During the late 1890s the Junction was on a great production growth of its industry and made efforts marketing of itself as an aspiring city. Below is the text from an economic advantage advertisement of locating your business in the Junction.
Gas supplied by the Consumers’ Gas Co. from Toronto. Â Water supplied by its own water works system from Lake Ontario free from all contamination.
Low taxes
Four policemen
Two fire brigades
Seven doctors
Ten law Firms
One firm of surveyors
Four architects
One chartered bank
102 stores
Seven hotels
Seven churches
Two printing offices
Two dentists
Two undertakers
Two photographers
Two livery stables
Three restaurants
Two granaries
Six factories
Five Planing (sic) mills
Two newspapers
