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26A THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tucsdey, Apel 11, 1967 WHITBY FIRE DEPARTMENT HALL MODERN STRUCTURE Bank Here 85 Years One of the three banks which dominate the Whitby "Four Corners," the roots of the Can- adian Imperial Bank of Com- merce in Whitby go back to Sept. 25, 1882, when a branch of the Western Bank was opened one day prior to the opening of its main branch and head office in Oshawa. . The Western Bank was ab- sorbed, Feb. 16, 1908, by the Standard Bank, which im turn amalgamated with the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Nov. 5, 1928. The new premises in which the branch is now located, at the north east corner of Dundas and Brock Streets, was opened in October, 1964. The bank, through its predecessors, has given continuous service to Whitby and district for 85 years. A. R. B. Conrad is the pres ent manager of the branch. Harbor Promotes Growth Of Whitby Industries Whitby town is proud of many operations with the result that things, but especially its harbor {it became insolvent and the whose history dates back to at | government seized the land. The least 1833. |harbor area was re-sold by the It still rates high as one of| government in 1863 with Joseph the finest non-metropolitan har-|Gould and Chester Draper as- bors in the country which fact,| suming the ownership. Gould of course, puts the town well in|and Draper dissolved their the forefront in the point of partnership two years later with! preparedness for the expected | Mr. Gould taking over the road induStrial expansion. and Mr. Draper the harbor. There is considerable activity! In the days when Whitby was around the harbor -- on which! an important shipping centre, more than $3,500,000 has been | jarge quantities of grain were expended for improvements in| }oaded for export to the United| recent years -- but facilities are | States. Residents of the area available there for a big Up-| in the past recalled that wagons swing in business. s | loaded with grain were lined up| The harbor was an important | from what is now Rossland factor in the decision of Lake | Road to the harbor waiting to Ontario Steel Co. to move to the | unload. area. It also services other town | and district firms during its | SPIRITS SHIPPED regular season from April 15 to} During the prohibition era in Dec. 15, It has a depth of 22 feet the United States at least one of water in the inner harbor | rum runner was based at Whit- and: 24 feet on the approaches, WINDSOR HARBOR Whitby Harbor was originally | edge of the pier and loaded into | by Harbor. Railway cars, loaded with spirits, were shunted to the! named Windsor Harbor. As | the vessel under the supervision| early as 1833 John Welsh had | of customs officers. built a warehouse and tramway| Prior to the Second World for the shipping of grain and | War, the harbor for some years flour. This was done with! was cluttered with the hulks of scows which were taken out| disused wooden hulled freight- over mud banks beyond the | ers, In time these were towed| breakwater and loaded | into | out into the lake and sunk. schooners. Mr. Welsh also oper- | abou eager tS . ated a store at the harbor et 5 vate sR ged thay cere time. |A clubhouse was built on the The Windsor warehouse was| east side of the harbor and a built in 1842 when Messrs. |large number of small boats Perry, Cochrane, Campbell, | were quartered there. Nicholl and Mitchell formed aj In recent years, since the har- company known as the Windsor | hor was improved tankers have Warehouse Company. John Wat- brought shipments of fuel oil son was retained in the position | and gasoline te the marine of manager, director and secre- | pase. Cargoes of stone were TOP QUALITY ESSO HEAT- ING EQUIPMENT. 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After building piers, Watson, Watson, Welsh and Rowe en- tered into a partnership and purchased two lots of the Gore- ham property on the beach and built warehouses. LARGE SUMS SPENT In 1852 the Whitby, Lake Scu- gog, Simcoe and Huron Road Company was formed by the three partners who purchased the road from Whitby to Man- chester and the harbor from the government, The firm spent large sums of money to im- prove the harbor. The construction of the Grand Trunk Railway, between Tor- onto and Montreal, had an ad- verse effect on the company's NEVER AGAIN VANCOUVER (CP) -- Dr. Fritz Bower, one of 17 scient- tists who made a 100-mile trek through sub-zero temperatures in Alaska in 10 days, said the march was a frozen hell. But he said the ordeal may help him develop a more compact instrument pack for. measuring body chemistry "in si More Prosperous Future Offering a Complete Real Estate Service In Whitby & District Area GORDON OSBORNE REAL ESTATE LTD. 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