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 In this work we aim to represent the imhistrieK of Prince 
 Arthur's Landing as they exist at the present time, and all 
 statements made, and figures given, have not been guessed at, 
 nor even approximated, but gained by personal investigation. 
 Emigrants or visitors to the North-West will add much 
 to their chance of success or fund of information by stopping 
 off at this, the Key City, ami viewing, for themselves what 
 a few short years have accomplished. Capitalists will find in 
 this port a place where they can invest money and in a short 
 time double the same. ^lanufacturer^, merchants, mechanics ^ 
 and laborers will find it a good business point and pleasant/ 
 place to live. /-?UlT}^ / 
 
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 The first voyagers who explored around the north and west 
 sliores of Lake Superior umst have been anything but favor- 
 ably impressed with the frowning rocky lines which they pre- 
 sented -to their view. The dreaming adventurer in search of 
 a western El Dorado would be very unlikely to discern in the 
 rock boiftid coast which formed the western limit of the greAt 
 chain' of Anierican lakes, an entrance to the realization ol 
 hopes and a«l ventures. Yet nien by their actions .seem ol 
 to imitate the provisions of nature in lier ilistrtbution 
 wealtli. Men surround their gathered tfeasute by impenetrable 
 walls anil vaults, and in this they only follow the example of 
 nature, who has in ahiiost every continent of this globe sur- 
 rounded her most glittering and .valuable treasures with walls 
 of rocks and fuowning mountains, which seem to echo the 
 voice of herself, and proclaim that only the brave and only 
 the in<lustrious .shall be heirs of her treasures. Nowhere has 
 nature assumed a sterner frown to guard her hidden treasure 
 than on the northern and western shores of the greatest of 
 lakes ; and when the mariner enters the .shelter of Thunder 
 Bay, it seems to him as if for a moment the jealous matron 
 has relaxed her stern frown for a smile of welcome. Here a 
 land-locke;l placid bay. affords a safe shelter, and glimpses of 
 distant verdure clad spots amid the chaos of rock.s and] pine 
 forests invite further investigation, and give the first promise 
 that all within is not 80 unpromising as outward appearances 
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 Thun(l# Bay, after which thi8 district is named, is a sheet 
 of wfttor Hoiuo thirteen by nineteen niiles in area, sheltered 
 fron^the wih^stornis which ^weep over northern lakes by the 
 Pie and Welcome Islands an«l the Thunder Cape on one side, 
 *andby the terraced bluffs^ of the mainland dn the other, form- 
 ing thrts an unsurpasse<l harbor for safety and extent of 
 accommodation, which may be termed the Sydney of the 
 whole American lakes. Nature seems to have arranged that 
 it should be the safe outlet for the unbounded and yet un- 
 developed M^ealth of the great North- West. 
 
 . The Thunder Bay district possesses all the advantages 
 Diecessary for the support of a large and prosperous city, 
 , besides a number of smaHer ones within its limits. True tlie 
 district IS not one of Hat fertile prairie, and cannot depend for 
 prosperity on agriculture alone. Yet contrary to general im- 
 pre-ssjons and opinions there are vast stretches of rich land.s 
 within its limits including the Kaministique and other valleys, 
 where at least .H.OOO familie.'* could settle and .secure success 
 and prosperity by farming operations. 
 
 But if nature has been in anyway stinted in lier agricultural 
 blessings in the Thunder Bay district she has been lavish in 
 other respects. Thq lumber resources of the surrounding 
 country which must find its centre and point for collection in 
 the placid waters of the bay, comprises over 20,000 .square 
 miles of pine, spruce and other valual)le timber, while on the 
 American side of the boundary line additional timber resources 
 practically unbouniled in extent are tributary to whatever 
 manufacturing may be centered on the shores of the bay. In 
 this way the surface of the earth around contribute elements 
 of greatness for the hand of industry to profit by, while hidden 
 within its breast lie mineral treasures, as yet almost untouched, 
 but beside whose future productions the hoarded treasures of 
 the great Lydian King will seem infinitesimal. The islan<ls 
 and shores of the bay seem built upon foundations of iron ore, 
 the metal which above all others contributes to the industrial 
 wealth of a country. Veins of copper and zinc crop out in 
 
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 many places, &h if inviting tjio mattock of the miner an() the 
 furnace of the smelter. While the baser metnlM line the shores 
 of the bay a»<l are at times interlaid with veins of those of a 
 more precious nature, the latter seem to increase in quantity « 
 an<l extent as an advance is nmde inland. The great Diorit^ 
 Dyke extending a distance of over thirty miles, with its 
 hundreds 6f dendretic veins of silver, forms a sort of mineral 
 bulwark to the district, and. nmst be a very shrine for the 
 student of mineralogy and geology. Its formation would 
 indicate that even in the chaotic upheavals of a volcanic period 
 nature maintained some sy-stem of distribution, that could in 
 future ages be easily methodised by tlie scientist and followed 
 up by the hand of industry in the work of developing her 
 suMerranean treasures. 
 
 Thus far we have referred only to the natural advantages 
 'contained within the Thunder Bay District itself, but these 
 fall into in.^ignificance when compared with its- position as the 
 key to the whole North-West; From Tlmnder Bay the whole 
 agricultural exports of • the ^^^MM^^^ fertile acres of the 
 Caniadian North-West must finc^^outlet, which destines it 
 to bef one of thtj greatest harbors of traffic in the world. These 
 must in time be supplemented by a Jargo proportion of the 
 exports of northern Minnesota and northern Dakota, .which 
 will naturally seek the most commodious port.on Lake Super- 
 ior on their way J^o the millions of the east and of Europe. The 
 gold products of the intervening Keowatin districts will swell 
 the wealth of tlie immense country tributary to the bay as its 
 outlet. Towards the close of this work will be found a detail 
 of the efforts, influences and capital now at work in the 
 development of s_jr^ of these mineral resources, together with 
 statistics of the work of progress in the direction of building 
 up a great city and port upon this bay. The lUost rapid sys- 
 tem of railway construction in the history of the world has 
 for the past two years been rapidly contributing to the impor- 
 tance of this natural outlet. Already the locomotive screeches 
 along the base of the Rocky Mountains, and the unbounded 
 
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 reMourcoM, aj^iculturjfJl, miiuTKl and other wine, of i\\\ hundredN 
 of thotiNamU of iiiilt«.s (»f iiitorvi'iiiiij; couritry iiiu«t \iiow find 
 their way to thi- whohi «'iv«tern world through th^ \mv. ^ate- 
 wa^'at ThuiKler Buy. The fmid <h»iiiandH of active rtivohitioii- 
 ary Europe and Hhig^i.^h overcrowded Ania, must ini a great 
 uieaHure Im> luiide through this gateway in future: whilo the 
 pro«hicts of the niost eastern portions of the hitter continent 
 will alHO find hy the same outlet th«' shortent an<l most rapid 
 channel of transit to European marketM, an s<Mm a»* tile Cana- 
 dian Pacific Railway i« completed to the PaciHc coa.st 
 
 In looking at the.su u<lvantnges it mu.st be apparent, that 
 
 with nothing bu^ the develoinneut of the natural resources of 
 
 the Thunder Bay district to dep«'nil upon a large and prosper- 
 
 mis city, and an important port iiiUHt spring up on the shorcH 
 
 of the bay itself. But when we take into consideration the 
 
 vast Xorth-West to be develop«Ml and find its outlet here, we 
 
 are shut out to the conclusion that oiie of tlie greatest cities of 
 
 the American continent, and one of the most im{)ortant, if not 
 
 the most important port on the great chain of America)) lakes 
 
 must, btjfore the present generation passes away, l>e locatetl on 
 
 the shore of Thuntier Bay. Wliere that city will be is now a 
 
 matter beyond di.s[)ute. The terUiinus of the Canmlian PaciHc 
 
 Railway has to some extent H.\««d that, while the enterprise 
 
 of the residents of Princf Arthur's I^anding has .settled the 
 
 question. Their now little city is the door of entrance lo the 
 
 Xorth-West, holding the key to the same as tirinly as e\;er 
 
 did Tyre of the doorway to the great country of A.ssyria, and ' 
 
 connecting link between Eumpe and Asia. It is the door at 
 
 whi^h the guardian of progress .stands and in the tone of 
 
 authority utters the magic connuand " Open Sesanie. " 
 
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 Thti history of western cities and towns jire imuolly made 
 up of a succ«'HHion of gn'Jit events, whicfi, in the opinion of any 
 but the recorder of trade progress art* wortli y of hut little t^ 
 fiuy notice, whih' to th(5 h)ver of roinanee they present no at- 
 tractive features.-- Thvrt? are noiie of them whose chronicU's 
 extend hacltsi'^to the dim visita of the early centuries of the 
 Cliristian era, and none whose touudations or progress are 
 hase<l upon Woody com pjests. 'Fhoir liistories (wually present 
 records of conquests, wherein patitMtt industry and daring 
 enterprise hav<' gradually overcome natural and other difficul- 
 ti«'s, which to the resident jf older countries would seem insur- 
 mountable. Some present evidenc*' of long deferred hope on 
 ^the part of pi(»neers who had (tast in their lots with them, and 
 worked and watched long and patiently for connection witji 
 the older world that they had forsaken.„ \ 
 
 In almost ^very respect the town of Prince- Arthur's Land- 
 ing supplies no exception to the ahove rules, and differs from 
 / most western towns only in having ht^en visited by the inVadr 
 ing white races at a much earlier dat<' than many other now 
 Housishing towns of, the west and north-west: and yet. its* 
 progress to sufficient prominence to he entitled to the name* 
 of town, <lates back only a few years, and its ijrowth sinde 
 then has been <me ()f magic rapidity. . ' * 
 
 As early a.s the beginning of the sfxteenth century some of 
 the French .settlers of Canada had formed the idea that the 
 great Lnkje Siiperior was a highway .to the vast fur producing 
 
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 countries of tlu* North-We.Ht, although not untii 1641 did any 
 white man venture upon it« waters. In that year some 
 missionaries of the Society of Jesus,^ established a mission on 
 its eastern shores^ and fifteen years' afterwards we find that 
 two adventurous Frenchmen, named De Grossalier and Raddi- 
 son, explored its northern shores, and from ^ point near to the 
 present site of Prince Arthur's Landing started an inland 
 journey to the Rainy River, down which they started on their 
 way to the Lake of the Woods. From that date forward 
 traders for the furs of the North- Western Indians passed to 
 and fro near the sitcj of the town, and in the year 1078 Daniel 
 Greysolon built for himself a house near the mouth of the 
 Kaministiquia. and c<jmmence«l tradii^g with the surrounding 
 Indians for their furs. It is thus 195 years since the first 
 trading institution existed in the vicinity of Prince Arthur's 
 Landing; its location being oiily a few miles from the present 
 town site. TKis was the beginning of the great North-West 
 fur trade from the Lake Superior side, and during the suc- 
 ceeding forty years it was extendeM as far West as the Forks 
 of the Saskatchewan River. Near the house of Greysolon 
 was the ryidezvous of north-western fur traders, and their 
 meetings culminated in the formation of the North-West 
 Company in 1805, which for many years afterwartls disputed 
 the rights claim(?<l by the Hudsoir's Bay Companv, and often 
 showed determined resistance to, the same. 
 
 From 1805 up to 1857 the business done in the vicinity of 
 Prince Arthur's Landing was confined to the fur trade with 
 the Indian.s. In the latter year the legislature of Lower 
 Canada fftted out an expedition under Mrl S. J. Daw.son C.L., 
 and ProfefisorHynd, and the former of tliese gentleman, be- 
 sides being the opener of the Dawson Route to the Red River 
 . country, may be-called the founder of Prince Arthur's Land- 
 ing. On its site he established Ids base of operations in pros- 
 pecting- and ascertaining information regarding tlie north- 
 west country, The report of Mr. Dawson and Professor 
 Hynd, ^tlie country between Lake Superior and tlie Sas- 
 
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 katchewan River, which thejr" made in 1869 to the Gov- 
 ernment, had probably more influence than anything ever 
 published in giving an impetus to emigration to the North- 
 West ; and was in fact the first telling blow dealt to the mono- 
 poly 90 long held by the Hudson Bay Conipany by their system 
 of studied misrepresentation which they carried out. 
 
 Although a Government official, Mr, Da\vson soon after his 
 arrival at Thunder Bay had some vagu^ip^tentions of making 
 his future home in that locality, and through a period of 'ten , 
 years during which no progress of any description was made 
 there, he never gave up these intentions. ■':.'. 
 
 During 1865-6 the agitation for Confederation occupied 
 the attention of all classes throughout the British provinces of 
 North America, and when in 1867 that was accomplished, one 
 of fche first undertakings of the Dominion Government was 
 the construction of the highway Crom the shores of Lake 
 Superior to Manitoba, .utilizing the Rainy and Winnipeg 
 Rivers, and the Lake of the Woods. Mr. Dawson was en- 
 trusted with this work, and the route has since been known as 
 the Dawson Route. He again madd his base of oi)erations at 
 Thunder Bay on the site of Prince Arthur's Landing, and in 
 1868 the Government supply stores for the work were located 
 there. This naturally centered the few settlers of the surround- 
 , ing country around the "Station," as the place known as Prince 
 Arthur's Landing was then called, and it was soon made a 
 trading point by the location of a general store by Marks' 
 Bros., of the Bruce Mines, Ont. The institution was managed 
 by Mr. Dickson, now fishery Overseer, who erected the small 
 log house in which the business was carried on. At the same 
 time Mr. Flaherty arrived at the Station and erected the pio- 
 neer boarding house, which was soon filled to overflowing, and 
 proved for him a very profitable undertaking. During 1868-9, 
 while the construction of the Dawson. Route was being 
 pushed, times were rather lively, and the "Station "had all the 
 appearance of a busy frontier village. The outbreak pf the 
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 excitement £here. Two general stores were in operation then, 
 Blackwood Bros, being the second merchants. Several less. 
 • important concermsVere located in tents, and several build- 
 inirs'of deceftt pretensions were in coursa of construction. 
 Mining operations had commenced at Thunder Bay. Shuniah 
 or Duncan, Beck and ^Iver Islet mines, and somewhat of a* 
 mining excitement 9^rung up. but subsided considerably as 
 winter advanced./ „ 
 
 The sprin<' oT 1.S70 was ot excitement at the " Station, and 
 when the GOth HiHes and Canadian volunteers for the suppres- 
 sion of the R^d River rebellion reached Thunder Bay, they 
 selected the "Station" as their landing place. Col.Wolsley asked 
 oncon^m<r^^^ox.,^K\yyii^^'<i^\^^^^ name of the place, and on 
 bcinc^ told the "Station," he asked that it be called Prince 
 Arthur's Landing, in honor of the young prince who had so 
 recently become so popular in Canada. : . 
 
 The sudden collapse of the Riel rebellion ana speedy return 
 of the OOth Rirtes and Col. Wolscley made a second mili- 
 tary exciteiwjnt for Prince Arthur's Landing that season, 
 which was the means of bringing the place for the first time 
 prominently before the outside world. Some idea of the rude 
 means of landing at the place may be had from a letter recently 
 published in a local uaper by the party who then owned the 
 only lan.ling jetty at £he port. This jetty iiad been used for 
 landin.r most of the military stores and reloading them again, 
 an.l f.r its use Col. Wolseley gave the owner a cheque for 
 $50; more that party .says in his recent better than the whole 
 cost of- construction. 
 
 Altocrether the year 1870 was one of great progress tor 
 Prince Arthurs Landiiig. Some ten buildings were added to 
 the place, their construction being due to the enterprise of 
 Messrs. Thos. Marks, N. K. Street, W. F. Davison, W. A. D. 
 Rus.sel and one or two others. 
 
 With the opening of spring 1871, work on the Dawson 
 Rout^ was again pushed forward, the headquarters still 
 remainiho "it B|.ince Arthur's Landing. That the -town and 
 
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 port was going to rise to importance was a settlerl fatet in the 
 minds of all Canadians, and the anxiety for sonpe guarantee of 
 ownership of lots was Ijecoming every day more spoken of. 
 That year would in all probability have been one of much 
 greater progress, but for the uncertainty which prevailed upon 
 the point of land ownership. Neveitheless a few additions 
 were, made to the business circle of the town, and among the 
 number Mr. Daniel Cpveney, who built quite a pretentious 
 blacksmith shop for » those days. The head offices of the 
 Daw.scfn Route construction centred considerable trading in 
 the town, and tl^ose in mercantile business enjoyed a good 
 .share of prosperity. 
 
 With the opening of 1872 the Government of Ontario had 
 fully recognized the importance of Prince Arthur's Landing, 
 and that .summer a government survey of the town site was 
 made. The lots were sold openly at auction by the Govern- 
 ment, and as in many similar cases, a goodly portion of them 
 fell into the hands of non-resident speculators, but the biilk of 
 them were secured by men who have since closely identified 
 themselves with the town and worked with l>oth enprgy and 
 enterprise for its progress and prosperity. This same j'-ear 
 the surrounding "country was organized into a municipality 
 under the hame of Municipality of Shuniah, composed of the 
 three townships, MacGlregor, Mclntyre.and the Islands of Thun- 
 der Bay. The town and surrounding countrj^ was now under a 
 regular form of government, and their destiny was practicaHy 
 in the hands of their enterprising citizen.s. 
 
 During this year, the progress of Prince Arthur's Landing 
 was rapid, the souring of titles to lands gave quite an impetus 
 to building operations, and when the winter snows once more 
 returned the place had quit'e a „ town-like appearance, ^and 
 included quite a number of commUdious buildings, both busi- 
 ness places and residences. The cWvernment commenced con- 
 structing the first dock, which like th& Dawson Route was 
 pushed with energy and vigor, ami next year W. H. Carpenter 
 & Co. leased the latter. 
 
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 The year 1874 was one of railway excitament in Cfinada, 
 and the great scheme of a Canadian Pacific Railway across the 
 Dominion from ocean to ocean waa occupying the attention 
 
 •of all interested in the country's welfare. Prince Arthur's 
 Landing naturally shared in the excitement, and hopes and 
 fears alternately succeeded each other regarding the town's 
 becoming the lake terminus of this railway. The anxiety of 
 those who hafl waited years for some railway impetus to the 
 town, can be more easily imagined than estimated, and when 
 in 1875 the Government engineers selected the adjoining town 
 of Fort William as the point from which to commence con- 
 struction westward, the hopes of the people of Prince Arthur's' 
 Landing received a staggering blow. Still there were many 
 who firmly believed that Fort William could only be a tempo- 
 rary terminus, and that the Landing must eventually be the 
 location fixed upon. ' The fact that it remained the port for 
 unloading, and point for distribution of railway stores, lent a 
 hope to the belief these people entertained, and it was doubt- 
 less this persistent hope and the ent>rgetic action it begot was 
 the means of eventually fixing the terminus at Prince Arthur's 
 Landing. This year a branch of the Ontario Bank was estab- 
 lished in. the town, under the management of Mr. D. F. Burke, 
 and the addition of this pioneer banking concern not only 
 aided greatly in building up tlie trade affairs of the place, but 
 located in the person of the. enterprising riianager, a citizen 
 who has been ever sijoce indefatigable in his endeavors for the 
 welfare of the town. The bank certainly gave an impetus to 
 
 . trade, and several who are now prominent business men of the 
 town located about the time of its establishment, prominent 
 
 If among whom was Mr. Geo. H. Kennedj'. 
 
