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 EMERSON, 
 
 MANITOBA, 
 
 .\Ni> iii'.i; 
 
 INDUSTRIES. 
 
 THE GATEWAY CITY TO THE GOLDEN 
 
 NORTH WEST, 
 
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 ITliLISlIKD UY 
 
 STEEN & BOYCE. 
 
 WINNI PKCl, MANITOBA. 
 APUIL, i«S2. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 "^ XI ' I 
 
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 In this work we aim to ropreseiit the industries of Emerson as 
 they exist at the present time, and all statements made, and 
 figures given, have not heen guessed at. nor even approximated, 
 but gained by personal investigation. Emigrants, or visitors to 
 this Golden North West will add much to their chance of success 
 or fund of information l>y stopping off at this, the Gateway City, 
 and viewing for themselves what a few short years have accom- 
 plished. 
 
 THE PUBLISHERS. 
 
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 ^ P AN A1)I,V >\ * .\ MTR * WEST 
 
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 TIIKHK is perhaps no portion of the wlioli' uuivcrsf which iiiis 
 hccii so systeniaticaily inisn'|)rt'Si'nt<'il as tin' j>reat C'anadian 
 North Wi'st. an(i nowhere have the wondrous advantatres of 
 II century ))ecn so cO'tctively hiddi-n frv)ni the view of tiie intending 
 western emifirant. It seems strange that such a stite of utlairs 
 sliould have hist('(l foi tliree fourths of a century, hut when we take 
 into consiiU'ration tlu> hir^e monopolies, who were so deeply inter- 
 ested in keepini; up this system of misrepresentation, we can more 
 fully understand the seeinin<:ly strange state of alVairs. The exist- 
 ence of larjre corporations depended upon thissy.stem of monopoly, 
 and monopoly in turn depended upon misrepresentation, and the 
 hidini; of the wondrous wealth of this ^'reat country from the starv- 
 iiiji and overcrowded p(;asantry of Europe, and the enterprising 
 poor of Eastern AmiM-i -a. 
 
 Hut with the death of tln'se monopolies the misrepresentation of 
 the (treat North West has not ceased. On the contrary the work 
 has merely passed into the hands of shrewder and more unscrupu- 
 lous agents. Parti(!S interested in emigration to other portions 
 of America, and complete apathy on the part of the Canadian gov- 
 ernment and capatalists on the subject of emigration have com- 
 
 '^y\ip 
 
 
 
TIIK i.KKAT < ANADIAN NOlJTMW UST. 
 
 ItiiKMl. ti) kiTp this Iniid of ' illiiiiit;il»N' iio-siliilitics." as the frrcutost 
 |{ritisli statcsiniui dI" tlic last L'tixTaliidi iiaiiitd it. fnnii sljariiiur in 
 tlif liciidits uf t'ciicral iiiiiiii^ratiim. 
 
 In the itrcsciit day when the L'liat Imlk ottht* |»fop]c of Canada 
 and (Jrt'at li'itaiii arc di'r|iiy iutcn'-lcd in tht- sfttlfiiient ot' the 
 (ircat Ni)rth West the |.uhlishi'd I'acts rc^'ardinj; that country ure 
 comparatively incajirc, and arc far iVoiii heinu generally known. It 
 is a coniinon hciid", in luiropc, and I'Vcu in some portions of East- 
 ern Canada, tiiat a man who could live <uit a winter in this country » 
 could L'ct alont' very well at the North Pole, and that the only 
 variation from thcst; intolleral)l(! Irosts and snows is an etjually in- 
 tollcrahle state of mud. Th(^ great fertility of the couiitry and its 
 uneijualled agricultural advantages ar<' left out t»f sight, if known 
 at all. and on the Tjtxa dixit of the utterly ignorant the whole region 
 is relcgattfd to the Indian and the liull'alo. 
 
 A few facts and ligiwes regardiuL; the vast region lyiuL' hetween 
 Ijake Superior and the lii)cky Mountains, an<l north (tftlie4'.Hh 
 parallel of north latitude, now known as the Canadian North West, 
 may not be uninteresting, even to the wilfully prejudiced, and we 
 now add a few. 
 
 This vast country that we speak of is much larger than tlu? whole 
 T'nited States east of the Missis-^ippi river, and its area of fertile 
 land is somewhere over l..")()(»,Oii(l.(H)() acres, which embrace more 
 soil suitahle for raising the linest grades of hard wheat, tlian all 
 the balance of North America. ;ind we may safely a<ld, than any 
 entire continent on the gloi)e. The (luality of the soil for arain 
 raising'is now r.".idin<r nniple testimony in the .^uecess of the farm- 
 ers who are now tilling the same, and it is now an admitted fact 
 by all who practically understand the <|uality of grain, that the 
 great prairies of the Canadian North West produce the heaviest 
 berry, and best yield of spring wheat in the world. Wiieat weigh- 
 ing ()5 pounds to the bushel measun is not unfrequent in this 
 country, and higher figures than these have been reached in many 
 cases. 
 
 With regard to the objection of dinnite, there probab j never 
 was a country so thoroughly misunderstood. It is true that the 
 west bound emigrant on entering tin; lower Kcd Iliver Valley is 
 not likely to exclaim in the words of Montgomery 
 
TilK GREAT 4 ANAIUAN N'ORTHWKgT. 
 
 lan any 
 
 )r irrain 
 tariu- 
 
 t»'cl fact 
 Kit the 
 
 icaviest 
 woijrli- 
 iii this 
 
 n many 
 
 never 
 hat the 
 'alK-y is 
 
 "Likf th»- II< -|Mri<!f< of oM 
 Tn'«-s (»f lif.- witli fruit.- <»f {.'nM." 
 
 I'uctry timls Imt Iittl«- |ihi'i- in this ^n-at hmd of pcacf and 
 plenty, and wr havt- not the sli<^'ht«'st wisli to ini|>ri'ss its ad- 
 vimtajifs upon tlic idi» r. \vh«» deliirhts to swdttr in tiicheatofa 
 southern sun. and >ul»si t upon tlie products of a li;.dit soil. To 
 the thrifty peas.intry i»f N>.rtinrn Kurojie and the enter|)risin^ 
 natives and settlers of K.i<t« rn America, the cold of the North 
 Western winter possesses no t« rr<>rs. These colds are so tempered 
 hy the dryiH'ss ami purity of the atmosphere, that they are far 
 fioni as unri>nif()rtahle a.s tlu* much less extremes of cold in coun- 
 tries of the .\tlantic sealu»ard, whert- there is a more humid atmos- 
 phere. In the Kasterii provinct- or ."States. outd.<»()r lahor is almost 
 at a standstill in a tciup* ratun <if pi l.chtw zero, v]i'\Ui in the 
 North West such a state i»f •'!.• tht-rmomttcr would cause scarcely 
 any annoyance, and certainly no interrujition of out-door work. 
 At 10" aliove zero the ea.«tern lal'ort-r mullles up f(»r out-door work, 
 while in the North Wt -;t it is not unt"re«|Uent to see men in such a 
 temperature workin'_' out »loi>r- in th»'ir shirt sleeves. Then these 
 dry, hracinj; frosts <lo not enL'<'nder diseases of the lun«:s, hut on 
 the contrary, tiny in many ca.-!is j.iive Ji new lease of life to tlie 
 consumptive. 
 
 These many colds are the jrreatest of ajrrieultural hlessings. a.s 
 they completely stop the work of ve<ritation, and in the sprini,' 
 l(;ave asoil rested and ready forth'- ne<'essary rapid Lrrowth. which the 
 lonjr (lays antl sh(»rt niirljts of this latitude provide. The ohjcction 
 of climate is therefore one only to he entertainetl hy the idler or the 
 ronumtic dreamer. 
 
 The world "rrows wiser as it jrrows older, and sat'es with sylvan 
 longinus, who talked and wr<ite of the l»eauties of lands, where 
 eternal stimmer oidy wearied nature, and maile her laniruid, nre 
 now looked upon l)y the hard-headed and practical generations of 
 the nineteenth century as dre:imers. v/hose poetic metaphors may 
 he very ht>autiful. and furnish rich food for the ima<.dnation. hut 
 whose loffic is Ha<lly at fault, and whose ideal fancies are fust sink- 
 iufr heneath the horizon of practicahility. comfort and trtie enjoy- 
 ment. Industry is one all-important element of human happiness» 
 and it finds a congenial home in the hracing frosts and healthful 
 
6 
 
 THK GREAT CANADIAN NORTHWEST. 
 
 climate of the ^rreat North West. It h moving northward, and 
 
 steerin;,', with its hlessing of peace and plenty, for the once barred 
 
 limits of the Arctic (,'irclc, even there to make happy liomes and 
 
 ^lad hearts. The poet wh<» wrote of love of country, and the dis- 
 
 jiosition of each man to view the land of his lionie as tiie most 
 
 hlessed spot on earth, little knew how much truth would yet be in 
 
 hi.s beautiful C()Uj)let: 
 
 "The shiverintr ten.-int of a fri;rid zone 
 Holdly proclaijns that spot his own." 
 
 In this ;.M'eat land of plenty, this vast extent of fertile coui^.try 
 
 there is no district which oft'ers so great inducements to the settler 
 
 or cajjitalist Hcekint: profitable investment as 
 
 SOUTHERN MANITOBA. 
 
 In this district we take the international l)ound:iry line as the 
 Southern limit, the divide between the I/iko (»f the Woods and the 
 Ued River as the Eastern and the Assinil)oiue !\iver tlie Northern, 
 while on tlu' west it stretches to tlie Turtle Mountains and Souris 
 River Valley. Kast of the Red River for a distance of lio miles 
 stretches one side of the tamous Red River Valley, whose soil pos- 
 sesses untold agricultural wealth, ami whose fertility is now 
 acknowledged by the most incredulous inisrepresentor of the 
 North-West. This country is now pretty well settled up, and pn;- 
 sents theappearance of a nourishing settlement. From the Western 
 bank of the Red River, the emigrant can shape his (bourse in the 
 direction of the Rocky Mountains and from the time he leaves 
 the river brink he encounters one scene after another, which will 
 delight the eye of the agricultural j)rospector. First he passes 
 through the great Menonite settlement, where thousands of the 
 peace loving and thrifty sui)jects of a tyrant emperor, whose harsh 
 and cruel laws drove them from the shores of Europe, have settled 
 and made homes, that are the admiration of all who have visited 
 this country. In this settlement the visitor can see what are the 
 rewards for industry and toil, and s(>e some thousands of homes, 
 wherc! peace and plenty reigns supreme. Leaving these clusters 
 of happy homes the traveler passes through ihe Pembina Mountain 
 district, where hundreds of thousands of acres of fine prairie lands 
 await the plow of the farmer to transform them into fields of 
 waving grain. Further west he reaches the Swan Lake, Rock Lake 
 
 
TlIK URKAT CANAKIAN NORTIIVVKST. 
 
 iviinl, iind 
 ce barred 
 onies and 
 d the dis- 
 tlie most 
 Vt't he in 
 
 le country 
 tlie settler 
 
 ine as the 
 
 Is and the 
 
 Northern, 
 
 nd Souris 
 
 'J.O miles 
 
 e soil pos- 
 
 is now 
 
 )r of the 
 
 and pre- 
 
 Westorn 
 
 se in th(? 
 
 le leaves 
 
 hich will 
 
 u; passes 
 
 Is of the 
 
 )se harsh 
 
 ve settled 
 
 ve visited 
 
 t are tln' 
 
 »f homes, 
 
 e clusters 
 
 fountain 
 
 rie lands 
 
 fields of 
 
 ock Lake 
 
 and F'elican Lake district' whrre nature has furnished an illimit- 
 jiblc extent of lands, whose fertility mijiht rival Old Kden in its 
 days of purity, and where a chain of clear, crystal lakes foll(»w the 
 course of the I'emliina Itiver, and tln'ir sparklinj,' waters abound 
 in fish of difTerent species. Still further west the traveler reaches 
 the valley of the Souri.s River, where the most valual)le coal fields 
 of the North-West have bten discoveri'd, and where the >;reat wcik- 
 sliops of the North-West are likely 'o be located in the future. 
 
 Nature has soatten-d these blessings profusely over iSoutliern 
 Manitol)a. and now the onward march of industry is fast adding 
 to the attractiveness and wealth. Already numerous promising' 
 towns are sprin^inj: up over these lately trackless prairies, and the 
 shriek of the locomotive will soon be heard throu;ih tin; centre of 
 this promising country. The Canadian I'acific Railway Company 
 have commenced the construction of their l'(!mi)ina branc^h, which 
 starting' from Kmerson will traverse all the rich country already 
 describe<l, an<l will continue on its way towards the Rocky Moun- 
 tains. The Manitoba i^outh- Western Railway Company have also 
 commenced their work of construction, and their lines will also 
 traverse this country westward to the Souris Valley coal fields. 
 The work of connecting the great district of Southern Manitoba 
 with the ohler centres of civilization is therefore under weigh, and 
 the years are but few, until it will be diflicull to locate within its 
 limits, and be out of hearing of the sound of the locomotive's 
 whistle. 
 
 The advantages of Southern Manitoba for settlement and profit- 
 able investment together with her prospects of speedy railway 
 transportation witiiin her limits, we have endeavored to show, and 
 we shall notice the intlucements ofl'ered to emigrants to locate 
 therein. 
 
 Both the Canadian I'acitic and Manitoba South- Western railways 
 have extensive land grants througliout this country, and both com- 
 panies ofler these lands lo settlers on terms by which any p(/Or 
 but enterprising man, who understands farming may secure a lioine 
 and farm, and in a few years reach comfort and independence. 
 Tiio prices at which these companies ufler their lands, and tlie long 
 terms they fix for payment are specially favorable to the agricul- 
 tural settler of limited means, who wishes to secure a farm, while 
 
THK (;RKAT CANADIAN NORTHWEST. 
 
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 thoy are so arraiifrcfl as to bo practically beyond the reach of that 
 class ot" s{)eculator.s, who only act as ol)<tructions to the settleiiient 
 of a new country. Bcsules these railway companies nutnerous 
 other smaller coi'[)orations and individuals hold Southern Man- 
 itoba lands for sah?, on terms ecjually as advantageous, so that there 
 is no dilKcutty in the way of the agricultural settler being well 
 locatr«l ov( r its liroad prairies, while tlie numbers of towns, which 
 are springing u|i along thf projected lines of railway, oftcr in- 
 numerable opportunities to parties wishing to engage in any com- 
 mercial or industrial calling. All these advantages are offered by 
 corporations, firms and individuals to intending settlers in Southern 
 Manitobii. but it must be rememl)ered, that the Dominion (Jovern- 
 nient still ludd thousands of acres of laiids therein, which are 
 within the reach of actual settlers, almost without money and 
 witiiout price. We camiot therefore <lo better than append clause 
 ;>4 of the consolidated land laws, which explains clearly how land 
 may be obtained from the Dominion Government l)y settlers. 
 
 ''.'•1. Any person, male or female, who is the sole head of a 
 family, or any mah' who has attained the age of eighteen yeans, 
 shall be entitled to Ise entered for one hundred an<l sixty acres, or 
 for a less quantity of unaj)propriated Dominion lands, for tiie pur- 
 pose of securing a homestead right in respect thereof. 
 
 " But a i)erson obtaining such homestead entry shall be liable to 
 the forfeiture thereof should he not become a hmxi fide occupant 
 of the land so entered within six months of the date of entry : 
 Provided that the (iovernor in Council may, in ease of intending? 
 immigrants, or of persons from abroad desiring to settle near each 
 other, vary tin; above rule, as may be de nied expedient, but in no 
 case shall a longer period than twilve months be allowed between 
 the date of entry and the due (Hcupation of the land, and the oc- 
 cupant shall thencefortii continue to occupy antl cidtivate tlu'samu 
 as hereinafter provided." 
 
 The j)erson securing a homestead on the above terms, can, after 
 a continuous r»'sidenee thereon of three years, and by payment of 
 a nominal fee to the Dominion ( Jovernnn^nt, secure a deed for the 
 same, and be owner of a home and farm, provided said party is 
 either by birth or naturalization a suliject »»f Victoria, liueen of 
 Great liritain and Ireland. 
 
 i i 
 
;iicli of that 
 i settleiiifiit 
 
 muiicrous 
 Lliern Maii- 
 that there 
 
 h('in<5 well 
 iwiiH, whieh 
 \', oltiT iii- 
 n any coni- 
 ! otiereil hy 
 in Southern 
 on (Joverii- 
 
 whieh are 
 money and 
 lend elause 
 y how lanci 
 settlers. 
 ■ heail of a 
 iteen years, 
 :y jHTes, or 
 "or tile j)ur- 
 
 be liable to 
 c oceupant 
 of entry : 
 intendin^f 
 near each 
 t. hut in no 
 d between 
 ind the oc- 
 le the same 
 
 . can, after 
 )ayinent of 
 eed for the 
 id party is 
 , t^ueon of 
 
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 In the forej^oin^' sketches we have l)ut imperfectly outlined tiie 
 jireat natural wealtli and uneciualled advanta^^es ofiered to settlers 
 and capitalists in the j]jreat North West and Southern ManitoI)a, 
 and we now come to the city of Emerson, whose industrial ;^rowth 
 it is the object of our w ork to record. 
 
 The traveler bound for the North West, after makijiff his jour- 
 ney either by the lake route or overland via Chicafjo and St. Paul, 
 cro.sses the international boundary line on the Canadian Pacific 
 Railway, and makes his first stop at the Oate City. Ilrrc he 
 stands at the door of the ;:reat lan<l of promise, and like Ali 
 Halie in the story of our childhood, repeats the "Open Sesame" 
 that he may enter further and view the hidden treasures of this 
 lontr-wished-for land. Here he can cast and shajx' his future 
 course through the jrreat land of his adoption, and here learn 
 more fully the rewards that await the thrifty and industrious in 
 this ^reat land of illiniitalde possii)ility. To such, and to all in- 
 terested in the future of the (Ireat North West, a record of the in- 
 dustrial progress of this city, which forms the key to this whole 
 territory, may not lie uninteresting^ If, howevj-r, any readers may 
 be looking' ioT a fairy picture and ma^dc ^Towth, they will Ite siidjy 
 disappointed. Cities (»f the North West have no mythi(!al ori^dn, 
 and tile history of their <rrovvth is merely a record of patient toil 
 and well-judged enterprise. Nor Hindi our re<!ord l)e one wliere 
 scientitic research will t)e the motive in view, l)Ut siuill be confined 
 to tlie prt^i^resH of conwnerce, manufactures, and njatters (ionnected 
 therewitii. 
 
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 KMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 
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 Previous to the sprinir of 1S74. the sin- of the present city of 
 Emerson was merely ii prairie, witli .sinall euitiviited p.'itche.s here 
 and there, iiixl no in(li(\itioii of a future city wjus apparent. The 
 ni'an'st point at which any iirns of a sc^tth'iiicnt were visihle was 
 where the old fort and the 1 1 idson's Hay Company's post existed, 
 just across tlie houndary hue. while three miles distant, on the 
 Amerieaii side also, was the hamlet of Pembina, and the united 
 settlers at both places, at the l)e_Miming of the year we have mtm- 
 tioned, did not exceed loU persons. 
 
