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GRIMSBY is the Best Town of its Size in Canad MACHINERY WILL BERUNNING THIS WEEK AT NEWFACTORY DO YOUR XMAS Citizens Will Vote on Natura The INDEPENDENT Establishes A Record For Country Weeklies For the first time since its incep tion twentyâ€"clight years ago, THE INâ€" cor n oon ht Sving %o e great ammont of Obristinas avatking thnt Pages ‘This is the first time that, 7 thrce page advertisoment and in mmflndmmmw-fi volumes _ for Hawke‘s store and shows that llhdm-gh-wun‘ mllm“ornmthbmmmd newsâ€" paper to advertise its goods. n mmflnd&hmnldnnwuly ‘THE INDEPENDâ€" ENT outs Grimaby‘s Ivofllnm\nmmnfldeflm weekâ€" Munm"rp‘u“h a rural district has ever printed _ a No"ummuolr-.mmuum THE INDEPENDâ€" mhnh'fl“l“.mdmv-m'wmw a b-w.nmm-lndunnhlnwuurfl-lhmlnu for one firm. nwn'lm.-uu.mo-umt.mmmmm roomlest store in either Lincoin or Wentworth counties outside of St. Mflum.muunmnnmwfl- camâ€" g_k_n_&,”d:-.uh.nln-onm_nhmmm past six months, £BC #""""" """_oults from this campaign and \page B C27 C700C Azrsbant in Ed’m from nearly every morshant in GRIMSBY and Mmhlâ€".hlhltdmm.m Read them all. C mmwndmmmmmmm-m the mhmn-l'." ‘This you should do. It gives you a botter mdpofih“n-mundv-mnw,umww clorks a chance to give you better service. " Yuu\mummmmummmmm delay mrmuumm-uuu.-norrmw. i’: R"!’ J. ....lic:- Abked The Pr.,.‘li.l Was F'“’ Discussed and the Byâ€"law mmwnuummw meeting on Monday night, . in * Council Chambers. en C eD Wns â€" THE INDEPENDENT 1..'.|‘|_~flltlt -"" '-fllllll-"llfll'wu“" ‘ Mr. Robert J. Melick of Canboro, "P ’urum&oou-dlm ree ...‘u.mnhlnlumwd ,..-u-nom-flnunm plying of gas to the residents. He presented a byâ€"law and agret presut? * 0 Sutsh was read He PC _ .0 which was read -nthllldn'l"'m ht "mmbficm nr.lolltmultlfl‘"m of the company was in progress and e €OMPMTT 72° 00 hright. ‘The of €N0 COMENTT 2 Slve brie that things looked very hright. 2 27~°°__°_.¢ Aveallent that ©9M088 °°*""" * Waatient "-,......-a\u-t wells uvml-nuunmlmld ou,gpomdfl“-“"‘ AM-&M.‘""" up of Jaw books i; was found . that Tbe Tranchise could not be _ Wranted without the voice of the people and . PCD CC wl be voted winouk 227 NU en d therefore, a byâ€"law , Will be Y0!°C -n-ummum!- w it was agreed that if work was Dot staried on the pipe line within , 8iX Sonths after the final passing of tho U;dl..' * the byâ€"law became null and ve ‘A tew of the important clauses, 48 W mlns Lowr amnsars in A fow of 4C M u00 ~~ annears woeli‘as _the _ byâ€"law, _ appears in ..fl!"fl"d‘*m' Dourneâ€"Aitchellâ€"That . BYâ€"!A% 296 thay bas been read a first_, and 4 tme on the 37th of October SMt which has received the assont of The duly qualified electors, be . N0% Teac a third time and do P fout mm.ucmt-mnl seal tb same and its title be as in . th¢ For Franchise For Gas Company and Presented an Agreement. Twentyâ€"eighth Year. Given Its First an ond Reading. TURAL GAS FRANCHISE \ PASSED BY COUNCIL CHEAP FUEL (Continued on page 3) time that THE INDEPENDENT has ever carried & lent and in fact, is the first time that "The People‘s Nee O sdin t ... dL . Bc Aboodtenbedbrne@ ePb r p: uManhruylanmuu PROMINENT GRIMSBY _ _ ; CITIZEN CROSSES THE _ , GREAT DIVIDE John Wesley VanDyke P assâ€" w This Af OOFERS FINISHED f;‘f.':’m.efi.M; POST OFFICE Lived Here All ife. Steam Fitters Are Now Putâ€" He Had a Great Deal to do! With the Building Up of| 1 Grimsby a 1 G.uflydl”‘- At two o‘clock this afternoon, the | Grim Reeper visited the Hotel Grims | sylueqolhmprhoollmou| of Grimaby‘s most prominent cltlâ€" | zous in the person of Mr. John ‘Wes le; VanDyke, at the age of Aftyâ€"Ave years. The deceased gentleman had been alling for over a year, but was able to be up and look wfter his hotol and his farm up tl1 wbout five weeks «50 T EU 2. _.~Asun and forced NB ETD CT OO when he was taken down to go to bed, from which T Mn we vad a a The decesn®0 ©TTUUITL woae alling for over a year, but NB# nblo‘ to be up and look wfter his hotol and his £rm .Ollwlvcvoon wgo when he was taken down and foreed to go to bed, from which he . never again arose. He had a very bad atâ€" tack at first but railied under caref1l atteation and nursing and it fookedl for a while as if the genial "Jack" wwanld neain be up and m?