On the whole Cornwall's resources in this direction are greater than those of Niagara, and the day of their development is drawing near. The old Factory Town is bound to become one of the great manufacturing centres of the Dominion. It may not be this year or next year, but it is coming sure and coming fast. An evidence of this may be seen in the new factories located here in the past few years.
      Next to cheap power, manufacturers look for transportation facilities, and in this line Cornwall is well equipped. Besides the St. Lawrence affording easy and inexpensive transport this town is located at the intersection of two of the most powerful railways on the continent, the Grand Trunk and the New York Central, and traffic arrangements put us practically on the main line of the Canadian Pacific.
      Cornwall is well equipped for battling with the fire fiend. The first provision towards this end of which we can find any record was in 1832, when a grant of £10 was made to Guy C. Wood towards the purchase of a fire engine to be kept for the protection of all buildings, both public and private, in the town of Cornwall. The first Volunteer Fire Company was formed on May 2, 1835. The members entered in the records of the Court of Quarter Sessions are as follows: Walter Colquhoun, Alex. McDougall, John Carter, Peter Loughry, James Loney, George M. Crysler, D. W. B. McAuley, John Butler, G. A. Masson, Geo. McDonell, V. Masson, Samuel Hart, John Walker, W. M. Park, Josephus Bailey, Geo. S. Jarvis, D. McDonell, Thos. Marshall, Chas. McGill, Robt. S. Murray, Richard McConnell, Duncan McDonell, Alex. McDonell, Angus McDonell, Thos. Spink, Andrew McKay, Thos. Palin and J. F. Pringle. As far as we can ascertain there is no survivor of this group of fire-fighters at this date. The fire company was re-organized in 1840 with the late Geo. McDonell as Captain, the late Hon. John Sandfield Macdonald as first lieutenant, and J. F. Pringle as second lieutenant.