Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 19, 1916, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free a great paper in a great City eighty one thousand two Hundred and eleven was the daily average paid circulation of the free press for the month of 1916 Nelson Chesman latest newspaper directory a Standard work records Only sixty English daily papers in Canada and the United states whose circulation exceeds this every one of these sixty papers is published in a larger than in other no other City in America of the size of Winnipeg possessed a newspaper with a circulation As Large As the free 4 the sixty papers were distributed As follows cities with a million population and Over cities to cities to cities to cities to total paper exceeding Winnipeg free press in 21 29 4 2 a 60 so leaving aside papers in cities with Over half a Mil there Are Only ten papers whose circulation the Winnipeg free and six of Are published in cities having Over Are issued in cities of Over Popula this remarkably Strong position of the free press can Only be a gained met toss that the sort of paper that appeals generally to Oil lilt do1tcc rpm slim of readers the i kio3 Nas never Given w pm contests and similar schemes for promoting a mushroom its although has always been steady As it e july of last paid readers have been 1 nearly per who Are proud of their City and who believe with the free this City is destined to rank High in size and importance among the of can we no reason to feel ashamed of Winnipeg representative the Manitoba free Story of the growth of the the Mac a late Este City in is marvellous when the fact is taken into consideration that Only 40 years ago the site of the present Gateway of the West was a Hudson Bay Bay trading Post with a population of 215 is now developed into a greater Winnipeg with a population of Over Winnipeg is Well adapted for convention Pur having some of the Best equipped hotels on the a railway service operates 350 cars Over 100 Miles of City and suburban Street car Winnipeg has 192 churches and 40 Public schools with 6 a provincial agricultural academies and ladies and the Only municipal Art Gal Lery and school of arts in Winnipeg has 500 acres of delightful watering resorts adjacent to the City six Golf one of which is a municipal and Many Curling and other sporting Winnipeg commercial businesses include retail Large departmental stores occupying acres upon acres of floor space and numer of wholesale among Winnipeg financial concerns Are 25 Large pm Ancial and banking Winnipeg handles the largest Gram business of any City in the the Grain and farm crops of Western Canada last year were Worth half a billion Winnipeg is situated in the Centre of the North american continent and railways radiate from it like spokes from the Hub of the Canadian Iaci Ticsay Yard with Over 150miles of sidings is the largest in the world de by a single Winnipeg is also the Central Point Fth Canadian Northern railway and grand trunk Pacific systems and the Canadian Ler Minal for the Soo great Northern and Northern Winnipeg operates Asphalt paving Plant Street a Dpi system of water Supply is now being constructed at a total Cost be ads and Suc Kully horse Power to manufacturers and citizens at a rate cheaper than any other City on this Power Plant owned by the Wim Peg Street providing Dannual Oll of and an output of May be obtained of the purchasing Power of the Totory covered by the free to whom you would like or t i i ;