1,000 persons are employed in Montreal alone in the cigar business. The 
 tobacco is imported from the West Indies, the United States and from Indian Archi- 
 pelago. There are twenty-five factories in Montreal. 
 
 The silk industry has not proved quite such a bonanza as the cigars and tobacco 
 trade, but trunks and valises, paper hanging leather board, wholesale clothing, 
 are all prosperous and paying. 
 
 Paper making is one of the mo3t successful of Montreal’s capital. Sought fields 
 and parties in the city control mills in Lachute, Richmond, St. Jerome, Yalleyfield and 
 elsewhere where newspaper is turned out for newspaper offices and other departments of 
 printing, and also for the manufacture of paper bags and wrapping paper of all kinds. 
 
 EDUCATION. 
 
 Montreal Schools have kept pace with her commercial increase. With the Catho- 
 lics as early as 1535, it was religion and education first, commerce afterwards. With 
 the Protestant English it was conquest and commerce first — religion and education 
 afterwards. The Catholic religion means education also in a sense. The Protestants 
 place secular education alone. The Recollet Fathers commenced the education of the 
 Indians in 1615. Fathers Jamay, D’Olbeau, Le Caron, and Brother Duplessis, better 
 known as Brother Pacific, were the first known teachers in Canada. They taught in St. 
 
MONTREAL ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 3 1 
 
 Maurice, Tadousac and Quebec in 1614. In Montreal the work was begun in 1692 in a 
 building near Notre Dame Cathedral, long since replaced by commercial houses. The 
 •Jesuits did much for education in their day, but were gradually replaced by other 
 methods. The Recollets School in Montreal closed in 1826, and the last Superior of that 
 Order died in the city in 1843, while the last of the Jesuits had died in 1791. The Jesuits 
 estates were confiscated at the conquest; but it was not until 1851 that they returned 
 and founded their present college, called St. Mary’s College. The Sulpician Fathers 
 commenced their work in 1651, and after the conquest established a College in Montreal, 
 called St. Raphml’s. The Hon. D. B. Viger, L.L.D., the great jurist; Michel Bibaud, 
 the historian; Jean J. Lartigue, first Bishop of Montreal; Sir George E. Cartier; and a 
 Tiumber of illustrious men, passed away to their rest now, were educated by the Sulpicians. 
 Of the leading men of this day Judge Coursol, Dr. Hingston the great surgeon and 
 ornament to the profession, Mr. Girouard, M. P., Dr. Beaubien, and others were educated 
 in the Sulpician Colleges, which now provide education in the Classics. Their Montreal 
 ■College on the slope of the mountain has all the necessary means of education, and is 
 attended by about 300 students. Victoria School of Medicine, a school that has prospered 
 under many drawbacks, is affiliated with Victoria University of Cobourg, and opposed 
 to it is a branch of Laval University, which looks with jealous eye npon all done by it. 
 The Polytechnic School, founded in. 1873, by the Lon. Mr. Ouimet, is another step for- 
 ward of Catholic educational enterprise, and is under control of the Catholic School 
 Commissioners, supported by the tax-payers. It is now associated with Laval University, 
 Quebec, as its Science course. In addition to this, there are a large number of common 
 schools established under the Roman Catholic School Commissioners, and these, sup- 
 ported out of the public purse are very closely watched over by the Catholic Clergy . 
 The advance in these schools from 1878 to 1888 is very gratifying to all who admire the 
 French Canadian race and the spread of knowledge among them . 
 
 The Protestant Educational Institutions are more numerous, better equipped, and 
 more serviceable now than they ever have been. As late as 1853 they were poor affaii s, 
 compared with what Great Britain could show in her home, national and parish schools. 
 The Common Schools were no wor.-e than the higher schools in this respect, and it was 
 not until a comparatively recent day that there came the general advance all along the 
 line. To-day, Montreal may well be celebrated for her educational schools and univer- 
 sities. In early days the private schools played its part as the pioneers of educational 
 work, and some very curious pioneers they often were, not much progress was made 
 •earlier than 1853. In that year there were the National School, on St. Denis Street; the 
 British and Canadian School, under Mr. Minchin; the Colonial Church and School Society, 
 Bonaventure Street, under Mr. (now principal) Hicks; Phillips’ School, St. Ur bain Street 
 the High School, in Burnside Hall, and one or two other smaller private schools. The 
 strongest of these were the High School, and Mr. Hicks School, wherein many of the 
 leading merchants of Montreal were educated. Subsequently the Noimal School gi ew 
 to very important proportions as a preparatory school for teachers. Though the Piotes- 
 tant Board of School Commissioners was established in 1846, their real work did not 
 
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 MONTREAL ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 bear fruit until 18 * 70 , when the school taxation commenced to supply them with means 
 wherewith to educate the youth of the city. The school tax is a charge upon real 
 property and while the city is bound to collect it, the Commissioners expend it making 
 an annual report of their doings to the City Council which appoints half of the Board > 
 the Quebec Government the other. The Commissioners to-day have established in the 
 city a High School for Boys and one for Girls, a Preparatory High School, Prince 
 Arthur, Berthelot Street, Sherbrooke Street, Ann Street, Luke Street Schools, the British 
 and Canadian School, Grace Church School, the Point St. Charles School, the Hochelaga 
 School, and other schools supplying the common school wants of the city in every par- 
 ticular. The High Schools are self-supporting, from fees. The others as is the case 
 with the Catholic common schools, are supported by taxation. 
 
 Protestant Universities, being secular, are more public in their operation than their 
 Catholic confreres. They comprise McGill University, the first endowment of which was 
 by James McGill, now of historic memory, and which has been successively patronized 
 by the late William Molson, Mr. Peter Bedpath, Sir Donald A. Smith, and others all of 
 whom gave substantial aid to the University. The Faculties of Medicine, Arts, Science 
 and Law, are all excellent, and the stamp of Sir William Dawson, Principal of the Uni- 
 versity has made it famous. The Presbyterian, Wesleyan and Congregational Colleges 
 are affiliated with the University, and each has its college buildings in close proximity 
 to the University. 
 
 Bishop’s College, Lennoxville, has its School of Medicine in Montreal, under Dr. 
 F. W. Campbell, Dean. 
 
 The Anglican Diocesan College, which is affiliated with McGill University, is 
 situated on Dorchester Street, near the Windsor Hotel, and has a Principal and five 
 Professors. 
 
THE SWING BKIDGE. 
 
 THE SAULT BRIDGE. 
 
New York Life Insurance Company, david bukke, general 
 
 MANAGER FOR CANADA, 23 St. John Street. — The New York Life Insur- 
 ance Company has come to Canada to stay if we may judge by the amount of business 
 they have already transacted here and the magnificent building now in course of erection on 
 Place D’Armes Square. The Company was founded in New York in 1845, and 
 in 1868 a Canadian branch was established in this city, under the management of the 
 late Mr. Walter Burke, who successfully conducted it until the time of his decease in 1878. 
 In July, 1883, Mr. David Burke, the present General Manager for Canada was appointed and 
 re-organized the Canadian business. Mr. Burke was General Agent for the Company in 
 Ontario, from 1868 to 1878, and thus has a lengthened, practical experience. To give 
 some idea of what the New York Life Insurance Company has done, we would quote from 
 an open letter from the president of the Company to Canadian policy-holders. 
 
 “ The extent of last years business has never been equalled by any purely Mutual 
 Company in the history of Life Insurance, and the immense accumulation of invested assets, 
 which has now reached over $83,000,000.00, and is held for payment of obligations to policy- 
 holders, can perhaps be better comprehended when compared with the capital of the Bank 
 of England, which is $70,700,000.00 ; a difference in favor of the New York Life of $12,300,- 
 000.00. The investments of the Company are of the highest character, as is shown by the 
 rate of interest realized annually therefrom, showing conclusively that these investments fully 
 meet the requirements necessary to the safety and profit of its policy-holders. 
 
 “The New York Life is a purely Mutual Company. • It originated Non-forfeiture Policies 
 in i860, which feature has since become a part of the Insurance Statues of the country. The 
 great saving to policy-holders of the Non-forfeiture system, as originated by the New York 
 Life, is estimated at several millions dollars per year. Its policies on the Tontine plan, that 
 have reached the end of the selected Toutine period, have given the largest profits of any 
 policies running through the same period of time. The New York Life is the only Company 
 that allows grace of one month in the payment of premiums on this class of policies. 
 The Company’s latest contribution to modern Life Insurance is a Guaranteed (Mortuary) 
 Dividend which is applied to all its policies issued on the Tontine plan, as well as to its 
 Five Year Dividend Policies. This dividend is equal to 50 per cent, or 100 percent, premiums 
 paid, in case of death within the period selected, and comes nearest to giving Life Insurance 
 for nothing of any system now presented to the public.” 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE' AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 The Canadian department of the Company, has, in a period of about four years, produced 
 $10,400,000.00. of insurance in force, yielding an annual premium income of nearly $450,000. 
 The Company has also placed on deposit with the Dominion Government $600,000, in first- 
 class securities for the benefit of Canadian policy-holders. The new building of the Company, 
 of which a cut will be found in this work, and which is expected to be finished in March, 1889, 
 will be the finest and most substantial building in Canada, and will be an ornament 
 to Place D’Armes Square, costing as it will, when completed about $600,000.00. The build- 
 ing will have a frontage of seventy-three feet on Place D’Armes Square and 1 1 5 feet on St. James 
 Street. 1 1 will be eight stories in height, besides basement and cellar, and will be surmounted by a 
 clock tower, three stories high. The height of the building will be 1 12 feet from the sidewalk and 
 the clock tower will rise forty feet more, being 152 feet. The basement is constructed of 
 Thousand Island granite and the upper parts of Scotch red sand-stone, especially imported 
 for this purpose and dressed in this city. The forms of architecture will be Italian renaissance, 
 constructed in the most substantial manner, and will be thoroughly fire-proof, the floors and 
 partitions being constructed between iron in such a manner that every room in itself will be 
 absolutely a fire-proof vault. The building will have accommodation for 1 20 offices each of 
 which being provided with every modern convenience, electric light in every office, the light 
 being produced in the building itself. There will be ornamental iron staircases and marble 
 floors in all the corridors, the building will be heated throughout by steam in winter, and three 
 elevators will be in use for the accommodation of tenants and callers. There will be also a 
 newly-invented patent letter shoot in every office, so that letters can be deposited in the 
 receiving box on the ground floor without the trouble of the tenant leaving 
 his office. There will also be a telegraph office in the building from which messages can 
 be sent to any part of the world without delay. From this brief outline it will be seen that 
 the new building of the New York Life Insurance Company will be the best 
 appointed and most substantial in Canada, and equal to any of its size on the Continent 
 of America. The architects of the building are Messrs. Babb, Cook & Willard, of 55 Broadway, 
 New York, and the work is being constructed under the immediate superintendanc of Mr.’ 
 G. E. Walters. The contractors for the building, are Messrs. Simpson & Peel, who do the 
 carpenter work, and let the rest of the work to sub-contractors, as follows ^Bricklaying 
 T. Peel, stone-mason work, Peter Lyall, iron work, E. Chanteloup, Thousand Island eranite 
 Stuart Forsyth. 6 ’ 
 
 Mr. David Burke, the General Manager of the Company for Canada, is a gentleman 
 well-known in underwriting circles as well as by the public generally and is held in the 
 highest estimation by all who know him, and under his management the Canadian Denart- 
 ment of the Company ie assured of success. P 
 
 Imperial Fire Insurance Company, of London, Eng. w H btntottt 
 
 PRESIDENT SECRETARY, Hospital Street. — Among the most' prominent, 
 substantial and old-established fire insurance companies doing business in Canada the 
 Imperial Fire Insurance Company, of London, England, holds a deservedly high place 
 Established in London m 1803, it has had a long, honorable and succesful career and has 
 steadily gained its way to public recognition and influence throughout the British Empire. 
 I he Canadian business of the Company was established in 1864, when Mr. W. H. Rintoul 
 became agent and has ever since represented the Company with honor to himself 
 and profit to the Company. The Company has a subscribed capital of £ 1,200,000, paid up 
 capital of £300,000, and the total invested funds are over £r, 550.000. This shows that the 
 mperial Fire Insurance Company, of London, is in a flourishing and substantial condition, 
 nother proof of this is the beautiful Canadian head office now under process of construc- 
 
 A < nril >n w^™ 63 S , quare ’ ^ which is expected to be ready for occupancy on the 1st 
 
 April, 1889. I he construction of the building is under the superintendence of Mr. C. W. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 37 
 
 Clinton, of New York, the designer of the Mutual Life building in that city. As will be 
 seen rom t e cut m another part ot this work, it will be a handsome structure and will har- 
 mom ze with the Bank of Montreal and the other noble edifices on the square, and will .still 
 ■ U1 , ^crease t : c architectural treasures of the city. The building will be seven stories 
 in neight. i he fire lower stories will be of gray stone and upon these other two stories of 
 iron an ot er fire-proof material, the upper windows is the topmost recess, being 
 Circular with extremely handsome stone carving. In the three recesses the columns 
 wm be of three orders of architecture, the main recess being of Doric, the 
 secon o onic, and the third or topmost of Corinthian. The top stories will 
 nave dormer windows, with galvanized iron cornices and trimmings, the building termina- 
 tmg in a pointed tower in centre of the roof about ioo feet from the pavement. The roof 
 will be of iron framing with porus slab fillings, which will be the first introduction of this 
 new principle of fire-proof construction into Montreal. There will be an area 19 x 65 feet 
 m the centre of the building, and in the centre of this will be a tower of iron and glass, 
 containing two elevators and an iron staircase with white marble steps. Fire-proof vaults 
 will be attached to each suite of offices, and the floors throughout will be fire-proofed. The 
 -entrance hall will be ten feet wide ; the floor of marble tiling with terra-cotta centres, and the 
 sides wainscotted in white marble. The building will contain eighty-five offices, the Imperial, 
 of course, occupying the principal part and that best suited to its requirements. The build- 
 ing will be fitted up with every modern improvement, including electric lighting, steam 
 heating, while facilities will be had for telegraphing and telephoning from one office to 
 another in the building as well as with the outside world, while by the use of a “ mail tube ” 
 on each floor, letters can be deposited in the general letter box below, which will be cleared 
 for the post office every hour. The work has been contracted for as follows Mason 
 work, Mr. Peter Lyall ; carpenter work, Messrs. Simpson & Peel ; iron work, Mr. H. R. 
 Ives ; elevators, Messrs. Miller Bros. & Mitchell. It will thus be seen that the new Imper- 
 ial office will be one of the most complete in the city. The business of the Company is 
 extending rapidly throughout the Dominion, the Maritime Provinces and British Columbia, 
 under the able and efficient management of Mr. W. H. Rintoul, who has given the affairs 
 of the Company his careful and undivided attention for nearly a quarter of a century. 
 
 Standard Life Assurance Co., W. M. RAMSAY, Manager, Standard 
 Buildings, St. James Street. — Disease, accident and death are conditions incident to 
 this stage of existence that are certain to come to us all sooner or later. Against the con- 
 sequences which would in the natural course ensue to our dependants from our being 
 stricken down by death, many assurance companies offer protection more or less ample and 
 effective, and it is the plain duty of every respectable man of good habits while in the 
 enjoyment of his faculties, health and strength to avail himself thereof and throw around his 
 loved ones such safeguards as will secure them from want and dependence. The Standard 
 Life Assurance Co., of Edinburgh, Scotland, has one of the highest reputations and most 
 successful and honorable records of any life assurance companies in existence. Established 
 in the year 1825, it has met with the most phenominal success, which has been due to the 
 strict business principles upon which the affairs of the Company have been conducted as 
 well as its economical management. The Company have invested funds amounting to over 
 $33,000,000, with an annual income of over $4,450,000, and there are deposited with the 
 Government at Ottawa, for the security of Canadian policy-holders, nearly $1,000,000. The 
 amount of claims paid in Canada alone amount to nearly two and a quarter million of 
 •dollars. The Company pay all just claims promptly in which respect they have a high 
 reputation. The Company occupy their own building on St. James Street, which is one of 
 the finest architectural structures in the city, and is an ornament to St. James Street as 
 well as a credit to the city. It is a four story building of brown stone front and richly 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 carved and with a central figure of Atlas supporting the globe. The directors of the 
 company are gentlemen well-known in public, financial and mercantile life and are a 
 guarantee of the stability of the institution. Mr. W. M. Ramsay, the Manager, is a 
 gentleman eminently qualified for the position, from lengthened experience and executive 
 
 ability. 
 
 North British and Mercantile Fire and Life Assurance Company, 
 
 THOMAS DAVIDSON, Managing Director, 78 St. Francois Xavier Street. — • 
 Among the important business interests of Montreal, insurance has such a vital bearing upon 
 all other interests, as to entitle it to special consideration in a review of the resources of the 
 city. Among the many solid and substantial companies doing business here, there are none 
 more worthy of particular mention than the North British and Mercantile Fire and Life 
 Insurance Company, whose head offices for the Dominion are located at No. 78 St. Fran- 
 cois Xavier Street, of which Mr. Thomas Davidson is the Managing Director. The home 
 offices are located at 64 Princess Street, Edinburgh, and 61 Threadneedle Street, London. 
 This Company was incorporated in the year 1809, and soon took a leading position among 
 British Insurance Companies. It has at all times been noted for careful management, liberal 
 treatment, and a prompt settlement of all just claims. As its name implies both a fire and 
 life assurance business is conducted. It has an authorized capital of $14,600,000 and a 
 paid up capital of over $3,041,666, the Fire Fund and reserves being $8,462,682, the Life 
 and Annuity Funds $20,699,659. The directors of the Company here are gentlemen well- 
 known in business circles and public life. Gilbert Scott, Esq., Hon. Thomas Ryan, W. 
 W. Ogilvie, Esq., and Archibald MacNider, Esq., Thomas Davidson, Esq., being the 
 Managing Director. There are agencies of the Company located in the principal towns and 
 cities of the Dominion, which, during the past year have reported excellent business. 
 
 Lsi Canadienne Lifo InsuranCB Company, 13 Sx. Lambert Street. 
 Montreal.— Incorporated by Special Act of Parliament, Authorized Capital, $300,000 • 
 Government Deposit, $25,000. The Hon. J. G. Laviolette, Legislative Council, President; 
 F. X. Moisan, Esq., Vice-President; F. N. Belcourt, Secretary and Director; Dr. Rottot, 
 Medical Adviser; James Wilson, Chief Agent English Department, at Head Office. 
 
 The wise and provident man makes provision against the day of adversiiy, and, also 
 against the day of his death, when those who are dependent upon him may not be left in, 
 adverse circumstances. This can only safely be done in the majority of cases, by life insur- 
 ance, and it is now acknowledged by every intelligent man, that it is a duty for everyone to 
 be insured. Among the many first-class Insurance Companies in Montreal, is that of La 
 “Canadienne,” whose Head Office is located at No. 13 St. Lambert Street. Although this 
 Company was established only one year ago, it has been established upon a solid foundation, 
 and is already giving marked evidences of success. It has an Authorized Capital of $300, 
 000, and issues the following systems of Insurance : -Conjoint, Industrial, Limited Endow- 
 ment, Endowment, Debenture Policies and Ordinary Life, so that intending insurers have 
 their choice of six different plans, each being first-class in itself. The officers in this Com- 
 pany, are gentlemen well and favorably known in the community, and are, Hon. J. G- 
 Laviolette, President; F. X. Moisan, Esq., V ice-President ; F. N. Belcourt, Esq., Secretary 
 and General Manager, and Dr. Rottot, Medical Adviser. Mr. Belcourt, the General 
 Manager, is a gentleman with large experience in life insurance matters, having been with 
 the zEtna Insurance Company, for two years. He is a gentleman highly esteemed bv all 
 who know him, and is a most efficient officer. 
 
 The attention of large employers of labor, as well as employees, is directed to this 
 Industrial Branch,” whereby, for a small yearly payment, workmen may secure five dollars 
 per week, when unable to follow their employment, and a substantial sum, for their families, 
 in the event of death. 
 
Windsor Hotel, G. W. SWETT, Manager, Dominion Square.— In writing a 
 brief sketch of the Windsor Hotel, the writer is uncertain whether to treat it as a 
 palace or a public hostelry. Certainly in its architectural appearance and location, its 
 spacious halls, corridors and saites of parlors, it is more on the palatial than the usual 
 hotel plan, either in this country or Europe. When it was first proposed to build the 
 
 hotel and in the location where it stands, people cried out, “ White Elephant, ‘Will 
 
 ISTever Pay,” “ Too far from the business part of the city.” But the Hotel has certainly 
 become a brilliant success, a source of profit to the stockholders, and an honor to the 
 city The Windsor Hotel was built in 1817, at a cost of $1,100,000. It covers about 
 two acres of ground and contains over 400 rooms, single and en suite. On account of 
 the increasing business, a new wing was built on Stanley Street, in 188-,, and this 
 present year it has been found necessary to erect another extension, containing a large 
 banquet hall and concert room, 140 x 60 feet in dimensions, with galleries at each end. 
 The concert and banqueting hall and ball-room will be thirty-seven feet high with a 
 dome-shaped ceiling and will have side entrances on Peel and Stanley Streets. I he 
 rotunda of the Hotel, in which are the business offices, ticket and telegraph offices is 
 one of the largest and finest of any hotel ’n the world. The new corridor, on the 
 second floor, is over 225 feet long, and is handsomely furnished, and at night, when the 
 
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 crystal chandeliers are lit up, presents a brilliant appearance. There are three ladies 
 parlors, en suite , elegantly and artistically furnished, and giving a beautiful view of 
 Dominion Square. ^The dining hall, has a seating capacity for 600 guests, with high 
 ceilino - and dome in centre, the cornices and dome being hand-painted, the subjects being 
 landscapes and figure pieces, and were executed by an eminent artist. Leading off the 
 dining hall and between it and the Ladies’ Ordinary, is the culinary department, where 
 the Chef de Cuisine and his numerous assistants may be found busy preparing the 
 delicious menu , for which the Hotel has become so justly celebrated on this Continent. 
 By the use of a powerful fan apparatus over the cooking ranges, the kitchen is kept not 
 only comparatively cool, but not the slightest smell can be noticed from the vai ious 
 viands in process of cooking, which is a great consideration to guests. It would be 
 impossible in a short sketch to do anything like justice to a description of this beauti- 
 ful hotel, so complete in its appointments, its laundry, barber shop, billiard and pool 
 room, and its magnificent bar, hung with costly oil Daintings. Lord Stanley, of 
 Preston, the new G-overnor-G-eneral, and a gentleman who has travelled much, expressed 
 his surprise and pleasure at finding such a luxurious hotel on the American Continent, 
 many points in which, he declared to be superior to anything lie had seen in Europe. 
 The Directors of the Company are Duncan McIntyre, tbq., President; G-. B. Burland, 
 Esq., Vice-President ; Philip S. Boss, Esq., Secretary-Treasurer; Directors, Charles 
 Garth, Esq., James P. Dawes, Esq., Wm. Cassils, Esq., Selkirk Cross, Esq., and Henry 
 Joseph, Esq. The Manager, Mr. G. W. Swett, is a gentleman who has had a large 
 experience in hotel management, and has done much in building up the business and 
 the reputation of the Windsor Hotel, and the travelling public trust that he may long 
 be spared to preside over its affairs. 
 
 Kingman, Brown & Co., 
 
 SHIPPING & COMMISSION 
 MERCHANTS, 14 Custom 
 House Square, Montreal. — ; 
 In reviewing the commerce 
 and manufactures of Montreal, 
 special attention has, of course, 
 to be given to the shipping in- 
 terests, upon which so much of 
 Montreal’s wealth and impor- 
 tance as a distributing centre 
 depends. The Government 
 having assumed the channel debt, it is expected that a great impetus will be given to the ship- 
 ping trade to this Port during this and the coming years and thus Montreal will be benefitted in 
 a marked degree. Among the shipping and commission houses in this city, is that of Messrs. 
 Kingman, Brown & Co., whose office is located at No. 14 Custom House Square. This 
 business was established fifteen years ago by Robert C. Adams & Co., who were succeeded 
 by the present firm, whose cable address is “ Kingman.” The firm are managing agents 
 of the Black Diamond Shipping Co. of Montreal. Limited, whose vessels ply between Mon- 
 treal and Charlottetown, Sidney and St. Johns, New Foundland. The vessels of the line 
 are the “ Bonavista,” “Coban,” and “ Cacouna,” which are English built, classed 100 A. I. 
 Lloyd’s, and are specially fitted for the passenger trade in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The 
 steamers bring coal from the Lower Provinces to the' St. Lawrence Ports, chiefly Montreal, 
 — hence the appropriateness of the Company’s name and house flag, — a black diamond in a 
 red ground. The firm are also selling agents for the International Coal Co., Limited, whose 
 colliery is located at Sydney, C.B., and in addition transact a general shipping and com- 
 mission business. The members of the firm are Mr. Abner Kingman and Mr. Thomas 
 B. Brown. 
 
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 The Montreal Elevating Co. ALEX. McDOUGALL, Manager, 7 Custom 
 House Square. — -The rapid development that has taken place in the port of Montreal during 
 the past thirty years, has been truly wonderful and is but a slight forecast of what may be 
 expected in the near future, when the increased harbor facilities have been made, and now 
 that the tonnage dues have been removed. In nothing has this development been more 
 noticeable than in the grain elevating trade, a brief sketch of the Montreal Elevating Company, 
 being a good illustration. This business was established in the year 1857 as the “ Mont- 
 real Steam Elevating Company,” with a subscribed capital of $80,000, and with John Esdaile, 
 President ; and H. L. Routh, Andrew Shaw, James Henderson and C. J. Cusack, Directors. 
 The Company started with one elevator in 1858, the amount of grain handled in two sea- 
 sons being only 500,000 bushels. A second elevator was built for the fall of i860, another 
 in 1861 and the business had by this time developed such proportions that two other eleva- 
 tors were built for the season of 1863. In 1871, the Company owned seven elevators and 
 10,000,000 bushels of grain were handled and shipped. In 1872, the Company amalgamated 
 with a new Company then started and known as the “ Montreal Elevating Company,” which 
 name the amalgamated Companies adopted, and had a capital of $160,000. the following gen- 
 tlemen being the officers, Andrew Allan, president, Hugh McLennan, Daniel Butters, J. H. 
 Joseph and A. T. Patterson, Directors. To-day the Company own fourteen elevators, having 
 an average capacity of 5000 bushels an hour, and costing $15,000 each, the total fleet costing 
 therefore $210,000. Thus from one elevator in 1857, handling 500,000 bushels in two sea- 
 sons, the trade has so grown that the floating elevators of this Company are now capable of 
 handling 70,000 bushels an hour and the indications are that the next few years will see a 
 still further heavy increase. The present officers of the Company are Andrew Allan, Presi- 
 dent, Hugh McLennan, A. T. Patterson, T. A. Crane and Alexander McDougall. Mr. 
 McDougall is the Manager of the Company, a position which he has held since 1861, and 
 under his able administration the business has grown from a single elevator to its present 
 extensive proportions. He is a gentleman of marked push, energy and enterprise, as is 
 amply evinced in the discharge of the duties of his present position. 
 
 McBride, Harris & Co., Importers of FRUIT and^C O M M IS S IO N MER- 
 CHANTS. 134 McGill and i to 21 College Streets, Montreal. — Montreal is 
 rapidly building up in commercial and manufacturing importance, as must be readily- 
 acknowledged by anyone who takes the trouble to note the many new business houses that 
 have been inceated in this city during the past few years. In fact during the past year a 
 very large number of important houses has been added to the list, and of these, that of 
 Messrs. McBride, Harris & Co., Fruit and Commission Merchants, 134 McGill Street, and 
 1 to 2i College Street, are deserving of particular mention. The house was established as 
 recently as March 1st of the present year, and yet during tnat comparatively short space of 
 time a business has been built up that will compare favorably with any in the city, the trade 
 now extending throught the Dominion and considerable export. The firm are heavy im- 
 porters of foreign fruits from Italy, Spain, tlje West Indies and South America and California 
 and also do a large business in domestic fruits and produce of every description as well as 
 in imported goods. Thep receive fruit and produce on consignment, selling the same to 
 the best advantage of the shipper and making the prompt and satisfactory returns in all 
 cases. The premises occupied by themfor business purposes consist of two floors each 30 x 
 120 feet in dimensions, while employment if furnished to ten competent assistants. The 
 members of the firm are Messrs. John Thompson McBride and Irwin Harris, both of whom 
 are natives of Canada and are widely and highly esteemed as enterprising and progressive 
 business men. The members of the firm are both practically experienced in their line, 
 having been in the house of Vipond'& McBride for twelve years. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Bavlis Manufacturing Co., TARNISHES, JAPANS, PRINTING INKS,. 
 WHITE LEAD, Ac., 16 to 28 Nazaterh Street, Montreal.-— The oil and varnish 
 trade of the Dominion, is one of very marked importance, and has made rapid strides 
 in this city during the past fifteen or twenty years. Coach builders and others, now- 
 turn out vast quantities of buggies and carriages yearly selling the same cheap and- 
 requiring the best kinds of varnish to make the work look and wear well, and they use- 
 large quantities of it, and thus the trade has been developed. There are seveial im port- 
 ant houses in the rarnisb, japans and oil trade in this city, among the number deserving 
 of special notice, being that of the Baylis Manufacturing Company, whose office and 
 works are located at Nos. 16 to 28 Nazareth Street. The premises occupied consist of 
 a two-storey brick building, with a frontage of 140 feet, and a depth of ninety-six feet. 
 These are fitted up with every requirement for the successful conducting of the work, 
 and twelve skilled workmen and assistants are given employment throughout the year, 
 while five travellers are kept constantly on the road, the trade of the house extending- 
 throughout the Dominion. The Company manufacture and deal in varnishes, japans 
 printing inks, white lead, paints, machinery oils, axle grease, &c. These goods are all 
 of the very best quality, and have long held a standard reputation m the trade. 1 his 
 business Avas established twenty years ago, and is one well-known throughout the trade. 
 Mr. Henry Baylis, the Manager of the Company, is the second oldest paint and vamish 
 manufacturer in the city, and is a gentleman well-known and esteemed in tiade and 
 social circles. 
 
 A. S. & W. H. Masterman, PORK BUTCHERS, 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12 St. 
 Ann’s Market, Montreal. — Among the many business interests conducted in 
 Montreal, that in the food supplies of the people hold the most prominent place. The- 
 baker, the butcher and the grocer, are three important personages, when the necessities 
 of the public are considered. Among those prominently engaged in the pork butcher- 
 ing line in this city, none hold a higher position in the estimation of the people on 
 considered from the extent of business done, than the firm of Messrs. A. S. & W. H. 
 Masterman, whose stalls are at Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 St. Ann’s Market, the factory 
 being located at No. 2082| Notre Dame Street. This business was established in 1822, 
 a little more than sixty years ago, by Mr. Christopher Masterman, who was succeeded 1 
 by Wm. Masterman, who retired in favor of his sons, the present proprietors in 1883, 
 after a successful and honorable business career. The firm deal in all kinds of pork, 
 hams and bacon, these being cured by a special process of their own, which has made 
 the Masterman Brand of Cured Meats famous all over the Dominion. The factory is 
 fitted up with every requisite for the successful prosecution of the business, and nothing- 
 is omitted that could possibly aid in success. The firm use from 900 to 1000 hogs a 
 week, the trade being conducted at wholesale and retail, and a specialty is made of 
 supplying the shipping trade with this line of provisions, all orders receiving the utmost 
 care and being promptly attended to. The members of the firm are Messrs. Arthur 
 S. & W. H. Masterman, both of whom are gentlemen of thorough busine-s ability, and 
 fully understand all the details of their trade, and can thus promptly attend to all' 
 demands made upon them. 
 
 The Montreal Soap and Oil Manufacturing Company, MANUFAC- 
 TURERS OF TOILET AND LAUNDRY SOAPS, LARD, OILS, Etc., Factory, 
 57 Amherst Street, Montreal. — Montreal is noted throughout the Dominion for its 
 extensive manufacturing industries as well as its important commercial interests. The- 
 outlook at present for the future prosperity of the city is very bright and encouraging, 
 and if present opportunities are properly grasped, Montreal should soon be a Canadian 
 Chicago. Among the important manufacturing industries conducted in this city is 
 that of the Montreal Soap and Oil Manufacturing Company, whose office and factory 
 
A. S. AND W. H. MASTERMAN, PORK BUTCHERS. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
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 - e m C at A ed w tt°' ? A “herst Street. This business was established in the year 1845* 
 by Mr. A. VV. Hood who conducted successfully until the time of his death, seven 
 years ago, since when, the business has been continued by his executors, and was 
 succeeded by the Montreal Soap and Oil Manufacturing Company, in April last. 
 The premises occupied consist of a three-storey building, 138 x 180 feet in dimensions, 
 w ic is e up with all the latest and most improved machinery and appliances, 
 driven by a twenty-five horse-power steam engine, having a sixty horse-power boiler, 
 while employment is furnished to twenty assistants and skilled workmen. The Com- 
 pany aie manufacturers of toilet and laundry soaps, of the very best quality, lard and 
 other lubricating oils, _ such as heavy engine XXX, Stock’s X, seal oil, 
 ar me, mineral olive, Arctic seal, neatsfoot, and many other kinds which they manu- 
 actui e and import. The superintendent of the iactory is the most experienced soap. 
 
 m Amer * ca > which is saying a great deal, but yet is generally acknowledged, 
 and thus the product of this house is unsurpassed. Mr. Stock was one of the first to- 
 put down oil wells in the Pennsylvania region, and has had a lengthened experience- 
 and a thoroughly practical knowledge of the oil production and manufacture in all its 
 details. He is a native of England, and is a pushing, active and enterprising business 
 man. The house has had a long and honorable career, and is noted for its straight- 
 forward and honorable dealing as well as for the superior quality of its goods. 
 
 Kerry, Watson & Co., WHOLESALE & MANUFACTURING DRUGGISTS, 
 Office and Warehouse, 351 St. Paul Street, Factory, 23, 25, 27, St. Jean 
 Baptiste Street. — Montreal, is noted for the character and reliability of its leading- 
 business houses, many of which have been established since the beginning of the present 
 century, and have kept steady pace with the development and prosperity of the city. One of' 
 the best known houses of this character in the city, is that of Messrs. Kerry, Watson & Co., 
 manufacturing and wholesale druggists, whose office and warehouse are located at No. 
 351 St. Paul Street, (Nun’s Building.) This business was founded in the year 1810, and 
 has passed through several changes of proprietorship in succession, being formerly 
 Carter & McLonald, who wrnre followed by Carter, Kerry & Co., and they in turn by 
 Kerry Bros. & Crathern, the present firm of Kerry, Watson & Co., succeeding to the- 
 business in 1872. The house, from the date of its inception, has had an honorable and 
 prosperous career, and its name has been a synonym for straight-forward and liberal 
 dealing with the trade throughout the Dominion, as well as in some parts of England 
 and the United States, where their trade extends. The warehouse consists of five floors. 
 40 x 150 feet in dimensions, and is fully equipped with every convenience for the 
 successful prosecution of the extensive business. The firm manufacture every descrip- 
 tion of pharmaceutical products, making a specialty of Gray’s Syrup of Red Spruce Gum,, 
 and they also grind pure drugs for the trade, the factory being located at Nos. 23, 25. 
 and 27 St. Jean Baptiste Street. The products of this house have a standard reputation,, 
 and are absolutely pure in every respect. The firm have a manufactory on Lake Street, 
 Rouses’ Point, where they manufacture Gray’s Syrup of Red Spruce Gum for the United. 
 States trade, and they have a depot at 36 and 38 Hanover Street, Boston, which is used 
 as a distributing house for the States, and where all the products of the Rouses’ Point 
 factory is sent, and is handled from there. To supply the Western trade of Canada, 
 they have another branch house on Dundas Street, London, Ont., which is known as the 
 “ London Drug Company,” and in this branch they also manufacture and import. From 
 this brief sketch, it will be seen, that the operations of the house are conducted upon an 
 extensive scale, and that the business is one of the most important in the drug line 
 emanating from Montreal. The individual members of thefirm are Messrs. John Kerry, 
 who is an Englishman by brith, David Watson, a native of Scotland, and William Simona. 
 Kerry, who claims Canada for his place of nativity, and who is a graduate of the Quebec 
 Pharmaceutical Association. 
 
H. R, Ives & Co., MANU- 
 FACTURERS OF STOVES, 
 HARDWARE, ETC., 11 7 Queen 
 Street. — The advancementthat has 
 taken place in the tastes of the peo- 
 ple during the past twenty-five years, 
 is a matter that exercises a greater 
 influence in the prosperity of the 
 world at large, than the casual 
 ■observer takes any cognizance of. 
 In the demand for articles of orna- 
 mentation new industries start into 
 life, providing profitable employ- 
 ment for countless thousands, thus 
 ■contributing to the material welfare 
 of the country at large. An instance 
 of this may be seen in the demand 
 for ornamental iron work, the larger 
 cities in the Dominion possessing 
 one or more institutions devoted to 
 this branch of manufacture. One 
 of the most important houses in this 
 line of business, in this Province, is 
 that of Messrs. H. R. Ives & Co., 
 who are also manufacturers of every 
 ■description of hardware, stoves, soil 
 pipes, iron bedsteads, etc., etc. The 
 office and Warehouse of theworksare 
 located at No. 117 Queen Street. The 
 .general foundry, pattern, machine 
 and finishing shops, as well as the 
 packing rooms are located in differ- ! 
 ent departments on Duke, Prince, 1 
 Queen and Ottawa Streets, the whole 
 covering about three acres in extent. 
 A tunnel crosses Queen Street from 
 the second floor of one building to 
 the other and an underground tun- 
 nel connects the moulding shops 
 with the yards on Prince Street. 
 Ihe foundry is fitted up with every 
 requirement and has three heavy 
 cranes and an elevator so that all 
 woik can be expeditiously trans- 
 acted. The hardware and stove 
 woiks are located at Eongueuil and 
 f 1 ® very extensive. The warehouse 
 is dO x 100 feet in dimensions and 
 three stories in height, the office 
 and pattern shop is two stories in 
 'height, the foundry is 250 x 500 feet 
 with an L of 100 feet, and the fur- 
 nishing shop is 40 x 80 feet and two 
 stories in height. In the Montreal 
 Works the machinery is driven by 
 -a steam engine of 100 horse-power 
 
 9 on em P^ 0 J men tis furnished to over 
 skilled hands, and in Longueuil 
 
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 the engine power is forty horse, and 100 hands are employed. The firm make 
 a specialty of heavy castings, and last winter made about 1000 tons for the St. 
 Lawrence Sugar Refinery. They also make a specialty of architectural iron work and 
 have recently secured skilled pattern makers and workmen from the States for this 
 particular department of the business. The firm received the contract for the iron work 
 for the new Imperial Insurance Building, one of the finest structures in the city. They 
 also make ornamental iron work for buildings and private residences, which includes, 
 iron fences, wrought iron gates, crestings and funnels for mansard roof, weather vaues 
 wrought iron hay racks, window guards, cast iron feed boxes cast iron ramps, etc.’ 
 etc. The house was established in 1859 and during that lengthened period the business 
 has made steady progress, the works having been constantly improved to meet the- 
 requirements of the trade. The firm of Messrs. H. R. Ives & Co. is one of the best and 
 most favorably known in the city, and has been no small factor in building up the com' 
 mercial importance of the city. 
 
 The Canada Wire Co., H. R. IVES, President and Manager, 117 Queen 
 Street. — Messrs. Washburn & Moen, of Worcester, Mass., were the inventors and 
 manufacturers of four point steel wire fencing, and hundreds of thousands of miles of 
 farms throughout the United States have been fenced in by this light, but efficient and 
 comparatively inexpensive article. The Canada Wire Co., of 117 Queen Street, this 
 city 7 , are manufacturing this fencing under license from Messrs. Washburn & Moen, 
 under the Glidden patent, and their annual output is very extensive, the trade extend' 
 ing throughout the Dominion. The works are large and fully equipped with special 
 machinery for this special line of manufacture, while employment is furnished to a 
 large staff of skilled workmen. Stock raisers and farmers speak in the highest terms 
 of this barb wire fencing, and it is in very general use throughout the Dominion, and 
 has received first prizes at many of the exhibitions. Besides this line of barb wiro 
 fencing the Canada Wire Co. have an extensive trade in wire stretchers, known as the 
 “ Little Hercules,’ - “ Little Giant ” and others. Also a patented crow-bar and wire stretcher 
 combined which, is very useful for many purposes and also iron posts, post hole augurs, 
 post hole diggers, etc. The President of the Company, Mr. H. R. Ives, is a gentleman 
 well-known in the manufacturing and business circles of the country, and is an extensive 
 manufacturer of hardware, etc., under the firm title of H. R. Ives & Co. Those foim- 
 ing business relations with this house may rest assured of finding all transactions, 
 conducted upon the most straightforward and honorable basis. 
 
 The Williams Manufacturing Co., Manufacturers of SEWING MA- 
 CHINES, C. W. Davis, General Manager. — A most wonderful change has taken 
 place in the mechanical industries of the world during the past half century. Nor has this 
 improvement been confined to any particular branch of trade, but has been pretty thoroughly 
 disseminated throughout the various lines of industrial art. No more wonderful invention,, 
 however, has been made than that of the sewing machine which has proved an inestimable 
 blessing to toiling thousands, as well as in the homes of the wealthy and in our manufactur- 
 ing establishments. One of the most important manufacturing houses in the sewing machine 
 line in the Dominion is that of the Williams Manufacturing Co., which, being a purely Cana- 
 dian Company, is deserving of especial mention in a work of this character. The Williams 
 Manufacturing Company was established in the year 1861, and was incorporated in 
 in the year 1872. It is a joint stock Company having an authorized capital of 
 $1,000,000, and with a paid up capital of $500,000. The President of the Company 
 is Mr. Andrew Allan; Vice-President, Mr. Hugh McLellan ; General Manager, Mr. C. 
 W. Davis. The factory, which is located on St. James Street, (St. Henry,) consists 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 of a handsome and substantial brick structure, the main building being four floors in 
 height and with basement, other portions of the works being two and one stories 
 in height, the whole giving 6o,oco superficial feet of floor room. The factory is fitted up 
 with all the latest and most improved machinery, driven by a fifty horse-power steam engine. 
 The works are devided into different departments, such as the foundry, machine shop, 
 japanning shop, cabinet shop, factoiy room, shipping room, etc., etc. The works are equip- 
 ped throughout with automatic sprinklers, and every other precaution is taken to provide 
 against fire. The Company gives employment to 150 skilled workmen in the different 
 departments in the factory, in this city, in the manufacture of the “ New Williams Sewing 
 Machine. The Company has also extensive works on the Saranac River, at Plattsburg, N.Y., 
 which are somewhat similar in extent and equipment to those in this city, and where 
 employment is also furnished to 150 skilled hands in the manufacture of the “ Helpmate” 
 Machine. These machines have a very extensive sale throughout the Dominion, the United 
 -States, and in fact in all parts of the civilized world. The trade has been rapidly growing 
 from year to year as the superior qualities of the “ Williams ” Machines have become more 
 extensively known. The Company has agencies throught the Dominion, the United States, 
 and the principal cities in Europe. 
 
 Canada Wall Paper Factory, JOHN c. WATSON, 86, 88 and 90 Grey 
 ^Nun Street. — Montreal has undoubtly a great future before it, if present opportunities 
 as they appear are properly utilized. Judging from the present review of the com- 
 merce and manufactures of the city, this will be done, for here we find almost 
 ■every branch of industry properly represented. In the manufacture of wall papers — 
 which is a comparatively new industry for Montreal — we find the Canada Wall Paper 
 Factory, which is located at Nos. 86, 88 and 90 Grey Nun Street, and of which Mr. John 
 C. Watson, is the proprietor, competing with the products of French, English and Ameri- 
 can houses, and beating them on their own ground. The goods turned out by this 
 house will compare most favorably with those of any other house in the world and 
 range from the cheapest, costing about 3| cents a roll up to the most expensive at $3.00 
 and over. The factory is a four-story and basement structure 90 x 100 feet in dimen- 
 sions, which is fully equipped with every requisite for the successful prosecution of the 
 work, having four printing machines, from two to eight colors each. Also one 
 grounding machine, two polishing machines, one embossing machine, etc., etc., the 
 machinery being driven by a sixty horse-power steam engine, of the best make. The 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
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 house manufactures its own rollers as well as having many cut in Rngland and the 
 States, and obtains the designs for the patterns from some of the most celebrated 
 designers in Paris, London and the United States, and thus is enabled to compete 
 successfully with the wall paper factories of those countries in artistic merit. The 
 trade of the house is very large and embraces the entire Dominion, Vancouyer, New 
 foundland and the West Indies. Employment is steadily furnished to about fifty clerks, 
 travellers and skilled workmen throughout the } 7 ear. This business was established by 
 Messrs Watson & McArthur eight years ago and for the past four years, Mr. John C. 
 Watson, the senior member of "the old firm, has been sole proprietor. Mr. Watson is a 
 native of Glasgow, Scotland, and is an active member of the Montreal Board of Trade. 
 
 W. C. Norman, MANUFACTURER DOMINION WOVEN WIRE SPRING 
 BED, 35^ and 37 St. Antoine Street.- — This nineteenth century is certainly an age of 
 
 invention and of luxu- 
 ry . We have palace 
 cars to ride in when 
 journeying from place, 
 we can eat our meals 
 in handsomely furnish- 
 ed dining room cars 
 travelling at the rate 
 of thirty and forty 
 miles an hour and 
 
 when we reach home we have comfortable woven wire springs beds as a foundation to 
 lie upon. It is an age of mechanical ingenuity and there are every kind of devices for 
 the comfort and convenience of mankind. The Dominion Woven Wire Spring Bed Co., 
 of which Mr. W. C. Norman is the proprietor, has done their share in keeping abreast 
 with the spirit of the times. The factory is located at Nos. 35J and 37 St. Antoine and 
 -consists of a main building 50 x 50 feet in dimensions with other additions. The fac- 
 tory is furnished with steam power; ten weaving machines are in operation and for the 
 purpose of thoroughly seasoning the wood before using, there is a large kiln, capable of 
 •drying at one time 12,000 feet of lumber. Employment is furnished to fifteen 
 skilled hands throughout the year. Mr. Norman manufactures the Dominion Woven 
 Wire and Spring Bed in all sizes from the cradle or crib to the largest bedstead. These 
 beds are comfortable, healthful, economical, and impervious to vermin, are perfectly 
 noiseless, adjustable, with wrought iron attachments and are highly recommended b} T 
 physicians. He also manufactures Norman Patent Combination Iron Bed which is one 
 •of the neatest, strongest, simplest and most economical combination beds ever produced. 
 Also the tubular iron combination bed, which is made of one inch tubular iron and can 
 be made in every size. In the manufacture of the spring bed nothing but the best of 
 steel wire, specially prepared and tempered for the purpose, is used and every spring 
 bearing the Dominion Woven Wire stamp is fully guaranteed. The double well inter- 
 locked woven wire mattress recently invented by Mr. O. J. Norman, son of the proprie- 
 tor, is the most neat elastic and serviceable mattress ever produced . These beds are 
 admirable adapted not only for home use but also for convents, colleges, schools, hospi- 
 tals, steamboat companies, etc., and medals were awarded for them at the Toronto 
 Exhibitions of 1880 and 1882 and at Montreal in 1882 and 1884, and also at Sherbrooke 
 1886. This business was established in 1881 and ever since the date of its inception 
 has proved highly successful. Mr. Norman, the proprietor, is a native of England and 
 is a thorough going man of business and highly esteemed by all who know him. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 R. Henry Holland & Co., importers OF fancy GOODS &c., 340, 
 
 342 St. Paul Street, and ITT and 1T9 Commissioners Street. — There is an old 
 saying, and a true one, that “There is always room at the top.” It is as much so in 
 business as in any of the learned professions, and probably harder to reach in business 
 circles. In all lines of commercial industry there are to be found some houses that are 
 thoroughly representative, and leaders in their line. Such must be said of the house of 
 R Holland & Co., Importers of Fancy Goods, etc. Established as recently as the year 
 18T6, the progress made by this house has been something remarkable, and stands as a 
 bright example of what pluck, enterprise and business ability can accomplish, the trade 
 now extending throughout the entire Dominion, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The 
 firm were formerly at 266 and 268 St. Paul Street, but finding the premises becoming 
 too small for their rapidly extending business, a palatial structure was erected for their 
 special use at No. 340 and 342 St. Paul Street and ITT and 1T9 Commissioners Street. 
 This is, without exception, the finest business structure in the Dominion. It has a front- 
 age of thirty-five feet on St. Paul Street and is four stories in height. It has a depth of 
 165 feet running through to Commissioners Street, where it is five stories in height with 
 sub-cellar, the whole having an area of 34,650 square feet. The building is of limestone 
 and granite with Aberdeen granite, interspersed, and with polished column of the same 
 material supporting the centre double arch to front entrance. The ceilings throughout 
 are of British Columbia pine highly polished, the floors being of British Columbia fir. 
 Two sky lights afford ample light in centre. The windows are all of plate glass, some 
 of them being bevelled. It is heated by two of Gurney’s Hot Water Furnaces, and has 
 Hales’ (Chicago) Elevator connecting with the different floors, while the offices are fitted 
 up in keeping with the artistic luxuriousness of the entire structure. Entering the 
 basement from Commissioners Street, the visitor finds the receiving, shipping and pack- 
 ing department and also a large stock of vases, glass ware and majolica goods. On the 
 first, or main floor, entered from St. Paul Street, the business and private offices are 
 located in the rear, overlooking the river, with its busy shipping scenes during the 
 season of navigation. On this flat are displayed the more staple goods, such as cutlery, 
 purses, combs, pipes, druggists’ and tobacconists’ sundries, stationer’s supplies and jewelry 
 of which these is a magnificent assortment. On the second flat will be found albums } 
 accordeQnp, violins, harmonicas, bronze and plush goods, fancy boxes, fans, frames, etc., 
 etc. The third flat is devoted to toys, games, dolls, wood carts, waggons, cups and 
 saucers, china goods, etc. Such is a brief description of this palatial establishment, a 
 front view of which is given elsewhere in this work. The firm issue a large illustrated 
 catalogue of the different goods they handle with the prices attached. The catalogue is 
 called the Criterion and is intended exclusively for the trade, and will be found of 
 more advantage to dealers, and to the house than any commercial traveller. The firm 
 have close and direct relations with manufacturers of all the goods they carry, and being 
 familiar with the finest hat are the most saleable in the market, they are enabled to make 
 special arrangements with the best makers, and can thus offer goods, in many cases 
 much lower than are quoted by some manufacturers. Since this firm established their 
 business, twelve years ago, they have built up, not only an enormous business, but a high 
 reputation throughout the Province of Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, 
 Prince Edward’s Island, Manitoba, the North-west Territories and British Columbia 
 Mr. R. Henry Holland, the proprietor, is one of Montreal’s most enterprising business 
 men and is a member of the Board of Trade. 
 
H. HENRY HOLLAND & CO., WHOLESALE FANCY GOODS IMPORTERS* (See Page 48) 
 
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 49 
 
 Wm. Rutherford & Sons, MANUFACTURERS, CONTRACTORS AND 
 LUMBER MERCHANTS, 85 to 95 Atwater Avenue. — While the public generally 
 is aware of the fact that Montreal has had, and is having, a phenomenal growth, and that 
 an immense number of new buildings are yearly added, it is only those who have inves- 
 tigated the subject who have any idea of the magnitude of the operations in the building 
 line which have recently taken place, or of the immense amount of money that has 
 been expended in adding palatial mansions, massive business blocks, residences and 
 cottages, to this the metropolis of the Dominion. The plaining mill is one of the most 
 important branches of the building trade, and is well represented in this city, notably by 
 the firm of Messrs. Wm. Rutherford & Sons, whose saw and plaining mills are located 
 at Nos. 85 to 95 Atwater Avenue. Thirty-five years ago Mr. Wm. Rutherford, the 
 founder of the house and senior member of the present firm, started in business in a 
 comparatively small way, as a contractor and lumber meichant. He soon met with 
 gratifying and well deserved success. In 1880 the firm became Wm. Rutherford & Co., 
 and in 1887 that of Wm. Rutherford & Sons. The premises occupied by the mills are 
 substantially built of brick and are two and three stories in height, and occupy 130 x 
 175 feet in dimensions. These are fitted up with the latest and most improved wood 
 working machinery, driven by an 100 horse-power steam engine, as well as contain- 
 ing every other requisite and convenience for the successful prosecution of the work on 
 hand while employment is furnished to about 100 skilled and competent workmen 
 throughout the course of the year. The firm manufactures every description of build- 
 ers material such as windows, doors, blinds, sash, mouldings, stairs, newel posts. They 
 also manufacture packing cases extensively, and do all kinds of house joiners work, as 
 well as contracting. The work done by this house is unsurpassed in quality and finish, 
 and all orders entrusted to the firm receive prompt and personal supervision, and the 
 best of satisfaction is in all cases guaranteed. Mr. Wm. Rutherford, is a Scotchman by 
 birth while his sons, and co-partners, Messrs. Thomas J., Andrew and Wm. Rutherford, 
 Jr. are all natives of Montreal and are well-known and highly esteemed in the commun- 
 ity’. Mr. Rutherford, Sr., is the efficient Vice-President of the Mechanic’s Institute of 
 Montreal. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Jas. A. Ogilvy & Sons, IMPORT- 
 ERS OF DRY GOODS, 203 and 205 St. 
 Antoine Street and 144, 146, 148 & 150 
 Mountain Street, Montreal. — In a review 
 of the commerce and manufacturers of Mont- 
 real, it is found that the dry-goods trade forms 
 one of the most important branches of commer- 
 cial interest, and that its aggregate annual 
 operations amounts to many millions of dollars. 
 Among the representative houses in this line 
 will be found a number established many years 
 ago and whose success has been in steady con- 
 sistency with the development of the city. 
 
 Holding a prominent place among such, 
 and deserving of special mention from its 
 representative character, is that of Messrs. 
 James A. Ogilvy & Sons, whose handsome 
 establishment is located at the corner of St. 
 Antoine and Mountain Streets. Mr. Ogilvy 
 commenced business in this city in the year 
 1866, and soon met with gratifying success, but his trade demanded the carrying of a 
 heavier stock, and so larger premises were obtained, but after a few years the result was 
 the same and so the present more extensive premises were obtained. These consist of a 
 handsome brick structure, 30 x 80 feet in dimensions with three floors and basement. The 
 premises are fitted up in an attractive manner, and the heavy stock of staple and fancy 
 ^dry-goods carried is displayed to best advantage, the firm’s trade demands the better 
 quality of goods, and in this respect he has always anticipated the demands of his customers, 
 and imports heavily from some of the leading houses in England, Scotland, and on the Con- 
 tinent. He carries all lines, such as silks, satins, velvets, dress-goods, laces, trimmings, 
 hosiery and hosiery notions, and does probably the largest linen trade in the city, having 
 special advantages for obtaining his supplies, being agent for some of the principal British 
 manufacturers in this line as well as for plain Jutes and Jute carpets. This firm is sole agent 
 for the dominion for the celebrated “ Rob Roy ” fine hose, in use by the fire departments of 
 all the principal cities in Canada, and for lightness and durability is superior to any hose 
 introduced. The trade is conducted both at wholesale and retail and is very extensive, and 
 is still growing to such an extent that the old story of “ larger premises required ” appears 
 eminent in the near future. Employment is furnished to nineteen courteous and capable 
 assistants, as well as operators in the mantle and millinery manufacturing departments. 
 The Messrs. Ogilvy secure the best help that can be obtained and never discharges any, 
 even in dull seasons of the year, except for cause, so that customers can always depend 
 upon being served by experienced clerks. Mr. J. A. Ogilvy is a Scotchman by birth, and 
 ranks as one of Montreal’s representative and progressive business men. 
 
 D. & J, Sadlier & Co., PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS AND STATION- 
 ERS, ETC., 1669 Notre Dame Street, Montreal The house of D. & J. Sadlier & 
 
 Co., is one well-known throughout the United States and the Dominion. Their head 
 quarters are located in New York, and their Canadian house is located at No. 1669 
 Notre Dame Street, in this city. The business was established in 1842 and by persever- 
 ing industry and ability displayed on the part of the firm, it was rapidly extended from 
 year to year, so that at the present day there is scarcely a city in the United States or 
 Canada, where their goods are not to be found. The premises occupied here consist of 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 51 
 
 four floors, each 22 x 80 feet in dimensions, the upper floor being used for shipping goods 
 and for stock. The stock carried is very large and consists of books and stationery, 
 Catholic prayer hooks and bibles, church ornaments, statuary and religious articles. The 
 stock is an elegant one and very comprehensive. The trade of the Montreal House is 
 very extensive, and covers the entire Dominion. The Dominion series of Catholic school 
 books published by this firm are largely used by schools of every denomination on 
 account of the many valuable improvements they contain, which were never before 
 introduced. For instance, in the Headers and Speller, by a series of marks every word 
 and letter has its proper accent, inflection, etc., indicated, and consequently the pupil 
 learns not merely" to name letters and words in the same time, but to read according to 
 the best known principles of elocution. This is avast improvement on the old style of 
 reader which contained a large number of dry rules in the front pages, and nothing to 
 guide the learner to correct pronouneiation in the body of the work. Their Ancient 
 and Modern History is admirably arranged, and supplies along felt want. The enlarge- 
 ment or decrease, the progress or decline of the different countries of the earth are placed 
 before the pupil by series of colored maps of different sizes, for the same countries, all 
 the several periods of their existence treated of. The books also contain many valuable 
 improvements, which space does not permit us to indicate here. The firm publish in 
 New York many Catholic works which are sold by subscription, thus enabling persons 
 to get good works by paying a small amount at a time, so that the expense is not felt, 
 and in this manner they have disposed of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of 
 books, which have been productive of much good in the homes of the people. Employ- 
 ment is furnished in this city to twelve competent and courteous clerks throughout the 
 •course of the year, in the various departments. Mr. James A Sadlier, the resident 
 member of the firm is an American by birth, and is a gentleman of marked business, 
 ability and to his enterprise and energy is due much of the success of the house. He 
 is ably assisted in conducting the business by his manager, Mr. F. McCabe, a gentleman 
 who is a thorough expert in this line, and who is highly esteemed by all classes of the 
 community. 
 
 Rice Sharpley & Sons, WATCHES, JEWELLERY, DIAMONDS, CLOCKS, 
 BRONZES, ETC., 225 St. James Street, Montreal.— -One of the oldest 
 established,’ as it is also one of the largest and most important houses in 
 the watchmaking and jewellery business in Montreal, is that of Messrs. Rice 
 Sharpley & Sons. Mr. Rice Sharpley, the senior member of the firm, established this 
 business in the year 1835. It was in rather an unpretentious manner in comparison to 
 the magnificent establishment of to-day, but it was the sound acorn from where grew 
 the stately oak, catered and nourished by persevering industry, enterprise and ability. 
 In the year 1876 Messrs. Wm. E. and Frederick Sharpley, the sons, were admitted into 
 partnership under the above mentioned title. The premises occupied by the business 
 •consist of half of Molson’s new buildings on St. James Street, and have a frontage 
 of forty by a depth of 100 feet, and are four stories in height, which are fitted up in a luxu- 
 rious manner, and contain a very large and elegant stock of gold and silver English, 
 Swiss and American watches, French and Swiss clocks, diamonds and precious stones m 
 various settings, in necklaces, brooches, rings, earrings, etc. Also sterling silverware 
 •electro-plated ware, bronzes, crystal gasaliers, etc., etc., and all kinds- of useful and 
 fancy articles for wedding presents, or gifts on all occasions The firm are extensive 
 manufacturers of jewellery of every description, their work being highly artistic and 
 beautifully finished They are the only manufacturers in the city of crystal gasaliers, 
 suitable either for public 'halls or private dwellings, of which they always keep a com- 
 plete stock on hand. The trade of the house is very extensive, and includes the entire 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Dominion and a large portion of the United States. Employment is furn- 
 ished to thirty-five skilled workmen and courteous assistants in the different 
 departments of the business, throughout the year. Mr. Rice Sharpley, the founder of 
 the house, is an Englishman by birth, while the sons are natives of Canada. The house 
 has had a long and honorable career, and has been closely identified with the develop- 
 ment and prosperity of the city. 
 
 Geo. T. Slater & Sons, boots 
 
 AND SHOES, 49 Victoria Square, 
 Montreal. — One of the oldest trades in 
 existence is that of the manufacture of lea- 
 ther and of boots or shoes, for according to 
 Biblical history shoes were worn about 
 2000 years B. C. Of course great chan- 
 ges have taken place in the art of tanning 
 since then as well as in the mode of boot 
 and shoe manufacture. During the past 
 quarter of a century steam and machinery 
 have completely revolutionized the manu- 
 facture of boots and shoes, and immense 
 establishments have been established for 
 their manufacture, giving employment to a 
 large number of people. In this city there 
 are a number of important establish- 
 ments in this branch of trade. Foremost 
 amongst them — not only on account 
 of the volume of business transacted, 
 but also of the excellent quality of work — is that of the firm of Messrs. Geo. T. 
 Slater & Sons, whose office and factory are located at No. 49 Victoria Square. It is 
 now over a quarter of a century since the business was founded by the late Mr. George 
 T. Slater, the originator of the present firm. The business was started in a com- 
 paratively small way, but by dint of persevering energy and by keeping abreast of the 
 times in all improvements in machinery, and the superior quality of material used, thus 
 producing nothing but the best work, an excellent trade was soon established and a high 
 
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MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 53 
 
 reputation earned. The premises occupied consist of a handsome five-storey building, 
 50 x 140 feet in dimensions, where employment is furnished to from 100 to 125 skilled 
 operators, the machinery being driven by a twenty horse-power steam engine. The firm 
 employ only the most skilled help that can be obtained either in this country or the United 
 States, wages not being considered so much an object as good work. The line of goods 
 manufactured by the house consist of fine boots and shoes and slippers for men,, boys, 
 youths, ladies, misses, children and infants, both hand and machine sewed. Women’s bus- 
 toned hand sewed, machine sewed, and turns on opera toe and common sense last, men’s 
 hand sewed, Fiench toe lasts, misses’ and children’s spring heels, machine sewed, men s 
 hand and machine sewed Waukenphasts, which for style, fit and wear have no equal. 
 Nothing but the very best quality of materials is used, and strict supervision is exercised 
 over all workmanship. The trade of the house is very extensive and embraces in the scope 
 of its operations the entire Dominion. Upon the decease of the late Mr. George T. Slater 
 the founder of the house, and one of Montreal’s most esteemed members of the business 
 community, a co-partnership was formed between the two sons, Messrs. George A. and 
 Charles E. Slater, who continue the business under the title of George T. Slater & Sons, the 
 new firm coming into existence on the 1st January of the present year. These gentlemen 
 are well trained in the business and the old patrons of the house may rely upon receiving 
 the same attention and satisfaction as in the past. It may be stated in conclusion that the 
 firm took medals for their work at the Centennial Exposition, in Philadelphia, and at New 
 South Wales, the only places where they ever placed their goods on exhibition. 
 
 Georffe Barrington & Sons, TRUNKS, VALISES, Etc, Office and Fac- 
 
 irfi A1 vrn 158 St Antoine Street; Salerooms, 1805 Notre Dame Street, 
 Tory, 156 and 158 St. An 0 calculated to illustrate the commerce and 
 
 Montreal [ “ 1 and its advan tages as a business centre, nothing can so well 
 
 manutactuies of j. o * , . „ 1 tcd 0 f those houses and business men, who 
 
 contribute to the end in view as a bnel skctcnoi rnose n ^ George 
 
 from small beginnings have achieved t sue 0 • is kn0WD throughout the 
 
 DominfoT ndngton, the founder of the house, and senior member of 
 
 the flZ was torn in Ireland a“„d ’came to this country at an early age. Havtng 
 
 learned the 
 
 i horn in ireianu anu oaiuo w j - ~n 
 
 trade of a trunk-maker, with the well-known house of Chambers, of 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Whitby, and being frugal and industrious, as well as a most skilled workman, he com 
 eluded to go into business on his own account. This he did thirty-five years ago, and 
 engaged two workmen to assist him. The premises were small, but sufficiently large 
 for the amount of business done. But gradually Barrington Trunks became known as 
 being well made and durable, and his trade rapidly increased, and so larger premises 
 were required and obtained, but with the same result. Four years ago the firm built 
 their present commodious premises, at Nos. 156 and 158 St. Antoine Street. The 
 premises consist of a four-storey with basement structure, which has a frontage of 
 seventy feet with a depth of 206 feet. The factory is fitted up with all the latest and 
 most improved machinery, driven by two steam engines of thirty horse-power com- 
 bined, while employment is furnished to 106 skilled hands in the different departments. 
 The trade of the house extends throughout the Dominion, as well as export, and the 
 annual output of pieces is, on an average, from 60,000 to 70,000 trunks, bags and valises. 
 These figures and facts speak for themselves, more eloquently than words can do, of 
 what well directed energy and ability can achieve in any line of business. The firm 
 manufacture every size and kind of trunks, valises, travelling bags, as well as black- 
 smiths’ bellows. Their goods are all of the very best quality, and the workmanship is 
 perfect. The son, Mr. Finley D. Barrington, is a young gentleman of marked busi- 
 ness ability, and gives close attention to the business and financial departments of the 
 establishment. He is a native of Montreal, and is well-known and highly esteemed. 
 The salesrooms of this concern are located at No. 1805 Notre Dame Street. Such is a 
 brief record of one of Montreal’s representative manufacturing houses. It has had a 
 long and honorable career, and is a credit to the firm and an honor to the city. 
 
 Owen McG-arvey & Son, furniture manufacturers and deal- 
 ers IN ALL KINDS OF PLAIN AND FANCY FURNITURE, WHOLESAI ,E 
 AND RE I AIL, 1849, I ^ 5 I ANr) r ^53 Notre Dame Street. — In all important centres of 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 55 
 
 trade and manufacture, there will be found houses in the different lines of business that are 
 pre-eminently leaders in their particular branch, even as there are leaders in the forum, the 
 bar and the church. To lead in business matters requires a vast amount of energy, indomit- 
 able perseverance, ability and a thorough understanding of every detail of the special line 
 conducted. Competition is so close and the public so eager and discriminating that 
 “ eternal vigilance ” is the price of success. Standing in the foremost rank in the furniture 
 trade in Montreal is the old-established and well-known house of Messrs. Owen McGarvey 
 & Son, whose mammoth five-story establishment is located at Nos. 1849, 1851 and 1853 
 Notre Dame Street. This business was established in 1843, so that it has nearly completed 
 its half century of business success. The premises occupied were built specially for the 
 purposes required, the large windows on each of the five floors shedding a flood of light 
 upon the elegant stock carried. The second flat of this establishment is reached by an 
 elevator which is most handsomely and elaborately upholstered. Here is exhibited the 
 celebrated suites consisting of parlor, dining-room and bedroom furniture, part of which was 
 made for the London, Colonial and Indian Exhibition. The bedroom suite is a gem, being of 
 solid black walnut, statuary marble top and is richly and delicately covered, the whole 
 being of the Louis Fourteenth style, and costing $1500. The dining-room and parlor 
 sets were made to match, and are models of the cabinet-maker’s and upholsterer’s art. In 
 the front show room may be seen some of the most elegant cabinets to be found anywhere. 
 These consist of cherry, antique oak, black walnut and solid mahogany. Side by side 
 with these are beveled-plate mirrors with massive frames, fancy tables elegantly trimmed, 
 and the display of goods is so rich and varied that a visit to the warerooms would be time 
 well spent. On another flat are displayed leather goods, dining-room furniture, elegant 
 couches, from $40 to $75, and parlor sets, from $35 to $500. The firm are also direct 
 importers of bent goods from Vienna, and make a fine display of these and rattan goods. 
 There are also baby carriages in endless variety, from $10 to $80. A special line of 
 these useful articles is worthy of more than a passing notice. From the ordinary basket 
 sunshade, to the most elaborate and richly upholstered rattan double-seated carriage or 
 perambulator, the stock is most complete. The cut of the chair and table shown herewith, 
 are selected from their exhibit and will speak for themselves. The firm sent goods to the 
 first Paris Exhibition where they received numerous prizes. At the Montreal Exhibition 
 igcfi they received seven first prizes and a diploma for the largest and best assortment of 
 furniture. In 1880 they received seven prizes and a diploma for the largest and best 
 collection of furniture. In 1882 they received thirty-two prizes and in 1884 twenty-three 
 prizes There is no doubt that the firm of Owen McGarvey & Son stands pre-eminently 
 m the front rank, and are deserving of every encouragement, for the energy and 
 enterprise manifested in the manufacture of such costly and elegant goods. 
 
