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ci...«r. a lii,. ol ih.inklul d.'votioii aiul -.hhI works wiihi.i tlu' .t'Curily A \W' \vall> ol
iIk- II. .uI Hivu ;>n.l >.Tiousl\ .-.'nsiJciva .■iitoriii^ tlic iuni!i;.tc. I Lt sw.'^ik—
ol .lispos-tion altraclc.l ilio tviulor licarl of Jeanne Maneo and thiou-lunit Ikt
lit., sli..- never eeascJ to uateh o\er the eliild so stran-elv thrown upon h.T eare.
So \\w llolel Dieu Keanie a vorilable home to the iMphan ehUdien and no pivs-
su>v was put upon ih.ni lo cnl.r iIk' order. Ilowevu", both sisters were des-
,i,uJ lou.ler the world a-ain. tor two years later. Raphael Lambert Closse
askod for and obtained Isabella as his wile, and ten years later Mane married
Sidrae du ilae, Sieur de Hoisbrianl.
K^^^ the j.|th |uh. i'-^;. their marria-e eontraet was si-ned in the Fori ol
Xillunarie bv a lu^si'ol friends anxious to show their res^ard lor llie eonlraeim^
piriies. Isabella was only sixteen years old, so MademoisJle Mai.ee aets m
the phu-/ .^1 her mother, and the marria-e is sanetioned by her and several ol the
eler-v wl'.o wue present. SiMiie part o\ her family property may ha\ e been re-
covered, or more probably her benelaelriee had in some manner provided a dot,
lor the bride brings as her portion hfteen hundred Hk res besides her personal
property and weddin- presents, and flosse settles .^x^ her three hundred livres
for her own use.
The lollowinLi- month they were married in the Chureh ol St. Josep,'. on St.
I\iul street, and earlv in the new xear the .Xssoeiates -ranted to Lambert flosse
the hrst i-ief eoneeded in the Island oi Montreal, it eonsisted ol one hundred
acres. bet,Mnnin- a little above St. Paul street, just beyond the property ol the
Hotel IVieu. and extondini,^ from thence towards the mountain in .i narrow strip
nearlv- two miles in len^rth. Heyond him. to the east, there was only one other
eonce'ssion. so that he stood at the very outskirts of the little settlement.
Such a position was what he himself would have chosen. 1 le recoi;-m/ed
that the Fief Closse was i,Mven him as well in reward o'i his past services as an
earnest oi further duties and he at once set to work to prepare his lands lor oc-
cupation. He eni,^aijed a man to break it up and sow it. another as a general
servant, lor one hundred and forty livres a year, made his contracts lor his
Jwellinj;. a house of heavy timbers with a projecting" chamber, strongly tortihed,
known as the Redout and built for a place of safety.
When all was readv he left his old quarters in the 1-ort with his wite lor his
post .^i honour and danger and was replaced by Zacherie Dupuis and IX>llard des
Ormeaux who had arrived from France with M. de Maisonneuve during the
previous suiiimer.
We see the softer side ot our soldier's nature when we glance at his home
life and find him surrounding his young wife with all the comforts possible in a
new country. She had her tine silver, her store of bed and table linen, for the
walls of her room she had pictures of the X'irgin and Saints, probably presents,
from Mademoiselle Mance, (who possessed a number of pictures on canvas and
copper), a little librarv of thirtv-one volumes, her state bed with its hangings ol
blue cloth and fringe \^i party-coloured silk, with folding chairs and an arm-chair
covered to match. He was careful, too, that she should dress in a manner he-
luting her station, for she had her dresses of line grey cloth with skirts ot white
sergel and it is easv to picture Dame Isabella in her cherry-coloured morning
)/ /RAD/', son /:.y//^' .\ riz/v/.A',
r s\\ ov.'l iic^''
nii^lunit iK'f
Ml Ikt I'aii.'.
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tlio l'"ori of
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her ptTMinal
iidrotl liwc^
isv.'|il', on Si.
nbort flosso
line huiKlictl
npcrty of tlio
narrow strip
ilv one otlior
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c roeoiiiii/cil
^'rviccs as an
lands tor oc-
as a general
racts lor liis
ij^ly fortified,
s wife l\>r liis
d {bollard des
,e dnrintj the
e at his home
possible in a
linen, for the
ibly presents,
in canvas and
s hanijinjjs o\'
1 an arm-chair
a manner be-
.;kirts of white
nred mornin^j
Liownofline llalian stull known as /^',i/i>/r ilr /-/-/r.vr. . I le w as as particular ^■'""^•'
in inarkini;- his own rank, lor. anions;- l:is Imu .u ;s, is imk' i-l l-;ni;lish cloth witli
points iif ribbon of ihe ci'lour known as dead leaves ( (aiiilc iiuuic\ and t,Tey silk
sUH-kiiiLis. and ins list oi bi>dy linen is iiiiusually lari;e and line, so that llieu"
siirriMUulin^-s not onl\ indicate threat condorl bnl also a reiinenunl one would
scarcely base looked for in this ruiowned Indian li-htei-.
Their lirst child, {•".li/abeth, had been born in llie I'\mi in C\:ober, i()5.S, but
died ow the lolK'wiMi^ da\ . In their new home, lun\e\ er, ; l',.- _\ o. mil; niol lier's
heart was comlorted b\ thv birth of a dau,',liier, whomslu' i anud Jeamie, in
Knini;- recognition oi her -^odmoilK r, Madenio's. I!e Mance, and L\cile ni
memory ol Ik r i^ranilmolhei .
C'losse had been under hea\\ expense in Iniildin-' ai;d j reparini;- his land lor
cullixaliim, so al the ^-n^X o\ his lirst \ear ol occup.i;ioii he sold hall his coiics-
sion \o M. Souarl of the Seminar), who puu-iiasod, il lor ihe benelU ol the Siei.r
de Saillv and his wile for the sum ol three iliousaiid lis res. ll was stipulated m
the deed that they and their s,.i\anls -luuid be p;iniced by the \ eiulor w ,t h
lodi;ini;- in ins hous..', w ith the use o\ the kiu Ik n in eon.mon lor three _\ears, i.iKi
tiK purchaser ai,M>.ed to build his house next to ihal ol L lo:>se lor I Ik- purpose o;
their mutual saUiy.
iM-om the tiiiK' o\ their marriai;e there had Iven comiiarali\e peace about
.Montreal. Onlv one man had been killed duriiiL; two xears and a halt, and the
relief from the constant strain oi watchlulness and dUL-nce was most welcome
and benelicial. Men went about their usual occupations in safety, houses were
rapidly erected, farms were thoroui;hly cleared and cultivated, important addi-
tions had been made to the slrcni^th of the colony ar.d a sense of security was
betjinninij to be felt when the awful scouri^e oi Indian warfare ay:ain swept over
tiK'land.
It had not come without warniiii;-, for in October, iD^ii, Sylvestre X'achon
was killed at the l.ac aux Loutres near Montreal ; in the following? spring Jean
de St. iV-re and his tuii companions were treacherously murdered at I'oint St.
Charles, and the reprisals for these outrages was the long expected signal for
war.
The heroic sacrifice oi Hollard and his comrades broke the main force of the
Indian attack and undoubtedly saved the country from the greatest danger, but
Montreal was beset with eager foes and man after man was murdered or carried
otf. In l'"ebruarv, thirteen men were taken prisoners at one stroke ; in March,
four others were killed, and six captured. Charles LeMoyne only escaped cap-
ture or death by the courage oi Madame Duclos. M. I.emaitre, Treasurer of
the Seminary, \vas killed in the midst o'i the men who were haying. M. Viginal,
Treasurer of the Seminary, was killed o\\ the Isle-a-la-i'ierre, opposite the town,
and his companion, Claude de Mrigeac, Secretary to .M. de .Maisonneuve, was
eaptured, and .underwent his terrible martyrdom at the hands of his merciless
foes.
Never before had the outlook been so desperate, and never were the services
of such men as Lambert Closse more needed for the existence of the little colo y
of \illemarie.
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liOANI) OF TKAHE SOUVENIR AX'
Clii>>e.
On tlio 17th Icbriiaiy, i(>()j, some nl liis men were altiieked hy liuliiins
while at their wi>rk. On liearinff the alarm, he at onee rushed Ui iheir rescue
and threw himself into the midst of liie fiK^ht. Three y>i his men fell about him,
and the nif,'ht of a certain l-'lemish serxaiit so emboldened the victorious Iroquois
that they rushed on their old enemy, who still faceii ihem, supported only bv a
servant named l'if,'eon. a little active fellow, entirely devoted to his master.
Closse had either come without his sword or it was broken durin}^- the lirst
melee, but he faced his foe undaunted, a pistol in each hand. Desperate
as their position was they mij,'ht vet have escaped had not his pistols Hashed in
the pan, one after the other, and in the unequal struy^^'ie, he fell before those
enemies whom he had so often conquered, " like a brave soldier of Christ and
our Kinfj," as l>ollier de C'asson adds to his chronicle.
Fi},'eon succeeded in makin;^ ^ood his escape and bri>u},dit the news of the
disaster home with him. The poi>r youn.t; widow could not remain in the lieso-
late home, and souj^ht comfort and shelter at the hands and heart x^i Madame
Bourgeois, of the Congregation, for herstif and her babe.
Here, within sight iif the home where her great disaster had overtaken her,
she lived for over live years. After she had in some degree recovered from her
loss, she occupied herself in managing and preserving her propertv. Her
husband had been too much of a soldier all his life, and was of too generous and
probably careless temper to make a successful trader, so that upon investigation
his aftairs were found to be seriously involved. She at once leased the farm and
her first protector. Mademoiselle Mance, again came to her rescue and took
part of her property in payment of a debt of two thousand livres, and the Seig-
neurs remitted all their dues "in consideration of the great and valuable services
"which the late Lambert Closse, her husband lias rendered in the establishment
"of this colony where he was killed by the Iroquois while in its service."
News also came of the death K^i a relation in Paris, the Sieur de Hrcst, of
whom she and her sister .Marie were heirs, ;;.,d this welcome addition to her
means enabled her to acquire a lot of land forming the corner of St. I'aul and St.
Vincent streets, and she left the shelter of the Congregation and went to live
here with her daughter Jeanne, now six vears old.
Now there came to Montreal a certain Jacques lii/ard some few years after
these events, who was born in Mecaix in tli'i Canton o'i Neuchatel, in Switzer-
land, where his father, Dav id Mizard. was Mayor. The son probably came out
to Canada with the Count de I'rontenac who was his friend and appointed him
as Lieutenant of his Body (iiiard. I'pon the death oi Zacharie Dupuis, who had
succeeded Lambert Closse as .Major of the island and town ^^i .Montreal, Bizard
was appointed in his stead and held this oHice during the remainder oi his life.
He was a friend o{ Gresollon du L'hut, and lived with him in his new house on
St. Paul street, and when Bizard won Cecile Closse for liis bride, we find Du
L'hut came down from the western wilds to act as one of his friends at the
signing of his marriage contract.
On the 16th oi August, i()7.S. Bizard married Jeanne Cecile Closse who was
then eighteen years old, and it is worth looking at their marriage contract, if
only to see tlu
all came Loui»
the King iti (.
.if N'orthern I
and lii>vernor 1
Sieur de \'arei
secretarv ; Rei
.Michel .and (ir
Robineau de P
Ciardeur, his w
selle Barbe d'
Sieur de Lusit;
and o\\ the par
liue, SieiM- de
array oi iiotab
CoiMit de I'Von
born, she was
father.
In October
island lying ti
known to us a^
the Ottawa Ini
house at the ci
enlarged. It i:
he was allowec
March ibSj, tli
Like m;-.ny t
which he did ni
his marriage I
Court, a butch(
he wanted, thn
his feet, a prot
and so laid hi
married life hai
Patron, his ne:
leaving his hou
was in the str
only excuse for
man as he vv;i
surprised by ha
Bizard, who, bi
and regretted
absence he sati
groimd by the I
outrage, but co
we {\o not find
Bizard died
WHE SOUVENIR yi'Mn/CK'.
only to SCO iho luimber of inipoitani frioiuls Hi/arJ liail in tlic loiinlrv. I'"irsi ofC'"""
all camo Louis ilo Hiiado, C'omte ile l'"rontonac, (iovernor ami l.itnil.-dcneral lor
llio Kinj,' in t'anachi, Acadia, llio Island of Xcwtoundlanil and other coinilrics
.>t N'ortiicrn I'lancc, then hrancois Marie IVrrol, Seif^iiciir dc Ste. (ienevicve
aiuK;i>vornor of Montreal, Dame Ma^'dclaino l.a (liiido, his wife, Kenc (iaiithier,
Sieiir dc X'areiines and (iovernor of Three Ui\ers, )act|iies Marrois, I'rontenae's
socretarv ; Reni' Uohincaii, Sieiir de Hecancoiir, fhevalier \.\\ the Order of Si.
.Michel and (irand Noyer oi New JMance ; Pierre Robineau de Hecaiicour, Reno
Robineaii de Portneuf, Charles D'.Ailleboiist des .Miisseaiix, l>;iine Catherine l,c
(iardeur, his wife, Jean Haptiste I.e (iardcur de Repenti^Mix and his wife, Danioi-
selle Harbe d'Ailleboiist, Daniel de Crezolon. .Siem- dii Mint. Louis Tayeon,
Sieur de l,usit,niy and Jacijiies Dainien, Assa>er and Reliiier o\' ^okl and silver ;
and on the part of Jeanne (."losse came only her mother and her uncle Sidrac du
line, Sieur de Hoisbriant. The contract was dul> sif,Mied by this formidable
array oi notables, amonj,'-st who no rohincr found a place, in the hotel o\' the
Count de i-'rontenac at .Montre;il, and when the first child oi the marriajfe was
born, she was baptized Louise in honour i>i the Count who stood as her \^y^^.\-
father.
In October of the next year Hizard was granted the Seigniory of the large
island lying to the north-west of .Montreal then called Isle Honaventure, and
known to us as Isle Hizard; but as it was in a position open to ever\ descent oi
the Ottawa Indians he probably never occupied it but continued to live in the
house at the corner of St. Paul and St. N'incent streets, which he rebuilt and
enlarged. It is perhaps an indication of the favor in which Hizard was held that
he was allowed to possess this properly while still an alien for it was no\. until
March if)S7, that he obtained his letters of naturalization.
Like ni;-.ny ol his class he held traders and shopkeepers in sovereign contempt
which he did not hesitate to shew on occasion. Thus a couple o\' months before
his marriage he behaved in so high minded a manner towards owq Michel Le
Court, a butcher, who neglected to furnish him with all the fresh beef tongues
he wanted, threatening the butcher with a term of imprisonment with irons on
his feet, a proceeding which the butcher believed he had no right to exercise
and so laid his complaint against the Major. Kven the responsibilities of
married life had but little effect in calming his blood, for in i().So we find Jacques
Patron, his next neighbour, complaining that on the jjnd of December while
leaving his house towards five o'clock in the evening to walk into town Hizard
was in the street with two friends when Patron passed without saluting. His
only excuse for such a breach of etiquette was that he had not seen tlie gentle-
man as he walked along thinking over his business, when suddenlv he was
surprised by having his cap pulled olV his head, and thrown across the road by
Hizard. who, before knocking him down, remarked that he was growing prouj
and regretted not having his cane in order to chastise him properly. In its
absence he satisfied himself with a sound drubbing, and dragged I'atron over the
ground by the hair. The indignant merchant at once informed Perrot o( the
outrage, but could obtain no satisfaction, and then laid his formal complaint, but
we do not find that he ever obtained any redress.
Hizard died in 1(192, two years later his widow married Raymond Blaise des
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\\^hilc lurv--^-^ the pLiin, etenuil. ri^e
f^cueherv-^ille. f5ciu)eiiicnt eniel ^t. R\ilciiiv.
f^ur 1c the ^ve-^tvv^.H^•| ^hiiie^ ^uehiiie.
^Lite cf the (3i"ient. Iciu) tH)C.
V^heii the v'irviin fcre»t s-trctdicd bet^vrceii
'The Re\|ul l^cuiit emel the f^iv'^er below'.
Vv'^ith it-s ^ciiv'^cnt buildiiuj-s. lew" unci wHiitc.
P\iin'.s |.slund lie». half \ccccl. hulf pLiin.
Vv^^hiie eibreti^t the %it\). Q^\xc\^ and briLjht.
§prinL)-s the w'^ccde^ cre-st cf ^te. [l\elene ;
^c the ea-st the cjlimmer cf u"ater i^ -seen
V^here the -stream ha-s pa-s-sc^ in it-s cnvcard \\c\^
f^ rem the (^c\|al fe it\) that lic-s betw'een
• 'The |^c\|al ITjcunt an^ the l^icer belcv'?.
f^rcm the taperinc) -steeple-s rcund abcut
The >:hime new -sw'cll-s te a miC)ht\) p-salm
^-s the beem cf " (^rc-s f^eur»^en" w^ell-s cut
f^rem the -stateKj tevv^er-s cf P\ctre ©ame ;
f^rem ^t. |^eter'-s deme \t\\\\ a cjclden -sheen
The .:re-s-s t]leam-s bricjht in the -sun -s la-st t)le\v'.
(f\ii)h ccr the ^it\) that lie-s betw-een
The [^c\)al l^cunt and the [^iv-er belcw'.
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-s cii-f
ctrc
©amc ;
jidcn
-sheen
-sun
-s Id-st t)
C\V'
'cn
^\^C\'
be lew''.
HOARD or TRADE SOUVENI
MONTRliAL IN "bo
From Kamiisi"'s t'oUectinn of XDyago^, piililUhci
Till' (ii'sign \v:is niaik- from tlu' (li-icri|ili(in (>ivci
'/•' TRADE SOUVENIR NUMBER.
MON TRIBAL IN oo5.
L'lilloction of N'oyagcs, piihli^hcil in \ iiiifi" 1563-1565.
madi- from llu' ik-scriplinn j>i\i-ii by I;\ii|Uos Cnrlicr.
liOAKD OF JRADE SOUVENIR
MONTREAL AND SOME OK TH
THK l^KKXCH WKC
J:ic<|iies
Cartur.
WWV.\ that hardy Malouiii, Jaccjiies Cartier, followed by his j;;cntlemcn and
sailors, landed on the shoies of the Island oi Montreal, in the month
oi October, 1535, ho came not only as an explorer, but as the herald (^i
a new civilization, standing <'>k\ the threshold of an imknown world.
The story of his \ isit reads like a romance ; we follow the adventurers
aloni,^ that broad forest path under the jjreat oaks, "as fair as any in France," a
good league and a half to the gates \>'i the Indian town of Hochelaga, near the
mmmtain ; from thence we pass through the waving fields of maize antl rice
and peas ; we watch the curious cere-
monies of the Indian feast, see the
presents exchanged, listen to the Ad-
miral's speech, see him touch the
palsied and mutter a few words of the
(lospel over them, and finally stand
beside him on the summit of the moun-
tain and marvel imt that he named it
".Mount Royal,"* as he gazed at the
beautiful country stretched out o\\
eve.'y side.
Towards the west the Hurry of silver
rapids caught the eye ; towards the
south a great plain, broken only by
the broad stream of the St. Lawrence
and the then nameless mountains ;
towards the north and west, the meet-
ing oi the Ottawa and the St. Law-
rence, and towards the east, the
tranquil flow of the river he had just
surmounted ;- and all this country
covered with the primeval forest, save
for the patches of cultivated land on
the Island. No White Face other than he had ever set foot within the borders
of this lovely land.
He named the mount on u hicli he stood, and the great river which bore him
thither; hut otherwise, mountain and stream, island and river, were only known
by name to the Indians whose heritage they were. Then, his short visit over,
he took canoe for Quebec, and the Island was left once more to his friendly hosts.
* It In curiiiu> to note the various s|)i'llint;s of Mcmlienl in tlic I'.n^li^li ilnciimcnts ; Mon l\i;il,
Mcin Ixiiyall. \lonl Ke.il. Mniili- kojall, Mon'e Kyall, Mont Uoya". Moiil Troy.nll .nnd Moyal an;
some 'if ihi'iii,
JACQIIIS CARTIER.
Nearly
our Island,
N irx)3 S
anxiou
westwi
Quebec.
Ow the
named the
present Cu
Sli\ Helhh
The Ho
itants, as
even the \<
to-day. N
of the yeai
tribe whici
Champ
found on t
covered by
the Little 1
He had
in the earl;
manned b
before. H
finery of a
ed to gras
trade whic
The tra
canoes am
The w
succeedinj,
died, and
up by the
ing Indian
that on wl
citv in the
■J'RADE SOUVENIR NUMBER.
i
: OK THB MAKBF^S THBKBOF.
* 1>J P: X C H V^ K< . I M K .
\early three-quarters ot a century rolled by before another European visited
our Island, and even then it was but a flying visit.
N 1603 Samuel de Champlain, ik Brouagc en Xaiii/oiifiv, the maker ot Canada, ''""p-""-
anxious to examine the country over which lie was placed, made his way
westwards, at le;ist as far as Lachine, and then retraced his course to
Quebec.
On the 28th May, ibi 1, he returned and thoroujj^hly examined the Island ; he
named the point between the Little River and the St. Lawrence, where the
present Custom House now stands, La Place Ro\Hih\ and the lar^^e island below.
Sic. Helvnc, in honour o( his wife, Helone Houille.
The Hochelaga of Jacques Cartier had entirely disappeared, so had its inhab-
itants, as well as all traces oi the fields of rice and <;rain ; all had gone— and
even the very site of that wonderful Indian town can only be vaguely surmised
to-day. Xo doubt some horrid tale of savage triumph is hidden behind the veil
of the years, a triumph in which the victors left nothing standing to tell of the
tribe which once had been.
Champlain explored the neighbouring country, experimented with the clay
found on the shores, and built a wall of it on the little Isk Norma iidi 11, now
covered by the Island Wharf ; he also made two gardens, one on each side o(
the Little River, planting them with seed brought from Krance.
He had sent word to the Indians to meet him here with furs for trading, and
in the early days of June of that year, canoe after canoe came down the rapids,
manned by savages from the interior, who had never looked on a white face
before. Barter was quick and easy ; furs were exchanged for axes, knives and
finery of all kinds, on the very site of that future city which so soor was destin-
ed to grasp and hold the fur trade in her hands for over two hundred years, a
trade which was rapidly to lift her to the commercial supremacy of New France.
The trade over, Champlain sped swiftly down the current in his heavily-laden
canoes and took ship for France.
The wall of clay on the ilet stood until swept away by the ice and water of
succeeding Springs. The flowers and plants in the little gardens bloomed and
died, and in a few years all trace of man's handiwork was destroyed, or covered
up by the never idle hand of Nature, ^'ear by year went by, and only wander-
ing Indians touched our shores, until another May came, thirty years later than
that on which Champlain landed, which was destined to see the birth of a new
citv in the heart of the wilderness.
i i
wm
BOARiy OF TRADE SOUVENIR
Mai-otiiifiKC.
IT was tho ciohtcentli ol May. "tne iiioiUh oi Mary." it)4J. that I'.iul de
Chomedev. Sieur de Maisoniicuvc. aLCompaniod by M do Montmai;iiy the
C.ovornor, laiuk-d with his foliowini; on tho " I'iace Koyalo" o'i Champlain,
on the shores of Montreal.
l<:i-hteen thev were in ail In e ^^^ them woner, of wlioni two. .Madame de la
Peltrie and Mademoiselle Jeanne Mance. were of the same class as their leader ;
but ditVerence of caste in no way interfered with the common zeal, nor diverted
theircommon aim the buildin- of a "City oi Clod" in the midst <-^{ a heathen
world.
With such an object it was fillini,' that their
first labours should be devoted towards raisinjj
an altar to Him in whose cause they had
enlisted as Soldiers of the Cross.
\Ve all know the touching story of that iirst
act of Christian worship ; how the two ladies,
with their servant, decorated the sylvan altar,
and the Jesuit father, X'imont, i^ave forth the
Vcui Creator, and during- the service which
followed, prophesied the future success of the
colonists.comparini;- their i^rowthto the mustard
seed of the Ciospel ; then, as the Holy Sacra-
ment was to be exposed, and there was no oil
for the lamp, fire files were caui,'ht in thedusU,
and imprisoned in a vial of clear glass, they
flashed and burned through that first night
before the Symbol of the Redeemer.
That night the tired travellers lodged ii In
bclh' ctoi/c, and it is not difficult to imagine the
many and different emotions which swayed the
hearts and kept sleep from the eyes o'i those
men and women, as they watched their sentinels
pacing slowly up and down, appearing and
disappearing, between the glow of the fire and
the gloom of the forest.
On the moriow tents were set up, the site
oi the fort was determined, and tree after tree
came crashing down under the axe ot the
founders oi X'illemarie in the island of Montreal.
"This enterprize would seem as desperate
" as it is bold and holy had it not as foundation
" the might of Him, Who never fails tho-e who undertake nothing save
"in harmony with His will; and did one but know all that is being done to
" bring about this great result he would at once acknowledge that our Savii>ur
"is verily its founder." So wrote the Jesuit chronicler for the year i()42 and
nothing could more faithfully represent the spirit which upheld and inspired
these men and women.
Paul de CtuMiiedev, Sieur de MaisomKJ\e, w:is a gentleman of Champagne.
who hail
ma\ indee
name.
It is t:
young so
instance t
but. wl-
inij' aside
I'AUr, UK CHOMKDKV, SIKIR DK MAI
shortly
the com
by the
La Dau
the entl
and at
disco\er
TRADE SOUVENIR NUMBER.
I'aul do
la^ny tin.'
hamplain,
ami; dc la
ir leader ;
r diverted
a heathen
in
hampai,fne.
who had lu-iin his military career in Holland when only a child s^'i thirteen h.
may indeed have been colonel, even at tiiat ai;e, in the reijiment which hore his
name.
It is tantali/int;- that we cannot trace the personality and surroundings ol the
voung soldier, only catchini; here and there a lew va!,'ue hints. We Unow tor
instance that he could play on the lute, that he had an old father and two sisters
hut, whether he had passed throui^h a jciincssc onii^CNSc and ret'ornied, ciist-
\side those evil companions some of whose names mii;ht iiave sounded
familiar even in lhi> far-olV-time, or, whether
he had always preserved that purity of soul,
that devotion of purpose and sobriety ot mind
which so distinguished him in alter life we
know nothinj;-.
When we first meet him at the heginnini,^
of his new life he had evidently resii^iied from
active service ; he would devote himself to the
service of Ciod, \ery probably •'against the
Turk," that oppressor of Christianity who gave
oppottunitv to churchman and heretic alike to
join in those freciuent expeditions which still
offered to pious and warlike souls some sem-
blance to the Crusades.
Now , one o'i our young ollicer's two sisters,
Madame de Chomedey, was a nun at 'I'royes,
deepiv interested in the missionary work in
Canada and her enthusiasm must have in-
Huenced him to some extent, for on reaching
Paris and being in a house of a friend he picked
up the Relation o\' the Jesuits in Canada for
that year. He therein found reference to the
Jesuit Father Lallement, who had recently
returned to France. He would see the Mis-
sionarv, lay bare his heart to him, and possibly
Canada might prove his field of action.
It is one of the many curious coincidences,
if we do not care to use a stronger word, o'i
the foundation of this colony that M. Jerome
Le Rover de la Dauversiere, the director oi
tlie Associates oi Notre Dame de Montreal,
should have applied to Father Fallenient
shortly afterwards, to enquire if he knew o'i any one fitted to undertake
the command of the colony. Maisonneuve was most heartily recommended
by the old Missionary but, before meeting him, the priest suggested that
l,a Dauversiere should see him at the inn where he lodged. .Accordingly
the enthusiastic Collector oi Taxes repaired to the inn, secured his room,
and at dinner that day must have scanned each t.-^ice with eager interest to
discover this olVicer willing to abandon the world for the wilderness. There w as
M^ii^ jiMKMve.
; CHOMKDKV, SIKIR DK MAISONNia'VH.
thing sa\e
ng done to
ur Saviour
ir i()42 and
id inspired
BOARD or IRADF. SOIIENIR
MnisiniiH-nvr
notliiiis;' to siifiial liini tViini the others, hut l^a Dauv ersicre possossLti a toiicli-
stono wliich easily calk d forth the true inclal. He lie_L;an to speak \>i New
{•'ranee, the ij'iorious missions there, and particularly <-\i the new enterprise ot
the Associates. 0\w face ahove all others was at once alis^ht with enthusiasm,
one questioner more than all was eajjer in his inquiries, and, when the meal was
over, the (.piestioner joined his int'ormant and asked him to withdraw to his room
where he mijjht hear more of an enterprise in which he was tjreatly interested.
Here tiie two men made themsehes and
their desires and ambitions known to each
other the end bein^ that M. de Maisonneuve
declared that he had an income \>i only
two thousand livres, but if it were ajjreeable
to the Associates he would command the
company ready to start and ended : " Mon-
" sieur, I ha\e no care for profit, 1 can
" supply my wants out of m\ income, and I
" will employ both my purse and my life in
" this new imdertaking without seekinj^^ for
"honor other than to serve (iod and the
" kini>^ in my profession."
His old father was j^reatly distressed
over his determination and onl\ ai^reed to
his departure in the hope that he mijjfht revive
the tortunes oi their old and honourable
house; his sisters wished him a hearty God-
speed and we ha\e seen his arrival on the
scene y>'( his life's work.
I'or a \ear the colonists worked and
watched, unmolested by toes, but were
linally discovered by a tlyini^^ party of
.Mgonquins, who, hastening back, met their
pursuing enemies, who were Iroquois, arul
the two made common cause against the
white invaders. l'"rom this time, fi>r fully
one hundred and fifty years, Montreal stood
in the van, ever liable to attack, at times
overwhelmed and helpless to put forth any
effort, but still ever holding her birthright
won by such men ;is these whose story we
will to some extent endeavour to trace.
Thev were in a hostile country, so that their first care was to prov ide a place
of safety ; they built such a defence as they could and four years later, when M.
Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge, a gentleman of Champagne, as was Maison-
neuve, arrived at the head of a new band of colonists, he drew a plan of a
regular fort with four stone bastions ; the king made a present of cannon and
within this eflective rampart the little colony was in comparative safety.
I'^ven b
de Mullion,
attracted I
the cause
direct her
Dieu, whi*.
which is 111
JEROME I K ROVI:r I)I< i.a dadver
present S
to the ni
Here he
their groi
great dis
command
slowly.
■J NAD/-: SO(l/:N/N .\'[.]/HKR.
w tmicli-
o^ New
prise ot
uisiiisni,
[loal \\;is
his rnoni
rot oil.
ICvL'M boloro the het^iniiinj^s of Moiilroiil there was a huly in l'"rance, Madame Mai^.tnunve.
de Bullion, anxious to prove herself in ijood works; like so many others she was
attracted towards the pruniisini;- tield o( Canada and en'.husiastie'ally embraced
the cause i>f the new foundation. She chose Mademoiselle Jeanne Mance to
direct her eH'orts and the end was the establishment o( an hospital, the Hotel
Dieu, which was bei^un two years after the landinj^- o'i the colonists at a point
which is now the corner oi St. i'aul and St. Joseph, (now St. Sulpice) streets.
M. do Maisonneuve, who had suflicicntly
proved his personal couraj^e on hard fought
fields in luirope, had now ti> meet a more
severe trial in attempting to restrain his men
from their desire to sally forth and meet the
enemy who vo constantly beset them. They
could not understand this grave, quiet man,
who was said to be a colonel, ever counselling
I hem to prudence, making provision for
relre.it within the walls oi the fort on the
first ah.rm. No doubt their wonderings
grew into whisperings and the whispering.s
into words which reached the ear o\' their
ever patient leader, and he saw that he must
prove to their duller understanding that he
lacked not the qualitv which they prized most.
Our fir.st historian, Dollier de Casson,
tells us how, in the morning of the 30th of
March, 11)44, ''^^^ dogs of the l'"ort making
their daily rounds under the leadership <.^\'
the sagacious " I'ilote," gave warning of
lurking foes ; and the inhabitants urgently
begged Maisonneu\e to lead them to the
attack. Cirimly warning them to be as
\aliant us their words, he ordered prepara-
tions to be made, and marched out at the
head o( thirty men ; leaving M. d'.Ailleboust
in command. Having but few snow-shoes
they kept the road as far as the spot where
the Hotel Hieu was in course of erection,
and then up a road which had been broken
for drawing wood for the new building,
which probybly ran along the line of the
present St. Sulpice street, and engaged the enemy who were in ambuscade
to the number o\ about two hundred beyond the present Place d'.Armes.
Here he scattered his men, sheltering them behind trees, and they held
their ground as long as amunition Listed ; but this failing, and being at a
great disadvantage in the deep snow, the men soon fell into disorder, and he
coiTimanded a retreat to the wood road for firmer footing, urging them to move
slowly. The pursuit was so hot, however, that as soon as they gained the road
IK ROVI:k 1)I< l,\ DAUVERSli;RK
e a place
when M.
Maison-
)lan of a
mon and
II
J(
li
lO
HOARD OF TRADE SOUVENIR
M«i!«)niinivf. they broke and ran, It-jvinj; Maisonncuve, who had waited for the wounded
to be borne ofV, far in the rear. They rushed on in such a terrified rout that the
sentinel at the l*"orl essayed to tire his canon trained on the path up which they
came, but fortunately the fuse did not take or there would have been a jfreater
slauffhter than the Iroquois had eflfected. Meanwhile Maisonneuve followed as
rapidly as possible, and the Iroquois, recoj^ni/inj:^ the liovernor forbore to fire,
wishinjj; if possible to capture him alive ; they pressed so closely that from lime
to time he was forced to face them pistols in hand, when suddenly they halted,
and their chief sprinjj^inij^ forward stood face to face with their only opponent.
The (iovernor sighted and tired, but the piece missed, and the Iroquois chief,
who had thrown himself flat to escape the ball, leaped to his full heij^ht and
amid a howl of victory from his followers, rushing in grappled with his an-
tagonist and caught him by the throat.
Fortunately Maisonneuve's left arm was under the chief's shoulder, and be-
fore his antagonist could push his advantage, he discharged his second pistol
point blank into the back of the Indian's head who loosening his grasp, fell
heavily in the snow at his \ ictor's feet.
Stupefied, the Irotjuois hesitaleil for a moment and then rushed forward, not
to attack Maisonneuve but to save the corpse oi their chief from desecration, and
lifting it on their shoulders slowly vvitlulrevv, while the intrepid liovernor reach-
ed the I'^ort in safety.
There never was questiim oi his courage after this.
The beginnings oi the little town were "the l-ort," at Poiii/c I'l Cdlliirv and
the Hiilvl Dii'it but it was not until the fourth day i^'i January, sixteen hundred
and forty-eight that " Paul de Chomedey, Kst|uire. Sieur de .Maisonneuve, Ciov-
ernor of the Island oi Montreal and of the lands thereto depending,"' gave the first
personal grant of land to Pierre liadoys which ran from about the site of St. .Anns'
market, and had as its l-iastern boundary about the present line of St. Peter street.
Then the colonist n ti>ok courage, that is they took courage between the
Hotel Dieu and the l-'orl; Teslard de Montigny, Jacques F,e Her and Charles Le
Moyne there built their houses ; then a fortilied mill was built bv the Seignieurs,
who were now the Cientlcmen Ecclesiastics of St. Sulpice, at a place known to
all old Montrealers as "Windmill Point" and another mill towards the east
which they called " le Moulin du I'ort," the site oi which we know to-dav as
Dalhousie Square.
Slowly the little tow n grew year by year, one family after another came out
from Old France, and one home after another was founded in the new settlement.
From the line of houses between the Fort and the Hotel Dieu along the northern
side of whit afterwards became St. l\iul street, growth was made upwards on
the western side of St. Sulpice street towards the present Place d'.Armes.
It is impossible in this sketch even to outline the greatness of the services
and sacrifices which M. de Maisonneuve made for his beloved colonv. Mis re-
ward must have been in his own brave conscience, for when he left his Ciovern-
ment in Montreal in i()()5, by permission \>'i M. de Tracy, to attend to some family
atTairs in France, M. Dupuis, the Town-Major, was appointed in his stead dur-
ing such time as the \'ice-Roy deemed necessary.
For tw(
no reward,!
charge in
for its grov
he took nol
Frill, wluHi
The So
sought tlii'l
" went to
" .Maisonni
" ('n'//ii/iii\
"that he l|
" those in
"come Iro
" open for
"and he ri
should sup
returned wi
This is
years of his
sacrifices fo
servant retii
remainder o
Afti:k (
voted
Raph:
1641, share
exposed hii
was killed i
a strength t
0( his I
Canada as ;
/'/(I)// itu (Ut
and vciiycr i
letters oi lu
Dollier i
his skill wit
tive of his c
narrative is
iinly a lad o
was about t
I n I (J3 1 ,
and were ai
taining pen
TRADK SOUVENIR A UMBER.
Hor twenty-five lonjf and arduous years he had laboured at his post seeki.v M«is„„„euve.
no reward, asking; no honours, and had accompMshed his work in leavinjr his
charge .n such condition that it needed but a continuation of his fatherly care
for ,ts «:rowth. l-very credit in Canada that he held was dispensed in charitv.
he took noth.n,. away but the lov e of his people, and his old bodv-servant, l.ouis
I nn wlu,m the Su-ur Morin tells us. '• ii le servait plus c,u' il n'en etai, servi."
Ihe Su-ur nour^a.o,s tells us how when she went over to Paris in M.70. she
••u^n 'V"l" '"^^''"^". '^>- "- -■'^'- "■'••- morning atter nn arH^.I I
utnt to the Sennnary o. St. Sulpice to ascertain where I mi^dit'.ind M. de
la.sonneuve He lod^^.l in the Kosse St. Victor near A. PIK ,.■ la Dor,rnn-
r..™and ,t was late belore . arrived. I, was only a feu davs be/ore this
t . t he had (urn.shed a small room, and had buil, a hut after the manner of
those m Canada so that he mij^ht have accommodation for those who mi.^ht
come trom .Montreal. I knocked a, the door, and he himself came down to
and he recened me w„h the .neatest pleasure." He insisted tha, his ,n.est
should sup w,th hm. m ,he ral.anr, and he hastened to the nearest wine-shop anc
returned wnh a bottle of wine to supplement their simple repast.
Th.s ,.s the last personal oli,,,,,,, ,,, ,„,.,, ^„. ^. ^^,^ ^ rcmainir.-
>cars ot h.s hie h,s constant thou^^h, was for h,s colonv and lu n,ade rcpea 'l
sacnhces tor „s sake. .After his death on the .,lh September, H.;.. his , Ltl ,u
A I- rKK C homedey de Maisonncuve there was no man more unsellishlv de-
voted ,0 the M.teres,s oi the little co'ony than his Ser,eant..Maior.
Kaphael-Lambert Closse. He came out ,0 Canada with Maisonneuv i
se'' -'s:;; ;": ^ ■ '": '^"■'^■''^^ ='"^' ^•'^'-'•-- ^^^ •>- --'v vear. C...
wasi 1 > ■ " "■ •■ "'"■"""'■■ ""' "'^^■'•^^^■^■'- ^'-^K- threatened, anu
va U.lle 1 „, act.on aKan.st the Iroquois .just as the new settlement was .. ini "
a streni,nh that promised success to their elTorts. ^ ^
Oi his origin and family history we have but faint trac.s ; he came out to
i:;;l:: of::;;;;;:: ^'"'^' '- '^ -^ -^^^-^-^ - '^-- "- ^- -- --'<-. ^
I'^:";-'- de Casson had a soldier's admiration for his unllinchin^ coura.e and
- skd w.th the p,stol, and records many of his acts of prow ss 1, i ' h '
z:w:tzv'''' "" ""'^^^^'"" '^'^ '''-' •■^-•'"^ ''^''- '^' ^----^
on V hd of , . "■'■" '" '""' '' "'"'"'' y^'-''^' y^' "-' «-' "^''t he uas
;:2 ^!:; t::;::z """'' " ''- - ^•^^•' '-^ ^'^ ''- "■- ^''" -^^^ ^-^-^
In .65,, when all were expectin.^ M. de Maisonneuve's return from iM-mce
and were anx.ous for news, he volunteered to descend the river u d ul h
tatnn,, permission, escorted Mademoiselle Mance in sa.eU ^s i:'' J-H.^
'iOARD OF TRADE SOVVENIR .
Cx-'f.
UiwM's. lioi\' iilarniiiij^f new s of lio?Nlili.' liotnuii> was liearJ ami as Montiial
wiuikl ho tlio probable point of attack, he kft his v.hai^V' in oaro ot tlio (ioveiiior
of I'lirco Ri\L-rs, I^iipli'ssis-Moiliarti, who was about staitint; lor (Jiicbcc with a
stroiit; escort ; thereiipon C'losse retiirneil in all haste to Montreal, where his
mere presence brought a sense i>l security to the anximis inhabitants.
in (."October of ihe follow iny year when the country was swept by roxins^'
bands of Imlians ami \\o man's life was safe, even within llie town, Lambert
(.'losse bokliy atlackeil ami ilefeateil about twohumlrecl Irotpiois, with a toree
numberini; only twent\-four. lie ami his men were closely surroundeil in a
small house, and although they were able to hokl their own ami their hea\ y tire
tokl terribly on the besiei^ers at such ck>se ipiarlers, their ammunition began to
fail. Once this i;a\e out they could no longer hope to keep back the howlinj,'
crowd about them, and in this extremity C'losse calleil lUie of his men aside and
told him his expedient. 'Ihis man, liaston, celebrated for his runnmi;- pvn\ers,
at oncij ai^reed to the Major's plan. All were ordered to loail afresh and
after embracin}; the couraijeous messeni;er, Closse 0|ieneil the door and under
cover of their united lire, Hastoii rushed oul, succeeded in breakinjj;' throuj^h
the enemy and reached the b'ort in safety , from whence he soon returned with
eight or ten men and two light field pieces.
.\s soon as he came in sight the little garrison raised .a shout of victory and
redoubled their fire, the guns were quickly placed in position and in a few
moments tlie !roi.|uois were driven otV with a loss ol over twenty killed and man}'
more wounded.
.After relatingthis action, Dollier de C"asMin says : " In connection with this
"it is luting 1 should say a word touching M. C'losse, who is known to all as a
" man o( perfect courage, generous as a li^in, the friend ot all true stildiers, and
" the sworn enemy of poltroons. If on<: had the care to write down all the
" brave feats which he erstwhile performed \early in this place, he would record
" so man\ eulogies; "or he was everywhere, and everywhere performed won-
" ders, which my carelessness in vvi iting dow n, has caused me to leave in the tomb
" as well as many others, but which will be brought forth from their resting-
" place some day by an arm less feeble than mine, and by a hand more capable
" than that which labours at this history."
He seen ed absolutely proof against fear of any personal danger, and in his
position of Major of the Tinvn considered it his duty to be first in the field, hold-
ing hislile as an offering to God in this particular service. It is dillicult for us
in these peace-loving days to realize the spirit of absolute devotion which gov-
erned such men. Dollier c'e Casson records that Closse, on being warned by
some friends a short time before hisdeath that he would certainly be killed if he
continued to expose himself so cons'antly, replied : " (ientlemen, I but came
" here to the end I might die forCiod, serving him in arms. Did 1 believe that I
" should not so die 1 would leave the country and serve against the Turk rather
" than be deprived of such a glory." Here again we meet with the ghost of
the Crusades.
it is no wonder that such a man won the admiration and the following of the
br.'ivehearts about him, and his years of residence in the l'"ort with M. de Mai-
si>iineuve i
these iWvt
I'or mi
safely of tl
enriching
years of a
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that we fir
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The \vi
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Isle aux O
their famil
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to regard 1
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suMiK'uvo must li;i\o inade a cli'so hoiul oi Iriciulsliip aiul i.onrn.leiico between ^-"'"^''f-
IIK'sO IWM lic'VUtCl-l MK-n.
I'or iiiiiii) years C'lossc was M. Jc Maisunneiivo's priiuipal support for the
silcly ^^'i tlio colony. As ilisintLTosteil as his L-omniandor, !'>• ''.cillier lliouyht of
enricliiii}^ liiinself hy trade or seeking ilie repi>se y^i family life unlil sixteen
years of eonslanl labour had won some results in a ^rowinj,^ population and a
(irmly rooted colony, lie ser\ed nij^'ht and day at^ainst the enemy, and in quieter
times tried to turn his unpractised h;ind in the more peaceful labours of the com-
numity as t'ierU of the Cirelfe <.A .Montreal, a task so dilVicull for this born soldier
that we fmd the jjreater number of deeds durinj,"- his term of otlice in the char-
acteristic handwriting o^ the (iovernor.
In the sprinj^ oi 1(133 the lroi.|uois swept down ^^^n the Isle tiiix Oii:,, below
Ouebec, Uillinj,'- the settlers and laying; waste the country, with but little resist-
ance v>n the part o'i the inhabitants, who were so .--cattered that they cuuld
render wo effective help. The victors sent oil their prisoners under a small
escort, while their main body mo\ed on to Montreal.
OncQ there they conducted themsehes with the utmost boldness ; succeeded
in kiHinj,"- one man in an ambuscade, and, under pretence of a parley, endeavored
to draw M. de Maisonneuve into their reach. Hut Charles J.eMoyne, who had
just returned from Quebec, prevented his fallinjj into the snare and with the
utmost coolness, went alone in his canoe to meet two bra\es wlu> paddled close
up to the l-'ort with a captive luij^lish boy between them. When he was close
alonjrside he dropped his paddle and catchinj;- up his pistols forced them to
raise their paddles and so drift into shore with the current, where they wtre at
once secured without a strui^jjle. This feat brouj^^lu the Indians down in force,
but Lambert Closse was placed with his musketeers aloni,'' the shore and he and
I.e.Moyne charj^ed the enemy with such vitjor that they were driven back and
held in check while a parley was agreed on. The celebrated Irocpiois Chief,
(irand .\rniee, approached in his canoe, flyinjj a lar^e white banm r at her bow,
landed a little above the Kort and demanded to see tlie prisoners. They were
marched out before him and when convinced of the j,'ood faith o( the French,
he ai^reed to an exchan<;-e and tlrt- rthite captives were brought forth.-
The waitinj;' inhabitants recoj^ni/ed amonij them their townsmen, Michel
Messier, Sieur de St. Michel, and (lilies Trottier, the Indian interpreter, also a
man known as I.aPerle, who had disappeared from Three Rivers and was be-
lieved to have perished, and four little twirls, survivors of the massacre of the
Isle aux Oies. They were ICli/abeth and Marie Moyen, the only survivors of
their family, and Marie and Genevieve Mocari.
We can easily imai^;ine the anxiety with which the captives had awaited the
result of the nej^otiations, and the joy with which they were received by their
own people.
The four ijirls were taken charge of by Madamoiselle Mancc^ who soon grew
to regard Klizabeth, (or, as she was usually called and always signed, Isabella),
with peculiar fondness. The girl was of an age to fully realize the horrors she
had escaped and to feel the full joy and meaning of deliverance.
After passing through such an ordeal it is not surprising that she dreamed of
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:uth her »:rc"'vv'n of li(^ht and her robe c"^f :^nc\^,
'^nd ^stun^-s in her becuitv) ftiir between
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Morj^cres, ile l\ij;auville, Major of Tliroe Rivers, and loft a family of' eii^lit
cliiltlreii and one of her descendants, Pierre Fortier, was in possession of Isle
Mizard and of the St. Paul street iiouse in 1781.
IN the little church oi the Hotel Dieii, at the corner of St. Paul and St. Sulpice
streets, in the early morning oi the iSlli April, i(>(x), Adam Dollard des
Ormeaiix with his sixteen devoted companions heard their last mass and
received their last communion before departint;' o\\ their forlorn hope. Ivven
alter the tlis;ht of more than two centuries we cannot listen to the ijlorious story
\>i their self-devotion, without a stirrin,^;" oi the pulses and a heit;htened pride in
the annals of our country ; a feelins;' in which all ditVerence of ori'i^'in is forij;^c)tten
in oiu' common admiration of our country's history.
The Iroquois were sjfatherini;' in ijreater force than e\er and a determined
ellort was to be made to sweep the invaders back to the sea over which they
had come. News K>i the mo\ ement w as broutjht in by wandering traders and
t'riendlv Indians and the fears of the inhabitants were confirmed by the confes-
sion wrung by torture from a capti\e in tlie deatli agonv at Quebec. There, all
was terror and consternation, even defence seemed impossible. Tliree Rivers
was in almost as detenceless a position, and Montreal stood in the vanguard
without fortifications, without troops, without anytliing but the unwavering
courage of her intrepid (iovernor C'homedey de Maistinneuve with his Town
.Major Lambert t'losse, L'iiarles Le Moyne, Picote de Helestre, and tlie young
Commandant K-^'i the (larrisiin oi the I'ort, Adam Dollard Sieur des Ormeaux.
Hollard iiad come out to Montreal in the autumn oi the preceding year, and
according to M. l-'aillon had held a command in the army in l'"rance. His hand-
writing shew s him to ha\c been a man of education and his rank of Commandant
oi the (.iarrlson of the Fort is established in the iiublic actes oi the time.
He proposed to the (iovernor to call for \olunteers to push as far up the
Ottawa as possible and there meet the enemy ; and, after mucli generous
opposition from his seniitrs, left with his little tollouing. His companions were:
Jacques Brassier, aged J5 ; Jean Tavernier dit La Lochetiere, armourer, j<S ;
Nicolas Tilleniiinl, locksmith, J5; Laurent llehert, dil La Riviere, i~\ Alonie de
Lestres, limeburner. 31 ; Nicolas Josselin de Solesmes, 25; Robert juree, -'4;
jacciiies lioisseau, dit <1o\:c^vac, -\^ ; Louis .Mariiii, 2\\ Chrislophe Augier dil
Desjardins, Jd; Ltienne Robin dit Desforges, J7 ; Jean X'alets. _'7 ; Rene Hous-
sin, Sieur de Sle. Cecile, .^o ; Jean Lecomte, -•(> ; Simon (irenet, ..'5; and
l-'rancois Crusson dil Pilote, 24.
Tlie 1-ieginning of Ma_\ found them encamped wiliiin a ruined f\irt at or near
a spot now known as (ireece's Point at the foot oi the Long Sault. Here they
were ioined by two bands \?ii hulian allies; the first ciMisisting of thirty-nine
Hurons under Anontaha and tiie otiier tliree Algonquin braves under Miliwemey
who, anxious to prove their courage, had been reluctantly permitted by .Maison-
neuve to follow and join Dollard.
Thev were barel\ installed before the advance canoes oi the enemy came in
si"^ht, and unfortunately as the I'"rench itpened fire at too great a distance to be
efl'ective so
the enemy
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effective some of the Iroquois escaped and reported their presence, whereupon noiiard
the enemy came on in force. A jjonerai onslauijht was at once made on the
little fort but only to fail. Day after day, niijht after nis,du, for a whole week
the little j,'Hrrison withstood the constant attacks and alarms, only resting- from
the constant lij^-htinij;- to join in prayer, to relieve the wounded and to repair the
breaches made durinj^ the last assault. The fort was all too small, but this
inconvenience was removed by the constant desertion of the Indian allies who
were not proof at^ainst the oilers of desertion made by the enemy and their
constant taunts and threats of torture. Ail deserted save the four .M^onquins
and old Anontaha, who fired his pistol at his nephew as he leaped over the wall
to seek safety with the besiej^ers. In spite oi all the horrors about them, no
man wavered for an instant and the defence was si> desperate that th2 Irociuois
were well niijh disheartened; but the arrival o'i a tresli force oi live hundred
more warriors forced them in very shame to renew tiie attack.
On the eii,'hth anil last day ^.^'i the sie.i^e solemn preparations were made by
the Iroquois ; l,Us were drawn for the attackintc pnrty and every brave who was
.•ai^er to display his courage stepped forward and picked up the twitj which
allotted him a post of danger in the attack. The death sont; was chanted and
III a ijivcn sijj^nal the Indians swept over the open space a... . ushed on the fort
in resistless nur ibers. In spite of every effort the s^allant defenders were beaten
back and the Iroquois stained commanil oi the loop-holes and poured in volley
after volley teariuij- and cuttini;' at the weakened palisade until it j^ave way and
they swarmed round the irmer defence. As a desperate expedient Dollard
charged a heavy musquetoon to the muzzle and lighlinj,' a Ions,'' luse attempted
to hurl it into the midst oi the enemy. I'nfortunately it caut,'lu o\\ one of the
palisades and burst killiui;; and woundiiiij many i>f the little t;arrison and the
story of their last strui^t^le cannot be belter told ihan in the simple language of
Hollier de t'asson : " True it is," he writes, "in spile o[ this misforlvme, though
" each one defended his post with sword stroke and jiistol as if he owned a lion's
" heart, perish he must. Daulac ( Hollard) was at lenglii killed, but the courage of
'• our people held ever to the same resolve, all rather envying so good a death,
"which none dreaded. If a picket gave way at one point someone le.'iped
" there in an instant, sword or axe in hand, killing and slaying all he met until
" killed himself. At last our men being nearly all dead ihey broke down the gate
" and in the\- rushed in a crowd ; iIumi the rest oi ours, w ith sword in the right
" hand and dagger in the left, began to strike m\ all sides w itii such fury that
" the enemy lost all thought of taking them prisoners in the necessity they saw
"^ oS. killing as quickly as possible tiiese few men, who in dying threatened a
"general destruction should they 'lot haste to slay them, which they did by a
" hail <:^'i musketry under which our people fell on the multitudes the\ had slain
" betore dying. After these furious volle\s k:^v\ the few who survived, these
" butchers, seeing all laid low, rushed incontinenlly upon the dead to see if there
" were none who yet breathed and who migiit be saved lo render them capable
" for their tortures later on. But though they looked long and turned every body,
" they could find but one who was in a state to serve their end and two others
" who were 'c^w the point of de.'Uh whom they straightway threw into the fire but
" who were so far g\>ne that thev had not the satisfaction <>{ thus adding to their
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HOARD or JRADE SOUl ENIR
lu.iiaKi. " siiireriiii^s. As to liiin who could he made to siifVer w lien lie was well enough
" to bear their cruelties, one cannot tell of the tortures they made him endure,
" neither can one express the wonderful patience he shewed in his torments,
" which excited the rai;e of these cruel men who could invent nothinjj: so barhar-
" oi.s nor so inhuman that this i^lorious victim could not triumphantly bear. As
" to Anontaha and our four Alj;onquins they merit the same honour as our
" seventeen Krenchmen. inasmuch as they fouj^ht like them, dit d like them, and,
" as seeminijlv, like them they were Christians and bore themselves holily like
" them in this action, with tliem they would i^o into Heaven."
A month afterwards the news was brouijht to Montreal by one i>f the Hurons
who had escaped from tlie tortures with which the Iroquois rewarded the
deserters but with the dreadful story came the assurance that the sacrifice had
not been in vain, that the Iroquois had returned disheartened and dismayed and
the reiijii of terror was over.
The heroic defence of this little fort and the solemn sacrifice of these brave
li\es is the crowning' glory oi Canadian annals. Alone and unassisted in the
depth of the wilderness, without any of the stirring pomp and splendour of war,
unseen by those for whom they laid down their lives and surrounded by all that
is terrible in savage warfare, no one faltered, no ow^^ gave way, until the victory
oi the vanquished was won and the country saved from the destruction that
seemed inevitable.
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There are but few particulars to be gathered of the individuality ot these
heroes. Rene Doussin Sieur de Saiiite Cecile was a man of some standing who
possessed property in Montreal and lodged in the house of Jean de Saint Pere at
Pointe St. Charles with Jacques Morin, and amongst the debts due by him we
find the sum of nine livres part o'i a larger sum due by Dollard for which he had
become surety.
lacques Boisseau dit Cognac was poor in worldly goods, for when iiis
inventorv was taken they were found to consist ot :
Cn meschant matelas 50 sols
Cn meschant chappeau gry avec un mesciiant cordon de
faux 30 s*-''^
I'ne meschante paire de mitaine de castor faiie de plu-
siers morceau
.iiul his debts amounting lo 25 li\ res S sols.
On the 18th April, Jean X'alets appeared before Maitre Hasset and declared
that being about to leave with the Sieur Dollard against the Iroquois, " and not
knowing iunv it will please Clod to dispose of him during the said time," volun-
tarily constituted his friend Jean Pichard, with whom he lived at Point St.
Charles, as his universal heir in the eveiU <s'i his death. He possessed a fair
amount of personal property and had some grain stored in the house o'i Jean de
Saint Pere.
Among the many valuable reconls preserved by .Maitre Hasset <:in'i. of the
most precious is a little scrap of paper, the last memento oi the heroic Dollard
written in his characteristic hand.
J MADE SOVl l.iXlR A'LMBKR.
11 eiuHij^li
in L'luhiri.',
torments,
so barhar-
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I, llu- un.lfrsiKiud.inkiiimleilKi- to owe In M. lean Aulmclioil llu sum of forly-rive liyres, phi- llirce
livres, which I immiiM- to pav him dm mv rcliun. SixiK''! at Villi- Marit- the 15th of April, one lh,.u-aiul
MX hnn.lre.l and sixty DnU.ARl),
Money borrowed in all probability for his preparations lor his last journey
and for which Jean Aubuchon never presented his claim when Dollard's estate
was settled in No\ember, i()()i.
Picole de Belestre was appointed as C\immandant in his place and took
charj^e of his etVccts which consisted of a few well-worn suits ^.^i i^rey clothes,
some linen, a sword, a baldrick, a dressini;- case, a pair ic^i snowshoes, a trunk
and a leather valise, and his debts amounted to the sum of 13 livres lo sols.
f
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by him we
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when his
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lie Dollard
ONCI-: upon a time the Devil and the Wind held a contest in Montreal soon
after it had taken shape and was known as X'ille Marie and there were
streets to run riot in and buildings to race in and out oL The new Parish nasset
Church was just completed then, .standins,'- well out into the middle of Notre
Dame Street facinj,^ westwards. When the Devil and the Wind had reached
this point the Devil said suddenly, " I.et '^o a moment I must run into that
church and bring back that siimer," and tiie Wind waited and waited, but the
Devil must have escaped by some loophole, for the Wind never saw him again,
but has ever since been searching about the self-same spot for his treacherous
comrade.
The story mav not be true, but that is the way poor John Lesperance used
to tell it, and he knew tlie place well ; besides, the wind still howls and rages
on stormy winter days and nights up and down St. Sulpice Street between the
stately walls of the new Parish Church and the tall warehouses ; and in summer
time, when you cannot lind a breath o'i air ali\e in any other quarter o'i the
town, stand at the corner of St. Sulpice Street and the Cluircii and you will
presenlJv feel the wind softly creeping up the narrow street sighing at the trick
played two hundred years ago.
In those days St. Sulpice Street did not run into Notre Dame at an abrupt
right angle as at present. Hut witli the easy character of a street as old as its
town, moved with the change and improvement about, making a corner here
and another there and when the Parish Church was built, swept loving round
close to choir and apse and so insensibly into the I'pper Town. Nor was it
then known as St. Sulpice Street, but as St. Joseph, after the establishment oi
Les SiL-urs Hospitaliere de St. Joseph de I'llolel Dieu at its foot, facing on St.
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I'aiil Siifot. It \v:i^ impaxoJ, innocent ot sidewalks, unlij^'htcil at night and
barely eighteen feet wide, but was a pleasant street lor living in dining suinnier
months, when the fruit laden trees showed their wealth o\ er the stout palisades
whiih iiid the well kept gardens from \iew, and here, resting under the Very
walls ol the ehureh stood the dwelling K.^'i Menigiie Masset, first (irefFier and
N'otarv i>f \'ille Marie.
In the glamour which romance has thrown over our early historv it is
dilhcult at lirsi to see beyond and realize that apart from the heroines who
defended forts, escaped from Indians, and fought like men at need ; .ipart from
the heroes who alternatelv faced the Iroquois, the Hollander and the ICnglish,
and apart from the explorer and the adventurer who filled the waters and woods
of the wilderness with his story, there were men and WDmen who remained at
home wi>rking as lahorii>usly and unceasingly as if all outside were at peace
and thus giving to the colony that consistency and uniformit) without which
the struggles and victories <\'i their more romantic brothers and sisters would
have ended in wo tangible result.
It was about the year i<\>y when the hearts oi f lioiioiiihlc honniif, Jctin /iiissii,
^'' Mditrc Joiictir dc Liit dts l\i_ircs dc la C/iaiiihir dii Koy" and of Dame Cath-
erine Coiidreau his wite were gladdened by the birth of a son whom they thank-
fully named " Ik'iiignus," Menigne. The boy grew .and thrived in his home in
the rue Neu\e St. lionore, aiul as he advanced, shewed such aptitude and
capacity that he w rote a clerkly hand at an age when almost boys are barely
beyond " pot hooks and hangers ; '" and at an age when almost boys are still
in leading strings little Henigne was on the high seas to seek his fortune in that
New France o'i which there was much talk in I'aris in those days.
It is extremely probable that M. de Maisonneuve had met the boy's lather,
who from his position was attached to the Court where the founder i>f the new
colony of \ille Marie made known the wants of his foundation to the King and
his ministers ; and, impressed by the qualities of the lad, urged the opportunities
i>f advancement in a new country where his acquirements would be fulh'
valued. The boy was not more than fifteen years ol" age when he lelt home,
and as his familiarity with legal terms and forms must have been actpiired
by some experience in an ollice, and as he had picked up some elements o^
surveying, W\> training must lia\e been begun earlv and his imlustrx' and
capacit\ been far beyond the average.
The (Ircffc rf .Montreal was in sad want of some competent director,
the Asssociales had never obtainetl the services of a Notary, and, so tar. no on^:
had been appointed as Cirellier. Nicolas Ciastineau, the first cdiiiiii/s, or clerk to
the (IretVe wrote a beautiful hand, but the extreme brevity of his deeds hardlv
indicates a legal training and his successors, jean de St. I'ere and Lambert
C'losse, were far more accustomed to the sword than the pen. Indeed main o'i
the early deeds were draftetl and entirely written by M. de Maisonneuve and
merelv signed by the coniiiiis.
Basset arrived in Montreal in i()f,4 (M. Soulte says in 1647, but 1 have not
been able to certify this) and was probably at once employed in the CirelVe to
which he was appointed mniiiiis in i()57 and assumed full charge, began a proper
or TRADJ: SOL \ h.MR XlMni-.R,
t ni^ht and
in^f sumiiior
lit palisiiik's
Jor I lie very
(ircfficr anil
iislnrv It IS
eroincs who
apart iVuni
[lie ICnj,'lish,
» and woods
remained at
■re at peace
hoiit which
sters would
lam lidssi/.
Dame (ath-
they thank-
his home in
ptitude and
; are barely
>ys are still
tune in that
loy's lather,
r of the new
ie Kin^' and
pportiinities
Id he fully
.^ lel't home,
en aci.|uired
elements o^
iilustry and
nl director,
) lar. no iine
■, or clerk to
eeds liardK'
id Lamhert
eed main' ot
mneuve and
t 1 ha\e not
he tire lie to
^aii a proper
Kepertoire and arr;iiii4eil the paper i^iv en into his care, It i-^ dilVuult li> deter-"'"'"
mine what the requiri-ments ol ;i Notary then were, we find lias^et sii^niiiL; him-
self as such in ih^iS when still under aj^e. It is prohahle that he held the posj-
tion o^ Notary to the Seij^nieurs aiul could not exercise his proli'ssion outside
of their possessions, for he was not .appointed as Notary Koyal until he had at-
tained the required a^^e of twenty-live years.
|{\ careful searchinj^ throu^'h the laileil documents over which he anil others
laboured two hundred loii^- years a^o, we may here and there catch indications
of the character of the man, and can trace the faint outlines ot his life.
Mis was a life o( patient, hard work, be^uii in early youth ami continued
without interruption until within a lew days of his death. His reward was the
help and alVection of a loving wife, the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens
and the happiness of a man whose record was i^ood. He won neither wealth,
fame nor a place in our history, yet his life was successful and he beipieatlied to
his children a fair name and to his profession the priceless traditions of honour
and intef^rity. His success was all the more admirable in that it was ^^ained bv
his unaided etVort, without wronjj to others less fortunate in the struf^'^rl^, and
owinj;- nothinjjf to the blind chances oi fate.
From the first he had faith in himself, tor, despite his measure income, he
dared to risk tli > future and ventured to ask Jeanne N'auvilliers, who like himself
was i'aris born and bred, to share his fortunes. His suit was successful and
his choice fortunate, for in his youni;- wife he found a faithhil companion who
proved unfailing,'- in her support during- the slruj^ijle oi their early married life.
The sififiiin^ oi the .Marriaije C\>ntract was a very formal and important
ceremony in those days, the position of the bride and i;room beiiii; imlicated by
the number and rank of the personajjes who assisted in its execution. As there
was no other Notary in the new settlement M. de Maisonneuve speciallv
appointed Mederic Bourduceau, who then represented the C"ompa_L;-nie des
indes at Montreal, to act, and when the contract was ready for sii^nature,
all the principal dij^nitaries ol the little colony slathered totjether to do honour
to the young notary and his bride in the Audience fliamber o( the I-'oit, on the
eveninj,r of the 4th No\eniher, ii>5ii.
There was Messire tiabriel Souart, the Cure ,ind lirst schoolniasler of
Montreal, who was later on Second Superior o'i the Seminary, a man o'i wonder-
ful eneri^y, who devoted his considerable fortune to the furtherance o\' the
colony. I ouis d'Ailleboust de C'oullaii_i,r<.s, l"ormerl\ tunernor Cieneral, Paul de
Chomedy. Sieur de Maisonneuve, (iovernor o'i .Montreal. C'hirles d'Ailleboust
des .Musseaux, Lambert L'losse, /acharie !")upuis. ami others, on the part o\'
Maitre i^assel ■ while the bride was supported hv .Madame d'Ailleboust de
Coullani,>-es, .Madamoiselle Mance, Jacijues Le Mer and Charles l,e Moyne. .And
.Madame d'.Ailleboust and her husband supplemented the weddint;- portion oi
the bride by the handsome present of three hundred livres in furniture and
household ooods to help the yount:;- couple on their wav.
In the following: year Maitre Basset, who had then attained the full aye of
twenty-one years, was advanced to the position o^ (ireflier, and doubtless
received a welcome addition to his salarv.
liiWh'D OF TRADE SOUVENIR
"»'""'• \\\' liiul iihiiruiiinl i.'\ iik'iK\' ol liis iiuliislr\ in lii>» ilmiliU' itoIoss'idii, I'll!! iIk'
Iocs vwTv.' vory mihiII, there wt'io i.\'itMiii (.liiugcs iiKiiii.'Ul i>ii his pioinnlion as
liii'lVicr, ;(iul llK'i'i'st of livinj,' in \\ inloiiy <\\\ nlV iVdin Iho Mulhor L'oiinlry lor six
months in the year was a severe strain on his resoiirees. l''oMiinalel\ Mailanu'
IJassel's people in I'Vanee were coinlorlahly oil, ami llieir assistance in the sliape
i>l nierchaiuhse, \v hiih eoninianileii a lianijsoini' prolil in the new eolony, was
most opportune.
A lew vears later our Notary j;ralerully aeknow ledges iheii help in a lormal
ileeil in favour of his wife declaring' their eomnumity is inJebieil to her in the
sum <^i lit'teen huiulreJ livres so rei\i\ecl "without whiih we would ha\e
greatly sull'ered."
.\llhout;h a man oi peace, Maitre Hasset reei>^iii/eil his ilul ies as a eiti/en
and took his place in the " Militia ol the Holy h'amily." organized by M. de
Maisonneuve in i()t>.^ tor the defence of the town and served in the same squail
as his tricnds Jacques l,e Her and Charles I.i Moyne.
When tile C"ompany oi the Hundred Associates was suppressed by the Kini;'
in itj()^ and the C'ompanx o'i Montreal abiindoned its ihnrj,'-e in turn, a formal
deed oi donation was j^^anted by the latter in favnur o\ the Seminary I'f St.
Sulpice which accepted the charge. M. de .Me/y, then lim ernor-Cicneral, al
once erected the Island into a Stiicc/iniissc myn/r and n.imed .\rtus de Sail!; ,
|udL;e; Charles J.j .Moyne, I'rocureur du Koi, and Henij^nie Uassel, (irfjfiri rii
ilicfii 'uU aire lie In Sniciliniissv. This the Seminary immediately resented, and
on their part named Charles d'Ailleboust des .Musseaiix as Judj,fe and Uassel as
Grcfficr dc In Sfinr/initssc rovn/c, Xofniir nival r/ nini mis i,n-,(lii'r f'dur /cs Sri^-
iiiciirs. The (lovernor supported M. de l.a\al, w s not to be halUed, and on his
visit cancelled Hasset'> appointment and nameil Nicolas de .Mouchy as tirellier
and Notary. Hut after petitions and counter petitions had been sent to the
ministers, at lens^fth the Seminary i^ained their point and l!eniyne Hassel was
established in his olVice.
Bv his acceptance he cast in his lot with the forUmes i>f the Mi>nlre.d part\,
as opposed to that ol Ouebec, and his position in consequence was for a time
somewhat precarious. The extreme Montreal party came in time to mean
I'errol the tiovernor, Hrury his Lieutenant and olliers >\ 'pos • conduct even-
tuallv brought them into contlict with the hii;her authoriti.^s a 'd as i'.asset was
the only practisintj notary in the place, he tell into disj^rac. ihrough his clients.
In 107^, he was suspended from the exercise of his funct;c.'!r or the term ot Itnir
months; Caba/ier, a bailiff, was ordeicd to .icl durint;- his disi^racc, and the
luift rlunate notarv was heavily lined. However uinm his representations to the
Sovereign Council his line was reduced to twenty livres and his suspension
shortened to three weeks, " le tout de t;r;ice et atendu I'extreme necessite de
sa famille." He had refused communication o\' certain papers to interested
parlies, had acted under the authorization o'( Perrot who had no powers, and is
declared to ha\ e kept his papers in bad order. if this last chari^e were true, he
must eertainlv have mended his w a_\ s for nothing could be more admirable than
his lireffe as it now exists.
.A few ve.'irs later he retired from his oHicial position as (Irellier ;ind Maitre
TRADE SOUVENIR X I'M HER.
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I a lin'mal
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by M. dc
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llic Kini;'
, a loinial
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do Sail I; ,
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Mitcd, and
Hassi'l as
iiul 0\\ Ills
IS liri'lliLr
»nl to tho
assci was
eal party,
or a time
to mean
luct even-
■ asset was
lis clients,
rm ot l\nii
', and the
(ins to the
aispeiision
eessite lie
interested
;rs, aiul is
re true, he
rable than
nd Maitre
fabazier rei.^ned in his stead. rhei)eel\)i w aid he practised his protV.ssioii of "■'""•
iiotarv and his way was undisturbed liv an_\ liirllier troubles of pulilic lite.
lie i^i-aduallv aCLiuired dilfereiit properties within and witlunil liie town,
dijiiiified his name bv the addition oi Sieiir des i.aurius. and sighed rathe: tor
the position '.-^'i a sueeesslul eiti/en rather than prolessional dij;iiities; lor in a >\k:\:<\
dratted b\ himself about this time we tiiul him described as "bourf,-eois " and he
represented his t'rieiuls I.e Mer and I.e Moyiie as their aiiortiey in tiieir business
Iraiisaclioiis.
In his family life all went smoothly. Soon after his marriaj,^' the Sei(,'nieurs
had made him a ^'rant oi land ow St. Paul street where the warehouses of
Messrs. I.yman Sons iV Co. now stand, <>w condilioii that he should build and
pay a triHin^r annual rental. Here he built a small house, iiere his eldest son
was biMii and named jean alter his i;randfather, .iiid iiere the first lew sears oi
their married life were spent. .\ few years later he acLpiired the properly at the
head of St. Sulpice street and <;radiially saw the Parish Church tower alongside
his humble dwelling'.
Me was stronf,'ly attached to his wife, their seven bo\ s and j,Mrls },'rew up
.about them, and, with the exception of one child who died at birth, their family
circle was unbroken for nine of the hoys seemed tempted by the spirit of adven-
ture abroad in those days. it may have been heredity, or, possibly a quiet
habit ic^'i mind increased and t'ostered by the uneventful life in their peaceful home
under the protectinjj shadow of the Parish Church, ever within sound of the
holy oHice and the faint presence oi the incense minj.;lint;- with the summer
sweets. They lived quietly tOLTetlier in their simple way witiiout any of the ex-
citements so common in family life in those days when nearly every lad was an
adventurer before he had properly finished with his dominie. One of the sons,
Basset de Lij^-niere, took up the protession oi a surveyor, ;ind we tind his notes
on odd slips of paper written in a stilT crabbed h.-md. Tiie Abbe states that the
eldest boy, Jean, was drowned with a clerk oi M. de I. a .Salle named Ptolemey
in i')7(), but this is an error as Masset speaks ot him as livins,-- in a deed dated
i;,lh l'"ebruary, KiSi.
.Xiij^'eliqiie, one oi the (.laui;hters who hail been educated at the Hotel Hieu
and lon<^ craved admissiini as a member, w,is i^enerously provided by an
unknown lad\ witii the required dot which her parents were unable to furnish
aiul entereil that community as a nun. Only one of the famil\' e\er married, the
second dauij^liter Jeanne. She, too, was inibuei.1 with the same cautious spirit
as her brothers tor she did not venture o\\ the diU'iculties oi married life until she
had reached the mature a!,^' oi sixty-one w hen s)ie became the bride of luienne
lie .Mirav. Sieur de I'.Xruenterie, and accepteil the responsible position ^yi step-
mother to his three j^rowii-up daughters.
Basset was too conscientious a Cireffier not to respect liimself as an oHicial
and insisted on being treated with the respect due to his position. In idfiD he
obtained a judgment against Jacques de la Porte, a quarrelsome and foul-
mouthed rufller, wiio had grossly insulted him and who had been in like trouble
before. The iudgment was precise in its terms and sulliciently ample to assuage
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Has-n.
anv outrai^ci,! dii^nity, tor Jacques do la l\iitc was coiuiciniiecl to make a public
apoloi^y, to be imprisoned I'or t went \ -tour hours, to pay a line ot" six li\res lo the
public pvn-se and a jiint ot" brandy ot" the \alue of twenty sols to the riaintitl" on
demand.
Hut alas I even so respectable a personay;e as our Notary had his own times
o\ weakness, tor in a little book o{' lines enacted for minor ollences, dated
the i^tli h'ebruarv, idjS, we i^ather that Maitre Basset, on one occasion at
least, so far l"ort;ot his dii^nity as to vent his displeasure in lani^uai^e of unbe-
cominij I'reedom, for there it is recorded that he was fined three li\ res "lor his
irreverence and insolence" tiuvards one |acL|ues St. \ \es.
Cil'.'-nll
.le
it is pleasant to luul that our Notary had his amusements as well as his
work and cares and louml relaxation Irom the labours o\' his oHice in lollowint;'
his doi;- across fields. Like a true spt-.tsman he was imsellish as to his belons;--
ini;s, for on one occasion he lent a \aluable doi,' to his neii^hbor i.e Moyne de
Ste. Helene who was so unfortunate as to lose her in the woods, but promised
Maitre Basset a bark canoe as compensation.
In the roar of Sir William Fhipps' cannon before Ouebec, all trivial matters
were forgotten and Ste. Udene never returned from the victorious city to fulfil
his promise. 'l"wo vears later in the settlement oi' his estate the promise was
claimed and Maitre Basset was allowed the handsotne sum of forty-four livres
tor the lost doij;' bv the Sieur de .Monic with the approval o\ M. de !.oni,nieuil.
l-"or o\er fortv i;ood vears .Maitre Basset exercised the profession of Notary.
He also surveyed and leti his />n)(('.v t'cz-ZW of the first streets of the town, ran
boundaries between neii^hbours, drew up their marriai^e contracts, their wills
and inventories, copied and took chari,a' of v.'duahle papers which in less orderly
hands would have disappeared and thus preserved tor us a detail of the social
life of his dav which brings him and his surroundings betbre us with a reality
otherwise unattainable.
His busv career ended with the ceiitur\- in which he was born. Oti the <)th
of |uly. iiK)i), he executed his last deed and left his work to watch by the bed-
side of his laithlul wife. Before the month was out her life's work was ended and
six davs later Maitre Benigne Basstt was laid to rest beside her in presence of
" une grande affluence de personne de Km et de lautre sexe " as the ofliciating
priest records in the parisli register.
The last trace we find of the family is the sale of the old home in St. Sulpice
street lo ihe Hotel Dieu in ijjj.
One of the sons lived until 17.^7, and thus with otie hundred years the three
generations which we know of the family Basset had all passed away and the
name was extinct in New !•" ranee.
* ^ * * * ■
'HI Li'. Chomedey de .Maisonneuve with the assistance of his devoted fol-
lowers was praving, lighting and labouring, day and night, for the ex-
istence of the little settlement, whose future he saw with the eye of an
inspired faith tar over seas in Lower liriltany. a lad of tender years was all
unconsciouslv t"orming his life and character, destined on<j day to play an im-
)F TRADE SOUVENJh' Ai'MJlKR
21
kc a public
i\rcs ti> tlie
I'laintiir on
■i own limes
ices, ilatcd
occasion at
i^e o\ imbe-
cs " l"or his
well as his
1 lollowiiii;'
liis bcloiii;"-
Moync de
.It promised
.ial matters
city to fullil
romise was
-four livres
iiii^'ueuil.
1 ot Notary,
o town, ran
tiieir wills
less orderly
the social
til a reality
On the <)th
by the bed-
s ended and
presence of
J oHiciatinij
St. Sulpice
IS the three
\:\.\ antl the
devoted fol-
, for the ex-
le eye oi an
ears was all
play an im-
portant part in the fortunes oi the new colony ; this was {•^\an^\iis l)ollier de [.'.'^'j|.|;^,|' '•'
C'asson, born in i(\V'. luul, all the traditions of his family as well as his own in-
clinations beiiii,'' military, he was trained from his earliest youth for the royal
service in the liekl.
At the aij^e of fifteen he entered the army, where he soon won
the admiration and esteem o{ both comrades and superiors by his tj^-enial
temper and darini^- courage under tire. Diijnilied and respectful towards his
superiors, kindly and all'ectionate towards tlu)se of his own rank, of command-
iiii;- hei.'jht and extraordinary physical streni;tli, he seemed peculiarly fitted lor a
soldier's life. Indeed he loved it fondix , and in after years on many a nii^ht
enlivened the cpiiet circle round the fire in the Old Seminary o^ Montreal intro-
ducini,"- wider \istas of a more secular existence as he narrated to his tellow
priests thrilliiii;- stories of his adventures in camp ami iield. One such story has
ciMiie down to us. He used to lell how one day beins^' with his men under a
heavy lire he suddenly became aware that one of the enemy's iiunners was in
the act of applyint;- his match to a cannon trained directly on him. .According-
to the military etiquette o'i the day to run was out of the question, to throw
himself on the i^round was equally impossible. Instantly drawini;- out his hand-
kerchief he dropped it at his feet, and, as he bent to recover it, the ball passed
harmless over his head and it and his dii,niity were alike untouched. Such a
man could not help lo\ in>^ his profession ; but just as success seemed opening
before him, when he had obtained his grade as "Captain of Cavalry " and was
high in the favor of the lireat .Marshall 'i'urenne, he threw up his command and
entered the Seminary of St. Sulpice at Paris.
This step was not taken until after long and serious retlection, but having
once determined his future life he brought into it those same qualities which
had made his success in the world qualities fully appreciated by his
superiors, and, after passing his novitiate, he left i'"rance for Montreal where he
arrived on the 7th .September, i()(56. His new profession had in no w.iy nar-
rowed or lessened his genial nature and he carried into it a knowledge ol men
and of the larger world, that was invaluable in the heterogenous community in
which he was to spend his life, added to a trained courage that stood him in
iTood stead on more than one occasion.
He had scarcely been a week in his new quarters before he had an oppor-
tunity oi proving both courage and training. When the expedition organized
by .M. de 'I'racv against the iioquois passed upwards from Ouebec he
joined it in his quality o^ chaplain and laughiiiglv says he there passed his
novitiate in fasting. He tells how he tailed to save a drowning man, lirstly be-
cause he was so reduced by constant starvation and want of sleep, and secondly
because an impudent cobbler had shod him with worthless shoes and the stones
on the shore were so uncommonly sh.irp that by the time he was in the water the
man had disappeared. However his brave attempt was not unrewarded for a
kindly |esuit "drew him apart and gave him a morsel o\ bread, seasoned with
those two excellent sauces, on^: .Madeira and the other .\ppetite.
The campaign was successful in every point and Dollier de Casson returned
to Montreal in November with the victoriou'~ troops, strengthened for his work
bv new experience, but sutlering trom a swollen knee.
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HOARD OF TRADE SOUVR
Uollier ile
Cassoii
Hcloiv lie had lecin i-ietl he was appoinled by M. Soiiart, his Superior, to re-
pair to the distant I'ort of St. .\iino on Lake Champlain where the soldiers were
dyiiiL;' of scurvy wiliiout iIk ministrations of the Church. \o escort was pro-
vided, Ste. Anne was se\enty-live miles from Montreal and the wav thereto was
swarmiui;' with foes.
lie was still sulVeriui;- sexerely from his knee and, as the rule o'i Or.
Sans^rado still obtaine', the treatment prescribeil was naturally bleediiii^-.
Weakened by starvation and faiii,nie he fainted under the ordeal, but on his re-
covery from the swoon overheard two soldiers talkini;- oi their journey to the
Kort at C'hambly. Here was his opportunity ; '-(iive me a day and I'll ijo with
you," he called out and on his prayer beinj;- s^ranled he braveh limped forward
with his little escort.
In his journal we read how he withstood his painful sulVerinj^s on the
daui^erous march ; how he saved the drownint,-- soldier whom no one else dared
approach on the treacherous ice, and safely reached his destination where he
preparetl the ioo<\ and 'i^i\ and attended to the sick and dyins;- men with his own
hands. In spite of his labours man after man was stricken down and the little
yarrison was i^rouinj;- smaller day by day, but M. de la Mothe who was in com-
mand was as courai^eous as his Chaplain and one day met his morning's report
with, " Look you, Sir, I shall ne\er surrender. I will i^ive you a bastion to
hold," to which Dollier as t^allantly replied — "Sir, my companv is made up of
sick men with the Suri;eon for Lieutenant but i^ive me wheelbarrows and we
will carry them to the bastion you appoint. They have couraije now and will
no Ioniser desert, as they did from \our compaiu to join mine."
And so the dreary winter wore on until the sprini^- came with new supplies
and new hopes to relieve the j^allant oHicer and the dauntless priest.
The followiuij: winter Dollier de Casson spent amonj^- the Indians on the
shores of the Bay of Ouinle. wiimini;- their confidence and preachinj;- his holy
mission with that success which followed his eflorts throuijhout.
One nii,Hil while en<^ai.jed in his devotions a yount,-- brave attempted ti> in-
terrupt him with those obscene jests which proved so eHicacious on nianv an
occasion, but he had no ordinary " black robe ' to deal with; without risint;-
from his knees the soldier-priest shot out his rii;ht arm and the sa\ a_<;e i oiled ow
the i^round amid the jeers of his fellow s who shouted in admiration: "There
is a man !"
Tales had been broui^ht down from the distant North West of many tribes
in heathen darkness loni;ini; for tidings of the white man's Ciod.
Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle, was all w\ lire to explore the
country towards the (ireat River which he believed to empty into the X'ermillion
Sea, and Dollier de Casson and his fellow priest (iaiinee joined the expedition.
Parkman has told the story o'i their w anderinijs; how the priests left the explorer
on the northern shores of Lake I^rie near where Hamilton now stands, how they
visited the Jesuits at Sault Ste. Marie and returned to Montreal the followini^-
year In the Ottawa.
The succeediro- summer he accompanied M. de Courcelles as almoner in his
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II
> or TRADE SOUVRNfR NUMIiKR.
■Mipenor, to re-
e soldiers were
scort was pro-
ay thereto was
le rule of Dr.
•ally bleeding,
but on liis re-
journey to the
nd I'll i^o with
imped forward
ferinj^s on the
me else dared
tion where he
1 with his own
I and the little
lo was in com-
irn ilia's repttrt
u a bastion to
is made up of
rrows and we
now and will
1 new supplies
St.
Indians on the
rhinj;- his holy
templed to in-
on many an
uitluHit risint;-
\ aj^e tolled ow
tion : " 'I'here
at' mat!}- tribes
o explore the
the X'ermillion
he expedition,
ft the explorer
nds, how th en-
tile followini^'
idmoner in his
expedition to the Bav of Ouinte and on his return was appointed Superior o'i ihe ""Hiei dt
j_, .,.,,' . ' ' ' Cas-oti,
^seminary of St. Sulpice at .Montreal, a position he honoured tor o\er twenty-
four years.
Whether it was the clash of swoids in a public brawl, the crash and fall oK
burning- buildinj^s, the dangers of the trackless wilderne'-s antl treacherous
Irocpiois. the insolence of I'errot the (iovernor, or the more tormidable ani;er y:>i
Frontenac, Dollier de t'asson carried throut;li what he conceived to be his dutv
with a modest unninchiny courage that won respect from his opponents and di-
vot ion from his friends.
His History of Montreal from 1640 to 1672 is the most precious chronick
of the tim,- that has been preserved. It was written, he tells us, for the delecta-
tion of the invalids of the Seminary in Paris "to fill a few of those hours which
Messieurs your Doctors and .Ajunhecaries iXo not permit you to de\ote to more
useful employ." h'ull of incident and pictures oi e\ ery day life told in the
simple. straii;htforward manner of a man but little accustomed to the niceties o\
the pen, a want he frequently laments, it is enlivened throuijhout with touches
of his quaint and genial humour which help to make the man so real to the
careful and intelligent reader.
He had iilled the oHices of military chaplain, missionary, Cure ot (he Parish
ol Montreal, and at the time of his death was Superior o'i the Seminarv. He
died in 1701 and was buried in the old Parish Church in the Place dWrmes,
having spent thirty-five years of his life in the service ^.•s\ his church and adopted
country.
Parkman describes him as "a good soldier without doubt ai the mess
table in the field, and none the worse a priest that he had once followed the
wars. He was of a lively humour, given to jests and mirth ; as pleasant a
father as ever said Benedicite. The soldier aiul the gentleman lived under the
cassock of the priest. He was greatlv respected and beloved ; and his influence
as a peace-maker, which he often had occasion to exercise, is said to have been
remarkable."
(irandet, who knew him intimately, has left this loving testimonv of his
character: " Throughout all Canada he had acquired universal confidence and
esteem b\ his thoughtful tact, his generous iuid polished manner and by
his easy and kindly conversation sustained by an air o'i good breeding, a
carriage and dignity which without trick or afi'ectation softened all hearts and
gave him an imposing authoritx which no one c. uld withstand. I lis peculiar
quality was 10 render virtue attractive, his divine gift to gain hearts and draw
them to Cod."
CHARM'.S Le Moyne was born in Dieppe, in Normandy, in i6_'4, came to
Canada in the service of the Jesuits in 1(141 . and five years afterwards
settled in Montreal, as Indian Interpreter. His earlv life was one of charier r.e
constant adventure and his absolute fearlessness and uncompromising integritv "**"•'"'*■
caused him to be greatly trusted and admired by the Iroquois.
j;0.lND or TRADE SOU\ I-.NIR
Miiviu
111 |ul\, itiD^, uliilc sliootini;' sinai! i^aiiie at Colo Sti'. 'I'luTCSc, lie was
surrouiuk'i-l hv a band oi Imstilo Indians, and. alllunii;li quite alone, slunvcd si
determined a front that there seemed a chance of liis escapinir, when lie eaui^ht
his fool in an up-s^rowini,'- root and. before he could recover himsell, was made a
prisoner in the hands K^i thai people who had often fell the weight of his arm.
lie was carried olV in iriumiih, but his unfalterini;- couraije and his weit,^lity
arijumenl, that torlure him as lliey mii^lu. his death would be bitterly revent,'ed.
made such an impression upon his captors, thai they not only spa-ed his lile,
but three months afterwards sent him back in safety to those who had loiii;-
since i;iven up all hope.
lie joined M. de t'ourcclles in his successful expedition ai;ainst the Iroquois
in the followint;- vear. in which he led the Montreal contingent oi seventy men
and was awarded the honorable. lhoui;li. dangerous position of the van-i,niard in
the march, and the rear-i,'-uard in tlK-reUu-n; a duly so admirably performed
that he and his men won the warm '.'irobation ^-^i the (lovernor, who atlection-
ately called ihem his ctipoh hiu said if all his men had been of like stulV
he would have been e\en more u ••• l.
As a reco.i,Miilion tor these and oilier services lie received his patent ol
nobility from the Kini,- in lOoS. .. ,d ^s therein qualified as the Sieurde l.onijueuil.
which title he was known and ••le. .1 il he ijave his eldest son the
bv
>. iirectlv slvled the Sieur de
Seii^iiorv o'( l,oni;ueuil and iherealter w
Chateaui;ua\ .
The first house built by Charles Le Moyne stood on the exact site now
occupied by the warehouse of j. C. .Mackenzie .H: Co.. and was built close up
to that of his brother-in-law Jacques Le Her. The lower part was <^i solid
stone, above this rose the upper slory of heavy timber work built in with
masonry and in front was the court yard surrounded by :i stroiii;- barricade ot
stout pickets, closely joined.
This modest dwel^mi,^ however, soon became too small for his rapidly in-
creasing- family and the old house was extended lo more than double its orii^inal
leni,nh by an addition built entirely of stone, forly-live feet lont;- by twenly-tou-
feet wide, beint;- two stories hi^'h. with CLilarsand the inevitable hio;h pitched
roof with its ijreal i,^arret. which insured such coolness in summer and a sate
store-house for provisions in winter. Al the end of his warden next .St. Sulpice
Street, stood another solidly built house of heavy masonry, called "La
lardiniere," probably creeled at an earlier date as a place oi safely. C^n the
opposite side of St. Paul Street, on land i,n-anted to Le .Moyne and Le Her in
ihoo stood the warehouses, stores ,ind bakery owned by the brothers-in-law.
His business and wealth so increased that at the lime oi his death in ibS^,
besides his town properties, he held the concession at Point Si. Charles, the
l--ief ofChaleaui,niay where he reserved a lartre demesne with a manor house and
buildings ; the I'i'ef ^^^ Maricourt, or Isle Perrot, purchased from the late
(iovern'or of Montreal, the l-'ief at Lachine w hich he and Le Her had acquired
trom LaSalle. St. Helen's Island, Isle Ronde. and other properties near the city
to the north of Crai-- Street, besides the valuable Sei-niory ol Lon-ueuil, with
its imposinj,' manor hou-e, gardens, orchard, windmill and other dependencies,
which he had i;iven to his eldest son Charles, in 1IXS4 : his entire estate
H'
i-
TRADE SOV\ ENIR XiMBKR.
•23
, ho was
lunvcd sv
10 cauLjht
IS made a
f liis arm.
■i wcii^lity
rovciis^ed,
1 his life,
had ioiii;-
.' IriKiuois
only men
i-ijuard in
lortiMiiiod
atlV'ction-
[ like sluir
patent ol"
-onijucuil,
t son the
Sieur de
[ site now
I close up
IS of solid
It in with
irricade oi
rapidly i ti-
ts orii^inal
uenty-t'ou"
^h pitched
and a safe
St. Sulpice
ailed "La
,-. On the
I I.e Her in
-in-law.
th in i()S5,
harles, the
- house and
ni the late
d aci-iuired
ear the city
;iiouil. with
pendencies,
itire estate
aniountin;; to the handsome sum o\ more than us.ooo li\ res, u hich, allowmt,^ !;;,;«.',;^" -*■
for the dilTerence in \ahies, would amount to as many dollars tii-day.
He was buried in the little church y.-^'i St. Joseph near by ow St. Paul Street,
and his widow was left with a family oi thirteen children to be educated and
developed into men and women worthy o'i the honorable name bequeathed to
them by her dead husband.
Ten of the children were boys, the eldest beins;- twenty-nine and the youni^er
onlv two years of .iLre, and they without exception distin^niishetl themselves by
their brilliant services alloat and ashore. 'l"o mention them in turn would
merely be to i,Mve a Ions;- roll of ever recurrini,' actions on sea and land and an
almost unvar\ing- list of victories. Instead of this let us follow the family lite
in the old house in St. Paul Street in so tar as it is now possible.
Their mother, Catherine I'rimot, must have been a woman <^i. sironi; char-
acter for the subsequent career of her children shews the etTect k^\ iheir home
trainint;'.
She continued her husband's business, partly in partnership with .\ntoinc
I'acaud, a merchant oi Montreal, and manai,'ed the fortune left her to such i;ood
efl'ect, that when she died about six vears later she had increased it to over
141 ,000 livres.
.;■- ■;, * * *
Hl'lR rii;ht hand in all household matters, in training- and cariui;- for the
children, and advisint;- her in business matters, was her fifth son iMancois,
Sieur de iiienvillo, who was unmarried. Of the elder brothers, Charles Ri^.„viiif i.
was liviui;- in his manor at Lonj,nieuil with his wife and family and hatl his con-
stant military duties to perform, Jacques the second, Sieur de Ste. llelene, whose
story we tell in another place, was also married and had his house in St. Sulpice
Street near bv, but was frequently away on exp>ditions aj^ainst the Iroquois or
the luii^lish. ' i'ierre, the third, Sieur d'lberville, was a sailor and seldom ;it
home ; Paul, Sieur de .Maricourt. had nlso been away and was about to be married,
and on Bienville, next to his mother, tell the responsibility o'i carino- for the
vouns^er members of the family.
The followini;lei;a:y taken from her Will shows her coniidei'ce in him, how
faithfully he dischars^ed his duty and the careful watchfulness o'i the dyiiii,--
mother for the I'uture Vii her little ones :
" To Francois l,e .Movne, Sieur de Bienville, one o\ the children o\ her
" late husband and herself the sum oi i\nir thousand livres, without confusion
••to his share in the estate, as recompense as well lor the good
" services which he has rendereil since the death <^ the late Sieur de Chateau-
'• ou;iy ill ensurins^- and preservini,^ the propert\ of the succession in common
'• with her and for those which he performs daily, as those which he will be
•• bound and oblii;ed to render in the future for the same, by the same care
'• which he has heretofore had for the property and advancement of all the
"family, in brini^inj;- up his brothers, who are now of tender years, m the tear
" and the service of Ciod, in sendint;- them to school to learn to read and write,
" until thev are provided for by marriag^e or otherwise, and to maintain them
it
n
■\\
H
-M
/>'(). I AW) OF TRADE SOl'VE
'-■^$ii#M'^-<!«V:T;'?>^!rv^#^^^'
MON■|•|^M•:.\L IN 1
l''ni:n tlir -krirh hy i'.
OF TRAni-: s{)rvExiN .\c.\/n/-:h'.
^ sSk- jF- /
MON■l■i^M•:.\L IN 1S;!(,).
I'lon tlu' ^krli'h l>y I'.'iurli.-tlr.
HOARD Ol' /h'ADK SOI I /-A'/
iiunviiie I. " acL-ordiiij^ [o tlieir rank witli the icvoinio i>r tlu-ir prupcrly." Aiul in i.iinsii.kM-
atii'ii nf his ilutios he was In ho siippinlecl out o\' the i^eneial estate.
Hiein ille iinineiliately assuiiieil his eliais^e ; sent the yoiint;er hoys to tlie
school eoiKlueted hy M. Jean Jactiiies Talhot, opposite tiie Seminary in Notre
l")anio Street, where he ami all his brothers had been ednealeil ; caused an
inventory of" his mo her's estate to he drawn up, and made a partial ilivision ol
her propeily anioni; tiie heirs, retaining the ok! family house as portion of his
share, and here lived with an luitjlish servant named lirisel, which her nMster
had sot'tenoil into " Cireselle," pri'bahl) a captive from some ol the New hini^land
villages ; while the new house was allotted to his two sisters who li\ed there
with their youni^er brothers
I'p to the time of the father's death the family had been unbroken sa\e by
the loss of a child who died at birth and all the children survived their mother
with the exception of l'"ran^'ois Marie who was boiii in i<t7(>. Hut scaicely had
she passed away when |ac».|ues l,e Mo\ne de Ste. lielene, was wounded to the
death in the defence of Ouebec ai;ainst the l''.ni;lish Admiral Sir William I'hipps,
and died at thj Hotel Dieu thire in December, iCxio.
As Ste. Helene had leased his house in St. Sulpice street to M. de t'alliere,
then Cunernor o( Montreal, his youn^ widow aTul children were lixint;- in the
family house. Althoui;h Charles their uncle, was appointeil tutor to the chil-
dren, he li\ed at I.ongueuil, and we may take it I'or j^rantetl that Ste. Ilelene's
death brouii'ht new responsibilities to l)ien\ille, the virtu.d head ol the family.
The l^ii^lish were deleated at Ouebec under Phipps but the succeeding;'
wititer was a bitter one for the colony; the whole of the preceilins;; yi.ar had been
so occupied in constant attack and defence that the crops could not be properly
attended to and the severities of the winter o( Kmio and i<i(|i were added to by
famine. In the spring;' the ci\ili/ed Indians about .Montreal shewed sis;ns of
uneasiness while the hostile tribes where unusuallv active and M. de Callicre
was ordered to take 'trecautions.
Lari^e bodies o( Iroquois had encamped alont;- the river above and below
Montreal, and, early in May, an attack was made on Pointe-aux-Trembles ; some
thirty houses burned and all the captives were put to death with the usual
tortures. Shortly afterwards a number of women and children were carried off
from the settlement at the Mountain (the IViest's Kami) and Hitnville set forth
to attempt their rescue at the head of two hundred men of whom the greater
part were Christian Irotjuois.
As soon as thev saw the captors were .Mohawks, one of the I'"i\e Nations,
they laid down their arms and refused to fight. I-Vom this and other suspicious
actions on the part of the so-called Christian Indians, it was feared that a secret
understanding had been arrived at with the enemy and the gravest alarm was
felt for the outcome.
Other war parties ravaged the country from Repentigny down to Sorel and
Berthier, M. de X'audreui! called for volunteers, made reciuisitions from door to
door for provisions and set forth with a hundred men composed of soldiers,
volunteers and militia, amongst whom was I'ranc.ois Le .Moyne, Sieurde Bienville.
St. Loi
at La
re mail
f.iniily
the abl
only n
' Al
I'acaui
into ih
Honor
I.ongu
1'
alrno^
and b
Kin<
the Ki
r
I NAPE SOL I l:XIR .\l .\//1/:A\
35
i.'i>IlMv.UM-
iv> lo the
in W'tro
aiiM'd an
li\ ision lit
ion 111 lii>
icr iiMslcr
u l'!n_L;l;uKl
.Ml save liy
K'ir motlier
.aicclv hail
i.lod 10 the
im I'hipps,
do C'aliiLM'o,
liiii^' in the
to the chil-
e. Ilelene's
10 t'aniily.
siicceedini;'
ar liad been
be properly
idded to by
ed sii^ns ot
de C'alliere
anil below
nbles ; some
h the usual
carried off
le set forth
the {greater
i\e Nations,
r suspicious
hat a secret
t alarm was
Sorel and
■om door to
1 oi soliliers,
de Bienville.
At daybreak on llie seventh ol June they ajiproacheil a small house in which ''i^iivillt.'
a lew Iroquois liail loili^etl themseivis. 'I'hey surprised anil killed a party of
ril'leen warriors who were sleeping near by " as soimdly as if there were not a
l''rencimian in the country ' l'"erland says, ami then made their attack on the
house. Here the resistance w as unexpecteilly strong ; attack alter attack was
made ami repuN^'d with the same obstinacy. Mienville in the excitement o( the
slruj^^le rushed up 10 a winilow and allempteil to torce a entrance but was
inslanlly shot anil killeil. N'audreuil then succeedeil in setting' lire to the house
and Ihe Iroijuois boldly attempteil to cut their wa; 'hroui;h their besiej^ers, but
were killed to a man.
The l'"ienih had sulVered a loss ot' six men besiiles the Sieur ile iJieiuille,
w luise boily was borne back to .Montreal and there interred the same day with
all the ceremonies belittinj^' his rank. Se\ en hundreil li\ res were expended in
candies and many masses were sun^' lor the repose of his soul in Montreal and
in Ouebec. The head of the little familv was once more renuneil by death, but
his place and duties were assimied by his brother Maricourt who apparently
now liveil with his brothers anil sisters.
C'hanj,'es now came rapidly to the dwellers in the l-e .Moyne house ; in
December, i6()i, Jeanne the widow of Ste. Helene, married .M. de Monic, a
captain in the troops of the Marine and companion-in-arms of her late husband
before Ouebec. Louis, one oi the yountjer bo}s, followed his brothers d'Iberville
and Serit^'ny to Hudson's May and was killed in the attack on l-'ort Nelson in
itH)4, at the aj^e of eii^hteen ; in Hecember o{ the same year, the eldest sister
Catherine married Pierre Payen, Sei^nieur de Noyan, Chevalier of the Order of
St. Louis and a member ol the house of Clia\oy, then in command oi the I'ort
at Lapr.airie and went to live with her husband at his post ; Marie Anne, the
remainins;' sister marrieil the Sieur de Chassaiifiie in ihtx) and after this the
family broke up completely, the youn<^er boys enteiint^ on their careers under
the able leadership o'i their older brothers and the Sieur de .Nhiricourt was the
only representative of the family in Montreal for many \ears.
About the \ear 1710, the laTnil\- house was sold by the heirs to .\ntoine
Pacauil, their mother's olil partner in her trading;' \entures, but once more came
into the hands of a member o'i the family in 1771), when it was purchased by the
Honorable William lirant who married the widow oi the third Baton of
Lonyueuil.
W\l must retiu'n for a numient to i^lance at the career ot d'Iberville
and thesecond iiienville, the most celebrated oi these distini^uished
brothers.
Pierre Le .Moyne, the third son, Sieur d'lber\ille, had been away from home D'ii,erviiie
almost constantly since he was fourteen years old when he entered on his \on^
.uul brilliant career as a ^iranic-nKiriiic, that is, a midshipman, on one of the
Kinjr's ships and at the ajije of twenty-li\e bejj^an his series of expeditions against
the Knglish in Hudson's Bay.
Two \ears later, in i()8.S, he was in command himself, and vear after vear
w
• i, i!
I' V
•■\ i
1! ;
36
/.'O.IA'/) or TRADE SOrVENi
l.'IlillVilll
Ik' ;illiuki.'il ;iiul lOiuiiuTcil oiK' pn-^l iiIUt
;iiuill\L'i-, Mirpiisint;' aiul I'lipluriiiL^' wssol
aflor vcNst'l, unlil in iixij lu' ostablislu'il lor
a liiiU' iIk' supix'matv o\ \\w l'"rv'iu'li tlaj;' in
I'Ik'so (.'Xpoililions vwi'l' varicil with
iMIkts aLjalnsi tlio l'!ni;li>.h si'ttli'iiu'iUs im
''k' lluilsoM, on iIk' loasl i)( W'U lini^lani,!,
Sew louiulland and aj;ain^l the S|ianiaul
ni Now Spain anil tiic Mississippi witii tlio
saino iMU ai"vin}4' i,^oiKl lortuno ; Inil iiis
rlKTisliL'tl tU'siri' Id Ii-mU a t'ori\' aj^ainsl
I'.oslun was never f^iaiitioii. In writini,'- to
liio Minister in i 7011 ^ettin^ forlii liis seiienie
tor an attack ^^w that lity, lie says : " I
'■ha\e siueeeileil at lliuKon's l!a\, at
" I'orlar, in the lakiiiL;- i.^'i Peniaipiitl, in tiie lecluelion oi New loinuilaiKl
"and lastly in the discovery of the Mississippi, where my precursors had
"failed."
His wonderful success at sea and on shore was miniarred by any serious
failure, and was not ilue to specially fortunate circumstances or any policy o^
caution, he says: "The best war is the hottest mil the ipiickest, for in
" marchinj;' on the enenix ti> tiie ti k of drum one always i^ives them time to
"retreat to a jilace i.-^'i safei\." elied iLcreatI} i.m\ the native Canadian as a
fif^'hter, and in his proposed sc' or the reduction oi" Hoston he asks for
"the oHicers who will suit me," and urines that seniority in rank should not he
()bser\ed, "for a sini^le man who cannot support the fitii^ue ol' an expedition is
capable of throwing' e\er\thin^ intii distM'der."
SIKCR I)'IIlKK\II,I.i:.
in M)i),v after his relui'n from thecaptiu'e oi l'\irt Nelson, he fomid suflicicnt
breathinj^ space from his constant campai^niniLi' to woo and marry Marie 'I'herese
Pollet de la Combe Pocatiere, the ilau^hler oi an officer in the Carisjfnan-
Salieres Ret,^imciit, at Ouebec. liis bride had e\idently full conlidence in the
priUcctinj^ power oi his arm tor she did not hesitate to folKnv him to sea, and a
son was born to the ij;-allant sailor on the jjiuI oi June, 1(1(14, olf the banks oi
Newfoundland, but died in infancy. Their i>nly other ciiikl was a dau.','-liter.
who sur\ i\ed her parents and was known in the world as Madame (irandi\e de
l.avanie.
Marriay^e brought no rest to a man who was so urj^ently needed in the work
of establishiiii;- the l-'rench claims in the New World, and his earlv fortune
followed him faithfully until he was attacked by the pljis^ue olV Havana and died
as he had 'ived in the ser\ ice o\ his Kint;' and Country, after a short illness,
in 1706.
His constant and brilliant services had e>:tended overthirtv vears, durint^-
which time he had carried the llaj,'- oi I'rance in triumph from Hudson's i>av to
the mouth of the Mississippi, and w;is plannini,-- further \ictories when overtaken
by death.
)r TRADE SOrVEMR XUMJiEli.
■ pusl IllUT
ililislK'il lor
.'iK'li tins; in
iiricil with
li'iiu'iUs on
u lini^liuul.
10 SpimiiUil
ipi witli the
' ; but Ills
rif aj^ainst
I uritinL; to
his mIkmik'
says : "I
's l!av, at
u Imnulhind
ursors had
my serious
iy piilicy \.>'(
jst, tor in
cni time to
Kulian as a
he asks for
lould nol he
xpedition is
ni\ sullicient
irie rherr>e
Carisj^nan-
^nee in the
1 sea, and a
le hanks til'
I daii.<;;hier,
irandive de
in the w ork
riy fortune
na ami diei.1
lorl illness,
irs, durini;-
m's l>ay to
1 overtaken
I lis willow u ith her liau^hler returned lo i'laiue. ami liiere inaiiled llu
fount lie liethune, Lieulenant-Clviui d in the.irnues ol the Kinj^'.
Jl''..\\ liaptisle l-e Moyne ua'- onis elesen \ears I'l as^e when his hrollur
l''rani,-ois |,e Moyne ile Mieinille was killed hy the iroijuois at l\epentii;n\,
in ih((i, hut the name I.e Mo\ tie ile liienville was not destineil to peiisli, I'i' "^ i'l' "•
lor it was assumed l\\ the _\innii;er hriUher, and honourahli. as ii uashelore,
it beeaiiie famous in his keeping,''.
lie left home to hei;in his training; as a miilshipman ihe year after
his brother's death, anil for seven years ser\eil as an oHieer in the Kind's shijis
unilei' his brotiier li'lberv ille on the eoasts of \ew l'".nt;lanil, N\'W foundlaml
ar 1 M Hudson's |{a\ . At the aL;e oi eij^^hteen they sailed tO),''ether for the dis-
.•o\erv ot the mouth o'i Ihe Mississippi, and the two iirothers, leasins;' their less
ilarint;' eompanions, paililled siile by siile into the entrance of that riser u hose
diseov ery had eo^t so manv \ aluable li\ es.
After the lieath oi il'lber^ille he eontinueil in Louisiana expKirini,^ the
eountr}-, fortilyins;' dillerent positions aiiil treatini,-- the Indians with the same
patienee and lirmness which had distinf^uished his father. In a letter to
the Minister, dated JStii October, 171;,, .M. l>uelos writes: "I do not
"know how \o speak highly eiuni!.;h ol the .iilmiral'>ie manner v\hich M.
" di- Mien\ille has won the atl'eetion oi the Inilians In his L;()\ernment ; he
" lias succeeded by his i^enerosity, his lo\alty, his scrupulous exactness in holtl-
" injjf to every promise i^iven, as well as by the lirm and equitable manner
" in which he renders justice between the ililferent tribes who appoint him as
" arbitraioi-, anil more th.in all he has wow their rci^iinl in rii;oi-ousl\ opposing;-
" all thievinj,' or depredation committed by the l'"rench w lu> are oblii;ed to make
"strict amends every time they do any injurv tow anls ,in Indian."
All this time he was in command o'^ \\w h'ort St. Louis o\\ the Mobile,
whither La Mothe Cadillac had just come as Ciovernor o'i the new tradini;-
company founded by L'rozat, holding the exclusive monopi>lv for the Province,
and he and La Molhe were at datfgers drawn from the moment they were
thrown tos^ether.
All the oHlceis sided with their commander and made his ipiarlers their
rendi/.vous. La Molhe writes home inveit^hini,-- aijainst their scandalous lives
" as the proverb runs,' ' a bad country, bail people.' C">i;e mav sav that thev
"are the drej^^s of Canada; lilthy rogues, without subordination, without respect
" for relii^ioii or i,anernment, t^iven over to vice. The King's Lieutenant
" Bienville, has come here at the age of eii^hteen without having- served either
"in Canada or I'rance." l-"rom which it will be seen that La Mothe had not
lost that sharpness of his pen which made his letters so racv when treating of
lighter matters.
On his part Mienville writes lo his brother the Baron that " La Molhe is the
most exasperating man one can possibly imagine, " he never says what he thinks,
is absolutely unscrupulous, and by his rapacity is driving the settlers to despera-
tion. " Mis head is turned at finding himself governor of the lovely Province of
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BiM.viiie u .. Louisiuia. it" he wore not head ol' the company lie would perhaps bear himse
" more like an ollicer."
Hut there was one ray o'i lis^ht in this stormy outlook, La Mothe had
hroutjht with him his eldest daui,Hiter Marie Madeleine with whom Hienville at
once fell in love, but the objecionable qualities of her father formed an insuper-
able barrier to the proi,MVSs o'^ his suit. In the letter above quoted he says ;
" It would be diflicult to brini;- myself to bein^ son-in-law to M. de La Mothe on
" account of the hurly burly he is in with ^•veryone."
And in another letter to tlie liaron written shortly before the above, he tells
tlie story " M. de la Mothe has a orown-up dau-hter here with whom 1 am
" rather in love but I shall take no step until 1 know your mind. I pray you let
" me hear what you think. I believe she has no -Teat wealth, neither have 1,
"but we will arrani^e as best we ca-. if you approve. She has ,nany i;ood
"qualities. At present I am rather at odds with her father :-s he believes I
" prevent the olVicers from i;oini^- to see her, that ihey are always in my quarters.
" Allow me to assure my dearest sister oi my respect and to demand ot her
" and \ou the continuance of your love.
" 1 hnish as the voyai;eurs are awaitinj;- my letter, I have written rather in
" haste
" I am, with respect,
" Sir and dearest brother,
" Wuir very humble and very obedient servant,
" Biicw ii.i.i:.
"l-'ourSi. Loiis, () bre, iji.v"
.\ soldier's letter, written without much attention to the standard ol the
polite letter writer, but touchin;^- in its naturalness and showint^- stron^^ al1ec-
tions despite the formalities throui,'h which even tlie closest relationships were
approached in those days.
Hienville returned to France in the followinii- year leaviiii;- Cadillac to
wreck the company and the colony at his pleasure and we catch no further
traces of the love story unless imai^inative hearts lind it in the fact that its hero
ne\er married.
When he returned in 171S lic founded \ew Orleans, so named in honour oi
the Re.ijent, and devoted all his energies to the reestahlishment of the impover-
ished colonv. He moved the seat oi o-overnment to the new city and in ijj;,
suppressed' a risins,- of the natives without the loss of a sini^le life, but was
recalled in the followins,' year and replaced by NL I'errier.
lUit the new Governor had not the inborn experience of a Le Moyne in his
manaijement of the Indians who were quick to perceive the ditVerence and a
series of harassing- wars culminated in a terrible massacre in which over two
hundred whiles were killed and sixty women and as many children were carried
off as captives. Two years later the colony passed into the hands of the Kini;
and in 1734 Hienvielle was a^mw reinstated as Ciovernor.
The Indians, under the less vii^orous rule <^'i his predecessors, had com-
pletely rci^ained their Independence and for six years he was obliK^ed to devote
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•;ir liiniseir
lotlie had
iL-millo at
11 insiiper-
.1 ho says ■.
Mothe on
0, lio tolls
honi 1 am
•ay \ ou lot
er ha\o 1,
lanv i;ood
hciioxcs I
,■ (.luartors.
and of hor
\ rat hor in
lit.
i;n\ ii.i.i:.
ard of tho
ronj^ alVoc-
ships woro
"adillac to
no furtiior
liat its horo
iionour ^.^i
10 impovor-
nd in 17-';,
"e, but was
iiyno in his
onco and a
h o\or two
\ori.' carried
^.^i tho KinL;
i, iiad 00m-
d to dovoto
all his onor-ios to soci.ro tho safotv of tho colony. His nophow, the second
Baron do I,on-iioi.il, with Celeron do Hlainvillo with four hundred Canadians
atid Indians came overland to his assistance, and with their help the rebellious
tribes wore subdued in 1740.
Bienville then retired to Kranco and spent the remainder <^^ his life at
Rochollo and Paris. In a letter to his nephew the Baron, written from Roche-
fort in 1740. he thanks him for sondini;- him some martin skins o{ which ho has
made a handsome mulV. but roj,n-ets that the maple sui,-ar has nearly all molted
.iway durini; ti>o voya-o. and sends a repoatin- clock to him and one to h.s
brother piobablv Maricourl. In another from Paris in 1735 li--' l^lls his
nephew, " I am alwavs well and never was bettor and have none oi the
" drawbacks of old at;e.' I lead a quiet peaceful and well ro^nilated life. I go
"to bed at nine, rise at six winter and summer, take but one meal and that
" most simple. Ho the like and you wilHind it a success. '
in 1763 ho drew up his will, rememborino- all his old servants, his cook,
h;r daughter, his valet, lacquey a-' . achman, and loavin- handsome lo-acies
to Ms nephews, -rand-nophows and or;md-nioces. and died in Paris on the 7th
Septembc. 17(18 at the ^rcat ago of eighty-eight.
Tho remaining brothers all distinguished themselves ; tho .Sieur do Sorigny,
.served under Iborvillo at Hudson's Bay, in i-lorida and in Louisiana, with his
younger brother tho Sieur dWssigny, who died on the frigate i,a Renommo, at
Saint Domingo at tho age oi twenty, while Serigny died in 1 7,u at Rochetort in
P'ranco, where he had been Covornor for many years.
The ai chives of that town wou.d no doubt furnish many details ot this
famiiv, for the Sieur ^\^ Bienville lived there for some lime, and there also Amoino,
the second Sieur do Chateauguay died, after his viu-ied services as Commandant
at .Martiniipie and (iovornor at Cayenne and Cape Breton.
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l':.M.\RK.\BM': as tho record of those famous brotiiers is, the history ot
tho family in tho direct line is hardly less so. TheBarousde
Charles the eldest son was created first Baron do Longuouil in 1 700, Lougueuii.
lie was a Chevalier ^^\ the Order oi St. Louis, was tiovornor o{ Three Rivers,
tiovornorof Montreal, and .Administrator of Canada. His magnihcent nianor
al Longuouil was tho finest in tho country, the extent and character ot tho
buildings comparing favorablv with those of i-'ranco.
lie uas succo'eded bv his oldest son Charles, who was Lieutenant m the
Re-iment of Normandv at the age of sevonleen. He commanded at I'ort
l.-rontenac, now Kingston, was Governor of Detroit. .A Three Rnors, ol the
Citadel of Ouoboc, of Montreal in 1749, and .\dminislrator ot Canada in 1752.
He served with distinction under \-audreuil, Montcalm and Levis, was created
a Chevalier of tho Order of St. Louis, and died in 1733.
His son Charles |acques. iho third Baron, also Chevalier do Si. Louis,
served during tho campaign in the Lnglish colonies under l'.aron Di.skau ■A^^^\
was lost in tho disastrous retreat from l''orl Ldward in 1T3S.
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BOARD OF TRADE SOUVENIR X
l.oii.mieiiil.
Captain David Aloxaiulcr IJrant, oi the 4i)tli Rejfimont, " eldest son o'i
David Cirant, l-lsqiiire, chief of the Hhiirfindie Brancii," as he is described in
iiis Contract oi Marriaije, married Marie Charlotte Josephte I.e Movne de
I.in'^'ueiiil, tiie only child of the third Haron in 17S1 and assumed the title.
His son, the Hon. Charles William Grant, a member of the I.ej^islative
Council, was the fifth Haron, and lived chiellv at Alwintjton House, near
Kinijfston, whc;-'.' he died in 1S3.S. He was succeeded by his son Charles James
Irwin (irant, and the present and seventh Haron is Charles Colmore Grant,
w hose title as Baron was formally recos^nized b\- the Imperial Government in
I SSo.
N the Semi-Centennial Report of the Hoard of Trade, Dr. S. V.. Dawson has
.„, , , sketched the origin and progress \:>i that bod\ from its inception in 1S42 so
1 lie Propftlu- I r^ I r^ . i t
"'' ihe lioard I completely that it is unnecessar\' to touch upon it here ; but it mav not prove
(it riadc. . ■ . '
uninterestiiii;- to i^lance over the stories o^ some o'i the men whose names deserve
remembrance and throuij^h whom the two properties oi the Hoard of Trade
descended.
it will be remembered that the Hoard of Trade was ortjanized in and for
some vears occupied the premises ol "The News and Ivxchange l\ooms" in St.
Sulpice street.
The "News Room," built in the old i;arJen oi the Carion House, was a
\ery modern structure in comparison with the house w hich stood just below it
with its i^able end to the street ; people ha\ e passed \ear after year without a
suspicion of its age, for, when the street was widened, a great part o'( the old
building was torn down and a fnnit of brickwork erected, most ellectuall}
hiding all traces of antitpiity from the public exe.
The properl\- was originally granted to Charles il'Ailleboust, Sieur des
.Musseaux, about i(ii)0, and afterwards came into possession o'i I'hilippe tie
Carion, Sieur du i'"resno\, a lieutenant in the Compagnie de i,'i-]strade ot the
celebrated Carignan-Salieres regiment, which had performed brilliant service in
Hungarv against the Turks, and the names oi many \>'i whose ollicers have
been perpetuated in their tiefs and seignories, such as Iierthier, Sorel, Chambly,
Contrecteur, X'arennes anJ others, fcuniliar to us all.
Philippe de ("arion obtained a large fiet on the island o'i Montreal opposite
the entrance of the ri\er i.'Assoniption, and from this holding was sometimes
slvled the Sieur de la Chesnaye. He alsii acquired this town property from
M. d'Ailleboust and there built his dwelling in iDji), that \ery house which has
just disappeared.
Like main ot the men o{ his day i'hilippe de Carion was undoubtedly
engaged in illicit traHicking with the iiidians, b\' means of the vourciirs de hois, a
wild and tin"bulent class, whose occupation and wandering life rendered them
dillicult o'i restraint, ;uid w hose unscrupulous use oi spirits as a means of barter
was the object oi constant jirohibitory ordinances. iUit in spite oi the severe
penalties attached to such a trade, and the recent reproofs given by l-"rontenac
to i^errot, Cioxernor oi .Montreal in ii>7.v Carion ventured not only to receive
but actually
ing of it M.
aided their (
' ven went j
action in thi
despatched
already me
him a prisoi
necessary or
in the house
revenge for
a sergeant, c
prisoned him
he was relea;
outrage, and
l.aSalle, whi
i'errot's hot
of a similar I
the night ant
redress. i'«
■arresting hi
whence he v
mained for n
Hastile for ti
In 16S2
with an only
in those da)
before she w
oi god-mot ht
i->ienville, thi
had no relati
the following;
future of hi
i,e.Mo\ne, ar
future husba
The arr;
December th
and their so
Madame I.e
brothers, St,
Casson of tf
And the
"That \
" as the gei
" with his d
" without fa
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Init iictiiiilly lodged two of tlieso obnoxious ^-eiitry in liis own liouso. Ow he;ir-
\\v^ of it M. C'harlcs d'Aill boust sunt iiis serg-eant to arrest tliem but Carion
aidod tlicir escape and ill-treated the oflieer. I'errot refused assistance, and
veil went so far as to threaten M. d'Ailleboust with imprisonment for his
action in the matter. Word was forthwith sent to Quebec, and i-'rontenac
despatched the F.ieiilenant of his (iuard, Wizard, with whom we have
already met, with orders to arrest Carion immediately and send
him a prisoner to Quebec ; orders which were executed without any un-
necessary or even customary ceremony, IJizard leavini;- his letters for i'errot
in the house <>{ Jacques I,e Her, where he was entertained. It was by way <>'i
revenge for this slight that Perrol, accompanied by three or four soldiers and
a sergeant, came to Le IkM-'s house and there not only insulted Hizard, but im-
prisoned him for the night ; however better judgment came w ith the morning and
he was released. Hefore leaving for Ouebec iiizard drew up a statement of the
outrage, and as his host, Le Her, together with Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de
LaSalle, who lived with him, did not hesitate to sign it, tiiey both incurred
Perrot's hot displeasure. Le Ber was imprisoned, while LaSalle, apprehensive
ot a similar fate, as he was under surveillance, slipped quietly mer the wall in
the night and made his way to Quebec to report the matter in full and obtain
redress. Perrot was recalled and Hizard had the satisfaction of personallv
■arresting him in I'rontenac's chamber on the jStli January, i<)74, from
whence he was conducted, a prisoner, to the Chateau St. Louis, where he re-
mained for nearly a year, and, on his return to I-'rance, was committed to the
Hastile tor three weeks as a mark oi the King's displeasure.
In i6Sj Philippe de Carious wife, Petronille de Hevres, died, leaving him
with an only daughter, Jeanne, barely ten years (■\'i age. Hut even little ladies
in those days had to take their place in the world, and Mademoiselle Jeanne
before she was eight \ears t)ld had stood at the font in the responsible position
of god-mother to Jean i->aptiste Le Moyne, afterwards celebrated as Le Moyne de
j-lienxille, the foimder of New Orleans. With the exception oi her father she
had no relatives in the country, and when he lay in his house in the winter oi
the following year, with life fast ebbing away, his thoughts were busy for the
future of his child. iiis best tViend in Canada was iiis neighor, Charles
LeMoyne, and he iixed o\\ his second son, Jacques, Sieur de Ste. Helene, as the
future luisband ot his daughter.
The arrangement was consented to on both sides and on the sixth of
December the dxing man gathered round about him L'harles Le Moyne, his wife,
and their sons, Longucuil d'iberville, Maricourt, iiienville, and Chateaugua)',
Madame Le Moyne's brother Jaques Le Her with his daughter Jeanne and her
brothers, St. '\iul and Senneville, Mcsains Ciabriel Souart and Dollier de
C'asson of the Seminary, and Louis I'orrester, the surgeon.
.And there, with his daughter and Ste. Helen before him he declared ;
" That being overcome with illness he had sent for the Sieur de Ste. iielene
" as the gentleman whom he lo\ ed and considered most litting for marriage
" with his di'ughter, who upon nis death would lind herself in a distant land
" without family or relatives, tii avoid which he had testified that he would die
" happy if he saw the marriage assured between them." The solemn ci>ntract
'rlii'I'Toperlies
uf Uie Itoiinl
(if Trade.
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liO.Uil) Or TRAni-: sou I 'El
;.A 1--LACK D AHWI^S,
With "111 I'.iiUli Church. 11(1:11 l.aiiilK-il's TLivtl-, c. iSo'i.
Thfl'ropcrtic
of the Hoard
of Trade.
iWiis signed al liis bedside hy all the parties, and Philippe de L'arion, Sieiir de
Kresiioy, made his will a week later, Iea\iiig' all his property to his dauj^hter
Jeanne, and, in the e\ent ot her death willunit children, or before her niarriai;e,
then to Ste. llelcne who was to succeed in her stead, and, until her marriai^e
.she was to li\e with iiis iVieiul t'harles l.e Moyne under the special care ol his
wife. .\s the Parish Rei^^ister tor tiie _\ear 1083 has not been preserved we can
not fix the exact date of liis lieath but it took place before the year was out and
on the 7th of I'ebruary, i()S4. Jacques de Ste. Helene and Jeanne de Carion were
married with a special dispensation iVom the Bishop as the bride elect was onl\'
twelve years o( ai^e.
.Mademoiselle Jeanne inherited from her t'ather and mother the large fief
held by her lather, a property on .Si. Paul street and the house on St. Sulpice
street, which was built of stone with a bakery and kitchen attached and had its
courtyard, garden and orchard forming an establishment of sullicient dignity to
be chosen by ,M. tie Calliere, then tioxernor o^ Montreal, as his residence, to
whom Ste. Ilelene leased it at a rental of two lumdred ii\res per annum about
itjHc), and he, with his uile a:Hl children, removed to the family house in St
Paul street.
* * * * *
door II
the di
pitiabl
but w;
to her
being
in Oct
H
leavinj
with t
State (
Testar
court,
all yoi
wealth
V
from, ;
OF TKA/)/': SOUVEN/U AT.Wi/CA'.
1^4
L'
I So:").
ion, Siuur dc
liis (.laui;litcT
or marriiii^e,
her marriiiijc
al care of his
rved we can
was out and
Carion were
JCt was oiil}'
the large fief
II St. Siilpice
:1 and liad its
lit diijnity to
residence, to
mnum about
house in St
ilvlCall iiis brothers Ste. Ileiene rendered iiiiportant
s.rxices to iiis country at home and abroad.