 There are few l)ut remember the hard times which succeeded 
 the great [)aiuc of 1S7.'.. au I lasted tor several years thereafter. It 
 seemed, therefore, a badly selected time, in the spring of 1874, to 
 lay out a new t »wii site in a frontier district, and expect it to have 
 a prosperous or healthy growth in the near future. Yet at such a 
 time, and amid such great ami general commercial tribulation, the 
 birth of Emerson, the (late City of the North West, took i)lace. 
 That spring .Mr. Tliomas Carney and .Mr. \V. N. Fairbanks had 
 640 acres of the present (aty site laiil out into lots, and the same 
 summer .Mr. F. 1'. Bradley and Capt. .Vsh laid out 200 acres more. 
 Thus the original town |il:il of the city included 840 acres, an ex- 
 tent unusually large, and certaiidy indicative of great faith on the 
 part of the founders of the city. One circumstance augured well 
 for the growth of the new town, and (certainly gave it a start at 
 first, and that was the locating of a land ollice by the government, 
 soon after the laying out of the town, with Mr. (ieorge Newcomb 
 as commissioner. IVople in oth^r portions of the North West 
 began to believe that it was possib'*- for a town to exist here, and 
 before the winter of 1S74 had set in (piite a few business institu- 
 tions of dilVerent descriptions were |»'.rmanently located in the 
 village. About the first mercantile concern established was the 
 general store of Ashdown it Co.. which is still th. leading house 
 of its ela.ss in the city, and now does a V(»lume of ousinessecpialled 
 by few in Manitoba. Mr. Winkler, who has all along been closely 
 allied with the progress of the city, was derk Ibr this firm at first, 
 and afterwards went into the lumber business. Some smaller 
 mercantile concerns were soon afterwards started, while the man- 
 ufactures were limited to a couple of blacksnnth's shops, the first 
 of which was started by Mr. Kenneth McKae. 
 
EMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 11 
 
 lent city of 
 iitchos here 
 rent. The 
 visible wii5< 
 )8t existed, 
 nt, on the 
 the united 
 have m«;n- 
 
 succeeded 
 rciifter. It 
 of 1874, to 
 t it to have 
 t at such a 
 aliition, the 
 ,()ok place, 
 hanks had 
 i the same 
 icres more. 
 :re8, an ex- 
 !iith on the 
 gured well 
 
 a start at 
 )vornment, 
 
 Newcomb 
 orth West 
 
 here, and 
 CHS institu- 
 ed in the 
 
 d was the 
 
 ing house 
 Hseiiualled 
 I'cn closely 
 rni at first, 
 
 le smaller 
 I' the man- 
 )s, the lirst 
 
 The proprietor- of tin' town site of EniiTson acted with a spirit 
 of threat liberality in tliose days. Not that they threw thousands 
 of dollars around thcin. for none were wealthy enough to ilo so^ 
 and the sale of lots at 8oU.(i<i, which would now bring several thous- 
 ands, did not line their »'X(!ht'quers any too fast. Taking evtry- 
 thing into consideration, however, thev offered ureat inducements 
 to parties wishing to locate. We find also that they gave some en- 
 courageiucnt in spiritual alfairs. to the churches who establishe<l a 
 rciTular orgaiii/ation in the citv. The conseipu'uce was that the 
 s|»iritual interests of the settlers of lOmerson were well looked after. 
 In the late tall of 1871 the first stej* was made towards |r>oking after 
 the education of the younir of the city, and a small schi>olhouse 
 wa'^ erecteil about fourteen feet S(piare in which a .Miss Anderson 
 taught for a few weeks, and was then succeeded by Miss lOdwards, 
 who has since been intimal<ly connected with the educational de- 
 partuientof the city. This schoolhouse. small as it was. was much 
 in demand, as we find tli.it the Rev. Mark .hikes conduct<'d Cliurch 
 of Kngland. and the iiev. J. Scott I'resbyterian services therein, 
 while it wat* also used occasionally by the .Methodist Kpiscopal 
 denominatioti t-ir similar purftoses. .Sucli were the acc()mmoda- 
 tions. spiritually and educationally, in Kmerson duriuL' the winter 
 of isr4-'). and tiie providing of tfiese were somewhat of a burden 
 upon the town proprietors. The heaviest share of the bunlen, 
 howev(!r, tell ii|)on .Mr. Carney, who boarded Loth the Church of 
 Faigland and i'resbylerian ministers, and doubtless shared in the 
 blessings which their presence i>rouirht around his house. How 
 much he j^rew in piety iluring their stay, we shall not say, but if 
 we are to juilge by fruits, we should say that one part of practical 
 Christianity was developed, nimely, that of philantrophy, as the 
 record of the honorable gentleman at tlie present time is one of 
 generous munificence to\\ "ds those arounil him, who were not so 
 well su|>plied with the worlds wealth. 
 
 With the opening of the spring of 187o several new business in- 
 stitutions were started in ICmerson, and during the following sum- 
 mer a steam grist mill, with two run of stone, was built by Mr. 
 Charles liorrow, which proved a greii boon not only to the people 
 of tl:e town, but to the surrounding farmers. The growth of the 
 village was slow liow«!ver, which is not to be wonderetl at, when we 
 
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 12 
 
 EMP:RS0N, MANITOBA. 
 
 _^ r 
 
 n ., 
 
 take into consideration tiiat all floods imported during the winter 
 season had to he hauled hy team from Oookston, Minnesota, a 
 distance of ahout 100 miles. Durini; the summer the steamhoats 
 on the Red l{iver carried freijxlit and passenniers, and on more than 
 one occasion th(! stocks of the h)cMl merchants were very low hefore 
 tlu! hreak up of the ice on the river took phice. The nearest we 
 can come to the'ixipidation of the villajxe during 1<S7') is hy ([noting 
 from an old pocket note-hook of the Kev. Mark .hikes then min- 
 ister of the ("liurcli of England here. This note was made during 
 the summer of that year, ami althiaigh meagre is expressive. It 
 is as follows : 
 
 "Total population of town, 100. Total nundxT of church fam- 
 ilies — l)atchelors included, 1*2." 
 
 The familii -^ in this case would not recjuire to he very large to 
 use up the wimle j)opulation ot the town. 
 
 Mr. 15orrow's steam mill was certainly a valuahle addition to 
 the village, ar.d during the winter of iSTo-O it was a great })Ower 
 in hringing the farmers of the surrounding country to trade in the 
 town, and the husiness of the few merchants were greatly increased 
 therehy. 
 
 The growth of an isolated village is not a very interesting suh- 
 ject to readers, nor shall we inliict upon them a detail of the num- 
 her and date of the estahlishment ol' ditl'erent places of l)usiness in 
 Emerson in early Mays. Sullicient to say, that for the tirst four 
 years after its hirth its growth hoth commercially and in popula- 
 tion was slow hut steady, in the spring of 1.S78 the general re- 
 vival of trade all over the American ijontinent, and indeed all over 
 the world, jiut new life into railwiiy undertnkings, and among 
 other lines those of the St. Paul, Minnea))olis and Manitoha and 
 Canadian Pacific nulways sliared in the revival. The ctm.struc- 
 tion of the former was jmshed from ( r(»okston north, while that of 
 the latter went slowly on from Winnipeg south to the houndary 
 line. In anticipation of thi' advent of the " iron horse " two weekly 
 newspapers were started almost sinndtaneously. 'i'he last week of 
 l)ecenil>er saw the (irst issueof the li.tcraalii)iiitl hy Mr. C.S. Douglas, 
 and on the tirst of January. 187'.>, the lirst sheet of the \Ve.itern 
 Journal was ]»rinted hy Mr. (i. V. Baldwin, who is now (!ity Clerk 
 and Treasurer. Tiie International has since hud a prosperous run, 
 
 tions 
 
If? tl)e winter 
 Minnesota, a 
 ; steamboats 
 n more than 
 ry low before 
 J nearest we 
 irf l>y ([noting 
 s tlien inin- 
 [iiade (luring 
 [)ressive. It 
 
 church fam- 
 
 /ery large to 
 
 addition to 
 great power 
 
 trade in the 
 tly increased 
 
 jresting sub- 
 of the nuni- 
 " business in 
 he tirst four 
 in jiopula- 
 general re- 
 ed all over 
 md among 
 nitoba and 
 e construc- 
 hile that of 
 ■ l)oundarv 
 two weekly 
 ast week of 
 S. Douglas, 
 tlie W'e.i tern 
 City Clerk 
 pcroUH run, 
 
 EMERSON, MANirOHA, 
 
 13 
 
 I 
 
 and has now a daily issue, while iIh- We-ilcrn, .Idnnml came t(» grief 
 and total destrurtion in a tire wiii(.-h burmid down several business 
 iiouses in the fall of l.S7'.>. 
 
 During 187!> the growth of ilir rity had been vcrv rapid, and the 
 number of her business houses had iiiulli|(lif(l very mueh. When 
 theretbre near the close of the year railway conimunication was 
 opened bftween this and St. I'aul and tin- whole lOasl on the south 
 and U'inni{»eg on the north, Kuk rs(tn was a town of nearly MiK) in- 
 lial)itants, with over litly business institutions of every description 
 in lull swing, two weekly newspapers ainouii the number, and live 
 ditferent church organizations holding regular services. The city 
 had now entered upon her ptriod of rapid growth, and her pros- 
 perity siiKu; that date iias been very marked. 
 
 First among the events of bSSO we shall chronicle the incorpora- 
 tion of the city of Kmerson, with the Hon. Thomas Carney as 
 Mayor, a position well best(»wcd upon one. who might l»e so truly 
 named as city father. The city had now a steam planing mill and 
 a steam flouring mill, besides several other manul'acturing institu- 
 tions of some importance, and her advantages as a trading point 
 was being rapidly realize(l by the surrounding farmers, many of 
 whom were prevented from doing their trading here owing to their 
 location on the west side of tlu- ifecl IJiver. To obviate this difh- 
 culty the tcwn of Emerson commenced the construction of the 
 traflic bridge, which now spans tic river, and which was completed 
 early in 18S0. With a liberality unheard of before in the North 
 West the city declared this a free bridge, and a cent of pontage inis 
 not been levied thereon since its construction, it has proved of 
 great value in increasing the city's trade, and is an inestimable 
 boon to the farmers on the west side of the lied Kivcr. It is a solid 
 structure well guardeil from damage by ice. and is somewhat orna- 
 mental as well as useful. 
 
 The summer and fall of ISSO were busy limes in Emerson, sev- 
 eral solid brick structures were erected, and churches began to 
 figure among the architt'ctin'al ornaments of the city. The con- 
 struction of additional depot acconnnodalion for the railways proved 
 that that corporation rccognizeil the importance of this city. The 
 el(Kse of tiu' year s;iw a population of almost l,4tM) in Emerson, 
 while her business institutions numbered not less than 7o, and in- 
 
14 
 
 KMRRWON, MANITOBA. 
 
 
 «»♦ 
 
 eluded some whose trade operations extended for 200 miles west- 
 ward. 
 
 The year of 1881 was one of great activity among business men 
 m Emerson, while it was also one of great pul)lic improvements in 
 the city. During the year a new brick school hiuse, capable of ac- 
 comodating 5*MI pupils, was erected, at a cost o." about SIO.OOO. A 
 j)ublic library has also been constructed, through the liberality of 
 the citizens, and particularly Mayor Carney, Mr. W. N. Fairbanks 
 and Mr. W. II. Nash. The fund for this reached almost $5,()i)0, 
 about Sl.oOO of which is now being used in the purchase of books. 
 The new town hall buildings, including council chambers and 
 r.gistery oftice, was another addition at a cost of over Slo,()()0. Be- 
 sides these buildings over §1,000 were spent in grading ami otlier 
 minor improvements, which have added much towards the appear- 
 ance ot the city, as well as comfort and welfare of her citizens. 
 
 While all these city im])r()vements were going on the growth of 
 industry was rapidly advancing. Messrs. Carney & Watson con- 
 structed their lumber mills, which are a great addition to the city's 
 manufactories, and Messrs. Chalmers & Carney pushed rapidly on 
 with the construction of the Emerson Agricultural Works, which 
 are now in full swing, manufacturing harvesting machinery and 
 doing machine work generally. This is the first institution of any 
 magnitude which has l)een established in the North West, and 
 they are doubtless only tin beginning of a great industry. Numer- 
 ous smaller manufacturing' concerns wco added during the year, 
 while several valuable additions were made to the city's mercantile 
 interests. At the close of the year there were in the city about 115 
 business houses of every description, while her po))ulation was 
 tully 2.500. Si.\ demoninations of Christians were holding ser- 
 vices weekly, while her iiublic school was attended l»y nearly 200 
 pupils, and taught by three efUcient teachers. 
 
 Even during the cold months of the past winter the growth of 
 Emerson has not relaxed, but has kept steadily on. Some ten new 
 business conp(>rns have been located during the first day of January 
 and the close of March, while her population has kept steadily on 
 the increjise. With tlie opening of spring work she has a i)Oi)ula- 
 tion very little short of ;i(K)0, while her industrial prospects are 
 among the brightest of the cities of the North West, 
 
ailcs west- 
 
 jincss men 
 ,'ements in 
 lable of ac- 
 10,000. A 
 iherality of 
 Fairbanks 
 ost S5,0i)0, 
 
 3 of l)00kd. 
 
 nbors and 
 15,000. Be- 
 and otlicr 
 lit- appear- 
 ti'/ens. 
 ■ growth of 
 atson con- 
 ) the city's 
 rapidly on 
 'ks, which 
 linery and 
 ion of any 
 W^est, and 
 y. \uiner- 
 : the year, 
 mercantile 
 about 115 
 ation was 
 )ldiiij.r scr- 
 iiearly 200 
 
 growth of 
 le ten new 
 )f Jaiuiary 
 teadily on 
 
 a popula- 
 spects are 
 
 I 
 
 
 EMEMON, MANITOBA. 
 
 15 
 
 In our sketch on the Tlanadian Pacilic Railway will b(! seen the 
 prospectfl of Emersom becoming' a great railway (Centre, and why 
 she should become the distinguishing point for tii(! whole of South- 
 ern Manitoba. Her position near thy Southern terininis of that 
 company's main line seems to indicate that she cannot fail to rise 
 to this position, and there can be no doubt but the (Miergy and 
 enterprise of her citizens will be sutlicient to raise her to that 
 pinnacle of commercial importance among the cities of Manitoba. 
 
 We have thus briefly shown some of the efforts, events and in- 
 fluences that have contributed to bring the Gate City to her ]>res- 
 ent position of importance, but to reach these more fully we phall 
 now add sketches of the leadiuix l)U<iness institutions, firms and 
 individuals now in the city, which will enabk' us also to give a full 
 showing of her business mtichinery as it now exists. In doing so 
 we shall classify the dilTerent institutions as minutely as possible, 
 80 that our readers may, by consulting our index, turn to any 
 branch of the city's trade. 
 
 The prosperity of Emerson and her future gri'atnrss are so 
 closely allied with the great Canadian I'acilic Railway, that we 
 shall close our general sketch of this city witli an outline of this 
 road as it exists at present, and as the near future will find it and 
 its relations to Emerson. 
 
 CANADIAN PACIFIC RATLWAY. 
 
 This Company's great system of railway is the leading i)ower in 
 the development of the North West, and as a natural consequence 
 is one of the forces which have contributed most towards Emerson's 
 industrial growth. The (Jate City is |)ractically the Southern key 
 to all this company's lines, and from it two trains are run daily 
 direct to Winnipeg, and directly tlirou.di to Rortage la Prairie and 
 Branden, with tri-weekly trains to Rat Portage. That Emerson 
 will long remain this company's base of operations is evident from 
 the oommodious depot arrangements which they have made here- 
 Their freight and passenger arrangiMnents are not those of a way- 
 side station, but are as (txtensivi- as any jn Manitoba. Such are 
 the present advantages conferred by this railway on the Gate City, 
 
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 16 
 
 i 
 
 KMKHSON, MANITOliA. 
 
 
 »-, 
 
 fc 
 
 but these are small compared with those which will arixe from the 
 extensions to be made in the near future. Hy the close of bSS'i 
 the Pem))ina branch will be extended into the city, and westward 
 therefrom through the Turtle Mountain and Rock Lake districts, 
 and thereafter onward to Sourls Valley coal fields. This extension 
 will open up tlu; richest district of th<! Nortii West, an<l will make 
 Emerson the point of entry from which emigration will flow west- 
 war. 1 into the same. It will lay the whole country open commer- 
 cially to the merchants of Emerson, and lay tlie coals of the Sonris 
 Valley down in the city, to assist in building up her manufactures. 
 In short it will make the (Jate City amain point of distribution in 
 the work of settling up and developing the great North West. 
 
 For ])ar'icular8 regarding freights or other matters of business, 
 with tliis line, applications should be addressed to W. C. Van Horn, 
 (leneral Manager, J. M. Egan, Superintendent, or W. W. Hardee 
 Assistant Traffic Manager, at the Company's offices, Winnipeg, 
 Manitoba. 
 
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 I 
 
 In our closing pages will be found a review of the churches, 
 schools and social arrangements of the city, together with a com- 
 plete summary of the city's business for the past years. 
 
 In our 'vork of classifying we shall commence with the financial 
 interests, but as these are so inseparably mixed with other 
 
 branches, we shall be compelled to take several branches under 
 one head. 
 
rise from the 
 ilosc of 1882 
 lul wtjstwiird 
 ikf districts, 
 lis extension 
 1(1 will make 
 ill flow west- 
 )en conimer- 
 )f the Souris 
 lauufiietures. 
 stribution in 
 Lh West. 
 of business, 
 U. Van Horn, 
 W. Hardee 
 , Winnipeg, 
 
 I 
 
 churches, 
 with a com- 
 ic financial 
 with other 
 
 iches under 
 
 Finance, Real Estate and Insurance. 
 
 Under this lu-ad w huve brou<,'ht i\w sketches of those wlio 
 operate in real estate to a ^reat cxlent, ami make it their acknowl- 
 ed^'ed l)Usiness, although it l)y no means represents tlie real estate 
 interests of the city, as it would bo hard to find a person who does 
 not buy and sell more or less of the samti, an<l all have been cor- 
 respondin<;ly successful. Xever in the history of the clianj^ing of 
 jiroperty in and around Kmerson has a single sah^ been made be- 
 low the purchasing price. ;inil the near future will doubtless see 
 many fortunes made in Real Estate. 
 
 HEPBURN & IRWIN. 
 
 This firm can claim the honor of being the [lioneer bankers of 
 Emerson, and tlivir establishment in that lousiness in this city 
 dates back to May, 1S80, since whicih time they have jiroved a 
 great power in the industrial development of this city and sur- 
 rounding country. They do a general banking business, which 
 has kept steadily improving since their advent here, and promises 
 to continue so. They have for regular correspondents the Mer- 
 chants' National Bank of St I'aul and Messrs. Watson & Lang, 
 Bankers, of New York City, while they are represented in the 
 cities and towns of Eastern Canada by the Bank of Montreal and 
 the Ontario Bank, and they ; 't as agents in Emerson for these 
 banks. 
 
 Both ]):irtners of this firm are bankers of many years' expe- 
 rie.ice, and give personal supervision to their i)usiness. They have 
 made tlu-ir home in the Crate City, are doing a great work in her 
 upbuilding, and an; numbered among the most public-spirited of 
 her citizens. 
 
 The offices of the firm are located on Dominion street. 
 
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 18 
 
 KMKRS(»N, MANITOHA. 
 
 LEA & CO. 
 
 R: 
 
 }|?; 
 
 •'iii. 
 
 .1 
 
 This firm is composed of Messrs. R. N. Lea, E. G. Simcox nnd 
 G. W. linker, and they (^arry on the business of real estate brokers 
 and loan agents. Tlieir start in l)usiness dates from December 
 1st, 18.S2, but all tlinM! are old resident-^ of this district, and two of 
 the number have been for years located here in the Dominion civil 
 service. 
 
 In real estate the firm ilo a general business, both on their own 
 account and on commission, and Ituy and sell every class of town 
 and farm property, improved and unimproved. They are pro- 
 prietors of Rock Lake City, a point west of tliis on the Canadian 
 Pacific and Manitoba Houtliwt'stern railway, which is located in one 
 of the most fertile districts in tliH whole Northwest, and where, in 
 the near future, there is bound to l)e a prosperous and populous 
 city, and which now offers a fine field for settlement or speculative 
 investment. 
 
