HULL  , a

city . (1875) and railway junction of the province of Quebec, Canada, and the capital of Wright county, opposite the city of Ottawa . Pop . (1901) 13,988 . The magnificent water-power of the Chaudiere Falls of the Ottawa is utilized for the lighting of the city, the operation of a system of electric railways connecting Hull with Ottawa and Aylmer, and a number of large saw-mills, pulp, paper and match manufactories . Hull has gone through several disastrous fires, but since that of 'goo, which swept out most of the town, an efficient system of fire protection has been established . Three bridges unite Ottawa and Hull . The city is governed by a council composed of a mayor and twelve aldermen elected annually . Champlain was the first white man to set foot on the site of Hull, but long before he came it was a favourite meeting-place for the Indians . Later it became familiar to explorers and fur-traders as the foot of the Chaudiere portage, and many a canoe has been carried shoulder high over the site of future busy streets . Philemon Wright, of Woburn, Massachusetts, was the first man to settle here in r800 . The report he sent back was so favourable that a number of other families followed from the same place and laid the foundations of the future city .

His descendants have remained among the substantial men of the town .