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Calves and houses saved trom tire, but about 1,600 cords of wood Iost in blaze 'lime Capsules 'are gems of information extracted from past issues of The Champion and other publications in order ta provide a window into Milton 's past. Explanatory comment is sometimes pro- vided ta place the situation in context. April 1905 Yeaterday about 2 p.m. lire broke out in tise wood piles acroas tise C.PR. tracks froru tise works of tise Toronto Pressed Brick & Terra Co. twa miles weat of Milton. Tisere was about 1,600 corda of wood in tise lot, tise wind was blowing a gale and practically notising could be done ta save tise wood, nearly ail of which was consumed. It is said tisat tise loas on tise wood waa about $3,000. Two houses near tise woad were in great danger and were aaved by splendid work by tise lire figisters, two of wisom stood on tise roofs in terrilic heat until the danger was paat. Their faces, banda, arma and clotising were acorcised. Tise contenta uf botis isouses were taken out. Tise gale veered froru aime ta time froru tise west ta sousis-weaa and back again. About 700 yards ta tise nortis-east, in tise village of Peru, ataad two bains on Ezra Hilî's farru, of wisicis Wm. Wheeler is a tenant. A wagon loaded witis straw stood between tisem. Tise atraw caugist froru a spark carried by tise wind and tise bains took fire almoat iminediately. Tisey and tiseir contents. seed grain, isay, with tise wagon, a crearu sepa- rator etc. were all destroyed. Four or five calves were in one of tise buildings and were got out witis great difflculty, their res- cuers being nearly caught tiserselves. Wisile the barna were bumning, other Peru buildings isad many narrow escapes. Roaf after roof toak lire, time after time. They were saved by tise good work of a large bucket brigade compased of tise villagers, men from tise twa terra cossa worka and liremen sent fraru Milton by Mayor Higginbotsan. Tise burning cinders blew far beyand the village and a big blaze start ed in a stump fence ta tise narth-east, but was soan attended ta and put out. Lt is said that damages will be claimed from tise Canadian Pacific Railway Ca. Mrs. Mary McC. is suing ber busband, Neil and bis fatiser, Robert McC., for $200 damages for alleged detention of iser per- sonal gaad and chattels. Chas. Nomrs and family, wha have lived The Canadian Champion, Fniday, April 1, 2005-7 OU1110 R R W R R -Recent Fourth LUne closure causîng many milton 40 1118> traffîc problems in the surroundîng areas Capusules on the Colling farm, adjoining the town, for the past seven years, removed on Tuesday last to lot 9, town le, Trafagar, which property Mr. Nomrs purchased late- ly. Several of his neighbors kindly tumed out with tiseir teama and assisted hiru in mavmng. Though the Halton Agricultural Society will flot have a spring exhibition this year, a grand horse parade will be held at the Fair Grounds on Thursday comnlencing at 2 pru. Tise horses will parade in the fol- lowing order: Heavy Draught, Percheron, Carriage, Road, Thoroughbred and Hackney. It is expected that there will be a large attendance of farmers and others interested in tise isreeding of good stock. 'Alvin Joslin.' the rural comedy that will be presented attse Town Hall on Saturday evening, April 8tis tells a romantic story of love, heroism, villainy and devotion in a grapisic manner. As a draina of rural life it is claased witis 'Tise Old Homnestead' and 'Shore Acres' and is justly entitled to this distinction. Tise band and orchestra which is carried by tise company consista of twelve solo musiciana and is said to be one of tise fineat banda travelling witb any tise- atrical organization. Under certain by-laws of tise town of Milton, tise firat of wisich waa pasaed in 1889, tise erection of wooden buildings is forbidden witisin certain limita defined, unleas covered with sheet iron and after special permission from tise town counicil. The counicil seems ta have exercised little if any discretion. There is now more flr trapa within the so-called ftre limita tisan tisere were before 1889. Robt. Agnew of Nelson and Alex McEachem and Alex. McQuaig, of Milton left for the wesa on Tuesday. Titis material is assembled on behai of the Milton Historical Society by Jim Du/ls, w/w can be reached atjdils@&idirect.com. (The following letter was addressed ta the Town of Milton's Department of Engineering Services, and a copy wasfiled with The Champion.) Dear Editor: l'mn sure that by now tise Region of Halton and Town of Milton bas received a number of e-mails, let- tera, phone calîs and faxes bots for and againat the recent clasure of Faurts Line. Being a new recipient of tise