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J. W. VanDyke had built a private water system and the question of the village taking it over had been hangâ€" ing fire for many months but at a special meeting held in August the bylaw to raise $4000 was read a third timeâ€" and Grimsby owned its first water system. 1899â€"Jas. A. Livingston reeve; S. Wismer, W. Kavanagh, Geo. E. Miller, K. N. Grout councillors. A lot of conâ€" troversy had taken place in the months past re the H. G. & B., but the company invited the council to a confab and matters were adjusted and at a special meeting in February the new street from Main and Paton to Kerman avenue was formally handed over to the village. The H. G. & B. had been contending for an alteration in _bylaw, 108 â€"and ‘the previous council had‘been too hard headed to grant enough to make .a reasoniable agreement possible. The Durham, N. J.. Teeter.. On April 6 a bylaw to raise $2500 for Queens Lawn cemetery was vyoted on andâ€" ‘there lware three lone kickers «in the village, the vote being 51 to 3. The Hamilton Provident and Loan socicty got these debentures for $2680. At the first meseting of the council Wismer and Kavanagh were made the board of works, and at February meeting â€" a motion was passed that all new work be done by tender. In June we find a long motion of Durham and Teeter which starts off "Whereas the chairâ€" man of the board of works has seen fit to order a quantity of material for new walks without first having subâ€" mitted his estimates, etc." They were not a happy family apparently. When the tenders were called J. W. Duval put in 15¢ and 18c for 3 and 4â€" foot walks and got the work. William Gilmore was awarded the contract for watering portions of Main, and Depot streets at $2 a day. special meeting in January ‘98 a byâ€" law was passed prohibiting burial in cemeteries within the village limits. It had been voted on and passed by the electors. \â€" *‘ 18§98â€"Reeve W cillors W. Kavan Mabey defeated W. F. Cla:i Junior did not seem so | i pass bylaws "prohibiting" Senior had. been for he on a bylaw to prohibit bic ing on sidewalks. At the meeting bills were paid on VanDyke‘s evaporator fi In started an tract for t Kidd is a credit for There is. a addrgssing and he ag: mit wW. D. Forbes,. _ W. â€" B.> VanDyke. Teeter had sat in the council in 1891; Wismer in 1892, ©‘94¢ and ©05. This council was apparently leary of past proceedings for they appointed two new auditors C. H. Mills and E.\ M. Mihell. VanDyke and Wismer seem also to have been confident of their ability for, as the board of works they made a motion that the (board â€" have $25 placed to its credit. ((Wonder what the present board would do with twentyâ€"five dollars?) At a special meeting in January called to come to a settlement with M. W. Hopkins re account for waterworks survey. The council of ‘96 had offered him $50, he claimed $100,. and a motion was put, and lost, that he be paid $75; and make a note of thisâ€"a portion of Main street was seemingly in good shape for itâ€"was ‘"Moved by VanDyke, secâ€" onded by Teeter that under | an arrangement with M. Durham we acâ€" cept the road between Oak street and Millward‘s hill as satisfactory to ‘this council.â€"Carried." f Still more history was written in 1897. A new newsnaner. The Gazette.: 1897â€"Reeve Councillors N e ..0)-0-()-()-()-()-0.0-().0-()-0-‘ Poeple Turn Down a Golden Opâ€" portunity â€" to Own Electric Light System in 1901â€"fâ€"Begip- ~ning of Famous School Fightâ€" Bvâ€"laws Galore. FIREWORKS FOR CELEBRATION ayaA 1y CSX CS f C3 o Pm ts e P & Ko on & 5m PB aAlMM # tA & i TA 1 C wee &# . s w ‘-:;‘g,';:‘. 