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Beacon
July 6/1893
Biographical piece of dry goods business of John S. Magee. [former editor of Pilot]
Also biographical piece on Capt, Morrison, presently laid up at the Marine Hospital, and his adventures overseas in India and elsewhere.
Summer Homes by the Sounding Sea (nice illustrations of all four cottages)
St. Andrews, on Passamaquoddy Bay, the Ideal Summer Resort of the North Atlantic
At the eastern or Atlantic end of that great steel artery of Dominion commerce, the CPR, a tongue shaped peninsula five miles long, runs from a mountain height where it debouches from a chain of lakes, out into Passamaquoddy Bay, an almost land-locked arm of the ocean. Nestled on the southerly slope of the 'saddle back' which marks nearly the center of this peninsula, and almost on its point is the quaint old village of St. Andrews, which has been a sort of 'Sleeping Beauty' of the seaside for many generations. Once a place of commercial importance, until the nearly forests which supplied its main export were depleted, then the evolution caused the square sailed 'West Indiaman' to seek other ports where return cargoes could be had. It was marked and admired long before it was dreamed of as a possible summer resort and has always had a certain patronage of pleasure seekers, even in times when summer excursions, trips or vacations had little or no plan or part in the life of any class.
The occasional boarding house where the summer visitor was glad to find accommodations, led to one or more village hostelries; then the 'Argyll,' a summer hotel comparing favourably at that time with similar institutions throughout the Dominion, was built. The continual demand for greater luxury and style suggested and resulted in the erection of 'The Algonquin,' a house replete with every modern idea, including steam, elevator, gas, salt and freshwater baths, and high class cuisine, without which the summer resort patrons of the present day are unhappy.
Thousands of well-to-do Canadians and Americans who had heard of the natural attractions of the place, and the health-giving properties of its climate, made 'The Algonquin' their summer home. Among these was the family of Mr. W. C. Van Horne, President of the C. P. R., whose quick discernment picked out Minister's Island, lying just off the northern mainland, followed by an order to purchase for him 150 of its choicest acres. Here he has erected a substantial and commodious stone and wood summer residence, from the broad verandahs of which, 100 feet long, a panorama of landscape, by and mountain scenery, unsurpassed on the American continent is spread to the view and it sis unnecessary to say that modern adaptations looking to comfort and luxury are exemplified within it walls.
Nearby the Algonquin Mr. R. S. Gardiner of Boston has built a less pretentious but modern homelike residence, in which no less than six open fireplaces indicate the evening requirements of this naturally cool locality. Over eighty feet of wide verandah suggests the after dinner "smoke talk" of the owner and his friends; while beneath and beyond, as far as the eye can reach fair Passamaquoddy Bay, with its island dotted bosom, reminds one more nearly of the Bay of Naples, whose, beauties the poet and writer never tire, of extolling.
The summer residence of Mr. George Inness, Jr. of Montclair, NJ, is directly to the east of the Algonquin. With a total frontage of 133 feet, its north verandah faces Chamcook Mountain, while that on the south overlooks the village of St. Andrews and Passamaquoddy Bay. Here Mr. Inness, who is an artist of repute, may from under "his own vine and fig tree," so to speak, find subjects for his brush, for whether it be the marine view with sail-dotted accompaniments, the grand mountain range, the tilled farm and grass covered pasture, or quiet quaint village with its flower embowered cottages, numerous church steeples, and picturesque but abandoned wharves, all are within his view, and worth the best effort of his artist's brush.
Almost adjoining the property of Mr. Inness are the lots owned by Mr. Jas. Burnett and Mr. T. G. Shaughnessy of Montreal, and a little further to the south, the block owned by Mr. E. A Taft, of Boston, on all of which summer houses worthy of such commanding positions, will soon be built.
