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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1977, PAGE 7 ~:Wlhi'tby THE "NLP AND TUCK" When someone mentions the name "Nip and Tuck" in the Town of Whtby older residents will immediately recal the days when a local railway operated between Whtby, and Pott Perry and Lindsay to the north. It went under several officiai names in its 70-year history: The Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway, the Whitby Port Perry and Lindsay Railway, and the Midland Railway, but everyone in Whitby and district called it the "Nip and Tuck" because on this railway it was "nip and tuck" whether you got to your destination or flot. The "Nip and Tuck" was an unusual railway in înany ways. It was the dream of a man namied James Holden, who became its managing director in 1873. Mr. Holden actually obtained a charter to build a trans- continental railway from Whitby in comipetition to the Bradley Bulletin New in town?. Wonder what the rules of the gamne are in Whitby? Here is a sumnmary of a few local by-laws: Between April 1 and Sept. 30, Whitby parks are closed from 12 midnight to 7 a.m. During the remainder of the year, ail parks are closed from Il p.m. until 7 a.m. Gamnes such as football or hockey may not be played in park areas not designed for that type of activity, or wherc they may cause danger to other people. Also forbidden in parks: skateboards, skates, horses, engine powered air- planes, fire arms, sling shots, motor vehicles (except on designated roadways), tents, and any solicitation or begging. Use of any motor vehicle, motorcycle, or mini-trait bike is prohibited in ahl parks, with the exception of specially marked areas in D'Hillier Park. Motor vehicles or trailers may not be parked on private property without permission from the owner of the property. Snowmobiles may not be used on a sidewalk or part of a sidewalk. Boats or trailers, less than 23 feet in length, may not be stored in the front yard of a residence for more than 72 hours a month. However, they may be stored longer in the side or back yard, but not within 25 feet of the street line. Any noise which may annoy or disturb the peace, quiet or sleep of people living nearby is forbidden between- the hours of 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. Every dog must be registered with the Town of Whitby on or before March'1 of each year. The licensing fée is $15. If the dog is spayed or neutered, the fee is reduced to $10. Every dog must be innoculated with an anti-rabies vaccine. No person may maintain more than 2 do'gs without being ~the holder of a license for a kennel. Dogs may not run at large, except on the owner's Canadian Pacific Railway. It seems incredible that Whitby could have. becomne the terminus of a transcontinental railway, but if Mr. Holden had lived, it could have happened. H-e died, however, of pneumnonia in 1881 while on a visit to Western Canada ta raise capital for his railway project. Instead of being a nighty transcontinental railway, the "Nip and Tuck" was continuously in financial difficulties. On one occasion, Sheriff Nelson G. Reynolds, one of its directors, was ordered to seize one of the railway's locomo- tives in payment for a bad debt. The railway, naturally would not give up its locomotive, so the Sheriff and his deputy erected a barricade of ties on the tracks near the Whitby station so they could stop the locomotive and put an order on it. The engineer, however, got wind of this plan, and called on the fireman to "stoke her up" as they approachied the barricade. With the whistle bluwing and the engine puffing great clouds of smioke, it srnashed through the barricade at 40 miles an hour, send'îng the Sheriff and his deputy running for their lives. They neyer again tried to seize a locomotive. The "Nip and Tuck" was also plagued with mechanical problems. There xvas a steep grade coming down from Port Perry, and the heavy freighit trains would somnetimies lose their brakes. It was not uncommion for farmers to see a train spccding down the line toward Whitby, complctcly out of property. Owners of pets which defecate on public or private property must dlean u1P after thecm. Privately-owned outdoor swimmning pools muitst be enclosed wiihin a mleshi galvanized wire fonce <or one of equivalent strength) not lcss than four fect in hecight anci having a self-locking gate. (Cal! the Building Inspector l'or informnation). The occupant of each houise is required to remiove sniow and ice fromn the adjacent sidewalk %vîth 12 hours. If the ice cannot be rernoved, it rnust be shrewn with sand or ashes. Snow or ice nmust niot be renmoved froni primae property and placed onto the road allowance. No outdoor fires nmay be lightcd without a writtCil permit from he Fire Chiief.- On a corner lot, no fenice or other structure, which might obstruct the vision of drivers, may be constructed cOnoneocaso a load of rnast tim1-bers des ined for Whitby harbor almost pitched off the wharf into Lake Ontario, having run the entire 22 miles fromn Pott PerryV, out of'control. The engineerî ma nage d to bring the train toa.a stop 'Within a fewý feet of the eid of the rails. The school trains, carrying scores of boys and girls from the' back concessions to the Whitby Collegiate Institute, were sometimes hours late, as snow blocked the rails in winter. It was one of these snow-blocked occasions, James Holden Jr., son of the managing director was sent up to Port Perry because the engineer was ill. He took charge of the train, and managed to plow his way through heavy drifts that -blocked the tracks north of Manchester. However, the engine stalled haîf way through the drifts and would not go forward or back. The crew and passengers spent the nighit in the train, but they didn't go hungry. They broke into crates of eggs and sides of bacon in the, baggage car and had a fine feast. In the sumnmertime, vihien the trains made their leisurely run from Whitby to Port Perry, up the grade, they moved s0 slowly that the chfildren would climb off the front end of the train to pick strawberries along the tracks, and climb again onto the back ernd of the train. Often the train was moving so slowly that a child did not have to caîl for it to stop, but just hopped on as it went by. (Next week: More adventures on the "Nip and Tuck"') line s. Basemnents are not to be used for habitable purposes, including rentaI as apartments. No permit is required for finishing a recreation room. Hlowever, anyone planning to build a fence, bathroom, fireplace, pool, garage, or shed should contact the Building Dept. for information-on permits and inspection s. A simple phone cal! could save trouble as well as dollars (fines for violation or by-laws can be as high as $1 ,000). Anyone recquiring further information on these or other local by-laws may contact Whitby's By-lawEnforcement Officer, Mr. JLE. Haney at the Municipal Building (phone 668-5803). Bradley Community Association c/o Kathleen Chung 668-1680. Clubs oppose Kinsmen 's centre plans The Brookliin and District Kinsmen Club hias been con- sidering taking over operat iofl of the Brooklin Conimiufity Centre, but local senior citizens' and womnens' groups are opposed. The Kinsmen Club does îîot intend to change the use of the building by community groups, a spokesmian for thie club said but Carnie Arksey, secretary of the Brookliin Senior Citizens Club says tie centre has been operated as a public building for more than 50 years, and the 103 members want. the Town of Whitby to continue tie management of the centre. The Women's Institute and the Brooklin Shuffle- board Club are also opposed to a change of management. Doug t\kers, buiilding chair- ilan of the Kinsmlen Club, saysr hle does not believe thec groups u)pOsiilg the proposaI' have been properly iniforniied The club does not want to disrupt grounps already using thie centre, lie said, and iniends to stage mnoney- raising events inî the centre Mhcn it is not ini use. Thie club's prescrnt quarters iin the Brookliii Legion are too smili, lie said, and iin the future thc Kinsiieil hiope to build their own hiall. 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