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EMERSON,

MANITOBA,

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INDUSTRIES.

THE GATEWAY CITY TO THE GOLDEN

NORTH WEST,

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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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

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tariu-

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"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

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
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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.

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;iicli of that
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muiicrous
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in Southern
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money and
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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.

KMERSON, MANITOBA.

•v

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.

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

EMP:RS0N, MANITOBA.

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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,

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-

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

EMEMON, MANITOBA.

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,

KMKHSON, MANITOliA.

»-,

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.

_ "

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,

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.

KMKRS(»N, MANITOHA.

LEA & CO.

}|?;

•'iii.

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.

>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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EMERSON, MANITOliA

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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.

FINANCE, REAL EHTATE AND INHIJUANCE.

[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.

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

FINANCE, REAL E,<TATE AND INSURANCE.

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

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:

acti

iiif

hoi

Cit

F. N. CHIPMAN & CO.

•1

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.

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

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.

men
ers, ;
tri. -

rl*al

' I '

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.

J«

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.

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.

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.

£.

i»

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.

MANUPXCTURING INTEllKSTS.

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

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

MANUFACTURING fNTKRESTS.

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.

y which orig-
lently belongs

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.

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.

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

MERCANTILE INTERESTS.

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

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.

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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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

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MERCANTILE INTERES'iS.

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.

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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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

MERCANTILE INTEHESTS.

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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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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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.

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.

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.

rua

an(

for

cast

niei

the

abi

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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-

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.

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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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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

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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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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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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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,

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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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

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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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