A FEW PITHY FACTS ABOUT WELLAND

[Welland Telegraph, 24 May 1912]

              Welland’s population, including the immediate outskirts, is nearly 7000.

             Welland has more live boosters in proportion than any city in Canada.

             Welland has the record of being the fastest growing town in Ontario.

             During the past five years Welland has secured an industry every ninety days.

             There is no town that is better advertised in Canada or the United States.

             Welland has the reputation as a live business centre and has become known all over America.

             Welland’s advantages are many. Cheap electricity and cheap gas are among the features of power. In shipping there are seven railroads and the Welland Canal.

             The New York Central, the Wabash M.C.R., T.H. & B., C.P.R., Pere Marquette, Grand Trunk, N.S. & T. are the railroads that serve Welland. There is no better combination in Canada.

             Welland is the most easily accessible to all the larger cities because of its unequelled railway facilities.

             A train may be secured every few  hours for Toronto, Rochester, Buffalo or Pittsburg. Several fast trains running between New York and Chicago pass through the town daily.

             The Board of Trade of Welland has a proportionately larger membership than any other Board of Trade in Ontario.

             In six years Welland has grown from a population of 1800 to 6000.

             Welland has an up-to-date street car service with modern street cars.

             About three miles of Welland’s main streets are now being paved at a cost of $130,000.

             Welland is located on the Welland canal, the most important Canadian canal.

             Welland has a modern new waterworks system which cost $75,000. The town’s water supply will be from the Welland canal.

             Welland has a large hospital which is in charge of capable nurses.

             There are five of the largest Canadian banks here: the Royal, the Imperial, the Toronto, the Nova Scotia and the Dominion.

             In 1911, the men employed in Welland factories was 2098. The annual pay sheet of all the factories was $1, 169,422. The value of products shipped from all factories was $5,847,459.

             Welland has a Business and Professional Men’s Club with a large bowling green adjacent.

             Welland is taking fast strides toward municipal ownership.

             The John Deere Manufacturing Co. will erect a million dollar plant here.

             Welland has the liveliest publicity commissioner of any town or city in Canada.

             The customs receipts for the year were $180,825.

             Welland has a central energy telephone system.

             Welland has plenty of sporting organizations. Baseball and football are played in the summer and hockey in the winter. There is plenty of water here for rowing, canoeing and boating, also.

             There are three public schools here, the High school and a Business College.

             The churches in Welland are the Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Lutheran Disciple, Free Methodist and the Salvation Army.

             The county buildings of the county of Welland are located here.

             Welland is adjacent to Fort Erie at Port Colborne and to Crystal beach, Canada’s biggest summer resort.

             The products of Welland’s factories are-bed, rope, twine, drop forgings, electric signs, dredges, scows, engines, stoves, fence posts and tubes, gas and water pipes.

             Men of nation-wide reputation such as Hon. Richard Harcourt and W.M. German, M.P.P., reside here.

             Welland’s assessment is $3,498,297.