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Submitted by Christine Gorman

From the Daily Examiner, April 20, 1892.

Grit Equality

The following is a statement of the names of workmen employed since April 24^th, 1891, to April, 1892, at Rocky Point Wharf and slip; the number of days of work of each man, and wages paid each per day. The foreman, Mr. Duncan Darrach, is a well-to-do farmer, living twelve miles from the work. It will be seen that some of the workmen were preferred to the extent of a dollar and upwards per day:

Archibald McLean, 1 day @ $1 per day	Matthew Doyle, 3 days @ $1.25 per day
John King, 5 days @ $1.50 per day	Thomas Wise, 1 2 days @ $2 per day.
William Ross, 11 days @ $2 per day	Hugh Currie, 9 1/2 days @ $1.50 per day
Frank Smith, 4 days @ $2.25 per day	Edward Murphy, 5 days @ $2.25 per day
Patrick Mahon, 8 days @ $2.25 per day	Daniel Foley, 5 days @ $2.25 per day
Wm. Mutch, 5 days @ $2.25 per day	Edward Doyle, 5 days @ $1.25 per day
John Bauld, 10 days @ $ 1.25 per day	James McIsaac, 3 days @ $1.25 per day
Richard Griffin, 1 day @ $ 1.25 per day	Dugald McNeil, 1 day @ $1.25 per day
Neil McEachern, 5 days @ $1.50 per day	Duncan Darrach (foreman) 11 days @ $2
Daniel Foley, 4 days, @ $1 per day	Timothy Rochford, 3 days @ $1 per day
Frank Smith, 4 days @ $2.25 per day	William Ross, 1 day, @ $2 per day
John Bauld, 2 day @ $1.25 per day	Duncan Darrach, 1 day @ $2 per day
Duncan Darrach, 5 days, @ $2 per day	Hugh Currie, 5 days, @ $1.50 per day
John Bauld, 5 days, @ $ 1.25 per day	James McIsaac, 3 2 days @ $1.25 per day
Neil McEachern, 5 days @ $1.50 per day	James McIsaac, 1 day @ $2.25 per day
William Mutch, 1 day @ $ 2.25 per day	Duncan Darrach, 3 days @ $2 per day
Hugh Currie, 2 days @ $1.50 per day	John Bauld, 1 day @ $ 1.25 per day
Daniel Foley, 6 days, @ $ 2.25 per day	Edward Murphy, 1 day @ $2.25 per day
John Brehaut, 1 day @ $1.50 per day	Hugh Currie, 1 day @ $ 1.50 per day
Duncan Darrach, 1 day @ $2 per day	Angus McLean, 1 2 days, @$2 per day
William Ross, 1 day, @ $2 per day	Angus McLean, 2 day @ $2 per day
John Macdonald, 2 day @ $2 per day

George Smith (work)......................... $13.37.

Daniel Miller for inspection,................ 25.00.

Neil McNeill, 37 days' inspecting..........55.50

Richard Keefe (tender).........................845.00