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DATSJN GODF ICH.
When the Buffalo do Lake Huron Railway Was
Opened ---A Festive Occasion Fifty-eight Years
Ago—Interesting- Egtr*Cr from an Old Copy of
The London Illus &ted New.
iPROS( TNR Loamy iLWe'r*A increased and the tract now forms and above short connection of th
Trunk with Toronto, Montreal and
Quebec, of oulslcient capacity- for the
purpose" elwalma m of traffic as the
inhabitants 01 thealstrict expect.
When this brief link of the iron
chain is made, and the rail brought
down to the water's edge, and in
steamboat communication with Sag-
inaw on the opposite shore, confident
anticipations are entertained of a very
profitable result to the English and
other shareholders. to which, how-
ever, the improvement of the harbor
--- --- —_- e line
several counties. Goderich being the would appear t.o be indispensable pre -
NBN'8. OCTOBER 30, 1I458.1 , county town of Huron and Bruce. liminaries.
In I —38 -the infancy of the set
went—the portion now forming the The above article is copied from The
county of Huron sent 311) volunteers Illustrated Londrn News of October
(under the well-known contributor toh 183tl, a volume of which was
'English monthlies Dr Du-lp^ ` to sin +
We are enabled through the atten-
tion of a Canadian oorrespondent to
present our readers with some
sketches illustrative of an event of no
little importance to that Province, as
well se of interest to many of our
readers—viz., the recent celebration
of the opening of the Bullate and Lake
Huron Railway at Goderich, in Uen-
ada West.
This railway, which is largely held
by English capitalists, connects that
inland sea, Lake Huron, through Buf-
falo, in the United States, with New
York, Roston, and Portland harbors,
and through the Grand Trunk and
Sir Francis Head in sunpre sing the loaned to us by Captain Madden, of
! rebellion and defeating the "sympath• Per'etar'guisbene. It seems that as fa
Been" from the neighboring country. hack as fifty eight years ago there
It was computed that 5,0t5)people were people who realized tbe gen-
( were present, chiefly conveyed by
rail, and upwards of 000 sat down to graphical advantages which Goderich
the banquet in the temporary pavilion possessed—in fact, they were probably
annexed to the courthouse, which more alive to the situation then than
forme the chief object in Mr. Cres- the people of the town at the p.•esent
well's sketch (on another page). As ar to be.
far as our correspondent could learn, time a pee
the daily traffic keeps up to a fair i The sketch of the court house and
mark, although the real terminus, the • the Square is interesting indeed. The
s not yet reached, the lIoe roadway and park is more &nimeted
on the seat
half from the in appearance than i base ever seen it
wharves. i on citrus day.
The harbor is the only one on the, At first glance the spectators' wear -
lake, with the exception of Dolling- ing apparel compels your attention.
thea Northern Railway end Grand the men and thehe high hate rd the bo net effects ats of
worn
by the ladies indicate at once that
the drawing was hot made in 1910.
Your attention is then fixed upon a
carriage of the old Queer' Elizabeth_
typewhich is being dawn around the
Square by four prenciaE horses—two
abreast. One of the riders looks like
Con. Murphy, but 1 don'(. "recognize"
the other. In the cariiIpe are four
very important -looking peisonages.
Inside the chain fence is &scene of
bustle and excitement. Evidently the
''easy -back" seats which Godertcb reit-
dents now enjoy were not then in ,use,
as there are none to be seen. Ladies
in boopskirts are hurrying to and fro.
They are probably members of sone
"Ladies' Aid" engaged to prepare the
banquet which was served in the pavi-
lion at the north side of the ouurt
house. To the left of the picture the
smoke from a discharged cannon is
just clearing away, and on the right, at
the top of the Nag, pole, is a huge tan-
ner on which is inscribed "Success to
the Railway." Op�oeite Nest street
is an evergreen arcb•under which both
pedestrians and vehicles are seen
"pouring" into .the enclosure. Over
the arch is the word "Reciprocity."
Several Hags are seen flying from meets
near by and one looks very much li ke
the Stars and Stripes (perhaps not,
as tbe drawing ie not very clear).
