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>68 :CPR RIGG’S STORE 1?. BR YANS as 00., nod 16, â€"Wbolesale and Retail Dealers in er, Bough and Dressed, ‘ All mi mpg/es of all Classes; Lat/2, lime, file and Cement. dqmners for Hardwood, Chuvash dad in low prices to cash cu- Dry. Hard and Soft Wood. it. Steam Coal. Blacksmith Cool HOLSTERING A3530 REPA‘R'NG CPR BRYAM 81 69. [UNDERTAKING _, so") And 24th, returning mil Isy 26th, 1%. , Stations in Cum“. M an}: Sm, “grie, Windsor and a. .v1 xenon saun Ste. mm. men. and 1'0. but . . {Pugsim Bridm V V hairs and Lounges in stock; WTVVO £05 in first-class order [or sale cheap. {in Magweod, Jamfis Low. cars 10! bum: u; 4” w auu u pwu S. ns t coupons attached Payable half 1me P3: cent. its of 5!. 00 and upward taken with , . gables: anyri me, n mes: will be anewg? whick: cunent m5 Savings Department WHAT IS SAID BY Matures 155“ O $5 Victoria Loan and . HOLTORF 3333 31d 5 Avmcs COMPANY :poratod undor cap. 159, . Head Office, LINDSAY, ONT, m] at the HONEY TO LOAN n and farm property at cmreut rates of , Costs moderate, and no delay. FRESH MINED COALâ€"Coming di- 5 rcct from Mines weekly. CPR om cm on; mm: durabkfand less .an any other wheel res issued {or periods of from one to {or sums of $100 and upwards. apons attached. payable had-yearly 9P3 CPR cm 195: Crescent ismucb, re casily cleanct’ than President ,V Crescent fouryears re I have neve had ' 5M1". Sic. Mute. itch" and 1’0, but ii \u dege, N.Y.. ) Blues hock. DCY. CONTINUES BIS my Cbainless wheel ;, and it is in perfect a; the machinery is Office No' We on stand. CHARGES and impact. these themselves at ME :nder Cap. 169, R. S. 0. Number 2:. CPR CPI? CPR CPR CPI? CPR CPR CPR CPR CPR Secretary I’R Capt. Crandell said he would consider the matter and give his views later on. The president; enquired if the Crandella could make say one regular fortnightly trip. Capt. Crandell related how a little over a. year ago he had taken the necessary steps to form the steamboat men into a tcompany, and just when he thought it was an assured fact the matter fell through. In going into the scheme he felt that it was a sacrifice to him, owingto the fact that. his boat being a large one was able to do a profitable business when smaller crafts could not make it pay. With reference to the present scheme he was not in a. positiOn now to go in for these market excursion trips owing to the fact that his boat, the Grand ella, was booked for all the Saturdays in June already. Mr. John Carew stated that. both Capt. Crandell and Mr. Thos. Sadler, the dwners of the 10331 passenger boats, Were present, and they should be heard. I think this matter is worthy of the attention of the council of the Board. Yours truly, R. J. MCLAUGHLIN. Mr. Flavelle explained thao the letter 1had been considered by the council of the Board, and was deemed worthy of con- sidemtion by the whole Board of Trade together with the merchants and steam~ boat men. It was an important matter. and he thought it should receive afree and i easy discussion and not be tied down by malts of procedure like the town counci'. The boatmen Were nearly all present and could give their views. Arrangements could probably be made with the steamboat men to run these ex- cursions if sonuthing were done by the town to advertise them and perhaps it might require a. small guarantee fund which the bu~iness men of the town might; subacribe in order to secure the establish- ment of the service. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mr. J. D. Flavelle, who after ex- presqing his regret at the small attendance of merchants, proceeded to read the follow- ing letter from Mr. R. J. McLaughlin: April 18th. 1899. J. D. FLAYELLY; Esq, President of the Board at Trade, Lindsay. ‘ Dear Simâ€"It has occurred to me that an efi‘ort ought to be made this summer to take a greater advantage of our position as a centre of a huge system of inland navigation, for the purpose of bringing trade to the town. I have consulted % ith some of the merchants and they have in. formed me that since the cessation of the Saturday halt fare on the railway that there has been a very great decrease in the Saturday trade, one leading erocer telling me that his Saturday eales were at least $50.t0 less than they were before this change and it is probable that