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DlaCe took the name ‘Lindsay' that of a land surveyor who and was buried on the plot. In- tion was granted as a town 135?, and in the same year a railâ€" LE, and in 1836 there were only It» settlers on what became the in plot. In 1340 the road which :Vasto become Kent street was clear- E2“ timber. By 1851 the population I ‘ reached 300. Tradition says that l from Port Hope was opened for . The assessment was then £00.00. The ambition of the inâ€" ‘tants was quickened by the ad- of the railroad and the prospect the separation of the County of men of the improvements needed “to hang he towu up to a standard, 5 mm Mug: nhich it Would compare fa.- 5:2ny with towns of similar size in Em equal opportunities may have M aflorded for the promotion of mpopulation and relative add Fflimsy is not as old a town as Elna of its neighbors. The place was fit known as Purdy’s Mills. The gin settler in the locality came in Relate entering upon any sugges- tenses to what might be done to improve our town, it seems desirable tom the development of Lindsay ad deal with its history. By so Going light The following interesting paper as read by Mr. J. R. McNeillie at a: February session of the Twenty Club: $3M WEE?! WBEQ ”a: ‘1 .‘ mafia 1'0me LINDSAYâ€"FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS f NO} FRIDAY, APRIL 12th. W £3?in E<1. {is K. TAKE ALL RISKE‘: (II Cor. Michigan A}; and GEstuSL. Detroit, Mich. ~W our "tint; address. rariy ind , “ Efmvnzzivc mm: AND com-mm ". M ”3?“? who has treated You. write for an 110395: opun.on Free of Me. "i 51-3,- “The Golden Monitor” (Illustrated) on Scent Due-sea of Men. and; NAii . .. 11(01. '0'...) g‘llfun- .«M (1‘1". '14 1| N. 7.3 ”.32” 3 3.7.89. n a. 4.2.. 8.528 25 E3 .m. 42.0 1am 240 «on an hoax-H. $5?lc All letters from Canada mustbeaddressed to our Canadian Correspondence Depart- V‘W "ment in Winfisor, Out. If you desire to , w“ I ‘t our leical Institute in Detroit 25 we seeand treat ..4 (13‘. “x f: _ ,3; ;: ‘1'.- S offices which are for Correspondence and . ._ .4‘1'221 ‘1532955 only.1‘-.ddress all letters as follow;: l .‘VW‘zrr': 2:11 middle-aged men are annually swept to a premature £75“? n:‘;--:rc-..'o:.:. £1:::.:.e3 and Eicod Diseases. If you have any or the fa- :" :onsuit us before it is to; late. Are 50“ nervmxs and weak. despon- . >:w :4 kiwi? Inc out»: with dark circles under mega. weqk back. tic: wt‘ the heaén- bashful. dreams and lossessedzment m mung. mm 0” wEOHOw CmHU damos 5.34.3.2 OOZMMLAH was: 011R L? the NP;.'.' 3830“ ‘Immmu-Tv the The census of 1861 showed the po- pulation of the town to 0.9 1907. By origin: There were 1153 Canadians not French,' 43 Canadians who were FrenCh, 156 English, 39 Scotch, 403 Irish, 81 Americans, and 30 from all other countries. By religion: 506 Church of England, 814 Roman Ca- The vote on the question of the separation of the counties was taken in the summer of 1861 and the fact that Lindsay had become the county town was marked by the meeting of the first county council in the town hall on August 20, 1861 “In accord- ance with the provisions of an Act of the Provincial Parliament entitled an Act to amend the Act for the sepâ€" aration of the County of Victoria from the County of Peterborough, and to fix the county town at Lind- made the decision of parliament an 'ed because of its muddy streets. The easy one. In fact technically 1.11 ere lwriter remembers driving on Kent was no other urban municipality in street when it was a mire 5111 the the county The village of Omemée{wheels seemed to sink almost to chh was the oiqer place by a few' the hubs. years, and was a rival for a goodé The exact year in which Kent st. many years, was not incorporated as}! was improved, is not in mind, but it a village until 1874. iwas in excellent condition in 1875, Victoria from the County of Peter- boro, and the consequent expectation that Lindsay would be the county town. The-"situation of the town in the centre of the front range of townships‘and on the banks of the Scugog, a. navigable stream, and the added advantage of being the most populous of the urban communities For Infants an 51‘ Childrefi fl: OIRIUI 00-"87. I!" VOIK cm. Far fiver Thirty Years . A Win68“, {mm-t rob you or your Soon after 186-1 the building known as the Central school was erected, and in it the high school and public school work was conducted to' the largest extent space would permit. Poor buildings for public