The Huron Expositor, 1975-06-26, Page 66agreed by a large majority to
bring a hydro service to the town.
The vote, on August 7, 1910 was
370 for and 42 against the
introduction of a publically owned
hydro system. There were 23
rejected ballotts.
In 1910, Dr. Harburn recalled;
the flour mill in Seaforth needed
more power than the steam plant
could supply. Mayor McCallum.
who was manager of the mill and
Councillor J. F. Daly who had
read about Sir Adam Beck's plan
to take hydro to places in Ontario
and wrote him for information.
Dr. Harburn, who met Sir Adam
twice when he came to Seaforth,
called him aman of genius and
vision:
Dr. Harburn told the News,
back at the fiftieth anniversary of
the introduction of hydro to
Seaforth in 1960 that Mr. Ed. M
ole, who had been superintendent
of the steam power plant,. came to
the newly formed Public Utilities
Commission in the same
capacity.. •
BEFORE SEAFORTH HAD HYDRO — A steam plant created the power that was
needed in ,homes here. The Scott steam generating plant was in the building now
housing Seaforth Creamery. Ed. Mole was superintendent at Scott's plant and he
later became superintendent for the new PUC.
Smile - it's Centennial
Ontario Hydro often finds itself
in the centre of controversy these
days as people debate the need
for more nuclear power plants
and the need for hydro towers to
criss cross good farm land.
There was some controversy
about hydro in Seaforth in 65
years ago 1910,. That was the year
that Sir Adam Beck spoke to a
public meeting here about the
advantages of hydro. According
to, a clipping from the Seaforth
News, the late Dr. Fred Harburn,
who was a member of Seaforth's
council in 1910 said on the fiftieth
anniversary of hydro coming to
Seaforth that there was some
opposition to the idea.
Dr. Harburn, lather of Mrs.
Irwin Trewartha, said that Scott
Bros., who owned the steam
generating plant here were
opposed to a hydro hook up and
"won considerable support
against it".
However, when the vote was
taken the ratepayers of Seaforth
THE TRADITIONS BUILT UP
DURING NEARLY 100YEARS
OF BUSINESS iN SEAFORTH
ARE YOUR GUARANTEE OF
SATISFACTION .
R. S. BOX LTD.
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The furniture store of M. Robertson which later became Box Furniture is shown in the
upper picture. The building on the right was demolished about twenty yam ago and on the
site the present IGA store is located. The lower-picture shows the original Broadfoot and Box
cabinet shop and furniture store at the corner of Jarvis and Market Streets.
BOX FURNITURE
AND APPLIANCES
AND AMBULANCE SERVICE
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 25, 1975 —25