Rival railway contests shape up across Ontario and beyond
The article traces fierce railway rivalries in 19th century Ontario and neighboring regions. It reviews the Niagara and Detroit Rivers project, the Muskoka line, and the Toronto to Simcoe and Muskoka approach, detailing charters, political fights, and key figures like Sandfield Macdonald Buchanan and W. A. Thompson as they pursue paths to build competing routes and attract American capital.
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Toronto
Hamilton
Bruce
Toronto, Simcoe and Muskoka
Lindsay and
Beaverton
Muskoka
Southern
Niagara
Detoit Rivers
Niagara and
Detroit Rivers
I. 8. Woods
Chatham
Great Western
Woods
Friends of the Great Western
Sandfield Macdonald
Buchanan
The
W. A. Thompson
Erie and Niagara Railway
Detroit River
Thompson
St. Clair
Midland New York Railroad
Michigan Air Line
Railway Committee
Great Western Railway Fight Over Glencoe to Dunville Plan
Niagara River to Glencoe line sparks a heated committee battle as southern allies resist the bill. The House orders the committee to report after reporting blunders, with the Great Western favored to build from Glencoe to Dunville and join Grand Trunk to cut 50 miles. Promoters push a Canadian controlled, nationwide line while independents seek charter gains. The outcome hinges on legislative decisions and the rail rivalry risks.
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Niagara River
Glencoe
Friends of the Southern
Railway Committee
Great Western
Dunville
Grand Trunk
St. Clair
St. Thomas
Thompson
Messrs. Buchanan
McBeth
Morton
A Trip Across the Continent at Orillia Mechanics Institute
The sixth winter course opened with Dr. Ramsey’s inaugural address on Wednesday evening. The lecture, A Trip across the Continent from Canada to Sacramento by the Great Union Pacific Railway, praised the line history and skyline from Illinois to Nevada. It highlighted Omaha and Great Salt Lake City, described Sierra Nevada scenery, and drew praise for its romance and instruction, leaving a desire to publish the manuscript for absent readers.
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Orillia Mechanics’ Institute
Ramsey
Canada
Sacramento
Cal
Great
Union Pacific Railway
Union
Ilinois
Nevada
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Sierra Navada
Orillial Mechanics’ Institute
A Brewer's Complaint Demands Government Help
A letter from Country Brewer appeals to the Government to address disabilities faced by brewers and seeks redress of grievances affecting the trade. The author argues for liberal liquor policy, suggesting cheap beer could curb widespread drunkenness and urging philanthropists to aid reform. The subject may be revisited due to its broad community impact.
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England
Canada
Toronto
A Good Appointment at the Customs House
The Hamilton Spectator notes Mr William Gillespy former Spectator proprietor and editor has been appointed Locker-in at the City Customs House. The paper leaves the Press with long affiliation and wishes him happiness in the new post. Hearth and Home for weeks ending Saturday Dec 18 is received from Pettengill Bates & Co New York and praised as an excellent issue.
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Hamilton Spectator
Gillespy
William Gillespy
The
Spectator
Customs House
Pettengill, Bates & Co
Park Row
New York
Grand jury and court cases from Tuesday session
The court opened Tuesday before Judge Jepce Goway with a Grand Jury panel led by foreman James H. Smith and fifteen others including John Birnie Archibald Cahoun and William Cotter. The jury heard sixteen civil cases and several criminal matters with verdicts against several defendants and several cases referred to arbitration or settled. The writer, a country brewer, urges tax reform and special beer licenses to curb profiteering and promote fair measures.
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Jepce Goway
James H. Smith
John Birnie
Archibald Cahoun
William Cotter
Frederick Fraser
James Manning
Geo. McLean
Richard Pascoe
John Spurling
Mark Vasey
Philo Belfry
Louis Columbus
Michael Fraser
Walter Grose
John McPhagon
George Manning
Emile Robinson
Alex. Turnbull
Robi. Wood
Tull
Caswell
Boulton, Lount, Joys & Stewart
Council
James C. Merrow
Daly v. McQueen
Moberly & Gamon
Boulton, Lount
Boys & Stewart
Counsie
H. Robertson
Daly
Ardagh & Ardagh & Strathy
Pit i Boulton,Lount, Boys & Stewart
Kidd
Thornbury
McCarthy
Plif
M. McCarthy
M. McCarthy Atcorey and Ardagh, & Ardagh & Strathy
Lee
McCarthy & McCarthy
PLC
Boulton, Lount, Boys& Stewart
Banting
Kirk
Boulton, Lount, Boys. & Stewart
Tuckney
Montgomery
Plff
Plil
McCarthy & McCarty
Plif and Meherry & Ganon
Separation debate stirs Simcoe area in 1869 letter
Murmur writes to The Examiner from Centre Road December 11 1869 warning that a bill to separate Simcoe ridings and detach Mono from Simcoe to Peel threatens South Simcoe. He accuses politicians of self interest and notes Tecumseth Innisfil remonstrance with 251 signatures opposing the measure.
