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vvw 1 i q ninetysecond year no 36 acton ontario wednesday march 8 1967 second section authority preserves remnants of oncethriving limestone industry oki several oddlyconstructed bee h t kilns provided employment -for- mbre than too men when this picture was taken about 1900 limestone was blasted from iff w the nearby quarry and drawn to the kilns by horseandwagonr herehtwas firedlrtiollme for many uses in early ontario mmains of a once thriving in dustry stand beside the cnr tracks west of georgetown at limehouse these kilns where the limestone was fired provided employ- ment for many workers and gave limehouse its name cvca photo by joan rollings deputy clerk c mckay begins work april 3rd halton countys now deputy clerk claire mckay will begin workon april 3 mr mckay currently deputy clerk for kihg township will take over the duties of former deputy eiork james andrews mr mckay is married and have five children he was se lected from 25 applicants five of whom were interviewed his starting salary was set at j6030 the county is currently look ing lor a personnel director and clerk garfield brown re- piil- several very pood ap plications after mr andrews resigned the possibility of hir- iiii a personnel officer who would also serve as deputy- clerk was investigated how ever it was discovered the diiie would he too great lor one man reserve nurse certification the ontario labor relations board- has reserved a decision on an application last week for certification by the halton public health nurses of hal ton health unit the hearing was held wednesday morning of inst week in toronto therennr22 nurses in the group and they were told by halton county council that no further negotiations could take place until they arc certi fied by the glkb electric heating no dust no dirt no fumes by loan rollings history which dates back to the early 1800s in the quiet vil lage of limehouse may repeat itself if plans of the credit valley conservation authority are carried to completion in the next few years the authority has acquired approximately 200 acres on the edge of the village containing the remains of the thriving limestone industry which or iginally created the area limestone is still quarried near neighboring acton but the quarries at limehouse are long since quiet spots overgrown with sumac weeds and cedar picturesque stone kilns are the monuments to past activity and the black creek chatters through an open cut where once a mill stood until 80s the land belonged to the mississauga indians as much of the credit river wa tershed did at one time as the press of settlers increased the government of upper canada purchased what is now esques- ing township from the in dians during the next 14 years george black survewd the township and after 1819 set tlers pushed into the newly op ened land a wily highlander mr blacks efficiene was matched only by his- fierce na tional pride and religious zeal a story is told of mr black who as a lay preacher of the local presbyterians led his flock in copious prayers ending each with the request that the local irish remain hewers of wood and drawers of water for thy own appointed peo ple the scottish highlanders first seftler in the lime house area was adam stull who obtained a crown deed to lot 22 concession 6 in 1920 the first registered private sale at limehouse was from mr stull in 1841 to ninian lindsay who started the lime industry there settlers in the northern sec tion of the township were gen erally sympathetic tothc griev ances of the rebels led by wilr liam lyon mackenzie in 1837 but were not prepared to join mackcnie in his attempt to overthrow the government and secede from the empire a farmer allan macphcrson who lived south of limehouse was one of mackenzies lieuten ants and in his flight from the authorities was hidden in the home of joseph s t a n d i s h where the first townshjp coun cil met in 1821 during the day mr standish searched for rebels and at night talked long hours with mr macpherson about the pol itical situation in upper can ada in succeeding years when asked why he had hidden the man mr standish exhibited the profound logic of our pion- veering ancestorswhcnjte sad macpherson would have done the same for me for many years the people ol rhis area continued to be mod erately radical in their politi cal views after halton county separated from wentworth in 1853 john white a liberal jvas mp almost continuously for 20 years in 1873 hsnvever the citizens of limehouse fol lowing the prevailing obses sion voted against mr while and elected an independent temperance candidate news paper accounts of the follow ing celebrations show that at least for one night the temp erance workers definitely for got their principles religion played an important part in the lives of the early settlers as it did across the country in limehouse in 1832 john meredith deeded two acres for two pounds ten shil lings to the calvinistic presby terian church this provided a site for a church and cemetery for many of the early settlers were scots a church was not erected there until 1861 and then as a result of a combined effort by the presbyterians episcopal ians and episcopal methodists in the years before residents attended church at boston or acton local presbyterians note with pride that although the founding of georgetown con gregations predates that of limehouse the limehouse presbyterians sponsored the first similar congregation at georgetown in 1876 a mr gowdy sr deeded the land for a local methodist church george grant built the church with the help of charles and sam meredith they built well for the building is still used as the limehouse memorial hall rev john lynch was the first methodist minister the village of limehouse grew slowly building lots were riot surveyed until 185658 and by 1861 there were only 17 reg istered landowners in me vil lage prior to 1840 the area went by lot and concession number then it became the village of fountain green