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M-jg-jf-arTaf-yTc L-: ""^- ■'•^'t*; i^ i I ... OiBiMB •, r-g-r-s- i r-y-ar-ir-v-Ta.— ar-»-»--j ;.-»•' ^■_y yy. ^ + -f ** 132040 * (."^ .^^J'^.'^J■^'"• •••-^-Cgsg^ ^JSft^- -•-a>. [|5^lf]T i.s only within the last i''w >eai'.s that the outside world have ^1-'^^',^ begun to know anything ol' the wonderful ai^iicult.uml wealth of <^rJi;; are far fnjni being generally known. In bygone years people at a, distanee liave been accustomed to reganl the Xorth-West as an almost unin- habitable country; or if a more generous view was taken by any one, it was looked upon as a country, whose settlers lived up to the waist in nmd during summer and up to the waist in snow during winter. With at least nine- tentli^ of tlie European emigrants in search of farming lands and a western home, it was a .settled fact, that the more southern districts of the United States wen- the pro])er Hidds for settlement, and the great North- West waa tit only for tlu5 ItuH'alo and Indian, That these ideas so long passed current, may, in a great measme be attrdjuted to the inactive policy of the govern- ment, and still more so of the ctipitalists of Canada with regard to the subject MANITOBA AND THE NORTH-WEST. of immigratiou. This policy, however, is now a thing of the past, and the igreat provinces of the North-West are steadily finding the very best testimony ;as to their gi'eat agricultural wealth in the prosperity of the settlers who have imade their homes on their fertile plains. As yet surveys of the North-West are far from complete, but the .-student of geography can see by a glance at the map, that its area is much larger than the whole United States east of the Mississippi Kiver, and we £xe much under the actual iigures, when we place its area of fertile lands At over 1,500,000,000 acres. This vast area embraces more soil suitable for Taising the finest grades of haixi wheat, than all the balance of the continent of North America, and we are safe in stating that no other continent can •enter into competition. As yet but an infinitesimal fraction of these lands Ave settled up, and the bulk of the settlers are clustered within the limits of the Province of Manitoba, which as yet forms the key to the whole vast teiTitories. This fact is wholly due t(j the lack of railroad transportation, a difficulty which is being steadily obviated by the rapid construction of the "Canadian Pacific Railroad under the direction of the syndicate organized for that purpose. At present the European emigrant can leave his native shores and in twenty days locate himself 150 miles west of the Red River. Inside of two years from the present time he can leave Europe and in three weeks select a western home within sight of the peaks of the Rocky Mountains ; a by the close of the year 1884, he can cross the British possessions of •th America from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast in a three days* ituiroad journey. The difficulty, therefore, of lack of transportation is fast disappearing, and no country in the world has brigliter prospects in the near future than the great Canadian North-West. We might also draw attention to the pro])osed system of ocean traffic from the southern points on the Hudson's Bay, which would supply a shorter sea route across the Atlantic than from the city of New York. This is no doubt a route to be opened in the more distant future, but assuredly it will be opened and utilized, and will prove a valuable power in the development of the provinces of the North- West. The years will not be many, until the flag of almost every maritime nation in Europ(} will flutter in the breezes that waft across the Great Northern Bay. In reviewing the prospects of transportation through the North- West, we mubt not fail to notice its advantages for inland navigation. Within its limits are the great inland seas of Lakes Winnipeg and Manitoba, whose broad bosoms seem formed by nature as bearers of traffic. Then there are the Red, the Assiniboine, the Saskatchewan and other rivers, forming in all a system for inland traffic which is unequalled by any other in the whole universe. These broad and deep streams will yet prove of immense value for purposes of navigation, and are now only waiting for the growth of industry to convert them from fisliing grounds for the beaver ..ud otter into ohannels of traffic and arteries of commerce. The often advanced objection of lack of transportation is therefore an imaginary one in the North-West, as nowhere has nature bestowed such advantages in that line. We must now notice another objection, and one which of all others ii probably the most powerful. We refer to climate. MANITOBA AND THE NORTH-WEST. 3 the To persuade the idler who delights to swelter in the heat of a southern -:}un, and subsist upon the products of a light soil, that an agriculturist's " El Dorado" exists in a country where the thermometer sometimes registers ■50 ® below zero, is an undertaking upon which we shall not spend any of our logic. But to the thrifty peasantry of Northern Europe, the rigors of a North- Western winter can never fill the place of the " Kaw head and bloody bones " of our childhood. The cold of the North- West is so tempered by the ■dryness and purity of the atmosphere, that its extremes are far from being as uncomfortable as the comparatively moderate frosts of countries with a m^re humid atmosphere, and it has this advantage, that it does not engender diseases of the lungs. These very colds of winter are among the greatest agricultural advantages, as they completely stop the work of vegetation, and in the spring leave a soil rested and ready for the unceasing growth, which the long days and sliort nights of this high latitude produce. In wheat raising it is already admitted, on all sides, that the prairies of Manitoba produce the heaviest berry and finest quality in the world, and the experience •of settlers is, that the further north they go the greater the success in wheat raising, providing the advantages in soil are equal. The world grows wiser as it grows older, and sages with sylvan longings, who talked and wrote of the beauties of lands, where eternal summer only weari'^d nature, and made her languid, are now looked upon by the hard- headed and practical generations of the nineteenth century as dreamers, whose poetic metaphors may be very beautiful, and furnish rich food for the imagination, but whose logic is sadly at fault, and whose ideal fancies are fast sinking beneath the horizon of practicability, comfort and true enjoyment. Industry is one all-important element of liuman happiness, and it finds a congenial home in the bracing frosts and healthful climate of the great North- West, It is moving northward, and steering, with its blessings of peace and plenty, for the once barred limits of the Arctic Circle, even there to make happy homes and glad hearts. The poet who wrote of love of country, and the disposition of each man to view the land of his home as the most blessed spot on earth, little knew how much truth would yet be in his beautiful •couplet : " The shivering tenant of a frigid zone Boldly proclaims that spot liis own." We must now leave the question of climate, and view the encourage- ment criven to emigrants to settle in Manitoba and the North- West, and these are truly great. The government and people of Canada extend the invitation to all nations, colors and creeds, to come and secure a home upon their fertile and productive plains. The government offer a home and a farm almost without money and without price to the settler who locates within their limits. The Canadian Pacific Railroad Company, the Hudson's Bay Company, besides numerous other smaller corporations, offer rich lands at low figures, and on terms by which the poorest may secure a North- Western home, and, in an incredibly short time, rise from poverty to comfort and independence, if not to actua opulence. Such are the terms upon which the fertile lands of this vast region cau be secured, and such are the rewards that await the poor and enterprising settler ^\J MANITOBA AND THK NORTH-WEST. within their area. The capitalist also can find profitable and safe investment in these lands, while in North-Western secJirities he can reap rich returns for his investments, and at the same time aid in the good work of development.. To the poor man, however, it is the " laud of i»r(»uiise." Health, energy andi honest labor are all he requires to secure his future couifort and indeiMjndence, The invigorating climate stimulates the two former, and the returns for the- last are too evident for it to be hel4 back. The nitcliiniic whom crowded labor- markets and over-competition have caused to ]ta\c the land of his birth, or the down-trodden peasant, mIio Avislies to forget the oj jir* ,ssi(»n of a tyrant,, can each make a happy home here, and to such this vast fertile country is, iiii the fullest sense of the term, * l^HE GOLDEN NORTH-WEST. To give an idea of how land may be obtained in Manitoba, we quott? from section 34 of the Consolidated Dominion Land Acts, as follows : " 34. Any person, male or female, who is the sole head of a iamily, or any male who has attained the age of eighteen years, shall be entitled to be entered for one hundred and sixty acres, or for a less quantity of unappro- priated Dominion lands, for the ])urpose of securing a lujUiei^tead right in respect thereof. "But a person obtaining such homestead f^ntry shall be liable to the foifeiture thereof should he not become a howi //i eavaiice, eat h taking more or less of a turn at the fur tratfic,, notwitlistanding ilif VL'strict ions ]i]accd upon the same. Up to this timL^, no church organization of any descrijjtion had beew established in the settlement, but in 1819 a small building was erected in St, Bonifaw, and a Catholic organization establishetl under the Rev. J. N Pro- venchci' and Rev. S. Dnmonliii, and the follo'ving year a school house was- built in which a .VI i. llardrige taught a school during the week days, and the Rev. J. M. West condiu'ted (Jhurch of England services on Sundays. Such were tlie beoiniiiiigs f>f what are now the leadfug church establishments of the North- West. In 1848 the mercantile interests of the settlement of Fort Carry received a vaTuable addition by the establishment of a general merchandise store by Mr. A. (t. H. Bannatyue. Fi'om his advent in business this gentleman gave unmistakable signs of building up an extensive business, and the extent and variety of his stock- were far beyond what are usual in a frontier merchant's; store Mr. Baunatyne seems to have conducted his business upon the prin- ciple of " Live and let live," and not a few of the smaller dealers of the is 7 < = n 8 CITY OF WINNIPEG. a'V^i':' settlement were in after years under obligation to him for assistance during hard times. We have no reason to believe, however, that he had any particular reverence for the Hudson's Bay Company's restrictions on the fur trade, but did quite a lively tralfic in tliat class of j^roducts. It was no easy matter, however, to succeed in such operations, as tlie whole settlement wem at the mercy of the Comi)iiny's otHcers in a commercial sense, as tor over twenty years after Mr. Bannatx ne's starting in business the postal affairs, means of transit and all othci' u(?(.'i's.sariL's of trade were operated by the Company, and according to the logic of their learned, but not very generous or judicious firs" Kecorder of Courts, tliese advantages could liave been applied towards bolsteiiiig up an alwolute monopoly, by a system of tyranny unheaixi of in thi; history of tvMh.' The operations of tlie ConijKiny had, however, given tlie residents of the colony, wliites, half-breeds, and even Indians, a knowledge of th(! viiluc of irad(\ and a growing dcsir" to conduct the same upon free jirincijdes cveiituully cuhiiinatt'il in ojcn d-.'tiance of the Eecorder's authority in 1849. A Fivm-b lialf-breed named Sayier was arrested and convicted by Judge Thom of daV)bling in the illiciit trathc. The valiant Recorder did not jjass any sentence, as he evidently luul Hobson's choice in that matter. A force of Indians and half-l)reeds surrounded the courthouse who were sufficiently strong and well armed to have overpowered any guard he had, and the jtrisoner secured his liberty, whih' for a full year afterwards liecorder Tiiom wisely refraiiunl from presiding in any court, and left his authority in tlie hands of Govciiior Colonel Caldwell, who adminis- tered law with much less formality and at times with a sujtrem-.f disregard of Jury rights and other essentials of civilized jurisdiction. Still the 2, however, the ..steamer International made hring of IHdli the village of Fort Garry had somewhere near a •dozen business institutions outside of the lliulson's Hay stores and offices, the most jirominent among wliieh wr,s ihe store of ]\Ir. A. (». H. Uannatyne. Altlu)ugh there was a ]iartial failure of cro]) that year, matters were moving Along in a smooth and coniTaiatively prosperous manner. The American civil war had si aie-dy alVt'cted the trad" of the settlement, unless it was to ■create higher ]iri(^es for the jnodiicts of (he country. With the opening of •steam na\igalion on the lied llivi-r. .settlers were looking forward to a groat increase in trade, and their hopes of legidar eonnnunicMtion with the centres •of civilization fan high. The outbi^eak of the Sioux Indians throughout Minnesota put a suddei: end to these liri;,'ht ho) es and calculations, and the trade of Fort Gany rec'cived quite a hea\v set-hack. 'I'lu'ir lunvly ataiuired means of transportation through the I'nited States was elfectually blocked, while the' wild rumors (,• Iniiinii massacres kept the setth rs more or less in dread: The friendly visit of the ^iiur chief " l.itth^ t'row" t(» the Governor in May \><(V.\ put an end to all tiase unnecessary fears, and a.slonished nuvny with regard to the discrimiii ition (»f the Indian between fiiends and foes among (he white races. in ISC.L' the lirm ol' M(diiil(ling on the site of Winnijieg jtroper, and ■within a var (((uviuccd (he mnvhants of (he iiluce that it was jiossible Ibr a Imilding to n nann in (h.i( locdity in delianee ol winds and floods. At this time Ml'. Fonsec4i was lunning u general .store a( I'oiut Douglas, which was i^. Jij 10 CITY OF WINNIPEG. then considered a separate village. McKenney & Co., in 1863, had a neighbor located close to them in the person of Mr. Win. Drever, who opened aa opposition store, which in tnrn opened np a controversy between these rival merchants as to which was the proper track of the Red lliver or Assiniboine roads, which even the 'legal authorities of that time failed to decide, and whicR seemed to have been decided from time immemorial according/ tn where least mud was to be met with m soft weather. These buildings wei > however, the begianiii of the village of Winnipeg proi^er, and the success of these rival merchauis had much to do with tlie location of her business centre. From the end of 1868 up to that of 1869 the commercial growth of Winnipeg was slow and gradual, and marked with no very noticeable events. The agriculturalists of the surrounding country had suffered during two years from partial failures of crops, but the entire colony was nevertheless making, steady progress. One of the most noticeable additions to the business element of the village was a Mr. Spence, a disciple of Blackstone, who has since advanced into prominence in the town, and also to considerable notoriety as a. newspaper pian. The winter of 1869-70 will long l»e remembered by old settlers as the- most troublesome times in tlie town of Winnipeg sine*, its tirst settlement.^ Thai winter brought the insunertion niHler Kiel and 0'I)on(»ghne and the- cowiixUy murder of Thomas Scott, who, notwithstanding his stul)l>ornnessand. foolhardiness, must ever bo rememberetl us a brave man who stood fearlessly by his convictions, and met a barbarous bntcheiing from a gang of ritsculs,, not one of whom, if pitted against him singly, but would have shrunk liefore him A\ith all i\w cowardice of a cur. Thomas Scott was not tittj onK'^uiHen'r by tlu- insurrection, as numbers, of the city's best men were iia'prisoned, and althou.uii thcv .sullIiM'id little or nothing in the way of personal violence, in a piHMiniavy way they were luavy loser.s, ulthough since reimbursed l)y the l))minion (lovernnient. .After all is j)ast we can look baek upon tjii.s Ked iJiver reb.'llion as little- more than a loeal riot, or to speak liLtiiratively, " A tem|)esi iu a t>'a-iiot,"' organized and inaugurated by men who knew not what they Wiuited, weie thoroughly iiica[)able of organizing a govetjinieut of any ihsseriptiou that wouldlast one year, and who showed tlieir )io;Mmmii nature l»y the nipidity with whieh they fled at the first sight of the dark iiMilurnn of some ;50U of the: 60th Rifles under Sir (Jarmt Wolsley. Fo(tl-: in their iblly a('(!om]iIish many good things for wisei' iK'ojile, and such was the result of the so-ealled 1! 'd Uiver ndudlion. The dust it raised brought the Jved iJiver distriet, and p;ntiriil;irly the village of Wjuidpeg: before the notice of many thousands liolli in the Old World and the New, and its imjiortanee greatly inereased. The tro(.|.s under Sir (iartiet Wolsh-y helped to make matters lively, antl the magnanimous (-ourse adopted t(»wards. those who had j(»ined in the fo(»lisli rebtdlion did much to heal any bilter- feelings that had pr(!viously existed. The whole aMiiir seems to have in ted lik(; a iiuge advertisenu'iit of the vilhige, and from that ilale lu^r prosperity and rapid growth had its eomineneenieiit. In th(! fall (»f lH)i!» the places of ' isiiiess in the village of Winnipeg; nuniDored eighteen, while the total number of buildings outside of K(»rt (larry ClfV OF WINNIPEG. 11 was twenty-eight. The only manufacturing concerns among the number were Jas. H. Ashdown's tinnery and Arch. Wright's harness shop, if w& except Robert- Patterson's operations as a builder. Such was the industrial machinery of the village in 1869, and its population, exclusive of the military- (Stationed at Fort Gan-y was considerably under two hundred. In the fall of 1870 several new mercantile firms had located in Winni- peg, and among whom were Messrs. McArthur & Martin, lumber dealers^ who owned a lumber mill on Lake Winnipeg. From the very outset this, firm did a thriving business, and building operations went on so lively in the village that the demand soon exceeded the supply in their line. In October of that year the first move was made towards securing telegraphic communi- cation with the East through the United States, an undertaking which was. completed the following year; Shortly after this the census of Manitoba was taken, and the returns fronh Winnipeg showed a population of 215. On December 20th the first election, of a local parliament took place, when twenty-four members of the same were elected. That some people within the province had faith in its great future was^ evident, by a notice which was given by Duncan Sinclair and E. L. Barber of their intention to apply to the first legislature of Manitoba for powers to incor- porate a joint stock company for the construction of a railroad from some point on Lake Manitoba, throus & Co., of Si. I'aul, com- menced to ply (in the river. She did not prove much of an advantage to the merchants ((fVVinnipeg ut first, as her owners were short sightt-d enough to- inaugurate a system <>f monopoly and exorbitant freight, which afterwards, made them very unpopular, and h ' theui many thousands of dollars. Befori! midsumincr tlu' " International " was also plying and carrying freight,. the management of her business being undei Mr. N. W. Kittson, of St. Paul. Popular feeling lan strongly in favor ofMr. Kittson's lintuunongthe Winnipeg, merchants, an»T the owners of the Selkirk had eventually to enter a kind of pool with him, the terms of whi(!li he jiraetically (iictatinl. This arrangement, was the (iommcuciMuent of what atlerwanls i)voved a powerful UKJUopoly,, against which (lompetion was impossible. The summer and fall of 1871 W(uv lively times in Winnipeg, and busi- ness nourished. Among the enterprises added, wt>re a brewery, a brick yard,, a bakery, a couple of harness shojis, several stcuvs, and an addition to the: producing power of McDermot's oUl mill, which, under the new prijprietors. n It*: I ( 12 CITY OF WINNIPEG. Messra Chisholin & Dubar, became an industrial institntion of considerable importance. Insurance business was first heaiti of here that summer, and the JEtna of Hartford was the pioneer cx)mpayy to issue jwlicics. A provincial 4^cultural association was formed, and a Dominion land oltico oj.ened under "(the management of tlie Hon. G. McMicken. A Masonic lodjt;e had existed in Winnipeg for sonte time previous, and an Orange lodge and an organization /of Good Templars having been started the year previous, the existence of the former was made known by a procession on the 12th of July, wliilu evidence of the SUCC3S3 of the Templar crowd was apparent, when Dr. C J. Bird im- jwrted the first soda water fountain. Several law firms located that year, and *he first public sdiool was opened. The Fenian invasion under O'Neill and •O'Donahue caused some excitement in Oct^jbfM-, but the people of Manitoba were now bent u] on industrial progiess, anil from theii- exjierience of foinier' rebellions, wn-e convinced that such did n(»t j ay. 'i'he only ettect the news of the invasion had, was to cau-io a general iu.-h to arms of the ,.itiziMis, and a force wm quickly mu.-itered whicli would have shortly ])nt an end to the invasion, had not the arrest of the feuian leaders by the United States military Authorities saved further trouble. Altogether, 1871 was a prosperous year in Winnipeg, and at its close the population of the place had made material gains, while the number of its •buildings had been increased by nearly one-half during the year, and among »them were several of rather pretentious dimentions. I It "is not necessary for us to follow minutely the additions of new indus- tries to the city during the next few years. Sulhcient to say that Winnipeg's industrial progress was steady although not rapid, and in 1874, the year in [ which the city was incori)orate(i, tie number of buililings within her limits •wa-s over nine hundred, twenty-seven of which were occu])ie was another of steady jnosperity in the city of Winnipeg- Quit« a number of mercantile concerns were stuited, and seveiali advanced from retail to wholesale concerns, and commenced extemling tUeir operationfa over the Pr<)vince. The manufacturing interest received 4wo valual^le additions in the milling line. The first being the large Hudson^s Buy mill, leased and o])erateil by Mr. J. H. McLean. This institution had i\. daily grinding capacity of 13r'0 bushels, and was fitted with all the latest inapvove- ments in machinery. The second was the Winnipeg city mill, erected by Me.ssrs. McMillan, Bassett & Co., which had a capacity of a^»out iiOO bushels a day, turned out first class flour, and from the very stait h«ld a leading position among the city's industrial institutions. The pt)pulation made con- siderable of an increase during the year, and the value of projierty assessed within the city limits was $3,031,685. With the opening of the year 1877 the jieojtle t)f VV^iuHipeg were in leal earnest about the matter of railroad trans|)ovtatit»u. liapid as had been the city's growth, her citizens were aware, that it was not in keeping with hei- advantayes as a tradiny centre, and nothing but lailroad communication with the whole eastern ))ortiou of the continent would raise the eity to her deserved position of indutstrial ini])ovtance. Many i»f them had given up all hopes of ever seeing the Canatlian I'acific lliiilvdad constructed from Lake Superior, and had begun to look u])(>n the whole scheme as merely a bone of contention, over which Doiiiiuion ]!oliticians might wrangle. This belief was no doubt strengthened by the avowed intention of one Government to leave the city out in the cold, by their imiposed route of construction. Feeling ran very high upon railroad subjeiJt.s, and the nuisses of the ])eo])le looked south for a coimecitiou with the St. I'aul, Minnea|K)lis and ManitoUi railroad. As early as 1873 that line had been comideted as far as Cruokstou, Minnesota, or within iU) miles of the boundary hnc. The panic of that year stopped its further progn's^;,*as it did nearly all business lines, but it was evident that an effort to meet it on the j)ait of some Dominion company would soon wake up the constr\ic'tij)g j.owers of tlu! managers. In February 1H77 we Hud the citizens of Winnipeg at a mass meeting passing a resolution l)iudiug tiie city to pay a subsidy of .Si^OO.OOO to any company who would construct a line iVom the city to the western boundary of the i'rovinee, and at the same lime time getting u]) a jietition, asking the Dominion to assist in the construction of said i-oad by allowing a land grant. Such action showed unmistakably that the work of railroad constructiou could not be delayed much longer. 14 CITY OF WINNIPEG. In the meantime the city's industrial growth was steadily progressing. Macaulay & Jarvis, lumber millers, that summer imported over 350,000 feet of seasoned lumber, and about 4,500,000 of white pine logs. The large planing mill of Smith & Melville, lately operated by Hugh Sutherland & Bro., commenced work in July, thus adding another large industrial institution. The .ateamboats engaged in river freighting were supplemented by a system of flat boats, whicli during the summer brought on an average about 700 tons of freight per month down the river. On the 6th day of August tlie city was honored by a visit from Governor- "General Lord Duft'erin, who remained some weeks, and on the 29th of Sep- iteraber drove the tirst spike in the Pembina branch of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, r, work which from that date went steadily on ; and the following anonth the tirst locomotive and cars ever seen in the province wero landed in the city from the steamer Selkirk, amid general rejoicing of the citizens. 'The certain pri>spect of railroad communication gave buikling operations dur- ing the summer and fall a powerful impetus, while the price of real estate in ^nd around the city made rapid advances. That season about eighty buildings were eroc vcd, some of which were large and costly, and among the number a fine brick block by Stobart Eden & Co., at a cost of over $20,000, while at the •close of the year numbers of others were in course of construction. The year 1878 was one of hope, bustle and enterprise in Winnipeg, and brought towards its close a reward to the hopes and enterprise of its citizens, hy the completion of the Pembina branch of the Canadian Pacific Eailroad. That work was finished on the third day of December, and the city connected by iron bunds with the eastern centres of the American continent. Commerce And industry had made rapid strides (hiring the yoai', and Winnipeg had now ■safely ent/^md upon her career of rapid (kncloj)ement. Her population that jear was over 0,500, and the value of her property assc^ssed a little over three millions. The tax receipts for the year were $00,478.68, and the ' expenditure !i*55, 569,07. With reviving trade all over the American continent the year 1879 opened with lively times in Wiimipeg. Eastern merchants saw in her a good loca- tion, and many settled here in the spring, among wliom was Mr. K. J. Whitla, who has since proved one of the city's most enterjtrising merchants. In the month of April, the lirat lot of inmiigTunts, al>out 500 in number, arrived by rail, and ([uii^kly found cheap ami good laiuls throughout the Province on easy terras of payment. These wore tollowed by liatdi after batch, until it seenu'.d as if the Province would soon become the most populous in the Dominion. The real estate men began to multiply fast, and the price of city property kept rapidly advancing. IJusiness institutions of every class were springing up like mushrooms, and before the close of the year could be counted in hundreds; her dwelling houses numbered about 1000, and her pojtulation over 8,000, while the \ai nation of property within her limits for that year was S3,415,065. As till ladies say about their knitting work, we must now go back to pick up a few sti'xhes, and take a view of the work of construction as it went along on the main line of the Canadian Pacific railroad. Stupendous as the work of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific prorinces by railroad seems, the CITY OF WINNIPEG, 15 terms of the confederation of the Dominion compelled auch a work, and as early as June 1875, it was commenced from Selkirk, with the view of con- structing a road eastward from that town to Thunder Bay on Lake Superior. In the whole history of railroad construction there is propably no line of road where more seemingly insurmountable obstacles stood in the way of construc- tors. Over large portions of the survey vast muskegs or almost bottomless swamps had to be crossed ; and when solid footing was reached, huge irregular and cross-grained rocks had to be cut through at immense cost and labor. These muskegs were so deep in several place, that bridging was impossible, as no timber that ever grew was long enough for piling. To fill up and grade was the only course in such cases, and that entailed a terrible amount of ceaseless labor. Naturally the work of construction was slow and tedious, aijd not until the fall of 1878 was the communication open to Cross Lake, a point 76 miles east of Selkirk. From Cross lake to Rat Portage, a distance of 3(5 miles, occupied two years more, and by th*^ fall of 1880, 112 miles of track were constructed. By that time the line had been extended 65 miles west to Portage la Prairie, and the branch between Winnipeg and Selkirk had also been completed. This makes a total of the railroad construction accom- plished under the supervision of the Dominion Government, and although of little value as regards securing direct railroad communication between Manitoba and the east, these different lines done much to swell the volume of Winnipeg's trade, and gave good opportunities for the extension lof her com- mercial relations over the Province generally, which her enterprising business men wei'e not slow to take advantage of. During the summer and fall of 1880 immigi'ants came to the Province more rapidly than ever before. New business liouses multiplied with a rapidity that made some conservative and slow moving old settlers think the whole Province was going to be swamped. Fine brick structures were being erected as fast as mechanical skill and labor could be procured. Three new banking institutions sprung into existence, and through the agency of invest- ment associations and agents for individual capitalists, capital from all parts of the east and Britain was seeking investment in real estate, mortgages, and such like securities. As early as the time for fixing assessment values, the property in the city had risen to $4,006,160 in value, while by midsummer her population had increased to nearly 12,000. Old settlers who had identified there in- terests with Winnipeg's from the time when she was but a hamlet, spent a merry Christmas in 1880, and a happy new year's day with the dawn of 1881, and no doubt built uj) bright hopes of her progress during the coming year, the most brilliant of whitjh, we are safe in saying, have been ^ully realized. When the spring of 1881 opened up the prospects of Winnipeg, and of Manitoba generally, were of the very brightest description. The slow and irresolute manner in which the construction of the Candian Pacific Railroad had proceeded came to an end, by the undertaking passing into the hands of the syndicate organized for that purpose. It now became a certainty that the work of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific provinces by rail would be pushed with unremitting energy, and for the completion of that work no citizens longed more than those of Winnipeg. Some residents of the Province saw N. i 1 1 u lili 16 CITY OF WINNIPEG. in this syndicate only a huge monopoly, and were ready to follow a " dog ini the manger" policy, but the majority rejoiced in the arrangement, and felfe. sure that they had secured the passwoixi the " Open Cesame " to Winnipeg's^- future greatness. The rush of immigrants to the city and surroundings country in the spring and summer confirmed these hopes, and when the city assessor fixe'ith the close of the yenr. The eastward Tjound line they ballasted to llat Portage, and have considerable giwHng done- beyond that point. Their blanch to Pembnia U^ meet the St. Paul, Minne- apolis & Manitoba was also pushed with vigor and by tlio tall of 1882 will be completed. While all this milroad activity was going on, .affairs in the city were- making even more rapid progress. Mercantile institutions were rapidly in- creasing in number, a.id old established ones were extending their dimensions,, until the wholesale trade is now represented by several institutions unequalled in magnitude north or west of St. Paul or Minneapolis, and at least one- branch is represented by a larger concern than either of these cities contain. Industriiil institutions have also increased rapidly in number and dimensions. One Ontario company have constructed the largest tiouring mill this side of Minneapohs, while Mr. F. II. Brydges has established the Vulcan Iron Works,, which employ oO mechanics, and are a valuable supplement if not a formida- ble rival to the extensive iron industry carried on in this city for so many years by McKechnie, McMillan & Co. A large steam furniture factory has also been added, and three of the city's banks liavc erected new and commo- dious buildings, which would be architectural ornanients to the finest cities of * the east. With nil these business additions the value of real estate has naturally increased rapidly in and around Winnipeg, N"uieroiis old .settlers who for many years struggled through poveity and hardships, have suddeidy become wealthy, and not a few men of formerly \cry limited capital Imve, by judicious speculation in city property during the last two years, travelled a considerable portion of the way towards the |)ositionof millionaires. Cajjital frou) different portions of the east and Kurcjpe is Mowing in liberally, and almost begging investme.it. Business of every de.scription is lively if not rushing, and it is almost impossible to find a business man in the city who is not prosj)ering. Now at the close of 1881, we find Winnip(;g a city of clo.se upon 20,000 jjopulation, with property within her limits doubled in value within the last year, and with jmjspects before her brighter than any city on the American continent. We have thus endeavoured to follow the thread of Winni,)eg's indu.strial gi-owth through a peri 1 of nearly seventy years, and iiave noted .some of the influences that have contributed towards her industrial- greatness. A full. WINNIPEG AND HEU INDUSTRIES. 