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lu' Jello M CANADIAN ciiAlAPiou srArr _ _ Railway rolled throu Milton. no llag- . all-out celebratigll was recorded. but it was a milestone for the town in extricating itself from the mud roads and season-blocked exits. The rail- way changed forever Milton‘s isolation be- tween the communities of Halton‘s north and south. to which railroads had arrived many years before. In Milton and Halton. residents willingly contributed. through taxation. to rail de- _veloprnent. They welcomed the change and were excited by the travel opportuni- ties and happy to get the new mail links. Merchants welcomed the easier delivery of their goods from metropolitan warehouses. For years those inland from the lakes dreamed of easy access to the shipping. There were many attempts to encourage rail building to penetrate the isolation of Milton. In 1865 the stage coach trip to Bronte. whichleftMiltonatSa.m..wastakingthree burs. In 1870 the roads were described throughout the county as 'genenlly in a shocking condition but in some parts their The train station, originally on the east side of Bronte Street. south ol the Roberson plant. is now located along Chris Hadfield Way. photo courtesy of the Milton Historical Society Credit Valley Railway (now CP) called on ratepayers to approve J 530.000 “bonus." The importance of the vote was trumpeted by the neWspaper of the time and Milton ,voters joined Streetsville in each granting a bonus. The enthusiasm in Milton can be measured in the vote of 63 in favour and four against. ONIMCP The Hamilton and Northwestern Rail- . now the Canadian National Railway. Milto ’3 “es to local rail Back in September 1904. in the early eve- ning. a mixed freight train from the north was destroyed at the bridge just south of Steeles Avenue. about a mile north of what ‘ was then considered Milton. At the time. the cause of the crash was the spread of the rails. Five cars Were derailed and three were so badly smashed that it was destroyed. One of them fell off the bridge into the bed of ' the small creek. A young brakeman named Loomis. who lived in Parkhill. was on the car next to the engine when the accident happened and he fell onto the track. The wheels passed over his head. chest and one arm. His body was found by the property own- er. William Elliott. who had a farm there. Mayor Cord Krantz recalls the Mississau- ga train derailment in l°79 â€" a train that would have gone through Milton about five minutes prior to the incrdent. He and the other Milton firefighters were on standby that day at the Milton/Mississauga border. waiting to be called into action. While the town‘s fire services weren't needed. Krantz said that many people who . were evacuated from Mississauga ended up seeking refuge in Milton. A makeshift accommodation was set up in the Opti- mist Centre on Commercial Street. and some Milton residents opened up their homes to those m needed shelter. mm : Technological advancements M Mflfl: h writer laceas ctsofthe aperli et etype anCdOS‘aTk‘lggm hayse been replafed with digital cameras. social media. . ‘ Y laflgli‘h’lsiearll‘iiore. newspapers were far more political in the 18005 and early 19005 and some of the Champions early editors and publishers pulled doubleâ€"duty With other prominent jobs â€" like country clerk or treasurer. ‘ ‘It was a brotherhood (newspaper people). They‘d quoted each other and threw stones at each other. said V Dills. whose Milton Newspaper Pages and People includes a nasty jab the original Georgetown-based Champion took from the nearby Streetsville Review. which corn- mented. “The Canadian Champion. Such is the magnifi- cent caption of a neat wee Radical sheet.‘ Getting his feet wet in the riceâ€"and nfor its news per of record. | “Roy gooutfrxaeoi£eatudoqustupthe ‘streeoandalongthewayhe'dgetadozenstones. said Dills.who luvirigoountleaschscmsionsover