school pur- poses were erected in the east and south wards, and about 1876 the north ward building, another poor structure, was erected. In passing it may be remarked that the block hounded by Francis, Colborne, .5nsâ€" sex and Albert streets was the first Protestant burying ground in Lind- Following the introduction of wa- ter for all purposes a system of sewers was planned and has been esâ€" tablished on the frontage plan of as- sessment over a considerable area in the north and south wards and to a limited extent in the east ward. The limitation in the east ward is owing to extension of the water mains not being asked by the residents. A sewer was built in Kent street in connection with the construction of what was intended to be a per- manent road. The sewer has served for purposes of drainage and for car- rying: oil surface. water fairly well, hat was no: deep ‘enoug‘n. When fa- cilities for conveying sewage be- came necessary sewers had to be laid in Kent street but even then false economy led to the sewers be- ing laid at so shallow a depth that the drainage section does not suffice to carry'off the water from a mod- erate depth of basement on some portions of Kent street. There was for a number of years a water service for fire purposes on Kent street and within a limited area. adjoining. The power was a. water wheel at the mill, which was set go- ing on an alarm of fire being given. In 1892 a private company provided a water system for all purposes. This was purchased by the town about twelve years ago, and has since been largely extended by the commissioners who control it. The exact year in which Kent st. was improved, is not in mind, but it was in excellent condition in 1875, when the writer came to reside in Lindsay. While by neglect the sur- face has become broken and uneven, there is this to be said :for it, the foundation was so well laid the bot- tom never "failed again. An approach to the good work on Kent street has been attempted on several other streets, but whatever the merits of the work originally may have been they have suffered by neglect and the results of the first expenditure have been largely lost. On July 5th, 1861, the great fire occurred, when the whole business portion of the town, the buildings ’ Before the fire 1:) 1861 the busi- ness portion of the town was al- [most all east of William street and ‘much of it near the mill site. The only bridge across the river was on the line of Kent street east. The Bank of Upper Canada had a branch in Lindsay for several years prior to 1861, and erected and conducted business in the building on the northeast corner of Russell and Mill streets. It was succeeded by the On- tario Bank in 1863 and the latter remained in the same building for a number of years. The Bank of Mont- real had an agency here as early asi 1858.: f A comparison with neighboring stowns in population is interesting: } Lindsayâ€"1861, 1907; 1871, 4049; 1881, §5080; 1391, 6081; 1901, 7003; 1911, :6964. ’ Pcterborough~18£1, 397 1881, 6812; 1891, 9717; 1911, 18360. 5125; 5074. Port Hope-186‘1, 4162; 1871, 5114; 1881, 5585; 1891, 5043; 1901, 4113'; 1911 5-092. tholic, 155 Presbyterians in three ,branches, 381 Methodists in four branches, 28 Baptists and 22 others. In 1871 the population was 4-049; in 1881, 5080.; in 1891, 60-81; in 1901, 7003, and in 1911, 6-964. The latest de- tailed statistics available are for the year 1901. Origin; 2325 English, 3117 Irish, 942 Scotch, 333 French, 200 German and Dutch, 86 others. Religion: 1424 Church of Bnglanl, 1476 Roman Catholics, 1218 Presby- terians, (1), 2418 Methodists (1), 3111‘ Baptists, 95 Salvation Army, 61 oth-} ers. l with a few exceptions con- mtgâ€"1361, 4:73; 1871, 4442; 1881 1891, 4823; 1301, 4239; 1911, ; 1871, 4611; 1901, 11239; ijust east of the site of the large ggrain elevator erected many years :later. The railway crossed the river ion a swing bridge below the Madi- §Son Williams site. In 1874-6, the Vic- }toria RaiIWay was built to Halibur- ‘ton. Closely following the latter the Whitby and Port Perry Railway was jextended to Lindsay and the station 30f these two lines was on Victoria javenue about where the G. T. R. ifreight sheds now stand. Later all {the roads were absorbed by the iGrand Trunk System, the route of fthe line from the southeast into the ;town was changed, the railway .works were removed from Port Hope :to Lindsay and the conditions as Y t-.cy at present e3 ist were establish ed. The