CHAPTER 1

• New to Town:  1897 - 1905
  • Western Canada, The Young Man’s Country
  • The Galt Coal Contract
  • Sandstone Replaces Shacks
  • Barney Toole Arrives in 1894
  • From Clerk to CPR Land Agent
  • Land For The Calgary Golf and Country Club
  • Lifelong Community Involvement
  • Barney Toole Leaves the CPR But is Still Their Agent

CHAPTER 2

• Building Their Business:  1905-1918
  • Alberta Becomes a Province 1905
  • 13 Miles of Roadway and Concrete Sidewalks
  • CPR Land Sales ... and Mortgages
  • Loyalty Keeps the Partnership Together
  • Archer Toole Joins His Brother:  1909
  • Land Prices Soar and the First Stampede:  1912
  • The Subdivision Sharks
  • The Market Collapses:  1913
  • Toole Peet Moves Against the Tide
  • Mount Royal, A CPR Subdivision Planned Under Barney Toole’s Guidance
  • Known Locally As American Hill
  • World War I - Four Served, Two Survived

CHAPTER 3

• Stop, Look, and Listen:  1918-1954
  • The War Ends:  Back to Business
  • Prohibition
  • The Modern Insurance Agency,Sidney Robbins and George Eaton
  • Barney Stands By His Friends,The Lancaster Building Will Be Completed!
  • Barney’s Astute Real Estate Purchase
  • Sharing the Profits
  • Another Oil Boom, Imperial Oil Builds a Refinery, 1924
  • Llew Valentine, Always 15 Minutes Extra
  • Barney Toole, The Motivator
  • Fraud Uncovered
  • The Depression, Salaries Reduced
  • Sidney Robbins, Meticulous About Details
  • George Peet, A Pal Of Lord Beaverbrook and Eye Opener Bob
  • Toole Peet’s Advice Ignored and the Consequences
  • The Lucrative General Agency
  • The Era Ends

CHAPTER 4

• “If You’ve Got Good People,
  You’ll Have a Good Business.”... Bill Toole
  • Trading on the Exchanges
  • The Massier-Garner Era
  • Selling the General Agency
  • Peter Jones
  • The Profitable Sale of the Second Street Office

CHAPTER 5

• The Stewardship of Larry Toole
  • A Time for Transition
  • Paying His Dues
  • 1987 Meeting the Challenges
  • Carrying Forward the Toole Peet Traditions
  • Strong Instincts
  • Strengthening the Insurance Department
  • The Youthful Partners
  • The Agency Acquisitions
  • Personal Lines
  • The Amazing Assistants
  • Administration and Accounting
  • Reinvigorating the Real Estate Division Barney Toole and the CPR
  • Leduc Stirs the Residential Market
  • Ken Russell From Salesman to Director
  • Appraisals
  • Property Management
  • Dorothy Larson Today’s Real Estate Sales Manager

NEW HORIZONS

• 1997:  PUTTING EVERYBODY’S TALENTS TO WORK