Two years alter Iiis niarriai^e, in if)S6, he left
with his brothers d'Iberville and Maricoiirt in command,
under tiie Sieur de Troyes, of an ii\erhinil expedition
to Hudson's Hay. 'I'hey went up the Ottawa to I.ai<e
Temiscamingue, over the heit,riit of land to Lake
Abitibis, and, out of it by the river emptying into
Hudson's Hay. They took Kort Monsoni after a hot
action, lasting over two hours, Ste. Helene with his
own hand killing a gunner who was in the act oi' loading
his cannon with large pieces of broken glass. Then on
to another fort, forty leagues (one hundred and twenty
miles) farther, before which they surprised and captured
an armed vessel. The gate of the fort was then blown
in by a single cannon shot but the defence of a stone
house which stood within the works by a little garrison
of ten good men was long and desperate. Hand
grenades were thrown into the hall by a soldier and
a Canadian who did not hesitate to scale a ladder and
make openings in the roof. In one of the chambers
opening off the main hall was an unfortunate luiglish
lady who had escaped from the captured vessel and was
so terrified by the explosion of the grenades that she
rushed from the room wherein she was hidden and
was only saved from the constant rain of musketry that
poured in through the openings by the courage of the
commandant, who led her through the lire and held her
door until she was again in comparative safetx.
.\t length the principal door of the fort was beaten in and before dav-break
the defenders had laid down their arms. The luiglish lady was found in a
pitiable state having been wounded by the explosion of one of the grenades,
but was carefully attended to by the surgeon of the l-"ronch troops and delivered
to her friends when the third fort was taken a short time after. The campaign
being now successfully concluded Ste. Helene left for Montreal w here he arrived
in October, lea\ ing d'Iberville in command of the fort.
Harly in February. i(k)o, we fmd Ste. Ilelene and d'Ailleboust de Manthet
leaving Montreal in command of two hundred and ten men, Indians and i-'rench,
with the design o( attacking Orange, now Albany, the capital of the present
State ol New \'ork. Nearly every young Frenchman oi' note was with them ;
Testard de Montigny. jean Le Her, Le Moyne d'Iberville, Le .Moyne de Mari-
court, Pierre Le Gardeur de Repentigny, d'.'.illeboust de Montesson and others,
all young and eager to carry lire or sword uito the heart of the country of the
wealthy Hastonnais,
L'pon the representations ol' the Indians, the original plan was departed
from, and, alter a trying march ol' nine days, often through water up to their
I.c Mo\ lie (If
Sli. Huliiif.
BOARI-) OF J RADK SOUVEMK .\
I r Moyneiii- kiK'os, breaUiiiy llic ico at evorv stop in order to ij;aiii
Slf. ItOKiif ^ . ■ ^
solid footiiijjf, lliex siiL'cessfully attacixod Corlar, now
St-lionoctady, and exacted a terrible reventje for the
massacre of Laciiine \v!iieii was attributed to the
instij^ation of tlie l-^nj^lish. The attack was made at
iii!4;iit and the imfortimate iniiabitants underwent all the
horrors intlicted at l.achine a year before.
The Sieur de Montiyfiiy was severely wounded and
repulsed in his attack on one of the houses but was
replaced by Ste. Helene, who, with his usual success,
carried ail before him and with the severity of the time
|tut all the defenders to the sworil. I'or two hours the
massacre went o\\ and then i^uards were placed and tlie
victors and vanquished rested from their awful strug'ijle.
At day-break d'Iberville was despatched with a
chief to proinise safety to the Town Major, styled in
the French account " Cendre," i.e. Saunders, who had
shewn kindness to I'rench prisoners, and he and his
were placed in safetv' and treated with every respect.
The result is thus told in the "Relation" which is
addressed to Madame de Maintenon by M. de
Monseii^iiat, Frontenac's Secretary :
" Thev had already bei^un to burn the houses
" in order to occupy the Indians who had been drinking',
" and vvhicli were useless for defence in the event <^'i
" an attack ; nothintj was spared but a house which
" Cendre had in the town and that o'( a widow
" with six children to which the wouniled Sieur de
" Montij^ny had been borne, all the rest were burned ; fifty or sixty persons, old
" men, women, and children who hail escaped the first fury were spared, as well
" as about thirty Iroquois to whom we wished to mark thai it was at the linj^lish
" we aimed and not them. The loss in houses, moveables, cattle, and grain,
" amounts to more than four hundrei.1 thousand liv res ; there were nearl} eighty
" houses in the town, well buill and well furnished."
Thirty prisoners were carried ofV, and the labour of transferring the wounded
and the plunder with which all tlie Indians ;ind a few of the l"'rench loaded
themselves was very great. Out o'^ the fifty horses taken, thirty-four were
killed and e;Uen in default oi other provisions. Manv of the Indians left in
order to find food by hunting. Ten Frenchmen fell behind and were never
heard of again, and on the same day, about two hours afterwards, forty more
descried and took their way homewards where they arrived a ilav before the
main bodv- who now numbering not more than sixty held on their weary way,
Ste. Helene, with an Indian for guide, leading, and at last reached Montreal in
safety hut thoroughly worn out with starvation and the hardships of their
forced march. Only one l'"renchman and one Indian had been killed in the at-
tack but \\<\ less than seventeen l-'rench were either lost or sank under their
sufferings in the return journev.
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,as«^.
I
LiMiUiiig I-",ast anil >houing
The pr
have invari;
a servant in
John Mills,
the IjciiIou
tendant.
change of I
In Oct I
from .Mont:
fleet under
pointing tin
was forced
men, he sui
thirteen luii
Longueuil,
Ste. Helen.
! h i-^
MdiUn.il. Imt
llrranl. I
RADK SOUlENrR XIMBF.R.
T
/.
—-.^^/
s/^y
-'"^'J'l'Jiyiil
NOTRli UAMIj: S^rHlili'l'.
l.oukiiij; l'',asi \\\\{\ >ho«iiiy; facaile of nld Parish C'liiircli, from l.,imliL'il\ Travels, c. iSoo.
.Ills, old
as well
linsjflish
1 j^r;iin,
,■ eii^lity
lUindod
kiadod
ir were
s left in
.' never
y more
lore the
ry way.
ireal in
of their
the at-
ler llieir
Tlie prisoners, unless o{ liii^li r.'inlc, were made servants, and seemed to
have invariablx' been well treated. One ot tiiem, John Lehay, an Irishman, was
a ser\anl in the house of Jacques Le Her, and was hapti/ed in i;)i)(); another,
John Mills, was in the service of M. d'Ar^eiiteuil. ant.! Mverard \'anl'!i->s, son <s'i
the Ijciitciiiiiif (le In Jiis/icc, in the ser\ ice of |-5ochart de Champii;'ny the In-
tendant. Many others married hut are dillicult to trace throuijh tiie i^radual
chani^e of foreii;n n.imes. *
In October o'i the same year Ste. Heiene was in command o'i the \olunteers
from .Montreal sumnmned for the defence of Ouebec, besiet;ed by the Mnijlish
Heel under Sir William Phipps. He performed j^ood service in the Citadel,
pointint;" the i;uns lo such elTect that he damaged the Admiral's ship so badly she
wiis forced to withdraw. On the jrst o( October, at the head o\' two hundred
men, he successfully tlisputed the passas^e of the St. Charles aijainst a force of
thirteen hundred and during' the action was wounded in the knee. His brother,
l.ongueuil, was also struck but escaped as tlie ball glanced on his powder-horn.
Ste. Ilelene's wound was not thought dangerous at lust but threatening symp-
I.e Moviie de
Sti-. Hi-Iciie.
I It i^ a t'urinu- ami bin litllr kiinuii ftcl llial iK sceiulanl^ lit l'.\i.-rarcl \ an l!lis >lill r\i~l in
.Montiral. but llif (JiiL^inal suinanu- lias ilisa]i|naix'<l anil lAeiard now appear^ as the surname
ilcranl.J
w
IH)AKn UF TRADE SOU VI
loms set ill aiul lie was I'hil-oiI to i;:o intu the Hotel IVicii at tjuelvj, where he
died two months afterwards. His yoiitif; widow was left with one son, Jacques,
a^^ed tour vears, a dau!,'lUer, Marie Jeanne, Unirteen months, and .another
ehild was born and baptized .\),'-athe, in March, Mk)1.
and
pres
"fin
" wi
"ac
\ i
: I
V\'\\
\
AW'.SW alter his widow, then only twenty-one years ot age, married
Joseph de Monic, Captain and Major oS. the troops of the Marine
who serxed with Ste. Helene at (Jiiebec. As we have already
noticed, Ste. Helene had leased his iionse to M.
de Calliere for a yearly rental, but .Monic was ,- ' ""
unwise enouj^h to continue the lease without
more tanj^ible consideration than vaj^ue promises
of advancement, which proved so illusive that
we lind him petitioniuj,' the Supreme Council in
i(K)3, complaining; that the Governor had occupied
his dwelling;, court, g-arden and dependencies" and
had neither paid rental therefor nor fulfilled his
promises. The Ciovernor was immediately put
to his defence, but no baililT could be found bold
enough to signify so obnoxious a demand cm His
Mxcellencv, who was a gentleman of an irritable
disposition aggravated by attacks oi the gout,
.and moreover imbued with a strong sense of the
dignity o'i his position, until Ouenesville, bailiff,
was peremptorily commanded in Januarx', i(u)4, to
carry out the instructions oi the Council under all
pain, iKic, X:c.. whereupon the Ciovernor probably
satisfied the demands, for he continued to reside
here until iiis house near the site ^>i the old Tort
was completed about itH)3.
The Carion house narrowly escaped destruc-
tion when the Hotel Dieu was burned on the 24111
February, i<u)4. The sentinel on guard at the
(lovernor's saw ;i light in the steeple o'( the cliurch
at three in the morning, but it was not until he
saw the fire spreading that lie realized the con-
vent was actually in danger and then gave the
alarm. The courtyard c^'i the Ciovernor's lodging;
was piled high widi linen and other propjilies ,
and many were the small pilfering^ therefrmi.
The next morning a meeting of all the important personages of thetovii
was held at M. de C'alliere's and large sums were at o\-\c<i. subscribed for the
relief o'i the sulVerers. Among others assembled was a man well known tor his
poverty, wiio supplemented the speeches of the (lovernor and the Liciilciutnt i/c
hi fiistice bv .III appeal to those present recalling the charitable works o\' the sis-
ters, coiicluding that he would give a />.'s/oli\ ( about sixteen shillings sterling ),
to tl
and
lessi
con
app
o( 1
imi:
inir
') OF TR.\nE SOUVENIR M'MhEA^.
L'lvj, whore lie
e sun, Jacques,
s, and anollier
t a^e,
M" the
have
married
Marine
already
and called on each oi his auditiirs to Cio as imicii. Amid the laiiv;hter nf tliosc ^'"""•
present the (iovernur asked where he could find such a sum. " Where will I
"find it!'' I will willinj^ly j,'i\e what wheat I have for my support ; and if none
" wish to lake it I will sell my house rather than break my word as it is not the
"act of an honest man to promise and not to perform in so },'ood a work."
After falliere left the C'arion house it was leaseil by Monic and his wife
to the kinj;- for a term ot six years from October Hk)?, to lie used as store-houses
and a bakery for a yearly rental ol two hundred and twenty li\e livres. the
lessors reserviuij the ri^ht to lake it back a},'-ain if required for their persona!
occupation. In 1712 Jeanne, the eldest daus^liler
> of Hie. Uelene, married Jacques Louis (iauthier,
i^^ - second Sei^nieur de X'arennes and Chevalier o'i
the order of St. l-ouis, and they and their de-
scendants preserved ihe i>ld house and jjardens.
D
I'KINCl the last century and before the con-
ipiest it passed into the pi>ssession o'( the
,,, ,. , II,- !•• 1 /-I . LaCoriifdc
Lhevaher l.uc de l.a C orne. Sieur de Lhapl st. i.uc.
JHANNK MA NCI
j^es ol the to.vn
bscribeil tor the
II known for his
le Liciilciutnt ilc
iorks o'i the sis-
illinijs sterlini,' ),
el de St. Luc, who lived with his brother Josue
de La (."orne, Sieur du Breuil, on St. Paul street,
facing'' the old Market Square, <^\\ the site o'i the
building now occupied by .Messrs. I'Vothinf^ham
i\; \\"orkman.
Both were men oi mark in their ilav and
distinguished themselves in the almost continual
wars c.irrieil on in I he tar West, in tiie iuiijlish
colonies, and in the i;reat struijfjie for supremacv
in Canada ; whilst another brother is well known
in history as the Abbe de I'Ltoile, Confessor to
Louis W.
Luc dc L.i Corne, Sieur ile St. Luc, was
a man (^i inlluence, widely known amoui;' the
Indian tribes, and, in 174I), he comnKindeil .1
friendly expedition to the Indians \:\'i \\w west to
invite their co-operation ai^ainsl the Lni^jish.
ilis military services were many and varied.
In 1747 lie letl the relief of l'"ort l-'rederic. He
foui^ht at l-"ort Clinton, I-'ort Lydius, at Carillon
or Ticonderoi^a, Ouebec, and St. Foye and was in
command of a detachment at .Montreal at the time of the capitulation.
His portraits shew us a man of commantlini^ presence, the dignity ol his
appearance scarcely marred by the loss of an eye the result '.•\'i a wound in one
of his many encounters.
He was every inch a soldier, possessed ot t,''i-,j;n endurance and had the
important iacultv of inspiring his follow ers with something oi his own unfalter-
ing courage. .After the Cession of Canada, he determined to emigrate to
/.'('.//.v ('/■ iRADh: son /X/K .\
\m Cm III' ill
!■! I,1K-,
THE CHKVALIKR I.A CORNK DK ST I.IC.
I'Viiiiceiuul kit OiK'boc with his Ln^tlur
llu' (.'lioviiliiT ik' l.;i l'i>ria', liis two
siiiis iiiul two lU'plicws, Willi iitlur
orrKi.'r> iiiul mu'IiiIhts o^ iho I'aiiiuliiin
Moblcssi' in the illt'iitcil " Au^-iistf." '
Iho ''liip was small ami haillv loiiml in
(.■\i.'ry partiiuiar, iIk' ciitiri' cii'w.
laptaiii \o cabin bo\ s only mimbcrcil
littccn ; the captain was incNpcricnccil
in the ilillunilt navigation ol' the liiill,
ami St. l.iic was anxious lor the icsiili
trom the outset. His jinirnal ol the
\o}aj,'e is a chronicle o\ mislortunes
froni liie bej^'innin^.
Ihey were alinost cast awa_\' on
the lie aiis t'lnulres. The succeetlin!^'
ila) s oi fine weather were lolliiweii b\
a violent stt)rm in which they I'an threat
danger ami many o( the company were
injureil by lu_tj;j.;au^e ami boxes whicii
had never been properly secured. 'Ihe
passeiijj^ers were a sadiymixed lot,s(>me
prayiiiic and otVerinj^' vows, others cursinj^'aiul blasphetiiinj^f while daiiijer lasieil.
Twice had the vessel taken lire throiij^h evident carelessness ami on the 71 ii
o'i November they were ajj^ain threatened by that most horrible ot all dan.i,''ers ol
the sea, and only escaped alter the ship was badly injin-ed, the i,'-alley destroyed ami
no cooked provisions could possibly be prepared. The overworked and batliv
led crew became thoroiii^iily tlisheartened and nearly everyone siitVered i^reatly
from seasickness and the want of proper food. The captain was evident!)
if^norant of his siirroumlins^s for he narrowly missed shipwreck on tiie Mird Rocks.
However they wero cheered by liner weather and refreshed by coti taken oil"
Newfoundland, which proved a welcome feast, but their spirits soon fell under a
renewal of worse vveatiier and they were driven southwards towartls tiie
North Cape o\' Cape Breton roundinj^' it only by a i^unshot. l""or three days
the tempest continued anil everv' one laboured willu>ul ceasiiiLT. On
the i^tli, land was in slight on botli sides; apparently the entrance to a
river, but what it was no one knew. There was not a proper chart on boartl
and to add to their misery the crew took to their hanmiocks and could not bo
induced to make another eirort by j-iersuasiims or blows.
St. Luc was beside the capt.iin on the poop when the (irsi oHicer reported
that the miz/en mast was broken, the sails so torn that they could neither be
furled or spread, the crew had lost their heads completely and the only chance
was to beach the siiip and that immediately.
This desperate expedient was attempted and while St. Luc broke the news
* A comii'i-tr li-i III tlir nH'icir- anil s^i-nllfiiu'n may In- rmiiiil in llu- Kcpnrt of ihe I >iiniiiiii>n
.\ rlii\r- Id- iS.Sl).
to the terro
llirown on
liieniselv es
which Wok
i^ini; and
seven soul-
this awful
the cajilain.
pnvent, tv
lhrouL;h wl
broke lo n
Meltire thei
were possil-
before safet
Siviie
exieption o
w here or w
l''or I'oi
they were a
hearts, thn
were a fer
miseries we
bef^an to fa
left behind
further elTo
but now a
bodies o( t
Here,
pleurisy an
patient six
perspire al
" much rel
ciirporals r
The sc
o{ ills little
serled cnbi
Tl .V
il
Mi^ed t
ception
The o\\,<
" tinue o
" was obli;
At lav
found a sk
an ark o^ >
what of lii;
NADI: SOI \ IMR \l .]//;/ R
.13
to iIk' toiii>r-slrii.l\i.'n |i.is>.oii);:i.rs tlu' •^liip siriuk I'li a l^ai aiul was iiiinK'i.li itcly
llittiwii nn luT Inaiii (.Muls, Aiul iIk'ii iIk' a\v liil ai,'itiiy Ito^aii M>mt' threw
llicmsflx (.'s into tlio sea and were ilrouiieil, others were swept i>n' l\\ the waves
whikh broke mer the ilnomeil ship, or were killed l\v the falling spars ami rij;-
j^ini; ami out ol ihe liiiiKlreil ami twenty-one who sailed a month het'ore, onlv
seven souls stood about the tire o\\ the shores o\ Aspey liay with the lu>rror o^
this awful tiai^edy o\' the sea about them. 'l"hey were, l.a I'orne de St. I. lie,
the captain, w lu>se r^'ason was atleeted by the catastrophe he was powerless to
pnxent, twi> I'oiporals, two servants and a ilischarj^ed soklier. The horrors
thri>ii^h which the\ had passed rendered sleep i'lipossible and the nu>rnin^'
broke to reveal to their wearieil >. yes the dreadful realities of tiieir sit nation.
Melore llieni lay the bodies of the dead to which they rendered such rites as
were possijile, iiehind them lav an unkmnvn country which must be traverseil
bofi>re safety was attaineil.
Some pro\isii>ns were securetl ami each liH)k a week's supply with the
exception o\' the soldiers, and they look their course by hazard, neither knowinjf
where or whither they were jioinj^.
l-\ir tour wear\ days they marciied o\er precipices at whose frightful aspect
they were appalled, throuf;;h ilense forests whose ijfioom struck dismay into their
hearts, throui^h swift ami dani,''erous streams and o\er mountains whose steeps
were a terrible strain on the strenf^th o\' the castaways. On the 21st their
miseries were added to by sm>w and in spite of tlie best manajjemcnt provisions
befjf.in to fail. Three of the men refused to march ;in\ farther ami be},fi;ed \o be
left behiml, but Si. Luc with his old powers o\' persuasion inspired them to
further etVorts and ^.^^n the .:5th they arrived at Itijj.miche a settlement indeed,
but now ab.'indoneil, and in the ileserted huts they made a i^hastly liml, the
boilies of two men.
Here, Iviienne, o\w o\ the servants, broke down under a severe .attack ot
pleurisy ami St. I.uc turned physici.m lor the nonce and tells us how he bled his
patient six times during;' the nit,''ht with the point of his knife and caused him to
perspire abundantly; umler which heroic treatment, we are assured, he telt
"much relieved." lie was lunvexer too weak to be moved and one of the
corporals resolved to stay with him.
The scanty provisions were divideil and attain St. Liic set forth at the head
of his little company of four ; more snow had fallen but the discover\ oi the de-
serted cabiif- h.id inspired them witii hope.
T' c\ei . .irin^: rivers were their i^reatest dilliculty ; " No one else dared
them," bo says, "ami I always had the preference and was often
,it;ei.l to reiut iml take their loads to force them to follow, with the ex-
ception ot the , .iptain, who leaned entirely on me and had no will but mine.
" The others swore a thousarul times that they would rather perish than cow-
" iinuc wearisome a ii>urne\ . They were so tiioroug'hly broken down that 1
" w.is obli^'-ed to put on their boots and often to fasten on their loads."
.\t last, on the 3rd of ccemher, they reached St. Anne's Bay and there
found a skitV, half rotten, it is true ami three of her planks gone, but it seemed
.an ark of salety to the we ir\' .and despairint;' men. The captain recovered some-
what of his skill and they set t>' work witii all possible diligence but just as their
I .1 ' lit !l( ilr
SI. I, III .
I
:>4
IhWRn 01' IKADE SOLI
'\
i
•'^•'^flr'" •^1^;!^
LA PLACli UAHMliS, SOLJ
'I lie r.ni^h < liuii
/>> ()/■■ IK, ID I-: SOLlEXfK XCM /!/■:/:
LA'JI-J UARMh:s, SOU'l'Hi'JHN SI 131-:. ISi);.!
The ScniMi^ir) .
BOARD OF TRADE SOi'VE
I, a CciriR-
St. 1,110.
t;isk reached completion a terrible storm oi siunv set in, accompanied by such
cold that they almost perished, and when it was over their little skiff was so im-
movably fixed in the ice that she could not be extricated.
The captain, weakened by fever and exposure, broke down utterly under this
new calamitv and declared he could 1,^1 no furiiier and the three others, scarcely
less ill, applauded his resolution and refused to make another etlbrt. St.
Luc, althoui,^! unwiUini^- to i,Mve up the strui,^^le, could not abandon them, and,
in his simple, touching narration says " we awaited upon God." One stands
amazed at the heroic sacrifice of the man. Superior to his comrades in every
qualitv, with the wav of escape open before him and the couraije to tread it, yet
rather than desert these poor souls in their pitiable extremity he consents to face
a needless death as their leader. But deliverance was at hand ; just after they
had come to this resolve two Indians appeared " the cries of joy from our
" me.i told me the news, they ran into their arms, their tears prevented their
"speakinj,-; their voices broken with sobs stammered out ' Have pity on us '
" Have pity on us.'"
They pointed to St. Luc who with Indian-like stolidty, was smoking- calmly,
and told'how he had led them thus far but they had no lon-er stren-th to follow.
These Indians probablv had formed part of re-inforcements brou^dit into
Quebec in 17SM and knew La Corne as one of the leaders but he had K^rown so
thin and his^u^ard was so Ions,- that the Indians did not recot,mize him tor
sometime.
He modestly explains -'I had been o^ service to these people on several
" occasions, and' so it was that I received a hearty welcome."
They found that thev were nearlv a hundred miles from Louisbur^- but the
Indians 'proposed to convey St. Luc to St. Pierre through the Bras d'Or. He
left in th. ir companv and from the first village paid and sent Indians back to
succor the two men'left at Inganiche, despatching the captain and the others to
Louisburg with letters to the Covernor. His journey on foot across Nosa
Scotia was onlv accomplished by the same indomitable courage that had sus-
tained him throughout and on Christmas eve lie arrived safely at Tectemigouche
on the Straits of Northumberland, and finally, on the 24th February at .Montreal
where he reported to Cieneral (lage and took the oath of allegiance to his new
sovereign.
Through him the St. Sulpice street property descended to his daughter
Madame ll-nnox and earlv in this century was partly acquired for the erection
of a Weslevan Methodist Chapel, which in time became the News and Lxchange
Room and as we have .seen the first home o the Montreal Board ot I rade.
Bransac.
0\ the i9lh Mav, 181,2, the corner stone of the new Board of Trade building
was laid bv Sir Donald .A. Smith, and the story o'( this new property,
if not as romantic as that of the older, is not without its interest,
Nearly the whole o'i the property was originally granted to one Robert
Cavalier (no relation to La Salle be it noted), but parts were retroceded to the
Seignieurs and redistributed by them.
T'^
) OF TRADE SOUVEMR XVMBEL.
Kinied hy such
<ifT was sii im-
erly iiiuler tliis
tliers, scarcely
r elTort. St.
Ion them, and,
" One stands
ades in every
to tread it, yet
onsents to face
just after they
f joy from our
revented their
ive pity on us '
nokinii' cahnly,
Hi^th to follow.
ts brouL^ht into
iiad ijrown so
lionize him for
ople on several
lisburj^ but tlie
^ras d'Or. He
ulians back to
d the others to
>t across Ni>\ a
e that had sus-
Tectemiijouche
ary at Montreal
lice to his new
to his daughter
for the erection
^ and Kxchange
of Trade.
■ Trade building
new property,
iterest,
to owe Robert
itroceded to the
.Amongst the new owners was jean Haptisle Migeon, Sieur de Bransac or. ^V.fnsac.''''
"Hranssat'" as he invariable signed, Pwntrcuy Fiscal and afterwards LicuUmwt
Ccncml Civil ct Cnmiucl. He was well qualified for his various positions, as he
was trained to the law and dulv ciualilied as an Advocate oi the Parliament ot
Paris.
We C^o not lind when he came to Canada, but we know he was a clerk m
theemplov of the West India Company established in 16(14 and carried ox\
business for them at Montreal. His marriage with a niece of M. Souart, then
Superior of the Seminary, and his position as a duly qualified Liccncie en loix ot
Paris, secured for him the oiVicc of IVocurator Fiscal under Charles d'Ailleboust
des Musseaux, the Hailli and Lieutenant General, or Justicier of Montreal.
In i6(.6 he was granted concession on St. Paul Street, where the oHices of
Messrs. Lvman, Knox cS: Co. now are, ami at once erected a house which was
built of stone and completed before the end o{ the next year. In the contract
made with the carpenter for the roof we find the price stipulated as 2S4 livres
tournois and a pair of women's shoes.
Like every one else in the colony he was engaged in the fur trade, at one
time in partnership with Guillaume d'Aoust, but seems to have conducted his
business with every regard for the regulations imposed by the Governor and
without taking any advantages of his position.
He was undoubtedly a man of honor and integr^'y, but had a hasty and
somewhat uncontrolled temper which occasionally got him into ditticulties. As
a result of this infirmity we find that on the 22nd June, i(36c), he had to make a
formal apology in presence of witnesses to his neighbour Jacques de la Marque
for having permitted himself the liberty of calling him a receiver oi stolen goods,
a thief, and declaring that he could hang him if he would— all of which he
retracted and demanded pardon.
About a year later we find him again in trouble for having beaten and
insulted (iilles Lauson and his wife who attempted to prevent the Procurator
Fiscal's carts passing over their private property by a road which had been
declared closed by the order of M. de Queylus, Superior o'i the Seminary.
Hut despite this imperfection which was not uncommon in those days of
freer action, he was a most valuable public man and conducted the duties of
his o'i'nc^: with ability and promptitude, and as :ii^ position brought him into
conflict with the lawless and often powerful part of the community, he had need
ot all his courage on more than one occasion.
We have before noticed the diiriculties which arose through the lawless
doings of the (vwn-w/'.v r/<- /w/.v, and it was through his efforts to carry out the
regulations concerning them that he ran foul of Perrot the (iovenior. In 1(172
he^vas requested by Charles Le Moyne, Jacque Le Ber, Picote de Belestre and
others, to lay their complaints aud remonstrances before the new Governor, as
the disorder occasioned by the irregularities of his proteges had become a matter
of public scandal.
The old records preserve his answer to their complaint : " I am not like M.
de Maisonneuve ; I know how to hold you to your duty," and the next day he
seized .M. Migeon and threw him into prison.
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BOARD OF TRADE SOUVEN.
Mij<eoii <lc
Itraiisac.
Dollier do Casson, as representative of the Seig^nieurs, at once proceeded to
the fort and demanded speech with the prisoner, but by the (iovernor's orders
was only permitted to see liim alone in order tliat lie might have xw witnesses,
and upon his remonstratinj,' witli Perrol on his arbitrary and illeg-.d proceedinj,'s
was met with the answer : " If the Heavens were to fall plen'y larks would
be taken ; 1 have the right to imprison all sorts i>f persons not excepting
d'Ailleboust the Judge should he forget himself like M. Migeon."
However, he saw til to reconsider his determination and shortiv afterwards
set M. Migeon at liberty.
In 1673 we find him in a long and serious dispute with the Cure and
Churchv\ardens of the Parish concerning the delicate cjuestion of precedence in
processions and other ceremonies within and without the Church. Ft appears
that the Churchwardens had been in the habit of preceding the officers of
Justice in the public ceremonies, and that Perrot the Governor, in 167^,
had ordered that they should immediately follow, the Ciovernor taking pre-
cedence of the Churchwardens, " who up to that time by an illegal usurpa-
" tion and wicked injury to the honour of the law for twelve years past " had
robbed its representatives of their due position. Declarations and counter-
declarations were made. M. de Lotbiniere was specially sent from Quebec to
inquire into the matter, and finally it was settled that the officers of Justice
should on all occasions follow immediately after the Governor and precede the
Churchwardens; that the /»^//;/-/;<7//V candles, palms, ashes, and all the ceremo-
nies and honours of the Church should be offered to them before the Church-
wardens, and thus the difficulty was ended to the entire satisfaction of the Pro-
curator Fiscal.
Such disputes seem to us trivial, and we read of them with amusement, but
it should be remembered that precedence was a serious and most important
matter in days when all such outward signs of rank were the only means bv
which the people recognized authority. Frontenac had to fight such battles
over and over again. Calliere, Governor of Montreal, his able successor in the
Government of the country, insisted absolutely on such points from both his
clergy and the military, and we must not hastily impugn the motives oi such
men as either childish or trivial.
A
In 1677 M. Lefebvre, then Superior of the Seminary, under special powers
received from his Superior in Paris, dismissed Charles d'Ailleboust des Mus-
seaux from the position of Bailli of Montreal, which he had held ever since the
Sulpicians were installed as seignieurs. and Migeon de Branssat was appointed
in his stead. The change was not made without opposition. Charles d'Aille-
boust de Coulonges, eldest son oi the deposed Bailli, represented to the
Sovereign Council that his father had faithfully served for eighteen years, a
term sufficient to qualify him as veteran twice over ; that he had been appointed
as a reward of his services, and prayed that Migeon's petition be dismissed.
His old enemy, Perrot, at once took the opportunity of insulting and interferin"-
with him in the discharge of his duty, but all opposition, lawful and unlawful,
was soon put a stop to by the authority of the Council, and Migeon was estab-
iM h
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iroceeded tn
luir's orders
.' witnesses,
proceedings
larks would
A exceptinj^
\ afterwiirds
e Cure and
recedence in
Ft appears
officers of
X, in 1673,
takini;- pre-
s^al usurpa-
1 past " had
nd counter-
1 Quebec to
s ot Justice
precede the
the ceremo-
the Church-
of the Pro-
sement, but
it important
ly means by
such battles
essor in the
om both his
/es of such
cial powers
st des M us-
er since the
s appointed
rles d'Aille-
ited to the
XMi years, a
n appointed
.' dismissed.
I interfering-
id unlawful,
was estab-
lished in his new o'i^\c<:. The edict which confirmed him in his office of J ud"e '^''■<™'"i<^
Royal was only received by the Sovereign Council two months after his death in
irH);„and his son-in-law. [uchereau, was appointed in his stead, holding office
until his death in lOc)^.
After his death his widow entered the Hotel Dieu and there passed the re-
mainder i.>i her life boide her daug-hter, (iabrielle, who, just before her intended
marriage had entered on a retreat of ten days in the Hotel Dieu, and
was so charmed with the life about her that she broke olV her engagement and
joined the commimity where she remained for the rest o{ her life enjoying the
foundation made by her grand uncle M. Souart.
iMigeon de Mransac had a family of ten childern, of whom his daughter
Denise was Reninciisc dcs uos sc/j,n//fiirs Ics Kii/idiIs Uc Frame, and married Cliarles
Juchereau de Heaumarchais, who succeeded Migeon in his office of Judge Roval
of the Island of Montreal,
One of the sons, Joseph Daniel Migeon, Sieur de la (iauchetiere, served as
Major under Hertel de Rouville and St. Ours des Chaillons in their expedition
against Haverhill in 170S, and his name is familiar to us from the street called
after him.
flXOTHHR portion belonged to Rene Cuillerier, whose escape from a horrible
death and captivity among the lroi|uois. reads like a romance.
Montreal had escaped the plague which was universal elsewhere""'""'"
throughout the colony in the year of 1661, but on the other hand her constant
enemies, the Iroquois, were ever on the alert. Man after man was picked off
while at work, and it stirs one's blood to read of the heroism of the defenders of
this out-post of the Church o( (Jod.
M. le Maitre, the Treasurer of the Seminary, had been treacherously mur-
dered among the haymakers on St. Jean Baptiste Day, and his successor was a
young priest named Guillaume \'ignal. who had sailed from La Rochelle in his
company two years before.
The Sulpicians had as yet no proper lodgment, and M. X'ignal as Treasurer
was anxious to push forward the work on the building begun by his predecessor.
This was a large stone building on the site of the warehouse in the court
occupied by Messrs. Frothingham & Workman and was known as La Maison
Si'igiu'uriale and after the erection oi the present Seminarv on Notre Dame
street as the Old Seminary.
With this object in view M. Vignal begged M. de .Maisonneuve to allow
h.m to cross with his workmen to I'lle h la Pierre (.Moffat's Island) for
material. The Governor was unwilling as some oi them had been over the e\ e-
ning before and he feared might have been seen by the Indians. However he
at length yielded to the Treasurer's entreaties and M. Xignal left with his work-
men and a party of thirteen to serve as guard, among whom was Rene Cuillerier
and a young gentleman, Claude de Hrigeac, Secretary to .M. de Maisonneuve
In was late in October and no easy pull across the rapid current, those in
canoes easily distancing the larger party in the flat boat. As soon as the
leaders, among whom was M. N'ignal, landed, thev separated and strolled about
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m
uaitiiii;- ill
IreaMiror '
his lollinvs
l*"(>r on
iniL;lil have
and |ianic >■
l>aiul of 1 1
i.i>ui-ai4o re
hesilateil (V
otl, l>rii;cai'
k'el. Ai^ai
llicin taiintc
ol iho coliii
IhilVesiiL', ;i
A shot
it up ai,^aiii
li'ii,r!^vr, the
liio water ti
i.li'a,L;i,''etl hii
Meanw
sell' into it
ami tell intc
he eoukl <A
ihroui^h tl
M. \-
words of c
de Bri^eac
killed by t
ri\ er.
Then
ed, first th
there was
agfj^rossive
Wit hi
savaj^es p
DiitVesne w
ed on the
oaten. *
This
DutVesne,
It wa
Oneida, th
ci>unt of hi
part of th
K
Nh:LSONS C0LI:MN, 1840
ill tlu' l\Ll;Ui.
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TRADE SOUVENIR NUMBER
37
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u;iitini4 •!'>-' iirri\;il of tlio oiIkts. Suddenly iliorc was a uarnins^- cr\ .i ml the *•'
rrcaMiri.'r uitli the IiIoikI pmirini;' iVotn liis woiiiul nishoil to \hc boacli to warn
liis rollinxs against the liO(.|i!oi>.
l""or oiKc the colonists lost lluir heails ; Hiii^-eac w lui hati not as yet landed
niii^iil ha\e sa\ed them. Willi e\ er\ etioil lie hastenetl tow artls the (.lemoiali/ed
anti panie stricken tiien, then facing' the savaj^es alone, actually held the whole
hand ol lliirt\-ti\e in check, while the faint-hearted escaped and those of
cinirai^e recmeretl tlieii' nianlunul and took place besiile him. 'I'lie Indians
hesitateil for a lew moments and then rushed I'orward tOi;ether ; nothint^' tlaunt-
ed, Hritifeac cooly sii^'hted his aripiebus ami the chief fell forward almost at his
feet. Ai^ain the Indians pausetl and were about takiiis^' tlii^ht, when one aiiioiii^
them taunted the others with the cmvardice iif retreatint^' before four men ; most
o[ the colonists had all escaped to the boats while Bris^eac, C'uillerier, Jactiues
Hufresne, and the wcnnided Treasurer stood between them and the Iroquois.
A shot broke jii'ii^feac's pistol arm and the weapon fell at his feet; ho caui^'lit
it up ai^^ain ami althoui^h he hail the streni^th to le\el it, could not ilraw the
trif;f.;er, then seeinij- that all further defence was useless he threw himself into
the water to make for the boats but was iminediateh' seized by the Iroquois who
dra,i,'^j^ed him face downwards nearly round the island in sa\as^e triumph.
.Meanwhile M. \'ii;nal had reached Cuillerier's canoe and was helpiriij" him-
self into it with the support ot C'uillerier's arquebus when the weapon slipped
anil fell into the water, t'uillerier was now without etlectixe arms anil before
he could i;et his canoe out o\' rani;e the imlortunate priest was shot clean
throu!.jli the boily and both of them were capti\es.
.M. X'ii^nal wounded as he was raised himself from time to time to address
wonls of comfort and hope to his fellow -prisoners. There were four in all, M.
de iJrii^e.ac, (. uillerier, |acc|ues Dufresne and Jacques i.e I'restre. The last was
killed by the Indians betore leaviiii;' the island ami his body thrown into the
ri\ er.
Then the \ictors paddled up stream towards La Prairie where tlie\ encamp-
ed, first throwiiii;' up a hasty defense ai^ainst any possible attack. Hut attack
there w;is none, the colonists were too weak at the moment to assiune the
ag'gressive.
Within the Imlians' camp the wiuuiileil were attended to with what skill the
sa\aijes possessed. Hrii^eac's wounds were carefully dressed, Cuillerier and
Dufresne were unwounded, but as for the inifortunate priest the captors decid-
ed on the second day that the chances were ajjaiiist him and he was killed and
eaten.*
This horritl feast ended the war party broke up, the Mohawks takiiit;-
Dufresne, and the Oneida, Mrit^eac and Cuillerier.
It was a wear\- march oi' eii^'ht days throuijh forest and plain towards
Oneida, their destination. M. de Hrii^eac could hardly stag'g'er aloiii;' on ac-
count of his woimds, C'uillerier was laden like a beast o\ burden and the ij;reater
part of the time was forced to march entirely naked. At tirst the\' obtained
llllU-: it-r.
%
1,
I
*| h will lie ^oi'ii lli.it llurc !•- :i diMriiiiiiuy ln'tweeii ihis acinuiil nf M. Niginal's Hue as L;ivi.Ti
in llu' Kcl;Uioii> ami liy hailldii ami tlu' Irtlrr <>( iiiii^cac wliii-h is (|iicili;(l I'lirlhiT cm. |
I I
.^«
/>•(). /A'/J or I RAPE SOL\h.\
Ciiilk-riir.
some consolation from prayini; loi;ctlior but the Itulians obsorvin- this promptly
separated tliem and some anion-' them wished to cut olV Cuillerier's thumb in
order to prevent him luildins; a little prayer-booU Irom which he constantly
read.
At the end of eitrhl davs the two bands met aL;ain and ^reat reioicin- i>\ er
their success ensued. nJws was sent to all tribes .^i their victory and the>
entered Oneida with their unfortunate prisoners who were a^ain stripped naked
and had their faces painted. At length the Indians placed themselves in two loni,-
lines each brave holding;- a stick or whip and the prisoners knew that they must
run the j,-auntlet ; but thev were saved from this torture by one oi the old chiels
who ordered them to be led to the public square of the town where a .-catVold
had been erected. Here, alter bein^r beaten, Cuillerier had two o\ his nails lorn
out. then the two prisoners were bidden descend and led into the cabin where
the chiefs sat in council.
Kaillon thinks it was here that M. de Hrii,-eac found opportunity to write the
folUnvinij letter to M. Le Moyne. the Jesuit Father, whom he knew to be in the
irotpiois country about sixty miles distant:
" We are two prisoners from Montreal at Oneida; M. \is,nial was killed by
" these savages being only i'lMe to walk for two days <m\ accoimt oi his wounds.
" We arrived here the lirst Sunday in December in sad plight. My com-
" rade already has two nails torn out. We pray you for the love oi i\^^<\ to come
'• to us and do your utmost by means of presents to take us back with you and
" then we will no longer be in fear of death.
" We have made a covenant between each other to do and sulTer all that i>
"possible for the conversion of those who kill us and we pray (iod daily for
" their salvation. We found no l-Vench here as we had hoped which would have
" greatly consoled us.
•' 1 write to vou with mv left hand.
" \'oui' servant,
" Hkk,i;\c."'
Rrit
How the letter was carrieil we do not know, but it did not reach the heroic
priest in time to render any service to his countrymen. The chronicler of that
year writing oi this mission says it was one oi " blood and fire," and the fate ot
our Frenchmen is probably only an incident in the long tale of savage cruelty.
Savages could be cruel to their own kind as well as to the white man ;
another c'aptive in the village was an Algonquin and during that long night
which preceded their sentence the three prisoners were set to torture each other
with burning brands supplied from the fire which lighted the council chambers.
The Kuropeans refused to touch their fellow prisoner, who however tortured
them to such an extent that a chief called them over and made lliem sit beside
him for protection.
At length the Council ended, Claude de Hrigeac, a gentleman, used to fair
living and t'air treatment, and Rene Cuillerier, a colonist, used to toil and danger,
were condemned to die by fire.
An unexpected deliverance was at hand for Cuillerier ; before the hands of
or IRADI: SOL \ IMR XI MIH-IR
Ills promptly
or's tluiinl'' in
K' constantly
I'ioii. in^;' o\ oi'
oi\ anil the)
lippcel naUoJ
■s in two Iohl;'
lal thoy must
tlu' old i-liict's
cic a 'CatVold
liis nails loin
e cabin w Ikti.'
ty to u iitc tlic
V to be in the
was killcil by
it his u ouikIs.
lit. M\' com-
r Ciod to come
with you ami
iFer all that is
liod daily tiH"
;h would have
\aiit,
■ Hkii.i:ac."
ch the heroic
iiicler oi that
iiid the fate of
aije cruelty.
le white man ;
lat loiij;' nii;ht
ire each other
icil chambers,
ever tortureil
lem sit beside
1, used to fair
lil and dani,'-er,
' the hands oi
the torturers had touched him he was claimed b\ a sister i>t' the chief slain by '^"'''"''■'
Hriij^'eac, aiul accoriliiii;' to liulian custom, her demaiul was allowed.
Hut tor his unfortunale comp.inion tlier.' was nothiiii; but ihe most tViolillul
ol ilealhs All ihroui^h that ilreailful nii^lit aiul all the next day he sullered with
a i.li\ine patience the most lieiidish tortures, pra_\ iiii,-- onl}' for the fori;iveiiess
and coiuersion ol' his murderers. Ne\er .a cr\ brol<e from his lips, until.
HON'. AisTiN crviLi ii:h.
wearied by their infernal work, one <\'( the savai^es by ;i thrust <\'( his Uiiife ended
the martvrdom of that most L'hrisiian i^entleman, Claude ile Hrifjeac.
l-'or eit^hteen loiii^' months t'uillerier uiulerweiit his captivit\', and .a heavy
task it was ; duriii<;' e\ery hunt he aiul his fellow -prisoners did all the liea\\-
work, and in time ol idleness served for the .imusement oi the \ ilhiije.
hO.lKn ('/■■ IRAJ)!: SOL I h.Mh
Cuillcrl r
Cuilloricr al la*;! I'liiilJ ^taiui it \\\'' lon!,'or, aiui iiK'olini,^ wllli liis tVllow
L-aptivc IVil'iesiK' in llu haiuU nf ilu' Mn'.iawks propo-i'd (.•si.;ipi> Inil DuIiomk'
uinilil iii>l iiiukMiako \\w task. |i u.is tksp.'i ato. it i-> iiiiv.-; lluy cnuki liariHy
hope 111 make lluif \\a\ lin\ai\|s (.'iiiiaila, aiul tluTc (."ci laii)l\' was risk in liust-
liii; lli».'niscl\(.'s to tiK' Dutil) or I'iiis^lisli w lui inii^lit li.' homiJ ttiuanls iIk'
lroi.|iiois as roi^arJs h'rcncli prisoiu-rs. Init (.'iiillorii-r was as cU'sporato as the
cliaiicos.
'\\\o otlior l''ri.'iu'h prisoners liail e\iilenli\ h:^'\\ liroiitjlit in to his particular
party oi lroi.|uois, aiul o\\ llie rotiisal »>! I )uli one lie tnrnetl to tliciii. They
consenteil ; Iriini a frieiully Indian he KMrneJ iheeouise lor \e\v llkillaiul anil
blazeil a liee. The next ilay when they sejiarateil li'r the eli ise he anil his
companions took their way with their paeks, am.! takini; lluir eourse Iroin the
marked tree as soon as the\- were saleiy iMit ol sii^Hit, jiiinei! eaeh other and
wont their way r) In ^rmi' dv Pun, hidini^ h\ ilay, lunnini; 1\\ nis^lit, eseapini;'
dangers on e\ery side until they liuuui tliemseKes in liieniily hands anionic the
Hutch at C">ranj.;e lAlhany I, from w iienee they were sent down to the I'lnt^lish at
Manathe iNew \'ork|, and tVomtheiiee, not hein;^' i-"reneli or i'.n^lish or Dutch,
hut simplv poiir white ca|iti\es, esca|i>.i.i iViim the savages, liiey were sent in true
t'elknvship up lo Hoston and from thence in spite ol all national anil relit^ious
diflferenccs, aloni;' tlie shores until ihey reach. il Ouehec am! Kene L'uillerier
once more met his own at the landins,'' place in Montreal.
Cuillerier hccamc a successful merchani ani! on\: of ilu priiicijial inhabitants
oi i.achine and carried out true t'anailian traditions in his family of sixteen hoys
anil i^irls.
•{•hn
descent
vMi;ani/e
acquired
w
I I'l
!■
de\ Oteil
ila\ the I
her i;rea'
t;re!4atii'
on the
t'a\alier,
dark trai
Sieur du
story o\
Superior
the rvw/'i
sport sma
who Inst
aii'.l a sc
the shadi
i-JQL.SES Oi-' 1'ARLIAMI::NT. M
Hiiriieil liy a Mnli, 25 April i>
/ RADE SO III'. X/N XI W/iflJ!.
39
his iVIlow
MulrosiK'
lid liarJIy
in inisl-
\.M\|s iIk'
;il<.' as iIk-
particular
n. Tlioy
illaiul aiul
>.' aiul his
from I lie
other ami
, esiMpino-
iinoi)!^ tiK'
iCnt^lisli at
or Dutcli.
eiit in true
1 relii^ious
C'uillerier
nhahitatits
s;leen bo\s
Throuijli suth men the prv>|ijrl\ iL'^eentlevl in a loui; line iil honourable •-''""•■""•
ileseent to the lliMi. Austin I'uxillier, the lirsi ehaiinian ol the meelinj;' to
ori;aiii/e the lioaiil t'l Traile in 1X4(1, anil Ironi whose heirs ilu' properlv was
aequiri'ii in iStio.
'rril these few sUetehes we must elose the Makers ol .\!ontreal unJer the
i'reneli l\ei,Mme. l'!\eiy one familiar with luir hisi(,iy will miss well
known nanus uhieh we reluctaiillx' pass i>\ er. h'irst eomes a i^rmip iif
».le\ oleil Wiimen : Jeanne Manee, who --haieil e\ er\ (.lantjer antl toil Irom the
(.la\ the eoliMiy was fouiuleJ, ami w lu'se name will e\er li\e in eoiineetiini with
her threat work the Hold llicii ; Mar^-^uerite Mouriieois the foumler o'( the ^o\\-
i^Te^ation ami Madame |)'N'ou\ ille, whose maternal piety raisetl Ics Sitiirs (Irisis
on the ruins ot an older eharity. Then the threat expUirers, Rene Koberl
(."avalier, Sieur de la Salle, with his hit;h ambition, his disappointments, and the
dark trai^eily which closed his life in the Smilhern wiKIs ; Daniel ile Ciresollen,
Sieur ilu I. "hut, a member of the Royal liuard with the hall-j^uesseil-at lo\e
story o\ his early life, his aiKeiilunnis wanderings in and about the Lake
Superior rej^ion, and his unknown rcstinj,^ jilace ; Nicolas Perrot, i^reatest of
the co/nniis dc hm's, brother to all the tribes o( the West ; La 1 Ionian, the
sportsman and rimiancer ; llenepin, the envious aiul unreliable; Le N'eraiulrye
who iirst saw the Rocky Mountains, Le(iardeurs, tPAillehousts and Repent ii^iixs,
aiu.l a score i^t others whose \ery names are spells tii coniure up romaru'c Irom
the shadowv I'ast inti> the realities o\' I'resent.
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MONTl^liAL IN 1830.
BOARD OF TRADE SOUl/lA/R
rWK BNOLISH In
A New CDiuli-
ON tlu' U'litli of I'V'bniaiy. ijn;,, t lie Treaty of I'aris was s;i;noi.l and Canada
hceanK' a Hiilisli tflony. I\'rliaps the best lestiiiion_\- in fax or of llie New
Regime was borne by l.ouis Joseph I'apineau in addressing;- a nieetini;- at
Montreal on the oceasion o\ the death oi deori^e III. in iSjo.
" Xot nian\ da\s," said Mr. Papineau, " iiave elapsed .-inee we assembled
' on this spot U^\ the >anie purjiose as that which now eal'.s us toi^-ether
" !!ie eiioiee oi represuitatis es ; the opportunity oi' that choiee beins;- caused by
" a i^reai national calaniit v the decease o( that bcKned Sovereign who had
" reii;-iied o\er the inhabitants ol this country since the da_\' they hail become
" liritish subiects ; it is impossible not to expres.s the t'eeliiiL; ol L;ratilude
" lor the niaiiv benelils received Ironi him, and tho^e of sorrow lor hi> loss, so
"deep!-, lell in this, as in e\ery other portion iif his extensive dominions. And
'• how could ii be others ise, w hen each _\ear ol his loiii;' rei;;n has bei n marked b\
" new laxoufs be 'O'Acd upiMi the country ^ 'i'o enumerate lluse. .'uul to detail
'■ the historv of this countr\- lor so many years, would occupv more lime than
"can be spared b\ those whom 1 ha\e the honour to aildress. Sullice it tiien
" at a i;l;'.nce :o compare oui' iiresenl happy sit uat ion with th."; ol our loi'e-
" lathers on the eve of the da\ when (ieor-e the Third became their lei^itimate
" n,onarcii. Sullice it toi-ecollect that under the b'rench (iovernment, (intei-
" nall\- ami e\ti.riiall\, arbitrary aiul oppressix e. i the interests oi this counti'}
' has been more constaiitlv neglected ;ind maladministcred than any other part
" ol' its i.lependenci s. In its esl imation Canada seems nol tC' ha\e Ixen con-
' sidered .-is a countr\' which, iVom I'erlility ol siiil. salubrity ol climate, and
"extent ol territorv, mii^ht have been the peaceful abode ol a numerous and
" h:i]ip\' i-iopulalion, but as amilitai_< post, w iiose leible L;aiii:-on was coir,-
" demned to live in a st;ite ol perpetual -.carlare and insucui'itN, Ireipiently suller-
" iui;- from famine, without trade, or a trade monopolisLd by pri\ ileiicil cinn-
•• panics, public and jirixate pi'operty often iiillaL;ed. and personal liberly daily
"violated; when vear after vear the handful o\ inhabiianis settled in this
" province were dra^i^ed I rotn their homes and lamilies, to slu'd their blood,
" and :-:'\-\\ murder and havoc from the sluMes oi the threat lakes, the Missis-
" -ippi and the C">hio. to those oi Nova Scotia. Xewloundland and Hudson s
" May."
The i^realer part oi the settled districts oi North .\merica weie now united
under one rule, .and \et the very success of Ills .Majesty s arms in tlie North was
later on to cost him those older colonies which had so uninterruptedly soliciteil
his aid ai;ainst the power oi what was once New !• ranee.
The New I'lnLjIand farmer could sleep in peace during; the lont;- winter with-
out dread oi an inroad oi Canadians and Indians; the tr.ader from Oraiii^e or
New \oyk could venture as far north and west as he wished and nieel only
frieiidlv traders in the narrtnv waters and hear only welcome j,Meeiini;s from the
forts he once so carefullv avoided. The fanadian went back to his farm niU
for a lew
and ]ieace
weie once
s;radually
ailv enlme
The h
• iway, was
which car:
L;lories oi
'I'he S
lirsl liscoi
oi the m;
luu'ope an
is still a If
The t
up still t
a lew yea
anJ. the sf
real did i
l-'.nj;iish ,ai
i-eal could
of plati'ue
traders pi
wheie thv
but in spil
held, hei'e
I'lil treatii.
bi-oad piei
oi drunki
brouL;ht t
Just ;
Kinj;- C"ha
.\dventuri
their hea
Company
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Alexamle
everv lio'
by the I'
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loi a low nionlhs, c\er oxpoctaiU o\ llie i.-all In arms, hul a> a schKt in a new
ami ]iuaL-ot'u1 count r\- ; tlio Kinihor trade w as onco more ciu'cnn-ai;etl, sawmills
wei'e or.ce more openei.1, s'lip buildinj;- was re\i\ei.l, the j-ialance ol trade was
s;rai.luall\ t;io\\ Iiil;' in taxmir o^ the eoiony atKl the days of constant warlaie and
aihentme wei'e at an end.
The last u;l tnunn- of romance, which lins^ered alter the old order had p.issed i]'"^' '''"'
awav, was thrown over the fur trade, and in the history o\ the i^reat companies
which carried on or revived the traflic we still catch some lainl rellections ol the
j^Kiries o'i the past.
'I'lie St. Lawrence did not jirose a highway to the treasmes ol the l^ast, the
lirsl ,',isco\ erers found no barbaric wealth of i;old or jeweU, bul Iriini the n'outh
oi the 'uvsterious SaL;uenav they briuiL^ht back the lirst Canadian lurs ;o
luirope and a trade was bei^un, which after a lapse o\ more than three cenluries,
is still a most nr.porianl factor in the prosperity of the ciMmlrv.
The trade be;;an at Tadousac. then reireaied up the ri\er to Ouebec, hit;her
up still to Three Rivers, .and fmall_\ to Montreal, wheie il centied until
a lew \ ears a^o when i h j Ottawa and Lake Superior rouleswere abandoned
anJ. the shipments weie made direct from Hudson's liay lo London, liul Mont-
real did no\ I'old it without a slruL;;;le and a jealous and viuilani i^uard ; the
l-'.n-'iish ;uid Dutch bribed Indians and renci^ades wiih hi-her jirices than .Mont-
real could offer if Indians could be dissuaded from the eastern ioui-ne> by tales
o'i plati'ue ov other dani;vr a i;ood rouuvl lie was ne\er waniiiii^ unscrupulous
traders pusliei.1 on past her into the W'vsl, coiircnrs i/c Ixn's b.-u'tered when and
where the\ coidd in defiance of ordouiniucrs and pain o\ infamous ]iunishmonl,
but in spite of it .ill Montreal held her position. Here the i^re.it annual I'.airwas
held, heie Ciovernor after lio\ ernor met the Indians in solemn state lo cement
old treaties or make new ones, here turbulent spirits held liii^h carnisal while the
broad pieces lasted, and nii;ht after nis^hl her wall- j-irotected her from the crowd
oi drunken and excited savai^es who under sc ircely less savas^e w hite leaders
brouLiht the we.ilth of a continent lo her \er\ i^ates.
just as Montreal was i^rowiiii;- in imiiorlance in this p.articular, in Hmk), ,
Kiiij;- Charles the Second granted a chartei' lo "the lio\ernor and Company of
.\dventurers oi I'aiiilaiul trading; into Hudson's l!ay," with Prince Rupert at
their head. In the Hoard Room ol the Honinnable the Hudson's Hay
Conipanv, in London, the portrait oi its lirst Inivernor looks down
from the walls on the administration o[ a ccMiipany whose lirsl successes the
orii^inai saw o\er iwo hundred vearsat;o; the present Covernor, Sir Diinald
.\lexander Smith, K.C.^L(i., o'i .Montreal, sits in the saine chair, and he and
everv Covernor before him ha\ e been sworn ujion the same bible as that used
bv the I'lince, while over seas in the land that lies between the eternal
snows o^ the north and the harvests o\ a milder clime, the Company's posts
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Comiiany.
strctcl, from Tn^-nva lo Tort Simpson, and Hk' yield o'i tuts in spite of immi-
"■ration and settlemont eonlinues surprisini,Hy lari,^o.
The earlv i;ains o^ the Company were enormous ; more than once the capital
was tripled. 'and this in the face .^^ ^reat losses i.illieted by the Kre.u-h. who
under diberville in n,S., be-an their attacks, and which only ceased under La
Perouse in 1 7S4 , ,- -r 1 .
In the histo:ical sketch 01 the soth Annual Report oi th. Board ol 1 radc
some of the dillicullies .^^ the fur trade uttder the French Rei;-.me have been
noticed, but the chance of -ain was too temptin-, and despite ol exery dis-
coura>.cment Heaver ruled tlirou-h wars, corruption, and bankruptcy up to the
actual loss o< the colonv to France. In 17.M there were eiLjhteen principal
posts in operation which sent more than a hundred canoe loads ol turs down to
.Montreal, and scarcely had ih. storm of battle died away belore voya-eur and
hunter were afield or afloat au;ain.
l-noli.h adventurers uere out in the west before 177.S. ^i »-^^v years later m
,-S^ the North West Companv was formed in .Montreal and in it the Hudson s
Hay Company was to meet a rival much more formhiable tlian the desultory
attacks of iM-ench adventurers.
Another rival spran- up in the N ^■ Company two years later, and still
another under |ohn Jacob Astor in the be-innin- o{ this century.
Fverv trick and rus. was adopted on all sides to obtain the Indian trade
spirits were introduced and used unscrupulously, bad blood was engendered
between both white men and red. human life was held in contempt, and more
than one tr.i-edv stained the annals o^ the rival companies. I he outlay
was so -reat (the cost of a canoe load of -oods for trading bcin- more
,han dovible its ori-inal London price by the time it arrived at the (.rande
Port.ije on Lake Superior.) the whole trade was carried at so reckless an
expenditure of barter and time, and the employees were so numerous, that the
result was nearlv fatal to the contestants. The new company could not stand it
and disappeared and final disaster was only averted by the amal^^niiation ol the
t\\o threat companies in 1S21.
The names of the ori-inal shareholders of the North West C ompany are
K.A interest to us as .Montrealers. They were : -
Todd & Mctiill
McClill X: I'aterson
1 lo'mcs i<; (irant
McHealh \ Co.
Oates lV L o.
^harl
Henj. \: Jt^s. l-"robisher
Mc'l'avish iS: Co.
Madden X: Co.
Ross iK: Co.
\\ altt W:iys
ROM the davs o\ the Inst discoverers the -reat rivers and lakes ol t anada
served both as her water ways and hit^hways. The upper lakes and the
western posts could only be reached by canoe and it is scarcelv more than
thirtv years a-o since the last bri-ade o'; voyaircurs left Lachine '
Superior. The time required
F'
or the Cl rande
for such a journey and the
labours and hardships which must be undertaken were indeed formidable. The
traveller must bear such weather as may chance to come with httle 01 no
I'ortaLie '^n Lake
shelter by da;
fare or the hov
tramp o\er tl
cairxini;' placi
up sleep bank
many and vex
Hetween
but as the up>
unfavourable
The Scheme/.
were impro\ e
About if
lakes, but thi
that the Voi
Niai^ar.i Ri\>.
Montrea!
son o^ John
foundiiii;' the
attention to t
on the I ludst
ber, iSiH), tin
and named tl
venture was
measured eitj
horse power
_£,'i 5 ; for
re(.|uested to
beint;' laid in
In the U
vears, and ii
The fol
I, Si 5, will i;i
this oci. asi(M
" loiirn
Ouebec ' •
^ol uneler '
Ol'^posite Ri'
s^.i! sO S a.
KmI asinMi
Remarks, p
I nland
maile \o ci'i
iS;, 1, l.ind
iiii^-, wei' p
AD/'l SOll/:N/Ji xr.U/i/iA'.
.till
arliLiilar as to tho quality of his
sheltcM- bv ilav or bv nii^lit, ho must not be p;
r-u-e or th'o hour it mav bo sol boforo i,im, ho iiuist bo proparod U>r niany a weary
,,.,,„, ,„,.,. ,; ,and thoro woro just lorly such
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\\ atir Ways
r tho narrow trail at the nortaji^o.
many a heavy climb
rocks and
carrying- places bolweon Montreal and Georgian Lay
up sloop banks, manv an exhausting scramble over wot and slippery
luanv and vexatious delavs to repair the canoes or tor some excuse ol the men
Holweon Montreal and Ouebec /WAv/z/.v a.ul sm:.ll sailing vessels were used
but as the upward iournev must be made agains- iho current and often w>th an
unfavourable wind, weeks were sometimes required lor .Is accomplishment
■riK' S</n;u,/,u/y and tho /;///-/..,;;/ boats woro .afterwards mlroduced and
wore improvements to some extent on the more clumsy /;,//.;n/A:
\boul the end of the last century sailing vessels woro constructed on the
likes but these woro for governme.U purposes ot.ly and it was not unl.l ijm-'
Ihat the ]or/c the tirst merchant vessel was launched at the mouth ol the
Niagara River.
Montreal can claim the initiative in Canadian steam navigaiion in the per- ^^,,r"
son \^( lohn Molson who arrived in Canada in , 7S., and. alter successiuly
founding the brewing business which is still carried on by the tam.ly. turned h.s
attention to the novollv of steam nav igation which had been proved a poss.b.l.ty
,„ „u. Hudson, bv Robert Kulton in .S07. Two years later, on the 3rd Novem-
b.r, -Socthe second stoan.boat in America built at Montreal by Mr. Molson
and named tho Aca>»nnoc/<,/io;,. started on her .i.aidon voyage to Ouebec. I he
s onlirolv successful, the run being made in thirty-six hours. She
measured eightv-hve leet over all, had sixioen loot bean, and an eng ne ot s,x-
,,orso power. Tho fare to Ouebec was £,. ,00; lor children under e.even
,■, - ;,. for servant with birth ( wr ) ^'i . ;, 4= tor servant without birth { .svr )
t-, - o' Sixlv pounds of luggage were allowed to passengers, and they were
IpiilstJd to purchase .heir tickets early in order to allow oi sullicient provisions
'"'"1,!'lho"tonowing vear ( iSio) Mr. Molson applied for a monopoly lor fifteen
vears, and in iS, , began the construction of the .V:.W^.... for the -;---'-•
■ The tollowing extract taken verbatim from the Montreal /AWr/ of 8 Ma),
,,S, ■ will oive a good idea of tho lime and incidents oi tho upward trip. On
ihis'oc.asion Su- (ioorgo Provosl. his stalT and servants w^re on board :-^^
.. . „,„al o\- iho steam boat from gueboc. Tuesday. May 41H, '. past 4 let
guobec • . p..s, 1 : p.m. came to Port Neul. May -,^U, '. p.si , p.m. (a. m. . )
001 under weigh at
p.,si ^ p. m. past Throe Rivers -at m p. m. anchored
;;pposiu Rivioro du Loup Mav".>, a, - past 4 -m. got under weigh and made
' ' „o ot1 Wm. llonrv, landed three passeni:ors and sent the
At <. a. m. made sail at 4 p. m. arrived at Montreal.
sa.«! <*» >» a. ni. liovo t
Km I asinire tor milk
Remarks, past (
.SVC
ever\ vc
>el uiuler sail."
,„,,„, navigation was long an accomplished lac, boUMV an attempt^ n -is
„,,,. ,0 cross Iho \tlanlic and hero Canada took iho lead. O:. ''- :7"/ l-"'
Si lo.d and l.adv .Wlmor accompanied b> their suit and a bnllianl lollow-
i,,^ wor. present at HlaJk's shipyard in Ouebec to witness tho launching ol a
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iClNTHl':AL llAI'liOL'H IN IS:-)^.
HOARD OF TRADE SOri7w\7A' M\
Hon John
MolSDU
HON. JOHN MOLSON.
vessel destined to open up ;i new dep;irtiire in steam navii^ation. Amid tli^
strains of llie hand nf llie .^nd l\ei;iment, tlie " Halifax Steanihoat " slid of the
ways and was eliristened the A'ovti/ Willitini by i.ad\ .\\lmer.
She was then towed to Montreal, received her enj^'ines, and on the 17th
August, i<S33, sailed from (Juehec, was detained at Pieioa antl made the voyai^'e
to (iravesend in seventeen days ; she was commanded hy Captain McDoii^rall,
was V.I ''^"^ Innlhen and carried a crew 'if twenty-one, hiirned Nova Scotia
coal and was the lirst vessel to make the entire vovai^e wholly under steam.
The f.'IKnv
nameil the Ysul.
In 1.S13 till
on Lake Ontari
acci>imt oi the
which they wen
was yet an ardi
thus ciimments
"I arrived
" to l.achine, t
" then road (if
"to Cornwall. I
" ers, inti> l.aki
" road and twi
" boasted >/iiv/;i;
Present t vvi
many years and
to run the rap
/roi/ito/s succeet
It had Ion
cully was by ca
had been made
city and l.;ichin
Pierre as it wa.-
throu^h above
lotfne carried it
least tor canoes
segros de l.erv
appears from
the canal, but i
Cledeon de
fortifications o
part as a jjj'ood
of his time.
He was on
from the tact
followers o[' Hi
Nantes he It ft
men of like fait
M. Tanjj^u;
after a lon^- an
on the Island o
had vowed to
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'I"Ik' r.'llou iiiLi' Near slie was pin\lias(.-».l li\ tlio Snanish lio\criiiiKiU, re- !!"!'• ->"'"'
nanioti tlio Yxubcl Sciiiimhi, llicir first sieani war vessel.
Ill iSr^ the Froittciuic was built in the l>ay iif Ouinte ioK steam iia\ ij^alion
on l.aUe Oiitariii aiul other steamers ra|ii(.lly lolloued in hoih Provinces, hut on
account oi liie want of canals all these craft were confined to the waters ^.m\
which the\ were launched. The iournev from the Lower to the I'pper Province
was yet an arduous undertaUing. Lord Sydenham in on<^ o'i his private lelteis
thus comments on it :
"'ioKOMO, December _^, i.S;,i(.
"I arrived here on 'I'hursday week. 'l"he jouriiev is bad eiunii^h ; a portaije
" to I.achine, then the steamboat to the Cascades, twentv-lour miles further ;
" then road (if road it can be called) ai^'ain for sixteen miles; tiien steam
" to Cornwall, forty miles; then road, twelve miles; then bv a chanyfe of steam-
" ers, into Lake Ontario to Kinj^'ston ami thence here. I slept one night on the
"road anil two on board the steaii ers. Such, as I li.ive described it, is the
" boasted iiaviii<i/ioii of the St. Lawrence."
Presci>tt was the lowest point reached by the I'pper Canada steamers for
many years and although a company was formed in iS^j or '3S to build a boat
to run the rapids the attempt was not made until a few years later when the
Iroquois succeeded in reaching as far as Dickinson's Landing.
It had long been recognized that the only means of surmounting the dilli-
culty was by canals, and as early as the beginning of the last century an attempt
had been made by the -Seigneurs oi Montreal to make a waterway between the
city and Lachine by means of the Riviere St. I'ierre, the Lac aux Loutres (or St.
i'ierre as it was afterwards called), which has now disappeared, and a short cut
through above the Rapids. Their etVort was unsuccessful, but (ledeon de Cata-
logue carried it out by a cut further towards the west and a canal, practicable at
least for canoes, was thus opened past the Lachine Rapids. The map of Chaus-
segros de Lerv of 1733, which is here reproduced, shows the two attempts ; it
appears from the legend on the plan as if a proposal had been made to deepen
the canal, but if so it was never carried out.
Gcdeon de Catalogne not only began the Lachine canal but also planned the
fortifications of Montreal, erected many of her principal buildings, piayed his
part as a good citizen and left behind him one of the most interesting memoirs
oi his time.
He was one of the younger branch of a family from the south of France and
from the fact <>^ his being a Protestant his immediate family were probably
followers of Henry iV. and his party. After the revocation of the Kdict oi
Nantes he h ft France with no less than one himdred and twenty of his country-
men of like faith with him and sailed for Canada.
NL Tanguav, in his valuable study on the Catalogue family, tells us how,
after a long and dangerous voyage the ship hearing the fugitives was cast away
on the Island of Anticosti, and onlv Catalogne and slvcii of his companions, who
had vowed to return to the Imsom o'i the Chui\li if their lives were spared.
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'Hon John
.Rit';iai<\>on.
escaped Iroiii the wreck. Tlie siir\i\ors t'lillilled their promise hy al>iuriiii,^ their
erri>rs before M^r. St. \':iiier on tlieir arrival at Ijueliee.
C'ataloj.jiie settled at Montreal, where his lunise still stands at \os. 4-I and 4<)
St. X'ineent street, and immediately devoted his services to his adopteil countr\.
In i()St> he commanded the regular troops -n the expeilition under M. de Ti'o\es
as^'.iinst the Mntjlish at Hudson's Bay, while I.e Moxne d'lherville commanded
the (."anadians, an expedition whose fortunes we followed in the sketch o'i
Le .\loyne de Ste. Helene.
Hurinj;' the followinj;- years he found no lack i>f opjiortunity for his warlike
procli\ ilies, and was almost constantlvin the field, saw hot fii^htinji', and diil liis
share ot it in the far West and about .Montreal, and as Lieutenant under M. de
Subercase in Canada and Newfoundland. Me was at Ouebec tlurint; tlu' sici^e by
I'hipps in i()i)o, and in his quality of enjjineer rer.ilered important services to the
beleai;:uered city. In this year he marrietl Marie .\nne I.emire, ilaii^hter of jean
Lemire of Quebec. In i()t)i we find him vilT .>n a daiii^erous scoutiiii;' cxpetlition
down the river as tar as I, a \ altrie aiul throiii;!! tin- course v^i that year ot terror
he never rested IVom constant ami danv;eroi:s Jnti'.-s.
In i'>i»3 he obtained a concession o'i \\w .St. X'incent street lot and there
occupied himself in buildini^ his house and rr.ai-.in.;' some provision for his tamily.
He also look part in :in expedition to l.aki. St. Sacrament in i(k)j ; rebuilt the
Hotel Dieu after the fire oi i(m)4 ; fortified .Montreal under M. de Callicre, which
fortilications he improved and rebuilt as shewn in I'Vaiuiuct's plan of 175-'; forti-
fied Three Rivers and Chambly, and passed the last years y.ii his life in Ijuebec
where he constructed new bastions an I streniij^'thened and improved the exislinj^-
fortifications and there died on the 5th January, 1720.
.\fter the cession oi (."anada to Iv: :.cland his descendants emit^rated to Mar-
tinique where they have held an honourable position aiul to-day Paul Louis
liedeon de Catalos^ne there represents the familv in the seventh •.joneraliiMi.
In 1771) the era of canals was undertaken by the Imperial Ciovernment,
when a lock was built under the supervision of Captain l\v iss at Coieau ilu
l-ac. for the use ^.^i which the .Nfontreal merch mts IkuI \ci pay a toll k.-\\ ten
shilliiif.^'s currency on each batteai;. Hut the
necessity of a can;:l between Mitntreal and
l.achine increased with the prosperity ol the
country under !'!ni;lish rule, ant! ever since i7<)-'
.Montreal hat! vainlv petitii<ned for permission
to open up a cana' connecting' the lwi> points.
At the head of the movement was the \\m\.
John Richarilson, a native oi I'ortsoy, in HanlV,
Scotland, w.io came to .America as a lail, but
at the time ot the revolt i>f the luii^lish Colonies
removed to Canada where he represented I'hyn,
Lllice, Ingilis t*i: *^\>.^ o'i London, and later on
enijat^ed in the fur trade and j^-eiieral business as
a member of the firm of Forsyth. Uichardson
HON. JOHN RICHARDSON. ^*(. (^p.
t.>ne oi 1
interested w
17(17 .McTav
surv eveil the
.and cut a ca
water to a K
and it servei
.\ller nii
authoritv, a
of the Com I'
iiS_'4 it was i
wall L'anal v^
1.S4.S, ;ind M
western coui
.\bout I
ship chaimel
an expenditi
later the fon
eaiiv coloni:
i;ans |ouine
level surlaci.
Thus vv
the only m
inliabilants
l.achine ka
downvv ards
before tiie
t rom t he I
to survey
first experi
was establi
RADK SOCl/.y/R u^7 ■.!//> AV?.
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tliL'ir One ot'ilie i;iviil dilliciiItiL-s oi tlio North West Company in which he was "i"',',a{ds",^
interosietl was tlie Saiilt Ste. Marie between Lakes Huron and Superior. In
1707 \k Tavish. iMobisher i"t Co.. with the aid ot I'orsyth, Richardson it Co.,
siir\e\eil the western siiore. acquired land, buih a road forty-live feet in widlii,
and cut a canal tliree tliousand feet in iensfth with a lock capable of raisin}*- the
water to a level oi nine feet ; this was sutlicient for the needs of the partners
and it served their purpose until destroyed by the .Americans in 1S14.
.\fler many delavs and disappointments Montreal at last i^ained the requisite
authority, and on the 17111 July, iSji, the Hon. John Rich.irdson as Chairman
of the Commissioners first broke the t;round for the Lachine Canal, ar<J in
iSj4 it was ai leniftii opened for lessels at a total cost of 8440,000. The Corn-
wall L'anal was opened in 184.', the Heauharnois in 1S43 ; the Williamsburjfh in
rS4S, and Montreal was at last in direct communication with the whole of the
western country.
About the same time, in 1S44. an elVort was made to obtain an etTicient Hon. jolta
ship channel throuijh Lake St. Peter, but after three years of mismanajjement and ^''""«-
ai\ expenditure o^ nearly 8300,000 the work was abandoned, and for some years
later the foreii;ii trade of Montreal could only be handled by vessels of not more
than four hundred tons burden. Here attain,
one oi Montreal's citizens came to her relief,
the Hon. John N'ounj;, then Minister of Public
\\\>rks, was unceasinyf in his demands, and
beintj warmly supported by the Hoard of Trade
and the Harbour Commissioners, work was
resumeil in 1851 and by following the natural
channel the attempt was carried to a successful
issue.
N a countr\- where the winter plays so im-
portant a part ilurin:; the three hundred ia,„i Travel,
and sixty-fi\e days of the year as in Canada,
liie iiroblem oi land traxcl durinj^ at least one
part o{ the year was comparatively easy. The
earl\ colonists soon learned the use of do^js and with lii^ht tnintctiux or tobot,^-
^ans lournevs were easily perfi)rmed on tlie solidly frozen rivers whose clear and
level surface formed a ij^reat natural roadway into the interior.
Thus with canoe in summer and sled^^e in winter the rivers long served as
the only means of communication be' ween the scattered settlements whose
inliabitants were too tew to attempt any elfort at permanent roads. But the
Lachine Rapids were a constant source of toil and danger and their fierce sweep
downwards was the first great barrier between Montreal and the West. Long
before the iirst attempt to surmount them by means of the little canal leading
from the Lac aux I.outres was made, l-'rontenac ordered .NL de Catalogue
to survev and build a road between Montreal and Lachine, probably the
first experiment in road making in Canada. In 1721 a regular postal service
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i.aiiii Travel. Ri\ tTs. ai.il ill ij*)^, Hoiijaip.in Franklin, then Deputy Postmaster ticneral of
North America, stated before a committee of the House o( Commons that tliis
was the only post-roatl existinj^ in Canada and (Juebec, Three Rivers and
Montreal were the only post ollices.
Travellinj;^ by post was the rule in Lower Canada after tlie Conquest ; the
maitres tic posfc had their post houses every seven or eitjht miles and the journey
of one hundred and eighty miles between
Quebec and Montreal was performed in twenty
four stages at a cost of between twelve and
fifteen dollars, the usual time being three days.
The road from Quebec to St. John's was
next opened, and in 170(1 that between Montreal
and Kingston, but a tedious interval by horse-
boat through the slack water of Lake St.
Francis in order to avoid the wet land road
along the front of Glengarry was not done away
with until during the war of 181 j- 15.
On the first day of the year 1816, the first
stage line between Montreal and Kingston was
established by Barnabas Dickinson, and the
year following another line extended the travel
from Kingston to Toronto. Stages left Hedge's
Hotel in St. Paul street every Monday and
Thursday and arrived at Walker's Hotel,
Kingston, on Wednesday and Saturday. The
fare from Kingston to Toronto was eighteen
dollars with an allowance of twenty-eight
pounds of luggage, but this was reduced the
next winter to ten dollars. At this time there
were twenty-five post oflices and twelve hundred
miles oi established post-roads. By 1840 nearly
six thousand miles of post-roads had been
constructed, comfortable hotels existed for the
traveller, especially in Lower Canada, the stage
system was at its best development and during
good weather in the winter some remarkable
driving was accomplished.
Lord ••
oi difliculti
jealousies \\
union oi I
bravelv, an«
accomplish^
ment at Toi
Perhaps one of the most extraordinary
feats in this wav was performed bv the late
r.oril Svdfu- ' " ' • .
ham's iJrivt. William Weller the owner ot the stage Ime between Toronto and Pre.icott,
who, at the request of Lord Sydenham, then Mr. Poulett Thomson, drove
him from Toronto to Montreal in the winter of 1S40. The story has been told
time and again by those who remember many of the circumstances but it de-
serves repetition in print as an echo of the days when men gloried in such trials
oi skill and endurance
LORD SVUI'.NHAM.
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took the ice
iti his t"a\oi
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ot his failuT nil
TRADE SOUl-KNIR XUMBER.
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St ; the
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LORD SYDKNHAM
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I.ord Sydtnham, to use his familiar titk^ had come to C^inada with a host f^J^'J^'jl^yily^';.
ot difliciilties before him, the I'pper Province was bankrupt, bitter internal
jealousies were at work, the Clerj^y Reserves tjuestion must be settled and the
union \>'i I'pper and Lower Canada accomplished. He met his difficulties
bravelv, and by unceasing labour and the exercise of consummate skill and tact
accomplished his herculean task. In F<"ebruary, 1840, he proroijued his Parlia-
ment at Toronto, and perhaps from the very desire to make a change and enjoy
the excitement of the experiment he planned
the drive to Montreal, which Mr. Welter under-
took to perform in thirty-six hours.*
A specially covered sleigh was prepared for
the Governor and his aide, Capt. Le Marchant,
and, to lessen the great fatigue of the journey,
a couch was arranged for His Kxcellency's use.
Mr. Weller had sent word for the best horses
to be in waitiig at every stage; every man had
his appointed hour when the horses were to be
standing by the road with their collars on. At
length all was in readiness, and at six o'clock
on the morning of Monday the 18th February,
the Governor and his aide took their places,
Mr. Weller signalled to give the horses their
head, and the four-in-hand started from Govern-
ment House on the road for Montreal.
But unfortunately winter weather will not
always hold even in February, and to the dismay
of the travellers a heavy thaw had set in. In
those days when both telegraph and telephone
were unknown, there was no time to counter-
mand the plans so carefully arranged. .At
each stage matters grew worse until the light
sleigh was dragged over roads almost bare of
snow. But each stoppage meant fresh hotses
of the best staying powers that could be found
in Canada and on they went without drawing
rein between the stages. All night long
William Weller sat on his box encouraging
and handling his horse flesh with all his well-
known skill until the next day as they neared
the Lower Province the roads improved some-
what, and with the improvement better time
was made and there seemed a chance of success. But it was not until they
took the ice below the Cascades for a clear run to I.achine that everything turned
ill his favour. .At Lachine he drew his rein over four fresh horses, and with
I am ii (K'li'.il to llio innu-y dl iho lloii. Mr. jusiici' 'AcUer ol I'cliTliordiigli, for the purtr.iii
111 Ills laliiiT an I iiuitli of ilic drlail of llic jniirncy.
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BOARD OF TRADE SOUVIU
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ham's Orivr
tliem ratllcd over tlie remaining nine miles of iiis journey and pulled up in the
court-jard of the I'lxchanf^e Hotel in St. Paul street at t\vent\ minutes to six on
Tuesday afternoon. He, alone, had driven the 360 miles from start to finish in
35 hours and 40 minutes without accident or injury to any of his horses, and on
his arrival had to be helped otT the box he was so stifV from his long eft'ort.
At noon on Wednesday the battery at St. Helen's Island welcomed the
(iovernor with a salute ^i twenty-one gmis and presents and congratulations
were the order of the day. Lord Sydenham
presented Mr. VVeller with a gold watch and
he in turn remembered those who had assisted
him in his remarkable performance.
It will give some idea ^.^i the dilTicullies
overcome when we know that Mr. VVeller's
eldest son followed to Montreal with some y.'ii
the (iovernor's aides and did not arrixe until
twenty-four hours later, all pretty well used up.
On the J7th October, 1H56. the first train
from Montreal to Toronto passed over the line
of the lirand Trunk Railway Company and the
great days of staging were over.
WII.I.IAM WELLER.
The news i^{ the success of the railway in
l-ingland reached Canada in 1831 and steps
were at once undertaken in Montreal which resulted the following year
in a charter for the Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad opened in 1S36,
but only worked by horse-power. Steam was successfully employed in 1H37.
and from this small beginning springs the great railway system which has united
our various Provinces, has brought the commerce of the Last and West to our
doors and has contributed more than any other single factor towards our
importance and standing in the Kmpire of which we '"orm part.
Bauking.
THI^RL ha.l long been need of a bank in Canada ; specie was so rare that
barter was almost iMii\ersal, and as coins oi every description were per-
mitted, the silver became so worn and debased as to be worthless for pay-
ments abroad except by weis,'ht.
On the iSth October, ijgj, a notice signed by Pliyn. Kllice & Inglis; Todd,
.Mctiill & Co., and Forsyth, Richardson iK: to., appeared in the Ojffiiinl
Gdscffe :
"The undersigned having experienced gr^ it inconvenience in Canada from
" the deficiency of specie or some other medium to represent the increasing cir-
" culation of the country as well from the variety of the money now current, and
" kmiwing the frequent loss and general difiiculty attending receipts and pay-
" ments have formed the resolution of establishing a bank at .Montreal, under
" the name of the ' Canada Hanking Company.'
"The business proposed by the Company, an 1 usually done by other estab-
" lishments, is :
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OF TRADE SOUVENIR NUMBER.
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led up in llie
ites to six on
t to finish in
jrses, and on
;• efl'ort.
Aclcomed tiie
njjratulations
rd Sydenham
d watch and
had assisted
e.
lie difficuhies
Mr. Weller's
with some i>t"
t arrive until
well used up.
the first train
over the line
ipany and the
[he railway in
31 and steps
illowiiiij year
?ned in 1S3O,
loyed in 1H37.
ich has united
West to our
towards our
s so rare that
ion were per-
thless for pay-
Ini^lis; Todd,
1 the Official
1 Canada from
ncreasini; cir-
vv current, and
'ipts and pay-
ontreal, under
>v other estab-
" To receive deposits in casii.
" To issue notes in exchanj^e for such deposits.
" To discount bills and notes of hand.
" To facilitate business by keepiiifj cash accounts with those who choose to
" employ the medium of the Hank in their receipts and payments.
" It is proposed to extend the operations of the Bank to every part ot the
" two Provinces where an ajjent may be judged necessarv ; and it is presumed
"that the Institution will be particularly beneficial to the commerce of and
" intercourse with the I'pper Province. '
A private bank was actually formed, but of deposit only, under what name
1 have been unable to discover, .\nother attempt was made in 1H07, and
renewed in 1808, when the merchants of Quebec and Montreal proposed 'o
establish the "Canada Hank," with head olVices at the two cities. A bill to tliis
effect was presented before the House for the purpose but was rejected.
Mr. Stevenson, cashier of the Ouebec Hank, in a valuable paper read before
the Literary and Historical Society of (Quebec in 1876, notes some of the objec-
tions raised :
" It was held that the people were illiterate and liable to be imposed upon ;
" that if the Bill passed it would encourage a spirit of gambling and specula-
" tion founded on false capital; and that, as soon as the Bank should be estab-
" lished, all the specie in the Province would disappear. On the other hand, it
"was argued that the inconvenience apprehended from the illiteracy of the
" people would be guarded against by suitable devices on the bank notes, by
" which the relative value of each note might be known ; that forgeries would
"be prevented by due precaution being exercised in stamping the Note paper,
"and by the skilful engraving of the plates. It was further argued, oddly
"enough too, that the crime of forgery had become common in the L'nited
"States, because in that country it was punishable by imprisonment only;
" whereas, under the Criminal Code of Canada, it was death to counterfeit any
" note or coin. Then, as to the creation of false capital, it was maintained that
" all credit may be considered fictitious capital; but though some may abuse the
" advantages derived therefrom, it should not for that reason be held as sound
" that no credit whatever should be given."
In spite of these efforts, the Spanish dollars were still stowed :iway in
barrels and hoarded in stockings and teapots until 1817 when the "Montreal
Hank " and the " Quebec Bank" were founded simultaneously.
The following letter from Mr. Hupuy, the first accountant of the Bank of
Montreal, to Mr. Franklin so long in charge of the Stock Department here,
gives an amusing account of the difficulties encountered and overcome in the
early history of the Bank :
KiN^'.sioN, 4th June, 1868.
" l>". I'KANKI.IN, Ksy.,
Dkak Sir, -In reply to your favour of yesterday, I will endeavour to give
you an account K^i the early times of the Bank of Montreal.
Capital, _£."25o,ooo
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111 the month of Aiii;;iist 1.S17 the liank <->i Montreal \va^^ opened in St. Paul
street in the stone house oceupied orig-inally by Messrs. Amour & Davis, mer-
chants in the eity of Montreal, towards the New Market (the lower end) and
continued to do business until the erection oi the buildinij now occupied by the
Banque du I'euple.
The next step was the appointment oi the oHicers, about the middle of the
month of Aug-ust, 181 7, viz.: One cashier, o\\<:^ accountant, and first and second
teller, receiving' and payinjjf tellers.
.\s the accountant I was ordered to proceed to New York for the purpose of
looking into the method oi keeping the books according to the system of the
United States Bank, Mr. Catlin being the celebrated cashier in those days.
Inspected the books, etc., but found nothing unusual in their system.
I then proceeded to Hartford, Conn., to the celebrated engraver Reid (at
that time) who was engaged to engrave the bank notes in a very ordinary style,
many young men were occupied in the work of engraving and it struck me that
forgeries some day or other would occur, and after two or three years my suspi-
cions were confirmed, the plates were then renewed and engraved on steel using
the die the most ditlicult to imitate.
I remained in New York and Hartford until the Bank notes and plates were
ready and according to strict instructions took my departure for Canada by way
oi I'tica so as to avoid the duties and other obstacles which might have occurred
at the Custom House by way of Lake Champlain, landed at Prescott by way of
I'tica to avoid all obstructions and remained in that town nearly two days for a
convevance to Montreal by stage, as steamboats were not to be seen in those
days
During my absence the tellers received the first instalment in gold and
silver due on the stock subscribed for and much of the stock was paid for in
full. A large quantity of gold and silver had been secreted by the Canadians
but by degrees they became reconciled to part with it for Bank of Montreal
stock although some of them held back, as they could not believe in the safety
<>i banks.
When 1 returned with the Bank note paper, a second batch ot oflicers were
appointed, one discount clerk, Mr. B. Holmes, and one or two other subordi-
nates, with a messenger.
The V\xs\. Teller was named Stone, an American gentleman, who had been
some time in owe o'i the banks in the I'nited States, he was very useful in organ-
izing the money department. Hanking was quite a new thing in Canada and
required an experienced hand to regulate the dilTerent books required for the
Tellers, the second Teller having to pay his cash to the first Teller every evening
on close ot the Bank, and balances to be checked by the Cashier for the
.Accountant's books, tluis we were soon instructed in the banking business.
The first Cashier was Robert (iriHin, l'!sq., father o'i your solicitor, K.
Cirifiin, with a salary o'i only ^.300 per annum. The .\ccountants, myself, ^.^25o
per annum and the otliers about the same according to grade, all rather low ;
however as soon as the Hank became in good working and paying order the
salaries were increased.
The iirst President was John Cray, Ivsq., oi St. Catherines (Cote St. Cath-
) OF TRADE SOUVENIR XUMP,ER.
ned in St. Paul
& Davis, mtr-
mvcr end) and
cciipied by tiic
middle of the
rst and second
the purpose of
system of the
in those days.
teni.
■graver Reid (at
ordinary style,
struck me that
ears my suspi-
I on steel usinjf
md plates were
Canada by way
t have occurred
cott by way of
two days for a
e seen in those
It in f^old and
was paid for in
the Canadians
ik of Montreal
I? in the safety
it ollicers were
other subordi-
who had been
iseful in orijan-
in Canada and
.■quired for the
r e\ery exenini;-
."ashier for the
;■ business,
ir solicitor, K.
., myself, ^.^25c>
all rather low ;
lyipi;' order the
Cote St. Cath-
JOHN GRAY, Ksij
erine), near the cit\ , a very respectable "-'"king.
and much esteemed individual, altluni^'h
ver} retired ; he was not much o^ a man
of business but he had several verv
inte!lit;-ent and experienced men in the
directors to pilot him throuj;li an\ ditU-
culties which 'lii^lit occur.
Samuel (ierrard, llsq., was, I think.
the next President, the head ^>i the firm
of liillespie, .MotValt & Co., he was a
very intelliirent, experienced man in busi-
ness. As the Accountant, I was often
with him, and knew him well, ;ind am
satisfied that he was not spoken ^^^ as
hii,^hly as he merited ; however, those
times are past and it is not worth while
to say any more m\ the subject. [ saw-
nothing wronjj in him.
.About the year 1SJ4 the Bank of
Montreal met with some severe losses,
chiefly in Quebec, by lumber merchants,
others in .Montreal, and about £.'<S<),uoo
was lost and carried to the debit of profit
and loss. Dividends were stopped for
one year and a halt or perhaps two years. I think, the stock was olTered at 40
and 50 discount and the public became very 1 asy.
Confidence, however, was soon restored in consei.|ueiice o\ the Directors
being men of influence^ and wealth and pledging their means for the safetv of
the Bank.
About the year 1824 or '23 the Hon. Mr. Allan, of Toronto, Agent for the
Bank of Montreal in that town, occasionally received the large sum o'( ^.500 to
discount paper not to exceed j^.2^ to £.50 and ordered not to take am ollicers'
Bills of Kxchange and to avoid also clergymen's Bills o'i ICxchange.
In the year 1829, 1 was appointed Manager of the Kingston Branch alter
.>eing nailed to the books for twelve years; shortly alter this a specie war took
place between the Ba .k of Montreal and the Bank o'i I'pper Canada, thus, kegs
and boxes of specie would go up to Toronto, B.l'.C, in payment oi balances,
sometimes pretty large, then if the balance happened to be on the other side the
same boxes an 1 kegs would make their appearance here again, and this war con-
tinued for some months. .\t last peace was restored, and both Banks agreed to
settle their b.ilances by Bills of I'lxchange or drafts.
About 183J the Rideau canal was constructed under the superintendence of
Colonel By, of the Royal iMigineers, and in the course o( a short time a large
quantity of specie would accumulate at the Kingston Branch in exchange for the
Bank notes paid out to the contractors, which increased the circulation con-
siderably.
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Jianklnu- niaiuli, I wiis ordered li> brin^; it down to Montreal hy sijij^e ; on on\: occasion
in the month of Kcbriiary, I took down a carj^o <^{ specie in boxe> and ke(,fs in
tile ordinary slajje, started early in the morninj; lonj; before daylii^iit, snowin^j
at a ^reat rate, so that in a short time the roads were hardiv visible by tiie
river. Between Mrockville and Cornwall we had to ascend a very steep hill and
in attempting,' to do so the liarness, etc., broke, and we were obli).:ed ti> carry
the specie Irom tlie bottom of the hill to the top of it, the driver and myself alone
were present. .At j p.m. started off, snow nearly up to my hips, lo look out for
help and by a li}j;ht at some distance I was directed to a hut and after much
talking,', I prevailed upon a man to come to our help, he was at the time attend-
iiii,' ;i sick person and it was very iloubtful wheliier we were to have any help,
the boxes and kei;s were too b.ea\y without further help to carrv up that hill.
We i^ot all ii},''ht by perseveriince and the staj^e was at last put in onler anil
nscendeil this steep place, took in all the specie which had been carrieil up aiul
proceedeil on our journey, that is the driver and myself, he sw»>re at a j;real rale
at the hard dollars for jfivinj;- him so much trouble.
1 think we were upwards oi two da\s on the road, it woukl ha\e been
rather hazardous had the driver been a desperate t"elli>w, howtver I hail not the
slightest fear. Near Isle Perrault we ri>de di>\vn attain o\\ the small lake. I
think its name is l-'rancis. and 1 felt very much relieveil at our safe arrival in
Montreal.
.Another serious evil thai .Manai,aM-s had to encounter in those days ; fiir
instance, if any information was rccpiired from the head ollice o^ the greatest
importance which required despatch, five or six days were necessary to obtain
an answer, when at the present moment an answer can be forward in ten
minutes and relieve the Manager trom serious anxiety and responsibility.
I.art^e sums oi our redeemed bank notes would accumulate in New N'ork
under the atjency of Messrs. Prime, Ward ^: Kint,', and at a particular lime
when I happened to be in New ^'ork for a little relaxation, I was despatched
with sixty or seventy thousand dollars packed up well but placed into a common
Tea Chest to avoid attraction, and when on the North River where there was
so manv stoppai^es it was necessary to be constantlv on the watch at the
Bajjfi^a^e Room to look after the Tea Chest , all these diflicullies are now set
aside by the introduction of the ICxpress Institution.
I have passed over, I perceive, one matter which I intended to introduce, vi/,
.After the Hank of Montreal had been established a few years another bank
started up called the Canada Hank, Capital ;£,'2oo,ooo. orit^inated with some
speculative .Americans. They succeeded in receivinij- a few instalments; the
original, mostly .American members, by de^'rees slided out, after sellinj^ at
the cost o\' some dollars, in the end.
.Mr. (ierrard was IVesident of the Hank of Montreal at that time, and by
his sjood manaiii'ement he assisted in makin;^ arrans^'ements for the closing of
the Canada Hank by ijiving them a fair consideration for its assets.
The only surviv in;;' director of that day is the Honourable J;unes Leslie a
most influential and useful director, and of the clerks in the Bank o( Montreal
1 am the only one left.
I think the information t^^iven you now will be sufficient to give an idea of
the wonderful
arv success at
I'ntil iH;,
when the City
du I'euple wii
lime onwaril i
Montreal com
.Mi>ntreal is tl
aggregate caj
AKi:W yt
and bef
turned
lion of the (.'\:
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actively, he 1
and in \hG.\ \\
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The first
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east corner ot
oi education,
with Mathuri
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same reserve
fed and all to
an extravaga
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a small wood
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stood until il
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What tl
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twelve, as w,
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tlio woiultjrful proj,Tt.'ss in baiikini,' j,'entfrally aiul particularly in tli«.' cMraordiu- "»"•'>">:
ary siucoss attLMulin),^ tho Haiii< ot' Mmitrcal.
Willi's triiK,
II. 1)1 riv."
rntil iM;;, tlic Hank of Monlival was the only hanking; luniso in the city,
ulion the t'ity Hank opcncil in St. Paul Street, aiul two years later I. a Hancpie
du IViiple was loiiiuletl witli olVices in St. l''r;iiii,-ois Xavier Street, l-'roni this
lime i>nwar».l bankiii}^ I'acilities increaseJ with the ffrowth o\' trade, aiul to-day
Montreal contains the head olhces ot" nine chartered banks o\' which the Hank of
.Mi>ntreal is the larj^est in North .\merica, and branches ol seven others with an
a),'f^rej,'ate capital ol between forty-four and forty-live millions of di'llars.
A
VV.W years after the Sulpicians had established themselves in Montreal,
and before they had been ^'ranted any rij^fhts as Sn'giiciirs therein, they
turned their attention to the training; and education of the second i^enera- |;j'"''"|'!''''
tion of the (.'olonists.
.M. (iabriel Souart, the second Superior ot Mie Seminary, took up the work
actively, he himself lauj^^hl and sometimes qualified himself as tmxi/rc t/'icoh;
and in xhd^ founded the first primary school under the t^uidance o\' M. i*'nint,'ois
N'achon de lielmont, afterwards fifth Superior of St. Sulpice.
The first secular school was that oi a M. de la Prairie, who on the ist .May,
i()Hv rented a modest dwellinj; from the widow of Pierre i'ij^eon at the south-
east corner of Notre Hame and St. Sulpice streets, and there tauj,'ht the elements
o'i education. In the same year he entered into a contract before .Maiiro Masset
with Mathurin Jousset dit i.e Soiiaire to take his ei^ht year old son, Jean, "to
" reveal and teach in the mysteries of our Faith in so far as he may be found
" capable, to prav to (iod nifj^ht and morninfj, and to read and write," with the
same reserve as to capacity ; in addition to this the lad was to be Iodised and
fed and all for the sum of one hundred and thirty-five livres per annum. Not
an extravas^^ant remuneration even if the livre may ^-e considered as equal to the
dollar of to-day.
.A few years later another secular school was founded, its quarters being in
a smail wooden house opposite the Seminary on Notre Dame Street. This work
was afterwards, in i''C)3, at the request of the founders, taken up Oy the Semin-
ary, who replaced the original school by a substantial building of stone, which
stood until 1838, when V. was removed for the erection of the Cabinet de J.ecture
Pdi'oissial.
What the education was during these early days of struggle we ^\o not
know ; but at a time when boys went into the King's service at the age of
twelve, as was the case with d'lberville and many of his brothers, who were all
educated here, it must necessarily have been elementary indeed. But as all boys
were not sailors or soldiers, an upper or more advanced school was formed,
and in 17,^3 the study oi Latin was introduced.
When the unsettled state of the country is remembered, the constant appeal
to arms, the continuance oi la petite /^niern\ which the adventurous Canadian for
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ihe first hundred years of our settlement considered almost as his profession,
the paralyzinj^ effects of olVicial and social corruption during; the last years of
the Old Regime, and the frightful sacrifices of the heroic struggle which marked
its close, it is a matter of astonishment that such work as that of education
could have sur\ived. And it not onl\ survived, but four years had not passed
under the peaceful protection of the Knglish flag before the cause of education
had made such progress that a movement was set on foot in the adjoining
I'arish of Longue Pointe. which resulted in the establishment i.>i the College K>i
St. Raphael, whicli, in 1773, was formally opened
in the Chateau de Vaudreuil, then standing in its
handsome gardens at the foot oi what is now
known as Jacques Cartier Square. The disastrous
fire of 1S03 swept away this building, and the
classes were continued in the .Seminary i:>'^ St.
Sulpice until the completion of the new building
in i8o(). This was outside the city walls, on a
street still known as College, and from which
some reniains of the old halls and class-rooms
mav vet be seen.
In iSbi, on the occasion of the Trenl affair,
the college was occupied b\ the Hnglish troops
in default of other accommodation, and again Iti
i86() it was nearly destroyed by tire ; to-day it has
almost disappeared, but the work begun by the
Gentlemen oi St. Sulpice in i()<)4 still is carried
on by their successors in the imposing building
oi the Col/cffc (ic Moii/rail, the outgrowth of the
movement started in the humble P'-cshy/crc of
Longue Pointe more than a century ago.
Like I'robisher. McTavish and Mackenzie,
the name of McCiill niturally recall the palmy
days oi the great fur trading companies. The
days when the members of the Heaver Club
stretched their legs under the mahogany at Heaver
Hall, and added the exhiliaration of good-fellow -
ship, good songs, and good stories to the good
cheer which never failed on such occasions.
We have s^en the name among those who held the sixteen shares of the
North West (.'ompany in 17S;,; almost every other name beside it has passed
awav anil is forgotton save by the student o'i our local history, but that of
.McCiill will be ever held in honourable remembrance so long as we 'etain
any admiration for the men who saw beyond their immediate present and pro-
vided for the wants oi those to follow after.
James .Mc(Jill, botn in Glasgow . in 1744. came to Canada about the
time oi the Concpiest, travelled westward, saw the the Indian country and
recognized the possibilities of the fin- trade. Ten years later, in 1776, he married
Charlotte
was a mei
his adopts
dischargei
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lit that o{
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and pro-
iboiit tlie
unfr\ and
ie married
Charlotte (luillemin, whose father held hii^ii posiiion under l-'rench Rule. He ''."m''^''-
was a member oi both the Les^islative and Ivxecutive Councils and represenied
his adopted city in I'arliament. His services were unceasing; and varied and
discharj^ed with a modesty which added to their value. He died in iSi^, ere
he had fully completed his allotted tliree-score years and ten, and by his will
laid the foundations of what is now the University of McGill Collej^e.
It was not until sixteen years after his death that his wishes were carried
out ; on the 2c)th of June, iSjq, in " Burnside House," (the position of which
may be seen on the map of 1S30,) then a coimtry
residence overlookinjf the city, which stood at the
river edj^^e nearlv a mile away, the I'niversity
was forma'ly opened.
There was already the "Medical Institute"
which was rendered possible by the opening- of
the Montreal (ieneral Hospital in 1822. Dr. John
Stephenson, the principal mover of the venture
was born in .Montreal in 1797, was educated at
the Collvfii' (if Montreal and at l^ldinburfj^h, and
with all the enthusiasm of his live and twenty
years threw himself heart and soul into the ex-
periment. His colleagues were Doctors A. I"\
Holmes, William Robertson, and William Cald-
well, all on the medical staflf of the new hospital.
As soon as the I'niversiiy was opened the Medical
Institute came forward in its support, and was
incorporated with it as the I<"aculty of Medicine,
this with the I"\iculty oi .Arts was the limit of
its work for many years.
Then followed a long struggle against all
the difficulties of such an institution in a new
country whose chief aim was material success,
but under the amended charier of 1852 a new
era opened before it and the appointment in
1855 of the Principal who has just \ ielded up
the trust so long held by him, assured its
success.
What that success has been Sir William
Dawson told us in his .'iddress in 1882.
" Within these thirty years its revenues have grown from a few hundred
" dollars to about 840,000 per annum, without reckoning tiie fees in professional
" I*"aculties and the income of the more recent benefactions. Its stalV has
" increased from the original eight instructing ollicers to thirty-nine. The
" number of students has increased to 415 actually attending college classes,
" or reckoning those of the Normal School and of affiliated Colleges in .Arts, to
" nearly ()oo. Its Faculties of Law and Applied Science have been added to
" those of .Arts and Medicine. It has two affiliated Colleges in .Arts and four
" in Theology, and has under its management the Pro\ incial Protestant Normal
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Knuii.h. •• School. Its buildings, like itself, have been ^Towi.ij,' by a process of accretion,
" and the latest. that in which we are now assembled, (the Peter Redpath Museum)
" is far in advance ^.^i all the others, and a presage of the college buildings i><
"the future. We have five chairs endowed by private benefactors, fourteen
"endowed scholarships and exhibitions, besides others of a temporary nature,
" and eight endowed gold medals. More than this we have sent out about
" 1,200 graduates, of whom more than a thousand are occupying positions of
"usefulness and honour in this country. Two years ago I issued cards ot
"invitation to H50 graduates whose addresses were known to me, and received
" more than 600 replies.
"Our library began in 1855 ^vith the purchase ot a small collection of
" historical and literary works, which the Governors poor though the college
' was, ventured to make as a nucleus, and which occupied a few plain shelves
"in a small room of the old Burnside Hall. When at a later period Mr.
" William Molson presented us with our present library and its handsome
" book-cases we were asked what was the use of a quantity of empty shelves.
" The answer was that they were gaping for books, and they have long since
" had to be extended and enlarged ; nay. an additional room has recently been
" added for our law books and public records and for the library presented to
" us in the present year by one ot the Governors, the Honorable Judge Mackay.
" Our philosophical apparatus consisted in 1855 of a few instruments of antique
" nuaern bequeathed to the University by the late Dr. Skakel, a man who both
as the head of the Royal Grammar School, the predecessor of the present High
" School, and as a cultivator of science, deserves to be held in grateful remem-
" brance. These have been used and cared for and added to, until they have
" grown to the fine collection now in the care of Dr. Johnson, which is probably
" the best of the kind in this country, Our little observatory tower, built in
" faith when we had no telescope, was to become the home of the Blackman
" telescope and its accompanying apparatus for astronomical observations.
" Not verv long ago we had no chemical laboratory. We have now two
" laboratories capable of accommodating sixty-five students in practical work,
" and they have grown up under the care of Dr. Harrington and Dr. Girdwood
" almost imperceptibly and with little cost to the University. The observatory,
" originally buHc to aid the late Dr. Smallwood in his work, has grown under
" Professor McLeod into an important Dominion institute, both for weather
" observations and for time, and was able to take an important part in the
* recent observations of the transit of \'enus."
Importanr as these changes are, those of the past ten years have been
proporti< i),. V-'. rreater. The F"aculty of Science has been endowed and
equipi\.\ i ii .1 iiLer surpassing the hopes of its most enthusiastic sup-
port*, 'ii^'iser , .cation for women has been provided for, the Faculty ot
Medici I.: ;rtr. m; o ■», the Library steadily increased and provided with a
handsoinv: a..^ .x'-.- nilding, and best of all, a general and spreading interest
awakened from which much strength and support may be derived in the future.
Sir William Da .1 son, who was born at Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1820, and
educated there an 1 in ICdinhurgh, was a man of established reputation before he
assumed »li
addition to I
and master f
a wonderful
fortune to b
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i^i .McGill.
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William on*
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assumed what proved to bo his hTe's work in Montreal. To this he brouj,'-ht, in K»Bli»l>
addition to his j^reat scientific and literary attainments, all the force of a strong
and masterful nature tempered by stronj;^ sympathy with his fellow-workers and
a wonderful skill of leadership. Throuj^fhout his work he has had the rare good
fortune to be surrounded and supported by the unfailing effort and sympathy of
men not less devoted than himself to the interests of education and the success
i^i .McGill.
During the forty years of his leadership there were constant difficulties,
many delays and disappointments and some failures, in regard to which Sir
William once said : —
" Some men may regard these efforts as failures, which should not be
" referred to here. For my own part 1 am not ashamed o'i them. Directly or
" indirectly they have done good ; there is not one of them which is not im-
" portant to the material progress of this country ; and there is not <>x\q of them
" which by us, or others, will not be at length successfully carried out. 1 do
" not yet despair of any of them ; and am prepared, should I remain in this
" Tniversity. to watch for the opportunity to revive them when favourable cir-
'' cumstances shall occur."
Hut each difficulty was, in time, overcome, disappointment vanished in
realization and failure eventually gave way to success.
To-day Sir William Dawson delivers up his charge with an honourable
account of his stewardship and, we trust, with many years of life before him,
may in his well-earned leisure complete those private studies which he has been
so long forced to lay aside in his devotion to the official duties of his pvisition.
in
These slight sketches may serve to draw attention to the remarkable in-
dividuality of some few of the men who in their day and in their widely differ-
ing spheres of action have contributed their share towards the making of
Montreal. If we at times feel inclined to repeat the proud assertion that we
are citizens of " no mean city" we should all the more realize how great is the
debt we owe to the men and women who have gone before us, and especially,
we should never underestimate the romantic devotion of those who laid the
foundations of this city in the wilderness and those who struggled after. Our
material progress, great as it undoubtedly is, has been frequently surpassed by
many of the newer cities of this continent. But few cities possess such a past
as we can point to, a past we should all recall witli a just pride and admiration,
and which in the results of to-day should serve to direct our endeavour to some-
thing higher than mere material success. The dream of a City of God, for
which our founders prayed, can never be realized in the sense in which they
longed, but we have it in our power to form it into a city of those fair and high
ideals which are within the reach of m.n and women who will labour with some
measure of the zeal and devotion which characterized the early days of " \'ille-
marie in the Island o'i Montreal."
WILLIAM McLLNNAN.
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IN the last aiiiuial report issued bv llic Montreal Hoanl oi 'I'rade, the t'olIi>\vinj; appears
in eoniiection with the new buildini^ :
" it' the Honorable Austin L'uviUier, chairman of the committee which procured tlie
charter of tlie Hoard of Trade in i.S.jj, were \\\.^\\ alive in the llesh he would no doubt be
pleased to know that the
(irst buildinsj erected by the I
Board is upon the site he
selected so lont,' ago for his
own prosperous business
and it may be remarked
that, by a singular coincid-
ence, the lirm of S. tlreen-
shields, Son & Co., repre-
sented by the president of
the Board in 1892 carried on
its successful business for
twenty-five years in the St.
Peter street half of the same
block until it removed to
\'ictoria Square. The Cu\ il-
lier business dates far back
in the century. Mr.Cuvillier.
besides being an able mer-
chant, was member of the
legislature for Hinitingdon
as early as 1H15, and in 1842
he was Speaker of the As-
sembl). His oHice was at
the St. Nicholas street cor-
ner. Messrs. Cireenshields'
business was foinided in
1834, and moveil into the
St. Peter street corner after
the great fire in St. Paul
street in 1832. I'pon a site
occupied by its first and its
latest ollicer the Hoard
should feel at home."
Some months have elapsed since the above was penned for tlu- semi-centennial report The expert
of the Board ol Trade, and no ^^\\^i will question the truth <si what is stated, but should the on lOth l'"e
honorable gentleman above referred to be enabled to get a view of the building now, he list the pla
would be more surprised and pleased. The progress made towards completion during the Committee
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l'"ordc iS: t'ascy. who Imvo tlirouj;h()ut conducted their work in a most business-like manner
and with expedition that could hardly have been expected. In the brief description that
can only be ^iven in a work of this kind it is necessary to yo back a couple ot years when
the first MuildinH: Committee
really took the matter in
handand made the necessary
arranjfements for the erec-
tion of a new buildinj^ to
meet the ever increasinjf
wants of the members of
the Hoard of Trade.
At the first meetinj^ of
Council in 1891 the follow-
injf were appointed a Huild-
injjCommittee for theotVicial
year, and these men took
up the work of their pre-
decessors, whose last action
had been the issuance of the
conditions of competition :
Messrs. R. Archer (chair-
man), H. Montagu Allan,
[as. A. Cantlie, Chas. P.
Hubert, W. C. Munderloh,
and J as. Slessor.
In response to the in-
vitation extended in the
ci>ndilions of conpetiiion
sixteen plans were sent in
from various architects in
Canada and the Cnited
States, and these were hunsjf
it the parloursof the Ontario
H mk, kindly p' «ced at the
disposal of the Committee
for that purpose by the
nianaj^er, Mr. R. N. King,
The expert, Professor R. M. Hunt, o^ \ew N'ork, arrived on cjth February, and when,
on i()th February, his report was received, it was found that he had graded first on his
list the plan whose interior arrangements had met with most general approval from the
Committee and other members of the C.nmcil, and therefore the selection of that plan
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was unanimously decided upon. Thereafter the sealed envelopes containinjr the names
and devices of the several competitors were opened, and the authors of the sekcted plan
found to be Messrs. Shepley, Rutan & Coolidije, architects, Boston.
Some changes in the front elevation of the selected plan were made by the architects
at the instance of the Committee, and considerable time was necessarily occupied in
arranging details of the interior. Much to the Council's regret, the accommodation pro-
vided in the plan for the Stock ICxchange had to be omitted, as that association wrote that
the proposal made by the Council with regard to it occupying a portion of the building
could not be entertained.
The specifications and drawings were received from the architects on 2jrd June and
formally approved by the Committee on 24th, tenders for the erection of the building in
accordance therewith being advertised tor on 2()th June, with the intimation that the}
would be received up to 20th July inclusive. On 21st July the three tenders received were
opened by the Committee, they being from Messrs. Norcross Bros., of Worcester, Mass.;
Messrs. Forde & Casey, and Messrs. Simp-on & I'eel, of Montreal. The letting of the
contract was, however, postponed, as the amount then subscribed to the second mortgage
bonds was insufficient to warrant the Committee in taking so decisive a step, and subse-
quently the three firms tendering were notified that their tenders were declined. On 3rd
November the Committee, havmg revised the specifications in some particulars, otTered the
contract to Messrs. Forde & Casey, contractors, oi this city, which offer they after con-
sideration accepted, the price of the building complete being $355, 1 25. The contractors
lost no time in beginning operations, the work of demolishing the old buildings being
commenced on i6th November, but owing to certain unforeseen legal difiiculiies the
contract was not signed until 22nd December.
A well executed lithographic prospective view of the building was, in July, sent to
each member of the Board, and plans of the several floors were exhibited on 'Change for
several months. The raising of the necessary funds for the erection of the building was,
however, the great difficulty the Council had to contend with, and after a great deal of
labour and anxiety the scheme finally approved was to issue Second Mortgage Bonds to
the amount of $250,000, bearing interest at the rate of five per cent., and to raise the
balance of the $550,000 required by a First Mortgage for $300,000, bearing four and one-
half per cent, interest. Members of the Board of Trade and other citizens were called
upon to subscribe, and although there was necessarily some delay the bonds were floated,
and to-day the building is " un fait accompli."
The illustrations will give a better idea of the building than any long description.
The style adopted is a modification of that known as renaissance, of which so many
examples exist among the Florentine palaces. The material of the basement is red granite
from the Thousand Islands, and all the steps and thresholds are of the same enduring
material. The superstructure is of red sandstone from the Moat quarries in Cumberland,
England. The general plan of the building is rectangular and its dimensions are 22,}< '«^'-'t
by I ID feet. The principal, or long facade, faces on St. Sacrament street, with an open
court in the centre 104 feet by 54 feet. On St. Nicholas street and on the lane in the rear
are projections for the restaurant and Kxchange Hall respectively.
There are three entrances on St. Sacrament street; the principal one for the use of
members is placed in the centre of the court and opens directly into a corridor 233 feet
long by 12 feet wide, running the entire length of the building and aflording entrances
from the side streets ; the corridors from the two other entrances on St. Sacrament street
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intaininjjf the names
)}" the sckcted plan
do by the architects
ssarily occupied in
ccommodation pro-
<ociation wrote tliat
ion of the building
ts on 23rd June and
of the building in
itimation that they
nders received were
Worcester, Mass.;
The letting of the
le second mortgage
a step, and subse-
! declined. On 3rd
ticulars, offered the
ffer they after con-
The contractors
old buildings being
!gal difliculiies the
as, in July, sent to
ited on 'Change for
f the building was,
fter a great deal of
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t., and to raise the
iring four and one-
itizens were called
bonds were floated,
ly long description,
of which so many
■ment is red granite
the same enduring
ies in Cumberland,
;nsions are 22,t^ feet
treet, with an open
he lane in the rear
one for the use of
a corridor 233 feet
iffording entrances
t. Sacrament street
connect with this main corridor, and at the intersections are placed the elevators and stair-
cases.
The Exchange Hall is entered from the principal corridor ; it is 50 feet by Ho feet, and
23 feet 4 inches high, taking up two stories in height. The light for this 100m is obtained
through eight large windows in the rear wall and by six windows in the visitors' gallery
(which is placed over the main corridor and is the whole length of the hall) and by windows
over the two entrances from the lane in rear. The ceiling of the hall and allthe floors
above are carried on four rivetted steel girders at each floor level, each capable of bearing
a load of 75 tons.
To the left of the hall, and raised above it by a few steps, is the reading room, t.^ by
38 feet. The opening between this room and the hall is 18 feet in width ; thus members
using this room may overloo'< anything that may be going on "on change."
On the opposite side, in the St. Peter street wing, is the secretary's office 22 by 30
feet, provided with a spacious vault and divided from tlie main corridor by a passage lead-
mg to the commi tee room and council room 15 by 30 and 22 by 38 feet in size,
respectively.
The building is thus generously equipped for the main object of its erection and the
remainder of the space is apportioned into 106 oflices, various in size, to be rented singlv
or en suite. Nothing has been omitted to render these comfortable and convenient, livery
ofiice has a vault and wash-basin with hot and cold water. On all of the five upper floors
are c/iii/es communicating with the general post office box on the ground floor. On the
basement floor are three large stores well adapted for storage purposes of all kinds.
The restaurant is on the basement and ground floors— extending through the two
floors. Its size is 58 by 37 feet and the cafe and smoking room is t,2, hy 30 feet. Close to
these is a barber's shop provided with bath rooms. The engine room, heating apparatus,
cellars, kitchen and laundry are also in the basement.
As a precaution against fire the building is separated into three portions by fire walls
running through the roof, all openings baing provided with fireproof doors. It is heated
by steam and lighted by electricity. Everything is provided to make the building complete
within itself, and liio^v. wiio Iiave offices within the precincts of the new Board of Trade
Building can conduct their business without leaving it even though they may wish to com-
municate- with all the outside world that they may have connection with. Telephone
communication is provided for every oflke and in the Exchange Hall the two great Tele-
graph Companies of Canada have offices with special wires to nmst of the commercial
centres of the Dominion and the I'nited States as well as cable communication with Euro-
pean centres.
The benefits accruing from the accommodation afforded by the New Building have
already been so far appreciated that several corporated bodies and societies have taken
suites of rooms which they find more beneficial to their members than any they have pre-
viously occupied in other parts of the city. Notably among these may be mentioned the
Commercial Travellers' .Association who occupy splendid rooms on the third floor, with
smoking room and every other convenience and luxury attached ; the Fish and Game Club
have also rooms in the building connecting direct with the dining rooms; and the Canadian
Hire I'nderwriters' Association who have a commodious and elegantly fitted room for their
Board and General Meetings.
On the floor above the Exchange Room, the place
"When.- Merchants most ilo conf; i't,Mte,"
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is the X'isitors' jjiillcrv affordinjj seatinjj accommodation for those who wish to have a peep
at our ^rcaX citv merchanls when they assemble daily to transact their business. This is
already visited daily by many people who alihoufjh not actively engaged in trade have still
an interest in Montreal's commercial welfare and prosperity.
it should be mentioned, while speaking of the internal arrangements of the Building
that li'-'ht, heat and all necessary appurtenances for first class offce accommodation are
provided by the Board, and these are included in the rentals which are little more than
those paid for offices in the old surrounding buildings. It is a pleasing feature to note,
and must be gratifying to the Council as well as the Building Committee, that, although
the Building is not yet quite finished (July, 1893), most of the offices have already been
let. Large suites have been taken by the Grand Trunk Railway and the Canadian Pacific
Railway and others are already preparing to remove into the Building.
The Montreal Board of Trade's new building is an edifice that the city may well feel
proud of. It is a building that will compare very favourably with those possessed by cities
much larger than the Canadian commercial metropolis and for completeness of arrange-
ment cannot be excelled by any. The officers are men of experience and ability, and to
members of the Board and strangers alike are ready at all times to afford any information
and assistance required.
If there is one matter that deserves special mention in connection with the internal
arrangements of the building for comfort, it is the heating and plumbing fixtures done by
Messrs. Garth & Company of Montreal, which are equal to anything yet seen on this
continent.
The following is a list of the sub-contractors who carried out the work in their different
de, \rtments for the general contractors. Messrs. Ford & Casey :—
Stone-work— Mr. J. H. Hutchison, Montreal.
Brick-work — Mr. Amos Cowen, Montreal.
Iron-work— Messrs. H. R. Ives & Co., and Messrs. Lomer & Rose, Montreal.
Plastering— Mr. W. J. Cook, Montreal.
Heating and Plumbing— Messrs. Garth & Company, Montreal.
Painting and Glazing— Messrs. Castle & Son, Montreal.
Electric Light Wiring — Edison General Electric Co., Montreal
Roofing— G. W. Reed & Co., Montreal.
Carving — Messrs John Evans & Co., Boston.
In addition to the above, the following fixtures, etc., were supplied by the parties
named :
Electric Light Fixtures— Messrs. Robert Mitchell & Co., Montreal.
Fire-escapes— Mr. E. Chanteloup, Montreal.
Paving— Mr. R. O. Forsyth, Montreal.
Bar Fixtures, Telegraph Desks, Tables, etc., Messrs. Tees & Co., Montreal.
Council Room Furniture— Messrs. Thompson & Co., Montreal.
Clocks for Exchange Hall Messrs. Henry Birks & Co., Montreal.
The following is an extract from the Montreal Star of May 19th, 1892, giving an
account of the ceremony of laying the corner stone of the new building. It is a noteworthy
fact that, on the i8th of May, two hundred and fifty years before, Maisonneuve with his
own hand felled the first tree cut down by white men upon the Island of Montreal, and
thus commenced the palisade to protect his encampment.
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of Trade bu
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of Trade biiildinj,^ The occasion was a nu-morable one in the history of the Montreal
Board of Trade, for it was the laying of the foundation stone of the ma^'nificent new build-
ing which the Hoard of Trade is erecting. Therefore great interest was taken in the
ceremony not only by the members of the Board of Trade and the commercial community,
but by the citizens generally. There was a large concourse of spectators to witness the
ceremony for not only were the streets packed, but the windows of various business
houses looking upon the new buildinj^ were crowded with sightseers, and prominent were
a large number of ladies. The president, Mr. li. B. Greenshields, and the ollicers of the
Board of Trade had assembled in the Board Room to welcome the guests. Sir Donald A.
Smith, M.P., came down from Ottawa, in response to the invitation of the Board of Trade
to lay the corner stone. Mr. J. J. Curran, Q.C., M.P., the Hon. Senator Murphy, and
Mayor McShane, representing the city, were also present, At 1 1.30 the party proceeded
to the new building, where a platform had been erected. Among those present were : Mr.
E. B. Greenshields, president ; Messrs. Robert Archer, H. F. Bellew, R. Bickerdike, J.
H. Birss, Charles R. Black, John J. Browne, Henrv Bulmer, James Cantlie, John L.
Caverhill, George Childs. C. H. Chisholm, J. P. Cleghorn, James Coristine, M. Nolan
DeLisle, Frank Duckett, R. M. Esdaile, C. P. Esdaiie, S. H. Ewing, John Fairbairn, A.
F. Gault, R. L. Ga.ult, J. A, Gordon, Charles H. Gould, G. M. Gould, E. K. Greene,
Jacques Grenier, M. Hannan, James Harper, R. Harvie, Charles P. Hebert, F. W.
Henshaw. George Hodge, J. E. Hunsicker, Edgar Judge, John Kerry, G. M. Kinghorn,
R. S, Kinghorn, J. M. Kirk, William Little. Henry Lyman, C. Mariotti, Henry Mason,
.-Mexander Mitchell, L. E. Morin, W. C. Munderloh, A. G. McBean, Owen McGarvey,
John B. McLea, D. A. McPherson, Archibald Nicoll, William Nivin, W. W. Ogilvie,
Henry B. Picken, John Pinder, John Popham, Alphonse Racine, H. W. Raphael, D. J.
Rees, R. Reford, James E. Rendell, Alexander Robertson, J. C. Rose, J. T. Scanlan,
Francis H. Simms, James Slessor, G. F. C. Smith, W. B. Smith, William Stewart,
S. St. Onge, John Taylor, J. A. Vaillancourt, E. J. Wade, George Wait, Alderman
Wilson, Richard White, W. R. Wonham, and many others. The big red granite
corner-stone was on the side facing St. Sacrament Street. Cut in the stone was the
mscription :
" ANNO DOMINI MDCCCXCII."
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The proceedings were opened by the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. E. B.
Greenshields, who addressed the meeting as follows :— " Members of the Montreal Board
of Trade and Gentlemen : It is only right and proper that the corner-stone of the Montreal
Board of Trade Building should be laid this year, this being the fiftieth anniversary of the
incorporation of the Board. The proper recognition of this important event is deferred till
next year, when we will be in our new building, and when by a banquet or in some other
way we can celebrate the opening of the building. The Board of Trade had its origm in
1822 in a small body of gentlemen who called themselves the Committee of Trade. Well
it was for this city that such a committee was established at that early date. During the
years that have passed since then, years that have witnessed many changes, the building
of railroads and bridges, telegraphy, the building of canals, and the deepening of the St.
Lawrence River, the Board of Trade always did its best to help the merchants and forward
the commercial interests of the city, thus making Montreal the commercial metropolis of
Canada. I hope that Montreal's merchants will always try to keep this city in the proud
position she now occupies, but to do this the hearty co-operation of the city's merchants is
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5,000, and there is nothinjj to prevent there beinj^ 10,000 members of the Board o'i Trade.
It would soon reach this figure if ail were united in the single desire for the welfare of the
city of Montreal. When we look over the names of former presidents we see how gener-
ously the busiest men gave their time for the interests of the city. I say all honour to
these men and the members of the councils who have done their duty so well There is one
name, however, that is not on the list, the name of one who has always been willing to do
everything possible for Montreal, I refer to the gentleman who has come to lay the corner-
stone for us. Sir Donald A. Smith. I hope, gentlemen, to see Sir Donald A Smith, Presi-
dent of the Montreal Board oi Trade soon, and I know that every member will rejoice on
the day he accepts that position. To carry to a successful conclusion the project of a new
building, to look for ground, go over plans and raise means for its construction, a man
must have a great deal of leisure. Every capacity must be devoted to it, it must be made
that man's sole object, and practically for the time being he must live for it. That was the
case with your late President, Mr. Robert Archer. As a member oi the Council and an
officer of the Board of Trade for twelve years, he has lived to see this da\', It is largely
owing to his exertions that we are to-day laying this corner-stone. And in laying this stone
our prayer is that the future members of the Montreal Board of Trade who occupy this
building will be able, energetic and honourable business men, who will hand down from
father to son the fair name of the cit> of Montreal, spotless and pure, (ientlemen, 1 have
great pleasure in asking Sir Donald A. Smith to lay the corner-stone <-\i the Montreal Board
of Trade."
Mr. Cireenshields' remarks were greeted with loud applause.
Sir DoNAi.n A. Smith then stepped forward to what he evidently felt was a pleasing
duty. The tackle was already rigged to the stone, and at the sound oi the foreman's
whistle the huge steam crane lifted the big piece oi masonry in the air. The workmen
spread the mortar underneath and all was ready for the linal ceremony. With a silver
trowel, made for the occasion, Sir Donald touched the mortar. .Again the whistle sounded
and the stone slowly descended into its position, there to remain till time or the hand of
man destroy the building. Striking the stone with a mason's hammer. Sir Donald said
distinctly : " I pronounce this corner stone oi the new building of the Montreal Board of
Trade well and truly laid."
