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1 - THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES -- Greater Oshawa Editic -- SATURDAY, AUGUST TT, 1928 3 FPP TrYY ¥ ALGER BUILDING EMBODIES MANY EFFICIENT FEATURES Attractive Exterior an Adaptation of the Italian--Ground Floor and Basement Equipped for Restaurant and Upper Floors for Offices. The Alger Building--exemplifying the best principles of its type. w=HE Alger Building, on "King Street East, oppo- site the General Post Of- fice, the latest addition of its kind to the city's business buildings, is an interesting and attractive example of the best principles of this class of de- sign, The ground floor and basement of this building are designed and equipped for the purposes of a res- taurant business which is to be es- tablished by Traymore Limited, well- known proprietors of a chain of res- taurants in Montreal and Toronto. The three upper floors are divided into offices, all of which were rented before the completion of the build- ng. Fhe design is a modern adaptation of the Italian, The construction is of brick, steel, concrete and wood, faced with buff brick and trimmed with Peerless art stone. The building is equipped with a high speed elevator, automatically op- erated, The offices are well lighted and equipped with modern installa- tions of heating and plumbing, The floor of the restaurant is laid in ornamental terrazzo with Craftex walls and ceiling. The installation of counter and stools, tables and booths, is by I. G, Pickering Company, To- ronto, The modern equipment in- stalled in the kitchen ist furnished by the Geo. Sparrow Company, Toronto, The wiring provides for lighting, toasters, percolators, fans, ovens an other purposes. The hot water and steam required for restaurant purse poses consist of separate installations with oil burners and Pacific boilers, The refrigerators, cold room and cool- ers are electrically operated. An efficient system of ventilating is in- stalled. The Alger Building was designed by N! A. Armstrong Company, Limit ed, Architects and Industrial Engin- eers, Toronto, and erected by A. E, Spooner, Renfrew, Ontario, It is owned hy the Alger Realty Company, which is comprised of O. M. Alger and his two sons, Ewart and Stewart. Garton Busses an Important Factor . One of the Best Equipped Transportation Lines in the Province Perving the Lakeshore muniei- palities of Bowmanville, Oshawa, and Whitby; with an annual pas- senger traffic of some 350,000, the Garton Motor Bus System of which Mr, T. Garton, Bowmanville, is proprietor, is one of the leading highway transportation lines in On- tario, ' Mr, Garton maintains five of the latest model motor buses in the service between Bowmarville and Whitby into Oshawa, one of which is of the parlor coach type, The investment in motor busses Garton totals over total owned hy Mr, $70,000, At Bowmanville, east of the Bal- moral Hotel on King street, the Garton Motor Bus lines' head of- fice and garage was constructed last year, The 'building, entirely fireproof, has two stories and hase- ment, It not only serves as the maintenance depot for the line, but is one of the best equipped gar- age and service stations hetween Oshawa and Kingston. Storage for 25 cars is provided, and its ser- vice station with two double-vision pumps conforms to the latest and best garage practice. The Bowman- ville waitisg roonr of the line, which is located in this new bulld- ing, is excellently furnished with special attention given to women passengers and children, The Bowmanville, Oshawa and * 'ing its feature. Whitby Motor. Bus Line has its Oshawa waiting room at No. 10 Prince street, and the. Whitby sta- tion will soon be erected. A staff numbéring 10 serves the transportation and garage divisions of Mr, Garton's enterprise. Mr, Garton began his motor bus service in 1922 with but one vehi- cle. Another was added in 1924, and the following year saw the fleet increased to four, Fifteen trips serve Bowmanville and Oshawa each day, and 13 runs are made between Whitby and Osh- awa during the schedule day which begins at 6.15 a.m. and ends at midnight, The fact that Bowmahville and Whitby are within nine miles from Oshawa, on the splendid Toronto- Kingston Highway, has been a tell- ing factor in the development of Mr, Garton's business, Over 150 employees of General Motors of Canada, Limited, in Oshawa, make round trips daily between both Bowmanville and Oshawa, which 1s a total passenger haulage of nearly 600 people, 'The Garton Motor Bus Line spe- clalizes in charter service for par- ties, the trip to Niagara Falls he- Garton Motor Bus drivers, it can be said, are able to take their sightseers to points of interest at Niagara Falls and vicinity which no other line serv- ing that great resort can, A trip to Kingston and the Thousand Is- lands, inaugurated this year, is fast increasing in popularity, All of the line's busses are elec- tric lighted, equipped with safery TIMOTHY GARTON Proprietor of the Garton Bus Service, Oshawa, Whitby and Bowmanville alr brakes, and are most comfort- ably furnished, The new parlor to