Ness, McLaren & Bate

Title

Ness, McLaren & Bate
T.W. Ness
T.W. Ness & Co.
James L. Rankin

Type

Company

Coverage

Montreal, QC

Active From

1893-01-01

Active Until

1897-01-01

Location

749 Craig Street, Montreal, QC (1893)

Product Areas

Telephone
Electricity
Telegraphy
Communications

Activities

Manufacturing
Supplying

Timeline

- 1893, Mar. – Active as T.W. Ness at 749 Craig Street, Montreal, QC (“Telephones” Canadian Electrical News)

- 1894, Jul.The company listed in the newspapers as insolvent and being owned by Thomas W. Ness, Peter H. Davidson, John E. Adams, and James L. Rankin “manufacturers and dealers of electrical supplies.” (Montreal Daily Herald, July 24, 1894)

- 1894, Dec. – Active as T.W. Ness at 749 Craig Street, but invoice is stamped “In Liquidation”. Advertising “Telephones, Annunciators, Electric Bells, &c, &c.” and selling electrical wire. (Invoice, Dec 11, 1894)

- 1895, Feb. – James L. Rankin selling from 749 Craig Street, Montreal, QC, and listed as having bought the estate of T.W. Ness. (Invoice, Feb. 9, 1895)

- 1895, Nov. – Listed as T.W. Ness & Co., with “& Co.” pencilled in. (Invoice, Nov. 30, 1895)

- 1897, Nov. – Active as Ness, McLaren & Bate and successors to T.W. Ness, advertising “Manufacturers of Telephones, Annunciators, Telegraph Instruments &c.” (Invoice, January 31st, 1896)

- 189? – Active as Ness, McLaren & Bate in Montreal, advertising “Telephones, Telegraph Instruments, Annuciators, Electrical House Furnishings, and General Electrical Supplies.” (Telephone catalogue no. 15 and price list)

Sources

“Calling in Creditors” Montreal Daily Herald, July 24, 1894: 4

W. Ness; Ness, McLaren & Bate, James L. Rankin, Invoices, December 11, 1894; February 9, 1895; November 30, 1895. McGill University Archives. Acc. 454 50-52 RG32 C.837 File 05711

Ness, McLaren & Bate. Telephone catalogue no. 15 and price list (189?) (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100312837)

“Telephones” T.W. Ness. Canadian Electrical News III No. 3 (March 1893): ii (preamble) (https://ia802209.us.archive.org/1/items/electricalnews18931894/electricalnews18931894.pdf)

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