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~THE INDEPENDENT se ie *‘ All -floifi_e""’ i / m e y C All Home . :« ~Pages 7A (Al o3 en m / Pages We have not yet seen anything of the Belgians or the wounded Imperial men, but they are swarming the counâ€" try and things are in a fearful state. London does not show a light after zevenâ€"o‘clack, and the shops.allâ€"close at nine. Thomas has a brother in Kitchener‘s army and there are lots in our outfit who have brothers killed and wounded. One chap has a brother who was recommended for the "V.C." I have not been able to write to half the people I would like to, but let them all know I think of them often. Long was over to see Ross yesterâ€" day afternoon and he is coming over to see us on Sunday. f The Senior Major of the 14th Batâ€" talionâ€"right next to usâ€"is Colonel Burland of Montreal a cousin of "Our Archie‘" and he asked me to rememâ€" ber him to Archie, do so for meâ€"he messes in our mess and I see â€" him every day. When we first came here we had to pay a $1.02 for our mess but now it is a shilling a day. Sam Hughes is looking after the rest for us. Yesterday afternoon Long and I cyâ€" cled into Strewton about four miles and spent a great time looking at the old places in it. We were also out at Stonebridge where the Druids used to hold forth, but it was dusk when we got there so ‘we did not see much.. Long had a tumble and gashâ€" ed his knee, but it is not serious, just a bit stiff and sore. We got back in a blinding rain at 10.30. I cabled from Devenport, but there are so many that I suppose some, no doubt, were delayed, but I guess: you will have it by this time.. (Upâ€"toâ€"date the cable has not arrivedâ€"Ed.) All the boys are in first class shape and send their best regards. . Nov. 1, 1914. Well, my London trip is cagicelled till next Friday as the King and Queen are coming down Tuesday or Wednesday to look us over and conâ€" sequently I cannot get away. Ken Morris told me last â€" night that the clock in "Ken Grout‘s . post office was working, I suppose Jack wrote him. I am going to London on Tuesday and Wednesday next. The King and Queen are expected to come down and review us in a week or two. 5 Oct. 30, 1914 Just two months and a half tomorâ€" row since I left home and in some ways it seems like that many years and in other ways it hardly seems like that many weeks. We intended going into Tibshead toâ€" day but it rained the whole morning The following excerpts of news are culled from letters received during the past week from Lieut. J. A. M. Liv ingston : The Grimsby Boys in Camp Do Not Have to Take a Back Seat From Any Body of,Men in the 33,000â€"Despite Bad Weather Conditions They Never Grouch. When Independents Arrived the Boys Fairly Eat Them upâ€"â€"Expects "Fighting B" Boys at Home to Uphold the Honor of the Squadron. The above cut was found by Mr. S, Oakley, while going through some of his possessions. He is at a loss to know what buildings they are. No doubt the photo was taken over a quarter of a century ago. ‘We would be pleased to have t:‘:e "Old Timers" tell us what buildings they are and where they were Don‘T SeNO Us A LOr of EXPENGIVE CHRITMRS " ‘riewtine &" Bovs ANSWER To THE CALL PRESENTS, GIVE THE MONEY TO THE RED GROGS * gor vouunteers For ThE 2ND CoNT "Business as Usual, and More of It" EVERYBODY HAPPY (Continued on page 3) Twentyâ€"ninth Year. WHO KNOWS THIS PICTURE (1) This rate is so designed as to cover all classes of business without unduly favoring or pressing too hardâ€" ly on any particular class of customâ€" er, the underlying principle being to give the customer who makes the greatest use of the service which we place at his disposal, the lowest net rate; let us take an example: We immediately spoke to: Mr. Monck, the manager of the GRIMSBY plant about the matter and he very kindly contributed the following artiâ€" cleâ€"on the subject. He will also be pleased to have you call on him and bring your contracts along and he will explain anything to you that you are not able to make out to your own satisfaction. A customer has a connected load of 10 â€" 100 watt lamps; this equals 1,000 watts and 1,000 watts equals 1 kiloâ€" watt. If his place of business is open 25 nights a month and he burns these lamps one hour per night he will use 25 K. W. hours. In this event his bill will be at the commercial rate, which is as follows: 6c per K. W. for the first 30 hours‘ use of installed capaciâ€" ty, 3c per K. W. hour for the next 70 hours‘ use of installed capacity and 15â€"100c per K. W. hour for all above. Z0 K. W. hours at 6¢. .....»