[Welland Tribune February 19, 1940]
Operations On Robin Hood Plant Held Up By Weather Conditions
The heavy rain and snow of yesterday and today caused suspension of work on construction of the new R
obin Hood Flour Mills Ltd. 2,000,000 bushel grain elevator and 4,000 bag per day flour mill at Ramey’s Bend.
Lorne Sandberg, superintendent for Carter-Halls-Aldinger Co. Ltd., contractors, reported that conditions were such this morning that work could not be resumed after the weekend lay-off. Materials were being unloaded today.
At the end of the week, said Mr. Sandberg, the basement forms had been almost completed for the mill and warehouse. About 150 men employed on the work were idle as weather interrupted the construction.
[Welland Tribune February 16, 1940]
Construction Employe Goes to Hospital Suffering from Head Injuries
George Arnold, RR No. 1, Humberstone, an employe of Carter-Hallis Aldinger Co. Ltd, contractors for the new Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd. Grain elevator and mill, suffered head injuries about 9.40 a.m. today while working on the construction, which sent him to Welland County General hospital.
Arnold suffered a cut scalp and concussion and his condition was reported at the hospital to be serious but not critical. Dr.Phyllis Black who was called to attend the injured man, said that he would be kept in the hospital for a day or two for observation. He was taken to hospital in the Dell and Merton ambulance.
Details of the accident could not be secured today, but it is reported that he was struck on the head by some falling object.
[Welland Tribune February 5, 1940]
150 Men Employed and This will be Doubled at Peak of Construction
Build Road
Workmen of the Carter-Halls-Aldinger Co. began pouring the concrete for the footings of the new 2,000,000 bushel grain elevator and 4,000 bag per day flour mill of Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd., at Ramey’s Bend this morning. Lorne Sandberg, superintendent for the construction company announced today.
The concrete is hoisted in buckets from the huge stationary mixer up the 265 foot tower and poured at whatever level is needed. The top of the hoist tower is now at the 225 foot level but will rise another 40 feet before the work is completed.
About 150 men were employed on the construction this morning, Mr. Sandberg reported, and this number would be more than doubled shortly as the construction swung into the peak. Of the men employed the large majority were local men and this policy would be continued throughout construction, he said.
The roadway into the site north of Humberstone village on the west side of the canal from Omer avenue, is complete except for the installation of one culvert. The N.S. and T. Main spur into the site is complete and in use but the three spurs on the site off off this main spur are yet to be constructed.
[Welland Tribune January 15, 1940]
100 Men Laid off as One Unit Maple Leaf Plant Shut Down
About a hundred men were laid off by the Maple Leaf Milling Co., Ltd. At Port Colborne on Saturday as the mill resumed operation on one of the 6,000 barrel units this morning after a shut down of both units for a week. The company had been operating both units since the plant was speeded up to wartime production peak in October. About 425 are still employed in the mill, feed plant and bag company, according to Manager W.H. Cowan.
Mr. Cowan informed The Tribune this morning that the men laid off were men employed in October when the second unit was put into operation, bringing production up to the full capacity of the mill 12,000 barrels of flour per day. They had been told at the time, he said, that their work would last only as long as both units were operated.
The reason, said Mr. Cowan, was that sufficient orders could not be got through to warrant operation of both units. The second unit would remain idle, hr said, until such time as conditions adjusted themselves.
[Welland Tribune January 3, 1940]
Progress being made on excavation work for mill and elevator.
With the return of Lorne Sandberg, superintendent in charge of construction for Carter-Halls-Aldinger Co. Ltd. tomorrow from a Christmas vacation in Winnipeg, increased activity is expected at the site of the new Robin Hood Milling Co. Mill and elevator at Ramey’s Bend. Some 150 lined up early yesterday seeking employment while there was a steady list of applicants during the day.
Excavation work is continuing and work is in progress on a roadway into the site on the west side of the canal at the Humberstone village line from Omer avenue. The construction of wooden forms for the concrete has not started as yet and the N.S. and T.spur into the site of the 2,000,000 bushel elevator and 4,000 bag mill is not yet complete.
It is expected that a large construction crew will be employed within the next two weeks as work gets under way following the excavation.
FIFTY MEN ON CONSTRUCTION
[Welland Tribune January 8, 1940]
Railway siding to site will be completed in few days.
Preliminary work on the construction of the new Robin Hood mill and elevator at Ramey’s Bend in Humberstone township is being held up for a few days because of the fact that the N.S, and T. Siding into the sitte on the west side of the canal at the Humberstone village line is not complete. The siding will not be completed until the middle of this week, according to Lorne Sandberg, superintendent in charge of construction for Carter-Halls-Aldinger Co. Ltd., contractors.
At present some 50 men are employed along with 12 trucks in excavation work which continues 24 hours a day in three eight-hour shifts. With the completion of the siding this week, said Mr. Sandberg, more men would be employed.
The lumber for forms would not arrive until next week, said the superintendent, but four car loads of heavy machinery, now on a siding in Port Colborne, would be moved into the site this week with completion of the company’s siding. A fifth carload would arrive thus week, he said.
[The Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 20 May 1940]
Must Have Lights
Boys on bicycles violating traffic laws will be prosecuted, Chief of Police, Earl Stauth of Crowland
warned today. The chief stated that boys who disregarded safety rules were not only becoming a nuisance but that they were endangering their own lives, and the lives of others, and that the situation would have to be remedied. Amongst violations that will be checked the chief advised would be driving at night without lights, riding double and riding on sidewalks.
Faced the Storm
Those tulips that Caretaker Jim Barrett grows to beautify Welland police station can certainly take it. Last night during what was described by the weatherman, City Engineer C.L. Coulson, as a 50-mile wind which put power lines here and there out of commission and tore away awnings, merely made the the tulip plants carry out a bending exercise. This morning they were as spry as ever, and their blooms were at their best.
Rural Mail Carriers
Attending in strength a recent meeting of the Rural Mail Carriers’ Association of Welland county those who participated at the home of the president, Harry Elliot at Fenwick, carried out routine business. Afterwards the ladies served refreshments, and a social hour was enjoyed.
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