local newspaper. and isaving camne ta aisis matter on tise back end of plan- ning, 1 can't belpi but write ta tise Town -and Tise Champion -ta express my cancemai over tise cIa- sure. 1 understand tise ares residents' conceru about being promised by tise home builder that Fourts Line would be closed, tisus reducing tise risk of traflic safety issues in tbis residential ares. Hawever. I wander whetiser otiser options ta contrai traffic could have been implemented before sisis main accesa road was cloaed. Sbortly befare tise closure 1 saw tisat tise speed lirait isad been reduced. But wbat about inatalling a stop sign midway dawn froru tise track? That would surely contraI tise speed of trafflc in tise area. Or wbat about apeed bumpa? Or wisat about indented curba partially inta tise road. tis narrowing it sligbtly and cauaing traffic ta slow down. And did anyone tbink about inatalling a set of traflic lighta at Petition against development simply appalling Dear Editor: 1 was completely appalled ta learn abat twa people would stant a petitian againsa an apartmnent and tawn- bouse develapruent an thse lands at Fourtis Line and Denry Road. In my opinion, tis NJMABY (Nos In My Backyard) attitude is not anly cauniterproducaive, but quise naave. We bave ta expect abat as Milton continues ta graw, buildings sucis as these are going ta go up. Moreover, signa annauncing tis ares as a future site of develapruent bave been pasted for quise sorte time, 50 pleading ignorance - I bebieve - ta juat plain tdi- otic. I wonder wisat langtiine Miltamans think of tis atti- tude. It seema ta me abat we bave twa chaîces - accepa it or lind anotiser place ta live. Joey Henry Hawthorne Village E-mail your Ittfers ta the oditr to nitneC aoarch. com. A Reminder ~.Good things corne in "131 'Mis M00 MazdaGX Inycludês: APoworu 2X4 Cyl Engin. Finance From' V MOniatiTrmnsmis*ln il 15"Wheels V. Convenienc Package V Air Condition V 6040 Rear Seats V Stofting Wheel Audio Contirol Y' Engin Immllnfe V AMRFMCoSIvu 317 Iffa Sit, jet§§ V 4WhW DiscBISII -.j àh d àk àà 24 ** .1.s .un I Derry Road and Fourts Line ratiser than clasing it campletely - ta reduce tise risk of accidents at tisat intersection? Surely tise coat of inatalling a stop aign part way down Fourts Line and one set of traflic ligis at Derry Road and Faurts Line wauld be lesa tisan tise coat of tise two prapaaed sets of traffic ligsas an Tisorpson Raad. I'm sure yau have heard al] of tise recent grumblinga, questianing tise move ta close Faurth Line witisaut an appropriate alternative route in tisis area. As it stands now, Derry Road is crumbling below aur tires and tise expansion of James Snow Parkway -as a tbrougb atreet around tise reaidential subdivision - bas yea ta be campleted. Furtisermore, tise proposed addi- tional traffic ligis on Tisorpsan Road aren't yet in place, causing traffic chasos an Tisorpsan and sur- rounding residential streets. wits people trying ta find any way around tise situation. And wisat about ail tise traffic naw being diverted soutis onto Thorupson Road and then est along Derry Road witbaut benefit of an advanced signal at tisis inter- section? Docan't that pase a risk as well, juat like not isaving a trafflc ligbt attse previaus intersection of Derty Road and Fourts Line? linu sure tise Region and Town have been ruade well aware of ail tisese issues, as well as otisers. But I wander wisetber anyone bas raised wisat I consider ta be an even bigger concerui. Wbile iseading east along Derty Road ta tie new videa store recent- ly -in tise middle of a small flur- ry of snaw aqualla -I almoat gat into a bead-on collision. You sec, tisose risky drivers - wbo are like- ly tise samne anes wbo chanced tumning out onto a buay Derry Road, who are likely tise samne anes wiso cauaed ail of tisase tragic acci- dents on Fourts Line and Derry Road - are still there, and still as dangeraus. la seema as tisougs tise centre median tise Town installed isn't detemrng people from tuming west froru nortbbound Fourts Line and puning tiserselves and otsers at riak. I've witnessed two similar sit- uations since tisen. As a resident in tisis growing area, I would bave expected abat a litale more tisaugsa would go into appeasing tise residents of Fourts Line. wisile also taking inta conaid- eration otiser ensuing trafflc con- cerns and potentially dangeraus driving conditions in this area. I tisink it's unfartunate abat a rancis larger population tisan abose living on tise affected area of Fourts Line are now being put at risk by tis clasure. 1 bape tise Region and Town will reconsider tis closure - eitiser tempararily or permanently - and address the asiser traflic issues in tis ares. Sherri Marshall Mlton