Canadian Pacific Railway fiommenced traffic on the line from :Bur‘reton Junction to Bobcaygeon in ,‘August,1904. The only means of lighting was by the use of coal oil until about the year 1683 a gas plant was estab- lished. The system was extended over the central portion of the town, but it was born too late to withstand the coming in of electricity for lighting purposes. In a. few years two electric light plants were installed one of the latter secured control of the gas plant and destroyed it, then the two became one as the Light, Heat and Power Co. The town has had reason to regret the breaking up of the gas plant. Had it been cunâ€" tinued a few years longer the sysâ€" tem could have been made a paying concern for heating purposes} and isay. The easterly portion on Whirl) {the school was erected had been teed lto a considerable extent for urial purposes and much work of rmnoml had to be done preparatory to building. Besides these, temporary 'quarters had to be used to meet in- creasing demands. In 1866 the old St lAndrew’s church opposite the Sourt House was purchased by the Board of Education and fitted for school purposes. In 1888 the Collegiate In- stitute was erected. That was tie first distinct advance made in the quality of school accommodation. Later the old East Ward schn )1 was replaced by a building which v:]11¢ architecturally common, provided greatly improved accommodafion. But in the matter of Public School buildings and equipment homing adequate or creditable, had been ac- complished until the two new build- ing's finished and occupied last year were erected. ‘ WELL, WELL! At last Dr. \I orse’ 5 Indian Root Ping were brought to my noti-c c and they are one of the most wonderful med‘cines 3 have ever known. My b‘ood was mug. fled m a very shark time. sores begged up, my indigestion vans1c.d 'lhey 31W”: have a place in mv 1201: me m] are looked ,1! upon as the family r02: 1" I), Dr. M rse’ylmfian the System thorougl dealers at 25¢ a box. “For some time' A had been m a low, d eprmed condition. My appetite left me epand I soon began to 5: IT.( r from indi- tion Quite a 1:1: .L‘cr of small sores and blotches formed a I over my skin I tried medi cine for the blood and used many kinds of ointments, but without sat'mfactory rc-uhs. $2.3! v: as wanted was a. thorough Cleansirt'v cf the b1 cod, and I looked 9.1 out in Vain fr. 1' some mediâ€" cine that woulilfuxomplisl. 1‘1i3 When the sewers of the bodymbowds, kidneys and 5km ductsâ€"get clogged up the blood quickly becomes impure ana‘ frequently sores break out over the body, The way to heal them, as Mr. Richard Wilson, who lives .near Landon, Ont, found, is to purify the blood. 11(- writes: Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills Headed Mi“- ‘VEISOH’s 301.33 THE LINDSAY POST. 38 31883 ‘l‘ H P rm..â€" PURE? Rno‘ Pills cleanse 1y: SUld by {In No Chance of Mis- takes. 5i :m. 'c and Clem-u. ”and , 1'0: \alCL‘LI. .' ‘ A19 10? V eru C053: C313! and Facile! 10.. F' The Jouwsox. I IECUARDSON C0.. Limited. Montreal. Can. ‘ The Boss Memorial Hospital was established in 1902. "Due of the hindranccs to the great .0? proercss Lindsay might have en- ;Echd in the course of the history of the town was bad municipal financ- ing. This began early and continued luntil the Legislature in passing an gAct for the consolidation of the debt {made it obligatory that the principal :of the indebtedness should be liqui- ‘dated along with the payment of the interest. In the early days debentur- fes were issued to provide for necesâ€" fsary public works. The debentures were issued payable at the end of a. iterm of years from a sinking fund to She levied annually. Unfortunately Eirom time to time men were elected ito the council who had so little kthought or regard for the ultimate fwelfare of the town that they either :deliheratrly prevented the levying of {the sinking fund or when ~‘evied, lspent the amount for current expen- ‘jses. The ratepayers were deluded byi gsuch men into the belief that they lwere economists, whilst in truth :they were false to their duty and the {plain requirements of the law. Withâ€"; font at all questioning ,flfir integ- grity. it should be remarked that if Ethe men who occupied the positions Sci Clerk and Treasurer had been seizâ€" led of the imperative duty laid upon ithem, they could to a large extent have prevented the doings of’ the Council in regard to the sinking funds, defied them to do otherwise 'I As late as 1875 the church buildings Iw ere: The Roman Catholic Church, gm much as at present, excepting the Is I i I ’â€" 7‘. rr (T spire, the successor of a log build- ing on Lindsay street; the Church of 1' IEngland, a frame building on Kent Igstreet on the site on which the Post . 