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GRIMSBY WILL BE THE CENTRE _ ‘ _ OF THE BASKET INDUSTRY *‘The Ii?ut Town in Linâ€" coln County‘" now has Three Basket Factories. The Dalton Factory Will BASKETS BY MACHINERY The Merritt Bros. Factory is now Running and Emâ€" BUILDING NEW FACTORY The new Hewson & Farrell At the present time, there are two. dactories turning out baskets as fast as machinery and men can turn thein out and another factory is under con struction and being rushed to comâ€" plotion as fast as twentyâ€"five carpenâ€" ters can work. The one big factory of the three, the W. J. Daiton factory, is running to capacity and has a large gang of Grimaby, to all appearances, is goâ€" ing to be the big basket manufacturâ€" ing centre of the great Niagara Fruit belt and so it should be, as it is set in the heart of the great district and is the one big town of the bunch. This facéo‘y is employifg more laâ€" bor today than at any time . in its history and owing to the loss by fire of this company‘s Burlington factory, will be busier than ever. factory in order to fill the orders of the Burlington factory, as well as the increased number of Grimsby _ and district orders. T 09 P Besides the men, this factory _ has three machines that make six quarts, and with an average man . running them, turn out over 1,000 baskets a plece a day. In conversation with The Indepenâ€" The Hamilton _ > Provident and Loan Society Cor King and Hughson Sts ploying Nearly 20 Hands Tey ‘thive 2 Mathine More men wili be employed in this Four per cent. paid on < po.iunll!llilll‘“““ year or longer 1000 Completed Baskets Piece per day. & Factory is Being Rushed and .Wrglluhlfi:zhd This Week. It is 48x48 and 2 wW. W.!KIDD Kipp & FARRELL Real Estate and Private and Company MONEY TO LOAN HAMILTON MONEY TO LOAN On Farm Property Office Main Street, Twentyâ€"eighth Year. (Continued on page 5) â€"W. F. Gibson, Vineland Station â€"John McCoy C. FERRIE, Treasurer THE â€" INDEPENDENT ©. T. FARRELL Hamilton HAMILTON‘S GREAT PRO MOTER HAS "GONE HON Fateu of . This Districts reat Electric Enmergy _ Passed Away on Sunday It was due to his i nllnhflht:m is What it is Today. Did not Live to see his Last Project go Through. About $.30 Sunday night John Pat terson, Hamilton‘s best known, best Mked .and most . progressive citizen, succumbed to an lliness from which he had been suffering for . several years, and which had confined him to his bed for the last three . or four mwnthe. Though his death was not expected, it noverthaless comes as a great shock to his many friends and is the more pathotic as he died when he saw the last oig yoject he undarâ€" tookâ€"the bu!lding of the Hamilton, Waterioo & Guelph rallwayâ€"likely to materialize after much difficulty. . _ Mr. Patterson bad been a sufferer from Bright‘s discase . for . several years und this was the cause of his Mr. Patterson is survived by is wife, an adopted son, . two bmthor-.‘ ‘Thomas, of the Pattercon & Tilly Lasn ber Company, and Edward Patterson, the well known archite:t, _ and one :‘hur. Mre. James Devine, all of Ham ton, A NOTED PROMOTER In the death of _ John Patterson, Haimilton‘s great promoter, has passâ€" thoughts were for the city in which he grew from boyhood to mature man. hood. John Patterson was a dreamâ€" er, but from his dreams have evolved one of the greatost discoveries . in the transmission of electrical power. Lord Kelvin, the scientist, said that the transmiscion of power from Deâ€" cew Fulls to Hamilton was an Impos etbility, and he declared it could wot be done. John Patterson, the dreamâ€" er, said it could be done and the test proved that his everyday, practical judgurent was sounder than that of the bookâ€"learned scientist. planned to lis _ upbuilding. _ Even when the wheels of life were beginâ€" ning toâ€"run slowor and slower . his When John Patterson first . taiked of longâ€"distance transmission, K. J. Dunstan, who was then manager of the Bell Telephone company in this eity, zaid that it could not be done, for in the first place it would require a copper wire as thick as a telegraph pole to carry the current; and even then success was doubtful. But the dreamer kept wnn. even against the the t of the great Lord Kelvin and the telephone manâ€" ager, and when he got a few men of smal} capital to back him up, _ the tine was built and the current came with lightning: speed _ from Decew Falls to Hami#iton _ on an ordinary wire, In the whole history of longâ€" distance transmicalon, _ John Patterâ€" son stands at the head as _ the first man to put it to the test and _ today the principle is applied to