* THE INDEPENDENT :# The INDEPENDENT Is Only 15 Gents To Dec. 31 1913 GRIMSBY FAIR: Thanksgiving Day, Oct. 20 Ee on aerkc s AU the | members Were prunl.' aud on time too, when Reeve Johnâ€" | won called them together, | A big calendar of ~business vu' disposed of, and between working and scrapping, they got away with three hours in pretty lively fashion, Mr. O. G, Van Horne, of Grimsby Beach, (Limited, appeared _ before the Council asking for their endorâ€" sement of the scheme 0N foot, _ to have the Government bulld a now new pler at Grimsby, for which pe% itlons are now being circulated. for signatures. Mr. Geo, VanDyke asked the Coun eil if something could not be _ done. towards fixing the sluicoway at the corner of Depot and John Sts. . a% the sluiceway did not carry off the weter and every time it rained his cellar was flooded. He thought that the only solution Was the raising of t9¢ 907 "iw and he was willing to weter and eÂ¥em DC / ""000"inat! cellar was flooded. He thought that, the only solution Was the raising of the sidewalk, and he Wa® willing to pay a portion of the cost. Chairman of the Board of Works, Rondal}, thought that the _ walk: whould be rebullt. Councilior Mitchell, stated _ that four blocks of the walk had _ been raised up at this spot three . years °0 "Cine coutractors thought -n ago, and the cCO« that time that th went.""" L* _ The R high the raised. _ FIVE GRIMSBYITES AGES 8 C TOTAL 392 YEARS There was ® five of "The P of the post off score and: ten There was a real old boys‘ reâ€"union n Main St. on Monen? BC O 006| five of "The Boys of the Old _ Brigade" all happened to meet in front | of the post office and all of them had passed the allotted mark of three | score and: ten. l While in the ordinary course of events, yOu would naturally refer to : them as "old men," we don‘t think it would be safe for you to let them . hear you saying it, a® they are old in years only and certainly not In feeling and spirits. | ‘The five gentiemen, during their talk of "Olden Days" got to compar~ ing A%08 with the reault that their tetal ages .came to 392 years. They were 88 follows: Sylvester Onkley, $0; John T. Tenyok, 80; Jas. w. G. Kelles, 78; Geo, R. Secor, 48; and Nelson J. Tector, 76, inaking A total of 392. & Mr, Oakley is one month and four teen days older than Mr. Tenyek, but looks and steps down the street Yike a man of Afty. The other gentlomen are also YerY supple on their feot and thebr memories are 28 bright as T O lvee Were. * c lnlslcze al saw service and bave their meâ€" they was Dorl !" " lumber wagon road before hi During the PE NNN Lo cmuscoinl ials amonk thoir treasures. In conversation with Mr. ‘Tenyck he told the INDEPENDENT that he was born in the Township of Binbr c0K. his grandfathor taking the, first lumber wagon that ever went Into that townahip and having to open the road before him all the waÂ¥. This was in 1819. All the gentJomen can tel1 wond orful tales of the stirning times in this district many years ago and 1t * interesting to listen to them, as all of them know whereof they speak. Twentyâ€"eighth Year. Reeve wanted to know he walk would have to (Continued on page 2) (Continued + ever ®UC+ During the rebellion of among their treasures. In conversation with M born in the TownebiP @wBtUD en hX â€""au this would be eutâ€" #£6" they on the wrong side of the street=" from observation on the streetâ€"wh tuto or not. «Another thing that is getting dangerous practice !s the way .peop street and tle their horses, and â€" stc ends of them sticking OUt in all d 1 ‘Just a couple of instances of ¢ wncense« â€" On Monday afternoon 2 MVE L 1 again. The froight stopped, . 220 C797 000000 ol4mawallc and stepa the horse UP till his front feet are on the sitowalk, and then turns around and walks awar. ?m min utes afterwards the buggy Was again «n the tracks.. At no time during all this muddie was the buggy over 3 foct or a foot and a half away from the. tracks. . The vig _ was . right straight ncross the roadt * Now, does Grimaby need a traffic byâ€"law? You diot. A by law should be passed by the council that people be mzd4e to drive on the right side of the street, and when they «\rive up and stop their rigs or machines must not be further than three or four . Inches ‘Away from the curb, and the soomner this is done the beits". 