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Introduction

This booklet is issued in appreciation of the Tenth Annual Convention of the Union of Municipalities, held I New Glasgow, August 25th, 26th, and 27th, 1915.

It is intended to suggest in a manner, the industrial and manufacturing progress of the several towns and the Munici­ pality, which constitute the County of Pictou,—a County which is rich in historical worth; of premier importance in all Canada, from an educational standpoint, and a County whose commercial prosperity has kept pace with the life of an energetic new country.

During their stay, the members of the Union, are parti­ cularly invited to observe the many interests at work building for a great future, and in visiting as many as possible of the industries measure for themselves, the value of the activity to the Province as a whole.

Special arrangements "will be made to enable the visitors to inspect works not on the direct electric line, such as the Standard Clay Products—in which Municipal and Civic offi­ cers are especially interested—and the Nova Scotia Woollen Mills at Eureka. Industrial Souvenir of

Program

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25th. 9.00 a.m.—Meeting of the Executive at the Town Hall.

9.30 a.m.—Delegates will register name and address. Introductions and Informal Reception.

10.00 a.m.—Addresses of Welcome.

His Worship, Mayor Grant, of New Glasgow. His Honor, Warden Thompson, Pictou County. His Worship, Mayor Primrose, of Pictou. His Worship, Mayor McDonald, of Stellarton. His Worship, Mayor Munro, of Westville. His Worship, Mayor Strickland, of Trenton.

Replies on behalf of the delegates. / Presidential Address. J. W .McKay, Deputy Warden, Pictou, Presi­ dent Union Nova Scotia Municipalities.

Financial Report. Arthur Roberts, K. C, Treasurer.

Report of the Executive. Arthur Roberts, K. C, Secretary.

"Labor Problems and the Municipality." John T. Joy, Vice-President Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, Halifax, N. S.

Appointment of Committee on Resolutions.

Notices of Resolutions. Suggestions. Industrial Souvenir of Pictou County

Program—Continued 2.00 p.m.—Sail down the East River to Pictou, and return by '^ motor car via West River Valley and Green Hill.

8.00 p.m.—"The Education of the Blind and Municipal Re­ sponsibility." •Sir C." Frederick Eraser, D. C. L.. Superintendent School for the Blind, Halifax, N. S. "Child Welfare, Municipal Responsibility and Opportunity." Miss Mary Ritchie, Vice-President Halifax Playground Commission.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 26th. 10.00 a.m.—Unfinished Business

Notices of Resolutions. I ' ;

Reports of Special Committees.

"Municipal Insurance." F. W. W. Doane, C. E., City Engineer, Halifax, N. S. *

The Nova Scotia "Town Planning Act, 1915." Thomas Adams, of the Conservation Commis­ sion of Canada, Ottawa.

"The Municipality and the Conservation of the Forests." F. C. Whitman, President Canadian Forestry Association, Annapolis Royal, N. S. A. J. Bannerman, Kenzieville, Picton County.

"The Finger Print System of Identification." Inspector Foster, of the Canadian Criminal Identification Bureau, Ottawa. Industrial Souvenir of Pictou County

Program—Continued "Munitions of War." Major R. Earnest Johnson, Ammunition In­ spector of Canada, New Glasgow, N. S.

Open discussion. Questions and Answers.

1.00 p.m.—Assemble for photo group of delegates.

3.C0 p.m.—Visit by tram car to the Towns of Stellarton, Westville and Trenton.

8.00 p.m.—Band Concert, West Side Park.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27TH. 9.30 a.m.—Meeting of Committee on Resolutions.

10.00 a.m.—Unfinished Business. "Road Making." James W. McKenzie, C. E., Late Assistant Road Commissioner of Nova Scotia, Kenzieville, Pictou County.

"The Town Council." James A. Fraser, Ex-Mayor of New Glasgow.

"Motor Fire Apparatus." F. M. Walters, of American La France Fire En­ gine Company, Elmira, N. Y., and Toronto, Ont.

"The Ticket-of-Leave Man." W. P. Archibald, Dominion Parole Officer, Ottawa.

Open Discussion.. Questions and Answers.

Appointment of Committee on Nominations. Industrial Souvenir of Pictou County

Program — Continued 2.00 p.m.—Meeting of Committee on Resolutions.