any. insures their running with high ed tal at Whitby, ule time. to weather or other conditions, Fabricated and Erected by 'SarniaBridge Co.Ltd. Structural Steel and Massillon Steel Floor Joists GENOSHA HOTEL OSHAWA SARNIA, ONT. Toronto Office~321 Federal Building coaches, which: handle the charter business very largely, being equal Constant inspection 'of the cars efficiency, and the highést stand- ards of cleanliness are maintain- In addition to the general Whit- by service, three trips are extend- ed each day to the Ontario Hospi- Garton Motor Busses operate summer and winter, keeping sched- During the pabt year only one trip was cancelled owing Standard Bank Has Long History Played Big Part in the City's Growth--E.. C. Hodgins Local Manager Oshawa regarded the 'recent merger of the Standard Bank of Canada into the Canadian Bank of Commerce mot only with the in- terest which this important step evoked throughout Canada, but also with keen local appreciation of the former Standard Bank's re- lation to Oshawa's early and later growth and several of its promin- ent families. . The Standard Bank branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce is carrying on in Oshawa with ao apparent change. The same handsome building that has facea Oshawa's "Four Corners" for many prosperous years, continues to house the branch, with Major HE. C. Hodgins, local manager of the Standard Bank, in charge. The Standard Bank will for many years he associated with Oshawa's first steps towards the development which has lately put this city into the ranks of Cana- da's most progressive cities. It was organized in 1874 with the Hon, T. N. Gibbs, Oshawa citizen, as its first president, and with the late W, F, Cowan as its first vice- president, Mr, Cowan was a mov- ing spirit in the organization and development of the mew financial institution, Later, Mr, Cowan succeeded to the presidency of the Standard Bank, and under him it grew to an institution that, at the time of the recent merger, it had over 200 branches, the major percentage of which was in On- tario. This fact had an impor- tant bearing on the merger through which the strength of the Canadi- an Bank of Commerce, not as deep- ly entrenched in Ontario as its strong financial position would have eventually developed, its strength in the Dominion was practically doubled at once through the accession of the Standard Bank. The Standard Bank's develop- ment in this century was greatly accelerated through, the merging into it in 1908 of the Western Bank of Canada whose head ortices were located in this city, John Cowan was president of Oshawa's own bank. His brother, W, F, Cowan, was vice-president, T, H. McMillan, one of the great finan- cial captains of Oshawa's history, was the tirst general manager, The charter board of directors included besides the officers al- ready named, James A. Gibson, Oshawa; W, F, Allen and Thomas Patterson of Bowmanville, and Dr. Mcintosh of Newcastle, An interesting fact is that much of the original stock of both the Western and Standard Banks has been retained m the hands of Osha- wa and district families. Mr, McMillen, who served as lo- cal Western Bank manager as well as the corporation's general manager, was appointed to the direetorate of the Standard Bank on completion of the Western- Standard merger In 1909. He was succeeded as local manager by J. P, Owens, Mr. Owens retired in 1919 to be followed for a two- year period by H. G. Hutchinson, now manager of the Port Perry branch, In .1921, Majer E. C. Hodgins was made local Standard Bank manager, having been previously an inspector at the Toronto head office, He is highly regarded as an efficient bank manager and has 8 wide circle of friends here, Toronto Firm's Big Trade Here Williamson Lumber Co, Has Had Long Experience -- Good Service The Williamson Lumber Co, Ltd, Foronto, one of the largest and long- est established lumber supply com- sanies in Ontario, has taken keen in- terest in Oshawa for many years, and particularly 50 during its recent rap- id expansion from town to city, and now entering upon a period which, as this edition 1s named, indicates a future which will truly live up to the best hopes of its citizens. In the building of this present Oshawa of busy industrial plants, fine homes, stately schools tg churches, Williamson Lumber Co, Ltd's, pro- ducts have found an ever-increasing demand. The company's long-kriown reputation for quality of material and faithfulness to the highest ideals of business practice have brought them in intimate contact with numerous important construction jobs im this city for many years past. At the head of the Williamson Lumber Co, Ltd, is W, Williamson, the president and founder. F, S, Wil- liamson is the manager director of sales, while W, T. Williamson is the company's secretary treasurer. The Williamson Lumber Company's message to Oshawa citizens through the "Greater Oshawa" edition of "The Oshawa Daily Times" is: "We have for many years watched the growth of Oshawa with admiring as well as business interest. It has been and remains a city of builders in every