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------------------------------ THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, Februcry 28, 1967 294 ot City's First Trolley C out the t t ov ii the 1 V ) 1r Ss T Oo ey ar Railway extended bus service;diately started a program of to practically all areas of the|/modernization of the transit e veg S J 1 I 1 89 city, a * be ng of giving|system; so that 7 the end of e 3,000, up their franchise were oper-/1963, 21 new coaches were op- rvoir and tarted une 3 n 5 ating 21 buses. erating in the city. Due to the ut into On January 1, 1960, The City|growth of the city, more and P d By R. B. SMITH street cars and electricity for|cars. Much support was givenjof Oshawa purchased the Pub-|larger buses were added to the north en Transportation Superintenden'|'he street lights. The Oshawa|the idea. The last trolley carjlic Transit systems assets from/fleet which now totals 32. a 36-inch In 1887 The Oshawa Railway}Railway was forced to makejran in the City of Oshawa on|The Oshawa Railway and tunn-| Among the modernization pro- lied at a and Navigation Company re-|its own power in a brick build-|Saturday, January 27, 1940, en-|ed them over to The Publicigram was the construction of w low lift ceived a charter from the Do-|ing on Mill Street using coal./ding nearly forty years of serv-|Utilities to operate in conjunc-|The Transportation Building, lo- 'ected and minion Government which gave|This worked satisfactorily untillice. The buses took over on|tion with their Electric and|cated at the corner of Raleigh the new them authority to build a Rail-/the Seymour Power Company|Sunday, January 28, 1940. Water Departments. and Farewell Avenue. The - completed way commencing at the Portjcame through from Trenton,} From January, 1940, until De-| From January, 1960 The Pub-|ing was officially opened in 10,000 gal- - of Oshawa on Lake Ontario to|taking over all the power andjcember 31, 1959, the Oshawa'lic Utilites Commission imme-|June 1965, gee ° lant capa- the Oshawa Station on thejlight, being later replaced by an year the Grand Trunk Railway, and then|the Hydro - Electric Power ler pump- through the Town of Oshawa|Commissien of Ontario. ed to in- by a belt line or a single line} In 1928 in an effort to mo- f the sys- of Railway to the Towns of|dernize and to encourage more ion of the Myrtle, Lindsay, Burketon, Bob-|riders, The Oshawa Railway : ipletion of caygeon and on to a junction|purchased five modern light- ge ef the with the C.P.R. at Mattawa,|weight passenger cars from ttie ; with power to extend also to|abandoned Morris County Trac- en the Towns of Whitby and Bow-|tion Company of Dover, New CITY BUSES HAVE REPLACED RADIAL CARS IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FIELD «+. This 53-Seat Diesel. Eases Passenger - Load During The Rush Hours Oshawa Times Photo manville. In 1891 the name of the or- ganization was changed to the yOshawa Railway Company. In May of 1894 after many delays and when hope of the Elec- tric Railway had almost vanish- ed, the yards of the Grand Trunk Railway were suddenly filled with materials for the en- terprize, and work commenced on the building of the line on Jersey. The only steel street cars ever owned by the line, they provided the base service from then to the last. The end of The Oshawa Rail- way Passenger service first ap- peared in 1938 when Mr. J. J. Callaghan, Superintendent of the Oshawa Railway proposed that buses be introduced to the area not served by the street The Oshawa and District Movers Association. . . the following Monday. Thursday, June 13, 1895 was a big day in the history of Oshawa. The whole population turned out to watch Car Num- ber 12, resplendent in its deep carmine and cream finish,'§ trundle proudly down Simcoe Street on the first trip over the line, running from Alex- andra Street to the G.T.R. de- pot at Bloor and Simcoe Streets. The trip consumed about ten, minutes each way. The fare established at the time was six cents or five tickets for twen- ty-five cents. EXTEND LINE Work was started almost im- mediately on extending the line down to Lake Ontario. This was accomplished without delay and Number 10 had the honor of mk opening this portion of the route on August 2 8 rs were OSHAWA RADIAL CAR AT TURN OF THE CENTURY now parsing ton "he north end of Simcoe Street at Ross's ) Scene Is At Southeast Corner Of Athol, Simcoe Sts. --Photo By Ireland Studio Corners, down past the GT ones Station and on to the port on/ | Was Recently formed to render a greater service to the public EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 27th, 1967 Association Rates Are As Follows: MOVING VAN and TWO MEN -- 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. .... 12.00 per hour EACH ADDITIONAL MAN -- 8 A.M, to 6 P.M. ........0.04% seeeees.s 3.00 per hour MOVING VAN and TWO MEN WEEKDAYS: -- After 6 P.M. -- Saturday after 12 Noon and Holidays 18.00 per hour BACH ADDITIONAL MAN Si cisisevissso dees veserecaj ines cess 4.00 per 'hour PIANOS cibiies eck... seeeeesescsecees Minimum 18.00 per hour LOCAL RATES WILL APPLY UP TO A 35 MILE RADIUS e@ MEMBERS e JOHN'S MOVING & STORAGE-- Oshews MEL KRUGER Representative A. J. MOVING -- -- $$ --$$--$_____-_____ ae Lake Ontario. SUN LIFE Oshawa jof Canada"'? In a souvenir book-|lar Metal Roofing Co. and|they had received from the ; | j A A 0" PLANT 4 Fast Growth let published by a Toronto firm/ others. | municipality. It pointed out that|"tre Somer "ie operate the| CITY CARTAGE -- MACKIE S VAN & STORAGE jin 1898, it was pointed out that) It said no town in Canada ofthe town had an excellent elec-/first street cars came from a Assurance Company Oshewa _-- In Earl Da S |Oshawa was associated with|similar size at that time could|tric railway. Not only was there buon plant owned and opere- of Canada COLEMAN'S MOVING / Oshawa : such names as The Ontario/boast of such phenomenalja line on the principal streets,jted by Mr. mondston, Af- : LTD. PRE: NY, STORAGE -- Y Y |Malleable Iron Co. The Mc-\growth among its industries,/but each manufacturer had alter a short period of time it pare pow yc -- D. 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