4 Get Busy. * H Monday last when ed to meet in front sad mark of . three â€"â€" GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, OcTosEr 15, 1913 " got to compar« 302 years. Tenyck, 80; Jas. or, 76, inaking _A OWne nponian s ces t Scene (Main St., in front of Hawke‘s store. ves up and ties his horse _ With the hind a foot away from the car â€" tracks. Car the motorman can‘t goet bY without hitting an gets off the car and stops the horse uD past. . Three minutes after the car passed e horse had backed the rig out on the track "The ow ner rums out of a nearby store, and ont feet are on the sitowalk, and then “ll'llll ROBONOOO 2L Aoain be a nuisance and is in fact a very drive up to the tie posts along the their automobiles with _ (he . rear NEW SCHOOL IS A â€" _ _ FINE BUILDING The new briek school in schoo! section No. %, North Grimaby, is now ready for the roof and it is certain~ ty 1 fine looking bullding. The new school ‘ls, we think, golug to be one of the finest buildings in this district, when it is completed. 1t is 30.6 in width and 634 in length. ‘The basement is two feet be low the ground and nine feet above the ground, The over storey is 14.6 The vasement is certainly | a fAne plece of work, being bullt of "niggor head" stones, laid in red mortar. The C c,loke ta af red brick. : The floor The vasement is CeAMINI T °C plece of work, being built of "nlncr‘ head" stones, laid in red mortar. The top storey is of red brick. The floor of the bésoment is of coment. Mr. Geo. Nigh has . the contract for the mason work on this building and he has certainly done a fine job. ‘The carpenter work is being done by D. March. $. No. 3 North Grimsby Should be Proud of its Fine New Structureâ€"A Fine Piece of Work. ‘ n No w , | when # ; [ stake, 0 (air wo onder. . _ | future. p | | Ves * |mee and he pants> P 1 ww Eince the announcement imâ€"these columns that a Court Trial was to be hC the. auspices of Orlmnhr 1 Eol ay courc=en® """ 000 We Pu : the. auspices of Grimsby Public LAâ€" brary, in Snetsinger‘s Hall, on Tuesâ€" day evening, October 21, _ there bas been great curlosity to know ‘twho "h‘- ; l.zo mecret is going to be let Out n here and now and the public cam hegin to 100k forward _ to the I'a. mecret is going 10 D0 M T .° r here and now and the public cam begin to look forward . to the mwerry event. No wonder there is deep . interest when so important & question is at ‘stake, as to whethor the affections of tair woman shall be trifies with, her \\w&ï¬:wd-r and _ her "UTEmn <eTrh ns redrees what future blighted, TT "Ib\‘m- Mock Court Tria! _ * be no light affair will be clearly seen and here comes the list of particl pantsi~ His Honor, the Judge will be Mr. David Allan; Clerk, Mr. Wray Johnâ€" son; Court office., Mr, D. E. Swayze; Court crier, . Mr. H. C. Kelson; Plaintiff‘s attorney, Col. A. V. Nowâ€" tow of Worcester, . Mass.; Defendâ€" ant‘s attorney, Mr. W. J. Drope. The brokenâ€"hearted plaintiff _ in this highly interesting Breach _ of l‘m?ln sult will be Mrs. N. Whit taker and the luckless defendant !s Mr. Henry Culp. A The witnesses will be Dr. J. R. #mith, Mesers A. E. Phipps and Jas. A. Livingston; Misses H. Woodrulf and V, Wiaikor. P1 PEXT _wlajlr jtha Trifled with a 4000 49hik adevidd The jury w be empanelled if lawyers do not Kill each other fore the trial begine, will be as Jow@®: Mesers W. B, Calder, Wm. Murray @mith, John Alway, lag, J. H. Gibson, A. F. M Ridiey, J. Albort Marsh, F. 1 OTHS Messrs W. B, Calder, Wm. Stewart,. \nrray Smith, John Alway, H. Fiem ‘ag, J. H. Gibson, A. F. Hawke, 8. Ridley, J. Albort Marsh, F. W. Pottinâ€" zer, Major Roberts, J P. Robertson. Altogether this, Mock Court Trial promiges to be one of the events of the season, both in the Interest at taching to it and in the crowd that will attend. ‘The Wentworth _ Orchard _ Comâ€" pany of Waterdown has commenced to take in apples at the storehoues and evaporation buildings. Have 1e to. Appear in fad Tell Why He with a Dashing Widow‘s Affecâ€" ent was made a _ big _ Mock ; held _ under Trial . will the prayer meeting GRIMSBY IS PAYING FOR | LIGHT IT NEVER GETS :Ir'p.m.