17 summary of her business machinery and resource will be found in the con- cluding pages of our work, also an enumeration of her churches, details of her school system, and notes upon other social arrangements within her limits. In the work ot industrial development however, we are aware that the efforts of individuals and firms have accomplished by far the gi'eater portion. No general sketch could give any adequate idea of wh.at has been accomplished in this manner, and we therefore apend sketches of the leading business insti- tutions of the city, believing that by such a course, we shall be best able to show what individual effort has done. Finance is the foundation of all industry, while in Winnipeg real estate is decidedly the primary lirancli of business, and in numerous cases these two are inseparably connected. In classifying the different institutions there- fore, we shall take under one heading the FINANCIAL AND REAL INTERESTS, ESTATE And as an institution with which to commence, we cannot select a more appropriate than the senior Ijanking house of the city, namely : Merchants Bank of Canada. In this institution we have the pioneer bank of the North- West, as its establishment dates from June 1872. The head(iuarters of the bank are at Montreal, and it has branches in the leading cities and towns of Ontario, and at Emerson in this Proviuco. Its capital is $5,500,000, and this is supple- mented by a surplus reserve of $500,000. For regular correspondents this bank has the First National Bank of St. Paul, the Security Bank of Minne- apolis, the Mercliants Bank of Chicago, and the Bank of New York, of New York City ; and its business is a general one. From the advent of this bank here it has been under the management of Mr. D. McArthur, and with his able guidance its business has increased from very small ])roportious until in the bank offices some fourteen assistants are employed. During the past sunnncr a tine new brick structure has been erected at the corner of Main and Post Office streets, in which the bank offices are now. located, and which ranks among the most substantial and imposing business buildings hi Winnipeg. The Merchants Bank is truly the parent of the financial institutions of Manitoba, and has proved a rock on which many a struggling pioneer has based his successful calculations. Its share in the upbuilding of the commerce of Winnipeg has been a leading one, and it has still a long career of financial usefulness before it. A. W. Ross. In a fast growing city like Winnipeg, it is but natural that some individ- uals or firms take a lead in each branch of business, and form a systeni upon which the transactions of less important firms must be carried out. Such r^. ►•1 ^ IM 18 WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. i I ; position we assign to the above-named gentlemen, and it is to the action of such business men as he that we may attribute the present stiaight system (upon which the real estate business of this city is conducted. Their straight- forward and lucid example in such transactions has prevented that branch uf business i'rom tailing into the liands of utiscrupulous and unreliable parties, and has made real estate investments safe and profitable to the most juninitiated. Mr. Ross' advent in business here dates from 1877, when he joined his ^brother Mr. W. H. Ross. He differs from mo.st real estate men from the fact that he handles no property except on his own account, or where he is part owner, and does no hushiess on commission. The magnitude of his transactions may be judged from his business for "the year 1881, >vhich in city property represented an aggregate value of over $400,000, while his sales of farm lands exceeded 00,000 acres. In the latter branch he sells in ([uautities varying from small form lots to tracts for coloni- zation purposes, and he holds some of the best lauds in Manitoba for sale. His system for the guidance of intending purcliasers is com])lete, and supplies a perfect guard against unprotitable investment. At immense expense he has gotten up maps of the ditfevLUit districts of the province, which give a complete view of the topography of the country, and eiud)le the purchaser to select any class of lands he wishes without being at the trouble or expense to travel for selection. The correctness of these charts may be judged trom the fact, that they have been used and relied upon by the Provincial Government in getting up their topographical map of the Province of Manitoba. These facts and figures showing not only the magnitude of Mr. Ross' business transactions, but the immence amount of etfort he has put forth to perfect the real estate machinery of the Province, undoubtedly place him in the front rank of that branch of business. We find however, that his local usefulness is not confined to real estate matters. He is the promoter of the system of street railways, which ere another year will thread their way through the leading thoroughfares of Winnipeg, and we find him also treasurer of the city's gas and water works companies, and in many otiier ways giving valuable assistance in the work of building up the city. His efforts in the loan busing's.}, in connection with the Manitoba Mortgage and Investment Company will be found elsewhere in our pages, under the head- ing of Ross, Killani & llaggart. Mr. Ross' offices are centrally located in tlu; new Dutulee Block on Main street. Hon. Gilbert McMicken. This gentlenum is a member of the Provincial Legislature of Manitoba, and at present fills the honorable and resi)onsil)le position of Speaker of that House. It is not, however, with the political record of ^Ir. McMicken that we have to deal, but as industrial recorders we find few if any business men in Winnipeg whose endeavors are accomplishing so much for the upbuilding and development of this Province and tlie North- West generally. WINNIPEG AND HES INDUSTRIES. 1> Tn the first place, Mr. McMicken is agent for Manitoba and the North- West for the Keal Estate, Loan and ]3ebenture Company (Limited), a corporiLtion whose funds arc freely invested tliroughout the Province in town and farm real estate secureties. The capital of this company is $2,000,000, and at present it has funds invested in the Province amounting to over $500,000, although its operations only began in the fall of 1880. These figures show not only the magnitude of the concern, but also its immense value as a power in developing this country ; and under Mr. McMicken's able management it has undoubtedly a long career of tinancial usefulness yet before it. We must now look at Mr. McMicken's services as agent for Manitoba and the North-Weat of the Scottish Interior Manitoba Land Company. The objects of this company are to buy and sell farm and city property, to build upon, lease, rent or improve the same, and otherwise secure safe investmentg for its capital in a mr.uner which will assist in the building up of this country. Their system is to make all ]»urcha3es for cash, and sell on long time, easy payments, and a low rate of interest, thus giving immense advantages to settlers of limited means. In renting or leasing property they follow a similar course, and in every branch are valuable aids in the settling up of this new country. z\lthough the company's operations only commenced in the fall of 1880, they have already invested over $800,000 in the Province, and their volume of business is fast extending, and their area of operations rapidly widening. In this dej-artment alone Mr. McMicken has built up a record of usefulness which few men in Winnipeg can equal. Mr. McMicken is also general agent for Manitoba and the North-Weat of the Counnercial Union Assurance Company of London, England. Ttis company is among tlie most extensive English insurance corporations, has a capital of $12,500,000, and has a record for integrity, promptitude in setf". - meuts and simplicity in its forms of application and other details unsurpassed by any in the universe. Mr. McMicken is not merely a soliciting and receiving agent for this company, but has full power to issue policies and adjust all losses in Manitoba and the North-Weat Territories, without waiting for the action of any officials of the company at headquarters. These powers give him unusual advantages in the insurance brancli, as no other agent in the Province possesses the same, and it is not k> Ixj wondered at that during the past two years he has issued policies representing an aggregate value of ^1,200,000, and tliat these figures will bu greatly increased in the future ia evident from the fact that during the last year his business has more than trebled its former volume. • Mr. McMicken has also a conmiercial record as founder of the Citizens- Fuel Company, which has done much to prevent a monopoly in both coal and wood in this Province, and Mhich is still flourishing under different management.' With such a multiplicity of business on hand it is necessary that Mr. McMicken have some assistance in its management, and this want is well supplied by his son Mr. Alex. McMicken, whose able assistance haa contributed much towards the success of the different brandies. Mr. McMicken's offices are lociited on Main Street in the Morris blodc. s I Wi 26 WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. The " Great North- West " Joint Stock Building and Loan Society (Limited). In the above association we have an organization based upon the time- honored proverb of "Take care of the ] ence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." It has been organized ibi' the ])uri)o.se of acquiring real estate in the Province of Manitoba and particularly in and around the city of Winnipeg, and for the erection of buildings thereon to supply the demand occasioned by the steady influx of setttlers to this city. The authorized capital of the concern is $500,000, and its prospects of success may be judged, from the fact that $100,000 of that amount has already been subscribed at a premium of two per cent., while a second $100,000 is being rapidly takeii up at a premium of five per cent. The object of the society is not a. speculative one, but is to provide homes at low figures and on t-asy terms for settlers of limited means. Its shares are $50 each, which can only be called up in monthly calls of one dollar each, so that its benefits an- within the »< reach of the poor and thrifty, while its whole organization being on a mutual principle, by which all concerned share equally, it is thus ni(;ant to carry out the infaUible precept of " Bear ye one another's burdens " — a precept which should be the acme of the aims of all mutual associations. There can be no- more needful association in this Province, and its birth is ojijHjrtune at a time when the full tide of prosperity is swelling, and when timely thrift may secure future opulence, or at least a^^ rt future penury. There can be no doubt but the objects of this society are the very essence of commercial philanthropy so far as its building aims are concerned,, and its loan department once fairly set in motion will form a worthy supple- ment to the good work. As industrial recorders, however, we must look at its eifects in that direction, and we confidently predict that it will prove a powerful aid in the work of industrial development. T-".*.- If any further guarantee wore wanted of the society's success it is to be found in the names of its directors and manager. The former includes only names intimately connected with the city's upbuilding, and some who stand in the front rank of the business circles of the North- West. The list is as follows: W. H. Lyon, Esq., wholesale merchant, president; Alex. Logan,, Esq., ex-city mayor, first vice-president; T. Graham Philips, Esq., M.D., second vice-president ; and H. S. Crotty, Esq., real estate agent, li. J. Wliitla, Esq., wholesale merchant, R. W. Jameson, Esq., barrister, and A. W. Murdoch, Esq., commission and forwarding merchant, directors. Lieut.-CoL P. H. Attwood is the society's manager, and under his able guidance it is. unquestionably destined to be successful.* The society's offices are centrally located on Main Street, opposite the market. R. W. Jameson. This gentleman follows the profession of barrister, and has l)eeu estab- lished in this city since May 1881. Previous to that date he practised in Toronto, and was a member of the bar of Ontario for five years. It is not in connection with legal matters that we have to do with Mr. Jameson, however, but as industrial recorders we recognize in his transactions WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. 21 a.s a real estate and loan agont a valuable aid in the work of developing the great North- West. In both branches he acts principally for British capitalists, both individuals and corporations, and has thus placed many thousands of dollars in real estate and securities through this Province. His offices are located in the Merchants Bank block. Ontario Bank. Tlie existence of a branch of this truly great banking institution in the •city of Winnipeg is another pledge for the raijitl commercial development of the city, and forms a portion of the solid foundation on which her industrial superstructure is built. The heiidquarters of this bank are at Toronto, and it has branches in all the leading cities of Ontario, and in Portnge la Prairie in this Province. Its capital is $3,000,000, and it docs a general banking business, and has for regiilar corr^'spoudents the Merchant's National Bank of St. Paul, the Bank of Montreal in Chicago and New York, and the Tremont National Bank of Boston. Mr. Geo. Brown is manager of the Winnipeg branch, and under his able guidance its business has so increased as to require ten assistants in the -offices. During the last fall the bank have erected a magnificent new stone front building on Main Street, 40 by 65 feet in area, which is one of the architec- tural ornaments of the city, and into which they are now about to move. Manitoba Investment Association. This association is a standing argument in favor of the old adage, ■namely, " If you wish work done get a man to do it, but if you want it well ■done do it yourself." Thus in the great work of development going on in this Province, many foreign corporations accomplish much by supplying -capital for tlie work ; but the above-named association is the only local investment com])any, orgaiuzed and operated by local men, who more than .all otiiers know the financial wants of the Province and exercise their local experience in ministering to the same. The association was incorporated under u charter granted by the Legislature of Manitoba in 1877 ; its author- ized capital is i!?500,000, its sid^crihed capital $400,000, and its paid up ■capital .$120,000. Its investments are made on real estate securities, and its .operations extend over the Pro\ince of Manitoba. Its managers borrow money on the association's debentures in Scotland, and thus swell the funds at their disposal for investment. The amount of funtls invested throughout this Province l)y the associatinu now exceeds ^850,000, and this sum is steadily and rapidly increasing. They (b one of the largest investment businesses in the Province, and have yet to make tlieir first l)ad debt. Such is the record of the oldest and only purely local investment association, and the onlv institution of that class with its headquarters in the city of Wiimipeg. It'is iuiitossible to estimate accurately the value of the Manitol)a Invest- ment Association in connection with the building up of this Province. Not only is it valuable on account of the magnitude of its transactions, but also I I ■ 22 WINNIPEG AND HEK INDUiSTKlEiS. on account (if tlie adaptability of its system of business to the tiiiaucial wants of tliis coiuitry. The Hdii. A. G. B. IJannatyue is the jiresident ci tlie ussociatioii, and Alex. McAnhnr Esq. its manager, and if any fiivthev j,niarantee were wanted for its success ami usefuhiess it is to be had in the names of tliese gentlemen. Its value has already been recognized l)y the mayor inid city eouncil, for ■whom the association act as a;.;('nts in the investment of the siiihing fund of the city. The temixirary offices of the association are Lioated mi Main Street near the Merchants Bank, lint the directois havi' niiide arrangements to erect a tine new building in tlu- coming sj.iing, and have the t)tliees on the association'* own property. J. F. Ruttan. This gentleman cairies on the business of real estate ;igent, to which he also adds that of loans, aial luis been establish! d in this city since the fall of 188(1. In his real estate business he buys nnd sells both city and farm property, and his Uansiictions for the past year reach the c noinuaisligures- of $750,000, while their volume is daily increasing. In tlie loiin dejiartment his business has as yet bee)i but limited, but he is at present- negotiating to represent a jiowerfnl foreign loan association, and will miou be in a jiosition to launch heavily into that cliiss of business. His triinsiition> both in hiaus and real estate, extend pretty gcncially over the Province of Manitobu. anil the territory of the Xorth-Wt s; and are steadily \\idt'ning their area. Althongh a professional genlhiman in tin- strictest seiisi' of the term, Mr. Euttan, in an indirect way, is iiiding very materiiily in the indu.^trial ujibuild- ing of this !>i. The Winnipeg branch is under the manage- ment of Mr. E. 11. Hunter, and under his able ha'n'.ling has ia]iidly iucrea.sod in imiiortance. The baid< does a general linsii\ess, and has for regulai' (joirt;- Spondenls the Second National liank of St. Paul, the First National I'.ank of Chicjigo and Messrs. Watson & Lang, bankers of New York. The establishment and rajiid prosju'rity of this bank is a strong proof of the industrial gniwth . of Winnipeg, an(r the Institution has as yet only M'INNll'Kt; ANli IlKK INKrsTUiES. 23 entered upon wliiit will \no\\: u Inv.' u nl ],r »-;)h-io'.i.s oan er of financial ast'fuln"ss. 'I'll ; otllees of the bank are centrally located in the fine new block on Main street, known as the Imperial Bank building. John Higgins and David Young. In these gentlemen wc have two business men who although not now directly connected with any industrial pursuit, have nevertheless lill d iv jtvomiiicnt jtlacu among the city's mi-rcantile men, nnd have acconiplishcd -a great iimount of work in the Imilding up of the iiidiislrics of Winni]H'g. j\h', Higgins, the senior, dates his arrival in this jdiice Inick to the vi^ar ]S~)7,. when nothing existed. iin the present situ of the city ])ut the Hudson's Bay trading ])o.st and a few log liuts. (3ver twenty years ago he was engaged in- a geneial nieivliiridise business in conijiany with Mr, W. H. Lyon, and lias ciMitinued in business here until IS"'.', when he retired into jirivale lil'e,. tiiiishiiig up a nuireantile career of over forty yca''s, in which his ojierations. extended from the (Julf of St. i.awreuee to the ]{e(l Itiver A'alley. Although out of regular business; Mr. Higgins still has his means invested in tlii.s Country, and is still aeeoiiij.lishing much for the develo])ment of the great Niiilh-West, whieh lu; li las lived 111 ,avid Young dates his airivid in this city back eleven years, and I'lMiii that lime has bv'en elosidy associated with Mr. Higgins in Imsines.s, and. sidl retains him as a cli'se friend. Allhuiigh like Mi. H. Ik^ is now retired, IVmui aeii\e business, he has his iiumus invested around him, and is connected. widi numerous of llu' city's eiiterpiiscs. Although yet eomparatividy young ill veais, he rank> aniong the fathers of the city, ard has hi'eii connected with,' her industrial ujilaiiiding since she was a small and nnimi/ortant handet. Sucii are in brief the records of lliese two gcnlleimMi, whose enterpri e- an i energy liave done so miieh for this cily, and who have lieeii so long and se elosidv associated (oeellier that wi- (h'eiii it out of idace to .separate theuv ill our work as indiislrial reconiers. .Messrs. Hieirins and \'oiin'4 have their olliees logctlier at the cortU'r o<. iM nil and M.d>e riiiot streets. T. P. Murray. In glancing at the real estate interests of Winnipeg, the stranger cannot but notice ilu- prominenee due to Mr. T. V. Murray in coimection with trans- aeiion.) of thai class, Mr. M. is a real estate agent and auctioneer, and doe.« a pundy commission hiirtiness in both branches. He haiuUes no projierly on hi> own ncconnt, and devotes his time and Udents to further the interests of tliose for whom he carries out fraiisaetions, ami his success in husiness (je| ds sohdy on his tdtilitv to guard the bi'st interests oi his patrons. He buvs ami scdl's city, town and farm projieily, ant Ollice. Alloway & Champion. We are safe in placing this firm as leading jn'ivate bankers of the Province of Manitoba, and their advent in this city in the fall of 1879 contribut.'d another powerful auxiliary force to the iiulustrial develo])ment of Winnipeg and the Province generally. JJesides this bitnk the firm have a branch at INjrtage la Prairie, and are thus nssisting in the up1»uilding of that promising town. The firm modestly ])lace their n'spou.sibility, which is practically the capital of a private l>aidc, at ."^IT."),!)!)!^), u sum which is at least within their resources. Tliey do a geiietjil baidciiig business, and have; for regidar corres] /(indents through the leading eities u\' (hilario and in Now York the Merehauts IJank of (,'anada, and in Chicago tlie First National Hank. The inesent bank ollicis are located on J\Iain Siiicl and are owned l»y the Hrm, who i>ro]iose next .summer to erect a Wuv building on tin ir present aite, and thus make a valuable addition to the architecture of Wiiniipeu. Aikiiis 8c Mcnt;:;:cmery. The real estate agent is without doubt om- of the most pot(>nt agents in the settling uji and development of a new country, and in tliiit work the above named lirm have accomplished a full share in connection with the Vu vince of Manilolia,. Messrs. Aikiiis I'v: Montgomery are real instate and loan agents, and extend their operations wi.lely over tli(> "(ireat North- West." They buy and .Sell both farm and city ]iroperly both on their own aceount and on Com- mission, while they place loans on n-al estate securities in Manitoba for homo and foreign caiiitalists, both individuals and corpoiations. Their transactions for the i)iiHt year aUH.unt to several hundred thousand dollars, and tluir business is stei'dily gro\\ing in voluuie and widening in area. Such lirms as Messrs. .Vikins '"vi.>ions. AlT this tjiev accomplish on lei'ms which jiliices the securinu of a condbrtable wi'stcni home iind eventual opulence within the reaeh of (he j-our of the east anraclically the capital of a ]jrivate bank, we place at S'2r)(l,{)0(), und feel tliat tlii'sc liguies are within their n'souvces. They have a brancli houst- at iU'aiulou, have connections in the jirinoij.lc citie;* of the east thvougii the Bank of Oniaiio, who act as their agents, and lor regular corres])ondi'uts in the United States, tlie Mcnchants National Hank of St. Paul, and Messrs Watson \- Luig, bankers of New York City. The Itank is already proving itstdf a vahiabli> aid in the work ol indus- trial develo])ement, and fills a iiroiiiinent place in the city's financial stiiu-ture. Its tem])ory olfices are located at the corner of Main anil Queen stre;'ts, but th" firm are making iirrangeuieuts to have new and juore commodious pri'in- ises erected next summer. W. G. Fonseca. This genth.'mau li;is been niuncctetl with the real estate business for over a dozen years, and lni> heen a I'esiih'ut of liiis city .-iuei- tiie year IS.")'.), llo is llierefore'a pii.neer in the fullest sen.se of 'die term, and has witnessed the growth of Winnipeg fnim a fort anil a few log huts to her pn^s-'nt magnitu le and position of the grent metropolis of the Ni.rtb-West, whili^ he has set i> real estate within her limits increase nearly a thousaii(l Ibid in value, lit 1871 Mr. Fonseca sold a lot on Main street 7'> by i:;:.' feet in area for !i^7."i, which was again sold this fall l.>i' ."r'.'iOjHMI. Many .sinniar cases can be pointed out by hiu), and ^'oiu im citizen (tf Winni))eg can a new settler get a more delinite knowledge of the woiidi'ous adsauce in the jirice of tlie cit^'.-^ rcia I estate. Of late years Mr. I'bnseca's real estate transactions have grown ii> volume with great rai)idity. He handles both city town and farm property, extends his operations wid(dy over the North-West and each week rolls up a' volimie of business amounting to (pnt(! a few thiuisaud dollars, His hmg exjierience, and compivli;'n->ive knowled-i n\' lii • nu'rit< o!' every eluss of n-al e8tal(tgive him imnuuise advantages in his business, an 1 riMnlers his ailvice on such matters of great valiU'. His fellow eiii/ens have longag.i reeogtnzed his h.cal worth by eleeting him city iddernum. a position he liHd from tlu- in- corporation of the city until l*st year, while the Government iaive honored WINNIPEU AND HEU INDl'STRiKS. 27 him wiLli tin.' colnraissiou of the peace. His utHces are located^oir Main street opposite the City Hall. Drlimmond Bros. & Lewis. There is. perhaps no tiriii in Vv inni[)e<^, whose operations are better cal- culated to assist in the settling and development of this Pritvinci^ than the- one above named. They are pr(jvincial agents for the Dundee Mortgage company, a corporation whose funds are freely invested in North-Western securities, niid whose inttuence in tlie work of indusLrial devilopmeut is of icumense value. They are also agents for the l^undce Land Com] any, a cor- poration who not only invest in lands, but expend immense sums i.'.i improv- ing and building u];ou the same, and who have erected the Dundee' lUoek on? Main street, I'umlee Terrace, ami otlier substantial buildings, winch add to- the architectural beauty of tli(; city, and luive addid nuiterially to the vn^ne of real estate within her limits. In eouufectiou with these two eonn g^ this firm have invested during the \ oar n(it less than .S^oO, (.'CO in this city and [irovince, and thus proved themselves quite a power in the up-building of the North- West. _ — ---^ Messrs. Drumiuond Ih'os. t*v: Lewis are also connected w ith the work of* inland transi)ortati<.>n as stock holders and directors of, and agents lor the- North-West Transportation (.'o.. who own the steamer I'viiiiMSs and barges,, and they are repr^esentatives here for the three old and reliable insurance com- panies, the Norwich CniMn, of N(.rwic!i, Kngland ; the North Ihilish Mercan- tile, of J.oikIou, Kngland, and .Kdiid)urgli, Scotland; and the Northern of" London ami Clusgow. In their other branches they are diiv.tly engaged ia . the building u\> of this coiintry ; while in tlit-ir insurance opernlions they are^ aiding in solidifying its industrial structure. "'''f| The tirm is ('iini])')si'd of Messrs A. T. and ('has. S. l)ruiunu>nd and*, Llewelyn M. Lewis, and lli-.'ir comnu)dious oltices are located in the new Dundee lUock on Main .treet. W. P. Robinson & Son. This lirni is (tne of itie most recent, and at the same time most valuable- additions to the number of ihe lity's liusiiu-ss concerns. They are real estate agents, have already done considerable business in the sale of farm lands and city property, and are extending their operations rapidly over the North- West generally. Mr. W. V. iJoltinsiui, tlie senior mfint)er (>f the Hrm, also carries- •on a contidential iuipiiry agency, a work for which he is well ailapted, as he has had twentv-three years experience in d( lective business in Kngland and Canatia, an l was for live years chiel of police in one of (mrjirouiinent Ontario cities. The firm is therefoie a valuable addition to the city's business concerns, as in their real estati- transactions ihey tire aiding niaterially in llu' devehtpment of ■ this country, while in the jirivate iu(|uiry Imsiiu'ss they will render valuable- work in the correcting of any abuses that may tind their way into the city'* industrial system. The oflJces of the tirm are located on Main street, lieside the new Dundee block. f* '3i 28 WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. H. S. Crotty & Co. This Hrm are real estate dealers, and buy and sell both farm and city property, although the bulk of their transactions are confined to the latter. They have been established in this city since May, 1880, although Mr. Poison, one of the partners, is a native of Manitoba, having been born in Kildonan, in this province, and is consequently one of tlie best posted men in this city regarding the merits of all classes or real estate in tills section of ■oonntry. The firm extend their operations jiretty generally over the province, and the aggregate value of tlieir tiansactions during the last summer and fall reaches the neighboi'houd of 8700,000. Messrs. Crotty Ci, Co., although not diroctly engaged -in any industrial willing, are nevertheless valuable auxiliaries in the work of industrial develop- ment, and are aiding very mat^'riully iu the; scttliuy up of the eountry. Their straightforwaid way of driing business has earniMl I'or tliem tlie rosj)ect of all who have had transactions with them, and has raised them to a position among the city's most reliable and enterprising business men. Their oihces are on Main street, opposite City Hall. S. W. Farrell. No infiuence is accomidishing more for the development of this boundless •country, than the investment of Ivistern and foreign cajtital in North- Wt ■stern real estate securities. Prominent among tlie institutions who have engngcd in this laudable work is the "North Uritish Canadian Investment Co. (Limited)," whose representative for ^Manitoba and tlie North-West is the al)ove-named gentl(>nian. This corporation has its heii(l([uarters in (ilasgfiw, aiid its capital is !?l',;"0(),000. Its loans aw. made (m tin.' most reasonable terms and moderate interest, and on every class of real estate securities. With such a corporation as this to repr(>sent, it is only natural that Mr. Farrell carries on an extensive and \vid('-s])rt'ad Imsiness. He lias some twelve sub-.igents iu different parts of Manitoba, ;md he increases the number of these steadily, and with the growth and settlement of the surrounding country. La Riviere, Black & Co. This firm are engaged in the real estate and loan business, and in both bi-anelies extend tlieiv np.'rations over the entire Province of Maiiitolia, and widely over the ureat Xorth-We.st The husiuess was establisli.-d in 187:1 by the Hon. .\. A. ('. La Riviere, who is at inYsiiut rroviiwial Secretary of Manitolia, audit has grown from very small ]iro|.onions until the volume of business for tlie j'ast year reiavseut.s a easji value of aiiout 80iitl,(l00. In August of tli(! past y(!ar Mv. I'.laek bei^aiiie a member of the tiiiu, and his ext(Misive e.xperieiiee in laud business over agreat |)ortiou of tlie American <;ontiiieut has proved of ureiiL vahie iu extending tli(! linn's business, and in iighteiiiii,i4 the pressure of worl< on its founder. In Itoth brandies of their business this linn are aiding very materially in the settlin<' up and development of this vast and fertile eouiitry, and may WINNi EG AND HER INDUSTRIES. 2» therefore be considered valuable auxiliaries in the work of industrial up- building. Their ofhces are at 293 Main street, opposite the Merchants Bank..* J. G, Crombie. This gentleman is engaged in a business which is a material aid i*^ the- settlement and development of the boundless North- West, and has beei> established in this city since the fall of 1878, while he has been a resident of the province of Manitoba for eight years. Mr, Crombie is a real estate agent, and does considerable business in the- purchase and sale of city property, although his main efforts are directed towards transr-3tions in North- Western lands, of which he at present holds- about 100,000 acres, for sale at prices ranging from 82 an acre upwards.. During his three years business career in Winnipeg he has sold several hundred thousand dollars worth of such lands, has been the means of locating many enterprising emigrants on the North- Western prairies, and has thus- proved himself a power in the work of building up this vast and productive region. His long experience in this country, and thu care he takes in looking after the best interests of inunigrants, makes him a gentleman whose advice to intending settlors is of incalculable value. His ollices arc in thu Merchants Bank building, on Main street. Gordon, Adamson & Co. This tirm emljavkcd in the general l)ankiug and i>xchange business in this city in June, IHSd, and have since proved tbemselves valuable aids in the commercial development of Winnipeg. Tiiey have steadily built up quite an extensive local business, and have connections in the different cities of Ontario through the Imperial Bank, who act as their agents, while they have for regular corresiiondeuts Messrs. Jesup, I'aton & Co., bankers of New l^ork. Tlie partners of the linu arenifu jxissessed of plenty of energy and enterpris(%. and have doubtless embarked on wlial will prove a long career of financial usefulness, and make for theiuselves records among the leading business men of the Noilh-Wesl. Their ollices are on Main street, in Lyon's block. The firm also carry on a brancii rA Tortage la I'rairie. Elliott & Co. ar of Among the recent additions to the real estate interest of this city none •e likely to prove ri' there is undoubtedly going to spring u)) a i)rosperou3 and popuh)US city. Their operati as in fann lands extend all over the North-West, and at jrtesent they have for sale over 150,- 1* II I i so WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. i .1 Hi OOO acres of the finest farming lands in that region. Although only estab- lished in this city in July last, they have already sold many thousands of dollars worth of real estate, and evei-ything indicates that they are going to stand in the front rank of the real estate men of Winnipeg. Their offices ai* located on Main street, opposite the City Hall. Hector McLean. Mr. McLean is a real estate agent, and does business both on his own account and on commission. He handles both city and farm property, carries out some very extensive transactions, and each month rolls up a volume of business representing a cash value of from S25,000 to $30,0U0. His •establishment in this line in Winnipeg dates from tlie spring of 1879, but he is an old resident of the North-West, knows thorouiihly all the merits of real estate in its towns, and over its productive plains, and is one of the most reliable of guides to intending investors. Mr. McLean's bogiiining in business was on a very limited scale, but by- plodding energy he has steadily maile his way into a leading place among the enterprising real estate men of this city, while he has also secured the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens. Such men are of immense value to a young and growing city, and serves as gurantees for her rapid prosperity. His offices are at 294 Main street. George Winks. This gentleman cjirries on a general banking and exchange business im the Imperial Bank block on Mnin street, and in his operations fills a promi- nent place in the financial machinery of the city of Winnipeg. He has beea established since the fall of 1879, and has built up <]uite an entensive local business, while he has connections in eastern cities through the Merchants Bank of Canada, who act as his agents through Ontario. Mr, Winks is also a heavy operator in real estate, and handles both city and farm property. His transactions in this line during the last two years foot up to large Hgures, and are steadily increasing in volume and widening in area. Mr. Winks, in his banking operations, is a valuable auxiliary to the oommcrcial system of Winnipeg, while in his real estate transactions he is rendering valuable aid in the settling up and development of the Province of Manitoba. Ross, Killam & Haggart. • This firm are barristers, and rank among the leading legal firms of this province. But it is regarding their connection with tlie Manitoba Mortgage and Investment Co. which we, as industrial recorders, wish to treat. The objects of this corporation are to loan futids on city and farm real estate, and its operations in this province commenced in March, 1881. The ctipital of the company is $2,500,000, and its head offices are in London, England, while its funds are derived from British sources. It has also a local board in Winnipeg, who direct its operations in Manitoba, and which is composed of WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. 31 the Hon. C. P. Brown, Minister of Public Works ; C. Sweeney, Esq., manager of Bank of Montreal ; A. F. Eden, Esq., mercliant, and A. W. Eoss, Esq., of Eoss, Killam & Haggart. This firm take the active management of its bxisiness, and have successfully extended its operations over the entire province. Their first transactions date only i'lom March, 1881, and already they have funds invested amounting to over .*!