. London, Ontario, Canada : resources and advantages / prepared by the City vigorous cam-paign for n-ew industries. During the first six months SEVEN new industries were added. The manu-facturing interests of the City (covering seventy-four lines, numbering two hundred and thirty-seven),represent a capital of upwards of $15,469,635, employing 12,000 hands and representing an annual wage bill of over $4,375,831. In six years, 1905 to 1911,the City has grown from 40,104 to 52,739, and the assessment of all taxable property increased from $20,141,161 to $31,694,805. This steady growth is
. London, Ontario, Canada : resources and advantages / prepared by the City vigorous cam-paign for n-ew industries. During the first six months SEVEN new industries were added. The manu-facturing interests of the City (covering seventy-four lines, numbering two hundred and thirty-seven),represent a capital of upwards of $15,469,635, employing 12,000 hands and representing an annual wage bill of over $4,375,831. In six years, 1905 to 1911,the City has grown from 40,104 to 52,739, and the assessment of all taxable property increased from $20,141,161 to $31,694,805. This steady growth is un-doubtedly due to its centralposition in the western pen-insula, its two transconti-nental railways with net-work of branch lines, andthe splendid supply of laborfor all classes of industries,and its advantageous posi-tion with Port Stanley. Port Stanley, a good har-bor, 23 miles away, on whichthe government is spendingmuch money, is connected bythe citys own railroad, withfixed rates, making Londona lake port. Coal for manu-facturing purposes is obtain-able for $ per
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