23 P Farcd J HER +5 | 9 m h ® § ; § :. Tt T ' I \ A MJ g m ce A € :-'. V 4 0:0)-()“()-()D(_O-O-()-()-()-()-fl-o .:' THIRTYâ€"EIGHTH YEAR g THE WEATHER |! t PROBABILITIES | $ Light winds, rain in some { § localities, but mostly fair i Still more history was written in 97. A new newspaper, The Gazette, irted and L. D. Oakley got the conâ€" ict for the village printing, W. W. dd is apparently entitled to the sdit for Queens Lawn cemetery. ere is a previous mention of his tter ‘e is a previous mention of his gssing the council on the matter he again appeared at the Febâ€" y meeting and as a result a comâ€" se was appointed to go into the er, and at the March meeting a w was put up to the electors, h was passed, $2000 being proâ€" 1 for the purpose. Today . we om PROBABILITIES Light winds, rain in s localities, but mostly â€" (Continued on page 7) ait ‘the Irish 1 as authorized "to village papers wa ontinue â€" gatheri and corners in â€" " Mr. Brodie ha n in iln nd h wrea O1 h (By Mille) s the first reco the council dyin â€" byelection S W. F. Clarke. F Thomas Johnson Teeter, S. Wismer W. B. VanDyke bit bicycle riding At the November S$. Wi id @§ on crowds T ke h,ad to s&y: afers." The put a notice ning parties g ‘ on the )( VC 1€ 1C smet ccount of $ At :~a . Forbes lined to 3 Forbes ted â€" nay nCclil ecord fe made > motion tior TC ve suf motion Counâ€" oh ul rde 11 f posing them to prevent their landil}g. ‘ He was also a provincial land surve; of Townships for the Government of Upp for his labor, in part at least, in grants o have in our possession deeds of lands ext Peterborough on the east comprising tw he bequeathed to his son Henry W. 2152 situated in the Township of Grimsby; to queathed 1411 acres; to Margaret 1449 a« donned of this history on Aug. 9, 18995; Melles was born 2ist Oct., 1838, se frontier in 1866 in the 79th Batta 1873 Louisa, daughter of Alfred B Abraham Nelles, the head of th tinction and influence in his day : position and in the Lincd members of well known of Colonel 0 Henry Williagn Nelles who inherited Lake Lodge from his father was born Feb. 11, 1798 and married on Feb .11, 1829, Ann Eliza, daughter of Hon. Sam. Smith, of Etobicoke, and had issue Samuel Abraham, Beverly Robinson, Catharine Isabelle, Henriectta Ann, Emma Maria. Of the daughters Catharine Isabelle married Jas. Willison Grout Nelles, Henrietta Ann married Henry Edward Hamilton Nelles, Emma Maria married Henry Hyde. B . Of the sons Samuel Abraham who was born Mareh 4 1822 marrinod Inlia Of the daughters, Maria Elizabeth at th Wm. Sampson, figst Rector of Grimsby and | Margaret married Wm. Ferris, M.D., of S married Thos. Racey, Registrar of Deeds, Matilda married Elijah Nelles,. of Woodstock forda Militia: f BA and was the third son of Hendrick Nelles who settled in Gri Revolutionary war which closed in 1783. As he was only years at this time it is Eluite probable that he removed with York on the Grand River subsequently. No documents are. sion dated Grimsby until 1794. On May 2nd, 1797 Abraham Henry William, Maria Elizabeth Matilda. LAKE LODGE BRANCH OF NELLES FAMLILY h _ _ Abraham Nelles, the founde ind was the third son of Hendri )ldie1 10re tC \me 1] l sons Samuel Abraham w! iuzhter of David Hudsonâ€" n h influence In i trust from th 11 WHEN THE NELLES FAMILY FIRST SETTLED AT LAKE LODGE, AND FOR YEARS AFTER, sWORDS, MUSKETS AND AMMUNITION WERE IN DAILY USE. THERE PLACE AT THIS FINE OLD ESTATE HAS BEEN TAKEN BY CRICKET BATS, HOCKEY â€"~ @STICKS AND RUGBY FOOTBALLS. ‘ WHERE THE PIONEERS OF THE NELLES F AMILY CLEARED A I l t] shoul« n th Government of Upp it _leasgt, in grants c _deeds of lands ext east comprising tw son Henry W. 2152 hip of Grimsby: to TOWâ€"â€" p braham Nell sailed 1893. Beverly Robinson, second son of Hen: 1838, served in the Fenian Raids on the Ni i Battalion Lincoln Militia, married on Sept lfred Buckwell of Port Dover. a of this bl‘jnch Oof the family was a man 0 under of Lake Lodge was till L1 a 01 nd survevor and su ITPC nment elles married Catharinev Margaret., Helen Priscill n 1 eX [ Upper Canadua. 