|;oOO,000. These figures show not only the magnitude of the transactions of this firm, but also the ])roniinent part they take in the upbuilding of this new country. ' Tliey are medimne between the European capitalists and the North-Western pioneers, two classes who have in the past mutually misunderstood each other, but whose interests are nevertheless identical, and who can secure mutual jjrofit through the intermediate services of such firms as i\Ie^srs. iioss, Killam & Haggart, who thus secure for themselves a place among the auxiliary aids in the work of industrial development. ♦ The comp-'ny's temporary oHices are located in the Imperial Band block, on Main streei, but this spring they will erect a fine new brick siructure on Queen street, and move into the same. Biggs & Wood. This firm are barristers, and attend to all the branches of the profession usually represented by leading law firms. Although pi'ofessional gentlemen in the strictest sense, they have caught the fever of enterprise so prevalent in this city, and have intimately connected themsedves with the great work of development now going on in this i)rovince, and as agents for eastern capi- tahsts seeking investments in the North-West, are valuable auxiliaries in the great work. During the last six years they have placed for individual eastern capitalists over $.500,000 in Manitoba real estate securities, and for the Con- federation Life Insurance Company of Toronto, during the last nine months, they have placed about S300,000 in similar investments. Such firms as Messrs. Biggs & Wood, although not engaged iJi any industrial pursuit, render valuabk' aid in the building up of a new country, and are the very best pledges for its rai>id development. We might speak more strongly on this matter, but out of regard to their professional ditfidence or modesty, we content ourselves with these hrief .statements. The offices of the firm are on Main stwset, in the Biggs block. R. Gerrie & Co. In this sketch we shall treat only of the real estate branch of the business of this truly enterprising firm, as their mercantile department is fully shown in another portion of our work. The firm do business in real estate only on their own account, and are about the most extensive owners both of city and farm i)roperty in the Province of Manitoba. They are not merely owners of a collection of city lots, which they are holding to realize large returns upon, but have earned on some very extensive budding operations during the last few years, and have been leading men in the work of city improvement, and in adding to the value of real estate within her hmits. On Princess street alone they have erected six tine brick structures for wholesale mercantile ¥ 11 1 -.4, :}2 WINNIPEG AND HEH INDUSTRIES. purposes, each of which are 22 by 80 feet in ai-ea, and have four stories and basement. On the same thoroughfare they have also erected the Grand Union hotel which is nnequelled for comfort and elegance by any house in Manitoba, and surpassed Ijy none in the United States west of Chicago. It is capable of accommodating from 150 to 200 guests, and will prove a great boon to travellers in the North-West, and an immense advantage to the city of Winnipeg. A full description of this house can be foui'd elsewhere in our W(jrlv. In farm lands Messrs. It. Gerrie & Co. work on an equally extensive scale. At ])reseut they hold for sale not less than 50,000 acres of the finest lands in the Nortli-West. They offer advantages to settlers, and in this and] many other ways are accomplishing much for the settling up of the great North- West. Such lirms are of incalculable value to a young and growing country, and may be accepted as pledges for its rapd development. D. B. Dulmage & Co. The most lively l)ranch of business in any city can be benefitted by the addition of new firms, and the n-ul estate business of Winnipeg received a valuable addition on December 1st, 1 SHI, when tho above firm were estab- lished here. They are dealevs in real estate, and attend to every branch thereof. In farm lands they sell from farm lots to large tracts for colonization purposes, and nevir have less than 50,000 acres of tine North-Western lands for purchasers to select from, while in town ])i'operty their transactions extend over at least ten towns of Manitobii, liesides the City of Winnipeg. They make a ^^]ll'cialty of the sale of town lots ])y auction, and have arrange- ments made tn lannrli heavily into that branch. They also give special attention to tlic interests of non-resident ]iro]>erty-owners, and look after purchases, sales, iiayment of taxes, or any business ooiuiected with real estate retpiired by that class. Their services in tliis ])itrticular arc of special value, not only to tlie parties for wliom they ael, l)ut also as a power in facilitat- ing real estate business generally thn)ughoiit the Nortli-West. As above stated, the ailvent of Messrs. Dulmage & Co. is a valuable addition to the real estate maeliiuery of this city, and already they have uivt'U unmistakal)le signs of maintaining a leading position in that branch oi business. Their whole theory of doing business is so lucid, and their system so comprehensive, that with a continuation of the energy and enterprise they liave already dis])layed, success is a foregone conclusion. The otiices of the tirm are located at No. 8, Post Office street, near Main street. Smart Bros. & Co. This tirm are tlie most recent addition to the banking interest of Winnipeg, and are now located in the new Donaldson block on Main street. Tliey do a general banking and l>rokerage business, and haxo business connec- tions all over the eastern provinces and the leading eitifs of the United States. Their advent in this city is opjjortune at a time when the tide of pros- l^erity is on the swell, and solid financial institutions are the most valuable additions that can be made to her business machinery. They have doubtless ■ t 1^ WINNiPF-O ANJJ IIEK INDUSTRIKS. 33 entered upon what will prove a long career of business success and financial usefulness. The firm ha^'e also a real estate and an insurance branch. In the former they buy and sell both city and farm property, and do quite an extensive business. In insurances they represent some of the most solid and reliable companies, both tire and life, who do business on the American continent. In their bankinT1' .iil.t ihe luosi iioweifii! hanking cor- ])oratii n on the Ameiiean continent, and its inlinenee is telt thronyh the wlioleconiinereial sinieliiiv ofiiie Dominion (tf Canada and the I'mted .States. The caitilal of the hank is .'5l2,(MI(»,(»0(», and it has biaiu^hes m all tht.' le.iding tvwti.s and eities rifthe homim'on, in New ^■ork and cjiiciio,,, Hiid in London, Kn>,land, while it,s lieail(|iiarters are located in the city wiiose name it hears. Th^^ ofiices liere iire in their own new hnilding, which is 48 liv TiO le,.! ju area, tiiree stories in hi'ight. and, alilioiii^h not liie largest building in the eitv, is unsurpassed for areliiteelnial heaiits liy any structure in the proxinee. 'This branch wa-^ . ••ahlished in .\o\.'ndter. IS77, and has since been under the nuiJiagenienl ■?' Mr. C. .Sui.cnt. James Austin. Thisgentleman was in Witniipeg nine years ago. \\hcn it was oidy a frontier village, with a sery limited volume of business and anvthing hut brilliant prospects. On retitrningto the city in .\ngiisl, ISSI, he immediate- ly cast in his lot with her citizens, endiarked in the real estate husines.s, and (rommeiKied to aid in the work of her nphnilding. He liaiidles both city ivnd farm properly on his own acconnt and on connnission, and has already btiilt up ipiite a valuable im^iness. Jle also (hies considerable business as a loan WJNNU'K(i AND HER INDUSTRIES. 31 agent, and has plact'cl (luiti' a number of thousands of dollars for eastern rapi- talists in Manitoba secin-ities. He is at ])resent negotiating with a wealthy Xew York invcstnicii!; company, and in the near future will probably launch heavi- ly into the l(iaii de])arti)u>nt. His otlices are on Main street, opposite the <)ourt House, and he oeciitiies a liuilding which, in com])any with Mr. A. M. ■Brown, the jtresiMit eity^clerk, li;^ erected in 1t., in the Higg's, lUnck, rooms '.• and 10. W. M. Clements. Thi- jjentleiiian has been a K'sidcnt of this city for seveiid years,andha8 recently identiti(Hl himself with its reiil I'state inlerestw. Hi; handles both city and farm property, and has already opened up quite an extensive l)u.si- iiess in both. Ibt makes a sjiccialty of farm lands however, and has at all times thoiisand.s of acres nf these for sale. He is jirepared to furnish either snudl farms or large (wets of land on terms that place them within the reach of enterprising settlers of limited means. In this maniu'r he is giving materi- al aid in til.' work nf settling niiaiid developing this coimtry, and is not merely a spicnlatdr upon tlie ibut nations in city pro]ierty. Mr. tUenumts is able to give reliable infornumnu to parties in search of North-Western lands, and he is always pleased to furnish such to jiarties who will <',iill u].oii or communicate with him at his ollice on Main street, y3orner (»!' Market str»M't. Lewis Arnett. This gentleman came ti. W innijieg over two years ago and is an exteu- *iive dealfriu dry goods and clothing, l»ul in this sketch we aim to give oidy part of his real esUite connections. He is largely interested in farm lands ami town property, and is the owner ufthe town site of Keaburn, which ierty on their own account and on commission ; and owing to the extensive local experience oi' its liead, are well fitted to look after the best interests nf intending investors. 'I'lu-ir busi- ness is already lajtidly increasing in volume, and they give uivniistakable signs of advancing to a leading ])(),vition in their line, and aiding very mati ri- ally in the building \\\) of this city and I'rovince. I'liev* have comfortable ottices on Main street, nearly o].p(;site the court house. George Black. This gentleman has a lecoiil in coinut'tion with b(^th the mercantile and real estate interests of this Trovince, and has been a resident of ^laniloba since the summer of 1870. From 1871 up to the fall of tlie past year he carried on a general mercantile business, juiJ was known r > i llouri.luTig and enterprising nwrchiiiit. As a ilealer in rciil estate his transnctiiwis increased on his hands so of late, that in Sei)lember l.ist he gave up hi.i nu v< haui'.'ie bu.siness, and now devotes his full eiforts to his new j profession, lie buys and vsells both chy and farm projjcrty on commission nud on his own account, and is fast .'curing a \aluable business. During the iiionlh of Xoveuibn his transactions rejiresented an iiggr.'gate value of over S!40,0(Hi, and this volume is fast increasing, lie i.s now »uakin;i.' urrangenu'nts to rejnes', iit an immigra- tion s.hcme ne.vt summer, and will doubtless launch heavily into that business as soon as spring opens, lie can 1'; consuhed on business luatters at his offices on Main street, in the Morris I'lork. W. J McCleary. This gentleman is an exponent of the law, l»ut like numy othiT j»rof( s- sioiuU men in this eily, has soiuewhiit relaxed his etioits at uiljustiiig difler- onces between man and man of late, and has allied hinisrli' mniv el.is.'ly \\iili the work of induslnal dr\eIopment as a real estate ageiu. in this biaueh Mr. McCleary's legal ktiowledne p,nv,.s of great value to Ijim, and emibles him to thoroughly guard the interests of leal estate investc.rs lor whom lie carries otit tronsactions. Since his h.cation here last summer he is steaililv building up quite u valuable business.and is gradually widening the area of ids operathma. WINNIPJ-X; AND IIER INDUSTRIES.- Z9 He is one of those business men ^vllo retain patronage once it is secured. Hi."} offices are located at the corner of Main and McDerniot street.s in the Cald- well Block. D. P. McLaurin. This gentleman is one more of the live men who, during last sunmier, became convinced of the great future before the City of Winnipeg, and since September, 1881, lie lias identified himself with her real estate interests, Tliat he hns throw n himself int(.) the matter with a good will is evident from the volume of his business during the last 10 weeks of 1881, which repre- sented an aggregate ^abie of SI 0(1, ()()() (jr thereabouts, while he at present holds i)roperty to the Value of over !i5G(),000. Mr. McLaurin is not ofie of those men who olistruct city improvement l)y holding jnojxjrty for the last cent that is in it, His systian is to ."dl it to any I'lan who reciuiivs it more than liimself, and his luuist is that he never owns a ihdlars worlli wJiich he is not pix-partd to s(dl at icasoiiable figures. .Such men are of immense value to a city like Winnipeg and a.ssist much in her V orlv of ]irogress. Mr. McLauriu's ollices are located in the ncnv Donaldson lUock, at the corner of Main and Thistle streets. E. Kelly. This genlli man has secured large tracts of land and city property i'l the Xorth-West,and deals extensively in this line, either luiyiiig or selling foj'liiui- sell', but iloing ao business on coniinissi(.)n. He owns iC'HiO acres of elmiee fiirni l.tiid, part of vluch is located in close ]i!,:ximil y lo Wiiuiipeg a. id the b.daiiee ne.iir thrivi'i;'; ♦owns, nnypart il which i-< for .saie at a.iiy lime. Me is also larg dy interested in town lots ami other pioperty in I'ortage la I'rairie, llrandon, Kmer.son, Minnedosa, this city^ and Mo, nit Calm, lormerly known ,e!T»vo l-'ttle Toiiits. Of tbe last nani'd ]laee lu' i^ till- owner of the town ,-ite, and very desirable lots tluue can be puiehased ai noniiual rates as li.' is an.\ious for the town's population and business to inert ase, whieh it deseivedly should. f»cou)»ying as it does a nalui- nlly lieautifn! and w 11 sheltered location on the Ked liiver, twelve miles- no) ill of Kmersoii ami surrounded liy as Hue wheat land as ean be found ill this lamed vailey. iVi'sous desiring to liav pro|M>rty inabm^si any part ofihe North-Wet oi wishing to sell the same should either sei- or adtiress Mr. K. Kelly, and all correspoiideiu'e will lie I'ai'-l'ully auswerco. Ga.'lme'.te & Youn)?. This firm dale their organizatioii front ^eiiteniber, 1881. although Mi Young has been a reddeiii of ibis eity sinee 18(17, mid for eleven years was an ollieer ofth. jionnnioii Customs, while Mr. (luibuette has also 1 n ii resi- dent lor seven years, j'.oili geutleineii luive, theielbro, been intimattdy con- nected with the ii].buil(iiiig of Wiiinijieg, and have watched li-rjirogress from. H village to lier l.le-;elit luaullitiidi'. S^ mi I* 40 WINNIPEG AND IFEK INDUSTRIES. . 'fii The firm at-e now dealers in real estate, handle both city and farm pro- perty, and iilthoiigh so shortly established in business, already oecujiy a lead- ing position in their line. During their first tliree montlis in business their tmnsactions readied an aggregate value of $150,000, and the vulunie of the same is steadily increasing, while the area of their operations is also widening fast. Their transactions include some of great magnitude, and their manner of doing business has secured the respect and confidence of all with whom they have had dealings. They have commodious (»fhces on Main street in th« ]\Ierchant's Bank Block. E. L. Drewry. ^ Besides being largely interested ' • manufacturing industry in this city, IVJr. Drewry has taken an active pai u th'^ real estate boom and has been successful in securing a large part of i- tiiwn site of East St. .Toiin, one of the most desirable suburban resideiu^ .tciitions in or near Winnipeg. East St. John is locsited on the east sitle of Red River, about two miles distant from the centre of this city and has all the natural advantages which <;ould be desired as a place to build comfortable and elegant residences away from the rush of busy city hfe. A charter for the construction of a tralHc bridge across the Red River connecting St. John prcjper and East St. John has been applied for. Mr. Drewry owns about 200 acres at this place which will soon be platted and put u]uiu the market. Any inrpiiries by correspon- dence or otherwise will lie carefulh- and readily answered by Mr. E. L. Drewry. Smith & Co. This firm is composed of Messrs. A. Smith and \V. E. Scott, and they :are engaged in the real csUite business. They handle l)oth city and farm proi>erty, and although their advent in business in this city dates only from September, 1,S8I, they liave rolled uj» a large volume of business, are daily increasing the sanu-, and are fa-t making iheir way into ii leading iHjsiti.m in :their line. They intend tliis spring giving sj)ecial attention to tlie sale of lands to innnigrants, and will make arrangements to hiok (.'arefully after the best interests oi that class. They liavi' already appointtid agents in Toronto to further the interest« of imigration, and will no doubt c^irry on extensive .operation.s in this de]iartment. The establishment of this linn is certaitdy a valuable addiliim to the iiumber (»f the eity'.s business houses. Tlieir v>niees are situated on Ahiim street, in the imperial I'.ank Block, Room '.t. : n John McKeune. This gfuth'man is but a reicut inij)ortation into Wiiniipeg, having only v'oi.iUM-ted himself with its business in October, IHSi. He has identili.'d I'iinself with I lie real estate inteiots of this city and I'lovince. and lias al- ready .stepjied intd promiiiciiee in that line of "business. He buys anurp()se of conducting a real estate liusiness in connection with that of inauufacturer's and importer's agents, which was established in July, 1880, and successfully conducted l>y ]\ir. W. L. ^iaokenzie, the senior member of the tirm, who has recently tiiken as his ])artner Mr. Arthur 1>. Lee, •Ir. In the real estate line tliey botli buy and sell city ])ro])erty, town, lots and farm lauds on eoiuni'ssioii, and aim in every case to give entire sat- isfaction to Itoth contracting jtarties, and the systeJn introduced by tiiem ia conducting iheir })usine.ss is such a lucid one that they are enjoying a very large patronage. As commission merchants and agents they represent some of the largest scribed capital of the company is #1,000,000, and they 42 WI >NJPEG AND HKll INDrSTKIES. Ih -■ s loan on real estate secirities only. At present they have about $1,000,- 000 invested in such. Vaugiian, Dennis & Co. — Tliis firm do an extensive real estate busines.? all over ^lanitoba, and have also a business in surveying, which employs about twenty-five men. Eeeeiitly they have organized a private inquiry system, witli a view of su]iplyiug information to intending jnirchasers of -real estate, which will prove of considerable value. Bkitlsii Canadian Land Ixvks'i'ment Co. — This company liave been doing l)U,«;iness. in thi.s city siuce l>eceniber, 1881), and since that time have placed ni arly i52()G,OUO in Alanitoba real estate securities. Their liead oitices are in Toronto, .;id their fuuds are derived principally from British sources. The roia]iaiiy'.s authorized capital is $5,000,(100, about oiie-f(uu'th of which is subscribed. Having tluis bricfiy sketched the leatling real estate liouse.s, and detailed, the financial resources of the city, \vc stiuU uow adil sketclii>s of tlie strictly industrial institutions witliiu her limits. These itre S(j conuectc.d with leading mercantile concerns in numerous cases, that we shall Iv compelh d to include several of the latter, l)ut we feel certain tli^it we will not injuriously mis- represent tlieni, when we include tb',.iii under the hi uding oJ' the m i W MANUFACTURING INTEREST. In this saa;:' class we .-hall iin bnlr all cii:iitiiis employing skilled labdt to any extern, and as an iri.0{;r man'.s cottage. The business of this lirm was estai)lislK-d in 1871? by Alacaii- lay it darvis, who A\ere succeeded on daniiaiy it, 18;>(i, liy darvis i\> Ucr- ridge. This lirm has cmilinued to eidarg<' then (',n|iacity and liusinsss until we now tind lliem oi>eratiug three saw nn'lls, with un aggregate. ca]iacity ot sawing l!10,()00 feet ol lundier ])er diem. Their w.rks here are kn,.wn as tlu^ Selkirk Mills andSa-li and 1 )oor Factory, and in eoiidnctiiig this lnv^e busi- ness they give em]iloviu<'ni tofiom ;"() to loO men at diflfi'ent siasuns of the year. Besides the large,' amount of sash, dnors, and other materials which come u,,.,er this head, they have handled !l',(HI(»,(I()() f,;et of lumber during the |>asl year. Such statements as the above are Very convincing as to the nmgnitudv' and imjiortanco of this institutidU and tbrins a line index to tiie gi'eatness and ].rosperily of this lamed eountiy ; as well us slmws the i»romi- nent ])art this firm are taking in the deve.\o].ement (.f the North-West. Some idea of the enterpri.se of this house can lie gained from the fact that m WINNIPEG AND HEll INDUSTKIES. 4$ order to facilitate the towing of logs they built a steam tug for their own use- on the lied River and Lake Winnipeg at a cost of $12,000. Mr, Jarvis, the^ senior member of this firm, is well known throughout the North- West as a. thorough practical civil engineer, as well as a member of the iirm of Jarvis. & Berridge. This gentleman was engineer for the Louise and Assiniboine- bridges and now occupies the same position on the bridge across the Red River at the foot of Broadway in course of construction at the present time,. Such men are indispensilile auxilitivies to the rapid growtli of the country. Tliis iirm will continue t(j grow and increase with the city and surrounding country, and in the future, as well as in the past, be numbered among the' leading manufacturers in the golden Nortli-VW'st. Vulcan Iron Works. A taste for the mytliologicalis seemingly not extinct in Winnipeg, when; we have an institution named after the great artilifvr of Elysium, and one,, too, of which the bid soot-begrimmed deity might well feel proud. The Vulcan Iron Works were established in ]\Iarcl\, 1881, by their pre- sent projirietor, Mi'. F. 11. Bi'ydges, and have grown both in dimensions and importance since that. Ours])ace will contine us to a very short desciiptiou of them, but even that will givii some idea of their magnitude and local use- fulness. They are located in tlie Point Douglas district, near tlie Canadian racitic Kail way. depot, and their buildings and yards occu]>v three acres of ground. First, we shall notice the foumhy, which is ioxlOO feet in area,, with an additional wing 20 by ;"iO feet, and in which the casting work of the establislancnt is dtme. It is supjilii-d wilh cNcry class of modern api-lia'ices- necessary Jcr such a, siioj), and its furnace blast is sii])plied l)y a six liorse power engine. Here all classes of brass and iron castings are run, from li;.;ht la'acket work tn heavy Imilding fronts, and on an average two tons of luetal are run daily. .VdidiiiiiiL; Uie tbundry is th(^ machine shoji, oo by 7;"i fe. t in dimensitins, which is tilti d ^^•ith planer, lathes, vertical and horizontal tiiills, iind a variety of other machinery, all of which is driven by a fine 25 h.irse power liori/ontid engine. Detached fnan these main buildings is the smith's- shoji, :50 by 40 I'ci t in dimensions, which has live lires running, and is at pre- sent being littcvl witli a new steam liammer. The pattern shoji, 20 by ;.>3 feet, the storage room, 2.'i fei't square, and the oflices comprise the remaining buildings, ;ind coniplete an institiitioe which gives employment to some .")0 men, neurlv all of whom ;ire skilled mechanics The nuu'lune iaisint'ss of the works has as yet been almost conhned to repair work, but with the nev»- steam haiunur fitted, and other im[»rovenieuts that are lieing made, they will l)e capable of turning out anything in light or' heavy inai'liineiy, or, in fact, anything in manufactured iron or brass work. 1l is imjiossible to estimate the great value of these work.s to the city of Winni])eg, and ilw Norrli-West generally. They are a very school for the teaching Of the higlu'r branches of mechanics wliich will contribute much- to* wards the imlustrial development of the city. Ahvaily they have made rapii!; growth and iirogress, and under the nuinageuient of their young and enter- prising i)ro]>rietor will still nuii'itain their position as a very pillar of thr^ industrial structure of Winnijog. n 'il 'tl K ii ' I 44 WiNNII'K(; ANIt IIEH INDUSTKlhX i ■> J. W.Winnett. There are few lueii in Winnipeg who are doing so much for her industrial ^ipbuilding as the above-named gentleman, iind we are pleased tn state also, few ^'ho are prosi)ering better in the good work. Mr. Winuott is a manufacturer of and wholesale and retail dealer m fur- niture, both ottice and household, u[tholstery, picture frames, gilding and other ornamental work; and has been in this business since 1.S74. Up to ISSl lie was purely a dealer, but in (lui sumnu'r (ti'tliat year lie erected a Hue ^leam factory near the Manitoba South- Western railway dei)ot,. which is 28 by ('»() feet in area, and three stories in height. It i^j lilted witli the most nutdern jnachinery used in furniture manufacture, is supplieil with a 40 lior.se power ■engine and gives employment to some 40 hands, mostly skilled artiziius. Siuce "dts erection Air. VVinnett has been so ])ressed with business that it lias lieen running almost day and night, and in the coming spring he will ])i'ob;(bly have ■to add to its ca])acit}'. Mr. Winnett's stores ave on Main street, ojiposite iVatagc Avenue, and •comprise street floor and second story of an urea of 25 by 'est : but have lately •disposed of that branch of business. Messrs. Hugh Sutherland \' l>ro. estal)- lished themselves in business in this city in IHTU, and lur.e since tint time ■built a saw mill within the city which has the capacity ol 40, <)()() ft., per •diem, and also control and use all the lumber .saweii by two mills on Uike Winnijieg, which have an aggrcgiitc capacity .of 80.0(10 i't. per day. These sources are all iniidecjuate t » turnisli the material handled, tliei'el'ore wc hnd them importing largely from the States. Ill conducting tlieir mammoth bu.siness during tU- past year cnifdoy- inenl wa.. given to :?00 hands in the summer seasiiii, i.iid the aveiage num- ber em plou'd by them during the entire year was aitoiit 200, .-Vs wholesi'l-j dealers in lumber the following .statenu'Uts will be sullicieni evidence of the abihty to supply the trade. One onh'r alone of ^2r),000 was sold during th« ■•^ast year to acaiijiaiiy beginning business in J'>randon, and their trade west of Winnipeg in the wholesale line lias exceede(i ii|;2.-)0,000 for the sea.son 1881. They also conduct a branch at West l-vniie, and furnish from their h.'ud- WlNNlJ'Kt; AM) llKl! INDUSTUlliS. 45. quarters here lumber to railroad contractors. Duiiug the past year the busi- ness of this firm has doubled and the prospects for the coming season are even more encouraging. Messrs. Hugli Sutherland & Bro. have lately pur- chased a timber limit containing 300,000,000 feet of choice pine timber at Rainy Lake, covering 64,000 acres, and will early in 1882 construct addi- tional mills with a capacity of twenty million feet per annum. Such institutions as this greatly facilitate the develoyiing and settling up- of this new country and swoUs by many millions the volume* of business transacted in Winnipeg, and the years to come will find this firm holding as at ]. resent a leading' }M)siiion in th»3ir line and increasing wit|^ the upbuilding of" the country. City Mills. These mills wore i'stiiblislied in the sunnnor of 1870 and were the first es- tablishment of their claims ()])L'rHted by any private firm in Winnipeg. Previous U) their construction the oM Hudson's Bay Company's mill did all the flouring work of the city. Since their establishment s-, .eral additions and alteration* liave been made on these mills until they now have a capacity of liOO bairels. a dav. They arc, situated on the bank of the Red Eiver, at the foot of Post Office street, are fitted with live run of st'jiie.. and two sets of rollers, and the macliinery is driven l)y a steam engine of one liundred lutrse power. The main buildings are 45by tl-l- feet in area and throe stories in height, and are a solid and substantial structure. From (Ja])tain D. II. Mcllillan, the\troprietor, we learn that next spring, he will have the wlujle estubhshment fitted iiji on the I'oller principle, whicli will materially add to tlu' capacity of the mills and enable him to produce the best ilour in the world. The prairies of ?»huiitiil)a produce the wheat to make such an article, and we have no doubt but iIk- skill, enterpri.se and milling ox- j)erience of <;aptain .ATe.Millan will supply tlie Itnlanai required in such an umlertaking. Thos. Ryan. The gentleman I'oiiniiig tiie subject of this sketch through dint of his plodding industry ;iiid >trict attention to business has succeeded in l)uilding u]r an eslal>lishment which is among the leading mercantile in- stitutions in Winni})eg from a very small beginning. Mr. Ryan established himself in this city in 1874 as a boot and shoe maker and carried a jjuiall stuck, such as the few settlers needed and his limit- ed means .allbrdi'd. At the present time he carries a large and -carefully selected stock of i?:'.(),000 worth of boots and shoes, trunks and valises, slippers and moccasins, and in fact evi-rything usually found in a well regulated es- tablishment ol Ibis kind, and his business for the year 1881 reached the large sum of ii?7">,0U(). Mr. Ryan does only a retail business on an al>solutely safe basis, as he sells strictly for easli, tbereby incurring no losses, which enables him to sell at botU)m ligures. liv also manufactures to some extent and makes a specialty of produ(Mng fine goods, and in manufacturing employ; from six to tf n bands,, and in his sales department gives enqiloyment to six clerks. ■A I' 46 WINNIPKG AND IIEH INDUSTUIE.S. In conducting his business he 03cupies sales and stock rooms on Main •street, next to the Court ILnise, and will during the coming scsason erect a fine new brick business l^lock, with five flats and basement, 25 x lOU feet in area, and enter extensively into wholesale, an establishment much needed in Winni- peg. Mr. Ryan superiTitends his entire business himself and is a thorough practieil man, Stalker & Hutchings. This firm carry on ihe business of mdnufacturers and wholesale and re- tail dr'.alers in saildler^v .aid harness goods, and dealers in leather, saddler's hardwiU'e, trunks, valises and otliei' leather goods. We are safe in jilacing thoiu a.^ the leading tirm of tlie North- West in their line, while their business is the ;)Ui business in a small way as a tin- .smith, and carried a vciry limited stock of liardwaie in a room 10 x 18 feet in area, his whole outtit, stock and tools both, not \alu(!d at over .$1,000 ; but through dint of close ai)])licatioii to rigid l)nsinc'ss princi])los, aud through well judged enterprise, he h;t.s ciiiiuciiily succeeded in l>uilding up the largest hard- ware establishment norih-ui's! of ( liioago, and probably second to none in the Dominion of Canada. In 187") Mr. A.sUdovi u begim to do some jobbing and his wholesale trade has so increased that he now opi'vates two se])arate establishments, one a wholesale and the other a retail, and iV)r the purpose of taking care of his wholesale tradi; he erected in 1881 an tdcgant brick structure 05 x .54 feet in area, with three Hats and basement. His united wholesale and retail buildings give him a frontage of 05 feet on Main street, and tlie same on Bannatyne street, and all told he uses in conductiuy hi.s business over 41,000 square feet of floor room. In Ins manufacturing departn.^nt lie produces all kinds of tin- ware, sheet iron ware, galvanized cornices, steam water and gas fitting, aud in this department employs about 35 skilled mechanics. Mr. Ashdown has an established branch at Portage la Prairie, and also conducts a branch at Emerson in partnership with Mr. Keller, who resides there and superintends the business. In his united manufacturing, wholesale and retail, business, both in this city and branches, Mr. 4„shdown employs over seventy-five hands. The stock cjirried in his retail department in this city exceeds fi^50,000, and that of the wholesale $100,000. Mr. Ashdown superintends in person his entire business, and when we consider that this gieat institution is the result of one man's labor and has been built up in less thanfifxeen years, and that during that time rebellion, iinancial panics and local plagues, greatly retarded the wheels of commerce, it becomes a subject of admhation and umrvel, and •stands a tit monument to Mr. J. H. i^shdown's successful business (laveev. Paterson & McComb. The I'stublisbment owned mul operated by this finii is located on James street, and comprises their planing mill and lactoiy lor the making c)!' sashes, doors,' blinds, and everv class of luniVier supplies required in the building line. The works cover an area <.f J 00 feet square, are fitted with the most improved machinery reiiuired in such lactories, are supplied with steam from a twenty- five horse power engine and boiler, and j^ivc employment to quite a number of Besides these works Messrs. Paterson &_ McComb conduct the business of builders and cotractors, and carry on extensive operations in that depart- ment The Dundee Block, the Dulfin Bh)ck, the :\fanitoba College are speci- l 50 WINNIPEG AND HER 1NDUSTKIK8. mens of their skill in this bvanoh and prove their claim to a ])laco among tho leading contractors in the province. In their different brunches they employ from iiity to sixty men, nearly all skilled mechanics, antl the prosjjocts aro that they will have to materially increase this niunber dining the coming summer. • This business was estublifhed in IHT.'J by Mr. K. I). Taterson, and Mr. McComb became a partner in 1878, when tlie present linn name was assumed Up to 1880 their business was coiilined to coiilracting and building, but in tho winter of that year they eieeter<)Ut,ed, dried und traji'sfonned into malt. Mr, Drewery has the capacity for manufacturing 10,000 barnds of ale, porter, and beer per year, and drive,^ bis brewery to its utmost capacity and will ere long make laig(> additions. Three-lil'llis of bis |)roductioii is ale, and abtrnt one-iifth beer, and one-lift li p liter. Mis brands are widely known and are ;olden amber ale, extra purler and pi'tinium lagiu' beer, and in his soda water works he can make from oO to / .» do /. |ier em]t|oyment to twenty-live hands. Thebi s ewingdci>artmenl is supeiinttiiided by Mr. Ceo. Drewry, a gentleman who is thurougiily practical and fully unde stands how to make good ale, jiorter and beer. Mr. Drewery does a wholesale business entirely and enjoys a largt; city trade, and has an established agency at Jsmeisun. During 1882 he will build a I'ar ,'e ice hou.se at an expense of $20,000, and will continue to ii crease his cniiacity with the rapid development of' this new country. L. SteinhofT. Tliis gentleman is numbered among the pr. sporous mainifactnrcrs of Winnipeg, and the industry conducted by him is that of importer and nianu- fuctuier of harness, sadilles ami whips. WINNIPEG AND IIEU INDUSTUIES. 61 Mr. S. began business in this city in 1875, and was at that time a inoinUir of the finn of Cain & Stoinhofi; but since 1878 he has conducted an «8tiil»li.shment of his own, in wliich he has been very suecesslul and enjoys a. large trade in tliis city and elsewhere. He gives enijjloynient to-eiglit men and the volume of busin&s done by hini uuiounts to fully $25,000 for the year of 1881. Mr. SteiuhoiV has the great advantagi; in his business of being a practical harncss-Tiiaker liiniself, tluinifore, uU work ])r()dueed in his establishment or Bold by him can be relied upon to give satisfaction, as he is no novice in the •trade. His shops are located on Main street, near C^ueen street. Dick & Banning. The g(!ntleiiu'n conii)o,siiig this oarir j)ract.ieal experience, who cimducts at iMii Main street a fashionable tai-loring establishment. Mr. (.'anu'ion began his present Imsiness in this city in 1877, and by giving it his personal attention has sncctieded in h\ulding up one of the largest trades in his line m the Nortli-West. lie now gives employment to forty skilled hands, and as he maiinl'actnres only to onh^r some ii)aratus. aiid have placed eleven during tlie past year. Messrs. Sicphcuson X- Wells, in conducting their busiiies.