1 Oflice was erected; the Baptist Church 1’3 frame building on the corner of EIWellington and Sussex streets; the I;Canada Presbyterian Church a rough }cast building on the south side of {Peel street between William and Cam- .{bridge streets; the Church of Scotâ€" ,31and opposite the Court House erect- ,ied in 1863, the successor of a log .Ebuilding on the same lot; Cambridge {Street Methodist Church, erected in 11871, the successor of a frame build- !ing on the corner of William and {Wellington streets; Bible Christian iChurch, on Cambridge street, erected Ia few years before, now the Baptist ‘Church; the Episcopal Methodist §Church, began in 1875, services in the building on Peel street which had Ebeen the edifice of the Canada Pres- :hyterian Church prior to the union Sin that year. The first and only pub- ‘lic clock was in the tower of the 2Bible Christian Church building, 1111? Itil moved to the Fire Hall. There Iwas also a building on the west’side 50f Cambridge street south of Kent gstreet which had been built by the ;New Connection Methodists but was tclosed. The present Church of Eng-' 1 lland was built in 1885; the Presby-9 gterian Church in 1886; and in the : latter year the Cambridge Street Me- thodist was enlarged. After 1875 a {small frame building was erected in fthe East Ward for use as a Metho-, Edist Church and a number of years {later the Queen Street Church was 3 built. This fact is worthy of remark, Ithat the ci 1 zens of Lindsay in their :separate association in churches have shown greater enterprise in buil d- 'ing than they have exhibited in their icorporata capacity as a town. The Kiss“ Yeti Have Afiuays Be: gm Bears the mfij oignacurso The Ontario Bank was the only fi- inanci 1 institution, after the failure !of the Bank of Upper Canada, do- iing a general business for a number Lof years subsequent to 1853. The Bank of Montreal was represented, but only for the purpose of receiving deposits for the Government. The Merchants’ Bank opened a branch about the year 1870 and continued in business until 1877, when its building and business were transferred to the Bank of Montreal and the latter entered upon a general banking busi- ness. The Dominion Bank began busi- ness in 1281. The going out of the Ontario Bank and the coming in of the Bank of Commerce, the Standard Bank and the Home Bank are events so recent they need not be detailed. CASTOR IA About 1875 a Mechanics’ Institute, the forerunner of the Public Library, was established, and it had a‘ pre- carious existence for many years. The passing of the Public Library Act and the erection of a building by the 'benefaction of Andrew Carnegie, made it possible to establish a cred- itable institution. There is one blot upon the town in connection with the Public Library, the peculiar quality of ingratitude which preâ€" vented the name of the benefactor be- ing bestowed upon the institution. public utility. For Infants and Children The ownership of the waterworks has proved advantageousf The sys- tem has been extended beyond what could have been expected from a comuan ' in ossession and the Sr .. . , _ ‘ 3 p ' ‘ sy ‘ sultant fertilizer could be soul pro‘;' tem is not likely now to demand di- rect taxation for its improvements or maintenance. With regard to the purchase of the plant of the Light-"l ago it was hOped that the (gllestim; Heat and Power Company which was proposed last year, if the town could power for present and future require- ments from the sources of supply at Fenelon Falls, it might have been advisable to take over the concern, have been assured of sufficient water : ‘Wt vâ€"v -vnwov v-vv-vâ€"~, rying it by a main to or beyond the northerly limits of the Corpora- tion, where it could he treated chem- iCally to render it innocuous. The re- ;'4.. ably and the harmless liquids dis- charged into the river. 7“... 2. The water supply. mo years of assured purity had been solved: to a large extent the Commis- sioners and the public have been dis- appointed in the results. No one whv has given any thought to the ma‘ .