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 . THE 0. 
 
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 TO THE 
 
 CITY OF MONTREAL 
 
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 BEING A SYNOPSIS OF ITS HISTORY, STATISTICS, ETC^ 
 
 AND A THOROUGH GUIDE TO ITS DRIVES, PUBLIC 
 
 BUILDINGS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND RESORTS 
 
 ALSO GIVING TUB 
 
 CARRIAGE TARIFF, DISTANCE AND TIME-TABLES, 
 
 WITH A 
 
 VIEW OF THE CITY. 
 
 PuBi.isiiBD BV C R. Chisholm, Nhws Agent, Grand Trunk Railway, 
 
 PRICE 25 CENTS. 
 
 MONTREAL : 
 
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 Street Giiifle '. 7 
 
 Montreal— A Sketch of its History, Statistics, Jtc 9 
 
 Public Buildings, Squares, <fc 15 
 
 Public W< rks, Ac 39 
 
 Drives, &c., in and aroiiniltho City 41 
 
 City Cduneil 44 
 
 TariHs (if Coaches, Cabs, Calechcs, ifeo 45 
 
 Currency Table 45 
 
 Fire Alarm Tdugriiph Signal Boxes 46 
 
 Timo Indicator 47 
 
 Tii.lle of Dsf nnces 47 
 
STREET GUIDE. 
 
 NOTICE TO READERS. 
 
 On enterimt any street, when yon find out its name, look at the followinc Strrrt Inorx- 
 •nd it will ijoint unt the pace on which the deacnption of that street and its ooildinct i« to be 
 foand : 
 
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 Bearer Hall Dill from Jarors to Belmont 15 
 
 Belmont It., from Bearer Hall terrace west to St. Generi^re st 16 
 
 Berthelet st., from Bleury at west to Union ar 1 q 
 
 Bleury Bt| from Oraig st north to Sberbrooke st 16 
 
 Bonseeoors st., from i^t. Paul st north to Craig st 16 
 
 Ghennerille st, from Oraig st north to Dorchester st 16 
 
 College st , from McGill st west to Chaboilles st 16 
 
 Commissioner st, from Water st west to llcOill st -. 17 
 
 Common st, from Custom Honse sq. west to Canal Basin ^ 17 
 
 Gotttf st, from Craig st north to Lagaucbetidre st 1 < 
 
 Oraig 8t| from Oolbome ar. west to St. Bonarenture ' ( IS 
 
 Dalhonsie st fiom the Canal north to William st ,.. l<< 
 
 Dorchester st, from Colborne ar. west to City boundi.ry 19 
 
 Dmmmond from Dorchester st north to the Mountain 21 
 
 Foundling st, from Calliers west to McGill st 2* 
 
 Great St. James st, from Place d'Arme* west to McGill st « 2i 
 
 flanorer st, from Belmont st. north to Dorchester 2 > 
 
 Lagauchetiere 8t,from Shaw st west to St Monique st 25 
 
 McCord st, from Wellington Bridge north to St Joseph st 23 
 
 McGill St., from the Canal north to Victoria sq 26 
 
 Notre Dame st, from Dalhousie sq. west to McGill 26 
 
 Ottawa St., from Queen st west to Canal basin '. 29 
 
 Point St Charles 29 
 
 Radegonde st, from Craig st north to Lagauchetidrre st 29 
 
 Sberbrooke st., from Amherst st west to the City boundary 29 
 
 St Antoine st., from Craig st. west to the City boundary 30 ■ 
 
 St B' Daventure st , from Victoria square west to the City boundary 31 
 
 St. Catherine st , from Dufresno street west to the City boundary ~ 32 
 
 St Constant st, from Craig st north to Sberbrooke st 33 
 
 St. Denis st from Craig st. north to City boundary 33 
 
 St Dominique st, from Craig st. north to Sberbrooke st 34 
 
 i^t Francois Xavier st , from Commissioners st. north to Craig st 34 
 
 St. Gabriel st , from the river north to Craig st 34 
 
 St. Helen st , from Lemoine st. north to Notre Dame st 3.5 
 
 St Joseph St. from McGiU st west to the City boundary..* 35 
 
 St Lawrence (Main) st, from Craig st north to the City boundary .35 
 
 ^ t. Mary St., from the City boundary west to Dalhousie square .* 35 
 
 Ft. Nicholas st, from Comniissioners st. north to St. ."acrament st .^G 
 
 St Paul St., from Dalhousie square west to McGill st 3i> 
 
 St. Facrament st., from St. Francois Xavier st. west to St. Poter st ^7 
 
 University st, from Dorchester st north to ^^herbrooke st 37 
 
 Visitation st , from St. Mary st north to the City boundary 33 
 
 Water st, from VoUiReurs st west to Friponne Ft • 3i 
 
 Wl'.l am st from McGill st. west to the City boundary 33 
 
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MONTREAL. 
 
 A SKETCH OP ITS HISTORY, STATISTICS, &o., &c. 
 
 Going back a period of 330 years, we seem to see Jaoques CartixA, a 
 name ever memorable in the histiry of Canada, on the 3rd of Octobeir, 
 1535, entering for the first time the little Indian village '^ Hochelaga," 
 the germ or nucleus of first, the town of Mount Boyal, and so, of the 
 city of Montreal ; — eventful visit this, fraught with great results. We can 
 sympathize with the emotions which would fill the mind of the explorer, as 
 he gazed around on " the beautiful panorama of thirty leagues radius, that 
 stretched out of the view from the eastern promontory of the mountain j" 
 and yet we cannot suppress a feeling of pity, as we think of the fate of 
 those simple yet valiant sons of the forest, who gathered round Cartier, as 
 if before a superior being, and whose race has been so sternly driven back 
 by the steady advance of civilization. But we may not pause upon this 
 Hubjeot, and so we ask our visitors and citizens to recognize, if they can, 
 the features of the following picture of ancient Montreal, in the substan- 
 tial stone and brick of our modern architecture : — 
 
 " The way to the village was through large fields of indian corn. Its 
 " outline was circular; and it was encompassed by three separate rows of 
 '' palisades or rather picket fences, one within the other, well secured and 
 " put together. A single entrance was left in this rude fortification, but 
 " guarded with pikes and stakes, and every precaution taken gainst siege 
 " or attack. The cabins or lodges of the inhabitants, about fifty in 
 " number, were constructed in the form of a tunnel, each fifty feet in 
 
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 " length by fifteen in breadth. They were formed of wood covered with 
 " bark. Above the doors of these houses as well as along the outer rows 
 •' of the palisades, ran a gallery ascended by ladders, where stones and other 
 " missiles were ranged in order for the defence of the place. Each house 
 " contained several chambers, and the whole were so arranged as to 
 *' enclose an open court yard, where the fire was made." 
 
 Again we pass on and by 200 years, with all their whirl of exciting 
 events; and in 1760, the date of the British possession, we find Montreal 
 a well peopled town, "of an oblong form, surrounded by a wall flanked 
 " with eleven redoubts, which served instead of bastions. The ditch was 
 '.' about eight feet deep and of a proportionable breadth, but dry ; it had 
 " also a fort or citadel, the batteries of which commanded the streets of 
 " the town from one end to the other." 
 
 Again, striding on to more ^uodern dates, we find that though the city 
 was increasing in population, and augmenting its trade, yet a Now York 
 writer, some forty-five years ago, thus characterized Montreal : — " The 
 " approach to Montreal conveyed no prepossessing idea of the enterprise 
 " of its municipality ; ships, brigs and steamboats lay on the margin of the 
 " river at the foot of a hill. No long line of wharves built of the sub- 
 " stantial free stone, of which there is abundance in the neighbourhood, 
 " afforded security to vessels and owners ; the commercial haven looked as 
 " ragged and as muddy as the shores of New Nederland when the Guedev- 
 " row first made her appearance off the Battery." 
 
 McGregor, too, in his British America, a work of not very ancient date, 
 thus described Montreal : — " Betwixt the Royal Mountain and the River, 
 " on a ridge of gentle elevation, stands the town. ''- ''• ^' •'• There arc no 
 " wharves at Montreal, and the ships and steamers lie ({[uietly in pretty 
 " deep water, close to the clayey and generally filthy bank of the city." 
 
 Such then was our city in the times bygone. In the days of our 
 fathers, no stately steam-ships ferried us across the Atlantic, no floating 
 palaces conveyed us safely, spccdly and securely up and down our noble 
 St. Lawrence, and across, as the "Times" has fitly termed it, "that 
 magnificent series of inland seas, the high road from Europe to the North 
 American continent." Then, no great chain of railway linked town to 
 town, and city to city, almost annihilating distance. Then, the journey to 
 Detroit was a toilsome matter of several weeks, and that to Brookville, short 
 even as is the distance, occupied, with heavy cumbrous hatteaux, three weeks. 
 Now how changed ! The wand of some lairy king has surely been here. 
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 for the advancement of this rising colony, have produced the marvellous 
 changes which meet us on every hand. 
 
 This, the largest and most populous city in British North America, 
 and the commercial capital of the province, vraa founded in 1642, under 
 the name of " Ville-Marie," near the site of the Indian village " Ho- 
 chelaga,'" The name was afterwards changed to " Mount Royal," from 
 the mountain which overlooks the city. It is situated on an island 
 bearing the same name, in the combined embrace of the Ottawa and St. 
 Lawrence, — which latter river at this point is upwards of a mile and a 
 half wide,— 180 miles S. W. of Quebec, 420 miles N. of New- York, and 
 about (jOO miles from the sea. It possesses, partly from its latitude, and 
 partly from the great area of water with which it is surrounded, a mild- 
 ness and softness of cliuiatc unknown to any other part of Lower Canada, 
 is the largest and most fertile island in Canada, is 32 miles long, 10^ 
 miles wide, and is considered the garden of the Lower Province (area, 
 197 square miles). The soil is in most parts excellent, and produces 
 nearly every kind of grain, fruit, and vegetable m perfection. Surface 
 level, with the exception of the mountain near the city ; it is, however, 
 diversified by several gentle ridges, having a tendency from N. E. to S. 
 W., which are designated coteaux. The main branch of the Ottawa, 
 which is the timber highway to Quebec, passes North of the island, and 
 enters the St. Lawrence about 18 miles below the city; about one-third 
 of its waters are, however, discharged into Lake St. Louis, and joining 
 but not mingling at Oaughnawaga, the two distinct bodies pass over the 
 Sault St. Louis and the Lachnin Ilapids — the dark waters of the Ottawa 
 washing the quays of the city of Montreal, while the blue St. Lawrence 
 laves the opposite shore. Nor do they merge their distinctive character 
 until they are several miles below th(! city. The quays of Montreal are 
 tmsurpassod by those of any city in America ; built of solid limestone, and 
 uniting with the locks and cut stone wharves of the Lachine Canal, they 
 present i'or several miles a display of masonry Avhich has few pai'allels. 
 Unlike the levees of the Ohio and Mississippi, no unsightly warehouses 
 diofigure the river side. A broad terrace, laced with gray limostone, the 
 parapet of M'hich is surmounted with a sul)stantial iron railing, divides the 
 city from the river thrnughout its whole extent. There are over one hun- 
 dred and fifty-six miles of streets and lanes in the city. Of these, a large 
 number are watered daily during the summer months, by the Fire Depart- 
 ment, (they levying a small tax on the storekeepers in the streets watered, 
 to defray expenses.") in which service the Department employs numerous 
 
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 horses, patent watering machines, and men, saving to the City Treasury an 
 annual item of $2,000, which was the general appropriation when a dis- 
 tinct one was made for this special service. 
 