<, give eni|)loynicnt to from ii'io I "> skilled niclone work, and als-o do a ;;o(.d business in marble and oilier mantle piece \\(ak, Thrir business was e-iablished by Mr. Kde in I87t), and ihe pn scut linn dates Iro- i .January, I8S1. J'^jih paitn(M'.s arc practical men, and they have built njt alaisintss which keeps themselves ami three a.ssistants busy. This Ihey have done against disadvantage^ consid- ering the healthy climate in whii-li they are located, and the scarcity of denths therein. We are not sinister ciamgh to w isji for or j.redicl a greatly increased WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. 5t cdemand for their manufactures, but when monumental work is wanted we feel certain that they will supply the lieaviest share thereof. Theiv yards are ■centrally located on Main street, near Market street. Joseph Barrowclough. The factory of this gentleman on James street is one of the recent Additions to the city's industries, and its establishment in July, 1881, added another branch of business to the number in Manitoba. Mr. B. is a manufac- turer of upholstery, hair, wo(j1, fibre, sea uiviiss and other mattresses, feather beds and so forth. He does not confine liimself to the stufling and stitching -of g«ods in liis line, but is fitting up macl«nery for the manufacture of hair, wool and ot-lier raw inalcriiil used in his line. He was the first to introduce sea grass in mattress making, and once begets his machinery fitted up wiU introduce the manufacture of several articles that will make quite a revolution in the upholstery work in the Xorth-West. Ho has at ])resent quite a num- ber of skilled hands on thi-ir way from England, and with the opening of spring he will be aide to lauch heavily into business. Mr. Barrowch)Ugh belongs to that class of skilled and ingenious raechaniot whose locatiau in a new country is the very best pledge its rapid industrial •development. Campbell & Brewster. The two gentlemen comi)osing this firm belong to that class of busineM men who unite mecluinicid skill and coumiercial ability, and thus secure a ^double key to suecegs in life. The firm's shops aix- located on Kupert street, where they carry on the bnsitiess of horse-shoeing, general blaeksmithing, carriage, wagon and sleigh manufacture. They are but ivoent additions to the number of the city'i manuracturer.s, their advent in business dating from September, 1881, but they have aln-ady given iinM.flhiit ihey are going to take ;. prominent .inkin their line. They have quite a livfdy business, which necessitates the employment of seven hands (luring the busy sca,s<.n, and in the coming spring they will make addiiion; to their ])r<'iiiises, which will supply labor for q\iite a number more. . . John Carrie. This geiitli-niau belongs to ;i el;iss of liusinoss men and nieehanies who •are indispensable fur the pioumtion of K.tal abstinence ideas. He is a manu- facturer of wooden and inm punqis, and al his .shops on IJupert .street turns out various Mr.ds of a|tli;iiu',;s for e.vtraeiing the crystal fl ii has been in business hi this city since I87:i and has now a trade e.\tei,diug over the Trovince of Manitoba geneially. He^ is a praeticiil man biioself, works .steadily at his beueh to liUl th(> wants of cus- tomers, and on an average enq.loys three skilled assistants. The supe.nontr of the pumps he manufactures is attested to by the fact that trade comes freely to him without solieitati..n, and he has all ilu^ work he can attend to. in his own (luiet and un..sieulatious way Mr. Cuirie is .h.ing much h.r the develop, joiunt of the city's industries, and his shops supply an indispensable local wan-. i .^ I I-! r 1:. u WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES'. John McCallum. This gentleman is located on Jemima street, near Princess street, where he carries on business in horse-slioeing, general blacksmithing, waggon, car- riage and sleigh building and repairing. He has extensive shops auci yard, his building being 32 by 65 feet in area, and two stones high, and his institu- tion altogether gives employment to some ten men. He attends to all classes of repair work, both wood and iron, and in farm machinery repair- ing makes a specialty. His establishment in business in this city dates from August. 1880, since which time he lias built up a valuable trade, which now extends pretty generally over tljf jnovince and is steadily increasing. He is himself a practical mechanic of many years experience, personally superin- tends all work done on his premises, and with his evidently good commercial ability and enterprise, added cO his mechanical skill, bids fair to advance to a front rank among the manufacturers of Winnipeg. W. P. Johnson. This gentleman is proprietor of the "Excelsior" horse-shoeing, general hlacksmithing and wagon, carriuge and sleigh building fiictory, which is located on Market street, near Main, and comprises a two-story shop 24 by 04 feet in area, besides extensive yard accominodation, and gives employment to ■ome feven hands. Mr. Johnson is himself a practical maihanic of many years exjierience, and personally superintends all work done in his shops. In wi;gons, carriages and sleighs he attends to both new work and rejiairs, and in tlic repairing of every class of farm machinery ho has built up a valuable reputation. His establishment in business dates from Deccndiir, 1S77, since which time he has had a ])ros];erons run of business, und lie now bids fair to make his way into prominenw^ among the luanuiacLnnrs of Winnii I'g. Winnipeg' Tent, Awning and Mattress Factory. There is no more necessary institution in Winnipeg than ihe ahove factory, and as a natural const (incncc f(\v havo nut with such ]U'(>^p»Tity. The factory was establish 1 in 187'.» liy D. Hoj e, and in August, 1881. Mr. Bromley joined him as a partm-r, and the present linn name of HoicvS: Ibom- ley M'as assumed. The name of the factory is nn index to the variety of its productions,, which are not conline feet, which they will ut^^ as a factory, and which will about double their manufacturing capacity, and compel them to double the nund)er of the handa, they employ. WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. 55 As already stated tl.is factory is a very necessary institution in Winiii* peg, and its prosperity in the past is only a key to its rapid growth in the future. While its manufactures are varied, its proprietors make a specialty of the tent and awning business, and are prepared to furnish such goods either" from stock or to order, to suit surveying, exploring or sporting parties. _ ,' The factory is located on AlcWilliains street East a short distance from Main street. W. J. Macaulay & Co. This firm is coiT.poaed of Messrs. W. .1. ]\Iacaulay and H. M. Cowper, and is the legitimate suectsssor of the fiiiii of the same name who ojicrated the old Macaulay mills in this city from 1871 to 1875, its composition then being Mr. W. J. Macaulay and Mr. J. C. Biirbank, of St. Paul. The present or- ganization takes date from 1880, tluring the winter of which year and the ■ucceeding Hjtriug the Norman j\Iills, Keewatin, whioli they now operate, were •rected. These mills havi.' a capacity of 60,000 feet of lumber a day, with a •orresponding turn out in slunglcs and lath. All. iwiiig only 200 working days in the year, they can turn out in that time over 12,000,000 feet of lum- ber, while they give steady cmiildymeut to over forty hands. In connection with th(.! mill tlie (Irm carry on extensive loj^ging f>])erations in their pineries on the Lake of the \V^)0(ls, and during winter and spring emjjloy there from fifty to sixty hands. Thost: ligures show plaiidy that they are among tlie most extensive lumbin'manuiUi-tuversin the ("anadiau Xortli-AVi.^st, and their r.'cird gives theni tlie lienor of successors Lo tlie iirst live lumber firm, who com- menced ojierations in the rrovincc of Manitcjha. The otllces of this iirni are located on Xotn; Daine street East, near Main street. Arnett's Golden Lion. Arnett's (lolden Lion is hn extensive dry goods house and also clothing and mantle manulUctory, ;.iid occupies a Iniilding 28x70 fecit, three story, with a large basement. I'll;' first Hoov is used as sales room for dry goods proper ; 2iid Hat for cariiets. of which there is a large slock and variety ; ;{rd flat for the iiijinu'acl lire oi' ciolliiiig, au very tine diamonds. Tiiis enterjtrising gentleman has eminently succeeded, and the future will find hiiu still among the first merchants of Wiunipeu. S. E. West & Co. This firm are proi)rietors of the Manitcja Aerated Water Works, whick are located at 73 l*>annatyne street, and are a llotirishing industrial institution. The works have a history extending l)ack to IS72, when Mr. 8. E. West, their present head, eslabli.'jlie't them, and at firs'^ he was able to attend per- sonally to the manufacture, sale and delivery of all his waters, which did not exceed forty dozen a day. The insiitutiou has since grown until now its capacity is over 000 iloziii a day, ai.d with tlie rajadlv inm'easing tiade of th« firia this will liave to be materially enlargeil, while some ten hands find steady oniploymeut in the works, whirh ar;- fitted with the most improved machinery and applianc.vs, while the enterprising projirietors are at all times ready to adopt 'im|)roven)euts, and atuoiig others iisi: oidv the Hutchison patent self-iu:ting stopjM \ on all their bottles. Mr West, the senior partner of this (inn, is agi iit lor .Manitoba and tha Norlh-West of the .!, l\. Ibuuswiek & I'.alko ( V. ho are univer.siilly acknowledged a- manufacturers of the finest billiard tabl.s in (he world, and in this branch he atlc'j very consideralile inij.ortauee to liis cominereial trans- actions. r.esides their works in Winiiijieg, the firm ha.ve branches it I "ortage la I'rairie and i-Jiierson, and next sjaing they intend to open anotlier bran ;h at linunlon. 'ihey are alive to the growing demands lor their class of beverages throughout the i)ro\inee, and are a\idently determined to keep their supply on a loved with it. Such are in brief the facts reuardiiig an industry which began on a small scale, when Winnijieg was only a village, auil has advanceil with her to metniptditan pretensions. WINNIPEC4 AND HER INDUSTRIEvS. 57 iv Joseph Stovel. Lord Beacoiislitild says that dress will not make a man, but it will go a long way in making a successful one, and from tliat we may infer that the above-na.ned ;4entleman will assist in biinging success to many of our Win- nipeg citizens. Mr. Stovel has only recently embarked here in the biisiness of merchant ttailor, dealer in gents' furnishings, and gentlemen's costumier gene) ally. He >comes to this city from Meaford, Ontario, where he lias been seventeen years in business, M-as for some time a member of its city council, and enjoyed the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens there. In settling in Winnipeg Mr, iStovel has only entered into a wider sphere of operations, w here he can secure ^ more extended re]>utatioii. To secure the newest st'^'s of goods in his line, Mr. H. imports direct from Europe, and tlie textile fabrics of that conti- nent find a generous re]»r(;sentalion in the stock of guods which he carries. There can be no doubt but he has entered upon what will prove a long and successful business career, and he starts under favorable circumstances in his •central location, near the c ,rner of Main and 2\IcDermot streets. Geo. Clements. In our record of the industrial growth and prosperity of this city the gen- man forming the ca])tion of tliis sketcli deserves a recognized position. Mr. Clements can truly be numbered among the (jldest estabhshed busi- ness men in Winnipeg, if not one of the pioneers, haA*ii)g began as merchant tailor in A])ri], 18T-1-, and ever since that time he has ]iushed his business with that vim whi(?li always insures success. Mr. Clem(;nts cuuducts a fashion- al)le establishment and disjdays in the ch)tliing made by him good taste as weU as judgement in adapting all suits or parts of the suits to the shape of the body, and tliereby giving general satisfaclion. The stock carried is quite -extensive and very eiirefuily selected as ho imports largely from the English markets. He gives employment to lifteen hands, who are skilled in their trade and he superintends the wluile establislinieu'.liinisLlf, as wtdl as the cutting depart- ment. S(»me idea of the ])atToiiagc he receives from the jirosperous citizen* of Winnipeg can be gained from the lact that his sales for 1881 amounted to over $40,0.00. Mr. ("lements has pmspi'Vrd wiih the city and is lorgely interested in real estate. McKechr.io & McMillan. 'I'he institution owned tind u[(eraU;d by ihis lirai is kiiuwn as the Win- nijieg r-iundry, a ....me which gives a veiy poor index to the variety of indus- tries (Miii (I on within its Umits. It is located on Thistle, street, and its dilf.ivut (hjiiirtmeiUs ci.mpiim' the foundry, machine sho]), pattern simp, smilhs' sho]. and oMicc^. The iiiiun ImiKiii.g . uinainii)': llie niis.'hine sho]) is 3;'i X 00 fi. in (liiii.'nsions, uihI i.s lilii'd with au eudle.ss v^irielv oi' miichinery, includin;,; lathes, planers, drills and .-^o Iwrlli, on the suvel lloor, while ithe ]i;iUern slio]. i.< on the .second ii'u.r. The foimdrv i.s oM x 70 1^ I ■ 58 WINNIPEG AND HEH INDUSTRIES. feet in dimensions, is fitted with every modern appliance used in moulding, and on an average from two to three tons of metal are run daily.. The firm make every class of light and heavy castings, from light ornamental work to railroad car wheels and heavy bridge work, and in both the foundry and machine shop mak-e a specitilty of heavy machinery. The smiths' shop is 33 X 30 feet in dimensions, has four fires in operation, and is fitted wth steam hammer find other necessary appliances. The oihces and other minor details assist in making up an establishment wliich has made rapid and steady growth from the time of its founding in 1874, when it was a small concern located in a building 25 by 50 feet in area. It is the pioneer nuichine-shop- of the North- We ^t; has been the school in which the Uieclianical skill of" Winnipeg has been nurtured i.nto maturity, and must still liold u ■•'•ont rank among tlie city's industries. It iiow employs some Hfty hands, noarly all skilled mechanics, and is conse(|uently an industrial institution of the first magnituile Extensive as the works of this firm are, they are now too limited for their business, and tliey are accordingly erecting ne>.' and more extensive premises in the Point Douglas distj'icl, which tliey will move into with the opening of spring. Thompson & Co. This firm are wholos.'ile and retail dealers in furs, hats, caps and so forth;; and are also extensive manufacturers of fur goods. Altlu)Ugh only establish- ed in this city in ye]1tomber, 1881, they already .^tand in llie front rank of the city's mercantile houses, and their advent has .snp]>lied a nincli felt want in the city. As jniirht be expected they are meeting with thorough success in business, and are fast building up an (>:.tensiv(' and wiropress, and tliey now employ altogether some fifteen hands, a number which will evidently be materially be inereased in the near future. Mr. Job C. Thomson, the sole partner of this firm, is an old and experi- enced hand in the fur trade, having carried on the .same business in M<.ntrt al for years. This establishment will eontribuie much towards extendipi; the commerce of Winnipeg, and must ever fill a prominent jilace in her in.hi'trial structure. R. J. Short. This gentleman's ollices are located on Xotiv Dame Strei t Mast, near Main stivrt, and by iheir appearance uive but Little index to the iiumeiise circle of iiidiistries ..f which ihey are the centre or pivot. Mr. Short is agent for Manitoba and the North- West for (he Ontario Metallic 8i>iiiniug Co., \lm most extensive manufaeturers ■ f vire fencing work in the Dominion. He is not merely agent for the sale, the company's goods, but Hlls tla' nlo^l exteu- WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. 59 sive contracts for the building of wire fencing, and in this branch alone employs during the working season about 100 hands. Among other large contracts which ho has on hand is the fencing of the Canadian Pacific Eail- road lines throughout the whole Xorth-West, and in connection with this and other undertakings he built during the summer of 1881 over 200 miles of fencing. To procure the posts required in such immense undertaking Mr. Short has to carry on an extensive logging business, and in these operations he at the same time tills immense contracts for railroad ties. During the present winter he lias operations going on at ten different timber camps, where he has over 250 men steadily employed. Ilis supply of ties, piles, poles and posts for the Canadian Pacific for the year 1882 will be numbered by the million, »nd exceed by far that supplied by any other person, lirm or compnuy. Such are in short che great system of industries carried on by j\Ir. Short, which give employment to so many men, and are accomplishing so much for the development of this now country. Andrew T. McNabb. This gentleman has a record of over three years in connection with the manufacturing interests of Winnipeg, his t^stablisluuent here dating from 1878. He carries on IIk; business of horse slioeing, g. jral blacksmitliing and manu- facture of carriages, wagons, buggies and sleighs, and has built up (juite an extensive business in these lires. His present premise? are located on Main street,near the market street, where lie eni]>U)ys some fifteen stalled mechanics and has c^uite extensive shops. His business, however, has completely out- grown his [iresent space, and he is now preiiaring to move into new quarters on James street, near the corner of Main street, wliere he will have an area of 100 by 110 i'cet and roomy buildings, which will enable him to materially increase his ca])acity and give eiuployment to S(jme fifteen more hands. During a term' of eight yeais, from his start here as a journeyman bbick- smith, Mr. McNabb has done much for the industrial upbuilding of Winnipeg, and oue'> safely localeil in hi? lU'V,- jtivniises wiil (piickly assiuii;; his position among the city's leading iiianutiietuii-rs. Robinyon & Wood- This iiiiii aim to seen iv ihu '^beautiful forever," like the notorious Madame liaelud of London, with this (UlVerence, however, that they operate upon the property of the liegc-s, instead of the faiies of the fair se(i. The firm are house, sign and carriage paint ei's, ] .a] )er-ha Hirers, gilders and general decor- ators, and havi! been establislu^d in this city siiic' tlie fall oi 1871). Besides being live business men, both liaitncrs of the firm are practical men m their line,"and as a natural consequence they have built up an extensive and wide- spread business. During the season for outside operations they employ some fifteen hanils, and the ])iosi)ects are that this number will have to be material- ly increased during the coining summer. The firm alwavs earv a full line, of wall [.aper of all grades and styles,. and make a siiecialty of doing the Hner grdd(>s of painting and gilding work. Their shops are bleated at 402 Main street, in a two-story building, the street i ' M ih^rnm *50 WINNIPEG AND HEE INDUSTRIES. I IK' \i A iloor of which they use as a paper show room, while the second floor they use -exclusively for carriage and ornamental painting. Armstrong & Dougall. These gentlemen are proprietors of an insticution which is evidently de- stined to develop into a great industry. Th<^y a'-e located on Fort street, near Portage Avenue, where they carry on business as general blacksmiths, horse ;shoers and manufacturers of wagcivs, shigiis. buggies and carria,ges. Their -advent in business here dates ^rom March, 1881, when they succeeded Byers & Ifay, aufl since which time they have been steadily building up a valuable •and wide-spread trade. Both partners are practical men, give personal super- vision to their business, and are tluis able to warrant all work they turn out. Theu' shops and yard cover an area of 7)0 by 1.20 ferit, and their main building ig 2') by 6" fee" and two stories in heiglit, the ground Hoor being o''.cupied by the repainiig and shoeing shop, and the second floor by the wood work and paini ibuops. At present they employ some seven hands, but in the coming spring they will make extensive additions to their premises, which will add greatly lo their mauufactur'ng capacity and necessitate the empioyment of •additional hands. D. Campbell. In 187 '^ Mr. Campliell ertered into business in this city in connection with Mr. ,J. It. (Janieron, and aHevward became a partner of Mr. Geo. Clements, whose intfrost in the biisnicss lie tliereafter j)urchased and has since 18 /'8 been conducting for bjmseif an extensive merchant tailoring 'establishment. He at that time built his present store room and shop at 338 Main street, where he c.anicH a fine line of goods, consisting of a carefully 8el(H!ted stock of iraiiorted I'^ngli^ili, German and French stiiiings and pieces, whicli he manufactures to onler in the latest style, and in every way is •deservin,' of ihe title of artistic tailor. Mr. Campbell personally superin- tends his entire business and gives his special attention to the cutting and iitting department, thereljy fully giiarauteeitig perfect tits. He has through ^cloaC application to his trade and employing only skilled labor been success- fnl in IJuilding u[, a large city trade, and gives em]doyment to fifteen to twenty Israel ieal hands, and lor tlie year 1881 the aggregate of his businesi •exceeded .$35,001). Mr. Cainpbell has been very successful as one of Winni- peg's prosperous merchants, and the future will still lind him occupying a .front 1 ink in hi.^ trade. Calcutt's Brewery. This brewery A\'as built in 1871, and alter a series cf changes is novr 'uwned and oiierated by 11. CaleuU, who manufactun s large quantities of ale, porter, andiager beer. The eapacily of tliis establishment is 400 barrels of ^le per week aiul .iamc of porter, and sulUcient evidence of the superior .{piality of the p'roductions lies in tlu; tact he is unable to produce a sutticient quantity to supply the great demand for his make of ale and portei'. In the manufactvre of cider thoy drive a thriving trade, making about (50 barreli per week. Tlu; dimensions of these works are GOx 100 feet in area, with thre« WlNNlPKd ANU HKlt INUl'STKIKS. 61 L occupying a Hats ami CDiiiinodiidis ct'lliU's and vaults, \vli(»ve the sparkling bcvevawes vre- iiiwluceil. Tlie l);nU\v of the Noitli-West is Jar liinu'd Itiv jt-i richness, and the quality of ale and porter j,jroduced IVom the same is correspondingly excel- lent, and by manufacturing his own malt Mr, (Jalcutt enjoys superior advant - ages, fn conducting this extensive establislunent employment ia given ta fifteen hands, and the management is entrusted to Mr. M. Y. Calcutt, a young, gentleman of ten years experience, ^^'ho is a thorough practical brewer. Mr. Calcutt is making many iniprovt mcnts and is at present constructing: another brewery in SL. i>iinitii(,c, with the same ca]»aoity as his Silver- Heights establishment, and will cDntiuue to jucvoase his ctipacity with thi> 'rvowth of the country. George Reid. This gentlenuin is pi'Djivi Mor oi' tlu> St. Uoniface VVoollen ]\lills, which are located at that ijlaee in close ])Vuxiniity to the east end of the new traflic- bridge conrecting Winnipc;.; with St. Boniface. This industry was establi.shed by*Mr. Keid in J 878 when lie built his ynesent mill, Ml.ich is 'ilixlM feet in area with two Hats anl,iiiki4s, tweeds and other woollens, and oives his business his own peisonal supervision, and as he is a practical man in his line is fully able to gi\ e satisfaction to all patrons. Mr. llcid will early in the jire.sent year niai-:e laige. additions and wmtinue to ineiease his capacity with the gio\\ili ol the country. C. C. Montgomery. This uvntleiuan is a true example of v.lial can lie ai'conqdislied in this- new country by truly eiiHrgetic men. Mr. Moutgomevv began l)usinc.ss in Winnipeg in 1874, as a general blacksmith and carriage ironer. In 187') he- built the' first part of his eommodious sho])s on Fort street, and in .1877 put up a wood-working shop, and gave employiuonl to three more men— at that time he emploved'live men. In 1878 he nuuie another addition, and bega» huildinu light work, and in I87U built a waveroom oO x lit), two storey, and in 188(Tmade fuvlli.T ad ^ i , Heretofore Mr. .Montgomery has handled only goods numufaetured by himself, but during 188*i will add a large repository for carnages and wag- :,t' mmtstv.v .-i . €2 AVINNIPEO AND HER INDUSTRIES. ^1 ^ons manufactured in other markets. During 1881 he has turned out 140 ■carriages and light work, and during the winter of 1881 and 1882 will pro- duce 200 cutters, also heavy sleighs and log sleds for contractors' use. He makes a specialty of repairing and horse-shoeing, and superintends his entire business himself, which is sufficient guarantee of satisfaction to all patrons. During 1881 the aggregate of Mr. Montgomery's business was over $75,000 and the present year will doubtless double that sum. He has been eminently successful, and the institution he has built up is a monument to his business energy. J. G. McDonald. There are few men in the North- West connected with so many industrial ■enterprises as the above-named gentleman. He carries on the business of contractor and builder, and was the constructors of the new Hudson's Bay Company's stores, the iJauk of Montreal, the Ogilvie mills, and other leading business buildings in Winnipeg, besides the Louise bridge across the Eed liver. He is also ])ro|)rictor of the tlnost stone quarry and most entensive lime kilns in the j)roviiice at iStony Mountain, while he is head of the tirm of McDonald & Holley, who op(;rate the largest brick works in the North- West ; in 1881 manufactured over 4,000,000 brick, and have arrangement made to manufacture 10,000,000 ui 1882. In his quaiTies and lime works Mr. Mc- Donald employs over forty hands, while in his building and brick-making O[)eiationb he at tiniiis has over 400. He is undoubtedly the heaviest employer of skilled labor in the province, and is among the most promi- nent men in the industrial circles of Winnipeg. He has accomplished much in the building up of the city, and in years to come, when she has taken her place among the first cities of the Dominion, he will be remembered as one of the heaviest contributors to her industrial greatness. His brick j-ards and offices are located in the Point Douglas district, and he has also stone and lime yards on the Canadian Pacilic track. T. A. Lundy & Co. This firm conduct the business of undertakers, and manufacturers of of general office and store fittings. The business of this firm was established in 1875 by Mr. Lundy, and was conducted by him alone until April, 1831, when he took as his partner Mr. Samuel Williams. Both the members of this firm are skilled mechanics, and as they employ only practical men, the work turned out by them is necessarily satisfactory. In the undertaking line they numufacture their own coffins and fittings and are fully able to do almost any amount of work on short notice. Their business employs seven hands, and their trade for 1881 foots up to quite a sum. In the manufacture of office fittings and general wood- work they make entirely to order and are prepared to turn out any specialty whatever. W. H. Philipps. In 1879 we find this gentleman beginning business in Winnipeg as general engraver on all kinds of woods and metals, and has succeeded in build- WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. 63 ing up a large trade in this line. We find him making a specialty of seals for , banks and official work ; also monograms, and all engravings on silverware is practically executed by him. Mr. Philipi)s enjoys twenty-five years of experi- ence in his business, which eminently fits him to undertake engraving of any ■description whatever. Mr. I'hilipp's business has been a success so far and the years to come will continue to- find him abreast of the times and prospering with the development of the countiy. He has lately removed his shops to Iiis residence, corner of Eoss and Leonard streets. Wright & Arbuckle. The business of this firm has a history extending back to 1869, when it ■was established by Mr. Arch. Wright, the present scinior partner. From his advent here Mr. Wright was a public spirited citizen, as well as a good busi- ness man, has filled the office of alderman lor six years, and his labors for the development of the trade of Wimii})eg have becu of great value. In 1879 he added Mr. Arbuckle as a partner, who had been in his employment from 1876. The addition proved a valuable one to all concerned, and so much relieved Mr. Wright of the cares of business that of late he has left the management of the business mostly to his partner. Messrs. Wright & Arbuckle do a wholesale and retail business in saddlery, harness, collars, whips and saddlers' hardware ; are importers of goods direct from Europe and the United States, and have a business extending all over the North- West. They employ some twelve hands in their shop, and thus fill no mean position among the city's manufacturers. Their stores are in the Rossin House pjlock on Main street, near the City Hall, where they carry an extensive and varied stock of goods connected with their business. J. Adams & Son. The business conducted by these gentlemen is that of merchant tailors and ■manufacturers to order of clothing for gentlemen, and although they have only been established here in business since March, 1881, the great satisfaction they have given tluui far and the complete and select stock of goods carried has been instrumental in building up for them a large trade and reputation, and at the present time they give employment to twenty-five men in the manufacture of clothing for their customeis. Messrs. J. Adams & Son import their stock of suitings direct from the markets of other countries, and with them can be found some elegant English, French, and German pieces. The gentlemen composing this firm are thorough practical tailors and business men, who labor industriously for the accommodation of their patrons and the building up of an extended trade which will grow and increase with the prosperity of the country. Ogilvie Mills. These mills have been constructed in the Point Douglas district during the past year, and will be in full blast by the first day of April. The main building is a huge six-story structure 50 x 100 feet in dimensions and is solidly built of brick. They are being fitted with a complete set of roller I?^' »».»• m fMttfMimWl ISMMfWim-iTH- 1- 1l 1 64 WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. machiaery, and a compound engine of 260 horse power. They willjjemploy aome fifty hands, will have a. capacity of 800 barrels a day, and when finished will be the most extensive institution of their class north and west of Minne- apolis. v.ia«j^ Chambers Bros. — This firm operate a biscuit and candy factory at 15^ Main street,* which they e8t. They now employ over twenty hands, and have ii numufactiiriii;.;' ca]iiu-ily of three tons-ot' biscuits, and one- and H-half tons of candies ]>er diiy. Tin ir trade extends all over ^Manitoba. R. S. Braim-KY & Co. — This iinii are the only cij^ar manufacturers in. Winnipejit, and tlieir advent in the city tlalcs I'roni Mareli, 1881. They employ about a dozen Imnds, and have ;i -^ood city trade. They are located on Main street, oiijiosite the ^Ijvcliunts llank. lJNKi,ATi;n & Dks Laui;iki!. — This lirni are dealerrj i}i stoves and heavy- hardware, and manufacturers of tin, sheet iron and coj)per wares. They have been in business since 1877, and liuve a business which gives employmei''; to nearly twenty hands. They arc lotMied at the eorner of ^lain and Market streets. Geokuh G. Nacv. — This gentleman is a manufacturer of fur goods and dealer in gri, hut it is im iin(lis|iiited a-xiim*! that the construction of tlu' uiaiii line and laiuiclics of this great railway in the f'.indameutal power in ilie \u4 work, andllie Itasis upon which the calcu- lations of all oilier movemeiiis must lie curried forwaid. This compaiiy'.s great network of railways iuu-(i miles of road now in ojieralion. 'llic mimhii' oT ;, cars that have hci'U iKJciipicd in this woik of I'onstniclioii is ajft to imjircss the casual observer with its slow laogress, init it must b.' Ixjiik^ in miud tliat the und.'rtakiiig only came into the hands of the syndicaic whoaiv now carrying out the wi>i'l< in M'ly, 1Say, a distance of .".-fo nules, which they will have completed Uy aliout midsunnner, while from iJrandon their main line will be rapidlv pii^lied forvvard, and before the idosi' of I 881' will l)e naar to the base of ihe juicky .Mountaiii>, or a distance of UdO miles further on its way to the golden sands of tlu; I'acitic siiores. Other divisions will bi^ jinshed forward with eipial energy, and by .lanuary 1st, 18,S:!, somewhere about I,.'Oi) milos ol' lines will be in op(n'atiou. There is perhaps no enter- prise in the histoiy of American railway construction where such results havi' iteen, are being, ami will be reached, and none that will have a more beneficial etVect n]ion the industrial system of the 'jivat North-West or the whole Dominion of Canada. Our opening sketch on Manitoba ami the Norlh-\Ve-i gives some iilea of the great auricnltural weiilth of the country through whieh this com- pany's lines will run, and whose viigin iirairies their construction will soon transform into liounilles> waving- lields of golden yraiu. Nor will this be all the}' will accomplish, ^^'ithin a very few years the suri's ol" the I'ocky Monnlains ami the wealth of the sands will traverse these iron arteries of trathc, to be fm]i e(mimerce, industry, and b'l'Ma;' bapiiiness. The olliees of the company \i\v. located in the I'.ank >' ureat hidden trea- I'acilie's glitttM'ing loved in fniiherin<'' luild- .Monlveal ing in Winnipeg, nnd its ollicers are as follows : W . * . \,iii Horn, Ks»|., general manager; .1. M. Miiaii, ICsn., snperiutendeiU . lien. T. k. Itosser, ehief engineer ; S. M. Meed, \\si[., superintendent ol CMiistMudion . •!. O.Ogden, Ks some 25,000,00i flcres, which are seloeiid from the finest agricultural lands of Manitoba aa4 the Nortli-West. liy the terms of their charti per acre., and for jtaymcnt of the same they Jillow live years, or in six equal yearly instalments, and tli«ir rate of interesl they li\ at (1 jkt cent. They have no desire to sell tliesi' lands b) noii-resideriL s|K'eiilator.s, and the terms of tlieir agreement of sale ]»reelude the hohling of huge, tracts by such to the ob.struction of early setllemeiU. To tlie .settler who will locate thereon, how- ever, th(\v ofler great iudiieeinents liesides selling their lands to him at the above Jioininal figures, they < ojitract als(» to refund him ?l.L'r» for every acre h(! breaks up anil cultivates wiihiti five years from the dat^- of sale. 'ITin* a settler securing a section (640 acres) of land if he breaks up and cultivaU^t three-fourths (»f it within the s)eeili(d time will pay for the .san>e, includitif full interest, oidy a litil" over $1,200, and we are safe in saying that then? la scarcely a section in the whole fertile belt, CHpal»le of cultivation, which will not ]tMy with its first crop that amo-mt over and above the expense of cultivation. Such are the advantages offered by this company to the enUtr- prising agricultunili,-t who wishes to secun- a Noith-Western home an«l farm. While they carefully guahl against tluur laIld.^ falling into {KisscHsion of that class of non-ifsidetit speculators who, as a rule, only act lis imhdehl ait4 insatiate jwirasites upon the growth of a new country, The often (|Uoted obj.-ction against the North West of want of a oonrit- iiient market is fa.st losing its jKttency, us the mpi«l wmiitructiou of tlu) ouia- WIXNIPKG AND UKR INI>U6TRLES. «r pany's lines through the country is creating new railroad towns by the dozen where only trackless prairies existed a few months previously. Withia four years from the present time their main line will extend to the Paoifitt -aeaboard, aud within Imlf of that time it will reach the base of the Rocky M()unt4iius, while ih' ir bvaiiche.s will extend with equal rapidity. There i«, thorefure, not a section of laud in the company's whole grant but its owner ■and occupier will be within hearing of the whistle of the loamiotive by th« first day of .lanuury, 1nl onr.H'lves with a sketeh of their business as it is. The head olVici's of the eonijiany for the eontiuent of .