 Joseph Paquette, MANUFACTURER OF 
 DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS. &C., Office, 286 
 Craig Street, Montreal. — The building trade, 
 together with the auxiliary branches of industry 
 incident to it, prosecuted within the confines of 
 the cit} T of Montreal, still contain, actively engaged 
 in the prosecution of their particular industry, 
 many veterans, the pioneer in fact, in their several 
 departments here, and among these none are more 
 widely known or have engaged a more uniform 
 success than Mr. Joseph Paquette, proprietor of 
 thelflahd^mill located at No- 286 Craig Street. When this gentleman established his 
 first plaining mill a quarter of a century ago, the machinery and appliances for doing 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
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 the work were in a very crude state, compared to those of the present time, but he 
 steadily kept abreast of the times and to-day has one of the largest and most complete 
 plaining mills in the Province of Quebec. The main building consists of a substantial 
 brick structure four stories in height and 50 x 150 feet in dimensions, the factory on 
 Oaig Street being two stories in height and 75 x 90 feet in dimensions. Those 
 are fitted up with all the latest and most improved wood working machinery, driven 
 by a steam engine of 100 horse-power. To properly turn out the work employment is 
 furnished to 1*20 skilled workmen, on an average, throughout the year. Mr. Paquette 
 manufactures every description of doors, sash, blinds, architraves, house finish mouldings, 
 ceiling, siding, and all other description of builders’ wood materials, while all kinds of 
 job work is attended to. The work turned out by this house is unsurpassed, and the 
 trade embraces the city of Montreal and a large section of the surrounding country. 
 A specialty of the house is the manufacture of machine knives for all purposes. 
 These are made from the very best quality of steel, properly tempered and finished in 
 the best manner. Mr. Paquette is a native of St. Vincent de Paul and is a skilled, 
 practical workman and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. His business, from 
 the time of its starting to the present, has been entirely successful. 
 
 Lavigne & Lajoie, pianos, 1657 Notre 
 
 Dame Street, Montreal. — Very few residences of 
 people in even moderately comfortable circumstances 
 are destitute of pianos. Montreal, notwithstanding her 
 devotion to manufactures and commerce, is rapidly 
 gaining an enviable distinction as a city of home re- 
 finement and arts, and not the least of her claims to 
 merit is based upon the encouragement given to musical 
 culture, professional and private. As a consequence, 
 the trade in music and musical merchandise is in a 
 flourishing condition and grows steadily in importance. 
 One of the leading houses here in this line, is that of 
 Messrs. Lavigne & Lajoie of No. 1657 Notre Dame 
 Street. The firm occupy four floors, each 24x110 feet 
 in dimensions, where they carry an immense stock of 
 musical goods, including a variety of pianos, organs, &c., 
 of the most celebrated makers, and are the sole agents 
 for the celebrated “ Sohmer ” and “ Kroeger " pianos of New York. Also instruments for 
 fanfare, bands, orchestra, and all other kinds of musical goods, a specialty is made of violins 
 which range in price from $1.25 to $250 each. All instruments handled by the house with the 
 exception of pianos, are imported direct from Paris and made to order for the firm in that city. 
 The house also publish music on a liberal scale, many pieces of which have achieved great 
 popularity. Their works are sold all over the Dominion, and a large trade is done with the 
 sheet music houses of Boston, New York and Philadelphia, and also with A. Leduc of Paris, 
 and Enoch Sons, of London, they also attend to the repairing and tuning of pianos and organs. 
 This business was established in this city by Mr. Lavigne, the senior member of the firm in 
 1877, and the present partnership was entered upon in 1881. The house has had a prosper- 
 ous and honorable career, and the success that has been achieved has been eminently deserved. 
 The co-partners are Messrs. Ernest Lavigne and L. J. Lajoie, both of whom are Canadians 
 by birth, and are active members of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Lavigne is also well- 
 known to the musical public by his many popular compositions, as well as by the fact of 
 his being leader of the “ City Band,” which is the leading organization of its kind in Canada. 
 
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 J. Griffin, CONFECTIONER, 155 St. Lawrence Street, Montreal. — Many 
 changes have taken place in Montreal since Mr. James Griffin, Confectioner, of 155 St. 
 Lawrence Street, came to this city. That was in the year 1840. Many reminiscences 
 he can give of those old days and the changes that have taken place from year to year. 
 His own circumstances have also considerably altered since the time he started in 
 business, on his own account, in a comparatively small way, in the year 1857. His 
 present premises consist of a handsome three-story building 24 x 65 feet in dimensions 
 with monsard roof. It is a beautiful structure of the modern style of architecture, and 
 is fitted up in elegant style. The bakeiy is located in the basement and the two floors 
 •over the store are used for the manufacture of candies and confectionery. Mr. Griffin 
 built the structure and consequently it is complete in every respect for the require- 
 ments of his business. He makes bread of the best quality, which has a large sale 
 throughout an extensive section of the city. He is also a pastry-cook of high reputa- 
 tion and caters for dinners, breakfasts, suppers, etc., giving entire satisfaction for the 
 excellent manner of conducting those affairs. His candies are noted for their purity, 
 no injurious ingredients being permitted to be used in their manufacture. These facts 
 are well-known to the general public and, hence, Griffin’s Confectionery Establishment is 
 a popular place to patronize when wholesome and toothsome articles are in demand. 
 Mr. Griffin, who is a member of the Board of Aldermen, is a native of Ireland, is a 
 practical baker and confectioner, and a most skillful one at that. His pine tar drops 
 having won a high reputation for their speedy cure of coughs, colds, hoarseness, throat 
 •effections, lung complaint, asthma and bronchitis. While he has seen many changes 
 in Montreal, he may say with Luke Sharp, that “ Montrealer’s have seen many changes 
 in him during his fifty-seven years residence in the city.” He is ably assisted in the 
 management of his extensive business by his son, Mr. James Powell Griffin, a young 
 man well and favorably known in commercial and social circles. 
 
 MODERN PLUMBING. 
 
 EDWARD D. WINGROYE, 2418 St. Catherine Street, Montreal.— 
 Modern civilization demands that in each house there shall be a more or 
 less complicated system of pipes and fixtures for the introduction, conveyance and use 
 of water gas, heat and sound, and for the disposal of refuse matter solid, liquid and 
 gaseous ’ If such a system be perfect in design and execution, it is a source of comfort 
 convenience and health ; if it be imperfect it is a constant annoyance and expense, and 
 often the cause of disease and death. What measures to adopt in order to secure per- 
 fection in the plumbing of modern houses, and thus protect their occupants, has been, 
 and is the subiect of consideration with thoughtful men and municipal governments 
 throughout the world. Sanitary engineering has developed into a science of the first 
 magnitude, especially has this been the case for the past five years, and owing to the 
 rapid and vast strides the city has made in that time, it is the first interests of her citi- 
 zens to demand that everything that science can supply for the health and cleanliness 
 Of their homds should be done, and that by the best and most practical methods both 
 for the sake of benefit to themselves and to the material interests of the . city. Pi emi- 
 nently engaged in this business here, is Mr. Edward D. W ingrove, whose workshops are 
 'located at 2418 St. Catherine Street. This business was established eight years ago and 
 Mr. Wingrove succeeded to it about twelve months ago having been manager for the 
 -previous firm He is a practical sanitary engineer, and hot water and steam fitter, and 
 employs a staff of skilled workmen, and personally superintends all their operations, 
 hence, he is enabled to guarantee the perfection of all work entrusted to him. He also 
 makes a specialty of metal roofing, gas cooking stoves and furnaces and attends to gas 
 engineering in all its branches. The workmanship of this house is first-class in every 
 -particular, and is not surpassed by any establishment in the city. Mr. Wingrove is an 
 .Englishman by birth, and has resided in this city many yeais. 
 
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 John McDougall & Co., manufacturers of car wheels and 
 
 PIG IRON, 574 William Street. — Montreal taking, as she does, the front rank among 
 the railway centres of the Dominion, it is according to the law of natural selection that 
 everything relating to railway rolling stock should be manufactured here on a large scale. 
 In the line of car wheel manufacture, the firm of Messrs. John McDougall & Co., of No. 574. 
 William Street, has long held a prominent place in the Dominion. Their product consists 
 of all kinds of wheels for railroad cars and street railway cars. Employment is furnished to- 
 sixty-five skilled hands in the shops throughout the year, and the very best of facilities are 
 enjoyed for turning out large quantities of work, there being all the latest and most improved 
 machinery employed in the building, which is driven by a fifty horse-power water wheel. The 
 record of the wheels of this house on a number of the leading railroads has demonstrated 
 the fact that they are equal, if not superior, to any others manufactured in the Dominion, 
 and they obtained a diploma at the International Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. Before 
 leaving the shops all wheels are thoroughly tested, so that any flaws or imperfections are 
 readily detected, and back goes the wheel to be cast over again. This business was estab- 
 lished here twenty years ago, and ever since the date of its inception it has proved highly suc- 
 cessful. The firm manufacture their own pig iron, so that they can thoroughly depend upon- 
 the quality of the material they use in their manufacture of wheels, which is an important 
 consideration. The trade of the house extends throughout the Provinces, and quite a large 
 export trade is also conducted. 
 
 J. D. Farrow, PAINTS, OILS, ETC., 1822 Notre Dame Street. — Some 
 years ago painters were content with a medium, or inferior quality of paint which could 
 be had at a low price for the work done by them was of a cheap character and was cheaply 
 paid. But in more recent years these matters have been changed, and now the peo- 
 ple generally' demand a higher quality of work, more artistic taste has to be displayed 
 and the consequence is that the very best quality of paints is now the demand. The 
 manufacturers have recognized this demand and have exerted their abilities and met it 
 with the very best quality of materials that can be procured. Among the more impor- 
 tant houses devoted to the paint and oil trade in Montreal, is that known as the “ London 
 Paint House,” which is eligibly located for business at No. 1822 Notre Dame Street and 
 30 St. Helen Street. The building is iaige and commodious, being three stories in height 
 and contains a large and carefully selected stock of paints, oils, varnish, colors, white- 
 lead, artists materials, brushes, etc., all of the best quality and which are obtained from 
 some of the leading manufacturers in this country and Europe. Painters and others 
 requiring anything in the paint, oil or varnish lines will here find an excellent stock 
 from which to select, and the prices will be found to be all right. Since the establish- 
 ment of this business, six years ago, it has met with the most gratifying success, due no 
 doubt, in a great measure, to the enterprise, push and ability displayed by Mr. Farrow,, 
 and his intimate knowledge of all the details of the business. 
 
 Drapeau, Savignac & Co., TINSMITHS, PLUMBERS AND ROOFERS 
 No. 120 St. Lawrence Street, Montreal. — The plumber’s trade is one of particular 
 importance to the community generally, as upon the perfect or imperfect manner in- 
 which their work is done, depends in a great measure, not only the health but even the 
 lives of the inhabitants. Great attention has been paid in recent years to this matter 
 and the results already achieved have been very encouraging. Holding a piominent 
 place among the leading plumbing and steam fitting establishments in this city, is that 
 of Messrs. Drapeau, Savignac & Co., whose establishment is located at No. 120 St. 
 Lawrence Main Street. The premises occupied are large and commodious, being 65 xr 
 160 feet in dimensions, and running through from St. Lawrence Main to St. Charles- 
 
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 Borommee Street. These are fitted up with all the required appliances for the satis- 
 factory prosecution of the work conducted. Here employment is furnished to 125- 
 skilled and competent workmen throughout the year in the different departments of the 
 business. The firm do all kinds of sanitary and general plumbing, fitting up new 
 buildings and making repairs in old ones ; also gas and steam and hot water fittings 
 of every description. They also do a large business in roofing in slate, tin, galvanized 
 iron, and all other kinds of work as well as making repairs on roofs, at very moderate- 
 prices, they also do all kinds of tinsmithing. They carry a large stock of stoves and 
 ranges, 1 hardware, cutlery, lamps and lamp goods, coal oil, etc., making a specialty of 
 hollow ware. This extensive business was founded a quarter of a century ago by Mr. 
 Hrapeau, the senior member of the firm, and eight years since the present firm was 
 formed. The business, since the date of its inception, has been a very successful one, 
 for the work done has been first-class in every particular. The individual members of* 
 The firm are, Messrs. F. Hrapeau, Practical Tinsmith and Plumber ; J. R. Savignac^ 
 Business Manager and member of the Chamber of Commerce; and A. Demers and 
 X. Drapeau, both of whom are practical. This is an excellent house with which to- 
 form business relations, and those doing so, may rest assured of receiving the best of 
 satisfaction at all times. 
 
 J. W. Roberts, IMPORTER 
 James Street, Montreal. — Among 
 
 OP FINE ENGLISH 
 the active, enterprising 
 
 SADDLERY, 336 St. 
 business men who have 
 ach ieved promi- 
 nence in their 
 respective lines of 
 trade, there are 
 none who enjoy 
 a better reputation 
 as a harness-maker 
 than Mr. J. W. 
 Roberts, of No. 336: 
 St. James Street. 
 This gentleman 
 founded his busi- 
 ness here seven 
 years ago, and 
 during that period,, 
 he has made him- 
 self well and favor- 
 ably known, and 
 has secured a 
 liberal and lucra- 
 tive custom. He 
 employs none but 
 all work, and thus ensures the 
 Saddles and harness of every 
 
 the most competent workmen, personally supervises 
 
 most satisfactory results in the shape of the best work, .- 
 
 description, including the finest, are made to order, and a large assortment kept in 
 etock He also imports largely of fine English Saddlery, and makes a specialty of 
 nickoline stirrups, bits, spurs and harness furniture. Full lines of horse and carriage 
 furnishings and stable requisites are to be found here, and the rates that prevail are as 
 low as those of anywhere else for first-class goods. The premises occupied by the 
 business, consist of three floors, each 28 x 50 feet in dimensions, and are fully equipped 
 
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 tvith everything required for the conducting of a first-class business. Mr. Roberts is a 
 native of Canada, and is a skilled, practical harness-maker of many years experience. 
 He has kept fully up to the times in the matter of all modern improvements and 
 styles, and no better or more beautiful goods are to be found in the city than in his 
 establishment. Thoroughly understanding the requirements of the public, he is ever 
 prepared to anticipate their demands. 
 
 D, Murphy, SADDLER AND HARNESS-MAKER, 378 and 380 St. James 
 Street. — From time immemorial the trade of the saddler and harness-maker 
 has been prosecuted by all nations, civilized and uncivilized. Of course it was 
 in but a very crude state at first and simply met the exigences of the case. In fact it 
 -has only been within the past half centuiy in our own country that the art has been 
 brought to anything like a state of perfection. In our grandfather’s days the harness 
 in use were clumsy and heavy and not anything like so beautiful as we have to-day. 
 Holding a prominent position among the old-established houses engaged in this line in 
 this city, is that of Mr. D. Murphy, whose establishment is located at Nos. 378 and 380 
 -St. James Street. This gentleman established his business a quarter of a century ago 
 -and he has at all times since then engaged a liberal share of the public patronage and 
 met with gratifying success Mr. Murphy manufactures all kinds of single and double 
 light and heavy harness, using nothing but the very best of materials and trimmings 
 and exercising the greatest care with regard to the workmanship, so that the most satis- 
 factory results may be obtained. The work done by him is thoroughly reliable and 
 can at all times be depended upon. Repairs of all kinds are promptly attended to and 
 -are executed in a neat manner A good stock is carried of horse furnishings and stable 
 requisites. A specialty is made of “ boots ” and turf goods — ot every description. 
 Employment is furnished to seven skilled and competent woi’kmen throughout the 
 .year, Mr. Murphy is a native of St. Scholastique and is a thoroughly skilled, practical 
 workman, and gives all orders entrusted to his care, his careful personal attention. 
 
 “Queen’s” Restaurant, TIMOTHY KENNA, 231 St. James Street.— 
 The tendency of the age is towards or higher state of cultivation and artistic taste and 
 culture marks the progress of the day. In all our surroundings this is very noticeable. 
 In thib interior of our dwellings, and especially in some of our leading restaurants all 
 that art and wealth can do to please the cultured eye are lavishly expended. As an 
 •example of this in Montreal, we may take the “Queen’s,” the restaurant, par excellence , 
 -cl the city. This new popular institution was established last fall, by Mr. Thimothy 
 Kenna, who for many years was connected with the St. Lawrence Hall where he formed 
 a circle of friends. The premises occupied by the restaurant are 30 x 90 feet in dimen- 
 sions and are magnificently fitted up in natural wood richly carried and inlaid with 
 beveled plate glass mirrors. The tout ensemble of the place is rich and pleasing to the 
 e y e - Ehe dining-hall is tastefully furnished and well lighted, and here may be obtained 
 at all times, breakfasts, lunches or suppers that would tempt the palate of the veriest 
 epicme. Fish, game, and all the luxuries of the season that the markets afford can here 
 be procured, the cuisine being unsurpassed and the serving all that would be desired. 
 
 . .p e 10 an e ntrance and parlor specially set apart for ladies, who will find here every 
 civ ility and attention. The bar is stocked with the choicest brands of wines and liquors, 
 -Rnd ales and porters as well as Havana and domestic cigars of the favorite brands. Mr. 
 Kenna, the proprietor, is a gentleman who thoroughly understands every detail of the 
 -business, and the success that he has already achieved with the “ Queen’s,” has been 
 Richly deserved. 
 
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 A, Chabot, BOOTS AND SHOES, 1449 St. Catherine Street. — Montreal is 
 the great centre of the boot and shoe trade of the Dominion, and thousands of persons are- 
 given employment here by this branch of industry alone. While there are many extensive- 
 manufacturing concerns, turning out thousands of pairs of boots and shoes a day, there are 
 also some less pretentious houses that are worthy of honorable mention on account of the- 
 excellence of their work and the energy and enterprise displayed in conducting their bush 
 ness. Prominent among such is Mr. A. Chabot, boot and shoemaker and dealer, whose 
 store is located at No 1449 St. Catherine Street. The premises occupied by the business, 
 are 22 x 50 feet in dimensions, and contain a large and elegant stock of boots and shoes in 
 all weights and grades, from the finest of kid to the most serviceable kip for ladies and gentle- 
 men, misses, youths and children, made up in the latest and most fashionable styles, both on 
 the premises and by other leading manufacturers. Mr. Chabot has a special department 
 for custom work, where those desiring can have their boots and shoes made to order, by 
 measure on short notice, in the highest style of the art, also repairing is promptly and: 
 neatly executed. A special department is the repairing of sewing machines. Employment 
 is furnished to twenty skilled workmen throughout the year. Mr. Chabot, who is a native 
 of Montreal, and is a practical shoemaker, established this business eight years ago, and 
 during that time, has built up a large and ever increasing trade. 
 
 Leblanc & Paradis, MERCHANT TAILORS, 2093 Notre Dame Street,. 
 Montreal. — In deciding upon having a new suit made, the first question that naturally 
 arises in the mind of a man of taste is, “ where can I h^ve it well and stylishly made?’*' 
 There are a number of first-class tailoring establishments in Montreal, where this question 
 can be satisfactorily answered, and among the number, worthy of more than a mere passing 
 notice in a work of this character, is that of Messrs. Leblanc and Paradis, which is located 
 at No. 2093 Notre Dame Street. The premises occupied by the business are 20 x 45 feet 
 in dimensions, and are beautifully and suitably fitted up for the requirements of the trade. 
 Upon the counters and shelves will be found a large and elegant stock of imported and 
 domestic woollens, tweeds, Cassimeres, &c., from some of the most celebrated looms in this 
 country and Europe, and embracing the latest and most fashionable patterns and fabrics* 
 from which an excellent selection can be made. These are made up to order by measure* 
 in the highest style of the art, are perfect fitting and elegantly finished, and in these, and all 
 other respects, are not surpassed by those of any other house in the city. Employment is 
 furnished to fifteen skilled operators, both inside and out of the premises. This business 
 was established five years ago, and it has made very steady progress ever since, the trade- 
 having rapidly increased from year to year. The members of the firm are, Messrs. Amedee- 
 Leblanc, and Joseph Amcdee Paradis, both of whom are natives of St. Denis, and are thor- 
 oughly skilled practical tailors, who, giving their personal attention to all orders entrusted to- 
 their care, are thus enabled to guarantee their numerous patrons the utmost satisfation. 
 
 Joseph Giroux* dealer in paints, oils, wall papers, hard- 
 ware ETC. ETC., 1732 St. Catherine Street, Between Sanguinet and 
 St Denis Streets. - The painter’s trade has felt the effects of the advanced artis- 
 
 tic taste that has been developed amongst the people generally, and the leading houses 
 in the trade have kept abreast of the times in meeting the demands of the public, or- 
 rather in anticipating them. Among the prominent houses in this line of business, 
 in Montreal, is that of Mr. J. Giroux, which is located at No. 1732 St. Catherine Street. 
 The premises occupied by the business are 24 x 40 feet in dimensions and contains a*, 
 large stock of English, French and American wall papers of the latest and most artistic 
 designs also dados, centre pieces, friinges, borderings, etc. There is also a full stock 
 of oils paints, putty, glassware, etc., etc. Mr. Giroux attends to all kinds of house and 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 sign painting and decorating, tinting, wall papering, etc. The work done is of the 
 very best quality, none but the best skilled workmen being employed, of whom there 
 are about twenty on an average throughout the year. Mr. Giroux is a skilled, practi- 
 cal painter of many years experience, and giving his personal attention to all orders 
 entrusted to his care, he is enabled to guarantee his customers the most satisfactory 
 results in every case. This business was established ten years ago, and its progress and 
 development since that time has been steady and continuous. 
 
 Richard Lamb, IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF HATS, CAPS 
 AND FURS, 2259 Notre Dame Street, Montreal. — New business houses, in whatever 
 branch of trade they may be engaged, are to be taken in all commercial communities, 
 as an index of the state and development of trade, and the consequent improvement in 
 business affairs. Montreal has made very marked improvement during the recent 
 years and the outlook for the future is one giving much promise, if present opportuni- 
 ties are taken advantage of. It is always with pleasure, therefore, that we speak of 
 comparitively new houses and, in this connection, we refer to that of Mr. Robert Lamb 
 hatter and furrier, whose store is located at No. 2259 Notre Dame Street. This 
 business was founded in November of last year, and has already met with very grati- 
 fying success, the trade having steadily increased from month to month. The premises 
 ■occupied are 24 x 60 feet in dimensions and are tastefully and suitably fitted up. Here 
 is contained a large and elegant stock of hats and caps in all the latest and leading 
 novelties, from the European and American markets, as well as those of home manufac- 
 ture. In furs, the stock carried is very fine and embraces everything for ladies’ and 
 gentlemen’s wear; fur trimmings and the repairing and dyeing of furs being a specialty. 
 Mr. Lamb has recently started to manufacture hats and furs, and employing none but 
 the most skillful of operators, can gaurantee the most satisfactory results. Mr. Lamb 
 is a Montrealer by birth, and is well and widely known here as a go-ahead, active and 
 progressive business man, and one who takes a deep interest in whatever tends to the 
 Welfare of the city. 
 
 J. A. Denis, DEALER IN PAINTS AND HARDWARE, 206J St. Lawrence 
 Street, Montreal. — During the pa9t twenty-five years, at least, a very marked 
 improvement has taken place in household decoration, and all the artistic talent of the 
 decorative painter and wall paper manufacture has been brought to bear to meet this 
 demand for the aesthetic in design. This is an excellent indication of the higher 
 culture of the people generally, and it is to be hoped that it will continue. Holding a 
 prominent place among those engaged in the sale of paints, oils and hardware, as well 
 as in the house and sign painting, is Mr. J. A. Denis, whose store is located at No. 206£ 
 St. Lawrence Main Street. The premises occupied by the business are 28 x 60 feet in 
 dimensions and contain a large and carefully selected stock of shelf hardware of every 
 description, as well as paints and oils of the very best quality, also calsomine and ready- 
 mixed paints of all colors. The stock is full and complete and has been selected with 
 accuracy and care. Mr. Denis also attends to all kinds of house and sign painting and 
 decorating, and the work done by him is first-class in every particular, and all orders 
 entrusted to him are guaranteed to be thoroughly satisfactory. This business was 
 established eight years ago, and the success that has attended it has been highly grati- 
 Employment is furnished to twenty hands, on an average, throughout the year in 
 conducting the operations of the business. Denis’ Step-ladders are also handled in great 
 variety, and in all sizes, from three to ten feet in height. In this specialty, Mr. Denis 
 controls the trade, and his step-ladders are well-known as being superior to any other 
 article of a similar nature in the city. He also sells and has made up to order, refrig- 
 erators in all sizes. Mr. Denis is a native of Montreal and is well-known and highly 
 esteemed as an active, energetic and pushing business man. 
 
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 L. R. Bariclon, CHEMIST AND DBUGGIST, Corner of St. Denis and St. 
 ^Catherine Streets. — The profession of the chemist and druggist is one requiring a 
 deep knowledge of the pharmacopoeia, and even watchful care, coupled with experience 
 and practice for its successful prosecution. The standard of requirements has been 
 considerably raised during the past fifteen years at least, and the Colleges of Pharmacy 
 requires a severe and deep course of study from their students, before they can graduate. 
 One of the most careful and proficient of the chemists and druggists doing business in 
 this city, is Mr. L. B. Baridon, whose store is located at the corner of St. Catherine 
 and St. JDenis Streets. The premises occupied consist of a double store 48 x 48 feet in 
 dimensions. These are fitted up in a very handsome manner, with plate glass windows, 
 show-cases and cabinets and ornamented fittings, while the stock carried is very large 
 and of the best quality and consists of fresh, pine drugs and chemicals, fancy and toilet 
 articles, imported and domestic soaps, perfumes, etc. Also proprietary remedies of 
 acknowledged merit and standard reputation, druggists’ sundries and those articles 
 required by physicians in their practice. A specialty is made of the compounding of 
 physicians’ prescriptions and difficult formula with care and accuracy at moderate 
 prices while employment is furnished to seven competent assistants and clerks. Mr. 
 Baridon does a large wholesale business in physicians’ supplies and surgical intruments. 
 He is also sole agent for the Dominion for the celebrated French Mineral Waters, Eau 
 de Pongues, which acknowledged by the most eminent medical authority of France to 
 be a most valuable remedy in the treatment of kidney diseases, general debility, etc., 
 being specially recommended for ladies. Mr. Baridon is a native of the United States, 
 but has resided in Montreal for the past fifteen years, he is a graduate of the Quebec 
 Pharmaceutical Association, and during the ten years he has been in business, has won 
 a high reputation as one of Montreal’s most energetic, pushing and successful young 
 business men. 
 
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 J, O’Gorman, SHIPPING .BUTCHER ANT) GREEN GROCER, 23 and 24 
 St. Ann’s Market, Montreal. — There is no business industry of more importance to 
 the public generally or individually, than those that deal in the food supplier of the 
 people, and prominent among these is the butcher trade. In Montreal, there are several 
 butchers who make a specialty of the shipping trade, and of these, none are more des- 
 erving of special mention than Mr. J. O’Gorman, whose place of business is located at stall. 
 Nos. 23 and 24 St. Ann’s Market. Mr. O’Gorman, has been established in business for 
 eighteen years, and during that time has built up an excellent trade, and met with the 
 most gratifying success. Besides his regular city trade, he does a large shipping busi- 
 ness, supplying vessels with meats, vegetables and other shop’s stores. He has gained 
 a high reputation for the excellent quality of his supplies, as well as for his upright and 
 honorable business dealings. He does his own killing at the abbatoir, using on an aver- 
 age seven head of cattle and 100 sheep and calves a week, dealing only in beef, mutton 
 and veal. He refers to a long list of captains of vessels whom he has supplied, and they 
 all express themselves as highly satisfied with the manner in which he has filled all 
 orders, being prompt, courteous and attentive. Mr. O’Gorman is a native of Quebec, 
 and is a practical butcher, of many years experience, and thoroughly understanding all the 
 details of his business, is at all times ready to anticipate the requirements of his customers. 
 
 Jules Goudron, IMPORTER OP HARDWARE, WOOD, CARRIAGES AND 
 IRONWARE, ETC., 1445 to 1449 Notre Dame Street. — The mechanical arts are 
 exercising a powerful influence upon the industries of the country. The iron ore. dug 
 from the bowels of the earth, is fashioned into many useful and now absolutely neces- 
 sary articles. The age of stone and copper has passed away and been replaced by this 
 essentially iron age. The business, therefore, of the hardware and iron merchant is an 
 important one, and forms no inconsiderable portion of the wealth of the country. Among 
 the many important hardware houses in Montreal, it is necessary to classify that of 
 Mr. Jules Goudron, which is located at from Nos. 1445 to 1449 Notre Dame Street. 
 The premises occupied consist of two adjoining stores, 60 x 80 feet in dimensions. They 
 contain a large stock of shelf and heavy hardware, carriage woodwork and carriage 
 hardware, guns and sporting articles, such as fishing rods and reels, fishing tackle, etc., 
 etc., also cutlery and house furnishing goods. The stock is of the best quality, and has 
 been specially imported from some of the leading manufacturing houses in Europe and 
 the United States. Having ample resources and intimate relations with manufactu- 
 rers at home and abroad, Mr. Goudron is enabled to give his customers the very best of 
 advantages in the shape of excellent goods at low prices. Employment is furnished to 
 fifteen competent assistants in the different departments of the business throughout the 
 year. Mr. Jules Goudron, who is a native of France, has been established in business 
 here for the past fifteen years, during which time he has built up an excellent trade and 
 a high reputation for honorable dealing. He is an active member of the Board of 
 Trade. 
 
 Bernard Harkin, BOOTS & SHOES, 1959 Notre Dame Street, Montreal. — 
 Among those actively engaged in the boot and shoe trade in this city, is Mr. Bernard 
 Harkin, whose store is located at No. 1959 Notre Dame Street. The premises occu- 
 pied are large and commodious, being 26 x 70 feet in dimensions and are fitted up in a very 
 neat manner, displaying to excellent advantage the fine stock carried consisting of boots and 
 shoes for ladies and gentlemen, misses, youths and children, also slippers, rubbers, overshoes, 
 &c. The goods handled are of the very best quality and are obtained from some of the lead- 
 ing manufacturers in the Dominion. There is also a special department for custom work, 
 where those desiring can have their boots or shoes made to order, on short notice, and in the 
 very best manner, at reasonable prices, competent workmen being employed for this purpose. 
 
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 T. A. & A. U. Grothe, WATCHMAKERS 
 AND JEWELLERS, No. 95 y 2 St. Lawrence 
 Street. — The clock® of the ancients, were based 
 upon a uniformity in the velocity, with which a 
 liquid of constant level flows through an orifice. 
 Heron, of Alexandria, composed a treatise upon 
 hydraulic clocks, and Philo, of Byzantium, in a 
 recently-discovered fragment of his Pneumatics, 
 indicates several of the apparatus that were in use, 
 for obtaining a constancy in the level of the liquid 
 motor in cases where there was not at one’s disposal 
 a continuous feed which permitted of employing 
 the very simple waste-pipe arrangement. Great 
 changes have taken place in the manufacture of 
 time-keepers since those days, more especially dur- 
 ing the past quarter of a century. Holding a 
 prominent place among the watchmaking and jew- 
 ellery establishments of this city, is that of Messrs. 
 T. A. & A. U. Grrothe, which is located at No. 95)4. 
 St. Lawrence Main Street. This business has enjoyed, 
 an honorable and prosperous career of considerably 
 more than a century, and has descended in regular 
 rotation, from great grandfat her to great grandsons.. 
 The present firm succeeded Messrs. J. M. Grothe &. 
 Co. two years ago. Tne premises occupied for the 
 store, are 25 x 45 feet in dimensions, and are ele- 
 gantly fitted up in black and gold, with show-cases- 
 and cabinets of the same, giving the place a rich. 
 
 and unique appearance, and showing off to excellent 
 
 advantage the large and beautiful stock carried, consisting of gold and silver watches, 
 of English, Swiss and American manufacture, also French clocks, rings, chains, brooches, 
 bracelets, setts, and many other beautiful lines in gold, and silver, Whitby Jet, rolled 
 gold plate, &c., as well as a fine line of silver-plated ware. Also a complete collection 
 of spectacles, in gold, silver, nickel and steel. The workshops, which is in rear of the 
 store is 15 x30 feet in dimensions, and here employment is furnished to fifteen jewellers, 
 and two watchmakers. The. firm manufacture a beautiful line of jewellery, elegant in 
 design and finish of workmanship. The trade of the house is very extensive, and embra- 
 ces not only the city, but a large section of the surrounding country. The Messrs. 
 Grothe are natives of Montreal, and are well and favorably known in business and social 
 circles for their enterprise and progressive spirit, and the interest they take in what- 
 ever tends to the welfare of the city. 
 
 James Harper, PORK BUTCHER AND CURER, 24 and 25 St. Lawrence 
 Market • Factory, rear of 18 St. Phillip Street. — There is no line of business of 
 so much' importance to the general community or to its individual members, as that 
 which deals in their food supplies. The butcher, the baker and the grocer, are three 
 very important representatives, therefore, in any civilized community. Oue of the 
 principal houses in the pork butchering and curing line in this city, is that of Mr. 
 James Harper, whose market is located at Nos. 24 and 25 St. Lawrence Market; the 
 factory being in rear of No. 18 St. Philip Street. This business was established seven 
 
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 years ago, and almost ever since the dale of its inception it has met with the most 
 gratifying success, having steadily increased in extent and importance from year to 
 year. Mr. Harper kills, on an average, 150 hogp per week. These are pickled, salted, 
 smoke cured, in bacon and hams, and sausages also are manufactured. The product of 
 this house is of the most excellent quality and a high and widespread reputation has 
 been gained in this respect. Mr. Harper is a skilled, practical pork curer and dry- 
 salter, of many years’ experience, and giving his personal attention to all work done, 
 can thus guarantee the most satisfactory results. He gives employment to ten skilled 
 assistants in the different departments of the business. Mr. Harper is a Scotchman by 
 birth, and is a gentleman highly esteemed by all who know him. 
 
 Brown Brothers, MEAT MARKET, McGill College Avenue and 
 Catherine Street. — The Windsor Market is located at the corner of McGill College Avenue 
 and Catherine Street, which is one of the finest locations in the most aristocratic part of 
 Montreal. The market was established in September 1839, anc * is therefore nearly half a 
 century in existence. The well-known proprietors, Messrs. Brown Bros, have neither spared 
 time nor expense in making their market what it is to-day, the most elaborate, systematic, 
 and cleanest in the world. Their meats are the best and are prepared, trimmed and cut in 
 the best and most approved manner, and they seem to think that they cannot have anything 
 too good for their very fine clientelle. They manufacture to a great extent and select their 
 cattle from the very best feeders. Their beeves are principally bought in and around Guelph 
 and Whitby and from the North-west ranches. Their pork is strictly dairy feed, from 
 which they manufacture their celebrated ham, bacon and English pork sausage, of which 
 they ship to all parts, such is their reputation. Their sheep and lambs are also of the finest 
 grades which are turned into their famous saddles, chops, etc.Th ey are strictly at all times, 
 fighting against frozen meat of any kind, so much so that they will not sell it at any time, as 
 they claim that 90 per cent of indigestion is caused from said cause. Their poultry and 
 game department is a study ; this also comes free from frost and is, without doubt, the best 
 selected from far and near, from the English pheasant to the Illinois’ prairie hen, and it 
 is certainly appetising to see how neatly they are prepared and trussed and delivered ready 
 for the fire or cooked if so desired. Next in order is the fish and oyster department of which 
 you can see somewhere between forty and fifty different varieties, among others the celebra- 
 ted Gasp6 Salmon, weighing up in the neighborhood of forty-five pounds. Sizes then come 
 down till they come to the white-bait, of which it takes about seventy-five to make one pound. 
 They import sea and river food from all parts, such as the Florida green turtle, Mississipi 
 prawns, shrimps, etc. Their fruit and vegetable department will show you all through the year, 
 cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, strawberries, new potatoes, mushrooms, green peas, and butter 
 beans, etc., etc. Then in their canned goods department you can get all kinds of fruits and 
 vegetables put up in glass expressly for them. The market itself has got to be seen to be 
 appreciated ; suffice it to say that it is the finest in the world, their fresh meat refregirator, 
 which stands at the rear, is a piece of exquisite workmanship and material measuring on the 
 inside twenty-six feet wide by twenty-two feet deep and nine feet high. The front is of 
 polished cherry wood with two doors, one at each end and have British plate mirrors. 
 There are two large show windows and have the sign Brown Bros., Windsor Market, 
 established 1839 an d their crest, which is a stag's head embossed, and in the centre is 
 another beautiful mirror, all this glass has an elegant level of 1^ inches surmounted by 
 animals beautifully carried in cherry. The verdict of all who have seen it, is that it is a 
 perfect gem and by far the finest ever built, as also are the poultry, fish, vegetable and fruit 
 refregirators. They are also cold storage men, having large freezers situated on Guy Street. 
 
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 Mr. Alex. Nelson & Co,, HATTERS AND FURRIERS, 107 Bleury Street, 
 Montreal. — Canada is peculiarly a fur country, and millions of dollars worth are 
 manufactured and imported and exported annually. Russia, Australia and the South 
 Sea Islands, send many of their furs here, and the Canadian fur manulacturers send the 
 domestic articles to England, and many European countries. Among those actively 
 engaged in the fur trade in this city, and deserving of more than a mere passing notice, 
 is the firm of Messrs. Alex. Nelson & Co., who occupy ample warerooms at No. 107 
 Bleury Street, in this city, and who were established in 1870. In their pleasant show- 
 rooms, may be found all choice selections of fashionable fur apparel, dolmans of all kinds 
 and styles, short mantles of the latest designs from Paris, fur-lined circulars in all 
 varieties, fur caps, collars and gloves, and fur trimmings of all descriptions. The concern 
 receive all their goods from the most direct and reliable sources of supply, and they are 
 therefore able to compete with any of the leading furriers of Montreal, as regards price 
 and quality. They are by all odds the best representatives of their line of trade 
 in this city. Mr. Alex. Nelson, visits England and the Continent every year, to pur- 
 chase goods for the city trade, which includes some of the first families here. The 
 firm also carry an excellent stock of fine umbrellas of all patterns, and of the most 
 reasonable prices. In hats and caps, the stock is one of the most complete in the 
 Dominion, and any style required, can be found in this establishment. The business was 
 established fifteen, years ago, and has met with the most gratifying success during 
 those years, which has been due to the perseverance, enterprise and business ability, 
 unceasingly displayed by Mr. Nelson. 
 
 The Electric Service Company of Canada, j. h. OAKES, Managing 
 Director, Head Office, 174 St. James Street. — The past quarter of a century has 
 witnessed wonderful changes throughout the world. This is the age of electricity and all 
 our ideas seem to have been stimulated into effort to keep pace with the lightnings flash. 
 Electricity has been saddled and bridled and has been made man s obedient servant. It 
 rests not day nor night and is ready at a moments call. The Electric Service Company of 
 Canada, whose head office is located at No. 174 St. James Street, was incorporated by char- 
 ter on the 8th October, 1887, and commenced operations in January of the present year. 
 They are successors to the Canadian District Telegraph Company, which was established in 
 1877. The Electric Service Company are doing a good work in the city and their services 
 are being rapidly called into requisition, the more their nature and utility are understood and 
 a*ppreciated. There are a number of special departments connected with this service 
 which we will mention in detail. In the first place there is a system of electtic burglar 
 alarm, for business houses and residences. The houses, stores and offices of subscribers are 
 connected by electrical apparatus with the head office, and on the attempt of a burglar to 
 «nter the place an automatic alarm is immediately given and patrolmen are sent at full speed 
 to the scene of operations. There is also a system of night watch for business houses, watch- 
 men being supplied and electrical apparatus furnished. The messenger service is a great 
 convenience to the citizens generally, boys being supplied at so much per message to go to 
 all parts of the city or suburbs. A gentleman wants to send a boquet to a lady, or a husband 
 a bottle of soothing syrup for the baby, and a messenger boy performs the service. Subscri- 
 bers have small call-boxes in their houses and can call for a cab, a messenger, a 
 policeman or the fire department, the orders being instantly attended to from the 
 head or branch offices. It is the intention of the Company to substitute tele- 
 phones for the call-boxes and thus valuable time may often be saved by the subscriber 
 being enabled to say what is required of a messenger, without the necessity of his 
 
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 having to go to the house just to find out. Besides it will be useful in many other 
 instances. From the head office also telegrams can be sent to all parts of the world, arrange- 
 ments having deen effected with the telegraph companies doing business in Montreal. This 
 office is open day and night and the most efficient service is guaranteed. The Company has 
 a capital of $100,000, and the following well-known gentlemen constitute the Board of Direc- 
 tors : — William Cassils, Esq., President, Hector MacKenzie, Esq., Vice-President, R. C. 
 Roome, Esq., and Dunbar Taylor, Esq. Mr. J. H. Oakes, is the efficient Managing Direc- 
 tor. This gentleman, who is an Englishman, was Managing Director of the Canadian Dis- 
 trict Telegraph Company since 1883, and thoroughly understands every detail of the service, 
 and is a gentleman highly esteemed by all who know him. The Company have also branch 
 offices for greater convenience of subscribers at 45 University Street and 2631 St. Catherine 
 Street. 
 
 Mr. R. Beullac, 1674 Notre Dame, Montreal. — Montreal is properly speaking 
 a city of Churches, considering the extent of its population it has more church edifices than 
 any other city on the American Continent. It has been more especially Roman Catholic 
 ever since the days of the first settlers and consequently, Catholic Churches and religious 
 institutions are predominant, and as a necessity, the sale of church ornaments is conducted 
 upon an extensive scale. Holding a prominent position among 1 he different houses engaged 
 in this line of business in the city, is that of Mr. R. Beullac, which is located at No. 1674 
 Notre Dame Street. The premises occupied are large and commodious, being four stories in 
 height and 25 x 100 feet in dimensions. These contain a very large and magnificent stock 
 of church ornaments of every description, from the smallest to the largest. Mr. Beullac 
 imports his goods direct from some of the most celebrated manufacturers in France, and 
 the lines he carries are unsurpassed by those of any other house in the Dominion. He has 
 a shop on St. Denis Street, which is used for the purpose of manufacturing and fitting up 
 altars, in which branch of the business he has an extensive trade throughtout the city and 
 country, his trade in church ornaments extending throughout the Dominion. Mr. Beullac 
 gives employment to sixteen clerks and workmen steadily throughout the year. Mr. Beullac 
 is a native of France and is a gentleman of marked business ability, and since he established 
 his business here in 1874, he has met with the most gratifying success. He is a member 
 of the French Chamber of Commerce, and the Societe de Geographic of Paris. 
 
 Edgar Judge, FLOUR, GRAIN, &c., 444 St. Paul Street. — The completion 
 of the Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, and the relief or the harbor of Montreal from the debt 
 that hung so heavily upon it for many years, will create a boom here in business such as 
 has not been witnessed in the history of the city up to the present time. The Canadian 
 Pacific Railway, it is expected, will carry an immense amount of flour and grain from 
 Minneapolis and the Western States as well as from our own North-west, and Montreal 
 will be the objective shipping point. Prominent among the old-established houses engaged 
 in the flour and grain trade in this city is that of Edgar Judge, whose office is located at No. 
 464 St. Paul Street. Mr. Judge handles all grades of flour and enjoys special facilities for 
 effecting transactions in coarse grains and feed. Public warehouses are utilized for the 
 storage of goods, and all shipments are made with despatch and orders filled with prompt- 
 ness. Since the establishment of this business it has met with the most gratifying success 
 and has steadily continued to increase and develop from year to year up to the present 
 time with the brightest prospects ahead. Mr. Judge is one of Montreal’s best known 
 citizens and merchants ; he is a member of the Council of the Board of Trade and also a 
 member of the Committee of Management of the Corn Exchange, and has always taken a 
 lively interest in the city’s welfare and improvement. 
 
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 Verret, Stewart & Co., commission merchants, 271, 273 and 275 
 
 Commissioners Street, Cor. St. Nicholas Street, Montreal. — The provision trade 
 of Montreal is conducted upon a very extensive scale and its annual operations amount to 
 several million dollars. There are a large number of first-class houses engaged in this line 
 of trade and among these, one that is deserving of particular mention is that of Messrs. 
 Yerret, Stewart & Co., which is located at No. 271,273 and 275 Commissioners Street, 
 corner of St. Nicholas Street. The head house is located in Quebec and the Montreal branch 
 has been established since 1867. The business is the oldest in the line in Quebec having 
 been establshed in the year 1832 by Donald Fraser, who was succeeded by Thomas Fraser, 
 and he in turn in the year 1872 by the present firm of Verret, Stewart & Co. Mr. Verret 
 is resident in Quebec and has been sitting in the same office since 1851 and Mr. Stewar 
 has been connected with it since 1861. The firm do a large commission business and deal 
 in provisions, fish, oil, salt, etc. They do the largest salt trade of any house either in Que - 
 bee or Montreal, and are manufacturers of Rices’ Pure Dairy and Table Salt. This is one 
 of the representative commercial houses of the Dominion and has had a long and prosper- 
 ous career and appear to give their customers every satisfaction, il one may judge by the 
 fact that they are doing business with houses to-day, that their predecessors were trading 
 with over half a century ago. Mr. B. Verret is a member of the Quebec Board of Trade 
 and Mr. J. F. Stewart of the Montreal Board of Trade, and both gentlemen have won the 
 esteem and confidence of all with whom they have business relations. 
 
 Montreal Tent, Awning and Tarpaulin Co., w. H. griffin, Man- 
 ager, 42 and 44 Foundling Street, FENWICK & SCLATER, General Agents. — 
 A work of this nature could not be complete unless it embraced a full synopsis of all the 
 principal industries, which in a great measure, help to build up the commerce of this city, 
 and which serves to justify its appellation of being styled the “Commercial metropolis of the 
 Dominion.” In the varied lines of manufacture, none are deserving of more worthy mention 
 than the Montreal Tent, Awning and Tarpaulin Company, whose offices and factory are 
 situated at No 44 Foundling Street. The building which is especially adapted for this line 
 ■of manufacture, is admirably situated, being in close proximity to our extensive harbor, 
 quite covenient to the canal, and right in the heart of the business centre of Montreal’s very 
 busy city. The firm manufacture all kinds of canvas goods, comprising sails, tents, awn- 
 ings, tarpaulins, horse and wagon covers, bags, aprons, and canvas hose for fire purpo- 
 ses, flags of all nations and to any design, cork feeders, life buoys and belts. They also 
 keep in stock for hire, tents, tarpaulins and flags. They also furnish estimates for con 
 tractors requiring tents and tarpaulins in quantities, and make a specialty of yacht sails 
 and tackle. They do an extensive business in awnings for stores, public buildings, and 
 private residences, and they have been highly complimented on the style, fit and finish of 
 all the goods turned out of their manufactory. A feature of their awning trade, is the taking 
 down and storing of awnings in the fall, insuring them for the winter, and repairing and 
 putting them up again in the spring at a nominal cost. A number of skilled hands are 
 employed, and the factory is fully equipped with all the modern conveniences for success- 
 fully carrying out the requirements of the trade. Mr. W. H. Griffin, the Manager, is well 
 and favourably known in this line in Canada ; Fenwick & Sclater, 42 and 44 Foundling 
 Street, ealers and manufacturers of cotton tackle, asbestos goods, mill, railway, steam- 
 ship and engineers’ supplies,— Proprietors of the Phoenix and File Co., Waste Co., 54 
 Nazareth Street, and the Wolfstown Asbestos and Soapstone Quarries, and General Agents 
 of the Megantic Mining Co. — Proprietors of the Dominion Pipe and Boiler Covering Co. 
 Are the promotors and Selling Agents for this new enterprise . 
 
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 Pierre Lemieux, SADDLER, HARNESS, WHIPS AND BRUSHES, 
 HORSES’ BOOTS, No. 2200 Notre Dame Street, Montreal. — From the very 
 earliest ages, leather goods have been manufactured and have been in general demand 
 among the civilized people of the earth. History does not record the first of harness- 
 making, but it must have been at a very early period in some shape or form, wherever 
 animals were used as beasts of burden. During the past twenty-five years a very 
 marked improvement has taken place in this line of manufacture, which has been in, 
 perfect keeping with the development of the times. Among those prominently 
 engaged in the harness trade in this city is Mr. Pierre Lemieux, whose shop is located 
 at No. 2200 Notre Dame Street. The premises occupied are 15 x 40 feet in dimensions 
 where employment is furnished to five skilled and capable workmen throughout the 
 year in the manufacture of light and heavy, single and double harness of the very best 
 quality and make up in the very finest styles. Nothing but the best quality of leather 
 and trimmings is used and the workmanship is all that could possibly be desired. 
 There is also carried in stock at all times a fine line of harness and horse furnishing 
 goods and stable requisites. This business was established thirteen years ago and 
 almost from the time of its inception it has proved very successful, the business 
 steadily continuing to increase and develop from year to year. Mr. Lemieux, the 
 proprietor, is a native of Montreal, where he is well and favorably known. He is a 
 skilled practical harness-maker and thoroughly understanding all the details of the 
 business, is prepared at all times to meet legitimate competition. 
 
 Staple & Machine 
 Factory, Patrick 
 
 Dunn, Cote St. Paul 
 
 Cote St. Paul, is the busy 
 centre of a number of 
 important manufacturing 
 concerns, in the aggregate, 
 giving employment to a 
 large number of skilled 
 hands, and thus building 
 up, and benefitting that 
 section of the city, or what 
 will soon be a part of the 
 city. Among the many 
 industries there repre- 
 sented, that of Mr. Patrick Dunn, proprietor of the staple factory, is deserving of more than 
 a mere passing notice. This business was established thirty years ago and has at all times 
 during that lengthened period, met with the most uniform success. The premises occupied 
 by the works are 45 x 100 feet in dimensions, and are fully fitted up with all the 
 necessary machinery and appliances of the most improved pattern, which are driven 
 by water power derived from the Lachine Canal. None but the best of skilled work- 
 men are given employment. The product of the factory consists of wire staples of ail 
 descriptions and sizes, wire tacks, &c. Also machinery of all kinds is built to order, 
 a specialty being made of cut-nail machinery. These are all of the very best quality 
 and are well made and finished in every particular, and have an active demand in the trade. 
 Mr. Dunn, is an Irishman by birth, and is a skilled, practical workman of many years 
 experience, and giving his particular and personal attention to all orders entrusted to his 
 care, is thus enabled to guarantee his customers the utmost satisfaction in all cases. 
 
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 J. Sloan & Son, BOOTS AND SHOES, 199 St. Antoine Street, Montreal — 
 1 he manufacture of boots and shoes of whatever form or character they might be, is of very' 
 ancient origin. Many changes, however, have taken place in the manufacture of these use- 
 ful articles of foot wear since they were first worn, but never in the history of the trade 
 has such remarkable changes taken place as during the past quarter of a century. 
 One of the oldest, if not the oldest, merchants in the boot and shoe trade in this 
 city is Mr. J. Sloan, of the firm of Messrs. J. Sloan & Son, whose store is located at 
 No. 199 St. Antoine Street. This gentleman came to Montreal from Ireland sixty-two years 
 ago, and large and interesting is his fund of information respecting the changes 
 that have taken place in the city since those days then the bull frogs, or “ Canadian 
 Canaries,” as some jocularly called them, exercised their musical voices on the 
 swampy stream that is now Craig Street. He started in business on his own account — not 
 in appreciation to the bull frogs— but in the boot and shoe trade, half a century ago and during 
 all these years he has met with a liberal share of the public patronage and met with uniform 
 and gratifying success, which has been eminently deserved. The premises occupied by the 
 business are 20 x 40 feet in dimensions, and are neatly fitted up and contain a large and! 
 judiciously selected stock of boots and shoes, slippers &c., for ladies and gentlemen, misses, 
 youths and children, in all weights and sizes and of the very best quality and newest styles. 
 Mr. Sloan is a practical shoemaker, and a skillful one at that, but his practical work is “awl” 
 over now, for as he says “instep” the large manufacturing houses with machinery and gain 
 the “ upper ” hand in the manufacturing line, but the sore feeling created by the innovation 
 years ago has long since been “ heeled.” Mr. William Sloan, the son and partner, is a native 
 of Montreal and is a gentleman of thorough going business habits and ability. 
 
 Geo. Tucker, Indian healer, 86^ St. 
 
 Lawrence St., Montreal. — An all wise Providence 
 has with a beneficient hand provided by nature for the 
 wants of mankind, but he leaves us to find out for our- 
 selves by our necessities, what the earth contains and 
 their several uses may be. In the bowels of the earth 
 we obtain coal, that black mineral that provides us with 
 heat and steam and yet, by the aid of chemistry, also 
 provides us with colors that rival the colors of the rain- 
 bow in brilliancy. Look to the dwellers in the forests 
 primeval, tanned by the summer’s sun, supple athletic 
 and noble in learning, when attacked with sickness their 
 “ Medicine men ” give them decoctions from certain herbs 
 that grow near their wigwams, and thus nature provides 
 a cure ready to the hand of the initiated. In this city, 
 Mr. George Tucker, popularly known as the Indian 
 Healer, whose office is located at No. 86^2 St. Law- 
 rence Main Street, and who is proprietor of the Green 
 Mountain, Balm Co., is one of the most successful 
 “Medicine Men” in this country. This gentlemen was born in the United States but was 
 brought up at Three Rivers. His father was an Englishman and his mother an Indian, and 
 from the latter he has inherited his skill in healing which he uses to such good effect for the 
 relief of suffering humanity. Mr. Tucker has nineteen preparations in the market for the cure 
 of the following diseases : — Asthma, Consumption, Bronchitis, Deafness, Gravel, Paralysis, 
 Loss of Speech, Nightmares, Diarrhoea, Dropsy, Epilepsy, Scrofula Hemorrhoids, Swellings, 
 Tumors, Cold Extremities, Nervous Debility, Weak Iambs, Worms, Catarrh, Diseases of the 
 
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 Kidneys, Deformity of the Limbs, Gout, Neuralgia Sore Eyes, Bilious Complaints, St. 
 Anthony’s Fire, St. Vitus’ Dance, Dyspepsia, Lowness of Spirit, Constipation, Liver Complaints, 
 Diseases of the Blood, Palpitation of the Heart, Female Weakness, Tumors caused by Fever, 
 Lung Diseases, Swelling of the Joints, Coughs and Colds, Ulcerous Eruptions, Uneasiness, 
 &c., &c. 
 
 Special remedies for curing veneral diseases ■ — Rheumatism, Cancers and Tape worms 
 always cured radically with the Indian Remedies of Geo. Tucker. 
 
 It his Arrapaho Baume, Botanic Syrup, Live Green Mountain Salve possess a 
 reputation for the healing qualities which extends all over the American Continent. Mr. 
 Tucker is well-known throughout Canada where he has been practicing for the past fifteen 
 years, the last four of which he has been established in Montreal, and has won for himself a 
 name and fame that further words of ours can hardly increase. 
 
 J. B, Raby, GROCER, 2641 Notre Dame Street, Cor. Canning Street — 
 There is no branch of business industry conducted in any civilized community in which 
 every individual has such a personal interest, as in those that deal in the food supplies of 
 the people, and next to bread and meat, comes the line of goods generally comprehended 
 under the head of groceries. The grocery trade is conducted upon an extensive scale in 
 this city, and many first-class houses are engaged in it. Among the number deserving of 
 more than a mere passing notice in the pages of a work of this nature, is that of Mr, J. B. 
 Raby, whose store is located at No. 2641 Notre Dame Street, corner of Canning Street. 
 The premises occupied by the business are 25 x 40 feet in dimensions and are tastefully 
 fitted up, and the stock is displayed to the very best advantage. The stock, which is a large 
 one and has been selected with great care, consists of the choicest brands of teas from China 
 and Japan, fragrant coffees from Java, Rio, and South American ports, pine spices, herme- 
 tically sealed goods, table delicacies, flour and a fine line of prime provisions, also the finest 
 brands of imported and domestic wines and liquors, specially suited to family trade, while 
 township’s butter is made a specialty. This business was established five years ago and 
 has, during these years, met with a liberal share of public patronage, and been built up to 
 quite extensive proportions, the trade being conducted at both wholesale and retail, while 
 employment is furnished to three competent and courteous assistants. Mr. Raby is a native 
 of the Province of Quebec, and is a gentleman well-known and highly esteemed by all 
 classes. 
 
 James Currie, merchant tailor, 2113 Notre Dame Street, Mont- 
 real. — It has come to be a recognized fact that the merchant tailoring establishment of Mr. 
 James Currie, which is located at No. 2113 Notre Dame Street, is one of the most popular 
 in Montreal. This has been the result of the aim on the part of the proprietor to produce 
 only first-class garments. The making of gentlemen’s wearing apparel to order, by measure, 
 is one of those arts that requires for its successful prosecution the highest degree of artistic 
 skill in every department of the business. Mr. Currie has been nine years in business, 
 three of which he W2S in partnership with Mr. Inglis, and three with Mr. Saddler. 
 From its inception the principle of the house has been to give full value for money, 
 the best material, fit and excellence, and thus a trade has been acquired among the 
 most exacting of our citizens, and which is annually increasing in volume. The premises 
 occupied by the business consist of a store and workroom 20 x 45 feet in dimensions, the 
 store being fitted up in a very handsome manner and is replete with the finest imported 
 fabrics from the principal looms of Europe, embracing suitings, coatings, trouserings, over- 
 coat goods, etc., of the latest patterns and highest qualities. Employment is furnished to 
 
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 ten skilled workmen, and the specialties of the house are correct styles elegant fits and 
 choice garments Mr James Currie, the proprietor, is a native of the Province of Quebec, 
 and is a thoroughly skilled, practical tailor and an enterprising business man, and our readers 
 will find business relations with this house to be of the most satisfactory character. 
 
 rT A sc B ^?^ Perraillt ’ IMP0RTER OF HARDWARE, STOVES, PAINTS, OILS, 
 Ar-LASS, E I C 2315 and 2317 Notre Dame Street, Montreal. — Montreal is well 
 represented in the different lines of commercial interest as well as in her manufacturing 
 industries. The city is admirably located as a distributing centre, not only for the Provin- 
 ces of Quebec and Ontario but also for the entire Dominion, being situated as it is, at the 
 head of ocean navigation and having ample railroad and water facilities with all points of 
 the interior. The hardware trade is one of the principal lines conducted, here and is well 
 represented by enterprising and progressive merchants. Among those prominently engaged 
 an this line of business here, is Mr. J. B. G. Perrault, whose store is located at Nos. 2315 and 
 2317 Notre Dame Street. I he premises occupied by the business are 60 x 45 feet in dimen- 
 sions and contain a large and judiciously selected stock of general hardware, of every des- 
 cription, stoves, paints, oils, glass, tinware, varnishes, putty, etc., etc. The line of stoves 
 .handled, embrace some of the very best lines manufactured in the Dominion, and all other 
 goods are of the best quality. Mr Perrault imports his stock direct from the leading houses 
 .in Europe, as well as his goods of domestic manufacture. This business was established 
 six years ago and has always received a liberal share of the public patronage, and has 
 ■materially increased in extent and development since the date of its inception. A jobbing 
 as well as retail trade is conducted. Mr. Perrault, the proprietor, is a native of Montreal, 
 'where he is well and favorably known in the trade and social circles. 
 
 Z, Turgeon, MERCHANT TAILOR. 77 St. Lawrence Street, Montreal. — 
 The first thought of the well-to-do gentleman of good taste, when he decides upon a new 
 ■suit is, “To whom shall I give my order ?” — a question, usually, much easier asked than 
 answered, for there are tailors and tailors, as there are lawyers and lawyers. Some of these 
 alleged gentlemen’s costumers are mere mechanical automatons, another class are true 
 .artists and make of every suit they undertake a poem in cloth, an epic in textiles, “a thing 
 of beauty and joy forever,” or rather until it is worn out. Of the latter class Mr. Z. Turgeon, 
 whose store is located at No. 77 St. Lawrence Main Street, is an excellent example. 
 This gentleman has been established in business for the past eight years and is a skilled, 
 practical cutter of twenty year’s experience. Therefore all orders entrusted to him receive 
 his personal attention and receive the benefit of his extended practice. The premises occu- 
 pied are 20 x 60 feet in dimensions, and are neatly fitted up and upon the counter and 
 shelves will be found an elegant stock of imported and domestic cloths, tweeds, woollens, 
 -Cassimeres, etc., in all the latest and most stylish novelties, from which to make a selection. 
 These are made up to order on short notice in the higheststyle of the art, and the garments 
 produced by this house are not excelled for perfection of fit, beauty of style and elegance of 
 finish, while the prices charged are very reasonable. None but the most skilled operators 
 are employed, so that entire satisfaction is at all times guaranteed. Mr. Turgeon is a native 
 of the Province of Quebec, and during his business career has built up an enviable and 
 -steadily increasing custom, of which he is well deserving. 
 
 John Lorigan, MANUFACTURER OF MARBLEIZED SLATE MANTLES, 
 WOOD MANTLES, GRATES AND FIRE PLACES, Office and VVarerooms, 2439 
 ■St. Catherine Street ; Factors, Alexander Street. — Progress is the watchword 
 of our time, and in no department of business hus this been more exemplified than in 
 .household interior decoration. A high state of culture has been reached during the 
 
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 past fifteen years at least, and is one of the most encouraging signs of our times. Not- 
 least among the lines of mechanical industry that has kept abreast of this demand for 
 artistic work, is that of the manufacture of mantles, grates and fire-places. Mr. John 
 Lorigan, who opened an establishment in this city on the 1st of May of the present 
 year, for the manufacture and sale of these requisites, has had an extensive experience 
 in the business in the United States, and was in business in St. John, N. B., for several 
 years. Desiring a wider field for operations, he severed his connections there and has 
 chosen Montreal as a central point tor his enterprise. His warehouse is located at No. 
 2439 St. Catherine Street, the factory being located on Alexander Street. The object 
 is to build up a first-class connection with builders, inside finishers, and others more or 
 less directly interested, and to that end the latest designs, novelties in patterns, super- 
 ior material and workmanship and moderate prices are the rule. Mr. Lorigan 
 manufactures and deals in marbleized slate mantles, wood mantles, grates and fire- 
 places, slate wash tubs, urinals, washstand tops, radiator tops, and slate goods of all 
 descriptions. Also, tiles for mantles, hearths, fire-places, etc., etc., as well as brass- 
 fenders, frames, tire sets, etc. Employment is furnished to twenty-five skilled hands in the 
 factory, and the trade of the house will embrace in its scope of operations the entire 
 Dominion. Mr. Lorigan, who is a native of the United States, is a thoroughly 
 practical workman and understands the business thoroughly in all its details. 
 
 Jas. McCrudden, BOOTS AND SHOES, 86 Bleury Street, Montreal.— 
 It is now thirty years since this business was first established by the late W.P. Johnston, who 
 was succeeded in March, 1886, by the present proprietor. The premises occupied, 
 which are located at No, 86 Bleury Street, and the stock is a large and elegant one 
 and consists of boots and shoes, balmorals, slippers, etc., for ladies and gentlemen, misses, youths- 
 and children, which are of the very best quality and most fashionable styles, and are 
 received from some of the leading manufactuYing houses in the Dominion. There is also a 
 special department for custom work, where those desiring can have their boots or shoes made 
 to order on short notice and in the highest style of the art, at very reasonable prices, particu- 
 lar attention being given to the making up of gentlemen’s fine boots. 
 
 M. Philbin, HOUSE FURNISHING HARDWARE, Queen’s Block, 2231 
 and 2233 St. Catherine Street. — The west end of Montreal is being rapidly built up 
 and qui e a number of the better class of retail stores are being located here for the 
 accommodation of the residents in this quarter of the city, St. Catherine Street being 
 the principal trade thoroughfare. Among the business houses worthy of special men- 
 tion, is that of Mr. M. Philhin, hardware merchant, whose store is eligibly located for 
 trade at Nos. 2231 and 2233 St. Catherine Street. The premises occupied are very 
 commodious, being 30 x 110 feet in dimensions. These contain a large and elegant stock 
 of shelf hardware, and house furnishing goods, including, tinware, woodenware, granite 
 ironware, cutlery, brushes, wire mattresses, spring beds, wire goods, refrigerators, iron 
 bedsteads, mangles, elothes, wringers, gas stoves, coal oil stoves, washing machines and 
 many other articles ofa similar nature. The stock is full and complete in every particular 
 and all goods handled are of the very best quality and specially suited for a first-class 
 trade. Employment is furnished to four competent and courteous clerks throughout 
 the year. This business was founded by Mr. J. C. Kemp, who was succeeded six 
 years since by the present proprietor. Mr. M. Philbin who has since built up a large 
 and rapidly increasing trade, which now extends throughout the entire city, but the 
 greater bulk of the business being done in the west end. Mr. Philbin is a natice of 
 Montreal, where he is widely and favorably known in business and social circles. He 
 has associated in business with him his son, Mr. W. Philbin, a young man of much busi- 
 ness ability, push and energy. 
 
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 Gilmore Augur Works, G. GILMORE, Cote St. Paul.— T he possibil- 
 ities for the future of Montreal as one of the most important manufacturing and commercial 
 centres on the North American Continent are very great and encouraging. Having most 
 excellent water power, and being at the head of navigation and with the best railroad and 
 water facilities connecting with the great West and North-west, her position as a great dis- 
 tributing point for the Dominion is unassailable. Among the many and varied lines of - 
 manufactures conducted here, that of Gilmore’s Augur Works, which are located at Cote 
 St. Paul, on the banks of the Lachine Canal, are deserving of special mention. The pre- 
 mises occupied by the works ar 120 x 50 feet in dimensions which are fully equipped with 
 all the most improved machinery driven by water power, while employment is steadily fur- 
 nished to twenty-five skilled and competent workmen throughout the year. The product of~ 
 the works consists of augurs, brace bits, boreing tools and other articles of a similar nature. 
 These are made from the best quality of steel, well tempered and perfectly finished, and each 
 tool being thoroughly examined before packing, all goods are thus guaranteed to be entirely 
 satisfactory. Mr. G. Gilmore, the proprietor of the works is a killed, practical workman 
 and since he started in business here thirty-three years ago, he has met with the most 
 encouraging and well derived success. 
 