8 was propaDiy pald ints of land from the Government, as we is extending from London on the west to ag twelve thousand acres. By his wHl 2152 acres of land,, 600 of this being y; to his daughter Mrs. Sampson he beâ€" 449 acres, to Helen 1430 acres, and tC 18 o was born Marsh 4 n 186lsand had issue t] un elievi Bacl m ind I nce In Tennis Courts on the beautiful campus at Lake Lodge h 10n id one sc ouI re that e of sevente me son and two daughters. itharines. Helen Priscilla ty of Halton, Catharine risterâ€"atâ€"law, Major of Oxâ€" W 1 l eve H 1 C h LODGE McKune id many Of11( i Eim Aiinntnitrvncs».+ AV a ol oi ae ) en en Te ~wnes 0 t1S 1] 1€ 1832 married Julia Ida Ann Hawksley n he was C n 1n 11 Dec CC C n his father boy 1 hy i man of dis ly ind had issue id Catharine married Reyv F4 3 immeé ne NIlag UI The Ll n ibl OL 4th aft of utwitted n l posse GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1922 tkit n U t W 17 01 Ta LC W l O ht 11 12. )1 C y qonyzw t < To ceaspet certs: CÂ¥ y ; . m B zi ;‘J'& mld C yP in 2 &5 ~©" 9 1| § 0 b 5 e C x 2 ho ) Mss ie E al : ie ۤ ‘&5 6 JT“\‘ & M h M f @ «uk ; i 1822 and saw active service in the Rebellion of 1837. Like his father he was Returning Officer at several electi a justice of the peace. a Samuel A. Nelles was only eleven years. of age on the d He was educated at home by private tutors and at Upper Toronto. He spent all his life at Lake Lodge and died on after a lingering and painful illness of four months at the eight. He served in the Fenian Raid of 1866, and being a tiring disposition never sought public office. «He was a im esteem by all with whom he came in conrtact, and his~ den regretted by a large circle of friends. 11 and built to wa 11 fi1 chem ind â€" )f bushels venin firm n Duli 1812 irst irame Darn Duill 11 ind Iâ€"have been told by vere so incensed over icres O1 Matil« the h 1It : by wards esent i * cb is seives fr({m\! ie House without OfIeTi were severey censured by their felly Abraham Nelles took an active intere sonâ€"inâ€"law Wm. Sampson was the fir the frame cottage at the corner of M â€"by Abraham Nelles for hisg sonâ€"inâ€"la; tds church funds ard a large contrib <ram. 0â€"<ma> 0â€"oun> 0 <0m)â€"0 4n 0 â€"0 71 0 > 0 on <ciâ€"0 â€"<I> C â€"<u> 0 ud( um 0â€"<meâ€"0 <unâ€" 0 <unâ€" 0â€"<me 0 â€"<umâ€"0 â€"<uns 0 â€"ous () <S () <unp () uns 0 <onp 0 <cunp 0 â€"<nn> ()â€"<aapâ€" C The fi 1°en 1 n our possession a copy of an OorC # 8 for five hundred panes of eight by was torn down in 1902 was built n ve ‘:’1;‘; Eo «'\l;,\} W W 11 ne neda rst house at Lake Lodge was built of logs, and was a spacious ith large verandahs. The present structure was commenced _ in as no@ completed until 1820. The troublous times of the interâ€" rs undoubtedly dela~yed operations for this extensive period. We r possession a copy of, an order bearing date 1820 to a Montreal e hundred panes of eight by ten window â€"glass. The old barn torn down in 1902 was built in 1801. It is said to have been the n( b hC We cre lriine hy rtimeas 1TC m cCn Ne not M L1 t In oo Befor 1ree in this locality. It was built by American carpenters, y the late Samuel A. Nelles that the local carpenters ‘ the importation of Americans that on the night ising, the former came in full force and so disarrangâ€" ve their American rivals a great deal of trouble next n order again. The bricks and â€"the lumber for the 11 made upon the premises. 7 10ral ver n TC th uS lon a h 1N nherit ut offeril death he must have owned nearly 8000 part in political affairs. He received many ngquiry into different matters by the Govâ€" )fficer for elections several times in York, ~He was never a candidate for the Legisâ€" the Legislative Council by the Governor in rable for this distinction and was a memâ€" 1829. That the members of the, Legâ€" their duties in thoseâ€"early days is very Hon. Abraham Nelles received a summons hx Boverly ~Robinson, demanding his session. ; M?ny membersâ€" were absenting t offerinz any ieE4sOn Yor "their> absence: W nterest in ChNAurcn alfaits In iT ie first resident clergyman in Gri of Maple avenue and Main