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Les diagrammes suivanto illustrent la m6thode. ata Hure, a : 2X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ^) ^^ ' \ ii&i '7/7-ia'? T^'?. ^^t CITV Thk Capital OF Manitoba. AN1> TDK CDMMERCIAL, RRILWRY & FINANCIAL Metropolis of the Northwest PAST AND PRESENT DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS. THOMFSON & BOYER, Editcrs and Fublishere. Alphabetical Index. I A. tranis, SonaiidCo. (Limited), asjriculturpl '■^''''' iinpleineiits ,„„ Ale\aM(ier, \V. , dr.v Koods, etc '.'.'.'. i n'< AMiei'icaii Alt, (ialit!i-v .... ,-,. AiKlocson. (;. 1)., j^roreries aiidVii/uors 15J \iidi-etts, .\. A. , insurance and connni.ssioii . '. ' ' 144 .\rMi!iti-on^-. Win., hoise-slio-in.^ jr- Vhdmvn, .las. (1., iron and hardvviVo" '. u,', .Anieiiiaii I'linnbinyr Co .. io{ Astin, Naniiiil, niiisical meniiandise i! .'.■.■] ;.'" if)l, liarlior and ( ',, , ||„„,., feed, ete iso lioll, \\ni. ,|,-v (.„„d,sand -onts' funiishin.V;"" n" liini F iv . i,oni„^.^.ists . T" ' Ylt o . HIak.., Harry, forei.^n and domesti,- frnit. . ! . . .' i.Ji r'ZT'i; •': "•' "'"' <"" • ''i^^r-'liaMt tailors , -,-, "'"Sn^"'''':'^'"'""-"'"'*^'""'"'"'^^'"''- Canadian PaHHr Tea'co !' ,H*o CanMitr, M. w.. I,la.ksmitliin«', eto:.'.' win O..T.> hers and Ilroek, insurance, ef « Carriitliers Car Coupler... I ^' -arseaden and INtK". wholesale riothiVeV et," " ' ' Vn arson and (V,wles,l,ut,|,ers... """'" '^' ■ :'l ■i"unh;..''l',;;"- '""''^ i'"'"^'"^ andV,;„,„;i;;i,;n ^j !J ark.nn, \V., mer.h .nt taiVor I.";: y.' ,* ?;f:^v;:rJ;-';;!!;::-^[;;:;:-.-.v.;ant ^ CloiiKher \ ni., Kndish ,1,0,, house -! •-olturt. ,1,1..,,. lothiny an.l tnrni.shin-s u,!: roniedr:;; Vl'■v"^'''■^i"'•""'-^''"^iwuoi•s: "' i^ontcdeiiitioM l,if,. A'soiiation ,n., Conway, .\l,,i,u,tioneeer . ' r ( oond.es, j Al., ,.|otl,ini.- amrfurnishiri, -V mnm,ns:snn,i ,0. groceries, wines etc j , (anada life Assurance (,,... '" ' '^'' 1" r,Mn,h,'.'iMv^'' '■""""i'^-'i''" •■'erihant .■.■;;.■;■.■, i,v» (.nrisrie, .A. 1-'., '.'rocerie.s JC, Clie^ruT and Co., icady-made eiofhi'n.,/ l! ] ; ; :; ]^l J'em'if- I!,l)..).o.,tsa,,dshocs .... ,„- !;; V J, m''','',''';V'"'' '■" • I'""'"''- 'icaiers" ;;:: ■ ■ 4-;, p^^'^:::^l;.;!z::'^:^:z!:--- ■■■■■■ ^ "Mirall, 1. !•'., carriage makinif' : UI "wry. |. I.., K,,,,„.„,„i Hrcvvcn : /:' i-mnninnd Dros, and .Moffat, flnaMHar'>L';.;;tV :' > I 'Mrtin and Co., photos and photo sto'k '..^ . . ; 170 Klliott, John, an,l ,Son, asricultura ,lcn,e„ts 14,, l'arIi.y,Jonn, stoves, tinware, etc ... *»« I I I'lna-an. lameH. p.^nvlsin,,- ,.„,) srah. :;:: l] ]; j,o ^ Kleiny , I ). W, , dr.\ -oods ''\^ IM- zer a^d Co.. <;T'i(er.saMd li(piors ' i«i) f iirner, K, wholesale and retail millinery ...'.' l;{i iMsh, \V, I'., ifcnts' furnishin^is " lo] .'•ilni ' '; ''"• *!"* /,' ^'^''-'Ties, wines and li.iiiors V.iH ■ir^Cstone, C. H.,<«fft.e, si)ice.s, etc is (■irdleHtone. (;. W., insuran t.odcn, J. J., broker, etc {tr, .oldstine. Max, acihc Hotel.... '^ |," .neve, FA , stoves and tinware. . .... . {1', .rnn.ly W R real estate and insurance ..;." iVm Oib.son, C. P., fruits and vcKetables ......"!. [^ WallT^ '•','">■' "'"''"" '""' "*"'»" '^tock 144 arurave. . ( ,. , }f roceries, li,|uor., etc. . -,« arris U. I .. ii.an.ifacturinf,.- jewder. . lo) ine. W 01., taxidermist ... Iz]! ■iinian, W. |.,rliel>alue Stable;;':; \'4 oij-es and Co., ^M'oceries, li.|uors, ylassware' ' Ml' 'id^^son Sumner and Co., wliolerile.lrv .:i o.'i; 1 {« ilolman iros.. meats and v e«etables. . .'. " in HoJer;;^!i^;:.i^r^^''^""'"^^"'""™"— v^ , Iioward.J l'..amUo..dni'<;'tfi;t;;;:. ua Hi,,i an, |,i,., 1->'>'U .Mackenzie and I'owis, whr,le«,!e grocers 18(1 Mackenzie and .Mills, wholesale jrrocer.s 1..,, '■'"IneiS.s^' ^^'^ ''-'''•■"■• "••'--'-•^^^^ Alalher. .lob,, p., .nminissio'n 'men.'li.nt I'jo Mnfthew., «. w., wat.lunakcr an I ■■ .'ik','. ' " ,1 Iff;.- 't,;,:^.'h:;nrl;;;!;i-!---'- - ;";-^rM^;.:';!l!i-:^,!-;;;:--'''-;^i- Jo.W,n. A. (i., boots and shoes. h'J M;;xie'N:;:;:i;;^o:i-' ^--i stationer;:-;::; ]^ M:;i(;;,;^;;;v;^ro:;:^;;;,;;:i:;^':-v..;ok^^^ !;!;; Mnrchiso,., Kenneth, dry uoo,ls . ' ^' \fl\ MniuaiKcsenciMiiHii.ife .Vssociiiiion; ; ; ; ;;;; J^;; '''■';r;l;i,:^'''''"'''^''''--'''-tin.and AicKenzicsiict-ctivc .Uen,'.; ; ;;; ; ; ' ; '-^ d'alcrs...!'' "" '"■"•• '""•^■'■- '""I «rain M' I'lierson, I,. i^ium-Unt'taiioi ;;;;::";;;; J70 Nairn, 8tei)hen, oatmeal mills..,. „. .^ew l>oiii!laH House '''^ >% IN'DEX. 11 New York Life Iiisiiratice L'oiniiaiiy Nicholson, R. .1., iiiici Co., ineivhaiit tailors — Noi)le anil .lohiiston, uioipries and vjrovisions.. North American I-ife Assurance Co Northwestern Coal and Navi;iaticin Co Northwcsrern Planing milli^ O'Hrien, .las., and ( '(>., ni'f is i>f elothintf, etc. . OsoiihrnK'li-e, K., f .irs, hides, etc Piislcy Ho\i8e I'arke'r and lo.. drutfuists I'arkes and Co., dry ^oods . . I'arkin, .1., povnilar ;)hotoj;raiih parlors I'arsonaand Kerniison, wiinlesale stationers... I'aterson and .Mitchell, i)laninK- aills I'auhn an., frnits and coiifeetionery Phil)) and Co. , fruit and conunission Porter and Honald, crockery and irlassware — Preston and Norrls, dry ;;oods Pearson, .Mfred, clothiic,', dry ifoods, etc Hailford, .1. .1., watchmaker and jeweller Ilanisay, .\., and Sun, paints, oiU and „'la.ss . . . l{ed K.'vcr \allcy HrcwhiK Co Kcviae House Kichardson, li. 1>, nifiii;- stationer, etc Ki)herts(in, .las., and Co , wholesale hardware . Uochester, Kd., iiictnre franirr, etc Rosicrs, .las. 11, furrier and hatter Itiiherts, \V.,and Co., tohacciiiu^ts Iioli inon aTid Co., dry ;iiiods Kohin-^on, .). C, wooden and iron iiunips Koss 1» .\., a'ld Co., real estate Kowliotham, >!. .\., and tji., r. al estate Uiissdl, VV. 1) , wtiolesale and retail stationery. Kuttur. .1. I! , auction and conunission Hyan, (leo., carriaue-inakin;;-, etc Hoss, \., incrcliant tailor Kod^fciN, (i: 1. II.. and I'o., dry noods, etc .. .Saiidison, II.. nuirchant tailor fcanfoi-d, W. I'. , and Co.. w'.ioU-^ale dothiicj; . Saunders and Talliot, wali i);,tier, etc Schmidt, .\nilrcw, brass foundry Schneider. T. II., Keilcral Life Asiurance ( o. Scooncs nnd Co., auctioneers, etc Scott and Leslie, furniture dcal'TS Seed and liiick, confectionery and fruit Scvmour House Sniced, Thomas, nijholsterinu Sniitli, T. T., and Co.. hinl.rupt si 'ks, etc .. Smith and Ounlop, mcichriit lallors Snow, .\. <■., and Co., wlioli-.iU' tohaccos Sopcr, . I. 170 lIMI 1«7 14W 1117 Hid 137 YM iri4 1711 1(17 IIS 142 1(17 l.'iO 1!1 W^ 123 I'.XCIE St. Nicholas Hotel l|Jf Siickliim-, li. \V.,draiiw:litin^;, ett: wL Taaffe Bros., clothiint and furnishings 1<>7 Taeey, .1. R., stoics and tinware 147 Taylor, .Mex.. hooks and stationery ^'•'■^ Tei'un seh House J™ Tees, .los., and Co., iiianos, organs, etc low The \iiies-Hcldeii Co., wholesale lioota and shoes }*: The K. and C. Guriiey Co , 8to\es, ranues, etc. . 18;> The -Massev sVi'wx Co., harvesting machinery . 11!) The McClirv .\[aiintactu«-iii« Co., stoves, et^-. . . 175 The Oy^ilvieMillini; Co J*' The (^teen's Hotel }*'' The SinjrerSewInc .Machine Co ji'3 Thomas, K. I.., t,ohaccoiii-'■• Thompson, Codville and to., wholesale grocers Vs^ Thomson, . I., and to., undertakers lij Tiiid.ilc, I!., hacks, hu.sses, etc ]"■> Toplev, .1., manufacturing confectio ler \^-\ Toronto Hide and Wool Co l** Traunweiser, .\1., shavint; parlor i'«' Trotter, .loh", manufactiii-inst jeweler li'l Turner, MaeKeand and Co. , wholesale tf.-oeer.s. 140 I'irlow. \V., hooks and stationery 1°+ Van Mleiiaml .\mir, agricultural implements, &c 107 V'lieber.', L., auctioneer and pawn broker 144 Vipond, McHride and Co.. fruit and produce. . . li-O . Verner, T. H., customs broker 1"'- Wainwriijht. ( \. H. R., < ialt coal 1|.«' Wallace, Jobn, sheet metal and tniware ii i Wanzer, K. M., and Ci , sewiii!.' machines. . . . 124 Wibb, (;eo.,liverv and boardin!'- stable !'•' Weir, C.eor ■e,and Co., I'iothiers.. Wl Weldon P.vos., ■.iio'-eries and provisions l->-- Wells, |. 1... wholesale and retail hardware.... l'-» Werttieim, I. oiiis, cigars and tobaccos HS Weshrook and Kairchild. agricultural imiile- ments P' Wbclan's ll"tcl ;-■' White and Manalian, <'lothliii; j''' Wbitelieiid and Co., druyuists • ■• '■♦ Whltla, R. 1.. and Co.. wholesale dry yoods.. W.\ Wilson, H.,"and Co., triiita, oysters, etc liJJ WINon. R., aiiiciiltur.il implements 1-J"- Wi-^lnrt. v.. fruit- and confectio-ory l'"< Wood, Ceo. 1)., ai d Co.. wholesale hardware . 13» Wood, I. A., wbole-ale llipiorjaiid cijfars 14.5 Wood, M. P... Ihe Woodbine ['J Woods and Co , lumber, brooms, etc l'>.' Wvatt R.. ha'dwaie ami ■^to\es I"'' Weir, I'rxl. eroterlesand provisions j^* WiiUli iiiid Co.. wbolesiil 1 jobbers J"'-; West and Hiik r. furniture and upholsteriiiK . ■ . j^)* Wdlband, (.'., boots and ■allocs [| J Walthew, II. K.. accountant ••• I-'- West, S. K. and Co., ^iic'cr ale and arated waters 1'" ^>,; ■^.' f ^ iP^refatory. In placing this work in llie hands of tlic pul.Iic, tlie f ul.lish^Ts fcfl no Jirsi- tancyin expmssin- tlieassu.vd conviction that no volume lierctofore issued, rehitin- to VVminpeg and its industries contains so great an an.ount of useful, if not indi." pensablc information. The purpose of tins publication is to present reliable and concise intorination con.-erning the City of Winnipeg and the various sections of country tributary to it. For several months a staff of reporters and writers liave been engaged in ol. taining all possible tacts within the con.pa.ss of our design, and giving them a read- able and orderly construction. No small exp,.nse has been entailed in providim^ the illustrations with wluch the work is embellished, a,id no etibrt has been spared to secure such excellence, so far as its mechanical production is concerned, as shall give It an attractive appearaiico to every reader. A careful perusal of this volume on the part of those residing at a distance or unfamiliar witli th<, marvellous pro- gress and the diversity of the resources of Winnipeg is earnestly commended as certain to exc e interest and likely to suggest experimental relations, at least, ha must conduce to the future proHt of all partie." ' ^» < ^rowJh ri r< ' ""TT ^"'""'' '"^"' °'' ^^^P't'^^'^t 'f ^''' ^«'^'d h'-^^'' foreseen tin- giowth 01 Chicago to Its prese..t proportions .' Ffow inestimabl.. that glance in^o tutunty would have been -the presentation of an unlimited opportunity for the ac.uiren.ent of wealth and position '. And it is the very purpose of theseU'es 1 indicate o the thoughtful mind just such an opportunity is was pres. .ted'by'tlm great metropolis a scon- or more of years ago. Herein will be cleaHv defined to the whrch ht"!;7'''r"P'''f ' w^ unoccupied plant, backed by a connnercial development Mhich has already made Winnipeg the metropolis or the Canadian Northwest Herein the capita ist will discover a tield for investn.ent such as no othcrcity o i Ihe ^ast!"'^" "''^ '"'' ^"""""'^" '■ '"'^' '"'^' "■' ^'^''^^'^ '^'^"'^ J'^« P''-"^^"*"' i" To nunierour, friends, for substantial oncouragen.ent and highly v alued assist- "he";etf ?ha 'th'" M "" *'n ""'' ''''^''' ^^^"^^"^''^ "^ appr^cia'tion, and, with -.he belief that their labors will prove lot altogetlier inettectual in co.xlucin- io the general welfare ot tlu- community, tluy subscribe themselves WlXNii'i:(;, Decemlier, IS.^C.. W. T, THOMPSON. K. E. BOVEH. I ^. :^: ^^3'ii*iistries -> of •:• .^ ^^ '^ HISTOBICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE REVIEW. Winnipeg in 1869. 1 Fort Oarrv ; 2, Hudson's J^'^^T^^^'w^'f^-^ ^<^Z^^-t GatV^t H W. O. Fonseoa s store ; 21, t.. 1.. umui.. ■ I.— PAST AND PRESENT. , ATT- • with it^ wonderful growth and marvellous progress, The history of Winnipeg, ^^'^^ its v^oncleri" miraculous that reads like a chapter from some --J^f /«^X,, J^.^rthe city of to-day. Fifteen in the short space of mteen years there has ar^s^nn ^ school-house, no home- years ago no city, no -^^f ' "^^^^ Bay cT^^^^ the native Indians gath- nothingbutasnial postoftheHuclson^my^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ twenty-hve ered to dispose of their f"'-^-*"-^ ^^^ *JXks railways connecting with the At- nullions of business massive me cantileJ>locks, aU y^^^ ^^ the ^United States, lantic and the Pacihc -d st-t^^-S^^; ^;^5 J oportions, elegant school-houses, church edifices of magnificent structure ^"5^ P ^^^j^^ ^i^^tric light, the comforts miles of street railway, the "^ans on and 1 e idenc^ th ^^ .^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ and refinements of the highest ^yP^^nted a progress unsurpassed in the 'istory I WINNIPEG AND VICINITV. inpeg stands alone in her ov.vord niarcli of development. Yet after all when all the faces are considered there is nothing strange in the circumstance that to-day where but a few years ago the savage pitched his wigwam or chased the herds of countless buffalo, there has been built a city of metropolitan proportions. Ex- plorers -: chis western land, wiser than others of their own generation, foresaw the brilliant result, and with wonderful intuition predicted that upon this spot, at the junction of the Red und Assiniboine Rivers, there must of a certainty arise x city into whose lap would be poured the wealth and products of the vast and fertile couiitry stretching to tl. - far western confines of the prairie region. Col Butler in "The Great Lone Land,' wrote : " It is impossible that the wave of life which lolls duceasingly into America can leave unoccupied this great fertile tract The plain through which the Red River flows is fertile beyond description " And again in 18G0, Mr. J. A. Dickenson, in a report to Prof. Hind on his exploration of the va'ley of the Qu'Appelle, said : "As I stoor' upon the summit of the bluff (he had ascended an elevation near Crooked Lake), looking down upon the "litter- ing lake three hundred feet below and across the boundless plains, no livin°thin<- in view no sound of life anywhere, I thought of the tinu- to come when will be seen swiftly passing along the distant horizon the white cloud of the locomotive on the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and when the valley will resound with the n^rry voices of those who have come from the busy citv on the banks r.f the Red Kiver to see the beautiful lakes of the Qu'Appelle." Jhe vision of the ex- plorer has become a reality, and to-day, twenty-six years late^ the iron rails Stretch across the continent over Canadian soil, and through the busy city of Win- nipeg on the banks of the Red River daily trains pass from the coast of the Pacific .mward to the crowd'.'d seaports of the Atlantic, und ere many months have passed the products of this great western country will hence be taken to the shores of Hudson s Lay and there transfern d to vessels bound for the shores of England. In 18G0, standing ,n the StateCapitol ill St. Paul, William H. Seward uttered these words : "I hnd myself for the first time upon the high land in the centre of ir,,'^^"*!^"* ^^^ ^'V^"'^:'^' ''4"i-flistant froni the waters of Hudson's Bay and the -^ -reatest ^vdleatfleldsoftheearth, with a railway system stretchfng to'tho Ette^ and Western oce uis, o the great Northwestern States to the South, and now building o he shores of Hudson ..I ay in the North-here, where not many v..rs heicf mu n?ilS r w^ '^'.^PPy and prosperous homes, that seat of 'government must of necess ty be. A\ innipeg s position is supreme. Tt may please iealous ny-als to deny it, but a glance at the map of the North Am.^rican conthu 1 1, iupled with a thorough knowledge of the great extent and resources of the vast North ratnnoT"^"^'''^''''*^^'°T^"'"'"'"^* convince the unprejudiced mi 1 that no of her place possesses such advantages of position. Sr Lord Lor.e in 1«81 . Lnknown a few years ago, we now see Win.iipe,,r rapidiy liftin- itself to the front rank amongst the commercial centres of the continint. We may ool n vain elsewhere for a situation so favorable and so commanding many as are the fair rejrions of which we can l)oast. There may be some amo.fg you before whose eyes the whole wonderful panoramaof our Provinces has passed ithe ocer-Ii-den island of Prince Edward, the magnificent valleys of St. John and Sussex hfmar velous country, the home of Evangeline, where T31omidon looks dowA on Ihe WlNNIFEd AND VKLNITV. Fundy and over tracts of red soil, richer than the weald of K..:. You ^ja> have ,"n the fortiHed paradise of Quebec ; and Montreal whose prosperity and l,e«.ty are worthy of her great St. Lawrence, and you may have admired the ^^ell wrought and^endid Piovfnce of Ontario and rejoiced at the growth of her capital ana sp'«""' ' ^ nowhere can vou Hnd a situ at on who>.o natural advantages X^ :'so -at rfltu^^^^ seems ensured to Manitoba and Winnipeg, Ihe Helrt City of our Dominion. " Years ago Mr. Lindsay Russell, Purveyor olerarof the Dominion, exclaimed : "Winnipeg is situated advantageously as a raUroad and commercial Centre. It has before it as a city a great future. It will be the en repot of one of the largest food-producing areas in the woHd And the Hon BR Langdon, of Minnesota, remarked". "In my opinion Winnipeg nmsc 1 e to the Canadian Northwest what Chicago is to the United States Nor hwest You have competition both by rail and svater, in the centre of the mining district, and attlfe "Xway of the wheat-tield, and in fact the half-way house across the andatUie^dte ay g„u said • " Winnipeg is bound to be one of the largest eulS^ this ZL^^l T.ot see anyfhhig within, 500 miles of tliis plac. whid- can compete with it as a commercial centre. I oeheve that Winnipeg will A Kkd Rivkh Dwki.i.imi. always l.e the larwst city in the. Northwest." These liave been the preilictions of n Inv 1 tin'mE men who have visited the eity, and how eoriect were the.r e « Lt'rof" he future the record to day sliows. Wimupeg has go".e "l«»'l J'*J '^!;: unprecedented in tl e history of cities in ""--'' "V'^t^^rtLul/vea" Sys t w':',d Wve had to . u.lify his assertion if he had -™ J'»7g^, »^ J"'„^ evistence in two vears.' " It is sulticient to say, ol.aerved Rev. Dr. Ooclirane, ot i at "daCa visit to tl,is city, "that it is certainly the -^^.^ ."^^'J- «™'™; „„t No American citv can present such a rapid develo..nient. W iitw; two years To Ar°WshorTac,e!tl,a,> whonino man in the country Loth l.y nrtueofhis long rfsidel'c e r^ »"■«"» of observation is better .lualitied to speak, n.ade tlus ; VeS n ' 'BLin. the proRres, of the ne,t ten years on tUt of the P-t dc ad ', prophesy that at Ohristnjas, 1B»2 we shal ^;^Z^:£TS^::fS: Zn;': 1 "fgr/d°wHh!le\Sy . There wm be ten '^^l^- --J^« Ked and issiniboine ni^^^' '^^-'^:^:i:Sj^ r^^ railways and dotted With Nvurenoii^cs. •* i-^a ^-'' 8 WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. facturitig, railway and distributing centre. The banks of the rivers and adjoining bluffs above the Broadway bridge will be covered with villas. It will be the centre of the collegiate and educational life of the whole Northwest. All the leading de- nominations will be worshipping in $100,000 sanctuaries. There will be a railway m operation from ocean to ocean of which Winnipeg will be the half-way station with a network of branches to t? Saskatchewan, Peace River, Hudson's Bay' Prince Albert, Edmonton and Battleford : and it ig my belief that at that Christ- mas you will see being completed, if not in actual operation, a second tr«-3oonti- nental railway, a great competing line with the Canadian Pacific. To the east and north will be great mining, milling, manufacturing and lumbering enterprises- on the west will be boundless fields of golden grain, with immense grazing plains under the shade of the Rockies." At no period has the future of this city been so bright V ith promise as now. All things conspire to maintain and enlanre the present commercial and manufacturing supremacy of the city and add to its busi- ness and wealth until it shall have few equals on this continent. The depression which was the natural sequence of the real estate " boom " of 1882 has passed away,and our business houses rest on a solid and substantial footing. Providence has bestowed upon us a bountiful liarvest of golden grain, and the whole country about us IS being hlled up and cultivated by an intelligent and industrious population In thid work it is the endeavor to place before the world the story of the past pro- gress of Winnipeg and to present facts and figures to show the opportunities now oflered by \\ mnipeg to all persons who desire to take advantage of the phenomen- al growth of the city and the wonderful development of the Canadian Northwest ^>t.?>Hff5*: II. -THE FUR TRADERS. The Jesuit Fathers Charles Baumbault and Isaac Jaques visited Lake Superior in 1G41, but the first tr ler who is known to have erected his log hut at the mouth of ivauunisti.iu.a, Ma. Daniel (ireysolon Du Luth, who left Quebec in Septem,erl67>s, to explore the country of the Dacotahs and the Assii.boines. In b31 M. Verandrye started out to establish a route to connect Canada and Louisiana with the sea-board of the Pacific, and though he never travelled fa. west himself, som^ of Ins peoi.le penetrated westward from Lake Superior and finally reached the Rocky .Alountains. They followed the course of the River Winnipeg and aresairl to have established several trading posts, among them being Fort Rouge! situated m the angle fo-n.ed by the Red and Assinibofne Rivers. After tluM, ^v^?. 1 '.f 7'',T''°' ' .'°7°^J, „„e established by them at vari- time in the Red .liver .ountry. rraduis posts were , „„s points, and ann,ng ^^^^ZSl;^.^l^2^oT:^r.S^^^'^\^r.^, though cumstance that led to the ^i-ospqueut farmed The Indians sti retained n.any years elapsed before any -ttle.nent wa, or„.ed. J^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ possession of the ^«"" Y'J^^^^^^^'-^b Jcompany whose officials were the only scattered the posts of the Hudson st>ay ^oi np ^ ^ ^ j ^he Kainini«- hes in the Red Ruer V allev a" ily/;'' ''',; f' ' '^j,*", "' 1817 Crd Selkirk nan.ed the Hudson's liay (Jon.pany, »'''l\"«''y.°''.f '''?„,,,,'(„ M^ day, and took forma) hi, eolony Kihlonan, a name ^hul. the ,<•■;"'='; ,»'^,^'V/'^,. 3 troops, arrested leave of the eonntry, having with the a,d ot a ml ^ " »' ' ,™ ,;„j,f ^ ;„ the N„rthwe*,n ^'"V^'^^.^^i^t:":^::^^^^^^^ of the Assini- people. Meantime, , > IML, *°''.^"7„Tniver and within a short distance from hoine River near ■tsjunctn.n with ''"l """,'" ",°™ „. Verandryo hod erected t,,„sp„t where "--^IjVTe'nltolt w^o'tal Wn ill Z of the u,»til tins day. Ihe '^^^t'*!" \\J^,V,,' "',^'7^, ...th,.,- courageous on their part, opposition ^«t'-' ;:;^-'; :^^::^3 i" tlu- .«.npany's power when It is reoollectcd to \snat an t Mnm ^ j trade bv virtue of ^BHili^t itr^irtinShrmv^rllJr^rlL opened and 10 WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. goods sold to the Indians and settlers. All the traiEc of the surrounding district centered at Fort Gibraltar, while Fort Douglas continued to be the residence of the Colonial Governor and the seat of government. The Swiss settlers, who several years before had been brought to the Red River l)y agents of Lord Selkirk, in 1821 settled among the De Meurons on the Seine River. Refugees who arrived from Pembina squatted down near the Swiss, while the Scotcli people occupied what is now divided into the parishes of St. John and Kildonan. Protestants arriving in the settlements extended along the Red River and occupied the parishes of St. •>hOI»;_^^j%)H|i \\ INMl'K(i I'osT Orhici',, KUKrTi;ii, I.S,S(i, Pauls and St. Andrews, Tiie sPrtson of 1820 was most calamitous to the co'ony. Th«« winter had been severe and cliaractcri/.od by cxtraonlinarily heavy falls of siiow as a lule, the snow-^'all in Manitolia is very light and in the spring a ter rible Hood occurred, which is said to have literally changed the valley of the Red River into a hu-ie lake. The Swiss and the l)c Mninms left the country and settled down, after considerable wandering, on the Ipper .Missis.sipjii. The Scotch and French (.'anadians, however, were made of betti^r stuli; and were not easily isheartened. 'I'hey were not to be terrilied out of such a fertil-' country by ccidenttti »'vents, and resolved to remain at Red River. w INNIPEG AND VICINITY. 11 Til -FIGHTING FOR FREE TRADE. aovernor Si.pson was at t^j^ ^ at tl. h^<;J^^- ^ J ^ ^^S turbulence of the French ^al^breeds made h m desm> ^^ ^^^^.^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ from theiriinmediatevicmiy, and accoidm^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ Low,, twenty miles farther north on the ^f (IJ ;''^' ^p^rchased the colony from the Fort Garry. In 1835 the Hudson s Bay Oompanj pur ^j^, ^j^^j^ wt of L Earl of Selkirk ^-|| /j^^;;^*^^ l^'f JeVwt the^ country should be concentrated ^^^'^ .^f^j'^^^^g for the government of the Geo. Hbnpson as president and Pjyi-d a se ^^ -urv was empanelled in Assiniboia. colony. On the 28th of April 1^; fj f « ^ ^^ ^ ^,,a sentenced to be publicly Louis St. Denis was arra,,ned tor tl.efc, found uUty ^^ ^ ^^.^^ ^^^ whipped. A large crowd had gathered attiaa^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ floggcr, who It was ordered that the sentence ^>« ^^^.^ "he multi ude who viewed with indigi.a- was a German, appeared ^^'^-^:;^'Z^r^T^s tail, stripped naked and tion the unusual spectacle of a ^^1"<^« ™*" "f" , ^^p Ho"-er, others followed suit, flogged. One of them threw ^/l"*^ °:,.«^^"::^f . g^^^^^^^ ''Stone him ! stone and the whole crowd began to caU out Boneau ^ ^^^^ea^ ^^,,^^,^ j^^ f,u into a Hi,,:' The terriHedT>uton Hed ^^I^J . ';.^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Communication with tne L m ed ^^^-.-^X," cross the line. In Minnesota, between their position ^'''\^^f,''l^J^^^^^ it was no crime to trade .hey learmnl from those -ho had v.sit.d -^ count y,^^_^^^ ^^^^ ^^.^.^^^ .^^ ^,^.^,,^ for furs with die Indians. I he contra .was so yj^^dson's Bay Company to they were placed by *»»" assumption oii^te^art of J.^^^ ^^ ^^,^7.^^^^ the exclusive trade m furs tha /^ f^'' "^;^/the Hudson's Bay orticials in Fort particularly, the Frencli Metis of ^"^_ ^ay and e ^j^^^^^^ ^^^^.^^^ ^^^ < ;arry. Tins claim was enforce 1 n -" " ^ '^"^^ "j;^^.,^ ,,, Uie 1 ludson's Bay Com- incn.asedl.ytl.eappo.ntnumtot Di lo^^^ Matters came pany, while he was given all tlu. powers ^^ : ^^ ^ y^^^^.u half-breed, and lo a clim.x when, in the ^l^^^^V^rJiinV furs Sayre was placed on trial three other M.-Us --^;-:-^;: J^ ^1 ^'nuhn^ilth^ he wer^convicted tliey before Judge Ihom. I le ^^' ,*^'.;'^'\,.j ,,^,.,. aue notice of their intention. On would rescue hin, trom ^''^'^"'^7.^, i:',.^ ll ^^a d ar.d surrounded the court house, the .lay of the trial tli.y collecte.l •"^,'^ "'''^^ '^^^ ' "^ o a^ but they clearly They acted in the most orderly ''''^"^^^,^ j,.^*^,; ^^^^ ^ of the Uial. Sayre con- i„timate H wl broken into, and Corbett was imurisonment. On th,. JOth ot Apiii tn. .piii .. „, ^er "f the mob. S:"rd. ..»u„» Hl,.w.rt . »'1''";1"'"*'' :-",r,'t m;,Sl tor tlu. vi.it .f 1,1,1 i^i a f''« -« comn.ittel l,,l by the.n i..toacts wh.ch leftto thunsclycs. U^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^.^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ .^ The colony hud Ixcn m thn .w-t pu-^ — - ;' " .■ , . ^ioii The latter company »,a.k to the Hudso,.-s liay Company for a -^^f ;« '^,^^ J^^^^ {, u.e r)o..,inio.. of were now proposing to sell th.nr r.ght 'J'^l ^ le to «^^^^^t ui^tory ^^ Canada. This transfer was being made without tlio vitws oi t. p t^ i w itse wh WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 13 Sson-rtf SIP^ official U^^IJ^^^ ^^d wl". eTr; no etlort to allay ii;. y' ^"= o„a;ncr thp wav ii which they and condemn these people for making a P™t«st '^g'^V^^^ ff ^"^^ ^j ^ ^^^^e allowed no their families and lands were being "bought ^"^^f^^^j/^j^'J'^S of R'el and his .r r.:''^ZX'Z' ,XrW hre S,er t; take po-»sion of Fo.t '"''^X Hudso^'rUay Co„,pany\ officials, ,tra„g. to say, took no Pvecaut,o^ ', tlK liuason i,u».y ._^v.„J t3;„i ..,;fU 100 mpn entered the open gates and IS flirry, «„■ Hudson's bay ^"^JV^; "|''"»;"4''^i;'*;e,;"e,:t»^^^ opm, gatos and whatsoever, and o„ ^ovembcr 2, rd I*-''''"™' "" ™j'' ^,i,t„nce from Governor eaptured *= for, n.eetmg w, U^^^^^^^^^^ ^[^'.r^rtituted for the shot- ^'S.h Serf force carried Meantime the Canadians in Wiim ipes to the sr'S ^b'o'nt X -..;";«> ■" >^%f ti;:e^cr.;.x::,t'e ntc t yards fro,n tin, for, to protect ti.^^^^^^^^^ vva» stored there. They were '"'""^™ "' j , . ^ promise tliat when they redueed to starvation were ndueed *» ^■■;™'^ ,' ^ ° P™ j ,„ ,,,t„,„ t„ their 'r'"' Tir. ';:;l""i:o: V r i:? ^Zr^i tty Lre a,l in,pris„„ed in the ";;""";' n:; "» ill'l' . d to > .lh*\l' Xnifotrwa-s afterwards added^ At " ? ;,t W iTo'l onochne, t.-easurer ; Lepine, adjotant-geuera ; A. C. B. ■ president. NV . IS. " """"""i •,,,, .,,|L „.^jo have hcen handed over to the Bannatyne, P»f*'""'"-i7'"f.„,/t„t i[r°io'^e n „e°,t declined to accept it while Uon.inion on December Ist, \bU, l.ut tlie "o" ""■ vi„„r.({eneral Thihault, in a state of revolt. , A f''-' ^I^T'^^J:^^^^'^'^^ ^i"'^""''' »'? Uol. \)eSalaberry anu Mo n. W. A, ''"'™' "'' '.' °'''' ,, attempt to sec ire a settle- ^^"'TroniE'lt;' ' Xrir'^Sm t' ■: r,^v:l"a c"„nven?ion of Knglish and ■;;;:; cl/d.„a.rth^ parishes was held on M.»-y ^■"•. "^J r,i?l"„i'ri«l,t; was ^n.f.«l ' ml at^he^ notation o M. .nntM.e. .«. l^liot. !lde,{, "na Kiel was a^uin chosen P-ident. 1,, the '^^J' lLttol^'^.l had nnnle hi. '-T-'^'S'on n'"'^; Tpa " om Port^ la Pr.irie, and a :-."-t.. 'f!:^^-:::i:^z::z:^:^'ii!:^A^ '-- when « partj fot;Stt;s.T,!ii:;:i=^^'oHs;;^ I 14 WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. wpon Major Boulton who undoubtedly would have been shot, but for the inter- «ession ot Hon. D. A. Smith, who, to save Boulton's life, a-reed with Riel to use Mis influence with the English speaking population to induce them to elect dele- It was decided that Dr. Schultz should proceed to Canada, gates to the council. , 1 . . 1 , . , — -— ..^^v v..«,u j^i. H1.UU11./. auuuiu inoceea lo LJanadi ThJl% I ?'\!f ^T^ ^'7? '^^•«'-'^"^l. '^"d after many liardships reached Duluth. T ere he heard of the horrible murder of Thomas Scott by Kiel's orders. Mean- !nd nt a" - '^A f-r, f " -'^'■^' °^ '^"^""'■>' ^^'^'^ f"^"'^"^' transferred to Canada, Mlitnh„.l" u ?7f appointed the tirsl governor of the Province of Manitoba which was created therefrom. A united force of English and Canadian so.diers under comn.and of General Wolseley, was despatched via ThundTC oiZr if "/'"'"'!' ''"f T 'i" f''^' '^ '^"g"^* --hed Fort (larry which they rpartue" "'^ ^'^7*^^'- I^-' «»d his force having suddenly taken thei^r droops, rims was the rebellion crushed without a shot bein^ fired. tnany ini in his lai toba and of whicl: acre ; b :34th of v.— MANH'OBA. The Northwest Territory, in which Manitoba was tlien included wns ac.uired from the Hudson s Bay Co. and added to the DonHnion o Sd^ n 1^70 A crsTnZi f;o m^'l-n'^ "^"^ '' ''^'"''^^^ which ;::?w;ppii^ tLLll T '*i '"^ "^'""''' ^^'"^^ bestowed upon it. Manitoba in the Tnchan language, means "The voice of the Groat Spirit," and the lake was o ealJed by the Ind.ans, ,t s said, from the fact that at a certain pa t ot wlat is known as the ''narrows ' of the lake the rushing of the water p^ro luces TsoL OU touT 'TTrfy f^ ^y *»-» to be -rhe voiceofthe(WSp • ' M:niti:r'^,rs;:'?,:-,:^;-T^^ «^ -i'-,-- of\he ci;;" ^tj!;; or loatn, restin- on a .hen mul I, V '', " '■'"''• ''*""P' ^'^^'"^^ "'"»''' thee plus duce: supp sible of tl appr iudti WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 15 „,a„y instano. 40 bushels. Beferri„« to tH;-^JectU»it.j, States Consu' Tayjor of which 70 per cent, produced wheat. Ihe crop was neavy, luu w- acrr bu reduced 10 per ceat in volume and depreciated m value by frost on the acre, „^^".t ' ^^'r y^^timating the population .,1 300,000, including Indians, and :>4th of August .■:ii;,ii!ii,is:;:;,ji|,|^^ the con.un.ption for f.>d ^ -S^^MrllSSbT!:^ Tl^^J^"^^ ^ plus for exportation o ^-^^ ^^ "^J '1%^'^;^, "^^ foreign deu.and for barley exists, ducer at GO cents per busM o ^-""^'f \,;\ ,,,,-,1,,,,, will encourage a sen- supplied to a hnuted e.>.t enl >> the crop ..^^j^^tion i.i .."antity and le extension ^jts cul ivat.on in 1 88^;^^ J lie ^lua _^^^ ^^J ^^^^ j^duced .nuoh of the whea. 'YV 'n .m/l7ut" the best opinion is that the red Fy£e variety- E^Se r^t^le^Xlir.^ No. 1 iitoba hard -can be placed beyond u WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. SryroMtowl '7 7)T' '""r^Y^ ''\'^'' ^"" (P^^^^^'^ ^y «°-"^g i» the last varieties." ^' "'^'^"''^ acclimitization of the softer and earlier probal^; l?fmm "^uT" " ]f^' T"u1 ""'^ ^^" ^^"'^ ^^'000, and is now LtiZurt f ' ^ . ^^°"'' °^the healthiest countries in the world bfinff entuely free from malaria, and is a most pleasant place to live in. Its southern boundary is a little to the south of the parallel of Paris, or on a line wZ t ,p southern portions of Germany, and in the summer seaso^ the weather Is as warn TrZlT Tf^'^'r'^'']' the winter weather is clear and bracinJ It iTas a grea future before It, and the northward movement of industry wHl speedilv fin the land with happy and prosperous homes. ^ speedily fill ''The world's nnarch of Commerce and Science and Skill In errands of blessing, their work to fulfil, Move in the same course— northwesterly still." "~-^ii^*'^^i^^^' VI.— RISE OF WINNIPEG -W7- • „ , '. ."^ i-'ie uien small vilJa^'e of WinniDec' Fmni 'iT^,, v advantage over them in securincr tbp Lu7-' ^"''-l^^f ^'^ ^^y Co. would have an as close to Fort GarJy LToss ble A^. ' m,mediately deternuned to build stores quickly followed ly^Krs AG BtT ^"^''T^ 1^^ the way and was Oingras, Henry M^KeX WmDrev;Tr^s', ' ?''V^^'«»i|-' W. H. Lyon. Donaldson, r^>att.rso*i,''bnis"wI'p,''w:^^^ ^^Tt^t ""■ 'i Alex. Beo'ir. Thes(> nipn +i,..,.«f^„ i ^^ , ron^eca, tu. L. Barber and al founde'-rLf W Snip::' .''"t, e^^^^^ -^ in trade, were the origin that time enga-^ed in tr^de tVT^- '^"tliority onu.nerates the business houses at business within tL".a,f of FrrrGa;r'\"x"fl'\^^^ ''^•- P^T"^'"= ''^'^ hrm of Bannatyne & Begg, who carr^d nn „ "•' importance was the Then there was John Hi.§;s who n^r f S«n<--ml outfitting establishment. over the spot afterward^CV^dS^tlfT'/'''''^'"^^^^ .^^^P^"^'^^ his sign Young 4 Jackson. He wasTerwari in n 7 ''.'"" ^^^.^^''^'^hment of Higgins, firm was dissolved in IHCrand each te e^'S 7 "''' ''' l'' ^>-«"' '-t%he Mr. Lyon afterwards erected a suTs an n« T""'' °"" '"' «^» ^^^'O""*' block now stands, and in wiVh tm^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ corner where Caldwell's tising his profession for many years ..radu i K 1 ■ \ A ■ ,r '^'''"'*'' ^^t^'' P'"'^^" merce. H. S. Donaldson, one^oT iC^^jir of v'l^,'"^^^ *° ^°'"- tioneryaiidI.ookHtor(. in which ir.rrrfir;'"'^"'**''^^^^^ '^^^P* "* «ta- the country for the purposl of tradin 'T, f.n.''''''Prr " ^^"'^'- ^^''^'^on came to wards erected some o^f the best buH Ls i^^ ^''"^' \>r"''^'' ^*^ ^'^^'^ '^ft^r- Fo""-- nbrfh -,--~ f ,1, i>u"il"igs in Winnipeg. E. L linrl.o. „.,-i \xt n, WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 17 IS now .hat several years ago was known ^^;ilZ'%TZi:^^^^^^ the most original characters °^t\^ ^^^^ ^^^d^l^°•dedTnWinnipeg with a barrel of came to this country on "spec, and '^J^ f « ^^^^^^^^ Thotelin one of McDer- could boaat of « --' host*y and ta.^^^^^^^^^ itouL nroccupied by the stands to-day^ Wm. f "" '^^^''j' ^'J^i"^ in Wiunipe.' shortly before the re- I^SS st^i-a i=:^^-ff Sshop in^ roo™ jAh. bu„di^ no. oppps^ - "^sSfc^^S^^f t brid .^'^ „„t one Woser, a t™""* j' ''i„twri 'hi though not one of the first pioneers, following year o^^^er uuuain ^ r .y^ninff a general store at their enterprise. W. G. Fonseca was at this time running a general store at iiiBir (Tii'^vm^w^.^. • «.„ „:ii„„a Afr Fnnseca it might be remarked, ' llthooosSL rndsoc^reatwas the demand for the first consignment that well '^^/^^^^I^'' ."^Xn and a common glass lamp at the same figures and the '" nW was no sufficTeat o meet the demand"? He had some difficulty m mtroduc- supply r;"°ii"*"a7the ladies looked on then, with suspicion and as a question- '"l^ nvPl?v anTcoud hardly be persuaded to wear them. Winnipeg during the able "«^^'7;,^r Hudsou's B^^^^ Company's sway is thus described. In the vicinity ^^/l^?r.^ tip tow of Winnipe-r had grown to some dimensions containing as of Fort Ciarry, the tow, ^^ ^^Pg-/^^^^^ ^.„^^^ ,^,re stores, two saloons, two oon.fort and prosperity. Previous to 18, ' ™ 37" jii„ ,^^^^^ jo Fort Garry, to cart their soods over the prame '^gf p^loud '" *nnesota, t ^^^^^^ ^^^ J, t"VoXC R ver To' run b" ten MooAeadTnd Winnipeg. This was the ltT;.;rf^^7::.S'for.a.e^^^^^^^ plying to and tron, WuHupeg In|. ^Vj^™ J„ 1^^^^ ,^j, J ,i„^ ;!i:i:gn,:iS;iii7:f:^'^Kj.a.^^^^^^ ?;:;,-;iTr irr I'lu^rW-o;^^^^^^^^^^^^ C :L 'dLU,tinued and . post.! i;Sr TStaUildttwr Winnipeg and the east, when Lieut..«ov.r„or 18 WfNMPEG AND VICINITY. ArdnbaJd sent a telegram to Lord Lisgar, then Governor-Genera], conffratulatino- hun on the event. On March 15th of the san.e year, the first meeting of the Local Parliament occurred. This wa« a prosperous year for Winnipeg and witnessed th.* institution of many nmv places of business. The first barber opened hh establish- ment in February. Ihe first Customs broker was .Samuel Fowler, while A K Gerald and Henry Cotu were the first butchers. The pioneer livery stable was started m May, 1871, by Mr William Harvey, who has recently 'resumed the business. The hrst baker, John Hackett, made his appearance in the same year A brick-yard was started by a Mr. Spice close to the main road (now Main street)' a little north of the City Hall. The Hrs. .saddle and haine.ss.,„aker was Robert Sta ker, who shortly afterwards went to Headingly and was succeeded by Archi- bald Wright, who continues the business to this day. On October 31st 1871 a new school was started at Point Douglas, and our first real live schoolmaster r'i ■ if"' f" P'^rf*! ''f"'^' '"''' '^""'^'^ ^'y Alexander McMicken and until the Merchants bank established a branch here did a profitable business Bishop CkNTKAL I'rui.ic SciKKil., WlNM|.K(i. City o Whnli^ '"It: ," *'■'* ""'■'"'" "' """■'"■ "■« ">0OTo.atio„ of tl,» nientand when the bill was vetLuf^AT ^) °a \\ ^•'Ouncil added an amend- WINSIPEO AND VK'INITY. 19 .)7fV, nf Tanuarv 1873 Winnipeg witnessed for the last time within its hnuts the •27^h of January j^'.:^' Jj "^^ ^^J ^ oqq Indians assembled at Point Douglas celebration of an Indian clog teast, wnen - occurred on Decem- and indulged in the delicacy of ^^^''i^g. J^J ^d n^ were burned to the Kot. 'Xy-A nf thp same year, when the rarliameni; i^uiiuiuj,-. "^^ ™„i d L sVr h/Dominio„ elections being near at band, a "'"^-S was calledt. r„oi:«ve delegates fron, the city to attend a Rf rn, ^nvent. . ^ J^-. ^uxto. «a. chairman and J. R. Oa;»«™.^'«»'"Vjbtdea» \V°F. Luxton, A. E Wil- ZZIXei fron, two Indian «o,d, oni. ...y-.T-j " ^^'^ "f-„ i''?,rh''we° ^:^ra«;tt:e^^^^^^^^^ lowinc figures showing the prices of lots in 18(1, !»' - ana lo/ + v ^ of the advance whichliad taken place in the value of city property :- ' itt-i 1872 1874. Estate. '«"; .^,,,km)'(M) *2 (MM) (K) H. B. Company *7(HMJ , , ^^^^ ^^^ ^,^,^ ,^^ McDermott ' I " j,^) „„ 400 00 Raimatyne '.'^^ ^^ ,„„ „„ ..).-,( ) (M) ^i>^i-iy -.(wu) ](»() (K) .VH) 00 Schultz _ '" .2.-, ,M) .-.(> (M) Magnus Brown i" ^^^ -- „„ :v,(KM) Ro'is ,„i„, 2 planing nnll. i'br^k.y-ds e^. In ,^',^.;^;,, ''^'^tlSent^^owed tiio vanu ui T F 1 J The total uopulation assessed "as estimated at J.U.ll, „,g a total of S-!,609 n J. "^"""'J^; „,„„,,„,. „f inhabitants was over 6,000- ;:™Xs?St;;r;:nsrittirin IfOO there .ere hard^, 100 ^^ple .n te;rS,000;-t nt^er, sfr,, *e .lnanco^on,n,itte.s report showe *e, following disburscnent, to have ^-^,.7''- ../f^s ^.fs ^.l^S . grading streets, M8,283 ; market "''y ^all, etc *28,3, openn^ st , . , ^ ,^^^^^^^^ .^ 1 20 WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. tion when built was the finest riiill anywhere west of St. Paul, havina a capacity of 1,350 busliels each twenty-four hours, which was considered pretty fjood for a young place like Winnipeg. McMillan it Bassett's mill at the foot of Post Office street, originally l^egun with two run of stoves, was also running. Tlie first ship- ment of wiieat from Manitoba was made on the 21st of October by Higgins»t Young to Steele tk Bros., of Toronto, a )d consisted of 8.")7 bushels, which was sold in Ontario for seed purposes at $'l. 50 per bushel. To give some idea of the trade of the Northwest at that period one small order to Mr. J. H. Ashdown in March, 1876, may be mentioned. It consisted of .3,500 tin pails, 1,800 round pans, 1,500 oval jmns, 1,800 pint cups, 1,500 half-pint cups and 400 tea-pots. In the early part of 1876 there were 5,52:.' inhabitants in the city. The value of real property was $2,214,206 ; persona! property, $822,802, making a total of .*.'?,037,008, or nearly half a million increase in one year. As ai evidence of the value of city property in that year, it i.s stated that a cash offer of $3,000 was made for a small lot next to Dr. Bird's on Main street and refused. In 1877 the value of imports from the United States into Manitoba was 1802,400, and the exports, chiefly furs, amounted to $794,868, thf one nearly bal- ancing the oihtr. Some idea of the extent of the milling operations of that period is gained from the fact that Macaulay S: Jarvis in 1877 brought trom Red Lake, Minnesota, four and a half million feet of white pine logs and thirty carloads of seasoned timber. Up to May 24th in that year there were 77 arrivals r' flat boats, bringing in 1,327 tons of freight since the opening of navigation. The first ship- >nent of Manitoba wlieac, direct from Winnipeg to Europe, was made on October 17th, the consignors being R. Gerrie & Co., and the consiguees Barclay ik Brand, Glasgow, Scotland. The rapid strides that the place was taking towards becoming a city were evidenced by the fact that about eighty buildings of various descrip- tions were erected and completed, costing over $250,000, while there were many others in course of construction— certainly not a bad exhibit for a city not even in its 'seens. During this year the nir.tter of railway connection with the outside world seriously engaged the attention of the citizens, many of whom had grown weary of the repeated delays in the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway from Lake Superior (while at the same time the Government were proposing to adopt the northern route, leaving Winnipeg out in ihe cold), and they looked southward for a connection with the St Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway which then extended as far north as Crookston, Minn., within ninety miles of the international boundary line. Nunrerous meetings were held and petitions were sent to the Govei-iiment ui-ging the construction of a road from Winnipeg to Pem- bina, which was the objective point of the St. Paul & Manitoba road. In Febru- ary, the (J^tizens at a mass meeting passed a resolution binding the citv subsidy of $200,000 to any company who would build a road, while at the same time petitions were prepared, asking the Guvcfmnenl to give a land grant to aid in the construction. These efforts were rewjird.d. \n the Gove r.a.t-nt undertakinc' the construction of the Pembina branch, ;iuc. on, Stpcembci 29th the first spike was driven by Lord and Lady Dutieriir who were on a visit to the Northwest. The work of construction went rapidly forward, and the people of Winnipeg re- joiced that at last they were to obtain the longdesir-ed boon of railway transporta- The road was completed in the following year-, the last spike being driven December 3rd. With this culminating act, so lai-gely typical of our western progress, a new era was entered upon. During 1878 building operation.s, owin^ to high price of lumber, wer'e lets than they would otherwise have been but despite these advei-se circumstances amounted to $200,000 The population of the city was then over 6,;)00, and the value of property - sessed over thr-ee milIion.s. In f "s year a number of mer-chants engaged extensively in buying wheat, and Me.s.srs Ogilvie »k Co., of Montreal, made their first appearance' in the country oflmn'^ 60 cts. cash for No. 1 clean wheat. In the course of an addr-ess in Montreal in tion on WlN.'JIPEr! AND VICINITY. 21 In 1866 it was nothing 1878, the Bishop of Saskatchewun said of Wmn peg . ^ ;^ -j^'^^'winnipeg was ,noro than a backwoods village, containing about 200 ««"lers. JNow ^ p , a oity of ov.r (i.OOO iTihabiiants. In the tirst seven years of its ^^/f ^"««' /^^^^^^ from 1870, it had increa3ed more In its population than had the city of Chicago lu the first ten years of its existence." -:>t.?»>^5<- VII.— THE BOOM PERIOD. The great in.petus which railway commuiucation gY^^^l^Tthe fiTst attended b^ a rapid increase in the population. Early m April, 18-9, the hr t bS of innnlrants of the season arrived, and the eastern hegira set in. Nume,- ofs par ie of Inunigrants arrived, following closely upon each f her s heels and an adve^'t of strangers, heretofore unprecedented in tne annals of the countrv Astonished the old re'sidents with its overwhe ining rusL go-^nim nte nrrioulturists fiom 200 to HOO strong, were landed at St. bonitace clay < "^r c '^' of Ontario uml the other eastern provinces were abo Jt to pull up stakes a a renio% to the "reat Northwest, while crowds poured into tlie country f™" ."■". ^ " '"' Sates S Europe Eastern merchants also turned their eyes m this direction, !,rpe,'rivin"",e favorahle location of the city many settled here in *» fP™ 8, t'uiress institutions of all kinds sprung up duriuR the y.^r by hundreds, am the price of city property --'"?-* trrelin^Touses nulered aCt gress vas ue n^, u u ^^^pasin-^ fow and new business houses multiplied :i;rritr:f b y;y.raf„. vt°z ;- ;rr -e^- :? labor and .Material could be procured, ^^'^^y "^ JJ^ [g'S^nd i, j^^e the popu- was fixed, the value of property -« P^^^^^f f.^Jf ^jt^^^^ portions of in+inn WT5 estimated to have increased to 1J,UUU. ^^apitai iioiu «ii ^w T:J:^ I^Xces and C^eat B^^ain^ seeing in v..^^^^^ 7TZ:f:^^::^:^^^^^^^-^^^ houses, Uii.e chart^ed ba,l l>ra::ches two private banks, and numerous industrial institutions which gave^upW-^^^^^^^^ of Winnipeg were of the brightest \V itli *''VT °f.„pHon of the Canadian Pacific Railway was assured, the description, xhe c<-'-^tiuction ot the ^-"'^« a=se.ssment was completed it rush of immigration wa:; continued, and ^^n*^" '^"*' ^"™' „ , o.. ,or/„„,i .Ug ^as found, hat the value of ,^-^.^0" L^" ^l:^! !''!lof -"'The Jit P°P" mrn"' "'S p :r; ' Zcai'tlll instlStLs were rapidly increasing in 1 , a ol slS lished houses were extending their dimensions until at the -:lri^s\^i;':-ho;: ate trade ^srepre^ted by ^ ed in magnitude north or l^''^f^J^^ZnLrltAo«>ati..cor,Um^^^ branch was represented by » W" ™"'=«™ ""-I^ „„„,,,„ „„j dimensions, the ]^Xt^!S:^:^°orZ^^^-:'^^'^o.r^., mill this side of Minnea- ?* 22 WINNIPEG AND VI( INITY, polis, while Mr. F. H. Brydges established the Vulcan Iron Works, employir)-? fifty mechanics. An index to the enormous increase in the oreneral busine.ss of the city is to be found in the following statistics, taken from a work published in January, 1882 :— " We find four chartered banks repicsented and doing business in Winnipeg, whose aggregate capital foots up to $20,000,000, and whose reserve funds add to that nearly #2,500,000 niore. The private banking fiiins number six, and dicir aggregate responsibility, which in their case is practically fheii capital, amounts to close upon #900,000. That all the different" banking institutions are doing a thriving business may be judged from the fact that their ottices give en)pIoyment to 6(5 persons, including managers. Next in financial aHairs to the banks, come loan and investment associations, of wliich there are eight who have their head<|uarters for the Northwest in Wiimipeg, and their aggregate capital amounts to #y,7r)0,000. The funds of such institutions are invested in mortgages and such securities all over tlie Northwest, and this city may be considered their distributing point for that region. The funds so invested by them at the close of 1881 ai:gregated ••<2,580,000, and in connection with these tall figures, it mu.st be rememireretfthat three of these institutions have been doing busii 'ss onlv for about one year. In addition to these, there are two wealthv insurance corporations, who have l)etween them ove. e800,000 invested in similar securities, in approxiinatin-^ the amount of private capital invested thioughout ]\lanitoba, and through agents in Winnipeg, we shall confine ourselves lo mon.v invested in loans mortgages and such like. The figures in connection with the i-utchase of real estate it is impossible to get at, and they nould app<.ar fabulous, could we riach them. "We find some twenty-four difVerent business men or tinns ie the city who make a regular business of placing funds tor individuals, ami a carefuf approximation of the amount ime.sted by them during the last year would place the liguies at a little over #1,100,000. Jt must b.- k.pt in' x iew how- ever that ot these tw. nty-four some seven have conimei„(,| (operations within the last SIX months, and as many more durinir twelve months. The amount of funds invested m this manner by private individuals, unci n.,t throiedi n-ular channels, we ,ire safe m ap.pioximating at #:.0(),(IOO. which woul.l b-in" the'lotal amount invested m Northwestern securities through Winnip,... a'eiuies al .•*! <)S0 000, over seventy-five per cent, of which has l^ren invested dming th.- vea'r '1881 Huge as these fiuu-rs appear, they are .-arefuily compiie.l, and in evrV case are! weas.sert, with,,, the actual facts, while the ,nanner in which .aintal is'now seek- ing jnvest.nent ,n this city and province warrants us in pn.li.ting that the ligures or Ks8Jwih be fully double those of 1S81. To give any idea -.f the amount of business do,,.. „, ,-eul ..state ..u,,i,g 1881 would be simplv impo: ,ibl,.. Property changes hands so tn..,uently that a record of business .lom-'is b.v.md our novv^r , while the valuo WINXIPEO AND VICINITY. 23 V . , 14.. fr.. ^m^ f.nts ud to $2,245,000. In these figures we include maK'-• |-n -rnpluWe'Sng llulin^^/i'; ;^^ ^ ^^''«'-t-ed banks in eity, !• • tileconcei-iiK, no • rotail 1 TO • . • " ' ""'^'^' *"""« concerns, ;}!» ; whole«»l„ . ^ ' ■ '^'^'^aii, hO; miscellaneous ti-ading, 101. ^^"oKsal,. .i„.,van V..I.M,u.„f wh,.l,..,aK, tn„|,.. IHHI J,"''"ii.'..f iTtiiij tm,|... IMSI !5(i.'j;{(l,(MM( MiNci'lliiiuMMM, IMSI '"KiiMim.n, INNI (i,(i7(l.(i«H» KNtiiiiatcrl IdiiiiNiit tJoNi.'of issi I..'«M),(HK» tins ,,,„„t,,- ,„„l ,|„. .„„,., ii,,r,f i ,"'"■'' " "'" •"''«"(.,«,., „".,., n h. »„„„™,,,„„ „f „,„ ,.,;„„,,•„:,: J,':;;;'";,,"; ' "'■•-« s,. Z ■ and in the winter of 1881-2 it almost seemed that the world had ade up its mind to come licre in the spring. Colonization companies by hnndreds were formed in tlie older Canadian Provinces and in Great Britain. Ontario farmers banded themselves together to form new communities in a more promising land. Capitalists and agriculturists set about acquiring tracts for immense wheat farms. Mechanics and laborers got tlicir kits together for migration to the country with a future, to the city of high wages Winnipeg — and keen speculators prepared to pick up fortunes from the foreseen rush. In consequence of the general excitement land in Winnipeg rose in value by jumps. To make money one had only to " catch on.' Speculation became rife, some three hundred real estate signs were hung out before March canif blustering in, and the Main street of Winnipeg was filled with a Imr- rying throng of operators. £efore April ci'vy property had run up in most cases to the price warranted by full confidence in the future of the emporium of the North- west, and ill some cases beyond that figure. Lots in some outside places were as eagerly bought, and unscrupulous dealers were soon able to dispose of valueless paper towns to the gullible ones in England, Ontario and here. Referring to the " boom " Prof. Macoun, in his well-known work on the Northwest, says : "Nothing to equal it had ever before occurred on Canadian or British soil. Thou- sands of dollars were made by operators in a few minutes. Vast fortunes were secured in a day. The e.\citement spread like wild-fire all over the country. Cool- lieaded professors and business men (clerical as well as lay) left their callings in other parts of the country for the scene of the modern Canadian El Dorado. Ileal estate agents became as numerous as the sand on the seashore. The educated and refined as w(,'ll as till' illiterate took part in land transactions. No regard was paid as to whether the ven(h)r had a right to sell or not ; (everything was taken for granted." Another writer has well described the unnatural state of inflation and themad speculation that prevailed, in the following language : " WIhmi the Syndicate l»ar- gaiii was consummated, an impetus v/as at once given to Northwest development. Immigriilion was stimulated, business ini^reased immensely, the prices of real estate rose, and everyone accepting tlm ratification of the contract as a guarantet that the future of the country was assured essayed to discount its coming prospeiity. Cities and towns sprung up »'verywhere at stations, or points which it was rum- ored were likely to be .stations of the line-- at places wlnjns it crossed rivers at the intersection of streams because of the facilities for water communication iii dill'eient directions lieside rapids, because t\w obstruction otl'ered the advantage of being at the head of navigation —on rising ground because of the benefits of an ele vated site and a fommaiidiiig jirospt ct and in the middle of the broati prairie for tin? very olivious reason that they would have plenty of room to grow. Cities here, there aie' everywhere .1.1 • 1 " I liDii liuist. net linil one spcit Wlicri'iiii no lity Htood," gays Shelley's Queen Mai), and though there may lie douiits as to its strict accuracy as a general observation, few who had any experience of the Manitoba boom svill be disposed to question its truth as applied to that Province. These embryo communi ties, it is true, were for the most part desritute even of the rudimentary blacksmith siiop and tavern that form the tr.iditional nucleus of the (.Chicago's of thefuture. Nevertheless, their lot.-, were h"ld and not uiifrecpiently sold at prices which, as com|i.ired with the cost of tlm land a year or two before,i»tVered a sulliciently favor able augury of their destiny to allure investors. The moral of the 'bodin' of iSSi 2 is as old as til" story of human credulity. Speculation ran high in iiiiniection with Winin|ieg propeity, but in that I'ase there was a tangilile liasis of actual value i( was simply a question of tlie prolialiie extent ami rapidity of tiie ;;niwl]i of a ci(y with an assured fiituie. In tlie case of the ' paper cities,' lioweser, the very names of which have now been forgotten by all except the luckless investorn, no man of ordinary foresight and intelligenoe ouglit to luive bei-n deluth-d into supposing that 2G WINxMPECj AND VlfJNJTV l^nou'ing ones, hut m,tl,incr like a crmh .v i. ''*, '""' ^"t'^^'Pated l,y the general, and farn, lamls had iZ 1 ]«„"!; '7" [''"'• Tl""''^^^' P^P-^y ''' soJdom deceived in theii^ purchase. „, " '^ '"vested in, and l,y men wJ,o were reason to believe that 'L^n i ?• ^^- '''''"' *'^" ^^''^' ^^ ''o''' on. There is InZl t{.an it did had n.:^ t^^tr^r;:!:::^;?!^?^/'^ ^^"■^"' peopi.'!s^s checked the operations of investors TI?I i *'"'/""^^ ^sextren.ely unfortunate J oekade of the St. Paul, mI^u:^!; „. ^ Sail^S'g^'^"--' "" -traordin:!;: depth forced into hu.^^e drifts ,y h)i..ards of n 7^ '''' '""^ °^ """«"«' Mard> tra.ns between 8t. Paul and t he ho„ , .1 "^' ^"''^'- ^''«"<^ t^>« «''d of ^^ve days, passenger traffic was uchtiu3 "V. "T '^'"''^''^ ^br four and "HI papers, and tins state of arta .ontin^ I'ninigrants and speculators was th, s 1, T ?'" ^''''''^^ '''^''^'- The influx of railway block-dL to snow n , sto n 1 "m '"'^ "\''" '^''"^""' ^'^ ^>-io^thl portions of Minnesota and Dako a "nd ?, .""'" ■";>'^''.'"^' '''^-'•'^'ared away la ^e "nder water by floods u.pnc^Lu ■ V. ''' ^''1'''^'« «*' ^"^^^^'-itoba were lafd Washouts occurred in n.any pkp ,;,'''! "'"^ '^ «^ '^. 'luarter of a centu'y several feet deep i„ the .streets and tho 1 "' ''*'""' "^•^''- towns nad water overrun by the rising v ater 1? H<. V 'f;'^'""'^ ""^ Winnipeg were -nadua 1 • »"n down ahnost to notion;: K o ^I " '"^r'- ^'' * ^'"'^^'-'^ "^^ ^' « ^ J ^^:^s^i;;gt;:^rr^^^^^^^^^^ ^ '\ large a::,! ^e■y ri.h districts ■ trav '; 1 ""■^' "P-ations we... retarded the begnunng of uork on the (4nad an ll l';"' "•^^'"""■'.V ''"ii^'ult for we ks a '-"«th of ti,ne ; and n.any inZt o s , u 'l ^f^''' .''.'plorably postpone' for ^^^, ...spite of a„ these nm.snal d 3 1 ' thl' v "" "' '" ''''' '' -'PlUn.e,^ '.*>• l-arnH.rs dvlayvd for two and ,.v, I I. ' "" ^"" '""' ^'*' an.a/ n./p,nsn,. ;■■''''•.