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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1929 PAGE SEVEM -- Mayors Since Oshawa Became A City : i W. J, TRICK Mayor, 1024 H, P, SCHELL Mayor, 1025 A) © R. D, PRESTON Mayor, 1026, 1027, 1028 T. B. MITCHELL Mayor, 1029 Building Expansion in Oshawa Since 1924 Good Indication of the City's Growth Building permit figures give in perhaps the most realistic way an in- dication of the growth of Oshawa Year Dwell. Apartments Garages 14 915 $16,330 1085" 731s "14,300 1 468,125 hi 1246; 1 313,450 342, 26 1 0 238,100 54,717 since it became a city five years ago. These figures, taken from the records at the eity engineer's office, show. the figures under the various classifica- tions during the five years of Osh- awa's cityhood, Alterations Other Business Moving Electric Factories Total Total Structures Buildings Signs 'mils $43,070 $174,500 $2,500 $ 510 $ 5 $ 786,695-- 459 65,755 42,170 72,905 125 585 576,205-- 433 53,805 60.785 67,100 + 3,850 1,470 376,500 5,255,188--1,222 73,820 214,550 98,500 Jo 2, 2,156,000 1,052,100-- 395 89,805 212,10 23,270 5,150 4,618 273,000 2,515,070-- 935 H istory of Real Estate Here Goes Back For Many Years Poster of Auction Sale of "Desirable Building Lots" Held Over Fifty Years Ago on Exhibit at Times Office The story of the growth of the Real Estate business in the city of Oshawa is an interesting one, and dates back many years, While busi- ness has been more active than us- ual within the last year or two, real catate was on the market in the ear- ly days, before fhe town began to experience growing pains, There is at the office of The Times, a poster of an auction sale of *'desirable building lots" which took place over fifty years ago, the property then affored being what is now part of the land upon which stands the Genera] Motors, Old timers remember distinctly when Mary street, which passes through the heart of the General Motors' property, was but a lane, leading out to the barns of a farm on the outskirts of the town, The farm was later gurveyed apd sold for building lots, some of the prop- erty being secured by the McLaugh-' AP E X Electrophonic 10 Inch Double Sided Phonograph Recurds Fox Trot Record No, 8878 ' Fox Trot Record No. 8872 Makin' Whoopee Fox Trot Record No, 8889 Sweethearts on Parade Fox Trot Record No, 8866 . My Tonia Theme song of the motion picture "In Old Arizona" Fox Trot Record No, 8890 Hear the new Ape X Llcdlrophonie Nap . Why Why ~. 65¢c More? More? A Precious Little Thing Called Love Fox Tot Record No, 8892 If I Had You Fox Trot Record No, 8891 I Faw Down and go Boom ~ Avalon Town Fox Trot Record No, 8892 Where The Shy Little Violels Grow WW inal inna) Wilson & Lee 3 71 Si 'coe St. North Phone 2388 The Sun Record Co., Toronto, Ont. Song Record No, 8879 Song Record No, 8880 Phonograph Dealers Everywhere. 17 5i Complete Stock of Apex Electrophonic Records : Always on Hand , HARRIS MUSIC SHOP lin Motor Company and used for factory purposes, The particular property advertis- ed for gale by auction comprised the block of land bounded by Mary the south, Mrs. Fairbanks property on the east and Richmond street on the north, The circular ran: "The subscribers have instructed Mr. John McGill, auctioneer, to of- fer for sale on the premiscs, on Saturday, June 5, 1875, at one o'clock p, m,, those excellent build- ing lots forming part of the Karr estate, shown on the following dia- gram:"" The announcement states furth- gr. "These lots 'are situated just southeast of the Oshawa Cabinet Factory, and within a few rods of King street. They are the most de- sirable lots on the market." "Terms easy and made known at the sales or on application to the undersigned, William MeGill,. R. Jones, Solicitors." The posters were printed by The Reformer office, when it was locat- ed on King Street, The history of this property is interesting from the standpoint that the property which then fell under the auctioneer"s hammer later became the centre of activity for Oshawa's leading industry. The lots were readily picked up by var- ious citizens and houses erected, The property was then acquired by The McLaughlin Motor Company, in making alterations and extension to their plant. In those days it did not require many real estate offices to handle the