There were 25 other
businesses in the building who occupied offices for periods ranging from one to
five years. Two of them – Alpha Steel Company and Paramet Real Estate
Investment Corporation – appear to have been subsidiaries of, or linked to,
Bennett and White.
Five companies -- Porr
Piling Gen. Construction, Wytane (Canada) Oil Products, Netupsky Engineering, Cement
Enamel Wall Covering Specialists, CJ Oliver gen. Contractors – were linked to
the construction and building industry. It appears that, of the companies
listed in this category, only Netupsky remains in business.
Three companies or
organizations – Pacific Show Production,
Assoc of Can. TV & Radio artists, Tower School of Radio & TV
broadcasting – were show-business oriented, with the first and second still in operation.
Two collection agencies
-- Aabel Agencies and Coast Credit Collections – were located at 660 Howe
Street, neither of which appears to be operating at present.
Three companies were in
the financial services industry – S Kartar (accountant), E J Lindow
(accountant), and Continental Mortgage Exchange. A company of the last name was
involved in a court case in 1986 in New Mexico, in which it was charged with
selling fraudulent mortgages. More information is being sought on this
particular bit financial history to see if the New Mexico company had any
connection to its 1961-62 Vancouver namesake.
One of the most
interesting people operating out of 660 Howe Street was realtor Phil Matty who
in 1968 bought 32 acre Passage Island, located between West Vancouver’s
Lighthouse Park and Bowen Island. More information is being sought on this
long-ago real estate deal too.
Finally, there were
four other individuals or firms located at 660 Howe Street -- Federated Ins. Companies,
R MacLean, RP Godfrey & company, and Trans Pacific Leasing Service.
The point of all this somewhat
detailed information is that someone was receiving Dr Robert Henry MacLauchlan’s
mail for him at 660 Howe Street, and we are hoping that someone (or some
relative, descendant or former associate of one or more of these companies)
might have come knowledge of this situation and will contact us through this
website.
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