 The principal efforts of this firm arc put forth in the loan depart- 
 ment. They act as agents for distant capitalists, principally 
 English, and invest the funds of such in Manitoba real estate 
 securities. In this mann(;r they have placed during the last three 
 months over $200,000, so that outside? of their real estate transac- 
 tions they are rend<'ring valuable services as auxilliarics in the 
 great work of developing this wondrous Northwest. 
 
 The firm have commodious ollbies on Dominion street, nearly 
 opposite the Emerson House. 
 
 lie 
 
 MERCHANTS' BANK OF CANADA. 
 
 The establishment of a branch of this great banking corporation 
 in Emerson in January, 1881, was one; of the most valuable addi- 
 tions ever made to tlie city's l)usines8 interests, and lias since 
 proved a great boon to her business men. The headfjuarters of 
 the bank is in Montreal, and its capital is S5,o00,000, which is 
 supplemented l)y a surplus reserve of S500,0(X). The branch here 
 has been, since its establishment, under the management of Mr. H. 
 G. Evans, and from the first it has done a prosperou.s and fast 
 
FINAN«K, HKAL KSTATK AND INSIIRANCK. 
 
 19 
 
 >ijacox nnd 
 tatt' brokers 
 1 December 
 , and two of 
 minion civil 
 
 n their own 
 lass of town 
 ey are pro- 
 18 Canadian 
 cated in one 
 id where, in 
 d populous 
 ' speculative 
 
 loan depart- 
 principally 
 real estate 
 u' last three 
 ate transac- 
 iries in the 
 
 reel, nearly 
 
 corporation 
 
 lable addi- 
 
 has since 
 
 |<[uarters of 
 
 wliich is 
 
 [•anch here 
 
 of Mr. H.' 
 
 and fiist 
 
 increasing business. It is centrally located, in the fine brick struc- 
 ture known as the Fairbanks' block, and it gives employment to 
 six persons, inejudinir the nianairer. 
 
 The Merchants' P.ank of ('anada has branches in all the leadin<j 
 c'ties and towns of Eastern ('ana<la, in \Vinnipei,' in this Province 
 and in Chiea:zo. whiU- it iias for retrular eorresponch'nts the First 
 National Uank of St. I'aul. the Security Hank of .Minneapolis, and 
 the Hank of New York, in New York City. Its busiiu'.ss is a gen- 
 eral one, and it hoMs a leading place among the great financial 
 corporations of the .Vmerican continent. 
 
 GOLDEN REAL ESTATE ROOMS. 
 
 This establishment is located on Dominion street, and comprises 
 one of th(^ finest set of real estate ofiices in Manitol)a. It is eon- 
 ducted by Messrs. De L.mey i^' Douglas, who carry on a general 
 real estate Itusiness, and give attention to every branch of the same. 
 They l)uy and sell town and larm property of every description, 
 on their own acc(nint and on commission, and extend their opera- 
 tions widely over the province of Manitoba and the Territory of 
 Dakota. At present they are handlinir property in about twenty 
 towns of the former and half as many of the latter, while they are 
 proi)rietors of the town site of South I'embina, where the advent 
 of a railroad, and other intluences, are creating a decided boom, 
 and where there is a splendid opportunity for parties seeking a 
 location, or for profitable speculation. They are prepared to pay 
 taxes, manage estates, plat new towns and place them on the mar- 
 ket, and in any other way look after the interests of absent prop- 
 erty holders, while they keep up a regular system of inquiry, 
 tlirough their different airencies. which enables them to guard their 
 patrons against un[>rofitable investment. Hesides their Emerson 
 establishment, the firm have offices in Pembina, Grand Forks and 
 (irafton, Dakota, and agents through ditterent portions of the 
 North West, looking after theiir bu.«iness. Altogether, their 
 arrangements for protecting the best interests of their patrons are 
 of the most perfect nature, and show the busine.ss acumen of their 
 originators. Besides their trans.actions in general real estate, the 
 firm are agents for the North West Land association, a corporation 
 
NUGENT, WILDE & CO. 
 
 This firm carry on a general real estate business, and are pre- 
 pared to attend to the buying or selling of every class of city or 
 arm propicly o:\ on risbion, while they do a heavy business on 
 
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 20 
 
 EMERSON, MANITOliA 
 
 !f 
 
 J 
 
 ■-] 
 
 I L 
 
 
 whicli is accomplishing much in the settling up of the North Westi 
 and which furnishes froA- railroad transportation to parties in the 
 East buying lands from them, and in numerous other ways offer 
 great inducemtmts to intending emigrants. 
 
 These plainly stated facts go to j)rove that few firms are doing 
 so mu<;li for tlu; dcvdopint-nt of this gn-at fertile (lountry, and few 
 deserve; so much credit for their elforts in that direction as Messrs. 
 |)e Laney & Douglas. 
 
 MARTIN, HAMEL & CO. 
 
 This firm are Dominion land surveyors, and n^al estate l)i()kers, 
 and carry on an extensive business in both branches. The firm 
 organization dates only from February 1st, 1S82, but all members 
 of it arc old residents of Manitoba, and Mr. .Martin has ))een con- 
 nected witli the survey business in dilVerent portions of the 
 Province for ten years, and is Gonsefjuontiy wtll aware of the mer- 
 its o avery class of real estate witliin its liniits. 
 
 The offices of this firm are located on Dominion Street, where 
 they have spacious premises both on the .street fioor and second 
 tlat. The former they use for their real estate business, while the 
 latter is devoted to their draugliting and other details of their sur- 
 vey department, in which branch they keep two oom})lete outfits 
 at work. In real estate they buy and sell every class of city, town 
 and farm property, and their diflerent branches enables them to 
 lay out, plat and place upon the market any discrij)tions of lands. 
 Their business machinery works with the smoothness of a piece of 
 fine mechanism, and their eftbrts in connection with the settling 
 up and developing of this fertile country are of great value. Already 
 they have had exceptional success, and there can be no doubt, 
 but they will continue to have the same in the future. 
 
 I 
 
 #1 
 
FINANCE, REAL EHTATE AND INHIJUANCE. 
 
 21 
 
 [ortli Wc'Ht. 
 
 rtics in the 
 
 ways ofl'er 
 
 s are doinj? 
 ry, and few 
 
 I as Messrs. 
 
 ite l)i<)kerR, 
 . The firm 
 11 members 
 IS been con- 
 ons of the 
 of the nier- 
 
 reet, where 
 
 and second 
 
 s, whil«! tlie 
 
 )f their sur- 
 
 )lete outfits 
 
 fcity, town 
 
 les them to 
 
 Ins of lands. 
 
 )f a piece of 
 
 lie settling 
 
 e. Already 
 
 no doubt, 
 
 |nd are pro- 
 of city or 
 lisiness on 
 
 their <>\vn accomit, aijd are prt)pri('tors of West Emerson, across 
 the Reil River from the business ])orti()n of the city, whore they 
 hav(! some liundreds of the most lieautifully located residence lots 
 in Manit<)l)a, which they sell ))o(h at reasonal»le fi);ures and on 
 easy paym>'iit. The sale of these lots forms a large portion of 
 their busiiit'ss. but they are prepared to attend to real estate mat- 
 tt.'rs for other parlies, and give special attention to looking after 
 tin- best interests of absent proi)erly owners. The firm organi/a- 
 tion dates fron) .January, 18S-J, and already they have a business 
 HMching jin.-tty generally over Soutliern Miinitobii. which is steadi- 
 ly increasing in volume. .Mthougb the (irm is young its members 
 an- old residiiice nf Manitoba, ami know well the value of real es- 
 tate throuirhout the Province. They are tiierefore rendering valu- 
 able aid in the building up and settlement of this great country. 
 Th(! firm s oflices are ni; Dominion .Stn^et. 
 
 D. J. McINNES. 
 
 This gentleman carries on business in the McKay Block on 
 Dominion Street, as a real estate, loan and insurance agent, while 
 he is also agent here for the Winnipeg & Western Transportation 
 Co. and the Canard line of trans-Atlantic steam-ships. His advent 
 in business in tiiis city dateg from June lS7t), and from January, 
 IS.SOto January 1>>82, he wag associated with Mr. J. W. Horn as 
 partner. In the insurance branch Mr. Mclnnes is agent for the 
 Commercial Union, Citizens, Lancashin^ and Royal companies, 
 and does decidedly the leading insurance busin<'ss of the city. In 
 real estate he buys and sells both city and farm j)roperty, princi- 
 pally on commission, and in other respects attends to the interests 
 of investors in proi)erty. In his loan department he acts as agent 
 for the Manitoba and North West Loan Co. and for that cor])ora- 
 tion has been the means of bringing a large amount of foreign cap- 
 ital to the work of building up and developing this countrv. 
 
 Altogether Mr. Mclnnes fills a very useful place in the business 
 machinery of Emerson, while he is recognized as one of her pub- 
 lic spirited citizens, and is at present a member of the city coun- 
 cil. 
 
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 EMERSON, MANITOBA, 
 
 MACFARLANE & KEAN. 
 
 
 
 This firm are entitled to the credit ofbein,<( the senior real estate 
 house of Emerson, their establishment dating back to early in 1879. 
 They do a general business in this branch, and buy and sell any 
 class of landed property, improved and unimproved, both on com- 
 mission and on their own account. They attend to estates for 
 absent property owners, locate settlers and look after any depart- 
 ment of real estate. They are also agents for the British Canadian 
 Investment Company, and for that corporation have placed many 
 thousands of dollars in Manitoba real estate securitit^s, thus giving 
 valuable aid in the great work of develojdng the Nort West. 
 
 This firm have also a mercantile branch in the grain trade, and 
 in this department their business machinery is as perfect as in 
 their real estate and loan branches. They have warehouses in this 
 city and at West Lynne, and have agencies established in St. Paul, 
 Toronto and Cdasgow, Scotland. The magnitude of their transac- 
 tions in this line may be judgtd from the fact that during the pres- 
 ent year they will handle not less than 120,()(() bushels of dillerent 
 kinds of grain, and they are prepared to handle much more as the 
 settling of the surrounding country increases the supply. 
 
 Altogether Messrs. Macfarlane it Kean are accomjilishing a great 
 share of work for the building up of the Gate City and its sur- 
 roundings, and there can be no doubt but ihey have still a long 
 career of local usefulness before them. Their offices are located on 
 Dominion stuet. in the city's business centre. We might add that 
 they are proi)rietors of the town site of Cartwright, in the famous 
 Park Laki- district, where a thriving town will spring up in the 
 near future. 
 
 JOHNSTON BROS. 
 
 These gentlemen operate in renl estate of every description, botii 
 farm lands, city property and town lots, and are doubtless the 
 heaviest jtersonal dealers in Southern Manitoba. They do not buy 
 and sell on commission for others, but solely for themselves, and 
 
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FINANCE, REAL E,<TATE AND INSURANCE. 
 
 23 
 
 or real estate 
 parly in 1879. 
 and sell any 
 both on com- 
 o estates for 
 • any drpart- 
 isli Canadian 
 
 placed many 
 i, thus giving 
 rt West, 
 in trade, and 
 perfect as in 
 houses intliis 
 'd in St. I'aul, 
 their transac- 
 ring the p refi- 
 lls of dillerent 
 more as the 
 y. 
 
 shing a great 
 and its sur- 
 still a long 
 
 re located on 
 :ht add that 
 
 II the fami»us 
 
 g up in the 
 
 for the past year have handled over $200,000 worth of property. 
 They hold real estate in Winnipeg, Pembina Dakota, and about $40,- 
 (XM) worth in this place. The large amount of property which they 
 own in this, the (Tatewny City, is pretty good evidence of the faith 
 this live firm have in the future greatness of this prosperous place. 
 
 Messrs. Johnston Bros, make a specialty of farm lands, and l)uy 
 and sell only choice pieces, they at present hold over lo,(X)0 acres, 
 anil fre(iuently have 20,000 of the .same, are prepared to sell a large 
 tract or a small piece to the settlers who desire to secure a good 
 home in this famed country, where a few years of labor will place 
 i)im in comparative eas(>, if not make him a wealthy man. These 
 laniis they ofler on the most reasonable terms, as they do all other 
 property. They do not buy lands for the purpose of holding them 
 out of the market, and thereby retarding immigration and the de- 
 velopment and settling up of thccountry, hut are always willingto 
 jiart Avith any property they bold at a fair advanc(\ At the pres- 
 ent tiiiK- thej own over $150,0U(» worth of jtroperty in Southern 
 Manitolia, and arc doing much toward advancing the best in- 
 terest of their chosen country. 
 
 Messrs. Joimston Bros, established themselves in this? city over 
 two years ago, and have ever since their advent been identified 
 with the real estate business, and have been <'minently successful 
 in reaping a rich reward for their industry and labor. Their oflices 
 arc conveniently located on Dominion street, in the business center 
 of the city, where they may be consulted or addressed at any time 
 regarding the sale or j urehase of property. 
 
 CLUXTON & BOUGHTON. 
 
 ription, botii 
 
 • ubtless the 
 
 do not buy 
 
 iu?elves, and 
 
 This firm date their organization fron> Feb'y. 1st, 1882, although 
 Mr. Clu.xton has been in business in Emerson for three years, and 
 during that time haa been intimately connected with the city's 
 real estate interests. The firm, although infantine in age is by no 
 means so in vigor, and they have their business machinery uj) to a 
 ])iteb nf ])ert'eet wniking only to be found in cases of old and well 
 organized concems. They Iniy and sell every class of town and 
 farm property, and their tranHactions extend pretty well over 
 
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 24 
 
 EMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
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 Manitoba, while they have agents to attend to their business in 
 different cities of Ontario. 
 
 It is seldom that a new firm step into a leading' position in their 
 line in a city like Emerson, yet such i":- the ease with Messrs. Cluxton 
 & Bou^diton, and tliey have accomplished an astonishing amount 
 of wt)rk ill the way of spread intr the fame of Manitoba in general 
 and Emerson in particular throughout tiie East(>rn provinces of 
 the Dominion. They have the most pert(.<'t arrangements for at" 
 tending to the interests of absent property owners, and in many 
 other ways they have given quite an impetus to the real estate 
 business of the Gate ('ity. Their ofKces are located on Dominion 
 street, and arc well supplied with majis. plats and other necessary 
 guides to protitable real estate investment. 
 
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 est: 
 
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 F. N. CHIPMAN & CO. 
 
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 This firm carries on lousiness as real estate, loan and insurance 
 agents, and have ofiices at the corner of Dominion and Winnipeg 
 streets. In real estate their business is a general one, and they 
 l)uy and sell every class of town and farm property, both on their 
 own account and on commission, and have a business extending 
 widely over the i)rovince of Mai'itoba, while they have agents in 
 Montreal and Halifax, and are njw making arrangements to secure 
 others in different cities of the eastern provinces. In the loan 
 dcjpartment they are agents for this district for the Dundee Mort- 
 gage Company, and place funds extensively for that corporation in 
 Manitoba real estate securities. In their insurance bnuich they 
 re|)resent the Standard Life, and North liritish Mercantile and 
 Northern fire companies, and for these reliable old companies do u 
 thriving local t)usiness. 
 
 Mr. Frank N. ('hi|)man is the ri^sideiit and managing partner of 
 the linn, and under his supervision the business is bound to in- 
 crease, lu real estate and loan transactions he is doing much to 
 develop the surrounding country, and in insurance he is aiding in 
 solidifying it« industrial structures. 
 
 
FINANCE, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE. 
 
 25 
 
 eir business in 
 
 osition in their 
 Messrs. Cluxton 
 ishing amount 
 toha in freneral 
 ■n provinces ot" 
 zenients for at" 
 , and ill many 
 the real estnte 
 1 on Dominion 
 3th er necessary 
 
 and insurance 
 
 and Winni{)eg 
 
 one, and tliey 
 
 , both on their 
 
 less extendinfr 
 
 have a<:ents in 
 
 nentsto secure 
 
 In the loan 
 
 Dunch^e Mort- 
 
 corporation in 
 
 e branch they 
 
 ercantile and 
 
 ompanies do a 
 
 ini,' partner of 
 
 bound to in- 
 
 ioinji; much to 
 
 le is aiding in 
 
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 NOBLE & FOLLIS. 
 
 Although this firm's actunl busin(>ss is that of manufacturers 
 and merchants, yet we notice them in connection with the real 
 estate interests, f(»r two reasons: first, because of their many trans- 
 actions and prominence in this line; second, to show the class of 
 nifu who are dcalinjr m Miinitoba soil. At the )>resent time they 
 hold property in lunerson, Winnipei,', Pembina, Archib.ild, Souris 
 City, and other points in Southern Manitol>a, as well as consider- 
 able farm lands. Tliey do ncjt buy and sell on commission, as 
 regular n-al estate at'cnts, but transact business entirely for them- 
 selves, and it is their boast that they liold no jiroperty out of the 
 iiiiirket, but are always willinj,' to disjiose of the same at a fair 
 advance to any person who wants it more than they do. The fact 
 tliat such lirms as this, who have years of ex]»erience in this 
 country, are investing their capital in real estate, is one of the best 
 evidences of the fertility and future greatness of this famed 
 country. 
 
 CHARLES FULL. 
 
 Tin- gentleman carri"s on the business of real estate agent and 
 general auctioneer, and has auction rooms centrally locatecl on 
 Dominion street, corner of ^\'innipeg. Mr. Full diflers frt»m other 
 real estate men, in the fact that he does no speculating on his own 
 account, but confines himself to a purely cftmniission business 
 and devotes his whole endeavors to looking aftc the interests of 
 his [tatrons. He is prepared to buy or sell any class of town and 
 farm property, and since his establishment in junerson in January 
 ISSl, lias steadily sjinad the area of his operations over Southern 
 Manitoba and Noithern i)akota, and is now a memlier of the firm 
 of M( Lead i^' Full, who carry on the same line of business in 
 Pembina. Dakota. 
 
 In auction business Mr. Full is [)repared to si'll every class of 
 r«'al estate or moveable i»n»perty, either in the city or the country, 
 and in this department helias a largeand fast increasing patronage. 
 
 Altogetlier, Mr. Full is doing much for the building up of this 
 country, and he is (crtainly among the most enterprising business 
 men gi the (late ('ity. 
 
MANUFACTURING INTERESTS. 
 
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 Under this head we bring the different establishments that em- 
 ploy skilled labor in their [productions. Although a number of 
 mercantile institutions have a manufacturing department con- 
 nected, especially is this so in the hardware line, where they all 
 coml»ine the manufacture of tinware galvanized cornices, etc. 
 The manufacturing institutitions as yet are not very numerous, 
 but those that do exist are exceedingly prosperous, and tlie volume 
 of business done and number of hands emj)loyed, would do credit 
 to much older and larger towns in the Eastern Provinces. 
 
 EMERSON AGRICULTURAL WORKS. 
 
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 The establishment of these works early in 1882 by Messrs. Chal- 
 mers & Carney supplied the main i)illar of the (tate City's indus- 
 trial structure, and is doul>tless the first great step towards raising 
 Kmerson to the position of a great miniufacturing center. The 
 works comprise the machine shop, tiO l)y TjU feet, the foundry 20 
 by 80 feet and otlier minor Iniildings, and their manufactures com- 
 prise different classes of harvesting machinery, but principally the 
 Dewey Manitoba Harvester, while a considerable portion of their 
 resources will be devoted to the repair of every class of light and 
 heavy machinery. The works altogether give employment to 
 some twenty liands, nearly all .'^killcil mechanics, >vhich makes 
 them a valuable aid in centering a tliiilty mechanical ])0])ulation 
 in this city. 
 