■• 'eat on other streets. In 1873 a lot on Rorie Street was purchased for $1,250. In 1881 it was sold for $5,000, and this year it changed hands twice — the first time for $19,000, and a few days later for $2(),000. Let me give you another instance of the value of Main Street property. In 1870 the corner on which the Imperial Bank block now stands was purchased for $250. In 1880 part of it sold for $8,000. A small building was St. HdsiKAiK (H.C) Coi.i.Kiii;. i'rei'ted, and it sold at $34,000. A year later the otlnM- part of the site sold for #5,000. And during this year the site purchased in 1870 for $250 sold (with liuildings tiiereon) for $1 18,000. As an illustration of the value of property in tiie suliurbs, I may give you a couple of cases. Oin' Iniiidied acres were purchased i'l St. James tor 55150,000. A smul' portion was almost immediately after sold for $93,000. I k'.iow one operator who purchased largely in Kort Rouge for $500 per acre. ll(^ sohl for $750, repurchased ut $1,000, and tlwu sold in town lots at a ji^ood protit." One of the largest operators in real estate was Mr. A. \V. Ross, M. P., 'vho thus descrilieil the increase in the value of property ; "I began to buy in April, |87l, huvid ^'ouiiii and John A'cDonald commenced to operate at the .same time. Ilut it wa.s ditllcult to get any one to go into the business then. I was considered vt>ry foolish when I purchased property on Main Street near the station at $75 a foot. But people looked at it through dill'erent spectacles when I sold shortly 28 W1N..^PEG AND VICINITY, afterwards at .^100 a fnnf Ti,^ u • , for .^400 are now worthll So a f ooT T T ^^'^J"''''' "^'^'^ ' 'hen purchased lots (below Logan) at SUaZt lld'J? -"^P?'' ^T' J '^""-'"^ ««»"^ ^^^^i" Street good spec, and"r tl.ougl t so too wl ' ""' ^" f^^^" ^^^^P'^' timught it a •?«0 a foot. T]K. first sLes oTianl^i^^ZTZT'''' '''^ T""^ ^'■^^^''^^^ --^ f- and the „,oney used was owned b 1 "„ ,n , V^'^^"•°"fe^^'^' P"opI« of Winnipeg, considerable n>oven,ent of propertrin 'l S'V '"li fci'^f '^' ^'i ^''''^'-^^ ''acJ been ^^ son's Bay and Jia.,. atvne e.t«Z J ^'^'^ and ]8<3. The Morris, Ross Hud But the%novenu.nt K not a t In '' ^T "" '^'' '''^'^'' ^^^ought good p^"t bought lots on Port^gf Tve fu "^^f^f ^'^ ^'"" *'"- foUo^x-d. "in l^^V "l 1«80. The only property that ehan^edhanl?'."'''' ^i'!"'"t^'Iy ".'saleable i„ perty actually wanted for bnil In "1. ^"^t^^een iS7;; and 1880 wa'^ nrn Porta^AveLelots'L^Sea^°L:5tc/rfm. '^"^ "' ^^^' ^ «<^^"tC could have obtained .*1,500 eac ' la 1 lis! v'" ""V V"' ^^'" "^'^l-atyear egan to operate in Main Street p ope t Vein ' 7'"^' ^^ V-^°'"^'^' ""cl myself the site of the Davis House The ■ ti?" f ""'' ^ ^^>'"f''^^ate and pur. hased T >e «rst operators fron. Ontan^w . ' Tse^tlt 'M'^T/'r'"*'' ■' ^^ '^ '''"' McGee. They came up in the fall of IS-Q^ ^'cKay, John Robertsoa and Robert -neofthebestproper'tie, ll.ey Lad none"' OUuTo f °' "'''' f "'' P"-'-'^ '^ut t was not till late i„ the fall tJ at 1.^' "*'"'*^\'1'"''« ^P^'-'^'ators followed' greatly exaggerated in every way, and allVor^ o7'^ '''f ''"''•""'■ '^'^"' '-'-" -as bt half a dozen otiiers might he inte.^sted^^^^^^^^ '"'" ""^^'"^"'^0,000 to-day.' tell how n.uch a nmn n.ade. The ea t' " " " ''"f '^^'*'""- ^'^" "^'ver could ot the boon.. The boom was not T " tSu ' '^ "" ""'''"''^' '"'■^^''^k-' ''''"a ^ynnipeg property and in country to v!'n ."'P'^' P''"P^'''*'^ ' ''"^ "'outside The operators went i,;to it on th^L! \ ''"^ ''"""' ^«« P<"'<^Jv spccuhitiv * genunie boom. Tl... oifv ,..;n l."..' '^^P"^*>- ^^ -'" "ot be a speculative bnf n •, and thf> rl„.,.o.,,) ....-n '. \ "■ t.on increased within the year 1 v f , )! T "" ''^P^ "> ^he ;an. If., „o ,u i" trustworthy estinnites. The extension of Ir'^ ^T '"'''■' "'-'^'''-"g to h " ; t Houge, the freeing of the bS ^ 'rcVl H "\' '"";"'"-''''^' ^^^ -^ ~ • -■ --i'-J I hRaLrn. Til,. c» ^ a.u..:)t>! .. ^ (I... I... ,, retur "Ognize( iuago. The St "";g/o the city after th.-al place. Widesid,.walk reets were so itc Mr, (IJ th raised and imi)n)ved that les "';'' ^^, ": >••■«'• I'roclninH.d tha 3 were laid notoni t tJM'V 1 persons y <"■ the business but on the Ily WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 29 1 purchased Main .Street liought it a ;y went for ^Vinnipeg, lad been a Ross, Hud- (ood prices. In 1873 I saleable in was pro- sold those f tliat year >nd myself pui' Iiased [I so did I. lid Robert purchased i followed; boom was I'lislied in '0 to-day.' ver could ikt'ii idea ii outside ■culative. Kuuinier 'd. Real 'en son)e lal] have '<', but a take the rino- I duri populii- lif most of Foit ew pro- >'diy in )0(),000 le also tely fnr iiiy the nilt by ]uartor le city iifortn- h line '; of a s were ion of (•h.'s- 'rsons ly rc- M th.- private streets. The 'ilectric light was established, and an excellent water supply furnisiied to the city. All manner of public and private enterprises were, iu fact, pushed with that energy and contidence in the future, remarked as a characteristic of Winnipeg people, by the great number of visitors to the city. The enormous increase in trade, as shown by the customs; house returns, were in keeping with the development and general prosperity of the country. The fol- lowing shows th') value of foreign imports, including free goods, for each month, compared \\ ith 1881 : — ^loNTri. 1881. 188'2. •liiiniary $70,021 $10.S/29() Kebiuary 4»,()4!» 4i:b:i>S4 Miif'-li , 174,2()(i 4i»4,247 Apiil 183,1.S7 44(i,0I4 -May ;W4,r)0(i 71 1 ,253 •'"lie 4(>tJ,;U3 1 ,074,;W8 •Inly 2(K),272 i)2i),2«7 August 2t»2,7.")« <»!iS,.");j2 S(;])teiier 2r)7,3!»0 ()!U,908 November 2H7,!»2r) .-)12,:{10 I )eeeml>er 220,808 .•«tS,0,"»() Total for year §2,837,4;il .«8, 1 70,978 Total foreign imports, 1882 !j!8, 170,978 Total foreign inijiorts, 1881 '-',8.37,4,'JI Iiieiease. 1882 over 1881 .' ' -),':j;i;!,',-)47 The duty collected in 1882 amounted to .^1,585,456 ; in 1S81, $651,892 : siiowing an increase in one year of $933,564. An interesting comparison of the amount of customs duties collected at this port since its establishment in 1872 will be found in the following figures : 1872, 847,8-40 ; 1873, $48,074 : 1874, $67,474 ; 1875, $171,421 ; 1876, $1,253,046 ; 1877, $192,480 ; 1878, $223,530 : 1879, $265,: S28 ; 1880, $316,718 ; 18K1, $651,892 ; 1882, $1,585,456. The imports from the eastern provinces for the fiscal year ended J.une 30th aggregated $10,575,770. and for the calendar year 1882 amounted to $12,000,000, estimated as follows: Diy goods, $2,000,000 ; groceries, $1,500,000 ; liquors, $300,000 ; settlers' effects, $600,000 : machinery, implements, etc, $1,000,000 ; manufactures of leather, $200,- 000; hardware, $2,000,000 ; miscellaneous goods, $4,400,000. The miscellaneous goods comprised lumber, ready-made houses, breadstuff's, furniture, animals, etc. This showed the total trade of the city for the year to have been as follows : — Foreign iiiiports •. jSt 8,222,928 Intel )ii((viin'ial trade 12,(KM),(MK» Total tr.iile for tlie year i;<20,222,928 'i'he value of goods entt red for exportation was $172,021. During th(! same tinn' th(! ex<;ise collected by the inland revenue de})arfment increased largely. The eollections in 188:; w( re $185,276 : in 1881, $131,863 un increase of $5.3,4 13. Tiie revenue of the post oHice amounted to $70,000, making Winnipeg the third revenue producing oHice in tlie Dominion. Tii(> deposits in the Doniiuioi' Savings' iiank (hiring the (iscal year ended June 30th, 1882, anion iited to $1,018,051, and the withdrawals $662,027, leaving a balance of $572,841 to the cretlit of depositors, and at the close of the calendar year that balance Imd reached the niagnillcent total (if .*6,'iO,(K)0. The aggregate volume of banking business was more tiian double that of 1881, and the following four new bank branches were opened : Bank of Nova Scotia, Federal Hank of Canada, I'nion Hank of Jjower Canada, and the I'ank of Ottawa. The lumber trade of 1882 aggregated 75,000,000 feet, valued at $2,- I 4 30 WINNIPEG AND VKINITV, others, .'^0,000,000 The stSIn!! t' V'l ' ' ^."^"^ ^ ^'■°^'«' 10,000,000 ; all » hic, .„, ,.; .„,„„ z o?r;^:L'3::.r :.7 -raTi; !- "-^ >-■ (iOODs IMPDKTKI). (;oo.ls inipoi'te.l (dutiable). ' >oo(ls iinpoi'ted (free) *«),40'2. 1,">,S (H) 1,7().S„S2<) (M) Totid imported 88,170,978 (M) <.ood. entered for eons„„. rtio„ f"' ' ' «7,4r,4.23I (K> ' ' ' 1,768,820 00 lotiil for consiiniptiou Duty .ollected ... ■"■ »»,22.S,0,-,1 m <'oods (..itered foi' exportation" *1 ■.")8.-),4.-)(i.!»(J 472,022 (K) •^'' Ma«V.s, K.C.J Cm u.M, \\,ssivv.r. for tl,e (ir.t ti, , tl„,.,. vcarl't u ckT n' , ""■''*»''l'-'l<-pr«-iatio„ „f vah « WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 31 VIII.— THE REACTION. Than came the reaction. As was anticipated, 188."^ was ushered in with a series of business failures that shook the whole commercial world of the North- west, it was a year of crash, and the work of sepavatin;,' le^^itimate trade from .speculation was attended naturally by the collapse of many who weie in the early part of the previous year ranked as wealthy. The report of the |]oard of Trade a year later, referring,' to the matter, said : "That contraction should follow inflation is accepted as an a.viom of commerce by many, and it was ceitainly the experience of the .'ity of Winnipeg in 188.3 ; and the city was o.ily an index of the unsafe state of affairs all over the Northwest. When the 1st of April was reached, it was found that there had been 47 failures in the Northwest, and nearly one-half of the number in Winnipe,;^ during the first quarter as the year ; and the gross liabilities of the 47 exceeded 8400,000. During the second quarter the depression became deeper, and 45 failures were recorded, with gross liabilities of 8596,000. The month of July was entered upon with a dread of panic hanging over the country, and business men who were weak financially soon found it impossible to stand the pressure. Banks and other financial institutions which had encouraged and foster- ed the reckless inflation of boom days, were now mercilessly exacting in their de- mands, and many a man, who in a more confident state of trade could have weathered the pressure with honor, was forced to insolvency. :N evertheless, the nutnber of men who reached failure through purely trade misfortunes was singular- ly small, over 90 per cent, of the insolvents ha.ing succumbed to the pressure of a real estate or other speculative bad. There can be no doubt that a tremor ran through the whole fabric of Northwestern trade when the business misfortunes of the third ([uarter of the year were published showing 87 failures, with aggregate liabih'ties of 81,458,000 ; and, as before, the city of Winnipoghad its full proportion of this crash. Depression tli ii seemed to have spent its force ; and although the last (Tuarter of 1883 was one of great stringency, comparative safety had evidently been reached, and the number of failures dropped to 53, and their aggregate habili- lies to 8415,000. The Northwestern failures in 1883 were thus 232 in number, and their aggregate liabilities amounted to 82,869,000; while the proportion c(mtributod i)y Winnipeg was 101 failures, with aggregate liabilities of 81,(-)0,000. While trade was making this black record, a great revolution had been going on in other artkirs in the city. Speculative extortioners had been nearly all swamped in the crash, luid rents of business buildings and residences dropped gradua.ly clown, until in the opening of 1S84 they were at less than half their boom prices. bpecu- lators who had figured upon corn(>ring markets in necessaries of life produced at home, w.-ve sadly disappointed, and the pric- of almost every commodity included in what is termed living declined rapidly in value, so that 1884 was entered upon witli everything connected with trade affairs in a healthy if not a prosperous state." , „,. . „ ., ., ,. The writer in a review of the year published in the Winnipeg Daily Shh, ot December 31st, 1883, said : " It has been said that 1882 will long be remembered as peculiarly tlu' Winnip.'g year memomble as the year in which the fir.st great boom resulted fiom the sudden appreciation by the world of th.> advantages ottered bv this .'ountry and the magnitbrnt future in store for its inhabitants. I he year just passed Will be recaUed as the year of trial, wheu Winnipeg went through tiie (ire of depif^ssion and reaction consequent upon the collapse of an unnatura and unhealthy real estate boom, av.d came out of the struggl.' purer, b.'tter and more solid than ever. The boon, in re-d estate died a natural death, and with its collapse many tiriiif, led away by by the '^reat business they had transacted for a mon over ths trad (luring the exciteiiKMit, have ins:. It was in grea gone the way of the majority ,' who in dul lie in the early part of the year that these reverses occ urre( r>2 \V1\NIP£G AND VK'I.VITV, ■ "■o Canadian Pacifi,. Kai|„'„. „„,i „ 'S ., "! ''>,""' '"'Se expenditures made W ;-ountry it.sHf had j,v|d„d „oi ,° ' "'?""' '" '"iM % oulsidra-s in l,ui|di„„ rZ '-ea put und... wh..at, and S.^ro tould be riurn '.'"^r' ,''^'' ^^^"^^^ ac%s had misiness .eo-an to assuui,. a hodtliier asnP,7 . i ''' 'P^"* ^^'^^l estate boom - ^. - pa. - .^:i4l=iS';:: - ■- S5^^ year. and'S ;;t:'t :'„t in".*! ""P^"--' -'" -teriai p,.,,,,,, ,„,,, , VVlXNll'EG AND VICINITY. sa The trade of Winnipeg for 1883, r.s evidenced by the statistics obtained at the Customs House and other official quart«rs, maintained the position it reached ill 1882. It would be incorrect to say that there h. J been any increase so far as iu.ports from the United States and England are concernefl for theie was as- suredly a large decrease. This was caused in a considerable degree by the openir^; of the Port Arthur route and a consequent increase in the imports of goods from the Eastern Provinces, to the exclusion of United States manufactures, but it is also a fact that the t-^tal imports of Winnipeg du"ing 1883 were less than in 188;.', merchants having been desirous of getting rid of the surplus stock on hand before brin<'in<' in new. The value of goods imported during the calendar year ended December 31st, 1883 was $4,164,844. The following statement shows the value of i'oods imported, with duty collected thereon, including free goods, for each montli of 1883 :— Month. Value of Impohts. Dvtv. Januaiy $224,884 00 «.V2,24.-) 95 February 261 ,8«i2 00 (52, 1 (iO 29 March .-)70,36G (X) 1 40,099 92 April 819, 11 2 00 202,.V)7 Of) May oGG.OOS (K) 141,41.-) 42 June 412,314 00 109,(H)1 87 July 294,934 00 73.()2() .V) AuKUst 294,245 00 79,4.35 12 September 181,083 00 47,;5r.5 09 October 214,039 00 ,-.0,884 82 Novainber 188,314 00 41 ,079 92 December 137,088 00 23,080 15 Totals ^4, 164,844 00 «! ,024, 142 00 The value of imports in 1883, as compared with 1881 and 1882, is shown in the statement given below : — Month. 1883. 1882. 1881. Jamiary $224,884 #103,290 $70,021 February 261,862 44.3,.3S4 49,649 March .■>70,366 494,247 174,266 April 819,112 446,014 183.137 Mav ' 566,003 711,2.53 .384,.->9« June " ' ' 412,314 1,074,:?S8 466,;U4 julv 294,934 929,267 200,272 August ' ■-■.■.'.■.' 294,245 968,.-,32 292,756 September 181,083 1,. 33;-,, 198 2!M).267 October 214,639 694,959 257,390 November 1S«,314 512,310 237,925 December 137^)88 W67 220^808 Totals .'S4,404,844 i$8,196,.395 .«2,837.431 In studyin" this comparison it must be remembered that the customs value of imports has been reduced this year by the opening of the Port Arthur route, as manv classes of goods whicli in former years passed through the United States and 72,841 1883 58(5,291 Much of the withdrawals during 1882-3 were from amounts deposited 111 1881-82 and seem to stand agaiust tlie deposits of 1882-3, but a fair idea of the actual work of the year can only be had by ascertaining the amounts actually de- .L_.i U4.„j.;..f;„. ftf l,a,irl clinw flinf. the denosits for the liscal year 1882-3 posited. Statistics &t hand show that the deposits for the liscal year reached the large sum of |735,9U. But owing to the circumstances before alluded to there was a heavy drain on the previous year's deposits, no less than *729,/4( l.einc di-awn, which was the means of greatly reducing the balance to the credit ot depositors at the close of the year. At the close of the calendar year that l)alance had reached $630,000. , , r „• «• i -.liSK-) Tl>p '^ollections of inland revenue showed a falling off, as compared witli 188-, but this was due in a great measure to the reduction of the duty on tobacco. lo\- loNving is a comparative statement of the receipts during three years :— ,, . ,yo.j ?i!l7(),132 ,{i.'vi pts, 188,^ 1 Si -,-,-,•{ fct'ipts, l882 i-ji UI14 Receipt*., 1S81 ._. {.VT-M I )ecrease in 1 883 While as will be seen by the figures above, the receipts in 1883 were over ^ue)>ee 12'2,073 74,955 went to Ontario and the United States but The greater part of this vast sum , . , considerable was sent to England and Scotland, the unounts benig transn.. . in •i nnioritv of ca.ses by men who were supporting thei,' funnlies in other cities .n fd thf following table :- KKVENUE. I'lisT oi'i'icK. !iS'2()S,'280 Moiitrt Wimiipog Hamilton Halifax . Quclici: . . St. .John v. .'.'.['.'. MJill Ottawa • 1 1 1 44 Chailottetowii, I'. K.I ' ' ' ' lo'^oo;, Victoria, H.C (;S,4()2 .".8,5 Hi f2.S13 .•!S.75() :{5.218 m W1X\IPE(; AND VICINITV .tssessn.en incvas,;,! to .^.S2,89G,800, and the populatiou was ostinuted at L>r. 000 lor t ... I.rst tnue .„ the history of Manitol.a, the province had duri.K^ ISH.fa ij surplus y.e d of wheat for exportation abroad. Hitherto th. annuut ra it Inid not been sutHcient lor the horn " " came into tli ii> t ■oiisuniption, hut tlie numerous settlers that •;cn!'Vi!ih'Tl"""'''f- '^'^^ '^^T''""'' y>-l^U^owever; was about 1!S bushels pe,- acre, whih^ the .,"a'ity was co.,s,derabIy above the average. Durin- Hve years thl il" Xrl ^'"' T' °'r''"^' "' ^^'"''^"'"^ ^-'^ -■- -^ bashel.s Chichi hid u:r fd;;;i;n:;:;c:!r:_"''^^^ ^'^^''""^^ -""^-^ - *"" -•'^'. - -•' >•« «- 'i; <'0('N1'|{\-. Miuiitoli.i nrsiiKLs pkk .v«kk. < bviit Hiitiiin and Ireland 'j!l . Minnesdtii -/ .i^,-vr. I)«rin«^tln.(i,;t i ',;;;ttusi^l^^^^^^^^ ^^'" ""^''" '""'''^ ^1'" .-flW-ts of the crash .luHn M Z^^ T"^ «K>.ewhat prostrated fron, the "•Hi values Ktea.liiv nn le t eir wav ^ " \ 'l'^ ^''" '"""'^ ''* •'''''•^••'y I'n.ceedc.l. •''i'i''l-'fHH.vea.^; d t^teoFtr iTlnll'^ •" a na.un vii' My the li.ln.ce return.;! to th.> ..,- rt- ts and • t .* ""'.' '^''1"''' "'"' " ^'"'""« "^ ^•""- i'on.in.iitlytovi..w. The lirst, WIN'NIPEO AND VICINITY. 5«r that the city is rapidly passing through a state of transition— from an importing to an exporting centre— and second, that caution has been the leading characteristic of the past year's transactions. On the surface we tind the first proof of this in the customs returns for 1883 and 1884. In 1883 the value of our imports amounted to ^^4,4()4,844, while in 1884 imports only reached the value of f J.lJJ,- (;il The duty collected in the foimer year reached 81,024,142.70, while m the latter it amounted only to ^509,51 6.81. On the other hand the crude index which .•ustoms returns furni.sh as to exports, shows that in 1883 th<>se amounted to fo84,- 04') while in 1884 thev reached a total of §979,719. The lesson learned by these lill«KM I,. sLlered wholesale or jobbing ni.nuntile houses, and al-.ut twenty five of these M.l.'i. (I Nv ''^' ^i^'" "^, ■' ..stabliKhmentH. it has be,-n a comparatively easy mat- r: ;■" :!:h' I "of^; nu^^^ .l-in. the past year, as iufornuUion has . V n U ie. in Hhnost everv case. Inquiry into the details ot the ' " '""^' ^^ '"'"-'• ^ .l.'h s lu.re included shows the following results : ^'"■VFi:^'i;r;m;:r;:;;;r;:cm;;:;u;vg;;;:;:;yand,^ rirsT; in inipun.i. ,,.,,,. i,,..,.,.. ;„ ♦j,.,..,. I ...-s sliow aL'L'reL'nte sales for inseparable I.ranch.s. I he tiiirtf.h =.<•,!-'-••• " '■ tl est t( .separable ^nuuh.-J. . ^'^^^ i,.,portance con.es the grain and nulling inter- ;;■ ' Tl.;l^en' '; ^ n-p ^Ing tlJse branches show an agg.egate of bnsim.ss fthe m.:^n of^2,9.^:^2. 'ihi.d on the list con.es lun.ber and its manutac- 38 WINXfPEG AND VICINITY. I wholesale and oUii,,.- tnA ,^fH,„ n> ,1. ' ? J'"' ^"""' 'K"-g'>-t<^ ot t]u- 09S. It „„st-v I'e "*4 .o;:;t ;:t'™:;^^;r'■"'f '-"'' ,"* ,*'*•"''•■ tensive retail business for «l,iU V 1 j . T^ "'"" ''""""^ <'° "I™ »" «■ lowed. The^^ltSesX ,.^^ " ""'S'lbo,- it ha's' tt3.r,* e^essirvt t:r;4r ,: Tir -""• '*" '™ -- are in the city 408 purely retail . .( .Tliil ^ T ^ ?"^^"' '-^PP^^Mn'ation. There l.e depended i>on T^Lrtl Ti;e"';^0 Z^' /'"" "''^ ^^"^ «^ ^->'' amounting to k/m 000 'iC „nr^,.. • T ' f ''''''^ "" "^'«'-<'.i,'ate of sales consi,i,.raWe. and it ^dH he I^tvv ^Ke n^fu ' ?"' '1''"' '"""'"'"^ '^^^ ^^'^ -^^^■ #2,rr,0,000. To tL Xw ?7n^^n ^^^^ place the total in this category at Hudson's Bay Co nian ( 1 U-n tl- '"^ ''Tl' '/ *^" ''"^^"-^ ^'one^/the least .*750,000. Ti^ives^ !r-d^^%'"^r'^ * '" '"^^'-'^-tion), equal to at .^5,,S0!M)00. "^ ^ ^'-'"'^ *°^^' "^ ^-^'^^ '" tl.e city for the past year of " The manufacturing interests of tho ,.ifv ;p , + range fron, the factory employ ,' ,1 L^' , '?^ ' "'"^ -r''^^' ^''' '^'''^'^^ '^»<" with its single assistant. ^ illi „ "^, 1^^^ ^'""" ^^ ^'' l.lacksnuths shop Laving a capacity of 1 J0() ," , "^ t ' /' ''T''""'*^'' ''y »'■«•<'« institutions in this hra.^h a^ included i^t Z^::'Z'''''!;:^.'f '1"''^ ''''l" ^'^"^''^ interest is represented liy live estal)Iish.,„.nf. ' i • 'ui'>1"t maiuifacturing The figures iS this branch, also at ^J^^ ^o 2SU hands^ and n.etallic ma.mfactures there are G< ll ' f , • ^^ ''"•'«'''<' "•p«"-t. I a iron nig 407 hands. The products of Jhis in IX' t "'"' •'^""^"' "'"P'^y- In addition to the foJegoing there a'e ' , , s .ell . ' ^'T ^'^^ '""'"''^'"^ •" •'"'^'"'^'•' "irpioyment to about L'7.-. luuu s Thi is. • 'T 7/'' ^T' "'"^*'>' su.all, giving needlework, in which about nJns ' "d f^"^ ""'• T *"'"^''"" -'' . oes it include printing and its co^n S i w) ' .^ "o ' "7 ""''''"^"'- ^^"'^h^"' this ,nay be added building and outdor^o; a ti , '/'."^ '''."'■" ""«'^«''"'- ^^•' spring amounted to 81,000,000 fuk one h f '^'. "^ ,'''"r'' ^''" *""''"'« '"t *" during the past year. Tin gro s aum." r'"'''- ''"'^ '"•"" ^'"''^'^'^ *»"•"" '- the wl^lesale n.er..a.ti,e stc:?!:,!;^^;^:.;,.:^ ^^ ;; ^ . ^j^-^ "' «tora,e':;:;:h:;:e:;;;::Tinr'^;i earnings of which for the year woul ler 1 n v f ""IT' I''" ''' ^ ''^^^'^V' *'"' total ne. of the city for the pai y... ::::j b^^lllL^p 1^^'' " _ '''''"" ^^^ ^'"^ Wholcsiilo intTfHMtilc Kctiiil ■ " *'•*> , , , 'lI'eKS '"'•' .^"'"^'•'"*''^ ou^'h;du:i;.;i i,; •„.„ -.ti,,, ; ; , " The foregoing figures do not i!i. >!'I4,'.'2(»,0<|,S ii,."MO,(HM» 82.'t,o7)i,()i)H 'ude any of the business „f the Canadian \VINXn'K(J AND VICINITY. 39 Pacific Railway connected with their workshops, round-house, or other arrange- ments, which maintain in the city a worl04,7r)8. "The fic'ures contained in the foregoing report, while they give in dollars aud cents the city's trade for the year, are after all but a crude index to its com- mercial pro<'ress. The first (quarter of the year had scarcely passed, when it be- came evident that trade was fast rising ou^, of the depths of depression in which it had been steeped. Insolvencies in mercantile circles became few and tar between, and business men of every line began to gain fre^h confidence. The work of reducing the cost of living had been going on steadily. Rents of business J)uildin<^3 and residences kept falling, until now they will compare favorably with those o! eastern cities. The opening up of coal mines west of the city settled the Muestion of a plentiful and cheap supply of fuel, and men began to look around for manufacturing enterprises in which to atu.e of the y ^r wnL Sie estab.isllment by the Oana.lian Pacific Railway of -F-.m.! a farn^ which have sh >wn con.-lusively that a fertile section ot ^"""^'y^'^f ''^'f j " '•^'''. nipe.r to Oalgary, and nut as was pn.viously supposed, mclud.ig a port on unht fo rgricultum/^u. poses. During the year the project ot a railway to Hudso s Bayengag-Hl pi bl.' attention to a considerable extent. The work of const uc- tion of\he Canadian Pa.iti.. Railway was uieiuiwh.le proce.nhng r..p,d y, amMt was expected that the toii.)wing autuiuu vvuuid we the cuinplruoii t-t t- „•-•« r>rk The ue tion of opening up the Asiatic trade on its completion demanded consideral^ lu. >tion. The advantages of the Canadian route were «hown by the following table ' I 40 WINNIPEG AND VK'INITY. MILES. Con] Har1)Of to Montreal 2,062 Coal Harbor to New York, tin Montreal 3,241 Coal Harbor to Boston, lin Montreal 3,197 Coal Hai'hor to Liverpool, ria Montreal 6,073 San Francisco to Liverj)ool, tin Central racitic 6,830 Yokohama, Japan, to Liverjwol, r/ri Central Pacific 12,038 Yokohama to Liverpool, riu Canadian J'auitic 10,963 The year was also one of sulistantial progress ihroogbout the city, It was thought liottoni had been reached in the previous year, hut thi'- nad not been the case in all lines, and the work of levelling values went on. The city was provided with a sewer- system. :Man i>tnvt and the other principal thoroughfares were improved, a new city iiall and a new post otlice equal to any in Canada were in process of constructien, and the Parliament buildings were' completed. During the year new buildings to the value of threequarteW of a million were I'reeted, a record which was not excelled Ity any city of its size in America. A strong featuie of the new buildings erected was their .<«ubstantial character. Main Street was ornnmi nted with o number of solid brick blocks, which added much to the architectural beauty ot tl)e city. One of the features in the lii.story of the city was the departure on .SeptendVr Gth of the Manitoba contingent of the Cana- dian voyi.i:eurs who went to the Nile during the Soudan campaign. They were under command of the iate Lt. Col. Kennedy, of the !)Oth Hattalion, who died in London frou) Mnallpox while on his way "homewaid from Egypt. During 1881 the pro\iiice was visited by Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, Sir Hector Langevin, Hon. J. If. Pope, Hon. A. \V. .dcLellan, Hon. John Carling, Hon. \Vm."Mac- Dougall, Prof. Ooldwin Smith, Mr. Alonzo Wright, M. P., Cyrus W. Field, the great New York cajntalist. and also by a delegation of the British Association uhose meeting that year was held at .Momreal. They formed a very high impres- don of the Northwest, and their reports on their return home were expected to acconqilisli much good for this country. 'I'he customs returns showed that duiing the fiscal year ended June 30th, 1.^84, the value nf ihf. imports amounted to S1>,.S88 (I IJ, oil which the duty col- lected was .s.-..'.7,(ir.l'. -.'4. The vnlm. of free ,o, and the exports of the North- west reached a \ due of 8().M,L'tG. Kor 1h.' thre.. UMMitlis ending with June and the succeedmL' months of the calendai- ycur die statement was as follows:— Month. Six iiioiuh.M cMilfl June ."Otli July .\ll;ili^t ... . . . . , Sc|i|i'liiln'i , . , _ . , . . . Oclidur ... .," . , .\(i\ iMiilici . . . . , 1 K'l iiiilici' \ \l ri 111 iMI'uJtTS. . ... .',-.. I !)7 . .,, 'Jin.siii . ... •_'.■. I. .-,(i3 , .. l-ri.iui . ... Nti.lNH) III TV. S'J'A>.7ii7.3.-) .■.;t.."i!if.o(» 7!».4:t.-).l2 47,3.V. (i!t .">."). M02. 62 27.211 I.-. 23.:{20 8,S 'rotalh ,611 !:'.">09..'il6.81 I I he value of exports for the calendar vear was about one million dollar,'^. The value of fr.T goods wiii.h paK,s..d tlirouuji th.. I nit. d States in 1,>t lu. known in the hintory of Winnip., as a ' boovn voar l.u it wa ono of soli.l, steady and substantial pro^M-oss for t W yoj "«'f ' year nut ic, was oni .n U .. -..f,.,, U will oviT Ix' tmMuonvbb' as tlio year m :«';-«; > «' '^''-it'-'';'''" n.:;r'::Hi,u"';,V'' t;;::.;;;s':.";;". 42 WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. Signs of going undor ; bankrupt stocks in large quantities were thrown on the mar- ket ; ruination stared legitimate trade in the face ; the money market was tighter than It had ever been before, and the silver lining which surrounds the darkest clouds was scarcely visible. For two years the people of Winnipeg had been struggling under depression and trying to "pull through " the period that was the- inevitable result of the real estate inflation, and it is liitle wonder that with black prospects tor 1885 some of them lost heart. IJut ev erything has an end, and sum- mer had not fairly arrived before the si'ver linings to the clouds became brighter and the conhdence of our people was restored. The turning-point had at last* been' reached and the era of sul.stantial rather than rapid progress was developed The bright prospects of a bountiful l^nrvest, the unwavering confidence of "our monied men, the favorable reports s, :^ ' the world of our position and prospects, all had their effect, and the golden sun rosperity soon shone out with e^^-.r-incleasin.^ brilliancy, dispelling the clouds and showing a glorious future beyond. It was plain that bottom had at last been struck, and with renewed energy and li-diter hearts the people Winnipeg set to work to build up their citv It hadCe through the struggle and had come out of it better and more ^solid ihan eve, Jiusmess soon began to assume a healthier aspect ; bu.siness men while still actin- cautiously _.egaS5 the number of fail ures and the amount of liabilities greatly decreased. In 1884 there were 81 fa ures with habi ities of ^87,000, and asits of ^5II,!)4;5 In 18^ he^wen! ,^ y an assets of •>- J ,0r,<. J)u„, Wiman d- Co. reported that th," men ^^ho entered n e cantile pursuits during the yar were of a very desirable class, and thev r™ ed the outlook as exceedingly favorable. ■ regard- The cu,stoms returns for iN.v.i were most favorab'e. A .omparative state E S^Ks7'"Tr''"' ^r^ ' --id-able increase in the expol't^oM^^rf^ icimted Of ""T*' ^r'-T'^'- '"^ "<^t '"■■■'■•'.V t<. the extl.nt that was an! tic.pated. Of course when the ull-ruil route throuuh Canadian terriforv ^v L opened a falling-off' of the cu.Ktoms business natur.lK leul to f v A '•^"•^>. '"'^^ the road putting big drawbacks in the way^,f il:;; ■ . ^p ti-i ^hr'";;!!.:;' can .system, (foods previously brouj^dit into the .ountrv and se t o. t of if H ' An^encan tern tory, were shipped through Cunar ^nd \ " .:^o,:V 1 ! ::S; ' IMI'ilKTs IMI'dins >"".Nrn. ..fT..u...K. ,.K,,K. ,„.rv. .m,„,,n \t„.,.i. :.•' - '^••'•* :t;i,;fs(),:!(; |it;t'i'>s ^unroll . ... 7T (i 1 1 III iv<> ..- 1.'.),.'..^ April.. . ■ .>.Vi'i' -^^ •-,.ea. they reached ^\^0,W0 in consequence of the WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 43 „,r.nr.t nf linnor etc brought in at that time, but during 1883 and 1884 S Cs a t'r nlnE fallia off^ The receipts for 1885 showed a large increase over the two previous years. The figures month by month were as follows :- MONTH. S>"IHITS. TOBACCO. MAtVT .*7?M'2.-) S2,'238.1'2 !^(>.)3.48 •/^""''^^•y \W:\\ •2,.-)i:?.2:? rmM February 'u^oiii 2 !t2'> S4 .H43.26 Nl-t «-42i^? :^:k:55 882.55 -M"-'l iW'U y,12.-..!l8 759.07 -V^^y r.ir'oo 527.'2S 7(M}.36 •'i»"e '87.0'2 A"«"«t ''h-It't!) I.4:<(U() -K.MUK) f^eptemher kVissU-' 2,21(».8(» I5H..-)7 OctnWv .>77n" 4,4<8, 140.00 daring V^r''%r7^:^tXZ^ r lu> ere it^ depositors was 865:3,511, and year on June 3Uth, 18^.), the balance m uu t p it the close of the calendar year It amounted to .^808,4 Ib.Ub, m a speculation then going on, the population roadn.! la g., gme i-ro ^d there was an enormous number ^^ vacant ~uj^ a^l ^ ^^f^.^^, cannot be said that .nuch in.provement was * « «J "a 'nfTncrease in the i8S4, but throughout 1885 there was a ^T'" j^s l was contended population and gradual d.-chne .n ^^^^^^^'^''^^aiMy two thousand by those in a position to know that the P«P "^^^^^^ , "\'^.^V '!;'J ,,^,,,,, vacant, 1 • *! .„„.. In 1SS4 there were, by actual count, Ileal ly n>u iiou^>. -. . during the year, l" l-'^''^^ ^"^*^^ ^''V' ai,nvv,.d that this number had been reduced and can.fal count in November, 188.., ^^'''^'''' ^^^^ -X' ' Us •'•e erected, and it was , o ■2:.i^. Then, of course, during the year many ^' ;';'^'^;^;^ ;;;;;, ^s in everything ,uite plain that progress was being ''""^^ -;-^^:^:^ ";::;. Wone-thiici; wei^ , Ise. Of the •_'50 vacant houses, a very l'^'^"'^ P I ';' J, ^^^i*)!! "at any season of of such inferior construction as to lu, "'f '«' f ' , \fj ^','^, I^.^'e ; Juch a state the year, and of the remaining t- ;"';^^,: i;; ^ ;"''^:^ ^7 '[uo.. so-called houses the year and 1881 will always^ be ^^J^^ ^^^^S:;!^ ticket, with Hon. H-yKtem of civic government. Ihe couiu i kiio h change 4 '■■ 'ii""""" ""x ;';,r\;;t :,*: r; :« ;;;™^.^.at i-f .,;.Tou.,y >»™ ?,. the reckless and extravagant system oi g ,.x..<.,.dinLdv high in many instances, vogue. The salaries of ..hcialswhch^^^^^^^^ the expense of having been lixoil m the days of the boom, were tut 44 WINXIPEO AND VICINITY. maintainin;,' the various departments was reduced to such an extent that a savinc of pi'obably ^100,000 was effected. ° The record of tlie health department foi- 1885 was very satisfactory, the improvements in the scavengering system, and the adoption of a complete system of sewerage having had their effect. The following figures compiled from the medical health officer's annual report speak out very plainly : Number of deaths during 1885 007 " 1884 .■■;;.■.■.■.■.■.■■.■■■:■■■ 445 Death rate, 1884 i s q^ ^^'^'^ 15.04 Of the deaths during the year 80 were caused by zymotic diseases and 99 bv local diseases. Fifty-two were caused by developmental, and 42 bv constitutional diseases. Only two cases of small pox were reported durill^' the year, both of them coming from Eastern Canada. The number of deaths froin consumption during 188.) decreased by one-half over 1884. There was also a marked decrease in the number ot deaths from diphtheria and tvphoid fcier. United States Consul Taylor's report for ]8,s5 contains so mucli interestincr matter that no apology is needed for the insertion of th.- following extracts at this ''°*" loon ■'''^'" importations of the Winnipeg district have Vi.ried as follows since 1880 : ]««" 8784,8(}.-. i««i i.;wi,os:h I^^- .S,()!t!l,;U!l ^^^'■^ (),.S()S.St!) l««-t 2,8'2,-,..S7.-, 1^*^^ '2,7(i;{,44:) . " -^"Yo P^ ^°'' .*''^ importation of munitions and supplies incidental to the cam paign of l8,so against the Saskatch.nva.i insurgents, the impoitatioi.s of 1885 would havebeenreduced to the aggregate of the year ending June :U), ISSI or to tin- normal relations of population and trade prior ^0 the period of ..-Oiistruction of the thTe,l '"''r^ 7 ^ 7"^'f *'' "^ capitalists to whom the completion of Hti^fr*'?^^ "■"'*•'•'" '''^ff*''-'::,'- ''lie foreign importations of the Winnipeg district for the year ending June 30, 1885, wer.,- distribul...! us follows • F.ce. Total. iND.llS •Ss.Ti.ns:! 11. -),:{(»:? 1,4!)(),!IS(J 807.. "I 4,. ■)()().! »•_>() i,8()S..S(i(; 8,-2;<7.'-'n!» ],8(;().ss(> 4,(iSti,L>(i| 8i)8,;{(J!) .'},G(il,814 Port. AVimiipeg . , hiiiei'Hoii . . . Poet Artino' Total . , niitialilc. 284. 284 .V22.."(42 •2,7U.S,445 Ki'c'f. ■•*.'< I !.(i.".!t KKI.SDI 4lli,il{|',l Tdtal , .*2,2<)S.278 4(i4,(»S."> !».-{! 1,1.-. I 8!)8,;j(i» .•},(i(il,814 tionwa8|!f80,l.l, or aoout 2^. per c<'nt. The duties of ;i5 no,- cent unon agricultum implements, canned meats and fruits, and other articles ind pensaWe m mj.' settlenientK ,..t .o.tinue, with very depressing influence upon iSratSn The fol owing tabu ar statement of importations at Winnipeg, ind latin./ fe coun" tries whence imported, will represent with sutlicient aeoun^.v the ! ^Aire of he ^::di^:Zr '^'^^.^i^;^'^'^ -><' »- far Amerlea,; exnorterl ha^e t cet-dtci m aecuu.ig u marKoc which ih so convenient of access by tliem : WIXNIPEO AND VICINITY. 45 IMPORTS AT WINNIPEG FO): YEAR ENDING JUNE 30tH, 1885. From Great Britain- $7,852 Articles. VaIuc. Ale and Beer ^^^'.l^i Animals, living. -horned cattle 20,340 Horses 19,846 Sheep 11,1<>9 All other ... 442 Baking powders ^/^l Books, printed 23,9.19 Brass *• "^ Breadstuffs '*.!/• Brick and til^-' ^'^'f-] Candles 4,614 Carriages *'*^3 Cement J-'^i Clocks 1-522 Coal ^'^ Coffee i;!.«'r: <^0W^v 5'?^ Cotton AuT-l Drugs anil chemicals -' J\o Earthenware and China ;),8ri Fancy goods ]^'f'-} Flax li'^'''\ 33,109 5«),878 6,136 23,29 12,979 Fruits, di'ied, and nuts Fraits, green Fur 1.4 IjtMliiei ,, ,„ Musical instruments o.-J»» Oils, mineral ^Z'l,-,;. Oils, vegetable and other .... i ,'>f " Paints and colors ,.-nZ Provisions .,,'-. Silk *'!-t,.l, Soap •'■"^'* Spicest .Spirits • • Wine Stoves Sugars, syrups and molasses. Tea Tin Tobacco Twine 1 ,632 20,. m8 14,664 1,1S7 8,6r)4 4,r)00 3,998 27,903 14,481 ,',■ 13,500 ables , ..,1 Vcgct Watches and materials. . \Vood, including lumber Wool Miscellaneous 1..537 94,600 221,131 115,283 From United States $1:^,269 20,340 19,846 11,109 442 36.554 16,574 3,755 70,406 10,549 3,406 4,234 1,107 1,492 58,436 13,760 91 1 22,132 44,590 2,279 2,180 326 28,631 56,874 5,456 8,9.56 4,541 7,956 6,243 7,998 153,783 26,141 2,715 24,692 5,590 12,182 5,400 745 11,432 380,842 2,467 3,505 1,114 4,064 1,099 527 1,401 4,500 3,150 26,734 13,150 13,017 1,416 90,283 7,0.58 6.5,141 1,335,483 33 7,245 413 3,759 44 1,205 260 "28 99 112 5,408 90.302 1,564 803 14,5,56 11,699 931 4 680 2,917 2,218 2,255 2,39(i 4,981 32,828 20,1.57 1,283 13,620 571 1,926 400 4,0S2 5,649 33,849 2,095 518 8,129 5,()42 660 7,253 8-18 1 ,072 1,.331 492 128 3,()ti2 213,921 41,570 .563,897 Total $1,9.58,747 NOTK -Tl.e in,. .rt.vti,„.s fro.n f.rei^.. oo.ntHc. oth.r th.n^ ^IJ^li^^ll^:^:';:;,;^' vluieUe^V;™:: ^^^c-^^U^ Item, ^.e^e ^.-^riron lln.l w,v,.| V" v .uf..tan« (rom Oom> v,.u ^l;-;« J-;;>, « p,,,,^^, „„lla„d, KnKlan.i, Oer.na,.y th.n Kn«laM.l were f !^,HT6 of whioh tl'O P:;:"';^^! Up 2:ii _ iiiiil I'ortiiijiil Th. were from tin If w.-nninpcr were $1311,659, of which S164,374 46 WINNIPKG AND VICINITY, WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 47 countries ; at Port Arthur, on Lake Superior, free goods from the United States were ^U'J,756, and .^267,153 from Great Brkain ; at E.nerson the free importa Kons xvere $169,801, entirely from the United States; total, .1^898,369. To the dTs?ributior:of importation ;t Winnipeg ahove given, the follown.g statement for the whole consular district is added for the purpose of comparison : Yk\rh I'liited States. Clreat Britain. Other. ,omv " ' >^HHV,m ?r3!»3,()!»8 !=!U),(M)7 „o, Mi»o,!t8(i rm,\m io,o.-.2 Cj.l ; . . . . 4,.-.0(i,!f2() (118,805 39,-219 \m S,2:i7,'2(l!) 1 ,r):!!»,240 .V. 2bo «„:; 4.-l31»,81(t 1,174,707 71.7;ii> 1 S85 !■.■.'.'..'.'. ^ :'•'•■• '■ •2,ti0«,44() !»7!),490 7r.,878 .< With the increased facilities of the steamers on Lake Superior connecting a., railway lines of Easter, and Central Canada, added to the privilege of fiee .nit in bond through th(^ United States, the domestic imports from Eastern n 1 , unouLl to fe 823,628, or double the total of foreign importations as ^re a^rta e Th J pr'opor'tion does not seem excessive, when a similar tTtvard no" tnt of domestic trade from the Atlantic to the Mississippi Sh^ s o he American Union is threefold the volume o tonngn -PoHs Ihe PKDorts to foreign countries from Winnipeg were .s1,0..N09<, ot which fy^Jo .rnclud r.487,130 (all but 88,102) undressed furs -^^m^^'\'>y ^^^^/l'^! b!:; Compalo- were to Great Britain; and .§162,865 were to the United States, the latter being distributed as follows :— . . .<;2, :!*>() 0.') Buft'alo robes 0'2. 'I'.W 90 Kiiiigriiuts' effects , . ",V,444 '20 Kini)ly lieer kegs "" o'sW) (K) Kmoty aciil dnnns 44,7r>8 77 Fish, " fresh ;V2»K) (M) Fish, salted ;W,().')r) 42 Furs, undressed l,S,(itt) 1'2 .lewelry ami watches ' .22,it4<) •'lO Hides " ■_ 7',088 04 Miscellaneous i*lG2,805 00 Total X. X- ur. AA l.o .iflflpd !^4o 310 from Port Arthur and S2o,431 "To these exportations should be aclciea ^?-i.>,.J i^ """» ^ n„.,c„l.i ..midst^ from Emerson to'the United States, [^^^^^^^l;^^ ^^^m^ ^ chielly of wheat, -^though consignments « /-^v'^^ ^^J JJ^ ^^^.^^^^^ similar shipments to the United bates, /^^'l";'"* .;,''' \,oduced beyond the :l!-^' 'T,:''r;ll':*X ff,.1l.e Wm^g co„.u,ar district »■». therefore as follows : — §11,500,000 To Kastei'n Canada 89."), 232 To t Jreat Britain ' ' 2.32, 109 To United States ' " " . .*2.t)27.341 against *1,988,278 for 1883-84 consulate is as follows for the year " A general statement of the trade ot tnis consuiaw i-. ending June 30, 1885 ; — It 48 WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. COUNTRIKS. Caniidii niroKTs. $7,323,()26 United States ,' ' ' ' .' 2,'(iOM4« threat liritain ant loo vjiear liiiiain 97<),4<)() f,^"'^^^^^ " 2im <>erinany Belgium' China Japan Spain Holland .... Brazil '.'..'.'.'.'.■.■ Turkey in Asia ' ' ' ' Austria Switzerland Britisli West hi.i,-. Italy ■■;;;■/ Ru.ssia E.xroRT.s. $l,r)()0,0()0 232,109 89.5,232 '2,4(JI 1 1,448 7,834 6,(i(),S 4,714 3,223 3,094 523 456 263 259 145 114 '^""t'll 810,983,713 82,627,341 TOTAL. «!8,823,626 2,838,555 1,874,722 23,009 12,461 11,448 7,834 6,608 4,714 -' ^'^3 ■-..,i)4 523 456 263 259 145 114 CanadS'SirHLl';;.;,"''""'' '".""? '''* '"' ""^ -'"'""I --'"«" .?13,61 1,054 ion of the tdHo Vl^S / T •': "'*^^' ''^ «teel rails at Port Arthur fromGrealBH: 1. !^.;i.?!;i',l'"'r'5'"'l'' "»' n„t>vitl,,t»,',„i„,, this ,Hv,;;i, ot railway „,at. )ia was concentrat- zj::it':£!tj':'E^^ ;?"""? ^^ y- ^^^^ although it was consi„Rral.ly interrupted l.y the outbreak of tl rei)el]ion oii the Saskatcliewan, be- miiJs' Wyona ii.;:'\:::Z^y TiZ Z!^JT' "r "^'""^P^- ^"^' hundreds of «f.„„..../. ,,.._. .,"'"^ V^^ proMnce, the military pi'eparations completely f Lf'ir' !':ip':'i^'- -^y «^ ^-'-p'g i.a^ exodus naturally had a bad ofiect .e„t to "th., front" .,„„„ ,„■„ tl,„„Ka„d -on as »l,ii..rs, ..ai;,.;, ^tiirS Tw" cer„» also s„llW-..,l, but tl,. wholVsafe t^i^ ' «" ,f"''" °^ '-''" "'"^- ''"'"»'"■'" "" it iK.,i,o ,i,...s .,.,.„t,„,,t "po" ,;,*u„:'-<,;-t;s:r" aCI:":^'^'^;: a peculiar one in n rnier years. been in keeping with other .spheres On the nV? p '^'*' "P«» ^'"aclo have little cho.nge in' trade n.atters^ino■e the hs ,• " T' '"''''' '^'''" '^^'"'^ ''»* Th^ number of trading, institutio 's i. L . S. P"^' ^^as presented t- this Board. han< ^'0 HI the ii;^i;res of the WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 49 a..re<^ate business of the city give any cause for won ler, although there hus been nn^aoi-able chancMncr of places as to the importance cf several branches. Jlus ib 'rl dtcernSin the Lares of some of the leading branches of wholesale trade. whell' reLble statltics can be obtained, and is shadowed if not u.ade plan, m C'lTV I'tH.icK, Station, \ '.nnii'Ki.. 1 1 •♦!. ^- linn«Hs ill ^\ innipou wJiii'li do more or .tail linos. The past year closed -f ^ ' ^ \ ^ ^^^^ ^^.^i^ of twelve over the - of a wholesale or ,,oblnng bu.n. s :^l^^;^,,,,„ the year, but fourteen n loss tigurt ,s 0. lf<84. There have been no new concerns 50 \V/\Xii>t;(j AM) VICIMTV, ness. Ihe h, are divided as follows : In j^rain, ..rain products and mill L „;"! a. .rocerie. and provisio.s^ sixteen; in dr;,oods'and Khh^ S^^"' f^^^^:; . tote" tJ'"^'f "'"■"'. ""'"^'"« ^""'•'"^'' ^^^'^-''^ ^ '" t--'--'- m tals and ^'fr:a:;:/n-:^r=?;-Xn/" ^'^^^^ ^"^' s>.oes.han,e.andlea£ businei"l!.f^V'"'"'''''^'7'""'P''.°''''^''"*'''*''^' «^'"^^«' t''« '-'••^''^sfc a-L^recate of ». " "f^'tt, •5,4.).),4UU husliels, at a eost of ■•-;i> 0:j.'UiOO • ont« ^0(ii-.ni ui at a cost of .*->r)n sfiO • linrlpv floJo.,,] *i ^ ■-."•J->,»w, oats, .)»!», i.)0 bushels 100 • Hon,, r-i irn 1 7' 7 and other ,<,M-ains and seeds to a valu.i of i^Ul - :;ss, S"r,; dn..?';^^ o.™- 1^" V;' ^'^ ^' --'^^-^ place with an a'' ''^'^''''y «^"^' ^la^sware, wines and 0-:. or .S.S7:^0•'.•] short of that of ss, •" ^'"" T',^ .^■•"^'' ^"°*-'' »P *« '^l''^.'^ J^- , tnar ot h^M, w ndi reached >;U -'-^o n..'• T^*''"?' harness and leather "tl" '■ l-and the .rain an n.dlurLfi' ,"' ' '"-^'"'^ ^°"'' '"■*"^'''^'«- <^» the and provisions of *24;; 500 ' ^f 3 ^^ "no";,;;;""* "^ u '''-?' •' «•'"-'••- 400, giving a total inc^ase ;,f .^^iCs ^If ^1 il^vr' nuscellaneous lines oi ^m,. i..g .'fi'ect upon tra.h.^f everv dnd n hit I'^fTuC ^Y^' '"'' ''"'' "^ «*'^-^'^'- •l"i«'lcly recovered, thos. connec w t u f ' . '""''' "I'"' "^ ''" '"■'^''^^'^- long tin>e, and it was only with e nt ,rS ,V^T^ '"''■^ "f ""'' '''''''"^y ^^' '' sununer had passed, that atten>n w r 'li, ^'^tor.ous volunteers, wh,.! n.id- .•nutnu,.ts, whi-h. earlv in t e Tar w /T^ ""' " ^'''' "*' ^''•' '^"''^1'='^ is not to he wondered'at, t n:fon'' ha "her l.""! " '" ""•' '■"^"'■'■•' "J"'"" '' ^'"- l"n.i'"»- and hardware I.ran hes' The 1 o 1 'l r ""''' ' '"'•"■'^'■'' '''■••'•""«« i" the city during th. past vcar im a vd of . .'.'"« "I"''''^*''*"- '"'^nied on in ti.e full contr;ct price of / l\o / ^/tr''"'', '''"' f ""■'"•"- -"'■ =' - -I'l •"i .K«n.gate of oldy .SL'in.(K.O, tln^s, a 1 st I'. I!' '^ "''""^. '^'l -•^•^•^'^ -<■ hav. ii 'PI I . „ ' ' 1 "i> Miiiiiit'.sc lor the citv kiiii>i> iw'l'"" *»'" ^^l>il•h has rec.ived ,sp,;.iKl attentio, in h . J''.'''"'' *''"''' "^ t» " «'ity. as closely sifted as tl! oppo .^I '^ '; ; I";!;'';"" " ^'''^ '''^^^'^ «"<' »-. he.J a .natter .. ..ourse w.!.it is o-r'ie:,;. :';;?,;::i!:;:i!;;--^;;T''' ^''7- ^« f.ou... „. th.s cty ..„t out :?.:^liO,.;()0 h„shehat'a;Llu;;of^I'";':?;;^.'^"">""'■ Pxport of oats reaehed 1 1 0, ."•()( ) l.usln.j ley, Hax and other grains a I id seeds reach an is at a value of .^l^,.'!.')!). '|'l IJ: .•!!»0. Th(. le exports of har- Hggregate value of ^fJlM'UC. 'J'h(, WINNIPEG AND VIdNlTY. 51 .1 11 year's c :ports of fiour reached '210,765 bags at a value of $4 6,600, -^ le m cjt- mp.l bran shorts, chopped feed and other grain products they reached ^85^00. Pr iT'exDorts fronfthe city consist of linseed oil and oil cake, potatoes, bult«r l^des furs a^d fresh "sh of which last nau.ed alone, nearly 1,500,000 pounds went out duri g the year. Exact figures as to those miscellaneous --Pjt-annot be l.Cl but a careful approximation places them m the neighborhood of Jlb.),OOU. m si aire 'ate valu^ of exports in 1885, so far as could be discovered reached Im ^^ ^4 and in savin.^ exports, only what was forwarded to the eastern pro- Muces, ui« c northwest of Manitoba are not taken into account. '"" "Umust b acknowledge that the results of the whole year s retail trade are tber disanpoi tim> if we start with the impression given by the general activity ,athei ^ ^ ^Pl " '-^^,^1,, ^f the year. It nuist be remembered that during the trSj^l^^^^^^-^^ --'^OOO men from this city, as soldiers tean.|.rs and ottr were at th^ front, retaill^^^^^ m a -ry depressed s^^^^^^^ 1 uv ., ,1. flnrin.r fall and winter a very rapid recovery set in, the aggregate r 1 o fv ar u^riSiri o figures oser^which to be enthusiastic. As was done ttrlo we received ti'mres from a fair representation of the leading branches. ''^.Tnvf;.mcLacSlapproxiuuvtion of the business done by the balance U.e thirtv-Hve pe-- cent, show a decrease, although in no lustanu nave at r very'^^narked. Taking the last year's figures as a gj>ule -mely $5,80 J,600, has to l)e followed, altlioH^n in >iuH^ » *i.^ ,,„or nl.mit '>00 hands, or some -n ,„.berhnnsof thc.^y J^^ «f - «f ^ ;:ir r ;:« : -uing iiu^r ..re h. bee,. .1 ^:xr\::;^:::::::^\^:^'^^ ..,nployed,th.nun.berin lS8..be.ng f-^^^-^' "unaeity of Hour production to ..ade on son.e mills, wlmh ha., raised ^^e gr^ -^^^^^^^ f " P ^^,^^,, i^ ^,,„ ..early 1,:^50 barrels a day. J^« ^^^ .^ ' a ar.nllctures generally, included in tlm wholesa e r.'vnnv In "'^'^'^ ' "J J . ^he beginning of 1885. there has been a very pleasing change tor / ' J^. ^^^ .^'i;,,;; ^,„1 ^lie number of The value of manufactures has increased at '^^- V^^ ^^;^ ^^^.^^^ 500, while hands en.ployed have increas.Ml m lMo,or on^ '^'^-; oo ' A ong other bmncheK the value of output is in the nnghUniu.od ot ; ; '^ ';^ ,,;;^ ,o„ hands, and .. have the printing P'- -u ;ts '^l^r'^^ ^lliflcture of .rated waters, earned very dose upon .>J.)0,001). l.u v • n '* r.„„reL'ate busiiuas .. !!iia.H4s.t»7r> \Vlli.lfs;ilc nu'liillltlll! ■• ' ,-,^,-,()(),(MMl Mct.ii'. int'rciuitile ■■' 8."t. otc . • -^ • ■ ^ • -;^^f^ \\\\,,,, IMHMKH) !«'2:»,aaH,(>7.'\ ..K,„u, the (act, ana ligurc, vl»m. .-f^™ you tl,,-,,. .r,. foint, to .« 52 WINNIPEG AND VICINITV. drawn which it would be well to study. The most prominent one is that the woik of exporting our products has progressed fairly well, and that of payini» off the balance against the country has fairly commenced. Another pleasing feature is, that while in other affairs the city's trade shows a failing off' from the previous year, in manufactures there has been an increase in value of the aggregate in most branches. Another point is strongly defined in the fact that our grain business has already shot ahead of all other branches in importance, and which is, that our greatest hope for future prosperity depends upon making the city a grain centre." -*-^»;^>Sp5<-i I X.-THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. At this point it is proper that extended reference should be made to the yreat national railway which lias been and ever will l)e indissolublv connected with the progress and prosperity of Winnipeg and the Northwest, placing it in direct con- nection wiUithe Eastern Provinces and British Columbia as w( H us (b, ['nit<'(l States. It has been the foundation of the great railway system of which Winnipc-r IS and will be the centre— a system which will continue to expand year after vear* Ihe Canadian Pacific Railway, it has been wrll .said, is the child of Confederation Had not the state.smen of Canada carried to completion the -rand scheme of unit- ing ui one cemmon country the detached provinces of Ib'itish North America tliere would have been to-day no narrow l)and of steel reaching from Atlantic to Pacifac, and drawing the entire British empire more closelv t(..'ether The North- west would still be a solitude. Britisli Columbia would be" an i.solated British colony. As it is, from sea to sea there is activity and enterprise and life, and what was but a few years ago a mere collection of coloni..s, bound togeth.'r by a political tie lial,Ie to snap under any severe strain, is to-day one common country, whose remotest ends ar(« brought near to one another bv the magic power of steail. Ihis work of building a great national highway, N\i(lu.u. which' our confederation was unstable, has taxed the intellect and the energy and the tinuncial resources of Canmlu almost to the point of bivaking, and now that it has leaclied comrletion It 18 worth while to look backward over the enterprise, mark its iiuM-ption, truce its progress and sum up the cost. The Dominion of Canada, whi..), cam.- iiito .-xist- encem IMm, was a union ot the four provinces of Ontuiio, (,»u,.bec, N,.w [b'uns- wick and I^ova Scotia. (Jreat had l.een the triumph of the nnioni.sts, but they were not altogether .sat.shed, for their dreams ha.l been of a unitied nation, stretdf M.g trmn Pacif.c to Atlantic, and in that (hey had l.een disappointed, for tlmNorth- west territories were not as yet redcnied from the Indian and the trader, while cdonT ^'ir'T"; "/ ' "^^'',C«1"'"'-^ -ith its sparse popniation was still 'a crown tolon>. Ihe inhabitants ot the latter province were indee.l anxious to ent.r into tlu^confe.lerat.on, and a niemorml was in iHdS sent to the Cana.Ii.m (lovcrnment by Its inhabitants, in winch the obligations, which Canada would be probably «.ske to incur, were noted down. One of them was that a waggon road shuul.l be ' structed from Lake Superior to Hritish t.^olumbia within"uso years after the a - am ed ,n () tawu o draw up t!.- t.rnr, of the union, they .miy asked that such a oa. be constructed within two years, and after that .*l,0()O,(.0U l,e spent an Illy .1! constructing a traMs.ontinenlal railway. Mad tl.cs.. 1... .L :*: " T . '^ ny. Mad these nindcst, propositions be accepted tlu! whole current of Canadian history might iiav., been cl 'en langed, but the \VISN1PE(J AND VICINITY, 53 (^nnnrlian Government in a tit of enthusiastic liberality offered to beam withm two Z tZ conltr^^^^^^^^ '^^^^^y -l"'^'^ ^'^^"'^^ ^'^ completed by r88lTleClh Columbians i.nmediately accepted this proposmon and so Sa^e^^loundtoco^^^^^^ :::t^r;S:Sof ;^r .^:^> ;:^:r1):';hat understanding British Colum- bia en...n.d the ...>..t...l....at..n in 1S71. b;. -ot w.th ,ut jnany _,,...« -;^;^;;^^ 54 WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. ^^':z:t ^lidXl^rirt -it t?;f t" ^^^ --^ .— ^-^ ^ar. The is, that it should not be Z a ukI . T T ,""'7"'^?. '''^'"'^ "^^^'^^tion, that that th. road should Ik. const utccv an ^^ ^""''i'' ^^^'' ^^^^°"^' ^«« the project of buildin. a .aU^thLh f 1v ''"'P'aT-- • ^'"* *''"^ •'^^"^^^^ ^^at l>a„cis Hincks,estinTated would rosi-lcTooSoOo" ^ .""^.^^ *!'«* ^^y, Sir dens of the country, was chin.erical I,, tS. , ' n'°"^, '"^^^^^"'K the bur- nearly all optin.isti, and they 1 eted t it li"" J^^^''^ f ^"f' "' ,^'^'^^"''^" "^^ private company to construct th. road T ! !l ." ""^ ^f "' '^'^^''^ '^"^^^« ^ 2,500 miles, and the proposed si ,dv->0 on '' ' ''^"""*''' at that time was To aid in the constructio^ of tho L/ rnr'*.' ^Z "" ' ^'\ *''^ ^"^^^« ^''-^t^"^-- Dominion Government a belt of a,.d 'o'n.ilo« • ,^"'""''"f '"^"^'"^ °^-^'- *« t'^^ Mr. Mackenzie, the leader of the Li er'n^n > ' '^'^ ^"'^^' '''^'' °^ ^'"^ ^-^il^vay. au.endn.ent to 'the union resol on't^.a T"!:^'') "n'T"*^^' '''^ P"'-^' "' - careful surveys, and the road then ,^f the route should be first ascertained by of the countrj. would t a .^"^'^T \vo ' cf W J"' "', '"f""^ ^^ '^' "^'^^^'^ --'i^ion portion of the road for thirty yearrM All H ""^'^^^r.'"-^ ^" •'"'^'^ the greater him, however, and his amenL ent^las i. i '±, '?''^'- r ^\' ^^^"«« ^''"'^"-d with lishman, named Alfred Waddin"tn ! ' , i' V""'«"'ately afterwards an En--- Bntish Columbia .nAZ^^^,^ ^\:t^f''':V''' '"^"^ ^-- "' rail yay, interested some American canit xhV« », ' •''■''"^ ""^ ^ transcontinental pany was formed, with Sir id tllan 1'/,*^ ^ •'''*/ '"l' "'*'""^*"'>- '' -°'"- constructing the road. Most o the' ap t st^ ; ^V *''*\ P"'-J'"^'^ «*" ^«»- Americans, among them bein- G W ]\K.Ah ii ^'V'^'''^ '''*'' '^''^ "»«'» ^vere and W. B. Ogden They apnl^d for ! f' "', "^'"''""^ ■"^'""^'-v. Ja^ Cooke Pacific Railway Con.pan/. P'Al,^:,;t:n7 "r'r ''' '^'»'" ^--diai afterwards formed at 'foJonto, u, I -r t 'e rme of H T^ ''^'''^'''' ^^'^ «"-' the Hon. (now Sir) D I Afo . i °* ^''*' i"t<'roce«nic Comnanv witl. ohuled tl J names'if'ia^:: ^ ^k;™\;::,n^';r'n "' ^t''! '^^ "«^ "^ ^''^'-^ John Carling, Hon. J. Thil.vuc;eain"rWah.. SI 1 '' ^V"'"'" ^^^^'^^''^^ter, Hon. pan.es there was bitter rival-v a ! fr ' 'f ^ 'V . ^'^''''''' *''^'«^' ^^^« ^'O"- th. patriotic cry until Sir Hugh /la foun i/ ^''-''-'t^'-^'-'^-'ic (Company raised a ly his An.crican associates. '' ?o ,,? "" l^' r^P'''''''''^ to drop, at ieast'non.in- *10,00.. 000, and when the House piTU''" T''^^':,'^ -'*!. a capital of «'cu,re the contract for itself. ^ '' ^^'- ''"^•'' "«*'^1 "H 'ts influence to lli(; Government with a ■ i i • powerful company i,y'givi„. th.'^'ltll^^'rits ri ''7"''/'^'^ "«' «"^"'' "it''^'' •luccd resolutions giving them th, now t L 1 . . '■ '^"*' ^'"">' "^'^•"•clingly intro- .amation of the two compaX.s or'ncrsel in 1"^'' "^'""- 'r'"'-'^' «'-^''' - a^^- w.th a new company. h. re^ok. i„ ^ o i , ,'' '■^''';;"^ ^■•'^'^' .»«* '.« arri . .d at .e road was to be built from son.e point ear a V "'"'''"'"'"': '■"""'^>' I'"'''->'- ' "cl toaid u. lb construction the Government ^. '?r"'>' 'l' ^''•' ^"■•'"'' -'"^^l co.npany undertaking it a money subsid c>^ ^ y ^^"^''7'"] ^° '>"""^' *" *»"' eeed.ng 00,000,000 acres to be ^mum. i dtttn ' ' . ""' '^ ''^"'' ^"'^"t "<'t e.x- "-•»' ;.-.:e o the line. The n.om.y s 1 '™^^^^ *7;"^^ "'il- squaie on would ,n all probability be r.couped to l,'. • '■-^''''''"•■<' ^ Nir (Jeorge C^.rtier sa es ,n the Northwest Tnabl o if) V """'"* '">' *'"' 1"-"'""'ioy in an itained by condition he j)reater I'ered with s an Eny- Y years in •ntinental 'ly a coin- ^ of con- ugli were ay Cooke Canadian was soon my, with fetors in- er, Hon, two coni- ly raised t noMiin- •iip'tal ot' uence to id either ly intro- ui uuiai ri.ed at ' Iiolicy. if eoast, t to the not ex- uaie on I'lirtier, oni and lies dis- iiany of To this vas an- hat tlie hit eh'c- once 'ort of »r.;tQlisf« jis a result of which it went to pieces. Then came the charges X'Xn To uf Setl^ in the Cnadia!: Parliament, that the Cana- d Ivn Pacihc lla Iway Company ifad advanced large sums of money to the Govern- ttrinabletherr to carry'the elections in return for obtammg the charter. ';% Con rvitive government fd Rcfonn adn.inistration took ^ts place;a !e.al election resulted in a sweeping Liberal victory, and the Hon. Alex. Mac^ kenzl was given an opportunity to put his views on the construction of the road ^"'' Mrtlackenne during the Conservative administration, had offered an un- , , dfn'oupositio to the construction of the road, but on his advent to power he hleff bound by he actions of preceding governments to carry on the work. 1^ S essto h La nbton constituents he outlined his policy. The road was ol^^butlt but not before the route had been determined by accurate and exten- r. m" f more 1: consonance with the resources of the -ntry than t^e^ term ^'l^e union treaty in 1871. Soon ^^ ^-^^^Xmi a^ S:^ aovernn,ent despatched .. agent^ J- D- ^^^^/^^^^t .n^chanical and tiuancial -pSr N^^^y'll^^:: l^^cl pas.a and tl. ^;-m^e...g^rshad 7T'^Tr Fd^ar inuu d.Hl cousiderable' concessions, and thus the two Govern- .0 Lord 0^^^r''-^^^r::TZ:l t''^^^^^ Carnarvon terms^ tion. He drew up what J.'*;^; f \"' ^^ ^j^^^^ij ,„ built across the Island of The pri.uipal provisions were that a '''!'^\^'\^''^^^^^^^^^^],^ necessary surveys ^''^'''""^•^'VrTa?ier'i-> m.O0!S:::^ n .-^^ railwayLnstmc- were completed at least *^,('uu,uuuNNou wiin the road was to be open tion in the Province, and that ••y,^--;;Xu' tviS^ t the construction of the fVoH, Lake Superior to Ks.pumaal f >%'^;\P:°3-,„. .„-,„,t .-as never after- island railway was thrown ou n t^.- N n. h and t p J^ ^^^^,^,^„^„,,, j^ wards n.vive.l. Th. Had way Actof l^ I, 1 '^^; '' •>' ^^ ,,,„„ia „,t be in- it ov(«r to a private company. j Liberal leaders, we K,o,n this Act and the speeches ^;^;^lf^' ^^^^ .^^Unstv^ou. Per- ..„. gc. a dear view of the ra. way poUcy of the ^^^^^^^^^ ^,ter-stretche. haps its most striking characteristic was " niagniticciit water-stretches idea, 'tin" TIlC V^IILHIK' iviivt t ^ \\r-ir nt tl tion, provision enabling to contractors on the foHowing terms ; pe, cent, guarantee during 'J^. years on a sum pn vhich was then to be util.ml in reacli ng t n n. Ky .. _^^ ^ ^^^^. ^. .e constructed from that pmnt to ^'l' .