The Huron Expositor, 1978-06-29, Page 41transpoftalion of •fivestoek.
And so, the business began with the
boys' grandfather, their father and then
themselves, 'now to be owned by Husband
Transport Limited. That is a long way to
conic in less than 100 years. There is also a
long way to 'go, for Cronin Transport
Limited continually makes 'plans for future
expanion.
BeAt-
Wtatte4
DUBLIN
Ooth
Anniversary
PARATCHEK'S
MAINTENANCE
Fuel Oil Furnace Repair
and Cleaning
— 24 Hour Service —
345-223e Dublin
STREETSCAPE — This is view of Mill Street, Dublin taken, in 1910
facing west from John Street. The hay press and steam engine in the
picturwwere owned by Alec Darling. The building in the background
was a carriage shop and chopping mill, now the site of the Dublin
. Post Offiqe. On the left of the picture, leaning against a gas light
standard,,is one of the first motorcycles in the village.
Cronin Transport
run by third generation
•
ongrOttliAtions
DUBLIN
Warden Rae Bender and members
of Perth County Council 'wish
to extend congratulations to
the Police Village of Dublin on
attaining its 100th Birthday.
RAE. BENDER, Warden
ilM11•01111ilL
In 1879
Fire
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P -"De `fit-/ 1-It Hu vN EAPOSITOR JUNE 29;11978. — 17
calamity strikes
(from the Huron Esposn or. Macy. 18-91
Dublin Destructive Fire — On the afternoon
of Monday la st the village of Dublin suffcrpd a which comes'when no one knoweth, and in a
•gn.at ealamityfrom that dryad element—fire. -short space of time spreads -desolation and,
distress 011 .every hand. The' fire originated fh .
1n,:tables of Pendergast's Hotel, on the west
side of Main Street. -at about hall' past 'one
'o'clock. There being a stiff tt hid blowing. and,
Ilse villagers having no Means of protection
but the primitive method of throwing buckets,
• of it :tier On the flames, all efforts it) confine
the progress of the hissing element in its
incipienc.% were unavailing. Alintist before
penpleokneu a hat they ‘‘ ere doing lie fire had
spread Co the brick hotel building connected
with the stable. and sped across the ,west • to
the building on the, opposite, side, its
progress-neverstaying until all-the bbildrag.s-
on the hest side 'between .Mr. insepItAidd -s*
-stow -and- Doer's wagn-sfMP,' and 'between
Purcell* s hotel building ,1411.1 KEN, NVOLLIS,
hotel building on the cast side. were
completely destroyed. Seaforth and Stratford
Were telegraphed 10 for aid, and the engines
and fire companies of these places arrived by
special trains. bp inn kite to render any
material assisnytec. I1R calamity 'is purlieu-,
lads Alistressing. as little or nothing of the
contents of- the' buildings \\Fre saved,. and
many a the d‘‘eliiitglionscs were occupied by
poor people. v‘ lin are Jeri hooloy!.,.s.„ an d w i t h
:but little of their hoagehOld gomis to set up
\Orli- again. there were 1 buildings burned
altogether. and 2) families left homeless, two
of the buildings being brick. namely.
R.-•.ndergast's Hotel ;Intl the duYlling house of
Joseph Kidd,' •which n as occupied by Dr.
O'Rourk6. the' occupants ,td the lance, the
understand. did not save :particle, having
barely time to est•apL; front the burning
building• unit their Ines. Four horses
,belonging to farmers where burned in the
'stable 1m ere the fire originated. A wain of
horses and egg uagon belonging to I), I),
Fsq., of Seaforth. acre With difficulty
got um' of the si,able. Mr. Hugh Him'. n , of
staris,:aha, had 11.15' great dil'ficultt in sating
his stallion, u Inch ass in the stable al the
-time. 'While the sufferers and the Villagc.„.will
have die sympathy of 'their neighbors_ the
friends of Mr. Cornelius Fried:in Sca hirt h. w ho
1 0H THOSE GOOD OLD DAYS! — Harold Pethick stands beside an
early threshing machine used in the Dublin area. This is taken from
another early postcard.
