The Huron Expositor, 1996-07-17, Page 5Local
Expositor editorial calls on all capitalists
CONTINUED from page 4
same as today, but business
was far brisker. The town had
13 hotels in 1876, six
licensed and seven unli-
censed. The Expositor itself
had a paid circulation
upwards of 3,(x1(1- more than
it has today.
The Expositor's publisher.
"M.Y.", called all capitalists
to the ramparts in his fir: and
brimstone editorial on the
week of the big blaze.
And he wasn't looking
hack!
"With the exception of the
handsome hritk block owned
by Mr. Carmichael," he
wrote, "the majority of the
buildings destroyed were of a
class which, although valu-
able to those ,l T „ owned
'them, wer
to the to'
to its grow,,.
and, from a townpointlel
view, are well out of the
way... .
"...their existence prevented
thc erection of good and
ornamental buildings in their
vicinity, and.thcy'vc occu-
pied valuable space which,
now thcy are gone, will soon
be occupied by better...
"There is no reason why the
present burnt district should
not; here this time next year,
he covered with Krick build-
ings which will he a credit to
their owners and ornaments
to the town.
SILK PURSE FROM
SOW'S EAR?
"There is an abundance of
capital to build thorn and
there is trade to support them:
All that is required is enter-
prise on the part of the husi- -
ncss men who own the prop-
erty, and public spiritedness
on the part of our capitalists."
And that. in a nutshell. is
exactly what happened. The
Krick building built by Sam •
Stark that hurried out recently
was only one of many new
similar structures put up on
Main_in prompt order.
The Huron Historic•ul Atlas
of 1879 comments:
"Thc disaster formed anoth-
erepo4h in the.history of
Scaforth - first by reason of
thc great misfortune itself;
and secondly, by the new
impetus which was thereby
given to building operations,
which the enterprise of the
citizens has pushed forward
to such an extent. that now,
after the lapse of little over .°
two years, the burnt district is
again covered with buildings
- not the cheap, wooden • .
structures of the fatal 4th of
September. but splendid
modern husincss blocks of
Krick, which compare
favourably with the average
of those of the very best •
towns in the country. and are
far superior to those in most
laces of equal or even
greater size.
"In fact. they are almost
enough to cause residents of
some more antiquated places
to desire some such accident
to happen to their own town.
provided property -owners
were well insured
MRS. GRIFFITH ? •
Country justice was swift in
the old days. '
The big lire was on
Monday and Mrs. Griffith -
was imrnediatcly "placed
under arrest on the suspicion
of having tired her premises."
Thc trial before the mayor -
and justices Wilson, Beattie
and Sproat was on That •
Tuesday and Wednesday. The
Expositor carried all testimo-
ny, and reported "the excite-
ment during the trial was
most intense. and at each sit-.
ting of the court the hall was
crowded." -
Palrick Cooney testified he
"could not say that Mrs..
Griffith was not sober."
Andrew Calder swore "li►r
some time; have 'keen told by
a person that 1 had better .
move out of where 1 was liv-
ing as she had threatened to
burn me in my bed; to my -
knowledge 1 never -gave her
Conduct questioned
CONTINUED from page 2
will have to take the responsi-
.hility for that. not the adminis-
(ration.
McBurney noted that noth-
ing in the minutes from any
public works committee meet-
ing mentioned the decision to
delay the joh posting:
Clifford simply said
'McBurney's note was 'well
taken' and discussion was
moved to the next topic on the
agenda.
Interviewed later.
Cunningham said the problem
with the job posting is .not a
question of delay or who
should get the job. but rather
of 'the process' of county
government.
Hc said. "The direction
given within county council
Canada's oldest driver dies -
must he tollowed and it is the
duty of the warden and the
clerk -administrator to follow
that direction .. , it wasn't fol-
lowed and I really have a con-
cern with the process.
"If we are not going to fol-
low the direction of county
council. we have a real prob-
lem here."
-He said the respdnsc given
by thc Clifford and Murray
was not satisfactory because it
did not answer the question.