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Examiner
Stir
Ferguson
Simcoe
Mono
Toronto
Peel
McMan
Tecumseth
Separation. Letter to the editor from Allandale resident
A 1869 letter to the Cookstown Standard debates a shadowed critic. The author demands the writer reveal his true name before replying to the issues raised on December 10. The letter accuses the critic of errors and poor Latin and urges the critic to attend school.
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Cookstown Standard
Vaters
Election of O Donivan Rossa for Tipperary leads rally
The piece covers O Donivan Rossa's Tippe rary election row with details from a London Daily News correspondent. It notes the tally 1131 to 1030 with mobs at polling places and a Cumberland of enthusiasm in Limerick and Cork, plus an emotional Irish petition for prisoners' release and calls to elect Rossa as representative. It also includes unrelated items on beer licenses and a Wisconsin demon possession story with priests absent from casting out devils.
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London Daily News
Tipperary
O’donovan Rossa
Heron
Russa
Tipperary Town
Limerick
Cork
Richard Lalor Sheil
Greenwich Hospital
Barton
Sheil
Gallardy
Ireland
Voice of Ireland
O'Donovan Rossa
God Save
Wisconsin
Ersuasion
Watertown
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Republican
Serge
Pambianis
North Germany
Waterton
Bulker
Old Country
Warn Investors Against Unbuilt Railway Bonds
The New York Albion warns investors about new railway bonds that largely finance unbuilt lines. It argues such securities are unsafe, often tied to speculators and potential swindles, risking loss of principal. The paper singles out Western Pacific Railway of California to avoid bias claims.
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Wall Street
Western Pacific Railway of
California
N. Y. Albion
Air-tight Weather Protectors by Johnston Patent
Advertises Johnston's Patent Air-tight Weather Protectors priced at ten dollars per day or by live agents canvassing. Claims frost, snow, wind, and rain exclusion around doors and windows. Awarded extra prize at Provincial Exhibition 1869. Apply at once to Tooley & Co. Lindsay Ontario.
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Johnston
Tooley & CO
Lindsay, Ony
The Horrors of Hydrophobia and a Rabid Bite
A man named John W. Alexander was bitten by a rabid dog on Third Street last August. After months of illness, he developed hydrophobia and died from spasms, fever, and foaming at the mouth despite medical care and chloroform. The narrative details his final hours and the dog attack. Weather Protectors, an agricultural invention, gains favor in Canada and the U.S. with low price and fuel savings. Foley & Co. seek agents in Lindsay, Ontario.
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John W. Alexander
Mr A
Third Street
Mr. Alexander
Ashland Lodge of God Templars
Lexington
Remains of George Peabody embarked on Monarch
London reports the burial remains of George Peabody transferred from Westminster Abbey to the U S ship Monarch for Atlantic voyage to America. The ceremony featured dignitaries, naval escorts, and a joint royal and presidential acknowledgment. The Queen and President ordered honors as the coffin left London for burial with kin.
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London
George Peabody
Curtis Simpson
Chas. Reade
Motley
Morgan
H. Somerley
Portsmouth
Theu. S. Plymouth
Duke of Wellington
Cammerwell
United States
Peabody
America
Ff. M
Atlantic
Westminster Abbey
Republic
Fort Garry unrest status from Hudson Bay agents
A Hudson Bay Company representative in St Paul reports from Fort Garry that the insurgent movement is waning, condemns slander about HBC complicit actions, and asserts the company seeks peace and lawfulness with $350,000 in Upper Fort goods. notes O Donoghue is a lay brother, Fenian-leaning, and that HBC was unprepared to guard the fort amid planned action.
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St. Paul
Hudson Bay Company
Fort Garry
Ediitors
St. Paul Press
Bez
Riall
Jfuction Bay Company
Upper Fort
O'Donoghue
Gov
The King of Chickens Turns to Drying Tricks
A farmer cried Dry up but the chickens refused to heed. They fared worse as moisture quickened while the clouds released little rain. The king of chickens then tried raising them in mucky fields, yet the broad long-fields stayed muddy and rainless, leaving the farmer feeling unlucky.
Fraser and Spooner couple wed at Spooner home
At W A Spooner residence Ess Bell Ewart, by Rev Mr Fine, William Fraser of Vickers Express in Toronto to Miss Lucy Ann Spooner. On bridal tour from Bell Ewart station, about sixty hands from the local sawmills cheered the couple, wishing a pleasant, prosperous life.
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Fraser—Spooner
W. A. Spooner
Bell Ewart
Fine
Win. Fraser
Vickers Express Office
Toronto
Lucy Ann Spooner
Bell
Ewart
Northern Railway
Spooner
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