SOUVENIR BOOKLET * 1921 THE City of Quebec Municipal Organization General Information FOR Travellers and Tourists COMPILED BY THE CITY CLERK H. J. J. B. CHOUINARD, C.M.G., L.D., F.R.S.C. f * Copyright and rights reserved, Canada, 1921, by H. J. J. B. Chouinard, City of Quebec. 4 rf. 1-H7/ CITY OF QUEBEC To all Tourists and Travelers who visit the Old historic City, the cradle of the Canadian Nation, the Mayor, the Aldermen and the Citizens of Quebec bid a most hearty and cordial welcome 1 JOSEPH SAMSON, Mayor of Quebec. The City founded in 1608 by the famous and immortal Samuel de Champlain, the father of New France, feels honoured by the kind visit of its friends and admirers and is most grateful for the high compliment thus paid to the natural beauties and attractions with which it is adorned, as well as to the glorious and heroic deeds which made it famous and prominent in the history of the New World. Gentlemen.—You stand here in the midst of French Canada, a land worthy of your favourable appreciation, of which many amongst you perhaps know too little, a region which has been sometimes pictured to you under the false light of prejudice arising from the lack of proper information partly due to the diversity of languages. Now Gentlemen.—We are proud to say that French Canada stands ready to face the most rigid investigation of what it is worth, and we are sure that when you know us better you will pass a favourable judgment upon this section of our Dominion. Let us sum briefly the arguments and facts which plead in our favour. The territory of the Province of Quebec is immense, fertile and offers attractive homes to millions more of population. In it Nature has been prodigal of scenic beauties which seem to reach their climax around the promontory of Quebec. 3 The climate is healthy and our Canadian winter affords invigorating and pure air, which is beneficial for the raising of a strong and sturdy race, whilst our warm summer blesses us with all the advanta¬ ges of milder regions. Our mineral wealth is varied and inexhaustible, and we are proud to say that our asbestos mines are leading by far in the production of this valuable asset. Our forest kingdom is still rich in all kinds of timber. Take for instance our immense supply of pulp wood wdiich is so much appreciated by all those w r ho are in need of an abundant supply of paper to satisfy the ever growing demands of print¬ ing and journalistic enterprises. v Our agriculture is flourishing and opening in all directions new fields for the cultivation of our fertile land. The courage, endurance and perse¬ verance of our settlers are unsurpassed anywhere wherever they undertake to clear the dense forests in unexplored regions. The port of Quebec, discovered by the famous captain Jacques-Cartier, in the year 1535, is actually one of the finest and promises to be one of the best equipped in the world. It has been said that our deep water river front extending over thirty miles on both sides of the St Lawrence between the Great Bri Ige and the Island of Orleans, could harbour the largest fleets of the Great Naval Powers of the world. II you now turn to our industrial possibilities, you will find that our Province of Quebec stands foremost in the w r ealth of its water-powers, the largest of which are in the district of Quebec. The Montmorency Falls are probably the most wonderful of their kind, being second only to the Niagara in Ontario and the Zambeze in Africa. Our population is religious, moral, law-abiding and absolutely adverse to the revolutionary ideas which are presently a menace to Society. Our mechanics and workingmen are intelligent, cons- 4 cientious, quick at work and easily trained to become expert and skilled laborers. Referring to our education, we stand in good place as to the number of our educated population. Our schools are all over remodelled as well as the programs of the studies. Our superior schools, colleges and universities are second to none and are overcrowded with attentive pupils. Let us now turn to the world wide reputation which Quebec enjoys as being one of the most interesting historic Cities in this Continent. Since the foundation of Quebec, in 1608, by Sa¬ muel de Champlain who erected his “Habitation” just below our magnificent Dufferin Terrace, at the very place where we can see the Notre-Dame des Victoires Sanctuary, the appearance of the City has changed a great deal, but the general outlines have always been the same, built on the rocks for all eternity. Whilst survive in our hearts the sacred memories of our illustrious founders, the endurance and undaunted perseverance of our early settlers, the heroism of our martyrs, the virtues which adorned the clerical and monastic life of our clergy and religious communities, the gallant deeds of our soldiers, we keep with jealous solicitude the vene¬ rable buildings, the land marks, the battlefields, the old fortifications and still more, the language, the habits and traditions of our ancestors. But, Gentlemen, you may in the same time judge by yourselves that whilst remaining very conservative in our ideas, we have not been adverse to modern progress and are executing a vast pro¬ gram of civic embellishment and of commercial and industrial development. The population of Quebec has increased, from 78,000, in 1911. to over 116,000, in 1920. Quebeo is essentially a bilingual City, over 100,000 of its inhabitants being French speaking, and the remain¬ der English speaking. We are happy to say that the most tolerant and cordial relations exist between all classes of the population, notwith¬ standing the diversity of languages and of religious creeds 5 We have more than trebled the extent of our civic territory, since the year 1833, when Quebec was officially elevated by Queen Victoria to the rank of a chartered City. We have asphalted and paved in stone, in brick and in asphalt, miles and miles of our streets bordered with sidewalks oi the most modern type. Our electric lighting system and the cleanliness of the City are the pride of the citizens. Our waterworks and drainage systems can compare with those of the most pro¬ gressive Canadian Cities. Our protection againts fire and our police organization have been and are being constantly improved. Our Board of Heatlh is equal to any on the Continent for a City of the size of Quebec. Our civic credit ranks among the best in the financial markets of London and New-York. Our prospects of future commercial and indus¬ trial development are most encouraging. We stand prominent in the leather industry and boot and shoe factories. We are in hopes of reviving here the industry of shipbuilding which made Quebec famous in the past. We are becoming a railway center of importance on account of the monumental Quebec Bridge. Three transconti¬ nental lines and a dozen or more of subsidiary railways are centering in and around our City. Gentlemen, T appeal to your kindness to excuse the rather enthusiastic plea which I am now making in favour of our dear old Quebec. We are following in the steps which your kind predecessors have traced when referring in glowing praise to the natural beauties and the interesting heroic deeds which adorn the annals of our City. We sincerely hope that a ] l our visitors will carry home a pleasant remembrance of their passage here a d that they will have a kind word to say of our dear Old Quebec, of its growing impor¬ tance and progress, of : ts brilliant prospects for the near future] and of the warm hospitality or its inhabitants. JOSEPH SAMSON, Mayor of Quebec. THE DISCOVERY OF CANADA (1534) JACQUES-CARTIER THE FOUNDING OF QUEBEC (1608) CHAMPLAIN On the 14th September, 1535, forty three years only after the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, a flottilla carrying the French colours dropped anchor in the harbour of Quebec. It was composed of three vessels : “La Grande Hemiine” (120 tons), “La Petite Hermine” (80 tons) and “L’Emerillon” (40 tons), under the command of Jacques-Cartier, a captain of the King’s vessels, who was already illustrious in the Annals of the Port of St-Malo, France. Jacques-Cartier saw bark canoes manned by Indians of the Algonquin Tribes whose Chief, Donnacona, was the Agohanna or King of the hamlet of Stadacone. They surrounded Cartier’s vessels and boarded them. The magnificent promontory upon which our city proudly stands now a days, was known to the Indians under the name of Kebec which in their idiom signifies “The narrowing of the waters.” The whole country was called by them Kanata. Jacques-Cartier sailed up the river which he had named the Saint Lawrence, up to Hochelaga, a hamlet of Indians standing on the very site now occupied by Montreal, the powerful Metropolis of Canada. He afterwards returned to Quebec where he spent the winter on his vessels anchored in the “Riviere Lairet”, during which he lost twenty five men of his crew carried away by the “scurvy”. Jacques-Cartier made three other trips to Cana¬ da. More than sixty years elapsed before France resumed the project of founding a permanent establishment on the shores of the Saint Lawrence. 7 Samuel de Champlain, also a captain of the King’s vessels, which the Town of Brouages, in Saintonge, claims as one of its most illustrious citizens, who had already visited Quebec once in 1603, returned to Quebec where he laid the foundations of our City on the 3rd of July, 1608, More fortunate than Jacques-Cartier, Champlain was laying down the foundations of a French Colonial Empire which later on absorbed the finest half of the North American Continent. To this great enterprise, Champlain devoted the whole of his life practically (from • 1603 to 1635) with a courage, a perseverance never daunted and a far-seeing and prophetic wisdom w r hich w r on for him the revered name of founder of Quebec and the father of New France. In 1629, he was robbed of the fruit of his labour by the fugitive conquest which the Brothers Kertk, adventurers in the service of England, made of Quebec. But, in 1632, by the Treaty of Saint Germain en Laye, the rising Colony was restored to France and Champlain returned to Quebec, to resume his labours and died in 1635, revered, trusted and respected by all and leaving behind unanimous and universal regret. THE ORIGINS OF THE FRENCH COLONY OF QUEBEC AND NEW FRANCE Here follow some interesting remarks on the origin of the French Colony founded in Quebec, in 1608. Our French Canadian ancestors have been picked out from the best and purest blood of our Mother-Country and w r ere sent here to lay the foundation of an American France. The Marquis of Roberval is the only one of the adventurous chiefs sent from France to Canada who recruited a portion of his crew among out¬ casts of the French prisons or from convicts. A severe choice was made of the men and women who applied for permission to go to Canada. In many cases those that distinguished themselves 8 by their disorderly life or their vices went through the ignominy of the pillory right in front of this City Hall before being transferred on board the ships which carried them back to France as undesi¬ rables . The royal hands of Francis the First, of Henry the Fourth, of Louis the Thirteenth, and of the Great Louis the Fourteenth signed themselves the parchments attesting the birth of the rising Colony and the Statutes of our primitive national organ i- zation,and their advisors were no less than the great Ministers Sully, Richelieu, Mazarin and Colbert. The noble Church of France had its word to say in the religious organization of the Colony which was entrusted to Francois de Montmorency Laval, our first Bishop whom Louis the Fourteenth pointed out in the throng of his brilliant cour¬ tiers by calling him : “My cousin” and the first plans were drafted by Saint Frangois de Sales, Saint Vincent de Paul and the venerable M r. Olier, founder of the Congregation of Saint- Sulpice, whilst such illustrious benefactors as Ann of Austria* Queen of France, the Duchess d’Aiguillon, Madame de la Peltrie, the Marquis of Gamache, the Commander of Sillery endowed New France with missionary, educational and bene¬ volent and charitable institutions on solid bases worthy of the foundation of a vast Empire : and see what sterling men France selected as her repre¬ sentatives: Jacques Cartier, the rival of Christo¬ pher Columbus,—Champlain, the great explorer, —Laval, who if he had been ambitious could have remained in France as successor of Richelieu and Mazarin to direct the destinies of the Old World.—de Maisonneuve, Dollard, Lambert Clos- se,—the legion of the LeMoines, Laviolette, de Tracy, Talon, Frontenac, Levis and Montcalm, so many ramparts of the Colony, whilst women of superior education and intelligence like H61ene Boulle, wife of Champlain, Madame D’Ailleboust de Coulonges, Madame de la Peltrie, Marie de l’lncarnation, Catherine de Saint-Augustin, Made¬ moiselle Mance, Sister Bourgeoys appear as so 9 many pure and spotless heroines whose virtues, courage and devotion throw such splendid light throughout the whole of our Annals. For more than one century, Quebec has been almost constantly on the alert and in the expecta¬ tion of massacres by the Indian tribes who were inimical to all European settlers whom they consi¬ dered as the invaders of their hunting and fishing grounds. They were bold enough to attack the white settlers at the island of Orleans, at Beauport, at Beaupre and even within the actual limits of the City on the river St-Charles, at the very doors of the Becollet Friars Monastery, now occupied by the General Hospital. More than once, our ancestors have had to fight against the ambitious policy of England who was hostile to French expansion in the New World. Thus it is that our City has suffered several attacks and memorable sieges : 1. —In 1629, the attack by the Kirtk brothers. The population was only 50 souls. 2. —The constant threat of an invasion by the Iroquois. 0 3. —The attack by Phipps which was so bravely resisted by the haughty governor Frontenac, in 1690. The population was then about 1200. 4. —In 1711, the threatened invasion by the English fleet of Sir Hovenden Walker which was averted by the terrible shipwreck which swallowed up the whole expedition in the lower St-Lawrence ; 5 and 6.—The two sieges of Quebec, in 1759 and 1760, and the pitched battles of Montmorency, of the Plains of Abraham and of Ste-Foye, which secured to England the supremacy in America. In 1759-1760 the population of Quebec was bet¬ ween 6000 and 7000 souls. 7.—The siege of Quebec by the American troops of Montgomery and Arnold who were vanquished by the two combined forces of the two great anta¬ gonistic races who are now united for the develop¬ ment of the Canadian Nation. Leaving aside these warlike episodes, if we pass to the civil life of the inhabitants of Quebec, 10 we are in face of a period which is marked by the fierce struggles which were gone through to conquer for us our political and religious l.berties. For more than one hundred years, Quebec has been the battlefield of parliamentary fights in which the two great rival races fought for supre¬ macy of influence and patronage, or for the safe¬ guarding of religious liberty and maintenance of maternal language, until the day (1866), where, realizing the urg3nt necessity of a friendly unders¬ tanding and common enterprise, both French and English, Protestants and Catholics, united toge¬ ther, ended their quarrels in order to accomplish the grand work of Confederation, the only way to realize the cherished dream of a powerful Canadian Nation. But the oratorical display of eloquence in the Parliaments, the agitations of public meetings did not altogether prevent the natural develop¬ ment of the City founded by Champlain. PAST MAYORS Oh QUEBEC Under French Regime M. de Repentigny. 1663 Major Daine. 1759-1760 Under English Rule 1833-1920 B6dard Elz6ar, (Hon. Judge).1833-1834 Caron, Hon. R. E., (M.P.—Judge, Lieut-Gov. Quebec). 1834-1845 Stuart, Hon. George O. (Judge of Admiralty Court). 1846-1849 Belleau, Hon. N. F., (Legisl. Counc. Pri¬ me-Minister of Canada, Lt Gov. Quebec). 1850-1852 Tessier, Hon. U. J., (M.P., Senator, Judge). 1853 11 Alleyn,Hon. C.,(M.P.,Minister, Sheriff) 185 4 Morrin, Dr Joseph (Founder of Morrin College). 1855 Robitaille, Dr O. 1856-1858 Langevin, Hon. Sir H. L., (M. P. Minister, Ottawa). 1858-1860 Pope Thomas. 1861-1863 Tourangeau, A. G., (M.P.), twice.. Mayor of Quebec...1864-1865- 1870 Cauchon, Hon. Joseph, (M.P., Minister, Ottawa, Lieut-Gov. Manitoba). 1866-1867 LeMesurier J. 1868-1869 Garneau, Hon. P. (M.P.P., Minister Quebec) . 1870-1873 Murphy, Owen. 1874-1877 Chambers, R. 1878-1879 Brousseau, J. D., (M.P. Ottawa). 1880-1881 langelier, Hon. Sir F., (M.P. Quebec & Ottawa, Minister Quebec, Judge and Lieut. Gov. Quebec. 1882-1890 Fremont, J. J. T., (M.P. Ottawa). 1890-1894 Parent, Hon. S. N., (M.P.P. and Prime Minister Quebec). 1894-1905 Tanguay, Georges, (M.P.P. Quebec). . . 1906 Garneau, Sir Georges. 1906-1910 Drouin, Napoleon. 1910-1916 Lavigueur, H. E., (M.P. Ottawa). 1916-1920 Samson, Joseph. 1920- In the list of our 25 past mayors we find that : 4 have become lieut governors of Provinces ; 8 have been cabinet ministers in Ottawa or Quebec; 1 Prime Minister of Canada ; 1 Prime Minister of Quebec ; 5 have been judges in the highest Courts ; 14 were members of Parliament in Ottawa or Quebec ; 12 belonged to the Bar ; 2 were medical men of repute ; 9 belonged to the finance, to commerce or industry. 12 CITY OF QUEBEC City Council 1920-1922 Mayor.—His Worship JOSEPH SAMSON. Wards Aldermen Champlain.Collier J. A. Lantier DrA.A S. John the Baptist.B§dard Dr P.H. Delagrave C. Montcalm.Mercier Jos... .Lesage J. A. St. Roch.Bouchard, J. A . Martin, Dr. V. St-Sauveur.Fiset Dr. M . . .Bertrand, P. Jacques-Cartier .. .Bouchard E .. .Labrecque A STANDING COMMITTEES Chairmen Finance & By-Law ..Lantier, Dr A. A. Public Works.Bouchard J. A. Waterworks.Bouchard E. Police.Mercier, Jos. Fire.Bertrand, P. Health.B6dard, Dr P. H. BOARD OF REVISOR 3 of Munic. Lists His Worship the Mayor, His Honor the Recorder Dr Lantier, chairman of Finance Committee# Board of Assessment : His Worship the Mayor, His Honor the Recorder, Dr Lantier, chairman of Finance Committee. OFFICERS OF THE CITY Heads of Municipal Departments (May 1920). City Clerk. . . .Chouinard H.J.J.B., L.D. C.M.G. F.R.S C., 13 1st Assistant .. .Malouin A., 2nd Asst. & Secre¬ tary of Mayor : Chouinard C.F.X. L.L.L., City Treasurer. .Verge P. N. Asst Treasurer.. Guimont Joseph Auditor.Johnston, J. N., City Engineer.. .Baillairg6, W. D., Manager of water works.Casgrain C. P., Chief Medical adviser.Paquin Dr. C. R. Assistant “ .Gosselin, Dr. Joseph Analyst.Guimont, Dr C. O., Chief of Police. .Trudel Capt. Emile, Chief of Fire brig. Donnelly, L, Alarm TelegraphDuval, P., Legal advisers .. . .Chapleau, J. A., “ . .Theriault, E., M.P.P. Notaries.Allaire Joseph (City), “ .Savard, J., (St. Sauveur) ** .Boily, J. E., (Montcalm.) M .dela Chevroti&re, R. C., (Jac. Car.) Judge of the Recorder’s Court : His Honor E. des Rivieres, Clerk...Dub6, Th6o. Municipally speaking the territory of the City of Quebec is divided in six wards: Champlain, St. John the Baptist, Montcalm, (heretofore Belve¬ dere,) St. Roch, St. Sauveur, Jacques Cartier, (heretofore Limoilou & Stadacona). The City Council is composed of the Mayor, elected for two years by jtllthe electors of the City. Twelve Aldermen also e.ected for two years, two for each ward, one elected by the sole proprietors, (seat No. 1), the other elected by the joint vote of proprietors and tenants. (Seat No. 2). So that the Council is renewed every two years. There has been some agitation in favor of chang¬ ing the system, by abolishing the Council and leplacing the Aldermen by three or five Commis¬ sioners. But public opinion is decidedly adverse to such change for the present. 