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plant*, brass foundry, shipbuilding and \arinnx other indn* 

 me*. New Industrie* which have arranged !.. establish here and 

 commenced operation- represent an expenditure of alnmM 

 >,OUO, and involvr tin- employment of nearlv J,<**> hand-. 

 I lu- xi- industries arc railvvav rolling .stork (loconx tu es except 

 March, bedding, WHY fence, tubes, nails, steel railwav equipment. 

 brick and tiK . pn cd brick. The terminal elevator capacity in 

 i'Hj was 20414,000 bushels; now under con>trncti.n. 7,750,000; 

 total 28,164,000. The value of improvements carried out in IH-' 

 along the water front of the city, including dredging, dock*. 

 elevators and warehouses, reached a total of $14,000,000. 



The water, light, telephone and sewerage systems of the city 

 are municipally owned and controlled, as is also the electric railway. 

 Hydro-Electric power is generated from Kakabeka Falls, 45,000 

 horse-power has been already developed, and can be increased to 

 100,000. The city streets are clean, paved and boulevarded ; there 

 are many handsome business blocks, apartment houses and 

 rexidcnces; and eight public parks and playgrounds. The city has 

 a V.M.C.A. building which cost $120,000, a Collegiate Institute and 

 eight public schools. The population in 1907 was 13,882; in I-HJ. 

 about 25,000. The assessment for 1912 was $24,362,267; for nil.}. 

 $38,895,251. 



The city is in a mineral district of hematite and magnetite ore, 

 and adjacent is a fertile agricultural country where many settlers 

 have located. In the districts west of Fort William there are 480 

 men working in connection with the Ontario Government new roads 

 construction, which will prove a boon to the farming community. 

 Big game, moose, deer, bear, etc., are found in close proximity to 

 the city, while small game abound in the neighbourhood. 1 hind- 

 of tourists visit Fort William and vicinity. 



Port 'Arthur. 



The city of Port Arthur, situated on the shore of Thunder 

 Bay, at the head of navigation on Lake Superior, is on the main 

 line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and is the lake terminn* of 

 the Canadian Northern Railway. It is about 1400 miles from tide- 

 water on the St. Lawrence at Quebec, and about 1,900 miles from 

 the Pacific Ocean. The city is the Canadian terminus of the 

 Northern Navigation Company, the Booth and White Steamship 

 line, the Montreal and Lake Superior Steamships, and the Chicago 

 and Dtriuth Transportation Company, the headquarters of the 



