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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 I. 1.25 |4S Ki ■luu 1 2.8 14.0 11 2.5 2.2 iiii 1.8 ^ APPLIED IN/MGE Inc ^^ 1653 East Main Street S'.iS Rochester, New York 14609 USA 'JaS (716) 482- OJOO- Phone ^B (716) 288-5989 -Fa« ,r£> The Fort William Land Investment Company $200,000 (LIMITED) AUTHORIZED CAPITAL President ALEXANDER McARTHUR, Esq. Vice-Presidents WILLIAM BELL, Esq., JOHN FLETT, Esq. Secretary-Treasurer W. H. HUNTER DIRECTORS ALEXANDER McARTHUR, Toronto. Presidc-nt of TIu' McArthiir Bros. Co. (Limitfd), LumluT Moriliaiits ; President of The Collins Bay Rafting and Forward- ing Co. (Limited). WILLIAM BELL, Gtielph, President of The Traders' Bank of Canada ; Vice-President of The Manufacturers' Life Insurance Co., etc., etc. JOHN FLETT, Toronto, Wholesale Merchant ; Vice-Presi- dent o( The Globe Loan and Savings Co.. etc., etc. Q. H. MIDDLETON, West Toronto, Contractor for the P. A. n. & W. Railroad. REUBEN MILLiCHAMP, Toronto. Dry Goods rniporter; Managing-Director Standard Mills, Toronto. a. HOWARD HUNTER, M.A., Toronto. Inspector ot In- sur.ince. .'ind Kegistr.ir of Frii'iully Societies tor the Province ot Ontario. HENRY LOWNDES, Toronto, Wholesale Merchant; Director ol Tlu' M.iniif.'ictiirirs' Life Insurance (."o. ; Director ol I'he loronto Lu.iiulescenl Kleetric Li^jlil Co., etc.. etc. LIEUT.-COL. GEORGE A. SHAW, foronto. \'icc-Presi- dent ot The .Silve; Centre Mining Co. of Ontario (Limited). W, H. HUNTER, Toronto. Barrister. Vice-President of The Peiiple's I^ife Insurance Co. Bankers— The Dominion Bank of Canada Solicitors Messrs, Hunter & Hunter Head Office EQUITY CHAMBERS, TORONTO, CANADA I Ml ft "t l^T I ( IffI « 1 I A FORT WILLIAM ELEVATOR 0* FOR SALE .«-, e.fCTHiC 4TM«« »».--■»» FORT WILLIAM , CANAi ^M , CANAUA ';■; .-'■" ^* '■',;■' FORT WILLIAM OEOQRAPHICAL ADVANTAGES . of Settlers. January 307 . . . J^'^V'-^O- 379 .. • March 4,180 ... ^P"' 4,157 •• May 2,652 . . . ■J""^ i,5«4 ... July 1,860 ... August i,5y8 . . . September 1,066 . . . October ygg November 325 December 380 Total arrivinf,' via Fort William 19,537 ••• Total arriving otherwise than via Fort William 459 No. of Cars of Stock and Effects. 25 53 559 221 31 20 36 26 I' 20 19 1,035 20,016 ACTUAL SETTLERS IN MANITOBA, EXCLUSIVE OF THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES. No. of Settlers. I" 1892. 20,016 ... I" i«9i 13,123 ... No. of Cars of .Stock and Effects. 1,035 756 Increase in 1892 ^,893 279 F'ort William is the base of distribution and forwarding by land and water to and from Manitoba and North-West. This is the explanation of the phenome- nal growth of the three year old town— this has called into being the giant elevators, the commodious shops and warehouses, the miles upon miles of railway sidings, the ever increasing army of mechanics and labourers, the wide sweep of its residential districts, and its many hotels and business blocks. For here is the meeting of the west with the east. FORT WILLIAM HARBOUR AND SHIPPING The harbour of Fort William, the terminal of lake navigation, is formed by the River Kamini-stiquia. In English Kaministiquia means the gathering of. the waters ; and, in fact, the Kam, as it is locally called, drains the south western watershed of the height of land, and drawing from many sources, makes one hurried leap down Kakabeka Falls (113 feet high, some miles above the town), and rolls its flood through a level plateau to meet Lake Superior. Its three mouths seem to have been formed by nature to receive multitudinous ship- ping, and the junction of the three mouths opposite the centre of the town accen- tuates the natural advantages of the site for a great city. At present the north branch is used almost exclusively as the ship channel, for the town lies along this At the Foot op Brown Strhbt— McKay's Mointain in thk Distanck branch and the main river above, which for a distance of five miles from the lake afford on their level banks dockage for the largest lake craft. The IV. H. Gilbert, 350 feet long, the type of the big modern lake freight carrier, delivered her cargo of coal at a point 2% miles from the