Picton : the scenic town of Canada : the angler's paradise home . ntly a Canadian Bank thepolicy of the management has been to establish agen- of fruits and vegetables and, indeed, one can spend avery interesting half hour watching the different pro-cesses through which the fruit passes ere it becomes acanned, marketable goods. Besides the above mentioned there are two evaporators,two fruit houses, foundry, two barrel factories, two gristmills, one saw mill, a cement factory, two brick yardsand marine repair shop all of which are in constant oper-ation. On the outskirts of the town there is al
Picton : the scenic town of Canada : the angler's paradise home . ntly a Canadian Bank thepolicy of the management has been to establish agen- of fruits and vegetables and, indeed, one can spend avery interesting half hour watching the different pro-cesses through which the fruit passes ere it becomes acanned, marketable goods. Besides the above mentioned there are two evaporators,two fruit houses, foundry, two barrel factories, two gristmills, one saw mill, a cement factory, two brick yardsand marine repair shop all of which are in constant oper-ation. On the outskirts of the town there is also situatedan ashery and soap factory. All told it is estimated thatupwards of two thousand men are steadily employed inthese industries, and rarely indeed is an idle man to befound in the town the whole year through. Shipping Industry* From its central location it is but natural that Pictonshould be the main port of call in the Bay district. Dailypalatial boats ply between the town and all ports withinthe inland waters, while all or nearly all the larger craft. In the Long Reach. cies in centres outside of the Dominion, until at the pres-ent time it has about 100 Canadian branches, with agen-cies in London, New York, Chicago, Spokane, New-foundland and Mexico. During its existence the Bankof Montreal has been one of the most effective agenciesin promoting the development of Canada, and is perhapsentitled to the undisputed title of Canadas NationalBank. What We Manufacture. The town of Picton is a distinctly progressive one andher numerous factories reflects great credit upon the en-ergy and business instincts of her most prominent andthrifty men. Here several of the largest canning fact-ories in the province are situated, their number beingaugmented this year by the large up-to-date plant of theWright Co. Here has been installed the very latestapparatus for the preparation and canning of all kinds running between Hamilton, Toronto and St. LawrenceRiver ports load or unload at
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