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- 76 VICTORIA ILLUSTRATED.
Alderman A. J. Smith is a Scotchman from " Edinboro toon," who came to Victoria in 1852, being for a lengthened period connected with the
saw mill interests of Puget Sound and Burrard Inlet. in 1872 he began business with the late Mr. G. J. Clark as joiners, builders and
contractors ; but, six years ago, on the death of his partner, he assumed the entire business, which he has most successfully conducted,
some of the principal buildings of the city being monuments of his skill. He has been in the Council for the past seven years and presides
over several important committees.
Alderman John Coughlan is an Irishman by birth and head of the brick-making firm of Coughlan & Mason. He is managing director of the
Pacific Asphalt Co. ; his establishment being also agents for other inventions used in connection with building and street paving. Mr.
Coughlan was first elected to the City Council in 1887, and has always been on the side of substantial improvements. The Alderman, if he
have any hobby, it is that of securing for the city the best possible supply of water.
Alderman John (Jock) Robertson is one of the oldest members of the Council Board. He is a Scotchman, hailing from Blair Athol, Perthshire,
and is just about sixty years of age. He came to Victoria close upon thirty years since. He began as a horse-shoer -- and he was a
good one, too -- and after working in several subordinate capacities -- each one an advance on the last -- he is to-day at the head of his
own extensive boiler-making and blacksmithing (the Caledonian) works. He has been in the City Council for a number of terms ; is President
of the St. Andrew's and Caledonian Societies, and occupies the proud position of a representative Scotsman.
Alderman Joshua Holland came from Shropshire, England, where he was born in 1861. He arrived in Victoria in 1883, having previously spent
some time in Winnipeg during the boom. He is a builder by trade, but is at present a member of the real estate firm of Morrow, Holland & Co.
He has sat in the City Council since 1890 for Johnson Street Ward, and has served on a number of the principal executive committees.
Alderman Joseph Hunter is an Aberdonian, having first seen the light in his native Scotch city in 1842. At Marechal College and the
University of Aberdeen he took a high position in the different departments of his studies. The natural bent of his inclinations being
towards civil and mechanical engineering he devoted himself to that profession, in which he attained high proficiency." He sailed from
Southampton in 1864 for British Columbia, going at once to the Cariboo mines, where he remained for about seven years, having had lively
experiences of all that pertains to a miner's and prospector's life. He was the first white man to cross the Pine River Pass, having command
of the party which explored that then unknown country. He was chief engineer, and personally superintended the survey for the E. & N. R. R.,
and since the construction of that road has had its general superintendence. After confederation he was one of the three original members
to the British Columbia Parliament -? his constituency being Cariboo -- and now, in addition to his position in the City Council, represents
Comox in the Provincial Legislature.
Alderman C. E. Renouf was born in Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, and came out to this Western country in 1879, being for four years
in the employ of the Hastings Mill Co., at what is now the city of Vancouver. From 1883 until 1885 he was with Messrs. R. P. Rithet & Co.,
forming in the latter year a partnership with Mr. J. Nicholles, the firm being the well-known hardware house of Nicholles & Renouf. He is a
prominent and active member of the B. C. Agricultural Society, and during the present year entered the City Council as member for Yates
Street Ward, being Chairman of the city Finance Committee.
Alderman H. A. Munn hails from Prince Edward Island, having been born in Queen's County about thirty years ago. He received a liberal
education and obtained first-class teacher's and commercial diplomas. In 1883 he came to this city, and for about three years was upon
the staff of the " Standard " newspaper, leaving it to become identified with the " Times," his interest in which he purchased from Mr.
McLagan. A few months since he abandoned journalism and is now largely interested in real estate, being a member of the firm of Morrow,
Holland & Co. He is also a partner in the rising drug house of
THE UNION PACIFIC STEAMER " VICTORIAN."
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