HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-04-17, Page 59Who's here and what was the year? A class on the sunny lawn of the old S.P.S.
Incorporation
comes after
hard work
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the ensuing elections, which were
held in the old village school-
house, "known as Union School
No. 5, Township of McKillop."
The various details for the
carrying out of the object above
set fprth were duly perfected ,
and the Incorporated Village of
Seaforth became an accomplished
fact on the first of January, .1868,
the first Municipal Council being
as follows: Reeve, Dr. Coleman;
Councillors, Messrs. Beattie,
hat, McDougall, and Strong;
Clerk, T.P.Bull. Next year,
S.G.McCaughey was elected
Reeve, continuing to fill the office
the two succeeding years, being
followed in 1873 by James H.
Benson, who was re-elected for
1874.
So great had been the progress
of Seaforth during the above few
years since its first incorporation,
that in the year 1874 the
necessary steps were taken to'
have it incorporated as a town,
and it entered upon ,its new
municipal existence with the
advent of the year 1875; for which
year A. Armitage was the first
Mayor, D.b.Wilson, Reeve.
In 1876, Mr.Armitage and Mr.
Wilson again filled the above
positions; when Dr. Coleman
wasMayor for two years, M. Y.L
McLean being elected Reeve for
1877, and D.D.Wilson again in
1878. For the current year the
municipal officers are as follows:
Mayor, T.T.Coleman , M.D.;
Reeve, D.D.Wilson; Councillors,
James Beattie, John Campbell,
N. Cluff, John Dorsey, W.
Grassie, L. Murphy, A. Stewart,
A. Strong, G. Williamson; Clerk
and Treasurer, William Elliott;
Auditors,. , James Cline,
W.N.Watson; Assessor, Edward
Cash; Collector and Chief
Constable, C.M.Dunlop; Market
Clerk, William Dorrance; Chief of
Fire Brigade, James Cline.
Not oil
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trade must have been
considerably felt. We understand
that all the salt works in the
county, as well as those of
Kincardine, have been closed up
for the same reason".
' It was an omen of things to
come for although the salt
business did pick up again it was
eventually to die in all the area
wells but those at Goderich.
In 1882 a salt association was
set up to help market salt. The
April 7 Expositor reported: "The
salt manufacturers of Huron,
Perth and Bruce have at length
succeeded in completing
arrangements for the formation of
a Manufacturer's Association.
The new organization is to be
called 'The Canadian Salt
Association'. A regular scale of
prices has been fixed and all the
salt to be shipped has to be sold
through the central office, which,
we understand, is to be located at
Clinton. Eac4 manufacturer
binds hinself under a penalty of
$500. not to violate the rules of
the Association. The price in the
meantime has bet'in fixed at 80
cents on board cars."
When this association
disbanded in 1885 it signalled the
beginning*of the end for the salt
industry in Seafroth, •
Every week more and more
people discover what mighty jobs
are accomplished by low cost
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL 17, 1975 —45