property placed on the local market, Much of the real estate was handled by merchants dealing in other commodities, This particular branch of business has gone for- ward: by leaps and bounds until to- day there are a large number of firms specializing in Oshawa's de- sirable residential and business pro- perties. GREATER OSHAWA HAS BIG VALUE Past Growth of the City Has Been Phen- omenal The City of Oshawa, located on Lake Ontario, 32 miles east of Toronto, has a population estu=mat- ed 26,000, It is fast becoming on of the leading manufacturing cities in Canada, It became a city in 1924, Transportation facilities and ec- onomical distribution of finished products to the domestic market have contributed largely to fis growth in manufacturing, In the former the city is served by the two reat Canadian railroads: Canadian ational and Canadian Pacific main lineg Toronto to Montreal, The Osh- awa street railway, a subsidiary of the Canadian National, electrically operted, serves all industrial plants, interswitching charges being ab- sorbed in the general rate, Hgh- way tronsportation is' adequately served by. the paved Provinciss Highway No, 2 extending from Windsor to Montreal, passing through Toronto. Plans are com- pleted for extensive harbour de- velopments on Lake Ontario and up to date an expenditure of $125,0v0 has been made. Within a radius of fifty miles from the city of Oshawa there is a population of approximately 650,~ 000, comprising the greatest single industrial area for its size in Can- ada. There are at present over eight thousand employed "in the local in- dustries, representing an annual pay roll of over $10,000,000. La- bour conditions are particularly good and supply is readily available from such centres ag the City of Torooto. Eighty per cent of the re- sidents of Oshawa own their homes. Among the products manufactur- ed in the city are automobiles, cas- tings, iron fittings, interior office and factory woodwork, leather goods, pianos and radio, plate glass windows, plushes, sheet metal pro- duets, springs, woollen goods. There are a number of excellent manufacturing sites available in the city 'with railway and eivie conven- iences, (or guaranteed to be sup- street on the west, Bond street on- McGee, Executors, or to McGee and | QUEEN'S BLOCK SHOWS PROGRESS One of Most Historic Sec- tions of Oshawa By Time Revolutionized One of the most historic blocks in Oshawa is the Queen's Block at the corner of Simcoe and Bond streets, For many years it was the site of the Queen's Hotel, which was well known to the travelling public, In 1919 this property, which was then owned by T. B, Mitchell, A, E, Law and Chas, Owens, was purchased by A, 8, MclLeese and Samuel Jones, who held it for two years, and then sold it in sections to Frank Martin, who erected a'bottling works on the rear; J. W, Borsherry; Ewart McLaughlin who bought the major portion of the Bond street front- age; F, C. Davidson, who got the section on the corner of Simcoe and Bond streets; and R. N. Bassett the 40 feet north of that secured by F. C. Davidson. This was the advent of this block as stores and apartments, A, S. McLeese retain- ed the section of the property north of the Bassett section to the ar- mories, which he converted into the first seven apartments in Osha- wa, 4 In 1921 it was considered a doubtful experiment, but the apart- ments were not completed till they were all occupied, and they have never been vacant since, 'The ground floor of the hotel building was converted into stores. This was also considered an expeyument, but this has hecome one of the busiest blocks in the city, and at present houses such firms as Loblaw's Gro- ceteria, The Robert Simpson Com- pany, Smiles an' Chuckles, etec., who are among the foremost in the Dominion, The Queen's Block has the long- est frontage of any one business block in Oshawa, it being about 135 feet in length ana tnree stor- | eys high, It contains eight stores and about 50 apartments, The Queen's Block probably re- flects the development of Oshawa from a real estate standpoint more than any other in this city. In 1919 it was offered to the city as a municipal centre for $25,000, and the ratepayers voted against its purchase. Today it is valued at over $300,000, The new apart- ments nearing completion