The former house of Sir Charles Tupper marks the centre of the first amphitheater of hills running across the peninsula from the St. Croix River to Passamaquoddy Bay. Remodelled and enlarged, it is now the property of Mr. J. Emory Hoar of Brookline, Mass., and is his summer home from Mid-May to the close of October, for those who know St. Andrews best say that September and October are among the most delightful months there. The late J. G. Blaine, upon the occasion of a visit to St. Andrews in 1888, compared the view from Mr. Hoar's lawn as in his judgment equalled only by some of the delightful pictures seen among the lakes of Scotland.
The extreme point of the peninsula is laid out as "Indian Point Park" a balsam pine grove, through which well graded avenues traverse every direction. At the head of one of these drives a modern American cottage has been built by the St. Andrews Land Co., as a suggestion for the class of hoses it expects shall be erected.
The Stickney Wedgwood store is again the centre of attraction for the summer tourist. It is doubtful if there is another business house in Canada which carries so big a stock of Wedgwood as does the Stickney store.
Mrs. T. R. Wren enjoys the distinction of introducing the first lady's bicycle into St. Andrews.
The CPR have contracted for about 70,000 tons of coal from Springhill and Joggins, of which 47,000 tons are to be delivered at Carleton, and the balance at St. Andrews. About 500 tons will be delivered each week.—Telegraph
Beacon
July 13, 1893
President Van Horne, of the CPR, and Miss Van Horne, came to St. Andrews yesterday, in connection with their new summer home.
Summer Gossip
Mrs. Robert Meighen, of Montreal, will have her horses here this season. They will be housed in the Osburn barn.
By the way, is it not about time for the CPR to begin work on their proposed new summer hotel at the Point?
The handsome and commodious summer cottage which Mr. George Inness., Jr. Has erected alongside the Algonquin Hotel, is fast approaching the stage when it can be occupied for dwelling purposes. While the exterior is very striking, the interior has been very effectively arranged, the stained flooring and the delicately tinted felt, which serves the purpose of plaster on the walls, forming a combination at once unique and pleasing. The workmanship on the building reflects the greatest credit upon Messrs.. Stevenson and McKenzie, the contractors, and it more than pleases the owner. The plumbing arrangements were put in by James H. Doody, of Saint John. They are of a superior character. Messrs. Laflin, of St. Stephen, are painting the doors and window frames also the floors and ceiling of the verandah. The body of the house will be unsoiled by the painter's brush, Mr. Innes being too good an artist and therefore, too ardent a lover of nature to be pleased with anything short of what nature can produce. Around the house a neat, cedar hedge has been planted. This was the work of Mr. Macnamara, of St. Stephen, and like all contracts entrusted to his care has been well done. Mr. Innes is already using his stable for his horses. He has five of them with him—perfect beauties all of them.
Beacon
July 20/1893
George Innes, Jr. will have five horses; Van Horne, 3; Roswell Smith, 2; Mrs. Meighen, 2; Mr. Slope, 2; Sir Leonard Tilley, 2.
W. C. Van Horne's family are now occupying their beautiful mansion on Minister's Island, although the workmen have not yet got through with it. The grounds are still in an unfinished state, although greatly improved. A roadway, lined on either side with dwarf firs, extends down the centre of the island from Mr. E. L. Andrews' house. It makes an elegant driveway and commands an extensive view.
"Indian Point Park, once a beautiful lounging spot, is fast relapsing into its former state of carelessness. The artificial pond, filled with rank weeds, has been allowed to dry up, and the driveways and paths are becoming overgrown with grass and shrubs. Why this neglect?"
The Tyn-y-coed is having a rushing time. There are eighty guests, being more, for this season of the year, than any other season since running. There is some little indignation felt among the help. Most of the help this year are from Boston, thus throwing quite a number out of work. Now the question is being asked, "How is it the Americans find no difficulty in coming here to work, when our citizens cannot go on the American side without a fuss being made?"
A newspaper correspondent, hearing that Mr. Van Horne, had brought his "advisor" with him to St. Andrews, last week, asked Jim French, the colored porter, who Mr. Van Horne's adviser was. "I'm his adviser," replied the redoubtable Jim, without so much as a smile.