*'''''' .^^ ''ortion of the road, so that almost ,,,„,.er of years the construction of ;', " ;;7,JX7 ,^1 ' ,.iti^ Columbia por- ihc entire energies of tlu' country co dd be ;)^^;«JV ' ^' ,,,,,,.r,. ^.^,, „i,„ ,ome tion, which i^was estimated won l^c.>;;t^;^^^ ^,„., or p.rt of it provision enai.Ung the «xuv^,iM!«« -^r. -- -^..,..,■1 ..m,,-/ ner mile. .tIU.UUU ; 4 Subsidy m money per mile, .t1U,U1|u; 4 mile to be named in tlie tenders ; •)0 \VI\.\ri'E(; AM) NKIXITV. tl and subsidy, por mile, 20,000 acres. Another prominent feature of his policy, was exten \T„ TVT I - . "" "': "'"^ ■■'"'-.n. ^ uiiomiij,'!! anci complete survey was in Mr Maokenzies eyes essential to the construction of the road and large Wlies of eng ne.Ts were kept at work from Nipissing to the Pacific coast. The lines from ^tort W.lhum to Ked liiver, from Winnipeg to Pen.l.ina, and from the Red Rive.^ vest were slowly constructed. By 1878 n.atters began to clear up, and t'ZZ tions were made Jor a more vigorous prosecution of the work AfteVan ex pend.ture of three n.illions and a half of dollars, the route -.vas at last determir'^d upon. Speak.ng :n Parliament, Mr. Mackenzie announced that the ro^te wh ch or tl SVll r "f°" '■"'^'" ^''''""''^'' I^'^>-' «" tl'« western coastof Lake Supe lor to teelknk on the Ped H.ver, via Rat Portage. Leavin-^ Selkirk it c^Zed ^;f t tpStr? 1 ^ Tr!^-^^-'y ^•-tion'lo Northcot,:; ^nd 'h!^.^ ^ due west to Lattlotord and hdmonton, and then throui^h the Yellowhead Pass to \a -, and subse.juently called for tenders for the buiklin-^ of h who^ Z Ihen there ea.ne one of tlie ,nost mon.entous events in tin- h "rorv o Carad! " Conservatives returned to nower Tlw. T;i,..,i i '" '"*,' '^•V^^ '^'*""''«- ^"^ '■'■«■■•■ ■■""'.■ « Call,, ,. iritMo'^ ;';/;:; 7' '""■:?■; H°'rl'','" ;i" <-iiterpiis,-lM'n.ounc..d that an arra m.- U i 1 '" f'"'/^"*"'"" "^ ti-'tt year it was usk of bni!di.,g tl. ..;;;r :':;:dll'7;v:;^h; .;::. \:;l:t''' '':'- December, and the exact terms of il„. .v,„i; , 1 ' '" '"H'X'nt opened m .1.1. ap.,.,,,,.,,t ,i„. ,.„a„ wa;;!";,;;:;!:,,:;.;;;!:':!:;,:™'''"'' "'■'" '"-'''■ '""'''•■• "^ ■ /]■..,,. , , — '" '"Lw luiii .sections • limkl,,,, „ total „f "S.V, „,il,., f, ,v.^l.:. ,..""'.'^' '.'"..'""" '■) Hi" "oOO OoS acres of land without the privileges of a railway , Monopoly or ke iptTon frm,? 'fra. r" u!" ''If' ""^ ''°°''^^^'y ''•^""""-^ "^ parlianLt by S jZ as a fraud, and 'an attempt to destroy the Canadian Pad tic railway,'' and an amend mei t ,n its favor was promptly negatived by a vote of 140^ to M " roLbfv" th« largest majority ever secured for any measure in the Canadian P«.^ 7 The transfer was no sooner accomplished than the construction nf ,i G::eVTm:ir'^r"""' ^^^^^ •■"^^•'' ^''^^^^'- ^^^^^ ^''- i-Tbeei^Xit t/S uoxernment. The company concentrated their enei-ies on the r^y^irl W wh>ch was rapidly built westward from Winnip.. "Vhe route ^sX 1 . ^?' Mackenz e's en'i'ineers WIS rp;p,.+„rl „ i- , '^ »', ^"' '"ute selected by Mr. Saskatchewan t^o the V iTo-Sp-^tV" ^ "' ruuuu.,up the valley of' the miles south of i^owarltL^^^^^^^ company r.n their line nearly 20a runs. The vear ]8S-^ snw " , -^"''' ^'"■°"»'' ^^'^''^'^ the road now U.S. -int vfar i^^_ saw a great development of the C P P Tl,„ -i laid on )ts prairie section ata.i avera-^e rate of two.. ,1 ^^..1 \ \ , ""'' ''''"'■'' the close of the season 4-)0 mileTur. "^ t^^oand two-thud miles per day,and by 19th of June th^Zti^^'^o:^'';;;;;^-^;^''^'-^^ «^^ «'-!-»• ^ ^l the end of the sunnner there was a sVra d Hn nt IT? "••^V";"P'^ted, and by point 450 miles west of Winnipe'. ts vet work t /r'"r"'^" '^T''*^'' *« ^ Superior imd not been vigorouSy prosecute/ TtsVr' ''"' ""''''' °^ ^'^'^^ a.i almost unknown place in the wife ernessTbe ''' '""" ''^' <^'^)l'">nle'-. sity of reaching the iea durim^Ii venr i o f "T^'V ••'■'• -'"-zing the neces- which coin.ectedthenit;ithOttawr^,'rBroT>', ^ ?""'' Central Raih.ay, ' Occidental railway, whic 'a rth ,n In ' V '-'^ ,*''*' ''*""''"^'' '^'°"t''-' «''d Work was tlien begun on tt U Sur , i ^ T " ' ''•' .""I^'^'"' "^' ^"^^""f^al. the House in May?lH8;? Sir Cha Us T , . " ^•'•""■'^"'' '" '"« '^•"'"^1 .staten.ent in completed and tha^i^h^ ml of^'itlouiree th^ ''l '•''' '""- ^^••'- Pacific Ocan. During 18S.3 two Inmdre il f T ?"'' ^'■""' ^^'^"^'■•^''*' to the Superior section, and iCaHy 40 oh ';;;'':,: //rtv""-' '"^ ?" '''« ^^^^e the Rocky Mountain., 902 miles we t of W ,^\'""'P'% the sununit of 1^«.'<. Three steanu-rs wer "nvhasecM.v th^'''^"'"' ' '"T'''""' "" ^«"- -^' tween Port Arthur and Collin^.J ^ "< tl e """'f'""r ^"^ P'y on the lakes be- controlling interest in the O a Hnd . , T'T^r^f''!; '•''^«'"' ^' ^-»«»'t a v.i,.i . -. -" ^ - - ■ Uo en ne: agreed to take over 6,793,0U acres of the -mp.iy s «.isca. Tills arrangement was carried into effect and oa .luly ^^^j-;^;^ step by step r it;:iJ^^r lELt^^^rr:;^^^^^^^^ ^^ecessf^ cipij: tion. Moportant event in the h.storv o f '^;^';;^™; ^^^j; .Jed obstacles previously re- al.le year. The division north of Lake ^^^'P^ '^" .P'^'/' ,,^ .. . ^ Mountains and gardid as insuperable and far exceeding the ^if ^^ji^,^i^.;^:^ted to the the Sierra Nevada of the Pa^i^"; -o^^t; i Ko th A nenr V.r. John Ross, origin- most energetic engineer and contractor i.i ^^^ '';,', f''^\^;j^i\„a opened to traffic ally f ro.n the Niagara district of Canada, and ^;^;/ f ^^^^^^.^ 1^^ Z last spike on six^nonths before rhe officers of the company were ^l'."^;^,; '\^ ^^''^Montreal, and the l.thof November, 1885, m '^'Ji;^'^;;;:^'::^,^ Tl "tla^ from Montreal proceed without change ,>f ca \« ^''^^f.^*^,^.; ^J' ;,i,,s, and the route includes five to the Pacific terminus at Port ^^^^y'^r^^^J^^^'i^,,,t districts north of the i,nportant divisions, as fdlows : (1) ^Y! th nbie of useful metals north of Lake St. Lawrence River and Lake Huron ; (-=),^'>'V , Ilt-vv.ird to the vicinity of Superior in the Laur.ntian ^«"-f -/^.^ /" tTlTSro 7 ounU^^^ 1,200 W.nnipeg; (3) west of NVmnipeg ^"^ ^^^^ ;;;j /../^^^^'h^ .niles and northwest to the valleys o the ' '^^^ l;^'^^^"'^,,^ Selkirk Mountains ; great Mackenzie ; (4) the niuu^s and f^:'"-^,';^ J, '\^^;^;^,^ he international boun- h) the Ukanagan district between He ^^f '"j"^P;. , ^^^^;'^' ''t,, wheat and fruit- dary, with resources for ^gnculUiral in'odu.tio tu Uy southward boaving platea,. adjoining, in Waslungtmi ^^'^l^^^^!^^ j,, the Ottawa m mi ieage to be operated during 886 may thereof ore be stated as follows Mi (50 VVINNinO /\X|) VICINITY. I Main line Canadian Pacific Railway hom I'aoitic coast to C'alk-nder 2,547.07 Branches ni Manitoba SHO I -, Eastern conneutions, inclnding line from MontreaVto (iuebec .'.'.* .".*.' l,f).SI.'oo 4,908.22 "Thore an, also operated in Manitoba and the Northwest Territory 264 08 nnles of lateral ines connected with the main Canadian Pacific, but under separate taT;sT9S.2.3 '"''^^ ""^"""^ '^*^'^^" "^^'^ ^"^'^"•*«'- and the Rod.; Cut .ion.'irr *'"^'"''' P?"'^ v^ *^'^ Canadian Government was to restrict the exten- pL7« «?''■"'"; '■"'""' ^'"'' ''"J""''^' ^''^ i'.ternational frontier to the Canadian ^SsVom^^; T^;" '?''•, :'"" ^'---"P-^y '-^PP-'-J for a further subsTdy of 1881 mV PI. 7 % stipulations in fa^or of the syndicate deemed sufficient in 1881, S.r Charles Tupper, Minister of Railway.., n.et and appeased the Oppo tio" n Parhameut and the country to the measure l.y the follovl n^ announcemen in h s i^eech of Kel.ruary 2, 18«4 : ' I am .lad to be able to state to the Hou e tha Zt on of the 1 r 'f "'" "^''•""'^" ^"^"'■«"-' - -- "--'-t of the L^-on Railway and its connections to I^al;!" i^^ic " aj^^ ^..f ?;^:;:jt" ''^l" ject of congratulation tliat the numerous An,P,i •! '''■ ^ "-"'.'' '*/» » sub- '•ago ard Dniuth nortbwestcdlv u, o , t k ; o '=' '^^^ ;'^":'''g>^^- f*'"". Chi- nrrested upon a politi.a] l.ou d^ rv b t , ' Z '''"'* ^'''''"^ '''" "«<^ '«' corn districts of ihe Mi s • ,i V.;i l i^^ 7' "'" ••'"".-'•- "^ ^he cotton and admitted th.ot, exc-ept 1 1 e /I- 1: ^ s \ -'t.T.or Canada. U is now the Carpathian Mountains , ac,; to \u^ til H "'"" ""' *''^' ^'^^^^'•" ^'^P" ^^ the world which produces wK o L:^H^^:;';' ^^^f^ I'"""'^ '« - ^'istriit of as No. 1 spring hard, excnt the nor lor nn.f * .' -'"*"'0"« texture known tana, inchlding the u^la k lo N Z ^ ^/ 'r ^ i>«'Kotaand Mon- tional frontier to Central Canada end,.-?', 'T ""**'"^'''*' ''^'y"nd the interna- Province of Manitoba^,,! fl^'eHt"!" y ""'* ^^7^''''"^' ^'■••"' '^-' P--"t Provinces of Assiniboia, A .t^Sa LaL w^l'^.r! A^ ^''•^''" *'"t""' urea of 500,000 square miles enuaT to W I . .^^'"\''T''"- '''« ^'""^ i'"""'"^^' ..ark, Holland, l^ilgium, and y\T,"1 til N ; , I;' p^';"' 't '^l''^''^' ^^orway, Den- States and Canada const tuto base i n'tl re. , " J^^''^^''^>'« of the United of cereal and anin,al productions 'a::;,.:;^';:^ ^U T ^l-l^ ^7' 'r*^'"?'"?^ -'^ " ' -■ (.\pei!(iKe and analogy in tJie licart of the Ai iiericaii continent. WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 61 XI.-AVi:SNIPEG TO-DAY. In tlie preceding portion of this work the progress of Winnipeg for the last fifteen years or more has been traced fully and minutely. Its advancement has been of no ordinary character, but has in its rapidity and solidity outstripped every other city in the world. Ancient or modern times fail to furnish a similar exam- ple of sudden growth and permanent prosperity, and the metropolis of the Cana- dian Northwest to-day stands unapproachable in its commercial supremacy. Ihe present year, 1886, now drawing rapidly to a close, has been marked by continued development. The previous year's business, as been said previously, vvas sadly interrupted by the rebellion in the Saskatchewan which took about 2,000 men out of the city for several months. The early part of the present year was marked by an increase in business which was by many ascribed to the fact that it was a portion of what should have done in the early n.onths of 1885. But the record of the suc- ceeding months showed that this was a fallacy, that business had reached a solid and stable foundation, and was rapidly increasing its proportions ^ ln*^,^«"^P'«7.^ of the Canadian PaciHc Railway and the opening of the road to British Columb a opened up another field for our wholesale merchants, which they did not hesitate to enter, and the result has been a large addition to their business As a wholesale centre, it is generally conceded that Winnipeg to-day is beyond all possiole riva ry in the vast region natuvally tributary to it-a territory "con.pared with which the area of the greatest empires in Europe dwindle into mere provmces-a territory Zo.\y wo^Klerful in extent, but tertile beyond belief, blessed with a 1 the natural advantages which constitute the foundation for future greatness a land ready t« 'ecetve fnd to feed a population larger by far than that of the British Isles and capable of perfecting a manhood which shall show the highest development of the So-Saxon race.'^ This enormous area may be better realized when it is taken hitoaccoun; that the Province of Manitoba contains 123,200 square miles, the dis- tct oTass .roia 95,000 scjuare miles, that of Alberta 100.000 square miles, and SaskatclfewanlU,00bsqua!-e miles, whil« stretching away -:;^^--^/;-S f/^ eastern slope of the Rockv Mountains, and north of the great haskachewai, lies the d strict of Athabasca," with an area of 122,000 square miles including m it tl^^ amoufpeace River country, which all authorities dec are to be hi the weahh o its undeveloped resources the most famous portion of ^Ins weste n lan^^^^ Ih s^^s the .rreat territory that stands tributary to Winnipeg ; a vast don ai.i on the veiy ; i^c^h'd of development ; a region of incalculaye possibilities bu as yet more i its infancv than the territory which has made Chicago, was thutj years ago, an ;n;l7nSu?al wealth ofirest, field and ""- f-^er than any city on ^^^^.^^^^ tinL ever had to its own -Jl^^^^^f ^f ^^, J^r^i-^^n.^J iif ^S;^^ rii:Son'^' ''wiSe^'Ss^^ "mustn.main the golden gate ^SfSrthw^t:""^^ bound to be agreat iy." f 'thw^tern^ti.de aiul c^^ ,, 1 w;,,,,;,ui.f t le lailwav svstem has bettiect inat puiut merce cannot How around \\inmp(g ti u lauxvay .> • « 4-1 ,irl »«i.lf1 niid the Dorts ot export on the Atlantic— ana at au pires of the old %soikl a kI tm pons J y y its very position «'arly day of the ports oi. Hudson s Bay-AV nn pig ""°'"^J ''f .,/ the im- ,?: present l^Sn 1ms sec, tl.e prei,«„ae,a„oe of populate, ot product,o,>, All «2 H'T.VMPEO AXD VICINITV. ?e"tl^of irLTo7.r"V^' -^'^^hanies, and it is now witnessing a daily trans- vSp in nl r «f '"^""factures from oast to west. A similar nmveme.it is now v..3ible m Canada, and a few years hen.e will see the preponderanr-e of DODulatim production and political power west of Lake Superior. ^As « e^y ^^01^; 7ieZr"^:T ^^" ^°^^' '^^^^^^ -^' Plnladelphia contro o'f the maS of the V^estern States, so surely is the tide of progress sweeping westward in f he ^rL::f^'^;z':i^T''^ ?r ^"''- -'^^"^^ «^ thatL^,u.e;ir:uVei : wmcn IS ners by right of contnieutal location, and which the inevitable lawc; ihit govern the competition of demand and supply 'are now workinc. out the recLTonltrLloMS?;" °' eommerci,;i solidity reached^n the Northwest, report^Tssued by Dun V^ ^ very encouraging light, -h^ failures for tlie first hllfnff ! n^^rcantile agency show the total number of lauures tor the first half of the year to have been 22, with liabilities of 6139.699, I 'I'ifK .M.ANrniMA CLrii, Winmpko. Dividing the i^cord into ^f^ rfi^^Llr'^ overliabilities of |.,.23. present year there were 14 failures ^I.H.rr" ^^'f .*''''"" '''^''^''^ «f tl'e «200,000. For the second th ee m t of 7 "^ ^^^^"^^^ ^"^ "^''''' «f Habilities of $23,400, and estinlat d L^ oft^/oor''V'"'''''^"7;' "'/ '' "^*^ the situation as presented by these returns m-fv I . } 'T^ ^'"^*^^"' ^'«^^ ^f comoarison with former years Forthe "r J T,' ^T, *''" ^^^^'^'Point of a l>ered 38, with liabilities of .^488 6S4 or he L e"'" \f ' ";:' '''^ ^^''"'•^'' "»">- of the present year. For th» JJ\Zrl T f''^" *'"■"' t""^« »» «^ces.H with habilities-of $457,560. "F^r ^ h- « 1 1^ SS I '" /^'""^^ "-'^-^^ 49, with liabilities of !«!990,000 The s ftf«H f '^ ^' "' ^'"'"•■''•'' numbered 102, have not yet been collated, buf D n Wi .an' tc ' '"" '^'i ''''' P''^'^^"* y^^^ failures and the amount of Habitities'arJir tl^n d^i^th^tif ^ir;^:,.:^ WINNIPEG AND VICINITY, 6% rt will therefore be seen that the present year presents a rtcovd of commercial security far in advance of any year sinc;^ 1882. This showing, therefore, cannot be taken otherwise than as a p"ooE of inoreasinj; prosperity, and must make its influence felt in inspiring confidence in Northwestern enterprises and i^v^^^^f^^";^ The recovery from the peculiar depression under which the commerce of the JSorth- west has labored has indeed been rapid, when the circumstances attending the same are fully considered. Following an almost overwhelming col apse trom a most extraordinary state of inflation and speculation, the commercial mterests of the Northwest have 1 to beer up under three successive years of bad harvests, vet from the culmination of the crisis a marked improvement has been going on. The following review of the failures in the Northwest since 1881, the tirs„ year which furnished a record, will be of interest :— ' TotalforI8H2 '^ *2!K),8()0 , . X looo .-)" 400,0()() Ist quarter, ISn.i '. -m' ,mu\ Sr^ - " ;■■■ 87 l,4r,8,(M)l) jjj .. .. ;:;:;;;;;;;.' os 415,000 Total ^^ $2,000,000 Ist quarter, 1884 j. \-^oyH) ^2 " " '.'■'■'.'■ ''^* '■^'*^'*'*"' Total 80 i?783,879 ... ,00. .... -22 «!320,08r) l8t quarter, 188., ^^, ^,.- ,,y,^ 2ad ^^ ^^ :::;:::.:;;;:;::: n i-r^os Jjj .. .. ■..•.•..:■.■.■.•.: 17 _^^^:^ 'lotal «« *"^^''^^' w . i«SK .... 14 §110,200 1 st quarter, I nno u o-> ai)o 2nd " " _ _Z1 Total 22 *131»,«00 Among the numerous houses doing business here, ,^;»' ^^j-o^^!^^•^t's* •I tT,, oc fr^Unws • Two houses, respons'bihty over !iM,UUU,ULU , ^ no.ises, TriT OOV 3 houlV over S: OO'OO ; 3 houses, over S200,000 ; 4 houses, over * " 000 '9 Lis ov^^^^ ? 0,000 ; 28 houses, over .^40,000 ; and a large number, wh^l l^e/pon'ibilit; ranged f-'om .^5,000 to $20,000. The trade .of the city for the present year may be estimated to be about as follows :- « 10,000,000 Wholesale luercautile 7,r)00,000 Retail mercantile . . . ■•••••■:••■ •••;•.:,• '. s'oOti'.OCM) Manufacturing (not uicluded ui nieiuuitut) • ■ 800,0(M) Miscellaneous lotal ' not being some- 6,4 WINNIPEG AM) VKIXITV. ''From extensive im,uiry and careful observation, we are '.d to th . conclusion that at present the business outlook for this year is eiicoura-nn^ O.r^ .n)? i These figures o.dy re er to tlJ^ Province of l'^.''', '"'^ ""'^V T"''' '" Proportion. depoSr'[;.te D:;iS;::;;:tr','"r ''^''^ thean,ounttothe credit of in view of the fact that tlu/rl,.n. > S''^^;^ ''•':" '^ '' '"'^^* Si-atifyinc; circumstance, in«s of the worki . W "^'^nT 1']^"'' '"'':'"*"" "''^"^'^^ '•"I—'t the savl withdrawals durin.; earinth "'"'' ''"'"'""' '^''""•^ the deposits and .Inly ■ I)Kl-nsiTS. WITni.HAW.WS. August 'M' •-•.'- ••*' ii^-i-s,.-):: (K» September . ! '-•. • ' T! !,1! '-'H.;<4» ;{«t October . . '.'• • V'^ •'•* -'7..-.,S4 ,S!» November . . .' I'r: ;^" "<' .T.IU'T 28 December . . ;."-'■:*'"' '•*'< -'!»,(t.-,8 70 .riimiiiiv , ■ ■ ■ .w ■ - ':, '^ ■*•"•■"•"''< 'w Fel.nuilT . . 4H.,J!MKt •J(i..«,S(i (i'J Marcli , , . •.'rr^^ "" '.'S, I.VJ ss April ;■■■■' :!■'•'* "" .-.O.HU (M» May.....:: :••••■" m!!!!^ ■*'-"i '«' ':!. '.L*"* ■'-'•"■^"' •"'» The balance due leposito'-.s oti the 1st of In U- Iv^- - . , . -xc.ss of deposits over wi- h-lravvaisXr , , / ' ' ''T- •^"^"•'•'-"^ » '• The must i..ud.;ed.^L';:r:;;:o a,,,.' ;,,'''; 7 >'''' ^^'"-^ •^i7.\o;{L',(;i, to wbid, l^t .luly, l^.b/tu i,; ^J,,;;;;,S! '"''"•"^^- ^'--"^ ^'- '-lance due di-positors ol; The crops thisy.'ar, ti ,^U hanlU Rhort weat growiiiK jrrason, ••auscd much of th.p, '•fc in the beads, but the crop sullbr d no l.r T 'T *'"' «'"""'"' "'"' "'«" so WINNIPEG AND VUTNITY. 65 TZi^^SQ will prove interesting reading in connexion with the grain trade Se ilJ:^ whieh^annuaily ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^"^^ uThe result of ^^e seuson s n»pectiou jp t^^ according to a report taken from '^'^ ^°f^lf^^% ^iTcZs, containing 2,409,200 follows • Grain of all knuls mspecte h«^^ ^^'^^^^^ ^^^,,^ ^^eat, 106 cars bushels. Of this 3,530 cars con aim nj,' ''f ?« Ir co mi^ -^,000 bushels were eontaining 84 800 ^^^^ ;Z^^Z:::^;^^::^Ln iMe C.P R. of wheat oats Ur to the c ose «« ^pnl ast t e mox . ^^^^^^ ^ ^^ to was 2,933,744 bushels From ^'^^^ date to th-^ F ^ ^^^^^.^^^ ^^,^^ld raise the the movement cannot as yet be had ^'"^ ^ \f ^f^^hels. These figures do xiot aggregate to about three and a H"-'' - "^^ ^^ ^ '^^^^^ wheat used by include wheat exported m a. »>^"^^,'^'=J"^"' '^^^o^^ Nordothey he n.ills in the city of Winnipeg and othe port.a,.s o > p ^^ ^^^^^ include wheat now in storage at P"-^« 7J^\f^;'^^;" ,j ^^s^' The figures on Hour no direct key to the surplus of wh *' «" ^^ .^'^J*, ,,„ties, but enquiries made at exports are not within the scope «* >-";;:^" f fo\h of this n.ont'h as somewhat exporters place them for the «-^«" J^.^*^° ,7, j,. one nnllion bushels of wheat. over 400,000 bags, winch would ''^J^^ ;^/^; ^^ ^1,^ date numtioned, manufac- The exports of wheat from the ^''^P .«* ^f^^"' "f^'a ,t about four and a ashels in store in the province, 'j^^^J^^ J^^^^^l^^rse, not yet obtainable. tics regarding the crop raised m ^ ^^^ ^l^' j'^Xvn in 'roronto This may seem Living is cheaper m Wnunpeg to- ay tha ^^^^ ^.^^^ ^j ,,^^ strange, and to some persons '"'F°>"^ f^' ^ /'^, oHiving in tl.is city during and tion. " People have heard so n.uc . ^^^^^':^^, ^.trongly rooted in their after the real estate "boom, that ^1 J "^f,,;^^, ^ee times as large a salary here nandsthatit wasnecessaryfor an "todia ^^^^^^^^^^ provinces, ihis, in order to live as <^«'»*^'^t^^Vy.^, ',1°" LrTay in.porting everything, to-day however, is a land o* rapid ^^^'^ '^'^ J/^^^^ !„,,. ^.ticles which we were but entering on a large export trade ot tin. very ^^ ^^^ ^^ unproved " terday imparting. Th. cooiditions ^av-^l^-^ ^^^j^,. j,,,,,. ,„,,i,i.. land, oud Railway communication and tin- J"-- '! /" I'f il.jow what are asked in eastern the products of the country a!'*' /«';';;• ,1'";^^,^ ,i,, hi Winnii.eg at ten per cent n.arkets. The «'OHse.iuence ,s that p jle-an ^^ ^^^^^^ ,^^.^^^ the cost of less expense than in Ontario, lea g "^^^ \;. J,,,^ that a family can live here living and rents. t.l'>'o^vu.g uel annk and vU ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^..^^ o.tie.s. l''•• ''"-r'^'-'f^^.^'^n", H.n-H are lower than what are asked m Main Stivet, nin be had at ^12. ' ^'.^ ^ ,.\Vnt. L'HH ihan in Minneapolis Of Toronto. IJents in Winnipeg are >ly -W -,• t ^^ ^,.„t, were t iree eo.irse. the price all depends on the ^^^^2^ ^^,J ,„,,, ,,on,e down one half, times higher. Houses whuh »'''-' ''^'J^^; now rent for *2:., m l.>'»ses K.H- instriuce, some houses •'^•'V,';^*"'^,.';.,; houses now vacant, the town is ^ for #S ami *10 : ^2.. for ^8. « »'-" J^, ,^ ;^ ^^.^oiu^l. The "shells" are g.v- ,aphUv tilling up, and rents are f;'^/^^,,. There have been gn-at changes in , ..lace to wurudv built, substantial ^♦'•'' ' , ^ tVw years. Il»-re. wl.ere 6(i WINMPEC; ANM) VK'IXITV. mer beiiifij, indeed, in itself embleniatio of its temporarv nature tl,P lr.ff.. i Us solidity betokening its pern.auent and lasting cCiiT; 1^^^^^^^^^ has trampled beneath its feet the marks of savagerv and savaae ul 17 ^l J ! jn their stead all the evidences of nHKlern advanced dviHra ^ Fir In ^h' og I'ut then the trame dwelling and after^vards the splendid buildin.^ of sto o and brick vv.th .Inch the city is fiUed. There is, of course, in Winn.pe^ tl e us«a miscellaneous assortment of dwellings to be found in al cities b, / ff Vi tune there are others which at once "attract attention and land ul ira^^ion" A bud s eye view of the, city brings to sight many such in the four corn^ Td e^'.trl p::r;^s^t;rr;;:r;r?^rc:i^ :r::ii':ix'- -t^ -sr i^::±z SS?-;? consun.ers here as cheaply as any when- in Qina la Thm is , ,* /"'^'^''^^^^ ^y fresh fish from Lake Winnipe.. The white fish frmnf . "^ '"f'P'^ °^ in the Do..inion, the Havor^.;:^ng exc^ltl^ M H ,"' ^^dLThe; ":??"' ^f"^ m any other place. Jt i. acknowledge! that thV .^^t vMu ^l"T^ ' '" not surpassed anywhere in tlie Don.iniou or the Nortl we te rstL s wJ I ".^^ are much chcp..- than in Ontario, Indeed, tl.ep ices here Ir^^^^^^^ per cent, below Toronto prices, this being caused by ] ' 'rv 1 ' ^^ ° f yiHd. ymall fruits, such as wild stra^lu^res and .^ ' "''"'*' ""^ ^'" The prices of puultr; are now down to the O ta io l^, " ''riirir'' ^'^T^ >"*"?• tendency is towanl lower prices, and without doubfV" t»f^s« artic.es the -ill be no cheaper countiy o,', the fa ' th , .tl lo'li:"'^' '^T 'T *'""' <'ro,.eriesof all kinds, teas^.oHees and m.-Us e as . " •"'rr^'''"' ^^^«^'>toba. goods in many lines a're cheaper. Ilar.l ;:;tw lich , 71?,! '■JT"'''1 "'^' ^':>- per ton, costs «?10 here, but this to 1 .xpected si .as t 1 ITv^" .""^ '"'' more by water and .•ail. Con.pared wi,| th West . ' S . IT^^' '':**^^ "''^^« favor of NNinnipeg. In (hand Ko, ks, ( hafton V, ^ ^' ^ ! ^i' ''" «''«^^->K i« in high;.-, while n, St. Run and Minneapdis coal ^^s i] ^U , pnces are slightly eonsu..:vd cl.eap at thar (i.ure. .'..nlral fuel, 1.,;,; "s T '' '"'^' '?' east Good wood sells at from 6:5 to s;, j,,,, ,.,,1 J, , ' I ' , " '''"'^f' '"'!'" «? "' *'"' while mill .slabs which n.ake good fuM, cinl.Hd f ''^.'-'n"' "' ,"-'"''«"*"' fuel ,uestion is one whi..h i: rapi.llv solvi.,: t{^ ^';-- ^^-^0 to s;i. ,5,t t,„ shown a redu. ^ion in pric , and the prospects?ire tl at f l' 'T '^ ^''■'"" '"'' ;:;.■ of new n.ines i„ the Northwest will Lou cu Ji l! ;'"^"'"l"";';t of a num^ TJm following table shows the wages paid in \V n 0,^ ,1 ' " """'' '"■'"'" "«"'•'■• ^ ' innipeg », ,|.,. present time : — liKSClill'TKIN (IK |,.W!0|i. ''.'■""'[^'I'"i<'i.S pcr.lay uith.mr l„Mnl ".,"•'■■^• '."■III lal-niflH. !„.,• „,,,.|, ,|,„| |,„,„,,| M. '.>.-) I'ciiial.. lunu srrviuits. ,ui.| l,„ar,| ,„,,■ „i,;„t|; •.>.<:, I'litklayi'iH. |i("r (lii\ •.... .,.,, '.'.(Ml ('iii|itntris. |KT (lav '.'.'.. " " ■ • •■• -•'•<' Smiths, pi'i' (lay . .' '" "' ••... I.")() <;iinlfiKM>.. with lioai.l p. r iii.inth '"'" iMlnitlf CIH.k.M, |KT lllc.lltll ■-'<'•'><» l-iiunilrc«nc«, p,.) iiKiiith ' '•'••"<• Kl'Illillc .loillCMti.S, IM'I IIHIllUl """ ' -"•'*" •Jt'lifra! lali0 >r.., .1.,.,, I>)|U| li,J' "'-" '"-- " «• ■' '■' "'■■ !--"!i". ■■ I w,,.,. i„ ,11 """" ""■ "'"■"""•• '"■ ""■ '^''"« " '■-'"■ l'».'«..v ... .1,.. l.„d,l,. C„.«t, \Vi„ WTXVT"EG AND VICINITY. 67 nipe- has become an important tea market, and dealers here predict that this city "wilUpeedily become the principal distributing point for the chief products of rhina and Japan. Although the railway was not opened in time to permit of a fa r slowiu/in thi.s line for the year 1886, the direct in,ports by our merchants fron China a'nd Japan have amounted to large figures. During the summer it S .tBted l'^ 496 187 lbs. of tea reached its market vta San Francisco and <,5yi, 64- .ia Suez Canal. Although the Canadi.xn Pacific Railway was only opened ?o through traffic on July 1st, the following is a statement, giving the cargoes of t^ Irought by the vessels named, which were carried over the road through this city up to the first of Noveml)er :— LUS. TEA. VKssK.i,. 1 '2 to 753 W. B. \ Imt J j.-j^ ^YX.\ Flora P. Stafford .-)21>,-2l)<> Zoroya . , _h()(m"(H) ("arric Delap .-,,-)(),(«)() Hylgi'i 1 .ItK).O(M) V'V\^'^"\ • • ■ ■ ;,:,;. 1,(MM),(MM» Seventh vessel (name unknown) ' Total •;,878,0:W MvMToUA ("ol.l.r.Lr lA certain to become on* This represents ^2,000,000 worth of ea^^ 1" Ih.; .st on the continent of the great primary tea markets of A ni"ii« a, II noi^ ,^ ^ , .^^^^ il^^ coun- The sam» tr, ria tl eat primary tea maruersoi '^^■"•■' ■";•'; ;:^,^,;.t. inu.o.te-i ir.to this coun- . niay be said with leferenc- t.. ^'\^'y '^i".,,',, ,,;.,.. « - tra.le has now iH. Pu-ific. (ireat and prosperous as W \' ^ :;;„,^' j ,„,.,. ,. -^i, d,.,i„g iKH-onu.. it bids fair to be e^en n.ore PJ-l-;;-; ^^ ""' "^' the next few years than it has at '^''>' ^"^^V"^;; JJ r,u,rin' th. vear. and The building t-de showed cons.d,.nU.e a .^^ _^^^^^^, .„,,^,„.„, „., noticeable that the greater portion of the ''"'"'"- ^^^^.^^ ^^^^^ „,any handso.n substantial character than in previous y"-^ «. , -^ ,, ...^.e stately an ,,},,,l,, ^,,,. ,,,„t.d. glvinu ih- business po tion ot^_tn^^^^ y^_^ ^^^ ^j^^. ^^^, venerable app.-arance. Am.-ng *l": l".'":' 'Z ■ . t,,,. i-Vnch casement style and Canadian Pacitic Railway depot, which is built m tlu t was d some id ()« WINNIPEG AND VICIN'ITV. cost $40,000. The dimensions of the new station, which is of stone and brick, are, length, 210 feet ; width, Hi feet 4 inches. Then Hon. S. C. Biggs erected a tine brick terrace on James Street at a cost of .f 20,000. The Freeman block, on Main Sireet, costing .$ir),000 : the Foulds' block costing ^2r),000, and the Rowan block on the corner of Main Street and Portage Avenue, costing §1S,000, are also wortliy of mention. Then the City Hall and the Post Office buildings were con.- pleted, and will compare most favorably witii any simihir structures in the Domin- ion. The total value of buildings erected during the year was about .^425,000. In addition to these improvements, the ^Market Square was paved, so that with Main Street and the square provided with a block pav(unent the appearance of the busi- ness portion of the city is greatly improved. It is conceded that Main Street, which is 1:50 feet wide and over a n)ile in length, paved its ent're length, with street cars running, and lighted with the electric light, is now the finest street in the Uoniinioe. The assessment of the city for the present year is placed at 819,286,905, and it may mow be considered to have reached its proper level. From tliis time forward it will undoul)tedly show a steady increase. The value of real and personal property in each ward is as follows : WanlOm. .STH'i.HM) Wai'd Two .").7">.'5, 1 ')0 Wiir.l Three 4I7,:}!I(> Wiird Kour 7,77'i,7-ignilicant fact that so numy people who formerly lived in tcneniint iionscs have this year luiilt houses for themsflves, or purchased lots to build on as snon as they can. All classes in the community have liccn doing tin,-, Imt more fiarticulurly tiie working men of the north end. It is estimated that over fifty of tin' Canadian Pacific rail way eniployi's jiud others thei'i' have |i;iri'ha-ed lots in Wanl Five for this pnipose in the lust six months. As to prices, there ha-i been niofe of wiwit might be cilled readjustment than in.rease of values yet : that is, inside properties are valued maiidy on an income Iiasis, and not according to boom notions, itnd residence pro perties farther out by the locality and convenience (o the business ci-ntte of the city. Rockbotttim was evidently toucheil last fall, ac.il since then the general tendency of values, exc<'pt in the case of forced sales, has been npwivrd. with a marked advance here and there. I!ut farm lands avoniul the city are still vacant to a large extent, and very little progress lni.sbie,i nmde in the settleim'nt of them. Nor is there likely lo lie until a (liderent poliev is adonted tor this nuiiiose. Tlie poi pmp av lenU'S erage Winnipegger is great on '• s. hemes, " and we have had all sorts of sd for settling the lied Uiver Valley in the past five years, but without ellect, and. in the oi)inion of some persons who have given the matter consideiable attention, WINNIPEG AND VICINITiT. 69 i- :i U,ree thing, wi" have to I. done before our v«cantjanj-.n ^-oM -d^f «;* on. We muat drop .11 aohemea that do not take '"^ ac«o»nJ ^, j,,^ j^^ trary to the plain law, o nature, and "':« » ' '*J"° """'^ "down the ta:.eB ou U.in^ then is to ■'>;o"* ''-F-™'^^-'" ^eZ^^ "land., in the Winnipeg farm auds at least one-halt. becomiy, u e " " ^ ^ ^^ drained district, if not in the whole valley, though dry «;«»^??h this yea, ne. .^^. efore ihey can be cultivated in ordinary seasons. f-^f-^^^^t the powerful in- :Ition poLy by the Local Governnie.jt is ^^^-^/^^reS ,' -u'ding people fluence of the railway and land -J^^^^^^^vt^n these hi„gs are done we may ex- farther wesi where their own lands are^ ™i;' Rulers and made to produce pect to see our vacant lands taken up by ^o mng setue ^^^,^^^ „f ^.^es Lmething more than high tW^ ^-;, ^^.^ ,, ,,ry ..asonabl. of land lying idle aiound the city, ^1»^*^J:;^ \ impediment to cultivation, being ,ates. The greater part of tins ^^"^ ^^^^ J^ "^^^^^^^^ .uune^ous streams, the open prairie ready for the plough. J* \%^;^f;^^fi[i^;'^, ^^ile bluffs of timber dot ;lks of whic!i are fringed wi h ^XelZnZnToHhe Red River is of unex- the prairie at frequent interva s. Hie >'«tto '^^^^^ ^^^ centuries of decomposed oelled fertility. It is arich,black inould anaccumulau^^^^ and practical- vegetable and animal matter, varying Y^^'^\':!'j2 ^^^^ other wild animals have ly Inexhaustible. For ages countless ^^^^^ f^ J^f ^J^^^s which grow here in /oamed over this country, eeding .^'^^^ ^^^f;-^!';^;^;, "Id^ this trail their resting- .such luxuriance. Myriads of birds ha-« '^i^-^^lf^^Xt min.led with the rotting .-rianc. ^y^^'^YJ,^,^^:,^;:'; I^^r^udl^ingled with the rotting place. Tlunr droppings and 'f^' '^^^'^r'/ f ;\'° „,, «{ the present day, a soil capa- vegetation of each year to make up for the f'^rnu ot z p ^^^^.^^^ ,^^^ ^j^^ abh. of producing to perfect.on ^^^Z^;7i:;J.^ M^^ Hir John Bennett ^taolefoodof man and beast. ^ "*^^,,®,, "^ ,.,.:, „i,.pnnrts of Dr. Stephenson Dawes and Prof. Gilbert, -f ^''7"!;;^ I^ti^^'^' Kiel ^^^^ !"§»» Macadam, of Edinburgh, and ^/f ..*;'";; '^^^"''i^^d River district. In connection opinion formed of the wonderful terfhty o Red n ^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ with the analysis of the atter henato Mo ot^ ,^.^^ ^^ ^^^^^^.^^^ ^^^^^^^ ,,,,,d 1 give you an analysis of the mo t.m^^^^ ^^^^ Manitoba soils are, you will see how exceeding y nd " F« "^^^^^j Jj ^,,,,itoba is so very fertile even Ld which fully explains ^^^t^^^%r.t nitrogen, then potash and phos- without manur.-. The chief ''"tr ments an ;^,.tieuiar importance is the phoric acid which P-'l-.^-^fl^^^^i;; ^ro." L set free and ready to V.e absorbed li.ne contained in the soil vvhereby t»'« '»'^^^" , -^ ^,f Manitoba soil there is no in vegc^table organism. Record mg to tm. a^ J j^^,^^^. ^ ^.„^,,t,y ^x aoubt tliat, to tin. farmer who ^'p^^^^^ ^^^^.^^^ ^.^.^t harvest, no country m the has the most productive soil '^•" V' "r'.^;.;',";,',,. „£ Manitoba. " These ren.arks world offers greater attractions than thlnwnc ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^.^^ ^^^^^ ^^ have special reference to the I^'^' ^'^ , J •^^^fne connnercial n.etropolis of the i,nportant facts, such as close F J^J 'f . '^,;,,f o^uce, it is a.stonishing that Northwest and a constant "''^^l^f /;;:,,f [,'^ I', « fLtiU- lan.ls of the farther wes . settlers will continue to rush past [ '^ to u^ «tatem.mts that these lands Th,. only api>arent reason for tins »« t'ut tn la j sufficient contradiction It \JJL.y figures by «F^u ^tc^s hi.e u^^^^ , j, ,,,, and that the false i'"P'-'^'^«'<""" tl"^t u sp t has ^lu.stio,. and decided the Doard of Trade of Wimu,..g cons d . d th ^^^snance .J this desire, tlie 8ch^- to take action towards s.thng t' ^'^ ^^ ^^, ,^,„ resscd the foUo.v.ng circular to nlary of the Hoard, Mr. .la.nes »';,^ ' '^: [""ji,, ,„i,,.s of the city :- ^ . , tin. owners of all vacant l'^'''»« "?^^'" ^.^^ ,J ,, i,rtaken the collection of informa- ..The Winnipeg l^.ard of 4 radi. havu.g umU rtaK _ ^_^, ,,^^^^^^ ^^^^^ colonization tion, with a view to forming ""''''^''S''"'';;'"" .' .a'the city, I 1"^^.. to re.,ue.t that of vkcant lands fur twenty^live miles or o a oim^ th ^^ f;.^, .„ ,,,, Umit vou ma, you would furnish me with a de^'uptum ot y 70 WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. possess and wish to dispose of, also the price you want for said lands cash down, and the price payable November 1st, 1887. In view of .'he fact that former at- tempts have been made to colonize those lands without success, the Board wishes it understood that it has no connection with any sudi eflbrt, except that made under its own supervision and control. Its first desire is to learn the extent of vacant lands in the marker, and the prices at which these can be bought, so as to enable it to refute the statement-, carefully circulated in tlie East and in Europe, regarding the fabulous prices lands aie held at around Winnipeg, wliich have so long l)locked the sale and .settlement of these lands. The rext aim is to devise some scheme for the colonization of thes'e vacant lands. The Board can truthfully state that this movement is one by an organization of men possessing very little direct interest in the lands selected for colonization, and having no personal aims to serve beyond furthering the best intere.sts of the country ihey live in. It is the Board's intention to make a determined and well directed effort for the coloniza- tion of the lands in (juestion, and if the owners of the same will only meet tliem in a similar spirit, tliere can be little if any doubt as to the success of' the undertak- ing. By filling up the enclosed blunk foini as marked therein, you will furnish the desired information, and I hope you will altend to this matter and mail the filled in blank to me with as little delay at po.ssible."' This, of course, is only a preliminary step, and the devising of some plan of organization will come later. At the present date, many replies have been received and much valuable information has been obtained. tho.se wlio are pushin" this matter are men of determination and energy and will not allow the subject t'o be dropped until some practicable plan has been devised. Among the lari;e.st land- owners in this district is Senator S^liultz, who A-ith other pi'operty-liolders has formed a company called "The Manitoba Lands Colonizarion and Improvement Company, " with a capital of one million dollai'.s, with a view to the improving, colonizing and di.sposing of the.>^e lands in the vicinity of Winnipeg. In a recent interview the Senator thus referred to the progress made; " We had reached that stage of preliminary work necessary for incorporation of a cf)mi.anv on a lar«'e scale with power to issue i-nprovement del)entur<'s sutHcient at least to make the land present those attractions the lack of which at present 1 think is tlie cause of Its not being sold to any of tlie many immigrants who dailv juiss throu'di th(> pro- vmce. It was the intention of those interested in f lie .(.nipiuiv to at once nuike up a capital of Si, 000,000 with lands which were suital)le, not" only from their ^-on- tiguity to the city but by their joining upon each otli.'r, and whi.h would .stand tin- test not only of the surveyors' reports but of the actual visitation of settlers wash- ing to purchase. Knowing as we do that the land near Winnipeg comprises some ot the best m the whole Northwest, and lying in the onlv plac,. west of Lake Superior where the odd ar.d (>v.mi sections both coukl l,.- bou-dit w.- have been en df'avonng to tind out to what extent blocks of land can be got to comply with th.' coi,ditions of .solid blocks, suitability, etc., within a limited rati-re of the city Mv illness of course prevented, in a great measu.e, proce.ding whh th.-se en.mirie.^ but I may sny t!,at m the four or live days betw,.en the tin... of the announcement m the papers that the compuny desired to obtain lands, and the illn.'ss which efTec- tually prevented my working the subie.f up, we had ntlers of thousands of acres of excelhMit land and we ha«l ascertain.-i that th.. improvements contemplated would cost at lea.st thirty per cent, lower than any i-ulividua' lami hold.r had conten.- pJated ; tor instance a quantity of four inch breaking was don.' at a cost of >^'] •'-. per .ore. It was ascertained tb.t a .ettlers house of three boards thickness,' and Imdt so as to be sullicH^ntly warn, for wint.'r occupation, could be .lelivend at Winnipeg tor M20, and th(^ averag.' o-t of transj,o.(i,,^, it i<, it,; ^i,..^;,,.,.!^,. .^„,j putting it up, about ^20 more, !t w:w iuund also that in tl chasing land from the company early iu the spring or tlirou«tei ^np-nt e.mts conm^^^^^ ,U„.i.g the present year has been the "^^ ;' ^. ;'^.:;, „,,ie with a syn.licatc of lUvy llailway. During the summer ^''^'^'^:^f^^'\J,^,^, .r.nxt undertaking, Irtish capitalists for "'■'-»;-^ f .'^ * ^v l^^^:: Mr ^^h Sutherland, M. P.. tln'presi lent of the Hudson s Hay I a.lwa^ ^^^^^^ lav L^ at last accomplished .ho l.as for years labored "•'--'i;«ly ^ ;,^,^^,^ .^ I^t ^"^ was awarded to his purpose. Though it was l^te " tl «. aso w . _ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^. ^^ ^ ^^.^^^^^ ^^^^ .^^ ^^^.^^ ^:;ir;/Xr'^n:rt.^;rss-^ :7T\ -^l^;: "sr ;^;f 1^^^^^^^ ai:::; Wrded th. route as the 72 WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. natural outlet of the Northwest, has thus referred to its advantages : *'The route from Liverpool by way of Hudson's Bay is by far the shortest one to the North- west Territories of Canada. Churchill Harbor is situated near the centre of the North American continent, and yet, owing to the convergence of the meridians toward the north.it is actually nearer to Liverpool than either Montreal or New York. The distance from Churchill Harbor to Liverpool, Wo Hudson's Strait, is about 2,926 miles ; from Montreal, via Cape Race, it is 2,990, and from New York, via Cape Clear, 3,040, showing 64 miles in favor of Churchill as compared with Mon- treal, and 114 miles as compared with New York. The fact of a seaport existing in the very heart of the lontiuent more than 1,500 miles nearer than Quebec to the centre of the Northwest Territory has scarcely begun to be realized by the public ; yet its importance can hardly be overrated. Churchill is only 400 miles from the edge of the greatest wheat field in the world, or not so' far as from Que- bec to Toronto. The lands of the Northwest capa\)le of supporting an agricultural population exceed 200,000,000 of acres in extent. Should the route indicated be established, not only this vast region, but part of the United States to the south, would send their heavy freight over it, and a railway to Churchill Harbor from Lake Winnipeg (the centre of a vast system of inland navigation), or connecting in its neighborhood with other railways from the interior, would secure the business of almost half the continent." The advantages of this route in distance over the Canadian Pacific Railway are shown by the following comparison : — MILKS. Winnipeg,' to Montreal, ria Caniulian Pacific Railway 1 ,480 Montreal to Liverpool .S,\ f^,Xl States offer to immigrants. Northwest is the counter attraction ^^i f Ui ^.^ tuow their leaders, as the tide It-is very much a matter of fashion. ^-^^^^'^ ^^^^^^ accustomed to flow. On th. continues to flow in the direction in ^^i«h ^t 'ms ee ^^^ ^.^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^,, other hand, we have good ^^f " « f ,t„ 'Jf,^ than those which the American Pacific Railway are "cher ai^ niore ten p in ^^^^^^^.^^^ ^^^ he routes have opened up What are ^''^l' ^ ^.^e Canadian border has Ibad lands' to the south disappear ahnost e, Ur^y ^ ^ ,,,,, VanHorne, been crossed. Tlie c osmg 7"\^^^f ^Xses are a complete statement of the case. which our correspondent 'l^if^^^^.^^^^f the soil on the Canadian side of the • \fter .'iving details about the excellence o*f'''^^.;, Nations which have given ito^ler^and about the ^^f^'^^Z::T'^^^^^^ ^'^^^ '""^ ^^'^^^'"^ ^^' rise to an opposite belief, the report ^^^/t^;; , ^,^^, „,o,e timber between VVm- Slway has'nio-e good -^';'-/^-':;j;;fXrPatifi railways combined, and that nipe.' and th-^ Pacitu' Coast than all the '^^^'^^^ ^^ ' We make no qu.s- Trv P>vrt of the line from Montreal to the ^;«'^^J // allowance of ti.ne, as i fa^ to the cor.-ectnessof the above ^^ts-^^^^^^^^ ^^.^^,^, ,he Canadian to the correctness of the prophecy i'^«^f [;^P i„ the rivalry between Nort Pac-iPc line may be trusted t« ^"'l * "'^, , ' ..Lio, adva-.itages will tell, bach Tni South, the day uiust come at -';-^^ ^X;;"^ the for^^^ new batch of emigrants will be at once tl'^ mitpo t a ^^^^^^^^ .^ ^.^^ ^^ adva cin-' host Imhind tluMU, and when the tid. ^ us o ^^^^^ ^^j^^_^.^^ ^,,^ Jo X uninterruptedly to t'- -^--.^..^^^^^Xs" warnis of settlers. Where bestlandshavenotbeen already oc up ub^^^^^^^^ ^.^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ V,, die keen-sighted, industrious ^^f '^ "^^ ^ t will be all the better by his presence that the location has been «-! ; ^j^^^i^o^^^^^ ,oute a great point will have beeu i,, it," W.th the opening of the Hud^^^^^^^^^ ..ained in the struggle to turn the tul^ o « " .^ ^^try, particularly the i m- ^ It is the custom of the »"'"-«"%«' "'J ^^ands for sale in the United States ,„i,ratio,i agents of railway ^^-P^^^^^j^^^'^'^.trJ ' which are the principal sources Northwest to s-atter broadcast over those '-o«"^[ ^,^,. ^f the principal pmnts ^ e Jnvtion the vil-t calumnies regarlnj^Mn^a^^^^^^^^ misstatements is the on wl?.ch they have -ever ceas.nl to J^abh t „^^^^^^ .^^ ^^^.^y^^^^^^^^,,^^^^^^^ .luestion of climate. They have ^-'^ ;f;^7 th which the records of f--^^\^\ pictures of bli/.zards, snow and »''«'. •^^''P'''^,, . tropical adventure, and there s . ^^tL explorations appear almost in ^^^^^^^<^,, ^, sake of making political a rtabiclassof journals in the eastern P/:^!^" ^',f ^"^^^J ^y owes the means leading to •aita against the Government to -^^['^'^^^J^,^^^^ unpatriotically .loined ts present wonderful development ^}^^ ^^J^iuZl- most unfounded stories re- its pres* u ^.^^j j.^^jg j,^ circulatui„ ux ^^ .^^ ^^^^ country, how- :;; ai;^£;lr;ty oT our wmtcr, ;^^'-;-:'"'s:;^;^s^^«''''---fy "r' ■:-«lTV', 74 WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. I in winter from cold, no less than 171 replied " climate healthy,"' or " very healthy," and " no loss or hardship." The others replied at more length, and some of them are here given, though without exception, every one of them replied that it is healthy, and had no loss in winter from the cold when properlv protected : -'-A. ]•:,,. ,'iish, Grange, Manitoba.— " Very much so (healthy); better than ni Ontario. No hardship or Iofs, no one need with care." I. Diuiy, Rapid City, lAIanitoba.— " Very healthy, my family were alway.s ailing until they came out here. No hardship or loss during winter."^" J. Kyle, Douglas, Manitoba.—" Healthy ; no loss. I rather like the winter season. Rev. J. A. Marnie, Marringhurst, Manitoba.—" Very healthy ; no hardship Went through first winter with Old Country clothes." * R^ B. Kirclu.ffer, Souris, Manitoba.—" Very healthy ; never been better in my ife. None (hardship) of any kind. Never saw stock do better in winter than they do m Manitoba. O. Seeback, Seaborn, Manitoba.— "Healthy; no loss whatever. Forty de^ree^ below zero is easier to bear here than ten degrees in Ontario " ^ n - A. Morton Birtle, Manitoba.-" Very ^healthy, as there is very little cloudy weather. No hardship or loss. ' ^^ ^ G McGill, Carrolton, Manitoba.-" Compared with Ireland or Ontario it bears the palm. No loss. J. Barclay Waneche, Manitoba.-" Yes healthy; there are some very cold days but I prefer it to Scotland's wet.' ^ J.C.Bell^^Craigilea, Manitoba.-" Healthy : I have much better health than ever I had in Nova Scotia. No loss." These answers were from residents scat^-rcd all over this immense country Tt ,s a peculiar thing that people who do not live in the Northwest know all abour the climate and say it is dangerous to live or keep .stock here, but residents are here by the thousand, year after year they live here winter knd summe ra' e children keep cattle poultry, bees, house flowers, visit in winter and enjm the usual interchange of business and pleasure con.n-on elsewhere. The iatte Vate that It IS cold here m winter but that it is so dry that one does not feel it as much as less cold m a damper clunate, and moreover that here it is almost co.t nrily bright, clear and bracing. I„ a paper recently read ie. the Conference Hal o Uie Colonial Exhibition, Lordon, England, by Captain Clark, the l>ominion rain In spector at W mn.peg, this question is fully d.'alt with. Captain Glarkt a S otc man, who visited Canada in 187G and 1877 and again in IH^O, wh' hi dect cT o make it the land of lus adoption. Since then he has closely fo lowe.l up ct. ^i " connected w,th the deve lopn.ent of Manitoba, and has had exceptional rfppor u, it es in that part.cular n the paper alluded to, he made the following obsSo The climate like everything else in the Northwest only ;.quires that the ruth be told U IS not necessary to n,ak.- it bette.or wo.se thin it'is No cou - 7.U ^;'tf'7titsadvantage.s, none without its drawbacks, and if tin w nter^ dim . I ot the Northwest is to be reckoned .mong the latt.., it must b kptii hal- ts largely re.spoK. ,„. for the many advantages wlu.-h the countr ^-lai s as 1 ■eld for .f i^^^X^it times as ia England, but •vinter works for the prame f-'"-' r>\^J ^!^ZyseA-h.A of the prairie equal, year by year pulvens.ug the -[^t'-^, ^^f^ ifj.^^t ^'o^.g ou the land enjoys absolute that of the tiaest flower garden, and ^^'" «J^ ^^" "^ ^^ eK..usting the soil. Winter is est. The severity of the cod P[«-"^« J.^Sf ^„' ,^^ land like a giant from a period of recuperation. ^ -^^^^'"^^.^lil^f; ",^' Zr^oi the coming season. That its long sleep strengthened ^^ --""PJ^^ J^ So warm in summer that the the climate is extreme does Jj^^ ^^''^^^^ ^^ trees in the shade, so cold in winter thermometer wil stand « ^^f^yf jf^/^^^J ^^ tAsolated cases, to fifty degrees below that it will go down to foity degrees ana, "^ ' flp.,rees iu the shade, and en- To. The average B,.iti.hHr -' ^l': ^tiS £»^^^^^^^ I™' »« ''-''' ",' S\r S:ie St; Ur^rr. he c„,.e,..p.ate, «.e >o»est .,„« read- St. .Ioh s-sI.Ai..KsCo.,i,i:>;K, WiNNirK... i„„, i„ the c.„a.ia„ .onh.e.. He -- , -tsir!,:;::^ :;aSf;:: ^: proved it, tluvt, theM. 'l'«V;'rf 7?' „ "itris e;,t «,th ruJe health and toe- t^^. List at,„o,,,;, -"<:^"'"!':fl^fZ^;l^,,s,.m»i t,0 a ^"'""f J, "« lloocl, it» snowy eove,„,s «■"', »™; f^ ' ^ 1 .mpevoeived, the glorious wnler day 'T?''''To'\t:':o;;'t:;oSw,;;«.ti;. ^ .- ,.„„^, ,,„.,„.„„„«„,. ^^ '''^V;; : i^;;:rso^K.nehcial to srowtlys .n t,,. ^^^^^^^^ hahiy it has not it, s>M>e.w a,,v» - No h« ^ ^^J . ^^,^^^ „.,„ ,,„,„«, fro,n instances can be multiplietl to 76 WINNIPKG AND VICINITY. having made the Northwest their home. The climate may be extreme, but being healthy, it should claim the first consideration in the mind of the intending colon- ist. It is only uttering a truism to speak of health as a prime condition of exist- ence. With robust health the battle of life is more than half won — without it suc- cess practically l)ecomes failure. The recent >«oithwest campaign undertaken to suppress the Kiel rebellion, aflorded valuable evidence in favor of the climate. My own corps, the OOtli Winnipeg lliHes, was suddenly ordered on the 23rd of March last year, to proceed Viy rail to Qu'Appelle Station. On the arrival of General Middleton at that point a few days later, the march to the scene of the disturbance began, going by way of Fort Qu'Appelle, Touchwoood Hills, the .Salt Plains, and Humboldt, to the South Saskatchewan. From the everyday comforts of city life, the change to the hardships of a march at that season was such as might havf told seriously on the health of the men. The marches were long ar^d rapid, the cauip at eventide was often pitched in snowstorms, the cold at night was severe, on one oc- casion falling to 15 ® below zero. We lived on soldiers' fare, marching through melting snow and swollen streams, growing stronger and cheerier as thetask pro- gressed, the marching chorus sounding loudest at the crossing of the deepest pools, till reaching the banks of the South Saskatchewan we rested a while a i)ronzed and hardy cori)s, every man fit for duty— not a man in hospital. The healthful- ness of vhe climate so apparent on the march was further illustrated in the experi- ence of the field hospital after the engagements of Fish Creek and BatocJie. Men who were slightly wounded were scarcely invalided, and recovered with amazing rapidity. Many severe cases, which the surgeons declared would have been liope- less in ordinary hospital experience, were successfully treated, and not a few who were report^^d fro! these wheat claims the pi'emier place. The excellence of any product depends upon fertility of soil and suitability of climate, and it is an axiom that all products attain their greatest perfection the nearer they reach the most northerly limit of their growth. The.se cor binations account for the excel- ence of the wheat grown in the Canadian North *vest. The most valuable wheat belongs to what is known as the hard class. It is particularly rich in albumin- oids, and IS of that flinty matter whi?h best suits tie modern process of "radual reduction by rollers, which system, by keeping tlie granules intact, produces the finest (juahty of Hour. F'onr manufactured on this system from hard wheats always con.mands the highest price in the market, and wheat of this class is conse- growth of wh(>at extends over wide areas ot every contment, the kinds produced generally belong to the softer grades. Hard wheat in Europe is confined to the south of Ku.s.sia and the district which supplies the mills of Hungary. This class of wheat is grown in the United States only in Minnesota and Dakota, and it is from this source of supply that the milling centre of Minneapolis has i.uilt up its world-wide reputation. Th<. Hungarian and Min- neapolis millers re.piire almost all that is grown in their respective districts and to obtain an ade,,uate supply, Hritish g.-in merchants and millers are now Icokin- to the Canadian ^orthwest. The area there for the production of this class is practically unlimited, and, though enough of an inferior kind can be produ.ed in other fields to supply the wants of (Jreat ih-itain, it is only reasonable that she will preferthe best, and th.atd.mand will keep pru r- with production till the JNorthwest betomes the liard wlieat granary of the world. " These are the words of one who has resided in Manitoba for the last six years and has had extensive opportunities of personally .-xperiencing al! the pha,se8 of ..,-. x^mi'X-- WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 77 The f..ct is, . .at the climate m ^^^^^^^^ jj,;;; gt^tes. But people in Eng- sli,]'tf :,l .5-ree more severe t'^*" "/^^^^ J°;;,''7„'^^^^^^^^ immigrants come do not la^f^ u,..fl v^ther countries whence the l^""«^P;^^ ""^'I^J^'^jiy repaired only by the ur 1-stan^ these facts, and the damage done <^*^^,^/^;°J,^^r'^^^^^^^^^ ;;;co« the tirsc or tenth of April, irate, spring opens with bnght, '^l^^J ;;^; ' ^^^^^^ He is safe from the very possi- The sun shines, the air is balmy, and one f-^^^^ ^" .^^^^,^^ has been no gradual b ity of death-deahng fogs and '"'^f ^^'f^l^ f "^fnow, but a sudden transition it h' akin.' up of winter with alternate sleet, »'^^ »[ '"^"^Jj^i.x f,o,n bracing winter ':^^L (strangers j"--^tvr:^H;^ ^^ ^^^--^ ^ ''^^^ ^^^'^f t weather to growing spring tune. Any h n UK ^^^^ .^ assured of de- east or south is almost unknown, ^^^e ra ra--, never protrr.cted-until past li.^htful weather-the spring and «"""""; '^"!„^„i,er), the last few weeks of fall l^l^ middle of November (and « ,^-J-;^;tdin X most exquisitely delightful days , • , .-,-_,i u Indian sumnier and pioviuuio l" ■ vx- '^n^ hi>re acam the imaginable. When winter asBunies cont ol t ou J^^ ^.^^ ^^.^^ ^^i^'^^'^l transition is marked. ^-\^^^l^J^;%s with bright sunshine, and nights dribblings of snow and sleet, but clean, crisp j 78 WINNIPEG VND VICINITY. of moonlight and starlight, such are never dreamed of in atmospheres surcharged with dampness. Cold weather, then, does not count agairst pleasurable existence, but favors it as compared with the changeable temperature and degrees of humidity of southern latitudes and eastern longitudes. In other words the winter climate is even, free from rain, and is advantageous every way to liealth, labor and business. It is desired particularly to call the attention of artisans a)«d workingn.en to the fact that owing to the few rainy days of summer and the few blustering days of winter, that in all out-of-door pursuits a lai'ger p.umber of days can be put in dur- ing the year than in most other localities. Tiie summer months are voted " perfect'" by the large and yearly increasiu" throng of summer visitors, and if these same visitors would remain through tl.-e glories of an Indian summer and the health- giving months of a bright, crisp, invigorating winter, they would be unwilling to give up residence here for the mud, slop and chills of their own less favored locali- ties. -■>i>sr5*L . yilL— OPENINGS IN THE NORTHWEST. Manufacturers disregard now-a-days traditioMs whicii omc assigned them ex- clusively to sites upon water-powers, and seek .ommercial and linancial cen- tres ; this with the knowledge that economic motive power ;,, ,• se cannot com- pensate for location apart from g-meral busin.'.s. ,. ,-ai!way facilities, ("hica-'o presents the latest and best illustration of this fa.-t, althou-l, St. Louis and Phill- delphia afford evidence to the same <.tlcct. Even us the tirst nann-d city ollcred a score or more of years ago, the greatest possible inducements for the establish- ment of varied manufacturing industries-because of its position as the eo.nnier- cial depot of the Am..ncan west and mn-thwest so does Winnipeg at this tinw present precis.'ly similar opportunities in tln^ Canadian Nortlnvst. The ar-unn-nts (presented elsewhere ,n detail, which goto prov.> the certainly of Winnipeg^. futuro development and importance, are sutli.Ment to ..onvinee the man.ifm.tu.er that thi« th. .ce above all others for the location -.f any in.lnstry. the pro.luet of which is tc seek sale atnong and pat,. .nage from the people of .Manitoba, u„d the country west and northwest to the I'aeiiic coast. It n.nst be borne con.stun.U- in n.ind by the manufacturer who is n..w looking lowani Winnipeg as a favorable sit., for thin or that industrial enterprise. U.at the chief meri, of the selection does not consiKt in securing an unoccupied field with the certainty of fnir i n.liute returns-. f "'""""«'' \"''" """^' "" 't-i»'- •""• ^->nld .say but is due to the opportunitv to develop capacity and produ.-tion in the line operated, in ,.,oportion as th.. .ountry tributary to VV .nnip..K becomeK populous. It must be kept ,n view that t mpiro ot the i.rrrthwcst-^aggn'i;atihg the most f.-rtil.. agricult.nal lan.ls. tl... most .-xten- s.ve catt.. ranges, th.- richest mimTal n-gion ami the niont valuable an.l evtenMVH forests ..f th.. ..ntin. conntry-is , ,ual in area to mor.. than one-half of the Domi- WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 79 • ii,r flinn nnv othor fefion on the continent ,ion, and that it is clev.lojnn, ..ore ^Xf^^n: fuay LciHties Winnipeg is the [t .nust also be reme.n .ered that Uy ri^«;«°" ° , ^ Jj ,,4,1,,, it is also connect- ,..tural u.arket of all this t-r.-ry a con^^^^ e^^^^^^^^ .^^ head.iuarters for ed by water couimutucatton ; tlmt the_ C-xnad.an ra .^^^.^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ the Northwest here-is a nmm ^'f ^'^^^^ ^^J/' / ^he greater portion of the entire and controlling route of trade -d convu roe o he^ fer ^_^ p ^_^^^^^^.^^^^.