 In the rear of the city, running parallel to the river, at the distance of 
 about a mile and a half from the water's edge, rises a long ridge of rocky 
 and precipitous hill, some 700 feet in height, from which derived the 
 original name, " Mount Royal." The summit of this mountain commands 
 a view extensive and diversified. The city, with its towers, and spires, 
 and public buildings, covers at the feet of the spectator, an area of over 
 three miles by about one and a half. In mid-river lies the umbrageous 
 island of St. Helens — half park, half arsenal, glistening in the morning 
 sun like an emerald set in gold. The St. Lawrence, a mile and a half 
 wide at the narrowest, extends east and west as far as the eye can reach, 
 covered with ships fresh from the ocean, and by steamers numberless, 
 leaving on the wind their murky trail. In mid-landscape, that architec- 
 tural marvel, the Victoria Bridge, spans the river, in all its strength and 
 beauty ; and the ear can detect the roar of each passing train which rushes 
 through its iron ribs. Beyond, the rail-tracks wind through a champaign 
 country, settled for two centuries, where farm houses and farm buildings 
 line the roads like streets, rich in population and rustic wealth ; while iu 
 the distance the twin mountains of Beloeil and Montarville, sights even 
 more picturesque than their names, rise from the plain, insulae of beauty 
 amid a sea of verdure. But the eye can hardly tear itself from the scene 
 of cultivation close around. The slopes of the mountain, and the rich 
 alluvial soil at its foot, are one entire garden. Villas and pleasure-grounds 
 cover the hill-side. A beautiful reservoir, cleft out of the rock, glitters in 
 the sunlight with all the forniul beauty of a jmysage by Watteau. Tlic 
 costumes and gay colours of the present day heighten the illusion, and im- 
 part health and freshness to the city spread beneath. In the distant 
 valleys, the agricultural skill of the English farmer combines with old 
 French minuteness and jn'ccision to create a scene 
 
 " Ever changing, ever new : 
 
 When will the landscape tire the view ? 
 
 The fountains fall ; the river flow ; 
 
 The woody vallej^, warm and low ; 
 
 The windy summit, wild and high^ 
 
 Roughly reaching to the sky : 
 
 The pleasant seal; the ruincn tower ; 
 
 The naked rock: the shady bower; 
 
 The town — the village — dome — and farm : 
 
 Kach gives to each a double charm — 
 
 Like pearls upon an Ethiop's arni." 
 
 But the spectator from the hill-top, or the frequenter of Great St. Janien 
 
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 Street, or of the Rue Notre Dame, must not suppose that in 1812, the 
 year of the war with the United States, things were as they now are. 
 Not for twenty-five years after, did a civic government provide for the 
 wants of advancing civilization ; not for twenty-five years, did gas-lights, 
 or pavements, or hydrants exist. The long line of banks and stately 
 edifices which now adorn Great St. James street, rise from an abandoned 
 graveyard, which in 1812, was bounded by the crumbling city defences. 
 Fortification lane was the foot of the town wall ; Craig street was the 
 town ditch ; beyond, on the upland, were country houses and orchards. 
 In the same year, Notre Dame street, now flashing with plate glass and 
 the piled stores of jewellery and brocade, was a narrow street of low, coxy 
 Canadian houses, one story and a half high — the sancta of much genial 
 grace and of an unbounded hospitality. The nocturnal revdler — and 
 there was a good deal of revelry in those days — who slipped off the dis- 
 jointed stones, mis-called trottoir, plunged mid-leg in the mud, in the 
 palpable darkness, without hope of refuge in a street-railway car, or of 
 help from a sleepy policeman. The old Catholic parish church, w'hich in 
 early days gave a Catholic welcome to the churchless Protestant congrega- 
 tion, stood lengthwise in front of the present noble church of Notre Dame 
 — grand in design, though somewhat marred by a too great severity of 
 style. Those splendid wharves faced with miles of cut stone, unequalled 
 in America, and rivalled only in Europe by the docks of Liverpool, or the 
 quays of St. Petersburg, have replaced a nauseous bank, heaped with filth 
 and garbage ; and a muddy islet, the receptacle of driftwood and drowned 
 animals ; and a turbid stream, from whence the strongest swimmer never 
 rose. Montreal of the present day, with its palatial residences, — its placei> 
 of public resort, — markets, numerous, con^'enient and ornamental, — witu 
 its cathedrals, churches, colleges, convents, — with its multiplied institutions 
 and social improvements, — with a population of over 120,000 souls, is as 
 superior to the Montreal of 1840 as the Montreal of 1840 was in advance 
 of the Montreal of 1812 ; and yet at that time it was the commercial 
 heart of Canada : the fountain of supply : the focus of mercantile energy 
 and wealth ; and was regarded as the grand end and aim — the promised 
 prize of American conquest. Ft is favourably situated for intercourse 
 with the Upper Province, New York and Boston, being at the head of the 
 ordinary navigation of the Atlantic, and at the foot of the grand chain of 
 canals, which connect the great lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron and Superior 
 with the river and the ocean. It is also connected by railroad and steam- 
 boat v/ith all ports of Canada and the United States. 
 
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 Montreal is the port at which arrives the great bulk of the importations 
 from Great Britain and other places abroad, being there either re-sold or 
 transhipped to all parts of Canada East and West and the United States. 
 
 A large wholesale and manufacturing trade is carried on in Montreal 
 in all descriptions of goods ; the manufacture of boots and shoes particu- 
 larly has risen to a great prominence, and many persons engaged in the 
 business liave rapidly acquired wealth. The wholesale trade is in the 
 hands of some ten or a dozen houses. The amount of capital invested in 
 all the works is over $750,000, and the number of boots and shoes of all 
 kinds manufactured, average upwards of 9,000,000 from each factory. 
 This branch of trade gives constant employment to over 1,500 persons, 
 many of whom, of course, are women and children. 
 
 The city and suburbs are lighted with gas, and many of the principal 
 streets paved with stone. From whichever side approached, Montreal "• 
 and its vicinity (the wood clad " Mount Royal") forming a magnificent 
 background, with its numerous beautiful villas, orchards, and delightful 
 drives, its grand spires and lofty towers, present to the view of the beholder 
 a vast, picturesque, and grand panorama, 
 
 Montreal has also magnificent water works, lately constructed, at an 
 outlay of $1,200,000. 
 
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PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SQUARES, &c. 
 
 ALEXANDER STREET (see St. Alexander). 
 
 BEAVER HALL HILL. 
 
 ZiON (JuuRCii (^Congregational). At the corner of Latour street. A 
 neat building in the Doric style of architecture ; is estimated to seat 1,250 
 persons comfortably. It has lately been much enlarged by an addition in 
 rear, consisting of Vestry and Committee rooms, and accommodation for 
 the " Congregational College," which has been removed from Kingston, 
 C. AV. Rev. Henry Wilkes, D.D., pastor. 
 
 Baptist Church (First). On the corner of Lagauchetiere street, a 
 new and rather pleasing looking building, of a Gothic style ; will accom- 
 modate about 750 persons. Rev. John Alexander, minister. 
 
 St. Andrew's Church (Scotch). Is a beautiful specimen of the 
 (jlothic style of architecture ; is an ornament to the city, and is worthy to 
 be called an ecclesiastical structure. The tower and spire are good, the 
 mouldings are bold and well cut, and the windows in keeping. The 
 interior is well arranged and handsomely fitted up, and will accommodate 
 upwards of 1,000 persons. The church is enclosed on three sides with a 
 railing of cast and wrought ii'on, on a cut stone plinth. The railing is 
 divided into compa- tments by n^.assive stone pillars, and, together with 
 the plinth, is of a design corresponding in style with the church ; which, 
 by-the-by, is also used by tlie Scotcli soldiers of the Garrison. Rev. A. 
 Mathieson, D.D., pastor. 
 
 Church of the Messiah {Lfiiikirlan). Opposite the above is a 
 plain and substantial edifice, in the Byzantine style of architecture. The 
 tower is about seventeen feet square, and about 120 feet high. Over the 
 west end entrance is a large rose window, and in the chancel another, both 
 tilled with highly decorative stained glass. The church, which is under 
 the ministry of the Rev. Jolm Cordiier, affords accomnjodation for over 
 750 persons. 
 
 BELMONT STREET. 
 
 Normal ani> Modkl S('nooLs, (^In tonnection xcitk McGill College.) 
 Tiu! building in which the above named schools are held is a rather hand- 
 some pile in the Tudor style of architecture. This institution is intended 
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 by instruction and training in the Normal, and by practice in the Mode , 
 Schools. Professor J. W. Dawson, LL.l)., the well-known naturalist, is 
 principal of this institution. 
 
 BERTHELET STREET. 
 
 The "Ladies' Benevolent Institution, for the relief of widows 
 and halfK)rphans, is a large unpretending three-story building. This So- 
 ciety, as its name infers, is managed solely by a committee of Ladies, and 
 is one of the most useful in Canada. ' 
 
 BLEURY STREET. 
 
 St. Mary's College (Jesuit). At the corner of Dorchester street, 
 is a large and handsome stone building, with an extensive play-ground for 
 the use of the scholars, in front. 
 
 Jesuits' Church. This fine building, now (1865) approaching com- 
 pletion, is 230 feet long and 102 feet wide, with a transept 152 feet long. 
 The roof is supported by double rows of columns, terminating with com- 
 posite capitals. There are no galleries, with the exception of an organ 
 gallery, which, at each side of the organ, will accommodate the students 
 and pupils of the College. The height of the middle nave is 75 feet, and 
 the width between the rows of columns is 40 feet. The height of the 
 side naves is 34 feet. The rear wall of the chancel is octagonal, as iiro 
 also the terminal walls of the transept. The chancel and transept are 
 lighted by immense ornamental windows. There is accommodation for 
 over 4,500 persons. The basement, unlike the generality of Koman Ca- 
 tholic churches consists of a largo amphitheatre and forum, capable of 
 seating 4,000 persons. The height is twenty feet above the forum, and 
 11 feet in front. The entrance to the church is by two largo, handsome 
 towers, which open on a vestibule 17 feet deep, and extending across the 
 entire front of the church. These towers are about 200 feet high, and 
 thirty feet square, and present a corner histead of a face to the street. 
 
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 BONSECOURS STREET. 
 
 Soldiers' Institute, is a stone building on the corner of Champ do 
 Mars street, and is an institution worthy of support, the intention being to 
 draw the soldier from the tavern, and lower places of resort. It contains 
 Reading Room, Library, and Billiard Room, besides conveniences for 
 many other amusements. 
 
 CHENNEVILLE STREET. 
 
 Jewish Synagogue, is a neat cut stone building, the interior of which 
 is beautifully fitted up in the Egyptian style. Rev. A. I)e Sola, Rabbi. 
 
 COLLEGE STREET. 
 
 Ashks Inspeotlon Store, is a large brick building, extending nearly 
 as far back as William street ; all the inspoction of Pots and Pearls for 
 
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 the city trade, which is pretty extensive, is done here by Messrs. Hyde 
 & Mjyor. 
 
 Roman Catholic College, a plain, substantial pile of buildings, well 
 suited to the purpose originally intended, and now answers very well as a 
 barrack for H. M. 60th Rifles, one of the finest regiments in the service. 
 
 COMMISSIONERS STREET. 
 
 St. Ann's Market, is a neat brick building, consisting of butchei's', 
 traders' and green-grocers' stalls, with a large hall above the but'ihers' 
 market, used by Mr. Wm. Evans, as the Lower Canada Agricultural Hall ; 
 was built at a cost of about $12,000, on the site of the old Government 
 House ; George Browne, Esq., architect. 
 
 COMMON STREET. 
 
 Tlme Ball. Coming along the river side the stranger is attracted to 
 a rather curious looking apparatus on the roof of Messrs. George Winks 
 & Co.'s store. This turns out to be a time ball or indicator for the 
 shipping public, a very useful improvement, erected by our energetic 
 Harbour Commissioners at a cost of $1,000. 
 
 Custom House Square, in the centre of which stands the "Custom 
 House," a rather diminutive stone building for the metropolis of British 
 America. In front of the building is a small enclosure filled with flowers 
 and shrubs, and having a fountain in its midst. On the left is the Mont- 
 real House, a hotel frequented by Americans. In the adjoining block are 
 the oflices of the Trinity Board and the Harbour Commissioners ; on the 
 opposite side are some fine warehouses. 
 
 Royal Insurance Building, at the juncture of this with Commis- 
 sioners street, the palatial magnificence of which cannot fail to attract the 
 beholder, is a fine building, and a credit to the city, being erected in a 
 juost sumptuous style, the elevations are a more or less elaborate design. 
 The handsomest portion of the buildmg is the tower, which contains a fine 
 four faced clock, and is surmounted by a cupola, covered with zinc in fish- 
 scale pattern. The court, the walls of which are lined with white Dutch 
 tiles, a novel feature in this country, presents a very light, clear and hand- 
 some appearance, while the ornamental iron railing and columns surround- 
 ing the galleries, bronzed and painted a rich cobalt colour, give it altogether 
 a cool and chaste character. The fitting of the offices of the " Royal 
 Insurance Company," of carved oak throughout, and in keeping with the 
 architecture of the building, arc, without exception, the most handsome in 
 the city. The building is divided by four firo-proof brick partitions. 
 
