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�* THE 1'iURQN-,FXP0511'QR, AP-Ri 4w m 1940
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a. successs.
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µ „ and he used ideniounted engines, greatly increasing the
The hea,rwarp Seaforth: This is a areal; feather in the cap ofthe Bell Engine p
e da s w en. they thresh d some days or all he or his laartner had the .time to.,design -one. Since he d
m int died b Se Som _ y h h y _e ,.,. Y a d shows be better than :an bin else can .the strength of the gearing., Unfortunately, the side -mounted'
program til_. Y a always admired the cor ate =c1 a in wheels, be. company an tt._ yt. 8 ». ,
through the week there would be carloads of people Y _ m r. r!ig. d,. self e n 8, en ines weren't.a success, they couldn t stand up to the
;forth Commuglty Hospital:,a P p - and T resh r . superiority of their engines over,{all other .makes,. the g
u there t watch . them work. There was. negotiated; with the Pott • Huron Engine h e strain ' f ploughing so Mr. Bell and. John Finlayson
as been deemed a:. real; coming o a o em editor noted. a alio described the first se .orator, turned heavy - o. P ..8,
h b t_. t- II. .. P
• in bo it hat attr cted t e • In fact nowadays. Company in :Michigan, to build the American designed d1.eed d to tackle a rear iiounted.ty e;
s, cgess, b : ,or anizers, As of something g a .. ut . t _ . , . a h m i e k
u Y $. en nes here, _- out of tbeahop on Saturday afternoon, 12 designed
le' have a with the cotnbines, the romance has gone out. ofi
this week 29 Pp ,, _ v.. "It worked beautifult ••'and ran„almost as monthly as a , The new.engine, came intoproductton n,19 , gn ,
ec urs and: _ threshing.”
Y paring straln.'It consisted, of an
Completed . th_., o . .e sewing machine. and- not, as much ns a nut had to be to relieve the; boiler of all g 8
_ attending the: AhIAI.BERTAFARMER:. ,
nine more are atte g ti htened:" Attached to the se orator was a self feeder' ;independent steel 'frame on which the +crank shaft;
find i difficult to link the idea of , �t g ., P
o ht COUI5e., Wbite some might in t l n. .h d e outfits s were so ular two were• intermediate Rear shaft, counter shaft and rear axle were
two trig, and wind stacker,an _th u t w e pop., ,
a c i the ungainly,d-fashioned, steam threshersp ` mounted:, The new en ines eouid be u'rchased' in either
Thein are stili o enings 1 or rom n e
with oI Y •.. already on der for use in the Northwest, 8 P .
d the see now in fall fair Grades or at the threshert"iien's' x..• , r « . �� the SO hp or 20 ho size,,
police,; firemen, R•N, an , y l?
, r , , THE [MPFRIAh _ -
reumons held arou d t e : rovince l m inclined to a ree . b , A Ce en Obert Dell and triswife, the -former Sarah S root
Rh1,A.., on the nest course, p. h . P R i Cs IJb
i. The most papular threshing machine produced at theVp ii P
with. the Alberta farmer, .There was: something about those �+ of Tuekersmi h Townsl i first moved to,;$eaforth, they
Ma • 12 and 13. ,Participants . w_h $ Bell foundry was the "Im "Imperial"', almost identical to an t P
Y a d although the. earest.I ever came to steam y p , ,, ,, i rmer Armita e home a 29 Ann Street, Later
can aster at the hos ital machings n t gh n- A erica model a t e low Fello. , which was lived. n the fo g t
reg p
'1'he;'firsi traction engine produced in the $eaforth plant' rm_. n n _med ,h.,: Xel W
thres rs, was. the stories of a elderl nen hbour who; d, he famil : 'mo ed: to the home now , owned b Ken
and: ick "u re course he y g built in 'llltnois and: used b man Western: Canadian t_ .
P P P m 1901: yvas'sold. to J. Williamson of Walton; . It
y Y Y
done custom threshing in his younger days, .I. still get y Y Devereaux at 98 Goderich Street East,
material.