 During 1876-7, the work of railway construction went on 
 steadily,. but Owing to the engineering difficulties encountered, 
 rather slowly. A large force of men were employed in the 
 work, and as all arrivals landed at Prince Arthur's Landing 
 the town was kept lively and business good. Still the loss of 
 wie terminus calised much dissatisfaction, and the feeling 
 
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 became so general and strong that in 1878 the Municipality oi 
 Shuniah undertook the construction of the Prince Arthur's 
 Landing and Kaministiquia Railway, at a cost of S40,000. 
 The leading r,spirit in this heavy Undertaking was Mr. Thomas 
 Marks, and he was ably supported by other now prominent 
 citizens of Shuniah. The work was pushed w;ith vigor, and 
 it was afterwards handed over to the Canadian Pacific Railway, 
 " and the terminus of that line fixed for all time to come at 
 Prince Arthur's Landing in return for the gift of the line. 
 i In 1879, Purceli & Co., of which firm Mr. Thomas Marks 
 was a partner, had a contract for the construction of 113 miles 
 of the Canadian Pacific Railway track, and kept ^steadily 
 during^the season some 1,200 hands at work on the contract. 
 Their supplies they drew from Prince Arthur's Landing, and 
 trains from the town to the end of the track were kept 
 regularly running. Business as a natural consequence vvas 
 unusually lively, and continued so all season, and opened as 
 brisk as ever amd continued all the summer, of 1880. That 
 the town was destined to become a great trade centre, and 
 shipping point, and to use the words of the Marquis of Lome. 
 " The Silver Gate " to the Golden North-West, was now a fact 
 settled in the minds of everybody ; and on into the winter of 
 1880-1, when the work of railway construetiion had ceased 
 until spring, the town of Prince Arthur's Landing was a busy 
 bustling place, and bright hope was plainly marked on the 
 faces of all its enterprising citizens. 
 
 The spring of 188,1 opened up in Prince Aijthur's Landing 
 with considerable feeliiigs 'of discontent among its citizens. 
 The slow and irresolute efforts that had been put forth by the 
 Dominion GoverrHment in the construction of a railway from 
 the Atlantic tc^he Pacific had made many, all over Canada 
 grow wearyy^hd begin to despair of ever seeing the great 
 work finisjipd. The Government were evidently out of their 
 province in the work of railway construction, and the enor- 
 mous, and in some-instances useless expense which had been 
 in3urrecl, in carrying out only a small portion Qf the work 
 
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 made some fear that a national feeling in favor of the 
 abandonment of the great scheme would grow so strong as 
 eventually to put a'stop to it. These feelings had some hold 
 in Prince Arthur's Landing, and although the town had grown 
 in.population to somewhere about 1,000, and over fifty business 
 institutions of every description were enjoying considerable 
 prosperity, there existed.in the niinils of some Jeading citizens 
 a fear that a reaction was about to -set in, and that really dull 
 times were unavoitlable. Suddenly a complete change came 
 over the whole aspect of affairs. The news of the Canadian 
 Pacific Railway liaving passed into the hands of a powerful 
 syndicate, who were determined to finish its construction with- 
 out delay was quite an agreeable surprise to all at the Land- 
 ing, and the news at first was considered almost too good to be 
 true. When, however, the full "particulars of the agreement 
 between the Doniinron Government and the Syndicate became 
 known, real joy and exultation was universal in the town. 
 IThe clauses which prohibited the crossing of the International 
 Boundary line west of Lake Superior by any line of railway, 
 while they might cause dissatisfaction in other localities, were 
 cause for congratulation at Prince Arthur's Landing. The 
 whole export products of the Canadian North-West, and the 
 importations thereinto were in the near future to pass through 
 the town, and it wa"s to become the key to the vast territory 
 wbich is destined soon to become the greatest granary of the 
 world. There was certainly good cause for congratulation, 
 and the electric-like rapidity with which the hopes of the 
 people of Prince Arthur's Landing went upward, showexl'that 
 they comprehended the great a<lvantages they had so suddenly 
 giained 
 
 The summer of 1881 was one of activity and high hopes at 
 the Landing. Real estate in the town began to' rise rapidly 
 in price, and only the fear that the new Canadian Pacific 
 Railway Syndicate might change the terminus of the line 
 again to Fort William, prevented the inauguration of a crazy 
 land boom, from the effects of which so many of the towns of 
 
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 Manitoba are now suffering- Uncertainty for once was of 
 value to the town, and kept the speculative element from 
 <'oing beyond reason, until the collapse of the boom in other 
 north-western towns demonstrated a lesson, which has kept 
 down anything like land excitement, and kept the growth of 
 Prince Arthur's Landing steady, although rapid ami free from 
 any chances of a reaction. . 
 
 The rapid ex'tension of the Canadian Pacific Raillvay w^est- 
 ward from Winnipeg, and the energy in completing the rot^d 
 between that city and Lake Superior during 1881, convinced 
 all thafc^the new Syndicate were determined to waste no time; 
 although what they accomplished that year was only a pre- 
 liminary to the great work they have since accomplished. 
 By the fall of 1882, Manning.. McDonald & Co., the contractors, 
 were running trains all the way from Prince Arthur's Land- 
 ing to Winnipeg, and Mr. John Ross, sub-contractor, had com- 
 menced the work of construction eastward from the Landing 
 along the north shore of Lake Superior as far as Neepigon, 
 for which work all supplies were drawn from Prince Arthur's 
 Landing. 
 
 When the winter of 1882 set in the population of the town 
 had increased to over 2,000, and business institutions of all 
 classes numbered about nii^ety. News of lines of steamboats 
 that would in the coming spring connnence regular trips from 
 Ontario and the States was circulated freely, and a certainty 
 of at least seA^en different lines was made known. The scarcity 
 of dock accommodation, business buildings, residences, and 
 above all hotel accommodation was painfully apparent, and 
 even in the cold months of winter active work was ptosecuted 
 to mitigate the two last named defects, and make some pre- 
 paration for the rush of the coming season to open navigation. 
 Early in spring, building operations were commenced and 
 pushed rapidly. The Canadian Pacific tlailway Syndicate 
 took ov^er the line from the lake to Winnipeg early in May, 
 1883, and. scarcely was the transfer complete, when the rush 
 of north-western iunnigrants began to pass through on their 
 
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 way to Maiiitulxi and the north-weatern territories. During 
 1A\ the present suninier everything has been buHtle, and buihi- 
 ings of evety description liave been .springing up like mush- 
 rooms, wliile the trade of the town has incre^ised with such 
 rapidity, that new business men liave been unabU) to obtain 
 premises (luick enough to keep pace with the trade demands. 
 The population of the town has iloubled itself in less than one 
 year, and is now over .*J,000, \vhile in every other respect the 
 visitor can see nothing but signs of rapid growth and general 
 prosperity. The most solemn pledges have been received 
 from the manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway that the 
 lake terminus of their line will remain here, and preparations 
 for constiructing docks, elevators, freight sheds and other 
 necessities for a great port, and the terminus of one of the 
 greatest systems of railway in the world are being rapidly 
 made. Already the rails extend westward from the lake to 
 the base of the Rocky Mountains, a distance of nearly 1,300 
 miles, opening up vast tracts of productive lands whose exports 
 and imports niust pass through Prince Arthur's Landing, the 
 Silver Gateway of the Golden North-West. - — ■* 
 
 The foregoing pages give but a .slight idea of the influences 
 that have been at work in this great work of progress which 
 has been going forward in Prince Arthur's Landing. A more 
 comprehensive knowledge of these will be gained from a 
 perusal of the following sketches of the leading individuals, 
 firms and institutions that have been engaged in the great 
 work, to which we append a summary of the present business 
 of the towiuand outline of its prospects in the future. 
 
 
 
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 JION. !^. J. UAWHON. 
 
 In 18.')7, ''»8 and '59, this gentleman, thf'n in the employ of tho 
 Crown Land and Public Works' Department, landed upon the pre 
 sent sit«' of Prince Arthur's Landing and conunenced from that 
 point an exjjloration of nortl^wei^tern Canada, which extended, as 
 far west as the Soskatclunvan River, a distance of 1,000 tnilw*: Tho 
 object of this expt'dition was to ascertain something concerning tho 
 country then held exclusively by the Hudson Bay Company and 
 whose charter or lease was about expiring, and the Imperial 
 <fOvernment wished to know niore of the country before renewing 
 same. From the report rendered by Mr. Dawson tho Imperial 
 (fovenimenti'onsidered the territory too valuable as a point for 
 emigration to renew the old arrangem«;nts with the Hudson Bay 
 '(^*ompany, therefore the h-ase was not renewed upon expiration, 
 jilthough a settlement was eflected som«> years afterward. To Mr. 
 Dawson, th«^refore, can be contributed the honor of the first favorable 
 report of this fair land of ours, aiid the primary means of effecting 
 the arrangements which resulted in the op<(ning up of so many 
 millions of acres of valuable farming, mineral and lumber lands. 
 
 In 18.") 9 Mr. "Dawson pointed out the feasibility /)f a public high 
 way from now Prince Arthur's Landing to 4j|te Lake of the Woods, 
 and froni there to Fort Garry by water ro«^ Accordinglyjgtfter a 
 delay of eight years weUnd that the Covernment make some push in 
 that direction, and that this hon. gentleman is selected to superin 
 tend the construction. In 1868 and '69 the work was practically 
 commenced, and was continued for aVjout five years, when it was 
 (Iropped on account of the near approach by railway through ^n» 
 
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 Htato3. and tlu^ coniUM'nten.ent of tlu' couBtruction of tho Canadian 
 Pacific. Railway. Mr. Dawson's foresiKlit and knowledge of tl»' 
 country UkI hin. to n'ali/.t, tl.« fact that thoro would noccHHanly 
 Hpring up a large and prosperous city at tho lako torniinus or con 
 uoction «.f tho Canadian Pacific llailway, so w(^ find hun Htrgdv 
 inv.,.Htin.' in property in and around Prince Arthur's Landing, which 
 h<^ has "continually made his home, and at the present tnno Mr. 
 Dawson is one of tho most h.iavily interested persons at this port. 
 Ho holds many acres of \ich mineral lands, good farms, a large 
 
 . uuiount of city property, improved and unimproved, and is now 
 occupying as a residence the first dwelling-house erected at tho port. 
 It is h(ututifully situated, surrounded with many fine trees, and is 
 pointed out to the visitor both as the residence of Hon. 8. J. DaN\ 
 s»n and the oldest landmark of the city, 
 
 111 1875 Mr. Dawson was elected to the Local Legislature of 
 
 ' Ontario for the district of Algoma, representing same until 187t<, 
 when he ran as a dominion candidate against Mr. Rankin whom 
 ho defeated, having a majority of 400. At the last election, when 
 
 ' ho contested the same field with the Hon. Wm. MfDougal, he was 
 returned hy a majority of GOO. Such figures are convincing evi 
 dencc that Mr. Dawson's fellow citizens appreciate his labor in the 
 opening up of this country, and also tho representation of them- 
 selves in the House. Wc might say much more about this hoy. 
 gentleman here, Imt as many of the events with which he is connected 
 is referred to in our opening sketch, we will desist. 
 
 
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 This gentleman c^ well be considered pne qf the fathers of Prim-.- 
 Arthur's LaiMling,'as he established Uie'firstj'b'usine^s at this point 
 in the shape of a fur tradini post^,1n 1870. Prior to his advent 
 here h»^ was engaged in busilness witlt his brother at Bruce Mines. 
 Itwouldnotbepossible'inthi^sketdito give anything but a re 
 capitulation of thi.s gentleman's busine.ss career, as some of his 
 leading enterprises apfearjn other pketche.s. Mr. Marks is th.- 
 senior member and principal owner of the dry goods businsss con 
 ductod under the s tyle of M urlcs, Mackay A- Co., sole proprietors r.f 
 
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 tlu' provision, giocfry, hurdwan; oiid Qu»»«ii'h ware iMiHtiicHH, con 
 <lucte<l muU-r tim firm nann' of tlios. Marks A Co. aUo Marten' 
 Dockj No. 1, a Io<nI dock Imilt in IH7fi owner and operator of 
 Thunder Bay Lum1w>r (company, and M'vpral vast tinihor liniitR, in 
 ronnection with wliioh he hati tu^H and hargcs. , If(« is alHO Presi- 
 dent of ond almost sole stock -hohlor in tho Thunder IJoy Forward- 
 ing mid Klevator (/ompnny, which own atul lease to the Canadian 
 Pacific Uiiilwoy the largest and most complete docks at this 
 place. 
 
 Through th(! enterprise of Mr. Marks the (connecting link of 
 railway uniting this place with the Canadian Pacific Railway ter- 
 minus at Fort William was huilt by this Municipality, thereby 
 making this the permanent terminus and transfer port of the 
 Canadian Pacific Uailway. Mr. Marks is owner of the Pacific 
 Ifotel, also one third owiut of the Queens; has always been ' 
 the leader of every public enterprise and improvement, and as 
 a token of their regard and appreciation his fellow citizens 
 have placed him in the higlurst position in their power, that of Reeve 
 of this Municipality, Altogether the career of this gentleman has 
 Iteeii on<' of continued !;ucce.s.s in the face of all drawbacks and liard- 
 ships, and the industries he has established and successfully operates 
 stand a monumenjt to his business energy and judicious judgment. 
 
 I). F. lU'RK. 
 
 This gentleman dat<'s his advent in Prince Arthur's Landing in 
 I !<7r), when he came in the employ of the Ontario Rank, the man- 
 agement of which lu! assumed the following year and has successfully 
 carried on ever since. Mr, Burk has practically' demonstrated his 
 faith in tlu^ future importance of Prince Arthurs Landing as 
 a commercial centre by investing largely in' real estate, and 
 is now one of the most extensive owners of city property, 
 improved and unimproved, and liolds for sale a large num 
 l»er of valuable residenc<^ and business sites \Vhicli he is 
 willing to dispose of at very reasonable ratios and upon advantageous , 
 terms, Mr. Burk is Secretary-Treasurer of the Lake Superior 
 Dock Forwarding and Elevator Company, with a capital stock of 
 .- ii^OOtOOO. — This Company have built extensise docks at this point 
 
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 and an- i.r..partiig to ni»k« furth«r iinprov,;m..nU- ami wJcteMloni. 
 Thi. tfentl«.nan haH taken a leading part in all public and pnvato 
 •nterpri.eH. and U.till doing much toward making Prnue Arthur. 
 Unding what .he i. nhortly dentiniMl to lM,conie, the dt.tributing 
 p<rfnt of the Canadian North Went. 
 
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 W. K. DAVIDHON. 
 
 Thi. gentleman cfen truly W counted one of the pwneern of Prince 
 Arthur, finding, a. he date, hln advent here back to 1H<0. ot 
 which time he came here and wan with Mr. 'IHjjy.aM Mark, in the 
 general ntore businesH: The f(,IIowing year, |m. jie wan connected 
 with the :» A Mining Cou.pany. and in IH72 teok charge o the 
 CollinKWO(Hl line\,f .WamerM' bu^ineHH at thi. place, which he 
 Huccessfully conducted for Hve jears, when he accepted a .imilar 
 position with tlM- North-VVeBt Transportation (Company, or Heotty H 
 Sarnia line. As the n.anager of this business here, Mr. Davulson 
 has.added nv^to the popularity of the line, and done k«»<h1 ^^^rk 
 both in th.. iiSreU of the shipper and traveller, as well as the C<.m 
 pany he r^i>rv^i'uU Hia lK)«ition is a responsible one, and J"" 
 duties are discharged in an able n.auner. >Lju J )uvi<lson .s on^ 
 the Citjr Yathers, so to speak, as he has.for ioTv years lu'ld the J| 
 tionof Counvilina^., and has always taken an active pari m sW! 
 over was app^ently-.t'cH- the citys best interest ; and when we 
 consider what i%&-'^«) •'V'^tcome by this ^hmicipality in securing, 
 ^''' ting link so as to make this the termi- 
 
 *"'irway^t*great ci^'dit should fall ui)on 
 the|f>|mblic improvements. Mr. 
 Arthur"iKt»wUng has been one of public- 
 
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 A. L. lU'S}<KLt, 1).L.S. Jc P.I-S. 
 
 This gentleman first landed at Prince Aithurs Landing iii 18119, 
 at which time he was in the e.niJoy of the (Jovernment as an 
 attachec of the Public Works Department. Very few men, if any 
 have had as nuuh and wide experience in and of this ..•ountry, and 
 
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 after fui|||<V^iiif!Ji,>^W|rMr. Ru^jiell in natUfUHl tliut l<>«>ktnK ttt tlio 
 4{iu^li>iirl^f|tt|^l poijiU no town ur city in the Canadian Nortli 
 VM|jjhaN ^i^ a futuru imsition f>f proiptrity iM^fort) it In con 
 ''jfmtlmm witir liin partner, If. K. WickHtt^xl, G.K., Mr. Rusmi!1 ban 
 vurvoytnl «i\4 ttekon thuKoundingN of tliu harlior and niode all thu 
 principal Hurvcys of tito city, and additionH alio of tlio surrounding 
 country, and gotten up nmpN of the city, llo laid out Uufuiell'K 
 oddjition to IMnce Arthur's Landing, which originally containcdl 
 fOO i^crcH, of which )to has diH|M)sud of houio 00 acres. -Afr. 
 RuHsell iii prepared to h«'I1 from 1 to 100 lotn, or any number or 
 quantity to gpoculatoi's, or will, to oncourugn the rapid growth of 
 tho city, givi) tn'« a iUw r(>Hidencc lot to any person who will build 
 thereon. The average price asked by Mif Kussj>ll for his lots are 
 ^IW, and when we consider that over three-fifths of the original 
 addition has iMjen disposed of at these veV-y reasonably figures, that 
 his property is well situated and desirable. He also owns some 
 valuable businms sites, and is a large stock-holder and director of 
 the Lake Superior Dock Forwarding and Elevator Conjpany. Mr. 
 Russell is now t<>mporarily in charge of the Canadian Pacific Rail- 
 way survey east of lierr, where his extended knowledge and 
 experience renders his services very valuable to the Compony. Al- 
 "ier t^ieFcareer of this gentleman has bbe^ a very successful and 
 Ful one, and he has aided greatly in the upljuilding and develop- 
 ment of Prince Arthui's landing, and the future will still find him 
 occupying a prominent place in the commercial and social structure 
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 OKTABIO BANK. 
 
 A branch of tliis bank has lieen locattnl here since 1875, and is 
 the pioneer banking house, as well as the only one at present. The 
 p^ent bank is located at Toronto, and with few exceptions this 
 branch is one of the most thriving and important auxiliaries. 
 The Bank does a general deposit, loan and exchange business, issues 
 drafts on^he Bank of Montreal, Chicago, and the Bank of the State 
 of New York, New York City, also foreign exchange. It does the 
 Government and Canadian Pacific Railroad business here, and be- 
 sides being an indispensable institution, lias been the means of 
 strengthening business circles. ~ 
 
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 The management has J>een conducted l»y Mr. D. F. Burk since 
 1876, who has been connected with the bank for sixteen years at 
 other points, and to his judicious exercise of the powers invested in 
 hini he has succeeded in winning for Prince Arthur's Landing the 
 boasted reputation that there has never -yet been a business 
 failure in financial circh^s. He lias also made many lasting patrons 
 for this institution. During tire present season the Ontario Bank 
 will erect a fine new brick building on the comer of^'umb(!rland and 
 Pdrk streets, and before another wiriter sets in will be occupying 
 the same. Their business here gives employment to three men, and 
 is the institution to which all our industries owe their commercial 
 advantage. • ^ 
 
 V ^ J ' J^JJGE R. LAIRD. 
 
 This gentleman is commissioned by the Ontario Government as 
 Stipendiary Magistrate and Judge of Division Court for the Dis- 
 trict of Thunder Bay. Mr. Laird received his appointment in 1878, 
 and ever since his advent here has labored hard to admist<^r justice 
 in all cases brought before him, and has honestly won the reputa- 
 tion of being.a fair and impartial official." 
 
 The Division Court is held once a month at Prince Arthurs Land- 
 ing As Stipendary Magistrate he is' Judge of the Division Court, 
 has jurisdiction by consent in civil cases up to ^800, and is qualified 
 to act under .the County Court Speedy Trials Act. The. Judge lias 
 taken quite an active part in commercial affairs, and in connection 
 with^is brother, W. H, Laird, is largely interested in farming and 
 mineral lands, also stockholder in the Lake Superior Dock Elevator 
 f nd Forwarding Company, and Sandstone Quarries, <of which 
 we will give a sketch elsewhere), town property, improved and un- 
 improved. \ " *• 
 
 The career of Mr. Laird has been one of great local usefullness, 
 both offiqially and commercially, and the respect and trust placed in 
 him is truly due to onewho-has^done so much for Prince Arthur's 
 
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 PETER NICHOLSON. . 
 
