CITY IMPROVEMENT SINCE CONFEDERATION

THE RISE OF METROPOLITAN MONTREAL

THE METROPOLITAN ASPECT OF MONTREAL IN 1868—EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS—THE CITY STREET RAILWAY AIDS SUBURBAN EXTENSION—FORECAST OF ANNEXATIONS—THE CITY HOMOLOGATED PLAN—THE ANNEXATION OF SUBURBAN MUNICIPALITIES IN 1883—TABLE OF ANNEXATION SINCE 1883—PREFONTAINE’S REVIEW OF THE YEARS 1884-1898—IMPROVEMENTS UNDER THE BOARD OF CONTROL—A REVIEW OF THE LAST TWO DECADES OF METROPOLITAN GROWTH—THE CHANGES DOWNTOWN—THE GROWTH UPTOWN.

STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTS: 1. STATEMENT OF BUILDINGS. 2. REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS. 3. RECENT BUILDINGS ERECTED OR COMPLETED. 4. THE METROPOLITAN POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON THE POPULATION OF MONTREAL WITH THE CITIES OF THE CONTINENT. 5. OF THE WORLD. 6. OPTIMISTIC SPECULATIONS FOR THE FUTURE. 7. VITAL CITY STATISTICS IN 1912. 8. A PLAN FOR “GREATER MONTREAL”—THE HISTORY OF THE PRESENT MOVEMENT [651]

UNDER ENGLISH RULE
PART I


CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIC PROGRESS

CHAPTER
ITHE EXODUS—“The Old Order Changeth, Giving Place To New.”
II THE INTERREGNUM—Military Rule.
IIITHE TREATY OF PARIS—New Civil Government.
IVCITY GOVERNMENT UNDER JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
VPRELIMINARY STRUGGLES FOR AN ASSEMBLY—The Case For The Merchants.
VITHE QUEBEC ACT—1774. The Case For The Noblesse.
VIIREVOLUTIONARY WAR OF 1775.
VIIIMONTREAL BESIEGED.
IXMONTREAL AN AMERICAN CITY.
XTHE ASSEMBLY AT LAST. 1791.
XITHE FUR TRADERS.
XIIFRENCH REVOLUTIONARY DESIGNS.
XIIITHE INVASION OF 1812-1813.
XIVANNALS AND SIDELIGHTS.
XVBUREAUCRACY AND DEMOCRACY.
XVIMURMURS OF REVOLUTION.
XVIIIN THE THROES OF CIVIL WAR.
XVIIIPROCLAMATION OF UNION—Responsible Government.
XIXUNDER THE UNION.
XXTHE MUNICIPALITY OF MONTREAL.
XXIANNALS AND SIDELIGHTS.
XXIIUNDER CONFEDERATION.
XXIIIANNALS AND SIDELIGHTS.