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2A THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturdey, June 24, 1967 OPEN HOUSE ABOARD ALGERINE COASTAL VESSEL "OSHAWA' HERE IN 1944 eee Ship Christened In eer a re year consideration is settlement and development. struction of rail lines. When the earliest first settlers in the district, hill overlooking it. the darbor. old records, the harbor, on vessels and taken across the lake to lucrative markets in the United States. & at # carry on this trade out of this '44 At Port Arthur By Mrs. A. G. Davis, Mayor's Wife primitive Oshawa Harbor. They 'Golden Horseshoe In Harbor Future The Oshawa Harbor commis- sioners have great expansion plans for the future, -ones «Which will, they hope, make «their project at the east end of the Golden Horseshoe as ~ busy and profitable as is Ham- ilton's at the west. The City Council recently =, deeded 184 acres of nearby marsh land to the west (in + principle) to Her Majesty » Queen Elizabeth for possible » use as a re-development site © for the present harbor. The new site would house » some 22 new berths for ocean- © going ships, but much prepara- = tory work remains before this development starts to take form. « SURVEY SET ~ For one thing, the Depart- «ment of Transport -- under whose supervision the Oshawa Harbor Commission operates -- plans to do a survey on traf- fic patterns which the new base could economically serve. There has been such opposi-} tion to the proposed 184-acre development from -'conserva- tionists, but the plan is being proceeded with in the elemen- tary stages. The Ontario Water Resources Commission must make known its wishes for ex- pansion of the existing sewage plant near the marsh. The existing harbor has been extensively improved during the past three years. A new 500- foot berth on the east side of the basin has been built and can now 'handle cargo which previously by-passed the port. Further development calls for the extension of hydro and water services as well as ware- - Grand Trunk Satereeres The period from 1850 to 1885 © was a momentous one for Can- * ada and no less for Oshawa as e it was during this span of years * that railways took their place *an an important medium of * transportation. Indeed, this ex- « pansion continued until 1920 when it reached a climax. The building of the railroads brought = about great changes particular- . ely when it is remembered there ~ were only 66 miles of railway © in the whole of Canada in 1850. * Most roads between commun- * ities were for local use of « teams and wagons. Certainly = they were not then suitable as * highways of commerce. Thus the railways, providing a means of rolling great loads became = the life-line for the vitalizing in- "fluence of commerce and _ in- _ dustrial progress. The advent of the Grand = Trunk Railway in Oshawa in = 1856 and its passage within two "miles of the centre of the » village, was no doubt regarded "as a wonderful dispensation. * However, there was disappoint- ~ ment when the Canadian Paci- i fic Railway built its line be- Stween Toronto and Ottawa ethrough Myrtle Station, 10 = miles to the north. 4 Ever alert and hopeful, the "advent of a Ottawa - Toronto ~ branch of a third transcontin- :, tal railway. The Canadian North- ern, a Mackenzie and Mann "project, came into prominence. ba This line passed about midwayjors while they did the job. "between Whitby and Brooklin Sand passed through North Osh- railway became a reality came storeylin 1912 when the =etation was built, and freight|Pacific Railway built its second Esheds erected. Later arrange-|line from Glen Tay, through mS Ose were made whereby the/Relleville and Oshawa to Agin- Oshawa Railway; laid track up/court where it connected with © Ritson Road and across open the north © country into the North Oshawa! Falls. awa where a two - "yards where» switches connect- ced it with the sidings. ® In this way, for a short time, © additional service was given. a But only for a few years. Due|the property owned by Mr. Con- ~ to financial imbroglios in which] and, south of the tannery re- * 80 many of the great railways sulted in the death of many "found themselves and also the|cattle and horses. The occur- 'shadow of the First World War,|rence took place after the Ced- : Built Near Oshawa Village Line In 1856 Amalgamation and consolidation resulted in many miles of track being abandoned. Another scheme which loom- ed large on the local horizon during 1909-10 involved the de- velopment of electric high-speed lines. The local trains of the GTR having long failed to pro- vide adequate passenger service for towns 50 miles or so east of Toronto, Oshawa as well as other lakefront communities em- braces the idea of an interurban service. Out of this need arose the Toronto Eastern Railway which planned to operate between To- ronto and Cobourg, linking up with the electrical radial serv- ice running west from Toronto through Brampton, Acton, and Georgeton to Guelph. | The route approached Whitby via Mary Street. It then ran close to Highway 2 and util- ized Bond Street in Oshawa through to Harmony. Following the passage of legislation in 1910 the right of way was pur- chased. Then followed a year or two of negotiation with sep- arate municipalities concerning franchises and the method of crossing roads and streets. At last construction was com- menced. Concrete piers rose out of the banks of the Oshawa Creek, ballasting was done and steel laid. However, the only rolling stock that ever rolled on it was that of the contract- The second transcontinental Canadian line from Smiths HIDES IMPORTED The outbreak of Anthrax on | house facilities -- probably this/part of Metro Toronto there - built some of their own vessels Availability of supplies such|in a shipyard on the east side of year. are approximately 500 indus-|as fresh water, coal and fuel|the harbor, and acquired others The port can be deepened|tries employing about 62,000/oil. Repairs can be arranged. | nti} they owned a substantial easily to handle all seaway|Workers. Harbor depth is 23 ft. plus/fleet of vessels. ships and is close to air, road} Current facilities of the part|gauge at the entrance, and the} About the year 1840, the first and rail transport. include: navigation season is April 15/efforts at development of the One of the strong arguments} Three berths dredged to 21\t0 Dec. 15. Oshawa Harbor were made. for development of the existing|ft. plus gauge on the west side} Current traffic is d to) A y harbor and the marshland is|and new 500-ft. wharf with a|Oshawa's needs, which include Sydenham Harbor Company, that within a 25-mile corridor|depth of 23 ft. on the east side.|bulk oil and coal, crushed stone,]was formed, and, as_ related from Oshawa to the eastern! Federal customs offices. jand the export of cars. earlier, its founder and presi- What it means to be a and achievement. It means a hundred yeors of human effort and experience on which to build our future. The Bank of Nova Scotia, established 135 years ago, has shared in this experience and contributed to our growth as a nation. Today we pause to give thanks to those who have gone before us. They have made an incalculable contribution. to what we are today and what we can be. We have reached our first century as a nation, and now, let us move forward together to the next milestone, As we Canadians reach our hundredth birthday we pause for a moment, to look back. What does a hundred years represent? In terms of nations and businesses such as ours, one hundred years is barely a Beginning. Unlike the individual, collectively we gain strength with age. We enrich the experience of years with the technology, the vigour and the imagination of each new generation. What does it mean to be a hundred? It means that many hardships and disappointments have been endured and overcome, It means hard work and growth THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA ESTABLISHED 1832 » the Canadian Northern failed to|ar Dale Tannery brought in as originally plann 4 ed. |infected Chinese hides in 1917. ! settlersjily of the harbor district. came along the shores of Lake Ontario, looking for a favorable|settled near the Whitby Harbor,|about a quarter of a million|"'The Allies' subsequently ended location on which to settle, they|John Watson, John Welsh and|pounds a year. Large quantities|its career as a British coaling were attracted by the large bay|James Rowe, formed a com-|of barley were shipped to the/vessel on the coast of Africa. a ee the -- pany known as the Whitby Lake| United States trom paced The Tan into e i i i j j eo lake at this point, The Wilsons, Scugog, Simcoe and Huron Road|barley yield was high and prices| nent in the middle of the cen selected their homesite on thelleading to it. Soon after they|farms with the proceeds of two i The Annis/also acquired the Oshawa Har-|or three barley harvests. nea bese a location near the|bor and the road in its immedi- mouth of the creek which forjate vicinity, and continued the f con- i many years bore the name of|work of improvement. the harbor was a source of con-/ quantity on their hands when the Annis' Creek. The Conants ac- ig land around this area, as did the Hen a - hat later 'tio Guy eee the whole surrounding district.'and prosperity, sill families became residents of the district which in the early 1800's was referred to simply as] o¢ 1954 to 1856, when Canadian|bor pier and breakwater. Thisjin for some weeks, and when As early as 1804, according to then}; simply a natural bay, was de- scribed as having water deep enough to carry large sized ves- sels. It remained to Daniel Conant and David Annis, to first utilize its potentialities for pur- poses of trade. From their lum- ber mill on the bank of the Oshawa Creek, just north of the present Thomas Street bridge, they floated sawn lumber in rafts down to the bay at the creek's mouth. The stream then was of much greater extent than it is today. In the shelter of the harbor, the timber was loaded For many years Daniel Conant and David Annis continued to known as the; hundred | - Harbor Hub Of Development ' From Days Of Earliest Settlers Harbor development has held|dent was Elder Thomas Henry,;when the demand for Canada'sjshipped out, came over the lake a key >osition in Oshawa's plan-|who lived close to the harbor.|produce was insistent, Oshawa ning for progress since the first) This days of the community. This/first harbor improvements, and, prospered. being; built the first pier and break- given to expansion of harbor|water to provide an enclosed Perry, facilities as a means of attract-jand safe harbor with deep!;nown as the largest grain mar- ing new industry. And so it has}water. About 10 years later the|ket in Upper Canada, next to been for a century or more, the}company became known as the Brampton. The celebrated brand|at the Oshawa Harbor was busy. harbor has been the hub for|Port Cshawa Harbor Company.