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BB The Acton Free Press Petition from townspeople brought station in 1905 A huh of town Mthltfom a lathering plac local Farewell and una a of no aw nwnlha now It taken down- will remw to Alton put on rath itw No of a by l the few ttw Lwnavhih pi predict It twihi 4 the a mv M an from hi Haw it remain mm Wifiwixwl haw wen hat to and mall tot truck haw oar it was in MM that first train through MM a hamlet and part of Anon on the Grand Trunk line tig bet Toronto and Samla and doubt Ihr on a main line helped Acton prosper and arm The of Acton Acton haa unkind words for the first station now long In those early rtaytf the bat recorded in 1MB the con of the railway sidings and switches were carefully considered but consideration of the comfort or convenience of the public was manifestly never in the noodles the projectors of the road Had location The station was planted about midway between Mill and Queen Streets At the east end were cattle yards and oil sheds and tool house and freight shed with no passageway to the station except on the railway track itself At the west end there was a bis wood shed with a capacity for three or four thousand cord of wood with woodraclts beside the irack and between them and the track lines the semaphore lines were stretched No place but the track on which to get to the station from Mill Street Many falls In inter time there was a glare of ice for ten feet around it and summer it meant constant drop of water to spoil the spring millinery and delicate costumes of passengers who inadvertently passed In or out to the station by that route Later the tank was mo in to the end of the station platform Many a tumble took place there by unwary passduters who were unfamiliar with the slippery places where poor sinners were supposed lo stand Finally when the present station supplanted the old shack which had done duty for half a century a fine new tank was constructed on a metal frame on outside tbe railway limits and hydrants adopted for supplying the engines And that old station What a place it was and what memories cluster about A little low frame building rec angular outlines painted a dirt drab but once in every score of years and smokecolored and dirty inside and out between times What a place it was There were lh tag quarters at west end of the limited quarters for the agent and his a sevenbyntne waiting room for passengers a baggage room about big enough for a couple of good sized Sarasota trunks and a pair of oldfashioned carpet bags and access to it only through the passenger waiting room The agent office ticket room and operators quarters had a room about 10 by 12 and behind this was the lamp and oil room More history In July 1903 ex councillor Denny and H P Moore Free Press publisher waited on council and presented the petition of 117 business men and praying the Grand Trunk Railway authorities to build a new station at Acton Council endorsed the petition speedily G ACTON WEST proclaimed the sign on the trim station yearn ago It was the official name of the post office ns well Many memories had their locale at tho old station Here soldiers left for war harvesters and homesteaders for the west teams for games and gala on low excursion rates Doctors even made house calls via train Passengers mall and freight were carried Into the centre of town by horsedrawn bus Ityncta Holmes and James Brown alt agreeing to the inadequacies of the existing station which has done duty for half a The petition was forwarded to the authorities and complaints about conditions continued lo appear The new Board of Trade added their voice of appeal Finally work began in of Sun at lait The Free Press excitedly records the dimensions and details of the new structure to lace Church St from which street there is to be free access It Is to be located where the tank stands and the entire will be transformed On July the editor eloquence records On Monday momtnK last without a blare of trumpets nor a piper in at tendance agent Holmes and his staff took possession of splendid new premises with In apple pie order It commodious and substantial and In Its con throughout the first concern hns evidently been for the comfort and convenience of the travelling public No more crack The long standing reproach of the old station ana Ihc unkind remarks of visitors arc now things of the nasi The new premises ore In all respects worthy of this growing ana en The was very pleasing design with ticket office operator desk large general waiting and ladies room at one end ana smoking room at the other baggage room and wicket It Is pine and roofed with walls and ceilings or Georgia pine with elaborate panels coves and mouldings Ilnlo and art glass are freely used in doors and windows and heavy brass and hardware on doors and fittings It was heated with furnished with