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THE OSHAWA TIMES, Saturday, Merch 26, 1960 33 Huge Industrial Enterprise Began With Fine Axe Handles i sterer when he jobless. Many later worked con ; | journeyman carriage builder, a journeyman uphol S. Melaughlty ance Saic J tice diwas 18. He le arned to stitch, sew, |structing new buildings, which th ; handles, in a very real|blacks mith, - an apprentice ar a axe. banc {uct Met aughlin himself as designer, make wax ends, lay, out jobs and became the nucleus of what is youse, ele ihe Pay Melaug and manager make cushions. He "left the com-|known today as the North Plant srprise which is F: I units of the Slits 4 The factory had two storeys pany briefly at this time and The town of Oshawa offered How Genera ir gp a sarate blacksmith shop. wen! to work in carriage fac-the McLaughlins $30,000 fo re What be meaut was thal lis Wh BF from {he ceiling to!tories in upper New York state. puild the works. They accepted. father, Robert McLaughlin. found leg i i He later visited New York city.| p..o materials, carriages, tools f a carriage company. the dry ; av a als, carriages, Ete 2 short] ¢ thi Melat Shipping the carriages to On-land equipment, special gauge history of which relates a sim Shortly after this a clLaugh ; ; shige ake p i ia at gu lario points presented problems.land jigs and designs were lost ilar success story, used to make Jin carriage won first prize at a 15 i a b i : A anville, The The Oshawa plant was some dis-lin the fire. But by the next July and sell axe handles in Bowman-|county fair at Bowmanville he on ; a Wa me e. But : y ville to supplement the familycompany stopped making/lance iron . 4 args. the company had turned out more come wagons and concentrated on car- Carriages were loaded on flatithan 3000 units from a rented nome were a farming family ria es vagons, teamed down fo thelfactory in Gananoque despite the ey . = td yards loaded on railwayl|oss of designs in the fire living in Tyrone at the time In 1876, the Governor moved flat 5 'al a time. and a McLaughlin's axe handles were," oarriage business to Oshawa, # Sal 3 ho K oth v build In 1901, the company was in «0 well made that they invar-im: woo" the firm (hat later cre " men wa 3 ep sy los. corporated as a ' Limited" one y sold for a penny or IWol jg came the Laughlin] IDE ouses' aver the | + C10% and the rate of manufacture of fably J hecam oy . ing them in solidly ahove the going price Cs » Company. It was the S Mel > hl became up. Carriages and cutters was ap The story typifies two things 4. cLaughlin's proud boast, an cLaughlin ota Be proximately 25,000 per yeal N( fore » OF S. . . about the elder McLaughlin; he that. "We make one grade only : « er f "ne mal in he £1 Existing partners became share o work with wood and he at th wt' «ater he was designer Jr a% pagers And for the first time loved t . and that the best La I lin carriages. He held was a "crank for quality' IcLaughlin _ carriag sales were over $1,000,000 a year 19% ties' the Governor! inie t oy a » Both Canada Fri 2 Pasingss Bh an vention ging fis. pasion. for Shou a Se Two years later, Sam Mc ra el vas» prin Br had "revolutionized the carriage in . FA Lagan a o u Xe . La £ 'i : their beginnings in the same dustry and expancht Fhe LUT ERICA more than 140 sep Pierce - Arrow plant in Buffalo, THIS PICTURE WAS T AKEN IN OSHAWA IN 1907 AND SHOWS THE OLD McLAUGHLIN CARRIAGE COMPANY BUILDING year. For in 1867 tie oyeraur. dolly . year enterprise irate design "for carriages were|the Peerless works in Cleveland > es bs dog si fg of A new "gear" for carriage t offered by the 'companyland the Reo Works ui Detroit. |, 4 ( i¢] F took to! CARRIAGE SALES duction started with the "490° The corporation was capitalized assembly lines and eomplex pre- ns in a Tyrone shed as ! Gear pertain to th { F sxport busi In 1907 William Duran bead 0 By 1915, carriage sales were model al $10,000,000. duction methods Jl that between the body and vas developed with Aus- head of the Buick MA A ve can now declining and Sam and his broth- The McLaughlin Carriage com- Governor Robert was no longer On May 10, 1956, the 3.000,000th At . op we wheel Sprir ceuplin fralia and South American buy. Company at Flin go F Ga . anted take over EASURED POSSESSION the ( pring @ . " ; qi) [© seorge wanted to fake ov Senne og i 5 ae PRE: most treasured possession|chassis and the mechanismiing unit came tp Oshawa and signe ne fan the Chevrolet Motor Car Com.(pany was sold to Carriage Fac-lactive bul continued in an advi-'car came off the assembly line. was an old catalogue illust ed ch allows the front axle 1897 ar : on rmed agrec meni with the MeL: ang! ) three hou A : 2 Haris Dl Ta Yest Toronto lories Lid.. of Orilia . o v capacity in the company Today, R. S. McLaughlin ia with pictures of carriages, uri Seki RUTHIN lelaide The (carriage company gel : : a (Chevrolet was a part of General General Motors of Canada was He took a lively interest in the the oldest GM employee with Mclaughlin, Incorparateq 8} uo Dw of pie 5 A NEMS: to. Back engines na a "ri Motors in the U.S. and theirlformed in 1918 with the sale of new organization until his deathigver 70 years of service. He is Motos to. first million cars, it, best seller . ithe McLaughlin Motor Car Com-|in 1921 still active as the chairman of wif wk vears to, The McLaughlins got an agree-|pany to the Chevrolet Car Com Shortly after the merger, Gen the board of General Motors of I g hlin : ident. In tl \ € d million and five/ment to produce the Chevroletipany. R. S. McLaughlin was eral Motors entered an era of Canada. He is also a director and In 1869, the Governor sel up aflarity left fo the carriage, over|burned to the ground. Six hun- Mc Laughlin as preside In, that, make veal "the thirdlear in Oshawa. The manufacture|named first president. His broth- rapid expansion -- an era that|vice president of the GM corpor- miapatschiring business it Ennis 20.000 orders for gear assemhiysidred men 0 depended on thelfirs) year, 195 Mi Langiin ars lor Ihe "lof carriages ceased and auto pro-ler was named vice-president. saw the beginnings of modern'ation killen with a staff of four alwere taken by one salesman vorks for a living were suddenly! with Buick engines were turned lion é ag z i ; € ar ' a 9 developed woul ime, an ex Cars wagons and cutlers. One day he ; said, "I'm going to build one of "fifth wheel i tl turn- | church choir at Tyrone. da. : those." ing mechanism of his gear and| Two years later, on Dec. 7, 1899, The McLaughlin And he did patented it. In the years of popu-{the carriage company buildings Company was formed with R. § ( nly } ak fitional it took 30 yea . .+» TOO, are Holding OPEN HOUSE ie tons -- PICKERING -- NEWCASTLE -- NEWTONVILLE -- HAMPTON Cherneys, one of Canada's Great Stores for the home, Looks Big! . . . It is Big! . . . and it is only -- COURTICE -- BROOKLIN Thirty Minutes away from almost any direction. Cherneys would like you to take a minute when you and so many more attend "THE TIMES" OPEN HOUSE to visit Cherneys and LOOK OVER THE SEASONS MOST AT- i TRACTIVE STYLINGS NOW ON DISPLAY IN THEIR WINDOW. Visit Cherney"s on Tuesday, Enjoy A Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 7:00 to 9 p.m. -- ABSOLUTELY NO SELLING. (Absolutely No Selling) on, % Liberal If this illustration looks different, 2 { Terms there's a reason. 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