EXTERIOR OF THE MILNE COUTTS AND COMPANY SHEDS 1898, SHOWING DERRICK, ROUGH AND FINISHED STONES AND CREW.
Front Row: 5th man from left, Lawrence MURRAY, far right, Frank HIBBARD (store manager), second from right, Goodwin SPARKS, third man from right, "Little" Sandy MILNE.
Milne, Coutts and Company was founded in 1876 by four men from Aberdeen, Scotland; William COUTTS, Alex G. MILNE, James WATT, and Alex MILNE. They took over the Bay of Fundy Granite Company about 1884 and operated until 1953. The Bay of Fundy Granite Company was established in 1872 by Mr. McLACHAN, J. Newton BREED, William and John MICHAEL.