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"THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1927 HISTORY OF THE CONANT ESTATE (Continued from page '9) now owned by R. S. McLaughlin and known as Parkwood. Not many years passed, however, before develop- ments commenced which have now terminated in the present status of the property. In the year 1895 the Oshawa Railway was built and the line of thé railway extended right to the lake through the Very centre of PY - ® » the estate. A ; - - SH pee | roundin histrict-- system was installed and after con- : 14° fog = Be siderable controversy the water was : ¢ pumped from -Lake Ontario, neces- ' ® ; sitating the construction of a pump- : iy ing plant on the lake shore and at | : ere 1 ; ¥ the south limit of this property and : 3 § the laying of force. mains through the very centre of the estate. After @ ® # a few years of operation with steam, . electricity replaced this method of T Y : generating power and this brought 1 e U P our. e 1U m a WwW 1 : about the construction of a power pr : line along Simcoe street to the lake, : across what is now Lakeview Park hd ® & and thence to the nump house. In opy it 4) the year 1912, the City of Oshawa-- Ou | then the town of Diliawa pur > 3 y chased what was known as the : ; v ; Henry farm lying east of the present | { he Ne WwW S (0) f Vista Heights subdivision. In 1914 oe i the Domini»n Government purchased lide' MARR AS LR ; from Mr. Conant "and others who owned portions thereof, the whole § e eason : of the marsh at Oshawa Harbour, % 5 with a view to the development of a . ) A h harbour, The purchase of these i "areas for harbour purposes was only . . Lf] : " completed during.the last few days F h f ih of July 1914, and with the nutbreak ' rom t é " rst stir . 5 nil Ws nn Sh AM AMIN Tosa i BN of hostilities in August resulting in . the Great War further work on the } J h ( h project was abandoned for the time | O t ce ristmas being. At the conclusion of hostili- . . . . ties, however. the Government con- ] h ] h tinued along the lines of the original spit unt1 t e 1g t - : rian 'and constructed a new pier and | . breakwater to constitute the en- fS trance to the harbour. 1t only re.| SLEPS OI OPring are mains now for the Government tn . appropriate the necessary funds to | h d h f undertake the dredging or pumping , ear ,t € News Oo : out of the marsh lands to create a Cain ae | the shops excels | In the year 1919 the area included en re voir ome wall other kinds in ---Your Local Daily N ewspaper fs ar its appeal to hu- i i; The project of subdividing this man nature. Ihe estate under the name of Vista Heights is unique in many respects. Oshawa Daily Times and the It is usually the case under such conditions that the owner sells the area to operators or speculators who subdivide and promote it purely in their own interests. In the case of Vista Heights, however, Mr. Con- ant has maintained control of the whole area and will undoubtedly see generally promoted in such a way | that it will meet every requirement 3 from the city's standpoint. Further- | ers WwW 0 use its more, it is very seldom that an area | ( ) E hh h m 1 ] of some 200 acres practically in the! a nters t e 0 e intimate y. heart of the city is found to be in- | CO umns ecome tact when development onerations are commenced. Very often such The newspaper enters the home and has a more in- ress are divided Inia miscellanemus more th an ever timate appeal to all members of the family than any laying ont of the same to the utmost advantage from a City planning Se Irv ants of th € other reading Watier. i standpoint. In the case of Vista Heights, however, practically the whole area is intact and can be de- great buying pub- veloped with streets, hnulevards ! | ®)y Reaches all classes. shot wa lic that look to The newspaper appeals to all literate members of at oLarslopment e_Ditbess) this paper for the : the community, without distinction of race, class, trict south of the Canadian National : creed, sex, Income or occupation. p Railway laid out in a comprehensive 1 : f dl plan for submission to the City Plan} SOIULION OI endless ning Commission is unprecendented, in that in most cases such plans have to be prepared by and at the expense problems that bur- bf the City. Again it is a very ex- ; Thorough distribution. inthe Tims of th city 1a vin den both time The newspaper finds its readers, whether they are rnd farve 3 I such necessary ' k. iences, - watermains, street and purses. at home or at wor railway and power lines, Indeed it requires little, if any imagination, to picture this whole area covered with homes interspersed ih rsa nd ee ha So : | rs Reaches the business man. Teen 3 The newspaper is to the business executive the most TORONTO UNIONS : - necessary medium of information. 3 A WITH MAYOR ©) Minimum duplication. itration Proposal Con-, sidered as Leaders Ar- | ; : Because of the completeness of the service of the range Walkout = | : : various newspapers, there is a minimum of duplica- -- tion between newspapers. In Oshawa and sur- Toronto, Oct. 27.-- The cleventh- o . o > ? 3 - sori Lo en : rounding Shistejete The Oshawa Daily Times' circu er to bring peace to the building . redo hi trades industry by arbitrating dis- J gs é hasonp putes between. rival organizations = --the United Brotherhood of Car- penters and Joiners and the Amalga- mated Carpenters and Joiners-- have proved useless, leaders ut- tempting a sympathetic strike of This i other building trade unions in the la the firs! wage dispute prepared to obtain 100 of a series of per cent. results in their call to rtisin "down tools" .0 nall construction Adve tig g work in the city. Talks which will In the meantime the results of appear in this Monday's round table conference in the mayor's office are being don- Newspaper dur- sidered by the strikers. The likeli- ing the next few hood of an early settlement by arbi- days : : & tration, however, is npt in sight. ys. William Varley, seéretary of the Building Trades Council, said Tues- day that arbitration is out of the * question because 'the issue is funda- a mental." 3 ---- | Uni 1A l it tse many. Advertis- niversal Appeal © RELABFRIDUSG. | TAG WP ATEEAFRP ADA LER Bn BS a hl, nla rv a a» a PERE By Er a --First in News vista Heights" Lats --First in Circulation