A cheer went up from the crowd, and then Sir Donald went back to the platform,
from which he addressed the spectators. He said that in laymg the corner stone of the
Board of Trade Building it was fitting that it should be done in the practical manner that
thev had witnessed. The Board of Trade had very wisely determined that no display
should take place until they had completed the new building, when they would probably
ask the city and the members oi the Board of Trade to join in a demonstration. The
city of Montreal had been a great factor in the commerce oi Canada. " In the city of
Chicago," continued Sir Donald, " an old associate told me that when he first went there,
)ust eleven huts were built on the space where the city of Chicago now stands. We know
our natural facilities are equal to any to be found in any part of the country. We know
what has been done by the energetic and faithful patriots, whose names were given as
being previously connected with the Board of Trade. Looking to what Montreal was
fifty years ago, and my personal recollections go back to 1838, ^he Post office was then
merelv a one-story building, such as is commonly met with in a country \ illage, where the
whole mail comprises one bag. I know an old lady who remembers when Montreal was very
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little iinMOthan a villat^v, anil wIk'H ovorx oho Unow cacli other's business. We are not so
to-day. The tnerchants o'i Montreal ilo honour lo the mercantile hie of the country. 0\w
proof iif Montreal's proijiess is in this mas^milicent new Imikliny:, the corner stone ot
which we are layint,"- to-day. There arc illimitable possibilities for the proy;ress of Montreal
in the next twentv-live years, it is now only seven years since I held the proud position
of drivint;- the last spike in the threat road which completely crosses the continent ol
America. It is a sini,'-ular honour and priviles^o to be ask- d to-day by the Board of Trade
to lay this corner stone. I shall look upon it as one oi the ijreat events K^'i my life.
I am always very i,'lad to further tiie interests of the Hoard of Trade. In those com-
munications between the Hoard o'i Trade and the Ciovermmnt, and especially in the matter
relatini;- to the Lake St. Peter debt, Mr. J. J. Curran has always been active in forwarding,'
the Board's interests. We have come down here ioi,'ether, I to work with my hands as a
labourer, and Mr. Curran to i^ive you a speech. In conclusion, I sincerely trust that Clod's
protection will be with this building- and I can only wish for all prosperity and success to
'he Hoard of Trade and to the merchants oi Montreal."
After Sir Donai.o S.mi rii had concluded. Mayor McShane addressed a tew words to
the meetini;. Representini; Montreal, he hoped tlie lavinij of this corner stone would be a
foundation for success to the men who had been its autliors, the members oi the Montreal
Bo ird of Trade. Thev were the factors in the cit\'s prosperity, lie wished the Board of
Trade every success possible.
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he noticed that in iooUin},'- around at the asseinb]at;e tliat they were not all of the mercan-
tile coninnuiity. There were the merchant princes present, hut there were also the sons
ot toil, united in a common cause. Montreal was the commercial metropolis of Canada,
and while Ik would not dispute the rights o'i others to have dreams oi carrying'' the trade
past our doors, that time would never come. The merchants oC Montreal were not mere
money-makers, however. They looked hack with pride to the deeds of those noble men
who first laid the foundation of this jjreat city. Over the statue of Maisonneuve which
was beinjj;- erected in thi.: city, they extended the riij^ht hand of fellowship to their French
( 'anadian brethern.
.Mr. Jacques (Irenier also delivered a short address, expressing- his pleasure at being
present and wishing prosperity to the Hoard of Trade in .Montreal.
\'otes of thanks were passed to the speakers, and three hearty cheers were given for
the Queen. The silver trowel which Sir Donald A. Smith had used was presented to him,
and Sir Douald in a few suitable words thanked tlic Hoard of Trade. The trowel is of
silver, with a cut of the Hoard of Trade Huildings engraved on it. On the handle are the
beaver and maple leaf in silver, app'opriately enough, the seal of Sir D. A. Smith. In the
corner-stone, in a tin box, were placed the newspi>pers of the day, current coins of the
realm, reports of the Hoard oi Trade meetings, and the photographs of the Huilding
Committee.
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T UK old proverb that " Tracle follows the Klaj^ ' has ionj^ been a favorite with the
Anjjflo-Saxon commercial mariner. N'otwithstandinf,' the fact that many a notable
instance mij^iit he cited, of a seciiience quite the opposite, the llaj; has acknowledged
commerce as mistress and followed humbly in her wake. As a matter of fact trade
follows no llaj,' ; awaits the pleasure of no potentate, however powerful ; truckles to the
behest y.-^'i no cliLjue. In all aj^jes, in every clime, and anion}; all peoples she has followed but
\>\\Q course the path oi least resistance and of greatest profit. To this loiirse she adheres
with iinswer\ ing fidelity, and along her busy paths cities spring up and blossom into
fabulous wealth and power ; ports, teeming with wealth and overflowing with the produce
of the four corners of the earth, are evolved out oi the veriest tishing villages ; the sea is
burdened with huge lleets of stately vessels; the rivers -scooped out, straightened, and
their currents curbed become highways y^i the greatest importance ; canals, wlurever
circumstances permit, convey the benefits that accrue to transport by water, far inland ;
while railroads spread their gigantic feelers in every direction, collecting the produce of
the farm and the products of the mine, while they
distribute in return the manufactures and productions
of other lands.
In the settlement of a new country, it is only the
man oi preternatural foresight, of rare commercial
instinct, and with a mind capable of grasping and
comprehending the immutable laws that control the
commercial world, who will be able to point out where
the paths of trade will run ; and it is only in the actual
fulfilment <^i his prediction that his prophecy will ever
be justified. Thus it is that only now, in the J^oth
anniversary of the founding ai Montreal, that the
citizens of this the great commercial metropolis of the
Dominion, are at all able to appreciate the wisdom and
foresight oi Maisonneuve, and his equally sagacious
forerunner, Jacques Cartier, in fixing on this site for
his future city. For it is not diHicult to see that the
whole question \:^'i the success of a commercial centre
hinges on the facility oi transport ; and there can
be little doubt that in the eyes of the founders of
Montreal the chief recommendation the site had, was the fact that it lay at the head
of ocean navigation ; that it was the furthest point inland to which vessels of any si/e
c(nild penetrate. And to-day, despite the changes incidental to the flight of two centuries
and a half, that is the raisoii i/'e/rc of the existence of our city, without which she never would
have been anything but a country village. Certainly there liave been other stimulating
causes that have greatly aided in bringing about our present prosperity as a city. Mont-
real, once a terminus, is now on the road to a vast interior ; and her geographical position
necessitates, that at her doors the great cargoes from the ports of the old world must break
bulk and pay toll to the mistress of the St. Lawrence. More important still, it is at
Montreal that the lumber and farm produce oi' the east and the grain of the west brought
hither by car and barge must be shipped for their final destinations.
It is only fitting then that in a work of this description the forwarding and shipping
interests should receive the most liberal consideration.
From an historical point of view, notwithstanding the ob\ ious advantages possessed
by Montreal as a port, the developing of her shipping interests only dates back to a period
well within the present century, and it requires no deep research into the records of a
forgotton past to trace its birth and growth ; they are both within the memory of citizens
IvATH ANDREW ROBKRTSoN,
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who are still with us, tlnnigii liicir lornis are bent and tlieir hair bleached with the heal
and burden of the days when they were building up the prosperity of the city. Up to the
commencement of the present ceiitiiry (Juebec was practically the only port in Canada,
while Montreal held a \ ery secondary position, as a kind of Out Port for the Ancient
Capital. Between the two cities communication was kept up by two routes, by river and
by land. The mode of conveyance by the former, whether for passenjjers or carj^o, was
chielly confnied to the cumbersome "batteaux." With these the journey down stream
was of course easy enoufjh, though by ni> means oi the swiftest, but when it came to
ascending the great ri\'r the \oya^e was \w\\t. and tedious. Where the river was broad
and the current less rapid, the "batteaux" wi>uld make shift to proceed under canvass;
or failing a favourable wind would lay to, and "whistle for a breeze." Hut where the
river was narrow, and the current swift, a tow rope was carried ashore and the cumbrous
ves.-el was towed, sometimes by hand and oftener by a long string of long-horned draught-
oxen.
The da\' was coming, however, when old things should pass away and all things
become new. The day oi the draught-ox was to give place to that oi the paddle-wheel and
the screw propeller. In iSog John Molson, the progenitor of the family of that name now
HO intimately identified with the commerce of Montreal, who had for some time previously
been actively engaged in the then "infant industries " of this port, built a steamer, much
on the same model as that which just previously had been for the first time navigating the
waters of the Hudson ; her name was tiie Accomi)ioilalioii. She was a side-wheeler,
seventy-five feet long, keel measurement, and eighty-li\e feet over all, and had room for
twentv passengers. The Accoiuiiioddtioii left Montreal on her first trip to Quebec on the
3rd September, 1800, with ten passengers on board and a fair-sized cargo. 1 he fare for
the down journey was S<S.oo ; for the up, Si).oo. On this, her first voyage, she made the
journey to Quebec in sixty-six hours, including thirty hours passed at anchor, Three Rivers
being reached in twenty-four hours from starting. So successful was this venture, that
three vears later, in icSi2, Mr. Molson began the work of building another steamer at
Logan's ship-yard. This vessel, which was 130 feet long and 24 feet beam, was launched
in the fall of that year, being christened, by the wife of the then Governor-General, the
Swif/siin'. She started on her first trip on May 4th, 1S13, and was subsequently utilized in
the conveyance of troops and munitions of war during the ensuing trouble with the United
States. Mr. John Molson may, therefore, well be called the " Father of the Montreal Shipping
Trade." The next steamer to be adued to the "Molson Line" was the Caledonia, and for
manv vears this enterprising merchant and his sons had almost a monopoly of the carrying
trade between .Montreal and Quebec and intermediate points, their steamers being con-
sidered so much superior to any other mode of transport.
In 1815 a hardy and shrewd Scotch mariner, whose name was destii>ed to be intimately
associated with Canadian history, having gained some distinction, and more profit, by the
transportation of stores and ammunition for the British troops during the Peninsula war,
turned his attention to the Crown Colonies in North America, as a field for the exercise of
his commercial abilities and for the employment of his capital. This was Capt. Alexander
Allan, the founder of the well known firm of Hugh and .Andrew Allan. His first venture
took the form of a small s.-iiling vessel named the Jiau, the pioneer of the magnificent
liners which now bridge the North Atlantic. That his first venture was successful may be
inferred from the fact that, ere long. Captain .Allan had a regular line of sailing vessels
plying between Montreal and old country ports.
The advantages accruing to this city, from such an increase in her facilities for com-
munication with Great Britain, could not fail to materially promote her claims as a port ;
but it was not until 1833 t,.at she was raised to the dignity of a port of entry. Henceforth
Montreal's advancement was rapid. For many years, however, the future Commercial
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Motropolis labored under tlio serious disadvantages that ari>se tVoin tlie condition of river
naviijation, wliicli may be inferred from tlie fact that onlv ele\en feet of water could be
reckoned within Lake St. Peter ; while as a consequence no vessel could reach this port of
more than 400 tons burden. The work of impro\inij the channel therefore became a
matter of prime necessity. .\s early as 18J3 w: find the merchants and shippers of Mont-
real moviiiic in the matter, for in that year they petitioned the Canadian i'arliament " that
steps sluHild be taken to deepen the channel of the river, particularly at Lake St. I'etcr,
and thereby render itna\igable tlirous^hout the season, for vessels of two lumdred and fifty
tons burthen." Surely a \ery reasonable request. That the humble prayer of their
petition was acceded to may be inferred from the fact that in 1S50 vessels of 400 tons
were anle to reach the port of Montreal. In 1851 the matter was put in hand by the
Montreal Harbor C'ommissioners, who iK.ve been steadily piirsuinjj the same task, keepini^"
abreast of the ever-advanciny necessities of the times, down to the present day.
Meanwhile, another enterprise had been growini^ up. In 1S26 the Hcmtlcs steam tuj;"
and passenger boat was purchased by the lirm now known as I). Torrance & Co. This
boat, which was run in opposition to the Molson line, was commanded by Captain Urush,
and witii other boats subsequently purchased b)- the same firm, became the nucleus of the
Richelieu Xa\igation Company, ii'.x'' the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Companj-. In
1S5J, when owing to the successful dredging operations c.irried o\\ by the Commissioners,
the river was becoming capable of floating larger vessels, the .Allan Line, which till then
had been composed exclusively of sixteen sailing vessels, was reinforced by the Jiiditin
and the Cdiimiiaii, iron built screw steainships of 1,500 tons register, and 250 i. h. p.
These steamers, which were among the best found of their day, were the fore-runners of a
fleet, which for equipment, safety and comfort, is not to be surpassed anywhere. Before
long the nominion Go\ernmt.nt subsidized the line for the conveyance of the Canadian
mails, to which service has since been added that of carrxing the Newfoundland mails.
.As years went by the company, which had originally only plied between Montreal and
Liverpool, started first a line to (ilasgow, then to London, and after-.v..rds by purchase of
the State Line, extending their operations to the neighbouring Republic ; so that now
thev have the largest number of ships and the most extensive iield of operations of any
individual private firm ii. the world.
In iS()(S another regular line of vessels was established between Montreal and Liver-
pool, as the outcome oi the energy and enterprise of Mr. William .Murray, who in that
year formed the Canada Siiipping Company, whose boaLs now sail under the well known
titl:. of the Heaver Line. The fleet was, at first, composed of sailing vessels only, but in
1S73 it was found necessary to resort to steam, in order to accommodate the increasing
rush of business, and the l.iikv ('/ianif>/iiin, the Lake .\'ipi<>vii, and the Luke J/ci^dii/ic,
were built for this enterprising lirm by the London and Glasgow Ivngineering and Ship-
building Company, and formed the nucleus of the fine fleet of steamers that now sail under
the Heaver Line flag.
Ivich oi' these pioneer steamers of the line was of 2,200 tons register and handsomely
fitted up according to the ideas of the time ; accommodation being provided for a number
of saloon passengers, while the steerage was extensive. Five years later two other boats
were added to the I'"e, the /.nke Muiiitolxi and the I^iike Winnipeg, while the /.iike Huron
was built in the following ye.ir. Kach of these vessels was of 3,501) tons register, while
the Lake Superior, launched in 18H5, is 4.5()i tons. The latest addition to thj fleet is the
J. (ike Ontario of 4,500 tons, built at Sunderland and representing in her build, equipment,
and general accommodation, all the latest impro\ements that can add to the comfort of
amateur seafaring humanity.
Such rapid strides was Montreal now making, that it soon became evident that there was
ample room for yet another line of first-class passenger steamships between .Montreal and
Mritish ports, and ere long men with the requisite energy and resources we.^ found. .As far
back as 1S72 Mr. I-Minn, of the Liverpool firm of Klinn, .Main & .Montgomery, the owners of a
line plying between the Mersey and New Orleans, came to Montreal with the object of
inquiring into the feasibility of establishing a line to this port also. In conjunction with
the late I)avid Torrance, one o'i Montreal's respected citi/.ens and shrewdest merchants,
and with the support of several of the merchants of the city and others interested in its
trade, the scl
the new line
ation, to hei
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tonnage was
other vessels
been associa
Dominion,
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architecture
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business ma
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Cierman aiu:
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ness foresigl
Montreal bu
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ocean liners,
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this same lo
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trade, the sclieme was successrully floated. The first steamer ot" tlie Doiniiiion Line, as
tlie new line of steanisiiips was called, was not by any means such as to point the imaj^in-
ation, to her splendid successors of to-day, the I'aucoiivcr and the Labrador. She was
named the Mississippi and had been previously ent^a^ed in the New Orleans trade. Her
tonnai^e was only 2,250 tons, but she was by no mea is insignificant when compared with
oilier vessels tradint;' to Montreal in those days. .\t various times the Dominion Line has
been associated with the Allan Line in carryins^- the Canadian mails to and from the
Dominion. This service has always been performed in a manner thoroughly in keeping
with the way in which they have catered for the general public. Their vessels have always
been of the newest, safest and most elegant models, and built by the foremost firms in the
shipbuilding trade. Their accommodation and appointments are of the best and costliest,
and expense is never spared in supplying pa.-.sengc ■< with every reasonable coinenience,
while everyone has a good word for the kindlint . courtesy, and seamanship of their
ollicers.
During the years in which these three great Montreal firms, the Allan, the Heaver and
the Dominion Lines had been growing up from small beginnings, till now they can compare
favorably with any similar corporations in the world, the port of Montreal had been
gradually becoming the rendezvous not only of a large and increasing niunber of ocean
" tramps,' but also of many important lines, which, while not native to this city, yet do a
by no means inconsiderable portion of their business here. .Among these are the Donald-
son Line, running on a weekly schedule between Montreal and Glasgow , the Ross Line
running to London, and the Thompson line to Xewcastle-on-Tyne, Dundee and Leith, com-
prising what are generall) known as the Reford Agencies, managed, as the term implies,
by the firm of Robert Reford it Co., than whi ii there is not a more highly respected house
in the city, .he ships composing these lines are among the finest specimens of cargo-boat
architecture extant, and two of them, the /oiia and Hiiroiiii, of the Thompson Line, only
added to the fleet last fall, leave nothing to be desired in this class of vessel. The ships of
all three of the "Reford Lines" are designed more especially for the cattle trade and
run the three great lines very close in competition for this class of busines'-
.Another foreign firm that has shown great enterprise in the Montreal trade is the
Hansa Line now merged in the Hamburg .American Packet Company, represented at this
port by Messrs. \V. C. Munderloh & Co., in the recent death of whose chief partner
Montreal has lost a most respected citizen, and the forwarding interests a most energetic
business man, who had rendered the Hansa Line one of the most popular trading to this
port. The line reckons among its fleet such vessels as the Sfiibheu/iuck, J'ick/iiiben; Grimtn,
etc., all fine, well appointed cargo boats, though largely used on the outward passage by
(ierman and Scandinav ian immigrants.
.A yoimg, but most energetic and enterprising firm of Montreal forwarders is that of
Messrs. Harling, Ronald & k^o., which, although formed only in 1891, has yet by its busi-
ness foresight and honorable management, succeeded in obtaining a secure foothold in
Montreal business ranks. Hitherto they ha\e been contented to charter for the season
such vessels as their business reciuired, but they are perfecting arrangements for a regular
line to sail on schedule. They also represent the Moss and Leyland lines, running
between this port and Liverpool.
.A hopeful sign of a new and lucrative trade that may shortly be built up with the West
Indies is the recent venture of Messrs. T. S. X: J. N'ipond, whose steamship, the Aiiiericti,
has been making regular trips to Jamaica, bringing back cargoes of bananas and other
fruits, in prime condition.
I'urning from the subject of ocean transport to matters nearer home, it is as well to
glance for a moment at a branch of the forwarding business which, while it attracts less
attention than the movements of the great liners, is of the greatest importance to the trade
of the port and the welfare of the city, namely, the Ciulf Traflic. This is naturally the oldest
branch of the Montreal shipping bu' ..i'"ss, but, like everything else, has been considerably
changed by the exigencies of the ti'.ies. While in years gone by, previous to the advent of
ocean liners, Montreal looked to the local trallic lor her supplies of everything required in the
house, in the kitchen, and for personal adornment ; it is now Montreal, that by means of
this same local trade, supplies the small tow ns and villages oi the Ciulf and river with many
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of their daily necessaries, receivini^ in rotiirn tVoni tlie ports of the Nova Scotian coal
fields almost her entire supply of soft coal. The principal firms enfj;ai;ed in this tratle are :
H. Dobell & Co. (Dobell, Beckett & Co.), J. Ci. Hrock ; Kinsman, Brown iK: Co.. and the
Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. and Carhray, Routh i\: Co.
Henry Dobell & Co. are Montreal ai^ents for the Dobell Line of Ouebec, established
nearly twenty years asjfo. The boats at present engasj^ed in the Montreal tiade by this tirm
a*e the steamships : Grcetlands, Tiber \\\\i\ Poliiio.
Mr. |. (i. Brock is agent for the Quebec Steamship Co., the only vessel they have at
present running to Montreal being the Miraniivlii, which saiis on alternate Mondays for
the lower gulf ports. Mr. Brock is also the agent for the licuvvr, which plies between
here and Gaspe and the Baie de Chaleurs.
Messrs. Kingman, Brown & Co. have long figured as the agents for the Black
Diamond Line, which has recently passed into the possession o'^' the Dominion Coal Co. of
Nova Scotia. This line, which has hithero been owned by a .Montreal syndicate, was
established some ten years ago and includes the Coluni, lioiKivistdy i'moiiiiii and Cape
Breton, all first class vessels, well built and engined.
the
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and
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I Scotian coal
this fraile are :
i\: Co., and the
)oc, established
ide by this II rm
;1 they have at
;e Mondays lor
plies between
for the Black
on Coal Co. of
yndicate, was
uiiti and Cape
The forwardinij done by the Richelieu iV Ontario Na\ iteration Co. is entirely confined to
the carrying trade done by their market boats between the various points on the rivers St.
Lawrence, Richelieu and Saj^uenay.
Side by side with the development of the forwardini;- facilities of Ocean, River, and
Ciulf, there has been j^rowing up a species of transport less pleasinj,' to the eye perhaps,
and far less imposinj^ to the imaj^ination, but by !ui nijans less important to the uealth of
this City, or the welfare of this country, than the swiftest and stateliest line oi ocean y^rey
hounds, namely, the canal tratlic. \o one, however slit;htly acquainted witli the principles
and exii^encies o'i trade can t^o down to the wharves of the I.achine Canal ar.d watch the
endless stream of propellers and barj^es, laden deeply with lumber and deals from Ottawa,
or with grain from Kingston and the upper lakes, or coal from Osweg.i, or fruit and pro-
duce from the district of Welland, justly termed the "garden of Canada" and can fail to recog-
nize what an immensity of wealth and revenue is pouring in upon this port from every
inland cit\', town and vill;\ge in Ontario, and the neighboring portions of the Cniled States
territory. And there can be little doubt that, while the vast system of canals that carries
all the benefits of navigation far inland, from the foot of the Lachii^e Rapids to the most
BOARD OF TRADE SOUVENIR NU.\
BONAVHNTUHli STATION
westerly shore of ihe broad Superior, is an unspeakable boon to the Canadian nation
at lar^e, it is even yet more advanta^'eous to Montreal. What the closinjj of these
arteries of commercial life would mean was admirably instanced at the opening of navijj^ation
this spring, when, owing to the delay occasioned by the Wellington Street bridge not being
completed, thousands of busiiels of grain, that were waiting to get through for shipment on
the St. Lawrence, were diverted to American channels. And yet it was only in 1827 that
the first of these canals — the Lachine- was commenced. Nor was the puny ditch, oi
which Hon. John Richardson cut the first sod, in that year, by any means a worthy fore-
runner of the present waterway. Its depth when finished was only five feet and its average
breadth forty eight feet. Moreover, it had no conveniences worthy the name for docking
or unloading the small craft that navigated its waters ; yet few and meagre as were the
facilities it offered, they were eagerly taken advantage of, and so rapidly did the traffic
increase that it was early found necessary to enlarg-e both the canal and its wharf accom-
modation. These improvements, which at various periods have been followed by other
alterations, rendered necessary by the exigencies of the times, have been followed by cor-
responding ini]
the channel.
One of th
veyance of gr;
his brother Jol
Transportatioi
present comm
Messrs. Hugh
Mr (1. I). The
lakes, has a h
and other poi
Another t
is the Kingsti
doing busine.'
capitalists of
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lion
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lion
t on
that
I, of
bre-
ra<re
: tlic
atVic
om-
ther
cor-
rcsponJing- improvements in the vessels, baii^es, propellers, and market-boats navigating
the channel.
One of the tirst steps towards improved service of barges and steamers for the con-
veyance of grain, etc., was when the Kingston firm with which Mr. Hugh Mcl.ennan and
his brother Jolin were subsequently identified, and which is now merged in the Montreal
Transportation Company, began its eventful and successful career. Without doubt, its
present commanding position is almost entirely due to the energy and perseverance of
Messrs. Hugli and John MacLennan, and the business capacit\- of its present manager,
.Mr (i. I). Thompson. This comjiany controls an immense tratlic on the ri\ers and upper
lakes, has a huge fleet o'i barges and tui.'s, and owns several large elevators at Kingston
and other points.
Another transportation company that contributes very largely to the trade of Montreal
is the Kingston and Montreal l""or\\arding t'ompanv, one of the most enterprising firms
doing business in this city. It includes among its shareholders many of the leading
capitalists of the Hominion, and in order to keep abreast with the rapid increase of busi-
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THE ELEVATED RAILWAY TO MOUNTAIN PARK.
ness is constantly adding new vessels to its fleet of tlie latest and stauncliest build.
The Manatjinj^'-Director, Mr. \Vni. Stewart, is one o( the best known and ablest men in the
l-'orwardins^- line in Montreal.
Better known than any perhaps to tiie t^eneral public, owintj to its caterinjj;' tor picnics
and pleasure parties, is the Ottawa River Xavijjation Company, whose splendid steamers
the "Sovereign" and " Kmpress," not to mention a host ot" smaller vessels, are so familiar
to visitors and Montreaiers. The company also, besides its present business, does a large
amount of local trallic between Montreal and various points on the Ottawa, and moreover
carries the mails to these places durini.^ the summer.
Messrs. Jacques ^: (.\>. are the Montreal agents tor one o'i the strongest and most elli-
cient ol the lines that throng the inland waterways o( North America. The Merchants
Line, with its fleet oi propellers, does an immense amount of trade between this port and
Chicago, .Milwaukee, Duluth, Detroit. Cleveland and Toledo ; and transport iVom these
points large quantities oi grain tor shipment at this port. Their best known vessels are,
perhaps, the "Ocean" and " i'ersia," trading to various ports on Lake Ontario.
One can scarcelv leave the subject of .NKmtreal water transportation witlunit paving a
tribute to the excellent serv ices rendered by the tugs of the Sincennes-.McNaughton l-ine,
both on the river and in the harbour. With their aid the St. Mary's rapids and other
dangerous and troublesome "Saulls" are shorti oi their strength, while the disadvantages
accruing to an open harbour, willi all the currents of a mighty river settling into it. are
overcome.
While the deepening of the channel between Montreal and Quebec has led to wonder-
ffi-
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iiinchest build.
:ilest men in tiie
ins^' (or picnics
eniiid steamers
are so familiar
s, does a large
and moreover
t and most elli-
Ihe Merchants'
n this port and
irt from tiiese
\ n vessels are,
irii>.
thoiit paying a
[aiighton Line,
pids and other
disadvantages
ng into it, are
led to wonder-
tul development in ocean tratVic from tliis port, other causes have been at work to increase
thw> inland shipping. The growth of interprovincial trade has brought an ever-increasing
number of coasters to this port. While the number of coasting vessels arri\ing in i<S,Si
were only JiJ, registering gij.^^jH tons, these had incre.'ised by f.S()o to Ji)^, registering
23().()o() tons, indicating here also an increase in the size of the sailing vessels arri\ing in port.
Only Ualit.ix and X'ictoria excel Montreal in the number ami tonnage of vessels arriving
in their ports, and both these C'ties are upon the ocean shore. Hut in the matter of Hrili-h
shipping Montreal stands easily iirst in importance.
And now to turn the reatler's attention to the l'"orwarding interest which is slriciiy
confined to tifia fu'tini. This brings under notice two of the greatest Railways in ihe
world, both t)f which have a distinctive and characteristic history. These are : the (irand
Trunk Railway of Canada and the (.'an;idian Pacilic Railway, which with their adjuncs,
form a network oi rails over which pass the tlunisanils of cars that carry the voice K^i
civilization to the remote districts of the vast territor}-, Canada. It is uith no uncertain
sound that this said voice speaks. The snort o'i the iron horse, the hum of the ciirriage
wheels and the ring oi the iron rail make it known to dwellers in remote districts that they
have been brought into immediate contact with the dwellers in cities, and the busy manu-
facturing and commercial commimilies of the world.
THK IIRAND TRUNK RAII.WAN'.
Situated as is Montreal, within the winter zone and subject to the closing of ri\er
navigation for several months of the year, her citizens do not rely entirel\- upon vessels for
transportation facilities. She has been in the van in the development i:^i a system of rail-
ways which is the admiration of the world, and which at all seasons of the }ear places her
in communication with the ends of the earth. l">om our depots trains run daily through
Quebec province, through Ontario, through Manitoba, not long since the haunt of the fur
trader, and into, and beyond miles upon miles oi prairie, o\er the towering crags ^^{ the
Rockies.
The (irand Trunk is justly entitled to be called the pioneer Railway of Canada as it
now comprises in its system the iirst lines built in the Dominion.
The first raihva}' in Canada, the Champlain and St. Lawrence, was chartered in wS^i
to run from Laprairie to St. John's, P. Q., and opened for traflic in iH^f). The road was
afterwards extended to Rouse's Point and a branch run into St. Lamberts in 1S52. In the
preceding year the opening of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic road, from Longueuil to Rich-
mond, Que., had been celebrated by the city with procession, ball and dinner, as sjemed
the usage at that time. Hut imposing as were these ceremonies, their glory paled before
those which attendeil the early development of the Cirand Trunk Railwa\-, now so con-
servative, t|uiet and imostentatii>us in its progress. The line from Montreal to Portland,
opened in 1S53, was feted ; that to Hrockville in i<S53 was gloriously celebrated, while the
proceedings which attended the opening of the road to Toronto, which took place i>n the
ijth and 13th November, iiS^t), brought over 15,000 visitors to the cily. l""our thousand
persons attended the commemorative banquet at Point St. L'harles. In i,S()o, however.
Royalty itself was bi ought into recpiisition, the Prince ic>'i Wales opening that most
wonderful structure, the X'ictoria Bridge, on May -!5th.
The Bridge is one of the most noble of engineering triumphs and marks, perhaps t!ie
acme of the tubular class. The designer was Robert Stephenson, the builder James Mod-
ges, and Sir Samuel Mi>rton I'eto, Thomas Brassy and iCdward Latid, contractors. The
first stone o'i Pier No. i was laid on the 2otli July, 1S54, and the Iirst train with passengers
traversed the bridge 17th Dec, ICS51), The structure is i), 1.S4 feet long, of 23 spans of 242
feet, and one, in the centre, oi }^yci feet. Tliis last is ho feet above the river. Before being
accepted, the bridge was subjected to a most severe lest. A train of flat cars 520 feet long,
loaded with stone to almost breaking limit o'i each car, and requiring three locomotives to
draw it, was sent through the tubes, yet the deflection of the centre of the tubes during
the passage of the cars was onh 7-Sths o^ an inch. Wondeiful as this bridge was, and is,
another engineering triimiph recently accomplished on this same road, equals, if it does not
excel it. This is tlie tunnel at Sarnia.
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It would occiif.y too imicli space to niL-iition the present ramilicatioiis of the Ciraiul
Tiiinlv system. It has under its direct control 4,000 miles of railway, and extends from
Portland to Chicago, a distance of 1 134 miles. It has also a double track for most of the
distance between Montreal and Hamilton, which is not included in the above mileajje. It
employs close upon 3,000 hands in this city alone, and its depot receives daily about 1 J5
passeni^er cars and ()J3 cars oi freij^ht.
The first prospectus of the Ciraiul Trunk Railway proper was issued in i<S53. Amonj;'
the names attaclied to this document were : Hon. Messrs. |ohn Ross and l-'rancis Hincks ;
K. P. Tache, J. Morris, R. K. Caron, Thos. Marny, M.P.,\;. C. Klynn, M.P. Sir C. P.
Rooney was the y;eneral director, S. H. Higgar, i^eneral manaijer, and .-X. M. Ross, Chief
Engineer.
In tile tremendous outlay necessary for the completion of tiie enterprise, it is not to be
wondered at, that a shadow overcame the prospects of any dividend for the time beinij. It
was necessary to at once take steps towards a better financial manat^emenl, and in this
connection the name of Mr. C J. Brydges will always be remembered. Hard work and
the hearty co-operation of the directors soon put the concern on the track towards pros-
perity. In 1S74 another chanj^e was made, and Sir Joseph Hickson (then Mr. J. Hickson)
tookhold oi the manai^ement. It was not long after this that it was seen that the guage
o'i the road required changing in order to bring it in harmony with the American lines, and
though this was a costly move, it was successfully effected. In connection wiih this came
the great tight for an entrance into Chicago, and with the attainment o'i this object, in
spite of the stand taken by the American railroad kings. Sir Joseph Hickson took a place
as a master of diplomacy and tact.
If a Rip \'an Winkle could awake from a long slumber, beginning half a century ago,
and ga/e upon the whole G. T. R. system, with its scores of depots, its oHices, its thou-
sands of miles of track, its 20,000 employes, its immense number of cars, which carry
more people annually than the entire population of Canada, how utterly incomprehensible
it would be to him. He had fallen to sleep thinking of the stage coach and saddle horse,
and did he awake now to behold that same country traversed by a vast system of railways,
moved by some unseen energy, and not dependent upon animal strength for its power, be
it evolution or development, call it what you will, no man could make him believe that he
had awakened in the same land in which he fell asleep only fifty years ago.
The total number of people employed by the (i. T. R. is over 20,000. The tratlic
department, which includes the officers, agents, clerks, and all those required to look after
the freight and passengers, requires about 7,000 people. Under the heading of the engin-
eers may be mentioned the entire staff of men who have charge of the tracks. There
are 6,200 hands employed in this department and a like number in the mechanical depart-
ment.
This extensive railroad system, to which Canada has been so greatly indebted, is
governed bv a board of directors who reside in the old country and who are represented in
this country bv the general manager. The Directors are Sir Henry W.Tyler, M. P., president,
London, Kng' ; Lord Claude John Hamilton, .\L P., Robert ^'oung, John Markham, VVm.
Lethbridge, VV'm. Ford, Chas. J. Campbell, Toronto, Canada ; Hon. I'rank Smith, Toronto,
Canada and Duncan Mclntyre. Montreal. The general offices are located at Point
St. Charles, Montreal, the London office at Dashwood House, 9 New Broad street,
London, Kng. From 1873 t^^ ^^e end of the year 1890 Sir Joseph Hickson was
general manager. During his administration the mileage of the Grand Trunk was
increased from 1,383 to 3,487.25 miles, giving an entrance into Chicago and other
western cities, besides opening up the larger portion of Ontario and Quebec.
Sir Joseph Hickson was succeeded at the beginning of 1890 by Mr. Lewis James
Sergeant, late traffic manager of the road. He came to Canada in 1874 from Fng-
land, where he held many important positions and was widely recognized as a man of great
experience in railroad matters. On arriving in Canada he took the post of general traffic
manager on the Grand Trunk Railway. He was appointed to the office of vice president of
the Executive Council of the road. Sir Joseph Hickson being president. He held a similar
position in the Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway Company. Mr. Sergeant was the first
gentleman to hold the position of general traffic manager on this continent. It is almost
needless to say
gentleman. It
position, upon '
employ. The o
manager ; Mr.
agent ; Mr. H.
H. V\-. Walker,
Taxlor, general
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and the rapidit)
executi\e, is an
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American contii
unparalleled in
other country.
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becoming the p
that time fillinj;
line across Brit
spirits came to
had tried and f;
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and ridiculed, t
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iicctllcss to siiy that the interests of the shareholJers are perl'eetly sate in the hands of this
gentleman. It would be impossibi* to find a more able man to fill such a responsible
position, upon which he entered with the •,'-ood wishes of his associates in the company's
employ. The other {general olVicers of the service are Mr. W. Wainwrij^ht, assistant f^eneral
manager ; Mr. N". J. Power, f^eneral passenj^er aj^ent ; .Mr. J. Hiirton, f,'eneral tVeij^ht
afjfent ; Mr. H. Wallis, mechanical superintendant ; Mr. Robert Wrij^hl, treasurer ; Mr.
H. W. Walker, chief accountant ; Mr. VV. 11. Rosev ear, car accountant, and Mr. John
Taylor, jjfeneral storekeeper. Mr. J. Stephenson is f;eneral superintendant oi' all lines.
'I"he entire community is lookin.LT forward to the continued i;rowth of this enormous
system in a north-west direction, which would t^'ive the prairie provinces another means of
shipment, relieviuif them from the monopoly of a sini^lc road.
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.Mthoui^h of more recent oriijin, the Canadian Pacific Railwa\- is not less important
than the (.irand Trunk and has already provetl a most important factor in the development
of Canada's Commercial resources.
Commencing early in the last decade with the railways from Quebec to Montreal and
from Montreal to Ottawa, built by the Quebec Ciovernment and then known as the Quebec,
Mi>ntreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway, the idea oi' its beii\i( a part of the ro.id to the
far west beinjj even then in view, and with the short piece oi' line called the Central
Canada Railway, tlie Canadian Pacific Railway has by the exercise of energy and enterprise,
unexcelled even in this enterprising age, built up a system which now reaches nearly 7,000
miles.
This Railway has perhaps the most phenomenal history of any railway in the world,
and the rapidity with which it was completed, once it came into the hands of the present
executi\e, is a matter which has not only puzzled but startled' most people. The fact of a line
of railway, belting the whole vast extent of territory across the broadest part of the North
American continent, being built in such a phenomenally short space of time, marks an epoch
unparalleled in the annals of Canadian history, or it is safe to say, in the history of any
other country.
Readers of history will remember how the project had its ups and downs, eventually
becoming the plaything of politicians, leading to the overthrow of a government, and at
that time filling the heart of the patriot with forebodings that the idea of a transcontinental
line across British territory would never be realized. In the darkest hour, however, brave
spirits came to the front and courageous business men undertook that which politicians
had tried and failed. Montreal's leading capitalists came to the rescue, invested their all
in the undertaking, and cams out successful. Fifteen years ago, a project laughed at
and ridiculed, the Canadian Pacific Railway, is to-day one of the wonders of the world.
Thus, it has happened that the enterprise, which barely a dozen years since was con-
sidered but a chimerical dream, has become one of the greatest transportation systems in
the universe — a system which now reaches, directly or indirectly, every part of the known
world, and which uniting east and west, by bands of steel and modern steamships, has
fulfilled the dream which Jacques Cartier entertained when, three hundred and fifty years
ago, he beat his way up the St. Lawrence, to what is now Montreal, in the hope of find-
ing a new route to China and the kingdoms of the far east.
The main line of the C. P. R. from Montreal to Vancouver covers 2,904 miles. The
Quebec branches are : -
Quebec to St. Martin's Junction '59-^
Piles Junction to Grand Piles 26.9
Joliette Junction to St. Felix 16.8
Herthier Junction to Herthier 2.0
Hull to .Aylmer 7.5
St. Therese to St. Jerome 13.0
St. Lin Junction to St. Lin 15.0
St. Therese to St. Eustache 6.0
Carleton Junction to Brockville 45.0
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The Western Hivision, which covers ()54 miles, inciiales the I''inersiMi, Selkirk, Sione-
wall, Gretna and Pembina branches as well as the Manitoba Southwestern and the Souris
branch and extension to the coal fields. The Pacific Division includes branches to New
Westminster, Coal Harbor and the Mission, and totals up k) miles. Ihe Ontario and
Quebec Railway, which includes the new short line to Toronto and the extension to Wind-
sor, which {fives the Canadian Pacilic throuj^h connection to Chicajjo, and which includes
the old Toronto, lirey and Bruce and various important branches throujjfhout Ontario ; the
tiuelph Junction Railway, the .Atlantic and Northwest railway, which is the short line to
the Maritime Provinces, the St. I.awrence and Ottawa, the New Brunswick and the
Columbia and Kootenay systems, increase the mileaj^e by 1,728.8 miles. Then there are
the South-Kastern, from Montreal to Newport, Vl., jyivinj^ throujjh connection to Boston
and the New Hn^fland States, j^o miles ; the new line from Re>,'ina to Prince Albert, J49
miles ; and the system just inau^^urated between Cai^jary and I'^ort MacLeod, _^oi miles.
These brinjj up the total mileage of the system to 0,071) miles, of which it may be said that
practically the whole system has been constructed and put in operation within the past ten
years.
To work and maintain this enormous railway system naturally requires the services of
a vast army of employes, as well as the expenditure of lar^je sums of money. Hut the
C. P. R. is fortunate in its employes, who, be they hipfh official, or humble trainband, are
all imbued with the same spirit of enterprise which has made the road such a success under
the guidance of President Van Home.
The equipment required by so large a railway system is naturally immense. It com-
prises no less than 530 locomotives, 517 passenger, baggage and colonist sleeping cars, 73
sleeping and dining cars, 28 parlor and official cars, 14,077 freight and cattle cars, 253
conductors vans ; 390 board, tool and auxiliary cars and some do/en snow ploughs. In
addition to the above which has cost no less than $13,877,000, the company owns the fine
steel steamers Alberta and Athabasca, each 2,300 tons burthen, and the Manitoba, 2.600
tons used on the Upper lakes between Owen Sound and Fort William. This completes
the equipment of the actual system from .Atlantic to Pacific, but notice of the company's
rolling stock would not be perfect were not mention made of the three magnificent new
steamships which the company possess. These are : — the Empress of India, Kmpress of
Japan and Empress of China, forming the western link in the chain which will form a
system direct from London to the Orient and to Australasia.
The management of the Canadian Pacific Railway has always done its duty by Mont-
real. Beginning by the construction of the extension along the wharves westward from
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The Ontario and
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ut Ontario ; the
the short line to
nsvvick and the
Then tlicre are
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rince Albert, J49
Leod, 301 miles.
may be said that
thin the past ten
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money. But the
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1 a success under
mense. It corn-
sleeping cars, 73
J cattle cars, J53
ovv ploujjhs. In
my owns the fine
Manitoba, 2.600
This completes
A the company's
magnificent new
ndia. Empress of
ivhich will form a
ts duty by Mont-
> westward from
llochelaga to the old (Jiiebec Hate Marracks, tlie old landmarks were speedily demolished
to make room for the s ibstantial Oalhousie Square depot, whici will ever be memorable
to Montrealers as the spot from which the volunteers left for the Northwest in 1SH5, and as
that wherein they were welcomed home after that now historic campaign. Large work-
shops were at once erected at Hochelaga, which became one ot the largest railway centres
in the Dominion, and these are beinsf constantly added to. It is true 'hat the company has
workshops also at Perth, (arlelon Place, Winnipeg and l-orl William, but it is in the
Montreal shops that most of the original constructv>n is done. The company's workshops
in all represent an expenditure of considerably o\'er a milliiMi and a tjuartcr of dollars.
Their locomotive shops on Delormier Avenue are amonj; the most complete on the con-
tinent, while thi car shops at Hochelaga give employment to hundreds of men in the con-
struction of these cars, be they sleepers, lirst-class or colonists which have made the
name of the C.P. R. synonymous with comfort. The growth ol tratlic upon the road,
especially in the Montreal division, and more particularly due to the development caused
by the opening of the company's magnificent steel bridge at Lachine, has necessitated the
purchase and lay'ng out y.'i'i extensive yards at Outremont, which have entailed an ex-
penditure of over $94,000. This additional accotnmi>dation brings up the total yard
milage in and around Montreal to something in the neighbourhood \>i 15 miles. Tre
large elevators on the harbour front are already overtaxed by the grain from the West,
and it is not improbable that the companv will show further enterprise in this direction.
The new Windsor depot on Dominion Square, from which all the Western trains of
the company, save the transcontinental express, depart, is in itself a monument of the
enterprise of the company, and admired by both resident and visitor. Its construction and
the building of the road into the city from the west-end was a work of considerable mag-
nitude, but has already repaid the company and satisfied even those Montrealers who com-
plained at the demolition of old residential properties involved in its extension.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company has now upon its pay-rolls about 28,000
men.
The total cost of the Canadian Pacific has been $i5f),488,722, of which $130,499,104
was for the main line ; but this does not include the portion of the line built by the tiov-
ernment, the cost of which is estimated at $35.cx)o,ooo.
In addition to the two great Canadian companies, the following lines run daily trains
over the Grand Trunk to and from Montreal, viz. The Central \'ermont, Delaware iV
Hudson, S". Lawrence & .Adirondack and C tnada .Atlantic, forming a direct connection
between this city and New York, Boston and all the large cities of the Kastern States.
liOAK/) i)F TRADh: SOUVENIR .
SIR nONAI.I) A. SMITH, M.I'., K.C.M.d.
Sir DoVAi.n A. Smith, M.P., KC.M.G., may justly ho termed llu most cmiiifiit per-
sonage that LanaJa lan boast iif diiiiiii,'' the present century. Throuj^h a ioiij^ life ol
activity, enterprise and uselulness lie li.is niaile lor himself a pa^e in history teeminj;^ with
records of all tiiat isj,'ood, nohle and ^'enenuis. 'I liere is iiolivinj; mai.i so closely identilied
with the development of the r ^mnws aiui industries tif this Ci>untry as he has bren. His
career in connection with tlie lhidM>n IJ.iy C iiiii|iany, extendin^• o\er a period of nearly
sixty years, places him in the foremost ranU amonj,' the |-<ioneu-s vi Canadian civilization.
He is of Scottish origin, having: been born in .Moiayshiie in iSji. lie caivic ti> Canada
when tjuite a youth, and at .1 comparatively early a^e entered the employment of the
Hudson Hay Company, with \vhich hehash.\n so closely allied ever sir.ce. l'"rom one
position to another he >.;radualiy rose until he bec.imc a Commissioner, Director, and after-
wards Governor i.^< that vast concern, and still luikls the l.itter position. He lias been
chielly reniarUable for the prc>minent part hi has taken in t!ie colonization ol Manitoba and
the Norih-Wcst Territorie:. !ind in iSjti he was appointed an Mxeculive (."ouncilior o{ that
comparatively unknown and _^_____^___^______^__ undeveloped country iind was
also a Comissioner appointed
the insurrection of i.S()((-7o,
to represent W'innipeyf in the
and resijjfiied that position in
attention to the business
to which he had been elected.
Federal Parliament for Mani-
as a province, was re-elected
and at present he is the
West in the Dominion Parlia-
last resident Governor of the
durin{^ the past few years has
with the Canadian Pacific
a Director and ona of the
was from the first one of the
buildinjj of that fjreat tr.iiis
to enquire into the causes of
He vviis unanimously elected
.Manitoba .Assembly in 1M71,
1874 in order to devnte his
of the House of Commons,
He was returned to the
• oba in 1S71 on its admission
in 1S74, and ay;ain in 1878,
representative of Montreal
ment. Sir Donald was the
Hudson Hay Company, and
been prominently connected
Railway, of which he is still
larj^est shareholders. He
most deeply interested in the
continental line and was pre-
sent when the last spike was driven at Crai^allachic, R.C., on November 7th, 1885. In
addition to his connection w iih the two large companies above alluded to Sir Donald is
interested in a }.>;reat number of financial and industrial concerns. He is a larije shareholder
in the Bank of Montreal and President of that institution. It is, however, ai a philan-
thropist that he is best known. There is hardly a charitable institution i:i the city of
Montreal to which he has not been a liberal donator. Many of the poor and needy of this
city can testify to the charity he almost daily dispenses among them without ostentation.
The crowninjj act of his generosity was his munificent gift ot a million dollars for the build-
ing and endowing of the " \ictoria Jubilee Hospital." He has long been a liberal patron
ot most of the leading educational institutions in the city, his munificent gifts to Mcllill
College especially being fresh in the memory of all. The most notable of these was the
gift of the " Donalda College" for women, entirely purchased and equipped by him. Nicd-
less to say that he is a (iovernor of McCiill, which he has so much benefited. Among the
thousands of the gifts to Her Majesty on her auspicious Jubilee none were more costly or
princely than the one of Sir Donald A. Smith and Lord Mount Stephen. He has been .m
active member of the Hoard of Trade for a number of years, and was asked to perform the
ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new building on May it)th ot l.ist year.
This ceremony was performed in the presence of the Building Committee and Council of
the Board of Trade and a large assemblage of the Hoard and the general public, and marks
a most important epoch in the history of the institution. He has been ever ready with his
powerful influence and open purse to further any project for the advancement o^ Canadian
industries and tbe development of Canadian resources. In politics he has always been a
firm supporter of the Conservative party ever since he first represented Winnipeg in the
Local Assembly in 1S71,
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Uailvvav wc
birth. He
education i
ciMiimeiiccil
between l'!n
service oi I
railway ope
anil i>ne wh
Joseph lillei
he removed
coin shire Ki
he became .
I^dward W;
and the
Joseph \\a-
.Accountant
he accepted
settled in
railway care
markable
success and
joined the
Secrctary-T
Brydges, .>
promoted tt
which posit
order to enj
teen years <
tion 10 hav
proper he h
either Presii
the interests
rapid stride;
benefits, the
wiiolly unde
tion of the I
giving to th
across the A
3,487 miles,
spirit. Thi:
facilities to ;
enjoyed tho
l'\ir the abil
valuable ser
resources, h
devoted the
movements
institutions
for this city
and is a Dir
on the Liqu
of late. Si
always take
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SiK |i>si;i'ii lliiKsoN, Ki., \vlu>so nanu' lias been so proiiiinently cuniiectod with the
Uailway wurkl 4>f binli luirupo aiul Anicrifa lor nearly iialt a eentiiry, is an ICn^^iisliman liy
hirtl), lie was lii>rii in Ollerhiirn, N\>rtluinil">erlaiul, in liie year iS.>t'> ""d reeeiveil ins
eduealion in iiis native county. At a eomparaiiveiy early af,'e lie, when almost a hoy,
eonniieneei! iiis business career witii a larj^e carrying; lirni in days before tiie railway system
between lin^Haiul aiui Stolland hail been perteeteJ. Some time alter tiiis he entered tiie
ser\ice oi tile \ortli I'iastern Railway o\' I'Jiif^land wiiere lie jjaineil his first k!u>wledt4:e of
rail\\a\ operations, a knowledf,'e that was destined to produce a most phenomenal career
anil one which falls to the lot oi but few men. After a few years with this companv Sir
Joseph filled an miportani position o\\ the .M;ir\porl X: Carlisle Railway until 1S31, when
he removed to .Miinchester to take up .1 position with the .Manchester, Sliellield i\: Lin-
colnshire Railway, in which his promotion was very rapid. Ten \ears afterwards, when
he became Assistant to the lieneral .Manaj^er of that line he attracted the iittention of Sir
lulward W'alkin, who, at that time, was President of the liraiul Trunk Railway ol (.'anada
and the leadinji^ Railway
Joseph was offered by that
Accountant to the (Irand
he accepted. lie arrivetl in
settled in Montreal, where
railw ay career since that date
markable on record and
success and rapid promotion,
joined the service oi the
Secretary-Treasurer, and on
Hrydfj^es, Manajjing- Direc-
promoted to the position of
which position he held until
order to enjoy a well-earned
teen years of his connection
tioii to having the manajfe-
proper he had charjje of al
.Maj^nate oi the day. Sir
>,'^entleman the position oi
Trunk t'ompany, and this
Canada in January, 1862, and
he has since resided. His
has been one of the most re-
marked with extraordinary
It was not lonjj after he
company that he was made
the retirement of .Mr.
tor, in 1S74. Sir Joseph was
lieneral-Mana^'er o\' the line,
i8i)i, when he retired in
rest. Durinjj the last seven-
wit h the company, in addi-
ment of the Grand Trunk
its atliliated lines, and was
either President, Vice-President or Director of nearly twenty companies, having- control of
the interests of most oi them. Hurinjj the period of his manaj,a'ment the company made
rapid strides and formed connections that secured to Canada many substantial tradin<r
benefits, the most marked of these beinjf the establishment of a direct line to Chicajjo
wholly under Ciiand Trunk control. By this master-stroke of policy the best paying por-
tion of the frcii,''ht carried by the Grand Trunk Railway was secured, at the same time
giving'' to the Canadian steamship companies some of the most valuable freight they carry
across the .Atlantic. While under Sir Joseph's ch.irge the mileage increased from 1,383 10
3,487 miles, a fact which speaks volumes for the enterprise and foresight of the guiding
spirit. This extension has been specially beneficial to Canada as it afforded carrying
facilities to several of the rising manufacturing towns of Western Ontario which had never
enjoyed these before, and the result was a rapid development of a number of these towns.
For the ability he displayed in the management of the jjreat railway of Canada and for the
valuable services he rendered to this country in the way o\' developing its industries ;ind
resources, he was knighted by Her .Majesty in i8<k), a fitting tribute to pay to one who had
devoted the best part ol his life for the benefit of the country of his adoption. In social
movements Sir Joseph takes an acti • interest and is a member o( many o{ the benevolent
institutions in Slontreal, o( which he is a liberal supporter. He is a Justice of the Peace
for this city and is interested in several Hanking, Manufacturing and Industrial enterprises
and is a Director of some of them. He is President of the Royal Prohibition Commission
on the Liquor Trallic, the duties of which have occupied a considerable portion of his time
of late. Sir Joseph has been a member of the Hoard of Trade for many years and has
always taken a deep interest in the welfaVe of that institution as also that of the Corn
Kxchange Association. In politics he does not belong to any party and is guided by events.
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iiuicli lou.iii.ls iho dovclopmeiU ot iho tratlo, commerce, aiul resources of ilic noini-
nion oF Canada, that ot" Mi\ni:ui.on i*: (\>.y Ai,rents tor tlie Hambury-American Packet
Co. (Hansa Line) of Hambiirir, liolds i liigli rank. Tliis was esiahlislied over a quar-
ter of a century aijo hy tlie late W'iiiiam Christian iMunderloh, uliose recent sutiden
deatli, while on a pleasure trip to Calilornia, caused sr.ch deep-felt sorrow anionj^ his nian_\-
friends in Montreal. In the foundiiiijf of this Line tlu deceased iieiilieman evpcrienced a
^ood deal of uphill work, but persexered most .steadiaslly until, in a few years, his ellorts
were rew.irded with success, almost beyond his most sa!iL;uine expectations. As lontj at^o
as i8fH Mr. Munderloh conceived the idea of establishiiitj a line of .steamers between .\ion-
treal and Hamburi^ direct, and thus creatins;- a totally new trade with Canatla. l'"rom a
small bc^inniiiijf this developed, under his fosterin-^- care and skilful manai^emenl, into one
ut" the most extensive ocean-carryint; freit^ht and passenger companies between the two
coininents. At the cornmencement Mr. Munderloh tounil it a diHicult matter to fill a few
sailin^f vessels with Canadian
emharketl in 'his underlakint,''
by his perseverance he con-
so that lie could safely re-
.\ntwerp and Hamburt;- the
in place of sailinjj;' vessels to
taken and ver\' soon the sail-
and steamers touk their
only an irrej^ular service but
to establish a regular fort-
sinco been increased to a
was a native of Llsfleih,
(iermany, where he w as born
there. In 1S47 he remo\ei.l
menced his commercial career
Here he remained fi>r ten
time he came to Canada ha\ -
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produce, but once he had
there was no retreatint;, and
siderably developed the trade
commend to his friends in
adoption of a few steamers
Montreal. His advice was
ing \essels were abandoned
place. At first there was
it was soon found necessary
nii,^htly service which has
weekly one. Mr. Munderloh
tir.ind Duchy of Oldenburi;",
in iS_^i and was educated
to Bremen where he com-
in a large dry jj^oods house,
years, at the ^wiX of which
inyf obtained a position in a
.Montreal Wliolesale Dry Cioods house. .After three years service he travelled for the firm
in I'pper and Lower Canada ami this t;ave him an insight into the grand resources of the
countrv which o:ily needed development to make it rich and prosperous. Tiiis deci-
ded the question of his making Canada his future home, and after a brief visit to his native
place to see his friends he settled in Montreal in the dry goods business. After becoming
thoroughly established he conceived tlu idea above ret'erred to of inaugurating a direct line
of shipping with the continent of Ivurope. This he at once put into efiect with the success-
ful result already mentioned. At first the Dominion Ciovernment came to his assistance b\
granting him a small subsidy tor five years at the end of \\ hich time the success of his
Company was assures.! and since then it has been purely self-sustaining. He was a most
ardent supporter of every project tvir l!ie development of Canada's trade and commerce and
an active member of the Board of Trade since 1S71) having frequently served o\\ the Coun-
cil of th ; Board in which he held several important positions. In 1S71 he was appointed
Imperial lierman Consul o'i Montreal which position he held up to the day of his death and
had received the decoration of the Crown Order (tiolden Cross) from the Cierman lunperor.
Mk. tIi:N'KV Ml .\ni:i{i.oii, the eldest son of the deceased gentleman, was born in .Mont-
re^' -in viSOk and educated at the High School here. He succeeds ti> his father's business in
wmch liie has iboe^i ;y partner for some time and has already prov ed by hin great business
.ability, the house so well eslabUkln;|l vyill have in him an ab^e-successor who will find it
comparatively easy to extentl his father's enterprise as he finds ii sountt fouiida^on to build
upon, lie became a member of the Board of Trade in iSqi, and like his fiither will no
doubt make his mark in the councils of this important body. To Munderloh & Co. the
great North-West owes the majorilv of the Cierman settlers, whom all agree make the best
farmers in the continent of .Vmerica.
\'.') or TNADE SOrVEXfR Xl'MP.F.R.
THOMAS li. sll.\^lill^l•;ss^■.
c\\ liavo done so
s oi ilio Doini-
Anicrican Packet
cd over a quai-
e recent sudden
anionic li's nianv
an eypti'ienced a
\ear.s, liis ellorts
IS. As loiiij ai;o
rs between \io\\-
anatla. I-Vom a
j^enienl, into one
between the two
tier to till a few
It once he liad
o retreatiiiLi, and
veloped tlie trade
his friends in
a few steamers
His advice was
were abandonetl
first there was
1 found necessary
vice which has
Mr. Munderloii
hy of Oidenhin'!4',
d was educated
where he coni-
Jry jj^oods iiouse.
le entl of which
.1 a position in a
jlled for the firm
resources of the
us. This deci-
^ isit to iiis native
After hecomini;'
itin^ a direct fine
with the success-
liis assistance by
ho success oi iiis
He was a most
1(1 commerce antl
ed ^M\ tiie Conn-
ie was appointed
of his deatii and
erman Mmperor.
as born in Mont-
liier's business in
s, threat business
r w ho will 'n\\i\ it
imdapon to build
lis f;\ther will no
Jerloh iV Co. the
ee make the best
Mk. TnoMA-; (i. Sii.\is..iim;>s\', \ice-l'resident oi tiie (."anailian Pacific l\ail\\a\. i>
without douiit one of the besl known ani.1 most alile railway men in America lo-Lla\. liis
oiilicial career has been a brilliant o\\\: from the outset, anil lew men in any (.leparlmenl ol
jiublic business ha\e made such rapiii proLjress as he has to his reciird. lie was Ihmii in
the City o\ Milwaukee, , 1 Wis., on the oih of Octobei-.
iiS^;^, and he spent the early part ol his life, and received
his education in his native ^^, citv. lie first enteretl rail-
way service wi.h the Mil- ^1^^* waukee and St. Paul Rail-
wav in Julv, iSixj. He was ^K connected with the purchas-
ing' department o{ this roai.1 ^B^I^M* *- until January, iSj^, i.lurin_i;'
which time he proved him- ^Bi^?^S self a nutst valuable servant
to his C'onpanv and dis- ^^^lUHl played a threat abilitv in
handliti!.;' his work. lie was ^^^^BMIb ' nex* promoteil to be princi-
]ial store-keeper ofthes.ime ^fl^^^^E^- -'<' i - road, i ie ret.ained the l.itler
position until Mr. \'an .^^^fc^^^^^^ llorne became manai^er f.^'i
the Canadian P.icilic i\ail- -<«i|^^^^^^^AHB|^ iSSj, when he
summoned to Montreal bv ^^i^^^^H^H^^Hb ''^''' '<■"'-''' ^''eiitleman, and
vv as ofVered ami acceptetl the ^ ^^BPBBRB^^ position oi i.;eneral pmchas-
ini;' assent vif the new roatl. <»^\^' \\\^ abilities and executive
capacity soon brouijht him into ii'eneral notice and in
Janu'irv', iiSiS4, he was ap- piiinted assistant to the
Cienera- .Manai^er. in the follow inj^ \ear he was promoted to the position of Assistant
Manai^er. In jime. i>Sc»i, he was elected a director and \'ice-i'resident ol the Canadian
Pacific i'Jailvvay anil still retains that position. .Mr. Shaui;hnessv has been a member oi
the .Montreal iioanl ol Trade for a nmi ber oi vears.
HCCiH .Ml i.I^NN AX, .Momki-.vi. 'I k v^sl•ol^r.v rioN (o.
.Xmontf the many Transportation companies in Can;
connected with the ijfrain and Hour export trade than the .\
which .Mk. Hi I. II .MiI.kwan is the founder, and i^i which
ort;ani/ation a quarter \.>i a cenlurv aii'o. .Mr. H. Mi:l,emi
been born in Cilent;;arry in
He came to .Montreal in icS^j
line o'( steamers plvin^ be-
ton in the capacity of i'urser.
in^er and l""reiiilit .Xj^ent for
iS^o, and in the follovvini;-
the same capacity In iS^;}
John .Mcl.emiiin, the funi be-
'i'hey carrieil yM\ the i;rain
for many years until .Mr. John
business in icSdj. 'I'hetrans-
corporateil and enlari^eil, un-
" .Montreal I'ransportation
l.emian was made President
the position ever since. .Mr.
ent,^at^ed in liie ^rain trade
shippers from this port. He
colonial Coal Coni|iany and the lilack Diamond Steanish
oiliest members oi the lioaril o\ 'I'rade and C'orn Ivxchan
I, liter bodv has always been heltl in the hii^he-l esteem
Conserv ativ e.
Ilia there are few more closely
lontreal 'I'ransportation C"o., o'^
he has been President since its
an is a native Canadian, liaviiiL;
1825, and educated there.
anil entereil the service of the
tvveeii .Montreal .md Kin^s-
He aflerwardsbecameWharf-
tlie Company in KiiiLjston in
year renunetl to .Montreal in
he was joined by his brother,
ini^styleil J. \- 11. .McLennan.
and transportation business
.McLennan retireil from .active
pcrtation traile was then in-
iler the new title ol' the
Company."' Mr. iiut^li .\Ic-
of this I'ompanv. and has held
McLennan is also very largelv
anil is one ^^\ the heaviest
is Presiilent <^'i the Inlet -
ip Company, lie is one ol the
e, and with the members ol the
In politics Mr. Mci.eiin.an is ,1
xC^:
BOARD OF IKADK SOVl KNIR Xl\\
r.iLMAN cm:\K^'.
Mr. (liLMAN CiiKM'V, President o'" the Can itliaii Express Company, and well
known to all members of Montreal's Commercial community, was born at Hiilsborougii.
New Hampshire, I'. S. A., i:i iSjj, At t '.e ai^e of seventeen lie was apprenticed to one ol
the laryi'e Cotton ManutacturiiiL;;' Companies ot' Manchester,
was schooled. He remained
when he left his nati\e State
was duriiii^ the (.'alifornia
went there in tiiiest of for-
than two years of the old
ing he returned home, and
as representati\e of Rico &
Agents. 'Ihis compan)- was
ican I'-xpress Company ;ind
known throughout tiie Do-
press Co. During tlie past
experience with this Com-
grow from a small beginning
and to his untiring energy
this may be attributed. He
elected to the highest posi-
has long bjen recognized as
tial fo.' the expeditious transport of freight. Mr. Cheney became a member of the
Board iCiS Trade in 1S92, and although he has passed the three-score years and ten, may
be seen on our streets daily, in apparent good health, and as deeply interested in the
commercial welfare of Montreal as c\er.
X. II.. to which busmess he
with the company until 184c)
for the Pacific coast. 'Phis
gold fever, and Mr. Cheney
tune. After a little more
fashioned style of gold min-
in 1852 he came to Canada
Co., Express Forwarding
afterwards named the Amer-
still more recently has been
minion as the Canadian l-^x-
forty years of Mr. Chene\'s
pany he has seen the business
to one of large proportions,
ani.1 fine business qualities
has met his reward by being
tion in the company which
one of the institv:tions essen-
Mk. Hic.i
IS a nati\ e of R
the Grammar S
in Toronto witl
Mr. Pat on n
his uncle's offici
removed to J
ecuti\e Oflicerc
Cartage Agents
Mr. Paton is th
under his able
its operations
the tirand Trui
has also cai laj
nection with otl
large trading c
twelve hundrei
grain and gei
in the I'nited
and one of the
Club, being at
the Belair Jock
highly esteemec
itahle institutio
Mr. Paton is a
CiKORCil-; OLDS, Tkaiiu .Manaokk Canaoian Paiiir- Raiiavav.
Mk. tiKOKi'.i-: Oi.os, Cieneral Trallic Manager oS. the Canadian Pacific Railw ay and one
i>f the best known railway men on this continent, was born in Stapleton, Ciloucestershire.
Fingland, in 183J, and was educated in his native countr\. He joined the service of the
Groat Western Railway i>f Canada in December, 1S54, that line being then an independent
He remained , , with the company three
the ser\ice <'^'i the Buffalo and
became Cieneral l-"reight
In iiS()5 he left the ser\ ice o'i
pointment with the Chicago,
way and remained connected
After filling the jiosition oi
seiiger Agent for some time
company to take up the
Agent oi the Chicago, .Mil-
way, which he held until
Cieneral Tratlic Manager iif
way, his long and varied ex-
eminent degree for liiis
post, which he accepted and
l""rom the foregoing it will
America, or e\ en in the
years and afterwards joined
Lake Huron Railway and
Agent of that line in 1S61.
the company to take an ap-
Burlington and Ouincy Rail-
with it tor sixteen years.
Cieneral Freight and Pas-
he left the service of this
position of Cieneral Freight
Waukee and St. Paul Rail-
1SS2. In iSSG he became
t!ie Canadian Pacific Rail-
perience fitting him in an
oneriHis and respiMisible
which he now occupies,
be seen that few men in
Eastern Hemisphere, ha\e had such a varied and \.iluahle txperience in Railway unrking
as the subject iif this --ketch. His success in the position he now holds is well known to
the commercial community o'< C'anada. He lias been a member \ii the Poaril iif Tratle
since 1S.S7.
Mr. Robk
Ireland, and ri
after a short st;
his own accoun
VVm. Ross, i<
in Montreal am
the Toronto
shipping matte
Ross, Donaldsc
ing to Europe
portant factors
many new stea
personally \\\U
wide business.
brin;
,>-ing carg
Reford has dc
adian cattle tra
bring steamers I
fruit. He is {
dent of the
the Charlemat:
C"ompany, and
I le has been a 1
member of the '
Wardens Comr
i
\DK SOVl KNJR XIMBKR.
111'C;H P.\TO\, Sin:nni:N C\>., (Limuhd.)
Mk. Hrc.i r.MON, Cieneral Manaj^cr and Secretary of " Tlie Shedden Co. Limited,"
IS a native of Renfrewshire, Scotland, where he was born in 1852. He was educated at
the Grammar School, Paisley, and come to Canada in 1871. He first took up his residence
in Toronto with his uncle John Shedden, Esq., who was a large railway contractor. Here
Mr. Paton remained two „ . years, holding a position in
his uncle's oflire, but on the
removed to Montreal and
ecuti\ e Oflicer of the Shedden
Cartage Agents for the (Jrand
Mr. Paton is the largest pro-
under his able management
its operations considerablv,
the Grand Trunk at most <-
has also tanagfe, coll.'cting
nection with other railways in
large trading centres in the
twelve hundred horses and
grain and general storage
in the l-nited States. Mr.
and one of the principal sup-
Club, being at one time the
the Belair Jockey Clul)
death of that gentleman he
took up the position of I'^x-
Company, Forwarding and
Trunk and other Railway s.
prietor in this concern and
the company has extended
and now does the cartage of
their principle stations, and
and delivery agencies in con-
Detroit, Winnipeg and many
west. Thecompany ownsover
are proprietors of several
warehouses in Canada anti
Paton is a keen sportsman
porters of the Montreal Hiuit
M. V . H., and is a director of
He is one of the best known men in Montreal Society, and is
highly esteemed and respecf,.'d. iJ-isa liberal supporter of all the hospitals and char-
itable institutions in the citj, nvv . especially the Montreal General Hospital. In politics
Mr. Paton is a strong Liberal-*, oi'servative.
ROBHRT RKFORD, Stka.mship Ownkk.
Mr. Robkkt Rki-ord, Steamship O vner and Agent, is a native oi the North of
Ireland, and received his primary education in Belfast. He came to Canada in i<S45 u.id
after a short stay in Montreal removed to Toronto. In 1850 he commenced business on
his own account, and in 1861 purchased the Wholesale Grocery and Importing business of
Wm. Ross, & Co. l'"our ■ , years later heopened a branch
in Montreal and came to re- side here. In 1868 he sold
the Toronto business and began to interest himself in
shipping matters. He soon ^ obtained agencies for the
Ross, Donaldson and Tliomp- Ar^, son lines with steamers plv-
ing to European and other . «i^fca.% ports. These lines are im-
portant factors in Montreal's jfe Sll^ Ua<\<^ to-dav, having built
many new steamers in nearly ^^JUm^' :»11 of which Mr. Reford is
personally interested. His "^ ^ *lti9 ^ firm does a varied and world-
wide business, the steamers ti^i^^^^^ '" ^^'I'l-'li 'i^^ •« interested
bringing cargoes Irom all '''IrS^t^^^^^ "^'^'' ^^^ universe, and Mr.
Reford has done much to- mWl^^^m^^w%. ^^''•'ds establishing the Can-
adian cattle trade with (ireat M'^^Wj/w^uF 'Britain, and was the first to
bring steamers dire.' to. Mon- W ^^ * fF treal with Mediterranean
fruit. He is a Director of tiie Bank of Toronto, Presi-
dent of the Mount Ro\a! -MiliingCoinpany, and also of
the Charlemagne and Lac Ouei\'au l.umbe'r and Milling
Company, and takes an active interest in real estate in. the City and Island of Montreal.
He has been a member of the Board of Trade for more than twenty-five years and was a
member of the Council for the years iS((ii-<ti. He has also been a member of the Purt-
Wardens Committee for several years.
i'lil
HOARD OF TRADE SOU I
jAMKS Clll'.il SHAW. I'oui Warden.
Mr. Jamks Gii?h Shaw, the well known Port Warden of Montreal, Surveyor to Lloyd's,
nn<T!aiul, and (iovernmeiil Inspector ol" vessels lor this port, is a native Canadian, beinij^
born in Quebec City in 1834. and educated there. From 1850101804 he was eng-ajjcd in
ship-buildinLV in Ouebec, and in 18O9 removed to Montreal wliere he luis since resided.
lie has filled the ollices re- j — | fcrred to for the past seven
teen years, and in shippin«j
beinj^ in\ariably consulted on
important branch oFinduslry.
don, l';n!;land, by the Hoard
the Canadian Ciovernment,
conimillee of the House of
pin^ Act of iSSo, and in this
insjf the C"anadian system of
part of the Act, to the sj^reat
Mr. Shaw has been a close
nected with Canadian ship-
" he has seen the total ex-
tra''e of Canada which up to
of capital and more men than
Mr. Shaw is a promincTit
and scientific societies. He
circles is a great authority,
ail matters rela'ive to this
Mr. Shaw was sent to I,on-
of Trade, at the recjuest of
as a representative before ;■.
Commons on the Grain Ship-
capacity he succeeded in hav-
fjrain loadinij adopted as
benefit of Canadian shippers,
observer of e\'erythinf^ con-
pinjj interests and says that
tinction of the ship-buildinj^'
186^ employed a \ast amount
any industry in the country."
member of several literary
is honorarv secretary of the
Microscopal Society, member o\' the Historical Society, the Canada Club and several
others. He has been an active member of the I'oard of Trade since 1887, his oO'cial
position bringing him into daily contact with all the la. ye shippers, among whom no is
highly esteemed.
WILLI A.M STLWART, Ki\r,sro\ A?<n Montki;ai. I'okwauoim.'. Co.
Prominent among the Forwarding Managers ami .Agents in Montreal who have contri-
buted so much to th^ welfare of the tratle and commerce of Canada, is Mr. Wim.iam
SricwAKT, Managing Director of llu Ki;. ;ston and Montr, al Forwarding Co. Mr. Stewart
is a nali\ e Canadian ha\ing been born in Howick, county of Chateauguay, F^.O., in 1844,
and educated there. Heco:;i-
at a co;iiparati\ely early age
when only lifleon years oi
him in the Inland Forward-
moved lo Ki.igston as Agent
Co., where he remained lor
he has been intimately' as>o-
Montreal Forwarding Corn-
various positions, he became
holds that position. .Alter
Kingston he renun e I to Mon-
ded. The success oi his C'om-
mensions to which its trade
few years are due to Mr.
business ability. He is a
.Andrew's Society, .Montreal,
Society in Kingston wJiere
Vice-President ol the Hoard of Trade. He has been an active member of the Montreal
Board of 'i'rade since iS;i) and is also v\w ol the leading members of the Corn I'-xchange
.Association. He is a Director of the .Montreal Thistle Curling Club, and a prominent
curler. In politics he has always suppor'cd tiie Liberal parly.
menced his commercial career
having removed to Montreal
age. Two years later saw
ing business. In i8i)7here-
for Henderson, Halcomb &
fifteen years. I'rom the first
ciated with the Kingston and
pany in which, having filled
Managing Director and still
his fifteen years' sojourn in
treal w here he has since resi-
pany and the enormous di-
has developed during the past
Stewart's energy and marked
proriinent member oi St.
aiul was President of thai
he also filled the position of
1 IM!
n OF TRADE SOL'VEmN XCU/iER.
eyor to Lloyd's,
anadian, beiiii:^
,va.s enij;'ag'cd in
s since resided,
liic past soven-
roat fiulhority,
ola'ive to tliis
IS sent to Lon-
tlie request of
lative before :■.
the Cirain Slii;')-
icceeded in hav-
i^ adopted as
ladian siiippers.
nerytliinij con-
and says tliat
e sliip-buildins;'
.1 a \ ast amount
n the country."
several literary
iecretary of the
lb and several
■^87, his ofV'cial
ni^ whom n^ is
DOMINION TRANSi'ORTATION COMIANV.
This company was formed by Messrs. W. M. Smith aiul l)a\id Morrice, who con-
(.hicted an extensi\e carlai^e and ice business in 1S72. These ^enllemen did a lari^e trade
o\er the principal Canadian Railways, and when the North Slu>ie and Ottawa Occidental
Railwaxs were absorbed h\- the Canatlian i'acilic Railwa\, Mr. Smith obtained a charter
from the Hominion
tiovernment and torm-
ed his present com-
pany, which lias since
Iteen very successful,
and does a lari^e busi-
ness throui,>-hout all
parts o\' Canatla.
Mu. W. H. Smiiii.
manaijer of the abo\e
concern, is a nati\e
of Scotland. He came
to Canada in iS35,and
subse(.|uen t ly man-
ai^ed the cartai^e busi-
ness of Shedden iV
Co., first in Toronto
\li;. w. 1;. >\iiiii. and afterwards in
.Montreal.
Liiu r.-Coi.. SiAKKi: was horn in .Montreal in l>^^^^.
career with W'm. Smith iK: Uros., and upon the formation of the Dominion Transportation Co.,
in iSS^, was appointed secretary to that corporation and has since retained that position.
I ll.r I .-( 1 1| . M \KKi..
He commenced a commercial
u Co.
ho have contri-
iVIr. \Vii.i.i.\M
Mr. Stewart
«\g.,in 1844,
minercial career
ed to Montreal
ears later saw-
in i8()7 he re-
n, Halcomb &
I'rom the first
Kinyston and
1, havini^- filled
ector and still
irs' sojourn in
has since resi-
enormous di-
duriiiLi^the past
^y and marked
•mber o{ St.
ideiit of thai
the position of
the Montreal
orn ICxchantj;'e
d a proininent
BERNARD j. COGHIJN, (Ikon. wo Sri:i;i. Mkkcii.wt).
Mk. Bn:KNAKD J. Cooiiijn, one of the chief promoters of the Iron and Steel Industry
of Montreal, was born in County Cialway, Irelaiul, in 1837. He studied with that celebrat-
ed Irishman Dr. Cahill, and afterwards i:ompleted his ei.iucation i.t Trinity Collej^e, Dublin.
In i85() he commenced his commercial career in Sheffield, I^ni^la id, cnterii'jjf the emplo\- of
Hunter i\: iSo., Steel and , , Iron Manufacturers, with
whom he remained until 18(18.
Canada, relainint;' his Shef-
in Montreal in the followiiii;
on his own account as a
Merchant. He soon extend-
inenced the manufacture of
axles, etc.) This was in
department has since i^reall}
leadiiii^ Railways of thecoun-
able as beini^ the only Cana-
itroiii^ly in favor of Free
his other business he is sole
White Star Line of Steam-
w ilh the Hoard of Trade for
Justice of the Peace for over
In that year he came to
field connection, and settled
year, commencing business
Hardware, Iron and Steel
eil his business, and com-
Railway Supplies (sprini^s,
i87(), and his trade in this
increased, he supplyint^ the
try. Mr. Coi^hlin is remarU-
dian manufacturer who is
Trade. In conjunction with
a<;ent in Montreal for the
ers. He has been associated
over twenty yeais, has be n
eiijhleen years, and is a IJfe
treal Cieneral and Notre
Cio\ernor o'i both the Mon ..^ „ ..,.,. ^
Dame 'lospitals. He is one of the oldest and most enthusiastic members of thj Montreal
Hunt Club. Perhaps, however, the ieature of his character which has, abo e all, endeared
him 'o the community in which he lives, is the liberality and sympathy he has always exhib-
ited towards the workinsjf classes.
BOARD OF JRADE SOUl ENIR NL
GKORCJH IIKNRY HAN\.\. ,Momki:.\!. Wakkiioisim, to.
Amonj,"- the j^rain shippin}jf merchants of Montreal there are few men better known
than Mk. GiiOROE Hknkv H.wna, tlie present Mana^^er and Secretary of the Montreal
Warehousinjj Company. He is a native Canadian, havinij bee.. '.jorn in this city in 1S46
and educated at the Hick's Model School, and .iflerwards at the Molson's Collef^e. in
of the Company as a junior
1869 he entered the service
clerk and by strict attention
in the service imtil in 1873
This office he filled to the
cerned and after a few years
pointed Manaj^er as well as
The business of this corpor.i-
year until now it has as-
and is conducted to the satis-
celerity with which the larg-e
transhipped being surprisiny
Hann.'i is a Director of the
Life Member Mechanics' In-
Caledonian C^irlins; Club.
Fifth Royals and was one of
out to do duty during the
187U acting in the capacity
.■■■"■ '■ .,,j^^f:-
^f ^^^^^' ■
v^jflBlsBiv''
^
1^ ]
Wm..-^ii^^^2^ mai^JLLA
to his duties he rose rapidl\
he was appointed Secretary.
entire satisfaction of all con-
was rewarded by being ap-
Secretary of the Company,
tion has increased year by
sumed \ ery large proportions
faction of all concerned, the
quantities of grain, etc., are
to the uninitiated. Mr.
Athletic Club House Co.,
stitute and a member of the
He served seven years in the
the volunteers who turned
l'"enian r.iids of 1866 and
of StafT-Scrgeant. He has
been a member of t!i-' Corn Exchiuige for over twenty years and upon the amalgamation
of that body with the Board of Trade in 1887 lie liccame :i member of the latter and is also
closely allied with the Corn I'.xcliange Association. There are few members oi llie old
Corn Exchange ^o pop'.lar ai Mr. H;inna.
AI.KXA
Mr. a LI
a native of S
came to Can
education at
latedas 13. A.
entered these
wholesale I)
ness. }le ren
when he bee
Robertson,
se\cred his c
)e;irs of his
period Mr. H
ing every pi;
icS87 he returi
pointed Seer
ers, wiiich r
present time,
Rifles, and
retired wilii
appointed a
a member o
Conservative,
liim to pay ]
spare time to
Jl"LIK\ NAPOLEON I!l•;\L'nR^, Rkal Instate: Ai.knt.
Mr. liLiEN Nai'OI.hon Heaidrv, who for so many years was the well-known Secre-
tary-Treasurer of the r^ichelieu and Ontario Navigation Company, was born in Montreal in
1834 and educated at the Montreal College (The (iraiul Seniinaire). His tirst start in busi-
ness was in 1852 as book-keeper for Edwar^l Ciautjiier, Merchant Tailor. In 1855 he
entered the service <>i Leon , Hurteau, Lumber Merchant,
and after three years he joined the service of the
Richelieu Company as As- sistant-Secretary which posi-
tion he held until 1861 when .y^'^^" '^^" ^^'''^ made Secret ary-
Treasiif-er and continued to ^^F^ till thai responsible oilice till
quite recently. He has al- '^W/ ^, ways been held in high
esteem by the Directors and aH^UlP^ ** Shareholders of the company
whose confidence he fully en- IKTB^ ^^ joyed. Mr. Heaudry is a
man of extraordinary busi- %iHiMF^ ness capacity and his
courteous and trenial dispo- /1^^SFs*V sition has made him a
general favorite with the .^^^B^S3tt«ft[i^^^^ tradmg and tra\elliiig public,
with whom he comes in d.-iilv 'li^^^^^Hil^Fi^^HI^ contact. He is a prominent
member of St. Jean Maptiste iPI^^^^^HH&^BVvtv ''"''' ^^^'^ral other kuidred
societies in which he takes "^^ l|^^^^^Bi|^^^^ P! an active interest. He joineit
the Hoard of Trade in 1887 ^""'^UKS/Kfi^m ^^B ^*' '^"'•' '^ e\er ready to assist
every project for the develop- T ' ™ f^jL ment of the trade and com-
merce oi Canada. Having now retired trom the position
he has so ably filled with the Richelieu Companv tor lhirty-li\ e years he has established
himself in the Real Ivstate business and as agent for financi.-il transactions of all kinds and
a valuator of properties. In politics .Mr. Meaudry is a Conservative, but his busy business
life has not alKnved him to devote much time to their studv.
Mk. Joh
.Montreal,
native of Sco
spent the gri-
experience.
Montreal whi
a number of
whose name
was so loiii.
this city, t
from busine;
on his own
and connecti)
with great si
merous meri
time to time
Hoard ot Tt
teresl in eve
cial welfare (
with the shij
allied. Mr.
member of t
in the Provi
institutions ii
interest in pa
mtnnrrm'aes
4DE SO U I EN J R NUMBER.
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AI.KXAXDKR ROHKRTSON, H.A.. Si i v.-Tki;as. Hakhoi u Com.missionkns.
Mr. Alkxandek Robkktson, Sccretary-Treasvircr to the Harbour Commissioners is
a native of Scotland, wiiere he was born in the year 1S50. At the aj^e of two years he
came to Canada witli his parents who scttltKl in Montreal. Mr. Robertson received his
education at the Hifjfh School, and afterwards at McCiill Collejje, from which he matricu-
lated as B. A., at the aye of
entered the services of Messrs.
wholesale I^ry (ioods mer-
ness. He remained with that
when he became a partner
Robertson, I.inton & Co.
by sexcred his connection with
years of his life were de-
pcriod Mr. Robertson made
inj^ every place of interest,
1S1S7 he returned to Montreal,
pointed Secretary-Treasurer
ers, which position he has
present time. In 1873 he
Rifles, and remained with
retired willi the honorary
.ippoiiited a Justice oi the
a member of the Hoaid of
nmeteen years. In 1870 he
Robertson, Stephen & Co.,
chants, to learn that busi-
firm until January 1st, 1882,
in the well known firm of
At the beginning of 1885 he
this firm and the next two
voted to travel. During this
Ji tour round the world, visit-
historic and otherwise. In
and soon afterward was ap-
to the Harbour Commission-
continued to hold up to the
joined the 1st Prince of Wales
that corps until 1880, when he
ra k of Captain. He was
Peace in 1892. He has been
Trade since tlie year iScSo, and in politics is a Liberal
Conservative, but his duties in the important office which, he holds makes it impossible for
liim to p;iy p;irticu!ar attention to tliis branch of Canadian public life. He devotes his
spare tiir.e to liierature in preference to politics.
JOHN R. ARXOTT, Cistoms' Wakeholseman.
Mu. John R. Aknott, whose name is so well known throughout commercial circles in
Montreal, in connection with the Warehousing and Customs Brokerage business, is a
r.ative of Scotland where he was born in the year 1834. He received his education and
spent the greater part of his early life in Kngland where he also gained his first business
experience. He came to Can-
Montreal where he has resi-
a number of years in the ser-
whose name is so familiar in
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aP "*■ '* .
was so long established in
this city. L'pon the retire-
from business a few years
on his own account, taking
and connection. Since then
with great success and to the
merous merchants in Mont-
time to time taken in charge.
Board ot Trade since i88u
terest in everything calcula-
cial welfare of Montreal, es-
with the shipping trade with
.illied. Mr. Arnott has been
member of the Masonic Order and has held important offices in connection with that body
iti the Provice of Quebec and is also associated with several benevolent and charitable
institutions in the city. In politics he is a Conser\ ative, but so far has taken no particular
interest in party aflV.irs.
ada in 1872 and settled in
ded ever since. He was for
vice of Mr. Anthony Force,
commercial circles and whc
the warehousing business in
ment of the latter gentleman
ago, Mr. Arnott commenced
over Mr. Force's business
he has conducted the same
entire satisfaction of the nu-
real whose goods he has from
He has been a member of the
and has always taken an in-
ted to promote the commer-
pecially in matters connected
which he is most closely
lor many years a prominent
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The history nf the Montreal Street Railway, t'loni the lime tiie first rail was laiil clown
in September, nSOi, iiji to the present, is so fraui^hl with stirriiiij ineidents, ( tspecia'iy
diiriiii^- the the past two years), that it would require almost an entire volume in itself to
t\^^ the subject justice. Space will not, houe\er, admit iM this, and the sUetch o'i the Com-
pany's progress since its inception must be brief. X^^ .Montreal belontfs the credit
of being tiie first cit\' in Canada to possess a street railway. LiUe every other
deviation from tlie old beaten track tiie innovation met with a great deal of opposition,
and many were the prophecies that dire results would attend the nnining of a line of lail-
way through the streets of the city. This pessimistic idea had taUeii such a strong hold of
the majority of the people that it was a long time before the good people oi .Montreal could
\^^ made to reconcile themselves to the new mode of lociMiiotion. (iradually, howe\er,
they began \o see that tiie street railway was a great boon to the travelling' community.
Covered cars, quick transit, and every other cotuenience had the desired etiect and the
Montreal Street Railway Company soon came to be looked upon as absolutely essential to
the welfare of the citizens of this great commercial metri>polis. It was ^.m^ the 2t)th o'i
Xovember, uSOi, that the first car was placed on the track, anil many were the onlookers
to witness the \irgin trip. Since that date one section of the city after another has been
invaded, until now every main thoroughfare has its line iit rails with a car service second
to none in .America. On all the main lines the service is every three minutes, so that no
passenger has long- to wait before he can gel a means o^ convevance to his destination.
(^w the branch lines and in tlie sparselv populated district^ the service is so arranged as to
;v^ OF I RADE SOUl I.NIR Xl.MHF.R.
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il was laid Jou n
eiUs, ( tspecia'ly
ilunic ill itselt \o
tell of the L'oni-
oiiijs the crodil
ko L'VL-ry iitlier
ot oppositiiin,
of a line ul lail-
i stroiifj^ luiiii ot
f MiHitreal could
diiallv. Iio\\o\cr,
iiii^' i;oniimmity.
1 etVcct and the
tely essential to
IS on the jhth ot
the onlookers
mother has been
ir service second
iiites, si> that no
his destination.
1 ;iiransjed as ti^
be commensurate with the requirements oi the public. Since the memorable iSth of Seii-
tember, iSdi, when the i;romKl was tirst broUen, up to the present, the Montreal Street
l^ailway has had a hard road to travel. Iiese! with dilticiilties, and determineil opposition
on all sides, the compan\- has strugj^led on and i^radually but surely established itsell as
one of the most essential institutions in the city. .As recentlv as last }ear it met with per-
haps the most bitter opposition that it has experienced since it was tirst established. I'his
was the occasion when the company soui^ht an extension oi their charter and were opposed
lU tiuee other ct)mpanies, who were anxious to secure the much-coveted prize. The
matter was discussed in Sub-Committee, Committee, and Council tor several weeks, with
the result, that the Street Railway Companv i;ot an extension of their charter. By was- of
shewing- the City Council that they were juslitied in ijivinti tiiis extension, the company de-
termined to keep the tracks clear of snow during- the winter and in this they succeeded be-
yond all expectation. I'or the first time in the history of the company the cars were kept
on wheels throughout the season, a thini^ that had never been dreamt of before. The
present executive of the company ha\e already s^iven proof of their ability and enterjirise
and with the intrciduction of electric cars have revolutionized the system ot street travel.
The old horse-car is fast ii'iviny vvav to the electric car, and the journey along the street is
far more expeditiously performed than in the past, livery dav sees some further develop-
ment in this direction, and, ere \on^, .Montreal will have an electric car service throui^houl
the length and breadth ot the citv.
/iOARl) OF JKAD/i SOCl /:.YfK XL
l^.XXKIXO AND V\
THliKl'- i^ no tlcnx inj; llu' c^t;ililislii.'i.l I'act tliai it iho HanUinj;' interest oi a coinitr_\ is in a
sound coiulilion tlic country is prosperous, and perliaps tliere is no new country to which
tliis can he more truly applied than Canada. Duiins,' tlie past few \ ears this lias been
universally admitted, and when we deal with months in place ot'years, the comparison in
tasor of Canada is all the more palpable. Without entering' into any invidious comparisons
or pointeil allusions to the numerous and giL;antic I'ailuies that have paraly/ed the hinan-
cial world, none of which occuired in Canada, it is sulhcient \o say that there is no new
country under the sun where the banking' instiiutions, as a rule, are i^n a sounder basis or
a surer footinsj: than in this Dominion. If this applies to Canada, as a country (and it does),
ii is still more applicable to Montreal as the s^reat i-'inancial and Commercial .Metropolis o^
the Dominion. .Montreal is the centre of both, and the stability of its monetary institutions
has lont;' been the admiration ofthewnrld. 'I"he development of its financial strength is
an interesting^ and instructive study, and it is to this that we must confine ourselves in the
present article. It is impossible to deal with the subject vsithout making- allusion to Hank-
injjf institutions that had their oriijin outside the citv. There are several of these with
established branches here, lunv doins; a lar^e business in .Montreal, and thereby coiitribut-
ins.;" materiallv to her prosperity. These will be touchetl upon in due course, but as the
iibject o( this work is to show, from a fmancial and commercial point of view, what pro-
i^ress has been made since the Hoard of Trade was established, half a century as;o, we must
confine ourselves practically to that period.
At the time of the establishment of the .Montreal Hoard i>f Trade, there existed here in
all eiijfht baiikin^;" institutions and asL^encIes. These were the liank of .Monti eal, the City
Hank, I.a Hanque du I'euple, the Hank of Hritish North .America, the iiank of Cpper
Canada, the Commercial Hank ot the Midland District, the .Montreal Savinj^s Hank, and
the Provident and Savini^s iiank. .\s their names imply, the two latter were Savinijs
banks only ; the Cpper Canada, and the Commercial were aijencies only, head ollices beinj^
respeclivelv in Toronto and Kini^ston ; both have lont;- since ceased to exist. The tour
fust mentioned still remain, and their business has i^rown \astly from the modest fiijures
which then represented the turnover of each.
The advance in bankini^- in .Montreal has been very i^reat, as will be apparent from the
following table :
Capital. Deposits. Circulation. Discounts.
i,S5<S Si_^,457.c)()4 S i). i_\:;,()5S S (),_>()5,<S()() Sj(),S()_^,()3 i
i.S(),S i,S,7.Si,jS3 jo,j;,SS,i7i j,4()j,j;i7 jS,i()7.354
1S7.S ;,;,,S()5,Mi /^o.?'''^..^?' i(M47,4Ji) .S'^.74*''757
iSSS 27, 534, ;,()() 4;,,4.S(»,4jS i.>.S"J'33' .t.i.-'40,.2iu
iSoi -^T-S??."!'' 5''^.''^''^--.vV> i4'.>'-M43 74-7,V'^.''^«"
The first bank established in Canada was the Hank 01 Monire.vi,. This institution
was founded in 1.S17, on the third day o\' Xovember, and its career since that memorable
dale has been one of steadily increasini^ prosperity. I'rom the time of Mr. John Cray, its
hrst President, down to the present date, when Sir Donald .\. Smith so ably fills that
honored position, the aHairs of the bank have been handled with remarkable skill, ability,
and foresii,>-ht. " Where caution marks the i^uarded w.iy" has been the motto, and to this
mav be attributed in a great measure the success which the bank has achieved.
The original Directors were Cieorge Ciarckn. I loralio (iates, James Leslie, John l"or-
svth, Thomas Porteous, Thomas llain, I". W. l':rmatiiiger, James Millar, Thon.as Torrance,
.Austin Cuvillier, Peter AfcCutcheon and Da-id David. .\s already mentioned the first
{'resident was John Gray, who had been a successful \orth-West trader, and the first
Cashier was Robei t CriHin.
The beginning was small, ollices being rented \ov ^-131' a vear, and the work was
placed in the
ness was opei
and in the foil
The sti>r\
able things in
iKH) ; in 1S45
risen to $1 j,c)
ami on<: of tin
" What the 1
The " rest " o
the present til
depression, fo
In additii
issues ilrafts t
and transacts
drafts on Nev
which the Cat
concern reare
In additii
Dominion, it
poniK'iits in I
The recei
loans l"of ilie (
anil confers a
Its prese
K. C. M. (;.,
Hugh McLen
.Angus, W. H
Till- Mi: I
established in
time being asj
a paid-up cap
Jackson Rae
volumes for J'
after the foun
In i8t)<) t
by the Merch
in 1H75 the ri
profit of S.S34
Times of
i->ank had to
.Mr. lackson
The "Hon. Jol
the managem
everv thing di
half millions,
been c;irefLill}
The pres
.Andrew .Allai
The director;
Dominion.
'<ADE SOf\l-.N!R XLMI^KR.
AND PMNAXCl
a-
was
placed ill llio liaiuU of Mr. Kohcrt (iriliin, i a->li'n.r, one U'IIlt aiul o\w aiioimtant . Hu^i-
iK'ss was opened on a paid-ii|i capital ol S ^^io.oo:) ; in iSiiiit \\ as increaseil to Sfi^d.oni),
and in the t'ollowinjjf year to 8750, one j.
I'he sti>ry of tiie increase in llie paiti-up capital ol the bank is one ol'the most remark-
able thin'fs in the history of banking;-. In iSjo the capital was S(S3(),()(h) ; in itS4i, Sj.odd,-
iKH) ; in i(S45, 83,000,0110; in 1S35, 84.01 k ),(«)() ; in iSOo, 8(),ooo,oon, and in 1N7.; it haei
risen to $ij,ooo,ooo, at which it now stands, tiie lart^est capital on the American continent,
and one of the firmest bankint;- institiitiiins in the world. Hence the well-i,'romuled ad.ij^e,
" What the Hank \:>'i luiijland is to (ireat Britain the Hank ol .Montreal is to C'an.ida."
The " rest " or reserved profits ha\e alsvi increaseii from 84, ihN in iSui, to ,S(),oo(),ooo al
the present time. This has sexeral times stood the shareholders in j^ood stead in limes o\
depression, for amoiii;' other thint,''s it uas an earniiif.;* power.
In addition to a i^eneral bankint; business in loans, discounts and ileposits, the bank
issues drafts to all points in the Dominion, letters of credit available in China, Japan, etc..
and transacts an enormous business in the purchase and sale oi sterliiii;' exchanjji'e aiul
drafts on New ^'ork. The Mank of .Montreal is pre-eminently the financial institution o'i
which the Canadian feels proud. It is pointed to as the model of a New World monetary
concern reared upiin a financial basis second to none on this continent.
In addition to the control of nearly 40 branches, established ai various points in the
Dominion, it is also well represented in (ireat Britain aiul the I'nited States, with corres-
pondents in India, .\iistr.ilia, Ciiina, Jap.iii, etc., encircling;' the <^lobeuith its ramifications.
The recent arraiij^ements by which the iiaiik ^>i .Montreal undertook to lloat all civic
loans for ilie Corporation of Montreal is highly creditable to the l^\ecuti\ f of the Hank,
ami colliers a substantial boon on the tax-payers ^yi this city.
Its present olhcials are : Hoard oi Directors President, lion. Sir Donald A. Smith,
Is.. C. .M. (i., .M.I'.; \'ice-presidenl, lion. Ci. A. Drummond, Senator ; .\.'\. Paterson.
llu^h McLennan, K. H. llreciishields, W. C. .McDonald. Hon. Sir J. J. C. Abbott, U. H.
.Aiif^us. W. H. Meredith ; i^eneral maiias,aM-, !•;. S. Clouston.
Till-; MiiKCii.VN Ts' H.WK oi' C.waoa, better known as the " Merchants' Hank," was
established in 1864. The idea ori^'inated with Sir Hui,'-li .Mian, the s;eneral opinion at the
time beinj;' ai^^ainst the venture, but .Sir llui^ii, nothiiii; daunted, established the bank with
a paid-up capital of 8100,000, a sironi;' Hoard K-)i Directors, himself as President, and .Mr.
lackson Rae as Cashier. The years ^^i prosperity which followed its establishment spoke
volumes for Sir Hugh's foresis^ht, and the capital increased year by year, until live years
after the foundint,' o'i the bank its capital suhkI at .80,000,000.
In i8ot) the business of the Commercial Hank of Canada, Kini^slon, was taken over
by the Merchants' Hank. I'"or many years the success of the bank was uninterrupted, and
in 1S75, the report gave a paid-up capital of 88, ioj,o4().()7, a rest o'i 81,850.000, and a net
profit of 8834,21)2.84, which allowed a dividend of 5 per cent.
Times of commercial depression hati been entered upon, however, and the .Merchants'
Hank had to endure its share of sutVerini;. Duriiiti' the year 1870-77, the i^eneral inanai^er.
Mr. lackson Rae. resii^ned his position, and Sir HuLfh .Allan vacated the president's chair.
The Hon. John Hamilton was elected president, and .Mr. Ceorge Hague of Toronto took
the management of the bank's alVairs. The institution was then placed upon a sound basis,
everything dead being written oil'. The capital account was cut down about live and a
half'millions. and the reserve fund to 8750.000. Since then the affairs o'[ the bank have
been cjircfully and successfully managed.
The present capital is 85,7<)i|.2oo, with a rest of 82,510,000. The president is .Mr.
.\ndrew .Allan; vice-president. Robert .\nderson, and general manager, .Mr. (ieorge Hague.
The directorate includes some i.^'i the best known business men and capitalists ol" the
Dominion.
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Till-: Canadian Hank oi- Commkuik is ono of tlioso previously alluded to as not
lia\ ins,' been oriijinalty established in Montreal, It will, lunvcver, be seen tVoni tlie I'ollowin^'-
brief sketch ot" the bank's history that it is really a worth}- scion oi the parent Canadian
Hank (Montreal).
In i.S(>7 the Hon. Win. McMaster, one oi Ontario's leading;; merchants, realiziiii,'
Fully the tinancial position of the country, and the necessity of increased facilities to meet
the requirements of I'le incre;ised business, both in exports and imports, resitjiied his posi-
tion as a director of the Hank of Montreal and established the Canadian Hank of Commerce,
of which he became its first president. Those associated with him in the directorate were
.Messrs. II. S. Howlandas vice-president ; W. .A. |. Macdonald, W'm. I'llliott, John ra\lor
and J. S. Stayner. The oriijinal capital was Si ,()oo,(X)o, which was increased at inter\als,
until in 1S74, it reached its present amount, S'),tKxi,oo(i, This makes it next to the Hank
oi .Montreal, the larij;^est paid-up capital in the Dominion, it has also a reserve fund oi
vS()00,000.
The Montreal Hrancli of the bank, in>w located at 157 St. James street, was established
on September i(), 1S70, by the late J. Ci. Harper, who subsequently orifani/eil the New
\'ork olHce, and under his direction the new branch rapidly advanced in public fa\i>r.
The present manaj;er is .Mr. \. M. Crombie, who has had nearly 40 years of Hankiiii;
experience, and under his supervision and an able oi^CM staft" the institution is becoming;
in^reasinj^ly popular, and is steadily extending;; the sphere oi its operations. The present
oilicers are :- President, Cleor^e A. Cox, Toronto ; vice-president, John I. navidsi>n ;
t^eneral manajj^er, H. K. W'aikcr. T!ie head oflices are in Toronto.
La BANyiK ni Pkipi.i:, another of the prominent banking institutions here half a
century ago, was opened for business on the iith July, i8_^3. It was the first of what
may be called the French banks of the city, and from the first did extensive business among
our I>"rench speaking citizens. In 1S42 its managing ofiicials were L. M. \'iger, President,
Jacob Dewitt, Nice-President, and the following Board of Directors : John Donegani, P.
Heaubien, J. K. .Allard, T. Franchere, H. H. Smith, P. Jordan, R. Trudeau, P. Dunn, .A.
Tulloch, .A. K. Montmarguey, and .A. Sauvageau. Its office at that time was in St.
Francois Xavier street, near St. Sacrament street ; subsecpiently, on the removal of the
Hank of Montreal to its present premises, the Hanqvie du Peuple acquired the handsome
building thus vacated. In 1873 this property was purchased by the Dominion Government
for the site of the present Post-Olfice. The offices of the bank were remo\ ed to their present
building on St. James street, east of the Place d.Xrmes. Up to 1843 it was a semi-private
institution, but in that year it obtained a charter, and has since steadily pursued a cautious
and safe policy in its administration. No speculative business has been indulged in, and
it has in consequence avoided many of the rocks upon which one or two of its com-
petitors split. Its business is a high-class one in every respect, and has developed so much
of late years that larger premises are now found necessary, and a new and commodious
building will soon be begun. It has, to-day, a paid-up capital of Si, 200,000, a reserve fund
of S5f;o,ojo, and last year paid its shareholders a dividend off) . Its present Cashier and
Man.iger is Mr. Hosquet, an officer highly respected in banking and commercial circles.
Till-; Cirv Bank, a prominent institution in the city in 1842, was sixteen yearsyounger
than its larger ri\al, the Hank of .Montreal, having been established in 1833, and opened
for business on the first oi November in that year. Its capital was ^,200,000. It occupied
lo.' many years the premises on St. Paul Street now occupied by Messrs. (ireene Sons i\:
Co., subsequently erect'ng the well known building at the corner of St. James .Street and
Place d'.Arms Hill, which was purchased and built upon a few years ago by the Imperial
Insurance Compan\ . In 1842 John I'rothingham was president, and Jolui Henderson
vice-president, C. H. Castle being the cashier. Its circulation at that date was
^,"1 12,22- ; it carried deposits of ^,"46,872, and the discounted notes and open accounts due
the bank amounted to ;£."35o,ooo. In 1873 it. together with the Royal Canadian Hank,
was merged into the "Consolidated Hank of Canada," with the office of the new institu-
tion in the old City Hank premises on Place d'.Armes Square.
Of regular banks, not devoted exclusively to savings, the Moi.soNs was the first to
appear during the last half century. .As indie ited by the name, the bank was founded by
the Molson family, the old-established and wealthy brewers oi this city, and the bank was
for the first t
became a pu
four cither d
Molson and
of v.. i\: \-. I
street, subse
offices until ;
Sache was tl
succeeded by
James Flliot
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opened in th
and oi the (^
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this city. I
occupied bv
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began busin
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Nos. ^53 aiu
subsequentl}
office and bi
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business at
opened on V
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many respec
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KA DE SOLI EMR XL . MBER.
not lor 1 Ik- first two years a private bank only. In 1.S35. however, it was incorporated and
.inj; became a public institution. The lirst president was William .Molson. and three out of the
.liaii lour other directors were members of tiie same family, \i/.. lion. John .Molson. J. II. R.
Molson and Thomas Molson. The otiier director was I-:. Ihidon, senior member of the iirrn
of !•;. iV \'. Iludon, of St. Paul street. Its lirst oilice was at No. 11 Clreat St. James
street, subsequently removinj,' to the premises now occupied by the Shedden L ompany s
oHices until about uSod, when the present handsome building was erected. Mr. William
Sache was the lirst cashier and manai^er, and held that oHice for seventeen years. He was
succeeded by Mr. K. Wolferstan Thomas, who is the present ij^eneral manatjer, with Mr.
James I'llliot in charjje i^i the .Montreal oilice. The bank has been uniformly successful
imder the rianafjenient of these ijentlemen. pays its shareholders an eiifht per cent,
dividend, and i.s the only Montreal bank whose reserve fund exceeds its paid-up capital, the
figures beini^ respectively 81,150.000 and .Sj, 000,000.
Five years after the estiiblishment s.^i the Molsons Hank two new agencies were
opened in this city. These were the branches of tiie Ontario Bank, of Bowmanville, I'.C,
and oi the Ouebe'c Hank of the city ot the same name. The oHice of the former was at
No. b9 St. Francois Xavier street, and was under the charj^e oi Henry Starnes, M.P.P.. of
this city. In 18(14 the handsome and commodious premises on Place D'.Xrmes, now-
occupied bv this bank, was erected for its use.
TiiK Qi kukc Hank, the first few years of its agency here, did what business it had
in Montreal through La Banque du Peuple. In 1864 this was transferred to the Ontario
Hank, but three vears later a separate oHice was opened ; it was also on Place D'.Armes
Square, and was managed by William Rhind. Subsequently the oilice was removed to
Notre Dame Street, near St. Francis Xavier Street, and finally in 1891, to its present
premises in the New York Life Building.
The completion of the X'ictoria Bridge, and the consequent general expansion m
business in this citv, led in a short time to the establishment of several additional banks
and agencies. Tiie first of these was the branch of the Bank of Toronto, which was
opened at No. q (Ireat St James Street in 1S60 under the management of Mr. A. Munro.
On the extension of the Barron buildings, the o\^c<: was removed there, and has never since
changed its locale. It has, however, recently purchased owq of the finest sites in Montreal,
viz, at the corner of McGill and St. James Streets, and will there erect a building which
will do great credit to both bank and city.
The Bank of Toronto was soon followed by the Banque Jacques-Cartier, which
began business on the i8th of Mav, 1802. Its head <>S:ncQ was at No. 19 Clreat St. James
Street, under the management of H. Cotte ; J. L. Beaudry was the first President, while
the Board of Directors consisted of Louis Boyer, \'. Hudon, C. S. Rodier, J. B. Beaudry,
H. Pare, P. M. CJalmean, and L. J. Belmeau. .About 1872 its building which now orna-
ments Place D'Armes Square was put up and occupied by the bank. On its capital of
S500.000 its last dividend was 7 per cent., and the bank is now in a nourishing condition.
Its present premises are a very valuable asset, and steadilv increasing in value.
In the same year a branch of the London and Colonial Bank (Limited) was opened at
Nos. 15 and -,7 Great St. James Street, under the management of C. S. Smithers, who
subsequently "became Cieneral Manager of the Hank oi .Montreal. Two years later the
oilice and business was transferred to the International Bank oi London.
The Banoik National of Quebec entered the Montreal field in 1873, and conducted its
business at li'rst through the Banque du Peuple. In July, 1872, a branch oilice was
opened on Place D'.Arnies Square under the management oi Mr. Paquet. The business o'(
the institution has steadily increased, and the bank now occupies elegant and commodious
olfices at the corner of St' lames Street and Place D'.Xrmes Hill.
Tiiiv Bank ok British Noktu .\mi;kka is an institution which, differing as it does' in
many respects from its confreres, and representing only Ivnglish capital, has always had
ampie patronage from our oldest and most conservative merchants. It was established in
i8vi, by prominent London merchants, and o\\ the 8th March, 1837, a branch was opened
in this city, the head office being always retained in London. Its business was at first con-
ducted under a variety of legislation, including special .Acts from each province where it
did business, as well 'as an Imperial Act. In 1840, however, it obtained a Royal Charter
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I. A. I . (i;iiill, INi|. 1. K. li. Annu-.. I',--(|. ^ ( ii-ori^'e ll;ii;m'. 1'.
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iV) ('/•' TRADE SOUVENIR M'MiiER.
l.ilm Mol-nii, |:m|
HOARD OF TRADE SOUVENIR .
ulii^li covered aM its operalions in the I'niled Kiiii^doni and Hriti>.li folonies. At a critical
time, tliat of tiie Rebellion of '_;7, the bank broiiijiu into this country a larj^e anionnt of
money, and thus materially assisted in restorinj^ confidence and avoidinj^ financial panic.
In 1842 the business here was mana[,'ed hy David Davidson, with James l-errier, J. T.
Browdgeest, Thomas Kay, and William Dow, as local directors. Its first olhce was on
Cireat St. James street, and within a \ ery few years the handsome buildinj;' now occupied
by ihe Hank was erected for its use ; it was opened in i<S44. The present Cleneral Manaj^er
here, Mr. R. R. Cirindlex is a veteran in his profession, ha\ inj^ a record of 31) years service,
and, under his manajjement, its business has been both highly projj^ressive and profitable.
The Montreal ajjency of the H.WK 01 I'i-phk Canada, (the head oilice of which was at
Toronto), was opened on the 1st oS. September, 1S38, at No. 17 St. James street ; Joseph
W'enham was the lir^t manager here, he being succeeded by l-idward Cloldsmith. Mr. K.
T. Taylor siibsequentiv assumed the management and conducted its atVairs until the doors
were closed under instructions from the head oHice, Toronto, in i8(>(). 'Ihe Montreal
branch did a large business, especially in transactions with London ; the Commissariat ac-
count was kept there, as also that for the construction of the N'ictoria Bridge.
Kingston banking interests were also represented in Montreal half a century ago by a
branch of the Commkkciai. Bank of the Midland District. The agency was opened here in
1840 at \o. 11 Great St. James street, subsequently removing to an elegant building
adjoining the Oddfellows Hall on the same street. Thomas Wilson was the resident ag;nt
in 1842. This institution continued to exist with varying success until i8()8 when it was
forced to suspend ; its business was offered for sale and was purchased by the Merchants'
Bank of this city which took over the control and continued the greater number of the
\arious branches of the defunct institution. Its Montreal ofhce, oi course, ceased to exist,
its business being absorbed in the Merciiants.
The Mo.ntkkai. Savini.s Bank was the pioneer institution in the city which accepted
small deposits from woikingmen and others of limited means, and thus did much to
encourage habits of thrift among our people. It was, however, very limited in its scope,
confidence in banking houses at that lime being not shared in to a great extent by those
classes to whom savings banks most appealed. It was for many years open for business
on Mondays only, and then but for two hours. Its oflice was on the premises of the Bank
ot Montreal, and about the year 1855 it was taken over by that institution and became part
and parcel of the larger bank, still retaining its character as a Savings Bank. In 1842 its
chief ofVicial was James h'inlay.
Till-; Pkoviokni ano Swini.s Bank, the last on our lisi of banking houses in exis-
tence when the Board ot Trade was formed, was instituted on the ist ^^i October, 1841.
William Lunn was President, J. T. Browdgeest (the first president ^.^'i the Board of Trade)
and John Redpath were Nice-Presidents, and its affairs were supervised by a board oi
prominent merchants. Its oilice was at No. 177 Notre Dame street, subsec]uently removing
to (ireat St. James street. It came to grief, however, in 1848, owing, it is said, to im-
prudent advances on real estate, which could not be realized on when wanted.
The first addition to the above list of banking institutions was in the establishment of
the Montreal City and District Savings Bank In i84() it was founded with fifteen man-
aging directors chosen from some sixty honorary directors. Th^y were : William Work-
man, Alfred Laroccjue, Jos. Bourette, I.. H. Tlolton, Sir Francis Hincks, Damase Masson,
Henry Mulholland, Pierre Beaubien. Henry Judah, Charles Wilson, Joseph Grenier, John
K. Mills, Nelson Davis, John Tally, Jacob DeWitt, L. T. Drummond. For the first two
years the bank progressed quietlv , with one mishap, whicii might have proved serious but
for the devotion oi the directors, who, although unpaid for their services, subscribed their
names to notes to meet a loss resulting from depreciation oi City Bank stock. There was
no stock or accumulated profits at the time to secure deposits, and onl} this act oi the
directors saved the bank from ruin, and enabled it at a future time to recoup the loss.
The amounts due depositors b\ the City and District Savings Bank were : in 1847,
8250,702 ; in 1848, 8178,241 ; in 184c), S153. 770 ; 1833, 8273. q()4. But from this time pro-
gress was rapid, each vear showing a large increase in business except in the years 1834
33 and 1837. In 1870 the anunmts due depositors was 82,880, 7(k) ; the number of deposi-
tors 9,3^52, with an average of 8307.1)8 lor each depositor. The bank has had its times ^'i
hardness ai'
Joint stock I
to every em
lies, or to c
The fir-
by .Mr. Kdn
years faithfi
sent manaj;
the possessi
The su
8300,000.
The prt
The M
Shanly. M.
directors vv
first office \\
end of the b
into linancii
On 1st
Ouebec, op»
tTie Mercha
premises at
vv hen it occi
on Notre D;
The li:>
ful history d
street, and 1
Caverhill, \
Directors,
ing 4th of
in Septembi
one. .A vvii
a few dav s
La Ba
financial tra
President, ;
Wilson, A.
storm of 18'
For manv v
Hill, but'a'
street, form
dent and M
was paid la
On ()tl
auspices of
Laurent, ar
and St. Frii
ing in St. J
stock a ft
has had it:
capital of
vear.
Tin: C
saw the li|
dian Bank,
-a Preside
composed i
t r (
TRADE SOUVEiMK SfMiiER.
hardness ami dillk-iiltios ; ii lias boon *.on\criL'J lioni ;i iiurol) Ivnov oIlmii institution into a
joint stock conL-orn, and its oneniiL's ha\o been many, liui ihc inaiia^a^niont has been equal
to evorv cmeti,aMicy, mcetinj^ all drains \\iihi>ul liavini:; li^ plodt,'*.- any of the bank's securi-
ties, or to call in any ot its loans.
The first manager was Mr. joliii follins, who leli tlu bank in 1^55, Me was succeeded
by Mr. Kdmond J. Harbeau, who, enterini;- the bank in i.S^o. retired in iSSo; after thirty
vears faithful service, he was succeeded by his brolher, .Mr. llonri Harbeau. who is the pre-
sent manaj^er, and who during his short connection w ith the bank has given evidence ot
the possession of qualities which eminently lit him tor the position.
The subscribed capital is S.;,(xx>,o()o, with paid-up capital ot Sfxxj.ooo and rest oi
8300,000.
The president is Hon. Mdward Murphy and \ icc-presidenl, l\. Helleniare.
'I"he M 1:11 1. was' Hank came into existence in iS()>, under the presidency of VValtei
Shanly, M.P.P., with .\lex. Molson as vice-president and manaf,^ini; director; the othei
directors were John .\tkinson, .\. W. Oj;ilvie and Hon. I'hos. D'Arcy .McClee, M.P. Its
first oHice was at No. 8(> Clreat St. James street, but was subsequently removed to the west
end of the buildinjjs on \ictoria square, now occupied by Thos May iK: Co. The Hank j^ot
into (inancial trouble and finally suspended payment in iSjo-
On 1st .August, iS()7, the L'nion Bank w Lowkr Canada, whose iieadquarters were at
Ouebec, opened a branch here under the management oi J. P. Kirk. Its first office was in
iTie Merchants' ICxchange on St. Sacrament street, but was soon after removed to the
premises at corner of St. John and Notre Dame streets. Here it remained until a year ago
when it occupied its present handsome ollices in the Sun Life .\ssurance Company building
on Notre Dame street. Mr. (ieo. H. Balfour is the Manager of the Montreal branch.
The lixciiANt.i- Bank oi- Canapa, which was incorporated in 1.S7J, had quite an everit-
ful history during the ten years of its career, its oflice was at No. tio St. Krancois-Xavier
street, and the original Board <>i Management was made up of M. H. Clault, President; T.
Caverhill, \ice-President; and K. K. lireene, T. TilVin, \V. Roddeii and .\. W. Ogilvie,
Directors. The Bank suspended on the 7th oi .\ugust, 1S79, but re-opened on the follow-
ing 4th of November. In 1.S81 its capital was reduced from Si,txx),ooo to 8500,000; but
in September, lSS^, it was again forced to stop payment, and this time the stop was a final
one. .A winding-lip order was granted o\\ 2jnd November, i8S;„ and liquidators appointed
a few davs later.
La Banoi-k X'ii.i.f. Marh:, founded in 1S7J, has always taken a prominent part in
financial transactions among our French speaking citizens. D. K. Papineau was the first
President, and |. .\. Leclerc, \ice-President. with a Board composed of K. H. Trudel, T.
Wilson, .\. Hover, C. Lacaille, and P. P. Martin. It came to griet during the financial
storm of I87C), 'but the capital was cut down to 8500,000 and the bank resumed business.
Por many years it occupied the premises at the corner of St. James Street and St. Lambert
Hill, buta'short time ago removed to the ollice in the old Standard Building on St. James
street, formerlv occupied by the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Here Mr. Weir, the Presi-
dent and Manager, controls and directs the business of the bank. .\ dividend of 6 per cent,
was paid last vear on a paid-up capital of 8470,500
On bth .April, 1874, La Haxiji k n'HoiiiKi.AiiA made its bow to the public, under the
auspices of K. X. St. Charles, President ; C Melancon, \ice-President ; and J. Leduc, M.
Laurent, and C. H. Letourneux, Directors. Its offices were at the corner of Notre Dame
and St. Francois Xavier streets, but we- e, a few years ago, removed to the Imperial Build-
ing in St. James street. This bank can boast of never having had to reduce its capital
stock a feature which ttnv if any of its French (V>///)r/'<'.v can lay claim to. Its business
has had its vicissitudes, but on the whole has shown steady progress. It has a paid-up
capital of 8710.100, and a reserve fund of 8200,000, and paid a six per cent, dividend last
vear.
Till- CoNsiM-ioATKO Bank, another celebrated institution in Montreal banking annals,
saw the light in i87(). It was the outcome of a combination of the City and Royal Cana-
dian Bank, and started under the most favorable auspices. It had a capital of 84,000,000
-a President of no less financial experience than Sir hVancis Hincks— and a Directoi|ate
composed of men in the highest standing in the community, including R. J. Reekie, (Vice-
J
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liONSECOLJHS MAHKli'l'
IVcsidont ) Hoii. Alex. Camphell. Jolin tirant, R. Moiit. llui^li Mackax. W. \V. C)t,nlvie.
John Kankin, Romeo II. Stephens, and H. J. TitVni. In spite of this apparently stronj;-
sho\vini,^ it met with trouble almost from the first. A laii^e >.|iianlity of eomparativelv
worthless paper was discounted unknown to the directors, and this had much to do with the
subsequent "run" on the bank, and its final suspension.
Till-; Mi:rKoiHM.i TAN Hank was another institution which existed in the seventies, but
its business was small, and it lasted for a few years only, eventually ( in 1S77 ) j,'i>inK inli>
liquidation. Hon. Henry Starnes was President
Within the past few years two Halifax banks have come into the Montreal field.
These are the Bank oi- Nu\ a Sn>riA and the Mi;ki hams' Rank 01 Hai.ii ax. The otlice of
the former is at the corner oi St. James and St. Krant;ois Xavier streets, and is under the
manaijement
oi St. l-"ranci
o\ these ins'
aided in the
Provinces.
A fealu
scribed capil
" rest ' or i
reserve fund
included in
in this city.
1
inr. SOI \ IX IN x( M/ii-n.
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.iiCJUH.. MAHKliT
ijilvie.
iti\ oly
111 tlie
■s, but
U' into
1 liekl.
;1ice of
lor tho
m.iiiii^'enient of Mr. T. \'. Macdoiiald ; the " .Moriliaiits, ol Halifax ' o^c>i is at the coriuT
iif St. l-"raiK-iiis Xavier aiul Notre Dame streets, and is niaiiaij;'ed hy Mr. K. I,. Pease. Hoth
iif these institutions ha\e >.ione very well since the branches were opened, and materially
aided in the quick despatch and extension oi business between this city and the Maritime
l'rovinci>s,
A feature oi the banks whose head ollices are in .Montreal is that out of a total sub-
scribed capital oi 8^7,776.776 only 820,50(5 is not paid up, while the total aijgrei^ate
" rest ' or reserve fund foots up to 812,138,333. barely 8i,iick),ooo less than the combined
reserve funds of all the other banks in Canada. The Hank 01 BKirisit Xokpii Amkkii.x is
included in this estimate as a .Montreal institution, its head otlice for the Dominion heinij
in this citv.
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94
HANSON liROS.
HnwiN Hanson.
BOARD or IRADF. SOV
W'li.i.i.wi Hanson
Amoiij; tlic most prominent l-'inanciitl tirm^ in tlio City ot" Montreal is that of" Messrs.
Hanson Bkc^tmeks, Aceountants, l^ebentire Hrokers, Trustees, Commissioners ami I'inan-
cial Agents, who have been establislied liere for tlie past t\vei\e years, and who have durinj;
that time established themselves in a thoroughly sound position.
Mr. Edwin Hansm. allhoiigh the junior in years, may justly be looked upon as the
senior member ot" the firm,
view, as he had been estab-
in the city for ten years
brother, Mr. William Han-
by birth and is now in his
educated in his native coun-
1870 ;ind finally settled in
company with his brother,
jiow resides in London,
of the Financial Finn oi
firm of Hanson Bros, was
Mr. Kdwin Hanson has had
cessful career and has been
and developinj; a number of
Canada, most of which have
and have contributed mate-
Canadian trade and com-
extraordinary energy and
esteemed in financial and
his active life and the
I'.liW IN II \NM)N.
from a business point of
lisheil on his own account
before being joined by his
son. Ho is an Knglishman
fortieth year. He was
try and came to Canada in
Montreal in 1S83, where, in
Mr, C. A. Hanson (who
Fngland, and is a member
Coates, Son & Co.), the
established. Since then
a mi>st remarkable and suc-
instrumental in establishing
the leading industries in
already proved successful,
rially to the prosperity of
merce. He is gifted with
enterprise and is highly
social Circles. .An idea oi
numerous calls upon his
time may be gathered from the following ofVices he has to attend to. He is a director of
the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway, the Cllasgow and Montreal .Asbestos Co., of the
Temple Klectric Co.. and also of the Montreal and Kootenay Mining Co., and in the
management of all these he takes an active part and seldom misses attending any of the
Board meetings of these
governor of the Montreal
of the St. James Club, the
Association, Montreal Chess
George's Snow-Shoe Club
kindred nature. He joined
yt ars ago and is one of its
Hanson takes a deep inter-
the benefit of Montreal's
politics he is a firm sup-
party, having the greatest
lieves in the legitimate pro-
tries.
the junior partner in the
in 1850. He was educated
Stratford, Ont., where he
ness career commenced in
was engaged in the book
w hich he established a most
he removed to Toronto
W'll I I \\l I I \N-
compames. He is a life
(ieneral Hospital, a member
Citv Club, Montr, al .Art
Club, Curling Club, St.
and several others of a
the Board oi Trade several
most active members. Mr.
est in everything tending to
trade and commerce. In
porter of the Conservative
faith in their policy and be-
tection of all native indus-
Mr. Willia.m Hanson,
firm, was born in Fnglaiid,
there, and afterwards in
arrived in 1863. His busi-
Napanee, Ont., where he
and stationery business, in
successful trade. In i87()
having been appointed re-
.sident agent there for the Travellers' Insurance k:o., o< Hartford, Conn. In 1881 he
removed to Montreal to assume the chief .igency t.^'i the same company for Canada, but
resigned this position at the commencement of the present year in order to form a partner-
ship with his brother under the old style and title of the firm already known as Hanson
Bros. He has been a member oi the Moard of Trade for the past six years.
/>'/; or lA'ADF. soul EMIR KIMBKR
I Ian SON
N that of Messks.
ioners and I'inaii-
wlio lia\e tliiriiii;'
ketl upon as tlic
lusiiiess piiint of
his own account
inj; joined by his
is an Knjj;^lishnian
ear. He was
me to Canada in
in 1HS3, where, in
I. Hanson (who
iind i^^ a member
Ion & Co.), the
II. Since then
narkable and suc-
tal in establishing
ig industries in
roved successful,
the prosperity of
le is j^ifted with
and is highly
:les. .An idea of
calls upon his
[e is a director of
stos Co., of the
Co., and in the
nding any of the
He is a life
3spital, a member
Montr, al .Art
nig Club, St.
il others of a
of Trade se\eral
members. .Mr.
thing tending to
commerce. In
the Conservative
r policy and be-
lli native indus-
ILLIAM HANSi>N,
lorn in England,
afterwards in
Sfi;. His husi-
Ont., where he
ery business, in
trade. In i87()
n appointed re-
n. In 18S1 he
for Canada, but
form a partner-
unvn as Hanso?i
s.
LIEl'T. COL. OSW Ai.n.
LlEl'T. Coi.. Wii.i.iAM Roiii.KT OswAi.n. Senior member of tiie fiini o'" Oswald Hrothers,
Stofk and Produce Brokers, is a native of Scotland, ha\ ing boo:i born in Seabanks, Aber-
deenshire, in the year 1H4S. He received his early education in the city of Aberdeen, and
also obtained his early coinincrcial training in his native country. At the a,u;o ot sixteen
he came to Canada, where he continued h:s nKrcantile pursuits fcir two years. At tl'.e cid
of this time he revisited Scotland, but only remained tlure a short lime when he rv.iurned
ti> Canada and settled in Montreal, having been appointed (with his brother) joint manager
for C'anada, of the Scottish Provident Lie Insurance and Scottisij Firj Insurance Com-
pani s. This position he held for some time and at length joined the Montreal Stock
Exchange and commenced business as a stock broker. In lliis capacity he has b en very
successful and has a large circle of clients whose interests he carefully \v afches. He is now
one of the senior members oi the Stock l-.xchange, his long experience having constituted
him on 2 of the authorities in that body in financi.il matters. Mr. Osvvakl has for many
years past taken an active part in forwarding all projects calculated to benefit the commer-
cial interests of Montreal and r— , the country at lari^e. The
firm of Osnald Brothers (of
now sole member) holds a
con^mercial circks and is
Canada. Besides being ex-
Colonel Oswald has devoted
military matters. He joined
rison Artillery in 1869 as
his regiment on the frontier
1870, and on each occasion
were called out under arms
his Captaincy he was trans-
Battery, and after reinaining
years he was requested by the
his former regiment, and as-
same. He retained this posi-
years during which time in
which Mr. \V. R. Oswald is
high rank in financial and
favourably know 11 throughout
tensively engaged in business
much of his spate time to
the Brigade of Montreal Gar-
lieutenant, and served with
during the P'enian Raids of
since in which the troops
here. Shortly after attaining
ferred to the Montreal Field
with the latter corps for a few
.Minister of Militia to return to
sume the command of the
tion for a period of seven
the year 1.S81 he organized
and commanded the lirst detachment oi Canadian Artillery, which was sent to compete
with the Gunners of England and Scotland at their great annual prize-meeting at the
Royal Artillery Experimental Depot at Shoeburyi-.ess, England. The Canadians were very
successful and carried oli' the trophy oti'ered by the Governor General (The Marquis
of Lome) for competition between England and Canada. Ow his return to this
country from England Colonel Oswald was elected to tiie position of Prjsitlent of the
Dominion Artillery Association succeedii.g Lieut. General l.uard. During his term of
office in this capacity he was successful in securing a visit from a picked detachment of
English Artillerists to this country, ard he also organized and sent two more teams to
co.npete at Shoeburyness, both of which were eminently siiccesslul in tl.eir trial there.