_ ull' vol 55 YEARS OLD Away 1813 ANC er a Lingerin d Here All kn%\ annnnnnnnnnnep * I (Continued on a n d GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, . page 9) y in‘1J MIP C after | the forn groap al go, | chance have | ways bi never | 25¢ per Bquare. MACHINERY IN NEW FACâ€" TORY RUNNING THIS WEEK i ho ue on Jn i s To gather .&l-avwll-lllm‘_ t.u n-m-unqoll-lhu.nhn for aleop. llurlyqfl'--hilmhu'.mmud ch song 4 \ Loll. L.a with thair dovful «sound thou wakes to take Atise, and with their joyful Steam Fitters Are Now l’nt-1 ting in Heating System l All Outside Work is Finâ€" ished. ‘ ‘The roofers on the now post office in eaaer en rai | ed and the large tron _ cornice . and lcw has been placed on the point of . iawar ‘The tar and. gravel roolâ€" Lak toidanic ts the tower The tar and. gravel roolâ€" ‘“Mmmpnb-dmndu‘ on the customs house part has been put on. Amnnle-unlltlo and the windows and ©NMM MMZ T0E, ors are fnished. ‘“u.m'.tnm with the office was Anished up last Saturday night. on as the NORMIEWECAROR CE o0 i plasterers will start. this ,re was OnC MJ MTT CCC O, dha Tlevluonmul-llouh‘- rinks c.n-duulthnkv-m nybr:lmu.vho-ulm work place dn which yOU had spent 5o on them at once. , many pleasant hours "Rollering." ~a n Mr, Hacty Heas, manager of . the A NBW HEALER Mun“nylnmfl.hl buyâ€" For cuts, burns, scalds, â€" bruises, Inx new machinery, but . 30 work wounds, Parke‘s Hcaler is vndoubted goes merrily 0n wnder tha . direction 1y the ideal dreesing. _ It promotes of Mr. W. Hess. mm_ulflndmuoud its muu..u-mmor«m mMMMmm hlmucwy-rohmhlm not obneoo(hhelolh.-h-ln.n Muu.blehloe‘um into wuys bave a box for emergencies; awhich they can move. Several more 256 per box. Parke & Parke, Market of the Gravenhurat ment will move T | (oonunuluu.ll) windows and then the roof= Manager : Hess Does Not Know How He Ever Got All the Stuff Into the Gravenbhurst Factory. @GRIMSBY‘3 new Iactor?, * _ da Stoe} Specialty Co.‘s plant on toria Ave. _A reporte; from the _ INDBP! ENT visited the factory on Tue and between dodging men and | TTDO_L% ‘An: wles ing machinery, MANARY® fow facts as regards the "ouae Everything and everybody is | 0n tlo-nndoll_"lu'ufil iry swill soon be in operation. ‘The upstairs portion of the bulld~ L-pgbauel.udutnlunnl CR C0 _ L0 haan â€" erected MB MHB MTC CUGLGAv machines have already been erecied and are now ready to be connected up with the electric power. _ ‘Nownstairs, the big twenty horse mower motor has been installed _ and is ready to run at any minute, Sover al machines have been erected and more are now being placed in posiâ€" tlon: To go upstairs and see the amount of machinery and material . that is there, you would hardly think that it is only a fow brief years ago that this ,re was one of the best roller rinks in Canada and that it was the place dn which you had spent 50 PIACO 4B *""" (aurs "Rollering." _ DECEMBER 10; 1913 10OPPING EARLY EBOST OFFICE veral of theâ€" Machin Have Been Erected a are Ready to Run. Mot is Ready For Juic». Gas Franchise in Jannary HUNTING HOUSES are moving . fast children‘s . playful managed to a ards the work being the . INDBPENCâ€" mtory on Tuesday, , the PROMINENT GRIMSBY CITIZEN CROSSES GREAT DIVIDE Vieâ€" I ble over cort by stonc road. Trouble Over Beamsville Crossings ville and Grimsby ‘The RICHD TORE I* <ppears that the _ Reeve . of Beamsvilie desired to build ¢wo or co crowsings over the Queenston and Grimaby stone road and startea ; uo «o without having a definite arrangement with Supt. Russ. Pirst, as ) permlssion to bulld the crossings; second, as to the location . of . the ages or esmm Ith SALIENT POINTS IN * THE GAS BYâ€"LAW ac 4o be cone PMUOY EMB MWPAAA LLLC Some peoule in Grimsby attempted to build a crossing at . a cortain sint in the Village and _ although they had the crossing partly comâ€" mered, they were not allowed to finish it and it remains there unfinishes o this day. There were two clauses incorporaled in the last report of the Queenâ€" on and Ctone Commitiee, which Geals with the matter of crossiugs and in order that the resident of villages may have a proper conception of this matter, we publish the ¢wo clauses herewith: 1.