HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-07-24, Page 79e
e service of e + ar-
rn since February "15. 1587,
e retir+ -1914 or 1915:
tehead was Mayor when
the force, At $his time
fel chy was Reeve, and
anrt#fig Deputy Reeve. lie
�c treed "Debby Ding-
as he had to be tlte'"nt
tetl��rlrtger. In those days the
41rtt bell was rung at a.m.; 7
:, 12 o'clock noon and one
our later at 1 p.m.: then again
when the tactpry •work
stepped at 4
workers had,
day soe ►e## `r# r
When Rr . Pitz# mons
Chief Constable in 1922 h1e #fid
many jobs -too #a=additiurf. to his
Ponce duties. • e was overseer of
the Street work; caretaker of the
Town Hall: and Market 'quare
Weighmaster; Inspector of neat,
bread, 'fish; wood etc., also
Sanitary Inspector. . Also
assumed the role of Tax
Collector..Joe Wheatley was Nigh
Constable and , assistant,
caretaker of the Town Haft also
welghmaster .of the stock scales.
Chief constables salary etc. listed
at $650.00,
In speaking to Arthur Groves Of
police duties ;Ger his days of being
on the Force 193749, he related to
me the lobs had had tad° as well
air keep order in town. Ile had to
ring the town bell. cut the grass
at the Library Park, shovel the
snow in winter from the drinking
.fountain. on the corner to the store
I. A*4 to. cat.`
--"a
anotia ##n 'fountain o
the site the Cater ewe er
# e c
plant. t#z
Library .
sitting "under iton*r k day
Mr. Groves also recalls the
many transients that were fed by
the town during the days of the
'second World - 'Warr. Many
travelled from place to place
getting meads whenever they
could. The Town wed meal
tickets worth 24c - they steyed In
the town ;tall alt night, 'and the
meal tickets entitled them to
Perehast a meal consisting of two
eggs, two slices of toast and a cup
of entree. Re says .he can recall as
many as twenty-five staying
overnight at one time. They went
to houses and asked for a hand-
out as well, and .had the houses
marked as a place to go. He
recalls that one was a preacher's
son uthro roamed from place to
place to see the world. The.
omenta of elite he
Was not .a tato.)
e parts ashe was
8L 000eridt
f&
compelled by
WATER WORKS AND
SEWAGE SYSTEMS
IN CLINTON
.condensation from history by the
late Jabez Rands by Muriel
Trott
. Waterworks systems in 'Clinton
ate back to the early 1900's.
They were s urto-t#re- expreser-
purpose of fire protection. After a
number of unsuccessful attempts
on the part of .the town council to
set up a system, a disastrous fire
on May 13, 1907, when 24 or more
'Buildings were on fire. changed
the voter's opinion. 'Fire engines
u'nd men were brought in from
Stratford and Myth on flat cars
by the Grand Trunk Railway to
fight thOblaze.
capMay, 1998 tenders were
ed for putting down eight --inch
test wells where the waterworks
pumping pleat is presently
located. The .wo wells' supplied,
all the " water for the town until
1922. The pumping plant was run
by a. large 50 -horsepower single
Minder gas engine. ' which
Orated on gas produced from
+tilby two gas -producer fur-
' nares in the pumphouse. The fust
Waterworks copemissioners were
Dr. "J',W. Shaw, J.B. Hoover and
Mayor B.J._ Gibbittgs. When
a . Council contracted with Ontario
Hydro for Electric power in 1913,
the people voted in favour et a
Wow to put the waterworks and
electric systems under a Public .
tifttiesCommission. fan
`l ebruary 19th. 191-4. the
erworks became one of the
first hydro -power customers
when it started " to operate its -
Number One deep well pump
with a 10 -horsepower, and within
a month, a 35 -horsepower motor
was added to operate the
pressure pumps.
Since 1922, in all three new
wells were drilled. the most
recent one being in 1951, from
which is pumped 625 gallons of
watez,p c minute. In 1967a stand-
by power plant Baas Th9t lied -that-•-
can supply enough electric power '
to operate the waterworks
omping. if the hydro should be
off for some time.
' The town supplied the Radio
School' (R.A.F.) from 1941 with
.water, through to its closure in
1971. as a Canadian Forces Base.
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Clinton's first sewer system
was installed in 1947. with the
.P.U.C. given the job of managing
h. By 1961, five years before it
was paid for ($80,O00), the PUC
announced the need for its
enlargement. Clinton was
growing. fin June 26, 1974 town
officials, assisted by dignitaries,
officially opened.. Clinton's new
Water Pollution Control Plant at
the pouth end of Clinton at the foot
of Victoria Terrace near the
Hayfield River. Considered by
engineers to be one of the most
modern and sophisticated in the
province, the project was com-
pleted early in 1974 at a cost of
almost three quarterspfa million
dollars. It has the potential to
serve a minimum of Gid persons,
more than twice the population,
and with its . completion. tare
protection against pollution of the
Bayfield River was ensured.
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