14 GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF QUEBEC Quebec stands on a high promontory rising over 350 feet above the majestic St. Lawrence. It is over 400 miles inland from the mouth of the great river. On the chart of the world it appears as being: Longitude West of Greenwich : 71-12-23-4. Latitude north 46-48-22-9. The tide rises in the port of Quebec up to about twenty feet. The season of navigation may be computed to last from 1st of April to 31 st of December. POPULATION OF QUEBEC At the death of Champlain the total popula¬ tion of Quebec was hardly about eighty souls. Here follows a statement of the movement of our population at different periods : Year No. of souls Year No. of souls 1665 547 1851 42 ,000 1685 1,205 1861 50,000 1706 1 549 1871 59 600 1716 1 771 1881 62 446 1739 4,603 1891 63,000 1765 8 967 1901 68,840 1790 14,000 1911 79,190 1845 46,000 1919 108,366 To day, three hundred and twelve years after its founding, Quebec, according to the Municipal census taken by our valuators; in September, 1919, has a population of 108,366 souls. The compilers of the Quebec Directory of 1920, •estimated in May 1920, the population of Quebec at 116,850 souls. As to languages and origins, we are divided a s follows : (1920) French speaking. 102,450 English speaking and other languages.. 12.TOO N ot classified as residents but work¬ ing in the city. JO 15 116,850 As to religious belief, we are divided as follows : (1919). Catholics. 107,750 Protestants. 6,800 Not classified as residents but wor¬ king in the City. 2, 300 The territory centering around the city has a population of about 155,000 souls. The latest Municipal Census (1919) shows the following figures : No. of buildings. 10,053 No. of lodgings. 22,498 No. of vacant lodgings. No. of vacant lots. No. of farms & cultivated lands QUEBEC A BILINGUAL CITY Quebec enjoys the distinction of being the most populous agglomeration of citizens of French descent outside of France herself, taking into account their proportion in the whole population of the City compared to the other races. The absolute majority belong to the catholic faith and are of French descent. And another characteris¬ tic of our City is that it is essentially a bi-lingual City, both races being sufficiently conversant in both languages for ordinary intercourse in social or civil life. And we are proud to add that the most cordial relations have always existed and still exist between the varied elements of our population. May I be permitted to add that as the English Language spoken in Quebec is hardly at variance with the English spoken in England, so is the French spoken here as good as the French spoken in the most reputed localities of old France. There is no such thing here or anywhere in French Canada as the “brogue” or “patois”' ^yhiph has 16 been so much talked about by certain writers who had picked out their French language in “vocabu¬ laries” or “tourists guides” of questionable value. I have no hesitation in saying that even the most illiterate French Canadian can cross over to France and be well understood wherever he may go in our old Mother-Country. This has been attested by the hundreds of French distinguished travellers who have visited our Province of Quebec, among whom we may single as being the most prominent the illustrious mem¬ bers of the French Academy who were here a few years ago, and felt quite at home and were unders¬ tood everywhere in our cities and even in our rural districts, MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY OF QUEBEC Let us now turn to our Municipal Organization. Our City was first administered by Samuel de Champlain whom we honour as having been prac¬ tically the first Mayor of Quebec. After him, the Governors and later on the French Intendants were our civic administrators until 1760. It is true that in 1663 the citizens of Quebec held a public assembly in which they elected for Mayor one Mr.de Repentigny, whose name survives in several descendents in Montreal. But this popular move was crushed immediately by the Central Authority as being contrary to the abso¬ lutism of the day. Again, in 1759 and 1760, we find a French officer, Major Daine, acting as Mayor of Quebec and styling himself so whilst acting as intermediary between the citizens and the Military English Authorities. After 1775, we find a civic administration in the hands of the Justices of the Peace, a respected body of citizens who transact municipal affairs under government tuition. At last, in 1833, our Parliament granted our City a civic charter which conferred extraordinary- powers,some of which are still exclusively possessed by our City. 17 We had a Mayor first appointed by the Govern? ment, later on elected by the people, at timea elected by the members of the Council, according to the fluctuations of the times. The question has been agitated lately of abolish* ing the Council and substituting a body of three or five commissioners elected in a different manner. But public opinion is still adverse to such a change. FINANCES AND VALUATION OF PROPERTY Information supplied by Mr. P. N. Verge, City Treasurer The financial condition of the city of Quebec may be represented as follows : Total value of property in the city of Quebec, in 1920-1921 : Subject to taxation.$ 73,630,135.00 Exempted from do.$ 31,395,761.00 Total... ..$104,434,896 00 Value of do exempted property : Government of Canada. $ 16,218,000.00 Provincial Government Quebec.. 3,736,600.00 Churches, educational, charita¬ ble and benevolent Institutions : Catholic. $ 10,262,260.00 Protestant. 1,178,800.00 $ 31,395,761.00 The civic budget voted in April, 1921, is as follows as to taxes imposed : $1.40 per each $100.00. Water rate : Yl of 1% School tax : Catholics ... .60 cts per each $100.00 Protestants.. .80 cts per each $100.00 Neutrals.60 cts per each $100.00 The total net debt of the city is. .$ 15,173,505.22 Amount of interest paid annually 649,160.00 Amount of sinking fund. ^5,152.0^ Income for 1919-1920 Ordinary not including school rate... SI 921,820.34 Expenditure.SI 896,607.78 Surplus.S 25,212.47 INCOME 1919-1920 General Taxes.S 1,287,164.82 Water Works revenue.S 490,404.82 Interest, dividends etc.S 65,229.47 Licences.S 44,326.75 Markets.$ 15,897.60 Sundry Dept. Revenue.$ 18,796.78 S 1,921,820.24 EXPENDITURE 1919-1920 General Government.S 908,965.40 Protection of persons and property. S 503,011.11 Recreations.S 24,704.53 Education (Technical School).S 20,000.00 Health and sanitation.S 56,369.23 Highways.$ 315,885.83 Waterworks.S 67,671.65 $ 1,896,607.75 Surplus.S 25,212.49 $ 1,921,820.24 Amount collected and paid to Catholic and Protestant school Commissions for the mainte¬ nance of schools for the year. 1919-1920 Receipts.$ 407,741.13 Expenditures.$ 387,930.62 19 Expenditure 1918-1^ General government. $ 972,497.92 Protection of persons and pro¬ perty. 383,195.97 Recreation. 23,884.47 Education (Technical School)... 20,000.00 Highways. 252,408.15 Health and sanitation. 34,990.54 $ 1,686,977.05 Surplus 1918-1919. 20,459.44 $ 1,707,436.49 QUEBEC PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION COMMISSION By deed of purchase, in 1911, the City of Quebec became proprietor of the lands and buildings of the Exhibition company. Thus the Provincial Exhibition of Quebec, as it is officially styled, beca¬ me a civic enterprise and its organization is under the controle of the City, but it is administered by a Commission of five prominent men represen¬ ting the city, the provincial government and the most important classes of agriculture and industry. The Exhibition is held every year and is princi¬ pally agricultural with the adjunction of depart¬ ments of manufactures, domestic industry, fine arts, etc., etc. As an agricultural Fair it receives from the federal and provincial governments subsi¬ dies to the amount of $15,000.00. The city of Quebec makes an annual grant of $10,000.00 to help to improve the Exhibition Park. Exhibitions being generally enterprises which flourish in time of peace, the Quebec Exhibition has developed slowly during the great war. Never¬ theless the capital engaged therein has risen to half a million of dollars, one half of which was absorbed by the purchase price whilst the balance was spent on buildings, sanitation, road making, ter¬ races, water works, lighting, embellishment. 20 The most important new construction is the Central Palace, which is unique of its kind, built in 1916-1917, at the cost of over $140,000, including furnishings, etc. It is an Exhibition Palace of imposing architecture. It offers a vast area of floors inside and above has a large tribune three stories high with a capacity of 7000 seated persons. In 1919 the receipts have been. $ 95,953.13 And the expenses.. 88,223.88 leaving a surplus in hand. 420 exhibitors participated in the agricultural departm nt and 147 in the commercial and indus¬ trial departments. In 1919, 140,000 persons visited the Exhibition. The population of Quebec is of opinion that the holding of the annual exhibition constitutes the best advertizing agency and the expanse of the Exhibition is closely linked with the general progress of the city. The provincial Statute passed in January 1921, II Geo. V, ch. 110, section 21 has reorganized the Commission which is now composed as follows : (5 members). His worship the Mayor represent¬ ing the city, MM. J. A. Grenier, deputy Minister of Agriculture, representing the Provincial Go¬ vernment, Jos. Savard, Frank Byrne and J. A. Marier, representing different branches of agricul¬ ture and trades. PUBLIC WORKS (Information supplied by Mr. W. D. BaillairgS, City Engineer and other Officers of the Depart¬ ment.) The Public Works Department (Roads etc.,, Division) looks after the Municipal buildings, the roads, sidewalks, street lighting and cleaning in summer and removal of snow in winter. 21 The territory included within the City limits covers 5,820 acres. Length of macadamised streets.40 miles. Streets paved in brick stone or asphalt.... 31 “ Sidewalks; (wooden).70 “ Asphalt or cement sidewalks.35 “ We may consider Champlain as having been practically the first Mayor of Quebec and the first Road and Public Works Engineer ; for he himself superintended the construction of the first buildings and traced the first paths on the river front and on the steep hills \yhich lead to Upper-Town. The site chosen by Champlain was at first the river front near the landing place in Lower town ; He even contemplated building the city on the shores of the river St Charles, near the site of the present General Hospital. But he soon found that to secure proper military defence, the prin¬ cipal portion of the City should be built on the top of the cliffs and that advantage should be taken of all the accidents of the soil for purposes of defence. The heights of Quebec are composed of many different levels which account for our steep hills and narrow streets, and difficult problems arose when streets had to be traced and water works and other utilities had to be constructed. But all things considered, this variety contributes to make our City one of the most picturesque of the North American Continent. The configuration of the promontory of Quebec is such that it was a difficult task to outline the plans of a future great city. But the ingeniosity of the first settlers guided by their experienced chief, over came the obstacles and in time our City became what it is to day The progress was slow on account of the hard struggle for existence against a rigorous climate and the dangerous neighbourhood of hostile nations. Now our City has expanded and there is amplre space for residential and business places and for parks of which the most important are the following: 22 The Esplanade, the parade grounds of the numerous British Regiments who garrisoned Quebec for 120 years. Dufferin Terrace, one of the finest promenades in the world, which recalls the old chateau St-Louis built by Champlain, and residence of the French and English governors until it was burned in 1834,—the governor’s garden—theMontmorency gardens, on top of Mountain Hill. The Battlefields park, the spots where Wolfe and Montcalm and Murray and Levis were alternately victorious or vanquished. Vic¬ toria Park—in St. Sauveur, The Exhibition grounds The Kent gardens, near the Montmorency Falls, and the Island Park (Island of Orleans) both outside the city limits. Our municipal buildings are mostly all new having been rebuilt or remodelled in the last twenty five years. One of the great drawbacks in our rigorous winter is the immense accumulation of snow, a large portion of which has to be carted away or removed in some way to prevent dangerous obs¬ truction of our thoroughfares. Last winter we* tried as an experiment to have part of the snow removed under the direction of our Public Works Dept, from a certain number of our thoroughfares. But the accounts of work done and money spent are not yet available so that we cannot pass judgment on that important measure. We are also studying a scheme to bring the civic authorities to remove garbage from our streets and back yards. But the public is not sufficiently prepared for such an undertaking. The City Council has practically decided to build three new up hill roadways of easy grade to facilitate the communications between the diffe¬ rent wards. When the War broke out, immense public works had been planned for Quebec and some had even been commenced to complete terminal facilities for railways and as well for oceanic navigation. Now that peace is restored, we cherish the hope 23 that those vast enterprises will be resumed and realized for the benefit of our City. Three iron bridges (bascule) span the river St* Charles : Dorchester, Drouin and Lavigueur bridges. Three others are contemplated : Scott bridge to be rebuilt within the City limits and the Lake St. John R’y also on the river St. Charles and a third on the little river Lairet, where Jac- ques-Cartier wintered in his three vessels, in 1535- 36 And then special mention must be made of the colossal Quebec bridge over the St. Lawrence river at Cape Rouge, one of the most stupendous engineering marvels of the whole world, which before long will be included wuthin the City limits. Our river front covers an extent of deep water wharves’ accommodation of about 30 miles deve¬ lopment, and the Louise Basin with its extensive grain elevators and immense sheds as well as the Levis dry docks are* worth visiting. We also take pride in our system of street lighting by electricity which is done by 640 arc lights of varied candle power ; 415 incandescent lights of 75 C. P.; 662 clusters of 5 lamp3 each, white glass globes increasing the brilliancy of the light, said clusters being placed on as many ornamental posts each 12 feet high and 100 feet apart. Our street cleaning is done mostly all during night hours, and our City claims to be clean and is thus kept free from contagious diseases. The construction of new buildings has been very active during the last few years and since the w T ar ended the activity seems to be on the increase, many people availing themselves of the facilities for building homes granted by the federal and provincial governments. We are proud of our DufTerin Terrace, one of the finest promenades in the world. WATER WORKS (Information supplied by M. C. P. Casgrain, Manager). 24 Champlain and his companions at first drank freely the water of the St. Lawrence which was comparatively pure, being free from the causes of pollution which grow with the increase of settle ments and population. Later on, on the heights, they easily found nume¬ rous sources of pure water springing from the rocks. As the population increased so did the demand for water for domestic purposes. And that gave rise to a class of purveyors who were very much appreciated and did thriving business which was continued as an inheritance from father to son : I mean the water carriers who drew their supply either from the St. Lawrence or from the river St. Charles. Tradition reports that many of them were not very careful in the selection of the spots where they drew the water to fill their barrels, mounted on a vehicle drawn by some kind of a horse with which they paraded the streets on the days appointed to replenish the water supply in private residences and business places. There was then no Board of Health in existence. The deathly plagues of typhus and cholera in 1832 and subsequent years which were accompanied with such a fearful loss of lives as well as the exten¬ sive conflagrations of 1845 opened the eyes of the public, and it was decided to build a complete system of water works and drainage after the plans of Mr. Baldwin, an eminent civil engineer. His plan embraced the laying of one main pipe 18 inch in diameter, from Lorette or from the Montmo¬ rency River, combined with an immense reservoir on the heights of Grande Allee. Lorette was finally chosen. The first main was laid in 1854 and the service was afterwards gra¬ dually extended through distribution pipes of lesser diameter. To help the poor, public fountains were establi shed in different places where the destitute procured water for a trifling remuneration. The revenues of the said fountains were sold yearly by public auction to the highest bidder. All those fountains have been closed many years ago. 25 Our water supply comes from Lorette about 8 miles away in straight line and is brought to the City by 3 mains : 18, 30 and 40 inches in diameter. The head of water is 463 feet high above the bottom of the bridge over the river St. Charles and rises 324 feet above the highest point of Grande A116e. Each of the 3 mains is composed of about 4,0^0 lengths of pipe which cross the river St. Charl ea and the river “Des Meres” over 2 bridges. The territory in which lie the sources of our w’ater supply is about 140 square miles. It w r as formerly almost all dense forest with scarcely any human habitations. Since then, agriculture has invaded that space, the lumber industry has developed and the population increasing, we had to organize a system of protection for the sources of our w'ater supply. An efficient watch has been established, but in the same time we have been studying the question of filtration or chlorination of the water and no definite conclusion has been yet arrived at. The distribution of water is made through smaller pipes varying in diameter from 24 inches dow r n to 4 inches. There are 800 hydrants of 2, 3 and 4 jets for fire protection. The daily consumption of water in our City is between 15 and 20 millions of gallons per 24 hours and 150 gallons per head of popula¬ tion per diem. The pressure on higher levels is from 60 to 80 pounds to the square inch and on lower levels from 100 to 120 pounds, which affords ample protection against fire. There are in the City 11,200 domestic services of water for residences or business places. The total cost of our water and drainage system is $4,500,000.00 ; annual cost of maintenance : $15,000.00. Besides our 3 main pipes from Lorette, we have 2 minor services, one for Montcalm Ward, coming from Lake Des Roches and the other for Jacques- Cartier Ward (heretofore Limoilou and Stadacona), but they are not of much use now. 26 Among the expensive works which are contem¬ plated in Quebec by the Government of Canada to complete the terminals of railways centering upon Quebec, as well as for oceanic navigation, there is the great work of deepening the bed of the river St. Charles, of damming its waters to form a vast area of deep water to facilitate shipping and industrial enterprises. This great work has been commenced before the War and has been interrupted during the war period. But it has raised a hard problem, the solution of which is difficult and expensive : that of disposing of mostly the whole drainage refuse which empties in the river St. Charles. The Provincial Board of Health insists that a very large collector of sewerage must be built on each side of the river St. Charles up to a certain distance, and we have to face in a near future the expenditure of several millions of dollars to build that sewerage system. But we are in hopes that our City will quickly develop in a measure which will facilitate the execution of this improvement. DRAINAGE AND SEWERS Our ancestors were very particular in establi¬ shing a system of drainage and sewers as soon as the population increased. The first sewers were built of wood. Now all our drainage is through stone or brick sewers, or clay or cement pipes. The-drainage system is extended wherever the water works pipes are. laid on where new domestic services are supplied POLICE (In formation supplied by the Police Department. In the early days of Quebec a few guardians of the peace and night watchmen were the only police organization. Later on, the military took charge of the City, first under the French Regime and afterwards under English rule. 27 The First Municipal Force as at present existing was organized in 1844, with Mr. R. H. Russell, as first Chief. For many years, there existed a River Police Force to look after the sailors, as hundreds and hundreds of sailing ships then fre¬ quented the Port of Quebec every summer. The River Police Force as it used to be has been sup¬ pressed and their duties are fulfilled now by a few special constables in the employ of the Harbour Commission. POLICE OFFICERS 1921 Chief of Police.