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Title: Illustrated guide to Toronto by way of Niagara Falls : with indexed map of the city, showing street car lines
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Canada Railway News Co
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Publisher: Toronto : Canada Railway News Co.
Contributing Library: Toronto Public Library: Research and Reference Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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cently erected, at a cost of nearly $100,000, and in whichwill be shown some thirty industries in active operation.This building is unique to the Canadian National Exhibi-tion, not having its like in any other exhibition of the world.A new Main Building and one of the largest grand standson the continent, seating 16,800 people, together with manyother new buildings, have been recently erected. FACTS AND FIGURES THAT TEIX THE MAGNITUDE AND GROWTHOF THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION. Receipts.1911 $341,265.00 Attendance. inil 926,000 Largest attendance in one day, September 4th, 1911 151,000 Held annually for two weeks for 3.3 years Area of Exhibition Park 2G4 acres Extent of waterfront li/4 miles Value of buildings .$2,125,000 Floor space for exhibits 600,000 sq. ft. Seating capacity of fireproof Grand Stand 16,800 The Exhibition City, as Exhibition Park is called, haspaved streets, twenty thousand electric lights, telephonesystem, postal system, police stations and fire halls, etc. ;i2
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BANK OF MONTREAL. Canada has 27 chartered banks, nine of these have theirhead offices in Toronto. The city possesses many beautifulbanking houses. Amongst these may be mentioned theBank of Montreal, Yonge and Front Streets; the TradersBank, on Yonge, near King; the Dominion Bank, Yongeand King; the Bank of Commerce, the Royal Bank, theUnion Bank, the Bank of Toronto, the Standard Bank, andthe Bank of Nova Scotia, King Street. Dozens of beautifulbranch banks occupy prominent comers in the city. Attention may be called to a contrast in the buildingpolicy of two prominent banks. The Bank of Montreal hasa modern building of one storey on the valuable corner ofYonge and Front, vehile a little farther up the formerstreet is the highest building in Canada, the new fifteen-storey building of the Traders Bank. Cuts of both build-ings are given herein. 33

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