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At first he was unsuccessful, but by energy and unwearying industry, he finally succeeded and now owns the finest wharf property in Upper Canada. The wharf is built on the site of the old one, is very commodious and is calculated to accommodate all the shipping at this port. On the wharf is erected a fireproof warehouse 200 feet in length, by 55 feet in width, with a wing 120 feet long by 50 feet in width. When we say that the warehouse is fireproof, we mean from the outside, being covered on the sides and ends with sheet-iron, and roofed so as to prevent its taking fire. The interior is lighted with gas, the lamps being hung up so as to obviate the danger of fire from lamps or lanterns being carried about. The capacity of the warehouse is ample and the arrangements complete in every respect. Without doubt there is no warehouse in Canada to equal it. There is also a large coal yard and an extra warehouse just on the shore of the Bay, to which vessels, heavily laden, can go up, the Bay having been dredged all around the wharf to 14 feet of water. On the east side of the wharf is a model office, small and compact, possessing every requisite. There is, in fact, nothing left wanting to make MacKay's Wharf all that could possibly be desired. The buildings are all painted and they present quite an imposing appearance from the Bay. The next number of the Canadian Illustrated News, we believe, will contain views of the whole. It is gratifying to see so much spirit exhibited by one person who seems to have every confidence in the return of prosperity to the Ambitious City. It is a pity we have not a few more such enterprising men as Mr. Aeneas D. MacKay. " The wharf referred to in this account formed the west side of the slip at the foot of James Street and was an expansion of an old wharf built originally by Daniel Charles -3-