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PAGE TWO ®, _# 0. ’. # # Â¥# + # # # w# w# # # ww Â¥# t# w # w# # # ww #. * .. .0 ## ® #@ .“‘ #* * *# ww ## w* # # ® # ## e Jn ww # _ ® La L # Rudolphâ€" McChesney May this Christmas be One of Happiness and Hope and may the New Year be a Better Year than any that have gone before Lumber Co. Ltd. t :t :t ‘% s * #@ # + * * it .t . :t # '00.00.00.0 # .0 # .00 t+ /+ t :t .00.00.“. #. * .00.00 #. 00..0. ..0. # 00. *# _# # *# * # + 0.:00:00..0:00.00 ##* # # â€"*â€" Here‘s Timmins at Christmas in 1941 Here‘s a thumbnail sketch of Timmins at Christmas, 1941. Population of Timmins, according to the latest assessment figuresâ€"29,140. Increase of 510 over previous year. 700 business places. 5,000 dwellings. Assessment of land, $2,661,617. Assessment of buildings, $11,.934,010. Total assessment, $14,645,627. Exempt â€"Land, $203,840; buildings, $3,757,841; buildings Home Improvement Plan, $529,110; total exempt, $4,486,791. Taxable property â€"â€" $10,156,836. . Increase over previous year, $488,758. Public school assessmentâ€"$7,296,175. Separate School assessmentâ€"$3,065,619. 46 miles of roads and streets; 3 miles of them paved, and the other oil treated. 32 miles of sidewalk, 29 miles of these being concrete. 32 miles of sewers. 261. miles of waterworks mains. Over 4,500 separate waterworks customers. 550,000,000 gallons of water used in town of Timmins, apart from the amount used by the Hollinger, McIntyre and Schuâ€" macher. The grand total for all would likely run 1,000,000,000 gallons per year. p4 o e o hi o t o i n in n i MAAA 4 14 A L 8 .. 46. .t ds ce Tlmmms 19 the home of the famous Hollmger Mine, employing over 3.000 men the year around. McIntyre, Dome, Moneta, Coniâ€" aurum, Pamour, Paymaster, Faymar, Hallnor, Aunor, Preston East Dome, Buffalo Ankerite, Gillies Lake Porcuping, DeSantis, Broulan, Naybob, Delnite, Concordia and other mines in the vicinity employ many hundreds of Timmins men. 1e c Om § o Timmins is the leading town of the great Porcupine area. Last year the Porcupine Camp produced over $55,000,000 in gold. For the first nine months of this year, Porecupine‘s production is officially given as $41,559,509. â€" Good farmer‘s market here, with municipally owned and conâ€" ducted market. _ Timmins Horticultural Society‘s annual show outstanding in the province. First Rose Show held this year proved an astonishâ€" ing success. _ _ w 1 % se Timmins is 497 miles from Toronto; 259 miles from North Bay On the Temiskaming and: Northern Ontario Railway, and also on the famous Ferguson Highway open most of the year for traffic. Stores:â€"Most of the business section is of modern fireproof construction. Upâ€"toâ€"date stores supmly quality and variety of goods equal to most cities. Office Buildings: â€"â€"Good accommodatlon m fireploof bulldmgs Wholesale Houses: increasingly large area. Large grocery wholesales, hardware wholesales, oil distributors, machinery, meat packers, etc. Education:â€"Timmins has invested literally millions in its public and separate schools and in the Timmins High and Vocaâ€" tional School. The schools are wellâ€"equipped and modern with superior staffs. The High and Vocational School is one of the most impressive school buildings in the province, with spacious grounds, with flowers and shrubs and trees. Timmins Business College and other similar schools here assure full opportunity for business education. Art:â€"In Timmins and district there are a number of artists of outstanding ability. Mr. Alex Straker, who is himself an artist of considerable experience and ability, conducts classes in Communications:â€"Local and long distance telephone service Telegraph service, private wires to two brokerage offices, etc Private radio station. Timmiins Public Library with an unusually large number of volumes and with constant purchase of new books carefully and expertly selected as a valuable asset of the town. Banks:â€"Five bank branches, housed in permanent buildings with bank clearings equal to a city of 70,000., Hospital:â€"St. Mary‘s public hospital, 150 beds, Xâ€"ray departâ€" ment unusually well equipped; the largest and most modern hospital in the North Land. Fire Protection:â€"The excellence and efficiency of the Timmins Fire Department is widely known. Thére is a modern fire alarm system, four motor trucks, chemical tanks, rescue apparatus, and an efficient regular and volunteer fireâ€"fighting brigade, both trained in first aid, as well as fireâ€"fighting and rescue work. Lighting:â€"Electric lighting featured here in streets, stores, homes and signs. Police Protection:â€"Able and efficient police force of Police Chief, Inspector, Court Clerk, Assistant Court Clerk. Three Serâ€" geants and Sixteen Constables. Indils'tvi'-ivést â€"Min.ing, lumbering, market gardening‘, etce pJ TTMMINS, ONTARI O Birch Street Public School, Timmins Municipal Building at Timmins .“ t o. o. No o. No o. . N. Ne e o o e i se ie se ce se c .00.00..0.00.00.00.00.00.“.00.00'00.“‘“.".00'00.00.00.“.....’ _ JX 74 JA JA JA , (‘.00.0..0"00.0 *# ;. Timmins «Nn“o