HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-07-16, Page 41Best- is .,.es
in your
150th Birthday
Celebrations
Colborne Township
Serving the area for over 25 years
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We've arrivedjust in time °to helpethe people
of Colborne Township 'celebrate,their 150th °
Birthday .With "Good"Taste"
We are proud to call this area "home" and look
forward toy.serving your needs, and contributing to the
community for many years to come.
364 Bayfield Road
(In the Home Hardware. Plaza)
524-2688
Sunday to `fhu'rsday:.
11:00 a.m,-11100p.m. •
Friday and Saturday:
11:00 u rn. - midnight
taxed so many dollars and so .much labor
on the road, with ram add team, At this.
three the price set fora Elc an's labor was 75
cents per day, with a team counting the
same as two men. Pathmasters' duties
were to select the gravel pits from which to
draw, keep track of time .spent by each
worker, spread the gravel, often fa r ng out
with his neighbors by Irking them draw
the proper sized load. If two pathmasters
decided to draw from the same gravel pit
there was, an unwritten law that the first
team in the pit decided who should have
the choice of the place to load. In one in-
stance where this law was put to the test
one man jumped his team over the face of
the pit, upsetting his wagon, splitting his
reach and leaving his box behind; but he
won his case, •
In addition to this statute labor on the
roads the Council annually made inspec-
tion of the roads, deckling where the worst
places were, and contracts were let to the
lowest bidder for the repair of these
places. On April 20th, 1920, statute labor
was abolished in Colborne Township, and
advantage being taken of Provincial
grants a road superintendent was ap-
pointed to carry out .instructions of the
Council. Work done had to be approved by
the Provincial Engineer to be eligible for
grants. Mr. Levi Snyder was file first man
to fill this position of road superintendent.
Men and teams for gravelling were
superseded by trucks, with much greater
efficiency. Horse graders and slush
scrapers used to construct and repair
roads until '1946 were replaced by power
used to construct and repair : roads until
1946 were replaced by power implements.
These power implements are used also in
snow-plougi , , which lea come an
e ential work iin road maintenance.
nce.
Via. c change in thassesment of pro-
perty is noticeable. until 1948, when a dif-
ferent
afer ent system of lead valuation was
adopted. This is under the supervision of
Casty Pr and is hal to load to a
ore uniform assesment for May
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purposes.
Boards of Health had been appointed by
the Coma annuallyv as well as a Sanitary
Inspector, These as tedof a medical
doctor, the Reeve, and two ratepayers,
and operated nnt-d 1948, who the qty
Health Unit was established:, and all con-
trol was taken out of local jurisdiction
Two ratepayers were appointed each
year to audit the Township books en
1938, when licensed auditors had to be ap-
pointed. In 1946 the Provindal Legislature
adopted a uniform set of books for ail
municipalities and required that these be
audited by a chartered accountant, Mr.
Cecil Attridge being the first appointee for
Colborne.
No record is obtainable of the building of
the township hall, but in May, 1917, the
McDonagh Hotel at Carlow was purchased
for the use of Council and public meetings.
In 1918 the open shed between the old hall
and the new was sold for $57 and the hall
itself was sold to Bisset Brothers for $200.
THEC r:a TREND
In the preceding lines has been set out a
brief summaryof events in municipal
history and progress. In these a encs it is
quite noticeable that the trend is toward
more Provincial direction, with less
authority vested in the local Council. In
fact, it is quite often said that it is only a
question of time until we shall not have
township or county'councils.
We are proud, of our association
with the people of Colborne Township
PONTIAC GOQERICH CADILLAC�L�
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ESTABLISHED 1929.
37 HAMILTON STET .+ODERICII
524-839r 1400-255-5507