Meeting of Committee on Nominations.

"German National and Municipal Ideals." Dr. H. D. Brunt, Principal of Bloomfield Pligh School, Halifax, N. S. •

"British National and Municipal Ideals." Reginald V. Harris, Ex-Controller, Halifax, N. S.

Unfinished Business.

Report of Committee on Resolutions.

Next Place of Meeting.

Election of Officers and Executive.

8.00 p.m.—Banquet in honor of the delegates. I At"

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Municipality of Pictou

When first visited by the white man, Pictou County was inhabited by the Micmac Indians, whose tradition is that when at peace they were comfortable and happy, and when at war, brave and victorious.

The few French settlements made in the county were abandoned at or before the signing of the treaty of peace at Paris, in 1763.

The history of the County really begins with the landing of the brig "Hope" at Pictou, June 10th, 1767, with six families from the New England States. In 1769, the population was 84. Induced by the representations of the agent of the grantees of lands in Pictou County, thirty-three families and* twenty-five unmarried men sailed from Scotland in July 1773 and arrived in Pictou on the 15th September, in the ship Hector. The Hector's passengers were really the pioneers in the effective settlement of the County by Scottish immi­ grants. At the close of the revolutionary war in 1783 large tracts of land were granted to disbanded British soldiers, nearly all of those who settled on their lots were Highland Scotch.

The first minister, James Lyons, came to the County about the year 1765, sent by "The Philadelphia Company" which had a large tract of land here. He lived for some years at Lyon's Brook. After his departure, occasional services were held by ministers settled in Colchester County and by itinerant preachers until the Rev. James MacGregor arrived in 1786, and here fixed his abode. He died in 1830. In 1787 the first two churches were built, one on the west side of the East River, near New Glasgow, and the other at Loch Broom, at the head of Pictou Harbor.

James Davidson of Edinburg was the first schoolmaster. He taught six days in the week, and on the seventh, had Sun­ day school in his residence at Lyon's Brook, probably the first Sunday school in the British dominions.

Coal was discovered at the East River in 1798, and in order to faciliate its shipment, a railroad was begun in 1836, and opened in 1839, from the coal mine to Pictou Harbour, a distance of six miles. 10" Industrial Souvenir of Pictou County

In January, 1871, the first agricultural society—"The West River Farming Society"—was organized and one of the rules adopted by the society is a fair index of the morality and business acumen of the rural population—"if any member shall curse or swear, or use any indecent language, or intro­ duce any subect inconsistent with the business of the society, he shall be fined five shillings." The society held a ploughing match in 1818.

The population of the Municipality, not including towns, according to the census of 1911, was 16,220.

The greatest industry of the Municipality is agriculture, but other industries contribute largely to its wealth.

The following statistics from the census returns of 1911 indicate some of the more important products, namely:—

Live Stock $1,444,756.00 Grains 541,259.UO Dairy Products 421,333.00 Brick Tile and Pottery 74,500.00 Logs and Lumber 412,615.00 Fish, preserved 141,315.00 Leather 386.000.00 Roots 502,734 bushels Hay 60,650 tons m Z a o in &

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Pictou Situation.—Pictou is situated on a hillside on the north shore of Pictou Harbor, (which is on the ) giving it a commanding and beautiful view of the harbor, rivers and countryside. It is the only seaport town of importance with a good harbor for the long stretch of seacoast on the Strait of Northumberland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence between the Strait of Canso and the Miramichi River, 'and is the entrepot for all commerce flowing to and from this sea- coast,, from , the Magdalen Islands and Cape Breton.

Population and Municipal Advantages.—Pictou has a population of 3,300, according to the census of 1911. It has great educational advantages, being the seat of Pictou Aca­ demy, the most famous preparatory school in Canada, whose graduates hold leading positions in all walks of life the world over. It owns its own water system and electric light system, and both are considered models, the water being of the purest, from deep artesian wells, while no other town in the provinces has its streets as well lighted. Its leading streets have per­ manent sidewalks. It has five churches, two banks, two tele- gra'ph lines, express service, and in fact all the conveniences of a city for business and residential life, with the advantage of being an ideal Summer town.

