. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. owners, both in the matter of con- struction, and in the very importantelement of repairs. In this way theyhave unquestionably given a promptand efficient service. There are at present important plantsat Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Colling-wood, Port Arthur, and several plantson Nova Scotian and British Columbiancoast. New plants are actually underconstruction or are planned at ThreeRivers, Que., St. John, , Newcastle,, and Sydney, In the naturalcourse of events the great increases inthis industry will come in the sectionfrom Montreal Eastw
. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. owners, both in the matter of con- struction, and in the very importantelement of repairs. In this way theyhave unquestionably given a promptand efficient service. There are at present important plantsat Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Colling-wood, Port Arthur, and several plantson Nova Scotian and British Columbiancoast. New plants are actually underconstruction or are planned at ThreeRivers, Que., St. John, , Newcastle,, and Sydney, In the naturalcourse of events the great increases inthis industry will come in the sectionfrom Montreal Eastward. Here on theoutlets to the Sea Canadian industrymore nearly resembles the conditionsas illustrated in the great English andScotch shipbuilding rivers. As far asis possible in a country of the extentof Canada, this section represents themaximum possibility of efficient nearness to the sea, and the near-ness to the source of essential supplies. Not that the interior plants will suf-fer, there is a great scope for their ac-. General view of munition machine shops showing lathes engaged in finishing gr ooving, and other machines in interior appearance of the shop is typical of many in Canada. May 12, 1917 HARDWARE AND METAL—Export Section 93 , a great and increasing scope withthe tendency toward wooden ship build-ing, wherein they occupy a particular-ly favorable position. While these two great industriesfostered and encouraged by war con-dition have grown into the premier in-dustries of the country there are athousand other activities less promin-ently in the public eye at the presenttime that are none the less going ontheir way forging out a firm foundationfor Canadian manufacturing activities. Canadas Work in Structural Steel To mention one of these activitiesthat has been a credit to Canada thebridge building and structural steel na-turally comes to mind. These indus-tries while they have developed out-croppings that are definitely connec
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