\merica are now ia "Winnipc'.r, n-s ler the direction of ('liii f Commissioner tirahani, who controle the ailairs of the couKtauy (its land biniuess excAjpted) fnun the Atlantic lo the Paeifie o.vans. He is assisted in llie head olliees by tlir«'e ehitd" otlioew aud u staff oj sevi n clerks. The mannfaetuns ot th- eomp.iuy Hn- now cordinrd to thv flouring milla, which are located uear th^: junction of the lied and .'Vssinilioinf riverw, wore ♦Teeted in 1S70, und bus a ejtji:ieily of 'JoO burrf irs alt over tlie wmll. Tlii-ir fine new stores are the largest and m<*^t imi)osing busijuss bnildin,.' in WinnijN'g. Tln-y an- 100 f.'ct >^\miv» in an-a, have four floors o\' that size, and an- all n)aguiiic4'ntly littlcd u}. inside, and »upj)hed with Htei.m (devat^it nrrnnge!n. IIKI! INDUSTlilKS. to Uiake eight Jiiaguiliuent ruom.s, ."iO x ^00 feet in dimensions, eucli of which is used as a ditl'eitjnt dejiartment. In these premises the company do a business in (hy j>()Oils, gi'oceiii^s, wines, licjuois and so forth, and carry a cldss- of goods such as are only to Le found in the best establishments in eastern cities. These stores arc under the niauauenient of Mr. Peebles, whose busi- iv„ss courtesy is tlic^subject of frequent ('onnucut. Such are the manufacturing and niercautil" lu-auches of the company and they still take iirouiinent rank among the institutions of their class in Winni- peg. Tlie greatest l)raneli of the company's Imsiuess, ;ind the one in whic.i they are doing most for llic -settling up and dcvi'IoprmcMt nf this country, ■- their Land Department. This department is uuilcr tJic luiuiageiueui; ni' Comiiii.Nsii^n. r Clias. -I. IJrydges, lUid its business is oik; o I' great luagnitude. .Fi'nin lignies sujjjjlied, to us by Otliar -John iiidsillie, we selrct the tollowing. The roui]iany's land grant illcbld(^s st'Clioiis eight and twenty-six ni' every town.shiji in the i'eri,il' lands (if Manitoba and thi' territories of the North-West, orabnui oiii -iwenliet]) of the whole, or ifu'dueed lo ligiires somewliere idiout X,(ll)(i,0(H» aeivs. Thcsi- lands have been ]iei acre. The company sell upon eight years time, taking jMymi iit in eight e(|ual annual instaluieiUs, v.hile their uniform rate ol' inti n-st is >\{'\..']i ]iereent., ami they have no iiuestionabU' eliarues for commission and so forth, but sell on a method by which ]»urehnsers can understand their transaction clearly, and c(mi})rehend at a glanee every cent to l)e i/aid. .Sueli u system lannot but prove of innuense value iu setiling up the fertile Xorlh-West. as from no other corporation, and in no othi'r |iortion of ihe M-oild, ran settlers of linntcd nutans ac^iuire lands (»n siieh t'avorabu' lerin^. I'lider the comininy's system the poor man in ihv. eastern Trovinees, oithe ]< •■d>ii\\\. of Kuro]ie,<'an secure a home and in a wondertully slant tinie, I'\' em igy and enter}trise, raise liimself to condbrt and inde]iendenee, if not lo o],uleiice. The ]iriu('ip,le thus followed procures a sale anle invest meiil lor the funds of the eompauy whili in its bearing towards the setllers il is the very essence of Ijnaneial })hilantropliy. Besides theii iiiiiiieiise area ol larmin- lauds the Huiis(,n's 15ay ( 'omi)an,. own reservations around (ach of their trading posts, whieh in many instances are being ehaii'^ed iiiio sites of llourishing towns. Their posts in many ca.sis have formed around llniu ihr uucdeus of a town, and the Work of railway (iXtensiou soon rouipleie> (he snnie,i!nd in many instances saves a great amount of uinu'cessaiN anil unprolitable wiang'ing over the location of a town site. Of the town site of \Vimupeg the eomjianv owned 4."itl iicris, and IVom the sale of city lots th.y have ah. ady reaped a revenu(! of over .Sli,()t)(),t)(i(). Their town lots ihey sell on terms as advantageous to mt-n ol' linnted means as their farm lands, ami thus render invaluable aid it) the industrial develep- ment of the cities and towns of .\biniloba. We have thus brielly sk. lehcd the dilferent operations of the Hudson's Jiay Company, ami in eonchidiiig we are warrunted in saying that no corpora- WIXNlPKt; AND llEU LN'UUSTIUES. 69 tion ever existed whose efforts have accomplished more in the great work of industrial development. Manitoba South-Western Colonization Railway. As a valuable aiixilliary L(j tlic <^reat Iraus-contiueiital work of railway construction whicli is now j^oiiig on in Canada, the above line is decidedly of much inipoitance to the North- West. Its charter dates from November, 1879, and that its constnietion will ])vnvt- a " miles of grading v.as eeiupleteil, and at ]ii'esent the tics, iron and ollur muterial ibr layinu track on tin' .-.auie arc laid ilown and ready. By the lu'sl day of .luue, therci'ore, the luc/iuoiive will screech ahmg at least .")(l miles >'i' the company's track, riirther eimstruction will be delayed as little as possible, and witldi, three years from tin beginning of 1882 the 320 miles and branches originally agreed upon will be open lor travel. Asalready slated the construction of this line is of ])iimary importa;'.ee to the people of Manitoba. It will open up a rich agricultural region hitherto but sparsely settled and but little cultivated, and in an Incredibly short time transform these comparatively unbroken ])rairies into waving fields of golden givJii, w bile it will settle the i|Uestion of cheap frnd foi' nianufael iiring ptn'jioses f(;r the City ol WiiuiiiK'g, The offices of the company are in Winnipeg and comnm ideations on its business alVairs should be addresstMl to (leiieral d. H. Hammoml, vice-president and genera! mana'jvr. We shall now review their Land Department. This corporation is one of the neinbir whose efforts in the work of rail- way eonstrucli'ii entitle them to a land iiraiit from the Dominion (lovernment. 13 y the lirst of.lune, 1881:, if they ha\e tilty miles of road in running order, tlmy seeiire a grant of ToO.UUU acres of land in the h-rtile belt, and that they ■will conndeLe this work of coiistriuition i< a st'ttle(l fact. These lands the coini>any will hold for sale at prices ranging from #8.00 an acre niiwards, on haig nine for piiyment, and with a lu'iivy rebate to the purchaser who lireaks up and cultivates a certain portion of his land within ': 11 m^ 70 WINNU'EO AND I£KK INDUSTRIES. |:'. M I ;^ '.: ( itaeo years. Such a aysi/om places a home and farm within the i-each of mew «f Tery limited capital, and supplies a ver}! powerful incentive to the hardy pioneer, who aims to reach comfort and independence ; wliich must have a Ijood effect in settling up Ihe North- West with a class of thrifty and enter- prising citizens. Tliero is, perhaps, no corporation or individual oUt . ing fariPS on more reasonable terms, and we may expect to hear during the summer and fdl of 1882 of hundreds of immigrants finding hom^ on tlu) company's. Jands. As yet we are able to give but an imperfect idea of this company's whole Itnd scheme, but any inquiries on thtit head will nieut with prompt replie8 from L. 0. Armstrong, Esq., or Cajit. Clias V. Moad, the company's commis- ■oners, eitiier when made personally or by letter addressed to them at the •ompany's offices in Winnipeg. Nortii-West Trading Company. This Company has been establiolied sinc(i 1874 and was at first intended only as a fur trading institution, a branch in whicli it still holds a leading position. With tlio rapul development of this province the a'ms and idea of the founders of the company have also developed, and its .s]iluM'(M)f usefulness has mateiiuUy widened. Th(; capital of the coneern is iiiil 00,000. and its operations include a busi'icss in all classes of North- Western products, and especially in grain. Of the latter its managers liavc liivndled about 100,000 bushels during the last three montlis of 188 1, and tlu;ir business in this brancjh « fast ext(>nding. The company also do a storage businest?, and tlieir exteii- ■Tc premises on Main street, north of the N. V. railroad depot, are well adapted for this branch. They receive eonsi'nnuents if every class of movable mer- •handise, store the. same or sell them on eonniii-.sion to the best advantage of •onsiguors. They thus supply a system of sale for distant nier.hunts, mid often secure for local nurchasers a full selection of goods, not yet fully rejire- •entt^d in tlie mercantile institutions of tlu^ province. The company have also extensive fumls invested in real estate throughe)Ut this province. At pn.sent they possess property in the city and elsewhere to. tii« value of about :? 100,000, and they are steadily acquiring more. The ollieers of the conijany are the Hon. Dr. C. Scbultz, [msident. a gentleman who has been prominent in every movement lor the ]irogn!ss of Manitoba for many years; who is one of Winniii'g's oMest citizens and at pTeseut a member of the Dominion Parliament; Hon. W. U. l>ri»wn, vice- president., w!io has also aeconipli;,hefl inuch ibr the upl>uildiiig (4' (Jiis city during his long residence in ii ; and Mr. U. L. MctJiegor, Micietary and. treftBun'v, who is known as one of Winnipeg's best business men. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway. Among the iidluencea that have been at work in the develojiment of Manitoba and the North West, and paitieularly of the city of Winnij)eg, w«^ mast not fail to give prominence to the above railway. AUhough its^liiies ■tor at the entrance to this land of iUimitublo i>o3sibility, they liavo iHj.iib I' WINNIPKG AND HER INDUSTRIES. 71 ^ main chauneis througli which immigration and prosperity have readied ile boundless plains. The Kuropean emigratit by travelling over the. same from St. Paul, or making connections by the Ht. Paul and Dnlutli via Duluth, can notv rtacli the groat i.rairie province without any of the iiaiti- ihips unavoidable in bygone years, v/ithin twenty days from leaving the shores of his native land. By overland route from New York he can, in bin mpid passage, view a larj^e proportion of the great cities of the Northei'u States, and enjoy until he reaches his destination an amount of railroad corn- tori to be found nowhere else in the world. By route from Montreal he ciiu indulge in the luxuries to be had on board the great Hoating palaces thai, BOW navigate our great chaia of American inland seas, and from Duluth by nJl view the maonificent lake scenery of Noi'thern Minnesota, and leaci? ld« land of prcAiiise not tired and exhausted but I'ofreshed and invigoratud 1^ his journey. These advantages are within the reach of the poor of the east, and the peasant of K'.iropeand the finishing link whicli has iov many yeans been hoped for is now supplied by the St. I'aul, ^linncapolis & Manitoba R. li. This company's line on the eastern side of the Ked lliver Valley •onnects with the Canada Pacific at St. Vincent, wliile tlieir uiroct line from Fargo will be finished by the fall of 1882 t(j I'l-mbina, where it will cunm ei with another branch of the Canada Pacific. Two systems of iron bands thus bind the jiioneers of thi'. North-Wesl', irres])ective of nationality, in a bond of industry, and cements the union of the two most c.ntei'prisin-- ■«ti(;ns of till? woT'Ul in flie work of reclaiming the rich and vast lands of tluj grtmt N"ortli-West fi'oni the wilds of nature and making fliem a bl(\vsing to all mankind. Tlie head ollice.-* of this company are located at St. Paul, Minn., aud its officxirs are Mes^^.s. J. J. Hill, genend superintendent; A. Manvel, assist- ant general sui^erintendcnt ; W. S. Alexander, general [>ass.;nger and freighi; manager, and 11. C. Davia, assistant gemial passenger ngent, any of whom will be pleased to sujiply informaUon legarding lludr lin<'S and tii«ir cttuuectious either by mail or otlarwise. North-Wsst Navi.^ation Line. Tlie proprietors of this line hav ; a clear claim to (lu? title of pioneor igatfirs of thd As-iniboine lliver, a;:d in the. days before railroad transper- latiou aeci=uiplish('d much for the dcvf loiaui-nt of the western portion of tins lirovince, and at ll.e s.mie lini- conlribiUed largely towards Winnipeg's com- laereia! nobnildin ,-,. Their iirst stemnboit, the "Prince ILiiiiert," was the. pionc'i- on the .Vssi'iibnine, and commeneed plying therein iSJil Since tlui date (hey have gradually added to the nundier of their bo;if,s, and at ])re8enl tbej have tbicr, naiu.dy, ilie " Manpu.tte," the " buiise," antilution it'- the ]/i'o]K'riy tit ..ir. 11. ' >.le.\iiekL-ii, who established this traiisfrv line in 187'.', wliieh was at thai tiiiir ..ousidcred l>y many to be too p'Venuituie, and whieli really ilid prove a financial loss for st.uR time owing to many disadvantiges expeririictd bv' the luundcr. Ihd like all othei' Winniixg industries it soun began to grow and be recognized as a very neeessar}' factor in the accommodation of the public. Its btisiness has assumed such pvoj)ortious now tliat forty-live horses and fifteen men arc em])loyed. On every train which comes into \Vinui})eg from the east or from the west, will lie foiTnd the agents of this line, who will check trunks' valises or other baggage and will see to its prompt delivery at the jdacv' designated. Vear^^ of experience in travelling has taught the public the benefit of such an instiiction as this, therefort.', for us ti connn<;nt on its use- fulness would be unnecessary. The ominbuses and cabs (/f the Xoith-West ()mnil)ns Line run to meet all trains, call foi'and tiiiiver passengers and baggage to any place within the city limits. Mr, McAlicken also conducts an exten- sive livti'y, with a good suJ^|)ly of vehicles, also j^'ivate carriages, coupe and comi)leLe turnouts for balls, weddings and funerals. Air. McAlicken has also taken an active ]iart in the city's pubhc welfare and the develoijnient and settlii'g uj) ofthis new country and has Ixum the promoter of not a few successful cnter|trise3. He is largely interested in real estate and i'or the first three -weeks of 1882 handled over $oOO,00() worth of the same. Mis olfices are centrallv located at 2'.H) Main street, which are also the olfices of the transfer line. We must now switch on to a new track ni connection with our worlc, and sui)]>ly sketches of the city's meivantile institutions. In the classifica- tion of these we shall conunence with the WHOLESALE INTEREST. Th(; mercantile ulliiirs of >Vinni]ieg nniy be said to be undergoing a metam()ri)haHis at present, and in taking up the wh(»lesale interests of tiie city we must necessarily include numerous institutions which still do more or less of a retail trade, Iml are drifting steadily into a ]iurely wholesal" business. We shall commence this department with the old finu V'lNNII'KG AND HER INDUSTUIES. 73 X W. H. Lyon & Co The gentlemen who form this firm are importers and jobbers in provisions, ifvoceries and cigars, and do a very large business, which extends from the height of land between this place anil Lake Superior to the Rocky Mountains, a vast territory uontaiuing many pushing young towns and live merchants. Winnipeg is the acknowledged metro[)oli8 of thi? new North- West, the source from which this vast territory receives its supply ; therefore, this institution which carries a stock of about one liuutlred thousand dollars, does a business ■of $500,000 per aunuui, receives orders for goods over (jiie tliousaud miles, jsxnd numbers its customers at three huuilr"d, acts a veiy j)rominent part in the sup])lyiiig of ]»rovisi(ms and groceries in this famed cfuintry, and certauily holds a leading ]iosition auioug the whoKsiile houses of this city. The 'nior member of this firm, Mr. W. H. Lyon, first came to this place in IboC we i what is now live Winnipeg was only a trading post of the Hudson's Lay and was at that time known /• Fort Garry, Mr. Lyon dates his advent in business here from 1803, when ^ ^p^ ^od a general store for the purpose of trading with the Indians, and furnis'. '- g the few settlers who might di-al w;ith him their necessary su])])Iies, ?'id Uirough h'-. own careful nianageuKnit Jind industry has increased lii.-; " 'ix ^ and capacity IVoui a small traiK' in a i will materially ligten tM cai'es of this extensive 1)usiness, which this gentleman formerly con- ducted himself. One roniarkablr ■ feature of this firm's trade is the liict that all their business comes to them wholely unsolicited, as they keep no travel- ling salesmen on the road. Thibaudesu Bros. & Co. This firnr are importers and wholesale de:'.lers in English, Fi'cnch, Ameri- ■x-an and (ierman dry goods, with liouses located at London, Kng., Montreal, (.Quebec and Winnipeg, and rank among the very oldest and best known hrms in the Dominion. Their house in this city was established early in 1 881 , and was a great addition to the. wholesale interests of Wiiniii-eg,and owing to the fact that they carry a stock of about SIoO.OOO to .';52(Mi,(i()0 it greatly swells the commercial worth of the city and is of incalcula!)le value to the ].rosper(»us merchants of the North- West, who can find in their large stock the go(»ds best adapted to their trade. During the }nvsent yeai' this enter- iii'ising firm have received one hundred car hiads of goods, and in conducting their extensive Ixisiness emphtyment is givcm to fourteen men. They occu])y for the iiresent a storehouse :>:') x 124 feet, two story, but will soon commence the erection of an idegant brick and stone sti'ucture, 00 x 125 fei'.t, fourstoiT, which M'lien com])leted will make an additional sohd business block of much <'omniercial value to the city, and acconunodate theii' rapidly increasing trade. The firm of Thibaudeau P.rns. is conipo-ied of Hon. .1. 11. Tliihaiideau, Mont- ,*.■■ / »ac)«r:i»ft»ii»»«ft)Wff ^ a««csa*iwii,.w*»»A~« 74 ■WlNNIPK(t ANP HKU IXnUSTKlKS, '■fi fl real, who has tlio liouur ol" re])re3ouLing his Jellow-citizt'iis as Senuti^r, and has j»ovon himself a true and honorablt) legislator, as well as a representative business man ; alse, Mr. J. Thibavideau, Quebec, and Mr. A. Thibaudeau, Lou- don, Kng. They have also taken an active part in public life as well as private eutei'i)rises, and have gained a reputation throughout this and foreign aountries as men of ability. Their institution in this city is conducted •xclusively as a wholesale dry goods establishment, as they neither retail at their wholesale house or have a retail establishment or any connection with one in t];G city. The business of this firm here is 3U|)erintonded by Mr. S. A. I). Beitrand„ » gentleman who thoroughly understands the wants of the trade in this new •ountry, and labors diligently to please and satisfy all their many customers.. Wesbrook & Fairchild. This enteq^rising iirm liav-e for years been engaged in the business of supplying the thrifty fanners of th(i North- West with agricultural machinery, and the rapid settlement and develupnieut of the country and the great demand jtor farni nmchinery creates the necessity for a wholesale estaitli«hini3ut. There- fwre, we find this live firm realizing the jMjsition and sup[)lying tlie want. The gentlemen who form the subject of this article o[H'ned U]) ilieir whole- sale establishment on December bit, 1881, and stocked it witli <.)ue liuudivd. and fifteen (115) air loads of farm maehineiy aud implements. From their wholasale house-they supply their own retail estaM'.^hment in this city, and; tiieir six different branch houses throughout tl)e r'rovince ; al.so railroad cun- teactors ; large parties of immigrants ; coloni/^iition companies; extensive fejmers who buy a large amount of machinery it onetime; town corporatiitiiH municipalities and dealers. Their oilices and Mimplc, rooms are located in the Menderson lilock, and their large wareruoms at poinis eoiivenient to tije ilepot. In all over thirteen thousand s([uare feet of lloorrooni is used incou ducting this institution. In this establishment ^fessrs. Wesl)rook & Kairchi'ii; kandle tlie following maiihines : John Deere's Aiueriivui brcakcj- and cro-.s. plows and haiTows ; I'lununcr & Son's waggons ; iMsher & Irvine's bob sled and cutters ; Van IJrnnt it Davis Co's seeders ; .John Elliott v'i Son's harvestin^f nachniery ; Stevens, Turner & Uurns' liuflklo Pitts liorre power: No. 1 — Western Empire Dulfalo Pitts steam sejiMrator ; No. 2 — Western Empiric "New Agitator'; No. o — The liattle Creek ])atttru stenni vibrator ; Western Empire purtalile en'VJie, Western Empire a<:ricultural engine, .Malay saw. mill, circular saw '!iiil:4, and a lull line of su])plie3, M.-.ssrs. Wesbroolx & Eairdiild are the sole deah.irs in the al)f)ve-men- iBoned makes and kinds of machinery in the North-West, and tlie institution eonducted by them is a great addition to the wholnsale interests of this city and famed country, and will greatly faeilitat(\ the speedy supply of; tho.se Booessary implements. Mr. Wesbrook, the senior member of this pu.-l.ing liim, will supei intend Aeir wholesale establishment, and his many years of j^raetical experience eminently fits him to properly conduct the same, and his personal managn- uent is a sufficient guarantee of satisfaeticn to all customers. Tlu.s iiistitr.tii;a Mesi Ui. theii ber WINNIPKG AND HKll INDUSTRIES. 7& ia a laudable dei)arturo aud will uieot with that suocciis which haa heretofore- «rowned their eft'orta. M. A. McLean. This gontlomaii camcaon the business of wholesale commission merchant aad dealer in canned goods, dried fruits, teas, sugars, 8yrui)s, butter, cheese and so forth, aud has l)een established in this city since 1878. He makes a. specialty of canned goods aud at all times carries an ext(;nsive uixl varied ■tock of these sealed delicacies. In the other classes of goods enumerated he- also carries a large stock, while he handles heavily on commission, and', gives sfwcial attention to consignments, which come to him from all the leading, ©ties of Eastern Canada and several of the United States. In wines and liquors he confines his business to sales in bond, ami 1ms at all times a tiist- •lass selection of domestic aid foreign goods in stock. Mr. McLean's traiie extends over the cntii'-i North-West, from Lake- iuperior to the base of the llocky Mountains, and is stcatlily increasing in: Tolume with the settlement and devcilopment of this vast country. His pre- Baises are located on James street, near Main, and coaijjnse two two-story buildings, 20 by 70 feet in area, each having basements additional, which are-, ■aed as customs and excise bonded stores. In anotlier jiortion of Llie city Mr. McliCan has frost ])roof baseuumt storage, where he can preserve perishable^ goods from injury by weather. Taken altogether his business is of great value to the City of Winnipeg^ M a market to purchase goods not fully represented in the niercatrtile houses. of the province. R. J. Whitla. This gentleman curries on thu business of wholesale dry gixxls merchant. and has been established in business in tliis city siuc:i the spring of 187'.). His first premises were located on ?ilain .street, wheio lie carrietl on one of the- most exten ive retail trades in the ])rovince, and froin his advent kept steadily building up a wholesalii busiui'ss. fn the fall of 1881 he completinl tlu; erei;- tion of his present wliolnsale warehouse on McDcrmot street and commencedl an exclusively wholesale business therein. His l)uilding is one of the mi^st. attracting in the city and comjirises three lloors of an area of 24 by 8o fe^tt. In the coming spring he contemplates building an extensive, addition, whi(;lr., irill give him 140 IV-et of froutagt^ and complete one of the most ini^josing. business buildings in the City of Wiuniiirg. In his wholesale business Mr. Wliibla extends his operations over the- entire North- West, and keeps two regular traveling vk:\ on the road. He •arrics a full line of general dry goods, and xtensi ve importer of dilferout. classes of Kiiropen manufactures. 1 le is a th^ . iulii> practical dry goods man,, knowing W(dl the manufactMres of every country in his line, and [i'er.sonally visits l<:!urope several times^ a year to nial:e purchases. Recently 'Mr. Whitla las di.sposed of hi;3 retail business on Main street to- Messrs. Bryco ^^ Alexaiv , of Dshawa, who took possession on Febru.iry lii. In the east these r lemen have made first-class business record.s, ;iiid; ttieir advent in Winnipv ^ -vill no doubt prove a valuable addition to the num- ber of the city's enterprising business men. 'i t ■='»; 76 WlNNIl'Kli AN1> HKlt INDUSTKJHfci. let; Bannatyne & Co. The bitsiuoss conducted by this tirm was ostiil)lislied in 1848 by Mr. A. . B. Bannatyne, and the institution he has built u[> and reputation ;j,ainedfor his establishment will continue to grow, with the advent of the new tirm of Bannatyne & Co. which succeeded the the pioneer merchant of this rich country on November 1st, 1881, and is ■composed of Mr. A. li. Janies l:>annatyne, son of the founder of the institu- tion, and INIr. Andrew Strang, who for thirteen years has l)een (;onnected with this house and foi' most of the time its manager. Although the business of tins house was at first couHned to ihe wants of the red man, but its eivili/a- tiou advanced the denrands of the })ublic changiid and the class ol' goods carried also, and at tliis date, in thi^i booming city with its many thousantls of popula- tion, this esta])lishment liolds a priiUiinent ])osition anu)ng the wholesale and retail dealers in fancy and staple groceries, ju'ovision. wines, licjuors and cigars, and in conducting theii' business this firm occui»y a iine brick building, 28 x ?(• feet, three flats and basc;ment, with warehouse' 30 x 90 feet connected, with 2 flats, at 292 Main street, and their trade give s employment to nine men. The. priiicijtid part ol their business is wholesale, of which they makp a specialty, and the handsome total of sales for the past year are suiliciei't evi- •dence of the public's a})preciation of a thorough establishment. . Su(;]ran institution as this is f)f great value to the merchants of this new country, and the years to come will tind their business increasing with the rapid gn)Wth of i\Ianitoba and the North-West. R. Gerrie &: Co. In another portion of our work will be found an account of this firm's real estate branch, and in this sketch we confine oui'selves to their business of wholesale dry goods merchants. Tins branch was established in 1873 by Mr. R. D. Bathgate, who was joined by Mr. 11. Genie the following year, at which time the pri sent firm name was assumed. From a very small and purely ret.iil cone(irn this house has advanced in a very few years to a position among the leading wholesale houses of this city. At tirst they did a general Inisi- ness in dry goods, enrjiets. furniture, and so forth, but since 187i.> they have confined themselves strictly to dry goods, and have now a very extensive and wide-spread business in that line. They extend their oyierations over the entire North-West, and keep two travelling men steadily on the road, while in their stores they employ some eight hands. They can \- ii full itock of every kclass of goods in their hue, and the ei'owded state of their present premises gives evidence that their stock is a valuable and a heavy one. These pre- mises are altogether too small for their now vastly enlarged volume of business and they are conserpuiutly making arrangements to move into new (piarters on Princess streets, where they will have four stories and basement of an area of :22 by 80 feet. \VLNXI!'i:(; \S\i HKIt IN'DL'STIUKS. 77 Turner, Mackeand & Co. The l)Usino3s of this lirm was e.stablishe»l in 1871 and ranks among the- pioneer houses (^f the city, tlioiigli at that time it was conducted by James Turner & Co., wholesale merchants. Hamilton, Ont., who were succeeded in 1879 by the gentlenven forming tlie caption of this sketch. The business of this firm is exclusively that of wholesale gi'oceries, they having no retail house in the city or any connection with one. For the present they occupy in conducting; tlu'ir business a brick building, MS by 14() feet in area, with two flats, but the j;i'(,al increase in their ti'ado (tenuuids tlif erection of an addition id building whicli will be comnienced early in ](S8l!, adj(jininj>' their present struetun!, and when c.mn^ilcted will give iheiu (i(j fcet of frontage on Bannn- tyne street, wiiidi, with the udditional elevation ni the house, will give them over 2(),00d m^uuv feci i if Horn' room, and will wh.'U eonipleted be one of tli.' largest filoeld in this famed laud, and the future will si ill liud them increasing wirli tht^ gruwth and develop- ment of the couutrv. Wm. Whitehead. Thi.' geutleman carries on the Ijusiness (ti' wiiolesale and retail druggist and has Ix'en «'stablish(',d in this city sin.c 1;C8. His business at first was purely a retail one, but lately ([uite au rxl.'nsive wholesale patronage has iieenconung to him abnost unsolicited. His business in compounding pre- scriptions is unsurjiassed if eipudle^l in vohnae by that of any other house in the ])rovin(!e, and Ins Lneh^ in wholesale physicians' supplies and family patronage e.Nt.Mids widely over the cntin' North-West. To his mercantile branch he adds that of mamifacturing almost every class of pharmaceutical l)reparatious, besides several ]iropritHary luedieines, and in this line his busi- ness is rapidly increasing. Mr. Whitehead's jn-emises are located in the Duftin Block, at the (i.Tuer of Main and Damiatyne streets, and contain at all times a full line oi very class of goods connected with his branch of business, while their lis iugs,''furniture and inner arrangements generally are the very acme of neatness and line taste. The time is not far distant when Wininpeg must have extensive wholesale drug houses, and we have no doubt but Mr. \Vhiteh(v,ul will be found among the leading men in that business. A. W. Murdoch & Co. There is i)erhaps no more useful institution in the Province of Marat.>ba f(n- the facillitating of commerce than the business of the above firm. In the lirst place, they are wholesale dealers in general groceries and supply retail dealers all over the province and through all the settled parts of the con- u 1 'Si *■ 78 "WINNIPEG AND UEIi INDUSTRIES. It ii s? f I tiguous territory, and during the year roll np a volume of sales amount- ing to several hundred thousand dollars. Their most useful branch, however, is their commission business, and in this department they receive consignmenti of almost every class of luervihaudisL' from every partof OnUirio and the eastera •and central Ihiit-jd States, ami liiui a markot, fdi- the siimc over the entir* North-West. In a eitv like Winnij)e,i,', which has spruiif.'; so rapidly into •commercial importance, a businciss like tliaL of Messrs. iMurdoch & (Jo. ia of incalculable value. It su])plies a medium for disUint traders to market their goods in this country, and .•JU|)pli;\-< storage lor cousiguincnts of gooda not yet I'ully represi'nted in th^' nuirt;;i;iiih! establishnicnLH of the provimia. •Some idea of the magnitude of tin; llrm's business may be liad fV(>m tho follow- ing fiicL-i : Th y p(jss"S.s bundtnl autl free storage room 'on lianuatyne street covering an area of 110 by 125 I'l'O.l, atid on ilu; river bank addi- tioaal storage of about the sam;' (jajjacity. They have, also, extensiy* frost ))roof basement storage on i\lain street, wliere they kei'p perishable good* fn^e from injury by Wi'.itlier. Tln-y aro thr.s pr.'jiarad to l(K)k cart'fnlly aft-cT thj intcnsts of roii-.i.unors in thai } articular, while their widespread businejw •coanections furnish lii'V fullest guarantee that in the item of rapid and protitr jible sales tliey are carefnl not to hi their jiatrons sutler. They an- also jtro- viacial ag'Uls for tlui ccli'biiited Hall's safes and loeks, of Uincinnatti Ohio, iuidChieagu, Illinois. This inisiness was csiablished in 1 by \. VV. Mur- - iisUed some twelve years ago, and has grown to its pr^sciu mai^aiitude frori v'-y ^mall i»ro;)ortioiis. The javsent' partners of the linn are K. K. Uadiger and il. T. halton, and they have a tradr over the cnLirc provinco, and ketip a regular travelling man on (h roiid. They handle all classes of foreign and ■domestic wines and liipioi.s, import uUs, jiuru-rs and wines e, and s('ll eith'.'r in bond or duty paid. The average value of their stoek is not less than S2(),t)(Mi, and it ineliules a large proportion of the best g.fods in tlieir Ihi J to lie found iti tli- North-West. In cigars, al.s(*, they do tpiitv an exU-n- Bivo busbie.ss, and have at all times a choice selection of th" U-st brands to l>« found in the L)omiiuon. The lirm'a stores are locut^-d on Main stred, opj»o- site, the Coiirt lIou.se, uml in the reiir of the same is their bonde<| warehont^. Th .se premises, however, are too limited for their busiiu-Rs, a?id iluiy are coin- pel led to store a eonsideralile portion of their goinls in olhei' bonded war»- liousfs In town. Notwiihsiauding the objections of some people, we phuv, tho 4*Hrablishment of M(!,s„rs, Kadiger ^ Co. amojig the valuable iudustrity* of Wmnijieg. Browne, Oldfield & Co. lliis hrm carry on ♦he business ol' wholesale ami retail dealen* in <««»od», h\\ 08, llov.cru, and so forth, uud are uW> grain tx)mmi.HHion uu'relmnt*. Thtf WlXNIl'KX; AND HKI{ INDKSTHIKS. 7f llllSnK'>A« handle all classes of field, garden and ilowor seeds, an(^ have a business whioh ■ex I ends from tlio eastern limits of Manitoba to the base of tlie Ilocky Mouit- tfiiiis. Their advciit in this city dates from the fall of 1879, when they pur- cli.ised and :iMt ww life iiiii thf Imsiin'ss I'onn.'rly (uvried oii by \V. M. i)i»- briiwc. i'xiLh ]iiirtniu's ^A' the edutitry is ereatintr, and their volume of l>usiness will in all ]iroliability double, that of 1881. Their store i.s situated at the corner (if Main and Hauiiatyne strteis. Schneider &: Meikle. Tliis linn ihiW their e.staltlislnaenl in imsiiiess here lioiu October, 1881, altbongli Itolli piivluev,^ have bi-en e, miiecLod with [ Winui- |ieg. Their stores ar." louiled in Kurtune's lUocK, on rriiices.s street, wcit of ibe city market. H. Bcse. This gentleman cni truly be cdUsi Icrcd cgie of the hardy pioneers vlto have done so much toward the developnu-nr. (f this country, Jle firsl iicker, aii'.l produce dealer. Ilis sales und wars T(»onis tue loc-it"d nil Owen street, opjiosit^' the Tinie-H oW'uv. His packing hous' is on I'orlag" avenue, and is :U»x',hi fee t, two s,ory high. Parties ship- pin : large tinanlities of produc' and provisions to this city lin 1 it to their ndsantige to consign their gKids to him for sale on cominissii'ii. Therefore, we lind him driving (|uil'' a tr.ide in thi,- liiii;. Ilis business gives employ- Bent to from ITi to ;«> men tlu; y-'ar round. Mr. IJivie also imiK)rt*< (yittls from the Stjites, and iiis wholesale butclu'riug di.parLmeut is wi'll regulated any iiirefully sHidying the wiinis nl'thc ir.ulc and watcliinii ihcii' interests lieiv tliMV now do a bnsiiiess in Mauituiia and llu; .Nuvlii-WrsL Territoiies of suih i; i|iovtanee tliat ihey tind it necessary Lo nunnil'ncliire goods c.sjKjcially lor tl;is. market. Jlesides ha iiig, a-< we liavf ah'cady said, largo factoiics for tii ■ manulacturi' of I'e'lt and sfraw liats and I'nr goo is, liiey iiaxc a laige gen' •; larnisliing de[)artment, imporling IVoia llic Knropi'an markrts, and lor this purpose liavi* s])eciul buyers wlio sclecl. iVoni time Lo lime tlie latest novelties ni that h"ue to he foiiutl in foreign countries. 'Piieir oilice in this city is nnderthc niaiiagcment of Mr. .1. 15. Stcvciisou. a gentleman well jxtsted in the tradi; uf'this country, and to joi»l)ers andtjLliir (hollers it must be a gn-ai advantage to Iv able to deal dirt-ctly with a, lirm oC sucli importance v.illi'iiit luLviiig to ivavcl iliousands ol' miles in do so. Griffin & Douglass This tii'in carry on the business of wholesale ilealers in pi'ovisions and produce and general ja-odiice eommissioii merchants, ami are one of the uuai- ber of entei'pnsing mei'cautile houses who loeat'd in iliis eiiv during th.- summer of ISSI. In Ma> of that year .Mr. l)on;.ilass commenced busi- ne.;a. in a small store room at in'.l Main street, and was glail to secur(> even su(.'h limited ja-emises, lie was scarcely widl st;irted when he became con- vinced of the absolute necessity of securing mon? commodious ipiarters, and ai'(;ordingly wilb the opening of IS82 la^ moved into his ])res(ua stand in the new (ieri'ie lUoek, on I'riueess strei'l, wIkm'c lui lias j'uiir iloois of an area ol' •Jo by HO feet, making in all loouiy and commodious jtremises. .