every trans micsion line in the world. No doubt some secondâ€"haud sclentist will lay claim to being the originator of the principle now that its great discover er has passed on. Cheap Power Made City Mr. Pattersor made Hamilton . the foat electrical city of Canadaâ€"4t not of the world. Through . his snengy ‘ and persoverance Hamilton was awaâ€" kened from a long _ and _ lethargic { aleop, till now it is the great indusâ€" |trial centre of Canada. Within the | past 16 years, by its electrical power, MADE HAMILTON GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 29, 1913 nearly 40 Aricrican industries have located here, with a capital of: over $10,000,000 to keop the wheels turnâ€" Aug. Mummwu-hw‘ tence transmission of électricity from Decew Falis to Hampilton those indusâ€" tries could not have been Induced to come to Hamilton. ‘Made Hlectric Roads It was the longâ€"distance transtnisâ€" mion from Decew Falls to Hamilton that made it possible to build an eleâ€" THE ROYAL RANK OF CANADA Branches at Hamiltc.y, Stoney C Which you have made alPedy gambler‘s toy; How consecrete it to the use And save it from the ‘ clutch; How make it safe in brid "and car and rail And cure it from the years of plundering ? o..u: . mu. ‘. -“,,.mm._m_, Reserve Fund + .-". c T on mes .0 .0. . 189,000.000 290 Branches throughout Canada. THE TRADERS BANK OF CANADA Savings Department at all Branches. fif{;«fiw ME" + WÂ¥ WITH WHICH |S UNITED semmm DC Caven snet INCORPORATED 1869 m trie road from Hamilton to Omkville and from Hamilton to Brantford, cad Johr,. Patterson dreamed out these el ectrieal highways for the veuctt of Hamilton. And one of _ the _ best schemes which hils busy brain promot ed was an electric road . to connact Hamilton with Gueiph, which, if it reck, Winona and St. Catharines omm O u4. ASH m-fl.m(r.w._ ns s 61 Tureaducedie, St. EC 6. v. c uart siitl, . Assist . F. MABEY SUPT. OF WORKS AT A SALARY OF $900 ©iD e PR Cor. Willia»s and Cedar Sts. steady, persistent, regular depositing of so many dollars a week, of month, or season, in the Union Bank of Canada, which makes one financially independent. The money accumulates all the more rapidly, too, because of the Interest which is added every six months. StUmmer®n _ " 1. . . . â€" â€" H. R. Laird, Manager. S EdKG 2 2. s" * °2 sooone aeriend. Meveger %..m C. orF CANADA POULTRY ASâ€" ‘ SOCIATION FORMED it. 5) “"‘-"""".W“H."" and to join the Association. fee has been fixed at $1 year, The immediate cfi of the assoâ€" clation is to take prompt steps to put « stop to the stealing of poultry that was been prevalent in this district, for wo many years. 5 * A committee will be appointed to work gradually in conjunction with the Provincial Detective Department, with a view to discovering and punâ€" ishing the thieves. _ P _ In the meantime, all poultrpmen in the district are urged to count and keep a correct record of all . MNe!T poultry, so that they may be able to discover immediately, any loss, also to keep their poultry houses locked ‘wo that the thieves will be compelied to break into the bulldings. _ The punishments for chicken stealing In lfie past have been very light, . but if the building is locked . and . the i’mo‘.-hl and Undivided Profits (Over) Total Assets (Over) Save Systematically ]{.phz.i\l, occasional saving . seldom . accomâ€" plishes much. It‘s the (ontinued on page 5) ~~| Councillior Mitchell Claimed That the Appointment of any -“w'” Waste of IED Money. Wanted to Know What was Wrong With 1« "the the Waterworks. heavy repairs was due to . allowing the pamp house engineer to run both mum_-flamm to the mains. Reeve Johneon alzo claimed that it was not right to run both pumps at wnce. Aithough for awhile the past fall and winter it was necessary . at times to run both pumps at once, bui that the running of both pumps _ did not cause a majority of the breaks. _ CounciHior Mitchell claimed _ "hat $1.00 Per Year Plastering cannot be done in the winter. â€" Beaver Board can be put up in winter as well as any other time. . You can fix up your rooms and go in them at once, no waiting to dry. Beaver Board is better than plaster. _ No cracking or breakâ€" rag, no dirt in putting up. Good for new houses as well as for fising up old ones. Costs no more than plaster. Once tried is @lways used. Supplied at facrory price. Call and get samples and all information, Just Received 1 pound boxes .........25¢ !l 3pwndbouu...........75eE Large marmalade oranges \ James Osborue & Sou TNE LBADIG GROCBRS 12 and 14 James St. South Tunis Dates (Continued from page 5) CLOKE & SON 16 WEST KING ST., Tclephones 186 and 830 FOR THE