this name remained until 1857 when the post office depart ment renamed it limehouse and opened the first post of fice in the village in 1856 the main line of the grand trunk railway now the cnr pushed a line through a cut blasted in the limestone during the construction a tem porary settlement of 200 work ers and their families lived at limehouse one of the local acton cubs scouts are having their annual good friday hot cro b sale f legends tells of a construction worker a little worse for- an afternoon in the tavern who satjon a keg of powd and iii the 7usettloving himself to the lop of the cut he must have survived the accident for there is no report of a fatalityr in the late 1800s limehouse was a booming community with at least three hotels three stores two quarries several mills and a prospering lime in dustry during the building of the railway a hotel was operat ed in the mitchell residence on the fifth concession in 1871 miles mcdonnell op erated the limehouse inn and a third hotel was built by thomas iraser the village blacksmith the first was ro bert fori was an important individual in pioneering days milling provided employ ment lor many citizens at least three mills were in exis tence on black creek between the old mill pond which ex tended northwest of the fifth concession and the railway one mill produced waterlime for cement for all the railroad bridges this mill later be came a lumber and grist mill there was also a woolen mill and a paint and lumber mill in 1862 john newton built his woolen mill which was known eventually as the em pire blanket company raw materials from local sources were used and payment in many cases was made in blan kets in 1872 a fireproof paint industry began under the direc tion of mcikle newton and company james newton old est son of the founder became sole owner of the business blue and red clays were ex tracted from lot 22 conces sion 7 esquesing township directly southeast of the lime house union or presbyterian church the six colors produc ed were exported to the united slates great britain and aus tralia according to an article in the acton free press on may 29 1930 beardmorc and comp any wished to repaint their buildings one spring samples were obtained from several companies and the final decis ion was to order the paint from philadelphia when the order was filled from the unit ed stales it bore the inscrip tion manufactured by j new- ion limehouse canada an english settler in lime house had the same experience when ordering paint from eng land in 1893 fire struck and de stroyed both the woolen mill and the paint and lumber mill for a time it was feared the village would burn but the rap id arrival of the horsedrawn fire engine from georgetown saved it lack of sufficient in surance to rebuild the mills dividend j s beaty general manager marked the beginning of the eaid for hevillage on ihe properly south of the iraeks now owned by t lie credit valley conservation au thority there remains seven set kilns and a- draw kiln limestone was taken frqm the quarry west of these kilns and drawn from there io the kilns by horse and cart besides these kilns there is a limestone powder house and the founda tion of ihe old waterlime mill which was lorn down al the heighl of production in the i880s and 90s the kilns were operating 24 hours a day env ploying 100 men and producing about 70000 bushels of lump lime and 6000 barrelsof water lime per year mention has been made of ihe kilns where limestone was cooked lo produce lime the set kilns were short squat structures several cords ot wood were placed trout ihe top into ihe kilns mouth then limestone would be placed on lop of ihe wood covered with blue clay the fire lit and the limestone cooked tor five or six days when the process was finished the lime was tak en out of the fire hole in ihe bottom a draw kiln was farrhore efficient wood was placed in this type through fire holes at either sidetothelcvcl of u grale which separated the wood from the limestone the stone was placed in from the lop the cooking took about three days and after that lump lime could he drawn away about every five or six hours localwood was used at first lo fire these kilns but eventu ally liad lo he imported into ihe area the entire lime operation ceased al limehouse about 1917 largely due lo ihe danger ol blasting in the confined area one drill hole may still be seen on lop of the quarry wall with the ceasing of lime operations the last large indus try ended in limehouse the village then receded to its pres- etu quiet rural atmosphere s goodhew compiled a history of limehouse several years ago and ihe author wish es lo acknowledge the research done by mr goodhew there are no immediate plans for re activating the quarries but the authority ac quired the land as part of its conservation program ont iaroe kiln remains intact on the limehouse property recently acquired by the credit valley conservation authority here the lime was processed giving employment to many and a name to nearby limehouse cvca photo by joan rollings the boys will call saturday mornint march 18 it i afre unable to take vour omtrr please phone saturday atutnoo 8550106 or 855 20u youre safe and secure o hal and p trust and savings company reports a reyular quarterly dividend of 10 per cent per share is pay able to shareholders april 14 1967 at a meeting of the directors recently a two and onehalf cents per share bonus was al so declared to be paid the same same date all persons holding recorded hares as of march 31 1967 will receive the dividends seek coordination of welfare agencies acclss ihe area wide council for the coordination and expansion of social ser vices may be loaned in south ern ontario the organization intended lo coordinate welfare agencies in parts of five counties was hiapcaa no kidding live better electrically acton hydroelectric commission 43 alice st 8532410 money too under the protective rooo insurance dennys insurance agency 17 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