"If we arc going to disre-
gard the direction of county
council ... then we -arc wast-
ing our time sitting here. We
might as well meet once a
year and deal with the busi-
ness of the county and go
home -- and let the staff make
the decisions of the county on
a day-to-day basis. -
He always drove defensively
Canada's oldest driver has
died.
Bill Passingham of St.
Catharines was 101. The
retired mechanic and automo-
. Tire :\Porker had taken annua
tests since his 8(Hh. birthday
and said his habit of "always
giving way to the other guy"
was why he maintained an
unblemished driving record.
TOWN OF SEAFORTH
NOTICE OF
HIGHWAY NAME CHANGES
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that. pursuant to the Municipal
Act. R.S.O. 1990 Chapter v1.45.and other power: !hereunto
enabling. the Councifof the.(orporation ,tf the "Io n.ot
Searorth proposes to enact a by-law to change the nails of
certain streets in the Town of Seaford) and County of Iluron.
Thc-proposed by -lain may he viewed in the Municipal Office
of the Corporation of the "1o% n of,Scalorth ai the :attire,
hereinafter noted. The Council of the Town of Scaforth
hear. in person or by counsel or agent. -any person who damns
his Lind will he adscrscly affected by the: said -law and who
applies to he heard. at a meeting to he held in the Seal' iih
Council Chambers on the 13th day of August,. 1996 at the .
hour of 7:00 p.m. or so soon thereafter as the said meeting
shall be held. •
The following streets are affected:
LxisTING NAML LOCATION PROPOSED N;\MI:
North Street
William Street
West of Main St. N.
South of Railway St.
Cardin) Street
Mcl.can Street
Dated al the 'limn of Seaford) this I7th day of idly. 1996
James Crocker. Administrator Clerk -Treasurer
72 Main Street South. IPO. Box 610
Scaforth, Ontario NOK I WO •
(519) 527-016(1
1
cause to use such threats
' towards me, but have always
treated her kindly." -
W.m. Whitney stated under
oath "the common report has
been that defendant kept a
• house of ill repute; 1 had no
personal knowledge regard-
ing the character of the
house. except that myself and
• other members of our family
have seen parties coming and
going from the house at
unreasonable hours."
• INSURANCE ANGLE
W.N. Watson. agent for .
Statacona Insurance, testi-
lied: "a few days ago the
Company sent me up a
renewal receipt on a policy
held by the defendant, Mrs.
Griffith; thc policy covered
$600. and would expire about
the middle of the present -
month...a policy for $6(X)
. would require to be repre-
sented by at least $1.0(X)
worth of property...I would
consider $600 a very high •
insurance in the defendant's
property."
H. McGregor swore: "[ am
positive the fire originated in
the defendant's building...
have been in Mrs. Griffith's
store, and would not value
lier stock- at more than from
$50 to $100; the building 1
would value at about $50...
Mrs. Griffith then took the
stand- herself' but "could not
account for thc origin of the
fire." This newspaper report-
ed: -
"Shc declined to answer
whether or not she was sober
on Sunday night.
-She was committed for trial
at Godcrich. .
•- CUB REPORTER
In a column -a little more. '
than half a century later..
newspaperman Bill Powell
recalled the week he first got
into the business, working tier
"M.Y." McLean in Scaforth.
Three days after he began
was the big tire.
"I commenced my appren-
ticeship to the.printing trade
in the old frame building that
housed The Huron Expositor
then still standing behind
Charlie Abcrhardt's drug .
store... •
"My first job was to load
the old Expositor rapid deliv-
ery cart," Powell 'wrote. -
"Rapid when 'M.Y.' was
looking, but not so rapid
when he was otherwise
engaged with wet blankets
kindly loaned by Duncan and
Duncan to save the roof of
the Expositor office."
As a historical footnote,
despite Mrs. Griffith's virtual
conviction in the pages of
this paper, on the strength of
testitnony by townsfolk; the
real cause of the 1876 fire
was never determined.
•Mrs. Griffith disappears
from our history. She was
-never formerly convicted of
the crime. if indeed it was, in
the courts at Godcrich or
elsewhere.
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