The Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-11-05, Page 467"7-11C
Railway
company
had plans
IDN
lines in Huron County.
Also, in April 1910, the West Shore
Electric Railway Company was
seeking, permission from council to
lay tracks on streets in Goderich and
submitted an elaborate plan to the
iown is-aU!ee _i W Moyes. 1LJ.
MacEwan and V.M. Roberts were
acting on behalf of the company,
which was ready to hook up to the
Kincardine line.
The original plan showed railway
lines from the harbour up West
Street and around The Square to
East Street and on to Maitland
Road. They had planned to lay
tracks from Saltford up Cambria
Road to Huron Road and on several
streets radiating from The Square.
An editorial in the Signal -Star
advised the town to proceed
cautiously with the railroad and set
a limit on privileges and times. The
town and the railway company
would later become embroiled' in a
bitter dispute over fraud and
embezzlement charges.
In May, the Western Canada Flour
5SS/Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1986
1910
Champion made a variety of items inlcuding on Cambria Road at St. David Street.
sweepers and sprinkler& The picture was taken
Mill announced it would build a new
half -million bushel elevator at a cost
of $200,000. The new structure was to
be completed within six months.
Things were going well for
Goderich in general m 1910, and the
paper reported a story on high
salaries that were being offered and
graduates of stenography had
advanced rapidly. Young ladies
graduating from Clinton Business
College in that time were earning
from $10 to $15 a week and several
graduates of a few years ago were
getting as much as $1,200 a year.
The story also pointed out that male
graduates were earning about $2,500
a year.
The riding of South Huron was
then represented by M.Y. McLean,
the editor of the Huron Expositor
newspaper in Seaforth.
On October 6, 1910, a terrible fire
ravaged the Organ Factory and it
was reported that losses were in
excess of $60,000. The building and
contents were insured and plans
were in the works to immediately
begin rebuilding the factory.
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