0 ce the joint stock company Was formed to X903, Farmers,
oosebum s when I hear'if"ie'•'sh'rill-whistle of an en ine' , n J, p Y In 1909' Ivlr•. Bell as managing director of the .company,
Thin program, which deals g p $ he branch Now that the Seaforth company could- supply a farmer • I _ , g g .-
A g , business really started to boom. In 1904, t. r ani h P
and sae the steam rising,. A combine, I d be the first to Y was voted a solar ;of $2,000, annually by: his bdatd of
with :Heart :attacks, also g, and he with complete threshin outfits, Robert Bell products were,_ Y
o eration ` were. opened tri. the Canadian West, n t._ 1?, : g
admit, ust. d'oesn t carr # e same. appeal., P s directors.:While the company had mastered the. art of
teaches how to::clean airways J y h pp„ ler advegtised, as the "Imperial Line of Threshing p
found was enlarged with the constructor of a new bot. ,
" I 928 he last new steam threshing engine built in, ry zr._ - 7, -producing- steam thre shers and: -separators;' one`of their T'
bstructtons. n 1 , t n g _ r►g _ ._____ _ _ .: -_- _ —to--allow-1 --.- a ., -Th first -lm erial se aro ors -were desi ned Pn' _ g _
--- -fo - - o le with,o. -._ _.. _. _ed -6 --motion he :--Mac .n3r _ , e p p, t g
?� R _ .. _. - sho , .Shareholders. ;also approv,
pntario rolled out of a. Seaforth foundry the Robert Bell. p _greatest challenges lay just, ahead. In 1912,; Canada went
i(t will be offered to the public a Indus for Western; Canada buyers, and the proved too heavy ,for .. B,. g
COMP any to borrow up to,$25,000 to expand. the try' Y
one.*nt ht: Engine and Thresher Company, the forerunner of Robert i farms, Lighter machines''had to be fo • war, and three years later, Robert Bell Engine and,
in .the fall; on: a g use .on Ontario ams . g t
further.
o Bell Industries: a ,' T.hresher `Co„ became 'one of the country s monitions
basis, says Art McNaught n,
Y In 1905 workmen at company turned out their first designed for buyers in this part of the country,: When g s
e Bell was a Hensall area n tive with a touch of the o P Y
o niz Robert l _ _ a - e Bmf oundr factories.
one: -0f the.-locah_t a ._ems. �_-.__.. - .___ _ _. _-____...--- _____ _.___ tractors finall a eared:on the market, th - _ y
ra or which-shelied-the. ratn,.from .. • tractors ...---_.y., pp_4 •,..._ _.. .,mark_, _,._.� _ -- �... ,.:. v_
threshin machine sea t g
g inuentot about linin. Whenlie was rowin u there was a` g, p.
ha a co g g P ed the r`Im erial ,' : Next week - Seaforth s munitions industry, andmore an = =---
The; following,._v _ d he straw from the rain and . produced an even, smatter separator, nam. ., li - . _
wered' pioneer sawmill near the •famil s. home the head of wheat, separate , t g ,, once of a steam thresher. 1 would dike to thank
e e course: Frances ,.water: o p _., m y
let d th, c . , l' Junior. All Bell threshing machines were fitted with the.. the romance P , • chaff and then separated, the grain from. the chaff.
the bo studie this int 1 he was .able ,to build a P
and . d - i - " ,� - Miss'Belle Cam bell fpr her assistance in+researching this ,
Malone, Ma Barnes, Leona; Y year noted that "Ruth self. . teedet and Farmers. Friend gearless P .
is father.' farm. An Expositor article m September'of That y
- miniature sawmill of his own,.on, h , . th
'Stott Dons Muir Marie... column. Anyone with', a personal interest in steam
l ; , • , tt, , , _ . , . , • � amon both � _ windstacker, and the. Stewart pa ;trent rear 'tion, cutting....• , Y. • .. P.
FAILURE the
1) in government, atter a competition, g f Robert Bell- machines or 'former
ker ,Be Seymour, Lor:
SUGARCANE,
Ba , .. y , 0 h, . Be detachment on order.