the tow!" lose in trade to the town would be neaxlv ‘81000 per week. It seems to me that this 310:3 might to eome extent be made up if arrangements were made for Seturduy excursions to he tun-3" Vin “ezkly from ( i t v v points on Scarf" L". points on Balsam e I 1.1 il and Game taking in Fenelon Falls and point ,rPigeon lake taking in Bob- caygeon and North and South Verulam. live question to- day allover the world, and it is only a. natural consequence to expect that it should receive the attention of live busig ness men in our midst. Some two years; ago this question was first mooted in The Watchman, and while it failed to arouse theinterest at that time we confidently expected it would have done, neverthe- > less, the action of the Board of Trade goes to show that the seed fell in a good place and only needed time to grow. The ac- tion of the railways in cutting 03‘ the regular Saturday market fares a few years 3.20 has not only worked'disastrouslv to the large trading centres but we firmly believe has also militated against the railway. Be thisas it may, there is no reason why an unto-date town like Lind- say. with a population of nearly eight thousand, should sit down and mourn over the action and refuse to make an effort to restore their fallen fortunes. The Watchman-Wander therefor-e gladly hales any joint action by our citizens to regain our lo=t laurels, and trusts that every assistance will be given the committee in the efforts to carry the proposed scheme into active operation. It is by the innova- tion of ideas of this kind that the Board of Trade may hope to become a power in the land, and the increase in membership will steadily advance as it demonstrates its ability to handle important matters. w -‘w “no auuenuance 'was faixly representative, candidly admit. there was a singular absence of the mercantile class. This peculiar from the fact . and we would impress minds of our business men generally. No man can live within himself, and therefore on erally, should vie ' 01m “OPEN-DOOR” POLICY? gana while the representative, we must lib there was a singular he mercantile class. This more peculiar from the fact attendance ind that the Board become a power in use in membership as it demonstrates c Down and at; the the common good, before the meeting Moved bv Mr. Flavelle, seconded John CareW. that Messrs James Grab J. G. Edwards, M. J. Carter, R. J. Laughlin. T1108. Brady and Will. Flavelle be and are herebv nn'nninO-A Col. Deacon then spoke on the adv; ages of cheap transportation, and term to the trade that came to Lindsay be‘ the market fares were done away with‘ the railway. Mr. Wm. Flavelle did not agree with this statement The point to be aimed at was to furnish cheap transportation and induce the peeplc to come to Lindsay and do their trading. They carried large stocks, and the Lindsay merchants should be able to supply them with their fine goods just as well as the departmental stores. Our market was improving, and the ladies of the town could be seen there ‘ any market dav with their baskets buying the produce ofl‘ered for sale. In other respects he thought the prices paid in Lindsay would compare with any other town in the district. Mr. A. J. Kerr thought that the first step necessary to increase the trade of Lindsay was to improve the reputation of our market. He had time after time made inquiries from customers why they d.d no; visit Lindsay oftener. and the reply was alans “no marker." Mr. R. J. McLaughlin stated that Lindsay merchants did not fully realize 1e how theirlrade was drifting away from them. The town had increased fully It tWenty per cent. in population in the last a ten )eurs while the volume of trade bad 11 depreciated f lily titty per cent. This was d accounted for to a. certain extent by a lass g of a great proportion of the fine trade it formerly done here that was now going to ,- the departmental stores in the cities, and e the loss of the staple trade that was t now done by the surrounding village 5 merchants. There is no real-on why this : tine trade ceuld not be done in Lindsay as it was in former years. All that is re- ; quired is cheap transportation combined with united eti‘orts on the part of our business men. Lindsay is situated in the centre of one of the beat agricul- tural districts in Canada, and possesses l Vast water stretches and flrst~(l.n~s rui.