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Title: A few facts about the city of Saskatoon : something of its past, present and prospects for the future, a city of opportunities. A railway centre. The hub of the great hard wheat area of Central Saskatchewan
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Saskatoon Board of Trade Saskatoon Board of Trade
Subjects: Architecture Railroads
Publisher: Saskatoon : Saskatoon Board of Trade
Contributing Library: Queen's University Library, W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Queen's University - University of Toronto Libraries

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Board of Trade Building. (Page Twelve) s A s K A r c) c) x-^-r II 1-. II ri; o i riii-: hard win: at in: i. t-\\ i: s r i: r x caxada THE HUB NOW A FINANCIAL CENTRE Multiplicity ol hanking institutionsniay or niaj- not mean much in themaking of the general prosperity ofany community. Operations of theseinstitutions are, however, an import-ant indication of the volume of husi-ness transacted in a community. Less than live years ago the lirstbranch of a chartered hank opened inSaskatoon. In the fall of IQ02 theBank of Hamilton commenced busi-ness here. The Union Bank of Can-ada followed in 1903. and the Cana-dian Bank of Commerce came thenext year, in 1004. Within the spaceof a few weeks in the spring of 1906were opened branches of the Bank ofMontreal, the Bank of Nova Scotiaand the Xorlhern Bank. During thesummer of the same year the UnionBank opened its second branch in the
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The Canadian Bank of Commerce, Saskatoon. (Page Thirteen.J city, on the west side in a districtwhere the growth has been phenom-enal. In addition to the above, twoother chartered banks are known atthe lime of writing to be seeking alocation at the Hub. The NationalTrust Co., Limited, is another insti-tution with a branch at Saskatoon,and so marked has been this com-panjs progress here that they haveoutgrown their present offices andwill build on a central site this year.The contract was let in M.irch for apermanent and costly building. All of the above banks have had toadd vo their staffs during the oastyear and two at least will be locatedin new ciuarters before the presentyear goes out. The bank of Com-merce have commenced the erectionof a block of their own to cost $.^5,-00c or more, while the Bank of Nov.iScoti? will move into new offices in June. A site has been purchased bythe Bank of Montreal. Saskatoon has become the bankingcentre fcr a vast territory, and as thatterritory con

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