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welland wills 1901-677
TOWN NEWS
[Welland Telegraph, 18 January 1901]
On Thursday Messrs. Beatty & Sons received a mammoth punch and shear for use in their shipyard in the building of the steel hull for the dredge Killarney. It weighs 18,000 lbs., and took the united efforts of 12 horses to haul it from the Grand Trunk station. It will be used in punching iron and steel plates, angles, and cutting bars.
The new iron bridge over the canal at the Air Line is erected and has been swung over the water. It will not however be entirely completed and turned over to the canal department until some further excavation is done at both ends. This may not be done until spring although if the soft weather continues it could be done now. The two ferries are still being used instead of the old float. The new bridge is a handsome structure and it is just the beginning of the style of bridges which will likely finally be built along the whole canal.
LOOK AFTER RUBBER TIRES NOW
[Welland Telegraph, 18 January 1901]
Where have you stored your wheel for the winter-and how! See that you do not allow the wheel to stand for months on the tires. Even Dunlop tires, made as they are of the very best material, will be injured by the continuous weight pressing down in one place, and perhaps freezing in that position.
Frost kills rubber when not in use. This is equally true of rubber carriage tires. If allowed to stand long under the heavy weight and pressure of the carriage, the resiliency and vitality of the rubber is lessened.
When not in use all rubber tires should be relieved of unnecessary weight. The Dunlop Company are getting out a simple device to apply to carriaged tires when not in use.
WELLAND NEWS
[Welland Telegraph, 10 July 1901]
A couple of young men in business on East Main street purchased a big row boat from a farmer on the Welland river, and the smaller partner spent several days painting the boat and fixing it up, preparatory to enjoying the evening breezes of July upon the water, but, somehow every time a new coat of paint was applied the farmer’s dirty muddy pigs would rub their backs against the the ribbed side of the boat, leaving it in a disgraceful condition. The boys are wild and cannot see the joke.
WELLAND NEWS
[Welland Telegraph, 10 July 1901]
A prominent undertaker expresses the following sentiments in a contemporary, which are very much to the point: “I wish a law could be passed prohibiting the barbaric custom of opening caskets in public at church funerals. It is a relic of dark ages and has no place in a civilized community. It jars on the sensibility of every tender chord, and it is something the churches and undertakers ought to combine and put a stop to. In nine-tenths of the cases it is merely a pandering to ghoulish curiosity. People who never spoke to the deceased in their lifetime parade around the church, gape at the form of our beloved one, then go out in the presence of death, not to talk of the good deeds done in their life, but to criticize the appearance of the poor clay that death has left for once at their mercy. Death is a sacred thing. If we are going on a long journey we do not make our adieus before a gaping crowd; we ought not to be expected to bid our dead a last good-bye while curiosity stands agape.”
CIRCULAR CONCRETE WALK
[Welland Telegraph, 19 July 1901]
A circular concrete walk is being put down in front of the new town hall, from the sidewalk to the wooden steps that lead up to the chamber of wisdom. Strange to relate it is positively announced that the August session of the town council will be held in the new building. The chandeliers and window shades are to be here next week. To those who are kicking over the delay in finishing the Welland town hall, we might mention the fact that 10 years were consumed in erecting a similar building for Toronto.
DAVID STALKER KENTUCKY BOUND
[Welland Telegraph, 18 January 1901]
Mr. David Stalker left this week for Chicago where he was called by the firm of contractors with which he is employed. On his arrival at Chicago he was immediately sent to Kentucky where he will be engaged on a contract.
JACOB CROW
[People's Press, 11 January 1901]
Jacob Crow, Esq., familiarly known in the Methodist church as Father Crow, spoke last Sabbath morning at the close of the sermon. He is a remarkable man for his years, being 90 years old on the 12th of August last. It is very seldom indeed that we meet any one who carries his years so easily and so well.
Mr. Crow has been a Methodist for many years and has witnessed the growth of his church from humble beginnings to its present strength. He knew of the first Methodist church erected in Toronto. It was a frame building about 40 feet square, and cost about $250. There are now 32 churches, valued at over one million dollars, with a membership of about 13,000, and nearly 17,000 teachers, officers and Sunday School scholars in the Sunday schools. The number of ministers and probationers in the Dominion is 2,032 with 284,902 members and 267,654 S.S. scholars.
The value of the churches alone is upwards of eleven million dollars. The yearly income of the missionary society for the Dominion is more than a quarter of a million dollars, and in less than two years since the inception of the 20th century fund movement nearly one million dollars has been raised for it. Those members who may not have been present on Sabbath morning will no doubt be encouraged by these facts and figures. Well might we say, “What hath God wrought!” Is it not also encouraging to the workers of other Christian churches to continue their good work. We have entered upon a New Year and a new century; let us have increased zeal so that when the Bridegroom cometh we may have our lamps trimmed and burning and oil in our vessels with our lamps.
Methodist Then and Now
[Welland Telegraph, 11 January 1901]
Mr. Jacob Crow, familiarly known in the Methodist church as Father Crow, spoke last Sabbath morning at the close of the sermon. He is a very remarkable man for his years, being 90 years old on the 12th of August last. It is very seldom indeed that we meet any one who carries his years so easily and so well. Mr. Crow has been a Methodist for many years and has seen the church of his choice and love grow from very humble beginnings to its present strength. He knew of the first Methodist church built in Toronto in 1818, a frame structure 40 feet square, costing about $250. At the present time there are in Toronto 32 Methodist churches, valued at over one million dollars, with a membership of about 13,000, and nearly 17,000 teachers, officers and scholars in the Sunday schools.
The number of ministers and probationers in the Dominion is 2,032, with a membership of 284,902, and 267, 654 S.S scholars.
The value of the churches alone, to say nothing of the parsonages and furniture, is upwards of 11 million.
The yearly income of the Missionary Society for the Dominion is now more than a quarter of a million dollars, and in less than 2 years since the inception of the 20th Century Fund movement nearly one million dollars has been raised for it. All this has been compassed within the life of Mr. Crow.
Those members who may not have been present on Sabbath morning will no doubt be encouraged by these facts and figures. Well might we say, “What hath God wrought!” Is it not also encouraging to the workers in connection with the other Christian churches. We have entered upon a New Year and a new century; let us have increased zeal so that when the Bridegroom cometh we may have our lamps trimmed and burning and oil in our vessels.
Mr. Jacob Crow, Welland’s oldest man..
[People’s Press, 3 January 1901]
Mr. Jacob Crow, Welland’s oldest man, we believe, gave a very interesting address in the Methodist church last Sunday morn. Mr. Crow is in his 92nd year, and with the exception of a partial loss of hearing is in remarkably full possession of his senses and capabilities and has practically been a life-long Methodist in religion. Reformer in politics and an abstainer from tobacco and intoxicants-perhaps that accounts for it. Mr. Crow’s address was lastly reminiscent and remarkably interesting. His observations extended into the days when there were but few Methodist ministers between here and old Niagara-“circuit riders,” when instrumental music in a Methodist church would have been considered a startling innovation. But Mr. Crow, though an old man, is not an old fogy. He has kept up with the times, and the modern choir, the hymns and all the conveniences and accessories of a well-appointed modern church meet with his cordial approval and support. Mr. Crow closed his remarks with some valuable practical advice to old and young. May he yet long live to mingle and worship with his friends is the wish of all.
Mr. Jacob Crow is in his 91st year, not his 92nd as published in error last issue.
[Welland Tribune, 11 January 1901]