‘ That in future no sidewalk crossings will be allowed to be bullt of placed actoss the Queenston and Grimsby road, or any other class of work required to be on the road, without permiasion, and the location of wnen crossings being obtained from tho Queenston & Grimaby Road Comâ€" twittec or a special committee appointed for such purpose. In the event of arch permission having been obtained, all crossings or suol work are to be â€"constructed under the Instruetion of the @ in charge . 0f to adjust. es C P When !uwflntam-:«l to Chairman Secord in the matâ€" tor of &<o Beamsvilie cro@ihe,. .. Secord stated positively _ that the risings must not be constructed without the consent and under _ the sapervision of the Superintendent and a diagram was prepared and speciâ€" fcations drawn out for the building of any erossings, and this diagram and dimensions are signed by W. H. Secord, Chairman of the Queenston & Grimsby Stone Road and the crossings will have to be located and bull: wirh the nermission and under . the instructions of Mr, Russ, Supeninâ€" with the permissior iendent of the road. he Boamsville Express bad quite an article last week, about the trou» over cortain _ crossings . being bullt across the Queension & Grimsâ€" |c 20088 . calcha P 4400 47 7. w27 1 vinces, Upper Canada (Ontario) com plaining that it did not receive ite fair share of the _ rovenue derived from the duties lovied on M'l‘_ _o‘.- T en n mm : . \The â€"GasPeopie Ask _ For URNED FIRST _ SOD l Nothing Except the Iigt 89 YEARS AGO\| to Lay Mains and Sell irst‘ Welland Canal, Was Gas to the Residents Started Just 89 Years Ago Tesaron mres Now, and was Nothing A GREAT THING Mcre Than a Ditch. C s r es iz dA _ n AlakionP peli snn ‘,H“mmumm (Quebec) ports. With the design of remedying the grievances complained of by Upper Canada, the | Tumperial Pariiament passed a measure known as the Canada Trade Act, which reâ€" adjusted Upper Canada‘s share of the customs‘ duties levied by Lower Canâ€" ada, determined what theso . dutics should be and provided for a . more cquitable and prompt payment of the Upper Province portion of the revenâ€" ue. Meantime other causes woere at work which produced dissatisfaction witbin both provineés and finally led to rebellion. In lower Canada there was butning questions _ conneoted with the administration of the affaire of the provinee, which for some years /w Welland Ship Canal to help the â€"o Davis or his officere went on and commenced operations . and crossings partlally _ down when Supt. Nuss sent orders to his Noamsville to take up the crossings and remove the material, ; created quite a bit of ill feeling and some controversy in Beamsâ€" q W. B. Russ appealed to the chairiman of the Queenston . & y stone road, W. H. Secord. . . 5 AP OO tR et‘s stone rodd, . . AGSTTTE a well known fact and has beeu for yeare, that the Queenston & Stone Read Committee would not allow anyone, either in the vilâ€" in the town#hips, to build crossings without the consent of the « or the superintendent and that any crossings that were built s done under the stpervision of the Superintendent. Canada (Continucd on page 3) we|Gas will be Sold at 45 cents e\ a Thousand Feet For Su| â€" Domestic Use and 35 cents s L Thousand For Factory ®*4 | _ Use, Natural gas for GRIMSBY and a GREATER GRIMSBY is now the sloâ€" ET L and ;’.”,( the _ INDEPENDIAT _ M should be the slogan of every citizen 6f GRIMSBY, till after January the . dhesadd o PW n en CR o Pn kh 7 m_umm‘flufl. the polls on that date and vote . for the byâ€"law granting John Hill . and Robert J. Melick the power to _ lay \;a'n-nl-nluullnlu“ Mr Melick appeared before ho Council on Monday night and asked for a franchise, he also presented an agreement. mwvum. the Council and a Byâ€"law was drawn up and given the necessary two read ings. The fnal passing | will take pace after the duly qualified clectors have voted upon it and cartied it. ‘The voting on the byâ€"law is necesâ€" sary, as the law will not allow . a council to grant a _ franchise to _ a wan or a company for a longer term than one year. We print herewith a few . of the sallent points contained in the byâ€"law and the agreement: "That all gas pipes, mains and con |auite shafl be laid so as to not inter |fere with public travel, private cross $1.00 Per Year All pipe lines shall be below the with the instructions of any engineer armlythou-ulluu beâ€" e 1 ‘That the said John Hi!l and Robert ‘J- Melick sha)} be required _ to sall (Continued on page 3) 12 Pages