Beacon
July 27/1893
Beautify the Town
Nature has made St. Andrews very beautiful. She has lavished her gifts right and left, bestowing upon us a wealth of land and water scenery that cannot be surpassed on the American continent. This beauty, coupled with other charms, has attracted hundreds of worshippers to the shrine of St. Andrews—some to remain permanently, but the greater number to inhale but the sweetness of her breath and then to depart.
Would it not be possible to aid Nature a little in her beautifying work, and by making the town more lovely to the eyes of strangers, draw many more towards it? We think it can be done, and at a very moderate cost, too. By a more exact and thorough system of assessment than is now in vogue, we think it is possible to add a few hundred dollars more to the town's spending money, without increasing the rate of taxation one cent. This money could be expended by townspeople, say in the laying out of an elm-shaded boulevard on what is now known as the racecourse, by the planting of shade trees along the streets, or by a more thorough improvement of our road system. The boulevard idea seems to us to be a particularly good one, in view of the fact that Indian Point has become a favorite promenade and drive for the townspeople as well as the summer visitors. If the land syndicate have not altogether abandoned the park, they might, perhaps, be induced to assist the scheme, or it might be the means of stirring them to renewed efforts on behalf of the park itself.
We hope the townspeople will keep the matter before their eyes, so that at the proper time they can elect men who will pledge themselves to do something more for the town than merely keeping the streets in a passable state. Strangers are manifesting an interest in the place, and we owe it to ourselves to do everything in our power to increase that interest. Besides, the expenditure that would be required to carry out the improvement we have suggested, would not be felt, inasmuch as the greater part of it, if not the whole of it, would find its ways back into the pocket so our working people.
Mr. Timmerman's private car "Magaguadavic" arrived in St. Andrews at 5 o'clock Tuesday morning, having as occupants US Senators W. D. Washburn, of Minnesota, and W. B. Allison, of Iowa; Mrs. And Miss Washburn and Miss Lowery. Senator Allison comes from Dubuque and all other others from Minneapolis. They have just returned from a tour through Nova Scotia. While here they were the guests of Mr. Van Horne.
Rose Standish drops about 400 excursionists in St. Andrews.
Mrs. Robert S. Gardiner's "at home" on Thursday last was attended by a large number of friends.
"Attached to last Thursday's train from Montreal was a palace cattle car, containing two handsome horses and a pony for Mr. Van Horne's summer domicile on Minister's Island, and also an assortment of dogs and cats, and other household effects. With the aid of Mr. Mallory everything was safely transferred to the island."
Fishing parties from Algonquin successful.
Steamer excursions to Calais and St. George on "Margeurite" will come back next morning.
"It is not everybody who knows that there are bathing houses at the upper end of the town."
"We hear the same old grumbling this season over the long walk from the summer hotel to the business portion of the town. A great many visitors never come downtown in consequence. If they could be induced to patronize an omnibus route it might be of advantage to the businesspeople. We know the omnibus business was not a great success the last time it was tried; it might do better this season."
There are a good many red-headed summer girls in town, but the supply of white horses is limited.
Beacon
Aug 3/1893
Coal barge No. 4, the first of the Cumberland Coal Company's barges to touch St. Andrews, reached here on Thursday morning last, in tow of the tug "Storm King." She had 909 tons of coal on board. The barge was successfully berthed in the new berth alongside the railway wharf and is now being discharged as rapidly as steam will permit.
Donald MacMaster registered at Algonquin.
Beacon
Aug 10/1893
St. Andrews is experiencing this season the biggest run of summer visitors that it has ever known in its history. And this in the face of the great depression that is prevailing all around us. It clearly shows that as a summer retreat, St. Andrews is moving onward. What we want now is for the CPR people to get their proposed summer hotel in readiness for next season, so that all who desire to come here to spend the summer may be comfortably housed and well cared for. Additional boarding houses on a superior kind are also very much needed. Had there been twice as many as we have now they could all have been filled, and by a most desirable class of people, too. The satisfactory progress which St. Andrews is making as a summer resort ought to stimulate our people to make the town still more attractive and beautiful to strangers.
