The Burland Desbarats Lith. Co. Montreal
BANK.
Photo. by G. F. Simonson.
FOOTNOTES:
[O] The first steam press in the Maritime Provinces was started in the Morning News building, then situated directly on the south end of what is now called Canterbury Street, but which was not then opened.
CHAPTER X.
Incidents—An Old Corner Burned Down—The Lenders and Borrowers—"Twenty per Cent."—The Shylocks of the Curbstone—The Human Barometer—The Vultures of Commerce—Chubbs' Corner—The Old Commercial Bank—The Telegraph Office—The Bank of New Brunswick—A Hard Worked Cashier—The Post Office—Not a Mail Lost—Quick Despatch—The Nethery House and the Orangemen—The Royal Hotel—The Custom House—The Dead of the Conflagration.