—Capt. Emile Trudel, City Hall. Res. Bourlamaque Ave. Tel. 1309. Deputy chiefs : M. W. Burke, city Hall, tel. 4001, Res. Maisonneuve avenue. No 142, tel. 4811 Lieut. A. S. Bigaouette, City Hall, Tel. 1016. Re sidence 123 Aqueduc st. Tel. Chief of detectives.—Ths Walsh, 86, Saunders st. Tel. 1540. POLICE STATIONS No. 1—City Hall. . .Tel. 4001 No. 2—St. Patrick st. 4002 No. 3—St. Francois st. 4003 No. 4—St. Paul st. 4004 No. 5—Finlay Market place. . 4005 No. 6—Champlain st. 4006 No. 7—St. Real st. 4007 No. 8—St Vallier st.. . 4008 No. 9—Franklin st. 4009 No. 10—Louise Basin. 4010 No. 11—St. Malo st. 4011 No. 12—Cremazie, 203 . 4012 Mounted police. Avenue Limoilou. Tel. 40 12 -Police]stations- [^3 Officers. ^6 Detective 28 26 Sergeants. 134 Constables, 8 Mounted constables. The Council is actually studying a scheme to establish a pension system for the constables of the Police Force. FIRE DEPARTMENT Previous to 1800, our organization for protection against fires was very primitive. All services were given by voluntary citizens answering the call of the Church bells to form a chain of buckets passing the water pails from one hand to another Tradition reports that the good Recollet Friars and the Seminary boys distinguished themselves as voluntary firemen. Later on, some kind of companies of voluntary firemen were formed, at the head of which the most prominent citizens acted as captains. Strongly made buckets made of leather imported from England were used with pick axles, axes and sho¬ vels, ladders, etc. Medals for salvage of lives were given to deserv¬ ing men. Rewards in cash were offered to the fire fighters. A bonus in money was paid to the Company that arrived first on the spot. As there were rival companies, some French and others English speaking, rivalries arose of race, language and creeds, and now and then it happened that the fire fighters instead of pouring water on the fire aspersed one another and then engaged in free fights. Those companies of voluntary fire¬ men wore badges, helmets, carrying brilliant colours and they displayed flags and banners with which they paraded in religious processions or public festivities. QUEBEC FIRE DEPARTMENT Municipally organized in 1S66, Capt. Ferguson 1st Chief. 29 Chief of F. B.—Lawrence Donnelly, Central Station. City Hall. Res. 9 Bell’s lane. Tel. 1317-w. Adjudant chief.—Frs Jacob, Res. 314, St. Malo st Sub-chiefs D. McManus, E. Belanger. FIRE STATIONS No. 1—Tel. 3901.. . .City Hall. No. 2— 3902.. No. 3— 3903. . . . . Dorchester st. No. 4— ‘ 3904.. ... St. Paul st. No. 5— 4 4 3905.. . . . Dalhousie st. No. 6— ‘ 14 3906.. No. 7— “ 3907.. No. 8— ' 14 3908.. No. 9— ‘ 4 3909.. ... St. Amable st. No. 10— 1 “ 3910.. . . .5th Street (Jac. Cartier). No. 11 — “ 3911.. No. 12— 1 14 3912.. Chimney Sweepers, (10) City Hall. Garage (repairs etc.) Tel. 2152, Dorchester st. Equipment of Fire Department. 3 Steam engines ; 2 Chemical engines ; 50 Babcocks ; 112 Salvage covers; 26000 feet of rubber hose ; 4 Autos for officers ; 3 aerial extension ladders (automobiles;) 9 ladder waggons drawn by horses; 50 horses; 12 Fire Stations; 4 Officers; 170 Firemen:; 40 Auxiliaries (Mechanics, drivers, chauffeurs) etc). The firemen are divided in two squads. Since the 1st of May last, our City Council has organized a thorough inspection of chimneys which will be swept as often as necessary by our staff of 10 chimney sweepers. 30 The Firemen have a relief fund of $20,000 and they have already paid $14,000 to the widows and orphans of the members of the Fire Brigade. We have also started as a branch of the Fire Department a Fire Prevention Office to make thorough frequent inspections of all buildings and stocks of all kinds. The Department of Fire Prevention organized in 1920 is composed as follows : Chief.—Lawrence Donnelly, chief of the Fire Brigade. Superintendent.—Eugene Leclerc. Se¬ cretary of Board.—Alex. Lemay. 6 inspectors, 10 chimmney sweepers. QUEBEC FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT P. Duval, Superintendent The Quebec Fire alarm telegraph was established in 1866, under chief L. P. Brunelle. It consists of the Gamewell system and was remodelled a few years ago. It is administered by Mr P. Duval, superinten¬ dent with 8 other employees. The system com¬ prises six circuits for signals, six circuits for alarms with 197 miles of wire, 200 fire alarm boxes, three mechanical fire alarm bells in church steeples and fire alarm signals in each police and fire stations. Alarm boxes 2 St. Ann and d’Auteuil. 3 Des Grisons and St. Genevieve 4 Haldimand and St. Louis * 5 Holt, Renfrew & Co’s store. Buade 6 St. Ursule and St. Louis. 7 Buade and Port Dauphin. 8 Hebert and Rempart. * 9 Quebec Seminary. 10 Hebert and St. Famille. * For Second Alarm 31 11 St. John and Palace Hill. * 12 Cartridge Factory, Palace Hill. 12 Palace and McMahon. 13 St. John and St. Stanislas. 14 St. John and St. Eustache. 15 Artillery and St. Eustache. 16 St. Augustin and St. Patrick. * ' 17 Parliament Buildings, Grande Allee. 18 d’Artigny and Grande Allee. 19 d’Artigny and St. Julia. 21 St. John and Cote St. Genevieve. 22 Artillery and Scott. 23 St. Gabriel and Scott. 24 Artillery and Lachevrotiere. 25 Grande Allee and Scott. 26 Grande Allee and de Salaberry. 27 St. John and de Salaberry. 28 St. Eustache and Richelieu. 29 St. Augustin and Cote d’Abraham 31 Robitaille and Latourelle. 32 St. Claire and d’Aiguillon. 33 Marchand and St. Oliver. 34 Deligny and St. Oliver. 35 Racine and Latourelle. 36 St. John and Vauban. 37 Champlain St. (Dinning’s ship yard). 38 Champlain St. (oppos. the Church). * 39 Laboratory, (Cove Fields). * 41 Champlain St. (Fire Station No 6). 42 Champlain St. (Kennedy’s House). 43 Champlain St. (oppos. Queen’s Wharf). * 44 Electric Cars Shed, St. John St. 45 St. Peter and Sous-le-Fort. 46 Sault-au-Matelot and Mountain Hill. 47 Sault-au-Matelot and St. James street. 48 Dalhousie street, (Fire Station No. 5). 49 Dambourges Hill and St. Paul. 51 St. Vallier and St. Paul. 52 Louise Embankment, (Immigration buildgs). * 53 St. Paul, (Fire Station No. 4). 53 St. Dominique and St. Francis. 55 Crown and Prince-Edward. * For Second Alarm 32 56 3?rince-Edward and Grant. 57 Queen and Bridge. 58 St. Francis and Lalibert6. 59 St. Paul and Ramsay. 61 Commissioners and Church. 62 Richardson and Crown. 63 Dorchester and De Varennes. 64 Dorchester and Commissioners. 65 Caron and Prince-Edward. 66 Queen and St. Roch. 67 Caron and King. * 68 Paquet’s Factory, Dorchester St. 69 Des Fosses and Grant. 71 Langelier Boul. and King 72 Des Prairies and St. Dominique. 73 Des Fosses and Bridge. 74 St. Vallier and Blanchet. 75 St. Vallier and Church. 76 St. Joseph and Church. 77 St. Helene and LalibertA * 78 Paquet’s Store, St. Josep h St. * 79 Roch City Tobacco Co’s Factory. 81 Crown and St. Helene. 82 Charest and Caron. * 83 Dorchester (Fire Station No. 3). 84 St. Vallier and Belleau. 85 Colomb and Neilson. 86 Arago and Turgeon. 87 St. Anselme and St. Joseph. * 88 Hospice St. Antoine, St. Francis St. * 89 Dominion Corset Co’y, Factory. 91 St. Vallier and Langelier Boul. 92 St. Vallier and St. Joseph. 93 St. Vallier and St. Ambroise. 94 Bedard and St. Ambroise. 95 Carillon and d’Iberville. 96 Duquesne and Chenier. 97 Alleyn and St. Vallier. 98 Renaud Ave., St. Vallier ward (North side.) 99 112 Bayard and Massue. 113 St. Therese and St. Luc. * For Second Alarm 33 114 St. Vallier and St. Luc. 115 St. Sauveur and St. Ignace. * 116 Aqueduc & Massue (Fire Station No. 8.) 117 Aqueduc and St. Vallier. 118 Chevriere and St. Charles. * 119 Sacred Heart Hospital’s Building’s 121 Marie l’lncarnation st. (North side.) . 122 Bigaouette ave. and St. Mathias st. * 123 St. Sauveur Orphan Home, Signai and Colomb. 124 Signai and Colomb. 125 Arago and Sauvageau. 126 Morin and Sauvageau. 127 Victoria and Colomb. 128 Brothers School, St. Malo, Aqueduc. * 129 Sister’s School, St. Malo, Aqueduc. * 131 Boisseau St., (Fire Station No. 7). 132 Franklin and Durocher. 133 Hermine and Durocher. 134 Bayard and Morin. 135 Aqueduc and Franklin. 136 Aqueduc and St. Luc. 137 St. Luc and Napoleon. *139 Brother’s School, Massue. * 139 Sister’s School, Massue. 141 St. Vallier and Tourangeau Ave., St. Malo. 142 St. Vallier and Auger St. Malo. 143 St. Vallier and Lesage Ave., St. Malo. 144 Des Anges and Aqueduct, St. Malo. 145 St. Gabriel and Marie-Louise, S t. Malo. 146 Bagot and Montmagny. 147 Chateauguay and St. Sauveur. 148 Bayard and Colomb. 149 St. Therese and Marie-Louise. 151 Laviolette and St. Francis. 152 Massue and Marie de l’lncarnation. 153 St. Vallier and St. Nicholas. * 154 F. X. Drolet Foundry, Bridge St. 155 P. T. L6gar6, St. Paul st. 156 157 158 * For Second Alzrm 34 159 161 Transcontinental Ry. Works Shops. 162 Gamelin and St. Valier. 212 St. Amable and St. Michael (Fire Station No. 9). * 213 Jeffery Hale Hospital Bl’g., St. Cyrille. *214 4th Avenue (Rifle Factory.) 215 Claire Fontaine and St. Amable * 216 Sister’s School Good Shepherd, Lache- vrotiere St. 217 St. Cyrille and Turnbull. 218 219 221 223 St. John the Bap tit Church. 224 225 226 * 231 Convent of Franciscan Fathers Mt. Pleasant * 232 Brother’s School, St. J. B., St. John st. 233 St Claire and Lavigueur. * 234 Richelieu & St. Mary (Fire Station No. 2). 235 St. Augustin and d’Aiguillon. * 236 Sister’s School St. J. B., St. John St. * 237 Sister’s School of Charity Richelieu St. * 238 Grey Nuns’ Convent, (Mother House.) 239 * 241 Brothers’ School, St. Franc's & Caron * 243 Sister's School, St. Roch (Externat) St. Francis St. * 243 Brothers’ School St. Francis and J. Cartier. * 245 Sisters’ School, Boulevard Langelier. 246 Patronage, Cote d’Abraham 247 218 249 251 252 253 * 311 Hotel Clarendon. * 312 Chateau Frontenac Buildings. * 313 Exchange Bell Telephone Co., St. John St. For Second Alarm *314 Hotel-Dicu Hospital’s Buildings. * 315 Brothers’ School St. Patrick, McMahon st. * 316 Military Stores, Citadel Hill. * 317 Military Stores, St. John’s Gate. 318 Louise Embankment (Western End.) 319 Louise Embankment (Eastern End). 321 Dalhouse St. (Cross Wall Bridge). * 322 Residence R. R. Jesuits, fathers Dauphin st. * 322 Victoria Hotel, Palace Hill. 324 Citadel. * 32") Auditorium Theatre St. John st. * 326 City Hall Buildings. 327 Cook and St Ann. 328 331 332 334 355 411 2nd St. East and 8th Ave., Limoilou. 4 12 3rd St. East and 5th Ave., Limoilou. 433 4th St. East and 10th Ave., Limoilou. 414 5th St. East and 8th Ave., Limoilou. * 415 Fire Station No. 10, Limoilou. 416 7th St. East and 2nd Ave. 417 13th St. East and 1st Ave., Charlesbour* Road. 418 Papineau and Dorchester. * 419 No. 11 Fire Station Stadacona. 421 4th Avenue and la Canardiere. 422 2nd St. and 10th Ave. Limoilou. 423 10th Street and la Canardiere. 424 Domaine Lairet. 425 Exhibition Grounds. 426 3rd Ave and 11th St. Limoilou. 427 Gros Pin, Charlesbourg Road 428 431 St Simon and 10th Ave., Limoilou. 432 La Canardiere Road. 433 434 Parc Maufils and La Canardiere roai Beauport. 435 * For Second Alarm 36 436 437 438 441 442 443 ^ 512 Fire Station No. 12, Montcalm ward, Cre- mazie st. 513 Corner Maple Ave., and St. Foy Road. 514 Corner Maple Ave. and St. Louis Road. 515 Corner Fraser and Park Ave. 516 Dolbeau and de l’Alverne. 517 Jeanne d’Arc, street. 518 Corner Brown Ave. and St. Louis Road. 519 Corner Bourgainville Ave. and St. Foy Road 521 Corner Fontaine Manseau and Candiac. 522 Ave. Cartier and St. Cyrille. 523 St. Cyrille and Maple Avenue. 524 525 527 528 La Creche. 531 Belvedere Road. * 532 La Creche, St. Foye Road. 534 Kitchener and Ave Marg. Bourgeois. P. DUVAL, Superintendent. * For Second Alarm HEALTH DEPARTMENT Our health department has been organized on a modern basis about 1891, under the direction of Dr Catellier a most distinguished physician and surgeon. The beginnings were modest. But the primary organisation has developed into a modern establish¬ ment which compares favorably with any other progressive city of the size and population of Quebec. 37 We no w have : One chief medical adviser, Dr C. R. Paquin; An assistant medical adviser, Dr Jos. Gosselin ; ; One analyst bacteriologist, Dr C. O. Guimont ; Two secretaries, MM. Gauthier and Belleau ; And eighteen other emplo yees acting as inspectors etc. Here is a brief summary of the manifold functions of our civic health department. A laboratory for research and analyses under the direction of Dr. C. O. Guimont, a specialist. To prevent the pollution of water, a close watch is kept over the whole territory wherein lie the : sources of our water supply. The Board directs and manages a civic hospital built and conducted in conformity with the most modern exigencies of sanitary science, under the! care of the Sisters of Charity who are experienced nurses. During this year the number of patients f treated has increased considerably, and the people generally are becoming reconciled with the idea of having their diseased relatives treated in the- hospital. A most rigid inspection is kept over the granting of licenses for the sale of milk and cream and ice-' cream and their distribution throughout the city. The city provides a model stable for the inspection of milk cows and their treatment with' tuberculine, and sends inspectors to visit the sta-j bles kept by milkmen inside or outside our city limits, said stables to be altered if necessary to make them up-to-date. A double service of ambulance vehicles is kept for the transfer of patients : on? foi ordinary: diseases, another exclusively for cases of contagious! diseases, and another vehicle to remove household! linen, vestments etc, requiring disinfection in the steam apparatus An additional auto-ambulance has been purchased to transfer patients suffering from contagious diseases. A complete compilation of all statistics of deaths and causes of diseases has been organized. In Quebec, vaccination is compulsory as far as it can be enforced. 38 A serious fight is proceeding against unsa¬ nitary lodgings. All lodgings occupied by pa¬ tients suffering of tuberculosis who have moved have been desinfected by the Board of Health, free of charge. A public bath is kept open under the control of the Board of Health. Shower bath appliances have been installed in the public bath in St. Sauveur. 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Each board is composed of commissioners who are completely independent from civic control and are governed r by the provincial laws concerning education. U A ui .a >> S3 G* P a P3 >> >> a ° § o S a « s a Tj 1 ci tJ o OQ -s H H S W 41 SCHOOLS IN QUEBEC CITY Elementary Model. Academic... Seminary. High Schools (boys) High Schools (girls) Grand total Number of children from 5 to 18 years old registered CO <£> ^ o O r-Z £ ^ g ^ 5 CO s.u tt o g 3 2 oo oo CO 0 CO “5 00 S3 o « ^ M CO CO ^ ^ CO ^ & g C £ || ? £ & < *4 •5u 45 Total Average salaries of lay male and female teachers. 46 Taxable property Value....$ 64,642,382.00 $ 6,962,281.00 $ 71,604 663.00 Ochool Taxes Rate.. .. 0.55 0.80 Monthly dues Rate. . . 0.25 0.25 to 2.00 Value of schools under control a 0 CO H CO I ? 1 3 ^ 2 | n . -ts 2 ■a S > a : c3 -g ” 9 £ c3 0 P o §VJ III IO 05 10 o o £? o 9 10 9 lo C CD O c3 § -g rt g- XI C S -£ © fl & £ g . O .9 2 § x * o ■§ -5 § ^0^00 49 For pupils inscribed during the year. $26.72 $79.77 $30.05 (1) To figure the cost, deduction has been made from the annual expenditure of the balance on hand at the end of the year, and also of the value of new buildings erected during the year. PUBLIC HYGIENE A new building is being erected for the stearrj desinfecting apparatus, the morgue or dead house for the desinfection of patients suffering from con tagions diseases, for the Ambulance service, lod gings for the Ambulanc# drivers, etc. The results of this progressive work are more and more lapparent. Our public buildings, churches theatres, etc., as well as residences, schools, etcj are all provided with the most modern sanitary appliances. The most rigid cleanliness reigns every where. Our water supply is abundant and sufficiently pure, carrying only innocuous matters This explains the total absence of contagious diseases in Quebec for many years (except the! influenza) the few cases appearing in our midst being brought from distant localities, far from our city limits. W6 have greatly reduced the percentage oij infantile mortality thanks to the excellent work done by our charitable organizations which protect! the health and fives of infants. We have also lowered down considerably the* tange of mortality among grown up people. RELIGION IN QUEBEC Let us now consider our City from the point oi view of Religion. Quebec is almost completely a Roman Catholic City. During the two first centuries of its existence, it was the principal center of activity of the Roman Catholic Faith in Canada, until Montreal developed into the great! Metrdpolis which it is now. The pioneers of Quebec were men of strong! religious belief. Everybody knows that whenever Jacques-Cartier took possession of newly discovered land, he erected monumental crosses to affirm the sovereignty of the King of France and his strong Catholic belief. In Hochelaga, the great sailor read passages of the Gospel over the heads of the sick and invalid Indians who came to him believing that he had the 50 power to cure them. Champlain in all his enter¬ prises had in mind not only the glory of his earthly King but also the diffusion of Christianity among the Indian tribes, and he himself wrote that the sternal salvation of one single soul among them was of immensely greater value than the founding Df a vast Empire. With such a beginning, it is no wonder that our City was since its early days a live center of reli¬ gious activity which appears more strikingly with the arrival of the Recollet Friars, of the Jesuits, of the cloistered nuns of the Ursulines and Rotel-Dieu Communities, and still more with the idvent of Mgr de Laval who for 40 years spent his energies in his immense Diocese which practically 30vered the whole of North America, from the Gtulf of Mexico to the North Pole, with the excep¬ tion of the comparatively small territory then occupied in the East by the rising New England States and the declining Spanish Settlements of ihe Pacific Coast in the West. It has often been said that the religious and jducational organizations started in Quebec at ts inception were worthy of the plan of a vast [Empire. Here is a short statement of the condition of ;he different Churches and denominations in Quebec: City of Quebec’s Religious Organization Clergy, Churches, religious Institutions Roman Catholic Hierarchy : Archbishop : Cardinal Begin : Coadjutor (with right of succession) : Arch- nshop P. E. Roy ; Chapter of the Basilica : 12 Canons. 32 churches and chapels. Vicar Generals : Mgr C. A. Marois, P. A., Mgr j. A.Paquet, P. A., Mgr O. Cloutier, P. A. Secretary of Archdiocese : Canon J. Laberge. Chapter of Canons : Mgr C. A. Marois, P. A., 3eau ; Archdeacon Mgr. A. Gosselin, F. A. ; Arch- >riest : Mgr. E. C. Laflamme, P. D. 51 Canon Chs Gagn6, Canon Geo Miville, Canon Mgr C. J. Arsenault, Canon H. Gignac, Canon J. R. Pelletier, Canon Chs Beaulieu, Canon J. Laberge, Canon M. Guimont. Religious Orders. —RR. Jesuits, Dominicans, Franciscans, Capuchin Monks, Oblate Fathers^ Redemptorists, Assumptionists, Eudists, Missio nary Priests of Africa (Peres Blancs), Missionary Priests of the Sacred Heart, Seminary of Quebec Numerous priests of secular clergy, Brothers of Christian Schools, Marist Brothers, Priests and Brothers of St., Vincent de Paul (Patronages.) Cloistered Nuns. —Ursulines, HotelDieu, (up" per town), Sacred Heart Hospital, General Hospital, Non cloistered Nuns. —Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns), Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Sisters of l’Esperance, (nurses for the sick), Fran¬ ciscan Missionary Sisters, Dominican Sisters, Redemptoristine Sisters (St. Patrick’s) Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Sisters of St. Jcs'ph de St. Vallier, Sisters of St. Jeanne d’Arc. SECULAR AND REGULAR CLERGY IN THE CITY OF QUEBEC Monastic Orders—Congregations Quebec Seminary : (Founded by Mgr de Lavaf, with the cooperation of “Le Seminaire des Missions Etrangeres de Paris.) RR. Fathers Jesuits (Founded by Saint Ignace de Loyola). “ Dominicans(Founded by Saint Do¬ minique) . “ Franciscans (Founded by Saint Francois d’Assise). “ Capuchins (Branch of Franciscan Orders). “ Oblates (Founded by Mgr de Maze- nod, Bishop of Marseilles). “ Redemptorists (Founded by Saint Alphonse de Liguori). “ Assomptionists. 