Commercial 87 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 wharf and shorefront and much of what is now the Quigley pulpyard.42 Crops were grown on this and other farms for export. The wharf was used extensively in their fishery operation. In the early 1900s, 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. The death of Uriah Matthew in 1902 dissolved the existing partnership. But the surviving partners decided to con¬ tinue without dissolution, accepting Courtesy Picture* of the Past by Leards Senator John McLean 1846-1936 Photo by Morley S. Acorn . Courtesy Picture* of the Past by Leards Salt Boat 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.