â€""LI(e a H!lï¬?illfl-" 2.30 p.m.â€"Bible school, Wednesday, 8 p.m.â€"Praise â€" and Once upon a time the veople 0 Ther they had a bow! of tallow with . ply light. Next they got a regular got coal oil lamips. The next move electric lights. Some.places got gas Iucky towns got both. â€" In the allotment,‘ Gromsby . got etectric lights, . AMM M O TU C were supposed to get them, and are still supposed t get them, but Ws dor‘t; still we go r‘tht on paying for them. The street liplas in Grimsby are punk, ‘Those that aren‘t punk are out altogether. In fact, half the lig hts are out all the time and the other half half of the time, and even when they are burning, you have got to light a match to sce them. â€"â€"The lighting ‘system of Grimsby is wrong, and the wrong les with the people who. are supplying the power. Grimsby used to have a contract with these people . for supplying them with light, but today they bave none and have not had any for over five years simply because ono of the parties concernedâ€"namely, the Catâ€" wruct Power Co.â€"would not come to :erms with the village on an equitâ€" able basis, but they would make prowuses and would never keep them. At the council meeting on Monday night the lighting question was brought up and discussed and the following motions, were passed unaniâ€" mously: * "SRANY PeY IND Sb Méstna~ihat T W. VaubDrke and the mously: ° Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Bourne, that J. W,. VanDyke and the Cataract Power Co. be notified tBat as the street lights are at present aluost uselesss and that they must be improved at once, Or otherwiso w» want all street lights cut off on Nov, 1. Carried. Moved by Randall, seconded by Eourne, that the Reeve and Council lor Mitchell be appointed a comiMittce to go to Toronto and _ interview the Hydro Commissionâ€"as to the progpects of gotting estimates for a sup~ ply of power for the village and also us to probable date of the â€" Hydro coming this way. Carried. t ‘Phe Cataract Power Companyâ€"which is owned by . the Dominion devedibes ervenet ar CS T _ ‘The Cataract Power CompMF~ Power & Transmission Co.â€"Is the Grimsby, as the H. G. & B. is with vice. get value for it or not. ‘The Cataract Power Co. takes (Qrimaby‘s good money for . street lights but they don‘t give value for it, nor do they even try to. It has come to a time now _ in Grimsby‘s history where she is going to assert her rights and |f the Catar aet can‘t give the town â€" value . for their money and a good streot lighting service, they can get out. ‘The council is again going to oper up negotiations with the Hyâ€" dro. and if nothing can be done in that direction, then the town _ had bettor buy the present . dliapidated plant from the Cataract and start in on Its own heok, the ouly troub‘e would be, as to whether the Cataract would give us any better powar service than they are giving us lighting service. "The council has decided to cut off the street lights on Nov. 1, it the Cataract doesn‘t buck up and improve theâ€"service. It is a wise move, for at the presont they are only wasting money by â€" having the street lights on, as thoy are atsolutely useless and more than that, they are hardly evef on, yet we go right on paying. The H. G. & B. get your money, the veople of this country had no light at â€" all. of tallow with a saturated Tag stuck in it to sup~ got a regular moulded tallow candle. ‘Then they he next move in the lighting game Was ga8 and got efectric lights. That is to say, they re «till supposed t get them, but we for them. are punk. Those that aren‘t punk arc ME en Em e io â€"colvas [E with these people . for supplying none and have not had any for over parties concernedâ€"namely, the Catâ€" ‘terms with the village on an equitâ€" e es O s udesome got electric light and some same way with the street lights in giving the people of this district ser $1.00 Per Year but they don‘t care . whether you (Continued on page 2) all.