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12 Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, September 26, 1973 The Chronicle has complete Waterloo coverage _ m *4 king s 13,700 copies delivered by carrier L": ANVERSAN & LEONARD Owner Swad Aluminum Co. 14 Kng Street, S. MAHKROUS HAROUN ?fiRfiNGE & FRIDGE ©488 Jim Bowes in luxurious Harvest Gold LRM23 THIS WEEK ONLY FORD TV Guelph Customers Call 822â€"6210 Cambridge (Galt) Customers Call (Toll Free) 621â€"0600 vGappliancs sales service If it‘s aluminum for home or industry, rely on SWAD ALUMINUM CO. Siding Soffit & Facia 5"¢" Eavestroughing Panoramic Windows SALE SPECIALS Save even more with your trade Just one of our many many \‘f 1210A Victoria St. N., Kitchener Phone 743â€"4348 Ken Schatz LM311 Nuâ€"Prime Windows (conversion windows) Heavy Duty Storm Doors For the pair 1( New hydro poles were being put into place on Albert Street last week as part of Waterloo Hydro‘s project to increase the load of electricity going into the downtown. The placement of the poles was discussed at length last winter as part of the debate concerning the widening of Albert Street. The new poles position differ little from those now in use. Storm Windows Awnings (Canopies) Carports Railings mm JL J P A | N T INCORPORATED HAT wau rarasH .. Waterioo ) y A glance back In 1911, the formation of a new institution of higher learning took place in Waterloo as the Waterloo Luâ€" theran Seminary was opened on Albert Street. Little did the citizens of Waterloo then dream that two maâ€" jor Universities would grow from that small beginâ€" ning. The old generator that Eby Rush stood beside that eventful day, had originally come from the old Snider mill and had served the town for many years. The chairman of the Waterloo Public Utilities light comâ€" mission that year was Aloys Bauer. He turned the switch that gave light to the new fiveâ€"globe light stanâ€" dards alorig King Street. They were the latest in street lights, installed along‘side a main street that had not yet been paved. In the same year, 1910, much improved telephone service was accomplished with a switchover from Magneto to battery telephones. â€" In 1910 Niagara power surged through the lines and transformers here for the first time. A man by the name of Eby Rush stood by the controls at the old generating plant and made the switch from non too dependable local power to the steady (for that period) glow of electricity from Niagara. Waterloo and Berâ€" lin were two of the first nine centres in Ontario to g that power. i Next time, we‘ll talk about a dreamer‘s delight that didn‘t pay off. An oil boom that never made a sound in Waterloo. (Moyer is author of ‘"Waterloo County Diary" and ‘‘This Unique Heritage®") What were probably ‘two of the biggest years in Waterloo‘s past were the years 1910 and 1911 when Hydro came to our town from Niagara and when a small seminary opened its doors becoming the proâ€" genitor of two large and worthy centres of higher learning today. By Bill Moyer In these columns we will, in the passing weeks, try to bring back some interesting memories of a Waterâ€" loo of days gone by as well as to add a little backâ€" ground to newcomers to our city about the original settlers of the Waterloo region, the Mennonites and the Amish.