In the year 1885, on the brea ing out of the rebellion in t!,e Xorth-West, Ct lonel Oswald
was ordered to proceed with his brigade to the field oi action. He rendered etlicient
service when there, and took an a five part throughout the campaign, distinguishing
himself on several occasions Upon returning to Montreal he fouiul that his in-
creased business required the whole of his attention which made it necessary for him
to resign the command of the Presidency of the Dominion Artillery .Association, which he
did, amid universal regret, after an uinisually active service of nearly twenty years, carrv-
ing with him the best wishes of his late brothers in arms for I • ; future prosperity and happi-
ness. Few officers among tl'.e self-sacrificing residents of Montreal have clone so much
towards bringing the militia if Can;i(.la to such a state of perfection that, in case oi
invasion, the members would be ready to take the field against ail invaders. He is
connecied with most of the leading clubs and societies in the city, and has been a
member of the Board of Trade since 1889.
Jn politics Mr. Oswald is a Conservative.
j:OARn OF TRADE SOCVKXIR .\'(
{..KORC.l-: HACIL'
1>.\.\K
Mu. Cir:oRr.ic Haoi;:, Clonor;'.! .\Iapa;:or of the Merchaius Rank iif Canada, !-. an
Eiifj^lishman by birtli ar.J bcloiiij^s to an old \'orkshire ianiily who havo livod ia tlial coiintv
for several iuindred years. He is essentially a iianUintf man and conK's of a hankini^- sloek.
He was educated in his nati\e town, Rotherhani, and at a eoinparatively early ai,^e jiiined
he receixed a llioroui^h train
inyf. He afterw artis enl(.red
lartfe railway contracts in
country in that connection in
took a prominent position in
after that institution wa or-
service for about twenty
Accountant, Brancli Mana-
In 1877 lie was asked to take
chants Hank which lie accep-
of Cieneral Manager e\cr
affairs o'i the Bank he corn-
number of the unprofitable
capital the result of which
the rank of a se\en per cent.
In the literary world he is
Governor oi McCiill L'nivcr-
the ser\ice ol a lirm having;;'
Canada and came over to this
1854. Alter a lew years he
the l-Jank ol" Toronto, shortly
jjanized. He remained in that
years filling- the positions of
ger and Cashier successively,
the m.inagement oi the Mel-
ted and has held the posi:ion
since. In re-arranging the
menced by closing a large
branches and by reducing the
was that he soon raised it to
divitlend pacing institution,
a prominent lig'.ne ani.1 is ,1
sit\'. He w.as Chairman ol
the Royal Commission appointed i;- jonnection with the Civil service of the Dominion and
when the Hankers' .Association ot Canada was formed in 1891 he was elected its fust
President which position he still holds. Mr. Hague has been a member of the lioard oi
Trade for manv years.
Mij. Josi
Co., \\ lio has
in Montreal
I le rjceiwd Ii
care r in tl:e
in the groce
he fv"Muled
its tiade yea
concerns in
highest stain
gaged in the 1
branciKif the t
municipality <
vicnis to it be
■uid since I ha
Ward in the
re]iresontati\(
and re-elect e
of llie Hoar
six years antl
C onipany.
oi the Ci\ic 1
of great ser\i
in politics is
inuListriid cor
FRANCIS \V0LIM:RST.\.\ THOMAS, H.\nki:i^
Mk. Fk.wcis Woi-i'KRsr.vx Tiiom.vs, General Manager of the Molsons Hank, Montreal,
was born at MoorevenstowM, Cornwall, l-aigland, in i>S34, and is the eldest son oi the late
Mr. Francis WoLer.-.tan Thomas, Dean Rural and Rector of Parkham, North Devon. He
was educated at King Fdward the VPs school, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, the intention
of his parents being that
He, however, came to Can-
settled at Rice Lake. Ont,.
agriculture. Not liking this
ing business and took a
I'pper Canada. In the fol-
service of the Toronto branch
In i8()() he was appointed
and in 1865 was made Man-
Five years later he was
position of Cashier of the
which at that time had no
the bank rapidly increased
lished throughout Canada,
due to the ability and enter-
mas, who was made Geneial
position he still holds. He is
.Assurance Company, and either President, \'ice-President or a Director of nearly all the
leading philanthrophic and benevolent institutions in the city. lie has been an active
member of the Board of Trade for many years. In politics Mr. Thomas has always been
of the Liberal party though his position prevents active co-operation with its leaders.
-] he s'.iould take Holy Ortlers.
ada in 185 1, and at first
where he studied practical
he decided to join the bank-
position in the Bank of
lowing year he entered the
of the Hank of Montreal.
-Agent at Goderich, Ont.
ager of the London branch,
offered and accepted the
Molson's Hank of ^lontreal,
branches. The business oi
and branches were estab-
This was, in a great measure,
prise displayed by Mr. Tho-
Manager of the H.ank, which
a Director oi the Canada Life
.Mk. Dk
tlone so nuic
(.\-\., Ont. in
known in lite
he has led a
wilh numei
enterprises I
in manv of
country, |iri
the Williams
has been a
that concerr
real est.ate ii
development
is i>ne o\ t
.and has alw
furthering t
noi oi the (ii
Hoard oi tii
lege, in the
Mr. Graham
new St. J anil
St. James sir
been a libera
people o'i Ml
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RADE SOrVKXIR XUMHEk.
JOSMl'II cXT.Wi: \ ii.Li;\Kr\I';, \Vik)i.i.>ai.i: Cuuhkk.
Mij. JosKPM OiT.wi; \'ii.i,i:\i:rvi:, senior partner in the firm of J. C"). \'illeneiivo X:
Qo., \v!io has been o\\<i oi the loaciinj^ wholesale i^rocers and wine and spirit importers
in Montreal for over thirty } ears past, ii a nati\e Canadian, having itcen born in iH3().
1-
I le rjcei\ \d Iiis education at the Coniniercia
care r in the dry f^'oods trade
in the j;roee ry
.Montreal
and coninionced his business
in 1S33. In iStj^ he started
business at Mile I'-nd. Here
house which rapidly extended
it is mnv one ot" the lartjest
iuuU>ubtedly one ot the
leneu\e is extensively en-
which forms a \"ery important
firm. He was mayor iif the
tiste tor eij^hteen years pre-
the city of Montreal in iSS^,
sent- .i the St. Jean Haptiste
In i<iS() he was elected as
County in the Local Assembly
189J. He has been a member
Commissione-is for the past
tor of the Dominion C'otton
wasrecentlyelected a member
of the t"i\ic 1'"inance Committee, where his experience in financial matters is foimd to be
of j^reat ser\ ice. He has been a member of the Board of Trade for a number of years and
in politics is a Conservative. He is also connected with a large number oi financial and
inuListriul conceriis cither i\s director or hea. v shareholder.
md general
he fv''iided the wholesale
its trade year by }ear imtil
concerns in Mcintreal, and
highest standint;'. iMr. \ il-
ijai^ed in the lumber business
branciKif the trade done b}'the
municipality cif St. Jean J>ap-
vicMis to it beinsj;- annexed to
and since that date has repre-
Ward in the City Council,
representative for Hochelag'a
and re-elected in iSiio and
of liio Hoard ol' Harbour
six years and i■^ ;.lso a direc-
C onipanv. Mr. Xilleneuve
net. ALH (iRAH.\.\l.
Mk. Dii,.\Li) tiKAH.VM, one oi Montreal's best known business men, and one who has
tlone so much to further the manufacturinj;- industries of Canada, was born in Middlesex
^'o.. Out. in i<S37. He holds two L'niversity degrees and is a close student, being well
known in literary circles. He began his commercial career at an early age, since which time
he has led a busy and acti\ e ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^— '''>-' •"'"■' 'i'^'' ht^en connected
Canadian ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| ntanufacturing and financial
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H and is at present interested
^^^^^^^^^H|^||^^|^H portant the
^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^1 ^^ mentioned
the Williams Manufacturing ^^^^^^^B^^ j^^^^l ^^■< <J^ which Mr. (iraiiam
has been a Director n) ^^^^^^^^^^e ^ ^^^^H years, being also manager of
^^^^^^^K^M, ^^^^H He is large y interested
in Montreal ^^^^^^|bH&^ ^ ^^^^H Cote St. Antcane, the
^^^^^^H^l^^jr ^^^^^^^B takes lively iitterest. He
^^^^^^^■^^I^^^^^H the Board of Trade,
^^^^^^^^^^■^^^^^^H co-operation towards
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H that body. He a Gover-
^^^^^^^^^^^^k ^^^^H a niember of the Senate and
^^^^^^^^^^^B^^^^H Theological Col-
lege, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^1 he took an active part.
Mr. (iraham was one oi the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^" building committee of the
new St. James Methodist Church on St. Callierine street and ot the Temple Building on
St. James street, which add so much to the substantial beaut\ oi our great city. He has
been a liberal contributor to our citys charities and has many friends among the yoimg
people o'i Montreal in whom he takes a l'\ely interest.
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96
hoajW') of trade
J. S. HOrsgriiT, manager Ban\hic in- riai'i.i:.
Mr. J. S. BorsoLET is a native of Canada, havinjj been born in the City of Mon-
treal in the year nSjh. Me was educated in Montreal, and twenty years aj^o entered
the service of I.a Banque du I'euple, an institution which was established in the year
1835, with a comparaiively small capital, and at a time when the trade of Montreal
by careful manajjfement
was inconsiderable. It has,
of its oHicers, advanced
holds a prominent position
Canada. Mr. liousquet, by
ness, rapidly rose in the scr-
has now been elevated to
manaj;cr and cashier. He
as a }^:ntleman of keen per-
as a financier beingf acknow-
obvious from the fact that
ment, the capital of the Bank
$1,200,000, an amount suifi-
strength and reliability of
added, as a sij^nificant fact,
been raised to a total of
is largely due to the inde-
Bousquet in forwarding the
steadily, until at present it
in the commercial world of
his carclul attention to busi-
vice of the Bank, until he
the prominent position of
is well-known in Montreal
ception and ability, his talents
ledged by all. This may be
under his skilful manage-
is now somewhat over
cicnt to guarantee the
any bank. It might also be
that the reserve fund has
$480,000.00. This advance
fatigable energy of M r.
mterests of the Bank.
Mr. Bousquet was elected to the Board of Trade in the year 1886, and is a member
of the City and St. James' Clubs, and an executive member of the Bankers Association.
He is also a Governor of the Notre Dame Hospital, a life member of the Quebec Rifle
Association, ajid a director of the Zoological Garden of Montreal.
J. MURRAY SMITH.
Mr. J. Murray Smith, Manager of the Montreal Branch of the Toronto Bank, is one
of the best known members of the banking community in the country. He is a native of
Scotland in which country he was born and spent the early part of his life. In the year
1852, when still quite young, he came to Canada with his parents who settled in Toronto.
He received his education in
city, and when he had com-
the services of the Toronto
junior clerk. By a display of
ability, he was rapidly pro-
head office, and before com-
position of Branch Manager
throughout Ontario, where
was finally promoted to the
Branch, and he has since
his numerous and responsible
credit to himself and salis-
ities at headquarters. He
Board of Trade since taking
and is numbered amongst the
ciated with that institution.
Andrew's Society and several
the High School of that
pleted his studies he entered
Bank, in the capacity of
great energy and business
moted step by step in the
ing to Montreal occupied the
in several important towns
he did splendid service. He
management of the Montreal
resided in this city, fulfilling
duties here with the utmost
faction to the bank author-
has been a member of the
up his residence in Montreal,
most active gentlemen asso-
He is also connected with St.
kindred associations. He
has made himself very popular wun a large number of customers and friends since he
settled in Montreal, and is universally esteemed as a man of sterling business qualities,
and a worthy citizen in every respect. Mr. Smith takes a great interest in the Bankers'
Association, of which he was one of the first members.
!l
IRD OF TRADE SOUVENIR NUMBER.
the City of Mon-
years a;^o entered
dished in the year
trade of Montreal
fill inanajfement
jntil at present it
imercial world of
I attention to husi-
c Bank, until he
inent position of
own in Montreal
lability, his talents
all. This may be
skilful manage-
somewhat over
guarantee the
It might also be
reserve fund has
o. This advance
energy of M r.
if the Bank.
and is a member
nkers .'\ssociation.
■ the Quebec Rifle
JAMi:S Cl^ADOCK Sl.MI'SOX, Ri;ai. Kstati:.
Among the many Real Estate Agents in Montreal who have come to the front during
the past few years, there is none more prominent than Mr. James Cradock Simpson. He
was born in Penetanguishene, Ont., in 1H38, of Canadian p.irents, and was educated in
Barrie, Ont. After leaving school he devoted a good deal of time to the practical study of
Civil Engineering and Land p—-—— ^__^_____^___ Surveying, in which many
facilities were offered him during his early career. He
was employed, under Norman Booth, C. E., in the construc-
tion of the Preston and Berlin Railway in 1856-7; on Crown
Lands Surveys in 1858-9, and -Z^'^*'''^ '" ^^^ Public Works Depart-
ment, below Quebec, from -' ^t i8(":, to i8r»4. His com-
mercial career commenced \ 0t •!» f| with an engagement in the
office of Benning and Bar- ^. .% salo.:. Auctioneers, &c., and
he afterwards filled a promin- mfl^ ^"*- P^'^'tion in A. Cantin's
Canada Marine Works for ^t^*^^ thirteen years. In 1879 he
commenced business on his i^ ^^^^^^ own account as Real Estate
Agent, and now occupies the ^BK^^^^^^^p< foremost rank in this line. In
1887 he commenced the pub- Mf^^rft/KK^W lication of the monthly jour-
nal known as the ^^«/ £"*////<? > ' j^" '"' ' Record. Mr. Simpson was
president of the Montreal ' Real Estate Exchange in
i8go-i ; is vice-president (for Province of Quebec) of the
National Real Estate Asso- ^^—^—^—^^^-^——^——^-^-^ ciation of America for 1892-3
and a director of several institutions in the city. He joined the Board of Trade in 1872 and
has always taken an active interest in its aff'airs. He served 0:1 the Council of the Board
in r89i-2. In politics he is independent, and is a member of the Church of England, of
which he is a firm supporter.
t
ronto Bank, is one
He is a native of
life. In the year
ettled in Toronto.
School of that
studies he entered
the capacity of
gy and business
by step in the
treal occupied the
important towns
ndid service. He
nt of the Montreal
his city, fulfilling
with the utmost
the bank author-
member of the
lence in Montreal,
gentlemen asso-
-onnected with St.
issociations. He
I friends since he
usiness qualities,
st in the Bankers'
ADOLPHE ROnil.l.ARD, Ksiuwii: Bkokkk
Mr. .Anoi-PHE Rohili-Akp, Fire Insurance Broker, 18 Corn Exchange Building, is a
native of Montreal, and is now thirty years of age. He was educated at the N'otre Hame
College and Plateau Commercial Academy. He is the son of one of Montreal's best known
citizens, Mr. J. C. Robillard, an.l commenced his commercial career in 1881, when he
entered the service of the firm 1 ■ of Dufresne and Mongenais
with whom he remained a short lime. He left this
service to enter tie employ of .Mr. C. .S. Stevenson, who
was so long know n as the ^4B^>»si^ popular general freight agent
of the drank Trunk Railway, ^^ 5|^ but wlio at the time when .Mr.
Robillard joined him was in ^H the (leneral Commission busi-
ness. In 1883 he turned his r^lK ^^ atteniioii to the Insurance
business, in which he has . ^^v ^^ continued ever since. After
two years experience in the ^^ .Montreal branch \^i the Lon-
don and Lancashire Fire In- V^— suraiice Company, he com-
menced on his own account ^^^i ^ ^^^^ as l-'irc Insurance .\gent and
Broker. He soon succeeded j^^^^^L "^^^^^^ establishing a good con-
nection, and is now special fS^^^^^k^^KKHm^ agent foi the Insurance Com-
pany of North America for '■BBflP'M^^^^ .Montreal. In this capacity he
has been very successful in '^^^T W . placinglargelinesofinsurance
with the Provincial Ciovern- ment ami many influential cor-
porations and private firms. He is highly esteemed in
financial and social circles and is an enterprising and energetic young man, with a thorough
knowledge of l*"ire I'ndorw riling, and is destined to become one of the most influential citizens
in the future. He is manager of the Estate Dufaux, is well posted in real estate and is an
active member of the Board of Trade and the hire Insurance Brokers' Association.
liOAR/y OF TRADE SOL'l'KNJR XL
MACINTOSH iV HVDK, Ahoimams wn CiniMisMOMK-^.
John Mahmosh.
CiKORl.E HVPE.
Mk. John Macintosh, senior partner in tlie lirm of Macintosh \- Hyde, Accountants
and Commissioners tor (Jiiebec, Ontario and Manitoba, is a native of Montreal and was
born in this city in the year 1S30. He received liis education at the Hijjh School, Mont-
real, and in 1S48 commenced as a clerii with the late Janus Court, subse».|uently becomint;
a partner, the firm beinjf named Court i*t Macintosh, predecessors of the present firm, ci(
which Mr. Macintosh is the
he has made such a success
difficult one to attain any
main years of hard work he
the foremost rank of his
^^ained a name that few
accounts tor se\ eral .ery
tosh has been a member of
past fou r y e a r s, a n d
inerce do not come under his
his support to any mo\e-
the interests of the business
establish this city as the
whole vast Dominion .
is a partner in the firm, is a
been born in the city ot
When only seven years of
head. The business which
is in itself an extremely
prominence in, however, by
has attained a position in
profession. The firm has
enjoy, and now controls the
lari^^e estates. Mr. Macin-
the Hoard of Trade for the
although trade and com-
callins.;-, he has always j^-iven
ment calculated to benefit
community oi Montreal and
i^reat tradinjj centre of the
.Mk. liEOKGE HvDE, who
native oi Scotland, having
tilasgow in the year 1846.
age he came to Canada
in Montreal in iSj^^. Mr.
with his parents, who settled
Hyde received his education 'oiis M \< imumi. in this city and at the early
age of sixteen years he cimimenced his commercial
career. His first experience was with the firm of Court i\; .Macintosh, (above alluded to),
in the capacity of clerk. By diligent attention to thi< duties assigned to him he rose step
by step in the firm until in 1S82 he was admitted into partnership with Messrs. Court &
Macintosh. This was shortly prior to the death o^ Mr. Court, upon whose demise Mr.
Hyde formed a partnership
of the firm under the pre-
member of the Board of
present firm is thoroughly
and commerce oi Montreal,
passed some of the largest
.As business men they are
and their opinions are
weighty transactions. The
Macintosh & Hyde would
history oi commerce in
nature of their profession
with the deepest business
more space than this
enumerate even a small
handled by the firm in the
that there has hardly been
any note in Montreal in the
not called forth the services
Their offices are in the
(iiMiKi.i. Ihhi;,
with the sur\ iving member
sent title. He has been a
Trade since i8<S(>. The
identified with the trade
for through its hands have
estates perhaps in Canada,
respected and esteemed,
eagerly sought for in many
history oi the firm oi
ciMiipiise in itself not a bad
.Montreal, as the very
brings them in close touch
interests. It would take
\ chime can afford to
portion o{ the big interests
i>ld days. It is safe to say
a business complication oi
past fortv vears which has
o\' Macintosh iV Hyde.
Standard Building, one of
the handsomest of the many handsome edifices on St. James Street, and a large start" of
clerks are kept busy attending to the large flow oi business. Neither members oi the firm
take any interest in politics, except where the matter at stake is of vital importance to the
well-being of Canada, and then, like other i^oo^X citizens, they are always ready to place
themsehes on the side of honest government and political integrity.
Ai.n. R
tive for St. L;
tative Irishme
Montreal as
oi C anada.
there, and carr
tor and pul
( 'hroiiich; a
past thirteen
which isconsic
sent day on al
ever, as an inv
in the linani
and in which
literary circle
many years ai
the Province c
Canada Accic
member of st
oi the St. J
Mr. Smith is
Life Ciovernc
Insane. He
Mortgage Bot
being the lowe
Mr. R. a
real, is the Mo
position amoni
Toronto and t
short residenci
the Real Estat
cedented in the
which Mr.
connected is pc
which has n(
tract to which
attention and
has disposed o
to predict th;i
most populoi
Mainwaring \
for the estabi
the first to mo
tender or ofVc
never allowed
adopt an elect
urbs. He bee
lively interest
development c
he is indepent
Ill
\IDE SOUVENJR yUMIiUK.
m;
\i\
R. WILSON SMITII, ( I'iu'I'kii-.u'u Insikawi: Ciikumi i.i:).
Ai.n. R. Wilson Smuii, who was recently ck-ctcd by acclamation as the repiesenta-
tive for St. Lawrence Ward in the Civic C\iiincil oi Montreal, is one oi the many represen-
tative Irishmen who. clurint;^ the past quarter oi a century have done so much to establish
Montreal as the s^reat com- | mercial and financial centre
of Canada. He was born in Ireland in is'5.2. was educated
there, and came to Canada in 1878. Mr. Smith is proprie-
tor and publisher of the ^^>^^^ Insufamc and Fiiunnial
I'hronicli; a journal which ^MBK^ has held a hi{jh rank, for the
past thirteen years among ^^^F^ Canadian publications, and
which is considered one of the »^e *** ^^^^. authorities icsi the pre-
sent day on all insurance and W fc W" financial matters. It is, how-
ever, as an investment broker -"v -Ml^"'^ that Mr. Smith is best known
in the financial world, in « " '' "" M^ which he takes a hiijh rank
and in which he has a very ^^^^^ , extensive connection. In
literary circles he has held ^^'fli^Bii^l ' '^ prominent position for
many years and is president ^ ^C*^'^ ^^* ^'^"^ Press Association of
the Province of Quebec. He ^"''^* is also president of the
Canada Accident Insurance Company and an active
member of several kindred institutions, and a member
of the St. James and City Clubs. In addition to these
Mr. Smith is :losely allied with many of the benevolent institutions in the city, and is a
Life Ciovernc of the Montreal General Hospital and the Protestant Hospital for the
Insane. He joined the Board of Trade in i8qj. In January last he floated the first
Mortgage Bonds of the Board of Trade for $300,000 at a 4' • rate of interest, this
being the lowest rate of interest heretofo'e obtained for sucli mortgage bonds in Canada.
R. A. MAINWARINC, (.McCiau. & .Mai\warin(.).
Mr. R. a. Mainwaring, of the firm of McCuaig & Mainwaring, Toronto and Mont-
real, is the Montreal representative of that Company, and has already attained a prominent
position amongst the number of Real Kstate Agents here. Mr. Mainwaring removed from
Toronto and established a branch here some few years ago. During his comparatively
short residence in Montreal ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_ he has fairly revolutionized
the Real Estate business and ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| given an impetus unpre-
cedented in the history of the ^^^^^^BVk^^^^^^^I '''^^'' ^'^^ property with
which Mr. Mainwaring's ^^^^^Hft '^^^^^^1 "^"^^ ^^^ ^^^" most closely
connected is popularly known ^^^^^^B ^^^^^| '^^ "The Montreal .Annex,"
which has now become a ^^^^^^EflC9l ""^^^^l 'i^^u^^''^^'^ term. This the
tract to which Mt. Mainwar- ^^^^^I^T^L ^^^^| '"^ 'iii!^ >^l«-'voted most of his
attention and judging from ^^^^^^Hlf jC' ^^^^| ^'^^ rapidity with which he
has disposed of a large por- ^^^^|^B|^^ ^^^^H ^'"" "^ ^'^^ property it safe
to that short ^^^^^^9^HP^«^^^^H time it will become one of the
most populous residential ^^^^^^^^^E J^^I^H po''tionsot the city. To Mr.
Mainwaring personally the ^^^^^^^Hft^K^BH ^'^^ *^^ Montreal is indebted
for establishing of the ^^^^^^^H|Bw^HH ^'^'^'tric he
the first to the mat- ^^^^^^^^^HlH^^I ^*^'' ''"*-' ^^^ ^''^^ make any
tender or to build an ^^^^^^^^^Hf^l^H electric road in the He
allowed to ^^^^^^^^^HH^^^^I ''^'^^ decided
adopt an electric car service ^^^^^^^^^^i*^^^^™ throughout the city and sub-
urbs. He became a member of the Board of Trade shortly after settling here and takes a
lively interest in everything tending towards the prosperity of the city. In the
development of the electric street car service he is most indefatigable, and in politics
he is independent of all party.
I,
«»s
liOARD or TRADE SOL
(;i:o. \. \v.\i ii;r. m.i>.
Hu. (li'OKi.K \. W.\Ti;;n. R.'al Ivsiatoaiul l-'inaiicial Aifonl, Curalorto (iisolvonciL's and
Kslatcs, was born in Canada in 1S5J and educated in Montioal, wlioro lie linaily sellkil
in 1864. Hcinjj^ oi a business luin oi mind, he deeided to throw in his li>t with the men o(
trade and conimerce, and co'iinun \d his coninieriial career in 1870. Me first entered the
wholesale ilrv j^oods firm o( , , Adolphe Ro\' & Co., where
he remained tor \\\<^ \ears,
era! clerk in the life depart-
ance Co., and for a lew jears
sisiant Cieneral Manai^'er of
commenced his medical
Victoria L'ni\ersity as physi-
He decided to enter into tlie
along with his brother. Dr.
I'.S.. but the directors of tiie
remain by otTerinj; him a
l''inally in i8()i he adopted
business, in wiiich he has
already established an exten-
trusted with the manai^emenl
He was appointed some years
missioner tor the Proxince ol
alter which he became f^'en-
menl ol the Citizens Insur-
previous to iScji he was As-
that company In 1879 he
studies and jj^raduated at the
cian and surgeon in i88_v
practice of the profession
O. A. Watier, of Stillwater,
Citizens Co. induced him ti>
largely increased salary,
the real estate and financial
since continued, and has
si\ J connection, and is en-
of a large number of estates,
ago a Sessional Crown Com-
ijuebec. Dr. Watier has
lakes an acti\'e interest in its
been a member ol the Hi>ard of Trade for some tinu a.i
affairs as well as in everything that tends to the prosperity of the trade and commerce
of Montreal.
In politics lio is a Conservatiw.
THOMAS J.. MORRiS!-:\', (.Manac.kk Cmon Assiraw k Socikty.)
Mr. Thomas I.. Morriskv, Manager oi' the I'nion .Assurance Society, is one of the
best known gentlemen in his line of business in Montreal. He was born in St. John, New
Brunswick, in iSiio, and educated at the St. John (Irammar School. After completing his
studies he entered the law otlice of J. S. D. Thompson (the present Premier of Canada), at
Halifax, N.S., in iS7(>. Here
after which he transferred
B. Daly (now I.ieutenant-
who was at the time the
rial Fire Insurance Company
risey was subsequently ap-
Company for the Maritime
at St. John, N . B. In 1S90
sume the management of the
I'nion Assinance Society i>f
branch had just been estab-
his appointment to the latltr
plete success of the undertak-
name and honor of the t'om-
might be added, is one o^ the
its establishment dating as
ofQueen Anne. Mr. Morri-
he remained for some time,
his services to the Hon. M.
tiovernor of N'o\a Scotia),
ge leral agent for the Impe-
at Halifax, \. S. Mr. Mor-
pointed Inspector if this
Provinces, with headquarters
he came to Montreal to as-
Canadian branch o f t h e
London, England, which
lished in Montreal. Since
pvtsition he has made a com-
ing, and has well upheld the
pany he represents, which, it
oldest of itskind in the world,
far back as 1714, in the reign
sey has been a member of
the~Board of Trade since 1891, and gives promise of becoming one of the most important
and influential gentlemen who uphold the interests and welfare of tr.-ide ar.d commerce at
the port oi Montreal. He takes a lively interest in the deliberations of the Council, and
studiously a\oids politics.
-(A'P OF TRADE SOUlEMfR XCMBER
[iisi>lvciiciL's anil
he liniiily sotik'tl
)t with the men c^'i
e first entered the
ov & Co., where
1 he became j^en-
le Citizens Insur-
) 1891 lie was As-
iiiiv in 1S79 he
1 j;-racluated at the
surg'eon in 1883.
r the profession
ier, of Stillwater,
^. induced him to
creased salary,
tate and financial
inued, and has
ft ion, and is cn-
iiimber of estates,
ional Crown Coni-
Dr. VVatier has
ive interest in its
4e and commerce
I., ). I'ORCii"!', SlOiK IiKOKi:N-.
^^K. L. J. Foiuwcr. senior member of the firm of I,. J. I'orj;. i i*^- C'o., Stock Brokers and
members of the Montreal Slock Ivxchans^e, is one of the best know n i;enllemen in linancial and
ci>mmercial circles in Canada, and it may be said throuj^hout the monel.iry worki, lor his
business extends everywhere. , Mr. i.ouis Joseph T'ortfet is
a native Canadian, and was
his education at iMassoti L'ol-
Montreal in 1871, where he
mercial career actually com-
date it has been ime oi most
a man possessed of indomit-
ance, and this combined with
cale knowledj^e of all the
has secured for him the
holds in the financial world,
developed to enormous di-
years, and the daily transac-
ous moneyed clients re-
\ast sums of money. in
ferred to Mr. L. J. l-'orget
born in 1S5;. He received
K ij^e/le; rebonne.and came to
has sinci' resided. His com-
menced in 1S7;,, from which
unc|ualifiet.l success. He is
able energy and perse\er-
iiis sound jud}^ment and inlri-
ieadini; slocks k^w "Chanire
prominent position he now
'I'iie business o\ li's linn has
mensions ilurin!jf the past few
tions on behall i f his numer-
presenls the turniui;' o\er of
addition to tl.^- busiiuss re-
is personally interested in
HIKTV.)
THO.MAS I'ORTKOrS, Ri.m. I-.stat!-: Ai.kn ;
iety, is one of the
in St. John, New
er completing his
ier of Canada), at
d for some time,
s to the Hon. M.
of Nova Scotia),
:;nt for the iiripa-
N. S. Mr. Mor-
spector cf this
with headquarters
1 Mt>ntrcal to as-
braiich o f t h e
ingland, w h i c h
Montreal. Since
has made a com-
is well upheld the
)resenls, which, it
ikiiid in the world,
1714, in the reign
;en a member of
i most import;mt
and commerce at
the Council, and
Mk. TiiOM.vs I'oKTKors, Real Estate .\gent and f.M\<t <.^^ the prominent inemhers of llie
lioartl of 'I'rade for the past six years, is a native Canadian having been tiorn in St.
'I'herese de lilainxiile, P. O. . in 1827. He was iiliic.iiet-l at the I>lack How den and Taggarl
School in this city and commenced iiis commercial career in 1S43 when lie entered tiie
ser\ ice I'f a large wholesale
where ha remained sever.-il
to strike out on his o:<\\ xw-
metal brokerage business in
ever since. Mr. Porteoi.s is
pioneeis in tlij real c^ta'e
largely to tiie building up of
olVering such excep'ional
posed to become proprietors
186(1 Mr. I\)rteiu;s priMiioted
an immense hotel on Victoria
several innuenlial citizens
tiie scheme was never carried
among the subscribers. In
a general favorite and takes
charitable institutions with
politics he is a steady Con-
aiul retail house in the city
\ears. In i8()5 he decideil
count in real estale aii.l
which lie has bevii e!:ga;;\(.i
l.ioked upon ;is one o'i the
b.isiiK'ss and iiiis nintrihui .^.1
t'u" suburbs oi Montreal bv
facilities 10 all who wore dis-
of tiieir own ilo:iiiciies. In
a scheme tor tiie building I'f
S |uare towards vvhic'i
s.:bscribed over iSi 50,000 bui
out owing to dissension
social circles Mr. I'orieous is
a deep interest in the
which lie is associated. In
servativ e. He is a grandson
of the hue Thomas I'orteous, principal founder of the Mank of .Montrjal and sole pro-
prietor of the then Montreal Waterworks. In real estate Mr. Porteiuis' views always
c;ir:y weight, and Montreal owes not a little to his energy in developing the outlying dis-
tricts and making their \ alue known.
HOARD OF TRADE SOL'l'EN/R J
JAMKS (i. UOSS (AiioiMAM.)
Mr. J \mi;s O. Ross, Chartered Accountant, Auditor, etc., was horn in the City of
Montreal in the year iS()j. He received his education at the High Schi>ol and during the
oiirly part of liis life travelled a j^ood deal in v.irious parts of this continent. In 18S3 he
went through British Columbia and the Western States and also journeyed through Mani-
panied Lieut. Schwatka on
through the (ireat ^■ellow-
many adventures in that wild
gone very often to the Cana-
tion with the ranching husi-
interested. He has devoted
the ranching industry and is
North West becoming on^.'
iiig countries in the world.
gi\en for transit aiding
ment of this important
prise which year by year is
the mother country. He has
of Trade lor a number o\'
a lively interest in the welfare
as a shipping port and the
Mr. Ross is a prominent
member of St. Andrew.s Society, and is also associated with several other leading
institutions in the city, to which he gives liberal support, and in the management
of some of these he takes an active part. In politics he is a firm supporter cti the
Conservative party.
toba. In 1H87, he accom-
an exploring expedilit>n
stone Park, anil encountered
region. Since then he has
ilian North West in connec-
ness, in which he is largily
a good deal of his time to
a firm believer in the Circat
of the largest cattle prodiic-
the increased facilities now
materially in the develop-
branch o^ Canadian enter-
making such rapid strides in
been a member of the Hoaid
years, and has always evinced
and prosperity of Montreal
centre of Canadian trade.
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Kx.-Akl
and nromine
was bi>rn in
and finally »
with A. NVai
enlei\d into
lime liis car*
his energy
comparali\ c
pelency to e
is a man o
high in the
treasurer o
to iSS(). \\
heasily in d
the present I
oi the St.
dent v[' the
of the ChamI
of tl • Mon
tor oi se\ erii
City Ci>unci
Committee,
is a lluent
ascribed his
HKNKN' JA.MKS JOHNSTON. C om i:oi;km io\ I,ii 1: Assohation.
Few of the citizens ot Montreal have had such a long and uninterrupted career of suc-
cess in the Insurance business as Mr Henkv Jamhs joiiNsroN, Cieneral Manager of the
Montreal branch of the Confederation Life Association of Canada. Mr. Johnston was born
in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1H27, and received his education at the South Academy of that
city and matriculated in 1854 , , as A.l..\. of the Institute oi
land. At a comparatively
vice of the North British In-
he remained till iH()2 when
terests of thai Company and
branch here, under the auspi-
and Davidson, .Managing
ceived the appointment of
the Scottish Imperial Insur-
he acted for the London and
(^o., all of which he man-
Twenty-one years ago he w as
for the Province of Quebec of
ciation and to this Company's
the whole of his time and
contributed largely to make
most successful of purely
Canadian institutions. Mr. Johnston is an Insurance man pure and simple and stands in
the very front rank among the many able men in this particular branch of business. He is
a Justice of the Peace and a member of the St. .Andrew's Society. He joined the Board of
-frade six years ago. In politics he is strictly Conservative.
IS
Mr. Ge
a native
Actuaries of London, luig-
early age he entered the ser-
surance Company with whom
he came to Canada in the in-
with a view to establish a
ces of Messrs. McDougall
Directors. In 1869 he re-
General .Agent for Canada ot
ance Co. At a later period
Lancashire Fire Insurance
aged with marked success.
appointed (ieneral Manager
the Confederation Life .Asso-
interests he has since devoted
energy and has in his sphere
it what it now is, one of the
Knglish fan-
Three River
menced hisc
the Insurai
ever since,
prominent p
by the late S
ger of the Ci
that Compa
the I 2 years
their busine.*
position of (
PhctMiix Ins
commands
real in Fire
literary and
and has b
.Antiquarian
ciety, and is
similar char;
taken a liv
prominenc .',
irreat favour
VRADE SOVVKNIR MWIIiER.
MM
rnc>s. (,\i Tiiii.R.
Hx.-.\klerm;iii TiiiiM.\> (i.\i i iiii.K. une i ' \\w b^>i kiu>\vii nun in the cilv ol' Momreal,
and prominently ci>nnocteil with a n'inii->oi- i>i Lailins; (inancial and indii'^irial lorporiilions,
was born in Montreal in 1S44. Ho w 1- i-diitaU'd at the (."oniniercial Sciiool, l.achine, I'.lJ.,
and (inally settlci' in Montreal ii I'^ii-. II ■ >. i.iini;u'iii.\'vl his comnu'rcial career in i.Smj
with A. \\'al>h, ^roeer, \\\\\\ p- 1 who, 11 he remained until he
own aeeonnt. i'rom that
of inuiiialiriec! success anil hy
ary husinc - ai -lily lie, in a
amassed a suil, 'ient coni-
lire tVom active liu-.ines'^. Me
and shrewdness, and ranks
numil}'. Mr. ilaiithier was
iiaptiste Society from iSSj
piisiiion the society v. as
ills insirumentality it is at
to the nood. He is President
was the tmnuier and I'resi-
tion, and <>\\\i ot the t'ounders
»',as a director and tieasiirer
C'ompany, and is also a direc-
institntions. He sat in the
entered into busiriess ov[ his
time his career has been one
his ener_i;y and entraorilin-
comparativ ely siiort time,
pelency to enable him to re-
is a man oi keen t'oresit^hi
hii.;h in the commercial com-
treasiirer of the St. Jean
to iSSt). \\'hen he took this
heavily in deln, but throiit;h
the present timeos erS iod.oih)
o'i the St. Joseph Societv,
dent (if the (irocers Associa-
of the Chambre du Commerce,
of tl. • Montreal Ivxposilion
tor of several otlur fmancial
City Council for Hochelaj^a \\'ard from ic'!<)o to 1S03, and was a member of the I'olice
Committee, in which connection he founded the Pension and Renelit Fund. Mr. Ciauthier
is a fluent speaker, and to his forensic ability a> well as his n.atural tpiickness may be
ascribed his success in the municipal areii;;.
GKRAI.n 1;. HART, l\stR.\Mi: M.\\.u;i:i{.
Mk. Geralp K. H.art, General Mana;.,'er of the Phu-nix Insurance of Hartford, Conn.,
is a native Canadian, having; been born in Montreal. He is a descendant of an old
English family who first settled in Montreal in ijIk), and received his education at the
Three Rivers Collejjfe, Que., and Commercial .\cadem\ , Brooklyn, N.V. Mr. Hart com-
menced his commercial career r —I '" Montreal havinff selected
which he has steadily adhered
the Insurance business to
ever since, and in which he
prominent positions in Can-
by the late Sir Hugh Allan to
gerof the Citizens' Insurance
that Company had been es-
the I 2 years he held that post
their business to a very large
position of General Manager
PliLKnix Insurance of Hart-
commands a good share of
real in Fire Insurance. Mr.
literary and scientific socie-
and lias been prominently
Antiquarian Society, and also
ciety, and is an active mem-
similar character. He has been
taken a lively interest in its
prominenc, and is the authvir oi several 1
great favour. In politics he is Independent.
has attained one of the most
ada. Mr. Hart was appointed
the position of General Mana-
Co. of Canada in 1H7.S, when
tablished 14 years, and during
he succeeded in increasing
extent. He now holds the
of the Montreal branch of the
ford, Conn., for which he
the business done in Mont-
Hart takes a deep interest in
ties. He is a Life Member,
connected with the Canadian
the Montreal Historical Sv-
ber of se\eral others of a
ii member of the Hoard of Trade since 1865 and has always
progress. In literature he has attained considerable
al and historical works which have gained
1
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IWAKD or T A'. {/)/•: S(
%
AKIIirU MKtlWMNd, Ivsikanak .V.v.sv.
Mk. Akiih k liKOUM.vii, so well known in Inisinoss c-irclos in Monlroiil, is ii n.iliso I't
I'inj^lanil. Iia\inj^- Ivon horn in Ijnfolnsliiiv in 1X50. Ik- was oducatod at (.'ambriJi^v
rniviisily, I'.nj^land, wIktc ho ^radiialctl in Arts in \H-i). In llic tolli>\vin}; year he came
to Canaila ami settled in Montreal, where he has since resided, lie eonimeneeil his eoni-
mereial career in iSSj, and | four years later, entered into
bii.siness on his own account as an Insurance aiul
l<'inancial A^^'nt, in which J^^^pk. pursuit he ha': since been en-
i,f,i^'ed. I{y his enerj^y and fl^^^ attention to the wants of his
clients, combined with his ^^^|^ courteous demeaiunir to-
wards all with whom he ^^ ^R^U comes in contact, Mr.
iirowninf; has draw 11 arinmd ^^J^Lim him a larj^e number (f friends
by whom he is highly re- VH^^^V spected anil amongst wIumii
he has established a valuable ^P^^^^^^ business connection. In
social circles he is a promi- t^ ^^^^ "ent lit,'ure and takes a i^re.it
interest in musical matters jp ^^^B^ having- been tor live years
past Secretary- Treasurer of w "^f ^^^ .Montreal Philharmonic
Society. lie is also con- ' ^^r nected with several i>ther
societies and benevolent in- ' stitutions in the city in which
he lakes a lively interest. I le is a tnember i>f the .Mont-
real (."iirlinjj C'lub and is also an ardent tricketer. havini;
lonjj been one of Canada's prominent exponents ol the
}^ame. Mr. Urovvnin^ has been a member of the lioard of Trade since the amal^am.ition
of that institution with the Corn i'lxclianjje in 1H87, and in politics is a Conservative, Me,
however, does not interfere much with election matters, either Civic or i*"ederal, believiui;
in social enjovments duriny- his leisure.
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s
W. I.. S. J.\CKSON, FiNA.wiAi. Bkokkk.
Mr. VV. I.. S. Jaikson, the sole representative of the firm of VV. L. S. Jackson & Co.,
the well-known financial brokers in Montreal, i.s a native of Knj^land, where he was born in
1838. He received his education at the I'niversity school, Bath, and Christ's College,
Clapham, Enj^land, linishinjj his course of .studies at Guines in France. He came to
Canada in 187^^ and eventu-
tirst business experience in
son.; Hank in the service of
years and where he received
inj;-. He resigned his posi-
business on his own account
continued in that line ever
energetic business man and
upon as one of the best
contributes to the daily pa-
places, and his daily bulletin
matters ot exchange on the
markets being in constant
wholesale houses. iMr. Jack-
oi the best lines ol Transat-
State, nominion, Me.i-
Llovd, Newt'oundland C\\ist-
ally settled in Montreal, hi>
this city being with the Mol-
which he remained for some
his thorough financial train-
tion in the bank to enter into
as [''inancial Broker and has
since Mr. Jackson is a most
in l''inancial matters is looked
authorities in the city. He
p.'rs the latest information in
London, Paris and New ^'ork
C4>mmunication with these
is oi great use to banks and
son is also agent for several
lantic steamers, viz., .Mian,
ver, l^oland. North CJerman-
al <^o., and the Hamburg-
.Americai Packet Co. He has been a member of the lioard oi Trade for the past six
years and in politics is a Conservative. Mr. Jackson is the author of the " Kxch.inge
Table," which bears his name, and vviiich is o^ great s.^rv ice to the financial fraternity ot
Montreal.
[RD or TKM)K SOUVENIR NVMIiER
ARCIIIitAI.I) NICOI.I., iNMK.Wi, l;i(i)KiK
trciil, IS :i iiati\ c i<l
iitoJ at (.'iinihriili;!.'
winj^ year he came
inmeiKoil his com-
lalor, onloroil into
liisuiaiK
ha-
ikI
since neeii en-
tii tile wants of his
demeanour to-
contact,
Ml
e niiinlier (I' t'rieiuis
lui anu>njcst w luMn
connection. In
e and tal\es a threat
L'en tor li\e \ears
treal
IMiilh
arnionic
ith se\eral otiier
in liie city in which
omber ot the Mont-
t t"ricl<eter. havini;'
t exponents ol the
the amai^'amation
."onservative. He,
l'"ederal, i->eiie\ int;
Mk. Auc iiiiiAi.n Nil oi.i.. Insurance broker atui Nfarine I'luierw riier, is o'le of" tiic iv^l
known men in financial and Insurance circles in Monlrcil, and ii imu 'i esteemed by all
witli whom lie has business transactions. I le is a naii\e t>l Si Dtland \v here lie was born
ill the year iSjj. He \v. is eiUicated in Irs nalieo co' niry aiul ^^lineil his lir>l business ex-
perience there iiav in^ served
larj^e oHice \\ hero lie h.ul an
usual routine, i-'.arly in life
m^' his fortunes abroati and
iiij^ then only nineteen years
years of furl iier business e>-
linaliy settleil in Montreal in
time connecteil with ti.j
C\>., iis .Marine L'ndeiwriler
the windiii!^ up of that insti-
promineiil pari in deselopini;
.Montreal aiul has been an
K^i Trade sim.
IK
m iS'ii-i
iiid lias also tilled
t.ir abiMit three years in a
i';->pt>rtunity oi learninj^ flu
he conceiveil the iilea of try-
I'.ime to C'anaiia in 1N3 ',, be-
yi a(.fe. After a number ol
perience
iSSi
11 th
IS coui'.; rv nc
IK
was
for
sOIlK
Royal (aiiailiaii liisuraiue
aiul continued as such until
tulioii.
Ilv
lias
tak
en
I ho trade and commerce ol
acti\ J member i.'^'i the Hoard
was a nieml"'er of tlu- t'ouncil
tlu
ollice
■ f \
ice-l lesulent
.Association i:^ which he tak
\\a\ s e\ inced a re
ad
me-
lo
.uhMiicement oi tlie li.ule
of the Marino I'luleru riters
a deep interest. He li.is al-
asMJst in any proi 'vt for the
and commercj k^S. Montreal and ha=! fsnecially 'iiteresteJ himself in tlu shippin;,'- industry i^^'i
this port. Mi". N'icoll is a l.-adi:.;' member 01 S . Andrew's ;i:'d several other kindred
societies to which he subscribes freely. As an oxperi. in insurance Mr. .\ici d lanks second
to y\o\\\t ia tli • l">o:niiiiiin.
K. I,. I50NI), CilNKKAI. I\M KAMK .\(..i:.\ 1 ,
S. Jackson & Co.,
!re he was born in
Christ's College,
nice. He came to
in Montreal, his
;ing with the Mol-
■mained for some
;h financial train-
bank to enter into
al Broker and has
Jackson is a most
d matters is looked
in the city. He
test information in
aris and New ^'ork
at ion with these
use to banks and
agent for several
niers, viz., .Mian,
d. North (ierman-
ui the Hamburg-
e for the past six
■>f the " Kxchange
uicial fraternitx oK
Mk. lunvAKi) Lanoi.i:v Honp, tJeneral Insurance .Agent
in this line of business in .Montreal. He is the son of the I
was born and educated in this city. He commenced his com
ing the Stock and Insurance business from choice, and h;
insurance circles. He repre-
panies in the world and his
couver to Newfoundland,
ability is unquestionable and
the business of the companies
fully. Mr. Hond is Canadian
Foreign Marine Insurance
Insurance Co. of London and
dent ^^^ Kngland, as well as
Co. s.'^i New \ork, and the
London .Assurar.ce Co. In
esteemed for his truly c'isin-
the sociid and moral standard
dent of the Citizens League,
Hominion Alliance, a Life
Hospital for the Insane, and
kindred institutions. He join-
in iS()t)as Knsigii, and after twenty years connection with th.i
rank of Major, having seen active service in i.St»i> and 1.S70
the Board of Trade for many years and is Treasurer for the
tion. In politics he is Independent.
, is one oi the prominent men
.ord Bishop of .Montreal, aiul
mercial career in iSf)S, select-
is made his influence felt in
sents some i^f the best com-
agencies extend trom \'an-
Tho confidence placed in his
he has 'or \ears managed
he represents most success-
agent for the British iiiid
Co. oi Liverpool, Reli.iiue
Norwich, and London .Acci-
Llo; d s PlaieCilass in?>i;raiue
loc." ! h'ire .Agencv oK the
socitd circles he is t'.eserv ediy
teristt-d efforts to improve
of tie people. He is I'resi-
and Mce-Presiuent K^^i the
(iovernor of the Protestant
a member oi several other
ed the Prince i^f Wales Rit1e->
t corps retireilin iSSo with the
lie has been a member oi'
Marine L'nderwriters .\ssocia-
HOARD OF IRADE SOU UN IK
CHARI.KS THi:OI')ORK HART. Makim- Insikami;.
Mk. (iiAKi.Ks TiiHonoRK Hart, successor to Mos^rs Tl''otlore Hart & Sons, Insur-
rance Brokers, was born in Montreal in 1847, and was educated at Hisiiop's Collejj^e Scliool,
Lennoxville. He commenced his business career w'tli his lather, the late Theodore Hart,
in 18(35, *""•' '" ''^*'^ became partner in the firm of Theodore Hart & Sons. In 1889 he suc-
ceeded to tile business of the
changed to his own. Mr.
best known men in in^^ifance
viwxt oi the hij^hest authorities
insurance. His business con-
year until he now holds a
rank anions^ the many iiifl'.i-
and As^'ents in Montreal. He
Montreal society where liis
i^ood nature ha\e made for
.Mr. Hart has been a member
number of years and takes a
ment of the trade and manu-
real. He has lonjj been
pini>^ mdustry and in this con-
support an\ project for its
ber of the .Montreal Marine
and one of the Mx.cutive Committee of thnt body.
%ery active par;, de\otin;;- the greate part of his time to his constantly sjrrowinjj business
duties, wliich demand all his attenticni and care. Mr. Hart's influence ia the .Marine
rnderwriters' .Association is irarked.
firm, the name beinjj then
Hart has long been one ^cii the
circles and is looked upon as
in all matters connected with
nection has extended year by
position in the very front
enlial Insurance Manjigers
is quite a prominent figure in
genial disposition and kind
liim hostsof admiring friends,
of the Hoard oi Trade lor a
great interest in the de\ elop-
facturing industries of Mont-
closely allied with the sliip-
nection is always ready to
advancement. I!.' is a niem-
I'nderwriters' /vssociat ion
In politics .Mr. Hart d.es not take any
I-"RKI)HRIC'K NASH. Stock Bkokkk.
.Among the many stock and financial brokers in .Montreal, there is not one who holds
a higher place in public esteem than the subject oi the present sketch. Mk. I-'kkdkkick
Nash has '^ad a wide experience in financial matters and his ad\ ice is sought on all
matters oi thi"-' description by man\- of t!ie leading firms in Hanking and l'"inancial circles.
Mr. Frederick Nash, the , ^ gentleman referred to, is
a native Canadian having
he also received his educa-
City also that he com-
and finally settled in .Mont-
period of nearly thirty years
ed with the Hanking busi-
in the service oi the Ontario
Manager oi the .Montreal
Canad;: IVc>m 1S71 to i88c),
tion to enter \v\\<\ business
and I'^xchange Broker. Since
pr/minent member oi the
He is highly esteemed by a
looked upon as one of the
ing and I-"inancial matters,
benevolent institutions in the
been a liberal subscriber. He
has
been born in Toronto where
tion. V was in the Oueen
mcnced his business career
real in i8()j. For a
he was prominently connect-
ness ha\ing been ten \ears
Bank, and eighteen years
Branch of the I'nion Bank of
when he resigned his posi-
\^\\ his own account as Stock
that time he has been a
.Montreal Stock Fxchange.
large circle oi friends and is
leading aull.irities in Bank-
He is a member ^.si several
~" city to which he has liMig
been an .ictne member of the Board oi Trade since
188(1 and in politics is a Cimse-'xative but has not made himself at all active in parly war-
fare, nor has he found time to trmible himself with the dispute iif factions, believing in
measures rather than party.
IRADE SOLI KNIK Xl'MBER
lOI
, Insiir-
School,
re Hart,
) lie siic-
iig' then
neot" the
upon as
ted with
ye.ir hy
ry Iroiit
lan;;i,a'rs
fit^nre in
nd kind
j^ friends,
ide i'or a
develop-
er Mont-
tlie ship-
ready to
s a niem-
ociat ion
take any
: business
e Marine
JOHN MrDONAl.l) HAINS, Aivoimam. Assumi:, Tkisiki:, Ki.u.ivik, in.
Mk. John .McDonald Hains, who has lor many years been so well-know n in Financial
and Commercial circles in Montreal, is \.^i Scotch descent and was born in W oi-lwich, Kn^-
land, in 1844. He is the son of the late Captain Hains who served in the Royal .\rlillcry
lor a period of forty years during- which he saw a yfood deal of nctivc service. He was in
the Crimean campaign for . winch he received bo.h Bri-
tish and Turkish medals,
the Royal .Artillery school,
mar school, Ciuernsey ; and
Kngiand. He travelled with
seventeen years of his life
rious schools where he was
treal in 1802 with the British
the Trent troubles in which
settled in Montreal, where lie
commercial experience was
business which he followed
w hich he was appointed Sec-
Company and held this po^i-
afterwards bookkeepe*- for
turing houses in Montreal lor
decided to enter into business
Mr. Hains was educated at
Woolwich; Ciuernsey Cir.im-
Southsea academy, Smithsea,
his father during the first
thus accounting for the va-
educated. He came to Mon-
I'^xpedition sent out during
his father was engaged and
has since resided. His first
in the banking and exchange
for over eight years, after
retary of a large Joint Stock
tion for three years. He was
one of the leading- manufac-
a period of five years and then
on his own account. This
was in 18S2 when he adopted the business of .Accountant, Assigneee, etc.. which he has
since conducted with good success ar.d nov. ranks .ligh in (inancial circles. He was
appointed some time ago Commissioner of the Superior Courts of Ontario and Ouebec and
is Tri.a'^Mr'M- of Knox R- sbytcrian Church. He joined the Board of Trade ^\\q ) ears ago.
rt ho holds
"kkokkuk
fht on all
iai circles,
d to, is
ito where
he Oueen
ss career
Kor a
; connect-
ten years
en years
n Bank of
his posi-
t as Stock
i been a
Exchange,
lids and is
in I>ank-
it several
has long
rade since
larly war-
;Iie\iiig in
ALD. A. A. HTRTKAL', I.i mhku Mkiuiiam.
Aloerman' N'apoi.eon' .\kiiuk HiKTEAf, whose name in connection with civic aftairs
in the citv of Montreal is well known, was born in Longueuil in 1857. He settled in Mon-
treal in 1872, and commenced his business career as clerk in a prominent lumber firm
remaining there until 1874, when he commencid business on his own account. In 1880 he
formed a partnership with
the business which lie Mill
no branch of trade which has
as a commercial country so
trade which has been the
and the lirm of A. Hurteau el
most impoilant in this busi-
place and is o\\*i of the largest
the Dominion. The trade ol
Canada from Halifax to \'aii-
elecled .Alderman for St.
sat in the Council ever since
constituents at the exniraiion
has been a member of the
ral years and is now Chair-
has taken an active part in
civic ktans since 1890. In
lunope to arrange for a J- 2,500.000 loan and also took an active part in negotiating the last
loan of $5. OCX). 000 with the Bank of Montreal. He is a Director of the St. Jean Baptiste
Society and the Dominion Commercial Travellers' Association. Mr. Hurteau joined the
Board of Tratle in 1887 and in politics is a Conser\ ative.
his brother and establishetl
c es on. There is perhaps
advanced Canada's interests
materially as the Unnber
niainstax of all her prosperity
l'"rore has become one of the
ness. It holds a prominent
estaJilisliments of its kind in
the lirni now extends all over
couver. Mr. Hurteau was
James' Ward in 1888 and has
having been re-elected by his
of each term of otfice. He
finance Committee for se\e-
man of that Cotnmittee. He
the negotiations oi all the
this connection he went to
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BOARD OF JRADE SOUVENIR
W'HOLESALK 1)R^
THERl'I is no surer criterion, no more accuralc judfj^e, of tiie projj;ress ot a country in
the hijjher and more artistic ranjjes o( civilization than is afforded by the condition
and expansion of her dry goods trade. The dry j^oods trade may be looked upon
as a commercial exotic if such an expression may be coined for the nonce. True, there
are certain articles in the dry goods trade which are staple necessities at the present
day ; but the goods upon which the trade depends are not such as these. They are the
artistic creations which centuries of invention, and the natural progress of the older
centuries in the fine arts, have now placed within our reach. It is true there are still
certain sections of this province where the dr\ goods trade is not even dreamt of, and
would be unable to exist. In such counties as Beauce, for instance, there are considerable
villages where a dry goods store coidd not make living expenses. The population there
live practically by work in the forest. During the summer they work on their farms, but
in a climate where only buckwheat will ripen in the few short hot months, .igriculture is
only a feeble resource. In the long winter the men resort to lumbering in the woods,
while the women spin the wool of their sheep into the various fabrics lhe\ require, in the
same manner as did our ancestors of two centuries ago. They spin the wool into yarn,
weave the yarn on looms which were primitive when Montcalm was a boy, and not onl\
make their own blankets but weave the " etoffe du pays "' of which the garments ic^i them-
selves and their husbands are made, as well as the flannel they wear for under clothing,
besides making their own straw hats and the " beefskin "' moccasins, which are their only
foot wear. Linen or cotton they rarely wear. Their only expenditure for dry goods is
the bunch of gaudy ribbons with which the " paxsonne ' decorates her hat when she
goes with simple piety to church on Sunday, livery other piece of her attire, and of her
husband's, is the work of her own patient hands in the long dreary hours of a winter
which commences practically in September and ends in the following May. Such commun-
ities are really self-sustaining, and one does not need to go yet more than sixty miles from
Quebec to find them. Hut even here the wedge o'i advancement in artistic culture is
beginning to broaden the scope of trade. Bit by bit the textile creations of such industrial
centres as England, France and Germany, are quietly appealing to the dormant sense oi
the beautiful. Kven the "habitant," and still more his wife, more keenly alive tVom her
womanly instincts to the beauties of art, are commencing \o realize that the " etoffe du
pays," excellent as it is, does not till all the recjuirements of a costume, that home-made
flai.nels are crude in texture and glaring in color, and that the delicate fabrics in which
their city cousins re\ei are every day becoming more and more one of the absolute
necessities of life.
When Paul Chomedv , Count Maisonneuve, landed on the spot where now the Custom
House of the Royal City of Montreal stands, even his prophetic spirit did not anticipate
the gigantic proportions to which his cluster of wooden cabins was destined to attain.
In his day the importation of dry goods was limited to a few linen shirts for the (iovernor
himself, a touchingly small amount of " lingerie ' for the few temales who risked all to
accompany their loved ones to the then inhospitable land of Canada, .md some ribbons
and \elvet for barter with the savages. Tw ice a year, at most, a vessel reached Montreal
and unloaded her meagre cargo, and for the rest the settlors depended upon the buckskin
of the deer they killed or procured in barter, and on their own industry in manufacturing
the wool of their few sheep into the same " etoffe du pays" which forms the clothing oi
the habitant of to-day as it did th.it oi his progenitor of 250 years ago
But the tiny acorn that the fearless Count oi M.iisonneuve planted was destined to
grow into a glorious oak ; albeit under the flag of a more industrious and progressive
nation fhan the one he so ably represented. In 17(13 Canada was ceded by his most
Christian Majesty the King of l-rance, to His Britannic Majesty King (ieorge the Second.
.A new and
usual coup
And yet th
late as 179
while the ]
the great t
and we soc
started, t
upper stree
advertises
stockings,
canvas for
fashioned r
James Cal
kerseys, c
handkerchi
mont chin
dimitty, v«
women's si
fabrics as
de Tours, ;
our merchi
hundred yt
Nor w
city custoi
traders wit
with the I
dry goods
the most p
skin. He
the fierce 1
and to fui
the Hudso
had its ch;i
would be ii
material w
to hew th
trees drovt
clearings (
nestle togt
prising tra
the trading
to the dep
harvesting
progressei
more darii
and mi seel
dry goods
come indi>
the credit
>,
JRADE SOVl JiNIR NiMBKR.
103
K DRV (xOODS.
A new and more distinctively commercial race appeared upon tlie scene. Instead oi the
usual couple of fur-laden vessels, in 1771 Canada sent 471 ,000 bushels of grain to England.
And yet the whole re\enuc of Canada, between 1773 and 1778, was only 850,000; and as
late as 1793 two familes of Massasagas occupied the centre of the present City of Toronto,
while the population of Montreal was only 7,000 persons. Hut the nucleus was there of
the great trade centre that was soon to dominate the whole commerce of the Dominion,
and we soon witness an expansion of trade. In 1788 the dry goods trade was already well
started. On the 12th of June of that year, Mr. David David, whose store was on the
upper street of Montreal facing the residence of Major Hughes, as he quaintly puts it.
advertises that he has received a consignment of serge demni, calimancoes, silk and cotton
stockings, Irish linen, blue and while cloths waistcoat patterns, yellow, white and green
canvas for samplers, fine bolting cloth, newest joined lace for ladies aprons, and the newest
fashioned ribbons. He also sold shawls, muslins, and oiled lawn umbrellas. In 1789 Mr.
James Caldwell advertises in the Gazelle that he has a consignment of "blanketings,
kerseys, callicoes, Scotch and Russian sheetings, Oznaburgs, -virduroys, fustans, silk
handkerchiefs, flountins, hosiery, etc.," and in 1780 C. C. Hall & Co. advertises " Stor-
mont chintz, India patches, dowlas, Russian drabs, jaconet handkerchiefs, cambrics,
dimitty, velverets, ba/es, florentines mantuas, India taffeties, Persians, tammys, durants,
women's satin and a fashionable assortment oS. ribbons and gauzes." Such long forgotten
fabrics as " Berg of Zoem," and " Marselies frafte " are offered and we hear of " Ciros
de Tours, armorsin, Florentine, colmande," as leading staples. It is doubtful if one of
our merchants of to-day knows what half these textiles were, and yet ihey were staples a
hundred years ago.
Nor were Montreal's early dry goods men contented with supplying the trade of their
citv customers only. It is on record that the\ were the earliest and most enterprising
traders with the Indians. The tleet of canoes and batteaux which left Lachine to trade
with the Indian tribes of what was then the trackless forest carried a larger proportion of
dry goods than of any other commodity. The gaudv fabrics of the loom have always been
the most precious object o^ value to the savage eye tired of the sombre monotony of buck-
skin. He delights in the gay colors that his simple materials are unable to assume. I'.ven
the fierce Iroquois travelled miles to secure brightly colored calicoes for their hunting shirts
and to furnish kirtles for their dusky squaws, and it was curious to note in old records of
the Hudson Bay Company how, even among these savage denizens of the forest, fashion
had its changes and the color and fabric that provoked the fiercest competition in one year
would be almost valueless the next when some savage Worth had decreed that some other
materia! was more in style. So things went on for years until the sturdy pioneers began
to hew their way into the pathless waste and the click of the axe and the roar of falling
trees drove the Indian farther and farther west-ward. The solitary log-huts in the dreary
clearings dotted with blackened stumps that were soon to be golden with grain began to
nestle together for protection and society. Tiny settlements arose, and then some enter-
prising trader would start a post there, tiradually the settlement grew into a village and
the trading post became a general store. The trapper and the hunter retreated farther in-
to the depths of the forest, and the farmer whistled in greater security at his ploughing and
harvesting and no longer took his rifie with him to the fields. Slowly the tide of empire
progressed west-ward. The village became a town and there some adventurous merchant,
more daring than the rest, cut loose from old traditions, ceased to buy hardware, groceries,
and miscellaneous truck, and boldly blossomed out in dry goods alone. It was always in
drv goods that this look place ; for in this country the dry goods trade was the first to be-
come individualized and always the foremost pioneer of commerce. Montreal may claim
the credit of being the first city in Canada to have a dry goods store within its limits and
A\\
r
104
iVom thill (.lay to tliis the merchanl dry floods
princes of the Dominion are enrolled aiTiont;
her citizens and three-litths of the entire
\ohime of the dry i^oods overturn of Canada is
done hy Montreal's merchants.
What siicli an enormous volume of com-
merce means is but feebly portrayed even hy
figures. The tables of i'rade and Na\ igation
show that the imports of dr\ goods alone
were valued at Sj3,_^7_^,i)io as against S.:-',-
T.V^.JSf '" if^uo, and when we take into con-
sideration the fact that these figures do not
include the cottons, woollens, tweeds, serges,
blankets, and other textiles yearly manufac-
tured and sold in this country, we can under-
stand why such names as the Cireenshield's,
the (.iault's, the .Mackay's, .Mackenzie's,
Robertson's, Mcl'-ntyres and others are en-
rolled as dry goods men. In the ranks of the
dry goods men are the names of Montreal's
principal public benefactors and capitalists.
They rank high in the list of our wealthiest
citizens, and tlieir magniiicent mansions adorn
our most aristocratic streets.
To give some idea of the scope of .Montreal's
drv goods trade i'. is onl\ necessary to quote
the imports of dry goods and millinery fabrics
into this country during the last fiscal year.
The principal figures are as follows : -
.Aktki.ks.
N'ai.ik
Braces and suspenders 8 5,;><»7i
Buttons 2(),o58
Carpets and squares mj.Sbj
Collars
Bleached and unbleached cottons .
CJinghams and plaids
Denims, drillings and similar fabrics
Printed and dyed fabrics of cotton
Jeans and coutilles
Cotton damask
Cotton handkerchiefs
Wadding and batting
Knitting' yarn
Hosiery yarn
Bags
Cotton shirts
Sewing cotton
Cotton quilts.
Cotton clothing
Colored fabrics partly cotton
Cotton hosiery
Towels
I'ncolored cotton fabrics
X'elveteens and cotton plush 204,714
Other cotton sundries ^gi.h^.S
47.7M7
'.>7.«74
-'5. '36
I MO- 4 7"
.S7."''-
' 3' 737
1 1J.340
(),;,o2
t),5_'9
i3,cx)()
'7-.V)7
14.707
jo,()5t)
i43,Si4
.Sj,()()o
5 1 ,(110
83,(11)3
I rapes.
00,741)
HOARD OF TRADf-:
r"
LlST.\BL.1SHM1£N1' OF S. C
liOARn or TRADE SOUVENIR Nl'MJiER.
1
^
lU.lSHMlLN'r OF S Gb'L-ENSHIhlL'JS SON y CO
.\k 1 K i.t>. \',\i,ri:.
t'lirtaiiis 270,7(15
lunbroideric^ '54>75.i
ArtiliL'ijil tlow or-^ j()(),i>4<S
Cords, tVinj^es jiikI tassels 471, ;()<)
l>o;ul oriiaiiionts _^j, ^01
i'"catliers, ostricli 4^^,4117
l-'oathors, otiiers 4(1, 1 k)
'-•»i-"'-'>' • • • • 5f^7.5.v+
llomp and jute carpeting 7^,<S()g
Camas t i,43(J
I.iiien. damask -55i3v>
l.ineii haiulkeicliiefs and towels .... 3if),7()()
I,iiiens ,S()S, J ^o
Ciknes 6.Si,()i()
W'aterpi'oof cknliitiL;- J3<),S43
Honnets and liats 1 ,2i(),37i
Mats aiul riit;s ()o, J03
Oil clotlis jjS,jio
liibboiis. 443, 3JI)
Silks and \el\ets j.oIjo.ci^j
I'mbrellas and parasols.. J70, i 17
Ulankels 41,808
(."asiimeres 1)4,805
Woollen cloths 1,722, j^c)
*^"i^:itiii','s •>7.^>54
Hoeskins, tweeds, etc No8,()7()
Cloaks, di>lmans and jackets 758,()()i
I'lannels and woollen I'ahrics 4,83o,<x)i
Clotliinif 220,220
C'arpets and Felts i,2oh, 142
Winceys 4'*t7f^
In addition to this enormous \iihime ot
imports ue must remember that there are ni>w
in operation in Canada 843 woollen mills oc-
cupyinii" ''^>4'.S hands, 21 cotton mills with 8,033
hands, 3.()<>2 manufacturers ot" clothinsjf with
23,241 hands, 1 3() shirt manufacturers with
3,057 hands, and 55 hosiery mills with ()72
hands, and that this industrial army of over
4?, 000 men and women are lurnini;- luit Lfoods
tor the Canadian market only, and ^.jenerally
Irom Canadian material.
Ti> handle this vast quantity ot' t^oods
an arm\ i^i employes is necessary, trom the
entry clerk to the traveller, who may he said
to represent the apex ot" the stall'. The \olume
oi a dry <;oods lirms business nowadays can
be lairly estimated by the number of travellers
it employs, tor the country merchant i>r to-day
who did not have a dozen travellers callint^'
on him in the course ot every week would
wonder w hether his credit was ^ivinjj^ out. He
no lontjer makes t'rei.|uent trips to his suppliers
to buv his j^oods in their warehouse. He
buys from the traveller's samples, and has
his ifoods forwarded to him. This, \:s'i course,
HOAKI) or IRADE SOL lEMR
Ims lart^'cly inciciisoi.1 the con! nt' doinj^' Itiij^iiK-ss, as the traveller is tlie best paiil aiul nn>st
expensive employee of the lioiise ami liis expenses and t'reij^'lu bill often exceed his hij^h
salary. As the city i 'creases land values j^o up, and desirable warehouses conimand
more rent year by year. All these thin<;s make it more and more diOicult to C^o business at
a profit, and the youns^er houses have to stru^t^le hard to compete with the older and
wealthier houses whv^ accumulated their resources in the old days when expenses were
li<jh:er and the marj^in of profit not so cut down by competition. \ stroiiij house able lo
pay cash for its snoods, or able lo lock its notes in its
safe till they become (.lue, can easily afVord to undercut
a house struiji^liiij^ from hind to mouth and ha\ ini^ lo
discount e\ er\ note the moment the\ receive it, and
the consei.|uence is the tendency ctf the dry t^oods trade
is constantly towards concentration in the haiuls i^i the
lari^er houses who can afVord lo deal more leniently
with their customers and offer them a larger selection
to choose from.
What is true of the dry sjfoods trade is also largely
true of its otVsprinv;', the millinery trade. The latter
may be looked upon as a commerce in luxuries since it
deals with a class oi t^'oods which only the exij4encies
of fashion can briiii^; within the pale oi necessaries.
Since the prehistoric woman first bedecked herself with
yarlands of wild flowers, or placed s^listeninij shells in
her hair, the passion oi the fair sex for dainty fabrics
and pretty toys lo enhance her beauty has steadily
increased. She weli knows that beauty is the most
powerful arrow in Cupid's quiver and that, in spite
of what poet's say, no man was ever yet foinid to
believe that beauty imadorned is adorned the most.
He is as much attracted by a bewitching co-itume as
by a pretty face, and lie likes to see the woman he
hopes to win look as pretty as possible. The same
spirit animates most husbands and fathers, and the
fact that the Indian who barters the spoils of the chase
for gaudy beads w lierewith to deck his squaw, and the
genial gentleman who signs a snug little cheque to
enable his wife or daughters to purchase spring bonnets
and dainty wraps, are actuated by precisely the same
motives, is evidence of the truth of Shakespeare's
apothegm that one toucii cii nature makes the whole
world kin. l^ach gives from his means to adorn and
please the ones he Io\es, and each does a certain
modicum of good to trade by putting a portion of his
surplus into circulation.
In the millinery tra^^e the same drawbacks exist as
in its parent the dry goods business. Mxcessi\e com-
petition has induced cutting of prices, dati.ig ahead,
and similar trade e\ ils ; but not to so great an extent
as in some other branches of commerce. For one thing
the leading millinery houses of Montreal tho»e who practically command the trade are very
wealthy firms each controlling a large <■//(';//('/<• of customers bound to them by the lies ^^i
mutual benefit. Owing to the number of weak accounts necessarily carried by millinery
houses a large capital is indispensable, and consequently the past few years has witnessed
a gradual weeding out of the smaller houses and a steady concentration of the trade in the
hands of the larger and more powerful concerns.
Of the value o'i the millinery trade to Montreal it is not necessary to speak, but it has
some particular features which .ire especially beneficial to the city's prosperity. These are
the amiiial
\.^i the ci>n
mxioiis to
These buy*
establish ci
may be est
but the In
wHOi.i-;s.\L,L-: sTcihM-: cm-' kwvx
that that i
if he does
with his c
the weak(
none on
S. C'arsle)
and H. &
able men
.;Hv
■lRAI)]i SOL \ I.MR XLMliKR,
»o5
li \
ikI most
liis liis^h
Miiniiiiul
■iinoss at
Idcr iiiul
^es won.'
ihio to
tlio amuiiil j^atliorin^s of their customers at tl-.u spriiiij and tall opoiiiiii^s. Theso exhibitions
ot" tlio ei>minjj;' bent ^.^i fashion attract tliousanils ot" buyers iVimi all parts o'i the country
msious to inspect tiie newest stxles and to make their selections for the coniin}^ season.
These buyers embrace the opportunity thus atVorded them to visit their other suppliers, and
establish closer relations with the merchants of this city. The impetus thus j^iven to trade
may be estimated at tens of thousands of dollars. \ot only do the milliner)' houses beiielit,
but the hotel and transportation companies, and thus incidentally the retail trade also.
Not only this, but Montreal is briij^htened up with
straiii^e facos, the hackmen reap a bountiful harxest,
and our \ isiti^rs jjo away impressed with the fact that
Montreal is not only a bustlinjj but a beautiful cit\ .
The third ijreat branch of the dry snoods trade —
that of the {^'entlemen's furnishinj^s and clothinj^j is
equally important with the two we have mentioned.
Over jo,c)0() people, mostly women, earn their livin}^ in
.Montreal from this source. Many of the bii^ clothing
houses pay out a thousand dollars a uay in way^es alone
and this toi> to a class to whom the obtaininj;' of any
other employment would be an impossibility. But the
enterprise of Montreal's clothing houses is well known.
Tliere is not a tiny hamlet that their travellers do not
visit from the .Atlantic to the Pacific, not al onely
country road where they do not drive, and in the winter
tra\ellers tell oi their sufTerinf^^s visitinjj^ the scattered
lumber settlements anil mininij camps on the frozen
wastes of Lake Superior. Wherever clothing is needed,
and where' is it not, in this Canada of ours, there is the
.Montreal clothing traveller to be found energetically
hustling to push forward the business of his house
and thus increase the commercial supremacy of the
Royal Citv, '
The retail dry goods trade ot Montreal is in propor-
tion to its size ; in fact it may be said to be a little
larger than is absolutely necessary. Over two hundred
and fifty dty goods stores are registered on the books
of the commercial agencies, and naturally so large .i
propertion of merchants in the one trade inevitably leads
to competition not always of a healthy character.
There are houses who calculate to do business by
making " drives ; ' that is to say sacrificing one
particidar line o'i goods on the chance of at trading
custom in other lines. Their neighbors are naturally
forced to follow suit, and perhaps endeavor to surpass
them by "cutting" another line below the profit mark.
This goes on until the astute customer finds out which
particular description of goods is cheapest in each store.
He then purchases only the "drive'' line there, and goes
to another store for their bargains. The result is that
the enterprising merchant who started the "drive" finds
that that is the only line he is selling in any quantity, and as he makes nothing on that,
if he does not actually lose, he is naturally forced to run behind until either a composition
with his creditors or an assignment becomes a necessity. This of, course, refers only to
the weaker houses. Hut Montreal contains palatial retail dry goods houses second to
none on this continent. The magnificent brown stone building of H. Morgan & Co.,
S. Carsleys block of siunptuously fitted stores, and the establishment of John Murphy & Co.
and H. & X. V.. Hamilton & Co., show what can be achieved by energetic, resolute, and cap-
able men in tiie loeth of the severest competition, and there are hundreds of less imposing
NL.I:: STOHh: OV G.AUL.'l' UHOS
are very
le ties oi
millinery
vitnessed
ide in the
ut it has
riiese are
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ones where a sound and prosperous husi ess is don*.-. They arc iu>t nia^'nates in the trade;
but they form its most useful units. Cool, clear-headed men ot" business, they are strenyili
alike to the trade they have chosen anJ to tlie city tliey live in.
The most important textile iiuhistry in Canada is undoubtedly the manufacture o\'
cotton. F"rom its first inception wiien the Dundas mill was started in 1859, has j^rown
steadily until there are now in the Dominion no less than Ji mills employinjj 8,700 hands,
and having an agffrajfate capital of $1,^,700,000. These mills are among the greatest
wage-paying concerns in the country. They pay out annually $j,^8o,ock) to theii em-
ployees, they consume $27o,ocjo worth of Canadian coal, as well as $870,000 o^ stores and
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lioy are streiij^ili
nianutactiiro o'i
1859, lias fjrown
\\^ 8,700 hands,
ng the ^rcalest
KXD til theii ein-
Kxi ol" stores ami
supplies, they expend S40o,(xx) annually in railroad ami other freights, as well as S()3,(kx>
in custom duties. This enormous agjjrej^ale o( nearly lour millions of dollars is annuall\-
put in circulation in this country by this one textile industry, and therefore the benefit
derived by Canadians from its establishment within our borders can hardly be over-
estimated. It is also an important factor in our foreiijri trade as the value of the annual
impost of cotton by the mills is estimated at $3,<'73.*)33-
The Canadian cotton industry is interwoven with the names of .Mr. .\. V . Gault, Mr.
R. I.. Gault and Mr. David Morrice. To these three gentlemen the success of the cotton
mills in Canada is undoubtedly due. It was through their efforts mainly that the Hoche-
I'OARn Ol- IRADI'. soil i:\IN X
S. CAH^I.iiV ,«■ CO- HbCT'AIL. S'l
la^a Cotton Company was not only a success in itself hut was able to absorb a number ot
smaller mills at a time w luti the closing of some oi them was not tar otV and combine
the whole under ane management as the Dominion Cotton Company. The experience
and capacity that made the Hochelaga Company so superior to its competitors has done
equal wonders for the larger one. The Dominion Cotton Company now pays a dividend
of eight per cent on a capital of 8,^000, ckxi, and owns property to the value of 85,000,000,
while before its inception some of the mills it now operates probably were about to close
down, and two of them, the Dundas and i.ybster mills, had actualh ceased manufacturing
altogether.
The CO
extended b;
mills. Her
the format!
already pait
in operatior
inent of the
ascribed to
confined to
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llie coalition so siicce.sstiilh iiiiuiyfiirated amoni^^ the .i;rey cotton mills has been
extended by the same gentlemen with equally gratifying;' success to the colored cotton
mills. Here again the Messrs. (iault were the powers. It is to their enerjjy and tact that
the formation of the Canadian Colored Cotton Company is due. This company has
already paid a dividend at the rate oi six per cent per annimi, although it has only been
in operation for about twelve months as yet. To the rigid economy and efficient m.mage-
nient of the otlicers most of the credit of this slunving is due. althougii much may also be
ascribed to its power of concerted action whereby the production of each mill can be
confined to certain classes of a^oods alone. Previously, when everv mill tnanufactured
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any line it chose, the competition became so close and keen that two of the mills now
operated by the company, a]thoiij,Hi the best equipped and best managed in the coimtry,
had not paid any dividends for seven or eij,'ht years, and two others were almost in the
same condition. Truly in union there is sirenjjth ; for without the concentration of these
'arnng elements under one central control the cotton industry would be a weak and
strufjfgling one in this country, and Canada would lose the advantage of the enormous
sums it pours annually into the pockets of the working classes.
The third large cotton manufacturing companv is the Montreal Cotton Companv,
whose mills are at Valleyfield. This company follows exactly the same policy as the
Domuiion Cotton Company and the Canadian Colored c:otton Compav, and the three
concerns represent twelve and a half millions of the total of 811,700,000 m vested in ihe
cotton industry in this country. It believes in vigorous extensum and has just issued
stock to the amount of 8300,000, to be used solely for expanding its capacity. It now pays
a dividend of eight per cent, per annum and is equally prosperous with its powerful rivnls.
There is no branch of Canadian industry about which more nonsense has been talked
than the cotton mills. They have been denounced as "combines," "trusts," "syndicates,"
etc., by blatant labour orators and held up to execration as bloated "monopolies" bounded
together to raise prices and rob the working man, when the real fact is that, but for them,
there would be nearly nine thousand unemployed hands, who are now earning fair wages,
thrust upon an already over-crowded labour market. The statement that that thcv l^ave
raised prices is ridiculous. The average run of prices is from 15 to 30 per cent, less then it
was in 1878 when every mill was trying to cut its neighbour's throat. This applies to ail
hnes the workingman needs, such as grey and white "cottons, denims, prints, checl.:s. tick-
ing, canton flannel, ginghams and combination woollen goods. These values are cerlainh
higher than those ruling in .Manchester, but then Canadian i^oo&r; are noted for their honest
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of tlie mills now
\ in the country,
re almost in the
iitration of tht'se
he a weak and
if the enormous
otton Company,
ne policy as the
, and the three
^ m\ ested in the
has just issued
ty. It now pays
i powerful rivnls.
has been talked
i," "syndicates,"
ipolies" hounded
It, but for them,
ning fair waf^es,
that they have
cent, less then it
is applies to all
ts, checl-s, tick-
ues are certainly
:I for their honest
make. They are all pure cotton and not loaded with China clav or corn starch like the
Kns,Hish article and besides the wajjfes of the operatives are much 'higher and the cost of the
\arious supplies and material much clearer than in Itlngland owing to the length of trans-
portation from the supplying centres to the mills. In Kngland the coal is practically along-
side the factories. In this country the hard coal must come from the I'nited States and
the soft steam coal from either Wales or Xova Scotia. This of course adds very largely to
its laid down at the mills. It is the same with dye-stuffs, machinerv and supplies ; so that
the Canadian manufacturer works at a very serious disadvantage compared with his
lyiglish competitor. It is to compensate for this that the protective tariff is imposed upon
Knglish cotton stuffs, and that this tariff is not an oppressive one is proved by the fact that
England still competes with us in this market, and that the prices of Canadian cottons are
on an average twenty per cent, less to-day than they were before the protective duties were
imposed. To subject the Canadian manufacturer defenceless to the onslaught of his more
highly favored competitor in England would be to close our mills, throw nine thousaud
helpless operatives out upon the world, and to abandon an industry which yearly puts four
millions of dollars into circulation in this country. i-Iven the most prejudiced free trader
would hesitate at so drastic a measure. A certain measure of protection our mills must
have if they are to run at the most moderate margin of profit, and so long as this protection
remains within its present moderate limits its existence is an advantage" rather than a dis-
advantage to the consumer since it enables our manufacturers to provide him with a pure
and durable article and protects him from the substitution of cheap loaded cottons from Ic
^,<i-ii.->i,l.^,,.. ;n^i,.. >.-:,.i ,..,„»_«. Tu:.. :.. _ _.• i,.^ ., . . . .
scrupulous industrial centres. This is reasoning from the purely
economic standpoint.
l'"rom a patriotic one every Canadian would be willing to bear e\ en a slight increase in his
burden rather than see his country lag behind in the march of industrial progress, or wit-
ness one oi her greatest industries languish for want o'i
support
BOARD OF IRADE SOCII'IA'IR .
S. liRKKNSIIIKI.nS SO
\i. H. tiKI'KNSIIIKI.nS.
Ci. \\. I'k.\si:i<.
Mk. v.. H. liKi;i:.\siiii:i.i>s. senior partner in tho linn oi S. tireonsliiolds Son iK; Co.,
W'iiolesiilo I)r)- Cioods Mercliants, is one ot the most widely aiid favourably known men in
ilie city of Montreal, and during the past year was the most prominent li;^ure in connection
witli the Montreal I^oard o'i Trade. During;- the period mentioned, which was the tifiielh
anniversary oi the incorporation of the Board, he not only filled the position o\' PresiJonl
hui was also (."hairnian o^ the Hiiildinij Committee. In connection with the
latter he retjuired to devote considerable lime and labour in lookinij after
the many details connected with the erection of the new edifice. .Amonjj
tiiesj o\\^^ o'i the most important was the compilation of the semi-centennial
report, in lieu o^ the ordinary annual report o( the Board. This _i;i\es a
comprehensive and interestini;" historical sketch of Montreal duririijthe jiast
half century, w ilh exhaustive tabular statements, shew ins;- the rapid develop-
ment of the trade and commerce of the city. It also deals with the manu-
factures that have arisen during that period, and traces by decades the won-
derful growth of our shipping interest and the development oi the great
Canadian railways. It is beautifully illustrated with maps, shewing the
harbour and canal extensions and improvements and cuts of most o'i the
public buildings. The plans of Montreal as it appeared in 1723, 17(10, iSoo,
1S03, 1.S42, iSho, and subseqent dates up to the present, are verv instructive
as shewing how the city has extended from time to time. In addition to
the commercial nistory oi the ciiy there i.- an interesting sketch, from a
social point of view, o( Montreal, extending as far back as \h^2. These
matters necessarily entailed a good deal of additional work on behalf o\'
the Commiitee, and that Mr. Cireenshields did his share of the duty is
shewn bv the fact that he attended every meeting of the Board and the
Building Committee, both ordinary and special, during the year. That he discharged the
duties attending each ably and efficiently is abundantly testified by the imanimous wish o(
the members of the Board oi Trade that he should remain President during this, their
menmrable Jubilee year,
in Montreal in 1830 and
1;. C. B. l-i-
Mk. Ci
Son X: (^o.,
ciiy o\' Abe
training in
he came to
l'^ I;. ( iKl.KN^IIlKI O
School and McGill Cniver-
i8(K), taking the degree o\'
;ind winning the Prince oi
father, the late John (Ireen-
from Cilasgow, Scotland, in
business which has been
subject of this sketch com-
in iSni), when he entered
laie .Mr. I). Ci. Cireenshields.
i.S7(). when the firm moved
Si.|u;ire, still occupied by
a Director o\' the Bank o(
Life .Assurance Company.
.McCiill I'niversity, o\w o^
Institute and \'ice-President
Montreal. In addition to
allied with manv o'i the
institutions in the citv. Me
I il.' >K'.\: lil;i i\\ M. !•■
Mr. Cireenshields was born
was educated at the High
sity, where he graduated in
B..A. with first rank honors
Wales' Ciold Medal. His
shields, came to this city
1S45, and established the
carried on ever since. The
menced his business career
I lie firm o\ his uncle, the
and was made a partner in
into the premises in X'ictoria
them. Mr. Cireenshields is
Montreal and the Standard
He is a Cioveriutr ol the
the trustees o( Trafalgar
o\' the .\rt .Association o^
to the above, he is cU>selv
charitable and benevolent
was for a long time con-
nected with tho X'ictoria Rifles, in whicli he held a commission, first as Knsign and after-
wards as Lieutenant, retiring in 1S71 with the rank of Captain. At the time of the l''eni;ui
raid, in 1S70, he saw some active serv ice, and went to the from at Ivccles Hill as Lieutenant
of his company. Mr. Cireenshields has been a member o^ the Bo.ird o\' Trade for many
\ears and, as already iiientii>ned, he has filled the most prominent position in that body re-
tiring because the business v>f his firm re^iuired his undivided attention.
business oil
ing been ad
to business,
Keatherstoi
in commen
business al
whom he
the firm is
that daily |
the house
always be
concerned
a partners!
ber of the
require all
never takv
sembles hi
energies a
firm. He
warfare of
the intere
are attack
Montreal
who, while
and build
The house
pillars of
house is f
buver for t
IRADK SOLI EN IR Xi'MBKR.
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i.iRi:i-:Nsiiii-:i.i)s son ^v lo.
men in
incLMion
; fit'lieth
resiJciit
rjieil tlie
wish oi
lis, tlieir
as horn
le Hiyh
iiated in
; honors
il. His
his city
hod the
■e. Tiio
s career
icle, the
irtner in
X'ictoria
hiekls is
standard
• ol the
"rafalijar
at ion ot"
■i ck>sely
nevolent
iiie con-
nd atter-
e l'"enian
eutcnant
for nian\
hodv re-
i;. C B. l"i:.\riii:usroMiAri;Fi. (li:o. Lu'.iitiiai.i, Cains.
Mk. lih;oi<c.i; Bkowm: I'"kasi:k, who is also a niemlier t:s{ the llrm of S. (ireenshields
Son iK: l"o., is a native of Scothmd, wiiere lie was horn in 1X54. He was educated in the
ciiv oi Aherdeen, Scothmd, so famous for its I'niversity, and after receivini^- a llioroiii^li
training in the drv goods hiisiness with one of tlie largest firms in the above-named city
lie came to Canada to take up a position in the firm oi which he is now a partner. This
was in 1^75, and after seven years with the firm he was appointed their
I'lnglish huyer. Having now heen crossing the Atlantic twice every year
since 1882, he has hecome ow^i of the hest known of Canadian huyers in the
i'lnglish and Scotcli woollen and cotton maiiufactiiring centres, the import
trade of his firm being on^ of the largest in the Dominion. He is well-
known in the trade as o\\^ of the highest authorities in dry goods, and his
long and varied experience has fitted him in an eminent degree for the
important position he has now filled so long. He became a partner in the
firm in 1891, and has been a member oi the Hoard of Trade since 1887.
As his duties require him to be absent so nuicli from Canada, he has never
been able to attend much to matters outside the business of the house.
Mk. luiWAKO CiiAKi.i:s Bakkv I'KATiiKKsroMiAic.ii, one of the partners
in the firm of S. CJreenshields, Son i\: Co., is a native Canadian. He was
b,>rn in (uielph, Ont., in 1852, and received his education at the (Irammar
Scliool there. In i8()8 he removed to Toronto where he entered the service
iif the Hank of Toronto, where he remained until 1869, and in the following
year he came to .Montreal where he has since resided. His first appoint-
ment in this city was witli tlii wholesale firm of Sutherland, Hardie &
Kleming, in which he filled several prominent positions for about six years.
He severed his connection with that house in order to take charge of the
business office of S. Cireen>hields, Son i\: Co., with whom he has remained ever since, hav-
ing been admitted a partner in the firm in i8i)i. after fifteen years of unremitting attention
to business. To all who have dealings with this large firm, and their name is legion, Mr.
(iKKi:\^IMKI.Ii>.
Keatlierstonhaugh is well
in commercial circles holds
business ability being fully
whom he has dealings,
the firm is to look after the
that daily pass through i!ie
the house in connection
always been done to the
concerned is proved by the
a partnership in the busi-
ber of the Board of Trade
rec|uire all his time to be
never taken any part in
sembles his other partners
energies are bent to push
firm. He takes wo active
warfare of the day, and his
the interest of .Montreal
are attacked. It is men
1;. ( ', M. li-.\i iii-.u-'ii'Mi \r>,ii.
and favorably known and
a high rank, his sterling
appreciated by those with
\\'\s special department in
vast business transactions
ortice and the interests of
therewith. That this has
entire satisfaction of all
fact of his being admitted to
ness. He has been a mem-
since 1887, but as his duties
spent in the <iHice he has
outside aftairs. He re-
in the fact that all his
forward the interests of the
part in the political
voice is only heard when
and her commercial welfare
like these who have placed
the greatest city in Canada,
Montreal in the position oi
who. while the politicians argue and struggle, pursue the line ot steady business progress,
and build monuments, lasting when the politicians and their arguments are forgotten.
The house of S. (.ireenshields, Soi- & Co.. is one oi these, and stands to-day one of the
pillars of Montrears commercial prosperity. The sketch oi this prominent dry goods
house is fittingly closed with the career oi the foui tii partner, Mr. Cains, the Canadian
hu\ er for tlie firm.
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Mk. Cii;oK(.i-; l.u.inAi.i. (.".\i\s, of S. lireensliiolils, Son X: Co , is ;i naiivi.- t";in;icli;iii.
having been born in tliis country in i'S^J. lie was ci.lucati.i.1 in Montreal and linally settieii
in this city in 1H73. He coinmenceil his ciinimorciai c;i'L'v.r in 1S73 when he entered the
service of S. (ireenshields, Son iV I'o., ot' whicli his brother
was at that time a partner.
mained with the lirm ever
a partner in iS()i, l-'or a
sented the House in the
his enerjry and business
materially extendinjjf their
a sure and sound tootinij".
he has attended chietlx to
goods, the home manu-
become a very important
the firm. In this line Mr.
cognized expert. With the
Cotton '.ind Woollen Mills
few years, many lines ol
tured here that hitherto had
experience Mr. Cains has
has rendered his services of
He is President of the
Traveller's Association for
a large majority for this
(;i:.iKi
i.li.ll I \1 I ( ■ \1N-
the late Mr. John L. Cains
Mr. (i. I,, ('ains has re-
since and was admitted as
number of years he repre-
Lower Provinces and by
abilitv he succeeded in
trade and establishing it on
During the past few years
the buying of the Canadian
factured products having
branch in the business i^l
Cains is a thoroughly re-
establishing o( so man\
in Canada, during the past
goods are now manufac-
to be imported. The long
had in home manufactures
especial value to the lirm.
Dominion Commercial
1893, his recent election by
post of honor shewing his
popularity with his late confreres on the roail. He is a director of the Dominion Blanket
and Fibre Co., and has long been prominently connected with the Montreal Amateur
Athletic Association. Mr. Cains has been a member of the Hoard of Trade since 1887.
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ALPHOXSK RACINi:. A. R acini: ^ Co., I.mpokti-ks.
Mk. Ai.i'iioNSK R Ai INK, the sole proprietor in the firm of .\. Racine & Co., Wholesale
Dealers in Dry Goods, is a native Canadian, having been born in Laprairie, Que., in 1848
and educated in his native place. He came to Montreal in 1866 and it was here that he
gained his first knowledge of the world of business i:i which he was destined to afterwards
play such a promment pari.
of Adolphe Roy it Co., for a
succeeded to that business
ducted it with such skill and
creased until now he requires
of clerks and has six travel-
Mr. Racine has extended his
corner of the provinces of
every year shows a marked
his firm. He has been a
Trade for the past ten years
Council of that body. He is
the Wholesale Dry Goods
Council of the Chambre de
active part in the commercial
which he has built up so
trade. In social circles Mr.
After serving with the firm
period of twelve years he
in 1878 and has since con-
judgement that it has in-
the assistance of over a score
lers constantly on the road,
trade to every nook and
Ontario and Quebec and
increase i:i the business of
member of the Board of
and for a time served on the
• liso a prominent member of
Association, is also on the
Commerce and takes an
interests of Montreal in
prospering and thriving a
Racine is highly esteemed
benevolent institutions. He
'i I
and is a liberal contributor to a number of philanthropic and
was one of the fovmders and is a life governor of tiie Notre Dame Hospital, in which he
takes a great interest. In politics he is a Liberal but does not take an active part in the
party contests.
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.lAV) i)F Th'ADK SOri'KN/N A'UMJiKR.
I nativL- Canadian,
I aiul linall> settled
ilicn 1k' enlcred the
Mr. John I-. Cains
L. Cains has re-
d was admitted as
i>l' years he repre-
I'rovinces and hy
lie succeeded in
d establishiriijf it on
the past few years
nj^ of the Canadian
products ha\ inj;'
n the business ot
; a thoroujjhly re-
\'\n^ of so many
la, durinj^ the past
re now manufac-
ported. The Ions;
lome manufactures
\ahie to the (irm.
on Commercial
; recent election hy
honor shewinj^^ his
Dominion Blanket
Montreal Amateur
ade since 18.S7.
n
i^ Co., Wholesale
airie, Que., in 1848
it was here that he
ned to afterwards
ng with the firm
twelve years he
d has since con-
that it has in-
nce of over a score
ntly on the road,
every nook and
nd Quebec and
the business of
f the Board of
me served on the
ninent member of
, is also on the
and takes an
■>f Montreal in
and thriving a
highly esteemed
institutions, lie
pital, in which he
active pari in the
none. SON, .slmm;r \ co.
|l>\.\lll.\N Hoin.^(Vs. 'I'lKMAs 1^. lloor.soN.
Mk. Jonathan Horn. son. senior partner in the lirm of Ihulgson, .Sumner iV L\\,
Wholesale Dry tioods Merchants aiul Importers o\' Small Wares aiul l-'ancy tiootis, was
born of l-lngiish parents, in tlie town of Clintonx ille. New York Slate, in the year 18.27.
He is the son of the late Mr. Thomas Hodgson who arri\ed in Canada in 1818, from .Sun-
derland, but sl'iortly afterwards remosed to the St;lte^ When onl\ sesen years of age
.Mr. Jonathan Hodgson returned with his parents to Canada and settletl in Lacolle, Que.,
where his father hail purchased a tract of land which he, as one o^ the early settlers in that
tlisirict, proceedetl to cultivate. Here the subject of our sketch was brought up, educatetl,
and it was here that he spent the early part of his life. When comparatively \oung he
commenced his commercial career in the emplovment of John Steel, a general merchant o(
Xapierville, Que., as clerk. After a period o\ live years in this cip.icity he renuned ti>
Montreal, as a larger business centre, where he became connected with the Hrni o\' William
Mood\, wholesale dry goods merchant. In 1837 .Mr. Hodgson started business on his own
account in conjunction with Mr. J. l'"oulds, under ilie style o'i h'oulds X: Hodgson, wholesale
dry goods merchants, and
career has been one of un-
success. Mr. I<\nilds retiring
Mr. Hodgson became senior
remained as such ever since,
what re-organized in 187(1
mitled. The history of the
been oneof phenomenal pros-
(ierman dry goods being ex-
ireal ; nd distributed alt over
and seventy hands are em-
partment and the travellers
the whole of Canada and the
versally acknowledged to be
line, in the Dominion and in
important branch of in-
one o'i the oldest members
ing joined that institution
served in the Council of this
|i>N \ I II W I jiijli
from t hat date.Mr. Hodgson's
(.juaiilied and uninterrupted
fri>m the business in 1870
partner in the firm and has
though the firm was some-
w hen other partners weread-
lirm from its incipiency has
perity, British, l-'rench and
tensively imported intoMon-
t he Dominion. Betweensixtv
ployetl in the Wholesale De-
representing the housecover
amount of trade done is uni-
onQ oi the largest, in this
every way a credit to this
duslry. .Mr. Hodgson is
of the Board if Trade hav-
thirty-three years ago. He
Corporation from 1887 to
oi the Committee o<i Arbi-
1881), and alsi> formed one
tration. He is one oi the prominent members of the Montreal Dry (ioods .Association
which was established in connection with the Board of Trade. He has on several occasions
visited Ottawa as a representative delegate from Montreal to interview members o( the
Cabinet in the interests of the Dry Goods trade. .Apart from his special business Mr.
Hodgson is interested in several other financial and commercial concerns. He is a director
of the Merchants Bank of Canada, of the Merchants .Manufacturing to., the .Almonte
Knitting Co., the .\lliance Insurance Co., and also of the Canada Shipping Co., in all of
which he takes an active interest. He is a well-known member of the commercial com-
munity and is immensely esteemed and respected by :.ll with whom he has come in contact.
Mk. Thomas V.. Hoin;stv\, son of the gentleman above referred to and partner with
him in the business, was born in Montreal in 1855. He was educated at the Collegiate
Institute in this city and completed his studies in the Montreal and St. Krancis College,
Richmond, Que He commenced in business with his father in 1871 and became a partner
when the firm was re-organized in 1880, and has since remained in that capacity. Ho was
elected to the Board of Trade in 1888 and is also a member of the Montreal Wholesale Dry
Cloods .Association. Mr. Thomas Hodgson is a prominent member of the Montreal
.Amateur .Athletic .Association and was one of the founders of the Kish and Came Club,
and in social circles is an universal favourite. He is a member of several literarv and
scientific societies in the city in which he is an active worker and to which he gives liberal
support.
:!OARD OF TRADE SOLVENIh
1IK\I<^■ MORCIAN X: CO.
L'OI.IN n. Ml>Kl,\\.
JAMKS MOKG.W, Jk.
MicssKS. |.\Mi:s Mi>Ki..\\, Jk., and C'olix D. Moki.w arc inonibeis \>{ the tirm ot
llcnrv .Mori^aii it Co.. whose name in connection with tlie inmien^e dry i^oods estabhsh-
mcnt owned by liini is so well-known to dl citizens oi iMontical and indeed is a liouse-hold
word in tlie eastern part of Canada. The lirm was orijjcinall\- founded in the year i<S44 by
Messrs. David Smith and Henry .Morjjan. In 185^ the former iientleman severed his con-
nection with the business
( senior ), who at that time
tirm ot Muirhead iK; Mi>ri;an
joined his brother, Mr.
conjunction with him estab-
here, under the title o'i
The house is, perhaps, the
and manai^ed by one family
.\merica. The beautiful
of imported red sandstone,
commandinj.;' site on St.
ject of uni\ersal admiration
.Montreal and to the larj^e
yearly come to this city,
being one of the siijhts of
arrangements are as perfect
make them. In every res-
a credit to the city and a
and commercial enterprise
I.WII- MiiKi, \N.
md then James Morgan,
was connected with the
oi CJIasgow, Sc>>lland,
Henry Morgan, and in
iished the present business
Henry Morgan i\; Co.
largest oi its kind owned
i^n the continent of North
new premisjs built entirely
centrally situated on a most
Catherine street, is a sub-
and interest to all citizens iii
number of visitors who
It is. indeed, identified as
Montreal, and its internal
as money and skill can
pect the establishment is
Moni'Mient to the genius
01 its foimder, who is now
reward of his past industry
reapmg the well merited
and labor. Ha\ing briefly sketched the past record K-^i this great commercial establish-
ment it would be interesting before closing this article to add an account of two of its
members, .Messrs. James Morgan, (Junior), and Lolin D. Morgan. The former gentle-
man is the son of Mr. James .Morgan, ( senior ), alreadv mentioneil as ha\ing been
one of the original founders
Morgan, Jr.|, was born in
land, in tlie year 1847, and
young. He has since re-
ceived his education at the
le iving that institution has
uncle's business, to which
partner. Since his connec-
show n himself to be a
business and takes a large
upon himseli.
also a native of Cllasgow.
in that city in the year
native country until he was
receiving his education and
mercial business there. He
year i.S(h), and settled in
iiis uncle's, Mr. Henry
He has since been admitted
i(S77, and is one of the
workers in the house. Hoth the foregoing gentlemen are members of the .Montreal Hoard
of Trade and are recognized as being business men y>{ rare capacity anil energv-. Hy strict
attention to the wants of their numerous patrons they have de\ eloped the presetit business,
which promises a steady increase xearly, and so justify the building of the magnificent
edifice they now occupy.
(ill IS I). M'lKi.W.
K>i the firm. He ( Mr. J.
the cit\ of Cllasgow, Scot-
came to Canada when very
sided in Montreal and re-
High School, and since
been associated with his
he has been admitted a
lion with the lirm he has
thoroughly ellioient man of
share of the management
Mk. Cui.ix D. Mokc.ax is
Scotland, having been born
1X41). He remained in his
iwenty-three years of age,
lirst insight into com-
came out to Canada in the
.Montreal, where he entered
Morgan's establishment,
to a partnership in tiie year
most active and energetic
TRADE SOL VENIR NUMUEk.
I 1 1
le firm ol
establisli-
ouse-liokl
ir 1S44 hy
.1 his con-
Mors^aii,
with the
Solhmd,
and in
t business
& Co.
id owned
of Xortii
ilt entirely
on a most
is a siih-
citizens of
tors who
•ntitied as
s internal
skill can
aliment is
ie genius
ho is now
<t industry
establish-
iwo of its
ler gentle-
ving been
e (Mr. J.
4^0 w, Scot-
when very
;il and re-
and since
with his
dmitted a
•m he has
.Mit man of
anagement
Morgan is
;■ been born
ined in his
n"s of age,
into com-
ada in the
he entered
iblishment.
in t!ie year
1 energetic
treal Hoard
Hy strict
It business,
iiagnificent
S. CARSM'.V (,C\:.;>i.; V iV C\>.)
Mk. S.\.\u-i:i. L'ahsi.kv the senior partner in tiu- lirm of Carsley & Co., Wluilesalo and
Retail Dry Cloods merchants, is a native K:^i Shropsliire, I'.ngland, and was born in 1.S35.
The early part of .Mr. Carslev's life was spent in his native county where he was appren-
ticed to the dry goods business in the Market Town of l-:ilesmere and where he received
his early commercial training. Some years were afterwards spent at business in Liverpool,
Manchester and London,
Canada, where he arrived
this vanc'd experience Mr.
amount of practical busi-
growth of the firm of which
most satisfactory. Me first
Kingston, Ont., in the ye:u-
Montreal in 187 1. His
first has been one of con-
ize tlie amount of trade
visit the establishment
1765 to 1779 inclusive, on
building has a frontage of
pying five floors, all of
business. The firm has
building known as the
order to open through to
vantage of this will be that
from the two main thor-
new improvement will give
% V.
.\Ik. S wiri-i. ('\i<~>i.i-.v.
luigland, before leaving tor
in the year iS_s7. Huring
C'arsley gained a vast
ne> s knowledge. The
he is the head has been
commenced business in
iSdj, but removed to
commercial career from the
liiuied success, but to real-
now done it is necessary to
which occupies numbers
Notre Dame street. The
170 feet, the premises occu-
which are utilized for the
recently purchased the
" Old Mechanics Hank" in
St. James Street. The ad-
the premises can be entered
ovighfares of the city. This
a total frontage to the build
ing of 2\s feet and a total area of cij.ocxj square feet occupied for the business. The
firm has a wholesale branch in St. l\-ter street, under the name of Carsley & Co., and also
another branch in London, England. In 1870, Mr. Carsley imporied machinery from
the United States for winding cotton thread, importing the thread m large hanks Irom dreat
liritain, and winding it on
done at present by Messrs.
others. He was the first
industry into Canada, also
wind silk on spools. Mr.
years p;ist been closely
leading benevolent and char-
life governor of the Mont-
is President of the Society
and Children, in which he
He has been largely instru-
beneficcnt retbrms in the
and Children. As a busi-
very pronounced views with
Mercantile Agencies and
published in any of their
tions. He was the plaintilT
"Carsley vs. Bradstreet "
tention at the time, and
the courts, and was niosi
sides, but in which he ultimately iriumpiied beuig a
been a member of the Hoard of Trade for a number ot vears
W'll I I Wl I'K \\ci> r\«-.l.KV.
spools here, as is largely
J. P. Coats & Co., and
to introduce this branch of
the first in the Dominion to
S. Carsley has for many
allied with many of our
it able institutions. He is a
real Cieneral Hospital and
for the Protection of Women
takes a deep interest,
mental in obtaining some
laws regarding both Women
ness man Mr. Carsley has
regard to the use of
ne\ er allows his name to be
agency books or publica-
in the memorable case of
which attracted great at-
which was five years before
determinedly fought on both
warded heavy damages. He has
Mu WiiiiVM 1-"k\mis Cakslkv, eldest son ot Mr. S. Carsley, received two years
business training in Kngland, and afterwards spent some time .studying the manulacture ot
silk in France before joining the Montreal firm. He is a member ot the Hoard ot Irade
and is -i partner with his father in the firm of Carsley & Co., St. Peter street, Montreal.
i
I I J
Mj
•I
1^
n
i W>
ii ,1
liCAK/) OF TRADE SO
n. MORKIt i:,
\\\\. J \Mi:s MoKKKi;.
D.win MoKK
The firm of O. Mokkhi;, Sons I't Co., Miimifacturers A^'cnls and (icncral Mercliants.
\ii par i.xci-lleiUT in the leading' rank in tlie dry f^^oods trade in Canada, where it is so widely
known and respected, as it also is in London, ^lanchesler, and most of the larjje manufac-
tuririff and business centres in Knj^land. The firm, as at present constituted, was or},'an-
ized by Mr. Morrice, Sr., in iS.S^, when he took into partnership with him his two sons, but
the foundation of this immense business was first laid 20 years prior to that
date by the yentieman named. Mr. David Morrice is a native of Scotland,
haviny been born in the old town of I'erth in 1M30, and it was there thai he
received a thorough secular and commercial education. He afterwards
entered into business in his native place, but only remained for a short w hile.
He paid a visit to Ireland and spent some time in the cities of Dublin and
Cork. Thence he went to Kngland, and resided chiefly in London, Manches-
ter, and Liverpool, the great manufacturing and shipping cities of (ucat
Britain. It was during these visits that he gained a thorough insight into
the business working of a number of large firms, and the knowledge and
experience he thus obtained has been of the greatest benefit to him in his
subsequent career. When he was twenty-three years of age he left l-ingland
and came to Canada. This was in 1853, and after remaining a short time in
Montreal he removed to Toronto, where he entered the service of a large
wholesale establishment. He continued with this firm for about eight years.
In 1S63 Mr. Morrice decided to make the commercial metropolis his future
home, and returned to Montreal, where he has since resided, and where he
established the business which has been fraught with unqualified success
since that date. Mr. Morrice is possessed of extraordinary business ability,
energy and foresight which have secured for him the high esteem in which
he is held in commercial circles and which ha\ e placed him in the foremost rank among
the successful business men of Canada. His enterprise knows no bounds, and whatever
undertaking he becomes associated w ith, as an active participant, is sure to succeed. The
D.w ih M.
headquarters of the firm
dation, in Montreal, but
branch in Toronto for facil-
Western Ontario trade. The
ners, D. Morrice, Sr. , Wm.
Morrice, Jr., who are best
for the Dominion Cotton
controls the mills at Hochc-
Kingston, Brantford, Monc-
Halifax, and the Canadian
which have mills at Mili-
Merritton and MaryvilK ;
mills : Auburn Woollen (Jo.,
Manufacturing Co., Paris,
Co., Hamilton, Ont.; J. B.
Coaticook Knitting Co.,
Narrow Fabric Co., Coati-
Port Dover, Ont., Trent
Campbellford, Ont. It will
the above what an exten-
handle and what an enormous quantity thjy turn out.
In addition to his other business, Mr. Morrice, Sr., is a director o^ several manufac-
turing and industrial corporations, and for years has been a leading factor in the develop-
ment of the trade and commerce of Montreal, and is u strong advocate of everything
tending in this direction. He is a tireless advocate of progressive measures and enterprises
for the growth of the commercial importance of Canada and gives his undivided support to
\V\1. I \\ll> MoKKKK.
have been, since its foun-
there is a very important
itating the working of their
firm consists of three part-
James Morrice, and David
know n as the general agents
Mills Co. This company
laga, St. Ann's, Magog,
ton, Windsor, Coaticook,
Colored Cotton Milling Co.,
town, Cornwall, Hamilton,
also the following woollen
Peterboro, Ont.; Penman
Ont.; Strathroy Knitting
Henderson, Thorold, Ont.;
Coaticook, P-C).; Cascade
cook, P.Q. ; Jonathan Lllis,
\alley Woollen Mills,
he easily understood from
sive varietx' of s/oods tliev
AR/) OF TRADE SOUVENIR AL'MtlER.
n. MORRIt i:, SONS \ CO.
D.\\ii> Moici
cKu i;. Sr.
D.W 11) MOKKICU, Ju.
tioiieral .Merchiints,
here it is so widely
the large manuf'ae-
titiited, was orfj^an-
m nis two sons, but
that
ity, D.wil. M
lich
most rank ainoiii^
luls, and wliatcver
t to succeed. 'Ihe
n, since its foun-
a very important
e workings of their
ists of three part-
orrice, and David
the jjeneral agents
This company
. Ann's, Magog,
ulsor, Coaticook,
"otton Milling Co.,
rnwall, Hamilton,
following woollen
), Ont.; Penman
;rathroy Knitting
n, Thorokl, Ont.;
c, P.O.; Cascade
).; Jonathan F.llis,
Woollen Mills,
understood from
;ty of goods they
several manufac-
tor in the develop-
:ate of everything
cs and enterprises
divided support to
any and every measure that is calculated to further the manufacturing industries, and thus
develop the wealth and increase the population of the countrv. In tiiis connection also he
has done a great deal to improve the social condition ol the tlunis.inds of people who are
employed in the various (aclories with which he is so closely connected. Ivverv improve-
ment that can be devised in this direction is readily adopted and carried into elfect.
In social circles he is highly respected and is recognized as one of most
generous-hearted of Montreal's philanthropic citizens, his generosity being
proverbial. Mis purse and voice are e\er at the service of worthv piirpose's
ot benesiilence, and many persons and causes Inve been the gratetui subjects
of his beneticent regard. He has long been closelv allied with several
benevolent institutions in the city and takes an active part in the manage-
ment ^i several of these. He is'also connected with the Microscopic Club
and other scientific societies. His gift of the Convocation Hall to the
IVesbyterian College may be cited as one single instance of his many noble
gitts. He has been a member of the Hoard of Trade for many years, and
takes an active interest in the Montreal Wholesale Dry (loods Association.
Jn politics he is a Conservative.
Mr. William James Morrice, who is a partner in the firm, was born in
Montreal in iSbi and received his education in this city. He commenced
his commercial career in 1880, having been sent over to Manchester,
luigland, in order to gain an insight into the dry goods trade of that great
metropolis of "Cottons, Twists and Twills." In 1883 he returned to
Montreal and entered into partnership in the firm which was then founded.
He soon gave evidence of that business ability which is such a marked
characteristic of the founder of the firm, and by liis energy and perseverance
has contributed materially towards the success of the business in the management of which
he takes an active part and to whirh he devotes his constant attention and energy.
In social circles he is held in higji esieem, and is, like his father, a generous supporter of
several charitable institu
literary societies. He has
of Trade for the past five
part in the management of
.Association in connection
he is also a member. In
The third partner in the
jr., who is a native Canadian,
real in 1863, where he also
his brother he went over to
his early commercial train-
Montreal became a p;.rtiier
looked upon as one ^^'( the
men of the rising gencra-
ed degree the energy and
joined the Board of Trade
interest in the Dry (ioods
also a member. In poli-
members of the firm, a
The firm of D. Morrice,
tions and connected with
been a member of the Board
years, and takes an active
the Wholesale Dry Cioods
with that body, and of which
politics he is a Conservative,
firm is Mr. David Morrice,
having been born in Mont-
received his education. Like
Manchester, Hngland, for
ing, and on his return to
in the firm in 1883. He is
most promising business
tion, and inherits in a mark-
ability of his father. He
in 1889, and takes an active
Association, of which he is
tics he is, like the other
Conser\ati\e.
Sons it Co. is one which
the commercial metropolis cf Canada may well regard with pride, for it is to such enter-
prising men as the members of this house that the country must look, to enable her to
hold the rank she is destined to take among the commercial 'nations of the world. Their
business IS purely to supply the wholesale trade, and their goods are sold throughout the
nonunion. No business has a better financial reputation or stands higher in the confidence
ot the trade. The excellence of their goods h.is long been proved bevond all q.'cstion.
I>\vii. M.
'KKii I-. Ik.
"r.:A'/j or trade sorvExiR x
liAii.r r.kos. .'v (.0.
A.NDKi w Fki:i)i:rkk Gai li.
RoiuKT Li;M,nc (i.\ri r.
Proniiin.nt anuMii,'- tlu' incrihani piiiuis of Canaila in tlif dry ^mhhIs trade slaiul> tlio
name ot A. 1-". (iaiilt, SLiiior itKinl-'i. r of (iaiilt Hios. i\; Cn., ^\'l^ol^.■^•alv.• Dry (iiutds
Morcliants, M mil real. Few men in lliis tinnitry arc mi^re wide!)' kn(.n\ n, nr oxertiso a
mure pouert'iil inlliiencc in conimeri'ial eireles than Mr. A. !•". (laiilt. He is a native of
Slrabane, Ireland, where lie was born in i.S^j. and arrived in Montreal in his boyhood,
lie received his ediieation al the ilii;h Sehool. Tor some lime afterwards
he was employed in a wholesale ilry y^oods iuni^e in this city. In 1S54,
u hen comparatix ely a youns;' man. he starteil in the wholesale dry ^oods
business in partnership with the late Mr. J. M. Stevenson, imder the name
lit' Ciaiilt, Stevenson iV Kli>. .After a {<:\\ years the firm dissolveil partner-
ship and Mr. Ciaiilt was joined by his brother, Robert I.., the firm's name
beiii!,' changed to (iaiilt Bros. iS: Co. Some years after, Mr. Samuel
l'"inley, a brother-in-law, was admitted to partnership. Mr. I'"inley retired
about eii^ht years at^o and Messrs. K. W. .SlacI)ouj.;all and Leslie II. tiault
were admitted as partners in the firm. Such is a brief history of the firm
from its inception to the present lime. -Mr. A. !•" (iault has been practi-
cally the leadinjjf spirit in promotinj,'- the cotton industries of this country,
and the present advanced stage of i>ur cotton maiuifacluries is very largely
due to his business enterprise, energy and sagacity. He has always taken
a lively interest in that industry, believing that a great future is in store
for it. He is, at present, probably the largest holder of cotton stocks in
Canada, and during the last few years his attention has naturally been de-
voted to that branch of his business. He is I'resident of the Dominion
Cotton Mills Company, which has a capital of 85,000,0(10. The mills
owned by this company are the Hochelaga and Stc. Anne's .Mills,
Montreal; the Cotton .Mills at Magog, Coaticook, and Chambly, P. (J.; the Craven Cot-
ton Company of Hrantford, Ont.; Kingston Cotton Company, Kingston. Ont. ; Moncton
Cotton Company, .Moncton, N.I3.; Nova Scotia Cotton Company, H.ilifax, N.S.; and the
emergencies i
iiectiiMi with
llospit.il, is I
and a memt-ie
(iault "s conn
Windsor Cotton Company,
this he is President oi the
Mills Company which has a
which owns the mills at
das, Merriton and St. Croix,
(ilobe Woollen Manufac-
bellford, Ont., and also
Cotton Mills Company,
the Montmorenci Cotton
Notwithstanding this great
and natural business energy
tion of his time to several
dustrial enterprises. He is
companies and banks and
and District Savings Bank,
and Cilobe Insurance Co.,
surance Company. In edu-
ways taken a prominent
(jovernors of Mc(iill Col-
his beneficence that the
Kcii:i;i; I I.i.-i 11; d \ri.r.
Windsor, N. S. Besides
Canadian Coloured Cotton
capital of $3,000,000 ; and
Cornuall, Flamilton, Dun-
He is l^resident of the
turing Company of Camp-
President of the Montreal
\'all''vfield. Que., and of
Mills of Montmorenci, Que.
responsibility his activity
enable him to give a por-
other financial and in-
a director in various stock
is a Director of the City
of the Liverpool, London
and the Manufacturers In-
cational matters he has al-
part, being one of the
lege. It is largely due to
.Montreal Diocesan Collesj-e
owes its existence, as the college building was presented by him to the Lord Bishop i.^i
Montreal some years ago. He is one of the leading members of the Church of luiglantl in
Montreal, and has filled the office oi '\ reasurer of the Synod. He has ne\ er sought
municipal or political honors, but has several times bei^n the choice of the Liberal (."011-
servative Party, as their standard bearer frr Montre;d West, but always declined the
honor. He has also been the unanimous c!ioii.e «f tl'.e citizens for .Mayor but pressing
.\miki:\\ I'kkkkkh k ('i\ri r.
of his firm M
of the cotloi
wide knowle
facturing st
Cotton .Milb
.Mills Comp;
Trent \'alle\
and Railwa
member of
past two
(ioods .Assoc
an active int
Mk. R. W
firm, was be
cated at th
mercial cart
worked his
reached the
ner. In coi
sterling busi
real (iener;
History Si
Director of
ber of the ^
.Association
the interest^
beiKN oleiit
Traile sinci
(ioOlls .A SSI
ADK A < )L-\ E MR .\ L MliEh .
Mi
l.'I' l\\<OS.
I o.
U. \V. Mai Dim i,\ii.
tlK-
ihhIs
of
mod.
Kiw I'KKnr.KH K ( 1 \i': i
h Cot-
Miclon
lul the
t' sides
"otton
I ; ami
Dun-
r the
L'amp-
mtreal
nd of
, gue.
ctivity
;i piir-
J in-
stock
; City
on don
rs In-
las al-
r the
liic to
olk'j^c
hop of
and in
.oiii^ht
I C"on-
.•d the
es^inj,'
I.l.sl.lli 11. t; All.T.
enu'i'tjencics of business have iironipleil hini to decline that honour. In addiliiMi to his i:oi}
neetion with the alio\o inentii'neil institutions he is a (.io\ernor of the .Monlieai tieneral
Hospital, is on the Conniiittee i>l' Manas^^enient of iho MacKay Institute lor Deaf Mutes
aiul a nuniher of the Hoard of Manaf,'enienl of tlie House of liuluslry and Kefu},'^e. Mr.
Ciauil's ei»nneelion with the |-'i\ird oi Trade beu;an many years ai4i>, since which he has
ser\ed in the Council and on the Hoard of Arhilration and is now toi;ether
with Sir Diinald A. Smith one of the Trus'.'.'s lor the first Morti;aj,a
Honds on the New Hoard of Trade huildinij'.
Koi!i;uT l.isi.i|.; (.iAii.r, a niemiu'r of the fuin of (.iault ISros., was
horn in Strahane, Irehinil, in 1N31, anil canio to this countiy with his
parents in 1S4J, and was educati d privately, lie ci>mmenc'.'d his com-
mercial career in the yiar iS4(), with the lirm of John Torrance tS; C'o., and
after reniaininij witii them for some time, eni;aj;-etl in the w holes.ile
jjrocery business. In 1857 Ivj joined his brother. Mr. A. !•". Ciauit,
as a member of ti..' lirm, in the management of which he has
ever since taken a prominent part. The business of this
well-knoun firm has grown year after year imtil it is now one
of the leadinij houses in the Pominion. tlieir business connections extending
from one end of Canada to the other. The success which has attentled
this linn is in a great measure due to the energy and enterprise of iMr. R.
L. li.iult whose keen business and executive abilities are well known to
the commercial worki, and it is by bringing these into active use that he
has been able, so successfully, to bring the firm, with which he has so
long been connected, to the high and prosperous position which, lor
years, it has held. In adtlition to controlling the many business relations
of his firm Mr. (iault has devoted a large p.irt if his time and money to the ad\ancement
of the cotton mills industry of the country a. d their success has been largely due to his
wide knowledge of business and financial affairs. Mr. Ciault is a large holder of maiui-
factmlng stocks, being a
Cotton .Mills Company ; the
Mills Company ; the Mont-
Trent X'alley Woollen Com-
and Railway Co. He has
member of the Board of
past two years President
(ioods .Association in which
an active interest. In poli-
Mk. R. W. .Mai Dorc.Ai.i.,
firm, was born in Montreal
cated at the High School,
mercial career with (i.uilt
worked his way up the
reached the highest rung,
ner. In commercial circles
sterling business man. He
real (ieneral Hospital, a
History Society, of the
K. W. Mac hoii; all.
Director of the Dominion
Canailian Coloured Cotton
real Cotton Company ; the
pany, and the Canada Coal
been for some years a
Trade i':.d has been for the
of the Wholesale Dry
he still continues to take
tics he is Conservative,
who is also a partner in the
in tlie year iS4<S, and edu-
He commenced his com-
Bros. ifi. Co., in 1.S62, and
ladder until 18.S3 when he
being admitted as a part-
he takes a high rank as a
is a Governor of the Mont-
member of the Natural
Junior Conservative Club, a
Curling Club, and a mem-
Director of the Montreal
berofthe M. A. A. .\. As one of the associate members of the ^'oung Men's Christian
Association he is higlily esteemed, for the manner in which he tries in every way to further
the interests of this organization. Mr. MacDougall is also closely allied with several other
bene\oienl and charitable institutions in the city. He has been a member of the Board of
Traile since the year 188H anil takes an active interest in the Montreal Wholesale Dry
(ioiuls .Association. In politics he is ;i supporter of the Conservative party.
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/id.iA'/) UF TRAhE SiH'V
Aiiotlu-r nu iiibor dt' \\w I'iinious lir.ii iw' liuult liros X: t'o., is Mu. I.i:m ih: 1 1, (i.\ii. r, win-
is the working piiitiKT in I'lc iDiiccrii aiul upon him iL'\ol\fs lo a };io:it c\lfc.'iil llio nianaj;o-
niciU of llie ItiisiiK'ss. lloisanali\o (.'anailiaii havintT boon horn in Montreal in tile voar
1S53. I le receiwJ his ecUuation ai liio llij;h School anil at iIk; (iait (iianiniai Sijiooi,
lialt.Onl. AlUT lomiiKlint;' 1 1 lii^ tJik-ation, Mr. liaull
'•.ponl some years iravelliML;'
lelurnini,'' lo Montreal where
Bros. iV Co., aiul in the
a partner in the business.
a most active p.irt in the
tlous coiuerii anil ) 'ar after
erv-aseil responsibility in
he is \irtu,iliy the main-
ly in. He possesses in a
IK ■-s atiility whieli is the
li.uill I'amil) a:ui has \ow^
nu'ivial anil ('"inancial eireles
ot liie i!ay. He I;. is dc-
attention to tlie Ory liooils
C'aiiaila, especially to the
maniit'acliires which ilurini,-'
made such rapiil strides in
form one of the staple in-
• ■ Ml I.
0:1 the continent of i\urope,
he joineil the liiiu iit (laiilt
year iNS^, he was admitted
Since that lime he has taken
ci'iiiliictin^' \.'y'( this stupen-
year has fouiul him v ith in-
tlial c.'iinection until now
spiin;,'' of the whole con-
marked decree that biisi-
ilislini;uishiiii; feature of the
Iven r.co^iii/id in t\im-
as one of tiie leadint;' men
\o;cil considerable time anil
Maiuilacturini,^ industry ol
ilevelopmenl i.^'i cotton
the past fow years ha\e
this country and wiiich now
duslries of tlie Dominion.
In social circles he is much respected and is a liberal supporter of all classes of spiirt. .Mr.
I.jslie ii. (iaull is a member oi tiie l-'oresl and Stream Club, .Montreal 'raiulem Club, ami
Hel-.Air Jockey Club, and also of St. Cieorj.,fe's C'lub, I.omlon, h.njjland. He joined the
Boanl of 'Iraile in 1SS7 and in politics is a Ci' "r\;iti\e.
JOIIX HI-: ATT IK.
Mu. John Hic.mtiI': was born in the town of Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the
year 1S43. He received his education in a parish school in tiie Orkney Islands, where his
father w.is a Minister cf tiie Church i f Scotland, and after receiving' his diploma spent a
year in luij^land is clerk in a cay j;oods s;ore. He came to Canada and settled in Mon-
treal in the year iSoj. He
career in this country by
Mi^rijan iK: Co., and subse-
iK: Co. He afterwards be-
R.uikin, Beattie ^^ (!ci., Cana-
Coats, Thread Manufacturers
for some important Caiiailian
facturers'. His firm con-
year iiSSc), when .Mr. Ilcattie
Central .Agency" which is
institutions of its kind in
famous thread manulactur-
(limited), and Clark c\: Co.,
important firms in the same
has been a member cf the
and he is one of the r.'.any
have contributed much bv
ci>nimenced his business
enterinj^f the empkn y^'i Henry
quently that o'i Win. Stephen
came a partner in the firm of
dian ai^ents for J. iV 1'.