mouth. At the breaking up of the river each spring the ice scours the channel to an even depth, so that no dredging has had to be done in the five years that the river has been opened for large vessels. The entrance from the lake is direct, without dangers, and at the lowest recorded stage of the river, a vessel drawing six inches more than the Sault Canal allow- ance could freely enter and discharge cargo at any point. The unequalled harbour accommodation of Fort William is necessary for the traffic with the great North-West. Already fine docks, vast elevators, great freight sheds, and the newest devices for handling coal and heavy freight^ attest the importance of the shipping interest at Fort William ; and the building' of the iron ore docks will largely increase the business of the harbour. The season of navigation in 1892 began at Fort William on the 28th day ot April, by the arrival of the steamer Pampa with coal, and the season closed on the 3rd day of December, when the steamer Miles cleared with grain. During 1892 the total of arrivals and clearances reported to the Custom house, Fort William, was 572 ; the gross registered tonnage of this shipping was 653,428 Al.llMi IIIK DoiKS lO tons; the total of crews carried on board was 17,608. Vessels landed inwards during 1892 upwards of 700,000 tons of freight. Outgoing, these bottoms carried 6,346,800 bushels of wheat, 426,265 bushels of oats, 36,589 bushels of barley, 461,680 barrels of flour, besides general merchandise. In 1892, 86 vessels brought cargoes of coal, landing at Fort William a grand total of 117,000 tons of coal. Little wonder that soft coal at lujrt William is 60 cents cheaper per ton than at Toronto. Upwards of 400 men found employment on the Fort William docks, handling coal and grain. As early in the year 1893 .hs the month of February the elevators were already bursting with their golden store. ONE YEAR'S PROGRESS 1891. 1892. No. of Vessels reported and cleared 362 572 Registered tonnage 396,558 653,428 Tons Freight landed. . . 252,092 700,000 Crews 7,260 17,608 Tons Exported 73'575 217,608 Increase 1892 over 1891 210 256,870 447,908 10,348 i43'033 k ) I A New Street, Fort William 12 Another test of the business done is by the amount of duty collected at the Custom House. The total of customs collected at lu)rt William on vessel car- goes in 1892, reached the sum of $66,2cS9.oo. l^cginning with May, the customs in that month amounted to $11,675,72; in June, to $18,936.02; in July, to $14,474,23 ; in August, to $11,115.15. THE CANADIAN PACrFIC RAILWAY AT FORT WILLIAM In 1890 the C.P.R. selected Fort William as the Lake Superior port for their system, as well as the divisional headquarters for the line from Schreiber to Ignace, a distance of 300 miles • and since 1890 the policy of consolidating their works at Fort William has gone steadily on. The estimated cost of the buildings and improvements of the C.P.R. at Fort William is upwards of $2,000,000. The more important structures are the following : — The elevators : elevator A, having a capacity of 1,200,000 bushels ; elevator B, capacity, 1,300,000 bushels ; elevator C, capacity, 1,250,000 bushels. These are the largest elevators in Canada, being each over 300 feet long and 85 feet in v.'idth, and are equipped with the best clean- ing machinery to be had. F'ort William is the grain market of the North- West, for this is the lake port where cargoes are made up and grades given. During the movement of grain after the harvest 300 cars of wheat come into the elevators 13 i John MiKkli.ar, Esy. First Mavuk, Fort William daily. The elevators at I^'ort William arc said to have cost $8oo,oo(x It is aiuiounccd that this year the (MM\. will further in- crease their elevator capacit)-, and will erect a lart^e flour shed to cope with the increas- ing business of the port. The first coal dock (600 feet long), not proving sufficient for their recjuirements, the C'.P. R. has built a second coal dock (650 feet long), with the latest improved steam derricks. The ct)m- bined capacity of the two co.il docks is 60,000 tons of soft coal. The freight shed on the docks is 500 feet long by 75 feet