Surrounding Country.—Country surrounding Pictou offers great opportunities for general farming, dairy and mar­ ket gardening. Land is rolling near the sea, becoming hilly inland with rich intervals along the rivers and brooks.

Industries Established.—Largest marine railway in the Maritime Provinces, biscuit and confectionery factory, foundry lobster warehouses and can factories, flour and feed mill, wood-working factories, tobacco factory, motor boat works, building fastest small boats in the world, freestone quarries tannery, marble works. Industrial Souvenir of Pictou County 13

Steamship Communication.—Pictou !has daily steamship communication with Charlottetown, P. E. I., and twice-a-week service with other Island ports. It has twice-a-week service with the Magdalens, and twice-a-week with the northern Cape Breton ports. With the exception of Sydney, it is the only Nova Scotia port having direct and regular communication with Montreal and Quebec by water and having coal shipping piers within its harbor.

Railway Communication.—Pictou's position in regard to rail communication is as commanding as by boat. It is on the I. C. R., a few hours from Halifax, 8 hours from St. John, 9 hours from Sydney, 24 hours from Montreal and Boston, has 8 passenger trains daily and two trains daily to Pictou Land­ ing across the Harbor.

Special Opportunities.—For all industries requiring coal steel and iron, barrel and shook factory to supply fisheries and local factories and for export, pork packing plant, carriage factory, clothing factory.

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Steilarton

Says the stranger: "And so this Is Steilarton; that rare old town, a century old almost, that in its youthful days went by the name of Albion Mines. They tell me it has splendidly equipped collieries, and the thickest seam of coal on the American continent. I expected to see clouds of smoke, and motley heaps of discarded material disfiguring the landscape. I see no chimneys belching forth smoke. Are the collieries idle?" Said the native: "You are right. The place had its birth in the early years of the last century, and its name was many years ago changed to Steilarton, due to the fact that un­ der you lies a seam of coal exceedingly rich in oil, which during combustion emits short flames resembling stars. The collier­ ies are not idle, and no smoke is visible from the fact that electricity is the motive power, and you see no smoke from the generating plant, simply because the boiler equipment is of modern design, putting the smoke to better purpose than send­ ing it out the chimney. It is only within recent years that the town has taken on growth. Why?, you ask. Solely because the former holders of the coal areas held a monopoly of the suiface lands, not only in the vicinity of, but at considerable distances from the collieries. And these lands were not ob­ tainable at less than New York and other congested cities prices.. When under a more discerning management the Company threw its lands open at reasonable rates, the town threw off its swaddling clothes and grew apace. There has been no boom, but a steady, constant and consistent growth. As you can see, the town is beautifully situated on the banks of the East River. The collieries are a mile from the centre of the town. Its Main Street is the most spacious of any in the County. It is a railway junction, with a junction's corollaries, machine shop, repair shops, and round house. For residential or business purposes its location is un­ surpassed in Eastern Nova Scotia. The town has a splendid water system; and the Coal Company is not only ready to supply coal, but electricity at reasonable rates. The plant and the car barns of the Pictou County Electric Company are here. The town has an excellent train, service connecting it with Westville, three miles to the west, and Trenton, four miles, and New Glasgow two miles, to the east." The Town Clerk will answer all reasonable enquiries. I to 9•0

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New Glasgow

The industrial history of New Glasgow, we are told, dates back to its earliest settlement. The tale has been repeated of the mythical Daddy Chisholm, who, straying from his fellows, settled at the river's mouth, wandered inland until he reached the site of the present town, and there, under the shade of Fraser's Mountain, felled a tree and fashioned a dug out. In his rude craft he rejoined his company. The inference is that he made something, and in New Glasgow ever since, the people have already devoted their energies to manufacturing.

This much, however, we do know, the first settlement was late in the eighteenth century. For years it was a great ship­ building centre. Those were the days of wooden ships and a large portion of the commerce of the seven seas was trans­ ported in bottoms that were spiked together on the banks of the East River at New Glasgow.