>....$1.00 less 10 pnc. for prompt payment in ten ‘:days .‘.¢...%%.ra+1«rss 15 leaving a net amount of ......$1.35 which is equal to a net rate of 5.4¢c per K. W. hour. Now, if he uses his total Are you troubled with la grippe? A few tablets of Parke‘s Laxative Cold Cure will quickly remove the trouble. It has been in use a great number of years and has proved its worth. One taken every hour will show good reâ€" sults. 20c for a regular 25¢ box. Parke & Parke. Several people have spoken to the INDEPENDENT stating that. "they did not quite understand the conâ€" tracts and that some of the clauses were not quite clear to them. During the past week the Cataract Power & Light Co. have been sending out new contracts, under the new schedule of rates to electric light users in GRIMSBY and district. A FULL EXPLANATION OF THE CLAUSES IN YOUR LIGHTâ€" ING CONTRAGT 10â€"100 Watt Lamps Burn 10CO Watts and 1000 Watts Equal one Kilowatâ€" Read itâ€"It‘s what You Have Been Lookin For _ j THE ELECTRICAL INSPECTION SYSTEM IN GRIMSBY IS NOTHING BUT A HOLDâ€"UP AND A GRAFT GAME FROM BECINNING TO END HAVE YOU A COLD:® (Contitnued on page 8) Commercial Rates (THE BOYS OF "FIGHTING B") GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1914 Since our last issue appeared containing a short article on the electrical Inspection game in GRIMSBY, several people have asked the writer what the idea of the inspection was, and how it came about. f The ideaâ€"and it is alrightâ€"is to make electric wiring be placed in buildâ€" ings in such a way that it is almost impossible for a fire to become started through electricity. But the law never}intended that the people of GRIMSBY should be "heldâ€"up" in order to carry out the idea. ‘ The starting of the electrical inspection business is a long story. but here goes For years and years the Fire Underwriters in Ontario have been trying to get the Government to pass legislation placing electric wiring and electric inâ€" stallation under inspection. They have been trying to get the Government to have a commission appointed to draft laws, and then to enforce the la.virs reâ€" garding electric wiring and so forth. Also to have an inspector for each munâ€" icipality or for a number of municipalities, to see that all electrical work was carried on according to the laws. They never made any headway. % When the Government was bfiilding the Hydro Electric System, the Fire Underwriters again appealed to them for legislation, but were told to wait until the Hydro was in better shape to handle it. â€" A few months after this a thunderstorm struck the Town of Gravenhurst (which at the time was one of the poorest wired towns in Canada) and caused a lot of damage. During the storm the lightning ran in on the wires into the bedroom of a house, the wires fell down, set fire to the bed clothes and electrocuted and burned to death a little child of about eight years. This cost the Town of Gravenhurst a good many hundred dollars. The Fire Underwriters again took up the case with the Government and were told that their wants would be attended to as quickly as possible. When the Government created the Hydro Commission to handle the Hydro power line it gave them power to look into and after all other power and lighting subjects and out of this came legislation on electric wiring and installation. The INDEPENDENT NeverStartâ€" _ed Anything it Could NotFinish, and We Will Fight This Matter Right Through to the House and Expose the Flyxrant "German Meéethods" being [used. vore, A set of rules and regulation embodying everything from wall switches to dynamos, and laying down