^^^ ^^^i, area, while the Hudson's Bay Kaihvay (now m cour /j^j j^.j,^ Southwest plac; this city in direct ^-"'"■^';-'\^;2 Crthwesten' and Regina i Long Lake- Jlrn. G. P. 11. Southwestern, ^^^'f^^^^^^^^^f The ," ^nse distrfcts they penetmte Railway and other roads carry tl»« tmde ot tne ^y.^^^j j, ,,ot dependent to this point. The '"-""^.^^^"7^-' ^ fa thern'ay «eem, but is merely starting upon present trade conditions, favorabl^^ as th^^^^^ J ^^^^; ^^.^^^^,.y ,,, a plant that cannot but expand year by year J^^^^^^ is to-day '^^ ^ manufacturing wealth, population and necessities. 7;!;^ .^'"'^^rsportation and financial facilities, centre Winnipeg, backed by is <;«™;; f;\^ :, Xf, S accessible, will be within a and the lu.tural resources o the ^«" J^ f ^ ^^^ ^H^n this city will rival in this very few years ; and the tune is ^^'^t ^'' ^*'^;f,^i„„ There are few cities on this v.glrd ev^ry manufacturing P''^^f:";*''^^ft.^;;rr industrial undertakings. The continent where greater ^^-"^^^^X.^ a .'ot in Winnipeg, and there is now days of extortionate ,.1 ices for ^'^ J'^^^^^^^^^, Uve comfortably, with a moderate an^opportu-iity for a -f V'^^-"''^' l;^^? o king comnuinity can be produced ,emu.^ration for their toil. 1 he food t^"-^ ^ ; ,, that the objection of too here cheaper than ,n any other part of the i^^^^^ and juvenile help can now be high labov cannot now be urged ^^^ •^; ^^^'^ ^* ^.^^ ^,, i serious drawback two or secu.ed, while the scarcity o the l^^" '^f ^;';\y „f ,^^1 at a n.oderate price is now thre. years ago. Then tlu' dithculty ot a ^ W ^ ^ , Northwest. With oW:/by th^op^umg up of rich m.m. -^l^-'l^i' mechanical skill an^ all that the Hbor and the coal at ^''^"'^^'^^l^'^,'^ i ^l, remunerative which many cm.s.der are wanted to make brancli..s »f '."-•" ^^^^ a-uita^es to be fouml in few other i,n,ossibl3. To the capitalist N '--^^^^J^Z, and paper town specnhvtion are ,itU in th.- Donr.nion. 1 he days "^^^^''^l^.^^^cial system, in the bidding up „„„.., hut the city IS the .vntre of a J'^ ^7 ,^,,,a. Safety is one of the lea.lmg ;f widch funds can be saf. y '"« P^^^ ^^ '£ad of loss »H>ing one of the alnios „,,,,,..,.,,„ts now olbMvd to .^''^ / ,\f;h^.l,oom- days. While the city and ,„,avuulabl.- cons. ,a..nc..s of >" .^7;^ ^J .^^tors, the funds of the ^I'j-'f ; ' its allairs were in the hands of mh kless sp ^.^^^ ^^ .^ ^,,,. ^^^ ,, ^j the visitor wen freely i. veste.l, and as '^'^ -nvestnHM.ts suitaUh- .ndy to smh Unifty and prud.nt that --j:;- ^^ ' V., l^^, the city and Us a.^js .on; the people's ideas are olh-nd. I '^'* ^ ' ^, '\,,„„„h it was, is ,iow accon.p .shed. h.-y ha.ids of ,M-"^'i'''^tive s.he.ne.s, <1 th.ult tl. >u , j „.,d in tin- mo..th of : I uti/sleadily we...le.l out ot ^*^l';^^fi:'^Z.vd of T.ade, at their nuu..- ';:,,,,.d.er, l8H.i, the citizens. »'-;;\- . ', j J .l.travugance and .Hsho.iesty tro... .■inal electi.m. swept tl..^ lust Y"";.' / J, d compet.-nt busi..ess ... m. ..1 charge o ,il!i.. .M,ver...n.M,t: and phteed r.'hable a..d u.mp' ^ , ,,.., had Ion. v.gl.ed "• *•': d bv 1 H^^ehiss .•;..,....( but olh^ safe ami p.'O- u'uiustriul population, a..d '^ 7*^ '""'^^J/Li NtV 'H.-ouuhout Ma..itoba an. the S^ble invUnent for the '';;;^-; '^ "^ ^h f.!r tl^ V,,Hbw,.st. also, th.ii' are «l'l'''"'"r,;'i;P||^^, 'l', ,,„ gained -Ist-fth.-re. .ay ,hnh will ivssuie a larger prutU that, can («' g 80 WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. t'lTV IIaI.I,, WiSMli;,; ^YINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 81 THE FUEL SUPPLY. Many eastern manufacturers have an er^ne^^opimon ter of fuel supply in this locaUty ^-^--^S ^^^ ^^f; 'ZZ here. b. ^ar as tavy consumption of -^^^^ ^/^retn df t co s^le at present to place xt the best anthracite coal and coke ^^ concernea ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^.^ ^^^,^„. In Winnipeg, of course ^^J- ^^^.f^/^, "^^ a few months' solution, as mines facturinP«;-Xy'^states Consul Taylor leported to as low prices as Chicago can. Last yt ar U mc ^^ ^^rthern interior climate of " Oo 'ermnent upon this - '.l-\- J^j ^favorab le conditions for huuian activi^ the co.itiuent, although assuming tl.emosta ,,it,„.rto imposed upon the l^Uie highest -wards o^agr^uUn,.-^^^^^ Uie westward extensiono Waclt. and Ohio bitunnnous coa , o'?''"^ ' f Cssed of a l.nd su'-sidy of twenty ,ion of settlements. IKON ANU STKKL WO! K".. PHtsbu^g, Ch...land and Chi.^ -—^ ^^ ' ;^o:;";^^^ loar./^^ >>^ar as nearnc-ss t« t''^^-^^.^ ^ -'^t iron and steel uvuts nan.od; 1^:;:,; lu. a deeded ^ -s'.:;;:;'^ :« ',.;.\rtbrded n.av be i.'^>.nn;;t«;;-;;^ vet the statement .s trne, and n» tn \ known, ot eour.se. IbaV I tt« ^ .itt value to those dir--t»y J" j-^^ ^,, ^.j, ^, ,,^ „..a, oreK. t.. eond.nie Uiru iH compelled, bv reasm. of t • ml- n -inu ores for admixture tiom l:":.l ,i.r..n!nt u.in. ,Hulm-' ^>^^^-:Z^Z i^'\J results. CMevelund .h mi- tir.ly depend mt upon the n..nr« of ' P ^^^, ^„^ ^;iaca^o are eo.npelled to U9« h«r Supply frou.ib-un.esounM. 82 WINNIPEG AND VICLMTV. combination of both rail and water routes in securing their iron ores, or else ai] rail, as Chicago sometimes does. The fact that Chi" ago does receive soaie of its ores .., all-rail proves that the iron makers there can ailbrd to la t^rst das' ores a distance of over tour hundred miles. But Winnice- has a fir 1,.hT v ! make in this regard. There is known to be a i^^iJ^^^'^t Jl^wlfu;! supply of he richest iron ore on the shores of Lake Winnipe-. wlich with the budding of the Iludsons Bay Kailway to that point will be tes;' tha thiri; mut by rail from this city, wnle It IS now made accessible by water comSa on This raw materia is said to be unsurpassed in .,uality by any other ron ore on the continent, and when it is stated that preparations are be^in. made to star works at h argo, eighty miles south of this city, to be supplied wkh ore fron^ 1 It ^\lnn,peg, the greater advantages possessed by Winnine in ihl T ? -^ ^ uppreciated. Then another large deposit of specular he^imtte o es ^t "f "'u ^' vner ores) is now being developed in the A-ernul ion L^ke ^listr .7 \ Av" "T only about 200 miles south-east of Winnipeg tL value f 1 .^l»!"«««ta, conclusively and clearly demonstrated by ih" chai^li^^^ ..^;:,;;:^ ll; ^Ir developiiieiit ihan i)y any na d-for an-ilvsi« ■ n,,,! .*■ ; o^ '"«" «ii«:ageu m their Towei-;, of Pennsvlvinia,\irElys o Cle vela Tu'"-'"'' '°f '^'^ '*'^' ^^e the iron men who have organitd ^lu cc^ ^a ^w Invl" 'n ""^''. "V^^*^'^''«^"' ^'^' Rang. Railway through the heaL^of ^ El r' .^n :^:?f '^^^^ 1'^°'; «wamp, m order to make this greatest iron discoverv nt V ,' "^ """'' deposits at Lake Winnipe-. however ITZT \ ''"'; "^^''^^^'l^'^. The the carnage of the ore tL \ViZZ^:yZZ^r::i ""' ^T'^ '^'.'^ *'»« «'"-" «0«t of position than those of any otl e7 ityTA^mH^'"' "^ ''T "' " ^""^ ^''''''' of Winnipeg, it is in.doubtedly thei st no n n (> , , r\ """^'^'''^^'^ "' ^^vor and steel works. The tinu- Ls co / i ^ I M V' '"'''^•' first-class iron ^vorks that will have capacy to Zufl^ure ;.;;;"■ T' ""^ "^^l^''''^'"— ^ of vast all kinds of ugriculturaftool^^""""^;^''::;';'^': .;;•";' -;'. ^^eel, ruiis. nails, ehe for works that can furnish the iron and Xhi£. '"a^hinery, etc., etc., or specialties of any of the lines above dio" Wh' '""''"''"■^ ^'"^^ ""^y '"»><" of iron and steel goods and ma^hh.e^"' ,b. ^.^ ^^V^iP " """ '^'' "" '^'"^'^ «f the character specified are iu.peratii iT > °°" J'"'"''"^' '^"''^^ very .,tart there 1 no doubt. Liala^ un . ' ?"' "' P™''^'^'''" t>on. the it is self-evident that light coke ::.!r b^ < aii;; .'X^tl.! Jl'"' '": "?^^'-"-'' port iron ores to Cl.'veland, Chicauo etc a f , ; ' T '"« *« trans- tured pruducls. W iunipe . by ri.m.of ^ ^ "''' ^''" '"''^^>' ""^""fae- positsof the best iron o.ls'^of \„w.nV f-Ti'"'' '''""" "^ »'»' ''iehest de- Ws like Chicago. Hriel^ wli:: :;;: S. wm.K til"" '^"^"^'^T' -^ t.'ictnres. A chief ..dv,tntage of works located \V "', !"'""''l>'il '"'inu- Hnity to an exdusiv n.arL. ^Ui:uLX^:,^,^:;Z!fr' "" ";""" '""^- ous rapul.ty. Uf .ourse it is only a ..uestio ro} I f ^ T' •'''"' '""'■^'*' -orks of n.agnitude -viH b„ ...stabli h.d i this -I - -If""" "'";" """ ""•' "^'""^ ';- -'-o -il) investigate now and loc'.e, u ^ ' JilM t '"--f ••<-;- in this ihe unparalleled opportunities here o(ii.,.„d. ' "'" o"<'- to prolu mo.st by STAItcil KAcTOHtfX and at figures such as would maketiuMji;;;;;'',:;.;;;:;^,;;:''^'";;^;/-- --'./actoru.. ( luiiiaoK, It the nianutacture of WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 83 nlheTcrVSoTlf ^ cSy. ° Scarl wSas would undoubtedly p.y » Urge profit on small investment. CANNED GOODS. Southern and eastern people visitn^ Win^peg^Jor^^ fir^ ^^^^^^ perchance the stocks -/-^.'^-^^^'f/tr ^^"^^^h^^ import this class luantity of canned goods f Pl^^^^^J^^.f ^"^ the annual aggregate is represented of goods not only by tuns but by ca. °*^' ^;f f^j^^'^ ^" ^^ ^%,l The market is in Tnoney value by hundreds upon l^^^djf^^J^^^^^'t ^^ reason when canned general among all c asses f P^P'^^^^Xfo ot '-eaTy garden truck" procurable in "-egetables and fruits must take ^^o pjaco o y „ ^^^ tomatoes, southern localities. The krgest an voices of lusd^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ and in these, too, ore «*aid to be the '^'-g'^f F^"^;' j „JJ^^ of both .weet ooru Zl locality of Winnipeg is P- -"[-^^[J^^^Jjf %':« g^^^ products attr-it. their and tonmtoes. It is a re^og*^; f f^*^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^a^id ; and in this is the secret best quality where their growtl to ma ty ,s n J ^^^ ^^.^^^^^ .^ j of their pronounced success in t*'^^"; ^"" er ^tain in more southern latitudes. Ihe to a degree of P^^fep^^/ rjhererre both weet corn and tomatoes flourish to HUM is hot while it IS hot, and the^retore both s ^^^^^ vegetables tiie very best advantage during ^-[^ •;^^; ;/:Jrmos; kinds acquire perfection thrive as well as in any P.^V^^^'; "^^'^^^'^"wSe the soil and clinmte are eminently of flavor not to be met will eew^^^^^^^ to roiitable canning, and while here is titted to produce the P["f ^^ /^^^.^.X^ods on the continent, yet there is no i.dus- <,ne of the largest n.arkets ^"^J*"'^; ^^'"'^^'\," j, doubtful if any new enterprise try of the ki.d m ^\ innipeg or vc m y ,,t,blislunent for canning small particularly inviting. I'ACKlNii HOUSES. Winni,., so far as location is conc.;.;^^^^^^^ r^^'f^S^f ^oJ ,,f..rence to the Alberta cat le ^^ \, >;, ,^^ "r:Slontanu cattle, though a large •IVxas beevci, and St. Paul to the ^»''P'""^; , ^. ^-^^.^ u „,ust be consider- , reentuge of the latter trade also V^Z^^^^^'i,.;,,, are rapidly snpplaiit- ,d however, that the vast ranges "* ^"" [.^'^ '""' „„.,,t products of Texas, W- :, both An,erican an.l Kurope.u, ";-\^;;,f ',^, '" I- outhern fed r.nd bred ie of the n.arked Kuperu^rity ot th. nort u n o v ,■ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^.^^^ ^^^^^. ^^ , ttle. The vital theory of t1^ la D- ^-^^ ' ;;,^^,i,, ,, ..u^utity and Unite.l Stat..H Army, that the \u^n.t I . I ,,,,,Hsful growth of plants .,uality is obtained at ^I'V-f.^^ta^m' illustrated in the developn.ent of iays United States Cnsul r"> "[' J ^^^^^^^^^^ „f Mo,,ta.ia and the contiguous Cana- d.;nu.,8tic anin.als in the A';':--'^ ' ^^^'^^'f >,tU., sheep an.l hors,.s in Montana now ,Han district of AUu-rta. Ihe .ensus ot au, , ^ ^^ ^ .^,^^^,^.,, ,^,,ti,,„ f,.„„ Mon 1. 1 000 m)0 • that of Alberta ih lUU,tJ 'u . out i.„„;f, . Uailwav f»r MO exceeds l,ulM),uuu , um .i.initv of the Oanuduin J acitu Juuiv.u^ i > tana express conlid.-nce that the vn .v «^ ^.,,,,^,,1,^ :,oo,Ot)0 don.eHt.c ani^ ,„i,..s .it of th,. Kocky ^\X I'ler il; tw.^: latitudes .Vi o and CO ^ « lord n,als,whil.-asinnlarbmjd^n otUrn^^^^^^^^^^ ^.^^ ^^^.^^_^^, ^^^ ^^^,. ,,,, i j,r.H,uct.oru ,li„,atic and other ^""f "';;;;,„ ,,f t,,.> buflulo, now being replaced r.y du.m-.t^ Er'j;'"i.r;:'- ;!nt;::i\So'^^attle. Nothm, . more ren.arkable tiiaa 84 WINNIPEG AND VICINITV. 2 ■r. WINNIPEO AND VICINITY, S5 In now the progress of stock-bre.ding northwest of St Paul ia ^''^ l-^,^|^i[^^>'/^X Js domestic aui.nals were iu.,.ortecl u. Southern ^^/''^f f .^^Ttlfe ls>w Or'leans ^I• „ ,,,., n,.U-<.t'v and Montana not only export annuals, but at the isew ^^neans .Uinne.o.a, Dakota ^-^^ J^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ .^,„i,,,, f^, Gutter. The ^ras.es , ! °r, ,t It r lat,' Kt Lonis .oi.ve, tion of cattle-growers, or rat.ehmer., a l-,„r''oftU.aiuite,.«tate..,a .y;e^.rve^^ ^, Atlantic ,».U l,v» or 'I''-""'' ' [ ™^ C M-rious Ic.es of eattl.. ii. V; '-" .l'T;:;r:!t' :':.™:>fe>i 1 "'Su-atld the .u^erionty of tlte sr„.i„. .Montana m latf jraih iiau , no>vt- c- ranch men in that lands on tins side of the -t.rnaUona^ ho d . > u. ad many^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ territory have u.oved their -ras ^' "^ :^'';. .i^^Vrnislud hv the Canadian North- ,K.ef profluct of .Vnu-nca wd he ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ,,,,,„,, winnipe, on it« west; and over ..ghty pe. cent, ot t''-^ l-^o jct J ^^^^ ^^ Mo.aana are ,vay 10 the markets of the Nvorld. At P f '"^ ["' Z^" .„,^.,^^ ,,,i,., houses of .,.(3,.! thron.h Winnip. g and bt Paul by rad " ^ h ^J^^^.^;: ,,^„,, (^l.lca^o ami other east.,:u ^'''!» -"t*'*' ' ,^^;^:^yi'"" -..htaje. Winnipeg, hy and the lifty per c-nt. ot ollal !->-« J j .^.i;;^", e Camulian Pacific Railway reason of its hen,, the no- thweste. n ';^; '^^;i;';^, ,Ue lines of whi.h tl.e Al- and the tern.im.s of the Hudson s " ;^''^^>; ^J ,.,^1,, tor all other Inn-, iHMta and Montana ca tie "'"^t u- u d Jhe a ^^^_ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^.^^^ should become the packuiL? cer.tre or ^'^ ;-^^ ^^ '/ , . ..friVrator cars to eastern and Kansas City can pruhtably .^'j'P , ^ "n^\ a^ ' ,U as tiu^r nu..at, how nmch ...arkets, when tlu'lr ice costs at lea.t '•'", \^, ^^^.^^ , ;,, Winnipeg, where there is ,„,,,, ,,,uahly nnghtthe sanu> >'--:;;^ ^^ ^^ o! lion and n. fact the .listri ,o li„ut to the ice crop ! Indeed \\ "^'^'P 7.^, '\ {.^.^,.,. „,,,,il.i,, advantage olle.ec . . , ,1 if f,.,,,lin" was m cessavy it could not he ,.„• it alVorded .nagn.i.cent grazing, an 1» j^^^ ^,^^.^.^,,, ,,,:,ellent)y in this l-uten, hecacse it abound..! !'' r';;;^,^* ;, ;r?;;.Hi,,,ati/ed. IV.ng aske.l his opinion .ountry, more particularly atu.n.^>^ ^^^^.^^^^ as so \VlNNIl'E(i AND VICIMTV. a capacity of 500 cattle a day fluriiig seven or ei:j;lit months of the year. Canning houses and other industries would be sure to follow the ostablishnient of slaughter houses. While in the future beef-packing will be the nuist important feature of houses that may be established in Winnipeg, there is a considerable and rapidly increasing liog product in tlie Northwest. In the establishment of packing houses, Winnipeg ottfers inducements to capitalists that no other city on th(^ continent can equal. It seems a strange tiling that Manitol)a should be ex{)ortiiig thousands of Jive hogs at an average cost of "three cents a pound, and importing d'essed pork at ten cents. It is not denied outside that our pork is of the highest (luality, and it is well- known that not only are our pigs of the choicest breeds, Berks, Yorks, Suflblks, Poland Chinas, etc.. but that the climate and feed are of tlie very nature to ensure rapid growth, heavv weii;hts, excellent meat, and almost perfect freedom fiom dis- (ase. To any one kc(|uai'ited with the facts, it is matter for wonder that a pork- packin;,' house on a large scale is not now in active operation at Winnipeg, not lor the niere cutting and curing of dressed hogs, imt for handling live hogs frotn .>-(|ueal to bacon. It is liere the protit lies when conducted on a snt^icientiy large scale in the most approved mode common in the rnited States, and Winnipeg offers now a splendid tield for extensive ventures ot that kind. Five iJims liave lecently started in the packing liusiness on a small scale, and not long since a large Kansas City dealer ])aid a personal visit to Winnipeg with a view to spying out the land, and a leading Chicago house, engaged solely in pork packi'.g, has been interested to the extent of seeking for further information. Meanwhile, there remains a good opening in this line for tirms of capita! atid enterprise. liKDfCTlON WoUKS. Works for the reduction of siher a:'d copper ores have been successfully es- tablished and conduct' d in (Jmaha and Denver, in the west, and in several New Jersey towns, Baltimore, etc., in the east. Within the past few montlis, large <|uantities of silver ores have been transported from far western mines to New Jersev for reduction. Hven at so great a disadvantage in length of haul and cost of freightage, ihe expt liment has pioved protitalile to miners and reducers. Sucli being the t'ase, ii is very evident that reduction works in Winnijieg would be bon anzas of pintit to investors in plants of that character. deduction works, like physicia\is and lawyers, may count upon business in direct ratio as their reputation for intelligent and honest .service is acknowlt dged ; the niir.er feeUng assured that it pavs lietter to send his ores to tlie far east, if thereby he may secure skillful treatment of them and honest returns, than to trust to crude or extravagant methods often employed nearer the scenes of his labor. It is itated tliat if reduc tion works of the tirst class were established by capitalisis of rej)ntation in Winni- peg, there would never be cause to close them through lack of patronage. Not only would AN'innipeg be able to displace eastern works in handling silver ores, but would certainly be able to compete with (Chicago, or any other point, in reducing the cop}ier and silver ores from Lake Superior. Winnipeg is in closer and more direct rail communication with the silver .nines of the north shore of l^ake Super ior, whith are (iaily coming into more and more j)romineni'e, and will soon all'ord revenue to redu.'tion works. The Lake of the Woods district is also undoubtedly rich in mineral wi'alth, and silver mines of great {uomise hav»! lieen discovered at Lake Winiiipe'4. The completion of tlie Canadian Pacilic Uailway, and the conse- ([uent investigation of the mineral regions through which it runs, is i^ringing to light tlie great mineral rcHOurees of the country bi'tween the Hoeky Mountain- and the I'acilic and is aflordii.g daily proof that successful prospecting in that I'egion has but just iiegun, No point in t'anada to-day oU'ers so splendid an opening tor reduction works aH is presented in Winnijieg. ''liter It nil, miMlmlk 88 WINxNlPE(i ANI> VICINITY. IJRKWERIKS AND DISTIU.KRIKS. As a rule the makers of malt liquors and high vvin(^ are quick to discover productive and favorable fields for th.ir ope-.^'oM : yet the imlueements offered for manufacture at this point have been in gre. t part overlooked. ^^'^re ar^^ Uvo breweries in successful operation here now, b .t nevertlu'less large quantitu's of bee. are imported f.om tlie United States, particularly Milwaukee. A Fargo orewmg company has also a branch depot here. If it will pay these manufacturers in the States to oay heavy charges for freightage, in addition to a considerable customs duty, and allow a margin for profit, sur.'ly the .-stabbshment o other breweries to supply the local demand, which is constantly increasing, would be a good specula- tion. There is a steady supply of the best barley grown in the ^vorld, while the ease of securing ice and good waters are other points in which \\ inmpeg oHers ad- -.anta-res to brewers. A distiUe-v is an institution which hIso could be made very profitable in this city. The manufacture of spirits fro.,, wheat, winch has been so successfully carried on in Ontario, would .start here wiih double advantages lu the matter of a supply of raw material. Distilleries located in Winnipeg would secure all the cattle they could feed every month of the year -one of the most important ■onsiderations in selecting a site for a distillery. The advantage in securing rye would offset the disadvanta-e in securing corn, and the extent of market^ would more than compensate for the supposed advantages of moie southern localities. STOVK WOliKS. Extensive stove works s..em to flourish in scores of towns Hke Detroit, Buffa 1o HoclH'ster. Clevlaud, Milwaukee, Hamilton, London, etc., where it would seem as' though their patrona-e- -so great is the competition must necessarily be lim- ited ;yet all thrive abundantly. Winnipeg, witii its area of patronage, tln^ empire of the Northsvest, offers special attractions to the manufacturer of stoves, furnaces, radiators, etc. Heating ai)paratus may be ranked almost first on the list of family requirements in this region, yet eastern manufacturers have this great field practi callv to themselves. Stove works etpial to the largest in the country would un doubtedlv be ta.xed to their utmost capacity, if located in Winnipeg, to meet even tlie loctU'demaLd. fn the matter of securing scrap and broken iron, stove works operated here would find great advantage over those of eastern towns, for up lo the present time old iron is a drug and a nuisance, not only in Winnipeg^ but all through the Northwest. With the opening of the iron mines at Lake Winnipeg, pig iron may be secured within thirty miles of this city, with the completion of the Hudson's r.ay llailway for that distance. Tf stove works are profitable in London, Hamilton. I'tc, they certainly would l)e equally as profitable in Winnipeg. MANfKAi'TflU'.S OI' KI.AX. The growth of this important plant has aln-ady become widesi)read here, the soil and climate being very faxorable to its orowth and harvest, while yield, de mand and price are alike satisfactory. It is considered to l)e an exhaustive crop bub with even ordinary crop rotation" the soil considering the extreme richness and depth of ^Manitoba lands would hav« little to fear from long growth of this safe, easily gro\Mi, and almost certain crop. At a conference in connection with the Colonial Exhibition in London, England, held recently, apaper was read by Mr. E. B. Bif'^er. on the " llax-^rowing and linen mannfaituring capabilities of Canada.". Special nlereiice «as niafb' to Manitoba as a field fur the flax i;rowing indus^try, th 'I'lie paper stated that three species of indigenous flax grow luxuriantly i Northwest, and could be utilized to advantage in the manufacture of twine, etc. Mr, Iligger claimed that tlax could be made more protit.ible than wlieat-growing. WINNll'Eti AND VICINITY. 89 whicli the average v.luB -«^ ^^.^'^ *^ ,; J'^ -eutle.ua-i "engaged in the I vsh (ax Bigg.r, the Ca.^'t!''''"^''' ^X:^:'.[J:Z tl^e iutrod.ctio.' f u.ac-hiuery for th« ,rrae will v-it Wuuupe.,^ w>th a - to h -^^ .^^ ^^^^^^ ^^.^^^.^ . ^,^ ^„ pn.paratio.i aud svork.ng of ^^l J^', ^^,,„ti,„, but heretofore the pr-duct has flax growing has receuvd ^^r^f^^^J^.u., n.eal aud oil cake. In the manu- U,en\sed only m tl^^"''^""^ there s lid h- a splendid Held for inveswnent and facture of hind.ng twine 'f ^^^^^ ' -^^j^Xm, ;, J^ the chief source .'hence con.es for the further atvhz.ng of Hux. ^^J^ ^ "^ j ,,^,^ ae.nand is one winch is con- the demand for binding twn.e in ^;^"^''^' ."' , ,„„„.,ut under cultivation St u y growing vith every additional ;^ ^^'^^f ^^^ the estahlislunent of Wn-ipeg presents an --";;^,^j;: ^rS '^-ily aud ch.iply and the cord ..ge works. I he, -aw '"^t^ ^'^J;^ ^ civilized connnuui.y, but is e.dianced hy .market is not ^-^^^^^'^^yj^Ztf^^^'^^^^n prairies, and out by the hars.^s- ..very bundle of gram grosvn on the ^m^i F ^^^ ^^^.^^^, ^,^,,^1 annually ni ■ ,. machines which use twine "^tvug^lhc^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^,^^,, j ^ ^^>;:^-:^^';;^;;r^^^ TI. ^eld of demand for the products of Mdriiidustiy is unlimited. ^^_^ j,„,oKTiNCi. The openiijof tUe Canadian ^c.i^Kailwa^^^ UieJ^..c ^^ - ^X^l;; ,d the sholtest route U.t.een C u a, J'g'- ; ^^ .^^ ,,ograplucal position, ^^ in- Westeni, Middle and La>te. "^^at^^ ^ ,^,^,i„., j.^t for the tea trade of America. ,upeg mus. become the 1-^*^' f.'^f '^ ^^f,,^ work to the trade done during R'.f;r,.ence has been made m anoth V^^^^^^^^ ,^,„^, „,,er dimensions. The the present season, and next ) a. it n u s ^^^.^ country, uas .-ndi . ..%ondeut of the r.nuio... ^ ^f^^^^X^^i writing f-uni Indian Head, said ^ , p,.eLd with the iinportance -f^,^,^^^^^ p,,,ed i^^. east-bound a tram of ' ?Vhile iourne>ing a ong over tl e V-^^^^^^J^^^^ j.pan by way of the Cana- frei.dU, cars laden with tea, on he ^ "°".t'""^ l;^ .^ade \t an important matter fov" i i! Pacitic to the A.KuUic -'^'-; ^^.^^^^t j, hi route taken to fetch teas and ill' railway, and is working a :-^ -^t 'a^.ge ^n t ^^^^^ ^^^ interesting eonvei^a J oanese goods to Lower Canada and >«r'n., o Japan and China, who are the- t^with Mr. Everett Tra.er, of b ra..r 1 C • o^ ^^^^ q,^^. ^, -p,, , ,, a? Its tran.po-ting the>e tea ^^^^^ ^ , ^^ Uie railway in 47 days fro.n t^rin.' -20,000 packages, I'^^Y'irf^.^o New York. This cargo requiivd 50 freigt;t Yolc.haina to Montreal, -'>\-^^ ^^'J .'^^^.^f, i" Canada for consumption, while- ^1 to transport, ami ^;^-\}^^f^^XT The trains made the dista.,ce l.^tw.-, ^ :::::- ^iriyr^^^^ -no^^S^^ul^: or '^::/^:^ hai calling at J apane.e F^^^" ^^^,/, ', ' ,„.ving the tea trains at ^ ; i'-c of f o of he other transcontiMent.d .nt.s i > i ^ ^.^^^^ ^^^.,.^,^ t;,i„^,la is the >0 milo. an hour, which, added to .h -t tl^- .^,^, ^^.^,^ ^he Suez Ca.ud sWtest "ives the shipper much advantag . ^^ ^^ ,,p„aes the li;: t "Lviiig in time to M-t-;- -'i.^; \l^^^n^. saves l.th e^i^and advantage of avoiding t'--" j >* ,; ^ ;, .,,,„,, £100 per car, "-^-'^^ .^^r^^f^^r . damav . The freightage to th ^ ^i ' y^^^^^^ ,^,^^^ distribution for the W.st* more .or the whole shipment lOW ^^h IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (AAT-3) V m 4 /. fA 1.0 ljii|2.8 |50 ■«« •- i. I.I 1.25 1.4 2.5 6'-' 22 112.0 1= 1.6 ^ ^ 'm ^» A> ># > > <^ // /A I ^"^ ^ ^^W Photographic Sciences Corporation 33 WIST MAIN STRCIT WIBSTIR NY 14S80 (716) 873-4S03 €3 #^ V V 'i.^ ...-s^ "p:^ ■^ o^ <^ 4> no WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. States is made from Winiiipci,' by the railways leadiiii,' southward ; wliile the east- ern consignments, as above stated, are delivered at F)rock\il!e, on tlie St. Law- lence, just iieiow liake Ontario, wlieiite they J)ass to the Nf-w York Central Rail- way system. This is the early Jevelopment of a new trade route half way round the world that may become very iruportunt. CI.OTIlI\(i. Inhabitants of a new eountry jiatroni/t> the ready-made clothing merchants. Probably more goods, proportionately, of i his class aie sold in the agricul tu; al towns of the Northwest and the cattle ranges and mining camps of tlie west than in any like area of Canada. While tliere are large clothing co))cerns l)>'re. it is a singular fact that there is not a clothim: manufatlory in Winnipeg. Yet tlie evident pros- )ierity of tlie wholesale establishments iiow operated here is evidence enough that there is room for a manufactory. Concerns located here would have tliat ad\:in- tage over Montreal and Toronto wliicii personal and actual occupancy gi\es in any )i<'ld of trade enterprise. l>Af'i;U MILLS. There are now tifty-nine mills in Conada, not oncf of which is located in the Northwest. Yet llic (juantity of papt"' of all kinds used lien^ reaches a very large amount annually. All through tlie Nortliwest bniUling paper enters into the con- struction of houses. Tons upon tons are used in every town, village and city, and there is a constantly increasing market. The I'aw mattnials, st)aw, rag^^, etc., ar<' more cheaply obtained her(> than at any jioint farther east, and an industry of this •M.rt established in Winnipeg woidd surely pay large'y. Close be.'-ide the city thou.sands of tons of straw are aiiuuilly burned, which could be used in the ma:;u- lacture of wrapping pajier, whi'e the kind of timber necessary for the maiiut'acturo of pulp papers grows in abundance on the liaiiks of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers which form ajui'ction in theiity. The market for print papeis in the Northwest now calls for nearly ten tons daily, and for wraj-ping and other cheap line.s it i.s practical- ly unlimited. The <|uestions of raw material und a market for sales are, therefore, .settled as far an this industry is comerned. Ciifiital invested in this bne nonid be certain of ample retuins, and would buildup an industry of magnitude. M \T"eiif,'th of fibre, evenness of g.-nvth and other desired points ; and our breeders are adopting the breeds n'ld t-e:itnient necessary for liest results, the writer Knowi.icf of sevtral Manitoba farm- ers who have brought in lar;,'t' bands of black faced breeds, chiefly Shropshires, this autumn. A prominent pasct-rn woollen manufacturer says that lie has used a feiv pal•k^ of Manito'oa wool, at^d pronounces it to be the best he has ever used for the purposes of his business — the manufacture of knitt.d good.s — that it is ju.st the riudit staple, and needs no mi.xin,!,' w h exp.'iisive imported wcls to <:;?ade it up. 'The only trouble." he said, "is that I cannot i^et enough of it." In Ifact, Mani- toba is the New Zealand of America ; and, as the growth of wheat and other cereals is thoroughly attended to, the production of wool must become one of the leading pursuits ef the cnuniry. For manufacturers with small capital there ;s a fine opening in the establish- ment of knitting works. Heavy knitted goods are a great and growing jequi.e- nnent, and there is no danger of overstocking or of injurious competition. The field is practically unlimited. TANNERIES. By virtue of favoralile conditions. Winnipeg should, ere this, have become an important tanning cei trc ; yet its great resources and facilities in this direction seem to have been entirely overlooked. It is, indeed, strange tln.t tliis city shoukil be the chief market of the numerous hid.s produced atmuallv in tiie Northwc i, and yet secure its leather from 'ocalities not nearly .so well ada'pted to its manu- facture It will also be realized that in the rapid develoimient of the Northwest, its hide product must vastly ii. crease, and that so great a volume of aw material or resource cannot lonu' fow past unlieeded. Ths would u.Houl.terlly secure immen.se patronage, as it would ei able all In.al d'.ale.s t.v OKier more in accordance wit I, their p..sitiv,. ne.ds than th.v are now able to da wh.l.'.on.pelled to patrm.ize eastern lactori.H and lay in hn'ge stocks o» else run the risk of failing to meet the n quiremcnts of their trade : making the local busincsa soiiK'what hazardous. WINNIPEG AND VUni^ITY. DAIUV PUODUCTS. Few even in Manitoba a.e awar. oE the present i^^P-J-- «J^^'£j ^^ ducts here, and the -pid ^-^ ^ h^^ ;,:^P^^^^^ having 8o5 thousand cows m the province, one ™"''"-\P^f ^ j ,, [ Already chees.' and as the means of the farmers ^'^^'^^''^'' :''l- ^^'\^^^^^^^^^ some of and butter factories (crcame.-jes) .re ^nn^ g «p ^ "(^-^^^^aging results. th.5 former have been working the p-iBt ^^^ ^ f\ , . Uic s bv skilled Until the introduction of systeu.a ic I'-^-^^^^r ate a X^^^^^ hands, butter and che -se are always low ' 'P ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ and of uniforn. hut where the factory enters, the F^f ^^^.r^ k. and op^^^^ the markets of the .quality, etc., commands a ready f «f .f/^S of Trade to Montreal world. A delegate recently sent by the Wupen .^^^^^^ to look af.er railway interests connect d ^^J^^ "jf^', „,,y looked ,d by two leading butter and ^^eese expo t.r A^^^^^ ^^^^ forward to and conHdently expecml ^1- f -'^^^^^ J ^^^^^^,^ Two years completely revolutionise the da ny FO^*^^^« ^ ^^^ j,^ ^ itiou to return ago Nova Scotia shipped condensed '"''^^^ "^^;.^° Vou,ids. Owing to the growth th.co.npli.ne.it and «^P"'-V°"'r'''?J,LTfm-Te stock, and the cheapness of our dairy interests, the ^ealthujess of cl i. ate to 1 ,.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ and richness of our wild grnsses, f « ^»f '^^J^^' 'i^P;;,,. Thus article by article lity and in enormous quantities at - 7;" ^^^^^>;'> ^ 7^^^^. f,,,^. Our present posi- does the balance of inside and outside t.ade t«ru i.^ oui A\istralia and tion between two oceans per.nits -mman o the da > ^o^^.^^^ ^_,^ ^^.„ ,^,^^ h, Britain, and it seen.s that o.r P^^P^^ '^,'^? ^'^' -,, ., prop.rly and easily added to adva.itages offered. Condeised milk m.g t 'J J P[Y^, J^^,^, ^ rofit, where our exports, and the constant '-7^,;';;'';;;^ JfJ,*^ ."r eaply >- "-y be here be. unknown in the country. ^^^^^ ^^^^^ The Hour milling i.^Uistry is reaching ^^ZX^^'^^ ^^^ ther.. bei .g one hundred and thirty "'' «' ^^^.^^^ ^^j p,, will not now eat process. The whole tendency of the 'I' ^/-^ ;,^' J;/!, .i.J, t grist mill door. The L-umlity of Hour their forefatliers^oa.^e^^^^^^^^^^^^ .^ wo.k upon th. most approved ma.-hinery and ^^uM-t. e *^ re a ; j,^ juot would wheat berry, and the sav.Mg in ^^^^'^^^^^^ Thl tbere is a vast H.ld for have been thought i.npossible a f^;"'^''" -j^,. twelve hund.ed miles northwest the rolls here is evident when one tin ks ^ * ^^" ^ , ^,^^, „,, ,,„ils must oo.nn of Winnipeg hard wheat can be ^^^^^^^X^i^^ Manitoba Hour is practically to the wlu.at, and not tlu" '^'''';iJ''^^,^,, that of a.iy other place, the qua^ unlimited, and it commands "^.J: f?'''P;;",,,if ,,,,,, ,.sv years from notliin/• outstripping the supply. The high value of this IN heat will be maintained tor all time, as no other than Manitoba and the North- west can produ. e it. Ontario oatmeal millers are willing to give ten cents a bushel moiv for Manitoba oats than they are paying for the home product. O viiv^ to the superior s.xe and weight of Manitoba oats, they yield a mud! greater nu u tC ty of meal to the bushel, and of a quality that cannot be surpas.sed anywhere HOOTS AND SlIOKS. This is the larg.-st industry in (Canada, distributes more wa-es and einulovs nor-, hands than any other branch of manufacturing. Thousands of pa r of C ;; ;;T,rr' v';"""?^v * *''f"-^''r ^"^> theconsumptiou muitco.^! '::;:^;; a ige., ,„ ,e...se. \ et, not.vitnstandmg the immense trade done here in this line bv l.olesal. house.: there is not a boot and shoe m,uiufactou><'.'^ .• — . I XiV. KDrr.XTIONAL AND HELItllor.si pabiicV:ii';'^2!;;v'i!'';''.'?'''' •'"'•''''• '7'''"«'^"'' ^"--"-^ "-■••^ '"th.. u Ml poii.^v ot tin cit} li.v.. Immm. in tasorof unstinted im-ans and measnr... f..,- .Mcreusingandperfeeungeducathmai facilities lu.th puilic n ui T -suit IS unsui^assed guuledan.l high school ad^.ta^.^.^lu.. J^lj:;;;;!*,,,,;^' tocome residents of ite oppoitunilie.s. i'rrsoiis wl lo move trom eastern cities to 1 ill ihf artjs foe '. Th." lents of J)6 WINNIPEG AND VTCINITV. Wi nnippg arp in vavial)ly surprised to find here finer, k itablf lartjer antJ more school l)ui]dings than they have been accustomed to in theirown cultured homes in the older cities. They look with surprise upon school edifices unsurpassed in size and convenience hy tho«e of any other city in Canada, and their po-sil>le anticipa- tion of having l)roui,) ,^^, Lnrii;tLhurch, I'.pisiopiil --. luui AllSaiuU , JMnscopal ,„ ,^,„ St. <.oorgcs.hp,...„pa] ,„ „„„ Knox. I're.slivtcnan ir/wwui anitoha ( oilcj,'c, rre8l)ytenim . . . 2 feet wide, north and south transepts 27 feet wide, chancel 40 feet long and 52 feet wide, a-ul oryan ch»„,b,.r :U] by 20 feet. The massive s(,uaiv tower is surmounted by a spire 180 feet in height. The building in constructed of WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 97 nearly oHd Selkirk stone, with Ol.i. stone trimmings. The church which cost about ':^^:i^:^ about 1,000 people, and is ^P^-^ic^ly heatef-^'^jhted and ^^^^^^ lated. Knox Chu>ch (Presbyterian), on the corner "^,^lhco a nd Qu App^^^^^^ Sbieots is another handsome structure which cost over $40,000 It is^ a coma o a ous bV ck e eered building with a spire risi.g over o..e hu..dred eet ^■\tUe air. n 1 Kn 1 nff erected by the congregation of Grace Methodist Church ui lt83, nVwldt br K^^^^^^^^ «°1'^'>- constructed, with aud.tormm iu nhTdlVre stvir 8^ comfortable and commodious galleries, having a 4^ 1 \^ fnnW fhe followin" peep into futurity : " And now, again, t is l.iOU. We Oolkge, took the loiiow ii„ p ^ J hundred and tiftv thousand pe>.ple theintre of edu<.tion, ^-^ J-- ^^ _ o 'm^ir ^iZ I here ^f there are If there are ^f «?! ;^^^\-^J'^^,^^^^^^^^ of presbyteries west- .he sy od ^^ '^»^- i,,Huencing public opinion ; the colleges the Northwest, as well as the gieat ^^^^'^^^'/J "' ^nd i^.lmonton ; and ..d s,^iooh. of this -^tropo^are -f ^^/^ J^^^^tlnHated colleges, turns out now the University of .Manitoba, wiLi its n , j lawvers go torth under ..,.n to till chairs iu ^^^^^^^T^l^t lar- I ufd o nissioifaries educated its favoring banner. The c''"- ;^t ' H. n i lli: n and a half of people that now now in this the second city of Canaua. ^ the Dominion of Canada, live in and '.vest of Winnipeg have ^'«^«'"^,'^^=" '^ ■ ]^' ^pj Ij^"^^ The people of Tliere a.e now forty representatives '''j\l}^^^,,^'Z,i,th.t.J^ Red ,h. Northwest are largely homogenous, I'^^^a" j ^t' « ^^ain' asses, forests, are al- aiver aad the Rocky Mountains IS o..._ J .^^P^^^^^^^^^^^ ^>^ ^^ .nost identical iu geneml Matures. }'''; »; ^'^^^ ^"^^^^^^^^ as have come have •^rsJrL. ^^-'U;::.:^ o-.^r i:^.. t ..aUU„,...U.. i„ «,e ,op.a- "°"-;„„ g„,.ora. »ha.aotc. appearance a,,.. ^^ -^ "[Jl;--^^,:' t Ri prosperity. • - - ■, Hi TH-sernpe^wa taught mor^ lessons in enterprise i,» its commercial growth 1 lu^ ,k .rsh^ru merchants by the energetic young :.y the Chicago iouruals ^ '--- J^--^^!^;/ j ^Ij^..^ of Winnipe^is evide.i. business men of the -'- ;'; :;^,^P^'" ,;„ \,here you will in Canada to-day. and ^'^^'-'•-"^^irr:^lV^fr::Cp";/o.- each has assisted in the monthly publications. , ^oiMw. is the oldest newspaper iu The Fve /'/•«»«, published both (\nu\ ■ ; I y« \VlNNIPE(i AND VICIMTV the city and the only morning journal. It was started l>y ^lessrs. Kenny it Luxtoih as a week y in 1872, and in 1874 they published the first daily edition of a news- paper in the Northwest. Of course, the Held was (lien small, and circulation was limited, but the enterprising publishers keep steadily advancing, and wh.n the rapid development of the country set in thty reaped the advantages resultin- therefrom. They now have the finest newspaper property in the Northwest The daily is an eight-column folio, and the weekly edition is tlie largest news- paper in the Dominion, averaging from 20 to 24 pages, and eijoying an immense circulation throughout Manitoba and tlie territories. The job pVintin" office in connexion with the establishment is most complete, and tlie only !itirographin<-- office in the Northwest was recently purchased by the Free Fress. The Fren Fresn is Reform in politics, but is ever ready to support the interests of the Northwest in preference to party. The editor-in-chief, Mr. \V. F. Luxton, is a prominent leader of the Reform party of Manitoba, and is a man of marked ability. The managing editor of the Free Fres^ is Mr. Avch. MjNee, and the business mana ger is Mr. D. Molntyie, who are both energetic and enterprising men. Tlie Manitobmi, daily and weekly, is the Conservative organ in Winnipeg and is published by the Manitohan Printing and Publishing Co., of which Mr Acton Burrows is president, and Mr. W. B. Scurth vice-president. It was started m 1885, in succe.ssion to the yVmcA- and the Winnij.ey Sun, %\hose business was then purchased by the .Vaaitoban. The daily is an eight-column folio, and is. published every evening, except Sunday. The managing editor is Mr VV E McLellan, who is also a forcible and polished writer, and the business manager 18 Mr. A. J. Smith, whilethe whole establishment is under the management of Mr Burrows the president of the company. The Manitohan has the largest plant in" the INorthwest, and its book and job department is most extensive. The Manitoba Sun is the latest addition to the daily new.spapers of Winniperr having been started in April, 1886, ly a joint stock company. It is Independent m politics, and is an earnest upholder of Manitoba's rights. As a newspaper it i.'v unexcelled. The manager of the Manitoba San is Mr. T. H. Preston formerly of the 11 rumpe^f Daily Sun and afterwards managing editor of the Manitoban He IS an able newspaper man, and in his hands the Manitoba Sun will not be found lagging behind. Tlie Commercial is the raine of the only commercial journal in the Northwest which was started in 1882 by Messrs. Steen & Bo.ce, and subsequently cameunder the sole control of Mr. James E. Steen, its present editor and proprietor The Commercia/ ah]y represents the interests of the mercantile community of Winni- peg and the Northwest, and to its outspoken utterances is du'j the redress of many grievances of which the merchants of this city had to complain. It enjoys a lar4 circulation in every town and village in Manitoba and the Northwest'Territorie's while among its subscribers are included many in the eastern p-ovinces, the United ..tates and Great Britain. As a medium for reaching the merchants of the North- west, the (7«m,,..rru^/ IS unequalled. Mr. Steen has also been secretary of the- Winnipeg i^oard of Irade for several years, and has done much to place that insti- tution in its present efhcient state. u . •'^''^ jri""Vr^ ^yfln;,s is a weekly humorous ,,..por started by Dart & Burk- lit.rtini88J It subsequently pas.sed into the po.ssession of Mi. (ieo B Brooks and during the present year was sold by liini to Saults ik Kirkland. Mr. Biooks remains as editor. In August, 1882, Mr. Lud. K. Cameron, a member of the Cameron family who foundt'd the Loudon Adrrrtiser, commenced the publication of the iXor'-we^r I'arm,; Scotchman-like he believed in going canny at first, and the initial nun- ber contained just 12 pages, and the opening editorial announced tlie fact that tin- paper had 'coMie to stay, and that the publisli..r was willin- to cater to the want- Of the somewhat lonely settlers of that time, feeling assured that at no distant day BBI WINNIPEG AND VICINITY. 99 ,e could count his subscribers ^^^iTl^^^^^fX -^^^^^^^ the Una. Hi« ^"fhtest dreams or the pa^^^^^^^^ At that date l,as not had a hand m working out ^^s ^^^^^^^^ Z^tisehn account of the death he was called to take the hekn at the ^;«''«'^":f ! V. ^^ ^he Toronto Ulobe, his brother Willia^n, who ^^^'^ ' f^^^^Tll^^^^'^. Captain Wn,. Clavk, founded the '7W away back about a quart^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ,^ one of the best known and nio.t popular men n a , ^ .,,^, j^. -g,,, .,a,.„a,.y, 1884. "-C «- ^ea,. ,■;-,. °™, VirjS.S'/and^uUisl.U,^ Co. The new company, known as uie manai^ement of 0. K (li„nted), started out with '^"^P'^^^^P'^^J^j^d remains so ke..nleyside. Captain ^lavk m-ined as ed to^^^^^^^ r ^^^ ^^.^^^ .^^ ^ F^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ,,d t:> his -'«"--.-^^3^^^ > the company, IS Farm>'.r is due Mr C^ B-^eenl^>«^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^.^^^^ ^e/feriUi)i'ill.'. 11 Its liciylit. tVoiii till! 1 ist ii\i r •S~i,((()(). wliicli \v: .f ti i'litiicly !iy miIh l.sl iii.siil ciitiicly iiy MiliHtriptiDiis aiiMnig tlir citizitiis. isi> to till' liciid of tliu .statue, is iiKout fifty fict. Tin.' leil granite pillar.s on the foiii conieis of the dise are from Xova Seolia, v.iiilst the tigiire, eoluinii, [iiMlestal am! founilation are of Selkirk .stone. The inoiuunent was unveiled on" Septemlier '2Stli, KSSti, l)y Lieut. -(iovcrnor Aikiiis. during an eloipiunt speeeh of Mr. .' H. .\shdown. who was ehairnian of the eoniinittee that uiiilertook the ereetiou of the nieiiiorial. w^Kmt sfXCo to Ipieople of Winnipeg.-- BUSINESS MEN OF MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. oity, it IS approprmte "7"™ "''"=(„,,,„ ^hd, enterprise, energy and l.t*ra ;\;rcrrSri:'rllXa''k%rro *e .™e,.. Prosp..., of *. favored r nths .lirine whi'-l^ *""'■ 1"^ «*"'■'' ""''" ''1?"' w ,^rerac3 inade rapid and aubstan- diS V a.J b"l -^'"'t-,?' •'^•"^' '^•^^^11. S:,: ™1 grew to "oportions of great mag- he erected another hne I r ck structiire on the corner of Albert and Bannatyne f eets Ibt buildings exterd from Main to Albert Streets, with three ttats uul a basement, giving about 4(MHH) s-iuare feet of tloor room and form a very bandsonia a ch i tectural ornament to the city, while internally it is one of ^"^ U,M arranged and n.osth>u>.so,ne- Iv ti lished hardware estabhsli- ,LlinCan.d.. '''f « '-S;:^ is divide.1 into tw.. ' A'l"^ fnent. tlie Main Street tront liein^ ,levote.l to the retad busme.-, whik the other half f';"»t";«.""tin/ed for the wholesale tra.lc. \annatyno and Vlbe-t Streets is ^'t','^',. ,.f ti,. and sheet iron w, I'he manufacturing depart- ,,,i,e the other '-^,^'™^i ,tili.ed for the w''"'^-^ ^^-^,,; " l" s X:;; impo^ible I'.annatyno an.l VU-c t Miu i ^^^ ^j^^ .^,,,| ^1,^^.^ „„n ^^ aic ^^ ^^^^^^ jt to mmsmmmmm uird ware met cnanis ui. r ^i : i.„,icern, and the ni.nuni.y i-.i :„(.,,,, ,..i,u.iv and favor- .ttend to the large l'"«"'.^-,^_:l 1 ^^..'^"l.is the entire business hunselt, .s too ^u.lu^ Ki.tHK). Mr. A>,HdoN\n, 'Mi- I-' ill ii "1 102 LEADING JJUSINESS HOUSES. ably known to ve(iuire any extended comment at our hands. He has ever manifested a public- Hpiiited policy and aided in all ways to promote Winnipeg's welfare and prosperity, and the growth of the Northwest, wlucli lie has materially aided. He is highly esteemed in commer- cial circles and has always taken a i)i'ominent position in the lioard of Trade, of which he is at present vice-president. T. H. Veriier, Customs Broker, Freeman iilock. - In 1884 the firm of '?urn A Verner, customs brokers and general agents, was establislied, with offices in the Leland Hou.-je Block on William Street. Recently Ivli. liurn retired, and the business is being continued in the Freeman Block, Main Street, by Mr. T. H. Verner, who has justly gained a reputation foi' the highest integiity, and V. ell merits the success he is achieving. Mr. Verner was formerly connected with the C'ustom.s Dei)artnient, and thus gained a very intimate knowledge of the business in which he is engaged. His business amounts to about .'J.'j.OOO j)er annum. S. A. Rowimthaill and €o., l>cal Kstate and Financial Agents, 4<>() Main Street- There is no financial interest of sudi great importiuue a.n that involved in real estate, and there can be no better evidence of Winnipeg's revival in prosjjerity tlnui tlie inci'easing demand foj- eligible property, coupled with a steady ri.sc in values. Prominent among the active, enter- mg ousniess are of an unusually complete character, enabling them to offer special advan- tages to customers, anrl to cover every department in the prom))test and most satisfactory manner. liiey make a sjjecialty of tlie care and management of estates aiiusiness Idocks secunng responsdile tenants, collecting rents, eflecting repairs, and maintaining them at the highest stan.lanl of i)roductive efficiency. They idso negotiate loans upon bond and mortgage at lowest current rates, an!''»""'>''*' ■'*• ^^'^ ''■ H(..viand, the vice-presidents Hon. William McMasteram Wm. KUiott, hs(|., and tiie managing .iiiv.tor Mr. .1, K. Macdonald This is essentially a home company, and for stability ranks second to non. in the countiv The guarantee capital i.s .151,(MK),(HM». The assets of the company at the ,.iid of 1M84 were Sl,,t|.-,,- m ; at the end of 88., they stoo.l at *l ,(>7(1,:»:U, showing an increase of *•.>(;() :«K) Dnrinu las^earl,.W., applications f.H- assurance were approved. «hich. with aeven irvix-cd lapsed policies, leiiresented #'2,'2!»/,(U8, and the year closed with S.V.U\ policies for *i:i,0()!t,7l.-. on the UH.ks. Jhe death chums were promptly met, the net disbuis.inents on 47 d.'atlis bcinu !«8'> .»'/.>. I he company possesses a cash income from premiums of .-;;t8(l,7;t;M.-| from iiitcj. st"iml rents of *;;^yL«:'^;J«- .f<'''"inK togetlier .«^J(l.i.7(.l.!.:b while the ,ash assets Uav." reach,..! (hv large .«2,.,iM],.m.b8. It IS also noticiable that at the end of |88.-| the coniimnv i.ossessed the 'SaTi^'^::^u' ^'"''V' "^•"- '^" "''''•"^"■^' '"• -^ -'-"i'-rc:;!:! be mclmled, !ji|,28 M!M . II. I he surplus »(,»• amounts to over .S:i(Kt,(MM» ov. , ,.11 liabilities wlu.h IH a most excellent showing. J he profit results given by this .ompanv ai,. excee.lingly band some and ,t may be stated V.a they have never been e.,nalled within the same r^!'^ r^' i""'"?.? "'":'"'< insurance to the pe..,,le of the D.m.inion. The pro- gessne character., thepr..!. s un.ler this company's mo.l.. .,f .livision.,f mu.j.Ius f.,rms the lest k.n.l of t.;,; ine witlmnt the .lander of h.ss by forfeiture ..wing t.. inability to pay the pre miums. I he ( onfe,lerati..n L,f,.'s inc.me fn.m its Manitoba busim.ss is the lari est f v comimny ..1 .rating here, the bnncli h,.r.. having been establiHh,.,! in INT" A-. anevu^'de 'ff ILh titnillLiliv ii IIIJLV ill> Htate.^ tUnt fti.^'f u■^*.. .. .. I. 1 r 1. ■ . 1 will be self Hustaining on th(. iirofits. and tl VU geni.ral agent here is Mr. .1. N. \ Kurr, and iimpeetor ipr; g a large number of policies iHHued in Winni|(eg hey are on the or.iinary all life plan of insui ance. t Mr. .1. N. ye..mans; cashier ami office manager, Mr. CliaH. K Mr. |». MeI>oiial.l. All tliese gentlemen httvo buei LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES. 103 Northwest. , , n •!•«» M.in Street —The many advantages Porter & Ronald, Crockery ana <'l-™!^; • f it evUlenffroin the la/ge number of a„a annually increasing, ;\";">"t.:.;: ^="^^ ""' ^^^^^^ Winnipeg tlrnis punsumg the same ranch' o?tra.lc >>". l.'<"-V;;=Xt ,f ,„<,ie honoral.lc position than that ot Nrsrri'..rter'& Honahl. and none sS-H it in a liheral pn,nr,,t ana - lial.le husincss ,...hcy t<> wl>'^'l'^ ^ ' ^, ^ excellent quality ..f goods is '>«»j^J^ '^ prosperity ..f the concern and esteem with which it is reganled. liuerv Mantles and Imus .U2 Mam StS -One of the leading houses en- htitci. »M ^ msmess m 1vfn;i;::gsl.S.fM:"NV.Alexan.ler, w, ra.llshn.ent is situated. vtNa ^' '''^' TTtZ^ '^^^^^^^ ^Sirhrlllu^^dinestahlishing Ss\ nsnchaprondnentposau.nn. Xu-ction with the dry goods r,.do the eitv. The store, wlu.h is lai^,'^ ^ "Inodious .vn.l «1>1«-1>'1^>-. 1;^ : ; el is tilled with a veiy large, attu c- U ;Mudv.med line ..f the iK^^^^ .uul the stock is kept '-l. C- ud - t frequent in.port.itu.ns "' "^^',7, l-tlerns and hvtest --l^^- ,,i^ inens. dress g..ods. ""'''^'^:. „,. Koods, silks, cloaks ,in. sha>. s e. t.iiuK and domestic tahncs, etc. an JTeHe l'.alityofg..odsis.vlw..ys o W "ound ^n this -tajdishnu..t. ^^en- ^ „Ur cst.il.Hslnnent e,,g,iK e 1. t ' > K .lepartnu-nts ^•"'" ^ ; j^ the inest in ils'o kept in st,o.k^ I !';• ;•; i >, '""-n e nnllinery dep.irtn.ent .s >;''.;^' ' f ' , j .^. who are ,,re .vlso worthy ot spec, .M.tj^ ^^^ ,,,teu. ed ''> ' '"'^, J „;\., t,,e latest that line in Winnipeg. ' »'\.'^*' ' ' , ' i.^y .,f nuttcrn hats and iM.nnets. .i. ^ ' '''' «^ , , „,« ,„,a •"■'•^1-' i "S-'li-'^^^^k^t^io "'"'Hie*::: niaimg ..ml •;;-;^'; -^i^" ;;;;;r hi::'^;::hHXnent i. I'aris and Ne« > oi h '"^^ ■ f,„. .„„a work .md pertect 1 1. tn sn . . auplicat. |„VK even an env.a.le "l ^^ , .. ' ^,,Vor,Ung f.veilitieR m this.l"'" «'f_..«;!,'V.I^ ^^^^^^^^^ j^^^^jj,^,^, i„ 1 I I 104 LKADINO m'SINESS HOUSES. Whitehead and €^0.. Druggists, 474 Main Street.— In the Duftin Block, at the corner of Main and Bannatvne Streets, the haudsonie anil attractive pharmacy of Messrs. Win. Whitehead & Co. is located, and is stocked with tlie finest and most complete stock of pure drugs and medicines, perfumeries, fancy goocb. toilet articles an(l everything pertaining to a well regulated establishment of this kuul, in endless variety and the finest (juality to he found in the city. The store is large and spacious, and the gc ..ds aie arranged and displayed in an extraordinarily attractive manner. This is one of the most noted establishments in this part of the .-itv, and enjoys a reputation of wiiich Mr. Whitehead has a right to be proud. The business, which was founded iiy Mr. Whitehead in 187.S with small capital, has grown into its present handsome proportions through the untiring ene-gy and enterprise of its pro- orietor, who is a highly popular gentleman, possessing the confidence of the business com- inunity, and enjoying the resj)ect and patronage of an appreciative public. Mr. \yhitehead is an experienced liliainiaceutist, and {lays especial attention to compounding physicians' pre- scriptions in a careful and accurate manner, using only the very purest and Ijest ingredier.ts. He enjoys the most unbounded confidence of tiie leading physicians of the city, and his pre- scription l)usiness is (juite an important item. Mr. Whitehead employs several competent and experienced assistants. .1. iF, Howard and Vo.. Oruggists. 44,S Main Stieet. -The Winnipeg Drug Hall, at tiie corner of .Main and McDermott Streets and directly opjOTsite the new post office, is the ohlest drug estalilisiiiuent in the city, and must necessarily have special n;enti(m in a work which aims U: show tho rise and jjrogress of business in Winnipeg. This liouse was establish- eil i>y Dr. liird about fifteen years ago, the jiremises then occupied being where the liird Block now stands. Mr. .). F. Cahiwell iiurcliase everywhere throughout this country. The store is large and handsomely fitted up, and presents an attractive and elegant appearance. The firm carry a large aniai!i .''ireei. -i ne luruw, haniUonie ami splendidly stocked estalilishmeiit of Messrs. .1. L. Blair iV Co., is located at No. 480 Main Sticet, and is recogni/ed as out of the most prominent liry gooils houses in tlie city. The business was established by Mcssim, Stobart, lOdeii .V Co. about fifteen years ago. When they deciiU'd to give up the retail depai'tment, and conline themselves to the wliolesale trade, the business passeil into tlie hands of .Messrs. Blair it Larmoiir, and eighteen months ago. on the retirement of Mr. Ijiniioiir, tli<' liiin bei'ame known as .1. 1.,. Blair Hi Co. 'I'he store is filled from end to end with as large, varied and iittractive line of goods n» any one conld desire, ami the stock is kept supplied with fiei|uent invoices of all tiie latest eox cities and newest patterns. The lieaiitiful iniinner in which the goods are displayed, the perfect neatness in which everytliiii;( in the estiibli,*liinent is kept, not a speck of dust allowed tip uccuiniliate anywhere, as is too frei|\iintiy the case in many establislimeiifs, speaks volumes fur the good taste, and the high appreciation of the advantages to be derived from an attractive and pleasant place in which to greet customers, of Mr. .1. I.. Blair, the popula' proprietor, who takes nnuh pride in this as wi InisineHs. The new stock of dry goods, carpets, silks. r as all other features of gooils, carpets, silKs, mantles and fur goods just received by this linn, is the largest in the city, anil oilers to patrons a gii'at vaiiety of styles iiilil desii/iiM. jliey have (in liiind iiii esiieciiillv fine iiHanrtinent of dress i/i«ids in evei'y styh' Messrs. Blair it Co. are giving uji the carpet de|iartiiienfs, and in ordtM' to etleet a and shade. Messrs. Blair it Co. are giving uji the carpet de|iartiiienfs, and in ordtM' to etleet a speedy clearance ha\'e made some aHtotiisliing rednctioiis in those lines, There is also in eon nexioii with the establishment a dress-making depaitmcnt which in iiiir the efficient inunauer.ient of Miss Cawston, acknowledged to be the most stylish dress i;;iii inanlh maker in Manitoba. No house in the same line of business stniids higher than MuHsrs. il. I.. Blair A ('o. LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES. 106 nuaea occupied I yt»e ^-^^j^^.^njenee and faci for its trade ami ine »»"" ' "v ,,j,^ the most spacious au.i ^'f°",'; .^ ^,ho by the extent <;U8touiers. Blair s la K.no« j <;U8touier». tioneil on all hands. RWvatt, Hardware and Stoves, •• "?" „ '.,.f..l.H«l,mcnt was fouiu :{52 Main Street. .This old eataUished -""^ J^i^.; » Wvntt Hardware and Stoves, o.'-. -"■■■ . ^ p. Horsman, when « w*"; important addition to \\ inmpeo ^l^^*'''^- ^'^^ Mr K Wyatt, who now Parous business careet, as a .^^^^^^ J^^^ l"^''t'^'"Sun.iah^nua and sloves. He occu- m-esent year, ^**^*'' . .;"\,„,ae in liardware, ''""»t m Tv> Main Street (adoining the feix:S;:S»^-"~' ^' "''""™'"''" '^""™ '■"•'""- ""•"°^""' I whioh h« iw nieetina 106 LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES. ChicaffO Clothing House— y .Mr. (!. F. Carrutbcrs, Mi. ,1. H. Krock being admitted into ))artncrslnp in 1880, when the |iiescnt firm name was adopted. Tliey make a specialty of fire and accident insurance, coupled witii od'eiing siijierioi' facilities foi' the ])urchase and sale of real estate. They ai'e prepared to promptly place at the lowest current rates the largest risks, witii tlie most responsible aixl sulistantial coinpiinies. They reprt^scnt the following fire insurance companies : Tiie IMidnix, of England ; tiic I'honix, of Hroeklyn; tiie Queen, of Lonilon and Livei|)'iol ; the Western, of Toronto : the ISritish .Ameri- ca, of Tiiii'iito ; the /Etna, of Hartford ; and tiie Hartford, of Hartford. Tiicy are also agents for the Maniiicster Plate lilass and .Accident Insurance Co. Mesars. Caiiiithcrs iV lirock have •■om))lctc control of the Xortiiwest luisiiu-ss of ti\e various companies they repiiscnl, and arc alili: to oiler not only very sn])crior induceiiientH, Imt to gnaruntic a sure ami jirompt ad- j istnicnt of all losses that may occur. They 'I'so arc agents foi' >l. .1. 