52 RR. Fathers Missionaries of Africa (“Peres Blancs Founded by Cardinal de Lavigerie, Algeria). “ Missionaries of The Sacred Heart (Father Chevalier, Missionaries in Oceania). “ & Brothers of S. Vincent de Paul. (France, Patronages, ragged schools). RR. Brothers of Christian Schools (Founded by St. John-the-Baptist de la Salle. Elementary and Primary Schools). RR. Marist Brothers (France). Elementary and Primary Schools, Comm. Academy. RR. Fathers of the Congregation of the Holy Cross (France. Education). NUNS Cloistered The Ursulines (Founded in Canada by Mothet Marie de 1’Incarnation). L’Hotel-Dieu du Precieux Sang (by the Duchess d’Aiguillon, niece of Cardinal Richelieu). L’Hotel-Dieu du Sacr6-Coeur (Founded by Cardi¬ nal Taschereau, Quebec). L’Hopital-G6neral (Founded by Mgr de Saint- Vallier, 2nd Bishop of Quebec). Franciscan Sisters, (Missionaries Canada, India). Franciscan Sisters (Hospital S. Francois d’Assise^ Jacques-Cartier ward). Non Cloistered Sisters of the Good Shepherd, de la Chevrotiere St “ of Charity, Richelieu and St. Stanislas sts. “ de 1’Esperance, St. John St. “ de S. Joseph de Saint Vallier, St. Foye road. “ Dominican, St. Louis road. “ de lTmmaculee Conception, Simard St. (Missionaries in China). “ Redemptoristine, (St. Patrick), McMa¬ hon St. of the Holy Sacrement, St. Roch ward. “ of St. Jeanne d’Arc, Sillery. etc. 53 Clergy in parishes. (R. Catholic). Churches (French). Basilica (1647), Pastor Mgr E. C. Laflamme, P. D.—Sunday services 6h. 7h. 8h. 9h. 10.30 a. m. St. John the Baptist (1849-1886), Rev. M. Laber- ge. Sunday services : 5.30 h., 6.15h. 7 h. 8.30 h 9.30 h. 10.30 h. St. Coeur de Marie (1920), R. Father Dagnaud (Eudist). Sunday services: 6.15 h., 7.15 h., 8.30 h., 9.30 h., 10.30 h. N.-D. du Chemin, (1895 Rev. Father Hudon, S. J. Sunday services : 6 h., 7 h.,8.15 h.,9.15’h., 10.30 h. Holy Sacrament (1920), St. Foye road. Rev. Father Pelletier, S.S. St. Roch (1811), Mgr. R. Lagueux, P. D. Jacques-Cartier (St. R.) Rev. M. A. Faucher. St. Sauveur (1867), R. R. Oblat Fathers. St. Malo, (1898), Mgr H. Bouffard, P. D. St. Frs d’Assises, Rev. M. A. Godbout. Stadacona, Rev. M. A. Dion. St. Chs Limoilou, R. R. Capucins Fathers. Sacre-Cceur de J6sus, Rev. L. Boulanger. Jesuits church (1817), R. R. Jesuit Fathers. Dominican Chapel, (Gr. Allee), Dominican Fathers. Sacred Heart chapel (1900), Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. St. Patrick’s church old (1851), McMahon st., Redemptorist fathers. Sunday services: 7 h., 8 h., 9 h. t 10.30 h. St. Patrick’s church new (1915), Grande A116e Redemptorist Fathers. Sunday Services : 8 h., 10.30 h. Notre-Dame de la Garde, Champlain st. Rev. M. Laroche. OTHER ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES & CHAPELS 1641 Ursuline Convent (Garden Street) ; 1657 Hotel-Dieu church (Palace Hill) ; 1690 Seminary Chapel, (fine old paintings.) F a brique street. 54 1861-77 St. Vincent de Paul, Patronage for poor boys, d’Abraham Hill ; Patronage Laval, St. Sauveur. 1849 Sisters of Charity, Richelieu St. ; Franciscan Missionary Sisters, Grande Allee ; 1849 Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Lachevrotiere st Dominican Fathers, Grande A116e ; Franciscan Fathers, de l’Alverne, St. Foye General Hospital church, Boulevard Langelier Notre Dame de Lourdes church, Hermine st.; 1871 Sacred Heart Hospital Chapel, St. Sauveur. PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS The Church of England is represented by a Bishop, the Right Reverend Lennox M. Willi amS( Venerable A. J. Balfour and several distinguished Clergymen, whilst other protestant denomina¬ tions are also attended to by their respective Clergy. The Churches and hours of Sunday services are as follows : In al the protestant churches, the principal divine services are on Sundays at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Church of England : Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (Garden st.), Dean Very Rev. R. Shreve ; St. Matthews, (St. John st.), Rector, Rev. canon F. G. Scott ; St. Peter, (St. Vallier st.), Rev. P. Callis ; Trinity Church, (St. Stanislas st.), Rector, Rev. J. H. Barnes. Presbyterian St. Andrew, Cook st. Pastor, Rev. A. T. Love ; Chalmers, St. Ursule st. Pastor, Rev. S. J. Mc¬ Arthur ; Baptist Church, Grande All£e, Rector, Rev. F. H. Wentworth ; French Baptist Church, St. Augustin st. Rector, Rev. Arthur Delporte ; Methodist Church, St. Stanislas st. Rector, Rev. Isaac Couch ; The Salvation Army, Palace Hill. 55 Hospitals and refuges Hotel-Dieu ; (1639) General Hospital, (1683) ; Hotel-Dieu du Sacre-Cceur, (1871) : Jeffery Hale (Protestant) ; 1865 McKenzie Hospital (Protestant) ; St. Luke Private Hospital ; St. Francois d’Assise Hospital (Limoilou) ; Laval Hospital (for tuberculosis patients) ; La Creche (infants) ; La MisSricorde, (Magdalens) ; Grey Nuns, (1849), (Old people and children) ; St. Charles Refuge ; Finlay Asylum, old people ; Ladies Protestant Home, orphans ; St. Antoine Home, old people ; La Providence (Old age and infants) ; Miss Corrigan’s private Hospital ; (Y.W.C.A.) Young Women’s Christian Asso¬ ciation, St. Ann st.; (Y.M.C.A.) Young Men’s Christian Association St. John st.; Salvation Army refuge, Palace st. St. Bridget’s Home ; St. Vincent de Paul Patronage. For poor children Laval Patronage, for poor children ; Dom Bosco Refuge, for newsboys and orphans ; Home for Servant Girls. MONUMENTS AND STATUES Montcalm & Wolfe, Governor’s Gardens (1827) Wolfe’s Memorial Column, Battlefields Park (1832) Montcalm Burial Place. Ursuline Church (1759) Montcalm’s Statue, Grande A116e (1911) Champlain’s Statue, Dufferin Terrace (1896) Louis Hebert, the pioneer of agriculture in Canada Marie Roliet, his wife and children and Guillaume Couillard, (City Hall grounds) (1918) ; 1 Cartier-Breboeuf, River Lairet (Limoilou) (1889) ! The 3rd centenary of the Establi shment of the I Faith, Place d’Armes (1915) Monument of the Honorable H. Mercier 56 Lival’s Monument, Mountain Hill (1908) Rev. Father Durocher’s Statue, St. Sauveur (1912) St. Ignatius Loyola ; (Ste Foye Road) Monument to the Braves, Ste Foye Road, 1854-55- 1863 Monuments to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in St. Sauveur, St. Roch, St. John the Baptist ; Monument to the Soldiers dead in African War, The Esplanade, (1905) ; Short-Wallick, Monument, Grande Allee (1894) The principal front of the New Parliament Build¬ ings is decorated with several bronze allegorical figures and statues of our great men The spot where Montgomery was buried, Citadel Hill, (January 1776) ; The Historical bronze tablets to commemorate events or mark old buildings are placed all over the Upper and Lower town as a memento of the celebration in 1908, of the Third Cente¬ nary of the founding of Quebec (1908); In the Basilica of Notre Dame there are several funeral inscriptions relating to distinguished personages who are buried in the vaults of the venerable Cathedral. Beneath the Seminary chapel is buried the great bishop Laval. PARTIAL LIST OF HOTELS AND ROOMS FOR TOURISTS Upper Town. Chateau Frontenac.Dufferin Terrace. St.Ursule House(01d St.Louis).St. Louis St. Clarendon.Garden &St. Ann st. Waldorf.. ...St. Ann St. Guimont E. (Rooms and meals St. Louis St. Mrs. Hunt (Rooms).Haldimand St. Petit St. Louis (Rooms).St. Louis st. King Edward, Rooms & meals)Garden St. Montcalm (rooms & meals) ... St. John St. Bertani’s Cafe.St. John St. Le Cordon Bleu.42-44 Garneau St. Georges’ House, Mrs Douglas.St. Louis St. 57 The Florence.St. John St. Mrs, Fontaine (Rooms).d’Auteuil St. 83 Victoria (Rooms and meals) ... Palace Hill. Dion Georges (Rooms).Palace HiU. O’Brien.Palace Hill. St. John, Mrs A. Jackson.St. John St. 212. Miss Bender.78 St. Louis St. Empire rooms, Pare.Couillard St. Henchey House.St. Ann St. Lord Monk, Mrs Gagnon.St. Ann St. Mrs. Vermette.St. Genevieve ave. Mrs Young.142, St. Ann St. Mr J. E. Carrier.46, St. Ursule st. Mr. W. S. Richardson.142, St. Ann St. o St. Roch Ward St. Roch (Rooms and meals). .St. Joseph St. Quebec Hotel (Rooms & meals Bridge St. Commercial Hotel (Rooms and meals).Boulevard Langelier. Eldorado Hotel (Rooms and meals).Boulevard Langelier Imperial Hotel(rooms & meals.) Crown St. Champlain Hotel.15. St. Joseph. Lower Town Canada Hotel (Rooms and Meals.) opposite C. P. R sta. .Henderson St Blanchard Hotel (Rooms and meals).Notre Dame Square. Mountain Hill House (Rooms and meals).Mountain Hiii Terminus Hotel (rooms and meals).St. Andrew St The Neptune Inn (Rooms and meals).Montain Hill. (See the daily papers for rooms to let.) Quebec is a tourist city and the Hotels are crowded during July and August. It is advisable to secure hotel accommodation in advance by letter or telegram. 58 hackney carriages, automobiles ETC. TARIFFS AND BY-LAWS CITY OF QUEBEC By law 4C passed 6th June 1919 TARIFF FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGES ONE HORSE VEHICLES BY THE DRIVE Time allowed : thirty minutes. For one person. § .50 For every additional person, each.25 BY THE HOUR For the first hour. 1.50 For every subsequent hour. 1.50 TWO-HORSE VEHICLES BY THE DRIVE Time allowed : fifteen minutes For one or two persons. 0.50 For three or four persons. 0.75 Time allowed : thirty minutes For one or two persons.$ 0.75 For three or four persons . 1.00 BY THE HOUR For one or two persons. 1.25 For three or four persons. 1.50 BAGGAGE For each trunk carried in any such vehicle, 25 cents 59 For every drive exceeding one half hour the tariff shall be charged for one hour. For the drives by the hour that last more than one hour, the tariff by the hour shall be charged for the fractions of an hour. For the drives between midnight and 4 o’clock in the morning, fifty per cent shall be added to 1 the tariff rate above mentioned. The stoppages ar3 included as forming part of a drive. Children under five years of age and sitting on their parents’ or guardians’ knees will be admitted free of charge and no charge shall be exacted for travelling bags, bags or parcels which passengers can carry by hand. Attested. L.S H. J. J. B. CHOUINARD .City Clerk H. E. LAVIGUEUR, Mayor. AUTOMOBILE TARIFF City of Quebec By-Law No. 13 concerning automobiles foi hire and their tariff.—Passed, 13th June 1919. It is ordained and enacted by the Municipa j C ouncil of the City of Quebec, and the said Counci i ordains and eacts as follows : 1.—The words “automobile for hire” for th< ends of the present By-law, signify all “Auto taxi” Automobiles, or other motor vehicles of the sam< style, destined for the transfer of passengers fo money. 60 2. —Nobody shall guide""an automobile for hire in the City of Quebec, without having previously obtained a permit, (license) from the City and without having a number—ensign—which shall be delivered by the Chief of Police, as also a copy of the tariff hereinafter detailed. 3. —Nobody but the licensed conductor or the chauffeur of an automobile for hire, shall have the right to have the number-ensign of said conductor, and no chauffeur or conductor shall wear another number-ensign but his own, or shall permit any other person to wear it. 4. —No chauffeur or conductor of an automobile for hire, when not employed by a client, shall stand with his vehicle at another place, in the City, but the carters’ stands in the City, neither shall he loiter around his stand, neither shall he circulate in the streets of the City to recruit pas¬ sengers or travellers, neither shall he solicit the passers-by for clients. 5. —The chauffeurs or conductors of automo¬ biles for hire, shall not have the right to ask or receive, for the transfer of passengers and their baggage, prices higher than tnose hereinunder enumerated, whatever the number of passengers transported. For a 4 Passenger Automobile or less : For a drive not exceeding J of anhour.. . 1.00 For a drive not exceeding ^ of an hour.... 2.00 For a drive not exceeding % of an hour... . 3.00 For a drive not exceeding one hour.3.50 For a drive by the hour : If the drive lasts more than one hour, the tariff shall be charged at the pro-rata for every addi¬ tional Jof an hour, according to the above tariff. For a 7 Passenger Automobile : FOr a drive not exceeding J of an hour_$ 1.25 For a drive not exceeding of an hour... 2.25 For a drive not exceeding % of an hour ... 3.25 For one hour. 4 00 61 For a drive by the hour. If the drive lasts more than one hour, the tarifl shall be charged at the pro-rata for every addi¬ tional \ of an hour, according to the above tariff The stoppages shall be paid on the same base as the drive. (a) The price by the hour shall apply to every] drive outside the City limits; provided that the drive does not exceed over an l above a run of 5C miles, that is going and returning. (b) Nothing shall be paid for children aged less than 10 years. (c) For all baggage carried by the hand nothin g shall be charged, but if said baggage is confided to the care of the chauffeur, an extra 20 cents shall be paid. (d) The chauffeur or conductor of an automobile not obliged to carry large trunks or valises He may do it at a price fixed with the traveller. 6 . The chauffeur or conductor of an automobile for hire, when he shall be requested to do so bj4 a passenger in his vehicle, shall exhibit a copy o^ his tariff. 7. — The chauffeur or conductor of an automobile for hire, shall have no right to recover or receive payment from any person to whom he shall have asked a higher price than that authorized to asked and to receive in virtue of the present By-law. 8 . — Every chauffeur or conductor of an auto mobile for hire, shall be held, when not employed' to serve at the rates of the above tariff, to thej first person who shall offer him employment. 9. —The above tariff shall not have the effect)! of hindering private under standings, which per¬ sons having vehicles, as above stated, ma • have with the chauffeurs or conductors of said vehicles. 10. —Every person who shall employ a licensed! chauffeur or conductor for a drive, or ti transfer* his effects in an automobile for hire, shall have to pav the price legally established for said trans-j portation or the price agreed previously upon. 62 11.—Any person who shall infringe any of the lispositions of said By-law shall be liable to a ine with or without costs, according to the case, ,o an imprisonment, the amount of said fine and ;he term of imprisonment to be fixed by the Recorder’s Court of the City of Quebec, to it3 iiscretion, but said fine shall not be more than oity dollars and the imprisonment not to exceed :wo calender months, said imprisonment, however, to cease at any time before the expiration . f the teim fixed by the Recorder’s Court, upon payment ?aid fine and costs, according to the case. 12 —The present By-law shall be put in force 3D the 1st of July, 1919. Attested L.S. H.E. LAVIGUEUR Mayor. H. J. J. B. CHOUINARD, City Clerk. CITY OF QUEBEC By-Law No. 22 C, passed the 28th of May, 1920, concerning the circulation of vehicles in the Streets of the City. (One way drive). It is ordained and enacted by the Municipal Councl of the city of Quebec, and the said Council ordains and enacts as follows. 1. In virtue of the powers conferred to the City of Quebec by Article 5 of Statute 10, George V, ch. 85, the following article is added to By-Law No. 22A of this Council, passed 13th May, 1913 ; 16.—Vehicles are allowed to circulate in only one direction in the following streets or parts, of streets, as follows to wit : 63 §t. Paul street going East, from Parent Square to St. Peter street ; St. Peter street, going south, from St. Paul street, to the Transcontinental depot ; d’Youville street, going south, from d’Aiguillon street, to St. John street ; Des Glacis street, going north, from St. John street, to d’Ai¬ guillon street ; St. Francois street going west, from St. Roch street, to Boulevard Langelier ; Notre Dame des Anges street going east from Bou¬ levard Langelier to Crown street ; DesFosses street ; going east from Crown street to St. Roch street. 2. The present By-Law is declared forming part of By-Law No. 22A. Attested. L.S. JOS. SAMSON, Mayor. H. J. J. B. CHOUINARD, City Clerk. CAB STANDS Phones No. Streets 739.Chauveau Avenue. 2390. .. . .Bagot St. 512.CMteau Frontenac . 2137.Bridge St. 1238.C. P. R. Station. 604.Quebec Railway Station, St. Paul St. 5550.Champlain Market. 1581.Finlay Market. 803.St. John’s Gate. 2264.Sillery. AUTOMOBILES 487.Chateau Frontenac. 3229.Finlay Market. 64 5019 803 Jacques Cartier Place, St. John’s Gate EXPRESS (Cartage) 1463.St. John’s Gate. 3598.C. P. R. Station. FORWARDERS OF PARCELS 46 and 47 Canadian Express Co., St. Peter st., 99 4290 and 4292, Dominion Express Co.,St. Peter st87 AUTOMOBILISM IN QUEBEC Quebec Automobile Club President : Mr. Aug. Pion. Vice-pres.: Dr Picard. Secret. Treas.: Lionel-C. Beaupr6. Office : Quebec Ry. Bldg, 229 St. Joseph St. Telephone 5798 Prov. Government Bureau Director : Emile-F. Joncas, 35-37 St. Julia St. Advantages offered to Members: 1. —Free subscription of one year to Canada’s lead¬ ing motor magazine. 2. —Reduction of 15 to 30% on automobile insurance 3. —Free use of the Club’s Library, which contains the latest magazines and road guides- 4. —Discount for the purchase of gazoline. 5. —The Club’s monogram and button is given to each member. 6. —Monthly Bulletin Service, giving useful infor¬ mation . 7. —The Touring Bureau will be of invaluable assistance in planning motor trips. 8. —The Chauffeurs Bureau will recommend only the best of men. 9. —The Gasoline Station will supply the best gasoline at the lowest price. 65 Autos,^Supplies & Repairs J. Edm. Poulin.10-20 Crown St. P. Campbell.47, St. Louis St. P. L. Lortie.St. Paul St Eug. Julien .1230, St. Vallier St. J. Devarennes.85, N. D. des Anges. Motors Ltd.Crown St. McLaughlin.Arsenal St. Canadian Motors and Machine.31 Lachevrotiere St. L6gare Auto Supply .. .61, St. Vallier St. General Auto Supply . .135, Bridge St. I. E. Frechette.256, St. Vallier St. M. L. Dohan.19, Palace Hill. P. C. Talbot.4th Street, Limoilou U. Gauvin.80, d’Aiguillon St. 1 dgar Andrews.93, Blvd Langelier. Alphonse Drolet.87, Colomb St. Garage Ford.. 19, Crown St. Louis Lavoie.175, Bridge St. Lepage & Co’ .104-106, Dorchester St France Pare.1 d’Aiguillon St. A. A. Cantin.555, St. Vallier St. La Cie Martineau.St. Joseph St. Lewis Brothers, (G. E. Karch).84, Bridge St. M. L. Dohan.19, Palace Hill ROUTES FOR TRAVEL BY AUTO GUIDES FOR AUTOMOBILISTS QUEBEC TO CAP ROUGE This route was compiled by Lionel C. Bea pre, Secretary, Quebec Automobile Club. Via St. Louis road; return via St. Foye road 16.3 miles 66 Road surface : macadam Miles 0.0—From Chateau Frontenac. 0.3—St. Louis Gate. 0.5—Parliament buildings at right. 0.6—Drill Hall at left. 1.3— Wolfe Monument and Quebec Ja : l at left in the Battlefields Park. 2.0—City limits vSillery). 2.3— Spencer Wood at left (The Governor’s residence). 2."—At fork, turn left. The continuing road is the “Gomin road”. 2.8— At right, village of Bergerville. At left St Patrick Cemetery. 3.5— At left. Mount Hermon Cemetery. (Road to Sillery church at left) keep straight ahead. 3.8— At left Sillery Convent 4.6— Enter parish of Ste. Foye. 5.2— At right, road to church of Ste. Foye Keep straight ahead. 5.7— Road at left leads to Quebec Bridge. Keep straight ahead. 7.7— ntcr parish of Cap Rouge 8.2— Village of Cap Rouge. Continue curving at right to come back via Ste. Foye road. 8.7— Enter parish of Ste. Foye. 10.7— At left, road “La Suete” to Ancienne Lorette and Montreal. Keep straight ahead. 10.8— By-road at right. Keep straight ahead. 10.9— At right, route e'e l’6glise (church road). Church of Ste. Foye at r'ght. Keep straight ahead 1 1.5—By-road at right. Keep straight t head. 12 2—City limits. 