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Title: Fredericton. The Capital City. The coming industrial and distributing centre of the province. Some of its great advantages and opportunities. Facts for financiers and arguments for artisans
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: McDade, George M Fredericton. Board of Trade
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Publisher: Fredericton, N.B. : Fredericton Board of Trade
Contributing Library: Queen's University Library, W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library
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of the follow-ing lines:—Automobiles, Boots and Shoes, Bags, Biscuits, Bottles, Clothing, Furniture, WoollenGoods, Shirts and Collars, Pulp and Paper, Leather, Lasts, Flour, Gloves, Cotton, Pottery, Rub-ber and Felt Goods, Steel Castings, Tiles and Woodenwares and for the establishment of CanningFactories, Pickling Factories, Pork Packing Plant, Cap Factories, etc. These are but a few of the countless opportunities which FREDERICTON offers. The capi-talist or manufacturer looking for an ideal city to establish a factory cannot afford to overlookthe advantages of New Brunswicks capital, but should come and assist in the making of a newFREDERICTON. A FREDERICTON manufacturer would not only have the growing market of the MaritimeProvinces, but he would be in a position to compete for the larger market of Canada, on accountof the fact that FREDERICTON enjoys a freight rate to the Pacific Coast that compares fav-orably with that from the larger Eastern centres of Canada. Page Thirty-two
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M. Hyan & Sons, most modern Brick and Tile Plant in Canada. OTHER SIGNS OF PROGRESS. In addition to the construction of railways and the advancement of other projects, there arenumerous other signs that FREDERICTON is going ahead at a rapid pace. Dredging $50,000.00. During the past few years the St. John River has become filled up so that coal barges andother vessels encountered considerable difficulty. The present federal administration took thematter up on representations from the City Council with the result that provision was made inthe estimates at last session for the removal of 206,000 cubic yards of mud in front of the wharvesand on the channel as far down river as Morrisons mill, a short distance below FREDERIC-TON. Five powerful dredges performed the work and as a result the river is now navigable forthe larger sea-going vessels. Concrete Wharf $24,000.00. THE CITY OF FREDERICTON has made over to the federal government the city dumpproperty at the rear of the City Hall

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