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[Welland Tribune, 24 November 1876]
Mr. E.R. Hellems has resigned his position as teacher of the public school on account of his having engaged in other business. It speaks well for Mr. H. that he has held the position he now voluntarily resigns for the past eight consecutive years. Altogether he has been engaged in the profession of teaching for upwards of 25 years.
[Welland Tribune, 11 January 1895]
There have been many happy gatherings during the past few weeks in our town, but the supper given by retiring Mayor Burgar on Wednesday night was one of the most pleasant reunions of the season. As a matter of form, the councillors met in the town hall, as per adjournment, and the minutes of last meeting read and adopted.
The mayor said that the M.C.R. authorities had offered to deliver one hundred loads of gravel at the station here at the cost of loading, viz: $3 per car-to be used on Muir street. After some discussion favorable to the acceptance of the offer, it was laid over for the incoming council to deal with….At 9.15, by invitation of the mayor, the members repaired to Mr. Henry Gibson’s restaurant and partook of a bountiful supper, of which oysters were the ‘corner stone.” Toasts and speeches followed, in which Mayor Burgar’s administration of public affairs was referred to in the most flattering but well merited terms. Mr. Burgar made a splendid speech in reply to the toast, and as the midnight hour drew near, the company dispersed-sorry to part, but hoping to meet again under similar pleasant circumstances.
[Welland Tribune, 15 March 1895]
Extensive improvements have been made in the telephone service here. All the long distance lines have been changed to metallic circuits, making it possible to talk long distances clearly and distinctly-as easy to talk several hundred miles as a few; doing away with all noises on the line. A sound-proof cabinet for use of the public has also been put in, making it completely private, so that you can converse with others without being heard or annoyed by noises while talking, making it as complete as any city office-which will prove a great convenience.
[Welland Tribune, 15 March 1895]
A deputation from Welland town council, consisting of Mayor Glasgow, Reeve Taylor and Councillors Dawdy, Best and Ross, in connection with Mr. Connolly, assistant road master of the M.C.R.R., visited Stamford gravel pits on Wednesday to inspect the gravel which the railway company propose to deliver at a reduced rate to gravel the street leading to their station. The deputation thought the gravel very suitable, and will report to council and submit samples, also a more exact statement as to the terms upon which the railway company propose to deliver the gravel, as to which information has been requested.
[Welland Telegraph, 19 January 1912]
Those who are so unfortunate as to have time the length of their slumbers by the ringing of the six o’clock bell every morning had a full hour cruelly loped off that period on Friday morning and those who did not notice the mistake until after they had arrived at their respective occupations, either gave the boss an extra hour or stood in the cold voicing their wrath on the man who made the mistake of ringing the city bell just one hour before the proper time. One of the police officers made a mistake of an hour on this particular morning when he looked at his watch and the big “alarm clock” was just sixty minutes ahead of time in performing its duty.
[Welland Telegraph, 12 January 1912]
Welland now has nine churches. The ninth is the Church of God which is opening in the Willson block on Division Street. Rev. Mr. Williams is the pastor. The first services will be held on Sunday evening at 7.30. The churches which are here now are-Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Lutheran, Baptist, Catholic, Free Methodist, Salvation Army and Church of God.
Phin’s New Dredge, “The Chief.”
[Telegraph, 10 July 1903]
The big new dredge, “The Chief” which is being built for Messrs. Phin & Co., in the lock-pit here, will be finished and ready for work next week. The carpentry work which has been going on simultaneously with the placing of the machinery is about finished as is also the decorating. The hull of “the Chief” was built of heavy oak timbers at Port Robinson and the machinery by Messrs. Beatty at their iron works here. It is a fine big wooden dredge and it is most complete in its equipment. It has a large steel crane, a three yard dipper, a powerful operating engine and an extra large boiler made at Polson iron works. Every modern attachment about the dredge is strong and calculated to give the most economical results. It is expected that the machine will do excellent work and break some records for its kind. The dredge is in charge of Mr. Arthur Forster a skilled dredgeman. He has superintended the placing of the machinery and will have charge of her when she goes to work in the canal on Messrs. Phin & Co’s contract. Mr. Perry superintended the construction of the hull. Besides the mechanical part of this machine there is the living department and this is one of the good points about “The Chief.” On the lower deck there is a kitchen, pantry, dining room, sleeping apartments for the cook, and double lavatory and wash room. These are all moderately and most conveniently equipped. Every foot of space is used advantageously and there is hot and cold water service all through. On the upper deck there are the rooms, eight bed rooms, the captain’s office and a sitting room. The rooms are all well lighted with cased in drop windows. Altogether it is a fine dredge and it will doubtless be a pride to the builders and to Mr. Forster and his crew.
[Welland Telegraph, 12 January 1912]
Every city has slums. Nor are some of the smaller places to be out done in this respect. For a town the size of Welland to have a section in which the people are crowded into houses almost like cattle, however, would seem almost beyond belief, but it is nevertheless a fact.
Several reporters accompanied one of the local police officers through two foreign boarding houses in search of a man wanted for stabbing on Thursday night.
The conditions in these two houses were surprising. In several of the small rooms at least three or four beds with two men in each were found. The bed-clothing was dirty, and the rooms close and filled with the smell of tobacco smoke and of filth. Some of the occupants, from appearances, had not used soap and water, or had their clothing changed in at least a year.
One of the boarding houses consisted of nothing but bedrooms with the exception of one room which was reserved for cooking and eating. The smell outside of the house was equally as bad as inside and the interior walls were covered with filth.
There should be a regulation prohibiting such a large number of people from sleeping in one room and the effect on the health of the inmates cannot help but be disastrous, weakening their vitality.
One sad feature was that in one of the houses a bright-eyed little girl was numbered among the occupants. In time the environments to which she is subjected would have anything but the desired effect while proper surroundings would help to make her a better Canadian woman.
Either the Board of Health or Council might well investigate.
[Welland Telegraph, 14 December 1871]
Mr. E. H. Steggal, of the “Toronto Tea Store” in this town, announces elsewhere that his supply of holiday cheer and his general stock of groceries are now complete. The intending purchaser may safely furnish forth his magazine of good things at the “Toronto Tea Store.” Read the mammoth advertisement.
[Welland Telegraph, 10 July 1903]
Mr. D.B. White, who has for past two years been in Welland with the law firm of Gross & White, is expected to locate an office in Niagara Falls, Ont. That little town is to be amalgamated with the larger town, and the two made a city in January next. Mr. White will have a good field for his abilities, and as he is a clever and popular young man, he should succeed in Niagara Falls South as he has succeeded here. The larger town will give him greater scope, and his Welland friends wish him prosperity.