system of water works Acton s Early Days chronicles some of the early station agents including little Willie Jones a timorous man who seemed almost afraid to hear an engine whistle and whose wife believed the station was haunted with ghosts Another agent left by the midnight train Tor the States leaving his wife family and creditors here Agent longest S Holmes grandfather of fire chief Mick Holmes was my hi fin mill ll flMIIM IIHW whlltmiitiit It Hit llMV lllltilillHIVllW Fill mill tin ill IIih fur 111 IMIIIIO II tin I tin I iKUlijitlly ainl liny Mill III lllt iMIIltl tut fiinlliiu lliti Din flml went IiiiiiIihI Inn Inn tilt uigint supply IhhIi mill lit unit fin It Iml mull nil dimply rum to Km mi hoik A lit in injury when I rue In lli4 loud ton Hi nil I mo wagon lx mine fiimlllar night A mi rite drawn bus tarried 1 In thin century Alton was sirved freight trains inlKHes and tragedies also with rallroml through lis years Derailments fairly wire really frit then got to school mall arrive iravollcrs ami fr had to wait In one snowHtorm several hundred peopli were stranded here Injured persons used to taken fiy train to doctors made house calls via rail Sixty eight ago Press editor II I Moore Memories of 1905 the previous articles on Acton station had stated what year was built Acton Early Days the only history of the year of the old pictures published gave us a clue Scar aimlessly through all the files seemed too lengthy a task Finally the problem was solved with the help of Cam He has an excellent memory and knew Ihe station was built when he was a boy He moved with his family to Acton from Corners when ho was two years old and he went to work in tho freight yards at the station when he was Horry Holmes was agent then Cam recalled It was his memories that produced the clue that resulted in the finding of the date in our files TO LAST A THOUHAN yearn according to workmen thin week Nutlomil exactly yarn petitioned Trunk Hallway for held r and were delighted when thin building wan opened in August nut d ill Ills brand new tin i liilxtnili ly on Mill fit now Simpson Here he wrote with of thn final of miitli needed new d bin r t lo town II Hwi And no today will tilling up must but II likdy continue to press for Iruln from town up lo to In this still prospering community MELS IMPORTEDAND CANADIAN HANDCRAFTS Antiques Restored Stripping and Refimshing ST GEORGETOWN old Can Tire Bus Home Open GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD lines were constructed through the hamlet of Acton in 1856 The first station was a dingy little building much complained about by travellers of the times This station above was built in 1905 and wrecked in replaced by a commuters kiosk even smaller than that first despised station of a century ago Towering water tank on the right was a necessity for steam engines Cooler weather Cool temperatures and sprinkling rain this week have made a change from the neat of most of the summer ARTHUR A JOHNSON od OPTOMETRIST Main St Milton Acton and Saturday TOWN OF NORTH HALT0N 1973 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS NOTICE TO ELECTORS CORRECTIONS TO THE PRELIMINARY LIST OF ELECTORS The Preliminary List of Electors will be posted In the Offices for the Town of Acton The Town of Georgetown and the Township of on August 1973 Copies of the List will be posted within each Polling Subdivision for which it Is prepared Electors are requested to examine the List to ensure that their names and relevant information are correctly shown therein Complaints in the nature of requests for additions or corrections to or deletions from the List may be made by an elector completing and filing a form obtainable at the Municipal Offices noted above All such requests will be received by the Town Clerk at the OfficesforTheTownof Georgetown 36 St commencing on day August 21st through to Tuesday August 1973 from a to excluding Saturdays and Sundays All requests for revisions will be dealt with on August at the Offices for the Town of Georgetown between a m and p by the undersigned Dated August D Prltchard Clerk and Revising Officer PRESCH00L CLEARANCE CHILDRENS and MISSES BACKTOSCHOOL and DRESS SHOES Broken Lines Only 15 NOW The Shoe House 81 Macdonnell St Guelph AB SUPERMARKET MILL ST Town Club No ACTON I Betty Crocker 19 Pkg Cut COTTAGE ROLLS 99 BOLOGNA lb Schneiders Smoked PICNIC SHOULDERS 109 BEEF LIVER 99 PRICES EFFECTIVE AUG Campbells loox Tins Save Cream Mushroom or Vegetable Beef SOUPS 5 Tins Save 27c Cream Style CORN 4 89 Dole Tins Save 29c PINEAPPLE JUICE 3 Cream Pies 2 CAKE MIXES 2 Tulip lb Print Save MARGARINE Salada of Save TEA BAGS FRESH PRODUCE DAILY Fruit and Vegetables Arrive Daily at Lowest Possible Prices PROCTER GAMBLE Family Sue Save Head ft Shoulders Shampoo Crest Family Sue 100 Ml TOOTH PASTE Pantry Shell Save PINEAPPLE TtttS After Five 2oz Pkg COCKTAIL MIXES 111