'i'aylor's celebrated tire and ! iirgliir )iii)of safes. Until members of the linn have evinced special talents likewise for tlic leal estate business, and are highly esteemed in tiiiancial circles for their executive nbility and sterling iiite.,;rity. Messrs. Cai riitheis and iiioik also possess every facility for the ncL'o- tiiitioii of loans on bond aii', Heal Estate and Insurance Broker, VM) Main Street, ing real estate and iiisuriin(.'e brokers in the city is Mr. Wm. H. Oiundy, liiniMclf here about live years ago. He carries on a general reid estate oiisiness, buying, selling and exchanging real estate, collecting leiils, negotiating loans, and taking full charge of iiro- perty for iion leiddentK. Heeently he removeil from .H.")N Main Street to moie commodioUH LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES. 107 ^ fficc excellently at'- range.l f"'" ^J^f ^P^e il ^o -^^^^^^^^^ ^^"J"''^' \'1^SrextTn:i clexperience and i« re- l,ooks conUnUa.ge hsts ^J^,^^^^^^ ^r. ''^^^^'^yJ^l^.t'l'",'' and those intrusting inte.; t„ rent, also ac e pi P ^ ^ .^arde(l as a rciuv.»>..Y"V:,.:;„%,inerior advantages irom t..>= -""T'.'n.l to iMnav l)e ascribed c,ts to his charge ^^^^ '^^^ Vie o Sted, has he^en very Buccessul, ami toj^' .^^^^ ^, He of building lu)uses, which '\« 2' ° . whio\i has gone on during the P!^^*^"' ^^y of obtain- 'li'ch of the ^t^'^'"^,*? i^i whi^'^^-^ P™^ "'*' "TVr o the negSon of loans makes a specialty of t is P^^' r';,,,^ \i,„ possesses ^^ery faenl ty to tlie .^ g ^^^ ^.^,^ ^ i„g homes of tl^'^'r own Ml. U y ^^^.,^/^^ ^„,i ,,,, 'leveloped a wule Ji ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ on niortgage, upon the most la mining stock, and nas i > successful ^^^ists a"uMn-operty-owners. m- a^^so^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^.^^^, ^,^^ I I Je has ^on the highest en- Va.. Allen * *«»r. "i^r.^lS^riS^^^^^ 'vud have found it necessary in ^^^^ h dUng a large .,uantity of e. rS to add to their Ime. sh,gle"an.l double driving t-un 1, niess of which they carry a ;;;« stock. They make a nSalty of wag...., carnage, 'S and cutter woodwork :d'Litsu.rtofallku.dsand ...uTV an extensive stock ot tUh aUo^Thchrniayearagoerect- ,..1 a line warehouse at >o. •»- Wdlhun Street, on the- smith si.le of the market s.iuau . Xre their oth..es =ire jUso located. Thcb>uld.ng.s.Ox^. f,,t.in.dinu^|onsad^st-^ stones ui lieigtit. 'i>_,v also a warehouse :il x..l) fe t .. tl... {' r K. station, and m near tlie v . i ■ ■*■ , f\,,.^ third one at the track, thu« . -i,., ihem ample ---'-'; ^ 7ion for their stock which at i„,;,,.r the seaH(m is very il« Main street. 'Aniong tbc most rcce,Jw""ablis!u-d '--'-:n:H it "m'w addition to the N'^'l^tv^';. 'tJ^j hand one of the hivndsolho.r ;ud "V ;* .';-j^.,.-,t„,u. ot reuay mau- -'1^ V ;- ; ^ .lesirat.le and faslunnabu- ^radei»auon.amentandac^tditloi ^ I 108 LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES. any similar cstivblisliinent in the country. iind very agreeable anil |)oj)ular manners, will be treat. IVttlttTeW and 4'o. Wholesale and Retail, Hardware, Stoves and Tin" ware, .Vi.'l .Mail. Street. -This well-known iiardwure house is one of tiu' largest retail estali' lisliments in the city, while tlie firm also enjoy i very extensive wliolesale trade. Tlie busi- ne.ss was founded in I8S.'1 liy Messrs. E. T. Smart and Co. , and in I88,"> it passed into tiie possession i;i tiie present firm. Messrs. W. i). I'ettigrew and Co. , under wiiose management the liusiness has continued to largely increa.se. so tiiat it now readies very large dimeiisioni-'. 'I'he wliolesale trade extends trom I'oit Aitiiur to the Rockies, and travellei's are kept con- sUuitly on the road between those jioints. 'i'lie retail Inisiness is very large, owing to the excellent i|uality of tlie stock and the low prices ciiarged. 'I'he iiandsome |ii'emises of the firm are situated in Clements' iilock. No. ,"»'2;i Main Street, and embrace three ilats, eacii •24x!M) feet in si/e, wliile they iiave extensive wareiioiises in other jiarts of tiie city. 'I'lie stock of liai'd- ware, etc., carried by the house is of (lie most coiii|ilete character, excellent in tjuality, lieing the priMlnct of the leading maniifacti'rers. 'I'li^ firm are also wliolesale agents for Wm. Ruck's celebrated inanufarture of stoves, which iiavi' attained great popularity and a larire sale in tliis country. The iiianiifactiire of tinware is carried on extensi\ely. Over twi-nty men are employed in the various departments of this I'stablisliment. Messrs. i'ettigrew and Co. are too widely and favoiaMy known to need any words of praise at our hands. 'I'liey take u leading position among the hardware merchants of tile city and as regards extent anil cliaiuc- ter of tlio stock have few ei|uals in tlie Nortliwost. LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES. 109 & Co., both with ;f « •^J.^^'^ti. e,' tran«acte.l an.l mttueuce ^^^^_^ this house h« aucte.1 an.l the extent "* *'»*: ''^^'^ ^ ,,„.i uu.ler the style of ^v\;,;\'"'|ian«e8 incidental to a establishmentmhehruary 1HH2 byi ^^^^^^ ^^.^^^^^ *^"'°"^^\ti,tL toX .lerive.l from a ,aways held a P''''""" t f. m vJ s Con.luctea with every '^' ^^"^''•^^^y^th each succeeding career covering the 1'^^* ^^ ' y^:'t-he Hucce«s of the l«>"«*r, ^^!^ j/^fS UrhmentB in ManitoW «traightforwann;~^ W^^ ^^^,^,, ^ ,,e hea^ o ^-jl^-^jS house has always been vear, until at tnt l"f='=' .,„i..timi it is no niattei oi suiiiunc . . -^ j^,j attorn- •l^Vith such an e^tabh«b-l - 'f ;^ '^^^ ;? ,hare „f ^he trade tva"--t« J'^^, "^^^^^^^^ ^^,^^. ,, favorite one, ;H>I'' j;^^^'|J U.ZresuUs of a h.ng -"""^^ ;" ,.^ '* „ J^ concern in the North- i.^g buyers <=^;'t'^",^J,t."tluvt cannot easily be «U.l.lH'ated b^ ^vny sn ml ^^^^ ^.^n of facturers m the c( unti y , m-v^ .-ei/ards the prenuscs occuiuul. or ii commodious or west. The f-'^^^-f " 1^;:^ ^ ,utd be^ .l-ired,\.. hou- //'^^illJ^X r^tSi in the very centr. the business, are all that co um ^^^ McDenuott and AlP«^i^ j ted the hand- eligibly situate.l budding. Ou the co .^^^.^,^^ to all pronunent 1' >»t«' ^^^^ Here may be r/the mercantUe trathc^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^,^ thc.roughly Wmnte hro^ ^„,l ^ome edifice si.ecially ' "'^* '" Y^te assortment of sta,.le an tanc> yy ^^^^^ affording an found at all *>"*-«.;;; ^'^.i^'Xei" the varied 'lepartmeiitB of^t^ ^^ ^,^^ ^„,,„ti7, the ::-;r;iStSur..^^^^^ iTMI commcn.Ung th,s l.-use to t t ■ ^ „f ;[, vesources it "'' > , " ^,^;^ >t of Messrs. Whitla .hioh it is -■"'-•^';i,:V';^* ^'un of its contcnporaru^, t»';;^;;f ^^1 f X^" onsideration of the nvnking -'-,« '.^;';i^': , ch conu.uuids the respect of the - j_ -;^\>, k. KlUott. l».th gen- »t: Co. IS of that class ,. m ,,,.,,,1,1,,.^ of the tirm are K. -I- >> '" ,j ,,| „f 'I'vade. Mi. ♦■ou.niunitv at huge ' ''^ '"^ "l' ,,,„i „rominent nu'i.jbeisot ^l > . ^ to the tU.n.en of large bus ness ''-l'^ .^^ \,, " oth liattalion and accompanied that itj, Whitla is captain ot '; -'i;;}"; >, J eliioi. on the Saskatchewan. front during the recent lialt-Licci ^ ^ ■ no LEADIN(; BUSINESS HOUSES. of the house of Messrs. W. E. Sanford & Co. This is a branch of the celebrated Hamilton, Ont., clothing firm, which has been establiphed for the last ((uarter of a century. The Winni- peg house was instituted in December, 1882, the firm at that time being known as Sanford, Vail & Co. Fine, commodious offices and warerooms have been secured in the south end of tlie large Whitla Black at the corner of McDermott and Albert Streets. The resources and trade of this concern have more than kept eijual pace with the general prosperity of the city, and under the able management of Mr. R. T. Riley, formerly connected with the principal house at Hamilton, the business has continued to assume larger jiroportions with each succeeding year. The firm deal almost exclusively in ready-made clothing of their own manufacture, nearly iill the goods being shipped direct from the factory at Hamilton in l)ulk, the branch here being used as a sorting up house. Two travellers are kept constantly on the road, cover- ing the ground from Port Arthur to the Rockies, the Hamilton house attending to the portion of the Dominion east of Port Arthur while another branch in Victoria, B. C, looks after the business on the Pacific coast. 'Die goods manufactured l)y this tinn comprise full lines of men's, youths', Iwys' and children's clothing. By virtue of the experience extending over a quarter of a century and t!ie command of large capital, they are enabled to offer inducements to the trade, second to none in the Dominion. Tliey also handle rubber goods, in which they do a considerable business. Conducing in so high a degree to the substantial bonetit of the community, and identified so closely with the growth and commercial well-being of tiiis city, the house of \V. E Sanford & Co. occupies a place in tlie general consideration, tliat redounds no little to the establishment of a reputation for Winnipeg iu keeping with its real merits. James Flanagan, Wholesale Provisions and Grain, 7 Queen Sj^reet East. — Among the representative industrial and connnercial establishments of this city there is none more worthy oi special mention than that of Mr. James Flanagan, wholesale dealer in provisions and grain, whose splendid premises are centrally situated at No. 7 Queen Street East. It is to such enterprising and reliable houses as this that Winnipeg is indebted for her commercial supre- macy. Ml'. Flanagan came to this city many years ago from Minnesota, a,nd in 187!t started in the line in which he has since continued, meeting with large and uninterrupted succt-ss. The premises occupied by Mr. Flanagan are 30x75 feet in dimensions, ^ the buihling being three stories in height, and they are stocked with a large assort- ment of fresh hams, bacon, apples, sugar, rice, soaps, etc., all the goods being guaranteed pure and fresh. A feature of the business of this wholesale establishment is that it is conducted on tlie cash princijile, thus avoiding the accumulation of a batcli of bad del)ts and giving less trouble in the handling of the trade. Mr. Flanagan has also a warehouse alongside the C.P. R. track, and dens a large business in the handUiig of grain, wliicli reaches very large propor- tions yearly. He gives emjiloyniciit to eight bauds. Mr. Flanagan is too widely and favorably known throughout our leailing comiiierciid circles to require any comment at our hands. It is sufficient to say that he is universally respected. . f Dominion Toal, 4'ok«' and Transnorfatioii C'Ompan.y, 4i)() Main street. One of the largest dealers in coal and wood in Canada, and by far the most extensive dealer in the Nortliwest, is the Doiniiiioii Coal, Coke aiiiistaiitly engaged in unloading and sliip))iiig coal, 'i'he company li.ive also an extensive liusiness at all the princi|)al jioints to the west of Winnipeg. Promoting tln^ industrial ii.terests of the com- munity and conduiirig in no small degree to its geiiei-al welfare, this conij)an,\ certainly destirving of the estimation in which it is held and the results attending its etto. . .iiid enter- prise. LEADING BITSINESS'HOUSES. Ill ilisposed of that br.iuc.i oi -St;:r:s--'S^^ „„) feet iu.Umeu^.ous, w.h f">' f ^^jj ^,. ^ut blo.k - "-'"yT^^'^.toU^^ general .hy goods, \,u9ii»'s« l.locks in the cit> . ■\" >" ^ extensive an.l con luctc siock j, , jj^gss may Co where they carry iit al tuue. • "'"«^ ^ s,,,,,^ i.lea ot the '"'>.«"'*" \''Vlen.an.l» of the t^^^h^eing aU tl. hUest .tyh. a..^ l^^l'^ Vr^v:"^;" iS A t£ t" Uriti^hCo- he gained from the fact that ^''i *- ' ^j „„ the road hetween 1 "'^ ',, • .y^n.^vt and other 112 LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES. permanent welfaie autl prosperity. No further comment is necess.iry, and Winnipeg? is to he congratulated uj)on having such "a tlioroughly representative estalilishment so permanently located in her midst. CarrilthcrH' Car t'oiipler. 1 / ^^ Fi'. 1. Fitc. -J It employs no springs and has no delicate adjustments ; it is adapted for universal ai>plicati()n, and can be o})eiated with- out any special finish, and with a small amount of machine work. has no delicate adjustments ; it is adapted for universal ai>plicatio out danger either with cars similarly ciiui])j)e(l or with those having the old style of oupling. I It re((nires but one hand of tli' hand for the purpose of signaU. Fig. 4. ,man to operate it, which admits of his using tlie other He engineer. It adjusts itself autcnnatically to the vertical LEAniXCt BUSINESS HOUSES. ir' .„a lateral .oven.e.ts of the - - J^^ -^^^ ^SiT" f tS • cau b« rea.l-ly attached to ca.^ at Fe««»y'^,^ ^j^^^j^g the appU^at,ou "^^^^ ally out of the way. j8t Fig- 1 is th« f'""* elevation h;r.-ea.l-lv attached to car« at f «f ";,;" ^^hJ-^rngthe application of the ""proved coup- jecting from the ^"f "^ *''^.''''i; oun.a le.l a bar U, which P;"3««^.«^ "Lt^Peu the buffers A A. , hook, and car- .rdinarv draw-hea.l 8P"»«)' '» J"".,-';:." „„r Upon the bar R, »eiv*«=u ...^ w tin a foot or six inches of th». sule of t e car. v^V ^,^^ ^^^ ,,,,tween M arc --[-^^^*'iit^^^^^^^^^ Ition for coupling the ^-k C "f on . -r ^^ .^ PP^^^ .,, SdsSs, England Xl Canada. and vegetables, at No. 2.^2 ^'^ ^^[^^.^^ „f ,,„«iness i", ^^ """^^1;,?." imlustrial and business ,f the most cnterpnsnig hrms m th s m .j^;,,,, „f the lea'l"\ " vf \^ ,,;„, of 1882, extended mention n. ^ --k f ^<^^^^^^^..,,. established t -m-lv^ orh!,norable deal- Lsistence the result - ==- - - - .,f a lengthy and practical experience. The premises occu- pied in the Fortune block are very spac- ious and coinmod- ious, beu.g -ioxhO feet in dimensions, witli a large base- ment, well urranged and eciuipiied witu overy facility and ap- pliance for the tran- I,acti<.n of business. Holman liros. are pa.kers of the ch.u- I^est beef and pork and also deal m aU kinds ui ficsh an.l salt meats, sugai- cured hams an.l breakfast bacon, ve-ctalilcs, ganic m season. They do an i 114 LEADINT. Hl'SINESS HOl'SES. A. Bamsay ami Son, Pair.ts, Oils and (Jlass, 5 McDerinott Street. — This celebrated firm has been truly said to represent an industrial interest that is jierhapa the largest, most varied and coniplute, of its character in British North America. Messrs. A. Ramsay & Son own and conduct the St. Lawrence Whiie Lea!r. Ferguson reti'cd and went to British Colundiia. and tlH)Ugh the firm name remains unchanged, Mr. S. R. Parsons is the sole j)r(»pri>^tor of the business. Tlic tirni has t!xtensive premises in the (ierri'.- ]51ock, No. ()() Princess Street, embracing five Hats, each stock of goods of all kinds ])crtaining In the basement is stored tons of jjiinting paper of various grades, from the ordinary print to t\w best lines of white and toned book papers. The lii'in make a s|)ecialty of these lines, and su])])ly nearly all the newspai)ers in Manitoba and the Noithwest Teri-i- tories. ThLic arc also large i|uantities of nianilla, straw and tlax wrai)))ings. The tiist floor contamts nir otfi. es and packing room as well as a huge stock of writing pajjcrs, ink and nuinerou;, i",i bios, all of Wui li ure purchased in the best Knglish -.narketH. On the second flooi_.;iu jiilca ov ilat py.jrs of all kinds, poster pa])ers, cover papers, and such lines as are specially adapted to the wants of printers. On the next floor are found large lines of papei bags, twines, wall iia])ers, carjjct felt, straw-board, wall maps, and sni])lus lino, of goods represented on the lower flats. The remainder of tin; building is used for general storage purposes. Mr. Parsons is agent for the Canada ''y)er Co., of Montreal, the la '-gest paper manufactory in Canada, and which controls the gic r portion of the pa})er busii ess of the Dominion. Mr. Parscms also carries :i heavy stock ot old country and American fii\e station- ery, blank books and school books of the latest series. A full line cf the goods nian\ifactiir(Hl by Alex. Pirie it Sons, Aberdeen, Scotland, the most celebrated stationery firm in Oreat Britain, is also kept on hand. A large number of employes are recpiired to look after the extensive business of this establishment, whose trade extends from Port Arthur to British Cohnnbia, a travelling salesman being ke])t constantly on the road, between those points. The reputation of this old and old reliable house is oo well established that it niiiieepssary to refer to it at length ni terms of j)raise. It is sulticient to say that it stands at the head of the w iiolo- sale trade in its particular lines, and controls the greater portion of the business th.-oughout the Northwest. LFADTNO BUSINESS HOUSES. 115 "wi^Z^&^O^-is, Awnings and Mattre.e. « McWiUmn, ^tec^^^^^^^^ the Ktan?^.nanufactorieB in Winnipeg the tent ^"f^^^,'^^ «"^ were so much The tlrni look speuially — ^=--- = =-' to the manufactiiru ot mattresses, in which none hut the best and freshest material is used, I'elif^'- ] ing that this portion ot the • ))irsine3s must grow to very large proportions as the nopulation of the country increases. A large stock ot nwuings, camp furniture, ftc, is also kept on hand, uud in addition the tirn' do upholstering, re-covtring ohl furniture, carpet sew- ing. Ten skilled workmen are constantly employed and freciuently the rush ot business requires the servi- ces of a larger force. 1 his business was started by Air. Hope in 1878, and during the eighi years of its career has been most successful. The fiictory, which is locat- ed at No. 9 McWilhai" Street East, is ;Ux(5() feet in size and four stories in liei<'ht, and i:. provided with all the machinery re- ,uiire' ^^''^ "'''"'"'• and enterprising business man \n Ho u nifeuiy Hope active X, 1 f 1 1 Notre Dame Street East. -The steady W F. BuchailOIl, C^ommission ^^^''f '("f ' ^ ,^t'u; ues how surely her merchants .roNv^h'and .lev'lopment of the commerce J'f ^^ Xitt th^ Northwest. The commission ; nillintaining tlleir ^"--^ -l}!;^;'':^^, ^ r^Il^^^inent among the -ost^ energetic ^ trule centred here is active and """/'f'V"^ v" :„'ivir W V. Uuchanan, vWiose othce is cen onterpr ing commission merchant, "f ''« .^'^> ^ Mr Buchanan d,.es a '""f/\tensiv« cntupusi {, Dame Street east. iVii Chicano, and the Armour lie LEA1)IN(} BUSINESS HOUSES. m I .^l That he ha« been successful in the highest .legree, a glance at his large JJ";} «'^««"««^ tfewi. inline ii»fli«r Ppii ..arries a tine and varied assortment of all kinds ot dry ^:^^;iclJt;^o;K, JuS^t but few other hou.es in tjje cit^ ^S'l^^ilXI^: secure advantages not readily ol.tuinable elsewhere. rr-LHil Pa«>ifl0 Hotel, Opposite City Hall, Market Street. In a detailed rex-iew of WinniJei If J..mmerci"3 nan^^^ including elaborate eonnnent upon her LtiSns of wl^ mention, there is perlKt,. no line of houses more ^^-^^^^^-^^^^ attention , -aftording more universal interest to those engaged nail branches of •'"8'«H,8S, who are calle to visit our city, than our accommodations for the traveling public. As a rail- rJid'Tn r id as a central point between the east and west Winnipeg ^'^X'" dtV^H be th^t essentially calls for Hrst-class hotel accommodations. In this regard the city will be oun-HnSreVets capable of maintaining a leputation e,nal t.. -y£- >-;";« ^ «>nntrv In conttrmation of this asseriion, it is only necessary to refer to the (.rami facinc Hotel as an Uustration of its correctness. This house stands in s most beautiful position fac,. S^ StrHal SMuare an.l at the same time possesses the advantage of being almost in the ^.rt of the biXss portion ..f the town while it is also in close proximity to the railway Sns The preseiit proprietor is Mr. Harry Mcintosh, who t.H,k cl>'"«^"f/h« «;»''« "' 18«4 when it underwent a thorough renovating. New improvements were introduced, the Zti re fun 8 ed and every mo.lern convenilnce supplied for the ...omfort and e-J-y-"; f Se guests. Since then the (iran.l Pacific has .lone a splendn business, averaging fron $mm> to Am per annum. It is a four story brick building, and contains fifty roon.s we 1 vei^^ EtSl and lighted. A force of twenty employes is ie.,«ired in the various . lepar nients of the E Mr Mcintosh was formerly in the hotel business in W mgham, Listowell and .Strat- ford Out., and during the four years previous to coming to this city was proprietor of excel- K ho"els at Emerson and (Iretna. To his affable manne.. and endeavors to make his guest* eomfortivble may be ascribed the great and increasing i)opulaniy of the (,rand Pacitie. The insur I'ss of modern civilization. ■Ifrod Join's, Accident Insurance and Cuarantee Cos., ."US Main Street, anee'systemhasbcenforniauy years a p..sitivc force in the in-ogress ot niodern '^Tt^L.ccumulation of mate^^l wealti,. The con, ies_ doing ;;;;-;;- 'IVj^'-'U-^r^ and one whicli connneiidH. am iiMUiy th..usauention of a reliable .-nd successful corporation, and one ^h.c h c" "n k iLelf to every thoughtful man. We refer to the Acci.lent Insurance ( ... . of North America. for which M.-. Alfred .l..nes, •... '.m Main Street, is the ent. prising general ag.'ut tor N am- U,ba an,l the Northwest Ten. lories. The IrnuI oHi.e ..f the c.nmany is ... .Mont.val. Ion. .1 ,c.i Feni..r is its p,eside..t a...l Sir A. T. (i.dt vice p.esid.nt. a.i.l M.-. Kdwa.-.l l^nwi.ngH the mairnL!...;: .li.v.to.. Dnrii.g ti..' yea.' IMS.-, .,ver 'ir,.im poli. ies we.f issued ; the .kmhcs were n^ri %tKl.rMMK while the total L.sscs pai.l t.. .late amonnt to ov..r *.V.>.-,,(M«) 1 h.s .■ompany WttH estab!ish.-l ill lS7-.>, a...l is the lalgest and ..l.l.st a.Mi.h.it con.pany in Aiiierica .levoting it8 entire capital to a.ci.lent insmunce, while its system is the satVst an.l .....st lib...al in ..pera- tion Mr .lo..eishrook and Faircllild. Agricultural Inipk'inents, Corner I'rincess and William Streets. Market Sc|Uinc. .Xniong a iiumln'r of line estublishmenjts engaged in the l)usineHs of .iigricultural inipli'Mu'Mts ill this city tl'^'rc is no liner or more extensive house than Messrs. \\'esbrook A Kaiicliild. This is probably the oMest establislieil implemi^nt bouse in \N'inni peg, iiaving been institiih'.l here in 1877, since whii'h date its l)usine»s has vastly increased. The house is in excry way .i representative one in this line, and has risen through tiie indo mitalde energy and ](Usli of its proprietors, hi IHSI the busiiii'ss of the linn, which was formerly eiitireh' retail, was enlarged so as to embrace a wholesale one also, and it was at once stocked with one liiiiidreil ami lifteeii carloads of farm machinery and im|>lements. During tlie following year their iiiipoi lalions wi're I'ven greater, whicii will give some idea of tiie iin liieiise business transaited by fliis I'stalilishment. .Messrs. \\'esbr<>(!k it Kaircliild now do a strictly wholesale ami jolibing business, and sell direct to deiders tlirougliout .Manitoba and the territories, and as far west as Kiitish Columbia. They are tlu^ only linn handling the pro iluetions of the celebrated .\uieiiian agricultiiial im]ileineiit tirnis. |)iiring tiie last few years they hiiy also added buggies, larriages ami cutters to tiieii business, and have always Ji line stock of these goods on hand. Their otiiees and sample rooms aic located in the lit n dersoii lUock on the ( iirnef of I'lincess air' William Siieets, wher.' they have very fomniodi- oils and Weil arranged premises, and tliev ve also a distributing warehoiLse at I'oint Houglas on the liniM)f the Canadian I'acilic I'ailwav , wlieme goods are shipped to all jiarts of the Northwest. ,\nioiig the inimi'ioiis lines of goods liiindled by this linn are Oeere .t Co.'s and Krost it Wood's breakers, the jleere it Co., .1. I. Case and liiiford cross plows, and the l>eeie lunty ..f the hnn. ^, 18S;> by M.'- «ii.'"««t..ne, fliul l.as gr.uU.ally «"^'\. X. ,nie ofeue.l up here M was in a mmmmmmm -^t ik;;r;!;':;s: i:::>S; :pf '^E „;—; t -'1,::';::'= :";''-"■£ £-irii;;:'= !::;:;.:;:;.,ui:.; v^'-f t;:;^;;. \ci^.:t::i:: :ir,f i .t e heinu liH.H vnyMy .•n.-le.l muly ^ ''^'^7 ''^•,,,t' ' ,■ .lay. The stoanM-tlee mill a. a cara.itv «utli.i,ntl.v large to ^:r.n.l '(' ,V V' ' „ i .... .n.all -legree prninotes he m .V.iHmt in thm e.tahliHh.nent. svh..;h, '* > ,;\ ] '^' t .... the r.m.l. a-.l Mr. (.-..He- "Kial «elfa.r ..f the .„n..nu..,t> . I^^.. <"^ " ';,, ' JitiHl (■..l.in.hia. enih.a.i.iK the vvh.-h- 'h^ u tuele exteu.ls eant to Hat PortaKe ^'-"> « -,„:';,.",'.', ,„a>.ufa.t...e. i...hul.. n ....•»ia.s. Canmlian ..mlt. «h,te w..,e, l''.^>^ ^"^ ';' ,1 ''. , ,i„^ a.i.l ^.i...li..W ...ll.<"'^. »,'.'' f 1 V.,1- I ii.iiiKi'lveH 111 the nialKel . <""''< ■■fk . i~ l!,,L mr I'oWiU (■•ai.a.lian i.mlt. white wine, piekhn^; an., -..n-. ...,..„.. ■■■■■••.,.,,, j, ,,„,v,.,.h. an.) irri...li..H all ,;''„„„ tor the,n...lv..K ... the "-•'^'^V;";; ''^. ,a n .-" Hakn.^Z P-.w-Ver ,...w ..J ki .1. of -v^''^'- ■• ""* f'"w^'»'""i. *'r '■'' I thi . '• Htr...Kth, i....ity "f 'I'.'.i.'y "'" .,,,,,,„...., is w,th....t '.;..1';:>'.;' ■ .f' ' ' , ,lie. wh.el, .leriv..H .u.h n.a.U.-l .t.Uanta^:.. th,. tra.le aii.l the eoiisi.leratM.n ..f the >{»iu.ai i>u. from its enti'i-priHe aii.l .aiiaeity. Hinitii and iMini«i». ^''"''""\];';;y":{.^=ii;,n''t iiHi;'a,.,uli'l.-''-f'''l'v'^^^ hv \l.'. II. M. s.n.th, the H......r n.e nl er .-f In l.nn. i» f,,,,,, . i...U .o h. « •..tario. ;l, 'u„..wn tano.-;nU -»'^''''- ''"VV'l^;" j ;:;■ .^'a 1 a.M i. . hin eHtahlish.nent in «-.l..r.eh. „„,1 at liiHt inti'n.U..l t.. ..porutc l.i« hu»ini-..H an LEADING nu.srxiiss JIorsKS. IW Imt "1 view of the ^ivt success tluit he met with in Winnipeg lie in 1882 closed his businesw 111 Uoderich and conl....,! iiis attention to this city. He remained in tlie business, building lip a large trade, and in April, 188."), the present Hrm of Smith & Dunlop was formed, Mr. .1. W. Dunlop taking an interest in the business. Larger premises were at once securf d, and the trade of the concern was greatly extended, so tliat in a short time it was found nece.«- sivry to remove U) the i)resent extensive premises at No. 4;r) Main Street, and it nou rinks among the leatling merchant tailoring houses in the city, if, indeed, it can be equalled in popularity. Tiie Ijusiness transacted is strictly merchant tailoring, and the customers include tlie best class of people in the city. The building occupied is a liandsome brick structure, having a frcuiUge of 'io feet on .Main Sirect and extending back 75 feet, including tiiree stories and basement. The salesroom, which occupies the entire Hrst Hoor, is one ol the most handsome and commodious rooms occupied by any tirm, in this line, in the city. Here are displayed a large and elegant line of piece jgood's, embracing the Hnest foreign and (lomestic manufactured fabrics for gentlemen's .suitings or sepaiate garments, at bottom ligures, and the workmanship has no superior in fit, style or excellence. To tiiose desiring these (pialities no further comiiK'nt is necessary. Twenty experienced liands are employed in meeting the orders of the large patrons of tiiis establisiiineiit. Hotii members of the tirm arc highly esteemed as energetic and enterprising business men and enjoy the contidence and usteeiu of the community. The Massey Mailllf»(*tlirillg V,0„ Harvesting Machinery, Corner William and Princess Streets, Market Sijuarc. -.Among the most prominent manufacturing concerns repre- .sented in Winnipeg, tiic Massey .Munufacturiiig Co. occupies a position that entitles it to coii- sideraticm in this work. This is one of the oldest liouses in the Dominion engaged in the manu- facture of harvesting maciiiiiery, having been established in 1847 by .\Ir. H. A. .Massey, the president of the com- pany, who during Ids honorable and active l)U8incss career of ne f rly forty years' duration has studied closely the iii^cds of the agricultural pop- ulation for ini])rove l:ibor-saving macliinery, and now enioys tiic sat- isfaction of directing the operations of one of the largest works of viie kind in Canada. 'i'he works of tiic company are located at Toronto, and arc tittcd with tlic most improved maihii ery and a|)|)banccs, an< ill lu^arly every dcpart- iiKiiit the outfit is spcci- • Ily designed and mmh' to meet tile exact re- i|iiii'euu'nts of tiic I'oni pany. They iiavc de \oted special attentioi to harvesting machinery, whii'ii liiey liave vastly iinproviMl and made more ctl'ective and re- liable in every way ill favor wiiercver jiiif high awards and medals at every nuK-liiiicM whirl) lia\c attaineii a iiiower, and Sharpe's hmsc lakcH. the result that their atiiiii, and their superior ^,vO"^<**'*^' maclniies have rapidly groMii m rit has lieeii iecogiii/;eil by c\hil"ilion where they ha\c been mIiowii, .\inongtluii high reputation ari' the Tiininto -teel 1 in Icr. the Toront' it . The c oiiipuiiy licgaii tiiisiiiiMN in llir Northwest in IS7s, Imt it was not until three years later that ii lirrftuh was cNtalilished in \\'iinii)ii'g by the preseiii iiinnager, Mr. T. .1. Mcllride, Kinin that date the trade of tin' concern \\a» greatly extended «h r!i=,!:t \!:l!l!*!:b: ,1 tt... '{'..I'fU.. !>{<>. !!!♦* to VITV h i»!!S!'.s :i!)nv III |8S."> the present Northwest head oflice iind wairhoiiseof the company on the corner • t William and I'riiuess Stn'cts wa.-* erected to meet the growing recjiiircmeiitM df the I'lisinesh. It is of brick, three stories in height with basiincnt, .'tIKtI.'i feet in diiii< iiHiniis. and is one ot the most solidly I'mistructed and lianii(.omi' IniHiiiess blocks in Winnipeg. '| he lonipaiiy ha\" m .-M- I.KA1)1N'';';"«■,,,,,''''',,,,, J to all points in Manitoba 18S2, and has built up a l'^'g^V\T >'m '("v m d i* X^ 'l'-''^^'-''-'^ "' ^""' "f the N..rthwest Territories and l^-'t'^l' " ''• ; ^'^ .^^ f,,,iUties and connections are of a IVoduceandalsodoageneralcon.nnssu.n ' "«'"';f ;,,,^, •' ,"; i,..,,,ta,.es to customers, and to t 'ictlv ti.-st-,.lass character, enabling them to <>»[^ « >« "^^ ,, a e r. They receive large con- .-xecute all orders in the l>7'''l't^-^'"'; '';;;; ,,;^J^^^^^^^^^^^^^ on commission, etlect- .sigi.ments <.f fruit and |'>-'"'"''^\''':' ."^ l^''^^,^,, •^. llu" .J , t and^atisfactory returns to cou- i„g inune-liate sales at best market 1 \'^«^;.;»;;'^,\. '"','. ,,,,is being »)x8() feet in si/.e, m- signoi-s. The i.remises occupied by the h'' " ';^^^ ^' > ' I'J, ' t '.i^ l.a^^i.ls in the establishment. :kh^Stkflr^^^^^^ ;!ll^;^i !SJ:;x'a;^:^uS^s::;;'^:bl^ "-^»-- Mutual Reserve F.uul. I^JJ^, AsM».|atl««, A^ ^H Mc^^ Mclntyre Block. The object of this '^^^ '^^''^^'V J\ .m^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'it tiie h.west cost, con- is to provi.le for the families "^ 'l--;^- J-VI^^^ '^ ^^ /^^ j ::r.l;erve fund as is done by Mste. t with the greatest possib e security. ^ ^^ ^^'^;'^ J^, ^ .,.,.(• association was incorpo the level premium companies, but no -f--^^^ '—,1; ,/ ..cmbership ..f -UMH. with rate.l in February. ISSl, being nosv \" f ,'^ '^^^ " .", *";\^], gnurantees the payment of poll :^;i;'i:r;:;;r:sir:;v:::r\;xndi)i:u::"^m:'u;i;i assets ^^ ir'>--'.'iv;;:.^r.^T; .<50,()(H> deposited with tl.e '"^^'''^'''V'^^^^r^' ,,;,"■ .....t to sH;^(.,.KH), deposits having TlR. tot.il government deposits ma.le by ^''''^ 7'"l'''' >;'"',,.,.,. i„.,.n opened. Tliis asso '.ien made tn Kngland and iM^tnce. '" ^^ V'^ X!; ["^.^ " a^ " t ustees .livide surplus. ..iation is purely^iiutual. ^l' ''t'-'^ •'■';; ^'^''^ ,,ooks are op.., f..r inspection ■l"ho members hav? a voue and vote n «!"' '"•^"■.^*I^"" ' . ' ' . ......nsdves 'I'h. liead ollice is i;^ exa.niuation, and members -e n.v.ted o <--«;,,. t^^' Vi;:,,,„.i,U„.t 1 V. T. iuthel'otterlb.ildii.u. I'ark Kow. New Nok, *^- ';•, ';^^ .;,,„,,,f-,Vrri ..lies is Mr. A. H. ,l,a,„an .s...retary Tin; mai.ag..r or >''^"";; ;; ""'^,, s^ ',!t l,.! bram^h i...... was op-n-' McNieh..!, whos.. otlic is 11. the \ clntyiv > "l^; ^^ '" ^J , . ,'• H,at .lat.^ Mr. McNi.'h.d in S..pt.Muber, iMHo. and during *''':,,, »'^'' '•''*' .'V,i,,'',,,f ,,f tli.' gr.-at p..pularit> llltH written poliei.'s amounting t.. ov.'r tNNo iinllions, a .-.unnu mg p.oot tu g 11 ..f this fompaiiy. ^_^ . .. , . : , «..n.... i,ui \i.M„ .stnci. N., history of the in.lustnuH w. T. HiipriH. ''^''"\*^':^"' '';-'';•''.'■;.:„, r;;vi;;tr in wiii.'h tiie abov hous,. is „.. .,t \Viimip..K would !..■ rump et.. w.th.mt '•';♦•';,;;,,' Mr Harris starte.l this businens .aged, ami in which it is achieving so »'''''' '''';"; ';'^ J, ,, 'j, Uglily gratifying. Th.^ n. I«8n, a little over a ,vear n^jo. and has 'v.' ' ^^'l ^^? > • « ^ '^^,.„.,,« .,•,«„..„{ ....ntrally LKADING BITSINKSS HOUSES. 121 stock of goo Is, presL'Ut a haiidsonu apptiar.ujoe, uiisurpasseil by any other jewellery establish- ment in the city. In addition to doing a general jewellery business, Mr. Harris carries (m nianufactnring, giving employment to five skilled workmen. Tlie work turned out of this establishment is noted for ith elegant appearai\ce and originality of design, Mr. Harris being hin»self an e.xperienced jeweller, having enjoyed many years' experience in the business. A specialty is also made of tine watch and clock"iepairing. The stock of goods is a very tine one. embracing tlie goods of the \Valthan>, SpringHeld and Fdgin Watch Covipanies, whose superb products are known for their accuracy over the entire woi'ld. and are remarkable for the per- fection of their construction, and matchless time-keeping ([ualities, being regarded as absolute- ly flawless in the latter respect. As an importer of jewellery, clocks, watches, silver an hats, cajis aii( fur goods, and als.. deal extensively in raw furs. 'I'iiey nianufai'ture all the clotiiiiig whicli they sell sjiecially for this country, liaving a large factory at Montreiil, where over tOO hands aie given cmistant employment. In the estaldishment liere ten handn^ are emi)loyed, and two travelers are constantly on the road from east of Hat I'ortage to Victoria, R. ('., the result being the growth of a large and pro- litable business througliout the country. The members of tlu^ tirm are Messrs. .1. I). ('arscadei| and .lohii W. Peck, who started in this business ii | ISSO, and are highly esteemed in business circle and liy tlie general imblii'. Being men of extende. ^ experience in the clothing line, tliey are able to successfully meet the leiiuireinents of the trade in this country. ilidrCW <'olailllOIIII. Wliolesale Wines and Cigars, II (,>ueen Street, Fast. F(ir the ,»u*t 'twelve years the name of Mr. A. C(d.|nlH.un has been identitie.l with the business mter .'sts and material prosperity of Winnii.eg. The extensive business house of which lie is sole proiirietor. was establishe best and purest (|ualitie< < f iinadulterattHlarticles, the trade can always rely upon procurin t him the most desirable goods and at reason able J Mr. Coli|uhoun is ageiitlenuui of h Ilg expi t'lence 111 this line ami ilcvotes his personal attention to the manageineii t of tile ex- tensive biiHin I 12-2 LEADING HI'SINESS HOlSES, ,.ere.. frcn the ..ginning. ^ M. .'iul.. .-vpi-^ two^.es .j>x40jeet u. ^. ^ -Jj^'-JH^ Urge basements beneath, thus ati<. .hng «Pl°'' '^i/','; '^^^^^^^^^ ami branch hahuva a h.ug experience in the business md ^^ ;"^gl>, /'''^^^^^^^^^ years, an.l was forn.erly .,f the tra.le. He has been a '^esiaent of J'^/- f>,^.;* „ J^"^.,,^ Mr. Philp imports fruits of all ,onnecte'; ^''^^^'j V^^^^^^^^^^ b /.tter. hogs, ehicKen and pr„- Uinds in large quantities, an.l also , lea sexteM^^^^^^^ l.J^siness is of large auee. handling goods on connniss.on ^^"'^ f f,,If [:\t^,' " "Je shipping business to all the proportions, and besides having a la ge citj tu^-^^ '£' tories. Mr. Philp is a business l;:^r^^:;!t.d'•e.SS^::':^':^.^^ -^ ^••^ ---- ^' --^-'^''^ '- deserves. ^_ , .,. .. .,., Qi- M.Mii str(.i>t This is the oldest busi- Geo. CMWortimore, l^-'^^^.^Jt wS^'and C«gress i"closd interwoven -thuS:f~!t;srx^^^^^^ i:!irTw^"r;;as'^S^^^s:■uo,:^d:ron^^^ :^ fhcT^nnulerwasMr. H. S. 1>''-^}' -"• ""f " J^'^ J^^^ . 'f^^ m^ 'H oughthe „pened the Hrst Ujo\. and ^tati..ne,T e Ja^dislnuei n Ua ^ k^ .J^^^^^ . _ ^.n^ ,ebellio'. of 18ti!l-70 seriously mterte.ed « th the ^'"^J ^^^ ^^ ^ (^. ,^.,,„ j,, ,sh.S .lisposed of ,.osperity. ;'' '/^='^^ ^^-.^^il^'-^'^ f ^^^c^:^^:!^^; Js' ^ M. «ieo. C. M-^rtiniore, he business to Mr. Alex. Kcnnul.y ne „.;,), m,, K,.„nedv for a year previous. with Mr. Kennedy for a year previous, are at No. 'Ml Miim .Street, by C'apt. Uoiiahlson, and tlu- Mie present proprietor, who haom ^-J^^ ', \v el ' >aves his personal atten- thoroughly un.le.stands '^l^the detaihj oi^Uie b - u^^^^ , L'^ ^.H-u'ndidly ai.rted stoek of ';U;;2.ef ^IrhoirSt rS;tfo;^a.Tm^rT w,. is ...dy esteemed in eonimereia, .'■ircles and by all who have dealings witli hnu. .!J^j-r=;^:?;!^'!';:.=^:t.::""S;;l«-i>;;r-,^i;i:i':i^ •- . I , r .t I. ..■..! (till i#t 1 1 rill 1»> III i, .ving been Ipenally arranged to suit the re.pnren.ents ot t e . ^ > ;p ' .^ ^ irough ..y«- mmmmmm iigilsiiiiii til ■j'l em tiivMiv; lltlK iti..'I.iitUin atlil eiiu'riii'liii: 4.1! th idar 1(1 le annual voluin" ' f their trad.' has attained proportions (. f the greatest magnitude, giving in| lild i„vmeut to t«ehesak'shien and tine., travelers tiuir eust.miers ling the leading troeery houses an litiltive lioiisf has liei'U ( I I dealers of the Northwest. The poliey of this rej). beiiiL! foiiml all over, ii f th- f th ^t pi (i^ri'ssive aiii I honoiable ehaiai if the Northwest braneh. Messis. tie irgeson an< 1 Tliompson, are highly regai ter, ami the niimagers lied in the triidf art upright and h dile liusinesi me',1. LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES. 123 A. €. Mappliersan and Co., Wholesale Fruit Merchants, (VCi King Street. — Ihis is one of Wiuuipe ''s tlioroiighly reprcsuiitativa houses and since its iiicepttou in 18S3 has traus- ii^t-il a lar.'e a-ul constantly increuiu,' business. Tlie fruit tra le of t'.ia Nortliwest is a m )3t importintfntereit, and with the iujrexJe of papulation its proportions ni'ist have a very rapu L'l'owth Msssrs. A. C. M i^phersoH an I C ). are wlioleiivle laalers exolusively in fruits ot all kinds, b-ith foreign and d.iinsstic. Their trade is priiuip illy of a local eharactar, "emg almost solely 1 premises occupied i)y _. . ■ ^ ( hut they hive also nam jr.. us wireh oasc^ and callars for st .r.ij;.' p irpi?c3 in various parts ot_ the city. Five hands are c .uitiutly e;n,)loye I in lookiu,' aftar t'n husiusss. kinds, both foreign and doinsstic. Their trade is princip illy of a lOcal eliaractar, ueiug aiino« solely confiivid to the city retiilers, though they do sen I considerable shipments through the l\-ovin'e anlTcrritories, bit thjv do not saek spdjially f)r th.it lina of busiiuss. i.ia oremiscs occupied by the Hrin are situate hit No. (ili Kin,' Straat, ai 1 a-a 8 ) x b Heat in aizj.^ Tlie fu the firm are of a strictly Hrst class cliinvater, enibliug tUani t . o lar special a Ivantages t': -• is^omars, which cannot l.a duplicata I by any other wholesale fruit ho.ise in the city. Ihii. JDUsa has established a high reputation for honorable, straightforA'ard deiliug. ilities of to s Jamt'S O'Brien antl Co., Manufacturers of Clothing an I Importers of Furnishings 72 and 74 Princess Street. -Tiie wholesale cloching interest is one which demands special at- tention on account of the ina,n.itude of its operations in the Northwast. Ihe hrm of Messrs. .lames O'Brien k Co., one of tlie -largest con- conis in the D.oniiniou, takes the leading rank ill this line aino.ii,' the whidesale clothing es- tablishiiijnts of Winnipeg. This tirni, whose liaad otlice and factory are situate 1 at Mon- treal, iias been en,Mged in this business for tlie past twenty-tliree years and has gained a wide-spr.aa 1 reimtation on account of tiie ,su- pj 'i or (juality of the w.trk turned out of its fac:).'V. The coni'iiercial and in inufactnring iriiace of t'la firm in Montreal is situated on Victoria S,|uarc, at the corner of livaver Hall hill. It was l>uilt expressly for their use and tile six stories embrace a»lloor surface of i i,'2 >■) s'luave feet. I'he goods manufactured by" tliis linn incbidc full lines of men's, yiniths', ii")ys' and children's clothin,', and they are tlie largest m uiufactiirers in the Dominion, lly virtue of a ([uurter of a century's experi- ence, the conim and (.f large capital, ami gen- eral ucononiy in the conduct of the enteriirisc, til. .17 .ii-i, i-nililc 1 to otier iiiilucements to t'i3 . . . i f n t :L sc W t. n Hie in the Dominion. T.ieir trade overs the enti,-e l)omimon. and to^ the L. mniVl ti,n..f th.-ir western p itrons a branch house was opene I m \N inmpeg m 1««1'" ;;irton. thMViuircuiMitsof the tr vie in Manit.baand the XortliYst. he bmld g imiel ■.■■ siti 1 at \os. 12 and 74 I'rin'css Street, and is a bricfe structure, ..5x1 K» ^: rsl- hi i'.^ 11 re. stories and a basement, and is heated by steam and im.vi.ed with ^v-.r! e, i\-e lie. I'e Sn-e.i han Is arc lie.e aninlove 1, an I two travelers are kept on the road .Uve'ulX^^^^ Til ■ muii.'cr of the branch is Mr. Donald 1-raser u- n h till ki^oln! 1 1 lii,'ily este,. n .d by the tra le, an I un ler his guidance the business h is giMwn to very large ))ro|>ortioiis. R.'»l»t. Htrilll«. l''i'>^' Insurai'-i, .'H K >rie Street ')ne of the (ddest established lire in- suran .i,>-ii H,. „,ik,M a so 'caltv of M-e insurance, and Ins facilities in t ms of Mr. Strang no words of praise on our part are necessary. I lie otheis a.c olM of Mr. Strang no «;-';; „;;^, • ^^'^ '^i ^ti i s lul le I to' oiler not only very superior in iulcrerri:::;';: ;ianu;[ee:; :::,l'i:d .'mnft a Uustment of aU msses that may occur. ,2S 124 LEA1)1N<1 HUSIXESS HOl'SES. kin.l8 of business whicli have the .capacity of a ^^l^l^' ;'3,, ."^ '^^y^^i.^.i^ess i.i 1884, purely as which Messrs. Carveth an. Co. ^^^J^f^'^^^^^J-^^Uauch of pork -packing, an. 1 commission n.erchants, an.l ,n A"g"«t, ''^^l 'i''';',;''V« b she.l a flourishing trade, an.l, at have, by their straightforwar.l business ^rai s. ct o s t«tal^lis. e^^^^^ .lealings. The gra.lual in- the same time, w.m the cnti.leuce of all ^■'±^^^'1'''^^^^^^^^ and they renune.l erease in the business nuule .t -^>^;^^;^i:^Z^^^tJs. block. Thir transac- to their present location at No. !«» ' ""^'"''''.^i^n i'.i.k „, ss receivinii and disposing of consign- tions en.brace a general pr... uce an.l ^■"'''»"''«>\'»J'^'^';^ ;f \';^,^V.ms^^ this city t.. whom te ments of pro.luce ruits ..r .la.ry I'^-^'^^^j^^.^^ ,,^ ^ wh se acilities are better for the .lis- coul.l more cor.hally ommen.l countiy ''■''^'''''' ' '."^.^^^ers Messrs. Carveth and Co. stan.l , ,,siti<3n of products place.l m then; han.ls. •^.',1 " ^f J^X" • "' '^^^ but in the excellence at the hea.l of the tra.lc n.,t only n. tlic ;";^K" "'1^ f S ^ ecTi ^e, with large basement. ifiSrSfeve~i:^f£t;^~^^^ SSni i^tui./;^:;r!:r2:;^rrad:i.;^^ ^nd t.. development of its commercial an.l industrud resources. Ui1;;;;^;;;^;-'..l-f Xl^^d varie.l one embracing all kin.ls and .lcscrii)ti.ins ..f footwen.- f. r ^cntlemv n, la.lits 'Y. ...^ Vj, ' ;"a n.r ua . ing all the latest an.l n.,..st fashi-nublc styles. A s^'calty is n.a.le ..f i.e 1 Z,es .f wh c It^ie firm carry i full assortment in all si/os. Messrs. Kdg..ur an.l K" 'V' :\' ' S iai .nu uis gcntlen.en. fair in all transacti.m.s. an.l n.erit the success they have a.h e^ e. . ■hf s'lch iZses it i-s unnecessary to speak any w.,nls of pra.sc, th...r very existence ben.g e^ ,• dence of the hon.irable an.l>ubstautial p.)sition they .acujiy. K Itt. Wan/crJMld Co.. Wan/er sowing Madiines, 44.S Main '^t'^V '^'f'"'!!'' x'l' emh^;t!!;i" m^hin.' m" ufacturevs of the .lay n.,ne can rank ^^^^-'^"[^}'}^^'^;J,^-£;. \\ nyerandCo of Hamilton, Ont. Their machines are kmiwn whercNCi the Knglisl. Ian ^u J^is ;olln.'an.fwl.cm.v.; place.l in c.n.pet.tion receive tlu. higl^st ^^-^-'^J^ ^^1^ tiftofthe iu.liies (iol.l me.lals from St. Petersburg an.l Moscow ; Sydney, iSew ^ it i Cdln, an. other S.,uthAnu..ican States ;L..n.Um,M.m.:hester\<.rk 'f V;^^^ a. ' ' ti.ms n Knglan.l ; i'aris, Fran..-, an.l X'ienna, Austria, an.l from the \-,'^''"'';i,;.\.,. 'j'"' , „hia. and the In.lustrial Kxhibiti.m in T..ronto, an.l a thousan.l an.l one ''t''« ; ^^«' ' nest the ex.'elleuce ..f the Wan/er Sowing Ma.liine. .None can .hum prece.lence ot th< \" n J^ Th V ^e n mber of spend fe^ures in tlu. NVan/er umcldnes whuh are .ks™g o! s S nl 'nti..n. An,..ng then, .Ive that jdl the w..rking parts o, the nja^hine arc .^ g. «teel ami ,ef..re .,f the most lasting .;ualit-cH ni every respe.t. Agam, w lun any p.nni is £-!;>;::* bit ::,:.. .,■ l.,ng ..• ba.l usaie.' it ca.. l,e a.ljust...l by the tunung o a screw so as^. be as go...t as . ver. An.,tiu'r very imiwutant feature is the enti- ; absence ..f noisi ' »; " dngs are as near perfe. ti.m as anythin'g in this w..rl.l can be. '' ''^-V;'-' l'^« • " ' ' f^ bobbin-win.ler. Jluch .listributes the threa.l as evenly as on a regular ,*' '^ ,^'" ' ™ 'j ' the factory an.l « hid r...,uir..s „.. wat. hing. The fc^.l ,s a .lr..p fee.l .m ' r'' p'^r,:,,'i'r ' 7; nerfcctlv straii-lit w.irl,. The nec.lle is self-setting an.l .•am...t be wr.ingly place I. I lie sUuttlc ::;;,« tL^lildlld m a n ..n,eut, because the thr.;a.l has only t.. be placed m ceHau. slo^ n.ul not tlw..ULd. any hoi.. , so that a chil.l .'an lix it m a ' nv seconds. I he tension is a tl^t om. Srely selfthlea.li,.., an.l the n, uhinc in all is perfection. With the n.ac nne '^ 1" K^. '^' " ber of attachments ..tllu. very l:est an.l most unpn.vc.i k.n.l au- ..ven, an., the "-'■ <''- ^Z ^^^^^^^^ wh.. .lesires a i.erfe.t n.acidn.. f..r his house .,r h.s factory has only t.. ;'f ,''' Jf:,;;'; ;;, 'V'^^, , an.l Co or their agents to get just whar tiiey .lesire. 'I he general agent for Manit.)l.a an. th No ti we!^ Territori..s is N^. .1. L. Con'din; who is an ..xperienced an.l energehe >'-'!---'; ami he h«Hnum..r.ms agents at w.„k thr..ugh..ut Manitoba an, the . err tones. His oHict 1». at N.). 44:< Main Street, where samj.les .>f these excellent machines can lie seen. I LE\I)IX(i ursixEss HOrSES. 125 WF. Doll, Wholesale Jeweller, Clements Blk., .J2r) Main St. --The wholesale jewellery trade of Winnipeg is one which exercises au important influence upon general business. IVoh- ably the leading and most extensive estal>lisinnent in / tonge Street, Toronto. Mr. Doll came to Winnipeg early in the presenc .> ar opening his estoblish- ment on March 1st, and witii a good 'iUff of assistants, close attention to busuiesa ami the wants of his customors lias secured a large and prosperous and increasing trade. Red River Valley Brewing Co., Depot Logan Streets. -Tlie brewing interests of the Unite i ,^„^ and Bottling Works, Corner Main and Loiian Streets. -Tlie brewing interests of the United States are among the three of greatest importance The growing of grain for l)read, the raising of live stock for meat mipplies, and the brewing of beer as a well nigh universal beverage, are the three colossal industries of \merica. The Caiuulian Northwest is almost solely devoted as yet to the first two great ui- dustries, while the third is beginning to assume a leading position, lie c(ni.mmptilf^J^ cverv imrtHlar t lis breweiT being considered the most perfectly e ,^' 5, ^'^'t,',- ^^^, > Vil s.^n was also an alderman for :;;:::.w!:::;rS 'i:^:^!:^^Tt lu^t:!!. l^ulding committee, .Hscharging his .mtie. to the e!)mplete satisfai^tion of the people. 12G LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES atisfaction i. g.uu.u.tee. The n , ,^ eonsiderahlJex- l.usmessat 1 en.broke, Ont an.l },h.\\. ;, ™',, j,. y^t.^,,,,,,! attention to the manage- tllghly esteemed iu connnercial circles for their sterling integrity an.l business ability. n A |t„ss and Co., Real Estate, Etc., 3!)8 Main street. -There is no financial in- many leadiim Canadian capitalists an.l investors,' an.l representing the Bi tish-U.Lnaduu L ui U \, T nalt^. Their f^Llities fo- transacting business are o an '--"J^lly;'-!; IJ*^ ^^^ tcr, enabling then, t., orter special a.lvantages to customers and u ^;\;^\ \«'^ J !; "^'J .'^ business in the proini.test an.l most successful manner. I liey b. > , sell and exchange ctj a .( n.<.«t creditably and satisfa..'torilv. The otlier inend.er of the (inn is Mi', (.eo. H Mel ai lane, ZVas in re!d ellate business for years in Tor.mto, a genial, c.urteons gentleman, wiiosc (■areer is alike a cre.lit t.) himself aiul the city wherein he resi.les. ll'l(>k^-l^-- -j ,.^ ; ;; , '^^ ably maintained a lea.ling position in their line '^>'; ''r"l''"^''^■''V^''''""^M^ ..J; Sne i^ s t..ba and tlie Northwest Territories as far west as Uritish ( olumbia. 1 lien eslabli.hm nt l^ !:::t "nuii? locate ..n the ...„ ner .,f King an.l Alexamler str..ts end.racing t^o .,u, ding .-,() X 7.-. feet in .limensions with large basements, an.l one .,f the best t tte.l u •;" ;" "^Jf ' in the tra.le, a thorough system .,f ..rganix.ation peryad.ng esery .lepart.nent, '^" ^^ '^^ ' ' watchf il eai'e ami traine.l skill an.l experien..,; ot the estecne.l pr..pnet..rs j' f. , ! ,v prevent .,ur attempting t.. give tl... enormous list ol clio.ce t..o,l products earrie.l '" ' ^ -t' ' ..■" j > n the sales,.min inelu.les cNerylliing in staple an.l fancy gro...nes tr.,n. all '\^^rWu. ot tl .lobe, while the tirm .lealing at tirst hamls an.l in such r.,uml lo s are ^'■'^;'''^''l t" /' . ."'f^ ulvantau.'s t. the tra.le n-gar.ling both price an.l ..uality . I he caniie.l g.-.Mls .lepai tinent is ;:?^elt magnitu.le.the tirm lian.lluig only the most appr.,ve.l bramls of those packers renowned tor excellence of .[Ualitv an.l lu.ne.t weight of c.nitents of cans. Mueh ru.t. e c ^^V'^^ specially for their tine tra.le. an.l tor saleable st..ek m the above nnp..liant line ami I . - d f uits. m. h.u.se ..tiers su..h ex..cpti..nal a.lvantages as that ..t Messrs. Maeken...e am Mil. Witlmut in..rc than bare menti.m ..f the lines ..f fancy gr.icenes ami sun.lnes. it may be s.ii.l that all that ample capital ami s..un.l ju.lgment can .1.., are manitest to every.-ne w m ms .eets thin line sU,ck. The tirm do a large triule witli city ntnd.T.., an. travelers visit ex..iv p..int on the line of the Cana.lian Pacili.' I^ulway west of this city. I he ";;"' 1"~«« ;;^;i'i(,;|"' ! tie.ation necessary t.. meet the enlarging re.iu.rement.s of th. gr..w.ng Noi thw st d h. s i tluential an.l .lesirable connections. This lirm are .lirect in.p.-rters from t hina 'i""-! •'- 1 ' ' >» special bran.ls of the finest gra.les ..f teas, therefore being able to supply tlie tra.le as cheaply as iiny imuse in the United States or Canada. LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES. 127 B. D. Decrilis;, Wlolesale and Retail Boots and Shoes, H2() Main Street.— The ..and- som:'.ly and elegantly titted store of Mr. B. '.). Deering is eligilily situated at No. 620 Main •Str^ .,, corner of Logan, and is most admirably arranged, '" .g l)y far the finest e8ta))li8hment of the kind in the nortli end of tlie city. The stock carrier, is a large and varied one, embrac- ing a splendid assortment of Hue and medium priced footwear for lailies, gents and children. Here will l)u found all tiie standard slia])es, correct styles and original patterns, and i'll the goods are warranted to hi; manufactureil out of the very best material, a very important con- sideration in these days when "shoddy" goods are so frequently palmed off upon the unsus- ,-neting public. Mr. Dociing"s stock is reliable in every respect, and those who patronize th« «u ablisluuent will never have cause to regret it. The business was founded by Mr. Deering in 1882, and by his energy and enterprise, coupled with a tliorough knowledge of the husineat; jvnd the roijiiiremunts of the public, he lias largely increased it. and his annual sales reach a very respectable figure. Mr. Deering is well-known as an honorable, liberal and conscientiouH Imsiness man. He is held in the highest esteem both in social and conunercial circles, and ha» achieved a well-merited success. The wholesale portion of the business is rapidly extending and bids fair to assume veiy large proportions in the near future. Lelaild HoilSO, W. D. Douglas & Co., Proprietors.— This is the leading hotel of Win- nipeg in all tliat pertains to a tirst-class house. It is the only prominent hotel built siiice the boom period and on that account does not partake of the flimsy cliaracter of tlie structures tsrected during that period. The building is four stories liigh, with large, tine roo7iis, spaeioviti ivnd elegant j)arlors, large dining room, furnished in the most tasteful and appropriate manner ; suites of rooms and jtrivate ])arlors for the 4icconimodation of guests, and every (;on- venience to bo exj)ected in the leading hotel of tlie metropolis of the Northwest. Klectric Itells are found in every room cou- nectinii witli tlie othoe, and tlie luiildiiig ia splendidly lieated by steam, being one of the most comfortable houses in Winnijieg •(luring the winter, and on that iiecount many persons make it their iiermaiient residence during tiiat jieriod. The hotel lias a larger capacity for guests than any other house in town, and no better evi- y far tlie moat popular hotel in the eity hoth with the travel- ing public iiiul residents. Mis ciiret-r has always borne cvidenei- of striet integrity and sterl- ing personal woith, and Iil well deserves the esteem an'i respect in which he is held by every one. For these reasons, we are pro\id to refer you to the Leiand House. J.^il- Iljirjsrave, i-antford Steam Confectionery and P.iscuit works, whose goods are second to none in Canr 'i. They also leprescut .Messrs. HrVant. (iibson and (^o., Toronto, makers of the famous "John P>ull " ))ickles and sauce. Messrs. Kirkwood and Rubidge have only been established in business in this city for two years, but (iiiring that time have built uj) a safe and ])rogressive traile which is steadily increasing. The copartners. Messrs. James Kirkwood and C. M. Hubidge. are both practical business men and have the confidence and esteem of the trade. I J. L. W<'11.S. Wliolesale and Retail Hai'ilwarc, .")(>() Main Street. One of those reprc- sentiitive concerns which so convincingly dcniopstrate Winnipeg's meiiaiitile supremacy in the \orthwest is the hardware establishment of Mr. J. L. Wells, situated at \o. •">()() .Main" Street. Mr. Wells has been established in liusiness liere since 18S1, during which time he has built u]» a large and lucrative trade m lii^h extends to all jiarts of the city and surrounding country. The preiiiis'>s occu|)ieil are lommodioiis and well arranged. Here will l)c found a heavy stock of ranges, stoves, heaters, hardware, tinware and a full line of hou.se furnishing goods. Mr. Wells alsf> 'makes a specialty, if such a term can be useil with jirojuiety in connection with a iiouse which docs so general a business, of galvanized iron cornice. He is an extensive manu- facturer, and lias a force of seventeen men in his employment, who are kept biusy on rooting, |)Iumbing and galvanized iron work. .Mr. U'ells carries one of the largest and best assorteil stocks of 'lielf hardware to be found at any establishment in the i^ity, as well as a complete iiasortmeiit of cutlery for pocket and table use, of all ))atterns. Meehanicts" and edge tools of any description kn )wn and recm'rci in any branch of industi-y can always be fbtained here at lowest rates and guaranteed excedence of tenii)ei' and eilge. The attention of the buyer is directed to the sujierior cxeellence of this stock, and its jiopularity is assured all thi'ough the .Vorthwe-t. Po])nhir ]>riiiJi ])rcv:ii! in the retail de]>art!ucnt ; everything kcjit ni 'A>u\ ik of the best (juality, and customers obtain advantages at tills establishment wiiich cannot easily 1h! duplicated elsewhere. Mr. Wells is held in the highest estimation in commercial life for Ilia many sterling (pialities and strict integrity, and justly merits the .uiecess attained by his ability, energy and perseverance. Mr. Wells also has a hardware establishment e((ually as large as tiie ^Vinnipeg house situated on Cumberland Street, I'ort Arthur, Out. i I.KADINCi lU'SlXESS HOl'SEH. PailliU ailrt €o.. Confectionery and Biscuit, 11 Ross Street.— I'roininent among the manufacturing interests of Winnij)eg is the confectionery and biscuit factory of Meaiiu. I 'aulin and Co., situated at Xo. 11 Ross Stroet. TiiiMs a most complete estiihlislinient in t'very lesjiect, containing all the latest iuiproxed niachinfy used in the husiness, while it« products are unsurpassed anywhere. This husiness wa. founded in 1S7<) liy Chamhers Bros., and from a small hegiiniing gradually increased in its p.oportions. In .June, iHKi the present tirm took possession of the husiness, and since that date it has continued to grow in size and magnitude from yeai' to year. Over on" liundred varieties of biscuits are manufactured, and they have iicijuired a wide-spread reputation for excellence through(Mit Winnipeg and thr Northwest. In confectionery, the products of this establishment will com^jare wiUi any simi- lar manufactures in the Dominion, for their superior (luality, purity and iiavor. 'I iie premises occupied a^ factory comiirise a tine three story building with basement. Sti x 10!) feet in d. aen- sions, and an innnense and finely assorted stock is carried. The buililing is supplied with full .st'iam power, containing a splendid Corliss engine, the second of the kind ever brought to this oountry, and is fitted up in the best style with every appliance for the successful prosecution of the business. Twenty-eight hands are usually employeil though at certain seasons of tlie year the force is increased beyond that figure. The membei's of the firm are Messrs. VV. H. "I'aulin and .1. H. Chambers, who are both thoroughly conversant witii all the details of the business and are energetic and enterprising business men. Wllt'lailS Hotel, dolm Whelan, l'ro))riet()r. Main Street, near (". I'. R. Depot. \mon<' the many good hotels for which Winnipeg stands jne-ennnent in the Northwest, there is no more i)opidai' house than Whelan's Hotel, situated on Main Street m close jjroxnnity to the CJanadian Pacific Railway station. This house was oi)ened l)y the present jjropiietor, Mr. John Wiielan, in March, 18H'_>, and has done a veiy large business snice that tnne. It is a bricK structure, t'.ree stories in height, with a large basement, and has I.") good, connnodi- ousand well furnislied sleeping rooms. In connection with the house is a tine sample room, where tlie best biands of wines, li(puM's and cigars are always kept on hand, _ and there iue also several exceWent pool -^ g tables, and a tine huge bowling alley, the '^m only one in the city. The otHce, reading room and dining room are on the first tioor and furnished in first-class style, wliile the two stories above are devoted to {):irlors and ^ sleeping rooms, all elegantly furnished and ^g lifted uj) with a view to comfort as well as ' appearance. Mr. Whelan is a gentleman of extensive experience in hotel business, and in this commodious house has given unmistakable proofs of being the accom- plished host. Having beeii cngageil in the _^ liotel business all his life. !