streei inâ€"law. He was a liberal susb ntributor towards the erection of GU 1€ es 40 9P% +8 *':“ is As" | e TAE o3 1ev h v members 10r the t in church affairs st resident clergym aple avenue and M In ) L rankland, M 02â€" ~AHCIEC: for their ne sath of his father. Canada » College March 8th, 1901 age of sixtyâ€" gentleman ‘of reâ€" an held in high ise was deeply W. J. Drope 1€ nd was alsc regligence. Grimsby. i Grimsby street) was susbcriber liliti H h 11 VC Oakley is as spry as many men who are years younger amd takes a keen interest in the affairs ‘of the town in which he has resided for nearly threeâ€" quarters of a century. He was born in Waterdown in the year 1833 four years before Queen Vicâ€" toria came to the throne, so has had the unique honor of having lived unâ€" in the building wanted to make â€" a spectacular celebration. The business was started in . 1870 by William‘ Tallman andâ€" several years later his son Walter F. Tallâ€" man, now street commissioner of Winâ€" nipeg, was taken in and the business much ‘enlarged, pressed brick and terra cotta being manufactured, the present building being erected some twenty years ago, the company being known} agy the Beamsvillie Prosszed der four sovereigns. He uspefitfi h1s childhood in Oakville where he at. tended school. In 1850 at the age of seventeen he came to Grimsby and became apâ€" prenticed to â€"the late Geo. VanDyke under whom he learned the blackâ€" smiths trade. He remained with Mr. VanDyke for ten years. Mr. VanDyke was the father of Rome VanDyke, Mountain street. After leaving/ the hlacksmith shop he worked for the late Robt. L. Gibson sharpening tools in the quarry where the stone was being cut for the first Jordan bridge. $20,000 FIRE AT _ ] BRICK WORKS He was associated with Mr. Gibson for five years and at the end of that time went to work in the foundry of the late:John H. Grout and for thirtyâ€" five years was steadily in the same employâ€"a record of which any man might be well proud. 4 In 1855 he married Miss Elizabeth DeCew who predeceased him some time ago. There are four children living Mrs. Linus Woolverton, Grimsâ€" by ; Mrs. H.â€" Plane, Hamilton â€" and Henry and LeRoy, both of Winnipeg. When Mr. Oakley first came to this town the place then, a mere hamlet, was known as the "Forty" and was without ‘railroad connections, the Great Western not having at that time been completed. Although there were a number of small orchards there was no fruit industry as there is in the present day. The farms were devoted mainly to ‘ grain and cattle ‘Yaising. Mr. â€"Oakley has witnessed the marâ€" velous transformation that has taken place during the years that have elapsed since he came here and prophesies greater things for Grimsâ€" by in the future. Mr. Oakley has read The Independent since the first issnue and The Independent takes a great pleasure in wishing Grimsby‘s oldest citizen ‘"Many Happy Returns of the Day.* $ How the fire started is a mystery. There had, been no fire in the buildâ€" ing during the day as the boiler was shut down togpermit of some repairs and the kilns had just been gfilled preparatory to lighting up on Saturâ€" day morning; but the fire started on the west side of the building furâ€" therest away from the â€" kilns ~and some distance from the boiler. One Sylve paooils I0VLOPISUS alt 4 a.m., and the Grimsby chemical truck was soon on the scene ,and though unable to do anything to save the main plant did good service in protecting other buildings, the supporting timbers of the kilns and saving a frame building about forty feet away. Mayor: C.T. Farrell and R. 8. Crane are the ownâ€" The main building of the Grimsby Brick and Tile Co. plant three miles east of Grimsby was completely deâ€" stroyed by fire on Saturday morning; Aug., 26, 1922, entailing a loss of some $20,000, with no insurance. The alarm was turned in *by some passing motorists at 4 a.m.. and the PI Large Plant Entirely Consumed At An Early Hour On Saturâ€" day . Morningâ€"Mayor Farrell a Heavy . Loserâ€"Built Many Years Ago. and Hearty At Four Score and Nine. 