in width. In this great shed 150 men are employed during navigation in handling l)ackage freight. The lower passenger station is connected with the steamboat landing by a light overhead bridge which spans all the tracks at this point, and affords M the tourist safe and easy access to the boats. Opposite the lower end of the platform of this station the C.P.R. hotel, "Kaministiquia," has been built at a cost of $50,000. Like all C.P.R. hotels, the " Kaministiquia " is a first-class modern hotel, thoroughly equipped and most comfortable for tourists. Fort William, as a divisional headquarters of the C.P.R., has its complement of round-houses and shops, and it is stated that a foundry for car wheels will be shortly established, where the wheels for all the rolling stock of the C.P.R. will be made. Some idea of the advantage to Fort William of the concentration of the C.P.R. interests may be gathered from the fact that in freight sheds, elevators and docks, 400 men are employed, and this is in addition to the engineers, conductors and brakemen for the division. The wages disbursed by the C.P.R. at this point, apart from the large sums expended on new constructions, is upwards of $20,000 monthly. THE PORT ARTHUR, DULUTH AND WESTERN RAILWAY The P. A.D. and W. has been completed from Fort William to the international boundary, and has been extended five miles into Minnesota to tap the Mesaba iron range. It passes through the silver mining district, comprising Beaver, Badger and Silver Mountain camps ; through the choice pine limits of Western Algoma; through the Gunflint Lake and Seine River iron ranges ; through the present farming townships, and the rich Whitefish Valley, now thrown open to settlement. The length of the line, as built, is gi^/^ miles ; a few miles further and the great * i * A Tourist Bit, Kakabeka Falls i6 VermilHon iron range, which shipped one and a quarter million tons of iron in 1892, will be reached, and not much further on rail connection to the American West, and the cities of St. Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago will be secured. The business of the road may be judged from the following contracts already entered into : The P.A.D. and W. has contracted with the Gunflint Lake Iron Company to carry for that firm alone 1,000,000 tons of iron ore in the eleven years, beginning with 1893 ; with one timber firm the railway has contracted to carry 5,000,000 feet of sawlogs a year to the booms on the Kaministiquia River at the upper end of Fort William. To handle the iron ore traffic, the railway is about to erect special iron ore docks at a cost of $1 50,000 ; to secure the location of their docks at Fort William the town has granted the Company a bonus, and the fall of 1893 will see in use ore docks second to none on the lakes. THE ONTARIO AND RAINY RIVER RAILWAY This line has running powers over the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western to Sand Lake ; from this point the road is to be extended northward to Sturgeon Falls, the head of navigation on Rainy Lake, a distance of about 135 miles. The completion of this line will give direct communication by rail or water with Rat Portage, the Huronian gold district, the Atickokan iron range and the exten- sive pine forests of the Lake of the Woods. I t( 17 THE CORPORATION The town of Fort William was incorporated by a special Act of the Legis- lature of Ontario (55 Vic. C. 70), on the i4tli day of April, 1892. By that Act the town is divided for municipal purposes into four wards. Kach ward returns two aldermen to the city council ; the town, as a whole, elects the mayor. Mr. Johii McKellar, one of the pioneers of the district, has the proud honour of beiuL' the first mayor of the newest and healthiest city on the continent. Kvery by-law involving an increase of the bonded indebtedness of the town, must receive a majority vote of the ratepayers. Progress is not synonymous in the minds of Fort William business men with public debt, and the careful manner in which the town has been financed from its small beginnings to its present prosperity, will be cau.se of thankfulness to future generations of