 It is impossible to estimate accurately the value of these works 
 to the city of Emerson and the surrounding country. Tliey are a 
 very Bcliool where the mechanical genius of the city will be nur- 
 tured into maturity, and are doubtless the ))ioneer concern of a 
 great array of nianul uturing institutions. They are a fit monu- 
 
MANUFACTURING INTERESTS. 
 
 27 
 
 ESTS. 
 
 nents that em- 
 1 a number of 
 pavtin(,>nt con- 
 vliere they all 
 cornices, etc. 
 ery numerous, 
 nd the volume 
 'ould do credit 
 inces. 
 
 RKS. 
 
 Messrs. Chal- 
 ; City's indus- 
 owards raising 
 
 center. The 
 le foundry 20 
 ifacturcs com- 
 rinci pally the 
 )rtion of their 
 «s of light and 
 U'loyment to 
 >vhic]) makes 
 'al i)0])ulation 
 
 )f these works 
 
 Tliey are a 
 
 will be nur- 
 
 concern of a 
 
 c a iit monu- 
 
 ment to the energy and enterprise of their proprietors and found- 
 er.«, and must always maintain the first position among the indus- 
 tries of .Southern Manitoba. 
 
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 STAUFFER, CURRAN & FRAZER. 
 
 These gentlemen own and ojieratc the Emerson Flouring Mill, 
 which tlu'y succet'drd to Septemhur, 18.S1. This mill was built in 
 1>)~S and has proved a great lioon to tlif farm(;rs surrounding this 
 prosperous }tlace, especially since; it came into the haiv^ of the 
 present projtrietors who are all practical men, who givi Lueir per- 
 sonal attention and hibor to the running of this estaljlishment, 
 and have succeeded in building it Uji to its present magnitude and 
 importance as a manufacturing institution as well as spreading the 
 reputation of Kmerson as a point where good flour is produced. 
 
 This mill is lOxGO feet in area witii three stories; is operated by 
 a 4") horse power engine with tiie engine house detached from the 
 mill proj^er. thereby lessening the danger of fire; has two run of 
 stone and one set doulile rollers for making patent Hour and has 
 the capacity <^f turning out eigiity-five l»arrels of fine flour every 
 twenty-four hours, also 4.S0 bushels of chop and feed in the same 
 time. 
 
 During the past year this firm has handled over 65,000 bushels 
 of grain, and their trade i'lduding custom work has been so large 
 as to re(juirt.' their running night and day part (jf the time at tlieir 
 fullest capacity, also the putting in of new machinery and the 
 making of large additions to their mill. Messrs. Staufier, Curran 
 ct Krazer have labored dUigently to accommodate the prosperous 
 farmers of this new and rich county, also the general public, and 
 have been very successful in Iniilding up an extended trade and 
 reputation, much to their own credit and that of their chosen 
 city. 
 
 Their business gives employinent to eight men, and their trade 
 swells bv uianv thousands the commerce of Kmerson. Thev will 
 tloubtless increase their capacity with the rapid growth of the city 
 and development of tiie country and remain the leading milling 
 estaldishmenl in this. place. They fully intend to adopt the roller 
 Bvstum in the near future. 
 
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 EMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 CARNEY & WATSON. 
 
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 This firm is composed of Mr. .J. T. Carney and (ieo. T. Watson, 
 gentlemen fully acquainted with all the details of their business. 
 They are importcirs of and dealers in oak and ))ine lumber, sasii, 
 doors, mouldings, and buildinii paper, in fact they sell every article 
 necessary in tlie constructi(Mi of tlie laborers' cottage or the rich 
 man's residence. Ab manufacturers Messrs. Carney S: Watson de- 
 serve a recognized i)osition among the leading producers of the 
 Gateway City. They own and operate a saw mill which has the 
 capacity of turning out 25,00(1 feet of lumber jier day, that is from 
 hard wood, as tliey only s'lw their own logs which are tak(;n from 
 their own timber, located on the Red River, a few miles south of 
 this. Their conibined business as dealers and manufacturers gives 
 employment to twenty-five hands and in this way they are aiding 
 materially in building up the city by giving employment to labor. 
 
 Messrs. ('arney & Watson date their advcMit in business together 
 since December, 1880. The following summer they built their 
 mill, and early in 1882 added the sale of huuber and prepared 
 materials for Ituilding purposes. About the same time they pur- 
 chased the present site of their yards, l()7xl20 feet in area, onMain 
 street, directly opposite tlie new bridge, which gives them the most 
 desirable location in Emerson for their business, and have lately 
 erected commodious two story offices. 
 
 These gentlemen are practicle dealers and manufacturers, and the 
 large patronage they have received ever since their advent in 
 business, is sufficient evidence of the i»ublic appreciation and in- 
 dorsement of a well managed establishment. For the present year 
 they will handle over 2,000,000 feet of lumber, and the aggregate 
 of their annual business will foot up to consideraltle over l$100,(X)0. 
 Such facts speak louder than words, and are convincing evidence 
 of the position Messrs. Carney iVr Watson hold in the commercial 
 structure of this city. 
 
 They are building U]) quit(> a wholesale trade in lumb< r, and 
 ship to \Vinni|)eg, Portage la I'rairie, Urandon and many points 
 west of this. Their trade will, iloubtless, rapidly increase in this 
 department. 
 
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MANUPXCTURING INTEllKSTS. 
 
 29 
 
 NOBLE & FOLLIS. 
 
 Geo. T. Watson. 
 )f their businet^s. 
 le lumber, sash, 
 sell every urtiele 
 tta^^e or the rich 
 iv & Watson de- 
 jroducers of the 
 11 which has the 
 Jay, that is from 
 1 are taken from 
 *v miles south of 
 lufacturers gives 
 
 they are aidin;r 
 jymeut to labor, 
 usiness together 
 :hey built their 
 r and prepared 
 
 time they pur- 
 n area, on Main 
 
 them the most 
 :ind have lately 
 
 (■turers,andthe 
 leir advent in 
 ciation and in- 
 e present year 
 the nggregate 
 ■overS100,(X)0. 
 icing evidence 
 he (iommercial 
 
 1 himbir, and 
 1 many points 
 n crease in this 
 
 As manufacturers this (inn are numbered among tiu; pioneer 
 OOncerns, and have aided materially in building up and solidify- 
 ing the city. They are extensively engaged in the manufacture 
 of (.'ommon lumber, doors, sash, blinds, and every article ne«es- 
 iary to tlio construction of any Vmilding whatciver, and as con- 
 tractors they are doing a good work by putting up substantial 
 structures, whicli they are fully a))le to do, ns they are competentl 
 A-illed workmen themselves, and thoroughly understand their 
 business. This department, however, is superintended by Mr. 
 Follis in person, wliich is sufficient; guarantee of satisfaction. 
 During the past vfar they contracted for about 880,000 worth of 
 buildings, and for the present year they will doubtless more than 
 double that amount. Their factory is located on Main street, and 
 consists of one building 24x54 feet in area, with two flats; also an 
 addition (I IfixoO feet. The works are operated by a lo-horse 
 power engine, and ;ire supplied with the nei;essary machinery to 
 turn out ail th(> materials required. 
 
 In the contracting, building and manufacturing departments 
 they emj)loy about twenty-tive hands. Messrs. Noble & Follis 
 have been ver}' successful in this new country, and have within 
 the past few months purchased the furniture establishment of 
 Johnston Hros., a sketch of whit;h will ai)pear under the mercan- 
 tile interests. 
 
 PYKE & ALLAN. 
 
 This firm connnenced business in this city on Fiibruary 1st, 
 1.SS2, and are snugly located in commodious premises on Domin- 
 ion street, where they carry an extensive and varied stock of boots 
 and shoes, and are prej)ared to sup[)ly anything in the line of 
 ladies' gents' and chiUlren's footwear. Besides being dealers, they 
 are manufai'turers in their line, and are prepared to nuike to order 
 on sliort notice. Roth paitners are practical men, anjj work 
 Steadily at their trade. They are l)uilding up a line business in 
 
30 
 
 KMKUSON, MANITORA. 
 
 the city and surrounding (Country, and are fast gliding into a posi- 
 tion among the city's leading business men. They belong to a 
 class who, by uniting practical mechanical skill with good busi- 
 ness ability, make success a foregone conclusion, and are of great 
 value in building up a city's industries. 
 
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 EDWARD SABIN & CO. 
 
 The buyines- of this firm is that of geiieral carriage, sleigh and 
 cutter manufacturers, althougli they sometimes make a few light 
 wagons for delivery pur[)03e3, or something similar. In connec- 
 tion with their manufacturing they conduct a general blacksmith- 
 ing, shoeing and repair shop. 
 
 To give some idea how truly deserving and industrious mechan- 
 ics and business men may succeed in this country, we will give a 
 short sketch of the growth and prosperity of Mr. Sabin, the senior 
 and principal proprietor of the above firm : He came to this place 
 about four years ago, and up to November, 1880, labored as a 
 journeyman, at which time he bought the lot on which his car- 
 riage factory is now built on Main street, and erected a small sho|) 
 18x25 feet in area. His business has so increased, and the demand 
 for his work has become so great, that he is now conducting two 
 establishments, one where he originally started, to which lie has 
 made large additions, and uses exclusively in the manufacture of 
 carriages, buggies, sleighs and cutters, the other a general black- 
 smithing and shoeing shop; and early in the coming season he 
 will add the sale of all classes of vehicles not manufactured by 
 himself, wliich he will import from the Eastern markets. His 
 business now gives employment to six skilled mechanics, and will 
 doubtless grow and increase witli the country and city, and remain 
 cue of the leading manufacturing enterprises of Emerson. 
 
 DAVID EVANS. 
 
 This gentleman is a representative of tiie industry which orig- 
 inated among the fig leaves of Old Eden, and consequently belongs 
 
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MANUFACTURING fNTKRESTS. 
 
 31 
 
 ling into a ])osi- 
 ley belong to a 
 vitli good busi- 
 aud are of great 
 
 iage, sleigh and 
 ake a few light 
 ir. In connec- 
 rul blacksmith- 
 
 strious mechan- 
 , we will give a 
 ibin, the senior 
 me to this place 
 ), labored as a 
 which his car- 
 id a small nhop 
 id the demand 
 onducting two 
 which he has 
 nanufa(!ture of 
 genci-.d black- 
 ing season he 
 lufactured by 
 markets. His 
 inies, and will 
 y, and remain 
 erson. 
 
 the class who, according to Tjord Reacfjusfield. cannot make a 
 man. but can go a long way in making a successful one. 
 
 ]\rr. Evans began business in this city in .July 1877 as a partner 
 of Evans & iMortimoro, and in Aug. 1, 1S80, he bought out his 
 partner, and has since run the business alono. He makes to order 
 every garment connected with mens' and 1 toys' costume, carries 
 quite an extensive stock of gents' furnishing goods, and has a 
 business which gives employment to six hands. His patronage 
 comes from the city and for oO miles around it, and is steadily in- 
 creasing in volume. He is careful to carry a full line of cloths, 
 tweeds and other fabrics of the newest styles, and as he is himself 
 ft practical man, and superintends his own business, he is able to 
 guarantee a perfecit fit in every garment he turns out. His prem- 
 ises are located on Dominion street, and are both commodious and 
 well fitted up. 
 
 CHRISTIE & FARES. 
 
 This firm forms a prominent place in the supplying of food for 
 t\w pu))lic. They conduct in this city a meat-market, where fresh 
 beef, pork, mutton, sausages, also all kinds of fish, wild game and 
 Bait meats in hirge quantities are constantly carried. They kill, 
 on an average, fifteen beeves per week and a proportionally large 
 amount of smaller animals. Their large trade, which is ever fast 
 increasing, is sullicient evidence that the public finil in their estab- 
 lishment an institution which fills a decided want, and patronize 
 them freely. They began business in this city .lanuary 1880, and 
 through their honorable dealings have succeeded in building up 
 their market to its present magnitude from very small prt)portions. 
 
 Messrs. Christie iSc Fares are {)ractical butchers themselves and 
 personally superintended their own business which now gives em- 
 ployment to five men. 
 
 Thus it is that industrious mm, willing to la))or and accommo- 
 date the public, can prosper in this new country which is being so 
 fastly settled up with good citizens. 
 
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 KMKRSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 M. RYAN. 
 
 The store of this <j;entleniiin is h)cated on Dominion street, and 
 is the pioneer boot and slioe liouse of Emerson, having l)een estab- 
 lished in the fall of 187S. 
 
 Mr. Ryan does both a retail and jobbini,' business in any class of 
 ladies', gents' and children's foot wear, while he has a manufac- 
 turing branch wliich gives (juiployment to some five mechanics- 
 His jobbing trade extends througli most of the smaller towns of 
 Southern Manitoba for loO miles west of this city, while his retail 
 and custom trad.^ is also wide-spread as well as extensive. He 
 makes up only to order, and as he is himself a practical man, he is 
 able to guanmtee a fit and solid comfort to the feet of all his 
 patrons. His business has done much to center the trade of 
 Southern Manitoba in the Gate City, and his record in the city is 
 one of great local usefulness. His career so far has been a success, 
 and it will doubtless continue to be even more so in the future. 
 
 JOHN CARMICHAEL. 
 
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 This gentleman conducts an extensive business as manufacturer 
 of carriages, buggies, sleighs and cutters, and has been established 
 in this city since 1878, and owing to the superior quality of work 
 turned out has eminently succeeded in building up an extended 
 patronage tliroughout southern Manitoba. 
 
 During this winter Mr. Carmichael has turned out about 75 
 sleighs, and a dozen cutters, some of which he had a market fo r 
 over two hundred miles west of this. In connection with his 
 manufacturing d<;])artnient he conducts a general blacksmithy, 
 horse shoeing and repair shops. The premises occupied are : Ist, 
 iron working department, 20x40 feet; 2d, wood working, 20x25; 
 od, paint shops, 20x25; His entire business gives employment to 
 eight practical mechanics, and sufficient guarantee of satisfaction 
 to customers lies in the fact that Mr. Carmichael, who is a skilled 
 workman as well as successful business manager, gives his com" 
 bined business his personal supervision. 
 
MANUFACTURING IXTERE8T8. 
 
 33 
 
 lion street, .-md 
 'inglx'en o.stab- 
 
 in liny class of 
 las a manutac- 
 ivo mechanics- 
 nailer towns of 
 while his retail 
 extensive. He 
 ileal nun, he is 
 feet of all his 
 r the trade of 
 1 in the city is 
 been a success, 
 I the future. 
 
 During the coming season this gentleman will doubtless turn out 
 gome hands'iine light vehicles, and continue to increase his 
 capacity with the demands of the public. Such manufacturing 
 enterprises aid materially in building up a city, as they give em- 
 ployment to lal)or. 
 
 JAMES JOHNSON. 
 
 This gentleman is proprietor of the Ontario Bakery, which he 
 opened up in 1879, and can be considered the pioneer establish- 
 ment of the kind. Mr. Johnson is a practical baker as well as 
 successful business man, and has built up his trade to very fair 
 proportions. He makes a very good quality of bread; also pies, 
 cakes, and every article usually prepared in a good institution of 
 this kind. He uses about fifteen barrels of flour per week, and 
 his business employs two hands. 
 
 CRAWFORD BROS. 
 
 i manufacturer 
 en established 
 uality of work 
 p an extended 
 
 out about 75 
 
 a market fo r 
 
 tion with his 
 
 blacksmithy, 
 
 )ied are : 1st, 
 
 3rking, 20x25; 
 
 mployment to 
 
 of satisfaction 
 
 ho is a skilled 
 
 ives his com" 
 
 These gentlemen are engaged in furnishing the public the "Staff 
 ,of Life." Their business is that of Bakers, and they established 
 themselves here January 1st. 1882, and have succeeded in building 
 up a trade whicl< requires the use of fifteen barrels of flour per 
 week. Messrs. Crawford Bros, are practical bakers of ten years' 
 experience, and are al»le to give good satisfaction in their line, and 
 the patronage they have built up is sufficient evidence of the same. 
 In connection with the manufacture of bread, cakes, pies, &c.,they 
 conduct a confectionery establishment, and carry a very nice stock. 
 
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 MERCANTILE INTERESTS. 
 
 
 «' 
 
 While the foregoing sketches are all we can include under tJio 
 head of manufacturers, there are nevertheless several mercantilf 
 institutions in Emerson who have extensive manufacturiufj 
 branches, some of them employing as many as ten hands 
 Such we shall be compelled to place under the head of mercantile, 
 but we shall at the same time l>e careful to show at length their 
 manufacturing departments and resources. 
 
 We find it beyond our reach to divide the mercantile business 
 of Emerson into wholesale and retail institutions, owing to the 
 fact that the several houses wlio are doing a jobbing business are 
 in a state of transition from retail to wholesale, and while the lat- 
 ter is fast increasing with them, the former still forms too valuable 
 a portion of their transactions to allow of its being dispensed with. 
 We shall therefore take the whole mercantile interests of the city 
 under one heading, and ' 'ke care to note individually the houses 
 which do more or less o*' a wholesale business. 
 
 ASHDOWN & CO. 
 
 This firm is composed of Mr. J. H. Ashdown, of Winnipeg, the 
 most extensive hardware merchant in the North West, and Mr. ('. 
 Killer, the resident meml)er of th(> firm, who superintends the 
 business here, and has succeeded in building it up to its present 
 huge proportions. 
 
 Their establishment in this city was opened up in 1875, and is 
 one of the pioneer industries of Emerson. They began business 
 in a small one-story room 18x30 feet in urea, but from the very first 
 their trade grew so rapidly that they were obliged to make large 
 
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MERCANTILE INTERESTS. 
 
 35 
 
 « 
 
 STS. 
 
 iclude under tJio 
 I'eral mercantile 
 manufacturing 
 as ten hands 
 <1 of mercantile, 
 ^ at length their 
 
 rcantile business 
 8, owing to the 
 5ng business are 
 id while the lat- 
 rms too valuable 
 dispensed with. 
 rests of the city 
 aally the houses 
 
 ' Winnipeg, the 
 Vest, and Mr. ('. 
 jperintends tlie 
 p to its present 
 
 I in 1875, and is 
 
 began business 
 
 »m tlievery first 
 
 1 to make Large 
 
 additions until they now occupy the largest mercantile premises 
 in Southern Manitoba, which comprise a main building built of 
 solid brick SOxlCK) feet in area, with two-story and basement of 
 same size, aL«o ware-room 25x70 feet, with two Hats attached, both 
 of which are crowded with a very heavy stock of general merchan- 
 dise, while in their manufacturing dt'partmeut, which occupies a 
 building 2<)xtiS foot in area, connticted with the main prtjinises, they 
 turn out all kinds of tinware, gilvanized iron cornices, &c. Messrs. 
 Ashdown & Co., in condurting their extensive trade, give employ- 
 ment to fifteen hands and do a business which extends pretty gen- 
 erally over Southern Manitoba. They do considerable jobbing 
 which comes to them almost unsolicited, but which they are fully 
 able to supply from their large stock. Many of the smaller dealers 
 of this city, and we.st of this, find it to their advantage to deal with 
 them. Some idea can be gained of the magnitude of this estab- 
 lishment and the amount and variety of goods carried from the 
 fact that their sales for the past yc;ar exceeded one-quarter of a 
 million of d(>llars. This institution, which has beeil built up 
 through the energy of the proprietors and its own true merits, will 
 remain the leading mercantile establishment of the Gateway City. 
 
 WALTON & BIRD. 
 
 This firm is extensively engaged in the wholesale and retail of 
 hardware, stoves, paints, oils, glass, silverware, &c., to which they 
 add the manufacture of tinware and galvanized iron for any pur- 
 pose whatever, also general plumbing. They established business 
 here in 1879, and have been quite successful in building up an ex- 
 tended patronage owing to their fair, square dealings and the varied 
 stock of goods carried, which is always selected with special refer- 
 enc to the wants of the public, ami from their years of experience 
 they have learned to anticipate the wants of patrons, therefore 
 customers will always find in their stock the goods desired with 
 (juality and price to suit them. They carry a stock value for about 
 820,000 and their business, for the past year, has reached fully 
 860,000. 
 