 Montreal Ookan H. S. Company's Opfick, belonging to the Messrs. 
 H. & A. Allan, situated at the junction of this and Youville streets, is a sub- 
 stantial and ornamental cut stone building. At the wharf below is generally 
 to bo seen one or more of the Company's steamers loading or unJoading their 
 cargoes alongside the large freight sheds, erected for their ncconuuodation. 
 
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 COTTE STREET. 
 
 Th£Atre Boyal is outwardly a very plain building, but the interior 
 is handsomely decorated and well fitted up to seat about 1750 persons. It 
 has become, by good management, one of the institutions of our city, and is 
 well patronized by the lovers of Shakespeare, Tom Taylor, Bourcicault, &g. 
 
 School of the Christian Brothers (Ffiars) is a large cut stone 
 building, attended principally by French Canadian children, who pay but 
 a nominal amount for tuition. The C. B. deserve great credit for their 
 eforta to educate the young of their own religion, by opening schools in all 
 parts of the city. 
 
 Presbyterian Church of Canada {Free), is a neat and comfortably 
 fitted up cut stone edifice. A high tin covered spire, and a flight of stone 
 steps with iron railing in front add greatly to its appearance. Will accom- 
 modate about 1000 persons. Rev. D. H. McVicar, pastor. 
 
 CRAIG STREET. 
 
 This street was iormerly a rivulet or town ditch, but this stream has 
 been converted into a tunnel, forming a large and useful main sewer, 
 to carry off the waste water. It now forms one of the widest streets 
 and greatest thoroughfares of the Aty. 
 
 Cattle Market is a large and well adapted brick building containing 
 offices, weigh-house, and clerk's residence ; J. J. Browne, Esq., architect. 
 
 French Protestant Church, on the corner of Elizabeth street, is lit 
 size 60 X 40, and is of rough stone, with cut stone dressings, in the early 
 English style of architecture, with poirted windows and an octagonal 
 canopied spire. There is a basement under, the entire length of the 
 edifice, 10 feet high, well lighted and ventilated. The buildings in con- 
 nection with and adjoining the church are a Bible Depository on the same 
 •street and the pastor's residence on St. Elizabeth street, both having cut 
 stone fronts and pointed windows, llev. II. P. Duclos, pastor. 
 
 Central Hose Station, a fine three story stone and brick building, 
 at the corner or' Chenneville street,, was erected for the Corporation by 
 Mr. H. M. Perrnultin ISOI). It has accommodation in the third story for 
 the Chief Engineer. A h'irenian's Hall on the second flat, and tho lownr 
 flat has a stable, hose, bath, telegr'.ph, and other apartments. 
 
 Havmarket Square, a large open sjiace at the corner ol' lladegoiuU! 
 street, at present used as a Ilay-market. At the upper end is the weigh- 
 house, and at the lower end near Craig street, a drinking fountain of ratlier 
 unprepossessing appearantio. 
 
 DALHOUSIE STREET. 
 
 St. StkI'IIKN s (!injR«!ii, in the style of the Kith (•ontiiry, and .similar 
 in appearance to St, (jloorge's, yet with .somewhat l<;.s,s jjreten.sions. Tht' 
 interior is arranged in a neat, conil'ortable manner. The chureh is in 
 
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 size about 100 by 55 feet, and will seat over 1,200 person?. A number 
 of thQ sittings are free. Rev. Mr. Curran, minister. 
 
 DORCHESTER STREET. 
 
 St. Luke's Church (C. of E.) In the east of this street, is a neat 
 stone edifice, well finished within and without. This church was erected 
 immediately after the great fire of 1852. The building will seat about 
 800 persons, and is under the pastoral care of the Rev. John Irwin. 
 
 Montreal General Hospital, better known as the " English Hos- 
 pital," on the corner of St. Dominique street, is an elegant and commo- 
 dious cut stone building. The management of the institution is admirable, 
 and has been the means of conferring an immense amount of good on all 
 clashes. It is divided into wards, each for a specified ailment, and is under 
 the direction of the best and most learned M.D.'s in the city. 
 
 French Mission Church, (^Protestant) erected, as its name indicates, 
 by the French Protestant Mission, is situated in this street, near the corner 
 of St. Urbain, is built of brick with stone dressing and slate roof, and is 
 in the dothic style of architecture. The church is 53 feet long by 30 
 wide. The pews are open, and afford accommodation for nearly 300. 
 There is a commodious, well-lighted basement, adapted for either school or 
 lecture room. 
 
 St. John the Evangelist (C. of E.), ut the corner of St. Urbain, 
 a small brick building, with something of tiic Gothic style about it ; is 
 very neatly fitted up in the interior ; a very handsome stained glass win- 
 dow is the principal attraction. Rev. Edmund Wood, M.A,., curate. 
 
 Protestant House of Industry and Refu<ie. This institution con- 
 sists of two large, substantial looking brick buildings, near Bleury street. 
 The building in front is 3 stories high, and measures 60 by 50 feet, forming 
 that portion of the institution where the various offices, board room, super< 
 iutendent's dwelling, &c., are situated. On tlie ground floor are two 
 shops, a spacious entrance hall and staircase, giving access to the above 
 named rooms, which are on the second storey ; above them in the third 
 storey are dormitories for the more respectable portion ol' the community 
 who may rcqi^ire temporary shelter, and who would not like to be ])laced 
 in the " House of Refuge" proper, which latter is in the rear building, 
 «10 feet by 40, eonuected with the front one by a covered corridor, and 
 cousists of, on the ground floor, a spacious kitchen, with large cooking 
 kitchen at-taehed, — superintendent's oflice, separate reception rooms^ and 
 .staircases for the male and female applicants, closets, &c. On the second 
 storey are the women's dormitories, with water closets, &c., attached ; whiln 
 the third story contains similar acconnnodation for men. Laundry, drying 
 I'oom ; bath rooms for both males and females ; I'uel cellars, &c., are all 
 provided in the basement. The whole building is thoroughly heated by 
 steam. The rooms are large, lol'ty, and well ventilated, and great care 
 appears to have been taken to obtain that great desideratum in an institu- 
 
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 tion of this kind, viz : to keep the two sexes totally separated, and at the 
 Barae time to be so near the superintendent's apartments, as to be at all 
 times under his immediate supervision. 
 
 High School, a fine brick building in the Grecian style : is in con- 
 nection with McGill College, and is noted throughout the Province as a 
 first-class educational institution. 
 
 St. James' Club House, on the corner of University street, one of 
 the finest buildings in British North America. The exterior is in keeping 
 with the purpose for which it is intended, the principal facades being on 
 Dorchester and University streets. The base, to a height of seven feet 
 abdve the foot walk, is executed in Montreal limestone, rough-faced 
 ashlar, with dressed mouldings and angles. The superstructure is in red 
 brick, with Ohio stone cornices, window dressings, &c. ; the entrance, 
 bay windows and balconies being built entirely of the latter material. The 
 whole building is surmounted by a massive medallion cornice, from which 
 rises the curved Mansard roof, covered with metal. An ornamental cast 
 iron cresting railing surrounds the flat portions of the roof, from which 
 place extensive views of the mountain and city can be obtained. The 
 building, which is fitted up with every modern comfort and convenience, is 
 heated throughout with steam. 
 
 Wesleyan CnuH(;ii is a tine building of the English Gothic stylo of 
 architecture of the 13th century. The walls are stone throughout, the 
 plain surface being natural faced work in "small regular curves, and the 
 angles and wreathings of buttresses, and the windows, and door jams arc 
 of cut stone. The height of tower and spire is 170 feet. The basement 
 is lofty and wholly above ground, and is divided into class and lecture 
 rooms, lobbies, &c 
 and will accommodate about 800 persons. 
 
 Knox Church. This building, now (1865) in course of erection, at 
 the corner of this and Mansfield street, is for the congregation now wor- 
 shipping in the old church in St. Gabriel street. It is to be in the early 
 Gothic decorated style of architecture, the ashlar work of the walls, but- 
 tresses, &c., will be built with small even courses of stone, having their 
 natural face exposed ; the dressing of the windows and doors, the moulded 
 work, &c., being chiselled. It is 110 feet in length, by 60 feet in breadth, 
 and consists internally of a nave and two side aisles, in the latter of which 
 are galleries. The nave, arches, and roof are supported by light iron 
 columns, which also support the galleries. The ceiling will bfc plastered, 
 and divided into panels by the roof timbers. There is an octagonal recess 
 for the pulpit, over which there will be a ground ceiling. The windows 
 will be filled with glass of a diaper pattern, with a stained margin around 
 the different compartments ; over the cast gallery there will be a large rose 
 window filled with rich trueery. Great attention has been given to the 
 heating and ventilation, which will be carried out under the most approved 
 system. The pews are arranged on a circular plan, nt>d are calculated to 
 
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 accommodate nearly 800 persons. There are three entrances to the 
 Church, the principal one on this street, being through a handsome open 
 porch. There is a lofty and spacious basement, in which are a vestry, 
 library, class-rooms, &c., &c. 
 
 Erskine Church (^American Presbyterian). This building will be an 
 exact copy of Park Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., and have a massive appear- 
 ance, yet without any great pretensions to architectural beauty, no parti- 
 cular style being applied in the design.. Its length over all is to be 144 feet 
 and the width 86 feet. The ceiling, a flat one, will be 44 feet from the floor. 
 The front elevation on Dorchester street has two towers, one at each angle, 
 the one next Drummond street finished with a spire rising to a height of 
 200 feet above the street, the other being finished square at about 80 feet 
 high. The auditorium is 90 feet long by 76 feet wide, and, with the gal- 
 leries, will seat 1,200 persons. There is no basement, hence the lecture and 
 Sunday-school rooms, will be in the rear portion of the building, and be 
 each about 90 feet long by 30 feet wide. All the pews on the groun J floor 
 will have a curved form, so that the minister can everywhere be seen with- 
 out the listener sitting in an uneasy posture. It is expected that the 
 lecture-rocm will be occupied next winter, and the whole building be com- 
 pleted about the following Juno. The cost is estimated at about $53,000. 
 
 Mont Ste. Marie (Nuns' School) , is a fine stone building in a com- 
 manding situation. From the top of a flight of stone steps leading to the 
 main entrance, a fine view of the Victoria Bridge, with part of the city 
 and surrounding country, may be had. Tlie building was originally 
 erected for a Baptist college, but has more recently been used as the St. 
 Patrick's hospital, and is now used as a ladies' boarding school under the 
 direction of the Congrejijationai Nuns. 
 
 DRUMMOND STREET. 
 
 Victoria Skatino Rink, a neat brick building, with stone dressings, 
 and roof of galvanized iron, having a frontage of 100 feet, and a depth of 
 250 feet, consisting of a large entrance hall, on each side of which there are 
 dressing, hat, and cloak roon)s. These rooms communicate with the rink, 
 which covers an area of 16,160 superficial feet, and is surrounded by u 
 promenade 10 feet wide, with a raised recess on one side for the land. 
 The ice is spanned by a semi-circuhir arch-like roof, 50 feet high, which, 
 springing from the fjround, is so constructed as to give an apparent light- 
 ness of effect, combined with frrcat i^trenj^th, tlic surrounding walls being 
 merely a casing as it were for the space. The building, which bears very 
 much the appearance of an English railway station, is lighted at night by 
 numerous gas jets, and is resorted to by the youth and beauty of our city, 
 for whoso use every convenience seen\a to have been taken into account. 
 
 FOUNDLING STREET. 
 
 (•«EY NuNNKHV, or <'(Jeneril Hospital of Charitable Sisters," was 
 
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 founded in 1C92, and after many vicissitudes became a flourishing institu- 
 tion. It is at present one of the most extensive charities, being a foundling 
 liospital, as well as a refuge for the infirm. The premises arc surrounded 
 by a wall, wbicb extends as far back as Youville street, so called in 
 memory (»f one of the foundresses of the hospital. 
 
 GREAT ST. JAMES STREET. 
 
 AYhich may be called the Bond street or Broadway of Montreal, the spa- 
 cious breadth and numerf as fine buildings of which entitle it to the first 
 rank among our city thoroughfares. It is perhaps seen to more advantage 
 from the corner of McGill street, whence the fore-shortened line of uni- 
 form and lofty stone buildings, terminatmg in the perspective of the 
 portico of the Bank of Montreal, and the more ornate erections in its 
 vicinity, have a very fine effect. The buildings most worthy of note are 
 the:— 
 
 City Bank, a handsome cut stone building, in the Grecian style of 
 architecture. 
 