 The acijuaintance of the Subject of this sketch with the Landing 
 dates from 187 L He made frequent visits to the port previous to 
 his locating within this beautifully secluded hamlet of .the north. 
 Mr. N. landed at the Bruce Mines in '53, immediately engaged in 
 business, and owned a share in the mineral wealth of that district 
 up to the lull in mining affairs. After this his attention was di^ 
 rocted to another branch of industry. His enterprise succeeded in 
 the teompletion of the far-famed Algoma Mills. In 74 he was ap- 
 4)oihted by the McKenzieGovemment to the responsible position of 
 Coilector of Customs at this port, which office he has satisfactorily 
 tilled to the present day, He was fortunate enough to purchase 
 liirgely at the Government sale of the Town Plot, in 1872. Another 
 iiuecessful venture waipvthat of $250 for a squatter's claim, which 
 property would easily bring in the ftiarket to-day the handsome sum 
 of 06,000. Mr. Nicholson is one of the largest real estate owners iu 
 this flourishing city, much of which is located in the central limit of 
 the business area. There is no more striking example to illustrate 
 the prosperity and growth of the place than the immerse increase in 
 value of this gentleman's property. 
 
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 KEEFER & CAMERON. 
 
 This firm is compose of IMr. Thos. A. Keefor, the resident and 
 active member of the firm^ and Mr, E. R. Cameron, M. A., of Strath- 
 roy. The office of the firm was opened up here May 1st, 1883. 
 Their business is that of barristers, solicitors, notaries, agents, owners 
 and operators of mines and mineral lands; they also do a real estate 
 business, both on commission jftnd on their own account. The rfcal 
 estate branch of the business^ is managed by Mr. Thos, Ryan, a gen- 
 tleman who knows full well the value of any property which passes 
 through his hands, and whose statements can be relied upon. Pro- 
 bably the most extensive part of the firm's business, however, is 
 that of dealers^n niining lands and claims. A very large collection 
 of specimen ores, quartz, etc., are on exhibition at their offices on 
 Cumberland street, where jbhey occupy well-fitted-up premises, 25x50 
 
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 Itidualriea of Prince Arthur' a Landing. 
 
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 on the street floor. The niauaging clerk of the firm's Imsiness is 
 Mr. Frank H. Keefer, M.A., LL.B., a young gentleman, brother 
 of the senior men»l>er, who is fully alive to the great wealth of 
 this countVy, and is doing much towards building up her interests 
 a,nd reputation. * 
 
 Mr. T. A. Keefer, the active member of the firm, is doubtless 
 Aie of the best informed gentlemen upon mining matters who ever 
 ^interested themselves in this country's vast resources, and through 
 ' his energy the outside world is gaining a knowledge of the wealth 
 north of Lake Superior. Ha is demonstrating his faith by investing 
 heavily in actual improvements and developments, and is largely 
 interested in many locations and lands, but has probably done more 
 by pushing the opening up of the Jack Fish Lake gold and silver, 
 mines, owned by the Hurdnian Mining Co., of whfch he is Vice 
 President (a sketch of this mine appears elsewhere). As a legal 
 advisor and attorney the gentleman stands high at the bar, and 
 practices in all the Court#of Ontario and the Supreme Court. The 
 business of the firm is a very large one, giving employment to three 
 
 . men. 
 
 For the past ten years Mr, Keefer has had interests here, and 
 when he finally located this spring, the city ivceived a very valuable 
 addition in his settlement. . ^ 
 
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 S. W. RAY. 
 
 The subject of this sketch came to Prince Arthurs Landing in 
 1876, and holds 'the responsible position of accountant in 
 the Ontario Bank. Mr. Ray has made gootl use of his time 
 and has always been alive to the fact that Prince Arthur'.s 
 Landing was shortly destined to become the distributing point for 
 the Canadian North- West, and has invested largely in real estate, 
 both improved and unimproved. He owns between 400 and 500 
 lots in the town proper, also a one-third interest in the QueenV 
 Hotel, and is doing much toward building up the town's industries 
 by placing money for capitalists from other places, who entrust him 
 with th^i same, feeling that from his position and connection their 
 money so invested will bring large returns. Mr. Ray, although prob- 
 
Industries of Prince Arthur's Landing. 
 
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 ably one of the largest ownereof real estate, is alive to the fact that 
 property must change hands, be improved, etc., to become vaJuable,^ 
 therefore we find him offering business sites anS resideniie locations 
 at v^ low rates to parties desiring to improve or speculate in 
 same and upon longtime. Persons wishinfl^ to invest in this busy 
 centre cannot do better than to call or address Mr. Ray, and can 
 alj^ys depend upon receiving valuable and reliable information. 
 jalpjftay is also entrusted with the funds of the Municipality, 
 ^^W0 the position of treasurer. Altogether this gentleman has 
 'fi^de for himself a commercial record among the best in Prince 
 Arthur's. Landing, and in every movement for the best interests of 
 the city he has proved himself a liberal donor and public .spirited 
 citizen. 
 
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 W. H. LAIRD. 
 
 This gentleman occupies the resj)onsible position of Registrar for 
 the District of Thunder Bay and Clerk of Division Court. His 
 commission dates from 1879. The duties o? this officer are of the 
 most onerous nature as all transfers of property must be correctly 
 passed through the hands of the Registrar to iijisure good titles, 
 D\iring the past four years the work of this 'office has largely in- 
 creased and the business done now gives employment to three per- 
 sons. 
 
 Mr. Laird is very accommodating and succeeds in giving such 
 satisfaotion that the public have, faith in him and appreciate both 
 his labor and the fact that the Government keep in this, responsible 
 position one so well qualified. 
 
 Mr. Laird is largely interested in property in and around Prince 
 Arthur's Landing, is a stockholder in the Lake Superior Dock For- 
 warding and Elevator Company,' owns in connection with his 
 brother, Judge Laird, some 15,000 acres of mineral lands, has an 
 extensive interest in the Neei)egon Sandstone Company, holds con- 
 siderable town property, improved and "unimproved, and, in fact, 
 commercially speaking, is one of the most heavily interested men in 
 Prince Arthur's Landing, as Veil as doiiig a good public ^ork in his 
 official position. Such men as Mr. W. H. Laird really prove yalu- 
 able auxiliai^es in the social and industrial growth of. a young city 
 
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 Industries of Priwe Arthur s Landing 
 T. WARE. 
 
 This gentleman is uumhered among th<* more recently established 
 citizens of Prince Arthur's iandinj?. His business is that of 
 barrister and solicitor, in connection with which he does a real 
 estate business on commission, makes collections, manages estates, 
 looks after land transactions, the validity of titles, etc., and places 
 loans on ^ootl securities. Although a young man, he is possessed of 
 untiring energy and push, and will doubtless build up an extensive 
 business and practice. For some time past Mr. Ware has been 
 connected wjth the firm of Bethune, Moss & Co., prominent 
 barristers of Toronto, and is a thoroughly read and hard-working 
 student. }ie lias since coming here been employed by this Munici- 
 pality to attend to some important work for the Council. Mr. 
 Ware has had great success as a civil and criminal lawyer, and we 
 bespeak for him a very useful and prosperous career in this his 
 chosen home, i 
 
 R. J. EDWARDS.^ 
 
 This gentleman has lately established himself as architect and 
 draughtsman in this city. He has had a number of years experi- 
 ence in his business, and has been the successful designer of some 
 prominent institutions in Winnipeg and elsewhere. He assisted 
 with the plans for the new Canada Pacific Hotel, Winnipeg, to 
 cost $500,000, which were accepted. 
 
 He is now engaged upon the plans for the new Ontario Bank 
 building of this place and for the new churches about to be erected. 
 Any person or firm contemplating the erection of a public or private 
 building or business block should consult Mr. Edwards at his ofl&ce 
 on Arthur street, where he can be found, and will be able to give 
 valuable suggestions and advice. His locating at this time in this 
 place is very opportune, both for the public and himself, and will 
 r e sult in mutu a l ad v a ntage and profit : — ': — L 
 
Iiidustries of Prince Arthur's Landing. 
 
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 irchitect and 
 years experi- 
 
 , FRED. JONES. ' vt^V 
 
 This gentO^ilian came to Prince Arthur's Landing in 1875, and 
 after a year's residence wa3 appointed to the responsible pM- 
 ition of Post-Master, which he has ably filled ever since ,!to i;ho 
 satisfaction of the citizehs of this place an^ the Govemmerit. from 
 whom he received his commission. During the past year the busi- 
 ness of this office has doubled. Some idea of the importance of 
 this oflice will be evident from the fact that during the past three 
 months a money order business of over $35,000 has been done, 
 while some $700 to $800 worth of stamps were sold. A great 
 quantity of mail matter is daily received and the business of the 
 office is really increasing faster than the accommodations aifibrded are 
 adetjuate to easily transact. Mr. Jones is assisted in the discharge 
 of this work by Mr. W. S. Beaver, a gentleman who labors hard to 
 accommodate the public. 
 
 Mr. Jones is also manager of the Lake Superior Fish Company, 
 one of the largest labor employing industries of Thunder Bay, has 
 always taken an active part in public improvement and enterprises, 
 and is undoubtedly doing much for the development and upbuilding 
 of Prince Arthur's Landing. 
 
 
 • COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS. 
 
 MR. PETER NICH0L80X. ° 
 
 The bulk pi w^ork to be executed by this fuctionary has been on 
 the increase since his Appointment in 1874. Previous to the pre- 
 sent collector, taking charge this port was subordinate to Sault Ste. 
 Marie, but after that change took place Silver Islet became tributary 
 to Prince Arthur's Landing. Although the amount of imports has 
 increased frbm $10,000 to $23,000 that of the exports has more 
 than correspondingly decreased, accounted for, of course, by the de- 
 creasing re^)rt of Silver Islet Mines. Consequent upon the open- 
 ing of the Thunder Bay branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway the ' 
 volume of imports must aggregate several hnndred per cent, more 
 than the highest 6f any previous year. 
 
 Dr. White 
 of Ontaric; 
 this'Pfoviiice, 
 
 N. F. WHITE, L.D.S. 
 is a graduate of the Royal OoUege of Dental Surgeons 
 He is a gentleman of oyer twenty years experience in 
 Although but a short time located in Port Arthur 
 

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 Iniiitnlries qf Prince Arthur's Landing, 
 
 he has ahead/ a host of friends and quite a large practice. He 
 has securetl an office in Clarke's new drug store, South Water street 
 Dr. White is a' gentleman , of prepossessing appearance, steady 
 habits, kind and affable manner, and^ thoroughly competent to attend 
 to the wants of the citizens. 
 
 . ^ ALBERT MacOILLIS. 
 
 Mr. Mac. was very reticent in furnishing any information con- 
 cerning his establishment, remarking that he "was not particular 
 whether his whereabouts was known or not." 
 
 J. A. MacDONELL, M.D. 
 
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 Dr, M^Donell is the pioneer physician in this part of CanadaJ. 
 having been appointetl about fifteen years ago as medical officer on 
 the Dawson or Fort Garry route. Office at W. J. Clarke's drug 
 store. " , 
 
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 W, a BRYSON, M.D., CM: 
 
 Dr. Bryson is a graduate of McGUl University, Montreal, and of 
 the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. He cam e to 
 Prince Arthur's Landing al>out eight months ago, located here and is 
 doing well. Ibu addition to "the Doctor's superior ability as a physi- 
 cian and surgeon, he is a gentleman, popular among the citizens, 
 succeteful in his profession, and has won the esteem and admiration 
 of all. 
 
 J. F. CLARKE, M/D. 
 
 This gentleuian is a physician of forty yearsj)ractice. He located 
 in Prince Arthur's Landing in 1«79, at whicli time he was appointed 
 by the Ontario Qovermneht as Sheriff of the Thunder Bay District, 
 which position, he continues to hgld at the present time. ^ Dr. 
 Clarke was for eight years a memV>er of the ► Ontario Legislature for 
 the County of North Norfblk, but retired to accjipt his present 
 office. He still ^oes considerable practice, and hxs office is in the 
 .drug store of Mr. W. J. Clarke, his son. In his pdlblio as 
 well as professional capacity, he occupies a prominent position in 
 the soci%^ and'industrial o r ganization of Princ e Arthur's landing. — 
 
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Manufactures, 
 
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 ^Jlarke's drug 
 
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 THUNDER BAY LUMBER COMPANY. 
 
 Tliis the first organized lumbering industry of Prince Artliur's 
 Landing, is one of Mr. Tims. Marks private enterprises, which will 
 prove of great local public benefit. The mill of tlie Company was 
 built during the present year, and is located on the bay, where they 
 have ov6r twenty acres for booriiing grounds and milling purposes. 
 The milli is built after the latest modern style, with improved 
 machinery, and has a cutting capacity of 60,000 feet per diem, and 
 incurred an expense of * $25,000 in its erection. This important 
 industry employs fifty hands, with the prospect of a speedy aug- 
 mentation. Mr. Marks owns three lumber limits of white pine at 
 accessible points by water to his mill with a stumpage of fully 
 60,000,000 feet. During the present season only about 3,000,000 
 feet of lumber will be sawed, but with the opening of the next the 
 (juantity will be largely increased. The mill is conveniently locc^d 
 for the shipment of lumber either by water or rail, and is at the 
 present time the most extensive manufacturing concern at Prince 
 Arthur's £andinff. \ 
 
 GEO. H. KENNEDY 
 
 Tliis gentleman conducts an extensive business as wholesale and 
 retail dealer in stoves, tinware, hardware, sporting goods, etc., also 
 a manufacturing department, wherie all classes of tinware is pro- 
 
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 lndu8trie« qf F/ince Arthur n Landing. 
 
 ducod, including eavetrouj^hs, tin and iron, rooting, in fact, every- 
 thing which is sold or manufactured by a first-class estahlishnient of 
 this kind can bo gotten from the "Thunder Bay Stove andj'iii*' 
 Manufactory". i • 
 
 Mr. Kennedy dates his advent in Prince Arthur's Landing in 
 1875, and although times have been both good and V»ad he has 
 stuck faithfully by his chosen place and never lost sight of tin- 
 grand future of this port, which the citizens are now beginning to 
 realize. He has been very successful commercially and his business 
 is one of the leading indiistries of this city. His trade gives em- 
 ployment to six hands on the average, and rc«|uires him to carry 
 a stolk of $10,000 worth of goods in this line. He also makes a 
 specialty of fancy tinware, and handles an American coal oil 17r> » - 
 test. Mr. Kennedy dotjs considerable wholesah^ trade witli sub- 
 contractors on the Canadian Pacitic Railway and others, and num- 
 bers with his retail -customers nearly every family in Prince Arthur's 
 Landing. Tlie store rooms and factory are located on the corner of 
 South Water and Lome streets and occupy a building 20xGQ it,/ 
 two flats, which give him 2,400 scjuare feet of (U)or room. ^' - 
 
 This gentleman has also been selected to/epresent the Wiscofisin 
 Central Railway, which has its terminus at Ashland, Wis., directly 
 opposite this point on the American side. This railway contem- 
 plate putting on a line of steamers, and will doubtless operate px 
 connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Lake Michi- 
 gan and Lake Superior Transportation , Company, of Chicago, who 
 own and operate the Peerless, City of Duluth, D. L. Hurd, and 
 Manistee, have given their agenpy also to Mr. Kennedy. This 
 Company make regular excursion trips to Prince Arthur's Landing 
 during the season, also bring in freight from Chicago. Mr. K. 
 carefully looks after these intere.sts and anyone desiring inTocmation 
 as to freight or,passenger accommodation, rates, etc, ^ should see this 
 gentleman or Cldress-him. Mr. Kennedy is President of the Town 
 Hall Company, a local improvement organization company, also 
 Elevator "A" and Shuniah Dock and Forwarding Company, and is 
 also .erecting for himself a fine residence on Court street. AltO- 
 gether„this gentleman is taking an active part in .the development 
 andupbuildingof Prince Arthur's Landing, and is tj|jy deserving 
 of the commercial position he has gained. -. . 
 
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Intiustriea of Prince Arthnr'ti Landing. 
 
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 PORT ARTHUR PLANINd. MILL. 
 
 This mill has Just Iwion enjcted arid tho luachinory pla««'(l in run- 
 ning order by Messrs. W. and J. Jerrett. Their location is a good 
 one, l)eing on tho^ wati'r's edge, next to Dock No. .'). 
 
 Mr. \V. Jerrett was in the planing mill business for several years 
 in Simcoe, Outario. Although thi.s praiseworthy industry has only 
 just been put iii operation these gentlenien have their hands full to 
 supply the orders coming in every day. They are certainly well 
 e(|uipi)ed with a first-class outfit of juachinery, with all the modern 
 improvements for th.'- turning out of all kinds of sash, doors, blinds, 
 mouldings, scroll-sawing, shaping, turning, etc. They have started 
 their institution with upwards of )?r),000 worth of machinery, while 
 their present mill building, which is only a part of the extensive 
 pianuf act ory which they~ptlTpos(^ to erect, aggregates oyer 82,000. 
 
 This enterprise is calculated to do more for the building up of the 
 city than any otiier industcy/as it provides all the essentials for the 
 contractors and builders, who duly appreciate the great convenience 
 ac<iuiredi which the town heretofore badly needed. The firm are 
 now prepared to supply not only the waJTits* of the people of ^the. 
 Landing but also to nieet the simi'ar demands along the line of the 
 Canadian Pacific Railway. The present buildings dimensions are 
 30x50, with a lean-to 30k12, and the whole concern run by a 
 twenty five horse po.-.veir engine. A private dock is to be constructed' 
 for the large supply of lumber already on the way down and >rth 
 which they will be prepared to .supply in (juantities to suit their' 
 customers. 
 
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 Pt)RT ARTHUR KOUNDRI^'. 
 
 Messrs. Woodsid'e Bros.- are just estal>Iishing themselves/in tile 
 foundry industry.- Hitherto there has be^n no means of ybtaliiing 
 anything in the casting line, for which this mining count/ so of^ien 
 calls, without transportation from the lower provinces, afccomf an ied 
 l)y no little vexatious delay.. The niacliine shops, 20^0, are now 
 erected, and the addition, 30x45, to contain the Xiouldirig and 
 blacksmith shops, will be const ruet ed .with no l oss q/ ti mo. - 
 
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 laduMttUM of Ftiwe Arthur h Lmtdin^. 
 
 Mr. Jan. H. \Voo<U»idc is a very practical man, l)oim< a millwright 
 and patteni. majcor of twenty yearn experience. Mr, John WowUide 
 18 no 1«M practical tjjan Iuh brother, with over fifteen yearn 
 experience as a ujouldor. 
 
 Mr, T. A. Woodsido has charge of the machinery and engine 
 (lepartment with the l)enefit of sixteen years practice in that parti- 
 cular l)ranch of the industry. It is thus readily seen the firm is 
 compo8<Kl of all practical business heads, whose conibincd kiiowhxlg*' 
 is a sure indication tliat all work will be personally looked after in 
 
 every particular. 
 
 Their mafketK, in addition to the local ne<>dK, will tytttnid thrOtigh^ 
 out the North- West Territories. This industry means capitaW»»sh 
 and enterprise, and a great »)Oon to the young and growing Jp. in 
 which its interests are vesteil. The foundry occupies the corner b! 
 Manitou and W«'llington streets, a very convenient loc'ation, an<l 
 will prove a boon to the nianut'ivturing classes of this country. 
 
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 VKiAHS lUlOS. 
 
 The business of these gentlemen is contractt«-s and builders, that 
 part of building which more directly .applies to the constructiou of 
 docks, driving of piles, et:. Messrs. Vigars' llros., have built Marks" 
 Dock, No. 1 and that of the Thunder Uay Dock Elevator and 
 Forwarding Company, which arc the most extensive and important 
 in the Canadian 'North-West, also the foundation for the Thunder 
 Biy Lumbering Company's Mills here. 
 