When wooden ship-building became a lost art, or rather an unprofitable one, the desire to manufacture still lingered with our people. To their credit they did not sit idly and grieve over a departed activity, but turned their thoughts and attention along new lines. Natural born mechanics, ready hands and minds were soon equally expert along the new avenues of enterprise. Their diligence" and preseverance laid the foundation for the present prosperity and commercial im­ portance of the busy town that lies along the twin banks of the East River. Today New Glasgow owes it industrial worth to those fathers who forsaw the possibilities of development of the great natural resources that surround it. It is the commercial hub frpm which the activity of a large population of industrious people radiate; it ranks with premier import­ ance in the list of progressive centres in Eastern Canada, and its position in this regard, is made the more valuable and firm because the foundation of its prosperity is right.

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The thought of mechanics, brings up naturally the iron and steel trades, and the fascination of working, shaping and moulding these sterner products. The pulsations of New Glasgow's life are in a large measure about the harder metals. Yet the visitor, crossing into the town at the Southern border might first form a different opinion. Here is located the plant of the Standard Clay Products, Limited, a large employer of labor, an industry in which the citizens of New Glasgow take just pride. The output of this plant is principally glazed drain and sewer pipe, and the enormous storage yard stacked with the many sizes, is ample evidence of the importance of the product, which has a ready market in the civic corpora­ tions of Eastern Canada. Over two hundred and fifty men find lucrative employment about these works ; a prosperous and pleasant residential life has sprung up about the plant, and there is every sign that the concern has a long lease of activity before it. Twice, since its inception in New Glasgow, has the plant been smitten by fire, but on each occasion it has risen Pheonix like, and builded greater and more stable. It now ranks as one of the most modern and complete Clay working establishments on the Continent.

In the near vicinity of the Standard Clay Products plant are located several small yards engaged in the manufacture of 1 superior building brick. They turn out an excellent product which receives a ready demand in the local markets.

Engaged in the several industries about the town devoted to the allied steel trade industries are several hundreds of men. In time of peace, these concerns are given over to the manufacture of all kinds of Steel products, and find markets in every province of the Dominion. They are all well estab­ lished and in several cases have exclusive lines. At present they are, however, doing a double duty. They are meeting the nation's -.-requirements for an increased supply of war munitions and creating a labour demand that is affording lucrative employment for those unable to serve their country in the firing line. Most prominent in this direction, are the shops of I. Matheson & Company, Ltd., J. W. Cummings, Ltd., Canada Tool & Specialty Company, Ltd., McNeil Motor & Machine Company, Ltd., Steel Furnishing Company, Ltd., and Robinson & Dewar. We are not going to deal with their present activity but mention them more with what concerns them in regard to the general market of the country. View of Standard Clay Products, Ltd.

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One of the oldest firms in Nova Scotia and one possessing a name that has grown the more honored as the years went by, for honesty and square dealing, I. Matheson & Co., founders and machinists, hold a high place in the estimation of the Canadian business world. It was workmen from this shop that built the first steel ship, the three masted 'James William,' to be launched in Nova Scotia. Their usual output is engines, boilers and machinery common to all general foundries.

The business carried on by the firm of J. W. Curftmings Limited, is rather unique. The late founder was a very skilled workman, he entered upon the manufacture of mining tools in a small way. The demand rapidly increased, the business expanded and soon tools made in this shop were being used in every colliery from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In addition, the building of mine cars was taken up, and has greatly added to the business importance of the works. Under its present management, the firm continues to grow, and has assumed an air of stability that warrants the belief that it will long be one of New Glasgow's important workshops.

Better known locally as the "Rifle Sight," the works of the Canada Tool & Speciality Co., must be rated as one of demanding importance to New Glasgow. They constantly employ a very large staff of men. They are concerned princi­ pally in the manufacure of sights for the Ross and other rifles used by the Army. The plant is a model one and equip­ ped with the finest machines for doing delicate work. This equipment assures its continuance in the industrial field, on a safe basis for long after the needs of the battlefield are satis­ fied. To the present efficient management is much of the credit due to the^ position occupied by the Canada Tool & Speciality Company, and while it remains in such capable hands, there is little fear but that it will have ample orders to keep its wheels revolving profitably.