'lves_ter QOakley a Grimsby For 72 i11n onCce ‘.()-()-()-()-O.()-()-O-()-0-()-,(’:‘ T id long â€" distances.. This was irrell‘s fiftyâ€"second_ birthâ€" possibly some hobo sleeping lire started is a mystery. been no fire in the buildâ€" the day as the boiler was to@permit of some repairs [‘h Thursd )I ‘sday, August the _ the _ eightyâ€"ninth Sylvester D. Oakley in Grimsby.. Mr. as many men who phir arrell . tool aih ah C ul Resident of Y earsâ€"Hale rresseqa "._fkmo n \k x me of the . market. ind the soon on N fhetk firm Brick order build re $2.00 Per Yearâ€"5 Cents a Copy At the ‘central pa%qing house, the Arena, about two thousand baskets of peaches a. day are being handled. This packing house only handles the product of thirâ€" tyâ€"seven growers and will no doubt prove a successful venâ€" ure of eating Grimsby grown Bartlett pears, of the very finest quality."~. So far five cars of this luscious fruit have been shipped from the local â€"packing house _ and three of them are now on the briny deep. â€" Two more cats will go forward this week, and. Secretary Hastings, of the Niagara Peninsula Growâ€" erg:<tells The Independent that at Jeast fifty per cent. of the. Bartlett pear crop in the Gritmsby Frdit Belt will be shipped to the Old Country. The pears are being packâ€" ed under the supervision of AMex. Gfaham in the old packing shed at the G.T.R. station and are being most carefully selected ‘and grad. ed. _ «Each pear is wrapped in paper and then packed in boxes. . Fruit growers will watch with interest the reâ€" sults of. this shipping of pears to England on such a Divisional Superintendent Forrester and other officials of the Grand ATrunk were in Grimsby on Tuesday afternoon and if they live up to ‘the promises that they made to Mayor company have had troul securing efficient help packing purposes, but staff is being .grad brought up to a high‘ of packing efficiency. Will Send Engineers to Take Levels For New Bridge At Murray _ Streetâ€"Will â€" Pave Roadway At Subwayâ€"Move Maple Avenue Bridge. The railway and town officials spent considerable time at Murray street where it is proposed to build a new bridge zver the: tracks. *‘ The G.T.R. men quite quickly saw the necessity for such a bridge and statâ€" ed that their engineers would be sent to : Grimsby immediately~ to take levels and do other work in connecâ€" tion with the proposed structure. The bridge over the tracks at Maple avenue is to ‘be moved several feet to the west and thus make a straight approach to the bridge. At the present time the road runs up onto the bridge on a curve and is very dangerous. . Farrell and Clerk Randall the resiâ€" dents can look for many improveâ€" ments being made by this company this fall. The subway under the tracks on Elizabeth street is ‘to be deepened and a cement roadway built down both grades and through the subway. Tarvia roadway is to be laid beâ€" tween the tracks at the G. T. R. staâ€" tion and this alone will be a great improvement. Two Irishmen were being â€" shown round a coal mine for the first time. When they saw the coal coming up the shaft from the pit Mike remarkâ€" ed: ; "Sure, I‘d like to see the men who put those great lumps of coal in the skips! They must be terrible strong"! "Dont‘ be â€"~gilly!"â€" said his friend Pat. . ‘"Why, . it‘s . that dark â€"down there they can‘t see what they‘re liftâ€" ing!" . ure of eating C Bartlett pears finest quality. Fifty Per Cent. of Bartâ€" lett Crop Will Go to Old.Country Marketâ€" Each Pear Wrapped in Paperâ€"All Goods Packed in Boxes. s THREE CARLOADS _ ~NOW ON OCFAN & * * 0:0)-0.0.0.0.0.().0.0.0.0.0.0 .0. 10 T.R. WILL MAKE IMPROVEMENTS Thursday â€" Evening, â€" Library Park, at 8.15 BAND CONCERT 1€ â€"<me 0 «s 0â€"ame 0 â€"emm 0 gradually high ‘state â€"am>â€"0â€"am» (6 6 for the 1€ 11