Paisley, Scotland, as well as
Woollen and Cotton Maiiu-
tinued in business until the
became niana>,'-or ^^i "the
one ol the most important
existence, representing the
iiig (irnis of J. X: P. Coats,
P.iisley, Scotland, and other
line of business Mr. Beattie
Board of Trade since i.S.So,
merchants of the city \\lo
their personal efi'orts to raise
Montreal to her present piominent position as one of the most importants ports on the
continent of North America. He is a trustee o'i St. .Andrews' Church (Church of Scotland),
a member of the C'aledoiiian .Society, the St. James Ciub, the Thistle Curling Club, etc.,
etc., and is well known and very piipular amongst his many friends in Montreal.
7> or TNAhE SOCIKX/R A'/ '.]//,•/: A'
: 1 1, (i \i 1. 1, w 111-
I'fil llio ni;in;i^'L'-
ilroal ill tlio _\ v.ii
lamiiiai SiIiodI,
>n, Mr. (iault
iLIlt »'!' lulCDpi.',
c llrm dC (iiuilt
L- was .ulmitlc'il
no liL> has taki-'ii
nf tliis sliipk'H-
iul him V itli in-
lioii until lunv
1)0 wliolo con-
roe that biisi-
'fi t'oaluio of tho
li/til in t'oiii-
10 loading nion
oralMo tinio ami
ij;" i;iJu>try ol
It oi' cotton
■w yoars lia\o
and wliicii n^i\\
tl',0 i\iniiiiiiiii.
s ot sport. Mr.
iiuloni Club, ant!
I lo joined tiio
Scoliaiid, in the
laniis, whore iiis
diploma .spent a
settled ill Mon-
liis business
?mpio\ of Henry
.t( W'm. Stephen
or in the firm of
for J. iV 1'.
land, as well as
1 Cotton Mani!-
siiiess until the
a>;er o ( "the
most important
jpresentin^' tlie
J. & P. Coats,
land, and other
ss Mr. Heal lie
iide since i.SHo,
f the city wlo
I efVorts to raise
nts ports on the
ch of Scotland),
■lini^- Chib, etc.,
ntreal.
lAMKS .\l.|.\.\\ni:K I Willi..
Mu. J.\.\ii:s .\i.i:x.\m>i:k I'wii.ii:, wliosj name h.i> boon olos».'iy unili.d uitii ili.' ootion
aiul textile manufacture ol this coimtrv for iho pa-.l i|uaitor of acenlur\, ua-' born in
HaiilVshire, Scollaml, in the year iS,?". \U' was eilucal' d aUn in his n;ili\ e counlrv , and
first commeiicei.1 wurk in the employment oi' I'ainck C'ollio, ol Abertleen, in the vear iS^,),
in the wholesale ilry t;oods iratle. He remain, d uiih lhi-> firm lor ^ovin \ear> ami alter-
uaiils serseil with se\ ral other houses in a similar lin^ »il busine---, iinlil the \e,ir iN<i^^,
when he left SciUlaiid to come to v.'anada. I'pon siitlinj,' in .Montreal he first eiitereil the
emploMiient i>t Messrs. SteplKii iV Co., lieoruio Sieiilieii (now I. on! .Mount S;eplieni, boiiii^
then the senior partner, and who it may Ih' s.iid was ilie pioneer of the Canailian Woollen
Manufacturini;' iiulusir)-, in the t.le\ elopmenl o\ whiili he spent s,i much lime .ind iiuino) .
'file foundation o\' this firm has uiuloubleilly done moie to losi(.'rilK' Canadian w oolleii
maiuilacture than an\ tliin^' else durinj^ the present century ami has been llienuaiis oi
^i\ .'; employment to thousands of hands in ilillereiit paris o\' the Dominion whole the
mills have boon establisheii.
few years jii^o lliere was
in the district, ami the Caiia-
larj.^e extent laUeii llio place
which, until the iiiaujjfuration
held a monopoly in (he mar-
j^ioally reduced cost to the
has been that it has now be-
nmst importatil industries in
while so closeU connected
t o, n a t 11 r a I I y b e c a m e
this manufacture and has
his time and enori^y to that
prise which has ci>niiiiued to
care. He Cvinimencei.1 busi-
iiSfi.S with .\iex;iiidor I'^waii
tho title of C'antlie, l^wan
been alone in business owin}.j
1,1 some insi.inces I liriviiii;
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^m.
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11
IHIHiibtvlbifc^^ .
M^
la^es have i^iow n up, where a
hartlly an\ population at all
di.iii proiluct has to a \er\
ol loiei^ii imporleii jjoods,
ol'lhis branch ci| manufacture,
kel. .\mMlier feature is the
consumer. The result o^ this
come one o[ l;ie leadiiii; ami
the nominiiin. .Mr. C'antlie,
with the finii abo\e alluded
;Iioroui;lily identitietl with
• 'nco de\oteil a i^oinl deal o\'
iMaiK ii o( commercial enler-
llnurisli under his losterin^
Mess o\\ his own account in
■.\nK.\ William .^eplun under
iV Co. Since iS()i) JK' has
lo the relirenieiit oi the
in the manufacture of textile
aforementioned partners. He has been most successtu
cuttons, woollens, etc., and is at present a director o\' the Cobouii,'- Woollen Co. and
Manajjfini; director of the .Mmoiite Knittiiii;' Co., both oi wliicli C'orporations ha\e been
pi e-eminently successful in their line of manufacture. He was also one of the orii^inal
promoters of the Merchants M.-inufacturins^: Co. (C'otton), an undertakiiii;- which h.is pro\ ed
a great success and which has already doveloiied into enormous proportions. .Mr. Cant-
lie is financially interested in several other concerns and is President o\' the Dominion
'I'ransport C'o., who act as collectiiii.j and cartaj^e a;..ieiits tor tho Canatlian Pacific Rail-
way ami other lars^'o forwardiiii;" companies. He has b.eii connected with the Hoard o'i
Trade for many years and has held the prominent positions oi first Nice- Presiilent and
second \'ice-President of the Council of that Corporation. I''..w men lia\e contributed more
to the oncouraijement oi home industries, an I b\' his many aiul extensix e enterprises he has
iji\en an impetus to the textile manufacturers of Canada that has contributed in a j^reat
measiire to the iiicreasiiii; wealth o^ the country. His acti\e interest in the various other
branches of trade with which he is connected has dowc much to increase tho commerce o\
the Port oi Montreal. .Apart from his purely commercial umlertiikiiii^s Mr. Cantlie has for
many years been closely allied with se\eral of the leadinj.;; institutions in the city in the
maiiai^'oment of most of which he has taken an actixe part. He was {'"resident of the
Dinninion Commercial 'IVavellers' .Association for three years and still takes an active inter-
est in its affairs. He is one of the oldest members oi St. .Xndrew's Society and is also an
elder of Si. i'aul's Presbyterian Church o( which he has been a liberal supporter for many
years, in addition to the hiijh rank Mr. Cantlie holds in the commercial world he is
j^reatlv esteemed in social circles for his bene'oleiice aa>.l reai.liness at all times to assist in
any charitable project.
HOARD OF I i^ADK SOI I h.NIR
J. (1. MACKKXXIK X: CO.
Hix TOR Mai Kknzie.
J. p. Ci.i;i'.iioK\.
Few houses are better Unown in Canada than that of J. (i. MacKcnxie iK: Co., Whole-
sale Dry Cioods Merchants. This firm was estahlishetl in i8ji) by the hite John Ciorilon
-MaoKeii/ie. The present partners are HiCiTOK M.\i Ki:\/.ik and J. I'. Ci.hhiiokn, both
public spirited, thorou^^h business men, and worthy successors of the orijjinal founder of
tile house. Mu. M \i KiA/it:, the senior partner, is a native of this city, and an old Hisjfh
School bov. He was born
com.iiercial career in nSdo
holds such a prominent
great business ability, and
severcnce has done much
immense trade now beiiii;
In social circles lie is hiijh-
warm interest in whatever
people. He is a director of
Montreal Telei^raph Co.,
Richelieu and Ontario
of the Philharmonic
oi St. Andrew s and se\eral
and a lib..M-al donalor to all
;i member of the l^oanl of
has always willinj^ly lie-
spare from ', ' multifarious
the intere ■v the business
Mk. Ci.i-.i 'KN, the man-
also a native Canadian,
I Iki hik M \i Kkn/ik.
in 1843 and commenced his
in the lirm in which he now
position. Fie is a man of
by his energy and per-
towards building up the
done by the establishment,
ly esieemed and takes a
tends to the welfare ol the
the Merchant's P)ank, the
Dominion Telegraph Co.,
Navigation Co., President
.Society, an active member
i>ther societies in the city,
charitable institutions. As
Trade of long standing, he
voted what time he could
duties, towards furthering
community,
aging partner of the firm is
having been born in Mont-
real in 1830, and educated at Howden and Taggart's School. He commenced his com-
mercial career some 40 years ago as a jimior clerk in the dry goods trade but rapidly came
to the front, and was admitted a member o'i the present firm twenty-six years ago. His
ibility is iini\ ersally recognized by the members of the trade among whom he takes a
high rank. He is one of
bers of the Board of Trade,
oi the Hoard for sixteen
every other position, was
the years iSSi) and )8((),
Hoard of .Arbitrators, lie
colonial Mining Co., a
Manufacturing Co., and
life goxernor of tlu' Mont-
numerous other kiiulrcil i::-
been a zealous promoter if
politics he is a born Con-
\otc otherwise. This con-
oldest in the Dominion, is
gressive, and its business
every town and village from
and has done a great tli.al
the Drv Cioods business in
ingtliL' interests of t lie corn-
few firms in the cil\- have
1. r. 'II i.ii'iKN.
the most prominent mem-
held a seat on the Cmmeil
years, has filled nearly
twice elected President in
and is at present on the
is President of the Inter-
director of the .Merchant's
Sun Life .Assurance ^o., a
real (ieneral Hospital and
stitulions antl has always
philanthropic projects. In
servati\e and never cast a
cern, altlunigh one oi the
also one of the most pro-
ramific.'itions extend to
the .Atlantic to the Pacific
tow.'irds the tleselopment ol
Montreal, as w\ll as aih aiK-
mercial community at large,
ilone more to establish
.Montreal as the great Dry tloods centre o\ Canada and to advance this leading branch ot
iier industry. Their establishment of a branch house in London, l^ng., is a true indication
ol the enterprise of the firm since its foundation. T'hrough the latter meilium they are
enabled to secure at all times the besi that the liuropean market can produce on the most
ads antayeous term><.
editor.
1.
J KADE SOLI I'.NIR XL.MBER
. Whole-
in Ciordon
OR\, both
guilder of
old Hij,'li
diced liis
:h he now
a man of
and per-
iip tlio
ilishment.
takes a
ire o'i tlie
Jank, ihe
aph Co.,
President
s member
the city,
ions. As
indinu;". lie
lie could
furthering
the firm is
in Mtnit-
d his com-
lidly came
ai;ii. His
he takes a
lent meni-
le Council
'd nearly
csideni in
It on the
the Inter-
dcrcliant's
lice Co., a
spital and
as always
Meets. In
\er cast a
ine iM the
nuist pro-
XtClul 111
he Pacific
lopnient 111
as ad\ anc-
ly at lart^e.
St a blisli
branch iif
inilication
the}' are
n the nnisl
.M.KX.ANDKR i:\V.\N. (.\i.i.xam>i;k IIwan & Ck^.)
Prominent among the Dry (loods Commission firms in Montreal is that of Alexander
Ewan & ^o., of which .Mr. Alexander Kwaii is the sole proprietor. Mr. Kwan, who is now in
his sixtieth year, is oi Scottish birth and received his education at Braemar, Aberdeenshire.
He commenced his cinnmercial career in a lai;;e business house in Aberdeen, Scotland,
where he remained lor twelve ^^^^^_^_^_______^___ \ears. He then decided to
conij lo Canada and arrived in Montreal in the spring of
icS()4. He commenced his Canadian career as salesman
in the firm of Wni. Stephen '■*""' >~w, & Co., the head of the firm
at the time being Mr. Cieoige ^«^ Stephen (now Lord Mount-
Stephen), after which he en- h ,^», ''T^ tered into business on his own
account in woollens, h'orm- ^ JB^ P^ ing a partnership with Mr. J.
A. Cant lie he founded the > ** ]^ well-known firm oi Cantlie,
Kwan ^; (lo., in which he re- " ^^ ^ mained a partner for twenty
years. •'"or the last two ''^NJL'*!^ , \ear.s he has been sole agent
of the Merchants' Manufac- '.> '. '** /^^ turing Company, handling
the wlioh^ of this mill's pro- (t ' ., y ^B^^ ihicts which are the most
popular oi tlit-ir l:::-.d in tiie ' l#, j^^tBl' JBIBIP':' 'n-'Tket. In commercial cir-
cles Mr. K\', an is highly es- - |^ ^B ^^W^'' ' teemeil for his steiling busi-
ness ability, and uprighlr.css | U ^* . " J .;i^ and integrilv in all his dtal-
irgs. l''or i lany years \:c ' ■'^>. ... • * ' has taken a deep interest in
sewral oi llie benevoknt in- ' — — • — ' stitutions in the city, and is a
prominent iliurcliman. lie i-; a trustee cT :'A. Paul's Church, and was treasurer for that
bodv for ten years. He has been a nieniber of the Poaril o\' Tr.ide for a number of years,
and lakes an actise interest in the .Montreal Wholesale Dry Goods Association. In
politics Mr. l-iwan is strictly Conser\ ati\ e.
KMKRSON KRISTO:. P-KiCiAR, Pi hi.ismkk.
.Mk. 1";mi:rso\ Kkistoi. Hii;t..\K, rn-nrleior and {''ublisher of the CaiKididn Journal of
i'abrics and several other journals; cl" a similar nature', is a nati\^' Canadian. He was born
in Winona, Out., in iS ;,^, wlier.' he ri.cJ\e 1 his crlv eJucatiiTi. liis life has been devoted
lo journalisiii .-nd literature
l>iL',gar's first I'-say in tl.is
Sj-ic/d/or, first ; s reportvr
editor. Since tlii-n he has
oa I'.is o\ n a.cour.t ami has
ed b .• \\\c i'ress O'f a'l siiades
lerev'iS of t!;j trailcs and
i \\s /(iiriKil of Fabrics, wl'.Ii
textile indusiries of tl;e
as one of the leailing ioartMJs
i\cenily gone thmugli tvn
nwA its value tliei\hy grea'.ly
iHit tliis )i.ai a II, w caiiL..-
joiirnalisiii, tlie i'riia!,in
engineering and metal trade,
lo his e:ilerprice in the fivld
;iiitl;or of several importar.t
place in tlie libraries iif tlie
be nientii^ned Caiiadi/. a ii emcir
in wtiicli lie h.is already figui-d \ery prominently. Mr.
line was with the H.imi'ton
and afterwards as assistant
conducted various journals
bejii frequently complinient-
f.ir his productions in t!ie in-
nanulaC arcs of Canada.
lOled
I. xclusivelv to the
.1 \(.'ume, vri'uable ;is
noniniiV'i is now recog.iized
i:i Canada, 'lliis work ii.is
lUA' and enlarged (.'(.ii'ions
er.lianctd. lie has brought
da'.e for favcr i:i trade
Krq;imrr, ii\.'\o\^\ to the
Mr. liiggar has, i i addition
cf traile journalisir , ben the
v.orks wiiicii li:ul a:i hor.ored
country. Aniorg t'x" ." ir:iy
I hook of referer.ce oi t i re-
^oiircis aiul instilutioi.s i ftlie niimiiiici., a;il lie Atucdolc! L'fc of Sir John A. ^'iicd'unr/d.
lie is a member of the I'r^^s .Associaii^ n. P.O., and sever;.! other literary societies. Mr.
Piggar jiiinid t!ie l\iard oi 'Irai-le in iSS.'", a'xl in ]-ioIi::cs is an 1 iidt|-i. ndePt.
i
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BO.-IA'/) Or TRADE SOllI
J.\.Mi:S OHRIKX, Wiioi.i-.sAi.;: fi.oTiiiM-,.
i: \
Montreal Dr)- Cioixls triidc, is a native iit"
aiul was cckicatL'd at Aiiglima^iir scluml.
rosiiloiit liore ever since. Mis commercial
■S v.'>jn !'j entered with a partner into
of tl;e Dry (ioiuls 'IVade.
when Mr. 0'Brii.n took over
count, and since then inider
V eloped into ij'^antic propor-
.Atlantic to the l^icific. Mr.
has been almost phenomenal
abilitv', e;ierj,'y and eiiter-
his standins;- ranks very liif^'h
iiy in the trade. Apart from
lari^ely interested in several
corporatiiins in the manai^e-
active part. He is a Director
inijs Hank and Heaver Line
ncir of the Montreal lieneral
President of the Heiair Jockey
t'iuh, the i'orest and Stream
t'luii. I Ic has been an active
wavs ready to I'.irther any project for the
benefit oS. Montreal's trade and commerce. In politics .Mr. l')'I>rien is (.'(Mis.rvative, but
like other pri>minent men in Montreal's commercial ranks linds little time to ilevote to their
sliidv.
Mi^ Jamfs 0'Brii-:\, one of tbe kini^s i:i tlie
Co. Tyrone, Jreland, where he v\as born in i>S,V>.
He came to Montreal in 1N30 and has been a
career mav be said to liave commencetl in iS
the wholesale clothins^' branch
'I'his continued imlii i.S()2
the business on iiis own ac-
his able {guidance it lias t!e-
tions and extends from the
O'Hrien's success in business
and is due altOi;ether to his
prise. In commercial circles
and he is a recof^nizei.1 author-
his business proper ho is also
other industrial and financial
ment of which he takes an
of the City and District Sav-
Sleamship (\^., a l.it'e Clover-
and Western Hospitals, \'ice-
Club, member o\ St. James
Club, and the Metropolitan
member of the Hoard ol'Trade since iSSo. and a
AI.PHONSH j. \-. I.IA LAIKK (l-. cV J. LtcLAiKii).
Mr. Ai.iMiONsK J. \'. LiAi.AiKi:, il-.e active partner in the tiim of F. & J. Leclaire & Co..
Wholesale Dry Cioods Importers, is a r.ative t anad'an liaving been born in Montreal in
1843, and educated here. He commenced his commercial career in iM)_? in (he busintss
house oi which he is now the sole representative i'nd has since that time succeeded in build-
established traile havint^-
neclions with several maiui-
tain and l<'rance. In addition
to Mr. Leclaire is interested in
financial enterprises in the
takes an active interest. He
du I'euple to vv hich he devotes
tenlion. He is also proprie-
a monthly journal that has
larity in the literary world
Mr. Leclaire is hit^hlv esteem-
his eneri^y and business
rit;htness and intei;rity in all
ted with sever;d benevolent
which he t;ives a ijenerous
been a member of the Hoard
years and is a Director i^i the
Montreal Wholesale Dry tioods .A sociation in connection vv ith that body, and is one oi
the most enthusiastic of its members, being a regular attendant at every meeting. In the
political world Mr. Leclaire is thoroughly Independent not believing in party feeling, but
rather in the principles advocated.
ing up a thriving and well-
formed large business con-
facturing firms in Cireat Hri-
to the business above referred
several other commercial and
management 01 which he
is a Director oi La Hanc)ue
a good (.leal i^i time and at-
tor of La Rcviic (^iiia^'ii'iinc,
gained considerable popu-
and has a larg circulation.
ed in commercial circles for
ability as well as for his up-
his dealings. He is assv^cia-
institutions in the city to
support. Mr. Leclaire has
oi Trade tor a mmiber o(
r '
!) Or TRADE SOL'llXrR XUMBKR
, is a nntive iit"
inat;iir school,
lis coinmorcial
I partner into
tioods Trade.
Jrieii took o\or
ICO then under
'^antic propor-
l Pacific. Mr.
isi phonomenal
y and cnter-
aiiks very liifjh
.'. Apart from
Ucd in several
n the manai^e-
is a nirector
d l^ca\'cr Line
nlrcal lieneral
e Hciair Jockey
■st and Stream
i been an active
project for the
isi-r\ati\o, but
de\ote lo their
JOHN .MACl.IC.W, Wiioi.i-sAi.i: .Mii.i.inkrv.
Mk. John- M.\ci,i;a\, W.iolesale .vlillinery and Dry fioods .Mercliaiu, is a native ot
Scotland, ha\ini,^ been born in Knocklands, I-'ltrinsliire, in the vear i<S4_) He received
his education in Ills native place and when twenty-two years of ai>e he catne to Canada and
settled in Montreal. Here he entered the employ of the firm of''i"homas .Mav tV Co., with
whom he remained until
menced business in conjunc-
havinj^ formed a partnership
the title ot Russell. .Maclean
and Dry Cioods importers,
nership Mr. Mack an look
.iccount chanicinijf the name
Co., under which title he still
business. 1 lis career has been
and he now holds a i romi-
riie lirm takes a hii^h rank
\!r. Maclean is per- on illy
lor his business ability ai;d
He h.is been a member of the
many years anil is also asso-
kindred societies. .Mr. Mac-
Trade thirteen vears atro and
p
1
-^1
BUh
%.'
^H
E^Sl
K'-
^'4^1
^^^HR
K'
~^HI
HH^^!
ff 1
^T^.
F^*^^^^^^
,,,,i
nSjo. In that year he com-
tion with .Mr. Colin Russell,
with that _t;enlleman under
& Co , Wholesale .Milliners
-After five years of this part-
o\ er the business on his own
to that of John .Maclean t\:
continues to conduct the
one of uiKiualiiied success
n.nt position in the trade,
in \\\i commercial world and
much respoctetl and esteetned
iiUejfii;yin \\\\ his dealintj-s.
.St. Andrew's Society tor
eiated with several other
lean joined the Hoard o'i
has always taken an ;"-ti\e
interest in matters concerninsr the commercial welfare of the citv of Montreal. He is a
prominent number of the Mont-eal Wiiolesale Dry (loods .Asssoci'ation which is connected
with the Hoard of Trade. In politics Mr. Maclean is a thoroui^h Independent and is allied
to wo particular party or leader.
KOWARP ALFRi;n S.M.M.L, Wiioi.ics.M i- Ci.otiii
i:i^
Leclaire & Co.,
in Montreal in
in the busiiitss
ceded in build-
Iraile haviny
se\eral manu-
:e. In additi(.>n
is interested in
rprises in the
e interest. He
hich he devotes
is also proprie-
unal that has
literarx world
hiijhly esteem-
aiul business
intej^rily in all
ral benevolent
es a t^'cnerous
r of the Hoard
Director o'i the
■, and is one o'i
etins^. In the
rty feeling, but
.\montj the many wholes.ile manufacturers of clothins,' for which Montreal is so well-
known throuiij-hout the Dominion the lirm o'( V.. \. Smai.i. vV Co. holds a prominent
position, .\lthoujj;h established at a comparatively recent date the trade oi this lirm has
rapidly developed until their goods are known throughout Canada and bear an enviable
reputation. The careful at-
every detail oi their varied
their success. The subject of
-Alfred Small, the senior part-
been well and favourably
years. He is an I'-iiglishman
fourth year and received his
try. .Mr. Small came to Can-
in .Montreal in 1S63. He at
his own account and contin-
until iSbcS, when he became a
lirm of IT. Shorey & Co., and
years, when he retired from
menced on his own account
ol Which he is still the senior
extraordinary business ability
the immense success of the
increasing year by year. Mr
societies. He has been a member oi the Hoard o
tention which is gi\en to
manufactin-e accounts for
this sketch is Mr. I'idw.ird
ner in the firm and who has
known in the tratle for many
by birth, is now in his fift\-
educatii)n in his native coun-
ada in i.S()i and finally settled
once started in business o\\
ued this most successfullv
partner in the old established
remainetl as such eighteen
the firm and again com-
and founded the present firm
partner. To his energy and
is due in a marketl measure
' ' firm, the trade oi which is
.Small is a member of St. (leorge's and several other kimlred
Trade lor o\ er twenty years and in
politics is a Conservali\ e, but his busy business career -irevents him taking aii active part
in political inattei^s.
BOARD OJ' IRADE SOUll.NIR
HKRMAW n. WOLFi", (Hkkmann Woi.i k & Co.)
Mr. Hi:rma:.m H. Woifi", solo proprietor of the firm of Hermann H. Wolff & Q>:>.,
General Importers and \\'holesale Merchants, was born in Germany in i8(>o and educated
tliere. He came to Canada in iScSc) and settled in Montreal, where he has been a resident
ever since. Mr. Wolff commenced his commercial career in it^77 as clerk with R. H.
Warbury, Hambiirt,', with whom he remained until he came to Montreal four years ai^o,
and duri'nsjf that period he was employed in branch houses for Mr. Warbury in Hamburi,^
New ^■orl^, and other larijfe business centres. On his arrival in Montreal Mr. Wolff
entered into partnership with Mr. Keodor Boas, whose business in this line had been
established in this city since 1HS3. The new firm became sole aijents in Canada for all the
branches of Die celebrated firm' of R. D. Warbury & Co., the General Kuropean export
merchants of Hamburs;, Berlin, Paris, London and other Kuropean manufacturinij centres.
In i.Sqi the partnersliip with Mr. Boas was dissolved and since then the business has
been conducted by Mr. Wolff on his own account under the style of Hermann H. Wolff
i\: Co., which has become one of the representative houses of the city ot Montreal. Over
thirty assistants are engaij^ed and the trade ot the firm is rapidly extending,' ali over the
Dominion. Mr. Wolf! is a business man oi ijreat experience and keen foresis.vht and
endowed witii extraordin.iry enerjjy which contribute materially to his success. l'"ew men
have, duriny: such a comparatively short period, obtained so prominent a rank in business
circles as Mr. Wolff, who now holds aleadinij;- position in the Wholesale Dry Goods Trade
of Montreal. He is rapidly developintr a branch of this important industry, which up to
four years aj^-o was almost unknown and is ret,^ularly importing into Canada the newest
h'unipean manufactured products that are to 1 j found in the market there. He joined
the Board of Trade last year. In January 1 .t Mr. Wolff was appointed Consul at Mon-
treal bv the Roval Danish Government, i.nu his ser\ ices in this respect have been hijjhly
appreciated by the Home authorities.
CASIMIRO MARIOTTI, Italian Ci^nsii..
SioNO,; t'AsiMiKO MAKUvrri, Royal Italian Consular Ai;ent, was bi>rn in the city Ci'(
Carrara (T ;scanv), Italy, in the year 1S4;,. Durini,' part of i.S^tj-do he served as volunteer
tor the independence of his country. In i8()i he competed with several others in the School
^^\ Art for a lart,'e bas-relief (dedicated to peace) for which he had the honor ^.-^^ rcctivins;- a
i^old medal. After spending
land and the United States,
ber, i<S(),S, and has since resi-
chased the marble establish-
sculptor, on Beaver Hall hill,
he has a decided taste for the
mental sculpture. Sij^nor
of the Italian (iovernmeiit for
counties and from time to
ciHuitrymen, as strant^ers to
his advice and aid, which are
1,'iven. The Italian commu-
in their representative, who
time and assistance in their
bered during- the Hereford
onci. repaired to the scene ot
ranged matters to the satis-
t'our years in Krance, Kni,^-
he came to Canada in Xovem-
ded here. In iSjo he piu"-
ment of the late Paul Ceredo,
IJke many oi his countrymen
tine arts and excels in orna-
Mariotti is the representative
Montreal and surroundins;
time many of his fellow-
this country, have to seek
always readily and cheerfully
nitv ha\e implicit confidence
is ever ready to devote his
behalf, as will be well remem-
railway trouble, when he at
action and successfull}' ar-
faction of all parties, and tor
which out oi ijratitude the Italian colony presented him with an address ;uid a handsome
i^old medal, lie is a particular favourite'in social circles. His manner, without beini;- in-
uusixe, is distinijuished by that innate polish peculiar to the Italian race. He joined the
Board o\ Trade six \ears'a!L,'o and is aNo n. member oi the Chambre de Commerce.
IRADE SOUVr.NIR A'i MBKR.
ff & Co.,
educated
I resident
th R. n.
ears ai^o,
lambiiri^,
[r. Wolff
liad been
for all the
an export
jf centres,
iness has
H. Wolff
al. Over
over the
sii.'i'ht and
I'"e\v men
) business
ids Trade
lich lip to
ie newest
hie joined
at Mon-
■en hijjhly
J. T. nONNI-l.I.S'.
Mk. J. T. I")ONNKLi.v, senior partner o'l the fum oi \. T. Donnelly and Company,
Importers of Dry Cioods and .Manufaciur-.rs A^,'^^.■nl^, is a native Canadian, havinic been
born in the City of Montreal, where he also received Ins education al the Hi^-'h School.
.After leaxins^ the latter iiislitiitiiMi he i-oninienced his commercial career in the year 1S70 as
luiropean buyer for the firm of wiiich he is nin\' a nunilvr. He was highly successful from
his first entry into commercial pin-suils. 'I'iie lad that he crossed the -Atlantic no less than
eighty times when he represented his iirm in t!ie Ivurcipcan market f^oes to siunv the extent
to which he was trusted, and his capacity lor transacting commercial business successfully.
Since lie has occupied his present position as heail \>i his house he has been eminently
^-uccessfvil in working up a large and e\er iiicr asing b\isiness, and he has established some
\ery important and much coveted connections wiili several of the leading Dry tioods
.Manufacturing firms in dreat Britain and K.^y\ the Continent i>f Kurope. The firm of
wliich Mr. Donnelly is senior member are succi'ssors to the old establisheil house of lames
Donnelly & Son. The present firm have bjcn in business since the year iiSS^ as importers
o'i special lines of dry goods and manufacturers" agents. I")ining the time that has
elapsed since then, they have built up a prosperous and increasing trade fi^r the require-
ments of which they have recently moved into larger aiul more convenient premises in the
warehouse No. 20 I^emoine Street. Their display oi samples is very fine, and amongst
some of the manufacturers' which they represent might be mentioned the well known firm
of Insert Rogers of London, IC. (."., Ilesimboden X; Co., Murgenthal, Switzerland, manu-
facturers' of ladies' silk underwear, Mattey i\; l.out Hesighun, Ciermany, manufacturers'
of men's underwear, etc., and the firm are the Canadian agents for Campbell i\: Co., Hel-
fast, Ireland, makers of linen threads. Mr. Donnelly is one of the most active members
o'i the Board of Trade, and always ready to lend his ;iid to any project for the benefit of
-Mont real's commerce.
WILl.l.X.M Sh;.\Tll, .MiKiii.VM 'IviioK
he city oi
volunteer
[he School
eceiving a
nee, \^.\^^-
in N'ovem-
he pur-
ul Ceredo,
.■>untrymen
Is in orna-
•esentative
irrounding
is fellow-
e to seek
cheerfully
confidence
.levole his
ell remem-
hen he at
■^sfull}- ar-
■s, and tor
handsome
t being in-
ioined the
mierce.
Mk. Wii.i.i.vM Se.vtii, the managing partner in the firm of Robert Seath &: Sons, Mer-
chant Tailors, is a native Canadian, having been born in Montreal in 1S3;,. He was
educated in this citv and at the comparatively early age K^'i sixteen he commenced his^ busi-
ness career in connection with his father who is now the oldest Montreal Merchant Tailor
having established the busi-
Mr. Williain Seath became
and in this capacity he has
in active business in the citv,
ness in 1.S50. Before long
the active partner in the firm
remained ever since. By his
business he has established
successful businesses in .Mon-
firm ii creasing year by year,
centres regularly for thepur-
varietv in woollens as soon
ket there. In social circles
member of the ..immunity
in several benevolent and
citv. He is an old member
and one of its past first \'ice-
lite member of the .Montreal
in which he has taken a
Mr. Seath is a prominent
energy and strict attention to
one of the most thriving and
Ireal, the trade done by the
He visits the luiropean trade
pose of securing the latest
as they are put on the mar-
Mr. Seath is a prominent
and takes an active interest
philanthropic societies in the
of the Caledonian Society
Presidents. He is also a
.\mateur .Athletic .Association
great interest for m:iny years,
member of the Masonic order
in which ho has filled several important positions among which may he mentioned that he
is a Past .Master of the Mount Roval \o^\^^ o\ \. P. ■^^^■'.\ A. .M. He joined the Board ot
Trade in iSSo, and in politics is a Liberal, but is too devoted to his business to trouble
much with election matters.
1.1- LXJUatLJ'S-
■ii
I iS
HOARD OF TRADE SOCl'i
MARK |-|SHI;R, SONS & CO.
- ' •■■rU3.3
Ti
173
*"< SOUARt. MONI
'^'OlOWAV NE'N *
The Imported Woollen Trade oC the Doiiiiiiioii, which h;isi;roun to such a lar<'e extent
of late years, is made a speci-
alty of by Mark l-'isher, Sons
iK: (^o., whose warehmises in
Montreal and Toronto occupy
the best situations in both
cities. The business of this
lirm was established bv Mr.
ICdward Fisher more than a
Ljuarter of a century ai;o. l-'or
several years past they have
been doini,*- a iarj^e business
in the I'nited States. In addi-
tion to their warehouse in \e\v
\'orl<, they lia\e ollices in the
principal cities of the
I'nion. The premises
at their headtjuar-
ters in Hudderstield,
l-!iiy;iand, are beini^-
considerably enlarijed
at the present time to
meet the requirements
o^ their business.
which extends to all
parts o^ the world
uhei\'\cr tlii> cla>-. o\
•joo Js ai'e u-.ei.i.
I
I
IGI
5 8 = «;.? .^ScT-
B ? B a i tiif !>
« H H
" ■• ■
1^^.,
•u.
1 1
n or TRADE SOrVEXIR M'MIiER.
h a lartiv cxtoiil
■■'oar*r***»i
HKN'RI nr\'KR(;KR, VViuii.KSAi.i. I>in (uhmis Mkkhiam.
Mk. Hknki 1)1 vKKi-.KK, ono ol Montiviil's Ixst known Wholesale Drv iJootIs
riKT-
chants. is a native Canadian, having'- been born in the citv of Montreal in the vear i8()'„ am
IS now but thirty years of aj,-e. He received his education' at Terrebonne College, and linailv
returned to settle in his native city in the year i8,S() '" '
at an early age, and this ac-
position he has attained
young. Previous to going-
count he served with several
cajjacity of clerk and after-
wliole oi {{astern Canada as
houses in the trade. In the
still more practical experi-
the counting-house and store,
sential to a successful com-
the owner of an extensixe
does a very large and vearlv
all parts K.-s'i the Pri>v ince ^^i
Provinces as well, having es-
in these districts. Mr. [)u-
the Hoard o'i Trade since
interest in the .Montreal \^\■\
he belongs
He commenced his commercial career
counts tor the prominent
while even yet comparativ ely
into business on his own ac-
dry goods tirms, lirs* in the
wards travelled through the
representative for leading-
latter capacity he gained a
ence than he had ob ained in
an experience which is s(-) es-
niercial career. He is now
Dry (loods establishment and
increasing trade throughout
Ouebec ami the Maritime
tablisheci a soiuid connection
verger has been a member ot
i.S,S(). and also takes an active
tioods Association to whicli
He has always exerted himself to the utmost o'i his jibilitv in the interests oi
the trade and commerce o^ .Montreal, and gives promise oi Ivcomiiig on^ >:^i the citv's most
promment merchants o\ the future. .Mr l)uverger> business engao-oments prevent him
taking an active iiitei-est in politics.
/.'(JJ/O.) OF TRADE SOi'VEMK A
MANIIl ACTKW
1\ dealing uith the ,na.u.nK-Unit,K- iiKluMrics of Montreal .t is not necessary to -o back
■ more than hall a centurv; in tact, most o( the thriv.n- manulactunn- nulnstnes ni the
eitv to-Llav have either had thei. ori-in within the last M^'arter ol a century or uere then
in'embrvo The few lirnis that have anything' approach. nj;- lilty years record are
,hose lltat mannfactured the hare necessaries of life, but even most ot these were ^^^V-^^-^-
Canada appears to have been a decidedly import.n- countrv until a contpar.tn el> lecent
due Perhaps it was v erv fortunate tor her that sach was the case, lor anion- our entei-
p'risin- manufacturers oi to-day the ^reat majority are not native born.
' -HK-re are some proprietors of leadin- lactones that can cia.m t anada as the land ol
their birth, but thev are few in number. They are not. however the ess mnuenl.al. as a
e - sal o( the following- biographies will show. It .ill be seen that where a manutactute,
is reotstered as a - native Canadian." he is not only a credu to the commercial communUy
but iVivariablv a prominent and useful member ol society. ,.,.•,,,.., u ,
n this brief sketch space does not admit of a review ol each mdnidual. but hose who
have contributed so much towards the development ot the manutacturm- mdus.nes ol
5iom>val land it may be said of Canada also) will be ,ound recoided m the paragraphs
'''TiSe'a^elililnv" citizens in Montreal still livin- who can remen.ber when the u hole
trade and commerce of the citv was confined to the shipment ot ^ram and produce, and
when durino- ,|,e rapid Huctuations in , he ICn^lish markets, lorlunes were made and lost
Jl ipper here, in a' verv short space of time. Manufactures were nearly al.ooe h.,- un-
kno and such as did exist at the time referred to .ere only ol a very lim, ed nature ad
confined to boots and shoes and articles of a kindred nature. Nearlv everything had to be
npored, and thus it was. that some of the oldest established tradin- tirms in Moni. a
ere en bled, not onlv to form a ^ood connection and establish a ^^ood trade, but .u .he
■■oue tlnie were enabled to build ap substantial fortunes. Ot several ol these, -uention ,s
""' i;m to remnt to the rise and growth of the maiuifactunnK huUistries Many ="-'; --i--
uere the causes thai -ave rise to some of these, but the intelligent icadei nmH
h- e li .^ .i^ltv in arHvin^ at the conclusion that hi,h taritV mport duties have g'-n
ir h to ma of ^n.r thriving, home manufactures of to-day. Right in our midst ue nou
L e 1 mber of cotton tact:;;-ies supplying the material that up to a short ^--^ t[%.;;^
dl to be imported. Kven the woollen n anutacture has received an impetvis it th. h..nds
:: . om of Montreal's enterprising citixens. It is only necessary to n.ention - j--;; '
n Morrice. Ciault Hros.. and |ames Johnston .V- Co.. who have become so Josels uk n -
tied wt the Cotton IndustrV of Canada, to shew what energy and enterprise .an do
■if.se en lemen with a few others, have been the means of establishing cotton mi Is a 1
'v;iS"vo";"so; Ontario and Quebec which give emplovment ^o thousands o.hans
•nul at the same time supplv the consumer with a very much cheaper article. I he n.ime
' ai V.A Canthe will alwavs be held in esteem for the deep interest he has evinced in
fos J ing the woollen n.anutacturing trade which has proved such a boon ^^^ -^ " ;
\nother verv important industry that has developed to a very considei.ible ^^^'
in- tl e pa't few'vears is the manufacture of paper which ,s now produced in ^'-'l-i ■ n^"
i;;h;. forms-one of the staple exports from Canada. I p to a short ^n^e ago , p r
•as lar-elv imported into this country but our enterprising citi/ens have gone so i ap I
lead ha- thev are now manufacturing special lines that are no, P-^^'-^'; '" J^; ^ ,
countrv. and he-nce the demand lor export. In this connection the ----- ; ' jJV ; '
V Co - Ino C Watson. Ino. Macfarlane ( ot the Canada I'aper C o.), and C olin .\U \rtnur.
t'er;Vr;norable mention. Mr. J. C'. WiUon is anoher paper man.laCurer who h is
made rapid progress recently.
Turning
t'ound 'hat '.
(iarth iS; L'o.
tions all over
neiig iV Son
haV'.' owe o\
Ivngine and
ha\ e grow n
\- C'averhill,
faciors in tin
Among
be meiitionei
ped all over
Mr. C^wen .\
cigar laclorx
there are mi
and thus ci
centre.
I laving
the foundati
class of wo
industries li
Su il/erland
alsii prone t
human bein:
The Mont re
\\ lu'> has set
the beautifi
name. A k
theless equ
thereof that
may justly
The beaulif
a \oy foreve
It was
Montreal in
her to grow
eontlueiice
natural hi).
Lawrence i
lime in its i
two races t
land ; in \.V
on the frail
stamped i^
were Canai
wander o\i
ridge, call
must turn.
RADK soi'i'JwXJh' m:\//;j-:a\
I 'J
ACTl :hi^ws
1 back I'uriiiiii; ti) a lioavicr cla^s i^l inaiuil.uiiiro in wlii^h iioii ,iiul •^IclI arc lis,.'*.!, ii will ho
ill the fouiul 'hat Mi^ntrcal ha'- iiiailc w oiuifrlui siritlo in tin.' pa^l halt'-iLimiry. Tlu' tiriii of
tluMi (iarth i\: Co., I'slalilishoil just sexonty ycai> ai^o ha\o oi late years LXtciuli'il tlu'ir raniifiL-a-
k\ arc lions all o\er C'aiiaJa liir their steam hcatini;' luinaccs ant! apjiaratus. Messrs. C'lendin-
inrtcd. nciii,'' iV Siin ha* .• develnpeil a |ihciiiimcnal traile in stmcs. castint,''s, ranj^es. etc., and wow
recent hav'.' iMie of t' e lart^^esl csiablishnients o\' the Uinii on the continent of America. I'he
enter- llnijine and In>iler \\'orks of Mr. lieo. Urusli, .Mr. .Moses I'arker, and Mr. Wm. White.
iia\e i^row n to a consideralile extent, while llie nail laclories o\' I'illow llcrsey. C'rathern
\- C'averhill, The .Montreal Rolling; .Mil -'. ant! Peck, lieony iK; Co., now I'orin ini|iortant
factors in the nianufacturinj;' industry ot .Montreal.
Anion;.^ the miscellaneous imlusiries that lii'\e risen up in still more recent years mas-
be mentioned, the N'arnish Works o\ .McCiskill, r ■>ui^al! iV i'o., whose priiducts are ship-
peil all over the world ; the soap factory of Mr. Wm. Sirachan ; the furniture factory ot'
.Mr. (."Iwen .McCiarvey \\hi>se name is well known in i!urope as well as in C'anaila ; and the
cis^ar factory olMr. |. M. l'"ortierwho empKiys o\er five hundred hands. Iiesjdes these
there are numerous sm.iller industries em|iloyinL; in the asjfi;rei,'ate some thousanils ol inen
and thus contiibulini.;' materialK towards the welfare of Montreal as a manulact urint;'
Cent re.
Ilaviiii;' briefly re\iewei.l the stjiple m.inulacturint;' imlustries of the city w liich form
the foundation of her prosperity, it woulil be (.piite in otiier to draw altentiiMi to the his/her
class of wi>rk that has recentiv been introduced into .Montreal as a jiart anil parcel of the
iiuUistries to w hich she in\es her present iiroud piisition. No Ioniser neetl we \ook \o
Sw it/erlanil, Ciermany, l'"rance and Mni.;land tor tuir exteri al embellishnu nts t hat we are
alsci prone to induli;e ii^ Jewellry, which seems to possess such a fascination for ever\-
human bi'inj,', from I'rince to I'easant. is now supplied from mir own factories in Montreal.
The Montreal Watch Case Lompan}- ha\e been the jiioneeis in this direction, aiul any one
who has seen th.- specimens iif'the artistic work they turn out, camiol but feel surpriseil at
the beautiful and elcijant workmanship foi' which they lia\e already i;ained so ^ood a
name. \ kindred industry, altliou!.;h not meant for the adornment of the person is never-
theless et|ually iileasms^' to the eye. This is the be.iutiful bevelled i^lass anil silvering;'
thereof that ni'w ailorns sii man\ of our public and private iiuildins^'s. .Mr. \. R.imsav
may justly be termeil the father ot this pleasiPif innination, if one mav a]iplv the term.
Ihe beautiful etlect produced by this importation into c>ur midst is a " thint;' of beauty aiul
a ioy forever."
It was !ruly saiil by one of .Montreal's best knovvh authors: "The advancement of'
Montreal in the p.ist is ;i certain indication of her proijress in tlie future anil we may expect
her to iij-rinv even more rapidlv now frciii year to year than bef'i>re. In its situation at the
confluence o( the two i^reatest rivers, the St. Lawrence anil Ottawa ; opposite the i^reat
natural hit^lnvay of the lludson aiul (.'hamplain valley; at the point where the St.
Lawrence ceases \o be nav iij^-able for ocean ships, and where the great river, for the last
lime in its course to the sea, affords a i,^iiL:antic w.iier power ; at the meetinsjf point of the
two races that iliv iile Canada, and in the centre of a fertile plain nearly as lari;e as all I'-ni^'-
land ; in tiiese we recoi^nize a i^uarantee for tne future i;reatness ol .Montreal, not baseil
on the frail tenure of iiuman leijislation, but in the unchans^iiii;- ilecrees of the Internal, ;is
stampeil on the w orlil he has made. We know from the study of these indications that
were Canaila to be as,''ain a wilderness, anil were a seiond Cartier to explore it he mii^ht
wander over all the i.;reat rei.jions of Canada anil the West, and, returniiii^' to our mountain
ridi4;e. call it ai,''.iin Mount ivoyal, anil say tliai to this point the wealth and trade of C;mad;i
must turn."
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S. J. U. Roi.i.wi).
AiiiiMit; the many l1i)uii>'liin};- ciUciprisL-N tlial hii\t' LDiitrihuloU in phuiiij^ Montreal at
the licad i>t' tanadian C i>ninior».\' nono ilcscivcs iiioro special iiK'nlii>n than tiio uoll-Umnvn
and nld-v-'staiilishod I'apor Mamit'aii iirini^ iiini dI |. I?. Uolland i\: l''ils. 'I'liis linn has iioen
ill oxistoiico I'lif owr iialt" a (.entury llic liniiKk r licin}^ tho laU Senator J. H. Uollaiui whu
established the business in
sists of lour partners,
n.. Oetavien, and P.
of the late Hon. jean
ot the Dominion Senate,
{^■reat deal towards hiiildini;-
land interest in MiMitreai
and respeel oi all classes
speciive ^A creed or
Mk. J KAN IVWIII-N
in the firm as now const i-
sucii a prominent part in
city for the past twenty
the late Senator Koiland
in 1X41. He receiveil his
Brothers' School and after-
let;e, Montreal, and com-
carei.r in the year US57
a^:e. His first business ex-
oliicj y>'i his lather and after
admitted as partner in tiie lirni
\\ \N DWIII.N ki.l I \N
|<S4J. The firm now con-
Messrs. Jean Damien, S. J.
Donatien l^ollaiul, :i!l sons
Maptiste Koiland, member
a i^entleman who (.lid a
up the commercial anti
thereby i^ainiii}^ the esteem
in tlio community irre-
nationality.
Kui.i.A.M), the senior partner
tuted, and who has taken
municipal matters in this
years, is the eldest son of
and was born in Montreal
educatiiMi at the fhristian
wards at the Jesuits C'ol-
menced liis commercial
when only sixteen years {:!i'i
perience was as clerk in the
two vears iit this he was
This was ill i.S^t) and twenty-nine years later, <s\\ the death i^i
his father, he became principal in the business, which, in conjunction with his three brothers,
he has carried on ever since. The prosperity of the luni. since its foundation, has been
most marked and their trade extends to all parts olthe nominion. The paper mills which
they have established at Si.
haps, the finest in C'aiKula.
taken a li\ely interest in
.Mderman in the City C'oiin-
W'ard from 1S7J until iScjj,
been Mayor ^.^i Hoclielai.;;a
representeil St. .Anioine
durins^ i.Si)2 and o\\ the
which brous.;ht about his
unprecedented incident oc-
f^foes to show how nuicli he
indispensable member of
sidered. Havini^' been de-
some side issue, .\ld. Shorey
Ward i^ix'in}^" place to him,
land ) should retain his seat
of the l*"inance Committee
the most vital importance,
at llie last election in l'"eb-
Mr. Rolland is a member oi
oi 'i'rade and in carrviny or.i the duties of I'-
I.
'ill. I, \N!
lerome, P. O., are jier-
"Mr. J. n. "Rolland has
nuinicipal aH'airs ar.d was
cil lepresentinijf HochelajJi'a
ha\ iiiii" alsi> previiuis to this
from icSji) until 1X71). He
Wan! in the City t'ouncil
occasion ol the contest
election for that Ward, an
currred, which oi ilself
is esteemed and what an
the Council he was con-
feated in his old w:;i.l o\\
retiietl from St. .Antoine
in order that he ( Aid. Rol-
m Council and asC h.airman
where his services wero o'i
He retireil from the Council
ruary (if the present year,
the C'ouncil oi the Hoard
oflice iias also distinjjfuished liimself as beiiiij'
instrumental in brini,^inL; ahmil much miod to commercial interests. His services in this
respjct have been recos^ni/ed on more than o:ie occasii>n by the titv Merchants. He has
also been elected tluriiij; (he present \e.ir a member o'( the Chambre du (."ommerce. He
was one oS. the founders ;ind has been \'ic<. -President o^ the nominion 'IVavellers Menefit
Societv ; is a President o^ the .Montreal aiul Weslern Railwav, a jlirector <^i the Hank oi
\.
h'l> ()/■■ I RAPE SOL] l-MK XlMliKR.
I. I!. UOLI.AM) \ I'lr.S.
LAND.
ciiij,-- Munlroiil at
n iIk' ucll-kiuiw II
"his linn lias l^ceii
. W. KollaiKl win.
e firm now con-
■an Damion, S. J.
Uollaiui, all sons
Uolland, incinhei
lan u lio liid a
coininorcial anJ
lininj,'' the cstoein
.oininimity iiro-
thu senior partner
1 who has taken
mailers in this
he eldest son <>i
born in Montreal
at the fhristian
the Jesuits t'ol-
his eonnnereial
• sixteen years ot
as as elerk in the
ol this he was
■r. o\\ tile death K.^'i
is three briithers.
idalion, li,i> been
laper mills which
'. IX, are per-
). "Rolland has
allaiis jir.d was
lUinir Hoehelaya
,1 previous to this
inilil iS7(). He
he City Couneil
ot the eonlesl
r that Ward, an
which of itself
'd and wliai an
il he was con-
his old w;;id on
im St. Anloine
lat he ( Aid. Rol-
and as C hairnian
services wero cii
from the touncil
he present vear.
il K^i the Hoard
1 Iiiniself as beini;-
is services in this
■chants. I le has
Commerce. He
Vavellers Menefit
r o'i the Bank i^i
\\ Do
Ol i.\\ii;.N Roi.i.AM),
Hochelai;a. ami of the .Mamifacliirer^ Life Insui
his career, il ma\ be jus'ly saiil that Mr. Kollaml ,
community may be justly proud, he having Ivnetilted the interesi^ i>f tju' cii\
cially and also as a public man who has used his p
people ol' Montreal.
late
second son of the
p.irtner in the firm, was
and was educjited at the
menced his business career
Rolland it I'ils and was
the concern. In iS.Sj he
manat;ement of the Rolland
father at St. Jerome, P. g ,
study of paper m.inufactur-
makinij some ^.^^ the finest
country. Amony- these may
l.inen l.eds^erantl Superfme
His enerjjcy and business
coL;nixed in the business
rank. Durinj^' his residence
threat deal for that munici-
the position of Mayor ami
He is also the founiler and
Haptisle Association there.
brother ot tho before- ^..,. ,,,>,,.,
He was educated at the .Aithambault Connnercial .\cade
icSjy he commenced businc
< >■ I w ; \
>\ Al \\\ Roil \M).
ance I'o. In closini^- \\\\^ briel sketch of
sa I ill/en ot which all classes nf the
■>oih lommer-
ower honesilv lor the wellaie ol the
•Mk. S. J. it, RoiJAM).
Senator Roll.iiul and .i
born in Montreal in iN^i
Jesuits College. I k' com-
as clerk ill the firm ol J. li.
soon admitted as p.uiner in
left .Montreal to i.'ke the
Paper .Mills built by his
and hasiiii^- made a special
ini^- he has succeeded in
L;iades proiluced in this
be mentioned Canadian
l.inen Record, etc., etc.
ability ;iie uni\eisall\ re-
world w here he t.'ikes a hiirh
in St. Jerome he has \.V)\w ;i
pality in which he has lilkd
aUo School Commissioner.
I'resident k^( the St. jean
'I I. \M
.Mk. C'ti ia\!i:n Roi.i.ano.
mentioned f,''einlemen, was also born in .Montreal, in the year \'t>\^\.
my and the .Montreal Collei^e. In
s as cLr:;in his faih.er's est.-ibli -hir.eni in which cap;icilv he
worked steadily until iSN^ when he was admitted as partner iiid sliortlv afterwards'w ;is
made X'ice-President of tlie Rolland I'aper Co. In this
se\eral
footsteps as a
responsible position lie li.is
marked ability and proved
cullies attendiiii;' such an
niercial circles lie takes a
oi .Montreal's le.'idiiiir
and Hidustry have contri-
prosperity oi the linn since
it. Mr. 'Oct.-nieii Rolland
Roard of Trade io
his I'athei
merce.
i..\.M>, iinother member in
real in 18(14 and educated at
tion as his brother Oc-
commeiicement in the Inisi-
lirmof J. R. Rolland iV I'ils.
coniinueil in that c,ip,icit\
taken into parnership, thus
ot Rollands w ho now con-
shortly afterwards made a l">
lather's cipacity for c;n r\iii
lactors in the commercia
of Tr.ide for several years and I
11' >N \i l!:\ U
.•quilted himself with
himself ei|u;d to the dilli-
imporl.inl post. in com-
liii;h rank ami is now \^\\<i
merchants. His ener^\
buted m.iteri.illv to the
he became connected with
ii.is bein ;i member ot the
years ami is follow ins.;- well
promoter of trade ami com-
Mk. v. l)oNArii:.\ Roi.-
the firm w.is born in .Moni-
llie s.anie Collej^iate Insiitu-
l.ivieii He also made his
ness world as clerk in the
I'his was in iS.Sj, and he
until i,SiS,S when he was
completiiii,'- the cjuarlette
stitute the linn, and was
.•(.iitiiv iii\„ iiiiiif ClIIVI \\tl"^
iiector of the Rolland l\iper Company. He has inherited his
1 : .-.11 1 . ■ . 1
, <M\ business successtull\ am.1 prom.ses to be one y>'( the leadiiu
ci-mmuniiy ^si the t'utuie. lie has been a member of the Iioard
- - .las always shewn an active interest in that
position in the firm is one oi. the jiieatest impoi Mnce and
he is fully alive to its responsibility.
institution. His
iiis business career shows that
Kii iiAKi) wiini;
manaj^cmciil ol \\\o liiri,rc lOiKcrns duiinj^- the winter. iuiJ shippiiii; liiV^>-i.'l\ , ihirini; tlu'
suiniiUT. to Ouolu'i- lor the L'\p(.rt traile. thi>, hein;^- at the tiiiu' Canada'^ staple trade. hi
the year iS;^ lie joiiieil his brother, the late I Ion. Thomas White, who had established the
rctcrhonniiih A', .-/ere two years pre\ ioiisly. Mr. Richard White took up tiie position of
Mana-er which he continued to till until July. iS,S4. when he renun ed with his brother to
lliiniiltoii. they havinj,' purchased the llaniiiton .S/ccA/Av. This paper was published and
controlled by Messrs. T. \- R. White until iS7(. when the .Montreal (J,i::c/fi\ one ol the nld-
est newspapers in Canada. ha\in>; been established .is
lar b.ick as the year 177S.
was secured by the Messrs.
to his native city and has
Mr. 'I'honiis White was elec-
nient and the firm ol 'I'. tV R.
" liir.vttf Printing;- (.'ompanx "
White was appointed i'resi-
ol the new (."ompanv and has
lions e\er since. l''roni the
Richard White has been
dian journalism lor a jieriod
dition to the artluous duties
ment o'i such ;in extensive
IVintins;' Company," he
member o^ societ\
ollices durin
lor the \ew \ ox\< Lite Insurance Company. It may be truly said of Mr. White that he is
owk: oi the busiest amoiiii- the many busy men oi Montreal, who enjoxs in a lari,'^e measure
the confidence of the commercial ciimmunity. ,ts a irentleman of clear intellect, sound juds.;-
ment, strict probity and r-pe experience. He has been a member of the Moard of trade
since 1S87 ,ind has served :> \ice-Presid.-nt ot' the L'ouncil of that bod\. In politics he is
a (."onserv ;iti\ e.
/.'i lA'/J (;/•' TRADE SOCVEXIR
Mi'. \'
the best km
usetl in evei
perli.ips as
lor tlie loiL
wile w lio u
mar.y \e.ii'
nui^t pcopL
is 1 ikeii oil
.Mr. Sirach,
ot this sket
tim ' the d
from 1 l.dif,
ill llij auK
ability d
(.juality of I
he is highly
all his deali
of the ;!i.tnu
several olh
and oil bu>
fortune. 1
oi liii.incia
oi \\ liich he
ed in the (.';
that he Wii
which now
This compa
\ious to its
established
increasinic 1
dent oi this
conceiMi. \
tlie .\[ontrc
anil in closi.
datii'n oi tli
Hrilish mar
Mr. Str.ich;
and West I
and it was 1
fer of the s;
lulw ardsbu
w hich he is
Montreal a
favourite s'.
months, he
an e\ten^i\-(
h,i\e enabl
subuiban r
St radian hi
with busin
one, as he
is a reij'ulai
mentioned.
<-\{ w hich lei
a\ mt;- been established
came into the market and
White. .Mr. White returned
since resided here. In 1 S7,S
ted to the j-'ederal I'arlia-
White was ilissoKeil and the
viri,'aiii/eil. .M r. R ichard
dent and .Manayins.; Director
continued to fill these |:iisi-
abo\e it will be •>een th.it Mr.
closely coiinectei.1 with Cana-
of ne.irly forty years. In ad-
de\ol\ini; upon the manatee-
concern ,is the " (uiwttf
been a nnist useful and acti\e
filled a number K^i important
wm
so('i/-:x/h' M'.\fji/-:R,
iji
WILLI \.M STR Ai II \'
\i M i;i K
Mi'. Wii.i.iwi Sii' \rii\v, S '.ip >f iTi'i ■••ir.r arul iI^mL i- \\\ Oil-,, is no il.Miln imio oi
iIk' Ix'sl known iiK'ii in C'imail;i, lull to spviik mMonii wil, 'I'lio mi,i|vs Ik' maniilai tuiLS iiro
us^i.1 in cvory lunischolil in tlio Dominion, aip.l his i. ^pciiallv popular lirantl tlK- " i;lli ciIl;o " is
perhaps as well known tor iunist-luiltl pinpos^ s ;is tlio \\ oiki-rcnown. tl " IVar ," ^>'ap is
lor tlio lolL'l. t'crtaiiily liio "ijili fd-j " is niorj tlioronj;hly apprciiauil h_. i\ ^ i\- honso-
wilo wiio uses ii, ami iis s.ipi.'rii>rily lias Ikcii (.-.lal-ilisluil luyoiul a shadowi T a d niht lor
many VL'aispasl. 'I'lio hi ^iory of tiiis " !;ilt fdi;.' " isslill shioud^d in iii\siciy as tar as
niiut p.oplo arocoiK'ornod, but thc^i'iKral coiisiPsiis i i'opinion is that v, hen lho'"yill i.'dt,a'"
is likoii olV, tho soap is all ri;>ht iind fills tho l^ill ri^lit thiout^h. Thj business i>f wliieh
Mr. Slraehan is tiie solo proprietor has been osi.ihlish.^d tor sixty-lhrej years, the subjeet
ot lliis skeleh haviii!,'' had solo contri>l of it lor the past cii^^hleeii years, and duiini,' that
tim • the development of liis trade has bveii I'f a most phenomenal' kind. Itnow extends
from 1 1 ilifax to \'aneou\ er, nnd is iiureasini^; _\ear byvear. 'I'liis e\l inordinary inerease
in ihj amount oi business clone is due entirely tu the enertfy, enierpiisj and business
ability di.-played by Mr
e|uality of the soaps ho man-
ho is highly esteenii-d for his
all his tlealini^s, ;iik1 is look-
of I he inanulaeturini^ industry
se\ei:il olher manufaeturini^
anil oil business, whieh I:as
I'oitime. Mr. Slraehan is
of liii.mcial and iiulustrial
of which he takes an active
ed in tho Canada Meat I'aek-
that he was mainly inslru-
whieh now t;'i\es etnployment
'Ihis company luU onl_\' iloes
vious to its inception was all
established an extensive ex-
increasintj year by year. Mr.
Strachaii aiut tho superii>r
ufaelures hi businesseircles
iiprii^hlne -s ;iiui inles^rity in
eil ufton as om of I he |iioneers
of I'anada.bein^ interested in
concerns besiiles the soap
been the foundation of his
also interested in a number
concerns in the manatjement
pari, iio is largely interest-
iiiL^' I'll., a thriviiii^ industry
menial in establishiiii;-, ami
to a i.;reat number of hands.
a laii^e local trade, which pre-
imported, but it has already
port trade which is steadily
Strachan is the \'ice-l'resi-
dent of this company and from a monetary point of view the mo^t interested party in the
coiicei-n. lie has been for a lonif time a director and ont^ oi the largest shaiihoklers in
the .Montreal Stock ^'ards Company, whose premises are siiu.iied at Point St. Charles,
and in close proximity to the Cirand Trunk Railw.iy, beiiii,' well adapted for the accommo-
dation of the cattle comiiii,'- from the West by that line and intended lor shipment to the
Hrilish markets. On the recent death of .Mr. C. M. Acer, late President o^ this comp.niv,
Mr. Str.ichan was im.inimouslv elected to till the position. He was Presitlent oi the Last
aiul West I'jid .Abattoirs previous to their beiiii;' transferred to the Corporation o^ Monlreal,
and ii was he who netioii.i! ' lil the arran:^enients with the ciiv authorities l\ir the trans-
fer i>f the s;ime In ,lditii>n U) the ;iibove he is a director and larLje sh.ireholder in the
Kd\vardsbur;rh . Company, aiul is also \'ice-President of the lianLpie N'ille .Marie in
which he is ed to a lart^i xtent. Mr. Slraehan is a larLje lu'lder ol Ri;il Ivstale in
Miintreal a >ine of the si rbs. .At Lakeside, which is tasl becoiniiii;- one o\ the
favourite s. I, in resist for iMonirealers, who wish to <^et into the c.niniry lor the summer
months, he has not o y built for himself a commodious residence, but recentlv jturchased
an extensive propert) here. Out of this he h.is alreaily sold several liUs at prices which
have enabletl m.iny citizens to avail themselves o^ the much coveted idea oi having a
suburban residence o'i their own. This i Mily ou^.' o'i the m.uiy enterprises that Mr.
Strachan has been connected with that possesses a touch of philanthropy in connection
with business. I'rom the above it will be seen that his lite is an ;ictive ami busy
one, as he pavs particular ;ittention li' .ill the cimcerns in which he is interested, and
is a roij'ular attender at all the meetini^s iif directors and committees of the compjinies
mentioned. He is also interested in sever d other growins; nianufacturiiii:^ industries, all
of which lend towards the develo|imenl of le resources of Canada.
i;;
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/i(-.lA\) OF TRADE SOU
.NKfASKII.L, IKHHAM. i\: CO.
V
III'
w
Few mainitacliiriiii;' firms in Monlical arc belter i>r more widely iviunvii tlian that ot
MiCaskii.i., Don.Ai.i. X: Co., maiuit"ai.tiirL'rs of X'arnislies and japans, wlioso r.'putation lias
now become world renowned, and whose business extends not onlv throiiijho.it the entire
Dominion of Canada, but within the past few years has taken quilo a prominent place in
Kuropean markets. Hurini; tlie jiast fifteen vears the liitih-class varnishes manufactured bv
the firm ha\e b.-en awarded
als and diplomas, at every
Great Britain, where tliey
have now a splendid exhibit
in Chicaj^o, which it is safe
Canada, as a mai.ulacturint;-
products. Mk. n. A.
ner in the (irm, is a native
was born in 1S40, and where
and eaily business trainins,"'.
i<S75, and has since l">een a
commenced his commercial
and Japan manufacturer,
small bef^innini^- has built
sive and ihrivins^' industries
the leadinij one of its kind
Caskill's career throuijhout
and continued success, antl
tndefatij,'able encr<,^v and
combined with the strictest
in all his dealinj^s. In con.mercial ciicles he hold!-
all with whom he comes in contact. In siicial
kntiwn and for manv years has been an active worker m-\ bel.alf ^^i several charitable and
benevolent institutiiins in the cit\ to which he is a liberal donator. lie is a Life (iovernor of
III
\N Al 1. \ \N I ■IK Mil'
tirst-class prizes, i^old med-
exhibition in Canada :ind
have been shewn, and they
ready for the World's I<'air
to predict wi i i\o credit to
ciuintry lor hij^h-class
McCaskii.i., the senior part-
of Nov;i Scotia where he
he receiv(d his education
He came to Montreal in
resident in this city. He
career in i<S7S as X'arnish
and from a comjiarativ elv
up one oi the most exten-
in the country and certainlv
in the Dominion. .Mr. .Mc-
has beeii ^'^n^- of pronoiinctd
this is entirely due to his
remarkable business abilitv ,
uprii^htness and int'.'i^rit v
and is hiyhlv esteemed bv
a iiii;h rank
circks he is equally well and lavorablv
pital and closely allied to
tutions. In politics he is a
and a prominent member oi
Club o'i Montreal,
w lui joined .Mr. .McC'askill
mencement o'i iSiiJ ( thus
.McCaskill, Doui;all \- Co. I,
mercial circles, not onlv in
the Dominion o'i (."anada.
hav ini^' been boi n in this
lirst at the llii^h School,
in Liverpool, I'-nj^lantl. lie
career at the e:irly jiye ol
nected with his present line
it may safely be said that
thoroui;hly concersant with
past twenty-lour years .Mr.
with the firm of McArtluir,
Corneille iK: Co., and lor ,1 J ^"- '^- ^- 1'"|'Mi. period of ten veais was a
partner in the concern. Durini;' that time he i;;ained
a valuable experience iif all the various lines in connectiiui vv th •• \\ a varied business. lie
visited luirope lor the purpose ^"^i purchasiui;' i^oi'ils necessary ioc the trade, and for over
sixteen years has travelled all over Canada, ilurin^;' which tinv; he has i^aineil a wide experi-
ence which he is now able to lurr. to practical account. lie letired from the old lirai to form
the present partnershij-i with .Mr. McCaskill. Mr. Douj^all has been a metrber of the Hoard
of Trade since 18S7.
the Montreal (ieiieral llos-
several other kindred insti-
pronoimced Conserv ativ e
the Junior Conseiv alive
Mk. Ja.mks S. X. Dot (.all,
as partner at the com-
formin<j the hrni ^^i
i.s well known in coni-
Monlreal, but throui^hout
He is a native C'anatlian,
city in 1H53, and educaietl.
Montreal, and d'lerwarJs
commenced his commercial
sixteen and has been con-
ot business ever since, and
few men ar^.' more
ail its details. For the
Douj^'aii iias been connecteil
IlI.
A\> OF TRADE SOUVKA'IR yUMBER.
unvn tlian that ot
■>so r .'putatioii lias
.iijlio.il tlie otitiro
iriTiiinent place in
< maiuiractiirod by
prizes, i^old inod-
iii Canada ;ind
slicwii, and tliey
the World's l<"air
\vi ! C^o credit to
tor Sii^h-class
I,, the senior part-
Seotia where he
td his education
to Montreal in
n this city. lie
i<S7S as X'arnish
a coni|iarali\ el\
the most exten-
ntry and certainK
ninion. Mr. .Mc-
ine ol pronounctd
tirely due to his
e business abiht\ ,
ss and inti.'t;ril\
i^hiy esteemed b\
veil and lavorahh-
al charitable and
I Life (io\ ernor ol
closely allied to
In politics he is a
iiinent member ol
on t real.
d .Mr. .McCaskill
It ol' iSi)_' ( thus
, Doui^all iV Co. I,
rcles, not only in
nion i>r (."anada.
'M\\ boi n in this
lie liii^h School,
nil, i'-ni;lan(.l. lie
the early aye of
h his present line
I'ely be said that
y concersant with
ty-loiir wars .Mr.
liiiii of McArtluir,
ten years was a
at lime he ij^aineil
led business. He
ide, and lor o\er
eil a wide e\peri-
e old tirai to lorni
riber i.^'i the Moard
OWKN McC.\R\'i:\', Ol. OwiN MeliAKVi.v iV Sox.
Few members of the Board of Trade are better linown in this city than Mr. 0\\\n
McGarvey the senior partner of the firm of Owen i\lc(iar\ey tS; Son, witolesale and retail
manufacturers and dealers in all styles o'i plain and I'ancy furniti.re. .Mr. .Mc(iar\ey is a
native of the County .Armaijh, Ireland, but emii,'-rated at an early as.je to Canada makini^"
Montreal his future home. .\s far back as 1S45 .Mr. .MeCiarvey established himself in busi-
ness here and laid the foundation of a b ismess that he has develojied into one i^l the
larii^est and finest in the Dominion, and during the present yiar will celebrate the jubi!i.e ol
that imiiortant event in his successful career. The premises occupy one of the most promi-
nent positions in the ci;\-. at the corner oi Wure Dame and .Mctiiil s leet ^ haxinir recently
been enlarged aiul beaulifiei-l, the buildinj^ beini^ one of the fine eilillees for which .Montreal
has become so noled. Mr. .McCiarx ey has durin.v;' his hall-centuiy of active business life
se1.11 the rise am.! la I oi a !;reat many firms in his cnvn line oi businv^ s, while iin\ar\inj4'
success sjenis to iiave fo'i owed all his underlaki;u;s. This is tnxiiiiC to the irdu reni st^rn
business (.I'.iaiities he p.sscsses coupled with unswerving' fidelity, uprightness aiul true
honesty o\ purpose a;d he
leadiiii,'' merchanls o( iMoiit-
copijtl by tiie ri ini.;' ;;'eiie'a-
is a pioniiiient liL;'ure in this
avoided publiciiy and lias de-
has been asked to ace.:; t.
marked by siiict attention to
fouiul ample time to di. . '. >,
tution where h; tho'.!..;l.l lie
fortunate fellow ci', li'.Tes
jiensed \>i,h a libvi' 1 i.,tnd
tioii. l'"or mniiy v.,.: s he
tlr.: .Mo;vreal Cen^.al ll:s-
interest , he i- al-o a life
president of the Notre Dame
president (.if the Muusal !r,-
stauvis to-, lay amonL;st the
re.il a won :iy example lobe
tio.i. As a piiiiantiiropist he
citv, although he has alvvavs
dined many honors that he
H's lonij career has been
business hut he li;;s sii:i
to any worthy object or insii-
cc. '.\ be of service to his le^s
and h's c'l.irily has been dis-
buL alw;;vs avoiding" osteiUa
has b^ei a life s^i-\ernor oi
pital ill vv hich he taki. s a tLx p
i^overnor and has been \ iee-
I lospital, a dirvClor ar..l \ 'ee-
surance Cii iijiany tif .\i :i;-
I'atrick's Orpii.m .\syhim.
re.il, a dir eior of St
a member of the Art As .elation, has bco:i vice-president of St. I'atriek's Temperance
Si.K'ietv ioi- a number o\ years, and is associated with several other charitable
instilu.ioiis. Mr. .Mctiarvey is a staunch teatotalier aiid has been an earnest advncate cif
the temperance cause for more than 4oy'ars. To th's he attribules, in a threat measure,
his success ihrouL;h life. Ills firm enjoys the hii^'hest re|iuiation tlirouL;liout CaiKula from
a linaiiciai poini M view, and has obtained numei ous mLtl.als and diplomas tor the exe^llerce
o\ (heir i^'oods. These comprise prizes receivei.1 at the .Antwerp I-Ixhibilion (i.Si)()), Colonial
and India 1 l''\!ii!Tiiion, London, Lng'lani.l, and [{x!iibitio:is in Paris, liel^iuni, and several in
the Dominion of Canai.la. In speakini^" of the txhibit displavei.! at the Colonial and lii.Ii.in
Lxliibitioii, liekl in I^ondon, I'-ny., in iSS:), l!ie art critic d the Loid.vi Cain'iicf M,ikt ,■ (i;id
Ar/ Fiiniisfh'r, (\o\\ ist, 1 S<S()) which is tlie lii;.;^hest au'lioii'y in Liii^land ii tiiis li.ie iif
business, s.iys, "The Kmpire may well b^e proud oi the fine Canadian exli hil, bat
unfortunately tlie iurnilure oi tluse hardy coloiii.'s i ; too much affected by the American
style to coiimand I'le admiration oi the artistic. Tii; pio\im^.y oi suc'i baiieful inlluences
has u,KLv.ili:.'dly swaved the otherwise t^orjd work of tlie Canadi.aii mail ifac'iirers. It is,
liovvever, (air ti) sav that in nianv cases the i;ooi.ls v\'a' h are show 11 are free trom sueli
ble ^lislies, notably those exhibited by Messrs. Owen Mci.i.irvey X; Son, of Monlreal. Tlie
chair and table here liu;'ure.l (referriiii;' to illustrations oi tli.'se articles], ai"e unii.|ue selec-
tio.is from the exhibit of this linn, and the desit^ns will speak for themselves." in con-
nection with exhibitions, it is hut just to Mr. McCiarvey to say that he was o\^c of the first
men in Ctiuada to place pub'icle hefore the world his^jh-class Canadian manufactures with
a view of showiiif^' that this country coul.l take rank with the older ones in the production
oi first-class articles. ^!r. McCiarvc y has been a member oi the Board of Trade for a
number of vears and in politics has alwavs been a Cons^rvat'v e.
BOARD OF TRADE SOUVENIR
JOH\ T. H.\t;.\R.
Mk. John T. Haoak. the subject of the present sketch, is the sole iind active n.irtner
in the old tirm ot" j. & T. Bell, which may lay claim to be one of the oldest, as it is one of
the hijjhest standiiii^ in the many boot and shoe firms that have thrown up in Montreal dur-
ing' the centiirv now drauiiit^ to a close. The firm of J. & T. Bell dates back to iSiq,
and has aKvays held a \ ery
beinij' won rather by the his^li
out than the extent oi the
the latter is very consider-
present controls tiie business,
been born in Montreal, where
lion. He has been associated
trade since the commence-
reer, and, under his a^le
ment is not likely to lose any
earned 'Uid mainlained for
century. One peculiar f.ict
been doini.;" business in the
and has lost nothin>if in
all that time. Mr. Hai^ar is
able and bene\olent institu-
hi;^h position and reputation,
cpiality of the }."oods turned
lni>iness transacted, althoug'h
altle. Mr. Hagar, who at
is a Canadian by birth having-
he also received h s tduca-
wiih the leather a;ui shoe
ment of his conmercial ca-
management, the establish-
oi liie prestige it has so well
nearly three-quarters of a
ab.nit this firm, is that it has
:-ame store tor o\ er fifty \Lars
standing or liigh cli;iracler in
;i member of sexeral charit-
iii'ns in the city, and has been
the Iioanl o'i 'IVade lor man\-
a much r.spected member oi
\ears pa'-t. He takes a lively interest in all its deliberations, aiid is always ready to
.issist a::y sclK'nie that has for its object the de\elopment of the trade and commerce
of the c;;y oi Moi'.treal as a port, as well as oi the country generally. Mr. Hagar is
especiall}' ia' crested in manufacturing industries.
JOHN KKRKN' (Ivkkkv, Watso.v cK: (lo.)
Mr. John KERin , the senior partner in the firm of Kerry, Watson & Co., Wholesale
Drug- Merchants and Manufacturers, is a nati\e of Mng-land. He was born in icSjj, was
educated in his nati\e countrv and also ser\ed his apprenticeship to the trade there. He
came to Montreal in 1841) and became a partner with the late Mr. John Carter who carried
on the business established . , by Mr. Joseph Beckett in
1813. Mr. Kerry has, by dint of hard work and steady per-
severance, been the means of building up one of the most
extensi\e businesses in Can- ada in the Drug- and Chemi-
cal trade. 'I'he travellers of ^*1^, ''^'^ '""'" reach every spot in
the Dominion where any ... JR c'.iemist or doctor resides,
and the drugs they supply "* !r**^^^| go to 'ompound medicines
for the relief of thousands i^i ^ m^B sutferers. 'I'hey are the sole
proprietors of (.ira\'s S_\ rup ^'^'^flHVW. '"'' '^''''■' •'^P'*^"-"'^ Gum and a
number of similar specifics •^^^^^^^s^ which ha\e become world
renowned. Iti adelition to -WJJ^^^^Hk' tlieir extensivs Drug Mills
and Laboratory in Montreal i^H^I^H^ - ^'^'^ '"^'^ have branch facto-
ries and stores in London, '^S/KfmfSF^'f '' Ont.; Rouses I'oint, N.N'.,
and Boston, Mass. Mr. f^ iB Kerry is a member of the .St.
tieorge's Society of which he ^ h is been a firm supporter for
a long period and has been President. He was one of
the original promoters of the I'harinaceutica! Association
in which he has filled the offices of Treasurer and President. Mr. Kerry is one of the oldest
members of the Board o\' Trade having joined as iar back as 1S51. In politics he is a
Conservative. Mr. Kerr\' is a liberal contributor to locid charities and is very popular in
six'ial circles.
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TRADE SOUVENIR XLMBER.
(iAKlH X; CO.
HENKY W. CiAKTll.
loHN Hi:nkv Garth.
Mr. Hknky W. Garih, senior partner in the lirm ot H. W. and J. H. Garth, pro-
prietors of the noininioii ^fetal Works, is an native Canadian, ha\ ini;^ been born in Mont-
real in the year 1840. He was educated .it the I'pper Canada Collei^e. Toronto, Ont., and
after leaving that institution in iH()^, he entered tlie employ ot Messrs. Carpenter & Co.,
wliolesale iiardware merchants of Toronti^ lie remained in the employ of this firm for
'n\<i. years, and at tlie expiration of tliat time returned to Montreal, lie then entered the
employ of his brother, Mr. Charles Garth, who was then principal owner and director of
the Hi^minion Met- I Works. He became a partner in the firm in the year 1875. under the
style of Charles Ciarth i\; Klo. The latter sj^enlleman retired from business in the year 1878,
when Henry, the subject ("si this sketch, became senior partner, and associated himself in
inisiness with his nephew, Mr. John (iarth. These s^^entlemeii ha\e since carried on the
affairs of the firm most successfully. The Dominion Metal Works was established in the
year 1823 by the father and grandfather of the present proprietors. It is the oldest estab-
lishment oi its kind in C'anada, and to the cntei-prise oi its oris;inati>rs is due the (irst
introduction of ijas liifhtinii', the first hot water iieatinsj;' and the lirst steam heat ini'' appar-
atus into Canada. .Most, in fact nearly all the principal public buildinj^'s, and many of the
larj^-est private houses oi this coiuUr\ ha\e been fitteci up by this firm, and their work has
i;-i\en most universal satisfaction to all with whom they have had dealings. Among- the
many public and private buildinijs fitted up bv this lirm with heatinjjf, plumbini*- and gas-
fittinj^ apparatus may be mentioned the follow in;;- : The Lunatic Asylum, Toronto, in
1848; the Rockland .Asylum, Kingston; the Parliament and Depat imental Buildings,
Ottawa ; the \'ille-Marie, Prov idence and other convents and hospitals in Montreal ;
Harbor Commissioners' buildings, Montreal the Grand Trunk Oillces, Pointe St. Charles,
and Nordheimer's Buildiiii^-. Montreal. They have also lilted up the post otlices at Quebec,
Sherbrooke, Clifton, Stratford, Winnipeg and Brandon, and have contracts on hand at
present for several others. Among tiie b.inks they have had almost an entire monopoly in
this line of business, as the following list, in addition to several others, will shew. Jacques
Cartier, Mechanics and Merchants banks, Montreal ; Merchants Bank branches at
Kingston, Toronto and Ottawa ; the branches oi the Bank oi .Montreal at Ottawa, London
and Hamilton. The other large buildings that may be mentioned as hav ing been titted up
bv them are the Custom House and Lieutenant (Jovernor's residence, Regina ; the Lieu-
tenant Governor's residence, Winnipeg ; Langevin's Block, Ottawa, and the Kxperimental
l'"arm buildings, Ottawa. Kxtensive as the above shews their trade to be it is still on the
increase, and each succeeding year finds a further development.
.Mk. HI•:^■R^■ W. Ci.VRrii has been a member of the Board o'i Trade for the past five
vears and since his connection with that Coritoration he has been 1 K'>t active and energetic
in upholding the general interests oi trade and commerce at this port.
.Mr. |oii\ Henkv (.iAkih, who is associated in business with his uncle, is, like the
latter gentleman, a native of Montreal, and was born in the year 185O. He received his
eduv ation at Lennoxville College, P. O., and first commenced business in the employ of
his father. VN'hen the term oi his ajiprenticeship had expired he became chief engineer of
the establishment, in which capacity he continued until the year 1878, when, upon his
lather retiring from business, he enteied into partnership with his uncle, with whom he has
since carried on the business. By his energv and ability jombined with his thorough
practical knowledge of the business he has contributed in \^o small degree to the success
which the firm has achieved ami which places them in the veiy front rank among Canadian
manufacturers. .Apart fri>m his business capacuv Mr. John H. (Iarth has been a prominent
member in social and military circles for a number oi years. l-'or a period of fifteen years
he served in the Sixth Provisional Regiment of Cavalry in which corjis he held a commis-
sion as Lieutenant and was always looked upon as one tif its-most energetic members. In
athletics he has always taken an active interest and is a member oi the Montreal, the St.
Cieorge, and the Argyle Snowshoe Clubs, also iM'the .Montreal Canadian .Athletic Club, the
St. Lawrence Boating C'lub and the l.achine Boating t'hib. He joined the Board of Trade
in r888, and in politics is a Conservative.
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111;NRV lUI.MIlR. CoMK.MioK.
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One of llic oldest aiul most proniiiK'iit iiiL-nihirs nf llie Hoard ot Trailc is Mr. lll•^K^■
Hii.MKK, the well-known eoiilraelor. ,\;i luij^lishman by birth he has made C"anada liis
home, having; emij^rateil lure in 1N3J. Ho re>.\i\cd his early education in Rnj^hmd and
after this had been completed in Canaila lie finally settled in Montreal in 1841 and in the
followint;^ ye.ir commenced
that date his pri'^'ress has
diirinfj;' the inler\ eniiiij; half
of the most extensixe and
Dominion and is looUed upon
brickmakini^ industry of Can-
tifieil with several charitable
notably tiie St. Cieor;;e's
one time President. He was
nic's Institute when the pre-
always taken a li\ ely interest
years he sat in the City t'oun-
the olVu'o of President of the
tures and also of tiie Pimin-
Of late years he has ceased
in business and has de\ nted
enerij^y to Harbor Improve-
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his industrial career. I'^rom
been steady and sure and
century he has built up ow^i
nourishing businesses in the
as one of the pioneers in the
ada. He has long been iden-
institutions in the city,
Society of which he was at
President also of the Mecha-
sent hall was built and has
in that institution. l"or nine
cil as Alderman and h;is filled
Council of Arts and Manufac-
cial Ivxhihition Committee,
to take any very active part
a i^ood deal of his time and
ments. .'\s C'hairman of the
Harbor Commissioners he has Aonn g ihI service towards the much-needed extension of
harbor accommodation in the Port of Montnal. Mr. Jiulmer has been a member of the
Hoard of Trade for nearly twenty years and in politics is a Conservative, and up to recent
years ti>ok quite an active part in election matters.
JOHN llASTOX MILLS WIHTN'I-.V. Li:atiii;k Mi-iuiiant.
Mu. Joiiv Kaston Mii.i.s \\'iiir\i:v. Wholesale Leather Merchant, i^ the son of the
late Mr. N. S. Whitney, one of the pioneers of the leather trade in Canaila, and on<.- of the
first importers of prize Ayrshire cattle for the purpose of improving the slock of the
country. His grandfather was the late Ji>hn Laston Mills, banker, formerly Mayor of
Montreal, and president of , — — i the first railway running from
this city to St. John's, Oue. Mr. Whitney was educated
at McGill College, Montreal, and afterwards finished his
course of .studies at the .^flP^'^ I'nixersily of Cambridge, in
(ion\ilIe and Caius Colleges, ■'' ^^^m^' ^ ''"'^ iT'gi'ial intention being
to enter the army, but his ''<^BB^^^' father not consenting to tliis
he went into business in 1S74. 'J^^^^BHI ''^ iS.Si) the present business
was formed, of which he is J^a^^^KB^ ''^"^ senior partner. In busi-
ness circles he is highlv ^'4'.^^^^^B^ esteemed and is considered
most honorable and straight- 'J^^^^^^^B^^^k forward in all his dealings,
the result of which is that he .^^^^^^HR^^^^K- ''''''' established a sound and
nourishing trade. It is in ^^^^^HT^Kj^HBh^ ''^<-' social and literary woiL!,
however,, that Mr. Whitnev lll^^^^^^M^^I^B^ '"^ best known and where lie
is highly :ippreciated. He is Wj^^^^^^^^^H^ll^ ' a frequent contributor to the
daily press on important cur- ^^^5HB"BPi^^^ ''•'"'^ e\ ents, ;ind has written
several small literary works, one of which is an interesting
account of a cruise in his live ton yacht " P. 11 ry (.lice
in thesummerof iS.So. He has held Comn:;: sions in the Canadian .Militia, and saw active
service during the l'"enian Raids of i.S()() and iSjo. lie inarr:ed the daughter of the late
Siirveyor-Cieneral Houchette and sister ofl.aily SIk.i, wile i^fthe Ciovernor of the Hahamas.
She hi;s gained much ilistinction as a musical ci-.iiiposcr.
RI) OF TRADE SOUVENIR NUMBER.
COI.IN Mc AKTIUK.
ulc is Mr. lli'NKV
nade Canada liis
1 ill Enijlaml and
1 84 1 and in the
\\ career. I-Voni
' and sure and
las hiiilt up one
businesses in the
e pioneers in the
s long been iden-
in tlie city,
vliich he was at
so of the Mecha-
:is built and has
ution. Kor nine
nan and has filled
rts and .Manufac-
lion Committee.
very active part
of his time and
Chairman of the
ded extension of
L member of the
uid up to recent
Mk. Coi.i.v Ml Aktuiu, w iiose name is famous as the fu-st manufacturer oi wall paper
in this l'ro\ince, is a native iif (il.isi;in\ , Scotland, where he was born in iN.i^. lie was
educated at St. l-Inoch's school >.>'( tha'. city, and toi' sixteen vcars was associated with the
lirm of V\'\ lie iV l.ochead, wall paper nianufacturi'rs, a lari^e porlii>n oi this time as .Mana-
i;er in their establishment. | IK- frequently visited the
I'nited States and Canada \.>\\ behalf k^i this firm, and
linally settled in Toronto,
In 1870 he moved to .Mont-
present business, the first
Prosince y^i (Juebec. lie
from Scotland, as none could
at the time, but all t!ie uii-
beloiii^ed to Montreal. His
mously since and has well re-
enterprise and push in carry-
At all exhibitions, both local
.\rtluu-'s goods ha\e been
and every case secured first
exhibitions in which he has
Canada, as a mauufacluring
Antwerp and Trinidad may
where he li\ed (or lour ve.irs.
real aiut there establishei.1 his
wall paper factory in the
brouu;ht skilled labour out
bo obtained in this country
sl<ilic<l workmen employed
business has increased enor-
uarded Mr. .Mc.Artluir for his
in ;■ it ow since its inception.
;md I'oreign, where Mr. Mc-
e:>!i;bited, they ha\e in each
]iri/es. .Anningsl tlie ioreign
so well upheld the honour ot
country, those of Jamaica,
be especially mentioned. Mi'.
.Mc.Artluir has been si member of the l>oard of Trade for the p.'ist five years, and as may be
seen from the (\);'egoing remarks has been on\i oi the ir.iinstays of the industries cii this
country, in which he takes so deep an interest and especially lends his aid to every maiui-
f.iciuring industry that may arise.
s the siMi o'i the
I, and one I'f the
he stock oi the
rmerly Ma} or oi
vay running from
y was educated
irds fuiished his
if Cambridge, in
intention being
>nsenting tii this
present business
irtner. In busi-
id is considered
;ill his dealings,
led a sound anil
id literary wimLI,
n and where he
.intributor to the
and has written
is an interesting
hi " I'iurydice
I, and saw acti\e
ijhter oi the late
K^i the Hah.'imas.
JAMKS K. MIT.LIX. Wim; Mikhiant.
.Mk. |.\.mi:s I-'. Ml'i.lin, the well known Wholesale Wine Importer, is a n.itivc \.^'i
Ireland, having been born in the County Tyrone, and educated at the Grammar School in
his native place. He came to Canada in 1847, and settled in Montreal, where he entered
the counting-house of his brother who wa.> un^ii carrying on the wholesale grocerv and
wine business. On the death ^_^ of the latter Mr. Mullinform-
ed a partnership with his younger brother I'atric'
under the style of J. I". Mullin it Co., and continueu
the old business established by their late brother, this
name being still retained as the title of the lirm. .Mr.
.Mullin is a man of literary taste and culture, improxed
by reading and foreign travel, ,^ Jtf^^ haxing an extended know-
ledge of the modern writers ' r**^ in prose and poetry and never
at a loss for a quotation from ^''^j^ some well-known author on
the subject under discussion. ,^^:^m^^ "^ ^^''^ elected to the City
(."ouncii in 1871, and sat as j^^^C^^V^^fel^ \lderman for nine years He
lost being elected Mayor, ^H^^ftU^B^ when that appointment was
made by the City Counci\ '^^H^^BpP iving defeated by one vote.
He held the position of X'ice- r^l^^j rresident and President of
St. Patrick's Society for a 1 number oi years, is a Life
limernor oi the .\iontreal Cieneral Hospital, Trustee of
St. Patrick's Orphan .Asylum, a member of the .Montreal
Hunt Club, and connected w'th a number of other in -: itutions. In addition to his wine
importing business lit is an extensixe maiuilactiner of c'gars anil boots and shoes. He is
a Justice of the Peace, and a member i.^i the Hoard of Trade for the last ten years. Mr.
Mullin has alwavs been an ardent advocate o'i Home Rule lor Ireland.
HOARD OF IRADE SOI IE MR XI
MOSi;s i'\rki:r.
Mn. Mosi:.'! P.\:w;i:i:, onu of t ho bi^st known Inm I''i)imi.lcr.s in llio lily of Monti'cal, is
an IriNlinian liy birtii, having bcon born in tiie town ot'landragci.', County of Armagh,
IrL-land, in tlie year 1X41). WIkmi lio had attained tlio at;o ot" tlirce years iiis parents,
tlei-idetl toeoine to C'anatla, and brint^ini^ their st)n, the subject oi tiiis sketch, with theins
can.e out to this countrv ami settled in Montreal. He was
in wiiicii institution he was
educated at tlie liii,'h School
one o\ the most apt pui">ils.
he coninienceil a business
en.'eied tlie employ y>i Win.
lie commenced as junior
ma IS olVice, and reniai".ed
tl'.irty _\ears, ilurint;' which
and business ability lie rose
ulss, which pvisition be oc-
himself ant! ai.l\ant;ii;e to
1N.S4 he commenced o\^ his
ilar to that with which b.e
and has since by his su]-ierior
toi himself a \ery lart;e and
out this |iro\ince, and in
Diiminion. 1 le has "alhered
I'pon completini,>- his stutlies
lile in the year 1S53, when lie
UtHltlen iron fouiuler, etc.
cleik in the latter j.iei-.lle-
in the lirni's employ for over
time by his j^reat industiy
to be nianat;er K^^i the biisi-
cupied with j^reat credit to
his employers. In the \ear
own account a business sim-
l-.ad been so \o\\i^ connecteil,
eiieri^'y and abili'x' built up
extensi \e con nee t ion til roui^li-
many other parts ot the
--- — round him a \ery lars^e num-
ber of p.itrons, and his establishment rani-;s as one of the best of its kind in the city. Mr.
Parker is a well know n member oi tlie Hoard ot Trade, and is also a llovernc r oi the
Montreal G.neral Hospital, in which institution he has always taken a very deep interest,
beintr also a liberal contributor to oilier charities.
.Mk. Tmom
business men ir
business in Mo
ho does not su
combined with
him a special
as favorably k
whom ho supp
w aij^t;on covers,
line of busine^
plies the \ery 1
lie keeps all co
not b_\ any mea
pans ^^i the D
Mr. Sonne is hij
iiiLJ and unswer
the Hoard of
for many year;
thouj^h of a i.|i
minent part in
election held in
sentation of St
candidature, bi
ijovernmont, hi
will receive the
ALKXAXni'.R R \MS\\'
Mk. Ali:xanui:k Rams.w. o'i A. Ramsay & Son, was born in Glasi^ow, Scotland, in
I1S40. He came to Canada with his parenls in 1.S41, and has since resided in Montreal.
He joined his father in the wholesalo p. linl and v.irnisli business in 185c), and since then
has established one of the largest commercial enterprises in Montreal, llis trade extends
his business in everv branch
sions. As the firm manufac-
tion of their jj^oods they have
ground leads, mixed paints
special reputation. They
adililions to their business,
mentioned the silvering mil
of stained and art
from Halifax to \'ictori.t, and
has assumed large dimen-
ture themselves a large por-
assurance of cpiality. Their
and ciKich colours ha\e a
lia\ e lately made extensive
amongst which might be
ror plates and manufacture
This enterprise is meeting
nrmufacture of printing and
just been entered upon, and
agemeiu which has brought
ments will ha\ e a similar re-
a high reputation for sterling
the financial position oi his
is chairman ^^'i the road com-
and has been largelv instru-
g'ass.
with great success. The
lithographic inks has also
>loubtless the splendid man-
such success to other depart-
sult in this. Mr. Ramsay has
business ability and energy
firm ranking \ery high. He
mittee o\ Cote St. Antoiiie
mental in bringing about
the improved condition of the existing' roads, a;ui opening up new ones in that municipality.
He joined the Hoard of Trade in i.Ss'7- ''- '^ connectetl witii Si. .Andrew's Society, and
is Presiileni oi the Dominion I'lale (ilass Insurance t'o. He fir-^t inlroducoi.1 plate glass
into C'anada and liltetl the largest establishments in the dominion witli the article
Among th(
than Mr. I'. A
educated at W
of this city, ;
the Tiijiiscript
the printing
he has been p
i.ig and type
oi the Montrc
lished in i.S(
oils as the c
their battles di
gaged in tiie
iou\', and a
w hich he was
sistant .Mana
187.', aiul sho
lion he has I
marked ahilit
'Iriiiity C'liurc
.Masonic frat
filled some of
the Mizpah I.
comes in coi
ioincd tie \\y\
OE SOI \ I.. y IK XIMBKR.
IIIOMAS SOXNi:.
IS
is,
ins
;is
as
ii's
!io
ic.
Mk. Thomas Sdysi;, Sliiji (.'haiullor aiiJ Sail
busiiK'ss inoii in this city. Mr. S
oi
the best known
busiiK'ss inoii in this city. Mr. Shiiik' is of l'.uropi.aii extraction, but has been settled in
business in iMonlreal tor the past jS years. Theie is nothiiii; u anieil on board ship that
he does not supply, and Irs at't'able and genial manner,
— "^ -...,,._.,
ci>nibined with strict atten
him a special fa\orite wilh
as favorably Unown amoiii^'
whom he su|-iplies wilii tar-
wai;"i;on ciners, and all Uinds
line of business he has al-
plies tlie very best oi j^^ooils
lie keeps all competitors out
not b\ any means conlined to
pans oi the 5)ominion. In
Mr. Sonne is hit;hly respected
inij and unswerviii!.^ honesty,
the Hoard of Trade, with
for many years. In politics
thouj;h vi'i a quiet and retir-
minent part in political mat-
election held in l'"ebruary Mr. Sonne's name was mentionetl
sentation of St. Lawrence Wanl, V'" •■■''■ '■■■ •■■
it'table and genial manner,
l.iim \o business, has made
sea-tariiiL!" men. lie is just
the cili/ens o'i Montreal,
pauliiis, aunin!.;"s, Ium'sj and
i.'i'i canvass t^oods. In his
most a nuino|ioly, for he sup-
a'l such moderate jirices that
of the market. His trade is
.Monlieal, but exteiuls to alt
commercial and social spheres
for iiis slraii^htfoi ward deal-
lie is an esteemed member of
which he lias been ccinnected
Mr. Sonne is a Liberal, and
iiiLT ilisposition, takes a pro-
lers. .\t the last municipal
in conned ion with tiie repre-
sc'iii.iiiiMi 111 ..Ti. i.<i« n.iiv.>j >».iiv.i, but wilh his usual modesty the f^entleman declineil the
candidature, but we hope in the near future, that in the interests oi piue and Li;-ood ci\ ic
ijovernment, he will allow himself ti> be broui^ht forward, when he may rest assured he
will receive the heartiest and iiest su|iport of the elect.trs of that division.
P. \. cROssin'. noMiNiox T^ ric folndrw
Amon^ the prominent citizens \.-i'( Montreal there are few more universally respected
than Mr. I'. .\. Cuossiss. He is a native i.^'i. .Montreal wliere he was born in 1S4;,. He was
educated at lieauharnois and commenced his cc>mmercial career with Mr. Kollo Campbell
of tiiis city, at that time proprietor i^l liie /V.rV. i 1 j afterwards obtained a position on
the Z/vjy/.vcr/y^^ a.s compositi>r, , . a;id soon became foreman i>f
that paper. Since tiiat time
nected with new spaper print-
He was one oi the lounders
c\\.\ I'nion, which \v;'.s eslab-
followinj;' vear was coiv.picu-
I'nion aiul sturdily fought
strike. In iSdS he was en-
Lo\i;i.i.'s Dominion l^iuia-
HkIIIsII NoKTU .VmI'KKV, o'i
C'rossb)- was appiiinled .\s-
minion 1 v pe l-oundry in
became Manai^er. This posi-
■ iiul has filled it with
He is .1 leatling member oi
to the Sytu>d. Amoiii;' the
prominent tit^ure, and has
tilled some of the liii;hest oHices in the Province of Quebec, and is a Past (irand Master oi
tlie Mizpah Lodt^e o'i tlie l.O.C'*. !•". Mr. Crossl\v is hi;,'hly esteemed by all wilh w iiom he
comes in Cvintacl, t,>r his uprightness, in'e;.;!!. \ , and lionesiy in all his cLalini;s. He
ioined lie Hoard iif Tiade in iSSi, and has alwavs taken a liveK interest in its alV.iirs.
the printing' department oi
he has been prominently con-
i.ig and typo tnaiuifacturint;.
of the Montreal Typoi^jraphi-
lislied in i.'-it)5, and in the
o'.is as the champion oi the
iheir battles durint; the great
gaged in the pulilication vii
rouv, and a (i.vzE: 1 1 i;i;i{ oi-
w liich he was the editor. Mr.
sistant .Manager of the Oo-
1S7J, ami shortly afterw;in.ls
lion he lias held ever since
marked ability and succes.
Trinity Church and delegate
.Masonic fraternity he is a
•1 i
ijr>
HOANP OF I KADI:
KMII.I-; (lALIHKRT, Tannkk anp I.i:.\tiii:r am> 1Iii>i-; Merhiaxt.
i )
i|!
\%
Mk. Kmii.e CiALiitKur, Tiimicr and Wholesale Dealer i;i Hides, Skins and Wool, is a
native of France, where he was born in 1H47, and was educated in the colie^'o of C'leremont.
He came to Canada in iS();i and after spending' two years at F.ennoxville i-ollej,'e he settled
in Montreal. Two years later he comnvni:i'd his commercial career as partner with his
father, under the style i>f C. | . Ualibert & Son, Tanners and
Dealers ip Hides and Wool, the business beinj,' still car-
ried on in the same name. Mr. Kmilc (.ialibert is a prom-
inent figure in French Can- y*^*" adiaii Society and stands
high in commercial circles. >/ ^ He has been connected with
the French C'hambre du torn- fftjjjL^^ ^^-^ merce for many years and
has filled the ollice <>i I'resi- fmifi^ A^\\\. of that institution as
well as several other import- Okk, '- ant oilices in commercial so-
cieties. It was diirinj^ his
the Chambre du Commerce
such beneficial ellect, for the
tween France and the Domi-
suffered so much for the want
among the importers and
The result of this action on
that an impetus was given to
liiat has been productive oi
term oi ofiice as President of
that action was taken with
protection of the trade be-
nion of Canada, which had
i>f a thorough organization
traders in l'"icnch merchandise,
the part of the executive was
Canada's trade with I'"rance
the most beneiicial results to
the wholesale French importing houses in Montreal. Ho joined the Hoard of Trade in
iSSj and takes an active interest in the welfare of the trade and commerce of Montreal,
o-pecially the trade with l-rance, in which he is so deeply interested and whicli he has done
<o much to place on a sound basis.
MI^ WILLIAM ANt;i'S.
Mk. William ,\ncus. the well-known I'apir Manufacturer of this city, is a native of
Scotland, haxiiig Lien bmn in t.lasgow in the }ear if\^4. He rcceivetl I'.is education in liis
native city i'.:;d al^o obt;;ii'e(.l a i;intl irsight into commercial life in that grtal centre oi
trade and commcrtt'. In llie y t.i.r if -O he came out to Canada, and settling in Montreal
entered tlie .^ervite of .Mex. , , Huniin 6!.: Company, Taper
Manufacturcis. He remained
some time and tlun coni-
account, estaMishiiig the firm
Manuf.'icturei s, whicii v> as
Canada Paper Conipiiny, of
President and Managing V'.-
city soon made t;:e enterprise
untiring energy \...\ atlenti^ii
He resigned his position with
then started l-.;>,ini.ss jis a
This business w as aflerw a. t'.s
Royal Pulp and Paper Com-
\'ice-Prcsldent and Agcr.t.
cern has to-day a'. ;;iiiied
is increasing year by \>.ar in
under an able and energetic
with the latter lunise for
niLnced business on his own
tif Angus I's: Logan, Paper
afterwards assumed by the
which Mr. Angus bccinie
rtcior, and in tlui latter capa-
a remarkable success by his
to the details oi the traile.
lliis C'ompanv in i.S><3 and
clieniical pulp manufacturer,
taken over by tiio present
papv , of which Mr. .Ai!:,'.;s is
Tile trade oi t!ie latter con-
enormous ilimcnsions, and
every part of tiie Domn-ion
management. Mr. Angus is
an old member of the Hoaid i^i Trade, ar.d lias practically helped to cLvelope tlie trade of
Montreal in ma: y ways. H ; is alsj connected v\i;ii S;. .\ndre\v"s Society and Past Presi-
dent of the CaLdv)nia;i Society, iind is a Lite (.iovernor of t'le Montreal tieneral Hospital,
to the funJ.s I'f whici' l.j is a liliLjri.l (.wuri^nil^ r.
1 't
/A'/) (V J KADI: SOI \ I.NIK XIMHIJ:.
IIIANT.
IS and Wool, is a
ej^e of Clcreinoiil.
colle^'o he settled
s partner with his
Son, Tanners and
ss beiiij^ still car-
Lialibert is a proni-
ioly and stands
.•n connected with
many years and
lat institution as
in coniniercial so-
ce as President of
1 was taUen with
of the trade be-
rinada, which had
iii^h orijanization
ench merchandise,
the executive was
rade with France
jiielicial residts to
loard i>f Trade in
'rce of Montreal,
\hich he has done
tii:oiuii-: s. Hursii.
1\Ik. (ii:i>K(ii: S. Bkisii, who succcedeil his father to llie pri>prietorship \.^i the Fa^He
I'oundry and luij^ine Hoiier VN'orks (the oldest eslabli^^inllenl ot its kind in Canada) was
born in the city ot Xer^^Mines, Vermont, in llie ye;ir iS.-j. lie was educated at tlie I'liixer-
sity of X'ermont and Mc(.iiil (.'ollejLre, Montreal, and afterwards stiiilieil law in t!ic ollice oi
Messrs. A. iV (.i. Robertson, . , o{ the laMer city, !ind was
admitted to the Har of Lower C'an.iua in iS-,j. In 1S54 he
became connected with his , l.ither in tlie foundiy and
machinery business, aiul upon ''^^^^^Sl ^: tlie tleath of tlie latter j^fcntie-
man in 18.S3 succeeded him ait jllfe ''* i-'i"''') '"?!' "" ''''^ affairs of
the firm. It mii^ht here V c '^ ^^SK j^K staled that tlie l^ai;lel'"oundry
occupies a pat^e of its own i:i ^B*^ J^m^ ^''^ history of steam navi},ni-
supplied some of the earliest
rence and Lake Champlain
tion in this coimtry, ha\injj;'
steamboats on the St. I.aw-
wilh their en<;ines, machi-
Royal Na\\' steam fri}^ale
bee and her en<;ines fiitcd hy
first established in the year
Ward ol Jersey city, X.\'.,
business was carried on b}-
late Mr. Brush (father of tl'.e
partner in I'S^i), and ever.t-
.\ very laii;e business is done by the firm to-dav, and many of the principal steamers plylntj
on tlie Si. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers have bee:i e:i,nned bv th.i^ t'ompa;iy. .Mr. Hrusli
joined the HoiU'd of Trad,3 i:i JS73 and has since taken an active part i.i p romotini; the trade
a:'.d coir.mercj of t!'.!s port.
nery, etc. Tlie hull of tiie
Sytiiiilidin was built at Ijue-
this lirm. The I'oundry was
i.Sji by the l.ite John I).
and on his retirement, the
his two brothers whom the
present proprietc ) joined as
uallv acquired fi^r him. elf.
ty, is a native o(
is education in liis
lat i;real centre of
tliiis^ in Montreal
t'ompaiiy, Taper
lai;er h.ouso for
■iness on his ov. 11
Ik. Loi^an, Paper
assumed by the
Anyus became
in I lie latter c;ipa-
'•le success by his
nils oi the trade.
;iny in iSoj and
lip manufacturer.
' by t;K» present
lich Mr. Ai'.;,''.:s is
of tiie latter con-
ilimensions, and
of the Dominion
It. Mr. Angus is
■lope the trade of
y and Past Presi-
ieneral Hospital,
THO.MAS W. NKSS, Ei.ia 1 kicai. Si iti.ii.^.
Prominent amoiii,'- the rising men in Montreal anil a true disciple o\ tlie great lidison,
is Thomas Wood Ni;ss, Manufacturer of Telephone and all kiiitU oi f^lectrical appliances.
He is a natixe Can.uiian, having been boi n in C^ntario in iSoci, and educated first at
Richmond Hill High Sclu'ol and at'lerwards ;.l the 'ioronto Normal ScIuh>I. lie came to
in business here as the agent
Llectrical appliances anci
established a lactor\ tor their
N'ess's husiness has increaseil
energy and perseverance. Jt
Can;;^!a is a " free counlrv,"
.MoiUieal in 1S44 and settled
lor the supjily of all kinds of
machines, lie, touryeais later
manulactui\'. Since then Mr.
ra|"iiill_\ owing eiuirelv to liis
is not generally kuinvn that
.IS far as tiie telephone busi-
C'ompany having failed to
(.'ar.adians are fast re.ili.'ing
.nvning their inslruniei.ls
rental ch.arges. l-"or some
manufacturing these insiru-
lias already ecjuipped niary
up numervuisfactorieSjOHices,
teiii o\ telephones. l""our
one man, but now he gives
liltv hands There is a branch
to, besides which Mr. Ness
ness is crncerned, the Hell
maintain their patents heie.
the privilege tliey enjoy of
insteail o( paying exorbitant
years Mr. Ness has been
ments 01 a large scale, and
local exchanges, and fitted
etc., with his warehouse svs-
vears agii he employed only
constant eni|^Kiv nient to ov er
at io() King St. West, Toron-
has a nuir.ber o\ agencies in different cities and towns
throughout the Dominion. He is an active member e.' several societies in the citv, and is
highly respecled in social circles. Mr. Ness joined the I^oard o\ irade in i^i'-j, and in
politics he is a thorough Ir.dependent.
J
lUKIh'/y (>/ I KADI'. SOL I l\ IN M
(il'O. WAI.TKK SAPl.i'.K, I, i:\iiiiu Ui:i,r Mam iactikm:k.
Mk. CiKOKl.K WaI.II
Holt Maiuifactiircis,
W.I
111 this city. lie coiiuikikciI lis
'I'lionias Ki-.hin, in tlio k'.illu'r b^il
was but little known, aiull'ir
to the supplyinij^ oi a IVw
\clopc».i to such an extent
|. adiiii,'' iiuluslries ol C'anatl.i,
piiineei's ill tliis iiaJe has
slanlly increasiiii^- LJeniaiui K i'
till' formation ol'liie parlnc-
S;ates where he was eii^as^ed
laclory of which he became
Montreal in i<'^74, ■'oul for
the ivltiiii^- fu-m of I., j. C'amp-
1.' a,;., ,. '.,.,... .,.,.- ;., ii,., ^ ...•.•■ ,
\K Saplkr, sole proprietor of the firm K^i Kojiin iV.- Sadler, Leather
I orn i.i Montreal in iN^j, ami ech ■ ' ■' *'• ■ •' ' ^' ■ ' ' "^^ '• ■ '
Kobin a> partner in thesam
carii' d <^\\ alone since tb.c
ii! |. The rapid inci-case
es nsliiiiii
, sole proprietor ol the lirm ot Kojim iV Sadler, Leather
lontreal in I1S5J, and educated at the old Model School
c.immercial career in iS7() with his late partner .Mr.
maiuifacturir..;- business. At this lime leather belliny
a while the tr.ule wasconliaetl
t\\ mis lime le.ainer neiiiny
a while the tr.ule was conliaetl
lactories. It has now tlc-
ihat it has become one I'f the
and Mr. Sadler as one i.-^\ the
reaped tlie bciieiil of the con-
li:s products. Pre\io, s lo
ship .Mr. Sadler lived ii llie
ai a l.ir^e leather b^'iii::;
ri.i.;)a:|er. He returned lo
two }ears was manaj^er i I
hell, ;if;er which he joineLl .Mr.
li:'.e cf business, which he l;as
I'catli I't the latter ,t,^entlen;an
in his tiade necessitaleil tl;e
TvMonio, of which Mr. Sac!lci
es nsmnj^ 01 .1 nrancn m 1 vMonio, or w men Ai 1 . >ac:kr
is ,ilsu sole projirieti-ir. Ho j joined t!ie Hoard o^ 'Iraile in
iSS.S. Mr. Satiler is one ol' toe iiiij^in.al promoters of the
.Montreal Lxposition (.0., and has be^ n an ncti\c director {:^i that institution since is
inception. lie is a I'fe member of the Moiuieal l-eiieral lio piial, and I'le \'erduii Insane
Asylum, and is \'ice-l'resiilent oi the (.'aledonian furliiii;" C'Uib. In his connection v. itli the
Protestant Hospital lor I'le Insane Mi'. .S idler li.is sliow 11 a deep interest i.i i's welfare.
WAl.TKU WILSON, .Manaokk Ciatkai. Ac,I;^c^.
Mk. W\I.TIiK \\'ll.si1\, wh
the .Manai^er oi the C'eniral .A
1S51, and educated at the Hii^
Aiulersonian I'niversity, Cilasi,
year commenced his commer-
he has resided e\er since,
w ,is receix ed in the offices o'i
lari^e shipjicrs, (ilasi^ow,
mained until 1S73, when he
^'ork cHice, \.heie he spent
the C'an.adian a^ieiicies tor
o{ Mile I'.nd, Ci!asi;ow, and
(linen threads) of Lisburn,
real, which has since been
In i8<So the Central Ai,aMicy
Wilson was appointed n^an-
tinues to bold. This com-
jonas Brooks & Kros., Mel-
Paislev, Scot land ; |i>hn
& P. Coats, J/d.. Paisley,
said to be one of the s', ronj^-
o is so widely known in Montreal aiul throughout Canada as
t^ency, is a native o'^ Scotland. He was born in (ilasi;ow in
h School there. Ihe Ciraiii^e, Sunderland, Ln^land, and the
o\v, Scotland. He came to .Montreal in iNji), and the same
cial career in this city, where
His earlier business traininj^'
llandyside iK; Henderson, the
Scotland, with wluim he re-
fwas transferred to their New
tun vears. 1 1 avint;- secured
'^ • john'Clark jr. X: Co. (thread)
-^ W'm. liarbour iV Sons,
*■ -*^ Leland, he removed to Mont-
his business headciuarters.
was formed, and .Mr. Win.
aL;er, which position he con-
prises the representation ol
tham, LnL,dand ; Cl.irk i^- Co.,
Clark, Jr., Clasgow, and j.
Scotland, and may safely be
est ciMiibinations in the
able and enerj^-etic man of business and eminently fitted for
and is hiL,'-hly esteemed in commercial circles. H .■ joined the
is a member o'i St. .Andrews and Caledonian Societies and a
world. Mr. Wilson is a most
the onerous position he holds,
Hoard of Trade in 1876. He
life ^o\eriior of the Montreal tieneral and Notre Dame Hospitals.
Mk. I\oi;i:i.
^'onlreal, and 1
Canai.la Collei^v
Academy, ScimI
treal in iS^iC),
i^enlleman bein^
j^ootls house
came buyer lor
successful. 1.1 I.''
,l;ovh1s Iraile, ww
as a Limber n
since, ha\iiii^ 1"
oxercome man
i.launteil the o\
classed anuiiii^sl
s|iite oi the tot;:
eiy by fire som
like, risen abo\
ness has read
the foremost i
Canada. He \\
aby troop of th
durint; the I'eni
tak^n a ^.leal
with a \iew to e
JOH
Mr. John- >
Compaii}', is a 1
eit;ht years he c
ScluHil and uik
sixteen years, a
with whom he r
I le then en'.eie
facturers aiul in
In 1.S7J, when
stock iMiipani
L"omp;i;y, Mr
with the oliici;
tor. 0\\ tae 1
.Macfarlane \va;
and ^Llnay^in
the present tii
ness of tlij C
portions ha\in^
nent from New
in com me re i.i I c
in the welfare a
quarter oi a ceni
movements w hi
vv as one of the
tlie oldest meml
{DE SOI I l\/R M \//;/:h'.
roi'.i:ki' maciari.am:
Mk. Ror.KKi M.\i I aki.am;, nurut
^'ll|ll|■c;ll, iiiul \\
.> iMilixal, iiiiU was Inn n inthcxoar i>-\2. I Ic iwcn til liis early cuiKalion at the I
C'anai.la C'oIIl'i^c, Miinln.al, ami alu-rw anls coiiipk'i.'i.l his siuiliLS in the »)id (il:
Academy, hLiMlaiul, lri>iii u liiili itisiiiiitinii ho ."ratiiialctl Loimrahh . Kcluriiiii}^ It)
troal ill iS^c), lo joincil his laihoriu Inisiiifss, (the
i;enliciiian loiiij; sciTu'r mom
j;oo(.ls lun;s(.' I'variiif,'' his
came buyer li>r his liini, and
siueesst'ul. 1.1 1S74I10 seveieil
j^Ovuls traile, aiul eommeneeil
a^ a himjier niamit'acliiref.
siiue, liaxini;' hy i;iKiaunU'i.l
mereomc niaiiv tliU'ieiiliies
i.laimteil the urclinary r.iaii.
elassed amon_t;st the toreiiuist
sjiile of the tutal destruction
eiy hy lire stime _\ jars ;!t,''o,
like, risen abme this catas-
ness has readied t.> \ery
the loremost rank t'f such
Canada. Ho \\ a.s lor
tlu'wel! known lumber mills, is a native of
IS born in tiie \ear iS^j. Ilereceiveii his early education at the Lt)vver
"lasfjow
Moii-
laiher in business, (the latter
b. r cl a lar^e \vlu>levale dry
name.) I lo subsequently be-
m this ca|i.ii ity was hi<,'hly
hi 1 connection with the dry
1 r.siness on his «nvn acciiuni
lie has been \ ery successi'ul
eneri^'y and perseverance
a ul trials, u hicli v.ouki liave
His business can ntnv be
ot iis kiiul in the cilv. In
ot" liis I'remises and machin-
Mr. .Mact'arlane has, I'liiu'iiix-
Irojilie, .';nil Iti-day his bi:si-
i.;reat dimensions, and is in
indu-lries in l;ie Dominlin of
comiec'.ed with the old cav-
L anai.la. i\c w a.s lor years ' comiec'.ed with the old cav-
aby troop (-f the Montreal ("niiirds, -.wy*.] was rn outpi"-! duty in t.e vicinity rf llie city
duriiii; the I'eniaii raid i-f iStii). li. Joined the Hoard of 'I'raile in 1FS7, and l'.;is since
taken a ^.leal interest ii that corporation, a;;.! a prominent part in projects undertaken
with a \iew to extend am.1 belter the commercial iiiuresls it Montreal.
JOHN' MACb"ARI..\\l':, \ici;-Pi^i:mi>i:.v r C".\\.\iv\ I\\i>i:k C'ompaw.
Mr. Joiiv Maci- Ai^i.ANK, X'ice-President and Manatfint,'- Director o\' the Canada Paper
C'ompaii}-, is a native Canadian haviiii; been born at b'ort l'>ie, 0\\\. At the early a^a ol
eit;ht years ho came to Montreal with his parents and received his education :il the Mii^h
School and uiuler pri\ato tuition. He commenced his commercial career at the jiy^e'of
sixteen years, as junior clerk ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ with the late Hew Rams.av
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H th:it ^'^entlem.-m'.
oi ^^^^^^HP^^^^^^I Ain^us iS: I.o,;an, P.iperMajui-
and 1X70 ^^^^IHI^^ ^^^^^^^1 \.\r'i'i concern.
In 1S7J, when t'le firm be- ^^^|h9w::- ^^^^| incorporated as a ji)int
stiick cMitpany i :ider the ^^^^^^(^ ^^^H ti<lt-' >'f tho Canada I'aper
L'ompaiy, Mr Macl'arlane ^^^H^^SmV|| tfik ^^^| became one of the Directors
with the c!iicial position o\' ^^^^HBlT^^ ^^^^| Assistant Mana<j^in<j;' Direc-
On o( ^^^^B^H^flH^ ^^^^1 Ml'- .Ani^-us iSMn Mr.
.Macfarlano ^^^^^^^^IHB^\^^^^^I \ ice - i'resident
aiul Manag'in^'' J')irector ^^^^^^^^^^^^ '^^^^^1 position he holds
present Duriiii^' ^^^^^^^H^^^ J^^^^l ^'^^ busi-
of tlij Companv has ^^^^^^^^A^Kl^^^^^l increased to very larire i~ro-
portions ^^^^^^^^^^^Hk.^^^^H
from New'toundland lo ^^^^^^^^^^^^B^^^^^J
circles ha\'in^' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^^^^V alwayst.-ikenanactivo interest
in tho welfare and j^rowth of Montreal durinij;' the past
quarter of a century. Mr. Macfarlane has been particularly ideiititied w itli ;ill tho proiifrcssive
moxoments which iiavo taken place in connection with tl;e i;rowth of Cote St. Antoine and
was one lU'tho first councillors elected lor t'.at ivunicipality. Mr. Macfarlane is one of
the oldest members ol the l>oarel of Tratle aiul in politics is a Liberal Conservative.
pi i
^m
I J.S
/.'( .(/i7> or TKADI-: S(
HON. si:\.\ioK i;i>\v.\Ki) .^:l•Rnl^•.
i
ik
■|iii' I lev. Si\\ii>K l'!i)\\ VK'ii Mr;,riiv was ,niiii i;i I!all\ clkii, County lailmv, Irt'laiul,
on tlu' jdili July, iSiS. Ilislaniil\ woro lor imr a ccutury lar^o mill mviKis aiul imii
nKMihaiiis ill iIk' t'lnmly Callow, aiul cla'in linoaj^i.' IVom /''//<// J/ir, in llu' I'ounty \\\ \-
toi\i, i!a;i:i,-' baclv lo iIk' rcii^n oI' I kin y \ 111. iiul l'.Ji\\ai\l \ I,. uiui>.r whom mo^! v\ liis
cslaUs \\\To iiiiirisi.ali.'il. . Mr. .Murphy laiiK' to (.'iiiatl.i
wiili his parents in tin- viar
where he has siiiee ri.^iJ,ecl.
ye;irs Ik' ioinmeiu\il a eoin-
tlic lari;e wholesale liiin of
ami in iSyt he beeaiiie a
Ik- was ealleil to the Domir.-
important ami inMuenii;.!
since, lie is a supporter of
party. As an upliokler ol
jjooil in this eily, ;iiul his
mote the sobriety ami };ener.,l
eommunity oi' Montreal. As
peraiue Soe'ely he ha-, eim-
cause oi temperaiue. Mr.
main important publiei^H'ii \^..
cctor of the (.'it\ ami l^istiiet
iSj |, aail setllei! in .Mo;i;r>.al
At llu early aL;e oi lourteen
mereial eari'er as salesman in
l'"rothiiij;liam i\; Workman,
p ulner in the firm, In i.sSti
ion Senate ami has been an
member ot that boily ever
the Liberal C"onser\ ati\e
temperanec he has done nuu h
j^reat aim has been to |iio-
welfare oi all ejasses of the
Presitlenl of St. Patrick 'sTem-
Iributetl ^really towards the
Mur|ihy has, ami still lu>lds.
In iS()j he was elected a Hir-
Savinj,''s' Hank of .Montreal,
and in 1S77 President, an oHiee to which be has been annually elected. He is a Life
(iovcrnor vi tlu- Montreal tieneral liv ., i.al, al:.v> o( t.ic .Mimtreal branch oi Laval I'niver-
sity. He is a Mayistriite of Montreal, and oni: of l!ie 1 lar'oour Ci'inniissioners for the
past twenty years.
A. IIAICI SI.MS, SiMNI AMI C'OI.I.AK M AMI \l 11 Kl N.
I .
.Mk. .a. 1I.\u. Sims, sole proprieior ot' the firm o\ \. II
and collar manulacturers, is (ine o\ the best known men
mcrcial and social. He was boru in l.oiulon. Out., in iN.S.v ;
his parents in iSixi. It was here that he receixetl h s ethic;
has been a resident of this
here. He commenced his
when only sixteen years ol
thoroughly sound business
manufacturiii!^ business on
is the proprietor o( the only
the countrv supplyiiifj^ the
to a f;reat extent has bjeii the
tioni/.in>j^ the trade. Previous
to be imported, and with tlu-
a serious item in expenses,
broken down this, and now
the comfort of mankind is
duced price. In addition to
Mr. Sims is proprietor of the
thriving and steadily increas-
takes a yreat interest in
to which he j^ives a ijenerous support. He holtls the rank o(
Canada, is a member of the Mel-Air jockey Club, and the .Me
an active member of the Provincial Rille Association lor
member of llie Board ol Trade several vears asjo.
. Sims iV Co., wholesale shirt
in Montreal circles bo\h com-
iiul removeil to Montreal with
ition in private schools and he
city ever since his arrival
commercial career in iSfui
iii^e, and afier receiviiii;' a
traininj,'' he entered intii the
his own account. .Mr Sims
shirt and collar factorv in
wholesale trade only, and he
means o\ practically revolu-
to this shirts and collars had
heavy duty on them it becamo
The home manufacture has
the f^reat necessity tovvarils
s iiplied at a consiilerably re-
tlie shirt and collar factory
Sims Paper Hox l-'actory, a
\nii industrv. Mr. Sims
military and sportini^ matters
.Major in the \'icti>ria Rilles of
tropolitan Club. He has been
some \ears. He became a
/A7) (>/■' TKADK SOri i:\lR M'MIU.i:
U'lllN I . W A I Si^N, W M I r
M \M I \l II Kl K.
y Cailmv, Irvliiiul,
owners iiiul iiMii
1 I 111.' I'otmly \\\\-
\\lu>rn nuw! iii liis
liy laiiK' 1(1 I'aniiiia
st-'tllci! In Mnn;ri.al
ly aj^c I'l UniriLLii
ri'cT as salesman in
am \- \\'oii<iiian,
tlio liiin, In iN.Si)
' and has 1-n.i.ii an
>t lliat buily c'wr
lal Consi'i'v aliw
he lias iloiie nuu h
lias hton In pio-
all classes nf the
iCSl. Patrick's Teni-
really lowanis llie
IS, anil still lu>lils,
was elected a Dii-
^ank of" .Montreal,
ed. Ho is a Ijfe
1 of I, aval I'niver-
inissioners lor the
Mk. John t . \\ Mso", senior parhKr in ihe linn ol iolin (. \\ alson iV to,, Wall
l'.i|ii.r Manuladiu (.rs, is one ol iIk hesi known usidenis in .Montreal, ami hii^hly respecieil
in all InisiiK ss circUs. IK' is dne ol iIk' oLIesi e>!.ii->lishci.l nianul'aciur* i s in the city,
ami may he calleil the pion-U' ol tiu' wall paper inaniilailurinj^ imhistry ol I .maila. I^'min
nuMu^nKul this hnsine'-s has
sions, and now exieniis
a coinp.iralisely small com-
L;roun to very larj^e diinen-
ihroai^hoLit the whole l)timin-
W'atson ci>neei\ed l!ie iilea
in Manitoba and the N\irlh-
r.d car Uiads of w all paper ^.^\
havint,-- to passthron^li Tnilei-l
able cost. This I'oresij^lu aiul
has niel with reward, his
limits oi C'an.ula having--
ly. He has always been an
man ol business, and for
with many charitable inslilu-
he has always been a liber. il
I real's old curlers aiul "greatly
as a means of healthy exer-
a member i.ii the Hoard of
i'.Mi. Some lew } ears ai;o .Mr.
iW esiaJMishiiij,'' a coimeclion
West, and shippeii I here s.\ e-
ilitleient kinds, the Ireif^hl
States territory .at .onsitki--
enterprisj ol .Mr. Watson's
li'.ide 111 ilie exlrenie western
since increaseil eiiornuius-
eiiiei prising; and ener!,vtic
seals has been cKisely alliiil
I iuns in the cil \ , iii w iiicli
donator. lie is \.-)\w ol .Mon-
desoteiltii the curlini; rink
cise. .Mr. Watsun has been
i'lade lor manv vears aiul
tak.s an acti\e interest in the welfare \.^i the trade and commerce I'f .Montre.il. .\ir. Frank
S. I^'osier, who IS a partner in the firm is tlie acii\v man.ii^er. and in his li.mds it is sale
to predict that the liii,^!! business standinj,^ of the lirm will be maintained. lie already
b.okls a hi ;h ia::l; in commercial circles
.\\im;i:\\ sri'.WAur i.wixt;.
