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Messrs Hill and Mellick ask for an Extension of Time, of This Gas Byâ€"Law Costs the Citizens Nothing in any mamy, Shape or Form, and. it "* to Them to Come out & // ote for it. January fifth last â€"the citizens \ isked to vyote on a byâ€"law grant & franchise to Messrs Hill & Mel jof Canboro, to supply G@RIMSBY O district with natural gas. ( The byâ€"law was carried by a terriâ€" ble iarge imajority. 379 votes were polled with only sixteen against the byâ€"law, 'c‘héreby 'carrying it by 365 of a majority. On January 4, 1915, the citizens will be asked to vote on & byâ€"law for a gas franchise. This time it is a byâ€"law to grant Messrs. Hill and Mellick _ an extenâ€" sion of time to comimence work, a matter of eight months. / PThis time it is . a byâ€"law to grant Messrs. Hill and Mellick _ an extenâ€" sion of time to comimence woOrk, a matter of eight months. _ Under the otriginal agreement the Gas people were to commence laying pipes by July 1, and to have gas in GRIMSBY by January 1, 1915, . or loose the franchise. On Jume 28 pipes were laid on Adelaide St., thus keep ing the franchise good. But the com pany were unable to get the gas into «GWRLMSBY by January 1, and thereâ€" fore have asked the Council to subâ€" mit another byâ€"law to the people, granting them an extension of timse of eight months in which t oget the gas piped into the town. Bear in mind that Messrs. Hill & Mellick paid all expenses in conmnetâ€" tion with this byâ€"law, so that it costs the town absolutely nothing. been piped _ in to GRIMSBY before now, was the tight money market. In June of this year, the promoters of the company weat to England look ing for capital. They secured all the capital they wished from a wealthy old Englishman, and started home, and expected to be able to go on with the work immediately. "The reason that the been piped _ in to GR now, was the tight m Wihen everything was in readiness to commence the work, a cablegram from Engand brought the news that the Gas Company‘s backer had sudâ€" denly died, and jof course everything was knocked out. kKnother trip to England was neces sary, but. before negotiatioas for finâ€" ancing the deal were completed war was declared and all hope of getting the money was then lost. ‘The Company are at preseint negoâ€" tiating for _ the money in another place and fully expect to go ahead with the work before the ecight months time called for in the byâ€"law is‘ up. £ This gas byâ€"law costs the citizens nothing in @any wWay, shape or form and it up to them to vote for it. GRIMSBY needs natural gas and needs it badly and the citizens should all vote for the byâ€"law. We hope that when the ballots are counted up on election night that the "Sixteen lost ones" of last year will also have ‘come into the ‘"Fold" and voted for the byâ€"law. & Eight Months, in Which to get the Gas into Grimsby Be Sure and Say All Home x Pages t 4 E /;.J\." "C+" g [ Pss ENS ARF AG) PIPES ARE LAID Twentyâ€"ninth Year. GAN ASKED 10 VOTE ON 6AS FRANGH gas Kue not rs} Some of our number will on that y ; day be in other and far distant 16 ilands. We shall utter the same pray y ers, however, and we shall know that e, ‘the good Providence, which is over q [ us,.1is over them, and that we owe to: Jesus Christ. ss |_ ‘Our hearts go out in sympathy to m and intercession for all our brave at';s‘oldiers and sailors, and . specially aâ€" |think with‘ prayerfuilress of the : beâ€" ig | reaved and anxious ones as they look jback over the past months and reâ€" es 4 call what wasy and what might have n-ibeen. We are sure that the Lord of ar Christmasâ€"will be very near all such, iz and that He will speak to them. in |wor>ds of peace and will venfold them oâ€" in ‘all the tenderness of His love er and the might of His grace. ad : To your kind and gsnerous consid ht eration, as you make your offerings W on Christmas day, I commend the man, whom God has sent among you n# to be your trug friend « in all life‘s M vicissitudes, ‘it‘s ever _ changing scenes, its joys and sOrrows, its nd hopes and fears. Once more the Church prepares to calebrate the birthday of her Lord. Peace !> Goodâ€"will ! Goodâ€"will and Peace !