in this block will form a creditable addi- tion to the city's apartment houses, as they are equipped with hot wa- ter heating, oak floors, electric stoves, Frigidaire refrigerators, electric washing and ironing ma- chines, incinerators, electric fix- tures, superior windows, a contin- uous supply of hot water, storage rooms, and other convemcaces, WOULD POOL NAVIES OF BRITAIN AND U.S. Paris, March 8--Pooling of the navies of Great Britain and the United States to secure freedom of the seas and prevent future wars was suggested by Bainbridge Colby, sec- retary of state in the cabinet of the late Woodrow Wilson and noted in- ternational lawyer, in addressing a luncheon at the American Club here. "Suppose," he said, "Great Britain and the United, States combined in such a formula¥of co-operation. We would not permit, by virtue of our combined power, a recurrence of such a world catasrophe as that from which we have just issued." Mr, Colby said he was merely throwing out the idea but he felt. it did not deserve a brusque dismissal, "There must," he continued, "be an understanding between the two great naval powers, sprung from the same origins, speaking the same language, fundamentally unified. We must achieve not only a formula of accord, but a formula of effective, mutual protection and unified ser- vice," The former head of the state de- partment said the two nations might well tale a tip from the example of Lloyds, | famous marine insurance company, and set up their combined navies as a mutual assurance for the preservation of freedom of the seas and the avoidance of wars. PARDON THE MAP Customer--"I don't like these pic- tures, They don't-do me justice." Photographer -- "Justice? Lady, what you want is mercy." --Judge. plied where reasonable and neces- sary) including Jand held by the city for industrial purposes. There are also a few fa-tory buildings available. This table shows the amount of assessment taxable for all purposes under the various classifications for the last five years, The value of pub- Y Land Bulldings } Hasnes $5,362 1925-16,941 2,836,405 5,897,365 TEC 3,372,710 9,422,965 How Oshawa's Assesment Has Grown In Five Years. Since it Became City lic buildings, churches, etc., that are taxed for only certain purposes, is not included in these assessment fig- ures. 820,155 643,075 0,197,000 herd 3480 1500s Lass 815,015 15,385,565 FUNCTIONS OF VALUED CITY COMMISSIONS Parks, Housing and Town Planning Ably Ad- ministered The Parks Commission, having seven members, appointed by the city council, the first of which was appointed in 1917, has firisdiction of approximately one hundred acres of park areas in the city of which the most important are the Alex- andra, Central Memorial, Cowan and Lakeview Parks, Alexandra park of 25 acres in the north section of the city is used as the annual fair grounds by the South Ontario Agricultural Society. In the south, fronting on Lake Ontario, is Lakeview Park, with its 65 acres of shade trees, orchard, meadow and beach. With its pavil- fon and amusement facilites it is fast becoming one of the most pop- ular picnic and camping grounds in the Province of Onatrio. The Housing Commission, with five members is largely credited with Oshawa's enviable record in meeting housing shortages at the close of the Great War, since which time loans totalling $760,000 were extended to home builders.- The Commission is now concerned only as a Trustee Board for properties on which payments are yet being made, twenty years having becn al- lowed in which to complete the pur- chase, The Town Planning Commission, appointed since 1921, having seven members, although limited in its au- thority, is rendering the City an in- valuable service, Under legislation enacted by the Ontario Government last year, cit- ies are now empowered to have con- trol over subdivisions in their su- burban areas to the extent of three miles in every direction from the City limits, The rapid development of the city has required the active attention of the Commission to all improvements and all sub-divisiun plans. Since the suburban area law went into effect plans have 'been PUBLIG WORKS ALMOST DOUBLED IN FIVE YEARS INCREASE 1S SHOWN IN MANY CIVIC DEPARTMENTS City Engineer Points Out Remarkable Growth in Population Five years have seen