 Bank of Montreal, opposite the Mace d'Armcs*, an elegant cut 
 stone edifice, with six massive ornamental columns ; is one of the finest 
 examples of Corinthian architecture to be found on the continent of Anie- 
 rica. 
 
 LiVKRPooL AND LoNDoN INSURANCE 0(».'s BuiLDiNG, is au elaborate 
 pile of stone, containing the offices of the Company, and the City and 
 District Savings Bank. 
 
 La Banque I)U Peuple, is a rather good looking cut stone building, 
 on the corner of St. Francois Xavier street. 
 
 Post Office, a handsome building, and in tlic very heart of the 
 (business) city. The dimensions area front of fifty-four feet on Great St. 
 James street, and one hundred feet on St. Fran9ois Xavier street, with a 
 height of fifty-seven feet. It is designed in the Italian style, and forms 
 one of the great architectural ornaments of Montreal, It has three stories 
 and an attic, all of which arc heated in winter by an hot-air apparatus 
 placed in the basement. The great hall is seventy feet long, fifty feet 
 wide, and sixteen feet high, with a fine pannclled ceiling, supported by six 
 hollow iron pillars, which arc used for convoying the heated air to the 
 upper stories. 
 
 St. Lawrence Hall, (IIotel,)a fine cut stone building, well finished, 
 without as well as within. This well-known house is regarded as the most 
 popular and fashionable hotel in the Pi'ovince, and has been under the 
 charge of its present proprietor for upwards of ten years. The building 
 has over 325 apartments, a large number of which were occupied by the 
 suite of H. !.{. II, the Prince of Wales on the occasion of his visit in 
 1860. 
 
 Bank OF British North America, is a fine cut stone building, iii 
 the composite style of architecture. 
 
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 CoToNiAL Life Assurance Company's Building, is a stiikinp? 
 pile of handsomely finished cut stone buildings, occupied by the Com- 
 pany's offices, .and the ground floor by the Bauquc Jacques Carticr. 
 
 Printing House, one of the oldest buildings in the street, but which 
 has lately had a new shop front put in, and been otherwise renovated, 
 making it one of the handsomest stores in the street. The shop is occu- 
 pied by Mr. Alex. McGibbon, grocer, and is called the " Italian Ware- 
 house" ; the other part of the building is occupied as the office of the 
 " Montreal (tazette" and "Evening Telegraph'' newspapers, and M. Long- 
 moore & Co., Book and Job Printers. 
 
 AVesleyan Church is an elegant edifice in the florid Gothic style of 
 architecture of the 14th century, Its size is 111 by 73 feet, and it will 
 seat about 2300 with comfort. The arrangement of the interior is unique 
 arA beautiful ; the pulpit especially calls for notice, it is a fine specimen of 
 the carved Goihic style. This church contains one of the finest organs in 
 the city, the supply of wind for which is worked up by water power. 
 
 MoLsoNS Bank {olil), an old plastered building hardly worthy of 
 notice when looked at by the side of its neighbour the new bank. 
 
 J MoLsoNS Bank (new). This building was carried out under the able and 
 
 f 4 experienced supervision of George and John Jas. Browne, Esqs., Architects, 
 
 whose design was unanimously adopted after a competition. The structure 
 has three frontages or facades, faced with Ohio sandstone. The shafts of 
 the Doric columns of the portico (ground floor,) and those of the Corin- 
 thian columns forming the centre of the second storey on the Great St. 
 James street front, arc of polished Peterhead granite, the red tint of which 
 has a tine effect. The principal entrance to the bank is in the centre of 
 the ground floor of this front, and the private entrance in the east or court 
 facade, entered from the same street. The third front, in St. Peter 
 ^itreet, has a separate and independent entrance to commodious chambers 
 which occupy the first and second floors, and arc to be leased to public com- 
 panies us offices, and will, its is expected, prove largely remunerative, in- 
 asmuch as they are thoroughly heated and vcntilat'^d, and fitted with 
 lavatories, water closets, dust holes and bin, porter's room, &c. The 
 street facades possess, not only from their extent, but from their archi- 
 tectural treatment, a bold and imposing character, and display in their 
 composition, appropriateness and simplicity, the general forms conducing 
 to unity and expression of purpose. They are also remarkable for the 
 boldness of their projections, and interesting as showing the tendency at 
 the present moment to the use of a much larger amount of carving for 
 external decoration than has hitherto been employed. The substructure 
 of the principal facade on Great St. James street is a stylobato of massive 
 vermiculated rustic, from which rise broad pilasters or rusticated piers on 
 either side of the central projection or portico which extends to the street 
 line, the whole including one tier of openings, and surmounted with a 
 rognlar Doric? entablature. Of the five compartments into which the 
 
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 ground floor of this facade is divided, the central one is somewhat wider 
 than the rest, and displays a handsome entrance doorway of large pro- 
 portions and deeply recessed, approached hy a flight of steps externally. 
 The windows have semicircular heads, radiating rustics, moulded jambs, 
 carved imposts, and masks on the key stones. The doors are constructed 
 of plate iron with oak framings, cast iron mouldings, with ornaments and 
 medallions bolted thereon, and finished to imitate bronze. The sashes to 
 the ground floor throughout are of Spanish mahogany, varnished and 
 polished, and glazed with single sheets of plate glass. The shutters are 
 of plate iron, in two parts, balanced, and adjusted so that when the upper 
 half ascends the lower one descends into grooves constructed iu the wall to 
 receive them, and vice versa, when the upper part descends the lower one 
 ascends, and botL meet in a groove in the centre of the height of each 
 window, where they become locked. An entablature marking the separa- 
 tion of the second storey from the third or attic storey, and projecting 
 forwarl iu the centre of the building over the four Corinthian columns, is 
 enricricd with modillions and dcutils to correspond in richness and eft'ect 
 with the capitals of the columns. The upper part of the building is ter- 
 minated with an attic cornice, bi-eaking forward with the centre of the 
 building, which corresponds in width with the portico on the ground floor. 
 Thus the effect of a centre, indicated by the projecting portico on the 
 ground floor, is maintained throughout the whole height of the building, 
 and, being surmounted with a sculptured group, forms the most prominent 
 feature in the composition. Another noticeable feature in this building is 
 the stacks of chimneys carried up above the attic cornice. These are ex- 
 ecuted in rubbed sandstone, and are of an ornamental character, showing 
 that they have been the subject of thought, .and that the designing of them 
 has not been neglected by the architects, as is too often the wise in 
 modern buildings. 
 
 CoM.MERCiAL Bank, on the corner of f-'t. I'etor, is ii plain cut stone 
 building, in the Grecian Doric style. 
 
 Mechanics' Institute. This handsome structure at the corner of St. 
 Peter Street, has a frontage of G4 feet on Great St. James, by 100 feet on 
 St. Peter Street. Tt is designed in the Italian style, and forms niio 
 of the architectural ornaments of Montreal. The ground floor eontains 
 (wo large and handsome shops, the next contains a corridor, reading room, 
 library, presidents, committer and class rooms. From the corridor on this 
 flat three staircases lead to the third story, which forms a very handsonie 
 
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 N<tUDiiEi.\iE«s' MusLC Hall, a large and very handsome hall, deco- 
 rated in al/i'i'sco painting. The manager caters for the public amuse- 
 ment with concerts, balls, panoramas, or lectures almost every m'ght. 'Die 
 ground floor is occupied as stores, and part of the second storey was until 
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 as a reading room, but is now used as a Commercial College. There is a 
 small hall on the third flat usually used as a dancing school or hired to 
 private dancing parties. 
 
 Central Drug Hall is one of the finest shops of the kind in 
 the Province ; the exterior presents an imposing appearance, and the 
 interior is very handsomely fitted up, resplendent with plate-glass, mirrors, 
 &c. There is a very fine ottoman in the centre of the shop, for the use 
 of parties who wish to refresh themselves in the summer months with a 
 glass of Davidson's well-known soda water. 
 
 Ottawa Hotel, a fine stone building close to McGill street, and con- 
 tiguous to all the public resorts, is one of the oldest hotels in Canada, 
 enjoys a good reputation, and, we believe, deservedly. G. Browne, Esq., 
 architect. » 
 
 Victoria Square, at the foot of this street is a very fine enclosure, 
 being well fenced in and planted with flowers and shrubs, the walks and 
 beds being in excellent order ; in the centre is a large stone basin con- 
 taining several jets of water. 
 
 BoNAVENTURE BuiLDiNG, is situated at the south-east side of the 
 above square, and being a peculiar combination of brick and stone, arrests 
 the attention of most persons. It has a frontage of 50 feet on the west 
 side, 90 feet on the south-east, and 60 feet on St. Bonaventure street, 
 making a total frontage of 210 feet, with nine different entrances. It is 
 80 feet high, consisting of five stories, having an iron railing around the 
 roof, from which a magnificent view of the whole city and surrounding 
 country is presented. There is a large clock in the main front of the 
 building, the public benefit of which is duly appreciated by the community 
 at large, its hands very conveniently almost always pointing to the same 
 time. The first storey is occupied as stores, the second as offices, the 
 third and fourth stories form a very good hall for concerts, &c., and 
 seats over 700 persons ; the fifth storey is used as meeting rooms for 
 Mechanics' Unions, masonic, temperance, and other meetings. 
 
 HANOVER STREET. 
 
 New Jerusalem Church, a small brick building the windows and 
 doors faced with cut stone ; the basement is divided into two stores. Kev. 
 E. Gould, pastor. 
 
 LAGAUCHETIERE STREET. 
 
 Wesleyan Church. A large stone building on the corner of Durham 
 street. This is the furthest east of the Wesleyan churches in the city, 
 and is well attended. 
 
 College op Physicians and Surgeons, (French,) situated in this 
 near St. Charles Borrom6e street, is a very unprepossessing building, sur- 
 rounded by a common board fence. But albeit it has an unfavorable 
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 United Presbyterian Church, on the coraer of Chenneville street, 
 is a very plain looking edifice, the congregation of which profess to hold 
 the distinctive principles of the body whose nan.e it bears. The church 
 was founded in 1833, but was rebuilt and enlarged in 1847. Rev. Wm. 
 Taylor, D.D., pastor, and Rev. J. M. Gibson, asst. The congregation 
 of this church are now erecting a larger and much finer edifice in St. 
 Catherine street, to be called the Erskine Church. 
 
 St. Patrick's Church, (J?. C.) stands on an elevated site at the 
 corner of St. Alexander street, and is one of the most striking objects 
 visible on approaching the city. This large and commanding building is 
 in the Gothic style of architecture. The length is 240 feet, by 90 feet in 
 breadth ; the spire is 225 feet high. The interior is comfortably and 
 handsomely fitted up, with room for over 5,000 worshippers. Taken 
 altogether, this is a splendid model of ecclesiastical architecture. 
 
 MoCORD STREET. 
 
 St. Ann's Chapel, at the junction with Basin street, is a handsome 
 stone building in the Gothic style of architecture, and will seat about 1500 
 persons. 
 
 M'GILL STREET. 
 
 This will eventually be one of the finest thoroughfares in the city, on 
 account of its great breadth and fine prospects at sither extremity ; having 
 the Victoria Square and a distant glimpse of the mountain at one end, 
 and a fine view of the river and the Victoria Bridge at the other. This 
 street was formerly the boundary of the city proper ; on the west and be- 
 yond lie Grijfintown and the St, Antoine Suburb. There are a number 
 of very fine stores, but no public building of any note in this street. 
 
 Sailors' Home, in Young's building, corner of William street, is one 
 of the most useful institutions in the city, affo'ding shelter to the distressed 
 mariner and a place of resort for the sailors of the port. It contains a 
 good library and reading room, together with a number of amusements, all 
 of which tend to keep the "tar" out of evil places, and many from evil 
 companions. 
 
 NOTRE DAME STREET. 
 
 This being one of the oldest streets in town, its aspect is exceedingly mis- 
 cellaneous, containing buildings of every date. Hero and there is a low 
 tenement with dormer windows, reminding us of the earliest days of Mon- 
 treal, while perhaps its immediate neighbour, a lofty stone block, at once 
 restores our associations to modern times. 
 
 Daliiousie Square, at the head of this street, is occupied on the left 
 as a cab stand, while on the right are a number of cut stone dwelling 
 houses now occupied as officers' quarters by the Royal Artillery and 
 Engineers. The enclosure in front is very neatly fitted out with flowers, 
 shrubs, &c., and a fountain in the centre. 
 