Before ceasing to particularize we are in duty bound to mention the works of the Maritime Bridge Company, a struct­ ural steel plant, ranking as one of the largest labor employers and assuredly one that carries the largest stock of dimension steel in Nova Scotia. Aside from the large Bridge contracts which demand the attention of this firm, and keep their shops extremely busy, they are the Nova Scotia representatives of the United States Corporation. In a large yard equipped with electric cranes to facilitate handling, they carry a com­ plete stock of erection steel in all its dimensions. This steel 22 Industrial Souvenir of Pictou County

is shipped all over the province and the convenience of the large stock to select from, is appreciated by builders. In the bridge line, from these shops have gone out the majority of the large highway, and many of the more important railway bridges of the Province. This plant is well located for trans­ portation and one strongly entrenched from a monetary stand point. To mention in detail the many other industries of New Glasgow, would require too much space. Flour and Feed Mills, Woodworking factories, Jewelry manufacturers. Aerated water bottling establishment, Granite Works and Printing Shops, all to add to the community's prosperity. To dilate upon its industrial worth alone, does not do New Glasgow justice. From a trade standpoint it is admitted that its position is unexcelled,. Surrounded by a fine farming country. It is adjacent to the magnificent collieries of the County and has transportation facilities rapidly improving. On the main line of the Intercolonial, its railway communication is equal to that of any other provincial centre, and by a large public expenditure, a water highway to Pictou Harbour is being provided that will shortly place it in the category of ocean ports. The progress, in a civic sense, of the town during the past few years has been pronounced. It possesses an excellent water system, with an almost boundless supply carried to the town by gravity. Street paving and permanent sidewalks have added materially to its comforts. While it can boast of splendid schools, a fine educational system, an abundance of Churches, every Christian denomination being represented, several theatres and many grand residences, all of which help > to make it a desirable town to live in. An interurban electric car service, links, in a business and social way, the four neighbouring towns, with which it is in such close touch. The steam railway service ties it up to a large rural popula­ tion of happy and prosperous people.

Well lighted, well governed and morally right, New Glasgow is naturally attractive to those who would dwell in the midst of peace and security. To this can be ascribed the large increase in its population during the past decade, and it is not a vain boast, that within a very few years, it will have attained such proportions as will warrant a renewed civic Charter and along with it the great seal, bearing the designa­ tion "City of New Glasgow." Industrial Souvenir of Pictou County 23

Trenton

What is that place that all the smoke and steam, pounding puffing and roaring is coming from ? Is there a battle going on there? Did you say it was all coming from the Steel and Car Plants ? Then it must be New Glasgow. Come nearer. Look again. It was the smoke that you saw drifting over into New Glasgow. The works are situated in Trenton. If there is any place in Canada, that is really busy, that is working to capacity, that is a hive of industry, it is Trenton. Within the anti-German fence around the Steel and Car Works are working twenty-four hundred men, and the num­ ber is increasing every day. Strings of cars of coal, of huge ingots, continually glide in through the openings in this fence, and the twenty-four hundred men, with thousands of horse­ power harnessed to machines, small and mighty, heat, roll, chop, punch, press, finish and ship thousands of tons of iron and steel daily and send it to the furthermost ends of the earth, Australia, Africa, Russia, France, England. In the Steel Works, equipped to do the best heavy forging in Canada, besides their regular output of nuts, bolts, spikes, rivets, pit-rails, fish-plates, axles, merchant-bars and various other products, they are turning out shells, shells and more shells. If each shell killed two men, the German and Austrian armies would be exterminated in eight months by the shells made by this plant alone. These shells on the battle front in France will give our army a chance to fight guns with guns and not with men. In the Car plant they have been making shells and build­ ing cars. Now they are giving their entire attention to building cars for the Canadian, French and Russian govern­ ments. For the Russian government alone are to be built as a first order, two thousand cars. Try and imagine sixteen miles of cars, a solid wall of cars extending from New Glas­ gow to Pictou. These cars are to be shipped in parts to Russia and there set up and ere many months they will be hauling provisions and munitions of war to the mighty Russian steam-roller in Poland and Galacia. Surely Trenton is "doing her bit!" Surely these work­ men are doing their share as well as any soldier in Britain's Armies! 24 Industrial Souvenir of Pictou County