"Pretty pond lilies, all dripping with dew" are a common sight now-a-days.
A dirty tramp, filled with bad rum, made himself very obnoxious about the streets on Friday last. If there is no lockup for such characters, a salt-water bath might produce a sobering effect.
A private telephone line for Mr. Van Horne is to be stretched between his summer residence on Minister's Island and the railway station. P. W. Snyder, manager of the CPR Tel. office, Saint John, came to St. Andrews on Tuesday last to make arrangements for beginning the work.
Wallace Hopper, the well-known comedian, who has paid three very pleasant visits to St. Andrews, will make his fourth appearance in Stevenson 's hall, this evening, when "The Little Duchess" will be put on. The Company will remain here three nights. There is little doubt that their performance swill be largely attended.
George Innss, Sr., accompanied Mr. Van Horne on his last trip to Montreal, returning with him to St. Andrews on Saturday.
W. C. Van Horne, president of the CPR, took a run down from Montreal to St. Andrews on Saturday, spending a few days at his charming summer residence on Minister's Island.
F. W. Cram, General Manager of the Bangor and Aroostook railway, came to St. Andrews on Saturday, and remained over at the Algonquin until Monday. Mr. Cram reports that work is proceeding speedily and satisfactorily on his road. Rails have been laid about ten miles from Brownville, and four-fifths of the balance of the road is graded and ready for the rails. Two new engines have been received and new cars are also being added.
Beacon
August 17, 1893
Hard times in the US, cholera in Europe, home rule agitation in Great Britain—Canada is not such a bad place after all.
It is satisfactory to know that the CPR management have not abandoned their idea of providing another summer hotel for St. Andrews. Such a hotel has they have in view would be great accessory to our summer houses, and would by the means of drawing many more people here.
The Houlton cottages on St. Andrews Island are now occupied.
Mr. Van Horne has been able to spend a considerable portion of his time this season at "Covenhoven," his new summer residence on Minister's Island, and has been making himself quite intimate with the waters of St. Andrews Bay. This intimacy may prove valuable someday.
Mrs. Robert Meighen's family were compelled to shorten their vacation at the seaside, in consequence of Miss Maggie Meighen having been stricken with a serious illness. They had a special car to Montreal of Friday night.
Beacon
Aug 24/1893
It is a high compliment to the beauty of St. Andrews that among all the beautiful spots along the CPR railway, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Mr. Van Horne, the head of that great corporation should have selected St. Andrews as his summer home. Ten thousand testimonials could not speak more eloquently than this single fact.
Jim French, Mr. Van Horne's travelling companion, has a bathing suit that would make the gods weep—with laughter. It is cut décolleté around the neck, and the same way around the knees, and when Jim gets it on there is nothing around St. Andrews beaches that can hold a candle to him.
The silver crisis continues to paralyze business in the US, and the effects of it are being keenly felt in Canada. Meanwhile long and dreary debates are going on at Washington, where Congress is assembled. It may be a month before the matter is put a vote in the Senate.
The Beacon was able to call up Mr. Van Horne, on his new telephone line on Saturday evening. the big railway man was entertaining some of his friends at the time, but graciously gave the newspaper man a few moments. This the first telephone ever put up in St. Andrews. Mr. Van Horne also has telegraphic connection between his summer residence and the railway station.
The horse brought here from Fredericton by Mr. Temple is now doing duty on Mr. Van Horne's buckboard.
W. C. Van Horne arrived in town on Saturday.
The fishermen who own the weir at Minister's Island had their hands full Wednesday night and Thursday morning in disposing of several big horse mackerel that had wandered into their preserves. After a hot fight one of the biggest was killed. It measured ten feet in length and must have weighted several hundred pounds. Mr. Van Horne's son, who was an interested spectator of the struggle, carried off the monster's tail as a trophy of the fight.
