Number of farms have decreased 26% in 66 years. Population has decreased 46% in 66 years. By act of Parliament all traffic on P.E.I , started driving to the right on May 1st, 1924 in line with the rest of Canada . STOREKEEPERS AND TRADESMEN Rev. Richard Cotton was the first storekeeper, he was followed by William Brooks , William Johnstone , E. L. Arsenault , Harry Kelly , William MacKay , David Johnstone , Ernest Dunning , James MacLeod and George Thorne . Blacksmths Mr. Parsons made bolts and nuts with a left hand die, some are still around. William Paynter , Thomas Power , Robert Fitzsimmons , William MacLeod , Bernard Paynter , Robert MacKenzie and Edward Johnstone . Carpenters William Marks Sr. , James Dunning , Joseph Dunning , William Paynter , Marshall Constable , Ralph Thompson , Everett Paynter , William Marks , Ernest Dunning , Oliver Paynter and Francis Paynter . Stove Masons John Cann and John J. Campbell . Shoemakers serving Alexander Hamilton, John Tuplin and Mr. Mabey . Plastering Henry Moynagh and John Marks . Carriage Builders James Johnstone , John Bernard and Edward Johnstone . Tailor Robert Johnstone and Tailoress Mrs. William Johnstone . Civil Engineer William Manderson . Dressmaking Shop Ettie Bell , Laura Bell and Ettie Arthur . Butter Maker Thomas Bernard . Shipbuilding > Archibald Cousins had the only large shipbuilding yard in Long River , his large cookhouse was later hauled up to the corner of his farm from the wharf and used for a store and dwelling house for many years. Archibald moved to the Baltic and farmed and operated a potato starch factory. 33