certain laws by which electricians, power comâ€" panies and inspectors must go by. It says what kinds of wire â€"must be used on certain jobs. It also provided for the appointing of inspectors and the amount of fees that the said inspectors could collect. After the Hydro Power had been turned on in Hamilton, the . Hamilton council and Board of Control appointed a committee or a commission for the City of Hamilton to conduct the business with regard to the power plant. This necessitated the appointing of an inspector. \ The Inspector Does not Cost Hamilton a Cent When the appointing of the inspector came up there was a big time, as you all know from reading the Hamil'ton papers. Several men were selected but none seemed to suit everybody. One side was satisfied, but the other was not. _ At last the Hydro Board in Toronto notified the Hamilton Board of Control that they would have to appoint a man quick, or they would force them to do so, or words to that effect. s Hamilton backed up and told the Hydro that they were running Hamilton and not the Hydro. At last Hamilton and the Hydro compromised. Hamilton to appoint an inspector suitable to the Hydrq and the Hydro to allow Hamilâ€" ton the surrounding district including _ Dundas, Burlington, â€" Waterdown, GRIMSBY, Beamsville and all the surrounding country. That is that ‘all that territory comes under the jurisdiction of the Hamilton Board of Control or Hydro Commission. ' : The Rates Charged are Exorbitant and Cannot be Collected Accordâ€" ing to Lawâ€"â€"â€"Inspector Collects $1.50 Expenses from Every Perâ€" son W hose Wiring He Inspects. (Continued o@ page 6) s a long story, but here 1 received invitations from friends of Mrs. Percy Sutton‘s and . Jas. Lawrance, (who used to live opposite Hagar‘s) to visit them, but will hard ly have time. As I told you I have next week off, but there are so many of our peonle and they are scattered so, that it will take all my time, but I may have anopportunity. I had a tramp in the woods the other day. There was lots of holly. I tried to find mistletoe but could not. It would be a great place for Whitta ker and Jim Walker, as the ground is full of rabbit burrows. We do not know what is to be done , Lieut. Walker and Serg‘t Snetsing with us yet, or when we go to the |°r received orders on Monday mornâ€" front, ‘but as we are told that we Iifg to recruit men for foreign> gerâ€" could be placed there in 24 hours, if Vice from "B" squadron and on Tuesâ€" mecessary, I suppose we will get orâ€" |day afternoon the men were examâ€" gers some day and move in a hurry |ined by Major Wilson, medical exâ€" and will be there beftore we ~~alize Aminer for the regiment. He put it. |twentyâ€"two men throug a stiff ‘test I do not see muckh of the other |and passed sixteen, the others being Grimsby boys, altough â€" the camps turned principally on account of bad of the ith and 1l5th Batt. are only a |teeth. - f few miles away. It is so muddy and | After passing the examination the rains so much that we do not go out men were sworn in by Col. Fraser, more than is necessary. 'Commanding Officer of the Regiment I received invitations from friends and Major Brooks of "B" Squadron. I hope both the 44th and Grimsby are doing their share in furnishing men for the other contingents, which we understand are being raigsed. As Tell all" â€"my friendsyhow glad I would ‘be to see them. You can quite understand how often I think of Grimgby and my friends. I â€" have heard from many of them and should write to all, but when my duties are done for the day, there is always a number of things to take my attenâ€" tion. Then as you know. I was always a failure at correspondence. We do not know what is to be done with us yet, or when we go to _ the front, ‘but as we are told that â€" we could ‘be placed there in 24 hours, if mecessary, I suppose we will get orâ€" aers some day and move in a hurry and will be there beftore we ~~alize it. 1 am worry enough for mother just now, don‘t let Harold go yet, if you can ‘help it. ‘ WHY NOT GONT Thanks for your letters, let _ me hear from you often. Work has