\t th<' sanic lime he joiuiid interests >\'ith .Mr, (Irillin and the present linn name wa> assaimed. Mr. Douglass will still nanag.' the business here, while Mf. (iritliii, who resides in St. Thomas, Out., and has been l(Mig coniieetMl with the produce and ]n'ovision business in that province, will look after tlie Hrnrs interests in Eastern Canada. TIk^ lirm, besides' 1 heir ?ales from stork, receive extensive and numerous consignments of ijoods from Ontario and the United States, and find a market for them all ovm- .Manitoba. With tlr ir move into new pivmi.ses they have placed a regular travelling man on th.; road. an tiiiii alt- .j.xteiisive wholesale manul'acturers of clothing and niajille«j in Montreal and have e.slahlished at this place a repiesentiitivc ayeiwy for the WINNII'Kc; AND IIKK INDUSTUIKa ■SI. H('«()imii()diiti(m nf rluiiv lumiy patrons in ManitolKi. .mil the North-West. Th(\y (lalo ilicir advent in Winnipeg in 1871, -(iver ten yoavs ago, and are anioi'i.'- tlio Ncry lir.st lar.^fe instil utious in the East wlio recognized tlie import- ance of eslal)lisliing curly Uvjh' relations witli tins country of "illimitable possihililies." ( )ne ol' tlu lirni, Mr. S. (). Shnre.y, lias visited this country semi-annually .i.inds but nianufacture all their own eloth- iiig, and ar^ thus abl(> ti» warrant all the goods they sell. The uiagiulude of their business may be judged ftdui the fact that during ih • j^reat'r portion of the year tlie\ emplny somewhere aliout ["»() hands, and the jirospects a,re that this nundter will havr- to l)e materially increased. Their voluim; of trade has increased sn much ot late thai their present stores nn Main street, ^ipposite Ihe ('it\ Hall, which are 24 by 1(10 feet in dimensions, are ahogether too limited in spaee, and they are con.se(piently making arrangements to add con- siderably to their i'\l«'nt. lioth partners iTthis limi are men oi' extensive exporienci? inlludr line of l»UHiii''ss, and ilntrnu;.;hl V iind.-rstand the clothing wants of the )>eof>le nf the North- West. : A. D. McLean & Co. The Ifiisiuess the rapiti growth of VVinni[)eu it war. e.^tabli.slied by Mf. .\. l>. Mchean in .lune, ISisO, and at tirst his bu.sm ss wa.' ]»nrelyn. fanolv 'Hie and very lindtrd in velun.c. but it has grown -itiadily and rapidly until the hvui iia\e. in addition t.i t^heir fan\ily patrotiuge, an (;.\teusive wholesale trade w'nich comet* to them from all parts of Manitobii. Their business is (i-'alers ui staple and fancy gioct>ries, wines and li piors, and in the latter branch they make a specialty ofhandling 'lie better class of ;,'oods only, a cour.sc which lias iidded greatly to the rapid K'rt)Wth of their trade. Ah ii •♦ainplo of how elose attention to bu.sinesg and a syatoni of handling only Ihst cla.ss goods succeeds; we hnd that this lirm'.s volume of busines.' for'lH8l svas t'onsiderably over Sl."'t>,000, and 18811 com- S2 WINNIPEG A.ND HER INDUSTRIES. mences with the proiiiise of a lar«fe increase in tliese iiguves. The lirm carry .at all times a full stock of "ijoods counecutd witli (lieiv bii-iineHs, jukI its magni- tude mav be iudi'vd from ihe crowded slate of thfir stca^.s which are lotaled ou Main street, near the city market. Gold Seal Oyster Co. This house was establislied in Winnipeg .lune, 1881, and is a branch of the extcu'!i\(-; ].at'k!rig Ikhisi i^i' 11. V. .[ones at l)alt!more and Minneapolis. T'ney designate their business wholesale and rctftii oyster and Hsh dealers, and occupy a fine -^ales room at Ki Thistle street. They have branches at Emerson, Portage la I'rairie, Brandon and still another in the city market here. All these branches are managed and supplied frotn thcMr institution in Winnipeg. In onducting this business emi)loymtMit is given to tVum <) to 18 men, depi.'uding ujiou the season, and early in 1882 they will establish a large packing liouse ou Lake Winnipeg wliieli will materially aid in facilitat- ing their business, The nianageuient of this iirm's business is conducted by Mr. T. H. .Jones, a n)eud)er of tlui coui])any, a gentleman who is fully im- bued with the sjiirit of this ])ushing city and labors diligently to jilcatw and accommodate the public. Alex. Taylor. The subject of this sketch has been engaged in business in this pushing city since early in 1878 when he o[/en'^d up as dealer in books, stationery, •fixiiey g(K>ds and to\«. As a merchant Mr. 'faylor has \)v.rn eminf^iily success- ful anil has gradually increased the volume of bu-,iness d me and amount of stock carried with the rajiid growth of this wonderful ct.uutry uni:il iio now drives quite a wholesale trade in coiuiectica'i with his reuiil transactions. Ho occu])ys one of the finest sale rooms in the city at 8j;7 Main street, in ilie nciw Duihn iJloek latcdy erected, where a ('arelully .selected stm-k of slaide, fancy g(tud,'?, and novelties in his lino valued at about !? I 2,(1(10 i.s e+mstantly camed. He also makes a spei.'ialty of having at .il] tinnvs the very latest foreign and home 1 periodicals, magn/.ines aiul jDipers, .ind the ;imouiit of his transaetionij ior 18SI foot up toil large iigLiTegate. This gentleman, by dint of straights forward dealing and through anticipating the waiit^^ of the public and always keeping such a selection and assortment of goods as the demands of tilia country re(|uirevhich roipiias cerUtin kinds of elot,hin" to protect th tastes and w ' , a '''umto >vhich roipiia-s cerUtin kinds of elot,hing to protect the Ixidy, it is vtr" n-ysM-y that Ji" »e be manufactured especially for this market. The lir>u wW •h "oinm the caption of Ihig .irtide are largelv eugagnd ill the manufacti/o ufi..,)Ldand shuei*, and i " . ^ • ^. , igagnd make a specialty of produciug WINNIPEG AND HEK INDUSTRIES. 8S goods adaptiHl for the trade in this new country, and their experi- •ence as inanufactiu 'Ts and extended acquaintance with the territory and its reciuiren.'onts tully tils tlieni to eminently succeed, which is evident from the largo amount of their hoots and sh(jes sokl and worn throughout the North- West. This house was established in Montreal in 1853, and has grown with the tleuiar;ds of the couiUry until they employ at present fully 400 hands in their factories. They lirst l)egan doing business in this country in 187.5 and have carefully cultivaied the trade up to the present time. The province is visited twice a- year by Mr. .lames Kedman, who labors tissiduoUsly for the hest interests of his tirm and tn accommodate the mercliants with whom he deals and by his knowledge of tlie peoples wants in his line is lupidly increas- ing their ahvady very large trade. Richard Bros. The gentlemen comjKisiag this firm began business in Winnipeg in June, 1880, as whol"sal;' and retail dealers in wines, li(jUors, and cigars, and owing to the fact that they handle only the choicest viands and cigars manufactured from the finest i|ualit,y of Connecticut seed and Havana tobaccos imjtorted they have sm;ceeded in building up an extensive trade throughout this city and tli(! Noith-West in a comparatively short time. The business of tliis enterprising tirni for the yc^ar 1881 foots up to the handsome sum of$90,000. Tlu^y make a sptu.'ialiy of their own brand of "extra dry " eliam]i;iigne, and cigars which are huuiliarly known as " Carte lUanclie." Tiiey manul'acture some syru)is, biiieis. and cordials themselves, and their establishment here is th(! Nonh-West depot for (inederham li; Wort's jtroductions, of Toronto. Tliey are also kirgely intt'resled in the hotel line, as they own the European Hotel and Mauiliili.i House, which tliey rent to practical ho'iA men, who conduct good houses, and Mr. .1. A. IJichard, the ^^eniur nusmber of the (inn, conducts tie Cannda Hotel personally, and owns t.c liichelieu H'tel, which is Dperated bv H. I'euiregard. Thus we lind that the gent' i compns- iu" thisiirm aet a piominent part in furnishing aeconnnodatio the public. Stobart, Eden & Co. ixteen yeiirs I house, v.ith The Inihiness of this extensive eslablislmu nt was bejiai ago and was v'l.ndueli-d by Mr. T, K Kew, as a eomm braiiehes all o\er the NNrih-We>t. In 1874 Mr. .\rllair 1 i.'ien, a nu'inber of the present lit 'II, e;ime ironi Knglami, ant I snon after was taken into the lirm, whicli was, in \6TJ, cliang-id to Stobart, iCIen »t Co., and tlu' manage- ment WHS Iheit. liter entrusted to his cure. I'rub.ibljj no i;.^til i;ii,»n hiis done more toward tlio rapid development of this gold.ni North-West Llian this lirm, who have, by establishing liir nailing i^osks which in.-erted che openinj^ wedKe fer the advance of eivili/atiou, anil again we fiml them nbtvust nf the times m building up new .seltleiiienis b) placing geneial 'Stores , many desir- nbie points. Messrs. Stobart. Kd.ui & Co's. biisiness in this city is tliiit of imi.ort.ers of dr\ goods, and their present place of business is at r.a.') and '.',^7 Main streel, wJierc they occupy a building ''lO by IdO feet in urea, with three Uuis and basement', which "is divided into scj.urate dcpurlmonts for thu cnn patrol 84 accoininoc i. i^ r AVINNIl'Kd AND iIKU INKl'STHIKS. lalit)ii ot'tlu'ir wliolesal" iiiid i'i;t;iil trad<'. This t'si;;il)li^li"ineiiti ^u;ivesi >loviiU'.iil to twcntv nu'U vho Inbur dilijifiitlv 1o ijleasc and accoianiodate i.s, Tl \e. wii oh'sal (' ( [f|!ailii)ciH 'I'lliis liriii s l»u> 4 Gcora-e Wishart & Co. I -iness KpeMMl ions. The linn \\liicli forms ilie snlijict of this .•-la'teli ar(> direct im|iorteis ai: il wholesa,K' denlers in teas, lolniocos, and liipiors. The bnsiness of this firm ivm*. establisheil in 181 nid 1 las yrown auu mereast 'd wil ii ill > 1 l!ii. imeiit of theeountrv miul tlieii- Irride necessitates the use df ;ut 'decani Hiiiek ware- house oO by TOO fee! in ureii v.ith feur flats, wliie.h ihey lia\e enti-red diirinti 1881 and st ee d wiili about .^''liiiMli) Worth (■!' eholc" tens, line tobaceos iind all kinds of li(|iiiiis of l)est brand North-VVest in Ibis lin as to the impoiiaiiee am win. II IS l! !ira'. 'e^l liH'K earned in lb Tl positi;tn aniony I'le wholesalt' houses r,l' \]\ afl'urded -lealers throughout i\\v. N(-iiii-\\ « -t supplies aliionir, and the lii'ility oi tl le i\[u,\\; .siatenu'Uts are very ooiicbiiive evidenet; 1 ina;^nituih- ot' iiii;-.' eslahlishment, a .•'. its rcdative liis new I'onntiy. The adNanta^'e able to piu'ehaso llieb* m In it! lis uriii to iii'idjiimouaie them is e'\i ideut from their lar^e patri>na;4(, whieh ai'ioimis \n iidiv ^?ot)0,'JU(t per annum. The lientlt'iuen e<>ni]iosin;4 tiiis linn arc ilhd.Hrj,!) jivactieal business men who fully understand tl le ^s;ln^s n| (Iii- tiailc A. Calder. Tlii.- uenlli'Uiau >ells lu .iv\ and Ii;.,lit \\a-,unus, and all l-.indsand tityles of earriuj,'es . nd buejrit-s mannfaclured. lie established iiusincQ.s in this boom • ing metropolis in 187'.', and liy liai'dlinu ih- lie.^, articles "on wheels" has .sueeeeded in buildi;\:;' iij) an eii\i,d»l(' repiKaliun and trade thioiiohont the North-West and a nood hr.iuch at liraiiddii. This i»;cnileman is airent Ibr Mr. John Campbell, nl' London, Out., wlm iiiiinufactnrcs carriages, bu^igies, etc., and whose name ouany vehicle is sitllieient f^unrantco of true uorth. Mr. Caldrr has .s<»ld over tiOU bufi'/lcs, caiTia;.;cs, sleighs an a ^reac \ariety of vehich'.-,, amoii^ which the harde.st to please may scleil ^omethiiii; losuit theiu, i)c it ,'ui ole as well as tlie neces.silies, hn\]\ (if whioli are foimd in this estahlish- sntiut. '! he l»usiiu;;-,s uf this pushiii;^ .et'iitleiuaii ha.- amounted to about ■JJIUO, ()()() for ihe i>aHit year, mul Iiis iiloddiug industry will reap for him a much laruvr, and well d( served haivert lor the years to couie. S. F. Johnson & Co. Th;.-- linn e mduct an extensive lousiness a;s wholesale and retail dealers in liardware, and is eoniposed of the lirst named gentleman and the lirm of Wood iV Jjcggat, Hamilton, Ont., who are largely engaged in the whohjsala of hardware, Messrs. S. F. Johnson & Co. estahlislu'd business in tlris city in June, 1880, and have ever sinee their advent held a leading position among the dealers of Winnipeg, owing to the large and carefully selected stock carried. ; 'J'ht^ir place of business is opposite the City Hall on Main street, where they r-- - - ' .1 - --J — --, ey occup}' a building 28 by 100 feet, with two Hats and basement, and also use . t\v■ I 86 WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. lit. \l traveller for a number of years in Ontario and afterwards a wholesale dealer,, in the spring of 1879, beiug desirous of extending his business, he thoughfc Manitoba should be a good field, and in August, 1879, had a consignment of some 600 cases of staple lines of boots, and slioes' which he advertised to be disposed of in Winnipeg by auction to the trade. But through delays in transit of the goods, a misconception of the trade requirements, and other causes, his "trade sale" was a failure. His next course was to i>urcliase a. building in the Grace Church property, on Main street, wh. re he openeil thft first exclusively wholesale jobbing bd)t and shoe house in Winnii)eg. Karly in 1881 he closed o'Vthis ntire business in Ontario and the same spring moved up here, secured a ailtiuig site and built his ])resent wareliouse on Thistle street, whicli he hopes soon to have replaced by a large brick Imilding. II]> to this time the business had been in charge of Mr. A. C. Flumerfelt, wha having proved himself so valuuble an assistant since the commencement, has. since been admitted a partner, having sjjecial ciiarge of the travelling and sales department. And now this pioneer business has every prcsi)ect of occupying a prominent position among the leading insiiiutions of this great Xorth-West. Tlieir stock is mostly manufactured in the Ti'Dvince of Quebec, but in a few yeai ■ mu-c, when labor becomes chea]) and iacilities for tanning leathtii' in this country become better, Mr. Higgins thinks it will be advisable to manu- facture a great portion of their goods here, and at the proper time lie will be leady to start the piimeerbotit and shoo manufactory. James O'Brien & Co. Late in 188' the whohisale int<.'rest of Winniji-'g received a valua))le addition in the tiiiu whicli tM -us the subject of this sk(Hch. Tb-eir business, is that ol' wliole.sile dealers in .•Inthiug, and their honse here is a branch uf their ext,en;,ive institution hx-aled at Moiitieal, Ont., where they have huge factories, which give i^mjihtyment to from l,Ut)() ri> 1,200 hands, and Ijuvc tor over a (piartcr of k century held a leading ])osition it; tli<' Dontinion of Canada as producers of ready-made clothing. Their house liere is managed by iMr. I'ciiald Frasiv, a member ot the firm, who lias for the past eight years visile*l this countrv atid built up a wide circle of business relations and friends. His long exi»erieiice in Manitoba and North-West Territories fully fits him to uiider.Mtand the wants of the trade i;nd. anticipate the demands ; theiefore, the jiareiit lirm mamifactme (Specially for the trade of this new country, and their large patronage is sulfici(!nt e\idence of the appreciation of their ellorls by the mercliants of the North-W«st. They now occupy a Imilding on Thistle street, but will at an early date ereet more com- Biodious premises, as their fast increasing trade demands. In their establish- ment here can be found about .li^oO.OOO vorth of »;oods ; which comprise a very •arefuUy selected stock. A. C. Perry. In September, 1881, the mercantile interests of \Vinni]'eg received another additi., l)eg,iu iu a tumuli way, with a btnited stock and facilities ; but have grown and increased with the city and thi; country, until tliey now carry a stock ol iioni ir;2o,i)0l) to i^^OJJOD, and lUd an aggregate business of $50,000 for ISMl, Their ti'iilc ;4ives emj-Joynicnt tu i'our hamls, and tliey make a s])ecialty of the rejiairiiig >^' idl kiads of jewelry and watcli(-s. TUim departmeiii of their business is attended iiy skilled mechanics, and early iu 188:2 tliey will add the mHjiufaetmv, of watch cliuins, lockets and all solid jewelry. M' ssis, I'ollack & Co. have prospered in th» past and the future will find, tbeiii iilMcast nl' the times and holding a leading position in th' iv hue. F. Osenbrugge. This "jeiill-nian dates liis advent in Winnipeg from 1877, when he began business as dealer m hides and furs, and also conducted a retail ston; on Main. street up t(. the beginning of 1881, when he.disposed of his retaU business and entered into tlu wholesale, and jobbing of provisions, stiqde grown'ies and shipping of beet hides and v,iw furs, nnd has done a business within the jiast year which readies tin Ir ulsoine sum of aliout ^100,000. In conducting his busin(^ss Mr. t)senbru'^g ccupies a building on Water street, 25 x Ho feet, witli three Huts and [n, A bnsement. He is also largely interested in re«d estate and lias been very sueccsst'ul. He imports Jargely from the States, •specially catmed goods such as fruits and meats. 88 WINNll'liU ANU IIKU INDUSTIUKS. II ' mn ■ 'ill Mr. 03ros])ectiny' for tlie purpose of raising stt)ck, but in J 873 wo find jiiiu periuaiieiitly located in this city as commission merchant and dealer in such r Ids own piirjjox'', 27 -\ 7USTR1RS. S9 gentleman ciirnes a stock of fully .Sr)(»,006, and liis business for tlie proscnt year amounts to tlif luuidsonie su)n of $200,0(11). Mr. rolijuliouii is also an ■extensive dealer in city ]a'0])erly and town lot?\ aud in iliis line iias ln'cn nor- j'es))(mdiii,tily successful. W. H. Marsh & Co. This enter]iiisin<4 firm were eslublislied duly, LS81, and are c.Nteiisivo Avliolesale deab.'vs in paiuts, o\h, color;, artists' materials, white hvids, vjirnishes, ■and make a specialty of every kind of corumoli, embossed, and lOnj^lish and Belgian ])late glass, In fact, every article which is usually kept in an exten- sive inxl ^^'^'11 vegulatedestablisliment of this kind can be found in their, stock. Under the good mauugenieut of Mr, W. H. ]\Iar,sh, tlu; resident member of the firm, they have built u]) an enviable trade and reputation in a short lime, and carry an extensive stock of $30,000. Their wholesale trade has been all that couid be ex))ected and more than was anticipated in such a short time. The (.'(). of this firm are the (jld and well known manufacturers and dealers m this line, Messrs. itamsay, Dods & Co., Montr^^al, Canada. Parsons & Richardson. The nenthuucii lorminu this Hrm established business in AVinnipeii !» IHTS as bnoksellers and stationi.-i.-, and iu 1880 added a much needed depart- ment, or what might really be considered a se|)arate institution, that of eom- inercial j^rinting and binding. They both wliolesale and retail the goods liandU'il by them, and enjoy in the former branch ((uite an extensive trad« throughout this new North- West, ami in the retail department they hold a leading place. The prominence this lirm has gained is largely due to the following, facts : l>otli the gentlemen composing the firm were brought up in the large and well known estiiblished house, of C'ampbell &, Son, Toronto, publishers and booksellers, and are practicial, competent men. Again, they import direc,t fi'om luiglish and American markets. In conducting their business here they i>e;',u]ty a sloivhouse L'o by 80 feet in area, with two flatus -on the corner next the i'ostollice building, and for the binding ami commercial ])rinting deijartmenr, are erecting a building :!;"> by 00 feet, two story, at the aper, stationery, toys, china, and" Bohemian glass goodv pictures and iiicture frames, Berlin and other fim» f» il *•■■ n t ' it,*. s^. ■> IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 1.1 IL25 i 1.4 ItilM |25 >ii 112 122 a HA "^ Photographic Sdeices Corporation m \ «■ <^ ^ 33 WIST MAIN STRUT WMSTIR.N.V. MSM (7l*)t7a-4S03 ;\ 90 WINMPEG AND HER INUUSTKIES. wools, and fancy goods generally, and has a trade extending over the province of Manitoba. His establishment here is a branch house only, his headquarter» being in Woodstock, Ont., where he has carried on the same class of business for many years. He opened his house here in December, 1880. His premi- ses are located in the Imperial Bank Block, on Main street, and comprise street floor and basement of an area of 24 by 75 feet. They are neatly and tastefully fitted up, and contain a stock unequalled by that of any other house in their line in the province Altogether, Mr. Maycock's establishment is a very necessary one in }V^innipftg, and may be considered the pioneer wholesale house of its class in Manitoba. ^ohn A. Macmartin. This gentleman • conducts on Portage Avenue, opposite Calder's carriage^ depot, u giain, Hour feed and general produce business. He dates his advent in this city from September, 1881, and .through his industry and push ha.'* sucteeded in building up a good trade in a shoit time. Mr. Macmartip is very careful to anticipate the wants of .the public., therefore, in his stock will be found all kinds of produce and different feed» and grains, and the best makes of flour insufficient quantity and variety. Bt'. also enjoys considerable whole.sale trade with dealers, contractors and lumber- . men, which is rapidly increasing. H. S. Donaldson & Bro. The business of this firm was established by the senior member in 18()7, who is one of the oldest business men in the city and can truly be considerei i a pioneer of this new country. The present firm date their advent in 1873, an< I have continuM the same business established before that time, anil througl* their industry and good management they have built up a large tnidy a.-> wholesale and retail dealers in books, stationoj'y and that line ol notion.^. usually carri«'d by an extensive establishment ol' this kind. Thi^y now occupy a building 2G x 70 feet, two-story ; but have en:t.ted an elegant new brick building on the corner of Main and Queen street, three story, 108 x 80 feet, which is one of the finest structures in the city, part of which tliey will soon use in conducting their own business. These gentlemen aie largely iuter»-ste by TnM & Molvill»\ while the present firm organization dates from Sentember, 1880, They aro wholesale and retail dealers in drugs, |»erfumery, druggists sundries and S(> WINNIPEG AND HEU INDU8TKIE8. 91 province lquarter» business is premi- comprise: 3atly and my other tlishment pioneer } carnag'j' s advent 3ush ha.'4 le publii', snt feed» iety. He. luiubtii - ill 18(;7, )n3itleru< I I87ii,atnl . throuj^l* triidy iis notions V occupy i\v brick 80 feet, ivill soon utcr(-8ted been tbiv it can be il growth ivetnentM nd thent M()lvilb\ rhey aiHj } and 8<> forth, and manufacturers of different chemicals and pharmaceutical prepara- tions generally. The business was at first a retail one, and in that branch,, especially in the dispensing line, it has made rapid increase. Lately, however,, they Luve been steadily adding an extensive wholesale trade, have opened up- a fine business in physician's supplies and placed several valuable proprie- tary medicines' in the market. Their business connection now extend over the Trovince and the Niorth-West from Thunder Bay to the Rocky Moun- tains, and necessitates conciderable travelling by the members of the firm. The premises of the firm are located in the Morris Block on Main street^ one of the finest business structures in Winnipeg, and comprise street floor- and basement, 22 by 70 feet in area. Here they employ some eight hands,, but in the coming spring they will have arrangements completed to materially extend their business, and will be compelled to make quite an addition to the- number of their emjjloyees. James Flanagan. Among the wholesale merchants of this city the gentleman forming the subject of this sketch holds a recognized position as dealer in grains, general l^oduce and provisions. His place of business is located at No. 6 Queeik street, where he occupies in conducting his business a building 30 x 70 feet in area, with two flats, and in addition to this he has a wareroom for the storage of grain located on the levee, with the capacity of holding 10,000 bushels. Mr. Flanagan has been established in business hero since 1878, and has succeeded in building up a trade, which reached for the year 1881, $75,000. He has also handled over 40,000 bushels of grain, pvinci])ally oats, barley and •orn during the past year. He tlrives a thriving tnide as conmiission merchant, by selling goods on consigmneiit, such as butter, eggs, and fresh beef by sides. Mr. Flanagan, owing to his long experience and acijuaintance with the trade and dealers, is eminently auci^cHsful in dispcsing of goods on consignment. He imports large quantities of goods from the States during tlie summer season, and sells larg(;ly to railroad cotitractors, as well as to retail J";<,lers. His business is entirely wholesale and jobbing. . G. F. and J. Gait. This firm, while they are one of'the mo.st recent, are also one of the most, valuable additions that has been uuide totlie mercantile interests of Winnij)eg, and their ailvent here makes on(! more to tiie great wholesale houses of the Province. The Hnn is comjMised of (Um). V. (Jail, formerly of I'erknis, Ince & Co., of Toronlf), and John (Jalt, iormerly of the Hank of Montreal, Chicago, ajul they have come ''o Winnipeg to identify themselves with its business inten^sts and assist in building uj* it» conuuerce. They opened their new stores in thedeirie Block on Princess street with the conunencement of 1882, and are now in full blast as inqxirters of and dealers in teas, cigars, winos„ brandies and general groceries. They ilo a strictly wholesale busiue.ss, and have no interest in a retail house of any description. They are jdacinga regular staff of travelling men on the rojid and will shortly open up theii- business connections from Uiki; SujKaior to the Uocky Mountains. Their '». 92 WINNIPKG AND HER INDUSTRIES. premises comprise four floors ami basement of un area of 25 by 85 feet, a con- siderable portion of which is utilized for customs and excise bonded stores, which enables them to sell either in bond or duty jtaid, as customers may desire. Wm. Hunter. This f^entleman is proprietor of the Canton T f^torc ami is importer, whole- sale and retail dealer in teas, coflees, sugars, general groceries, wines, liquors, ■cigars, crockery and glassware. He est^iblished his Ijusiness in this city in June, 1881, and the large trade which he has so successfully built up materi- ally swells the volume of commerce in Winuii)f>g for tlie past year. In conducting his business he occupies a c(tmmo(lious sales room, 25x75 feet in area, two-story, at 233 Main street, with large wareroom 25 x 60, con- nected and gives employment to five men. Mr. Hunter enjoys considerable wholesale trade tliroughout this province ■and the North- West and in connection with Ids city rettiil trade furnishes the supplies for some large hotels and contracting parties. This gentleman has the superior advantiige of sixteen years experience in liis business and is fully able to judge the goods desired by the public ; there- fore, in his well selected stock can always be found the choicest brands of th» ^iticles dealt in by him and any new meritorious specialty recently placed up on the market. Mr. Hxmter's Inisiness has rapidly increased ami the years to come will tind liim as at present occupying a ]ierminent position among the merchants of Winnipeg and her public .s})iriteil citizens. Fratik Rigney. The business career of this gentleman in Winnipeg extends back to June, 1879, when he commenced as a mondier of tlio firm of Jiigney & Carey, who •conducted a business in staple and fancy groceries, spices dried fruits, Italian ^oods, wines and licjuors, and advanced from a i)uroly retail to a prominent wholesale house in tlieir line. Near the close of 1881 this business, which i3 located in the Biggs Block on Main street, was sold to Messrs. T. and V. liigney, who now conduct it under the firm nanie of lligney J^ros., and tlie subject of tliis sketcli moved into the Genie Block on I'rincess street, where Ihe has a magnificent establishment, comprising four floors and basement of an 4Mea of 24 ])y 80 feet. With his move into new ([uarters he went into an exclusively wholesale business, and confines his transactions to wines, liquors, And cigars. He makes a si)ecialty of carrying a stock of the finest liquid goods, for which he earned an enviable reputation in his ft)rmer ])remises. Mr. Iligney is one of Winnipeg.s young and enterprising l)usiness men 4ind belongs to a class who prove a jiower in building up the commerce of a young and growing cily. N. Bawlf. The busimsH career of thi,s gentleman dates back to tlie spring of 1877, wiien he sUirUid as a dealer in grain, flour ami feed, and in that branch of liusiness he still hohis a leading ])osition. He does both a wholesale and retail trade, and carries on operations ir^si.x diH'erent towns in the I'rovince besides 85 feet, a con- bonded stores, ers may desire. upoiter, whole- winey, liquors, in this city in uilt uj) materi- eai. s room, 25x75 1 25 X 60, cou- nt this province furnishes the s experience in public ; there- t brands of th» intly placed up and the yearg josition anK>ng s Ijack to June, r & Carey, who i fruits, Italian a prominent uainees, which srs. T. and V. (Bros., and the H street, where )a.senient of an e went into an uiiuis, liquors, e finest liquid premises. business men ommerce of a .riiiK of 1877, that branch of 38ale and retail ovince besides WINNIPKd AND HEK INDUSTRIES. , 9S this city, and has secured the respect and contidenco of the agriculturalists of the Trovince generally, with which class most of his grain transactions are conducted. These dttt'erent bviinches have been opened one by one with the growth of the country, and hi,s business now is a huge institution compared with the small limits it was confined to five years ago. Mr. Bawlf's commercial energy has by no means spent its for(3e yet, and • with the coming spring lie is about to make additions to his grain handling arrangements, which will appear almost revolutionary in connection with that branch of business throughont the province. Mr. Bawlf has added to grain the handling of raw hides, and tiv(! years ago comnienccd the cuiing of the siune a branch of industry in wliich he has. the lumor of being the jdonet-r la the Northwest. His offices and stores »ire on Main street, oppos'ile the Court House, and he has several warehouses for storage pur])oses in different parts of the city. Brydon & Mcintosh. The gentlcuu'U ibvmiug this hnn succeeded January Ist, 18(S2, y\r. J.iL Clements, who established the business in 1874, which is that of im])orter of ' and wholesahi and retail dealer in pianos, orgatis, sewing and knitting nuichines. This house is the ohlest institution of the kind in the Xorth-West, and doubt- less the most successful hevetofon , and tlu; ])re3ent owners will infuse into it now life and push it with that vim characteristic of Winnipeg's most success- ful business men. Messrs. Brydon i^- IMclntosli are .solo agents in the North-West for the Haines I'iiinos, wliich they, import from the States, also the K. S. William's Pianos, manufactured in 'I'oronto, (-)nt. l.n the sale of the.se celilmited makes of pianos their house has heretofore Irmmi eminently successful. They also control th(^sole right to .scdl the Hfll anil Kstey Organs in' Manit(J)a and the North- West, uj)on the merits of wlnCli there is no necessity of oin- commenting. Ihuing 1881 in the sewing macliinc line they enjoyed an enviable trade, having disposed of over tlOii liaymond and Montreal Singers ; also a large inmiberof "White" machines, manidactundat ( leveland, Ohio, which they import from the States. The home office 0,000, and for the coming year will be doubtless largely increased, as their arrangements and connections fully warrant an exten- sive trade. In ilie development of this country these gentlemen act a promi- nent part, })y furnishing the necessary time and labor saving machinery, and fully deserve the success which h«s been theirs. Russell Bros. At .•)9o Main street wo find the above named firm doing a largo trade as news and stationery dealers and booksellers. They established busi- ness in this city in Xov., 1880, and through dint of honest dealings and strict attention to the wants of customers have; built up a good patronage, Messrs. Russell Bro's. establishment in this city is the headquarters for Bible societie's books, and all classes of religious literature, as well as general literary matter, school and text books, uuiga/ines, daily and weekly home and foreign publi- cations. They make a specialty of and sell large quantities of toys and fancy goods. Their holiday trade for 1881 and 1882 was exceptionally large, and the stock well selected. The firm is composed of Mr. W. D. & C. Russell, who give their business their jMM-sonal attention, and lieing practical men make the success of their institution in this city a foregone conclusion. They will increase their stock and facilities with the rapid growth of the country and doubtless remain among the first dealers in their line. Wm. Bell. The establishment of this gentleman is located at the corner of Main and Graham streets, where he carries on business as a dealer in general dry goods, ladies' and gents' furnishings, yarns, and Biuiin aurl other fine wools. He has been in business since the sjjnng of 1879, and has enjoyed a liberal patri^iage during that time. His trade is i)rincipally a city and a, family one, although lu- lias many country customers, and owing to his cen- tral .stand, (luite a sliaie of transient business. His store supplies a very necessary stone in the city's business structure, and he himself has steadily made Ins way into a position among her most enterprising business men. He is yet a young man, is well supplied with energy and enterprise, and has no doubt a long and sucecssful business career bufore him. Hickson & Rogers. The store of this firm is an establishment devoted to dress and orna- ment, and is among the most attractive in the city of Winnipeg. They are dealers in $lai»le and fauc.v dry goods, notions, paper machie goods, musical instruments, fancy pipes, baskets, dolls, Bohemian vasses and toilet sets, and fancy goods generally. In dry goods their stock is exceedingly well selected, while in china and glass ornaments, purses, fancy wood-work, work- boxes, and so forth, their premises are a perfect polytechnic of knick knackery. 98 WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTK1E8. Their business was established in November, 1880, but they only moved into their present fine premises in the Donaldson Block in November, 1881. Here they have a spacious room 22 by 75 feet in area, which, in fittings, fur- niture, and other arrangements, is the very acme of neatness and good taste. Since their advent in this city the firm have had a prosperous and steadily inert asing business, and are gradually making their way into a position among the city's leading mercantile houses. J. F. Caldwell & Co. This firm are the successors to the late Dr. C. J. Bird, who was one of the pioneer druggists of this city, as well as a physician of skill and extensive practice. The present firm dates from 1876, since which time they have steadily built up an extensive trade in drugs, druggists' sundries, and so forth. From their start they have done a large family and prescription busi- ness, but of late they have added considerable of a jobbing trade, and it is evident they will eventually drift into a purely wholesale house. In physi- cians' supplies and governaient outfits they have also a valuable patronage, and their trade co^inections extend over the provihce and the North-West, clear to the Hocky Mountains. The firm are also manufacturers of tinctures, elixers, and, in fact, all general pharmaceutical preparations, besides several valuable proprietary medicines, which uie fast gaining popularity. They thus occupy a place among Winnipeg's manufticturers, besides ranking prominently among her mercantile firms. The premises of the firm are locatetl in the fino block known by their own name, at the corner of Main and McDermot streets, are neatly and tastefully fitted up, and are under the immediate supervisioa of Mr. J. F. Caldwell, the managing partner. A. Harris, Son & Co. In accomplishing the great work of building up and develojiing this rick and fertile country, the firm which forms the subject of this article have played a prominent part, by introducing and pushing the sale of the necessary- machinery for the use of the thrifty farmers. Their farm machinery has beem fiold in this place since 1872 through agents, but in 1880, recognizing the vast importance of this new North- West, they determined to establish a branch of their business here in their own name and under the direct control of a member of their firm, and built their present extensive and commodious brick warehouse and offices on Main street, which are 50 by 100 feet, three story. They have since added another warehouse on Market street, and :'n early epring they will build still another large distributing warehouse, 6b by 72, three story, in close proximity to the C. P. R. depot. The parent firm of this extensive establishn)ent is located at Brantford, Ontario, and is engaged in the manufacture of wire and twine binding harvesters, rear and front cut mowers, and self rake reapers, in the manufacture of which they give employment to 125 to 175 hands, and have the capacity of building several thousand machinery per annum. The firm of A. Harris, Son & Co. is composed of the following named practical gentlemen, viz. ; Alanton Harris, John Harris, James Kerr Osborne, WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. 