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During the year twe aty was visited by many distinguished visitors, most of whom came here for the purpose of “‘seeing’” the country, and few of whom left without having become financially interested in the fortunes of the Canadian Northwest. “All spoke in the highest torns of commendation of the country,and expressed their surprise at the marvelous growth Win nipeg has had. We reproduce a few ex pressions of opinion . The Late Sir Hugh Allan, was simply astonished at the rapid strides made by the city of Winnipeg in size, the character of its buildings and the growth of its various industries. The extent of legis late mercantile business in Winnipeg be considered equal to the of any city in On tario, except Toronto, and predicted that in less that three years its commerce will be equal to, if not greater than that of Toron to. From the rapid progress of the city during the last year, Sir Hugh was fully confident that within three years Winnipeg will have at least 60,000 inhabitants, and that before five years are over it will be THE LARGEST CITY in the Dominion. His opinion was that manufactories must rapidly increase here in order to allow surrounding towns and settle ments to get their supplies direct from the metropolis. So confident was Sir Hugh of the future prospects of the city and country that he intended establishing branches of two factories in which he was largely interested; one was a branch of a well known sewing machine factory, and the other a branch of a clock factory, in which he was also interested. Sir Hugh declared: +: There cannot be too much immigration, ‘This is the place for the poor to take another chance.”
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Winnipeg Daily Sun
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Sat, Dec 30, 1882
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