-.e thonmghly ^ understands how to conduct such an estab- lishment in tirst-dass style, a" Ine aj)- parent to any one sto])ping at i.is house. He was formerly i)ro])rietor of a hotel in Toronto, but caught the "westei'n fever" and came to Winnipej,' in time to catch a large share of the innnense business of the ••boom" period, while since then he has continued to do a huge aiuiual trade. Mr. Whelan personally su))erintends the management of the hotel, iieglejting3"othnig which can add to the pleasure or comfort of guests. K<'lllU'th Murolll.SOII. l>ry (ioods, t.V2 Main Street. The popular dry goods house of Mr. Kenneth Murchi.son at No. 4.Vi Main Street (directly oi>posite the new ))ostothce) ranks among the leading establishments of the kind in the entire city, and is worth hberal mention in this work. No house in any part of the city otters greater inducements to the pui chaser Ihau thin, ;un! uo vstablirhiisont at ka:-=t ■!) tliat p;.rt of the city ia n.or- widely k!>.>w'! or en- joys a Hner trade. This business was started seven years iigo by R. .1. Whitla and was coh- tinuet. by him until he decided to devote his attention solely to the wholesale trade, when the business passeil into the hands of Messrs. .Alexander and Bryce. .Afterwards, .Mi'. .Alexander ISO / / / LKAT)lN• WoOll ami To., Wholesale Hardware, i'i and '-'4 .Mexander Street Kast. The magniticint l.nsimss estalilishmcnts which in the vaiions slnplc lines of traile have lieeii pennaiientlv located in tlik city well rellect the remarkable growth and piogress of the N'oitii west. I'rni'ninent in t'le wholesale iiardw are trade stands the linn ol M.ssrs. ''eo. It. Wnod and i'o., who are chisely eonneeied witii .Messrs. Wood and l-eggat. of llMniilt.m. (hit., a linn of neariv forty yOars steiiding am ranking among the tn>t of its class in the Doininion. The business here" was estalili died in 'SH(t by S. K. Johnson and Co.. and on the ist of March, IH.S.'i, was taken possessiin of by the present linn. The |ireniisis whiih they occupy at Nos. •»2 and ■J4 .Alexander Street Kast a'" of a mo.st extensive character. It forms a solid brick bfock, having a frontage of .-|(i feet, and one portion .if the buil.ling exten.ls back eighty feet. while in the rear .if this is an.itlier substantial Iniil i; V\ \ 7<1 feet. «)n the two IIooi'm of their buildings the linn have alt.i>.;.tiiei l.-|,4tHt feel .if ti.i.u spa.e. an.l with their storage ware lioiise on th.Vaiia.lian l^l.•ili.'''l^ail^^ay tra.k. a.lde.l. tie dimensions <.f whieh are 4t» x IKJ feet, they arc .■crtainly in a p.isition tii . iirry a sto.k in kec|iiiig with the extensive an.l wiilel> seattere.i business they traiisa.t. Their premises on .Mexan.l.r Stifet witli the brilliantly irlited (ilhces. an. I lieavy liar.lw iir.' st.ick room .>n the fr.mt Hti;eit I'-ior, the metal sto.k room in the rear .it the same, an I tlie general shell g.i.i.ls sto.ks on the ii|iper li.ior. I.i.ik a very mat I'tall \v g. ami lire «.■ I th\- .if a \ isit from til. ISC \\li.iari' inteieste.l in the nierciiii tile growth of .mr .ity ami proviiie* .Altogether fourteen han.ls ar.' gi\en employment in M lis extensive es tabi islinien t. all. I a triivcller is kejit ..instantly on the roa.l thion^lioiit Mat tola ba ami tin' Ndrthwot, from Rat I'ortage to the RockieH. LEAniX(i Hl'SINKSS ilOlSLS. l:il , ,^.\*',"*'V'**". ^\'"''^'*"^le '""I R«toil Millinery, im Mnin Siieet. Tliis house vvliieh w,« ostabl.s he.l as far l.aek as ten years ago, has taken a pron.inenc.e in the .uilli e • I'.us nes tha places .tan.on. those that stan.l at the hea,l of the tnv.le in this eon.nu.uity a ulSes til, .nent.on ,n a work of this k.n.l. This has heen the natural result of the enterp isinu n 1 V^ cessful n.anner of ,ts eouu.et.t.ou w,th other estal.lishuients. With a very eon/p L s fe ", penenee n. the husmes,s. together vv.th eastern an,l in.po.tn.g eonneetious that ^nure even- advantage ha ean he ,les,re,l tron. a careful scrutiny of tl,e n.arkets, Mr. H. Fur er s ahnost always enahled t.. orter extraor.hu,u;y n,ivant.ges to huyers, an,l is ntpidly estal,H h .« th act >y the renuuka hie n.crease o ins tra.le an,[ the favor with which the Arca,le is re^ar le l.y the Lest ijeople o the cty I he latest styles au,l ,les ;ns in the n.illinerv line are alwav kep ..n han.l, an,l the A.va.le s stock en.hraces a choice selection of triunne.ri.ats. nV tTrnw not trumne,!, accon.mo, atmg parties l.y trnuu.ing to onler. whi,h gives e.nploy.nent to a an e •m Nl'',in'st,'."T- W f P '" """V""' '■"•"•""•"""■^ l"'^'>"i-- i" ti.e very iLt location at N?, .<(.4 Ma,n Street, south ot Portage Avenue, a nunierous staff .,f assistants, an.l a stock note, for the goo, taste ev.nce.l ,n ,ts selection. The Ar.a.le is heartily conunen.U.1 to the p "l lie as afhuMmg facilities m that line ot trade lianl to -luplicate in this or any other citv \1 ■ iMirner the projirietor is highly esteenuMJ in social au.l husiness circles, an.l will he foun.l -l pleasant gentlen.an to .lo lmsiii,.ss with. ife imports nearly all liis goo.is ,lirect from the ; '.""n'-'i T ll"?*;^ *'" '"T" '"'"■" ■' •''"'"■ ^r ^''^' •'"•"'"'■'*'' "f ""^king purchases, an.l i« thus enal.le,! to sell at the very lowest prices an.l compete witli the Montreal aii.l othe- east eni li,.u.ses, while ne enjoys the a.lvantage ot ..htaining the latest styles and patterns. W. .1. IHitcliell. \\ holesale an.l Ketail Druggist. .TiO Main Street an.l 17 Owen I his linsiness was cstahlishe.l in 187.") hy Messrs. 'I'rott ,t .Melville, and in 1HH(» the changeil to Messrs. 'I'rott & Mitchell, when .Mr. \V. .). .Mitchell hecanu; .■,)niie,>te,l imsiness. In ISS.S, Mr. Trott retireil, an,l .Mr. Mitchell liecame the sole iiroprietor ,if the liusiiu'ss. Tlie retail es- tahlishuii'iit isl,)catcil at No. :i.">n Main Street, in the .M.u-- lis hl.H'k, one ,>f the finest Imsincss structures on Main Street, lu'ing 'Jlx7") feet in area, with a large lias.'in.'iit. This is one ,(f the lea. ling drug stores in the city, an,l transacts a \.'iy large luisi- ness annually, especiallv in the dis|iensing .lepartnient which is in charge .if th.' most exju'rieiiceil pharina- I'eutistw. Only the purest an.l freshest .Iriigs are iise.l in tile oinpoun.ling.if phvsi- cians' pri's.i iptiiuis. and in this respei't tile estalilisli- meiit enjoys the conti.len.'.' of the entii'i' me.lical profes- sion ,if the I'ity. A large sto.'k .if all the patent nie.li cities is als.i kept, as «i'll as a line .lisphiy of perfumery ami fancy g.m.ls an.l all ar tieles usually found in a (irst-chi.ss estalilishinent of this kin.l. I>uriiig the past lew years, .Mi. Miirliell has dmiiteil eonsi.leralil.' atti'U- tioli to the wholesale husi- ness, an.l his tra.le now ev- f''li,ls t.i all pill tioMs .if Miinit.ih.i .ind liic ,\ol fliwcst. S,i i^i, ,it Iimh heen ll Street, tiiin wax with tile It- llll>l'»>JtMI< il,'partiiM-nt that ,lnniig the pr.sint year .Mi, Mitihell foun.l it necessary to ere.t a line luiil.l- iiiU on Om.'Ii .Street especiidly t.u tlii' v\ li.il.iide husiness. This huil.li st.iiie siru.ture. having a trontage .if •.'(> feet ami a ileptli of MtMei't, ai iil; is a s,i|i,l hrick an an.l a large concrete liasemeiit. It is .me of the liamlHomest wholesale wur.'h.iuses in tli« eity n.l emluiiiing three stories 182 ,I:A1)1N<1 IMSINKSS llolSKS. the fniiit of lod pre ,1 liri'k being <) f es])! ecia Uv tine (lfsi}^n. Mr. Mit.'lu'll. in ivd.litidn t liiiudlin the leivdiiiy; AnuTici! kn.'lish iUi.l ranailian piitent ine- ('tor <>t f the following •• Sy'"l» ^i^'^'^1"^''' Ua. niaekheiiy C'onlial. Hheum lieiiies. is al«o sole propn- iti.' anil (!o"t (.'ure, Sy- lU] ) Wild Cheny 1 Sp (iuni. Infant's Teething Synip, Honey Coui'h 'I'inetnie, ('an>- l'i 1'"";M )er st thorough manner wi th all tlu' Icrn niai lliliel V and iipi lianci The ciuipmeii t of tliis es tablishmeiit is on a most I'om lilete si'ale. witli a the latist devices, wnere by the best resu Its for hue w attainei ■|'he ])reniiscs ii this city are V( rv large and comnioi idious, ciiibracin feet in si/i I admirably anan ycd for the busi ness. Six hands are here four Hats tiofeet by 'H jfiveii cmiiloymeiit. am I tlUN t k'r is kept tantlv on tiie roa. I througliout Manit ),a and the Northwest Terri tones; khile a branch iioiise in Victoria ittends to the rcqi rements o' f til trade m Hritish ('olumbia. The tirm are .)> bb. if (.vcrvdcscripiioii o f knots am 1 shoes, having in their imme stock every gv ilcinonstratec Ic to sui tall classes ot traik' tiieir hiudabk ambition to excel being abumlai. I in the high standard ot excell.|m'e ever m; lintaincd throii tly hout their ciiorinous stock. Iiouses icir T thioiij, trade is o ;li tl f a very ( k'sirable character, im k„ling all the leading boot and sho. N'rtl.west.'with a heavy city l^t' ''"';[;' k rhc picsK lent of the (inijiany i Mr. wlio resii i (' lloMe.i.of Montreal, the managing Mr. lU'dmond is a progirssp ■ l,.s in Winnipeg. lircctoi being ve anil eiiter)nis .Mr. .lames im busines small, who l{cdinond ii IS highlv esteemed in commerclil ,1 eirdes for liis sterling in tc'iitv and hoiioiabli •11- lusiness inctlioi .1, ii. T. < ivfthoni, Wholesale Commission NUm chant, '-M Hanna tMie Street Ka.st. ih. ilink'sale commission trade foims a vfi V important bra h of industiy in Winnipeg. mil col • ribiites lin teriallv to the prosperity o f th tv. Among tlie gentlemen most iietivelv cngajici ed lit No. '21 iiaiiiiaty 1 in the tia kisMr..l.(i. T. Ckghorn. ^hiis. (itlice am 1 wart house is situat- Stieet ea; t. the building being 4(»x!l(» teet m « izo. emliracmg two stoneH. Mr. ( ;:X^; has been engaged in busimss tor... two years pa.st, ai d as 1 le repri eiits some vc list o nt'HH iiiiilH, spikes rv important tinns. hi traih IS a large and growing one. Ilie following pat tial f the houses lie repiest Alfred Kiehl iS: (• nts here w lliimingliaii ill giv »■ Minie ea of the immense i haiacter ot the tacks: H. 1!. Ives «; ( ". i'ialt' Old., edge tools axes, .airiage g- I, an, "■"•• >■ n„t,.oi, \ Sons, Mi Kng.. hardware Montreal, stoves am I'iUow n clvey \ c busi- 1. twines, t tolllli tc. Outiam •ar ami spring iiitreal. t' 1 haidwAie te.; Oiioii kineii Montrea k .t Co Warnoi Milk, lioon. Out. ll.s ; Hobert Mitchell \(o.. Mont.ca lers ; I'eter ii. l.amb A ( Toronto blacking. H. H. Walieli piling .ind printing liapers 'j'ypc Founding *''.';: ^j'" Montieal, hamnuis, Irwin, 1. p hatchets, etc Hnppi |)i mini papi n I'ap ■r Co lik Kinsey ue ami I i Co. ."Montreal, asbestos paiking, et Montreal, presses typ etc. 'I'lion Itnlieitson iV I I 1, bia> fti'. : Kails, Ooinin Montn-al. tals ; 1>. I'.ichan W^ ^t,,ck. tint., soa Mr. Cleghoin's facilitit f a strictly lirst [•lass character, » n tilling him t .tier sp' ial advantages to customeis, and toexecu tc all orders in the inompt t and most satisfactory nmnnei H.' brings to tear son nd practical espern „| in nov\ I loinif a large and iilosperous busilli Kdwiinl Bo>««'. < "Tiag Manilfiietory, 10 and I-' .lames S treet Wist. Tlie 1 III IS L'leatlv enhance ,1 by the enconiagi ineiit of its man ifactnieiH ; it« im lOI tiince as a pnicliasing l" I fiietniel. mere lint IS also uiciiiir.1 il, icr.u 111 liUe il! ailvantiiges to the llialll lUt ami cili/eli. Of all the class. that go to ma ke nj more i leseiving our legal I than the mamifaelinci ill n piodftv'ihg ■ariiagen, wagons i that wtiieh gi iliiployinelit to many .\ tH hi.« capital, time the noted mi iinmiiniiy iioiu' is iiid talents uid sleighs ill on ity we take iileasu nioiig in (ailing attention tlo HI and I'-' dan Street west. W ho h been eligilgei lliufael elS o to Ml. ihi". line lieli dwanl for four ,i:\i);N(i iu"si\i>s iKiisKs. Xl years piist. Mr. r.Dyoc cuinc to \Viiiiii))(i;,' frmn Kiii-.~* m, ()i\t.. in IST'.t, uiiil sturtfil in this liusiiuss. He liail only a nioileiatf capital at the c lencenient. but that has undergone a lap'e inctvase, an.l tlic yearly aggregate of his husiness now amounts to between .«IO,«HM» an(T Sl."),(l()(). and he gives einploynient t«- about twenty men. His ]neniises are "lOxKK) feet in size, and are rapidly beeoniiug too ■■ontraete e due to the excellence of his work. everythiuL' turned out of his eatab- lishnient being unexcelled by any nianutactory in the countiy. He is an extensive builder of bu""ies, wagons and sleighs, an.i is ready to b\uld any kind which his l»atrons'"\les'ire. Horse-shoeing and general cai'riagc work also form a large feature of his business, repairing being dmie nio.«t thoroughly and at the .same time expedi- tiously Mr. I'.oyce is highly resjiected, an,(«>(» liarrcis pc i day. being tiie largest in Can ,iiia and the second largest in tiic World. The (tgilvie Mi nig Company first turned tiim attention to Manitoba in \S't\ ;ind puri'hased tiie greater (lail of our surplus wheat tiirouuli ;in agent. I>u1 witli the .id\(iii of the Canadian I'acilic I'ail way, began opeiations on a more extensive scale, ami the large mill and ilevator situatec .it Point l»oUj;las Wereerectei' The mill is a spacious li\c story solid liriciv structure. tl:c power for whicli is supplied !■> .Ill imnieiise Corliss engine, and is titled with all the most pel ■ t.'ct appliances on theicniiplete mllcr process, lia\ilig a capai- ily of IKMI baruls per day. In .oldition to tin main buililini; is IS packed ill sacks and book keeper's V, 1 I i 1- : !..•,. I.in. I- i.Lilinii u ui c 1 n niiui is packeu Ml siunn ivu-i dditlon to th. main building IS ii laigili.i in .I'l III on, \mi n i L U,.,.„er'N Wolseley, Neepawa, Minn til enooro. Mtogether about .')4 persiuis are l»M' .1 .1 at various I loints on (sidi TIr given employment li> this cmicein in iipaii> all \poi tl W'iiini lisideialih' iplantities of i;u l.KAhINd llC.slXKSS ll(»l Si:s. llour eaBtwaid, as well as giaiii to tlie Ogilvie ii)ills in Montreal, an.l in addition aie semlinu heavy sliipn>ents to iiritisli t'olunitiki, competing very successfully with the millers of Oregon whence, until the completion of the Canadian I'aciric Railway, the consun)pti\e supply was ol)tamed. The Hour produced hy the Ogilvie Milling Co. is unsurpassed })y the products of :iiiy other mdls in the world, and commands a high price in the eastern markets. The lu'esident of the company is Mr. Jolin Ogilvie. Hastings. \n ho iesi(1es here and who i.- «e8t. of Montreiil, and the managing director is Mr. W. A. highly esteemed in trade circles throughout the North- 4'ani|»l»<'ll, S|t«'rtl :>..0 <'0., (ieiits' ami Ladies' Kurnishiiigs and Small Wares <,tncen Street East. — Prominent among the numerous wholesale lumses whose presence in tlii>^ .•ity attest to the supremacy of W innipeg as the commercial metropolis of tiie Northwest is tliatof Mt^srs. ( ampl.ell Spera and Co., who have just reinove.l to very conm.o.lious premises on yu«on Street Kast. he tmiMmg is of hrick, :V)xm feet in dimensions, and contains two storeys and l.asemeiit. Ihis business was estahlished hy the i)resent firm, who are closely con- nected with the well known Toronto house of Hysh.p, Cornell and Co. 'I'hey deal exclusively m gentlemen s an.l ladies furnishings an.l small wares pertaining to the .Iry "goods tra.le, and during the f(mr years that the hrm lias heen in existency here its business has grown to verv arge proportions and now exten.ls to all parts of the Northwest. Seven employes are keilt i-iLsy in tile varum.s departments, and tli.ce travelers visit the merchants i.etween Hat I'ortaL'c Mild Hrit.sh Columbia m the interest of tlie house. In trade circles generally and amon.r thei ■ ■ •ustomers in particular, Messrs. Campbell, Spera an.l C... are regarded ai one of the most sta hie and reliable houses m W innipeg. an.l i|||. Mr ( lem.-nts store is both larg.. an.l eh.gant. being KKr, f..et, tw., m.mIcs in hei-hl and IH fully e,|,n,;,M.,l with .very ma,mfa.t.uin.u coiivenieme kn.,wn t.. this imp.-rtant in,l^^- bi-i... r.lr'il '7'^'^''""^'V""'"''''r""';'' '■'"'""'■"'« <•"■ "•"•■^t Importd ami .l.nnesti.' .bnesjnall the latest and m..st lashi..nable sh,.,le.s, ...lors an.l .h'siuns. an.l .Inrabl.. .Miali- hi"..!. v"'"' VI r l"''-"""f '"'V.' ''^'^ '^I'l^'.Vo.l in the sclc'tion of the entii,. s ,uk. ul Kh ,.. so Narie,l both in price an.l .,uality. as I., fully satisfy tl... wants of all .lasses .,f th.. .onmunity. II km.ls of n.s, ^^..rk is here a.temle.l t.'.. though tine work is ma.l'. l.- I'^u.ling sp...,nh>, Mr. Clements employs no,,,, but the best an.l most exp.-rien.e.r -k ...en having tw.,.,tl,..r hrst^dass cutters in a.l.lition t., himself, an.l all ga.inenis leaving his •s abbshment a,e marvels of artistic taste, eleg.mce an.l perfe.t lit. Among his u,U;mt a v M an/ ,.t our most pn.nnnent mercantile an.l professi..nal men. .\s many as thiit han.ls a.v -■ , pi..ye,l by this enterprising a eli.tble c.ncern, an.l .... pains .„. expens.. a,V sp,,.,, uly merit an.l dese.ve the la,.ge an.l lib,.ral patronage a..'..o,.,l..,l i, b'y the publi'c M t .eme ts is a genial .■.•urteo.is gentleman, whose stcling integ.itv an.l lib..Val. p. bli.- spi, ite.l . I w .>'■! r" *'"■ '"'" '"'"'^ "* "•'■""•'^- "'"' "'".^^ tl,..-,..te..„, an.l ....nti.l..,,...! lit his , !*• i^'r .*'*r<*'«'^<«"<'« '"•'"■"i.e an.l Cen..,al .\g..„t. M...\,tl„„. lih-.k. ...,,1... .,f !,„„, i.iu(l an.l .Mam ,s r..ets | h,. msuian... busi„..ss ,.anks am..„g tl,.. m.,st i,np..i tant ii,.lustri..s in the city, an.l th..,.. ,s no b..tt..r k„o«„ agen..y in Winnipeg an.l tl,ro„gl,.'„.t Ma, i. ,. , d the Northwest tha,. that ...,,,,|.,..t,..l by M,-. (i. W. Ci,..lh'.M.,n... wl,.,s.. ^,||i,.eH a,v i tna ., £in :::^i: ';.:!'. '';:^; •■"'■'17"' ' '"vi'?"-' ^''^i'^-^'-'- m^. oi„iies,..ne sta.t. i .' e,ss he,e in l,S7!t. an.l has su,..ee.le.l in gaining a vejy hug., an.l burativ pat,..naKe fo, '»• '"' '"^^ '"• i'l".s..„ls. The .apital ,epres..„te.l at this agt.n.v a,n..nnts I. tl i, , laige sum of mimKim Mr. Oinllest..,,.. is ,'nanag..,. of ,1,.. N^., t'hvw.-^ lU lnHU,an'...(V.m ,e hi.meoth..e being ,„ this .itx , an.l whose a„tl,..ri>u..l .apital an.l ass.ls paiiy, of Manit.iba. tl •xeee.l «i.-)(M»,(HMt ..vi.iiiiil 4l!X II . I 1 1- .. ! , ■■■.1 iM.i !»,. 11 1 iiiiiii. I ,111.1 assets . X eed *)(M»,(HMt, M.' s als.. gem.al agent f.,r Ma.„t..ba an.l tl,.. \.„ lln...,st of 'tl„. |!.,val In- surance ( om|)any, of l-.nulan.I. \\,tl, .apitid an.l ,isM..t« m.,,,,,. ..♦.■..., .„ j'lj ij,". -mm* t| (■■ f l..n, Knglan.l. « |,o„e ass.ts an.l ..,...,lal ,,.a,|, .*Ht.(MH),(HM». ||.. j. ,.Ih„ ag.i.t for"Uov,i;'f.';, in the •.!!';.! "I'v 1 . '"' 'f Vr,'""l f-r' «._s, ,h..,.....f ... tl,.. I'a.i.ic, tin. lua.l olIi..;l be in the Ko\al Kx. hang.. b,i,liling, I,on.l..n, Kng. .\| mt ro write poiioie. f.n- fins lif... marim: and ;.;,idenVV^„,.an;:;:a,:i hi'?':;;.,/;;....!';;?, .i;^^:'! l,KAI)l\(i liUSINESiS HorSES. 135 tlie province iuid the territories, wiiile in the oHice here there are eight employes. Since th«^ v»ta1)lishnient of the ajrency losses to the extent of neiirly SIOO.OOO have V)cen paid. Mr. Oirdlestone is al.-to agent for the C'unard and Anuhor steamship lines, and the Collingwood line •of steamers. He is ))repared to etteet loans at most reasonable rates. Mr. (lirdlestone may he eonnted as one of the old residents of Winnipeg, and is favorably known as a man of strict husine.ss habits. Parke.S and V>0,^ Hry f Messrs. I'arkes & Co. at No. i'\2 Main Street, ranks jimong the leading establishments of tiie kind in the entire city, and is worth liberal menticmiii this work. No liouse otl'ers greater inducenients to the purchaser than this, and no establislinieiit is so widely known oi' enjoys a belter trade. 'File (Jolden Lion is one of the di\v goods houses of wliich Winnipeg is proud, as it is an esta!)lishment which, in tiie excellence of the .vtock, is fully up to the high standard of the big dry goods houses of 'I'oi'onto ami .Montreal, while none of them otters a wMder sidection in tiie latest designs ami jing prol)alily tlie most extensive stock in tiiat line in the city. The store ■occu])ied l>y tiiis firm is spacio\is and commodious and ad- miraldy arranged foi' making a. good display of the large stock which is always kept on hand. The imildiug is 'JSxl(>:> feet, thrive story, witii a huge basement. Tlie lu'st floor is uscil as a salesroom for dry goods proper, the .second flat for cai'pets. and the third for the dress and mantle-making department, which is undei' fhe able management of .Miss Hughes, who liiis won a liigh reputa- tion for her ai'tistii- skill as a modiste. In conducting this e\tensi\e liusincss. .Messrs. i'arkes A: (n. gi\ c em|(liiyuu'nt to aliiuit fifteen iiands. «iio are c:mstantly employed in siip|)lyiMg tlieir large and growing traih'. This i-; an ohi istaldishcd hinise, iiaving b^'cn founded in tiie early days «)f Winnipeg by Miggins, Nduug \ bickson, wliowcre siu'ceedeil b\ .Mr. Louis .\rnctt, from whom tin' present firm of I'arkes it Co. p\irchised the busiiu'ss in ISS4. I'opular pri("s prevail, and it is .Messrs. I'arkes (,t Cos endeavor to merit liv .( sf raigiitforward iiurse of houoiable dealing a colitinunnce of the patronage now enjoyed. Mr. I'arkes, the iii'iel of tlie tirm, is an energetic, clear-heailed business man. Iionorable and fair in ill transactions ainl ui'il deserving of the success he is achieving. .il«'\. Taylor, ll'ii.ks .md stationery, 47'2 .M:um Street. -One of the oldest bookstores in the city is that conducted by Mr. .Vle\. Taylor at No. tj'i Main Street. This business was established ill \S~'.\, \\\f (iriii lic'iiig then known as jli-nsoii iV Taylor. .\ yeai' later Mr. Taylor purchased the interest of his partner, and since that dati- has been the sole |iroprietor of " the imsiness. Wiieii the firm of llensdii (V Taylor starteil. they iiad a capital of only .''l,."i(>!t, but the business has prospi'ic I greatly, and Mr. Taylor now carries a stock which is \aliied at many thousands of dollars, and his .iimiial sales rem h a very large ligure. Mr. ■'aylor has occiipu'd his presi'iit well know n stand sin a- IHHI, and it is proliably the best known book and stationery store in Winnipeg. The career of Mr. Taylor for many years in his present vocation has gi\en him an experience, the advantages of which are observed daily in the management of his business, whi'li is steadily increasing. The stock of statioiiery carried by this estalilishmciit is most com|ilete and wtdl selecteil, always cmbiacing eveiy thing ilesinible, new , rare or costly. In miscellaueotis and Sunday or lonimon school liook.s the selection is eipially wide, ami includes an assortment in the purchase of which great care and judgment have b.'eu displayed. Mesides these essen tials. Mr. 'I'aylor makes a specialty of supplying couimeri'ial books of all descriptions, blanks and printing >if all kinds, evincing a taste and discrimimition in this department highly con- ducive to the satisfaction ol his customers and the healthy eiilargenieiit of his trade in that line. I'lie minor articles pertaining to the imsiness are i>y no means overlook -li, and to laiitv yooils he has given jiarticular atteiit ion. .\ supply of the latest issues of .\mericaii and Kiig- lish newspapers and periodicals is always kept on hand, and the leading Canadian joiirnalii ale here to be found on sale. Mr. Taylor personally is one of the most popular biisines- men in Winnipeg, and is well entitled to the esteem that energy, reliability and talent alwav- iimpiie. I llli I.I;AIiI\(: |;i> ixl'ss M(»I SKS. W. Kol)4'rts ;iiMl i ousts tilling in l(, oiif (if tlie fi;\v 1 ing the ital estate I < ( m uf i,s,v2. m, \HS'2. Mluii thi.y pimiiiii-cd .Mom- (; lofl'sito tlieii.w lot . (iicf) ^^U^u' tl O.. W lidltsalo iiiid H((iiil Td) ■ KlO.S illK uc( lusts, -1,-4 M M^ t'His Mhicii wciitlieicd tl liii iStieet.- Ihis W. F^.Int \\h\ liiit niid ( Niiii.I Co. stiiitt.l ill 1 lu !i\v that till liltssHiii. Tlie linn li H: HMllt ct (lilt ' << 111 \\( lild (fitaiidv 1 '*y Imve (ditimcd ever <>• « old !.(iii]d at .\i iisiiiess ill Maidi SI III e. •Uiiigi.Niiiittsand adoi.tiiiir ( 111 VA M nil Strtft pit.-iiit x'lid j(si- for th sli, tl HV aie ira hied t e \fiy t'lKi-t liiaiids ofd o 11 at ^Jjliiidi eMiiiiti'ul l.y a|l■li,,]„f le ui.-li .^-ystmi, Ml if (I < liiislu' aii 1:1 lies \\lii(li t( ik ( f ij,i " H <.ll liillld. «lu\li. I I lilt 1 iisii le vei y *'tM J' (If liiuis. '1 his is one i ' _e <_,l,taiiied. Messis. Holertsaii.Uo. l,a^ oieioii (u ai nii;st deiy t, lii( etit 'II Its 111 A\ innif ig «1 wliHli aie retailed at st( I nul k intl len it.'s de- lated i:dts. all kind f aii(( laiigiiig 111 (iiite fii ali-o ( eio a ita leie. ti( 111 llie (ii(iii:ai ni ii fi« ts IS always aceoiiists' sundiiis la y elay to the most • lilts to 11; 11 hand an in iiy (1 H miy )ll)i ii:tnso assort nient of "ifist n:odeiate avaiui cigar laii itiiLstoik. .All kinds ot eNiensive iiiiei.Hliaiuiii cigar dial |-i||t<| lo.. Wholesale I 'II t^ same iiame.w hieh I li;^ i« the gnat 1 .tiM, 1^ li V ( i use of the xNditl "III, ill Wan stitutid f( yeais ago n estahlished at .M(,n1ieal iMest. and !•■ iiKy h (ohimhia. 'I he tiiml iiu leased the 1 tiaveleis ai ThtW ij* a litaneliof tlietiim of iniii lUSl ]}g 1 oiiK' wasin- m-.'-sof the film thi.aiih- aviiig 1. 11 'li'isaie now kipt . .nstantl iiiX(!evelo|,d a tia.!eofth- 11 it'ir pii iiiises, at .\'( mes and ( nd it in M gi'go uali/id the faet that tl y «l4>|| iiiui I iHligcl ami m.p^t O.. |l Itll •II 111. I (' h"l'liialdii.i,'..stalli>|||iuiitsin tl . I'll,;;;:,..ts. .VJI Mam ,St,..,.t. ( In It \ !l .M pleiiilsis occn|iie.| aie h.itl ill dimensions, with a hi years ago l,y .M,.. Ilhas.l.'il, wl nil Ntiiet, t W(l .1.1.1 ci'.\ is that if ih i.iimst. south of .Maiket 1(111. Iiicteil liy M, est ar A. W '-.iHiio.nii.s ami well adapt..; f,.,,h..'l still ell. , use III the n II amilt.iii. Out. 10 .Was foiiiieilv Th illsiiiei >tliet F:;,„. 'I I • 1. c'r..\ 1(10 feet i,palidi c. iitaiiisa huge stock of the l.est and stoic jHi'iiilai IH made ("if the d most careful mam •"^iiicc the institution ,,f tl eligage.l in the <||| US1110.S waseslalilishcd marl ig. an. I n.,w ranks ai If lillsiiicss here, it has I Ig lillsiiiess in Seafoi tl li'ilig the largest retail patent medicines ami |ieif purest drugs, w jtl cii ..iiitiniially ii ie I '"ii^cs in \\imii| e^,. PI y live 1 and icieasinj.; lamlsoiiie I'^pcnsingdepailmeiit, an.l , iiiii.i. I,t. „r ;ii...i I . ■ iiiiicry ami famy ^„„ih of ly skillc.l an.l gle.lientsaie ii.-e.l. Mr. Hl.a.Mlell iiN>^lclaiis cM'iy d "'"'I'''-.''' . "fock of ,ill tl ii|iti.iii arc a liUM also still ted st inpeteiit and ixperieii, e.l. | 'M em nee. I men, an.l .nly il lilplf an experience. 1 pi picsciipti(,iisaie coiii| .\ le lOlllhl. d specialty ill fh"t Is III vciy purist ,.iid hest i.lit III lit III pid il ' Main Street. Thi.s l)nsiness was founded sixteen years ago, and -since its inj.'))tion h is enjoye I a nnst suceesiful career. When Col. .Scott started the business in 1870, the p )i)uliiti()n of Winni]).!g was very sni ill He ])U8hed his trade with that vim and *;nergv which always insure success and the Imsiness advanced in magnitaile and importance with th: city's an I co\intry's dunrind until it now assumes very large proportions. The premises ojciipio 1 hy this tirmave si)acious and c;)m:n') lious, almirahly arranged and heavily .sti)cke 1 with a sjilenlid as';>'';l ''» ^lie te liability and prov.t.titnde of this tinn. in ahlition to their lumber trade, Woods \' ( o. carry on the manufactory of biscuits and brooms in the building on t-e '•<-.•".■)■ of '«'."'^;;'; ^ j';;; .'""^ Ponseca Street Kast, where their otHces are also h.cated. I he '' "l')'^ y* " '^^"» ♦^'''^ " Imumsi.ms. forming three stories and basetneut. and is tjtted up w.th all the "-•-■ ''"y ,,,,..,1.; f,... H,.w,.'i,>,„.,rtMnt industries. Here alxmt b.rty han.ls are given omstant emplo> - m IL \\'"Mids^vlnran.''i.otiiaVtivi.y'emTgetiean.l enterprising young business men. and very popular thnmghout the city. Innensi.ms. forming three stories and basement, ami is titte, up w.u. an tne "'.ee suy ,n ichinerv for theseimportant industries. Here ab.mt b.rty hands are given constant emplo> - Zn (b.ods of the be'st M'-ality are mam.factnred. and a large tr.ade ,s done throughout the Province and the Northwest Territories. The linn is composed ot Mes-rs. W . ( . Woods and P.loek. Main Street. i nt to a viu-y large l»riiiiiniiuid Bros, and Woll'at. Kmaueial .\gents, Dunde . , .. *i . ■lMMsis"m'tlu best know,, and most esteetne I Hnn of tinancml agents ,n the Northwest. I'hev be.MU Imsinesi here three Veals ago, and their transietions now ainoi :i ammaliv Atnong ti uupanies repr,.sented by this rm ,s the Nm.l.cn. Assnnu, To., which IS one of the leading. 1 st s,.,,d ....i.-am-c ..:.tnt,o,. ,„ ,.,.^^^ Uuju^ |)undee h.dd I have done ami are doing a vry large business in h.aiis represe .-.,„„,,„,. „„, .,, wealthy corporations as the Dundee Mortgage and I nist Inystment ( niiau, , tin l». iuvestmentnunp^^ and the Canadian Atneriean Mortga',- Comimny, all ot winch now 1.S.S I.KADINC lllSINKss IKilSl.s. that tlii<,.i-li ki,nwk..l.r(. ,,f tluir I , sin, .'^ .,1 , ' • * "'''^^i'"- I 'h'.V iK.th possess. ;G F. and j. <;ali. lii Oll'l whnie.d. ,n..;,-t,.a;f^;:f wi.;;;, ::ji.:j;;;;::: ^vtd"!::::. ""'""' "•• '''""-^ ^^-^ tu.l.; iiiv fully ...(iiai to tlios(,' of any otju li^iiiiHiits stands that of .Messrs. (i. I ■■. liotli ■ 'entlemen are well and favorably knov represented Ward 'l"wo in the City Counc if Winn'ipeg North in the Local to the community. Mr. Jones has for tw.- ' ears past il and is now a candidate for the May.ualty, iiaving hoeli reouestcl bv a verv hn-e numl,er of citizens to stan.t for that positi.m. wliik. his nanu- has also been frequently mentione.l with the representation Legislature. (I. H. R. W.MNWRKIHT, Agent, Xortliwosloni foal and Xavijjation Vo 1-..S Main Street. One of the best kiioNMi roiporatio , ^, ,';:;!nt;.y.' tm. N. .thwestem Coal and Naviga^ioi, (^-l-y-M^'^- -;;£,;' ^H " .^ which are known as tin of the best kiioNMi corporations '"fi^'K'''' •'',»'''; Jil-fl,*^:^']^, J" ^1;^^; mere mention in this work. This corp.uation is in I.\(! I!rsl\|>s nni-si:s. . Allllliollaild Bros.. Ilanhvuro. stoves, etc., 4(W Main Street \nw„>,r fl, . ,. Mi.iiiuiaiiiiH.i.s ..t til «are. I heir premises miv situated at No. 4(i,S Main Street in tl.e e. nt.' nn' £; "'l"'"""'""-. three st.Mies in l,ei«l,t, ti.e lower H„or l.ei.u' -le ote 1 f th, ra.le, extni.l.n^ to all tl.e l..a,lin, „<,ints in Manitol.a an,l h 'iWrUo^i^ ^ .. hin-i 'Sr larye warehouses to aeeoniino,late their extensive stoek W.,,;. ,/• ••,'•' ^.ven employment in the estal.lishment. an.l the total l,nsi,a:ss amo its to v Iv 1 1' '.r •loliii K. llaflK'i' . iig.. anil a nnnilier of othiMs. [n ^ar^'e Imsinenrs ayg.vgatin- very larye ti-uivs annuallv. hard .Street, which is ,(» l,v |.-,(l feet in area for tl portations are dirert to Imyors. Mr. Mather .Inrin mhdenee and esteem of the meivhants as well as tl III these lines, Mr. .Mather uoes He has a larj,'e wari'hoii.se on Lom •storage of g.iods. while murh of his im lis residence in Wiiiniiieij has irained tl • 'iihitence and esteem of the iner,h-iiit.c ..^ ,. i" Z\ ■ •• '"■" " fi "i'-- pnnen uie i:3\;:^:; kk,. :«:: •;i;;;;k,;;;;:k:- .,:i:"E„rrl"V"'^ ^F'"r'''^"'" "'" -»' LI^AI)lN(i IMSINKSS MOI'^IES. 14! ^tai)le groceries ai.d ])i'ovisifms. 'I'lKjy tilso liaiulle Higgins" I'^iii'ekii milt, wliieh is specially imported for Imttei' and clieesetuaking. The nieiiihei's of the firm are Messrs. Jame.s L. Turner and Alfred MacKeand, who ar;' both known as Jionorahle and progressive hnsiuf .« men. Mr. MaeKeaml has Ix^eu a memhei' of the Council of tli(! lioaril of 'I'rade for mTuy yea.ra, and is also f.,ieut.-('oloii(d of the ItDtli Battalion, having heen in eoinmand of tl- * galliuit regiment diiririg the camijaign in the Saskatchewan disti'ict. WliUc and Maiialiaii, Retail Chithing. -t9() Main Street. The husiness of this lioiise was founded in the vear ISS'J iiy Messrs. W. -I. White and K. ('. Nianahan. Theii' estahlish- ment, which contains a fine assortment of ready - maile clothing, hats, caps and gents' furnisiiing goods, is situated at Xo. 4!M! Main Street, in ihc line hi'ick hlock owned liy Mr. .1. I!. Clements. The salesroom is stocked w ith a full ami com])lete assortment of articles peitaining to the lines ■♦'numerated, the stock now carried heing valued iit about .SIC), ((()!>. 'i'hcii' annual sales reach about •S4r).()IM). For tine goods, large variety, choice selection of goods and reliability of guarantees, White it Manalian's house has a re])utation of which any business tirm might b(> prrnid. Special a,ttention is given to line imported goods, and tiic liest selections are made from Kniilisji, Frencii. oth mend)crs of tiie tirm are gentlemen of large e\ periencc and thorough knowlcilgc ot all jiertain- ing to the clothing trade. 'I'he lirm have long ■enjoyed the highest esteem of trade cii'cles f(U' their upright, honorable dealing, and the relia- ble (juality of their goods. Their store is one of the largest find finest on Main Street, and they are looked u])on as among th • most re- spected and ilescrvedly suciessfid merchants of tile city. l*r«'Sf»ll and \orris, I'.ctail IhyCooiU. 411 Main street. 0\ir ot' the tinest retail any holds assets amounting to .yUfi, :■!<"!, and in addition an uncalled guarftUtee fund of .S'-HO.fHMt, makm-.'a total of S.iSli,- Sitlt. From this deduct reserve and death losses amounting to .S'.>4I ,Si'H' none are m L n If 'V',^' I'-^ition, an.I Moxi<' IVervr Food. v,f,. . - .'"^^'■^'"'■^ »'.Nliaii.sti..n, ,,,1 ,,ff, r;^;';L--^-'"'•v;^^^:'-.^:.ii:.ur;^'^^^ ■ '""'■'''"«'• 'inantity in this country. " " "" ''^'^ "l"'' •' """s.. I'.lo.k. « lu. y — ^*# l.liAhlNd I, • .?NKss H(»rsKS. 14:} il'ility. A ii'eo yeuis. the Xoi'tli i(M»,()()() of May last. :f for e.\- l.y in lifi- 'iiipaiiy is iu'c Hon. f Ciiiiiidn flirector. A. (J. ];. li'-, John Mtlntyit- tile niiiii- lis terri- f. A reiiiises uru ituateil at \o. 25:^ Main Street. )f 1. to W isiness in uoiniiany witli Mr. H. .1 imiipiig aiHiiit five years atfo, and flished irade, to which he gives close attention. Mr. ( Jrieve is a. native of ("ohonrg, Out., hnt iias /esi .ed in this city since 1881. He is an enterprising and energetic imsiness man, and enjoys the confidence and esti/Mu 'if all with whom he is liroiig' i in contact. This rirm is justly entitled to a pnjinineiit position among the re, 'sentative Imsiness houses of Winnipeg |i^ •I. A. W«MKI, W liole.sale Li(|Uors and ( 'ig'irs, o'i.') Main Street. Th. fir-! was estah- lish'd in 1884, and already raiiKS ,ts one of tin; '•epresentative Imsiness houses of this city. This is now generally recognized as the most ox- tensive as '.veil as the most lelialile and irnjiort- aiit istahlishment of its kind in Winnipeg. Tlie premises occiijiied are in the handsome luick l.'lock at \o. .V2,") .Ma'M .Street, einliracing one tlat ■2.").\l.'{0 feet and a large and commodious cellar, which is used as Customs Piond, as they imjiort direct. Ill this larye warehouse will he found a full anil com]ilett^ avS.sortnient of the jmiest and I'hoicest liramlies, whiskies, w ines and liipiois to he found in the Noithwi^st, wiiich for ])Uiity ami e.xcelU'uce are iinciinallcd. 'I'lie trade of tliis lioust- exteiKls to all parts of Maiiitolia. ami is steailily increasing in its proportions. The luanagi'i's of the luisim^ss are ^lessrs. W. 1'. .Martcr and 1'. .Vrnold, who are thoroughly ac(|uainted with every detail of the wholesale liquor trade, and have a large niimher of friends among the retailers in the city and proviiuc who liestow their ))atroiiage upon this liousc. This linn employs two men in the warehouse, i:; addition to the force upon the road, and as they deal exclusivciy in the hest ami ))urest of foreign and domestic wines anil liipuirs, dealers thiouf,di- ont the pio\iiicc may at all times he assured of securing the very licst articles in the market and at reasonahle prices. R. .1. ^'ioliolsoil :ill(l Vo-, .Merchiint Tailors. .")42 Main Street. .Amimg the leading tailoiiiig estalilishments ill Winnipeg must he rei'koneil that of Messrs. R. .1. N'ichfilson and' Co. at No. .")+'J Main Street. .Started r.uly a year :igo with small capital this Imsiness has grown moiitiily until now it has reached large projiortions. giving em])loymeiit to "ixteeii peo- ple. The firm ha\e won a reputation for splendid fitting and goo 1 work, whih' their stock always emhraees every v:iriety of cloth to suit the taste and the pockets of their cie^tomers. They have at present on hand a magnificent assortment of the choicest Flench. Knglish and Scotch tweeds to he fouml in the I'ity. and fresh arrivals of tin latest goods are always heing received so that the most recent colors and patterns in suitings, trouserings and overcoatings ai'e always to he found at this estahlishment. As a cutter. Mr. Nicholson is everywhere re- cognized throughout the city as one or the hest and !ie .lever fails to give a iierfect fit, i 'lich is the yreat essential in tlu" tailoring Imsiness. He i,< a Canadian hy liirtli, coming here from .Mill real, and icariicil his husiness in the Canadian nictroiiolis as well as in New York. Hi.s [lartiu'r is Mr. W. (1. .Vieholj^on. who is also well ipialilied in every branch of the business. They are now doing a fine husiness, aggregating S'JO.OHO to S'2."),()()l) a year, and th-i numbers It tl leir customers are constantly iiicreasii Hotli incinlicrs of the firm, who are iiersonallv very popular, are piisiung, active, go-a head yoiin.' men. ami an b enterprise being in their case happily joined together. I" iind to succeed, ability ami 1+4 i.KAitiNc r.oiVKss norsiis A. A- *IMlr<'WS, Iiisiuaiicy iiiKlCoiiiniissiiiii. 4;!() Main St ^fr. A. A. Andrews i^tarted in the insiiranci' and coiiiniission tiiidc^ in 188'i, when his ))usiness amounted to alioiit S.'i,(M.() ))er annum. It lias steadily nic^ieased since that time, and now reaehes iJlOO, ()()(> to .':rl.")(),(t(K) a yeai-. Personally, Mr. Andrews is one of the most jjopnlar and le.spected youny merchants ot Winnipeg, his career has lieen one alike creditable and honoiahle, and he ennnently deserves the .success which lie has achiev<'d, and the consideration in which he is held liy all who know liini. He represents the Ciitta I'ercha and Hnhlier Manufacturing Co. . of Toronto ; W. Mil lichani]! &■ Co., show cases. Toronto : (ioldie & McCulIocli, safes and vault doors, (J-'t, (^)nt.. and is also agent for all descriptions of lire dujiartment sup])lieH, including steam ivuti iheniieal tire engines. Hall aiM? I/OW«>. i'liotogiaplicis and I'hoto Stock Dealcr.s, 4(11 Main Street. -The leading iihotographic gallery in Wiiiniiieg is that conducted hy Messrs. Hall and Lowe at No. »)1 Main Street. The great iio|iiilaiity of this gallery is evidenced in the large ]iatronage ex- tended to it, among its many customers lieiiig the leading people of the lily. It i.s generally rouceded that in all that goes to make a good portrait. Messrs. Hall and Lowe's products are Tinequalled hy any other estalilishmcut in Winnipeg. \or is this astonishing, when it i.s known that hotii memiiers of tlie linn are tiiorouglijy experienced in the liusiness. whose de- tails they Icariieil in the leading photograpliic estaliiishment of .America, while tliey po,ssesi; that natural artistic taste so essential to success in this line. Motli .Messrs. Hairand Lowe were formimy years in the emphiy of William Notmaii, who.se work carried oil first prizes at the Centennial Kxhiliitiou in I'iiiladeliihia in competition with the leadinu photographers of the United States, and also at the I'aris and I>ondon exhiliitioiis, and the work wliicli they turn out here is not one whit inferior in lieaiity of tinisli ov lidelity to iiatuie. 'I'liey are pre- pared to do all kiiiils of work in their lini' from the smallest miniature to life-si/e heads direct, while in outdoor views they have no superior. The i>]ierating room of this linn i- hy far tlu' largest in the city, lieing o\<'r tifty feet long, and they have also liiiely fiiinished parlors aiis here, which is niiiler the ' direct supervision of Mr. Hall. The tinii have also a hraiicli at \'iive mill is located on Miiiii Street , opposite the (',l',l!. station, and i' known as the N'orthwestcni Planing Mills. This liusines-i was estiili lislieil in IST;! liy Mr, |{. |l. I'ateison, who must he ranked among the pioneer liusiness mrii of \\ iiiiii|icg. I'p to IHMI his hiisiiiesH was conlincd to coiitraciini,' and lniildiiig, and specimens of his skill in this luaneh ar<' to he seen in the hiindec Itloik, the huliiii lilock ani Maiiitolia ( 'ollege, as well as a niimliei of other line liii,!ilings In ISMI the .Noiihwi'stern i'laiiMig Mills was liiiilt. heiii;t li', has gained the regard ami esteem of all entering into husiness relations with hun, md it islo his ability and ent.'rprise that the Citizens' 'I'l'ust and Loan Co. occupies such an excellent position t.)-ilav. Mr. Vineherg is als(. transae'thig an extensive business as an aue- 'tio\\ I'r, having ii I'apacily ol eighty thouHand feet per da> M.'ss'rs. I>iek. banning ^ C" lake out a \ciy l.irm' amount of timbir annually, and dur ^ iiig the season gi\c employ- ment to about sixty men in all. M biisiiii'ss and pus.si'ssing iibundance siiecial inducmii nts to contrai'tors. Hick and .John IMck. ami the estatt l^ ixniK a thorough piaclhal expcriencr ,u,.> .>;-;■■■ }' .,f eapital and superior facilities, they any.l.lc to oil r builders, etc. The members of the Inin are Messrs. W . IC of the late W, W. I'.anninu, whose .leath a year ago was ^;;,:l'L'i:;;;;-';::;;r":3::!,;;;;t;;:;\::!rp:/':;^:'£^^ tnti.m, as well as extensiv iimnufactnivrs. this linn deserves spmal notice LllllU Wri'llirllll. .Sianitoba ( i«ai iraiid tobaeeo establishnieiils in W ninipcu is j), pi.i. oil M liii ^tijtit. One of !!i= !..■--! known Street. I'ol the past si that of Mr, ...mis X veais. Ml. Wfrth.ilii has be.n eligagi d 'starting on a sin ill s.i"le bill everiiicreiisiii ith ^li.tHNI. and loing a wliolesali- ami n f, iii.l going idiea i.tail i.iisin.ss ..f .HjU.lMMt (icr aiiuum W.'itlieim at No. ■"•H» Mi*iw ill this city, hall. I a «tii<:k Ml. W.I He li IS now on 14(i J.KADlXc; lU SLNESS H(HSfc:s. theiin auTieNa hue stock of iniportefi an.l doiuestic cigiiis. iiiamifactuicd tobiu'co and tobaf- «)ni8t8 goo,l8 „t all kinds. He makes a specialty of tine Havana cigars, and everyone who desires a hist-class cigar always goes to the Manitoba Cigar .lepot. Mr. Wertheini is hijjhlv respected, and holds a prominent position among the people of his own religion, and acts us general agent tor Kiibsian refugee immigrants, maiiy of whom have ccme to this country this U,n.l I """f*^-. ' \V'^^^!'^ V^'*^^' '■"J"*"*"'^- •'<'» ^^1'"» 'Street. The proprietors of Ins hou.e luue ipside. ,n \\ ,nni,,eg or nearly live years past, having come here in March IHS*2, m the height o the real estate boom. I'aisley & Son are Hrst-.^ass, experienced bote nen and the houses they have conducte.1 here have always been run in the Very bes st ' e le ntv H if ''T""}r Y' "'"^' "r" ;«• the I'aisley House at No. .509 Main Street, opp ,s it'; the City Hall, where they have one of the han.lsoniest places of the kind in the city The ..re- inises, whic), were formerly known as the Northwest House, have been so greatly remode led ; ml rehtted l,oth ii.siue an.l outside that no one would recognise that it was the same place I he gr«it improvements made hav.. completely transforme.l the house, an.l it now Xvi rank among the hnest furnishe. establishments in Winnipeg. The house is hxUHi fee in s^xe en iMacing f.uir storeys with large basement, and . ontains 2« slee,,ing rooms, whi.ii are ele'^n v and condor ably furnished, and iiave hot an.l cold baths ami water-cl,\sets attad.e.l Tl e saloon ,s really a work nt art. with its elegant )mr settings. In the front and rea f he salo , are T,umer.,us ante-nmrns sphn.li.lly furnishe.l. which the woo.i-work is carved ni'ite.l most a tractive style. Jn the r..ar ..f the salnon is also a large .lining l•,,,M,^licl^,^^he^^^ cnxerte.l into a hist-.. lass restaurant, where the choicest meals" inclu.ling all he lei . ' e .season, can be px.curc.l at reasonable rates. Hoth members .,f the firm ,m. well a ,1 f, 1, ! known, ami are very popular, attracting a large business to their really hands, me e a llish- ...ent. 1 heir .'nt.., prise ,s b..n,g .1es..rv...lly rewanlc.l bv a gratifvin- su r..ss ll«l«IU:4>S ai«l Vo„ Ci.iccries Stree-. I Li Cidckeiy ami (ilassware. .Til and .'{.Vt Main <.m,n,.,.lious, cmb,a..in. two stores, ^(K,;„ f...t'in si.e. ai„l i'.^y ! r^ : bu s 1 "^ d, ' giving constant , u,pl..vment t.. t wo salc.nu.u. Mr, Marry Ho-lg."^ has^u.. .^ig L i , , ^ in \\ innipeg snu.. S,;i „,„ .establish..,! one of the tirst cn,..k. rv .■stal.llsln ,e nt V. t "^ .......mmgin ha |,„..s.d..|y ,or sev. ,al yeais. if., is an activ.:. .......geti.. bu tss m , ^^i long ilLmta" '" ' "' "■""""""">• "*«'■ «'"- i-.siness t.t,.r..sts I,.. basV";.;:':;; .1. B. KlllU'r. A'ution:u,d(oh,m,s.i„M Nbnlmnt, .-.!t:t M„in .Stivet. ".VslTin^Tire n.m suc.esstulau.l eut.ipnMM;; au.t ..,. ami .■ n.i.sHi.m m..r.l,a.,ts in th.. .■ tvMr .1 5 Hutter is des..rvmg ot n„ntmn n, this publi.ati.,,, .l..vot,..l to a thorough business' an' i.'lus trial review of Wiunip.g Mr. H.itt.r is ,. f „■ r..si.|ent of |..m.b.n. KnXn I . s rt.'d m buH,n..ss in tins .;,ty ,n IHS:., _a.Ml sin.v the ii.stituti, f his business ha t.'f 'J 'l' .. ' I I,KAl>lX -The traveling public ..unot hn.l a bctte. ^l^y^^'^^ „f thi« popular hotel came to thi. in Winnipeg than the New Doug a« Houhc V'' I' •'•;'„,, ,,^ ^t , -ental of *r.(H) a month, city during the "boom" .lays an.l rented t'^^/' > ' ^^^f^^^^'-^'hen a renu.val was ma.le to a The business f..r two years was carried on « t^^ '^'"^^^i.^ir The house is situated on the corner more central location, known then as tlie Hotel Hastings. ^ of Main and Alexander Streets, and is a tine speci- men of the better class of liuildinga erected lierc dur- ing recent years. Tlic build- ing is one of the largest de- voted to the hotel business in the city, having a frontage ,)f seventy - eight feet ou Main Street and running back eighty feet. It is tluce st(n-ies in hciglit. and all tlie rooms are large and cm inodi(ms. In adilitiou to several parhns, tliere are forty six sleeping rooms in tlie hou.He, all large, airy chambers, well furnislied in the most conifortaMe style. Tlie dining room is a very spacious one, and the table is always provided witli the very bi'st Ihe lliiukel atlolds and all delicacies in season. - - f M. . l..mt I'l"' ''il'*'"'' l''^'''"' ■" ";■ n« fitted with numer-ms biUianl '^''^I>''';' ''^'^■" ''\ „.; ', most commodious in the city, and m tlttc.l wmi nun_ _, , ...iti, the choicest vMues, J. K. Tac.>. stoves -''^'-r^,:;: •?;:::; 'rtiJi'^-i.-^^^^^^ ware establisl.meut is situated at No. » ^!'\ " „ j ,,y ^„„d management, push and ;■"*»''"«; • Ue bn^inning his capital was limited in «^'' •'"";, y^^. l..,.i,„.s« it lias been very largely ui :.oupK;d wilira tliorougi. '»''[.l'''^'";:*Sfi'";"^tnMleluv;rr.Muhe.l very respe.aaHe I'-'i^"™';?;;;; ..reased. and at the present t''''^,^'-'^;,^^^ us and well adapted to l''-'}l«'>y,">'«»'\T* '"^^^^ His premises are very large ""!/,";;;',,,,,,,,,, t will be found a full and ^'''"MJ^J «£« I U.S I.KADI.Nd lUSINKss ll. ^cxxls, 11) giu.it viiiiety. au.l inamifacture.s eseiy desc ription of tiuwaix.'. making a specialty of job M oik, till looHiij;, cundiKtoivs, and gutters. ,Mr. Tacey is also an exneiiciiced plumber and guarantees to (l.s a.e Messrs .lolm Klliott ami Son. For some time it «as claimd that (\um,lian m nu acturers ot agru.ultural unplements were not e.,ual to the American n,a, hin y a e " ^ii^ 'in sr"!'''\r'"V""''''?- ■'!''''" «tory, however, was short-lived, as .Mess^l Uliott and S.,n.s .speedily put an end to it by imjiroving their facilities in every way an.l ,.r.. ..eing agricultural implements which in .piality an.l jnice ..ould not be cx.el.d ,y y Tm n the I .nte.l states. Am.mg the pro.iucti..ns .,f this tirm are the Ph.. nix twine ind , Warrior mower ( hampmn hay rak... grain cruslwrs, Ran.lall harrows, ir.M, bar,, ws 'I, i ,i ami ":^; l" •' '" 'n ">'"' ''"r'V"' '"■•■'^'^'■' '"'"""'^' "iKhlandersteel lastm cro s , I, v, e .Htal.lislu I in bS.O, I cy hav.. done busincM.s m this country f.,r many y.'ars at lirst thromd. Messrs. Wcsbrook an.l Kair.hihl, until IHH'.i, ^^ hen tlu.y .stablish...! a u u . h ' 1 ere uml^ m^^^^^^^^^^ managenu.nt o, .N r. .lolm Willian.s. Th..ir ollics an.l sh.,w ,. ,oms e at N^^S-] Vim ::; l:T;;:JraiVa^^^^^^ AlU r<'>V .SHllll dt. Ibass Konn.lry an.l Nia.hin.. Shop. ;(.J an.l M .Vlb.rl Stre.-t As the ..n!y h.n,.e ,„ W nm.p.g engag..! in .1... manufa, ,„r.. of bra.s.s goo.l.s. tl .■ V, .bJM ,. ..t o M . AndMW s..bm,dt ,s not pr.,p..rly to ..s..ape ,n..n.ion in this w.Tik. T lis i n i I, lis .in.l tile {{oikles. Ilie bnsineSH was establiMhe.l in iHSM.v \l.. si ,1.. .,""'•"'"" 'M'" = E^;;;.,';rit^;;™;;;L;:;:;,;i;;:rrs::;ii;-^ LEADINfi liUSINESS HOUSES. 149 , -n 1 1 i J Mr Scluuidt does almost every au.l the n.ouiainj; in .lone l.y the >"'«Vl wl i\'nn u 1 steel, iuclu.liug all kinds of brass cast- kiu.l (,f Hue work in the '"'^""f'^'jture o bras. on . u s^^^^^^^^^ ,^^b ^^ ^^^j j.^^^terns. i„.s an.l tiuishin-s of every .lescnption "•- '"f ' »"^^^^ ;« aevr.ted to the rcpairu.t; ol .Silver and nickel plating is a specialty, ;"'' l"^'' '^^^ -^'f ''™ s and cash boxes, ccuibinatioi; surveying instruments, safes, ^■^''1^ dm.rs, ,.ost otjct cx^^ lubricators, etc., and ...ksfscSles, -f--- --:!>K:he!l^:'r sLrE Mr.'schnddt is, prepared to Itars- swmgnig iaiii|>B ewi.i .-■• — ■ -i . . u Pv,.i.iMetors ('orner of I'ortage Avenue and The miet'll's Hotel, O'Connor *; IX \/Ti5e« M''» -^»^i»« '"''"^ ^'^' "^ *'"; Notre DaniT. Street. I'ronnnent anu.ng ■«'','..., ','easantly situated on the corner ot ffnest in the country is the < '— '^ -J-'' T, " ,a h ^e ii the property of Messrs. (rCounor |..,rtage Avenue and N otn^ 1 )an,e St, eet. h.s t nc |^ .^ ,^ t,,,^,. ,tory brick hud.l- ,t Brown, bv whom it was budt in ISj », and is "' ' " , ,"^,xt^.,„Ung back 1'2() feet, and is one hi. havin.-a frontage of lO;) feet on Portage ^-mie . nd cxtu. ^^^^g^^^^ ^^.a-v.o... ..f 'the finest ai.pearing bote structures m the .-itj . 1 un,l suites, with elegant parh.rs, spacious ■ . ■ -, ^- ,„rri.lors and large othces, all of whic are furnished in the most tasteful and .■omfortable nr.nner. The d,nmg room is a large i.'ry apiirtment which wdl seat „vero,^ hundred guests and IS WH-lur^ range! in every particular. I'artunla, attrntiou i.p^vid t'. the table and tu ,„ .,iu is always ot the choicest descup. ti.m, the cuisine being i" charge of thi .„ „; accomplished cooks to be ol.tamed. while the attendance cannot be sur- „isse:l. C'onnecte,! with the house a.e • xccllent sample rooms for the conve.u^ once of commercial travellers n.any ot whom m ike the (^.een's their liead-iuai ters The bar is stocked with a choice assortment of wines, li']";'!?;. '^"^^i'^w' ^;;';^.;S;j;nW^.SS:t!ml! of the favorite 1^^^^^^ - . . t ' It' .. -.4. .1 ..ti.i ft lltO I'hirtv emphtyes are 1st, visitin's to the Northwest 150 LEAI)1\(; lUSlNESS HOISES. aehieyecl Mr. Bennetto lias also lieeii ifgar.led as a photographer of rare talent an.l ability ami that tins fact is appreciate.! hy the public, is evinced by the large and influential patron- age lie enjoys. 1 hotography, m all Its branches, is here executa.l in the highest style of the art. 1 he work turned out is ot artistic merit an.l at such reabonable prices as 'annot fail to satisfy tin. incl.nat,.,,. and taste ..f all ,.atr..ns. Another Uih; a.lded is the manufacture of tiames, wholesale vii.l retail, hgures being .pioted at the lowest mark. )f tht u- y^-,^- Jo'""*"" »"<><'". ^V''<'l**ile Leather and Findings, (> ami 8 Lotjan Street \\est. 1 lit>.eiiornioiisani..u.it of caiiital invested in the leather business, the extent of its oiierations an.l the general mtcie.-sts inv.)lve.l, impart to the manufacture ami sale of this use- till and m.lispensable arti.le an interest ami importance that place the tra.le at once amonu tht Uiiet branches of ni.lustry in the I>omini(.ii. An old e8ta])lished an.l well known Hrin in thfe .V.H. , an.l 8 Logan .stree, West. ilus prosperous concern was originally j;stablished at i 1 M .';; v:d wi: !'";"■ '" '""'«, '"""":' ": ^^'"".'il-'fc'- tl-"^''^ ^^I'-- •'"•"-on fonnerly resi.le.l .,."*,'.'£' '' ! ■' '!^' ^•^.'=>7'1 'I l-nictical training in the T.usiness. The business was begun Hue m 1882, vitii a fau-size.l caintal, ami since that peri.).l its career has been a record of tt^n u.r!!?'?'' Tv "T '\""'V"'">* ^" ■'' ^■'^'■y large a.n..unt annually, an.l the Hrm occupy meti fnf ^<"'. >a"d 8 Logan Street, where three han.ls are kept busily employe.l in It i^.f i.. .: 7"? "V'"."'"; '• ''r>; ''•'''^' '' ''^'•«^' ^^"^•^' ^""^i^ting '.f a full line' of every n sk 1 tt ■'■ '"'"•' *V"'r^"- ''"''*'"■«; «"•" «"""'•''' ''^'1* '•'■^•'^ts and lacitig, fair skirting, ; b., ' '^'^.*"-''.^,V' '!'«'. '" ♦ft every a.ticle pertaining to this line of business. Mr. John- .1. has been i.lentihe,) with the business in which he is n..w engage.l for many years an.l is piomment posifui among the representative business h.,uses .,f the Northwest metropolis H.. Saiim<'lS«ink.(; ram an.l l»r.Hluce M.T.hant, l(i L..gan Street, West. -Winnipe.'-^ avorab e locati..n as ,he centre ot the railway system gives her many a.lvantages in coi trol- ling such a large prop..rti.m of the c.mmerce ..f the \.,rtliwest, but no fact..r iw ..f such vital '^T:!'^'^lZ::"}^'!:/':::t^::'''':^^^^^^ '-y l.er lea.ling repi^esentatlve hose , , , .,., , , , . -. r^- ' provisi.iiis ami Stan fiitl.fnllv ' i . "";,^''"tf^^ attenti..!, is giv.-n to the markets, an.l cust.imers- interests a.v . It.lb aten.ledo.Nlr. Spinks arrangeinents are perf..ct. an.l n.. l,.,use is prei.aie.l to accon U.eater satistactl...,. He has cntribnte.l very largely t., Winnipey-s suprc'ma v in the ^e' u ve "J"!?; I "'l "^ "V'""7 ""!'","■''> '" ^''" -'-••«" than h... ami' he cmiLntlv .i.s ■ t ini ■ C , J Ibil ;;. T;r r'''""''' ""■ V",'"^ '''■-■^'tlon in winch 1... is hel.l by all wh., kimw 1 lin • , w •' ., T """ " '"" «"''''y <'i.,wn t.. re.,uire any c. en{ in this work. Ml Spmk s is ,uu. uf th.. m..st pi,.-iessive houses engaged in the -rain tra.l.. of the X..rth n. . ^fJVl ^' } '■■?'"■ ^"'' '^'■*'"' '*'>■ ''"'"'•"• •"'•'- '""' "'"'-^ '^'ai" Street. Th.. bnsi , s, , , 1 ;'''::'i r": '■"""'•"''" ^l'" y-'"' '•^•^••^ ''y M-. I>. W. Klemy. an.l it is now one „f th.. m.s p„pd,u an.MM.stkn.uM.dry go.,dsan,l .•bathing establishments i„ Winnipeg, an.l is VNorthy ..t sp,H ,al m,.nt,oi, in this s.uvk. The premises at N.,s. .'tL' an.l .m Main Sree. are well arranged and a.lmnal.ly a.lapt.-.! for the busiiu'ss N, k .Mam , m. Is au ..Hers greater in.lu...'menls to the puri'liaser than this, an.l n. part .it the city enjoys a liner trade. '{'he ^o li.nise in any part .if the eity I.I establishment " at least in that ,,.-,,. e p.ipuliuity .if the 111 in is .In., to th.' liberal ii.ilicy inl; t'he'llil' I ;!' l""^^''"'?'" 1 VV ir-l'-iet.,.- ami th..V..r.lial maiim.r in which ..ery! e ' s ^ g the estab ishnient is treate.I by bin. an.l his .nmloyes. as well as tb. g..neral ex..,.llen.e of the st.Mk an.l th.. ...imph.t.. an.l .h.ii.... a.ss.irtment that is at all ti.m.s .lisplaye.l ami 1. U an.M.,pular ,.ri..es a, whi..h tl... g Is are s;.hr Ti;: ^Lin.^s,,,:^ ^,1 .,:^; ,!':,, ^^ w^H "t , , r'"f r'"'"'" ""■>■ '^'■^^ "«""'"• ^''- '•"'•■"■>■. s.me his nei'tion M . 1 r '"''■'■'■^•\" ""■ '"y- I'"'' ^'"'«" a «|.irit .If . Mieipiise ihat ban achieved f... f^ • u;^ . T ""^ 'f •■,.l';--*"";" among tl... .sn....essfnl laisinVss men ..f the .lay. The nt « ^ "• <'"• '"t^'^f «tvles ami best while the mammoth stoi.k of men ,<•. >.iiiths' and boy .nalitioK, l.ithing of e\< ry style and gra.le is one LEA.UIXG BUSINESS HOUSES. 151 of the largest ami best selecteil to be foiin.l in the Northwest. A specialty is also ina.le of .rents' furnishings, of whicli an assortment in the latest styles and of the best . l>';ewiy obtained a hmughly practical knowle.lge .,f the Inusiness iu all its branches, n 18,4 he -move.! <> I'embina to manage a brewing business there, owned by Mr. Nathan My rck, of St I ail. Tw ye r later he leased it ai?d carricl on the business iu his own name until !«; ^ w;e'| h- removed to \Viniiipeg and leased the business he now controls, which had been establishe.l 111 874 ly Messrs. Flerchmer & Botkius, but closed down on account of the K-'^^-^l'^PPe; Pl'^g"- From the very start Mr. Drewry 's business prospered an.l has steadily developed since, until toTy ho m^Mlwood Brewery is the largest and most complete institution of tiie kind in the Northwest. In ISSl Mr. Drewry purdiased the property out and o ut and at once began th t extensive imiuiive- nients whicli he has made. Tlie brewery grew larger and lar- ger each succeeding year, aixl now has a capacity of 4.