. The town of Levis & environs Canada, 1912. •si H a m w H X s Oh Htf Eh HQ H «! SHI?W c ft. fc L E V I S 27. THE CANADIAN GENERAL, & SHOE MACHINERY CO. LIMITEDMechanical Engineers & Contractors, Brass & Iron Founders. Photo by A. R. Roy ring all kinds of spruce lumber into,kiln dried shearing and flooring as wellas packing boxes in shooks and kilndried brick flooring, paying in wages$75,000, annually. About 12 years ago Mr. J. B. Blouin& Son established the shoe factorywhich in December 1911 was incorpo-rated as the J. B. Blouin Co. Limitedwith an authorized capital of $100,000and Cleoph
. The town of Levis & environs Canada, 1912. •si H a m w H X s Oh Htf Eh HQ H «! SHI?W c ft. fc L E V I S 27. THE CANADIAN GENERAL, & SHOE MACHINERY CO. LIMITEDMechanical Engineers & Contractors, Brass & Iron Founders. Photo by A. R. Roy ring all kinds of spruce lumber into,kiln dried shearing and flooring as wellas packing boxes in shooks and kilndried brick flooring, paying in wages$75,000, annually. About 12 years ago Mr. J. B. Blouin& Son established the shoe factorywhich in December 1911 was incorpo-rated as the J. B. Blouin Co. Limitedwith an authorized capital of $100,000and Cleophas Blouin president, and Hamilton managing director. Thebusiness occupies a main building 30x 100 feet and a wing 30 x 75 feet each4 stories high, covering some 20,000square feet of floor space, equippedwith the very latest machinery Itsoutput consists of Goodyear welts,Mackay welts, pegged and standardscrew, medium and heavy shoes, formen and women. From 110 to 125people are employed, who turn outabout 6,000 pairs of footwear weekly,sold largely to the jobbing trade. TheCompany does an a
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