~farrâ€"ifcemtheâ€"melqdy..of the chinmes_fromâ€" the church tt)Wér“."""fAs/ one thinks of the Godâ€"man coming upon the earth one does not marvel The following Christmas pastoral letter from the Bishop of Niagara was read from the pupits of the varâ€" ious Anglican Churches in the dioâ€"â€" cese on Sunday. Dearly Beloved: at the angels‘â€"â€" song; one doe marvel that the world has been to catch even the faint echo of elorious refrain. CHRIGTMAS PASTORAL OF _ ; BISHOP OF NIAGARA & Nearly 2,000 years have gone by, and so little has been learned, so much is yet to learn. That wondrous lifting up of humanity to clothe the Divine Son, so little understood, so feebly followed. It s hard to say whether this year should bring more of joy or of sadâ€" ness, when one thinks of the conâ€" trast of its promige with the world‘s slow reception of it. It is like a mocking dream to keep its pure asso ciation‘s amid the records of war and plunder and crime, yet as the day dawns and thought comes back to the Great Fact which one feels has saved the world from utter ruin one is led to rejoice and that most keartily. Tke very things which now sadden the soul most would _ have long since become, but for the Nativ ity, the ordinary unquestioned habits of the race. * It is very good, then for men to keep the Christmas feast; best ever for them to keep it in the high and Christian way which befits those to whom tie Incarnation is a great cor ner stone of: truth. The world not yet saved firom its sins, knows never theless His â€" Comivg. Should that faith pass away, then all will indeed be lost. May His Holy Spirit, unseal many eyes this Christmas to â€"see Him as He is, and to recognize Him as the world‘s Lord and Saviour. I Aam, with. all lqving Christmas wishes,. g. 4 4. f Your faithful friend and Bishop, P WIILILILAM NiIAGARA See House, Hamilton, Mavent, 1914. |â€" : Enc Â¥ pestantermenacmmeeete e en en en We sn un iesns e romameent pasoans . id cennace SE BVHLAW © GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1914 ©Za oTe aBe oBe oBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBo aBo aBe aBe e abe aBa afe cBe aBe aBe oBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe ae aBe se aBe oBe sBe sBe afe ofe ofe afe ofe afe afe ofe 1e PA Board has Notified H. G. & B. to Appear Before Them and Explain why There is no Lavatory in Grimsby Waiting Roomâ€"Engineer will Investigate Conditions on the Line At last we have good news for the people of this district, re the laâ€"" vatory in the GRIMSBY H. G. & B. waiting room and the lavatories on the cars. Word was received in GRIMSBY last week, from the Ontario Railâ€" way Board stating that the H. G. & B. had been notified to appear before them and explain why there was no lavatory in the waiting room â€" at GRIMSBY, and that an engineer would be sent over the H. 6. & B. line to investigate the conditions of affairs on the cars, and to see just what acâ€" commodations should be provided. The above sounds very favorable and we expect to be able to give our readers some more favorable news on this subject at an early date. We have received unconfirmed information from another source, that the order had been made, ordering the H. G. & B. to place proper lavaâ€" tories in the GRIMSBY waiting room at once. From a reliable source, we are informed that Manager Waller of the H. G. & B. was in GRIMSBY on Monday and stated that the H. G. & B. themselyes would apply to the Railway Board for a hearing _ on this matter, and that the hearing would be held in GRIMSBY atâ€"an early date. He claimed that it would be impossible to put lavatories on the cars, on account of the road running along a public road and that the refuse could not be emptied on the road bed. ____ _ se l # â€"â€"_ _ If Mr. Waller was on to his job he would know that all interurban roads in the States are equipped with lavatories and that they runm along publiq I'OB.dS- t We ol m us _ 2s 4 PE I f % oz s 9 If he was to his job he would know that there would be no refuse dumped along the roadbed, but that it would go into a steel lined drawer or box under the car and that the box or drawer would be emptied at each end of the line. That little argument of his won‘t hold water. . 