The Eastern Steel with its two hundred men has rarely in its past been busier than at present and besides its ordinary output, is turning out munitions of war from spades to finish­ ed shells. The Humphreys' glass works have had a busy season and they feel the increased and world wide demand for glass, due to the ravaging of Belgium and the destruction of its famous glass industries. Perhaps the thing that will have the most far reaching effect on the future of Trenton is the river improvement. Since 1906 the river channel has each year been improved by straightening and deepening. Since 1913 the locks and dam have been under construction. The project is indeed a big one and one and one half million dollars is being expended in order to change land, mud-flats, and crooked channels, into straight channels and improved docks. The whole object in view is to enable coal, ore and lumber steamers to dock at Trenton. When completed this will make the re-establish­ ment of the smelting furnaces at Trenton very profitable and a certainty in the not far future. Since its incorporation in 1911 Trenton has worked hard to take her place among the well-governed and progressive municipalities of the province. Good water has been secured in abundance. A reservoir has been built. Water-works and. sewers are being installed. Commodious town and school' buildings have been erected. New houses are being built all the time and at the present time there is probably more building going on in Trenton, in proportion to the population, than any town in Nova Scotia. There is a great demand for houses. In fact ten times greater than the available supply, and rentals are offered that make the position of landlord, a paying one. If any workman is looking for a town, where he can build cheaply, where there is good water, where there is a very low rate of assessment, where the schools are good, where he will be among the very best class of workmen, where his employers, when times are dull, have enough enterprise to travel half around the world in search of orders to keep the plant in operation and get them, where the rate of wages is good, and where labour disputes are settled by friend.lv com­ munications between employers anj men H such i way that the outside world never hear about it, then let him come to Trenton. WUSBF

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Westville Westville is situated about five miles to the west of New Glasgow in an almost direct line from Steilarton. Its history dates from the discovery of coal, about the year 1864. Pre­ vious to that time, except for a highway, the forest primeval held unbroken sway. It is now a town of between 4,000 and 5,000 inhabitants. The chief and greatest industry is coal mining. For many years three incorporated companies, the Nova Scotia, Acadia and Intercolonial were engaged in active operations and con­ tributed very largely to the prosperity of the county of Pictou and the revenues of the province. In the course of time the Black Diamond Colliery was abandoned and the Acadia Coal Co., acquired the property. The Acadia Mine which is located in the centre of the town, was operated continually for over 45 years, and in the palmy days of the coal trade, was a large employer of labor, and re­ garded as a well-paying concern. It furnished the public with an excellent article of coal. It is not now working, but there are large quantities of Coal still in the area and shoylld revived demand arise in the future, this mine, which is now known as "Drummond No. 5," the ownership in a part contiguous to the Drummond Colliery having changed, may be again a considerable proaucer. Surface plant and underground work­ ings are kept in a good state of preservation and the mine water is pumped regularly. The Drummond Colliery which has always been the back­ bone of the town is owned and operated by the Intercolonial Coal Mining Company, Limited, of Montreal. It takes its name from the late Sir George Drummond, who was the first President of the Company. It operates three mines, known as No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 and employs at present about 750 men and boys. The output of Coal for July was a little over 20,000 tons. There are four seams of Coal in the property, but only the two upper ones are being worked. The Colliery was opened in 1868 and barring some reverses, has worked con­ tinuously ever since, disbursing pay rolls ranging from $50,000 to $480,000 per annum. Its largest output of coal in one year, 307,844 tons, was produced in 1907, and it employed at that time, not far from 1,000 hands. The mines are well ventilated, and the machinery and appliances for hoisting, screening and handling the coal are of an approved and excellent type. A branch line intersects the within the Industrial Souvenir of Pictou County 27 town limits, and another with a splendid pier terminates at Pictou harbour, so that the marketable product of the Colliery finds abundant outlet both by land and water. Engines and rolling stock are in ample evidence and houses, buildings and other conveniences, complete a good equipment. The Colliery is also provided with a coke-making plant, now quiescent, but ready to resume operation whenever trade conditions improve, and a clay-working plant which is turning out about 100,000 excellent fire bricks and a large quanitity of ground fire clay per month, all obtaining a ready market. The town of Westville was incorporated in 1894 and since then its course has been marked by careful, steady and intelli­ gent progress. Sidewalks have been laid down, water works installed, electric light brought in, a very fine school building erected and other improvements promoted. Financial matters have been handled carefully, which is evident from the fact that the rate of taxation is the lowest of any town in the pro­ vince, with one exception. The first Mayor was Mr. Geo. E. Munro, who is also in charge at the present time, and alto­ gether has served the town in this capacity for five rising into six years, a tribute to his public spirit and a notable evidence of confidence in him by -his townspeople. Mr. Alexander W. McBean fills the duties of which he has discharged continuous­ ly since incorporatfen. The councillors were at the beginning elected by the ward system, but some years ago this system was abolished and has not be re-introduced. Westville is well situated in the centre of the county and is surrounded by good farming districts. By electric rail, it is connected with Steffarton and by the Canadian Government rail, with all parts of the continent. It is not crowded, and has large ground space, giving ample room to grow. Good kealth predominates,* nice residences are in evidence, and the population is kind, intelligent and industrious. Many of the miners and workpeople own their own homes. The town contains six churches, two Presbyterian, 1 Catholic, 1 Angli­ can, 1 Methodist and Salvation Army. It has good schools, commodious halls, well supported fraternal societies, attractive stores in all branches of business, an excellent water system, spacious skating and curling rinks, fine post office and bank buildings and a convenient railway depot. From its commanding and picturesque situation, its cen­ tral and convenient location, abundance of coal, excellent water, low taxation and many priceless advantages the town offers a splendid opportunity either for residence or investment or both. JHILE IN NEW GLASGOW AR­ RANGE, IF POSSIBLE TO VIS­ IT THE PLANT OF THE CAN­ ADA TOOL & SPECIALTY CO. LIMITED. SOME'MEMBER OF THEIR STAFF WILL ALWAYS BE ON HAND TO WELCOME AND SHOW YOU AROUND. ANY TIME SPENT THERE WILL PROVE INTERESTING.