 
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 DoNEGANA Hotel, is a large, handsome looking building, and is known 
 as one of the first-class Canada hotels. Is frequented principally by South- 
 erners. Is in one of the best situations in the city, and has the Mess 
 Houses of one of H, M's Regiments on each side of it ; the bands of 
 either of which regiments play in the inclosure in front of the Mess several 
 evenings during the week. 
 
 Government Garden, is a handsomely decorated plot of ground 
 belonging to Government, and leased by them to one of our principal 
 seedsmen, Mr. George Shepherd, who seems to pay great attention to its 
 cultivation. 
 
 Jacques Cartier Normal School is a large building opposite the 
 garden above mentioned. It is under the direction of R. C. priests, and 
 is well conducted. The offices of the Superintendent of Education for 
 Lower Canada are in the same building, which, by-the-bye, was once used 
 as the Government House by the French governors. 
 
 Jacques Cartier Square is a large open space extending from this 
 street to the river. A magnificent view of the Victoria Bridge and St. 
 Helen's Island is to be had from this square, which rises towards Notre 
 Dame street with a considerable incline. 
 
 Nelson's Monujient, situated at the head of the above square, is 
 invariably visited by all strangers, and never fails to excite the deepest 
 interest ; on the pedestal icere representations of three of the battles in 
 which this gallant hero fought. We cannot refrain from saying that this 
 column is a disgrace to the city. Through the culpable negligence of the 
 corporation, the citizens, or both combined, the only public monument 
 in the city, the only memorial to Great Britain's heroes which we can boast 
 of, has been allowed to go to rack and ruin ; this which should be an 
 honour to our .city is a standing disgrace. And, as if to make this disgrace 
 more palpable. Nelson's hack is turned towards his natural element — the 
 water. We regret to say that, in this matter. Englishmen have certainly 
 not done their duty. 
 
 Champ de Mars, or Military Parade Ground, is a fine gravelled space 
 of 500 yards in length by 100 broad, and is bounded on one side by Craig 
 street, and on the other by the Court House, the raised embankment in 
 rear of which is well boarded, and a flight of steps leading to the parade 
 ground and extending its entire length furnishes a first rate stand for 
 spectators. The troops in garrison parade here almost every morning, and 
 troop colours twice a week during summer ; the bands of the several regi- 
 ments beat tattoo in the evenings, all of which combined make it one of 
 the principal resorts for stranger as well as citizen. The Corporation have 
 (with the consent of the military authorities,) erected twenty-four gas 
 lamps for the use of our volunteer force, who, owing to being engaged, 
 each at his legitimate trade, cannot turn out during the day. 
 
 Court House. This is a large and stately pile of cut stone buildings, 
 in the Grecian Ionic style. The ground plan is 300 by 125 feet, and the 
 
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 height is 76 ^ieet. The order of architecture followed was that of the 
 temple of lUius, which is one of the finest specimens of Grecian art. The 
 building contains large fire-proof vaults, fine Court rooms for the Appeal, 
 Circuit, Superior, Criminal, and Police Courts, and it also contains the 
 ofiices of the Sheriff and Prothonotary, the Advocate^' Room and Library, 
 together with the different offices in connection with the several Courts. 
 The whole building is heated with hot air, lighted with gas, and supplied 
 with water and all other conveniences. At the end of the Court House, 
 and in the small square leading to the Champ de Mars, is a small fountain, 
 furnished with drinking cups. 
 
 Black Nunnery, to reach which you must pass under an arch directly 
 facing St. Lambert street. This is an educational establishment for French 
 Canadian girls, in which all the branches of a general education, needle- 
 work, music, embroidery, &c., are taught, all being under the direction of 
 the Black N ms. A large and handsome church has lately been erected 
 on the grounds of the Nunnery. 
 
 Place d'Armes, or French Square, is occupied in the centre by a 
 pleasant enclosure, surrounded by a handsome iron railing, with gates at 
 each cornel* surmounted by stones bearing the city arms. The garden is 
 laid out with shrubs and flower beds, having a rather pretty fountain in 
 the midst, around which are placed seats constituting a pleasant lounge. 
 
 Ontario Bank. This building, on the west side of Place d'Armes, 
 is in the pure Italian style of architecture, chaste and simple in its fea- 
 tures, yet producing a handsome facade. Is four stories high, and built 
 of Montreal stone. The frontage of the building is fifty feet, and the 
 depth seventy feet. Height over sixty-two feet, forming as a whole one of 
 the finest buildings in the city. 
 
 French Cathedral, (R. C, parish church,) whose twin Grothic 
 towers seen from afar off, bear no inconsiderable resemblance :o that 
 " Notre Dame" on the banks of the Seine. The corner stone of this edi- 
 fice, which is built in the perpendicular Gothic style of the middle ages, 
 was laid ou the 3rd September 1824, and was opened I'or Public Worship 
 in July, 1829. It was originally intended to make it much larger than it 
 is at present, in fact to extend it down +0 St. Paul street, and to build it 
 in the shape of a, Maltese Cross, thus to make it a Cdthrdnd for all Jjowcr 
 Canada ; but, for many reasons, the plan had to ])c resigned in favor of 
 the present building, the length of which is 255 feet (J inches, and its 
 breadth 144 feet 6 iachcs. The height of the towers is 220 feet. TJie 
 great window it the high altar, wliich is filled with beautifully stained 
 glass, is 04 feet high and 32 feet wide. The church is capable of accom- 
 modating over seven thousand persons. In the north-east tower is a fine 
 chime of bells, and in the north-west tower is })la{!ed the largest bell in 
 Vnierica, cast expressly for this cliurch, and weighing 20,400 lbs ; its 
 sound is very remarkable. This tower is open to the public for a sniiill 
 I'oe ; from the top a splendid view of the Uivor St. Lawrence, tlie island 
 
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 of Montreal, St. Helen's island, Victoria Bridge and the surrounding 
 country, is presented. 
 
 Seminary op St. Sulpice, in connection with the Parish Church, is 
 one of the most ancient buildings in the city. There is a public clock in 
 the front of the building, equally celebrated for its antiquity. 
 
 Recollet CnuRcn, (R. C.,) which was built out of the materials of the 
 o7d Parish Church, was built in 1725. It has an ancient, quaint appearance, 
 with its portico, and its high stone wall closing it in from the busy world 
 around. When church accommodation was very limited, nearly a 
 century ago, divine service was helu in this building on Sundays alter- 
 nately by the various denominations of Christian residents in Montreal. 
 It will seat over 1500 persons. 
 
 OTTAWA STREET. 
 
 Wesleyan Methodist Church is a neat stone building, services in 
 which are, for this part of the city, well attended. 
 
 New City Gas Company's Works, corner of this and Ann street, is 
 well worthy a visit, the works being very extensive. The Company have 
 recently erected a new meter-house, in which has been placed a new meter 
 capable of measuring many million feet of gas. It was manufactured at 
 the celebrated wcrks of Thos. Glover, manufacturer, of London, England. 
 
 POINT ST. CHARLLi. 
 
 Wesleyan Chitrch. — The style adopted is early English, and the 
 materials ased in the superstructure are red, white, and black bricks, with 
 Ohio rubbed sandstone, water tables, string courses, and dressings to open- 
 ings, with tessalatcd tile sands. A central doorway leads to the main hall, 
 which commtmicates with the school-room and with the body of the church, 
 by steps ascending right and left. The tower is surmounted with a spire 
 covered with tin. The roof is framed with open timbers, stained and 
 varnished. Designed and superintended by John James P»'owne, Esq., 
 architect. 
 
 St Matthew's Church is a neat brick building, used by the Presby- 
 terians in connection with the Church of Scotland. 
 
 RADEGONDE STREET. 
 
 VrCTORiA Armoury, at the head of the Haymarkct, is a convenient 
 though rather small brick building, fitted up for the Volunteers as a drill 
 shod ; a number of rifle racks are ranged around the walls with the name 
 (»r nnmbor of the company to which they belong marked on each. The 
 building is very much frequ'inted, and contains the dwelling of the 
 Provincial Storekeeper, as weu as a small gallery for spectators. 
 
 SHERBROOKE STREET. 
 
 Hon P.\stei:r Nunnery, n largo stone building, devoted to the care and 
 i^hclter of the nged and infirm of the 11. C. persuasion. This institution, 
 
like most all others of the same class in the city, has a chapel attached to it. 
 
 Wesleyan Church, at the corner of St. Charles Borromee street, is 
 a handsome edifice in the English Gothic style, with a tower and spire 
 rising from the front to the height of 120 feet. The roof is covered with 
 diiFerent colored slates. The interior has an arched roof, grained oak. 
 There are no galleries except at the end. The pews are curved, which 
 adds much to their beauty, and is a great convenience, since by it the 
 congregation in every part face the preacher. Behind the pulpit there is 
 an organ gallery, in a recess, with a neat pointed arch and columns in 
 front, and underneath this gallery is the vestry. The Church has three 
 entrances in front and one in the rear, and a lofty basement extends under 
 the whole edifice, forming school, class, and lecture rooms, vestry, &c. 
 
 McGiLL College is beautifully situated at the base of the mountain, 
 and immediately in front of the Reservoir. This establishment owes its 
 origin to the liberality of the late Hon. James McGill, who bequeathed the 
 estate of Burnside and £10,000 for its endowment. Besides lecture, class, 
 and other rooms, it contains residences for its professors. A new wing has 
 lately been erected by William Molson, Esq., to be called the " Molson 
 Wing." Its different schools, medicine, law, arts, &c., bear a very high 
 reputation. 
 
 Magnetic Observatory. A cut stone octagonal building, with a 
 low tower, surmounted by a dome, for the accommodation of I)r. Small- 
 wood's valuable collection of astronomical and other apparatus ; it is at- 
 tached to and situated on the grounds of the McGill College. 
 
 Theological College is erected on the ground belonging to the sem- 
 inary of St. Sulpice, commonly called the " Priests' Farm," abutting on 
 the line of this street, from where a good view of the building can be 
 obtained. It is an extensive and imposing structure, in the Italian style. 
 The plan forms three sides of a quadrangle, with the wings advancing. 
 The building is capable of accommodating a very large number of 
 boarders, and contains a chapel 100 by 40, with a library above it. It 
 is a Roman Catholic institution, and presided over by priests. 
 
 ST. ANTOINE STREET. 
 
 Passes west from Craig street into tlio suburbs, and the farther it goes 
 the more is taste displayed in the buildings, it being inhabited by many of the 
 wealthier classes. At the west end it comes very close to a precipitous 
 rock which rises up between it and Dorchester street. There are gardens 
 laid out with terraced walks hero and there. The sidewalks are shaded 
 by rows of trees, which give a cool and refreshing shelter from the heat 
 of the sun's rays. 
 
 Richmond SyUAUE, at the upper end of this street, and close to the 
 stopping place of the city cars, is a very neat sijuare, occupying a large 
 space at both sides of the street. The grounds are very nicely laid out, 
 with a fountain in the ccitre of each scjuaro. 
 
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 ST. BONAVENTURE STREET. 
 
 CoLONLiL Church and School Society Model School A large 
 brick building entered through an iron gate directly opposite Little St. 
 Antoine street. This is one of the best common schools in the Province, 
 and is conducted on strictly Episcopalian principles. 
 
 Mercantile Library (new). The frontage of the building will be 
 54 feet, and from the pavement to the top of the cornice 58 feet. It will 
 be built of Ohio sandstone above the basement course, which will be of 
 limestone. The elevation will present a handsome appearance, consisting, 
 as it will, of three storeys of various designs, as to window openings and 
 other details. The general outline of the building or plan is that of an H, 
 and consists of two main portions, connected by a spacious hall going the 
 entire height of the structure, and from a wide staircase on one side of the 
 latter access is given to the various rooms on each storey. The entrance 
 to this hall will be in the centre of the fagade, and thirteen feet in width. 
 On each side of it will be a handsome shop, liaving good cellar and accom- 
 modation, and in the rear portion of the building on the ground-floor will 
 be found three large rooms, consisting of a board-room and two class- 
 rooms, and the whole of these can be thrown into a fair sized lectuje-room 
 or place for liolding meetings of an ordinary character. Facing the stair- 
 case, in the centre of the building, will be a room well adapted for a class- 
 room or office of good size, The height of this storey will bo 14 feet 6 
 inches clear. On the first floor, fronting St. Bonaventure street, will be the 
 reading-room, 50 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 17 feet in height, with an 
 entrance from the front hall or landing. The library is in the rear portion of 
 the building, and is to be 48 feet by 28, and of the same height as the read- 
 ing-room. IBetween these two rooms, and separated from them and the 
 hall by glazed partitions, will be the librarian's office. From the latter 
 entire supervision is obtained by the librarian over the whole of this floor 
 no person being able to enter or leave either the reading-room or library 
 fv go up or down stairs without his knowledge. The 2nd or top storey is 
 If 1)0 devoted in front to a lecture-room for members of the association, of 
 the same size and over the reading-room, while in rear, over the library, 
 will be found a well-proportioned and effectively lighted room, intended 
 for a picture gallery or museum. The light during the day-time will be 
 obtained from the large skylight in the centre of the room, while at night 
 ample provision is made for a large number of gas-burners, arranged in the 
 b(^st possible manner for throwing an equal and good light upon the 
 pictures or other objects on exhibition. The main staircase terminates on 
 this level, and, opposite to it, and between the lecture-room and picture 
 gallery, will bo a room suitable for an office in connection with the picture- 
 gallery, or for a small private readiim-room, &c. The height of this storey 
 will be about 17 feet. The lavatories and other conveniences will bo pro- 
 vided for in the lofty and airy basement story. The entire building is to 
 be heated by steani, on Gold's or otlier approved system. 
 