8 _ _ _ Mr. Waller is also credited with saying "We are willing to place lavatories in the stations and at certain shallies all along the line, and mlllllnmuul“” LWAY BOARD WILL SEND FNGINEER OVER THE H. 6. & B. â€"*"*Â¥s5en fromâ€"excmbi §# acearsed mouth Till ringing, singing‘F’n its way, The world revolved from night to day, TRe cannon thundered in the south, 2 And with the souand the carols drowned Of peace on earth, goodâ€"will to men! Had rolled along the unbroken song Of peace on earth, goodâ€"will to men ! I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play, _ And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, goodâ€"will to men ! And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom A voice, a chime, a chant sublime Of peace on earth, ggodâ€"will to men! It was as if an earthyuake rent The hearthstones of a continent, And made forlorn the households born Of peace on earth, goodâ€"will to men! And in despair I bowed my head; "There is no peace on earth," I said "For hate is strong and mocks the song Of peace on earth, goodâ€"will to men." Then peeled the bells more loud and deep; "God is not dead ! nor doth He sleep! The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, With peace on earth, goodâ€"will to men !" : \ f All Home M _ Ki A «¥‘ _R Pages Christmas Bells . ARE ASKING FOR A HEARING (Additional locals on page 5) .‘ImII'“ 66 \’\ D MADE IN CANADA" 1| B onl * | II|l||'||| i With Elm St., as Show § on the Blue Print ; as Exhibit5 . * ) The Town: Council ‘held _ a \ "ed to meet again on Saturday t ied ~Mr. Adam Rutherford asked fc adjustment of ‘his street sprin and sidewalk tax. It was adj satisfactorily to Mr. Rutherford A communication from the Rai Board, re Annexation was read. % A new application for dnnexi n certain portion of North GRIV will be made and a new set of ] were laid before the Council Reeve Randall; The new ‘plans for all the property north of El1 The new line runs paralell with ig St. as shown on the blue prin Exhibit 5. The application will be made mediately. ep; As a great amount of busines: 3 to be disposed of â€"yet, the Co j adjourned to meet Saturday nig iil, e nenaaule » WHERE can I get my razor blades sha qfellow i ed? ‘Parke & Parke have an el e automatic stropping machine; â€" ’hllllmui y ilmlllmw i"s"’m‘"’fim dlows down ThE MAE ; _ officers ET IN ThE COOK TBMTS & The New Line Runs Parallel With Elm St., as Shown on the Blue Print 3. as Exhibit 5. TOWN GOUNCIL WILL MAKE 1 NEW ANNEXATION APâ€" PLICATION i WHERE can I get my razor blades sharpenâ€" ed? Parke & Parke have an electric automatic stropping machine; satisâ€" factory, work â€"guarantced. Durham Duplex 50c per dozen. _ Gillette‘s 35c per dozen, Everâ€"Ready Gem, Auto strop, etc., 25¢ per dozen. Parke & Parke, Hamilton. The application will be made imâ€" mediately. As a great amount of business has to be disposed of â€"yet, the Council adjourned to meet Saturday night. While rummaging through an old box, under one of the makeâ€"up stones, one day last week, we ran across the above cut, which will be of interest to the many oldâ€"timers in this district and also to quite a lot of the middleâ€"aged people. & The cut is a picture of the building which was known for years as the Mansion House (now the Village Inn Annex) and was conducted for a great many years by the late Captain Andrew Randall, and later by his son, Conrad Randall and later by several other people until it passed into the hands of Mr. John Hewitt. This photo was taken, so we are informed, over twentyâ€"tive years. ago. The fil:ndsfimding on the verandah in his shirt sleeves, is the late Mr. Conâ€" rad ndall. CR in A P } _ The ‘;)'_i;l"Mansion House was for years, one of the best run hotels in Ontario, and many a prominent politician, statesman and military man has made speeches in the old dining room, away back in the sixties and seventies. _ For years all the big military dinners and banquets of associations and societies for nearly all of Western Ontario were held in this house. _ h { «D is | ba THE OLD MANSION HOUSE (Vill: A° cA ! P Fllll (A) night short 9 LA A It Rains, Then Freezes, Then Thaws, Theny Hails a@@ Then Blows *‘ Sailsbury Campâ€"May Transfer to the Second Contingent. KAKAI TAMâ€"oâ€"SHANTERS Friday, Dec. 4, 1914 If you ever come to England in the fall of the year, for God‘s sake kzsep away from this God. forsaken part of it. * * Yesterday morning fatigue parties were the order of the day, putting up the tents that went down on Wedâ€" nesday night. Wihen I woke up this morning _ it was raining a blue streakâ€"at tenâ€" thirty it turned to hail and a wind sprung up that nobody could face. It bhailed till afternoon and at 12.30 the officers Reading and Lecture mar quee went down. I was in it at the time but was not even scratched, alâ€" though lamp chimneys _ went flying all over the place. I got out of that just in time to see the Orderly Room marquee go over. I then started to get my lunch but on my way I saw the new Offiâ€" cers Mess marquee go over for the ieut. Livingston has Named his cat "Grimsby," and has Grimsby Hockey Colors, Red and Black Ritbon Around its Neck. NY (Continued on page 3 $1.00 Per Year age Inn Annex) Pages 3)