13.3—Bellevue Convent, at right. 14.2—At left, the Monument des Braves. At right Avenue des Braves. Keep straight ahead. 15.8—St. John’s Gate* Fol’ow trolley. 16.1—City Hall at right. 67 16.2— Basilica at left. 16.3— Chateau Frontneac. QUEBEC TO STE. ANNE DE BEAUPRE AND ST. JOACHIM This route was compiled by Lionel C. B aupr?, secretary Quebec Auotmobile Club. 29.5 miles. Road Surface : Old turnpike road, being improved, then good macadam to end of tour. 0.0—QUEBEC : Place d’Armes square on left, Champlain Monument on right. Proceed down grade on DuFort St. with car tracks, passing Post Office on right, turning, square left with tracks along Buade street, and turning square right around the Basi¬ lica, and immediately left on de la Fabri- que St., passing City Hall on left, and curving left on St. John St at 0.3 passing through St. John’s Gate at 0.5 and Audi¬ torium Theatre on right. Immediately after turn right on des Glacis street, and left on d’Aiguillon street at 0.6 turning diagonally right with car tracks on Cote d’Abraham. 1.0—Turn square right down grade on de la Couronne St. keeping straight on at four corners, (Headquarters of Quebec Auto¬ mobile Club on left in Quebec Ry. Bldg, room 409). 1.3—Cross railroad tracks and bear left on Panet St. at 1.4 passing Hospice St. Char¬ les on right, and turning square right at 1.5 along Dorchester St. following car track 1.6—Turn square right on Fourth St. and pro¬ ceed over Drouin Bridge across St. Char¬ les River into LIMOILOU. (Now Jac- ques-Cartier ward.) 68 1. —Turn square left on Third Avenue and at 2.0 turn right on La Canardiere Road, crossing Railroad at 2.4. 3.4— Civic Hospital on right and Beauport Asylum on left beyond. 3.6— Limits of Beauport. 5.2—BEAUPORT. 7.4— ST. LOUIS DE COURVILLE. 7.7— Fork, bear left for Ste. Anne de Beaupre. (Take road on right for Kent House and Montmorency Falls.) 7.8— Quebec Golf Club links on left. 8.1—Sharp descent, caution at sharp curve over bridge across Montmorency River 11.0—Caution sharp descent and curve sharp left round L’ANGE GARDIEN church. 13.0—Caution sharp descent. 1 .0—CHATEAU RICHER 14..^—Caution sharp left turn. 16.3—SAULT A LA PUCE. 17.0—Caution, sharp left curve over Railroad tracks. 20.1—Limits STE. ANNE DE BEAUPRE. 22.0—Shrine of STE. ANNE DR BEAUPRE. 24.7— Morel’s Inn on left. Where meals and afternoon tea may be had. 24.5— GRANDE RIVIERE VILLAGE. Turn right across Pont Taschereau-Parent over Ste. Anne River. 26.7— ST. JOACHIM. 29.6— Seminary Farm on left. End of improved road. Beyond to left is Cap Tourmente, 1900 feet high, footpaths lead to Chapel on summit. QUEBEC TO STE. ANNE DE BEAUPRE AND ST. JOACHIM Points of interest This district is rich in history, for Samuel de Champlain, Monseigneur de Laval, Montcalm 69 Champlain, Monsignor de Laval, Montcalm ; and Wolfe have associations with it. Leaving the city and going through LIMOILOU, the tourist takes La Canardiere road. On the right is MAI- ZERETS, a large farm established by the Quebec ! Seminary 200 years ago. Just beyond is the Civic Hospital and opposite the BEAUPORT LUNATIC ASYLUM. BEAUPORT was once the head¬ quarters of Montcalm in 1759 and three miles beyond is KENT HOUSE, which was built by Haldimand in 1780, but derives its present name from the fact that the Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, occupied it from 1791 to 1794. From the grounds is obtained a plendid view of the MONTMORENCY FALLS which are 265 feet high and 150 feet wide. The route crosses the river and passes within a short distance of the farmhouse where Wolfe lay sick for two weeks and wrote his famous dispatch to Pitt in 1759 A fine view tour. After passing through L’ANGE GARDIEN the next parish is CHATEAU RICHER so named from an old In ian trader, STE. ANNE DE BEAUPRE is the most famous pilgrimage in America and is visited annually by thousands of pilgrims, especially on Ste. Anne’s Day, July 26th. The new church contains relics of Ste. Anne and a very large number of crutches, sticks, surgical appliances left by pilgrims cured of their infirmiti s. The Scala Sancta, the Monasteries of the Francis¬ can and Redemptoristine Nuns, the famous cy- clorama of the Holy Land are near by. The trea¬ sure of relics is open daily and includes the first statue of Ste. Anne brought from France by Mgr de Laval in 1661, a collection box used in 1663, Mass vestments made and given by Ann of Austria, mother of LOUIS XIV, and a Ciborium used 200 years ago, also a splendid gift of H. R. H. the Comte de Paris on his visit to Canada. On leaving Ste. Anne the route passes by Grande Riviere and a good wholesome meal can be obtained at MARTEL’S INN. ST. JOACHIM is partly owned by the Quebec Seminary and its farm > supply their city college. 70 At the end of road is CAP TOURMENTE 1900 feet high from which a fine view of the St. Lawrence River is obtainable. QUEBEC TO LAKE ST. CHARLES 12 Miles. This route was compiled by Lionel C. Benupre secretary Quebec Automobile Club. Route No. 3 0.0—QUEBEC : Place d’Armes square on left, Champlain Monument on right. Proceed down grade on Du Fort Street, with car tracks, passing Post-Office on right, turning square left with tracks along Buade Street, turning square right round the Basilica, and immediately left on de la Fabrique Street, passing City Hall on left, and curving left on St. John Street at 0.3. 0.5—Passing through St. John Street Gate, and Auditorium Theatre on right. Imme¬ diately after turn right on des Glacis Street. 0.6—Turn left on d’Aiguillon Street, then diagonally right with car tracks on Cote d’Abraham. 1.0—Turn Square right down grade on de la Couronne Street, keeping straight on at four corners. 1.3—Cross Railroad and bear left on Panet Street, passing Hospice St. Charles on right, and turning square right 1.5— Along Dorchester Street following car track 1.6— Turn square right on Fourth Street, and proceed over Drouin Bridge across St. Charles River into Limoilou* 71 I. 8—‘Alter crossing bridge turn square left along First Ave., along bank of St. Charles River, passing 2.4—St. Francois d’Assise Hospital, (road to Exhibition Grounds on left.) 2.7— Cross wooden bridge. 2.9—Cross railroad. 4.1—Curve up grad? over railroad entering Charlesbourg. 5.0—Charlesbourg church on right. (Road on left leads to Lorctte 3 miles) and Vale ar¬ tier Camp. 8.3—Fork, keep to left just beyond church. 9.0—(Road on right lead- to Lake Beauport, 6 miles.) At end of road straight on to macadam road of Notre-Dame des Laurentides. 9.8— Cross bridge. 10.0—Notre Dame des Laurentides chr rch on left, turn left, (Road on right lead? to Stoneham and Tewkesbury ) 10.5— Caution, sharp curve on right. II. 2—Caution, sharn curve turn left. 11.5— Cross railroad. 11.9—Cross iron bridge. 12.2—End of road, turn square right. 12.5— Verret’s Inn. (Meal 75c., tea 40 c.) LAKE ST. CHARLES The Lake St Charles is admirably situated in the Laurentians and supplies Quebec with drink- i ng water ; the surroundings are very wild. It s a very popular place where the Quebec people go for their outings on Sunday Fishing aad Hunting is very good there in the Fal’. QUEBEC TO VALCARTIER CAMP This route was compiled by Lionel C. Beaupre, secretary Quebec Automobile Club. Route No. 1 17.1 miles. 0.0—QUEBEC : Champlain Monument on right Place d’Armes square on left. Proceed 72 down Dufort St. with car tracks, turning sharp left opposite Post Office at 0.1 and proceeding along Buade St. curvmg to right round Basilica, then left on de la Fabrique Street, passing City Hall on left. 0.3—Curve left on St. John St. passing through St John St. Gate. 0.6—Turn right on des Glacis St. and left on d’Aiguillon St. turning right with car tracks on Cote d Abraham at 0 7. 1.1— Keep straight on Arago Street turn right into St. Vallier Street. 1.5— Crossing Boulevard Langelier. 3.0—St. Charles Cemetery on right. 3.5— French Remount Depot “Camp Mille- rand” on right. 3.8— Cross Railroad. 5.9— Les Saules Post-Office on right. (Road on right leads to Little River). 6.1— Straight on (Road on left leads to Indian Lorette). 9.1— Fork bear left (Road on right leads to Loretteville). 9.4—Turn square left. 10.5— Turn square right and straight on 14.7— Limits of Valcartier Camp. 14.8— Cross railroad. 16.6— Cross railroad. 16.7— End of graded sand on to macadam road. Turn square right and 16.9— Cross 4 Sets of R. R. 17.1— Four corners. Military Headquarters on left. Straight on, down grade and there bear right through main road. Straight on passing Camp’s limit then up grade. (Road to left leads to Lake St. Joseph 7 miles, not recommended). 20.9— Little Pond on left, bear left at fork. 21.1— Fork, bear left. 21.8— Valcartier church on left. 22.0—Riverside Inn. 73 DESCRIPTION OF TOUR Valcartier Camp. —Where the first Canadian Expeditionary Force of 33,000 men was trained in 1914, and many thousand of other gallant troops in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918 The parish of Valcartier was founded in 1816 by two prominent Quebecers, when the Hon John Neilson and Hon. Andrew Stuart took upon them¬ selves the responsibilities of settling English speak¬ ing colonists on a large estate which the Govern¬ ment had taken over from the Jesuit Order This route was compiled by Lionel C. Bcaupre, secretary, Quebec Automobile Club. QUEBEC TO LAKE PARLIN (Jackman, Levis, Beauce, Maine.) 115.0 Mi es Road Surface : Macadam and new gravel road except on hills in Levis, where there is loose stone and poor macadam. 0.0—QUEBEC : Champlain Monument on right Place d’Armes square on left Proceed down grade on Du Fort St , passing Post-Office and Cardinal’s Palace opposite. 0.1—Turn sharp right by Laval Monument down Mountain Hill, crossing electric car tracks at bottom of hill (Caution). 0.3—At end of street, turn square right along Dalhousie St. 0.4—Turn left to Levis Ferry (Fare 25 c.nts for auto and driver, passengers, 5 cents). 74 From Ferry proceed straight on 0.5—At end of street, turn right by Post-Office , along Commerciale St., Levis 0.6—Turn left up Du Passage Hill. 0.8—Turn right up steep hill of Shaw Street. 1.0—Four corners, straight on, crossing electric car tracks. 1.1— End of road, turn right on St George St. 1.4— Turn left on St. Henri Road. 1.8— Pass old Toll-Gate, 3.5— Caution, sharp right curve. 3.9— Fork, keep to left 5.6— ST. LOUIS DE PINTENDRE 7.5—Carrier Station, on right, Post-Office on left. Cross Railroad. 10.5 —ST. HENRI, Parish church on left. Imme¬ diately opposite turn right and cross iron bridge over Chaudi&re River. (Levis- Jackman Highway). 12.4— Avoid right hand road. 12.7—Turn square right. 15.0—Keep to left at fork. 17.4— Cross railroad. 23.9— ST MAXIME DE SCOTT. 24.0—End of road square left, following Chau- diere River, for next 40 miles. 29.1— STE. MARIE. 35.0—VALLEY JCT. 40.6— Turn right and immediately left. £t. Joseph. Hotel Lessard on right. 40.8—Church on left. (Road on right opposite church leads to Thetfor Mines and Sherbrooke) 46.4— Keep to left at fork 50.1— BEAUCEVILLE. 50.2— Central Hotel on left 51 3—Caution sharp left curve and cross railroad at 51 4. Dangs . 75 54.3 —Sharp left curve and cross railroad. Cau« tion, Danger. 58.6—ST. GEORGE. 68.4—ST. COME. 76.9—Arnstrong Post-Office on left. 77.0—CANADIAN CUSTOMS on right. All motorists must stop. Follow straight through woods, passing Line House, international boundary between Canada and United States, at 87.7. 102.5— JACKMAN, Me.: U. S. Customs on left. All motorists must stop and report. 103.6— Cross R.R. Jackman Station on left. 106.7— Up grade straight on through woods 115.0—LAKE PARLIN, Me: Lake Parlin House and Camps. DESCRIPTION OF TOUR This road is within view of the Chaudi£re River for 40 miles, and affords many scenic views. The gravel road is in splendid condition and the travelling is very comfortable. There are several railway crossings and sharp curves to which attention should be pa d. ROUTE FROM QUEBEC TO MONTREAL Miles 0.0— Quebec. Chateau-Frontenac, south west on St. Louis through St. Louis Gate 0.3 pass Parliament Bldg on right 0.4. Parliament Bldg on right 0.4. 1.4 Turn square right with trolley on Maple Avenue. 1.7 Where trolley turn square right turn square left on Ste Foye Road. Pass Monument on right and go thru prominent cross road 2.8. 5.9 Right hand road in small settlement turn square right pass Church and follow wind¬ ing road down grade across R. R. 8.5. 8.6 Turn first left beyond R. R. passing An- cienne Lorette Sta. and follow straight road to 70 14.37St. Augustin. 28.5 Les Ecureuils 32.7 Cap Sante. 37.8 Portneuf. 42.0 Deschambeault. 46.8 La Chevrotiere. 49.1 Grondines. 57.9 Ste Anne de la Perade. 66.0 Champlain. 75.7 Cap de la Madeleine. 79.5 Three Rivers. 88.7 Pointe du Lac, 97.0 Yamachiche. 104.0 Louiseville. 111.1 Maskinonge. 120.0 St. Cuthbert. 125.3 Berthier. 134.5 Lanoraie. 140.6 Lavaltrie. 146.3 St. Sulpice. 151.5 L’Assomption, 160.2 Charlemagne. 176.7 Montreal. GENERAL INFORMATION. GOVERNMENT OF CANADA Governor General : His Exc. the Duke of Devonshire. Members of Federal Cabinet : Premier & Sec’y of State for External Affairs, Right Honourable A. Meighen P. C. Commerce and Industry, Sir George Foster. Justice, Hon. C. J. Doherty. Secretary of StateHon. A. L. Sifton. Pres, of Council and Immigration, Hon. T. A. Calder. Finances, Sir H. Drayton. Railways, Hon. T. D. Reid. Interior, Sir T. Lougheed. Post office, Hon. P. E. Blendin. 77 Marine and Fisheries, Hon. C. C. Ballantyne. Labour, Hon. Ged. Robertson. Agriculture, Hon. S. F. Tolmie. Militia and Soil. General, Hon. Hugh Guthrie. Public Works, Hon. F. C. McDurdy. Customs and Int. Revenue, Hon. R.W. Wymore. Minister without a portfolio, Sir Edward Kemp. President of Senate, Hon. Jos. Bolduc. Speaker, House of Commons, Hon. E. N. Rhodes. Vice-pres. House of Commons, Geo. H. Boivin. FEDERAL PUBLIC OFFICERS IN QUEBEC Harbour Commission. —Sir D. Watson, chair¬ man, E. Gravel, General Tremblay, Commissio¬ ners C. Smith, secretary, Veasey Boswell, ch. eng. Postmaster, M. A. E. Verret, Inspector, M. S. T. Green. Post-offices : Central, Buade and Du Fort ; Tranches : St. John, St. Joseph, St. Valier, St. Peter, St. Foye road. Agent Marine and Fisheries : M. T. Beland, King’s Wharf, Champ st. Collector of Customs : M. E. N. Chinic, 4, St. Andrew, Lower Town. Harbour Master : M. T. Lachance. Superint. Quarantine, Grosse lie : Dr G. E. Martineau. Inspector of Weights and Measures : Chs E. Roy. PROVINCE OF QUEBEC Lieut-Governor : Sir Chs Fitzpatrick, P.C., K.C.M.G. Aide de Camp : Lieut. Col. D. B. Papineau., Secretary : Mr. C. L. Paquin. Provincial Cabinet Hon. L. A. Taschereau, Premier & Atty General, Deputy Minister Ch3 Lanctot. Hon. J. E. Caron, Minst. of Agriculture, Dep. MiD., J. Ant. Grenier. 78 Hon. J. A. Tessier, Minst. of Roads, Dep. Min. B. Michaud. Hon. H. Mercier, Minst of Lands & Forests, Dep. Min.E. M. Dechene. Hon. W. G. Mitchell, Treasurer & Municipal Affairs. Dep. Ministers, Alex. Hyde, Oscar Morin. Hon. A. Galipeault, Minst. of Public Works. Dep. Min. S. Sylvestre. Hon. J. E. Perrault, Minst. of Colonization Mines and Fisheries, Dep. Min. S. Dufault. Hon. L. A. David, Provincial Secretary. Dep Min., C. J. Simard. Hon. J. Kaine.Min. without portfolio Hon. M. Perodeau .. “ Hon. J. C. N. S6guin “ Hon. J. L. Perron ... “ Hon. A. Turgeon, Pres. Leg. Council, Clerk Leg. Council R. Campbell. Hon. M. Francceur, Pres. Leg. Assembly, Clerk Leg. Ass. L. P. Geoffrion. COURTS OF JUSTICE Court of Appeals Their Lordships Judges Dorion, Flynn, Bernier and Rivard, Superior Court Chief Justice : Quebec. Sir F. X. Lemieux. Judges A. Malouin, A. Tessier, L. R. Roy, I. N. Belleau, B. Letellier, J. C. Pouliot, A. S6vigny. F. X. Drouin. Admiralty Court. —Seat Vacant. Police Court : Chief Justice A. Lachance, Judges P. A. Choquette. I' Co'riveau. Clerk : Court of Appeals. A. Pouliot. Protonotary, Superior Court. Hon. A. Robi- taille. 79 Clerk Police Court. M. Gendron. Sheriff. C. Blouin. Registrar, Dr Chs Cot6. Coroner. Dr. G. W. Jolicceur. Bar of the province of Quebec. Batonnier. Ferd. Roy, K. C. Bar: Quebec Section. Batonnier. Hon. A. Galipault, K, C. Minister of Public Works. Quebec. Board of Notaries : H. O. Roy, Pres. Civil Engineers : A. R. Dreary, President. Land Surveyors : N. Castonguay, President, Quebec Forestry Engineers : M. Pich6, President. Architects : Lorenzo Auger, Pres. Quebec section. Geo. E. Tanguay. Quebec Builders’Exchange : E. G. Brousseau.pres. Assoc. Catholique de la Jeunesse canadienne-' frangaise. Assoc, des assureurs de Vie, de Quebec. Assoc, des Zouave de Quebec. Pres, commdt C.-E. Rouleau. Assoc, des Manufacturiers canadiens, section de Quebec : Pres. M. J.-H. Fortier Assoc, des Manufacturiers de Chaussures de Quebec : M. Herbert Gale, President. NATIONAL BATTLEFIELDS Chairman : Sir. J. Geo. Garneau. Members of Commission : Sir. Ed. B. Walker.Toronto. Col. Geo. T. Denison. “ Sir John S. Hendrie. “ Hon. A. Turgeon.Quebec. Hon. Ths Chapais. “ Hon. L. A. Taschereau. “ Dr N. A. Dussault. “ •R. Bickerdike.Montreal Secretary : Mr. C. E. Gauvin. 80 BOARD OF LIQUOR LICENCES Quebec Members : Hon. J. Carroll, M. N. Drouin QUEBEC GARRISON CLUB 97, St. Louis St. Major Petry, Secretary. PROVINCIAL BOARD OF HEALTH pr, Arthur Simard, D’Auteuil St. ROTARY CLUB President: Mr McMillan* KIWANIS CLUB President : J. Arthur Larue. QUEBEC LADIES MUSICAL CLUB president : Mrs H. H. Sharpies MILITIA MILITARY DISTRICT NO 5 : QUEBEC CITY G. O. C. M. D. No 5 : Brig. General J. P. Lan¬ dry, C. M. G. General Staff Officer : Lt. Col. J. M. Prower, D. S. O., A. A. & Q. M. G.in charge of Administration: Lt. Col. P. A. Piuze, D. A. A. & Q. M. G. : Major G. R. Bouchard. O. C. Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery : Lt. Col. A. E. Harris, R. K. Stuart, M. C., D. S. O ' Senior Engineer Officer : Royal Canadian Engi-. neers : Major R. K. Stuart, M. C., D. S. O. 0. C. “ 22eme Regiment Canadien Fran?ais Lt. Col. Henri Chass6, M. C., D. S. O. 81 Senior Officer : Royal Canadian Ordnance : Col. J. A. Morin, O. C. “ Les Voltigeurs de Quebec ”: Colonel C. A. Chauveau, O. C. “ Royal Rifles of Canada”: Lt. Col. R. ( M. Beckett, O. C. “ 6e Regiment Canadien d’Artilleiie ”: (Levis): Lt. Col. T. A. Vien (Levis). O. C. “ C. O. T. C. Laval ” Major Fontaine,, M. C. O. C. “ 5th Canadian Machine Gun Brigade ”: Major Braun Langelier, M. C. Inspector of Cadets : Major E. T. Paquet. j Superintendent Dominion Arsenal : Lt. Col.j H. V. Comte de Bury. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES ETC. 1st of January : New Year. 6th of January : Epiphany. Good Friday. Easter Monday. Ascension day. Victoria Day, May 24th Arbor day, 1st July : Dominion Day. 1st Monday in September : Labor Day. 1st November. All Saints day. Thanksgiving Day, November. 8th December : Immaculate Conception. 25th December : Christmas. National Celebrations French Canadian • St. Jean Baptiste ; 24th June : England : St. Georges day : 23rd April ; Scotch : St. Andrew : 30th November ; Irish : St. Patricks day : 17th March. Royal Anniversaries : Kings Birthday, 3rd of June. Kings’ Coronation. Queen’s Birthday, May 26th. 82 QUEBEC BOARD OF TRADE (Founded in 1809, the oldest in Canada) st of officers and Members of Council forl921 MM. J. H. Fortier, President ; A. T. Welch t Vice Pres.; Ed. C. Tanguay, 2nd Vice pres.; . J. Banks, Treasurer ; T. Levasseur, Secretary ; H. Cot6, Comm, of Industries. Members of Council ex-officio : Jos. O. Samson, lyor of Quebec ; J. T. Ross : Past president. MM. Septimus Barrow, Col. R. M. Beckett, ludiose Brousseau, Hon. F. Carrel, A. R. Decary, les Gauvin, J. A. Larue, Jos. Picard, T. S. Royer J. Scott, L. P. Turgeon, W. H. Wiggs. , CITY OF QUEBEC Industries and Commerce formation supplied by Mr O. H. Cote, Com missioner of Industries.) 3n the 1st of April 1921, there are in Quebec out 450 establishments representing about 90 ferent industries of which the most important ( : leather and shoe factories, manufactures of od, clothes, corsets, etc.; tobacco, cigars and arettes ; printing and bookbinding establish¬ es ; food products ; iron and metal works, lere follows the tabulated statement prepared 1918 by Ottawa Statistical department : INDUSTRIES Census of 1918 imber of establishments. pital invested. lployees on salaries and wages. 424 $ 36,927,343.00 11,500 83 Salaries and wages paid «.. S 6,979,516.00 Cost of raw material. $ 16,067,679.00 Value of finish products. S 38,265,277.00 What Quebec has Population. 