Montreal has been so steadily growing into metropolitan proportions that we must now let students use their imagination by a glance at the following figures and studies.
They are put on record here as reflecting the grounds on which optimistic calculators were looking to the future in 1913 before the outbreak of the Great International War.
I
REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS
The growth may be estimated by the following increase in real estate assessment values:
| 1880 | $ 78,387,759.00 |
| 1890 | 122,859,859.00 |
| 1900 | 185,744,531.00 |
| 1901 | 190,952,235.00 |
| 1902 | 194,045,075.00 |
| 1903 | 200,622,335.00 |
| 1904 | 207,338,585.00 |
| 1905 | 219,047,960.00 |
| 1906 | 255,013,389.00 |
| 1907 | 272,761,032.00 |
| 1908 | 299,157,416.00 |
| 1909 | 329,933,089.00 |
| 1910 | 428,585,356.00 |
| 1911 | 501,291,812.00 |
| 1912 | 638,021,625.00 |
| 1913 | 791,820,595.00 |
To present a picture of the present activities the following list shows the buildings valued over $70,000 which are under construction in Montreal at the present time, or have been finished since April, 1912.
II
STATEMENT OF BUILDINGS OCCUPIED BY PROPRIETORS OR TENANTS, ALSO VACANT, AND IN ERECTION (1912)