The Automobile WHITEJY F7REE PRESS, Wedriesday, October ZOth, 1971, Page 3 -'Old Tymer' BEGINNING If y o u are 80 years-of-age, you wilI most lîkely remember the advent of the first motor cars to appear on the streets of Whitby, and their own- ers. First Whitby motel cars Jerry Lick - a Ford Roadster Ernest Harper- Tudhope Horseless Carniage W. G. Wal ters - Stevens Duryea Touring Jacob Mclntyre- Model T Ford Anthony Bandel- Russell Knight A. H. AIllan- Packard Touring W. J. H. Richardson - McLaughl in Ouick Matthew Col lins - Model T Ford Frank Eurr Moshure - Cadil lac Touring Last but not least of the cars 1 remember on E3rock Streetwas that great chauffeur-dr iven RoIlls-Royce o wn ed b y M. David McLaren, who with his family of Ottawa, spent his summers here at l nveriynn ".1 Gasol mne original ly was obtainable only in hardware stores, sold there for f uel in summer. for cook stoves e tc. First street curb service pump SThe first gasotUne "lstreet curb"' service pump ever instal led inWhitby w as on the edge of the sidewvalk in front of the MclIntyre Hardware, now occupiedby 'Donald Travel 3ureaut. The pump was made by the "L3ow- serPump Company Toronto". It was call1ed the "Red Sentry"1, and i t stood f or t y-e i g h t inches high, featured two doors, was secured b y a pad- iock on one side, and a pump crank on the other. Thegasolirieprice was 17çý a gal- lon; gasoline tank capacity was 200 40>md SAVEmmy o al Premium BUwad FulOni 4D DIOIL I TD 668m.3341 0F A g all o ns , ready to be i nstall1ed. An excavation 4 by 4 by 12 feet was re- quired haîf on the road and haif un- der the sidewalk. Mayor threatens arrest The two men employed the morn- ing to instail the tank, fittings and pump, started with pick and shovel toexcavate. TheWhitby Town Mayor appeared on the scene about 8:30 a. me.y in q uiring what the hole was to beused for. When the workers rep- l ied - "For the gas tak" the mayor answered them - "Bury ing a 200-gal - lon-tank fuli of gas on the main street! - i t1 s a menace to the safety of this c om muni ty. Stop digging or 1 shal1 order your arrest. "l O mi t t i n g detail1s of arguments, p r o and con between the mayor and mie r c h ant, aIl1 work of install1ation ceased. NEW ERA The Town Counci 1 met the fol 1low- i ng day to approve or di sapprove the pump installation. The Bowser engineer, present at t he me e ting, expl ained that every f e a t u re of the f Frst pump was f ui ly approved by fire and safety un der- wri ters. Then & now lt's an i n t e r e s t ing comparison between gasoline buried below sur- face in the Town of Whi tby, and the number of service stations in the town. 1 909 - One Bow ser "Red Sentry"l hand curb pump, 200-gallon tank. 1971 -52 service erage tank capacity g as oli ne, or total cess of 400, 000 gai stations wi th av- 8, 000 gallons of. gallonage in ex- Ions. GASOLINE SIGN ON THE NORTH WALL 0F THE MOINTYRE HARDWARE - FIRST STORE SOUTH 0F THE POST OFFICE. PICTURE HEREWITH YEAR 1909. I was really struck by the savings at the big furniture warehouse in Bay Ridges. Specializing inî EWFOUNDLAND 0 Sait Fish 0 Sait Meat e Herning and other products Friendly Service RICHARDS Grooery 220 GIBB-OSHAWA (corner Burk> 579-2182 TOWN 0F WHITY Tender for Whitby Municipal Complex The date for receipt for tenders for combined Architectural, Mechanical and Electrical Work, tobe received by the undersigned has been exten- ded to Thursday, October 28th, 19- 71 flot later than 2 p. m. Lowest or any tender not necessari ly accepted. Win. H. Wallace? A.MIBC.T., CIERK