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The Wingham Advance Times, 1935-05-16, Page 4Pe - .i OUR ISTORY OF THE TOWN OF WINIG TSI' Continued front l'age Three) rouge years under Mr. Bell's exclusive nage hent. The premises on Jose - le Street and the corner of Alfred ate three storey frame and are well equipped; There are thirty-five hien, employed and the merits of the pro- ducts of the factory may be. inferred :from the readiness with •which sales are made and the excellent demand for them. Alr. Bell proposes doubling #be capacity of his factory by the er- ection of a large brick structure next season. This establishment which has thorough practical knowledge of their business has gained a reputation for superior goods and honorable and shrewd business dealing. It is one of .: the most productive and most favour- ably known industries of Winghani." Kincaid Bros. 'Through the assistance of a Town loan we have now in the Town, al- 3 most ready for operation a most baudsorne, commodious, substantial and elegantly equipped structure to be use. as a chair factory. The fine new brick factory, just completed is situated near the G. T. R. on the cor- ners of Josephine and Albert Streets. The building which is two storeys high is a most spacoious and conven- GEORGE SHAW Who is an old Pal of the Author, tame to Wingham in the seventies. with his parents. He started as a young. man in the butcher business, and being successful he erected the Shaw Block, next to the Brunswick Hotel. George is at present a resi- dent and owner of the Cambrian Ho- teI a:t Sherridan, Manitoba, north of 54, also part owner of Hotel Carob - Tian, north of 53, at The Pas. Man. TOR ICA REVIEW o VIE TOWN OF WNW -TAM Thursday, May, 16th,, 1935: THE WINGHAM BAND IN THE YEAR 1882 lent one. Thirty' hands will be stead- ily employed. Mr, D. Kincaid, an ac- tive and experienced furniture lean, is 'Manager, and the two mechanics, W. F. and J. Y. Kincaid, seem a good guarantee that the business will be successfully operated." Inglis and Armstrong "Tare Woollen Mill of Messrs. Ing- lis and Armstrong is one of Wing - ham's most important industries. It islocated on Alfred and Centre Streets not far from the station, and was erected in 1875. The two storey building which is steam heated and lighted by gas, manufactured on the premises, has the latest and most ap- proved kind of machinery. There are forty hands employed and the capac= ity of the Mili is 700 yards of home- spun daily. The output is upwards of ;200,000 yards yearly. The markets are found in every part of the Domin- ion. The Firm has now gone into the manufacture of tweed. Mr. W. W. Inglis (who has been our Mayor for the past two years) is the active Sian - ager. He is familiar with all the de - ::t Fee Pioneer Brick Manufacturers uild ith Bricti WE MANUFACTURE Red Rugged Brick, White Brick, Flooring Tile and Hollow Building Blocks USE Everlasting. Clay Tile Drain Tile in all sizes from 3 Inch to 16 inch always in stock. PRICES ON REQUEST We deliver anywhere by truck and attend to all orders promptly. William Elliott & Son Phone 605 - 6 GLENANNAN, Wingh:a*n Exchange. ONTARIO • tails of the business and has estab- lished a reputation for integrity and honourable business dealing." Gray, Young and Spading "Messrs. Gray, Young and Sperling opened the Salt Block here in May 1887, and the business has been'suc- cessfully operated ever since. A splen- did supply of brine is obtained on the farm of Mr. Thomas Walker, on Con. 12, East Wawanosh, the well being 11200 feet deep. The Wingllam Block Cis located at the terminus of the C. 1P. R. track, on. the Maitland River, a most convenient and commanding po- sition. The building is 150 x 84 feet and is a frame structure. The evap-. 1t orating pan is 144 x 24 feet and the 'boiling capacity is about one hundred 1 and eighty barrels in twenty-four hours. Fifteen hands are employed the year round. Coarse and fine grade salt is made here. The output of the° ;present year is 40,000 barrels." Elder and Clegg E "The Wingham Oatmeal Mill has 'been under theananagement of Messrs Elder and Clegg, for the past four • PROGRESS N AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTATION Alex. Crawford with his Oldsmobile, in 1901. Compare the above photograph of Mr. Alexander M. Crawford and his first Oldsmobile to the present model If to -day. What improvements have been accomplished in the past thirty- eight years (1897-1935). ' \tiingharn and Huron County deal- ers and Huron County men now in the employ of General Motors of Ca -1 ada, Limited, in s arious parts of "the Dominion are associated with the lar- gest automobile concern in the D Ontario, to all parts of the Globe. The roots of the company go back to the year of Confederation, when the first of the famous McLaughlin Carriages was made and assembled in a little shop at Enniskillen. Ontario. Extra- ordinary progress has taken place in Canada', transportation in the sixty- five intervening years. The stony that thus attaches itself to this vast Indus- try is one that adds a romantic and inspiring chapter to the History of Canadian Industry and enterprise. When the older citizens of Wing- ham recall the first automobile they ever saw, it is probably the Oidsnio- e bile that comes to mind. This year 'marks the 38th anniversary of the au- tomobile as a commercial institution in North America. On August 21st, 1897, the first company to gain re - :cognition in the commercial manufac- ture and sale of automobiles