 They now occupy their fine, new, solid brick premises, which 
 
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 S6 
 
 f 
 
 EMERSON, MAHITOBA. 
 
 are located on Dominion street, in the business center of the city, 
 28x05 feet in urea, two-story, with aliops 23x40 feet, with two flats 
 connected, where they carry on their manufacturing dei)artment. 
 MesBrs. Walton & Bird's combined business gives employment to 
 eleven hands, which will be necessarily largely augmented in a 
 ghort time us tho large amount of building supplies and roofing 
 contracted 'for by them will require more labor. 
 
 Among those who have deservingly prospered in this new country, 
 by their plodding industry, this firm deserve a prominent place, 
 and are recognized as one of the leading mercantile and manufac- 
 turing concerns of Southern Manitoba. 
 
 FROST & WOOD. 
 
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 No better proof of the future greatness of this country, or the 
 fertility of the soil and its productive ([ualities exist, than the fact 
 that huge manufacturing concerns of Eastern Canada are rapidly 
 placing extensive branches in this new country. Early in 1880 
 this firm, whicii owns and operates the Smith's Fulls Foundry & 
 Agricultural Works, ut Smith's Fulls, Ont., uinI bus been estub- 
 lished since 1839, opened up a house in this place under the man- 
 agement ^of Mr. Duncan McArthur, who has succeeded, by his 
 industry, in building it up to its present importance, owing to the 
 fact that he luul superior farm machinery, exactly adapted to the 
 use of the hardy pioneer who tills tlie soil of this country: also 
 because he has dealt with his patrons in such a manner as to 
 gain their eonfid?nee. 
 
 Messrs. Frost A: Wood have a very extended reputation for their 
 agricultural implements, ami make u specialty of their gang> 
 sulky and walking pl(»ws, of which over •2,(MJ() were sold in this 
 new country during tiie past year, and the demand for the same 
 for the year 1882 is much larger. At their fueiories at Smith's 
 Falls employment is given to from 2(K> to 300 hands, and in this 
 territory they empli>y twelve men in conducting their business, 
 which for the past year reached fully $75,000. Resides operating 
 a branch here with commissioned agents throughout Southern 
 Manitoba, they do considerable wholesaling to other dealers in the 
 North West. 
 
mf:rcantile interests. 
 
 37 
 
 r of the city, 
 «'ith two flats 
 
 department, 
 iployment to 
 jinented in a 
 i and roofing 
 
 new country, 
 ninent place, 
 md nianufac- 
 
 uiitry, or the 
 than the fact 
 a are rapidly 
 :arly in 1880 
 Is Foundry & 
 s been estab- 
 idcr the raan- 
 eded, by his 
 I owing to the 
 dapted to the 
 L'ountry : also 
 nanner as to 
 
 Their business, under its present successful management, will 
 doubtless grow and increase with the development and settling sp 
 of the country, and remain one of the leading agricultural imple- 
 ment establishments of tbi» famed country. 
 
 W. J. SUFFEL. 
 
 Tills gentleman established business in this pushing city in 
 1878 and conducts an extensive general store, and is numbered as 
 one of the pioneer mercfumts. Tlu' ))remises occupied are main 
 buihling on mrner of Dominion and Winnijjeg Streets, 28x60 feet 
 in area with two thus, also ware room 21x4.') fei't in area; all of 
 which is well stocked with al)out $l"),()00 worth of carefully select- 
 ed goods, consisting of staple and fancy dry goods and groceries, 
 hats, caps and crockery, which are l)ouglit with special reference 
 to the wants of the trade in this new C(Mintry which Mr, Suffel is 
 fully able t(^ understand from liis years of experience in business 
 in Southern Manit.ot):i, and the patronage enjoyed is evidence of 
 his success. 
 
 His business luvs steadily increased ever since his opening day 
 and his institution stands to-day one of the leading mercantile s 
 houses of Kmerson. and the trad«' done amounts to about $80,(XX) 
 per annum. Mr. SuHM's bnsin<'ss gives employment to three i)er- 
 sons who are courteous ami attentive to customers, and the gen- 
 eral supervision is conducted l)y himself which is a sufficient guar- 
 antee of satisfaction to patrons. 
 
 ition for their 
 their gang, 
 sold in this 
 for tiie same 
 js at Smith's 
 D, and in thiH 
 leir business, 
 les oj)erating 
 DUt Southern 
 iealers in the 
 
 CHALMERS & CARNEY. 
 
 This firm undoubtedly stand among the first mercantile houses 
 of Southern Manitoba, and their ditlerent branches of liusiness 
 have accomplished a huge work in tlie centf'ring of the trade of 
 that district in the Gate ('ity. 
 
 In this sketch we Hhall treat of th(;ir mercantile business only 
 as their manufacturing l)ran( h is sketched in another portion of 
 our work under tiie bending of the Kmerson Agricultural Works. 
 
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38 
 
 EMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
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 In the summer of 1879 Messrs. Chalmers & Carney commenced 
 business at the corner of Park and Main screets, as dealers in 
 stoves, shelf and heavy hardware, tin, sheetiron and copner wares, 
 lumber and other buildi. ' material. From their start their trade 
 was a fast increasing one, but in the month of November, 1879, 
 their premises were buriied down, and a temjiorary check put 
 upon their prosperity. This misfortune was no crushing calamity 
 to them, but only stimulated them to new energy, and accordingly 
 by Aj)ril, 1<S80, they had their present fine brick stores at the cor- 
 ner of Domniion and Winnipeg Streets completed, and were once 
 more started into business. These premises comprise street floor 
 and second story of 26x70 feet, and are among the finest business 
 institutions in the city. They now do a retail trade and jobbing 
 business which extends nearly 200 miles west, and the volume of 
 which in the past year reached nearly S100,000, while the classes 
 of goods they handle comprise, lumber, oils, paints, glass, putty 
 and other building material; fence wire, hardware, stoves, scales, 
 plows and tin, sheet iron and copper wares, the last named they 
 keep their hands employed in manufacturing. Their depot for 
 lumber and other building material is located at the corner of 
 Park and Main Streets, and in this branch also they do whole- 
 sale and retail trade. 
 
 AHogether their business is a very corner stone of Emerson's 
 commercial structure, and it.' proprietors are ajnong the most pub- 
 lic spirited citizens, Mr. Carney be?"^g the present mayor of the 
 Gate City. 
 
 JOHN WARDROP & CO. 
 
 This firm is extensively engaged in the lumber l)uslness with 
 their principal yards and head oflice in tliis place and a branch in 
 West Lynne. They are dealers in pine lumber, flooring, siding, 
 ceiling, window sash, doors, building paper, shingles, lath, and in 
 fact everything necessary to the construction of the settler's calun 
 or the ricli nam's palace. 
 
 They import largely ironi the States and during the past year 
 Imve handled over 4,0()0,0(K» feet of luml)er, and are warranted in 
 
 In 
 
 !!!l 
 
MERCANTILE INTERES'iS. 
 
 39 
 
 commenced 
 
 < dealers in 
 
 opner wares, 
 
 t their trade 
 
 ember, 1879, 
 
 y check put 
 
 ing cahimity 
 
 accordingly 
 
 3S at the cor- 
 
 iid were once 
 
 se street tloor 
 
 nest business 
 
 and jobbing 
 
 he volume of 
 
 le the classes 
 
 , glass, putty 
 
 stoves, scales, 
 
 i named they 
 
 eir depot for 
 
 the corner of 
 
 .' do whole- 
 
 of Emerson's 
 the most pub- 
 mayor of the 
 
 tuslness with 
 d a branch in 
 K)ring, siding, 
 ), latii, and in 
 settler's calMn 
 
 the past year 
 warranted in 
 
 estimating thi'ir sales for the coming season much larger, owiuj^ to 
 the rapid settlement of the country and building u\t of tlie city. 
 
 Messrs. Wardrop i\: Co. supply every article which is produced, 
 at a plaining mill and generally in better shape and dryer than 
 can lie btaight from mills in a new country where labor and ma- 
 terial is f^carce and the supply of machinery inadetjuate. 
 
 Their bysiness gives empliyment to ten hands and the general 
 management is looked after b\ Mr. \V. W. Ireland, the resident 
 mendjer of the lirm, who has since their advent here early in 1880 
 succeeded in n}aking many friends for their institution through 
 his straight ibrward manner of dealing with customers and will 
 doubtless in the future as in the past, retain a leading position in 
 their line. Their yards and ofiices in this city are located on 
 Morris street near the corner of Mail.. 
 
 JOHN FRASER. 
 
 In the month <jf April, ISTS. when Emerson was but a small 
 village, this gentleman commenced business as a watchmaker 
 and jeweler, and dealer in sewing machines and organs, which 
 branches he continued until December 1881, when lie sold out the 
 watchmaking and jewelry business to Mr. \V. M. W'iltse, aiu\ has 
 since contined his bu* less to sewing machines ami organs. He 
 handles all the latest makes of American sewiiig machines, and in 
 organs he sells principally the (iuelph and Toronto matle goods. 
 He confines his trade to no particular make however, but purchas- 
 es in both lines of goods as he tiiinks best for the interests of Jiia 
 patrons. 
 
 Mr. Eraser's business has been a diOicult one to conduct, when 
 we take into consideration that his trade extends for .'iOO miles 
 west of Emerson, and through a country which has no regular 
 means of transportation. His success therefore is the product of 
 indomital)le energy and well judged enterprise. His premises are 
 located op. Dominion street, where he always ketjjs a variety of 
 ■owing machines in stock. 
 
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 EMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 NOBLE & FOLLIS. 
 
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 Early in 1882 this firm, wliich has been identified for a number 
 of years with the manufacturing industries of Emerson, bought out 
 the furniture and upholstering business of Messrs. Johnston Bros, 
 and now conduct a live trade in tliis line, in connection with tlieir 
 other industries. They carry a carefully selected stock of fine and 
 common furniture, with which they unite the gale of organs and 
 pin s. Their trede ever since their opening day has been ex- 
 cej inally large, and they are crowded constantly to secure furni- 
 tur t-nough for their customers, yet with their years of experience 
 in this new country they are able to anticipate the wants of 
 patrons and supply before hand the necessary articles, therefore 
 customers will always find with them what they are looking after, 
 with (juality and price to suit, be it an elegant parlor set or ordi- 
 nary kitchen outfit. This department of the firms business is 
 superintended })y Mr. Noble, and those who are acquainted with 
 him understand that this is and will be i properly conducted 
 establishment. 
 
 AMBROSE D. JONES. 
 
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 1 
 
 This gentleman is one of the enterprising business men who dur- 
 ing the past year have cast in their lot with the Gate City, and set- 
 tled down to assist in her commercial upbuilding. In October, 
 1881, Mr. Jones embarked in the dry goods business at his present 
 stand in the McKay Block on Dominion street, and has since had 
 a jtrosperous and fast increasing business. He is a dry goods man 
 of thirty-five years experience, and has been connected with the 
 busines." in several of the leading cities of (,'anada and Great 
 Britain. He confines himself to a purely dry goods trade, and his 
 stores contain a stock of the newest goods the markets afford, while 
 their inner arrangements altogether show that they are managed 
 liy one who is master of his Inisiness. 
 
 Mr. Jones' locating here was certaiidy a valuable addition to the 
 city's mercantile inter(\sts, and h(> has doubtless entered upon a 
 long career of business prosperity. 
 
 Til 
 
 of a^ 
 
 nipt 
 
 ever 
 
 and 
 
 Manl 
 
 busi 
 
 triliil 
 
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MERCANTILE INTEHESTS. 
 
 41 
 
 3 
 
 for a number 
 n, bought out 
 
 bnston Bros. 
 
 on with their 
 
 ck of fine and 
 
 of organs and 
 
 has been ex- 
 / secure furni- 
 
 of experience 
 the wants of 
 clos, therefore 
 looking after, 
 »r set or ordi- 
 ns business is 
 ■quainted with 
 rly conducted 
 
 3 men who dur- 
 e City, and set- 
 f. In October, 
 s at his present 
 1 lias since had 
 dry goods man 
 lected with the 
 [ida and Great 
 3 trade, and his 
 'tsalford, while 
 y arc managed 
 
 addition to the 
 entered upon n 
 
 C. FLEXON. 
 
 This gentleman (•on(hicts the very necessary business of druggist 
 and chemist, to which he adds (|uite an extensive stock, an I fine 
 selections of ttieailopted school books, ledgers, daybooks, stationery, 
 and tliat line of fancy goods aiul toys usually found in a good 
 establisliiiient of this kind ; also magazines, foreign and home pub- 
 lications, both daily and weekly, among which are the W'iiniipeg 
 Free hrs.s and Thne--i. which are received ujton tlie <lay of pu])lica- 
 tion, and contain the latest telegrams. Mr. Flexon established 
 business in this city ihvi'v years ago, and owing to tlie fact that he 
 is a j.)ractical druggist, graduate ot an English medical college, and 
 and gives personal attention to the filling of all perscriptions, as 
 ■well as his business generally, has built up a large patronage. The 
 premises occu[»ied are l<Sx()2 feet in area, with two story, and are 
 Stocked Avith from Sti.dOO to S7,<M^I0 worth of the goods before men- 
 tioned, and his sales for the past year hiivc aggregated the hand- 
 gome sum ol Slo.OOO. Mr. Flexon is now numbered among Emer- 
 son's most successful merchants and property owners, in the pres- 
 ent real estate boom he has been (juite successful, and now holds 
 besides some desireable town lots and business blocks, about 2,0(10 
 acres of Aianitoba's most fertile tarm lands. The success of this 
 man is a good example of what can be accom]>lished in this rich 
 country by truly energ« tic and industrious men. 
 
 WESBROOK & FAIRCHILD. 
 
 This firm are extensively engaged in the wholesale and retail 
 of agricultural impltinents. and the porent firm is located at Win- 
 riip(g. Their branch in this city was opened up in 187<'^, and has 
 ever since iield a leaiHng position in supplying the necessary labor 
 and time-saving inij lements to the thrifty farmers of Southern 
 Manitoba. .Mr. J. E. Fairchild is the superintendent of this firm's 
 business here, also the gineral mnnager of their difi'erent branches 
 tributary to this, of which they have one at West Lynne, Nelson- 
 
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 42 
 
 EMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
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 ville Carman City, and Clearwater, Avliicli are supplied from this 
 ])oint, and are valuable auxilliaries in the aecommpdation of their 
 busy patrf)ns. Some idea of tiie trade Avhich this firm receives 
 from the thrifty farmers can be gained from the fact that they esti- 
 mate the amount of machinery necessary to fill their orders for 
 the coming season at twenty com])lete outfits of the celebrated 
 Western p]mpire and New Agitator Threshers; one hundred Mc- 
 Cormick Pattern Hinders, and about one thousand John Deere 
 Plows, their salt's Cor the ])ast year of this well known plow hav- 
 ing reached over six hundred ; soventy-live sets Iron Harrows, the 
 same number of Seeders, and a proportionately large amount of 
 other necessary farm macliinery and supplies. 
 
 In conducting their business in Southern Manitoba, employment 
 is given to twelve hands, and the great satisfaction given by this 
 firm is largely due to the honorable dealing of the manager, Mr. 
 Faircliild, whose guarantei' of any piece of machinery is always 
 accepted and relied upon by the hardy tillers of the soil, who have 
 dealt wi>h hiiu. 
 
 ROBERT FOSTER. 
 
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 i 
 
 This gentleman carries on one of the leading Saddlery and Har- 
 ness Katablishments of Southern Manitoba, and has been estab- 
 lished in business in Emerson since June, 187'J. At first his busi- 
 ness was but small, and he could attend +0 all its mechanical part 
 himself It has grown ra])idly, however, and now gives employ- 
 ment to some eight hands, while it comes to him from the sur- 
 rounding country for a distance of oi.e hundred and fifty miles. 
 He aims to do only a retail business, Init considerable jobbing in 
 saddlery hardware and harness comes to him unsolicited, and is 
 fast increasing in volume, with the settling up of the surrounding 
 country. 
 
 Take Mr. Foster's business record altogether, and it is one of 
 l)atient er.ergy and wiH-judged enterprise, and lie is now proprie- 
 tor of a businoss which stands a monument to his perseverance 
 and commercial tact. He is now nund»ered among the city's lead- 
 ing merchants, and has doubtless a long career of prosperity before 
 
MERCANTILE INTERESTS. 
 
 43 
 
 ed from this 
 
 ion of their 
 
 rm receives 
 
 at the}' esti- 
 
 r orders for 
 
 celebrated 
 
 undred Mc- 
 
 John Deere 
 
 n plow hav- 
 
 larrows, the 
 
 go amount of 
 
 employment 
 jiven by this 
 manager, Mr. 
 
 ry is always 
 «oil, who have 
 
 llery and Har- 
 8 been estab- 
 
 first his busi- 
 echanical part 
 gives employ- 
 
 from the sur- 
 id fifty miles, 
 ble jobbing in 
 licited, and is 
 e surrounding 
 
 i it is one of 
 
 now proprie- 
 
 perseverance 
 
 he city's lead- 
 
 )8perity before 
 
 him. His stores are located o'. Dominion street, where he carries 
 a heavy and varied stock of every class of goods connected with 
 his line of businoss. 
 
 D. MAXWELL & CO. 
 
 In the doveloi)ment of this new country tlic subject of this sketch 
 has acted a })romincnt part liy furnishing tlie hanly jil .icers with 
 labor-saving farm imj)lements, thereliy enabling them to speedily 
 ojxn uj) and make this, not only a self sustaining land l)ut one 
 which is looked to as containing the great wheat producing fields 
 of the world. No better index to the fertility of Southern Miui- 
 itoba and tiie faith placed in it exists than that afforded by an 
 enumeration of the anuiunt of larm macliinery and imjilements 
 sold here in the past, and the amount of consignments for the 
 coming year. Messrs. Maxwell & Co. will handle, during the com- 
 ing season, about 15 complete Maxwell threshing outfits, 200 Peer- 
 ing cord self-binders, whi(di they import from the States, 100 Max- 
 well reapers, loO Maxwell mowers, and 500 J. I. (^ase plows, of 
 which they have the sole agency in Manitoba and the North West 
 Territory, 2(X) wood and iron harrows, 7o Van Brunt broad-cast 
 aeeders, 8(X) Maxwell truss-rod wagons, 40 buckboards, 100 buggies 
 and a proportionally large amount of necessary supplies. 
 
 Such figures are convincing evidence of the position this firm 
 holds in the building up ot this country, also some idea of the 
 great work of settling up which is going on at the present time. 
 Messr-<. Maxwell it ("o. have seven branches which receive their 
 supplies from their house liere, one at West Lynne, Morris. St. 
 Jean-lJabptiste, Green Ridg*-, Nelsonville, Calf Mountain and 
 Crystal City. Thesf branches are all valuable auxiliaries and a.e 
 under the general managcnuuit of Mr. D. Potter, who conducts the 
 branch at this place, and although he oidy dates his advent as 
 manager for this house since last fall has made many friends for 
 himself and firm by the careful manner in which he conducts all 
 business relating thereto. 
 
44 
 
 EMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 W. M. WILTSE. 
 
 This f^entlt'inan curries on tlie business of practical watchmaker 
 and jeweler, at his stand on Dominion street, where he has been 
 estal)lished since December IHSl, at which time he purchased the 
 business from John Fraser. Although but recently embarked in 
 this business Mr. Wiltse is an o](\ resident of this country, and is 
 living among a circle (^l' old ffiends. He carries a stock of clocks, 
 watches and jewelry, gives special attention to the repairing of 
 these goods, and, as he is a practical mechanic, he can guarantee 
 satisfaction in all work entrusteil to him. He is steadily building 
 up a valuable trade which now extends around Emerson for a dis- 
 tance of oO miles, and is steadilv increasing. 
 