 They give employment to from 1.5 to ;.'0 im-n and are ut present 
 putting an extensive addition to tlu' dock o( the Lake Sup<'rior Dock 
 Forwarding dud Elevator Company. Messrs. Vigars' Eros. hoAc now 
 in course of construction a, new pile driver for us<' in their own 
 busines.s, which will greatly facilitate their work. They date their 
 advent in Prince Arthur's Landing since 1870, and have always- 
 taken an active part in all public and private enterprises. The firm 
 is composed of Mr. R. Vigar.^^ and Mr. W. Vigars. Mr. II. Vigars 
 is a representative of the electors of Shuniiih iiu their Municipal 
 Council. " — —■ 
 
lndu»trui» o/ Frime Axthnr'n Landiity. 
 
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 Messrs. Vigars' Broii. liav« alwo i»ecured a valiwhle timlnir ]ic«'nw 
 on Black IJay, and are prepared to funuHh tho West of tamarack, 
 for pil« foundations, clocks, etc., and are making arrangf^ments to 
 push the development and operation of the sanii'. The industry 
 (^stablishtKl hy these gentlemen and tlie part they are t&king in 
 public affairs numbc^rs then, an.ong the leading pushing citizens of 
 Prince Arthur's Landing. 
 
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 LAKE SIIPKRIOR FISH COiMPANY. 
 
 Among Ihc leading industries of ^ri.ice Arthurs Landing this 
 Company de-serves a prominent placcv The business was established 
 in 1870, and after changing hands several times came into the 
 possession of Messrs. Jones k Wetmore, who operate it under the 
 above styh-d company. Mr. Fred. Jones, the first mentioned 
 partner, manages the busine».s. They have in use two steam tugs 
 and six fishing smacks, each smack eijuipped with 120 lb. gill nets, or 
 about 40 nets to 4?ach boat ; they also fish with "three pound 
 nets." ^ The bu.siness employs some thirty men. During the pa.st 
 season they shipped some 200 tons of fisli to Minneapolis. Duluth, 
 Detroit, Winnipeg and elsewhere, the product being principally 
 white and trout, and are widely noted for their excellency. The 
 Company occupy packing houses and warerooms oji Marks' dock. 
 No. 1, and during the season, usually lasting from about May 1st to 
 January 1st, their premises present a bu.sy appearance; they also 
 purchase from parties who fish for themselves, thereby affordin- a 
 home market for those who are not able to conduct their business in 
 an extensive way. This industry is rapidly on the increase and will 
 do much towards augmontin- thv co.nmercial worth of this place 
 be.sides giving employment to labor, and aiding in the building up 
 of the city, also proving a source of wealth to the enterprising pro- 
 prietors. . 
 
 ANGUS CAMPBELL. 
 
 This gentleman is proprietor of one of the most creditable and / 
 one of the most essential business institutions in any north-western 
 ^^^^- His enterprise consists of a general wagoii and carriage 
 
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 I Iruiuatries (]f Princ» Arthur'* landing. 
 
 iiiUnufactory. Although an old r««ul«nt of ov«r wnen yearn, Mi- 
 .OainplM'll ha* lieon comlucting the bu»iiH'HH for hiiiiHolf only four. 
 Ho ii an old experienced hand, liaving for many yearn he-en in tho 
 busineM in Kincardin«», Ont. Among the fortunote real e«tat« 
 ownem of Port Arthur must Iw ranlnnl Mr. ('ampliell, who ih very 
 deeply ihtewHt*'*!, owning eonHiderable property in th« heart of tho 
 
 city. 
 
 In addition to th«^ manag««ment of his carriage factory, Mr. C\ 
 performs the onerous duties of AssesMor an<l Collector for the Mi^ni- 
 cipality of Shuniah. He is alHo an ardent Iwliever in the grdat 
 advantages derived from the ('Htablishmpnt of a goo<l public School, 
 and has alwoys taken such a deep interest in the educational afPairK 
 that the p<'opl<^ i-ntruKted to him o share of tlie^nmnagcnu^nt of thin 
 insti^jution. oh a member of the School Hoard, for the past four 
 years. 
 
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 PORT AKTHl H HHP:\VKllY. 
 
 This manufactory is among the pioneer institutions, being in 
 existence for the past six years. Altliough planttHl in a tinie of 
 quiet, the institution has struggled on through the Hrst years 
 of its life, turning the balance scale favorqibfe to the indefatigabh; 
 proprietor, iM^ Conrad Oehl. 
 
 The dimensions of the building ivrt' L>Gx:JG, with a daily capacity 
 of 20H gallons. The outfit wajf purchased iii Hamburg, Ont, at a 
 cost of $2,000. Mr. Gehl„purehases his malt in Palmerson, Ont. 
 The site for the brewery^iis a capital one, with abundance of water, 
 supplied by McViMf^s' Creek running by the establishment. The 
 beer, ale, etc., piWuced Uy Mr. Gehl is of the best (luality, and has 
 a very favoralilc reputation in and around Prince Arthur's Landing, 
 where it ifiay be found for sale at any of the hotels, and with the 
 rapid growth of the country, a building-up of towns along the lines 
 of railroad, this gentleman's business will rapidly increa.se, as it 
 deserves to do. Mr. Gehl is a practical man himself, and gives 
 
 personal attelition to his business. 
 
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 DANIKL OOVENEY. 
 
 ThU jtf^iittpiiinn'ii proniiMN arw Kituat<Kl on the corner of Park unci 
 (Jourt ■tri-otH. Ho in th« piomwr hlm^lcHinitli <»f Princfl ArthurM 
 lAnditiff, iiU odv«iit (iatiiiK hack to Juno I7th, 1H71. Ho hati Iwon 
 ongaK«Kl in hln buHinoHii hore iiiico 7.1. Mr. Covonoy haiU from 
 guoboc, coming to i\m country in iioarch of hiM " littlo pilo" in 
 which ho has not »)oen unBuccomful, l»eing sutHciontly gp«wulativo to 
 purchaso an acre lot in 72, paying tlierefor #150, and huH 8ul«o. 
 <|uently rofusod the significant lump of |3,000. Tliis is only anothor 
 ovtdenco of tho brilliant huccosh attonding tho push and thrift of th.- 
 oarly pionoers of this country. Ho is now carrying on a general 
 hiacksniithing, and doing a thriving .liusiimss. Mr. Covonoy has 
 very sanguine hopes for tho future prosperity of this growing city. 
 
 P. 8. (miFFlN. 
 
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 Few men have done moi-o to built up tho town than Mr. P. H. 
 (Jriffln, he being one of her most successful business ftctom. th.- 
 labpm of Mr. d. as contractor and builder date from 7.5. Ho was 
 in business in eastern Ontario, and has had a very (^xtensivo experi. 
 ence. His premises are on Arthur street in n-ar of Saucier A Bro. 
 Mix new buildings am now in the course of erection by this gentle 
 man, with twenty-five men eniployed: Mr. Clrittin does also a 
 general undertaking business. #* 
 
 * CJ. W. BROWN A CO.* " v 
 
 In a; Jinning.di^^riet like Port Arthur it is not at all tiiin-s di.. 
 «-asicst matter in the world to obtaia a varied as.sortmentof nmrket 
 supplies, th? facilities m this respect of an. agricultural town being - 
 . unmistakably in its favor. The citizens if this crowded shipping 
 jwintoweniuoh totho above firm for Undertaking and succeeding ii^ 
 their endeavors to supply a want long felt,'^ which object they "are 
 successfully accomplishing, as eyineed l>y.. their large ak "growing 
 patronage. Tliis enterprising firm — - — — i ^ ' -I 
 
 c a n si i pply ivt l i lniqi^tk monie i it'! 
 
 notice anything m t^e provision J ine from i an egg i to 
 
 an ox. 
 
 
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 .Industries of Prime Arthur'a Landing. 
 
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 fr<Sii a pound, of butter to a car load of the sapie. They per- 
 sonally select their whole stock of dried meats, hams, bolognas, 
 bacon, etc., etc., in fact, anything in the provision line thajl the 
 
 cook demands. ^ /u 
 
 As wholesale and retail butchers tliey* stand prominently ^n the 
 front rank. They make a specialty of supplying boats, hotels and 
 boarding-houses at reduced rates. Their premises are most, con- 
 veniently located on thq corner of Pearl and Cumberland street.s. 
 It would be an injustice to the members of this enterprising firm to 
 close this sketch without mentioning that they are both ^entlenien 
 of a long business experience extending over eighteen years. They 
 came to this promising town well recommended and ar^ sure to 
 make tlieir inark, as the result could hardly be otherwise With two 
 such accommoclating, stirring and busines.s-like men a.-?^ ( J. W. 
 Urown it Co., - , 
 
 SMITH & MITCHELL. 
 
 The busines3>i6 which this firm succeeded in 1 878 was established 
 r. Geo; A, Brown. Messrs. Smith k Mitchell are. 
 Jalers in live stock of all kinds, and always have for sale - 
 juilch cows, carriage ind work horses, oxen, , etc. They also 
 j^^robably the most extensive wholesale and retail butchering busi- 
 ness in the Canadian North- West, of which the following figures 
 ace proof adequate. During the past year they have handled over 
 200 tons of meat, represehting nearly 1,000 heatl of sto«k. Their 
 business gives employment to fourteen hands, and their fine new 
 sale rcK)m, located on the corner of Cumberland and Lorne^ streets, 
 24x82 feet, two storeys with basement, are finely fittetl up and 
 well adapted for convenience in their business. They also have 
 other warehou.ses, stock yards, slaughter-houses, and stock farm at,.,*- "'" 
 this place. , This enterprising firm bring their cattle from..eastern 
 Canada in summer, and in winter import from thj^.S^'tes* They 
 do extensive wholesale tj;ade with railway coijii-a'ciors and with the 
 lumbering and mining industries, shipping frequently to points . 
 along the line. . . ' ' 
 
 Messrs. Smith »t Mitchell ai'e ranked among the most extensive 
 property owners in and around Prince Arthur's lianding, possessing 
 
 
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 many acres of farming lauds, rich mining claims, desirable business 
 and residence Uts, improved and unimproved, stores and dwelling 
 houses, and are continually buying and selling. To parties wishing 
 to invest money in or around this port wo would suggest that it 
 would be to their ^interest to either see or write this pushin^^ firm. 
 As proprietors of the « Lake Superior Meat Market" this firm oc- 
 cupjfa leading pl^ce in the industries of this city ; as property 
 owners they can |)e clas'Sed among those who have foreseen the 
 importance of this^oint and have been investing.their money whore 
 it would give the lai^gest and surest returns. Mr. Smitli is a n^ember 
 of the Municipal ^ouncil, and ^r. Mitchell is Chairman of the 
 School Board. Thik firm have always taken' an active part in all 
 public improvement^ and the welfare of Prince Arthur's Landing. 
 
 ANDERSON & MUIR. . 
 
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 The bu.siness of thisj firm is that of contractors and builders. 
 
 They do one of the nipst extensive business in that line in the 
 
 city and give employment to from twenty to thirty men, Mr. 
 
 Anderson has been in Prince Arthur's Landing for the p^st live 
 
 years, three spent as foreman and two as contractor, and- during 
 
 which time has done considerable jobbing. Their, factoi-y is well 
 
 supplied with all necessary machinery and located on Arthur 
 
 ^' street being 25x60 feet in area, two storeys,' ilie machinery is driven 
 by a twenty horse-power engine. „ This enterprisingfirm contemplate 
 erecting a much larger ffi^ctory during the coniing season and will 
 greatly increase theii- facilities for taking contracts of all kinds. 
 The firtn, .conducts one of the leading industries of this city, and are 
 
 ...xloitt'g much both to aid^in the comfort of the people and also the 
 growth of the place. Persons desiring any work done in their line 
 •should see them, as their work and prices both commend them to 
 the public favorably. i 
 
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 -■■■-.■. JAMES WILLIAM DICKENSON. 
 
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 This gentleman carries on ajbusiness of butcher and general pro- 
 vision merchant, hi^residence extending over a period of ten sum- 
 wers. He has been engaged ifi his present pursuit for the pasf 
 
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 IndtMtriea of Prince Arthur's Landing. 
 
 oiglit years, in >yhich time Mr. Dickenson's experience, has not been 
 all smooth sailing, having found barriers to surmount and obstacles 
 to overcome; but with the growth and prosperity of the town he has 
 correspondingly succeeded in his business interests. Premises located 
 . on Arthur street, near corner of Cumberland. ' , 
 
 . THUNDER BAY TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT."^ 
 
 In conjunction with his general store of dry goods, groceries, 
 etc., Mr. N. K. Street runs this tailoring establishment on South 
 Water street. Here will be found all kinds and classes of English, 
 Scotch and Canadian tweeds, cloths of all styles. The business is 
 under the supervision of Mr. M. J. Dillon, who is an experienced 
 cutter aiid fitter, and gives splendid satisfaction. 
 
 FRED. DANIELS. 
 
 Tlie premisesof "Our American Tailor" arelpcatedon South Water 
 .street, eomer of Park. In addition to his five years experience 
 here, Mr, Daniels has the benefit of some nine years of extensive 
 practice in the City of Tpronto, where he had ample scope to utilize 
 his efforts with every available advantage. He has been most suc- 
 cessful as a merchant tailor in his present location, employing at 
 times as many as fifteeh hands. His complete stock of ready-made 
 clothing and gents' furhishings is pew and attractive. 
 
 SAMUEL WILLCOCK. 
 
 On Arthur street a general merchant tailoring is conducted by 
 this gentleman, whose stock of tweeds, cloths and gents' furnishings 
 will be found new and compl-te. Mr. Willcock's long 'experience 
 of ten years in the Landing is in itself siiflicient guarantee of a sure 
 fit and entire satisfaction to his patrons. He is doin^ a paying 
 Itusiness and generally pushed with orders. 
 
Mercantile. 
 
 STREET BRO. 
 
 In the year 1871 this firm first came io Prince Arthur's Landing 
 beginning business in a small way ^ general storekeepers, and by 
 strict attention to business have Succeeded in building up an 
 establishment of huge proportions, as well as taking an active part 
 in public improvements and private eiitei-prises. Mr. Street, the 
 senior brother, died some few years ago and since that time. f;he 
 business has been conducted ^y Mr. N. K. Street, still retain- 
 ing the firm name which had been established for so many yeaW 
 
 The storerooms and warehouses, located on the corner of Arthur 
 and Cumberland streets, eover an area of some 12,000 square feet 
 and are stocked with about $50,000 worth of goods. The dry goods 
 department occupy a salesroom 30x50 feet, two storeys, the boot and 
 shoe, hardware, groceries, liquaa| and provision occupying adjoining 
 rooms 20x70 and 40x50 feet, two storeys, with other warehouses 
 adjoining, and will be shortly enlarged to meet the demands of the 
 large wholesale and retail trade established in the surrounding 
 country. Mr. Street has a thriving branch at Fort William. His 
 busiijess here gives employment to six hands and is personally 
 superintended by himself. Mr. Street holds large interests in both 
 farm and city property, and has succeeded in amassing much of this 
 world's goods through honorable business practises. He is also 
 president of andj)rincipal stockholder: in the Lake Superior Dock^ 
 Forwarding and Elevator Compiny, a company with $300,000^ 
 capital, which have built a doc k 40x800 fmt and have placed there- 
 
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 Induslriea of Prince Arthur's Landing. 
 
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 on a railway track for the speedy transfer, of goods; ^r. Street has 
 
 also done ^ood wbrk in the development»nf the city and country by, 
 
 loaning to worthy parties, on good Security, money for legitimate 
 
 purposes. 
 
 When we look at' what one man has'done in this thriving town 
 
 in twelve Ihort years it is only positive evidence of the great endg 
 • to be attained in a new country like this by truly enterprising and 
 
 ijadustrious nien,' ancf in the future, as in the past, Mr. N. K. 
 , ,Sfreet will remain one of the Lindin^'sioading business and public 
 
 spirited men. ' i • 
 
 D. Mackenzie &. co., 
 
 This IJrm dates^ their advent in business here June Ist, 1883, 
 antl were the^ first to recognize the fact that Prince Arthur's 
 Landing is the natural shipping point for the entire Canadian North- 
 , West. Messrs. MacKenzie &. Go. do a strictly wholesale business 
 in canned goods and carry _a very large stock of every class of fri^its, 
 vegetables and meats, canned by the leaduig manufacturers in the 
 east. Tliey are the sole agents and control exclusively the sale of 
 the Dublin Canning Company's goods in the Canadian North- West. 
 They hate'a branch house in Winnipeg which aids them in facilitate 
 ing their busines'ig, and they do a trade which extends for over l,^)©© 
 miles west of this. Messrs. D. MacKenzie & Co. have purchased 
 their own warehouse and .sales room on, South Water, street, 
 where they carry a stock of from fifteen to twenty car loads of goods. 
 
 The advantage which this firm employs in cheap freight rates, and 
 
 their close connection with canning houses, combined with ample 
 
 capital and business experience, makes them able to place goods ou 
 
 the market "at better figures than Winnipeg houses, can afford .to 
 
 give. Their business requires a '^aveller oh the iioaid, j^nd wh^ we 
 
 consider that they have in a short time secured some seventy-five 
 
 steady customers in Winnipeg alone it speaks volumes for not only 
 
 .their busin€^ energy but Prince Arthur's .Landing -as a '^^hqlesale 
 
 ltl^ . centra. The direct managiement of the firm here 'is conducted by 
 
 Mr.' D. MacKenzie himself, a gentleman of quite a numbeivof years 
 
 . of mercantile experience and the chief factor in the firm. . 
 
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 Industries o/'PHwe ArtJiur's Landing. 
 
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 MARKS, MACKAYACO 
 
 This firm conducts one of the leading wholesale and retail estab- 
 lishments of Prince Arthur'a Landing. Their business ha^ been 
 established for twelv^ years and is the oldest industry in the ci^y, 
 havings been opened up in 1870 by Messrs. Thos. Marks & Bro. 
 Mr. Mackay, the junior member, was admitted into the firni two 
 years ago, after having been in the employ of the house for ^hree 
 years. ' • 
 
 Messrs. Marks, Mackay & Co. do an extensive business in dry 
 goods, gents' furnishings, clothing, millinery, boots and shoes, 
 carpets, house furnishings, trunks, valises, ietc. Their premises are 
 located on the comer of Arthur and South Water streets, the two 
 principal thoroughfares of the city, and is a large three storey build- 
 ing 35x72 feet in area", it is well arranged for comfort ai\d display of 
 the large and carefully selected stock of from forty to $50>0O worth 
 of goods usually carried. The first floor is used as the dry goods 
 and gents' furnishings department and presents a very tastefud and 
 business-like appearance; the second flat is used for, clothing, l)oots 
 and shoes, and ifhillinery goods; the third floor is where th^ carpets, 
 house furnishings, trunks and valise.s are kept in endless quantity 
 and variety. Nothing is lacking to inake the stock of this firm 
 complete, apd their enterprise and abHity is seen at every turn. In 
 ' the jobbing or wholesale line they do a trade which extends for 150 
 , miles from tlris busy centre., ^ , ' ' ' 
 
 The business of Messrs. Marks, Mackay & Co. ^ves employment 
 to seven hands and is rapidly ittcreasing-with the recognized impor- 
 tance of the town. Mr. Thos. Marks, iihe senior member, is the 
 pioneer mefchant of Prince Arthur's Landing and is deeply inter- 
 ested in many other private and public enterprises which will be 
 found in many other sk^hes in this'woyk. "[hie nxore direct man- 
 agement of this firm's business, however,\ falls upon Mr. Mackay, 
 and his recognized bushiess ability has made for him his present 
 ^favorable connection and reputation. 
 