 Joseph Godin, WOOL HAT MANUFACTURER, Cote St. Paul.— Among 
 what may be considered special lines of manufacture that of wool hats is certainly one. In 
 all large business and manufacturing centres will be found nearly every branch of trade: 
 represented in some form or other, and Montreal has most assuredly for many years held a 
 high position among the manufacturing centres of the Dominion. In reviewing the various 
 lines of manufacture and commerce in this city, special mention must be made of the wool 
 hat manufactory of Mr. Joseph Godin, which is located at Cote St. Paul. Mr. Godin was 
 formerly located at St. Gabriel Locks, but removed to his present site in April of the present 
 year. The premises occupied by the factory, which is owned and was specially built by Mr. 
 Godin, consist of two adjoining buildings which are 30 x 60 feet in dimensions and three 
 stories in height, and 30 x 60 feet and two stories in height. These are fitted up with the 
 latest and most improved machinery specially adapted to this work, and is driven by sixty 
 horse-power water wheel. There is also a very large boiler for the generation of steanv 
 which is used in all the different operations of the manufacture of hats. Employment is fur- 
 nished to thirty skilled hands throughout the year. The goods manufactured by this concern 
 consist of wool hats for ladies and gentlemen’s wear, which are made up in all the latest and 
 most fashionable styles. These goods have an active demand in the market, being of excel- 
 lent quality and well made in every particular. This business was established eleven years 
 ago, and ever since the date of its inception it has made very marked progress and develop- 
 ment until, at the present day the trade extends throughout the entire Dominion. The 
 operations of the house are confined to the wholesale trade entirely and are very extensive. 
 Mr. Godin is a native of Montreal, and is a skilled, practical hat maker. He gives his per- 
 sonal attention and supervision to all work done in his factory and can thus secure the best 
 of results. 
 
 Clark’s Bell Factory, c. O. CLARK, Cote St. Paul. — Montreal is not only 
 metropolitan in the character of its mercantile interests, but also in the extent and diversi- 
 fied character of its manufactures. Here may be found almost every branch of trade suc- 
 cessfully conducted. The manufacturing houses are not confined to the city proper, but 
 many are located in the suburbs, Cote St. Paul, being a favorable location on account of the 
 excellent water power derived from the Lachine Canal. Among the many lines of manufac- 
 ture conducted in Cote St. Paul, none are more deserving of special mention than that 
 of Clark’s Bell Factory. This business was established a quarter of a century ago, and has 
 enjoyed a long, honorable and successful career. The premises occupied by the business- 
 
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 ■are 40 x 60 feet in dimensions and are fitted up with all the most improved machinery and 
 requirements driven by water power while steady employment is furnished to twelve skilled 
 •and competent workmen throughout the year. The product of the factory consists of gongs, 
 hand bells, sleigh bells, house bells, and in fact bells of every description. These are made 
 of sheet and cast metal, a specialty being made of the cast metal bells, there being a much 
 greater demand for them than for the stamped metal article and are excellent in tone and well 
 •finished and have an active demand throughout the trade in the Dominion. Mr. C. O. 
 Clark, the proprietor, is a native of the United States and is a thorough going, pushing and 
 enterprising business man as well as a practical workman, and all orders entrusted to his 
 care receive prompt and careful consideration. 
 
 Thomas McLeod, BOOTS and SHOES, 30 Chaboillez Square. — In a country 
 like Canada, having such long and severe winters, the boot and shoe trade must necessarily 
 •occupy a prominent position in the commercial and general community, for it is absolutely 
 necessary that people should keep their feet well covered and dry, to prevent colds, con- 
 sumption and death. Among those engaged' in the boot and shoe trade in this city, and 
 who are worthy of more than a mere passing notice in a work of this character, is Mr. 
 Thomas McLeod, whose store is located at No. 30 Chaboillez Square. The premises 
 ■occupied are commodious and are neatly and suitably fitted up for the requirements of the 
 trade. Here is carried a splendid stock of fine boots and shoes, slippers, rubbers, etc., for 
 ladies’ and gentlemen, misses, youths and boys in all weights and grades, from the finest kid 
 to the heaviest kip, and which are made up in the latest and most fashionable styles. Mr. 
 McLeod manufacturers a large part of his own stock, and for this purpose gives employment 
 ■to twenty skilled and competent hands. He also has a custom department in connection 
 with his business where those desiring boots or shoes made to measure, can have their orders 
 •attended to promptly and in the highest style of the art, at reasonable prices. This business 
 was established in 1883 by Mr. D. MacCormack, who was succeeded in February of the 
 .present year, by Mr. McLeod, who is a skilled, practical workman and an energetic and 
 •enterprising business man. 
 
 \ Stanley Dry Plate Co., GEORGE knowlton, 
 
 Manager, 613 Lagauchetiere Street. — During the past 
 r * quarter of a century, a most wonderful change has taken place 
 ik. in the art of photography, and from being what many people 
 
 might term, a “ black art,” on account of its mysterious mani- 
 pulations, it has become so simplified by the genius of science 
 that it may be made the pastime of amateurs, and, in fact, the 
 army of amateur photographers is very large at the present 
 day. This result has been brought about in a great measure, 
 fjjfa by what is known as the dry-plate process. There are several 
 il houses on the American Continent manufacturing these dry- 
 
 ^4/1 If plates, and among the number, deserving of particular mention, 
 
 especially as its Canadian Branch is located in this city, is 
 the Stanley Dry-Plate Co., of Lewiston, Maine. Their office 
 T RflDM mark ^ and factory are located at No. 613 Lagauchetiere Street, 
 where a staff of skiiled and competent hands is given steady employment throughout the 
 year, in the manufacture of all sizes of these plates, the trade in which, and which is con- 
 ducted entirely at wholesale, extends throughout the Dominion, and is steadily increasing, a 
 fact, which is a sufficient evidence of the thoroughly satisfactory nature of the goods handled. 
 A year ago last February, Mr. George Knowlton, who was in the Company’s employ in 
 Lewiston, was sent to Montreal as Manager, and to open the business here, and during the 
 •comparatively short period of time in which the business has been running, it has met with 
 ■the most eminent success. 
 
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 W. It. Gardner, MANUFACTURER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF’ 
 HAMMERS AND EDGE TOOLS, Cote St. Paul, Montreal. — In a review of the^ 
 commerce and manufactures of Montreal, it is made very evident that the city has 
 been rapidly growing in extent and importance as a manufacturing centre, and also, 
 that its advantages as such are almost unlimited. Blessed with an abundant water- 
 supply, and the very best of transportation facilities, there is no reason why Montreal 
 should not in the near future greatly add to its already large industrial interests. 
 Among, the manufacturing establishments located at Cote St. Paul, worthy of honorable- 
 mention in a work of this character, is that of the Vulcan Tool Works, of which Mr. W. 
 R. Gardner is the proprietor. This business was established thirty years ago by Mr. 
 Henry H. Warren, who, one year since, retired in favor of Mr. Gardner. The business,, 
 ever since the date of its inception, has been a highly successful one, but never so much 
 so as at the present time. The premises occupied by the works are located on tho 
 banks of the Lachine Canal, and consist of two floors, each 80 x 120 feet in dimensions. 
 These are fitted up with all the latest and most improved machinery, and employment 
 is furnished to forty skilled and competent workmen throughout the year in tho 
 manufacture of hammers and edge tools of every description. These are made from 
 the best of cast steel only and the workmanship is perfect. Mr. Gardner, the proprie- 
 tor, who is a Scotchman by birth, is a practical workman of many years’ experience, 
 and, giving his personal attention to all orders entrusted to his care, can thus guarantee- 
 his customers the most perfect satisfaction. The trade of the house is large and 
 embraces the entire Dominion as well as considerable export. 
 
 E. Lemieux, merchant TAILOR, No. 3 St. Lawrence Street, Montreal. 
 — A cynic has said that t; If it be true that the tailor makes the man,” then he has a great 
 deal t-o answer for. Well, perhaps he has, but it is nevertheless true that many well deserv- 
 ing men would stand unrecognized in the world without a chmce to show their ability or 
 sterling worth if it was not for the adventitious aid given by their tailor in the shape of good 
 and fashionable clothes. One of the most popular merchant tailoring establishments on St. 
 Lawrence Main Street, is that of Mr. E. Lemieux, which is located at No. 3 on that thor- 
 oughfare. Although it is but five years since Mr. Lemieux founded his business, he has 
 built up an excellent and most lucrative business, his trade being derived from the most 
 critical — in the way of dress — portion of the community. This is on account of keeping 
 nothing but the very best of stock in all the most seasonable and fashionable fabrics, which 
 he makes up to order, by measure, in the highest style of the art. The premises occupied by 
 the business are 28x45 feet in dimensions and two stories in height, the upper floor being used 
 as a workshop, where employmentis furnished to twelve skilled and competent operators. The 
 store is tastefully fitted up with plate glass front, is lighted by electricity, and presents a neat 
 and attractive appearance, and the stock of goods carried large and elegant, consisting of 
 imported and domestic fabrics, woollens, tweeds, Cassimeres, etc. The garments produced 
 by this house are unsurpassed for beauty of sytle, perfection of fit and elegance of finish, and 
 the prices will be found very reasonable. Mr. Lemieux also carries a fine line of gents’ furn- 
 ishings, including all the latest and most fashionable novelties. Mr. Lemieux is a native 
 of this Province, is an enterprising and progressive business man and an active member of 
 the Chamber of Commerce. 
 
 T. Christy, (late with John Date) PLUMBER, GAS AND STEAM FITTER, 
 82 Bleury Street, Montreal. — The scientific and practical attention that has of late 
 years been given to the subject of sanitary engineering and plumbing, has succeeded in 
 vastly elevating in importance and dignity, the plumber’s trade. The man who, to-day, would' 
 be a successful master plumber must necessarily possess long training and extensive informa- 
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 the practical operation of his business. Filling these important requisites in an excellent 
 degree is Mr. T. Christy, whose shop is located at No. 82 Bleury Street. This gentleman 
 has had an extended experience in the plumbing trade and was for a number of years with 
 John Date, of this city, when five years ago he started in business for himself, and by perse- 
 vering industry and the bringing to bear his well-grounded knowledge of all the require- 
 ments of the trade, he has met with the most gratifying success, his trade being constantly 
 on the increase. The premises occupied for store and workshop consist of two floors each 
 20 x 40 feet in dimensions which are fully equipped with all the necessary apparatus for the 
 proper conducting of the trade, and where employment is furnished to eight skilled and compe- 
 tent workmen, on an average, throughout the year. Mr. Christy attends to all kinds of 
 general and sanitary plumbing ; the fitting up of new buildings with sanitary arrangements, 
 gas and steam fitting, or in making alterations in old buildings in these branches. He also 
 does all kinds of tin and copper smithing. In all these lines he is ever prepared to execute 
 all orders, from the smallest job to the largest contract, and in the most satisfactory manner. 
 Mr. Christy is a native of Ireland and is a gentleman of marked business ability, which, 
 •coupled with his practical knowledge of the trade, has ensured his success. 
 
 Dr, Danserau, CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, 1399 St. Catherine Street.— It 
 may have been well enough in Macbeth’s time to say, “ Throw physic to the dogs, I’ll 
 none of it,” for the healing art was then still in a crude condition ; but a vast improve- 
 ment has been made since those days, and no sane man of the present day would think 
 of disputing the value and efficacy of properly administered drugs. Montreal contains 
 a number of first-class pharmacies, and among these, deserving of special mention, is 
 that of Dr. Danserau, which is located at No. 1399 St. Catherine Street. The premises 
 occupied, are 20 x 45 feet in dimensions, which are handsomely fitted up, and his stock 
 eonsists of everything necessary to a first-class drug store, and embraces drugs, chemicals, 
 medicines and proprietary remedies, of standard and acknowledged reputation, elegant 
 fancy goods and toilet articles, fine soaps and perfumery, physicians’ supplies and drug- 
 gists’ sundries, &c. It has always been the aim of Dr. Danserau, to keep fresh and pure 
 drugs, and chemicals. He gives special attention to the compounding of physicians’ 
 prescriptions, and family recipes ; and being a competent physician himself, is excellently 
 qualified for this branch of the business. Dr. Danserau, is a graduate of McGill College, 
 and during the three years he has been established in business here, he has received 
 hearty recognition at the hands of the public. 
 
 George Roberts, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, 597 Lagauchetiere Street ; 
 Stock Yard 57 Drummond Street. — In compiling a record of the rise and progress 
 of a great city, one naturally turns to its builders, they possessing the greatest know- 
 ledge as to the indications for the future, and the experiences of the past. They are 
 the men who, from a long and active service in the interests of the people, become 
 intimately associated with them, and, with a sagacity born of a zeal and industry 
 proverbial with the profession, are ever ready with facts and figures. The advantages 
 of a long and successful career make individual leaders in their line of business, and 
 gain for them recognition of the vastness of their work. Holding a conspicuous place 
 among the builders and contractors of Montreal is Mr. George Roberts, whose office 
 and mill are located at Nos. 595 to 611 Lagauchetiere Street. Mr. Roberts, who is a 
 native of London, England, and who learned his bnsiness there, and, in conjunction 
 with bis father, erected several large buildings, started in business on his own account 
 in this city in the year 1857 and soon took a leading place in the trade, which he has 
 ■ever since steadily maintained. He is the only builder in the city who manufactures 
 ■entirely all his own materials, joining and finishing/having an excellently equipped 
 
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 mill furnished with the latest and most improved machinery, driven by a twenty-five 
 ■horse-power steam engine, and furnishing employment, on an average, to one 100 
 skilled workmen throughout the year. Mr. Roberts has erected many of the principle 
 structures that have adorned Montreal during the past quarter of a century, and among 
 the number may be mentioned the Standard Life Insurance Building, Molson’s Bank, 
 Ewing’s Block, Harbour Commissioner’s Building, Gazette Building, Hochelaga Cotton 
 Mills, Canada Paper Co’s. Building, Canada Paper Co’s. Mills at Windsor, Stanley Street 
 Wing of Windsor Hotel, and repairs to St. Lawrence Hall, now erecting J. C. Wilson’s 
 mammoth new Building on Craig Street, American Presbyterian Church, St. Martin’s 
 Church, Victoria Pink, McDonald’s Tobacco Factory, the old Molson College, Redpath’s 
 Musehm, McGill Medical College, Nordheimer’s Block, Hudson Bay Co’s. Building, also 
 the beautiful residences of James Johnston, Hon. John Hamilton, Samuel Warded, 
 Thomas Workman, Sir Hugh Allan, Jonathan Hodgson, Robert Reford, John Redpath, 
 Keenan’s Block, corner of Sherbrooke and McKay Streets, for the passed twenty years, 
 also the stores of McKay Bros., Gault Bros., John Ogilvie, and James Hutton, Bank 
 ■of British North America, Queen’s Hall Block, City and District Saving’s Bank, Grace 
 •Church, Point St. Charles, and Anne Street School, Mr. Dow’s residence on Beaver Hall 
 Hill, and many others, but these are sufficient to show the nature and character of his 
 work and the leading position he holds among the representative builders of the 
 Dominion. 
 
 Thomas Moll, TINSMITH AND PLUMBER, 2124 Notre Dame Street.— 
 There is probably no trade existing that has made such a marked improvement during the 
 past few years as that of plumbing. It was found that much of the work done was very 
 defective, and promoted the spread of disease, through the admittance into the dwellings of 
 zymotic diseases. An investigation of the causes led to their reform, and now, happily, the 
 errors of the past have been remedied and will be avoided for the future. Among the later 
 additions to the ranks of this trade in Montreal, is Mr. Thomas Moll, whose shop is located 
 at No. 2124 Notre Dame Street. This gentleman started business in March 1887. The 
 premises occupied by the business are -22 x 50 feet in dimensions, and are fully equipped 
 with all the necessary tools and appliances for the successful prosecution of the work to be 
 done. Mr. Moll attends to all orders for tinsmithing, plumbing, slate and galvanized sheet 
 iron roofing, drainage. He puts up gas, steam and hot water apparatus, and does all kinds 
 of work in galvanized sheet iron, cornices and skylights, extended according to plans. Mr. 
 Moll undertakes all kinds of work in his line, by tender or order, at the lowest possible 
 prices. He gives employment to nine skilled and competent workmen throughout the year. 
 Mr. Moll is a Canadian by birth, and is a skilled, practical workman of much experience, 
 and is an enterprising and progressive business man. 
 
 David Brunet, BOOTS AND SHOES, 2125 Notre Dame Street.— Montreal, 
 is one of the most important and substantial business centres on the American Continent, 
 and contains many old-established houses that have grown up and kept pace with the 
 development of the city. In a review of this character, embracing the different lines of 
 business industry here conducted, the boot and shoe trade naturally comes in for a large 
 share of attention, on account of its extensive operations and^its importance to the ge neral 
 public. Holding a prominent place among the old-established houses in this line of bus iness 
 in this city, is that of Mr. David Brunet, which is admirably locatedfor business at No. 2125 
 Notre Dame Street. The premises occupied are large and commodious, being 20 x 50 feet 
 in dimensions, and are very tastefully and suitably fitted up for the requirements of the 
 business. Here is carried a large and elegant stock of boots and shoes, in all weights and 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 grades, from the finest of kid, to the heaviest and most serviceable kip, made up in the 
 finest styles for ladies and gentlemen, misses, youths, boys and children. Also slippers, 
 rubbers, &c., of the very best quality. There is a special department for custom work, 
 where those desiring boots or shoes made to order by measure, can have their orders 
 attended to promptly, and in the most satisfactory manner. Employment is furnished 
 throughout the year to eight skilled workmen and courteous assistants. This business was 
 founded twenty-two years ago, and has at all times proved very successful, but never so much 
 so as at present. Mr. Brunet, is a native of Montreal, and is a skilled, practical shoemaker, 
 and a live, active and progressive business man. 
 
 W. Tracey, FUNERAL DIRECTOR, 2063 Notre Dame Street, Montreal 
 
 The business of a funeral director is one requiring special qualifications for its successful 
 prosecution. The duties devolving upon one in this line are onerous and delicate in the 
 extreme, and it is not everyone that can fulfil the duties in a satisfactory manner. Among 
 those engaged in this line of business, in this city, is Mr. William Tracey, whose shop is 
 located at No. 2063 Notre Dame Street, opposite Dows’ Brewery. This gentleman 
 established his undertaking business in 1882, and it has, ever since that time, 
 proved entirely successful, those who have required his services speaking very highly of 
 the satisfactory manner in which he has performed his duties upon all occasions. 
 Mr. Tracey keeps in stock a full line of funeral furnishings, includiug coffins 
 and caskets, from the plainest and cheapest to the most beautiful and richly finished, 
 so that the requirements of those in any circumstances of life can be attended. He also 
 carries all the minor requisites for funerals and gives his personal attention to all details 
 entrusted to him. Mr. Tracey started in business as a carpenter, in the year 1876, 
 and had a very lucrative and gratifying trade, but he retired from that in order to 
 give his entire attention to his undertaking business, and so far as trade is concerned, 
 he has had no occasion to regret his decision. Mr. Tracey is a native of Ireland 
 but has resided in this country for many years, where he is well-known and highly esteemed 
 by all classes of the community for his many social and business qualifications. 
 
 Bush & Read, BOOTS and SHOES, 2112 Notre Dame Street Among the 
 
 many business enterprises conducted in this city, that in boots and shoes is not by any 
 means the least important. In a climate so severe as that of our Canadian winters, it is 
 absolutely necessary for the preservation of health to have the feet kept dry and warm, and 
 thus it is that the trade of the boot and shoe dealer is a valuable one. Among those 
 actively engaged in this line of business in this city, is the firm of Messrs.' Bush & Read, 
 whose store is located at No. 2112 Notre Dame Street. The premises occupied by the 
 business are 18 x 40 feet in dimensions, and contain a large and carefully selected stock of 
 boots and shoes of the very best quality and made up in the latest and most fashionable 
 styles, by some of the leading manufacturing houses in the country. The firm also do 
 custom work, so that those requiring boots or shoes made to measure, can have the 
 same attended to here in the best possible style, and upon the shortest notice, while the 
 prices will be found to meet the views of the most economical. Since this business was 
 established five years ago, it has met with the most gratifying success, and has steadily con- 
 tinued to extend and develop in volume from the date of its inception. Mr. John Bush 
 the senior member of th e firm, is a native of England, and is a thorough business 
 man and understanding all the details of the business, is ever prepared to meet the demands 
 of customers. 
 
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 M. J. Adler, merchant TAILOR, 47 Beaver Hall Hill. — In all civilized 
 communities of any importance, it is a matter of considerable import how a man dresses,, 
 especially those who move in business and social circles, for upon a man’s personal appear- 
 ance depends in a great measure his success in life. The gentlemen of Montreal are 
 proverbiably well dressed and this may be accounted for by the fact that the city is favored' 
 with a number of first-class merchant tailoring establishments, conducted by gentlemen of 
 marked taste and enterprise. In a review of such, mention must be made ot Mr. M. J. 
 Adler, whose shop is located at Nos. 45 and 47 Beaver Hall Hill. The premises occupied' 
 by him are neatly fitted up and contain a fine stock of imported and domestic 
 woolens, tweeds, worsteds, etc., in the latest and leading patterns from which to select. 
 Garments or suits are made up to order on short notice in the highest style of the art by 
 competent operators, and in all that goes to make perfection in clothing, will be found in 
 the garments turned out by this house. Since this business was founded five years ago, it has 
 proved highly successful and has steadily increased in extent and importance from year to 
 year. Employment is furnished to twenty-fivecompetent hands on a average throughout the year. 
 Mr. Adler, the proprietor, is a native of Russia, and is a skilled, practical tailor, and giving 
 his personal attention to all orders entrusted to his care can thus assure the best of satis- 
 faction. He has also in connection with his tailoring establishment a first-class cleaning and 
 repairing shop, where all work is satisfactorily turned out at very moderate chaiges. 
 
 Sharpe’s City Express and Baggage Transfer, sharp & CURTIN,. 
 
 Proprietors, Office, 306 and 308 St. James Street, Montreal. — This is an age of 
 electricity, telephones, steam engines, instantaneous photography. An age of rush, push and. 
 “ get there.” Those who rest by the wayside will wake up some fine day to realize, like' 
 Rip-Van-Winkle, that they belong to a by-gone day. Business is transacted rapidly and'' 
 with machine precision and the express companies keep with the procession in the rapid,, 
 careful and correct transmission of goods- One of the best and most popular express com- 
 panies in Montreal, is Sharpe’s City Express. This business was established in the year 
 i860 by Mr. John Sharp, and, from a comparitively small beginning, it has become one of 
 the institutions of the city. On the 1st of September, 1887, Mr. Philip Curtin was admitted 
 into partnership, under the firm title of Sharp & Curtin. The office of the firm is located 
 at No. 310 St. James Street, where all orders are received for the removal and delivery of 
 goods to, and from any part of the city, depots and steamboats. Pianos, furniture, baggage 
 and parcels are transferred with promptness and in the most careful manner by experienced 
 men at moderate charges. The stables of the concern are located in rear of No. 306 St. 
 James Street, and has accommodation for twenty-four horses. In summer twenty-four vehicles, 
 are in use and employment is furnished to forty-five competent men, and in winter fifteen 
 double and single vehicles are used and employment furnished to about fifteen men, a greater 
 demand being made upon theresources of the firm in the summer than in winter- Mr. Sharp,, 
 the founder of the business, is a native of Scotland, and has resided in this country forty years. 
 His partner,Mr. Curtin, is a native of Ireland, and has made Canada his home for over thirty- 
 five years both are thoroughly energetic, prompt and progressive business men, and Montreal, 
 is fortunate in possessing such a valuable institution as they own and conduct. 
 
 S. A. de Lorimier, GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHINGS, 1700 Notre Dame 
 Street, Montreal. — In all business centres it is specially necessary that gentlemen should 
 be well and fashionably dressed, for personal appearance goes a great way towards one’s 
 success in this world. Gents’ furnishings are an absolute necessity therefore, in all civilized 
 communities. Holding a prominent position among those engaged in this line of business 
 in Montreal is Mr. S. A. de Lorimier, whose establishment is located at No. 1700 Notre 
 Dame Street ; the premises occupied being 30 x 35 feet in dimensions, and elegantly fitted up 
 
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 Here is carried a large and elegant stock of the latest and most fashionable novelties in 
 vents’ furnishings. Among the specialties may be mentioned Dent’s gloves, Lloyd, Attrey 
 & Smith’s and Young & Rochester’s (of London) haberdashery, Cartwright & Warner’s best 
 merino underwear, J. R. Morley (of London) hosiery, Blank and Co. s flannels, and Irish 
 linens from the County Down Flax Spinning and A eaving Co., and silk hankerchief from 
 Stewart & McDonald of Glasgow. A specialty being made of shirts to order, which are 
 manufactured on the premises, which requires a number of skilled and competent operators 
 to keep up the supply of his large and ever increasing order trade. This business has long 
 been established, Mr. de Lorimier succeeding Kemp & Co. nine years ago. Mr. de Lorimier 
 is a descendant from one of the early French noble families, his grandfather being Guillaume 
 Chevalier de Lorimier, author of Mes Services (?) and commandant of the Indian 
 allies in 1775 under General Carleton. Mr. de Lorimier is a thorough going business man 
 and enjoys a large trade, extending as it does throughout the Dominion and numbers among 
 his customers the leading families of the city members of the Senate, the two houses ot Parlia- 
 ment and other leading officials, and book canvassers. 
 
 John A. Peard, PRACTICAL SANITARY ENGINEER, Plumber, Gas and 
 Steam-Fitter, Tinsmith and Bell-Hanger, 117 Bleury Street, and 2561 St. 
 Catherine Street, Montreal. — The discussion that has been going on of late, that has 
 led to some very decided action being taken in connection with the plumbing and sanitary 
 arrangement of Montreal, is a matter that is calculated to be of the greatest benefit to the 
 inhabitants, for it is waking up the masses to the fact, which the majority of the people 
 have long known, that unless the sanitary arrangements of a building were perfect, it was 
 impossible for those residing in it to enjoy health; and by the interest which is being evinced 
 in the matter, it would appear that Montreal should soon become a city of the most 
 perfect sanitary arrangement. Holding a prominent place among the sanitary engineers 
 and plumbers of this city, is Mr. John A. Peard, whose stores are located at No. 117 
 Bleury Street, and 2561 St. Catherine Street. This gentleman has been established 
 in the business for the past four years, having had a pevious experience in the 
 business of nineteen years, fifteen of which were spent in one of the leading houses in this line in 
 Montreal, and has, during that comparitively short space of time, met with the most 
 unqualified success. The premises occupied by the business are 24 x 65 feet in dimensions 
 where is carried a complete stock of brass goods, house boilers, cast iron sinks, iron pipe 
 and fittings, lead pipe, bath tubs, wash bowls, chandeliers, brackets, and a fancy assort- 
 ment of gas globes, also an extensive and well selected stock of coal oil lamps, parlor and 
 library hanging lamps and general house furnishing hardware, all of which are imported 
 direct by the house, the advantage thus secured being invariably extended to customers. 
 Mr. Peard does all kinds of house plumbing work on the most approved satisfactory 
 principles known to the craft ; also, gas, hot-water, and steam-fitting, hot-air furnace work, 
 tinsmithing and electrical and mechanical bell hanging. Special attention is given to the 
 sanitary condition of houses, and plumbing arrangements are tested on short notice. Mr. 
 Peard is a thoroughly skilled, practical workman and gives his personal attention to all 
 orders entrusted to his care, and his charges will be found as low as those of any similar 
 house in the city. 
 
 Coutlee Bros., MERCHANT TAILORS, 518 Notre Dame Street, corner 
 of Claude Street, Montreal. — Within the past quarter of a century, a very marked 
 improvement has taken place in the ready-made clothing trade, so that now it is possible to 
 get a suit that will be perfect fitting and stylish without the necessity of getting measured 
 and waiting for them to be made up to order. Among the prominent houses that are 
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 Messrs. Coutlee Bros., which is located at No. 1518 Notre Dame Street, corner of Claude 
 Street. The premises occupied by the business, consist of two floors 25 x 40 feeti-i dimen- 
 sions, where is carried a large and elegant stock of ready-made clothing of all the regular 
 sizes for men, youths, and boys, made up in the most fashionable styles from the leading 
 novelties in fabrics. Also a fine stock of hats and gents’ furnishings in the latest styles as 
 well as a fine line of trunks. Mr. A J. Plamondon, a skilled tailor, is attached to this estab- 
 lishment, and those desiring suits made to order, by measure, can have their orders attended 
 to, and the work done in the highest style of the art, being unsurpassed for fit, beauty of 
 style and elegance of finish, suits being made to order in ten hours if required. This 
 business was established by Alfred Meunier fifteen years ago, the present firm succeeding to 
 the business on the 1st February of the present year. The members of the firm are Mr. 
 J. P. Coutlee, formerly of the Great Dominion Syndicate, and Mr. G. Coutlee, both of 
 whom are natives of this Province, and are enterprising and progressive business men. 
 
 Felix Mercier, CARRIAGE MAKER, 1260, 1262 and 1264 Notre Dame 
 Street, Montreal. — There is no house in the city, in the carriage building line, that has 
 a. higher reputation tor excellence of work done and straightforward, honorable business 
 methods, than that of Mr. Felix Mercier. This gentleman’s carriage factory is located at 
 Nos. 1260, 1262 and 1264 Notre Dame Street. The premises occupied for the purposes of 
 the business are large and commodious, consisting of four floors each 35 x 100 feet in dimen- 
 sions. These are fully equipped with every requisite for the successful prosecution of the 
 business, and nothing is omitted that could possibly^aid in the accomplishment of high class 
 work. Employment is furnished to twenty skilled and competent workmen in the different 
 departments throughout the year. The factory is divided into different departments, such 
 as blacksmith shop, wood shop, paint and trimming shop, etc., all the work relating to 
 •carriage making being done on the premises. Only the best seasoned wood and the finest 
 quality of steel and iron are used in the manufacture of the different vehicles manufactured, 
 consisting of carriages, landaus, buggies, cutters, sleighs, waggons, etc. The house has an 
 excellent record for turning out superior work, and the trade extends throughout the Pro- 
 vinces of Ontario and Quebec while a very large business is done with Ottawa in the manu- 
 facture of carters’ carriages. Mr. Mercier, who is a native of L’ Assumption, is a practical 
 carriage maker of many years experience, and since the time when he started in business on 
 his own account, twenty-six years ago, he has had no occasion to complain of the success that 
 Fas attended his efforts. 
 
 J. A. Nicolle, DISPENSING CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, Cor. Bleury 
 and St. Catherine Streets.— There is no profession conducted that is of more import- 
 ance to the public generally and individually than that of the pharmacist. The skilled 
 pharmacist has very often to take the place of the doctor and prescribe remedies as well as 
 compound them. In olden times the druggist was barber and leech, all three combined in 
 one, and unlearned at that, but now to be permitted to engaged in this profession one must 
 be a graduate or licentiate of some regularly constituted school of pharmacy. Among the 
 prominent drug stores located is that of Mr. J. A. Nicolle, which is at the corner of Bleury 
 and St. Catherine Streets. The premises occupied are 22 x 30 feet in dimensions and are 
 tastefully fitted up with plate glass show cases, cabinets, etc., for the advantageous display 
 •ot the elegant stock carried, consisting of fresh, pure drugs, chemicals, fancy and toilet arti- 
 cles, soaps, perfumes, druggists sundries, proprietory medicines of acknowledged merit and 
 standard reputation, etc., etc. A specialty of the business is the compounding of physician’s 
 prescriptions and difficult formula with promptness and care at reasonable charges. Mr. 
 Nicolle, who is a native of the Island of Jersey, is a graduate of the Ontario College of Phar- 
 macy, and three years ago bought out the insolvent estate of H. H. Curtis, the store being 
 located two doors from where Mr. Nicolle’s store is at present. He then fitted up his present 
 establishment and hisbusiness efforts have been crowned with well deserved success. 
 
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 C. Robert & Go., HATTER AND FURRIER, 6i St. Lawrence Street, corner 
 of Vitre Street, Montreal. — Prominent among the many lines of commercial industry 
 is that of the hatter and furrier trade. In a country situated as this is with its long, cold 
 winters, the wearing of furs is an absolute necessity to protect one from the icey blasts of 
 old Boreas. Holding a prominent place among the old-established houses in this line of 
 business in thie city is that of Messrs. C. Robert & Co., whose store is located at No. 61 
 St. Lawrence Main Street, corner of Vitre Street. The premises occupied by the store are 
 20 x 45 feet in dimensions, with the workshop in rear, which is 20 x 20 feet in dimensions. 
 A very large and elegant stock is carried-, consisting of hats and caps in all the latest and 
 most fashionabie styles, received direct from some of the leading manufacturers in this 
 country and Europe, as well as those of the firm’s own manufacture. In fine furs the stock 
 is large and elegant and of very best quality, and includes : coats, cloaks, caps, mitts, gaunt- 
 lets, and such other articles suitables for ladies’ and gentlemens’ wear. The highest price 
 is paid for raw furs, which are manufactured on the premises by skilled and experienced 
 workmen, and all kinds of hats and furs are repaired at moderate prices. This business was- 
 established fifteen years ago, and from the date of its inception it has proved eminently suc- 
 cessful, the sign of the big red hat being-well-known to the citizens of Montreal as denoting 
 one of the best places in the city at which to obtain hats, caps or furs. Mr. C. Robert is. 
 a native of the Province of Quebec, and is a gentleman of marked business experience, 
 taking a lively interest in whatever tends to the welfare of the city, and is an active member 
 of the Chamber of Commerce. 
 
 The Terrapin, HENRY DUNNE, Crystal Block, 1681 Notre Dame Street. 
 — If walls could speak what a jolly tale those of the Terrapin Restaurant could tell of the 
 many nights when the leading social and business men of this city have sat around the 
 festive board, the tables groaning with the good things of this life provided by “ mine host, 
 Henry Dunne,” the prince of caterers and king of right good fellows. The Terrapin has 
 for nearly a quarter of a century been one of the popular institutions of the city. The 
 premises occupied are large and commodious, being 30 x 100 feet in dimensions and two 
 stories in height. In front is a finely fitted up bar containing all the choicest brands of 
 wmes and liquors, Havana and domestic cigars, etc., opposite is an oyster bar, where the- 
 delicious malpeque, Blue Points, and others of the bivalve species are served on the half- 
 shell or otherwise. In rear is the spacious dining-hall, tastefully fitted up, where can be 
 obtained everythng in the edible line from beefsteak to quail on toast and white-bait, served 
 up in the finest style. This is a favorite dining place for many of our business men and 
 visitors to the city, and as the saying is, “ Once a guest, always a guest.” Here, on the 
 second floor is a large dining-hall, society and club dinners and banquets are held, and 
 there is no more popular place in the city for this purpose than the Terrapin, nor no’ more 
 popular host than “ Harry” Dunne. Mr. Dunne is well-known in business, social and 
 society circles in this city. 
 
 W. P, McVey, BOOTS AND SHOES, 1891 Notre Dame Street. The boot 
 
 and shoe trade has, in recent years, made very marked development and is now conducted 
 upon a most extensive scale. Prominently engaged in this line of business in Montreal is 
 Mr. W. P. McVey, whose store is located at No. 1891 Notre Dame Street. It is 'now 
 seven years since this business was established and during that time an excellent trade has 
 been built up, which has been the result mainly of the spirit of enterprise displayed on the 
 part of the proprietor, and having a thorough understanding of the requirements and being 
 ready at all times to anticipate their demands. The premises occupied are 27 x 43 feet in 
 
 dimensions, which are tastefully fitted up and contain a fine stock of boots and shoes and 
 
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 slippers for ladies and gentlemen, misses, youths and children in all weights and grades, 
 and made up in the most fashionable styles by some of the leading manufacturers in this 
 country. There is a special department where ladies and gentlemen can have their boots 
 or shoes made .to order by measure, in the highest style of the art, and upon short notice 
 at very reasonable prices. Employment is furnished to four competent assistants through- 
 out the year. Mr. McVey is a native of Montreal and is well and favorably known in 
 business and social circles. 
 
 Drapeau & Champagne, plumbers and tinsmiths, 1546 St. 
 
 Catherine Street, Montreal. — A very great benefit has accrued to the general public 
 from the discussion that has been going on of late with regard to the sanitary arrangements 
 of our dwellings and buildings, where many are given employment- It is a well-known fact 
 that unless the sanitary arrangements of a dwelling are perfect it is impossible for those 
 residing therein to enjoy good health. Among the more efficient and prominent of those 
 engaged in the plumbing and tinsmith business in this city is the firm of Messrs. Drapeau 
 & Champagne, whose shop is located at No. 1546 St. Catherine Street. The premises 
 occupied are 22 x 75 feet in dimensions, and here is carried a good stock of house furnish- 
 ing goods, wicks, brushes, chimnies, lamps, coal oil, etc., etc. The firm also do all kinds of 
 plumbing, fitting up new buildings or making repairs to old ones, with equal care and 
 attention and upon the most scientific principles. They also execute every description of 
 work, such as tin, galvanized zinc, sheet iron and slate roofing and other new work, as 
 well as all kinds of repairs at short notice and in the most satisfactory manner, at moderate 
 charges. The firm give employment to eleven skilled workmen, on an average throughout the 
 year. This business was established fifteen years ago and by the exercise of perseverance, 
 ability and enterprise an excellent trade has been built up. The individual members of 
 the film are Messrs. J. B. Drapeau and A. Champagne, both of whom are skilled, practi- 
 cal workmen, and members of the Master Plumbers’ Association. 
 
 A, Lamarche, CARRIAGE MAKER, 1333 Ontario Street Corner of St. 
 Andre Street, Montreal. — Among the many business houses engaged in the manufac- 
 ture of carriages, waggons, etc., there are none who are more entitled to a place in the 
 pages of this work than Mr. A. Lamarche, whose carriage factory is located at No. 1333 
 Ontario Street. This gentleman has gained a high and widespread reputation for the 
 excellent quality of his work, and the enterprise and energy he has developed in his 
 business. The premises occupied for the purposes of the factory are 50x45 feet in 
 "dimensions ; storage room, 100 x 45 feet, and showrooms 34 x 20 feet ; communication 
 being had between the different departments by a carriage elevator. AH' 5 depart- 
 ments of the work are here done including wood work, iron work, painting and 
 trimming, and employment is furnished to twenty-two skilled and competent workmen in the 
 -different departments throughout the year. The best seasoned wood and the finest quality 
 of steel and iron are used in all work. The work of the house is not surpassed, and as 
 xegards style, elegance of finish, neatness and general superiority, will compare favorably 
 with that of any other house in the city. Repairs of every description are also attended to 
 promptiy and in the most satisfactory manner. This business was founded in a modest 
 way by the present proprietor, eight years ago, and has been steadily built-up from year to 
 year since that time, until it now extends throughout the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. 
 Mr. Lamarche is a practical carriage maker, and gives his personal supervision to all orders 
 •entrusted to his care. He is proprietor of his own establishment, is also of the entire block 
 in which it is located, having a frontage of 1200 by a depth of 150 feet. Mr. Lamarche, 
 who is quite a young man, attributes his success largely to his doing business strictly on 
 the cash system, a principle which he has always followed. 
 
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 MONTREAL, IIS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Aubut & Barry, GENERAL GROCERS, Wholesale and Retail, 135a 
 Notre Dame Street and Corner Visitation and Robin Streets, Montreal. — In 
 a work of this character reviewing the commerce and manufactures of Montreal, it is always- 
 a matter of pleasure, as showing the progress being made in the city, to make special men- 
 tion of such houses of importance as have been started within a comparatively recent, 
 period. In this connection and in this spirit therefore do we refer to Messrs. Aubut & 
 Barry, Grocers, whose stores are located at No. 1350 Notre Dame Street, and corner of 
 Visitation and Robin Streets. These gentlemen, who are Canadians by birth, and natives of 
 this Province, founded this business only one year ago, and yet, during the comparatively 
 brief space of time they have built up a rapidly increasing trade, which is as gratifying to 
 them as it is well deserved. The premises occupied on Notre Dame Street are 28 x 65 feet 
 in dimensions, their other establishment on Visitation and Robin Streets, being about the 
 same size. These are neatly fitted up and suitably arranged for the requirements of the 
 trade, and contain a large and judiciously selected stock of choice family groceries, includ- 
 ing the finest of China and Japan teas, aromatic Java, Rio and Mocha coffees, table delica- 
 cies, pure spices, hermetically sealed goods, sugars, molasses and all such other articles as- 
 come under the head of groceries. Also a fine line of the best quality provisions, and the 
 choicest brands of wines and liquors, specially selected for family trade. An extensive 
 wholesale business is also conducted in the same lines. Employment is furnished to four 
 courteous assistants throughout the year. Both Mr. Z. S. Aubut and Mr. J. B. Barry are 
 thorough going men of business, and understanding all the details of the trade, are ever 
 prepared to meet legitimate competition. Mr. Aubut is also a member of the Chamber of 
 Commerce. 
 
 L, C, de Tonnancour, MERCHANT TAILOR, No. 8 St. Lambert Street, 
 Montreal. — Montreal is noted for its merchant tailoring establishments as well as for 
 the marked taste in dress evinced by the inhabitants of the city, who are no doubt 
 indebted to many of the merchant tailors for their style and excellent taste in turning- 
 out garments that will fit well and look becoming. One of the most popular merchant 
 tailoring establishments in this respect is that of Mr. L. C. de Tonnancour, which is 
 located at No. 8 St. Lambert Street. Mr. de Tonnancour has been established in 
 business in Montreal since 1867, and during that time he has built up an excellent 
 and ever increasing custom. He has succeeded in doing this by the excellent reputation 
 he has achieved as a skilled artist in his work, the garments turned out by him being 
 perfect fitting in every respect, beautiful in style and elegant in finish, and inthese 
 particular points he is not excelled by any other merchant tailoring establishment in 
 the city. He carries a fine stock of English, Scotch, French and American woolens, 
 tweeds, cloths, from some of the most celebrated houses in these countries, and 
 the patterns are all the latest and most fashionable. Besides gentlemen’s plain and dress- 
 suits. Mr. de Tonnancour manufactures uniforms for military bands and other work of 
 a similar nature, and in this branch of the business also, he has been entirely successful. 
 Mr. de 1 onnancour is a practical tailor of many years experience and gives employment 
 to forty skilled operators and assistants on an average throughout the year. 
 
 Scott S INTERIOR DECORATIONS, 2422 St. Catherine Street, Montreal,. 
 J elephone No. 4274. — The rapid extension of the city has necessarily led to great activity' 
 in the building trades, a not unimportant branch of which is that of the Painter and Glazier. 
 Amongst those who have come to the front in this line of business is the young and enter- 
 prising firm of W. P. Scott, of 2422 St. Catherine gtreet, who have, by close application to> 
 business, and an absolute fulfillment of the many important contracts with which they have 
 been entrusted, earned a reputation second to no other house in the trade. 
 
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 Of the many large buildings recently completed by the firm, we may mention the 
 Waddell Buildings, the Balmoral Hotel, the magnificent residences of Sir Donald Smith 
 and W. W. Ogilvie, Esq., the new Mountain Street Methodist Church, and the immense 
 building of the New York Life Insurance Co., now in course of completion. 
 
 The most important branch of their business, however, is that of the interior decoration 
 of priv ate residences, for which they have special, facilities. At their place of business may 
 be seen samples of all the richest materials employed in the production of those artistic 
 effects which give such an air of refinement and luxury to the homes of some of our 
 wealthiest citizens. High class hand-made wall papers ol English manufacture from the 
 designs of such artists as Morris and Walter Crane, can be seen and compared with 
 American productions of a like character, such as the “ Birge Velours,” a material which is 
 especially attractive both in design and coloring. Novelties are constantly being introduced, 
 both in material and in methods of treatment, and to be successful in a business of this 
 character, requires not only special knowledge of the scope and adaptability of the materials 
 used to produce the desired effects, but, also skillful manipulation, aided by a conect 
 artistic taste. The possession of these qualities in a high degree by Mr. Scott, added to 
 the business tact and ability of Mr. Stevens, the junior partner of the firm, amply accounts 
 for the success which they have achieved in building up a trade and reputation, of which 
 they may well feel proud. 
 
 J. W. Lamontagne, MERCHANT TAILOR, 1628 Notre Dame Street, 
 Montreal. — The citizens of Montreal are, as a rule, noted for their excellence in dress, and 
 it is a recognized fact in all large communities, if not in every community, that to succeed 
 in life either socially or in business, one must present an attractive appearance in dress and 
 manners. There are many first-class houses engaged in the merchant tailoring line in 
 Montreal, and among the number deserving of more than a mere passing notice in these 
 pages, is that of Mr. J. W. Lamontagne, which is eligibly located at No. 1628 Notre Dame 
 Street. The premises occupied, are 20 x 65 feet in dimensions, and are suitably arranged 
 for the requirements of the trade. Here will be found a fine stock of imported and domestic 
 cloths, woollens, tweeds, &c., of imported goods as well as domestic, in the latest and most 
 fashionable patterns from which to select, which Mr. Lamontagne makes up to order on short 
 notice, in suits or garments by measure in the highest style of the art, and which for elegance 
 of cut, perfection of fit and richness of finish, together with moderate prices, are not surpassed 
 by those of any other house in the city. Employment is furnished to thirteen skilled 
 operators throughout the year. Mr. Lamontagne who is a native of Riviere du Loup, at 
 present known as Louisville, is a practical cutter, and giving his personal attention to all 
 orders entrusted to his caie, can thus guarantee his customers the best of satisfaction. He 
 established this business in 1867, and during the years that have passed since then, he has 
 received his share of the public patronage. 
 
 Lanthier & Co., hatters and 
 
 FURRIERS, 1663 Not£e Dame Street, 
 
 Montreal.— I n a climate like this, furs 
 are a prime necessary of life, without which 
 
 _ comfort is simply unattainable by those 
 
 who ventnre out of doors in winter, particularly ladies, who, accustomed to warms rooms 
 and protection from even the rough winds of spring and autumn, are illy calculated to brave 
 the severe blasts of winter. Holding a prominent place among the hatters and furriers of 
 Montreal, is the firm of Messrs. Lanthier & Co., whose establishment is located at No. 1663 
 Notre Dame Street. The premises occupied are large and commodious, consisting of three 
 floors, 24 x 100 feet in dimensions. Here is contained a very large and elegant stock of 
 
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 fiats and caps in the latest and most fashionable styles, and of the best quality. The firm 
 ■manufacture silk hats and pull-overs, which are equal to any imported. In furs, they carry 
 constantly on hand, Russian Furs of the finest quality, personally selected ; Royal Russian 
 Sable, Ermine, &c., and Hudson Bay Furs, snowshoes, moccasins &c , &c. The firm man- 
 ufacture every description of furs, for ladies and gentlemen’s wear, both for stock and to 
 order. The workmanship is the very best, and is not surpassed by any other house in the 
 Dominion. The firm exhibited a line of their goods at the Centennial Exhibition in 
 Philadelphia in 1876, and received First Prizes, although there were many exhibitors from 
 all parts of the country. They also received Gold and Bronze Medals at other Exhibitions. 
 Employment is furnished to thirty-five skilled hands and assistants throughout the year, in 
 the several departments of the business. This business was established sixteen years ago, 
 and has at all times proved eminently successful. The members of the firm are Messrs. F. 
 X. Lanthier and A P. Belair, both of whom are Canadians by birth, and the latter gentleman 
 is a member of the Board of Trade. 
 
 L, N, Denis, painter, 29934 St. 
 
 Lawrence Street. — Where the architect 
 ends, the decorative painter commences, be- 
 stowing here some brilliant colors, there 
 some soft predominating tint. It is his 
 promise to modify the entire aspect of a 
 house ; to render it attractive without grand- 
 ness, and elegant without any pretentious 
 effects. Plain white pine of wainscottings 
 and doors assume, under the manipulations 
 of the grainer, the appearance of fine 
 natural hardwoods. One of the oldest es- 
 tablished and most efficient house painters 
 and decorators in this city is Mr. L. N. 
 Denis, whose shop is located at No. 29934 
 St. Lawrence Main Street. The premises 
 occupied being 25x72 feet in dimensions, with 
 Basement and a paint shop 45 x 80 feet in dimensions. There is carried in stock a line 
 line of shelf hardware paints, oils, varnish, putty, and wall papers of French, English and 
 American manufacture, in the latest and most fashionable patterns. Mr. Denis attends to 
 all kinds of house painting and decorating as well as paper hanging. The work he has done 
 ■during the past fifteen or twenty years speaks for itself, being excellent in quality and 
 artistic in design and effect,' and it has been by his ability and business enterprise and 
 perseverance that he has been enabled to build up his present extensive business. Mr. 
 
 Denis conducts his business at both wholesale and retail, and gives employment to ten 
 assistants and skilled workmen throughout the year. Mr. Denis, who is a native of 
 Montreal, established his business here’ twenty-eight years ago and has earned a high 
 reputation for honorable and liberal dealing. He is a member of the Chamber of 
 Commerce. 
 
 T. Fraser, DEALER IN CHOICE GROCERIES, 1 84 Bleury Street, Mont- 
 real. — To supply the requirements of the grocery trade all quarters of the earth are made 
 to pay tribute. China and Japan, which at one time, and that not so very long ago either, 
 supplied all the tea, but now India and Ceylon are pressing hard upon them and with a better 
 flavored product. Our compliments came from the West and East Indies, Cuba and the 
 South send their sugars and molasses, Java, Rio Mocha, etc., provide their aromatic coffees, 
 
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 the United States our canned goods, and England and the Mediterranean countries, the table 
 delicacies, and so on. The trade is an extensive and important one. Among the old-estab- 
 lished and prominent houses in the grocery trade in Montreal, is that of Mr.T. Fraser, which 
 since the 1st of May of the present year has been located at No. 184 Bleury Street, and 
 previous to that was at No. 1181 St. Catherine Street. The premises occupied by the busi- 
 ness are 30 x 60 feet in dimensions and are tastefully fitted up, the large and excellent stock 
 being displayed to the best advantage. The stock consists of the finest quality of fancy 
 and staple groceries, also a prime line of provisions. Employment is furnished to four com- 
 petent and courteous assistants throughout the year. This business was established twenty 
 years ago by Mr. W. Fraser, brother of the present proprietor, who succeeded to the busi- 
 ness eight years since. Mr. T. Fraser was born on Bleury Street, in this city, and is well and 
 favorably known to a large circle of Montrealers, by whom he is held in the highest esteem. 
 
 Query Bros.. PHOTOGRAPHERS, 10 St. Lambert Street. — Probably there 
 is no art or business calling that has made such continuous progress, and arrived so near 
 perfection during the past quarter of a century, as that of photography. The history of 
 photography during the past twenty-five years is one replete with interest and shows to what 
 •an extent inventive genius has arrived during that time. Among the photographers worthy of 
 particular mention in this work, is the firm of Messrs. Query Bros, whose studio is located 
 at No. xo St. Lambert Hill. Although these gentlemen only started in business, on their 
 ■own account, on the 15th April of the present year, still they have had a lengthened practi- 
 cal experience in one of the best schools of photography in the Dominion, that of Notman 
 & Co., of this city. Mr. P. A. Query having been with them for fourteen years and Mr. W. G. 
 Query for nine years. During that time they gained a high reputation for their work, and what 
 they have done since being on their own account proves that that reputation was well 
 deserved. They do all kinds of photographic work, enlarging, copying, etc. Also crayon, 
 India ink, water color, oil color and pastel work and guarantee their patrons the best of 
 satisfaction in every case. Their studio and reception room are handsomely fitted up, and 
 every accessory is at hand for the successful prosecution of the work, first-class cameras, 
 back scenes for interiors and exteriors, and every modern improvement that has been made 
 in the art, besides employing only the most skilled assistants. A visit to their studio will 
 "well repay all trouble. 
 
 The Montreal Moulding and Mirror Manufacturing Co., JAMES 
 CUNNINGHAM, Managing Director, 594 Craig Street. — Montreal is fast increas- 
 ing in extent and importance as a commercial and manufacturing centre, and from the rceent 
 advantages given to the port by the removal of the channel debt, and the doing away with 
 tonnage dues, as well as the opening of the Sault Ste. Marie route, the prospects of the 
 future are of the highest character. In a review of the various business interests of the 
 ■city, mention must be made of the Montreal Moulding and Mirror Manufacturing Com- 
 pany, whose premises are located at No. 594 Craig Street. These premises consist of four 
 floors, each 40 x 100 feet in dimensions, where employment is furnished to forty skilled and 
 -competent workmen in the manufacture of mouldings of every description, and also of 
 mirrors. The work turned out by this house is of the very best quality, and is artistic in 
 -design and elegant in finish, and the goods have an active demand in the trade throughout 
 the Dominion, where the trade extends. The business was established in 1877 by Messrs. 
 Ewing & Co . } who were succeeded in 1880 by Mr. James Cunningham, whose business 
 increased to such an extent that he found it desiiable to form a joint stock company, which 
 was done on June 1st of the present year, the officers being Lucien Huot, President ; James 
 •Cunningham, Managing Director; and C. Robertson, Secretary-Treasurer. All orders 
 entrusted to this house will receive prompt attention, and the utmost satisfaction will be 
 guaranteed in all cases. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 F. Smith, PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER. AND UPHOLSTERER, 2234 
 and 2236 St. Catherine Street, Opposite Queen’s Hall Block. — The business of the 
 cabinet-maker and upholsterer is one of much importance in all civilized communities,, 
 where evidences of refinement and taste abound in our household surroundings. Montreal 
 contains a number of first-class houses devoted to this branch of trade, among the number 
 deserving of special mention, being that of Mr. F. Smith, whose warerooms are located at 
 Nos. 2234 and 2236 St. Catherine Street, opposite Queen’s Hall Block. The premises 
 occupied are large and commodious, being 22 x no feet in dimensions, and which contain 
 a fine stock of furniture of artistic design and elegantly upholstered, consisting of fine wire 
 back and other, parlor sets, dining and other easy wire spring back and divan arm-chairs, 
 library chairs, fancy chairs for needle-work, banner chairs, corner chairs, and all other kinds 
 made to order and warranted of the best workmanship. Furniture, both plain and artistic 
 is made to order, and drawings are made and submitted. Hair and other mattresses are 
 made to order at short notice, and old mattresses are re-made and returned the same day.. 
 Window and bed draperies are made from the plainest to the most novel designs, as well 
 as window and portiere curtains. Also all other branches of the cabinet-makers’ and 
 upholsterers’ trade are attended to. Mr. Smith is an Englishman by birth, and is a skilled 
 practical workman, and during the nine years he has been established in business here he 
 has built up a large and ever increasing trade. Mr. Sr 1 ith was foreman for Messrs. J. & W. 
 Hilton, of this city, for 15 years. 
 
 Fred. Lapointe, FURNITURE DEALERS, No. 1447 St. Catherine Street, 
 Montreal. — Artistic culture, which has made such rapid strides among the people during- 
 the past fifteen years, has shown its good effects in the general surroundings of the people. 
 In their homes, their conceptions of art and music, and even in their furniture and house 
 decoration. The furniture manufacturing trade has kept abreast of this desire for the beau- 
 tiful and the goods manufactured are elegant in design and finish, as compared with those 
 of an earlier period. Holding a prominent place among those engaged in the furniture 
 trade in Montreal, is Mr. Fred. Lapointe, whose establishment is located at No. 1447^ and 1449 
 St. Catherine Street. The premises occupied by the business are 45 x 88 feet in dimensions, 
 and occupy four floors in front and three floors in rear. Mr. Lapointe carries a large and 
 elegant stock of household furniture of the finest quality and beautifully designed, and 
 upholstered parlor sets, bedroom sets, dining-room sets and other lines of furniture will 
 here be found in various styles and in different woods, well made and finished. Employ- 
 ment is furnished to from forty to fifty skilled workmen on an average throughout 
 the year. 1 he : business is conducted both at wholesale and retail. Mr. Lapointe, who is 
 a native of this Province, and is a cabinet-maker by trade, founded his business eight years 
 ago, and by untiring industry and perseverance and ability, he has met with well deserved, 
 success. 
 
 Chartrand & Bisson, ROOFERS, 147 St. Charles Borromee Street. 
 
 The building trade of Montreal is one of its most important branches of business, and 
 furnishes employment to a very large number of hands annually, besides occupying the 
 attention of many of the most expert business men and extensive capitalists among her 
 citizens. But it is more particularly with that department of building known as roofing 
 with which we have now to deal. There are several first-class firms engaged in the 
 roofing trade in this city, among which worthy of special mention is the old-established 
 one ot Chartrand and Bisson, which has seen over a quarter of a century of usefulness 
 and well-merited prosperity. Messrs. Chartrand and Bisson execute contracts for slate- 
 and gravel roofs, as well as in tin and rosin cement. A specialty is made of gravel 
 roofs, and repairing of all kinds is promptly atteuded to. Specimens of their work may' 
 
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 be seen all over the city, on many private as well as public buildings. Among the latter- 
 may be mentioned the .Nazareth Asylum for the Blind on St. Catherine Street, and Ihe 
 new “ Beaudry ” block on the corner of St. Catherine and St. Charles Borromee Streets. 
 The firm have always gone upon the principle of doing first-class work only, hence their- 
 reputation A 1 in every particular. A staff' of efficient workmen are employed and all 
 orders received at the office, 147 St. Charles Borromee Street, or 483 Laval Avenue, tbe- 
 residence of Mr. Bisson will receive prompt attention. Both Messrs. Charles Chartnmd 
 and Frs. Bisson are natives of this Province. The former is a practical roofer and the- 
 latter is the business Manager of the concern, both arc well end favorably known as. 
 active and energetic business men and progressive citizens. 
 
 E. Bellavance, 1887 St. 
 
 Catherine Street, Montreal, 
 
 Telephone No. 1701. — The mark- 
 ed progress made in Montreal during 
 the past ten years has been some- 
 thing wonderful. Buildings have 
 been erected on every side and new 
 streets have sprung up as if by ma- 
 gic, and while the builders have 
 taken an important part in this re- 
 sult the plumbers, gas and steam 
 fitters, have also taken a prominent 
 position in the result, for with defec- 
 tive plumbing, a building is worse 
 than valueless, so that the plumber 
 exercises a no less influence in the 
 construction of a building than the 
 builder himself. One of the lead- 
 ing houses in this city in this line 
 business is that of Mr. E. Bellavance, 
 which is located at No. 1887 St. 
 
 Catherine Street. 4 his gentleman 
 attends to every description of 
 plumbing, gas and steam fitting, 
 employing none but the best of skill- 
 ed workmen and giving all orders 
 his personal attention, he is thus 
 enabled to guarantee his customers 
 the best of satisfaction. He is also 
 the patentee and manufacturer of 
 the Bellavance Hot Water Boiler and 
 Radiator, which was patented in 
 1886. It is made of cast-iron and 
 has more heating surface and is 
 easier to repair than any other boil- 
 er and radiator on the market. This 
 furnace obtained the first prize and 
 diploma at the Provincial Exhibition, of Quebec, in 1887. Mr. Bellavance takes charge of 
 all work of placing them in churches, religious institutions, public edifices, private residem 
 ces, nurseries, etc. These furnaces are made in eight different sizes with heating capacity of 
 from 700 to 7000 feet, and are now being extensively used throughout the country. 
 
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 S, Lachance, chemist and druggist, 
 
 1538 , St. Catherine, Montreal. — The profes- 
 sion of the chemist and druggist is one demanding deep 
 study and ever careful attention for its successful prose- 
 cution, and it must be said that a very marked improve- 
 ment has taken place in it during the past twenty or 
 twenty-five years, owing to the high grade colleges of 
 pharmacy that have been established in the Dominion. 
 Holding a prominent place among the leading druggists 
 of Montreal is Mr. S. Lachance, whose drug store is 
 eligibly located at No. 1538 St. Catherine Street. The pre- 
 mises occupied are 22 x 50 feet in dimensions and pre- 
 sent a beautiful appearance, being artistically fitted up, 
 with plate glass show cases and cabinets for the advan- 
 tageous display of the large and elegant stock of goods 
 carried, consisting of fresh and pure drugs and chemi- 
 cals ; medicines and proprietary remedies of acknow- 
 ledged merit and standard reputation, elegant toilet re- 
 quisites and fancy goods, physicians’ supplies, druggist’s 
 sundries, etc., etc. An educated chemist and druggist, 
 Mr. Lachance’s prescription department is an im- 
 portant feature of his establishment, and the care, accur- 
 acy and skill with which physicians’ prescriptions and 
 family recipes are compounded, have gained for him the 
 respect of the medical profession and the confidence of 
 a numerous patronage. Mr. Lachance is a native of 
 ebec Pharmaceutical Association and gives employment 
 to six competent clerks and assistants and since he established hit. business nine years ago he 
 has built up an excellent trade and a high and enviable reputation. Among the special remed- 
 ies prepared by Mr. Lachance are Dr. Seys’ Remedy, the Great French Specific for dyspepsia, 
 and indigestion. “ Indigenous Bitters ” a most valuable remedy for all disorders of the stom- 
 ach, loss of appetite, etc. Also the “ Father Matthew Remedy” for intemperance, most 
 highly recommended by the medical fraternity and philanthropists all over the Continent of 
 America. Mr. Lachance possesses the sole right for the manufacture of this article in 
 Canada and the United States, having factories for this purpose at Montreal and Rouses 
 Point, N. Y. 
 
 M. Saxe, MERCHANT TAILOR, Nos. 1372, 1480 and 1502 St. Catherine 
 Street. — It is almost marvellous to contemplate the magnitude which the ready-made 
 -clothing trade has attained during the past quarter of a century, when compared with 
 the limit to which it was circumscribed previous to that time. Probably no business 
 has had a more rapid and healthful growth, and this must be largely ascribed to- the 
 •■enterprise and efforts of tho>e long connected with the business. Among the old- 
 established and prominent houses engaged in this line in the city, is that of Mr. Michael 
 •Saxe, whose three stores are located at Nos. 1372, 1480, and 1502 St. Catherine Street, 
 the first named being the property of Mr. Saxe. This business was established twenty- 
 two years ago, and during that time it has met with very gratifying success and has 
 steadily advanced in extent and importance from year to year. Mr. Saxe manufactures 
 •clothing for men youths and boys in all sizes, and in the latest and most fashionable 
 ■styles, from the best quali ty of materials, while the workmanship is all that could 
 possibly be desired. A specialty of the business is the merchant tailoring department, 
 
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 where those desiring can have their suits made up to order, by measure, on short notice- 
 and in the very best possible manner, being guaranteed perfect fitting, beautiful in* 
 style and elegant in finish Employment is furnished to a large staff of assistants and 
 skilled operators in the different departments of the business throughout the year, 
 Mr. Saxe is a wide-awake, active and progressive business man, and thoroughly under- 
 standing all the demands of the public in the matter of clothing, is ever ready to meet 
 their requirements. Mr. Saxe’s long and prosperous business career marks him out as. 
 one of the most substantial merchants in the clothing trade in the city, both financially- 
 and otherwise. 
 
 W. F. Beck & CO., CHINA, CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, 1509 St. Cath- 
 erine Street. — The number and character of the houses which represent the commercial: 
 interests of Montreal, show plainly the importance of the city as a purchasing centre, 
 A large section of the surrounding country, as well as her own inhabitants naturally 
 seek supplies here, and the demand has been amply provided for by the enterprise of' 
 her merchants. In this connection, mention must be made of the important trade in 
 china, crockery and glassware, in which line of business there are many first-class, 
 houses engaged, and among the number deserving of more than a passing mention is that 
 of W. F. Beck & Co., whose store is located at No. 1509 St. Catherine Street. The- 
 stock of goods carried here is very large and varied in its character and of the best 
 quality, embracing almost everything in the line required for household use, many of 
 the designs being extreemly artistic and beautiful. Employment is furnished to four 
 competent assistants throughtout the year, who take pleasure in showing goods to- 
 customers at all times. Mr. W F. Beck, the proprietor, is a native of England, and 
 established this business in Montreal thirteen years ago. From his lengthened 
 experience in this branch of trade, and the enterprise and energy he displays in the- 
 conducting of his business may be attributed the gratifying success that has attended, 
 his efforts during his business career. 
 
 Edmond Leonard, CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, 113 St. Lawrence Main 
 Street. — The profession of the pharmacist is one that has kept steady pace with the- 
 improvements of the times, not alone in medicine, but also in science and the arts. To- 
 enter the profession of pharmacy now-a-days, one must have given this subject deep, 
 study, and passed a critical examination in some regular college, established for this 
 special purpose, and thus strong safeguards are thrown around the public. Among- 
 those who have recently entered upon the practice of this profession in this city, is Mr, 
 Edmond Leonard, whose store is located at No. 113 St. Lawrence Main Street. This 
 business was formerly conducted by Messrs. Laviolette & Nelson, for three years pre- 
 ceedingthe first of March of the present year, when they were succeeded by the present, 
 proprietor. The premises occupied, are 20 x 55 in dimensions, and are tastefully fitted 
 up with plate glass show-cases, &c. Here is carried a large stock of fresh and pure drugs,, 
 and chemicals, fancy and toilet articles, imported and domestic perfumes, soaps, &c.,_ 
 proprietary medicines of acknowledged merit and standard reputation, druggists’ sun- 
 dries, &c. A specialty is made of the compounding of physicians’ prescriptions, and 
 family recipes, with care and promptness and at reasonable prices. Employment is- 
 furnished to two competent assistants, and of whom is a regular graduated pharmacist. 
 Mr. Edmond Leonard, the proprietor, is a native of Montreal, and is a graduate of the- 
 Pharmaceutical Association of the Province of Quebec. He is highly esteemed by all 
 who know him, as a careful and conscientious pharmacist, and a gentleman of marked 
 business ability. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 E. A. Crerth, importer Havana cigars, pipes and fancy 
 
 GOODS, 2235 St. Catherine Street.— Sir Walter Raleigh could not possibly have 
 had any idea when he introduced tobacco into Europe, ot the tremendous extent to 
 which the soothing weed would be utilized. In Montreal alone, the value of manufac- 
 tured tobacco annually amounts to $1, 637,403 ; wages to the amount of §392,279 are 
 paid, and employment is furnished to no less than 2300 employees. Prominent among 
 the stores engaged in the retail tobacco trade in this city, is that of Mr. E. A. Gerth, 
 which is eligibly located at No. 2235 St. Catherine Street, in the Queen’s Hall Block. 
 The premises occupied bj T the business are 28 x 30 feet in dimensions, which are 
 tastefully fitted up with plate glass show-cases and cabinets, etc., and a tine stock is 
 •carried of Havana and domestic cigars, tobaccos, smoking and chewing, cigarettes and 
 a full line of smokei s’ articles ot the best qualitj 7 and of great variety, meerschaum 
 pipes, briar pipes, cigar and cigarette holders, cigar cases, tobacco pouches, and many 
 ■other articles too numerous to mention in detail. Mr. Gerth, who is an American by 
 birth, is a thorough-going and enterprising man of business, and since he established 
 his business here, six years ago, he has met with a liberal share of the public patronage, 
 'which has been entirely de-erved. 
 
