[Welland Tribune, 14 September 1911]
The above is a photo taken on Monday of the commencement of the construction on Welland street railway. The start was made at the M.C.R. end on Muir street.
This may also be the end as work was stopped Tuesday morning by the town officials until the town council dealt with the bond required by the franchise by-law.
Report of the action taken in this matter at last night’s council meeting appears in this paper. The bond offered by the company was turned down.
When seen by the Tribune representative this morning, C.J. Laughlin, jr., said:
“We will do nothing more towards building the road. We have already spent $12,000 on the preliminary work and the town should give us a bonus other than ask us to put up $10,000. We will put the roadway back in its former condition again and that ends it.
It is thought by some that a compromise may yet be effected so that the railway will be built, but at present there is nothing of this kind in sight.
Welland wants the railway. The location of the Deere plant here depends on its construction. The general opinion is that if the company are willing to risk the large outlay for the construction of the road, the town could well afford to take some risk for the construction.
[Welland Telegraph, 25 December 1911]
Laughlin Realty Limited have the following for sale: Five old barn buildings and one house, all in fair condition. Call at our office for particulars and make your cash offer. Purchaser to remove buildings from the property. The house is on Cafferty farm, also one barn. The other barns are on the Price farm (Parkway Heights), and Sauer’s farm (Industrial Park). Look them over. Act promptly if you desire to secure any or all of these buildings. -Laughlin Realty Limited, phone 248, P.O. Box 184, Weller Block, Muir Street.
[Welland Telegraph, 25 December 1911]
We are making a final showing of Christmas goods and if you have not selected your gifts do so before they are all picked over.
See our hand hammered brass jardineres, fern pots, etc. Try us for carving sets, spoons and all kinds of cutlery.
The R. Morwood Co.,
West Main Street
S.P. Gourlay Will Let Contract For New Building
[Welland Telegraph, 14 November 1911]
S.P. Gourlay will let the contract in a few days for the erection of a two storey brick block with basement on Cross Street. The building will erected at once.
Mr. Gourlay has had plans prepared and is now calling for tenants. The building will be located on the east side of Cross Street and will contain two large stores and flats in the second storey. The cost of the building will likely be about six or seven thousand dollars.
[Welland Telegraph, 14 November 1911]
The Dexter House, the largest hotel in Welland, was sold on Friday by S. Beattie to J. Cooper, a Hamilton hotel man. Mr. Cooper takes possession on the 25th of this month.
The price was not made public, but it is said to be in the neighborhood of $30,000. Mr. Cooper owns a large hotel in Hamilton and is experienced in the business.
A large programme of alterations and additions will be commenced early next spring. Several of the present buildings in the rear will torn down and a large addition erected. The interior will be renovated and improved and a large amount of money spent on other alterations. A handsome and modern front will be installed and a steam heating system put in the entire building.
Agricultural Society Directors meet Tomorrow with S.L. Lambert
[Welland Telegraph, 24 October 1911]
For the purpose of considering the proposition of erecting a rink on the agricultural grounds made by S.L. Lambert some time ago, a meeting of the agricultural society will be held in the Court House tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Lambert proposes to build a regulation skating rink on the site of the present hall. This would be used for skating in the winter and as an exhibit hall for the society in the fall season when the annual show is being held.
A.J.J. Brennan and James Nixon acquire valuable Real Estate
[Welland Telegraph, 24 October 1911]
An important real estate deal occurred on Friday when the Cowper property on the corner of Muir and Young Streets was purchased by A.J.J. Brennan and James Nixon.
This property is one of the most valuable in Welland and will be held as a speculation by the owners.
Horn is Eight Feet Long and Weighs 250 lb.-Tooth the size of a Man’s Head-Owner has been offered Flattering sums for his find. Photo of the mysterious and as yet unclassified horn of a prehistoric animal.
[Welland Telegraph, 24 October 1911]
Buried four feet under the surface of the earth on the farm of Harry Smith in Wainfleet township a peculiar horn of immense size was found over a month ago.
Since that time experts from all parts of Canada and the United States have visited the strange find, but have been unable to give it a name. All state that in no museum in the world have they been able to find any trace of any other animal which inhabited this earth which in the least resembles the bones of the one found on his farm in Welland county.
When it inhabited this country and what sort of an animal it was will likely remain a mystery. Judging from the size of the horn it must have been of an immense size unequalled by any living animal today.
The horn found must not be confused with an ordinary tusk for it is not such. Tusks of this size are common.
How long it has lain under the earth is not known but it must have been a long time because of the depth it had sunken into the clay.
Along with the horn was found a quantity of other bones, but these were badly decayed.
One of the teeth found is shown in this picture. It weighs over six pounds.
The horn, now a mere shell, weighs over 250 pounds. The head of the animal to carry a weight like this must have been some size.
Mr. Smith was excavating for a pond when he made the find which stirred interest in the leading scientists of America.
It is seldom that evidence of early life in this part of the country is brought to light. Consequently Mr. Smith is very proud of his treasure and has refused flattering offers for it. History does not record an animal having a horn of this size. However the photo speaks for itself.
The remarkable feature of it all is that the horn is still in such a good state of preservation. All the bones were decayed but they were the same size in proportion as the horns.
Experts who saw the horn declare that they had never seen anything nearly so large and that they knew of no name for it.
The horn is of a bony composition and tapers gradually to a point. It is eight feet in length and twenty-six inches in circumference at the large end.
A number of rings, similar to those on an ordinary cow horn, circle the horn at the large end.
*Note: Mastodont skeleton, Mammut americanum donated to ROM in 1919.
[Welland Telegraph, 14 February 1911]
The Whalley House will be moved from its present site on Main Street this week. The building will be taken down East Main Street to Burgar Street, where it will be converted into a tenement house. Mr. Goodwin stated on Friday that he did not anticipate any difficulty in moving the building. He believed that it would not take more than two days. Part of the old Hotel has been moved to the rear of where the new building will stand.
Welland’s Oldest Hostelry Being Removed
[Welland Telegraph, 3 February 1911]
The removing of the Whalley House from East Main Street this week removes one of the landmarks of early Welland.
This hotel is one on the oldest, if not the oldest, in the city. It is believed to have stood on the present site for nearly sixty years.
In the early days it was known as the City Hotel, and was at that time the leading hotel in Welland. The building was erected when the Welland of today was little thought of. At that time the town was but a sleepy, muddy little village. The City Hotel has seen this town grow from one of the poorest towns in the Province to the best.
The building is to be replaced by a modern three-storey store.
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