Fire lessons and bylaw votes from Oshawa March 1870
Ox March 29 1870 report on railway bylaw votes in Midland R R and Toronto and Muskoka R A with majorities against and for. Observes lessons from recent fires in Oshawa and Kent street about solid walls iron doors fire protection and insurance. Calls for building inspector fire engines steamers ladder company and possible Holly water system adoption at Brantford council considering fire safety upgrades.
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Midland R. R
Toronto and
Muskoka R. A
Oshawa
Kent Street
Oshaws
Kempt
Britton
Mr. Britton
Credt
G. W. Smith
Enited
Brantford
Sires
Smith
Iity
Railway debate in Orillia and Port Hope boosts Midland plan
The column urges swift, steady railway expansion from Port Hope to Georgian Bay, noting local bonuses in Orillia and Oro and predicting broad regional benefits. It criticizes rival press for bias, praises Montreal capital support, and calls for immediate action to connect the North West via Canadian railways and deepen Confederation.
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Port Hope
Georgian Bay
Orillia
Midland
Toronto Railway
Toronto
Council of
Mara
Oro
Lindsay
Journal
Montreal
Barrie
Bank of Montreal
Midland Railway
Beaverton
Red River
Minion
British
America
Britain
Dominion
Fort Garry
House of Commons
Lake Nepigon
Trade Reviewe
Lake Superior
Ontario
St. Lawrence
Superior
Beng
Bell
Terre
Canadian
Confederation
British North America
Globe
Winnipeg
Nipegon
Quebec
North-West
Canada
Rocky Mountains
North America
Post Office Reports on Dominion Rates and Revenue
Dominion postal data show 1863 Ontario Quebec revenue of 940 076 57 for year ended March 31 1863 dropping to 924 193 06 after new rates began April 1 1869 a 14 percent fall. Maritime provinces offset losses with newspaper postage. Nova Scotia letters rose as new routes and offices expanded. Report details offices clerks routes vessel mail and savings bank deposits across Ontario Quebec New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with totals for stamps and postage paid.
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Reese
Indova Scotia
New Brunswick
Dominion
Nova Scotia
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
Angel Soe Poe
Itimevinces
Post Office
Imperial Post Office
Allan Line
Canada
United States
U. S
Dutto
Uncertain stores and fires and snow storm notes
The item lists Keenan's store opening plans by Frank Munro, a severe eye injury to Mr. Morussey with recovery hopes, and brief notes on magazines at Porter’s Bookstore. It then covers a fire destroying Mr. G. W. Smith's carding mill with $3000 loss, and a long sequence of local notices, debates, and statistics about finances, schools, and militia affairs, interwoven with weather, shipping, and emigration reports.
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Keenan
Frank Munro
D. Morussey
Tomato
Lapy
Porter
Victoria
Chas. Fry
J Bowie
Fry
Lindsay
Alther
Heilan
G. W. Smith
Messrs
Cluxton & Dundas
Lirenany Society
Great Britain
Messrs. P. Beswick
A. O’leary
Britain
H. O'Leary
Bertram
A. Oakley
O’neil
Kennedy
O'Neill
Oe Tus
Canada Shipping Company
Liverpool
Boston
Turing Annie Read
Port Dalhousie
Port Hope
Poy
Patrick McKelvy
Peterborough
M. de Boucherville
Bishop Tache
Quebec Executive Council
Govenor
Rupert's Land
Joms Suxppex
Toronto & Nipissing Railway
R. W. Extort
Tare Whitby Gastin
H. P. Hand
Tax Court of Queen's Bench
Editor letter critiques pundit for repeating false cards
A reader to the Post, dated the 18th, accuses the paper of persisting with rumor cards and repeats a known New York journalist's claim that Blinchood's tales are as good as the truth. The missive condemns the practice and its harsh epithets.
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Isone
Polsin
Post
New York
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Beall
Wesleyan Hymn Books
Expositor
Parker Armion
California
England
Ottawa
Francis Hincks
Carleton
Orange Indd & Co
Broadway
Northern Pacific
Puget Sound
New York Times
Red River Country
Ste. Miarie’s
Board of Trade
City of
Cleveland
Congress
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Goderich
Saugeen
Procureur-General
Marseillaixe
Victor Noir
Pierre Ee
Tomas Kirkpatrick
Frontenac
Kingston
Kirkpatrick
Simard
Centre
Eich
Eee
Itc
Esta Phi
Ind
Siton
Brantther
Iimpro
Hudson's Bay Company
Dominion of Ara
Havana
Cuba
McDonald
Middlesex
Univerates
Tire
Nuevas Granea
Montana
Nuevites
Michigan
Herbert Ingram
M. P
Illustrated London News
Birkenhead
Sim’ V's Bay
South Africa
St. George
Havre
Central America
Portsmouth
Calcutta
Cape Race
London
Bay of Biscay
Melbourne
Wooley
University of Sydney
C. V. Brooke
Dalhousie
Beachy Head
Dunbar
Sydney
Atlantic
Tur
London Times
Sherman
Siberia
Mas. Atom
Gael
Cobourg
Williams
Joan Macpoxarp
Medway
J. A. Macdonald
T.D. McGee
Stafford
Hox
Caursitt
Intercolonial
Riviere du Loup
Trois Pistoles
Loup
Crrapet
Ottawa T
Royal Artillery
Fic
Scotia
Durin
Col
Ross
O’ Rifle Association
Frederic
WL N. B
Ulster
Ulster Is Rege the North of Ayded With Much Interest In Treland
Belfast
Morrissette
Brest
Nova
Halifax
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