- ter doubts the efiect of the amine but with the prevailing uncertainty, 3 tion or ozone *0 water, but the d: the better course probably was the ‘ £011“? is in finding a method Of a 3 . one. adopted, to allow the plant to go. plying the treatment to the Wh‘ ‘ into the possession oi another com-t body of water that is 'to Pass 111' pany with the conditions as to pric-ithe main. In the meantlme the at cs for lighting and the supply of; (Continued on page 10) power stipulated between the town? . - â€" and the company. There is a marked EIeCtI‘IC Restorer for MCI} . . . . ev nervcinthebody distinction between the supply of Mmi?g:m$tmsion;ramw n e . ' ‘ ‘ lvimand‘rmlit . Prematuzedeca wide-1.55"} wotJ‘ and the supply of electncxty. , ‘ av Y at once. i p ‘ will The health and life Of the people are aqul‘pgcwran‘j P-fxéiggggfiwy affected by the good or otherwise ““mfgtgaigg; 9;}; In“ supply of water, but that of elec- cold at monastic-man's an: hon. Before referfing to what appearto be necessary improvements for the well being/6f the citizens a word may be said as to the advantages or otherwise of the application of pub- lic ownership of utilities to Lindsay. In common with many other Muni- cipalities the natural desire for more railway facilities led to the grant- ing of bonuses beyond, perhaps, what was reasonable or prudent. A bonus of 385000.00 was voted towards the building of the Victoria Railway to Haliburton and later as one of a group of Municipalities the town contributed $3000.00 towards the ex- tension of the line from Port Perry to Lindsay. Still later a bonus of 325000.00 was voted towards the Lindsay, Bobcaygeon and Pontypool Railway. than obey the law, aod thus have en- sured that the ratepayers of this day should not have to shoulder the results of the illegal actions of Coun- cils in the past along with the legi- timate burdens of the present. The debts referred to and for which no provision has been made, amounted to $152,000 in 1891 and were then consolidated to be paid with interest within a period of 30 years. Quaga fife": Assurafiae C0 233, 597, was the greatest . in i; e Company’s history of 65 years. A new record for surplus earnings was eztablished four years ago and in each year since then all previous records bags been surpassed. “It pays to have 3 palicy in The Canada Life.” HE SURPLUS earned, $1,- A RECORD YEAR for growth and strength in size was ’enjoyed in 1911 by the Canacia. Life. Child’s 9an of 14> .322!)- Use J'urpris e theorcinar, “2; . wish but we recom- mend a trial t..° .. J‘urprise way. ‘., Radlhedizecficnsontlm A- -7” , 8 Don’t boil or scald the cloths. It isn’t necessary. The clothes come out of the wash clear whxte. perfectly washed. The tdin drops out, is not rubbedin. 1. The disposal of sewage. The- ontlets of the main sewers are im diately below and above the Lind- say-street bridge and at the foot of Francis .street. If there were any ac- ;tive current in the Scugog River even gthrongh the corporation from Lind- say street northerly the diluent. :would be carried far enough down stream to lessen the contamination of water and air within the town. ‘In conditions as they are a main. lmoth cess pool exists in the centre I pf the corporation which already is a menace to the he alth of the public and must soon become intolerable. A ‘remedy would be the capturing of :the sewage from all the outlets, car- rying it by a main to or beyond the northerly limits of the corpora. tion, where it could l-e treated chem- iCally to render it innocuous Th e reâ€" sultant fertilizer cor id be sold sprofit- ably and the harmless liqu' dis- charged into the river. 2. The water supply. Two years ago it was hoped that the question of assured purity had been solved, but to a large extent the Commis- sioners and the public have been dis- appointed in the results. No one who has given any thought to the ma? ter doubts the efl’ect of the amine tion of ozone to water, but the d: ficulty is in finding a method of a plying the treatment to the who * body of water that is "to pass in' the main. In the meantime the cit (Continued on page 10) In suggesting some desirable imv movements I will name them in. the. order in which it seems to me they. are of importance relative to the community, bearing in mind that whatever centributes to the health and consequent wen being of the citizens must be given the first plane in the discharge of the duties laid upon the men who are entrusted with the management of Municipal ax. tricity so far as the individual affected is one of convenience only. General Agent - LIFEBSAY It isn’t «at of the PAGE 5.