JAMES T. DILLON

In ail sections of Montréal, tlie name ot Mr. James T. Dillon occurs to people's niinds whenever mention is made of the Board of city assessors. He was chairman of the board for niany years. Mr. James Théophilus Dillon was born in Dnblin, Ireland, in 1835 ^^^^ ^^^ educated in the private school of Rev. Mr. Eades, Kingstown, Ireland. When 19 years of âge he came to America, his first résidence on this continent being in Philadelphia, Pa. He did not remain there long, bnt went to Ottawa, where he obtained a position on the mail boat rnnning between Ottawa and Grenville.

In 1856 Mr. Dillon joined the service of the Bank of Upper Canada with which he severed his connection some years later to enter the head office of the Merchants Bank of Canada, at Montréal, as accountant and assistant cashier.

In 1868, he was appointed to the Board of City assessors, a position he lias fiUed ever since. The chairman of the Board was formerly elected by the niembers, now he is elected by the city conncil. Mr. Dillon was honored b\^ his fellow members and by the conncil, by being elected nine times to the chairmanship.

His sons occnpy prominent positions in the commercial commnnities of Montréal and New York.

LOUIS-J. L AMONT AGNE.

M. L.-J. Lamontagne, évalnatenr de la cité, est le fils de Lonis Lamontagne qni constrnisit l'église Notre-Dame, et il est né le jonr même de la pose de la pierre angnlaire de cette église, le 3 septembre 1824 ^t a encore en sa possession le