 A. M. Allan & Co., MERCHANT TAILORS, 218 St. James Street.— The 
 •character and volume of patronage accorded a business man, is a sure test of his merits, 
 -and prominent among those concerning whom this is a sure criterion, is the firm of 
 Messrs. A. M. Allan A Co., of the St. James Street Tailoring Emporium, which is located 
 at No. 218 St. James Street. The premises occupied by the business are large and com- 
 modious, being 28 x 80 feet in dimensions, and are fitted up with very great taste and 
 are well adapted to the purpose for the proper display of the splendid assortment of the 
 •choicest imported fabrics, fine cloths and suitings, English, Scotch, and Irish tweeds, 
 pants’ patterns, etc., etc. Messrs. A. M. Allan & Co. have achieved an enviable 
 reputation for the accuracy of fit, perfection of finish, and stylish elegance of all gar- 
 ments leaving their establishment. They bring to bear a judgment, taste, and ability 
 rarely equalled, -while their facilities for the prompt fulfillment of all orders — suits 
 being made to order in twelve hours if required — are unsurpassed, employing as they 
 ■do from forty to fifty skilled operators and assistants. The trade of this house is very 
 -extensive, reaching as it does throughout the Dominion and even to British Columbia. 
 The firm name of A. M. Allan & Co. is well and favorably known throughout the 
 •■country and particularly in Montreal for the past sixteen years, Mr. A. M. Allan 
 being one of the city’s most active and enterprising young business men. 
 
 L. J. A. Surveyor, DEALER IN HOUSE FURNISHINGS, &c., No. 1588 
 Notre Dame Street. — Desiring to record for the benefit of the public generally, and 
 business men particularly, the present growth and development of Montreal’s commer- 
 cial and manufacturing interests, we notice in these pages, those houses that are truly 
 representative of their class, of each particular branch of business. In the house 
 furnishing, and builder’s hardware trade, we can mention no worthier establishment 
 than that of Mr. L. J. A. Surveyer, which is located at No. 1588 Notre Dame Street, 
 •opposite west end of Court House. The premises occupied are very extensive, consisting 
 of a four-storey building, 35 x 100 feet in dimensions, and a warehouse in rear, for the 
 storage of goods. This may well be called a “ Novelty Hardware Store,” for the stock 
 is so varied in character, and so extensive, consisting as it does of house furnishings, 
 stoves, refrigerators, iron bedsteads, cutlery and electro-plated ware, as well as a carefully 
 •selected stock of builder’s hardware of the very best quality, also lace curtain stretchers, 
 
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 and the “ Patent Can Creamer.” Buying in large quantities from first hands, and manufac- 
 turers at home and abroad, Mr. Survey er obtains the best terms, and is thus enabled to 
 -offer the trade and general public, advantages not easily to be duplicated. He is also 
 sole agent for the city, for the “ Leonard Dry Air Refrigerator,” “ Geer’s Patent 
 Single and Double Acting Spring Beds,” extensively used in the United States and 
 Canada, and many other useful articles in the house-furnishing line, too numerous to 
 mention . 
 
 Narcisse Beaudry, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, 1580 Notre Dame, 
 Montreal — In all civilized countries of the earth and in prosperous communities, the 
 business of the jeweller has been an important one and has given a true indication of 
 the relative prosperity of the people. Workers in gold and silver, and other precious 
 metals, have plied their trade for centuries before the Christian era, a love of the 
 beautiful in nature and art being inherent in human nature. The watchmaking and 
 jewellery trade is conducted upon a large scale in Montreal, and one of the oldest 
 established houses in this line is that of Mr. Narcisse Beaudry, which is located at No. 
 1580 Notre Dame Street. The business was founded in the year 1832 by Mr. 
 L. P. Boivin, who conducted it alone for many years, and then associated with him 
 Mr. Beaudry, (brother of the present proprietor,) under the firm title of Boivin & Beaudry. 
 Mr. Narcisse Beaudry, succeeded to the business ten years ago. The house has had a 
 long, honorable and prosperous career, and the different proprietors have held a high 
 reputation for straightforward and honorable dealing. The premises occupied are 
 22 x 40 feet in dimensions, and are veiy handsomely fitted up with plate-glass show- 
 cases and cabinets for the advantageous display of the elegant stock carried, consisting 
 -of gold and silver English, Swiss and American watches. Jewellery of every 
 description of beautiful designs and exquisite finish, silver plated-ware, a specialty, 
 being made of optical goods and the filling of optician’s prescriptions. Mr. Beaudry 
 manufactures all kinds of jewellery and attends to watch repairing with promptness, 
 giving employment to six courteous assistants and skilled workmen. Mr. Beaudry is 
 u native of Berthierville, and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. 
 
 Dr. A. Thibeault, DRUGGIST, No. 1244 Notre Dame Street, East, 
 Montreal. — The profession of the pharmacist is one of deep importance to the public 
 generally, as well equally as that of the doctor. Where both professions are combined 
 'in one individual practising the pharmaceutical profession, then, of course, the impor- 
 tance of the position is relatively enhanced. Dr. A. Thibeault, whose drug store is 
 located at No. 1244 Notre Dame Street, has been a practitioner of medicine for twenty- 
 two yaars, and is a graduate of the Victoria College. He established his business as a 
 druggist twelve years ago, having graduated from the Quebec Pharmaceutical Ascociation, 
 and is therefore doubly qualified for his position. The premises occupied bv the 
 business are 20 x 40 feet in dimensions, and are tastefully flitted up and contain an 
 excellent stock of fresh fine drugs, chemicals, fancy and toilet articles, imported and 
 domestic soaps, perfumes, etc., etc., proprietory medicines of acknowledged merit and 
 standard reputation, druggists’ sundries, and such articles as are required by physicians 
 in their practice. A specialty of the business is the compounding of physicians’ 
 prescriptions and difficult formula , with promptness and care at moderate prices. 
 Dr. Thibeault is a native of Longueuil, and is a gentleman who has won many friends 
 in professional and social circles, and is considered a painstaking, and conscientious 
 pharmacist and physician. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Viau & Bro., MANUFACTURERS OF BISCUITS, CONFECTIONERY AND 
 PREPARED FLOUR, 1288 and 1292 Notre Dame, Montreal. — The city of Mont- 
 real, among its varied and numerous industries, boasts one of the most extensive manufac- 
 tories of biscuits and confectionery in the province, — that of Messrs. V iau & Brother, 
 whose elegant four story and basement building at Nos. 1288, 1290, 1292 and 1294 Notre 
 Dame Street, is worthy of special mention. The building is 85 x 104 feet in dimensions, and 
 is fully equipped with the latest and most improved patent machinery for the manufacture 
 of biscuits and confectionery, and which is operated by a fifty horse-power steam engine, 
 while employment is furnished to eighty skilled and competent workmen throughout the year, 
 in the several departments. The firm manufacture every description of biscuits and confec- 
 tionery from the cheapest to the best that can be found in the market. This firm has the 
 advantage over other houses in a decreased cost of manufacture, and consequently being 
 enabled to place their goods upon the market at lower figures, for same quality of goods 
 than their competitors, from the fact that Mr. Viau owns a farm of 700 acres at Maison- 
 neuve and Longue Point, where he has thirty cows whose milk is received daily and is used 
 in the manufacture of their biscuits. The milk being fresh and pure, the quality of the goods 
 made from it is consequently enhanced. They also use the potatoes raised for the same 
 purpose, and the hay and other products are all used in their business, for feeding their twenty 
 horses, etc. The firm have been awarded first prizes at the Exhibitions in Montreal and 
 Quebec in 1877, J 88o and 1881, for their biscuits, and first prize at the Exhibition in 1881 
 awarded by a jury of chemists on the strength of their analysis of the prepared flour. The 
 firm manufacture self-raising flour and bread, and as proprietors of the Colonial Company 
 manufacture chocolates of every description. The output of the house averages $250,000 a 
 year, the trade extending throughout the Province of Quebec. This business was estab- 
 lished in 1867 by Messrs. Viau & Viger, and for fifteen years it has been conducted under the 
 present firm title of Viau & Brother. Mr. Charles T. Viau is a native of Longueuil and is 
 a member of the Montreal Board of Trade. 
 
 J. D, White & Co., GROCERS, 2206 St. Catherine Street. — In a review of 
 the various business industries and manufactures of Montreal, the grocery trade comes 
 in for a large share of attention, on account of the extensive nature of its operations 
 and the important position it holds with regard to the requirements of the people. 
 Among those prominently identified with this branch of trade, is the firm of Messrs. 
 J. D. White & Co., whose establishment is located at No. 2206 St. Catherine Street. 
 The premises occupied by the business are spacious and tastefully arrangeu, being 
 28 x 80 feet in dimensions. Here is carried a very large and comprehensive stock of 
 fancy and stajfie groceries of every description and of the very best quality, including 
 the finest brands of teas and coffees, pure spices, hermetically sealed goods, table 
 delicacies, sugars, etc. Messrs. J. D. White & Co. succeeded to the business of Cooke, 
 White & Co. in January of the present year, the latter firm having been established 
 three years ago. Messrs. White & Co. have secured the co-operation of several well- 
 known firms in several lines of trade, such as dry goods, drugs, tobaccos, stationery, 
 etc., etc., who are prepared to supply the country trade with anything in their line, 
 through Messrs. White & Co., at lowest prices. In persons, out of town, this is a great 
 convenience; and, even for those residing in the city, it is a matter of time-saving 
 import, and should be taken advantage of. Mr. White was formerly with the 
 Co-operative Supply Association, of this city, and he has retained many of their old 
 customers, who send their orders to him for goods from all parts of the country. 
 Employment is furnished to twelve employees throughout the year steadily, in conduct- 
 ing the operations of the extensive business. The members of the firm are Messrs. 
 J. D. White and Edward Mansfield, both of whom are too well and favorably known in 
 trade and social circles to require any personal notice at our hands. 
 
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 Tees & Co., the desk makers, 
 
 300 St. James Street, Montreal.— When the 
 City of Montreal cf to-day, is compared with 
 tne Montreal of forty years ago, and the won- 
 derful transformation that has taken place is 
 considered, it must be conceded that if the op- 
 portunities now offered to the city to grasp the 
 trade coming, not alone from our own west and 
 North West, but also the North-Western States by 
 way of the Sault Sainte Marie Railroad and the 
 Canadian Pacific Railroad, simply by improving our 
 harbor facilities, is extremely reasonable. Montreal 
 of the past was fortunate in the character of many of 
 her citizens, and'in the many sterling examples of thrift 
 and enterprise they have given for the example and emulation of others. Some of those men 
 are in business still and of the number must be mentioned Mr. David Tees, senior member 
 of the well known firm of Tees & Co., desk makers and funeral undertakers. Mr. Tees 
 founded this business in 1855 and from a comparatively small beginning he has built it up 
 step by step to its present extensive proportion. The premises occupied consist of office 
 and warehouse and undertaking rooms at No. 300 St. James Street, which consists of four 
 floors 80x40 feet in dimensions. The business offices are in front on the first floor, with the 
 coffin and casket rooms in rear, arranged in the most improved style with lowering cabinets 
 thus keeping the caskets out of sight and free from dust until required to be exhibited. The 
 factory is located on Dowd Street, and is a 2 story structure 48x80 feet and is 
 fitted up with all the latest and most improved wood working machinery and apph’ances. 
 The firm are extensive manufacturers of office furniture, railroad, bank and office desks, re- 
 volving bookcases, parlor and library cabinets, also wood carpet, parquet and inlaid floors, of 
 parquet floors it may be said that they add materially to the sightliness of a room, for they 
 imply either the absence of carpets, or carpets square or oblong, that are complete designs 
 in themselves and only cover a portion of the floor, or with or without these the use of rugs 
 with other brilliant contrasting and usually harmonius colors. The richer interior of recent 
 times have encouraged this art which has existed for centuries in Europe. Those manufac- 
 tured by Messrs. Tees & Co., are bfeautiful in design, and rich in color of the natural woods. 
 The firm are alsd the sole manufacturers of metallic burial cases in the Dominion. Messrs. 
 Tees & Co., give employment to 50 skilled and capital hands in the different departments; 
 of the business, Ihey are considered among the leading funeral directors in the city, and' 
 provide every miner requisite for funerals of every grade. Mr. David Tees, the senior member 
 of the firm, is a Montrealer by birth and is a practical cabinet maker and for years worked at 
 the bench until his services became more valuable in looking after the management of his 
 ever increasing business. His son, Mr. William Tees is also a native of Montreal, and visits 
 Europe frequently on business for the house. At the recent Colonial Exhibition held in 
 London England, Mr. Wm. Tees assumed charge of the firms exhibit, and received very- 
 flattering notices from the British Press. And more substantial evidence of the popularity 
 of their Desks and Revolving Bookcases in the shape of 320 orders their patrons coming 
 from all parts of Europe. Mr. Tees is a member of the Board of Trade and well known in 
 business circles. 
 
 C. B. Lanctot, CHURCH BRONZES, GOLD AND SILVER PLATED WARE, 
 1664 Notre Da.me Street, Montreal. — The business that is done in church ornaments, 
 statues, vestments and other religious goods in Montreal is very extensive, and there are a 
 number of first-class houses engaged in this particular line of business. Prominent among 
 the number and deserving of honorable mention in a work of this character, is the house of 
 
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 Mr. C. B. Lanctot, which is located at No. 1664 Notre Dame Street. The premises occu- 
 pied by the business are extensive, consisting of two floors, each 28 x too feet in dimensions. 
 Here is contained a magnificent stock of goods admirably displayed, and consisting of 
 church bronzes, gold and silver plated ware, says, merinos, ecclesiastical vestments, statues, 
 oil paintings, stations of the cross, banners, flags, and all kinds of society regalias. The 
 goods carried are elegant in description and are are not surpassed by those of any other 
 house in the Dominion. Mr. Lanctot imports a great deal of his slock direct from France, 
 and manufactures statues, stations of the cross, banners, flags and society regalia of every 
 description in the highest style of the art. This house was established 12 years ago and 
 the business ever since the date of its inception has been steadily increasing until at the 
 ■present day it extends throughout the Dominion, Newfoundland and the Uniied States. 
 Employment is furnished to 20 clerks and skilled workers during the year in the different 
 departments. Mr. Lanctot is a native of Three Rivers and is a member of the Chamber of 
 •Commerce. He has had many years experience in the church ornament and religious 
 :goods business and therefore thoroughly understands the business in all its details. He has 
 associated with him Mr. Albert Gauthier, who is financial manager of the house, and to 
 whose energy and ability much of the success of the establishment is due. 
 
 J. M. Fortier, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, 143, 145, 147, 149 and 151 St. 
 Maurice Street. — According to recent statistics it was found that the people of the United 
 States spent during the course of a year $206,500 000 for cigars and smoking tobaccos, and 
 of this amount $180,000,000 was for cigars alone. Taking it at the ratio of population 
 Canada would figure up nearly $18,000,000 for cigars. This, will give some idea of the 
 extent and importance of this one branch of trade. One of the most important houses in 
 this line of manufacture in the Dominion is that of Mr. J. M. Fortier, proprietor of the 
 '“Creme de la Creme” cigar factory, which is located at Nos. 143, 145, 149 and 151st. 
 Maurice Street. The premises occupied by the factory consist of a substantial three story 
 -stone structure, 94 x 75 feet in dimensions, wherein about 350 hands are given steady em- 
 cployment throughout the year in the manufacture of cigars, the principal and favorite brands 
 (being known throughout the Dominion as “CiAme de la Crgme,” ‘ Canvas Back,” “ Noisy 
 .Boys,” and “Bill Nye.” These are well known to the trade and smoking public throughout 
 '.the length and breadth of the land for their excellent quality and unsurpassed flavor. Mr. 
 Eoriier personally visits Havana every year and makes his own selections of tobacco, which 
 \upon their arrival in this city, on their route from the cars to the factory, give one an idea 
 that they were in Havana or some other large tobacco centre from the immense number of 
 bales piled up on the numerous Grand Trunk lorries. The business was established here in 
 1878, and its rapid growth since that time has been certainly wonderful, but at the same time 
 eminently well deserved. Mr. Fortier is a Montrealer by birth and is possessed of ail those 
 business and executive qualities so essential to success. 
 
 Wilson, Paterson & Co., IMPORTERS OF NA\ AL STORES, 5 Custom 
 Square, AVarehouse 36 and Young Street, Montreal. — Holding a prominent position 
 among the important importing houses in this city, is the well known firm of Messrs. Wilson, 
 Paterson & Co., whose office is located at No. 5 Custom House Square, with warehouse at 
 Nos. 36 and 38 Young Street. This firm are heavy importers of naval stores, East India 
 goods, such as cocoanut oil, citronella oil, castor oil, gum copal, gum damar, gum shellac, 
 plumbago, jute cuttings and other goods of a similar nature. They make a specialty of linseed 
 oil and also import largely of chemicals, and general merchandise. They represent the Le- 
 high Valley Coal Company, doing an extensive business in their coals throughout the country. 
 The members of the firm in this city are Messrs. John T. Wilson and W. S. Paterson both 
 of whom are well known in business circles and are active members of the Board of Trade, 
 and Mr. R. \V. Paterson of New York. The New York house does business at No. 154 Front 
 
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 Street, under the firm name of Paterson, Downing & Co., in naval stores, and Kundson, 
 Paterson & Co., in East India produce. The firm have also branch houses in Brunswick. 
 Ga. Savannah, Ga. Charleston, S. C. Wilmington, N. C. and Mobile, Ala. Buying in large 
 quantities from producers in the East Indies and in Europe, the firm are enabled to offer 
 the trade advantages difficult to be found elsewhere in the form of best quality goods and 
 bottom prices. The firm have had a long and honorable career and the house has earned a 
 high reputation for straight forward, honorable and liberal dealing. 
 
 La Banque du Peuple, s. Bousquet, Cashier, 97 St. James Street, — Upon 
 the solidity of the banking institutions of the country, and their ability to meet the require- 
 ments of trade and commerce, depends the prosperity of the country at large, and of the 
 different towns and cities that are units of the same. In reviewing, therefore, ihe different 
 monetary institutions of Montreal, special mention must be made of the old established 
 and well known La Banque du Peuple, whose head office is located at No. 971 St. James 
 Street. It is over half a century since this business was incepted by Messrs. Viger, DeWitt 
 ■& Co., who founded a banking house in this city in the year 1835 with a special view of 
 being of benefit to the French Canadian business men. Their enterprise met with success 
 and grew to such proportions that in 1845 a joint stock company was founded under the 
 above mentioned title, receiving a royal charter for the same. The presidents of the bank, 
 from the date of its inception as such, were Hon. Louis Viger, Jacob DeWitt, Hon. F. A, 
 Quesnel, H. B. Smith, John Pratt, C. S. Cherrier, and at the present time the chair is ably 
 filled by Jacques Grenier Esq., a gentleman deeply interested in the business and financial 
 interests of the city, J. S. Bosquet Esq. is the very efficient Cashier, and attends to his duties 
 in the most satisfactory manner, being an able financier. The paid up capital of the 
 bank is $1,200,000 with a reserve fund of $300,000. The following are the branches 
 -of the bank in the the Province : — Quebec, E. C. Barrow, Manager; St. Roch, Quebec, P. 
 B. Dumoulin, Managar ; Three Rivers, P. E. Panneton, Manager; St. Johns, P. Beaudoin, 
 Manager. Agencies: — St. Remi, C. Bedard, agent; St. Jerome, A. T. Theberge, agent. 
 Foreign Agents: — London, England, The Alliance Bank, (Limited.); New York, National 
 Bank of the Republic. The bank conducts a general banking business upon a liberal yet 
 at the same time solid and conservative basis. 
 
 James Baylis & Son, CARPETS, 1837 Notre Dame Street, Montreal. — 
 During the past 15 years at least a most marked improvement has taken place in household 
 •decoration, not alone in matters of art furniture, papering, printing and glass staining, but 
 also in carpets, oil cloths curtains, rugs and mattings. The designs in these latter articles are 
 most beautiful and artistic, rich in color and with an oriental luxuriousness of appearance. One 
 •of the most prominent houses engaged in the wholesale and retail carpet trade in the Domi- 
 nion is that of Messrs. James Baylis & Son, which is located at No. 1837 Notre Dame street. 
 The premises occupied are large and commodious, consisting of 5 floors each 25 x 100 feet in 
 dimensions. These are replete with a large and most elegant stock of carpets consisting of 
 Brussels, Tapestries, Wiltons, and through all the grades, from the richest and most elaborate 
 drawing room carpets to the plainest and cheapest. The display of rugs is superb and the 
 Orient seems to have given up its treasures, Persia and Turkey being well represented. In 
 some of our more palatial residences of the present day there appears to be a growing taste 
 for parquetry floors, relieved by Oriental rugs which give an excellent effect. There are also 
 fine lines of mattings, mats, oil cloths of English and American manufacture, as well as 
 window shades, curtains, window poles, and other lines of house furnishings. The 
 stock carried by this house is one of the largest and richest in the country and is received 
 direct from some of the leading looms in Europe. The trade of the house extends throughout 
 the Dominion and is very extensive in its operations. This business was established in 1859 
 and has had a long, honerable and prosperous career. The members of the firm Mr/' James 
 Baylis and his son Mr. S. M. Baylis are well known in business and social circles throughout 
 the country. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Great Western Lock and Gun Shop, 83, 85 
 
 and 87 Inspector Street, Montreal. R. DUNCAN, 
 Proprietor, established 1869. — It is only in large 
 business centres that the different lines of trade and com- 
 mercial interests are fully represented and the conve- 
 niences of modern life secured, Montreal is well favored 
 in this respect for her manufacturing and business 
 interests are many and varied. The history of lock 
 making is an interesting one and a collection of the 
 different devices that have been made in all ages and in 
 different countries for securing doors or receptacles, 
 would be highly instructive and mark the progress of 
 civilization. One of the best known lock and gun 
 smiths in this city is Mr. R. Duncan, proprietor of the 
 Great Western Lock and Gun Shop, which is located 
 at No. 87 Inspector street. It is now 19 years since this 
 gentleman established his business and during that time 
 he has not only built up an excellent trade but a very high reputation as a 
 skilful workman. The premises occupied by the business are 20 x 40 feet in 
 dimensions and are neatly arranged. The assortment of keys carried here one 
 would think should unlock all the locks in Christendom. Mr. Duncan does all bran- 
 ches of locksmithing, manufacturing, repairing, picking locks, etc., etc. There is carried in 
 stock a fine assortment of revolvers and breech loading arms as well as cartridges in all 
 sizes. He also attends to all kinds of gunsmithing in the most satisfactory manner and 
 makes a specialty of stocking and mounting, executing all orders with promptness. He gives 
 employment to 3 skilled and capable assistants throughout the year. Mr. Duncan is a na- 
 tive of the North of Ireland and is a thoroughly skilled, practical lock and gunsmith and thus, 
 giving his personal attention to all orders can guarantee his customers the most satisfactory 
 results. He is the inventor and manufacturer of the alarm drawer with combination locks 
 which has been found so useful in business houses. He does letter cutting in all its bran- 
 ches, gr.nds skates and all other descriptions of fancy jobbing to order. 
 
 E. C. Landon, PHOTOGRAPHIC “DRY PLATES,” 643 Craig Street, 
 Montreal. — The photographer’s art has made most wonderful improvement during 
 the past quarter of a century, and during that time not a year has passed that 
 some important invention has not been made in apparatus that has worked wonders 
 in the modus operandi of the profession and brought the art up to a high state 
 of perfection. Among those prominently engaged in the photographic supply business 
 in this city deserving of honorable mention, is Mr. E. G Landon, whose establishment is loca- 
 ted at No. 643 Craig street in King’s Block. This business was established here 6 years ago 
 and ever since the time of its inception it has met with the most pronounced success, steadiy 
 increasing in extent and importance from year to year. The premises occupied are 22 x 65 
 feet in dimensions, occupying 2 flats which are stocked with an exhibit of photographic goods 
 of every description, imported and domestic, such as perhaps no other house in the Dominion 
 can show, embracing full lines of photographic apparatus, materials, cameras, dry plates, che- 
 micals in short anything and everything relating to the art. Mr. Landon has made a special 
 study of the manufacture of dry plates, his goods having an excellent reputation all over the 
 Dominion, and they are standard in the Photographic Market wherever introduced. This 
 depot of supplies can fit out a complete photographic studio down to the most insignificant 
 item, ready for business, within twenty-four hours. Everything handled by the house is gua- 
 ranteed as represented, while its reputation for promptitude and reliability is established and 
 secure. Mr. Landon is a Canadian by birth, and is a practical photographer and thus is well 
 qualified to understand the requirements of the trade. 
 
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 John T. Lyons, DRUGGIST, Cor. Craig and Bleury Streets That there were 
 
 some good druggists even in Shakespeare’s time may be inferred from the fact that discon- 
 solate Romeo after taking the fatal draught, exclaimed “ O, true apothecary ! thy drugs are 
 •quick.” Great changes, however have taken place in the profession of Pharmacy even dur- 
 ing the past quarter of a century, and the pharmacist of the present day, must be a man of 
 •culture and deep study in his profession. Mr. John T. Lyons, whose drug store is eligibly 
 located for business at the corner of Craig and Bleury Streets, succeeded to the business 
 formerly conducted by Mr. W. PI. Chapman, on the 15th November 1886. Mr. Lyons, who 
 is a native of Quebec city, is a gentleman of marked business ability, push and energy, and 
 is a graduate and gold medalist of the Pharmaceutical Association of Quebec. The prem- 
 ises occupied by the business are 24x50 feet in dimensions and are tastefully fitted up with 
 plate glass show cases, cabinets etc., for the advantageous display of the elegant stock car- 
 ried, and having large plate glass windows facing on Craig and Bleury Streets, the store has 
 -a bright and enticing appearance. The large stock carried consists of fresh and pure drugs, 
 chemicals, fancy and toilet articles, imported and domestic soaps, perfumes etc., proprietary 
 medicines of acknowledged merit and standard reputation as well as druggists sundries of 
 ■every description. A specialty is made of the compounding of physicians prescriptions and 
 -difficult formulae, with promptness and at moderate prices. Employment is furnished to 2 
 •competent and courteous assistants. Since Mr. Lyons has been in business here he has 
 ■established an excellent reputation as a careful and conscientious pharmacist.' 
 
 J. 0. Wisner & Co., 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF AGRICULT- 
 URAL IMPLEMENTS, BRANTFORD, 
 
 D. F. REAUME, Agent, 121 
 College Street. — The Nine- 
 teenth Century has been one of 
 the most wonderful of all cen- 
 turies in the history of the 
 world. Man’s ingenuity has 
 been exercised to the highest 
 degree and the result has been 
 that space has been annihilated 
 by the electric telegraph, people 
 converse readily together and 
 their voices are distinguished 
 many miles apart, factories, 
 stores, residences and streets 
 are illuminated by electricity, and machines are made to take the place of from ten to thirty 
 persons at seed time and harvest upon the farms of the country, and that more perfectly 
 than by hand. There are a number of large agricultural implement manufacturing estab- 
 lishments in this country, among the number deserving of special mention in a work of this 
 character being that of Messrs. J. O. Wisner, Sons & Co., of Brantford, Ont. This firm 
 has earned a high reputation throughout the Dominion for the efficiency and excellent 
 quality of their machines, which have taken numerous prizes and diplomas at the different 
 exhibitions and fairs. They manufacture the Wisner Seeders, Tedders, Rakes, Harrows, 
 Cultivators, &c., which are pronounced second to none in the country They have had a 
 branch establishment in this city for the past three years, which has been presided over by 
 Mr. D. F. Reaume for that length of time, and that gentleman has been highly instrumental 
 in building up an excellent trade throughout this province, — a trade that is steadily increas- 
 ing from year to year. Mr. Reaume is a native of Essex County, Ont., and is a gentleman 
 •eminently qualified for the position he now holds, on account of his ability and business 
 -enterprise. 
 
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 J. J. Duffy & Co., COFFEE AND SPICE MERCHANTS, Canada Mills, 624 
 Craig Street, Montreal. — The coffee tree is a native of Arabia Felix, and Ethiopia,, 
 and was first brought to the notice of Europeans by Ranwolfins, in 1573. The Dutch were 
 the first to experiment in transplanting it, which they did successfully at Amsterdam and 
 from there the gardens of the East Indies and Europe were furnished. Its use was prohi- 
 bited in Syria and also in Turkey as it was alleged that the mosques were deserted and the 
 coffee houses crowded, to the detriment of religion. This was in the early days of its intro- 
 duction but now it is extensively used in Turkey as well as in Europe and this continent. 
 The firm of Messrs. J. J. Duffy & Co., coffee and spice merchants, proprietors of the Cana- 
 da Coffee and Spice Mills, of No. 624 Craig street deal extensively in this aromatic and 
 fragrant product and are very successful in its preparation, the roasting process being one 
 requiring great skill and care to preserve the aroma of the bean. The business of the firm 
 was established in 1869 the present firm succeeding Messrs. W. A. Campbell & Co., ten years 
 ago. The premises occupied by the business are large and commodious and are fully 
 equipped with all the necessary appliances, there being 6 mills and 2 roasters, while em- 
 ployment is furnished to 10 skilled and competent hands. Besides coffees and all kinds of 
 spices the firm are manufacturers of the celebrated “The Cook’s Favorite” baking powder 
 for which a silver medal was awarded at the Dominion Exhibition in 1884, and again a gold 
 medal and diploma for same goods at Provincial Exhibition in 1887, also Duffy’s mustards, 
 for which two diplomas were awarded. A specialty of their business is the manufacture of 
 steam cooloed pease meal or flour and for this they were awarded a diploma and bronze medal. 
 The trade of the house is very extensive and embraces the entire Dominion while a large 
 export trade is transacted in steam cooked pease meal and baking powders and mustard. 
 Mr. J J. Duffy, is a Canadian by birth and a member of the Board of Trade. The house 
 is a representative one in its line and bears a widespread and honorable record. 
 
 Geo, W. Reed, slate metal and gravel roofer, 783 & 785 
 
 Craig Street, Montreal. — Montreal may well lay claim to being the Metropolis 
 of Canada; not only on account of being at the head of ocean navigation and 
 the shipping point for the great grain trade of the West and North West, but 
 also on account of its large business and manufacturing interests. In this, as 
 in all other communities, there are some houses in their particular lines that occupy 
 a prominent position, and are therefore worthy of being classed as representatives. Such a 
 house is that of Mr. George W. Reed, Slater, Metal and gravel Roofer, whose establish- 
 ment is at Nos. 783 & 785 Craig Street. Mr. Reed, who is a native of New Hampshire, 
 started in business here in the year 1852, and possessed of the American energy and 
 enterprise, by close attention to and thorough execution of his work made a success of his. 
 business and secured the confidence of (he public. The premises occupied by the busin- 
 ess consists of 3 stories and attic, 45 x 85 feet in dimensions. These are used for warerooms, 
 offices and manufactory, and are fully equipped with every requisite for the successful 
 prosecution of the Roofing business, employment being given to about 80 skilled work- 
 men. Mr. Reed does all kinds of roofing, such as slate and metal, pitch, felt and gravel. 
 Reed’s Rosin-Cement Roofing is known as one of the best of compositions for flat roofs. &c. 
 He also deals in and supplies the trade with all kinds of roofing materials. He is a manu- 
 facturer of and dealer in refrigerators, oil cabinets, coal scuttles, coal sifters, slop pails, and 
 all descriptions of tinware; while galvanized iron cornices, skylights and chimney tops are 
 manufactuied to any design. He also deals in slate, and marbleized slate mantles, and 
 grates, table tops, fire walls, shelves, ventilators, registers, &c. Keeping constantly on 
 hand a large assortment of Canadian and American slate of the first quality ; also slate nails, 
 zinc, lead, &c., &c. Mr. R^cd is a skilled practical roofer, and worked at it from his 
 boyhood days until his increasing business required his personal attention to the supervis- 
 ion and management of its afl'airs. 1 
 
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 N, E. Hamilton & Co., STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, 1888 AND 
 1890 Notre Dame Street West, (glenora buildings.) Montreal. — Holding a prominent 
 place among the leading dry-good houses in this city is that of Messrs. N. E. Hamilton & Co., 
 whose splendid establishment is eligibly located for business in the beautiful Glenora 
 Buildings, Nos. 1888 and 1890 Notre Dame Street. The premises occupied are large and 
 commodious, and are fitted up in modern style, the ceilings being high and the front ai 
 most entirely of plate glass, while light is also admitted from windows in the rear and’, 
 centre, so that the entire place has a light and cheery appearance and the elegant stock 
 of goods is shown to the best advantage. The premises consist of three floors about 45 x: 
 190 feet in dimensions, while the upper floor extends over the adjoining store. The maim 
 floor is devoted to the general dry-goods department ; the second floor to mantle depart- 
 ment ; and the ground is utilized as the dress-making and mantle making department, also 
 for the storage of reserve stock and for the packing department. An elevator takes cus- 
 tomers from one flat to the other as they may require. The stock carried is very large, 
 is specially imported, and consists of the finest qualities of staple and fancy dry-goods, in- 
 cluding, silks, satins, velvets and velveteens, plushes, sealettes, dress-goods of the latest and 
 most fashionable designs, and novelties, laces, trimmings, gloves, linens, damasks, cottons, 
 muslins, prints, hoisery and hosiery notions, underwear, and all such other departments too> 
 numerous to mention ; but, usually to be found in a first class establishment of this char- 
 acter. To properly conduct the opeiations of this extensive business, employment is 
 furnished to 33 courteous and competent clerks, and from 30 to 40 skilled operators in other 
 departments. This business was founded 12 years ago, and has proved eminently success- 
 ful, almost from the date of its inception. Mr. N. E. Hamilton the proprietor, is a native 
 of St. Luc. He has had a lengthened experience in the dry-goods business and thoroughly^ 
 understands all its details and thus is ever prepared to anticipate and supply the wants of his 
 numerous customers. He has always been in the van in adopting every improvement or 
 invention tending to facilitate his own business operations or benefit the city generally. 
 He was the first merchant in his street to adopt the electric system of lighting, also the first- 
 to introduce in Canada the Cash Conductor system of R. H. White Co. of Boston, Mr. 
 Hamilton was also the originator of the project to build the Balmoral Hotel, and to his' 
 energy in conjunction with some other gentlemen is the city indebted for that magnificent house 
 
 His latest enterprise is the De Lobiniere House, at Vaudrieul, near this city, of which 
 he was the principal projector. 
 
 The Sparham Fireproof Roofing Co., Office, 309 St. James Street,. 
 CAMPBELL & CO., Roofers. — No matter how well carpenters and builders- 
 may erect a building if it is not properly rooled it will be like an umbrella full of holes- 
 to permit the rain to enter upon those it was intended to protect and worse than that, pos- 
 sibly, to destroy the structure itself. Therefore roofing is a very important branch of the 
 building trade. Holding a conspicious place among those engaged in the roofing trade in- 
 this city is The Sparham Fireproof Roofing Cement Co., Campbell & Co., whose office 
 is located at No. 309 St. James street, near Victoria Square. This business was established 
 15 years ago and 6 years since the roofing agency was formed of Campbell & Co., com- 
 posed of John Campbell and Thomas Gilday. The firm have the exclusive control of 
 the Sparham fire-proof roofing cement for Montreal. This is one of the best cements in the 
 market and is absolutely fire-proof, and impervious to the weather. New roofs are laid and 
 guaranteed for 10 years, old metal roofs are covered with felt and cement and guaranteed 
 tor seven years. Old gravelled roofs are re-coated with cement and guaranteed for five years 
 and old flat soldered tin roofs are recoated with cement and guaranteed for 5 years. These 
 are all at different prices per square foot and lower in price in rotation from the first men- 
 tioned. The firm give employment to 25 skilled workmen throughout the season. Both 
 Messrs Campbell and Gilday are Canadians by birth and possess all that push, energy 
 and enterprise so essential to success, and their work has been tried and not found wanting. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES 
 
 Si, Davis & Sons, CIGAR MANUFACTURERS, 48 Cotte Street.— The 
 cigar manufacturing trade of Canada is one of a most important character, and very few 
 persons outside of the trade have any idea of its magnitude or extent of its operations. 
 They will scarcely credit that during the year ending June 30th, 1887, there were manufac- 
 tured in this country alone, 85,587,505 cigars and to make this number required 1,600,780 
 lbs. of tobacco. Montreal’s quotation of this amount was 40,436,190. requiring 760,538 lbs. 
 of tobacco, which is almost half as much as that manufactured in the entire Dominion. 
 Montreal gives employment to 1800 hands in this branch of her manufactures. Standing 
 pre-eminently forth among the cigar manufacturers of the Dominion is the well known firm 
 of Messrs. S. Davis & Sons, whose extensive factory is located at Nos. 43, 45, 47, and 49 
 Cotte Street, and is one of the most perfect cigar manufactories in the world. The factory 
 proper is a seven story brick structure with stone trimmings and is 106 x 88 feet in dimen- 
 sions. It is fitted up in the most complete manner with steam elevators and machinery and 
 six telephones which communicate with the different departments, while a force of about 700 
 hands are employed throughout the year. The product of this house ranks exceptionally high 
 in the trade and their “ El Padre,” “ Cables,” “ Madre Hijo,” “ Mungo ” and other brands 
 are known and appreciated from the Atlantic to the Pacific throughout which territory their 
 trade ..extends. They use only the best leaf and always maintain their reputation by keeping 
 their grades up to standard. This business was established nearly 30 years ago by Mr. S. Davis, 
 and a few years ago it was changed to the present title, the members of the firm being 
 Messrs. S., E. H., M. E., and N. B. Davis. The firm have a branch house in Toronto 
 for the accommodation of their western traders and the trade, which is conducted by Mr 
 
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 E. H. Davis. At the piesent day its output during the year is more than all that of Toronto 
 and Hamilton manufactories combined, which are looked upon as the largest in Ontario. 
 We may also mention that in every instance where this firm has exhibited they have always 
 carried the highest honors, viz., the ist prize at Paris in 1867 in competition with the world, 
 Medal and Diploma in 1876 at Philadelphia in competition with the world and have always 
 taken the Provincial Medals when they have exhibited including the Dominion Exhibition 
 in 1886 the first and only medal offered as a prize, and were also awarded an additional 
 Hold Medal by the Committee for their excellent display. The reason Messrs. S. Davis & 
 Sons, exhibited in Sherbrooke last year, was to let the people see that they were keeping up 
 with the times, though they had not exhibited for several years. 
 
 M. Moody & Son, Manufacturers of AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS’ 
 Works: — Terrebonne, Office: — 14 St. Claude Street.. — The inventive genius of this 
 
 progressive age 
 has found one 
 of its mosi fer- 
 tile fields in de- 
 vising i m p 1 e- 
 ments designed 
 to lighten the 
 labors of the 
 agriculturalists, 
 and the pro- 
 gressive farmer 
 of to-day is pro- 
 vided with ma- 
 chines which, to 
 a very great ex- 
 tent, relieves 
 him from heavy 
 manual labor. 
 
 If some of the farmers of the past generation were to revisit the scenes of their earthy abode 
 and witness a modern harvesting they would scarcely believe their eyes. There are a great 
 many first-class houses engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements in Canada, 
 and among those deserving of special mention is that of Messrs. M. Moody & Son, whose 
 works are located at Terrebonne andoflice and warerooms in Montreal at No. 14 St; Claude 
 Street. This is one of the oldest houses in the agricultural implement line in Canada, 
 having been founded by Mr. Matthew Moody 54 years ago. At the works in Terrebonne, 
 which are fitted up with the most improved machinery, driven in winter by steam and in 
 summer by water, and where imployment is furnished on an average to from 80 to 100 skilled 
 mechanics, the Gray Threshing Machine, New Model Buckeye Mowers, Sawyer’s Reapers 
 No. 3, Pitt’s Horse Powers and Threshers, Tiger Self Dumping Rake, Ithica Hand Dump- 
 ing Rake, Potatoe Diggers, Triumph Force-Feed Broad-cast Seeder and Cultivator and 
 many other kinds of agricultural implements are manufactured, nothing but the very best of 
 material is used in the manufacture of these implements which are built upon the most 
 scientific principals and have a large sale throughout the Dominion. The present members 
 of the firm are Messrs. Matthew (son of the founder of the business, since deceased) and 
 Henry Moody, both of whom are wide-awake, active and progressive business men and 
 highly esteemed citizens. Mr. Wm. McMillan is the representative of the firm in this city 
 with office and warerooms at No. 14 St. Claude St., facing Bonsecours Market. He is also the 
 efficient superintendant of their vast network of agencies, covering the entire Dominion from 
 the Atlantic to the Pacific, and to his ability, push and enterprise, much of the success of 
 ithe house is largely due. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 
 Gr, E. Jaques & Co., general for- 
 warders, AGENTS OF THE MERCHANTS” 
 LINE, AND OF THE MERCHANTS’ DES- 
 PATCH LINE, no Common St., Montreal 
 
 Situated as Montreal is at the head of ocean naviga- 
 tion and connected with the West and North-western 
 Continent by a mighty chain of canals, rivers and 
 lakes, it is nothing more than natural that it should 
 be the great commercial metropolis of the Dominion and that its shipping interest should be. 
 one of the most important. With the nucleus of debt removed from the harbor and Montreal' 
 made a free port of entry, the future greatness of the city, may well equal a tale from the 
 Arabian Nights. The most important of the inland shipping lines belonging, to this port is- 
 that of the Merchants’ Line of propellors, the office of the Company being located at No. iio 
 Common Street. This Company was originally started in 1835, by Messrs. Henderson and 
 Hooker, succeeded in rotation by Henderson, Hooker & Co., Hooker and Halton ; Hooker, 
 Jaques & Co. ; Jaques, Tracy & Co., and since 1868 by G. E. Jaques & Co. Messrs. G. 
 E. and C. A. Jaques are now the members of the firm. The Company do a large forwarding; 
 business and have the most ample accommodation for all business transacted. 
 
 The Merchants’ Line is composed of twelve first-class steamers, and is divided into three 
 divisions, viz., Lake Ontario line, Chicago and Lake Superior. The first-class passenger steam- 
 ers “ Persia ” and “ Ocean ” leave Montreal for Toronto and St. Catherines every Friday and 
 Tuesday respectively, and do a large passenger business They have established a first-class- 
 reputation for efficiency, comfort and speed. The “Alma Munro,” “Cuba” and “Acadia”' 
 perform the Chicago service of the line leaving Montreal every Tuesday, and giving passengers 
 every opportunity of seeing Niagara Falls, and calling also at Toronto, Cleveland and Detroit, 
 on the way, and giving their passengers a most agreeable combination of sight-seeb g and' 
 recreation on the trip. The line is supplemented by a large number of steam barges for th& 
 carrying of steel rails, iron and heavy freight in large quantities. Connections are made with, 
 
 all the principal railways, and freights are forwarded to destination on through bills of lading, 
 from Liverpool, Glasgow, Antwerp, and all the principal ports in Great Britain and the 
 Continent. The firm’s Liverpool office is at 30, The Albany Old Hall Street, and the agent 
 there is Mr. Henry J. Cowie, to whose energy and ability much credit is due for the present, 
 satisfactory condition of their European business. Special attention is paid to the comfort 
 and convenience of passengers and tourists, and all those intending to take a trip for pleasure 
 or otherwise on the inland waters of Canada will consult their own interests by examining 
 the facilities afforded by the Merchants’ Line. Messrs. Jaques & Co., have also the contract with 
 the Dominion Government to supply light-houses and naval stations on the inland waters 
 with stores, &c., by their steamer specially appointed for the purpose, and in this steamer there 
 is special accommodation for a limited number of passengers, who will find the trip one of 
 the most pleasant and unique in the Dominion. The firm are also agents for the Merchants’ 
 Despatch Line, composed of the steamers “ Welshman,” and “ Harry Bate” which leave 
 Montreal on Friday and Tuesday evenings respectively for Ottawa and Newboro, calling at 
 all intermediate points. The Messrs. Jaques are gentlemen who have long been identified 
 with the business interests of the city and being natives of Montreal have a natural pride in 
 seeing it become — what it is surely destined to be — one of the greatest and most beautiful 
 cities on the American Continent. 
 
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 facturers and Importers of BRONZES- 
 & CHURCH ORNAMENTS. 1645 Notre 
 Dame Street, Montreal. — Montreal, ever- 
 since the time it was first settled by the French, 
 in the days of Jacques Cartier, has been em- 
 inently Catholic, and there is no other city on 
 the American continent that can boast of so> 
 many, or such magnificent church edifices and 
 religious institutions. As a natural conse- 
 quence there are a number of establishments, 
 that are devoted to the sale of church orna- 
 ments, bronzes, vestments, &c. One of the 
 leading houses in this line of business here is 
 that of Messrs. Frechon, Lefebvre & Co 
 i; which is located at No. 1645, Notre Dame 
 Street. The premises occupied are very ex- 
 tensive, consisting of four floors and basement 
 sf 24 x 100 feet in dimensions. The stock of' 
 goods carried here is magnificent and is well 
 !|| worthy of inspection. The statuary is near- 
 ly all manufactured here and, strange though, 
 it may appear, it is far better, in artistic de- 
 sign, finish and coloring to the Italian, which, 
 nation so long held the monoploy for this line 
 of goods. Messrs. Frechon, Lefebvre & Co. 
 received a diploma for there exhibit ol statu- 
 ary at the Boston Exhibition in 1883, and also- 
 received a gold medal for an oil painting. 
 They also manufacture sacredotal vestments 
 on the premises which are very rich and:, 
 heavily and artistically worked in gold, and 
 for superiority of workmanship is not surpass- 
 ed by any imported. The average stock of 
 goods carried by this house amounts to $6o>. 
 000, so that some idea may be formed of the 
 value of the goods dealt in, while employment; 
 
 I is furnished to fifteen hands and clerks 
 throughout the year in the different depart- 
 ments. This business was founded twelve years ago by Messrs. Frechon & Co., and in, 
 1880 it was changed to the present title. The house, from the date of its inception has been 
 highly successful, the trade now being co-extensive with the Dominion. The members of 
 the firm are Mr. Leon Frechon. and Mr. J. B. Lefebvre, both of whom are French-Cana- 
 dians by birth, and Mr. Frechon is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. 
 
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 Lyman, Knox & Co., importers and wholesale druggists, 374. 
 
 St. Paul Street, Montreal.— Nothing in the whole catalogue of trade is of so great im- 
 portance to humanity at large as that of chemicals and drugs, upon their proper compound- 
 ing and absolute purity depends more than at first sight may appear, health or sickness,., 
 life or death. Montreal is highly favored in the character of her drug houses and their 
 reputation. Among those that are thoroughly reliable, and are deserving of special mention. 
 
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 in this connection is that of Messrs. Lyman, Knox & Co., whose warehouse is located at 
 No. 374 St. Paul Street, on the corner of St. Sulpice. Although the firm came into 
 •existance recently, still the members of it have had a very extended , practical experience in 
 this city and are thoroughly competent in every respect and are well and favorably known 
 to the trade throughout the Dominion. The members of the firm are Messrs. Charles and 
 F. G. Lyman, Jas. W. Knox. The premises occupied by them consist of four floors and 
 basement 25 x 150 feet in dimensions, which are completely stored with a very large 
 •assortment of drugs, chemicals, and druggists’ requisites. The firm import direct from the 
 leading manufacturers both in Euiope and United States, and can guarantee the absolute 
 purity of all goods handled by them. Their trade which extends throughout the entire 
 Dominion, is gaining rapidly, and promises to be one of the largest as they are now 
 ■one of the best of our Canadian houses. 
 
 I Walter Paul, FAMILY GROCER, 2355 St. Catherine Street and 98, 100 
 and 102 Metcalfe Street; Branch, Corner of St. Catherine St. and Green Avenue. 
 'Cote St. Antoine, Montreal — St. Catherine Street, West, is the seat of many of the 
 handsome rethil stores in the city. Situated, as it is, in the aristocratic residential quarter of 
 ■city, the custom catered to is the very best and only the finest goods are handled to meet 
 ■the demand. One of the finest establishments in the grocery business here is that of 
 Mr. Walter Paul, which is located at No. 2355 Si. Catherine Street, and Nos. 98, 100 and 
 102 Metcalfe Street. The premises occupied are large and commodious, with 
 
 basement of the same size, furnished with elevator for the convenient handling of goods 
 He has also a branch store on Corner of St. Catherine and Green Avenue, Cote 
 St. Antoine, which is 20 x 100 feet in dimensions with basement. These establishment, 
 -are elegantly fitted up, and contain large and carefully selected stocks of the finest quality of 
 staple and fancy groceries, consisting of the choicest brands of tea from China and Japan, 
 India and Ceylon, aromatic coffees from Java, Rio, Mocha and other ports, table delicacies 
 from the Mediterranean and the Orient, pure condiments, hermetically sealed goods in tin 
 -and glass, and all such other lines as come under the head of groceries and are to be found 
 •in a first-class establishment of i his character. Mr. Paul imports his own goods direct from 
 Europe and purchasing in large quantities and having the closest relations with first hands 
 -and producers he is enabled to offer his patrons the choicest goods that can be found in the 
 market. The business is conducted both wholesale and retail and employment is fur- 
 nished to sixteen competent assistants in the St. Catherine Street store and five in the 
 'Cote St. Antoine branch. Mr. Paul, who is a native of Glasgow, Scotland, established his 
 business ten years ago and by persevering industry and enterprise, coupled with a 
 thorough knowledge of the details of the grocer’s trade, has built up a business, both in 
 ■volume and quality, second to none in the city. 
 
 The Montreal Warehousing Co., GEORGE H. HANNA, Manager and 
 Secretary, Wellington and Mill Streets. — It is not more than thirty years ago that 
 the handling of grain in Montreal was conducted upon the principle known as “ bagging,” 
 taking hundreds of men to do the work of a single steam elevator of the present day, the cost, 
 •of course, being proportionate to the number of hands employed. From the rapid increase 
 made in the grain trade here, it was impossible to continue the old style and the present 
 mammoth elevators and warehousing companies were the result. The most important of 
 'these in the city is that of The Montreal Warehousing Co., which is located on Wellington 
 and Mill Streets. The main warehouse on Wellington Street is 500 x 150 feet in dimensions 
 *nd is seven stories in height at the west end and five stories on the east, and is substan- 
 tially built of cut stone. In this there are four elevators, operated by a 100-horse power 
 steam engine. The storage capacity of this building is for 400,000 bushels of grain and 
 •80,000 bushels of flour. In the Mill Street elevator the capacity is 600,000 bushels of grain, 
 
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 there being nine elevators operated by a 150 horse power steam engine. Railroad tracks, 
 forming the terminus of the Grand Trunk Railway, connecting with both warehouse and 
 elevators, run along side of the warehouse and cars can be directly loaded and unloaded, 
 therefrom. The buildings are all entirely fire-proof, and all the communicating doors and. 
 shutters are of heavy iron, while other precautions are taken to guard against fire. The 
 Company was incorporated in the year 1865 with a capital of $600,000, being a joint stock 
 Company with a special charter. The following well-known gentlemen are the officers and. 
 directors.. — Andrew Allan, Esq., President; John S. Hall, Esq.. Vice-President and Man- 
 aging Director; Thomas Davidson, Esq., W. M. Ramsay, Esq., Hon. A. W. Ogilvie, Sen- 
 ator, and Mr. George H. Hanna, Manager and Secretary. 
 
 Turkish Bath and Sanitarian, David MacBean, m. D , 140 St. Monique 
 Street — Only those who have undergone the operation can have a thorough realization of' 
 the health-giving and refreshing properties of the Turkish Bath. It is one of the greatest 
 luxuries introduced into our modern civilization from the Orient and its beneficial qualities^ 
 as a cure for chronic diseases, have been duly acknowleged by the medical profession and 
 the public generally. The most complete and important institution of this kind in the- 
 Dominion, is the Turkish Bath Institute and Sanitarian, which is located at No. 140 St. Moni- 
 que Street, foot of McGill College Avenue. This institution was founded here in 1869, but, 
 from time to time it was greatly enlarged and improved. The premises are about 80 x 120- 
 feet in dimensions, the holdings being three and five stories in height. There are fitted up with 
 the most improved appliances and facilities, which are unexcelled on the American Conti- 
 nent, “ Hydro-Therapentic,” “Sweedish Movement Cure,” and “Massage” treatment are 
 specialties of this institution. A special wing of the institution is fitted up for the reception, 
 of guests who here find all the comforts of home combined to the best of medical attention,. 
 For chronic cases the treatment here received is unsurpassed. It is good for liver and kid- 
 ney diseases, rheumatism, impurities of the blood, neuralgia, bronchitis, dyspepsia and 
 many other cases of a similar nature, too numerous to mention. Dr. MacBean, the founder 
 and manager of the Baths, is a gentleman of ability and under his judicious care, the insti- 
 tution has won a high reputation. 
 
 J, & R. Weir, ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS, 25 to 29 Nazareth Street — .. 
 Although the invention of the working steam engine— -the king of machines — belongs, com- 
 paratively speaking, to our own epoch, the idea of it was born many centuries ago. Like- 
 other contrivances and discoveries, it was effected step by step — one man transmitting the 
 result of his labors, at the time apparently useless, to his successors, who took it up and car- 
 ried it forward another stage — the prosecution of the inquiry extending over many genera- 
 tions. The steam engine was nothing, however, until it emerged from the state of theory and 
 was taken in hand by practical mechanics. Among those engaged in this line of business in 
 this city is the well-known firm of Messrs. J. & R. Weir, whose works are located at from 
 No. 25 to 29 Nazareth Street, the premises occupied being 40 x 95 feet in dimensions. 
 Here employment is furnished to about thirty-five skilled and competent workmen throughout 
 theyearin the manufacture of marine engines and boilers, stationery engines, pulleys, shaftings, 
 etc. The works are fully equipped with all the latest and most improved machinery, and 
 nothing has been omitted that could possibly add to the successful prosecution of the work 
 in hand - Since this business was established in 1875, the firm have met with the most 
 gratifying success, and steadily has the business increased from year to year. Both Mr. 
 James and Mr. Robert Weir are practical engineers and machinists, having had over thirty 
 years active experience in marine and general engineering work. They give their personal 
 supervision to all work entrusted to them, and can thus guarantee their customers the best 
 of satisfaction, while their prices will be found as reasonable as anywhere else in the- 
 Dominion, while their work is unexcelled. 
 
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 MONTREAL 1ST COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Wm. Clendinneng & Son, manufacturers of stoves, ranges, 
 
 RAILINGS, ETC., Office and Works, 145 to 179 William Street. — “There is a 
 tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ” So also is it 
 the case with cities and nations, even as it is with individuals. At the present time it would 
 •appear as though the flood-tide in the affairs of Montreal had arrived and should be grasped. 
 At the headwaters of sea-going navigation and with the finest system of railroad connections 
 Avith the Pacific washed shores of British Columbia ; the new Sault Sainte Marie connection 
 •of the Canadian Pacific Railway to Minneapolis and the fertile States and Territories of the 
 American North-west which offer to send their products for shipment from our port, it 
 would be a crime to posterity not to grasp the golden opportunity and make our facilities 
 ■equal to the demand, and thus build up the trade and prosperity of the city. In reviewing 
 the manufacturing resources and development of Montreal, it is entirely safe to venture the 
 opinion that no one establishment has done more to enhance the high repute of this city as 
 an important productive centre, than that of the firm of Messrs. Wm. Clendinneng & Son, 
 Iron founders and Machinists. This business was established in a moderate way and upon 
 a moderate scale at a time when some of our present business men were still at school, but 
 through untiring industry and perseverance, on the part of Mr. Clendinneng it has grown 
 to be probably the most extensive industry of its kind in the Don : ion, furnishing employ- 
 ment to over 300 skilled workmen and assistants, and turning out a vast amount of work of 
 •of a very superior character. The buildings constituting their plant of the works andoffice, 
 are located at from Nos. 145 to 179 William Street and the corner of Inspector Street, and 
 •cover over three acres of ground. These are equipped wiih the very best machinery, tools and 
 appliances that modern ingenuity could invent. The scope of the work includes all kinds of 
 light and heavy castings, stoves and ranges, including the celebrated “ Leader ” sectional 
 circular fire pot cook stove which is of beautiful design and is acknowledged by all to be a 
 most excellent baker. Also a full line of coal and wood-cooking and heating stoves, hot 
 air furnaces, hot water boilers, machinists, railway and builders’ castings, railings, funnels, 
 crestings, balconies, brackets of which they carry the best selection of patterns in the coun- 
 try. Also iron-bedsteads, sinks, tea kettles, and many other lines too numerous to mention. 
 In all departments of the works the most skilful workmen are employed, the best of mater- 
 ials obtainable used, and the most excellent work turned out. So extensive has the trade of 
 this house become that it covers, in the scope of its operations, not only the entire Domin- 
 ion from the Atlantic to the Pacific, but also many foreign countries. The salesrooms of 
 *he house are located at Nos. 664 and 666 Craig Street, 524 Craig Street, and corner of 
 William and Inspector Streets where very large stocks are carried and the trade conducted 
 -at both wholesale and retail. Mr. Wm. Clendinneng, the senior member of the firm, is one 
 of Montreal s most representative and progressive business men. He was born in Cavan, 
 Ireland, in 1833, and came to Montreal at fourteen years of age. In j 852 he became a clerk in 
 the employ of Mr. Rodden, and by his ability and valuable qualities was afterwards taken 
 tnto partnership. He takes a deep interest in the welfare of all his employees and exercises 
 a fatherly care over them and many a boy and man has been led to live a useful and honor- 
 able life through his influence. Mr. Clendinneng has been Governor of the House of Refuge 
 and Industry since the inception of that institution, and was at one time Governor of the 
 Montreal General Hospital and is a member of its committee of management. He represents 
 •St. Antoine Ward in the Board of Aldermen, and is a prominent member of the Board of 
 Trade. There are few enterprises inaugurated for the benefit of the city in which he is not 
 associated. Mr. Clendinneng, Jr., is one of Montreal’s best known young business men and 
 to his talents and push most of the success of the establishment is largely due. 
 
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 W. Me Nally & Co., CEMENT, DRAIN PIPES, TILES, &c.. Offices: 
 A 6 to 52 McGill St., cor. Wellington, Yards and Warehouses : McGill, Well- 
 ington, Grey Nun and 3 Youville Streets. — The manufacture of Portland cement 
 was not begun until about the years 1844 and 1845, and it was until 1858 that 
 Messrs. Sir Wm. Armstrong & Co., the hydraulic and ordinance engineers brought it 
 into general use. Concrete is now used greatly by engineers, architects, contractors 
 and others in laying the foundations of irnportant buildings, as well as in the contruc- 
 tion of pier works, breakwater, quay-walls, tanks, reservoirs, streets, foot paths, yards, 
 railway platforms, warehouse and cellar doors, &c., &c., and is therefore an important 
 article of comerce ; or, more correctly speaking, its ingredients are, Portland cement being 
 -the principal. Among the more prominent houses engaged in the Portland cement, drain 
 pipes, fire bricks, fire clay, calcined plaster, and builders’ and contractors’ supplie business, 
 in this city is the well known firm of Messrs. McNally & Co., whose offices are located at 
 Nos' 46 to 52 McGill Street, and their yards and warehouses at McGill, Wellington, Grey 
 Nun, and Youville Streets. The premises occupied cover nearly one acre of ground, and 
 contain a very heavy stock of the goods dealt in, from 28 to 30 hands being employed to 
 properly conduct the operations of the business, the trade extending over every section of 
 the country* This business was established in the year 1875, an d during the years that 
 have passed since then it has met with the most gratifying and continuous success. Mr. 
 W. McNally, the proprietor, is a Canadian by birth and is a gentleman of large experience 
 in the line in which he is engaged ; he is thorough going and progressive, and is a member 
 of the Montreal Board of Trade. He is a large importer of drain pipes and connections, 
 Portland cements, best brands, Keen’s parian cement, Roman cement, Canada cement, 
 fire bricks, square and shaped, best brands, furnace blocks, tiles, chimney linings, flue cov- 
 ers, fire clays, gas retorts, cast iron pipes for water and gas works, sewer bottoms, stable 
 bricks, calcined plaster, floor tiles, porcelain sinks, terra cotta, and navvy, steel body, 
 coal and garden wheel-barrows, and railway and road scrapers. The house is a well known 
 one to the trade and has always held a high reputation for liberal and honorable dealing. 
 
 W, Drysdale & Co., BOOKS AND STATIONERY, 232 St. James Street, 
 Montreal. — It is said, and with no little degree of truth, that in the homes of the cultured 
 “ books and pictures come next to bread and butter.” In a cultivated and refined mind 
 nothing can give greater delight than the perusing of some standard author of the past or 
 present age, or the pleasure to be derived from viewing beautiful pictures. Holding a prom- 
 inent and popular place among those engaged in the bookselling and stationery line in Mon- 
 treal, is the firm of Messrs. W. Drysdale & Co., whose store is located at No. 232 St. James 
 Street. The premises occupied by the business consist of 4 floors 20x112 feet in dimensions. 
 Here is contained a large and elegant stock of books in every description of binding, from 
 paper covers to fullrussia, and including the standard authors in science, art, history, poetry, 
 theology, light literature &c., also magazines and periodicals, tourists guide books, maps, 
 views of Montreal and other parts of Canada, as well as fancy goods of almost every des 
 cription. In stationer}- the stock is very large and complete, including school books, and 
 school stationery, counting house requisites, and beautiful paper and envelopes for ladies use 
 with all the desk requisites. This business has been established nearly 16 years and from 
 the date of its inception has proved very successful, steadily increasing in extent and import- 
 ance from year to year. Mr. Drysdale commenced his business career in the Witness Office 
 under the late John Dougall, founder of that great paper, afterwards serving as clerk and 
 business manager for one of the principal book and stationery stores in this city. He has 
 been nearly a quarter of a century before the public so that he is well known in business and 
 social circles, and is held in the highest esteem by all as an upright, honorable and con- 
 scientious merchant. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 W. Strachan & Co., SOAP AND OIL, 36 Jacques Cartier Street, Mont- 
 real. — In commenting on the trade and manufactures of Montreal, there are certain indus- 
 tries that have been found to have developed to a very marked degree and to have attained 
 such proportions as to call for more than the usual allotment of space in describing them 
 and their operations. For instance in the manufacture of soaps Montreal is the seat of 
 several establishments in this line of business, the quality of whose products is equal to any 
 on the American continent. Among the specially prominent manufacturers of soap is the 
 old-established and well-known firm of Messrs. Wm. Strachan & Co., whose office and 
 factory are located at No, 36 Jacques Cartier Street. This business was first established by 
 Wm. Christie in 1830, and was succeeded 13 years ago by Mr. Strachan. The business at 
 its inception was, comparatively speaking, small, but by adopting the policy of manufactur- 
 ing nothing but the best it has been built up to its present extensive proportions, and 
 “Strachan’s Gilt-Edge Soap” is “familiar in our mouths as household words” — that is, the 
 name, not the compound — which is used for cleansing and beautifying the skin and com- 
 plexion. The factory is a large, commodious and substantial brick structure, three stories in 
 height and 150 x 200 feet in dimensions. It is amply equipped with a full complement of 
 machinery, driven by a 16 horse power steam engine, and is supplied with all the requisite 
 and various paraphernalia of soap making, while 18 skilled workmen are given steady em- 
 ployment. The laundry soaps manufactured by this house are sold throughout the Dominion 
 and have been universally and particularly commended for special purity and excellence, 
 qualities that make these goods of staple value to the trade wherever introduced. The firm 
 are also manufacturers of lubricating oils, and are only one of three in the Dominion that 
 make a specialty of pressed lard oil, large quantities of these oils being exported to England. 
 Mr. W. Strachan, the proprietor, is a Scotch-Canadian by birth and a gentleman of marked 
 push and enterprise, and it is to the progressive character of such men that Montrea. must 
 look for that vast future development to which her citizens so confidently look forward. Mr. 
 Strachan is an active member of the Montreal Board of Trade. 
 
 Lucien Huot, GENERAL IMPORTER, 466 St. Paul Street, Montreal. 
 
 Montreal, from its geographical position, in being at the head of ocean navigation, and 
 having the very best of railway, river and lake transportation with the West and Northwest, 
 has gained the enviable position of being the metropolis of Canada. But geographical position 
 alone would not have done it, had it not been for the enterprise and ability of her merchants, 
 who send their travellers and merchandise throughout the Dominion, Among the business 
 houses of importance in this city must be mentioned that of Mr. Lucien Huot, who is inti- 
 mately connected with many different lines of commercial industry, being a general importer, 
 his office being located at No. 466 St. Paul Street. This business was established in 1862 
 by A. Giberton, who was succeeded in 1878 by the present proprietor under the name of A. 
 Giberton & Co., it has been carried on since 1881 under the present name. Durin°- the 
 quarter of a century that has passed since then he has built up an excellent connection with the 
 business houses of the Dominion, and many of the leading houses of Europe. Mr. Huot 
 impoits all kinds of French wines, liquors, and in fact anything and everythin^ that is re- 
 quired in the commercial way. He also makes a specialty of dried fruits from the Mediter- 
 anean and other European ports, passes all goods through the Customs, paying all freights 
 and charges and thus relieving merchants of all troubles in such matters. Mr. Huot Is a 
 Fiench Canadian by birth, and is a progressive business man, being largely interested in 
 some of Montreal’s most wealthy, monetary, mercantile, and manufacturing institutions He 
 has been for 9 years a director of the Jacques Cartier Bank, is President of the Montreal 
 Moulding a,nd Mirror Manufacturing Company, and has been prominentlv identified with 
 most ot the leading enterprises of Montreal’s most busy city. He is highlv esteemed in busi- 
 ness and social circles, and is a member of the Montreal Board of Trade ' 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMEkCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 
 John Cowan, MANUFACTURER of sundries, liquor and car- 
 bonate AMONIA, Agent for The Brockville Chemical and Superphosphates 
 Company, [limited.] No. 3 Dalhousie Street, Montreal. P. O. Box 319. — A 
 review of the various commercial and manufacturing industries of Montreal gives plain 
 evidence of the metropolitan character of the city, from the multiplicity of 
 interests conducted here, and it is not unreasonable to suppose that the coming, 
 ten years of its history will be the highest and most prosperous ever known* 
 if proper advantage are taken of the opportunities offered. The drug and! 
 chemical trade forms a very important factor in the city's make up and is deserving of spe- 
 cial mention. Among those prominently engaged in the chemical line in this city is Mr, 
 John Cowan, whose warehouse is located at No. 3 Dalhousie street. This gentleman has 
 been established in business for the past 15 years and during all that time he has met with 
 a market degree of prosperity, which has been commensurate to the energy, enterprise and 
 ability he has displayed in the business. The premises occupied are 40 x 100 feet in dimen- 
 sions and consist of 2 floors. Here is carried a large and excellent stock of the purest qua- 
 lity of oil of vitriol, muriatic acid, nitric acid, tin crystals, tin spirits, nitro-muriate Of tin, 
 nitrate of iron, muriate of iron, iron liquor, oxy-muriate of antimony, Glauber s salt, red 
 liquor, etc., etc. Mr. Cowan being agent for the Brockville Chemical and Superphosphates 
 Co., Limited, the trade can be supplied from stock at any time and the best of advantages 
 are afforded them. The trade is quite extensive and embraces in the scope of its operations 
 the entire Dominion. 
 
 R. C. Jamieson & Co,, Office, 12 and 13 Hamilton Chvmbers, 17 
 St. John Street, Factory and Warehouse, 23 to 29 St. Thomas Street, 
 Montreal. — This is undeniably an age of improvement and culture. Artistic taste is being 
 diffused throughout the people, and in nothing is this more observable than in the painting 
 and decorating of private residences. The painters’ trade has undoubtedly kept pace with 
 this cultured demand, and the manufacturers of painters’ requisites have been fully alive’ to- 
 their requirements, and the leading houses have equipped themselves to meet this demand 
 by the production of the best class of goods, knowing full well that competition is keen, and 
 that “ to the victors belong the spoils.” One of the most important and best known houses 
 in the varnish and Japan manufacturing trade in the Province is that of Messrs. R. C. 
 Jamieson & Co., whose office is located at Nos. 12 and 13 Hamilton Chambers, 17 St. John 
 Street, in this city. This business was established in a comparatively small way as long ago 
 as the year 1858. Owing to persevering industry on the part of the proprietors, and 
 a determination to place upon the market nothing but the very best, a reputation was soon 
 made in the trade which has been steadily maintained during the passing years. The 
 
 factory which comprises a number of buildings — is located at Nos. 23 to 29 St. Thomas. 
 