(HMI bushels of malt per month and lias a storage capacity of 1(),(MM» bushels, (tver fifty thousand dol- lars have already been ex])ciided on buildings, and fur- ther extensive im- provements are to be made at an early (late. The establish- ment consists of a four and one-half . ui . iivviitVct ■, bnttliuL' and cask department, a kiln, iMcw-h.uisc. germinatin- .torUMi ^^f^^'^'^'^'^^^^^y^'^^^S v.^.^vv. 'I'he extensive manufacture of lager beer, houseand othcrad.lUUct^ot alnsiiiass n i«c,v ........ssitated the erection of an ic house with lager beei vaults Im low . 1 m twentv-tive to ,l.,oring, and it resembles - - ;;f^ ',:' ^^ ,v st .Sy engaged delivering 'the pro_ :;:S'X'::tai:^;l;n.'i:l t!! :';■ ';:-;;;;:-: a very large sh.„.n/i.;;siness is aisodom. .,,1 ] .V2 LKADIN(i BrsiXESS Hdl'SES. .1. A. McKerchar. .Mr-plo Leaf store, Family (WocericsainU'rovisions (510 Main St , iKM.f the many W .nmpeg houses whose history is well worthy of oceu .v lUMriaJe ?n thk In. toncal review, an,l whieh enjoys a wi.lesprea,! 'reputation is that of .Nf^ ^j \ S J cl L ■ i.Mler ni tanuly groceries and iji-ovisicms. No. filfi Main Street H.. U n ('.Z,i;' **^':'^''' V*^,'- pmi^g from St. Kln.o, (ilengaA-y County, Ont., imrt^'i^ " esS. ^{Ld' lS.5 f^'^ i- leetly familiar with the puhlie taste, amVhisacm^scr ll hi n tTZ"' "' "T'^l '"*" 1- .liscovere.1 in the n" receiving liberal ami honorahle .>.. been ti.e nu^aJ^f ;t:{:ill'::::!,:'lL';^^^ i^« i-Pti.m, and which R. ^MLsoil. Agricultural Implements, .SI Kinir Street —Mr I-! Wil., ,. i . i lishmentisat No. .SI K!ni/ Street lias I.p,.., V ;i !/'«••••; ''''''''' ^^''•"^^ '-'st'ih- and must, therefore, he Ku led i, the Hs o fU u\"^- ^ ',"'."'"-'*'' ^?'' r''' "''' >'«'"•« l"^«t, was formerly propri;tor of at 1 . Ti ve -v t vl le i' 'h i s'sf f"'*' "^ ''''f ^""",^' ^'^^Z "" d.vder in all kinds of agricultural inn e m'nts 1 • ''^f^'.'^'^ wholesale and retail I.cred greatly. Me keens n Id ^'k^ T\ "''^^■'""^:'y' "' winch l.usiness he has pros- ■onstantly reccivi^ g \a^ X ts is N |.,;1 '"'^^'"" ^ ••■'""* '"'^^ *'^'*«><» '" ^'^l"'"- '-'• i« or Mandoha an,f tl.e X rC^V Tc rS^^r' 'V;!'"\^;;*""'T' «'^""""« ^o all parts •son, (Jretna, Niverville St A-rith,. Sf . „ ^^ k \ A"*"'" '"^'^ '^S^'it^ '^t Kmer- ••■^mie, iJrandon. I Ikl on. |k;nm mr' iS 11 ' •\¥''' Vi^''.","^" ^ '^>- ■^^"'•"•''' ''"••t'^^'^' 1^' .-min, Edmonton. 1 attlefo d ' Xnl^^^^^ "^"T'I; *^" AppeHe. Mclieine Kat, ^loo- Creek, Headingly.l'opla Pit Hiul 1 hiff I ;;V? ;••'.'"'' M*- ^"l'""''' nim-sHiU, sturgeon of which he doe.s a larU an c istiSv i L 1^^' ?,'""lV.'r'^ '^"'' "^''^■'- l'""''^' '^^ all motto that '•ti,el,e,sti"tdm.r ^^ ''""" ''^^*' '^■•"I't«-1 '« ''is ity, eiliciency and 1 n li it' ' T i" iMf'''!'''''^' f '"'^ «""''•'' '^'•'' "*' »"«" 'pa-ed .pnil- ■i-cription ai^e .sold l.y li " ind^'/^'lesld',' ';''"''''•''• ""' '"-•''"'-T "^ ^'very l.H.ding harvesters, fanning n i s Ir, *? t>"^^l""« engines an.l .separators, twine .rushers, hay load .s sull ^ ''' : :' „. '''''"' r'"'''"' T"''''' ^"'•'•V '■^'<'-'«. gniin tin-ng re.,ui,;.d for u.s ■ . H, | ' , ' If'^'itT'''/"'' "'"'*' "^ '^" '^''•"''* "' f'^^'»- ^'^^'-V a g.4t advantage to tho „ '.v, ,1 ' , i '''"''^ '^••" -'"^'-"tly kept on hand, wliicl.-is thTug is liahle to l„. dan t^.d' r ^^.f ' T " ''""' ""^^K"'"! 't nuichine is, s.une- a.i4. aide to provide thfijii^' ... s,.:* "t™:.!;;;: ■';; 'f r'> r"' '"■•, ^'i'^"" '^ stock, an. a hiu l.u.sim'ss is .Ion,. i„ 1 ...i V ' . V-^'""".'.','''' "''■'^''''' '"■^' '^'■■''' kept in knowledge. e.xpeHen.e .rtlditv .,1 ,, r r'"' .'V''' ^\"'"" '••!"«" to his husiness entitled "o an.l l.ljo " th U^^^^^ I e i; Sn'Ttr''''''''''r "" "'"''•'^' »'"''^y '"^« ''«-""" ..r til., puhlie. • ' ''"- '""'' "'"' *''^' I'-X'^i'leration ami generous patr.mage '.KADIXO HrSTN'lSS HOUSES. 1-).'? J. .1. Cloldcil. Broker iUKl Dealer ill Bank nipt Stdeks, TitS Main Street. - Tlic sucit.Ks that lias atteiideil tlie l)U!siiiess ('(forts of .Mr. .). .). (iolden in this city is a striking example of what alnlity and enterprise, hacked hy sitrong deterniinati'in. will accomplish in the North- west. Mr. (iolden hegan life in this conntiy in the railroading husiiRss, and in I.H82 started in his jireseiit business in this city which lie has continued with great success. Mr. Goldens (■stahlishment is situated at Xo. i^iV.i Main Street, coiner of .lames Stieet, and is 18x50 feet in dimensions. Mr. (iolden has also several store-houses in othei' i)arts of the city. Hit. store is tilled with a large stock, eniliracing a co.Mi)lete assortment of almost every class of goods, in- cluding furniture, crockery ware, glassware, stoves, etc., and eveiy thing being sold at away below cost jji'ices, it is a sjileiidid |)lace to secure bargains. Mr. (iolden >^!l '^^-^'it ^ W. J. Hillllian. V.S., 'I'he I'alace stables, 177, 17!tand bSl Smith Street. —There is no city of its size in Amcriia can comjiare with Winnijieg in the number of tine livery stables and excellent turn-outs. 'I'his fact is invariably remarked by strangers visiting the city, and the men who are extensively engaged in this business are worthy of extended mention in a historical and business review of this cliaracter. The leading stables in the city are the Palace stables at Nos. 177, 17i»aiid bSI Smith Street, which are without a doubt the largest and finest in the, Dominion, baniiig none. The I'alace Stables were built in 1882, and are ab 18()x'2()() feet in dimensions, giving ample accommodation for nearly room for a large stock of eoujies and carriages. The present jirojirietoi', Dr. W. .1. Hillllian, has been a resi- dent of Winnijieg since 1880, and has been in the livery business during the whole of the time since that date. On the 1 st of May last he took possession of the I'alace Stables, which he refitted throughout. He has now in the stables over thirty horses of his own in addition to a large number of boanlers, while the stock of carriages, coupes, cutters, etc., is of the most complete description. The business includes li\ery, boai-diiig and feeil, and it is ^ _ _^^^ also a \"eterinary stable. Dr. --*--— ^^—^^- ^^^^ ^ oRAHANTaTRietS. llrTlhe'StXiri.'ity practising the Veterinary profession. The I'alace is Ula VM'Vs^^ '""''"^'^^ '"""""*'' IV-T- l'^^S^^hgures. Hi ma 1 is a thorough horseman, and if any one knows how to run the h ery l.us.ness hc^dcie He i^ highly esteemtd by all who cmjoy his ac.puuntance, and well deserves the success h.' is achieving. the 1)1. M It Wood. The Woodbine Saloon, 4(U5 Mam street. ^ 'robably the best know n a, [ ni.ist iio.iuh.r sal ". I n Winnipeg is The Woodbine at No. 4(i(; Mam S reet, of which Mr. M. Wood he . etor. Mr Wood was formerly engaged in the wliok;sale lupior bi.sines.. uv ng lit he e 1 1 sh nent of Mr. A, Cohpihoun in Sept.vn.ber, I8M2. He con iniie< in his til th .Vl wi.iK vear when Mr. Coh,iiiioun returned to the city an.l purchased his <.ld Ium- ei M V oluheii secured control' of The Woodbine, which was former y -'I'! -^-^ >^^ '..,, : (1,., lv.i..L .,11.! it once converted t nto the hnest saloon ill the city, the w lioU : :i;;;ii:t'w;l:nm;,in^l Xm^ -d Htted up i,. .1. very best style a t.ne billiard room. c.mtai.m.K numerous tables ot the best make, wa« added, ai„1 , ,.-,>t!nn,,, -K.nc leadinu: iilace of the kind. I I'he Woodbine at once junr,"'d into j niblic favi cmdueteil up stairs, where all the delicacies are to be had lu season. Mi. W ocd is a ^u^ 154 LEADING HCSIMCSS HOUSES. the main tl.K.ughfaie, and is tlie remlezvoiis of the leading l.usiness )f th( men. uity aiiil on tion who>se special ol.ject will l.e .fHl^a n SiJ^,^^ '^n^ '^ U.nSS .w? """"^ I tl.ere are enual fa.ilities for ui.loi 1 k f.n , w ''"''> '""" ' "" " t" t'le mill, and InislieLs of , ats, l^.th nnv ,. 'm,^ '^^ ^'" ^•';''«- ;""•/'".•'' ♦'iniuTs' wagons, whilst :«),()0(> nished with all the , e 1 , " n 'S^ "'*"'"* '■"■"■'VV"i«"ee. Being fur- is aide to manufaeture all ! I fe v t « .^ .5 U nuliy^r':; f l'''''^ ."" '"'^' . ^^'- ^'"••" •nill has a eapanty of lifty harrels Vu r lav I h ^ . standard oatmeal, Mud the last year, which was the i ; ■ .ar of t i'e^nill s .J ? *""''.: ^'l'' '",' ' r"''''">'' '''«''* '"^'"'•''' '"'<• e |ual to l(),(H)() saeks of n ea o ) o , , '"", V ''"'^ '\ ■'';^"'"^''' ""■'•'"* '"'^'^'''^ "^ '"^t«. large amount was ...ns, n ed 1 •■ 1 'Tco •;;'"'.*' "• /f'""- ''■'' ■ '^'"'•l'^"' «'^«'- «''i'^- '' Muu.d hv farmer. wl„. h ' '■' In ! ^^...„ ', > ?' U "' "" ' ^'-■"'' ^ ',* '" """'''•' '« "' ^'-^-''^^ ">«■ LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES. loH Will. Armstrong, Horse-ahoeing, 8;^ Fort Street. -Situated at Xo. 83 Fort Stree, <;losely adjoining the corner of I'ortage Avenue, is the liorse-shoeing establishment of Mr. William Armstrong. He has been a resident of W inuipeg for tlie past eight years.having come here during 187(i, and has been engageil in business on his own account for six years. lu 1878 lie entered into partnership with Mr. J. V. Dougall, and they started in the carriage manufac- turing and horse-shoeing business under the tirin name of Armstrong & Uougall. Four years later the partnership was dissolved, and botli remained at the old stand, Mr. Dougall taking the carriage department, while Mr. Armstrong tf)ok the horse-shoeing business, which he has continued with great success, doing a large and profitable business. Mr. Armstrong is a horse- shoer of ample experience, and employs two first-class workmrn, an by Mr. Cameron, and has l)een veiy successful, though the proprietor lias at different times during his career met with severe reverses by fire and otherwise. Mr. Cameron stands high as an artistic and fashionable merchant tailor, and his establishment is one of the most popular in Winnipeg. His premises at No. 40!> Main Street, adjoining the new post ofiice, are centrally situated, commodious ami well ailajited to the re((uirements of the liusiness. The salesroom is l'2x80 feet in dimensions, and in the rear tiieie is a large work room where twenty hands are regular- ly employed. Mr. Cameron 'arries a full istock of fine foreign and tiomestic jiiece goods, in great variety and of the most desiral)le stylc> , ami his suits cannot i)e excelled by any estab- lishment in the city. He .mports his stock mostly from the English ami American markets, and has a large anil carefully selected assortment of English, Scotch, (Jernian and .American N, tiiig.-^. He is a })ractical and experienced ,;\ittcr, and atteniis ])ersonally to tiiat department, guaranteeing perfect fits and the most complete satisfaction. Mr. Cameron lia.s been a resi- dent of Winnipeg for the hist twelve yciirs, and is very pojiular personally, while he is hehl in the higiicst esteem in business circles. Tiie contidcnce rejioseil in him by the <:itizeiis was manifested by his election as ahlerman for ward four for two years. 15G l-EAI)(XG HISIXESS HOl'SES, !>• E. Porry. Uooks, sti itionuiy an.l F,inoy (ioo.ls, 417 Main Str, was founded six yt.ns a«u h\ Mv A V IV v „ / u ^", '\''V" 'Street. -This Lumiu'ss I'cry, ti.e present pn.jn.ietor. i^ -IHs;' ' Ti e' s't, e s ve..v"'''r'',' 'Y ''*' 'l'"*'"^!' ^^'- '»• ''- •Street, a few ,l,K.,s'no,'th of the new ost c hee vh d. wUl 'l 1 ^' IT'''^ ''\^"- •*'" ^^'''"' n.aknig Mr. Perry's stand one of tlie verv 1 est in tl ' •■■"' ^''""^.'^ "''^''"^'l *'■ tl'i' l)uldie, i. well adapted L the In.sin 1 Jn^^^n , {J' an^in ^i^if ''' " ^ sent.nga i-eat and attractive app.a.an'e I '^rrv^nC^^^ , ''■"'•^' ^,""ti^'"'"'' »>"! I^'t- » ,H ItI<\Hillaii and Bro ^wl'^^'w!:''-!" ''"''•'^T; '^iV^l'^'^vl street. -One of th. rirst additions to the nian f "tuHnyVnteVests ,,' flv '"" ?,' 4''"'^'^''<1 ■Street.- -One of the very sta.'t held a lea.ling positioi- a,n i J the d^tvl^,, { T ' •!"''•'''" '' ''■'^>'' ^"•' l'"'" tl'^-' iin.l prospered with the a hVn'e ne f^tl \ '"'I'^trial institutions. Tliis industry grew jected to many ehanges, its eamcitv he im ; .tedt 1, 1 '-•"»f>'"«'l: Ti.e mill was also snh- •n«.lelle.l and fitted with the olle' —^^^^^^^ "•'*>1 •" 1882 it was entirely re- Minneapolis. The mill is now -?()v7(Vf Jf^. 1 ^ ' ""'■","« ^ «"I>«>""- to any mill north of and is fi'tte.l rq. e.,na 1/ n estSislL, t /f t'l.T'kTT' '':f''^^^^^'^'^^ «*""-s with haseniJnt •2rA) hbls. daily' Adjoining the 1 is t lame el' "V '" ^•"t^'^'-'^t' '''^^ing a capacity o Inishels of grain. The firm hue Is 'i hr J ndH t ' T W"*'' '' "''n'"'*^ "^ ''"''"''« ^ofoOO roller process system and ca,Sle?, mi uf^ct .: 2 i^ r'''t\ ^^''*'' *''« "''P"*^''''' these mills is of the very highest sta X m Hr. Z llu ""'!'' *''^'^>- '''''« l"<"'"<^t of passed hy any other i./ the .^ ,W ' H ^ 'eve tJe, Hour 1. .'"'': ' '".'""'^ "^ *'""'' '"'' ""«">- that produced hy other mills it his inv ,H>,1 I, 1 I'f filtered into competition with tion to the milling l.usii es. tli is (^r n are KrL^e .1 "'""''i"' *'!" '''-''^■^* ''""''^-^- I" ■■^''-'i- which they annually sen the Lten . fov ,^T''V H^'"^^ "luantity of employment to twentv-five hu, Is .,, Wi '" "\'"^^'-''- 1" ^lieir mill in this city they give fare of the commuidty 'I he ntnlu ,'■ f "t1 '"'i' ""f"^'*'"'* -'fihutors to the industrial wc-;- M All! ■■■"■"iiiuy . 1 rrt meniheis ot the firm are Messrs T> TJ \i aih . v.- ,. N cM. an, who are hoth well-known and highly este e ned \1,' l)' R V \ n"' ''''" .}^ " ^^^ •McMillan as he s more irener^illv L-.,/„.-.. •'. ,,.. ^.'- '*"• "• H. -McMillan, or (antain peg in the Local Legislature f n.n \h:huhH'^ "' ^'"' y'^,>'' '^"'' '•••'P'--e»ted Winni- i-etire. Mr. W W McMi l- n , « nl l ' ''*:',' '"«««"'•« "^ ''"siness compelle.l him to the citizens hy his elel;th:n t 't ^^.t'c omlc^^'lll^r'^'rV^ ^'"^ 7""^''"'^*' '•'=•"-■' '" ''''" > ' .nen. and well deserve tlie s„ccei"K;t:-i;a::'::Jten!!ed tl'h- -SZ^''"^"'"- '"■"^"'^"' '"--- Tec.SeVS''^;,^;^^H/VLS^TVei.^^ ,, ,, ,,,„„ .,.,,,. t.on, otters inducements to tho s^ esiri :^ mf^^^^^^^ tlie ( 'ana, ian Pacific Railway .Sta- the attention of the traveling puWic THs ±^ ''?",' "'f' ?''"''' '''"' '"'^ ^'"nimend- it to M. Ro.ss, an.l pas,sed into the ~^^^ !•>' -Mr. .1 early part of 'the l-reserl ea r ' VL'^^^^^ proprietor. Mr. M. Haterty. in th .tBcomfortsan.lexJellent uromnolit ^ns ( n 1,. n /■). '"'^•k ''"'''''"g. ami is noted for kitelienarraiipnients, and afiH.' :^-. :^^ On the .second and third floors are the ,uln,« ,.- the hest wines, l„,u,.rs and cigars The house throughout is v el fr'd' .,!,>!., '"■^'' •'"'' ."■^" '\I'l'";>'t-l ^l-oping roon.s. to the weary traveler. Its ch.s ' "x ;it t i e PR "' T"^'"'* "'"'"/ '' ^^'''^•'' ^^ I'l-«ing not he lo.st sight of. The -liidng' ,km is ca t le of l. /i ?" " '^'-^-''t'^y-' «!'i'^l' ^lumld si Sr i^[:: 't^^A?"""^'' ^^'*?''- '-^ thrt.;ker'^i;;;^.ds';:;;^jii'Sdet^r -v^"'' "^ liaving heen m husiness here for several years ..i I i "^ "'•' " '" '"^'''^'''t "^ the city. I ll .f l,i:A1)lN(i lUTMXF.SS HOl'SKS. lo7 .stal.lislu.1 'i«'i-'l|--' :V''f ;S ")'^'"^ M. weU st.u'te • the l.u.iue«. in 185'), a„.l from tensive works are located iit I .urn, uni. *7' ;"\ . • ^.p,.,, extensve trade ex- av small beginmng it has gnKlually uicrease.1 until n.m lu uijo>s a^.j I 158 LEADIXG RUSIXESS HOUSES. t«"'ling throughout the Doini.nV.n w , ^ — ''inJie..s ,u^, 4::r*':;^toS^-->;;--^ H. ,.op„hu- S!^.::^^ jis'the V^tti"^""^^? ^•en. ,n \Vinni,)eg an.l the p^SceL,, 7 ^' ■*''■'/•• ^'"''♦•V ''■•"'<»« are e Kve.l 1 i i^-^'''^*'" E 1>< 111 in w til et I! '■'•"'^.e.;it..siin,I Pmvi,.ion,s. Cornei \\'cl•" W The -.tal.]i«h„H..t r , 'v eh'^il';'"'"-'"' 'V"'^"' t' in I, SSI, rKi-.g Street an.l Market S,,„are J <^ ihlLshnientH of the eiti. Tl., and f.mii f„ ; ..^- . ">• ' '" ■■• \VeI.l..n as..i.t;,l wiil; m:!, hi" tSher'^-'">^''^^P'^'--' .Market S.juare ;-n a r..id..„t o? ttU^;r';;~^^ ^-/. ''r''"'*^'-^-' y.fars, «"lise,|uently o-miinu U-- •"'■'' '"^^'''K l"H'n in l.u.si.ussn ••^'L''^'''^"" lias -^'"ce. F..rtvelvevca"^ ,''''•'- '•'•"'^ ^'""tfen years I'l ''*'"' ^"'' •'^'■^t'-*'" -'-- I'u-ge estate ieT ";' n.,:::^^"^^ J""' "i '-'■•^''"^i • w ' ti ^1:,!:: mI's 't '■"'"■ sunt husniess last .sDrii.i/ .,„ i ""'^'^''•.'''"' nfter a nhorf iutervll „. . '^''- '^""l''!', for An,lers,.„ are spa • ,h*^.' ,' ' '' ""T.^'''^ ^*'t'' f^'i-' sue J« The "'"'''' ''"''■*'"' '" '"« I"'*" M«7''^ in hi.s line of 1 „„,.;"> '•-•«* '"*'",* '" ^"'ir han-U. "f i'luors and cigars m\'>'"''"'^' f'^""'.V K'-eerie. „f all ki„ ' '■"!"i;'"f" ■t.s.sor^.nient n ^lal aeoi„.M,f t : , "; Anderson has i.een so lonir ■. ,L\ , ,' ""' ^''« '•'"•i' "'"» his frionds " .*"-; tss s ts: '^'^ "^ ^»";i™'.S.s,j;^r!..:?";';nV Moore umi in ■, -i::^:^,:t',!;;-::;^;;.:'f ';f '--'^'^'- £'( ^;- -' ^ --t- "ff- "I'i'l. i''s' 11 ••;;;'' .''-^ •;"«'"'l'' it- hI... and the a "'',;"; 'V'^'" ■^••"'■•. <'l'ina Hall ■l-k'ant goods uiti u , I, f ""7""'- "'"' l""Hent« a verv i .. . ' ' '"' '"""'-^""i^ ^ales '•""• -f the l.nildi ,!/ an rV'.v '"",' '""* "'^" "^"'- three I, nd, I f '' '^•''''•'' ■""'tlv in tl... «to.k nnlM,.uinK II '';■•''''''''''' " '"""'' "tore a X. - 'v f.-'' ''f «tora«,. roo.n in the '.V • n.plov, d i,M ' ;, '"",";"'"« t" this lysines, is kVM I'fff ". ":■'•*■ "'"•"• '^ ''iH'i" • ^: LEADINPx BUSLNES-5 HOUSES. U9 stock is large and complete, and the collection of fancy lamps, etc., is varied and attractive. Everything pertainini^ to th»; keramic art will be foiiiul here, and all goods are of tlie very V»e»t KAK TIIOSI.: .MKIIAI.S-.' Hki'AIHK TIIKV \HK TIIK ••OM.V " ri'UlilIlT " nKllKS.", MUM Abo.itaveira^oMr. .loH,.phT.,-s bc.am- enacted witli the businesN and ..ii the rtV..fM; !Vmc,^tfH.tinnn,un'. -.vas changed to the present title ot dosepl' l'-* f- H-centlv the tirm removed to mure .■ommodiou. premises in the Hargrave lUock at No .124 Main Street and have now the linest musical e.stal.lish.nent -n W mnip.g, -in employe- iH^mg ,,.,,„i,,,l t., look after the demands of the nunuTcms custun.ers. I he t,nn are agents f;--' son.e uf J,, finest n.usi..al instrunH-nts pn.duced, iuch.ding the .elebrated llehr, Kuhtso,,. Men a. ('hr stie pianos, and th. Ilurdett and IMuid^e organs all of wl..,^ -ennnval ed ..strength ,,„d I i'v ..f t.-..>- rx..llent sinu'iUK .p-alities aud superiority "f Imi"!! 'H«<1 jl"''>.l'.'l'»> : .>^'' would 'siMviaDv melitini, the gr.'iit beauty ot tiic Helir piano, of NeW ^^ ..rk, ..r wiluT, rmr. nrm 1. 1 e so e ieucv for Manitobi. and tlie Northwest Territories. Tliere are now a givat many a iiev ar,: be oming more popular every day. Mr. Harry Morgan, late of the hrm M .^s Nl li, \ ('o., mi.sie dealers, <^lebee. has eliarge of the sheet musie .le,Nirtme«t, nd he I rm blmlit by his experionc as they have now as Hue an assorted line of uumc a. I I 1()() i.i:ai)in(; iu'sinlss iiorsi-x m. y to the t,.ansoen.U.„t ...cits of tl.l „osv „.a.l.i.,e. ' Tl.o Ne J U^l t^ ^ m^ .^^ 'n,";. «l..ch are cove.v.l l,y patents, whicl, ,„-eve.>t tl.e... fn„„ l,ei..y „se.l o„ ai.y ot . m m l.i,". n.ns ,,uu.te.. a,„l eas.e.' than a,.y othe.^ ...aehine i., the ...a.^kef a,.,l .loc ,. t ,e n . e v.v a...g to keep ,t .,,uc^. It will sew the fine.t fairies, a,,.l ,u,t .hvuv .l,: ;u:l:,prheu;M'k':u:!l will sew heavy goo.ls with a tine.- th.'eail than any othe.- n.aehiin. l,i alditioi. to pianos. thoroughly e.xpe,-,e>.ee,l an.l .strietlv ti.'st-.lass ho.sesh ,e.- a fae wl Ihos/ ui, . SeHn ;: ?'";' ''""'^ '""""« *'"■ ""^-'"f'^'•t"••e^^* -f Winnipeg ^I'Lufl^ a ,a ive nf I -nuJeal .„ Mel^.-lise ,J "« ,g . n e 'H,. h n T '"■" Vl'"'"' '" ^^ '""''"" '"^ ''^■'^'"'•^ "' vi.,:,, c,, t n,., , . '" ' "'^""'K " i'liiiiits. I lie h.'.i. occupy the .spacoiiM inei.i ses at \o "71 thei-efore the ...oHt iluiahle •'„ ';'.'""-'. '"'^ ■'''t't** '•••."^t'"'tion im most perfeet, .•ity, the.■ef,,,•ea,htpte,lt,.evc,■vk^.^^^^ .^^^^^ ';, i I ' i Jh '"'V .' ''''"'' '''"'«" V^ '''^'''' always en.ho.lieM the latest .nacti 1 i, n V^.h,: 'h .11 I •''''-•;•',''.' I"';;,"''''«. tluMefo.e fore no evDeiin.ciit -fl, u;l\ ""l""^""'""' ''th. It is an estahlishe,! success, there- .•n.,.ioyn.entoio..iyih:'h; 1;;!^;;:!^;:: '::: >.!;:::/2^-;;^ r::!^t/r:;;'^i'?;nt':;:;:-;:r.tr^;d^^^ orga..i.atio,,,ai.,l that fie,, smHfn^ '""'"^ """l ^""" l'"^'- "Hgi. .te,| within its general .gents fo.. Manitohaan,! \ ^| we ' V, ^ ^^'k: r''[r' V' -',"■"•■";"• ''.is im.. a.v e. (it(ialt Ont anil is i ,,„.,;,.. I ' \ '. ^ 1 1 i . ito. les foi the |{ ly.noii,! in;i:lii..e, .im.infactii.- kot while it CO ft,. .1 h/.'"''^"''''''^ the n.o:,ts„l,sta„tial machines on M.e ma.' *g-- WJiirh n- nijoyoii h^ few, -•onstantly iiie.e.isjng husiness is the l.est evj.lence of the tact that th^ the in.inii.ittv tl y are doing a large and steeni in which they are held 1 LEADING HUSINESS HOUSES. 101 Rftvd and VO, Six.rting Goods, l(i aiul IK I'ortaL'e Avuiuie.-In a city of \Vinmpeg;« •?, M„l .nuiil t/towth we find nuiiiy business establisliiuents, m every way the eciual, if i::;X ,U " n To si'uX coucciU m tl'e east, aud one of the representative concerns thus efen-ed is ha ." which Messrs. lioyd & Co. are the esteen.ed pr. pnetors '^ !'>« /'''^"^ ictcnui lo IS 111 ■ , ,j ,5 .,1 v,as previously engaged m the same line m Montreal, ''*^ "^"iS/ttire the growth. 'f the business has been of a permanent and legitimate charac- t^ X ten i es occupie are spacious and connnodious, being about •25x35 feet in dimen- • 1 «,^ m^L ureil and tilled with a splen.lid stock of all description of sporting goods, sums, '"»'';y= .V" ;"*^V';;";',^5 ■;,.,( the lirn, for transacting busi.i.ss are of an unusually ^""'//Tr; .u-tcte eni ling t le^^^^ offer «l>ecial advantages to custon., rs and to Hll all orders complete ^■''•"'^\^\\ ;|"*3''*f.,^^^ manner. Messrs. Hoy.l & Co. h,i ■e a tliorough practi- ,n the pvompte t ' j f^j ;f^f 'u ' a e prepared to do repairing in th.ir line at short notice ^•'^\*^'i":. "^f: , . iL " The nend Jrs of the firm are men whose sterl.n.; integrity and and at en '«;^^ ' ' '' fr ' ^"^^ ^,'4^^,,, ,,„a ,e,Hpect of the commercial community. Tiieir aflrai.^ ill^i^SnllucLd ul-on a sollnJVlbalanced a^d honorable basis, and they are achieving a well- merited success. (Irundy and Co., 1 i\ o uui \1iiii Street -A most inuHM'tant In-andi of commercial activity and one deserving ."f,, "^ ,,,^ ^J'*" 1 ., ,i„ent among the leading and aipegs principal industries is the piano and oigan t.a.le. ... b . , _ , „,, Il.ost tkoroughly representative hrn.s ... tins ane whose handsome and (ommodi- ous warei'ooms ai-e at No. 4()<) Main Sticet. opi>i ii-'u the new |K)st ortice. They have been es- tablished for many years, and liave built ui) a lai'ge an ! per- manent patronage a..ion>^ the best class of citizens and thi'oughout the NorthweBtern country. The firm are sole agents hei'e for the celebi-ated Bell o.gans, which have been before the Canadian ]mblic for the last twenty years, and have won an enviable reputation foi- superior quality in tone, design and workmansiiip; indeed, such is the popidar demand for these organs that the two huge maun- factories at (iuel]>h. Out., are kept running twelve hours a day. Messis. (irundy and ( o. also keej) in stock a huge assort- ment of jiialios from the best American and Cana.lian makeis all being ihc very l>est piodiicts of invi'i.tive ge.iius and mech^ anicalskill. They aie unrivalled for stieiigth and purity of tone, exicllent singing i|Ualities and super.ority of tinish and dura bility. All these instrl.inellts are otleieil at suecial ' alues end on the most favorable terms. Sheet music, music books and small musical instrunica' ^re alHo kept on hand, m .-tliort everything usually fo.'..id in a tiist'dass music store. I h. linn's facilities fo, tiansacting business are of a strictly lirst- , lass character, -nabling them ti. .jHiT special advantii«es to , „.^.,.(,...i.„ v iiiaiiiii r. Mr. (iruiidy, euHtoiners a.id to l.ll all o.de.s ... the l";''''''!'';' ;"'';"';.;;,, "a j, a g.M.idl. courteous gcllenuM., the head of the li..... has lived ... ^'''^'^^^ / ' ;' f ,^ . "h,! ^s,.,,.tl worth. He «as .ecctly .u.d gene.-.dly estee,..ed for h.s st.ut ', t' «..t> a..d t l.ng , ^^,^^^^^^^ ^^ ^,^,.,,^^^ ,^,„, ,„. eted by the people to a seiU ... the ( .t> ( OUl. .1, a..a rli I I 162 LEADING BUSINE8K HOUSES. sSii-/Ssr:^,:;-!sj-iLS'S"r^j;;-,:s3-i^L^;r^ Alex. Black, r.,uiiil)er Dealer. 820 Miiin Strt-ni n.,o «f <.), x . . , a«U.r, i„ the city i. Mr. AI„»„J,r k.if « l.o.eX .' l",." 1 "" JSoST; Vn m''^''' tion of contractors and others, and Mr lihick uonse.nu.nt Iv \\,l ".''^" '^"y '^"i acted the atten- trade, of which he has inst rek^rto fee rot^ H^ ^^ lias game.l a hirge and prosperous Lake Winnipeg and Mii.n;sot"":nJ*^,^;i';:^;;its U^lJ^^Z. t hlet.il^",^^'^* /'■"t^^'-' men ts to purchasers wliich cannot he suri),-!«s.wn,v ,.,.,, Ai If '^'."^i?."".'^'«I'ecial induce- ean.e here? in ,882 fron. M-.ntrlt wlte llL^g.;. ^i ^.1 iT^knowlTduerr^- ''''• ''''''''. his long experience has Mell served him in snnnlvintr fl,„ ^ Knowledge of tlie business, and here. The iniinense volume o 1 u di g , e Jfon if, Wim>i.^."T,*;"-'"^r^ the Imil.ling trade uecessarily created a large demand for h in her » ,1 \um }-^ "",'*'' ^''^i •"*"* four years has n.agnitnd^ Mr. Black's cSi^l^i-nil^iS^on ^;^tbuv'ur^ r"' "' '''^''^'^>^'}^' to repVesent them in the ei^- c!;mS^:r;:!siL';;:LSr^en*i;!aJ^S^^tf ^ "^ ^^^ «- Brokers and Financial Agents, .'m Main St,..5H'!'*****'''**i**'*'"**."?». »"<**'»•' Land on.Kcrs ami Mnancial Airents -m M • street. — ihere is no hnancial nterest of «ii,.l, .,..,...*;.. . * ■ ikuici.ii ."Agents, .54.S Main and there can he no better Si once of ^^1^^^^^^^^^^^ ^''^ '"^"l^-^'' '» ''^■'^l '^'^tatc. mand for eligible pn.perty, em pled m t "s ' -R^ ""'"'''V' '","' l""«I'^''ity than the de- enterprising ami fiuccLsf-il firms r/etf^e! u-?th H, '"V "T. "^ •''''""''• ^^"""'fe' t''^' '^^ti vet and after several changes n the linn In. nn i„ ,„ » i * iJu , •• ' "• " ■ -^Jun ( liaiidnc, as a partner, the busiif^sl 1" h g ^ ^ co, i^e^ u .W Vl J m;, "''"7" ^'- ^V^ "• ' ''*^'''^""' son an.l Co. Both gentlemen possess iSe .t , ' '"'"', '^^'''' "^ ^ '"^"''"^■. I'ater- tuiaucial circles. 'Hieir fac t e fo! t fs^H ^•^V^'"^''^^^ negotiate loans'iipL l.ond ai X^^^^^^ -'"-'t'-'^ '-'t., etc. They purpose at all times, while they are thormmlVu , *^ i '"''*^"' "'""""* "^ f<""l« f"i' that volunteer and half-bree.l sc i ? ami , S^^^^^^ valuators The firm buy and .sell an excellent reputation for lloS. e d 1^*^ , e iu"-;;" r hv m"''" l''-"'^'^' '"^^^ '""' merited succe.ss. *= suiiing integiity. and are achieving a wclb I Stre.^*'^fe.r;!,^!';!:^;\|;:i;;;;:;';:-;;;|/;;^ Age„t^ Comer i;o.,age Ave and F,„ t that of .Messrs. lAwis and K i, Sos; . ^^^^ r^^ ^'"' "'«">'iM. e husiuess is lnvestnH.,t(N,inpanyvi;,!iM ,^,;: r ,i^^^^^7 •'"• ^'-'i'"''^ M-'tgage and Has established in I.S80, ami is le^ir In /s ,1 ,f ^ ^^^^^ '' "'"' ''"'^ ^^''''■*- ''''''« 'i"" i" Winnipeg. They re ,,.,., t ,nfh' r. ^'"' I'V""!'^" Hisurance and financial agcuies ;;-ati;r/u.t..anJgji.,,;i;r;;L!;;;, ' r^^^^^^ ( ".npany. the Norwich I'nion Fire Insurance S.^iet^. Z iM .Zl ^'"'^'■"•'" '~- ,.my. the ScotHsh Union .nd N,;;:.? , ^ .^ '(^:n pLl''''^ L!'''!!;,,'";''' , 'y-; ( ompany. the XorwiW, and Lontlon Accident insuram ' ima .n I.' P V Marine Insurance ('om|iaiiy. They are also ,i,-,.„tw 1, ■ V "' '"'*' I'uny, of Montreal, ami Mi- I-ew " v .^^^h M l'. J:: r. '""""", '';"'"'' ^^■''" ^'"•" pauy, of Loudon, Kngland. The latter o,,,iv I, Is / >:''^"' "'V' '"^'■^'"H'nt C.im -loilars, and the chairman of ti,.. ,' ,7, .,,..' ''v':.'''.'r,' '"1.".^;'' '.'J '^.*-' '""1 ""'' '^If millions o liisuiaiici" ("din- Life Insurance tish .\meriia Farbcd WireCoui- jlollars, and the chainimn-of ti.;:\;;;.;;:;,Z;;'i:"i,''i"i; "'Vsl' I'J 'r " "/;:'.""'• '-"f nMu,uZ handsome .stone an.l brick b„ihii,„. it .n.;, H .^^ ' '"*' '"'"l'""y <>»..s the whi .h is one of the most sub.stanlia. b i le s , .LV , '"'*"P' .•^'"""'' '^'"' '■"'"^ '^^''''^^t'^ H.terests in the province and in tli^N. Z^^ '"'? "»''»"■ '"'K*' l-mded '"'th liiv and marin.. risks at lowest ra s ^, .1 1 , ! ' ^''■'::'''^- ''''^^ '** ''""' '<"'' 'O' l'l<" '• ."Hlerwriters^ and are highly Isteen,:;!';: ^Ull^imUZ "''^f^7 vr';'""'"" "" *■'' '"^ -A. D. r. lo tlr. iat.' Lieut. U.)v. ru-u' ( aucluin and' Mr \V T u-\ ' . ."^ '^''"' '"""^'l.V tiovernor Aikins, resigning that positioi; r': eitl ' Th V l.J'A "I'" '^- '»' <" »" ';*«•"'.• p.THonalIy. and have utt..ined a leading position^, tl J ZLZ J^W .YZ^St^Xt ''"""' LKADIXO Hl'HlXESS HOUSES. 103 Brvdoil and Mcintosh, Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines, 4f.7 Main Street. -A most important branch of commercial activity and one deserving of special mention in an Ins- torical review of Winnipeg's principal industries, is the piano and organ trade. 1 romment among the leading and most thoroughly representative hrms in this line of business are Messrs Brvdor and Mclntosli, whose handsome and commodious warerooms are at JNo. 40/ Main Street, aojoining the new post office. This business was established about eleven years aao bv Mr J. R. Clements, and passed into the possession of the present hrm hve years ago who have built up a large an.l permanent patronage among the best class of citizens an.l S-oughout Manitoba Ad the Northwest Territories. ^fessrs. Brydon and Mcintosh are agents liere for the following excellent pianos : (Jhickering, Haines Bros., hrnest Gabeler and the Ncwco ...be and the unrivalled English pianos manufactured by Dreaver of Liverpool In organs, they have the Estey, Shoninger aiul Doherty which are noted for their purity of tone su|eri< Hty of Hnish and .lurability. They also nol.l the agency of the celebrated Household Swing machine, manufactured r.t Providence, R. I., which includes all the latest improve- mSan.l mechanical devices, and they keep in stock a full line of Butterick s well known and popular patterns. The ti.nrs warerooms are one hun.lre.l feet deep, havmg a frontage of i ..ighU.n f.^et -m Mail. Strc.t. an,l their facilities for tmi.s.ictmg business arc of a ^^tiu-tb n^t- ..Lh .hanutcr. Mr. \Vn,. Ihy.lon cun,c here from (;uel,.h ab.n.t twelve ^^''^^ ''«"• ,^,X;;' ,; W \. Mclnt..sh. «!... liail.H from Montreal, arrived alxmt two years h.tvr. Hot! nun Iks ot the lirm are thoroughly conversant with tlie buMi.ess in which tlioy are engaged, au.l all n - jncsentationH made by either may be implicitly relied upon. W. t'l-irksoil. Merchant T.nlur. ;U4 Main Strct. Prominent an.ouK the ...ding and n.ost su.ves'f!.! tail..,.: i.. Winni.K.g is .Mr, W. Clarks.,,.. whose cs.abhshn.cnt .s at No . l Main Stn-et. near the Bank of Montreal blo.k. He ,k a native of ••■''«'''"';,!'' \'J;',,' 's upuanlsof !•.> years, when he establishe.lhin.selt on his own account. 'I'-'/'r^^' .^^^^^ (tiu.- ai..i .;..nnii..dinr.s. in the tnitlst m t!ir Irtrt ...,-n <— -i i.i.!. . .i.!.. - - ■ . ■ ,, , - . . ■ p..rpose. He canies a most extensive and well assorted st^o.k rompnsing t attst ' ult fashionable wo.dlens. .•assin.eres. an.l other suitu.gK. b,.th .uij.orte.l an.l . ^ .„..,......- ,„irmi.nt« made Mr. Chuks.-n eiiiph.ys a st.illof the br.t cutters an.l tailors to be ha.l, ami the gaiments mailf !(}4 LFAI)1X(; lUSINKS.S HOLrSElS. at las establi«linicnt iiie luiexce led tor lieauty of design, superiority of workmanship and finish. His prices are very moderate, as he does a strictly cash business, and all orders are executed in the promptest and most satisfactory manner. iiy strict attention to customers- wishes, coupled witii a straifihtforwar.l system of honorable dealing, Mr. Clarkson has won his way into the front rank of his trade. 'J'his establishment is one of the first of the kind in \\ miiipeg and is tlie resort of those whose taste demands the very best that can be procured at prices that are now considered almost fabulously h)w. In style, make, (.ualitv and all tlK.se points that are iibsolutely es.^eiitial in a j.erfect suit, this lu.use is unsurpassed, while its experience and general character is the highest guarantee of satssfaction in every ivspect :ilerri<>k. AlHler.SOll & Vo., Wholesale Stoves and linwareand Commission Merchants, II McWilliam Street Kast.—l'romiiieut among the wliolesale houses of \yinnipeg stands that of Messrs. Merrick, Anderson & Co., whose offices and warehouse are located at No. 11 McWilliam Street East. This firm has been established in business here since 1882 an. I ha- a very large trade ex- tending throughout Manitoli.. and Tci ritoiies. As whole- sale ('ealers in stoves ami tinware, their goods arc noted for superiority of material and (inisli, and they keeii on hand a large and well seJecte.l stork of stoves of the latest designs and most elaborate i)atteins. Among the tirms reprc-ented by this house are I >. Moore ,V Co., Hamilton .tores, tiinvM-e, etc.; Cratln , n & Caverhill, M..iitreal," heavy hardware ; Caverhill, Learmoiit & Co., Montreal shelf hanlware: liurrow, Stewart it Mibie, Hamilton, scales; Dominion Harb Wire Comjiany, .Montreal, f-- wire, etc.; .1. W. I'aterson (t Co., Mont'eal, tarred eit.' etc.; Hamilton Industrial Works Comjiany, \Mingers, etc. These are the leading houses in their lines in the Domin- ion, and their i)roducts are everywhere recognized as of the very best quality. Through "Messrs. Merrick, Ander- son & Co. they do a very large busim in the Northwest. Merrick, Anderson * Co. occupy three stories at No. 1 1 McWilliam Street Kast, but even those extensive premi.ses are insufficient to aeconiinodate their large stock, and they have warehouses in other jiortioiiH of the .ity. 'I'lie firm is comprised of Messrs. (ieo. A. Merrick and T. A. Ander- ,,,, . ^ , '^""'' l"'th thorough practical and wide awake laisiiiesw meu h,s hrii, was tlie first to introduce the famous Sy„!licate c<,al bu, nin, ,' o e ; 1 t c' l.uilmgton surface burning sf.ve, which for beauty and comfort has no eoual Thi^ stove is regulated so as to burn liar.l or .soft coal. ' i ■ u,.li? V "'"* R«'M««''**«>*;^'':;;%yrf'^' in tlie centre ui (he busiue.. portion of the city, tlie budding bc-.ng of brick. ■ WxlK feet m llimensions and four stories in height. Mr. dames H. Rogers, who manages he 1 oronto house, is one of tiic best known business men in the Dominion, an.l has a high reputatu.n in the om. niercial circles of the eastern provinces. LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES city. Brown aiul €ol»l«'"<=^ , cohuuu. The (uoiu. ^•;;t»;;>;« ":--.Sa '::: it'S;;vtith the';:;. the hi^^st landing in this --;--£-:;, Z holi' ^ M::^.. IVo.n & C^lhle,^. at No, j-ress au.l .levelopinent of tiado m ^) " '] '^-'. ,„^„tiou in thispi.hlicution. Foiuuled in 188',. ?,1H Main Street is «"titlea t<. nunc h^P' >"t ^-^^ ^^^^^.^^^,^1 ,,^^,, ,e,„g„i.,ea as occupying Messrs. I', rnown and A. 1>. i. ointiu/., „ .. ,, l.y the very liighest jxisition and " ,";„.,intainTn\: it hv the superior character of its goods and wo k very n.g,...-,.,-- ^''r >',,?. tVt In tlu^ various .lepartnients of custom work, the signal intelligence of its nianage.nu.t n t .. ' ,,,,,^,. ,^„.i ^ts' furnish- .uerchant tailoring, -en's, youths and l.ysc^n dc^^U ^ .^^ ^^^^ ^ i„g goods, etc.. this house has ae.,uued ;^'"^';^:i ',,,,,, ' ,,nents. As eontrihuting m no ui-ss! variety, excellence, ;";<\lj ^^^,f S'cm clrn en.ploy not less than twenty-tive hands, small degree to the industries ot tl'V';"> " . „^^„,,iea 1, y this firm are very large ami com- .nd at tl?nes considerahly ">V'\,,{ •;:,j;X^XrLs in i^eight. , 'H- f oek .;f g.K. s cairie sterling personal worth S.„one. ,n.d €«.. AucU.me^. IJeal >J-- -1 Ja^mao... ^^,. ^ finest auction and ^1'"^^ " ''"•">.'*, '^J ,.";,*> ' 'he linn oeeui.y a two-story building, having a :«).. Main Street, corner o ^^ '^t^' ;^^' 7; ^ extcu'lh.tj had sixty -four, and the premises are frm.tage of fifty feet on Mam S eet am extu i ^ ^^,^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^_^ j,,„und lloor, am ami extenann{ nacK »iai^ -I^'^ll . .v... ' , ii ,, i ii.MUi.f;. ... —v , , . 'in,.. mricicHis otliees are h)cated on thegrouml tloor, ami snlendidly arranged for the husmess. I he sp.icKUis onRe« .ii^^ ^ ;..,;„„. ,,f .„„„1h l.rouiiht there is aniple accommodation for furni he snacliHls oniee« iiiu niv-iiLt'. ......... f,.--- urnitue and stoves ami other descripti.n.s of goods brought ,,.,„.,,,,„le. straightforward «.vstem o .a-g. ^ ^^^ \', • ^^.^j,, ,„,,)„, j,. ,,11 kinds of ...use- the hrn. are styled has heel, '■^''^"f '^ ';,',"„!' ^ t, .-re are always sure of speedy an, satis- ,,,,1,1 furnisldngs. while those «;^'''»'' <;« ^T'^ij ^^^ .k ,l,s, having a special yard for this pur- factory returns. Mr. Scoo.>cs »^'''> ^^""l^;^^^:,;^^ ''iml many lusid of cattle change hands ,„„. at the corner of I'rincess and •'^■''''" ; ^' ' ^ J,' , i„ .ii.ich they are enahle.T to oiler Lekly at these .des ^je h..n a so ,h^. n - d^-^^^^^^^^ J ^^., .,,, ^„„i,i„„ ^hey special bargains, and their se. \ ucs ' y ^1 *, > j ,.,,„ ,^ i^,,,,,;, , ..ositi.m in .-very movement arc well .,ualificAto act. ^l'■/7; rN ™ '' t\ due t.^his eilorts that the Manitoba in the inten.sts of the city '^l'" ''..f'^^;'^ ';;.„,, IHH'2. for the purpose ,.f redressing gr.ev- Live Stock l...alers f ^^^-^"^ 'v llu- ri w vs o " h.ts of cattle from Ontario, which resu ted ......esin relation t<. charges by the Midways nu ,^__ ,^.„,. Association, in which successfully. He h.dds the }•<'*:«""";/ ^'"^ ^V /^ representing the l.etakesa.leepinterest.aml is aso seu^^^^^^^^^^^ .K ^,^^ ,,;„„„ti.,„ ..f sport. !JStL;r'''M::'^;;o::- "^^'m - 'S -t->. --^ -"»y denervcH the Nueces, l. ha. achieved. LEADING BUSINESS HOrsES. ler V T ^iiiUll and Co.. Dealers in Bankrupt Stocks, Auctioneers, etc., •'>iyjj,'^j" ■JJ: 1. 1. »tinitll •"'"*;",, J , „^^,„ greatly in its proportions in this country (luiiiiK This s a ''-";,';«VJlffor he mst twdve n ntlfs the number of bankrupt stocks thrown on i\u No. iM7 Main Street, almost di. e^ly ''\>P"''^*'^ *T> Yhe carrvina on of the business. In a.l.V.- .limensions well --Xl it'-lf^^S^ ^ ^Cal^^aCLctioneers aiid general c.mi- tion to (lealing in bankiupt salts ^ '^^^ «• , ^ ^ consignment, effect sales at the mission agents, ^'«i"M prei'^rea t,, an c all l^^in.ls m^^^^^^^ returns They possess excellent best martet values, an.l '"'^k'^,^ ""^'^ Xr e H^^^^^^^^^ the city. Mr. Si:;sSgrS::tx^3e?:^nt^^ ana regard of all classes of SSi Tula in com.^^^^^^^ circles is held in the Inghest esteem. . i/. 11 -jn M..in s;trept — Ani(m"st the many prosperous J. G. Soi»er, Pioneer ^r <'alleY, :^^' ^^^^^^^^^^^^ J^^^ attract attention that of business enterprises winch Ime U e ^^;^t t;'^;'\.;^;;"'y.,,„,i,,e„t position. The Pioneer Art (ial- Mr. .]. (i. Soper, 341 Main Stieet '^^'P ^[ ^^^ ^ ], ,,J^ here from Toronto, where he lery of the city was established lu 188 ^U^^^^ Hs business has bad a steady and healthy had been con, uct.ng a ;'"" ' , f,^['™l|';\^^^^ to move into the present more commodious m-owth from its institution until he lias Deui louui i .^^ annensions. S central preinises -I'l''-!-:-: -j^f ^^ ^S^le ' ^I^^ f- ^'^ '^'^l^^'^^ "' ^^ '"■'^^ ,ir.ll liidited with immense plate glass iioni,it.i'Y^ fe f am. s favorable. The gallery is contmua ly thronged by the art loving citizens, who apprec a c t e 1 uie .lisplay of meritorious works which are to hef unl here, the walls being literally covered SoDcr's c^dlection are some very hue hnglisli steei o traviiu's which attract consulerable attentni . Thlse Mun-avings with many other goods he recent- Si^ilXrSenttt^^^^^^^^ 5!r^--:s:iva£;7t^^^ h.'.ir Siberian hair, black, brown, red and if m s'uJes Clger. titch hair, roonah and b^:^; ; VN'hatnmn-s world -^""-lir^llXm? iS --^ -"'^as boards: Mold stick, mahogany crayon, transfer and tracing papei • J^-;;! •; "> ^ , ,oinpositicm placjues : cards, stand.s, etc.. satin wood and fhina pa c tcs ; ';. '^l' ^ ^^^ *^^ ',,rge stock of Xmas cards have been rc- suiUible for all njanmn; ot •'^„^';\\^'^ ' J '» X>thers. Sir. Soper, being a practical carver and oeivcd from liapluvel, 1 uck ;\;;;,' 'j "^j^" ,,bled to turn out work that con.pares favorably gilder and eu.p o.yu.g sUiUcd ,';'','; J,,' ,,,0 Clontinent. He manufactures .all kinds ot with any establishment ot a s i.u ■*""";,, ,„.„„.ti„gs, etc. A large stock of mouldings l,i,tu,e frames, such as tine '"" '^'^''^f'^^*;^ ' , ,, erience and natural artistic tastes have em - I kept constantly on hand. •^; ; 3, ^^^J' f ,,i,S,„,si„css. and through his upright and lion "tl^ K:l''':^^e';u:d rSltJc l«ieut, this enterprise has attained its present prop... - tions of a leading prosperous city imlusttj. ist known life insurance 16S LEADIXO HUSINESS HOUSES. . . 1 • =. .>,.;n,.i„lp of Hie lowest cost consistent with absolute safety, onceamen.mthctniel.usniesspunuple ot the umtst c insurance, and the iiiiusc.l |>orti<»i "I tin- IiieimiiVi "I . '^ ' ' . ' ,„j|,„|„ ,,|,,vi,i„„f„r „ i") ptr ooiit. innrtiiiUT. .,1. T,. ,1.<.«- tl,.. II.. »....!« i;"l"' ,;',,,':,, ," " s'h." .„ i.l-,.,t 81 , .(KKJ 111 tlio lir.l ,,,,I,.,,«KI ,,f ,,..- msi,.,.i 1.^ » ir;;;r ,;^r;»:.' i» .^"« .; ;-- -■ :;^!^'s,i' ;;;;i"S',&';:i,;™;r;s x" ;?."'i;» company is iMiun.l to prosper in the Northwest. *^^'"®^' ^, 1 ...1 1. I1-) \l-iii> Strpi»t I'l'oniine;;*^ anion" t',ie retail A. a. Morgan, T^-ts an. ^ '--■ «tc |\^ ^ -^^^'T*^" ; ^, ,,';,, ,ituate,f at No. 41--' houses of the city. "' t''^' ''"''* jV;'' f''''^;|'"'-: !,%*'' V^ f n,r yea's aj;o l-v Mr. Morgan M.in Street, in the > clntyre lUoek. l*^,,; ^' ^/"^"^^ .."alitfca- . ith Lniitcl cap..!, Imt ^-,i;-|;i:^' j;'.,^:-^^.: '^: ;^, ;. o/ most of tL leading falnilies of Mr. Morgan-s facilities for transacting '^"^'""^^ ' \ "J,^ ^^L trunks, valises and traveling liin, to offer special advantages ^"^"^t'.n.ers He - o^^d d^^ , , "^ ; ,^„„,i,ny lo.at^ ^'S:;i j:uZ:;;rfS. .::nr '-ar 1' "n t;;^u:tions and riCly deserves the success wail wliich he is meeting. r n IMu'lail. F.»its au.l Confectionery. 4(.4 Main Street. More than any other line E. I». 1 I" ••""• ' " . , ,i,,,„.jn,i ,y thorough Ill-actual training .m tiic part ot of husmess. perhaps, ,loe^ the nut tta.lt Kuanu i,^,„/,„<.re perishal.lc article, an.l the immmmmsmism, tcnsivcly 111 c.nfcctmnetN, 111 « hull IK keep > i« hu-'e and neatly arrange.l 1.' timatio.i for hi. strict integrity an.l sterling personal w.irtli. B J Parkin. I'"i'>'lar Photograph Parlors, 4;i4 Main Street. The teii.lency of an ...•cupa^ r„in of this nat "e is .. devel.-I. in the aitist th.- m.isl .riti.al and analytical dlstinct.on ot „in ot tln« • Y". " , that natiw uenius >\hich l,e ..ngs t.i the ti iie artist can properl\ ''-'tiVKiid ui^t;. "^t^ ^.. e - it>^xact relation t.i th.- suhject. In.leed, tlie practi- d ;:'Xi^ t ™' .-r .'m .Inlv scire the hi«hest results from tJhe p..ss..ssion of tliose norma LEADlNfi BUSINESS HOUSES. 1(59 <, tUe ae.i.-e.l light .u.I ^^ ^^rSi^;'" ^n^/'^r ^Kiuf eS":^ ^ wSfS niialities ui hiH favci, the ' V^'" ''',.' "l-^", '",,,,. ,,^ ,,f ^his work for the inspection of visitors, a,. .1 ', „,la,.ity. Mr. •^^■■'^'•'''^^I'^Vo.r ,t t Vworr.l.uein the city. H^ \v,^, h..n i^stf- kbi'i:rt;:;;:r?.::ryr;':::;:nr"^^ f^i^^rS'ii:::;-:^!:^^ ^- •--- ->-- ---'^ ^^"^^ ^tnunents au,l apparatus known *<• '- l''-^-- -^j^^^j^ ^ ,„„.„e,. He is a genial, co«. :S:.:::rhr::S.i-^i E;rsVn:;ls;sri i. aLrvea^y popuw with au .u. of eiti/ens. hein<; whilst the most aural)le as well as the most chaste and ornamental to he ol)tain(Ml. These white Uronze luonuiueiits are rapidly takini: the place of stoiu'. much cheaper, they maintain tlieir c,aor. Messrs. Mnir it C'o's premises at No. <)1 McWilliam Street Hast are HOxTO feet ill ilimensions, Imt the tinii have machinery storea all over the lot and in v:uious parts of the citv. Ml'. Hohert Muir has l)een m luisi- rpStei:ri!:^^.!havin.l.een"'"'^^^' ''sUrtea in- the, nachinery business , • 1 „f t,->,l.. until ISS'i. wlien the present ,1 in the implement ti a. k niitu i. gasca main.- Having '"-^"F>«^^'\^'"V":^; ! r: ::. !X,;.ers. as K;;=..n in^.;:: machm^y ;-i^^^^^^ ^r'^p;:, aiu^.tages t. customer. A. . faeturers, M^-«-- '<"'"■'• .^ J!' >„V, we eau heartily commeml tins ♦'- "• "^ "."^ , p„,„. leaaing Ik.usc hi the ".'^'l" • ^''^ J,,, (.'omhinatioii Heaters, manulaetuiea ->> •). t . 1 ta for the Kconomy '•"'"^"•'•" ■'", ^™,,e N Y. ace Co., ..tToronto, i»nt., ai.a S>..i^ust, N.-. . ;^il:-r;ut '.";r;i' i«";.*> *■= i--«'»- "'■ •■""""' " "'"' ''■" inisHioue.rs. 170 I,EADING BUSINESS HOUSES. H IViUaii -inil VO . Fniit, Oysters, (;anie, 2 McDennott Street. ..a ^;^,?JS-:?!^.wlshn,ent. inihe city i«.t,..of ^I..^s. H^^V U.. C)i'.e of the neatest .11 and C(i. , dealers of led 'his ,,,1 most attractive -tabhs uneii s n. me ci.j^is^.u.^ ..^y^.. .^^ ^^^^^_ ^,^^ ^,^^,,^^,. ^ saies amount to very large ngures a.muallj . M. • H, pu \N • ""^'^^ ^^ ^ ,.vv Vorl. frnit estah- .letails of th. )..i.iiies., having serve 1 an ••^in''''^"t ^f ■*,*,,; .^^^^^^ y,^;^ ;« oeing reeeived lishmen., and his facilities and c"n"cc tu.ns ave f a s ,^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ almost daily, and the stock always nicliules ti.e ^f^f ;";'" is done <• .> rs an.l all orders tailed at hut a slight margin above -"-t l>nce^ A la. gc ^de s lone ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^ for the delicious bivalves are hlled n. the Pi" ' 1 1^^* ' ^ » ^^ '^^,;. - ^,^ ,„i,] »t the Wilson also receives ''-ly /-'^.^""-f ""'l^^'l^f'^'^.t:^ LC h'^;.^ h,. facilities for sup- K"mm^-dal circles as an honorable, straightforward business nuir. ,. ^. •• „ M ,. i,.,„f TnU.v '^iiO Main Street. -One of the most active, enterprising II. SaiMllSOll, ^l'''f,'\"V^; I";,,;! t, ;'^ H. San.lison, whose handso.ne store a„,l ,.o|ud.u. biisinc^ men - '^^ ^f '^^^ '>^ 2. Sandisou has been established in busmess roiiage accorded it by all classes of the public. by a very large «' " ;; . J '^.^ '1 Vies le.i V.la lU books of all sides', from the l,reast-pocket ■ZSLy uJ:":l iLSiSc «n,l ' »if'.™,ly |.™.i.'t - l'«Si"8. I- '■"« e--' "■" """"■' ..f the entire coiimmnity. LKADING BUSINKSS HOUSES. 171 i„,u.l,le Bha^cs colo,. -- WU.,^«. Mk ^^;,;j-^:,X>e^t ave unexoelle,l forl.eaut^ of .le- tailoi's to l.e ha.l, ami tlu, feaiiiieiu» '" ^ luoilerate, and all onlers sign, .u,.e.nor,ty ..f ^•'';»^";; f^'' ^j; „^;'i„,,,, ' ' Vlr Mel>her«on guarantees to give a '"'TT^'m IT'r Sr hf^taS^enul^l'tbce .lays in ,nu-ehaLg a new suit. He is perfect ht, wliuli is pti naps u t. fc, ....sided in \\'iunipeL' for the last two years. He w u native of Prmee '''l^;;;;;' f ' ',;' '^' ter in ' i tegri^i, an.Uiheral puhlicspirited disposi- K"!;:;; ma:!:•^:r eSl^'of f-'lends: =:;id "l^ enj.>:^ t^ esteen. and contidence of his fellow- citizens. <^««,..r.. -^viii ("arria-e Manufacturing and Horse-shoeing, li) Bannatyne Street _.Vn:n"'ti?rn?il'n'e/otthe°city,tlua,r.f carriage n>aking occupies a leadn.g position. ,,;a johl^.' an.l "-amifacturer of carriages se,gl>s etc no one lu.s a Letter reputation than Mr <'»^" «« ^y^"' whose shop and ^^'-'-t/'''"''^ '"'^^T rK.s i. he feet square at No. l!» IVannatyne Street Ivist. m t u, Imildi.g fornierlv known as the Bank Hotel. Mi. Ryan came here 'f, un Perth, Ont., seven years ago, •u.d has been engaged continuously m this line of l.usi- ;^i e::: sh;ce, n.::;.ting with a large .Ujgree o success. All the work turncl out hy luin is of the best ., la it^ and no articles of inferior manufacture are found at his iuishmcnt. Mr. Hyau also doos a !-«« J;~f in horseshoeing. ( »nly those who own or hax e ch.u g. alual.lc horses can fully appreciate the services u a t^ioroughly experienced and strictly hrst-c ass h , e- «hoer, and special mention should there ore he made i this connection ..f Mr. Hyau s c^t.hl.shmen . N c . vrn en-aged in this line in W mnipcg maintains a hi: I'e r. putati..n for superior work, and none enjoys We measure of public fav..r, the unitorn. satistac- tin ^'uered t,. patrons, and the energy and sound ! -n aispWe.1 i" the management ot the business einu tie chef feature c.mtributing to his nuccess Sskilled workmen are euiph.yed and none but the being made to order an.l Imrses shod as .lesiie.l. East, and, ni Dst excellent work is] .lone, shoes Fould's Block, Main street. -Prominent aiimug the lea.lin- retail ^ ''X'/'.^' '"'^.'^'tij,,,. House. It is situated in the .Lblishinent..f Nlr..;l,M. V''''''''r-'^l!''^^'^;n,'!^?.^^!;;t^a„r^ S.piave, a few doors ^ very centre of the business portion ot lar-e an.l coniiiD.lious, embracing an M. t oonuies, Kill)" .1 ii" i^"^ ■^-»'- - -^., , , ^ ,„,,,,, ., f,.w doors U..ulson.e new Fould-s Block .,n the ^Xloc-S:! ii:^r;e;T e n^'?tSri;:inc:s^.tiL of n„rth of the .ity hall, ami is eonse.pien Ij /l ; ^^ J'^^^, .^^ '^...a co,nm.,di<.us, eml.raciug an the city. The premises occupied b> Mi. I . om es au ^ o , ^ l.eneath for storage Llmii.U,ly arranged st..re ISxfi.. fee l^^"-"^ ' ;;,^f ' .j . S„ a large and complete ass.nt- Murposes. Mr. C.ombes '''%^\«l'^,'''''^^'\f ',t, V^ .'is 1, .-s in all the latest an.l most fasli- u.ilt of the tinest .p.al.ties "^V^'''l'''^.u'' '\C .,, , ^ill new ami fresh go.ids, wluch ... ch.thmg ami gets "•'■''«'«.,■'■. , a -,,.,,, go.uls, which in i';u;bi::;^yles and pattens. The st.ck - '^^^ --i;;! f^ .1 id"i" ami garl^u-nts for mem i.self is an important matter to F'^'''^^''" ^. , /J,'; ^J ;,!,,,».'« ..f ch..ice in .nate.ial ami style y .utl.s an.l children ot all si/.es and I"'' '''7: ,'',;; ^^^ goods in the market, and all lu: Coombes has also ...le ..t the .-'l'''''^'^^^^,^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1 , ! ,'J 1h..n.ugh experience .n the are ..tler.Ml at most reas..nable prices. »'^^ ''«.'■,''„, .-, ,,, ,,.„ards both .juality and price. business, he is able to oil r special '^'^^''^'t'^ ^,, ,^"S ^'r", .,,a.er ..' tlu. Hrn, of Co-n'-^ & ^;^;S;:t?;:::e;vi:-^^^^^^^^^ r":t'a:rho;^.Si--3i--'^''-^^ "'^ ''''-'''''' "" "" ' met with the success it .leserves. 172 LFADlN(i lUSINEHS HOUSES. tages to his numerous customers wliich they cannot leailily olttain elsewliere. Among liis manufactures, which inchi le all kinds of tinware, are cans sjjccially jireiiared for tlie whole- sale dealers for the {Kicking and sliii)i>ing of teas, coHees, sv)ices, etc. In this line Mr. Wallace does a large husiness, his work heing well done and therefore greatly in demand. Mr. Wal- lace has heen a resident of Wiiniiiieg for the past si.\ years and 's well known l.y every one as an energetic, piisliing and enteri)rising husiness man, who possesses all the essentials of succesii in this western countiy. He started liis present estahlishment three years ago, and the largt.- l)iisiness he has secured is the merited leward of his industry and good workmansliiir. Nobh* and .lollIISlOIf, 'Irc^ceries and Provisions, H!4 Princess Street- I'niminent among tlie numerous retail groceiy cstahlisliments of tjie city st.inds that of Messrs. Xohle it .l((]\nst(..i, wliose ,])acious and elegantly arranged store is situated at No. 1()4 )'rincess Street. This was f(nuiy which tlieir 1) isiness is conducted. GlIlM'S and V».. I'mdmc ('oinmissi( .1 and ,Manufaring, its trade now amounts to hir^e pro])ortions. This is due to the energy and enter])risc of the head cif the lirm, Mr. (i. A. (ilines. ivlio is reckoned among our most pushing and goahiad merchants. The linn are- handling a large i|uantit>' of Imtter, \ihiih trade is hound to he second to grain only in the Northwest, which is unsurpassed as a dairying country. .Messrs. iilines it Co. aie iirepared tik receive consignments fiom all parts of the provinec and guaiantee prompt returns In addi- tion to Jie produce and commission husiness. .Messrs, (Uines iV Co. rei)resent tlu tollosving eastern houses: l.eonaicl P>ros., .St. .John, N. I!., and Montreal. Iioneless cod, curMJ salt watei- lish, et<.;'i p. I'helps. Montreal and llaltimore, oysters ami salt water fresh tish ; lUuine Manufact'irii ■ Co.. West .Acton. Mass.. ami .Montreal, and the .Moxie Nerve PoodCo,, Lowell, Mass.. ■" ' ..lontreal. We can eorilially recommend Messrs. (Ilines iV Co. as among the most esteemed firms ii, tlie . H. .McMillan. Hs<|. . nuUer ; H. S. Weshrook. Ksii., Mayor; Stewart Miihey, Ks(|., alderman, ami MePxan Piros.. grain meri'hinits. Winnipeg r. K, Henry llollaml .V Co.; A. C .M' i.ean. Ivsi|., grain T.ierehant ; .las. liasterA i o.. hankers, and riios. Cusljing, Km|., .Montreal Piicwing Co.. .Montreal. llliniliand i'» ■ Photos, and Photo, Stock, 474 .Main Street. It is hoth interesting ami instiiieii\t tit note the progress that within the past i|uarter-eentury has heen made in photo grapliy. the iniproveil applianees now in use presenting a marked lontrast to the crude methodH of an earlier ))eriod. .\ Iciding and popular Winnipeg estalilishnu'nt in this line is that of .MessiH, Diiltin it Co., whose handsome apartments occupy an exceedingly eligihle hxation at No. 47J Main Street, lorner of liannatyne Stieet. The spacicuis pieniises eomprise two iooiiih of cimimoclious area, the reception rooni heing fnrnishecl in an elegant and > haste manner, and well adapted for the display of the heautifld s|ecimens of excellent Woi k. w hile the op. lating mom is fully ei|iiipped witli ill the latest impio\ed methods and appliances incidtnt to tin- purpose. Pictures are taki II Ky the uiosf modern processes of pholo^raphy \>\ which the tea lures of the young and ageil are easily caught « ilh the most surprising.; lift like lideliiy Mr. hutlin always exandnes i arefully intoe\er_\ thing new that is ever intiodm ed into photogiapliy. and if hi' considers it piio ticahle Mud any iniprovement on what he has liillieilo used, never Jails to adopt ii riieif is the most phitsinj,; vniiety in liis pietuies. his positions are all chiiacteri'.ed hy an ease and Kiace which \eiy few photogiaphel s lan olitain. Mr. I>utlin also deals hugely in photouraphic mateiials. and his tiade extends tli|ou(:hont .Manitol.i and the Territories. Mr. Ihilliir oceuiiies tin positn f heing the iildest (stalilished photographer' now doing hnsiiieKM in W imiipen, lra\inu opened his studio here in ' " " ' U<7'-'. w hi'ir lie I'liini' frurri iNMigslon, <'''^>''>«; >' ■^;,^, ')*^^"''* hKo^^ Ko.mIs e r,bvaees tine garments. This, he is at r.ll t.mes prepared to g" ran^^^- ,^, ,\''"^,,,„L*' styles for eo-ts, :!lothH, woollens, iM.glish and I ren.h ^^^f^';;'-^ "J * JV, 1 v S ' vnishe.l fron. tue pants, vests or suits. Me carru.s a ^'''^tock, w . i.^^."«tan >^ h^^ ^^^^._^^,^j^ J.F.«OU.a11.C'arriage>,aUing,.;FortS^^^^^ tile an.l nuu.utactmu.g interests wonl. ;'•:'';'''' f^^ 'Sa I is the enterprising proprietor, ..Htahlish.nent at No. s: 1-or >treet. of ^l''^'' J^' ; ; \- ,, ,iT ,,,,, inning has attah.e.t propor- The business was cstahl.shea six years ago. an.l f.on. a «""^'' .''^,M";^ ^^^^.^.j^.,. ,„,„,,s are now tions of cnshlerahle n.agnitiu e. _^,.*^k^.„==_ tJ,,? ,.o,u.ern, whieh enjoys the re- given constant eini>loynient hy ^^g^^^^^gT ,„am.faetorv of the kin.l in the imtati..n of heing the lea.ling ,^^^ mMt,;^^^ A..,„>,t.o,>.r\<- Don-all, hut the putati.>n of I'enig the leading eity. Forniei'ly the tii'tn was partnershi|) was lirouglit to a ter- liusin.'ss was .livi.le.l, Mr. .\i'ni- ilepartnient. while Mi'. Dougall l.raneh. Having a tli.)rougli and fr.nu a lengthy exi)eiienee. ■ this .■ouiitry. Mi Arn.stroiig *: Dougall, hut the - inination two years ago, when the ■iJ strong taking th.' horse-Hh.>eing F retained the earriage making pra.ti. alkn.)wle.lge of the husmess well uii.lerstan.ling the si)eeial Dougall is ahle t.. turn out work ...•eupies a large work shop. 'iox,.. •■ • • He is a native ot Renfrew Out. , hut has ivsid.'.l m W imiiiM'g h.r the past ,n>uii..ani. t„,. lus h..n..ral-l.. Imsiiu'^s nu'thods an.l sterling mt.'grity. WU.. IllnO, Ta.i,h.n,ist. ... Main Str.H. FoHive year, and a l-^^^Mr., ^Wm. Jiin. has heen engag. .1 in llie ..nsiness ot ^i'^'' '''''; .;';,,^,''',t,^; are eo leetionof stutVe.l Leasts, n..n.Hat No. 211 >''^"' f ^7'V;r'r ; 'ui s f X^. ' pli-^ '-» 1- l.ir.ls. tish an.l i. ptu. s.>i an . i ^.j^^^ ^^ ,^^^„. serve.! in the m..st artistie style ^^'• ' '" , ' t „f taxi.lertnv, an.l ,iate.l with him are l.oth th..r..ug-. ^^^^''*;;'^^'^^Z^h^ all work .■..nti.h..l to their -';; - .;^;: ^ !. ^ " :: :„;:,n.l {iien.selve, Their spe.'im..ns are perte.'t an. ^ > ' ' '^ fj , ^,„ i„i,,,,,„ j,, tl.o art. to all pers..ns of ivtinement an. eultuie nl.o *'^^ ' . j (,„, ,i,„„ 'n,.. „!agni.i.-nt e..lle. ti..n .,t hij.ls ';''' ™ti ^ - ^ '-"-"- „ i,„l..ws ..f Mr. nine's '-';'''l'^''''':;;' ^ ,,, ' ^I exh.hits at evlM-i- -"' f'-'ir"^ ^;:;;;:'''^M Xiec n iVaEthh:; fi-m . smaU ..hj t ..ns III this .•oiiiitiy. .Ml' """ \'"' ,„.,.H,.rve ^.'^ >.'.'''„:,::«;;;,;;•■„ .,,l,er el.Je.. Oi .■.nilHe - ' - ^^ "'"' 174 LEADINO BUSINESS HOUSKS. tales amount to aliout !?!."), 000. The shelves in this establishment are loaded with the works of the standanl authors and with the leading puhlii'ations of the principal [niblishers. He has also a very large stock of school-hooks, and a nun'e complete line of paper, blank hooks and itationery cannot be found in any eastern house. The show-cases are filled with photogra])h itlbuuis and the choicest styles of fancy goods from the leading Canadian, American and Kuro- pean nianuf letuiers. Mr. Russell is a public spirited man who has always manifested a deep interest in the city's permanent welfare and ])ros])erity, and has ])iiid special attention to edu- eational matters, lieing now a meml)er of the Winidpeg School Board. T)u*ing his long and 'iu.sy cai'eer, he has ever sustained an excellent re])utation for lionorable, straightforward deal- ing and sterling integrity, wlii-.'h has won for him the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citi- zens. Mr. Russell is tiic oldest issuer of marriage licenses in the city, and we can state on jjood authority that his l)usiness exeeeils all other issuers in Winnipeg. Will, rioiltflior, Knglish Chop TItuise, 3!t.') Mam Street. There is no more poj)ular or hettei' known establisliment in Winnipeg than t'loiigiier's JMiglish Cho)) House, located at No. 3!I5 Main Street, a few ened his ])reseiit ]iremises on Main Street, which aie ab"iit 'idxIOO feet in size, and are fitted up in the most elegant style, no expense having been s])ared in order that it should eclipse anything of the kin eldargi ,1 his business. His present .salesroom and work room embraee two storejs. each 'jix.")