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 The business of this firili was established in the spring of 1875/' 
 and is that of dealers in and manulacturers otje\^elry an^ repairing 
 of all kinds of watches, ate. A stock valiieflW. rtbrtnf | 9n^nno ^^ 
 
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 Industries of Prince Arthur's Landing 
 
 carried, consisting of gold and silver watches, clocks of the best 
 make, jewelry and electro-plated ware. The premises occupied are 
 , located on South Water street, are 22x80 ft., and finely fitted up. 
 Mr. A. W. Thompson, the resideat and active member of this firn^ 
 is also tfie senior member of the firm of Thompson Bros. «fe Forrest, 
 Winnipeg, who conduct the. largest jewelry establishment in the 
 Canadian North-West Thfe business of the firm at this place gives 
 employment to four ncrsons and is persomi^y superintended by Mr. 
 , ' A. W. Thompson, This gentleman is also largely interested in 
 other industries at Prince Arthur's Landing. He is a stockholder 
 and director of the Town Hall Company, Elevator " A" Company, 
 also a member of the firm of 
 
 CONMEE & THOMPSON ' 
 
 lumber dealers, who <iwn extensive pine timber limits on Pine Eiver. 
 They commenced operations in 1882 and have cut from two to 
 3,000,000 feet during the present season,"' and will build a mill with 
 a capacity of 50,000 ft per diem during the coming season. They 
 have a water frontage on the lake at this place of 1,000 feet. » This 
 firm have opened up an industry sure to grow to large proportions, 
 « and give employment to labor, which in turn supports families' and' 
 builds up a city. . Mr. Thompson is also the agent for the Gt^nada 
 Life Insurance Company, the responsibility and commercial sound- 
 ness of which is well VnoWn, and has succeeded in placing over 
 $100,000 in risks here ; he ^Iso represents the Standard Fire and 
 . has placed some $5O,00Q the; past year with this Company. Mr. 
 Thompson is Clerk of the Municipality of Shuniah, ^nd is one of those 
 riv^men, as will been seen from this sketch, who are indispensable 
 to^t^e rapid growth of a young commercial city. 
 
 >, • THOS. MARKS ACQ. . 
 
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 Under this name Mr. ThoS. Marks, the first and pioneer merchant 
 
 of Prince Arthur's Landing, conducts the leading wholesale and 
 
 retailv provision, grocery, hardware, and crockery business'- in the 
 
 "clty. Some idea of the magnitude and importance of this business 
 
 c a n he g a ined f rpm the f a ct that he carries^ a stapl e s tock of ov e r 
 
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Indualries qf Prince Arthur's Lamiing. 4^ 
 
 1(1^100,000..' His salesrooms a^, the corner of South Water fl^nd 
 Arthur streets are 58x72 feet,'in addiUpn to which'he has other 
 extensive storehouses located on his doe^s and elsiewhere. Mr. 
 Marks does a very extensive .wholesale busrness with railway con- 
 tractors, also with the liiiniiig, lumbering, fishery and fur trading 
 industries. His business in this line gives employment to twelve- 
 hands, and ajggregates about $250,000 per annum. Such figures as 
 the foregoing "are conclusive evidence as to the importance of this 
 place &nd opportunities it offers for truly competent busihess men 
 to'succeed in commercial undertakings. 
 
 , A. M, COOKE. " 
 
 To this gentle^nan belongs the honor of pioneer jeweler and watch- 
 maker in Prince Arthur's Landing. Arriving here in '73^Jmme- 
 diately opened business with a large and elegant display of clocks, 
 watches and jewelry. He has been continually adding to his 
 already fine assortment and ^:to-day has an elaborate stock of gold 
 and silver watchei^ handsome viredding rings, gold and plated watch 
 chains, electr%plated ware, and a general assortment of fancy goods. 
 Mt. Cooke employs three experienced men and makes a specialty of 
 fine watches and watch repairing. The transaction of business 
 amounts to frojm !$ia,000 to $12,000 per annum. Mr, Cooke's 
 premises are situated on Arthur street, where this gentleman had 
 charge of the first telegraph office on the Canadian Pacific Railway. 
 Mr. Cooke has also the Meterological Observatory and Sign&l Service 
 station, from which* he reports the probabilities of the weather to 
 Toronto three times daily. 
 
 Mr. Cooke is also agent for Goldie &. McCulloch's burglar and fire 
 proof safes, with which he, does quite an extensive business,' having* 
 placed forty in Prince Arthur's Loiiding aloneT He is also general 
 agent for the Raymond, Singer, and Wheeler «fe Wilson sewing 
 machines, NotwiUistanding the several branches occupying this 
 gentlenian's attention, he takes a live interest in the outside affairs 
 of thie town in general. He employs none butf^rustworthy assistants, 
 aiid is thoroughly competent and reliable himself. * Mr. Cooke's time 
 i s c e rtainly fully occupi e d, but by his c omposu i-e and skilful man- 
 
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 Industries of Prince Arthurs Landing. 
 
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 agement not one branch of his business can Iw said to be n«iglecte<l. 
 Coupled with this sketch should be th* name (jf Mr W. P. Coofce, 
 whose satisfactory management in Mr, A. M. Cooke's absence has 
 proved him to be a man. of sound judgment and shrewd business 
 ability. ,..'",. 
 
 J. E. SAUCIER it BRQ. 
 
 This entf'rprising firm have just opened up last spring a very fine 
 stock of family groceries, provisions, wines, brandies, ales, porters 
 and cigars. These gentlemen do an extensive trade' with sub- 
 * contractors and boarding-house keepers on tlje Canadian Pacific 
 tlailway. They make a specialty of their canned goods, of which 
 they are receiving large consignments nearly every week. Tliey 
 deal direct with Quebec, where they were formerly in, business-'with 
 their father. In the liquor line they make a specialty of their, 
 choice French wines. 
 
 'pie firm, although composed of youiig n>en, are shrewd, practical 
 business fellows, endowed with more than ordinary push and oner^ 
 ftnd determined to make their mark. 
 
 L. U. BONIN. 
 
 This gentleman's establishment is located on South Water street, 
 the principal thoroughfare of .this active Jittje city. It is being 
 enlarged, and when completed will cover an area of 20x44. He 
 carries an exceptionally choice stock of family groceries, flour and 
 feed, glass and crockery. Mr. Bonin can justly boast of a long 
 experience in practical life in this growing centre, being engaged in 
 the mercantile department for the past seven years. He has care- 
 fully watched the ups and downs of prosperity which once attended 
 the town, the lull in trade, and finally the greatest revival in business 
 circles that the place has ever experienced. By his integrity and 
 fmr dealitlg, combined with a zealous application of his energies, he 
 
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 has succeeded in building up a trade which is not only profitable to 
 
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 the merchant but advah^Keous to the customers, a^U- thus gained 
 l)oth the esteem aiid «oi*fidence of bis patrons. His fa^vorable record, 
 .united with his exteiisive practical business experience, commends 
 him to the public as thoroughly competent to deal satisfactorily with 
 all who m&l^ favor him with A call. / ' ' 
 
 J. L. MEXkLE. 
 
 
 Over out! year since, Mr.' Meikle* located in the flourishing, prosw^ , 
 perous and 1)u«y port of Prince Arthur. So well pleased was he 
 with the town site, the magnificent water privileges, anjcl the future 
 prospects of the place, that he set himself at work to .l)uild up for 
 himself a business, -to make for himself a hoqie, ;and to possess a 
 fair share of the worldly connnodity wliich all more or less covet. 
 With undtmnted courage^ and a determined will ho threw all HiS 
 energies into the general connnission business, vith ' the following 
 first-class firms -represented :-McCormick A Co., of London, manu- ' 
 facturers of, biscuits and confectionery, etc*;. Wariien Bro.s., of 
 Torojito, Wholesale grocers-; J. it ^F. Taylor, of Tdrento, manu- 
 facturers of Taylors' safes • also tent manufacturers and others. ' ' 
 Mr. J. L. ,'MeiklQ is the pioneer in his particular llranch, and j 
 aHhough <^ie. amount -of transactions at first was comparativelw"" 
 small tihe returns are steadily increasing, and ere long he. expects , 
 they will be sufficiently remunerative to require his whole time and 
 undivided attention. , - ■ "- \- , " \ 
 
 ^ Mr. M.'s success is every evidence of his business tact, and the, , 
 increasing patronage of the merchants ample proof of his integrity 
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 "HENRY NICHOLSON. ;. 7 
 
 The advent of this gentleman to Prince Arthi^r dates from 1874, 
 and he bas been engaged in business for a tohsiderable time. His new 
 stock of hats, Cjaps, and woollens v^\\ be found very complete, . and 
 lias uiie-of the largest supplies of gents' fuwiishings 4n this vicinity.^ 
 
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 Indnttrifs q^' Prince Arthnr'a Landing, 
 
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 Mr. N. traiiHacts <juito an rxtensiv.w Indian trade in furn. He han 
 had conHiderable practical experience and by carefully "stmlying the 
 wants of his customers and assiduously applying himself to his work, 
 has acquired the confidence of the public Anil gained to his trade a 
 good shan; of patronage from the people. His present premises, ar«' 
 located on South Wat<*r street, and b»'ing ejilarged by an ext<!nsi\t' 
 atldition, which when completed will cover ttn area 20x42 feet. 
 
 ^ , ' J. H^ BARTLK. '. 
 
 This gentleman's business is that of supplying the public with 
 everything necessary to clothe and protect! the body. He is a 
 wholesale and retail dealer in dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, 
 hats and caps, gents' furnishings and irt fa(Jt -every article usualiy 
 kept vi an extensive and well appointe^d establishment of this kind 
 can be found with him in quality, style and price to suit the most 
 fastidious customers. 
 
 Mr. Bartle establish^JJwsiness in Prince Arthur's Landing in 
 1875 and has increa^l his business several tiniQs since that period 
 which speaks for itself as to this gentlenmii's business energy and 
 satisfaction given to customers. He now carries a stock of about 
 :?12,000and does-^«nhual trade of |30,00(). His saleroom is 
 located on Arthur street, being 30x55 feet in area, with two flats. 
 A ednsiderable wholesale trade is conducted, principally with rail; 
 way contractors and smaller merchants, and with the opening up of 
 the Canadian Pacific Railway Mr. Bartle. will be able to greatly 
 extend his trade in this branch. This gentleman is one of the most 
 prominent successful merchants and public spirited citizens here. 
 
 This gentleman hails from Brighton, Englaml, but was engaged 
 in business for several years in 'the City of Liverpool. He nmv 
 barries on u general grocery and bakery industry. Mr. Eades' 
 
Induttriet 0/ frince Arthur's Laiiding. 
 
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 onorgiflH ant taxed to tljo utinoHt to till liii (l,uily ordura. T^o volume 
 oCluH «nt(!rpme has lM.>t)ii Ht<Vadkly on tlio inoreaiie, having turned 
 over uiorn stock tfiis suiiiinor than in any two prvviotis. Ho is 
 thoroughly aliv*^ to th« wants of the puople,- is prompt in his trahs- 
 actions, putjbtual in his ongagomonts, and fills all orders with 
 dispatch, hniicethe scurut of his succcs^ 
 
 A. p: McGregor A CO. 
 
 To this firm «very commendation is due for the opening of a first- 
 class establishment on Cumlierfand street They probably have ' 
 the largest stock of family_ groceries and provisions in this locality, 
 nor are they found wanting in the glassware and 'crockery line, in 
 which they make an elegant display. As th« firm have only lately 
 established themselves here they hdve just unpacked their large and 
 as9ort(;d supply of goods direct from the wholesale warerooms, there- 
 by purchasers may repose every confidence in, their being fresh and 
 pew. Their canned goods make a good shdw for themselve^ and 
 deserve particular mention, as canned stuff's will be found in endl^s 
 varieties. The firm hav<> also laid in a heavy stock of the very beM 
 and purest brandies, wines, ales and porters, which they are prepa,red 
 to sell at bottom prices. ' ' ''^^ 
 
 Captain McGregor, the senior partner, though but a young man, 
 i& an old veteran, on Lake Superior, having filled the responsible as 
 well as honorable position of captain qri-the well-known Beatty ^ 
 Line. The captain was caught , in the "late terrific storm which 
 proved so disastrous throughout the' Canadian lakes and' in which 
 the ill fated steamer "Asia" went down. Tjie captain's boat, V The 
 Manitoba," at that time was out on Lake Hurpn; about sixtyrfive 
 miles from Southampton, but the xaptain^^^^Qived master of the 
 situation ajid brought her to port ih.safety/' He is a man of sterl- 
 ing worth, of punctual^usiness habits,- and has won the esteem of 
 liis wide acquaintanc^^ip. ' ' " ■ 
 
 TVIb. J. A. Mcintosh tlie manasfer of the business comes well 
 
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 the Hriii of Mo^IutoHh i- Co., of (i<»d«rith, Mewtrji. McUingDi- Jc Co. 
 •re ini'eting with v«ry favorable and oiicou raging rq^uftw, ary doing 
 « thriving huttintsM, and giving t>very ovidemv of |»r<)in»«Tity aful 
 
 ; Buoc«8S which their native push and «'n«Tgy, conil»iiH»d >vith a lik*- 
 
 / proportion of practical windom in varitthle «ocurf»». 
 
 T. a T. HMELLIE, M.\). 
 
 ThiHgehth'inan ih a physician and surgeon of twelve v<'ar«[>rattictv 
 ftrftl is of Oil! allopathic school. He located in this place in IHTK,^ 
 having come fronr Fergus, Ont., wh^-re he boro^ the reputation of 
 . being a Very succdssful M.D. His practice hen* is probably the 
 largest in and arbund the city. Hft is also chief of^ the medical 
 •toff employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway construction from 
 this port to Callender station, wliero his surgical ability xH frequently 
 ki great dt^mand. 
 
 In IHSI Dr. Smellie purchased the drug and stationery business 
 which was established in 1871 by Mr. «mall, but changed haads ■ 
 several times before he. succeeded to it. He now carries n' stock of 
 from e.\000 to :?4,000 worth of drugs, chemicjfls, stationery, and 
 cigars, and has built up a v.}ry large business, espetjiaWy family and 
 prescription trade. His store is located on South Water stieit and 
 office at same place, and jirivate dwelling on Pearl street. The 
 tlrug and stationery business, however, of this gentleman is sm^erin- 
 tendedby Mr. T. J. C. Rodden, wljo manages the business is a 
 graduate of Ontario College of Pharmacy and a practical druggist of 
 ieventeen years experience. Unde]^ his guidance this busines-s has 
 come to occupy a leading place among the mercantile establishments' 
 of Prince Arthur's Landing. 
 
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 The business which is conducted under the style of the above 
 firm is owned and operated by Mr. J. J. O'Connor, a practical 
 druggist of over nine years actual business experience. This gentle- 
 man has been in business in Prince Arthur's Landing since 1879, 
 when he operated the establishnient now conducted by Mr. Sniellie, 
 
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 but which ynkt sold o^t, uiid'ho Htart«)d aiu^w at hin proiwmt ;sito oti 
 Arthur street. He oooupips » iitorerooui and warehouiw ^25x50 
 feet, two storeys, and has a carefully stJecttHl «tock of cheniiuals, 
 drugs, stationery and, i/^noy goodh, value for almut ||4,000. Mr. 
 
 'O'Connor attends peiiw)nally to all prescriptions, an^ as he is a 
 thorough grodui^te of Ontario Coll(>g« ef Pharmacy, "hiM patrons may 
 depend upon no inistakcss made iu tlu^ ccxinpounding of mudicinoH, 
 which has thus secured a large prescription tratle. I^t the fancy goodH 
 and stationery line, customers will find a very large assortment of goods, 
 at prices reasoniiblo and consistent Hi:ith a legitimate business, also 
 
 '^ any valuable compound and patent medicine of rep^l worth will b<> 
 found in his stock. ' Ho 19 also agent for the New Yx)rk Piano 
 Company, and handles t\w following pianos: -—Albert Welter, 
 Decker A Sons, J. P. Ifalo, Nftw York *Piano Company, Vose A 
 Sons, Heintzman «fe Co,, R.-fct Williams tfe Son; and in. organs, Geo. " 
 XVoods A Co., Durde^te Organ Coiiipiiny, W.« Bell Aj^ Oo. ; also x» 
 large assortment of sheet nmsic^, etc.., in which lino this gentleman 
 ilpes the leading trade. JJPhUt) establishment cbuflucted by Miv' 
 u'Coiinor is an indispensable instituiiton in thfv city and deserves 
 the recognized p<^ularity and importance it has gained during this 
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 This gentlenifin is classed among the pioneer merchants of Prince 
 Arthur's Landing, as he dates his arrival lli 1871,, ^rhen he opened 
 pp as general druggist and dealer in paints, oils, fancy goods and so 
 forth at his present site on the *corner of Arthur .A)id Oiimbnirland, 
 the two principal business streets. Mr. ClaAe's business lias 
 rapidly increased through his fush and energy and the growth of 
 the town, until he now conducts one of the larges/t. wholesale and rett^iV 
 business in drugs find chemicals in the city, he . has also added .j;'' 
 jewelipy department, where a large assortment of ali goods utfUAUy 
 carried by a first-class establishment of that kind can be fpand. 
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 as druggist and jeweler. His business employs four men and 
 aggregates $20,000 annually. He has a large assortment of and 
 deals in, Lake Superior amethysts, agates, greenstones {choloreH 
 trahjlea), Thompsonites silver, cgpper and iron specimens. Mr. 
 Clarke fills many orders from a distance and is headquarters for the 
 above specimens on Lake Superior. Mr. Clarke is a thoroughly 
 practical chemist himself and does a. very large family and prescrip- 
 tion trade, personally superintends his business, and looks carefully 
 after the interest of his patrons. He is largely interested in real 
 estate and owns some fine property, is a stockholder in the Town 
 Hall, a tine brick structure, which is the work of private Enterprise, 
 liqis always taken ti leading part in any public enterprise, has 
 rendered valuable aid in the development and upbuilding of the 
 city and has prospered as the truly deserving shoxd^l. 
 
 GEORGE^AVET. 
 
 This ffentleman in 1874 established Jiimself in business in the 
 then small but promising town of Prince Arthur's Landing, isolated 
 from the rest of civilized world by the broad expanse of Lak(^ 
 Superior, cast off" from direct communication with all towns east 
 and west by an uninhabited wilderness, but foreshadowetl in his 
 mind the great importance which must be attached to this *' Silver 
 Gate." The volume of business has steadily increase^ and now his 
 stock will be found complete and assorted. A large trade is done 
 in general groceries and provisions as well as in glassware, crockery, 
 school books and stationery. By carrying the finest cluss of goods 
 and dealing with the best and most reliable houses has placed this 
 merchant's establishment among the foremost of this young city. 
 Mr. Cla vet's public enterprise should not be overlooked, which is^ 
 so commenfdable in itself and so characteristic of the man. His new 
 • dock at Clavet's whart was constructed with no small amount of 
 ' ciapital and speak volumes for his ehergy and>viiia. Dimensions of 
 tlosk, 800 feet iu leagth w^h a boatjandiii^ 35x260. 
 
 The ratepayers of the Mujjieipafi^y of Shuniah clearly exemplified 
 
 Jfcheirfull appreciajtiMrof the services of this gentleman, whom four 
 
 - years aggJIie^Telected as their representative in the Council, and 
 
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 ha$ for the three successive years been re-elected. He has rendered 
 service to her Majesty by satisfactorily filling the responsible posi 
 tion of Justice of the Peace for the last five years. In addition te 
 the many other duties he had to perform Mr. C. has taken a deep 
 interest in the educational affairs, acting for a considerable time as 
 school trustee. Ho was injstrumental in establishing .ithe separate 
 school. He was chief promoter of the constructing and furnishing 
 of the convent. Mr. Clavet has advanced in worldly prosperity, 
 and in addition to his dock and mercantile business is owner of some 
 very valuable city property. Being an early settler, much has 
 fallen upon his shoulders to build up and to improve the naturally 
 beautiful place which new comers now so richly enjoy. 
 
 - COSMOPOLITAN LIVERY. 
 
 Few can boast of a more lengthy citizenship in this pretty place 
 than the now proprietor of the above establishment, Mr. Duncan : 
 McDonald being a resident hpre for thirteen years. He has care- ' 
 fully watched the gradual growth of the promising young city, and 
 became so favorably impressed therewith that three years ago he 
 established himself in his present business, ,\j(hi^ was a valuable 
 addition to the interests of Ihe Landing. Mr:^ McDonald bears the 
 enviable reputation of keeping the fastest roadsters in this locality. 
 His outfit of buggies, both single and double, open or covered, 
 is most creditable to the enterprising proprietor. The stables are 
 •situated on, Arthur street, in the rear of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, 
 
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 This firm have opened out their fine stock of clothing and gents' 
 furnishings in a large tent, corner Cumberland and Park streets. 
 They carry also an extensive lot of tents, in which they have done a 
 considerable trade. They are so well pleased with the business 
 aspect of Port Arthur that they purpose erecting a new frame 
 store and permanently establishing themselves in this flourishing 
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 •J. F. COOKE. 
 