1-
_ALtheLprese-nt-time,---eronirr-Trawsport-
Limited employs '45 people. It owns and
operates '32 diesel tractors' and 145 other
pieces of equipment (such as trailers, etc.).
The business haMiles approximately 1,000
containers per month, These. containers are
• trucked all over Ontario.
Last year, 1977, a small terminal was
.
opened in Toronto and there are intentions
of opening others in various parts of
Ontario.
HuSband Transport Limited of London, a
subsidiary of Canadian National Tran-
sportation Limited, bought Cronin Tran-
sport Limited in 1975. Before thpn it was a
partner ship owned by Frank, Joe and Bob
Cronin.'
'The partnersbip began in 1962 with one
tractor and two. 16' straight trucks. The
main commodities transported II?), them
were livestock, fertilizer, feed,* seed, and
other farm supplies. In • 1965, they
° purchased ;g licence from Ruston Transport
enabling them to expand into a larger
.territory. This licence was a Class "C"
which takes in almost any trailer load to
and from named points. The years 1969
and 1970 found the partnership expanding
into the container field. These containers
were either coming from or .destined to
various countries, with England being the
main one.
Prior to the formation of the partnership
in 1962, the business was run by Frank
Cronin alone. He took over the business
after the death of his father, Joe Cronin, ttt
1949. The and his fatTier; Jim Cronin, were
pioneers of the trucking business. They
owned one truck and used it mainly for the
latay started business in Dublin, trill regret in
learn that he lost 'everything .he posscsse0.,
and bad no insurance, Mr. Kidd is the
heaviest financial loser, he being the owner of
nearly all the buildings, And a stweroom, in
which , housed a large' qu a n it it y of
hardware. His loss is estimated at about
$12,000. The following is a More detailed
statement of On kisses as near as can he
obtained; Jos. Kidd. buildings, $20.004:
insurance, $5,150; John S, Bean, miller.
furniture, $1.200: 'no insurance: s, Dr.
011iourke, office and furniture. $1.500; no
insurance: C. Fred. kiot and, shoe shoji. $600:
insurance: .1. .1. McKenna. druggist.
$1,000: insurance poi
ibriiiTtiri.475300; no, insurance: yalenti v
Strattbe, stoves, tinware and , bhildings.
Sti,000; insurance 'not known: Gen.aDie-gel,
harness and saddle maker. building and stock.
$3.000; insurance not known: John
tailor, buildings :incl. stock. $51100(:71}(i
insurance; Thus, Delany, house and black-
smith shop. $700: no insuranCe: W. Shu0,.....
barber. $100; no insurance; C. Pendergast,
lkpn inion Hot ell. • $6,000: „insurance aBout
$3,001); Johic Hawkins,. butcher, stock: $301):
• no insurance: C. Fred. Sr.. Furniture. $200(
no insurance:. Mrs. Durkin. furniture. $150; no
insurance; Geo Farr, $100: no insurance;
John Gilligan $100; no insurance; Mrs. Niven,
$300; no insurance:Thomas DeCantelo $150:
rxt insurance: A. M. Ross. bkicksmith-shnix,
and stock, $700; no histtrance: Benj. Allen,
Carriage shop. $1010; partly insured: John
McConnell, Railway Hotel stables., $300:
.insurance $100: E. Hannah. : 5100; no
insurance: T. St: an, $100. insured: Thomas
King. barn and contents. $800: insurance;
?$600: (;co. French,' furniture. $50: Thomas
'Page, Raikay lintel, damage to • furniture.
,$100: no insurance: P. Dunn, Albion Hotel.
damage to house and furniture.. $75: no
insurance: .lances Willi:11ns. damage to house.
51(X): Malcolm Lamont team burnt in -
Dominion Hotel stables. $200; Hugh Brown,
horse burnt, $75; Morey. wagon burnt at
Dominion Hotel. $75., The origin of the fire is
'unknown: