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The Seaforth News, 1941-02-27, Page 3"THURSDAY, FEBRUARY tsar THE SEAFORTH NEWS DER' tpN n/' ' M ' �wRf -Praise fits Sure 'eso!ts EARLY ENGINEERS BUILT HURON ROADS By N. A. McInnes in The London . Free Press. On November 26, 1824, the Canada Company was formed in Landon, England. It resulted from an inves- tigation of Upper Canada made by John Galt. This company became a huge land monopoly of English cap- italists, One million acres of land along Lake Huron in Upper Canada was to become the Huron Tract or Huron district. Each .township bore the name ar one of the directors of the company, namely, Bosanquet, now in the County of Lant'bton; Bid- dulpb, McGillivray and Williams in the County of Middlesex; Colborne, Goderich, Hay, Mullett, McKillop, Stanley, Stephen, Tucke'smith and Usborne in the present County of Huron, and Blanshard, Downie, East - hope, EiIice, Fullerton, Logan and Hibbert in the County of Perth, Previous to 1824 the Huron Tract was roughly included in the London District which had been formed in :1800 but by this time so many set- tlers had eome into the district that it was decided to make it into a sop- " agate one for purposes of municipal government. The Huron District was among the last formed in Upper Can- ada. Seven years later the county councils took over the duties of the District Council. About three years ago the minute books and records of the Huron Council from 1842 to the late 80's were discovered in the attic of the Goderich courthouse and are now preserved in the library of the University of Western Ontario at London. The first road to be built through the district was the Huron road or what is now Highway No. 8, It was built in a more or less straight line from Galt to Goderich and John Mc - D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Office — Commercial Hotel Electro Therapist — Massage Hours—Mon. and Thurs. after- noons and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treatment. Phone 227. BUS TIME TABLE Lenves Seaforth for Serstfard: t)aily 8.20 a.m. and 8.18 p,m• . Leaves Seaforth for Goderich: Daily except Sunday and hot, 1.05 p.m. and 7.40 p.m. Sun. rind bol.,, 1.08 p.m. and 8.20 p.m 'Connection at Stratford for ' Toronto; Hamilton, Buffalo, London, Detroit, Tavistock, 'Woodstock, Brantford Agents: Queen's, Commercial, Dick Hoose Donald wa appointed surveyor of the road with headquarters to be at Goderich. Dr. William Dunlop. its warden of the forests assisted Mr. Me.Donal4 and the road was begun in 1828. Both these - appointments camp through at t. tuotcgh the Canada Company, 13y 1842 the Lo 11 ' tit on road from the Corners (clow Clinton) was Kohn. This is the present No. 4 highway. It is interesting to note that there were no less than 42 inns between Gode- rich and London at that time, By this date a road had also been built from the Corners to Bayfield and another on the north side of the Maitland Ri- ver to Benmiller. The Colborne bridge, crossing the Maitland, had 'beau built a few years before. McDonald, or Stout Mac, as he was generally called on account or his great strength, surveyed all these roads, In 1855 there arrived in Clinton, Andrew Bay, a graduate in engineer- ing of the University of Edinburgh. To him was given the task of sur- veying all the roads in the Huron district Other than the ones already mentioned. Mr. Bay was born in Kelso, Scot- land, and after graduation unarrietl a Miss Campbell of llnniscorthy, ]re - land. Six of his ten children were born in Scotland and in 1851 he came to Canada with his family. He spent the first three years in Toron- to and while there surveyed tee Northern Railway from Toronto to Bradford which opened in June, 185e. This was the first railway in Canada to be operated) by a steam locontn- tive. Mr. Bay then moved to London and was associated with Saneuel Peters, a well-known civil engineer of that time. In 185? he was officially made land surveyor in 'Upper Canada by the Canadian Board of Surveyors in Toronto and London, The certifi- cates were signed by David) Gibson and F. L, .Passmore. Miss Bay, his youngest daughter, still lives in Clinton and has these important documents in her posses- sion as well as plans for most o1 the roads in the district and the Town of Egmondville. These were made on parchment and the writing and pap- er are as good as the day they were made. The original plan made by Mr. Bay for the Town of Clinton is In the town hall, Clinton. In 1858 Mr. Bay began the task of surveying the roads, Not only did he survey thein but he had to let the contracts for building them. This work lasted until 1880, and a great task it was, since most of the coun- try was solid bush and there were two large rivers, the Maitland and the Bayfield, as well as the branches of the Thames to be bridged. Miss Bay can tell many amusing stories of her experiences while help- ing her father when a girl. Miss Bay and a brother were twins and the youngest of the family. The house on Huron street, Clinton, in which Miss Bay lives today was built for :lir, Bay and bit family over sixty years ago. One of two Lombardy "THE PUREST FORM IN WHICH TOBACCO. CAN BE SMOKED PAGE THREE poplar trees which Nlr, Bay planted more that, sixty years ago In ]'runt of his residence. was hiown down in the tierce November gale of a few weeks ago. Andrew Bay died in the year 1883. ONTARIO LEGISLATURE The Federal 'Governmen't's conduct of the war effort, the Sirois r eport. provincial aids to fainter., changes in the Ontario tdmini.et alien of justice and the Ontario Government'nn own record were seen as topics of consid- erable debate at the .current session of the Ontario Legislature. In preliminary remarks after the s+peeeli from elle Throne and 'forma) opening of the House, Premier flee - burn referred to the nation's war 'ef- fort briefly . . ,If one British :child should lose his life through our failure to .provide the materials of warfare, then someone is going to suffer." Later in his remarks he said he as- sumed the :Sirois report "will be de- bated at further length in this !house." 'The Throne speech contained a ref- erence to. the recent conference of Federal and Provincial leaders called by the Feclera+l government to discuss mutual problems in the light of the Sirois report and explained that the Ontario ministers had opposed dis- cussion at the present time because const itutional changes would deter the war effort. ']'lie most important legislation forecast in the Throne :speech •wet to bonus (Ontario cheese and 'bacon hog producers to enable them to maintain production for wartime. needs. The :governm'ent's record was call- ed in question in a number of partic- ulars when 'Conservative members placed on 'the order paper twenty questions covering a wide ,variety of government activities. The number is ,believed unprecedented for an 'open- ing day in the Ontario House. The Throne speech forecast legis- lation to implement the recommen- dations of the recently -issued report of the select legislative 'committee 011 the administration of justice in .the pravin.ce. The premier tabled the first (bill, one to amend the Legislature Elec- tion Act to obviate the necessity of calling by-elections when sitting members of the legislature are elevat- ed to the .calbine't. Following wartime .custom , the House was opened with :simple for- mality by Lt. -Gov, Albert Matthews. The speech Pram the Throne, nunning more than 2,0:00 words, ,gave a :eont- prell ensive review of government ac- tivity during the last year and indic- ated much of the legislation to be brought :dawn. The Lieutenant - Governor read from the speech that legislation would, be sought to cover the twO- cettt•s a pound subsidy on iheddar cheese production, recently authorized by :provincial order-in-councie and to provide for a corresponding subsidy to 'bacon -hog producers. The 'proposed hog )bonus is a prem- ium of 50 cents a head on marketing hogs grading B-] and $1 +premium on grade A 'hogs. Three new .calbinet ministers, Edu- cation _Minister Duncan McArthur, Mines ,Minister''Rdbert Laurier and Works Minister harqu'har Oliver, Counter. Check Books • We Are Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Order. The Seaforth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, were ushered in. Cr,1, 'l'l,oii,i 0111)C. ir, 71e Peel, ,was' maned Inn nv Conservative whip to succeed iC d. 1'. A. Kidd of le in iwho had resigned his :seat to contest the federal uv-electin>i to Kingston last fall. against .Navy Min iter Au a d.. \la daina:d. The speech also fr,recast legisla- tion to amend the 1710011)0 Tax Act "by increasing exentiOnt for pat- riotic purposes" and 0 hill to imple- Client some of t'he recommendations of the report recently 'brought down by the .;.elect committee ,which inves- tigated Ontario judicial administra- tion. The speech also forecast legfs:lation to make compulsory hospital treat- ment for person,- i11 an iniectiolis 1state of pulmonary tttiberculosis and '10 _permit supervision by the Depart- ment of Health of any non-profit insurance ,scheme for 'medical and hospital care. IBilbs .will he introduced to extend the .Mortgagors' Relief Act, to amend the Income Tax Act, Plant (Diseases Act, Milk and Cream Act, and various other statutes. CANADIAN WOOL Many Canadian manufacturers do not use Canadian wool because of the indifferent manner in which a large part of it 'has been produced and marketer). Unless Canadian 'wool is graded and put on a comparable basis asnearly as possible to that of im- ported wool, Canada is likely to lose (lie ground already gained in her own and most logical market—the Cana- dian 'manufacturing. industry—stated A. A. MacMillan, Production Services of Dominion Department of Agricul- ture, in his address to the annual meeting of the Ontario Sheep Breed- ers' Association, held recently at To- ronto. 'Phe greatly increased volume of wool now being used as a result of the war has brought Canadian nvool into competition with New :Zealand, Australian, and South American .wool to a greater extent than ever before, explained Mr. (MacMillan. Conse- quently there is grave danger of'Can- ada losing her best market for wool —the home market—to her sister Dominions and to foreign countries. It has therefore been necessary to• take another step forward in the Can- adian wool marketing program, and to this end regulation% were passed last simmer respecting the grading of unwashed 'fleece wool. These regu- lations became effective so :far as the .11941 wool clip is concerned..on Janu- ary 0, 1941. There is no coercion to the Cana- dian wood producer contained in these regulations. The producer may .mar- ket his wool how and vwhen he pleases. 'Complete exemption is made for wool used in home spinning and weaving and for handicraft .produc- tion. On the other hand, the regula- tions are specific as regards the res- ponsibility of wool +buyers and there are many reasons why this shodld be. There is need for improvement in ap- proximately trio -thirds of the Cana- dian wool clip, for one thine. Like that :produced in any other country Canadian wool is of many different .qualities, each grade being 'best suited for a particular purpose. The grading of the 1941, wool clip and subsequent clips, as .soon as sold by the producer, slakes it possible for all sellers of wool to offer graded wool to the trade within a short (per- iod of tune after the clip is shorn. This .prevents speculation in wool and places the entire clip on the market so that competition in purchasing is encouraged to the greatest possible extent. This ensures a 'better market at more uniform prices. Buyers must now purchase wool on ;grade and the settlement statement to the .producer 'lust show Che grade, weight and the amount paid. Each producer's :lot of wool :must be tagged, so as to main- tain its identity through to the auth- orized warehouse and the grading table. A +wloolegrading certificate showing the correct ..grade will be is- sued to eadh producer, 'Wool will now the graded -only in authorized wool warehouses .located in each of :the provinces, In addition, wwtooi :delivered to woollen mills by the prodtucer Will be g'rad'ed at the mills. The number of wool ware- houses authorized in each province will depend largely on the extent of the sheep industry and the basis of nlanketilag •wool. 'Phis extension of 'wool grading will give encouragement to all sheep (breeders to pay mare at- tention to the production and market- ing .of wool in all its stages, resulting in a 'better product. a better price for each grade, and more aatiefactory conditions to all concerned in the in- dustry. PrivateJones had. been in the army a week, when the ' eergeatit asked—"What do you think of the army so ear?" "I may like it after a while,' rt p]ied ' Jones, "but just now I think there's' trio much drilling and fuss- ing about between meals."... Want and For Sale Ads, 1 weeks '50c CHINAS: NEW WATERWORKS :es tine 1110111(. Road, ... the Sunci Province, ee t:r +<.lt h:drauiic et3.,aet 370 now 0.7 1-1 .1 red ah:ac, 1 on nuc, , Chinas vast 11..0 ,, t ed.ric 1 undertakings. a in .0 tahing I'hrou bout the )rnibill f the )load. tireW Britain tas esal.ites cen- tieuotts •itp') ie` or machinery .nery into China mese water supply is one of the most abundant in the world. Germane is no longer able to cont- vete with Britain in supplying mach- inery for harnessing this water power, not only because German ships can- not get across the seas :but also be- cause the 'Germans have r10 nickel. cobalt or chromium to spare, and these metals are essential to machin- ery which comes into contact with water. The Germans carried through 'Eire's ,gigantic Shannon scheme. , 1)it. 11 is significant that Eire': new scheme, the harnessing of the swift -moving waters of the Liffey, has been given to Brit- ish engineers. Ll war time Britain is sending hy- draulic machinery not only over to Eire and out .to China. but to Canada, New Zealand, Tanganyika, efaatritius. and Turkey. WORLD BULLION HEADQUARTERS The world's clearing house .for pre- cious metals will he one of the most conspicuous buildings to rise up in ILond•nn when the war is over. Site of this great new .block to only half a mile from St. Paul's :Cathedral, and at present houses part of an or- ganization with an international re- pute for the refining and preparation of precious metals, Long associated with the history of platinum refining, this organization produced, in 187!6, an International Standard Metre in an alloy of ten per cent. Iridio-Platinum. It was made to the order of the Paris Commission In- ternational du Metre. and duplicates were su'bsegt•ently ordered .by many 'governments including those of Ar- gentine and Brazil. Among its other .activities are the manufacture of rolled gold and liquid ,gold, both of which were developed during the last war when German supplies ceased to .be avail'a'ble. Since 1914, Great Britain has not only met her own requirements in these pro- ducts but has also developed an ex- port trade of very considerable value in them. Buyers in many countries are to -day familiar .with 'British rolled gold for the manufacture of jewelleree optical and fancy goods, as well as TO KELP E,Y �. - T y COLD$ FROM DEVELOPING RIGHT AT START 3 -Purpose Medicine a Success At first sniffle, sneeze or nasal irrita- tion, put a little Va-tro-no up each nostril. Its stimulating action aids Na- ture's defenses against the cold. And remember —when a head cold makes you suffer, or transient congestion "fills up" nose and spoils sleep, 3 -purpose Va-tro-nol gives val- uable help as it (1) shrinks swollen membranes, (2) relieves irritation, (3) helps flush out nasal passages, clearing clogging brings. vI``kg, '- mueus, briy the VA -1110-1101.i+ relief it io s, British liquid gold and liquid platin- um for the fired decoration of porce- lain, iglase and earthenware. "WAILING WILLIE" Going Out From Britain to South Africa Air-raid sirens -are now being •efi- ported from Great Britain to South Africa and other parts of the En>'pire, The .characteristic warning of 'these four h,p. machines, 'the result of years of expeiiment, must be •tuned to the same musical notes Which ex- perience has shown to the most ef- fective when varying (between C and E flat. This calls for ,rrreat accuracy in machining the aluminum rotors and the apertures in the "voice box". The makers of the sirens have rec- ently sent to South Africa an ingen- ious idea in sound signals 'consisting of alarm hell; (especially designed'for mines and modified to conform to the type of hell most commonly used in them. Two large electrical equipments to let hospital patitnts communicate by coloured lights with the nursing staff have also, been sent out to 'Lourenco lelarques, The first installation of this "silent .call" service was booked in face of severe foreign 'competition and was so successful that .a second in stallation of the same equipment was ordered. "What's the meaning of this, sir. —ane skylight left absolutely open, glaring in the blackout?" "Ah, don't be so 'arty, zur. Them bomber'll drop 'un on the cottage thinkin' Oi'b inside, but 'ere Oi be sittin' on me gate all the time, smokin' me pipe at the bottom. Of the garden." J. 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