Been Started on the Hamiltonâ€"Toronto Road, and we Feel Sure that Chairman Gooderham Would do Somq- thing if Appealed to. { My dear Edric,â€" It was certainly good to hear from you and home and to know . that mother and all are well. I am fine. Salisbury Woods, Would be a Great Place for Grimsby Hunters as there are _ Rabbits Galore Now that work has been commenced on the new Government cement pavrement road between Hamilton and Toronto, is it not time that something was done to bring the matter before Chairman George H. Gooderham, M.P.P. and see if the road cannot be extended from Hamilton on through to the Niagara River. *A CANADIAN TROOPS â€"COULD BE PLAGED AT THE FRONT IN 24â€" HOURS The Queenston and GRIMSBY stone road, as it stands today, is one of the largest travelled roads in Canada. y aget. The Wentworth road from the North GRIMSBYâ€"Saltfleet line west to Hamilton, is also burdened with traffic. e Dt en / Both these roads are becoming a lodestone around the necks of the coun ties which they run through. The traffic is increasing every year and naturâ€" ally the expenses of upkeep are also increasing, in fact, the traffic is increasâ€" ing faster than the councils of the two counties can maintain the roads. . |â€" At the present writing the Q. & 6. is in fair shape, in fact, is in excellent shape for the amount of travel that it has had over it during the pagt‘;fljefgspfi, but at that, the road is far from being a good road and every year it is bound to get worse and worse. Not because the suporintendant is not cagmfi’lefiof handling it, but because he has not the money to expend on it and. because :.)hc;l figfic is getting so heary that the road is torn up faster than he can i s HE The Hamilton to Toronto road has a terrible lot of traffic over i‘t‘,‘::nc not nearly as much as the road from Hamilton to the Falls. There are three roads that can be travelled over between the two cities, but there.is only one road to accommodate the travelling public between the River and Hamilton, (Continued on page 3) A STRONG DEPUTATION SHOULD GO AT ONCE Bustard Camp, Salisbury Plains, Nov. 3, 1914 Yours, NUE GOVERNMENT _ PAVED ROAD TO THE FALLS Ray. 1 â€"Major Burch of St. Anns, Senior "Major of the regiment, will â€" have [ charge of the full squadron. He is a ‘brother of Lieut. Burch of "B" squaâ€" dron who was killed during a fierce fight in South Africa in 1900. All told, there are thirty men going from "B" squadron, made up of the sixteen who passed on Tuesday, three men on canal duty and three who have yet to pass the doctor, the balâ€" ance, Major Brooks will fill in in Brantford. Reeve Randall has made arrangeâ€" ments with the 44th Regt. band to turn out and give the boys a sendâ€"off and we want everyone to be on the watch for hurry up orders and turn out and give the â€" boys a rousing cheer on their departure. The boys will go to the front as a mounted infantry corps, and will be composed of 115 men and five officâ€" ers, or thirty men and officers ffom each of the four squadrons. * The boys will be leaving GRIMSBY for either Hamilton or St. Catharines where they will mobilize, on Saturâ€" day of this week or Monday of next week. "Fighting B" squadron is an honor to GRIMSBY and to the whole GRIMS BY district as they have supplied more officers and men twice over for foreign service than the o6ther On Tuesday afternoon the Lieuâ€" tenant‘s wish was fulfilled for out of twentyâ€"two men examined sixteen passed and signed the rolls for foreign service. In his letter home from Salisbury Plains this week Lieut. Livingston asks the boys of "Fighting B" squaâ€" dron, Z2nd Dragoons, to answer to the call for men for the second continâ€" gent, as well as they did for the first contingent, in order that the honor of the squadron may be kept up. The Boys Will Leave Town Either Saturday or â€"Monday â€"The 44th Regt. Band Will ._Turn out and we Want you to Give Them a Rousing Sendâ€"off . Sixteen out of Twentyâ€"two Men Pass the Medical Exâ€" amination on Tuesday and Were Duly Sworn in by Col. Fraser and Major Brooks. 11 CANADIANS $1.00 Per Year NGENT