 Street, where is also the warehouse. These buildings cover over 80 x210 feet, and are 
 fully equipped with all the latest and most improved machinery specially invented for the 
 line of work here conducted. In fact, there is nothing better in machinery of this kind 
 in the United States and Europe. Employing nothing but the best of skilled help under 
 experienced supervision, the most satisfactory results are at all times obtained, and the 
 “Jamieson” varnishes and Japans are implicitly relied upon. The product of the house 
 consists of varnishes of all kinds and Japans for coach builders, railroad car builders, cabinet 
 makers, picture frame makers, and others requiring the finest grades. The ‘firm also boil 
 oils for their own use and for selling to the trade. The output of the factory amounts to 
 2,000 barrels a year of varnish and 7,000 barrels of oil, which is put up in cans and barrels. 
 The firm are also heavy importers of and dealers in oils, paints, colors, spirits of turpentine 
 and other goods of a similar nature. The trade of the house is very extensive and its 
 operations extend throughout the Dominion, from the Maritime Provinces to British 
 Columbia. Mr. R. C. Jamieson, the senior member of the firm, is a gentleman of marked 
 business ability and is a member of the Council of the Board of Trade, ind his partner, Mr. 
 A. T. Higginson, is also a member of the same body. 
 
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 J. E. Townshend, 334 St. James Street, Montreal. —The manufacturing indus- 
 tries of Montreal are many and varied in their character, and in the aggregate have made the 
 city' what it is, not only the commercial but the manufacturing metropolis of the Dominion. 
 Among those establishments deserving of special mention in a work of this character is that 
 of Mr. J. E. Townshend, sole manufacturer and patentee of the Stem Winder Wove Wire 
 Mattress and the Duguay (or improved Wilder) Steel Spring Bed, and every description of 
 bedding. The store and factory are located at No. 334 St. James Street. The store is 25 x 75 
 feet in dimensions and two stories in height, and the factory in rear is two floors in height 
 and 40 x 60 feet in dimensions. Mr. Townshend gives employment to 10 skilled and com- 
 petent hands in his manufactory throughout the year, his scale of wages averaging for males 
 from $7.00 to $16.00 a week and for females from $7.00 to $8.00 a week, which must cer- 
 tainly be considered good pay, but the work they do is the best, and consequently the goods 
 manufactured by this house are of a very superior quality. Among the line of beds manu- 
 factured are common wove wire beds, No. 2 stem winders, No. 1 stem winders, Hartford 
 stem winders, Duguay or improved Wilder ; also, palliasses, pillows, flock matts, fibre matts, 
 seabeds and pillows, hair mattresses, feather beds, bolsters and pillows are made to 
 order. Mr. Townshend is a native of London, England, and is a gentleman of an inventive 
 turn of mind, having taken out at different times 23 different patents, among the number being 
 for a boot jack that not only can you take off your boots, but you can put them on by it. It 
 is simple in construction but “it gets there” just the same. For this he received a medal and 
 diploma at the Colonial Exhibition in London. His patent stem winder mattress is one of 
 the best of its kind ever made and has a very large sale throughout the Dominion. Mr. 
 Townshend began business for himself in London in 1847, an d established his business in 
 Montreal in 1870, and ever since that time he has met with the most gratifying success, which 
 has been entirely owing to his own individual push and energy and holding to the motto that 
 “What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.” 
 
 Charles Alexander, CONFECTIONER, 219 St. James Street. — The business 
 conducted by Mr. Charles Alexander at No. 219 St. James street, was established in the 
 year 1842 and may well be said to be one of the constitutions of the city. The Canadians, 
 especially the rising generation, are probably the largest consumers of candy and confection- 
 ery in the world, with probably the exception of those in the United States and the produc- 
 tions of our manufacturers can compete favorably with those of France, which country, for a 
 long period has been considered the most successful in this particular line. Mr. Alexander 
 has long enjoyed a high reputation for his candies, confectionery and the productions of his 
 culinary department. The premises occupied by him are large and commodious and are 
 fitted up in a most artistic manner indicating at once taste and culture. Plate glass, show 
 eases and cabinets contain fine assortments of confectionery, cakes, pastry, etc., at once 
 tempting and appetizing to look at. His refreshment rooms are fitted up, in an elaborate and 
 tasteful manner and here may be obtained at all hours of the day tempting lunches and ela- 
 borate dinners including every description of fish and game in their season, cooked in the 
 highest perfection of culinary art and served with Parisian grace such as has made the cafes 
 of that capital of civilization the delight of travellers. Mr. Alexander also supplies wedding 
 breakfasts, suppei and dinner parties with everything requisite in the line of which he 
 has an elaborate assortment of the richest quality. Mr. Alexander is to Montreal what 
 Delmonica was for so many years to New York, he may be said to have been the inceptor 
 of the catering business in this city and the benefit he may have reaped from his extensive 
 busmcss has also been enjoyed by the elite of the city through his valuable services. 
 Mi. r. lexander has during nearly half a century of a business career enjoyed the esteem 
 and confidence of the public and earned u high reputation of which he is eminently 
 deserving. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
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 Thompson & Co„ MANUFACTURERS of fine boots AND SHOES, 7 I? 
 to 716 Craig Street, Montreal. — The manufacture of boots and shoes is of very ancient 
 origin, for foot wear of some description was worn in the early centuries of the world’s history. 
 Shoes — particularly women’s shoes — have their romance as well as the glove, for history tells 
 us that the Egyptian King Psammetich, in the year 630 B. C. while holding court in the market 
 place of Memphis, attended by his nobles, espied an eagle circling in the air above his 
 he.'.d. which, upon gradually coming closer to the earth dropped a shoe into the monarch’s 
 lap, it was of exquisite shape, and like the prince in the tale of Cinderella, the king sought 
 out the owner and found it to be the beautiful Rhodope, whom he married and made queen 
 of his empire. That was the first “shoe fly” on record. But from poetry we must come to 
 prose in a work of this character and speak of the leading houses engaged in the manufac- 
 ture of boots and shoes at the present day in Montreal. Among the more important houses 
 in this line in this city is that of Messrs. Thompson & Co , whose extensive factory is 
 located at No. 7 12)4 Craig street extending through to Fortification street. The premises occu- 
 pied by the business consist of a 4 story building having 40,000 feet of flooring. These 
 premises are fitted up with all the latest and most improved machinery specially adapted for 
 this line of business, which is driven by a 40 horse power steam engine. Employment is 
 furnished on an average to from 450 to 500 skilled hands throughout the year in the manu- 
 facture of boots and shoes of fine quality for men and women, misses, youths and children. 
 These are made up in the most fashionable styles and are well finished in every particular, 
 the finest quality of materials only being used, two thirds of the stock used being imported 
 from some of the most celebrated European and American houses. A specialty of the ma- 
 nufacture of this house is turned slippers and shoes, technically known to the trade as 
 “turns”. The manufactured output of the factory a day averages, 25 cases of 60 pair to 
 the case, the capacity of the factory being 400,000 pairs a year, averaging in value between 
 $400,000.00 and $500,000.00. The trade of the house is very extensive and covers the 
 entire Dominion and orders are being received so fast from all parts that many have to be 
 refused as it is impossible to meet all demands. That this house is an important factor in compu- 
 ting the wealth and advantages of the city may readily be seen from the large number of 
 hands employed whose wages amount to one eighth of a million dollars a year, which is dis- 
 tributed amongst the store keepers for necessaries, for rents, etc. This business was esta- 
 blished only 5 years ago and the figures just quoted speak more eloquently than any 
 words of ours can of the success that has been achieved. The members of the firm are Mr. 
 Edwin Thompson, who is a native of England and is a practical boot and shoe maker and 
 Mr. Edward James Savage, who was born in the Eastern Townships, and attends to the 
 financial part of the business. Both gentlemen are active members of the Board of Trade. 
 
 1 C. J. Covernton & Co., DRUGGISTS, Bleury St., Cor. Dorchester St. — 
 There is no more important profession to the community generally, than that of the 
 pharmacist. One of the best known houses in this line of business in Montreal, and one 
 that has gained a high reputation for care and accuracy in the compounding of physician’s 
 prescriptions and family receipts, is that of Messrs. C. J. Covernton & Co., whose store 
 is located at the corner of Bleury and Dorchester Streets. The stock embraces fresh and pure 
 drugs, chemicals, fancy and toilet articles, imported and domestic soaps, perfumes, etc., drug- 
 gist’s sundries, and those articles required by physicians in their practice. The firm also 
 compound a number of specialities which have proved very efficacious for the different pur 
 poses for which they are designed, and have received the commendation of many physicians. 
 Those requiring anything in the drug line, (and that is the general lot of frail humanity,) 
 will find everything that they require at Messrs. Covernton & Co’s of the purest quality 
 and the prices reasonable two very desirable qualities, not only in drugs, but also in all other 
 lines of commodities. The firm have established an excellent trade during the years they 
 have been in business, and also an excellent reputation for skill and accuracy. 
 
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 J. E. Doyle & Co., No. 434 St. James Street, Montreal. — The cork tree 
 rarely exceeds from thirty-five to forty feet in height and from two to three feet 
 in diameter. It is found in abundance in Portugal, Spain, Italy, the southern 
 parts of France, and in the Barbary states. Spain and Portugal supply the 
 greater portion of the cork which is used in Europe. The outer bark of this tree 
 grows unusually large, and when removed is speedily again renewed by the biber or inner 
 bark. This process, so far from injuring it, is said to prolong the life of the tree ; for when 
 this excess of bark is not artificially removed the tree seldom lives longer than fifty or sixty 
 years, while the barked trees flourish for upwards of a hundred and fifty. It is not till after 
 ten years that the bark has all the qualities for making good corks ; and from this period a 
 tree is regularly barked every eight or ten years. Cork is manufactured into many useful 
 articles besides corks for bottles, such as shoe soles, life preservers, belts, &c., &c. There 
 are but two manufacturers in the Dominion of whom the firm of Messrs. J. E. Doyle & Co., 
 of No. 434 St James Street, are worthy of particular mention. This business was established 
 io years ago and from the date of its inception, it has met with the most marked success and 
 has rapidly increased in extent and patronage from year to year. The operations of the bus- 
 iness now covering the entire Dominion. The firm have an extensive manufactory in Toronto 
 at the corner of Queen and Shumach Streets, which is fitted up with all the most improved 
 machinery and appliances for the successful prosecution of the work in hand, and where em- 
 ployment is furnished to 50 skilled hands, in the manufacture of corks, belts, and all other 
 articles that are usually made from this useful product. The Western and North-Western 
 trade is attended to from the Toronto factory. In this city the office and store is 60x30 feet 
 in dimensions with a new warehouse in rear, three stories in height and 60 x 75 feet in 
 ■dimensions where the goods are stored and packed for shipment. The firm are also im- 
 porters of and dealers in capsules, corking machines, tinfoil, bottling wax and wire etc. All 
 goods handled by this house are of the very best quality and have an active demand in the 
 market. The members of the firm are Mr. J. E. Doyle, who is a native of New York city, 
 and is a member of the Montreal Board of Trade, and Mr. P. Freyseng, who is a native of 
 Germany, and attends to the affairs of the Toronto house. Those forming business relations 
 with this house will find all transactions conducted upon the most satisfactory basis. 
 
 B, D. Johnson & Son, BOOTS & SHOES, 1855 Notre Dame Street. — The boot and 
 shoe trade, as at present conducted, is one of the most prominent of any of the branches of 
 commercial industry. Mammoth establishments have been established for the manufacture 
 •of these most useful articles of wearing apparel, and employment is furnished to hundreds of 
 ■thousands. Machinery has worked wonders in this line of manufacture, and the cost of 
 boots and shoes is now almost 50 per cent, less than it was 25 or 30 years ago. Actively 
 ■engaged in the retail boot and shoe trade in this city is Mr. B. D. Johnson, whose store is 
 -admirably located for business, at No. 1855 Notre Dame Street, near McGill Street. It is 
 now 23 years since this business was founded, it having been carried on at wholesale for 
 fifteen years on McGill Street, and eight years since was opened as retail in its present 
 location. During that time a very large trade has been established and is still steadily on 
 the increase. The premises occupied are 26 x 90 feet in dimensions, and are tastefully 
 fitted up and neatly arrayed, while the stock is displayed to excellent advantage. The 
 stock of goods carried is of the very best quality and is extensive in its character, embracing 
 all kinds of boots and shoes and slippers for ladies and gentlemen, misses, youths, boys and 
 children, which are obtained from some of the leading manufacturing houses in the Dominion 
 and are sold at prices that must meet the views of the most economical. There is a special 
 department for custom work where ladies and gentlemen can have their boots or shoes made 
 to order by measure on short notice and in the best style of the art by skilled workmen. 
 Mr. Johnson, the senior partner, is an American by birth, and is a gentleman who has a 
 thorough knowledge of all the details of the boot and shoe trade, and those forming business 
 relations with him may rely upon entire satisfaction. 
 
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 Edward Auld, MANUFACTURER OF PREMIUM 
 MUCILAGE AND LIQUID GLUE, 759 Craig Street, Mont- 
 real. — If there is one article more than another, apart from 
 our food supplies, about which people are most particular, 
 it is mucilage. There is a good deal of this sticky stuff put 
 upon the market that is very inferior and has not the strength 
 to stand up for its own reputation. Montreal, however, has 
 one house, at least, engaged in this line of manufacture, that has 
 earned a well-deserved reputation for their goods, and that is Mr. 
 Edward Auld, whose factory is located at No. 759 Craig Street. This 
 business, although it was established only 3 years ago, has already 
 been built up to very extensive proportions, its operations now cov- 
 ering the entire Dominion. Mr. Auld manufactures the “ Premium ” 
 and “ Anchor” brands of mucilage, which are put up in different size 
 packages from 2 oz. to gallons : also, the “ Excelsior” brand of liquid 
 glue, which is also put up in similar sizes. Nothing but the very best and 
 purest of materials are used in the manufacture of these articles, so that their genuiness 
 and excellent qualities can be at all times relied upon. He also manufactures Auld’s 
 Lithographic Composition, which is also highly spoken of by the trade. Mr. Auld made it 
 a business principle when starting in business to build up a trade on the character of his 
 goods, and he is already reaping the benefits of this wise policy. There is a less margin of 
 profit on the stated quantity, but the public are demanding his goods, and the increasing 
 sales tell in the long run. Mr. Auld is a Montrealer by birth and is a wide awake, active 
 and enterprising business man and is eminently deserving of all the success he has, or will 
 achieve. 
 
 Dominion Brass Works, established i860, CUTHBERT & SON, 23 and 25 
 College Street, Montreal, Telephone No. 1300. — It was only as recently as the year 
 1830 that the first iron steamship was built and now they are traversing every ocean, sea, 
 lake and river in the civilized and uncivilized parts of the world. It has been a wonderful 
 half century of progress in the mechanical arts, and in this respect the brass founding branch, 
 has of necessity kept abreast of the times, the demand for brass and copper work having 
 rapidly increased. One of the best known and oldest established houses in this line of indus- 
 try in the city is that of the Dominion Brass Works, of which Messrs. Cuthbert & Son, are the 
 proprietors, the works being located at Nos. 23 and 25 College street. This business was 
 established in the year i860 and from a comparatively small beginning, has, by steady indus- 
 try and perseverance on the part of the proprietors, coupled to excellence of quality in work, 
 been built up to its present extensive proportions. The premises occupied by the works 
 consist of a 3 story stone building, 75 x 120 feet. These are fitted up with all the 
 latest and most improved machinery and appliances, the machinery being driven by 
 a 20 horse power steam engine while employment is furnished to 25 skilled and competent 
 workmen on an average throughout the year. The firm do all kinds of brass founding and 
 finishing, and are also copper smiths, plumbers, gas and steam fitters. A specialty of the 
 house is steamship work in which line of work they have gained a high and wide spread repu- 
 tation, for its superiority and quality.' All orders entrusted to this firm are attended to 
 promptly and the utmost satisfaction in all cases is guaranteed, so that those forming busi- 
 ness relations with them may rest assured of liberal treatment and conscientious work. The 
 members of the firm are Messrs. Robert D. Cuthbert and Mr. Wm R. Cuthbert, who are 
 natives of Perthshire, Scotland, and are both skilled, practical workmen and enterprising 
 and progressive business men. 
 
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 D, Parizeau, LUMBER MERCHANT, Head Office, Corner of Craig and 
 St. Denis Streets; Yards, Corner of Craig and St. Denis Streets and 430 Lagau- 
 chetiere Street. — In treating of the growth of Montreal, the gathering together of the 
 statistics reveals a condition of affairs, interwoven with her growth, that is a matter of sur- 
 prise to one even who is accustomed to stumbling over the greatest surprises in this direction 
 and that is, the magnitude to which some of the industries prosecuted within its borders have 
 been developed simultaneously with the growth of the city, and of this the lumber trade is a 
 striking example. In this respect no better illustration could be found than the business at 
 the head of which is Mr. D. Parizeau. This gentleman established his business in this city 
 in the year 1870 and from the time of its inception it has been steadily increasing and been 
 added to, both in the extent of its operations and facilities from year to year up to the present 
 time. The head office and yard is located at the corner of Craig and St. Denis Streets, oppo- 
 site Yiger Garden. This yard is 132 x 128 feet in dimensions. The following are the other 
 yards owned by Mr. Parizeau in different parts of the city, with their dimensions : On 
 
 Lagauchetiere Street 92 x 185 feet, in Hochelaga 150 x 300 feet, on the canal bank 150 x 
 150 feet, and on corner of Craig and Amherst Streets 50 x 90 feet. It will thus be seen that 
 Mr. Parizeau has ample room and facilities for conducting his extensive business, which has 
 an output of from 6,000,000 to 7,000,000 feet of lumber a year. He deals in all kinds of 
 dressed lumber and timber for builders’ use, keeping constantly on hand a very large stock. 
 In conducting his business he gives employment to seven clerks, salesmen and book-keepers, 
 six carters and four pilers. Mr. Parizeau is a native of Boucher ville and is a thoroughly en- 
 terprising and progressive business man, of pleasant manners, and those who have formed 
 business relations with him have always found all transactions conducted in a straightforward 
 and liberal manner. Mr. Parizeau is a member of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce. 
 
 Henry R, Gray, (established 1859,) CHEMIST and DRUGGIST, 144 St. 
 Lawrence Main Street, Montreal, Physicians’ prescriptions carefully prepared, Hospitals, 
 Dispensaries, Convents, and Physicians, supplied with genuine Drugs and Chemicals. — The 
 English, as a rule, are proverbially conservative, especially in business matters and there are 
 many old English houses that are looked up on as being, in a comparative degree, as solid as 
 the Bank of England. It is this conservatism and stability that has given England and English 
 business houses such a prestige the world over. Engli-hmen going to foreign countries carry 
 these principles with them and act upon their surroundings like the leaven that leaveneth the 
 entire lump. The old established and well known drug house of Mr. Henry R. Gray, which 
 is located at No. 144 St. Lawrence Main Street, was established in the year 1859. Not only 
 that but it has continued at the same place since the first day it was starred with the except- 
 ion that extensions were made to the premises from time to time to accomodate the ever 
 increasing business. Mr. Gray does a regular chemist and druggist business, but has also 
 had a specialty for many years that of supplying physicians, hospitals, dispensaries, and other 
 public institutions with pure drugs. He has also 15 1 regular physicians upon his books 
 whose offices are scattered throughout Canada, whom he supplies with their rec]uirements in 
 the drug line, and he also supplies piofessional lecturers with chemicals for the demonstration 
 of their experiments. He has achieved a high and widespread reputation for reliability and 
 the entire profession has the utmost confidence in his ability and carefulness in filling their 
 orders. He also makes a specialty of compounding physicians prescriptions and family re- 
 cupes. Mr. Gray is a native of England, and is a licentiate of the Pharmaceutical Associat- 
 ion of the Province of Quebec, and of the Ontario College of Pharmacy and served his term 
 of apprenticeship in England, and is one of the most esteemed members of the profession. 
 
 He was appointed a member of the Provincial Board of Health last year and srrvedas 
 a member of the Central Board during the epidemic of 1885-86. 
 
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 Fee & Martin, 357 , 359 & 3 6i St. 
 James Street, Montreal. — Few people 
 give any heed to or imagine the extent 
 of the furniture trade in this city. From a 
 close computation it is estimated that over one 
 million dollars worth of furniture — not manu- 
 factured in the city — is sold here by the regular 
 dealers, not to speak of the large quantities 
 that are consigned to the auction rooms by 
 outside parties. Now that the enterprising 
 men of the city are agitating increased harbor 
 facilities, this is a good point, to show what a 
 field there is for the manufacture of furniture 
 here, as well as there is for the other lines ot 
 manufacture. Only pessimists look with 
 gloomy forbodings upon Montreal, and lend 
 their clammy influence to the half-awakes, but 
 the enterprising men, the “ get-up-and-gets,” 
 will be at the top of the ladder, while they are 
 still trying to find out if the bottom rung is strong enough to hold them. One of the most 
 enterprising firms in the furniture line to-day is that of Messrs. Fee & Martin, whose hand- 
 some establishment is located in Bishop’s Block, Nos. 357, 359 and 361 St. James Street. 
 The premises occupied are three stories in height and with fine high ceilings and basement. 
 It is fitted up in excellent style and displays the elegant stock of furniture carried, to excel- 
 lent advantage. There is an extension in rear of xi x 15 feet and three floors in height. 
 Although this business was established only in November of 1887, the success already 
 attending it has been remarkable and gives the most flattering assurances of a bright and 
 prosperous future. The firm employ 25 men all the year round fitting up and upholstering. 
 In February of the present year the firm took a $6,000 contract for fitting up the new hotel 
 at Vaudreuil. Mr. Win. R. Fee, the senior member of the firm, is a native of this province 
 and there is no pessimist about him. He fully believes in Montreal and its destiny, and 
 it is only a pity that there are not more like him than there are. What he does not know 
 about the furniture trade in Canada is not worth knowing. For 17 years he has travelled 
 from Dan to Beersheba, or more correctly speaking, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and 
 knows every furniture man of any importance throughout the country. He has been in the 
 business in Boston, New York and Chicago, and travelled this country for an American 
 house. He was with H. J. Shaw & Co., of this city, for some time, and later with the 
 Montreal Furniture Company, so these statements speak for themselves. His partner, Mr. 
 Martin, is also a native of the Province of Quebec and is a thorough-going, active and 
 enterprising business man. 
 
 James Wilson, Jr., 66, 67, 68 and 69 Common Street, Montreal. P. O. Box 
 1835, Telephone 639. — The city of Montreal is a very prominent railroad anO shipping 
 centre, being at the head of ocean navigation and the terminus of the inland lake and river 
 navigation. Consequently there are a number of houses that make a specialty of supplying 
 the wants of those engaged in this traffic. Among those most prominently engaged in the 
 railroad, steamboat and mill supply business in this city is Mr. James Wilson, Jr., whose ware- 
 house is located at Nos. 66, 67, 68 and 69, Common street. The building occupied, which, 
 is owned by Mr. Wilson, has a frontage of 105 ft. n in. x 117 feet depth and consists of 3 
 floors in height, with basement. Here is carried a very heavy and varied stock of railroad, 
 mill and steamship supplies of every description which are of the very best quality and are 
 obtained direct from the manufacturers in this country and Europe. Mr. Wdson is also a 
 
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 manufacturer of oils and cotton waste of which he keeps a large stock constantly on hand. 
 Having ample resources and the best of facilities for obtaining supplies and purchasing in 
 large quantities, he is enabled to give his patrons the benefit of the very lowest market 
 prices, for similar quality of goods. Mr. Wilson furnishes supplies to nearly all the rail- 
 roads in Canada as well as many of the steamship and steamboat lines and mills throughout 
 the country. This business was established 14 years ago and from a comparatively small 
 beginning it has been built up to its present most extensive proportions while the trade is 
 still steadily increasing. Mr. Wilson is a native of Ireland and has resided in this country 
 since early youth. He is one of Montreal’s representative business men and a member of 
 the Board of Trade. 
 
 D, Drysdale, 645 Craig Street, Montreal. — The progress made in the building ope-* 
 rations of Montreal during the past five years has been very marked, and the building trade 
 has been considerably benefited thereby, as well as the sister branches thereof, wherein the 
 builder’s hardware trade forms an important adjunct. One of the well known houses in the 
 builders’ and general hardware line in this city is that of Mr. D. Drysdale, which is located at 
 No. 645 Craig Street. The premises occupied by the business are 24 x 60 feet in dimensions, 
 and contain a large and carefully selected stock of builders’ supplies, hardware, mechanics’ 
 tooLs, etc., etc. The stock is large and comprehensive and is all of the very best quality, being 
 obtained from some of the most celebrated manufacturers in this country and Europe. This, 
 business was founded three years ago, and during that comparatively short space of time it has 
 met with remarkable success, and has steadily grownup from year to year, the prospects for 
 the future being exceedingly encouraging, both a retail and jobbing trade being conducted. 
 Mr. David Drysdale, the proprietor, who is a Montrealer by birth, and is widely and favor- 
 ably known here, was in the employ of Mr. Walker, hardware merchant, for 20 years, so 
 that he thoroughly understands every detail of the business and is at all times prepared to 
 meet the demands of the trade and the public. He is a progressive business man and a 
 member of the Montreal Board of Trade. 
 
 Raoul Dufresne, Office: 537 B. Craig Street, Montreal; Factory r 
 Bedford, Quebec; Telephone 1380. — The colors used by the old Italian painters 
 were the very purest that could be obtained, and thus it is that the Italian 
 paintings are so remarkably well preserved to the present day. During recent years 
 the demand for the best quality paints has greatly increased, and manufacturers are using 
 their best endeavors to satisfactorily meet the market in this respect. Among the more 
 reliable manufacturing houses in this Province in the paint line is that of Mr. Raoul Dufresne, 
 whose factory is located at Bedford, P.Q. This gentleman manufactures the Pacific brand of 
 pure white lead which is so well and favorably known to the trade throughout the 
 country for their purity and excellence. A speciality is made of coach colors, r^aich, as 
 everyone knows, are the most difficult kinds of paints to be obtained that will give satisfaction. 
 Mr. Dufresne has met with the most gratifying success in this respect. A branch of the 
 house was established in this city two years ago, being now located in handsome and elegantly 
 fitted up premises at No. 537 B Craig Street. Mr. A. Frappier is the efficient agent, and has 
 succeeded in building up an excellent and ever increasing trade. All goods manufactured at 
 the factory are shipped to purchasers from the warehouse here. Besides these paints Mr. 
 Frappier deals in all kinds of dry colors, which he specially imports from some of the 
 leading manufacturing houses in Europe and the United States. The trade of the house 
 extends throughout the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The premises occupied by 
 the warehouse are 22 x 45 feet in dimensions, with an extension in rear of 30 feet. These 
 are heavily stocked with the goods dealt in, which are put up in tins, cans and bulk. Mr. 
 Frappier is a native of the Province of Quebec and is a pushing, energetic and successful 
 business man. 
 
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 Sackville S. Bain. 48 Beaver hall Hill, Montreal. NURSERIES: at 
 ■“Verdun,” and St. Catherine Street, Montreal. — An all wise Providence has 
 furnished to mankind in the flowers that shed their fragance on the air and delight 
 the eye, a source of keen enjoyment to refined natures. Flowers are ever acceptable 
 either in the house of mourning or of joy. We place upon the brow of the bride 
 the orange wreathe and upon the casket and grove of our beloved dead we give our best tri- 
 bute of love in the form of flowers. Montreal has several first class houses engaged in the 
 nursery and florist business and among these deserving of special mention, is Mr. Sackville 
 S. Bain, whose store is located at No. 48 Beaver Hall Hill. He has also a greenhouse on 
 St. Catherine street for decorative plants, for house decoration, the terrace or reception. The 
 nursery is situated at Verdun, about 2 miles from Montreal, and covers 10 acres of ground. 
 There are 4 glass houses, 20 x 100 feet in dimensions. These are heated by hot water from 
 3 boilers and there is a pump for pumping water from the river for use in the grounds and 
 nodiing is omitted that could tend to the successful prosecution of the business. The nur- 
 sery is richly stocked with some of the choicest plants and flowers to be found in the Domi- 
 nion and Mr. Bain, who is a native of Scotland, and learned the business of a nurseryman in 
 that country is one of the best line in the country and has proved highly successful as a 
 power and also as a business man, for since he established his business here 10 years he h*.s 
 built up a trade that now extends throughout the entire Dominion. 
 
 Goldie & McCulloch, GALT SAFE WORKS, Alfred Benn, manager, St. 
 James Street. — “ The bold, burglarious burglar is a burgling'’ at all times whether we 
 have detectives and police or not and the only safe guard for ones valuables is a burglar proof 
 safe. For many years the burglar kept a head and neck race with the safe manufacturer 
 and as soon as a safe was made said to to withstand all attempts made upon it, around came 
 the bold burglar and, presto ! it was opened and the contents abstracted. The m mufactu- 
 reres however have been gaining on their antagonists of late years. The Goldie & McCulloch 
 safes, are acknowledged to be superior to all others in the Dominion as to burglar and fire proof 
 qualities. The Goldie & McCulloch, Galt Safe Works were established in the year 1844 and 
 from a comparatively small beginning have been built up to their present extensive propor- 
 tions. The firm manufacture all kinds and sizes of safes for all purposes and they have sup- 
 plied the Dominion Government, Bank of Montreal, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Bank of 
 London, Bank of Ottawa, Imperial Bank of Canada, Quebec Bank, Ville-Marie Bank and 
 many other prominent institutions both at home and abroad. Their safes have stood many 
 severe tests and have upon all occasions come out successfully Their record is well known 
 to the business men throughout the Dominion and orders are daily being received by mail 
 and otherwise from all parts of the Dominion for their safes. Messrs. Goldie and McCul- 
 loch have been awarded Gold medals both for their Fire and Burgler Proof Safes at the exhi- 
 bitions held in Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec and St. John, N. B., also first prize at Montreal 
 and alfthe principal exhibitions throughout the Dominion. Mr. Alfred Benn the General 
 Manager for this city whose office and warerooms are located at 298 St. James St., is a gen- 
 tleman eminently qualified for the position, both by experience, ability and enterprising cha- 
 racteristics. 
 
 R. J. Inglis, MERCHANT TAILOR, 31 Beaver Hall Hill, Montreal. — The 
 gentlemen of Montreal are particularly noticed for their fashionable style of dress and other 
 cities in the Dominion take their copy from here. That is not to say, that Montreal sets the 
 styles, for that emanates from the parliament of tailors, even as the laws of the country are 
 emanated from our legislative halls, but people are prone to copy after others and what attracts 
 the eye, generally influences the decision. Montreal is well favored in possessing a number 
 of first-class merchant tailoring establishments, among the number worthy of honorable men- 
 tion being that of Mr. R. J. inglis, which is located at No. 31 Beaver Hall Hill. The prern- 
 
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 ises occupied are 22x48 feet in dimensions and are the most elegantly fitted up of any similar 
 establishment in the Dominion. The wood-work being in stained cherry and the walls 
 covered with Japanese leather paper, while mirrors of beveled glass reach from floor to ceil- 
 ing, the whole presenting a rich and unique appearance. A magnificent assortment is kept 
 in stock of imported woollens, tweeds, cassimeres, coatings, which are imported direct 
 from some of the most celebrated looms in Europe and embrace the most seasonable and 
 fashionable styles, from which gentlemen can select to suit their taste. These are made up 
 to order by measure in the highest style of the art and for beauty of style and finish, as well 
 as perfection of fit, the garments turned out by this house are not surpassed by those of 
 any other establishment in the city. Mr. Inglis does the work of making the uniforms for 
 the C. P. R - , employees, and goes twice a year as far as the Pacific coast, having customers 
 throughout the Dominion. These facts speak for themselves, more plainly than words of ours 
 can do, of the excellence of the work done by Mr. Inglis and the satisfaction given his num- 
 erous patrons. He gives steady employment throughout the year to about 35 skilled op- 
 eratives. Mr. Inglis is a native of Toronto and is a gentleman of marked ability, push and' 
 energy. 
 
 Lymburner & Matthews, 485 St. James Street, Montreal. — Few outside of 
 the regular branch of the trade know to what an extent that branch of business known as 
 brass moulding and electro silver plating is conducted. It is a specialty in itself but forms 
 an important factor in the general make-up of the manufacturing industries of the city. One 
 of the most prominent houses in this line of business in Montreal is that of Messrs. Lym- 
 burner & Matthews, of No. 485 St. James Street. This business was established by Mr. 
 Lymburner 20 years ago, and from a comparatively small beginning it has been built up to its 
 present extensive proportions. The premises occupied by the business consist of the plating 
 department on St. James Street, which is 30 x 70 feet in dimensions, and the foundry which 
 is located at St. Cunegonde. In the electro plating department is contained the latest and most 
 improved machinery and appliances specially adapted for this class of work, which is driven 
 by xo horse steam power. To successfully turn out the work to supply the trade, employ- 
 ment is furnished to 25 skilled hands throughout the year. The firm do all kinds of brass 
 moulding, harness and carriage trimmings, oreide, nickel, close and electro silver plating 
 and gilding. The trade of the house is very extensive and embraces in its scope of opera- 
 tions the entire Dominion, the sale being principally with wholesale saddlery hardware 
 houses in their carriage trimmings, which are beautiful in design and elegant in finish. 
 
 Montreal Quilting Co y,, King’s Block, 643 Craig Street, Montreal. — In 
 these modern days there is a marked tendency to specialties in all general branches of man- 
 ufacture, and by thus confirming the efforts to one special branch, better work can be done 
 and cheaper than when the operations are extended over a larger field. Thus we see that in 
 furniture manufacturing, some houses devote their energies entirely to chairs and others to 
 tables, &c. Among the special lines of manufacture in this city must be mentioned that of 
 the Montreal Quilting Company whose factory is located at No. 643 Craig Street, in King’s 
 Block. I he premises occupied are commodious and are fitted up with all the most improved 
 machinery specially manufactured for this line of work, while employment is furnished to a 
 large staff of skilled operatives throughout the year, in the manufacture of quilted linings for 
 fur goods, mantles, clothing, skirt lining &c., &c. The work turned out by this house is 
 first-class in every particular, being artistic in design and the materials used of the very best 
 quality. This is in itself well worthy of honorable mention. The members of the firm are 
 Messis. W m. Koch, who is a resident of New York, and Th. Messmer, who attends to 
 the business operations here. The trade of the house is very extensive, embracing as 
 it does in the scope of its operations, the entire Dominion. This business fis conducted 
 entirely at wholesale with the furriers, clothiers, &c. This house was established 2 years 
 ago and from the time of its inception it has proved entirely successful. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMEK.CE AND MANUFACTURES, 
 
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 Hill & Forbes, 427 St. James Street, Stephens’ Block, Montreal; 
 Telephone No. 982 — Within recent years a very marked improvement has taken place 
 in the tastes and culture of the general public, and this is especially seen in the decoration 
 of their homes. The house painter has of course been obliged to keep up with this desirable 
 tendency of the times and bring his best efforts into play by harmonious coloring and artistic 
 design. The painter, in his turn, has demanded from the paint manufacturers the best that 
 can be procured, for unless the colors are rich in tone and pure in quality good and lasting 
 work would be an utter impossibility. Holding a prominent position among those engaged 
 in the paint and oil trade in this city is the firm of Messrs. Hill & Forbes, whose establish- 
 ment is located in the Stephens’ Block, 427 St. James Street, into which they moved on tire 
 1 st M#y of the present year, their former location being at 430 St. James Street, nearly oppo- 
 site. This business was established seven years ago, and one year since was purchased by 
 Mr. William Hill, the senior member of the present firm, he having had a previous experi- 
 ence in the business of a quarter of a century in the well known house ofS. H. May & Co. 
 On January rst of the present year Mr. Forbes was admitted into partnership under the 
 above mentioned title. 'The handsome premises occupied consist of three floors with base- 
 ment 25 x 60 feet in dimensions. These are well adapted to the business conducted, and 
 in the different floors the large stock is admirably and conveniently arranged. The firm are 
 heavy importers and dealers in paints, oils, varnishes, brushes, window glass, glue, bronzes, 
 kalsomine, artists’ and coach painters’ materials, etc., and they are also general agents for 
 the Alabastine Co., of Paris, Ont. All goods handled by this firm are of the very best and 
 purest quality and are procured direct from manufacturers in this country and Europe, so 
 that customers can fully and implicitly rely upon whatever they obtain here as being accord- 
 ing to sample or representation'. The trade of the house is very large and is conducted 
 both at wholesale and retail, and its operations extend throughout the entire Dominion. Mr 
 Hill is a native of Ireland and Mr. Forbes is a Canadian by birth. They are both “workers’ 
 in the business in every sense of the word, and the success that has attended the efforts of 
 The house has been eminently deserved. 
 
 SEELEY’S HARD RUBBER TRUSSES. 
 
 Montreal Truss Factory, J, Hudson 
 Proprietor. 686 Craig St., Montreal — Frail 
 humanity is subject to a great many ills and infirm- 
 ities, either hereditary or caused by accident or ne- 
 glect and the best endeavors of mankind have been 
 devoted to devising means to counteract, if not per- 
 manently cure the deformity or defect. In no branch 
 has human ingenuity been more beneficially extended 
 than in the manufacture of deformity apparatus, arti- 
 ficial limbs, &c. Among those prominently engaged 
 in the manufacture of such articles in this city, there 
 are none bearing a higher reputation than Mr. J. 
 Hudson, proprietor of the Montreal Truss Factory, 
 w which is located at No. 686 Craig Street. This gen- 
 
 tleman manufactures all kinds of deformity apparatus, trusses, supporteis, braces, crutches, 
 artificials limbs &c. The articles he manufactures are all of superior quality and 
 are constructed upon the most scientific principles, being in every respect specially suited for 
 the requirements. Special attention is given to the cases of children and a lady is in attend- 
 ance for those of her sex. A very large and varied stock of goods is carried embracing 
 everything in the truss, supporter, brace, and artificial limb line, while orders for special ar- 
 ticles are attended to promptly and in a satisfactory manner. During the 4 years that Mr. 
 Hudson has been engaged in business here he has built up an excellent trade that is steadily 
 on the increase. Mr. Hudson is a native of Montreal and is a practical truss and artificial 
 limb manufacturer of many years experience. 
 
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 B. E. McGale, CHEMIST and DRUGGIST, 2123 Notre Dame Street. — There is 
 an old saying and a true one, that “ There is always room at the top.” In all lines of business 
 as well as in the professions, this is the case, and there are very few that reach there, and 
 those who do so, only succeed by the exercise of hard work and indomitable energy and in- 
 dustry. Among those engaged in the profession of pharmacy in this city, Mr. B. E. McGale 
 may truthfully be said to have reached that commanding height of success. Mr. McGale is 
 a native of Saint Roch de l’Achigan, Montcalm county, but has resided in Montreal since his 
 childhood. He received his early education at Mr. Doran’s Commercial Academy, and 
 afterwards at the Montreal Business College. He began the study of pharmacy at Gray’s 
 drug store on St. Lawrence Main Street, and graduated with high honors from the Montreal 
 College of Pharmacy. Twelve years ago Mr. McGale started in business for himsAf and 
 ever since the date of its inception his success has been rapid and assured. The premises 
 occupied by him at No. 2123 Notre Dame Street, are elegantly fitted up in natural woods, 
 beautifully carved, plate glass show cases and cabinets for the advantageous display of the 
 splendid stock carried. The store is one of the finest in the city as it is one of the most 
 popular. A very large and elegant stock is carried, consisting of fresh and pure drugs, chem- 
 icals, fancy and toilet articles; imported and domestic soaps, perfumes, &c., also proprietary 
 medicines of acknowledged merit and standard reputation, as well as all such articles as are 
 required by physicians in their practice. Employment is furnished to 3 competent and care- 
 ful assistants throughout the year. The store at night is brilliantly lighted by electricity and 
 presents a very attractive appearance, and is well worth a visit. 
 
 JohnE King, SADDLE HARNESS AND TRUNK MANUFACTURER, 302 
 St. James Street, near Victoria Square), Montreal. — Montreal has many old-estab- 
 lished and substantial business houses, the names of the owners of which are as ‘ ‘familiar in our 
 mouths as household words.” They have done much to build up — not only the commer- 
 cial prosperity — but the good name of the city and they are deserving of the thanks of our 
 citizens. Some businesses have descended from father to son in regular rotation. Among 
 such houses worthy of special mention in a work of this character is that of Mr. John E. 
 King, saddle, harness and trunk manufacturer, whose store is located at No. 302 St. James 
 street. This business was established by Mr. William King in the year 1830 and was suc- 
 cessfully conducted until 1873, when the present proprietor Mr. John E. King succeeded 
 to it and the reputation of the old house has been steadily maintained. The premise? occu- 
 pied by the business are 25 x 60 feet in dimensions and contain a fine stock of saddlery and 
 harness, horse furnishing goods and stable requisites, as well as a fine line of trunks of every 
 description. Mr. King manufactures single and double light and heavy harness of the best 
 description nothing but the very best quality of materials and trimmings being used, while 
 the workmanship is scrutinized thoroughly so that the most satisfactory results are obtained. 
 The house has long held a high reputation for the work turned out, and it has stood the test 
 of years, which should be a sufficient guarantee. Mr. King is a Canadian by birth and is a 
 skilled, practical workman and an energetic business man. 
 
 D. Campbell & Son,, 36 Dalhousie Street.— Contained among the many 
 manufacturing industries of Montreal, is the important factor of cooperage. The 
 numberless kegs, barrels and casks that ' are used in vinegar factories, flour 
 mills, paint works, etc., have all to pass through the coopers’ hands. The business 
 is actively prosecuted in this city, and among the most prominent of those engaged in 
 this line is the firm of Messrs. D. Campbell & Son, whose cooperage is located at No. 36 
 Dalhousie street. Ihe premises occupied by the cooperage are commodious and are 2 
 stories in height, employment being furnished to 20 skilled workmen throughout the year. 
 The firm manufacture all kinds of barrels, casks and kegs, and their trade is verv ,'xtensive 
 and embraces in the scope of its operations the city and a large section of the surrounding 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
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 country. This business was established 35 years ago by Mr. John Campbell, and the pre- 
 sent firm succeeded to the business 10 years ago. From the date of its inception it has- 
 proved highly successful and has been steadily built up from year to year. The firm do 
 also an extensive warehousing business, having adjoining premises, 3 stories in height for 
 this purpose. The entire buildings occupied cover 90 x 120 feet in dimensions, the coope- 
 rage being built of brick and the warehouse of stone. The members of the firm are natives 
 of Glasgow, Scotland, and are practical coopers and give their personal attention to all 
 orders entrusted to their care. They are straight forward and honorable men of business and 
 both are members of the Montreal Board of Trade. 
 
 D. Nicholson & Co., (Successors to R. Alexander,) GRAVEL and GENERAL 
 ROOFERS, 41 St. Antoine Street, Montreal. — Leaking roofs have at all times 
 been the bane of life of landlord and tenant alike, and as well as being incon- 
 venient, do considerable damage to property. It is an old saying and a true one, 
 that “ a stitch in time saves nine,” and this is most forcibly applicable with regard to a 
 leak in a roof. If repaired immediately, it is noticed that it saves considerable expense 
 and damage in the future. One of the best known firms of roofers in this city is that of 
 Messrs. D. Nicholson & Co., whose office is located at No. 41 St. Antoine Street. This- 
 business was founded 20 years ago by Dr. Cowan, who in time was succeeded by Mr. R. 
 Alexander, and upon the decease of that gentleman 8 years ago, the present proprietors- 
 came into possession. The firm do all kinds of gravel, rosin cement and general roofing, 
 gravel roofing being a specialty. They also repair gravel and rosin cement roofs, tin, 
 iron and shingle roofs are repaired and painted. The work done by this firm is of the very- 
 best quality, and all orders entrusted to them are guaranteed to be satisfactory and prompt- 
 ly attended to at reasonable charges. 
 
 On an average 12 competent men are given employment throughout the year. Messrs. 
 Nicholson & Co. do one of the best lines of business in the city as their work can at 
 all times be relied upon. They keep for sale roofing felt, pitch, rosin cement, etc. The 
 individual members of the firm are Mr. D. Nicholson who is a native of the Isle of Skye, 
 Scotland, and is a thoroughly skilled practical roofer, and Mr. John Smith who is also a 
 Scotchman by birth, and an enterprising business man. 
 
 Both members of the firm are practical to the trade in which they are engaged, and 
 personally supervise all work entrusted to them, thus ensuing perfect satisfaction. The 
 business department is ably conducted bv Mrs. D. Nicholson, in whose efficient hands it is. 
 carefully and successfully administered. 
 
 J. W. Paterson & Co„ manufacturers and dealers in roofing 
 
 MATERIALS, 47 Murray Street, Montreal, and 217 Front Street, East, Tor- 
 onto, Consequent on the growth of the country, the various branches of business conducted 
 
 have been divided and sub-divided into certain sections, until to-day, when work is needed 
 to be done that comes under a generic head, it is necessary to call upon one who practices- 
 that special branch of the given industry. In the mechanical branches there can be no question 
 but that this sub-division has been productive of the greatest good, especially is this the case 
 in the building trade. In the manufacture and dealing in roofing materials the house of 
 Messrs J W. Paterson & Co., which is located at No. 47 Murray Street in this city, is one 
 of the most important in the line. The business was established here in 1872 and so rapid- 
 lv did their trade extend that 7 yeais ago a branch establishment was founded at No. 217 
 Front Street, East, Toronto, under the title of J. W. Paterson & Bro., Mr. W. L. Paterson 
 being the manager there, and attends to the western trade. The firm manufacture and deal 
 in all kinds of tarred felt, tarred sheathing, hard and soft dry felt for lining and carpets, rosm 
 sized sheathin^ &c. Also coal tar, American and Canadian shingle varnish, roofing pitch 
 and cement, gravel for roofs and walks, rosin, pine, pitch, tar, oakum &c. The manufactory 
 
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 is fitted up with all the most improved machines and appliances for the successful prosecution 
 of the business and only the most skilled workmen are employed. The trade of the house 
 is conducted at both wholesale and retail and its scope of operating extends throughout the 
 Dominion and Newfoundland in which latter country it was introduced only a year ago but 
 has already made the most satisfactory showing even in the face of American competition. 
 Mr. Paterson is a Scotchman by birth and in his line of business he occupies a prominent 
 place, a position that has been won by energy and enterprise, and that strict attention to de- 
 tail in filling all orders, that is always sure of attracting a large patronage. 
 
 Kieffer & Quesnel, die manufacturers 
 
 AND GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, Telephone 1724, 27 
 College Street, Montreal. — That Montreal is making rapid 
 progress in its commerce and manufactures may be learned 
 from the fact of so many new enterprises that have been 
 established here during the past year or two, which are finding 
 plenty of scope for their energies and a good field for their ope- 
 rations. In a work of this character it is a pleasure to call particular attention to some of the 
 more important of these houses of comparatively recent establishment. In this connection the 
 firm of Messrs. Kieffer & Quesnel, die manufacturers and general blacksmiths, of No. 27 
 College Street, are deserving of special mention. This house was founded only one year 
 ago at No. 31 McGill Street, and during that short time it has been doing business it has 
 met with such success that larger premises became necessary, and so the works were 
 removed to 27 College Street in May of this year. The premises occupied are 30x55 feet 
 in dimensions and are fitted up with all the latest and most improved machinery and appli- 
 ances for the successful conducting of the work in hand, a 15 horse-power engine furnishing 
 the motive power, while employment is furnished to ic skilled and competent workmen 
 throughout the year. The trade of the house is increasing very rapidly and the scope of its 
 operations embraces the entire Dominion. The firm manufacture all kinds of dies for boots 
 and shoes, envelopes, gloves and anything else in the die line. They also do a general 
 blacksmith business, and all orders entrusted to them are attended to promptly and the best 
 of satisfaction is guaranteed. Mr. Louis Kieffer, the senior member of the firm, is an 
 Alsatian by birth, and Mr. Alphonse Quesnel is a native ofChateauguay. Both are practical 
 workmen and energetic business men. 
 
 Alfred Eaves, IMPORTER OF WATCHES AND JEWELLERY, 1679 Notre 
 Dame Street, Montreal. — In estimating the value of the commercial interests of 
 Montreal it is found that the watchmaking and jewellery trade forms a very important factor 
 and is an indication of the prosperity of the city at large. There are a large number of first 
 class houses engaged in this business here, prominent among them being that of Mr. Alfred 
 Eaves, whose establishment is located at No. 1679 Notre Dame Street. The premises occu- 
 pied are large and commodious, being 30 x 80 feet in dimensions, and are handsomely fitted 
 up with plate glass show cases and cabinets, wherein is displayed to excellent advantage an 
 elegant stock of English, French and American watches in gold and silver, clocks, rings, 
 chains setts, pins, a fine assortment of jet jewellery, spectacles, glass eyes for birds and animals, 
 watch tools and materials, and many other beautiful articles of jewellery too numerous to men- 
 tion in detail. Mr. Eaves imports his own stock direct from some of the leading houses in 
 Europe and the United States, and purchasing in large quantities on the most favorable terms 
 is enabled to give his customers the benefit of bottom prices for best quality of goods. The 
 business is conducted at both wholesale and retail and a large jobbing trade is done with the 
 retail merchants throughout the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. This business was estab- 
 lished 15 years ago and almost ever since the date of its inception it has proved eminently 
 successful and has steadily increased in extent and importance. Mr. Eaves is n native of 
 England, and having had many years experience in the watchmaking and jewellery trade 
 thoroughly understands all its details and the requirements of the trade and public. 
 
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 James M. Aird, 1877 Notre Dame Street, Montreal. — It has with truth been 
 said that “Bread is the staff of life.” It is one of the articles of food of which one never 
 tires, even if served at every meal ; at the same time it is nourishing and wholesome. It is 
 necessary, however, that it should be made of the best materials, and that no injurious 
 ingredients should be used in its manufacture. One of the most important houses in this 
 line of business in this city is that of Mr. James M. Aird, whose store and office is located 
 at No. 1877 Notre Dame Street, near McGill Street. The store is large and commodious, 
 and is tastefully fitted up. In rear is a refreshment room containing fifteen tables, where 
 lunches and refreshments can be obtained. There is a handsome soda water fountain in 
 front and all the appointments of the store are in excellent taste. Mr. Aird has just built 
 a new bake house at No. 101 St. Urbain Street, which is two stories in height and 50 x 55 
 feet in dimensions. This contains three brick ovens and one continuous baking oven, and 
 is fully equipped with all the latest and most improved appliances for the successful prose- 
 cution of the work. Mr. Aird makes more varieties of bread than all the other city bakers 
 combined, having 35 kinds to choose from. He also manufactures choice cakes and can- 
 dies. He does not do business with the trade, as his family custom is all that he can attend 
 to, having 1500 families whom he serves regularly, besides his transient custom in the store. 
 In the prosecution of his business he gives employment to 35 skilled hands and courteous 
 assistants, and has six teams constantly on the road delivering goods to his customers 
 throughout all parts of the city. Mr. Aird is a native of Outremont, and since founding; 
 his business in 1877 he has met with the most flattering success, which has been due to his 
 untiring efforts to supply his customers with the best that could be produced. 
 
 Montreal Optical and Jewellery Co. [Limited], manufacturing 
 
 OPTICIANS, 1685 Notre Dame Street, Montreal. — None save those who have lost 
 it can fully appreciate the value of good eyesight, nor can anyone outside the profession 
 measure the difficulties that lie in the way of successful treatment of diseases of the eye and 
 even partial restoration ol impaired sight. Diseases of the organs of vision, too, are on the 
 increase, as may be seen by the constantly augmenting number of those who are compelled 
 to resort to the use of glasses at a comparatively early age, and skilfully fitted glasses present 
 the only practical hope for those whose eyes exhibit symptoms of deterioration. The Mont- 
 real Optical and Jewellery Co., Limited, whose establishment is located at No. 1685 Notre 
 Dame Street, are manufacturing opticians and importers, and manufacturers of every 
 description of spectacles, eyeglasses and cases. The premises occupied by the business 
 consist of two floors, each 15 x 68 feet in dimensions, and which are fitted up with every 
 appliance for the successful prosecution of the work in hand, while employment is steadily 
 furnished to 12 skilled and competent workmen throughout the year, while three commercial 
 travellers represent the house in all parts of the Dominion. The goods manufactured by 
 this company are of the very best quality and the most perfect workmanship, and have 
 a high standard reputation throughout the trade, which embraces in the scope of its opera- 
 tions the entire Dominion. This business was established in the year 1883, and has made 
 rapid progress since that time and been at all times highly successful. The Montreal 
 Optical and Jewellery Co. is a joint stock concern, having for its officers the following well- 
 known gentlemen : C. A. Vallee, President; M. Schwob, Vice-President , Charles Grant, 
 
 Secretary -Treasurer. The company Uas won an enviable reputation for straightforward 
 dealing and excellent quality of goods. 
 
 Arcand Brothers, III St. Lawrence Street, Montreal. — Holding a conspicious 
 place among the retail dry-goods establishments of Montreal is that of Messrs. 
 Arcand Brothers, which is located at No. 111 St. Lawrence street, corner of 
 
 Lagauchetiere street. The premises are admirably adopted to the business conducted, 
 being 28 x 70 feet in dimensions and are fitted up in an attractive manner, the large 
 
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 stock being displayed to excellent advantage. The stock handled embraces staple and 
 fancy dry goods of every description, silks, satins, velvets and velveteens, plushes, dress 
 goods in all the latest novelties, and most fashionable patterns, smalbvares, linens, laces, trim- 
 mings, hosiery and hosiery notions and many other departments too numerous to mention in 
 detail. A specialty is made of the manufacture of ladies’ mantles, and there is also a tailoring 
 department connected with the business, which is under the personal supervision of Mr. W. 
 Arcand, who is a practical tailor of many years experience and has now an enviable reputa- 
 tion for the perfection and beauty of the garments turned out. The firm have only one price 
 and that is the lowest they can possibly afford consistent with a safe and honorable business 
 and it has been upon this policy that they have, during the six years they have been esta- 
 blished in business, built up so excellent a trade, as well as to their liberal and straightfor- 
 ward dealing. Employment is furnished to 20 courteous assistants and operatives in the differ- 
 ent departments. The individual members of the firm are Messrs. J. A. ; J. Z. ; and W. 
 Arcand, gentlemen well known in commercial circles, for their business qualification, push 
 and enterprise. 
 
 Colin McArthur & Co., 
 
 MONTREAL WALL PAPER 
 FACTORY, 15 Voltigeur St., 
 Cor. Notre Dame St., Mon- 
 treal.— -There is a recognized con- 
 nection between all branches of 
 design, some of these being intim- 
 ately associated, so that knowledge 
 gained in one art is partially trans- 
 ferable to another. Textile patterns 
 m connection with wall papers af- 
 ford an instance. Many of these 
 textile patterns are repertones for 
 suggestive applications of graceful 
 lines, harmonious disposition of 
 colors and symmetrical spacing 
 for walls of rooms. Thanks <. to 
 the wall paper manufacturer’s 
 e palaces ot the rich, and the cottages of the poor alike, are rendered 
 luxurious, beautiful, and more homelike than ever before, while skill and invention are 
 more than ever stimulated to new and pleasing combinations of patterns, colors and effects. 
 
 1 he Dominion of Canada was, for many years, dependant upon England, France and the 
 United States for its wall papers, but progress is the motto of the age and to-day there are 
 three wall paper factories in the Dominion, chief among which is the Montreal Wall 
 Paper Factory, which is located in the old Molson’s College. The building is a substantial 
 brick structure, 3 stories in heighth with basement and also two towers, the dimensions of 
 the building being 225 x 35 feet. The basement is utilized for the color r> om, the raw 
 stock, and also for the engine room ; on the ground floor are the business offices, 
 the stock room and packing room, and also the most expensive part of the works 
 the making of the brass pattern rollers \ as a great many patterns of paper are turned 
 out twice a year, and as in some cases it takes as many as eight rollers for one pattern of 
 paper, it will leadily be seen that a great many are required ; upon the wooden rolls is pasted 
 a paper pattern in outline, and this is followed by indenting brass into the wood, in a sim- 
 ilar manner to what the Japanese make thin gilt lines in satsuma ware. These must present 
 an even surface, otherwise the printed design would be imperfect, so only the best of skilled 
 
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 help is employed ; as this work is not intended as a technical authority on the process of 
 manufacture of the different branches of trade in the city, but simply as an outline of the 
 various manufactures, intricate details are uncalled for. The second floor is used for the 
 manufacture of “ regulars,” “metallic’s,” and “micas.” “Regular” papers contain 7 yards 
 to the roll, and from 5000 to 6000 rolls can be manufactured in a day. Bronze papers • — 
 as it takes about 24 hours for these to dry, a special flat is devoted to their manufacture, 
 containing every facility for the proper execution of the work, — contain 8 yards to the roll, 
 and about 2000 rolls are manufactured in a day. The first process of manufactured wall 
 paper was entirely by hand stamping, and for the most expensive kinds of paper, this is 
 continued to the present day, one of the towers is devoted to this purpose, and of these the 
 average manufacture is 1 00 pieces a day. The other tower is used for general carpenter 
 work. This factory gives employment to 50 skilled and competent workmen, and the five 
 printing machines are driven by a 25 horse-power steam engine. The line of papers manu- 
 factured by this house are unexcelled by any manufactured in the country ; and many lines 
 are equal to any imported ; the trade of the house extends throughout the Dominion. 
 This business was established 5 years ago, and almost from the date of its inception it has 
 proved eminently successful. Mr._, Colin McArthur, the senior member of the firm, 
 is a practical workman and was manager of the works of Wylie & Lochead, of Glas- 
 gow, Scotland for many years. He is a member of the Montreal Board of Trade. Mr. 
 James Worthington, the other partner is manager of the Dominion Bolt Factory of Toron- 
 to, and was the celebrated contractor of the Canadian Pacific Railroad ; also, of part of La- 
 chine Canal, &c., andis a member of theToronto Board of Trade. The representatives of the 
 house are, for Toronto and western Ontario, W. Williamson; Ontario, east of Toronto and 
 Eastern Townships, O. W. Ellis ; Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and Prince Edward 
 Island, A. S. Kemp; Quebec and District, W. M. McDonald; Manitoba and North West, 
 Tees & Persse of Winnipeg, and Montreal and District, D. J. McArthur. 
 
 Morris & Reynolds, METROPOLITAN BOOT AND SHOE STORE, 2015 
 Notre Dame Street, Montreal. — Among the more important of the manufacturing and 
 business industries conducted in this country is that of boots and shoes. Since the intro- 
 duction of machinery in this branch of trade, this industry has assumed gigantic proportions 
 and has given employment to thousands. Engaged in the retail branch of this business in 
 Montreal, and situated in the centre of commercial activity at No. 2015 Notre Dame Street, 
 is the well known firm of Messrs. Morris & Reynolds, proprietors of the Metropolitan Boot 
 and Shoe House. Established twelve years ago, it has enjoyed a long, honorable and 
 prosperous career. The premises occupied are commodious and well adapted to the 
 business, and are stored with a complete stock of goods, embracing ladies’, misses’, gentle- 
 men’s, youth’s, boys’ and children’s boots, shoes and rubbers of all kinds, from the principal 
 manufacturing establishments of the Dominion. In addition to dealing in the above goods, 
 the firm makes a specialty of ladies’ and gentlemen’s boots and shoes to order, and they are 
 enrolled in this branch of the trade to turn out as handsome, well-fitting and durable goods 
 as can be produced. Employment is furnished to 14 skilled and competent assistants 
 throughout the year. A distinction specially is made of fitting deformed feet, and the 
 possessors of such are always sent away happy from the “ Metropolitan ” as the house 
 guarantees satisfaction in every case. The house possesses every known facility for the 
 successful prosecution of the business, and owing to the experience of the proprietors and 
 their widespread and intimate relations with manufacturers and producers, they are enabled 
 to offer to the public inducements in the way of first-class reliable goods at low prices, not 
 surpassed by any boot and shoe house in the city. Mr. George J Morris, the senior mem- 
 ber of the firm, is a native of Montreal, and his co-partner, Mr. James E. Reynolds, is a 
 Torontonian by birth. 
 
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 Vulcan Boiler Works, W. C. WHITE, Proprietor, Corner Nazareth ani> 
 Brennan Streets, Montreal.— For many years man’s ingenuity was exercised to find 
 a way to manufacture a boiler that would not explode, but just as soon as success had been 
 supposed to have been achieved away went the result of their labors in the air, and lucky- 
 it was if a number of lives did not go with it. The papers contained almost daily accounts 
 of explosions of boilers in different parts of the country, either on the rivers, lakes, or on 
 land. Now, however, accounts of such occurrences are but rare, which is a sure indication 
 that non-bustible boilers have been brought as near perfection as possible. Among the 
 most prominent and successful boiler makers in Montreal is Mr. Wm. C. White, whose 
 works are located at No. 46 Brennan Street. This gentleman has been established in business, 
 since the >ear i860, and from a comparatively small beginning has built up an excellent and 
 ever increasing trade as well as a high reputation for the superior quality of the work turned 
 out by him. He manufactures all kinds of boilers for marine and stationary engines. 
 Another branch of the business is the manufacture of iron and steel steamers for lake and 
 river navigation. He has built many of these that have given ihe most satisfactory results 
 with regard to speed and stability. The works, which are 110x180 feet in dimensions, 
 are fitted up with all the latest and most improved machinery, driven by two steam engines 
 of 25 horse power combined, while employment is furnished to from 50 to 60 skilled work- 
 men on an average throughout the year. The trade of the house is very extensive and 
 embraces the entire Dominion from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Mr. White is a native of 
 Paisley, Scotland, and is a practical boiler maker of many years experience and is a pro- 
 gressive and enterprising business man and citizen. Mr. Hugh Vallance, nephew of Mr. 
 White, is business manager of the concern, and to his ability much of the success of the 
 present establishment is due. 
 
 J. D. Bennett, CABINET MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER.— There 
 
 are few lines of business of more importance to the public generally — with the excep- 
 tion of those dealing in food supplies — than the furniture trade. This business has made very 
 marked improvement during the past fifteen or twenty years, both in extent of operations and 
 the s.yle and quality of goods made. Holding a prominent place among the old established 
 houses in this line in Montreal is that of Mr. J. D. Bennett, whose establishment is located 
 at No. 562 Uj aig street. The premises occupied by the business consist of 2 floors each 
 45 x 90 feet in dimensions. Here is contained a fine stock of household furniture of every 
 description, artistic in design and beautifully upholstered. Mr. Bennett makes a specialty of 
 the manufacture of show cases for jewellery stores, millinery stores, gents furnishings stores 
 and in fact for all purposes. He also manufactures plate chests, glass cases, gun, pistol, jewel 
 and fancy cases of all kinds and descriptions. 
 
 He also does picture and mirror framing and neatly repairs papier mache and 
 leather work. His work is first class in every particular and the trade of the house extends 
 throughout the city and vicinity, employment being furnished to 8 skilled and capable work- 
 men throughout the year. Mr. Bennett, who is a native of Ontario, is a practical workman 
 of large experience, and during the 22 years he has been established in business in this city 
 he has built up a trade of which he may well feel gratified and a high reputation for straight- 
 forward and honorable dealing. 
 
 J. E. Manning, GROCER, I, 3, 5 St. Antoine Street, Montreal. — There is 
 scarcely any line of business in which neatness and taste in display of the goods is of so 
 much importance to success as in that of groceries. If the store is kept in a slovenly man- 
 ner and the goods and fixtures look dusty there is nothing to tempt the eye or win a 
 customer. On the other hand cleanliness, neatness and taste have their desired effect. 
 Among the many grocery stores in this city worthy of special mention for its general 
 appearance and excellent quality of stock carried, is that of Mr. J. E. Manning; which is 
 
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 located at No. i, 3, 5 St. Antoine Street. The premises occupied are 26 x 80 feet in dimen- 
 sions, with high ceiling and are fitted up in an excellent manner and the large stock handled 
 is shown to the best advantage. The stock includes the finest brands of China and Japan 
 teas, coffees from Java, Mocha and Rio, table delicacies, hermetically sealed goods in glass 
 and tin, as well as all other articles usually to be found in a first-class grocery establish- 
 ment of this character. There is also a fine line of prime quality provisions and the choicest 
 brands of wines and liquors, imported and domestic, and specially suited for fine family 
 trade. This business was established six years ago and ever since the date of its incep- 
 tion its progress has been steadily onward, and is still increasing. The trade is conducted 
 at both wholesale and retail and embraces the city and vicinity. Employment is furnished 
 to four competent clerks and two teams are used for the delivery of goods. Mr. Manning, 
 the proprietor, is a Canadian by birth, and is thoroughly acquainted with all the details of 
 ■the grocery business, by long practical experience. 
 
 Michel Lefebvre & CO., Manufacturers in bond of VINEGARS and 
 METHYLATED SPIRITS, 23 Gosford Street, Montreal. — Montreal contains many 
 •old established and reliable houses in the several branches of manufacturing industries. These 
 have been incepted and conducted by men of marked business ability, push and enterprise, 
 and it is to their efforts, in a great measure, that the present status, as a commercial and ma- 
 nufacturing centre, the city of Montreal is now due. Among the old-established and promi- 
 nent houses, m the manufactory line, is that of Messrs. Michel Lefebvre & Co., manufactu- 
 rers of vinegars and methylated spirits. Their office and warehouse are located in the old 
 Dominion theatre, Nos. 21 to 25 Gosford street, the works being located at No. 80 Papineau 
 road. The works are located in a substantial 4 story building, 200 x 56 feet in dimensions. 
 These are fitted up with every known requirements and facilities for the successful prosecution of 
 the business while employment is furnished to 30 skilled workmen and assistants in the various 
 -departments. The firm manufacture vinegar and methylated spirits and these products have 
 for many years been held as standard throughout the trade in the Dominion and received a 
 medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1878 in competing against many of the most celebrated ma- 
 nufacturers of Europe. This, in itself, is a strong recommendation of the excellent quality of 
 their goods. This business was founded in the year 1849 an d from a comparatively small 
 germ has arisen the present wide spreading oak. The trade of the house, which is on an 
 extensive scale, is co-extensive with the Dominion. The Messrs. Lefebvre are Canadians by 
 birth and are active members of the Montreal Board of Trade. The different brands of vine- 
 gars manufactured by this house are Imperial, triple strength, Cote D’Or, Crystal pickling, 
 Bordeaux, Orleans, White Wine XXX, XX, X, Cider XXX, XX, X, Malt XXX, XX, X, 
 and Port Wine Vinegar, all of which brands are well known as standard throughout the trade. 
 