116,850 Population of tributary territory , 155,000 Total value of assessable property $ 114,327,947.00 Total assessment. $ 14,265,534.12 City’s debt. & 15,164,177.00 City’s area.acres 5,820 Miles of street. 96.4 Miles of sewers. 90. Miles of cement walk. 35. Miles of water mains. 128. Miles of permanent pavements. . 24.5 Miles of macadam pavements ... 40. Number of h ouses. 23,000.00 Number of in dustries. 450 Number of employees. 14,500.00 Steam Railways. Steamship, all ocean and inland lines. Electric Railway suburban. Street Railway. 1 Mileage of Street Railway. 26 Banks and branches. 46 Number of churches. Number of hospitals. 19 Public Parks. 9 Number of Public Schools. 66 Number of private Schools and Business Colleges. 19 University. Technical School. Collegiate Institutes.- • • Enrollment at School. 18,381 Number of police officers. 134 Number of firemen. 149 Daily newspapers. Number of theatres. 9 Number of Hotels. 84 The Growth of the Population Population in 1901. 68,840. “ “1911. 78,710 “ “ 1920. 116,850 Assessments Total assessments 1921.SI 14,327,947.00 Less Exemptions. 31,395,760.00 Net assessments 1921. $ 82,932,187.00 1920. 73,039,135.00 Total increase for year. $ 9,893,052.00 Building Permits Issued in 1918. $ 904,375.00 “ “ 1919. 2,134,119.00 , “ “ 1920. 2,301,480.0a PORT STATISTICS Year Exports Imports 1915. 3,941,303.00 S 10,663,787.00 1917. 10,607,145.00 17,045,759.00 1918... . 17 160,988.00 16,885,730.00 1919. 22,868,480.00 18,357,439.00 Bank Clearings 1916 . S 192,163,703.00 1917 . 213,505,336.00 1918 . 238,906,890.00 1919 . 290,983,483.00 1920 . 364,589,361.00 QUEBEC OFFERS TO MANUFACTURERS A number of fine industrial sites, along side of the nine railway lines entering the City, also on six miles of deep water frontage. The finest transportation facilities in the Domi¬ nion, (rail or water). 85 Plenty of skilled and unskilled labour. Any amount of electric Power at reasonable rates. Quebec has also exceptional opportunities for new industries. O. H. COTE, Industrial Commissioner, Board of Trade Building, Quebec, Canada. POPULATION AS TAKEN BY THE TAX ASSESSORS Oct. 1919, Per Ward C^hamplain. 12,039 St.Jo.hn. a . 23,638 St. Roc h. 21,075 St. Sauveur. 32,496 J a#ques-Cartier. 11,430 Montcalm . 7,488 Total. 108,366 VALUATION PER WARD Year 1919-1920 1. —Champlain. $ 41,405,129.00 2. —St.John. 17,969,680.00 3. —St. Roch. 17,375,592.00 4. —St. Sauveur. 12,635,223.00 5. —Jacques-Cartier (Limoilou).. 6,896,545.00 6. —Montcalm (Belvedere). 8,152,726.00 Total $ 104,434,895.0J 86 PROVINCE OF QUEBEC Latest Statistics Roads The roads in the Province in 1919 were classifie as follow : Macadamized. 2,246 miles Graveled . 2,268 “ Improved earth roads. 11,585 Ordinary . 19,552 Totzl. 35,651 miles Manufactured Products Value in 1915. $ 387,900,585.00 “ “ 1919 (last.census). 890,420,023.00 Agricultural Products Value in 1915. $ 104,683,000.00 “ 1920. 330,25 1 ,000.00 Dairy Products Value in 1915 “ “ 1920 $ 18,471,501.00 35,708,621.00 Forest Products Value in 1915. $ 29,452,810.00 ; “ “ 1919. 58,328,477.00 Figures for 1920 are not available yet. Mineral Products Value in 1915 “ “ 1920 $ 11,465,873.00 28,223,141.00 87 Farm Stock (Cattle) Value in 1915. $ 124,334,307.00 “ “ 1919. 236,829,000.00 Figures for 1920 are not available yet. Asbestos Production Number of tons in 1915. 113,115 “ “ “1920... . 177,605 Value in 1915. . $ 3,544,362.00 ..... 14,674,572.00 Pulp and Paper Products Value of woodpulp in 1915. “ “ paper in 1915 . . . . . $ 4,287,384.00 . 14,787,703.00 Total. . $ 19,075,087.00 Value of woodpulp in 1919. “ “ paper in 1919 . . . . . $ 33,637,77e.00 . 41,601,790.00 Total. $ 75,239,565.00 Figures for 1920 are not available yet. Maple Products Value in 1915. “ “ 1920. .No statistics. . $ 6,747,151.00 Tobacco Production Value in 1915. “ “ 1920. . No statistics. . $ 6,600,000.00 Quebec, March 9th, 1921. O. H. COTE, Industrial Commis. BANKS Bank of Montreal : Head office... St. Peter st, 88 Branches.St. John st, 154. “ .Corner Bridge and St. Joseph sti “ .Corner St. John and Palace sts Bank of Hochelaga : Head office. . .St. Peter st, 132. Branches.Crown st, 60. 4 ‘ .St. John st, 382. “ .St. Vallier st., 704. “ .3rd Ave (Limoilou), 312. “ .Maple Avenue. Royal Bank : Head Office.. .St. Peter st. 11. Branches.Fabrique st., 2. “ .St Joseph st. 187. “ .... .St. John st., 219. “ .St. Vallier, st., 781. “ ..'.. .3rd Ave Limoilou, 135. The Imperial Bank of Canada, St. Peter st. 113 Merchants’ Bank of Canada : Head office... St. Peter st., 79 Branch.Corner St. Joseph & Boulv Laa Union Bank : Head office... St. Peter st., 56. Branch.St. Ann, 14. Canadian Bank of Commerce : Head office.. .St. Peter & St. Paul, streets. Branch.St. John, st., 96. Bank of Nova Scotia, St. Peter st., 96. La Caisse d’Economie : Head office. .St. John st. 21 9 Branches in Quebec City. La Banque Nationale : Head office.. .St. Peter st. 7 Branches in Quebec City. Molson’s Bank : Head office 105 St Peter St 46 St Anne St (St Roch) 229 St-Joseph St. (St Sauveur) 773 St Valier St La Banque Provinciale 93 St Peter St. 402 St Joseph (St Sauveur). 89 Marriage License Issuers Campbell Noble W. . . .147, Mountain Hill ; Meredith E. G.46, Dalhousie St.; Robertson Alex.67, St. Peter St. Telegraph Companies Canadian Pacific Railway Co. . St. Peter St. 89. Great North Western Co.St. Peter St. 83. Electrical Power Two powerful companies are able to supply any amount of energy required. The Q.R. L. H. & P. Co. have 20,000 horsespower available, and the Public Service Corporation have their own sources of power and besides are the distributors of the Shawinigan Power which seems mexhaustible Steamboat Companies The Canada Steamship Lines, Richelieu Wharft Dalhousie St. The Quebec Ferry, (Traverse de Quebec & L6vis,) Champlain Market. The Island Ferry, “SS. Frontenac” & “Cham¬ pion”, Champlain Market. Can. Govt Merchant Marine. Can. Pacific Ocean Service Canada Line Cunard line. Cairns Thomson Line. Manchester Liners. Anchor Donaldson Line. Elder Dempster Line. HeadLine. Furness Line Cie Can. Translantique Average navigation season. 1st april to 31st December. Railway Companies Canadian Pacific Railway, C.P.R. Palais Station Lower Town. 90 Canadian National Railways (Transcontinental, Intercolonial, Grand Trunk, Grand Trunk Pacific, Quebec & Saguenay.) C.P.R. Station, Champlain Market. Quebec Central Railway, Office Corner St. John St. & Palace Hill. Quebec Tramways (Q. R. L. H. & P. Co.) HARBOUR WORKS Since 1867 the government has spent $13,000 000.00 on the harbour. There is accommodation for 22 large ocean stea¬ mers and for a large number of smaller boats. The equipment comprises the most modern ap¬ pliances. Tidal Harbour, 20 acres. Wet dock, 40 acres. Two graving docks : or.e is 600 feet long by 62 feet wide. The Levis dock is 1150 feet long by 120 feet wid u 2 Grain elevators one 250,000 bushels the other 2,000,000 bushels GRAIN CARGOES Loading capacity : 60,000 bushels per hour. Unloading ‘ 30,000 do per hour. Do from cars 100 cars per day. Drying grain 3000 bushels per day. Cleaning do 40,000 do per day. STEAMSHIP BERTHS. 6 of 500 feet length. 23 of smaller length. Depth of water from 25 to 40 feet. CONSULAR SERVICE United States : Hon. E. H. Dennison, 70, St. Paul St., Phone 705. Belgique, Belgium (Interim.) : G. M. Boulianne, 73, St. Cyrille St. 91 Bresil, Vice-Consul T. Levasseur, 39, St. Paul and 47, d’Auteuil St. Tel. 589. Bresil : Commercial agent, J. B. Morissette, 72, St. Peter St. Chili : Chev. O. Frechette,-4, St. Julia St. Denmark : Major Wm. H. Petry, 92, St. Peter St. Espagne, Spain : Chev. O. Frechette, 4, Ste Julia st. Etats-Unis de Colombie : Chev. O. Frechette, ; 4, Ste Julia St. France : H. R. de St-Victor, 22, St. Flavien St. Telephone 5844. .Haiti : Leon Rouillard, 98, St. Joseph St. Tele¬ phone 5368. Holland : Thomas Palmer Ross, 53, Dalhousie St. Norvege, Norway : Francis Gunn, 30, Couillard st. Paraguay : Ed. Tanguay, 48, St. Paul st. Perou : Adrien Falardeau, 229, St. Joseph st. Portugal : Chev. O. Frechette, 4, Ste Julia st. Republique Argentine : Thos J. Carbray. Republique Guatemala, N. LeVasseur, 38, St. Louis st. Quebec Consular Corps : (Secretary), T. LeVas’ seur, 39, St. Paul st. Telephone 589. POSTAL INFORMATION.—STAMPS.—MO¬ NEY ORDERS, ETC. Letters within city 1 ct per 2 ounces plus 1 ct. war tax. Canada, United States, England Postal Union 3 cts for 2 ounces. France and other Countries 5 cts do. Postal Card within city 1 ct Canada and other countries, 2 cts. Money orders Canada, up to $10.00. 5cts.| $10. to $30.00_10 cts. $30. to $50.00_15 cts. $50. to $60.00_20 cts. $60. to $100.00... 25 cts.! 92 dostal Notes Canada. From .20ctsto .40cts.—let. From .50 cts to $2.50 cts.—2ct. From $2.50 cts to $5.00 cts.—3 cts. From $5.00 cts to $10.00 cts.—5 cts. Registered letters ordinary stamps plus 10 cts. Special delivery 10 cts each. QUEBEC PRESS Le Soleil (French) L’Evenement do L’Action Catholique do Le Franc Parleur do La V6rit6 do Bulletin de la Soc. de G6ographie do Le Canada Frangais do La Semaine Commerciale do The Morning Chronicle (English) The Daily Telegraph do SOCIETIES; NATIONAL, LITTERARY, HIS¬ TORICAL, SCIENTIFIC, ETC. St. John the Baptist (French Canadian) ; St. George, (English) ; St. Andrew, (Scotch) ; St. Patrick, (Irish) ; Royal Society of Canada : French section. Mem¬ bers residing in Quebec : His Em. card. Begin, Mgr A. Gosselin, P. A., Hon. T. Chapais, M. S. E. Rouillard, P. G. Roy, Hon. Judge Rivard, M. E. Myrand, Mgr L. A. Paquet, P. A., l’abbe Camille Roy, l’abb6 H. A. Scott, H. J. J. B. Chouinard, Mgr D. Gosselin, P. D., Hon. C. F. Delage, l’abb6 Ivanhoe Caron. Sciences Section : Canon V. Huard. English Section : Canon F. G. Scott, Lt. Col. F. Wood. La Soci6te du Parler Fransais : Pres. Dr. A. Vall6e. Quebec Litt. and Histor. Society : Rev. Lt Col. P. O’Leary. 93 L’Institut Canadien. Dr. A. Lessard. St. Patrick Catholic and Litterary Institute. Quebec Geographical Society : Rev. M. Ad. Gj neau. French Benevolent Society : M. Thomas. The Society of Arts, Letters and Sciences : Ma,i E.-T. Paquet. St Vincent de Paul Society (charitable) : ! C. J. Magnan. LABOR BUREAUS. Provincial Labor Registration Bureau, Labor Unions Registration Bureau, 692, St. V ller St. Servant Girls’ Registry office, City Hall Tel.7^ Young Girls Home, Palace St. LABOR UNIONS (National Catholic Unions) P. Q. Executive Bureau Chaplain : L’abbe Maxime Fortin. President : M. Gaud. Hebert. 1st Vice-Pres. M. Ed. Ouellette, Chicoutimi 2nd Vice-Pres. M. T. A. Morin, Hull. Secretary : M. J. E. A. Pin. Treasurer : M. Anselme Trudel, Three Rivers Guardian : M. J.-B. Beaudoin, Montreal. Central National Council of Trades Distr of Quebec. President M. Gaud. Hubert, Bourse du Travj Secretary M. J. H. Gosselin. Labor Unions (International) Quebec President : M. Omer Fleury Secretary : M. J. A. Jacob. j Quebec and District Federated Society Workmen. 94 ^resident : M, Jos. Ampleman. Secretary : M. Francis Petitclerc LIBRARIES Public, private, etc. Quebec Legislature, Laval University, L’Institut )anadien, The Quebec Litterary and Hist. Society, Apostolat des Bons livres. MUSEUMS Parliament buildings: Natural History, etc. ,aval University : Archeology, Natural history, &c dtterary and Historical Society, Morrin College : St. Stanislas st. The Laval University also has a splendid Ga'le y Dver 400 pieces) of Paintings, containing one of the ichest collections of the Old Italian, Belgian, 'lemish, English and French Schools of Painters, nong which may be found many priceless original lasterpieces. ANCIENT ARCHIVES arliament Bdgs : Provincial Secretary ; ourt House ; i uebec Seminary, Laval University ; rsuline Convent ; otel Dieu ; 3neral Hospital ; tterary and Historical Society. ETAILS ON THE GREAT QUEBEC BRIDGE List of different projects 51.—Serrell. Company formed in Quebec. Belleau, Mayor, pres. 57. Chs Baillairge, city engineer. 84 -—A. L. Light (Brunlees, counsult Eng.) New company formed. 38.— E. A. Hoare. 95 1890.—A. Bonin. Eiffel, Paris, cons. Eng.) W. Shanley. 1896.—Cooper, N. Y.—Phoenix Bridge Co.—New Company formed. S. N. Parent, chairman j 1900. —2 Oct. Laying of corner stone of north pillar. Sir W. Laurier. 1907 .—Aug. 27. Fall of iron structure. 82 lives lost. 1910 . —Jany. 10. Contract to Davis for substruc¬ ture. 1911. —April, 4. Contract to St. Lawrence Bridge . Co. for superstructure. 1914. —July 1st. Substructure completed. 1916. —Sept. 11th. Fall of central span. 1917. —Sept. 21st. Central span hoisted in posi¬ tion. 1917. —Oct. 17th. First train with engines and cars crosses over the bridge. 1917 .—D ec . 3d The Bridge declared open to public circulation. 1919. —Sept. Official inauguration by H. R. H. the prince of Wales. Unveiling of histo- j rical tablets. DIMENSIONS OF THE GREAT QUEBEC BRIDGE Total length. Total width. Height above pillars. Length of cantilever. Length of Central Span.. • • Central span : height above high tide. Total weight of metal structure .. . Weight of central span. Total cost of metal superstructure . $ Total cost of Bridge, Masonry, Me¬ tal, labor etc. 3239 feet 98 “ 310 “ 1800 “ 640 “ 150 “ 66,480 ton. 5,510 ‘ 4 14,500,000.00 25,000,00000 96 DISTANCES FROM QUEBEC CITY City Miles Montreal.!... 180 Sherbrooke. 143 Ottawa. 315 Toronto. 505 Niagara Falls. 553 St. John, N. B. 577 Halifax. 674 Portland U.S.A. 317 St. Paul “ 1422 Chicago “ 1012 New York “ 586 Albany “ 431 White Mountains, U. S. A. 266 Saratoga U.S.A. 392 Cleveland “ 892 Pittsburgh “ 1031 Cincinnati “ 1147 Louisville “ 1284 St. Louis “ 1505 New Orleans “ 2784 Boston “ 485 Philadelphia “ 671 Baltimore “ 972 Washington “ 812 QUEBEC As a center of summer and winter Athletic Sports (Some of the following information w T as kindly supplied by Mr. M. J. Quinn.) Since long ago Quebec has won renown abroad as a center of summer and winter sports and far famed are our Quebec sportsmen and athletes. Quebec is celebrated for its horse raees which for more than a century were organized and kept 97 going by the wealthy officers of the British crack regiments stationed here on garrison duty. And the races of to day cannot be compared with the old times r&cing events. Thackeray, the celebrated author of “Vanity Fair” speaks in glowing terms of a racing contest held in Quebec in which scions of the English nobility squandered fabulous sums of money. Our horse races on the Plains of Abra¬ ham have always been renowned and popular, dating back as far as 1767. In 1789 saw the organisation of the Quebec Turf Club which took the management of horse racing contests. Governor Sir James Craig took a lead¬ ing part in the races of 1807. In 1830, the amateurs of horse racing formed what was called the ““Quebec Tandem Club’* intended to stimulate emulation for the raising pf good breeds. The club held every w^eek, in the winter season, a drive well attended in which figured the finest horses and beautiful equipments, some being drawn by four-in-hand lead by the most prominent citizens. Skating and snow shoeing count thousands of adepts among our young men and young ladies. Our skaters are unsurpassed in the rapidity of their movements, in their graceful evolutions on the sheets of ice prepared for this sport on which they execute the most daring and fantastic figures. Since long ago our snow-shoers have equalled and even surpassed the Red Skin Indians who invented this mode of locomotion. Our club men are the worthy sons of the daring Militia men who donned the mocassin and the snow shoe, carrying on their backs their shot guns, and ammunition, with eatables for a few days and who followed d’Iberville to the conquest of New¬ foundland, or, unde r Robineau de B6cancour, went through snow drifts and forest, amid the worse days of winter, to devastate the rising boroughs of New England, to avenge the massacre of Lachine by the Iroquois. For two hundred and fifty years w r e have had the unique grand spectacle of our ice bridge bet¬ ween Quebec and Levis, opening for months a 98 hrought communication between the two shores, and favoring long drives, fishing tommy cods in temporary huts, horse racing on the ice tracks, and yachting races by yatchs mounted on large skates, and propelled by a sat of powerful sails, running at lightning speed in the bracing air. Then there was at the Montmorency Falls the unique sport of toboganning on the ice-cone which sometimes rose to a height of 125 feet at the foot of the cataract, formed by the splashing of the water from the Falls. It was a sight worthy looking at to see the lightning speed of the tobo- gans running down the cone and to hear the exclama¬ tions of the sliders carried away to the highest pitch of excitement. Young ladies took a share in this sport, being guided by their friends of the sterner sex who were skilful to avoid accidents. A few years ago a new sport, skying, borrowed from Norway and Sweden, has added its nterest to our Canadian Amusements. It is a delightful scene to look at when skiers flock on the slopes of the citadel, or on Dufferin Terrace and rundown full speed, sometimes executing some wonderful feats of jumping. Several times we have organized carnivals in January or february, and thousand of snowshoers have congregated heret o give us spectacular fights between two contending armies who instead of guns brandished burning torches which illuminat¬ ed the sky, chanting popular songs, to the intense delight of thousands of tourists from abroad who mingled with our citizens. sg Besides we have in winter steep slides erected in different places which gather hundreds of amateurs enjoying the emotions of a rapid descent. Other favorite winter sports are the hockey and the curling so popular with our Scotch friends. The summer sports are much more varied. They may be listed as follows : Football. Hurley, Hockey Lacrosse Baseball Croquet Racket. Squash Balls Cricket 99 Badmingtcn Lawn Tennis Polo, etc. Bowling Roller Skating Golf Links Quoits (Palets) Billiards Pigeon-Holes. Cur giand river St. Lawrence and the River St. Charles, in summer, offer great inducements to those who prize yachting, canoeing, racing on the water. And to close this subject we will simply mention pools and gymnasiums of the Young Mens’ and Young Women’s Christian Associations. QUEBEC AS A CANADIAN NATIONAL SEA¬ PORT Shipbuilding in Quebec Quebec rightfully claims the hcnor of being one of the finest seaports of the world. Although 4C0 miles inland, on the mighty ri\er St.Iawrence it is subject to the fluctuations of high and low tide (a difference sometimes of as much as 20 feet) The magnificent harbor extends fully thirty miles covering both shores upon which could be built miles of deep water wharves, and combined with the vast estuary of the river St. Charles, when improved, could give shelter to the united fleets of the world In tlie early days of the French Regime the French Governm ent soon realized that cur forests of oak, elm, and ether trees were of an immense value for naval constructions and several ship¬ yards were established and maintained from which many vessels were built for the French Royal Navy. The street named Ancien Chantier still existing is a memento of the shipbuilding industry, of those days. In years gone by and for a long period the port of Quebec has been one of the most active shipping centres of the New World. Every year several hundred sailing ships were seen occupying every available place of moorage. From 1787 to 1875,, 100 3878 wooden ships were built in this city, by our ship carpenters. These ships represented a tonnage of 1,285,812 tons valued at $51,000,000. In 1864, 105, in 1865, 113, in 1866, 103 ships were launched from the Quebec shipyards. The skill and workmanship of our shipbuilders and carpenters had won them a world-wide repu¬ tation . During the last fifty years a revolution has almost cnfirely wiped out the sailing ships and has substi¬ tuted thereto the steamships built of iron or of concrete, and of as high as 30,000 tons of floating capacity. Our port has been to a great extent modernized by the dredging of the river, the building of wharves and piers, of grain elevators, refrigerators, all properly equipped with the most up to date appliances and machinery. Let us now consider another aspect characteristic of our port. The Ferry between Quebec and Levis The onlooker who from the heights of Dufferin Terrace gazes in winter upon the River St. Law¬ rence covered with icebergs floating in a rapid current, and who has heard of the exploits of the St. Lawrence River canoe men, wonders how those fearless mariners dared to transport passengers and merchandize from Quebec to Levis and vice versa. And still they did really launch their frail birch canoes, later on replaced by strong wooden ones made from one single giant log, from the top of the wharves or on slope gang-ways, into the moving ice-bergs among which they paddled, meeting now and then clear water, and they brought successfully their charge to the other shore across and it seems that echo still resounds with the joyous strains of their picturesque songs. In popular language mixed with anglicisms, the erry was called “Barras’ Boats” and later “Tibbits Boats” when steam replaced the paddle. The birch canoe first manned by Indians was superseded by the wooden canoe paddled by sturdy 101 French Canadians from Levis : The Chabots, the Barras, the Coutures, the Begins, the Foisys, the Beaulieus. They first met competition by the horse boats a larger craft propelled by paddle wheels set in motion by an endless chain drawn by one or more horses turning around a moving vertical post. This ended the venturesome career of the canoe men of the St. Lawrence, who had become world wide famous as “the Boatmen of the St. Lawrence,” “les canotiers du St-Laurent.” In their turn the horse-boats were superseded by the paddle wheel steamers the first of which was the Lauzon, built in 1827 which maintained a somewhat irregular summer service. In 1831 the Lady Aylmer kept a regular service- between Quebec and St. Nicolas. The first steamboat plying between Quebec and Montreal was “The Accommodation’* built in 1809. A winter ferry was spoken of for many, many years, being proposed by Mr. E. W. Sewell of Levis, until after 1852 it was realized by M. M. Sample and Tibbits, who succeeded in building screw propelled winter boats. Later on came the John Munn boats running between Quebec and Montreal, built in Que¬ bec which were replaced by the Ridhelieu & Ontario boats now the Canada Steamship lines with their floating palaces. Oceanic steam navigation was started from Quebec as early as 1833 by the Royal William built here, the pioneer steamship which crossed over to England exclusively on the steam of its engines. Now we see here steamers of 20,000 and 30,000 tons propelled by steam burning coal or some burning oil. And the next progressive novelty will be winter navigation throughout the whole cold season. 