 . Mr. Cooke is the photographer pf the town, haying been W busi- 
 ness in the Landing for Jieaijly two years. His studio is Ipcated 
 near Arthur street, the walls of which are decorated with pictures 
 and specimens giving evidence of his skill in the photographic art 
 He keeps for sale a large stock of local scenery on the north shore 
 and stereoscopic views, also mouldings and picture frames. Mr. 
 Cooke is so busy that he is compelled to have an assisjGant. 
 
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 ' Tlie subject of this sketch made a visit to this country with a 
 view to locating in one of the north-western towns, and after look- 
 ing Prince Arthur's Landing over he took a little tour of inspection 
 westbut inno placedid hefind as favorable and as promising a 
 
 . field for his particular line as in the rising young city in which he is 
 now doing so well. Mr. Foote is a thoroughly experienced baker 
 and confectioner, and taking intd consideration his being a stranger 
 here has succeeded remarkably well since the opening up of his 
 "establishment last September. 
 
 . Mf. Foote hails from Shearborne, England, Nvherehe sQld out to 
 take his chance in the far-famed Dominion. He has bright prospects 
 before him, and by an unabated application of nerve and sinew, as 
 in the j^t, his most sanguine hopes will be more than realized. The 
 premised are located on Arthur street near Pacific Hotel. • , 
 
 DANIEL CAMPBELL. ^ 
 
 A very creditable little business is conducted by Mr. Campbel],. 
 whose premises. are located on Park street nearly opposite Queen's 
 Hotel H6 carries fulMines in groceries, candies, nuts, biscuits, 
 butter and cheese, etc. He also is one of the Landing's earlier 
 pioneers, being a resident here for ten years. Although engaged in 
 -his present bif^ess only one year he has by his strict attenticyi to 
 duties acquired a deservedly good patronage. 
 
 

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 One of the latest additions to the mercantile interetits is the estab- 
 lishment of Mr. McLaren, whose stock of ready-made clothing and 
 gents' furnishings will be found equal to the demand of the day. 
 Mr. McLaren is not without experience in this country as well as 
 across the line. He was in the ^clothing business in Winni- 
 peg for nearly two yeara and is thoroughly acquainted with the 
 wants of t^e people in this northern iMitude. The building accom-^ 
 modation of this infantqcity being not equal to the demand, he was 
 forced to open out for HgHl^ummer in his large tent,, next to the 
 <^ueen's Hotel. 
 
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 Mr. Hall's premises are situated on South Water street. Asa 
 first-class barber he came to the port over a year since, with^i^ long 
 practical experience. He is a gentleman who has learned his busi- 
 ness thoroughly in its every department Mr. H. as soon as proper 
 facilities are attainable propose^ to extend his present branch to all 
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 This lady has wjlthout doubt otie of the finest establishments in . 
 thi^ business centre. ' The stock consists of books, stationery, fancy 
 goods and toys, musical instruments, Berlin wools, etc., etc. ' The 
 stock is so thoroughly new and jso complete that one is supplied with 
 any article in her branch qf business. The lady assuredly is sO very 
 business-like a^d has continually on hand such an assorted stock 
 that it requires but a glance to see that everything is conducted in 
 a first-class manner. / ■ ; 
 
 ' The citizens do well appreciate the conveniences of such an estab- 
 lishment, and plainly manifest that appreciation by according to 
 Mrs. Meikle a full share of their patronage. Location of store is on 
 South Water stre^. 
 
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 gents' ware, but does a heavy tmde in order work, keeping five 
 
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 The only laundiy in thtf Landing is conducted by this gentlemen, 
 who is prepared "to turn out Work with neatness and despatch.' 
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 Mr. Htilcf carries on the business of confectkaper. He,, too, p one^r 
 oi the eldei^ in the town, having taken up his ifesidence some eleven 
 years a^o. 'HelKas' travel led about ednsiderably find had experience 
 in different' parts^ of ihe~-worW, butPrince Arthur's Landing suits 
 him the best. Mr. Hale talks of building soon, that h^ may open 
 out with a largerfetock, ». He is Tocated on AlPthur street. 
 
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 It iis" on^ four months since this .gentleman opened his hair- 
 cutting and shaving parlor. Notwithstanding ' l\is short? term of 
 residence he has made many friends and built 'Up a good payiiig 
 Imsiness. * '- 
 
 . LEisHMAN & McGregor. • 
 
 This firm is one ol the recent additions^o the Prince Arthui'sLainl- 
 ing" commercial institutions, and has been established since, June 
 of this year. They conduct the "FleetJBpot Livery and Hack 
 Stables." Their outfit is a new one fend cost the energetic pro- 
 prietors about $5,000. They ar^ able to turn out a large number ^of 
 eitl^er single or double rigs,'one or two N^eated. Their horses ^e 
 young and " fleet of foot»" phaetons and buggies hew, harness and robes 
 the best, and nothing is turned out unless it is sound arid complete 
 in every respect. Tourists and, visitors to Port Arthur wishing to 
 take a drive either' for pleasure or business sl^ould call upon" Leish- 
 mto AMcGregor, come?" A^hur and Cumberland streets,, '^Yhere 
 they will find just what they want at moderate rates. 
 

 
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 To omit the Queen's from our description of Priijpe^ Arthur's., 
 Landing would ,niake it as inf^omplete as a ship witihoui a njddef. ' 
 No institutipn on the' northern shore ,of ,Lake Superior contributes J 
 more to the pleasure and comfort of those who are fortunlstte enough 
 to extend a^isit to this summer resort of the i^ominiofiBhd Uiiited 
 
 ■States. The- beautiful and com^ahding situdtiOh of .thi^ 8t)acioU8,^ 
 hotel, with its cpol and. refreshing j-breezdp, makes 4t "not ttinly the "- 
 faVprite house .in th.e to^tx, but affords it the 'riatun^l adtaniages ^ 
 nAich few such institutions enjoy. The l^uild^ng is three storeys ^n.- 
 height, with a verandah at the fi^ont, the convenience o^ which is, so ' ; 
 heartily appreciated in the heat of the day. '^hS upper storeys have- : 
 
 ^ a balcony each ov^tlooking the clear blue waters ^f. I'huhd^ Bay * 
 enclosed' by the beach 'and rocky i8la;hd«, CQi^tltuting as pretty 
 a. basin aS ever nature's chisel .shaped. , On the .ground floor 
 are the reading-room^|iiupplied with the ;daily papers and wrftirig 
 conveniences, ejc, the reception-room for ladies, the dffice, the bil- 
 liard and pool parlor, the bar, private bed-rooms, anfl the dining^ 
 room which can sejit over 100 persons ; the jsecbnd storey' Contains ' 
 a welV and comfortably furnished parlor ajid, drawing-room a^id ^ 
 thirty-onQ bed-rooms; the third storey is- entirely de voted, to bed- 
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 Mr. F. S. Wiley, the proprietor, is a gentleman who tljofoughly 
 Attends to the 'wants»^of the travelling community, and. secures the^; 
 respeot of all visitor? by his perfect business-like, inethod of con- - 
 ducing to their cmnfort and welfare while undet his roof. A valu- ' 
 able aid to the proprietor is his good.-jiatured Qlet'k,^r. Md^artin,^ ' 
 whose watchfulness; kindly manners and .obliging d^positron'^Mil 
 
 it gen«rally pleasant for everybody. 
 
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 PACIFIC HOTEL. 
 
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 This "the leading touristfri^nd comn*rcial house " of Prince 
 Arthur's Landing was opened up June 1 at, 1883, by the present 
 popular proprietor, Mr. John Sinclair, of Winnipeg. The house was J 
 thoroughly refitted and refurnished by this gentleman. ^ When we 
 say "refitted and re-furnished " we do not mean that some additions 
 ^ere matte to the furniture already in use, ^hat some fresh p%int 
 Avas put on where needed the most, but we mean that everything 
 \£k&t was in the house was removed, that the house was painted and 
 papered throughout, the same as a new house, and that everything 
 put ^n the house by Mr. Sinclair is bran n&W from the manufactory, 
 from the kitchen to the parlor— betls, cwpets, dining-roojoi outfit- 
 nothing second-handed or old, all new, comfortable and elegant. 
 In fact the Pacific is^known as the " new hotel " and has cost the 
 new proprietor over $10,000 to give tlie public a place where they 
 may 'feel in some degree at home. « 
 
 The first or ground floor is divided into offices, reading-room, 
 dining-room, kitchen, pantry, and a very cozy bar, where only the 
 liest of viands and cigars are kept. Leading off the ground floor in 
 an adjoining building Mr. Sinclair has another fine large bar and 
 l.ilUard hall, 25.x75 feet, containing five new tables. The second 
 floor contains elegant jjarlors, fixed up with reference to ease and 
 cotafort, pianos, etc., there are also a number of fine bedrooms and 
 suites 09 this floor. The third and fourth flats are used as l)ed rooms 
 and dormitories, all 6i which are of a good size, well aired, comfortably 
 furnished and well taken care of. Altogether the Pacific Hotels 
 under its present management and proprietorship, is second ' to no 
 hotel ito the Canadian North- West and has few equals. Tliis house 
 can accommodate 150 guests with ease, and enjoys a large patronage- 
 The tourist and commercial traveler will find in this house home 
 comforts, and will find inihe genial "mine hoste," or his popular 
 assistant ' Mr. Mark Mallinson, those who will look care- 
 fully after their every want. Mr. John Sinclair, the proprietor, has 
 spent the last ten years in the Canadian North- West, has large 
 landed and real estate interests, has operated the Queen's and Grand^ 
 Central Hotels of Winnipeg, knows the requirements of guests, is 
 popular with everybody, says little and labors hard to accommodate 
 all who may be so fortahate aij to be numbered among those regis- 
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 MINING EXCHANGE HOTEL. 
 
 liOcateii on South Water street,, overlooking Thunder Bay. The 
 proprietor has several years experience, which icombined With his 
 gentlemanly and affable manner, will command him to the traveling 
 community. The house has one of the most convenient locations in 
 the whole of the rising towp. The bar is supplied with the No. 1 
 brands of wines, liquors and cigars. The dining-room is made a 
 specialty, whose tables are provided with all the relishes and with as 
 much variety as the ftiarkets afford. Mr. John 0.. Hasking, the, 
 popular proprietorytrnns a first-class Stable in connection with his 
 hotel. This h^use is deservedly well patronized and ,doing a' first- 
 class business. Mr. Hasking has cohducted'^he 'V^change" for, 
 eleven years. It has accommodation for sixty guests a^d bdarders. 
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 The Shuniah is located on Cumberland street, near Arthut slUet, 
 is lfli||iSftnd commodious,, with sleeping accommodation for about 
 fifty, and it is conveiiient to all boats and 'trains. The interior 
 arrangements are complete, and the ^ general business of thei hpuse 
 well lookei after by |he efficient proprietor, Mr. John.Bddy. The 
 dining-hall has a seating capacity of thirty. • Mr. Bwly keeps afso 
 first-class stabling accommodation in connection with the house. 
 
 V CLUB HOUSE. 
 
 This favorite hpuse is located comer PearJ and South Watlr 
 streets. Every thing within is found cleanly, tidy and ordmy. Tlie 
 bar already has is. imputation for ,th& very best brands of wines, 
 liquors and cigars. The house is thoropgl^ly respectab]e and well 
 /managed; in short, the whole of the interior a type of neathess. 
 Mr. Steve Downing, the efficient host, is a young and enterprising 
 man who is bound to keep apace with the rapid growth of the 
 stirring and youthful city with its admirable site. For one so young 
 he has certainly succeeded in his endeavor for worldly prosperity, 
 as he is not only the owner of the hotel and property he now 
 
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 occupies, but haa^in his posseiaion some elegantly situated real 
 estate. Mr. Downing is about to enlarge his house, as the accom- 
 modation is not equal to the patronage, the present capacity being 
 sufficient for thirty. # 
 
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 Mr. M. M. Connolly the proprietor of the above favorite hotel 
 dates his advent to the Landing seven years back; hotel experience 
 has been his life' work. He has learned it thoroughly, and his past 
 success gives evidence of his ability to conduct a house for the 
 -aijcomiPodation o« the public. His billiard hall is nekt to the 
 largest in- the town, is neat and wetl kept. The bar is tiUetl with 
 the pure " weed" as well as the No. 1 brands of wines and liquors. 
 An elegant view of Thuncjer Bay is afforded from the front of the 
 house, which is situated on an elevated site on Arthur street 
 
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 Mr. Ole Brand is about- moving 'ihtp his new and commodious, 
 building on Pearl %treet, which >*-hen completed will present &JL 
 appearance most creditable to the proprietory The hotel itself is 
 two and a half storeys in height, large airy rooms and high ceiling, 
 .It is to be fitted up in good style with sleeping accommodj^tion for 
 sixty guests. 3ki^^|^d \» an experience hotel man and is -quite 
 capable otvuimji^S&f" Scandinavian" to the liking of his patrons. 
 
 '. LINCOLN HOUSE. * 
 
 ' 4 short time ago the rush of business in this delightful resort, 
 with its hundreds qf speculfitors, tourists and travellers n^ade the 
 hotel aceoramodation not only difficult to obtain, but positively 
 inadequate tp the growing demand. With this fact before thero, 
 and seeing, thp need of a comfortable house for so "many respectable 
 people, the proprietor! decided to ope» the above mentioned house 
 a^Kgood^l a tiay hotel. .There is sleeping i^ccommodation for 
 fft Ipiu^ t ^f*y gtiftstg. . The bar is well Represented with the best 
 
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 manufacture pf cigars, wines and liquors. Mr. W. T. Atherton, the 
 manager, is a man of experience and tact, and. rightly claims to have 
 one of the most orderly run botels in the city. The location is on 
 Lincoln street, quite near the bay. '. 
 
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 Among the many convenience and accommodative , institutions 
 must be included the restaurant conducted by Mr. Parkgr. It is 
 lopated on Arthur cstreet, near Cumberland. Mr. Parker ' has 
 splendid ability and amj^le experience to conduct an- eating hou»^ in 
 first-class order. The interibr arran^meiiSi is perfect, with 'dining- 
 room seating for forty peopH . Mr. Parker is a resident in this pSrt 
 for the past six yeaf^ and during that time, has been bngaged-in 
 hoarding-house keeping on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mr. 
 Parker is the only gentleman in the town whO:provides meals at all 
 hours. The house is patronized to its fullest capacity, which it well 
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 This house is one of the well patronized ipstitutions in this indus- 
 trial' town.' Its sleeping accommodation is sufficient fofifcppty. The 
 
 ^ l>ar will not b^ found lacking in its particular department. The 
 proprietor exerts his best endeavors for the comfort of his boarders 
 
 . and the travelling community. A stable capable of holding eight 
 horses in connection with the hotel. ^ Location on Arthur street 
 
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 Mr. Pope has been in business in this thriving town for the past 
 
 eigtit moiithsi He conducts a regular restaurant combined with a 
 
 grocery business, carrying in stp6k a first-cldss line qf candies, nuts, 
 
 <jtc., etc. He has been successful in his undertaking and "is 
 
 determined to 'run hi& business apace with the growth of tl>e city. 
 
 Mr. Pope does also a general cartage,- which iS one of the greatest 
 
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 "This Kentleunuv is one of tho Landings live business men. 
 Mr. Mark/ came to this place in 1873 and has during the 
 past ten years tafepn a very active part in commercial affairs. He 
 is largely interested in city property, both improved and unimproved; 
 owns many ir'ack^ of rich mining lands and good farms, atid is con-, 
 tinually buying and selling real estate, either for himself or ort 
 commission. Mr. Marks also conducts a genera) insurance and 
 financial agency in cminection with his personal and private busi- 
 ness. He is agent for the marine department of the Western 
 Assurance Company, also the North American Life Assurance 
 Company. Both of these companies tire solid concerns and have the 
 highest reputation for responsibUity, etc. As financial agent he 
 has charge of the Duncan Mining Company-, Silver Harbor Mining 
 Company, and the Geo. E. Trusket Estates. The interests of these 
 .different estates are carefully looked after by this gentleman. Mr, 
 . Marks was the first to give permanent impetus to the fisheiy indus- 
 try of the north shore of LakeSuperior by starting the Lake Superior 
 Fish Company, which has proved quite a success. He is also agent 
 for the Owen Sound Steamship Company, operated in connection 
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 The different businesses which Mr. Marks conducts for himself 
 
 and others requires a great Mnount of executive ability in w 
 
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 is not lacking, and thn siiCcnsa which he has attained in all under- 
 taklnga, and the rwiponsi^ilitieii entrusted to him ar« suflicient 
 ^vfdence of the forejjoing statoinonts. His offices are located oh tho 
 corner oif Arthur andl South Water streets. 4 
 
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 J. F. RUrrAN &C0. 
 
 This well-known firm who have for a long time carried on an 
 extt'nsive business in real estate In Winnipeg, have just opened an 
 office to deal in property in Port Arthur and surrounding country. 
 In addition to their owning a large <iua«tity in the city they have a 
 choice of hundreds for sale, suitable for dwellings, stores, warehouses 
 and manufacturies, and located all over ^he town. Thoy have choice 
 lots on South Water, Arthur, Victoria, College, Hebert, Court, Bay, 
 Marks' avenue, Wilson, and Pearl streets. Mr. J. F. Ruttan is the 
 resident member and will personally attend to all communications 
 of outsiders. The Iqffice is situated on Cumberland street, near 
 Arthur. Thetfrm are^so prepared to make loans on real estate at 
 lowest available rates. ) They are experienced men and an old 
 established and most reliable firm, so that any business^entrusted 
 for their transaction 4ill be executed promptly and honorably. 
 Their 'direct connectioni with the office in Winnipeg will not only 
 "provfe convenient to themselves, Init advantageous to those in tho 
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 Mr. Diekaon came* to Prince Arthur's Xanding in 1868, and 
 opened up the first mercantile comcern here in the shape of a 
 general store and trading post for Marks' Bros. Mr. Dickson has 
 prospered and now owns two hotels, One business block and from 
 forty to fifty business and residence lots. In 1875 he was appointed 
 fishery overseer for the district, extending from the boundary line to 
 Pigeon River and Slate Islands, a distance of some 200 miles. In 
 his public capacity as well as his private relations Mr. Dickson is 
 higlily esteemed and is quoted as authority on many points. H© 
 has done and is doing jguch for this gr owing centre . i_ 
 
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 ' ThI. g«ntlem*nfa not engaged in any particular bu^new at pn-. 
 «mt exc.pt looking after hiH own private interc.t». Mr Ma.tla,K» 
 ow«»con.iderable city property, farm and mineral land* an*l ha« 
 taken considerable interest in the growth of the town. Ho came 
 here in 187 'i and has hold the oBlao of Olerk of the Municipality for 
 two years, and Deputy Sheriff for three years' of this district. He 
 has accumulated considerable of this worlds goo<U and has now 
 
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 To Mr. Flaherty can be contr>Wt^d the hfXior of erecting 
 the first public house for the shelter of luankintHn Princo Arthur s 
 Landing, this he accomplished in 1882. Il/aftorward bu.lt the 
 Queen's Hotel which has such a wide reputajfcion, and having soUi it 
 he has built a fine block of stores and a /omfortable residence on 
 Cumberland street, and is now enjoying tj^e fi-uit3 of his first years 
 of pioneering and hardships. 
 