practical and ideal sense, Looking to its past and appraising its buoyant but undoubtedly substan- tially based present, one cannot help feeling that Oshawa citizens have ey- | ery re--on for optimism. As a city and as a great city, its future seems usiness Vision Materializing Into Bricks And -- oan This substantial-looking and attractive apartment house on Simcoe Street South was designed by Mr, O, O, Stenhouse for Mrs, E. O. accompanying text, Felt, It is the adaptation of a former residence, as explained in the HIS imposing apartment house on Simcoe Street South was designed for Mrs, E, O, Felt, and is an ad- dition to the residence = which she already owned there. We draw attention to the splendid way in which the fronts of the new and' the old buildings match up together, There are twelve apartments in all with two on the ground floor in the south wing. There are five apart- ments on the main floor and five duplicate apartments on the top floor, There are some four-roomed and some five-roomed - apartments, The larger ones contain two large bed- rooms, a living room with large bay window, large dining room with mod- ern kitchen, and excellent bathroom accommodation, The smaller apart- ments have one bedroom. The two smallest apartments have splendid living room, one bedroom and a com- bined dining room and kitchen, first- class bathroom and good closets, Stobie, Furlong Co. Branch Here S. F. Everson In Charge of Up- to-Date Brokerage Office Stobie, Forlong & Co., one of Ontario's strongest institutions dealing in stocks, bonds, grain and mining securities, early recognized the interest of Oshawa citizens in investment opportunities which the firm offered, and followed that up with the establishment of a branch at 11 King street east here in 1923. Mr, Stanley ¥. Ever- son was named resident manager, and the appointment has proved a source of strength to the com- pany in its local business owing to Mr. Everson's outstanding abil- ities, coupled with marked fin- ancial prescience, and the honored position he and his family have held in Oshawa for many years The King Street offices of Stohie, Forlong and -Co., are fitted up in line with the. hest experience in efficient operation. A complete telegraph service gives direct wire communication with important stock and market centers at Mont- real, New York, Chicago, Winni- peg and Vancouver, Constantly increasing volume of business and a reputation built upon the highest standards of busi- ness ethics and. financial profit for customers accounts for the success which Stobie, Forlong and Co., has achieved in Oshawa, Believe me when I tell you that thrift of time will repay you in after- life, with a usury of profit beyond your most sanguine dreams; and that waste of it will make you dwindle alike in intellectual and moral sta- ture, beyond your darkest reckoning. --W. E. Gladstone. Mortar | MODERN APARTMENT HOUSE ON SIMCOE STREET SOUTH Has Good Record as Contractor W. J. Holland Has Many Fing Oshawa Buildings to . _ His Credit p0¢ There are few more earnest ems thusiasts for the game of curling in vEastern Ontario than W. J. Hel- land of Colborne street. He is not only an earnest curler; he is a good ome. This year they made him president of the Oshawa Curl. ing Club. He is also a good contractor, one of the best, men who know the in- side and out of the construction business will tell you. He puta more into structures than work and material, and that more is faith. fulness to a personal ideal of ser. vice that would rathei lose a job any day than to go into one on a basis that meant slurring aver this or that feature to breed trouble in years to come, However, for all his sturdy ad- herence to the policy outlined above, W. J, Holland's men are kept constantly on Oshawa's many jobs. The maximum force he em- ploys in 'his construction work is fifty men--sometimes more if nec essary. Some of Oshawa's best buildings were erected by him, A represen. tative few are the mew Nurses' Home; offices and additions to the Robson Leather Co, Plant, The Oshawa Dairy's fine new plant, and an imposing number of new Oshe awa homes. Mr. Holland was born in Osh- awa, He began his building ca- reer when a lad of 14, working with his father, who was a builder before him. Mr, Holland, who is still a young man, began business for himself some 15 years ago. Municipal politics in Oshawa, both as town and city, have been one of Mr. Holland's interests. He was on the Town Council in 1918, representing the north-west ward, and he served two more terms in 1925-26, He served on the Works Committee for both of the latter years, . He returned to private life be- cause of the demands his growing business made upon him, Hie many friends in North Oshawa hope that while Oshawa's prosper |ity and the demand for Mr, Hol. [land's services will not grow less, |he will find it possible to serve his native city again in the future. Mercury Service Station, Cor. King and Mary Streets MERCURY Service Limited High-Grade Oils, Grease Try Our Scientifically Cooled Gasoline--It Will Pay You i Motorade Tickets Accepted at This Station