102 OLD QUEBEC. HISTORY AND ARCHEO¬ LOGY Feodality in the early days of Quebec An examination of the old plans of the city of Quebec drawn up at different periods between 1608 and 1700 shows that the promontory of Quebec and its environs appear as an oasis of feudal tenure transplanted in the New World, on the shores of the St. Lawrence. Here are some of the concessions granted by th e different companies or by Royal Authority. Le^ us begin with the lands conceded with the title 8 of Marquis, Count, Baron, Lord of the Manor (chatellenie) or fiefs, whose parchments are regis¬ tered in our archives, and continue with the oldest concessions of land, with privilege of building and operating mills or obligation to build certain works for Military defence. 1. —In the Gulf St. Lawrence, the Marquisate of Miscou, granted to Mr. de Saint-Martin. 2. —The Marquisate of du Sabl6 (Three Rivers) to LeNeuf de la Potherie, 1635. 3. —The County or Earldom of St. Laurent (Island of Orleans) to Mr. Berthelot. 1676. 4. —-The County or Earldom of d’Orsainville, on the shores of the Rivers St. Charles and Lairet created in 1675, in favor of Intendant Talon, already Baron des Islets. 5. —The Barony of Cape Tourmente (near Quebec) granted to Guillaume de Caen in 1624. 6. —The Barony and Castellany des Islets, created in 1671, in favor of Intendant Talon. This land is actually owned by the Lady Nuns of the General Hospital and is held as a farm of 400 acres which is to be sold in building lots. 7. -—The Castellany of Coulonge, created in 1657, in favor of Mr. D’aillebout. 103 FENDAL DOMAINS AND LANDS, ETC. 8.—The seignory of Beauport, to Robert Giffard, in 1634, which later on contained in its limits the following fiefs and arriere-fiefs ^ cle Beauport ; du Chesnay ; de Courville ; de la Ferte ; de St-Denis ; du Traversy ; du Buisson (Jean Guyon) ; deFargy, (l’enceinte) ; de St-Martin ; de St-Michel ; de Rainville. 1626 Fief Notre Dame, River Lairet, Jesuit Fathers Fief de la Misericorde or of the Poor. Hotel - Dieu. Fief du Sault au Matelot. First to Ls Hubert, afterwards the Seminary. Fief of Cape Diamond. Fief Ste. Ursule. Fief St. John. Fief noble St. Francois. Concession of land of Belle-Borne, 1637, to Le Tardif and Jean Nicolet. Fief St. Michel. Fief des Recollets. Concession of land (LaNoraie). Concession of land (St-Denis) to Jean Juche- reau (Merici Convent.) Fief St. Joseph, (Ursulines). Fief Ste Marie, (Hotel-Dieu). Fief de la Vacherie. La C6driere. La Sapiniere. Concessions of land to Nicolas Bonhomme Claude L’Archeveque, Robert Caron, Jean Gloria, Louis Sedillot, Noel Morin, Noel Ringuet, M. Berthelot. The prairies of “ Nicolas Marsolet, sieur de St Aignan.” 9—Seigneurie de Maur or St. Augustin, (1647 Cap Rouge). 104 10.—de Gaudarville 1652 (Cap Roug?) 11—de Fossambault, (Ste. Catherine, Portneuf). Concessions of land, Milling privileges, etc. Notre Dame, Jesuit Fathers. 1660 Recollet Fathers. 1714 Tower with bastions, near the Ursuline Convent. The Dumont Mill, Ste. Foye Road. D’Artigny Mill (d’Artigny St.) Mill near the General Hospital, Boulevard Langelier. Wind-mill, Garden St. King’s Powder Magazine, Chateau Fronte- nac site. 1700 Old encircling wall, in line with St. Ursule St Batteries of Guns : Chateau St. Louis, The Cavalier du Moulin, Mt Carmel St., Cape Diamond, Hospital Battery. Vaudreuil Bat¬ tery, Dauphin Battery. Redoubts : Royal, Dauphine, The public execu¬ tioner’s redoubt, St. Nicolas. HISTORICAL TABLETS (Extract from the “Almanach de l’Action Sociale Catholique 1920. ”) % In February 1908, the Executive Committee of citizens in charge of the celebration of the Third Centenary of the founding of Quebec, adopted a Resolution ordering that a certain number of Historical Tablets made of durable metal be cast and placed in certain places signalling several spots or buildings rendered famous by certain events of importance in our annals or the passing of some illustrious personages. Forty five different spots and buildings were thus chosen by the Committee, for which twenty five tablets were executed and put in place where 105 they still may be seen The other twenty tablets were kept on list to be executed and placed later on. The Honourable Mr. Chapais, now a Senator of Canada, was especially entrusted as chairman of the Committee on History and Archaeology, to execute the plan, which he did successfully for the first twenty five tablets, the remaining twenty others to be dealt with later on. There follows the list and location of the twenty five tablets. Lower Town No. 1 King’s Wharf, Champlain St. Nos 79-105. In 1746 King Louis XV opened here a shipyard for the French Royal Navy. After 1760 the British Government established here the Custom House now removed to Princess Louise Docks. No. 2 Corner of Sous le Fort and Little Champlain St. Probable site of the first R. C. Chapel built in Quebec by Champlain, in 1615. It was burnt in 1629 during the occupation of Quebec by the Kertks. No. 3 Sous le Fort St. Foot of the cliff, Site of the King’s Stores and “l’Abitation ” de Quebec, built by Champlain (1608) Next stands the church of L’Enfant Jesus, built, in 1688, later on dedicated to N. D. de la Victoire (1690) and N. D. des Vic- toires (1711). Facing the church was the oldest Market place in Quebec, on which Intendant de Champigny erected a bronze bust of Louis XIV. No. 4 Facing N. D. Church stood the residence of Noel Juchereau des Chatelets, a relative and ally of 106 Giffard and the Juchereaus, later on the first Seignors of Beauport Manor. In this house were lodged the Ursuline and Hotel Dieu lady Nuns with Mother Marie de 1’Incarnation, upon their arrival in Quebec (1639). No. 5 Corner of Mountain Hill and St. Peter St. (to day Chinic stores). In 1681 here were the residence and stores of M. Chs Aubert de la Chesnaye, a wealthy Merchant, the ancestor of the de Gaspes. No. 6 St. Peter St. Nos 48-52. McCall & Shehyn Here stood the first Monastery and School in. Quebec of the Sisters of the Congragation, of Mont¬ real, founded by sister Marguerite Bourgeois in 1692. Transferred to St. Roch in 1843. No. 7 Mountain Hill. North Side. First Burying ground 1608-1687 Upper Town No. 8 Prescott Gate. Built 1737. Rebuilt 1823. Demolished 1871. No. 9 Chapel of our Lady of Recovery (N. D. de la Recouvrance) a vow of Champlain (1633). Impro¬ ved and enlarged (1634). Burnt, June 14, 1640. No. 10 In the garden of the Seminary. The site of the house of Guillaume Couillard, son in law of Ls Hubert (1613-1663). 107 No. 11 Ferland St. No. 22. Here was printed in 1806 “ le Canadien ” the first French newspaper prin¬ ted in Quebec. It is in this house that soldiers sent by Governor Craig seized the presses, the type paper and materials and dispersed the typographers and threw out on the street the type and materials. No. 12 St. Flavien St. No. 14. Here died F. X. Qarneau, the national historian, 2 february 1866. No. 13 Rampart St. No. 40. The residence of Mont¬ calm, 1758-59. No. 14 Palace Street. Palace or St. Nicholas Gate. Built 1691. Improved 1720. Again improved 1790. Rebuit 1823-1833. Demolished 1864. No. 15 St. Valier St. Nos 90, 94, 110. Boswell’s Bre¬ wery. Here Intendant Talon built the Brewery in 1668. It was transformed into a residence for the Intendants, by Intendant De Meulles, in 1685. It was burnt down under Intendant Begon in 1713, and rebuilt by him. Burnt again in 1726. Rebuilt by Intendant Dupuy. Destroyed during the siege of Quebec in 1775. The vaults are well preserved and are utilized by the Boswell Brewery. No. 16 Basilica Place. Jesuits’ college, built in 1635. Burnt in 1640. Rebuilt in 1647. Enlarged in 1725, occupied as soldiers Barracks, 1759-1871. Demolished in 1877. The church of the Jesuits’ college extended towards St. Ann St. It was 108 built in 1666 and demolished in 1807. The Bri¬ tish government took final possession of the c allege at the death of Father Cazot, the last remaining Jesuit. No. 17 Corner of St. Ann and Garden Streets. House or Store of the Company of the Hundred Assoeiates used temporarily as parish church (1640-1687) and resdence of the Jesuits 1640-1687 Through this lot flowed a considerable stream of water over which a small bridge was later on built. This stream is now under cover. No. 18 The Fort and Ch&teau St. Louis. The fort was erected in 1620. Champlain died in it the 25th December 1635. The Chateau St. Louis begun under Montmagny, rebuilt under Frontenac, enlarged under Sir James Craig, was burnt down the 25th January 1834. No. 19 The old Chateau or Chateau Haldimand built over old Military works of defence, in 1784, was inaugurated in 1787. Demolished in 1892 to make room for the Chateau Frontenac. In the cellars was found a powder magadne, an imme is > vault dating from the early days of the French regime. No. 20 The Recollet Friars Convent. This ground was formerly occupied by the Senechal’s Court about 1650. It was acquired in 1681 by the Recollet Friars who built thereon a Monastery and a church which were both burnt in 1796. The old Court House was subsequently built there in 1800. It was burnt in 1873 and replaced by the present Court House. The cathedral of the Church of England w r as built about 1800 on the grounds of the Recollet Friars. 109 No. 21 The Kent House, No. 23, St. Louis st. occupied in 1791-94 as a residence by His R. H. the duke v of Kent, the father of Queen Victoria. It was formerly the residence of the family of the Char- tiers de Lotbiniere ha\ ing been raised two stories. No. 22 Le Cavalier du Moulin. Mont Carmel street. In 1690 there stood a wind mill built of stone over which a battery of cannon was placed which served as a redoubt during the siege of Quebec by Phipps. There is still there a stone built military wcrk and tradition reports that there was formerly there an Indian cemetery. No. 23 The Ursulines’ Monastery. On Donacona Street, Parlor Street and Garden Street. On the exterior wall of the church is an inscription saying that the site of the church was given by the Com¬ pany of the Hundred Associates. It bears the Seal of the Company, with the crest of the city of Paris. There stood the house of Madame de la Peltrie built in 1644. It was occupied as a residence by Mgr de Laval (1659-1661). Replaced by the actual school for extern pupils of the Ursulines. No. 24 The tomb of Montgomery, Citadel Hill, next to corner of St. Louis St. No. 97. There was laid on the 4th January 1776 the body of the American, general Montgomery together with the bodies of his two aide de camps MrPherson and Cheeseman and a few soldiers, killed in the fight of the 31st December, 1775 at Pres-de-Ville, Champlain street. His mortal remains were transferred to New York where they were buried near St. Paul’s church, in 1818. 110 To these historic tablets must be added twenty additional ones the erection of which has been post¬ poned to some future date. There are two additional tablets which have been placed by the Quebec Litterary and Historical Society, to commemorate the attack on Quebec in 1775 by the Americans. Both are placed in Lower Town ; one at the corner of St. James and Sous-le-Fort streets, and the other on the face of Cape Diamond Cliff, at Pres-de-Ville, on Cham¬ plain street, where Montgomery and his two aides-de-camp were killed. In the Seminary chapel are two beautiful marble slabs bearing inscr ptions : one to the memor/ of Mgr de Laval, first bishop of Quebec, and founder of the Seminary, and the other to the memory of the Very Reverend Vicar General L. J. Casault, who, with the Rev. E.-A. Taschereau (later on Archbishop of Quebec and first Canadian Cardinal,) the most prominent of the founders of Laval University. In the Basilica there are several tablets to the memory of the ancient B:sho;:s, of four French Governors-General and other prominent persons In the chapel of the Ursulines are marble tablets to the memory of Montcalm and some well known Jesuit Missionaries. Some of the additional historical tablets suggested by the Executive Committee of the Tercentenary celebration. The Treasury. The Barons’ Hotel “ Union building/’ 1800, St Ann st. No. 12. The Printing-House of the Quebec Gazette, Foot of Mountain Hill. On the side of the cliff. The Home of Ls Hebert. Hope Military Gate. The spot where Colonel Arnold was wounded 1775. Ill The Grave Yard, General Hospital where rest a number of officers and soldiers of 1759-1760. Where Dodge and Theller escaped from the Citadel (1812). King’s Bastion, flagstaff. Bishop St. Vallier’s Palace. First Canadian Parliament. Top of Mountain Hill. FOR ANTIQUARIANS Old buildings and landmarks The Seminary, the Basilica, the Hotel t)ieu* the Jesuits’ college on the site of the City Hall, the Recollet Friars 2d convent (site of the English Cathedral); their first monastery was what is now the General Hospital, river St. Charles ; Madame Pean’s House ; Surgeon Arnoux’ house in which Montcalm died,September 1759; The Ursu- lines ; the Hotel-Dieu ; the General Hospital, (old convent of Recollets Fathers) ; the Intendant’s Palace, (Boswell’s vaults) ; Notre-Dame des Vic- toires ; La Friponne (Bigot’s stores, St. Paul st). Many old underground vaults in Lower Town stores; Martello Towers ; old Artillery Barracks ; The Citadel and the Fortifications, (built in 1823 and following years : cost $35,000,000.00); Chateau Bigot (Charlesbourg) ; Bishop Laval’s ( seigno- rial manor, now the Old Mill of “L’Ange Gardien”); the shrine of St. Ann de Beaupre ; Chateau Ren- voyre, St. Ann de Beaupre (now the Franciscan sisters convent and hostelry)- Chateau Belle¬ vue, Seminary Farms (St. Joachim) in which Mgr de Lava) established the first agricultural college, and the first schools of arts and mechanical trades and Home training. OLD CHAPELS- CHURCHES--MONASTERIES PUBLIC & PRIVATE BUILDINGS The Cathedral The Basilica Notre Dame. 1615 First chapel built by Champlain in Lower Town, at the foot of the Sous le Fort street stairs, near the “ Abitation ” burnt in 1629. 1633 In Upper Town Notre Dame de Recouvrance a vow of Champlain. Burnt in 1640. 1646 Notre Dame Parish church, Cathedral, Basilica. Corner stone laid 23 Sept. 1647, by Father Lallemant ; 1650 First mass, 24 Dec. 1650. Father Poncet, jefeuit { 1653 Dimensions of church 100 x S3. First bell (i00 lbs). First organ a gift of Bishop Laval, played by Jolliet of Mississipi fame. 1664 Canonical erection ; 1689 Church lengthened by 50 feet ; 1745 Church completed by engineer de Lery, side aisles built, extended by 40 feet (sanctuary). 1759 Church burnt during the siege ; 1768 Church rebuilt by Lafl&che, extended by 22 feet, total measure : 216 x 94 feet. 1782-1800 Baldachino, Statues, Decoration by the Baillairges ; 1829 Sacristy built ; 1844 Present front built ; 1874 A Basilica. By papal decree ; 1921 Complete restoration. The Basilica contains beautiful paintings by old Masters : Van Dyck : Christ ; Lebrun (a copy) : The Immaculate Conception ; Carlo Moratti : Christ attended by Angels ; Carlo Moratti : St. Paul ; A copy by T. Hamel : The flight of Mary and Joseph ; Fleuret : Christ at the Mercy of the soldiers ; Fleuret : The Hymn of Pentecost ; Jacques Blanchard : The Holy Family ; Jean Restaut : The Annunciation ; Plamondon : St. Ann. The Tomb of Christ. 