' anadian mdu tries ':selected a, 3 . threshers., owners. o
American,and C s P U
The future businessman s first venture into the: world of h com an em to ees'are invited to call me of 527-0240 and
etta.Dolmage, Joyce Hugill, - •l'li .
- `e in o be used .on the overnment s industrial . Since. so,many of his machines were being. sold tot e, :. P _y P Y ,
i 1883 when he was 1 ears old. Farmers;in traction engine t g .
Joyce Ribe
Joyce* McClure, fnance was n 9 y �Ves Rorie Ben. r.'e3 foe of his boilers to burn straw:' share some of theirstories.' _
Y Y Y farm near 'Edmonton., '- h. q P
Evelyn, Henderson Cath the district made an ill-fated attempt to grow sugar cane
y ,, , Y h „
Chambers Elsie Southgate, commercially and,Robert Bell:and Wrn.'Dougall purchased '
run a it
en a small steam: en ine:from.a London company to n . mill
Sharon Youn blot, Gw g _. ..
for crushiri the cane. When it became obvious that our
Devereaux Nancy Martin and $
• . wasn't suitable or the cane y young Mr.
...Ann Ste.: Marie. growing season as . t f Y • g ,
Bell moved..the engine to Heiisall and started a general
repair :shop.
Bell cool :have remained a verurl:r�a
Now Robert d Y . good.
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mechanic; but ..he, was intrigued by the local threshing. .
engines and p6parators.that. wete...berng brought into his '
T
r farmers,' He concluded KN 9C.H ..
shop for overhauling, by area.
threshing machines had more of,a futur2"than"sugar:cane
ani1U�I g
had, and he and, John Finlayson, a local carpenter; bought
e annual meetin of
_ • .., . At the _ g 1 - e'-boile rom'Geor e: White and Sons,'Ltd. .; •:.; .. ' .. ,.,,, YO'
•::::. ,:.. a locomotive typ r f g
Seaforth Curlin Club Satur• `' ' a side crank en ine tar
g _ m London and•set about designing. g
'day ;night,' Doug Rowchffe mount on th'e boiler. .
le ted. resident for the;.. bei
was e e p
The.ex eriment was a success T the men completed t ,1' .. ,, , - .; ,•
p� ,
e
comm ear: A well attended', „,.,•
g X first ;:14' h : ortable steam en ine and sold it ;to Wiliiam ... ,
he meetin , ,
dance followed t g are of Hi11s Green in ttme for the 1899 harvest: Two
_ J r tt
i ht as the dra
.,.:n A hi hl w w ed.m the shop and sold for the.. •' `- `'
g. g . ..more engines Were proctjic p ..
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for two
halves _of a
pig,
next..yea rs threshm F�@eC � :. �.2$ OZ
Th
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e d
g - � _ _ . Purina
donated b To notch F e s Bell realized
_ ., x• P As order :for the engines increased, Robert _ " ; • -. •
., `.:Ross"•
Ltd.' Winners', were.,he,` The Coleman. foundry m _. • ..:.::... . .....:.
, ; needed. a bi er shop. Th m Y.
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n on ,
Lovett .of. R.R. 2,, Cli t o he arket so Bell.. and : Fmla son
Seaforth was n t m ay
son
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1 S ron R,
#475 and 'Bill . t 1 e new business Bell and. .
$ ,. re located, ,originally ca ling . h tr ,
:
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Ville,: i# ) hen m 1'903 . incor gratin thea .
g . , . Finlayson,. Foundry- and..t , P g ..•, ,..,
OG CH
rid Thresher r,
So
comp, as The .Robert 'Bell .En me a ` • •,
Im coma shares.
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Company, and sel g Company
John Fmla. son couldn't`tiave minded the name chart e;
g
yFTN,.E:'N'E�,R
An' E ositor .Classified,.. .MP. hes crit the,rest orf his,career with his former.: arfner and,
Will a ou,dtvidends. Have
P. P
P Y Y _ ..later his artner 's 1.so .. . ;.; . .
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o tried`one7:Dia152 =0240
SHAREHOLDERS
f' the
The first' enerai meetin of the, shareholders .o
g g
ro.misin
n was held Ma 4190
.a d .the
new .compo. Y : y. n
promising _