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 Grand Trunk Kailway Depot, better known as the " Bona anture 
 Street Station," is a large shed built of brick in the usual " Depot" style, 
 containing freight, ticket and other offices. The ticket office of the Lachine 
 Cars is also in this building. 
 
 ST. CATHERINE STREET. 
 
 AziLE DE LA Providence, an institution conducted by the nuns, 
 devoted to the care of the aged and infirm. 
 
 St. James' Church (R. C), a large stone building on tne corner of 
 this street and St. Denis street, 120 feet long, and 35 feet deep, three 
 storeys high, with a pitched roof. It is under 'he control of the clergy of 
 St. James' Church, and has accommodation for about 600 boys. 
 
 Salle d'Azile, A Roman Catholic school for the education of the 
 blind, a large brick building, inside a wire fence. It is conducted by nuns. 
 
 Fire Station No. 5, a brick building in the style of all our smaller fire 
 stations, and, like them, it communicates with the Fire Alarm Telegraph. 
 
 Phillips Square, a small plot of ground of very unprepossessing 
 appearance, used principally as a " short cut." 
 
 Christ's Church Cathedral (C. o/E.) at the corner of University 
 street, is a beautiful edifice in the medifeval Gothic style. The plan is 
 cruciform, and is indeed a model of ecclesiastical architecture. The tower 
 and spire — the latter of which is well proportioned and springs gracefully 
 from the former — are at the intersection of the four arms of the cross, and 
 measure 224 feet in height. The chui'ch is built of Cxn stone and Mont- 
 real limestone, the latter having been obtained from the neighbouring 
 quarries, and the former from Normandy. Length of the building inside 
 187 feet ; width of nave 70 feet ; transept, including tower, 99 feet. The 
 upper stage of the tower contains a peal of bells, and the clocks are placed 
 immediately above the corbel-table. The windows are good and copied 
 from the best mediaeval English churches. The front entrance is beauti- 
 fully designed ; in fact the building is unequalled on this continent. 
 
 Exhibition Building, a large unsightly building, sometimes used as a 
 concert hall, for which it is in no wise adapted. It has been used as a 
 drill-shed by the Volunteer Artillery, but owing to the large number of 
 pillars, it is as useless for this as almost any other purpose. The best 
 thing that could be done is to pull it down, and build in its stead a shed 
 worthy of our gallant Volunteers. 
 
 Protestant Orphan Asylum is a neat stone building, and one of 
 the most useful as well as the best conducted institutions in the city, and 
 is sustained by the benevolence of private individuals. 
 
 Church of St. James the Apostle, (C. of E.), is the Protestant 
 church furthest west in the city. Its appearance outside is very tine, being 
 built of Montreal stone, in a simple and chaste Gothic stylo of architecture. 
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 roof 60 feet. It has no ce:'iing, but the roof presents a variety of stained 
 wood, its elegant arohes resting on corbels of dark Montreal and white 
 Ohio stones, which mingle together in striking contrast. At the end of 
 the church stands a memorial window to Prince Albert; besides this 
 there are five stained glass meiaorial windows. A handsome tower and 
 spire are now (June, 1865,) being added to this church, as a memorial 
 from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phillips to a deceased brother. The tower is 
 distinct from the main building and has a connecting corridor, through 
 which is the principal entrance to the church on the west side. In the 
 lower storey of the tower there will be three stained glass windows, one as 
 a memorial, the other two containing the armorial bearings of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Phillips. In the third or upper storey will be placed a clock and a peal of 
 bells. The spire will be constructed of wood and galvanized iron, to 
 be finished with a handsome vane. The total height from the ground 
 to the top of the vane will be 130 teet. 
 
 ST. CONSTANT STREET. 
 
 Jewish Synagogue. The first regularly built synagogue in British 
 North America,, which has been erected for the Polish, German and 
 English ritual, and one of the handsomest buildings of the kind between 
 New York and Cincinnati. It is built in the Grecian style of architecture, 
 and both in its exterior and interior finish a perfect gem of architectural 
 beauty. John James Browne, Esq., architect. 
 
 ST. DENIS STREET. 
 
 ViGER Square Garden is the finest and most extensive in the city, 
 neither pains nor expense having been spared to render it an attractive 
 spot. Four basins with fountains havo been constructed ; as also has a 
 very handsome, though small, hot-house. A very desirable improve- 
 ment, in the way of a drinking fountain has been added to the many other 
 progressive features of this garden. The band of one of the regiments in 
 garrison plays here for a couple of hours, once a week, sometimes oftener, 
 during the summer months. 
 
 Trinity Church (G. of E.) This magnificent ed'fioe now (1865) in 
 course of erection for the Rev. Canon Bancroft's congregation, is in the 
 early English style of Gothic architecture and built of Montreal stone, the 
 body of the work being natural face coarsed ashlar. The weatherings, 
 quoins, &c., arc finely dressed ; the roof is covered with slate ; the spire 
 is wood, covered with galvanized iron, and together with the tower rises 
 to the height of 200 feet, The lower part of the tower forms the principal 
 entrance porch, and there are in addition two side entrances, giving access 
 as well to the galleries and basement. The length of the church inside is 
 114 feet, the width 65 feet. The chancel, which is in the form of an apex, 
 is 36 feet by 23 insido. The nave is 40 feet wide, and has a grained 
 ceiling rising to a height of 52 feet. The side aisles, in which there are 
 galleries, are 12 feet 6 inches wide, and have pannelled plaster ceilings, 
 with the roof timbers exposed. The body of the church is lighted by 12 
 
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 windows, each terminating in traced heads, and clerestory windows formed 
 in the roof. The church is to aiFord accommodation for over 4000 per- 
 sons. Under the church is a capacious basement, 14 feet high, well lighted 
 and having 3 distinct entrances. It contains a lecture room 100 feet long 
 by 65 feet wide, library, vestry, and all the necessary accommodation for 
 schools, &c. 
 
 St. James' Church (^R. C.) This handsome building is erected 
 upon the ruins of the one destroyed by the great fire of 1852, known as 
 the Bishop's Church, which was of the Roman-Ionic style ; but altered in 
 form and extended in length, is now built after the most admired spe- 
 cimens of the early pointed style, chiefly drawn from existing examples of 
 the thirteenth century ; it is a fine example of what is sometimes called 
 Christian architecture. The windows are of stained glass. 
 
 Deaf and Dumb Institution. This is a fine large stone building, 
 above Sherbrooke street, devoted, as its name infers, to the education of 
 the deaf and dumb. It is open to visitors, and is conducted by nuns. 
 
 ST. DOMINIQUE STREET. 
 
 German Church. This is a neat, though small, edifice, opposite the 
 St. Lawrence Market, used by our German Protestant fellow-citizens. 
 
 ST. FRANCOIS XAVIER STREET. 
 
 Is remarkable only as being the "Wall Street" of Montreal,, chiefly 
 famous, of course, as being the resort of brokers, money-changers, lenders, 
 &c., &c. 
 
 ST. GABRIEL STREET. 
 
 Canada Hotel. A large, convenient, second class house, very well 
 conducted, and much frequented. 
 
 New City Gas Works. The office of this local monopoly is situated 
 in this street, at the corner of Little St. James. 
 
 Gareau Hotel. A house used more as a first-class boarding house 
 than as an hotel, and is much frequented by the legal fraternity at lun- 
 cheon hour. 
 
 Scotch Kirk is a plain stone building, and will seat about 800. This 
 is one of the oldest Scotch churches in the city. A splendid new edifice 
 is being reared for the accommodation of this congregation in a more 
 fashionable part (Dorchester Street west), to be called " Knox Church," 
 a description of which will be found in its proper place. The present 
 church is under the pastoral guidance of the Rev. A. F. Kemp. 
 
 Museum of the Geological Survey is a large building facing the 
 end of the Champ de Mars. The museum contains samples of stones, 
 coals, fossils, and all the other concomitants that contribute to form a 
 geological museum, and is under the direction of the celebrated geologist, 
 
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 worthy a visit. 
 
 ST. HELEN STREET. 
 
 St. Paul's Church (Presbyterian), built of dressed stone, is a hand- 
 some edifice, in the Gothic style of architecture, and will seat nearly 1000 
 persons. The interior is neatly fitted up in the Grecian style. Rev. John 
 Jenkins, D.D., pastor. 
 
 ST. JOSEPH STREET. 
 
 St. George's Church. Is a very neat building, in the style of the 
 13th century. It is of rough stone, with towers and a handsome flight of 
 stone steps at the main entrance. The interior is fitted up in a chaste and 
 elegant style, and has an excellent organ. The building is 150 feet in 
 length by 56 feet in width, and will seat over 1,500 persons. Is under 
 the pastoral charge of the Rev. William Bond and the Rev. Edward 
 Sullivan. 
 
 Dew's Brewery. A large building on the corner of this and Colborne 
 streets. Is the most extensive brewery in the country, and its celebrated 
 manufactures are well known throughout Canada. 
 
 Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Seigneurs street, is a very 
 neat brick building, and is adapted to seat about 500 persons. 
 
 Cantin's Ship-Yard. One of the most celebrated yards in the Pro- 
 vince. Is worthy a visit. 
 
 ST. LAWRENCE MAIN STREET. 
 
 This the main avenue leading to the mountain and Mount Royal 
 Cemetery and is the principal business street in the St. Lawrence suburb. 
 There are a large number of fiine buildings, principally dry goods houses, 
 with, at the upper end, many private residences. The City Horse Railway 
 cars traverse this street as high up as the toll-gate. 
 
 ST. MARY STREET. 
 
 City Passenger R. R. Co. The chief stables and station of this 
 company are situated below the toll-gate and are well worthy a visit. The 
 station is adapted for an innumerable number of cars, and the stables are 
 capable of accommodating about 130 horses. There is also a machine 
 shop and an ofiice with dwelling for superintendent and foreman. The 
 company have a number of other stables on the different branches of their 
 track. From opposite this station the Current Ste. Marie commences to 
 be very troublesome to vessels coming up the river, at times taking four 
 steam tugs to tow a vessel to the wharves. 
 
 The Jail is a substantial stone building, surrounded by a high stone 
 wall. It is comparatively a new edifice, and cost over $120,000. Parties 
 wishing to see the interior can do so by obtaining an order from the Sheriff 
 to that effect. 
 
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 MoLsoNs Brewery and Distillery is one of the institutions of 
 Montreal, and one of the most extensive establishments of the kind in the 
 Province. 
 
 Papineau Square, a large piece of uneven ground without the slightest 
 attraction. 
 
 Papineau Market, a large brick building fitted up in the same style 
 as most of the other markets, with divisions for fowl, fish, flesh, &c. It is 
 situated in Papineau Square. John James Browne, Esq., architect. 
 
 MoLSONS (College) Barrack is a large quadrangular brick build- 
 ing, originally built with the intention of becoming a first class college for 
 both sexes, and to bear the name of its founder, the late T. Molson, Esq.; this 
 scheme not succeeding, the building was leased to Government as a barrack, 
 for which purpose it has since been used, and is now occupied by 11. M 
 30th Regt. of the Line. George Browne, Esq., architect. 
 
 St. Thomas Church. This church was built by the late T. Molson, 
 Esq., at his sole expense. It is a neat brick building, having a tower with 
 a clock in the centre. The church is now used by the regiments in garri- 
 son, and the sacred office is filled by a military chaplain. 
 