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 CHAS. LONG. 
 
 This gentleman is an artistic painter and executes some very 
 fine work in the shape of signs, window-lilinds and trimmings in 
 gold or any number of colors, and owing to the excellence of his 
 workmanshij) has gained a Avide reputation and patronage. 
 
 lie established liusiness in this city in 1870, and now conducts a 
 very nice establishment where his shops are located on Dominion 
 street, near the corner of Winnipeg, and also carries a fine line of 
 wall-papers. His business gives employment to from 8 to 10 
 hands, and n)anyof the fine, puljlic buildings and jirivate dwellings 
 owe their liandsome outside finish and inside decorations to his 
 skill. The drop curtain of the new 0])cra House is a good sample 
 of his workmanship. Mr. liong has been (]uite successful, and is 
 now numbered among Emerson's prosperous merchants as well as 
 skilled mechanics, and as an em])loyer of lal)or is doing a good 
 work in building up the city, and owing to his honorable way of 
 dealing with customers, deserves the success which has been his. 
 
 ROBERT DICK. 
 
 This gentleman is one of the most recent additions to the mer- 
 cantile interests of P^merson, and dates liis advent liere from Feb- 
 
MERCANTILE INTERESTS. 
 
 45 
 
 ruary 1st, 1882. He carries on hii.sinoss as a dealer in Ready 
 Made Clothing, Grents' Furnishing Goods, Hats. Caps, and so forth, 
 and has tilled his stores on Dominion street with a stock valuetl 
 for about 35,000. Mr. Dick coni.-s here from Penibina, and has 
 cast in his lot with the Gate City. He is an old an.l experienciMl 
 merchant, and there can be no doubt l)ut he is entering upon what 
 will prove a long and successful business career. He starts with 
 the full tide of prosperity on the flow, and with liis good business 
 ability brought into play, there can be no doubt about his success 
 in the future. 
 
 A. RINSKOPF. 
 
 mer- 
 Feb- 
 
 This gentleman is a. wholesale dealer in Wines Licpiors, and 
 Cigars, to which he couples the wholesale and retail of Fine Grocer- 
 ies, both Staple and Fancy. 
 
 By dealing in only the best of viands, Mr. Ilinskopf has suc- 
 ceeded in building up a very extensive trade and rejmtation as a 
 merchant who strives to give pure li(|Uors to the pultlic, and fine 
 groceries. By wholesale he is able to sell to the Sout'.'.ern Mani- 
 toba trade as cheap, if not cheaper, than tiic'y can buy in Winnipeg, 
 as he imports all his goods from foreign markets. 
 
 He carries a stock valued for about .?1-"),(H)0, and his sales for the 
 past year amounted to from ^50.000 to SHO.OdO. Sucdi figures are 
 very convincing evidence of the magnitude of his estaljlishment 
 and the prominent part it holds in the commercial structure of 
 this city. The premises occupied are 20x50 feet, with two Hats, and 
 basement of same size; also two warehouses, one 15x5() ard one 
 12x60 feet, which, altogether, givf^s him over 8,600 square feet of 
 floor room in conducting his business. 
 
 Mr. Rinskopf also owns a one-half interest in tlie Emerson 
 House, a hotel which has a wide reputation for its excellent tab!<! 
 and accommodations. He has also shown his pul)lic enterprise by 
 erecting, in conjunction with Mr. J. T. Carney, a very haiiidso;ue 
 opera house, which has proved of great advantage to the city, and 
 attracted some very lino tronps to the city, also a place for general 
 public meetings. Altogether, this gentleman is doing his full share 
 
46 
 
 EMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 in ])uildinpr up tlie Gateway City, and deservoa a prominent place 
 among the public-spirited merchants of this pusliing place. 
 
 O. P. JACKSON. 
 
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 Thi gentleman carries on business as a dealer in groceries, flour, 
 feed and grain, and has been established in this city since the 
 spring of 1880. He is located at the corner of Dominion and 
 Winnipeg streets, where he has a comodious and well stocked store 
 room, besides ample warehouse room in the rear of the .same for 
 his grain and feed business. In groceries Mr. Jackson does a fam- 
 ily trade, and since his start in business has had a liberal and fast 
 increasing patronage. In grain, flour and feed he does quiie an ex- 
 tensive jobbing trade, and ships in car lots to most of the surround- 
 ing small towns. 
 
 Outside of his mercantile transactions Mr. Jackson is a commis- 
 sioner for taking affidavits, and he shows his faith in the future of 
 this country by doing considerable in real estate on his own ac- 
 count. 
 
 Altogether Mr. Jackson gives unmistakable proof of being one of 
 the most enterprising business men of the Gate City, and he is just 
 the kind of man who proves of great value in the extension of the 
 commerce of a yeung and growing city. 
 
 KILLER & AKINS. 
 
 These gentlemen are engaged in siipplyina; clothing, dry goods 
 and carpets to the public, also a limited stock of groceries is carried 
 for the accommodation of patrons. They oi)ened up business here 
 July 1st. 1881, and owing to the fact that they carry a very care- 
 fully selected stock of varied goods, valued for about $2,000, have 
 succeeded in building up a very large trode, which for the past 
 nine months has amounted to such figures as to warrant them in 
 estimating their business for the first year at over 875,000. 
 
 The premises occujiied are 25x100 feet in area, with two storries, 
 and is a fine brick building on Dominion street, in the center of 
 
MERCANTILE INTERRST3. 
 
 47 
 
 the business portion of the city. TlitMrhusiness gives employment 
 to four hands, and is fast increasin<r with the trrowth of the city. 
 Messrs. Killer & Akins make a specialty of clothini,' :»nd tlie liner 
 grades of ladies dress goods, silk^. irlitves, etc., and have succeeded 
 in building up a large city trade in tlieir line. 
 
 In the commercial structure of this city this live firm form a 
 prominent part, and will continue to grow and increase with 
 the development of the country. 
 
 D. H. McLean. 
 
 The stores of this gentleman are located on Dominion street, and 
 are ranked among the leading grocery establishments of Southern 
 Manitoba. Mr. McLean's advent in business here dates only from 
 January, 1882, but he has been a resi<lent of this city for over two 
 years, and has for some time been numbered among the live 
 business men. In his j)resent business he succeeded Mr. J. W. 
 Whitmen, and he now has a patronaire which extends over a large 
 portion of Southern Manitoba. He aitns to do only a family trade, 
 but considGral)le jobbing comes to liim from the smaller towns of 
 the West, and is steadily increasing. His premises comprise \u§ 
 sale room, 25x50 feet in area, and extensiev warehouse room in the 
 rear of the same, and their tittings and other arrangements are the 
 very acme of neatness and line taste, while his stock is large and 
 well selected, and comprises a full variety of staple and fancy 
 groceries, provisions, crockery, glass and china ware. 
 
 Mr. McLean is among the recent additions to the mercantile in- 
 terests of the city, and there is every reason to believe that he will 
 prove a very valuable one. 
 
 APOTHECARIES HALL. 
 
 itorries, 
 mter of 
 
 This establishment is the projterty of Mr. F. T. Carman, whe be- 
 gan business here some three years ago in a small way with a stock 
 of drugs and sundries, valued for about S."»(M», but has by close ap- 
 plication to the wants of the trade, and liy careful preparation of all 
 
48 
 
 FTMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 medicines, built up a largo porscription patronaiie a.s well as ex- 
 tended rei'Utation. In eonncetion with the business of drugj^ist 
 Mr. Carman c rries a large and well selected stock of stationery, 
 adopted school books, ledgers, day books, magazines, and the lead- 
 ing English, (laimdian and American papers and periodicals, which 
 are always received immediately upon publication. He also deals 
 in vegetable and flower s(;eds, and anything desired in this line 
 can be found with him. Mr. Carman is a thorough licensed, prac- 
 tical druggist of twenty years experience , therefore whatever is 
 secured at his institution can be relied upon for what he represents 
 it, as he knows whereof he speaks. His place of business is located 
 on Dominion street, near the center of the business portion of the 
 city, and comprises a fine store room 15x60 feet in area, which is 
 handsomely fitted up and the goods neatly arranged. This gentle- 
 man has been very prosperous in this new country, and the years 
 to come will find him still occupying a leading position in his line- 
 
 A. HARRIS, SONS & CO. 
 
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 This establishment is a branch of the Winnipeg house, which is 
 the general distributing })oint for the North West. The parent 
 'firm, however, is located at Brantfort, Out., where they are exten- 
 sively engaged in the manufacture of Harvesting machinery. At 
 their branch, in this city, they handle a general line of labor and 
 time saving machinery, used by the thrifty farmers and the tillers 
 of the suil in Southern Manitoba are always sure to find with this 
 firm the machinery best adapted to their use with all the latest 
 improvements attached. Some idea of the a]>preciation of the 
 pul>lic for this institution can be gained from the fact that during 
 the past year this branch has disposed of thirteen complete steam 
 and horse power threshing outfits, sixty-four binders, sixty mowers, 
 sixty reapers, about 500 J. I. Case pattern plows, about seventy-five 
 J. O. Wisner broad-cast seeders, 150 snow-ball wagons, seventy-five 
 hay-rakes, 200 set of iron harrows and a proportionally large 
 amount of supplies and other necessaries. Such figures are con- 
 vincing evidence of the magnitude and importance of this estab- 
 lishment and the prominent part it takes in the development of this 
 new country. 
 
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MERCANTILE INTERESTS. 
 
 49 
 
 Prom their house here they h.ave two brunches which receive 
 their suppUes from this estublishment, one at Nelsonville under the 
 local supervision of Jain.-s Irwin, and unothev at Pih)t Mound, 
 conductefl by Mr. \. \V. Sti^wart ; the i^eneral inanau'ement, how- 
 ever, is attended to by Mr. \V;a. Forsyth, tbe superintendent of all 
 this firms l)usiness in Southern Manitol)a, who came here early in 
 ISSJ and opened up this branch for them and hag been successful 
 in builJinj; it up to its present importance. Under his careful 
 mina^'ement, assisted by Mr. Daniel Shaw as traveling agent, and 
 Mr. Geo. Forsyth as bo )]v-keeper, the firm's business will doubtless 
 grow and incrca.se with tbe development of the country and remain 
 one of the leading agricultural implement houses in Southern 
 Manitoba. 
 
 A. H. DORAN. 
 
 In April, ISSl, this gentleman commenced business in this city 
 as a Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler, and dealer in W'atches, 
 Clocks, Jewelry and Silver and Plated Go(jds, and during his first 
 year has had a mixed experience of misfortune and success. His 
 misfortunes were confiutd to tbe burning of his [)r(nnises, which 
 did not prove a crushing calamity to him, but only l)rought out 
 his latent energy, and be was soon in business again at his present 
 stand in the Fairbanks' block, on .Main street, where he carries a 
 well selected stock of the above enumerated goods, and gives spe- 
 cial attention to repair work. He has had a prosperous and fast 
 increasing business, which comes to him from the city and sur- 
 rounding country for a distance of 150 iniles west. 
 
 Notwithstanding .Mr. l^oran's past misfortunes, his }>usiness 
 career has been altogether a successful one, and pr(jmises to be 
 even more so in the future. 
 
 J. S. HEWSON. 
 
 In the summer of 1879 this gentleman erected his present livery, 
 feed and sale stables on Main street, and has since had an uninter- 
 
50 
 
 EMKRSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 rupted career of prosperity. Emerson in tlie past has been a good 
 point for a livery business, as the only means of prospecting 
 through Southern Manitoba of which it is the kc}', was by team. 
 Mr. Hewson had therefore a liveiy business from prospectors, sur- 
 veyors and others, and not unfrequently his teams and rigs were 
 gone with parties for several weeks at a time. He has therefore 
 played a prominent part in the settling up of the fertile country 
 west of Emerson, and h"",s made progress in wealth at the same 
 time. He usually keeps from 15 to 20hoi'3es, and a large variety of 
 vehicles, l)Ut hi.^ present stables are now tt o limited for his greatly 
 increased business, and he is accordingly erecting a large three 
 story l)arn and stables on the corner of Church and Sliort streets 
 where he will have accommodation for about 60 jiorses, and will 
 l)e a])](' to extend his business very materially. His stables are a 
 very useful institution in this city, and he takes a prominent part 
 in the work of develojting this new country. 
 
 J. H. FLEURY. 
 
 S\iccess naturally attends the l)usiness eftbrts of mtMi who unite 
 mechanical skill with good busniess ahility, and to that class the 
 subject of this sketch belongs. In the sprin of 18S() Mr. Fleury 
 commenced business in this city as a harness maker, and dealer in 
 sa<ldlery, harness and saddlery hardware. His start was in a small 
 way. but by dint of ploilding en<>rgy and close attention to business 
 he has built up a tin(! retail trade, besides a jobbing business which 
 extends over the country westward for a distance of over 100 miles. 
 Ill ins manufacturing de))artment he employs some four iiands, 
 and only want of space in his jjremises prevents him from employ- 
 ing more. His premises are located on Main street, and contain 
 a larg" and varied stock of goods connected with his line of 
 business. His vohnne of trade has compktely oultrrown them 
 however, and he must soon secure more commodious ipiarters. 
 
 Mr. Fleury is himself a practical man, both in the harness and 
 carriage furnishing business, in which latter lie also does con- 
 sideral)!*!, and he belongs to a class who are of great val'ic in build- 
 ing U|. a young city's industries. 
 
HOTELS. 
 
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 )spectinfr 
 by team, 
 tors, sur- 
 ■if?s were 
 therefore 
 
 country 
 lie same 
 ariety of 
 3 greatly 
 ?e three 
 
 streets 
 md will 
 les are a 
 ent part 
 
 W. H. SHEAD. 
 
 The subject of this sketch ooniinenced husiness in this city 
 in Auytist. ISSl, as a inerchaut tailor, and has since that 
 date had a prospprous and fast inoreasini,' t)usiness. lie is himself 
 fi practical man of Ioiilt rxpcriciicc, irivcs personal supervision to 
 all the details dl' his husini'ss, and is aiilc to warrant a tit in every 
 garment he turns out. He keeps a well selected stock of the 
 newest styles of jroods the markets ailord, and has now a volume 
 of business which necessitates the employment of seven hands dur- 
 ing the busy season. His location on Main street is a central one, 
 and he has conifortai)lc and commodious premises. 
 
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 HOTELS 
 
 10 unite 
 lass the 
 
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 ealer in 
 a small 
 usiness 
 i which 
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 GATEWAY HOUSE. 
 
 This fine hotel is ojjerated by Mr. J. E. Joiinston, who secured 
 possession of the same .lanuary 1st, 1S<S'2. With his advent this 
 house received new life as .Mr. .lohnston is an old hotel man, and 
 has been in that husinttss in this city forsorne time, anil has many 
 friends anionir the travt'Jinu; pidtlic. The Gateway House is the 
 larirtst public; place in the city and the large dining rooms on first 
 lloor can seat at one time fifty |)cople. The bar is orderly con- 
 ducted and supplies the liipiid wants of patrons with sparklint^ 
 wines, moldy oid brandies, and the choicest of viands of all kinds. 
 The billiard hall contains three tables of standard tnakcs, and 
 lately put in; tin ollices are large and commodious and newly re- 
 fitted. This house containes ai)out forty dormitories, and always 
 
52 
 
 EMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 Hleepin<^ capacity, and the table set is always the host the market 
 affonls. The Gateway House under tl e personal manai^ement of 
 Mr. .Johnston wlio understands how to conduct a first-ckiss house 
 and niiice all guests feel perfectly at home, cannot but remain one 
 of the ieadini? hotels of the Gateway City. In conducting this 
 house employment is given to twelve people, and in connection 
 with the iiouse Mr. Johnston has a good barn where horses and 
 cattle are taKcn care of. 
 
 CANADA PACIFIC HOTEL. 
 
 This house is located in close proximity to the Canada Pacific 
 Railroad depot, and is of vast benefit to the traveling public, as 
 they can there find a good table and accommodation second to 
 none in the city immediately at the station, which atl'onb, them 
 superior advantages in taking trains, which are frequently late or 
 early. Patrons of this house, therefore save the unpleasantness 
 of loafing around the doj)ot. The Canada Pacific Hotel can ac- 
 commodate about forty guests, has coiumodious dining rooms and 
 good b;ir. It is the j)roperty of Mr. ,1. E. .lohnston, the popular 
 "Mine lL)st'' of the Gateway House, and is managed for him by 
 Mr. A. Cameron, who labors hard to accommodate patrons. 
 
 There is a large barn connected with this house, with stabling 
 accommodations for fifty head of horses, whicii are (ircfully 
 attended to. .\lto<;ittii'r, this institution forms a very necessary 
 part in the accoinmodation of the public. 
 
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 ment of 
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 'I'swary 
 
 EMERSON DAILY and WEEKLY INTERNATIONAL. 
 
 Late in 1.S7S Mr. C. S. Douglas established this ]m\n'V at this point, 
 considering the (nite.vay City's prospects for future greatness the 
 l)est of any in the entire North West, he having traveled ()v<'r the 
 greater })ortion of it. Mr. Douglas first ituhlished a sevt*n column 
 folio wetikly, and in 187') he doubhid the size and prii..,ed a seven 
 column (juario, which size he still retains and bus built up a weekly 
 circulation of 2,U<K). 
 
 In the fall of 1881 Mr. Douglas saw that the time had conu! in 
 Emerson tf) begin the jiublication of a Daily, therefore tic fortlnvith 
 issued the Dail;/ fntn-u'itional, a very spicy ami lively sheet, wiiicb 
 is doing much toward building up Emerson and calling tlic atten- 
 tion of the outside world to the important place she holds in the 
 great North West, and has a daily circulation ^A' from 5(10 to (lOO^ 
 The jiolitics of the Intenmtkmol is Conservative, and was the first 
 party organ publisbed in Manitoba. Mr. Douglas fills tin; 
 editorial cl.air, whicb be is in every way able to do; he is assisted 
 l)y Mr. Artl.ur Gordon, M. A., as associate editor, a gentleman who 
 is a newspaper man of exjierience and ability. Thv Interiidtii. .lU 
 Daili/ (uid Wakhj has done, and is doing a great work in l)uilding 
 u}) Enu'rson and Soutbern Manitoba, and the extended rei)Utatioi\ 
 of this ])lace can largely be attributed to its efibrts. 
 
 GATEWAY EXPRESS. 
 
 This i)aj)er is published .'<enn-wei'kly and was estaV)lished by the 
 present proprietors, Messrs. Clraves it Hrouse, in Jmie 18S1. They 
 j)ublish from 1,000 to 1,200 copies per issue, and never fail to shout 
 Southern Manitoba and Emerson. They are doing a good work in 
 the development of this rich country and the succtss wbich lias 
 been theirs is tridy merited. In politics the KxprcaA is Reform and 
 their jiarties' cause will not sull( r in Soutbern Manitoba with sm-h 
 able support as they give it. They have a good Job i'rinting De- 
 partment connected and are iible to turn out nice work. 
 
POUTE TO Am FROM EmERSOK. 
 
 The West-bound emigrant is aviotimof no end of trouble, annoy- 
 ance and delay, if he is unfortunate enougli not to he posted as to 
 the best route to take in this journey. Only the initiated know the 
 schemes and dodges set on foot to mislead this class of travelers, 
 and we tlerefore deem it our duty to our readers to sui){)ly some 
 information rogarding tlie routes Ijetween the East and Kmerson. 
 
 By l)Uying a through ticket by the route herein named, the emi- 
 grant can save money, also much delay and trouble, by having his 
 ])aggage checked through. 
 