The trees in the park were not
nearly so numerous as they are now, a
row around tbe outer edge of two or
three years' growth being the only
ones to be seen. 'A. M r'Q.-
oily coming into town
aide a mile and & a
(creat Western of Canada. with Hali------ •
fax and Quebec ; thus connecting the
western garden of the Province by
direct railway communication with
the whole Atlantic seaboard of the
Norte American continent, and there-
by with the harbors and markets of
the world. To the westward the road
connects by steamboat and rail
through Michigan to the far west, and
so books on to that vast stream of
western traffic which in an incredibly
short time has given birth to large
and flourishing cities in the wilder-
ness, and almost within living mem-
ory mainly assisted to render the
United States one of the gte,atest
powers of the globe.
Devised and su4veyed by Mr. Wil-
liam Wallace in 1861 as a railway
from Fort Erie to Brantford --after
passing through endless difficulties.
pecuniary- and mechanical, temporary
stoppages, and changing hands, in its
painful progress—it gathered itself up
for a while at Brantford, and then
straightened itself out towards lAke
Huron, end, aided by English capital
and the indomitable energy and skill
of an ((n lish managing director,
Captain Barlow, succeeded in bringing
RA fiery steed on wings of iron to
Oodnamed for
that richpurpose
on the its Actxact a of Incorpora-
tion. purpose by
tion.
Goderich, the suhject of the present
sketch, is the first town which was
founded In tbe original "Huron
Tract." a large unexplored district
purchased thirty four years ago from
the Crown by the Canada Company,
wbo. during the commissionershlp of
Mr. Thomas Mercer Jones, surveyed
and settled it.
The first gmat e. wof
Pettier* wise
which It bis YEpid 7
Ip `IBbA!•�84.
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MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.
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GODERiUH TOWNI•iHIP.
-Council met December 4th with-ali
members present. The nomination
and election bylaw was passed as fol-
lows : Nominations to be held in
Holmes' hall, Holmesville, on Friday,-
December
rida ,December 22nd, 1916, at 12 o'clock
noon, and the election (if any) to be
eld. on Monday, January lst, 1917, as
'Iowa :
std 1—Orange ball, Chris. W.
Jo Ston, deputy returning officer
Robert Mcllwain, poll clerk.
Ward 4 --House of Melville Sturdy,
Melville Sturdy, deputy returning of-
ficer ; Howard Sturdy, poll clerk.
Ward 3—House of Albert Harrison,
John Woods, deput returning officer;
A►I+art Harrison, po�
i clee .
and 4—Houe of Mrs. W. H. El -
Robert Clutf, deputy returning
;Lewis Anderson, poll clerk.
5—House of 14. O. Murphy,
rpby, deputy returning of-
errill, poll clerk.
ouee of Mrs. Hart Hicks,
eputy returning ofil er ;
poll clerk,
accounts were paid :
Gravel—James l''homta+on1$7.(U; John
Potter, 52.24: S.TWalter,. $14.71i ;
Charlie Williams,,jr., 19.10; John
Fraser, $4.87 ; Mrs. V. Weston. 54.141);
F. W. Farneomb, holland drain
await], $29.78 ; John (•`tttiIbborne, refund
of dog tax, $1 ; council) , servicer at
-Board. $1.17,•"N. W. Trewartba, clerk's
tationery,
Wawa -
es, hall
liott,
office
H. U.
fiver ; Ira
Ward
Oie • Hicks,
Adam Cantel
The fullowin
salary, $105 ; postage and
Any quantity of dry hemlock slabs $11.;2; Joseph�� E. Whitelyt
for summer wood at MacEwaal
n's et's sary, B45 ; J. R. Hol
(phone 98). $2.00 per cord. tf
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_ WE INVITE YOU
TO COME IN AND SEE OUR
CHRISTMAS CANDIES
A CHOICi•: ASSORTMENT OH FANCY
BOXES
OUR PURE HOMEMADE CANDIES
WILL BE A LEADER
I,CE CREAM OYSTERS
H. T. EDWARDS
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rent. 546 t O. W. ▪ Potter, sanitary in- Wm. Weston, cement work, 5119.255.
Spector, $180:85 ; Dr. Whitely, medinal (%nimril adjourned to meet December V
health officer, $37.50 ; board of health. 15th at 10 a. m.
sheep claim, N. W. TREWARTHA, Clerk.
$4(1.70: Alex. Sterling, p
$24 ; Hiram Hill, cemect work. $77.75:'
AN OLD-TIME RAILWAY TRAiN.
Wedo not know jut what this ancient engraving was made to represent. It ha.5 been lying, around the Signal office for decades, and foy'til we i novj,it may have been
procured by some former publisher of this paper to illustrate such an article as that which is reprinted on this page. At any rate, it Is intereflEtng as showing the
old style -typed railway equipment,
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