|of flour for which the district|It was owned and operated by roadway and a SS. e lace and itjawa. An across-the-lake trade ompany undertook the/harbor was a busy p! err un Genes Belk and Port| Rochester close to Oshawa, and a large coast-wise trade was done as far as Kingston. At this time, too, the shipyard Albert, near was for many years Prince Elder Henry was the first har-jwas famed, went out to the|the Farewells and the Ter- The harbor held importance|bor master and held that post|markets of the world, through] willegers, two Harmony fami- before there were roads and for|until he died in 1879:. He .was|Qshawa harbor, by the water|lies. They built three large ves- many decades prior to the con-|succeeded then by J. 0. Guy, a alroute. Another product, maple|sels at the port the "Paragon" member of another pioneer fam-|sugar, went out through the port|the "Omar Pasha" and 'The also in the early 50's when pro-| Allies." They served local lake- In 1852, three men who hadjduction in Ontario County was|borne trade for many years, but The Gibbs brothers,. promi- Company. This company bought|were so good that many farmers ; A the Whitby harbor and the road|were said to have paid for their|'U'Y, made the buying and ship ping of barley an important part of their business. They found Teaming of goods to and from| themselves finally with a large stant employment for men and price was falling. They decided the harbor ofjhorses. to send about 200,000 bushels to During thle gage tb lap New York, where there was still In the eariy 1850's when grain|becoming known as the "Man-|some demand, by way of the brought as high as $2.00 alchester of Canada,' extensive Erie Canal. But severe winter bushel, in the Crimean War era|repairs were made to the har-|set in, the barges were frozen At this time, Oshawa was of great value to wheat sold at $3.00 a bushel in|increased the two-way trade. A|the grain finally reached New the markets of Europe, and later great part of what was brought| York, it was irretrievably dam- in American Civil War days\in, and most of what was'aged and was a total loss. AS CENTENNIAL ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 43 OSHAWA Royal Canadian Legion Members can be proud that they have helped shape the history of our Country's first 100 years. | In the membership ranks of Branch 43, Oshawa, are veter- ans of the four major wars that Canada has taken part in since Confederation: South Africa--1899-1902; World War 1--1914-1918; World War II--1939-1945; and Korea--1950-1953. As these veterans helped their country in time. of war, now they continue to help the growth of their country in time of peace. Our work to-day is reflected in... 10. Financial support to most. charitable organizations such as: Easter and Christmas Seals, Muscular Dystrophy, Shriners Club, Heart Fund, Civie Aud- itorium, Oshawa Hospital, ete. . Branch Membership in excess of 1000. Ne . The remembering of our fallen Com- rades through Remembrance Day Services; Memorial Services; and the remembering of our Comrades who pass eway in time of peace. . Provide « club where Oshawa verterans ean gather for recreational purposes 3. Providing eontinuous assistance te end comradeship, needy veterans end their families throughout the year, 12 . Provides an auditorium which is rented to various groups In the city for dances, 4. Free Service Bureau for the assistance Widding: raekotions, 'festinag anters of Veterans who have pension ' : Wes tainment etc. { problems, ond assistance in gaining needed medical treatment. 13. Taking an active part in various civie i 5. Weekly visits to hospitalized Veterans. affairs by having members sit on civic committees, 6. Christmas Cheer for Veterans and Widows, 14, Maintaining an ever increasing interest in the affairs of our country by attend- ing Legion Conventions at the Zone, District, Provincial and Dominion Level. 7. Conduct annual Poppy Campaign to assist disabled veterans and to distribute Poppies as a symbol of remembrance. Continued support of youth projects. 15. Supporting a very strong and active (21 teams sponsored in the Legion Ladies' Auxiliary whose aims and Minor Baseball League). (Over 100 objects are in conformity with the boys and girls participating in Legion Royal Canadian Legion and who work Track and Field Program.) (Sponsor- hand in hand with the members of the ship of Minor Hockey Team.) ' Branch in all the work as- outlined obove. 9. Support of Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic. | SOME FACTS ABOUT CANADA'S VETERANS. ~ = Caneda's War Dead from the four wers since Confederation total 112,331. Canadian Servicemen have been ewarded 94 Victoria Crosses in wars in which Conade has participated since the Victoria Cross was instituted by Queen Victoria In 1856. There are approximaltely 142,464 veterans receiving disability pensions in Canada to-day. Canadion Vetcraft Shops in Toronto and Ste. Anne de Vellevue produce approximately ,000 poppies each year for Canada's November 11th Remembrance Day. These poppies are made by disabled veterans. There ere approximately 23,000 war widows living in Canada to-day. There ere 975-000 living veterans ef the four wars in which Canade has participated. "They Served till Death! Why Not We" A \ W. J. TRICK The late W. J. Ti distinction of being of Oshawa in 1924 was incorporated a: Little did he and © leagues realize at tl that the young cit) grow to its present | Unic In C By JACK GEAR Of The Times St Oshawa can look ba Centennial Year on sor municipal achievemen This applies especia fields of industrial and population growth It also applies to the 1955 to the present. Oshawa remained tt growing city in Canad with a growth rate o cent over the past 10 This was well above year average growth Canada at 19 per cent tario at 22 per cent. Oshawa took a big population (8,126) and 10,415 acres of land ir swoop back in April 15 was when it acquired East Whitby Township east, west and north of CITY HAS STABILIT' Oshawa is still work to attract big indst meanwhile, smaller f moving in here, ones ¥ House Equipr For R SOLDERING IRON: Screwdriver Attach Animal Clippers 100 ft. 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