 A. T. Pratt, MERCHANT TAILOR, 64 Beaver Hall Hill, Montreal. — 
 The establishment of new business houses in any community, especially if those houses are 
 of importance in their specialline, is asure indication of progress and development. From the 
 number of business establishments that have been located in Montreal during the past year, 
 it is very evident that the city is rapidly growing as a commercial centre. Among those 
 that have recently been incepted here, is that of Mr. A. T. Pratt, which is eligibly located for 
 business at No. 64 Beaver Hall Hill. Mr. Pratt, although he only commenced business for 
 himself on the 1st of March of the present year, is well known in tailoring circles and to the 
 • citizens of Montreal. He learned his business, practically, with Mr. J. E, McEntyre, with 
 whom he was for ten years, and he was head cutter for Mr. R. Charlebois for four years, so 
 that he has had an extended experience in the very best of schools in the city. The pre- 
 sses he occupies for the business are 24 x 50 feet in dimensions, and are handsomely fitted 
 ■ up, and contain an elegant stock of the most seasonable and latest fabrics from the leading 
 
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 European houses, all goods handled are of the best quality. Mr. Pratt makes up suits to 
 order on short notice in the highest style of the art and for excellence of fit, elegance of fin- 
 ish, and beauty of style these are not surpassed by any other first class house in the city. 
 Employment is furnished at present to about 30 skilled operaters, and the business, consid- 
 ering the short time it has been established has met with marked success. 
 
 Thos. Allan & Co„ JEWELLERS, &c., 2219 St. Catherine St., Queen’s 
 Block, Montreal. — The Watchmaking and Jewellery trade is a sure indication of the 
 prosperity, or otherwise, of any particular community. Where it flourishes there will be 
 found a large class of well-to-do people, who can afford to indulge their tastes for the beau- 
 tiful in the precious metals. Montreal is of course the commercial metropolis of the 
 Dominion, and here the Watchmaking and Jewellery trade is prosecuted on a large and 
 important scale. Prominent among the old established and popular houses in this line of 
 business here is that of Messrs. Thos. Allan & Co., whose store is eligibly located in the 
 Queen’s Block, 2219 St. Catherine Street. The premises occupied are large and commodi- 
 ous, being 30 x no feet in dimensions, and which are fitted up with marked taste and suit- 
 able for the requirements of the trade, having plate glass show-cases and cabinets, &c. for 
 the advantageous display of the elegant stock carried, consisting of gold and silver watches 
 of English, Swiss and American manufacture, clocks, rings, chains, setts, sleeve-buttons, 
 scarf pins, bracelets, and a beautiful line of Canadian Jewellery ; also, choice bric-a-brac, 
 electro plated ware, and many other beautiful lines that must be seen to be admired. The 
 firm manufacture all kinds of Jewellery to order, and do watch and jewellery repairing on 
 short notice and in the very best manner, giving employment to 5 competent jewellers, 1 
 watchmaker, and 3 boys. The business was established 20 years ago, and has at all times 
 proved highly successful. The firm were formerly on St. James and Notre Dame Streets. 
 Mr. Allan is a native of Scotland, and learned his trade in this country, he is well known 
 and highly esteemed in business and social circles. 
 
 Smith & Co., MERCHANT TAILORS, 364 St. James Street, Montreal. — 
 Nowadays it is almost absolutely necessary with every man engaged in mercantile life to be 
 well dressed; The world goes largely by appearances, and to the natural dignity of the 
 man, tasteful dress adds great impressiveness. The importance of the art of the tailor was 
 never so well understood or so heartily appreciated as at the present day, and the fact con- 
 stitutes one of those features of modern civilization which an accurate journalist cannot 
 conscientiously overlook. Hence in presenting a faithful picture of the business interests 
 in Montreal, the merchant tailor must necessarily occupy an honorable position. One of 
 the best and most popular houses in this line is that of Messrs. Smith & Co., which is 
 located at No. 364 St. James Street. The premises occupied are 24 x 45 feet in dimensions 
 and are fitted up in handsome style and the large and elegant line of goods carried is dis- 
 played to the best advantage. The stock consists of cassimeres, woollens, tweeds, suitings, 
 vestings, and a vast variety of fashionable goods from which to make selection. The 
 newest patterns and most attractive styles are always on hand as soon as put on the market. 
 Custom-tailoring is done in all its branches, and the most stylish, well-fitting and durably 
 made garments are here turned out to order at the shortest notice. As the members of the 
 firm are practical cutters and tailors of extensive experience and attend to the cutting 
 department themselves, and as rents are not so high in their location as in the more cen- 
 tral portion of the city, it stands to reason that what they can save on these two important 
 items, they can give their customers the benefit of and thus draw a large trade, which they 
 have already done during the seven years they have been in business. Mr. Irving L. 
 Smith, is a gentleman of marked business ability of courteous manners and straightforward 
 in a 1 his dealings. 
 
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 Edmund Eaves, IMPORTER OF WATCHES AND JEWELLERY, 1683 
 Notre Dame Street, Montreal — It is only in prosperous communities that the 
 jewellery business can amount to any great proportions, for in new countries and settle- 
 ments where the struggle is hard for the necessaries of life, luxuries are unthought of. 
 Canada has passed the struggle stage and now contains many prosperous towns and 
 cities, where as fine lines of goods can be found as anywhere on the American continent. 
 Among those engaged in the wholesale watch and jewellery trade in the Dominion, none 
 hold a higher or more important position than Mr. Edmund Eaves, whose establishment 
 is located at No. 1683 Notre Dame Street. This gentleman established his business 15 
 years ago, and from a comparatively small beginning has built up a most extensive trade 
 that now comprises the entire Dominion. The premises occupied by the business are 
 large.and commodious, being 24 x 90 feet in dimensions, and are finely fitted up and con- 
 tain a very large and elegant stock of gold and silver English, Swiss and American watches,, 
 clocks, jewellery, watch tools and materials, fancy goods, bird’s eyes, etc. Having ample 
 resources and purchasing direct from some of the leading manufacturing houses in Europe 
 and the United States he is enabled to give his numerous patrons advantages not readily to. 
 be obtained elsewhere. He gives employment to eight competent assistants throughout the- 
 year. Mr. Eaves is an Englishman by birth and is a thorough going man of business, and 
 those forming business relations with him may rest assured of liberal and honorable 
 treatment. 
 
 George Payne, GUN MAKER, 687 Craig Street, Montreal. — A collection* 
 of different kinds of fire arms that have been manufactured in different countries and in* 
 different ages since the discovery of gun powder would make a very interesting exhibit and 
 be a good indication of the progress and civilization made by the different countries. Even 
 during the past half century, a remarkable improvement has been made in fire arms, and 
 these have completely changed the methods of warfare. Among those prominently engaged 
 in the manufacture of guns in this city, is Mr. George Payne, whose shop is located at No. 
 687 Craig Street. Mr. Payne manufactures guns and does gunsmithing in all its branches,, 
 choke-boring, repairing, etc., etc. He also manufactures racing skates after the most ap- 
 proved models, from the finest quality of steel, which are finished up in the most perfect 
 manner, and, are not surpassed by those of any other manufacturer in the Dominion. 
 Among the prominent skaters who patronize Mr. Payne are : O’Brien, of New York ; Dowd, 
 of Montreal; and Black, of Fergus, Ont. He also deals in fishing tackle and all kinds of 
 sporting goods. This business was established here thirty-five years ago and has at all times, 
 ny it with the most satisfactory success, which has been due no doubt in a great measure to 
 the excellent quality of work done and the enterprise and ability displayed by Mr. Payne 
 in the conducting of his business. Mr. Payne, is a native of Birmingham, England, and is a 
 sk._.ed, practical gunsmith of many years experience. 
 
 V. T. Daubigny, French Veterinary School, 378 and 380 Craig Street. — With 
 the increase of the population of Montreal, and the developement of her business interests, 
 comes the opportunity, nay necessity, for the establishment of those branches of industry 
 which can only be prosecuted in a populous city ; because where there are few inhabitants, 
 a sufficient support could not be provided for them to justify, their establishment, and in na 
 business is this so true as in that of the veterinary surgeon. What the Montreal Veterinary 
 College is to the English speaking races, so is the French Veterinary College, of which Mr. 
 Victor Theodule Daubigny, is the proprietor, and professor, to the French. This school is. 
 in connection with the Laval University at Montreal, and is located at Nos. 378 and 380 
 Craig Street, in a substantial 3 story brick building 50x105 feet in dimensions, which, 
 are fitted up in the most approved manner in different departments. Mr. Daubigny, 
 is well qualified for his profession being a graduate in 1879 of the Montreal Veterinary 
 
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 College, and is Honorary President of the French Medical and Veterinary Association of 
 Montreal. He is an enthusiast in his profession, and, as his services were called into re- 
 quisition, so great was the success attending his treatment as a veterinary surgeon, that he 
 immediately rose into popularitary, and a large practice came to him, which called for the 
 possession of thorough hospital premises to successfully attend, and these are in connection 
 with his school, where there is accommodation for 14 horses. Mr. Daubigny teaches the 
 Veterinary science in all its branches. There is also in connection with this establishment 
 -a school of horse-shoeing, in which this very essential department of veterinary knowledge 
 is taught in the most scientific manner, and has proved a highly successful teacher. He is 
 a Canadian by birth and is a gentleman highly esteemed both inside and out of the profess- 
 ion. 
 
 Norman Fletcher, BOOKS, STATIONERY AND FANCY GOODS, 146 
 St. Lawrence Main. — During the lifetime of the present generation a wonderful advance 
 has been made in the matter of education and it might truly be said that “ The school- 
 master is abroad. Our splendid system of common schools has done much to remove the 
 demon of ignorance, and the good effect has been very observable. Another great aid to 
 elevating the masses in the educational and moral scale is the publication of standard works 
 ■at nominal prices so that they are kept within the reach of all. The booksellers and 
 stationers are therefore reaping the benefit from this new order of things. Among those 
 who are actively engaged in the bookselling and stationery trade in this city, is Mr. X. 
 Fletcher, whose store is located at No. 146 St. Lawrence Main Street. The premises occu- 
 pied are 15 x 40 feet in dimensions, and are completely fitted with a fine stock of books in 
 general literature, newspapers and periodicals, including Century, Scribner’s, St. Nicholas 
 Bow Bells ; also, stationery for the home, the counting house, and the school. In fancy 
 goods the stock is full and complete, and contains many beautiful articles both useful and 
 •ornamental. This business was established five years ago and Mr. Fletcher succeeded to 
 it on the 1st February, of the present year. Mr. Fletcher is a native of Canada and is a 
 gentleman of excellent business qualifications, being energetic, enterprising and progressive, 
 and there is every indication that his efforts to build up a good trade will be fully crowned 
 With success. 
 
 S. (xoltman, MERCHANT TAILOR, 2226 St. Catherine Street. Opposite 
 the Queen's Hall. — Among the many vocations followed in Montreal, that of Merchant 
 tailoring may be regarded as of the greatest importance to the community in furnishing 
 those evidences of refinement and taste in dress that are represented in fashionable and 
 well-fitting garments. One of the houses in this line of business which has been foremost 
 in promoting the standard of excellence in dress, that of Mr. Samuel Goltman, established 
 over 20 years ago, is of special importance, and demands more than a passing mention in 
 review of those places most desirable in Montreal as purchasing points. The premises oc- 
 cupied. which are large and commodious, and handsomely fitted up, are located at No. 2226 
 St. Catherine Street. Here is carried a very large and elegant stock of imported and 
 •domestic cloths, woollens, tweeds, cassimers, Xc., in the latest and most fashionable novel- 
 ties from some of the most celebrated lopms in this country and Europe. These are made 
 up to order by measure on short notice in the highest style of the art, and in respect to 
 perfect fit, beauty of style and elegance of finish are not surpassed by those of any other 
 mei chant tailoring establishment in the Dominion. The trade of the house is derived from 
 ximong the most critical class in the country, and it is sufficient guarantee of the excellence 
 •of Mr. Goltman’s workmanship to say that his custom is very extensive. Mr. Goltman is 
 thoroughly skilled in all the details of the tailoring trade and at all times guarantees his 
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 Thousand Island Granite Company, R. FORSYTH, Proprietor; Sole Agent 
 for the Dominion of Canada for “Stuart’s Granolithic;” Office, 130 Bleury Street;, 
 Factory, 552 William Street, Montreal. — The growth ot Montreal in late years 
 has been very rapid, not alone in the increase of her population but in the advancement in 
 the character of the buildings erected, so that what was once a city without pretension to 
 adornment has become the location of buildings noted for their architectural beauty over the- 
 entire continent, and this advancement in the taste exhibited is by no means confined to the 
 public buildings, but is seen in many of our private residences. Polished granite and marble 
 enter largely into the building operations of the present day, and the old wood and flagstone 
 pavements on the principal streets and avenues are being replaced by Granolithic. The 
 Thousand Island Granite Company of this city, of which Mr. Robert Forsyth is the- 
 proprietor, is one of the most important concerns engaged in the granite and marble trade 
 in the Dominion. The office is located at No. 130 Bleury Street, and the factory at No. 
 552 William Street. This business was established here about 30 years ago, but in its. 
 inception it did not give promise of the extensive proportions to which it has since grown. 
 The granite manufactured by this company is quarried at Thurso, on Grindstone Island, 
 Jefferson County, New York, and at Gananoque, Ont., and also grey granite quarries at 
 Stanstead, Que. This granite is admirably adapted for fine work on buildings and for- 
 monumental purposes, being impervious to damp and not liable to be effected in color by 
 age or exposure to the weather. It is also well suited for interior decorations, giving a. 
 beautiful effect. The factory here covers about two acres of ground, there being a number 
 of buildings upon it, which are fitted up with the most improved machinery for sawing,, 
 grinding and polishing the stone and marble, which is driven by water power of 75, 
 horse, while employment is furnished to 75 skilled hands in the works and 50 men on an 
 average are employed in the quarries. Mr. Forsyth manufactures the granite and marble for 
 building purposes and alio for monumental work. In the latter branch of the business he- 
 has a beautiful collection of specimens worthy the attention of the trade. Mr Forsyth- 
 also imports largely of Italian and foreign marbles from some of the most celebrated quarries, 
 in Europe. He is also sole agent for Canada for Stuart’s Patent Granolithic, which is novv- 
 so extensively used for street flagging, railway platforms, steps and landings, stable and 
 coach house floors, etc., etc. He has also an agency for the same in Toronto. The trade 
 of the house is very extensive and embraces the entire Dominion and a large section of the 
 United States. Mr. Fo.syth is a native of Caithness, Scotland, and is a civil engineer by- 
 profession, and was harbor engineer of Montreal for years. He is pushing, active and pro- 
 gressive and is looked upon as one of Montreal’s representative citizens. 
 
 The Canadian Cork Cutting Co., JOHN auld, proprietor, 642 Lagau- 
 Gauchetiere Street, corner Chenneville and St, George Streets, Montreal.— 
 The cork tree is formed in abundance in Spain, Portugal, Italy, the South of France, and the 
 Barbary States, but the Spanish cork is considered the best for commercial purposes. Cork 
 was well known to the ancients and is mentioned by Theophrastus, Pliny and other authors 
 as being in use among the Greeks and Romans for floats to fishing nets, buoys to anchors, 
 etc., and during the seige of Rome by the Gauls, when Ramillus was sent to Rome through 
 the river Tiber, he had a cork life preserver under his dress. Cork is now extensively used 
 for commercial purposes and its manufacture is an important industry. One of the most im- 
 portant houses in the Dominion in this line of manufacture is that of the Canadian Cork 
 Cutting Co., of which Mr. John Auld is the proprietor. Recently a handsome 4 story brick 
 structure 55 x 97 feet in dimensions was built by Mr. Auld at No. 642 Lagauchetiere street,, 
 corner of Chenneville and St. George street for factory purposes, the old factory having been 
 located on College street. This business was established a quarter of a century ago by 
 Evans, Mercer & Son, who in turn were succeeded by W. J. Matthews, S. S. & A, H. Ewing, 
 
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 and then in 1872 by the present proprietor, Mr. John Auld. The business during the past 
 ten years at least, has made rapid development and now stands second to none in the Domi- 
 nion either in quality of product or extent of operations. The factory is fitted up with the 
 latest and most improved patent machinery, specially constructed for this line of business, 
 and is driven by a steam engine of 30 horse power, while employment is furnished to 25 
 ■skilled hands throughout the year. Mr. Auld manufactures every description of corks, of 
 Which he keeps a large stock on hand, and cuts to order on the shortest notice. Also cork 
 Wood and cork life preservers, wood bungs, tops, spiles, caps, bottling wax and wire, cork 
 ■driving and capping machines, tin foil, capsules, cane bottle baskets and many other lines of 
 a similar nature. The trade of the house is very extensive and embraces in its scope of ope- 
 rations the entire Dominion and New Foundland. Mr. Auld is a native of Montreal and i? 
 Well known in business and social circles. 
 
 James Fowler, FINE CUTLERY, 639 Craig Street, (King’s Block,) Mont- 
 real. — Among the many lines of business conducted in Montreal will be found almost 
 every branch of trade and manufacture represented, thus making Montreal a truly repre- 
 sentative commercial centre and an important distributing point for the entire Dominion. 
 Among .those houses worthy of particular mention in a work of this character is that of Mr. 
 James Fowler, manufacturer and importor of fine cutlery, whose establishment is located at 
 No. 639 Craig Street, in King’s Block. The premises occupied are 22 x 60 feet in dimen- 
 sions and contain a fine stock of goods, consisting of hones, razor strops, brushes, combs, 
 razors, and barbers’ supplies generally, which he is prepared to furnish to the trade in large 
 or small lots at lowest prices, quality considered. In the manufacturing department special 
 •attention is given to the making, repairing and grinding of fine cutlery, the concave grind- 
 ing of razors, the manufacturing of moulders’ and plasterers’ tools being a leading 
 specialty for which the house is celebrated. Mr. Fowler is agent for the celebrated tailors’ 
 shears manufactured by R. Heinish, of Newark, N.J., and devotes particular attention to 
 this line of goods. The factory is fitted up with the most improved machinery, driven by 
 steam power, and only the most skilled workmen are given employment. This business 
 Was established here 20 years ago by Mr. James Fowler, father of the present proprietor, 
 who succeeded to the business three years ago, upon the decease of the founder. The 
 business has at all times proved eminently successful. 
 
 R. N, McCallum, IMPORTER of FANCY GOODS AND stationery, 
 2217 St. Catherine Street. — Under the general head of fancy goods is embraced a great 
 "Variety of articles, both useful and ornamental for the household, and a very large business 
 is conducted in this line in Montreal. Among the houses devoted to this branch of trade 
 here, none are more deserving of special mention in this work than that of Mr. R. N. Mc- 
 Callum, whose store is located at No. 2217 St. Catherine Street, Queen’s Block. The 
 premises occupied by the business are large and commodious, being 30 x 1 10 feet in dimen- 
 sions, wherein is displayed to excellent advantage a large and comprehensive stock of fancy 
 goods of every description, as well as stationery and toys, Christmas gifts, New Year’s 
 presents, wedding presents, birthday gifts,' etc. In plush goods the stock contains the 
 latest designs and colors, plush shaving cases, plush toilet sets, plush workboxes and 
 jewellery cases. Also games, tea sets, horses, waggons, building blocks, stables, doll 
 houses, dolls, toboggans, sleighs, tool boxes, doll sleighs, and many other lines too numerous 
 to mention in detail. Since this business was established twelve years ago it has met with 
 the most gratifying success and has constantly increased and developed in extent and im- 
 portance from year to year. Employment is furnished to a number of competent and cour- 
 teous assistants throughout the year. Mr. McCallum is a business man of marked push 
 and enterprise, and the success that has attended his efforts has been well deserved. 
 
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 Wm, Farquharson, MERCHANT TAILOR, No. 135 St. Peter Street,. 
 Montreal. — Among the many lines of business followed in Montreal that of merchant 
 tailoring may be regarded as of the greatest importance to the community, in furnishing 
 those evidences of refinement and taste in dress that are represented in fashionable and well- 
 fitting garments. For often the world is apt to judge a man by his clothes when his per- 
 sonal qualities are unknown. It is therefore necessary to success in life that one should be- 
 well dressed. As one of the houses in the merchant tailoring line, here, deserving of more 
 than a mere passing notice in a work of this kind on the commerce and manufactures of 
 Montreal, that of Mr. W. Farquharson is worthy of consideration The premises occupied 
 by the business are located at No. 135 St. Peter Street, and are 24x40 feet in dimensions and 
 two stories in height, the upper floor being used as a workshop. This business was estab- 
 lished 12 years ago, and soon a widespread and high reputation was built up on the excel- 
 lence of the work done, and the result was the formation of an excellent trade. Mr,. 
 Farquharson, who is a native of Scotland, is highly proficient in the several details of the- 
 business, and has acquired an enviable name as a master of the art of fine tailoring. He is. 
 also noted for his marked good taste displayed in the selection of his stock, which is not to 
 be surpassed in the city as regards quality and style of goods, and being thus enabled to- 
 give his patrons assortments from which to choose for either dress or business suits. At 
 the same time the workmanship, style and fit of the garments produced are beyond adverse 
 criticism and are made to order at short notice and at moderate prices, a specialty being 
 made of military uniforms. In the various departments of the business employment is. 
 furnished to 15 skilled and competent operators throughout the year. With a complete- 
 knowledge of ihe business, Mr. Farquharson is in a position to meet all legitimate competi- 
 tion he may be called upon to withstand. He is ably assisted in the management of his 
 business by his son, Mr. W. J. Farquharson, a young gentleman to whose ability much of' 
 the success of the business is due. 
 
 John B- Young, TINSMITH, IRON AND TIN-PLATE WORKER, 44 
 Bleury Street, Montreal. — The secret of manufacturing tin-plate from which so many 
 useful articles of house furnishings are now made, was long and jealously guarded by the 
 discoverer, but at last it was surreptitiously obtained and its manufacture became general. 
 Half a century of a career for any business is a long and honorable record, and such is that 
 of the house now represented by Mr. John B. Young, tinsmith. This business was founded 
 by Mr. Dedman, fifty years ago, and then it was succeeded to by Messrs. Dedman & Youi g, 
 and latterly Mr. John B. Young became the sole proprietor, and for a quarter of a century 
 it has been located on Bleury street, the present number being 44. The premises occupied 
 are 20 x 40 feet in dimensions, the workshop being in the rear where employment is steadily 
 furnished to seven skilled hands. Mr. Young manufactures every description of tinware- 
 for house-furnishing goods and other articles, is an iron and tin-plate worker, and does all 
 kinds of metal roofing. It is scarcely necessary for us to say anything about the quality of' 
 the work done by this house, it is too well known to the people of Montreal of the past and 
 present generation. The house has always kept abreast of the times and held a prominent 
 place in the trade. Mr. Young, the proprietor, is a native of Scotland, and came to this, 
 country in early life. He is a thoroughly skilled practical workman, and all orders entrusted, 
 to him receive his personal attention, are executed with promptness, and the utmost satis- 
 faction guaranteed in all cases. 
 
 W, H. Hope, MANUFACTURER OF PICTURE FRAMES &c„ 2253 and 2254 
 St. Catherine Street, Montreal. — Art in all ages and in all climes exercised a powerful 
 influence in refining and civilizing communities. It has only been during the past half cen- 
 tury however that the masses of the people have had such an opportunity of studying art in,, 
 sculpture or the works of the engraver or painter. In such a high state of perfection has the- 
 
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 lithographic art been brought in the present day that beautiful specimens of this art are now 
 brought within the reach of all at a nominal price. Mr. W. H. Hope, whose store is located 
 ■at Nos. 2253 and 2254 St. Catherine St., imports largely in steel engravings, chromos, water 
 -colors, oil paintings, photographs &c. The stock he carries in these lines is large and has been 
 selected with excellent judgement and taste and will be found well worthy of inspection, there 
 being many choice works of art in the collection. Mr. Hope also does an extensive business 
 in the manufacture of gilt and walnut frames, photograph frames, gilt, antique, oak and bronze 
 mouldings, wholesale and retail, and easels of all sizes. Also picture framing, re gilding and 
 and all other work of a similar nature. Those desiring any thing of this kind done should 
 -call upon Mr. Hope who guarantees perfect satisfaction both as regards the quality of work 
 •done and moderate prices. Mr. Hope has been established in business during the past 10 
 years during which time he has built up an excellent and steadily increasing business. He 
 'is a Scotchman by birth and is well known in business and social circles in which he is high- 
 ly respected for his many intrinsic qualities. 
 
 R, Cocheilthaler, ROYAL CIGAR PARLOR, 63 Bleury Street, Montreal— 
 There are some people who are strong opponents to the practice of smoking, and in their self- 
 importance believe they have a right to control the opinion and habits of the world in this 
 respect. Do such people stop to think that they are in a very insignificant minority, or what 
 The figures for smoking show. During the year 1886, in the United States alone $180,000,000 
 'worth of cigars were consumed, besides $6,500,000 for cigarettes and $20,000,000 for tobacco 
 for pipe use, and for chewing tobacco $50,000,000. These figures prove that the army of 
 •smokers and chewers is a very powerful one. One of the neatest cigar stores in this city is 
 that of Mr. R. Cochenthaler, which is known as the Royal Cigar Parlor, and is located at 
 No. 63 Bleury Street. Although this business was established only 2 years ago it has during 
 That comparatively short space of time succeeded remarkably well and has steadily increased 
 in patronage from month to month. The premises occupied, which are 15x45 feet in dimen- 
 sions are tastefully and uniquely fitted up with plate glass show cases and cabinets and 
 •ornamental fittings in dark woods, the whole giving a very inviting and comfortable appear- 
 ance. Here will be found a fine stock of specially imported genuine Havana cigars of the 
 favorite brands, Egyptian, Turkish and American cigarettes, cut plug and perique mixture, 
 meerschaum and briar pipes, and a large and fine assortment of tobaccos and smokers sun- 
 dries. Mr. Cochenthaler is a native of Montreal and is well known in the community and 
 Being thoroughly progressive and enterprising is assured of a successful future. 
 
 City Ice Company, r. A. BECKET & CO. 21 Victoria Square, Montreal — - 
 Canada is a splendid ice manufactory during three months in every year, nature is lavish in 
 her supply and it only remains for capital and energy to take advantage of the provision made 
 for the use of man against the time when old sol” takes the place of Jack Frost. Holding 
 a prominent position among those engaged in the ice business in this city is the City Ice 
 Company, of which Messrs. R. A. Becket & Co., are the proprietors, the office being located 
 at No. 26 Victoria Square. This business was established many years ago by Messrs. D. 
 Morrice & Co., who were succeeded by the present firm. This business has always been a 
 very successful one on account of the energy, enterprise and foresight displayed in its oper- 
 ation!). The firm have ice houses at No. 461 William Street and at Basin St. corner of 
 Richmond Street and back of the Rolling Mills, near Cantin’s ship yards. The firm have 
 made many improvements, and use the latest appliances for the successful prosecution of the 
 business. They have 25 horses, 8 wagons, besides hotel waggons and carts, as well as a “flote” 
 for supplying the steamships with ice. The average output of ice duringthe season is 25,000 
 tons. The ice served by this company is the purest that can be obtained, and for their family 
 trade is procured from the St. Lawrence above the Victoria Bridge where the water is clear. 
 Mr. R. A. Becket, the proprietor, is a native of Ayrshire Scotland, and was manager of the ice 
 department of D. Morrice & Co., for many years and latterly on his own account, and although 
 •having reached his majority in the ice business, he is not by any means of a cold disposition. 
 
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 James Scott, GRAIN, HAY, MILL-FEED, &c., 132 St. Antoine Street,. 
 Montreal. — Canada is par-excellence, a grain growing country, and the operations of this, 
 trade are conducted upon a scale commensurate with its importance. The Canadian Boards 
 of Trade and Corn Exchanges have done much to facilitate this business, and if the con- 
 templated improvements in Montreal are carried out, this city will before long rank as a 
 second Chicago. Its possibilities are great, it only requires the spirit of enterprise to make 
 it so. Among those prominently engaged in the grain trade in this city is Mr. James Scott,, 
 whose store is located at No. 132 St. Antoine Street. This business was established 12 
 years ago by Mr. J. St. Jean, who was succeeded six years since by the present proprietor,.. 
 Mr. Scott. The premises occupied by the business are large and commodious, being 26. 
 feet frontage on St. Antoine Street and with a depth of 105 feet on Windsor Street, the 
 building consisting of two floors and cellar. These are fitted up in the most approved 
 manner for the convenient handling of the commodities dealt in, consisting of grain, hay, 
 mill-feed, etc. The business is conducted both at wholesale and retail, and embraces the 
 city ajid vicinity in its scope of operations. Mr. Scott also does a very large commission 
 business, both in car lots and otherwise, receiving consignments and selling the same to the 
 best advantage of the consignor and making prompt and satisfactory returns upon all sales. 
 Mr. Scott is a Scotchman by birth and is possessed of their proverbial business ability and 
 shrewdness. He is well and favorably known in business and social circles, and is an active 
 member of the Montreal Board of Trade and the Corn Exchange. 
 
 M. T. Sarault, MERCHANT TAILOR, 1909 Notre Dame Street, Montreal — .. 
 In a city like Montreal great attention is paid to matter of dress, not only in the social circles., 
 but also in business, and to be well received within those social circles men must depend in, 
 a great measure upon their tailors. It is therefore necessary to go to a first-class one, whose 
 reputation for taste and skill is assured. There are many first-class merchant tailoring estab- 
 lishments in this city, among the number deserving of special mention in a work of this, 
 character being that of Mr. M. T. Sarault, whose store is eligibly located for business at No. 
 1909 Notre Dame Street, opposite Balmoral and City Hotels. This business was established, 
 in the year 1865 and almost ever since the date of its inception it has met with the most 
 pronounced success, the trade having steadily increased from year to year. The premises, 
 occupied are large and commodious, being 26 x 75 feet in dimensions, and are tastefully 
 fitted up and contain a fine stock of imported and domestic fabrics, including tweeds, wool- 
 lens, cassimers, coatings, etc., in the most fashionable and seasonable novelties. These Mr. 
 Sarault makes up to order by measure in the highest style of the art, and for perfection of fit 
 and beauty of style, coupled with elegance of finish, are not surpassed by those of any other 
 merchant tailoring establishment in the city, while the prices will be found to suit the views of' 
 the most economical. These is also a fine stock of gents’ furnishings, including all the latest 
 novelties in neck wear, handkerchiefs, underwear, etc. Mr. Sarault is a native of the 
 Province of Quebec and, thoroughly understanding all the details of his business, is at all 
 times prepared to meet the public requirements. 
 
 George Brown & Sons, merchant tailors, 21 Bleury Street, 
 
 Montreal. It has long been a recognized fact that the merchant tailoring establishment 
 
 of Messrs. George Brown & Sons, at No. 21 Bleury Street, is one of the most prominent 
 and popular in the city. This has been the result of the aim of the proprietors to. 
 produce only first-class garments. Th» making of gentlemen’s wearing apparel to order 
 by measure is one of those arts that requires for its successful prosecution the highest degree 
 of artistic skill in every department of the business. This house was founded 20 years, 
 aeo on Bleury Street, and has at all times been in the enjoyment of a liberal patronage, while 
 the trade has steadily increased from year to year. From its inception the principle- 
 of the house has been to give full value for money, the best material, fit and excellence, and 
 
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 thus a trade has been acquired among the most exacting of our citizens. The premises occu- 
 pied by the business on Bleury Street are 25 x 65 feet in dimensions, wherein is contained a 
 large and elegant stock of imported and domestic woollens, tweeds, coatings, etc., in all the 
 ‘latest and most fashionable patterns from which to select, and which are made up to order on 
 -short notice and at reasonable prices. The stock of men’s furnishings has been selected with 
 the utmost solicitude, as being especially of a ready selling character, and is procured direct 
 from first hands and manufacturers. The firm also do a large business in the manufacture of 
 shirts and collars, which for perfection of fit and quality are not surpassed by any other house 
 in the city. The members of the firm are Messrs. George James and Robert George Brown, 
 who have continued the business under the old firm title since the decease of their father, 
 Mr. George Fraser Brown. They are natives of Montreal, and are young gentlemen of 
 -excellent business qualities and are well and favorably known to all classes of the community 
 
 R, Charlebois, MERCHANT TAILOR, 1879 Notre Dame Street, Montreal — 
 Merchant tailoring, as it is conducted at the present day, is a fine art and requires for it 
 successful exponents, gentlemen of natural taste, acquired skill, and practical experience. It 
 is no easy matter to make to order by measure a garment that, while it perfectly fits the body 
 will be pleasing to the eye. Holding a prominent place among the merchant tailoring establish- 
 ments in this city is that of Mr. R. Charlebois, which is eligiby located for business at No. 
 1879 Notre Dame Street, near McGill Street. Founded just 6 years ago, this business has 
 been built up upon a solid foundation, deriving its patrons from among the most cultured 
 portion of the community. While an excellent custom has been established, and also has a 
 high and widespread reputation for the work produced. The premises occupied are large and 
 •commodious being 24x60 feet in dimensions and consisting of 3 floors. These are fitted up 
 in a very neat and tasteful manner and upon the counters and shelves is carried a large and 
 -elegant stock of the finest woollens, tweeds, cassimeres, coatings &c., of foreign and domestic 
 manufacture embracing the latest and most fashionable novelties and fabrics. These are 
 made up to order in the highest style of the art, and which, for beauty of style, perfection of 
 fit and elegance of finish are not excelled by those from any other merchant tailoring estab- 
 lishment in the city. Employment is furnished on an average to 35 skilled operators and 
 assistants throughout the year. Mr. Charlebois is a native of Montreal and is a practical 
 cutter giving his personal attention to all orders entrusted to his care, he ensures his 
 patrons the best satisfaction. 
 
 L, Laurin, MERCHANT TAILOR, 3133 Notre Dame Street, St. Cun- 
 EGONDE. — The gentlemen of Montreal have the reputation of being the best dressed of any 
 in the Dominion, and this has been due no doubt in a great degree to the fact that there are 
 quite a number of first-class merchant tailoring establishments here, conducted by gentlemen 
 of marked skill and taste in this special line who produce garments that might be called 
 “ poems in cloth.” Among the more popular houses in this line is that of Mr. L. Laurin, 
 which is located most eligibly for business at No. 3133 Notre Dame Street. The premises 
 •occupied are 24x65 feet in dimensions, the workshop being in the rear. These are fitted up 
 in a very tasteful manner and upon the counters and shelves is carried an elegant stock of 
 imported and domestic woollens, tweeds, serges, tricots, cassimeres &c., in the latest and most 
 .fashionable patterns from some of the most celebrated looms in Europe and this country 
 These are made up to order on short notice in the very finest styles and are not surpassed 
 by any other house in the city in respect to perfect fitting, beautiful style and elegance of 
 finish. Employment is furnished to 25 assistants and skilled operatives throughout the 
 year. There is also carried a beautiful stock of gents furnishings, embracing all the latest and 
 most seasonable novelties from Europe and this country. This business was established 8 
 Tears ago and ever since the date of its inception it has met with the most pronounced 
 success. Mr. Laurin, the proprietor, is a native of St. Eustache, and is a practical tailor 
 ■of marked ability and an enterprising and progressive business man. 
 
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 Eagle Foundry, GEORGE S. BRUSH, 14 TO 34 King Street and 43 Queen 
 Street. — One of the most strongly marked features of the Anglo-Saxon race is their spirit 
 of industry, standing out prominent and distinct in their past history, and as strikingly 
 characteristic of them now as at any former time. It is this spirit that has laid the founda- 
 tions and built up the industrial greatness of the Empire. This rigorous growth has been 
 mainly the result of the free energy of individuals, and it has been contingent upon the 
 hands and minds from time to time actively employed within it. The Eagle Foundry, on 
 King Street, of which Mr. George S. Brush is the proprietor, gives an illustration of the 
 above principle. It is over half a century since this business was first established in a 
 comparatively small way by Mr. John D. Ward and his brothers, who were afterwards joined 
 by Mr. George Brush, under the title of Ward & Brush. After a number of years Mr. 
 Brush became the sole proprietor and so continued until his death. Since the decease of 
 Mr. George Brush his son — Mr. George S. Brush — has conducted the business of the 
 foundry. The Eagle Foundry has long held a high reputation for the excellent quality of 
 the work done there, which consists of marine engines, hoisting engines, steam 
 boilers, steam pumps, circular saw mills, bark mills, shingle mills, shafting, hangers 
 and pulleys, hand and power hoists for warehouses. Mr. Brush is also the sole maker of 
 Blake’s Challenge Stone Breaker and is agent for Waters’ Perfect Steam Engine Governor, 
 and also does jobbing and repairs of every description for shops and factories. A large 
 staff of skilled workmen are given steady employment throughout the year, and several of 
 the employees of this house have died in harness after long years of service, while others are 
 well established in business of their own, which speaks in the highest terms for the amicable 
 relations existing between employer and employed. All orders entrusted to Mr. Brush will 
 receive prompt attention and perfect satisfaction is guaranteed in all cases. The trade of 
 the house is very extensive, orders being received from all parts of the Dominion. Mr. 
 Brush is one of Montreal’s progressive business men, taking a deep interest in its affairs 
 and he was for a number of years a captain in the Montreal Garrison Artillery. 
 
 J. E. Deslauriers, HATTER AND FURRIER, 203X Notre Dame Street, 
 Montreal. — The hat and fur trade has at all times been an important one in Canada 
 ever since the first settlers sent beaver skins to France and were compelled to take 
 their pay for them in hats made out of the skins. With long, cold winters the wearing of 
 furs has been a necessity and so for home use and for export, the trade has been an import- 
 ant and profitable one. Among those engaged in the hat and fur trade in this city is 
 Mr. J. E. Deslauriers, whose store is located at No. 2031 Notre Dame Street. Established 
 as recently as 1886 this business has during that comparatively short space of time been 
 built up to quite satisfactory proportions and the prospects for the future are of an encour- 
 aging nature. A fine stock is carried of hats and caps, in all the latest and most fashionable 
 styles. In the line of furs the stock is excellent and embraces almost everything in ladies 
 and gentlemens wear in that material, such as coats, caps, mitts, gloves, capes, &c., &c.. in 
 beaver, mink, seal-skin, astrachan, Persian lambskin &c., also straw hats, lined kid gloves 
 and umbrellas. Mr. Deslauriers also manufactures silk hats and pull overs for stock and to 
 order in the very highest style of the art and at very reasonable prices. Orders left with 
 him receive prompt attention and the most perfect satisfaction is guaranteed in all cases. 
 Mr. Deslauriers is a native of St. Scholastique, P.Q. and is a thorough going man of business 
 full of push, and business ability, and if these qualities are deserving of success, he will 
 
 achieve it. 
 
 Great London and China Tea Co’y., 1987 Notre Dame Street, Mont- 
 real What the people did for a refreshing beverage before tea was introduced into Euro- 
 
 pean countries, it is hard to say. Of course the old adage holds good that “Where 
 ignorance is bliss ‘ tis folly to be wise,” and so not knowing the exhilirating qualities of this 
 
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 now universal beverage, they did not feel its want. Among the prominent houses engaged 
 in the grocery business in this city is that of the Great London and China Tea Company, 
 of which Mr. A. P. Torrens, is proprietor. This establishment is admirably located for 
 business at No. 1987 Notre Dame Street, the premises occupied being 70 x 32- 
 feet in dimensions ; with a tea room on the second floor. The store, which is painted 
 red on the outside, is tastefully fitted up in the interior, the stock being displayed to excel- 
 L-nt advantage and presenting a very enticing appearance. The Great London and China 
 Tea Company are heavy importers of and dealers in the choicest brands of teas from China 
 and Japan, fragrant coffees from Rio and Java, also of pure spices, and canned goods of the 
 best quality and all such other articles coming under the head of general groceries usually to 
 be found in a first-class establishment of this character. Employment is furnished to five 
 competent assistants. The company have branch stores at the following places : 191 
 
 Barrington Street, Halifax, N. S. ; 139 Argyle Street, Halifax, N. S. ; 33 King Street, St. 
 John, N. B. ; 45 Main Street, Portland, N. B. ; and 86 Queen Street, Charlottetown, 
 P. E. I. Mr. Torrens, the proprietor of the store here, is a native of Ireland, and is a 
 thorough-going and enterprising business man, understanding fully the wants of the public 
 and how to supply them. Mr. J. F. McLean, the manager, is a Nova Scotian by birth, and 
 is a gentleman eminently fitted by ability and experience for the position he holds. 
 
 F, Duclos, TINSMITH AND PLUMBER, 463 St. James Street, Montreal — 
 Among the manufacturing and business interests of the community that of the roofer, plumber 
 and tinsmith is not by any means the least important. The plumber in a certain sense may- 
 carry life or death into a house, for if his work is not well done and defective drainage occurs,, 
 disease is sure to follow. Among the most reliable in the plumbing and tinsmith trade in 
 this city is Mr. F. Duclos, whose shop is located at No. 463 St. James Street. The premises 
 occupied are 20x60 feet in dimensions and are fitted up with every requisite for the success- 
 ful prosecution of the business conducted, and here steady employment is furnished to 12 
 skilled and competent workmen throughout the year. Mr. Duclos does all kinds of tinsmith- 
 ing, plumbing, roofing, gas and steam fitting, and also all kinds of cornice work. What he 
 does he does well and in all cases guarantees the utmost satisfaction. Those requiring any 
 work done in his line will have their orders attended to with promptness and at moderate 
 prices. Sanitary piumbing is specially attended 10, and all work done upon purely scientific 
 principles so that no danger need be apprehended from defective work. Mr. Duclos, who is- 
 a native of Belceil is a thoroughly skilled and practical workman of many years experience 
 and gives his personal attention to all orders entrusted to him. 
 
 Dr. GttstayeDemers,CHEMISTANDDRUGGIST, 2 i93NoTREDAMESTREET, 
 
 Montreal.— Of late years a very marked improvement has taken place in the profession of 
 p larmacy , and although it has at all times held a high and honorable position, more recently 
 the qualifications for those professing it have been raised to a great degree, W the require- 
 ments o high graduation either from the medical or pharmaceutical colleges. Among those 
 who have lately entered upon the practice of this profession in this city is Dr. G. Demers 
 whose store is located at No. 2193 Notre Dame Street. This gentleman established his 
 business in June 1887 and during the comparatively short time he has been engaged in it he 
 has met with the most gratifying success, while his future prospects are all that could possibly 
 be desired. The premises occupied arc most handsomely fitted up with plate glass show 
 cases and cabinets, displaying to advantage the excellent stock carried, consisting 
 of fresh and pure drugs and chemicals, fancy and toilet articles, imported and domestic scteps, 
 PfT S &C ; a$ wel J. aS P ro P netai 7 medicines of acknowledged merit and standard reputation, 
 keni ^ rU 1 SglS . tS sundnes ° f every description, the celebrated St. Leon Waters are always- 
 
 diffirub fnnli/ of , the busmess is the compounding of physicians prescriptions 
 
 difficult formulae, with care and accuracy at moderate prices. A specialty is also made of 
 
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 ■“ Dr. Demers Tamarac Cough Syrup,” an excellent preparation for coughs and colds. Dr. 
 Demers is a graduate of the Laval University Medical Department, and is a skilled medical 
 practitioner and pharmacist. He is a native of Montreal, and was born in the same place 
 now occupied by his store, the building having been erected by his grandfather in 1848, so 
 that Dr. Demers is well and favorably known to the entire community. 
 
 j Wallace Dawson, CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, 169 St. Lawrence Main— 
 With all due respect to our esteemed friend Macbeth we think be erred in judgment when 
 he said, “Throw physic to the dogs ; I’ll none of it.” Certainly drugs are not pleasant to 
 take, but they are good for the body when taken in time. In those old days of course 
 physicians were not men of remarkable erudition and patients suffered more than need be. 
 We are living in a more intelligent and enlightened age, and now those who practice medi- 
 cine or pharmacy must be gentlemen who have passed regular examinations after long and 
 mature study. Among those prominently connected with the profession of pharmacy in 
 this city is Mr. Wallace Dawson, whose store is located at No. 169 St. Lawrence Main 
 Street. This gentleman has been established in the business since the 1st May, 1887, in 
 this city, but was established in business in Sorel for some time previous to coming here. 
 He is a graduate of the Montreal College of Pharmacy and has a high reputation as a thor- 
 oughly skilled and careful pharmacist. The premises occupied by him are fitted up with 
 much taste in cherry wood, with plate glass show cases and cabinets, for the advantageous 
 •display of the stock, and contain a fine assortment of fresh and pure drugs and chemicals, 
 fancy and toilet articles, imported and domestic soaps, perfumes and proprietary medicines 
 -of acknowledged merit and standard reputation, as well as druggists’ sundries of every 
 description. A specialty is made of the compounding of physicians’ prescriptions and 
 family recipes with care and accuracy at reasonable prices. The dispensary department 
 has been recently renovated and all prescriptions are put up under the personal supervision 
 of Mr. Dawson, whose reputation for accuracy and reliability has already secured for him 
 an excellent patronage derived from the leading families of the city. Employment is fur- 
 nished to two courteous and competent assistants throughout the year. Mr. Dawson is a 
 •Canadian by birth and is a gentleman highly esteemed by all who know him. 
 
 L. Blanchet, CLOTHING, 19 St. Lawrence Street, Montreal— During the 
 past quarter of a century a very marked change has taken place in the clothing trade. Pre- 
 vious to that time ready made clothing was not very stylish in cut and could readily be dis- 
 tinguished from custom made and at the same time the prices were comparatively high. 
 Now however, large concerns make a specialty of manufacturing clothing, their cutters being 
 the most skilled and experienced men that can be obtained and the prevailing fashions are 
 scrupulously followed, while the fabrics are of excellent quality. In March of 1887 Mr. L. 
 Blanchet, whose store is located at No. 19 St. Lawrence Main street, established his present 
 Business 'and during that comparatively short space of time he has built up an excellent 
 trade which has steadily increased from month to month. The premises occupied are 26 x 
 40 feet in dimensions and are heavily stocked with as fine a line of clothing as can be found 
 in the city They are in the most fashionable styles and are in all sizes to suit men, youths, 
 bovs and children. These are sold for cash as low, if not lower, than anywhere else in the 
 citv and the most perfect satisfaction is at all times guaranteed. In gents furnishings the 
 stock is full and complete and embraces all the latest and leading novelties m neckvvear, 
 underwear etc. A special branch of the business is that of tailoring where those desiring 
 •can have suits made up to order by measure, on short notice, and in the htghest style of the 
 art at reasonable prices, there being a fine stock of fabrics to select from. Employment is 
 furnished, on an average throughout the year, to from 12 to 15 competent assistants and 
 skilled operators. Mr Blanchet, the proprietor is a native of Quebec Province, and is a 
 .gentleman who has now the esteem and confidence of the trade and public. 
 
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 T, C. O’Brien, BOOTS AND SHOES, 209 St. Lawrence Main Street.— The trade 
 in boots and shoes is one of the most extensively conducted in Canada, and this is naturally 
 so on account of the long cold winters when it is an absolute necessity for rich and poor 
 alike to keep their feet warm to preserve their health, if not to loose their feet. Montreal is 
 an important centre for the trade there being a number of large concerns engaged in this 
 line and the retail trade is conducted on an extensive scale. Among those actively engaged 
 in this line here, is Mr. T. C. O’Brien, whose store is located at No. 209 St. Lawrence Main 
 Street - The premises occupied are 12 x 40 feet in dimensions and are neatly fitted 
 up, and contain a large and elegant stock of boots and shoes for ladies and gentlemen, 
 misses, youths and children, in all weights and grades from the finest Kid balmoral, to 
 the heavy and servicable Kip. The goods are made up in the very best style and in the 
 latest fashion, and the material used are the best procurable, so that a high reputation has 
 been gained for goods he handles. He also keeps slippers, rubbers, &c. Since the 
 business was established, it has proved highly successful and steadily increases in extent 
 and development. Mr. O’Brien is a Canadian by birth and is a live, active and progressive 
 business man, fully understanding all the details of his business, and being at all times 
 ready to meet whatever demands may be made upon him. 
 
 De Zouche & Atwater, PIANOS AND ORGANS, 63 Beaver Hall Hill, 
 Montreal. — Most refined people are more or less musical ; consequently, the more intelli- 
 gent and refined the community, the more inclined it is to be musical and inclined to musical 
 pursuits. Hence Montreal, while making no noisy pretensions to extraordinary musical 
 culture, is, nevertheless, as the home of a well-to-do, educated people, really a musical centre 
 of no small merit, and its people liberal patrons of all that tends to encourage and elevate the 
 art. Consequently the vocation of the dealer in pianos, organs, and musical goods takes high 
 rank here, and is generously supported by the public at large, and more especially by those 
 whose social and pecuniary position is such as to require and justify the necessary outlay. 
 The firm of Messrs. De Zouche & Atwater whose handsome music emporium is located at 
 No. 63 Beaver Hall, is one of the most prominent houses in the music line in the city. This 
 firm are agents for the celebrated pianos of Decker Bros., (BehrBros., Emerson, I vers & Pond, 
 Morris and the organs and pianos of the famous Mason & Hamlin, as well as for the pianos 
 and organs of other well known American manufacturers. It is unnecessary to say much regard- 
 ing the merits of the Mason & Hamlin or Decker Bros.’ instruments, their fame is already too 
 well known to require extended words of comment. Messrs. De Zouche & Atwater are well 
 known citizens of Montreal and their splendid establishment is the resort of the musical cul- 
 ture of the city and those in, or out of the city requiring anything in their line will meet with 
 every courtesy and 'attention by calling upon them. 
 
 Singer Manufacturing Co, The first sewing machine was patented by 
 Elias Howe, Jr., in the year 1846, but since that time wonderful developments have been 
 made in the sewing machine trade as well as in the improvements upon the machine, so that 
 the sewing machine of Elias Howe in 1846 bears about the same resemblance to the sewing 
 machine of the present day as Watts’ or Fulton’s steam engine does to the steam engines of 
 the Atlantic liners of the present period The largest and most important sewing machine 
 manufacturers in the world is the Singer, whose machines are now in use throughout the 
 civilized world. The head offices of the company are located at New York, and their works 
 are in Elizabeth, N.J.; South Bend, Indiana; Glasgow, Scotland, and this city. The factory 
 in this city is located at No. 2710 Notre Dame Street, and is about 450 feet in length by 45 
 in width. These are fitted up with all the latest and most improved machinery, and employ- 
 ment is furnished on an average to over 300 men. The latest and best family machine made 
 by the company is known as the new “Improved Family,” which has an oscillating shuttle, 
 and is specially adapted to all kinds of family sewing. It has a high arm, is self-threading, 
 
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 and has a self-setting needle and a shuttle that can be threaded without removing it from the 
 machine. They also manufacture machines for heavy work, such as for clothiers, boot and 
 shoe makers, harness makers, etc. It is hardly necessary to sing the praises of these 
 machines, they are Singers that the public can best appreciate for their own intrinsic and 
 well known value which has been proved by many years experience. 
 
 John McIntosh 
 & Son, VULCAN 
 IRON WORKS,. 
 Brennan Street. — 
 In the department of 
 heavy iron work, the 
 city of Montreal stands unrivalled in 
 the Dominion, and has the best of facili- 
 ties for manufacturing. The advantages 
 of abundant cheap fuel and excellent 
 transportation facilities by rail and water, 
 both for receiving iheraw material and delivering the manufactured article, are used to the 
 fullest extent. In the manufacture of railroad and general castings the firm of Messrs. John 
 McIntosh & Son take a leading position. Their establishment is located on Brennan Street 
 and covers ioo x 200 feet in dimensions. These are fitted up with, all the latest and Emost 
 improved machinery and appliances for the successful prosecution of the special line of 
 work conducted, the machinery being driven by a 20 horse power steam engine. Their 
 facilities are unsurpassed, for everything required for castings for railroad and general purpos- 
 es and for years this house has done a large railroad trade. This business was established 30 
 years ago by Mr. John McIntosh, the senior member of the firm, and 12 years since, his son, 
 Mr. Thomas McIntosh, was admitted to partnership under the above mentioned firm title.. 
 The house, since the date of its inception has proved highly successful and has steadily devel- 
 oped in extent and importance from year to year. The firm manufacture frogs,, 
 switches and diamond crossings, and do all other kinds of general wrought iron work. The- 
 trade of the house is very extensive and extends throughout the Dominion with the different 
 lines of railroads and railroad agents, employment being steadily furnished to 24 skilled and 
 competent workmen. Mr. John McIntosh is a native of Perth, Scotland, and his son is a 
 Montrealer by birth. Both are skilled, practical workmen, and have a well-established 
 reputation for the general superiority of all classes of work turned out by them. 
 
 A, Lesperance, No. 47 Bleury Street, Montreal. — If there is one line of 
 business more than another where cleanliness and neatness in the display of the goods dealt 
 in, is indispensable to success, it is in the butchering trade. Some butchers, in there places- 
 of business, display more taste that others, and it is a pleasure to visit I heir markets. In 
 compiling the business statistics of Montreal, our reporter called at Mr. A. Lesperance's 
 market, at No. 47^ Bleury Street, and was highly impressed with the general of the place,, 
 the wholesome air pervading it and the excellent quality of the meat displayed. 
 The market is 25 x 55 feet in dimensions, and is fitted up with every requisite for the suc- 
 cessful prosecution of the business : large refrigerators, chopping blocks, & c., & c. Mr. 
 Lespesance does all his own killing and thus knows exactly the condition and quality of the 
 stock he handles. His trade is derived from some of the leading families in the city, and 
 having been established here for fifteen years, he is well known and highly esteemed in the 
 trade and business community, and customers can at all times rely upon the goods they ob- 
 tain here, orders are received by mail or telephone No. 1512, and all goods are delivered 
 promptly while great care is taken to fill such orders as satisfactory as though the custom- 
 ers themselves made their selection. Mr. Lesperance deals in beef, lamb, veal, pork, poultry, 
 
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 game, oysters, fish, canned goods, fruits, vegetables, &c., in their season. Employment is 
 furnished to 6 courteous assistants throughout the year. Mr. Lesperance is a native of the 
 Province of Quebec, and being a thoroughly skilled practical butcher and understanding all 
 the details of his business, is at all times ready to meet the demands of the public. 
 
 Mongeau & Baker, practical jewellers and opticians, 140 
 
 St. Lawrence Street, Montreal. — Long before the days when Greece and Rome were 
 in their glory, or the Pyramids of Egypt pointed towards the zenith, the workers in gold 
 and silver and other precious metals plied their trade. Many changes have passed over the 
 world since then, and the march of civilization has advanced all the arts and sciences. The 
 cost of all Mark Antony’s galleys as he went to meet the lovely Cleopatra could not have 
 purchased a watch that can now be obtained for a tew dollars. Holding a prominent place 
 among those engaged in the watchmaking and jewellery trade in this city is the well-known 
 firm of Messrs. Mongeau & Baker, whose store and factory are located at No. 140 St. 
 Lawrence Main Street. The premises occupied are 20 x 60 feet in dimensions and are 
 neatly fitted up with plate glass showcases and cabinets for the advantageous display of the 
 elegant stock carried, consisting of watches, clocks and a general assortment of jewellery. 
 The firm are practical jewellers, opticians and general engravers, and manufacture all kinds 
 of jewellery to order in the most satisfactory manner, and repairs are neatly executed. They 
 do lettering of all kinds, crests, and monograms are engraved at the lowest rates, 
 and also make a specialty of diamond setting. The work done by this firm is of the very 
 best kind and is not excelled by that of any other house in the city. This business was 
 established three years ago and has already far exceeded the expectations of the members 
 of the firm, while the trade is still steadily increasing. Employment is furnished to 10 
 skilled and competent workmen throughout the year. The members of the firm are Mr. 
 Adolphe Mongeau, who is a native of the Province of Quebec, and Mr. C. H. Baker, who 
 is an Englishman by birth. Both are practical workmen and progressive business men. 
 
 ‘‘Acme” Ornamental Wire Works, j. j. ULLEY, MANUFACTURER, 
 Office and Works : 34 Bleury Street, Montreal. — The past quarter of a century has 
 witnessed a most remarkable improvement in the arts and manufactures of the country as 
 well as in its scientific attainments. The use of metal has entered largely into the construction 
 and ornamentation of our houses and business establishments, as well as for articles of house- 
 hold use &c Among the manufacturing establishments in this city devoted to the manufacture 
 of wire work is the “Acme” Ornamental Wire, Brush and Iron Works, of which Mr. J. J. 
 Ulley is the proprietor, the works being located at Nos. 34 and 34^ Bleury Street. This 
 business was established in the year 1878 and ever since the date of its inception it has met 
 with the most gratifying success. None but skilled workmen are employed, and 
 Mr. Ulley, who is a practical workman of 22 years experience, personally superintends all 
 orders entrusted to him and thus guarantees his customers entire satisfaction. He manufac- 
 tures signs to order of any size or shape in wire work, also window guards, wire fencing, 
 flower stands, coal screens, riddles and sieves, wire cloth of copper, brass, tinned iron and 
 steel wire, twilled locomotive and miner’s cloth, and in fact wire work of every description. 
 He uses only the best quality of materials and the goods manufactured are well finished and 
 unsurpassed by those of any other house in the Dominion. His prices will also be found as 
 low as any in the market. He also manufactures and largely imports steel and hair brushes, 
 and general mill supplies, including such brushes as are required for woollen cotton and 
 paper mills, boot and shoe factories &c. Also all kinds of brushes and feather dusters for 
 household use. Goods are made to order, as well as supplied to the trade. Mr. Ulley 
 is a native of the Isle of Wight, England, and has resided in this country many Jyears. He 
 is a thorough going man of business and is well deserving of the success he has attained. 
 
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 Alfred Blais, TINSMITH, PLUMBER, STEAM & GAS FITTER, New Con- 
 tract Work at Moderate Rates, a Specialty, No. 105 St. Antoine Street, 
 Montreal. — The art of plumbing has been brought to a large state of perfection during the 
 past 10 years. Medical men and sanitary engineers recognized the fact that a large per- 
 centage of sickness and death was attributable to defective plumbing, and so measures were 
 taken for remedying of the evil and they have met with a marked degree of success. Among 
 the most skilful and popular plumbers, steam and gas fitters in this city is Mr. Alfred Blais, 
 whose premises are located at No. 105 St. Antoine Street. The premises occupied consist 
 of a store 38 x 20 feet in dimensions with workshop up stairs 45 x 20 feet in dimensions, 
 Mr. Blais attends to all kinds of tinsmithing, plumbing, steam and gas fitting, slate and 
 metal roofing, bell hanging, &c. All orders are executed promptly and the utmost satisfac- 
 tion is guaranteed in all cases. Mr Blais being a skilled and practical plumber and tinsmith, 
 gives his personal attention to all orders entrusted to his care and thus ensure the best of 
 results. He gives employment to from 10 to 26 skilled workmen according to the season 
 of the year and the pressure of business. He is the sole manufacturer of the patent railway 
 milk can which is fitted with a patent liquid proof cover of his own invention, and is by far 
 the most safe and convenient milk can ever invented in the market. He also carries a fine 
 line of hot air and hot water heating apparatus; also, stoves and ranges, house furnishing 
 goods, cutlery paints and oils, glass, putty, &c. Since he started in business 4 years ago 
 he has met with the most gratifying success, and his prospects for the future are of the 
 brightest. 
 
 A. M. Craig, HOUSE, SIGN AND DECORATIVE PAINTER, 8 Bleury 
 Street. — In a publication of this character, devoted to the business and manufacturing 
 interests of Montreal, those who, by reason of the length of time they have been established, 
 are looked upon as pioneers in their department, are certainly entitled to special mention in 
 these pages, and it is therefore with a great deal of pleasure that we refer to Mr. A. M. Craig, 
 house, sign and decorative painter, whose shop is located at No. 8 Bleury street. This 
 gentleman, one of the oldest engaged in this line of business in the city, established himself 
 here thirty years ago, and from the time of his advent he has always occupied a promineni 
 position in this branch of trade. He gives employment, on an average throughout the year, 
 to 14 skilled and competent hands. He does all kinds of house, sign, decorative and fresco 
 painting, and the evidences of his skill may be observed in a large number of the leading 
 residences and business establishments throughout the city. The work done by him is 
 artistic in a high degree and the utmost care is taken to ensure the most satisfactory results. 
 All orders entrusted to him receive his personal attention and supervision and the conse- 
 quent benefit of his extensive experience. Mr. Craig is a Scotchman by birth and is 
 endowed with that persistent energy and perseverance that is proverbial in that race. He 
 has built up his reputation and his business on the thoroughness of his work and thus the 
 success that has attended his efforts has been well earned and deserved. 
 
 \ N. Kearns, GROCERIES & PROVISIONS, 36 Bleury St. and corner City 
 Councillor and MayorStreets, — So long as people have to eat to live, and that will be till 
 the end of time, so long will those lines of business that deal in the food supplies of the peo- 
 ple have a particular interest for every man, woman and child in every community. The 
 grocery trade is one of the most important of all lines of business conducted, and gathers its 
 supplies from all quarters of the earth. Among the old established and prominent houses 
 in this branch of trade in Montreal is that of Mr. N. Kearns, whose stores are located at 
 No. 36 Bleury Street, and one which he opened one year ago at the corner of City Coun- 
 cillor and Mayor streets. It is now 30 years since Mr. Kearns first started in business, and 
 by perservering industry and enterprise and thoroughly understanding the requirements of 
 the public he has succeeded in building up an excellent trade. His stores are large and 
 
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 •commodious and are tastefully fitted up and present an inviting appearance. Large stocks 
 are carried of choice family groceries, including the finest brands of teas from China and 
 Japan, fragrant coffees from Java and Rio, pure spices, table delicacies, hermetically sealed 
 goods in glass and tin, also a fine line of provisions and the choicest brands of wines and 
 liquors, imported and domestic, specially suited for family use. A policy of the house has 
 'been to sell the best quality of goods at the lowest reasonable advance above cost consistent 
 with a safe business, and this the public well aware of have been liberal in their patronage. 
 Mr. Kearns, who is a native of Ireland, came to this country in early life, and here he has 
 won the confidence and esteem of all with whom he has had business or social relations. 
 
 Berard & Major, CARRIAGE MAKERS, 1947 St. Catherine Street, 
 Montreal. — Of manufactures having direct reference to local wants, none are of greater 
 importance to the citizens of Montreal than the building of light business and pleasure 
 •vehicles. Among the most successful and popular houses engaged in the branch of industry 
 in this city, is that of Messrs. Berard & Major, whose carriage factory and warerooms are 
 located at No. 1947 St. Catherine Street, and is one of the most complete and best appoint- 
 ed in Montreal. The premises occupied, which are owned by the firm, consist of 2 and 3 
 -story buildings, covering 50 x 150 feet in dimensions, these are fitted up with the latest and 
 anost improved machinery and appliances and nothing is omitted that could possibly add to 
 4 he successful conducting of the work, while employment is furnished to from 20 to 24 skill- 
 •ed and competent workmen throughout the year. The firm employ only the most skillful 
 anen in their shops, and are prepared to execute promptly and satisfactorily all orders with 
 which they may be favored tor the manufacture of buggies, carriages, business waggons, 
 rsleighs and cutters and light vehicles generally. Being practical carriage makers of many 
 years experience, they can guarantee all work from their establishment, and those who 
 have once patronized them have no hesitation in recommending them to others. They do 
 work in French, English, and American styles, and were awarded 5 prizes at the Exhi- 
 bition in Montreal in 1880. The business was established 14 years ago and has steadily 
 improved from year to year since that date, their trade now extending throughout a large 
 section of the province. The members of the firm are Messrs Alfred Berard and E. Major, 
 both of whom are natives of the province of Quebec, and are skilled workmen and pro- 
 gressive business men. 
 
 Wm. M. Briggs, PRACTICAL PLUMBER AND SANITARIAN, 40 St. 
 Antoine Street. — 1 here is scarcely any subject in matters of domestic economy that has 
 received so much attention of late as that of sanitation and scientific plumbing. This was a 
 necessity, for it had become a recognized fact that a great deal of so-called plumbing was 
 simply a system of disease and death breeders. Happily a great change has been effected 
 an this respect, and the majority of plumbers are fully qualified for the work required. 
 Holding a prominent position among the old-established and reliable houses in the line in 
 this city is that of Mr. VVm. M. Briggs, whose shop is eligibly located at No. 40 St. Antoine 
 street. Ihis gentleman established his business 16 years ago, and by close attention, per- 
 severing industry and a thorough knowledge of the business, he soon succeeded in building 
 up an excellent trade, which has been steadily maintained. The premises occupied by the 
 business are 22 x 55 feet in dimensions, and are fully equipped with all the requisite appli- 
 ances for the successful prosecution of the business. Mr. Briggs attends to every descrip- 
 tion of plumbing, sanitary matters, steam and gas fitting and hot water fitting. He is an 
 Englismnan by birth and is a skilled, compt tent workman in all the branches enumerated 
 an giving Ins personal attention to all orders entrusted to him and supervising all work 
 ^ 11S - 1 ^ workmen lie is enabled to give his customers the utmost satisfaction, 
 
 f- riggs is an active and energetic business man and a member of the Master Plumbers 
 Association 
 
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 Grignon & Levesque, Office and Warehouse : 230 St. Lawrence Street, 
 Factory: 159 St. Charles Borommee Street, Montreal. — Montreal is the Canadian 
 Metropolis of business and manufactures, and the industries conducted here are many and 
 varied and give employment to a large majority of the people. Among the many lines con- 
 ducted, that in tinware and plumbing, forms a very important factor. Holding a prominent 
 place in this line of business is the firm of Messrs. Grignon & Levesque, whose store and 
 factory are located at No. 159 St. Charles Borromee Street, and the office and warehouse at 
 No. 230 St Lawrence Main Street. The premises occupied by the warehouse are 24 x 45 
 feet in dimensions, and the factory is a 3 story building, 30 x 30 feet in dimensions, and is 
 fitted up with all the most improved machinery and appliances for the successful prosecu- 
 tion of the work, while employment is furnished to from 18 to 20 skilled and competent 
 workmen. The firm are importers’ and manufacturers’ of plain, stamped, and japanned tin- 
 ware, square oil cans, biscuit tins, confectioners’ supplies, &c., also, pieced tinware for 
 the cheap counter trade, they are also plumbers, roofers, gas and steam fitters. The work 
 done by this house is unsurpassed and in all cases the best of satisfaction is guaranteed. 
 The firm were previously with Mr. Jos. Delorme. This business was established 2 years 
 ago and from that date of its inception has been entirely successful. The members of the 
 firm are Messrs. A. Grignon and A. E. Levesque, the former being a practical workman and 
 the latter business manager of the concern. 
 
 E. C. Mount & Co., PLUMBERS, IRON PIPE and TIN PLATE WORK- 
 ERS, No. 16 Victoria Square, Montreal. — The agitation that has been going on in 
 relation to sanitation and sanitary plumbing for the past few years has been productive of 
 much good and has undoubtedly prevented a great deal of sickness and possibly death by 
 the improved scientific method of plumbing which have been inaugurated. Holding a pro- 
 minent place among the practical sanitarians and plumbers of Montreal, is the firm of 
 Messrs. E. C. Mount & Co., whose establishment is located at No. 16 Victoria Square. 
 This business was founded by Mr. Mount in 1884, and the present firm is composed of 
 that gentleman and Mr, J. P. Pierce. The premises occupied by the business are 22 x 75 
 feet in dimensions, the office being in front and workshops in rear and basement, em- 
 ployment being furnished on an average to from 20 to 30 skilled and capable workmen. 
 The firm are practical sanitarians of high and acknowledged ability ; also, plumbers, iron 
 pipe and tin plate workers, gas and steam-fitters, tin and metal roofers. They attend to 
 all matters of drainage and ventilation and put in electric call bells, &c., all orders en- 
 trusted to their care are attended to promptly and all work is guaranteed entirely satisfac- 
 tory, lead burning being a specialty of the business. The firm are agents for the Lee's 
 patented Gas Governor which saves from 15 to 40 per cent, of gas, and these are put on 
 ■on trial for those desiring. They have also the Combination Cook-Stove which has a cir- 
 cular fire grate, the same as a heating stove which saves fuel and will maintain a uniform heat 
 for 24 hours without attention, it is also very useful for heating upper tenements and 
 single flats with hot water. Heating by hot water is a distinctive specialty of the house, 
 the cost having been by special study reduced to such a low rate that this beautiful and 
 satisfactory system of heating is placed within the reach of even those in very moderate cir- 
 cumstances. They carry in stock, sanitary earthenware, plumbers’ supplies, gasaliers, 
 brackets, &c. Mr. Mount is a native of England, and a practical workman, a member of 
 the Master Plumbers’ Association. His partner, Mr. Pierce, is a Canadian and attends to 
 the financial portion of the business, he was for many years chief clerk of the largest plumb- 
 ing establishment in Canada. 
 
