. Canadian grocer January-March 1919. antages of selling thebetter lines, Mr. Paul locatedwhere he would be ideallysituated to meet this Pauls first store wason St. Catherin Street, wherenow stands the John Murphydepartmental store. Movingfrom here to the corner ofSt. Catherine and MetcalfeStreets, Mr. Pauls businesslife was spent here for overthirty years. Rents becom-ing abnormally high, it wasfelt that a location in theclosely populated residentialdistrict would serve his growingtrade well, and in accordance withthis decision a large store waserected at the corner of University S
. Canadian grocer January-March 1919. antages of selling thebetter lines, Mr. Paul locatedwhere he would be ideallysituated to meet this Pauls first store wason St. Catherin Street, wherenow stands the John Murphydepartmental store. Movingfrom here to the corner ofSt. Catherine and MetcalfeStreets, Mr. Pauls businesslife was spent here for overthirty years. Rents becom-ing abnormally high, it wasfelt that a location in theclosely populated residentialdistrict would serve his growingtrade well, and in accordance withthis decision a large store waserected at the corner of University Burnside Place. A branch store hadbeen established at this point some yearsbefore, but improvements decided uponand carried out gave the firm a largestore, replete with ample facilities forconducting a modern business, cold stor-age being embodied in the new buildingand large storage capacity for the exten-sive stock carried, being otherwise af-forded. Mr. Paul was interested in many var-ied activities, but more particularly in. The Late WALTER PAUL FOLLOWING an illness of severalmonths, Walter Paul, a veterangrocer of Montreal, died lastThursday at his home on Park avenue,at the age of eighty-one. There was probably no retail grocerin the eastern part of Canada who en-joyed a wider acquaintance than did thelate Mr. Paul and the news of his de-mise was received by hundreds of personal friends with the keenest of , until his illness laid him aside lastfall, Mr. Paul was daily at his officedesk, where he was a familiar figure formany years. Mr. Paul came from Scotland, where,in 1838 he was born at Killearn, Stir-lingshire. At the age of 25 he sailedfor Canada and resided in Quebec cityfor three years. At the expiration ofthis time he came to Montreal in 1866?nd has been a constant resident since,and during the greater part of this timewas definitely connected with the gro-cery trade. It was not long before Mr. Paul ven-turned into business on his own
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