The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-08-26, Page 24•
PAGE 18-•-G0DERICN SIGNAL -STAR THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1976
Tricycles ... .
continued: from page 1 relatively new vehicle and the-
._.._- l ,.... LicTe......de artment_....dlyd -t1ot-
'�`��#�te- pct re.gaix, ng. Po P
operators to obtain. a drivers have . the jurisdiction- to
Licence since•• thiey are - a prepare traf£ie� tests . for
:Gov't comes topoi)*
Government is for the people, by the people. It is also
• being brought to `the people in Huron County during
September.
„On September 1, the Old Town Hall in Exeter will be
the scene of an information meeting :i'n which the Local
Initiative Program grants" for 1976 77:w it be explained:.
Anyone wi r ..cerns • about these ' LIP :•
grants should`attend the meeting at 7; 30 p.m
Thein on September 22, the Staff of The ;Ombudsman
Arthur Maloney QC will be in Goderich`at MacKay,• Hall
from 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. to hear any "beefs",against the
provincial government: No appointment is :necessary
and presentations may be' in Writing or verbal.
Colbornil
e Hotel
: .
1.contirnied from page;l''
not until 1860 What John Allen
built, at the gore Qf Hamilton•-;
and Nelson streets, the hotel
long known as the U'nion,
later the Royal.
Ellis died in 1856, leaving,
the hotel to his daughter 'and
two ' sons. In the Registry
Office it is identified as the
"colborne -Inn . plot:
Eyidently the Ellis • family
carried on with the business;
it was' not until 1873 'that•
Elijah Martin acquired it.
The Huron Signal reported
that the . Colborne Hotel
property was "sold by auc-
tion • by G.M. Trueman, and
purchased by Elijah Martin,
Esq., the present lessee."
The Martin regime was to
last nearly' 40 years. This -
family came to. Canada from.
Penrisylvania in the early
1830s, and in 18.43 John C. use the land will require a
m
Martin purchased - from zoning change .that. would
Michael Fisher 'Lot 6 , the g
Ma i t -t a n d C o n ee-s s -ion ultimately have to be _ap-
(Cherrydale Farm.) Martin' proved bytown council-.
had four sons: John, Henry, Building- -_inspector• Roy
Isaac and Elijah, John C. Breckenridge explains that
Martin; son of Elijah, becamethe land .is now zoned .for
proprietor in 1907, but . sold . downtown commercial -, use
five years later to Thomas : - and would have to have its
: Johnston J.Wy Craigie got it designation changed to high -
from the Johnston estate. in• 'way commercialto permit
1919, and in the following year the storage of automobiles en•
gave a quitclaim 'deed tothe site
Susan ' . McLeod • (formerly • Any legal action open to the
Johnston) Architectural Conservancy.
a d
Good roads an
automobiles changed con-
ditions,' and liquor legisration
ever more so* From 1905,
numerous local option bylaws
were passed in Huron; the
province had the-- Ontario
Temperance Act from 1916'to
1919,. and for most of the other
years the county was under.
the Canada Temperance Act, -
which prohibited sale ...of
liquor.,
Inseparable ftoin
memories of the Colborne.
House • is the recollection of
Joe Fisher's itinerant
heavydrafts clumping up
Hamilton, street to keep .their
appointments in the Colborne
stable. The name of the stable
is still stamped :.in the con-
crete sidewalk opposite
where the big door.used to be.
- Should `. demolition be
carried out a change in the
Sheriff Robert Johnston hinges on the question of a
seized the Colborne :Hotel' ioni:ng ;change! Should the
Apartments in 1927, but no building be removed andthe
• sale ' was recorded until zoning change not approved,
Sheriff Nelson Hill in 1941 sold the Conservancy would be in
-to. James B. Reynolds. s• -Reg' a position to take action. °
McGee and Sons boughthe • v '
' property from R
1967.
As 'with the Union Hotel, the ..
:'building 'conformed closely to 'meeting i. • P
the :property line,' and at the .
- narrow corner in eachcase continued from pagel
r. was the bar, which' more or also; a slate of nominees for
less subsidized the. dining- election held which will invite
room • and . other : . ac_: further nominations from the
commodation. • floor.
In the hotel's best years the As part of .--the agenda, a:
state of township roads panel composed of Dr.Bruce
dictated a Leisurely. stopover Thomson, family physician;
in town, with crest .and Mr. q DowKenweli, Huron
refreshment ' for 'horses and County Board of Education;
passengers:. There were Mrs. Joanne Jasper, Senior'
many other hotels here; when Public .Health. Nurse Mr,
the- Martins bought ,the Bruce- Heath, Children's Aid
Colborne it operated under :Director; and Mr. • :Norman
one or 11• tavern ` licenses. in Pickell, Goderich lawyer;
Goderich; issued by town will_ speak to any enquiries or
. council.and there were also concerns ' which .. the- public
numerous shop licenses may have.
cls in.• Pu
eynolbl►c'.
i
•
operators. "I think the tricycles woul
Traffic committee ' Chair- be safer operat ' g on
in ' the
111.4114. Reeve Stan. �Prnfi-t 4s ---sidewalks th41-11"theX
.trLcur
also 1n favor of an amend- the road, where tliey wo od he
a he
because they ar.e too
slow," he said "The speed is
the point and they . certainly
ment to the bylaw to p5Emit
the use of tricycles- on town
sidewalks. Profit claimed
that.. the major point to the
argument was the speed of
the vehicle.
won't grow to be the same
type of problem as
.
snow no bles
l
n.
pro It expected his com-
-txiait•tte._to _ilea l/.with ,:the
j
aniendrrientin the near future
and pressent a motion t.o°
council in September. '-
Councillor.
Councillor. Elsa Hayden, a
tricycle operator, feels quite .
comfortable operating her
vehicle: on the road and
e' ricyc e would•be
`"more hazardous. iforated
on
theWal
i
s de a ks..'l~tl'eMajor
consideration fpr' sidewalk
safety 'is the width of the
,tricycle 'as compared to a
bicycle.
'Bicycle riders are •asked
to be on the road and•tricycles
• n,
•
ere more curnbersonn.e and I tricycle up and: down curbs, a'
cannot visualize, 43ys -e<lf preblerh thais--eliminated
blocking Pedestriaitraffic on..when using ilieroiias:"She
"She- -
the sidewalk," she said, reiterated'the point that she is . .
Personally I think the choice. quite comfortable drivingaon
out that
should be left to the driver," the road and any operator
Councillor H,aydon also knowledgement of the rules of
manouvweras
dif the road would have no dif-
the : ficuity:
pointed
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