Hi Brian...the Lovells Directory is mostly in English actually, it's just the index that's French. Just choose Série Principale and then select the date. Then choose Annuaire alphabetique.
If he was living on Wurtele and working at the Verdun Machine Shop he'd have had quite a commute, about 8 miles each way by bus and streetcar I think the Verdun machine shop was actually in St Lambert south of the river, so he'd have to cross the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.
Cheers,
China