99 Lyman N. Jones, John H. Housser, franklin Grabb, and Joseph N. Shenston. ushing city_ J - ^ ,.: .uiiii:::i..:. :: ;^ : : ;....- Messrs. Bishop & ! :i==;^yMr,.:=s^- „ „. '..^^^ts^-^ ==s=s=5=^^-— -^ - Shelton date their- advent in Winnipeg: in 1872, when they began business as. cabinet-makers in a. small shed on Main street, 15 x 80, andS we leanx that this, shtd was indeed a very poor one at that as the roof was inade- quate to turn tlie raiix and gave our hardy ^ piom ers exercise ii;i dodging the water which came through. ; Next Me lind thenn ; occupying more com- = fortable quarters in a : log house 20 x 30 ft. i on I'ost Office street, 1 where they assidu- i' ously pushed their trade with that vim and energy which always insures suc- cess. Surticieut to say that tliis live iinn continually ad- vanced in magnitude and ini|)()rtauce with the city's and coun- ty's demand, and at this time, less than tt n years since thf ir ccniing liere, we find them occu])ying one of the finest brick building s in the North-We^t, wliitli is 2') by GO feet, three-story, with warcrocms 24 by 60, two story, workshops and tiuiiy Messrs. Bishop & Slielton are true indexes to tlie greatuess of this country and what ftrue merit and worth cjin accomplish. Wm. 'IcFarlane. This gentleman has iieen in business in Winmpeg since 1874, and has >l[)een in his present store on Main street,, opposite Notre Dame, since the •beginning of 1879. He carries on business as a dealer in and manufacturer -of ladies' gents* and childrens' boots and shoes, and confines his manufacturing to goods made to order, in which branch lie emjdoys three assisttmts. His stock of ready made goods comprises every imaginable article in foot wear, .and is selected with that care and judgment which oidy thoroughly practi(xil men like Mr. MoFarlane know how to exercise. Mr. McFarlane, besides being a good business min, is also a practical mechanic of many years experi- 'cnce, which serves a? an extra guiuantee that customers' interests will be well dooked after, while it also contrilnites much towards h;s success in business, Ayr Agricultural Works. These works are loijated at Ayr, Out., and are extensively engaged in the manufacture of farm nuiehinery, in whicli they give employmont to 2oU liaiids. In the industries of Winnipeg we aim (july to give their branch which was • established in this city in 1879, althougli their machinery has been sold in th's province for a numh:;r of Uiars. They have established branches at tlie fol- lowing points, which an; nuinaged from this ])lace : West Lynne, Nelsonville. Hotfmuysfell, Turtle Mountain, Portage k Prairie, llapid City, Minnedosa, ■nnd Prince Albert. The following farm machinery and im|dements are hand- led from their house here: Huhltard gleaner and binder, which is operated by ■one horse ; also Lion reapers, of wliicli t! 'y have sold 210 the past year. Humming Bird and Gem mowers, of which the/ have disposed of 8.) tlie last season. In the itlow line they sell the celebrated B. D. Buf(jrd, of which •they have sold 700 for 1881, and for the coining season have ordered 1,400. 'They also sell harrows, wagons and sliighs, ami enjoy their full share of the trade of this rapidly developing country. Their temporary offices are located c^it the corner of James and jVlaiii strei'i-;, and they a\so occupy a wareroom 50 by 100 feet in close proximity t(j the C. P. 11 depot, and will early in 1882 ■erect a commodious brick buildiu;,' 25 by 100 feet in area, for olUces, sales .-and sample looms. During the coming season emidoyment will be given to 50 agents in the sale of their machinery in this territory. The Ayr Agricul- tural Works are the property of Mr. John Watson, who is a veteran manufac- ])ul)lic's benefactor. The gentlemen, who form the cajition of this article arc extensive dealers in farm niacliinery of oidy the best makes and that wh'fh is fully atiipted to the use of the agri- culturar classes in the new Nurth-West. I\iissrs. VVesbrook iV Fairchild established their bnsiiK'.-i in tbis city in .he fall of 1877, and through their push and industry have suc;erded in building up an enviHbb' leputatiou and a trade which extends throughout the jirovii.ce of ]\liinitol)a and a large part of the Noitli-West. They have succetdid in establishing eminently success- ful brandies at Kmerson wliicb issuju-riuU udcd by S. K. Faircliiiii ; at I'ortage la I'lairie, conducted by K. (,'lia]pin ; atl'a]iid City, nmnngedby Tbonnis llould- ing; Xelsonvdle, by J. A. Moore: at t'lcarwater, by .1. I.aidlaw; iind .^till another at West Lynne, superinlmded by (}. W. Scott. These establi;.ihnh'nts are representative institutions, aiat aiv conducted by tborou-^hly coiaieleiiL nam, and .serve as useful auxiliaries to tlie jiarent tirm. Tlif mention ot the makes and amount (»f machinciy handled by ihis live establishment will be conclu- rive evidiMH^e of their ujagnitude and imixirtance. 'J'hey are sole agenta in the Xoilh-Wcst for the Western JMni.ire threshers, New .\gitatoi threshers, and Ibaslu'r Vails and Little (iiant small se] aiators ; ibr power tlu^y sell the Western Mmjiire engines, and the ]'>ut1'aio I'itts senior and junior horse poweis. Of the above maehiues they have ai ranged for forty outfit.^ for-^ the coming season. They handle the Mc("oimiik wiie and cord I'lndt-rs, and their trade for the jast year warrants them in ordering ."{(lO niachiiK's for the coUiMig season. ()( the .>.iiigle real <■)• ^''^'.V '"^ve .sold 7''' during the i ast sea.son> au and have disposed of nearly :>, Odd during the ] ast .-eason. Siieh lige.res spt ak in teim.s. of highest ])raise for tlie nn rits of these j.lows and their ailaplability to the use of the i'aruieis in I'lis coiintry. They have ordered odd of the eelibrated I'hunuK'r waggons, L'.ld ("hampion hiiy rakes, ."idd of the Van Ibiint \' Davis. Co. Monitor seeders for the coming season. In llm harrow line they havt; ordered odd anil for the winter trade Ihey have reeeived ildd sleighs. In e(jn- iluetiiig this thriving business they give employment tniweniy men to whom they pay fair salaries, and Ihei'eby K'ave no means whereby the faiiner nuiy be overcharged f hiid consigned them fortius point 100 binders, I2r» rciipns, 1 To mowers, ITo nikes, 1,0(10.1. I. Case plows, 25 threshers, and 2."> .steam engines; also 200 \'an llrunt seeders, 200 sets of iron harrows, 60(t i'aris wiigoiLs, .'KM) buggies and biuikboanls, 200 cutters, and ;?00 jiair bob sled.s, with a lidl line of supplies. The business of this energetic establish- ment for the piist year has cxcecdctl -SIoO.OOO, and will for the coming year ho doulile the fignit's lov llir season of ISSI. Messi's. I). Maxwell »S: (Jo. have estalilishcd rcpieseniative iiranclic^ at I'.merson, West I.ynne, Crystal ('ity, Minnedosa, Ncls(»nvilK, Carmen City, I'ort ige la Prairie, lirandon, and (llad- st^tne, which are supeiintended liy ]irac1ical, competent men, who labor indua- Iriously to introcbice the Miacliiiiery handled and push the best interest of their employers. The whole luisiness ol' this house is miinaged by Mr. D. Cowan, lli(( junior memiier of the hini, a gentleman fully imbutul with the spin! ot'this wonderful country, auh Caistm, and thev operate two meat markets in the city, one at 2iio .Main street, near the Ontario l!ank, an I the other in the I'oint l>ouglis district, nearly opposite the FrankHii House. In both places they have a flourishing business, and in their oi>ei"a- 1 "1 104 WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. ii tions employ some seven men. They keep delivery wagons on the road, use ■every means for the pushino of a legitimate business, and are fast increasing their volume of trade. At present they cut about IG beeves and about 30 hogs, sheep, and smaller animals every ueek, and the jn'ospects are that these numbers will be materially increased with the opening of tl summer tmde. The firm also carry on a large tiade n poultry, game, and fre.-^h Hsh, and in these uianches have a valuable i)atronuge. Messrs. Mills & Carson, in their branch of business, have shown an amount of energy and entiirjirise which uugurs well for their maintaining their prominent position in connec- tion with the same. Fowler & Vick. This firm was established dming the ])ast year, and is composed in 'ss i-i st;'a(hly on the increa.se. I'xith partners are exjierienci'd ne'ii in lii'iv line, and knnw Inw to cater for the wants of the imblie, Tliey have stall ' witli a tine iradi' atr.'ady made, and donbless will addgreitly to the same. S. DiiiTm. This gentliMiiaii lias simr 1872 eondneted llu( business of pholngraplier in AVinnipe- and lm>< been linger eiigag.'d in that bn-iiiess in this eilv than any other jiariies now jplyingtlie same tnid" here. .\Ir. Diiilin liastid-ieii many of the tin(!views whielican now be bad of scenery along tlie ('. I'. 1.'., i/ike \\'iiiui|K!g, Ljd(tMdily incieasing palionagi'. 'I'hey an; dealers in groeca-ies, wines and licpiors and are heated in Korlunti's iJloek. on Main street, where they have roomy, wellditted and well-stccked stores. They aim to do a better class family tiad<' and the (|mdity of goods th.-y can y iu stock is well suited for such. In groc(jies, spices and so forth, tin y keep an endless variety, while their stock of liosition in any ln-anch of '.tusiness in a city so large as VViunij)eg. Yet siu'b has been the case Avith the above-named gentleman in connection with tlie dry goods business of this city. His advent here dates from October loth, 1881, when he opened 3iis s])acious stores in the Dundee Block and displayed to the i»e(»])l(' of Win- nijieg a stock of dry goods, clothing, ladies' and gents' furnishing goods, hats, -caps, notions and so forth, such as is only equalled in the largest houses in Easttnn cities. His ])remises include three stories and basement of an area of 24 x 70 feet, are fitted and furuished with exquisite taste and contain a ^tock of g Kids excelled in magnitude and variety l)y that of no other house in the same line in the whole North-Wcst. Mr. liobinson's trade from bis start has been a large and steadily increas- ing one, and at ])resent ueoessitat's the *.'m;iloyni Mit of eight clerks, a number ■which he will in all probability \k: compelled soon to materially increase. Taken altogether Mr. Ivoliinson's adviut in Winnipeg has made a valu- ;able addition to the coiuiu'rcial m icbinciy of tli^' city and his house is destined to render valuabU' service in tli • buiiding up and cxtensioii of hov comtnerce. Ycllowlees & Co, Tbe e-jtablishiuen' ('oiidu'led by this firm is I'aiiiliarly known as the "'Variety Hall," owing to ibe gi^at variety of goods carried by them which <'.onsists of stationery, fancy goods, ])icture frames, the adojited school books, 'day books, ledgers, inv(»ic > b.)oks, journals and in fact all legal |irint and com- mercial works can be found with ibeni. Tlnir stock is candully sMlecled and ■compiises all tli,; latest novelties iir design and styles, directly importeil from the niaiiniai'turers. Mes-^r>. Vtdlowlees iV: Co. have foi' a immb.T of years eoudiicted a similar establislun Mit al l> )\vni:xti\ille, Ont., wliicli tli^y yet operate under tb' manaLrement of Mr. Tbos. Vellowlees, the seinor ujcmberof 'the Hrui. Tlieir bouse here is su]ierintended by Mr. .1. Yellowlees, a mem- Jter of ibe firm and a tlioiougli ]iiactical Imsiae^s man y yet !nl)er of a uii'in- I'xperi- :\\\H city lliniiths ucoupy I Lo Lho ■tioiisin 11' })i\)j- Oak Hall Clothing House. 'Huh institution is the property of Mr. J. F. Leishnian, and was estab- lished in 1878 by Stoliait, Eden & (jo., who were succeeded by the ju'esent proprietor on .January Ut, 1881. Tlie business comhicted by Mr. Leishman is. that of wliolesale and retail dealer in ready-made clothing, gents' furnisliing: goods, hats, furs; ^tc, and the large iiatronagc enjoyed denotes success in tlie first degree, lie e^itrifis a larg(! an(l carefully selected stock of al)out §15,UOO and his .sales lor 1881 reac;hed the liandsoiue sum of SdO.OOO. Mr. Leishman ha-^ adopted the open .s,tidiieted and the quality ot" cToods handled and ]trice:; charged lias bten instrumental in building up a large trade in a short time. 'I'liey are closely allied witli one of the leading whole- sale hou.ses iti the city and have siijierior advantages in receiving sujiplies. J. Mac Lean. This nenllemm is the !;;eiicral agiiit fur the Dominion Organ nnd Piano (Jo. of l)OWiiianville, (hit., in Manitobii and the North- West Territories and! dates his advent in Winnipeg llie end of the year 1881. Tlu^ lirm which Mr. MncL(>an represents has bci n estalilL^hed for alunit eight years and have increascil iheir rai'acity ami tlie (leiiiaiul fur tluir prnductioiis until they are now manufacturing 2<>n organs and .'in ]iiaiios monthly. During the last two weeks of 1881 this gentleman sold seven pianos in Winnpeg. Mr. MaeLean bus lieen cnnnected with the Dominion Organ and I'iano Co. ever since tlieir organization and tlie intn duetion and gei;. lai superinten- dency of this extensive establisliineiit for Manitoba lias lalliMi into the liand.s live, energetic, ]ivactical man wlm lliorou,iL;lily uiMler.stands hi.s. of a business. His salesrooms are located in tlut new Diiilin lilock on Main .street where a good number of instrument.^ are constantly kept in .stock. Boston Clothing House. This house was established in 1880 and is the jn'operty of Air. Lewi.s Arnett, who is also ]miprietor of Arnett's (Jolden Lion. This clothing hfai.se i 110 WINNIPEG AND HEK INDUSTRIES. ft^ '• t i IM is fully eijuipped with a fine line of ready-made clothing, and in the custom department will be found elegant Scotch, English and French suitings, import- ed direct, which are manufactured in latest fashions. During 1881 the cask .sales of this house aggregated $50,000. The eminent, siiccess of tliis institution is another exam])le of what ha* lieea accomplished by a thorough practical man. Cuddy & Smith. This firm was organized in 1870 when they began business as dealers in .•staple and fancy groceries, crockery and provisions. They aim to do a retail business yet considerable wholesale comes to them unsolicited, which they are fully able to take care of. Messrs. Cuddy & Smith's place of business is located at 278 Mair street. Mr. Cuddy came to tliis now prosperous city in 1874 and for two years was ■engnged in the hardy business of llat-boating groceries and provisions dowa the river. Mr. Smith, the other partner, came here in 1874 and in 1876 en- gaged in his i)resent business. This firm has been eminently successful and the future will doubtless find them progressive. Geo. Wishart. Mr. Wishart i=< proprietor of a retail cigar and tobacco establishment at 513 Main . aeet, which is not only the most extensive concern of the kind in Manitoba, but also in the Dominion of Canada. It was established by hira in 1876, and has met with that success which only comes to a properly con- ducted business. He imports his goods direct, and makes a specialty of Havana cigars. Mr. Wishart is also the senior member of the firm of Geo. Wishait&Co., wholesale dealers in teas, tobbacos and liquors, who have lately movea into one of the finest business buildings in the city, on Oweu street, rear of PostolUce. He also conducts a general store at Stonewall, which is a representative establishment, and owing to the systematic manner of conducting his business generally he will remain in the years to oome on« of Winnipeg's leading merchants and public-spirited citizens. Conklin & Harney. This firm is composed of James D. Conklin and Edward Harney, who ar« sole agents for the famous Wanzer Sewing Machines in Manitoba and tha North-Wfst Territories. Their heaihiuarters are at 324 Main street, where a good supply of these machines can be fotind, and from which place their entire business throughout this new country is din^cted. This institution was estabhshed in June, 1881, by the gentlemen forming the subjt-ct of this sketch, who have been connected for a number of years with the home manu- factory, Mr. Conklin as cAshier and book-keeper, and Mr. Harney as general traveling agent. Thus we find that the introduction and sale of the Wanzer Sewing Machine has falln into the hands of practical, experienced men, fully awpiainted with every il ail of the business. Tkese machines have been upon the market in this place for ten years, having been formerly handled by WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. Ill dealers but not pushed aa a specialty. Messrs. Conklin aud Harney are a-apidly establishing agencies in smaller towns and cities throughout the Iforth-VVest, and will in a very short time have twenty branches. The num- !)er of machines sold by this tirm since their advent here, and the present out- look, warrant them in estimating their trade for the first year at one hundred anachines per month. Mr, li. M. Wanzer, after wliom the machine is named, is the oldest manufacturer of sewing machines in Canada, aud in his factory at Hamilton, Ontario, gives emf)loyiueut to four hun(h'ed skilled mechanics, and sells machines all over the world, wherevtr the foot of civilization has trodden. They are also sole agents lor the .viechanical Orguinette, which is a new luuscal instrument of genuine meiit, so simple in structure that even the dullest cannot fail to master it and produce music at sight. In the sale of these Messrs. Conklin & Harney have a large trade, and have a fine stock and selection at their sale rooms. Jas. Lyster. This gentleman is proprietor of a clf»thing and gents' furnishing goods •establishment at :^49 Main street. He dates his advent in business in Winni- peg in the spring of 1878, and has succeetled in building up an enviable trade .nnd reputation in a few years. Mr. Lyster occupies a fine salesroom 30 x Sf) feet, which is well stocked with about $20,000 worth of go ids. This gentle- man, from his experience as a clothier, is suthciently able to anticipate the wants of the public; therefore in his well-selected stock you will alwavs find what you want, with quality, style, price and fit to suit. Judging from Mr. Lyster's trade the public appreciate his efforts to please and accommo- date them. Snyder & Anderson. Numbered among the pushing pioneers of Winnipeg, the gentlemen who form the subject of this article hold a recognized position. In the year 1871 this firm brought groceries, provisions and su]>]ilies down the Eed Eiver ou flat boats. They continued to make about tluee trips per year, until 1873, when they permanently located here, believing that Winnipeg was destined, from its gi-eat natural resoinces, to become the metropolis of this new country. 'They are importers and dealers in groceries and provisions, and occupy fine sale rooms at 170 Main street, and their bi. iiiess gives employment to six men. This firm is a true example of what can be accomplished by energetic men, who, by conducting a necessary business, supply a public want, and secure for themselves an honored place among the mercantile institutions of this prosperous city. James A. Carley. This gentleman is proprietor of the Metropolitan Clothing House, which he established September, 1881, and ever since his opening day has enjoyed a large share of public patronage. Mr. Carley keeps a carefully selected stock of all kinds of clothing, to which he adds that of gents' furnishing, and handles only ^e latest novelties, which he imports direct from the foreign * 1 5 I 112 WINNIPEG AND IIKR 1NDU8TKIES. m i' inarketij. He has had thirteen year? practical ex})erience in business, and was before launching out for himself in the emjiloy^of Messrs, K. Genie &. Co. for three years. His trade so far wan'ants him in estimating his business, for the first year at $40,000. Mr. (Jarluy has but one price for his goods, and from present out-looks we jmnlict for liim a largo and ever-increasing trade. His storeroom is at 277 Main .street, and his business gives employment to» three men. James Parker. Tlie premi.ses of tiiis gentleman are located at 380 ]\fain street, where, since Sept., 1881, he has carried on the business of chemist and druggist, and ha* succeeded in collecting (piite an exten.sivc patronage. Mr. Parker is himself a practical pharmasist of many year's experience, and his qualiiications in. that profession are bound to bring him busijiess success in this growing city. At present his trade is ])urely a family one, and its volume is limitedl owing to the insulticiency of his premi.ses. He is now negotiating for much more ex})ensive quarters, and once safely located in them, he will comnu nee; the nunmfacture of dift'ereut i)liarmaceulical preparations, and launch into a. wholesale l>usiness all over the North-VW.st, and with his vast practical ex- perience, and thorough liusincss habits, llierc can be no doubt of his success in his extended s[)here. James A. Pelkey This gentleman carries on a business in groceries, dry goods, hats, caps^ boots and .shoes, at 424 Main street, and has a similar laisiness at selkirk. His advent in this city dates from September, 1870, although he has only been in his present stand since Sept+Muber, 1881, while his Selkirk house he- established in June, 1880. By close jji-rsonal attention to business Mr. Pel- key has built up quite an extensive family trade, in the city and suiToundings, "while with railroad contractors and other jiaities lie has a joblting business which extends pretty geuerally over the jirovince of Manitoba. Mr. Pelkey's. career has been a successful one in iliis city, and his plodding energy and well judged enter[irise are guarantees that in the future his bn.sinc3S prosperity will be even more marked. His .stores are L'o by (50 feet in area, but he is about to add (10 feet to the length of the .same as soon as spring ofjetis. ' R. B. Harstone. This gentleman is the publisher of the (Utnnda Puri/ic Builvai/ Jicfjisfer- a weekly paper published in the interest of Winnipeg's commeree and the railroad after which it is named. He also conducts news stands in the Queen's and (!rand Union Hotels, and at the (,'. P. II. depot, where he has lately erected a building 'M)hy ;")() feet in area, and ojierates in connection with the news and cigar department a lunch and liaggage room. Mr. Ilar- st^me is the ('. P. II. news agent aiid controls the sale of ])a])ers, periodicals^ fruit, cigars, etc, on all trains juu by this company. His oHicesare locateilin his new Imilding at the depot, where he also conducts the C. P. K. labor bureau. He employs laborei's for railroad and all classes of work, also ser- vants both male and female. In conducting the different departments and WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTEIEB. 113 >s.s, ami lenie &. )usines3. oils, and ig trade, meiit to re, since anil lias. himself tions in. in^' city. limited OY much miiu nee: h into a. ;ical ex- I success it?, caps^ Selkirk. laa imlr ion so he- Vtr. Tel- nndings, msiness Pelkey's rgy and oaperiLy nt he is Jicfjist&r and the in the here he nnectioii *Ir. Ilar- riodicals,. icatetl in K. labor also ser- )nts and branches of his complicated business he gives employment to twenty men, and has met with that success in his undertakings lieretofore which only come to well organized institutions. Mr. Harstone came to Winni[)eg early iu 1879, and ever since his advent here has taken an active part in the develop- ment of this new country. He has traveled over a large portion oi" this new North-West, and has been the means of locating many good citizens who, through his advice and assistance, have found comfortable homes and pros- perity in this country of " illimitable possibilities." He was formerly con- nected with the Free FresK and never failed to " shout the country " when opportunity offered, and iu his present position and relation to the public fills a prominent place in the industral structure of this metropolis. James Stewart. With about two excei»tions this gei+tleman is the senior merchant now in business in Winnipeg, and his career in the city since 1868 has been one of great local usefulness. He carries on the business of chemist and drug- gist, at 183 Ma: . street, and has a valuable family patronage, which extends pretty generally over the province of Manitoba. Mr. Stewart's record is one of succes.s, and shows unmistakable signs of patient industry and well judged enterprise on his pa.it. It is in his scientitic researches, however, as a meteo- rologist, that he has rendered th(> most valuable public services. For some years he has held the position of Government meteorologist for the North- West, and his untiring zeal and successful operations in this field of science has secured the well earned appelation of the North-Western "Old Probabili- ties." He still carries on a regular system of meteorological observations, and la an acknowledged oracle on such subjects. At present he holds the responsible office of secretary and treasurer of the school board of Wiuiiipeg, and the citizens feel that the best interests of their young are safe under the supervision of one possessed of such a vast amount of useful knt-wledge and of such educational profundity. Manitoba Cigar Depot. In April, 1881, Mr. Louis W^ertheim established this depot at 241 Main street, where he conducts a lively business as wholesale and retail dealer iii cigars. This gentleman is a Jive merchant, and owing to the fact that he handles superior grades of imported Havana cigars, commands a large trade. He makes a specialty and lias a large demand for a favorite cigar branded "Syndicate L. W." He also carries a careful selection of smokers' supplies and tobaccos, briar and meerschaum pipes of superior quality. We fully expect to see this gentlenum's business grow and increase with the demand* of the public. The Singer Manufacturing Co. Tlio celebrated comi)any which forms the caption of this article, whose head offices are located at New York City, recognizing the fact that the golden North-West, which contain the wheat fields of the world, was being rapidly developed and filled with industrious citizens who either till the soil or enter •"I Si 114 WINNIPKG AND HEIi INDUSTIIIES. \i into some other useful pursuit, and that Winnipeg was the acknowledged metropolis of this renowned country, late in the year 1880 established a branch office in this city. They entrusted the management to Mr R. IJ. Gage, who has ever since his advent liere worked industriously for the advancement of his company's best interests, and has faithfully pushed the sale and introduction of the celebrated Singer sewing machine which, as is a well known fact, was the tirst successful sewing machine placed u])onthe mar- ket, and has changed the song of the shirt from one of])ain tothat of ])leasure. Their house at this place is the general distributing point for all Manitoba and North-West Territories, and the success attained by this institution is evident from the fact that they have since their advent in Winnipeg sold over 550 machines in less than one year, and the prosj)ects for the coming year warrants their having consigned to them 1,200 machines for 1882, which they fully expect to dispose of. They supply large quantities of maciiines to the manufacturers of clothing, boots and shoes, and fur gooils, as well as private families. Thi? useful institution, under the present good management, will rapidly gi'ow and increase with this pushing city and the province, and con- tinue to stand among the leading establishments in the North- West. H. H. Smith. In October, 1881, the gentlenum forming the subject of this sketch came from Goderich, Ont., and estabhshed lue business of fashionable merchant tailor at 200 Main street. At first he intended to o])eiate his house here as a branch of his establishment at Goderi(!h, but the large patronage received from his opening day fully convinced him that it would be to his interest to close out his business below and concentrate his ei.tire ettbrts in this city ; therefore, early in 1882, he closed out his business in Goderich and removed here, bringing with him some twenty practical tailors with about ten families. Thus we find this gentleman is materially aiding in the upbuilding of this city, as well as supplying clothing for lier citizens. His stock is very extensive and comprises elegant imported English, Scotch, American, and German suit- ings and pieces. He is ably assisted in his business by Mr. C. E. Slight, who holds the responsible position of foreman and cutter and is a genuine artist in his line. Horsman's Hardware House. Among the important additions to Winnipeg's commercial interests dur- ing 1880 the establishment of Horsman's Hardware House forms a prominent feature. The rapidly increasing trade of this house has largely helped to swell the volume of business done the past year in this wonderful pushing city. Mr. A. P. Horsmau is sole pro])rietor of this institution and has suc- ceeded in building up an enviable wholesale and retail trade in a short time. He manufactures house furnishings in sheet, galvanized, Russian iron and copper ; also makes a specialty of the manufacture of heating stoves (one style), having a contrivance wherel)y it draws the cold air from the lower part of an apartment and distributes tlie same heated into the room from openings in the top, thus saving much fuel. Mr. Horsman occupies a fine sales room WINNIPEG AND IIKU INDUSTRIES. 115 in an ele<,'aiit Imck biiiltliug adjoining the Bank of Montreal, and iu connec- tion with the sales department he uses a large warehouse and workshops 25 by GO feet, two stories, also other buildings and basements, giving him altogether 18,000 square feet of Hoor room. In conducting his extensive business employment is given to fourteen men and he is frequently obliged to hire many more hands and work night and day in filling large contracts. He also furnishes jobbers, contractors, builders and traders with their supplies and from his superior conuijctions with manufacturers of Europe and America is fully able to satisfactorily fill all orders. This gentleman, with his long experience, large and commodious premises, heavy and well selected stock, 4ind ample means stands in the first rank of the prosperous merchants of Winnipeg and leading houses in the North- West. J. Hingston Smith & Co. This firm is composed of J. Hingston Smith and S. S. Cummins, who succeeded the late W. Chambers in 1879, who estabhshed the business in 1868. This is the oldest and best known house of the kind in Manitoba; and the only exclusively " sporting goods " establishment in the North- West. They import direct from the manufacturers the latest and most improved breech and muzzle loading guns, of both English and American manufacture, a,s well as rifles, and the immigrant or sportsman can depend upon getting a choice of any maker's guns or rities, ranging in price from the cheapest to the best, with the cartridges and fittings for the many and various kinds of fire arms that are sure to lind their way into a new country renowned for game of all kinds, both large and small. Ke])eating rifles and revolvers of every calibre have been made a specialty with them, and they are justly renowned for meeting every demand of the kind. Fishing tackle, tents, camp outfits for surveyors and settlers, surveyors instruments of all kinds, are comprised in their large assortment, and one of the firm goes to England and the continent iinnually to procure the latest and bast of theii requirements. The manu- facturing department is under the supervision ofG. D. Booth, late of Ottawa, inventor of the auxiliary rifle bari'el, which are made on the premises, and are already well known in the North-West. liepairs of all kinds, guns choked, guns re-stocked and re-bored, surveyors instruments repaired by skillful and experienced mechanics. Snow shoes of all kin.is and Indian curiosities are to be found here, and we advise the visitor to Winnipeg to look them lip and see an assortment which no house in Montreal or Toronto can beat. Tlxe wholesale de})artiaeut is so well known to country m(#chants and traders irom Winnipeg to the 11 cky IVIountains that no comment is necessary. McEneany & Curran. The gentlemen forming this firm conduct a thriving trade in the whole- sale and retail of groceries and jtrovisions, and established their business in this city in Dec, 1879, and have, through their push and industry, built up an extensive trade throughout the city and surrounding country, both retail and in the jobbing line with smaller dealers and contractors. Their supply and selection of groceries and provisions is well chosen and comprises % 116 WlNNlPhXi AN II riKK INHUSTKIKS. ■very complete stock esi)ecially aila)ttc(l It) tli(j wants of tlie jniblic in this new country, and the s]iecial attention ])aiil by thcni to the wants of ininiigrants^ surveyors and contractors' snp|>lies has placed their tiriu second to none in. the province in this paiticular class of trade. McKneany it Cnrran occupy a good building 25x80 feet, two fhits, at 225 jMuin street, their business gives employment to six men and tlie ])u])lir havi' t>xiire.ssed t'lcir apjireciation of" this house by patronizing iheni to the extent of i;i;75,()0().0U during the past year. The above iigures are conclusive evidence of the place this establish- ment fills in the connnerce of Winnipeg. Tlu- gentleniiMi coniprit^ing the firm have the advantage in tlieir liucwil bu-iiness often years practical ex])erienee. Messrs. McK. & C's trade has incrciiseil with tlu' rapid growth of tlie city,, and with tlu; knowledge of theii' liusinc-s and the ability they possess in the years to come they will t(.) continui.' [iros^tcr with tlie rapid development- of this golden country. Geo. Dickson. This gentleman is successor to Chisiiolm & l")i(dslock ot fruits ar.d candies and drives f[uite a thriving trade hi. this line. Hi.^ store room is at 275 Main street but his fast increasing trado iiecessitatt's his shortly removing iiito more eoinniodious quarters. Kennedy, StTome & Co. This firm i.s composed of Mr. A. Ki'rniedy, who has for '.he psist threo-. years sujierintended the business wliieh he is now successor to, and Mr. I. li. Strome, formerly of the tiiin of (jinilW StidUM, Harriston, Out. These gentleuK^i succeeded early in January, I8i^l, to the business of H. S. Donaldson \. Ih'o,, who in 18(17 establislieil ttie ))ione<ilal, the busiiuv-s will ree«;ive new lifii, and be pushed with that \ini wliii'h always insures success. They will (mter into tlu! new Donaldson block .Iun«' 1st, in tlu' ]ireniises now occupied by Thom])son I'v ('(»., and largely inci'eu.so their t-.ipacity lo furnish both the wliole- nale and retail trade with tlieir supplie; of books, .sta,tionery, nuiguzilies. periodicals, current ne\vH|(apers und fancy goods. For the jn-esent they will remain in llie old stand at the conn r of Main and Queen srreets. Their business gives employnu'ut to sevi;n wieii, und ranks among the lemling mercantile e.stablishmems of Winnipeg in magnitude and imiiortance. WINNIPEG AM) IIKR INDUSTRIES. 