Beacon
Aug 31/1893
The wheat of Manitoba will yield 19,000,000 bushels this season.
Much about US economic woes this issue.
If Mr. Van Horne, in his capacity as a taxpayer and resident of St. Andrews, would use his powerful influence with President Van Horne, of the Canadian Pacific Railway, we think he might be able to accomplish a good deal in the way of an improvement of our port facilities.
Our own people, we fear, do not properly appreciate the pleasures they enjoy in being permitted to have all kinds of wildflowers on their tables, to roam in the fields and to ride on our splendid roads without the first intimation of anything so disagreeable as hay fever. This is an advantage we can be happy over and one that ought to make us interested in the suffering world outside.
Hay fever people are getting reduced rates at the Algonquin.
"Hotel de Scott Act" is the facetious term applied to St. Andrews Jail. Letters addressed in that way frequently arrive at the St. Andrews Post Office.
Mr. Van Horne, president of the CPR, and Mr. McNicoll, general passenger agent, had a new experience on Monday. They went to St. Albans, Vermont, to stand their trial for alleged violation of the interstate commerce act. They pleaded not guilty and gave bonds to appear at a later date. Mr. Van Horne says the action is absurd.
Mr. Van Horne left St. Andrews in his private car on Friday night. He expects to return next Saturday via Boston.
Mr. A. Dick, Manager of the Canada Coals and Railway company, spent Sunday in St. Andrews. Mr. Dick has been a newspaper man, which explains the reason why he holds such a responsible position.
Robert S. Gardiner and family will close up their summer cottage for the season this week and return to Boston. They expect to leave Boston on the 8th of Sept. for China, Japan and Java via Vancouver. They will return home via London.
Beacon
Sept 7/1893
About one hundred persons gathered in Mrs. Robert Ross's parlor on Thursday evening last, to witness the blooming of the nigh-blooming cerens. It was a pretty sight as the flower gradually unfolded, disclosing to view a combination of the most beautiful colors imaginable. The flower was as large as a dinner plate and emitted a most delightful fragrance. Usually these flowers close at midnight, but this one was not permitted to carry out the customary programme, for as soon as it had disclosed its beauties to the spectators, a member of the household plucked it and placed it on ice. It looked quite fresh the next morning after its frigid bath.
CPR engineers were here on Tuesday, marking off ground for a new road along the shore of Minister's Island to Mr. Van Horne's house. During a recent blow the sailboats of Mr. Van Horne and Mr. E. L Andrews were driven up on the rocks at Minister's Island, and their bottoms stove in.
Mr. Van Horne interviewed. the Beacon has a short chat with him on Various subjects.
[notice Mr. Armstrong does not mention St. Andrews port matters to Van Horne in person, in spite of his criticism in the previous issue]
On the broad piazza of Mr. Van Horne's elegant summer residence on Minister's Island, Mr. Van Horne and the Beacon clasped hands on Monday morning. The big railway man had his working clothes on, being engaged in superintending the improvements that are going on around his dwelling. Inviting the newspaper man to a seat, he placidly folded his hands over his ample waist-coat and waited patiently for the usual array of questions.
Asked if it was the intention of the railway to begin work this fall on their proposed summer hotel at Indian Point, he answered "No." "It is one thing," said he, "to build a hotel, and another thing to get somebody to run it. It would hardly pay us to run one hotel. I had a project to build a number of hotels along the railway from here to Halifax and Cape Breton, but —-"
What was at the other end of the "but" Mr. Van Horne did not say, but he left the impression on his interrogator that the hotel scheme he had projected was still a considerable distance off.
"Have you had an enjoyable season here?" queried the scribe. "I have spent very little of it here, but my family have enjoyed it very much" "When will you close your house?" "My family will probably leave in a week, as they want to see the World's Fair, but I will be down here two or three times before the snow flies to look after the improvements on my property."
