In the acquirement of his education William Rutherford attended
successively the schools of Cote St. Antoine, the high school
of Montreal and the private school conducted by Hon. E. H.
Springrice. He crossed the threshold of the business world
as a junior clerk with Gillespie, Moffat & Company, general
merchants, and subsequently became a clerk for the Pillow Hersey
Manufacturing Company, owners of rolling mills, etc. Subsequently
he entered the firm of William Rutherford & Sons of Montreal and
upon the incorporation of the company became its treasurer. The
business is today conducted under the style of William Rutherford
& Sons Company, Ltd., dealers in and manufacturers of lumber and
timber. The business is now one of mammoth proportions and in his
official capacity William Rutherford of this review is bending
his energies to administrative direction and executive control.
Into other fields he has also extended his efforts and his
business interests are now of considerable volume and importance,
placing him among the prominent representatives of commercial and
industrial activity in the province. He is now the president of
the Dominion Box Company, Ltd., of the Grier Timber Company and
the Dominion Park Realty Company, Ltd.
On the 16th of May, 1894, in Montreal, Mr. Rutherford married
Miss Ida Bulmer, a daughter of John Bulmer and a representative
of a well known Montreal family. Their children are William J.,
John B., Jean, Andrew S. and Marjorie. Presbyterians in religious
faith, the family hold membership in St. Andrew’s church of
Westmount. Mr. Rutherford is a liberal in politics, conversant
with the leading questions and issues of the day. He has filled
a number of local offices, having been elected alderman of
Westmount in 1908, while in 1910 he was chosen mayor of the
city. In 1913 he was made school commissioner of the city and in
1912-13 was a member of the executive committee of the Canadian
Manufacturers Association. He is also a member of the committee
of St. Andrew’s Society, while along more strictly social lines
his membership is in the Canada, Engineers, Manitou and North
Lake Fish and Game Clubs. His success permits him that leisure
which enables him to enjoy fishing, hunting and other outdoor
and indoor sports, but he is preeminently a business man and one
whose successful methods might be studied by all who wish to gain
prosperity within the legitimate lines of business.
CARL ROSENBERG.
Among the mercantile houses of Montreal the British American
Import Company occupies a place of prominence and importance.
Under this firm style Carl Rosenberg is connected with Canadian
trade interests. Mr. Rosenberg was born in Kishenev, Russia,
on the 15th of July, 1870, a son of Wolf and Bessie (Dachis)
Rosenberg, both now residents of Montreal. The former has now
retired from active business life.
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