 
 T. D. LEDmRD. 
 
 This gentleman is located in Toronio, but is deeply interested in 
 Pance Arthur's Landing. Owning fe of the best located and most 
 extensive additions to this prosperous port, known as "Ledyards 
 addition." He has already sold e|n8iderable of this fine property, 
 aud with the rapid growth of the cfly, especially in the direction of 
 his addition, as the Canadian Pacificllailway are building their docks, 
 offices, etc., close by, the demand /is greatly on the increase for 
 desirable property and Mr. Ledyarifl is now realizing what he antici- 
 pated when he purchased this po|tion of the town site. Anyone 
 desiring to make a profitable inv|stment in Port Arthur real estate 
 should address Mr. T. D. Ledyaf, Toronto. Ont., and their com- 
 munication will be promptly anlered. He also furnishes extensn^ 
 And ft^^"r^t^ ma ps of the Landijig. including other additions as well 
 as his own, promptly upon application. 
 
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 THE EVENING HERALD. 
 
 TJ»is journal has been in existence in Port Arthur since April, 
 1882, since which date it has appeared every lawful evening, with 
 the exception of a short time during the winter of 1882-83, It is 
 indf pondent in politics, and advocates th e b e st int e rests of Thunder 
 
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 Tlu! TliUnder Bay Sentinel was publiiihed in 1874 V>y Mr Thomwi 
 Egaij, who is now editor and proprietor of the Inland Sentineh, of' .J:/ 
 Yale, Il.C. From its inception the Sentinel, which is the official ' :{ 
 organ of the District of Algon»a, has made rapid strides, and the. 
 proprietors have from time to time shown great enterprise in con- 
 ducting. About three years ago Mr. C. A. Everitt succeeded Mr. 
 Egan asj)ropriet9r, and he in turn, at the commencement of the 
 spring of 1882, made the property over to Mr. Chas. J. HmBBI, the 
 present editor and proprietor. A daily issue of this jouriwtl was 
 first sent out in February last year and continued during last winter 
 and was this year enlarged to more than twice its former size. The 
 people of the district are .justly prcMid of it, and valuable particulars 
 from remote mining locations are sent in regularly and appear in its 
 columns. The reading matter is always of an interesting nature; 
 the opinions of the editor an^ fearlessly expressed, and as a repre- 
 sentative journal the Conservati\e party of Canada have a \aluable 
 and true auxiliary. The Sentinel is a credit to the thriving town of 
 Port Arthur, and is one ef the Iwst advertising mediums, in the 
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 Industries of Pnnce Arthur's Landing. 
 
 Bay Distmctiiii particular, and Algoma ih general. It has a good 
 circulation, finding its vay into nearly every house in Port Arthur, 
 and i8 considered to be a reliable and worthy journal by all who 
 re'ad it. It has a very liberal advertising patronage, as its enter- 
 prising proprietors have earned the confidence and respect of the 
 
 . residents' of the place, whose interests they so jealously guard. The 
 
 free% /^eraW is published on Wednesday morning of each Tsreek, 
 
 knd has an excellent circulation, principally in eastern Canada and 
 
 the llnited States. "' The publishers and proprietors are Messrs. 
 
 Harvey .Ji Knight, Mr. J. WJIarvey being editor and Mr. E. 
 
 Knight business oiipitnager. 
 
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 THE PUBLIC SCHOOL. 
 
 • FirstorganizedinlST 3 "under supervision of Mr. E. f. Langrell. 
 The presentschool house, erected in 1874, is a predit to the town, 
 
 • but Ihe accommodation is ^uite inadequate for the large number of 
 pupils. The number on the roll is 160, with an average of^ 148. 
 A large.front to the present building is to be erected with an in- 
 creased accommodation for about 200 pupils, , 
 
 The school grounds comprise two acres of land, which the Govem- 
 ment granted for public school purposes. This institution is in a 
 thorough st^te of efficiency under the skilful manageiment of Pnnci- 
 
 .palM. N. Armstrong, with Miss Bowerman as an able assistant. 
 
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 Inn 872 Father Baxter arrived, being the first missionary to the 
 Landing. He preached in a small chapel until a suitable church 
 WAS built, which unfortbnately, on February 6th, 1881, surrendered ^ 
 to the devouring flames; Father Baxter again set to work toprovide ^ 
 the wherewitli to erect another. He traveled about, visiting the 
 miners, even as fai^.as Isle Royale. Now the people worship in a 
 handsome new brick church which cost $6,000. Rev, P. Hamel i^ 
 •the present resident priest. There is also a convent of brick' 
 structure, which standing on the hill presents quite an imposing 
 
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 appear£^jice. Cost of convent was $4,000, and is under the super- 
 vision of Rev. Mother Fazzi, assisted by five sisters of the Order of 
 St. Josej5b.« ■ Music and French are taught in addition to the regular 
 courssa, The Ositholic body contemplated erecting an addition the 
 Convent, to cSStaljlish a select school for young ladies. The value of 
 church property, including convent, amounts to 814,000. The 
 adherents number about 300. 
 
 yFRESBYTERIAN CHIRCK. 
 
 . This denomination worship in the Town II^ll,, as tlie lecture 
 room which they formerly used is too small for the inci-fcast^d con- 
 gregation. A manse has been built for .their mini^'ter. Rev. James 
 Herald, at a cost of .^600. The people contemplate erecting, a very 
 large church as soon as plans are completed. The number of mem- 
 bers is now about 55, but the congregation iiuml)cr 150 to 17.5. ' At» 
 a very low valuation it is estiijjated that the property of the Presby- 
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 Thijj church was organized at Thunder Bay in tlie summer 
 
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 Regular services. 
 
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 taihed ever since. The Rev.. O. R. Lambly, M.A., is the present 
 pastor. This denominatioi^ owns a fine property, centrally and 
 beautifully located, -It looks out upon Waverly Park, and is com- 
 pletely suVrounded by Algoma, Park> and \Vaverly streets. There- 
 is an acre of land on which dre built a confortable parsonage^ well 
 furnished, and a, frame church with a ^tting capacity of 5O0. There 
 is a growing Sunday School of 146 members und,er the efficient 
 superintendency of M. N, Armstrong. At the - ^present time the 
 , congregation is increasing so rapidly that a new and larger church 
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 .^i8«.«-" greaiest of modern railway systems must be looked upon as 
 ^Sm^st powerful element^ in the buildinf up of Prince Arthurs 
 landing, and the tyiergy and enterprise which the citizens have 
 "displayed iii securing its terminus proves that they thoroughly 
 appreciate' its power. For over% year the line has been open from 
 the laKe to Winnipeg, but only in May last did the company take it 
 2ov?ffrom' the contractors, and commence operating it. From the , 
 "lake sh6re the main line of this railway extends westward to C^ary, 
 a distance of nearly 1,300 .miles, and passengers can now book 
 through to Medicine^Iat, on the banl|S.6f the Saskatchewan, while 
 the line to the base of the Rocky Mountains will be open for 
 passenger traffic before the snows of the coming winter begin to fly. 
 The 435 miles from Prince Arthur's Landing to Winnipeg display 
 engineering conquer oyer natural difficulties than which none 
 .rreater are to be found on this continent 'About 1,000 men are 
 still employed on this division ballasting up and perfecting the track, 
 and the pay roll for these, which is made up at the Landing and 
 paid out from there, amounts to about $40,000 a month. On the 
 eastern extension along the north shore of Lake Superior some 
 2.500 men are employed, and the work is being prosecuted wmtey 
 and summer. At present the country traversed \^ about 1,500 
 li^iles of railway is tnbiilary to Prince Arthur's Landing, and 
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 It is practfcally the distributing >int for the entire Canadian 
 North-West, and this great advantage is secured beyond competil^n 
 by its being the lake terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 
 From this point one passenger train, with palace sleeping/ cars and_ 
 every luxury of travel that can be^ecured starts daily, making con- 
 ;nections for all points throughout the North-West': while twp 
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 steamboats on the lake link the line of travel from the Rocky 
 Mountains with eastern Ontario and all other provinces of the efast; 
 ^ but these are soon to be superseded'% a fleet of Clydf built steel 
 
 steamships, which will be the very acme of safety, speed and com- 
 fort in labe'navigation. These will be^ put on between Algoma and 
 Priiice Arthur's Landing by the Canadian Pacifl© Railway Company 
 M soon as they arrive out from the Clyde, and they w^l carry only 
 passengers, mails ^nd express matter, and Will doubtless prove the 
 " beginning of a thorough revolution in lake navigation. ' . 
 
 At preset docks, freight shedS; (lifevators and other arrangements 
 of the Canadian Pacific Railway, value for $200,000, are in the 
 -- course of construction dnd will be pu9l||d with rapidity as the company 
 possess along stretch of lake fr'ont, the gif|.af the citizens, they will soon 
 have arrangements for the transfer of passengers and freight unsur- 
 passed on the whole American lakes. Too«iuch praise cannot be 
 given to the company for the able mannl^lr' with which they ha^e 
 « *" grappled with the immense passenger traffic o^the present season, 
 and the comforts they "have so hurriedly provided in the emergency. 
 Much of this praise is due to the following kical officers, namely: 
 Messrs. L. P. ArchibaW, superintendent; W. W. Cream, chief clerk ; 
 J. G. Henry, train dispatcher ; P. A. Bpgue, agent ^nd E. Newman, 
 roAdmaster for this division. , 
 
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 THE THUNDER b/y COLONIZATION R.liCwAY. 
 
 The following fa^ts, figures, etc., concerning this road, are con- 
 vincing evidence of the feasibility of this project, Cihich is now^ 
 making material headway.. The projectors a'fe meeting with great 
 * success, as capitalists who have taken sufficient interest in the wealth 
 , of the country through which it is to run know full well that the 
 investment will pay a handsome profit :— 
 
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 Schedule A.— This proposed railway is to be constructed within 
 the Municipalities of Shuniah and Neebing, l^pd the adjacent crown 
 lands to the westward thereof. The population of Shuniah is lately 
 increased since the returns of the last census, and is daily increasing, 
 b^ing to-day about 3,000; that- of Neebing likewise, a«^ about 
 1,000. Ilie population of Prince Arthur's Landing is reckoned at 
 
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 ab6u^ 2,500 ;* and that of the Thunder Bay District at IS-.OOO. The 
 ratable value of the property within Shuniah, as returned by the 
 lastassessment, is 8313,720, increased from $226,404 in one year; 
 that of Neebing about 8174,615, increased from 8126,016 in one year. 
 The territory of Thunder Bay Distridti embraces 43,132 sq^iare miles, ' 
 or 27,605,802- acres ; of which are patented. 
 
 Schedule B.— General description of the conteniplatt^d iwrA:.— . 
 Itg nature.—lt will open up a very large area of wild lands t^ 
 colonization for purposes of mining, of lumbering, of agriculture,, 
 etc., etc. It will constitute a valufUjle accessory to the Canadian 
 Pacific Railway, by meeting that road at its present lake terminus 
 in Prince Arthur's Landing. It will thus afford au outlet |p the 
 productions of a very extensive tract of country in that region of 
 Canada. It wi^l bring into the same tract at all seasons the needed 
 upplies and provisions, which are now absolutely^blockaded through- 
 out nearly half o? each year.f It will facilitate travel at all seasons, 
 when now likewise blockaded. It will furnish regular, reliable, and 
 speedy passage at all seasons for the mails of the Tliunder Bay 
 region, which are important and bulky, and which are always 
 irregular— often verj^-prccarious— and vx the winter, slow, and 
 tediously delayed. Its extent.-Vrom Thunder Bay, at or near the 
 town of Prince Arthur's Landing, running south-westerly to a ponit 
 near Fowl Lake, fen Pigeon River being in extent about sixty miles : 
 a branch being proposed to run down" to Pigeon Bay, and other 
 l,ranches to be built when needed, to reach other good harbprs, and 
 also to reach mines and lumbering camps. Its proposed character.— 
 A good single-track railroad, of standard gauge, for the purpose 
 of transporting passengers and freight. 
 
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 Clearing and grubbing .......-.--..- =^24.000 
 
 Grading.. .A , • -- ^I^^'^^O 
 
 B|^^«i-«^"^™^"^;;;;;;::-:::;::::;-:, 45:000, ^ 
 
 Iron^astenings, etc.— and track laying .... ^^3,000 .^ 
 
 Stations, water tanks, engine-houses < ,000 - 
 
 Turntables... , - J,000 
 
 Ballasting .-: '^0,000 
 
 Engineering and contingencies ............ - ov,yjw 
 
 Total construction 
 
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 Fbur locomotivea for paagenffer and freight^;, v ^. 
 
 -service..... :■■■■■■■ 40.000 . 
 
 Fouf pasienger cart ...,.....: S'nftn ' ' 
 
 . Two baggage aad amoking cam. .... ... ..... ^W" • 
 
 Ten box cars ..-.-.. - -> - • -^• • • - -^ ,^'""" # 
 
 Twenty flat earn. .,V:---'---------: ^S'SSo ^^ 
 
 Hand cars and repair tools - -^'"^^ 
 
 V.L. ■ 83,000 
 
 TotaVroad and equipment .... , ... ^ $1,296,000 
 
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 SciiEDUL^O.-^t is proposed to raise a capital^tock of $500,000, - 
 divided into 5,000 ihares of $100 each. It ip also proposed to issue 
 and sell bonds of not lesWhan $100 each to the ultimate amount o^ 
 $1,200,000, secured by> mortgage upon the road and the equip- 
 rae'nt, and of further sums to be secured Jby inortgaa;*) or other lien 
 upon' the wild lands to be acquired by the cos^an^ hereafter. • 
 
 Scheduled.— Entimateoftheprobable annu^evenuesof theroad :^ 
 From freight on products of , the regiort trav- 
 ersed by this road, viz:— ••" RAnna ""' 
 
 Lumber, timber, ties, etc ... 50,U0U 
 
 Ores, and» products of mines and. qudrries, 
 . ^tc.^Wheat and facing pro^s, etc.— 
 
 Fish and furs, et9. . .. .......... - 30,000 . ^ 
 
 From freight on articles imported mtojthis ♦ 
 
 region, .viz :—■ \ -tmA,-- . ' / ■> n 
 
 ' On mining supplies; ; machinery, tools, i«Si»^ _ 
 
 visions, merchandise --.--.- - - . -JJ'XJ^J^ 
 
 From transportation of pas^jsngers .......... •^Y'^i^n 
 
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 a V " express matter .,... . .6,000 . 
 
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 Pacific Railway and.' ©uluth, etc ....... 50,000 ? ^ 
 
 Total a-nnual gross earnings;.. .^... _j$190,000 
 
 The probable annual cost of operation is esti- ... ^ ^ . . 
 
 mated ^t 70 per cent 6f the gross earnings UJ,UUU 
 The annual ne£t earnings applicable to the pay- 
 
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 ' vi^. ular ptissengcr ahd tr«« l^edmer, run last , ^season for the first, 
 '^.^^rrives atVoi-t Arthitfcm^'ry 'Fridayaud leaves the next morning. 
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 ' t tliiy niorniiig. Tlib!, City *of /O'wen Sound iri g tt | .a round trip every 
 ten days, calling at all potnts on the north ^||| of Lake Superior. 
 ' •* TlJl'lJne plys bet\yeen Colling.wood and Port Arthur in conneption 
 ' with the Canadian Pacific Ra&i^ay,' and does a very heavy freight 
 
 business, as goods carf' bo sffi{)ped from Toronto and all eastern 
 Canadian points to the Nortlv-West by these boats and the Canadian j^ 
 - * Pacific. RaiHay at much less rates than by all through rail routes, " 
 
 _ andln about one-half the tiiiK;. ,, 
 
 ! Messrs. TliQS. Marks & Co . are the enterprising agents at Port 
 
 ' , Arthur, and'look carefully after the interests of the traveling public ^^ 
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 m« company is betiel known as " Beatty's ^rnn. T.n^ t^b^ 
 ^ m of which artf located at Samia, with Mr. Jas, H. Beatty. 
 general manager, the company's business here \« ^*^fl^^^J^ J 
 L W' P. Davidson, who has been connected with this company 
 sTL 1877, and prior to that time for five years with other lines , 
 coming into this port. The North-West Transportation Company r/ 
 operate four fine steamers which come to this place regularly. -^ 
 «Xynited.Emplre.the finest .teamer on the lakes, arrives here-ev«y te^ 
 days', July 6th, 16th, etc., and aftqr making the ttip Q Duluth ^ 
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 a passenger capacity of 300 cabin and 250 steerag.. ■ On her \^t trip 
 ; the United Empire brought in 300 passengers and .a co£re^po|id- . ^ 
 
 inaJarL'e amount of freight. ' " ,. ,' j^„^ 
 
 Th^^Quebec arrives July 9th, and each/ufeceeding ten day*, ^ „ ^ 
 leaves July 1^ and every ten days afterward during Uie se^otu . 
 ' Tonnage 900. Passengers 200 cabin, 200 steerage. .. .' . «.^ / 
 
 The OntariD arrives J^ly^-^th and every ten days afterwards,. ^ 
 leaves Jaly.l5th and eacli ten ct^^owing-Tomigo 900, passenger ^ ' , 
 
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 The Manitoba. U opcTated more i^^tKi"'-'^''^' »' "•-' t™*" 
 and calls at poi..W along the north shorosot;i|(ke Superior. . 
 
 Dnring the seasor^the fcatt^^^^yill land a^^s point fuUy 
 100^000 tons oliM-mMi^xpt^^-i to rsOb^-*. -* «» ' 
 taki a*,- frop.tXce Arthnrs*«n#^ mncl. more ^f^^'^ ■ ■ . 
 thov brill* i4 This line deserves a very mgniinent pM^^ ™^ . _^ , 
 Mnst s*of Prince Arthn^l Landing, .s.it| oneV ^}^^<^ % *. . 
 %lwi„ bnilding np thS toA by fnrnishi«g ^fe, f""^""*^"^ 
 . chea" rawortation tor passengers and f nrij^M A»/,. mfema^n • 
 desired by^hippers or travellers will ^ cheerf«% gjven by Mr 
 W F l)a^-ids^n. a.» agenfehere, eittoi- in (.^n-or^ letter, aUd 
 
 pe;sons travelin^^jllipn *»- '^"^''f ffc .■'l^'lT^S^l „ 
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 .^trains !romJlii§ pdjnt by the^anadian, 
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 of %hi8 companyta busfncHS unci ctjnnectiona. The heod - offices are . 
 
 located in Montreal, with 4he^Hon. Geo. A. Kirkpatrick, ^Speaker " 
 '' of ,the House) Tresident, and Mr. John Gasse^of Shaw .Bros. &- 
 
 Cassel, Montreal Secfetary-tftsasurer. ' ', i, ' 
 
 . TV Western Division coninieric«>*at Por^ Artliur and extohds^ all 
 
 aionVthe n.ain lin<) and branches of the Canwlian Pacific Railway, 
 ; .a di^noe of sotnd 1,300 nules, with 150 o^ce8,"'one at each depot. 
 
 o| the Canadiaii Pacific Railwayrthe ofiice of the Dominion.Expresff , . 
 
 Company was opened at Port Arthur, May 14th of this year .and i» 
 ' u,!dertheWnagein'eift-Df Mr.tVdS.H.dUver,agentIemaA^f exp^ri- . 
 ' ence.who is flilly acquaint^nl with the oxprfess business tn.aU its de- 
 partmeiits At Port Arthur thitf company ship, ffver the ' Collingwood 
 Line, and Owen Sound Steamship Compa^iy, making dire<jt conne(v .. 
 tion with Vicicer?' Express over "the Nerthorn Railway o| Canada, 
 . and the Toronto Grey and Bruce Railway. • The advantage ofTei'ed. k 
 
 by^tliis express line over that of any other corflptlny doinipf business' 
 
 " in the N6fth-West are perfectly evident. from the .following facts. , 
 
 ^-^ They lay down goods in Winnipeg from Toronto in four d*y8, or twelve 
 
 hour^less time ^lan is possible by another Company. .Their rtftes 
 
 ai;e $2" per 100 Uk less tlmn that chaiiged' by th6 American Ex- 
 
 . pre|sGompany,^r only pompetingUne,and'6ne or two days further 
 
 is'savefl through therfe bein^ ho. Custom House papers or " red 4ape 
 - fees necessary. The Dominion Express Company is apurely Cana- 
 dian qijtorprise. the capital Stock'being $1,000,000, all of.which la 
 held by C^inadian cnjiitalists. - - >. . ' 
 
 ' ^- ^The Superintpndent of this Western Division ifi Mr. W. S. Stout, 
 /a gentleman o^ tv^eWe years experience in ahd express business, 
 ' ha^'ingb^en a number of yeari^ in the employ bf the U. S* Exacts 
 ^ Company, and «»lso'pne of th^ tfrga^^izi^rs of the Pi^cifiC ExpresiK 
 Company, which operates Gould's Railways.' One year ago, when the ^ 
 . .Dominion Express Company purchased theinterest, goodwill, etc., of 
 - the Canadian ^Pacific Railway Express Company, Mr. Stout camo 
 ' here in charge of affairs, and the thorough organzation, .and gr«tat' 
 ' work accomplished by Jjta^estern Division i^ oiie year caix> be 
 largely attributed to }n s S | B | ftty ap4 ^'ei\ directed judgemenf . 
 
