Chapter XXX: National Origins of the Population

1834, THE YEAR OF THE SIMULTANEOUS ORIGIN OF THE EARLIEST
NATIONAL SOCIETIES.

ST. JEAN BAPTISTE ASSOCIATION--REORGANIZATION IN 1843--THE
“MONUMENT NATIONAL”--EDUCATION AND SOCIAL AMELIORATIONS--THE
FRENCH-CANADIAN SPIRIT--PRESIDENTS.

ST. GEORGE’S SOCIETY--A CELEBRATION IN 1821--OBJECT--EARLIEST
OFFICERS--THE HISTORY OF ST. GEORGE’S HOME--PRESIDENTS.

ST. ANDREW’S SOCIETY--ORGANIZATION AND FIRST OFFICERS--JOINT
PROCESSIONS OF NATIONAL SOCIETIES--EARLIEST CHARITABLE
ACTIVITIES--THE HEALTH OF THE POPE--THE LORD ELGIN
INCIDENT--THE CRIMEAN WAR--SUBSCRIPTION TO A PATRIOTIC
FUND--THE HISTORY OF ST. ANDREW’S HOME BEGINS--THE HISTORY
OF ST. ANDREW’S HALL--CONDOLENCE ON DEATH OF D’ARCY
MCGEE--PRESIDENTS.

ST. PATRICK’S SOCIETY--ORIGINALLY NON-DENOMINATIONAL--EARLY
PRESIDENTS--THE REORGANIZATION IN 1856--FIRST OFFICERS--FIRST
SOIREE--FIRST ANNIVERSARY DINNER--NATIONAL SOCIETIES
PRESENT--THE TOASTS--IRISH COMPANIES IN CORPUS CHRISTI
PROCESSION--IRISH PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION--T. D’ARCY
M’GEE--EMIGRATION WORK--ST. PATRICK’S HALL--PRESIDENTS.

IRISH PROTESTANT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY--EARLY
MEMBERS--WORKS--PRESIDENTS.

GERMAN SOCIETY--HISTORY AND PRESIDENTS.

WELSH SOCIETY--ORIGINALLY THE “WELSH UNION OF
MONTREAL”--AFTERWARD--ITS OBJECT--PRESIDENTS.

NEWFOUNDLAND SOCIETY--ORIGIN--PRESIDENTS.

THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT--THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

OTHER NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND CENSUS OF POPULATION FOR 1911 369

CHAPTER XXXI

PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES

FIGHTING FIRE--DARKNESS--FLOODS--DROUGHT

1. FIRE FIGHTING--THE FIRE OF 1765--“THE CASE OF THE CANADIANS
OF MONTREAL”--THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE--FIRE PRECAUTIONS
SUGGESTED--OTHER HISTORICAL FORCES--THE MONTREAL FIRE FORCES OF
THE PAST AND PRESENT.

2. THE LIGHTING OF MONTREAL--OIL LAMPS, 1815--GAS,
1836--ELECTRICITY--FIRST EXPERIMENTS IN THE STREETS, 1879--THE
ELECTRIC LIGHTING COMPANIES--NOTES ON INTRODUCTION OF THE
TELEGRAPH--FIRE ALARM--ELECTRIC RAILWAY.

3. FLOODS, EARLY AND MODERN, 1848, 1857, 1861, 1865, 1886--THE
PRACTICAL CESSATION IN 1888.

4. THE CITY WATER SUPPLY--THE MONTREAL WATER WORKS--PRIVATE
COMPANIES--THE MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS--THE PUMPING PLANTS--THE
WATER FAMINE OF 1913 397

CHAPTER XXXII

LAW AND ORDER

JAILS--POLICE SERVICES--COURTHOUSE--LAW OFFICERS

EARLY PUNISHMENTS--FIRST CASES OF THE MAGISTRATES--GEORGE THE
“NAGRE”--“EXECUTION FOR MURDER”--OTHER CRIMES PUNISHED BY
DEATH--SOLDIER DESERTIONS--A PUBLIC EXECUTION--THE JAILS--- THE
JAIL TAX TROUBLES--OBNOXIOUS TOASTS--THE NEW JAIL OF 1836--ITS
POPULATIONS--THE NEW BORDEAUX PRISON--OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY
PRISONS--THE EARLY POLICING OF MONTREAL--THE LOCAL POLICE
FORCE OF 1815--THE POLICE FORCE AFTER THE REBELLION OF
1837-1838--POLICE CHIEFS--MODERN LAW COURTS AND JUDGES--THE
HISTORY OF THE BAR--THE BAR ASSOCIATIONS OF MONTREAL--THE
RECORDERS--THE ARCHIVES. SUPPLEMENT--THE JUDGES OF THE HIGHER
COURTS FROM 1764 TO 1914--THE SHERIFFS OF MONTREAL--THE
PROTHONOTARIES--THE COURTHOUSE SITES--THE BATONNIERS 413