 TO CHICACiO.— The Eastern Canadian on his westward jour- 
 ney has several routes by which he can travel from differnt parts 
 of the jirovinccjs of New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario, on iiis 
 way to Chicago, ai.d it is not our intention in trying to guid(^ him, 
 to in any way disparage the advantages ollered by any of these lines 
 of travel. We feel bound, however, to select one route, and in f > 
 doing we have no diflicuhy in fixing upon the reliable old Grand 
 Trunk Railway, and its connections, and we shall now give several 
 potent reasons for our preference. 
 
 Tn tlie first place the (irand Trunk and its connections form one 
 unbroken chain of railroads iVom Halifax. Nova Snotia, in the ex- 
 treme ICast to Cliicago. A starting point may be selected at any of 
 the leading seaports of Nova Scotni, New Brunswick or New Eng- 
 land, or further West from any of the leading cities or towns of 
 Quebec or Ontario. The arrangements for making connections are 
 perfect in every instance, and by no ilher route is the traveler sub- 
 jected to so little (uuu'cessary delay. 
 
 In the second |>lace the (irand Trunk is the oidy Canadian rail- 
 way wliicli runs into the great American f>akesi<le Metropolis on 
 its own track, so that it can lay its passengers safely down in that 
 city witliout any a.ssistance from American lines, or any change of 
 cars in crossing the boundary. 
 
 Jn the third jthue, it is the most direct route fr(»m Montreal, 
 
KOT^TE To AM) FROM EMKKSON. 
 
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 that 
 
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 Toronto, and all the leading cities in Eastern Canada to Chicago, 
 and the company issue through tickets from tiie eastern shores of 
 Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, tlie cities of New England, the 
 St. Lawrence ports of Quebec, and the lakeside towns of Ontario 
 to that city. 
 
 In the fourth place, the accommodation afforded passengers on 
 the Grand Trunk is e(|ualled by few lines, and sur|)!issed by none 
 on the American continent. The company's passenger cars are 
 simply comfort on wheels, and the fact that they run on their 
 lines the v'elebrated Pullman palace sleeping and dining cars, 
 proves that they have reached tlu; acme of comfort in railway 
 travel. We might also mention that this railway, by its connec- 
 tion with the Eric and New York Central Railways, offers the 
 shortest and ((uickest route between New York and the West and 
 North West. 
 
 In freight arrangements the Grand Trunk otlers superior advan- 
 tages for the North West. In afldilion to tlicir numert»us spccnal 
 trains, they run their weekly way freight for Manitol)a, wlii(!h 
 receives goods at nearly fifty points in Eastern Canada, that are 
 forwarded under bond from entering the United States to their 
 destinations without delay, while their arrangements tor forward- 
 ing the goods of emJLfraiits are managed so as to prove a great 
 boon to that class of travelers. 
 
 Further j)articulars regarding freights or jiassage will be freely 
 supplied on application to Mr. Joseph Hicksou, general manager, 
 Mr. John l*orteous, general freight agent, Montreal, Mr. John 
 Earls, assistant general fright agent, Toronto, or Mr. J. .). MeNally, 
 the com])any's agent at Winnipeg. Man. 
 
 FROM cillCACiO TO ST. IWUE.— The shortest and best route 
 is by way of Elroy and Nhidison, over the Chicago Ar Northwestern 
 and Cincago, St. Paul Minneapolis <t Oinaiui Railways, connecting 
 at (^licago with the American line of tiie Grand Trunk, and at St. 
 Paul and Minneapolis with tlu' St. Paul, .Minneapolis ,C Manitoba 
 Railway. This route forms a short all rail route l)etween the prov- 
 inces of the East and Manitoba. It may also he said of the Chi- 
 cago & Northwotern and ( hiciigo, St. i'liul Minneapolis iV Omaha 
 Railways, that they iiave no i<U]»eriority in mnnngenjent or ((piip- 
 nient in anv section of the country, and that their route through 
 
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 EMERSON, MANITORA. 
 
 Elroy aii(LMa(lison,Wisconsin, is the only route between Cliicago, St. 
 Paul and Minneapolis that runs the celebrated Pullman palacesleep- 
 ingears, that are provided with luxurious smoking rooms, expressly 
 for the use of sleeping car passengers. Tliis is also the only route 
 Northwest of Chicago that runs the famous palace dining cars, or 
 that runs dining cars of any kind. People who do not ride in 
 sleei)ing cars are idso handsomely provided for ov(!r this route, the 
 new passenger coaelies l)eing larger, roomier, better ventilated and 
 better lighted at night than the coaches lunning over many of the 
 Iliastern roads, and the increased ])atronage this route is now re- 
 ceiving is evidence that the traveling pulilic aj^prectate the com- 
 foits and conveniences, together witli all the luxuries offered them 
 by this Koyal Route. We will turther add that the route through 
 Elroy and Madison also passes through Milwa\ikee. and by way of 
 Milwaukee is tin- only route directly along the shore of liake 
 Michigan. Informatit)n altout freight and passage ratos over this 
 route can lie obtairied at all European agencies, and at agencies of 
 the great (Chicago it Northwestern Ifaihvay, 4-li), Strand and 8 
 Adelaide street, T^ondon. Eng.. also at their ofhees in (Quebec and 
 Toronto, and at all iTincijial railroad agencies in Canada and the 
 United States, or of \\ . II. Stinnett, (ieiieiiil Passenger Agent, 
 Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 Parties from Manitoba, the Ued Hiver Valley or any jioint North- 
 west, returning to Canada or any jioint East, should also st;]ect 
 their route through Elroy and Madison, and enjoy the safety, com- 
 fort and luxury which is unequalled on any other route to Chi- 
 cago. Iniorniation about routes or rates from St. Paul to any jjoint 
 Eest, or to San Francisco or any jioint in British C!ohimbia, will 
 be cheerfully furnished by T. W. Teasdale. General Passenger 
 Agent, or F. B. Clarke, General Trafific Manager, Chicago, St. Paul 
 JMinneapolis, and Omaha Pailway, St. Paul, Minn. 
 
 ST. PAULMINNEAPOLIS&MANITOBA RAILWAY.* 
 
 Anu)ng the inlluenees that have been at work in the develop- 
 ment of Southern Manitoba and ])articularly of the city of Emer- 
 Bon, we must not fall tc give prominence to the above railway. 
 
 *This roud is the coiinectiiijr link lietwoen St. Paul uiul Kmerson. 
 
ROUTK TO AND FROM EMERSON. 
 
 57 
 
 Althouc^^h its lines stop at the enfranco to this land of ilH.nitable 
 poshilMlity, they have been the main dinnnels tlirongh whicli iin- 
 niigration and ])rosperity have readied its boundless plains. The 
 European emigrant by travelling over the same from St. Paul, or 
 making connections by the Northern Pacific via Duluth, can 
 now reach the gre;),t prairie j.rovince without any of the hard'siiips 
 unavoidable in l)ygone yeiirs. within twenty days from leavin-the 
 shores of his native land. 
 
 This company's line on the eastern side (if of tl. Red Kiver val- 
 ley connects with the Canada Pacific at St. Vincent, where a two 
 miles' ride brings y(ju to the Gate City, while their direct line from 
 Fargo will be finished by the fall of l.S8_> to Pembina, where it 
 will connect with another branch of the Canada Pacific. Two 
 systems of iron bands thus bind the ])i.)neers of the North-West, 
 irresjiective of natiouallity, in a bond of industry, and cements' 
 the union of the two niost entprprising nations of the world in the 
 work of reclaiming the rich and vast lands of the grejt North- 
 West 'Vom the wilds of nature and making them a blessing to all 
 mankind. 
 
 The head offices of this company are located at St. Paul Minn., 
 and its officers are Messrs. A. Manvel, general superintendeni; 
 \V. S. Alexander, general passenger and freight manager, and PI. 
 C. Davis, assistant general passenger agent, any of w.hom will be 
 ideased to sujijjly information regarding their lines and their con- 
 nections either by mail or otherwise. 
 
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IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS. 
 
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 THOS CARNEY. 
 
 This gentleman can truly be considered tlie foundei ^ the city 
 of Emerson. In 1874 he came and settled on the spot where the 
 city now stands, having perceived that at this j)oint would be the 
 junction of the St. P;iul, Minneapolis & Manitoba R. R. with the 
 Canada Pacific Railway, and that a thriving town would soon spring 
 up, therefore, with his natural shrewdness, he seized the chance to 
 noi only make for himself a home, fortune and reputation, but to 
 aid in the great work of develoi)ing and building up this rich, new 
 country, and the success which has been his can be read in every 
 page of this work. 
 
 Mr. Carney is now a member of the firm of Chalmers & Carney, 
 wlio are extensively engaged in the Ilard'vare business, also the 
 proprietors of the Emerson Agricultural Works, therefore he is 
 aiding in building up the industries of this city and Southern 
 Manitoba by investing his capital in labor employing institutions. 
 
 Early in 1S80 Emerson was incorporated as a city, with Mr. 
 Carney as mayor, to which position he was elected without a dis- 
 senting vote, and lias ever since held with honor by re-election 
 much to the ]»u])lic benefit of the city and the best interests of he* 
 citizens. Mr. Carney is also a member of tlie Provincial Legisla- 
 ture, :"nd in this capacity has done much towu'd securing good 
 government and spreading the reputation of Manitoba generally, 
 and showing up her great natural advantages. 
 
 Altogether, Mr. Carney's carce" has been one of great local and 
 public usefulness, and the wide reputation gained for himself, and 
 the relative position gained for ''his town'" among the leading 
 cities of the North West stand a monument to Ins energy and well 
 judged enterprises, and is another striking example of what can be 
 accom})lished in this new North West by the truly deserving and 
 industrious. 
 
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 W. N. FAIRBANKS. 
 
 In 1874 this gentleman, in company witli the Hon. Tliomas 
 Carney, now mayor of this city, laid out the original town site of 
 Emerson, and since that time he has been closely identitied with 
 its interests. 
 
 ^[r. Fairbanks has confined himself to the sale of his valuable 
 town property, and the building of business and other structures, 
 which have r'^one much to im))rove the Gate City, and advance its 
 best interests. His etlbrts in tliis latter line may be judged from 
 the fact that, during IS.Sl, he erected buildings to the value of 
 over §40,000, among wbieh was a S10,000 residence, the finest in 
 Southern Manitoba, and during the summer of ].S<S2 he will erect 
 over $GO,00o worth of business luiildingp. In connection with the 
 city library he has also shown his ])ublic sjjirit, he being one of 
 the founders and presently its president. In many other respects 
 Mr. Fairbanks has shown his willingness t'> make great sacrifices 
 for the benefit of Emerson and its surrouniiings, and he is ranked 
 among her most valued citizens. As a small recognition of his 
 services, the government has conferred on him the commission of 
 the peace. 
 
 F. E. BURNHAM. 
 
 Tills gentleman is a barrister, solicitor, and attorney, practices 
 in the provincial ( ourts, and holds the very responsil)le position 
 of city solicitor. Although iMr. Burnham is a })rofessional gentle- 
 man in the strictest sense, and in no way engaged in any indus- 
 trial pursuit, he is nevertheless doing quite a wori< in the building 
 U{) of the Gate City and its surroundings. In bis professional ca- 
 pacity as solicitor for the Landed, J^anking cV:. Loan Co., a corjior- 
 ation whose funds are freely invested in this country, he is a very 
 valuable au.xilliary in the work of developing the grc'at North 
 West. Outside of his professional ca})acity Mr. Burnham handles 
 heavily in real estate, not tliat he does a regular business in that 
 line, but he shows his faith in the great iuture of the country by 
 investing his funds in its lands, and using his superfluous cai)ital 
 in its development. 
 
 His ofiices art located at the corner of Dominion and Winnipeg 
 streets. 
 
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 KMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 CARBB:RT & LETT. 
 
 This firm cany on the business of surveyors and civil cnQ;ineors. 
 and are located in the McKay Block on Dominion street. Tiicir 
 estiiblisliment in i>usin(^ss h(;re (hites from Nov. 1st 1882, altliontrh 
 both [)artncrs have l>een connecttMl witii the ifovernmeut survey 
 di'i)artinent of this province;, and are consi^quently expin'ienced 
 surveyors, who thoroughly understand the demands of the North 
 West. They give special attention to tiie layiiit:; out of town sites, 
 and iitprcsent have some twenty of tliese in hands. Their part in 
 the developnu'ut of this j^rmit country is then^fore a ])rominent 
 one, and tliey lill a very necessary ])osition in the l)usiness struc- 
 ture of Emerson. 
 
 The firm in ( onnecition with a third [)ers(Mi, a caoitnlist, are also 
 proprietors of the t'wn sit^- of Pomeroy, oi. the Manitoba South 
 Western railway, north of Pembina Mountain, and iu)t far from 
 ^Jie t'amous Rock Lake district. Tlii.s town cannot but )>e a good 
 point, as it is situated in one of the finest agricultuial districts in 
 the North West, where numeroas settlers are already located, and 
 pursuiiijr farming operations with great success. 
 
 Mr. (-arbertin company with Mr. Tweed surgeon dentist of this 
 city, is proprietor of t^iS town site of Archibald, a ))oint west of 
 this on the Canadian Pacifio it Manilol^a South Western railways, 
 where there is every indication of a fine business tov,n t:'']n'ihging 
 up in tile new future, and where there is a fine opening for busi- 
 ness men seeking a location, or capitalists seeking profitable in- 
 vestments in tewn property. 
 
 DR. D. H. CAMERON. 
 
 This diciple of Aesculapius has been settled in Emerson for 
 nearly four years, and has built up a large and valuable practice 
 ir the city and surrounding country. He is a practicioner of the 
 alopathic school and a graduate of the McGill College, Montreal, 
 and has gained quite a reputation as a physician of skill and ex- 
 perience. AltliODgh a professional man the doctor takes a lively 
 interest in the prosperity of this city and country, and has shown 
 hiii faith in their great future, by iiivesting liberally in real estate. 
 His offices are located on Dominion street. 
 
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 With the opening of the 3[)rin'g of 18S2 we find in Emerson 
 127 places of business of every description, wich are divided as 
 follows: Banks, real estate ofH(VS, offices of professional men, 
 loan and insurance offices and such like concers numher 28; man- 
 ufacturing concerns, in whicli we include all instiUitions employ- 
 ing skilled labor, male or femali-. number 24; hotels, liv(!ry sta- 
 bles, and other institutions which it is difficult to classify, num- 
 ber 17, while tlie reraiining 58 are connected with the didVnent 
 mercantile branches. Of tiiis total of 127, some 31 have sprung 
 up during the ])ast year, and 13 during the last six months, and 
 it must be remembered that several of these new institutions are 
 among the most extensive in the city, and one manufacturing ad- 
 dition ranks among the leading industries of Southern Manitoba. 
 
 In going into details we shall commence with real estate, 
 finance and insurance, while in some point'^ we shall include the 
 other branches whicli depend mainly upon clerical labor. There 
 is one chartered bank doing Inisiness in this city, whose capital is 
 $5,500,000, and one private banking firm, whose responsilnlity we 
 do not (ixceed when we place it at •?25n,ijO(J. As a supplement to 
 these bi.nks, we find five different loan associations doing btisiness 
 in the city, whose tinited capital is over -?1.2<HI,0<)0, while the funds 
 at present invested by these five associations, through Emerson 
 agents, is over S280,000. Six difierent business houses of this 
 city act as agents for private capitalists, and the funds invested in 
 and around Emerson, through such chann<'ls, is very little short 
 of $450,000. one firm alone having placed during the last year 
 over $2()0,000. The last class of ce[iitalists are those who make 
 
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 KMKKSOX, MANITOBA. 
 
 investments personally, and the transaetions of this elass we can- 
 not approximate, but the aggn^gate would materially swell the 
 foregoing figures. 
 
 While we are unabh^ to sum up (>xa(!tly the fuiancial resources 
 of the Gate City, the few figures we have arranged are sufficient 
 proof that they are by no means stinted, and tlic ease; v.'ith which 
 cash can be had for legitimate investment is of itself conclusive 
 l)roof of a healthy state of finance. 
 
 Tiie real estate branch we sliall not attemj)t to reduce to figures, 
 as the attempt on many points would l)e futile. Tlu-re are eleven 
 firms or individuals regularly engaged in the business, and more 
 than one of them roll up a volume of business each month repre- 
 senting an aggregate value of S-")0,()()0. In this numl)er we inckule 
 only those who have -^♦Tices and make real estate their regular 
 business, and not the numerous curbstone brokers, who do some- 
 times quite an extensive business. The healthy state of this 
 branch of business is best attested by the fact that you cannot find 
 a mm who has ever lost a dolhir in Emerson real estate transac- 
 tions, but all have made money. 
 
 With insurance, professional and other brancbes depending 
 u])on clerical labor, added to real estate and finance, we find that 
 this class of concerns give employment to 68 hands, and if we add 
 the outdoor workers in survey business, the number comes pretty 
 close to lOO. 
 
 Next in turn we shall sum up the city's manufacturing in- 
 terests. 
 
 The twenty-four manufacturing concerns of Emerson give em- 
 ployment to 194 hands, male and female, while tlieir products for 
 the year ending February 28th, 1882, reached an agregate value of 
 $607,200. In these figures we do not include building operations 
 and other contract work, and by adding these it would increase the 
 number of hands employed to over 250, and the cash figures to 
 about $850,000. Three dift'erent manufacturing concerns employ 
 over twenty hands and three others over ten. Only one concern 
 did a business of $100,000; another $75,000; two others over 
 $50,000, and two over $20,000. The building trade alone reached 
 somewhere in the neighborhood of $200,000. These figures are 
 likely to be more than doubled for 1882, as some large indusiries 
 
SUMMARY OF INDlTfiTRIES. 
 
 63 
 
 are now in conrse of being established, and others will follow dur- 
 ing the summer. 
 
 Next in turn we take the city's mercantile interests, which are 
 represented by fifty-eight institutions, large and small. The country 
 tributary to Emerson, commercially, extends for over oOO miles 
 west, and many houses in the city have an extensive trade over the 
 intervening country. Of these fifty-eight houses some fourteen do 
 more or less of a jol^bing business, and others are dropping into 
 the same. The total value of the sales of these fifty-eight concerns 
 during the past year amounts to 81,3y!i,40(), while they give v,m- 
 ployment to 170 hands. One concern did a business of over 
 8250,000; two others reached 8100,000 ; two 875,000; five exceeded 
 850,000, and five 825,000, while six employ over ten hands. 
 
 The jobbing trade of the city is steadily increasing, and two 
 houses keep a traveler on the road, while several others will em- 
 ploy travelers during the coming season. 
 
 Lastly, we take hotels, livery stables and other unclassified in- 
 stitutions, and these, we find, give emijloyment to about sixty 
 hands, while their volume of business, for last year, we are safe in 
 placing at 8300,000. 
 
 Taking the complete business machinery of the Gate City, we 
 find it gives employment to 5S0 hands, which, with town and gov- 
 ernment officers added, makes a total of over 600. The value of 
 business done in every department during the y%ar ending February 
 28th, 1881, is 82,549,400, in whicli we do not include real estate, 
 finance or any of their associate branches, but merely transactions 
 representing goods or labor suppHed for money. 
 
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. 
 
 J. W. WHITMAN. 
 
 Among the business men of this city few have done so much for 
 the build innj up of lier mercantile interests as the subject of tl is 
 sketch. In the sprins? of 1879 Mr. Whitman emt)arked in the 
 <,n-occry business, and up to January, l.S,S2, carried on the leadin*;; 
 family <;TO(;fry house of the city. His success in that business was 
 phenomenal, and when at thelast named date he sold out to .Mr. I). 
 II. Mchcan. lie took rank amonf{ the leadinji [)roperty owners of 
 tfie (iate (Jity. At present he has a large extent of valuable town 
 property on hand, all of which he holds for sale ;it reasonable 
 (igures. If is odicn's are 1 jcatcd or Dominion street. 
 