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 WESTERN EXPRESS LINE. *. ' 
 
 Thiscotnpany run bol between Montreal, Port. Arthur. DuluUt . 
 and Chicago. They operVte the Myl.8. St. Magnu.. AcacUa Glen^ 
 Hnl^Ix>l8chicklunaaL.Socia. They do a very heavy freight 
 
 LinesB inbothhnport. aiSti, exports, as well «. -^--"!^ . 
 Ltwe.n Montreal, Toronto,yinnipeg,,Chicago, Duluth, andJoH 
 Arth«r,thelatterportbeifig\ne of their most important pomt^^. 
 
 4meof the boats operated y.Mi. line are o^-e thou^m^ tonna^ 
 sea-going vessels, which 8peaks\very commendably of the wat^ 
 rooS, existing between Port Arthur,and the Atlantu. Ocean, and 
 the great advantages enjoyed by. this place as a shipping pomt. Th^ 
 rates of freight by this lit.e are very low. and shippe^ eitheV east or 
 
 ; west desirin;to economise should look into the -ff^^]^^^^ 
 
 ' by the Western Express line of steamers. A boat from tluft Ime 
 •arrives at Port Arthur every week. For freight, rates, etc., appfyto-- 
 
 - Thomas Marks ^ Ca, agents. Prince Arthur's Landing, or to head 
 office of the company,. Montreal. - , ,, 
 
 GOVERNMENT DOCK. . 
 
 ' In 1872-3 the Government constructed t)ie first permanent dock 
 underthesupervisionof Mr. Dawson. It is a splendid piece or 
 workmanship, and after ten yearsis in as good condition as when 
 ti^st used. It is about' 1.200 feet long, with lower tragk ^m the 
 centre for loading on railroad cars, and affords a splendid boat 
 landing. It was for a number of years a great attraction to shippers 
 and boat lines, and has served to a good advantage the early mer- 
 
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 chants of Prince 
 
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 ,r's' Landing, and don^ much towards naaking 
 
 CLA VET'S DOCK. 
 
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 during the past 
 facilities of Port 
 
 Liid most recently Imiit dock, was, constructed 
 ier,'andis a valuable additjoji to tiie shipping; 
 Jthur. It is .the propeft^t of Mjr. Geo. Clavet 
 ;;d"was constructed at a cost of about $10,0^ Th|fJof ^^ F 
 feet Wand about 50 feet wide, with ^jjii^W^'^^^ 
 feet, m warehouses and sheds thereon. ^^^^W^lF^^SyK 
 a great deal of l,j^t^||and merchand i| ^ wH^ 
 
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 handled therooii, owing to its good location and easy appr^a^IT Mr. / 
 davet proposes during the comiiip^^intflr to make extensive add.- - • 
 tions» an,d keep up with the dt«^^ of the shipping interests. .-i 
 
 Thi8doc.kwa«constructed'ttil876, and was purely the work of . 
 the private enterprise of Mr. Thos. Marks, to whom this city is so 
 greatly ihdet^ted for so maiiy of her putiKc and private institutions. 
 This dock is tO(J f(*et long and used asfihe depot for the tranter of 
 freigUs from aboard vessels to cars or local consumption. This 
 
 - dpck was considered a great boon to tl»0 city .when constructed and 
 is still one of the most imp^^nttransRrs on the lake. Mr. Marks. 
 
 has several local warehouses located theriJn for his own use as 
 warerooms. Mr. M. Wiley is the wharfinger. %t' _ 
 
 ELEVATOR "A," SHUNIAH DOCK AND FcfSwaHpiNG F: , 
 
 , CO., (Limited.) a^ ^ 'A — 
 
 - This company was organized in 1882,,- with a capital stock of 
 e3OO,OO0, but have ofily r6c«»tly received theiaplljjrter, and a^now 
 prepared to pu^ the work ^r which they wor*, organized i^^'g^ 
 shape. The officers a^ promoters of the. company are ^l^iP^' 
 Kennedy, President; W..F. Davidson, Vice-Pre8TdeiiUJ<»|rT;K^ -- 
 Maqkay.^ecretaiy; A. AV: Thompson, Treasurer; and^^j. #<Jds,. 
 Dr. 'Smellfe, and Hugh >H^ilson^ff Mount Jdrrest, apirie ^ove- 
 named gen^emen formJjhe \iofard of directors. They oM somewhat - 
 over four acres for usiirconstruction of dtllks, etc., all of which ^. 
 they propose to utilizft The width %f projected dock Is 145 feet, 
 and wilibe extended out. into the lake sufficient distance to give 
 "Mm 20*0 30 feet of water for boats. Warehouses, etc., will be * 
 
 built thereon, and all the modefh machinery- and appliances fo^, tho, " 
 rapid trimsfer of %ight will li» put in use. Thecompany have 
 reserveA.the railway right of their water frontage, and can at no 
 time iFblocked by cars, etc.. th^fbre as a local dock.their property , 
 will also be valuable. The gefttlemeii composing this company are 
 not only men of toeans but men of enterprize and push,'aad w«»ll 
 spend, a large sum of money during ^the coming winter in actual 
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 Tfflk -company »■« or«a„u«l In !«« »i"" « -l'''"' "^;^ "J 
 
 »:iOO,000, of «l''f' M--- """■ i'X'kfc K S Wil..y, II. A. WiU.) 
 
 «xtengiveV>f any of the five docks at this placo. Ih. .lock is H" 
 ~1^ U f..t wia« .ith a lower laiiroacl track in ho jt^ 
 
 tlie^^rn side is 45xr»0O- feet givmK 22,500 M^uare i 
 
 , western* sVd i. 23x500 feet, and over 800 t«ns ot 
 
 ' TZZwA in one day on this extensive transfer depc^^ 
 
 -' havo alreoxly spent *50;000 in improvements an 
 
 I will imrea J tho faeiiitios for handling goods with 
 
 • \.Ma This dock has been leas^-d by the Canadian 
 
 them. As is characteristic of Mr. Marks 
 enterprise haS proved a financial success. 
 
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 TAKE HUPERIOR DOCK, FORVVAKDI>:ti AKli 
 LAKE «^*^*^^J,'lEVATOH COMPANY. 
 
 . This company wasorgani^ed in 18S2 and is tj- J-k^ <^ 
 
 V-al enterprise and capital. The capital stock is POO.Om 
 
 S^9r, 000 has. already been spent on improvements. A dock 
 over ^2.i,00U jiaaj^'reauy i ^ ^^ ^^^^_ 
 
 extending 800 fe.% into the bay 48 teet -^^^ ^^^ „,^ 
 
 houses placed thci^n,.nd a radway track la.d,,w^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 making extensive-additions. Large quantfties of freight V 
 
 Ldlll owing U> the advantages oflered for tran.f^. ^ ^^^ 
 
 The officers and principal stock-holders ^^^ J^f^J^'^^ ^leKen- 
 
 ze, Directbrs; D. J?. BurK ftecrewiry Tj-yijison. agent for the 
 of the dock, etc., is attended to bj^Mr. ^j, [^^^^^^^^^^ as 
 
 North-West Transportation Gonja^^^^^^ ^^^ 
 
 it 4s of capitalists who ^are ^^W^^^^ of elevators and 
 
 growth of the city, will soon b^gin fl^^^^^^'^y^^^^ the railway 
 ^rehouses, which are so necess^y at a placej^^^^^ j^^^^^^^J 
 
 terminates and the water route J)egins this year s^ «ar, and all lo^al 
 600,000 feet of lumber over tWir dock this year so la , 
 freight from Beatty'sfarnia lAne. 
 
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 MINES A5Ct>^KERAL8. ^^ 
 
 The mineral wealth of tlu; Thu.ider Hay district i« doubtlesa the 
 richest ana niost diversified of any on the American continent, and 
 except for its isolated location heretofore would have attracted 
 more attention and have l,een in an advanced state of cultivation. 
 The following metals and minerals anffound in very largo paying 
 (.uantities, and those heretofore properly developed have been a 
 Bourc/ofinunense revenue to the owners. Silver was discovere<l 
 in 1^68-9,'and the Silver Islet Mine took out over ^3,000,000 at 
 
 very little expense. . , r i 
 
 The Kaoit Mountain Mink now is attracting considerable 
 attention and proves to be richer than the Silver Islet. This is of 
 black Silurian slate formation, largT^ nuggets of solid black ' silver 
 weighing several pounds have been found. The vein so far is forty 
 feet, wide and only one wall found as yet, a great quantity of ore , is 
 in sight. Oen. Wild, of New York, is one of the chief owners and 
 ig now preparing to operate on a large scale. y\ 
 
 Jack Fish Gold and Silver Mines are among thp very^ 
 •richest discoveries of precious metals this location stai>ds first 
 It is operated by the Huronian Mining Company, composed 
 of a few wealthy gentlemen who work it not as a speculation, 
 but as a rich paying industry. The capital sto6k is but 
 1100 000 all paid up and being invested, and there is none of it for 
 sale at any price. The officers/and principal owners of the coni-j 
 pany are James l^cLaren, President of Bank of Ottawa, Pre^ident;- 
 T. A. Keefer, AtVomey, Prince Arthur's Landing, Vice-President : 
 ppf.pr McKellar. Fori; William, Manager ; anj^Jhas. T. Bates, 
 OUawa» Secretary^reasurer. The head officii are located at 
 
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 niaTr what i. known m, Hylvnito on,, tlu. ricW on, know , to 
 
 Zm Th., con.pany l.avo «.n,., thirty n,.n at work, a t™ - ta.np 
 * iuVn^otort. and ov«r .lOO ton. of v.,ry rich on, n.a.ly «.,r tn,t- 1 
 ent Suck compani,, a. thi. with capital, ..x,«,ri,.nc.^ .....rpj- * 
 
 rd«.un.«.., really .1 1"P mining int,.n,.t and mak., not o,^ 
 
 woalth for ih«m Jlv„. hot for oth™, hy po.nt.ng «"t «•>»' <>- 
 WW million, lio hidd,.n in th« earth and th,.ir l"';"'"''^ 
 
 Km, gold wa. di,co.er.«l at the height of land m 1871 hut ow ng 
 to l" im,K«il.ility of getting in n,achinery or -»ri«arU,, w,« not 
 lorke.1 The Diorit., Dyke from Silver Ulet to McKellar. Pomt 
 rt n».in .hon,.e»t..nd. for aO ,nile, and ^1 v.,in, cro»,,,g .t a™ 
 rieh in .ilver, e.pecially those on Thon,p.on. McKellar. Spar, . arv . 
 and Victoria Island., and MoKellar'. Point o„ the n.a,n land and 
 
 ..McKellar-. Point i, .-,ing operated l.y "^ -"''-J,, "^^ ;.; 
 capital of *1,000,000. Pie Wand i. .tocked-for »:,,0 00,000. Hdver 
 ■ ,al.o found all alongthe north .hon- a,ul n.any .nter.or place.. 
 
 nTt « (^o,M.™ is found in large quantitie. and ,« he.ng work.Kl 
 atMcW^tcoten by a wealthy English company. »•«««■«'"- 
 llr Ti. found on the south shore of I^ke Hupor.or. and ha. 
 proviKl a source of great wealth to tho«, operating. 
 
 Ino-. i. found in endlc., quantities, and aa coal ca he la d down 
 at th^I^rt for 83.20 per ton it will not he long V.ta all he .n>n 
 
 ^eXg. used in t,: --^^-— ^1^ P:^..-, 
 7ivr is found in icli quaiTtifi^ J^o MAHSUh ,iku« , 
 
 snitrit sulphuric acil. «^- "-p'^^V:; ^ 
 PLiMBA.m, HoAWTor... and a .upenor quahty of OtD RK^ 8a»d 
 
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 • 1 ;« r«ft'> with a capital stock of f .luu.uuu. 
 
 Z =; « r^eCp-y is a"^ very valuable one .nd 
 
 TntaCrrt almost inexhaustable ,,uantity of fine old red .and. one, 
 
 Cl^nf otthe «.n.e have already >«<•■■ *'Pt«-*»J^-^^ 
 forUsUntial building purpose. «jd orn.u,e„Ut.o,,. Th^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 stock-holder, ofthecompany an, Mr. T. and O. T. M»«^, "'^^ 
 
 aS F a Wiley, R. and W. H. LainJ, all of Prince Arthur a ta,>d, 
 
 Z. The following extract we take fn>m the T.r.n» Ma.l :- 
 
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 Jndtuitries of Pri^ej^if^s Landing. 
 
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 ^C^^'A deposit of fine con.pactr,dTahd8tpnc has Wi ^^,^ 
 %^,dcL to the north shore of Lake Superior, n^ "Neepigon 
 :( S^ ThiH.touepromises.tohe very valuahle as . buHding materuU -. 
 particularly for large and lofty buiUUngs in ..citt^s where yrea^ 
 r^ri/re<iuiredln con.hination with l«,a.ty of appearaned^nd,, 
 ^^.^ofresisling the acti^. of lire. In c,lor the ,.w sUme. 
 .. l^sembles the brown sandstone fro.n Connecticut, wluch rs gre^ 
 ■used for Uh> brown *toue fronts in American cities. .Jhe l^ke 
 ^.iovltone is somewhat finer in grain, and isfv.. ^xn the dar^ 
 stiiaHk which are%und in that from the ^"^^ "t^JIZ ' 
 believed that tJiis Neepigon stouecan' l>e de^ivei^l m Tomnto^ 
 ' any of tlH^ lako cities at a mucli lower price than the ^ew Eng^ 
 stL,andneaHy,if not,uiteas cheaply, as the (^ii. sandsU>iuv 
 ^while inlasting 4U.ali.ti-^«s a building luaterlal it is far superior ta 
 boththesestoiuJ Acoiupanyhasbeenorganizedforthedevelopmer^ 
 
 ^ ofthis deposit, and as it 4s the only deposit of pure red stone t^ 
 - has yet been fouiid in a convenient locality for shipmnit m Canada, 
 • itseemstob^ipi^ctrcalandpromising^enterprise. If work<^ on, 
 
 - a larc^e-scale it'would be u'seful in helping, the development, qf our 
 / North-Wc^t by fui-dishing return freights for the vessels going to , 
 
 Thiinder Bay., Samples of the^stone may be s<^n at the stone-yard 
 
 'of Messrs. Brown & Son, on.the Esplanade, Toronto. Ihese gentle- 
 
 ' „,en have expressed-a very high opinic^bf its quality. It may also 
 
 - be seen at the stone works at Vith street bridge, Chicago. ; ^ 
 
 'The above is a Very clear statement as to the importance of this 
 
 ' nuarrie, ^ich will doubtless s^orm one of the most extensive 
 
 ' and pacing iadustrie. on the »^ Superior, ,nd the 
 
 ■ • work of organization and dev^pnient has fallen into the 'hands of 
 
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 Much could lie written of interest and value concerning the, 
 Jiiddenriche^ of this district, and ^ few.years will suffice to demon- 
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 ■ ' JStry each having from onfe ^^^^^^^ ^'^^^^''^ f ' l4x fistog 
 ^i^ior Fisl.Con.pai»y ^lonc ^ Uo ^^^;=^ , ^0 tons. 
 - - sn^^n^ployod, their output fc^V^-I-^^y^^ 
 
 ^he value oftl^e property en^agcK^ .n ^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^. 
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 Contrary to the general impression, there is. a' large amount of 
 really "dod and valuable fftrunng Ws tributar^-to Port Atthui;, " 
 although hitherto they have been left untouohecl and emigration has - ;^ 
 pass^Kl by on th^^vcstw^d• march. Sufticie^ araM^ lands ar<. found ' 
 in the Kuministiquia Valley and Black ,|3ay^ Country tosettle .5,000 
 families. The soi) is a clayvloam, and #ing totha ext^nsii^c^ibrest . 
 lires^vhieh have swept pviEn-'thfe^ afe ftea^X ch-rfred ot .. 
 
 briish and timber.- Every class of grain, vegetables and fruit which ,-, 
 is raised in eastern cWada ,?a-n be produced here and a .sph»ided . 
 local maaket is supplilcl' a^;.'il a^ excellent facilities for^npn>ept. . 
 
 Real estate in" Port Arthur Ms n#ver bad a back^.s0t. Never has , 
 .a piece of property sold for Jes^lmn it 9e<the .teonr pf ^^ 
 esl^e grow^ih the city ^ver since the ^Govei-iimeht sold the hrst 
 lotein 1872^has been one of steady growl^i in actuaUalue,.accqi-4ing., • 
 
 tVthe locatimi and demand. , ' ^ ^ '• . , '■ - ^ ' •- 
 
 The owners of both improved and ^uhnprovtHl property do 410^ 
 make any particular effort to dispose of their, interests, knowing, 
 full well that within om-, two or three ^-aVs, .^11 survf^y rvvi 
 Qstate and that adjacent to the city will h^edou Wed: iuvalu^. Yet , 
 the property hold^-rs also hcogni^ tlie fact that property* must 
 clitoi-re hands to in a measure" rapidly increase in value, therefpn" 
 you will find real estate in Prince Arthurs Landing based upon ftn 
 underestimated value ratWr than upon an over. . ^ 
 
 The holders of improved property arc thorough business men^aiW 
 
 know full well tlie ruin that exorbitant rents bring upon a young 
 
 *city • therefore this mast deeply interested class very wisely put 
 
 the rents of both dwelling house and business blocks and rooms 
 
 upon the bases of a fair per centage on -the money Invested. 
 
 There is at present a great demand for buildings of all kinjji^ 
 ^or all purposes, and about seventy-five buildings of every ^ cl^ss ^ . 
 ' in course 6f construction, and many jnore f>iMJ^ Joj»!!^,5f . _ 
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 \ v™,i- nf tlu-so tlo Ml RunaallmsineSs ot ?J.)U,uuu auu • 
 
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 .' and tlrtm- ambal • outputs J^rguy swu -f " 
 
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 \well. We have tUo tirst merchant yet to hea, ^If M.'^rs ' 
 ^hereaso.#lor.this.ex.pti..ale^^^^^ 
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 the ay,.ud will always give a p^^m^O^as a^ comnurc^t ^^ 
 
 manufacturing centre. . ^ - \?^ v? v „*. * Jn onlY^*to v" - ^ 
 
 the fnfeite conception o« tlie Wan a«ance r J^^ H^ »* ^.,^_ : : 
 
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 Anderson & Mufr. .<..,. ■, " 
 
 Bartle, J. tt,. . . . »Vt . • ; »•. •<• 
 
 Bonln, F.. U:..U;V,"\lV^'V.v<-» 
 
 Brown, G. W. & Co..,m2.fA-:-y----- 
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 Campbell, A)|WU8 .^,W/»L/. • 
 
 Campbell. D^ilel ••>--'M*V'-"' 
 
 Canftrilan Paojflc Railway aV ^^'"■ 
 
 Catholic ChiiTch 
 
 Clarke, J, F., M.D. 
 
 Clarke, W. J.. 
 
 dkvet, Geo 
 
 Clavet's Dotk. ..'.... 
 
 Club lloirto 
 
 Collector oJ Curtouw 
 
 Collinijwood transit Co. ... . 
 Conmee & Tlion)p.«q(i . . . , — 
 Cooke, A.M.. ...A.i.j. LM 
 
 Cooke, J. F 
 
 Cosmopolitan Hotel 
 
 Cosmopolitan Uverj' 
 
 Co\ eney , Daniel — 
 
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