was of- I ficially incorporated in Lansing, Michigan. That company was Olds Motor Works, manufacturers of Olds - motor !imobile and now a division of General Motors and making Oldsmobiles in ' Canada for Canadians. But it is practically thirty-nine years ago this veteran company had its first inception. At that time Ransom E. Olds and Frank Clark, two young men of Lensing, were bus- ily experimenting in fitting a little ;gas engine into a carriage and making tithe contraption run, These early ef- ,forts resulted in the incorporation of the company, the appointment of Olds as General Manager and the issuance of instructions; -for him "to build one carriage in as nearly a . perfect man - minion and one which sends cars frons its huge plants at Oshawa, :ner as possible". The "carriage" -was completed before the close of the year and now reposes in an honor place in the Smithsonian Institution at Wash- ington, D.C. Then started the efforts toward corninercial manufacture. And then, also, started the battle which meant the success or failure of this infant industry. This battle had two major fronts. One was to design and build a car a layman could operate. The :second — and equally important — was to educate the public to accept the automobile as a means of trans- - portation. Oldsmobile performed a major • share in these tasks. In 1900 it pro- : duced 1400 cars — and sold thein. Its slogans of those early years were "The Passing of the Horse" "Noth- ing to Watch but the Road" "The Best Thing on Wheels" "Good Bye, Horse," and "A Trolley Car that Need no Track." In 1903 it built the "Olds Pirate", a racing car which .that year made a new mile record at Daytona Beach. It shipped the first American-made automobile to Europe and opened the first export business. It won the first Tour de France, Europe's greatest en- durance and reliability run. It won the first American transcontinental race with "Old Scout", a one -cylinder Oldsmobile, which now is retracing the route of this first race frons New York City to Portland, Oregon, with Dwight B. • Hass, the original driver, at the tiller. These are a few of the feats Oldsmobile accomplished to bring favorable attention to the cap- abilities of the automobile. Much has happened during the thir- ty-eight years ending August 21, in i fact .far more than the most opti*is- 'tire of these early pioneers anticipat- ed. The automobile industry has re- volutionized business, pleasure and home life. It has made possible great cities with far-flung suburbs. It has changed lives and habits. And, 'throughout it all, Oldsmobile, the pioneer, has continued well up among the leaders. • 3�3l/ YYF �lG Sas e . rene, efry/ pee yeeser r +h +1dst ttbile of 19 years. It is situated East of the G. T. R. Station and is a three storey frame structure, with a twenty-two feet square brick kiln. The Mill has the latest of improved machinery for the manufacture of fancy brands of oatmeal. It has the capacity of sixty barrels per day. There is a great sale for these products. The Firm is a strong and reliable one and we hope that the Oatmeal Industry will prove a highly remunerative one." J. Brennan and Company "Among the largest and best equip- ped and most successfully conducte++d Tanneries in the west is that of J. Brennan & Co. It is a substantial frame structure situated on the Mait- land River, near the G. T. R..station and on the C. P. R. track, from which there is a switch into the yard. Sole leather is the line exclusively made here and the output is over 12,000 sides yearly. Mr. P. B. Flannigan is the competent and obliging manager." W. J. Chapman "Mr. W. J. Chapman has success- fully conducted a Tannery on Victoria Street for the past seven 'years.. Iris specialty is the tanning; of sheepskin and the manufacture of hnrvtst mitts, and all kinds of gloves. At least a thousand pairs of binding 'mitts and gloves are made each season, He also. manufactures fine gloves out of all kinds of :Curs, Mr., Chapman is an ex- perienced Tanner and this 'l'annery. has been a most successful industry,'' Watt and Little "An important Industry, with com- modious oni-prodious and well equipped premises and planing Millis` is that of Messrs. Watt and Little, opposite the G. T. R.. station. Sash, doors and. windows are promptly made Here. There arc ten hands employed here :yearly: This firm well deserves a goodly share of public patronage." J. J. Anderson ``Mr, J. Anderson has conducted a. Saw Mill and Cooperage business near the Station for over a dozen years. There are twenty-two men: and eight- een teams employed, There is. a large demand for barrels and it is hard to keep abreast of the demand for them. McLean and Son. "Mr. Lauchlin McLean has been connected with the Saw -milling in Lower Win ;hair for over twenty- three years. Last year the Lower WingharMill was given up and the entire trade was diverted to the pre- sent convenient premises on Joseph- ine Street and the Maitland River. the Mill here is well equipped and has a capacity of 10,000 feet of "tum - (Continued on Page Five) ALEX. McNEVIN Native of Cape Breton, has lived in this vicinity 70 years. Mr. McNevin, who is 96 years of age, is the oldest man in town. WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR YOUR Poultry TRY US WITH YOUR NEXT SHIPMENT ASK YOUR GROCER FOR MAITLAND BRAND BUTTER -- NONE BETTER, Makers of Finest Quality Creamery Butter. Packers of High Grade Eggs. - The United Farmers CoM�perative-Co.. Telephone 271, LIMITED Night Phone 309.