Scan 5
1887-88 Irwin's Hamilton City Directory, 1887
14 lines. Read by computer on 17 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1PREFACE.
3The publishers, in presenting their FOURTEENTH ANNUAL EDITION of the City of Hamilton Directory, gratefully acknowledge the support awarded them, and assure their patrons, the great majority of whom they are happy to know are personal friends or acquaintances, that as in the past, so in the future, every means in their power will be exerted to make the work as thorough and reliable as it is possible for a compilation of this kind to be. Every house has been visited by our agents, and if errors are discovered we solicit a lenient criticism. The present volume contains about 14,000 names and addresses which is in excess, considering the population of the city, of the average Directory number. Wishing our patrons a favorable year, we take our leave, hoping in due time to request their support for the FIFTEENTH edition of this book.
5Several of our patrons complain that certain persons are in the habit of constantly borrowing Directories, and when most needed they are not to be found. The best remedy for this evil is not to permit the book to leave your premises. Every business man requires the book and can afford to purchase it.
7W. H. IRWIN & CO.,
8Hamilton, Ont.
9March 1st, 1887.
11NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
13We deem it our duty to warn our patrons against certain "Directory publishers" who have recently appeared in the province, and who by the most disreputable representations obtain orders for their imperfect and often almost worthless publications. Several parties in this city have been victimized in this manner. Please see that all orders for the City of Hamilton Directory bear our name and address. Maps, calenders, business charts and other so called first-class advertising mediums will also bear investigation.
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