The Huron Expositor, 1978-06-29, Page 61Congratulations
To our good neighbours
on their 100th. Anniversary
In business, as a family, in the same lixation since
/909, we still offer the same friendly service with
consistently low prices.
Featuring a complete line of brand name `furniture,
broadloOth and quality giftware.
BRAND NAME FURNITURE — FINE tiffs
Mitchell
Ontario
Congratulatious
DUBLIN on your
100th Birthday .
ROTH'S FOOD
MARKET
Seaforth
FOOD STORES
ANL
Congratulations
to MI6 citizens of DUBLIN
on your
100th Birthday.
May we. continue to serve nu in the
next century as we have in the past..
• 'EVERYTHING. IN BUILDING MATERIALS
\MOFFA Pff
AIR I
Perth Ltd.,
MITCHELL ,'ONTARIO.....,„
348-8437 Highway 8 juSt east of Mitchell
34. -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 29; :1979
Dublin's story in
early Perth Atlas
r.
Ii
•
(Taken froth the Perth County Tlistorieal
Atlas, published in 1879.)
• Of the villages of Halbert. the most
important and pretentious is Dublin, situated
partially in tlre., adjacent townships • of
.MeK Mop and Logan. but principally in the
township of Hibbert. Dublin is what is known
as a "Police Village". The respect in which
they differ from an unincorporated village is,
that although the assessments, leyies.•etc., of
taxes ,are conducted by the .1(Ak n ship
ofticters-Ahe--p ropo rtio n ate -Muir elfel n11ffg t
.the territory--inehuded within' the limits-i d' the
-t
Happy
Birthday
DUBLIN
on a great
100 years
Compliments of
Seaforth
Seaforth
Jewellers
527-0270
Main Street, Seaforth 527-1680
Best Wishes
DUBLIN
on Your
1 00th
Birthday
BOB StiBEITT$
Variety and Gifts
Mast AuthorizedRadioCentre
Police Village is subject (in the hands of the
Township Treasurer) to' the order of the
',,Trustces." Three trustee, arc annually
elected to receive from the Treasurer, and
expend as they sic lit. with certain
restrictions, their said share of the ge,nerif;
levy. At the same time, the village belongOti
the township for all other purpose~ than those
mentioned
'The Police Village of Dtillbn becaine such
On the first day of July . (87th, at which time it .
received its present molly. haying.p.r.ex.ious-ty
been—knOWn ii-S-Carronbrook: originally ~cry
ill/proptialely. ,calli,:f1;dog •-r beatifiltd itTle
strea m or "brook" hid) flouS past ti,: Place.
the first trustee's cieeled for this %Wow: N en:
Joseph Kidd. Thomas King and All'Alindt'V
ROSS. the first named being chosen he the
others as "Inspecting Trustee:"
The population of Dublin in 1879 was about
750, but only that portion within the township'
01° Wibhcrt is COIKtit met' a police' village.
Salt Works Main Industry
The salt works and mercantile establish- . nvnt of Messrs.. Joseph, Kidd •& Son nue
been in operation since July 1, I875.1the wolf
originally sunk from which to sillily the brine
proved unsuccessful. as' brine Ivas not
sufficiently concentrated. thereby. neces-
sitating the evaporation of an amount o f water,
' quite disproportionate to the antount'of salt
obtained. to, remedy this disadvantage, Mr.
• Kidd sunk another. well tear Seaforth. .five
.miles west of his "block" and the brine front
thiS well proving of the desirable consistency.
it was forced to the '.„black" through wooden
pipes which soon proved unequal to the ht.•avy
pressure of their contents so they were
discarded and new 'iron tubing substituted
• thereftire.. at 'am expense of 51,000 per mile.
•
The Tesnitof this experiment has been even
more satisfactory than expected. as in
summertime the heat of the sun on the five
nulcsof iron pipe raises the temperature of
t • the brine passing through it 'to such a degree
that about-hall the ordinary amount of fire -is
suffi0erit to produce •:evaporation. .so': the
expense of the piping is thus materially
-neutralized.• - • • • ''‘N • ,
'In fact, everything ,about. the..
works has been constructed with a .view to
their economical management. and the -"pan".
which is the largest 'in Canada. was
30 feet longer than uSual'in.- order..
• to utilize and exhaust every degree of heat
before allowing it to . pass into the, open air
through the smokestack. The size of the "Pan
" referred to the only one the-works contain,
though the-construction of others is in con
templation, is .130 feet by 30 fcet,and the.,
works arc run up OS their full capacity Of about
• 200 barreiS of salt per day, requiring the
..annual consumption of about 4.000 cords of,
wood. .
The barrels required for the packing of
this salt are manufactured on the premises
from the rough material, logs, which after
passing through the sow mill and Stave.factory
are "hooped up" in the" cooperage. where
seven men are employed; who. together with
seven others engaged in the saw mill, ten in
the stave factory, fifteen around the ,"block"
six in 'the stor,e and four on the farm Aich
these gentlemen carry on, make them . the
employers of about fifty then,
THE ENGLISH •CHURCH — St, Mary's Church, the Anglican
church which sat &riot 15,'con. 1 of Hibbert Twsp., was built in 1868
on the urging of Robert Donkin and James Green and was connected
with Trinity Anglican Church in Mitchell. In 1939, the church was
.connected with the St. Thomas Church, Seaforth charge. Some of
the ministers over the years' were. Rev. H. Cauffied; Rev. Pierre B.
DeLorn, Rev. H.C. Bridgman and Rev. j.H.'-.James.-The church was .-
closed in 1971, and 'the furnishirigs are now housed in St. Thomas
Anglican Church, Seatorth.
HERE COMES THE BRIDE 'In 1940, Miss .Velma M,00re and
Clarence Shelley were married at St. Mary's Church, Dublin and
after the ceremony guests posed for this picture outside the little
frame church.