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Sterns Bros. store. John McLean and Uriah Matthew, who clerked for Richard Heartz in his dry goods store in Charlottetown, opened a Souris store in 1869, with Benjamin Heartz as senior partner and with his finan— cial backing.

In later years, the Company bought the Knight property between Knight’s Lane and the MacPhee Road, includ- ing the wharfand shorefront and much of what is now the Quigley pulpyard. ‘3 Crops were grown on this and other farms for export. The wharf was used extensively in their fishery operation. In the early 19005, there were 30 boats engaged in ground fishing for the Company and a dozen men employed full-time on the wharf. They owned fish stands at Little Harbour, Red Point and North Lake.

In 1887, a branch store was opened first at Dundas but moved, four years later, to the wharf site at Bridgetown. William E. Leard was the manager. (,Wm‘sy pmmmm PM by ”ms The death of Uriah Matthew in 1902 Senator John McLean dissolved the existing partnershlp. But 1846-1936 the surviving partners decided to con-

tinue without dissolution, accepting

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This American Four Master arrived c.1908 in Souris and docked at the Matthew & McLean Limited wharf. The salt was unloaded by horse and cart. It took most of the summer to complete the job.