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tho unlonrtllt 8tap4ard tima17 unionville station was an important depot in bygone years trains played a big pari in history the histories of rail service through markham township and the toronto and nipissing railway one of the earlier pioneering railways of ontario are closley tied together it was not really that the railways them selves were paying concerns as a means of transportation but their value to the com munities they served was incalculable in terms of prosperity and making life more bearable this was certainly true of unionville our area was an excellent example of a town already well established and prosper ous before there was even any talk of a railway but whose most hopeful dreams were exceeded once the railway came through the tn featured a narrow gauge line at 3 6 the line was slimmer than the usual 5 6 line another famous railway using the same system at the same time was the white horse pass and yukon kailway both used it as a means of reducing con struction costs a major lure of the tn railway was its status as a common carrier it would haul passengers and freight of any kind that the public wished to entrust to it the success of the railway was highlight ed by the fact that whenit finally went under it was not the result of bankruptcy but of its own success an enormous sum of money was required to keep the line up to its traffic potential and convert it to stan dard gauge to avoid the transferor passan- gers and freight between vehicles at inter changes with standard gauge railways in markham township the t n railway was sometimes criticized for inadequacies in its operation in october 1872 a mar kham economist editorial said we re gret that we are compelled to complain of the manner in which shippers and consig nees are treated by the officers of the tn railway- it is within the knowledge of the writer that shippers of cordwood have been treated in the most shameful manner the editorial went on to say that wood was being shipped from goodwood and ox bridge but that markham was being ignored a subsequent editorial said the misunderstanding had been resolved to the satisfaction of everyone involved at about this time the township openly welcomed the pioneering train line into the community with a handsome 30000 bonus and more than 4000 in shares this generosity was rewarded by a glow ing description of the community in the railways travel brochure at that time a passage from the brochure summed up the marvels of rail transporta tion thusly markham is so near to the city and the trains run so convicntly that city ladies can goout after breakfast and return in time for dinner the editorial also noted that it was now possible for businessmen who worked in the city to evenly divide their time at their rural homes with the benefits of working in the city the cost for the 1 hour and 35 mi nute ride to toronto was 75 cents t tn railway was absorbed with other systems into a new body called the midland railway of canada this system slipped through several hands until it was absorbed by the grand trunk railway of canada the grand trunk together with the northern railway of canada were unable to carry staggering debts through world war i in 1922 and 23 they were consequent ly amalgamated into the canadian nation al railway system charles cooper childs eye view build bigger library faces that tell a story colty corners school circa 1915 this treasured photo from the tony murphy collection tells a i like the clown i like theclowns because they are funny and very colourful and they sell pretty bal loons i like the hanuted house too because it is scary meghann watson grade 1 room 10 v ij ivvunioqyllleisv story of its own the unionville historic al society has set out to record the story of such faces in the history of our town i like the clowns i like the parade because of the floats clowns horses and the bands amy carrj grade i room 10 vuvijifmawvwtvpinyjiepsv how would you use the profits- you all know and have been at least once to the festival its a fun place and a fast enjoyable way for the unionville associa- the unionville festival plates the plates have been sold at the festival since 1970 these plates commemorate the stores houses and other special places of interest on kennedy road v they can be bought at the festival every year and they are collectors items the 1970 plate was a picture of a tree and lady and a man on cither side this is the unionville festival logo in 1971 the queens hotel was printed on the plate the queens hotel was built in 1860 the 1973 plate was the blacksmith shop made in 1835 the one in 1974 plate had the stiver house which was made in 1825 1975 the central united church made in 1879 in 1976 again they had the unionville festival logo 1978 they printed the salem eckardt house built in 1835 in 1979 they celebrated their 10th anniversary which had a sketch of main street at the bend of theroad 1980 toogood pond was drawn on the plate made in 1840 and the 1982 plate was unionville public school made in 1892 i really think the plates are a great idea julie twaddle grade 6 lion to earn money they have a lot of things im sure that they would like to- have done if i were the person to decide what to use the money for you could be sure id use it wisely if wcarned a lot of money i would build a bigger and better library not start from scratch but add on to the one we have right now which is unionville public lib rary v another thing i would do would be to rebuild unionvillcs old buildings that have burned down like the sawmill i doubt if we have enough money though something i would probably do is give the money to the people who live along main street money to fix their houses if they want or i would fix up unionvillcs historic tplaces anything 1 do would be for union- villc though and im glad we have a fes tival carla chung grade 6 john xxiii vj xxf jphnxxhi special thanks ah historic photos presented in the times arc from the tony murphy collection photos from this collec tion will be displayed at the new un ionville public library as well as va rious local institutions we wish to sincerely thank tony murphy for sharing these valued memories of the past lu11ll