!! fele ability, and is iiioiuj^ o us an upright anil honorahlt business man. Joseph StOVel..Men..ant;n.lor. 2;. MainS^^^^ popular merchant ta.h.ring '^«\^^>'l'''l'"'^'''^^'" ,^);"'S J', 1 , sLss in Winnipeg for about Hve Iviaiu Street. Mr. Stovel lias been engaged "^''^^"^^^ as well as the custom years, .luring which he has greatly increased tK-f.u^^^^^t^^^^^^^^^ >u«^ ^ ^^^^^ 7,f the concern, ami now enjoys a very 1>7;' 'f ^ » f^^'^. hpe.l with every manufacturing con- <3lega«t, being 'iTxTOtect .11 .li.nens.ons am .. >;'[?'„" .^i^ ' ,^,,, ,,,mprise.l uV. thelatest venieme kn..wu t,. tins .mp..rt.uit industry. / ., f '' ' ^^(j^ "^"'^ i,;,,ellent care auu ju.lgn.ent .ui.l most fashi..nable imiM.rted goo, s au.l ''f/^"' , ' '7;';'';,,, 'n„ ^^ i„ pn.e and ..uality lK.s been exe.vise.l in the selee ...n of ^') ^^(^J^'^ ,^l',Z"'' x. a militlry taiL.r Mv. as to fully satisfy th.. taste and means .>f all S^l~ *. ''^. '.'' ,,.^i„„, an.l fa.'d^ti. for supply- Stovel luis w,.n a high reputati.m, ami he en,,..ys *'" '^' '"! ^,; ' ' ; ^ ' f, work, are atten.hJ to, i.„ all ..nlers in that line entrust.1 -. '^ ^^^ ,^ ..^^ci perl" lit an-l excellent ...rk- but a specialty h made o hue vork, M.. ^<^ ,•;' ^"^^ ^u^. "stablishment. no pains ..r expense mauship. As many as h teer. 1, -.ds are ^•''M»l<'> , j J *{ ^ ' \ ' ;. t,„, ,,,,1 l,e. Mr. Stovel being spared to fully nierit the ','--\l';; '-;X,, ^f '^ ^ r^U'.s'f^ twenty years, cu.iug was f.)nnerly m business in Meafoid, < ■ it., ami on . * '^' , , . , j ,„.„spen)us an.l gr.w- ;;;,^\s;:'■l"'l^■in';::';«".V''":■'i;*'":^"■!""^»"" ,'»,„. .i,.^„u™ respect ami esteem .)f liie c.nnmunity. ^ Til. MH'lary Man.ifJict.irl.ii; ^^''^^"^::^;j;;;'^::'\,:^^^^^^^ ^;- -•-;i;ir;;::;n\.:r.uh:n;i;tn£i3 -- - - --p- ,vre h.cated at L..n,l,.n. 0..t., while the; • are bram'hes ,n M.m K treal. T<.r..nto ami Winnipeg, an.l .'''•''''''•\,»''''*?''\": ;,:;''''*; , liu" the tra.le in the .litler.-nt sections ..t the countl.V. Hu^ ilranch in this city was estaMislu'd in IHH-J. ami the vobnne ot business .h.ne annually in this country rcacaes very ^^i^V^'^' ,.„rti..ns, i-iving c.nstant em^doj^nent t.. s,x han.ls. I «'^" " pie rooms ,in,l ..tii.e are at S... 7 l'..rtage Avem.e, « h. a. '<■ warehouse is situatrd ..n Point Douglas Avenue uh.ngs ule thri'nld'vn I'aeitic Railway. »!.- g-atly tachtatn.g he loa.ling an.l unL-ading of st.-.'k. Phe n.anuta.ture.. o t . t m n hiv attained a v. id. s.-- sid .rlebnty. an.l at thet oh.mal \:\ n^'non In .on.l..n. (i.'B.. tln.ir largeexhil.it "f t'-^-'l ;;»-';^ attention, with the result that extensive .u,ler>* Imve ..a... h in Ku^lan.l. T' most p..p"!ar st..ves are th.-inanu.u ..... llie M.'Clarv Mauiifaeturin- I ..mpany. Hie .\rt K..>.ii, a vrl.r st..ve intr..,lu.a-l by th.' linn this season, is ...ri.ai.s ti... dso,u.stHt.v, ...ver ma.te. while the •• l'^^"-"^ f^^V" 1| ^ the •A,.tive".tn.l "(Iran.l- kit.hen rang.'s are imted t... th. 11 linish. e...np.et • uhh ..f furnishings an.l ..■auty ..t ..•sign. u' eehLnit...! \tv.'^ .W.-me frying |.aus a.v tl, pr..du.t ..t this hi n, whu'h I. , , .ueturoH all .les..rit.ti..ns .,' tiiismi h s g....,ls. Ilu f„ll,e ■ . a iiMt of t ..- g.'ods turne.l ..ut at the w..rks in L..n <. ,n ■ M.-'vlars-H fam-.us .•.,ok stoves, rang.'s, i.arL.r st..ves. hox xlnse.* h.itel itoves, h.di..w ware. h..t air turnaccs. sa.irons,s ... ,,>„,iw ' st..ve tIneViV pLs. Aem.. tire veK ....al ..iUt^.v.,. o.a oil range . - '■•^;-!;":, , ,::i"^„„^..„. b..ar.ls, .•..ei-H- japanne.l w;Me. lupanne.! t< ilet Mue. slu.t '"" /"V, [„, i,„p,„.ten> J V,! in ware, a .ann...l w.ve .■..pp.'r p ts. tinsmiths 'y-T! ^ mn tu n -^ . '.., KushIh l.f in plates, Canada plafs, ga Ivan,...! shct 'l''''V,, ) ^'^ . i^' \' ;i« ^ i""' ^^•"•^•' sheet iron, /in.' si ts. ...pp.-r sheets, plan.she.l -"''^ **•'''" J. .;;.>' f,,'iV\;,anit.. lu-n war.. tinsmiths- t....ls ..n.l m.t.him.s. .rimpe.l elb..vNH (..11.. pi.-f>. gahanu .1 I. ,' • ,^ „f ,i„, !'ilk ml ..va ry ..n trimmings, ....t .v •"' ;*• -!';;„:^'"; ;„^ ; . .. ' , I uive genius ami ,„eriiani.-..l -Kill, i n. r\rr,:ii', r -f th.- • ""li"'.- •.,,,', tt- n.isc.li," th.' well kM..« .. man 176 LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES. Cirailt iV Hamilton. Paper Hanging, I'ainting, etc.. .")4.") Main Street.— Proiniiieut among the tliiiving iinsinci.s enterprises located on this busy tlioroiighfare will he found that of Messrs. (irant & Hamilton, dealers in wall [)aper, window shades, etc., sign and house painters. No. nVt Main Street. This centrally situated and well arrangecl establishment is 'iOxSO feet in din>ensions, two stories in ' -ight, large paint shop and stoi'e-rooms being located up-stairs and in the rear of the main building. The large sales-room contain.s a tine stuck, embracing all the latest and most popular liouse decorations which caniioi be excelled foi- ([uality or value by any other house in the city. An important liranch of the bu.siness is the house and sign painting, glazing, graining, i)aperduinging and frescoing de])artmeiit, and the^ superior excellence of the productions in this line have given the establisliment an enviable reputation in the trade, and a conseijuent extensive and lucrative patronage. This business was established eiglit years ago by Mr. A. K. Robinson, and in 188") was assumed by the present tirm, consisting of Messrs. Amlrew Crantand T. S. Hamilton, and has ccmtinuedto grow in fiize and importance, until now eight hands are given constant eni})loyment. Hotli memljers of the Hrm have had a lengthy ])ractical experience in the business. .Mr. (irant l)eing formerly a member of the tirm of .Saunders & (liant, while Mr. Hamilton was head of the tirnt of Hamil- ton & Kerr. Their jjresent eminently pros))erous business is the result of superior .skill and upright, honorable dealing. Al. TrailllW«'is«'r, Shaving I'ailor, (i(»4 Main Street. In IS8'2 .Mr. .\1. Tiaunweiser eame herefrom Hamilton. Out., and started a hair dressing and shaving pinlnr at \o. (i()4 Maui Street, which is one of the largest and most elegantly furnished establishments in tlic city. Ml'. Traiinweiser has also in connexion with his shaving ])arlor the largest and best ap- pointed biith rooms in town, where hot and cold baths can be obtained at any houi' during the day or evening, and at nu)st moderate rates. The bath r ns are kept in splendid order, and are a mo74l Main Street. Mrs. Uarr, Pro)). I'erhaps tin i c is no business in our lair, itv which slwiws the piogicss nf ii\ ili/ation as much as that carried on by •s. H. K. Carr at the .American .\it (lallcry (Ciieapsiiic lUock), No, ."174.', .Main Stre since she started with but small capital in iSN.'i. •" lile it nnist 1m: admitted that the sun cannot fad to reproduce whatever Ject is placed before the camera, it is still a fact that the success of a photograph nnisi depend largely upon the artistic skill of the operator in selecting the proper ))ositi(ia and light, ami ni linisliing the picture in a proper nuiimer. afte" the sun has (•om])leted ids portion of the tank. .\n artist who understands the various details ami nniior re(|uisites to conijdete a satisfactory piiot>(gra|)li is entitled to high rank in the professicm. and Hueli a one we can reconnnend in the person ot .Mrs. Carr. Her rooms are adndiably lighted ami arranged, and the pictures taken by her will compare favoraliiy with those from aiiy metropolitan establishment. .Sirs. Carr makes a specialty of childreiiH pliot7. Idinaldsun, ' ' .1 is : leogni/eil as a shrew d and eiier getie HU'reliaiit wlm iia.s aehieve(| sui'cess liy remarkal.' en- . >;,, and enterprise, coupled with a thorough knowledge of (he tastes ami wants of the p<'ople '.jr. Donalilson eame from (hitario, like inan_\ mori' residi^nts of Winnipeg, and eiiteccd into partnership with .Mr. Millaid in ISM.'t ill the grocery business, the tirm being known as Donaldson iV .Miliar!. Later Mr. Donaldson obtaineil entire control ol tiie business, and has largely extended it, so tli.it at tlu' present time his sales arc averagirg from .ssl'J.IMKt to iSI.'i.tKKI per annum, while lie carries a well assorted Mtock of goods valued at over l?:i,, 'I his establishment makes a specialty of teas and eoUeeH, and has achieved (jii'te a reputation as the place to get the best brands at moderate pi ices. The otock of ueiienil Lrriicvrii'H is aUii eiiijiiiii-te i|i everv reMpecl. 'Mul eVervthiMi; nc.v.lt'd in t\::i'. I Tea Store, while buyers have the great satisf.ietion uf knowing tlittt they are getting the very i-est \aliie for their mniiey. .Mr. Donaldson ('enel ves success, and we are pleasi'd to see that In- is t 'curing a very fair '.nuamtie of it. ( LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES. 177 I TlinillSOn and €o., Un.lertakers, ->2!t aiul a!?! Main Street. -The establishment of ,.f very l.>rB« F"!""'"""' ,, " 'i "r:!'™ [° "S; ete" o S ml lio Mr. 'n.....™... i« prLllc^lly patronage. n K nill'-wall. Manufa-'tuiin- Jeweller, .-.S4 Main Stroet. An.ong the various ex- . • .1 ^will^in.h .tries of Winnh.eg, whieh exercises an in.|)..rtant nitlnence upon our tensive '^'''' «''r,"«,^'f,f, :,;';; ;;,"^^^^^^ a n,..re useful p<.siti..n than the .nanufaetnnng S^di' n± "^n-ln^ the in;;:;;'Hs:ng III p.,.ular gentlenn^. in this line is Mr. 1). R. l)n,g- wall, whose elega-.tly ritted '..p estahlishnient is at No .')S4 Main Street. Mr. Dingwall is a Scotehiiian hv l-ii'th. ami like the inajcinty e, Out., where he was doing well, hut believing there was a larger und more protital.le tiehl in tlie glorious weft, .luiie to this eity and started husmess here in ISH-' Mr. ningwall then haiimi I- store is nndouhtedlv one of the largest an.l tinest jcwelrv estahlislimeiits west of Toronto an 1 is a ,rc.lit"to his push and enterprise. Mr DingwaU manufactures jewelry of all kiu.ls, and tiie work turned out hv his estahlishnient is unexcelkMl tor heautv and nrigiuality of design, superior and olahorate tinisli an.l artistic elegan.e. e is also Jill extensive dealer in Waltham. Klgin ami Springlield wat.'hes. and makes repairing of watches a sjiecialtv. all (uders h.^iiig exedited in tlie promptest manner and satisfaction guaran- teed Mr. I>iugwall is s.deagent f.u- Mauitoha ,•, , and Northwest Territori.'s for the celel.rated King s spcetaeles, which al vxpei ts ill that line, to hv the tinest mi.nufactured i lose wlio are li desi^ription would do well l.y giving Mr. i»ingNNall a call. e conceded hy the he.st need of spectacles of any »..vi.|-i' ll»IIM> niAS, W ILSON. I'roprietnr, 4NH Main Street. 1 he handsome Mul .Utra^th' tor" f Mr. Cha.les Wilson, kii..Jn as the Hevere House is located a No. 4«.« 'n in Street H. is very well known to the Winnipeg pnl.lic, haying hee.i .'"WW"' " ., ^' We h iLl"re for tl^e la., nine years In the spring ..f ISS5 he ^^V''-^' ^^Ztu^L ,,,„,„ „., ..legant li,nor est.d,lishmcnt which .s 'f •;;' "1' ;^''; ^^^ .^e r: ouSrwhi:- mal.nc. The stock eml.races all .lie l.est and mo..t pop, a. hi, ids -t M >.. kies, and lull lines of hrand es, wnies, ^-ns, cgars, '■'>;;• ;>''/,j^','^/,J.': ,;,,«t'popuI.u- |«..v.,re House i« noted for fc purity and excellence o. "'/''I'^, ^ 't\. n on nexiou 1 fine l.rands of imported and d<..nestie .iga.s a.e kept on ha.i 1. • ;' ^ ,.„ndition. Mr. i.:.!! ; -„.„.li...l «iHi tables of the Lust niiike and kept m ev . ii< nr . on o..^ citiirgy, put '. and eiit^pri.w 178 LFADING BUSINESS HOUSES. N, D, IHeDoiiald and To., steam Heating and Pliiniliing, '2-2r> Main Street.^One eompkte stock eoinpnsuig everything use.l in this line of trade. In addition to i)linnhi"nL/ Messrs. McDonald & Lo. deal in gas fixtures, steam fittings, cliandelieis for gas and oil sheet lead, lead jjipes, sewer \npes, etc., which are offered at the Ibwest ruling lates. Eiuht skilled workmen are employed, and as the firm consists of jnactical mechanics, the woik intrusted to them IS always executed in a substantial manner, and rarely fails to atlord the fullest «'itist'ic- tion. The members of the firm are Messrs. N. 1). McDonald and David I'hilliiis wlio were formerly connected with the American Plumbing Co. for five years, and thus gained a thorouL'i. knowledge of the trade in this city. Mr. McDonald came here from Ontario while Mr Phil- hps came direct from (ilasgow, Scotland. Both are well known as iierservering and eneriietic business men and genial, courteous ge 'lemen with wliom it is a pleasure to deal F. Wisliart, • ruits and tonfectionery, 400 Main Street.-TIiis business may truthfulK- be said to be devoted to the luxuries of life, although in the torrid weather of tjie summer set 8 o '. c . ton is large trade from its institution, and it is increasing ra])i,iiy. ss here in bSSl, ami have done Til f, JoliiJ Far!«'>. St.,veH. sheet iron, Copper and Tinware. II Jemima Street ''■"!':.uT..'"^::,lr'!.!" 1:"^^'" ./?';.'""">■ y^^r .'!• ^Vinuipeg ami elsewhere, and, as lu. sayn TI limself. has made anle devoted to tlie livery" busini'ss, in addition to a number of , f ,..,,.i>,r..« .•oune« boarders, tlie latter department receiving special attention. he outht of ^;^^ ^ Pf dotr carts sleiuhs, cutters, etc., is especially tine, everything having been P"'^''f ^'' "'^,';; t^^nn. nuSaJturers .luring the ,Lt spAng. Mr. Webb is an -f^*:^':;; I; |^'u;: ' ,e^^ popular bu-iness man, and c.ndmts his business on -he i.rinciple of fan dealing ami Ubtiai treatment to all. deserved reputation in that line. Choice teas and collees au teatuies ..s.uciallv line blends heing obtainable here at low prices, while the .,nallt> '•""'"- ■; uXse i n the city In wh.es and li-iu.us an excellent stock is kel.t, an.l tlie purcs k nds ouv ' e s Id Tiu cash St 'm is in v.iue in this establishment an.( gives great sat.sta.tion ... U t^ 'ust, 'nl^r:'::.;;! l tm. .Irm. ^'hc business has largely increased since its j;;-' - ; and as ail bad debts ar.. avoided, the tirm are enabled o se 1 goods a .- .. !> ^ This stor. iunands the greate, part of the trade with >he residents ^ ' ,7';.,;^^'^ ,' ,' i,,,,,, the city. Mr. Hunter is well dilied by long exi.erienc.. f. n.anage the ''";" ,7' ' \'."'V|e j* ngaro in the same line in llarru. for seventeen years prevmus to coming to tl s tj . He , pula. w th all classes in the cMonmuity. and is highly esteemed ,n business cdes. 'ri.«...»w «., 5. rpholKtering. 178 Main Stieet.-Few !U'l«>-f V^'"*'^ 1'^ ;":'';:;*[i;:! :VtJ eomn.e.vial .ul.vity have attained greater |.ertect.oi. <''• '\''';:''^' ''^."y^^;:' 'r/"" j, Mr.' Thoma. than that of ui.hol^tering. An.ong the leading represents ives ... ts l.n. ■ " (1 ware iMoms and tietoi} ale iSuioed, whose spacious and well ei,ui))pe( ituuted at No. I'" 180 F-EADIXO lU"SINf:SS HOI'SES. Main Street, udjoiiiiiig tlie Hudson's Bay Co's large retail establisliiiient. Mr. Snieed is a native of London, Kiigland, lived in Toronto J) years previous to ooining here, where he gained a thorough knowledge of the ujiholsteriiig l>usiiiess, having heen for nine yeai's connected with tlie well known estahlishnient of John Kay. He came to \Viiniij)eg four years ago, and starteil in his present l)usiness, whidi hy strict attention, i()U])led with a straightforward system of honorable dealing has grown to ])rosi)erous proportions. Mr. Smeed employs six skilled work- men, and his facilities iire of a strictly tirstclass diaracter, enaliling iiim to oiler s])ecial advan- tages to cust(uncrs, and to execute all orders in the jjrom^itest and niosc satisfactory manner. He does the very best class of upholstering, and orders executed ))y iiim are unexcelled for licauty and superiority of v orknianship and tinisii. He sustains an excellent re])utation foi- honorable dealing, anil is well known as a liberal, conscientious business man. 'I'lirough his own eflbrts lie has acliicvcd success, and lie well merits the esteem and 'espect in which he is held. £. Kelly, steam Heating, (ias Fitting, etc., ?\:^ Main Street. ^Aniong the most exten- sive and complete plund)ing establishments in the city is tliat of Mr. K. Kelly, situated at No. :{1.S Main Street. Tile ])remises occu])ied by him are spacious and commodious, l>eing '2'2xG() feet in dimensions, and are well arianged for the business. Kvery kind of phunbing ap])liances. |)ipes, fixtures, etc.. are to be found iiere, and all kinds of plum'-" • work is done in the most l)rompt and reliable manner. Particular attention is given to litt..ig houses witli gas and water, and tlie utmost satisfaction is guaranteed. Mr. Ktdly makes a specialty of steam heat- ing more than plumbing, and being a practical meciianic lie gives ids ])ersonal attention to the business. Four ex])erienced ])lumbers and gas titters are also eni])loyed, and they turn out a class of work unsurpassed Ity any other establishment of tlie kind in tlie city. Indeed, all work entrusted to Mr. Kelly is always executed in a substantial manner, and rarely fails to iirt'ord the fullest satisfaction. Mr. Kelly has been engaged in business here dui'ing tlie jiast xix years, and l-.as gaine tlie establishment of Mr. .Max (Joldstiiie at No. ."iS() and .">S,S Main St.. generally known as I'lm nix Hall. The pro]irietor of this fashionable eiii])orium has had the advantage of a lengthy business experieiic<' which he has turned to good account, since he ojiened at the lUeseiit stand early in iliis year. He was formerly in bu.siness at Hat I'oitage. where he resided for three years, anil afterwards went to (^u'Appclle, where he carried on laisiness with great sucie.ss for four years, being one of the iiioiiccr merchiuit of lioth places. Mr. (iolilstine decided that Winnipeg ollercd a larger and wider tield. and he accordingly i>peii !'d his present establishment, which he styled I'lncnix Hall, and has stocked it witii a splendid assortment of goods valued at about .•<'2.'i.()(MI. His stock compri.scs the best lines of clothing and a niagniticeiit lot of gents' fiiriiishiiigs. while the a.s,sortiiient of hats and cap.s is unsurpass ed by any other house in tlie .ity. That he is doing a large and prosperous business is evi- denced by his sales, which will |iroliably amount to between .'3i."i(t,(KM» and .«j«(i(),(KH) f^r the yeai' —certainly a magniliccnt showing for the lirst twelve niontiis. The popularity of I'l.uiiix Hall Ih dut^ to the fact that the stock is nil new and fresh, and importations of the latest styles in clotliing and gents' furnishings are being constantly received. Mr. (ioMstine himself is very jioptilar with all who know him, and lie has obtained a .iplelulid icpiiUiUuii m liude circles by [lis energy, push and enterprise, added to a rigid adherence to honorable liusiness methods. He Ih evidently entiMi'd U|)oii a most prosperous business career. I I.KADINC IM'SINKSS H.d'SlvS. 181 Canada liifP AsSUrJllM'e Company, a. <;. KAMSAV, President ami Managing Director ; \i. HILLS, Secretary ; ALKX. KA.NiSAY, Superintendent, Head Ottice, Hamilton. Ont. Kst'ahlislied 1H47. — The oldest established, most soliil and liberal assurance company <1 400, (MM), and takes i-ank amongst the foremost iissiirance corporatior.s of Auierica. The new "i.usiness transacted the year ending HOtli April, ISS.'i. largely exceeded tlie business of ail -re- vions years, and tlie new l)UsinesH (lone so far in ISSli shows a large increase over 1885. Uur- in<' tiie past year nearly ><."), .')()().(MM) of new busiut'ss was written, and th>; total amount of risks inlforce \ip to April .SOth, 188,"). was ¥!.SO,riil,:H47, whicii is nearly three times the amount of i)UsineHs rlone by any other life company in Canada. The valuation of the company's risks made by the (iovernnient Assurance Departnu^nt conrirnis its sound j)osition, and warrants the HUticipation that the Canada Life will continiic to give its jjolicy-holders larger profits on the .'eneral average of j)olioies than are believed to be given by any other company. The Canada Life offers to uisurers all the most liberal and i)rotitiible plans of insurance, and policies two years in force upon which age has been admitted, are indis])utable u])on any ground whatever. Volicies upon oidinary system three years in forte will be puicliased by the company at the eash vahu! or loans wilfbe granted thereon to nearly their surrender value, a privilege which is not <'iiuite') .Main Street I'lumbing has of late vears become a science, and upon its proper stim> and api>lK''ition depend the solution of many ,|uesti..ns of drainage, ventilation '\"'' f^'W .•on.lition. In these days of the .omplexities of city lite, the plumber has become in the htgh- ,.st .legrce es.sential to our condort. ami a few words concerning an enteriinsing and relial U tirm enga.'cil in the trade cannot luit prove of interest to our leaders W e refer to tnat oi The American I'lum..ing Company, steam heaters, gas engineers and sanitary l'l""y';'';^\;\' . •>-.') Main Street Tliis tirm which has l)een estabiislied here for a number of years and las huiii an' excellent irputation for honest work at reasonal^le prices. The l''-;^'';i«t'« "'■^''n''^^ ''J' ^»'« linn are commo.lious, being two Hats 4(»x,S(>feet in dimensions, and well htted up with ever> lirm'gVve special a'ttention to jobbing ami repairing, an.i will furnish estimates u,Hm appliea tion. .\ s])ecialty is made of heating buildings ■ witli steam, hot air and water, and tlie best work in this line in' the Northwest 1ms been o.mplete.l I'X them 'Hiey are sole ^^^^^ JV"' ictnred by the celebrated tirm ot -Nllt. hell, \ ance vt ( o., of New ^ orlv. Their business extent reganling theirgooils even from Itritish ('olunil IMS tixtures manufactured by the celebrated tirm t>f . , . . ■ iH all over Manitt.ba ami th. N... .Invest, ami they have rece.vetl em,mnes The meniliers of the tirm are Messrs. I». K. McCallum. formeriy'".;f'New Vo.^Vm.d Chasy'Orr ami Alex. Irvin,. fo. luerly "«, ''^''^to Mn McCilhnn being t!,r ^tli.- m^.t>a-^-er. the former liiivnig clwrge ot the mechanical «oik I hty are active, enterprising an.l ].op'ular business men, of pie practical exiierieiiee, antl tliey are meeting with a well deserveil success. I lfS2 I.I'ADINC lilsiNISS lidfSKS. A. Britfllt. y .Mr. A. Blight with only liniiti'd caijital, which lin.s hy careful nianagenient and shrewd business taet lieen very largi^ly increased. The ])reinifies oeeuiiied hy thi.s finu are on the corner of King and Logan stieets and aie c( niniodious and well fitted uj) and ar- ranged for the liiLsiiiei-s. Mr. liriglit does a huge johliing and letail )>nsi!ies.s in groceries, jiro- visions, wines and li([Uot,s, and has won an envialije u'lnitation hy reason of the excellent ijuality of the goods lie keeps in slock. Here may l:e found ihe hest articles in the line of groceries and family supplies, a specialty Icing made <,f line leas and collecs. The ([uality of the liciuois to he had at this estahli.'^hinent is iiivaiiahly (jf the very highest cliaiactcr, and to (I .8 fact may lie ascrihed Ihe large trade done in that line. To all "in want of a ]iure article of ' .mdulterated liquors for medicinal or family u.-^e, we ran idiilideiitly iec(jinnicnd the hou.'^e of Ml-. Hriglit. whose goods aie selected csjiecially for the i)ni poses nai'ned. An extra line lot ot liottled ales and cigars is alwa.ys kejit in sto( k.' Ihe ciitiie hnsiness of this e.stahlishnient i.'* transacted strictly ujioii a cash lia.sis. ami no deviation is made from the estalilished prices of goods. In short. Cheajiside (Jrocery is well ilcscrving of the puhlic iiatronage whith it is so largely enjoying. .Mr. I?iight is a genial and popular gentleinan. 'highly inspected in social and liusiness circles, and is an energetic and enterprising mcichant. illililifoba B>yo Works, .l<»H\ TAVLOH. .M.inufaituiiiigaiid lye Woiks. which are situate at No. 'i'lO Main Street, are the only gennine works ot the kind. Tin ixcelleiici' of tliework doiie tliere. cannot lie e(|Ualled iiere or excelled even in Kngland. Mr. Taylor, who came hen- from Liverpool, thoroughly understands the hiisiuess, in which he hat(iiiiers which cannot lie surjiassed liy any siini hir tirin in the city. His premises, which aic t'avorahly situated for the transaction of his husimsss, are situated at Xo. .').■>.") Main Street, in the centre of the commercial portion of the city, and are 'JOxtd feet in dimensions. In seeds and giain his track- is of an extensive eharac ter, while in fruits and iirodiice he does a large Imsiness iinnually. receiving goods on com- mission and eHecting j)rom)>t sales and speedv returns. .\s a desirahle house, with which to estai)lish |ileasant and |)rolital)le rehitioiis, .Mr. (luster is not onl\ highly esteemed. Init I'liUy <'ntitled to the prosperity that has attended an lionnralile career. 1 KailllK'l IIOOIH'I*. NNinnipeg .Marble Works. Corner llannatyne and ,\ll.eit Streets. In a historical icvicw of the mc'icantile ami iniiiiul'actiiring intirests of Winnipeg, s|iecial men- tion is i\\[i- to those industries which add to tin cimiiicrcial resources and capacity of the city, and which furnish a Held for the investincnt nt capital. In this connection, the Winnijieg .Marlilo and (iranitc Works. Corner of I{annat\ne ami .Vlhert streets, are deserving of a lead ing jilace among our noted and thri\iiig eiitci pi ises. Tiiese are the only works of the kind il^ the city and were established in IS7y Mr. Samuel Hooper, w ho liacl |)re\ioiisly liccii engaged in the same line of business in Lou don, Out. The premises odupied by the works are "lOx I .'{O.feet , .iHordiiig ample room for the prc.s;(.i!!tinn of the lilisiiicsH and t!ie ilispiav ot Uork. .Siu'C it-- iliccl»ti-in the blisiliesH lliis- en joyed a successful career, though the reinaikali|\ healthy climate of Manitoba has kept ilow i> •« [ Li:.VI)lXb4'll Bros., stoves an.l Hunhvaix.. ...!»> Main Stm-t. - T\u- Iciulin- positioi. ^u<^^■ o.ci.. ,,i.a l.y Winnipeg in all .lepartments of l.Ms.nt.ss ,s au. „ the untiring energy, inau.t.y '"'^'^^r ''>• ,"' ^ , leaaing merchants ana nianntaeturcrs. In tins n,, nexion it is ai)k'iis(iro to make pvomim-nt mention ..t .iit.Tiuis. in-'and iK-inaar Imsines. Hnns. Among tli.in are ( ami.- l.-n l5>'os..'lealer in stoves, har.hvare an,! timva.v. whose spacious ana attractive estal.lislnnent is at No. .,.{ I Mam Street (north of Market.) They have also a la.ge taetory at No. V'S .lames Street West, ami give «<».l'l-',y"'';"'t^ '' from '20 to -2.-. men. The firm was startea ,n SSI with „ itea cai.ital l.V Colin (^ami.l.ell ami .Maleon, ( aiui-lM-U who still eontinue the business. To.lay they i.my a stock of ;^2(>.()(M) value, aiul annual sales aggregat. .>,.>.tlW ;„• *:S(M»()1I The firm occupy coimnoaKais an.l well- anan.'e'a i.remises which are e.,ui,.i.ea with every eon- ■ icnceaiul facility for the accommoaation ai.a .hs,, lav of an immense stock of furna..;s, ranges heaters lab ware ana house-furnishing goo.ls. The hrm also make a s, cialtv <.f galvani/cl iron cornice, gas httmg an.l tn n oh, g -an.l all or.lers are cxecutc.l i.i the I'-.-H't- ami ost satisfactory n.anner. Mr. M. Campl-ell is the in- vent, rf a elaii-hoanl iron si.ling for ..levator.s. winch is ;;::mmnce.l fai' .cheaper ami better than -•-'y;^ - ,•'!;:; .,r reference the Hmls.m-s iiayCo., wlmse ^-l*^^^ ■''"" ^ ' , r ...fe.l an.l si.le.l bv their inu, cla,.-b..ar.l s.amg both , :„ lers .,f the hrm are energetic. eleai-hea,le,l Uasmc^ „>e!l! wll an.l favorably known for their sterling mtegnty un.l upright character. 1 ,,1 t -i.u Nl'iiii Street Probably the best llfred l»oars«,.. Clothing ' ;,y *;S; si n. ix-^'^U >Sn street, corner of I'o, Unown ostablishinent in inm,K^ . U e M H lo^., e^^^^^^^ ,^,^^.^ ^^^^^.^^^^^ ^^^,,.^^, , ta"e Avenue, of which Mr. Altie.l I eais.m i. '',,,, j ]^.^^ grown an.l prosi,ei..i ,S7<>, ten years ag... wluM. W innipeg was but a - ' f;,;,; ' At tli.' Ihitfalo "t.-re is ."aer careful nui^agement until Un..w ""^i^^ . "^t , 1 arv g Is, an.l a great an.l fonn.l a splen.li.l assortmen ..t ^'l" ''^I, ,';';; "k alwa -s fresh, being fre.,uently tnrnel ..,„aar featmv ot this '^'^tabl.scine t is ';^" ,; ; ,^, ,,„., ,„',t,. turnishing g.....ls a >:.o.t .•...,. b:;;mU:;e;;:i;:"l;:.^u1s kipt^'-alillTvU' .. ^is ..,othing.c.u,.orimnan.,atna,..f j..- Lo.ls will c.nvince any on" ch.th.s. an.l at half the ] ' tailo'ing esVablishment, fashi.mable g.i.i.ls in th every particular. Mi ,u, obtain as .lurable. stylish aiul well fitting 1 been ma.le t.. order at a high pru-ea merchant a iiat here they > , as if they hi.' an.l eaiue to. !St :;: 7p rtic^illar. Mr. Pearson is Kngl.sh by '^'^'^ „ / "^^ I'l^t r. H^' I''- ^'l-a>- taken thisc.Iuntrv in 1S7,-., starting business on >';/'^ ';^ '';.,. i\ ,„,,,,.„., to every measv^e best I .,c.r interest in public atla.rs an.l has ^^^ J^^\^ .^-^V He has f..r tw.. year,, been a -l-''"'^'' »"":'"" r' ^''^rimimX . ice a W . n.l ltisfact..rily, ami a...,uitting bimsell n,en.la.r..fthe('ityt..uncil. tilling tlu^. .the. .Ui>^^ iiav...ale ..f the city's interests m th.. „„,st .leservclly of the pcple's support as ;. 7' :' ; , , l,,;,, ,„aunstr'ate. ami has. always mn.il Clunnber. Ke has ''!;- '-;'V\'\':S n;! e M r. >•.--"' '-'•''* '«'«'' '""'^ *" V,"' aispen.ea.iusti.rinan,n.part,alai. np^^^^^^^^^^^ He is u..iversal y Mas.mic or.ler, ami is at present ';'"".,,;,'' 'f^ ',,„,,, ,h. ,„eth...ls ami sterling integrity. In , pular »-l -i:-;:::,;;'t;^ ,::!:i ;i:ete:rt.'the 'high .,.. -..sponsibl.. p..siti.,n .f May.. ..i lleiemlier ol im |m..iih ,. Winnipeg. A. "^^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 !ifi^ IIIM I.I 1.25 '^ ipi.e M 2.0 1.8 I-A ill 1.6 moiugrdpnic Sciences Corporation 23 WIST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (7)6) •73-4S03 ^:..' ►/ ^ iS4 LEADING msiNKs.s HOISES. A.Ross, ^lerohiuit'l'iulor 4'>0Mi;ii>.Jf \ ■ .H this l.uc oi. Mnin St. is that ,.f mV A R 2"',t mI'.'x? Hl^'u ^^^'^'^^'^ '^>"' l'e«t 8t„eke,l stores •-•..xno feet in ni-,,, a„,l the show wi low ''du'v /' ^"TT'' '' •"""l«">»e store-roo.n. Hic latest m.velties an.l ,„ost utt S ' J "l ' ' 1'''''^^^^^^ *'" '""«* f^™Ptin« o, t Elgin, ()nt.;:J e e Js^ S- i'wo vlu '^ '"•"•, 'V'^'*'/^'"' ^vas^.,•e^'■i,ll ' perous business. Fashional.le younu ne ^ u^l '^ E' f "' '''''^'''''>' ''^ ''^ ''"'"« '^ 1"-h the most complete an,l stylish LinL'M; if''' ' \ ^^^^ ""* *** this ,,o,,„lar phu'e in warrants neat fits. He carries nml..f '"• ^;"'I''".V-' tlie most skille.l workmen 'in -ostfashional.lepatterns cloths 3"^^^ l','"' '""'•^- "-^^''''t-' ^^-k "f -11 the la " ' 1 ...g a ve.y exten.L.i tra.le. He tl, Ws 1^^^^^^^ ^ '^T^ '^ '^'^ ''•-""-■ '" '- ""ins over his .sales-rooms, and turns ,m ^ i . *" "/*'''■" ''■'^'"'•^' ''^'^"'K I'uge work- ti'.oroughly workn.anlike .Styles Mr R L J ""-' ''''^ ^"'■'\ «''^'".^'"ts. ...ule in the most ;-»"ers which, with his ex^n^ vet^MnS^,,^, ;;; >r"« ^-'^'r'""' "' ^'"^'^J- '""' "«-- ^ '•' -"'"ess. ' -untan.i ni the community, is ia|.i,lly increasing his X ...un^ ^^;;!;':i^!!^:.,lf!;^:^'^V•-!'•-^^;;« M^ the ,ast few vea.. the ." \^ mmpcg has heen almost incalcnlal.le. Nome 3 J- '•^* iittrnti«»n Ut l-nes his estal.l.shm,.,,, i« Acelle leiVC h. v 11 "•*' '- "■ ■ '""'"""''•; '"^■^-ll.ncc or,,,,, cl.y any othe, ^,..,..,, ""tjieweMtsi.leof the Mark..* S,,„„,.,.. Kioccrv j,on,se in the .ifv I V '■" ■'7"<'«i eiiher in ex., ,., inc. . it.\ Mis stM,„| iH at \,,, H4 IVincess S»...... s till uitli . I. . 1 nicely airaiiL'iil ry (io-.d*. Kto ..(is Man. M.ect. In SH-2 N.r. (.en. ,1 lV,l'.;si:," buMuess l,e,e. He had only a small .•apita to star on, and eonsemie.itlv ,; ;. ' anv^.i.nv disadvantages in ipeting with other linns w,th la, ger stocks and Lv UM le res. irc.-.. I'ush and ..nterprise, iiowever, always wni success, and the ca«e of \ ' .. ,een x...ption to the rule. Ibisiness began to inerease, an.l very H..ou the *'"" """ ■ ■ ,in„ 1h.,„ui ope.ations was augmented to a good si/.ed capital. I. .-day ds .■stablishment to look aftei the i ver increasing traib . .in|-i.'k'' f ••^-!-,^'--f ^f.- Manitoba. X. VV. T.. rhe company from ii.rTnii.ins a.,,! ot . I s, ,' ..,. '"'"'""V" '\«set«. Tl.e am.ual i,R„,„e of i.nportant to ,-.,n.n,l.er that t " i ,V v . mt n ' """".'"' '"'^^ " •*"«-'-''.*•>-'• It Is tt-e Is^ of January Lt, th^^ ,ih isH I ^ "pL V t e ' i^.livliv'?: ^ *? "l" ""'-^-'"f -- ^n tTS ; .surplus l,y the New ^-ork State staiu r Ut H per'^ ^ *n' ^ ^i.''; ./."""'V!*-' to f ,<)04,- tiu-re was pai.) to poliey-hohlers tlie sum o' .•*: (ixi S-'^i " n.;' *':V,-':''"**'v . '.'"'"'« ^lie year large J.usiness .Ion ■ l.y the eo.npan y an l.e s,' H^ 'of , ' ' '^l" «'^'^: '' f""' "l*^^''^ "f -' very ""« an annual in. ;' of over sS (V K) ^^ 'ad o^^^^^ '""'""" '^ '"■''"''""• '"^^ '"« WiUian. H. I5ce,s l,cin« presi.len He "v T , L- '• "'^'^'''^ "^ ^he co„n,anv a,e in Xew York! vioe.pre.si,k.nt: Hufus \V. Wed sa ' u 4- ^I ■ vTl7"'[''''V, -^''"'''r''' "" ^^''•'^''' ^^^^'"-' < Canada. Mr. .1. C. Morgan, ww'ffieeiV If m'^ I'orke Montreal, superintendent for "'''^' '"""'''■'■ '" policy. In IS.-,() thev struek out the 1 I oVious u ei e . i 'f^'^T'^ ^he h.st non-fo.feiting '•'iroduced the popuia, live year divi.le . 1 p ^^ ' ^^^^ ^'"'" t'"'"' 1-oIk'hs. I.. ISS.-, they inoe an.l get l.ii cash su.re.ul.T valu o, ,[( / ' '"'t'^ '' I'V''"'" ^"" t'''"'in.ite his insu.- profits to reduction of fu me p e !,, ' . 'r; '^'•"J;"' 'V', T'T'"^ ''"'"""'• ■"■ ''t'l''.V l'*-^ live year pe.-iods a n.o.tua.T /livi ie "..a toN ,e,: ...'^ r'V ' f"" ""' ''"'•"'■- ^^">- "'' »'-' with face of the p. liey. This is ee.^f in , if iV '-'^ ■ ''"' l"''"'"""'^ i'^i-l "ill he pnid in the wo,.l,l oties such fav J k terms ".s . . ^'^'T*'",". '" '"su.anee a..,| ,.o otluT ,„,Mpa..y [....tine policies of this co.npa y 1, J' ;;,■«:.;;:'''; V" "'" '"'"' '"' .•'"''.'•>•• ''■'"■ "-*'"•-' l*rs giving f„Il explanatio., will he sent f,-. ^K f ' 'ii.y company m the world. Cin-u- fonnati;:.. ,v,.n\li,':; /...., .'-''''l^.'V''^ ^oany perso,. wh ay he d..siro,.s of fm^her mfonnation regaidmg insuiaiic( -H:{. and 4!Mi .Main Stieet, Cleincnts .\ddr. •'■ '•. Morgan, (Jen.'ial Age.if, I'ostotii,,. 1,. ; ( " « "- -'"•■i«' -.i.'..i»™;:' .r ;i.:Ti. Lr;;t, ,:,:;ri.lk. •"""'■■ ' •■''""«- 1',""-' I.-M.V ■m;,^.,; ,h//';;/;\v""'f •■'"■;■■ ll;»""i~Ml,^^.^ ( i,K\I)lN'(i lU'SINKSS llOL'SKS. Ih7 ; .■al stoic f..r the Durpose of tialhiy with tlie Indians, aiul furuisliiiig the tow sottlers who r J ^U.!^ wUh iuni tl,.i.- uo.e.s.^y.supplies, au.l through '^^^^^ -^--^f^];^;^^ -;;;; ^ inuM-eaae.l liis l.iisiii'ss and capacity from a sniill trale u. a room l.)x2.) feet until ht '>^^'iP" t 'ni ne . '• ck l.uiMiti ' on thl ct.nief of M.D.rn.^tt au,l Alh.i't Streets. Aftinwanls tic hrm ':• kn ^u^ V H. Lyon &C.., and in 1HS2 Mr. Kenneth M.^kenzie au.l Mr. Klnmn.l r;;i: who hilA in^viou^iy Ueen asso.i.Ue,! to.eth.r in the tea i"M"|?"g >;'---,- ^j- treal ont.-rod into the partnership, and the hrm became Lyon, Meken/.ie '^ .1 "^\ f'/'"^'j w.ich m tlelu.us. i> s al.lv n. !intaine,i the trade in the gr..cery and provision •»«• . , imhM-s is oust..nu>rs all throUL'h the immense terrif.ry tributary t.. N\ .nmpeg. 1 hen lumilKis Its custom us '^ lo-ited and is (ilixh)'.) fcit in dimensions, melnding three ..taohshn,.nt >s ...sw^nt all ^^^f -" ^^i , ^l,„i a ranged in the trade, a thorough 'i ' of ie vor d is kept „u ' hand! while all that ample eap.tal and sound ,iuar.., . ..t th. ^ ■ • • p 1 „„^ ,,],„ i„ ,,,t, thi. magnirteeut stock. Mr. Lyon • , : 1 t , ■• u,\ l- in hV] n. vy truly be referred to as a self-m tde man. His father died i..''es to ..ustomers and to eNerute all orde.s m tlu l""'I't vst and most satisfaetory manner. Messrs Saunde.s \ Talbot alsodo a large business in painting, kalsom.n.ng ami K\ l^<^>l»>'»».'•'•''•*r^''\ r.fn.i^^sm^^^^^^^^^^ Winuip^.g.hwnot ,,„,,in.^ th. piv.eut y,Mr and !''^;'''';\';/Vf;;;.;,ve'. table., and this n.w pla.e. being wol 1 welUervel in the pas '" V;;'^!', ,^^,5 ''l , 'fVe.h^st and b..t goo Is, whieh were Hold .t .,.ondurir 1 and alwiy;; Ida! ^^ift ;i -■'■';_;;- ,,■..., -im,,. „n„„istM oeeupie I are N.,iy rimiin .di- ::.r;;;:d well':;;::-:;. I'liu. ti;:; i:;!;;e:.';;;i:i ti; 'diM..ay of "fruit, of an kmd. <.. ^e i. .uwayn 188 I.KADK\(i l{|S|\K.S,S HOCsrx -'•t.cle. This is a l,„.i,.ess whi i^ C^t^ ."^l?". '' 'V ''!« "'"'' '"''^'■^ ""-' ^^it]!a j T 1^ ^;.! ''^>' '^VP'-«'^"^ti.,g the excellent „ualiu''.n ,1 .^^'^ ^'T'' ^''^-' f'"'" ^U ,«uttof ...:.....=t:;;;sr-';L,tst:»i!x '"« .nt.^Knt.v and fai.^ an.l imn,.,al,le il"';/. iS:?'.f?,"'i.^;»"^^-'-'-i-'"i.i.o,.,.i luires the exercise of .sonn.l iu,|.r„K.nt n?l V f Pi"I>"ition.s ; an,l it is one which ., I...' tl» i„-vit,.l,l, ,,„,i;: .s,,,,,,,^, u,„ |,„^,- 1-_^;' ■ • "V it It? A I ('SSI'S ^ looms are eligihly locate.! at \o. ,-,r;{ Main street .li,. .1 " •"•■*'' "-■■ > nuiniodions sales- ....... .„.v. ^..f;,,,i_> located at A lias been a resident of Winnioc :tfn,..n...,.nosts.u.ces«f„i ,;:■;::;,!— «ars .jrn. He then went to'.^tl .\i ,k'i ^ / j, j, '« ''^^ ^"«"«-' *" l'"«i"e«8 here^^ ■ lupt stocks thronghont the conntrv. wlnVh he iii "' l '1 "V >"-^tens,ve purchaser of l,ank- '. :\r! ! "; r'":'''-^'V i?'''"-. ^^^.l tran.:./ a h!!::^ ;t::.::^..:!':. .h'*^ estjU,lishn,ent hero. The ) \ i?;f^r?"M'!""''''""«WoMro ss 1 ..; and shipping to the head es il ^ jLT'^KV ^ '"'•■ '^'""^l' «^"-- -"^-"I ;l tlH' growth of ,1... .vestern shc..p ra, • t'l s t •■,! ' ' "'^''''''''^^'^ "f -^t-k ran.'hes .^.■n-oportums AIr.Jas. Halialn ^ni ,^^ '♦ the CI ,,.ens. and he is Hell kn,.«M .,v,., , ' 'i,. I ? 1?^' '""•'" ^^ """!"■« ^tvnre.l the este,.n. Hard and progressiva l.nsiness man " '"'I*- N-i'hwest as an honoral.le, strai^d.tf I Wt'sl aiMl Kakor, Knrnitur. •""""K tile many houses nv^n^f,- and I'pholstering, .'^ ' salt l'orta;.ie Aven i^ative l.allonag.. extendi •lames li'aker and \ linsiiiess at the (apital 1 "riilily known tln.,n • <<> them they niiist he correct ; "•■■-t. Mr. liakeri.s.i fo ;M;;;~ toe.,nnn, to Wmnipe,, ' "noth he'^I^M; 'V^^:;';;-:"; .^ " '''^ '" ''""""*<'' ''-'"-•'< ".en o. the strictest inteid • • '• ^v<'^t. ■Mi:;n;,:n;;:^:,,:;;-x;r:^''^;'''' • ^"■" ^'--- 'I taw a, and was in ly fa% «'ity. f.KADIsV; urSTNESS HOUSES. l.. 1.1. II. w XT. 4iiv I 1 1 oi.......i IM.;.. i; 4^....t...i ;.. 1 ;.inou 1.<>...^ In Mmoli ISJSi.'l jiml am .^ii'oi!t. -Huiou;,' liiu leaimiy jinniiii}^ escaDiisminiiits oi \» imiiiieg is niiii m ».ic.-ioio. x.. Buckle it Sous, No. '20 I-oinlianl Street. Tliis Hrm started in Imsiness here in March, 1K8,'{, and has been very siicit-jasful. plaining a large liusiiies^^ at the very start, which lias continued to increase. In Octoher of tlie present vear they puniiased the extensive printing department of the Bislioji Kngraving Co., anil now ()ci'upy the liuilding at \o. '20 I.iMubard Street, which is •2r)xl01» feet in dimensions and «-liree stories in height. It i., admirably arranged for the print- ing business, having been bui't specially for that jiuriiose. The firm are general book and joli [irinters, (laper dealers and pajier liag nuiniifaeturers, a specialty being made of the latter l)raneh, in which they carry on an extensive trade. 'I'liey transact a general book and job printing business, turning out some admirable specimens of artistic typography, and make a sneciallv of mcrcantii.^ pruning m all its varieties. Twelve han.ls are constantly employed a die ,M esses , including tw.rcylinders). .inch are run by steam .,t the latest <—«"■-' .U.,,. i npiovenients, as VMdl as pa;,.r bag machinery. Tliey are thus enabled to do excellent k' nd a't short notice. Their Imsiness . ill compare favoraldy with tiiat ..t any similar es- lisl lunt in the .itv. The tirm is composed of .Messrs. Henry Buckle, .lolm I'. I uekle and ■nHOna^S I'. Buckh.'who are all practical i.rinters aii.l gi^c their personal attention to the business. I ThuW\ Mauufacturii.g Confecti.mer, .-.42 Main Str.ct. Tntil comparatively recent Vearrnear" all the liner ami most toothsome articles of confect.onerv were impor ed mm i:i M e Within the past twenty years, however, great mogress has I.eeii made m tl -« '1 ; ' ■ 1 ,,.,! th. I'l.ited ^tiitr-^ and tV e.nne pmducts in coiitections now eiiual. if tlie> li:;,:;;;::;:;; the i!.M':ri.d^:'ds!'''Tn May last. Mr.!l. Topley opened an establish ntatNo. I 3 1)0 LEAl)[N(i BUSINESS HOl'SKS. 'A'2 Main Street, wliei'c; tie is doiuy a tine business. The goods here miule maintain the highest reputation for their siiperioi' iiuality, purity and Havor, and there is in these delicious anut all business recei\es tlie per- nonal attention and supervision uf the chief, wiio gives liis advice? as to tiie action to lie taken. He must be a pretty clevei' ciiminal who can so cover his tracks that Detectivi' MoKenzie can- not ferret out his iiidiug ))lace. W- BatJ'llliill & <'o.. Rakers and Confectioners, 424 and .".'t Main street, in a histori- ral review of tiie maiuifactming ami business interests of Winni]ieL', the ctu.so ttlccu^- 1 ^^^^^^,^^ ^ ,„ ^he always keeps a 1^'^" "> ^^^^--j -„^,t expensive silk goo.ls, heaviest w.-oUcn .- » ''^;;";-;X;,., ,,een very large, l.ecause an.l his tra.le n. tlV\''" \,; ' , sc they coul.l always ohtain ,„H.chase.s knew that ;' .t^^' ^, "fo n -I't.V '^"'^ '^l'tJ-; i,KHls which coj.M he '^ " ,y- 'e ,m»^ "^^^^ '^"'^ ^'"-' '"'* 'n Fine hats are also a featu.e "* the mui ^.vety thing usually :aps ave always '-'I'f-ll.'Sil .'t:tore can he oHtained at foun.l in a well .vguhitea >»' "^" ,.-, ; ,, ^.,H,„g man who ,,„uiteur spnnt runner, !;*sr;;'"'"pi -™.;;,,«^::ri:s=;s.> 'NEi'J';,.-..,,.^ ,. w,„. ....« :K'S"*'':''Airrl;!;;"»"-«"' •■•'"■ various ex- I l!»L> r,KAlM\(; IU-S[.\ESS HOUSES. H. E. Willfliew, :i-22 Main street kI:;:;)^!:!; >, .^-''y «?-» -countant, an.l is a ways really to acc„,n,nr.,late pcplc l.y l..,,kin.r up thei 1„ ,ks '^,. f ' ''^'^"•".'ta.it, an.l is class wood, Slid, taniaiae, Inrcli, oak an.l noolai- wliie', ,, . / . ^ ^"-'^ '''"I''""*-' '"'^ '^''st" with it. He is also a^^ent foi the rV,,K /,', 1/^;/^/'^- // l'^''-f^'^t'.V .Iry, ean s.ipply then, all patriotic Canadians who ought to rt an.; w'/' ^f^T ''" ' ^''"''''y '''^' «"PP'»-t "f Canadian n.ilitia who are so prompt in a se o dK,l,.n J'"^ ""^^ *" *''" "'t«'-^'«t of the when required. IVoperty, fLn./etc! ll^'' 1 ''^ ' 'X U: ^J,,^! w!:; *'! "'" 1"^'^^^ ''^ ^^^ beautiful prospect. "' fc"'"* "•'•'ation, and some with a J. D. Burke, Flonr, Feed and I'rovisions '^'^l \I..;.. w«.„ * i..-,i for the transation of the busi.iess n the X ^X ,- r M R T*" ^ '*'' '"' an.ple capital present location at No. m Jl siree ek'ht monJhV ;; • '''" r'"V""^""'''' ''"-"'"ess in his -net with a liberal patronage. > ^vi^msly ! I, Cke „^fs ^n'""' >'^'"r'' ''"'*^ *>'' ''»«'"*^«« ^^ n the parisii of St.r-harlesJ.ut .U^cidin, ^hS W ^^;e^X^*'r beU ^'h 'ITf "'i "^"'"' ^^"'^ lie removed here in the becrimiin.' of ISS") Mr- 14 X.f ll • ' '^''''' ^"'' '"** operations an.l an ample stock of pr<,vis s° e.n br icin' ^""""' "' '^ «'-«t--l'-^«« gives employn.ent to two hands. Tis e, n^s a^^r^^^^ augmenting business, and being about 2()x(i<) feet in din.msions, a\ .^^ wSll' eate fm th f '"'' ''">'" '"'i' ^ t'-^"- . H. W. SuokliUK, •■<-'•- Mai" Street sh U'ul in photo] It must b( Hiat a TEATHNfi ni;slNl>S HOlSES. l!i:i \t No nd'i Main Strtet is the V^'"' > \k\ws, loiUt articles ami Pai-kcr and €o.. Drasgists, ri.w ^''^j" •;^'.;f^,i4,„, ,.,, „.,.. , ^ , sto. :.f Me--. !;;..l- - L-„^';;S^:;; u r;ear The p.en,i.e. ...u,iea a.e .1 acu,us_an.l mL■^^s amounting to tioiii •''■'"'"' '"'•"• . .•' .. <(iiiiMUMlioiis, adn.iiahly anaii.mMl au.l e.nuiipe ut:i,..st .■outi.U-nce of nil who know am, nn.l is . Knil a lar^e an-l luciativo pationag^ in Nlinni,eg, -In, in, whul. *'^-<.»'; 1;;^ ^^^^ ' ' ^ , Zna.:.l ...eeiul n.nti.n, in this the .oinn.nnitv. ami h, ,>rouiotne .ill' gnicial '"•'"'' ^'^ •.ttailie.l Vneh a ,.oiuilai ity, or work. It i. perhaps safe to as.e,-t ^^ ,-;--'^,: If^ "^ ^ ;'';::w- ,, n.nehi.le.' The loeal ;!^Sof ^Ss ^tiipiuiv hl;:;i:::j« wn --i." - - • -- ■ • ^- '''• '-^^ '-''""' tlmt it eontrols, rciu.rin;. the servue. ot ov.t thirty aj^'ents tluo,,.l>out Man.vol.a - west'Territories to tran^aet llie Imsu.ess. 1 hu - e last tew X^ars I shnuhl he ren,en.l.ere.l, are in spite ot ^ '- tae h„t he ex • piration of the Singer patents ha. le,l U, .h o.m ■ netition of numerous n|>.staits, \\ ho uinleaw,, ,in vain, however, it seen.s) to. liverl the puhn. n.m, its a,)preeiation of the ex.|Uisite ^^r intiolueea tliroughout the woihl is giving ,,.,„if „f niai.V years' experience ::;^„n.n,U.l satisfaction to pui..ase,..^ maehiiH^^^^^^ ami careful stmly. nnite.a with the outlay ' * ^ -; ,,,^. t,,,, (■•,„„panv to -Her a .neehanical skill in making tests 'ua expe ments t - 1 - ■.,',,„,„,,} siuh a machine family machine that woul.l suiieisc' ^ all otiieis < . ' '^J ,,eirecti<.n of stitcli, ease of the '-Improve,! Family." wlneh lias ii..e.|nal t(.r range ,,t ^o.kpuec ^„„,,uous :: .^I'^tiou. ipee.l ami -lurahility ;[^:^-^:^'^:^^::^^X::^^^^ agents who ..latent of this C.mpai.ys opera uns st. %;;;;:'%',"', (,„ u,.,s: cor, ..rate mannfae- withtheirfaniiiesw..uhlp..pulateacit ..t .0(,^H^^^ the (ompany's hraiuh at this tuving umoern m the w.uhl. ■^'V- ^ -,J ,, J , u. is .listin.'uisl e.l f.>r his thorough ;,.,.t: ami his -i.n...ms .. at N'-^ ;,i ^^ -i;^;,, "^ ;:„;::hl:.':^:araeteristics. which have r'illllJnXeil'in :.omhS;g t^fl pn.sperity ..f the eonce i.ich he represents. r w.i.ha.ui. .....ts am, si..,..s. ^^^ ^:;::^:^;^,,;^z.x^^^ ^ rciuires a higher .legree ..f enterpii.se ami h> siness ^ M'-" '|.> ^ Wellhan.l. wle.se h..ot ami .shoe U c.mnexi^. we notice tl- excellent esta.l.shnu.ioM, ^ ■ \ Ulha.^^ ,. ^^^^ ^^^^.^^^^^ H , re is locate.l at N... r<:W Mam Street ."' ^ /'l'';^; '^f, ,,, f„, ,„en, women, hoy., misses or t:t.V^ a choice ami most .Icsira, e s ock^o h^^ ^::l:^Z l^,,,,,,^,,t in . hieh he employs ilMhlren. He lias also ui connexion sMtli ttie Mole 1D4 I.KAJ)IN(; lUSIXKSS HOUSKS. hist cliiHs wi.ikiiuMi. iuid waiiiiiits good stotk, sjiliMulid work and iiuat (its, and icnairing i.-< also (lone pidiiiptly t der. In his general stock, Mr. Wellliand takes .«]KHial pains to se(.•l1lt^ the best class of eastein and iiund-niade work, and r.t the same time liiat which is Ix.th stylis). and serviceal.le. Mr. W'elllniiid has a thorough and extensive knowledge of the lioot and'shoe trade, to which he gives 'lis close study, enal.ling him to otler to his (latKins a very superior cliiss of goodi-- of the latest styles, and he has conse.juently sccureil great jjulilic favor. His. present st- „k is worth over #4,(KM>, and this is l.eing constantly iei)lenished hy imiiortat'ons. from tiie best Canadian and American factories. In 1S,S,") he oiieiud Ids pici-ciit business, at first 111 a small way, which his energy and ability have rapidly built »]< until tlie present,wiieii he IS doing a line and largely increasing business. .Mr. Weliband was for fourteen' ars - of the leading men m the .1. .1. Taylo • safe works at Toronto. He is an active, energetic busi- ness man, and is i)crsonall\ -opular, while his rejnitatioii for fair dealing and strict integrity stands very iiigh in the business coimnunity and with the geuerd jmblic. .J" 'I Ed- Ko('lll'.--it<'l'. Picture Kramer and Draughtsman. ."40 Main St. Mi. Kd. liochestei- is eonniaiatively a new arrival in WJinijieg, having come here in .March last, but his .success so far ill business leads to the contident belief that he jiossesscs tlie right sort of energy and en- terprise to iiiisii him ahead in this western country. He is a ])icti;ie frainer and draughtsman, and his premises are at No. .")4() Main Street, just north of dames Street west, where he has a tine stock ')f gooils ill liis line. Mr. Rochester is a Canadian by liirtli, am! came here from Ottawa, where he lind a good education in the business which "lie is now an successfully cai ly- ing on. Picture framing is a business which re(|uires pwU' ami good judgment, with a fine perception of the appropriate, and judging by the specimens of his work, Mr. Rochester pos- sesses these e.s.sential (lualities in the highest degree. There is ii'*liiiig so nial a ])r<.po8 as a Iiadly framed ])ictuix, and Mr. Hochester is able at a glance to deci( on the most appropriati> framing for any picture from a cliromo to an oil jiainting, and is prepared to peifoim the work in the most artistic style. He has always in stock a large line of'niouldings, from which his customers can make their own .selections, if they so desire. .Mr. Koche.^tcr also makes a sjiecialty of mounting and varnishing maps and hanging them on rollers, and w =■ f.vl con- tident that his work will be found most satisfactory in every particular. E. li. TllOllias. Tol)accoiiist, 4"i() Main Street. This is one of tiie most cnterprisiiigr and jiopuh'.' houses in the cigar trade of Winnipeg. It Mas established over a year ago by tlit^ present r-oprietor, and since the very start has enjoyed a pro.sperous career." The premii-es occnpie i in the Mclntyre P.lock. at Xo. 4'2(» Main Street, are very s])aci(Uis and commodious, audad.'iirably arranged and fitted up in neatest style. The stock cairied embraces a large and vari 'd as.sortnient of the liuest im]iorted and domestic cigars, als'o a full line of tobaoMi. pipes and smokers' articles generally, as well as siiutf ami fancy goods. Tlie goods sold by Mr. Thomas are e(jual to anything the market aflbrds, and are very popular with smokers throughout the city. -N.",. Thomas has resided in \Viniii])eg for the past five years, during which time he has l)eeii engaged in the same line of business, and to the experience thus gained in the .selection ()f stock and the knowledge of what will suit hi:- ciistomeis may be ascribed his success. Tnis is the favorite resort of all who desire a good cig;ir or thebest (pialities of tobacco, and the result is that the estalilislimcnt does a large business. Personally jiopular. and ever eiidea voting to jilease his iiuiiierous customers, .Mr. 'I'homas" success is well deserveil. i I St. lyirliolas llot«'l, \V. d. OCONXOH, Proprietor, Corner Main and Alexander Streets. The leading one didlar a day house in the city is the St. Nicholas Hotel, situated on the corner of .Main and Alexander streets, in close pro.xiniity to the Canadian Pacific Railway station and convenient to tlie business portion of the city. This house is very commodious, being .SUx.'il) feet in dimonsions and two storeys in height, and c( ntains thirty-two large and' well-fiiriiislied rooms. The bar contains a line assortment of the choicesit wines. li(iuoTs and cigars ;iiid a specialty is made of Sclilit/.' Milwaukee 'ager which is always kept on draught. The billiaiil room ccjiitains several fine billiard and p:/c)l tables vince, no hotel man iieing l)etter or more favorably known than' lie. .\lr. O'Coii- nor is the oldest hoti'l keeper in Winiiijieg. LEADING HUSINKSS HOlSES. 19:1 uiMl ,KMgn of woo.len an.l i.ni. i;"'"'*' .* -f ?; KoMnsoi., wl.<.«o factory is f ad.ieved a hi^'ho:- reput^itiou * ''"I j'", ';. .^.■1,,,, fn.in tlu- extent 11...! .•In'.- l..,,.at..l at No. 18 Uuprnt Street W •^^t'' ' "^ " ^ ;.,„ i„ tins wu, K. aet.rof the lmHine«H t.an.acte.l, is « f J^^ */ ,Xi....l inecha-Mes who are >u Mr. Hol.ins.... helougs to a eU..ss ot ^':^^^^^^a^^, ,^,.1 as a n.aur.lact.uer .lispensal.le f-.r th. ,.n.uu.tion of total '^ ^^;"';">\,^ ^,i„,,„ ..f appliances tor ex_ of .oth wooaeu an,l iron ,.u.nl.H tm";;^;; '^ y^', '^^.^ ,.. He has hee., engage.l tracting the crystal ih.i.H.on. the ho.e o^^ ^ tnule exten.Ung ov.r the. in husiness iu this ;.ty **'"''^ f ' V' ' tl L ut tlie No-thwest Terntones. Province of Manitoba K'^^'''^';^" /.'^''^iXZ- an.l other northern ,....nts. He sending many of h.s g-x.-ls to I "' ^^.^ ! ,\;,"^;';,\j'' ,,,,p.,naking tra.le an.l w.nke. is a i.raetical n.au un.selt, l''>\ ^/,^;^'"^;\* ', , -. e .nannfactnres is attested at it all his life. The superiority ot the I'"' solicitation, and he has to l.y the fact that trade co.nes ^ ^f > \^>^' " ;. . „,i,l l.'xhihition, Mr. Hoh- all the work he can attend t-'-A >'.',, .'^^j ^i,,,,, ,„a carried otl the hrst inson exhibited lusn.am,f-.etues>h^ cnnpetitors. which is good evP and third prizes and a '1^' !-'• '^ p*^ ««; .,^, .t^, Vooden an.l i.-.n pun.ps of :K::lS.n^ a ^" ;S?h;lt>n ^-ec^aty . ..g^. urge pu.nps .0. ^ ^^^^^^ fep V Having a tlnn'ongh knowh. f^^' ^.^/^^ '" h^^ , g.^ possessing the con - Few establishments of a 4'2t) Main Street, better an.l has since p-ospered treaien u. ^^ :■T;^;;.; ^,,^,1, l,„siness career place.1 th*-"' '''"'^ V^ 1 ^^^ ,^ ,;,«« a high . egr.* Wagons. ( orner ; I'inv....- rin.lale starte.l ni business in mid a little ovei' a year an.l a sucjcssful men of the day. , 1- \v-..r„ns V onie, Alberl and Baunatyne R. TIlMlah'. Haeks. *'""»^~ ;^';Ji iJlljl^risNln Uoi-rt Tin.lale, -ho runs t^ic o.nn Stre.?^. ()-.. f the Wst known meiMnNU^U^^ ,„, l,„«,s for the Lelan.l House an.l '^ J''^ ^ ,,f ,^^ business Winnipeg four ye.j ^.j^f '.;;;;', X "1 his *ti' )f ra'iria : an.{"ir'tly in-re..singbusi- lOG l-EAI)lN(i lUSINtSS HorsKS. Ill^'ll IVplltil- iriii is Mr. MiittlicWN i.Hfiit till Mani- linn of Hintlcy X- iiih Ik'i'ii tdiitiiiiic'd TIlOK. Hlirtlt'.V. (iroLflifs iiMil l-ii|iiors. MaikctS.,iiiiif 'riii' liit<' rr^' ''t,'"" ',7" '"^■•"'IW' ''>/'"■ '■«•;... nant of Mr. .s,,,,!,. tlu- l,u..in...s ha. .1...,, .nntn.uc.. M.. M.utl.x s „ wl,,;U..al.. ami i.ta.l ,1.., •,■ ,n uHK.Ti.s, ,,rovisi.,n,., li',„,„.s ami .iuar.s H, was l,„ni III l....,l.s Ki.g., aii.l .a.m. to tln.s .ity many wars ago. startinu with li,nit..l .••luifil ... th. K,o...|y Imsiiicss in IS77. 15y s,,,an. .Lali,,. aiHl Uiimiu's pu.h th' .i,^,! sil/moM: T^' ^ins..l,ial.l,. li.isiiK.ss. an.l was larjidy lu.iu.littnl l.y tli,. -hoonr- in the winti-r of IMMI-'i' Mr u,tl.y IS ..uiyini. a sto.k ot ?st,(l()(. in vah..., a,.,! is ,h,ing a h..sin..ss of L.twofi. ^Irm.OdO Ml. M.I tl..\ has always 0,1 han.l an exrHIont stock of family ynKfiiVs an.l \r oH 7"-' '" . '•'I",-^- ""-', '".Vns oa.irdy on -...ftinggoo.! value for tl...i,ino,u.y. M . MiirtloN lain^.-ontontr. with small protits. km.M in« that tlimhy h,- will MMnu- laiul i- sal.'s. l..iias«on ..n..N.dl,.nt,.,,,,tatMinasanliom,.alil.. ami ...lial !.. |,usi,,..s .,.,n an 1 l:'ith sL'h ;';;;;;|,/r;r- '""•• • '■ • '-'>^ > -i-.-. .'... a,ivai„a, k.;,.:,. .lolm ll«>.«.t. I'oifiait ami l.nniNiaio Aitist. I M( Williaiii ,Sti. , t W.-t I 'I lir lionhniiy irion the slninu.. anil almost iiif\|,li, ahlr to ilis, ,.v. 1 any t wiuilil in < III' at allaiiHiaint I -it NM 1, W mni,„.K uIh, .|o,.s not know thr photi ;,,M,ih;, , .s,alili>hnMiit of Mr. .lohn l!.>t foim ..ly Ros.s. I!..s anil (o..! at No. M.Willian. St-.t, .\.st. 'I h- tin., aits, hiul.t. J • , m|..'tiis to all that i.s goo.l an.l 1,0 ,1.. in man an.l. tl...|..fnn.. it .s,„aks «,.ll (or o„r , ,,,,ilati..n tar li, rk as SMt. a,„| l,k.. ih,. ,ity it^'lf at tl... tin,,, tlu.ir .ai ital wis Miiall, l!nt -... il «ork. niansh.p an.l <■ ..tiil atl.nti.m t.. l.nsin.sM hav.. ni..t th.ir just .. «a,.l, an.l tl,, lirsin.ls has now r..iu.h...l li,..|.i.. portions, aviayiiiK fi. .11 S.-.,(M:0 to >«., Id , ,.r aim.;!... an.l .hi,s in tli,. fa... of kc...n ..onip,. it.on. Mr IVst is pi..,.a...il to .„py, ..niarp. .,r .r.h.i.. pi..tui..s in si/,. ., ■ t . ■ .-m li.. ..rsh...| at Ins ..stal.hshm. „t in In.lia ink. .,il .,r water in tli,. lafst styl. of tin. at. ! H. t.nn also .lea! ,.. p.^t-UT tra.nrH. uuiU, rU: . of whi. ii th, v als.. .any ' in sto.k a ';f '"" Pl"''-"'K v.uH.ty, II „ork ,,.x...ut,..l l.y .Mr. I^Ht is .lom- in a sivl.- an-l (inish nn surpass,. il in any nty u,.st ot ( hi.ano. ' 1 M,. ?*'""*! .'^''•'"i* I'T'^ -V^''vl.an.lKse. .•{(10 Main Street. -The music estal.li.sli.nent of > w h fl'ir" . U 1'" 'r -'rf ^" ■"' ^"- •■<"<', ^''"V '^f-t- ^vhere he starte.l the l,u.siness i H«: M h fair eap.ta , whu'l. he has ■n.:rease.l, enlarging his stock an.l exten.ling hi.s tia.le He ou has a v.iry hue stock of music, musical instniinents an.l the various things pertain ngt„ h.s tra.l.. Ill his l,amls,.ine ro.,ms. ami is .loing a fair l.usines.s. Mr. Astin ileals in m,s organs, ham i.,stri,ine..ts, slu'ct music, n ,ic hooks, a.i.l musical mercl.an.lise of every es- •ils.'! .o'enrt r';'"" '^''^^;''"',V""^"' ^"' "'■^''"■"t'u, hnt.ss. military, fife ami .Iruni han.l«. 'He t also agent tor the popular Mign..n piano, manufacture.! l.y Wehleusliaiifer, ..f Herlin. (lennanv ^\ an.l has . hsp.,s,..l of a large niunher of these excellent imstrunients in Winnipeg. He as, at! ' t.-.iils to the .epai.ii.g ami t.m.ng of pianos, .ngans ami musical instruments of all kin.Ks A |.;|l...lart..ature..ftl„scstal,l,shinent is a circulating musical lihrary, which is very p, lilar ami IS ,,ati.,ni/,.i, l.y a large nnmher .,t musicians, as it .■..ntains some of the he«t mus e'ex\a ft I ■ W^ el.rfor^ ... la.sincss in M.mtreal, hut ,le..i.ling that this Mcstern city presenteii .1 good liel. tor hs lii.eot l.ii.smess, came hei- three years ago, ami has prosin-redhv the / cliange. M. Astin is a popular gentleman, ^vh,, th,,r.,ugV ""^eVstan.ls allXSls ,f te ' musu husmcs, an.l IS hel.l ,n the highest esteem l.y every one wl... enjoys his ac,, lain nee W. W.WjlftlU'WS. Wat, limaker an.l .lewelcr. .-..-.(i Main Street. -The ieweliv ..stal, hshment,i,m,„t,.,ihy .Mr. W. W. Matthews was foui,il,.|| l.y hini in IS8 { w t, „t ^^^^^^^^^^^^ .apital ami has l.,.en a succes.sful v,.|itur,.. Mr. >""■ m i^n.i witli hut small ".Uttiiews now .-.•irries a stock ..f from S4.(HM» t.i i •-•').(»(»(). .111.1 his annual Imsincss amo.ints t.) fr.)ni Sli.O(M)to.s|(l.(((ll». Mr. .Matthews has a 1 ri..iia.sawat.liniak,.r. ami niakesliiie watcli repa a sp.'cialty. H.. als.. carri..s a st.ick ..f fin,, gol.l an.l silver jewelry, iliamon.ls, etc., ami in fa.t all arti- rl. s usually foiin.l in a first. 'lass jewelry cstahlish- n.ent. During the late lialf-l,re..il relicllion in the Saskat.hcwan ijistiict fought l.ravely with th.. gallant !t(»th l*.aftali..n of this .ity. Mr .Mattli,.\Ns Ii.ha >\: N^.trthwitst T..rrit..ry for I!. La. nance IVhl.le Sp,.,.tacli \ \ I