 ST. NICHOLAS STREET. 
 
 Lovell's Printing Office. The most extensive printing establish- 
 ment in the Provinces. The presses arc all worked by steam and fed by 
 girls, a new feature in the business, introduced by the enterprising proprie- 
 tor, Mr. John Lovell. The bindery in connection with this establishment 
 is unsurpassed on the continent, not only for the first-rate work turned out, 
 but for its completeness in every detail. The buildings are heated by 
 steam and furnished with every convenience which skill has devised. 
 When we say that it is from this house the celebrated Canada Directory 
 of 1857, and also the first-class Canadian Educational series now so gen- 
 erally used throughout the country are issued, we need not further praise 
 the energy or public spiritedness of the proprietor, who is at all times will- 
 ing to allow parties to visit the premises. 
 
 ST. PAUL STREET. 
 
 Is the principal Wholesale business street in the city, and contains in 
 various portions of it numerous lofty and elegant warehouses, to whicli 
 additions are constantly being made, it being impossible in our limited 
 space to particularize, we shall direct the visitor's attention merely to the 
 Public buildings. 
 
 BoNSEcouRS Church (R. C). The oldest in the city, having been 
 erected in lfi58; It was burnt in 1764, but rebuilt in 1771. It contains 
 a good organ, and will seat about 2,000 persons ; there is a building used 
 as a school connected with the church. 
 

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 BoNSECouns Market. A magnificent pile of stone, in the Grecian- 
 Doric style of architecture ; lias a front of three stories on Commissioners 
 street, cost about $300,000, and is e(jual to any building of the kind in 
 America. It consists of a large butchers' market, extending almost the 
 whole length of the building, over which is a fine Concert Hall, the Coun- 
 cil room, and the various offices of the Corporation, including that of the 
 Fire-alarm Telegragh, the wires of which may be seen converging, to a cir- 
 cular frame on the roof, from all parts of the town. Beneath the butchers' 
 market is a large basement devoted to pork, cheese, vegetables and fish, 
 for the latter of which a separate portion has been allotted and fitted 
 up in the best style with marble slabs, fountains, drains, and thorough 
 ventilation. Bonsecours presents a lively scene on market days, when the 
 farmers congregate ; the stranger is amused by the quaintness of their 
 costumes, and the abundance of gestures they exhibit, as they press their 
 wares upon the customers. 
 
 Victoria Barracks, or Nuns' Buildings. A magnificent block of 
 stone buildings, originally intended for stores, 1 at at present used as Bar- 
 rackp for H. M. 63rd and 25th Regiments. The Grenadier and Scots 
 Fusilier Guards occupied these Barracks during their sojourn in Canada. 
 
 ST. SACRAMENT STREET. 
 
 Merchants' Exchange. This fine building, the " Rialto" of Mon- 
 treal, is situated in this, one of the narrowest streets of the city, and is 
 consequently seen to great disadvantage. The premises cover an area of 
 somewhat less than half an acre, which comprises an open court used as an 
 entrance to the Com Exchange and other offices. The building contains a 
 reading-room, the Board room and offices of the Board of Trade, and many 
 other public and private offices of a commercial nature. George Browne, 
 Esq., architect. 
 
 Corn Exchange, is a small, neat brick and stone building, imme- 
 diately in rear of the Merchant's Exchange. This building is on rather a 
 diminutive scale for the leading commercial city of the Province. 
 
 Montreal Telegraph Company's Office, a substantial looking 
 stone building, like its opposite neighbour, the Merchant's Exchange, is 
 subject to the disadvantage of being in a very narrow street. It however 
 presents a very good appearance. George Bi'ownc, Esq., architect. 
 
 UNIVERSITY STREET 
 
 Museum of the Natural History Society, is a large brick 
 building in view of the English Cathedral. The managers have endea- 
 voured by all fair means to get together a very large and very good collec- 
 tion, particularly of the Canadian species. This institution is well worthy 
 a visit. 
 
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 VISITATkON STREET. 
 
 St. Peter's Church, (i?. C.) is a very handsome cut-stone building, 
 in the style of the 13th century, and will accommodate over 3,000 per- 
 sons. A handsome cut-stone building is attached to it, being the residence 
 of the clergy in connection with this church. 
 
 WATER STREET. 
 
 Military Hospital. This is a large stone building, enclosed by a 
 high stona wall, and almost projecting over the wharf in rear. This is a 
 very good situation for an hospital, if for no other reason than having 
 plenty of fresh air from the river. 
 
 Quebec Gate Barracks, occupied by two batteries of Koyal Artillery, 
 and detachments of the Commissariat and Engineer corps. These build- 
 ings formerly, under the old Freiich rule, belonged to a nunnery. 
 
 WILLIAM STREET. 
 
 G. T. K. Cartagk Co*s Stable. This is a ver^ large bj-ick 
 building, erected by Shedden & Co., for the accommodation of their own 
 horses, aud is about the largest building of the description in Montreal. 
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 The Laohine Canal, which extends for 8J miles, from the Harbour 
 of Montreal to Lachine, has kept pace with the general progress of the 
 city ; a large new dock has just been built outside the lock at Windmill 
 Point ; a large new dry-dock has also recently been completed by Mr. 
 Cantin, the capacity of which is sufficient to take in any vessel navigating 
 the canals. Mills, foundries, and in fact all manufactories requiring water 
 power are rapidly springing up on its banks. 
 
 New City Gas Works were incorporated in July, 1847. Its capital 
 is $300,000. This Company has the monoply, it being the only gas com- 
 pany in the city, and of c lurse the consumers are charged exorbitant rates. 
 It is greatly to be wondered at that some of our energetic and public 
 spirited men do not take the matter in hand and start a new company in 
 opposition to the present, there is not the slightest doubt but that it would 
 pay handsomely. 
 
 Water Works. The water is taken from the St. Lawrence about 
 one and a half miles above the Lachine Rapids, where the elevation of the 
 river surface is about 37 feet above the Harbour of Montreal. The 
 Wheel-house at the termination of the aqueduct is worthy of notice. The 
 water is admitted to and discharged from this building through submerged 
 archways under covered frost proof passages, extending above and below 
 the building. There are two iron wheels, twenty feet diameter, cad 
 twenty feet broad. These wheels are upon tlic suspension principal, " high 
 breast" or "pitch back," with ventilated buckets. These reservoirs are 
 excavated out of the solid rock, and have a water surface of over ninety 
 thousand square feet, 206 feci above the harbour, with a depth of 25 feev,. 
 The length is 623 feet, with a breadth of 173 feet, formed into two reser- 
 voirs by a division wall. The two contain about fifteen million gallois. 
 Total cost of aqueduct, machinery, pumping-niaiu, and reservoirs n.bout 
 $1,800,000. 
 
 Fire Alarm Telegraph was recently erected, and proved a thorough 
 suTCCSH. The chief office is in the City Hall, from which it has connec- 
 tions with upwards of 64 boxes, the church bells, several public clocks, 
 the Observatory and Water Works near McGill College. 
 
 Victoria Bridge. This gigantic structure, which was inaugurated by 
 H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, in August, 1860, spans the St. Lawrence 
 at Point St. Charles, the terminus of the Grand Trunk Railway. It is 
 
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 one of the most stupendous and massive structures of modem times. It 
 is tubular, consisting of 23 spans of 242 feet each, with the exception of 
 the one in the centre, under which the steamboats pass, it being 330 feet 
 wide. The dimensions of the tubes are 19 feet high at the extreme end, 
 rising to 22 feet in the centre tube, by 16 feet wide. The Bridge is ap- 
 proached at each end by a causeway terminating in abutments of solid 
 masonry. The southern causeway is 240 feet long, and the northern 
 1,400 ; the width of each being 90 feet. The total length of the bridge is 
 2 miles, less 50 yards. — 250,000 tons of stone and 8,000 tons of iron were 
 used in its construction. By this Bridge two extensive and populous sec- 
 tions of country are united, thus adding to their social, agricultural and 
 commercial developement. 
 
 BiFLE Ranges, situated at Point St. Charles were secured for the 
 great Rifle Tournament in 1863, and have been used by the Volunteers 
 since then for practice, matches, &c., the butts were so placed that all the 
 firing was towards the river. They are now closed. 
 
 Thk Emigrants' Burial Ground, is a large square enclosure at 
 Point St. Charles, in view of the Bridge : it is planted with trees, having 
 a large boulder in its centre, placed on a cut stone base, and bearing an 
 appropriate inscription to the memory of the emigrants that perished of 
 ship fever in 1847. 
 
 Grand Trunk Railway. The chief oflSces and stations of this Cor- 
 poration are situated at Point St. Charles, and are very extensive, con- 
 sisting of Machine Shops, Engine rooms, Passenger, Freight and Car 
 Sheds, with all the other accessories of a complete Railway Station. A 
 fine view may be had from the small bridge which leads from the Passen- 
 ger shed to the Chief Offices ; the Mountain, the Victoria Bridge, the 
 River, &c., are all seen to great advantage from this position. 
 
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 Round the Mountain. This is considered the favourite drive. The 
 diatance round is nearly nine rniles. The general route is up the Main 
 Street of the St. Lawrence Suburb, past the toll-gate, turn off to the left, 
 and ascend gradually the Mountain side; arriving at a branch road whiah 
 leads to the Mount Royal Cemetery, we take the road to the right and 
 continue our course till we arrive at C6te des Neiges, which pretty little 
 village lies nestled in the bosom of the mountain, and sheltered by its 
 branching arms fiom North and East. Leaving the village we drive on up 
 the grade and gradually reach the sumn»it, at which a toll-gate is placed. 
 Here we are quite shut in on all sides, but as our vehicle turns the curve, 
 we cannot restrain ourselves from indulging in many exclamations of 
 admiration ; there, almost at our feet, lies the city, with its spires, its 
 houses, its streets. There also is Canada's pride, the Victoria Bridge, the 
 Nuns' Island in its glorious verdancy, the glittering river, with man^ 
 gallant vessels, which alter battling the breeze, now lie quietly at the wharf, 
 either loading or discharging their cargoes. There also is St. Helen's 
 Island, and behind it the spires of the church in Longueuil village. Th« 
 base of the mountain almost all around is adorned with many elegant villas, 
 the palatial summer residences of our merchant princes. The choicest 
 orchards of Lower Canada are also situated around it, the fruit being of 
 the most delicious flavor and greatest luxurience of yield. Taken as a 
 whole, this is one of the most pleasant drives in Canada. 
 
 Mount Royal Cemetery is one of those places of imterest which 
 travellers never neglect to visit. It is a very pleasant drive of about two 
 miles from the city on the mountain road. The cemetery lies in a very 
 picturesque position in the valley between the two mountains. Lofty, wide 
 and imposing entrance gate«, hist meet the view, inside these gates, on the 
 right, is a hai dsome and .substantial residence for the superintendent; on the 
 left a small but pretty church. The lofty pointed pinnacles of the entrance 
 gates, the high pitched ruofs of the house and chuich, with the bell turret 
 and gabled windows are in perfect keeping with the surrounding scenery 
 and the luxuriant i'oliage of the trees. The " Molson " vaults and monu- 
 ments are the handsomest as well as the largest on this continent, and will 
 well repay the time and small expense necessary to enjoy a drive through 
 the extensive and well laid out grounds. 
 
 Laciiine Road. This is a very pleasant drive, going out St. Joseph 
 
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 street to the toll-gate, passing which we are on what is called the Fpper 
 Ltichine road. At each side of us are the farms of our market gardeners 
 and others. A road leading from this takes us to Cdte 8t. Paul where 
 there are a number of factories and very pretty church called — 
 
 The Union Chuech. This, onof the prettiest little churches one the 
 island, was erected last year on a commanding site facing the locks of the 
 Lachine Canal, in the Gothic style of architecture, constructed with red, 
 white and black bricks, ornamental tassalated tile sands, &c. 1 he main 
 entrance is in the tower, which furms the north-west corner of the build- 
 ing and is surmounted with a spire. John James Browne, architect. 
 
 We leave Cote ^t. Paul and pass through the small villages of the Tan- 
 neries. Blue iionnets, &c., and arrive at Jjachine, a village once well-known, 
 it being the residence of the late Sir George Simpson, the Governor of the 
 Hudson Bay Company, and also the point from whence all orders were dis- 
 patched to the many posts of the Company throughout tbeir vast torritory. 
 Returning to town we take the Lower road, which is directly along the 
 bank of the river, presenting scenery of unsurpassed beauty and grandeur; 
 we see the Lachine Rapids boiling, foaming and dashing in their wild fury 
 from rock to rock, from crevice to crevice. If the proper hour is selected 
 for this truly delightful drive, a view may be bad of the descent of the 
 steamer through these Rapids. 
 