- l Wityfacilities. By the exercise of a little e enterprise on the part of our citiZens t Lindsay should possess a population of l 15.000 in the next ten years. He then outlined several points that were tr ibutary to Lindsay. He instance-d the township of Cartwright, and pointed out that not c one farmer in fifty eVer came to Lindsay. I :This could all be changed by supplying a cheap transportation. prroperlv advertis tl ied he did not think the steamer Grey- hound could meet the :equirements of the ‘ trade from the Seugog alone. He mapped at; out several other good routes on Sturgeon . and Balsam lake, and assured his hearers :11: that if the different trips were extensively S! and properly advertised the first year, that would be all that was required. u I “‘4‘ l c Mr. Wm. Fiavelle stated that a boat. leaving Gannon's, say at. schn o'clock, could reach Lindsay at ten o'clock. Capt. Crandell stated that he had been repeatedJy urged by Bobcayqeon people to run cheap Satexday excursions to Lind- say. He thought that. by taking in the Harvey shore, below Bobcaygeon, it would proxe a popular trip. He thought. the Board of trade was working along the right line. COLDeacou thought that the business men of the town were very iLdolenb as to ’ their own interests. They should dis- tinguxsh between regular excursions and trading or market, excursions. He thought. more aux-mien should be given to the upper lake. There was a great trade to be secured from Cartwrxghb townqhip it any- thing like regular communication was‘ eatablished. Mr. G. H. M. Bakér 5:1; whole matter be left in committee. , The president invited free discussion and 5 expressed his regret at the lack of interest 3 shown by the merchants of the town who L would reap the wholebeneflt it the scheme He thuught it was poor encouragement for the Board of Trade to bother with it. Mr. Wm. Flavelle favored the scheme and pointed out that the excursion rates1 should be very cheap in order to secure the very best results. He instanced the cheap trips on the Crandella to Bobcay- geon last season. He thought that per- haps the smaller boats would prove the 1 most advantageous and that the Grtâ€" - hound would be of great benefit to the l town if it could be secured for say two or ‘three excursions each week. He would like to know. what the steamboat owners would require in the way of a guarantee to give the proposed scheme a trial. Mr. Knowlson thought that they should be. guaranteed the expenses of their boats at least. He pointed out thata boat call- ing at Gannon‘s Narrows would be high- ly acceptable to the people of Harvey. vv ‘- _ r Mr. Thos. Sadler stated that the Grey- hound would carry the same number. In answer to a question by the president Captain Parkin stated that the Marie Louise would carry seventy-five passen- gers and was licensed for that number. Mr. J. M. Knowlson of the Alice Ethel . on being called on stated he could not say much about it, as he had not time to give the matter necessary consideration. He thought that perhaps the smaller boats {cauld run the trips to better advantage than the large steamers. He thought thatl‘ if the boats picked up say 45 paasengers they would ‘be doing a pretty fair thing They were doing their own towing with. the the Alice Ethel, but if it was deemed necessary they could run an excursion eeery Saturday. . Baker suggested that. the . uurcer, R. J. Mc- rady and William hereby appointed .a LINDSAY, THURSDAY, MAY 25th. 1899. 0n the advant. m, and referred Lindsay before Graham, the hands of a. ey should dis- excursions and Is. Hechoughb given to the berv case has again been changed. The crown was ready to go on at Toronto, and further proceedings were necessary. After consultation between crown and defence it was decided that Cobourg would ‘more fully meet the‘ convenience of Mr. Pnnton and his counsel than Toronto. After consultation with the lawyers in the case Justice Robertson formally assented to a change of venue to Cobourg. The{ order will be taken out at once. Ponton's bail is continued. Thus Cobourg is to be the place where this celebrated case is to he tried. it it is ever tried, and it will take place at the fall ossizcs. --Mrs. McKay, widow of the late \Vm. McKay of Greenwood, Ontario county, passed