113 In the Basilica are buried mostly all the Bishops of Quebec, four Governors under the French Regi¬ me, including Frontenac. Rich marbles bear funeral inscriptions. The sacred vases, pontifical vestments are of exquisite beauty some being gifts of the Kings of France, and can be seen on application to the sextons. The red hat of the late Cardinal Taschereau hangs above the Sanctuary. There are also a large number of relics of Saints and a precious Roman Mosaic. THE MONASTERY OF THE URSULINE NUNS 1639 The Ursuline Nuns landed at Quebec in 1639 headed by the Venerable Marie de l’lncarnation and Madame de la Peltrie, their benefactress. They resided first in Lower Town, corner of Place de Notre Dame des Victoires in the house of Noel Juchereau des Chatelets a relative of Giffard and the Juchereaus, first seignors of Beau- port . The nuns were later transferred to Sillery 1641 First Monastery built “the largest and finest house in Canada’’ writes Marie de l’lncarna- tion. The first Monastery was burnt in 1650. The second Monastery was burned in 1685, rebuilt in 1687, enlarged 1912-1915. The first chapel was built in 1656. Burnt in 1686. The second Chapel was built in 1720. The third Chapel was built larger in 1901. The Monastery of the Ursulines of Quebec is famous throughout the new World as one of the most prominent educational establishments for girls and young ladies. During three centuries it has formed an elite of womanhood from all parts of Canada and the United States. The illustrious founder was the saintly Mother Marie de l’lncar- nation, who ranks among the most distinguished women of her times. Although a cloistered nun 114 she has exercised a prominent influence in the founding and development of Canada and her wise judgment was often appealed to in the early councils of the government of the colony. Works of Art and precious Souvenirs In the cloister : The tomb of the saintly Mother Marie de 1’Incarnation. A library of 12,000 volumes, history, litterature, science, pedagogy, religion. The votive lamp of Mother Madeleine de Repen- tigny which was first lighted in 1717 and has been kept lighted eversince. This lamp has been lately replaced by an artistic lamp made in Lyons France, a gift of Miss Anthon a great grand niece of Mother de Repentigny, who returned to the Roman Catholic faith. Miss Anthon has also donated a magnificent stained glass rosace which adorns the portal of the church. The Ursuline Chapel contains the tomb of the heroic Montcalm whose skull is preserved in the chaplains’ apartments. The Church contains several beautiful funeral marble tablets the most conspicuous of which are the latin incriptions sent by the Academie des Inscriptions and Belles- Lettres of Paris, France, and one by Lord Aylmer, 1831, both in memory of Montcalm. There is also a beautiful marble placed there by the Government of the Province of Quebec in memory of the Jesuit de Quen, the discoverer of Lake St. John, and du Perron, the apostle of the Hurons, and Brother Liegeois, the builder of the Jesuits’ College in Quebec, who was beheaded by the Iroquois. This church contains the following valuable paintings : Le Brun : The adoration of the Mages ; The Sacred Heart and the Nuns of the Visitation ; Pietro de Cordova : The wise virgins “ The mystic wedding of Ste 115 Catherine ; Ant. de Dieu: La P&che Miraculeuse Collin de Vermont : La Visitation ; Claude Guy Halle : The Redemption of Slaves ; P. de Champagne : Jesus at the home of the Pharisee ; Proudhon : The Bishop receiving Pelagie ; AnAnachorete ; La Sainte Face de Notre Seigneur ; The Madonna and the child ; Our Lord. 44 L’HOTEL DIEU DU PRECIEUX SANG ” Founded by the Duchess of Aiguillon The first Nuns landed in Quebec with the Ursu- lines in 1639. Their Monastery was built in 1657. It was burnt down several times and enlarged as a modern hospital at the end of the last century. The cloistered Lady Nuns of l’Hotel-Dieu have a splendid record of nearly three centuries of benevolence and indefatigable charity in the care of the sick, and they cherish the memory of most distinguished women among whom we may notice en passant the venerable and saintly Mother St. Catherine of St. Augustin, and Mother Juche- reau de St. Ignace, one of the leading pioneer women of the colony of New France, whose virtue was enhanced by a superior culture and a far seeing judgment which were highly appreciated by the highest authorities in the land. The chapel is of old style. It contains several paintings by old Masters. feet contains relics of Fathers de Brebeuf and Lalle- mant both martyrs of the ferocious Iroquois. Here is a list of the valuable paintings : Stella... The birth of Jesus Christ ; Noel Coypel : The Virgin and the Child ; Genl. Monaght : The Vision of St. Theresa ; 116 Eustache Lesueur : St. Bruno in Meditation ; Plamondon (a copy) : The Descent of the Cross ; Baillarge (a copy) : The Twelve Apostles ; Zurbaran... A Monk praying ; Van Dyck... : The Crucifixion ; Stella (a gift of Bishop Dosquet) : Christmas Night. RECOLLETS AND JESUITS Two of the oldest and most venerable edifices of old Quebec have totally disappeared : The Recollet Fathers Convent (in upper Town) and the Jesuits’ College and churches. The church and college of the Jesuit Fathers were built on the site of the present City Hall, and extended towards the Clarendon Hotel. The Jesuit College was built with the princely gift of the inheritance of the son of the French Marquis de Gamache, who entered the order. The college was built in 1635 and opened classes in 1636, one year previous to the founding of Harvard University of Boston, thus becoming the pioneer institution of superior education in North America. The college gave classical and scientific education until 1759. when its doors were closed by the British government The Jesuits Church was built near the site of the present Clarendon Hotel. It was ruined by the bombardment during the siege of 1759 and finally demolished. The college buildings were converted into Barracks and were used as such until 1870. They were demolished later and the site bought by the city for the present City Hall. THE RECOLLETS This branch of the Franciscan Orders was established in Canada in 1615 by the arrival of the pioneer Fathers Dolbeau, Lecaron. They built their first Monastery on the shores of the river St. Charles in 1620 where they intended to open a Seminary, with the prospect of building there a city to be called Louisville. Champlain 117 seems to have contemplated to build Quebec on the shores of the river St. Charles but decided to build it on the promontory in order to secure stron¬ ger military position for defence. In 1683, Mgr de St. Vallier, second bishop o* Quebec, wishing to establish a refuge for old people, as a branch of L’Hotel Dieu, purchased the Recollet Friars Convent on the shores of the river St. Charles, and allowed them to build a new Convent on Upper Town, on the land previously occupied by La Senechaussee, now the site of the Cathedral church of England, corner of St. Ann and Garden streets. The new Convent was built in 1693 and was used by them until the death of Father de Berey, the order having been suppressed by the British Government as far as Canada was concerned. They had built an exterior church which was admired by the Jesuit Charlevoix who compared it to Versailles. In 1683, the first Recollet Monastery (river St. Charles) passed in the hands of the Nuns of the General Hospital, a branch of L’Hotel-Dieu. The primitive Recollet buildings are still well preserved and so is their exterior church which is of old style and contains the tomb of the founder, of the General Hospital, Bishop de St. Vallier. The Nuns possess valuable old souvenirs. The old cloister of the Recollets is well preserved and visitors may at intervals see an old monastic all of the primitive Recollet Friars, and the rooms which Frontenac used to occupy each year when he came to follow a spiritual retreat under the guidance of the Recollets whom he loved and protected. Tradition says that when he came out of this yearly retreat he used to be more violent and wicked than when he entered it. The Monastery of the General Hospital is wonderfully well preserved. It is probably the only building of that period that has never been burnt down. 118 THE SEMINARY OF QUEBEC Founded by Bishop Laval in 1663 with the cooperation of “Le Seminaire des Missions Etrangeres, de Paris ”, it opened its classes in 1666. in the house which he purchased from the widow of Guillaume Couillard which stood in the actual garden oi the Seminary. The first pupils were eight French boys, 6 Hurons and a few Algonquins. But all attempts to educate the Indian boys were unsuccessful. The Seminary was enlarged first in 1677 and was burnt in 1701. Subsequently enlarged in 1822, with vast cons¬ tructions later on built fire proof. The interior chapel was built during the lifetime of Bishop Laval who occupied the vaulted apart¬ ments under the chapel. The first exterior chapel was built during the second administration of Frontenac, about 1690. It was burnt in 1750, again burnt in 1889 and rebuilt in 1891. The extensive buildings of the Grand Seminary and of the Faculties of Laval were built in the middle of the last century. The Seminary Chapel is rich in old paintings and marble altars and stations, and the picture gallery of Laval University contains a vast collec¬ tion of valuable paintings by old Masters, a catalo¬ gue of which may be had form the porter of the Seminary. Here is a list of the best paintings in the Semi¬ nary Chapel. 1. —The outside church contains a beautiful mosaic a gift from Pope Leo XIII, and several paint ings by old Masters, as well as a very rich collection of relics of Saints. The Mosaic is a reproduction of Titian’s master piece, “Mater Dolorosa.” 2. —Madonna.—Reni. 3. —The Asscmption of the Blessed Virgin (a copy) A gift of the Lady Ursuline Nuns. 4. —The Virgin. From the school of Bologna. 119 5. —The Immaculate Conception (Modern) Pas- qualoni. 6. —Saint Monica presenting her son Augustin to St. Ambrose. G. Porta. 7. —Christ on the Cross. A copy from Guido. Falardeau. The Museum of Paintings of Laval University contains over four hundred paintings many of which are from the old Masters. Catalogues can be bought from the porter. The entrance fee for visitors is twenty five cents. Museum opened on every week day, in day time. The vast buildings of the Seminary and of the University erected during the last seventy years or in course of erection are mostly all fire-proof. A very large building, fire proof, with all modern appliances and equipment, is presently in course of erection to be used for classes and additional lodgings for boarder pupils and contains a large swimming pool and, an up to date gymnasium. FORT ST. LOUIS—CHATEAU ST. LOUIS— DUFFERIN TERRACE On the site of Fort St. Louis and Chateau St Louis built by Champlain, stands one of the finest public promenades of the world, built on the foundations of the late Fort and Castle, 182 feet above the river St. Lawrence and extending on a length of 1420 feet. The first terrace, planned by Lord Durham and called after him, was 160 feet long. In 1854 it was extended to 276 feet, and in 1879 at the sug¬ gestion of Lord Dufferin, it was extended to fully 1420 feet, to the foot of the cliff of the citadel. Partially burnt in 1914 it has been solidly rebuilt in iron structure on concrete foundations. FORT OF THE HURONS.—THE HOUSE OF THE GOLDEN DOG Another land mark is. the site of the present Central Post Office, near the Dufferin Terrace. It was there that in 1658, the remnants of the Huron 120 tribes .pitched their tents and lived several years under the protection of the guns of the French citadel. Later on was built thereon a large house used as a residence with vast stores where lived Nicolas Jacquin dit Philibert, a wealthy merchant who fell victim of the tragedy known in our Annals as th# legend of the Golden Dog, immortalized under that title in the famous novel of William Kirby. Jacqu’n dit Philibert, in a vindictive mood, caused to be placed on the front of his house the celebrated stone which recalls the tragedy. That historic stone was carefully preserved and still appears on the front of the present New Post Office. The inscription reads as follows : Je suis un chien qui ronge Pos En le rongeant je prends mon repos Un jour viendra qui n’est pas venu Que je morderai qui m’aura mordu. HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND BUILDINGS OFTEN MENTIONED IN OUR CIVIC ANNALS 1. —Fontaine Manseau (corner St. John and Can diac Streets.) 2. —Brewery built by Intendant Talon, in 1671. Burnt in 1713. Rebuilt as a Palace for the Intendants in 1713 and occupied by them as their residence until 1759. Destroyed during the siege. The vaults are now used by the Boswell Brewery. 3. —The Borgia House, on St. Foye Road, a strategic point during the Battle of the Plains. Stood near the convent of the Sisters St. Joseph, of Mgr de St. Vallier. 4. —The Bourdon House. Stood next to the “Monument des Braves”. 5. —The Dumont Mill stood on the site of the Monument des Brav es, a disputed strategic point during the Battle of Ste Foye, April 1760. —Land and castellany of d’Aillebout de Coulonge (Spencer Wood.) 121 7. — Land and home of Abb6 Lesueur de St- Sauveur one of the pioneer secular priests whose name was bestowed on the present Parish of St. Sauveur. 7. —The concession of St-Denis granted to Jean Juchereau. site of M6rici convent. 8. —Belle-Borne Brook the dividing line between Spencer Wood and Spencer Grange, St. Louis Road. 9. —The Samos Battery near Spencer Wood, conspicuous during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. 10. —Statue of General Wolfe corner of S. John and Palace Street, (now disappeared). 11. —Statue of Neptune. In front of Neptune Inn , foot of Mountain Hill. (Still exists.) 12. —Statue of the Great Jupiter (Jove) A sta¬ tue adorning a famous tavern on St. John St. corner of the Zouaves Avenue (Has disappea¬ red.) This tavern was distant from city dwel¬ lings Prudent mothers warned their young daughters who frequented the then fashiona¬ ble promenade ot St. John Street “Not to go beyond the Gran 1 luoiter- 12. — Champlain’s Fountain. Foot of breakneck stairs, Champlain St. 14. —The House of Surgeon Arnoux, facing Par¬ lor st. Nos 45-47 St. Louis st., in which Mont¬ calm wounded was carried and died (Sep. 1759) the site is now occupied by the Campbell Automobile Garage. 15. -—The Beschenaux House. Palace st. The town residence of the Vicar General Desche- naux, a relative of Bigot. 16. —La Friponne thus nicknamed popularly being the principal store of Bigot’s friends who plundered the public chest. 17. —17.— Kent House. First occupied by the Chartiers de Lotbiniere, (now the Jolys de Lotbinieres) later on the residence of the duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria. 1 8.—The Powder Magazine, near the Fort St* Louis. 122 19. —The Citadel built in 1823-1833 under Sir Randolph Routh, chief commissariat officer: cost $35,000,000.00. 20. —The Ermitage of the Recollet Friars, St. Roch. 21. —The House of madame Pean, (the famous mistress of 1’Intendant Bigot.) Nos 59-61, St. Louis st. (Now officer’s Quarters.) 22. — The Martello towers. Four in number, one since demolished. The old military wall of 1701. (in line with St. Ursule st.) 25.—River La ire t. First chapel and Residence of the Jesuit Fathers, built in 1626 and traces of the encampment of Jacques Cartier who wintered there on his second voyage in 1535 OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS Edifices and landmarks famous in our Annals 1. —At Cape Rouge. Ruins of the settlement of Roberval (1541), and of Jacques Cartier’s winter sojourn in 1542. 2. —At Sillery. The first settlement of the remnants of the Huron nation, 1649-1658. Monument to the Jesuit Father Masse and the first residence (1641) of the Jesuit Fathers, and of the Ursuline and Hotel Dieu Nuns. 3—At Charlesbourg, Chateau Bigot. (The ro¬ mance of the Golden Dog.) Bourg Talon, Bourg- Royal. Unique division of farm lands. 4. —At Beauport. The sites of the manors Gif- fard, Duchesnay and de Salaberry. All destroyed. Beauport is the oldest agricultural establishment in Canada. 5. — Headquarters of Montcalm, Montmorency on the site of his victory over Wolfe. 6. — Geological curiosity. Mounds of river shells on the hills. 7. —At Montmorency. Headquarters of Wolfe, (1759). 8. —Kent House. The residence of His R. H. the duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria. 123 9.—Chateau Richer : Old Mill, built in 1667-68 by Mgr de Laval, feudal seignor of “La Cote de Boaupre and the Island of Orleans ” which he had recently purchased out of his own private purse. He built it as his manor, seignorial mill, presbytery for the parish priest, and his country seat where he used to retire to receive his seignorial dues (“aveux, foy et hommage, cens et rentes, lots et ventes” from his “ censitaires” “and all other dues of whatsoever nature.”) This mill still exists, and one may visit the room which the good Bishop used to occupy. 10. —The sanctuary of St. Anne de Beaupre cele¬ brated as far back as 1625 as the center of ever increasing processions of pilgrims from all parts of Canada and the United States. (Relics and souvenirs, fine paintings.^ 11. —At St. Joachim. Chateau Bellevue. The summer residence of the Priests of the Quebec Seminary. Beautiful and extensive farms established by Mgr de Laval who founded there the first Agricultural College, and the first School of Arts and Mechanical Trades and Home Training. EVENTFUL TRIALS AND PUBLIC CALAMI¬ TIES WHICH HAVE VISITED QUEBEC. 1629-1632 Quebec taken and occupied by the Kirks- 1640 The threat of Iroquois invasions. 1663 The great earth quake all over Canada. 1690 The attack on Quebec by Phipps. Proud answer of Frontenac : ‘Go back and tell your master that I will answer him through the mouth of my cannons.” 1711 The threat of invasion by the fleet of Sir Hovenden Walker, completely wrecked in the Gulf. 1759 The attack and siege by Wolfe and Saunders 1760 The siege of Quebec by Chevalier de Levis. 124 1775 The attack and siege by the American troops, under Montgomery and Arnold. 1812 The threat of invasion by the American army. GREAT FIRES 1682 Fire in Lower Town. 1759-60 Bombardment of Quebec. The city in ruins. 1845 Two conflagrations, 28 May, St. Roch and 28th June, St. John’s Wards. 16,000 people home¬ less. 1846 June 12th, Burning of the St. Louis theatre. 50 vi ctims. 1862 Desastrous fire in St. John’s Ward. 1868 “ “ St. Sauveur Ward. 1870 “ St. Roch Ward. 1876 “ “ Montcalm Ward. 1881 “ “ St. John Ward 1888 “ “ St. Sauveur. 1908 Conflagration in Lower Town. Elevators and Wharves burnt. DISASTROUS ACCIDENTS 1836-1880 Two snow avalanches and five rock slide in Champlain Street 1907 Fall of the south approach of the Great Quebec Bridge, 82 lives lost 1916 Fall of the Central span of the Great Quebec Bridge. Several lives lost. EPIDEMICS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES 1687 Measles. Victims adults and children. 1702 Smallpox. 1710-11 Scarlet (“ Lc Pourpre ”) 1832-34-49-51-52-54 Cholera: over 10,000 victims. 1849 Typhus or ship fever. Over 25,000 victims in Canada. Over 10,000 Irish Immigrants buried at Grosse lie. 1919 Influenza. Hundreds of victims. 125 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Mayor’s Welcome to travelers, and tourists 3, 6 The discovery of Canada, Jacques-Cartier (1534). 7 The Founding of Quebec, Champlain (1608). . 8 The origins of New France.8, 11 Past Mayors of Quebec.11, 12 City Council (1920) City Officials.13,14 Geographical position of Quebec. 15 High and low tides, Summer season of naviga¬ tion . 15 Population of Quebec.15, 16 Quebec a bilingual city.16, 17 Municipal organization of Quebec.17, 18 Finance.—Valuation of property—Receipts Expenditure.18, 20 City Debt. 18 Quebec Provincial Exhibition. . . ..20, 21 New Commission. 21 Public Works.21,24 Water Works.24. 27 Police—Police Stations—Officers and cons¬ tables .27, 29 Fire Department—Fire Stations—-Officers and Firemen.29, 31 Fire Alarm Telegraph Dept—Fire Alarm boxes31,37 Board of Health.37, 39 Education in Quebec city—Schools, Budget, Statistics.40, 49 Public Hygiene. 50 Religion—Clergy, churches. 50 Roman catholic church—Hierarchy—Metropo¬ litan chapter of Canons. 51 Clergy of R. C. parishes—Churches—Chapels. Sunday church services—Monastic orders and Congregations.51, 55 Protestant clergy, churches, Sunday services. . 55 Hospitals and Refuges. 56 Monuments and Statues.56, 57 Hotels, boarding houses, rooms (partial list) . 57, 58 Hackney carriages, Automobiles, Tariffs, cir¬ culation of Vehicles,Cab stands.59, 65 Automobilism in Quebec.. 64 Automobile Garages, Supplies, repairs. 66 Routes for auto drives and guides for automo- bilists around Quebec and to Levis, Jack- man Highway, Lake Parlin, Maine, Quebec- Cap Rouge.—Quebec-Lake St. Charles— Quebec St. Ann de Beaupre—Quebec-Val- cartier camp—Quebec-Riviere du Loup- Rimouski.—Quebec-Montreal.66, 77 general information Government of Canada—Cabinet Ministers, etc. 77 Federal Public officials in Quebec. 78 Government of the Province of Quebec—Cabi¬ net Ministers. 78 Provincial officials. Quebec.79,80 Courts of Justice.79, 80 Associations . 80 National Battlefields Com. 80 Clubs, etc.80, 81 Militia.. 81, 82 Public holidays, etc, National celebrations. ... 82 Board of Trade, Quebec. 83 Report of the Commissioner of Industries.... 83 Banks.87, 88 Marriage licenses, Telegraph, Electric Cos Railways Sateamboats,, Harbour commis¬ sion .90-91 Consuls for foreign Countries. 91 Postal information. 92 The Quebec Press. 92 Societies : National, Historical, Literary, Scientific .93, 94 Labor Unions. 94 Libraries—Museums, ancient archives. 95 The Great Quebec Bridge.. . .95, 96 Distances from Quebec to important cities— Canada and United States. 97 Quebec Athletic Sports.97, 100 127 Quebec as a Sea-port. Ship-building.100-101 Shipbuilding Industry. 101 The Quebec and Levis Ferry.101, 102 Old Quebec—History and Archaeology. 103 Seignorial and fendal tenure in Quebec and environs.103, 105 Historical tablets (1908) etc.105. Ill For Antiquanans. 112 Old Chapels, Churches, buildings, The Basilica 113 Monastery of the Ursulines.114, 115 Monastery of L’Hotel-Dieu . . . ..116, 117 Recollets and Jesuits.117, 118 The Seminary.119, 120 Fort St. Louis, Chateau St. Louis, Fort of the Hurons, The Golden Dog.120, 121 Historic landmarks.121, 123 Historic landmarks outside City limits .... 123. 124 Pubiic ca’amities, Epidemics, Fires, Accidents, etc.124, 125 128 T I kL-A □DQonmQQrVi, UsaS&D nnmnnmn ? H- - « - - <23? —__ ___ _ - ^- rJ e* p - N e , > y'W'L- ■ - ~^*3gSS*^ Position of the City of Quebec and Surrounding Territory giving Location of Railways, Water- Powers and Mines. ~T Quebec Ha S r.,, vv arg«.r ft g and Largest pry D«cU «—» ^ by da\s raaM Li>&3f»a.?v.-v* •* Oe£P WA^En a~ \*.v statc- or r.?&- - - - 0-: c-xa -fZArrir