 LoNQUE Point Road. This is another favourite drive along the 
 river side, down St. Mary street, through the toll-gate to the village of 
 Hochelaga, the quarters of a portion of the garrison, and in which are 
 two pretty little rural churches, one Protestant the other Roman Catholic; 
 continuing down this road we arrive at a large commanding looking 
 building, the Convent of the Holy name of Mary. Passing on a few miles 
 further we arrive at Longue Pointe, 
 
 Back River Road is another drive. It leads to Moncklands (the 
 Maria Villa Convent,) which was formerly the residence of the Governor 
 General. There is a very handsome church in connection with this con- 
 vent. This road also leads to Isle Jesu, and many other pretty villages. 
 
 Laohine Rapids are situated opposite the Nun's Island, and nearly 
 half way between the city and the village of Lachine. The tourist should 
 take the cars for Lachine, starting from the Bonaventure Street Station at 
 7 o'clock A.M., and take the steamboat at Lachine to descend the Rapids. 
 Running a rapid is at all times an exciting circumstance, whether it be done in 
 a birch bark canoe on a small river, or in a steamer on the mighty St. 
 Lawrence. When the steamer approaches the Rapid a pilot, skillful, ex- 
 perienced, and specially chosen for the purpose, takes charge of the wheel, 
 extra hands stand by to assist, while others go at't to the tiller, to be ready 
 to steer the vessel by its means should the wheel tackle by any accident 
 give way ; the captain takes his place by the wheelhouse, ready with his 
 boll to communicate with the engineer ; the vessel plunges into the broken 
 and mad waters, she heaves and falls, rolls from side to side, and labors as 
 if she were in a heavy sea, the engine is eased, and the steamer is carried 
 
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 forward with frightful rapidity. Sometimes she appears to he rushing hfad- 
 lon;^ on to some frightful rock that shows its bleak head above the white 
 foam of the breakers ; in the next instant she has shot by it and is making 
 a contrary course, and so she treads her way througa the crooked channel 
 these mad waters are rushing down. A few moments suffice for this, and the 
 smooth green waters are reached again, then all breathe freely, for none 
 but old and experienced pilots can run the great Rapids of Laohiue 
 but with bated breath. A slight Rapid called Norma Rapid is then passed 
 through, and, after shooting under that great monument of engineeriL^ 
 skill, the Victoria Bridge, and past the Canal Basin, the steamer lands her 
 passengers at one of the wharves at about 9 o^cIock, just in time and with 
 a good appetite for breakfast. 
 
 St. Helen's Island, which, were it not for the white tents seen among 
 the trees, no one would ever suspect to be a strong military post, but which 
 probably holds more shot and shell in its cool underground magazines than 
 would blow all the Island of Montreal to atoms. This is one of the pret- 
 tiest spots near Montreal, and is open to the public, who can gain admit- 
 tance by a pass from the Town-Major. 
 
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 CITY COUNCIL. 
 
 HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR, 
 WILLIAM WORKMAN, Es^ciuk. 
 
 WARDS REPRESENTED. 
 
 2arf Ward Wilson, Valois, Dcbobd. 
 
 Centre Ward Lvman, Holland, Bern a«d. 
 
 West Ward R. H. Stephens, Nelson, Alkxandbb. 
 
 St. Ann's Ward McShanb, McGauvban. Rodden. 
 
 St. Antoine Ward Thomson, Mastkrman, McCbeadt. 
 
 St. Lawrence Ward G. W. Stephens. Taylor, Devlin . 
 
 St. LouU Ward Henderson, David, LedoO. 
 
 ^ t. Jamn Ward Bastien, Doutbk, St. Charles. 
 
 St. Mary' I Ward Sim ard, Munro, Jordan. 
 
 OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION. 
 
 John P. Sixton, City Recorder. 
 Chs. Glackmeybb, City Clerk. 
 James F. D. Black, City Treasurer. 
 P. MacQdistbn, City Surveyor. 
 
 F. W. Penton, Ciiief of Police. 
 
 H. I. Ibbotson, Clerk': Recorder's Couit. 
 
 Wm. Robb, Auditor. 
 
 A. Bbrtram, Cliief Engineer Fire Dep't. 
 
 Henry Stuart, 
 Roubb Rot, 
 
 Aitovnies. 
 
 W. Ross, 
 
 C. F. Papineac, 
 
 li'otaries. 
 

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 TARIFF FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGES. 
 
 
 
 Two or Four 
 
 Coaches or Four ! 
 
 
 
 PLACES. 
 
 Whee ed Carnages 
 
 Wheeled 
 
 'larriiiKes 
 
 
 
 
 drawu by 
 
 une horse. 
 
 drawn by two horses- 
 
 TIME 
 
 
 
 For one 
 
 For three 
 
 For one 
 
 Forthiee 
 
 ALLOWED. 
 
 From 
 
 TO 
 
 or two 
 
 or four 
 
 or two 
 
 or four 
 
 
 
 
 persons. 
 
 persons. 
 
 persons. 
 
 persons- 
 
 
 
 
 $ 
 
 cts. 
 
 $ 
 
 cts. 
 
 $ 
 
 CIS. 
 
 « 
 
 cts. 
 
 
 Any S 
 Place, i 
 
 Any other within "i 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 i an hour. 
 
 the same division > 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and back. ) 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 00 
 
 
 
 00 
 
 
 
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 Any j 
 Divis'n j 
 
 Any place in ) 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 5 of an hour 
 
 another division > 
 and back. ) 
 
 
 
 35 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 
 
 75 
 
 (over J of an 
 ^ho'randun- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (deroneho'r 
 
 
 (Per Hour.) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anv S 
 Place, i 
 
 Any other in the ( 
 City. I 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 7U 
 30 
 
 
 
 
 75 
 30 
 
 1 
 
 
 
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 40 
 
 One hour. 
 C For every 
 < additional 
 ( i hour. 
 
 Reasonable weight of Luggage allowed free of charge. 
 Children under 12 years of age to be charged half-price. 
 
 DIVISIOlfS OF THE CITY. 
 
 The First Division comprises the East, Centre and "West Wards, (including 
 the South-West side of McGill Street, and the North-West side of Craig Street.) 
 
 The Second Division comprises the St. Ann, St. Antoine and St. Lawrence 
 Wards (exclusive of McGill and Craig Streets.) 
 
 The 1 fliRD Division comprises the St. Louis Ward, (exclusive of Craig Street), 
 the St. James and St. Mary's Wards. 
 
 CURRENCY TABLE. 
 
 The following are the "CuiTeney" rates of several British coins, disregarding 
 the fractions of cents: 
 
 s. d. $ c. 
 
 Sovereign - - - - - - - 24 a or 4.85 
 
 Half "..-..-. 12 2 or 2.43J 
 
 Crown 6 1 or 1.22 
 
 Half do ....... 3 Oi or 0.61 
 
 Florin ... - * - - - 2 5 or 0.48 
 
 Shilling ■ 1 3 or 0.25 
 
 Sixpence 7i or 0.12J 
 
 Frequently in the comnipn usages of trade, the Crown and Half Crown are 
 received respectively at 6s. and 3s The Sevenpence-half-penny is commonly 
 called a " York Shilling" in consequence of 12 J cents being called a shilling in the 
 United States, and also in contradistinction to a shilling currency. 
 
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 FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Chief Engineer, A. Bertram, cor. Craig and Chenneville sts. ; Assistant 
 Engineer, Wm. Fatten, 312 Lagauchetiere st. 
 
 7, 
 8, 
 9, 
 
 12, 
 
 13. 
 
 14. 
 
 15. 
 
 16. 
 17. 
 18. 
 19. 
 21. 
 23. 
 24. 
 26. 
 26. 
 
 27. 
 28. 
 29. 
 31. 
 
 FIRE ALARM 
 
 Chief Operator 
 
 City Hall and Police Station, Jacques 
 
 Cartier Square. 
 
 Engine House, Dalhousio sq. 
 
 Engine House, Court House sq. 
 
 Corner of St. Gabriel and St. Paul sts. 
 
 Corner of St. Francois Xavier and St. 
 
 Paul sts. 
 
 Corner of St. Francois Xavier and 
 
 Notre D°me Jts. 
 
 Corner of St. Sacrament &■ St. Peter sts. 
 
 Corner of Notre Dame and McGill sts. 
 
 Corner of St. Paul and McGill sts. 
 
 Corner of Queen and Wellington sts. 
 
 Corner of Wellington <fe Dalhou-sie sts. 
 
 Corner of Colborne and Ottawa sts. 
 
 Ccruer of Wellingttn, MeCord and 
 
 Murray sts. 
 
 Mill and Canal Works. 
 
 Grand Trunk Works. 
 
 Corner of St. Gabriel Market. 
 
 Corner of Seigneurs and AViliiam sts. 
 
 Corner of St. Joseph and Canning sts. 
 
 Corner of St. Joseph and Mountain sts. 
 
 Corner of St. Maurice st. and Dupr^ la. 
 
 Police Station, Chaboillez sq. 
 
 Corner of St. Antoinc rnd St. Gene- 
 
 rifive sts. 
 
 Corner of St. Antoine and Cemetery sts. 
 
 Corner of St. Antoine & Mountain sts. 
 
 Corner of St. Antoine and Guy sts. 
 
 Cor. of St. Catherine & Mountain sts. 
 
 TELEGRAPH. 
 
 ,F. 
 
 H. Badger. 
 
 32. Corner of Sherbrooko and Peel sts. 
 
 34. Corner of St. Catherine st. and McGill 
 College av. 
 
 35. Corner of Shorbrooke &. Durocher sts. 
 
 36. Corner of Brunswick «fe Dorchester sta. 
 
 37. Corner of Bearer Hall Hill and Lagau- 
 chetiere sts. 
 
 38. Engine House, St. Catherine st. 
 
 39. Corner of Bleury and Dorchester sts. 
 
 41. Corner of Chenneville and Craig sts. 
 
 42. Corner of St. Urbain k Dorchester sts. 
 43 Corner of St. Urbain and Craig sis. 
 
 45. Corner of St. Lawrence and Lagauche- 
 tidre sts. 
 
 46. Corner of St. Lawrence and St. Cathe- 
 rine sts. 
 
 47. Cor. of Sherbrooke &, St. Lawrence sts. 
 
 48. Guilbault's Gardens k St. Lawrence st. 
 
 49. Engine House, German st. 
 
 51. Cor. of St. Denis &, St. Catherine sts. 
 
 52. Cor. of Sanguinot <& Lagauchetiere sts. 
 
 53. Corner of S^ Denis and Craig sts. 
 
 54. Corner of St. Mary and Wolfe sts. 
 
 56. Corner of Dorchester & St. Andrd sts. 
 
 57. Corner of Visitation and Craig sts. 
 
 58. Corner of Amherst and Ontario sts. 
 
 59. Corner of Panet and St. Catherine sts. 
 
 61. Corner of Papineau Market. 
 
 62. Jail Gate, St. Mary st. 
 
 63. Corner of St. Mary and Dufrosno sti. 
 
 64. Redpath's Sugar Refinery. 
 
 65. Corner FuUum and Ontario ats. 
 
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 TIME AND DISTANCE INDICATOR. 
 
 TRAINS ARE RUN 
 
 Between Portland and Island Pond, by Portland Time. 
 " li'land Pond and Montreal, by Montreal Time. 
 " Riviftie dii Loup " " " " 
 
 Rouse's Point " " " 
 
 " Province Lino " " " 
 
 " Montreal and Toronto, by " " 
 
 " Toronto and Sarnia. by Toronto " 
 
 " Fort Erie and Ooderich, by " " 
 
 " Port Huron and Detroit, by Chicago Time. 
 
 TABLE OF DISTANCES. 
 
 Montreal to Liverpool, England 2750 miles 
 
 " to Kingston, P. 173 " 
 
 " toQuebec, P. Q 180 " 
 
 to Toronto, P. 333 " 
 
 " to Halifax, N. S 815 '• 
 
 " to Rouse's Point, U. S '4 " 
 
 " to Portland, " 292 " 
 
 to Boston, " .....333 " 
 
 " to New York, " 403 " 
 
 " to Cincinnati, " 964 " 
 
 " to Chicago, " 1040 " 
 
 » to St. Louis, " 1346 "