 P. Poulin, LUMBER MERCHANT, Office and Yard, 469 William Street, 
 corner Richmond, Montreal. — The lumber trade of Montreal is one of its leading com- 
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 class of men who permit no obstacle to withstand their energy or discourage their spirits. 
 Prominent among those engaged in this line of business in this city is Mr. P. Poulin, whose 
 office and yards are located at No. 469 William Street, corner of Richmond Street. The 
 yards are 154 x 154 feet in dimensions and there is another yard leased from the Govern- 
 ment on the canal basin which has an area of 4600 square feet. These have a capacity 
 for storing about 12,000,000 feet of lumber. There is every facility for receiving lumber by 
 way of the Lachine canal as well as by the railroads. Mr. Poulin established his business 
 10 years ago last August; and has, during that time, built up a very gratifying trade which 
 is constantly increasing. Mr. Poulin deals in every description of lumber and dimension 
 timber for builders’ and others, both at wholesale and retail, a speciality being made of pine. 
 He also deals in cedar of all lengths and sizes as well as tamarack, hemlock, laths and 
 shingles. Builders and others requiring anything in this line would do well to call upon or 
 write to Mr. Poulin, as they may be assured of liberal and satisfactory treatment. There 
 are 15 competent hands employed in the business on an average throughout the year and 
 5 teams, the trade of the house extending throughout the city and surrounding section 
 of county. Mr. Poulin, the proprietor, is a native of the county of Terrebonne, and is an 
 active member of the Chamber of Commerce. 
 
 James Pearson Jr., NEW YORK MEAT MARKET, 533 Craig Street, 
 Montreal. — Of all lines of business conducted in any civilized community where neatness 
 and cleanliness are important and necessary accessories, it is in the butcher trade. Where 
 one sees the meats displayed tastefully and no refuse matter lying around, and the clerks neat 
 in attire, there is a strong attraction for the purchaser and a good trade is the result. Among 
 the meat markets in Montreal answering these requirements is the New York Meat Market 
 of which Mr. James Pearson Jr., is the proprietor. This market is eligibly located for busi- 
 ness at No. 533 Craig Street, it is 40 x 22 feet in dimensions and is fully equipped with every 
 requirement for the satisfactory prosecution of the business, refrigerator room, office &c. 
 Everything about the place has a neat and clean appearance, and the stock of meats handled 
 is displayed to the best advantage. Mr. Pearson deals in all kinds of fresh and salt meats, 
 beef, mutton, lamb, veal, corned beef, pork &c., also poultry and game in their season, and 
 butter, eggs, fruit and all kinds of vegetables. Nothing but the very best and most wholesome 
 of meats and produce is handled and customers can at all times rely thoroughly upon what 
 they obtain here. Employment is furnished to 5 competent assistants throughout the year 
 in helping to conduct the operations of the business. Mr. Pearson, who is a Canadian, is a 
 practical butcher and during the 15 years he has been established in business has built up 
 an excellent and ever increasing trade. 
 
 C. A. Briggs, HATTER & FURRIER, 2097 Notre Dame Street, Montreal 
 
 Among the oldest established of the business houses in Montreal engaged in the hatter 
 and furrier trade is that of Mr. C. A. Briggs, which is located at No. 2097 Notre Dame St. 
 The hat and fur trade is one of the most important in Canada and its operations are con- 
 ducted upon a very extensive scale. The premises occupied by Mr. C. A. Briggs, are 20x73 
 feet in dimensions and are fitted up in an excellent and very tasteful manner, and contain 
 a large and elegant stock of furs for ladies and gentlemens wear, of every description 
 Also a fine stock of English, French and American hats, as well as those of his own manu- 
 facture. Ihe stock carried is full and complete in every particular is ofthe very best quality 
 and made up in the latest and most fashionable styles. Mr. Briggs manufactures every 
 description ol hne furs for ladies and gentlemen’s wear, the work being perfect in every 
 particular and the goods elegantly finished. He also manufactures silk hats and pull-overs 
 m the latest leading styles. This business was established 22 years ago from a comparati- 
 vely small beginning has been built up to its present extensive proportions. Mr. Briggs, 
 
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 the proprietor, is a native of Montreal, where he is well and favorably known in business 
 and social circles. He is a skilled; practical hatter and furrier and giving his personal 
 attention to all orders entrusted to his care can thus guarantee his customers the best of 
 satisfaction. 
 
 “Au Bon Marche,” Alphonse valiquette, 1869 and 1871 Notre Dame 
 
 Street. — Engaged in the dry-goods trade of Montreal are many enterprising merchants', 
 whose establishments are the scenes of busy industry from morning until night. One of the 
 most popular and best known in this branch of trade here is that ofMr.Alphonse Valiquette 
 proprietor of the “Au Bon Marche,” which is located at Nos. 1869 and 1871 Notre Dame 
 Street. This business was founded in the year 1873, and ever since the date of its incep- 
 tion it has proved eminently successful and has steadily continued to increase and develop 
 from year to year. The premises occupied consist of a double store of three floors, each 
 100 x 45 feet in dimensions. Here is contained a very large and comprehensive stock, 
 consisting of staple and fancy dry goods, including silks, satins, velvets and velveteens, 
 dress goods in the latest and most fashionable novelties, linens, tablings, cottons, smallwares j 
 laces, trimmings, kid gloves, hosiery and hosiery notions and underwear in great variety, 
 also black and colored silks and satins in all styles and in any variety required. In the line 
 of black goods the house has no superior in this city. A distinctive specialty is made of 
 carpets, English oilcloths, and linoliums, one of the commodious stores being devoted en- 
 tirely to this department, the extensive trade of which is carried on both at wholesale and 
 retail, samples being sent free to any address. It would be impossible within the limits of 
 a brief sketch like this to enumerate and describe even a portion of the varied and magnifi- 
 cent stock carried at all seasons. Suffice it to say that everything new, tasteful and useful 
 in carpets, draperies, upholstery goods, English oilcloths, mattings, etc., can be found here 
 in endless variety, quantity, quality, style and price. There are also separate departments 
 for the manufacture of mantles, millinery, dressmaking and tailoring, a competent staff 
 of operators being engaged for these departments. A prominent feature of this 
 house is its discount of ten per cent., which is always made to colleges, religious 
 institutions and communities. Employment is furnished to 50 skilled operators and 
 courteous assistants throughout the year. The courtesy of the large staff of salesladies is a 
 marked feature of the establishment, the patrons being attended to with the utmost dispatch 
 and politeness. Mr. Valiquette. who is a native of the province of Quebec, is a gentleman 
 of marked business ability, tact, push and enterprise, and is a highly esteemed member of 
 the business community. 
 
 Patterson Bros., WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELLERS, 45 Bleury Street, 
 Montreal. — In a review of the business interests of Montreal particular mention must be 
 made of the watchmaking and jewellery trade, as one of the important factors in computing 
 the wealth of the city. It is a well-known and easily understood fact that the greater the 
 amount of wealth and refinement there is in any particular community there will be found 
 a greater love for the beautiful exhibited, and jewellery has at all times been given a high 
 place in such matters. Actively engaged in this line of business here is the firm of Messrs. 
 Patterson Bros., whose store is located at No. 45 Bleury Street. The premises occupied 
 by the firm, and are tastefully fitted up, and contain a fine stock of gold and silver watches 
 in English, Swiss and American manufacture, clocks, chimes, rings and many other 
 lines of jewellery, beautiful in design and finish but too numerous to mention in detail. 
 A specialty of the house is the repairing of the finer grade of watches. Mr. Patterson has 
 had an extended experience in this class of work, and all orders enstusted to his care 
 will receive the utmost attention and be executed with prompt ness and at very reasonable 
 prices. 
 
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 MONTREAL. ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Dominion File Works g OUTRAM 
 & SON, St. Gabriel Locks, Montreal — 
 In reviewing the various manufacturing in- 
 dustries that have done so much to build up 
 the trade and commercial interests of Mont- 
 real and placed it in front of all cities in the 
 Dominion, there are bound to be a number 
 of special lines that derive their trade from 
 the entire Dominion and among such must be 
 mentioned the Dominion File Works of which 
 Messrs. George Outran & Son, are the pro- 
 prietors. This manufacturing house is one 
 that is well known, not only in the city, but 
 throughout the entire country, having been 
 established by Mr. George Outram, the sen- 
 ior member of the firm, in 1869. In the year 
 1875 his son, Mr. Frederick Outram, was- 
 admitted into partnership under the above 
 mentioned firm title. The premises occupied 
 by the works are large and commodious, con- 
 sisting of 3 buildings, located at St. Gabriel 
 Locks. These are divided into separate de- 
 partments such as the forging, annealings 
 grinding, cutting, finishing and packing bran- 
 ches of the business, while employment is 
 furnished to 30 skilled and competent work- 
 men throughout the year. The works are 
 fitted up with the latest and most improved 
 machinery driven by 15 horse water power. 
 The firm manufacture all kinds and sizes of 
 files and rasps such as mill saw, flat, round 
 and square, and hand files, taper saw, slini 
 taper, pit or frame saw half round, band saw 
 blunts, &c., &c, Also, horse and shoe rasps, 
 tanged horse rasps, half round shoe rasps, 
 flat and half round wood rasps, cabinet files 
 and rasps. Files and rasps are made to- 
 special pattern and for all kinds of metal. The goods manufactured by this house have a 
 standard reputation as being of the very best quality in every particular. The trade of the 
 house is very extensive and embraces the entire Dominion. Mr. George Outram is a native 
 of Sheffield, England, where he learned his trade of file making, Mr. Frederick Outram is 
 also an Englishman by birth and is a skilled, practical workman and gives personal supervison 
 to the work. 
 
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 Joseph Levesque, 112 Bleury Street, Montreal. — There is no more important 
 line of busmes conducted in any community or country than that which deals in the food 
 supplies of the people, and in this connection the butcher business is certainly the foremost, 
 not only on account of its extensive operations, but of the necessary character of the stock 
 dealt in as a supporter of life. Conspicuous among those engaged in this line of business in 
 this city and deserving of more than a mere passing mention in a work of this character, is 
 Mr. Joseph Levesque, whose market is located at No. 112 Bleury Street. This business was 
 established in the year 1866, and it has been steadily built up from year to year until it is at 
 
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 the present day one of the most important in the line in the city. The premises occupied 
 are 26 x 48 feet in diminsions with a large and well equipped refrigerator room in rear, which 
 proves of incalculable advantage in keeping the meats fresh and pure in summer. There is 
 also a neatly fitted up business office and other accessories to a well appointed establishment, 
 while employment is furnished to eight competent assistants. Mr. Levesque deals in the 
 choicest qualities of meats, such as beef, mutton, lamb, veal, etc., which he kills himself, and 
 thus can guarantee their wholesomenesss and quality. He also, in their season, deals in 
 vegetables, fruit, game, poultry, fish, etc. The trade, which is very extensive, is derived 
 from some of the leading families in the city, and special prices and arrangements are made 
 with ship owners or masters, restaurant and boarding housekeepers. Mr. Levesque is a native 
 of the Province of Quebec and is a representative of the business enterprise of Montreal. 
 
 John Martin, plumber, gas and steam fitter, Nos. 25 and 27 
 
 St. Antoine Street, Montreal. — Within the last few years particular attention has been 
 given to the matter of sanitary plumbing. It has become a recognized fact that a very large 
 amount of sickness has been caused by defective plumbing, and a marked improvement in 
 in the methods has been the result. One of the oldest established houses in this line of 
 business in this city is that of Mr. John Martin, which is located at Nos. 25 and 27 St. Antoine 
 Street. This gentleman, who is a native of Scotland, learned his trade and worked in some 
 of the best shops in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and then coming out to this country started in 
 business for himself 35 years ago. Starting in a comparatively small way he gradually built 
 his business up to its present proportions. The premises occupied by the business consist 
 of 3 floors 35 x 100 feet in dimensions which are fully equipped with all the necessary ap- 
 pliances for the successful prosection of the work. He employs none but the most skilful 
 workmen and personally superintending all orders entrusted to him, can thus guarantee his 
 customers the best of satisfaction. He does all kinds of plumbing, gas and steam fitting, and 
 manufactures and deals in English and American gas fixtures, plumbers’, gas and steam fitters’ 
 goods, all kinds of gas burners &c Also deals in machinery of all kinds new and second 
 hand. He manufactures the “ Underground Gas Machine” which is used for lighting 
 dwellings, churches, factories and public buildings. It is buried in the earth, and has no gas 
 house, vault, fire or danger, and is warranted reliable in winter as well as in summer, a spec- 
 imen of these machines may be seen in operation at his establishment. He also carries a 
 fine line of gas stoves for cooking, heating shoemakers irons, rooms &c. Those forming 
 business relations with this house may be assured of every attention and satisfaction. 
 
 James Moffat, STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, 155 & 157 St. Antoine 
 Street, Montreal. — In scarcely any line of industry is there so much capital in- 
 vested or so many people given employment as in that of dry-goods. It is one of the important 
 factors in computing the commercial wealth of the country and the status of trade. Among 
 those actively engaged in this line of business in this city deserving of more than a mere 
 passing notice in a work of this nature, is Mr. James Moffat, whose store is located at Nos. 
 155 and 157 St. Antoine Street. The premises occupied are 22x65 feet m 
 dimensions and are fitted up in a tasteful manner, the large stock being displayed to the best 
 advantage, which consists of staple and fancy dry-goods including velvets, laces, 
 trimmings, dress goods, prints, cottons, linens, smallwares and many other departments too 
 numerous to mention but usually to be found in a first-class establishment. There is a special 
 department for the manufacture of pinafores, aprons, skirts, and underwear to order, while 
 babies requisites are constantly carried in stock. Since this business was establisned 3 years 
 ago it has met with the most gratifying success and has constantly mci eased in extent and 
 importance from year to year. Employment is steadily furnished to 7 competent and 
 courteous assistants in the different departments throughout the year. Mr. Moffat, 
 the proprietor, is a native of Scotland and has had a lengthened experience in the dry-goods 
 trade so that he thoroughly understands all its details and thus is enabled at ail times 10 meet 
 the demands of his customers promptly and in a satisfactory manner. 
 
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 Alexander Watt, BAKER AND CONFECTIONER, 173 St. Antoine Street— 
 Nature has made ample provision for the wants of mankind, and in nothing is this better 
 seen than in our food supplies. While quail are not extremely plentiful it has been fully 
 demonstrated that the average stomach will rebel against this bird if given as food too fre- 
 quently. Wheat however is plentiful and bread is a staple article of food, and is enjoyed at 
 every meal from childhood to old age. This being the case it is necessary that it should be 
 of the best quality and that no injurious ingredients should be mixed with it in its manu- 
 facture. One of the oldest established and most popular bakers and confectioners of this 
 city is Mr. Alexander Watt, whose store and bakery are located at No. 173 St. Antoine 
 Street. It is 35 years since Alexander Watt, the father of this gentleman, started in business 
 on his own account, the present proprietor acquiring possession on the death of the former 
 in 1877, and during this time has been built up an excellent and ever-increasing trade, which 
 in its scope of operations embraces the entire city. The premises occupied consist of a 
 a handsomely fitted up store, 22 x 30 feet in dimensions, containing plate glass show cases, 
 etc., for the advantageous handling of the stock of pastry and confectionery. The bakery 
 is in a brick building in rear and contains three large ovens and all other improved apparatus 
 and appliances for the successful prosecution of the work. Throughout the year employ- 
 ment is furnished to 12 skilled hands and competent assistants. The goods manufactured 
 by this house are of the very best quality and have won an enviable reputation with con- 
 sumers. The trade is conducted both at wholesale and retail, and, as previously mentioned, 
 is very extensive. Mr. Watt is a Canadian by birth and of Scottish descent, and is a mem- 
 ber of the Montreal Board of Trade. 
 
 A, Harris, Son & Co., (Limited.) Manu- 
 facturers of Agricultural Implements, Brant- 
 ford, Ont., George T. Vincent, General Agent, 
 125 College St. — If agriculturists, who passed m 
 their rest over thirty years ago, should arise from 
 their graves and look upon our immense farms of the 
 west and north-west during seed time and harvest, 
 they would be as much surprised as old Rip Van 
 Winkle after his memorable sleep on the the Catskill 
 mountains. A wonderful change has taken place in 
 farming methods during the past twenty-five or thirty 
 years, through the instrumentality of machinery, not a year has passed during the past 
 quarter of a century but what some marked improvement or notable invention has taken 
 place in the manufacture of agricultural implements, one of the most prominent hou.-es in 
 this line of manufacture in the Dominion being that of Messrs. A. Harris, Son & Co., of 
 Brantford, Ont. They are the manufacturers’ of the Brantford Steel Binders, which are 
 acknowledged to be the best in the market. Their latest styles of these machines will be 
 constructed almost entirely of steel and malleable iron. They do invariably good work, 
 and of light draft and great duiability. The firm also manufacture mowing machines and! 
 reaping machines. They sold during the season of 1887 over six thousand machines and 
 could have sold many more had their supply been equal to the demand. They also deal 
 extensively in the Blue Tin 'fag Binding Twine, which is one of the best and most reliable 
 for the purpose in the market. Besides the extensive trade conducted throughout the 
 Dominion, large numbers are exported to England, Scotland. Ireland, and South’ America. 
 The general agent for the machines in Montreal and Quebec Province, is Mr. George 
 T. Vincent, whose office and warehouse are located at 125 College Street. This branch 
 has been established in this city for 7 years, and during that time, Mr. \ r incent has built up 
 a very large and steadily increasing business. Mr. Vincent is a native of Montreal where 
 he is widely and favorably known as a wide awake and enterprising business man. 
 
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 P- 0 Donoghue, SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKER, 30 Bleury Street, 
 Montreal. — Who the first harness maker was or when the first harness was made are mat- 
 ters lost in the mists of antiquity, but it must be assumed that it was at a very early period 
 of the world’s history that beasts ot burden were used for carrying people and goods, either 
 across the plains of Egypt, throughout the lost Atlantis, or lor dog sleds in the frozen regions 
 of the North. But it is not of antiquity that we have now to deal but of the business 
 interests of the present day. Actively engaged in the saddle and harness making line in this 
 city is Mr. P. O’Donoghue, whose shop is located at No. 30 Bleury Street. The premises 
 occupied consist of two floors, 20 x 65 feet in dimensions, where employment is furnished 
 to four skilled and competent workmen in the manufacture of single and double light and 
 heavy harness, saddlery, etc. Nothing but the best quality of materials- is used and every 
 portion of the work is executed with the greatest care. Repairs of every description in 
 leather work are executed on short notice, and in the most satisfactory manner 
 A fine stock of horse furnishing goods, whips, brushes, curry combs and other 
 stable requisites is always carried. Since Mr. O’Donoghue started in business here 13 
 years ago he has built up an excellent trade, as well as a widespread reputation for first-class 
 work and moderate prices. Mr. O’Donoghue is a native of the county of Kerry, Ireland. 
 He is a skilled saddle and harness maker and is of that genial disposition for which Irish- 
 men at home and abroad have for ages been famed, in fact, long before the Kings of Kerry 
 reigned in their ancestral halls. 
 
 S. Myers, watchmaker, jeweller and stationer, 2261 Notre 
 
 Dame Street. — Centuries ago the workers in gold and silver plied their trade under 
 the shadow of the pyramids and along the banks of the Nile, in ancient Egypt. It has 
 alwavs been a valuable and honorable trade, and in all civilized communities is prosecuted 
 successfully. Among those actively engaged in this line of business in this city, of whom 
 special mention should be made, is Mr. S. Myers, whose store is located at 2261 Notre 
 Dame street. Mr. Myers was formerly at No. 153 St. Antoine street but on the first May 
 of the present year he removed to his present more eligible location. The premises 
 occupied are commodious and are tastefully fitted up with plate glass show cases, etc., 
 for the advantageous display of the fine stock of goods carried, which consists of English, 
 Swiss and American articles in gold and silver, clocks, chains, rings, setts, earrings and many 
 other beautiful articles of jewellery too numerous to mention. Watches, clocks and jewellery 
 are also cleaned and repaired with promptness and in the most satisfactory manner. There 
 is also a fine stock of books, stationery and periodicals as well as fancy goods of every des- 
 cription. Mr. Myers, who is a native of Canada, started in the jewellery business 5 years 
 ago and 2 years since added books, stationery and fancy goods to it and thus drew more 
 custom and increased his jewellery trade as well as building up both branches in a most satis- 
 factory manner. Mr. Myers is a gentleman of thorough going business habits and is well de- 
 serving of every success. 
 
 G, Rosser, PLUMBER, 2139 St. Catherine Street, Montreal. — There has 
 probably been no branch of trade that has been subjected to so much criticism, or that has 
 undergone so marked an improvement during the past few years as that of plumbing. 
 Sanitary experts and medical men have devoted much time and attention to sanitary plumb- 
 ing and from the improved methods and scientific principles now in vogue by our experi- 
 enced plumbers, the danger of the admittance of zymotic diseases into our dwellings by 
 defective plumbing, has been greatly removed. Among the old established houses in the 
 plumbing and steam-fitting liqe in this city, is that of Mr. G. Rosser, which is located at 
 No 2139 St. Catherine Street. This business was established 10 years ago, and Mr. 
 Rosser soon built up a high and wide spread reputation for the excellent quality of the 
 work done by him, so that business soon met with rapid increase, both in extent and de- 
 
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 vdopement, its operations now embrac ing the city and a large section ol the vicinity ► 
 Mr. Rosser attends to all orders for plumbing, gas and steam-fitting, and gives the same 
 attention to small orders as to the largest contracts. He also does bronzing of every des- 
 cription and also repairs chandeliers. Mr. Rosser is a native of Swansea, Wales, and is 
 a practical plumber and steam-fitter of many years experience, and giving his personal 
 attention to all orders entrusted to him can thus guarantee his patrons the most satisfactory 
 remits. Mr. Rosser is also agent for the “Gleason Incandescent Gas Burner” in all 
 styles and sizes. This Burner produces a pure white light and effects a saving of forty per 
 cent, in the amount of gas consumed and is by far the best article of its kind ever 
 introduced. 
 
 Leclerc & Cusson, 21 1 McGill Street, Montreal. — The more an indivi- 
 dual or community advances in civilization the greater attention do they pay to mat- 
 ters of art, whether it be music or painting or sculpture. Within late years a 
 marked improvement has taken place among the masses, and art in paintings, 
 etchings, engravings, chromos, etc., have been brought more into their notice and their 
 tastes have become educated and refined. Among those prominently engaged in the picture 
 trade in this city is the firm of Messrs. Leclerc & Cusson, whose store is located at No. 21 1 
 McGill Street. These gentlemen were formerly at No. 317 St. James Street, but removed to 
 their present more eligible quarters on the 1st May of the present year. The premises occu- 
 pied are large and commodious, consisting of three floors, each 50 x 25 feet in dimensions. 
 They are manufacturers of gold, bronzed and imitation mouldings for picture frames and 
 mirrors, cornices and curtain poles, while regilding is done equal to new. They are importers 
 ot steel engravings, chromos, lithographs, photographs, albertypes and albums ; also British 
 and German mirror-plates. The work done by this house is of the best quality, and is not 
 surpassed by that of any other house in the Dominion, while employment is furnished to 30 
 skilled and competent workmen. The advantages accruing to those of our citizens who are 
 in moderate circumstances from the installment system of doing business are very great, as 
 they are thereby enabled, by a very small weekly outlay, to furnish their houses comfortably 
 and even elegantly, which otherwise would have been an utter impossibility. This house is 
 one of the most reliable in the city in this line of business. This business was established 10 
 years ago by Mr. Joseph Leclerc, and three years since Mr. Cusson was admitted into part- 
 nership under the above mentioned title. These gentlemen are thoroughly conversant with 
 all the details of their trade, and will be found straightforward and honorable business men. 
 
 Charles E. Scarff, CHEMIST and DRUGGIST, 2262 St. Catherine St., 
 Montreal. — The profession of the pharmacist is one of the most important and effects the 
 general community to a great extent. If it was not for the drug store how many of the ills 
 and troubles, peculiar to the human race, would go unrelieved or grown into serious mala- 
 dies. Asa rule, the gentlemen following this profession, are among the most upright and 
 conscientious of our citizeus, and deserve and receive the respect of the community. Among 
 those who have lately started, in this line of business in this city is Mr. Charles E. Scarff, 
 whose handsome drug store is located at 2262 St. Catherine. This business was establish- 
 ed in May, 1888 and it has already given gratifying evidence of a successful future. The 
 store is a large and commodious and is handsomely fitted up with plate glaSS show cases 
 and cabinets and is well filled with an elegant stock, including fresh and pure drugs, che- 
 micals, fancy and toilet articles, perfume, imported and domestic soaps, druggists sundries 
 and articles required by physicians in their practice. A specialty is made of the com- 
 pounding of physicians’ prescriptions and difficult formules, with care and accuracy and at 
 moderate prices. The latest and most improved appliances for securing safety in the hand- 
 ling and compounding of drugs are used. Mr. Scarff, who is an Englishman by birth is a 
 graduate of the Ontario College of Pharmacy and also of the Quebec College of Pharmacy 
 and is considered a most careful and reliable pharmacist. 
 
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 Andrew Baillie, THISTLE BOOT and SHOE STORE, 161 St. Lawrence. 
 Main St., Montreal. — Montreal contains a number of old-established and reliable busi- 
 ness houses which have been well tried during many years of a business career and have- 
 not been found wanting. It is to such substantial houses that a city owes much of its repu- 
 tation as a commercial centre. Among those houses deserving of special mention in a work 
 of this character on account of those qualities just mentioned is that of the Thistle Boot and 
 Shoe Store, of which Mr. Andrew Baillie is the proprietor and which is eligibly located for 
 business at No. 161 St. Lawrence Main street. Mr. Baillie has been established in business- 
 for 22 years and during 18 years of that period he has been in his present location. The 
 premises occupied by the business are 18 x 40 leet in dimensions and are neatly fitted up 
 and contain a fine stock of boots and shoes, slippers, etc., for ladies and gentlemen, misses, 
 youths and children. These are in all weights and grades from the finest of kid to the 
 heaviest kip, and are made up in the latest and most fashionable style, being obtained from 
 some of the most prominent manufacturing houses in the Dominion. Mr. Baillie handles 
 only the very best quality of goods so that his numerous patrons could at all times depend 
 upon what they were getting. Mr Baillie is a native of Fyfeshire, Scotland, and came to 
 this country in the year 1854. He has always retained his old love for the land of the this- 
 tle while at the same time he has taken a deep interest in all that had for its object the 
 wellfare of Montreal and Canada. 
 
 Chartrand & Bisson, ROOFERS, 147 St. Charles Borromee Sr., Mont- 
 real. — The building trade of Montreal is one of its most important branches of business,, 
 and furnishes employment to a very large number of hands annually, besides occupying the- 
 attention of many of the most expert business men and extensive capitalists among her citi- 
 zens. But it is more particularly with that department of buiiding known as roofing with* 
 whieh we have now to deal. These are several first-class firms engaged in the roofing trade- 
 in this city, among which worthy of special mention is the old established are of Chartrand' 
 and Bisson, which has seen over a quarter of a century of usefulness and well merited pros- 
 perity. Messrs. Chartrand and Bisson executes contracts for slate and gravel roofs, as well 
 as in tin and rosin cement. A specialty is made of gravel roofs and repairing of all kinds 
 is promptly attended to. Specimens of their work may be seen all over the city, on many 
 private as well as public buildings, among the latter may be mentioned the Nazareth Asy- 
 lum for the blind on St. Catherine St., and the new “Beaudry” block on the corner of St. 
 Catherine and St. Charles Borromee Sts. The firm have always gone upon the principle of 
 doing first-class work only, hence their reputation is a 1 in every particular. A large staff 
 of efficient workmeu are employed and all orders received at the office, 147 St. Charles Bor- 
 romee St., or 483 Laval avenue, the residence of Mr. Brisson will receive prompt attention. 
 Both Messrs. Charles Chartrand aud Frs. Bisson are natives of this province. The former- 
 is a practical roofer and the latter is the business manager of the concern, both are well and. 
 favorably known as active and energetic business men and progressive citizens. 
 
 E. LemieuX, MERCHANT TAILOR, No. 3 St. Lawrence Main St, Montreal. 
 A cynic has said that “If it be true that the tailor makes the man,” then he has a great deal 
 to answer for. Well, perhaps he has, but it is nevertheless true that many well deserving 
 men would stand unrecognized in the world, without a chance to show their ability or 
 sterling worth, if it was not for the adventitious aid given by their tailor in the shape of good 
 and fashionable clothes. One of the most popular merchant tailoring establishments on 
 St. Lawrence Main Street is that of Mr. E. Lemieux, which is located at No. 3 on that 
 thoroughfare. Although it is but five years since Mr. Lemieux founded his business, he 
 has built up an excellent and most lucrative business, his trade being derived from the most 
 
 cr iti ca i in the way of dress — portion of the community. This is on account of keeping 
 
 nothing but the very best of stock in all the most seasonable and fashionable fabrics, which. 
 
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 he makes up to order by measure in the highest style of the art. The premises occupied by 
 the business are 28 x 45 feet in dimensions and two stories in height, the upper floor being 
 used as a workshop, where employment is furnished to 12 skilled and competent operators. 
 The store is tastefully fitted up with plate glass front, is lighted by electricity and presents a 
 neat and attractive appearance, and the stock of goods carried large and elegant, consisting 
 of imported and domestic fabrics, woollens, tweeds, cassimeres,etc. The garments produced 
 by this house are unsurpassed for beauty of style, perfection of fit and elegance of finish, and 
 the prices will be found very reasonable. Mr. Lemieux also carries a fine line of gents’ 
 furnishings, including ail the latest and most fashionable novelties. Mr. Lemieux is a native 
 of this Province, is an enterprising and progressive business man and an active member of 
 the Chamber of Commerce. 
 
 Edmond Leonard, CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, 113 St. Lawrence Main 
 Street. — The profession of the pharmacist is one that has kept steady pace with the im- 
 provements of the times, not alone in medicine but also in science and the arts. To enter 
 the profession of pharmacy now-a-days one must have given this subject deep study and 
 passed a critical examination in some regular college established for this special purpose, 
 and thus strong safeguards are thrown around the public. Among those who have recently 
 entered upon the practice of this profession in this city is Mr. Edmond Leonard, whose 
 store is located at No. 1 13 St. Lawrence Majn Street. This business was formerly con- 
 ducted by Messrs. Lavoillette & Nelson for three years preceding the first of March of the 
 present year, when they were succeeded by the present proprietor. The premises occupied 
 are 20 x 55 feet in dimensions and are tastefully fitted up with plate glass show cases and 
 cabinets, etc. Here is carried a large stock of fresh and pure drugs and chemicals, fancy 
 and toilet articles, imported and domestic perfumes, soaps, etc., proprietary medicines of 
 acknowledged merit and standard reputation, druggists sundries, etc. A specialty is made 
 of the compounding of physicians’ prescriptions and family recipes with care and promptness 
 and at reasonable prices. Employment is furnished to two competent assistants, one of 
 whom is a regular graduated pharmacist. Mr. Ed. Leonard, the proprietor, is a native of 
 Montreal and is a graduate of the Pharmaceutical Association of the Province of Quebec. He 
 is highly esteemed by all who know him as a careful and conscientious pharmacist and a 
 gentleman of marked business ability, 
 
 Elmwood Floral Nurseries, 2508 St. Catherine Street, A. Martin, 
 Proprietor. — The human heart is drawn towards flowers as naturally as the bee in looking 
 for the sweets to make its honey. The Persian delights in their perfume and denotes his 
 love by them. Orange blossoms are with us a bridal crown, while flowers garlanded the 
 Grecian altar, and hung in native wreaths before the Christian shrine. Flowers deck the 
 brow of the bride and are entwined around the tomb. The business of the florist is there- 
 fore one of the most delightful of occupations. Among those prominently engaged in this 
 line of business in this city is Mr. A. Martin, whose office and floral nurseries are located at 
 No. 2508 St. Catherine Street . The nurseries are 120 x 200 feet in dimensions, half of 
 which is under glass. Every requisite is on hand for the successful prosecution of the 
 business, and the greenhouses are heated by hot water. Here will be found a beautiful 
 assortment of rare and choice plants, as well as table and bedding plants in their season. 
 Mr. Martin keeps constantly a splendid assortment of cut flowers and makes' up floral 
 designs of every description at short notice, for weddings, receptions and funerals in the 
 highest style of the art. Mr. Martin is a native of England, and learned his business in 
 that country, being thoroughly skilled in all its details. He established his business here 
 on his own account five years ago, and during that time has met with the most gratifying 
 and well deserved success. 
 
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 Hecla Iron Works, ROBERT DONALDSON, Smith and Machinist, 29 
 McGill Street, Montreal. — The machinery trade of Montreal is conducted upon an 
 extensive, scale, which is due in no small degree to the number of manufacturing establish- 
 ments located here, requiring machinery of various kinds and also on account of the num- 
 ber of ocean and inland steamers that visit this port during the season of navigation. Apart 
 from this there is a general trade at all times throughout the city. In reviewing those 
 houses engaged in the machinist business in this city, mention must be made of the 
 Hecla Iron Works, of which Mr. Robt. Donaldson is the proprietor, and which is located 
 at No. 29 McGill Street. The premises occupied are 35 x 50 feet in dimen- 
 sions and are fitted up with all the latest and most improved machinery driven by a 6-horse 
 power steam engine, while employment is steadily furnished to six skilled and competent 
 workmen and four apprentices. The work done by this house consists of the manufacture 
 of engines and machinery, steamfitting, contractors’ tools, shipsmithing, heavy forgings 
 under steam hammer, and all other kinds of a similar nature. The work done by 
 this house is first class in every particular, being of good quality and the best of finish and 
 perfect in design and application. Mr. Donaldson, the proprietor, is a Scotchman by birth, 
 and is a thoroughly skilled and practical workman of many years experience.. He founded 
 the business twelve' years ago and during that time has met with the most encouraging 
 success, and has built up a trade of which he may well feel gratified. 
 
 I. Dr. F. L. Palardy, CHEMIST & DRUGGIST, 396 St. James St. Montreal— 
 There is no profession practised that requires more constant care and attention for its suc- 
 cessful prosecution or for the avoidance of mistakes than that of the pharmacist. The wonder 
 is, not that any mistakes should occur, but that so few do. The law has guarded this pro- 
 fession with zealous care in the interest of the public and now only those who have passed 
 through a severe course of study, and passed a successful examination at colleges established 
 for this purpose, are permitted to practice. Holding a prominent position among the phar- 
 macists of this city is Dr. F. L. Palardy, whose store is located at No. 396 St. James Street. 
 Dr. F. L. Palardy, is a graduate of the Victoria College of Ontario, and is a thoroughly 
 skilled and able physician, and is careful and conscientious to a marked degree. He establish- 
 ed his business here 7 years ago, and almost from the date of its inception it has proved 
 eminently successful. The commodious premises occupied are 35 x 60 feet in dimensions, 
 with the dispensary in rear, making the largest retail drug store in the city. It is fitted up 
 in beautiful style, leading in black and gold, with plate glass show cases and cabinets, soda 
 water fountain and every accessory for the successful prosecution of a business of this char- 
 acter. The stock carried is large, and consists of fresh and pure drugs, chemicals, fancy and 
 and toilet articles, imported and domestic soaps, perfumes &c., proprietary medicines of 
 acknowledged merit and standard reputation, druggists sundries &c., &c. A specialty of the 
 business is the compounding of physician’s prescriptions and family recipes with care and 
 accuracy. The store is opened on Sundays from 9 to 10 A.M*, 12 to 1, and 7 to 8 P.M. 
 when all orders will receive strict attention. As a specialist Dr. Palardy has achieved to an 
 enviable position in his treatment of diseases of the skin. He also manufactures and sells at 
 both wholesale and retail the following well known articles, Specific against intemperance, 
 Dr. Palardys Compound Syrup, Syrup lodo Bromo Quinique, Cod Liver Oil with Hypophos- 
 phites, and with Hypophosphites and Iron, and Quinine Wine. He is a native of Vercheres, 
 and his successful business is the best evidence of his ability in the profession of his choice. 
 
 J, C. Beauvais & Co., dry goods & merchant tailors, 1529 
 
 Notre Dame Street, Montreal. — The above house was established in 1870, and con- 
 stitutes a very important addition to the retail dry-goods houses in this city. From its in- 
 ception it has enjoyed an unbroken career of success, which is attributable to the honorable 
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 adhered to in all its transactions, reflecting alike credit on its proprietors and the commu- 
 nity in general. The firm carry out their business at No. 1529 Notre Dame Street, three 
 doors east of the City Hall, the premises accupied consisting of 3 floors 24 x 60 feet in 
 dimensions. Here a large and complete stock of imported and domestic fancy and staple 
 dry-goods is carried, which stock for careful selection and variety, cannot be duplicated in 
 city. The firm purchase direct from the manufacturers all their British and Foreign goods, 
 and their large and varied stock comprises contributions from many of the manufacturing 
 centres of Europe. Operating all departments on the most economical basis, they are 
 enabled to offer their goods to the public at lowest prices. There is a special department 
 for merchant tailoring, where will be found an excellent line of imported and domestic 
 tweeds, woolens, cashmeres, in the latest and most fashionable patterns, which are 
 made up to order in short notice in the highest style of the art. Also direct importers of 
 ■Gent’s Furnishings of which the stock is full and complete. This business was formerly 
 ■conducted by Messrs. Beauvais & Perrault, but now Mr. J. C. Beauvais, has the entire 
 control. He is a French Canadian by birth and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. 
 
 Robert H. Bryson, CHEMIST & DRUGGIST, 2391 St. Catherine Street, 
 Mon treal. — The past quarter of a century has witnessed a remarkable improvement in the 
 profession ofpharmacy, and the care and attention that has been devoted to students in this branch 
 of the profession, has been the means of turning out from the colleges of pharmacy, gentlemen 
 of undoubted ability as well as high and conscientious principles. Among those prominently 
 identifled with this profession in Montreal, none are more deserving of special mention than Mr. 
 
 Robert H. Bryson, whose store islocated at No. 2391 St. Catherine Street. The premises occupied 
 for the purposes of the business are 18 x 45 feet in dimensions, and are fitted up with much 
 taste, having plate glass show cases and cabinets, well stocked with a fine line of goods, in- 
 cluding all the various drugs and chemicals, pharmaceutical preparations and proprietary 
 remedies. Also toilet and fancy articles, imported and domestic soaps, perfumes &c., and 
 those articles required by physicians in their practice, and druggists sundries generally. As 
 .a practical druggist and chemist, Mr. Bryson makes a specialty of the compounding of phy- 
 sicians prescriptions and difficult formulas, with promptness and accuracy. He also prepares 
 • cough syrups, remedies for chapped hands and other like specialties which are highly bene- 
 ficial for the purpose designed. Employment is furnished to three competent and courteous 
 employees throughout the year. Mr. Bryson, who is a native of Montreal, is a graduate of 
 the Quebec Pharmaceutical Association, and is a thoroughly skilled pharmacist, and during 
 ■.the six years he has been established in business on his own account he has met with the 
 most encouraging success. 
 
 0. Courtemanche, FURNITURE, 1519 Notre Dame Street, Montreal. — 
 Among the many different lines of business conducted in Montreal that in furniture and house 
 furnishings holds a conspicious place and among those engaged in this line none are more 
 deserving of special mention than Mr, O. Courtemanche, whose stores are located at No. 1519 
 Notre Dame street. The premises occupied on Notre Dame Street consists of 3 floors and 
 Ibasement 40 x 114 feet in dimensions; and the warehouse on Dorchester Street, consists of 2 
 ifloors 50 x 50 feet in dimensions. The stock of goods carried is very large and varied, and 
 .consists of household and general furniture, both new and second hand. Also stoves and 
 iranges of all kinds and a great variety of hardware, crockery, carpets, and a general line of 
 ihouse furnishing goods, as well as pianos from several of the leading manufacturers of the 
 ..continent. The stocks are full and complete in every descriptions and those requiring any: 
 
 ! thing in this line would find it to their advantage to inspect it before purchasing eleswhere, 
 
 . as Mr. Courtemanche is in a position to offer advantages not easily to be obtained elsewhere. 
 Employment is furnished to 4 competent and courteous assistants in the different depart- 
 ■ ments throughout the year. Mr. Courtemanche, who is a native of the Province of Que- 
 bec, established his business here 16 years ago during which time he has met with very much 
 ^success and has built up a trade that is steadily on the increase. 
 
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER THE §T> LAWRENCE RIVER, NEAR MONTREAL. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 T. M, Bell, CROCKERY, CHINA, GLASS, EARTHENWARE, LAMPS, &c\, 
 259 St. Lawrence Main Street, Montreal. — That Montreal is rapidly increasing in 
 extent and importance as a commercial centre may readily be observed by the large number 
 of business houses that have been recently established here. It is by this infusion of new 
 blood into any business community that a spirit of enterprise is installed or kept active. 
 Among the business houses, therefore, coming under this head and deserving of more than 
 a mere passing notice is that of Mr. T. M. Bell, importer of and dealer in crockery, china, 
 .glass, etc. This gentleman founded his business here in August of 1887, at No. 42 Bleury 
 Street, and meeting with such marked success that he required more room for the operations 
 •of his business, he, on the 1st of May of the present year removed to his moie commodious 
 premises at No. 259 St. Lawrence Main Street. The premises occupied are 40 x 60 feet in 
 dimensions, which are neatly and suitably fitted up for the requirements of the trade, and 
 where is carried a large and elegant stock of crockery, china, glass, earthenware, lamps, etc., 
 a specialty being made of chamber sets. Purchasing direct from some of the leading manu- 
 facturers in this country and Europe and thus avoiding the commissions usually paid to 
 middle men, Mr. Bell is enabled to give his customers the advantage of low prices, which 
 defy competition and certainly warrants the assertion of this being “the cheapest house in 
 the city” in this line. Mr. Bell is a native of Liverpool, England, and has had an extended 
 experience in his line of business, and can thus meet any of the demands of the public in a 
 satisfactory manner. 
 
 Francois Godin, manufacturer of washing machines, 2192 
 
 -Notre Dame Street, Montreal. — This is an age of invention and the best efforts of man 
 have been put forth to produce labor saving machinery. We look around and in the harvest 
 fields find agricultural implements doing the work that would have formerly taken 20 men to 
 do. We look into the household and into the clothing, shirt and other factories and find 
 sewing machines lightening the labor of women. And now we look into the kitchens and 
 and wash-rooms and find the washing, plague to tired womankind, being done by wonderful 
 working though simply constructed and easily managed machines. Mr. Francois Godin, 
 ■of No. 2192 Notre Dame Street, is the manufacturer of one of the best washing machines in 
 the market. It was patented March 18th 1879 and many improvements have been made upon 
 it since that time. At the Provincial Exhibitions it took first prize in 1880, diplomas in 1881 
 and 1882, and a medal in 1884, also 1st prize and diploma at Provincial Exhibition at Quebec 
 1887. These machines will wash in one day as much linen as a woman could wash in three 
 days with their hands only. In using the machine, soak your linen in water all night and the 
 next day make good warm suds, and nut 3 or 4 buckets of boiling water into the washing 
 machine with the linen, stir for ten minutes and then take it out. These machines have re- 
 ceived high recommendations from institutions and individuals who have used them. Mr. 
 Godin is the sole manufacturer for the Dominion. At his store on Notre Dame Street, he 
 also carries a fine stock of toys and woodenware of every description. Mr. Godin is a native 
 of the Province of Quebec, and is a live, active and progressive man of business, and is em- 
 inently deserving of the success he has achieved. 
 
 J. G. Michon, MERCHANT TAILOR, 3111 Notre Dame St. St. Cunegonde — 
 The great question with gentlemen who are about to get a new suit is. " where is the best 
 place to go, where the garments will be well and fashionably made and the prices moderate ?” 
 It is absolutely necessary in these modern days that a man should be well and fashionably 
 -dressed if he would make a good impression in the world and meet with business and social 
 success. Among those merchant tailors doing business in Montreal there are none more 
 deserving of honorable mention than Mr. J. G. Michon, whose shop is located at No 31 n 
 Notre Dame Street. The premises occupied are commodious and are neatly fitted up and 
 contain a fine stock of imported and domestic cloths, woollens, tweeds, cassimeres &c., in the 
 
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 latest and most fashionable patterns from which to -make a selection. These are made up to- 
 order on short notice and in the highest style of the. art, and in respect to perfect fit, elegance 
 of finish and beauty of style are not surpassed by those of any other house in the city, while 
 the prices will be found very reasonable, and must meet the views of the most economical. 
 Employment is furnished to 5 skilled and competent operators throughout the course of the 
 year. Mr. Michon, who is a Canadian by birth, is a practical and excellent tailor of many 
 years experience, and gives his personal attention to all orders entrusted to his care, and since 
 he established his business here 2 years ago he has met with the most eminent and well 
 deserved success. 
 
 Carroll Bros., PLUMBERS, GAS & STEAM FITTERS, 795 Craig Street, 
 Montreal. — The agitation which has taken place in recent years respecting sanitary plumb- 
 ing and the evils arising from defective work, has been productive of much good. It has 
 caused an enquiry into the causes and the proper remedies, and the efficient plumbers have 
 been the gainers. Among those prominently engaged in the plumbing business in this city 
 is the firm of Messrs. Carroll Bros., whose shop is located at No. 795 Craig Street. This 
 business was founded 7 years ago and has at all times proved highly successful, and has stead- 
 ily increased in extent and importance from year to year. The premises occupied 
 are 45 x 70 feet in dimensions, and are fully equipped with every requisite for the 
 successful prosecution of the work done. Employment is furnished on an average throughout 
 the year to from 10 to 12 skilled and competent workmen. Mr. Patrick Carroll, now the 
 sole proprietor is a practical and skilled sanitarian and thoroughly understands the 
 work in all its phases. He also does plumbing of every description, fitting up new buildings, 
 making repairs and also gas and steam fitting, as well as tin and sheet iron working. All the 
 work done by this house is of the very best description, being personally superintended bv 
 Mr. Carroll, guaranteed to be entirely satisfactory, while the charges are moderate. 
 Air. Carroll is a native of Ireland, and came to this country in early youth. He is an active 
 and energetic business man, full of energy and enterprise, and is a member of the Master 
 Plumbers Association of Montreal. 
 
 Pierre Demers, HARDWARE, PAINTS, & OILS, 2191 Notre Dame Street, 
 Montreal. — There is possibly no city on the American continent that contains more solid, 
 old-established business houses than Montreal. In almost every branch of the trade will be 
 found representative houses that have grown with the city’s growth and kept steady pace with 
 the improvements of the times. Among such houses in the hardware trade deserving of 
 special mention in a work of this character, is that of Pierre Demers, which is eligibly located 
 for business at No. 2191 Notre Dame Street. This house was founded 28 years ago. and by 
 the exercise of persevering industry and untiring energy, coupled with a thorough knowledge 
 of the business on the part of the proprietor has been built up steadily to its present extensive 
 proportions. The premises occupied by the business are large and commodious, being 24 x 
 70 feet in dimensions, with a storehouse in rear for heavy and surplus stock The stock 
 carried is very large and varied in character, and includes almost everything coming under 
 the head of shelf and heavy hardware, builders’ and mechanics’ requisites, cutlery &c., &c. 
 Also all kinds of carriage wood bent stuff, and paints, oils, varnish, brushes, glass, putty 
 &c., &c. All goods handled are of the very best quality, and are received direct from first 
 hands and manufacturers in this country and Europe. The business is conducted both at 
 wholesale and retail and embraces, in the scope of its operations, not only the city of Mon- 
 treal, but a large section of the surrounding country. Employment is furnished to 5 competent 
 and courteous assistants in the different departments. Mr. Demers, is a native of Pointe 
 Claire, and is a gentleman of extended experience in the hardware trade and fully under- 
 standing the requirements of the public is ever prepared to anticipate their demands. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Win. F. Smardon, FINE BOOTS AND SHOES, 1665 Notre Dame Street, 
 and 2337 and 2339 St. Catherine Street, Montreal. — In reviewing the commerce and 
 manufactures of Montreal, many facts of interest are elicited with regard to the personality 
 of those engaged in the different lines of business. It is not always those who “fall into 
 their father’s shoes,” so to speak, that succeed the best, but in many cases it is those who 
 have to carve out a way for themselves. Mr. Wm. F. Smardon, dealer in boots and shoes, 
 at Nos, 2337 and 2339 St. Catherine Street, and No. 1665 Notre Dame Street, started to 
 work at the shoemaker trade when only 12 years of age. He was made of the right material 
 and by persevering industry, energy and enterprise he has carved his way to permanent 
 success and gained an enviable reputation as a straightforward and honorable business man. 
 The stores he occupies are large and commodious and are handsomely fitted up, and contain 
 a large and elegant stock of the finest quality of' boots and shoes for ladies and gentlemen, 
 youths, misses and children. These are all specially marked, according to the particular 
 size and make, so that any person can have their boots or shoes duplicated at any time 
 without fitting on, and in fact Mr. Smardon is filling orders every day for boots and shoes 
 for customers all over the Dominion. He does a large city and country trade and his 
 business is still steadily increasing. He started in business for himself on February 1st, 
 1876, and opened his Notre Dame Street store, which was formerly the retail department 
 of T. & J. Bell, two years ago. Employment is furnished to nine courteous assistants and 
 skilled workmen throughout the year, and Mr. Smardon makes a specialty of ladies, misses, 
 and children’s fine goods, a large family trade being done in this department, also the mak- 
 ing up of boots and shoes to order in the highest style of the art, and secures the most 
 satisfactory results by giving his personal attention to the cutting of all stock for orders. 
 
 George J. Sheppard, MUSIC DEALER, 2282 St. Catherine Street, Mont- 
 real. — Most persons of refinement and culture have a love if not the talent, for music, 
 and there are very few houses of the “well-to-do” classes in which either a piano or organ is 
 not to be found. In a community like Montreal a taste for music is widespread and the 
 business of the music dealer is therefore an important one. One of the most enterprising 
 and progressive houses in this line of business in the city, is that of Mr. George J. Sheppard, 
 which is located at No. 2282 St. Catherine Street. The premises occupied occupy two 
 floors. On the ground floor is contained an elegant stock of sheet mnsie, musical goods, 
 pianos and organs, Mr. Sheppard being agent for George Steck & Co. and Stultz & Bauer, 
 of New York, and Mason & Risch, of Toronto, (who made such an impression at the Colonial 
 Exhibition, in London, Eng., last year for the superior quality of their pianos,) and also 
 •for Mason & Hamlin, of Boston, manufacturers of organs. These instruments require no 
 comment at our hands, they are too well known throughout the North American continent 
 for their excellence. Mr. Sheppard has had the enterprise and good fortune — judging from 
 his success — of originating in Montreal something that professors of music and music stu- 
 dents in certain circumstances have long desired without knowing how to accomplish On 
 the second floor of Mr. Sheppard’s establishment are fitted up five music studios, where 
 •professors can make arrangements to hold their classes and where students, who probably 
 board out and have no music conveniences, can have set hours for practice. Even New 
 York has been behind hand in this respect, and the musical press is just beginning to agitate 
 the question so Mr. Sheppard deserves the thanks of the musical fraternity of Montreal for 
 his forethought and enterprise. Mr. Sheppard is a native of Montreal and has a thorough 
 talent for music, which of course is of great value to him in his present business, which he 
 established only one year ago, but which has already far exceeded his most sanguine 
 •anticipations. 
 
 A. A. Beauchamp, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, 1692 Notre Dame 
 Street, Montreal. — A very remarkable improvement has taken place in the manufacture 
 of watches during the past quarter of a century. The intricate and delicate machinery that 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 has been invented for the manufacture of watches, enables manufacturers to turn out hundreds, 
 of these perfectly finished and correct time-keepers, where previous thereto only one could 
 be turned out by hand in the same space of time. Consequently the price of these necessary 
 articles has been so reduced that they are now brought within the reach of all. Among those- 
 actively engaged in the watchmaking and jewellery trade in this city is Mr. A. A. Beauchamp* 
 whose store is located at No. 1692 Notre Dame Street. The premises occupied are 20x45 
 feet in dimensions and are tastefully fitted up with plate glass show cases and equipments* 
 and contain a large and elegant stock of gold and silver, English, Swiss and American wat- 
 ches, clocks, rings, chains, brooches, earrings, sleeve buttons, scarf pins, lockets and many 
 other beautiful articles of jewellery in gold and silver, jet &c., too numerous to mention in 
 detail. Mr. Beauchamp makes a specialty of the manufacture of jewellery, and also of watch 
 repairing, giving employment to 12 skilled and competent workmen throughout the year. 
 His work is of the very best quality and being a practical jeweller himself he gives his pers- 
 onal attention to all orders and thus secures the most satisfactory results. This business; 
 was established in 1827 by the late D. Smillie and has been carried on by Mr. Beaudry for 
 the last 24 years, perseverance and enterprise, has built up a business of which he may 
 well feel proud. He is a progressive citizen and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. 
 
 Picault & Contant, CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS, 1475 Notre Dame St 
 Montreal. — The profession of the pharmacist is one of the most important of any conducted 
 and during the first quarter of a century a very marked improvement has taken place in it, 
 and on account of the necessity of those professing it, having to be graduates of regularly 
 constituted pharmaceutical associations, the profession is hedged around with safeguards for 
 the public safety. Among the best known and oldest established houses in this line of business 
 in the city is that of Messrs. Picault & Contant, whose store is located at No. 1475 Notre 
 Dame Street. The premises occupied are 25 x 45 feet in dimensions, and are handsomely 
 fitted up with plate glass show cases and cabinets for the proper display of the fine stock of 
 goods carried, consisting of fresh, pure drugs, chemicals, fancy and toilet articles, imported 
 and domestic soaps, perfumes; &c., &c., proprietary medicines of acknowledged merit and 
 standard reputation, as well as all such articles are required by physicians in their practice. 
 A specialty of the house is the compounding of physicians prescriptions and difficult formulae* 
 with care and accuracy. The firm manufacture a number 'of proprietary medicines that have 
 proved highly efficatious and have met with a strong demand. Employment is furnished fi> 
 10 competent assistants and other help throughout the year in the different departments of the 
 business. This house was founded by Dr. Picault, in the year 1833, while Montreal was still 
 a small place. Mr. Picault is since deceased and Mr. Joseph Contant, has conducted the 
 business alone for the past 4 years. Mr. Contant, is a native of Montreal and a graduate 
 of the Pharmaceutical Association of the Province of Quebec, and is a member of the council 
 of the Chamber of Commerce. 
 
 A, M, Featherston, BOOTS & SHOES, No. I St. Lawrence Main Street, ani> 
 Cor. of St. Catherine and Victoria Streets. — St. Lawrence Main Street is one of 
 the most important of the retail thoroughfares of Montreal, and upon it are located many 
 first-class establishments in the different branches of trade. It is the artery of business* 
 joining the north and south sections of the city. Holding a prominent place in the boot 
 and shoe trade on this street is the establishment of Mr. A. M. Featherston, which is located 
 at No. 1 and the corner of Craig Street. It is now 10 years since this business was found- 
 ed and during the time it has proved very successful owing to the enterprise and energy 
 displayed on the part of the proprietor. The premises occupied are 28 x 40 feet in dimen- 
 sions and are suitably fitted up for the requirements of the business. Here will be found a 
 large and first-class stock of boots and shoes, slippers, rubbers, &c., for ladies and gentle- 
 men, misses, youths, boys and children in all weights and grades, from the finest of Kid to 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 the heaviest of Kip, made up in the most fashionable styles by some of the .leading manu- 
 facturing establishments in the country. Those desiring to have their boots or shoes made- 
 to order bv measure can be accommodated here and their orders executed with promptness 
 and in the most satisfactory manner at very reasonable prices. For the accommodation of' 
 residents in this section of the city Mr. Featherston has a store agency of the Canadian Pa- 
 cific Railway for the sale of tickets, and all information respecting routes, &c., may be here 
 obtained. A similar establishment is conducted by the proprietor at the corner of St. Cath- 
 erine and Victoria Streets. Mr. Featherston is a native of Canada and a gentleman of 
 marked business ability, push and energy, and the success that has attended his efforts so- 
 far has been justly deserved and is but an augury of what the future has in store. 
 
 Henri Larin, PHOTO-ARTIST, i8St. Lawrence Street, Montreal. — If one- 
 of our modern photographers had suddenly appeared in the midst of the people one hundred 
 years ago and practised his vocation, he would have been looked upon as a manipulator of the 
 “ black arts ” and would have been in danger of forming a central figure in a barbecue. That 
 pictures could be taken instantaneously by the aid of the sun’s rays would have been beyond 
 belief; but this past quarter of a century has been a wonderful one in the world’s history and 
 in the history of photography. Amongst the most popular of the photographic artists in. 
 this city is Mr. Henri Larin, whose studio is located at No. 18 St. Lawrence Main Street.. 
 The premises occupied for reception room, studio, dark room, &c., cover 38 x 75 feet in» 
 dimensions and are handsomely fitted up and contain the most modern and improved ap- 
 paratus, thus ensuring the successful prosecution of the business. Mr. Larin does every- 
 description of photography, such as taking from life, copying, enlarging, & c. He also executes, 
 work in water coLrs, crayon, India ink, pastel &c. His work in all the different branches, 
 is excellent and is well worthy of inspection by those who have any intention of leaving their 
 “counterfeit presentment” to their friends and posterity. Since this business was established. 
 8 years ago it has proved highly successful and has steadily continued to increase and develope. 
 Employment is furnished to careful and capable assistants. Mr. Larin is a native ofLachine, 
 and is a thoroughly skilled, practical photographer who has well merited his success. 
 
 W, J. Clark & Co. No. 50 Beaver Hall Hill. — The booksellers’ and Station- 
 ers’ trade has for many generations been a most highly honored one, in this country as 
 well as in England. Some of the old London book stores were the resorts of many of the 
 greatest literary and scientific celebrities of their time, and many a story has been passed, 
 down from generation to generation of their sayings and doings. But it is of the present we 
 have now to speak and not of the past,— of Montreal book stores and not those of London. 
 One of the most prominent and popular houses in this line in this city is that of Messrs, 
 W. T. Clark & Co., which is located at No. 50 Beaver Hall Hill, midway between the 
 residential and business quarters of the city. This business was established by Messrs. G. 
 & W. Clark 15 years ago, the present proprietor succeeding to the entire business 6 years 
 since the premises occupied are 24 x 50 feet in dimensions and are handsomely fitted up 
 and contain a large and elegant stock of books in standard, general and light literature, and 
 in the different styles of binding, also stationery of all kinds, from the ordinary commercial 
 to the finest and most expensive for ladies’ use. In fancy goods the stock is very large and 
 contain a most elegant and varied assortment of articles useful and Ornamental. This is 
 also a headquarter for views of Montreal, Indian curiosities, and Canadian souvenirs ; also, 
 sheet music from the leading publishers of Great Britain the United States and Canada, for 
 both vocal and instrumental use. Visitors to the city, as well as residents will find this 
 one of the best and most satisfactory places at which to obtain their supplies. The firm 
 have sole rmht of Mount Royal Park for the sale of their goods, and during the summer 
 season a well stocked establishment is conducted on the mountain for the sale of books, 
 curiosities, photos and travellers and tourists’ requisites generally. Mr. Clark is a native- 
 of Montreal, and is widely and favorably known in business and social circles. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 S. Nightingale, TEAS AND COFFEES, 143 St. Lawrence Main Street.— 
 It is claimed that Arabia is the home of coffee and it is known that the most fragrant kinds 
 come from tftat country, But when Arabia held the monopoly coffee sold in England for 
 $25,00 a pound, so it may well be imagined that it was not to be found on every boarding- 
 house breakfast table. After the berry had been cultivated in other countries the price 
 came down until now rich and poor alike enjoy the fragrant aroma. Among those promi- 
 nently engaged in the tea and coffee trade in this city is Mr. S. Nightingale, whose store is 
 located at No. 143 St. Lawrence Main Street. This business was successfully conducted 
 'by his brother, Mr. E. A. Nightingale, for six years previous to the 1st of May of the present 
 year, when Mr. S. Nightingale succeeded to it. The premises occupied are 24 x 38 feet in 
 -dimensions, are neatly fitted up and contain an excellent stock of the choicest brands 
 •of teas and coffees. Competent judges affirm that these beverages lose their flavor when 
 they are carried in stock with cheese, ham, pepper, etc., and therefore to obtain them in 
 their native purity they should be kept separate and apart from all such articles. At Mr. 
 Nightingale’s they will be found of the very best quality, and handling these goods alone 
 -and purchasing direct from shippers, he obtains his goods under the most favorable terms 
 and can thus give his numerous customers the benefit, not only of low prices but of beautiful 
 presents as well. Employment is furnished to three competent assistants in conducting the 
 business. Mr. Nightingale, who is a native of Montreal, has a thorough and comprehensive 
 knowledge of the business, and his customers can thus be assured of obtaining the 
 best the market affords at all times. 
 
 Arthur Bourdon, GROCER, No. 127 St. Lawrence Main Street, Montreal. — 
 -So long as people live by eating so long will the grocery trade hold a paramount place in 
 the estimation of every individual in the land. All quarters of the earth are made to con- 
 tribute of their products to meet the demands of this trade. It was under the regime of 
 Louis XV of France that tea was first introduced into Canada and was then enjoved only 
 by the wealthy. But now, rich and poor alike can enjoy the fragrant beverage. Among 
 those prominently identified with the grocery trade in this city, and deserving of more than 
 -a mere passing mention in these pages, is Mr. Arthur Bourdon, whose store is located at 
 No. 127 St. Lawrence Main Street, near Lagauchetiere Street. The premises occupied are 
 -22 x 50 feet in dimensions and are tastefully and suitably fitted up for the requirements of 
 the trade. Here is carried a large and carefully selected stock of staple and fancy groceries, 
 including the choicest brands of China and Japan teas, fragrant coffees from Java and Rio, 
 pure condiments, table delicacies, canned goods, butter, cheese, hams and other provisions 
 •of the very best quality, as well as the finest brands of wines and liquors specially suited for 
 fine family trade. The stock has been selected with the utmost care and will be found 
 first-class in every particular. This business, which was established in the spring of 1887, 
 bas proved very successful indeed, and this has been due in a marked degree to Mr. 
 Bourdon’s extended knowledge of the business, he having been for 15 years a clerk with 
 Mr, Dodd. Mr. Bourdon is a native of Montreal and is widely and favorably known in 
 ■business and social circles. 
 
 Henry Birks & Co., WATCHMAKERS, JEWELLERS, ETC., 235 and 237 St. 
 James Street, Montreal, — That Montreal is the centre of the wealth and culture of the 
 Dominion may be judged not alone by her palatial residences and public buildings, but 
 from the number of excellent establishments devoted to art goods and jewellery. Bevond 
 -all question the house of Messrs. Henry Birks & Co., at Nos. 235 and 237 St. James Street, 
 is .the best equipped and most liberally patronized of any in this section of the Dominion! 
 The premises occupied are 30 x 120 feet in dimensions. The store is a truly elegant and 
 in\ 1 ting place, the 1 esort of the best people of Montreal and vicinity — the class who recognize 
 *nd appreciate artistic taste, genuine value and the highest grade of workmanship. All of 
 
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 the latest and most improved machinery and special tools used in the trade are provided > 
 and a vast quamity of superior goods are produced, the specialties of the house embracing; 
 choice diamonds, rubies, sapphires, peirls, emeralds, rich jewelry in original and standard 
 designs, English, Swiss and American watches and clocks, solid silver and silver plated, 
 ware, brass and optical goods, gold and silver headed canes, and all the latest and most 
 attractive novelties of the trade as fast as introduced. This business was established in the- 
 year 1879 and soon took a leading place among the representative houses of the country,, 
 the trade now extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Of course, the aggregate annual 
 sales are very large and the business a prosperous one. Mr. Birks, the proprietor, is a. 
 Montrealer by birth, and is a gentleman well-known and highly esteemed. 
 
 Anderson, McKenzie & Co., steamship agents* 
 
 FORWARDERS AND COMMISSION AGENTS, 227 Commis- 
 sioners Street. — Conspicuous among the old established and 
 reliable steamship agents in the city of Montreal is the firm of An- 
 derson, McKenzie & Co., whose office is located at No. 227 Com- 
 missioners Street. They charter steamers and sailing vessels for the 
 conveyance of freight to all parts of the world. They are considered, 
 among the most prominent forwarders in this city, and their reputa- 
 tion for business methods and honorable dealing stands high through- 
 out the country, so that the utmost confidence is placed in their 
 judgment and foresight. They receive consignments, and are 
 engaged in the forwarding and freighting in the phosphate, 
 lumber and deal trade, probably doing a heavier export trade in 
 these products as forwarders than any other house in the city. They 
 are agents for the Furness Line of steamers, running between Mont- 
 real, London and Liverpool in summer and Portland and Liver- 
 pool in winter. The steamers of this line are the “ Durham City,” 3092 tons; “Boston 
 City,” 2324 tons ; “Madura,” 2315 tons; “Washington City,’' 2296 tons ; “Gothenburg-. 
 City,” 2526 tons; “ Katie,” 2795 tons, and others. Messrs. Anderson, McKenzie & Co. 
 receive goods on commission and sell the same to the best advantage, making prompt set- 
 tlements upon all sales, and guaranteeing the best of satisfaction in every case. With the 
 harbor relieved from debt and the opening up of the Sault St. Marie Railway, the shipping 
 business of the Port of Montreal must be enhanced to a very considerable extent during the 
 coming years, and Mr. Anderson will be sure to have at least his share of the increased 
 business, for if push and enterprise will obtain successful results he will obtain them. 
 
 Bowes & McWilliams, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 1836 Notre Dame 
 Street, Montreal.— The wholesale fruit trade is one of the important branches of com- 
 mercial ’industry conducted in Montreal, and as this is the distributing point for a large 
 section of the Dominion, several leading houses are engaged in this line of trade, among 
 which none hold a higher reputation or do a more extensive business than the firm of Messrs. 
 Bowes & McWilliams, whose store is located at No. 1836 Notre Dame Street. These gentlemen 
 established the business 8 years ago, and during that time they have built a very enviable 
 trade that now embraces the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova 
 Scotia They are direct importers of foreign fruits from Italy, Spain, Sicily, Florida and 
 California and deal largely in Canadian fruits. As importers and commission merchants 
 the firm stands high and controls one of the largest trades that comes into Montreal, and 
 are considered one of the largest and most reliable houses in the city. The members of the 
 firm Mr Archibald Bowes and Mr. John McWilliams, both of whom are Canadians by 
 birth and are thorough going and enterprising business men thoroughly alive to the wants 
 of the trade and knowing how best to meet the requirements of patrons. They are well 
 known and highly esteemed in business and social circles. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
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 R. Nicholson Sons, BUTCHERS, 16,17,18 St. Ann’s Market.—' The commer- 
 ■cial interests of a large city would be incomplete without the extensive element made up by 
 the provision trade, an important branch of which is the trade in fresh meats. In this line 
 we find a number of leading firms doing a large and prosperous trade, the majority however 
 confirming themselves to the city business. There are several that make a specialty of sup- 
 plying the shipping with meat and other shop stores and of these Messrs. R. Nicholson 
 •Bons are deserving of special mention. Their market is located at Nos. 16, 17 and 18 St. 
 Ann’s Market. This business was established by Mr. R. Nicholson — now deceased — 47 
 years ago, and 4 years since, the Sons Messrs. George C. and John S. Nicholson succeeded 
 to the business. The house has had a long and honorable as well as successful career. The 
 firm use on an average 30 head of cattle and 100 calves and sheep a week, dealing as they 
 do entirely in beef, mutton and veal. Besides their regular city trade they supply vessels 
 that enter the port and have gained a high reputation for the excellent quality of their sup- 
 plies and for their prompt attention to all orders. The Messrs. Nicholson are young gentle- 
 men of marked business ability, push and enterprise and are highly esteemed by all who know 
 them. 
 
