[Welland Tribune, 18 January 1895]
After this week, Mrs. R. Smith’s business will be located in the Mathews block, next door to Mr. Peter Gibbons’ hardware store. The change is certainly a wise business move, as the “old” New York store is too far removed from the business centre to be convenient. In opening the new business home on the east side, Mrs. Smith intends to at once make it in every way a first-class grocery house. The finest and choicest of goods will always be kept, and orders promptly filled to the very letter. A stock of staple dry goods will also be carried, so that farmers and others can supply most of their wants under one roof. On and after Monday next Mrs. R. Smith will be “at home” in the Mathews block, and she hopes to gain many new customers by the change, as well as retain her many former patrons. Business will not be interrupted during the removal.
[Welland Tribune, 11 January 1895]
A spirited pair of horses belonging to Thomas Jewell, Crowland, ran away on Division street on Saturday last. Mr. Jewell, who was in the sleigh at the time, was thrown out and severely, but not dangerously, cut about the head. He was carried into Mr. Holder’s residence, where his injuries received attention, when he was taken to his home, to which he was confined for some days by reason of his injuries. The horses continued east along Division st. with one pair of bobs attached. The replanking of the canal bridge had just been completed and the bar taken from across the entrance to it when the runaway team came thundering along and were the first to cross after the re-opening. The men at work on the bridge saw the runaways coming and got out of the way , but they had a good object lesson of the danger, to which the public, and especially children, are exposed by being forced to use the horse road to the cross the canal here-an outrage which government persists on forcing upon the people of this town and vicinity. The team fortunately were not injured, but they were the only part of the rig that escaped without damage.
Commended By Practical Engineers
[Welland Tribune, 22 March 1895]
Mr. E.A.C. Pew’s proposition to furnish power for Hamilton and other points west, by way of Niagara and Welland rivers, with a cutting to the river Jordan, is meeting with the hearty recommendation of experienced, practical men; men who know just what they are talking about. Mr. H.C. Symmes of Niagara Falls South was in Toronto last week, and looked carefully into Mr. Pew’s plans. Mr. Symmes, we might say in advance, was not favorably impressed with Mr. Pew’s enterprise. After minutely examining the whole scheme, however, and verifying the figures produced, Mr. Symmes was compelled to admit that it was one of the finest and most feasible power schemes in Canada today.
Briefly the plan is to run the water of the Welland river west instead of east, and that is not as stiff a problem as some might think. Measurement taken on the ice shows a drop of about only two inches for the entire distance proposal to be used-almost a dead level.
The river Jordan is to be the “tail-race” of the power canal, and on its banks the power house is to be erected. The cutting from the Welland to the Jordan river is only a little over six miles in length, and at its deepest part the excavation is only twenty-seven and one-half feet. This will cost, it is estimated, less than half a million dollars, and will bring the power house twenty odd miles nearer Hamilton than the power furnished at Niagara Falls. This is an invaluable advantage. It will also form a very central station for the generation of power to operate an electric railway between Hamilton and Niagara Falls. The water supply is as boundless as Lake Erie and its feeders-the water passing from the lake into Niagara river, along Welland river to a point beyond Wellandport, and through the cutting to Jordan river, where the power house will be situated.
If the enterprise is carried out, and such a promising scheme surely will, it will be a grand thing for the towns on the Welland river, as the latter will be converted from a body of sluggish muddy water into a fresh and beautiful stream of Lake Erie water.
The city of Hamilton will, no doubt, receive the greatest benefit from the new power scheme, as it is estimated that power can be furnished at the ambitious city at $10 per horse power and still leave a handsome dividend on the money invested in the power canal.
Mr. Pew has many good solid men with him in this latest venture, and those best informed say that his company have struck it rich.
Wellanders hope that Mr. Pew’s brightest dreams may be realized.
Beatty & Sons Machine Shop Booming
[Welland Tribune, 22 March 1895]
After a long season of depression, greatly prolonged by the high tariff, Beatty & Sons’ shops are rushed with orders for contractors’ plant.
The firm’s splendid equipment, long experience, and reputation for turning out the finest work in the Dominion must always command a share of work if there is any in the country. But during these years of high protection there has been but little work for machinists, and like all others, our town shops have languished.
The last few weeks, however, Messrs. Beatty & Sons have been successful in closing two or three good solid contracts. The first two-a submarine drill outfit and a dredge-have been mentioned in our columns.
On Saturday last the firm closed for a steam shovel to be constructed for the Messrs. O’Leary Bros. of Ottawa. The shovel is to be used on section 3 of the Solanges canal, and is to be finished by June 1st.
In order to rush these orders the Messrs. Beatty have between thirty and forty men at work, and will increase the staff still further. The force will also be worked over-time in order to turn out the machines as quickly as possible.
Welland looks upon the renewal of business at the Beatty works with great satisfaction. With a wider market to cater to, this enterprising firm might build up a business in our town in extent second to none on the continent. As to the quality of its output, it already ranks unexcelled.
[Welland Tribune, 29 March 1895]
Contractor Geo. A. Ellsworth has received instructions from the executors of the Gibson estate to proceed at once with the work of remodeling the above house, and already a staff of men are at work under his direction. Ornamental hardware floors will be laid throughout, every room freshly papered and decorated, and bathrooms, closets, and other modern conveniences introduced, including hot air heating for the entire building. The bar-room will be moved to the west end and a handsome office and sitting room, with plate glass fronts, constructed in connection. Ample rooms will be fitted up for commercial men, and the house put into first class shape from cellar to garret. Landlord Nelson Pitton, the present lessee, is already on hand and under his able management we predict that the Frazer house will soon again regain the old time popularity with the travelling public. Mr. Pitton is an experienced hotel keeper, having catered to the public at Paris, Ont., and Grand Rapids, Mich. The remodeled hotel will be fittingly named “The Arlington.”
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