taxpayers. For the growth of the town has not been brought about by mortgaging the future to the present; but the entire indebtedness of Fort William (of which part is chargeable to the county), is under $60,000. THREE YEARS' GROWTH On the 31st day of December, 1892, Fort William had twenty miles of side- walked streets ; three miles of .sewers ; two lines of railways ; four railway stations ; twenty-five miles of railway sidings ; three mammoth elevators ; one mile of docks ; an electric street railway ; the largest and best equipped civic i8 building on the main line of the C.P.R. between Ottawa and Winnipeg ; an effi- cient fire department, with 400 horse-power pressure, and 4,000 feet of hose ; a large pubHc park, three banks (the Bank of Montreal, the Commercial Bank of Manitoba, and Ray, Street & Co.) ; a live newspaper and printing office {The Fort William Journal) ; ten churches ; three public schools ; a court house and gaol ; a curling rink ; rifle range ; fourteen hotels ; twelve fine brick business blocks ; 4,000 people. Such has been the growth of P^ort William in three short years. BUILDING OPERATIONS IN 1893 Besides new business blocks and the many dwellings to be undertaken by private enterprise, the year 1893 will bring to Fort William, the completion of the electric street railway system (7^ miles), the erection of a charcoal iron smelter of the most approved de^^ign, with a daily capacity of 80 tons, the building, at an outlay of $150,000, of modern iron ore docks to handle this year 200,000 tons of ore, the building of raih.ay car works, and a car-wheel foundry in connection there- with, the building by the C.P.R. of another elevator and a large flour storehouse to keep pa^e with the opening of the North- West, and the building by the town of a large new public school, of water-works and an electric lighting plant. I Hotel of the Canadian Pacikic Railway, Fort William 20 WHAT FORT WILLIAM OFFERS TO MANUFACTURERS A manufacturer at h'ort William has the advantage of location at the threshold of the North- West, and at the terminal point of lake navigation, so that lower freights westward and eastward prevail than at other points on the lakes. P'or the same reason steam coal is cheaper. F'ort William, likewi.se, is the depot for iron mining in Canada, and with the new smelter at his door the manu- facturer will have cheap iron. Fort William, al.so, is the metropolis of the lumber trade of the West. With cheap iron, coal and lumber, and low freights, the manu- facturer will also find a low rate of taxes and cheap homes for his work-people. FORT WILLIAM A TOURIST RESORT Fort William, with its comfortable hotels, is the headquarters for tourists who desire to visit the scenery and places of interest in the district. Short trips can be taken to Thunder Cape, the Pie and the wondrous rock masses of Lake Superior coasts and ir-^ands ; the towering cliffs of McKay's mountain rise on the farther bank of the Kaministiquia ; the beautiful Kakabeka Falls is within easy reach of the town, and the scenes in the silver and iron mining districts are accessible by rail. Besides sight-seeing the tourist may have the finest trout fish- ing in America ; for if the speckled trout of the Carp, Blende, and other rivers are not sufficient, the far-famed Nipigon is but a short ride eastward by the C.P.R. THE Lots within the Town of Fort William, offered by the Company to investors, arc all within ten minutes' walk of the Electric Street Railway and the stations on the Canadian Pacific main line, and the I'ort Arthur, Dululh and Western Railway, and are also within fifteen minutes' walk of the docks on the Kaministiquia River. These lots are dry, level, and require no filling in to be suitable for any kind of building. Purchasers from the Company will reap the advantage of the quick rise in land values in Fort William, the only port of the North-WY\st, antl the wheat, coal, iron and timber metropolis of the Canadian Great West. For plans and prices inquire of atiy Agent of the Company, or address THE FORT WILLIAM LAND INVESTMENT CO. (Ltd.) ^^ EQUITY CHAMBERS, TORONTO, CANADA OCCf\«l James Murray & Co., Toronto.