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During ownership by William Thomas and George Kiely, stand beside their car at the old North Toronto station. The
the Toronto Street Railway was operated by horsepower, as two -horse, two-man car transported about 20 persons at 5c
shown here. Conductor J. Gibbons and driver J. Badgerow each.
ransportation made Kielys rich
illiam Thomas Kiely and Financier W.T. Kiely
brother, George, bought 'resided for about 10 years in
nto Street Railway for Goderich, where he built one
cash and in their first of the biggest and most
year of operation made a stylish houses in town and
rofit of $11,221. When the later bought a still larger one
look over the system in with more land around it.
arbitrators awarded the Born in Montreal in 1825, he
ys 4/,453,788, and they married Mary Flora
drawn in dividends, Elizabeth McDougall,
uses and salaries from daughterof a Goderich
a total of $553,830. In physician, who deeded to her
words $. ,500 got them in 1887 a lot on North Street.
e2,000,000,
ere were originally three lot Two yearswaslater, bta ned adjoining
ers in the company, but William Seymour, a cousin of
man,- whoever he may Mrs. Kiely. Here, on moving
been • sold out early to from Toronto, W.T, built a
brothers for 12„500 great house.
erecord seems to qualify Unusual features were a
KielY` of London, full-length basement with 1.0 -
eta and finally Goderich, foot ceilings, designed as a
big transportation man complete living unit for
financier in his day. It servants. A verandah along
a long day commencing the front, now gone, led to the
operation of a string of front door at extreme right,
'coaches out of London then into a wide hall, with a
MauriceKiely, father of huge living room and a dining
as T, These were based room at the left. There were
he old Robinson Hall, at
s and Ridout streets, fireplaces in these large
iairooms, also in the basement,
aGoto St.ch Thomas; and two upstairs, where there
s. Kiel and other were three bedrooms, one an
Y died in Toronto enormous master bedroom,
tooailway, krov eeYears after his and a bath. In the upper floor
over the Toronto of the three-storey building
R
e history of were three rooms. The place
3' shows Middlesex now is divided into apart-
on,aW r Riely as a ments.
oSlderman in 1856, The Kiely stage lines out of
tre e operationilwof the London were successful until-.
Leve of lectri Railway ended after the railway came
e eve of electrification,
h was greeted 'Y ' Tor
through. In a London and
ing b with to Middlesex Historical Society
r which said:The booklet of03had pljiam
een
y is corning. It is a Bowman,who
mechanical superintendent of
a curse pt it, and it" the Great Western and rode
when it does . the first train into London on
What will be the Dec. 15, 1853, gave the
of the trolley's ap- following recollection:
ostree
street Queen and "Previously the only contact
ive c The trolley the city had with the outside
arriages off these world was by stage coach, ,,
decrease the value of and these coaches were
ly and increase the principally owned by a Mrs.
to life.'
the Rio, Riely, who afterward owned
horsepowereni literally. the Horsento carsStreet
wereaoperated
aeet railway's 300 cars in Toronto from 1861 by a
aule y 1 43
ewe re 1: 0 horses, company which in 1868 en -
men on the countered financial dif-
ficdlties and was unable to -
cording to Toronto Transit pointed trustee for the bon
pay the interest on its bonds. Commission records, Hon. ciholders. Mr. Cayley had
In the following year, ac- William Cayley was ap- been a member for Huron,
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