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anal Chas. riona dston fireman
4nd engineer; Win.. Tuckey and
James Radford, of itfoN are
turners at the lath. W._
Miller. Cliptoa4 f pointer; lack
Wilson and Wfn. Harrison are
- t4•:a mst±ers; Jarnes Donaldson is
head push. With this large gang
an. they are turning out about 500
-rimers a day and will continue to
4fo so for a couple of Weeks',"
A mill made wait for a.number
4 men. as one can see by the
above itemand. also, by this inn►
• •.1 an earlier date; 'Veb. 2Q, . 1895. -
-The greater number of farmers
are busy sleighing and drawing
logs to various sawmills."
Mr. Mustardbuilt a new
sawmill on the north side of the
river (on the flats at the west side
of the iron bridge). It was an
ideal place. for a mill and many
remember the piles of logs on
'he flats. as welt as those in the
quiet water behind the little arm.
of land. In 1914 a shipment of
lumber had been sent to Ger-
many — six years later cent on
the dollar was received in
payment! During the War Years
basiness was not too good and
Mr. Mustard sold to Geddes &
Fyson and. when he returned
irom Detroit. worked for them on
commission. Mr. H. Peters of
Stratford .bought the property for
•.ummer cabin area and the mill
t•.is. dismantled to make room for
• he circle of cabins. The present
• •.e ner' call them "Rayfield
R I e er Cottage Colony."
Flour and Grist Mills
CO trsr 1976
Middlei:olt who is running a brick
yard Made imssal mmnent.
September 7, l - S, Moore
and F. Gemerdt will start a
brick_ andthe yard.
LlmeKlIn
George Liam, who lived on
the old Clinton Road near
Bayfield told his children about
the it ifng. of. he liar =kiln -and -,--
bow they gathered stott from
the river and cut wood to hart to
make line It took approximately
one week for the process of
turning stone into lime. Lineae
from this pit was sold to Stanley
and Cioderich townships,
Enough lime was given to
plaster St. Andrew's. Church.
Bayfield.
A grist mill of some sort. either
., little hand -operated type in the
home or that operated by a
r:itle r. was one of the necessities
if life for the settlers. So the 1851
Directory lists McDonald and
Piper as having a grist and saw
mill. This would be a grist boon
for those who had walked long
distances to have their grain
ground.
The 1863-4 Directory gives:
Bayfield Mills — grist. flouring
and sawmills — McDonald, Alex
& Co. prop. Charles Vanstone
bought the property in 1866.
James Thomson and Ishmael
Fallon were the next owners and
we find a New Era iitem of May 1.
1985 - "Mr. Thomson is busy
fitting up his flouring mill with
rollers— that seems alt the rage
now."
in 1887 this mill was destroyed
by fire and rebuilt in 1889. Then,
just after the turn of the century.
it was moved to a new location a
few hundred yards down the
river.
Sept. 15, 1905 - Mr. Jas.
Thomson is fitting up his flour
mill for the adjustments of the
W tock Roller System. Oct. 6,
1905 - Thornton has received
the first carload of machinery fOr
his new flour mill and expects to
have it in operation in about six
weeks. Oct. 13, 1905 - Mr.
Whitelaw and his men have
arrived from Woodstock to adjust
.the machinery in Mr. Thomson's
mill.
Lewis Thomson later operated
the mill until it became un-
profitable due to competition
from the big city mills and then
closed, as did so many of the
smaller mills. A few years later
in 1920: the boiler and engine
were sold for scrap and the
building was bought by Menno
Steckle Jr. of the Bronson Line.
Kilns acrd brickyards
Rev. Jamieson owned a brick
kiln on the lake bank and built
himself a house (now owned by
Mrs. Duggan) beside it—just a
little to the north. Slop brick was
made from the clay found in
these parts and was used t� build
many of Hayfield's brick homes.
March 1881 - "T.J. Marks is
starting a brick yard this coming
summer and is going to run it on' a
large scale." This brickyard was
on the east end Of the property
that now forms the Hluewater
Golf Club. George Clark was told
by two ladies of the Marks family
that his father's house near the
lake bank was built by Mr. Marks
from the brick of thisaird. This
bio-iness was later sold to Capt.
3arkmnn.
Ni.‘ember 11. 1887 - Mr.
Business notes
New Era . May 4. 1882 --
..Business is quiet just now -
something unusual for this place.
We expect busy times again when
t farmers get through
seeding." •
' August 9. 1882— "Mr. Sallows.
Goderich photographer. is
located over Rhynas'
drugstore."
March 26. 1886 - "Our mer-
chants and others are com-
plaining of hard times but .
Bayfield seldom has
bankruptcy."
November 12. 1886 --"Morgan
and Marks are preparing their
storehouses for wheat -buying
again."
February 6. 1895—"Mills,
merchants. and business men
generally are making no com-
plaints in these stringent times."
1895 prices: 2 doz. fresh water
herring 25c: Salmon per lb. 5e-; 15
lb. oatmeal 25c; Good sound
potatoes per pk. 5c: 1 ib. first
class Ceylon tea 25c: Finest
syrup. clear as honey 25 lb. for
SI ; 1 ib. first class Japan tea 25c:
Raisins & Currants I lb, 5c; 1 ib.
cornmeal 2c Oranges and
lemons 1 doz. 10c: 3 lb. pot
barley 10c; 5 lb. gran. sugar 25c:
3 Ib. rice 10c; 1 gal. apple cider
20c.
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In ISM the lion bridge was just being built beside Mustard's sawm111.
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The Mustard sawtnill stood on the riverbank at the north end of the Ivan bridge,
SH • PPING AT "HOME"
BAYFIELD
CLINTON
1876
The travelling hardware wagon made rare trips to serve
the needs of early settlers. What an occasion when the
merchant come rattling along the rough and rocky roads
to bring all the newest and necessary items for those
pioneer folk .. .
A VISIT TO OUR "HOME"
BA MELD
CLINTON 1916
A modern fleet of Home Hardware tractor trailer units. brings
regular shipments of modern merchandise to your local
"Home" store. From a varied stock you can obtain the items
you require any day of the week. We sincerely hope every visit
you make to our store will be as interesting andexciting as the
hardware wagon of by gone days .. .
A VISIT TO YOUR "HOME"
Best Wishes to the Village and Residents
of Bayfield from the staff of
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