^>., wlioiesale shirt
circles both com-
1 to Montreal with
ate schools and he
since his arrival
1 career in iStx)
after receiviiii; a
c entereil into the
count. .Mr Sims
collar factory in
trade only, and he
practically revohi-
ts and collars had
o\\ them it becanv;
manufacture has
necessity towards
a considerably re-
md collar factory
r Mox i'actory, a
tr\. .Mr. Sims
d sportini,' matters
.• X'ictoria Ritles oi
nb. He has been
lie became a
.\Ik. .\.\iiki;u Sii;w\im' I'!wim,, is one iif .^ll>ntreai's b^^t Unown b'.isiness men, aiul
has taken a prominent part in l'or\sardinf4' the ciMiimerciai and manulacturin^ interests ot
the city. lie is a native i.^i the \or;h oi Irclaiul, h.iviiiL; been born in that country
in the _\ear iN.sN. When he hail airivitl at the i';;o i i ten his parents came to t'anada and
settled in .Montreal in the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ \>.'arl.S43. .Andrew , their sim,
the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^1
the lli^h School, and in iS'.o ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H into partnership
with his brv^tiur S. 1 1. Lw in^; ^^^^^^^^B^^^^^^^^^l 'iite' Samuel
I'iwinij, of the lirm ol S.
tired in his fa\or. 'I'iiis lam
as tiiat of S. II. and \. S.
inif pmvdcr iind owners i f
Steam Mills. Mr. biwiiii;' is
exten>i\e industry, and since
he has de\ eloped a lart^e and
which has now attained
extends throughout ail pans
.America, lie has bv en a
Trade for the last six years,
associated with all mo\c-
industrv and commerce of
I'lwiiig & Son, hasinjjf re-
was known for many years
Mwini,'', manufacturers ol bak-
tlie Montreal Coffee and Spice
now sole proprietor ^■^i this
he became owner oi the mills
steadily increasiiii;- business,
enormous dimensions and
of the Continent of Noith
member of the Hoard oi
■ ind his n.ame has been loiii^'
meiils likely to benelit the
.Montreal. He is a stronir
supporter of the National Policy as laid down by the present Government, towards w hose
support he has contributed not only his inlluence ami vote but is always ready to f^ive his
personal efforts to aid the party \>\ liis adoption wheiiexer such help is needed. .Mr. j'lwiiui's
influence in the Hoard of Trade i^ \\e!l known and appreciated.
liOAKP OF TRADE SOCl'EA'Jh
CHAUi.KS 1'. SMITH, i^iuvr and Siu>h M.wii-.u 1 1 ki.k.
Mk. (.'iiARi.Ks !•". Smiiii. solo proprietor oi the firni ol James McCready & (."o.,
wholesale boi-t and shoe mainifaetiirers, is a iiati\e i>f I'lnjjland where he was born in 1840.
He received liis education there and also his early br.siness trainini^, and came to this
coiintrv in the year iS(>i. in i80b he finally settled in Montreal, ar.d al't^r elexen years
experience in the boot and
he joined the lirm of James
lillinif the iiiijhest position in
partner, and eventually sole
Mr. Smith's career since his
one o'i i:ni]Malilied success,
ness ability he has increased
until it now stands in the
facturinj^ industrii>s of Can-
throughout the eniirc Doniin-
bvmdreds of hands he gives
f:;^tory in Montreal, he em-
travellers who are constantly
Vancouver. Oi the variety
turns out it is needless to
of their superiority is ihe
for them. Mr. Smith is
circles for his upril^htne^s
abilities
'^f
r'^
shoe manuiacturinj; business
McL'ready t\: to., and after
the firm he first became a
proprietor of the business,
residence in thiscity has been
and by his energy and busi-
the business of the house
front rank among 'he manu-
ada. His trade extends
ii>n, and in addition to the
employment to at his large
ploys a large number of
on the road from Halifax to
and quality i>f the goods lie
say anything. 'I'hc best proof
ccmstantly increasing demand
much esteemed in commercial
'.d integrity in his dealings, and lor his line business
He has b.^en a member o\' the l>c>ard or Trade since the amalgamation oi that
body with thj Corn ICxchange in the year 1887, nnyX has alwa\s evinced a \ery deep interest
iii its deliberations.
JOHN R0B1':RTS0\, Wuoi.i;s.vlk Stationkk.
Mr. John Rohkktson, Wholesale Stationer, 1
born in the city of Montreal in the year 1853. H
of the latter city, and also went through a course
He commenced his business career in the \ear 187
Huntin&Co. wholesale paper
He V as rapidly promoted
in 1882 commenced business
Messrs. McFarlane iuid Aus-
and paper dealers. 'Ihis firm
operations, and in a short
tion of being one of the most
their kind doing business in
Farlane retired and the re-
to conduct the affairs of their
when Mr. Austin died, and
son has continued as sole
firm, having purchased the
ner for a large sum oi money,
ing and has become one o'i
kind in tiie Dominion. The
fined to the Province d Qi:i.-
in the West and throughoui Mritish Columbia. Mr.
Hoard oi Trade since 1888 and is liighly esteemetl
worth as a man ol business ami an upright and uselvi
he dwells.
s a n.itive Canadian, having been
e was educated at the High School
of studies at the French College.
■, entering the employ of .Alexander
and stationery warehouse,
while serving this firm, and
himself in conjunction with
tin, as wholesale stationers
were high!\- successful in tiieir
time established the reputa-
rciiable establishments o(
Montreal. In i8()o Mr. Mc-
maining partners continued
firm until the spring of i8i)j
from that date Mr Robert-
member and proprietor of the
interesi of his deceased part-
His business is rapidly grou-
ihe most impivlant oi its
trade of the firm is not con-
bee but is rapidly developing
Robertson has been a member i>f the
by his fellow citizens for his sterling
I member ol' the communit\ in which
TRADE SOCVENIR X I'M HER
I _'(,)
CHARI.KS (irRFl, .IIk.vii i. Watiu Mam i aitikkk.
Mr. Charlks (;>ki', the sole proprietor of the well-known firm of Gurd & Co., Ginger
Ale and Soda Water iManulacturers, is a native of Ireland having been horn in Hdge-
worthstown in 184 . He came to this country with his parents at the early age of four
years, and settling m Montreal, has been a resident of this city ever since. He received his
-•ducation at Rev. G. \\ , , Watson's Commercial Acad-
emy and afterwards at the
made an early start in the
fourteen years of age uhen
of the leading chemical and
which he rose, step by ste|->,
traveller for Western Canada
many years. l>'or the past
\oted himself ti> the manii-
mineral waters, ami still con-
the business which has now
tions, and holds a decidedly
Mr. Gurd is in the habit of
the large centres in quest i^f
machinery and any other
vented. In addition to h's
High
School. Mr. Gurd
commercial w i^rld being only
he entered the service of one
drug houses in Montreal in
until he was appointed
which position he held for
twenty-six years he has de-
fact ure of iurated and
tinues as active manager ot
grown to enormtnis pnipor-
leading position in the trade,
paying periodical visits to
impro\emenis in the line of
new process that m^iy be in-
business he takes an .ctive
tions and si>cieties in the
interest in s^neral institu-
city. He is a I ite Governor of the Montreal General Hospital and the Protestant Hospital
lor the Insane, a Tru: tee of the noniinion C'oinmercial Tra\ellers Association and the
Travellers Mutual Kenelit Society. He has been a member of the Board of Trade for a
mmiber of vears.
jOSKPH KNKl.KK.II. Tkink .Mami aci iki k.
.VIk. losEi'ii HviiLKion, the sole pr
facturers oi' trunks of all kinds, satchels,
Montreal where he received his education
citizen, who by dint of energy, abiiiix
countrx and enable her to
commercial coimtries of the
.Montreal all his lite and
career at a comparatively
service oi Messrs. I'err\ iK;
trunk manufacturing busi-
\immo retired and Mr.
after to the business which
marked ability. This was
tratle o\ the firm at the time
gotKls manulaclured ou the
Ivveleigh has developed the
wholesale trade extending
portion ol the I'liiied St.ilcs.
tensive tactory which is con-
its kind on this continent,
considerable trade with the
greatly sought alter. He was the fust
which are the most ilurable made. .Mr. 1
and medals at the great Paris i-ixhibiti
l.ontlon a !e\\ \tais ;igo. He has been ;i
oprietor of the tirm of j. lixeleigh iV Co., manu-
etc, is a nati\e Canadian, having been born in
He is one ot the true examples of a Canadian
and inierprise has done so much to build up the
take rank with the great
world. He has resided in
commenced his commercial
early age when he joined the
Nimmo, who were in the
ness. .After a few years .Mr.
I'lveleigh succeeded shcirtlv
he has since conducted with
nearly thirty years ago, the
being oniy retail, and all the
premises. Since then .Mr.
business into a very large
all over Canada and a great
He has also built an ex-
sidered the most complete of
This has secured for him a
Slates where his goods are
lo introduie the I.eatheroid Trunks, steel-lined,
•Iveieigh exhibited his goods and secured pri/es
on in iS(>7, and at the CoKmial Exhibition held i;i
member of the Hoaril of Traile since I1SS7.
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THOMAS L'L'SliiX(i, Mn?; r;<i:.\L Bkiiwim; Co.
Mk. Thos. Crsiiixf. was burn at Ciisliinsj;', Province ot"Oiii.l"'cc, in 1S43, nnd was cclucai d
;it St. Antlrew's Academy, t'lninly of Argenleuii, and at Poacham Academy, X'crmont, I'.S. A.
Ho is the third of citjht sons of ti o lale lAnual lushing', 1'^m.j., oneof the most respected and
successfnl merciianis of tiie Ottawa Valley. Air. Ciisiiins^ commenceil his commercial career
and after several years ol
nership in the W'iiolesale
HI his lather's j^eneral store,
this irainint;-, fornKil a part-
lirocery and Tea Business in.
tired in iS-o, and sp\.nl a
nent of lunope, afterw ariis
o( (.'ushint;'s Island and tlie
Maine, in whi'h priiperiv l.o
Durini,'' this period Mi'.
in Portla'ul t!n-oiii^h eliarl^r-
cnrsion steamer lor I'ortlanil
tile past sixteen \ eais he has
and Maltiiiijf trade and at
iif the o!u e--lai">lislied
as the " Montreal Hreuirc;^
in i^J-[ tile dauijhter of
1. chine. " C"amero!is' oi ^-*"^ - \ i,o>1kiI," and has two sons
li\in^. Wliile c[^ his Iviiio- " pean trip aii'.l durint;^ his so-
journ ir l\ome with Mrs. C'ushini;-, he had the n'/nv \o the \'alican and was honored with
an auilience with Pope i^ius l\. Mr. Cusiiin;^' 'ocean:' a iii..iiiher oi' the l>oard ol" 'i'rade in
rS--], w,is api->o;iited Justice iif the Peace in iJ^jo, isa l.e !.'.overnor of tlie Montreal (leneral
1 io->pi;al, antl is a so a member of tiie Melro]iolitan t'.ib : ; i Caledonian t arli!!;^' C"lub.
Montreal from which he re-
hear tra\ elliiii;- on the Conti-
acceptiiiij; the manai^emenl
"Ottawa Hcnise," Portland,
is still lari;ely interested.
C'lishiny became prominent
i:itf ill N^.w N'ork a line e\-
Harb.or excursionists. I'"or
been eriL;'a,i;ed in the Hrewiiii;
tiie]iresent time is proprietor
liie\\er\- and .Mallinsj-. known
Ml
C'u-
married
' rchibakl Ronald (."ameron,
„: . I
iti'
A. A. P.;-;\SO\, (\\'ATi::uit s i;\i-.i\:: Wokks).
Mr. a. .\. lii'.N'soN, i]as;ern represon!a!i\ ■ of the W'aterhouse faiLjine (.'o., of T'irant-
toril, and whose ollices and siore-room^ are in Montreal, is a iiati\e Canadian, ha\ iiij^- been
born in I'rince luiwari.! C'ouiil\, I!a\ of Ouiiile, Out., in 1 S4 1 , and ei-lueated. there, lie
commenced his business career at a coiiiparati\ ely early a;_,e, and si>on dcNelopctl a stroiij^'
tasle for meclianic.il en^jineeriu!.;'. This soon broiiL;iiL him under the luMice of 1 he authori-
ties in the Wal^'ious laij^ine \\\>rks Co., with whom he soon securei.1 a iromineni position.
He has now been tlieir representati\ e lo -ox er l\\ eiity \i.ars, his tluirous^h pr.ictical eni^ineer-
iiij4' knowledi;e heintjf of i^real ser\ ice lii him in dealiiii^" w'lh the numerinis eusiomers lie
daily meets, and whose wants are sii \ .uious. In a.Idition to this Mr. lienson is an accom-
plished (.IrauLjhtsman ami a skilful ilesij^ner, and in lao eiv^ineerini^ w orhl ho! Is a hii;-h
position, beiiii,'' considered iMie oi tl;j Ivst authorities ia th.il connection, anil 1 iioroui^hlv
conveisanl with the construction (.'I tl.e v.irious ciii^ines aiul maeliiiies uiul^r his cliari;e.
.Apart from his liii^h rank in the nrinufaciuriiii;' ainl Civiimercial loniniuniix , he is
much respected in social circles, and is iLleniified with se\eral of the leatlir.j;" iii-.tituti()ns in
thecitx. He took an acli\ e pari in military matters tlurinuf the I'eni.m raid^, ami saw a
lot of service with the nominion Militia ilui n;^' these troublous tiiius. He has been a
niemlier of the l>oaii.l of Trade for sonu' time, aiul is tieeply inleresteil in e\ eiyt hini^' lending;'
to develop the nianulaelurin,;' industries ofCaiKuia, \\ ilh most of which he i-~, ol' necessitv,
so closely allied. Tlure is scarcely a iacto'v ol any kind whatever in the commercial
metropolis, or it mis^ht be saitl in the whole ol l'!astern Canaila, that Mr. Henson iloes not
suppiv with some class iil eiiyine or machine, from the extensive aiul varieil stock healvvavs
keeps on liaml, and which includes jiortable and stationary entwines, boilers, fire-ent^ines oi
all sizes, steam pum|is and mill supplies oi' all descriptions. .\n im|iortaiit feature also in
connection with this business is the repairint;' departmei.l, which is pL-rfecl, ;tiul includes
everv necessary retpiisile.
a) OF TRADE SOCVEMR yUMUER.
K^SIslMl .\Li.i;\.
itifl was ediic'ii d
\'oiiiu)n(, r.S.A.
list rcspectoci and
ommercial career
several years ol
I lie Wholesale
tim which he re-
nt;- on the Ci'nti-
he iiianai,''enienl
ouse," Portland,
i^ely interested,
came prominent
\'ork a fine e\-
lu'sionists. l""or
(.1 in the Hrewint;'
ime is proprijtttr
I Mailings known
.'usliins,'- married
onaKl Camercin,
\'\ has t\\ci sons
id durintj;' his so-
as honoreil with
oard oi" 'iiai-le in
Montreal (ieneral
;n']iriij' C"luii.
Ml'!. |o>i;i'H Am. IS, Manai^ei' and Proprietor (in conjunction with Mr. lieori^e ^\HnlJ;•)
ol tile Hrilish American Dyiiii;' Company, is a nati\e of C hippiii!;' Norton, t>xrordshire,
i'aii^iaiid, haxini; been horn in that phice in the year 1S4J. lie receiveil his earlv ediica-
tinn at the (ir.immar Sciiool of his native town, :nul Mihsei.|Ui'ntl\ ailendeil the school ol
dial ham, Ivnj^land. After
insiitution lie w.is attached
four years. In i,S()i lie came
anil (.iuriiii; the 'i'rent atVair
this he purchaseil his dis-
conie a .Montreal cili/en.
Iieie anil dexoled himsell to
At lirst he entered the emplin
(wholesale ih'\ l;(hu1s1. fie
Icir the space I'l nine \ear^,
on his nw 11 acciunil, a-- a
lioiiary. elc. In lliis he con-
llien puichased his pi-..'seiil
tiniieil in tlu' same litK anil
equipment ol his esta'.ilish-
day b\ l.ir llie most ini-
nominioii ol Canadii. lie
has been associaleil with the lio.iril ol 'I'raile lor the past seven _\ears, is a justice ol the
Peace lor the C'it\ ol .Montreal, anil ;i member of St . licorice's Sociel \. Mr. .Mien is a
l.ile Cio\ ernor 111' the .Mont real (ieneral 1 lcis|-iiiai. and ;i nu'niber of the Masonic l-'i'alernit \ .
He is also one of the Publii' School v^'ommissioners lor llie nisiiacl o{ \ enluii
.Military i'lnt^ineerint;- at
passing;- lhrou!.;h the latter
to the Rmal I'liii^ineers lor
to L'an.iila with his company
saw active service. ,\t'ter
chart^e and decideil to be-
Since then he has resideil
business maitei's allos^et her.
oi i;imes Johnston \ to.,
remaineil with the latter lirm
anilthen conrrenced business
ilealer in small vv.ircs, sta-
tinueil lor some time, anil
business. lie has since con-
has materi.ally increasetl the
meiil. I lis works ;iie lo-
porlant ol their kinil in the
\\'IL1.1.\M SNOW
ni
Lo., o\ Pjrant-
m, hav inj;- been
ited.there. He
elopcil a strong;'
cil the aulluMi-
inenl position.
ctical ens^ineer-
s I'lisiiimers he
oil is ail accom-
Id hoMs a hi--h
mil t liorout^hl V
ikr his cliari^e.
inuinii \ , he is
institutions in
il ., anil s.ivv a
I le li.is been a
rv lliint;' teniliiii;'
s, o( necessitv,
le comniei'cial
■iensoii iloes not
lock he.dvv av s
iire-eni^iiies ol
eat are alsii in
ct, anil includes
1!
One of the most unique, but, ;U the same time, essential br.anches ol industry in the
present at:;'e, is the maiiipLdation i>f C'>siricli i'eatheis. Society demands this, anil in Montreal
Mr. William Sncvv, Ostrich l-'ealher Dveranii i.'leanei', is here to lil! the bill. Mr, Snow is
an .\merican by birth and came io Canada in I's/q. lie hail already learned the business
he now follows, and lirst took a position in ]\Io .irea! ;is i\l;inai;er l(ir J. 11. I.eblanc, C'>stiich
l-'eaiher Dealer, with whom he rem.ained W^r live \\ars, anil then ci mnienced business on
his own account at loi ; Xcti'e O.ame sireel. On. enteiiiiL;' Ins sto'c ! lie visitor can see
nothini;' of what the business consists iif, Init con'inuiiiL;' luriher tovvanls tlie back you will
come to the dveiny and repairiiii;' rooms. li.'rc vi^i; I'mk! ostricli feallurs ilyeit o'i dill'erinl
shailes anil styles, this lalle: beint^'Oiie vit llie princi^ile ciia'-acieiistics of t'.ic es:;d">lislmieni ;
vi/., mai-iiiii;, la ilveii'.f leather;- over a^;air; to i-e wii;'! the exisin;;' s _\k'. Mr. Snow pur-
chases the raw feailie;-'; i'rom C';'pe Town, a:iil I'ort !{ii/.abeih. Soul 1; ,\t 1 .ca ; somefiom
l.onilon, K;i 1,-mil, and others from the I'niled S'.ales. Pesiiles doins;- a \ ery i;irj;'e traile
with .Monii'.al in llie ilv eii.i^' ,ind cleanii.;;- line, l.e has a lar.;e connection in t';e I"., s'.ern anil
.M.iriliine i'rovinces aiiil since ccnanei c , ■;■ Kr 1 iir.self h.'s ,:u'eer has b en o\\\: iM' cc v iiiucd
success, un-il now h .' is proprietor of one of l' e most c, niplete es| ,;bi;siiii;ents, in liiis par-
ticular line. Oil t lie com iiKiit of .\:;i.:rica. liis j-irc'i ess of ck'aniui;' au.l ilv vin^.^' t lie isi riih
featliers is at once inslruclive and inlereslim;-, anil few who have ni>l witnesseil il could
imai^iiie l!'..it tlie ilelicate and Iv-aulit'ul pium ii;e would bear the different processes ll.roui^h
which it is |-:i without beiiii;' Uiterly ilestroyeil. Mr. Snow has adopted what is known ;is
the l-'rench svslem by which lie can ili.inj^e any color iiao a brilliant black in the sjiace oi a
lew minules. Siraw, Cream, R.i-^e, i,iy;lil Blue, Ciel \\ A other colors, can be ble.iched a;ul
maile perfci'llv while as^aiii i^r asMime the n,,aiial criminal color. .Mi. Smnv has been a
member ol the P>',>aril of Trade for the past fcui v^.ns ami lakes a lively interest in the trade
aiiil commerce o\ the city. In politics he is a l.ibeial.
■(!.//i'/> OF TRAnE s(>rr/-:x/A' sr.y
ClIARI.IvS SMITH RlliNHARIvr, )',ki wiic wn M\i.si:;\.
Mk Cii\kms Smiiii Ui:iNU.\Kirr, proprietor of tl..^ brewciv bcariii-- lii>. iiamo, ami so
well known lhrout;hout the _ , nonunion is. as hi> name nn-
plios. of tiorman extraction. H^" ^^•'-. lunv.'s.r, horn and
'duea.ed in Montreal, and eoinmene.d Ins hv,sn,ess
eareer with his father, ubo ^0^- ^'^' eslabhshed =' ^•■^;^V'"R
1 .1, , ,-;i»- 1 ,n>.- 1-, • ,X Kire. On the di.ith ol the latter
busniess ni tlieeil\ lon^ n..- ^m , , , • i-
,,,, M. 1' ,;,,i,.,,.,ii ...M- H iinucdthelaisniesson ins o\\ n
ni iSSi, Ml. l\eMinaull eoi- H _. , • ,, ■ i .■ , i
k; (...K.t Ivixin-- 9 *^^ \irtu.-illv retired Irc^r, the
aeemmt. Ins t.itliei na\ ni., ^ ■ , • -. i n • i i, ■
, . , ^ ,'- fa^ \ lous \ . .\Ir. \i.'niliaril! is
i.\U
aij.k-r
SIK-
l lie
a member of the (ierman Societ}
.MI. iNrMiliarii! i>
i-^ine'-s, \v huh h.;-- ineri asi'il
V <lent durlni^ the p.i--l lew
add^d lo the brcwin- el
and has ni.ide .a L;ri,ti
busine'-s, his lirantls Ivint;-
the DominiiMi. I le ha- 'ncin
'Iraile for sexeral years, and
ihe eommereial w .rid has
pn^spfrite ol' Montreal <'s a
and in poiilies '- a C i'nsc>r\ ali -e.
.1'-
Mk. JKKKMl
nianut'aelnrers, '
lo Canada with
1S4;. lie w.'is
ihis eit}', anil :
lile honse, he
HI the _\ear 1 (SO
anil Shoes. In
'~iu'h an extent t
brothir, .Mr. T.
style i.^\ I'"oi^ai'ly
lo ineiease the;
d :y they lia\-e
in the eity. By
l-'oiL^ariy ai^ain
trade extends lh
l.ix to \ aneoi
\ear. .Ml". l"oi.;at
■-inee iSeSd, ;uid
mm^mmsfisn
ff^:
/ ) A' sol' i ■/•■ X/A' Xi 'MP.Kk
II-:K1':MIAII 1'"0(;.\R'1"N', Hour WM SiioK Mamiach ki:k.
SI'
111-
Liul
c>s
i"K
UT
w n
\\w
is
s.d
I.' W
L.', t- r
IK-
illi^-
i.i.il
iiiui
has
s a
ivf.
Mk. |i;ki:mi\ii ^\H.AKl^
manut.utiin.rs, was born in
In Canada with liis parents,
1S4;. llo was cciiicatod ;it
iliis lit}, aiul after serviiii;-
lik' house, he coniineneetl
Ml the \ear 1.S61, as dealer
and Shoes. In a few years
suih ;in extent that he found
brothel, .Mr. T. !•". Kosj^artv,
s!\le <.^\ I-Oi^arl}- and Hrotlier.
to iiurease they buill more
il ;v they JTax e om o'^ tlie
i:i the city. I\v tiie death i.-^'i
r'oi^anx' aijaiii became sole
liaJe extends throui^hout tiie
lax to \ aneou\er, and is
\ear. .Mr. i'"oi.;arty has been a
oi tile hrin
o\. Fogarty and lirother, Boot and Slioe
Thiirles, Ireland, and eame
who settled in Montreal in
the Christian l^rothers Seliool
for a time in a lari;e mercan-
1 iisiness o\\ his o\\ n aeeount
and manulaet.n'er <A lioots
his business inere;isei.l t o
il necessary to lake h i s
into partnership, under the
\s 'heir tratle still continued
extensive preniis, s, and to-
b.'sl business eslablisliments
iiis brother in iS,S<), .Mr. j.
proprietor of the lirm. Ilis
\\h(ile nimiinion, from llali-
si,.adilv increasing year by
member of the Hoard of Trade
ince iSSd, and lias always manifested an interest in the proi;ress of thai corporation.
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\\2 HOARD OF TRADE SOUi
GRAIN AND
A history of the yr.iin aiul inilliiii;- traJo in C'.inaila, its progress and i^raihial Jo\ clopnioiit
I'roin tile Jaxs ot tlu- h'rench n<;iiiif to our own tinio, is a siibjoct suHiciL'iul) coinprc-
hcnsi\c and ol' siillicient interest and importance, to entitle it to a more minute
ilei;ree of attention than the exii^eneies of space would permit in the present volume
wilhoiit the exclusion of other valuable matter. Ihe writer of the present sketch will he
oblii^ed to content himself, therefore, with a perhaps somewhat cursory review oi the
\arious distinct stashes of e\olution throus^h which the trade has passed before reachiiii;" the
present one.
I'p tii the end of the eit^hteenth century, the strain trade hati failed to attain propor-
tions of any I liini^' approachiiij.;- an extent likely to indicate the dimensions that it afterwards
assumed.. Lower Canatla was but sparsely populateil ; the U. \\. Loyalist stock had iu>t
mulliplieil sulliciently in Ontario to j^ive that pro\ ince any very stroiii^- claim to rank as
such, and .Manitoba, the N'orlh West and o^ course, iiritish Columbia, had not been
dreamt oW Cirain and millini; were, therefore, in their infancy. In the anti-British days
the priest was the miller, and his mill depentled upon the wind for motive power. The
luthildiil brouijht his lirain, and the lure tfround it, retaininj.^ a t-piarter oi the whole for
his own share. 'I'his primitive system, no doubt, worked well under the conditions that
prevailed at the time, i.nd the ^ooi\ priests (W course applietl the proceeds of their industry
to the most praiseworthy uses ; but, as the times chan^-eil, and with the intlux of settlers
friim ivurope, conditions altered. The trade bej^an lo become coniparativelv important,
and statistics show that in the year 1S02 over one million bushels of wheat, _^<S,ooo barrels oi
Hour and ^j.ooo cwt. of biscuit were exported ti> luirope. The bakers were now the i^reat
j^rain dealers. 'I'hev bought direct from the //(//^/A////\ and farmers all over the countryand had
it milled themselves. Mr. Robert Watson was the larijest baker ot that day. He bouijht
wheat in the St. Hyaciiithe district, at l.on_siueuil, Boucherville, X'arennes, Isle tiene, and
elsewhere, and had it ground in the mills either at Point St. Charles, Back River or
I.achine. Ontario wheat was still, \o a lartje extent, a thint;' ol the future ; but in 1821
the first sod of the I.achine Canal was turned, and this event marked a new and important
era in the annals i.-si the trade. The canal, when completed, placed at the disposal o'i
commerce a water power estimated as beint;" equivalent to 4,3(K),i)(K) horse power. It ditl
more ; it opened communication with the west, ami soon we find Montreal millers bringini;
wiieat down from Cpper Canada, while the hantllinyf of i;rain by merchants on commission
and otherwise, commencetl at the same time, the bakers hereafter limitiiis;' themseUes
exclusively lo their own occupation, that oi bread-makiui.;'. The names oi lieori^e nenhani,
C'. j. C'usack i\: Co., the Hon. John N'ouni;', John .M . N'oung, the Hon. l.oiiis Renaud,
and Rimmer, (iunn X: Co., are anioni;- those of the earlier jj-raiii and flour dealinij^ firms,
who started business here aiul prospered. i'liey have all ijone out o'i existence now ; but
their places have been well filled. The linn oi T. W. Raphael i\; v.'o. was established late
in the fifties bv \li". Thoni.is Raphael, whose nephew, H. W. Raphael, is now the sole
representative.
An impetus was niturallv i,''iven lo the trade here iiy the passiiii;- in the liritish House
in iSjo. ot an act admitlins^ corn honi the British possessions in North .America at a
lireferen'rial dutv of live shillini^s per i.|uarler, iri'espectiv a ^.•i'i home prices, and Canadian
merchants took idvaniaj^e of this discrimination in their favour by impvirtinij wheal from
the States at a nominal rate ol duty ,ind reshippinjL;' lo i'-iii^land. iliis business was carried
oy\ to a considerable extent fiir some lime and in i.S.|(), half a million barrels, and as many
bushels i^i wheat and iKun- vvere shipped to l'aii;land by the St. Lawrence route. The dulv
upon Canadian Hour shipped to the British market was subsec|uently reduceil to a nominal
liijure, and the aL;^rei;ate (.iuty of four shillings by wav oi Canada beinij' much lower than
u|ion direct imports fnim the Cnited States, tlu' wheat of the vvlu^le Lake Ctnlariii basin in-
lentled for export lo Lns^iaiul, w.is i^roinid into tloiir in C'anatia aiul exporteil IriMii Mont-
RD OF TRADE SOUVENIR NL'Mlil:R
IN ^XJ) MILLIXO.
luiil tlovclopinoiu
Ik'ioiuly conipro-
> ;i more minute
L' present volume
It sketch will he
ry review oi the
ore reachiiii;- Ihe
o attain propor-
liat it afterwards
it stock had not
laim to rank as
I, had not been
anti-British days
ive power. The
of the whole for
; conditions that
.if their industry
inllux of settlers
ti\ely important,
38,000 barrels of
re now the i^-reat
countryand had
ay. He boug^ht
, Isle Ciene, and
Back River or
ire ; iiut in 182 1
A and important
the disposal of
power. It did
millers bringini;
s on commission
it ins;- themselves
ieorije Denham,
. Louis Renaud,
r dealiniif fn'ins,
itence wow ; but
established late
is now the sole
le British House
h ATiierica at a
s, and Canadian
tirii;; wheat from
ness was carried
'Is, and as many
oule. The diUv
.^•eil to a nominal
nuch lower than
tntariii basin in-
rted from Mont-
real, the detenders of liiis system coniendiiii;- ihat Hour -round in Canada was a m.mufac-
ture ot Canada, no matter what its orij-in, and thii it was therefore eiuilled to the benefit
ol the prelerential taritV. All the disposable capital of .\lonlr.'al was thus drawn to western
Canada, and invested in mills and mill sites, and a period of j,neat prosperity appeared to
have been inaus^urated. The enlightened policy pursued bv the Knglish V'ople which
culmmated m i8<)o in the total abolition of the Corn Laws made its beneliciai eiVects felt
in Canada as elsewhere, although some timorous ones had feared the results of open
competition wilh the agricultural products of all parts ot the world. Indeed the bad limes
ot 1847 appears to alVord a certain amount of confirmation to the statement made bv Lord
lilgin to the etVecl that " Peel's bill dri>ve the whole o{ the produce down the New' York
Channels of communication, destroying the revenue which Canada had expecled to derive
Irom canal dues, and ruining at onc^ all mill owners, forwarders and merchanls. " Things
unproved in the next few years, and in 1840 o\er three million bushels o< breadsiulfs we're
exported Irom Montreal, the exports in the previous vear having onlv amounted lo ()08,(>o;
bushels. ' ■ ' •
The shipping o^i wheat from Ontario in Lastern Canada and thence, via Montreal, to
Lurope, increased ste.idily meanwhile. In i8;,i, there was a lull which lasted some years.
Ihis was due to the fact that the " lly " had got at the grain up west, plavlng fearful 'havoc
with the crops, and this combined with the lact that for a periotl of fi've years or so the
British harvests were abnormally abundant, had the elfecl of temporarilv su'spending ship-
pmg operations. Indeed, things were so bad ow^; year (18-,;,) thai I'ngland actuallv Shipped
some ot her surplus grain to Ouebec. The pest linally disappeared, and the crops began
again to flourish and business to resume its progress. ^
Mr. Ira Could settled here in 1852 and leasetl the tirst water power conceded ow the
new canal for his tlouring mill.
it was in the same year that the Won. A. W. Ogih ie joined his fathers lirm, tlun just
a halt a century in existence, and occupying the foremost position in the milling indu-irvof
Canada. In 1801, the elder .Mr. Ogilvie had built a mill at lacques Cartier, near Ouebec,
and subsequently one at Lachine Rapids. In 185 j the Cdenora Mills w ere erecteiTon thJ
Lachine Canal, and the firm commenced making strong Hour on .1 large scale. Thex
brought wheat from Morrisburg. I-Alwardsburg and other places, as far as Kingston first'.
Alter a time the supplies from this district began to deteriorate in qualitvand L|i'i;iniiiy, and
so tresh fields had to be sought. Western Ontario was tried with' success, and' the
construction of the Biilfalo and Lake Huron ;uid the extension of the tirand Trunk opened
up new stores of agricultural wealth. At that time a small schooner wiiuld call at several
pomts on the shores ol Lake Huron in order to get a complete cargo. Some of these
places turn out thousands iif bushels daily now. Wiien the supply in this region had been
temporarilv exhausted, a nunc was made further west, and grain was imporied lron»
Chicago and .Milwaukee to meet the demand in Eastern Canada.' The wlieattields oi Min-
nesota were also visited, and it was found that the product v>f this region was harder, and
m.ide stronger Hour then did the e'anadian product.
Cp lo the year i85t>, .\fontreal has been to a great extent closed to the lUitside world
duruig the winter months. Navigation being impracticable ami wo other means of commu-
nication with the west being available, grain which had been i-iurchased in Ontario had to be
left m store there until the spring. In the year mentionetl, however, the line of the drand
1 runk between Montreal and Toronto was opened, which had the etVecl of .iltering the
aspect ol affairs decidedly for the better. It then became jios-ible to ship through '^from
western points ii> Portland, via .Montreal, lor export to (ire, it Britain, whereas previously
the export trade had practically ceased between the months of November and Mav .
j. P. Watt, the Hon. John N'ouiig, m\A \\w lion. I.oui'. Renaud were the leading ex-
porters ap to this period.
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JU>AN/) i>/' IRADK SOL \ IMR i
I'p to ;iiul iliiriii},' tin.- rorlios. the t'crlilc \iilk\ ol llic Kitlu-licii liiiil priidiki.'d j^iiim cS
the richest i.|ii!ilil_v iiiul in (.|iiaiititit"^ siiiricii.nl lo meet tiie ilemiiiul, and t^iain ilcaleis
en^aj^ed in tlic business in Mi>ntreal };ot their supplies almost entirely iVoni this and other
]iortions <»t Lower Canada; but the soil jjot wnrn o\\\ in time, the crops deteriorated and,
as the demand increased, the supply trom this reijion bej^an lo diminish, possibly owinj,^ to
the fact that its resources hatl been somewhat o\eita\ed, ami linall) mcrchanis I'ounil it
necessary to turn their attention seriously to ihe sister pro\inie.
The land in Ontario was found to be admirahlv adapteil ftn wheal raisin';, >ials and
pease also thro\e; while in some districts exiieriments in mai/e j^rowin^' resulteil in the
discoverv of the f.ict that that cereal ripened well. The fertile area slretchins,' westward,
between Lake I'-rie and the (.ieor^•ian H;iy, has been justlv siyleil the "liarden ol Canaila,"
and for many years, up to the present day in fact, its products have held their own in lace
t>f the keenest competition, .althouj^h the opinion has been expressed that the uop has been
^rown too often aiul that unless |iroper precautions are taken the consecpicnces may be
similar to those which have attended a similar unwise policy in parts \.-\'i l'";istern Canada.
The enert^v oi laer settlers rapidly exteniied cultivation in this district, and the axe ol the
lumberman and pK>ui;h Ks'i the farmer were carried into the Muskoka, Nipissinj^. and other
Northern districts which are now accessible by steamboat and railway.
In the vear i85_;, the Canadian crops were very bad, and the I Ion. John ^ ounj;-,
and several other firms, imported laii^e i.|uantities oi Hour from l-'rance,
selling; it at prices reaching in some cases to nine dollars pei' iiarrel. I'luy made larj^e
profits at first ; hut the venture repeated the following- year proved linally disastrous owinj.;-
to the better harvest, and a larjjfe amount cii nuMiey was lost.
Meantime C"anadian Hour had not secured a foremost place in the old country markets.
The Huntjarian article was considered superior in quality while it was also lower in jirice.
Mr. W. W. Ot,nlvie wanted to know the reason of this, and he took the best possible steps
to iind out, for he went to Huiii^-ary himself, and after a year's absence, returned, prepared
to utilize the experience he had'acijuired. 'I'he result of his trip was that the old fashioned
system oi millins;- was superseded, and the roller mills system which had in fact already
been introduced in Minnesota, became i^encrally adopted here.
Thirtv live vears ai^o the flour market oi Montreal was probably the largest market o\\
the whole continent with the exception of that of New \'ork. The whole of the {•"astern
Country, the Lower I'rovinces, (iaspe. Prince Ldward Island, and the ILililax and St.
lolin districts were tributary ti> Montreal. Merchants ca-ne thence to this city to make
their purchases, and the amount of business done in this particular line was considerable ;
but the opening^ of the Intercolonial Railway changed all this and what .Montreal Hour
merchants had looked fondly forward to as a means of enlarging and extending their trade
actually proved the contrary, for the system of granting through rates from milling points
to destinations, .past .>Kin"treal, was introduced and ii naturally became impracticable to
bring flour here for reshipment, with any prospect ^^i realizing a profit. ilastern buyers
have, as .i consequence dealt with the mills direct ever since and the Montre;il flour trade
has dwindled to a local business, except in cases where the merchant here purchases lor
his customer and ships through.
In I.S75 a move was made which, ;is far as e'anada is concerned, niav be considered
perhaps the'most important in the history of the trade. Mr. \V. W'.Ogilvie is again a promi-
nent character in this connection. He took a trip to Manitoba and spent a long lime
travelling from place to place in that practically unsettled country. He made minute ex-
aminations of the soil in the various localities and the result oi his observations led him to
form the opinion that the soil of Manitoba was the best in the Dominion, and that Mani-
toba would vet be the great wheat producing region. When the C. P. R. had been built
Messrs. Ogilvie were the first to import Manitoba wheat, and at the present cay they are
the largest importers y^i that article. "Hard Manitoba Wheat, or No. i I i.ird, as it is
called.'' says the Hon. .Mr. Ogilvie, '■ beyond a doubt, makes to-day the best flour in the
world, and our svslem of milling here is not surpassed in the world."
The wheat product of Manitoba is increasing very rapidly, -wt^ wiih careful cultivation,
which, with the exception of h few instances, it has not yet really had. the quality also will
further improve. The danger ^.^i injury to the crops by frost will be lessened as the country
comes nior
the fad ih;
have not g
put togeth
the grain.
The peoph
toba is bee
farmers, ai
still in its i
years henc
exception
teared for ;
gnnvii aire
hundred n
growing ci
When
its populat
up i>l Ind
upon, and
it is called,
kernel, ha:
is also ada
opened an
ol sowing
generally ;
W^ gr;
no other re
over all ot
well know
natural ou
and ocean
larger por'
is nalurall
will ever a
are about,
traflic pos:
the sliippe
is well wo
at one cen
between fc
necessaril;
charge ot
the point i
^■ork mer
would app
which onl
a haul ot i
It is i
to-day wil
gTiiin fror
sent rate i
haiulling i
be brougf
effected h
purpose.
ot float in
improv eir
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iiMiK's nioiL' uikIci- cultivation. Another truillul .ausc of iiiU'rior wheal in Manitoba lies in
the t'ait that ihe larniors. as a nik', ilo not iMuiL-rstanil liow to build stacks properly. They
ha\e not ^o\ barns, ami so stacks are rec|iiirci.l lor storinj;- the ^rain. 'Ihese as a i^iile are
put toi^ether in a loose and slovenly manner, so that in some cases water enters injininL;-
the j,nain, while in the event of a frost followinjjf, the disastrous results can be ima^'ined.
Ihe people, however, are learning' the proper principles of farming- rapidly, and as Mani-
toba is becoming,'- t^radually settled by the more intellijjent class ofi-lastern and Old Country
farmers, an improvement may naturally be looked lor in a short time. Ihe nortli west is
still in its infancy, and, as one veteran miller remarks, those who live to see it twenty live
years hence will find it the best wheat producini; country in the world, with ovu solitary
exception perhaps, namely Morocco, from which country, however, not much need be
teared fi>r a loni^- time, in the way of competition. Wheat of the linesl tpudity has been
i^rowM already in the i'eace River district, one hundred miles west of lulmonton and twelve
hundred miles west o( WinnipeJ,^ In fact there is :in almost inexhaustible area of wiieal
i;rovvin>;- countrv awaitinj^ settlement.
When Manitoba was admitted in liie year 1870 the liflh province o( the Dommion,
its population, all told, was iiboul twelve thousand, live-ninths of th;> number beint;- made
up o\' Indians and half-breeds. Its subsei|uent rapid ^M'owth has been often remarked
upon, and there is every prospect of its proi,aess continuini;'. The "prairie province," as
it is called, is the home of that i,;rade o( wheat which, from its llinty hardness and full
kernel, has become known as a specialty of the North West. The rich and mellow soil
is also adapted to the raisini;- of oats, barley and pease. In .\pril and .May the rivers have
opened and the snow has disappeared, and the opportunity has been afforded the fjirmer
o\' sowinj;- his i,''rain. There is often a ^^ood deal of rain in June ; but the conditions
i^enerallv are most favorable to the sprini,'-ini,' crops.
\'o t^rain exporters the St. L.uwrence route offers advanla^'es possessed by absolutely
no other route in America, and. everythinj^ else bein^' etpial, should iiave the preference
over all others, There is no dan^^er of damatfe from excessive heat, which as t;rain men
well know, is one of the most important points to be considered. In fact this is the
natural outlet of the we I. and the opinion lias been frequently expressed tiiat with inland
and ocean freit;hts properly adjusted, .Montreal could, in summer at least, secure a mucli
lari^er portion of the export trade than she actually does. This question o\' freit,'-ht r;iies
is naturallv a vexed one, and oni.' upon which it is hardly likely that shippers and carriers
will ever a^ree. The heads of the threat forwarding- companies, no doubt, know what thev
are about, and endeavour to adjustrates with a view to recjivint;' the lars^est amount o(
traffic possible, consistant with a reasonable amount o( prolit. Nevertheless, the case of
the shippers, as stated by a sjjentleman who has L;iven the question the most caret'ul sludv,
is well worthv consideration. " l-'reig-ht ti> iiuffalo can be obtained to-day from Chicat^o,
at one cent per bushel, and i,M-ain carried from Buffalo to New York, via the lirie Canal,
between four and live hundred miles, for three cents a bushel, the railway rates beinij
necessarily correspondingly low, i^rain from Kin,i;ston to Montreal, is subject to a lixetl
charjje of two and half cents per' bushel. ' 'Ihe rale of some three or four cents from
the point of origin to Kingston, being taken into consideration, it is evident that the New
York merchant has a decided advantage, and to the unprejudiced observer it certainly
would appear that a rate of two and a half cents !or on^ hundred, and eighty miles, of
which onlv a short portion is by canal, compares unfavourably with one of three cents for
a haul ot about double that distance, about two-thirds o\ which are by canal.
It is interesting, however, to contrast the comparatively moderate forwarding rales ol
to-dav with those of twenty and thirtv years ago. The old rate of <i'.. cents per bushel on
grain' from Kingston to Montreal, has been reduced to 2'.. cents, and ()'j cents is the pre-
sent rate from i')uluth or I'ort Arthur. There is also a demand for improved facilities for
handling grain here. Vo handle this freight to the best advantage, the ocean vessel should
be brought into direct .-ommunicalion with the warehouse, and this, it is thought, could be
effected b\ utilizing the new guard pier as a site for the erection of huildings for this
purpose. If storehouses lor the reception o\' grain can be placed at the Viver side, the cost
o\ Hoating, amounting to three quarters of a cent, per bushel, could be avoided. It
improvements in respect of rales ;ind handling .in mgemenls were oni.\- brought about, it
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HOARD OJ- lA'ADf. SO
rcciuiivs no very stion^^ propliotic- instinct to !■»>.■ iihlo \o pr>.ilici thiit Mriilroiil wmiki hoconic
the (^rciit };r;iin tlcput of till- continent. " Mnsincss has no .scntinicnt," and I'liica^'o anil
Diilulii exporters, having their choice of export mari<ets, woiikl naturally choose that which
ollerecl them the jjrealest inciucenieiits. huleei.1. at present, a consideralle proportion i>l the
j^rain shippeti Ironi this port has been j^row n in the States.
As is the case with most trades of any inipiirtance, the j^rain ilealers o<i this city ha\c
an i>rj^ani/ation oi theii' own, wiiich, altlnni)^h it was anialf^aniateil with the Hoard oi
Traile si>ine years aj^o, still retains its separate existence, and is i;ov erned h\' its own
(.'oinniittee ami olhcers.
'I"he Corn i'ixchaiiiie, which at present numbers nearly o\w luindreil anil lifty members,
was, as orif^inally projected, simply a society of j^rain lirokers, united for the aihancement
o\ the interests oi tlieir own immediate trade; but it has widened its scope consider;ibly to
the Li'icat benefit of all concerned. On September Sth, iiSf)j, Mr. H. I.orne .M;iciloui;;ill
issuetl a cii cular to the members o^ the tr;ide callinif a meeting' in the lioard o\i I'raiie rooms
for the iith oi the same month. The meeting was ilulv held, there beins;' just thirteen
ijentlemen present. Mr. Kobert I'^sdaile presiiUil and .Mr. J. \\. 'l";iyior acteil as secretary.
A committee was appointed to canvass the members of the trade j^enerally to ascertain
their views o\\ the matter. .Another meelinij was held on the iSth of September, and the
torn I'lxchanj^e .Association was formally esi.tblisheil. OlVicers were appointeil upon liie
()lh o'i tV'tober as follows: Hoard of .Slanaijemenl Robert hlsilaile, I'resiilent ; liemy
liuikk'ii. \'ice-Piesidi lit ; |. W. Tavloi', Secietarv -Treasurer ; .\. Mitchell, H. Ilowaiil.
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Tht; mo^l prominent lif,'urc in conncctio.i with tlio Hoard of 'Irailc, at present, is
r.ndoui7lediy Mr. \V. W. Oij;iivie, who has justly been dubbed the " Napoloi>n of the Milling
trade of Canada.' Mr. Oijilvie is a native oi iSlonlreal but ^^i Scotch extraction, anil is a
direct descendant of the great Ciilchrist, l'"arl of .Angus, who during the thirteenth century
was virtually ruler of Scotland. l'"or the active p. in he took in the alVairs iif the country,
which was in a very unsettled state at the time, he was rewanled with the lands i>f Ogilxie
in Manfl'^hire. and assumed the name o'i the estate. .Mr. W. W. Ogilvie is tlie mainspring
and moving spirit in the gigantic and enlerpr; ing firm which is now well-Unowri
all over the world. C">gil\ie'.s llour being shipp».d o, and useil in, every ipiarter ot the
globe. .Mr .Ogilvie's patents
I Son. his lather seeing ;i good
the vvai- of i.Sij.and also dur-
both of which he distinguish-
alr\ iiliicer. It was \\\ the
milling business, vviiicii has
ous prop.irlions. was found-
oft he present proprietor com-
|aci.|ues (."artier, near Oue-
Iv attervvards bv tlie erection
Rapids. I'he business grew
until in iS52vviien .Mr.Ogilvie,
the lion. .\. \V. and jolin,
the Lachinc canal. The bu-i-
a phenomenal rale aiul at
liros. erected mills at lioder-
W'innipeg, and linaliy the
addition \o the aiiove .Mr.
the (."itv Mills, ani.1 is now turninir oi..
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jjj|p-~^^w;,j.
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•jt
^A#i9i
ibv
came over to this ciuinirv m
di.al of active sciv ice during
ing the reiiellion o\' iN,^7. in
eil him>i.lf iisa \olunteer cav-
_\ear iSoi that the Ogilvie
now asMuned such st upend-
ed. In tiiat year tiie father
mencev.1 by b\u](.ling a mill at
bee. 'I his was followed short-
o\ .inother mill at l.achine
steadily lor a numberof veais
(.onjoinllv with his brothers,
erected the dienora MilK on
ness continued to increase at
sujisei-iuenl dates the Ogilv ie
ich and Seaforlii. Oni. ; at
i^.oval Mills in this city. In
l^giivie recently purchased
of about 2,700.000 b;ureis
lie
at the rate
of llour annually for which nearly ij.ono.ooo biislKJs ol wheat is retpiired.
was the pioneer wheat buyer in .Manitoba. an».l has contribmetl individually towarils
the settl-'ment of that province more than any other man living. The .Manitoba
business had its commencement in 1X76 and consisted o\ a small shipment o\' 5CK)
busiiels of wheat, which has rajiidly increased until it 1 ow runs up into the millions
.'innuallv. Tlie whole of this stupendous business is now in tlie hands i^t .Mr. W. W.
Ogilvie who was the tirst to introdace into C'.inaJa tlie patent process o\' grimiing liy rolieis.
'I'liis process was fust invented and atlopted in the Hungarian mills in .Aasl ria, aiul Mr.
Ogilvie was one o\' the tirst on this siiie of the .\llantic to discover and appreciate the
improved tpiality o\' the llour protluced by the new iirocess. With that enterprise that has
been a distinctive feature in his career he ]iroceeded to Hungary in i<S()<S to make :i personal
inspection of the invention, with the result that he nnmetliately adopted it. He has
inventetl several improvements in m.ichinery himself, ami has always been ready to adopt
the improvements o\ others. This, vvilh the advantage of buying his wheat tlii\'ct liom
the tarmers in all parts ot the country, has cvmii ribuled in no small degree to giving his
brands o( llour the world-wide reputation they muv enjoy, as well as to establishing the
enormous trade, both home and foreign, that he now diKs, and largo as is the output from
the various mills, it is increasing \ear by _\e.i'". Mr. Oj;ilvie's head ollice is in .Montreal.
and is Oiie o\' the attractions ot the city. He is one of the best known and must
highlv r'.spected men in C'an.ida. in addition to being one of the largest emplovers of l.ibor.
N'otwitlstanding that he has the mo^t labiM'-saving machinery that has yet been invented,
he pavs in wages alone nearly half a million dollars amuially. He has been a leading mem-
ber of the Hoard of Trade and Corn Exchange for many years where he has from time to
time filled several important ollices, and at the general election of the Hoard of Traile in
Januarv last, he was elected president by acclamation, it being considered that no one could
better iill the important position during the year that is so memorable in the history of that
institr.tioti. Jn politics .Mr. Ogilvie is ,1 thorough L'onserv ativ e.
.Mr.
Hv^anl ot
the truest
was educ
came \o
may be te
business i
]"nov isio
est.iblisJK
the Mont
Robert Ai
after whii.
lirnis on
when he
that time >
Hoard of 'I
part in
bodies. \
some of tl
posed to it
i.|uired ail
the tew ol
(.lesiriible 1.
hew men
in connect
many year
tion anil n
ol eleven '
IVisident.
Trade tor
anil also i
nection w
manulact m
InsLuance I
of the Hoi
phone C'i\
anil betievi
of the .MiMi
Societv .
.Mr. Arche
his social
all with wh
ail iv e part
ol t uenly,
anil in I wo
t'ornet of I
deputed to
commissioi
a service ol
future hotn
parly, and
porteil the
never at ;
energies h;
resiile in th
IRADK soil hXiR J7 MhKR.
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ROHKRT ARcllKk -Ck.mn Mikuiam,
Kohort ArduT \ to Thivc I ' 1 ^■'"'''"^;'^'^' ^'"^'^■'- t'"^' >>tylo of
•KKt whici, Mr. Archer con- years later Mr. I.ediic died.
lirms on his oun account ^ .^ ''HT "'''.'"'m'''', '"''''"'
when he virtuallv retired ^ V soIeK u„„i March. iSS;,
ll'at lin.e demoted most ol his . ^ l"^^'" "'^~ V'"'- ' ''"' '^^'^ '''"^■^'
li'^ard of Trade and (.ornKx- Mi m, .'"'' "' ^ ""^•'"^'^"^ '''' "'-'
pan in hrinoiny about the W^ .^ ^"lianij-e, takm- a most active
bodies. WhJn ,hisc|ues,iou t^ T amalpmt.on of the two
-M,u. .A the nu.ndvrs ot the W^M^ VZ^l r"'"' t"'"'^' "^''■^'
posed to it, u hiie others uere aT "^ \'' " I'.Nchan-e who were op-
quired ad the ellorts and ner- A^ k •'Ho-ether apathet ic.and it re-
the leu ol his more tirm lup- ^^^_ Mft. ^^'^ ^•''•"'^•^' ^' M'"- ^'clier and
desirable obje. , so benelici d <^0^tfSBL jl^ !T ,l'" '/^ "''"^. '^/'"' "^^'
l-'ow men "have Idled so 7 ^^X^'^'^ lo the trade ot .Montreal,
in connection uiih the two ' ^ — ' » many miportant positions
manvvears treasurer of the ' I ''.'^^"^"■V.'^"'- H^" ^vas lor
.ion md nK.mber o^' the an,„cil of ,he Koard olTrade, and in^;!:: laU^- hasf l^.- a^^Hod
o\ eleven years, successiveK been ivasurer, -nd \ice-l'resi,I -n. , , \.."''- •''".;' P-- riot
';;;:;:r.'7'- "« '- '- ■'■ •■' --^' '-ki .;J.;;:;t ;. I. ;';;; L::'ir„;'';;
liade lor nearly twentv voars. and was chairman o\- the com.niit . . , '--o.ucl ot
and also chairman of "the new lUnldinu Com, i tce^ , to | '^^ ^"^'
ncc.ion with the ^rain trade proper .Mr. Vrche is I'u el in.' ^^ • 1 ' .''"'"•
mantdacturin,- and comtnercial eluoJprises. He Is I en a^ ec r .^ h; ' P ll n "^'"r '"
Insurance Co.. ihe Sincennes-Mc.Vau^hton Line (of Tow bvUslC. • T'"^'"'''
of -he nontinion Typ. founding Co.. the Alallacl :w'uie ^ hi ^rlmJ^ C^' ild/Tr''
phone Co. ol Canada, and is President o, the .Montreal |.>eehold C o To a| t k- Irit dt
and benevolent institutions of the citv he is a liberal contributor -.n, ; i r "'''""'""^
;r.i^;her'^c::ni;;-iai';!:;.e:rh;:rb;r\';^-;-^^^^^^^
h.s social lile one of benevolence. He is highly ' steen.edld' mdve X r ^^"^d""'
all uith whom h. comes m contact. Durin.^- his residence in his native cit he ooUe-
active part in mtlitarv matters tor a period oi more than ten vears In s - he • -l
Ol tuenty. he jomed Xo. i Troop oi' \olunteer Mili.i. C'av al "the O K^Je C ^Ir?^
and in two vears time was raised to the rank o\- Ser-eanl-M-dor ' , ^^< ''xalrj)
C ornet .^- that regiment, and b, that time had at,.d;;^:;:^:ch ' .iciJi^ t'ddir;;::i^^;;:w^s
rulion'r;ir:';;-;n;r;;i:;;-^^^^^^^
,::rhofr;e^
^:;;■;■d^';l;l'^-^-i--;-;x^^^^
never a, any time made himself conspicuous in the political ^.Td. Hs ,ime • nd
'V'
HOARD OF TRADE SOL
A. (.;. MiUl.W \: CO.
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Mk. Ai.i:xam)i:k llKUKt.i': MiHic.w, scninr partner in the lirni oi A (i. Mclk-an iV Co.,
VVholesiilc Cirain, I'loiir and I'roduce .Morehants, and who has lij^urod for a number ol
years as a commercial man of great enterprise and energy in Montreal and tiie Dominion
gciieraily, is a native of tliengarry, Ont. He was horn in tiie year 1841 and educated in
the Glengarry public schools ;md afterwards finished a course o\' study at the C)ueen"s
I'niversity, Kingston, Ont.
cial career in his native
duce trade in the year i.S()S.
ience of thi.s, his trade was
that it was necessay to re-
centre artording greater
enterprise and for the dis-
creasing bulk ol freight he
retained a branch establish-
he kept for some time,
ceeded in founding a large
residence here permanently.
o\ the most extensive deal-
L'anada and has also been
oi Canadian produce to the
The business oi the lirm of
the head still continues lo
with both countries. The
filled the position of Presi-
and has also sat in the
\l lA WliF-.l; Vt\ '
M. Hi. vs.
He commenced his commer-
county in ihe grain and pro-
After three years' exper-
increasing to such an extent
move to Montreal as a
scope for his energy and
posal of the constantly in-
had to dispose of. He still
ment in (ilengarry which
In Montreal he soon suc-
busines-s and took up his
Since then he has been one
ers in grain and flour in
one oi the largest shippers
I'nited States and Europe,
which .Mr. .A. (i. McHean is
do a largely increased trade
subject i>f our sketch has
dent of the Corn ICxchange
Coun.il o\' the Hoard of
Trade, to which latter C4>rporation he was elected in 1.S71. when he entered upon business
in Montreal. He has been one of the foremost merchants of the city in lendmg his aid to
all undertakings calculated to improve the ci>ndition o'i trade and ci>mmerce and build up
.Montreal as a business centre,
than one occasion made his
sensibly felt. In commer-
holds a \ ery high rank and
honesty and integrity in all
steady supporter oi several
the city.
Ml lii:.\N brother of the
partner with him in busi-
uidelv known men in the
Dominion. He was bi>rn
and received his education
was in 1S7J, and in a short
connection until it had ex-
portion of Ontario. After
to make Manitoba his
mi>ved ti> Winnipeg. This
.Manitoba was being boomed
wheat-producing districts m
teristic enterprise Mr. Dun-
mineil Xo be earlv in the
He is a strong advocate of tarilV reform and has on nu>re
views in this respect very
cial circles Mr. McHean
is much esteemed for his
his dealings. He is also a
benevolent institutions in
.Mk. Di m .v\ tii:oKi.K
foregoing gentleman and
ness. is also one o( the
grain trade throughout the
in Lancaster, Ont., in 184^,
in his native town. This
time ho had increased his
tended over a considerable
ten years o\' this he decided
scene i>f operations antl re-
was about the tiine that
as one oi the greatest
the world, and withcharac-
can (i. McHean was deter-
lleld. On his arrival in
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Winnipeg lie at once entered into the grain trade and soon became one o^i the largest pur-
chasers and shippers oi w heat in the prov ince. Since then he has devoted a good deal of
his time to the development o( the Manitoba trade, dividing his time between Winnipeg
and Montreal, in the former place he has established the firm t^i McHean Hros., of which
he is the moving spirit, their Winnipeg business bei ^g one o'i the largest in the Province.
Mr. McHean joinecl the Hoard of Trade in 1.S6M.
IRD OF TRADE SOUVENIR NUMBER.
i. McHoan i\: C\>.,
cl for ;i niimher ol
and the Dominion
I and educated in
ly at the Queens
enced hiscomnier-
ilie f^rain and pio-
■ee years' exper-
\ to sucli an extent
Montreal as a
■ iiis enerffy and
the conslantiv in-
ipose of. He still
(ilentjarry which
eai he soon siic-
and took up his
1 he has been one
ain and Hour in
I larijest shippers
ates and liurope.
. A. (i. McHean is
ly increased trade
our sketch has
le Corn i-Ixchaniie
.)f the Hoard "of
■ed upon business
lendmyf his aid to
lerce and build up
and has on more
this respect verv
les Mr. McHean
esteemed for his
t;s. He is also a
t institutions in
f)l MAN CiKOKllH
t^entleman and
also one o'i the
le throuy^hout the
ter, Ont.. in 184^;,
live town. This
lad increased his
er a considerable
oi this he decided
iperations and re-
it the time that
o{ the j^realest
, and with charac-
jHean was deler-
1 his arri\al in
i the lar^-cst pur-
ed a 4^"ood deal ol
etween Winnipey^
n Hros., oi which
t in the IVovince.
I'.IXi.AK jinCii'., tiKAIN AM> I'l.OIK .Mi:KillA\r.
.\lu. I'lDi.AK Jrma;, one K^'i Montreal's best-known business men, is a native of Hcti-
fordshire, i;ni.iland, where he received his education. He came to Canada in 1857, and
liist took up nis residence in Toronto, where he remained for two years devotini^ his' time
to journalism. I)urin!,'- this lime he w as joint-iiroprietor of the F.v'lio, a church of luit^land
to .VIontreal and enter-jd the
Ci>., i^rain and flour
years service with them, he
f.M\ his own accoun; . Since
o\\\i cf continued success,
acter anil straightforward
been recoj^nized by .ill with
in contact, and it has fallen
b.^come as deservedly popu-
member of the Hoard of
owM of the oracles of the Corn
his tjrain r.nd flour business
stuflsof all kinds. He was
the committee of manai,'e-
and took an active part in
i;amation of that body with
served on the council of the
paper. In 1839 ho r^-mosci!
employ oi James (.")liver i*t
merchants, and after a few
ilecided to f^i) into business
that time his career has been
Mr. Iudj,'e's uprij^ht char-
business methods have lonj^
whom he lias been brouj^ht
to the lot of but '(qw men to
lar. He is a prominenl
Trade and is looked upon as
Kxchanj,'-e. In addition to
he deals extensivelv in feet!-
rt>r many years a member of
ment of liie Corn iCxcharii^e
brini^inj,'" about the amal-
the Hoard cf Trade and I-,;is _ ^ ^ ^ _
latter fillint,'- the o.rice oi Treasurer for two vears aul was re elected to this position b-
acclamation in January last. Mr. jud-e is a member of tlie St. Cieorj;e's Societv, the
t ouncil ol the Aatunil History Society of ..lonfreal, ar.d the Citizens I.eag-ue. He is also
associated with seven'.l o'Jior societies in ihecilv. In politics he is Independent.
H. W. RAPH.AKL. 01 T. \V. RAriiAKi. c\: <:o. (Kstab. i860.)
Mk. H. W. UAi'ii.\i-i., the sole survivini,'- partner ot the old established firm oi T. \V.
Raphael iK: Co., i-"lour and lirain Merchants, is a native of the Countv Antrim, Ireland. .At
an early ai^e he c une to .Montreal to join his uncle .Mr. T. VV. Raphael, the founder oi tlie
firm. Since ^ir. H. W. F.apliae.'s arrival here in i8()0 he has been closelv associated with
the business, and having- at-
tiie Corn Exchange, since
changes and can give many
His ciireer throughout has
Hy untiring energy and per-
increased the business, \car
line o( the leading positions
oi Ontario, .Manitoba and
large consignments oi grain
locally or ships to l?riiish
esty and integrity in all busi-
has gained the conlidence oi
ings. His well-known cau-
business ha\e g.ained for him
trading community. Person-
favourite amongst his com-
in strict harmony with Ihcm.
icnded daily the meetings of
tiiat time he has seen many
interesting reminiscences,
been one oi marked success.
se\ era nee .Mr. Raphael has
by year, so that he now holds
in the trade. i'"rom all parts
the Xorth-West he receives
aiKJ Hour, which he sells
m.irkets. By his strict hon-
ness matters Mr. Raphael
all with whom he has deal-
tion and strict attention to
the entire conlidence y.^'i the
ally, Mr. Raphael is a great
peers, having always worked
In athletic sports generally
iit->er of many of llu leading
he h;is taken an activeand promine:it part and is now a life m
clubs. Mr. Raphael is a well-known member o^ the Bo.ird of Trade and Corn Kxchange,
on the Kxecutive of which he h.as served for many years. In politics he is a Liberal and
an advocate oi I'rce Trade.
r.OAKD OF iRADE SOI I ENJI
\\\\.V\U'.Vt M \RSA\.
Mk. Wiukti) Maks.w, senior momb. r of t'v firm K>'i Marsan i\: Mrosseaii, receiver
and iniporicr of i^rain, feed, etc., was born in iS^^. in the " I -Ic Jou^.' He received
\
ary oi St. Therese de Hlain-
distini,''uished himself in seve-
lle came to Montreal, and
iH;.:, and fi\e years later,
Hros!-eau and (iilchrist, es-
ness. In the followin;^ year
since then Mr. Marsan has
his present partner. \\\ their
np a very large and import-
iiuantities of the famous
Kinj^dom, l-"rance and other
thoui^-li only a member of the
two years, has already made
tercsts of trade and coni-
throiiij^houl the commercial
'ihe most enterprisinyf biisi-
addition to the extensive
liicr.;i;\e connection in th.'
kinds ti> most o'( the companies
and lirms owninsjf larj^e numbers of horses, and this branch of their business is increasmij
year jiy year. ^Ir. Hrossjau, the jiin'or member of the iirm. wl.luniijh not a member ol the
Board of Trade, taUes ;in active interest in tiie dexelopment oi the shippinij trade ot
Montreal.
I:is education at the Semin-
ville, in which institution he
ral branches of knowledge
took up his abode here in
in company with Messrs.
tablisiied his present busi-
the latter partner died, and
continued .lie business with
united cHorts they have built
ant trade, exportinij larjje
Canadian hay to the United
countries. Mr. Marsan,
Hoard of Trade for the past
his ir.iluence felt in the in-
merce, and is well-known
woi Id oi C'iinada as one ot
ness men of the country. In
shippinsj; trade di>ne by this Iirm thev have a larj^e
city oi Montreal, where they supply feed stulTs ol al
and
OTTO TllORMNCi, Oiio Tiiokmnc. X: Co.
Mk. Orio TiiOKXiM., principal o'i the iirm o'i Otto Thorninj,'^ & ilo., drain and C i>m-
inission Merchants and Marine Insurance Agents, is a nati\e of (lermanN, having been
born in Altona, in 1801. where he was also educated, lie arrived in Canada in 1S85 and
settled in Montreal where he has remaineil ever since. He commenced his commercial
career previous to commg to
experience being in Ham-
in the grain trade. He re-
several years and in ICS84 de-
the I'nited States, first
lie entered the service o( IC.
with w h(»m he remained i-:ily
came li> .Montreal where he
his arrival here he joined the
firm o\ Munderloh & Co.,
merchants, with whom he
filled several important posi-
Finally he decided to com-
account and although he has
short a time he has already
nection in the city and ships
also imports largely o'
this country his lirst business
burg with J. W. HamdorH
mained with this firm for
ciJed to leave Hamburg for
s.'ttling in \ew ^'ork where
Pfansus, (iraiii ICxporter,
o\\\i year, alter which he
has resideil ever since. On
service oi the well-known
shipping agents and general
conliiuied until i8<S(), hav''ig
tions in that company,
mence business on his own
o:ily been established so
i'ormed a good trading ci>n-
oxtensivelv to luirope. He
(ierman manufactured gooiN.
with whom he has dealings,
ere and h.is been a member
He is an energetic business man ami is much respected by a
.Atr. Thorning is a prominent member of the (jcrman Society h
of the Hoard of Trade since 181,0. Although a comparatively young member lie takes a
great interest in the deliberations of the lal'.er body.
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mssKmmm
mm
iRADE SOL \ l-.NJK M MJiKR.
'.X
receiver
received
de Hlain-
11 seve-
cal, iind
rs later,
irist, es-
\ nil
\car
rsan lias
Hy tluir
import -
famous
nd iitiier
W\- of the
ai-ly made
and com-
iiiimercial
-.iuij biisi-
L-xtensixi'
)ii in tli.'
i>mpa!iii.'s
iKTcasiiifj;'
ihcr o'i llie
^ trade of
WILLIAM H. lU'l LINCi, Jr., Cjknkk \i. I'ukii.ih .\t.i;MC.\N.\i>i.\\ I'.Mim- Kaii.w.w.
Mr. W'ii.i.iam W. Hi ijjm., Jr., (Jeneral l-"rei},Hit Aj^-^ent oi the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way Companx, was born in Montreal in 1H58. His first railroad experience was with the
(irand Triink Raiiwa\ C'i>mpany, whose service lie entered into in 1S72 in this city. In
iSHo, Mr. Hulling transferred his allej^iance to the Chicaj^o and North Western Railway
w i t h h e a d q u a r t e r s i n
the American company, how-
turniiifj to the stalV ot the
iH<S3. President Van Home
post ^i Chief CIcrU of the
of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
ed, and Mr. Hullinjj associ-
terests of the ijreat company,
mained ever since. In • le
appointed District I'Vei^ifht
Montreal, the most onerous
in the Preij^ht Department,
further recoj^^nized by his
I'reijjfht .Assent of the entire
the duties of this important
made himself respected and
mercantile and maiuifactur-
Chicago. He remained with
ever, only a short time, re-
llrand Trunk. In .Vpril,
offered him the important
(.ieneral Freight Department
way. The oflFer was accept-
ated himself with the in-
in whose service he has re-
year iS8t) Mr. Bulling was
Agent of the Company for
position along the whole line
In i.St)2 his merits were still
being appointed (ieneral
system. In the exercise of
position Mr. Hulling has
esteemed bv the whole
ing community, not only of
Montreal but everywhere where the name of the Canadian I'acifiJ Railway is known.
ICver ready to meet the views of the patrons of the road, not the least of Mr. Hulling's
duties is to prevent friction, and as far as possible redress the grievances of coi iignors and
consignees. In politics Mr. Hulling is ,1 Consorx ati .e.
KIRKP.VrRiCK. iV Cv>OKSO\.
and Corii-
aviiig been
n i«85 and
ommercial
St business
HamdorfV
^ firm for
mburg for
ork whore
I'-xporter,
which he
•iince. 0\\
^ell-know 11
lid general
1<S(), ha\''ig
company,
n his o\Mi
)lished so
ading con-
irope. He
ired goods,
■i dealings.
a momliL'r
lie takes a
Tlie firm of Kikki'a rKii k & lOoKsox, Wholesale Produce and Commission Merchants,
is one oi the best ktiuuii in the trade, both in Canada and Cireat Britain, and are amongst
the heaviest shippers of Canadian produce to the Old Country. Mr. John Everett Kirk-
patrick, the senior member of the firm was born in the Old Country in 1828 and was edu-
cated in England and !•' ranee. He came to Canada in 1857 and settled in Montreal where
he commenced his commercial career in the business above referred to and which he has
lived to see develop into one of the largest of its kind in Montreal. In business matters his
integrity an-' uprightness are pro\ erbial and f.e is highly esteemed in commercial circles. He
has been ai activ e member of trie Corn I'lxchange since it was lirst organized and became a
member of the Hoard of Trade on its amalgamation with the Corn Exchange in 1886, and is a
member of the Hoard of Re\ iew in connection v.iih the latter Association. Mr. Kirkpatrick
is a Justice of the Peace for the city oi Montreal and is also associated with a number of
charitable iiistilulioiis to which he contributes liberally.
Mr. CvHiKsi>\, who is a partner in the (inn, is a native of lingland, where he was born
in the \ear 1S43 and received his education there. He came to Canada in 1863 and settled
ill Montreal wIkto he lias since resided. Soon after his arrival here he joined interests
with Mr. Kirkpatrick. Mr. Cookson is a man of great business capacity and is consid-
ered bv his compeers as one of the best authorities in maUers connected with the produce
trade. He became a member of the Corn Exchange in 1870 since which he has been one
ol its most ardent supporters and was a strong advocate for the amalgamation of that body
with the Hoard of Trade in 1886, when he also became a member of the latter. Botli
members of the linn stand high for enterprise and iionest dealing, and to their business
ability and sagacity the shipping trade oi Montreal owes a great deal. Since Mr.
Kirkpal rick's arrival in Montreal he has .seen the volume of trade flowing in and out of the
port more than trebled.
w
i {\'
' ;v^
Av .//>•/> or y/vM/M" so
1 »R()1)I :CB AXJ3
I !
!•
'ill
; I
C.\\.\n.\ !■> >.'ssonli;ttl\ an ai;riiuluir;il iininti \ ;iiul no review o\ her various Imsiness
interests would he complete uitlioul siinie relerenee to the strain anil protiuee trade
w hicii is incroasiny in \astness and importance as eaeli year passes. C>nlario ami
(Jiiebee it is true, no Ioniser produce a s.illieient surnhis otw jieat o\ er their ou n absolute
necessities to he seriously consiilered as sources iil supply lor this cereal. Hut they send
out peas, oats, harley anil rye, in sullicienllv lari;e ipiantilies to he worthy of considera-
tiiiii, while their deliciency in wheat can he considered a hlessinj^ in dis*j-uise lor on<: very
iiood rea>-on. It has turneii the attention of aj^riculturists in tiic miiklle and eastern
sectii»ns of the country to mixeii tannins,^, the henelits oi which it is neeilless toenumerate.
Were it not lor this mixed larmint;' tanaiia would no\ occupy the position she now does in
the Iront rank as a cheese and cattle expiirlint;- country. The threat plains of Manitiiba
and the Northwest, are speciallv ailapteil and can he dependeii upon to maintain our rank
as a wheat producer, uliich leaves t^ntario and Ouehec free to demonstrate the diversitv
ot our agricultural resources hy their exports iil cheese, hutter, cattle, etc. rhe\' have
dime so ahlv in the past, and the steatly atlvance they have made makes it plain that they
will do so in the iuture. Hesides the .Maritime Prminces are commencint^ to wake up
also, in this respect, for there is no reason in the world why the larmintj community down
by the sea shoukl not reajt some of the henelits to be derived fri>m the cattle and cheese
industiv. Professor Robertsi>n says that there are plenty of the valleys of \o\ a Scotia
and New Mrunswick splendidly adapted to i^iaziiii;, and he cert.iinly should he an
authority. In this case it is quite possible that these sections will be exportiiiij both cheese
and cattle shortly, increasing;- our alreaily lar<;e exports materially.
An analvsis of the exports plainly illustrates the value iif tlu dairy industrv to the
country and the financial benefits which it confers on its bone and sinew, tiie farmint;' class.
During;' the season of iS()_'-()^ there was exported from Canada i,o.i<i i*)- boxes of cheese,
which at an average of t)^ pounds to the box, a very low estimate, me ms i -'5,4(11 , iSo
pounds of the product. The return this broui,'ht to the farmer was a !'.andsome o\ti!.
Duritii;' the season, the fust cost in tiie country averaj^ed about ()c. and at this liijure the
actual money the farmer i;ot was about S 11 ,_'()i .5o(), less '^c per pound allowed to the
factoryman as his portion of the profits. Mut the heautv ot it all lays in the fact th;it everv
two weeks the patrons of each factory draw their share in jjfood solid cash, and cati put it
to anv use thev like. It is no (.|uestion of b.arter with the country storekeeper, and all the
disadvantai^es this entails, as is the case in many other instances where farmers are
making sales of their proiluce. The returns Irom hutter are not so i^reat, in fact it is to
he rei^retted that Canada has retroi;radvd rather than advanced in this particular, but the
facts in connection with the dilliculiv will be dealt with later on. In cheese, however, the
proi^ress made has been ciintinued and steady since the first incejition of the industrv
twentv years a^i^o. It was slow of course at first, hut with incriased experience the
advance became more rapid, until now, L'aiiada occupies the premier piisition as a cheese
exportins.;- country, ami if she is true \o the ii^ooil reputation she has already f^ained, ma)- in
the near future take the front r.-mk in point of production also. Her position as first in
the matter of exportation is lunv undisputed. In fact shrewd members of the cheese
trade say the time is not far distant when the Cnited States will be unable to produce
more than her own rcc|uirements, and then Montreal, as the port of Canada, will be
chief, practically the oi;ly export centre on the lontinent. This at least is the prediction
I'f a New N'ork shipper himself, and friim the constantly increasinj; home consumption of
cheese across the line it does not look as thouj^h his reasoninif is very far out. The
liistory of the struj4;j.f|es through which this position was attained is a record of steady
progress. In fact there is as much dillerence in the manner in which the business is
carried on now-a-days and the methods of twentv years at;o as between the modern loco-
motiv"' and the old leather sprini;ed static coach of our jcraiulfather's days. In 1H73 there
! I
IKI' (IF TKAhE SOryiiA'IK Xr.Mr.FR.
CB AXJ3 1M\'0\'ISI()NS.
■r \aiiinis husiiioss
;iiit.l piMiliKo iratk'
<sos. Oiiiaiio aiul
' their i)\\ n ahsi>liite
•■il. Hut I hoy soiui
inhy of considora-
Ciiisc for OIK- vorv
litiJIo and eastern
.Hess to enumerate.
HI she now does in
plains of Manitoba
maintain our rank
<trate tile diversity
'. etc. I'hey ha\e
it phiin that tlif\-
iieint,'- to ual<e up
f community down
• tattle and cheese
•ys ^.^'i Xma Scotia
liy ■^iiould he an
ortini,-- hoth cheese
ry industry to the
I lie tarminj,"- class.
boxes of cheese,
ne ins i -'^..^tu. iSo
a .handsome one.
I at this tit^ure the
d allowed to the
he fact th.it every
'h, and can put it
?eper, and all the
here farmers are
, in fact it is to
iiriicular, but the
ese, however, the
of the industrv
d experience the
tion as a cheese
iy f^ained, may in
)sition as firsi in
T.s of the cheese
inable to produce
■ Canada, will be
i.s the prediction
? consumption oi
ry far out. The
record of steady
the business is
the modern liuo-
<. In 1.S73 there
were no rej,Milar boards throuylu
_i^O\ I
buve
, . ,. . "" '''^' '*'^'"".^ ^^'"■■'■^- l^"vcr could meet seller, no course of
1:":.'!"'"^:'' ass,sted mstruct.on, in tact the business wasVarried on in the crmlest was A
such'^ n^e ^^"'■' " " "■■'''"" ""^' '''''''^'^'i"-' I'- P'-' nntil the business assun,ed
. It. '^m 1 '.' ''''T'V"^ "^'" ■"""^■' ""^^■'"- '-"«''^'' P'-'^^'"^-^' ''-'"^ •■'•'n'ny- the number
u e u v'm ;';v^ T' '"''' ''""'-" ""' ""'•■ ''''" -p— '^"-- -" ti^i^ sic .■ .h
in r n ■ ■ l^'^^''^-'","'"^' ma.nta.n.no ,-. p,,,nanent Mall of busersai the
ilillerenl cheese centres throui^houl the cinmirx
The limi!^- h-urb'^r 1 ■'''•''' ^''''■'"r" '" '^^■" ^"''^ ^^"^"^ "'^" '''^' -^-'-our own envious.
sn. . 1 ^'.f,^''"' ^l'^'^^'-'.^; ;' .^-cHHl return tor years, and uiih a climate and a p;,s.ura..v
Z if- ^"; -';''"• ^^^-\^-'^^'c''HM see uhy they should not .}o likew,se. The h^.'/sni
h. ua was the first to .^u e the exantple, to be followed shor.lv after bs other s.et o s i
Ontano and hat provmce had a monopoly of ii tor about six ;.ars. l.-'inallv in S-/ tl e
ownsh.ps followed su„. The industry was o. very modes, proportions, a 1 J t ^i h e
bun. o. ly from h.ecn to twenty factories in Ontario and .d'ou. three m the To 1 pi
i , ^ \ J r ''l^l^"'"^''^"> "^^^ .^■•^"' '^ clisparitv. but in realitv it rs no,. TluTheese
dus y ,n guebec only assunied its present dimensions within the pas", few v.ars so ,h av "
ncs m tie I ow, shtps that turn out a -r,.;,, n,anv more cheeses than the above fi>.ure b ,t
most of the estabhshments are comparativelv neu'and .\o no,. However to.^V.l ^ u d '
twonty-hve to thn-,y factories throughout the entire Provinces o( Ontar o nd O el ,| •
cW r J'i;: '""'-^"n '"'" ^'^•-.■'-- '-'-i- i- ^'"--' -Hi 700 in OuUxc, ^ Inm a
nv . '^--r ";>^'"^^'-'^'c^ S,,(,oo,„oo, and S^.ooo in OueKc to .S^roo.ooo This .,ti
mate is based on a h^iure of .Si,oo., per factorv which is sufTicientlv low ,0 be
,■ , . "^'"' '''^''"^ '"^ ''^^''■' '" "h' producion of a cheese ,he m'ore"^^d'->'s'olMi..K-
pure tattv matter 1, contains and the less forei^i; substance. Hence, it L^p^, awa! I^,
BOARD OJ' IRADE SOUll.MR
ji'^.nil tlio i i\'i;iilar i.|ii;ilit_\ o\ the c1k'i.'^o iiiul \\w noi.\.'>>>«ilios tiir ;iihitiiitii>ii woio m;iiiy, lint
;is liiisiiicss jjiM sy stomal i/od dou n li» a liic point iIk- occasion lor tlio^c lioi'aitK- loss
uiuil now tlioro is \ lm\ lilllc actual Jirikiilix hi.i w con buyoi' and seller except when some
nnscriipiiloiis dealer wants to L;el out ol a sale or purchase because he thinks
liy so Join;;' that he can take ad\aniai;e ol some peculiar phase ot the market
rulins;' at the lime. i'he ».|uestiiin ol n)ilk inspection was also anoliier (.liDicully, lor a lon^j
line Icailini; to had cheese. The Provincial lioxernment now enforces a ri^id inspection,
llno.ii.;;!! a stall ^.^^i inspectors and the >.)ualil\ ol the cheese I'l-r this reason alone has
h^'\:\\ \astly improved. .\ new contrivance in this coimection. the Hahcock test, which
is based <^\\ the percenta_L;e o\ iVit. is cominif more and more into vi^gue. It is saitl to be
lound more ellicient than the ordinary lacti'meter test as it t;i\es a sirictlv reliable estimate
ol the c|uaniity ol t',iit\ substance contained in the milk. i'!ach jiatron of a factory receives
his share of the profits based on the milk test accordini;' to tlie productive capacitv {.si the
milk furnished by him. ihe svsteni K'^'i sclhni;^ has also been vastly improved from the
oriijinal methods. As intimated before, it used to be a case <^'i helter-skelter between buy-
er^, b'lt s^raduallv the idea o'i a rei^ular place o\ meetint;: was evolved. Inj^ersoll. the old-
esi section, nalurallv settinj; the example. 'I'his was about thirteen years aj^o. and Irom
that time buyers and sellers have jiathered at a st.ited jilace once a week to transact busi-
ness in Ont.irio. Iiiijersoll. Iielleville. Stratford and Mrockville were the three sites select-
eil. and it is easy ti> understand how this facilitatid matters and expedited business between
buyer and seller. Allairs worked alonj; in this way until iSSj when the fact thiit the
auction system hati been found to work well in I'lica and Little I*"alls, the ieadinti- New
^'ork State marvels, led tc> its adoptiiin in Ontario. The introduction ot this svstem is
i^enerally conceded to be an advantaij^e except by such people as prefer a hole and ci>rner
business, and althoui;h ciVorts from time to time have been made to have it abolished they
have not met with any success. Ivich factoryman now " boards." or in other words.
na nes the L|uantitv of cheese he has to offer for sale, it is marked up on a blackboard and
the buyer bids upon it what he thinks lit. which it is of course optional with the seller to
.iccept or refuse. The adversaries o'i this claim that it frequentiv leads to a poor factory
i^'ettinj;- moie than its cheese is worth, but this is incorrect. The cheese is either purchased
with a f^'uarantee or subject to inspection, and if a factory lias a bad reputation the buyers
are well aware \>S the fact and act accortlins^'Iy. liesides, when one factoryman sees another
i;ctting', week after week, 's to \ a cent more for his cheese simply because of its reputa-
tion and ciuality it must, if he is worth his salt, cix-ate in him a spirit ol emulation to secure
«.i|ually .idvantaL^cous lii,;vn"es. Of course the number oi Hoards have increased in keepiiiif
with the i,''reater number of factories, the roll now includiiii^' Inyersoli, London, Woodstock.
Stratford. I-istowJ, Hrantford, Peterboroujj^h, Melleville, .N'apanee and Hrockville, all of
vvhicli either hold weekly or fortnii^htly sessions. There are wo res^iilar Hoards in Ouebec
alihouijh the idea has been atjitated, but there are res;ular ^^atherinijs of factorymen and
buyers every week at St. Hyacinthe and Cow ansville in the Township district ; while from
th.' factories down the river the cheese is brouijht up by market boat and sold at the wharf
o:iceaweek. The factories up the Ottawa \alley, and in 1 luntinijdon, are mostly con-
trolled by combinations, like the .Allan (irove for instance, which comprises about fifteen or
twenty factories, the product \i^ which is sold direct to the exporters here in Montreal.
\\\ St of Toronto a buver is allowed '^c. per lb. commission, but east (^K that point ' ,
of a cent is the basis, so that a box of cheese costini*" cj' jc. to 9-4C. in Hrockville costs laid
down in .Montreal toe. to lo'^c. including' freiijht. with a proportionate advance to include
th.' cost ^-^i carriage and the extra commission on purchases made west of Toronto. \'er\
little ^^'i this latter slock is turneil over in .Montreal, however. Most of it is bouffht and
shipped direct t;ettinjf the advantaj^je of a throui,'-h rate. Of late years also in addition to
h.indling' all the Ont-irio ciieese Lanadiin exporters have taken most of the cheese from the
Northern parts oi New N'ork State. St. Lawrence county is the chief section for the indus-
try in this district, the cheese bein^• purchased at the three Hoards which are held there,
vi/., Ojjdensburj^-. Canton and Watertovvn. the j^oods b.^inj;- shipped in bond via Montreal.
The reason for this is plain, Montreal buyers can ;ilTord to pay ':; to '4 of a cent more for
the cheese owintj to the ijreater proximity y.^'( Montre.al than their New ^■ork competitors
and yet m
are I'anad
The \
until the e
ilurini; llu
as the lall
evident In
season, at
ran ye at 1
|une
July
.Xuj^ust .
Septembei
«.'»ctober.
ThesL
course ol
instanci', I
in the nu>i
be interpn
the entire
operators
recent yea
endless bit
have been
ilemonstr
the facliM
all rouiul.
i>f it, f»ir (
anil they
betiei' lii
middlem,
that the
niH be .-n
lonij, for
which is
to lead it
And
wiirils vv
prices op
adv ances
ariHuid S
for price
frec|uentl
lia and \
s^ratlual t
"iS,Si. wh
the il.du^
impossibi
to secure
Liverpoi
is all the
c|uentlv 1
it
■J RAD/-: soul EM R SI M HER.
139
any, Imi
rillK' less
1011 SOIIU'
.' thinks
nmrUot
w a lont;
sped ion,
lone lias
^l, w liieli
lid to be
estiniale
■ recei\es
ty ot" the
iVom the
een bii\ -
the v>lil-
iiul tVoin
<ai.-t busi-
es selcet-
i between
that tlie
ini;' New
sxsteni is
ul corner
.heil tiiey
■r words,
oard atul
• seller to
>r factory
lurchased
le buyers
s another
ts repiita-
to secure
11 keeping
oodstock,
iile, all ot"
II Quebec
linen and
ihile from
the wharf
ostly con-
fifteen or
Montreal,
point ' ,
costs laid
to include
to. \'ery
(Ufjht and
ddition to
e from the
the indus-
leld there.
Montreal,
t more for
.impel itors
aiul yet makea iirofil. In tact, to all intents A^^<.\ purposes the three Hoards in question
art- I'anadian markets.
Ihc various boards commence their sessions carl> in .\Ia> and continue from that date
until the end ot October, and sometimes into November. I lie work is at its heaviest
durini; the m.-nlhs ol |une and |uK, but summcrch.es.. d>K's not command as liieli iipni;e-
as the lall make, f.-r the reason that the laiur is mucii better keeping,' cheese Ihis is
evident Irom a comparison ol the otVermi;s and prices at diHerent mtervals durm- the
season, al one ^^\ the representatix e Hoards. The follouin^ lable slu.ws the orterini;s and
r;ini;e al Hri'cksille duriuL;- the two \ears ol iS.ii and i.Siu':
Otlcrin-s. Kan-v. Ollerin-s. Uange.
iloxes. (.ents. H^'N-'^- <- ^""t''-
lune j(.,i,SS SI . (» <r, j''-ne .>'>.7.i4 ^' • ^" '•
lulv VvoSS S , (» S;, July -M.i.;vS .S-4 f" M 7-1"
August ^li.M'M «'. '" i"'-= ■^''^"•'' "••'•- ''',.^" "'^^
September jj .iS. .," (" m-'^ September C ontracted tor.
October. .■;„.K.5 ,,'.(.-10'.; Octob^-r C ont racted tor.
Ihcs,. routes iilusiraie the course i^f liic market in the direction referred to durin},- the
course of the season. Il should b' explained, however, that the cheese tor June, tor
instancr the heaviest monih In the vear. is not put on the market until the second week
in the month, which allows the necessary time for curini;-, etc. The al-jove ti^rures have to
be interpreted on these lines. OccasionalU. also, as during last tall in the Hrockville district
the entire lall make is contracted for ahead, that is it is boui;ht up privately by speculative
operators who are willing to take their chances K^^^ makiui^' a deal out ot the output. Ol
recent vears this practice has been falling- into disuse, and a i^ood thiui^- too, lor it leads to
endless bickerings. Healers will all ayree to this, as they recollect the law suits that they
have been compelled 10 enter into to force delivery, or in case ot refusal to accept to
demonstn.te that the K^oods were not up to the mark. In the -enerahty ol cases, however,
the tactorvmen refuse to bind themselves ahead, and this leads to a more IcK-timate business
ill round ■ I ast season, lor instance, those who contracted must have reco-ni/ed the lolly
of it for once the bulk o'i the cheese had left lirst hands prices commenced to advance
and'thevhad the questionable satisfaction oi witnessing- othertactorymen i,'eltin^r much
belter fHnires lor their output. <^\ course ,t frequently works the other way, and tly n the
middleman has to sulfer, but then two wron-svvill never make a rit,^hl. so that the tac
that the evil cuts both wav s onlv makes the ar-ument stron-er that the practice should
not be adhered to. This must not be mistaken for a plea for factorymen to hold on too
Ion"- for il is not. It is simplv that the dealini,- in commodities that don 1 actually exist
whPch is the case in contracl'lnij- tor cheese, is utterly wronii' m principle, and bound
to lead in the loii'r run to unpleasant complications. . ,. • , 1 ■
\nd now the cheese havini; been followed in its course from factorymen s hands a lew
words with re-ard to its career in the actual market may be opportune. .As noted already,
prices open out moderatelv in the June cheese and oradually gather strenKlh as the season
idv ances The adapv in the case of cheese is that June make should alwax s be a purcba.e
around Sc. and September at x.^.. that is ox^ spot .^i course, and the proverb holds j:ood
for prices on the respective makes in question have nev er -one be ovv these li-„res, but
freouenllv above them. With llie increased production, however, and the tact that .Austra-
lia and New Zealand are dumpin- more cheese every year on the hnijhsh market the
.rnidual trend of values is to a lower avera-e. None of the fancy tiirures made m iHHo and
T.S,Si when September sold as hi-h as 14c. before the wind-up, have been possible since
the ii.dustrvhas assumed its present extensive proportions. In fact they are logically
imtiossible now tor the business is loo bit,- and the competition too keen or any one man
to secure control of the entire output, as Mr. John T. Warr.n^^ton, the chesse king o
I iveriii>ol did at one lime. The season is usually wound-up m l-ebruary and March, that
is all the cheese of the previous si ason has been shipped away by that lime, but it fro-
quentlv happens that this result is attained earlier as was the case durini;- the present year
•iHil:ii
1(1^^
t
' "li
140
/UKiA'/' 0/ I kadi: sol \ I
wht'ii we had an imusiPillv early ikarainv nl stink lri>m lai lor\ iiKii's liaii'.ls, in fail the
c'arlifsi in llu- history it" the iradJ. , Tliis, uu), in tiic laic ol a lar);cl\ iiKicas(.'U luilpnt, ihc
lolal shipments lt>r iH<»i i)j boiii^ i,;.-;,.-!.;; hoses, while lor the season ol iS()j u;, they
were 1 ,030. 172 boxes. A (.omparison ot these li>,nires with those lor previous seasons is
anothtr illustration of the steady f,'rowth I't the inilusiry, aa the tollmvin^ will show :
i,S«t_' i,ti;,(i. i;j iN-S;> S^.,')!-'
|H<»| '.7"-';v4.v '•'^''^- "77.-'"
iKytj , ... 1, 4^<>, .•-•(> iM-*^! .S.^i,><47
iK«() i.'.=i7.'\=,l 1''^'"*" .V'7."<'«»
iSSS i,,;,4..;4.) iS7'i .S'K.-'4«»
1SS7 i.i(>4.()i).^ 1S7.S 4<>7.<i7''
i«8f) Si)i.o(>5 1X77 ;,<>s, i;,K
1HH5 i,i)7().(«.i 1N7'' 4<i5.t)(io
1884 i.i()S.44S 1S75 507. ()()-•
These li};ures showinj,^ the actual ri.-,ulls al tained are a littinj,' (.•oiuliisii>n to any remarks
on the cheese business, lor they eannol be misunderstood.
In the case of butter the record is not anything: like as satislactory, and a very briet
mention will cover all the points that is necessary to touch upon in connection with the
trade. From 1H73 until i8S_^ it was the cliiel market, cheese, as we have said, beinj,' a
side show, and then it commenced to tall oil imtil the export trade in the product hail
assumed verv meagre proportions. The reasons tor this are obvious. Across the line
the creamery' system was in full swinj;. which t,'ave the butter ni.ikors there a decideil
.idvanlage, while the near-sit^hled polic\ which mn farmers pursued and which many ol them
/' 0/ I KADI. SOI \ I'M K M .Mlil.K.
n'.U, ill liiil I ho
isi'd mil put, iIk'
r iS()j i»_^ tlu-y
ious seasons is
I ill slu>v\ :
S^., OIJ
(.77. ji I
.V>7."<'<»
^iK.j^i
41.7. h7()
;,'!«. I. ?><
V17. <)<>-•
to any reiiiarUs
nd a \eiy briol
ct-lion with the
.' said, bciii},' a
lu' proiliu'i hail
Across the lino
ihori' a ilocitk'il
•h nian\ ol thorn
still aJhoro ti>, oporatod aj^ainst tin. host intuosisot tho irailo. 'I'his is tlio practico of
stiibbornlv lu>klin(,f on to thoir niako in tho oxpooiation oi K*-'"''i^' •' '''>■•">•■'■ 'inm'^' i'"'"' ""^
ipiality has cletororatoil so that it will lU'l lotoh anvthinj^ liUo what it woukl hail it boon soUl
in the first place at tho li),nire which riiloil the niarkol. The shn\ way in Ahich tlio t'arniors
took up ilio croamorv idea was aiiiMhor disadv anta},'o, hut it is frratilyinf,^ ti> luHo that il is
hoins;- j,'raduallvo\oivonie, with the result that our exports ^^'i butter are aj^ain on the incroase
instead i>t' tho decrease. The lirst croaniorx was started in iiuntin^-don (.'ouni) oxer
twenty years aj,^). and tor a lonj; time it and \.^\\\: or two others Imd the nionopolv
ol the business. Now. however, there are IVoin fortv to litty croanieries in Ijueboc. and
as main '"ore in C>iitario. It is interestini; also, to note in this connection that while
Ontario lu>lds the place in cheese Ijueboc has il in bultor. The best dairy butter in the
world is made from the milk i>r I'iastorn Township cows, and it is the same with creamorv,
both articles conimandin^^ the lop of the market. The iollowin),'' table showini; the exports
ol butter in oitihteen seasons, will :airly siun\ the drill the indusirx has uikon ;
i,Si)j 11111.4^5
iHiM »tS.<'^.s
i.S()() .s". 14-
iSSd ... 4 1 ,t 15,7
iNSS i''..s-'."^
iNS7 '><'..vS.i
iSHl) .... 34.-''',;
iSN:^ (Ill 545
1SS4 . . . . mS, i^^7
1 SS ;
"-'.7"4
iS.Sj
()4, •).;()
1 S,S 1 . . . .
i;,(),4Hi
1 SSi ,
K14 V''
|S7..
1 S( .,;,-• •
i,S7S
ll>l>, ',MM
,S77
•\'.-4.s
IS70
1 hS,()4.S
'•^7.^
'i.->.4'7
4
1
A'! .lA'/)
I RADE
J
Di'cKirn. ik>i)(;i-. .v- co.
TIk- linn of Dii kki i, IIodi.k iV (.\i., u hok'salc Hiitter atui Cheese exporters, is one oi
lie liir.yfest, and at the same time may be lermed one of the most phenomenal in the trade in
Montreal, if not in Canada. It is phenomenal because of the extraordinary increase in
Inisiness durini; the short period the partners ha\e been workiiii; conjointly, and from the
lact that both partners received their business trainint^- aiul experience in the same business
house in Montreal, that of
Huckett is a native ot Mi>nt-
183S, and is the \ oimjjest
attained such a prominent
He was educated at the
Schools ami commenced his
the Cirand Trunk Railway
years he remained with the
ouyh knowledi^e ol" I'reii^lit
business and rates, which
to the firm. In I1S77 he
.Ayer & Co., with whom he
which he became tlioroufjiily
the business proper, and in
nership with .Mr. Hodi^e.
most remarkable business
this added to his unswerv-
purpose lia\e established
io_\s amony members ot" the
KTii Trade in 1.SS7, and is
A. A. Aver X.- k:^^. Mr.
real, where lu' was born in
man in the trade wlu> has
position so early in life.
I'roteslant Commissioners'
iiis business Iraininy; with
in rSjj. Durin^^ the five
C'ompaiiy he _t,'-ained a thor-
and tjeneral foiuardiiii^
lias pro\eil ^.^i j^reat service
joinetl the firm ol' A. A.
remained ten years, durinii'
versed in all the details of
uSSj he entered into part-
.Mr. Huckett is possessed o\
cajiacitv and enerj^y, and
inj4' integrity and honestv oi
the wide reputation he en-
irade. lie joined the Hoard
also a member k\\ the Hutter
and Cheese Asseciation, haviny tilled the honi'rary position ot Treasurer since its ori.;aniza-
tion. In politics he is a Conservative.
.Mk. Geokc.e Ilom.i', the other partner in the tirm, was horn in l-^njji.iiul in 1.S50 and
was educated there. Me c.ime to this counlrv in 1X70 and settled in .Montreal, where he
Ik \\k
has since resided. His first
with the firm of \. \. .Ayer
in 1871, shortly after his
Tiiained with this tirm for
181S4, took up a prominent
Patrick and Cookson, with
when he entered into part-
l)urini>; his experience with
ifained a complete knowl-
the trade and has ions; been
best authorities in all mat-
business. His sound judf^-
indomitahle enerijv and
has contributed in a marked
ordinary success oi this firm
The fact that their business
hundred per cent, within
self suflicient proof oi the
made in business. This
index of the rapid'y increas-
business experience was
i\: t'o.. whose tirm he joined
arrival in Canatla. lie re-
thirteen years ;ind in .March,
pi-'.ition with Messrs Kirk-
whom he remained till 1887,
nership with .Mr. Duckett.
the above firms Mr. I Iodide
edi;e of all the intricacies oi
looked upon as one ol the
ters connecied with pioduce
mcnt, combinetl with the
perseverance he possesses
deti'ree towards the extra-
since they were established
h.is increased about own
the past two years is cii its-
rapid stritles thev have
may also be taken as an
iiii^' trade oi the tirm, as the
official returns of the Hutter and cheese exports irom Montreal shew that for the past three
vears this firm has shown a larijer proportionate increase than any other house in the trade.
For the year i8(tJ they stood sixth on the list oi .Montreal's wholesale exporters oi Mutter
and Cheese the tifreal increase beiiii^ shew 11 especially in the lat'er commodity. .Mr. Hodt;e
has also been an active member of the Hoard i>f Tratle lor a number oi years past and is ime
ol'the leadiii"; members of the Hutter and C'heeso Association in connection with th.it biidv .
IRADK SOLI h.\IR A(.\UU:JL
141
AI.KRiin
iiRK ;•;.
■rs, is Olio of
the traile in
• increasi: in
nd from llic
line business
; to. Mr.
was horn in
.lie who lias
;irly in lile.
mniissioners'
rainini;' with
ini^' the fi\e
iiined a tlior-
forwardiiii^f
L^reat service
n o'i .\. \.
ears, Jnrini;'
lie details o['
d into part-
piissessed ot
eneri^v, and
id honesty ot
atioii he en-
ed the Hoard
ol the Hiitter
its orii'ani/a-
.Mk. .\. J. Mkk 1;, Wholesale
porters of the latter in Canada,
year of his aj,'-e. He was ediicat
10 C'anada in 1.S70 and settled in
lliat he really ei)ninienced his
oi jiroduee, and hy steady
severance has established :i
his individual shipments
o( the exporters who con-
tr;ule and prosperity o( C"an-
supplies from all parts of the
Cireat l^ritain and ilie I'nited
I'ountries increasing year by
her of the Hoard of Trade
\ears and possesses the entire
honestv and upriifhtness in
several prominent ]-iositions
cil and has been for se>mc
Manai;;ement of the Montreal
He is a Justice ot the I'eace
.and has lon^ been an active
Society and several i^'ther chariti
constant anel liberal contributor,
too much enii'rossed vvilli his dai
iiis.r matters, {'"ederal or C'iv ic.
Butler and Cheese M>.Tchant, and one of the larjjest ex-
is an I'lni^lishman by birth, and is now in the forty-eifj^htli
ed at lirowninLj's ColleiCe, Hath, ICiifjland, and came out
.\liinlreal, where he has resided ever since. It was here
business career a; a shipper
iiulustry, enerj^v and per-
sound and ihrivins; business,
rankinsjf hiy-h amonjj those
tribute so much towards the
atia. Mr. Brice draws his
noniinion and ships larf>;ely to
Slates, his business with these
v.ar. He has been a mem-
antl Corn Rxchanj^'e for many
confidence of the trade for
;ill his dealinj^s. He has held
ill the Board of Trade Coun-
!■ :ie on the Committee of
C.irn l!\change .AsscKriation.
fiM- the City »if Montreal,
member of the St. (ieorjre's
iible institutions of a similar character, to which he is a
In j-'olitics he adheres to the Conservative party, hut is
ly increasing business to devote much time to electioneer-
in 1S30 and
.■al, where he
.•rience was
irni he joined
ida. He re-
iiid in March,
dessrs Kirk-
ined till 1.S.S7,
\\v. Duckett.
s Mr. Hodiie
intricacies of
s one ot the
with pioduce
eil with the
lie possesses
Is the extra-
L> established
1 about on\;
ears is ot" its-
tliev have
taken as an
e firm, as the
he past three
• in the trade,
ers o'i Butter
. .Mr. Hodo-e
ast and is one
itli lh.it bodv.
A. W. CR.XNT, Pkoimii; vnp Tkov isios .\Ii:kiii.\nt.
Mu. A. \V. (.iK.vxr, one of the lart^esl shippers of Canadian produce in Montreal, was
born in l.ondon, iuii;. He was educated there and in Holland, fmishinjj his course of
studies in the latter country. On his return to iMiijland he made his first introduction to
the provision trade by ioiiiin_i,>- a lari^e firm in tli.il line in London, hi 1876 he came to
Intjersoll, Ont., where he
.Mr. 1. I.. (Jrant, the well-
Canada and first settled in
enj;ajjed with his brother,
known Pork I'acker ;ind
In 1.S7S Mr. A. W. (irant re-
at^ent for his brother. In
^'ork and commencetl busi-
His lar^e connectivMi in the
\o establish an extensive
tinues in New N'ork. In
operations to Montreal leav-
in the hands of ,1 reliable
soon became |irominenl
and his business has steadilv
mencenieiil. The extent to
veloped may be juds^ed from
lirant handled over a million
Cheese shipper of that place,
turned to London, I'-n^., as
iiSSo he removed ti> Xew
ness on his own account.
old country soon enabled him
business which he still con-
iS.S.S he extended his field of
ini^- the New ^'ork business
manaj.jer. In this city he
among the cheese shippers,
increased since the com-
vvhicli it has already de-
ihat tact that, last year, Mr.
dollars 'vorth of cheese and
was ex()orted to luigland.
.\ssociation of which he is ;i
butter, nearly all o'^ which
He was instrumental in foundinj; the Bulfcr and L'heese
prominent member. This organization is alliliated with the Board of Trade of which Mr.
Ciiant is also a inember. His business is ol' the commissioM ualme and his name is one of
the best known in the cheese trade in Canada and the Cnited St.ites.
142
BOARD O/-' IRADK SO CI
(IKORCii: WAIT, PRomri: iMicKiiiAM.
„■•
I . I I'
r M
'/\
I
.',!i
Mk. (iKOKi.i-; Waii", senior partner in tlie lirm of Ci^oi\,j Wait i^ Co., Wlioiosalo
Produce and Provision Merciiants, and one of tiie best known members in lliis trade in
Montreal, is a native Canadian. He was born in tlie City of Montreal in 1S41, anil was
educated at the Allan's Sciiool here. .Nir. Wait coniniencecl his commereial career in his
native city where he has re- sided ever since. His first
experience was as clerl; ai'.d assistant in the t^rocery trade
in which he remained fcr several years. l'"inally he
commenced business on his ^P"^^ own account as wholesale
ij^roccr and provision met- J^ ^%, cliani, and since that time
his career has been one of L^ ^^ '\ co..tiniieil success, and has
increased year by year until ^7 ^* ?■ i..nv he holds a very promin-
ent position in the trade. He " 'tj/aJi S' ■'■^ is one of Montreal's leadini;-
business men and his pie>'ent ^^VIHPhF |irominent positioii is due
entirely to his encrL;)' and '^S^tt^^iM' ' k. ability as well as his lionesty
and intei^Tily in all his deal- J^^W^^^ ^^^^^ ini^-^. Associated with him
in the lirm is Mr. (ieori^c S. '^^^^^^ ^^^IBf I Wait, and Mr. |. M. Taylor,
to whose untiring zeal ar.d 1 fI^^^B ^KKm } iittention to business the
success of the house is in a \i JBwBB ''wMP^ ' lartje measure due. 'liie trade
of the lirm includes nearly I ■ '^\^p '-^'y^l^'' everythinLT tiiat comes within
t!;e scope " produce an 1 pro- \ , ■ visions" comprisini;" butter,
cheese, esjfjjs, pork, poultry, ' ^ ' etc., the supplies beini^drawn
from all over the Dominion, and a lars;e portion beinijf shipped from this pt)rt. Mr. Wait
has been associated with the Hoard of Trade for t>\er twenty vears and was one of the
founders of the Butter and Cheese .Association, and it is to a j^reat extent due to his untir-
iinj efl'orls that that body owes its present success.
WILLIAM M\l\, Pkodick Mkiuha.nt.
Mk. William Xivl\, Wholesale Produce and Provision Mirchant, is a native of V.ni;-
land where he was born in 1S37 arid where he also received his education. He came to
Canada in i<S5<S and settled in Montreal wher,: he csfablished the business that he has ever
since conducted so successfully, and by his ererg-y and al;ilily as well as uprightness in his
dealings has gained a h'. h reputation in commercial
circles. Mr. Nivin is also well and favorably known
in social arid military circks. He is one of the \'ice-l\-esi-
dents of St. (ii.orge's Society ,^^~ '^"'■' connected also with
several other kindred institu- ^fF^ tions. He was one of the
first oiriccrs holding a com- jmIMHII^ mission in the \ ictoria Ritle
Volunteers of Canada at t!:e ^fl^^^^'" .• forination o\' the corps in
iH()2, being Captain of No. 2 ^^HjjBS^-^ Company at that time. Mr.
Nivin has been for many ^^HBl years one of the most promi-
nent members of the Masonic ^^K^Riill^. l-"raternity in v.hich he has
held some of the highest iSf^KVl^^^^^tos olVicial positions in the l^o-
vince of Ou^bec, being the '^^^kFtfl^HM^ last I). O. (i. RL for the Dis-
trict of Montreal before the ^ifF^SPP^^ l^ovince of Quebec became
a separate jurisdiction. It ~ ,,*^^ is now a quarter of a century
since Mr. Nivin joined the Hoard of Trade in the work-
ing of which he has always taken a great interest. He
is also an active member of the Corn Hxchange Associ-
ation to which he has belonged for a number of years. He has never taken any active
part in politics in Canada, devoting himself to the emergencies of business as they arise
and leaving people who have leisure time to attend to these matters, preferring for himself
to keep out of the turmoil of faction.
'/; Ol' TRADK SOU] luYIR XL'MnKR
.\\\II:K AKIIHR \\ll.I..\NtorKT.
Co., W'liolesalo
111 this trade in
1.S41, iiiul was
al career in liis
ince. His first
ie Ljrocery iracie
s. l-"inally lie
as wholesale
iince I hat time
i-'cess, and has
i a \ ery promin-
nlreal's leadin<j
L>sitioii is due
1 as liis honesty
iated with him
r. j. M. Taylor,
business the
•due. The trade
at comes \vi; hin
iprisinj;- butter,
hes beiuijdrawri
ort. Mr. Wait
was one of the
lue lo his untir-
Mk. J.wvir.K Akiiii i< \'.\ii.i..\\\ ocim . Wholesale Provision and (.\>mni:ssion Merclian;,
is a native of St. Janvier, I'.O., w h.iv he w as born in the year 1S51. He u;is educated
and spent the earlv pail of his life in his native town. He c'onimeiued a commercial career
at .St. Therese de lielville, V. (J., enterim;- ihe employ ol John Morris .v Son, (ien^ral Mer-
chants and Brewers oi that
remained in the emplov o'i
he came to .Montreal and
Ciravel l'"reres, wholesale i;ro-
employ of the latter firm lor
then became connected with
which firm he remained for
commenced business <\n his
ant branch of trade in which
which he has carried on with
commencement. He has es-
business, and is extendiii";
market to all parts oi the
Hoard of Trade in i.SSS and
member of that corporation.
Mutter and Cheese .\ssocia-
with the Montreal Chamber
town, in the year iS(>5. I Ie
the latter lirm until 1S71 when
was employed as clerk bv
cers. He continued in the
the space ot three years, and
.Messrs. Chaput \ Son, with
one year, hinallv in iNjh, he
own account in that impotl-
he is now ent^aj^'cd, and
undoubted success since the
tablislied himself lirmlv in
his trade from the Provincial
Dominion. He joined the
is a conspicuous and active
He is Vice-President ot the
lion and is also connected
of Commerce ot which latter
body he also serves on the Council. In ad.:i ion to the lorejjioino- ollices he is a director oi
the Hochela^^a Hank and holds a siaiihir poition in the .Montreal fire Insurance Company.
Mr. X'aillancourt is one of our I'Vench clliz.ns whose reciird retlects credit not only on his
own nationality but on the whole nominion.
nati\e of laiy^-
1. He came to
hat he has ever
■ii;'htness in his
n commercial
I orably known
the \'ice-Presi-
ed also with
as one of the
e \'ictoria Ritle
the corps in
hat time. Mr.
he most promi-
v.liich he lias
ins in the Pro-
M. for the I)is-
^uebec became
ter of a century
ie in the work-
[ interest. He
:liaii{^e A«soci-
iken any active
as tiiey arise
inj^ for himself
I>A\IKr, HATTC^X, Imtoktik.
Mk. Daxikl H.vttox, sole proprietor of ilie lirm o'i I). Hatton i<t Ho., receivers oi
fish, canned goods, etc., is a native of Montreal where he was biM n in 1844, and received
his education at Arnold's and the Jacques C'artier Xormal Schools. After a prelim-
best busine; s lunises in the ciiy he commenced business
in the fish trade, and by his
indusirv soon establishei.1 one
inary irainini,' in one of the
on his ou 11 account in 1H74
extraordinary eneri^v and
of the best businesses in thai
on IJonsecours Street, Moii-
import trade, Mr. llalii'ii
theplantiny and cultivation o'i
and I'el Rivers, New Hruiu-
ment liavinj^ granted to him
right in the above named
tlu^ commercial world he
is also much esteemed in
connected with several ber.-
tutioiis in the city, and is a
tieneral Hospital, also a
the Prevention of CVuelty
of the Montreal Horticultural
been a member of the Hoard
well known line of industry,
treal. In addition to a large
is nov\' k.rgoly engagetl in
oysters in iho Kay du \'in
wick, the Federal Ciover^,-
for lifteui year.s the exclusive
livers for oyster culture. In
holds a high reputation and
scicial circles. He is closely
cvi. lent and chatitable insii-
l.ife Ciovernor of the Montreal
member of the Society for
to .\ninials and a Life member
Society. Mr. Hatton has
f Trade since 1887 and i;-
Conservaiiv e in politics. He has been for several years President of the Ste. Rose r)oatin<>-
Club and is largely interested in tl.e Club House property, as well as in several othe'r
enterprises of a similar character. Mr. Hatton 's name is known from Halifa.\ 10 \'an-
couver owing to his large traiie connections.
;JAV; OF TRADE SO UVEA/ K ,\
J.I\B STOCK KXFOW
A retrospective \ iew of tlie Canadian live stock trade slunvs many cliansj^es, .iiul a
development more wonderliil than can be t'oinid in any other branch of Montreal's export
business. The incepliiin iif the business seems tt) be shrouded in a certain amount ol'
mystery, and 'lardly luo men in the tratle can be found who will aj^ree as lo wlu> niaile the
first shipments 'I'he facts liere ^iven ha\ebeen j^aiiured with considerable trouble, anil
are as near correct as they can well be, in the absence o'i any official records. .An lini^lish
live stock journal says : "The eiiliv.sl ilate at wiiich Ii\e cattle were laiuleti in l-.ni;hind,
from .America, appears to hasebeen .May jinh, i8()i. There was a s.ile t^i li\e cattle
brouifhl troni Soutli .America, al halmiuith Hocks, on Marcii Jijlh, I1S70, and in 1S73 .Mr.
Bell imported live cattle from .America inlo lilasi^ow . Mr. .Mulh.ail, in liis 'I'royiess of the
World,' dates the rei;ular connnencemeni o\ this tiaflic tii iSjd, wiien he sa\s, 'jooo head
were imported.'" The only p.iii o( this cpioiaiion which can be\erified, is that wliicli refers
to .Mr. Hell. Theie is no doubi ainnil his havint;' shipneil si\ head of calile on an .Anchor
line boat, as an experiment, in n'^J.v 1 lie object o\ 1 iiis experimental shipment was tii
ascertain if the steamers ol the .\nchiir line couii.1 be supjilii.i.1 with beef cheaper by carrj-
iiii,"" the cattle across on the lu>ol", and killint;' them on the ot lie r side for the ship's use, than
under the sysienithen in \o<;iie of buyiiii^' fresh beef in the liritish markets. iSlr. Bell was
• t member (M the firm ol John B^ll it Sons, (.ijasi.'ovv , who had the contract \'or suppiyins^'
the steamers with h^-ef, and tiie shipment was niaJe at the instance of the sicamship com-
lianx'. This was not the fust sliijimenl 111:1. 'j ii'om tins country, however, as in i.Sdo cattle
weieciri'ied across the .\llaiitic, two fienjli Canadian cows beint;- sent from ':liis jiorl,
ai">oi!t this (l:Ue. to one of the principal siiip owner s in Ciie.it rnit.ain, w ho had taken a fancy
toour i'rench t anadian cow s. .AInuist all the \essels cairyint;" pas>-cni;ers iietw eeii .aiy-
land and .America, in these ilays, caiiied a cow in tlie life-boat, lor the purpose of pro\id-
inj;- milk durinijf the passat^e, a fresh animal beiiiiC put on board at the end of each trip
across. .A larife trade was carried on in di'esscd beef, muttim, and poidtry, .iIhuiI 1S73-4,
the steamer ('<!s/>/i/// takitij^ about tweKe tons in l"ebruar\ , 1S74. The leady sale of th:. fresh
meat no tloubt sus^-ti'esteil the aihisability ot sliijipin^ cattle ali\e. .As before stated, live
stock had b-eii carrietl acn^ss the .\tlantic in t!ie eaily pait oi the sixties; but the first
shipment mad.', for purelv commerci.ii ]-iurposes, was in Seji mber, 1.S74, imi the steamer
Kum[>ciiii, from the port of Montreal, .Mi'. IX Shaw beiiv^' liie atjenl of the line to which
the steamer belonged. I li :• shipment was ni.ule by .\ir. (ieortje Roddick, a Liverpool
dro\er, on ,oint account > iih. 1 li. in\ ners in the sleaic.er. It is to .Mr. Roddick that the
credi' ,it starting;' tiie J, i\e ••'.ock export trade of .America beloni.;s. .Mr. Riuldick came to
Montreal liir the purpose i.if making' arraiii^ements tor the shipment. Tlie u]iper lieck oi
the Kiir<if>i<iii was fitted up in somethint^' the same manner as the cattle carrieis ol to-ilay
are titled, and the rate, while not s|iecilied, w;is put tlow n al ^.-. Mr. James McShane,
sr., was eni^ag'ed to purchase cattle about .Montreal, while Mr. Roddick anil the younj^er
James .McShane, afterwards Mavor of .Montreal, went to C'hicai^o lo pick up the remainder
that were w.inted. The shipment -onsistid ot' 27^^ head, all but three head bein;.;- landed
,ili\'e. .A ijood i>lVer was made on tiie other siile for the cattle on airival ; but .Mr. Roddick
and the other interesteil parties refused lo sell at once, preferriiii;' to jtul tiie ;inimals out on
i^rass. This pi^oveil to be an unwise nun i-, how^'.er, as several of the beasts took sickantl
died, and the first consignment of ca'lle iV'-n; .Montreal priu ed disastrous to tlie owners.
The next shipment was made on tlij steamer 1 limnis^ by Mr. frjil l.ini^ham, who had
made the trip across on the /uirii/^ctiii as caiile faiiiKf. He only sent o\er ^^5 head, but is
said to ha\e made conslik'rabie money on the ileal, 1,0; with.s^uiilinij;' the J^.j li-eiL;'ht he had
to pa)'. Other people stepped iuio line. Ms-Mavor .McSh.me, John Hunn, Jiis. I.unness,
the Price Bro
r.iisint?" centr
country alons
was ^'7, or I
iS.So. '1 lie f
50 shillings,
shilliiif^s to I
sliillinLjs was
rale o)i freii;!
30 shillins,'^s,
-•5 shillings s
iVittle were c;
cattle were k
way in 33 .mi
accomplished
one o( the Bi
until iS7(), ai
reluseil lo ca
l'"rom this sir
o\' cattle aloi
(Kio.ooo hem
ers carryin;.;'
The last
Mr. Plimsoll
a bill in the
-Americ,').
more than
acter. Tli
tlai;i;uit ex;
for tru; :i
occasiinis I :
export busi
and the Ho
(."anadian ti
week. TliL
merchants
ai^itation,
steamship
otheis, wa-
shaken in 11
cessful eiul
favorable
the bil
were ilrawi
business,
a boat shoi
into the (.'a
respect ins.;'
T
S
A/)E son UN/ R AlW/JiF.R.
'4.'
KXHOWT TR.MJl:^.
the I'ricc r>rolliois, John Jilack and otliers — includirii;' many feeders from the jj^reat cattle
raisiiii.;' centres of Ontario — beins;- anions,'' those \\ lio s«;nl catlle from Canada to tlie old
country alon<;- in the seventies. As has l-iLcn betore stated, tlie rate on the first steamers'
was ^."7, or 140 sliillins^s. So far as can be learned, this was the riilinfj' rate until al'oiit
iSSi). '1 lie fn'st sleamers in that \ear j;ot uo shillings for cattle ; by August the rate was
50 shillinijs, and in September il was 70 shiUintjs. In iSSi the rates ransjfed from 55
shillins^s tv> yo shillings, the last figure being paid for May space. In iS(S3, 63 10 80
shillings was about the figure, and in 1.SS4 tiie range was 48 to 75 shillings, 'liie average
rale of freight since that date has been about 55 shillings, catlle being taken, in iS()j, at
30 shillings, which is about tlu^ lowest rate on rccoid so lar ;:s Canada is concerned, while
-■5 shillings space is iiften secured out of American piMis. I'or the first two or three y-ars
LVittle were carried on!) on the upper decks, and when the lower ilecks were first used the
cattle were loaded with slings. In 1S7S when a lol cif <a) cattle were loaded b}' a gang-
way in 35. minutes, the few people inierested in the hade thought a wonderful feat had been
accomplished. The first shipment o\ sheep was made by Air. Samuel Price in i<S7r), on
one o( the l>ea\er Line boats. It may be explainetl that the tratle was not fairly started
until iS-(), and e\en al this date, kss tlian i<S \eai's ago, some o\' the steamship companies
refusetl to carry cattle or sheep, owing to the mess and dirt they made on the steamer.
I'Vom this small beginning a businos of i :iormous magnitude has sprung up, the shipments
o'( cattle alone from North America tc> the British iparkels now aggregating 500, ooo to
(Kio.coo he;'i.l a year, the average weekh shipments being nearly 10,000 head, some steam-
ers carrying i.cx o head cm eai.l! trip.
The last tli;\e \ears lia\e been the most eventful in the history o\' the trade. In iSgo,
Mr. Plimsoll, " the Sailors' I'riend, ' iiUroiluceil, or w as insirumeiU:il in the introduction of,
a bill in the Imperial Parliament, which, it passed, would have killed the live stock trade o\'
.■Xnierica. The bill \,as ostensiblv priimpii d by humane principles, but was, in fact, nothing
more than a colossal a'templ at creating a pioteclionist system of the most iirbitrary char-
acter. The British ai;i iculturists cau-od to bj spread broatlcast over the country the most
flagrant exaggerations o'i -iielly to animals on sliipboatd. These statements were taken
for lru;!i by tlio pec>ple to whom they were addressed, and the situation was on several
occasions i!;e caue oi much alarm and anxiety to the people engai;cil in the live stock
export business. Tiie British (lovernment appointed a coinmittee to investigate the matter,
and the nominioii llovernmenl caused a full eiKpiiiy to be made into the way in which the
Canadian trade was conducted. A t nuit o( Ivntjuiry w a.s held in Montreal, which lasted a
week. The proceedings were vv;itched with unusual interest, many of the most prominent
merchants o\ the city being in tlaily attendance. Mr. Plimsoll, the originator oi the
agitation, was present throughout the eni.]uirv ; but, wliile the evidence adduced friim
steamship men, insurance agents, shiiijiers, \eteiinary surgeons, cattle attendants, and
others, was all in direct contradiction to his exagger.-ited statements, his opinions were not
sliaken in the least, ;md he wer.t back 10 I'lnglaiiil delermi'ed to c.irry his scheme to a suc-
cessful end. In the face o\' the evidence la!;en before the Bri'.ish committee, ;md the most
favorable -eporl tVi mi our ovv 11 gov ernmeni, the Inijierial auihoiities decided to w ithdravv
the bill. .Several steaiiK rs were debarred from carrying cattle, however, and regulations
were drawn u|j having for their oliject the improvement in the modes of carrv ii^g on the
business. The American Government also made regulatiors denning the manner in which
a boat should be fitted to carry cattle ;iiul fixing a standard spat-e. A bill was introtluced
into the Canadian Parliame't and read a iirst time on july;,oth, iScii . entitled " an Act
respecting the shipment o( iive stock,' under which the tio,v ernor-in-C'ouneil was author-
ITT
,i,-i''
! ' i
\^
'44
HOARD OF TRADE SO
ized to "make rules and regulations For the health, security, and safe carriage oflivo stock
in ships ;" to appoint inspectors and determine the fees to be paid them, etc. The bill
defined the duties of the inspectors and the penalties for any violation of the regulations.
The bill became law, and then' ensued a discussion between steamship agents and cattle
shippers as to what regulations should be made. The Government asked the opinions oi
the interested parties, and delegation after delegation waited on the Minister of Marine.