away very suddenly ab 4 o'clock Wednesday morning of last week in her 82nd year. She had been ill during the winter, but was improving, to all appear- ances. Her daughter went to her room and found her dead. She had been a arzsidenc of Greenwood for over half a. centurv. She leaves four daughters and: one son, Alex. McKay of Toronto; Mrs. H. i E. Kyle of Oakvilie; Mrs. Jas. Elliott of Coboconk; Mrs. McIver of Chicago, Lizzie and Dora, living at, home. â€"Mr. John Stewart, 51., a well-known ‘and highly respected citizen of Otonabee, 3died on Wednesday last as a result of the injuries he sustained in a runaway 11ch- dent. on Sunday previous. Mr. John Stewart: was sixty-two years of age and unmarried. The family is one oi.‘ the best known in the counLy, the elder members having been among: the pioneers. The1 death will be deeply regretted, â€"Alberb Kerr of Orlllia. dropped $64 on the carlond of live hogs “hich he shipped Lo Montxeal reevntly. The loss was almost entirely due to shrinkage, which amounted to no less than fifteen hundred pounds between Urillia and Montreal. â€"Mr. Alex Cameron of 6th com, Thorah, had the miafortuue to have two of hi‘l fine cows killed and one seriously injured ly: collision with the morning mall train on‘ Friday of last week at the crossing 7th con. The animal-1 were. valuable ones and the loss will be a heavy one. _ ,,,,,,,,, J VI. last week from appendicitis. --Robr. Lawson of Napanee recently > hugged three pretty vs omen while passing For this offence he was sentenced to ten months in the Central prison. â€"-A couple of weclgs ago alarge blow- adder was noticed lying in the back yard at Mrs. Weir‘s place. Severn Bridge, Mus- koka. The reptile Was icstantlvdespatched. it measured fully three feet in length. â€"-â€"A1bert Kerr of Orillia dropped $64 on e]... _-â€"-'r â€"-W. F. Campbell, one of citichs of Tweed, Out., died 0 last: week from llhnphd;nitia -â€"Beaverton lodge of Oddfellows annonn ces its annual excursion to Niagara Fake for June 9th. Mr. F. C, Taylor took up the qmsbion of improving our navigation an polnted out 1 that, the increasing traflic not only requir- ed wieening the channel but; 'a‘ao deepen- ing the same. He thought they should take steps to asaist Mr. McHngh by send- ing down a large deputation. President Flavelle explained that the‘ Board had made arrangenwnts wi' end in View at the last meetiuc. Mr. McHugh said he had received :the petition and had presented it, but. owing to the illness of the minister he had been unable Lodoanylhing uboutit. The deputy minister had agreed, however, to place it, in the .suppiementary estimates. He had inspected the two reports prepaxed for the i jdepm-tment, one dealing wick an 80 {out channel and the other for a hundred foot ehannel. He felt; it the eighty foot channel was proceeded with the additional twenty feet would be sure to follow. He informed the board that the Bobcayzeou. Lindsay and Pontypool railway charter had been revived and the bill was given the final rcadina' The Mr. Baker said as we were taking steps to increase the trade on our river we should also take steps up increabe and improve our navigation. President Fluelle said we have Mr. Mclfugh, M.P., with us, and he was the very mun to tell us a}! about if- President, Flavelle unuise to take any at. present. committee to investigate and report upon the feasibility of inaugurating: a scheme by which excursiOns by steamboats or otherwise can be successfully established at cheap rates for bringing peeple to Lindsay to do their trading. Mr. Baker asked if the committee could not arrange monthly railway excursions. Mr. J. D. Fiavelle scared the idea was a 1 good one and was certainly worthy of con- } sideration. meeting then adjourned District Happenings ppe: 'elle thought, is would be any action in this matur ., died on Monday of the leading A Dainty WE" {-33 as; I Box 415, Lindsay, Corner Sussex and Pee]-sts., 3rd door north of VR . M. Bol- A smaH commissmn will be pam to sale within 60 days of suchiaformatiou. Keeping everything in season in supply ail classes. Keeping first quaHry of goods. Clerks that understand the busim A nice clean store with everythin place for everything. Prices within reason. A proprietor wining to listen t customers. 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