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keeps us firstirCrif
GEORGE R1BEY, JIM FORREST, JOHN FORREST, JACK SMITH, VERN SCOTT
Jack Smith, Shop Foreman — Service Department
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THELMA COOMBS and WILLIAM TEALL
Office Staff
Uniroyal Tires
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DON COLEMAN 'and JIM PRESZCATOR '
(GORD HILDEBRAND, Foreman, Absent)
Body Department
RALPH 00001A/IN, GRAHAM KERR, ANDREW DUNLOP
Sales Department
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QUALITY
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• The coming of the Rilway
to a pioneer community wa s
like a gift from Eleaven.. 1 t
meant prosperity and grOwth to
the village or town'through •
which it passed. .
Since the railway. arrived in
Seaforth, a few years before the
Expositor, there is nO record of
. how its arrival here was celeb-
rated.
However a description of the
arrival in Brussels as recounted
"-in The Expositor of July 4, 1873
provide an indication of what
happens when a railway comes
to town.
"The village was handsomely
decotated with flags, banners,
arcties T h e
main arch extended across
Main Street. On the top of the
arch in handsome letters was
the word 'Progress'.
At an early hour in the fore-
noon the stream of pleasure
seekers came flowing in, until
about 11 o'clock, when the
streets were lined with a living.
mass, all impatiently waiting
to gain a sight of the iron horse,
many of the juvenile portion, '
probably for the first time. '
They were nor long kept in
suspense, for about 12 o'clock
the shrill whistle of the engine.
was heard, and a general stam-
pede was made for the station.
The pioneer vain, containing
the President and Directors of
the road, accompanied by many
friends from Hamilton a ri•d •
immediate stations halted for a
short time at the station. After
a few cordial congratulations
were exchanged between pass-
engers and some of the leading
citizens, •the train again started
westward for Bluevale".
But of the prosperity the rail-
way brought to Seaforth The Ex-
positor does have a record. ln
fact the prosperity 'sometimes
was so great tbat-tlie railway
..could not handle all the goods
to bt shipped as was the case
-when the Jan, 24, 1873 Exposit-
or reported:
• .7S131ppers in Seaforth compl-.
airbitterly of the scareity o f
cart for the•past two dr three
months. Grain dealers are sub-
jected _to great loss and incon-
venience on this account. • Al-
though they continue' -to buy at
high piices all the produce
which,was offered orishe,market,
they do so at enormous risk, as
they find it linpossible to get
New Fangled_
Bikes Create
Problem In '69
"Velocipedes are all the
rage iirSeaforth. Wherever
there is a clean piece.of floor
•of twenty feet it is occupied.
every spare moment in practis-
ing the horses rival. The other
day 'while.a person was so en- -
gaged on the railway platform,
his steed became unmanagealie
and predipitated him on t h e
railway track which gave him
iome severe bruises, hut .,po •
dangerous ones".
"The Expositor. \lar. 26,1869,
In case you don't know what
a N,elocipede is, it is a common
bicycle.
Military
Coat Proves
Expensive
With the fad that has been
going around in the fashion 'cir-
cles of the young set in the past
year of wearing old army shirts
i* or coals or any army clothing
possible it is aMusing to see how
such dress was regarded 99 years
ago,
"A young Man named And-
rews was complained of for
wearing a military coat at the
Skating Carnival, and a fine of
$20. was inflicted', but upon
further examination the Mag-
istrate commuted it te) $4. and
costs. This should be a warn-
ing to all having suCh apparel
in their fOssession, not tq wear
It on improper oecasione.
-The Expositpr, Jan. gt,
soing
c4„t4,..40.), wor tbeit gratn.