 Mr. Wbitman, owintr to his thorough knowledge of the business 
 machinery of Southern Manitoba, is one of the best guides to per- 
 sons in search of a locativ.n. 
 
 P. B. AND DAVID DOUGLAS. 
 
 These two gentlemen are among the latest who have iN-ntilied 
 their interests with those of Emerson, and they are likely to prove 
 valuable additions to the « ity. 
 
 Mr. W H. Douglas hasjusl laid out 4o5 acres adjacent to the city 
 on tii(( Xorth Kast, which ''omprises si)me of the finest residence 
 l)ro[)erty around ICnu-rson, and the lots in whieh he now oilers at 
 rcasonaltle liirures, and on easy terms of |»ayment. There can be 
 no douhl hut his enterprise will prove a successful one, and will be 
 a greiit l>oon to citizens looking foi residence sites. 
 
 Mr. David Douglas has become a resident of Emerson, and now 
 takes the manngcmeiit of the estate of his brother, V. U. He is a 
 yonnj, man of gn'at enterprise, and in the coming summer it is his 
 intention to establish a lirick yard near the olty, and ^dve a local 
 suj)ply o\' substantial building material. 
 
IMPORTA.VT IXDIVIDU\LS AXD FIRMS. 
 
 65 
 
 G. F. BALDWIN. 
 
 The subject of this sketcli has been a resident of Emorson since 
 February, 1877, and has liUed snveral positions of trust during his 
 residence of five years. [)uring 1877 and 1878 he was teacher of 
 the town school, and in January, 1879 he establislied t\\o. Western 
 Journal, a weekly newspai)er, w'licli he conducted until November 
 of the same year, when his estal)lishnient was burned out. In 
 January, 1880, when P]nierson was incorporated he became town 
 clerk, and his since h.;! I ihit pasition with the addition il olHieof 
 town treasurer, with cfL^dit to himself and profit to the mun- 
 icepality. He now fills a place among her old and respected citi- 
 zens, whose interests have been identified with hers from the days 
 when she was a struggling village. 
 
 COLLECTOR F. T. BRADLEY. 
 
 In the summer of 1874 this gentleman in company with Capt. 
 \V. H. Nash, laid out the portion of the city now known as South 
 Emerson, and since then his interests and those of Emerson have 
 been identical. Mr. Bradley is at present collector of customs for 
 this city, which position he has held for years. Recently Himerson 
 has been raised to the position of a {)ort of Entry, and in placing 
 the city on this footing the Dominion government have been con- 
 strained to (1 ) so maiidy by the persistent representation of her 
 claims by Mr. Bradley. This one service would entitle him to a 
 front rank among the most valued citizens of Emerson, but in 
 many other ways Mr. B. has rendered valuable aid in furthering 
 the best interests of the Gate City. 
 
 EMERSON HOUSE. 
 
 This commodious hot''' i^ located at the corner of Dominion and 
 Main streei in the business center of the city, and has long re- 
 tained its popularity and reputation. The present proprietors are 
 Messrs. Johnson A' llinsknfi', the former of whom is a hotel man of 
 twelve years experience, while the latter is one of Emerson's lead- 
 ing merchants, and one of the most popular business men in Man- 
 itoba. Under such management the Emerson House could not but 
 
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 EMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 l)rosper, and since their entry in October, 1881, they have raised 
 its reputation very much. The table set is acknowledj^cd by 
 travelers to be equalled by fdw, and surpassed by none in the 
 North West. 
 
 The Emerson House is a two story structure, presenting a large 
 frontage on both Dominion and Main streets. On the street floor 
 are the offices, sam))le rooms, dining room, kitchen, bar and a 
 spacious billiard hall, while on the second floor is a large parlor 
 and numerous well furnished and roomy dormitories. The house 
 is capable of accommodating about 50 sleepers, while the spacious 
 dining hall seats about the same number. Altogether the house is 
 a very commodious and comfortable hotel, is a great advantage to 
 the city of Emerson, and takes rank among tl:e best houses of its 
 class in the North West. 
 
 M. R. McASKILL & CO. 
 
 This firm carrys on the business of merchant tailors and dealers 
 in gent's furnishing goods, and have been located in Emerson since 
 June, 18S1. Their premises are on Dominion street, and their in- 
 ner arrangements show that they are managed by those who are 
 masters of the business. Messrs. McAsldll & Co., carry a large and 
 varied stock of cloths, tweeds, beavers and other textile fabrics used 
 in men's and boy's aj)parel, and are i)repared to make to order any 
 garment connected with their business. In gents' furnishings also 
 they carry one of thi; best selections in Southern Manitoba. Mr. 
 D. McAskill, the managing partner, is a practiv^al taiU)r, and ha.s 
 received a thorough training in several of the first tailoring estab- 
 lishments of Britain, so that his patrons may depend upon securing 
 a perfect fit, when they entrust their orders in his care. 
 
 A. W. STILES. 
 
 The offices of this gentleman arc in the Fairbanks lilock on the 
 corner of Main and Ohurch streets, where he has been engaged in a 
 general real estate business since December, 1S81. He buys and 
 Hells both town and f;irni property on his own actN^unt and oneoni- 
 mission, and is prepared to give careful att(!ntion to the managing 
 
IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS AND FIRMS. 
 
 67 
 
 of estates for absent {)roperty owners. He is also owner of the 
 town cite of Interapolis, immediately sontli of Emerson, and be- 
 tween that and St. Vincent, whicli will probalily be the concentra- 
 ting point for all the Amrrican railways, whose objective points are 
 in iManitol)a. Lots in the town Mr. Stiles offers on the most 
 reasonable terms, and thus places profitable speculation within the 
 reach of men of limited means. 
 
 Mr. Stiles also acts as agent for the Freehold Loan and Saving's 
 Company, of Toronto, and for this corporation places funds lib- 
 erally in North Western real estate securities. He fills a j)romi- 
 nent place in the l)U8iness structure of Emerson, in the vicinity of 
 which he has resided for eleven years. 
 
 CAPT. W. H. NASH. 
 
 This gentleman has never been directly connected with an}' 
 branch of industry in Emerson, and yet he has taken a prominent 
 I)art in the building uj) of the city. In 1874 in comi)any with Mr. 
 F. T. Bradley he laid out that portion of the town cite since known 
 as South Emerson, and the lilieral manner in which he placed lots 
 in that district within easy reach of persons locating here, did 
 much for the building up of the city. 
 
 Outside of his property transactione Capt. Na.sh has aided very 
 much in many of the city's enterjirises. The dill'erent church or- 
 ganizations, the public library and other institutions have shared 
 in his munificence, and he serms at all times to have been ready to 
 make great sacrifices to secure the city's welfare. Therefore, 
 although not directly connected with any liusiness calling, we 
 accord a pronnnent place in our industrial work to ('ai)t. Nash 
 and we slundd consider our record inconij»let<' without a notice of 
 one who has been so intiipately connected with the city's interest.s 
 piiice her very birth. 
 
 At ])resent ('apt. Nasii holds the very resi)onsibl(> office of register 
 or the counties of Manchester and Morris, which include (10 town- 
 ships of Southern Manitoba, and he has his ofiices in the Town 
 Hall lilock. He came to this country in 1S7(>, witli Sir Garnet 
 Wolsley's expedition, practiced law for several years in Manitoba 
 und was the firgt member of parliament from his district. 
 
68 
 
 EMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 JOHN H. BELL, M. A. 
 
 This gentleman is a barrister of Osgoorle Hall, Toronto, and 
 practiced in Ontario for seven years. Since January, 1882, he has 
 identified his interests with those of Emerson, and will in time 
 doubtless build up an extensive practice here. 
 
 Mr. Bell is more intimately connected with industry as agent of 
 the Frontenac Loan and Investment Company, and numerous in- 
 dividual capitalists of Ontario, and the funds of t'lese he places in 
 real estate securities, and thus is a medium for bringing distant 
 capital to assist in the development of this country. ?Iis offices 
 are located on Dominion street. 
 
 W. SIDNEY SMITH. 
 
 This gentleman is a barrister of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and has 
 practiced for a Ion" term of years in the courts of Ontario. In the 
 fall of 1881 he came to Manitoba, and has cast in his lot with the 
 Gateway City, and there can be no doubt about him in due time 
 building up an extensive practice in this city of his adoption. 
 Such men as he are welcome in Manitoba, as their extensive ex- 
 perience must prove of great v ilue to this North Western com- 
 munity. His oflices are in the Fairbahks Block, at the corner of 
 Main and Church streets, near to Merchants Bank. 
 
 CARNEY HOUSE. 
 
 This structure is another monument to the enterprise and public 
 spirit of the Mayor of the Gate City, whose name it bears, and 
 supplit'H Kmerson with a hotel, which is unsurpassed, if equalled, 
 in conifort and elegance by any iiouso of its class in the Canadian 
 North West. It is located on I'ark Str««t and iias a frontage of 
 ninety feet on that thoroughfare and the same on Winnipeg Street ; 
 and with its three Hats and observatory surmounting all, is the 
 leatling architectural ornament of the city. On the street Hoor are 
 tlie spacious ofliccs, the bar-room, one of the finest billiard-hails in 
 the North West, the large pul)lic dining-room, with a private or 
 family dining-room K-adiiig from the same, sample-rooms and 
 kitchen and other iiousehold arrangements. Ascending the luuin 
 
CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, &C. 
 
 69 
 
 stairway to the second floor, we find several large and luxuriously 
 furnished parlors and numerous roomy and well ventilated bed- 
 rooms, while in one whig of the building are the servants' sleeping 
 apartments separate from other portions of the house. The third 
 floor is an exact/ac .■;/??ii7e of the second, the rooms being Cfjually 
 large and well furnished, while from the main hall-way a staircase 
 leads up to the observatory where a magnificent view of the whole 
 surrounding country can be obtained. Altogether, the arrange- 
 ments of the house are of the most perfect discription, and show 
 that in its construction the comfort and conv- i.ience of guests has 
 been the one point kept steadily in view. 
 
 The present lesee of the Carney House is Mr. Alex. Davidson, 
 an old hotel man from Ontario, who gives every })r()mise of being 
 an ideal ■' mine host," and one of the most popular hotel-keepers 
 of the North West. 
 
 CHURCHES, SCHOOLS. &C. 
 
 The spiritual and educational wants of the people of Emerson 
 are well looked after, if we are to judge from the following facts 
 and figures regarding her churches : Six denominations of Chris- 
 tians have been holding services in the city, namely, the Church of 
 England, the Presbyterians, the Methodist Church of Canada, the 
 Methodist-Episcopal, the Baptists and the Catholics. 
 
 Thk CiUHcii oi' E.NCiLAM) has been established here since 1874 
 and now has some 200 members besides almost fifty casual attend- 
 ants. The Rev. C. J. Jkenton, M. A. is the present incumbent, and 
 the body have a church and other property in the city, value lor 
 almost §10,000. They are now importing a fine new pipe organ at 
 a cost of 81,800. 
 
 TiiK pKKsnvTKHiAN CiitrKU has also been establisljcd in Emer- 
 son since 1874, and now has a mendtershij) of sixty-one, with 
 about 2')0 persons altogether connected with the church. The Kev. 
 Thomas McGuireis pastor, and thecouirregation own a church and 
 other town ])roperty value for over So 000. 
 
 TiiK Mk'iikiiust ( III iuh ok Canada has a flourishing congre- 
 gation of eighty members aixj about 200 adherents in this city, and 
 owns a church and other jjropcrty value fur about 810,000. The 
 
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 EMERSON, MANITOBA. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Yountf, one of the pioneer Methodist ministers of the 
 North West, is its pastor. 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal Church has had an organi'-^tion in 
 tliis city since soon after the town was laid out. At present the 
 Rev. R. M. Pope is pastor, and the body own the finest church in 
 town and other property valuf; for $8 000, and about 280 persons 
 are connected with the cliurc'.i. 
 
 The Baptist Chtrch is represented by a congregation of some 
 si.>:ty members and about 100 adherents, who own a church and 
 other town property value for S5,000. Tlie Rev. James Anderson 
 is the present pastor. 
 
 The Catholic (.'iirRcii: About 150 persons are connected with 
 tliis denomination in and around Emerson. Until late last fall 
 regular services were conducted ])y the Rev. Father Marcil, but 
 have since been discontinued. The church owns an edifice and 
 other property in town value for over $10,000, and it is expected 
 that a clergyman will soon be appointed to the charge. 
 
 THE SCHOOL acconnnodation of Emerson is now ample for the 
 demands of tlie city, since the erection of the fine new town school 
 house. This edifice is built of brick, is an imposing two-story 
 structure surmounted by a belfrey, and in its four rooms has ac- 
 commodation for about 500 pupils. jNlr. R. L. Shaffner, B. A., ia 
 tiie present principal, and he is assisted ])y Mr. D. H. McCalman 
 and Miss ^linnie L. Iliggins. The wliole machmery of the school 
 is in a high state of efficiency, and the Boiird of Directors own 
 property in the city value in all for about 815,000. 
 
 This city enjoys many advantages whicli much older and larger 
 towns lack, and these im])rovements are due to the i)ul)lic spirit 
 and enterprise of her citizens. Among the most prominent insti- 
 tutions of ])ublic benefit the Emerson Opera House occupies the 
 first place. It was l)uilt in 1S81 by Mr. A. Rinskopf and J. T. 
 Carney, not as a sp(>cuiatit>n or an establislmient iVom which thev 
 oxix'cted to receive sulficient remuneration \\)V the capital invested, 
 but to supply the demand for a suitable pi. ce for public enterta'n- 
 ments. The size of the building is 3(1x80 feet in area, with a 
 splended stage elegantly fitted with ])iano, dressing-rooms, scenery, 
 &c. ,')('>x24 feet. The cost of this building was about ^7,50() — and 
 has the capacity of seating 000 people. 
 
 
 
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 INDUSTRIAL PROSPECTS, 
 
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 IHDUSTRIAL PROSPECT. 
 
 The best index to prosperity in the future is to be drawn from 
 what lias taken placx' in the past, and if we reason tiins re;:;ar(lin,!j; 
 the city of lOnierson lier prospects an; certainly l)ri,i!;ht. In the 
 year iSSn the value of her assessed property was 847(5.1)38, while 
 her population did not exceed 800. In 1881 the value had increased 
 to 8748,260, and by the close of the year her population was nearly 
 treble what it was at the close of 1880. W'lien we come to the year 
 1882 we are entering upon the })rospective, although we have a 
 number of exact figures to guide us. With the amount of building 
 done during the past year, and the steady advance in the price of 
 all property in the city, the value of assessed property within the 
 old city limits will not be less than $1,500,000, and if we take into 
 consideration the twelve river lots ui' the parish of 8t. Agathe, 
 which will almost certainly be added to the corporation during the 
 present session of the ijrovincial parliament, the figures will be 
 considerably over S2,000,000. At present the population of the city 
 is about 3,000, and liefore the close of the year this will be raised 
 to 5,000, while the volume of business will, in all probability, reach 
 pretty near to $5,000,000. 
 
 There are many influences besides tlie enterprise of her business 
 men, helping to accomplish these great results for Emerson. First 
 among these is the construction of the Pembina branch of the Can- 
 adian Pacific Railway into the city which will make all Southern 
 Manitoba tributary to her commercially, and nuke her one of the 
 finest points in the whole North West for the location of wholesale 
 mercantile concerns ; and seondly, the Northern Pacific and other 
 American railways now being constructed into the North West are 
 all making for Emerson, as the point at which they must even- 
 tually cross the international boundary line. Her [)ositioa in the; 
 near future as the k'-V to the North on one hand and the South on 
 the other is a matter of certainty, and she is destined to becomt; 
 the greatest railroad centre in Manitoba. All tiiese advantages 
 have evidently been recognized by the Dominion Government, and 
 with tlu! oi)ening of the spring of 1882 Emerson has been raised to 
 R customs port of entry for the Province ol Manitoba. 
 
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 PAOB. 
 
 T^TI.K PAGE 1 
 
 i.vrRUDUCTION 2 
 
 VUE GRKAT CYNADIAN 
 :> JRTII WEST 3 (o S 
 
 EMElv.5« N to 10 
 
 FINANHE, REAL ESTATE AND 
 INSURANCE 17 to So 
 
 Chipman, F. N. & Co 24 
 
 Ciuxtdii & Rouj^hton 2'^ 
 
 Full. Cliarlcs 2") 
 
 Golden Real Flstate Rooms . . 19 
 
 Ht'plxirn & Irwin 17 
 
 Joimstoii Bros 22 
 
 Lea & Co 18 
 
 Macfarlane & Keaii 22 
 
 Martin, Hamel i^ Vo 20 
 
 Mercliants' I'.ank of Canada . . IS 
 
 Mclnnes, ]) J 21 
 
 Nii<rent. Wild ct Co 20 
 
 Noble & Follis 25 
 
 MANUFACTURING INTER- 
 
 I':8TS 2() to :w 
 
 Carniichael. Jolin \^? 
 
 Carney & Watson ?.^ 
 
 Christie & Fares 31 
 
 Crawford Rros 8;{ 
 
 EnifM'.son Afrricultnral Works. . .20 
 
 Evans, David ?>0 
 
 Johnson. James 83 
 
 Noble & Follis 29 
 
 Pvke& Allan 29 
 
 Rvan, .Michael 32 
 
 Siibin. Edward & Co 30 
 
 Stantier, Ciirran & Frazer. ... 27 
 
 MERCANTILE INTERESTS. . 34 
 
 Apothecarie's Hall 47 
 
 Ashdown ct Co 34 
 
 Chalmers it Carnej' 37 
 
 Dick, R('bert . . 44 
 
 Doran, A. II 49 
 
 Flexo.i, C 41 
 
 Frazer, John 39 
 
 Frost & Wood 3(5 
 
 Foster, Robert 42 
 
 PAOB. 
 
 Fkuiry, J. H 50 
 
 Harris, A Sons & Co 48 
 
 Hewson, J. S 49 
 
 Jackson, O. P 40 
 
 J'ines, Ambrose D 40 
 
 Killer i\: A kins :- . 40 
 
 Loii^', ("has 44 
 
 Mix well, D. & Co 43 
 
 McLean, D. H 47 
 
 Noble ik Follis 40 
 
 Rinskopf. A 45 
 
 Shead, W. H f.l 
 
 Snirel, W. J ]7 
 
 Walton & Bird 35 
 
 Wardrop. John & Co 38 
 
 Wcsbrook & Fairchild 41 
 
 Wiltse, W. M 44 
 
 HOTELS. 
 Canadian Pacific Hotel .... 52 
 Gateway House 51 
 
 PRESS. 
 
 (^lateway Express 53 
 
 International 53 
 
 ROUTE TO AND FROM EMER- 
 
 SOX 54 to 57 
 
 IM PO RT ANT I N DI VI DU A LS 
 
 58 to 60 
 
 Bnrnham. F. E 59 
 
 Carnev. Tho-; 58 
 
 Fairbanks, W. N 59 
 
 Carbert ct Lett GO 
 
 Cameron, Dr. D. H 60 
 
 Summary of Industries . . 01 to 03 
 
 TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. . .04 
 
 Baldwin, G. F 05 
 
 Bell, John H 08 
 
 Bradley, (blleetor F. T 05 
 
 Carnev House 08 
 
 DouKlas, P. B. and David. ... 04 
 
 Emerson ILjuse 05 
 
 McAskill, M. R. & Co 00 
 
 Nash, Capt. W. H 07 
 
 Smith, Sidi\ev W 08 
 
 Stiles, A. W.' <iO 
 
 Whitman, J. W (U 
 
 CHURCHES, StniOOLS, & C. . 69 
 
 INDUSTRIAL PROSPECT. . . 71 
 
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