public works in this city almost double, said City Engineer W. C. Smith in reviewing the work of his de- par.ment since Oshawa became 2a city. Length of street pavements in the city, has increased from 13 to 85 miles in the five years, he said. Where there were 21 miles of water mains when Oshawa was erected into a city, now there are 49 miles, Likewise, the sewer sys.em and the sidewalks have more than doubled in length. In other ways, too, the astonish- ing growth is seen, In 1924, there were 2,600 homes supplied with city water, Today there are about 5,200 customers of the water works depariment, The revenue from the water services has been about doubled, Then, the pumps at the lake were pumping about 30,~ 000,000 gallons per month; today, the pumpage is about 60,000,000 gallons. The growth of Oshawa up to 1924 has been more than equalled in the five years since that date, in the opinion of the city engin- eer. This growth has occasioned the expending of considerable ef- fort to keep pace with the natural demands of a city that has the charac eristics of a 25,000 popula- tion, which are totally different than the characteristics and de- mands of a city of half that size, streets and size of lots. The Com- mission refuses to sanction any made to conform to the city's fu- ture requirements as to location of plan which does not conform to the necesasry requirements. - DR. T. E. KAISER Conservative. member for South On- tario in the Dominion House of OSHAWA'S PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATIVES W. E. N. SINCLAIR Leader for Ontario, who rep- Commons. for ts this riding in the Provincial House. Mr. Smith pointed out. The larger city demands much more in the nature of paved streets, better lighting, and other facilities than the town would. Mr. Smith point- ed with pride to the fact that the city depariments have been able to adjust themselves to a growing city and yet keep practically the same sized staffs as those of five years ago. As further evidence of the rap- idity with which Oshawa has grown during the last five years, Mr, Smith pointed out that, from 1874, when Oshawa had a popula- tion of 4,000, it took 38 years, to 1912 to double in population. It again doubled, from 8,000 to 16,000, by 1924, in another' 12 years. In the last five years, it has increased over 8,000, or over 50 per cent. of the population when it became a city. This increase In the last five years, is equal to the growth in the previous 12 years. FITTING IF NOT FIT Husband--Is that woman I saw you talking to a fitting associate for you? Wife--She's fitting all right; she's my dressmaker.--Boston Transcript, PLAYS STRAINS OF OLD MASTERS AT MUSIC LECTURE Toronto, Ont, March 8--~A wan- dering minstrel stood in the hall of Trinity College one afternoon recent- ly and with cheek lovingly laid on a violin, played with magistral bow, variant airs of those wandering min- strels variously called, Tsiganes, Zin- gari, Bohemians, Gittanos, Egyp- tians and gipsies. One might call this violinist the reincarnation of the scholar gipsy. : This man who played the life rhythm of the worius muse ulugue people was strangely enough a pro- fessor, Dr. Walter Starkie, of Trinity College, Dublin, one of the few pro- fessors who have much to do with the rhythm of life. "I will give you," said Dr. Starkie, "two main' theories as to the origin of gipsies. One is that they camc from a set in Asia Minor called the untouchables. Another is that they came from an Indian low cast mu- sicians, The theory of Indian origin is the one most acceptable and is borne out by their invariably swarthy appearance." laying them regular. as they were prepared, Paeans and praises to him! The Build The house-builder at work in cities or anywhere, The preparatory jointing, squaring, sawing, mortising, The hoist-up of beams, the push of them in their places, Setting the studs by their tenons in the mortises, according The blows of the mallets and hammers-- --Walt Whitman. rr e-- bY Owner and Manager 9 oho Tae, Too ps Shen We (o Wa tg ¢ vy. 5 S a H. E. SMITH DRY '--and 'Parker's' are Prepred to Give 'AT' CLEAN TIME 2 SERVICE ot ot Fr 5, | Parker's Cleaners & We Are Always Ready to Give Attention to Orders on the Shortest Notice--Give Us A Trial! Phone 788 Dyers Y Ne its dey nes for cor Ca