,atoulsoldt •4w,00$084110,y.. ,
to$,F baAr. 't9 1‹oop ix oni:i4n9rangi•
MO Ttl .F1* ta fe.1in,m4Ficot;
We '41$9 Wt. 'thg.t thc VAtigt14
•4 ie, ,
salt DVitif4cifArgrr i,n'ft YIII4ge '
have ordereileclAlMaSt
daily, beiatge T1/ py o4nnolltt '
Lows. tX) srici titOrti off.. This
State of thingsi's X119$ t aggPUTar
i.asIlgtrotuosOt40 tbhP:iinift4sTrItesn j.i.ittdgiets,.
village. There are now about °
70Q car loads of freight at the,
Seaforth statii)u awalting.ship-
mem. We uust we may n a t , •
have again tp complain.of this, .
grievance, and that the Railway
Company will speedily send the ,
earnestly looked for relief".
- As can be seen the service of
the Grand (Trunk Railway Com- NI,
pany left something to be desh-
ed. In the February 6, 1874
issue, The Expositor was edit-
orializing again. 't
"The only thing about Sea-
orth that Seaforth people need
eel ashamed of is the railway.
pasSenger station -house. We
do not know whether it will be
of any use to again direct the
attention.of the Grand Trunk
authorities to this public eye-
sore, but we do feel bound tp.
say that,it is a disgrace to the
cortrpany and to the village.
The building and grounds were
made a gift to the company in
tile first place, and one would
• imagine that by this time they
should be in a position to erect;
at least, a respectablelooking
edifice. Besides. being an eye-
sore, the present blinding is a
dangerous nuisance. It is sit-
uated on one ofs the• principal
thoroughfares of the village, on
Which teams are constantly
passing and repassing'- There
is scarcely a day that this street
is not blocked by standing trails
many, times during business
hours, impeding tr-atic a pd..
making it unsafe for travel, It
is also, almost a miracle,that
injury to life and limb is not .
occasioned:by teampassing
thiiiiplace while trains are shun-
ting arOund from oneswitch to
another in front of this dilapid-
ated°building. Indeed, were
it not.for the praiseworthy vigil-
ance of Ihe Station officials,
accidents could scarcely be
avoided almost daily. T IC e•-•,.., - -
importanc.e of Seaforth and the
large amount of business 'done
at this station justly entitle it
• to a respectable station build-
ing, and we trust the Grand
Trunk authorities will not mini
longer disgrace our village by
leaving in so public a place
, the raggedThanty which now
does duty as a passenger stat-
ion. The earnings of the Seaf-
orth tation for one day_would
erecesuch a building as would
1.t a credit to the village -and
the company. .Surely this
much Could be easily spared".
The Expositor's editorial
Voice spoke out for a new stat-
ion again in 1877.. But event-
ually the building did come.
During the years proposals
were made for more railways.
Attempts were made to have a
railway through Seaforth from
• London.
A most interesting proposal
was for a radial railway in Aug
-
lirdS ts ali90.1. The August 2 Exposit-
o"Application'will be made at
the next session of the Ontario
Legislature for the incorporation
of a radial electric railway com-
pany. The company proposes to
construct and operate an electric
railway system which will give
direct. connection between many
parts of the county-M.0/W) have
vow only indirect or inadequate
communication one with t l e
other.
The proposed tine will run
from Goderich to Dunlop, Car-
low, Dungannon and Lucknow;
thence to kN'ingham, Brussels and
Seaforth; thence through Bruce -
field to Goderich, making a
county belt line. There will be
a branch line from Carlow east
TO Xuhurn and Myth, and- prioih=
er from a point on the southern *
portion of the belt line, between
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the villages of Bayfielkand -
Brucefield, through the town-
ships of Stanley, Hay and Stepth
en:- to a point on the Grand
Trunk Railway. Another lihe
will run from Dunlop north
through the townships of Col -
bourne and Ashfieltd, and up the
lake shore to Kincardine, Port
Elgin and Southampton*, and
thence to ,a point on the Georg-
ian Bay, connecting with th.,1
ManitOulin and North Shore Rai -
way".
Uhfqtunately perhaps in Ore' .
light of what has ttnec bappttit.
ea to local railway :butitie*A.,. •
t114.p1ak, too, tortfitangth,•
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