. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. er of the firm was in business onNotre Dame St. just opposite the presentCourt House, and before that he was lo-cated on Craig Street quite near thepresent premises. The Craig Streetpremises were established in 1866 sothat the firm of Surveyer has been known to the hardware trade of Mon-treal for over fifty years. The founderof the firm passed away in February ofthe present year, aged 75 years. Hewas a personality well, and widelyknown. The firm has had from theearliest a way of keeping its customers—that principle was the late L. J. pride.
. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. er of the firm was in business onNotre Dame St. just opposite the presentCourt House, and before that he was lo-cated on Craig Street quite near thepresent premises. The Craig Streetpremises were established in 1866 sothat the firm of Surveyer has been known to the hardware trade of Mon-treal for over fifty years. The founderof the firm passed away in February ofthe present year, aged 75 years. Hewas a personality well, and widelyknown. The firm has had from theearliest a way of keeping its customers—that principle was the late L. J. pride. It was is the NotreDame St. establishment, where Mr. Sur-veyer was located for 18 years, that abig portion of the firms reputation wasup-built, but the return to Craig St. andSt. Lawrence Main emphasised the factof the long and well established natureof the business. Before the death ofthe founder the firm was re-organizedinto a Limited Liability Company theprincipals of which are President ArthurSurveyer; Vice-President, Edward Fabre. J. E. MARTINEAU, President,La Cie Martineau, Quebec, Que. Surveyer; Secretary Treasurer, L. , who had been with the firm asaccountant for over twenty-five years,Managing Director, H. R. the first the business has been ageneral hardware business with domes-tic lines, tools, and sporting goods wellto the front. In paints and varnishesalso the name of Surveyer has beenprominent in the retail hardware tradeof Montreal from earliest experience. ECHOES OF PRE-CONFEDERATIONDAYS J. W. Walker, Hardware, of Belleville, Ont., Pioneer in Trade Along Lake Ontarios Shores—Big Business With Lumbering Camps Fifty-Five Years Ago With character unique and marking alink with pre-Confederation days, thesomewhat weather-worn sign Walkersover the hardware store of J. W. Walker,of Belleville, Ont., has marked the loca- tion of that establishment for over halfa century. In the days of 1862, when thepresent owner first began in business forhims
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