The shippers asked for more than the steamship men would agree to. Both parties drafted
regulations, which were presented to the Ciovernment for consideration. The greatest
difference of opinion was in regard to the size of space to be allowed each beast. Tiiis
space question had always been a source of trouble and annoyance to both parties. The
shippers wanted the space defined, as they claimed there were occasions when they were
unable to get just what they contracted for. Pre\ ious to iSS() the space usually allowed
cattle was 2 leet 10 inches by H feet. On the J 1st of .April, i^'.Vh, a meeting of ship owners,
cattle exporters, government ollicials, and inspectors was held at Ottawa, and a mutual
agreement was drawn up by the Minister of .Agriculture defining the space at 2 feet 8 inches
by 8 feet on all decks up to July 15th, after which date the space on the spar deck was to
be 2 feet 6 inches by 8 feet. The shippers claim that the steamship people did not act up
to this agreement ; but that the size of space was regulated by the demand, and asked that
the size of space be made 2 feet 8 inches by 8 feet on all decks for the whole season, five
stockers to take the place of four fat cattle. The shippers eventually won the (lovernment
to thei; way of thinking, the draft regulations submitted by them being adopted almost /'//
Mo. Under the regulations adopted the space was fixed at 2 ft. 8 inches clear in width, by
8 feet clear in length, and not less than 6 ft. 3 inches in height, not more than four cattle
being allowed in each pen. excent at theend of a row, when five may be allowed together, —
provided, however that five c ttle, each loco lbs. weight or under, commonly known as
"stockers," may be carried in a pen, instead of four fat cattle ; no cattle to be carried on
more than three decks, and e\ ery deck to be provided with sufficient ventilation. Provision
was also made that the steamers carrying cattle should have very strong fittings, the
manner in which these fittings were to be constructed to be clearly defined ; for the stowage
of hay and feed for cattle, during the voyage, under deck ; for an adequate supply of fresh
water, etc. The regulations went into force towards the end of the season of 1891. Two
inspectors were appointed, whose duties in brief consisted of — deciding on the suitability of
steamers to carry cattle, of inspecting the fittings and feed, and the general enforcement
of the provisions of the regulations. Owing to the late date at which the regulations came
into effect, the benefits of the government supervision of the trade was not apparent ; but
the regulations were in force during the entire season of 1892, and the fact that only 661
head of cattle were lost out of a total of 98,735 shipped, or about .66 of i percent, goes to
show that the business was devoid of any great hardship to the beasts, and that the mor-
tality on shipboard is small, when prop.r care is taken that the trade is carried on in the
right way. For those regulations the shippers can thank Mr. Plimsoll, because he first
started the agitation which led to the government enquiry and the ultimate adoption of
the government supervision of the business regulations. The British agriculturist sfound an
opportunity to harass the Canadian shippers in i8f)j very seriously, however. On several
occasions during the seasons of iSoo and i8t)i, and as far back as 188), cattle from Canada
were often detained and their movement prohibited, by order of the British Board of Agri-
culture, on the report o[' inspect'rs that disease was lound among them ; but, thnnigh tlie
persistent efforts of the Canadian go\ eminent oflicials in Great Britain, the cattle w. re
always released the suspicions of the inspectors being found, in every instance, to ha\ e
had no foundation. On the 29th of September. 1892, there were landed at Dundee, from
Montreal, 522 head of cattle, ex S.S. ".1/ow/fr Sni/oii," and 684 head ex S.S. "//itto/tu." The
cattle crossed in good shape, and were housed in dry covered sheds at the landing wharf,
where they stood until October 6th, when they were sold. After the sale they were dispers-
ed over the country, many of them being put out into fields, remaining out all night, and it
happened, just at that particular time, that a spel! of cold wet weather occurred, lasting for
nearly a week, and which was quite sufficient to cause the ca'^es of cold and lung affcciinn
which showed themselves among the cattle. On the 9th o\' October a cow. wh'cli it is
claimed was bought at the sale of October hth. showed signs of weakness. The beast w.i>'
ARD or TRADE SOi'lEA'/h' ACU/i/i/:.
irriajfe of live stock
lem, etc. The bill
of the regulations.
I agents and cattle
keel the opinions of
klinister of Marine.
FJoth parties drafted
ion. The greatest
each beast. This
both parties. The
IS when they were
ice usually allowed
ing of ship owners,
Lwa, and a mutual
cc at 2 teet 8 inches
; spar deck was to
iiple did not act up
md, and asked that
whole season, five
on the Ciovernment
adopted almost w
> clear in width, by
ire than four cattle
illowed together, —
mmoniy known as
le to be carried on
tilation. I'rovision
strong fittings, the
d ; for the stowage
ate supply of fresh
»on of I S9 r . Two
m the suitability of
eneral enforcement
e regulations came
not apparent ; but
fact that only 661
I percent, goes to
and that the mor-
is carried on in the
I, because he first
imate adoption of
culturist sfound an
ever. On several
:attle from Canada
ish Board of Agri-
; hut, through the
n, the cattle w. re
■ instance, to have
d at Diuidee, from
i. "//tifo//ii." The
the landing wharf,
they were dispers-
ut all night, and it
curred, lasting for
and lung affect inn
I cow, wh'cli it is
s. The boast w:is
examined by a veterinary surgeon, who reported that it was sul ering from pleuro-pneimu -
nia. 'i'he Hoard of Agriculture was notified, and orders were given that the beast Iv
slaughtered, and the lungs sent to the Royal \'eterinary College, London, the result biiiig
that the Board of Agriculture examiners pronounced'it a case of pleuro, and out of llu'
whole herd of 2_'3 head on two farms, 107 he.id known to have been in cimtact with the
animal killed, were ordered to be slaughtered. On an inspection oi' the other 107 catile
slaughtered, it would appear that suspicion could only be attached to the lunj^s oi ir.i
other cow. Its limgs were, therefore, dispatched to London, with the result that lheBoi;rd
of .Agriculture examiners are said to have pronounced that the lungs showed all the svn,p-
toms of pleuro. This cow, it has transpired, was a home-bred animal, and is said to
have stood in the same byre, if not the same stall, as the Canadian cow fir* t inspected, and
the supposition is, that if there was any pleuro at all, the home-bred cow must li.ive beui
suffering before the Canadian arrived, and the Canadian cow which was first killed, it ill-.ad
pleuro at .ill, must have contracted it from the home-bred animal. Principal Williams, of
Royal Dicks Veterinary College, Kdinburgh, one of the nu>st emirent authotities on lung
diseases in .mimals, in conjunction with Professor Owt n \\illi;:ms, issued an opirion that
the alleged Canadian cow slaughtered was sulVeripg from Broncho-pneumor ia or " coin-
stalk," a non-contagious lung disease, and not pleuro-pntrn-onia at all. Other alleged
cases were discovered, the result being that the ijik) cattle s*>ld at Dundee in October were
all slaughtered, by order of the Board of Agriculture, at a cost o\ ^.iH.ooo ; but no further
traces of disease were discovered. Notwithstanding the tact that there was a difierence o(
opinion among the authorities as to whether the aiiim.il slaughtered in the first instance was
sufiering from pleuro, the indisputable proof that the animal liad been in contact with a
home-bred beast which was found to be suffering trcm that disease, and the possibiliiv
that the first animal slaughtered did not come from Canada, the British Board of .\gricul'-
ture passed an order that all cattle from Canada must be slaughtered at the port of land-
ing, the order taking effect on Nov. 21st, i.Si)j. The Scotch feeders, and the Canadian
Government have tried very hard to have this order rescinded, but they have, so far, bien
unsuccessful. The pressure brought to bear on the British authorities has bteii so strong,
however, that the President of the Board of .Agriculture has .innounced that the restrictions
will be removed as soon as the Board is satisfied that tiiere is no disease in Canada. Itmay
be noted that since 1S46 the importation of foreign cattle into the British markets has been
free, subject only to such restrictions as have from time to time been placed upon it by the
legislature, forthe purpose of preventing the introduction of disease into the country. The
principal acts dealing w ith tlie question were the acts of iS(:()and 1878. The act of i80)i»
laid down the principle that the importation of foreign cattle should be absolutely free, sub-
ject to certain powers reserved to the Privy Council, which enabled that body to prohibit,
absolutely or partially, such import.ation, and also to order the slaughter of any such ani-
mals at certain specified ports. The working of that act showed that it was insullicient to
prevent the spread of contagious disease in the country, and it w.is followed by the act of
1878, the primary principle of which was that all foreign animals should be slaughtered at
the ports of debarkation ; but it enacted that when the Privy Council was satisfied that the
laws in existence in any foreign country in reference to the importation or exportation of
cattle, and as to the spread of disease, were sufficient, the Council could permit the impor-
tation of cattle from that country into the I'nited Kingdom. The fifth schedule of the act
of 1878 contains the conditions under which the trade is at present carried on, and the re-
voking of the conditions in this schedule in favor of Canadian cattle, in November, i8q2,
meant the scheduling of Canadian cattle, the facts of which are given above.
On the 7th of Ma'ch, 1893, a motion was made in the British House of Commons,
"That no foreign cattle landing in the country should he allowed to leave the wharf aliv "
The motion was defeated, however.
VVhile on the question ot legislation a brief mention of what the United Slates au-
thorities have done in this direction is in order. It may be mentioned that cattle from
I'nited States ports have been scheduled in the Cnited Kingdom since 1878. When the
Contagious^ Diseases (Animals) .Act of 1878 was passed by the British Ciovernnn n, cattle
from the I'nited States were allowed the privilege of free entry into the country on the
hoof; but under the provisions of this act that privilege was taken from them. I'p to
HOARD or TRADE SOUVENIR .\
1
this tiiiK' .\iiiciic;iii lattlc wtTo shippod tVom tlic port \:^i Montreal ; hut when the Hritish
authorities intimated to the Canadian (iovernnient that Canadian cattle would suller the
same (ate if States eattle were allowed to pass throuj^h Canada, an order was passed
iiviarantininjjf cattle I'rom the I'nited States, on the ground that the herds of that coun-
Irv were diseased. l'"rom that time to November last Canadian cattle enjoyed the almost
exclusive pri\ilej;e oi goini,'' into tile l';ni,'-lish markets ^-^n the hoof. The I'nitid S'ates
authorities have retaliated in many ways since. .An order was passed quarantining- t ana-
dian cattle about 1S711, wiiich was rescinded shortly after. The McKinley bill,
which imposed a duty o'i 20 per cent, on cattle and sheep, shut our cattle out i.\'i the
American markets, lari^e numbers of store cattle liavini;- been sent across the line previous
to the passaj^e of this bill. The Americans have been tryint,' hard to have the restrictions
on their cattle in Cireat Hritain renuned, and when the news was received that Canadian
beasts had been detained in Pundee in iStio, ow suspicion of beins^ diseased, an order was
promptlv passed that all cattle from Canada would have to enter and be inspected at St.
.\lbans. On the 3rd of l'"ebruary. iS(i;,, the C. S. Department of .Aijriculture passed an
order t'nim w hicii the follow ins.;' extrai ts are laken: "Whereas, it has been oHicially de-
clared, bv the authorities ^A (ireat Hritain, that cattle imported into luigiand. from the
nominioii of Canada have been alTecled with a contai,nous disease, known as ci>ntai,''ious
plcuro-pneumonia. and have communicated the same to Hritish cattle, and that said disease
exists in the said Dominion of Canada ;
Whereas, the existence of contai;ious pleuro-pneumonia ''■ * * * in Canada
would bj danijennis to the stock interests oi ilie Cnited States, and in case of importation
of Neat cattle, without c|i!arantine, mij^Hit as^ain lead to the introduction oi this destructive
disease into the L'nited States, which disease has been exterminated at ijreat expense.
Now. tlierefore, it is
Or.hinl : That all cattle to be imiiorled from the Dominion oi Canada, into
'he l'nited States, * * * are suiiiect li^ the same conditions and rei.|uirements
;is if they weu imported into the I'niteii Slates from (ireat Britain, or the Continent of
l-Iuro]ie.
It is further ordered that all Neai cattle, imported from the Dominion of Canada, must
be entered at the port oi Hutfaio. N. \'., which is hereby desis,niated as a quarantine
-<tation." * * * *
This order, which means that all cattle from Canada must be held in quarantine for
90 davs. will have no effect, except that Canadian shippers will not be able to take advantas,^'
of low freii^hts from American ports, as they have done in fonner vears. The I'nited
States Ciovernment has expended humireds of thousands of doflars in an endeavor to
exterminate pleuro from the country, aicd have allowed no opportunity to pass to impress
on the Imperial authorities that their efforts have been successful ; but the fact remains
that 41 cases of pleuro were discovered in cattle from the I'nited States, at Hritish ports,
in 1S112.
'{"here are now shipped from C'anada five distinct classes rf cattle, viz: distillery, stall
fed, i;rass ted, stockers and ranchers. Distillery cattle take their name from the fact that
thev' are fattened i.M\ the residium of the first process of distillation, which makes one of the
finest cattle feeds in the world. The cattle are boui^ht late in the fall, as two and three-
vear olds, and are readv for shipment at the openinj,'- of na\ ii^^ation. The privilege of feed-
iniT cattle at the distilleries is competed for ar.i.ually by iVeders, the rate durini,' the past few
vears beini,'- about Si S per stake. There are about 10, oco distillery fed cattle shipped
every year. Stall-fed cattle are those which have been fattened in stables during the
uintori and differ from i;rass cattle from the fact that they are j^enerally ready for export
during the months of M;iy and June, while the grass cattle are not ready until well on in
[ulv. Stockers or store cattle, as the name implies, are unfinished beasts, which are
shipped to the North >.^< lini^land. and Scotch farmers, who finish them for the Hritish
markets. This branch oi I lie business is dwelt on at greater length in another portion of
this article. The shipment of k.mchers has not reached very large proportions so far.
There are large numbers 'C'^ cattle on the ranches ; but it is a questiim whether the export
trade will increase ve'v much, owii.g to the constantly increasing demand from British
Columbia, and other western provinces.
The stc
was transte
Aberdeen.
i\\:\:\\ about (
of cattle for
agents in .\1
business fro
events, ha\ 1
their minds
Col. Innes ■
the matter i
chartering .»
business fiir
chartered b;
first shipme
business by
salesmen wi
Innes' comp
was fairly si
cattle to D:
stocker trad
sions to whi
years 35.40.
it may be l\
the ports c
numbers.
Our C:
England fee
<s'i cattle br
quantity oi
such a pron
artificial foe
There s
to drop into
for fattenins.
cry i^i look
stockers bei
the large tei
product the
can be bouij
unfinished c
unsuitable f
advantage i
great cattle
to come the
value to thi
schediding '
have gone t
of Canada ii
supply o'i St
ment of the
The tal
such a sm;
that the lar
ber of c.'ittU
to
TRADE SOLVKaXIR XUMBER.
'43
•1 III' MOl KIK 1 KADI-;
The siockcr trade oiii;;inati.ii in Alicrdi-'cti t.isl c\ all tlinnis^li (ila^^J;o\v, and in icSSj
was transferred tn Aberdeen by the act inn ot a eiMnpany lormed by Cnl. J. W. Innes, of
Aberdeen. Col. Innes obtained the priviles^e K'^'i landinj,' foreitjfn cattle at the port oi Aber-
deen about the year l<S,S5. At this time no iMie could be L;ot tii undertake the importatiiMi
of cattle liir .se\eral reasons. The (ilasyow salesTiien, \\ lui were the iiniy ones who had
ajjents in Aberdeen, objected, because it would mean the witiidrawal of a certain amount oi
business from their own port, aiul the other people who should in the natural course oi
events, have taken the matter up, seemed to have the idea very stronijly impressed on
their minds that steamers could not iind dead weij^ht cari;oes from .America for .Aberdeen.
Col. Innes 'U last formed a company of which he became president. This company toi>k
the matter up in earnest, sendinj^ a commissioner to Canada to establish an as^ency, and
charteriujj^ steamers after ci>nsiderab!o trouble. The company had sole cimtrol i^i the
business fi^r the (irst year, the steamers Mscalona, .\vlona, Dracona, and Barcelona beinj;
chartered by them. ^Ir. John Crowe entered the field durinij;' the next year, makinj^ the
first shipments outside of the company i>n one <yi the llansa boats, and followed up the
business by sendinj^ two more steamers iluriiii,-- the season. The .Aberdeen and Cilasj^ow
salesmen were thus drawn into the business, and after an existence k^K two \ears Col.
Innes' company retired, the object oi its formatitin haviiii^ been attained when the business
was fairly started. The steamer (ierona, chartered h\ Mr. Crinve, took the (irst cargo ».>f
cattle to Pundee, and the same gentleman sent the fust cargo to the port of I.eith. The
stocker trade thus became an established fact, and as an eviilence oi the enormous dimen-
sions to which the trade has grown, it is only necessary to note that during the past three
years 35.4112 cattle have been shipped to .Aberdeen and 20,3.23 to Hundee. These figures,
it may be Lxplained, only represent about 25 per cent (^i the total shipments ^-^i stockers,
the ports of Cilasgow, Bristol, Liverpool, Newcastle and London also taking large
numbers.
Our Canadian store cattle have e\ idently filled a gap which the Scotch and North of
Lngland feeders would have no doubt fountl it hard to otherwise pro\ ide for. The number
^i cattle bred by these north country farmers is (.piile inadequate to supply a sutlicient
quantity oi stock for fattening purposes, in a country where the cultivation oi roots hold
such a prominent place in the rotation o;" crops, and in these days of high feeding and
artificial foods.
There seems to be a feeling among those Nortii countrv farmers that it is much easier
to drop into the Dundee or Aberdeen markets and pick up a number of unfinished beasts
for fattening' purposes, than it is to bring the animals up themselves, the trouble ami drutlg;-
ery oi looking; after the cows and their weanlings, ami the much lower price of Canadian
stockers being' suHicient inducement for them to neglect the breeding of cattle. In fact all
the large feeders have turned their stalls into feeding^ boxes, and are giving the Canadian
product the preference, because they take on flesh much quicker than the Irish stores, and
can be bouglit cheaper. While it is generallv admitted that the shipping' of our )'oung'and
unfinished cattle is unwise, it must be remembered that there are certain parts of Canada
unsuitable for the raising of cattle. For the reasons nientioned elsewhere, we cannot take
advantage of the .Anierican markets as in yoars gone by, as the demand fiir stores from the
great cattle fattening centres iif Canatla is not nearly equal to the supply. For some years
to ciMiie llie privilege of shipping this class of cattle to the liritisli markets will be {.^i great
value to the farmers oi certain districts of Canada, who will view the rescinding of the
scheduling order with as much or even more satisfaction than their Scotch coufrcrvs who
have gone to so much expense in making arr.ingements for putting the unfinished product
of Canad;i in condition for the British beef markets. It must also be remembered that the
supply iif store cattle is growing larger every year in Canada, owingf to the great develop-
ment of the butter and cheese industry.
The tables gfiven below show the enornious proportions \o which this trade, which had
such a small beginning twenty years ago, has grown. In all the tables it will be noticed
that the largest shipments of cattle lriini .America were in iSi)o, and that the largest num-
ber of cattle were imported into Cirea* liritain in the same year. Canada was alone respon-
T
> r
W
ijll!'!
\w
'[
'I h
I! I
V ,■
\i
1 H
1 i
146
lUKlh'/y OF TRADE Si
sihlo for tliis, owr u^, '><'<' Ih-juI hcin^ sliipptil i'voiu tlio purl of Montreal ilurin^ tho son a.- 11
nioiillis of nii\ ij;alii'n of thai yunr. TIk' siiipiiKiMs tVoni (.'anacla iliiriiij^ that .st.'a.si>ii wore
I lie larj^cst on record.
Ill 1NS7, when tile hiisiiioss may be saii.1 to lia\e been lairls' establishcil, the shipments
were ().i)4() cattle, and tt.^oij sheep ; and three years later ( iSSo), 41, 7^,0 cattle and 74,5i>j
sheep were exported from Mi>ntreal, almost twice as many cattle as in 187(1. 'J'his \ery
sharp increase appears to have had a bad elVect, iis tlie shipments show marked declines
during' tho next two years. From the year nSS; to 1.SS7 the increase in cattle exports was
most marked. In iS.SiS there was a fallinj,' otV, which was more than made up during the
next year; but in iS((o there was an increase of o\er 37,(kki head o\er the shipments oi'
i.SSi). Various reasons are ^'iven lor this ; but the only feasible explan.ation is that in this
year the stocker business was fairly started, ami as o\ er 3(), 514 head went to (.ilasffow,
iS.oDO to Aberdeen, and S.ooo to Dundee, it may be taken fi>r {^ranted that the stt>cker
trade was alone respimsible for the increased business. The shipjiers seem to ha\e ^•one
wild for the lime beinj^, and while .1 few ot their number made some money, the ^^reater
number lost hea\ily. The table shows that only kkkood lieatl were sent from Montreal in
i<Sc)i ; but in addition to these aUiut 3,000 distillery cattle, which had been boujjht by an
Americ.ui operator, were shipped from Hoston to New ^'ork, so that in reality about 1 14,-
ixK) were shipped from Canada. The cause of the drop is explained in two wurds- " bad
markets" ;iiid the s.ime reason explains the decrease in the shipments of i<S()j. As men-
tioned above the shipments of sheep in 1880 were 74,502; these (ii;'ures lia\e only been ex-
ceeded twice since, in 1883 when 84,7110 were shipped, and in i88(), when 93,85() were ex-
ported. In 18S7 the shipments dropped to 3(),ooo, increased to 45,500 in 1888. and 54), 344
in iSS() ; but fell to 43,372 in 1800, and there has been a fallinj^' off ever since, only i(>,<x)()
beini; siiipped in i8yj. The shippers have come to the conclusion that Canadian sheep
cannot compete with frozen mutton from .South America, New Zealand, and Australia, and
the probabilities are that the sheep trade is athintj of the past.
The following table shows the distribution of cattle and sheep from Canada for three
ye.'irs : --
i8()j. i8()i. i8()o.
Pout. Cattle.
Glasf^ow 2t>, 7_'()
Liverpool 28,921
Bristol 8,.S2i
Dundee '^'549
Newcastle 7,772
London 7-1)3 ■
.Aberdeen <>,'\54
LeitI TOO
Southampton 181
Hamburir
SI
lee
1 1
P-
'"5
.5«4
,o5()
i7<>o
.4-'4
Cattle.
Sh
eep.
3'.<H7
5"
3-'.>3«
'6,635
8,9h4
2,t>13
12,013
3.645
IO<>
9. '73
2,238
1 0,7(11
100
74«
Cattle.
SI
leep.
39.5 '4
574
.^,4.-<)«
2t,0|()
7..5«3
3. ' .vs
H,76i
3'"
3. '66
77"
".737
12.279
18,077
'.-'59
61
Totals <>'^.755 '5.932 loi), 150 32.042 123, 13(1 43.372
The followintf tables show the number of cattle and sheep shipped each year, from
1877 to i8t)2 : -
^'ear. Cattle.
Total 1.S92 ')^.755
" 1*^91 .. 109,150
" 189;) I2^,I3<)
" 1889 S5,()7o
" 1888 (»o,504
" 1887 64,6V
" 1880 6W32
" 1885 6l,t)47
" '««4 57,2S8
" 1883 49,090
Sheep.
'5-^32
32,042
43.372
59.334
45.52«
36,027
93.'\5o
3M,4oi
62,4)50
84,71)0
[>Ah'/) OF TRADE SOrVKXlR jVi'M/ihR
real ilurinj; llio .se\\.Mi
ini;- thai soasoii woro
ishod, the shipnu'iits
30 eattio and 74,502
in i<S7((. This vory
unv niaikod declines
n cattle exports was
made up during tlio
ver liie sliipnients nf
nation is that in this
I went to (.llas<,'-o\v.
ited tliat the slocker
s seem to ha\e j^oiie
■ money, the {greater
lit from Montreal in
1 been boiij^ht by an
n reality about 1 14,-
n \\\o words- " bat!
s oi i8()2. As men-
s ha\e only been ex-
hen 9,^,H5(» were ex-
in 1888. and ,Si»..^4
T since, only i(),o<)()
that Canadian sheep
I, and Australia, and
m Canada for three
i8()o.
N'ear.
Total 1SS2.
Cattle.
Sheep.
39.514
.=^74
34. -'uS
25,OI<)
7..v\?
3. ' •v'^
«.76i
3'"
3,iW>
77"
".737
12,279
18,077
'.-'5it
' -.>' ' .>" 4.>K>/ -
ped each year, from
Siieep.
'5.93^ .
3-.04-
43.37-:
39.334
45.5-«
3".«^7
93.«5o
39,401
62,950
84,790
Cattle.
-•.S,.?5S
-'7-.^3''
4'. 73"
21 .•■-'()
'.T'''''3
■'77 ■ • ■ ().i 40
The t'oilowin:,' t.iblj will show the total shipments o\' cati
•Vom Canada ,iiul ,he I'liiled Slates, for the past seven \t.,irs :
Sheep.
1 SS I . .
iSS, .. .
1.S7.)...
1 1.' - i^
1;
Silecp.
''3. •'•'7
.S.v33'^
71.502
1)2,550
.?I,S}|
'I.,-,' 'I
e, sheep atui dressed beef,
20, I _^C|
37.' '"I
So.S ;o
4ti,.S( 11 1
yrs. Heef.
I, 144.406
'.".=;4..539
I. "3 1. 57''
'*^75.'t34
5_5(j,((S4
4-'.' 134
5-4. 'Hi»
N'ear. t'attle.
i8()2 4(,(),o56
''"^•'i 4-7-i5'»
'•'■''I" 5'7.495
^^^') 3'^4.'i''9
1888 J05. 12.5
1887 i58,,S4l.
''^^■'■'" 177. '''^
i'or the purpose of comp.-irlson, the follow inj.^- table, showinj,.- the total imports ot Live
Stock into (ireat Britain in 1892, isf,nven. The lij^ures differ somewhat from tiiose t^iven
in the export tables, so far as the Canadi.m and the I'nited States trade is concerned ; but
this apparent discrepancy is explained by the fact that the returns .are not made up from
the same data : -
I*"riMn.
I'liited Staler
Canada
Denmark
Spain
Sweden
Holland
Other Countries..
Total, i8()2.
1891.
1890.
In addition to the above, 1 ,1)51.887 cwts of dressed beef and 2.8()5,()5i cwts. of bacon
were imported from the I'nited States during i8()2. The total value oi the animals
imported in 1892 was ^,9,400,000.
The most of the cuttle exported came from the Province ofOnt.irio, onlv a small pro-
portion beinjf raised in Quebec, Manitoba and the North-west, the only' other places
from which supplies are draw n, only supplyinfr about 8,000 head per year. ' The cattle are
handled in Montreal at two stock-yards, which are run in connection with the two great
lines of r.iilway.
The receipts at these y.irds for the past five years have been as follows :—
GR.WM TKINK STOCK VVKllS.
Cattle.
3'i-.<>3 4
<)7,')4')
'.745
1 . 5' 1 1
45
500. 787
4''5.''<'7
5,S5.()(,4
S
Kep.
2
NJO
1 ^
.743
3'"'
5-'* I
1)
( )Sl )
15
2()1
7'»
048
M4
504
35'^
45«
"N'ear. t'attle.
i8,S8 (k), 155
^^^'■) <'<5.5')7
i8()o i)3,8()4
i8t)i 88,448
1892 •'■>3,7''o
Sheep.
4"."73
4'.<>5*>
47.''3«
3'».7'o
IA.N.\D1.\X I'AlUK STOCK VAKPS.
\'ear.
1888 .
1 8S()
1 890
l8c)i
1892 .
Cattle.
4''.ft7'>
54. 4«'
75. 3^'"
7(>.2,;o
68.440
Slieep.
42.;,i.i
;,i).82o
3<>.(>8o
;, 1 , 200
3-.9'fi
Hogs.
Ml. |S(|
i4.<'67
-'4.4<^t
3' '775
34.42"
Hogs.
(17.040
9. 1 3"
i3.3«<>
10,830
'7.f>34
/iOAA'/> OF TRADE SOCVEXHk
TIk- t'ollowinp siiitenu'iil uill i,m\c a \viy i,^iHHl 'ulca I'f the aiiuuint of niotu'v ixpcniUd
ill llio tnulc during llic :.casun I'l iMdj :
Shipped. \iihio.
7(), i;,5 Kilt L'aitlc >>fl.5;^>i.45"
i(j,3«)(> Stockors . . • 775i.'*^l"
iiS,;;,i Cattle.
I 5, Ml 4 Sheep.
I ,z(M .S\\ iiie .
1 ,7_^it 1 li'i'ses
Total value
S()
.•(|0
I J
/ • .1
444. -.S7
Total \alvie ol .\nimaN '^''•7.=>0.547
I j,f)i3 tons o{ Hay lor I'ooil k>\-\ ihe vnyat^e Sio.vMU^
M(>,Sj4
.=i7-'»4.^
(>,4i)ci cars Railway Freight paid ^jo.txio
Shipping and sundry expenses 50.000
Ships' fittings for voyage jocj.ooo
Ocean 1 iisurance g^.ofKi
_^,7J4 tons tirain
;,,.S()3 months' work oi Cattlemen imi the vinage.
It mil
of the call
\ear. A'
account, I
The aver;i
53 shilling
stoi'kers I
expeiuletl
figure «>f I
account il
reason be
has hix'ii
iloiihllul i
value i.-^'i f
tor his cal
a'd horse
direct to
that the I
business ;
few years
warrant tl
Total expenses .
(irand total vali
»)()j.7t>4
n'7'7.S->.>' '
ROHl'K'r HkKI-KiUKi:, i.iM. .MO.
■»iir!i belli
huge l.i\ >
in many i
l.iijiu an
years later he decidetl to enter into the
Iratle and matle his first shipmeni i^f cattle \o Mnglaiul.
This was the commencemenl o\ a business that has rapitlly ile\ eloped
into gigantic dimensions, and lor years past .Mr. Hickerdike has iield the
lead in this trade, not only being the largest indixidual shipper in the
Dominion, but aKv;i\ s taking an actixe interest in turtliering the live
siiK-k export trade i>f C'anatla. in this connection it may be saiti thai he
has been instrumental in starting several shippers in the traile, who,
while they found it \er\ protitable fiM- themselves,
(.lev elopment oi one oi
i,.iii vi i/ii,. >'i C an atlas .,n -, ....(.»
although surrounded by many difficulties, is b
factor in the commercial welfare of the I)
and became managin '—■•-- •'' •'•- '
were aiding in the
most important industries, and which,
lound to become an important
Me it was v\ ho organized
factor in the commercial welfare of the Dominion. He it was who organized ' — —
and became managing director oi the Don.inion Abattoirs and Stock Nards C'ompanv,
and he was also prime mover in the formation y^'i the Live Stock Association, at iir-t
acting as Secretary, and undertaking all the arduous work in connection with that
company. Alter litis he founded the Live Stock Insurance L'ornpanv. which has been oi
been on'i
interest ti
pioper Ik
,tnd has ;i
TRADE SOCVEMR MWIHER
147
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547
It imi-t W ii. iiKHilx'tcil lliiil tiHsc lij,uircs ii'lcr li> Monlrcal iilnno. tli«.' iij,'^r».'(,'alo \aliic
o( tiK' iiiiili.' iNpurtiJ iViMii North Anuriiim ports Iviiif,' abi>iit tliirtv-lisc million dollars a
voar. As will W sciii hy a lardiil stiiily tW tin.' tahlc tlu' tost of Irci^iit is m>t taken into
aciount, tile .S7,75J.(i<)i> roprescntiii^j tlKvaluo of" the animals on hoard ship in Montreal.
The averai,^' rate olTrei^'ht IriMii the port of Montreal during,' the seasi>n ol iH(|.' was ahi>ut
53 shillings per hi-ad or in round (i^^ures Si,;. \lkn\inj,' for the smaller spaee taken l\v
stinkers there were ahoiit <)4.i.<:c) spaees tilled in iS<iJ so tiiat i>ver one million iloliars was
expeiuletl in oeean frei^^hts brinj^in)^ the total outlay ot' the shippers up to the enornu>us
tiijure of nearly nine millions oi dollars, ami if the eharj^'es on tiie other side were taken into
aeeoiml it would he I'oimd tliat nearly ten millions \.^i dollars were tiirneil mer during' the
season before the cattle Irom this port were turned o\cr to the Hritish purchaser. Mention
has been made eoncerninij: the eiiornu>us \alue ol' this trade to the farmers, and it is very
iloiihttui if there is another branch i^'''( tratie which benefits them so iliiectly. I'lacinj,' the
\alue of fat cattle at ^70 i>n the farm and store cattle at 840 the (.'anadian farmer received
tor liis cattle alone last year in the vicinity y^'S Si),,^'"'"*"* •""■' >S444.iH)ti lor his sheep, swine
ad horses, jiesides this Sjt)i).Si(» was expended in hay and feed, nearly ail oi which went
direct to the farmers. Takini; into account the various items mentioned it will be seen
that the farmers last year received over seven millions t>f dollars through the live stock
business and still the j^'overnment have only taken the traile under its vviiij^' during- the past
few years a d have not vet come to the conclusit>n that it is \.-\\ siilVicienl importance to
warrant them in makinj,' the cost of .supervision, itc, a public charge.
rt>4
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;ii
I'KllKniKi;, l.ivi. .MiHK I;mokiik.
he lari;\">t
1, Out.. Ill
10 t'anaJa
lenK'iitar\
C'oiiipany,
11. at fn-'^t
with that
lis been oi
■^luh bciKlii to the cattle trade and \,>'{ which company he is rresideiil. In addition to his
laii,^e l.i\e Stock iMisiness Mr. Hickerdike has proved himself an able and successful financier
in main other enterprises not confined to Montreal. He was the promoter oi the .Standard
I.ii^iu and Tower C"ompany, oi which he is President, and was chiellv instrumental in the
lormation c^i the .\dirondack and St. Lawrence Rapids Tourist Line, and
several other concerns \>i a like nature. The belter class oi aldermen and
the iiiajorily oi the citizens K-\i Montreal would have been i;lad to see him
obtain..,lhe charter for buiklins.;' the electric street railway, his teiuler foi.t.his
bciiii; by f.ir the most advantai,'eous to the city oi .Montreal. .Mr. Mickerdike
i>. i^reailv interestetl in other electric railways for suburbjin districts, and ere
lonj^ is sure to be heard tM' ;is either owner or \.-\n<i of the lari^vst proprietors
ot electric railways on the Island ol Montreal, vvhicli will i,'o a lons^- way
towards briiij^ins^' about the annexation of several outlyini^ municipalities to
the cilv o^ .\Ioiitreal. In banking' circles he is well known and lii^^^hly
esteemed, and has been a tlirector oi the Hank o'i llochela^a i^M- a lumiber of
\ears. fillini;' the jtosition ol \'ice-presitlent lor the past three vears. h'or a
Ioiiil;' period he was a resident ^^i St. Ilenri durinjj which he was a member oi
the Council and Chairman oi the School (.'ommissioners for that town and St.
V. ime^onde. few men have led a more active and useful life .iiid he has loiiij
been a liberal supporter oi sev eral oi the charitable aiul beiiev olent institutions
in the city. He joined the Hoard <^'( Trade in 1.S1S5, since which time he has
been one of its most hardworkini;' members havini,' served two year?* on the t'ouncil in the
interest o\ the l-ive Stock Trade. In addition to his connection with the Hoard of Trade
proper he has been for many years a prominent member of the C\>rn bixchan^e .\ssoci;ition
.tiid ha- aluav- worked hard to secure a I'liion Stock \'ard for Montreal.
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nOAKI) OF TRADE SOU I
JOHN t'ROWl-;, C.MII.K ICXI'OIMKK.
Mk. Jom\ Ckoui:, wlio is known tlirmii^lunit C':in;n.la as hik' oi' tJK' lari^cst shippers ol
Canadian li\c stoi.'l<, is a native of C'oimty Claro. IrclanJ, wlioro ho was horn in 11^57. lie
received liis education in the City of Cork and alter conipietitii,'' his course ot studies he
turned iiis attention to tlie cattle shippinj^' trade, his buying- operations heini; at first con-
fined to the markets in the immediate vicinity iif his nati\e country. It was not lons^,
however, before it became evident that he was destined to play .in important part in brin^;-
inj;- to the British markets live stock from countries far bevond the seas. In the early part
ot his career he iiuariably shipped his purchases to the Mni^lish markets, which he attended
personally, in order to dispose of his stock to the iiest advantas^e. In this connection he
had several opportunities of seeinj^ the class of cattle shipped from Canada, this beini; at
the time wlien the Canadian live stock export trade uu: only in its infancy, and the con-
siiji'nments sent over beinj^- for tiie purpose of testinij' the practicability ot a trade beins,^
established between Canada and the Mother country. It did not take .Mr. Crowe very lonj^
to come to the conclusion that here wa a i^'ood Held for enterprise, a>. the demands for
cattle in the Kniflish markets
the supplies. He at once de-
without any delay sailed for
he settled in Montreal, this
tre of the Dominion and the
the Canadian cattle export
years .lijo and Mr. Crmve at
the cattle shippini^' trad'?,
seemed aijencies from a num-
salesmen in the Old Country,
became i>ne of the pioneers
fair to become one of the
with the commerce of Can-
this enterprise the subject of
larjjely to the lirms above
lished a thrivinijf business,
considerably hampered re-
were then ijreatly in excess of
termined to try Canada, ;md
this country. On arrival here
beinij the jji'real shippinif cen-
reci>ijnized headquarters of
trade. This was about se\ en
once est.ablished himself in
haxi.ij;' in the meantime
be'- of the lar_.."est li\e stock
Thus it was that Mr. Crowe
of this industry, which bids
most important in connection
ada. Since enterintj upon
our sketch has shipped ver\-
alluded to, and has estab-
which has, howe\er, been
centlx bv the action of the
Kniflish Hoard of Trade in refusinj^ to allow Canadian cattle to be sent to interior markets
in I'lng'Iand and Scotland, but insistiiiij upon their beins^ slauijhtered at the port of debarka-
tion. 'i"he reason for this action is that some Canadian cattle were allej^'ed to be sulferins.;'
from Pleuro-Pneumonia. This Mr. Crowe, in conjunction with sever.d other larjjfe shippers,
has proved to be a false report, after the most searchinij investigation, ;ind for the p;:, ;"ew
weeks have been endeavourinj;- to have the restriction removed, and thus re-establish the
llourishini;' trade in live stock with l^nijland that has been built up durini;' the past few-
years. .Mr. Crowe is deservedly popular amoiifj the commercial fraternity with whom he
comes in contact, but especially so with his confreres in the live stock export trade. He is
well known in shippinj^ circles as a most hom^rable and upris^-ht trader and by this class is
hiijhly respecletl. i-'ew ha\e i.\onu more durinj;' the past se\en years to de\ elop the i^rowiiiij
industry to which he had dexoted all his time and eneri^y. It is not )nl\- the number of
cattle he ships himself, but the jj^enerous and ready assistance he at all times is willing to
accaril to i>thers in the trade that makes him one of the mainstays of the cattle export
trade, to which he has given such an impetus since he settled here in Montreal. He joined
the Hoard of Trade about three years agi> and since then he has evinced a deep interest in
the welfare and progress of that institution. He also takes a very lively interest in the
C.'iiiadian Cattle .Association, of which he is one of the most prominent members. Mr.
Crowe does ni>t interfere much in politics, being too deeph- engrossed in his business to
meddle in elections, .and does not pledge himself to any party. Mr. Crowe instead of
troubling himself w ith political tiiscussii>ns ben Is all his energies to foster the Canadian
cattle trade and place it on a basis sound and enduring. This he thinks preferable to
taking any part iri party viarfare, with all the trouble ami turmoil it brings with it to its
participants.
vVJ (;/'' TRADE SOUVENIR XUMHER.
Wll.l.lA.M ClXNINliHAM.
ripest shippers ot
.irn ill 1S57. I lo
■so of studies lie
jint;' ill first con-
was not Ioml;;',
nt part in brini;-
In the early part
iiich lie attended
lis connection lie
ida, this heini;' at
:}■, and the i:<>x\-
oi a trade heini;-
Crou e very lon;^
the demands -'or
•eatly in excess ot
try Canada, and
On arrival here
eat shippinij" cen-
headqnarters of
; was about se\ en
ished himself in
the meantime
ir..est live stock
that iMr. Crowe
istry, which bids
ant in connection
; enteriiif^ upon
las shipped very
and has estab-
howexer, been
lie action of the
I interior markets
port of debarka-
ed to be suflerint;"
i;r large shippers,
\ for the pr.. Tew
s re-establish the
ing the past few
ity with whom he
ort trade. He is
d by this class is
elop the growing
ily the number (^i
imes is willing to
llie cattle export
itreal. He joined
I deep interest in
ly interest in the
I members. .Mr.
1 his business to
Crowe instead of
■iter the Canadian
nks preferable to
igs with it to its
.Mk. Wll.l.lA.M Ci .\\i\Gii.\M, Li\e Slock llxjiort and L'ommission .\gent, is one ot the
members oi I he Hoard of Traile and is steadily making his intluence fell in
that !'>ody. lie was iiorn in the North o'i Ireland where he received a liberal education, aud
early in life evinceil a strong penchant
Irish North Western Railway
period during which lie re-
training. In June, iS.Sj, he
settled in Montreal where he
tirand Trunk Railway, but
\ear to take ud a position
ance Company at the Stock
wiiicli Company he has since
ager and Director. lie has
with the Cattle Mxport Trade
presents salesmen in all the
tiiat receive Canadian cattle,
nion l,i\e Stock .\ssociation
Ciovernment liupiirv into the
of the Piimsoli Hifl oi iS<)i.
shrewd, honourable business
ti> business has made a host
business.
Hi
first entered the ser\ ice oi the
where iie remained for a siiort
cei\ed a thoriuigh railwa\'
ca'iie o\er to tanada and
joined the service o'i tlie
lett the Comjiany within a
with the Live Stock Insur-
N'ards, Point St. Charles,
re-organized and is now .Man-
been very densely identilied
fi>r about nine )ears, and re-
i'jiglish ;ind Scotch ports
.\s Secretary oi the Oomi-
he did goi>d work during the
I'attle l-lxport Trade, because
.Mi-. Cunningham is a keen,
man, and by strict attention
oi friends amongst the mer-
in ciinnectiiMi with the Cana-
Mr.
cantile fraternity, and in recognition ot his valu.ible ser\ ices
dian Cattle trade he was elected to the Council oi the Hoard oi Trade in January last.
Cunningham joined the Board of Trade in iS.Sh, and is also a member of the Marine
I'nderwriters' .Association. In politics he is a L"oiiser\ati\e.
C0RXI-:MI'S COl'Cilll.lN, tATn.i: Siiiimm-k.
Mr. Cor.nhlus Coii.hi.in, Cattle Shipper and hisuraiice .\gent, is one of the leading
men in the cattle shipping trade of Montreal and one ot those who during the past few
years has *\o\\<t much to develop this important branch of the trade of tiie Dominion. He
is a native Canadian having been born in N'armouth, Elgin county, Oni., in 1.S47, and
public schools of Huron Co.
where he settled in the busi-
received his education in the
He came to Montreal in 1.SS6
ness above referred to and
Oi the heaviest cattle shippers
having obtained several im-
firms in Liverpool, Clasgow
Hritaiii. Mr. Coughlin is a
business and is highly re-
shipping circles for his up-
lias only recently joined the
its most active members and
half of the Canadian Live
he is also a member. He has
formed an extensive comiec-
of the iVovince of Ontario
in Montreal during the sea-
has since that lime been one
from the Port of Montreal
portant agencies from large
and other cities in (Ireat
slirewd and energetic man of
spected in commercial and
rightness and integrity. He
Hoard of Trade but is one of
an energetic worker on be-
Stock Association of whicli
during tiie past few years
tion among the cattle raisers
whose interests he looks alter
son of navigation when their
his thorough practical know-
shipments are the heaviest,
ledge of the trade being of great service to his nurvrous patrons. It is needless to say
that he enjoys to the fullest extent their entire conl'idence. in politics Mr. Coughlin is a
Liberal-Conservative, but does not interfere much in these matters. As an authority on
cattle Mr. Coughlin nas a Dominion reputation.
f>OA/a) 01' IKADE SOUVEyTR
MICIiAHI. (.RI:1;N, X.wv. S!\m< KxroKTF.K.
Mk. MuiiAKL CIkhi-n. v.lui is Olio of (.'an.'ula's l:iri;vst Live Stock I'lxporters, is a native
of liclaiul, where he was born in 1851). lie received iiis education in ilial country and at
the ai;e of twenty-six commenced business in tlie cattle trade in which he bouijht lart;ely,
shippiiiij^ his purchases to the luiglish markets. It was while thus entjai^ed tiiat Mr. Cireen
had seveial opportunities iif ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^h seeing consii^nments i.^i C'an-
adian cattle that had been ^^IPiPHPIIIHR^^^^^^H sent over to tiie iMi^lish mar-
kets, and judiiini^' from tiio ^^H v ='■ '' *^^^^!B|^H^H appearan.^e cif the stock he
came to the conclusion that ^^B ' jf^^^tt^^SRHH Canada must be a i^rand
cattle-raisini^' country, and he ^Hf ^ ^^HuS^I^H ''''^' nii soimer concei\ed the
idea than he proceeded to put ^V L 9hS^^^ '^ \\\\o practice. It was in
1879 that iie decitled to come ^B *' '^flHHHH 'i^' *- ii'i-'^'-lii •"I'-l look his pas-
sai;e to Halifax. It did not
that \o\a Scotia's capitil
cattle trade of the nominion
not do an_v trade there he
(.luriii!^ the next two yeais he
and live hoi^s. During his
the lari^est shipper y.^i li\e
In iSiSi he decided to make
tioiis and came ^-^w to this city
iiiii' as shippint;' assent fiir
take lony to convince him
was not the place where the
cenli-ed, and fuuliiii;' he could
proceeded to Hosttm where
etit;ai;ed in shippini^- cattle
sojourn there he was bv lar
ho^s of any man in .\merica.
Montreal his field for opera-
where he has since been act-
several o{ the larijest l"".ni,''lish
am.1 Scotch Cattle Salesmen, as well as tradini,^ larj^-ely on his own account. lie has been
a member of tlie Boaril (^f Trade for many yiars and is one oi the most active members K:i'i
tlie Live Stock .\-sociation. which owes a threat deal to his indefalit,Mble exertions on its
ori;ani/.atioii.
Mk.
Produce
in the Cc
there. 1
witii the
sale I la
^-^i eitjlit
his l^\\\\ i
aiul local
con>.iilei-i
dian caltl
ini;- stutT
voya^je ;
i.|uality ol
ot the cal
to pairo
The conr
close con
his ijoin;:
most su
in the tr;:
ably kno
and tfooi
interest,
fore !ea\i
s^ ,^^^*
IK ADR SOUlEyiR XIMIU-IR.
149
IS a native
try ap.d al
It laii^cly,
.Mr. Cireon
Is of C'an-
i^lisli mar-
stock he
a j^raiid
ccixccl the
It was in
Iv liis pas-
linco him
whero the
4' lie could
\o\\ where
ini^- cattle
I'as by tar
I .\merica.
for opera-
been act-
st l"".ni,'lish
• has been
embers o'i
011s o\\ its
lAMI'iS KI'.RR. CIkain, I'inOpi ci. .\m> Caiim; iixi-OK ri;K.
Mk. j.wiKs Ki:kk, who for many years past has been connected with the drain and
I'roduce trade, and is also an exporter oi Live Stock, is a nati\e Canadian. lie was born
in thi' Countv of I luntin!,'-don. Province of Ouebe.', in iS4;v and received his education
there. In 1S5S he came to Montreal where he settled, his lirst biisines> experience being
with the well known firm ot
sale Hardware Merchants,
of eij^lit years after w hicli he
his ii\\ n account. .\t first he
and local trade in strain and
consii.lerable trade was beiiiii'
dian cattle he turned his atteii
ing stutVs necessary for the
voyage across the .\tlantic.
>.|ualit\- o'[ the leed he supplied
ot the cattle shipping fratern-
to patroni/e him for their
The connection thus formed
close contact with live slock
his going into the trade him-
most successful, and now
in the trade. in commtrcial
ably known, and wherever his stalwart figure is seen it is the signal for all that is genial
ami good in iiiUure. He has recently joined the Hoard of Trade in which he takes a great
interest. Mr. Kerr savs that business and politics cannot s^o hand in hand and he there-
fore leaves the latter alone.
(.'rathern X: (.'averhill, W'hole-
Here he remained for aperiod
decidetl to entei' business on
confined himself to the home
produce, but finding that a
i.lone in the shipment cif Cana-
tion to the supplying i^f I'ee'.l-
animals during their long
I'rom the unit'oriii good
he soon gained the coniklence
it\- who have since continued
i"ei.|uirenients in this line,
brought Mr. Kerr into such
exporters that it resulted in
self. In this he has been
holds a prtiminent position
circles he is well and favour-
v^ Sggl^l^
f'l
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nOARI) OF TRADE SOl'W
\iisci^:lla:
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sci^:llaxi-::()i :s
CHAMP Uli N'.ARS
BOARD OF IRADK SOUl EX/R
lli;.\KV LVMAN.
l.NMAN. SONS \ CO.
IIi-Nin Hkkhhki I.vm.w.
l"o\v linns in Canada arc so well known or have boon so lontj established in business
as that whicii has, lor manv years past been rej,Mstered as Lyman, Sons i\; Co., Wholesale
Chemists and niui;t;ists. 'The firm with which the name of Lyman has been so lonj,-- con-
nected was I'oiinde'dat the bes^innini;- of the present century when Mr. Lewis Lyman, uncle
ol the senior member of the present firm, entered into partnership with Mr. Wadsworth
under the stvle of Wadsworth and Lvman. This was about the year i Soo and since then
tlie titles oi the firms in which the i.ymans iiave always had a prcdominatiny: mlluence
liave been :
Hedi^e X- Lyman, established in iSui
William Lyman X: Co.. " iS.:;(:
L\nians, Sa\aL;'e X to., " i''^5.^
Lvmans, Clare iV Co., " i-'^'"'
Lyman, Son>< cS: i.'o., " iN7>»
tiie latter beins;- the name by which the firm is still so well and favorably known. The
Toronto drui;- firm which has been so well-known under the name of Lyman liros. X Co.,
and which hiis recently been converted into a limited liability company is also intimately
connected with the 'Montreal house throu-ii Mr. Henry Lyman having' \o\v^ been
the senior partner in that '>•'"" ii"*-' 'i^^^^' t'^^' P'osident
of the company. The I ^ 1 Lyman lamily is ol honour-
able orii^in and is able to face back its ancestry lor
more than three hundred y^'i'is. The patriarch ol all
the Lvmans \v the Cnited ' States and Canada was
Richa'rd ' nan who was ^ horn at On^ar, County ot
K-,sex, i.nyland, in i vSu. \%^k\\ '''^'•' emigrated with his
family to \ew luioland in j fiBBI ^ '..- "\>>- He was one ot the
earliest settlers of ilartford '•>llP*' *^ and died there in 1040 and
his name is in.scribed on a " *•" « ^'^^"^ column in rear ot the
centre church o'" Har;:ord, ,Jjm Jk. erected in memory ot the
first settlers oK the city. jll^H^' -^ ^w|k j His sons afterwards settled
in Northampton, .^L^ssachil- J^^H flKlJi ^''''^- M''- Henry Lyman,
the senior partner in the '^^iHP WW t '''''" '"''^ born in Derby,
Vermont, in i,Si3, and came 'fR ^-^ ^ to Montreal with his lather
in iSif). He was educated at Workman's School m
.\Kmtreal, and at .Amherst L_ I Academy, .\Liss., and linally
settled in .Montreal in iS.n) in ^vhich year he commenc-
ed his commercial career 'Iknkv I.v\i\n. in connection with the
firm of Hed-e X Lvman, dru-s^isls. The career ot
Mr. Henry Lvman during; the sixty-three years he has been m business has been
remarkable in many ways and he has been closely identified with almost every project in-
stituted for the ben'elit of the city, in many oi which he took the initiative. He was one ot
the founders of the " rropoitv ProtectinLT I'ire Company ' formed to protect portable pro-
perty and prevent pilfc-ipir a fires, and about the same time joined the " Philomathic So-
ciety," a small chi' u 1 v literary discussion, of which he is now probably the sole
>l 'he foundirs of the Sunday School Cnion in i.S.^O and for
in 1S37 he joined the "Montreal Ritks' and saw active
■n■^. tlv after this in conjunction with his brother, the late
i.eMianni, ..x.. ..»,,, ,,. Volunteer Fire Kni,Mne Company, the "Cnion," which
proved a model coinpan\ anu In emulation led to great improvement in the then existmi,^
civic hre department. He took im active part in the establishment of the "American 1- ree
School" which supplied a crvinj,' want and which was a success from the beginninij. He was
also a Director and afterwards President oi the " Montreal Huildinj,^ Society " the first ot its
kind in .Montreal. In i-S^i he was a member of the local commission for the i^reat London
l-:xhibition, under the presidency of the late Prince Consort, and received a diploma and
\
representative,
some time one i ^ •> •t'vioi-.
ser\ice durini';' the rd^-'l;''""
lienjamin Lvman, li
medal " fc
ij^reat ser\i
duction oV
^^'i the ope
took an ac
No. iS com
of iS()(), sh
ed to the C
thanks fro
Insurance
llu-h Alhi
Mr. Lvma
He h'as ;i
most pr.in
he also re]
manv \ear
has ill led t
He was (
Ledcratioi
man of the
Mr. Lym:
K.s'i the Pro
tiovernor
Hospital \
chanics In
and there
tion in the
tributor.
attends r.
takes an
nuite the
iif Canada
.Mr.
Lvman, w
i«S4- H.
and llii^li
wards too
he j;radii
proceedin
mi t ted to
oi the hoi
stock cor
\\ a) s takv
the beneli
dent and
was iMie
Treasurer
moloi^ical
Societies,
Lellow lit
the vli H
all the r;
been a I
Conserva
IRADE SOUM'.XIK XiMBKR.
'51
LNMAN. SONS \ CO
IIkvkv Hi
business
t'luilesale
OI114' CI1I1-
aii, uncle
:uls\vortli
inee then
intluetice
fliAKV ViW:
vn. Tlio
s. i\; Co.,
ntimately
\\v^ been
president
I lionour-
:estry lor
ireh of all
ida was
"iHUity of
with bis
ne ot" the
i()4t) and
:ar fcsi the
ry of the
lIs settled
y I.ynian,
II Derby,
bis father
■iehool in
uul linally
jonimenc-
,vitb the
career ^.^i
has been
project in-
cas one iif
table i"iro-
iiathic So-
ly the sole
;^6 and for
<a\v active
r, the late
n," which
n existinij;'
rican I'ree
. He was
first oi its
U I.ondtMi
^loma and
Mr. Lyman is a tioverr.or
of the Protestant lionie oi
Ciovernor ^^i and a \'icc-
l!os|iital for the Insane, a
chanics Institute, and of the
and there is hardly a non-
tion in the city to which he
tributor. .\lihout;h so far
attends regularly to busi-
takes an active interest in
nuite the welfare antl I'e-
of Canada as the chief colonv
.Mr. Hknkv Hi;khi;im
Lvman, was born in Mont-
i<S54. lie was educated at
and liii^h School I Pavid-
wards took the Ai^ts co
I i:\KS 1 li.Ki'.i.K I l.^■\l.\^".
since its formation in 1SS3.
of the lieneral Hospital and
Industry and Refui;e, a
President oS. the Protestant
life member oi the Me-
Natural History Society,
st>'-t:i'-ir,fi '■1i:irit:ibli> inslitu-
has not bc^en a liberal con-
advanced in years he still
ness and otiier pursuits and
every! hi ni,"- tendinis' to pro-
\e!oiiment ot .Montreal and
oi" tiie Mmpire.
I.VMAN. son o'i Mr. Henry
real on Jist December,
the West I'^nd Academy
son Medalist,) and after-
at McCiill Cniver.xiiy where
I.Oijan Medalist in uSjf),
urse
lie i^raduated H. .A., and .-wi^..., ...v, .^ / •■
proceediiii,' to his M. ,A. dei^ree in iSSo. He entered the business m 1X77, and was ad-
mitted to partnership in 1S.S5, and has always devoted himself assiduously to the interests
of the house. Cpon the recent conversion oi Lyman Bros. iS; Co., of Toronto, into a joint
stock company he was elected X'ice-Presidenl of the new compan_y. Mr. Lyman has al-
wa\s taken an' interest in literary and scienlilic pursuits, and has s^iven his time lively tor
the'benetit of his Alma Mater and other worthy objects. He held the oflices of \'ice-Presi-
deiit and Treasurer in the I'niversity Literary Society and in the Ciraduates' Society, and
was owM oi the active orj^anizers o\ the Imixrial I-'ederation Leaijue in Canada and its
Treasurer from 1SS3 to rSiii. He is President of the .Montreal Branch of the hnto-
moloi;ical Societx of Ontario, and an honorary member of several foreiijn L:ntomolos,ncal
Societies, a member of the .American Association for the .Advancement of Science, and a
I-'ellow of the Roval Colonial Institute. I'ollowini,'- in the footsteps of his father he joined
the 3'h Hattalion', now the Royal Scots of Canada, as Llnsi^oi in 1877, unci rising throut,'h
all the ranks became Major in 1SS5, v.ith which rank he retired in i.Sc)i. He has
been a member oi the Board of Trade since 1SS7, and in politics is an Independent
Ciiiiser\ati\ e.
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V I
BOARD OF JRADE SOi
Mk. Hknkv Mii.ks, who is a p.irtiKr in tlio Wliolcsale Dnii; I-'stahlisHmont cf I.yman,
Sons i\: t\i., is an native Canadian liavini,'- hoon born al I.onnowillo, T. O., in tl'.o year
1.S55. Ilo was educated at Hisliops Colk-Lre wliich institution is situated in iiis native
town, and when very youns^ came to Montreal. He tiien entered tiie employ ot the old
C'i>., as a boy, and cventu-
aj^er of the i-ymans estab-
years later he was admitted
remained in that capacity.
dru{^ business, combined
ability, have reiulered him
to the house of wiiich he is
much time to the customs
also upon that subject. Mr.
M. A. A. A., and has taken
sports, lie. is known as a
musician havint^ devoted
tion of sacred music. Many
the result of his elTort and
centrated upon Trinity
i n t r o d u c I i o n of better
Trinity Church, and a mem-
mittee of the Montreal
is well-known throughout
juid promises to be one of
the principal iijiholders {.^i trade and commerce at this port in the future. Mr. Miles be-
came a member of the Board of Trade in 1.SS7, and takes a keen interest in the commercial
prosperity of this city.
firm of l.ymaiis, Clare &
ally became (jeneral Man-
lishment in 18X4. l'"our
as a partner and has since
His lons^ experience in the
with his Ljreat enerj^y ar.d
a most valuable act|uisilion
a member. He has de\(.>ted
question, and has written
Miles is a member of the
great inleivst in athletic
most enthusiast'c am;iteur
great attention in the ilirec-
of the city churches enjoy
which was especially con-
Church choir towards the
music. He is a Warden of
berofthe Managing Com-
I'hilharmonic Society. He
business circles in Montreal,
I Ii.NKV '*!n r,'
JA^^•:s Williamson, Wakicholsi-m.w.
Among the older residents of Montreal there are few more familiar figures than that
of Mk. J.\mi;s Williamson, the well known Warehouseman. He is a native of Sanquhar,
Dumtreshire, Scotland, where he was born in August 1S24, and was educated at the
parish school, in the ancient royal burgh of that name. He came to Canada in 1843, and
settled in Montreal where he
menced his business career
i\: Co., one of the largest
time in the country. He re-
period of seven years, and in
his own account as ware-
his career has been one of
stores form a square fronting
and Prince Streets, having
side and the Clrank Trunk
Mr. \\'ilIiamson is a member
of Trade and is qi\c of the
I'-xchange, basing joined that
ized. His connection with
from 1887, when it was amal-
change. He is a Justice of
St. Andrew's and the Cale-
has since resided. He com-
in theotlice of Logan, Cringan
grain shipping firms at that
mained with them for a
1850 he began business on
houseman. Since that date
unqualilied si'ccess. H i s
on Hrennan, Common, Duke
the Lachine Canal on one
Railwa\ track on another,
of the Council of the Hoard
oldest members of the Corn
body w hen it was iirst organ-
the Hoard of Trade dates
gamated with the Corn l^x-
the Peace and a member of
donian Societies. He has
witnessed many stirring events in connection with the history of Montreal and seen many
changes during the past half century ot his residence in tliis citv. In politics Mr.
Williamson is a Reformer, and is a very strong believer in the fundamental principles of
that party.
RD OF JRADK SOUVENIR XIMUKR.
«limcnt rf l.yman,
I', y., in tlK- year
atcd in his natiw.'
employ nt the okl
box, arul c\entu-
10 l.yinans cstab-
r ho was admitted
in that capacity,
sinoss, combined
ive rendered him
ISO of whicli lie is
o to tiio customs
tliat siihjoct. Mr.
\., and lias taken
lo is known as a
havini,' devoted
:red music. Many
ot" his eHort and
upon T r i n i t y
c I i on ot better
lurch, and a mem-
f the .Montre.ii
low n thronjj^iioiit
ises to be one t>t"
e. Mr. Miles be-
in the commercial
J.\Mi:S STRACII.W.
Mk. J.\MI;s SiKACiiAN, whose business is iit 14J (lerman Street, is i>iie o'i the best
known bakers in Montreal. lie was born in C'irmsiown, (.'hateaut,may, Pri>vince of Ijuebec,
in the year iH.Vi, and educated at the same place until the aj,^e <ii id, w lion he came to
Montreal and studied lor another tour years. In iS;;(j at the ai;e of jo he commenced his
commercial life in the employ
and remained witli him until
tired, Mr. Strachan takinjj
has since conducted with
many years lias enjoyed a
rii;htness and intey^rity in ail
one time, about six years a;;o,
in which Mr. Slrachan re-
insisted on that f^ent Ionian
honorable position of Alder-
not see iiis way clear to
'nterests of both the residents
therefore declined to become
is well known as one of the
as \>\\Q of the most active
Society ; and with his j^reat
he has made himself one of the
of the late Mr. Henny, baker,
iS()() wiien Mr. Honny re-
over the business. This he
remarkable success, .".nd for
hitjh reputation for iiis up-
liis busines-i clcali:..;-.. At
the constituents oi
Ward
sides, \i/., St. l.ouii Ward,
beiiij^ their candidate for tiie
man, but Mr. Slrachan could
attend ci>nscieiitiously to the
and iiis own business, si^ he
a candidate. Mr. Strachan
staunchest members, as well
workers, of tiie St. Andrew's
ijfood w il i'.:id iveuial manner
most honored iif this societx .
.As a member of the Hoard of Trade, and .also of the Corn Kxclian<^e for 10 years, having-
joined in iSfif), Mr. Strachan's name has been favourably kni>wn to t!ie commercial coi:i-
munity of Montreal, amoiijj;- whom he is hiijhly esteemed ar.d respected. In iSyj Iv
declined to stand for the Local House as Independent Liberal.
fiijures than that
\ e of Sanquiiar,
educated at the
ida in 1S43, and
ided. He com-
f Loijan,Crin<,'-an
^ firms at that
them for a
111 business on
Since that date
si'ccess. H i s
Common, Duke
Canal on one
k on another.
1 o'i the Hoard
ers of the Corn
was first ori^an-
if Trade dates
h the Corn Lx-
a member o'i
etios. He has
and seen many
n politics Mr.
:al principles of
WILLIAM M. LKMLSCRli::^ (Clnmnoiiam i\: Lemesii^iei;).
Mk. William M. Le.mesi kiick, of the firm o'i Cunr.Inj^ham it Lemesurier, Commis-
sion Merchants and Cartaije and h'orwardintj Aij^onts, is a nali\e oi St. John's, Ntld., in
which city he was born in the year i<S_|(). He was educated at the St. John's Colle:^e
and came to Montreal in the ye.ar i.Siu) and has resided here ever since. 0\\ his arrival
here he first entered the estab- 1:1.— c i>
(afterwards John Baird i*v:
remained as such until fi\e
partnership with Mr. Cun-
Cunniiiiij-ham it Lemesurier,
the same, his firm bein^ one
tion and cartage agencies in
Mr. Lemesurier is well and
manufacturinii' and tradintj
has been so closely allied for
is liiy;lily respected. He is a
;iiid proverbial for carryins;^
he may enter into. He has
member of the Masonic order
several of the most important
Province of Quebec. He is
lishmer.tof Haird iV Kinnear
Co.) as junior partner and
years atjo w hen ho formed a
niiii^^ham under the stylo of
and has since continued in
of tlio principal transporta-
the nominion of Canada,
favourably known to the
community with whom he
many years and by whom lie
thorout^h man of business
out faithfully any eiii^agoment
been an active and prominent
for many years and has filled
oflices in that order in the
also connected with a num-
in the city to w hich he t;■i\e^
ber of charitable institutions ,., >..^ . .._, -v. .....^.. ..w j,.--.
a liHeral support. Ho was elected to the Hoard of Trade in 1SS5 in which ho takes a deep
interest, in politics Mr. Lemesurier is a supporter ot the Liberal party, but takes no
actixe part in party affairs, preferring;' to dexote all his time to the interests of the ox or
increasiiiijf business of llio firm.
/lOAND OF TRADE SOUVh.XJh
|. I>. I, i:\NMO\l,
C.WKRIIIIJ.. I-i:.\RMO\I
l'"u.\\K C".\\ I'Kiiii.i. (C'olon
CiKOKi.i', C'.w i:Kini,i .
I.iKr i.-(.'oi i>m:i, I'"u.\\k C \\ i:kiiii,i., head i>r the woll-kiunv n whi^losiile lianlware lirm
ot" C'averliill, lA-arnioiit \- Conipaiiv, u a> born in Hoaiiharnois, I'.O.. in tlie year 1S54. lie
is a ileseendaiit oi one ot" tlie oIlI Seottish I'airilies w lio were anionyst the lirst settlers in
tiiis counlrv and who have
it init^ht W said were mainly
about the present eoninier-
of their adoption. ^'ount;•
l-".i.linburi^h, Seiitland. to
stiiilieil at the Mereliiston
and later completeil his
Cilasi^ow . ReturniiiL;' to
meiiced a eonmiereial career
Crathern iV C'averliill in the
the death t.-^'i his lather and
conjimetion with his afore-
o\er the shell' hardware
ness. They lia\ e since been
risen rapiilly to be the
cii business in the Dominion
other thiiii^s. Mr. L"a\erhill
his attention to military
cii the most prominent fiij-
Canadian militia. lie en-
I'K \M^ < ' W I.HINI i ,
ii'reatiy eontributed, in lael
instrumental in brin^inj.;'
c'al prosperity of the land
Mr. Ca\erhill was sent to
receive his education, and
C'ast'e .School o'i that city,
studies at the I'nixersity oi
Montreal in 1S7J he ci>m-
in the employ ol the lirm ol
capacity of clerk. I'pon
uncle, in the year iSSj, in
mentioiKHl partners, he took
piirtion ol' the firm's busi-
hiijjhly successful, havint^'
leadini;' lunise in their line
oi (."anada. .\monj;st
has i;'i\en a threat deal o'^
matters, and has been one
ures in the history o{ mir
tered the Rinal Scots in
i.Sjd, anil finally rose to the command i^i that reijiment, which he held for live \ears. His
retirement in 1891 (retaining;' the rank oi Lieut. -Colonel) was the iiccasion of universal
regret o\\ the part y.^i both oilicers and men o'i his old rei^^iment, to whom he had ii'reatly
endeared himself, havini;' always di -played a kindK' consideration to those under his com-
mand, and helped t,''reatly to raise the staiidiiii^-, etc., of his rei;iment to its present state
of hit;h elFiciency. Thoui^h
he still takes a deep interest
fare oi his late command,
the Moard of Trade since
the Montreal Loan and
nee ted w it h the St. .Andrew's
and was .appointed a justice
and District o'i .\Kintreal in
su]iporter o'i the Liberal
.NIu. Jivsi:i>ii B. Leakmom,
hill, Learmont & Co., is a
city he was born iuid edu-
entered the lirm of Crathern
with that house until the
bers of the lirm, when the
hill, Learmont i\: Co. was
ijfuidance and tuition of Mr.
came an essential factor in
enormous business the firm
many years and which has
I.I.AKMi iN 1 .
retired from active service,
in all that concerns the wel-
He hiis been a member ol
iSSiS, and is a director i^^i
Morti^'ai^'e Co. He is con-
and Caledonian Societies,
of the Peace for the City
iSSi. In politics he is a
party.
who is oi the lii'ni of Ca\ er-
nativeof Montreal, in which
caled. I?];uly in life he
X: Caverhill, and remained
death oi the senior mem-
shelf i^oihIs lirm of Caver-
lormed. I'luler the able
James C'rathern he soon be-
the management of the
have been doini;' for so
made him what he is uni-
versally acknowledtjed to be to-day, one of the soundest business men and best authorities
in the trade. He has been a member y^i the Hoard y.'^'i Trade for many years, and lor the
terms of i<Sc)i-()2 was member of the Council of that corporation, and is a director of the
Canadian Rubber Co.
'■' JRADE SOUVI.XIR .\LMBER.
',■».■>
<:riiiij.. [-karmoxi- .\. co.
UANK C".\\ I'Kllll.I. (t'oloili'l I.
(ilA>K'l.l', C'.W I.Kim.l .
'I'l!il-. I I V. \l W \1.\\.
duare lii'm
1S54. lie
settlers in
otl, in fact
briiijjl'iiii;'
(' ilio lanJ
i.s sent to
ation, and
lliat city.
ii\cisity ot'
J he ci>ni-
tiie lirni ol
k. I'pon
r iSiSj, in
rs, he tooU
rni's biisi-
il, iiaxini^'
their line
Aimnii^st
at ileal oi
'■■ been one
iry ot" our
I Scots in
ears. His
universal
atl i,^reatly
•r his coni-
jsenl state
.'e service,
IIS tile wel-
nember ot
director ol
He is con-
Societies,
the City
s he is a
I of t'a\ er-
il. in w hich
n lite he
remained
nior mem-
of Caver-
the able
le soon be-
t of the
ii;' tor so
he is iini-
authorities
md lor the
ctor ot the
Mk. (Ikoiu.I': C w Kuiiii.i. was born in Ueaiiharnois in the yeav iS^S. lie received his
early education at the ilij^h ScIuh>I ;uk1 completed his studies at .Mc(iili I'niversity, at
V ijch institution he went throui^ii a mosi creditable course. In 1S77 he entereil the linn
ol' (.rat hern X: l"av erhill and
house lor seven years, at
he became associated with
mont in his present business
partner ol' the iirm. I le has
that capacity lor business
matie themselves famous,
the future prominent mer-
was elected to the Moard oi
most worthy and iTiterested
like his brother. Mr. I'" rank
with St. Andrews's St>cietv
and athletic clubs of the
faviirite in all circles, and
respect i^i those with whom
associated with for his ster-
busiiiess Jind for his i^eneral
ijreat and i^rowiiii,^ com-
Mk. Tih>m.vs IIenkv Ni;vv
hav iii^ been born in Toronto
(' w i:uiiii
remained with the latter
thv' expiratiiMi oi which time
his brother and Mr. I. ear-
anil still continues to be a
shown to a marked dej^ree
loi' whicli his lamily hiive
and promises ti> be one ^^'i
chants >.\\ .Montieal. He
Trade in I1SS7. and is ;i
member of that body. He,
C'averhill, is alsii connected
anil with the leadint^ social
cilv. He is a vmiversal
carries the i^ahhI will and
he has come in conta't or
lint;- ijualities as a niiin of
worth as a citi/en of a
munitv.
.MAN, is a native t'anadian,
in 1S30. He came with his
parents ti> Montreal in iiS()o and has resided here ever since, receiving;' his education in
this city. In i8()t), at the comparatively early ai^e oi sixteen years, he commenced his
connnercial career, which since that time has been fraus^ht with success throui;hout. In
that \ear he joined the service ol" the Iirm oi (."rathern i\; C'averhill. already alluiled to, as
junior clerk, and remained with them until 1.SS4. when he joined .Messrs. Civerhill i\: I.earmont
over the shell-i^oods ilepart-
e'rathern \- Cav erhill. I)ur-
he was with the latter he
m.ikinij' himself tliorouj^jhlv
details o'i the business, and
the fullest extent. He,
the firm, takes annual trips
acipiaint themselves with
maile in special lines
man has been a member of
1S.S7, and in politics is
seklom occurs that a firm
should all have received
iraininti' in the same busi-
case with the firm of Caver-
also fortunate, not only for
ber individually, that such
L^enerallyacknowledi^ed fact
there is wo Iirm where any-
thorouifh business traininij
for the purpose of takint^
inent o'i the old Iirm oi
iuij- the eii^hteen years that
had ample opportunity of
aci|iiainted with all the
of this he availed himself to
with the other members o'i
to the luiropean markets to
the various improvements
duriiii;' the year. Mr. Nevv-
the Moard oi Trade since
thorouj^hly independent. It
consistins;' of lour partners
their early commercial
ness house, yet such is the
hill. I.earmont i\: (lo. It is
the firm, but for each niem-
is the case, for it is a pretty
that, in the city oi Montreal,
one could receive a more
^
•*s.\
^K' » -'■^
. \
X^iV
1
Tii'i^. 1 1 s\ Ni.w \i \N.
than in the ollices :ind stores of Messrs. Crathern iV Caverhill. The head of this Iirm, Mr.
James Crathern, is universally acknowledi^ed to be one of the astutesl and shrewdest busi-
ness men in Canada, and one that Montreal may well feel proud ot, and it was by following'
his example that the above named i;enllemen have made such :i marked success.
Il III
»54
.lh\') O/' TR.\nE SOl'VI:
> I
'r
.'I
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m
I.AI'OKIi;, MAKIIN \ CO.
I'l'iimiiK'nt amoii^' tlu' Wlioksalc i;ii)>\i\ IKuisis in MDiuical is ilmi o( l.iiporto.
Mil nil) X: I'll.. Mk. 1 1 UK mi has I. \imu i i , llu s, ninr iiuiiihor o\ I lie linn, is oiu' nC tlio li\ iii;^
L'X.miplcs of the pusiiinj; inti.liit;\nl (.'.iiiiulian .Mticliani who IromaNoiy small aiui I'oiti
parativch iiisi^iiirn.ant bcj^inniiis^' has lisfn to b>.' a piinu' tailor in tho iiinnncri-f aiul trailc
ot this i-oiintr\ . lie was horn in i.ailiini.', IM.'.. in iN^,!, ami at tho early a>;o of foiirteeii
years ho^^an to make his
nail faetorv , anil at the
eiiucation he eoiikl between
native \illaj4e and attenil-
h • eame to Montreal. In
ineni he was enj^ajceil in as
ser\ iee oi a larj^e wholesale
where he {gained that know-
he has so well appned sinee.
lished a retail business i>f
which lie ivorkeil as-
aiul I'mally founded the
is now the senior partner,
has increased enormously
and is still t,''rowint;, this
reputation the firm have of
power to meet the wants
cuslomers. .Mr. LapiMie
Trade in the year iSSj; and
and active member of the
own lixlnj^'' by worUint;' in
same lime pickini; up wh.al
the primary schoi>ls ol his
ini;' the ni^ht schools when
iSjo he left the employ-
nailmaker. ami joinetl the
q'rocerv lirm as clerk,
ledt;e o\' the business thai
After ,1 few years he estab-
his own in the same line, in
siduoiisly for some lime
wholesale firm o\ which he
I'he business oi his house
within the past few years,
beiiii;- the result i>f the
iloini; exerxlhiiiL; in their
and circumstances iif theii'
was elect eil to ihe Hoard of
has since been a prominent
Wholesale (irocers Associ-
ation, in connection with that cor|ioialion. lie is a past-picsiiienl of the St. Jean Hiiptisie
Society, and occupies a prominent posiiiiin in the list of membership in most of the {■"riiich
ill -.titutions, in the manai;emenl of which he lakes an .icli\e jiart. lie was also I'resideni of
the Montreal District t'hamber of I'omnu ice, a ilireciorol the National liuildint:' Sociel\,
President i>f the .Allianie
of the I'nion St. \'incenl
lerested in other kindred
all of which he devotes a
tributes liberally.
.M.XKiiN who is a partner
above mentionetl 4;roceiy
villas^e of St. (ieiievieve,
I'.O., where i'>e was edu-
i;rocery tratie all his life
versant w'h all the iletails
Retail deiMrtments, and
associated with the present
in a i^reat dej^ree in de-
have done. His first cx-
his native county w here he
but a pardonable ambition
wider field of operation,
the }ear iSf)^ and has since
later he entered the employ
fp
,
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!• 'IIS r. \i' I I- 1 I. M \i; I IN
.\ssocialion, pa si -I 'reside Ml
.Society, and actively in-
beiievi)leiU institutions 10
i^ood deal of time and cod-
.Mk. Jivn M.vitish
with .Mr. I.aporte in the
business, is a native of the
County ol jacipies C'artier,
cated. I ie has been in the
ami is tliorou_y;hlv co:;-
ot both the Wholesale ai.d
iluriiii,'' the time he has been
lirm has been instrumental,
velopiiii.;' the trade they
|ierience iii business was in
receivetl his early training'
prompted him to look for a
lie came to .Montreal in
resided here. I'vvo yeais
of the wholesale irrocerv
firm of Ci. (i. (iaueher ^: to., with whom he remained lor some \ears, and later joined the
well-kni>wn firm of N. Quintal & Co.. Wholesale lirocers, with whom he remained eij^ht
years. In 1K88 he became a member of the firm of which he is siiil a partner. He has
been a past-President i>f St. Jean Haptiste Society and was one of the principal ort^anixers
of " Le Monument Nationale." He has been a member of the Board of 'f rade since 1SS7,
and is known as one of the most enerj^ctic merchants of .Montreal.
) OF TA'APK SOrVKX/h' \('.]ff>jtu:
ill llf I,il|1ll|l0,
110 i)f' llif lisiiii;
>ii)iill :iiul LMin
i-Tio iiiul Iriuk'
L^o i>r rourtct'ii
I \MitUiiif4' ill a
.'Uiiii;' up w li:it
scluHils ot his
srliDiils uiu'ii
I lie omploy-
lul joilK'tl iIk'
II as ik'i'k,
husiiiL'ss tlial
cars Ik' oslalt-
o same line, in
r some time
11 nf wliieli lie
. ol his house
ast lew years,
result ol' the
ihini^' in their
aiiees oi their
the IJoaril of
Ml .1 prominent
roeers Assoei-
. Jean H.iptisie
ol" the l'~rencli
so President oi
Idinj^' Soeiety,
past-Presiilent
1 aetively in-
nstitutions lo
time and eon-
W liAITISli:
iporte in the
nali\e of liie
,c>.|ues Cartier,
las been in the
rouy;hly eo;-
A'holesale aid
lie he has hern
I instrumental,
tratle they
isiness was in
early trainiiii^'
1 to look lor a
* Montreal in
'l"\vi> yeais
esale j^rocery
ater joined the
emained eij^iit
tner. He has
pal ort^'aiiizers
tie since iSiS;-,
n, 'lOKK AMI'; IK\SI:K. Am.mok \m> AiMMM.wi.
Mii, I). 'loKUAM I I'"u'.\si:k', Auilitoi aiu' i'uhiie Aeeounlani is the last sur\ i\ ins,' son
of llie lat>. " I'lOMisl I'laser " ol iineine'^s, whoeanie lo C aiiatla in iN.-,7, and brother ot
the late Ue\ . Doiudil l''raser, IM).. i l' London, llni^laiul. lie was born in Monlieal ir
i.S^o, ami wasedueateil at the llii;h Si Itool ami I'niversity nl' luliiilniri;li, sulisi.'i|ueiilly
conipletint,' a special course
His commercial career \\as
his uncles in New \'orl< in
to Monlreal, where he joined
t'o,, with whom he remained
afterwards went iiilo the
inj^ line, but was com|-v.,!id
account ol ill-heallh. In ii-Sj
auditor ami accountant and
with whom he lias had biisi-
tei^ritv, professional abiiily
social ami musical circles he
time look an acti\e part in
the command of the (iairison
prominent rille shot, and
I'roxiiicial Associations. Mr.
t'rescent Street I'resbyterian
ent in Sunday ScIuh'I wiuU, and is ciiniieclei.l wiih the lilblc
lie joined the I'lOard of Tratle in \^~~^ l'a\in.';' pi\\iou^ly beioni;ed lo t'.e Corn l".\ciianiL,''e,
and ill politics he has always been a l.il eral, 1 ui his inany i-usines>, diuies ha\e ]ire\eiiled
hiiii laUiii},' ail active part in parly alia'.rs.
Al.l-'Ri;n Klt'kf.U TON i;\-ANS, (i:\.\xs\ So.vs, l.iMirio.)
("
^
\
ot stutlies on the ctuitineiit.
commenced in the ollices o\
iS^c), ;iiid in iSiii hercmowd
tile linn o( D. 'roir.uice iV
for a iiumjicr ol' \ ears. 1 ie
t'onimission and Waiel-.vni--
to retire alter a while i>ii
he resumeil business ;ij^;;;ii as
has stained the e^tii in ol .all
ness transact iims, |i\ his in-
aiul u|iiii^ht conduct. In
is well known, ami for a
miiitar\- matters, rei iriiii;- t loiu
Artillery i ' ■'^"'.). I lo w as a
member CI i' ,• Domiiiiiai aiul
(iraiU is a 'r niber o\ the
Church, ai- \ery i"; oniiii-
aiul other i . us societies.
Mk. Al.FUIill I'.ICKKK rON' 1{\.\NS,
SiMis, Limited, with lieadc|uarters in
iiSoj. I le was educated at Harrow;
institution he entered the employ of
to Montreal to look afur the
cit\- and is now Manat^iiii;"
He has shown a yreat ability
business interests of hishoiise
Nouiii;' (he beinj;" but tuent_\-
ha\e taken such an inii'ci-
responsibility. The business
o'i C'aiiada by this house is
trade is expandiiiLT year by
the entire nominion o<i C an-
alone eniployiiii^- o\ er a dozen
been the increase in the trade
necessary to establish a
which has proved oi thj
their numerous customers
branch is under the mana^e-
whose ability and enert;y have
velopmeiit of the western business,
since his arrival in Montreal. He is
and City Clubs Montreal, and the
a Liberal.
member o'i the Montreal Hrut; House o( L;\aiis it
Liverpi'ol, Lnj;laiid, was i->virii in the latter city in
luul Shrewsbury schools, and after lea\ inj,' the latter
his father's lirm in iS.Si. l-'our years later he came
brunch eslablishnient in this
Director of the latter House,
ill lookiiii;' al'terthe extensive
ami there are li.'W men so
nine years of at;e) who couM
taut position o\\ their own
tlone throui^lunii the nomioii
simply enormous, ami their
year. It extends throui;hout
•ida, the Montreal branch
travellers. So rapid has
of this firm that it was t'oiind
branch house in 'I'oronto,
greatest service in supplviiii;'
in Western Ontario. This
meiit ot Mr. W'alerhouse,
tloiie much towjirds the de-
Mr. Lvaiis has been a member oi the Hoard of Tr.ade
also a meiiibi.r ol the St. Cieorij'e's .Societv, St. James
Reform Club, Liverpoi>l, luigland. In politics he is
BOARD OF IKADE SOVIEjVj
l.OriS AFJ.AR
Ml'. I.oi i> Ai.i.AKP, wlio will alu;i\s !-■.' r. mcnibe
line l\ist-OI(icc, a-, well as tor many tnhcr public wim
our city, is a native of St. l''raiu;o!s.t!u-l.,ic, ::i wtvch
I'iariy in lite Mr. AllarJ hoi^aii business a. a contrac
si\o works both in C anai'.a
j^rcal credit to liinis.lf and
from tiie year 1S53 to iSfu).
came to Montreal and lia;S
has for lon^ been one of the
da, and his judiyment ;ind
awarded to him, has seldom
competitors. Since takint;
Mr. Allard has taken an
and for several years repre-
tlie City Council, and it was
that abbaloirs were tstab-
city. He has been a member
I.SS7, and has contributed
ability to forward many of
that body. He is a Justice o'^
and was for several years
Haptiste Society. In politics he is a Conservative,
porters of the late Sir John A. Macdonald .1:1.1 S.r
slatesmen that Mr. .-Miard thinks have ^\o\\^ .s>> nuu
her people.
I)
red in Montreal as the builder o'( our
ks w hich ha\ e {'.one so far to beautify
place he was born in the year 1054.
tor and carried out some very exten-
and the I'nited States with
satisf.iction to all concerned,
Durini,'- the latter date he
since resided in this city. He
L-adiiii^ contractors in Cana-
skill in carrying;' out any work
been equalled by any oi liis
up h.is residence in Montreal
active interest in civic atTairs
sented St. James Ward in
mainly throui;h his efforts
lished without cost to the
of the Hoard of Trade, since
l.iri^-ely by his energy and
llie enterprises undertaken by
the I'eace for this Province,
\ ice-President of the St. Jean
iiid was one of the staunchest sup-
Cleorge \'.. Cartier. the two eminent
h tor the Dominion of Canada and
C.l-;OR(..l': HADRII.l., SicKKTAKv Bo.VKi) oi- 'ruAnii.
It is almost needless to say that amoiiL,^ the members and oHicers oi the t>oard of
Trade and C'orn ivxchang'e, one <^i the most prominent and best known is the vibligins;- and
energetic secretary, .Mk. Gi-:OKi.i-: H.\nK!i.i,. His courtesy and attention on all occasions when
any intormaiion is retjuired by any one. whether a member or nc't, is proverbial, and the
able manner in which , he discliarges the arduous
duties thai fall to his lot.
confidence of the members oi
sent, with whom he has
appointment to the secretar\-
who is now in his fc.ty-fillli
luigland, and educated at
He came to Canada in 1N74
two years absence in I'-ng-
Montreal since that date,
ence was with a large busi-
land.with whom he remained
In 1.S77 he entered the Hoatd
three ^ears afterwards was
tary. '{"his |iosition he filled
that in iSSd, on the resigna-
was unanimously elected to
he still continues to hold
i'incher's school there,
with the exception oi
M,
has g;iinei.l tor him the entire
the Councils, past and pre-
come in ct^ntact since his
ship in iSSo. Mr. Hadrill,
\ear, was born in London,
br.
and,
land, has been a resident m
His first commercial experi-
ness house in JAindon, Mng-
until his coming to Canada,
of Traile oflice as clerk and
apptiinted assist an t -secre-
wiih such ability and promise,
tion oi the late secretary, he
fill the onerous position that
e magnificent presentatii>n matle to him on the occasion
oi b-s marriage recently, is ample proof oi the esteem in which he is held bv the Council
and members oi the Hoard of Trade with whom he has always been o\\ terms of' the most
cordial nature.
:;/• TRADE SOUIENJR XLMBKR.
(ii'iOKiih: (;!^\ll.\.M \: sow
lilder oi our
r to boa u lily
; year 1054.
very extoii-
Statcs witli
I concerned,
er date he
lis c\\\. He
rs in C'ana-
iit any work
■ any of liis
n Montreal
civic art'airs
s Ward in
Ills ert'orts
ost to the
frade, since
-Miergy and
dertaken by
s IVo\ince,
the St. Jean
nchest sup-
Ao eminent
.'anada and
K' IxKird of
blii^iiii;- and
sions w lien
al, and llie
le arduous
11 the entire
•t and pre-
since his
r. Had rill,
n London,
liool tiiere.
cceptiiMi ol
resident in
cial experi-
iidon, I'lnj^-
to Canada.
^ clerk and
;int -sec re-
nd promise,
^crelary, he
usition that
le occasion
the Council
<^\ tiie most
Mk. CiKOKi.i: CiKAiiAM, w ho until (.juite recently was proprietor of the old-established
i^rocery house bearins,-- his name and situated o\\ Victoria Si.|uare, is a native Canadian,
lie was born in the parish of St. .Mitchell's on the Island ^^i .Montreal in the year 1S27.
During the early part oi his life he was eiitraj^-ed in larmini,'- operations, devotinj;|^ himself to
the improvement of the family property, but liavint;- a natural bent for business, he entered
the store of his father who
produce business. In this
years as assistant to his
farmer and land-owner. In
thinking that .Montreal
business, came to this city
establishment on X'ictoria
many years, been one of
Hy dint oi untiring energy
he raised it to one of the
city, doing a most extensive
best class of customers.
I urn oi his business, taken
tiraliam, into the concern
the business. The latter
like his father, a thorough
promise of a future brilliant
time ago Mr. Ciraham found
more commodious premises
where most oi his patrons
M K ( ilM lUi.l, ( lU \ll \\1.
was propricti>r \^i a large
he was engaged for some
fattier who was also a large
the year iSr)j, Mr. Ciraham,
alTorded greater scope for
ani.1 founded the grocery
Square, which has, for so
the land-marks of .Montreal,
and ittention to business
foremost of its kind in the
.md thriving trade with the
He has, since the founda-
his eldest son, Mr. A. F.
with an active interest in
has proved himself to be,
business man, and gives
commercial career. .\ short
it necessary to remove \o
and nearer the centre of
reside, and he therefore
secured the magnificent new store at the corner of St. Catherine and Drummond streets.
•Mr. tiraham has been a member of the Hoard of Trade for the past two years and, since
he joined, has taken an active interest in the affairs of that institution. He is also a mem-
ber of the St. Andrew's and Caledonian Societies, to both of which he has for manv vears
been a liberal donatoi' and
his iirdinary business he
several enterprises to which
his time and in the maii-
an active part. He is con-
Protestant Cemetery Trust
of liie most prominent
Cirocers' Ciuild, which was
He was appointed a Justice
and district oi Montreal
^i the best know n business
gained a multitude o'i
upright and honest dealings
of' tlie circumstances of all
in contact. As a success-
long residence in this city
may well ieel proud o^, be-
ward any project that tends
commerce <>'i tin coni-
ada. In politics he is a
\1 K. Al l.\ \Mi|.k 1-. ( .1; Ml \\l.
lirni supporter. Outside
has become associated with
he devotes a good deal i.'i'i
agement of which he takes
necled with ihh Montreal
Company, and is also ow^i
members of the Retail
established some years ago.
oi the Peace for the cit\
some time ago, and is o\\\i
men in the city. He has
friends for himself bv his
and his kind consideration
those with whom he comes
ful business man during his
he is one that Montreal
ing ever ready to help for-
lo develop the trade, and
mercial metropolis of Can-
Conservative.
Mk. .\i.i;xa\oi:k I-". CIkaiiam, son ^^'i the foregoing gentleman and an active worker
with him in his business was born in the cit\ of .Slontreal in the year 1863. He was edu-
cated at the Mritish and Canadian sclu-.i! Iiere and started business in his father's establish-
ment in the year 1S77. Ho has since then continued with the latter up to the present time.
He adx.'inced to the managership of the business some time ago. ^ir. .\. F. (iraham has
been a member iif the Hoard of Trade since iSuo.
!^
i>o
r>o.ih'n or tirade sour
Ml
I M
h
.1 ii
LOUIS WILFRKH TKLMOSSE.
Mk. Loiis WiLruKn Tki.mossi:. proprietor of tlie Wholesale Grocery Establishment
beariiii^ his name, is a native of St. I'-sprit, I^.O., where he was bom in iS;6. He was
educated at the Christian Hrolhers' Scliools. and at tlie as^c of fonriten starud business in
Montreal, enterinij the employ of Mr. Michel Bourbonniere, retail {^roctr. He remained
for one year with this house, . . then entering- the establish-
ment of lAHiis Lemay, retail j^rocer. He next became
associated with John Mac-
1854 he learned the joiners
ticeship to that industry
however, in 1857 he returned
and became connected with
caille, wholesale jjrocers.
for ten years. In 1867 he
grocery, wine and spirit
with Mr. C'l. G. Gaucher,
and Telmosse. For twenty-
business under this name,
very extensive trade throui^h-
however, Mr. Gaucher re-
assumed the entire control
since continued to prosper
grocer. He next
donald, wholesale grocer. In
trade, and serxed an appren-
for three years. Iv\entually,
to his former occupation,
Messrs. \'illeneuve and La-
He continued with this firm
commenced the wliolesale
business on his own account
imder the title o( Gaucher
five \ears the firm ciiiried on
and during that tine did a
out the I")ominion. In 1892,
tired, and Mr. Telmosse
of the business. He has
.,...^w ^v...v..,..^v. IV |.iv..-.|.>.i in every way, and hii house
bears an excellent reputation for being one of the most reliable establishments of its kind.
Mr. Telmosse joined the Hoard of Trade in the year 1880. He is also a member of the
Dominion Wholesale Grocers .Association, and belongs to the St. Jean Haptisie Society,
and the Societe des Artisans Canadiens I•>an^■ais.
JOHN Li:i-: ^-t VO.
jonx i.i:i;. joiix ciiessi:r murr.w.
The firm of John Lee X: Co. is one of the best known in Montreal, and especially to
everv one in the shipping trade. .Mr. Lee, the senior partner, and founder of the firm, was
born in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, in i82(), and arrived in Canada in i8^(), with his
parents, who settled in Prescott Co. He received his education at L'Orignal, Ont., and
finally settled in Montreal in
ticed to Mr. John Wiseman,
afterwards in the service of
years, and in 181)4 commenced
lining and fitting. He was
of St. jean Haptiste N'illage,
became annexed to the City
the St. Jean Baptiste Ward
I le has been a member of the
five years, and in politics is a
Mr. John Chesser Murray,
in L'Orignal, Out., in 183^
Grammar School there. In
joined the firm o\ Lee, Brady
wards became manager. Mr.
the cattle shippers, and has
the cattle stalls on nearly
1
^Sr
'''ML
^^^
T
l^P
1843, where he was appren-
Pianoforte maker. He was
the Cirand Trunk for some
the present business of ship
fourteen years in the Council
and when that municipality
of -Montreal, he represented
in Council for three years.
Board of Trade for the past
Conservative.
partner in the firm, was born
and was educated at the
i87ohecameto Montreal, and
iS: Co., of which he atter-
Murrav is well-knou n to al
the supervision of titling up
, _ ._ . every steamer tliat sails trom
this port, and it is safe to sa\- that he never fails to give satisfaction. He has been a
member of the Board of Trade since iSSS, and in politics is a " lirst-class true-blue
Consi"-'- iti\e."
D or TRADE SOUll.NIR XUMBER
FRANK J. HART. 1I.m;i
It. K\\ i:i.i..
Establishment
iX;/). Me was
leti business in
He reinaiiied
tlie establish-
next became
sale i^Toeei . In
\ei.l an appren-
s. 1^\ entiially,
;r oeciipalii^n,
ieu\e and f.a-
with til is firm
the wiiolesale
s own account
le oi Gaucher
firm ciirried on
at tine did a
lion. In iiSgi,
Ur. Telmosst.
-ss. He has
and his house
ts of its kind,
member of the
.ptiste Society,
Mk. Fkam: j. Hakt, senior partner in t
Dealers, is periiajis the most prominent (i^
native of Montreal wiiere ho was born in iS-
Hrothers school. His lirst business trainii
whom he served for some
father in the present business
career has been ow^ iif un-
was the means of lirst brinj^--
Montreal after workinj^- hard
This has made Montreal ijie
the enormous quantities of
from the Mediterranean and
line liis firm deal very exten-
larije import trade they are
dian and L'nited States <;ro\\ n
Hart has frequently been
of honour, both parliamentary
uryed to contest the St. Law-
election. These he has al-
score of pressure of business.
Hoard of Trade for the past
mously selected by the truit merchants in the
of that institution, and was elected to tlie
thoroui^hly Conservative and is a member
Association.
he fu-ni cf Hart X: Tuckwcil, Wholesale I'ruit
^•ure in that trade in the Dominion. lie is a
J, and recei\ed his education at the t"liri->;i in
y was in the firm of Haird iJt Crawford, \\i>h
year.-. He succeeded his
in iSSo and since tiien his
quali:led success. Mr. Hart
inLf fruit vessels direct to
for this during' fue \ears.
L;realest distributinjjf point for
iirani,''esaiid lemons imported
the Fast, and in this s]iecial
si\ely. In addition to their
\ ery lari^- ; exporters oi Cana-
fruit to Creat Hrilain. Mr.
offered nominations for posts
aiul civic, and w:is stroiii^ly
rence ward at the last civic
ways had to decline o\\ the
I le has been a member of the
t\\el\e \ears and was unani-
city to represent tlv.'ir interes's in the Ctumcil
council in February last. in politics he is
ot t!ie Council of the Junior Conservative
d especially to
' the firm, was
829, with his
nal, Ont., and
e was appren-
ker. He was
unk for some
isiness of ship
in the Council
t municipality
le represented
three years,
e for the past
Irm, was born
cated at the
I Montreal, and
ich he after-
l-known to all
1 of iittin_y up
!iat sails from
le has been a
;lass true-blue
WILLIAM B. POWFLL.
Mr. Willi.vm R. PnwFt i N».inai,^er in Montreal for the Great North Western
Telei,'rapli Company, was elected a member ^.^i t.Te Board of Trade in uSyj. He is a
comparatively young- man to hold such an important and responsible position, in which,
•l.^^'i'^!'^^''^'^^ he has proved himself to be a thoroui,'-hlv competent oliicial. He was born
is consequently only thirty-
ceived his early education at
and when quite yountventered
Telei,'-raph Company, which
ment of its kind in the Do-
passinyf tlirout;h the various
ed C'ashier, which position
\ears. When the Montreal
over by the (ireat North
appoinlod Assistant Mana,L;er
ly was promoted to the posi-
njss experience and activity
ta!.;o to the company \\luvn
occupied his present position
service and the business is
departments are in thorout;h
there ha\e been very fa\ora/ile
in Montreal, July 1S55, and
seven years of as^e. He re-
the McCiill Normal School,
the service of the Montreal
vas the pioneer establish-
minion of Canada. After
departments he was appoint-
he occupied for a lunnber oi
Coinpany's lines were taken
Western, Mr Powell was
at Montreal, and subsequent-
tion oi Manayer. His biisi-
ha\ J bjen of marked ai.i\an-
he s.M'xes, as since he has
he lias yreatly improved the
steadily increasing. All the
unison with each other, and
comments in the press and elsewhere on the iiuickness and accuracy of the way in which
messages and despatches are delivered by ili;.-, company. Mr. Powell has the advantage
of both youth and experience, and he may be expected to take an acti\ e part in the business
alTairs of .Montreal in the near future.
BOARD OF TRADE S0L'l'£A7R
C'HARI.i;S HKNRV WAI/nCRS, J'KivATi.; Bankkk amj tii-M-KAi. Mi-iuiiant.
Mij. Walters, who is one of the best known financiers and leadiiifj business men in
Montreal, is a native Canadian, and was educated at the Model School, Montreal. He
commenced his commercial career with Cuvillier & Co., who for many years occupied the
s^round of which the Hoard
erected. In 1.S6S he became
in 1878, when the senior
Cuvillier) retired, Mr. Walters
own account. He has lonj^
ber of industrial enterprises,
of tile orijjfinal promoters of
and the ^Iontreal Petroleum
one of the first who, with John
manufacture of lamp chimnies
carried on a Lumber Mill at
is now President of "The
Co.," and is also Manaijer of
treal. He was appointed a
is an active member of St.
Master of Anticjuity Lodt^e
been a member of the Hoard
"Cuvillier Hlock " upon the
of Trade building is now
a partner in the (i;m, and
partner (the late Maurice
commenced business on his
been identified with a num-
aml was a Hi rector and one
the City Omnibus Company
Refining- Company. Hu was
Douglas & Co. , attempted the
and glass bottles. He also
Roxton Kails. Mr. Walters
North .American Phosphate
"The Investment Co.," Mon-
Justice of the Peace in 11874,
George's Societv and Past
I
No. 1 A.F. & A.M. He has
of Trade since 1S61. Mr. Walters is also a Director and one of the original promoters
of the Gaspesia Railway Co., which Ik.s just been chartered by the Quebec Government,
and is to run from St. Octave de Matis to Ciaspe liasin. This is the short line which it is
stated will bring the mails 1 1 '_. hours earlier than by any of the present routes.
In politics Mr. Walters is a Conser\ati\e.
Mr. Jc
of one of 1
received hi
St. Catheri
Company,
four years
filling the
that term
these gent
wholesale
and for S(
thriving bi
solve part
terests of
tinned to c
since been
large tratl
Dominion
tion of be
shrewd in
kindlv con
ers. 'He I
with the C
Jean Bapti
Club. In
STEWART MUNN & Co., Gknerai. Commission Merchants.
Mr. Stewart Minn, senior partner in the firm of Stewart Munn & Co., General
Commission Merchants and Wholesale Provision Exporters, is a native of Rothesay, Scot-
land, where he was born in 1S36. At the age of twenty he emigrated to Newfoundland
and there entered into business as a receiver and exporter of fish and oil. In 1873 he came
to Montreal and established , , . 1 his present business. His
both sides of the Atlantic as
in the Dominion. Mr. Munn
Hoard of Trade for many
of the Corn Exchange Asso-
firm is to-day well known on
one oi' the most enterprising
has been connected with the
years, and is also a member
ciation.
Mr. William A. Minn,
is the son of R. S. Munn,
of the well known firm of
Cirace, Newfoundland. He
and was sent to Edinburgh,
cation, and remained there
to Canada and joined his
period of five years he re-
capacity of clerk, after w hich
in the business. He has
oughly competent business
carrying out his numerous and responsible duties
and is also a member of tlio Corn l"2xchange.
X'ictoria Rifles and also of the M.A.A.A. In politics he is a Conservative, but does not
make himself prominent in party affairs.
the junior partner in the firm,
senior partner and manager
John Munn & Co., Harbour
was born in Harbour Cirace
Scotland, to receive his edu-
uiitil 1 88 1, when he returned
uncle in Montreal. I''or a
mained with the firm in the
he was admitted as partner
shown himself to be a thor-
man and most energetic in
He joincnl the Hoard of Trade in 1885,
.Mr. W. A. Munn is a member of the
Mr.
Esq., is
1827.
went thr
first B.A
1849, and
He was
the reput.
City of M
clients
C.Abbott J
was engfi
occupied
several o:
was com
his conne
law sinct
became
Mulholl:
mill Hreu
nately be
which o\
capacity,
to all citi
of the ci
TRADE SOUVENIR XUMiiER.
il.
men in
Ho
cd tho
Hoard
became
senior
^Valters
IS lonj;
prises,
oters of
roleum
thjohn
limnies
I Mill at
The
nai^'er of
ointed a
of St.
Lodiii'e
e Hoard
omoters
srnment,
lich it is
JOSKPH griNTAl..
Mr. Joseph Quintal, as his name implies, is a native o{ this province and a descendant
of one of the old pioneer French families who settled here in the seventeenth centnry. He
received his education at the Catholic Commercial Academy of Montreal, situated then on
St. Cather'"e Street. At the age \:s'i nineteen he entered the employ (^i (ieors^e McHean iV
Company, wholesale grain
four years in the employ of
filling the position of book-
that term he formed a part-
these gentlemen established
wholesale dealers in grain,
and for several years con-
thriving business. Recently
solve partnership, and Mr.
terests of his former asso-
tinued to carry on the afl'airs
since been not less successful
large trade, not only in the
Dominion generally. He
tion of being a merchant of
shrewd in the affairs of busi-
merchanls. He remained for
this firm, during that time
keeper. At the expiration of
nership with Mr. l.emay, and
themseKes in business as
h.iy and produce etc., etc.,
tinned together, doing a
they mutually agreed to dis-
Ouintal purchased the in-
ciate, and has since con-
of his firm alone. He has
than formerly and does a
Province but throughout the
has established the reputa-
sterling worth, not only being
ness, hut also manifesting a
circumstances of his custom-
kindly consideration for the
ers. He became a member of the Hoard of Trade in iSSf), and is principally identified
with the Corn b'xchange section of that institution. He is also connected with the St.
Jean Haptiste Society and the C. M. H. A., and is a member of Le Canadien Snow Shoe
Club, in politics he is a Conservati\e.
J. C. HAKKR.
Mr. J. C. Baker, Managing Executor of the Hstate of the late William Workman,
Esq., is a native of Dunham, Missisquoi County, I'.Q., and was born in the year
1S27. He received his education at tlie I-ennoxville College, in which institution he
went through a most brilliant course of studv, and graduated with credit, being the
first B..\. of that College. 1 1 He came to Montreal in
1S49, and studied law in the ' office of thelateSirJohn Rose.
He was admitted to practice in 1851, and soon established
the reputation of being one of , the most able lawyers in the
City of Montreal, drawing to jjl > himself a large number of
client!-. Two years later he iftlii^^ became partner of Sir John J.
C.Abbott. During hisconnec- ^Vlk ^ *'*^^" \\'\\\'^ this gentleman he
was engaged in some of the ^BVWH^- most important cases which
occupied the attention of the iBp|L 'fe. Courts at the time, and on
several occasions he greatly ^^^tJ^HT'^ distinguished himself, and
was complimented from the \«^^^^^MJ^U|^^^ Hench. In 1H59 he severed
his connection with Sir John ^^^^^^K^^^^^^ Abbott, and has not practiced
law since. He next turned ^^HPIk^'^Vlv '"^ attention to trade, and
became a partner in the • i» wholesale hardware house of
Mulhollandand Haker. I'pon * the death of the late Henja-
min Brewster, formerly senior partner, the house unfortu-
nately became insolvent, and failed in the great crisis
which overtook the trade v^i the country in 1S77. Since then he has acted in his present
capacity. He has been a member o'i tlie Hoard K.yl Trado for several years, and is well-known
to all citizens of Montreal for the iiUeresl he has always evinced in the welfare of the trade
of the city.
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C. AI.FRHD CUOUILI.Or. Cinkkai. Fkkmii Ar.iMV.
Mr. C. Ai.i'Ki:n Ciunii.i. or, (.■loiicr.-il I-'roncli Ai,'oncv, is to ho credited with quite a new
departure from the ordinary routine oi C'n: at!i;in business sineo Iiis arrival in Montreal a
little over six years aj^o. lie is a native ot l-ratue and resided there until iHS". After
establishinfj an extensive business ; s M inufactiini's Ag-ent lor a number of lirnis in Paris,
Bordeaux, Marseilles and ^ several other business centres
he came to Canada. With the knowledj^e that a lar^a-
portion of the people in the Province of Quebec were of
French origin he settled in ^^^^ Montreal and established an
afjency for the supply of pro- ^^^^^^ ducts purely I'rench. He
has developed a business that ^^^ ^^ already holds a prominent
position in tlie trai.le oi m^^ *' Can.ida anil is steadily in-
creasinjj exerv year. This Bj^^ ^ includes amoiii;' others the
importation of Wines, ^^^ ^, Liquors, Silks, Woollens,
Chemicals, Hardware, Patent '^W'A^^^ .^^ Medicines, etc. One of the
greatest dil1iculii«.s Mr. ^^S^^^.,^^^^^^ Chouiliou had to contend
the outset, ^^^^^D^^^^^^^^ of I'Veneh
firms to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^BF' ^^''' ^y
doiiiitahle pluck and per- iR^I^^^IHRBSP^ seserance ho has mereoine
this. His business in C'anada ■ ''^^ 'm.v^- j^ ^^^^^^ ''nil fait arcunip/i,"
and that it is thoroutjhiy ap- preeiated by the .Montreal
.Mercantile Ci'>mniunity is ' ' shewn by the fart that he
!ias since been (.lected president of the French Chamber of Commerce. Mr. C'houiilou is
looked upon as a proi;ressi\e and popul:'.r man of business and holds a his,'h po^itiiin in
Montreal society. He has been a member o( the Hoard of Trade for a number of years
and in politics inclines to the Liberal side.
ALO. THO.MAS CO^'RO^■.
Ai.i). TlIO^t.\s CiWKiiv is a native Montrealer, havini,'' been born in this citv in iS^S oi
Irish parents, who were among the oldest residents in St. .Ann's ward where they settled
on arriving here in iSjj. During tlie earl\ years of his life Aid. Conroy was apprentice!.".
and served his time with l-^ Ciilbert, of tlie Heaver l'"ouiulry. Leaving Montreal in iShDthe
following twelve montlis \\c' J spent in Cuba, and on return-
ing to this city, at the end of iS<)i, he took up his father's
business that of geneial store .,■',.. keeping, \\ hich he coiulueted
up to a few years ago with ^. singular tact and ability. He
was formerly a member of .^^fi^ •*^^^* ' '^ '^'' I''''"^'*^ ^^* Wales
Regiment and was, o;) tlie ^l^aK occasion of the first visit of
the Prince of Wales to Can- fl^^«|R|^ '"-''^ '^^ open the \'ictoria
Hridge, a member of tlie vl^^^A taiard of Honor which turned
out to meet his Royal High- ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^HK^ ness. He was also a direc-
tor of the Jrish Mutual Hen- J^^^^K • evolent Society for many
years, and always look a "^^^^H^^^^ >- .« great interest in its atVairs.
He has been Alderman for ^^^^^^Hl^Hi^ik-- '^^' -^'i'^'^ ^^ -"'^l ''^ ^'^^ ^ '^^'
Coimcil for a number of } eat.': '-^^^^^^^^^^Bl^^^'% '"^^' '^ ''^ present Chairman
of the Water Committee, one ^JH^^^^^^M^" \ of the most important posi-
tions in connection with our l^H|P^Rilr » ^ city government, and has
filled that position for the .1;*: ., ^ last three years with excep-
tional ability. Aid. Conroy — '■ ' ' ' became a member of the
Hoard of Trade in 1.S.S7, and in politics is independent of either partv, believing only in
honest Go\ernment. As an .\klerman Mr. C'onro)'s course in the (."ouncil has been such
as to meet the approval ot' the citizens, which is evidenced by the fact that he is one oi
its oldest members.
IRP or I MADK SOL \- EN J K XIMBF.R.
\ with quite a now
iviil in Moiuri-ul a
until 1.SS7. After
oi lirms in I'aris,
;r business centres
il.He tiiat a lar^e
f Quebec were ot"
nd established an
ly I'rench. He
Ids a prominent
d is steadily in-
nong- others the
>ilks, Woollens,
etc. 0\\<i ot" the
had to contend
nidity of l-Veneh
lilt, by his in-
ic has o\erconie
7 fait acciinip/i,"
\v the Montreal
the fart that he
Mr. Chouillou is
a lii!,'h position in
I number o( years
eomniencinsjf his business life
oi I). .M.isson
empliiy
ni'MONT I..\\I0M:TTI-: (J. I.. Cassidv i\: (.-o.)
Mi^. DrxiONT I..\vioi.i;'m:. of the (im) of John I.. C'assidy X: i^'o., Wliolesale China,
(.rockery and lllassware Merchants, was born in St. Jerome, I'.lJ., in 1.S51, and educated
at the collefje of Si. 'Jherese for his classical course where he received a diploma i>f the
hii,fhest merit. He took his commercial course at Masson collci^e, Terrebonne, P.O., and
came to Montreal in 1S70,
as customs' clerk in the firm
aci.|uitted himself well in their
tion of being- a man oi i;reat
observer of the variations in
have stood well to him when
sibilities. A W'w years later
with .Messrs. I'iche & 'I'is-
Tisdale. Wholesale Hard-
ducted the business oi this
\ears. This field of opera-
i.S,S(), joined the firm of John
manai,'-er of the house oi
Hy his able assistance he has
trade oi the establishment
larj;est and best assorted of
Mr. Lavioletle is a Director
and has distinjjuished himself as heinir ■'H' :d->Ie financier. He
S:. Jean Haptiste Society and has been a nien-.ber of the Hoard of Trade since
politics Mr. Laviolette is a fonservativ e. He also takes
Paul Society and other kindred institutions.
\- Co. He
linini;' the reputa-
busmess ability aiul a keen
market s.chr.racteristicsuhich
ilischart^int,' heavier respon-
he enteied into partnership
dale, as Piche, l,a\iolette iS:
w.ire Merchants, and con-
tirin with success for many
tion beinj^f too limited, he in
I.. C'assidy X: Co, as linancial
which he is now a partner,
done much to increase the
which is now considered the
the kind in the Hominion.
of the Jaccpies Cartier Hank
is a prominent member oi
In
r SS7.
I L;reat interest -n St. \'incent de
lis city in 1S3S ol"
■here they settled
was apprenticed
ntreal in i<S()o the
a, and on return-
k up his father's
ich he conducted
and ability. He
^rince oi Wales
the first visit of
•11 the \'ictoria
nor which turned
as also a direc-
:iely (cv many
st in its alVairs.
ard in the City
resent Chairman
important posi-
ment, and has
?ars with cxcep-
member oi the
■>elie\ini^ only in
il has been such
that he is one oi
IT.AVIKX JOSEPH C.RAXGF.R, Hooksi:i.i.i:r .wd Staiiom-k.
Mi^ Fi.AViiA- Josi:iMi CluA\c.r:i^. senior partner In the firm d Cirans,^^- IVeres, Whole-
sale and Retail Hooksellers and Mercantile Stationers, is a native oi St. .Anne des Plaines,
l\0., where he was born in 1857. He was educated at the .Masson College, Terrebonne,
P.O., and came to Montreal in 1S72, where he commenced his commerciarc.ireer as book-
L-....ii.>r i>Iil» < °U-i,'\l...,ii .V. I ., u II II . 1 II I ■•.
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keeper with Chapleau ^' J, a
tioners, and in iSSi took up
the lirm of Cadieux iS: De-
vic:'\\ith the latter he coni-
account and in a \ery short
a thriving trade that now
Canadian publishing firms,
chii'f pronioler in Montreal of
in mo>t luiropean capitals by
of circulating numerous
logy, art, science and liicni-
otherwise diflicull for the
Mr. A. A. Ciranger was ai.1-
oi Crangjr lirothers to jiiaii-
nient. The lirm suppK litei-
oi the cleigy and school-
educational institutions ill the
is a member oi the Chanihre du Commerci^
reviews on books published in Ca:;aua
belle, Hooksellers and Sla-
the position oi chief clerk in
rome. .After four years ser-
menccl business on his own
time succeeiled in building up
holds a high rank among
.Mr. Granger has been the
the exchange system in vogue
which iij lias been the means
works on philosophy, theo-
ture that it would have been
readers to obtain In iS(|i
niittetl i partner into the lirm
ago tlie wholesale depart-
ary works to a large nundier
books, etc., to most oi the
coun;i\-. A[;-. F. J. Ciranger
lancaise aiul olTicial corresponde .t to I'rench
;;ud i!ie l->naril of Trade i.i 1SS7 and in
I
politics is an Independent, believing rather in tlie merits of the platform 01 a political p.irt)
than in the party itself.
HOARD or J RADK SOL I EX/ R
lAKOrilAU KOIii:RT.SO\, CoAt, .Mkiuiiam.
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Mu. I''\i^g*"\i^ l\or.i:KTso\, liiiportL-r ;iiul cloalt-r i
is ;i nalivc L'aii;ii.liaii. Ilo is nf Scottish parents ami
iS^o, and iL'i.ci\cd iiis odiiLation at tlie (irainniar Sclux)!
to Mont'oai in 1.S75, to manatee l!ic business o\ .Mr. M
lart^'cly (.'ni^aiicd in tiio lumber
Mr. .Sivl.cnnan tor a lil'.li.'
decided i.M\ commencintj busi-
iniporter and dealer in coal
and since tiicn Mr. Robertson
know 11 men in the trade in
in biiiidinj,' up a thri\ ini; and
well i<no\\ii to thousands i>t'
his customers he supplies
in this cold climate durint;
mercial circles he is much
ness and intetjrity in all
favourably known in the
ai;ent for the I'rovince of
and furnace coke friMii the
coal and iron companv , and
on the lines of the Canadian
railways, lie is a member of the St. .AndrewV nnd tale
Socief Montreal Hunt and .Metropolitan Clubs, Life (i
Hospi. 1, and treasurer oi the Junior Conservative Club
in i^>77, and in politics is of course Conservative.
1 coal, wood, ami foundry Coke,
was born in (ilenj^arry, but., in
of W'illiamstovvn, Out. Ilecanie
.McLennan, who was at that time
trade. lie remained with
over four years when he
ness o\\ his own account as
and vv\Hid. This was in 187(1
has been one of the best
.Montreal, and has succeeileii
extensive business, lie is
householders to whom as
with the fuel, so necessarv
the winter season. In corn-
esteemed for his uprijj^ht-
his dealing's, and is also
social wiirld. He is sole
Quebec for the sale of toundrv
Rochester and Pittsburi,^ii
sales aj^ent at Montreal and
Pacific and several other
donian Societies, the Horticultural
overnor of the Montreal Cieneral
lie joined the Hoard of Trade
HON. SHNATOR DRl'MMOXD.
Hon. Si;.\.\tok Dklmmo-ND, one of the best known men of Montreal is a native of
I';dinburi;fh, Scotland. He came to Montreal in 1S54, his first business position being that of
Su|-)erinlendent of the Canada Sufjar Relinery, of which he eventually became President. In
addition to this he is interested in a number of other industrial and commercial enterprises,
being vice-president of the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hank of Montreal, and either
president vice-president of ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H large companies
gaged in ^^^^^^^^^H^^^^^^^^l .Apart
discriminating patron ^^^^^^^^^^SH^^^^^^^H <t'i^l possesses
the finest collections of paint- ^^^^^^^m ^^^^^^^H ings tii be found in Canada.
Mr. Drummond was called ^^^^^^u g^j^^^a^^^^H to the Senate in 1888, his
appointment at the time being ^^^^^^| .^h^^^^^^B received with universal satis-
faction. He was President ^^^^^^■«^4L^.^|fi^^^^^| ^^^ ^^'^ Council of the Hoard
of Trade during i88()-7-8 and ^^^^^HLm|B^^^^^^| took an active part every
question affecting the ^^^^^^^l^^^^^^^^^^l ^^ ^'^^ city. Con-
spicuous among these was the ^^^^^^^^^fll^^^^^^^^l cost of constructing the ship
which had ^^^^^^Hjj^^^^^^^^^^^l I^een assumed by the country.
F^e ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H having the annual burden
of interest, removed ^^^^^^^^|^^^^^^^^^| from the port of Montreal.
In this resolu- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| ^^'^^ passed by the ship-
ping thanking Mr. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H for his efforts
securing a grant from Parlia- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ment in aid of the project.
He has devoted much time to investigating the various .schemes of harbour improvement
and .secured the adoption of the plan now being carried out. It is noteworthy that the
membership of the Board of Trade rose from 235 to 1,287 during Mr. Drummond's term of
office as president.
Mr.
Corn \\\
in the y
and aftei
tion to tl
Hoard 11
after hiJ
ever siii
his way
retary tl
the tinf
lar amol
the subjF
tion to
genial
among 1
many ol
prelimiJ
new bu|
Irwin
yond hi
usual
of Moi^
Irwin
makes I
'RAD/-: SOLI /:\/R A'C.]/B7-:n.
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DAMASi: MASSON, |l). M\sso\X;Co.)
Coke, Mr. Hamask Massox, junior partner in tho firm of \^. Masson & t'o., Importers anJ
3nt., ill General Commission Merchants, Montreal, was ln)rn in lliis cily in i!S45. and educated at
lecame St. Mary's Coiiejje here. He received his early husiness traininj,' in the lirm of which he is
at time now a member, and which had been established by his father more than half a century ai,'o.
led with In 1871 Mr. Masson became . __. a partner in the firm and has
'hen he remained in it ever since. Durinj^ that time he has
ount as taken an active share in the ^^m^K. i^uidarue o{ the business,
iin i.Sjc) which has maderapid strides, /'^ ^jjfc and developed inloone of the
he best leadinj^ Import trades in Ca- I Wk nada, the connection extend-
icceeded intj, as it does, to nearly all Mi ^K ^ l!iu-opean countries. In Ca-
lle is nada the lirm does a very »V ^^ J^ iiriL;e trade throu},'hout (Jue-
hom as bee and the Lower Provinces ^^^ -'V '""•' "'^'^ '" '*^'^'<^''''' parts of
ecessarv Ontario, and {j^ives constant V^PiM^' eiii|iIo\ment to a number of
In com- travellers. Mr. Masson is a ^^'fcA k man possessed of sterling'
uprij^ht- business ability, and is lii<j^h- ^^^^B ^^ 9|^ 'y esteemed in commercial
also and social circles for his up- i^l^^^^^^^l^^^^Bk/ Tightness and intej^l^rity in his
scle dealings with all who come ^^V^i^^^B^^^^^^^^Hl contact with him, as well
f foundry as for his kind and penial '^^^R / ^SHIi^W' disposition. He has been a
ttsburs,Hi memberof the Hoardof Trade ^s^^^-^r*^^ ' f- for the past ten years, and
real and has always evinced a lively interest in the welfare of the
il other trade and commerce of Mon- trcal. In politics he is
ticultural thoroui^-hly Independent, and has often been activelv enij^aijed in election matters. In
Cieneral January, 189J, Mr. Masson was summoned by lion A. 1\. Ani,'ers (the Lieutenant-Clovcrnor
of Trade of the Province of Quebec), as one of the Royal Commissioners to investigate into the
Mercier administration.
Ci. A. IRWIX, AssisTAxr Si:iui;i.\in l>o\ui) 01 Tkadk.
native of
ing that of
sident. In
nterprises,
and either
panics en-
; from this
>es one of
n Canada.
1H8.S, his
;rsal satis-
:he Board
t in every
ty. Con-
fcf the ship
e country,
lal burden
Montreal.
r the ship-
i efforts in
e project,
provement
y that the
.I's term of
Mk. (Ji:okc,i-; .A. Ikwin, so well known to every one who visits the Board of Trade and
Corn Kxchany^e, is a native Canadian having been born in Kinj^sbury, Province of (Juebec,
in the year i8()tS. He received his education at St. l-rancis College, Richmond, Quebec,
and after fmishing his ci>llegiate course he came to Montreal in 1H84. His first introduc-
tion to the world o^ business
Board oi Trade, the service
after his arrival in this city
ever since. From a junior
his way up until, in i8i)i, he
retary to the Board, which
the time the appointment
lar among the members and
the subject of our sketch has
tion to the duties allotted to
genial disposition have made
among the members of the
man\ of whom he is brought
preliminary arrangements
new building, and during the
Irwin had a good deal o(
yond his ordinary duties, and
was in connection with the
o\ which he entered shortly
and where he has remained
position he steadily worked
was appoin ed Assistant Sec-
position he still holds. At
was made it was very popu-
since then the popularity of
increased. His strict atten-
him coupled with a kind and
for him hosts of friends both
Board and the public, with
into daily contact. While the
were being made for the
erection of that edifice, Mr.
detail work to attend to be-
these were carried out in his
concerned. To the citizens
usual quiet and unassuming manner to the satisfaction ot a
of Montreal and visitors from afar it is a pleasant visit through the new building with Mr.
Irwin as guide. He is so thoroughly conversant with everything worth seeing that he
makes the visit both entertaining and instructive
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Mk. r.KU' Maw, who tor noiuly twenty yo;irs p;ist liiis been one of the most prominent
anion^ tlie many iirehitects tor which Montreal lias l^ecn notable, is a native oi Scotland.
Me was born in the classic city i^i lulinburi,di in iS|7, antl receixecl his eiliication in the
Royal lliijh School in that city. After a lew years of professional experience in his native
for a new lielil in which to
came to t'anada in ■'^T.V
treal where lie has c ■•■ since
year he commenceil liis jiro-
try as architect, and duriii!,'-
practice here, he has suc-
yooil anil steadily increasinii
oils resiilents in Mi'iitreal
professional ser\ ices such as
which adorn the streets \.^i
tectiiral ability, anil he has
ol suburban resiliences for
sonv little ilistance from the
In soci:'.l circles lie is much
member oi several societies
WW active interest. He has
o\ Trade since the am.alira-
covintry he decideil to K'ol<
exercise his capabilities and
Me at once settled in M on-
resided. In the tbllowin^
fessional career in this coun-
the time he has been in
ceeded iii establishing a
connection amonj;- the nuiner-
who are ilailv in need o'i
Mr. Mann's. Many edifices
Montreal testify to his archi-
also ilesiifneil a number
citizens wlio prefer to live
hum ami turmoil of city lite,
esteemed, and is a prominent
in the citv, in which he takes
been a member ot the Hoard
mation of that Body with the Corn b^xchanyo in 1SS7, and has always taken a lively
interest in everythiiiij tendinj^ towards the development ^'•'i Montreal as the coiiimercial
centre of Canada. In politics he is a Conservative but is by no means a i-artis;in i^'( any
political party.
JOHN UKXRV WILSON. HvRinv ark Mkrhiant.
Mk. John Hi:\kv W'li.so.v, Hardware Merchant, is a descendant oi one of the oldest
British families in Canada. Or.e of his forefatb.ers was .Alexander Lawrence Wilson who
was sent to Coteau du Lac at the time i^i the conquest to proiect the interests o'i luii^land
in that section. The father of the subject of liiis skeich, .Adam Wilson, was himself captain
in the regiment of X'audreuil under Lord Cathcart. Mr.
John Henry Wilson was born at Coteau du Lac, Soulan^^es
county, and is now fifiv -two years of as^e. .\fter linishiiii;-
his preliminary school educa- tion, he entered, at an early
a^e, the store oi his brother- ;|i in-law at \'alleyl"ield where
he remained for five years in ^ "s ^ the capacity of clerk. Durinj;'
this time he was perfectins,^ ^' .«- •• l^j^, ^.Jin^jiiion by allendins,'-
the nij^ht schools. In 1.S59 - ' "^i^ ^^' • ' he came to Montreal and was
successively employed in the ,, ^^ stores o{ C. Bridges Benoit
& Co., Letourneux ar.d R. 4fe^V .A. Wilson, his brother, every-
where displayini^ the s.ame i^^'j^^S^^i. characteristic assiduity to
business, and unfailing- intei;- ^BKIPi^^^'I*^* 'A '''^'''' ^vhich were to pave the
way for him in the confidence 'y^%t^1 y" '* ^^^ ^'"-' •^i'^'"^^'-* community.
It was in 1861) that Mr. Wil- ', . ^f.*^ ' i son bei;an business under his
own name and with but a modest capital, but his expe-
rience and unfaltering energy assured his success. He is
now at the head oi a hand- some foriune which he uses
largely for the relief of the poor. His generosity has even been set. by Archbishop Fabre,
in a public letter, as one of the best examples which coald be offered to the faithful. Mr.
Wilson joined the l>oard of Trade in i(S,S7 and takes a lively interest in its proceedings.
In politics he is a Conservative.
A'/) i)r TRADE SOrVENfR Xl'MIU-.H
' most pioiiiiiKMil
ti\e of Sccillaiul.
education in tiic
K"o in Ills nati\c
tclil in wliich to
anada in i^JT,-
lie lias t ■'' since
iiienced his pro-
ect, ami durini,''
"0, lie lias suc-
.'adily incrcasiiii^f
ts in Mi'iitical
ser\ ices such as
II the streets ot"
ity, anil he lias
1 residences lor
istance iVoni tiie
cles h.e is much
se\eral societies
iterest. He has
nee the amalij^a-
s t;d<en a li\ely
I the coiiimercial
I [-artisan o\ any
tn.\Ki.i:s I.AcAll.I.i:.
Mk. Ciiaki.i.s I, AcAii.i.i;, sole proprietor o( the hrm of (."liarles l.acaiile & Co., Whole-
sale (irocers ami importers, is a native L'anailian, hasiii)^ heeii bi'rn in HouclierNilie, in the
i'rovince of CJuehec, ami is now in his sixt\-sixtli \ear. He was etiucated in his nati\e
place, and alier lea\in^' school continued with his lather, wli 'm he assisted on the farm,
until he was seventeen _\eiirs
enteriiifjf into siMiie business,
he has since resided. This
mencenient in the comniu-
lirni in the city where he
years later he determined
himself and formetl a part-
neuve under tlie style of \'il-
this he continued until 1S7.S
tor, and since then the husi-
der the name of (.'has. I,a-
interxeninj^ period he has
lari,fe ami llourishinj; trade.