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'iflN our Salt Glazed Vitrified Sewer Pipe we offer the highest ^ type of sewer material. Pipe of our manufacture have been used in practically every city in Canada. Highly glazed and perfectly vitrified. If you are contemplating sewer construction we can quote you some attractive prices. We also make all kinds of fire clay goods. Prompt shipment on all orders.

Made in Canada with Canandian Clay, Canadian Coal and by Canadian Workmen. Standard Clay Products, LIMITED

Three Sewer Pipe Factories : St. Johns, P. Q. and New Glasgow, N. S. Also Fire Clay Factory at St. Johns. HEAD OFFICE: NEW GLASGOW f Ikiiila" in Manufacturers of Sheet and Mmners and shippers of the Plate from 12 guage to one famous "Old Mine Sydney'' inch thick, and up to 50 in­ Coal, an unsurpassed, evap­ ches wide; round, flat and orating coal, high in carbon square mild steel bars, car and low in ash. axles, light rails, bolts, nuts, rivets, railway spikes, cold Best House and Steam Coal drawn polished shafting, spe­ mined in Nova Scotia cial sections for agricultural Unrivalled bunkering facili­ implement manufacturers. ties at the company s loading Heavy forgings & hammered piers at North Sydney, C. B. shafts made to any dimen­ Sailing vessels are loaded sions. promptly.

Iron Ore Mines—Wabana, Nfld. Collieries and Furnaces—Sydney Mines, C. B. Engineering Works—New Glasgow, N. S.

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EaHifrn g>t?el S'txUs ©fftre Eastern (ttnal S>txles (§ffut New Glasgow, N. S. New Glasgow, N. S. The only Complete Stock of Structural Stee in the aritime Provinces. 5,000 TONS I. BEAMS H. BEAMS CHANNELS ANGLES TANK PLATE FLANGE PLATE TEES ZEES FUNNEL SHEETS UNIVERSAL MILL PLATE

The best equipment money can buy to handle and cut shapes and plates. The experience to cut correctly and dispatch quickly.

Material on Hand Ready for Immediate Shipment Plates will be cut to sizes within our own capacity and other material to lengths ordered. Fabricated work furnished promptly from stock. Try us on your next order. WE HAVE THEM ALL The Maritime Bridge Co., Limited Successors to Wm. P. McNeil & Company, Limited

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia J. Wl-Gummins & Son, LIMITED

Manufacturers of Coal Drills, Mine Cars, I and High Grade I Miners Tools

Well equipped Foundry and Ma­ chine Shop connected with the above

Western Office & Warehouse: Leithbridge, Alta.