117 HOTELS. Grand Union Hotel. There is no ,slroii;.;iv lii'dnl' t»r Wiiuiipei^f's ni.])i({ iulvanceiuent tlian"the palatial stnictim' known a.s ilic (imnd I'nion Hotel. It is located ut the corner of I'lincess and lioss street?, within ;i lew niiiuites walk of the Canada Pacific Kailroad depot, near tt) lln' City Hall and Ifadiiij^f bauk.s, and has a ^frontage of loO feet ou the tomu r tlionaighfure and 1 OU on tlie latter. Entering 'the broad main rnl,rance on IMincess wo jias.s throiiuli the outer hall to tho left into the niii'.;nilieriK iiiuiii «lining-rconi, yui)i)li'nientiiry and '(inliuious to It i.« a which lias an area of li8 x 40 feet, faniilv dinini'-room for ladies and liie'li is about half of lliese diniensions. I'.wth are luxuriously fur- children, w ni.shed and have conibined eapaei olV tl U' main hallway • un( 1 eonti''(iiiii.s to tliis is a Hi ty for ilium;4 about lot) quests. To the right uters the olliei' with a lloor aie;i of I, OOt) square feet, ws i^tand, gents' lurnishing stand, coat room, ms suits ol rooms, barber's .siio)', and bar and billiaid mk in. (»ii tlu' si'c.nd lloor are located the ladies' j'arlor, several snuiUer drawing rooms, nimier over thirty beil rooms. The third 11 bath rooms and laundry. These detached buildings contain all the fires in- the establishment, while the main building is heated by steam pipes, which precludes any danger of fire from stove-pipe or chimney defects, and the whole building is lighted with gas, thus making it as near to fire proof as ingenuity can get it. The house can accommodate altogether from 150 to 200 guests. The present lesees of the house are Messrs, Cross & Terrot, the former of whom has already made a first-class record as " Mine host " of the Grand Central Hotel, and in this new house lias entered into a wider sphere to secure new honnrs in his business. Mr. Terrot is a gentleman of great popularity and will undoubtedly be a success in the hot(>l l>usiness. The manager of the house is Mr. J. E. Sutton, whose thirteen years in North- Western liotelbusi- has made for him a fine reputation. Winnipeg Hotel. The opening of this hotel in October 1881 was a great boon to the travel- ling public, and has added anotlier comfortable house to tlie number previously in Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Hotel is eonviently htcated on iMain street, near tlie Hudson's 15ay stores, in close ]n'oximity to the Bank of Montreal, the Ontario Bank and within a few minute's walk of any of the leading business establish- ments in the centre of the city. It is a fine three story brick structure 50 x 84 feet in area, and constructed with an eyi; to outward ap[iearances as well as inner comforts. On the street fioor are located the otlice, dining-room, kitchen, bar and sample- rooms ; on the second ik)or are three neatly furnished parlors and numerous bed-rooi'a of 75 feet s(piare. On the street lloor are the oHices, dining-room, sam])le-rooms. bar-room and ItiUiard halls ; on the second floor ar(! two spacious parlors and numerous bed-rooms, and 011 the third Hoor a third parlor with the balance devoted to dormitories, supplying in all accommodation for some seventy-live guests. Mr. Geo. McDonaUl, the present jmiprietor of the (hand Centnd, only took possession in the beginning of D ember, 1881, since which tinu; he has ni;i ie many improv- ments, and has ad the house re-lhruished and re-litted in many departments. He is an ohl hotrl man from ClilVord, Ontiirio, has had many years experience in the business, ami seemingly concentrates all his elforts to secure the com- fort of his guests. TIk^ house has lost none of its good old reputation under his management. Norfolk House. A better or more central lontion for a hotel tiian that occupied by the* above named house eamint Ik; si-kcted in the city of Winnipeg. It is situated near the eoruerof Main and Market streets, directly opposite the city market, and is, consetiuently, in tin- city's very business centre. The Norlblk House is a modern structure, ha\iug been opened first in the fall of 187'.' l>y <.>vens & Kmes. It is a ne:it three-stiiry brick liuilding and has slci'|)ing aei'omnio- dat ion for about .'»(l guests. < tn tlu; street floor are the dining-room, office, bar-ro'nn, kitchen, ami other arrangements, while the second and third are ilevftted to dormitiiries, witii tiie eM'cptiou of two ciimfort;dtlv furnished par- lors on the lorinerand niie no the luitei'. TIk. diniiig-iodm iseapalde of s(;at- ing some M' people, is neatly tilted mid furnished, and the whole iinier arrangements of th(! house inv the very acme of coudbrt combiiied with a (Mm- siderabie amount of (degauce. .^iiice Decemlier, 1881, the Norfolk House hns been under the sole management n|' Mr. Tlios. H. Fines, he having purchased Mr. Ovens' interest, and nnderhi>< able conduct it is fast adding to its already great popularity. 120 WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. it ^' m\ Brunswick Hotel. The Brunswick Hotel was erected during the spring and sinunier of 1881, and is an imposing brick structure 50 by 80 feet in area, and three stories in height, The street floor is taken up by tlie office, dining-room, baggage room, smoking-room, bar-room, and billiard hall, and is thus very conveniently arranged in every resiject. On the second floor are two spacioiis parlors and numerous dormitories, and on the third another elegantly furnished parlor and other bed-rooms. The building is constructed with a view to coniibrt and ■convenience throughout, is elegantly fuinished in every ])articular, and is •capable of accommodating about 100 guests. Mr. W. J. MctJutcheon. the present proprietor, is a gentleman of extensive experience in hotel business, and in his new and commodious house has given unmistakabe proofs of being the accomplished " mine host." His hotel lias proved a great boon to the travelling public, and uuist still ronk among the finest houses in the North-West. Its location at the corner of JIain and Uu})eit streets is extremely convenient, being within three minutes' walk of the Canadian Pacific Erailroad depot, and in close proximity to the City Hall, the Court House and leading banks and business houses of the city. Sherman House. There is no more popular hotel ni Manitolia than the above-named house, especially among the couiniercial travellers, a class who, above all others, know how to select a comfoi table hotel. Its central location, imme- diately opi)osite the city market, makes it specially convenient for that class, while the courteous host, Mr. Henry Breun, makes it a point of attending carefully to their wants, and has proviiied ample sample-room accommodation for their business arrangements. The Sherman House is a tln-ee story brick structure, built specially for a hotel, and is fitted U]i ami arranged on (he most modern jtlan. The office, dining-room, bar and kitchen arrangements are on tlie street floor; on the second floor are two commodious |)arlors, while the third is used entirely for sleeping arrangements. It lias sleeiiing ac(!ommodati<)n for about 100 guests, and is comfurlably and even luxuriously furnished lliroughout. The house is sufficiently oh' Main street to be out of the din of traflic on that thoroughfare, and is at the same time in close ])roximity to all the leading business insti- tutions of tlie city. The " Bodega." To the eonnosieur of litiuid delicacies the name of this iiistiliition has a ])leasant sound, a;id if he li" a travelled personage it is apt to stir uj) remem- brances of moviUly old liarrels, rich old wines, nielk)W old branilies and sjiark- ling nectars, l!i;it would coiupan' favorably with the most delicious evw imbilted by l>acchus and his convivial associates in I'llysium. In short the term "I'.odega" is syiumynious with tine wine:!, atul tirst-class sjjirits all over Europe and America, and the VVinnijieg institution is the realization of the idea in the North-West. It was first ttpened in August, 1881, by the jiresent ))ropiietor, Mr. T. (i. Tointz, who eanjo here from Orangeville, WINNIPEG AND HEli INDUSTKIES. 121 Ontario, with a first-class business record of fifteen years. He has conducted his establishment with such success tliat already its fame is spread far and wide over the American continent. His wines and spirits, illimitable in number and variety, are surpassed in quality by none in tii(> Dominion, and has attracted the patronage only of that class, who know how to aiipreciate his catering etTorts. 'Che premises are located on Main street next to the new Donaldson block, and their whole inner arrangements show that its nuiuatrement is the very best. North-West House. This fine hotel is located on Main street, immedimtely opjjosite the City Hali, and is one of the nutuerous iine brick structures wliich wisre erected during 1878. In the sining of 187!) it was first opened to Ihe public ' the present proprietor, Mr. 11. A. Evans, and lias since maintaiued its p<', .(..irity mxd character as a first class hotel. It lias four Hoors of an area of 2o by 100 feet, and has bed-room accommodation for about 100 sleepers. On the first floor art the dming-rooni, kitchen, and other household arrangoaicnts ; on the second are the otHce and one of the finest bar and itilliard halls in tlu! whole province, while the third and fourth are devoteil to dormitories, with the ex- ■ception of two spacious parlors jn the former. The dining room can seat some 60 people, while all other inner arrangements of the house show tliat €very care has been ttiken to secure comfort. During his three years conduct of the North-West House Mr. Evans has been steadily adding to the popularity of his hotel, and has also earned for himself the reputation of being one of the iuo3t courteous and obliging landlords in the North-West. The Queens. This fine hotel is the pnjptuty of Messrs. O'Coimor & Brown, by whom it was built in 1879 and is now operated. The Queens is a good three story brick building built on tlie corner of (.,)ueen and Notre Daine streets, 100x100 ft. in area, and contains lai'ge olfices, wide halls, 'lews stand, sample rooms, elegant i)arlors, over seventy-five bed-rooms and suites, dining-rooms, bar and billiard j)arlovs. Tiie sleeping apartments jiresent that clean, well ventilated and inviting ai)pearan('e wiiich is so highly appreciateii by the weary traveller or tired merchant. The dining room is largf, well arranged and has the ca[tacity of seating one hundred guests, tlie cuisine is pre|)a\t'.d by i»raetical cooks and consists of the " fat ol the land," the alttindants an^ prompt, courteous and oljliging. The bar is orderly conducted and tlie billiard hall contains six tables. In conducting this extensive estalilishnu'.nt em[)loynient is given io thirty.fi ve hands Ev(!r since the opening of this housi!, -bin. 1st, 1880, it has served as an additional attract ion to ca[iitalists, speculators and others to visit Winnipeg. Mr. (5eo. A. Whitehead, late of Port Hope, Ontario, is the popular clerk. The (Queens will always he found occupying a loading position among pubbc houses of the North-West. 122 WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. TO LATE TO CLASSIFY. »'.. ni Roberts, Crawford & Co. This firm ami that of Crawford & Francis are so intimately connected in their business undertakings that we deem it wise not to separate them in our work as industrial recorders. Tlie former firm are real estate agents, and although only newly embarked ihey rank among the first firms of the city in that line of business. The latter firm are Douiinion Land Surveyors, and da an extensive business in the survey line. For the coming summer they are preparing to keep five survey outfits, or 35 men, at work. The two firms by wt)rking in connection with each other are thus able to lay out a town site, place it on the market and sell it without calling in the assistance of any ont- side parties. An organization with such complete business machinery aa above describcid must prove of great value to the real estate interesiS of Mani- toba, and as all members of both firms ar-^ old residents of the province, they know well the value of real estate throughout the same. They have now cdunnodious otUces and a si)acious hall for auction purposes in the Spencer Block on Portage Avenue. VanBuskirk & Keizer. This firm date their establishment in business together early in 1882, and in them the public will find two gentlemen plying a vocsition for which there is a great demand. Their business is tliat of general surveyors, mechanical and mining engineers, and they do geneial draughting. As surveyors they lay out and plat town sites, oi- paits thereof, or farm lands. As Civil Engineers they superintend the construction of bridges, extensive drainage, and also all classes of mining. That these gentlemen are competent andex])erienced men will be evident from a brief recapitulation oi their former engagements and undertakings. Mr. James D. Vanl>uskirk, the senior meud)er of the tirm, while unite a young man, enterc^l the employ of the government, and has been in Her Majesty's service for forty years, thirty years as Crown Land ^urvey(U' in'Xova Scutiii, and a number of years as gold connnissioner in the same province, tliereforc his exjteriencr botli in surveying and engiuccring is rijie, and fully fits him to be of much use in the devi'Ioimn'iit of tliis new country. Mr. I). A. Keizer, the Junior memlier, graduated a fev years ago from the Technological Institute of Halifax with the first honors, aurd ])rin('ipal meridian, and other important surveys. These gentlemen are tliorough, practical (!X})erienced men, and we ])redict for them a prosperous future and large patronage. Their ollices are centrally local|^ in the new Donaldson block, at the corner of Main and Queen streets. " WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. 123 takings. iiuite a ill Her iirveyor 10 sniiu'' is ripe., mntry. 111! the sliortly I went itSlllilU ■ci'jitt'd otlior ioiicod roiiage. corner Wm. W. Baby. This gentleman aids materially in solidifying the industries of Winnipeg: by acting as life and tire insurance agent, thereby giving cnntidence in busi- ness. Mr. Baby is general agent in Manitoba and the North-West Terntories for the Lion Life Insurance Co. of England, a company whose soundness, responsibility and fair square dealing has long been established. In the tire insurance line he acts as general broker and represents a number of the most reliable and old established companies. Mr. Baby has also become imbued '>'-ith the spirit of real estate speculation which has seized our best business. men, and he conducts quite an extensive business in this line, he buys and sells farm lands and city property both on commission and for himself, and his transactions for the year 1881 foot up to handsome proportions. Mr. Baby has been identitied with Winnipeg's business men since in 1880, and through his careful manner of doing l)usiness hiis won many friends and a larwe patronage. He has a thorough knowledge of this new country, having spent many months in travel, and is fully acquainted with the best portions of the iforth-West and their relative merits. His knowledge of the country and ac(piaintance with the business men aid him materially in looking after real estate interest as well as insurance. His ottices are located in the Spencer block, opposite the Queen's Hotel. George C. Douglass. Althongh but recently embarked in the real estate business the above- named wentlenianhas already advanced to prominence in that branch, and is now a very extensive operator in city and farm property. He opened his offices at 409 Main street in October, 1881, and since that date has rolled up a volume of transactions representing several hundred thousand dollars. Besides sales of valuable city pro])erty lie holds large tracts of farm lands for sale at reasonable prices ami on easy terms of payment, and in this line can offer special advantages to immigrants in search of North- Western lionies and farms. His premiscis aw large and comnitjdious, and he is about to com- mence in them the sale of every class of real estate by auction and in this department he will no doubt do a very extensive business. Smith & West. This tirm is fomjioscd of Messrs. -L C Smith and Henry West, b;iLh of whom came from Seafovth, Outa-io, and after a system of travel and insjjec- tion of North-Western lands, settled in this city in tlieir present l)usiness in June, 1881. Tliey handle botlieity and farm ])roi)erty, but their l)usi:iess is principally in the sale of farm lands in the North- West. They have already sold several thousand acres of these, and at laeseut hold for sale large tracts of the Hnest farming lands in that vast region. They are thus aiding very materially in the settling up of the country and are eoiise(iue!illy aiding also,, th'on.diinan indirect way, in the work of industrial upbuildiu- Tlie firm's otlices are located on Main street at the corner of Bannatyne street. 124 WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. Ik 3 <» ** " it. C. R. Tuttle. This gentleman came to "Winnipeg early in 1879, Mlien lie eslublished the Daily Tmies, vliich while under his entire management and since that time has wielded a great power in the develoiiment of this country and the securing of good government. In this sketch we aim only to give his con- •nections in the real estate line. In May, 1881, Mr. Tuttle was closely allied with the Syndicate in the tirst sale of Brandon lots, and since that time has been almost constantly engaged in the sale of that thriving town's property. During the past six months he has handled over $2U0,U00 worth of that city's property and farm lands, and at no time has less than .$1,000,000 worth of the same for sale. To his efforts Brandon is largely indebted for her prosperity and wide reputation. He built the first hotel, the " Queens, " which is now operated by a practical hotel man and forms one uf the inviting features of the town to the traveling public. Mr. Tuttle's oftices are located in the (Jueen's Hotel, this city, and are crowded early and late with buyers and sellers, who find in him one fully ;acqua.inted >vith the value of any projierty and a gentleman perfectly reliable, which is very evident from his extensive patronage. In the upbuilding of this city and country he is acting a prominent pait, and is numbered with rthe most successful operators in real estate. J. M. Ross. This gentleman is numbered among the few enterprising men who came 'here ten years ago. He for some time conducted the Silver Heights distil- lery, but his works were destroyed by lire. Afterward he was engaged in -contracting and putting up telegrapb lines out west, and for two years super- intended one-half contract of 15, M'hich was the construction of fifteen miles of the C. P. R. Mr. Ross is now largely interested in real est and St. Paul must therefore Ijo adopted during Avinter, fall and early spring, ■and by those whose time is valuable it is the best at all seasons of the year. To reach Chicago by a direct route from Eastern Canada is no ditficult matter, and the methods are well known to the most uninitiated. At Chicago, however, his troubles commence, unless a through passage is secured by the line named herein, as at Chicago he will find ticket brokers who will send him over at least half a dozen states and territories, and liundreds of miles out of his way. From Chicago to St. Paul there are three lines who ofi'er feasible routes, and in selecting from that number we have no hesitation in fixing upon the Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis Line of the Chicago and North- Western, and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway as the best in every respect. In the first place it is the shortest and most direct line between the two cities, and secondly it passes through Madison, the Wisconsin capital, with choice of route by way of Milwaukee, and through Elroy, Eau Claire, and other large cities of the Badger State. Its passenger and sleeping cars are very jialaces on wheels, and its •i3(|uipment in ever respect is unsurpassed by that of any road in America. At St. Paul the traveller steps from these cars to those of the St. Paul, Minne- apolis and Manitoba line, and the balance of his journey has no change of ■cars until he arrives in the city of Winnipeg. Parties wishing to make use of this line of route should communicate with Mr. W. H. Stennett, General Passenger Agent, Chicago and North- Western Railway at Chicago, Illinois, and full information as to passenger or freight aifairs from Eastern Canada to Mantoba will at once be supplied, another reason why the best all-rail route in either direction to or fiom Manitoba and the East by way of Elroy and Madison with choice of route in Milwaukee is because this is the only route between Minneapolis, St. Paul and Chicago that runs the celebrated Pullman palace sleeping coaches, which are specially provided with luxurious smoking rooms for the exclusive use of sleeping car passengers. No other routes between Chicago and the North- West offers these comforts. Any information desired by travellers from Manitoba to Canada, or to San Francisco or British Columbia, will be cheerfully furnished on application to T. W. Teasdale, General Passenger, Agent Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway, .at St. Paul, Minn. SUMMARY OF INDUSTRIES. In reducing the business of this city to figures, we shall follow the order of our sketches, and connnence with the Finance and Real Estate. The resources of this city in this department, are difficult to reach, and to secure an aggregate we are cemi)elled to aproxiniate the portion represented by private cajntalists to a great extent. We find four chartered banks represented and doing business in Winni- j)eg, whose aggregate capital foots up to $20,000,000, and whose reserve funds 128 WINNIPEG AND HEK INDUSTlllES. B,Vv V :. I add to that nearly $2,500,000 more. Tlie private banking firms number six^ and their aggregate responsibihty, which in their case is practically their capital, amounts to close u[ton $900,000. That all the diileri'iit banking in- stitutions are doing a thriving business may be judged from the fact that their offices give emjdoyment to 0(i persons including managers. Next in financial atVairs to the banks, come loan and investment associa- tions, of which their are eiglit who have their heaa-<|uarters for the North- West in Winnipeg, and their aggregate capital amounts to S'.), 750,000. The funds ol" such institutions an- invested in mortgages and such securities all oevr the North- West, and this city may be considered their distributing point tor that region. The funds so invested l)y them at thi.- close of 1881, agregated $2,580,000, and in conne3tion witli these tall iigures, it must be remembered that three of these institutions have been doing business only for about one year. In addition to tliese, there are two wealthy insurance corporations, v/ho have between them over S800,000 invested in similar securities. In appro])riating the amount of private capital invested throughout Mani- toba, and tlirough agents in Winnipeg, we shall confine ourselves to money invested in loans, mortgages and such like. Tlio figures in connection with the purchase of real estate it is impossible to get at, and they would appear fabulous, could we reach them. We find some twenty-four difl'erent business men or firms in the city, who make a regular business of placing funds for individuals, and a careful pproximation of the amoinit invested by them during the last year, would piuce the figures at a little over !;U, 100,000. It must be kept in view, how- ever, that of these twenty-four some s(3ven have commenced operation.^ within the last si.x months, and as many more during twelve months. The amount of funds invested in this numner by private individuals^ and not thrcum' the Dominion boundary line to Hudson's Bay. There are twenty-six houses who send out reguk r travelling men, and these itinerant heralds of commerce hailing from Winnipeg number thirty-eight. In this latter figure we do not include casual travelling men, such as farm machinery agents, otherwise the number would be nearly trebled. Nor do we include branch establishments or resident agents in other towns in the North- West, of which there are over seventy representing the mercantile interests of Winnipeg. The leading branch of the wholesale is groceries, while dry goods and hardware struggle hard for the second place. A number come forward for the fourth place, and among the rest there is a hard struggle between leather (including harness) and potent liquids, with the odds sliglitly in favor of whiskey and its asso- as manu- butchers,. 130 WINNIPEG AND HKR INDUSTRIES. I V ciate3. Of clerks, book-keepers, travellers and such like, tlie wholesale business of the city furnishes employment for a little under 400. Retail Mercantile. It is impossible to do anything but approximate the amount of business done in the retail establishments of this city. A compilation of figures regarding two-thirds of the number and a careful approximation of the busi- ness of the remaining third would place the business for 1881 at $5,908,000, while the numb r of institutions which are classed under this head is some- what over 170, while the number of clerks, bookkeepers, and so forth, that they employ is over 700. Last of all we have a profusion of business con- cerns which it is impossible to classify. These include hotels, saloons, livery stables, omnibus and dray lines, transjiortation com])anies, and such like, and they employ altogether not less than 450 hands, while the voluiJ?e of their business for the last year is underrated at a value of $l,oOO,()00. In our wholesale summary we include nearly §900,000 which figures mlso in the manufacturing department, but we arc warranted in calculating that there are outside items of business beyond our reach which will fully make up that sum, therefore, we sum up the whole volume of business done during 1881 at $20,120,000, a sum which rejaesents only mercantile manu- facturing and strictly commercial transactions. Railway, Revenue, and other Statistics. Figures in connection with the above bramhes are a very reliable index to the trade of a city and we subjoin the following : Tlie Canadian Pacific Kailway Comjiany received at Winnijieg during the last seven months of 1881, 130,055 tons of every class of freight, and forwarded 37,875 tons. The steamers of tlie North- \Vc-,t Navigation line carried from here during the season of 1881 about 3,300 Unis, and tielivered here a little over 10,000 tons. The line operated by tlui Hudson's liay Company, and the other tliree lines calling at this ])ort, delivered somewhere near 35,000 tons, and rtjceived over 10,000 urns, making the steamboat freights received at the city over 13,360 tons, and delivered here over 45,000 tons. The value of imports at Wimiii)eg from outside of the Dominion of Canada during 1881 amounted to $2,994,838, and the duties collected on the same to $052,898.28. The im])orts from Eastern Caiuula it wouM be impos- ftible to estimate the value of, and the only index to tlieir quantity is to be found in V.>f foregoing freight statistics. Post Office statistics we would like to furnish, but out of respect for the overworked olfieiala therein, we refrained from asking figiires. Churches, Schools, Etc. While the industries of Winnipeg have Iwien growing rapidly her citi- Eons have not failed to attend to the moral and intellectual wants within lier limits. Seven difl'enait branches of the Christian church are represented by eleven congregations, as follows : — WINNIPEG AND HER INDUSTRIES. 131 holesale business figures lie busi- 908,000, is some- irth, that less con- 8, livery like, and of their h figures ilculatiiig vill fully less done lie manu- ble index 'g during ight, and •e during ir 10,000 he other [tons, and the city |inion of Id on the ^e i mios- is to ho It for the llu-r citi- Ithin lier .•nted by Church of England :— " Holy Trinity." liev, 0. Fortin, B. A., rector and Rev. A. Stunden, B. A., assistant ; has an average attendance of 600, a com- modious church building and other property valued forover $100,000. " Christ Church." — Rev. Canon Grisdale, B. 1)., rector, and Rev. H. T. Leslie, B. A., assistant ; has an average attendance of 500. a magnificent new church and property valued for i!50,000. Prksbyteuian Church. -" Knox Church ; " has 3S0 members, 600 adher- ents, a splendid brick church and other property valued for over $100,000. At present it has no pastor. " St. Andrew's Church." — Rev. C. B. Pitblado, pastor, has 95 members and 210 adherents. At present this cnngi-egation wtjrship in the Court Housa but in the coming summer they wiU erect a S3o,000 church, most of the funds for which they now possess. Methodist Episcoi'al.—" Bethel Church," Rev. T. Argue, pastor, has 65 members and over 200 adherents, and church proj)erty value for about $25,000. Methodist Church of Canada — This denomination have two churches, " Grace " and " Zion." Rev. S. 1). Rice, I) I)., and Rev. J. K vStarr are pastors of the former, and Rev. J. Semmens of the latter. The joint membership of both is 206 ; the average attendance over 1,200, and their property is value for about $225,000. CoNGRiXiATioNAL CnuRCH. — This is represented by one organization with the Rev. J. B. Silcox, imstor. Its membership is over 30, its adherents about 600, and its church property is value for 40,000. Baptist Church. — Has one organization. Rev. A. MacDonald, pastor Its membfualiip is 150, its average attendance about 400, and its church pro- perty is value for 25,000. Catholic Church. — This body has over 1500 persons connected with it in Winnipeg, while the fine church, "8t. Mary's," will accommodate over 1000 ])eopl(!, which with other property owned, '('presents an aggregate of over 250,000. Rev. Father's Baudin, Lavoieand Joyce are the clergymen in charge. The subject of education receives full attention from the citizens, and the efficiency of its machinery is a subject of marvel in a city of such excep- tional growth. Under the Board (»f Protestant School Tru.?tees are five 8cho<»l buildings, witJi accommodation for over 1000 pupils, which is now tested to its utmost. Tiie stall of teachers number twenty, ten male and ten female, while the value of school property is about 120,tM)0. During the coming summer the 8t«itt' of teaclurs and school accommodaticn will bo greatly in- creased, in ])roportion to the growing demand. The Catholic (ihuroh have two schools in operation, one for boys con- ducti'd by the Marist Brothers with an average attendance of 1 10, and another for girls under the mauageuient of the Sisters of the Holy Name, with about 150 pu])ils in attendance. In addition to these elementary schools are the Manitoba College in con- nection with the Presl)yterian cluinli, and St. John's College with the Church ofKiinland, both of which tisach all the branches necessary for honorary de- grt»es,and at the same tiuu^ are theological institutions in connection with their respective churches. Both aw. nlhliuled with the University of Manitoba, au educational institution, which is yet only in embryo. i3sri3Ex:. » »»► ♦ -c MArarrtBA & n. \v. i to.> WJNNIPEG 5 to 17 FINANCE &U. E 17 to -ki Ai'kiiu & MiHitgonierv ■■■ ■ 'it AUoway & Chaiupiou ... ... 'M Ai'uott ijewiti ... ;J7 Au.stiUt JaiueK 3U Baby W \V 1-23 BauR of Montreal 3& Biggs &\Vood ... 31 Black Geo ... M i.ruceWIi »8 Cunitithexs & Brock 34 (Jiark & Audersou & Co ... 8o Clark WP *; CJJementa W M ,. 37 Cunkliit& Fortune 25 <'ooper B & Co 3ci KlUott &Co 29 Fonsecii 2& t'uvrell S W -M U N W, J S B&L.8 (Umftll 2() (iorrie U & Co ,. 31 Uordon & Scott 31 (>uUuvut4e & Young ,'W Uorilou Adamson & Co 29 Eiggin.s J & Youjig 1>. 23 luipurial Bauk of Cunada... 22 Jauicsou K W .. 2t> Kelly B M Liiwson John 30 La Bivieru Black & Co 29 Mackenzie & Lee 41 Maiiniug * Co LO Morclkiuits' Itaiik of Caiukda 17 Manitoba Invetitnient Aks... 21 M & N W Co-op K li &C Co 37 Murray T P . 2a McCloary W J »s McKinstry & Konedy 3:1 McKeime John ... 40 ilcLjiiu-in 1> 1' 3J Meljoau Hector ... 30 McMicken (MUiert 18 Ontiu-ioBnnk 21 UoVwrtH, Crawford 4 Co ... 122 Hobinson W P & Bon 27 KobbA W 17 UoM J M 124 Boss Killani & Haijgart .... .\) UuttanJ V 22 Kiuith & West 123 Shepard W A &Co 23 Smart Bros & Co 32 Smith* Co 40 Tattle C U 124 VanBuHkerk i^. Koizor 122 Wilco.xA White 41 Winks Geo 30 WoU Joseph ... 'M MANUFACTUUINO INTKU- E8TH- AdaiuH J i)i: Bon 4 Sl(d)ouald J G (Si MclCecluiie iV McMillan . ^77 Montgomery C C 61 .AiiUholliuid Bros 40 Mi-Nabb Andrew T 5'J North-Weet Teot Factory™ 4" Patterson 8 Stalker & Hutchings 40 Steinhoff L S) 8t<;)heiison iSs Wells 52 Stovel Joseph 57 Siitlierland Hugh it Bvo ... 44 Tlv)n<>pson & (!i> W Vulcan Iron Works 43 \Ver,t SE A Co 50 Wright & .\rbuckle Oil Winnett J W 44 Wimui)PgBi'.rk Wire Wks . 4t( Wmiiiiieg Tent Awning and Mattra.-ib Factory 54 UAU.UOADS. &C. ('anada Pacifti! Itailway . (M Hud.-ion's Bay Company 07 Man id S W i'ol Itailway .. O'J N W Navigation Co 71 N W Trading Co 70 X W Onniibiis & Trt Co .. 72 Ht Paul M & Man U B 70 WHOLESALE .Atnew Holden & Co H2 Bannatyne & Co 70 liawit N '.)2 Bose H 7'J Browne Oldtleld & Co 7H Brydon* Mcintosh *» CalduT A H4 Cur.viaden A Pes'k Hi (;oltjuh«)iUk Andrew MK l><.iialdson H S & Bro 00 Flanagiui JamOK Ul Gait U K & J 01 Green iV Sons Company... HO Gervieli * Co 70 GrilTen & Diniglass so G(dd Seal Oy.ster Co M2 Higgins W A Co Ki Hodges Harry -Ci Hunter Win '.»2 Johnson H F iV Co ... . . K'l Ktunn'ily,Strome & Co 110 Keith Hubert B HM Lyim W II & '.;o 73 Marsh \\ H & Co Wl MayeorkE HO MacMartin John A W( McLean M. A r.\ McUian A D A Co Kl MunlorU, W. A- &Ci« 77 O'Brien, James A Co m ()ssenbrug(!r, I"' h7 Parsons A Hichardson . HU Perrv. A (' '... W PuUiirk II A Co H7 lUiliger K V A Co 7» Heviiolds H li m HiehunI Bros Hti Klgnev I'runk W H.Ols Dr J K 9 Srhlicider* Molkic TO Scott D A Co . US Shi.n'V II A Co HO Htiibiiit Kdeii A Co MS Taylor .\lc.\iuidur Hll Thompson Bros A FonxKt.. OM Thibaudeau Bros & Co . ... 73 Trott & JUtclieU «<> Turner Mackeaud A Co ... 77 Wesbrook A Fair^iliilc 74 Wbitla R J 75 WhitobewV Wm VT Wishai't Gei & Co H4 aukanNB&Co 94 KET.VIL. MP^BCANTIIiE. Avr .-Vgriouitural Works ... 101 Bell Wm 07 Bishop & fcVlielton 100 Blachford W D A Bro 95 IVwton C'lothiug House .... 109 CiUdwcUJ FACo »H Carley James A Ill Cuddy & Smith 110 ConkiiuA Harney 110 Dickson Geo 116 Duffin S 105 Empy A 8 10(4 Fowler A Vick 104 Frankfurter O 10* Fiiltliori) G E 100 HarriK A Sou & Co 9» Harstoue II B 11'^ Hickson A Rogers VJ Horsman's H'dware House 114 Hodder A Son 107 Kelly E 107 Lyster Jas HI Manitoba Cigar Depot 113 MacLean J 109 MacDimnoU A Bro 11'6 McFarlano W 101 MclntyroBros 125 Maxwell David & Co 103 McEnoauy A Ciurran 115 Mills A Carson 103 Mitcliell ACo 109 Muir A Waugh liO Oak Hall Clothing Store ... 109 Parker James Hi Penrose A Bocun 104 Pelky James A 112 Scripture T N 105 Scott WmG M Stewart .Tiuuus ll:> Snyi't*!' A .Vndcrson Ill Hmih H M 114 Sn'Uh J Kingston A Co ... 115 T o .Singer M'fg Co 11» Uigney Bros 105 Robinson Jerry 108 UobsoU A Co 99 Bussell Bros OT W«>sbrook A Fairchild . ... I'hi Wishart Geo 110 . Wilson > (irand Central Hotel 119 Grand Cnion Hotel 117 Norfolk House 119 North- West House Wl Potter's Kuropoan Hotel... IIH Sherman House J2> The Bodegii llW The yneons lill Winnl-eg Hotel IW * 'Fhi', PRK8B. The P'rer I're.is 12> Tlie Timet l'Jt> TheSmi 12l> H'.utesto I. i:l from Wp'g \'H\ HIMMAHV OK INDrsI'lllEH I'inance and Uvul Estate. ,. l'/7 Munufacturinii \)l» M. tail J«) H li mid Uev RtatlMticH ... KK) School cliureheH Ac \... 130 Wholesale llAi .»( & FonxKti.. oj i id & Co ... 77 rjhilc 74 75 ; V7 3o 84 ••• •- 94 INTILE. Works ... inx 97 I lOO Bro 95 Uuuse .... lot* m Ill 110 r 110 116 105 10(i 104 10» lUO 9» 112 97 e Housu 114 107 107 HI pot 113 109 i(;6 101 lli.> !o 1('3 n 115 103 1(>» !iO Jtovo ... 109 ll:i lot llvJ 105 M ii;> HI 114 8 Co... 115 113 105 KW 99 9T l