 The Davis & Lawrence Co., Limited, proprietors, manufact- 
 urers AND GENERAL AGENTS, St. Antoine Street, corner of Chatham 
 : Street.— The whole range of the wonderful commercial history of Canada records few 
 more brilliant and deserved business successes than that which has marked the progress of 
 this house, and which will constitute a lasting and honorable memorial to the distinguished 
 business talent and persevering efforts of Mr. W. V. Lawrence, the President of the Com- 
 pany, who in the year 1866 started the business here described in a little 8x10 store on 
 St. Paul Street, which in a few months was found too small, and it became necessary to 
 remove to larger quarters. These quarters, which were also upon St. Paul Street, after two 
 or three years also were found too crowded, and in 1875 a large factory building was erected 
 by the Company on Plymouth Grove especially for their use, which at the time was thought 
 igreat enough for all future requirements, but this too at the end of five years was found too 
 small for the rapidly growing business, and then it was that the Company decided to erect 
 $iie present magnificent building, a picture of which we give below : — 
 
 We cannot enter into a description of it in the limited space at our disposal here 
 Further than to give a general idea of its size and uses. In extent it covers three sices of a 
 
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 square, having a total frontage on three streets of 404 feet, with an inner court in which is 
 built the engine and boiler house. It is four storeys high with the basement, and is built 
 entirely of brick and stone, the St. Antoine Street front being handsomely faced with sand- 
 stone. For substantial structure and architectural beauty it is not excelled by any factory 
 building in Montreal. Every modern improvement that would facilitate the business has. 
 been adapted, such as steam elevators, hand railways, machines for bottle washing, bottle- 
 filling, bottle corking, &c. Steam and gas are carried to all parts of the building. 
 
 Commencing at the top floor, which is set apart entirely tor laboratory purposes, it is. 
 here where are manufactured their world-renowned preparations, which are so well 
 and favorably known to the people of Canada. 
 
 Descending to the next floor we find the bottling department and store rooms for- 
 finished goods. Again descending we come to the finishing apartments, shipping depart- 
 ment. sample rooms and offices. 
 
 The basement is used for the storage of cased goods, and as a bonded warehouse. 
 
 The Company have spared no pains or expense in elevating their business to its. 
 present high position. Their travelling agents visit periodically every city, town and 
 village in the Dominion and their preparations are household words everywhere. Who is. 
 not familiar with Perry Davis’ Pain Killer. Allen’s Lung Balsam, Fellow’s Syrup of Hypo- 
 phosphites, Wyeth’s Beef, Iron and Wine, Campbell’s Cathartic Compound, Murray & 
 Lanman’s Florida Water, and other preparations of this order, which are made exclusively- 
 in this great factory, the largest and most perfectly equipped in Canada if not in the world 
 
 Hudon, Hebert & Co,, IM- 
 PORTERS AND WHOLESALE. 
 GROCERS, 304 AND-306 St. Paul, 
 and 143-145 Commissioners Streets,. 
 Montreal. — Montreal is the great dis- 
 tributing centre of the Dominion, and' 
 here of course it is natural to look for 
 the centre of the importing and whole- 
 sale trade. Situated at the head of 
 ocean navigation and at the foot of in- 
 land communication, by rail, canal river 
 and lake, no position could be better 
 adapted for the commercial metropolis 
 of the Dominion. Among the old es- 
 
 m — ... tablished houses in this city devoted to 
 
 the wholesale grocery trade, that of Messrs. Hudon, Hebert & Co., stand pre-eminent in 
 many respects. The premises occupied are in a handsome and substantial 6 storey build- 
 ing 109 x 150 feet in dimensions, and running straight through from St. Paul to Commission- 
 ers Street. These are fitted up with every modern convenience for the proper conducting 
 of the business, and each floor from basement to attic, is heavily stored with a fine line of 
 imported staple and fancy groceries, wines and liquors. The choicest goods from China and 
 the West and East Indies, Mediterranean countries and the south, are all here represented, 
 as well as choice lines of provisions. The firm deal largely in the best brands of wines and 
 liquors, and make a specialty of altar wines which are warranted absolutely pure and have 
 been selected with the most critical judgment. The trade of this house is very extensive, its. 
 
 customers hailing from all parts of the Dominion. Hudon, Hebert & Co., have enjoyed a. 
 long, honorable and prosperous career, and built up a high reputation for straight forward 
 and liberal dealing, which has been fully appreciated by the trade. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 (170 
 
 W. Scott & Son, IMPORTERS & DEAL- 
 ERS IN OIL PAINTINGS, ETCHINGS &c., 1739 
 Notre Dame Street, Montreal. — A goodly pro- 
 portion of the people of Montreal are of cultivated 
 taste and indulge their pleasures in the arts of painting, 
 music and poetry. There is no city in the Dominion 
 where art is so appreciated as in Montreal, and con- 
 sequently those who deal in paintings and objects of 
 art have a good field for their operations. One of the 
 most important houses in the oil painting, water 
 color and etching line in this city is that of Messrs. 
 W. Scott & Son, whose establishment is located at No. 
 1739 Notre Dame Street. Established over a quarter 
 of a century ago, this house has had a long, honorable 
 and prosperous career and has increased in extent and 
 importance from year to year. The premises occupied, 
 which are 28 x 70 feet in dimensions and 4 stories in 
 height contain a choice collection of oil paintings by 
 foreign masters and home talent, aquarielle studies, 
 etchings, engravings, oriental carpets, rugs and mats, 
 artistic furniture and countless other lines that must 
 be seen to be understood or appreciated. Mr. W. 
 Scott the senior member of the firm has a keen taste 
 for works of art and his good judgment in such matters 
 is seen in the elegant and artistic stock collected. Mr. 
 W. A. Scott, the son, is a gentleman of marked busi- 
 ness ability and also takes after his father in love for art, so that purchasers may rest satis- 
 fied with the judgment of these gentlemen. 
 
 W. Scott & Son, have lately added to their business another branch, which -under their 
 acknowledged good taste in selection of Tiles and Grates together with excellent designs 
 and workmanship is assuming large proportions, we allude to the now popular Hardwood 
 Mantels, Grates and Tiles, the late tombstone looking mantels are fast becoming a thing of 
 the past, the only wonder is that such hideous things survived so long, this firm now keep 
 the largest and best assorted stock in the Dominion, and their trade in this line is rapidly 
 developing. 
 
 Northern Assurance Company, of London England, ROBERT w. 
 
 TYRE, MANAGER FOR CANADA, 1722 Notre Dame Street, Montreal. Fire 
 
 and life assurance has for many years been given deep study by business men and has been 
 reduced to one of the sciences in its methods and application. When conducted by sub- 
 stantial companies it is not ephemerial in its character, but is as reliable as any institution 
 can be made by wise laws and judicious management. Holding a prominent place among 
 the old established and substantial assurance companies doing business in this city is the 
 Northern Assurance Company, of London England. The Canadian Office is located at No. 
 1724 Notre Dame Street, and is under the management of Robert W. Tyre, Esq. The 
 company has a subscribed capital of $15,000,000. It has accumulated funds of almost $17, 
 000,000, an annual revenue from fire premiums of $2,910,000, an annual revenue from life 
 premiums of $990,00, and its annual revenue from interest upon invested funds is $690,000. 
 It is prompt in its settlement of all losses and liberal in its dealings with the insured. Since 
 the company w*as established it has earned a high and enviable reputation for its excellent 
 •management and the pronounced success that has attended its administration, placing it in 
 a. high rank with the leading assurance companies in the world, so that intending insurers 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 17*1 
 
 need have no hesitancy in placing their risks with it. Mr. Robert W. Tyre, the manager- 
 for Canada, is a gentleman possessed of a deep knowledge of assurance in all its phases and 
 is eminently qualified for the responsible position he holds in the company. 
 
 Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Company, ROBERT SIMMS & CO. v 
 
 & GEORGE DENHOLM, GENERAL AGENTS, 45 St. Sacrament St. Montreal 
 
 During the years that have passed since insurance was first made a business institution, able^ 
 statistitians have given the subject so much thought and actual experience has demonstrated 
 the correctness of their reasoning that insurance might now almost be placed as one of the- 
 exact sciences, so far as figures are concerned. Prominent among the old established insur- 
 ance companies doing business in this city, is the Guardian Fire & Life Assurance Company, 
 of England, whose head office for Canada is located at No. 45 St. Sacrament Street, the 
 general agents being Robert Simms & Co., and George Denholm. This company was. 
 founded in the year 1821, and owing to the sound principles upon which it was established, 
 combined with judicious management it has been entirely successful and its business has 
 been extended to very large proportions, not only in England but throughout the Dominion. 
 It has a paid-up capital of one million pounds sterling, the largest paid-up capital of any^ 
 company in existence, and has total funds amounting to $20,000,000, while the amount de-- 
 posited with the Canadian Government for the security of Canadian policy holders is $ioo v 
 000. Fire risks are accepted at current rates and all losses, settled in a prompt and 
 liberal manner. The company have branch agencies in all of the principal towns and. 
 cities throughout the Dominion, all of which report good progress. 
 
 Miller Brothers & Mitchell, machinists and millwrights, no 
 
 to 122 King Street, Montreal.— Among the many and various business manufacturing 
 industries conducted in Montreal, there are none that have tended more in building up the 
 reputation and prosperity of the city than that of its engineering and machinists establish- 
 ments of which there are a large number of representative firms. Holding a prominent position 
 among these is the well known firm of Messrs. Miller Brothers and Mitchell, whose office 
 and works are. located at from no to 122 King Street. The premises occupied by the works, 
 are 200 x no feet in dimensions and 2 stories in height. These are fully equipped with all 
 the latest and most improved machinery and appliances driven by a 35 horse-power steam, 
 engine. The firm manufacture all kinds of machine work, especially for mills, and mill fit- 
 tings ; also rock drill plant, and cordage machinery. They also manufacture and put up- 
 safety passenger and goods elevators of the most approved pattern. Using nothing but the 
 very best of materials and employing none but the best of skilled workmen, of whom there 
 are over 100 and giving their special supervision to all orders entrusted to their care, it is no- 
 wonder that the reputation of the house is as high and widespread as it is, or that their trade 
 extends throughout the entire Dominion. Both members of the firm are skilled, practical 
 workmen of many years experience, and are justly entitled to the marked success that has . 
 attended their efforts. 
 
 The Royal Canadian Fire and Marine Insurance Company, g. h. 
 
 McHENRY, MANAGER, 157 St. James Street, Montreal. — There are a number 
 of first-class insurance companies doing business in Canada, companies that will rank with- 
 any in the world for solidity and thorough business principles of management, among such 
 must be mentioned the Royal Canadian Fire and Marine Insurance Company, whose head 
 office is located at No. 157 St. James Street in this city. This Company was incorporated 
 in the year 1873 and during the 15 years it has been in existence it has met all engagements, 
 promptly and honorably. It has a capital of $500,000, assets of $708,328. It trausacts both 
 a fire and marine insurance and in the interests of its patrons is \ery careful of the character of 
 therisks it assumes, while at the same time dealing liberally with the insured and meeting alL 
 
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 losses promptly and in a satisfactory manner. The officers of the Company, are Andrew 
 Robertson, Esq., President, Hon. J. R. Thibaudeau, Vice-President, Henry Cutt, Secretary, 
 Archibald Nicoll. Marine Underwriter, G. H. McHenry, Manager. The Company has 
 branches in the principal towns and cities in the Dominion which are under the management 
 of competent agents, and those wishing to insure will find in the Royal Canadian all that they 
 -■could possibly desire, for safety, promptness in settling claims and liberal treatment. The 
 Tnanager Mr. McHenry, is a gentleman of marked ability as an underwriter, and much of 
 the success of the company is due to his executive ability, painstaking efforts and well 
 •directed enterprise. 
 
 A. Roncari, boston, french and American confectionery, 
 
 ioi and 309*4 St. Lawrence Street. — Canadians, as well as the people of the United 
 States and France and Italy are great lovers of confectionery and eat more of it than all the 
 -other countries of the world combined. Some years ago there were a number of people 
 engaged in this line of manufacture who, for the sake of increased profit, adulterated their 
 "materials and put in compounds injurious to health. But two powerful agencies were at 
 work against such people — the law, and a cultivated taste — and they found their occupation 
 .gone, so that now only those can hope to succeed in business who produce only the purest 
 -and best goods. One of the most reliable houses in this line of business in Montreal is that 
 ■of Mr. A. Roncari, who is the owner of two stores, one at No. 101 and another at No. 
 S° 9 % St. Lawrence Main Street. This gentleman established his business in April of 1887, 
 ■and very soon succeeded in building up a flattering trade, both wholesale and retail, which 
 is still steadily on the increase. Mr. Roncari manufactures all kinds of Boston, French and 
 American confectionery, using nothing but the purest sugars and other materials, and noth- 
 ing whatever of an injurious nature is permitted in their mixture. On the strength of this 
 reputation is due, in a great degree, the excellent success which he has already met with. 
 He intends, in the near future, to add to his business that of bread and pastry baking. Mr. 
 Roncari is a native of sunny Italy, and is a skilled practical candy maker of many years ex- 
 perience and was in this same line of business in his native land for some years previous to 
 •coming to Canada. 
 
 D. Schwersenski, FANCY FURS AND FUR TRIMMINGS, 29 St. Lawrence 
 Main Street, Montreal. — Ever since the day when the free traders settled in Quebec 
 ■after its discovery by Jacques Cartier, down to the present time, Canada has been pre- 
 -eminently a fur trading country. A large trade is done, not only in the exportation of raw 
 furs, but also in the manufacture of foreign and domestic furs. Holding a prominent place 
 ■among those engaged in this line of business is Mr. D. Schwersenski, whose store and 
 factory are located at Nos. 27 and 29 St. Lawrence Main Street. This gentleman has been 
 ■established in business in this city for the past nine years, five of which he has been in his 
 present position. The premises occupied are 50 x 26 feet in dimensions, and consist of 
 "two floors, the upper floor being used as the factory, where employment is furnished to 16 
 skilled and competent hands in the manufacture of fancy furs of every description, such as 
 •cloaks, mantles, capes, muffs, caps, mitts, etc., etc. All work done by this house’is of the 
 very best quality and the finish is elegant and perfect. He also manufactures fur trimmings 
 of every description. Mr. Schwersenski is a practical hatter and furrier of many years 
 experience and giving personal attention and supervision to all work turned out, he can 
 guarantee his customers perfect satisfaction in every respect, both as regards quality of work, 
 material and price. The trade of the house is very extensive and embraces not only Mont- 
 real but a large section of the Dominion. This gentleman also pays the highest price for 
 raw furs. Mr. Schwersenski is a native of Germany, and is thorough-going, active and 
 •enterprising 111 all his business transactions and is entirely deserving of all success. 
 
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 Ant. Beaudoin, PAINTS, WALL PAPERS, ETC., No. 49 St. Lawrence Main 
 Street, Montreal — It has very truly been said that nothing can be more favorable to the 
 progress of house painting in its best style, than improved artistic culture on the part of the 
 public, as well as the growth of the feeling to enjoy art. People appeared to be too much 
 absorbed in business years ago to pay much attention to, or give any great encouragement 
 to the painter artist, and, in fact, very indifferent or rather plain house painting formerly 
 ■satisfied the owners of large mansions. Now all this is changed and the best is demanded. 
 Wall papers are manufactured with high artistic taste, for nothing else will satisfy the 
 ■demand. Holding a prominent place among the old-established houses engaged in the 
 paints, oil and wall paper trade is that of Mr Ant. Beaudoin, whose store is located at No. 
 49 St. Lawrence Main Street. The premises occupied are 28 x 50 feet in dimensions and 
 ■contain a very large and excellent stock of paints, dry and ground in oil and Japan for 
 ■house painters and coach builders, etc. Also oils, varnishes and brushes of every descrip- 
 tion for all purposes. There is also a fine line of artists’ materials, containing the product 
 ■of some of the most celebrated makers in Europe. In wall papers the stock is full and com- 
 plete and embraces beautiful specimens of the work of English, French and American 
 makers, and being particularly adapted to the artistic taste of the present day. The trade 
 of the house is conducted both at wholesale and retail and embraces in its scope not only 
 the city but a large section of the surrounding country. Since this business was founded 
 18 years ago it has received a liberal share of the public patronage and proved lucrative to 
 a satisfactory degree. Mr. Beaudoin, the proprietor, was born near Terrebonne and is an 
 ■enterprising man of business and a much respected citizen. 
 
 John Lee & Co,, SHIP liners, carpenters, caulkers and spar makers, Mont- 
 real. — It appears to be an indisputed fact that the future of Montreal, as a great commer- 
 cial and manufacturing centre — a Canadian New York, in fact — is well assuerd. The Board 
 ■of Trade, Chamber of Commerce and Citizens Committee have been indefatigable in their 
 efforts to have the necessary improvements made in the transportation facilities of the city, 
 ■and one result of their endeavors appears to be that the Government assumes the harbor 
 debt and that the tonnage dues on shipping will be removed from this part. This will encour- 
 age trade in a marked degree and greatly increase the number of vessels visiting this port 
 during the season of navigation. One important branch of trade connected with the ship- 
 ping interests is that ot the ship liner and carpenter in which line the firm of John Lee& Co. 
 of No. 207 Commissioners street stands pre-eminent. This business was established 20 
 years ago and steadily through those years it has progressed and developed. The firm 
 attend to all kinds of ship’s carpentry fitting up vessels for horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, 
 lining ships, caulking and making spars. Having a large force of workmen constantly on 
 band, during the season, numbering from 150 to 300, they are enabled to attend to all orders 
 with ’the utmost promptitude and in the most satisfactory manner, so that vessels need not 
 be delayed. The work done by this house is first-class in every particular as has been well 
 attested. The members of the firm are Messrs. John Lee and John C. Murray. John Lee, 
 who came to this country from Ireland when a child has been fully identified with all that 
 has been for the city’s welfare and is one of the most popular members of the Board of 
 Aldermen. Both gentlemen are highly esteemed in business and social circles and are active 
 members of the Board of Trade. 
 
 W. A. Dyer & Co., PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTS, 14 and 16 Phillips 
 square Montreal.— One of the most prominent, as it is also the most popular drug stores 
 in Montreal is that of Messrs. W. A. Dyer & Co., which is eligibly located for business at 
 Nos 14 and 16 Phillips Square, corner of St. Catherine street. The premises occupied are 
 large and commodious, being 50x65 in dimensions and 3 stories in height. These are fitted 
 up with much taste, with plate glass showcases, cabinets, etc., for the advantageous display 
 of the excellent stock carried, consisting of fresh, pure drugs, chemicals, fancy and toilet 
 
174 
 
 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 articles, proprietary medicines of acknowledged merit and standard reputation and all such 
 other articles as are used by physicians in their practice. The firm also possess the sole 
 right in the Dominion for the manufacturing of the preparations of Messrs. Caswell, Massey* 
 & Co., including emulsion of Cod liver oil, pepsine and quinine. They receive vaccine points 
 every few days from the celebrated farm of Dr. H. A. Martin & Son, Roxbury, Mass. This, 
 firm was the first in Canada to make a specialty of Antiseptic Dressings and they have at all 
 times considered quality in these goods to be the most desired point, not price. The medi- 
 cal profession throughout the country, has recognized their efforts in this direction and give 
 them liberal support. Messrs. W. A. Dyer & Co. among many other well known prepara- 
 tions manufacture Jelly of Cucumber and Roses ; Quinine and Iron Wine ; English Laven- 
 der Water, etc., etc. , giving employment in their establishment to 13 skilled hands and 
 competent assistants. Mr. W. A. Dyer, who is a native of England, is a graduate of the 
 British Pharmaceutical Association, and was for 16 years manager of the present store when 
 it was conducted by Messrs. Kenneth, Campbell & Co., 5 years ago Mr. Dyer assumed the 
 proprietorship of the place and his success at all times has been eminently deserved. 
 
 J. H. Chapman, Wholesale and Retail SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, 2294 
 St. Catherine Street and 14 McGill College Avenue, Montreal. — Montreal is 
 undoubtedly the commercial metropolis of the Dominion, for here are to be found nearly 
 all branches of trade, commerce and manufactures represented. That the future of the city* 
 will far outshadow, in the near future, the progress made during the past ten or fifteen 
 years, is beyond all question if present indications are any criterion. Among the many* 
 business houses here located, worthy of particular mention as truly representative, is that of 
 Mr. J. H. Chapman, dealer in surgical instruments and supplies of every description. 
 This is the only establishment of the kind making a specialty of this business in the city, 
 and is located at No. 2294 St. Catherine Street, corner of McGill College Avenue, being, 
 fitted up in a very tasteful and suitable manner, and carries a very large and comprehen- 
 sive stock of physicians’ and surgeons’ supplies of the very best quality. Mr. Chapman im- 
 ports his goods direct from the principal manufacturers in Europe and the United States 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 175 
 
 Although established only since January, 1888, he has already built up the 
 nucleus of what promises to be a most successful business, extending throughout the 
 Dominion and neighbouring states. Mr. Chapman, has a thorough and comprehensive 
 knowledge of every detail and requirement of his business, having had eight years practical 
 •experience in this line before going into business on his own account, and was induced to 
 open this establishment on the earnest solicitation of many of the most eminent medical 
 men throughout Canada, including all the medical college professors in the city, and the 
 success that has attended his efforts thus far is a good indication of the satislaction which 
 his patrons find in procuring their supplies from this source. 
 
 Credit Foncier Franco-Canadian, E. J. Barbeau, Director, M. Cheval- 
 ier, Gen. Secretary, 30 St. James Steeet In all business communities, as well as 
 
 :in farming districts there are times when many thrifty and weli-to-do people 
 require more ready money than they have at their disposal. It may be either to take 
 -advantage of a bargain in stock or buy improved implements with which to work 
 their farms to greater profit. In whatever legitimate case it may be, a little money obtain- 
 ed at a time when most required pays itself back with more than re doubled interest. 
 ■Conspicuous among the institutions in Montreal that have been established for loaning 
 money on good security, is the Credit Foncier Franco-Canadian, whose office is located at 
 No. 30 St James Street. This institution was founded in this city in 188 r and has, ever 
 since the date of its inception proved not only highly successful in its management but of 
 great benefit to many of our citizens The capital of the concern is $5,000,000, of which 
 44.000. 000 has been loaned. The Credit Foncier gives loans on mortages, on improved 
 farms, also on houses, stores and other real estate in the city. It lends money to corpor- 
 ations and school corporations. It makes its loans with or without amortization at the 
 option of the borrower. By amortization the borrower is assured the benefit of the interest 
 at the same rate as that charged upon the loan. The concern also permits of reinburse- 
 ments before the due date, which in many instances is of much benefit to the borrower. 
 E. J. Barbeau, Esq., the director of the company is a native of this province and is a 
 gentleman well known and highly respected in business circles. The general secretary 
 M. Chevalier, Esq., is a Frenchman by birth, and is eminently fitted by experience and 
 ability for the responsible position he holds. 
 
 Hugh Ross, Successor to J. D. Anderson, Merchant Tailor, 206 St. James 
 Street, Montreal. — Montreal has, in recent years, become a recognized centre of fashion 
 second to none on the continent, and our leading merchant tailors have achieved an envi- 
 able reputation for their skill, taste and superior qualifications. One of the most popular 
 and enterprising houses in the trade in this city is that of Mr. Hugh Ross, successor to J. 
 
 D. Anderson, so long and favorably known this in city. The establishment is located at 
 
 No. 206 St. James Street ; the premises being 40 x 84 feet in dimensions, and are hand- 
 somely and suitably fitted up for the requirements of the business, the large plate glass 
 front, not only lighting up the store but showing to advantage the fine display of goods. 
 The spacious premises contain one of the largest and finest stock of imported fabrics, fine 
 -cloths and suitings, Scotch, English and Irish tweeds, trouserings, &c., in the latest and 
 mo«t fashionable patterns. These he makes up to order by measure on short notice and to 
 those who desire the highest grade of custom tailoring, Mr. Ross’ establishment commends 
 itself as one that can be implicitly relied on to furnish faultless garments, that shall, in a 
 word rank superior in all respects. Employment is furnished to 45 assistants and skilled 
 ■operators on an average throughout the year. Mr. Ross is a native of Rosshire, Scotland, 
 and succeeded to Mr. Anderson’s business here 3 years ago since which time he has built 
 •up an excellent and ever increasing custom. 
 
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 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES* 
 
 Robin & Sadler, manufacturers of 
 LEATHER BELTING, dealers in COT- 
 TON AND RUBBER BELTING, 2518, 
 
 2520 and 2522 Notre Dame Street 
 
 With the development of the country and the 
 establishment of new manufacturing enterprises 
 the demand for all classes of machinery and 
 equipments is constantly augmenting, and with 
 experience, owners of industrial plants learn 
 that in the purchase of supplies, as in other 
 matters the best is the cheapest and always 
 makes the best returns for the outlay. The 
 same rule holds true in the transmission of 
 power, and the broad, strong and reliable belt, 
 constructed upon correct principles and capable 
 of withstanding any strain, has replaced the 
 crooked, unsafe and exasperating devices with 
 which our progenitors were forced to be con- 
 tent. The most important house in the manu- 
 facture of leather belting, fire engine hose and 
 lace leather, in the Dominion, is that of Messrs. 
 Robin & Sadler, whose office and factory are 
 located at Nos. 2518, 2520 and 2522 Notre Dame Street. The factory is fitted up with the 
 latest and most improved machinery and none but the best of skilled help is given employ- 
 ment so that the product turned out is first class in every particular and is not surpassed by 
 that of any other house. The leather belting manufactured by this house is made from 
 carefully selected leather, the centres of hides being used, and are of the same thickness 
 throughout. The trade of the house has steadily increased ever since the date of its 
 inception. It is not so many years ago that most of the machinery used in this 
 country was imported from Europe, and with it also come the belting for driving 
 purposes. The belting imported was, as a rule, clumsy and heavy, with heavy 
 rivets put in the centre where joined. These proved very unsatisfactory and it required 
 Canadian push and energy, coupled with the protection afforded by the National Policy to 
 meet the requirements of the present age, and produce belting that was made upon scientific 
 principles, and capable of not only replacing the imported article but also of overcoming 
 the prejudice in its favor. Messrs Robin & Sadler are manufacturing bel ing that has no 
 superior on this continent. It is made from short laps only and the butt lap is joined to 
 the shoulder lap, which equalizes the strength throughout, and is very uniform and smooth 
 running. Messrs. Robin & Sadler have gained a widespread reputation for the superior 
 quality of their belts and with it of course has extended their enormous trade, their goods 
 being classed as standard throughout the Dominion. ’ 
 
 And 3 years ago it was found necessary to open a branch at 129 Bay Street Toronto 
 for the purpose of bringing goods nearer the consumer in Ontario, where a large stock is 
 carried. & 
 
 Hearn & Harrison, optical, mathematical & surveying tn 
 
 STRUMENTS, 1640 & 1642 Notre Dame Street, Montreal.— The business interests 
 of Montreal are conducted upon an extensive scale and are comprehensive in their character 
 fully justifying the city's claim to be the business and manufacturing metropolis of the 
 Dominion. Among the important lines of commercial industry that in optical goods 
 mathematical instruments, &c. holds an important position, and one of the oldest establish 
 ed and best known houses in this line is that of Messrs. Hearn & Harrison which is located 
 
THE GEORGE BISHOP ENGRAVING AND PRINTING COMPANY, MONTREAL. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFCTURERS. 
 
 *77 
 
 at Nos. 1640 and 1642 Notre Dame Street. The premises occupied consist of 4 floors 30 
 x 30 feet in dimensions, which are heavily stocked with a large and elegant line of goods, 
 consisting of optical, mathematical and surveying instruments, magic lanterns, photographic 
 cameras and supplies, nautical and philosophical instruments, &c., galvanic batteries, 
 telegraph instruments, electric machines, air pumps, magnesiun lights, electro-plating appar- 
 atus, stereoscopes, opera glasses, eye glasses, spectacles, field and marine glasses, ther- 
 mometers, barmometers, chronometers, builders’ and drainage levels, levelling rods, land 
 chains, ship compasses, and many other articles too numerous to mention in detail. The 
 firm manufacture optical instruments employing the best of skilled workmen for the pur- 
 pose, and have received medals at the French and Philadelphia exhibitions for the 
 superior quality of their work. Ihis business was established by Mr. Charles Hearn, 
 in 1857 and Mr. T. H. Harrison, father of the present proprietor, entered into part- 
 nership in 1871, Mr. Thomas L. Harrison has now been manager for the past seven years. 
 He is an Englishman by birth and is a thorough going and enterprising man of business. 
 The trade of the house is very extensive and embraces in its scope of operations the entire 
 Dominion and Newfoundland. 
 
 Henri Jonas & Co., manufacturers of 
 
 FLAVORING EXTRACTS, ETC., 10 De Bresoles 
 Street. — Besides being a metropolitan city Montreal is 
 metropolitan in regard to its manufactures. Here nearly 
 every branch of industry is prosecuted, and that success- 
 fully. The different lines are very numerous and their 
 products find an active market throughout the Dominion. 
 Among what may be called the specialties is that con- 
 ducted by Messrs. Henri Jonas & Co., manufacturers of 
 flavoring extracts and grocers sundries, the office and 
 factory being located at No. 10 De Bresoles street. Es- 
 tablished in the year 1870, the house has had a long and 
 prosperous career, the trade extending throughout the 
 Dominion. The firm manufacture concentrated extracts 
 of almost every description, for confectioners, druggists, 
 grocers, caterers, &c. They are also agents for French 
 pickles, potted meats, and fancy groceries, as well as a 
 prime quality of wines and liquors of the most celebrated 
 brands These goods are sold to the trade and being 
 imported direct by the firm, the advantages thus secured 
 are invariably extended to their customers. All the 
 goods handled are standard on the markets of the 
 Dominion. The firm also manufacture pure fruit syrup 
 and confectioners’ supplies. Also, essential oils, essences, 
 flavoring extracts and colorings for grocers and wine 
 merchants, and also make a specialty of cod liver oil, 
 castor oil and olive oils. These goods are manufactured 
 with the greatest care and from the purest materials, and 
 on this account have gained the great favor they meet 
 with from the trade. Mr. Jonas is a gentleman of large 
 business experience, and is well known in business and 
 social circles, and his partner, Mr. Jessie Joseph, Jr., is 
 one of the most enterprising and progressive of Mont- 
 real’s younger merchants. 
 
i7« 
 
 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Louis Fortin, COAL AND FIRE WOOD, 3090 Notre Dame Street, West 
 
 Montreal. Nature has been bountiful in the provisions it has made for the comfort and 
 
 necessities of man. This may be seen in no small degree in the abundant supply of fuel 
 spread throughout the earth’s crust in her coal fields and the timber in her mighty forest. A 
 very large business is done in coal and wood in. this city many important houses being en- 
 gaged in this branch of trade. Among those specially worthy of mention in these pages is 
 Mr. Louis Fortin, whose office and yards are located at No. 3090 Notre Dame Street, which 
 was formerly Grier’s wood-yard. The premises occupied are 100x120 feet in dimensions 
 where is carried a large stock of coal and wood. The annual output of coal amounts to 3000 
 tons and of wood 1500 cords. Employment is furnished to 15 hands throughout the year, 
 and 1 2 teams. The trade of the house is very extensive and extends throughout the city and vic- 
 inity. Mr. Fortin has the contract to supply the Montreal Rolling Mills Company, and does 
 the cartage to and from the works of the raw and manufactured material. This business 
 was established 22 years ago and has at all times proved very successful, but never so much 
 so as at the present time. Mr. Fortin is a native of Montreal and is a gentleman of marked 
 business ability, push and enterprise, and is a highlg respected citizen and a member of the 
 Chamber of Commerce. 
 
 Dr. Leduc & Co., CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, 2033 AND 203s Notre Dame 
 Street. — The times have long since passed, and, happily forever, when the barbers used to 
 cup and bleed people under the term of surgery. A more enlightened era has dawned upon 
 the human race and now physicians and surgeons, as well as pharmacists, must have given 
 their professions deep study in properly constituted colleges and received their diplomas to 
 practice. Prominent among the well-known physicians and pharmacists of this city is the 
 firm of Messrs. Dr. Leduc & Co., whose office and drug store are located at Nos. 2033 and 
 2035 Notre Dame Street. The drug store was established 20 years ago, and Dr. Leduc 
 succeeded to the business 14 years since, having been a graduate of the College of Physicians 
 and Surgeons. Dr. Leduc has always enjoyed a high reputation as a physician and a skilled 
 and careful pharmacist and his business has proved a successful one. The premises occupied 
 are 26 x 50 feet in dimensions and are tastefully fitted up with plate glass show-cases and 
 cabinets, etc. A fine stock is carried of fresh and pure drugs, chemicals, fancy and toilet 
 articles, soaps, perfumes, druggists’ sundries, proprietory medicines of acknowledged merit 
 and standard reputation, as well as those articles required by physicians in their practices 
 A specialty is made of the compounding of physicians’ prescriptions and family receipe. 
 with care and accuracy at moderate prices. Dr. Leduc is a native of the Province of Que- 
 bec, and is well-known in professional circles and to the public and gives employment to a 
 competent assistant and two clerks in conducting his business. 
 
 J. B. Pilon, UNDERTAKER, 25 It Notre Dame Street, Montreal. The 
 
 business of the funeral director is one requiring great delicacy of feeling and tact, and 
 cannot be successfully conducted by everyone. From its peculiar character and the 
 sad associations of afflicted friends and relatives, it requires considerable experience to 
 manage all details in a satisfactory and unobstrusive manner. One of the most 
 successful funeral directors in this city is Mr. J. B. Pilon, whose undertaking rooms 
 are located at No. 251*7 Notre Dame Street. This gentleman established his business 
 sixteen years ago, and soon established a high reputation for the manner in which he 
 conducted all arrangements. Mr. Pilon has a large patronage from the leading famlies 
 in the city and surrounding districts, being considered one of the best and most consid- 
 erate in his line, he has had a long experience in every detail of the business and in the 
 quiet management of funerals has no superior in the city. He takes entire charge of 
 the obsequies entrusted to him and furnishes everything, from the mourning badge to 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 179 
 
 the casket and carriages, and the opening of graves, etc., so that mourning friends need 
 have no extra trouble in the hour of affliction. He keeps in stock, coffins, caskets and 
 other funeral requisites, as well as four herses which he furnishes at the lowest possible 
 prices. Mr. Pilon is a native of St. Scholastique, and is well-known in this city by a 
 large circle of the community, by whom he is held in the highest respect and esteem. 
 Mr. Pilon is also Vice-President of the Funeral Director’s Association of the Province 
 of Quebec. 
 
 Ligget Hamilton, DRY GOODS, CARPETS, ETC., 1883 and 1885 Notre 
 Dame Street. — The commercial energy and stability of Montreal have increased in a most 
 marked manner of late years, a result due in no small degree to the enterprise and promi- 
 nence of our leading dry-goods houses. In this line one of the best representative houses is 
 that of Messrs Ligget & Hamilton whose large and handsome establishments are located at 
 Nos. 1883 and 1885 and also 1884 Notre Dame street. The premises occupied by the dry- 
 goods house consists of a substantial 3 story structure 55 x 150 feet in dimensions. These are 
 fitted up in a very handsome manner and the stock is displayed to the best advantage. The 
 stock carried is a very large and complete one and contains some of the finest lines of goods 
 obtainable in the market, Among the lines carried might be mentioned silks, satins, vel- 
 vets and velveteens, plush, brocades, dress goods of beautiful fabiics and fashionable styles, 
 laces, trimmings, gloves, hosery notions, underwear, blankets, woollens, cloaks, and many 
 other lines too numerous to mention in detail. In house furnishings the stock is very large 
 and elegant and has been selected with much care and with that judgment that long and 
 practical experience could suggest. Last year they opened in the Glenora Building one of 
 the finest carpet stores in the Dominion. The store is 46 x 135 feet in dimension and occu- 
 pies 3 floors with large plate glass windows admitting a flood of light so that the elegant 
 stock of carpets carried can be shown to the best advantage. The stock of carpets and oil 
 cloths is one of the finest in the country and has been specially imported from some of the 
 most celebrated of European manufacturers. Messrs. Thomas Ligget and Henry Hamilton 
 have a thorough knowledge of every detail of the dry goods and carpet trade and give their 
 customers the benefit of their lengthened experience. They are members of the Board of 
 Trade and those forming business relations with their house may rest assured of receiving 
 the most liberal and hoi orable treatment. 
 
 Ronayne Brothers BOOTS AND SHOES, Chaboillez Square, Montreal.— 
 One of the oldest established, best known and most popular houses in the boot and 
 shoe trade in this city is that of Messrs Ronayne Bros., which is located at Nos. 2034 and 
 2036 Notre Dame stieet, on Chaboillez Square, where it has been a landmark for years. 
 The premises occupied consist of 3 floors, 28 x 35 feet in dimensions. _ . 
 
 This business was established here twenty-six years ago and from a small beginning has 
 been built up to its present extensive proportions. The store is generally well filled with 
 customers from morning till night and in the evenings and on Saturdays the ten clerks em- 
 ployed are kept constantly busy waiting on customers. The stock of boots, shoes, slippers, 
 rubbers, mocassins etc., carried is very large and complete and embraces all weights and 
 grades from the finest of kid to the heaviest kip and made up in the latest and most fashion- 
 able styles The firm have always made it a rule to sell the best quality of grades at the 
 lowest possible prices believing— and rightly to that “nimble six pence is better than a slow 
 shilling.” As an evidence of the popularity of the house it may be mentioned that a large 
 number of customers who commenced to purchase goods here at the opening of the estab- 
 lishment have ever since continued to favor the house with their patronage, a fact which 
 bespeaks their entire satisfaction with the treatment accorded to them. .... 
 
 Mr. Edward P. Ronayne the Proprietor, is a native of Montreal and is a live active and 
 enterprising business man, and a member of the Montreal Board of Trade 
 
Montreal, its commerce and manufactures. 
 
 i So 
 
 Cunningham Bros., MARBLE AND GRANITE, 91 Bleury Street, Montreal, 
 St. Lawrence Marble Works — The sculptors’ art has been highly eulogized by the 
 great master of art and human feeling, Shakspeare, in the “ Winter’s Tale,” in the 
 following dialogue: — 
 
 “ What was he that did make it ? See, my lord, 
 
 Would you not deem it breathed? and that those veins 
 Did verily bear blood ? 
 
 •Masterly done ! 
 
 The very life seems warm upon her lips, 
 
 The fixture of her eye has motion in’t, 
 
 As we are mock’d with art ; 
 
 Still, methinks, 
 
 There is an air comes from her ; what fine chizzel 
 Could ever yet cut breath ? Let no man mock me ; 
 
 For I will kiss her.” 
 
 The art of sculpture was brought to a high state of perfection during the palmy days 
 °f Greece and Rome, and there are many worthy representatives of the art in the 
 Dominion at the present day. Among those deserving of special mention in a work of 
 this nature at the present day, is the well-known firm of Messrs. Cunningham Bros., 
 proprietors of the St. Lawrence Marble Works, at No. 91 Bleury Street. This business 
 was established in 1847 Dy the late Mr. William Cunningham, succeeded to by 
 his sons, who are all dead now, except W. H. Cunningham, who carries on the 
 business under the name of Cunningham Bros. Ever since the inception of the 
 
 business it has held a high place in the trade and has proved uniformly successful. 
 The yards are large and commodious, and here a staff of twenty-two skilled 
 hands are given steady employment. This is the only wholesale house in this line in 
 the Province of Quebec, Mr. Wm. H. Cunningham, the proprietor, being the whole- 
 sale representative for the Province of the Producers’ Marble Company. Their 
 specialty is cemetery work. However, they do all kinds of house finishing, marble work, 
 etc, and his trade extends from Kingston, Ont., to Quebec. The work done here is beauti- 
 ful in design and perfect in finish and has received the highest praise from competent 
 critics. While his work is unsurpassed his prices are very reasonable, and those requiring 
 any work of this nature would but consult their own interests by calling here and 
 examining specimens and prices before leaving their orders elsewhere. Mr. Cunningham is 
 a native of Vermont, but has resided in this city many years, and has thoroughly identi- 
 fied himself with its interests and progress and has been a leading spirit in whatever tends 
 to Montreal’s welfare, being at the present time a member of the Board of Aldermen. 
 
 Nap, Jalbert, WATCHMAKER, 2325 Notre Dame Street— Among the most 
 ancient and honorable of trade, is that of watchmaking and jewellerv. Watchmaking, of 
 course, only dates back to the beginning of the 15th century but the manufacture of jewel- 
 lery was prosecuted many centuries before the Christian era. It flourishes most in com- 
 munities where people are the most prosperous, for where people have to struggle hard for 
 the bare necessaries of life they cannot afford to indulge in the luxuries. Amon? those 
 engaged in this line of business in this city, and deserving of more than a mere general 
 notice is Mr. N. Jalbert, whose stcre is located at No. 2325 Notre Dame Street. This 
 gentleman established his business three years ago and is only twenty-four years of age 
 during that comparatively short space of time, has succeeded remarkably well, his trade 
 having steadily increased from time to time. A fine stock of goods is carried’ consisting 
 of English, Swiss and American watches, clocks, chains, rings and many other articles of 
 jewellery, of beautiful design in gold and silver and rolled plate. A specialty of the busi- 
 ness is the repairing of watches and jewellery on short notice, in the very best manner and 
 Rt moderate prices. Mr. Jalbert is a native of Quebec and is a skilled, practical jeweller. 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 181 
 
 Dobson & Brodie’s, PERFECTION SMOKE CONSUMER AND FUEL 
 ECONOMIZER. — The advantage of an apparatus which will really act as a Smoke Con- 
 sumer are so throughly patent to all users of steam power that it is not surprising that 
 many efforts have been made to supply the want, but up to this time no Smoke Con- 
 sumer has been produced which will effect its purpose without interfering with the draft 
 of the furnace, or increasing the expenditure for fuel. 
 
 Besides this, most of the Smoke Consumers which have been offered to the public 
 require a special construction of furnace, thus involving in making the necessary- alter- 
 ations, heavy expense and loss of time. 
 
 The proprietors of “ The Perfection Smoke Consumer and Fuel Economizer,” in 
 presenting it to the public, confidently state that the defects of previous smoke consum- 
 ing devices are obivated. 
 
 The principal of its construction is that a certain regulated proportion of the air 
 admitted into the ash-pit is taken in a heated condition into an air chamber placed 
 immediately in rear of the bridge, and theme passes out in finely divided streams to 
 mingle with the gases holding in suspension the particles of carbon arising form the fuel, 
 at the point at which they'are most highly heated, igniting them and consuming the 
 carbon which would otherwise be carried away into the atmosphere. 
 
 The draft in the tire-chamber proper will be increased by the more perfect com- 
 bustion in rear of the bridge, and inferior fuel or even waste products can be used to fire 
 with. 
 
 Our Smoke Consumer is in first cost and in comparison with others inexpensive and 
 requires no alteration in the construction of any existmg furnace. It can be placed in 
 position ready for operation within a very few hours, say between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m., or 
 at the end of "the week’s work, so that absolutely no time need be lost by its introduction. 
 
 The Canadian Pacific Railway Company were the first steam users to adopt it and 
 after a year’s use the parts are found to be perfect, and a saving of about 12 per cent, 
 steadily maintained, The Canadian Rubber Company, The Montreal Warehousing Com- 
 pany, and the City’s Water Works all have it attached to Lancashire boilers, to which 
 it is specially adapted. In his report to the Water Committee the Chief Engineer states 
 that never in the history, of the Water-works has the consumption of coal been so low as 
 since the use of this appliance. The saving being estimated at about one ton per day. 
 To effect ordinary combustion of bad provincial coal, the fires have to be frequently 
 stirred up and the firing is of the roughest and heavist manner. The apparatus h:>s 
 therefore, been subjected to the severest test during these eight months at those woiks, 
 and is pronounced by experts to be the best appliance for this purpose that science has pro- 
 duced. The precaution of smoke in fined boilers is by no means its least recommend- 
 ation. The universal and ever deepening feeling against the pollution of the atmosphere 
 with black smoke is one which with every right thinking mind must sympathise. 
 Indeed it is difficult to see why any manufacturer should trangress in this matter 
 when by adopting suitable appliances he may not only cease to annoy his neighbors, 
 but also greatly benefit himself, for any economy in fuel mateiially lessens the cost of 
 production. 
 
Index to Business Houses. 
 
 Adler, M. F., Merchant Tailor 
 
 Aubut 6° Barry, Grocers.... 
 
 Allan, A. M. Co,, Merchant Tailors 
 
 Alexander, Charles, Confectioner 
 
 Auld, Edward, Mucilage and Glue 
 
 Aird, Jas. A., Baker and Confectioner 
 
 Arcand Bros., Dry Goods 
 
 Allan, Thos. Co., Jewellers 
 
 “Acme” Wire Works, J. J. Ulley, Proprietor.. 
 Anderson, McKenzie dr 3 Co., Steamship Agents. 
 
 Baylis M’f’g. Co., Varnishes, Paints, Printing 
 
 Inks, etc 
 
 Barrington, Geo. dr 3 Sons, Trunks and Valises.. 
 
 Baridon, L. R., Chemist and Druggist 
 
 Brown Brothers, Meat Market 
 
 Beullac, R., Church Ornaments 
 
 Brunet, David, Boots and Shoes 
 
 Bush dr 3 Read, Boots and Shoes 
 
 Bellavance, E., Plumber 
 
 Beck, W. F. dr 3 Co., China and Glassware 
 
 Beaudry, N., Jeweller, d^c 
 
 Baylis, James dr 3 Son, Carpets 
 
 Bain, S. S., Florist 
 
 Bennett, J. D., Cabinet Maker 
 
 Brown & Sons, G., Merchant Tailors 
 
 Blanchet, L., Clothing, d^c 
 
 Blais, Alfred, Tinsmith, dr=c 
 
 Berard dr 3 Major, Carriage Makers 
 
 Briggs, Wm. M., Plumber 
 
 Briggs C. A., Hatter and Furrier 
 
 Baillie, Andrew. Boots and Shoes 
 
 Beauvais, J. C, dr 3 Co., Dry Goods 
 
 Bryson, Robert H., Chemist and Druggist 
 
 Bell, T. M., China Glass, dr’c. . 
 
 Beauchamp, A. A., Jeweller, d^c 
 
 Bourdon, Arthur, Grocer 
 
 Birks, Henry dr 3 Co., Jewellers, etc 
 
 Bowes dr 3 McWilliams, Commission Merchants. 
 Beaudoin, Ant., Paints, Wall Papers, etc 
 
 Canada Wire Co., The 
 
 Canada Wall Paper Factory 
 
 Chabot, A., Boots dr 3 Shoes 
 
 Currie, James, Merchant Tailor 
 
 Clark’s Bell Factory 
 
 Christy, T., Plumber, Gas and Steam Fitter. .. 
 
 Coutlee Bros., Merchant Tailors 
 
 Chartrand dr 3 Bisson, Roofers 
 
 Clendinneng, Wm. dr 3 Son, Stoves, Ranges, 
 
 Railings, etc 
 
 Cowan, John, Manufacturer of Chemicals 
 
 81 
 
 86 
 
 94 
 
 114 
 
 117 
 
 127 
 
 127 
 
 132 
 
 146 
 
 167 
 
 42 
 
 53 
 
 Covernton dr 3 Co., C. J., Druggists 
 
 Campbell, D. dr 3 Son, Coopers 
 
 Canadian Cork Cutting Co., John Auld, Prop. 
 
 Cochenthaler, R., Cigars, etc 
 
 City Ice Co 
 
 Charlebois, R., Merchant Tailor 
 
 Craig, A. M., Painter 
 
 Chartrand d? 3 Bisson, Roofers 
 
 Courtemanche, O., Furniture 
 
 Carroll Bros., Plumbers, etc 
 
 Clarke, W. J. &• Co., Fancy Goods 
 
 Chapman, J. H., Surgical Instruments 
 
 Credit Foncier Franco-Canadian 
 
 Cunningham Bros., Marble dr 3 Granite 
 
 63 
 
 66 
 
 68 
 
 79 
 
 80 
 91 
 93 
 95 
 99 
 
 121 
 
 130 
 
 139 
 
 143 
 
 147 
 
 148 
 148 
 150 
 157 
 
 159 
 
 160 
 161 
 163 
 166 
 166 
 167 
 173 
 
 45 
 
 46 
 61 
 72 
 75 
 77 
 82 
 90 
 
 Drapeau, Savignac dr 3 Co., Tinsmiths, Plumbers, 
 
 etc 
 
 Denis, J. A., Paints and Hardware 
 
 Dunn, Patrick, Staples 
 
 Dansereau, Dr., Chemist and Druggist 
 
 DeLorimier, S. A., Gentlemen’s Furnishings... 
 
 Drapeau dr 3 Champagne, Plumbers dr 3 Co 
 
 DeTonnacour, L. C., Merchant Tailor 
 
 Denis, L. N., fainter 
 
 Duffy, J. J. cr 3 Co., Spices and Coffee 
 
 Davis 6° Sons, Cigar Manufacturers 
 
 Drysdale, W. dr 3 Co., Books and Stationery... 
 
 Doyle dr 3 Co., J. E., Corks 
 
 Dominion Brass Works, Cuthbert dr 3 Son 
 
 Drysdale, D., Hardware 
 
 Dufresne, Raoul, Paints 
 
 Daubigny, V. T., Veterinary Surgeon 
 
 Deslauriers, J. E., Hatter and Furrier 
 
 Duclos, F., Plumber and Tinsmith 
 
 Demers, Dr. Gustave, Chemist and Druggist. .. 
 
 Dawson, Wallace, Chemist and Druggist 
 
 DeZouche Atwater, Pianos and Organs 
 
 Dominion File Works, G. Outram dr 3 Son, 
 
 Proprietors 
 
 Demers, Pierre, Hardware, Paints, etc 
 
 Davis d? 3 Lawrence Co., (Limited.) 
 
 Dyer, W. A. dr 3 Co., Chemists 
 
 Dobson dr 3 Brodie, Smoke Consumer 
 
 Electric Service Co. of Canada 
 
 Eaves, Alfred, Watches and Jewellery 
 
 Eaves, Edmund, Watches and Jewellery 
 
 Eagle Foundry, G. Brush, Proprietor 
 
 Elmwood Floral Nurseries, A. Martin, Prop’r. . 
 
 Farrow, J. D., Paints, Oils, etc.... 
 
 110 Fraser,!'., Grocer 
 
 113 Fortier, J. M., Cigar Manufacturer 
 
 115 
 
 124 
 
 135 
 
 138 
 
 138 
 
 140 
 
 147 
 
 157 
 
 160 
 
 162 
 
 165 
 
 174 
 
 175 
 180 
 
 58 
 
 62 
 
 70 
 
 78 
 
 81 
 
 85 
 
 86 
 88 
 
 102 
 
 104 
 
 111 
 
 116 
 
 117 
 
 120 
 
 120 
 
 133 
 
 141 
 
 142 
 
 142 
 
 143 
 
 144 
 
 152 
 
 162 
 
 168 
 
 173 
 
 181 
 
 67 
 
 126 
 
 133 
 
 141 
 
 158 
 
 58 
 
 88 
 
 98 
 
MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 183 
 
 Frechon, Lefebvre dr 3 Co., Church Ornaments. . 107 
 
 Fee dr 5 Martin, Furniture 119 
 
 Fletcher, Norman, Books and Stationery 134 
 
 Fowler, James, Cutlery 136 
 
 Farquharson, Wm., Taylor 137 
 
 Featherston, A. M., Boots and Shoes 164 
 
 Fortin, Louis, Coal dr 3 Fire Wood 178 
 
 Griffin, J., Confectioner 57 
 
 Giroux, Joseph, Paints, Oils, Wall Paper, etc.. 61 
 Goudron, Jules, Hardware, Wood, Carriages and 
 
 Ironware, etc 64 
 
 Grothe, T. A. dr 3 A. U., Watchmakers and 
 
 Jewellers 65 
 
 Gilmore Augur Works 75 
 
 Godin, Joseph, Wool Hat Manufacturer 75 
 
 Gardner, W. R. Hammers and Edge Tools .... 77 
 
 Gerth, E. A., Cigars, Pipes, etc 94 
 
 Great Western Lock dr 3 Gun Shop 100 
 
 Gray, Henry R., Chemist 118 
 
 Goldie dr 3 McCulloch, Safes. 121 
 
 Goltman, S., Tailor 134 
 
 Great London dr 3 China Tea Co- 141 
 
 Grignon dr 3 Levesque, Tinware, etc 149 
 
 Godin, Francois, Washing Machines 161 
 
 Guardian Fire dr 3 Life Assurance Co 171 
 
 Holland, R. Henry dr 3 Co., Importers of Fancy 
 
 Goods 48 
 
 Harkin, Bernard, Boots and Shoes 64 
 
 Harper, James, Pork Butcher . . . 65 
 
 Hamilton, N. E., Staple and Fancy Dry Goods 103 
 
 Huot, Lucien, Importer 112 
 
 Hill dr 3 Forbes, Paints and Oils 123 
 
 Hope, W. H., Picture Frames 137 
 
 Harris, A., Son &> Co., Agricultural Imple- 
 ments 154 
 
 Hecla Iron Works, R. Donaldson, Proprietor.. 159 
 
 Hudon, Hebert dr 3 Co., Wholesale Grocers 169 
 
 Hearn dr 3 Harrison, Opticians, etc 176 
 
 Imperial Fire Insurance Co 36 
 
 Ives, H. R. dr 3 Co., Stoves, Hardware, etc 44 
 
 Inglis, R. J., Tailor 121 
 
 Judge, Edgar. Flour, Grain, etc 68 
 
 Jaques, G. E. 6° Co., Forwarders 106 
 
 Jamieson dr 3 Co., R. C., Varnishes and Japans.. 113 
 
 Johnson, B. D. dr 3 Son, Boots and Shoes 116 
 
 Jonas Henri 177 
 
 Jalbert, Nap., Watchmaker 180 
 
 Kingman, Brown dr 3 Co., Shtpping and Com- 
 mission Merchants 40 
 
 Kerry, Watson dr 3 Co., V' holesale Manufacturing 
 
 Druggists , 43 
 
 King, John E.. Saddles, Harness and Trunks.. 124 
 
 Keiffer dr 3 Quesnel, Die Manufacturers 126 
 
 Kearns, N., Groceries and Provisions 147 
 
 La Canadienne Life Insurance Company 38 
 
 Lavigne dr 3 Lajoie, Pianos 56 
 
 Leblanc &= Paradis, Tailors 61 
 
 Lamb, Richard, Hats, Caps and Furs 62 
 
 Lorigan, John, Mantels, Grates, etc 73 
 
 Lemieux, E., Merchant Tailor 77 
 
 Lamarche, A., Carriage Maker 85 
 
 Lamontagne, J. W., Merchant Tailor 87 
 
 Lanthier dr 3 Co., Hatters and Furriers 87 
 
 Lapointe, Fred., Furniture Dealer 90 
 
 Lachance, S., Chemist and Druggist 92 
 
 Leonard, Edmond, Chemist and Druggist 93 
 
 Lanctot, C. B., Church Bronzes, etc 97 
 
 La Banque du Peuple 99 
 
 Landon, E. C., Photographic Outfits 100 
 
 Lyons, John T., Druggist 101 
 
 Lyman, Knox dr 3 Co., Wholesale Druggists.... 107 
 Lymbnrner dr 3 Matthews, Brass Founders and 
 
 Platers 122 
 
 Lefebvre, Michel dr 3 Co., Vinegars, etc 131 
 
 Laurin, L., Merchant Tailor 140 
 
 Lesperance, A., Meat Market 145 
 
 Levesque, Joseph, Meats, etc 152 
 
 Leclerc dr 3 Cusson, Art Dealers 156 
 
 Lemieux, E., Tailor 157 
 
 Leonard, Edmond, Chemist 158 
 
 Larin, Henri, Photo Artist i65 
 
 Lee, John &> Co., Ship Liners and Carpenters.. 173 
 
 Leduc, Dr. dr 3 Co., Chemist dr 3 Druggist 178 
 
 Ligget dr 3 Hamilon, Dry Goods, Carpets 179 
 
 Montreal Elevating Co., The 41 
 
 Masterman, A. S. dr 3 W. H., Pork Butchers. ., 42 
 
 Montreal Soap dr 3 Oil Manufacturing Co., The. 42' 
 
 Murphy, D.. Saddlery 6° Harness 60 
 
 Montreal Tent, Awning 6° Tarj^uling Co 69 
 
 Moll. Thomas, Tinsmith dr 3 Plumber 79 
 
 Mercier, Felix, Carriage Maker 83 
 
 Montreal Moulding dh 3 Mirror M’f’g. Co., The. 89 
 Moody, M. dr 3 Son, Agricultural Implements.. . 105 
 
 Montreal Warehousing Co 108 
 
 Montreal Quilting Co 122 
 
 Montreal Truss Factory, J. Hudson, Prop 123 
 
 Montreal Optical dr 3 Jewellery Co 127 
 
 Morris dr 3 Reynolds, Boots dr 3 Shoes 129 
 
 Manning, J. E., Grocer 130 
 
 Mongeau dr 3 Baker, Jewellers dr 3 Opticians 146 
 
 Mount, E. C. 6° Co., Plumbers, etc 149 
 
 Martin, John, Gas dr 3 Steam Fitter 153 
 
 Moffat, J., Dry Goods 153 
 
 Myers, S., Watchmaker dr 3 Jeweller 155 
 
 Michon, J. H., Merchant Tailor 161 
 
 Miller Bros, dr 3 Mitchell, Machinists dr 3 Mill- 
 wrights 171 
 
 McBride, Harris dr 3 Co., Fruits dr 3 Commission 
 
 Merchants 41 
 
 McGarvey, Owen dr 3 Son, Furniture 54 
 
 McDougall, John dr 3 Co., Car Wheels dr 3 Pig 
 
 Iron 58 
 
 McCrudden, James, Boots dr 3 Shoes 74 
 
 McLeod, Thomas, Boots 6° Shoes - 
 
 McVey, W. P., Boots dr 3 Shoes. . 
 
184 
 
 MONTREAL, ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. 
 
 McNally, Wm. &• Co., Cement Drain Pipes, etc. 111 
 
 McGale, E. 1!. dr= Co. , Chemists 124 
 
 McArthur, Colin 6 ° Co., Wall Paper . 128 
 
 McCallum, R. N., Fancy Goods Stationery.. 136 
 
 McIntosh, John 6 ° Son, Iron Works 145 
 
 New York Life Insurance Co 35 
 
 North British and Mercantile Fire and Life 
 Assurance Co 38 
 
 Norman, W. C., Woven Wire Spring Beds.... 47 
 Nels' n, Alex, dr 5 Co., Hatters and Furriers. .. . 67 
 
 Nicolle, J. A., Chemist and Druggist 83 
 
 Nicholson, D. 6 ° Co., Roofers 125 
 
 Nightingale, S., Teas and Coffees 166 
 
 Nicholson & Sons, R., Butchers 168 
 
 Northern Assurance Company 170 
 
 Ogilvy, Jtts. A. 6 ° Sons, Importers of Dry 
 
 Goods . 50 
 
 O’Gorman, J., Butcher and Green Grocer 64 
 
 O’Brien, T. C , Boots and Shoes 144 
 
 O’Donoghue P., Saddle and Harness Maker.... 155 
 Paquette, Joseph, Manufacturer Doors, Sashes, 
 
 Blinds, etc * 55 
 
 Pierre, Lemieux, Saddlery and Harness 70 
 
 Perrault, J. B. G., Hardware, Paints, etc 73 
 
 Philbin, M., House Furnishing Hardware 74 
 
 Peard, John A., Plumber 82 
 
 Paul, Walter, Grocer 108 
 
 Parizeau, D., Lumber Merchant 118 
 
 Paterson, J. W. dr 5 Co., Roofing Material 125 
 
 Pratt, A. T., Tailor 181 
 
 Payne, George, Gun Maker 133 
 
 Poulin, P., LumbeMMercbant 149 
 
 Pearson, James, Jr., Meat Market 150 
 
 Patterson Bros., Watchmakers, etc 151 
 
 Palardy, Dr. F. L., Chemist 159 
 
 Picault <S° Contant, Chemists and Druggists. , . . 164 
 Philon, J. B. Undertaker 178 
 
 Queens Restaurant 60 
 
 Query Bros., Photographers 89 
 
 Rutherford, Wm. dr 1 Sons., Contractors and 
 
 Lumber Merchants 49 
 
 Robeits, J. W., Saddlery 59 
 
 Raby, J. B., Grocer 72 
 
 Roberts, George, Builder and Contractor 78 
 
 Robert, C. dr 5 Co., Hatter and Furrier 84 
 
 Reed, Geo. W., Roofer 102 
 
 Rosser, G., Plumber 755 
 
 Royal Canadian Fire and Marine Insurance Co., 171 
 
 Roncari, A., Confectionery 172 
 
 Ross, Hugh, Merchant Tailor 175 
 
 Robin dr= cadler., Leather and Rubber Belting.. 176 
 Ronayne Bros., Boots dr’ Shoes 17;i 
 
 Standard Life Assurance Co 37 
 
 Sadlier, D. ds> J. ds> Co., Publishers, Book- 
 sellers and Stationer* 50 
 
 Sharpley, Rice, dr= Sons, Watches, Jewellery, 
 
 Diamonds, etc 51 
 
 Slater, Geo. T.d^ Sons, Boots and Shces 52 
 
 Sloan dr 5 Son, J., Boots and Shoes 71 
 
 Stanley Dry Plate Co . 76 
 
 Sharpe’s City Express and Baggage Transfer.. . . 81 
 
 Scott’s Interior Decorations 86 
 
 Smith, F., Cabinet Maker, etc 90 
 
 Saxe, M., Merchant Tailors 92 
 
 Surveyer, L. J. A., House Furnishings 94 
 
 Sparham Fire-proof Roofing Co 103 
 
 Strachan W. &= Co., Soaps and Oils 112 
 
 Smith dr 5 Co., Tailors 132 
 
 Scott, James, Grain, Hay, etc 139 
 
 Sarault, M. T., Merchant Tailor 139 
 
 Singer Manufacturing Co., Sewing Machines... 144 
 
 Scarff, Charles E., Chemist 156 
 
 Smardon, W. F., Boots and Shoes 163 
 
 Sheppard, Geo. J., Music Dealer 163 
 
 Scott, W. d>° Son, Art Dealers 170 
 
 Schwersenski, D., Furs 172 
 
 Tucker, George, Indian Healer 71 
 
 Turgeon, Z., Merchant Tailor 73 
 
 Tracey, W., Funeral Director 80 
 
 Terrapin, The, Restaurant 84 
 
 Thibeault, Dr. A., Druggist. . . 95 
 
 Tees dr 5 Co., Desk Makers 97 
 
 Turkish Bath and Sanitarium 109 
 
 Townsend, J. E., Bedding 114 
 
 Thompson dr= Co., Boots and Shoes 115 
 
 Thousand Island Granite Co., R. Forsyth, 
 Proprietor 135 
 
 Verret, Stewart dr 5 Co., Commission Merchants. 69 
 
 Viau 6 ° Bro., Buscuits, ar.d Confectionery 96 
 
 Vulcan Iron Works, W. C. White, Prop 130 
 
 Valliquette, Alphonse, Dry Goods 151 
 
 Windsor Hotel 39 
 
 Williams MTg. Co., The Sewing Machines.... 45 
 
 Wingrove, E. D., Plumbing .. 57 
 
 White, J. D. &= Co., Grocers 96 
 
 Wilson, Patterson dr> Co., Naval Stores 98 
 
 Wisner, J. O. dr 5 Co., Agricultural Implements. 101 
 
 Weir, J. dr= R., Engineers and Machinists 109 
 
 Wilson, James, Jr., Railroad and Mill Supplies. 119 
 Watt, Alexander, Baker and Confectioner 154 
 
 Young, John B., Tinsmith; etc 1.37 
 
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 enterprises, especially during the later years, of a public character. Twenty-five y ears 
 ago, the press was very often influenced by private opinion, and was nothing if not political. 
 Then there were four English, and three French dailies, and a large number of Fiench 
 and English weekly and monthly publications. The style ot the writers was pure, and 
 their genius, perhaps, as fiery as that of to-day if not more so. There was lacking, how- 
 ever, the commercial spirit that now enters into the management. Montreal now boasts 
 of five English and five French newspapers, the work on either of which is greater to-day 
 than was that on all put together twenty years ago. It was the Montreal Daily Witness 
 that marked out this advance. For many years, the late John Dougall had published a 
 weekly newspaper, in the interest of the Protestant people. He gave to the city, the- 
 first one cent afternoon daily published on the Continent, and it has been a success. It 
 was religious, prohibition, moral and fearless under his control. It retains all these 
 features to-day, under the editorial management of the present proprietor, Mr. J . R. 
 Dougall. The Star followed, started by Marshall, Langevin & Co., and afterwards 
 became the sole property of Mr. Hugh Graham. Its price is one cent, and its success 
 has been phenomenal. Its claim is to the largest circulation in the city. These news- 
 papers are independent of political dictatorship, and are published in the afternoon. The 
 Post, owned by a stock company, and edited by Mr. Carroll Ryan, an afternoon news- 
 paper in the interests of the Irish Catholics, is managed by Mr. P. Whelan. The Gazette, 
 the leading Conservative newspaper, is owned by a stock company, but the stock is 
 principally held by Mr. Richard White, and the heirs of the late Thomas White, whose 
 son, Mr. R. S. White, is its able editor. The Herald, is the organ of the Reform or 
 Liberal party, is edited by Mr. St. John, a brilliant journalist, and is owned by the Hon. 
 Peter Mitchell, who inspires its tone, and manages it. All these are thriving commer- 
 cially and otherwise. 
 
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 the English, as they were much more backward until within the last ten years, when a 
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 Minerve , Conservative, edited by Mr. J. Tass6; La Patrie , owned and edited by Mr. H. 
 Beaugrand; Le Monde, Independent, owned by Mr. F. Vanasse; La Presse, Independent, 
 owned by Messrs. Wurtele & Co., edited by Mr. G. A. Nantel; and L’ Etendard, Ultra- 
 montane and Castor in politics, edited by F. P. A. Trudel. There is also published in 
 Montreal, a weekly illustrated English paper, the Dominion Illustrated , and a French 
 weekly, Le Monde lllustre. There are the Trade Bulletin of Mr. Henri Mason, The 
 Journal of Commerce of Mr. Foley, and a number of other English weekly, and French 
 weekly newspapers of more or less importance. 
 
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