St. jean Haptiste Society ami
the " C'hamhre du C"oni-
tor of the Hantiue du Peuple
tinancial and commercial in-
o( ai,'e, when he decided up<in
ami c.ime to Montreal where
was in iN-45 ami his lirst com-
cial world was with a {grocery
leariied the business. Ten
upon ^,''oins,'' into business for
neiship with .Mr. N. \'ille-
leneu\e, l.acaiile iS: Co. in
when he became sole proprie-
ness has been conducted un-
caiUe iV C'ie., and durini,^ the
succeedeil in buililins,^ up a
lie is a prominent member of
was one of the founders of
merce." lie is also a direc-
and interested in several other
stitutiiins in the manatjement
of which he takes an active part. He joineil the Hoan.1 of Tratle ten years ai.jo, and is an
active member of the Wholesale (Irtvers' .\ssociation in connection with that corporation,
and always ready to support aii}' project to advance the comnurce of Montreal. In politics
Mr. l.acaiile is a Conservative.
NV.\i;n;R iwri.
■>ne of the oldest
L'lice Wilson who
rests of luiijlaml
.s himself captain
Cathcarl. Mr.
u Lac, Soulanj,^es
.\fter linishirii;-
ered, at an early
/alleylield where
of clerk. During;'
in by allendinsj;'
Montreal and was
. Hrids;es Honoit
lis brother, ever}-
ic assiduity io
ivere to pave the
ness community.
usiness under his
tal, but his expe-
success. He is
le which he uses
rchbishop I'abre,
he faithful. Mr.
its proceedings.
Mk. Wai.ti;k Tai I., whose itlace of business is situated at the corner of St. Catherine
and Metcalfe streets, is one of .Nlontreal's best-known merchants and for a lon^;- time past
has been Umked upon as a prominent and worthy citizen. He has been connected with the
ijrocerv trade for 'Her a quarter of a century and for the past 14 years has been doinj,'
one of the most extensive re- . . . tail businesses in the city.
This has been steadily built , up by strict attention to and
a close studv of the w.'ints of ^ , his numerous customers and
the great secret of Mr. Paul's ^^y^'-^%^ success has been his own
personal supervision of all jF ^^ the details necessary for
carrving on a business of this 9 •\' kind. Notwithstanding this
he has alwavs found lime to |V l^V 1S^ / devote to several benevolent
and philanthropic societies m_f||>- / '"^'^' works with which his
name is associated. Few ; f '?*<^ * the charitable institutions in
the city that do not regularly //"^^^' receiv,- donations from him
in money, and in kind, and his ^^^^^J_^ ' '^^ nauu has become a house-
hold word amongst the poor ^1^^^^^-, «^^fc|^ needy. .Mr. Paul is a
strong temperance advocate ^^N^||B^ ^Kcll^ and as ;i matter of cmirse his
business is conducted on \\ /■ ^^■RSK^W^*5^"* ' '^^'"'^'''y temperance princi-
ples. He is a direct im- . •\- ^ f^^^^V porter of everything he deals
in. Mr. Paul has repeatec.ly " - T *^^"^''i Ji'^kcd to allow himself
to be put in nomination by ' '■ ' .lis friends, for several posts
of honor in the city, and has time and again been urged to enter the City C'ouncil,
but has alwavs declined, owing to the pressing nature of his business. In politics .Mr.
Paul is an Independent Conservative ami has been a member of tlie Koard of Trade
since icSSj.
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\VM. C I.I \l>l\\l Nt. \ SON, M NM I \i II KKK'".
'IIk' linii ot \\'\i. C I.I M'isM \t. \ Son, w linsf oHins ;iiul cMi'iisiv c \\i>rUs ;iri'
MlujiU'd on William sliool, i-- well known ihroiii^lunil (.'aniula. In lU'arly ovcrv
l)ou>.i.'lioli.l in iIk' Hiiminion i^ to W IoiiikI a sIom.-, Iiiriiai't.' ox hoilcr hi'iirin^ the nanu'
ol tlu' linn uliiili max Irulv W xaiil li< havi' hciimu' a hi>ii><i.liokl wotil in the slricli'sl son^o
lit the term, C'>iitsiile ol iheii lailuax aiul eiMilraelors lasiinj^s, their haleoiiies, railway
erestini^', limnels, eti.,aremet w ith e\ ei\ w hei.' in C'anaila aiul not the least important
item in their manulaetures is that of drain ami !^,is pi|Hs, whieh they turn out in enorniiius
ijiiantities aiul in si/es \ar\injL; from one lo six iiuhes in iliameter. This liraneh ot the
business is earrietl i>n iiiuler the litk ot the t'anaila I'ipe ami l'\niiuh\ Company, the only
linn in the Dominion that maiuilaeliires the iari^e si/ed pipes mentioneil above. The
Messrs. C'lemlinnenj,^ were t'omuleis i>l this eompanv and are by tar the lartjest sharehoklers
in the ei>iuern, in ai-ldition to ha\inL; the lontrol ol the manaijenient.
Mk. \\'\i. C'i.kni>inm.no, senior, the head ol ihe firm, is one ot .Montreal's truly repie-
i| I he old ii'sidi Ills in this eit\ ha\ e leil a more aetix e and inisj
their ellorls erowneil with
sentalive business men. l-'ew
lite and fewer still have had
sueli marked sueeess. lie
int,^ been born in tlu' liuvn
He eaine to Canada early
\ears oi a^e when he ar-
he entered the iilfue oS. llu'
eapaeilv I't elerU and alter
)Tartnershi|"i. .\s his e\-
de\eloped, his enterprise
it. and in a few years
t^'oini; into business i>n
this step was a indieious
fully justitied by the pheiio-
atleiuled all his uiulei-|.ik-
eiieri;\ and ability he has
tiinirishiiii^' business, sceoiul
thouL;h il has :;lreai.ly as-
sions il is siill steadilv in-
lirm L;i\es employment to
a marked feature in the
nenjj is the tleep inlei\'s| he t.ikes in the wellare I'l
the older hands in ihe establishment have been
throut^h his inllueiKW aiul he
employed in his works. In eivie matters he has t
is a native oi Irelaiul, hav -
ol Cavan in tht \ear iS;;.
in lite, beinj,'' iMilv fourteen
rivet! in Minitreal. In iS^j
late Mr. Rodden in liie
.1 lew years was taken into
ptiienee in the business
miM'e than kept paee with
more he tleeideil upon
his iiwn aeeount. That
v'lie on his part has been
meiial sureess whieh has
inj;s sinee then. Hy his
built up an extensive and
to nowv: in C'anada, and al-
sumed enormous ilimeii-
ereasinii' year h\- year. The
' ^K- si.'veral hundred haiuls, and
eharaeter of .Mr. Cleiulin-
his (.niploves, old and younij. Many oi
l-il to live a useful aiul lu>iuirable life
watthes with a fatherly eare iner the yoiuij^er ones who are
'en a verv prominent part for mer
w
tvvenlv V ears past, and as a member oi the {■"inanee (.'ommittee has been instrumental in
passini^' several measures that have been very benelleial to the interests ot thecitv. In i<Si)0
he was entrusted (with .Aid. Murteaui with the lloatinj^- oi a civic loan in luiLfland, which
was successfully carried out. and siiue then has taken an active part in the nes^otiation ot
further loans at home wn^ abroail. Mr. C'leiulinneiit;' represents St. .\ntoine Ward in the
C"ity C"ouncil.
.Mk. Wm. Ci.i:MiiNM;.M. Jk.. the other paitner in the hrm, is well known as one ^^i the
ablest and most eneri,''etic vount^ business men in Montreal and for some time past has had
the practical nianai^ement oi the business, aiul much of the success attaiiunl by the lirm is
due to the i,'reat abilitv and enerjj^y he has displaved. lie is president oi the t'anada Pipe
and l-'ouiuirv to., and bids fair to become one of the leadint^inen of the city. Mr. Clen-
dinnenij, |r., is a native Canadian havini;- been born in this city and educated here. lie
received his business trainini,-- in the lirm oi which he is now a member, and it is safe to
say that few o'i the risinjj;- i;eneration hav e ei'her had ijreater opportunities or have taken
care to avail themselves of the same as the fjentleman referred to. In the supervision of
the lartre mainifacturinjif concern mvned by the lirm, .Mr. flendinneng has shewn marked
abilitv. He has been a member of the Hoard ol Trade for several years.
TKADK SDl'VEMR M MIU:k,
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Mk. Ji'si I'll Mi/\i-.i l'"(Mmi K, iIk' will-kiuiw n I 114:11 M.inut.u tuior el M, unreal, is ,1
niilivi' t'l ■'iuliiin h;i\ ill}; bi'i'M born in Si TiiiuMJiy, Prcvinif i>l OikIhi , in llic Near iN;;^,
Ik' faiiu' ii' Monlri-'iil \\ Iu'm quili' ynun^ .iiui roc I'i veil his eiliii aiiiui ai iIk- I'lirisiian
iirolJK'rs' Siluml, alK-rwarils ^railualinf; in tlu' lily nl New \\m k whillur liv hail renu>\oil
to linish his sUulies nf Inisiness. | je may he saiii li' ha\i' lommeneeil his n'Mimenial i areer
in i.S7,S when h ' 1 eslablisheil a laelnry i<n Si. Paul sireel I'ur ihe inanutailure nt i i^ars.
Sime that ilaU ireer Im.s hceii inie ol nu'si v\i 1 aoi iliiiary siieciss anil »ei iiii; thai Mr.
l-\>ilier is siill nMnparativoly yaunij,', his lapid rise in I he inaniilael urin^'' anil i.'iiinineiiiai
wtMJil is all the nune In he uomkreil al. .\l pieseril lie holils nne i>r I he niiisi prominent
positions ainoniLfst ihe leailiiif^' inanutaelurers hi the l>ominion ot I anaJa, aiul this posiiion
he has niaile lor himself anil iilmiisi altOLjether iinaiileil. Ihe nason loi iliis plunonu'nal
sueeess is, houo^er, nol lar h> hmk tor, as Mi. {'"orlier i^ well I-.' ^ ii to possess Lireat
enerifv ami perse\ eranee as w ell as t ht keenesi |ore-<ii;iil . I le is i^i iuralh w ell aheail oT t he
limi's ami in his larije purehases tif raw K'al lohairo has always Ji-,pla\ed soiiml iiiili^meii'.
I\\ him are siuiateil ;il 1 (m,
ihe premisis mn\ iieeapieil
i-^i ami 1 5_^ St. .Maiiiiee
he estemleJ twiee within the
meet Ihe requirenieiils ol' his
lUiriiii; tile present year .Mr.
make still I'lirther lar^e ad-
has a trontat^e I'f sixty feet
feet. The ijaine ol .Mr.
known thri)Ui;hi>iit t'.anaila
t'renii ile la fn' •, .Mi Rosa
cit^ars, these ' '4' hecoine
smokers, but o makes
becoming' favoriics with the
Canadian trade in eii^ars he
leal tobaeeo in the I'niteil
this eommoilily into (."anaila.
visits to the tobaeco-trrow intr
strei'l. Ihese lia\ e hail to
past six \ears in order to
r.ipiilb iiu reasinj; tr.itle ami
I- orlier finds it neeessarv U>
ililions tt> his factory, which
with a ileptli ol l\iriy-se\en
I'oiliei is peihap- 1-iest
as the mamifacluiei oi the
anil \ois\ 15oys bramis ol
Very popidar amonj,''st
several othei branils th.at are
iniblic. In addilion lo his
iloes an esUnsive tr.ule in
Slates ami imports hourly ol
.Mr. fortier pavs perioilic.al
distric s o\ the .Stalls U)
make personal selection o{ the raw leal, and it is nothing uiuisu.il uir him lo purchase
30 or 40 car-loads at a time. 'Ihis, it can easily be undersioiiil, involves the oiitlav ot
considerable sums oi moiiev, mU i>nlv for the purch.ise of the leaf, but Uir lh>' heav v ilutv
impiised for the importation into Canada. The system of collectin}^' the l.iitei has alwavs
been unsatisfactory to the members of the 'I'obacio (irovvers' Association, ami as a promi-
nent member oi this body. .Mr. l'"ortiei- has devoteil consiileiable lime and trouble with a
V iew to brinj.^ about a much neeileii reform in the system ol collectini,'^ the Revenue relerreil
to. .\s recentiv as h'ebruarv last he maile special elforls in this connection to h.ave the
system altered and to impose a customs duty on .ill leaf lobacci> comini; inhi t'anaila, be-
fore it was maiuifactiired, instead of collecting dulv, as heretofore, alter the leaf was mailc
up. This is a matter of serious moment to one who ile ils sii extensively in the commoilitv
as .Mr. l'"orlier, ami that he has for some time been the heaviest contributor lo the revenue
derivetl from importetl leaf tobacco, is shewn by his challenL;e in Ma\, i.SS.|, to S. Davis iV
Sons, as to who paid the lart;est amount o'i ilulv. It should Iv re he mentioneil that .Mr.
l-'ortier only employed twelve haiuls in 1.S7S when he started business, whereas he now em-
ploys about five Inimlred. This is one of the deveh'pments in manufactures in .Montreal
ihat has tended so much towards the increase in the prosperity K^'i the city as .i threat
manufacturing centre. It has alsci hail a tenilency towards makiiiij Mr. Fortier's name
very popular, not only amoni; manulacturers and traders, but especially amont,' the work-
in<j classes, with whom he is a j^eneral favorite. His name has been mentioned, on more
than one occasion, in connection with the Mayorality but hitherto he has not allowed him-
self to be put in nomination for this ollice. He is a member ^.^i the Hoard oi Trade ami for
a number of years has been one ol the most active members ol the C'hambre ilu t'limmercj
havint; served in the council of that bt>dv.
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lUKAKP OF J'RADJ-: SC
iii:nr^ iiouax.
The naiiK' ot" Mk. UE^K^• Moi.an is to-tlay a luniselu>ld ui>rti, not mily in tlic Dominion
o( L'anada and llio I'nitod States hut tlirouj^lunit nian\ pa'ts of tlie I'nited Kinj^dom and
in remote districts of Her Majesly's llomains, where her soldiers !ia\e served since their
lony to be remembered stay in Montreal, uiien tliey enjoyed tliemselves under the
liospitable root iit" the St. Lawrence Hall. Mr. Iloijan is a Canadian by birth, ha\inij been
born in the town of I, a Tortive, P. O., in the year iSjo. His experience in the hotel busi-
ness has now ranji'ed considerably o\ er half of a century, he havinj;- commenced work in a
country hotel when only ten years of at;e. He came to .Montreal in the year iS^2 and then
took the position ol' clerk in Tetu's Hotel, which stood opposite to where the Molson's
bank is now on St. James Street. In iSf.i lie opened the St. Laurence Hall (then called
Hoi^an's Hotel) in conjunction witii Messrs. t'ompain and Harden. Both the lattei i^eiitle-
men retired early from the business and Mr. iioi^an afterwards took Mr. C'has. Penn ;is a
partner, who remained with him until i.S(h). The ijrowth and j^reat prosperity ol' the St.
I^awieiK. Hall since its establishmei.t has been so closely identifiei.1 with the history o(
Monfeal and manv of the distini^uished personai^es
that ha\e iitjured prominent-
hall century, that to dwell
be but oit repeated rejietition.
many inlerestiui;- memories,
past. .\miini;st the early
Lawrence Hall mijj;'ht be re-
Hickons, tlie (irand Duke
suite of the I'rince of Wales,
trv to open the \'ictoria
on this occasiiin were j^uests
tioned Lord i">ederic (.aven-
foully murdered in the I'hoe-
durint;- the time o( the Trent
brouijiit to this country the
and the Scots i'"usiliers, the
iiumberiniT in their ranks
ly in its annals for the past
much on this subject would
^' ^Ios.;"an carries with him
ruiiinnces, as it were of the
visitors wlui came to the St.
corded the names of Charles
.Alexis of Russia, and tlie
when he came to this coun-
Hridsj^e. A months! those who
at the Hall mifjht be men-
dish, who was afterwards so
nix i'ark, Dublin. Then.
atVair, in 1S66— i.S()7, which
Scots and Grenadier Cniards
oHicers of these refj^iments,
some of the most distin-
i^uished soldiers in Her .Majesty's sersice, made the Hall their headcjuarters, iind for two
years the chink of spur and clank of sword were the most familiar sounds to be heard
throus^hout the Hall, 'i'here were f^a\' scenes ioni; to be remembered in the Hotel then.
A ijuest niijht was held once a week, and on these occasions a band discoursed sweet
music in the main hall and ali went merry as a marriaije bell. I'pon leavinjj^ Canada the
military carried away the most pleasant and cordial recollections of the St. Lawrence
LLdl and its f^enial proprietor. .\s may be ijathered from the forci^oini;- sketch Mr. Hoi^an
is one of the oldest citizens of Montreal, and is perhaps in himself the most comj-ilole and
interesting- history of the city for the past half century which ciuild be found. He has been
a member of the lioard of Trade for many years, and is one of the most important and
innuential of the jjfentiemen who have raised that institution to its present \v^U standinj^- in
the commercial world. He is also connected with the pri'icipal clubs and charitable
societies in the city, and lias been most i^enerous in the support of the latter institutions.
He is a jj^reat favourite amonj,'sl a large circle of friends at home and abroad, who arc-
unanimous in wishins;' liim every joy to a s^-reen old age. His salmon fishing excursions, to
the grounds he is the pn^prielor of, on the St. .\nne Des Monts River, are among the greatest
treats aiVorded to sportsmen who accompany him ever} simimer, ami many ;ire the stories
the}' have to relate of their doings when the}- return after each triji. In many other wa}s
Mr. Hogan caters for the enjoxment of his friends, and seems to have an illimitable
resource in this direction. During his long and successful career in this citv he has
become one of its largest real estate owners, ami at the present time holds proper!} of
considerable value. .Although he has passed the allotted span of three score vears and ten,
he is still to be found actively attending to business ever} day with a vigor and energv- that
man} a much younger m.-m might feel proud of.
ARP OJ' TKADK SOLll.XIR Xi.MBKR.
ly ill iIk' Dominion
itcd Kinsj^dom and
sorved since tiicir
isolvcs under tiie
hirlli, ha\ injj^ been
e in llie hotel biisi-
mmeneed work in a
year I1S42 and then
here the Molson's
e Hall (then called
h the latte: ijentle-
Ir. C'has. Penn as a
•osperit\- ol' the St.
ith the history oi
hed personat^'es
iinals for the past
this subject would
,11 carries with him
as it were ot" the
iio came to the St.
e names ot" Charles
Russia, and the
:ame to this coun-
^mi>ni;st those who
all might be men-
was afterwards so
, l")ublin. Then,
1 866— 1 8(17, which
Grenadier (luards
these regiments,
the most distin-
rters, and for two
ounds to be heard
n the Hotel then,
discoursed sweet
;i\ing Canada the
the St. Lawrence
sketch Mr. Hogan
nost complete and
md. He has bee'i
1st important and
t iiigh standing in
and charitable
alter institutions,
abroad, who are
ing excursions, to
mong the greatest
liny iire the stories
many other wa\s
ive an illimitable
this city he has
holds |-iropert} Ky'i
ore years and ten,
r and energy that
.MilXDOl'; \ AIKi). I.i;\iiiii< .Mkkciiams.
I". C. A. Ml l\i>oi;.
\v. n. AiKH.
The firm of .Mclndoe X: Aird, Wholesale Leather Dealers and t'ommission .Merchants,
is now one {.^'i the bjsl known in that central district, l.emoine street, the place where
leather merchants most ilo co"grcgate. The house was established in iSSi as the firm iit
Mclndoe X: N'aughan, but ten years later was changed to that of .Mclndoe & Aird. Mr.
X'aughan having died in the meantime and .Mr. Aird being .admitted as partner in iSm.
senior partner in the tirm.
Mk. V. C. .\. .Ml Isnoi:, the
is a Montrealer having
year 1850 and reccixeil his
School here. In iShi), at
commenced his business
jtloy oi John Dougall iV
mained for some time. In
enter inti> busines> on his
a partnership with the late
the title i.A Mclndoe iV
chants. C^n the death oi
Mclndoe continueil to con-
own personal .account, but
in his trade he fmmd it
partner and in iS()i he was
the lirm assuming the title as
the house has increased
extends over neatly the
Canada and gi\es pros]-iecl
in the immediate future.
I-. C. A. M. iNh
been born in this city in the
eilucation at the Moilel
the early ;ige of sixteen he
career b\ eiiteiing the em-
C'o., with whom he re-
iSSr he, having ileci.led to
own responsibilit V , iormed
.Ml. I'". .S. X'aughan, under
N'aughan, Leather .\ler-
-Mr. N'aughan in icSSo .Mr.
duct the business on his
ow ing to the steaily increase
necessarv to take in another
joined by .Mr. \V. D. .Vird,
above. The trade done bv
vear by year until it now
whole o'i the Dominion ol
o'i a still further extension
The lirm deals in leather ',A
all kinds and in aildition to their extensive trade in the domestic article they import very
largely of l-'oreign goods and are thus enabled to supply the ever-increasing demands ot
their numerous and various customers. Thev also deal largely in cod oil, which forms an
important feature in their business. .Apart trom the commercial world .Mr. Mclndoe is a
prominent membet in sociiil
high esteem. He is a
charitable and benevolent
has for a long time taken a
donian Society, K>i w hich he
has been a member <.i'( the
vear i.SSj and in politics is
party but does not take am
Civic or l-'ederal.
.\iKi), the other partnei in
Canadian, hav ing been born
thirty-three years ago. It
ceived his education, aiul at
first introduced to the world
iSji), and, after a period ol
entered into the partiiershiii
Mclndoe. In the commer-
as y>\\Q of the most active
ness in Montreal and takes
velopmeni ^^'i the trade oi
\\. 1). \1K|.
circles, where he is held in
steadv supporter of several
institution^ in the city, and
great interest in the Cale-
is an active m.-mber. He
Hoard ^>i Traile since the
a supjiorier kA the Liberal
V erv activi.' part in elections,
Mr William Daxip
the lirm, is also a native
in the cit\ of Montreal
was liere also that he re-
the age o'i sixteen he was
of business. This was in
fifteen \ ears, .Mr Aird
alune referred to, with .Mr.
cial world he is well known
and energetic men ot busi-
a deep interest in the de-
ihe firm, towards which he
has contributed materiallv during the two vears ^^i his co-partnership with .Mr. .Mclndoe.
His long and thorough business training fitted him in an eminent degree for the varied duties
that fall to his share in conducting the alia irs ot the lirm. In social and sporting circles
the name oi Mr. W. D. .Aird has for main vears been one <^'i the most priimineiit in this
city, and in politics he is a Liberal Conservative.
BOARD OF IRADE SOL'lI-.XIh
H1:NKV mason, "Tkadi- HLLr.ETiN."
Mr Hi-\kv Mason, Proprietor :iikI llditor of the Trade Bulletin^ Mortreu!, is ;i native
of Holt, Norfolk, Miii^laiul. He came to America in 1870, and first joined his uncle in busi-
ness in C'hicai,'o, where he remained four years when he was offered and accepted the posi-
tion of Commercial i;ditor of the yi.mW.X'iA Daily Star. After three years he resigned to
o\\ the Uascttc which !ie filled
paper for a special engage-
iiienc. After the completion
to establish a paper en his
commenced the puhlic:ition
,'(■//// a weekly circular which
the produce trade. lincour-
venture, Mr. Mason, in i88f)
weekly commercial Journal
nized hy the " trade" as one
matters financial and com-
hut throughout Canada, and
.American trading centres,
has proved a success, and
the proprietor now being
bv the n'.embers of the I'oard
with which institutions he
to accept a smiilar position
for five years, leaving that
ment (-^w the Joiiiihtl of ( 0/1/-
t^i' thisengagement he decided
own account and at once
of the Montreal Pioducc Bitl-
is still issued for the use of
argeil hy the success of this
started the Trade Ihillclii:. a
that soon began to be recog-
iif the best authorities in all
mercial, not only in .Montreal
in Chicago iuul other l.-irge
I-"rom its earliest inception it
lias steadily grown in fa\ ov.r
looked upon as an autlioriiy
of Trade and Corn Kxchange,
\
has been closely connected the la'-t ei^ht years. ISfr. Mason is fearless in his denunciation
oi anvthing detrimental ;o the iir.u'cs s iV lie irauo anil commerce of Montreal, as recent
public events have proved, and in politics he is equally independent and ever ready to give
ills opinion 0:1 thingii politic, irrespective ci"cr:ed cr party.
AXDRl-W .\RCHlBALn W T.I.SH.
Mr. Anokkw AK.iimAi.n Wi-i.sii, who In partnership with Mr. R. W. Rough, carries
on the well-known restaurant, dining hall. a!-.d catering eUaolishment situated on Notre
Dame street, is a native of St. John's, Newfoundland, in which cilv he was born in the year
1S5V When quite vounm' he removed to >!c-n;real, where exeinualiy he entered the estab
lishment of Messrs. Cratlurn
chants, in th. year i<S6S. He
twenty-lue years, and during
was their representative west
ing that position lie diil a
established a great and la: '.-
of the most able and ener-
e\ er gone ^.^w the road in tlie
leaving the employ ^^i the
him the hearty respect ot
lishment, who united in wish-
prosperitx in the new sphere
proposed to enter. Since
business these desires have
ing been as success! ul in his
faithfully carried out the in-
His establishment has gained
oi being first-clas
^ Caverhill, Hardware .Mer-
remained with that firm for
.1 l.irge portion of thai time
of Toronto. While occupy-
\ery extensive business, and
ing reputation as being one
ge'tic travellers who have
Dominion oi Canada. I'pon
above lirm he carried with
every iiieniber of the estab-
iiig him every happiness and
01 business in which he
the opening of his present
been fully realized ; he hav-
nen' role as when he formerly
terests o{ his old employers,
the tluMough reputation of
and e\ er increasing number of
Mr. Welsh joined
in evi.:''.' r spect. and :^ obtair.mjf a lari.
patrons comprisaig some t t the best lamiii.- i'l the city o\ .Montreal,
the Hoard ot Trade in i.SS;, and is a regular attendant at the general meetings called to
discuss the affairs oi that important body.
ipilimiiHPMKIilR
I^WWPB
/-' IRADE SOL I EX/ R XLMEER.
If);
W.M. Ml. ^'AI.I,^', iMimuiiK oi I")k.\i\ I'ii'Hs and t i.mi;\is.
is ;i native
le in biisi-
I the posi-
signed to
:h !ie filled
.1 engage-
:ompletion
ler en his
iublic:ition
.liar which
Iincoiir-
n, in i8S6
il Journal
le" as one
and com-
nada, and
;• centres.
:cess, and
.i\v being
the Toard
iitions he
nunciation
as recent
dy to give
Mk. W'li.i.i.A.M McX.M.i.v, the head ot the linn
Canadian iiaving been born in Montreal thirty-se\en y
since. He received his education at the Christian
experience was as a traveller, ami alter spending sc\e
he had a very successful
ness on his own account as
Drain Pipes, Cements, etc.
that time he has succeeded
and thriving trade seci>nd to
Dominion, and extending
the whole ^^i Canada being
The house deals extensi\el_\
materials in jiddition to the
latter being ol the linest
ed into this country. The
luiglish and Scotch make
Belgium and France. The
house is due nearlv alto-
energy of Mr. .McNally \viio
front rank in the conmiercial
of the highest authorities in
in social circles he is much esteemed by a large
several of the leading clubs and societies i i the city.
of Trade since iS(S5, and in politics is a true I'ory
Coiservative policy is the best lor the couiitrv.
oi Wm. .McN'ally iV Co., is a n.itive
ears ago and has resided here ever
iirother's School. His first business
ral vears on the road, during which
career, he cunnnenced busi-
Importer and Dealer in
This was in 1S76 and since
in building up an extensive
none oi its kind in the
from Halifax to \'ancou\er,
covered by his travellers,
in all kintls ol contractors'
drain pipes am.! cements, the
brands only that are import-
ilrain pipes are all oS the best
and the cements are from
large tratle developeil by the
gether to the enterprise and
holds a position in the very
vvorkl ant.1 is considered one
his special line iif business,
number ol' friends anil is a member oi
He has been a member oi the Board
beini"' tlunouyhlv convinced that the
rilO.M.XS DOIll-lRTN', I'lA v.\i> Coiiii. hn-oKriK.
gh, carries
.1 on Notre
in the year
the estab-
ware Mer-
it firm for
f that time
le occupy-
^iness, and
bei"g o\\\:
vho have
da. l'i"ion
irried with
the estab-
piness and
which he
lis present
1 ; he hav-
le formerly
employers,
utation oi
number of
elsh joined
's called to
.Mk. Tiiom.vs Domkkiv, sole proprietor ot the lirm of Thomas Doherty \- C'o.,
Importers oi Teas and Collees, is a native of ( ovmty Tyrone, Ireland, where he was born
and educated. He came to Canada in i.Si)j, and linallv settled in .Montreal, where he has
established one oi the lari.;esi busiiiesso oi his kind in the Dominiim. His liist commer-
in the grocery trade, and
in this line .Mr. Dohertv
cial experience was as cleriv
after a number ot years' train-
determined to launch out into
.-ind established the house oi
teen years ago. Trom the
has been steadv and sure,
large dimensions is proveil
Doherty turned mer upward'-
lars. I'lach year slunvs solitl
business done, aiul the travel-
whole of the Dominion vvlieie
Coflecs. It is iinly by the
in purchasing ilirect from the
purity and high ipiality can
in view .Mr. Doherty visits
aiul pui'chases on the sjitn,
with one excepti(Mi in Mont-
nametl personally lor this purpose
iiu
business on his invn account
i'homas Ditlierty i\; Co. six-
lirsl the pnigress ot the firm
and that it has now attained
by the fact, that last vear Mr.
oi a ipiarter oi a million ilol-
jirogress in the amount of
lers oi the lirm now cover the
any trade is ilone in 'Teas .ind
exercise oi the greatest care
countries oi ]iroduction that
be assured. With this iibiect
China .ind Japan regularly
he being the only merchant,
real, who visits the cmintries
1 staiuliiiij' in commercial circles.
'The lirm enioys a In
.Mr. l')o'hertv being recogni/ed as one ol ihe most enterprising merchants in the citv of
.Montreal, lie Inis been a member of the Board oi 'Trade for manv years, and in politics
is a Liberal.
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BOARD OF J NADK SOU I El
tll.\Rl.i;s H. A. CiK.WI', iMoMKiAi. Wxn 11 Cask to.
Mk. fii aki.i.s H. A. (iKANT, Maiiasii iiii' l^iroctor o'i the Montreal Watch Case (.'0111-
pany, represents in liis person one ot tlie i>klest
tamily ties with the old liarons til" Loni^iieiiil,
some oi the makers tliereof ;" his }.;-rantll:illier,
N'ieolet ami San tirej^oire.
present sketeh. was born in
and received his education in
the completion ot his studies
Diamond House ot" Schwi>h
ed twenty-two }ears. 'l"he
pan\ was orijani/ed in rSSj,
sumed the manaj^ement oi
tii>n, and under tlie careful
M.W.C Co. has heen a pro-
conlined its elVorts to the
only, and it was not loni;' be-
the Company was the rccoij-
cases made, not onl\ in Can-
America. Lately Mr. Cirant
ture oi solid siher and tJ"old
lamilies o'i the I'roxince. Connt^cled b\
whose history is told in " Montreal ant!
the late Charles Cirant, was Seij^neur of
Mr, Cirant, the subject i>f the
.N'icolet forty-twci years aii'o,
the Collej^je oi N'icolet. 0\\
he entered the well-known
l>ros., with whom he remain-
Montreal Watch Case Com-
and Mr. Grant at once .is-
the concern. Since its incep-
control o'i Mr. (irant, the
nounced success. .\t first it
manufacture of j^old cases
fore the well-known stamp ol"
nized mark oi one of the best
ada but on the Continent of
has commenced the inanufac-
tilleil cases and these also
hold the front rank in their ' ' line in the Dominion. .Mr.
Cirant has been a member of the Hoard of Trade since iS.Sj and is a thoroutjh believer in
the future ^'^'i Montreal. In politics Mr. Cirant is a C\>nser\ alive, and during" the life of the
late I'remier, Sir John .A. Macdotiiild. was his warm personal friend. Althouf^'h ;i slront^
sujiporter of the National Policy Mr. Cirant takes no active part in political disputes.
I.. 1;. N. PK.XTTi:. Piano Makik.
.Mk. I.. 1-;. N. Pkai ri;, Piano .Makei" and Importer of all kinds oi .Musical Instruments
(American. European and Canadian), is a nati\e of the i'lastern Townsiiips, where he
was born thirty-nine years a5.jo. lie received his early education at the Stanford Collei^e,
P.O., aiul afterwards at the N'icolet Collcire, where he finished his studies. He came to
Montreal in 1874 and after
in one y^i the leadinj^ houses
business on his own account,
that date .Mr. Pratte has
career. He has establisheil
C'anada and enjoys a first
riorit)' ol the instruments he
at;ent for several oi the be>l
cirii'ans, both home and for-
store can ha\e a choice that
fastidious. Tlie patronage
the past few years is ample
ments he deals in and no one
choice iif a musical ieistru-
prietor oi the Piano Store
.Mr. Pratte has been a mem-
since i8S(i and takes a liveh
serviiii;' for a number oi years
in the city he commenced
This was in 1.S7S, and since
hael .1 remarkably successful
a business second to none in
class reputation foi- the supe-
tiuMis out. Mr. Pratte is
know n makers o'( Pianos aiul
eiicn, and anyone \ isitini^' his
wi>uld please e\en the nuvst
that he has received within
proi>f \>'( the high cliiss instru-
will ever regret leaving the
ment to the taste ^^i the pro-
No. i()76 Notre Dame street,
be ^y'i the Hoard of Trade
interest in all the delibera-
tions of the Council although pressure i^'i business precludes the possibility of his visiting
the scene of operations as freijuently as he could wish. He was one y.-^'i the original found-
ers of the Chambre du Commerce ami his name is attached to the original charter" for tlie
foiuidation of that institutii>n.
OF JRADE SOUII'.NIR XLMBF.R.
CIIARI.ICS (.. |ONi:s, Kim. 1-;m.\m: .\(.i:m.
Ii (.'.'ISO C\>iii-
/oniif^L'lod by
^I lint real aiul
Soii^neur of
uibject Ci'i the
years at^n,
S'icolet. On
well-kiunvn
\w he remaiii-
1 Case Coni-
at once as-
ince its incep-
Clrant, the
i. At first it
f i^old cases
i>\vii stamp ol"
ne of the best
Continent of
the manufac-
d these also
minion. Mr.
;li believer in
the life of the
ni<jh a stront;'
spiites.
Mr. Ciiai<i.i;s Ci. |o\i s. one ol the oUlesI Real Ivstale A^eiils in .Montreal, is a iiatixe
Canadian, having been born in this eity in iS^o. lie is a i;rarulson o\ t'olonel John Jones,
.Miintreal's first Mritish liorn citi/en, w iii> fir-.t saw the lii^'ht of da\- in Little St. James street
;-<)i. Colonel Jones was one of Monl ro.d's first merchanls and also look an aciive part
in establishiiii;' the militia aiul
then ha\ e rendered such s^ooil
is an accomplished h!iis.jlish
cation in the latter lani^uai;!.'
cinthe Collet;e. In 1X48 lie
career uniler Captain Lewis
whom he remaineti for some
positii>n in a mercantile house
spent several years at lirooni
manaj^;er oi his father's estate
mills there. In iS()f) he left
the olfice o\ the late W. A.
Montreal, and the following-
business on his own account
ever since. Mr. Jones has
member oi several rclii;ious
and has lonir been known as
volunteer corps that since
service to the country. He
and l-'rcnch scholar, his edu-
beinti obljiined at St. Hya-
commenced his commercial
o\ Richmoiul, Onl., with
time, .liter which he filled .1
in Ottawa. lie afterwards
Lake, I'iaslern Townships, as
and joint proprietor '.\'i the
the Townships and entered
Curry. Real Lst.ite Ai^ent,
year u ent into the real estate
and has continued in this
tor years been an ;icti\e
and philanthropic societies
a prominent temperance ad-
vocate. He was tiie aciive founder of St. Martholomew s Refornu'd l-lpiscopal Church o'i
which he is a vestryman, lie has been a member of the Hoard oi Trade for the past four
years and takes a lively interest in everv thiny; tendini; towards the prosperity and welfare
of the trade and comnitrce <^'i Montreal. In politics he is in Independent Liberal.
\
THOMAS j. l'OTrh:R, ArcnoMKK.
1 Instruments
ips, where he
\'ioxi\ Collei^e,
He came to
imber ai years
t; commenced
ijS, and since
bly successful
nd to none in
1 for the supe-
Ir. Pratte is
o^ Pianos and
ne V isitinj;' his
.•veil the most
.'ceived within
;;h class instru-
;t leaving- the
-te t.-^i the pro-
? Dame street,
ard iif 'frade
the delibera-
of his visiting-
iriginal found-
harter for the
Mk. riioviAs |. I\vrii:i<, the well-known .Auctioneer o'i .Montreal, is an luiglishni;in by
birth, having- fust seen the light o'i day in the village o'( Moolle. near Liverpool, in i(S4().
.\t an early age he came to Canada and at first settled in C")ttavv,-i where he received his
earl\- education. Remov ing to .Montreal he commenced his business life bv joining- one oi
the best known auctioneering , , firms in the city and befo'e
long- became prominent as a
.Although somewhat diifidenl
to the public ga/e and gra-
Mr. Potter is one <^'i the
.America and is admittedly a
novvs." He comnienced his
with Mr. J. J. .\rnton, with
years. .At the end K^i this
account and since then has
cess. His chief business has
I'.state in which line he has
largest sales that have been
ing- the past few- years Mr.
lion to the development o'i
he has conducted hav e made
iiii!- point in North .\merica
first class salesman in public,
at tirst he became .iccustomed
dually gained nerve. To-day
recognized auctioneers y.si
" Triton among the Min-
commercial career in iSix)
whom he remainei.1 fourteen
time he started on his own
enjoyed a career oi great suc-
been in connection with Real
conducted several o'i the
elfected in .Montreal. Hur-
Potter has paid special atten-
the fruit trade and the sales
.Montreal the great disiribut-
for all Oriental imported
fruit. The opening up o'i this trade has been a great boon to the people o'i Montreal as
they can now enjoy the fruits vii all climes in all seasons, and to Mr. F'otter the people oi
.Montreal are indebted tor these hitherto unknown luxuries. .Mr. Potter has pronounced
\ ievvs on things political.
no AND OF TRADE .SOlT/uY.
WAI.ll-R K. WOMIAM, MiKiiiwr
,<;•
\\\i. W'wAiAi R. WoMiwi, I'lK' ol .Montreal's hosi Uiunvn nioivliiints, was born at
Hi^iinor. Sussex, Ijij^land, in i S;,t) aiul came to Canada in 1S35. In llie previous year his
tatiier, a man ot'eapilal, eame liere witli liis eldest son, the late l.l.-C'ol Wonham, l\ !.. S.
and C. I'".., and pureliaseil a lars^e iinproxed farm in Ontario. He returned to I'.ns^land the
tollowin- year lo hrini;- or.t — ■ tlie remainder of his family.
C'>ne ol these was tlie suiijei^i of this sketch then live years
old. lie was educated in I'pper Canada and in iS^f)
commenced his business career in Ontario. In iSo:^
he ioineil tiie old eslablisheil
Co., Montreal, remainins^' as
became sole proprietor. In
into part nersiii|"i his 1 ui>
l\ic\ 0. H. Wonham liie
R. \\'onham «.V Sons who are
antl Cieneral Commission
ai^ents \o\- Lloyds, i.iMidon,
Co., and LiMiilon and (ierman
tlieir ollices heini;' in the new
.Mr. W'linham joined the
ser\ei.l in llie Council from
Treasui'er durint; the years
resij^ned was elected one o\ the iioarU ot Arbitrators.
Ortler and a Past Cirand .Master of the .Manchester L'nion
iie has always been a staunch Conservative. M
C'lauile (lOuin, l']si.|., ani.1
iirm of Henry Chapman iV
partner until iNqo when he
the tollowins;' year he look
elilest sons Walter C. and
Iirm now beint; styled Walter
Importers of Wines, etc.,
.Merchants. They are also
the (ilohe Marine Insurance
Marine Ins. Association,
Hoard o[' Trade nuildins^'.
Hiiard oi Trade in iN<)<) and
iSSi till i.SS^. lie was
iSSi to i.SS^ aiul when he
ile is a member of the Masonic
>\ the 1. O. O. 1''. In politics
onservatixe. Mr. Wonham married a daui^liter ol the late
niece of the Hon. ( ol. James Kirb\ o( l'ov\ Mrie.
|\.M1-:S lllA'RN SMITH, 1.1 VI Siock .\c,int.
.Mi<. 1 \.\ii;s lli.Ni^v SxiiTii, the well known reiiresentati\ e o\ Jolm Swan \ Sv^ns, l.n^
Stock Salesmen, TAlinburt,Hi and Clas;'>Mv , and John Ciiblelt \- Simi, l.oiiilon. T'.iiLjland, is
undoubteilK one oi the pioneeis oi' the 1 " ' '
dian industry, \i/., the cattle tratle
ill i.Si);), ;ind conmieiiced his
'>! se\enteen veai^s m the
Swan vV Sons, one oi llie
Commission Aj.^^'ents in Creat
came to Caiiatla as their
tl.i\s Johri Swan iV Sons
cattle shipjiet,! \o the |-iort oi
sett led in Sloiit real, I his beini^
C anailian li\ f stock. I le
here 111 anx of 1 he catt le s.-ik's-
Atlantic. and loi' nearl\ two
Montreal he was the only one
in (ireat Britain. Messrs.
ilone more \o further the in-
l^orl tr.ivle than any inher
.Atliintic. .Mr. Smith came
111 at teiuiinL^' lo theii' bu sines-.
rapidlv developint^- .uul important l-'ranch ol C'ana
1 le was born i:i T'ordoun. K
Kincartlineshii-e, Scotland,
commercial career at the ai^'e
l-'.dinburi^ii o\'\\c<.' ol }o\\\\
lari^est firms of l.i\e Stock
Mritain. After two years he
representative. In these
h.aiulled all the C'aniulian
lilasj;o\v. .Mr. Smith a! imce
llu' L;reat shi]ipint;' ceiitri.' ol
w s the lirsl represenlalise
men on the other side ot the
\ears alter his arrival in
.ictiiii^' l\ir live stock salesmen
Sw.an \' Sons have jierhaps
teresls oi' the Can idian ex-
lirm on the oilier side o\ the
liei'e foi'the express purpose
inisMies-.. and since hi> .arrival in C an-
ida the shipmenls t'irou;^li him have averai^red more than one-quarter ol the cattle exported
from this countrv. Ile joined the iioard oi 'Trade eaily durii^j^' I'v. preseii' year and is
also a member ol ihe HiMninion Live .Stock Association, ami in llie l.i'ler bodv he lakes a
livelv interest bein-' seldom absent from a llleetinl.,^
lam
mm
JF TRADE SOUVENIR XUMHER.
^<^h
\v;is hurii at
.HIS \ciir his
im, i\ I.. S.
I.nijlaiul tlie
r his laniily.
•11 In c years
ami in iN^O
ii. Ill 1 1^05
L'haiimaii iV
MO wlien lie
L'ar he look
Iti^T C. ami
lyied Waiter
\'iiics. etc..
e\- arc also
K' Insurance
Association,
c liuildini^-.
in iS()() ami
lie was
ul when lie
the Masonic
In ]iolitics
r ol the late
ROHKkr s. wiiiri-;, M.r.
Mu. RoiiiKi S. Winn:, M.l'., lor t'ardwell, Out., is a native Canadian, havini,-- been
horn in Peterhoro', Ont., in the year 1.S30. He received his education in Hamilton, Ont.,
and afterwards in Montreal where he settled in 1870. and where he has since resided. He
coniiiienced his commercial career in the year 1X71 when he joined the service ot the old-
. .■ .. Bros. iSi Co. In the t'ollowini;-
Montreal ami remaineil in the
til June, iS74, when he joinetl
(iii:cltc. .Mter tillins; the posi-
ihis journal for a number ^^i
ant editor and in 1SS3 was
position he still holds. In this
liiiiui^hl closely in contact
he has succeeded in making'
His i^enial disposition and
tor him hosts iif Iriends in
abilii V as a journalist has lont^'
has contributed in a marketl
ol the paper oi which he is
elected lo the heder^l I'arlia-
K^{ C'ardwell, Ont., in Octo-
10 represent that constitu-
establisheil firm ot liault
\ear he entered the Hank o'i
service of that institution un-
the editorial stall oi the
lion oi commercial editor iil
\ears he was appointed assisl-
made editor-in-chief which
capacity Mr. White has been
with the public with whom
himself an especial favinirile.
urbane inanner lia\e secured
social circles and his threat
been recojji'nixed. This latter
decree towartis the success
cliiel editor. -Mr. White was
ment foi- the electoral division
ber, uSiSS, and still continues
Iit^i, I ono, am.i Mill ciM 1 1 Mmv.-7» iv- ivj-.v..,..
enc\. He joined the I^oard of Trade ir. iSi)o. and althoui^h a comparatively \ounii^ member
has been of i;real service to the Council in cimnection with their nei,''otiations with the {'"ed-
eral Cioxernment tor anythint;- tendins^- tow ards the benelit of Montreal and its trade and
commerce. In politics .NIr. While is a irue Conservative.
v: ^v^ns, I .i\ e
. I'". n inland, is
ich o\ C'ana-
re. Scotland,
cr at the ;ii^e
:e o\ John
l.i\e Stock
two years he
in these
e Canadian
imii h at imce
nt; ceiitri.' o^
L.'presentali\'e
|- side ot the
arrival in
ock salesmen
a\c jierhaps
.'an idian ex-
r side o\ the
iress purpose
ival in C an-
itle exported
' vi'ai' and is
\ he takes a
IC'tllN' I ICHM.AH.W, Dominion ( ;o\ innmin i I mmu.ka rn>\ Acini. .Monikiai..
Mr. Ioiin Hooi.AiiAN is .in Irishman by birth, born in Tralee, C'ount\ Kerr\. Ireland,
in the \ear 1S4-'. He spent the earlier part o'i his life in his native land and was educated
in the Public Schools there. He came to this countrv in 1 S57, and entered the crockery
,-uul i^lassware business. .Mter some \ears leainiiiL; he started a reta
account, and lor fifteen \ears
in this line. C'oncuriently
business he liatl an apjioint-
.Montreal Court House and
received an appoint meni
ment as Secretary to the late
Ai^eiil in Montreal. He had
ill immii^iation matters, both
service. In the latter he re-
i,SS4 Irom the Depart ment
tra\ellini; as,a'nl between
superintend tlie distribution
out under the auspices ol the
C">ii the death >^\ the late
tnislv sii^ned petition «^\\-
cil\ 's represent at i\es oi the
Akicrmen, and Icad-
tusiness on his own
did a tairh successful trade
and whilst ens^aged in this
ment for some \eai> in the
SheritVs C^llice. ' In iSSj he
from the Dominion Cnuern-
.Mr. Daley, late I mmii^ration
had consitlerable experience
in the inside ami outside
ceixeil an appointment in
y.A .\iiriculture as special
Ouebec and Toronto, to
of the Irish lmniii;ranls sent
well-known " I'uke bund."
immigration agent, a numer-
laining" the names ot' the
h'ederal ami Local Houses,
ing mercantile and shipping
the C itv ,
iiistitntions of the cit\, were fi>rwarded to the Minister of tb.e Interior by the Honorable
Soliiitor lleneral, .Mr. |. |. C'nrran, endorsing .Mr. Iloolahan's application for the position,
and with what result is better known from the fact that he is now duly installed in this
ollice. He was .appointed justice of the peace in 1.S.S4.
Ipl
WW
l()l)
HOARD or TRADE SOU
li! I
ti-;ki:\cI': i-kwcis moouk.
Mk. Ti:kem !•: 1'"u.\mis Mooke, Wliolosalo Coal and WnoJ Morclianl oi this city, and
who is so woll Uiiou II in toniniercial and social circles, is a native Canadi;in havinj^ been
born in Montreal in the year 1.S48. He received his education at the St. Laurent College,
St. Laurent, P. O., remainini^ at that institution tor several years. When he had com-
pleted his course oi studies . there he returned to .Mont-
real where he settled and
Mis first experience in the
capacity i>t' clerk in the otVice
linery with whom he re-
in;j which he received a
pra tical knowled4;'e o( busi-
commence business on his
Wood Merchant and from a
nintj; he has succeeded in
having; formed a lartje and
city and throuj^hout the
He handles a considerable
several of the principal \o\a
trade which has already as-
sions is steadily increasint;'
ber of the leadiny societies
where he has since resided,
business world was in the
■M' the Canada Sui,^ar Re-
mained for a teu years dur-
thorou_!,'h experience and
ness. In 1S71 he decided to
own account ;is Coal and
compa'-atively small beij'in-
wi>rkiny uj-. a thri\ ins.;" trade
inlluential connection in this
I'^astern Provinces of Canada,
portion of the out-put oi
Sci>tian coal mines and his
sumed considerable dimen-
vear bv vear. He is ,1 mem-
and clubs in the city and is
Treasurer of the 1. O. O. 1'". to which societ_\- Ik- has belon,L;ed for many years, lie was
one of the founders of the Chambre du Commerce and has done much to briny that insti-
tution uji to its present hij^h standing in the business world. He joined the Moard o^
Trade in 1SS3 and in politics is a Liberal.
j.\Nn-;S r. SC.WLAN, .Mam iacti keks' .\GE.\r.
ini:
1 1
Mk. J AMI'S T. Sc.aM.an, Manufacturers
born in Slonlreal twenty-seven years aijo,
here. He first commenced his commercial
ment ol the (irand Trunk Railway, with wh
under the tuition iif .Mr.
Superintendent, and the late
Passenjcer Superintendent,
received a thorough business
specially for the position he
.\gent for some i>f the larg-
lirms. .Xmongst these may
Hoar, London, luig. (I'"ul-
Dumon X: Co., Lournai,
Portland Cement), and John
(Church Bells, &c.) Since
own account .Mr. Scanlan has
and although o\w o( .Mont-
beliMiging to tiie Board oi
one more name to the num-
made .Montreal what she is
metropolis o( Canada. In
esteemed, and has for some years been a pr
city, in which he lakes an active interest,
ago, and, although a young member oi th
desire to see Montreal take her part in the
.\gent and tJeneral C!ommission !>roker, was
and educated at Bishop's Commercial Academy
and business career as a clerk in the employ-
ich corporation he remained for several years
James Stephenson, Cieneral
.Mr. Wm. lulgar, Oeneral
Needless to say that here he
training which fi'.tted him
now occupies as Canadian
est i'luropean manufacturing
be mentioned O'Hara X:
ler's I'larth, Dry Colors, iVc),
Belgium (" Daggar Brand"
Taylor, Loughborough, Lng.
commencing business ou his
had a most successful career,
real's youngest merchants
Trade, he bids fair to add
ber oi prominent men who
today, the great commercial
social circles he is much
ominent member o^ several athletic clubs in the
He joined the Board of Trade about three years
at institution, he has already slu>wn an earnest
march o( commercial progress.
D or TRADE SOUVENIR Xl'MJiER.
iiKNin' Il.\R\•l•;^■, Momui
'I'had:; RiAiKW,
of this city, iiiid
;m haviii)^ liooii
.aiiront (."ollc^e,
len he had cum-
irncd to Mont-
s since resided,
rid was in tlie
da Sii!,'ar Re-
i teu years diir-
xperience and
71 lie decided to
as Coal and
y small bei^in-
a thri\ inji" trade
nnection in this
inces of Canada,
the out-put ^^i
mines and his
derahle dinien-
II e is .1 mem-
the city and is
^■ears. He was
brinij" that insti-
d the Moard ^^i
Mk. HiCNKV llAKViiv, onecf the best known Journaiists in Montreal, and proprietor
of the Montreal TradcRiviciv'y is ;i native of Montreal, where he was born in i'^44. He
received his early education at the IIIl;!! School in tl-.is city and I'mished his course iM
studies in ICngland. Returniri,'' to Mi-r.tre;:! !'e commt-nced lis bu^ncss career in 1N57.
with Messrs. Ciault IJros., w lolesale tlry ^'oods mer-
chants. Two years later he lelt the wo Id of business and
enteredthe field of journalism, si ice which time ho has de-
voted himself exclusively lii thit line. His first experi-
ence in the world of letters ^^_ was with the old 7 i\iiiS(>ipf,
on the stall" of which he was ^^'•••N eni,'a^''ed for some tin.e. He
was afterwards successively ^^ connected with tt e Dnily
Ncivs, /.(• Ati/ioiKil, J. a Mill- ^^ « cfvc of .Montreal, ;.nd The
Globe of Toronto. After a Jt\ ,^/ Title over a ijuarter of .1 cen-
tury of varied and v;:lued "iP ♦ v lU'Uspaper experience .Mr
Harvey decided upon toir- ^^^T^.^^^^. m.njins,"- a paper on his own'
account, and 1N53 '^^^M .^^^^^t \ )-'^>'>'^'i^l^'-'^l '''■^ Tnuff Ri-
vii-:('. This journal is devoted ^^^^^^^^^Kf '' ''^^ Commercial, Mnan-
cial .and Insurance interests ^^MjHV^^^ of the country, and is |nib-
lished weekly, the proprietor, ** .Mr. Hiir\ ey, bciiii; also editor
of the journal, which has i;aiiud a wide circulation
throufj;-hout the Dominior,. ' It has become a recoi;ni/ed
authority in financial and commercial circles, and is to be found in the oflices ot all
mercantile corporations. Mr. Harvey is very popular amonj,'- his brother journalists, and
during iSqo-i was rresident o\' the I'rovince oi' Quebec A'-socialion. He has been a
member of the Hoard of Trade since iS'hf). ami
in piilitics is a l.'on>~er\ .ili\ e.
n Mriiker, was
rcial Academy
in the emplov-
sexeral years
nscin, Cieneral
Ij^ar, (ieneral
ly that here he
1 li'.tted him
as Canadian
maiuilacturiiii,^
O'Hara A:
ry Colors, i\;c.),
iLjij^ar Brand "
boroui^h, hing.
usiness on his
ccesst'ul career,
est merchants
fair to add
nent men who
eat commercial
he is much
tic clubs in the
out three years
nvn an earnest
l1
jAMKs ^^•:I.^Rl■.M.
Mr. J.\mi;s Mei.i^rim, who is in partnership with his brother Mr. Robert Meldrum,
in the coal business is one of the larjjtst and leadinj^ coal merchants in the Dominion cif
Canada. He was born in the year 183:: in the town of Chateaug'uay, i'.O. He com-
menced his present business in 1.873 in partnership with his brother, and has since estab-
lished a ver)' larije and important tr.ide throut^hout both the I'ro\ ince of tjuebec and the
Dominion jjenerally. He is .agent for some oi' the principal mines in the country and is a
heiivy importer of coal, one oi' the lars^est in fact .at the port o( Montreal. He has estab-
lished a hiy;h reputation in the business in wliich iie is ensj^ag'ed by the splendid quality oi'
the coal handled by him which is second to none in the market. Besides the business
above referred to ^Ir. Meldrum owns and controls oneof t!-.v lars^est cartaj^e establishments
in the city which is known by the name o\' Meldrum l^ros. In the summer months when
business is at its heijjht no fewer than one hundred teams are employed daily durintj the
season of navigation. A large part of the carting Ktr several of the principal iirnis oi tlu
city and the railroad and steamboat companies is carried out by Mr. Meldrum. He has
always taken a lively interest in the commercial welf.are of Montreal, and has lent his
support to all measures calculated to benefit the same. He has been a member of the
Board of Trade for a number of years, and has always taken a prominent part in the
councils and deliberations of that body. He is also a member oi' the St. James and
the City Clubs, and is connected with several of the leading Scientilic and Literary
Societies. He has contributed several interesting papers to the Montreal Historical
Society, and occupies much of his spare time in studying and writing. He has matle a
high reputation for himselt as a business man and is universally esteemed and respected in
commercial circles. Mr. Meldrum's literal y style is concise and easy llowing two attributes
not always found in a writer. To his energy and perseverance the developement of our
Canadian coal mines is to a great extent due.
liCAh'/) i)F TRADE SOUVE.\
WII.I.IAM SlIWV.
-t
Mk. Wii i.i.wi Shaw, i^f tlio finn of William Shaw X: Co., Whok^aK' W'oclL'n (ioocls
Importers aiul C'ommi^^<ion Ai^ciits, was horn in the taiiunis maniHacliirini,'' town of
HiKklcrstiolil, N'orkshire, Knirlaiul, in the year iSjS. lie was ediuat, ^^ in liis native town,
aiul commenced business early in life as a unollen and cotton mamilacluii r. He could not
have commenced a commercial career in a heller place, iis it is a well known fact that the
greatest variety o'i cloth is manufactured in and around lludilersl';. Id. W^f many years
Mr. Shaw carried on a successful husiness in his native town in tlv^ n'anufacture ot
woollens and cottons above referred to, until in the year 1SS3 he t! .ermii.ed ti> cast his
lot in the ^'rowini,'' business interests of the Pominion oi C'ar.ada, and comir.j; to this
country settled in Montreal. He has since established himself in the woollen business
here, aiid has been one oi the leadinij;- members of tl'.e commercial community, fom-
hined with his own business lie represents several oi the leadini^ cloth ar.d cottiMi manulac-
turers of the north and west of h;nt,Hand, iind imports their prodiscts \ cry lar^'-ely. The
firm have lonsjf been doinjjf one of the most extensi\e businesses in Canada in west oi Kni^rland
woollen cloths. Mr. Shaw has been a member of the Hoard of Trade for several years.
Mk. Josi-iMi H.\Mi'i>i:\ SiiAW, son of the last mentioned j,'enilenian, w lio is principiil
manaj,aT in his father's husiness, is thirty-three years of aj^'e, and was born in Huddersfield,
Hni,dand, where he received his education and ^-ained his early business experience. He
caiiie to Canada before his father and rapidly distiiifri'i'^lied himselt as a capable busini ss
man, becomini; managins^-director of the Montreal Woollen Mills, which position lie held
for seven years, retiring; from his duties in the year i^iSi) to help h!-; lather in carryint^ on
his j,'-rowii"ij»' business interests. Mr. Shaw was elected to the Montreal Hoard of 'irade in
the vear iSSri. He has t.iken a ^xqaX. interest in athletics, and was appointed to the
Council of the Canadian Football .Association. He is also a member of the \. M. C. .\.,
and is \ery popular in social circles.
GORDON it SOX, ni-:v (loons Ac.i-nt^
John Gordon.
Jas. R. G0K110.N.
•Mr. John Gordon, senior member of the firm of tiordon & Son, Wholes.ile Dry Goods
Commission Aijents and Importers, is one of the best known men in the trade in Montreal,
having been established in this city in business for the long- period of forty years, lie is a
native of Scotland where he was born in 1S33 in the city of .Aberdeen, famous for its I'ni-
versity, which is one of the most celebrated in the I'nited Kingdom. It was here that .Mr.
Ciordon received his education. Mr. Gordon is a member of the ancient Scottish clan from
which the famous Gordon Highlanders are recruited and of which the nobleman who will
probably be our next tlovernor-General is the chief. After a few years of husiness ex-
perience in one of the leading houses in his native city he came to Canada and settled in
Montreal. This was in the year 1S53 when Mr. Gordon may be said to have commenced
his commercial career. Since then he has been a prominent member of the .\Ii>ntreal
mercantile community, and during his career has succeeded in establishing a large and
flourishing husiness having formed valuable connections in the trade. He combines with
his own business the .agency for several of tb.e leading Scotch Dry Goods Ilouses and has
most successfully represented their interests in tliis country. In commercial circles he is
looked upon as one of the pioneers in the Dry Goods trade. In 1SS7 he was elected a
ncmber of the Hoard of Trade and since then has taken an active interest in the Montreal
Wholesale Dry (.ioods Association in connection with that institution. Mr. Gordon does
not take any very active part in politics but inclines towards the Liberal party.
Mk. J.a's. R. Gordon, son ot the aho\e named gentleman, also a member of the firm
although not a member of the Hoard of Trade, takes an active part in the husi-ess and by
his energy and ability has conduced materially to the success 01 the i.rm. '1 he name ot
Gordon X: Son ranks second to iior.e in .Montreal.
OF TRADE S()(:i7-:a7A' .\rM/u:R
if>7
I'M \\\ s,
<(i|Ijn (ioods
\\\ii town ol
n;iti\ c town,
He coiilil luit
f;Kt tliat iIk-
niiiny years
uit'actiirc of
1 ti> ca>^l l)is
nir.j; to this
It'll hiisii;i."<s
unit), (.'oni-
on niamilac-
ir^'"ely. Tlio
it oi Kn^'land
l-'imI years.
■» is prini'ip.'il
hulclerstifld,
ricnco. He
ihlo biisini. ss
.ilion lie Ik ill
carryint^ ou
I of 'Irado in
iiitod to tlie
\. M. C. .\..
lo Dry lioods
in Montreal,
ars. He is a
s tor its I'ni-
liere that Mr.
isli clan (Vom
man who will
1 business ex-
and settled in
e commenced
the Miintreal
i;- a larije and
mihines with
nises and has
cii-clcs lie is
\\ as I lected a
the Montreal
Gordon does
er of the firm
isi;'ess and hy
'I'he name of
MAJOR S. C. STEVF.NSON.
Major Samvf.i. Cottinoiiam Sri:vENSo\, B..\., is a native Canadian, having been born
in Montreal in 1S48. rie was educated at tiie Hiyli Scliool and afterwards graduated at
McGill rnivtrsily, taking the degree of liachelor of Arts. In 1S7J he iirst entered upon
Hxhihitio;i work "as Assistant at the first large Provincial Exhibition held in jMontreal, and
for the past fifteen years has taken a prominent part in such work. In 1S73, when tho first
{•;xliibition was held on the new grounds at Mile Knd, ho was placed in entire charge of the
industrial Department. ]n 1S76 li^ was appointed Commissioner for the Province oi
v^ueLec to the Great Centennial Exhibition at IMiiladeiphia. In the following year a perma-
:7ent l-lxhibition Committee for the Pro\ince of Ouebee was appointed and Mr. Stevenson
was chosen Secrelarv and held this position until he organized the Montreal Exposition
Company in iS8i}. He hiis been the chief organizer and manager of all theimporlant exiii-
hitions held in Montreal and represented Canada's interest as Commissioner for the
Province oi t}uebeo at tli: C"olonial and Industrial I'lxhibiiion held in Eondon,_luigland, in
1SS6. The great success achieved by the late l-^xlilbilion in Montreal was principally die
10 the energy and skill displayed by Mr. Stevenson in carrying out the hea\ytas!< of collect-
ing suitable'exhibils from all p.irts of tiie Dominion. In addition to his v:irious duties in
connection with Exhibitions he is Secretary of the Council o\' Arts and Manulactures of Que-
bec Province and a corresponding member of tlie Industrial Education Association of
New ^'ork. He is also a Director c f the (irea; Northern Railway of Canada. In iSi»2 he
was appointed a member of tlie Provincial Commission in connection with the World's
Cohimbian I^xposition, held in Chicago. Wlu :i quite young Mr.^Stevenson joined the
\'ictoria Rifles and afierwards took a coiiimissio;i in the Prince of Wales Rifles, retiring in
iSSi with the honorary .'ank of Major. He hai been an active member of t'le ]5oard of
Trade for many years, and is one of the Hr-i to [ '::c. l.imself on record v>'iieii any important
matters come up for tiebate.
I*''
1 1,1 ■.
I I
III ;
/iO.lA'/) OF TNADE SOCVI-:
II '•
lOIIN S. iS. I). l"l':U(;iSO\, Imcdkh i<s.
JiHIN Sll\\\UI IM'Ki.I sDN. |)\\ll> I' I Kl.l 'MIN.
TIk' liriii 111 |. S. i\ |). I'\'r,y U'-on is \\i.ll kiiovui ui i.\i.'i\ impniliT aiul sii)i\T nl
incrcliiiiulisc in ilio iii\. Thoir sli'iis aiul >\'llars ,iio ilii.' Iiirt;\'si, nklcst anil nuist i.'i>n-
voiiiciitly sitiiiiU'il in Monli cal. tlio i.iins>.«.|in.iK«.' W\\\\i, thai llu'v rctoivo llu' patronage ol all
loacliiii^ iiKMi lianis and s!n|ip>.'i-. Mn. John Siiw Aui Imkim sun, soninr parliKT in llu' lirni
i-» a nali\ c Canailian.
liasiiiL,'' boon hiiin in
Mi>nlr».'ai in i.S(_' ami
(.■(.hii-al^il at llu' I lij^li
SlIuii>1 and Mi.'C;ill
Inix (.Tsil \ . IK' I I'ni-
nK'nit'il his iiMniiKT-
vial kaii.'i.T in i.S()j
w illi Jt'hn I 'iMiiial! \
C (' . I'lOiiuii.' anil I'lo-
\ ision .NK'fi'liani s, w iih
whom 1k' i'omaini.'il
si'v I'll \ cars.
|(illN > I I w \l; I I I l;i ,1
IK' llan
L'onnecloil himsi'll w ilh
Mr. (ioii. C'oupai' in
I he ij;i'ain business
whii'h I'ontimK'il lill
iSNj when ho went
intii business nn his
own own
I I V\ I h I 1 K' .1
aiKl was allorwarcls ui tne SL'r\ii.e ol .Messrs. I, aw, > ouns.; iV Co., lor ahoul se\en scars.
lie then obtaineil a i^mul position wilh I'ox \: lireen, Railway Supply .Mereiianis, w ith
whom lie reniaineJ tweKe years and only resi^netl his positiitn to join his brother in
partnership. IK' has been a member ol the Hoard ol Trade lor the last ten \ears and lakes
>n active interest in the prosperity ol the tr;u.le and commerce of Montreal. Mi^ih partners
are hii;hly esteemed in commercial circles ri>i > strict allenlion \o business and
uprii^htness in their (.le.dini;s.
!>l\C W I
KctN. C'liv
uwii.K
H
.Mk. Hi w \\ t'.wii'iKos, city \\'eiL;iK i ol' NKmtreal, was born in the town of AlKia,
Scotland, in the year 184*). lie received his c i. ation in his native place, aiul in the vear
i.S()7 came to Canada with his lamily aiiil sottieil in .NKintiial. Mr. t'amerim has l\ir
several vears held the responsible position ol C'itv W'eij^her, .NK'asuri md Ciaui^er. antl in
this capacitv has j.ji'iven universal satislactiiMi in carry inj;- out his .irduous iluties. lie is a
iCeneral favourite amonjj the mercantile community with whom he is briiunht into ilailv
business civntact. lie has been a member ol the Hoartl of Tiaile since 1SS3, and has
always taken a deep interest in the development ol" the commercial pii'^^ress ol Montreal.
lie is al.so closely allied with several charit ible institutions in the cit .ukI in politics is ;i
member oj^he t'onservaliv e jiartv.
' or ThWDE SOrVKMh' \l-Miir:>;.
1
(i;i SUV.
iliul sloiiT ol
ami MiDsl loii-
ilroii.if^e ol' all
KT in llu' liim
PH^^
\ fl lIU' SlOlL'S
iiK'ss ihai ol
■iiibor ol' tile
' ^i.'1'ii iicli\o
K.iiils. Ilo
of .Montreal,
•innionced his
lc Meivliant,
so\en sears,
rcliants, w ith
is brother in
irs anil laUes
lOth partners
inisiness anil
uii i>r AlKia,
d in t he \ ear
eron has lor
Ui;er. ami in
es. i je is a
lit intii ilaily
■iS^, anJ ha^;
.>r Montreal,
politics i^ w
RU'IIVKI) .Ml sham;, (ii;oiiK nm, |'k,,\i-,ios .Miuuiwr.
Mk. Rli-iiAKi. .MiSiiANK. the well knoun wholes.ile anJ retail -r.ieer ,nul prtn isiiin
merchant, is a nalise ol the North of IreLuul, ha\in-- been born in the County .Nrma^ih in
iSjj. \\ Ikm i|inte yi>un!.^- he came to Canada with his parents who settled 'in Montreal
and It was ni this city thalMr. .McShane received iiis education. His early commeiviai
career was m the y:ii'cery and , , provision business with"-
I sMCieeded to this
lather, and he e\enlually
well established trade. Since
count his career has been one
aiul ho now holds a piomin-
aiul pro\ ision tr.ide ol .Mon-
aiice ;nul industry he has
business which is not allo-
the wants of.'i lari.;e propor-
,real, but during- the scisun
.St. Lawrence is open he is
ol the caterini;- lor the ocean
latlif tratie his store is most
in close proximity to the
his unremittini.;' attention to
has secureil for him a souiul
as^e. Amonjj his patrons
' '^^•0
ns
to this ahe.idy
he has been on his ow n ,ic-
o\ steady .iiul unifi>rm success
enl position, in the ;;rocer\
treal. \\\ steady p'lseser-
buill up a larL;e aiul ;Iiri\ ini^
jjfether conlinctl li> s;ppl\ini;
tion ol the cili/i.ns k-^\ Mon-
ulien the na\ii;alion ol ihe
t,i\ oured w nil ;i ^^"".liX shaie
and river ste.imers. I^'or llie
coiueniently situated, bein-
w harses and canal basin, ,ind
business fur so main \e.ir^
aiul \>.'aily increasin;^ patron-
,,, ,,, , . , ■ 111. IV be mentioned 11. \- .\.
.\llan, Allan lane ; Messrs. Robert Keloid \ Co.. I). Shaw, •j'hompson. .Murr.iy Xi Co. ol
the Heaver lane, and several olher>. Mr. .\KSh.ine has boen a member oi the Hoard oi
Ir.ide lor a number I'f years .-md lakes a lively inieresi in its welfare, lie is also itlentilied
with several charitable insi it m ioiis.
Ai.i';\ WDi:,-:
.Mk. ;\i,i;\.vm>i;i< M acimii: vson. Il.inlw
.M.iC|iherson tS: ^'o., of which he vv.is the sen
Hardware houses in (.'nnada, is a n.iliv
■v"ounty ^''i Cdciii^ai ry, C">nt., in t'u v ar
schools in l.aiuasier and
.Liid at first look a posilion
h.irdware meicliant, with
.\t the expiration y.A this time
will) ihe late Waller llenny,
uiuler (he slvle of licrny,
death of his Lite partner, ho
yj ir iSdS with Uobt. IJeiiny,
i^e ^ame name until theye.ir
c'.i.reil, .Mr. .Macpherson tak-
;. s son, .\le\ander Cordon
* iexaiuler .M.icpherson X:
liter Monny, he hasdevn-
;•'.■; and by his enert,'-y,
1", IS .\-.te'Kled the business
posilion in the trade. Per-
:. gh!y respected by a lais;e
a .-etirin^ disposition he has never taken am
himself j^roatly to church matters and as an
ill the interests of that church. Ow sever
sioner to the Presbyterian tieneral Assembiv
.M \C
. i-JSON.
ire .M.rchani, i.itely ol Ihe firm ^.^^ Heri.iy,
lor nieinbvr, .iiul which is in;^ i>f the larj^est
C'.'iiadian, lavini^- been born in Lancaster,
i.s',ri. Ilo receivev.1 his ei.lucalion in the
c.iine lo Monlreal in uS^o,
wilii .Mr. John Harry i'ivans,
whom he remained live years.
he entered into partnership
-^^ ,!'•• '''"■' lii'm dviin^ business
>^F^ .Macpherson iv Co. .\fler the
entered in parlner'-hip in the
which was continued under
iSi)j, when a liissokitioii oc-
int;- as a member y.^S. the lirm,
.Macphersim, makiiii;- the title
Son. .Since the de.ith oi Mr.
tcil himself entirely to busi-
ability ,iiul upriLjht dealiiit;;s
until it now holds a leadini;-
sonallv, Mr. Macpherson is
circle o{ t'riends but beiiiij' of
active part in public matters. He has devotcnl
elder oi St. Paul's church he has worked hard
al oceasions he has been appointed a Commis-
In politics he is a Conservative.
t
BOARD OF IRADE SOl'l/-.
AI.HKKT IIOI.DKN, R aiiwav am, |;n.;,x
i:!!'! Si rri,ii:s.
Mk. Ai.KKKi Hoi.nK.v, successor \o the late S. Wackicll \- Co.. u ho for voais were so
uol known amoMi^st railway companies and contractors as a-ents tor the 'sunpK ot iron
and steel rails, bmlKcs and engineering supplies, is a native ot Belleville, Ont. 'lie was
educated there and at the t'oiles^e o^ I'pper t'anada. To
|S()5 where he entered the
Poarce with whom
he re-
ot the firm. lie continued
successors, imtil iSSt), when
on the death of Mr. Waddeil,
prielor since which he iias
marked success. lie is also
for a luimher of well-known
iiritain. Cermanx. Canada
amoiii^st whom are :
Hirmi Hicham ; Tomex- i*-'.
Perth. Scotland ; the Howl-
ford, N'orkshire, and several
lias established a s^ihh! and
Holden has been an .active
History Society for manv
held the ollice ' o^ lion. Re-
years and is now a member
a?
ronto, and came to Montreal in
service of S. Waddeil \'
mained until the dissolution
with S. Waddeil X: Co., theii
he became Junior partner and
in iiSSj, he became sole pro-
ciMuhictetl the business with
the Canadian represent.it ive
maiuifactiirini^- firms in Cireat
and the Tnited States,
I-;iliott"s Metal t\v, (l.'d.i
Sons, Tay (Ihiss Works,
in,;- Iron Co., (I.'d.). Brad-
olhers. for all oi whom he
profitable business .Mr.
member of the Natural
.\ears, diirins;- which time he
cordinir Secret. irv
or loui-
. , ,, . ^'' lii^' <-'iHincil. He was also Hon. Treasurer of the .Micro-
scopical Socie.v and is considered one o< its most successful members. He has been i
member ol the Moard of Trade for a number of vears and takes quite an interest in all its
i.l.'liner.itions.
y;@.
) OF TRADE SOUli:\'fR .\7 J/A'AA'.
169
(iODKKOI CllAl'I,i:.\l-.
supply ol iion
Out. 'lie was
Montroal in
WiRkL-il \-
ho dissolul inn
.•11 X- Co., llK-il
or pailiKT aiul
aiiK' sole pro-
business with
representative
iirms in (ireat
lited Slates,
1 C\v, (l.'d. I
llass Works,
(lA!.), Hrad-
c^'i whom iie
siness Mr.
the Natural
ivliich time he
ary lor torn-
^>\ the Miero-
I le has heen a
."rest in all its
Wm.
i. l.oDi uoi C-||.\1'I.i;ai , proprietor ol" the " Diiminion Safe and Steel Royal Works."
was horn at Ste. Anne des Plaines, eountv ol'lerrehonne, on the ^,oth June, 1833, and is
the son ol Noel C'hapleau, larnier. At the a-e of eighteen the subject of this sketch bes.an
his apprentieeship t.nhe trade olblaeksmith, and three years later he entered the factory
manufacturer of agricultural
in this establishment live
ot Ml. .Matthew Moodv,
impleinents. \\^ remained
\ears and was hii,'hl\ esleem-
iN<><), wishing lo enter upon
Montreal and ojieneil a
corner ol St. L'harles
streets. It was not lont; be-
lloiuishint; business at this
able 10 purchase the land
buildin;;- which stands at the
and Ontario streets, and runs
street. Mr. I'hapleau's busi-
e\l ended lo all sections of
works ol i^reat importance.
and steel wiirks o\\ the
Ollicos, the .Montreal L'it\
the l.uques Carlier liank.
Archives Huildiiii^- at Ouebec
diploma and siher medal at the Philadelphia Centennial Ivxpositii
line at the Provi
ed by his superiors, but, in
a wider field, he removed to
bl.icksmith shop «>n the
Horromee and St Catherine
fore he had established a
st.md and in 1871 he was
and erect the splendid stone
corner of St. Lawrence Main
back to St. Charles Borromce
ness operations now rapidly
the country and embraced
.Xmons; these were the iron
.Montreal and Ottawa l\ist
and nisirict Savings Hank,
the .Montreal Citv Hall, the
the ( oineni ol \ ilia .Marie, etc. .Mr. C'hapleau obtained a
Ml ; the first prizes in his
■I'lcial I'.xpositions of 187 ^ 1877 and 1881, as well as at that of Ottawa in 187s
and i^ained a diploma lor steel rani^es at the I'^astern 'lownships .A;
ultural Exposition.
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I
170
IHhlKI) OF rRADK SOL'VE.
MONTRKAL BOAR
Office Bearers and M
1ST \'iii;-Pkmsimi \i : JAMKS A. CANTI.II-:.
I'i<i:smi-M : W. W. 0(J
Tkkam KiK : i:i)(i \1\ J
j. n. KOM.ANF).
CHARLES V. SMITH.
R. M. KSDAILE.
CHAS. H. (iOlLD,
L ( )i :xe 1 1, :
jA.MKS WILI.IAMSOX.
jOHX .MrKi;R(iO\V.
JOHN- H. Mil.lCA,
i>. I., i.oc ki:kiu'.
A. A. llllHAlDI'Ar.
I-K ANK j. HART,
WM. I rWINCillAM.
A\I)K
ROHlv
jAS. I
HON.
1:. n.
Si\}ct(ir\\
OF TRADE SOUVENIR NUMIil-.R
BOARD OF TRADK.
^s AND Members for 1893
I'KisiniiM : \V. W. OCJIIAII-:.
I'keasikik : i:i)(i.\R U'lXii:,
.'.\n \'ui;-PKi;sini;M : JOHN lORR.Wc'l-;
)K.\r.
T,
-HAM.
1;(>AKM) ()1-- AK'RI'IK'A'IK )N :
AXnRI'W ALLAN,
ROHI'RT ARCHLR.
J AS. P. CLKCillORN,
IION.Cii;o.A. DRl'.M.MctNI)
i;. I!. c;Ri:i-:Nsiiii;Ln.s,
A. |-. CiAri/i,
I', w. iii:nsil\w.
ciiARLi;s w hi:hi:ri-,
JOHN ki;rr\-.
H. A. lUDDliN,
ROi^LRI Ri:i-oRn,
JA.MllS SLl'SSOR.
(ii;0. I IHLDS,
Cii:0. HAIIRH.L
BOARD OF I RADE SOLI I:M
MONTWBAL COKX EXCHA
Office-bearers f<
JOHN liAIRI).
A. j. BRki;.
E. !•■. CRAU.
COM XI IT'I'KE OK MAX
PKi>ini:\T : H. A. Mi I'll
AiiiNi; l"'m-<ini-.\ 1 : -- A. Ci.
Tki:asi ki;k : I). R01!1-;R'
C'ii,\n-'\i AN
JOHN l'»ll.l.ON.
T. A. cram;.
) \ K' 1) OK K1-: \'
STi:\\ \RI' MINN
Allan, Andrew.
Allan, Jas.
Anderson, D.
Archer, Robt.
Arnott, jno. R.
Haird. C..|.
Haird, Jno.
Hatterhurv, I'". R.
Bickerdike, R.
Hrice, A. |.
I{ros>ard, M.
Brown, Thos. \\.
iiriineau, 1. V.
liudden, 11. A.
e'an. Pac. Rv. l-'rt. As^l.
Do. I'oreii^n l'"rt.
Carrutliei's, jas.
Cookson, .S.
t'owie, .\. MlK.
eraij,s I-;. I".
Crane, T. .\.
Currie, jas.
n.iues, j. P.
Dillon, jno.
Olliee.
Dobell, 11.
llsdailt, C". B
Ksdaile, R. M.
I'Aans, William.
I'airhairn, John.
I'erijuson, W. B.
Foley, M. S.
(iaijnon, .\. I'".,
liear, W'ni.
Ciiraid, .\iiy;uste.
(iould, C'lias. W.
(iould, |ose|ili.
c;ouid,b. .M.
Cirand I Burns, .\.
Trunk Burton, |olin.
Ry. I Harris, A. II.
Hainpson, I larold.
Hamiison, R.
Hanna, lieo. 1 1.
Ilarvie, R.
Hastinos, \V. A.
Ilodi^son, .Arthur.
Hodgson, Henry.
I lunsicker, j. V..
I lurtuhise, .\. 1..
I lutchison. Win.
hii^lis, James.
jaccjues, (ieii. V..
judi;e, l"".d;.;ar.
Kini^hoin, (i. .\1.
Kint^inan, .\biier.
Kirknatriek, jno. V..
Labelle, Hospice.
Latreniere, j. CV
Laiiii;-, Peter.
I.ebel. |. P.
I.eMesurier, W. M.
Mas^or, V'iilor.
Ma'rs.m, Willred.
Mason, \\\ .
Meit^han, Roht.
Mitchell, .\lex.
Montreal l'!le\alint; Co.
.\lunn, Stewart.
.Munn, Wm. .\.
XI 1-:XI I '.EC1>JS :
Murra\
.Macpln
.McBeai
.McBea
McBeai
.McCon
McKee,
.McCirai
.Mctirai
-McKav
.Mcl.ea,
.Mcl.eai
Mel, en
Mcl.en
McMill
McPhe
N i \ i n ,
Norris,
Oi^ilvie
Oii\er
Oswak
Parent,
Paton,
Peddie.
;/•• I RADE SOLI l:MR XIMBKR
i-ji
: exchanctK association
e-Bearers for 181);^,
I'l'KE OK M Ars'.\( iKM EN r :
CMDHM : n. A. Ml IMllvRSON.
iiNc Pki -<ini.M :-.\. (... THOMSON.
i:asi ki;k : I). ROIU-IR TSC^'.
\V. A. HASTIXCIS,
R. ri;ni"»ii;.
jOS. ROmi.I-ARI).
) \ K' 1) oi'' W1-: \' I hcw
li. M. KINliHORN.
CIIAS. H. (..ori.i>.
J. ex LAKREvNlKRl-:.
STi:\\ \RI' MINX.
\i i^:ni I '.Ki>js
M.
K' r .
iu>.
O.
\-. M,
A.
alini;' fo.
■t.
V.
Murray. II. K.
Macplier.soii, W. .M .
McHoan, .\. (i.
Mclicau, Diiiuaii (J.
.McBcan, Cieo.
.MiConneil, W. Ci.
McF.'c, Alex.
Mctlraii. M. |.
Mel. rail, .\1. T.
McKav, T. M.
Mcl.oa, John I'..
Me Loan, C'iias.
McLennan, i*]\\an,
McLennan, llui^li.
McMillan. \V. j.
McPherson. P. .\.
Ni\in, W'n .
Norris, jas. S.
Oi.;ilvie. \V. W.
Oii\er Walter.
Oswald, \V. R.
Parent, Desire,
i'aton. IIui;li.
iVddie, R.'
Porteous, John.
Ouintal, Joseph.
Raphael, II. W.
Reford. R.
Rendell, Jas. i;.
Richelieu \- Ont. N'a\-. L\>.
Riibertson, I)a\id.
Rohillard, Jos.
Robinson, Ci. W.
Ronald, |. R.
Routh. I". A.
Routh, R. T.
Ro\al Canadian Ins. Co.
Scott, las.
Scott, j. I'.
Scott, Will.
Shaw, |as.
Sidey, J. Ci.
Sinims, Rolit.
.Sinton, Jas, C'.
Smith, J. Lionel.
Smith, Lionel J.
Smith, .M. H. '
Smith, Will. W.
" Star."
Steu.irt, James F.
Stewart, \Vm.
Straclian, James.
St. Onf,'-e, S.
Tat ley. Win.
Thorn, James.
Thomson, Adam, (i.
Ihomson, D. G.
'I'homson, («eo. .A.
Torrance, John.
Torrance, John, jr.
Truleaii, A. C
N'adinaet, Louis.
\iau, C. T.
\'ipoiul, T. S.
Wade, K. J.
Wait, Cieorjje.
Ward, Joseph.
Warrini^ton, Jno. T.
Watt. I>. A. V.
Wi^ht, R. v..
Williamson, Jame.s.
" Witness."
Ili
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'7-'
BOARD or JRADK SOLI 7:
MONTREAL WHOLESALE DRY GOODS ASSOGIATlON MC
Office-bearers for ibo;;.
I'rcsitlcnl :
X'icc-Pres^dent : A. A. I'lmi.M i>|.:.\i .
Hircctors: Ammi. I.ia i.aiki:. |as. Si.i-ssok.
R. I.. (;.\i I.I.
I ic.isuiiM : \\\i. kill).
I'K.WK Man. lii;i,. SlMM-K.
Koiir^^ouin, DiichesiK-au eV
Cio.
Hrophy, Cains & to.
\1 I-. M 1 <i-;kk.
S. liiconsliiclils. Son iV L'o.
Jaci.|UL's (irciiior \' to.
lioili^son, Sumner \: t'o.
f.irslcv & Co.
Caverliill, Kissock \- Bin- .hniK's jiilniston \- Co.
more. i- >.. > .
I'. \ |. I,eclaire \- t\i.
l-onstlale, Reitl iH: td.
Robert I.inlon \- to.
.M. Fislier, Sons iK; to.
(iaull Bros. & Co.
.Macka\ Hros.
J. Ci. .Maeken/ie \- t"o.
Joliii .Maclean \ to.
.Melntvre, .Son \- td.
P. P. Martin \- Co.
I'lionias .May <.V t'o.
jno. .\. Paterson \ to.
Alpluinse Racine iV to.
TiiibaiKleau l^ros. \- t'o
OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 189^.
i-iiwa
Wni.
Wm.
^^ONTREAL WHOLESALE GROOERS' ASSOGIATlON. ' ^l(
1-", XKt. U'll \ K ti).\i M 1 -PTI- H.
President : - - (i|.;o. t'liii.ns.
\'ice-Presidenl : Ciias. P. IIiiukt. 'Ireasurer : I). I. Tiis
Directors :~CnAs. Ciiai-it. W. \V. I.ockikkv. i
t . i\osi:.
t( )\i M 1 I I i: I-: (>!.■ .\ k'hii K'.\ ri< )x.
Cm-okc.i- K. Pokhi.s. 1). t'. Pkosm.ai .
II. Laihmmi:.
W'm. Ki\io( 11.
II. 11. Rll.AN.
Hirks, .Arthur.
Hoivin, I.eonard I.
Hrosseau, D. t".
Carter, Stewart J,
Chaput, Chas.
Chikis, (Jeo.
Colson, C. K.
Ciisson, Alexis.
Donahue, Wm.
X I : •: .\ I u K K X
Hehert, Ciias. 1'.
Hiiulorv, .\ie.\.
liiii^iies, 11. II. |-.
Kinloch, W'ni.
I.acailie. t'iias.
Paporte. liermisdas.
I.ockerhy, W. W.
Ouintal. jos. lid.
Ransom, II.
Res^-an, 11. H.
Rohitailie, j. .\.
Seniple, J. II.
Tees. I). I'.
I'elmosse, P. W,
Nilleneiive, |. C">.
A. I. I
Alexai
A. .\.
Hei.iai\
Hell, S
Price.
i\iirvn
D-.icke
llrant,
') or TRADE SO in: XI K Xr.MBICR
GIATION
MONTREAL MARINE UNDER WRITERS' ASSOCIATION
OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 1S93.
Cii:i>. SiMNKK.
/ic (V C'o,
\ to.
1 \- t'o.
\ Co.
'On iV Co.
ine iV Co.
ros. \' ^'o.
Pri-'^iik'nt,
\ n.c-IV(.siiicnl : .\iuiiii!\in Xuim.i..
John I'oni.wi
I i'<.iisui\i- : |j)\\ \Ki> I,. HosD.
l^"..xiA I ■•ii\ I-: e"t )M M I r I i-:i- .
Chainiian, - - - . . |. n R,,, ,,,.
^^■"- ''• '•-\^^''- C. T. llAM.
A;k1 cx-olLcio the rrc-idcnl ;iiul Tri.aMiivr.
i I'iilwaid I.. l>oiul.
Wm. t'unninsjhaiii.
I
Win. W. l-;\ans.
.\ I I-. M I '.I- K'!S.
C. !•:. Cault.
f. I', liari.
.\i\'liihalJ Nicoll.
ji'liii ropliani.
J j. Kilcx.
J. H. Rvnilh.
;IATI0N. \ M0NTREAb BUTTER AND CHEESE ASSOCIATION.
i:is.
OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 1S9
o.
J. C. Ro^i:.
S.IM Oi II.
l-^-X \-.K I ri \ |.; (ji '.\i M IT I I-: 1-;.
- - - - Jons .Mt Ki Ki.ow ,
[Oi .Mr^-r>. A. A. Aver \ lo.)
\iii\\^'^i 1^1. Trcasui-LM- : I"k v\k Di oKi I i .
''"'"■• W M. fAMriiiii,. Akiih K ||o,n,M>N. |. f. Wakkm \v, i os".
I i\'sidcnl :
\'ii.-cl'i>.'siil^nl : |. A. \'
\
*
.Ak'xaiukT, Janu's.
.\. .\. .\\IM- \- Co.
' I^Llar.l, \. I-.
• iii.'ll, Simpson iV Co.
I Hrico, .\. J.
I'l.ilrv ni|ik', jas.
IV.ickctI, I lods;..' \ Co.
' Cirant, Ak^x. \V.
.\I I-: Mm- K-;-,.
.M. I [annaii \ Co.
Hisjop, .Mcklrum \- Co.
Kirkpatrick iV C'ooksoii.
■M. I.aiiit; \ Son.
Chas. I.ant^lois i\; C 'w.
.MacphorsiMi, I). .M.
.McLean \: C'aniplxll.
.M>-l.ii;Mn, I'. W.
I). .\. Ml riKT>on \ ' \'.
Win. \i\in.
Jas. c^liAcr I.V Co.
.Shaw , 'I'lios.
\ aillancouii, J. A.
(ieo. \\ ai: iV C"o.
|os. Ward iV Co.
Waiv. W . 1 .
W'arritii^lon. J. C'.
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LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE MONTREAl
Ahlioit, Will.
AJiims. K. C.
Aird. \Vm. i).
Aloxiindor, Cliarlos.
Alliin, Andrew A.
Allan. Hrico |.
Allan, Hii>jii A.
Allan, H. Monlat;u.
Allan, John S.
.\llard, l.oiiis.
A lion, Jos.
Alston. losopli I'"..
Amos. !•;. F.
Amos, lloiiiorl l>.
Andorstm, I'lias. 1 1.
Andorson, Jas. I)., sf
Anderson, )as. I')., jr.
Anderson, John.
.\ndorson, Robert J.
Animus, .\ndre\v.
.\iig^iis, W'm.
.\tkin, Jiihn.
.\tkinson. M. 1>.
.\ult. (."hiirlos.
B.
Haiiv. Horace.
Haeon, I".
Maeoii, Thos. 1'.
Hadenach, Thos.
Hadi^iey, Joiin C
Haile. .\ndre\v.
hailo)', James,
liaillie. |ohn.
Hain, Jas. \V., .M.IV
Haird. Cieors^o.
Baker. Joel C.
lialt'our. J. ilulton.
Bannister. J. !•".
Barbeau, V.. J.
Barheau, Henrv.
B.irnard. H. .\.'
Barr\ , (ioori^e.
Barrv. Rieli.
Barthe, !,. .\. P.
Batlersby. i>ouL;ias.
Baumijarlon. A.
Bayiis, James.
Beattie. John.
Beauchamp, i.ouis.
Beain.U>in, J, Pierre.
Beaudry, J. \.
Beaiij^'rand. II.
Belair, Adolphe !'
Bell. I. P.
Bellow. II. V.
Benjamin, !•'. P.
BensiMi, .A. .\.
Benlham. W'm.
Bentley. D.
Bessette, I). Z.
Bijjijar. I-:. B.
Billint^sbv . l-'red.
Binks. L'! II.
Binmore, |. 1-^
Birss. Jas." II.
Bishop, lioortje.
Black, Chas.R.
Black, l-:d.
Black, Jno.
Black, Lewis S.
Blackadder. C. II.
Blackuell. K. W.
Blaiklock, li. H. K.
Blaiklock, \V. .\I.
Bland, (ieo.
Blue, Walter
Boas. B. A.
Boas. l*"eodor.
Boivin. Ciuil.
Bovin. Leonard I.
Bolton. Richard.
Booth. W.
Botterill. !•;. II.
BosLjiiot, \. S.
Bovd. R.H.
Bo'yd, \V. C;. !•:.
Brag<i\ Henry.
Braidw ood, l-'rancis.
Brainerd Thos. C.
Brais. L. A.
Br.iiill, L.
Brice. 1-;. A.
Brisseito. M. II.
Brock, Jeflrev li.
Brodie. H.
Brossard, M.
Brosseaii, 1). L'.
Brosseau. Jos.
Brown, .\iulreu' .\.
Brown, l-'ayetto
Brown, (ieo. P.
Browne, Jno. L
Brown. Thos.
Brt>wii, W. CiiKlhee.
Bri>wnint;'. .\rthur.
Briinet. .Alt'.
Brush, (ieo. S.
BullinJ,^ W. B.
Bulmer. II.
Buhner, Henry, jr.
Bulmer. Jno. .\.
Bimtini;', .Mex.
Burland, JolVrey II.
Burland. (ieo. B.
Burton Henry C".
Burnette, Jas.
Burstall. Jno.
Bvrd, (."has.
(.'aldwell, W. .Mex.
(."ampbell, f. L'.
C'ampbell, David, sr.
Campbell, l)a\id, jr.
(Campbell, David \.
(.'ampbell, (ieo. .\.
(.'amphell, |as. B.
t ampbell. \V. M.
Cameron, nuncan.
Cameron, (ieo. .A.
Cantin, .\.
(."anilie, (ieo. S.
Cantlie, Jas. .A.
L'arnejjfie, Jas. IL
(.'arler, Stewart I'".
Casey, h'elix.
C'assils, (has.
Cassils. |i>hn.
(.'assils. John S.
Caverhill. h'rank.
(."averhill. (i.
(.'averhill. Jno. L.
Cay ford. Jas. II.
Ch'abot. j". N.
ChaHee, A. B., jr.
Chapleau, (1.
Chapman, W. B.
C'harlebois, .A.
Chene_\. (iil
Chesalier, I
Childs, (ieo
Chipman, V
Chisholm, C
ChouilU>u, (
Chrislm.as,
Clas;!;ett, C
Clark, .\. C
Clark, V.snv
Cl.irk, Jas.
Clarke, And
C'lendinneru
Clendinnens
Clift. R. S.'
C loran, Mic
Clouston, C
Clouston, I'
Cochrane, I
C'offhlin, B.
Cole, l'"ranl.
Colson, C.
Conrox , Th
C'onvorse, \
Copland, I']
C'orbett, J.
C'oristine, J
C'tiristine, '1
L'orneille. C
Costitjan, J
( 'ostii,''an. I'
C'oui^hlin. (
C'ouillard. .
Cowan. Jol
Cowans, R
Couie. .A. '.
C'owper. Al
Coyle. v.. J
Craw ford.
Crawford.
Creak, (iec
Crofts \\.\
Crombie, }
C'rossby. P
C rowdy, (i
Cumminij,
Cummini^'.
Cundill.'lM
Cuniiiiii^ha
C'unnins^'ha
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C'lK'iK'y, (iiliii;in.
t'liesalicr, l.iuiis.
C'liikis, lico. A.
(.'hipm.'in, \V. W. I,.
t'hislu>lni, t'. I .
C"hoiiilli>u, (.'. A.
C'lirislinas, T. II.
C'las;!;vtt, (.'. C".
Clark, A. f.
(.'iarU, ICsiiuinti L.
Cl.irk, J as. T.
C'larko, Andrew.
C'loiuliiinonti-. Win.
C'lciuliiiiK'nj^, W'ni. jr.
Clift, R. S.
C loran, Micli.iel .M.
(.liHiston, (.'. J.
C'loiistoii, I"!. S.
t'oclirane. Hon. M. 11.
Co{.jliliii, W. J.
CoIl', ('"rank I-".
C'oisoii, C. I'].
L'onrov , Tiiomi.s.
Converse, \V. \\.
Coplanci, i;. II.
Corbet I, J.
t'oristine, J as.
C\irisline, T. J.
L'orneille, (.'lias. C
Costitj.in, John.
( ostii^an, Richard.
Coui^hlin, C
C'oiiillard, Aiii^uste.
Cowan, Jtilin.
Cowans, R.
Cowie, A. McK.
Cowper, Alex.
Covle, v.. j.
Craw ford, Daxid.
Crawford, jotin.
Creak, Cieo.
Crofts II. \V.
Cronihie, A. M.
C'rosshy, I'eier.
C'i"owdy, Cieo. j.
Cuniniini;, A. C.
Ciimniini^', W. '!'.
('inidill, l-'raneis.
Cunniiii^liam, C'has. H.
Cunningham, James.
Currie, I'", P.
Ciirrie, Jas.
Currie \\'m.
Cusson, .\lesis.
C"utlle, J.is. .\.
D.
Dah ymple, Janics.
Darlins^-, James,
n.irlin^-, W'm.
Dartnell, VA. F.
Davidson, Jas.
Dasidson, 'I'hos.
I)a\ is, luii^ene II.
I)a\ is, Louis.
Davis, .M.
D;i\ is, Maurice V..
Da\is, .Miiurice B.
Davis, S.
Dawes, J. \\
Dawson, Chas. V .
Dawson, Sam V..
Dawson, W'm. \'.
Del. isle, M. Nolan.
Delorme, C. \\.
Delorme. Ciustave.
Desbarats, Cieo. I'..
Desjardins, .\lph., .M. W
Destroismaisons, Ci.
DeWitt, John, jr.
Dillon, j." St. Ci.
Di>dweli, L. i;.
Doherty. Thos.
Donahue, W'm.
Donnellv, John T.
Donnelly, W
Doran, Jas. !•'.
Doucet, Louis.
Doucet. Pierre.
Doui^all, las. S. N.
Douyall, "j. R.
Douil, W'm.
Dowker, L. R.
Dos le, Jno. 1-^
Drummond, lion. Ci. .\.
Drummond, Cieo. V..
Drummond, H. R.
Drummond, Tiios. j.
Drysdale, David.
Drvsdaie, W'm.
Duehesnean, Jos.
Duir, j. M. M,
Dully, J. J.
Dufresne, C. A.
Dufresne, C")vide, jr.
Duncan, janics X.
Dunlop, .\. I'".
Dunlop, Ciraham C.
Durand, James K.
Durnford". A. D.
Duveri;\r, Henri.
Dver, R. i:.
D\er. W. .\.
Ivciowl, Thomas.
|-;dw;irds. |. P.
lackers, \\. A.
i-:iiiott, v..
Klmenhorsl, W. R.
i:\ans. Alt'. H.
I-ivans. F. VV.
IC\ans, Robert.
liv.uis, William B.
Lvans, W . Herbert.
IC\eieii;h, Jos.
Lw.m, .Alex,
l-^wiui;', A. S.
I'AvinI;-, S. II.
I'^winj.;', S. W.
Lwint;', Win.
F.
I'airh.inks, Rufus,
l'"arc|uhar>on, John.
Farrell, William.
l'"eatherstone, A. M.
I'ealherstonehaiigli, K. C. B.
I'enwick, W. J.
l^'eii^uson, D.
l"'ery^uson, John S.
l'"ert;uson, W. B.
I'iniav. H.
l-ish.'K. J.
l-'oi;arty, Jeremiah.
l"o|i;arty, T. K.
I'orde. Thomas.
I'or-et, L. J.
I'orijet, R.
l'"orman, Jno.
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Korticr, J. M.
Kraser, A. I).
Kraser, I). Torrance.
Frascr, Donald,
l-'rascr, (Icorjye B.
I'Vascr, John.
I" rase r, N. J.
I'reeman, Major.
Kurniss, K. L.
Fyfe, James.
G.
lialarncau, Leopold,
(ialhraith, William,
lialihert, Kmile.
Ciardner, Robert H.
(iardncr, James,
(iarth, Charles,
(iarth, Henry W.
(iarth, John. H.
(■aiicher, (i. (i.
Ciault, J no.
(iaunt, K. L.
(iauthier, T.
(icoffrion, L. N.
(iibsonc, John K.
(lilbert, P. H.
Gillespie, J. A.
(ailmoiir, Alex. \ .
Gilmour, Daniel,
(iilmour, J. Y.
(lilmour, W. H.
(inaedinjfer, K. W.
(ioode, John H.
(ioodhugh, W. (J.
Goodhugh, W, S.
Gordon, John,
(iordon, f... A.
(ioudron, Jules,
(iould, Chas. H., jr.
Grafton, Frank Baylis.
Graham, A. F.
(iraham, D.
Graham, Geo.
(iraham, Hujjh.
Granfj^e, H. P.
(iranfji^er, Flavicn J.
(irant. C. H. A.
(irant, John G.
(iravel, J. O.
(ireen, Michael M.
Greene, F. Hilton.
Greene, E. K.
Greene, K. K., jr.
Grenier, Jacques,
(■riflith, John J.
Grindley, R. R.
(iiK'st, James.
Giird, Charles.
H.
Iladrill, Alf. W.
HaKiir, Chas. \V.
llat,'iir, Fdwaiil.
I liiLjar. J no. I".
lliifj;iie, tieorjjje.
Haines. !•'. S.
Haiiis, John .Mel).
Hamilton, Ale\.
I laniilton, tieo. W.
Hanilltun, II.
Ilaniilton. jnn.
Hannan, M.
Hann;ui. W. K.
Hanson, Charles .\.
Hanson, Fdwin.
I lanson, Jos. H.
Hanson. \V'm.
I lardisty, Joseph.
Harper, James
narrower, (ieo. II.
narrower, Robt.
Hart, C. T.
Hart, l-"rank J.
Hart, (ierakl \\.
Hart, James .\.
Hart, Geo. F.
Harvev, Hv.
Haskell, J no. F.
Hatton, I).
Hearle. J. ti.
I lobert, Albert.
Hebert, L. H.
llebert, Zephirin.
llecUer, K.
I lelbronner, Jules,
lleinsley, R.
Heneault, Louis 1 1.
Heiulerson, 1). II.
I leiulersoii, Norman.
Henderson, R.
Ilenev, l!d\v. N.
Henry, A. e".
I leiuler\ , .Alex.
I lensliaw, l-"red. C.
Ilenshaw, I". W.
Henshaw, (ieo. 1 1.
1 lerakl Company.
Hersey, Randolph.
I letherini^ton, J. S.
Hewitt, i:. .A.
Iliam, 'I'hos.
HicUey. J. N.
1 liiUson, Sir Joseph.
I li},^j,nnson. .Alex. T.
Ilird, Samuel.
llodKes. J. H.
llo^Mii. Ilemv
IK'klcn .\lberl
lloklen. \. C.
Holland. Chas.
Holland, Philip II.
llo!!i>wav, F.
Hood, lluj,'h \V.
Iloolahan. John.
I looper, .Xnj^iis W.
IK.i>per, Geo. R.
I lope, Chas. j.
1 lopper, R. T.
1 losmer, C. R.
I louston, (ia\ in.
Howell, A. \V. D.
Hubbard, .\. J.
I liidon, l""irman.
Ilu-hes, J. \V.
Ihiot. Lucien.
I hirteau, \. .A.
I lutehinson, J. H
Hutchinson, R. H.
Hutchins, W'm.
I I Vile, (ieorijje.
I.
Int;lis. j. M.
Irish. I). T.
Ives. II. R.
jaeUson. Ilenrv .A.
Jackson. W. L'. S.
Jamieson. R. C.
Jacques. C. .A.
Johnson, Chas. .M.
Johnson. W'm.
Johnson. I ly. J.
Jonas. Henri.
Jones, C. ti.
Jones, J. H.
Joseph, Hv.
Joseph, lly. jr.
loseph. Horace.
Joseph. J. II.
Joseph. Jesse, jr.
Jovce, .Mired.
Jutlire. I'idi^ar.
K.
Kavanagii, Walter.
Kelly, Jas. F.
Kennedy, John.
Kent, .A. L.
Kerrv, John.
Kini;|
Kiiu
Kini^l
Kiiu
Kini,M
KmUj
Kirk,
Kirkji
Kissofc
Knowl
Knoxl
Koiii
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Kiiii;, C\>l. fhas.
Kiniiliorii, (i. M.
Kini,'luirii, R. S.
Kiiiiimaii, Abner.
l\ini,'>loii, l>cd.
Kinloch, Wm. (1.
Kirk, j. M.
Kirkpatrick, J. |.
Kissock, W'm.
I\tni\\ les, W'm.
Kiuix, las. \V.
Kohl, G. \.
L.
'.ahatt, Tlu'o.
I.ahlu', (iei), H.
I.abcllo, liiistave.
l-.icy, i;. I).
I-aframhoiso, C'. .Arthur,
I-at'ramhoisc, V..
I-amahcc, I'. !•;.
I.aniarche, A.
I.amh, Thus.
l-amoiit;ii;iic, II.
I.aiii;, H.' II.
Lani^woll, (ieo. II.
l-apierc, '/..
I.arie\iere. I'roii. C.
I.atimer, R. |.
I. auric, John.
I. avers, A. II.
I.aviyfne, I-!. I".
I.a\ inlctte, I).
Law, l);i\ij.
Law, Jas.
I.au, Robt.
I.aurenco, W. \'.
i.carmont, |os. H.
I.cbcl, J. \\
I.obocuf. S. X.
I. CO, John,
l-olel-ivre. .Michel.
I.cfchvrc, .M. TheiHlulc.
l-ctebvrc, .M. Thomas.
Lct;i4at, j;mios.
F.otano-, C. |..
I.ctourncau, C'. II.
I.cvin, H.
I.cvin, C'has. H.
l-e\vis, (ico.
Lewis, I". O.
Lewis, W. F.
Lewis, Lansirii;-.
Litliton, C". 11.'
Liniton, \V. T.
Lis.;htbouiul, Geo.
Lillv, i:. A.
Lindsay, Robl.
Linton, jas. A.
Linton, R.
Little, Lcon;iri! (i.
Little, Wm.
f.ivinf^stonc, |. .M.. M.|'
Lockerbv, A. L.
Lockcrhy, 1). L.
Lomcr, Gerard.
I.ouf^hman, .M.
Lovelace, V.. .\L
Lovell, R, K.
Lultrell, |os.
Lyall, I'eter.
Lyman, t'has.
Lym.m, I'reil. (i.
Lyman, lly.
Lyman, Henry II.
i-ynch. I'Vank'W.
M.
Maj^iir. I'"r;ink.
.Maj,Mr, John.
.Mai;or, John II.
.Major, v.. j.
.M.■linwarini,^ R. .\,
.Mann, Albert.
.Mann, I'lric.
.Manson, .Alex.
.Marciise, M.
Mariotti, C.
.Marlini,^ (. \V.
Ma-tin', lly. K.
Martin, Horace 1 1.
Martin, |olin.
M.irtin, |. \\. A.
Massey,"|-.
.Masson, I).
Malthewson, j. ,\.
Matthewson, "s. j.
Matthewson, Wm. H.
Mathieu, Aime.
.Mathieu, l^iclide.
Matthews, .A. f.
Matthews, ]. V..
Max, l'"rank.
May. l-'red.
M.'u, (iustave C".
Meakins. Ghas. W.
.Meii,'-han, Robt.
Meldium, jas.
Meldrinn, Wm.
•Meredith, 11. \'.
Meredith, j. .S.
.Meredith, Robt.
•Meredith, W. II.
Miles, llenrv.
Millar, (ieo. .M.
Millar, Wm. R.
Miller, R.
•Millov, |no. |.
■Mills,' j." W."
.Miiito, Wm.
.Mitchell, las. M.
Mitchell, "|ohn.
Mitchell, "Ri>bt.
Moir, John .A.
Molson, II. .Marland.
Mi'lson, I. II. R.
Molstm, |. T.
.Molson, "|. W.
•Monk, G. I).
•Monk, Jas. G.
.Moone\. G. \.
•Moor-e.' T. I".
Moiifii.", G. I).
.Morin, Gh.as. .\.
Morin, L. !•:.
Morin, L. I-"., jr.
•Morkill, R. d:, jr.
.Morrice, I).
.Morrice, H., jr.
Morrice, W. J.
Morris, Alex. W.
Morris, G. H.
Morrissev. I'. L.
Mt>rton, C'has.
.Morton, llenrv.
.Moselev, i:. I''.
Moncef, (I. .\.
.Mudj,'e, i;. W.
■>Lidi,>-e, II. |.
Muir, J. .M.G.
.Muir, Wm. V..
•Mullin, jas. i;.
•Munilerloh, il\.
.Murphy. I Ion.' hldward
Murra\ . ]\\o. G.
Murrav, \\ . (i.
•Musseii, Wm.
.Musscn, U.S.
•M.icartne\ , 1 1\-.
Macauley, Robertson.
.Macauley, 'llios. H.
Macdoiiald, Alex. i:.
.Mactarlane, .Allan.
ALtct'arlanc, t". II.
•Mactarlane, David.
Macfarlane, John.
Mactarlane, Robert.
.Macintosh, G. !•".
.Macintosh, John.
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.M;u|i1k'I>oii. I'. M.
.\k- Ai tluir, Alox.
MiAriluir, l.\>liii
M.Ailhur, I). J,
.NK- Arthur. Jas. f.
McHcim, iViMiakl ll.
MiliriJo. las.
M.t all. las, r.
McLailuni. |. W.
McCaskill. I). A.
MoCrorv. I'.
McPoniK'H. IV A.
.\ki)iinali.l. W. C.
Mcnmiyall. Alex.
.MclXniLiall, Jas.
.\Ki>inii4all. John.
.\KI>ou'i,Mil. "|. S.
Mci>ou-ali, R. W.
.Mi.nouj;ali. Tlu's.
.Mcl'.lciorry, l'"rani<.
Mi.(.iar\o\-, Owt'ii.
M.ciii. ]'. y
Mi'Cireijor. jas.
.\kllcnrv, lieo. II.
.McliuloJ'. !•'. C". .\.
Mcintosh, H. K.
McKav. Cieo. I>.
McKaV, W. .\1l\.
.McKcc. A. II.
McKenu n, Jas. 1 1.
.McKiniion. Cioo.
McLat,^aii, P. \V.
McLaren. Vt. K.
McLaren, I). W.
McLaren. \V. P.
.McLea. R. Patoii.
McLennan. Hartlett.
McMaster. J no. .\.
Mc Master. Win.
McMurtv. S. .\.
McNallv. \Vm.
McNamee, I". W.
McNider. A.
McShane, |as.
.McShane, R.
N.
Nash, i-Ved.
Nelies. |. Widmer.
Neiles, R. e'amphell
Nelson, .\ihert D.
Nelson, Fred. I'-.
Nelson, W'ni. J.
Ness. j-. W .
Neu man, l''rani\ W.
Newman, Thos. I lenr\ .
Nicoil. .\rch.
Nicoison. I no. V .
Nield. I'!. ■
Noad. j. .S.
Nolan, W. II.
CVj^rien. Janies.
C">'l.'onni>r, V.. Ci.
«.V|"laiierl_v. Ji'hn.
Otiii\ie, Alex. T.
O'lirad), li. de C.
Olds. Ci'co.
O'Leary, John.
Olivier.' L". S.
Orsali. .\lex.
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P.ii.;e. I.. Sewell.
Paine, Walter.
Palmer. J. Weslev.
Parent, ii. W.
Parker, K. W.
Parker. Moses.
Paterson. .\. T.
Paterson. j. W.
Paierson. R. .M.
Paterson. Wm.
Paterson, W. S.
Patton, Thos. L.
Patten. O. P.
Patterson. A. T.
Patterson, |no.
P.-iul, Krank.
Paid, Walter.
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Peck, T.
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Pi-enderj.jast, M. J. .\.
Prevost, Ilecti>r,
Putnam, II. L.
Pvke, J, IS. W.
Ramsay,
Ramsa\ ,
Rankin,
Rapiiael, John V
R.
Alex.
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Rea\es, (ieorj.;e.
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Reed, Chas. N.
Keed, |ohn |,
Reed. Wm.
Reed. Stew.irt,
Reid. R. (i,
Reiii, Thomas
Reid, Wm.
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Rilev, I no, V..
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Robertson, .\lex,
Robertson, .\ndreu S.
Robertson, (i, Ross.
Robertson, l'"ari.iuhar,
Robertson, John.
Robertson. John .\,
Robertson, J, M,
Robertson. W. I-".
Robillard, ,\dolphe.
Rodi,'er. James.
Rollimd. I. 1),
Rolland. Oct.
Rolland. P. n.
Ronayne, \'.. P.
Root, f. |.
Rose. |. M.
Rose. 1, C.
Ross. I). Ross.
Ross, I). W,
Ross. (ieo. n.
Ross. |as. Ci.
Ross. Philip S.
Ross. Robt.
Ross, W. G.
Rothwell, lui. i;.
Roiith, I'". .\.
Routh, Randolpli O,
Russell, Iluy^h.
Russell, J no. j.
Sabiston. .\.
Sadler, lieo, W.
SaHery. l-"red, .M,
Samuel, ICmmanuel.
Samuel, Thos.
Saunderson. (.'. V..
Sauvaijeau. '!'.
SavaiJi'e, Ivd. J.
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Soath, W\\ id.
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Slianlov, Wallff.
Sliarpo, VA. S
Sliaill^lllK'ssy, 'I'lios Ci.
Shaw , |a>>, (i.
Sliaw , Will.
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Shoro'v, S. O.
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sk'ssor. Will. r.
Smaill. Wm.
Sm.ili, !•:. .\.
Smartion, Kiciiard.
Smith, .\. ]•;.
Smith, (."lias. 1'".
Smith, Sir Donald .\.
Smith, (i. I'". C".
Smith, J. II.
Smith, R. Wilson.
Smith, Wm.
Smith, William Olivir.
Smithcrs, (ico. II.
Smvth, Chas. \\.
Smyth, K. N.
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Snow, \\ 111.
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StanclitVo, V.
StarUe, Cieo. K.
St.-irko, R. Ci.
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Stepluiis, (i. \\ .
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Stevenson, R. R.
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Stewart, David.
Stewart, Jas,
Stewart, Jas. 1 1
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Stroud, I''. St. (ieo.
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St. M.irie, I.., .M.r.
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Sutherland, lieo. .A,
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Taylor, I loiiiei'.
Taylor, James A.
Taylor, John.
Tees, Wm.
Tellier, II. |.
Tester, |'. Vv.
Tillin, II. J.
Thibandeau, 1 Ion. J. R.
Thomas, [•". WoU'erstan.
'Thomas, R. K.
Thomaloe, Ralph C.
'Thompson, I'Alvviii.
'Tlumison, .M. .M.
Thomson, .\. D.
'Thomson, Jas.
'Thomson, .Malcolm.
Thorpe, Jno.
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'Torrance, \\ . T.
'Toui^h, John.
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'Trotter, Lewis 'T.
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'Turnbull, 'Thos. T.
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Walbank, W. Mcl.ca.
W'alkei, |n»>.
Walters, Chas. II.
W aid, Hon. J. K.
WardKuv, Jas. II.
Warren, W. II.
Waterman, Isaac.
Watier, (ie»). N.
Watson, David.
Walsiin, |. f.
WatsiMi, "W. W.
Watt, Alex.
Watt, .\lex. McTavish.
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W eir, William.
Welsh, A. .\.
Whitaker, Samuel.
While. Richard.
White, R. S.
Whitehead. K. A.
Whitham, Jas.
Whitlev. A. (I.
Whitley, Kred.
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Whyle,W. II.
Wi!.;ht. Norman.
W iiev, A. T.
W ilks, Arthur W.
Wilson, A. A.
Wilson, |as., jr.
Wilson. "|. C.
Wilson, j. H.
Wilson, Jos. Marcclin.
Wilson, |. R.
Wilson, J. T.
Wilson. Robt.
Wilson, Thos.
Wilson, Walter.
Winn, J. A.
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Withers, J. Philip.
WolH, Hermann .A.
Wonham, VV. K.
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Board of Trade
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MoNiKi.Ai, \\n >OME ov iiN .M.\ki:ks :
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I listorical Sketch (by Win. Mi.l.onnaii) :
Tin: 1'"ki;m.h Ri:r,i\ii- iNni:i< :
Basset!
IVieinille I
Hiemillo 11
Hai'ims lit Loiii^ueuil
C"haiiiplain
C'losse
k.'uilleriei'
niberville
Dollar.l
Diillier ile L'assvui
JaLi.|ues (.'artier
La L'oi'iie de St. l.ue
1.0 .Moyne. C'harle^
I.e .Moyne tie Ste. I lelene
.Maisoiiiieiiv e
.Mii^eoii lie Hr;insae
Moiiie
Propei'lies ol' the Board ol' Tratle
TmI': l'.\i.i.i--.i RrA.iMi: :
A new l\ei,niiie
Bankin;.^' .
l-'.diication ( I'reiKli i _:^ ;
l-!dneatioii ( l^njL^iish ,i , ;;::,
i'"ur Trade . . ; . ...
I 1 luUiMi i!a\ C'ompany .... 1. 1
Land rra\ el |.-
Lord S\i.len ham's 1 )ri\e . ^i,
.Molson, 1 Ion. Joiin |^
Xorth-W'ei-I Company ,
IxiehaidMin, I Ion. John ....
\\'ater-\\'a\ s . , : ; ;
N'ouns^', 1 \on. John
Ills I t>KU .\l. I 1. 1. 1 ■- I IvA I ION-- :
Beijiiininys ol the Laehine (.'anal
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Bank ol Montreal (Head oHiees)
Chevalier de La (.'orne de Si. I.ue
(."uvillier, Won. .\iistin
Dawson, Sir William
l'"ortilieations o^ .Montreal
(.iray, John .
Houses of Parliament, .Montical.
jaeLjiies C'artier
Jerome Koyer de la l')au\ ersiere
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.MoNon. Hon. John
Nelson's .Mommient, iS4()
Notre Dame Street .
Paul de L'homedey, Sieur de .Mai
Richardson, 1 Ion. Jiihii
Sieur D 'Iberville .
Weller, William
^'ounl4■, 1 Ion. John.
Natural Hislorx .Nlusi'um
Lducational Institutions
lioANH 01 Tn \I5I. Ni \\ Brii.iHNu :
llistorv anil description ol
1 i.i.rs I u.\ I lONs 01 nil': I>i ii.in.vi; :
Board of Trade New Buildinj^- ,
Council, .Montreal Board o\ Ti'ai
(.'ouncil C'hambei', Boai'd ol I'lad
Diniiiij-Rooii).
l!\chani;e Hall, "
.Main Ivntrance,
Readinjif-Room.
l-"om\ AKDiM. :
1 lisiorical Sketch
Shippini;' Industry
liraiul Trunk Railwav
(.'anadian Pacific Railwa\'
.Montreal Street Railwav
^ Trade, Montreal.
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Lhoiiietley, Sieur i.le .Mai'-onneiiv e ....
siin, 1 Kin. lolin
''Iberville. ' ,
William .....
1 Ion. John
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iinal Institutions
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f Trade New liuildiiii:
.NKmtreal Hoard ol Trade, 1 SSS
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thanibi.1', lioait.! of Ti aik
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Montreal St reet Railw a\- '
W'ind^iir Depiit
li.WKINi; WD I'l.N.Wl I- : -
Historical .Sketeh
Ii \.\Ks : -
Hank ol .Nhintreal
Hank ol \o\ ,1 .Seot ia
Haiupie Xaiionale
Hank ol I'liper C'anaiia
Hritish North .\nierica Hank Si)
Canadian H.mk o\' C'omnieree
City Hank
City and Dist riet Sa\ iui^s Hank
I'ommereial Hank
Consolidated Hank
La Hantpie I VHoehehii^a . .
La HaiKiue du Peuple
La Haiupie \ ille Marie
.Meehanies' iiank
Merehants' Hank ot C anad.i
.Metropolitan Hank
Molsons Hank
Ouchee Hank-
Toronto Hank , .
CnionHankol Low er Canada .. .
I i.i.isTivW I iii\s :
Mei'ehants" li.ank and Hiaiiehes
.\loni I'eal Hank ( Hrariohes)
.Miilsiins liank
Hanipie ilu I'e iple
\\'iioi.i>.\i 1 Hm liooDs Imusikn : —
Hislorieal Sketeh.
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C'arslev, Sons \- Co
Tisher, Sons iV Co
Clault, Hros. \- C'o.
Cireenshiekis, Son i*<; Co
.Moii^an, Henry (iK: Co.)
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Allen, Joseph '.V'
Aiii;us, William i-"''
.\relier, Robert 135
Arnott, John •'^5
Baker. J. C '57
Heatiic, John ■ ■ 114
Beaudry, J. N !^5
Benson, A. A 1 .>"
Bickerdike, RoHerl '47
IVii^oar, K. B 113
Bond, K. I !>'"
Bonsquet, J. K •■ '•"
Brice, J. A 141
Brownin},', A "«'
Brnsli, George '-''
Buhner, Henry ' -:4
Biillini;-, VV. H 137
Cains, (ieorge l.i^lUall mi)
Cameron, Dinican... H'-'^
Carslev, S ' 1 '
farsle'y. \\. V m 1
Caxerhill, Frank (Col 15.1
Caverhill, (icori^e 1 5.1
Cheney, iiiiman ^^.^
C'hapleau, (lodtVoi ... . 1"*)
L"houillou, .Alfred '5''^
Clei;horn, J. 1' 1 ' .=>
Clendinneni;, \Vm., Sr H)i
^,'lLMldi^nen<,^ \Vm., |r. i"i
Coo hlin, B.J '^4
Cantlie, Jas. A 114
Conroy, Thomas 1 5''''>
Cou!.;hlin, Cornelius 14"^
C\uiks(in, S ' ,■17
C'i osshv, Peter 1 -'.=v
C roue, John > ■\^
Cimnini^ham, William. la'"'
Cushins.^-, Thomas 1 ,•"
Dohertv, Thomas k\\
Donnel'ly, J. T "7
Houoall, Jas. S. \ I--'
Diuke'l, JM-.-ink ' 1'
Drinnmond, Hon. Cieo. A 15,11
Ouveri^er, H ' '"^
HIOGW.XPHICA
Hvaii-, .\. B 154
I'.veleii^h, J • ^M
ivwan, .\lexand;.r 1 15
Kwiii;;-, .\. Slewari i 2H
l-'eatherstonhaui;h. K. C. B. iih>
l'"erouson, Oax id 14S
l-'eri;uson. John D. S i<)S
FisJuT, .MaVk (c\: Co. I nS
l'"ou;arly, Jcixmiah 1.1 1
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l-"or'tier, J . M I'n
h'raser, H. rorian..j 154
l-"raser, Ceo. Browne . ... 100
Cialiberl, l-anile I -26
l.arlh \- Co i -! .
Cauli. .\. I-" I "3
liaiill. R. 1 113
Ciaull, I.. H "4
Caulhier, Tho> du
Ciordon. X: Son "'7
Craham, A. \' >55
Craham, !> <^)5
Ciraham. (ieori;e 1 55
(.rant, \. W '. ' M'
Crant, C. II. .\ '••4
C ranker. 1. J 15^
(ox'^n, Mi.hael 14^1
Creenshieids, F. 1! mo
Ciurd, Charles 1 -'u
I laJrill, CeoTije 155
I iaL;ar. jolin I' 1 -'.;
liaiiis. John .MeP i>'!
I la- lie, lieor;^e .,......, 05
il,.;iiia, (i.o, II ^5
1 l,i:i-,on, !-.vh\ ill > M
llaii'-on, VVilli;ini 04
llarl. l-'raiik J 150
II.,- .y, 11. J 1""
1 Liiloii. n.miel ............ 14-
llart, C I' 101
Hart. (.^i.iKl F ......' . 'HI
1 liek^on. Sir Josepli. "^ 1
lloyaii, lleiirv i".^
Holden, .\\Wv\ , i'>5
llodi^e, Ceor-e , . • • 141
I lodirson, Jonathan no
lloJr-^on. Tho-.. r: 1 ID
I lool.dian, John
llurteau, N. .\
1 1\ de, Ceori^e
Irwin, li. A
Jackson, W. F. S
Johnsttin, 11. J . . .
Jones, C". I
judoe. l':di,Mr ...
Kirk;'airiek, J. I-.
kerr, James
Kcrrv, lohn
Facaille, C liarles.
Laporte, llormisda>.
Faviolette, Dumoni
Farmont, J. B.
Uarmoni, |. n
Feelaire, .\lphonse
Fee, |olin . . .
FeMesvnier, W. .M . .
I.yman, 1 lenry
Fy: lan, 11. Herbert. . .
Mainwarini;', R. .\
Mann, Frie
Mariotti, C
Marsaii. Wilfrid
Martin, J. B
Mason. I leiirv
Masson, n. '
Meidrum, Ja--
Miles, I lenr\
.Moore, T. F
Moii^aii, C. n .
MorLian. |ames, jr. . . '. .
Morriee, P., Sr '
Moniee, l>., jr.,
Morriee, W. J
.Morri-^sv-v . TI10-. F . . .
Mallin, |a^. F ,
Munderioh, 1 1\
MuiuKrloh, W. C. . . .
Mmin, Stewart
.Munn, W. A .
Miirphv, lion. Fdward
Murrav , |ohn C'
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Maefarlane, Ji^hn
M.iefailaiK'. Robert . . .
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Marsaii, Wilfrid
Martin, J. H . . .
MaMin. I Lnry
Masson, H
Mcidrum, Ja-<
Mik's, 1 lcnr\
Mooro, T. l'" ...
Mors^^ui, C. n
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Mon-iLC. I>., Sr
Monies, 1>., jr., ....
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Mullin, ja^. i:
Minuk'iioli, 1 ly
MuiuK rioh, \V. C' . . . .
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Murrax . |ohn C'
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Laporic, 1 lorniisd.i> 1 SI
l.a\ iolcite, Dumonl
Larniont, J. 1>
l.cclairi.', .Mphonsi.'
i.co, John
l.eMcMnior, W. M . .
l.ynian, 1 lonry
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Mai.iarlanc, John 1:17
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Macintosh, John 07
MacKon/ii.', Hector 115
.Mae Lean, Joim Mh
.MaePherMMi, .\le\ 16S
Mc.\rtli,;r, Colin ' -^4
MeHeaii, A. C. i.V>
.Meliean, 1 )inK-an (.i i,V>
MeCa^kill, 1). .\ 1-'-^
Mel.i,ir\ev, Owen 1 ^3
Mehuloe,' 1-'. (-■. .\ . . 1"-^
Mci.ennan, 1 lui;ii ''^-
MeXallv, Win ' K-;,
MeSliane, kiehard i'>S
Vash, iM-ederiek n'l
Ne>s, r. W 1-'"
Newman, Tlio.s. 11 1 S3
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