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In 1889, Charles was listed as owner of the Bull & Grant Farm Implement Company, the president of the West Coast Steamship Company, owner of the Montgomery's Hotel, founder of the Bible Truth Depot, as well as connected to the John F. Myers & Co. His brother William, also in 1889, was in a joint venture with Charles as proprietors of the American Exchange Hotel. There was also a "Montgomery Chas. & Co" listed in conjunction with James West and John Elliott, at 118 Third and 41 Sixth as grocers and tea merchants. Later that year, he was forced to sell the grocery business, as well as the American Exchange Hotel due to investment in a swindler, but 1893 found Charles owning three hotels: Brooklyn Hotel, Montgomery's Hotel, and the Silver State Hotel.
In 1896, Montgomery is credited with introducing [[Henry Allen Allan Ironside|Harry Ironside]] to the Brethren, after Ironside benefited at the Salvation Army center in Oakland reading [[George Cutting]]'s tract "Safety, Certainty and Enjoyment" and discovered that Montgomery was among the same Brethren as Cutting. After only two weeks in fellowship with the San Francisco Gospel Hall (now [[Parkside Gospel Chapel]]), Ironside was invited to address the meeting, while staying at Montgomery's Hotel. He preached on Isaiah 53, and they encouraged him to continue preaching and studying the Bible. When Ironside objected that he knew so little, they told him "God will give you more as you go on." In 1899, upon attending fourteen weeks of meetings by David Little, Ironside joined the Grant Exclusives for the next thirty years, while remaining friendly with the Open Brethren his entire life.
==Oakland 1887==
