Ontario Community Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 2, 1959, p. 7

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witt jvcttfn ttt ft5s eighty fourlfi year no 40 acion ontario thursday april 2nd l9 second section install teletype system at acton station direct line from toronto speeds service citizens of a small community instillation deep in newly settled upper canadi up tra n op gave a hearty welcome to the first miltm m woodburncr that puffed its way ul in irist over a newly laid ribbon af steel on ad communications its maiden fun from toronto to i f vi ir mi thi ti guelph prophecies ranged from the j ja ml u ukmdpli is ringing in of i new en lo visions of msirununt fi r impiovim u industrial might tor the small but lmimc j thisi two wt rapidly growing village on tht g wtrc m transiting businis- until previous contact with tht uitsidi l tin lf2l s wliui in lur had bctn limited lo thi iwlstmj j sirunup1 w is nvintid it torturous almost impossible trails is ihi t itjn that sufficed for roads in thou d is i a d nk ij i t acton slition sptt li ilun is will is turn of bum ins itid mi ullids uslil ft travel on ihem when fusible a torture and in the spring of the year they often disappeared in so this steam locomotive w ilh its piles of cord wood piled behind its snorting boiler was a welcome sight for the many residents who lined the tracks to watch its slow climb up the grade from dolly vardcn the year was 1856 the town acton new invention equally significant but miking far less noisi was a now mems yf communication which went hand in hand with the new railmid it was the invention of simuil f b morse in i1mi just 12 uirs i irl ier and it wis olidthi tilt graph news whieh berofo of itineruit method isl snddli bai preachers and word nf nmith now be transmitted in i few minutes and was far liss iikclj to carry added encumbmici of ixig geration which musl have bctn the basis for much of thi acton then the tekgnph if t would seem primit v i haps but it opined up for news hungry sit k ulipn if its i is ml tilt d in tin c inidim il knlwhvs station it alton joining is two oldu iiljtiws in thi ininisingk complex commun ication field on i dinct line lo toronto with onlj oiu otlur suit n br impt m on thi simc line it mibks ijnil g anill jnd his stiff to hmdle th olumi of busiiiiss mtiih more tffitiinth than iould bt dom with the two oldir ss tnii its defined hct i i uhhptv it chi msts f imi indipindtnt uistru mints tin kiu ird whitti is jii nitoniitii ti insmilur itid tht tjpi llpollllll if till in litions w it t would h w whll till f th uih ai tins to sijj o f t and th i w rrum biuldi i oc tint i rst til lis etitr fti id jitth ul u nilliii ill ib t boil i i nit nsidt uid hi bt s p unted i du i i tvi sion ir lot ill d d 1 it n tutu- whit linn wert living tpiiittis ln nuit nut his r mill s i sc h urn w tiling i in f i pi is i bitkkgi rih in about big niuh for n couple oi tood sized s ir i oga trunks ind a pur of old rishiuud c it pit bugs ind ateiss to nih thioiih tin jiisstiili w nl inihin tin ignils offm ticket i inn i lid ni uors tpiirtiia hid i iikm ibout id 12 uid bthmd this 1 1 tin m d i d dis joint cgit sunrise service followed by breakfast at knox is thur kadei juls kndyfr h ml mis bud and about 30 matly f tin ccit wl iiuiornud gulst jointd h a ihiirth unitid s ken in case of emergency the old telegraph system at the c n r that the telegraph system can be pressed into service in the station in acjon can be pressed into service and operator event the lines are broken for the teletype and he nlso noted jim inglis is shown above as he sends a message on tne lele the railway telephone system will shll be used for railway train graph a new teletype has been installed at the station to speed orders and business the new teletype system is very iiccumtc up ihe service but the telegraph and telephone system will re mr inglis stated this week main in case of emergency mr inglis pointed out this week franklin prouse motors limited queen street acton

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