Commercial 77 Trainmen who boarded at Jim Moynagh 's house in Souris would be well fed. There was a Moynagh bakeshop on the north side of Bridge in the early days. Alfred Paquet , who kept a bakeshop at the head of Knight's Wharf, gained notoriety as the first to import bread from Charlotte- town. It was thought the move might encourage laziness in the local housewives.58 Bernard Creamer , born at Kelly's Cross, began business as a builder and contractor at East Point . He moved to Souris in 1878. One of his earliest projects was to move Lighthouse about a quarter of a mile to a position in line with the reef. This was done to help ships take a more accurate bearing on the position of the reef. He erected most of the Roman Catholic Churches and their altars in Kings County and built many fine residences. Souris Post Office, finished in 1905, was built of stone quarried on the Pat Hennessey farm at St. Catherines and decorated with grey granite from Wallace, Nova Scotia . Mr. Creamer was an accomplished wood carver, a talent he used to build many beautiful altars. Bernard Creamer and Edward Duffy built Cathedral c. 1895 (this was the one that burned in 1912).59 William Richard Dingwell , called Billy Dick , was an outstanding carpen¬ ter who built several large homes in Souris . Still standing today are the J.G. Sterns house, built in 1881, now occupied by the Letty Townshend family; and the Uriah Matthew house, built in 1887, said to be "one of the finest in Town." It is occupied today by Miriam Matthew , granddaughter of Uriah. Other good carpenters included Peter Stewart , furniture maker, Peter Aylward , ship's carpenter and Donald Whitty , spar maker. Angus Lavie , who worked with Billy Dick , has recorded that you had to have a certificate to work as a carpenter in those days. The Wright brothers, Mark and Dudley had a mill and furniture factory. Unfortunately, it burned and all tools, machinery and furniture were lost.60 Can Shop An important industry in Souris in the early days was making cans. This business provided steady employment and supplied a local need in Eastern Kings . Lobsters were in plentiful supply along the north and east coasts and factories dotted many coves and harbours. Souris supplied these factories with cans. One can making shop was operated by Matthew & McLean Limited. It was located first in the building later used as the Town electric light plant which was located to the right of just north of the railway track. This site proved too damp and the machinery was moved to the top floor of a warehouse on next to Clarence MacDonald 's residence. This business continued until 1938. In recent years, the ware¬ house was torn down under a Winter Works Program. The machinery was given to the Heritage Foundation who, in turn, placed it in Basin Head Museum. When the can shop was in operation, the men worked from seven thirty in the morning until five thirty in the evening from December first until mid-March. They turned out forty cases of cans a day, 96 cans to a case. Tin for the cans came in sheets, eighteen inches square, in wooden boxes from England . Starting with these sheets of tin, four sizes were made: one pound, three-quarter pound, half pound and one-quarter pound. The major-