HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-07-18, Page 33Page 4-1Winghlgm-Tumberry Bicentennial
IJJ
Foremost to n (Continued from Page 3)
followed at very short in-
tervals by Peter and
• Archibald Fisher, Peter and
Thomas Long, John and
Thomas Gregory and
Thomas Abraham. The two
first named settled at "the
plot" and built the first mill
at the place or in the neigh-
bourhood, and were the
means of concentrating quite
an amount of trade at the
spot and building up a village
which at one time promised
to realize the calculations of
the Government engineers
by making Lower Wingham
the real town.
. In fact, up to within six or
eight years ago, it was the
chief place of, the two in size
and importance. Since the
impetus Wingham. received
by the proposed railways,
which afterwards became a
reality, lower town com-
menced to retrograde, but it
is still an unincorporated
village of no mean im-
portance, containing grist.
and saw -mill, cloth factory,
three general stores, harness
store, cooperage, two hotels,
school and nearly 500
inhabitants.
RAILROADS SPURRED
A RAPID GROWTH
As an illustration of what
indiv'dual enterprise can
accomplish, even in the
building . _.of ... largeand__.
prosperous towns, when
Supplemented by the ad-
vantages of that modern
civilizer, the railway,
Wingham is one of the most
•
successful examples to be
found probably in all of
Canada.
We have already stated
that up to the time of the
agitation for the building of
these roads (two branches of
the Great Western Railway:
the south extension of the
Wellington, Grey and,Bruce
division and the Lake Huron
and Buffalo division) the
progress of Wingham had
been slow and its history
confined to the humdrum
and monotony of the every-
day experience of all country
villages.
The impetus given by the
above movement, however,
was simply wonderful, and
the beautiful and busy town
which now greets us has
experienced the greater part
of its entire growth and
development within the past
half dozen years, and this
during a period of time the
most of which, has been a
season of almst universal
commercial depression, not
only throughout Canada' but
throughout the United States
and even the whole world ---
a fact which makes the
progress of Wingham all the
more to be wondered at.
At the time of its in-
corporation as a village,
18734, the population was
just_ suffisjent to warrant it,
i.e. barely over 700, while at
the close of 1876 it had in-
creased
ncreased to over 2,000 and it is
now estimated that it con-
tains at least 3,000, exclusing
of Lower Wingham which
increases the total by
another 500.
CENTRE OF TRADE
The town has become an
important centre of trade,
while the manufacturing
interests are rapidly
assuming proportions of
leading importance for ar ,
place of its dimensions.
There are two very extensive
grist and flouring mills, one
with seven run of'stones; one
foundry and agricultural
implement factory, where
all varieties of the last
named articles are turned
out, except separators only;
one very extensive furniture
factory, which has already
worked up a considerable
export -trade, including large
shipments to Manitoba;
three tanneries, of which
one, owned chiefly by
Messrs. Hyman, the
celebrated leather mer-
chants of London, is a very
extensive one and turns out
m the neighborhood of 10,000
sides of sole leather in a
season; one steam woolen
factory in operation and
another under construction;
a carding mill; two large
steam planing• mills and
sash, door and blind fac-
tories; extensive steam
lumber, stave, shingle, lath
and heading mills; four
carriage shops; some quite
extensive; a large number of
blacksmith shops; a pottery;
two brick -yards; two ' lime -
(Continued on Page 5)
ok 1ST ANNIV
�U AND WE'RE ERSARy
CELEBRATING WITH
%QFF
EVERYTHING
IN THE STORE!
SAVE ON BEAUTIFUL
STEMWARE
Glass stemware to grace
any table. Five sizes all on
sale.
SAVE ON
QUILTED PLACEMATS
Several different styles
and colours with piped
borders, ruffles and lace
trim.
SAVE ON GLASS
STORAGE JARS
Handmade storage jars
made in Italy. Wire clamps
assure an air tight seal.
Assorted sizes and shapes.
PLUS'MANY MORE
DECORATIVE IDEAS
FOR YOUR KITCHEN
AND BATHROOM.
KITCHEN AND BATH BOUTIQUE
357-3659
Located at Hodgin's Lumber
The North End of Wingham
'OPEN MON. - FRI. 8-5:30. SATURDAY 8-4:00 PM
30yIiYWingham, TIRE
Ontario vIeL
KEEP THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY
WIfH THIS BICENTENNIAL
SPECIAL:
LIFESAVERTM
XLM RADIAL
• Our top quality steel belted radial
• Styled and sized to match most .
North American cars
• Dependable handling and traction,
mile -after -mile
• Low Rolling Resistance tread com-
pound -for improved fuel economy
—AS LOW AS---`
SROPHY TIRE
SERVICE
95
11 John St. West
Wingham 357-3712
cE
_^ WISHING
Y
EVERONE
HAPPY
NTENNI Se
BICE ATION
CELEBR
®tietin9
e're
AdOonat
011116
III
/��
111
�, •
ti'
Ova A
' 1 LOW POGO
to9raphy�
�Xo,,udm9 phoin by No�gXt�\
Finishing the N
Photo 2:00 p.m.
��
Back by Except Weeke S
i
IN 11WIN GHA 1851