"Do you propose making any additions to your house?"
"Yes," said Mr. Van Horne, "I will make an addition to it, but it will not be very large. There is considerable work to be done around the grounds yet."
"I presume we will have your family again another season?"
"Oh yes," was the reply, "if all goes well, we'll be here again next summer."
"What is the nature of the difficulty you have with the United States courts?"
"Oh, that don't amount to much. One of our ticket agents at Tacoma is charged with selling a ticket at a reduced rate. That's all there's about it. My going before the court was a mere formality.
Discussing the subject of grain shipment, Mr. Van Horne said that his year's crop in the West was a large one. "Do you expect any of it to find its way through the port of Saint John or Halifax," he was asked.
"That depends," was the rejoinder. "They have the elevator at Saint John; they have the wharf, and they have the railway. What they want now is men with capital to buy the grain and ship it. The elevator itself wont' bring the grain. It's like a man building a big store for dry goods purposes. If he don't put dry goods in it after it has been completed, the store is not of much use to him."
"But there are those who think the railway will provide the grain," suggested the interviewers. "We're not shippers," promptly replied Mr. Van Horne. "We're carriers. We don't do any shipping. We simply carry the grain wherever it is sent."
The Summer business
This season's summer business seems to have reached a very sudden termination, almost all of the visitors having taken their departure from town. The cold, stormy weather of last month no doubt influenced their movements to a considerable extent, but the disturbed state of business in the US and a desire on the part of many to visit the World's Fair before it closed, were the principal causes for the early exodus of the summer people. A s result of the departure of guests, the management of the Algonquin Hotel have determined to close the hotel on the 11th inst., which is about a fortnight earlier than they had intended doing. Compared with the experience of other seaside resorts the hotel people of St. Andrews have no reason to be discouraged with the result of this season's work. Nor are they. Under Mr. miller's careful and skillful management, the Algonquin has become so popular that during the height of the season many people had to be turned away. To obviate such an occurrence in future, the hotel company is considering the propriety of adding a wing to the north-east corner of the building, and an estimate for the erection of the same is now in their hands. This wing, if erected, will be four stories in height and will give an addition of thirty-two sleeping rooms. It has also been determined to build a large playroom for the children on the ground floor of the hotel, so that in stormy weather the little folks can romp about to their heart's content without disturbing their elders who desire quietness.
Mr. Van Horne wants more island
Mr. Van Horne has made an offer to Edward E. Andrews to purchase the balance of his property on Minister's Island. A tempting figure has been named, and Mr. Andrews has been given a fortnight to consider the offer. In the meantime, if he so desires it, Mr. Andrews has the privilege of taking a trip to the Northwest to examine the prospects for settlement there.
beacon
Sept 14/1893
Mr. Van Horne's family closed up their summer home on Minister's Island last Friday, and they are now located in their beautiful residence, Sherbrooke Street, Montreal.
The discharging of two or three coal vessels and the building of the phosphate warehouse have made the railway wharf quite a busy place. If the same "hum" appeared on all the wharves, St. Andrews would be in a prosperous state.
Not a prosperous season for Tyn-y-coed hotel. (The Tyn-y-maes has been referred to this year as an annex to the former.}
Between $4000 and $5000 disbursed among our farmers and tradesmen this summer by the hotel management, it early closing is a matter for regret. (blamed on Chicago World Fair)
A. D. S. Bell, secretary-treasurer of the Algonquin Hotel company, arrived on Tuesday from Boston, and is spending a few days here. Mr. Bell is enthusiastic over the beauties of St. Andrews. "Why," said he to the Beacon, "there is no place in Switzerland to match this. The people of America don't realize what beauties there are here, and what health, pure air they can obtain, otherwise they would flock here in thousands."
LG: The Hon. John Boyd (1826-1893) Born in Ireland. Appointed 21 September 1893 at age 68 until his death (in office) 4 December 1893.
Beacon
Sept 21, 1893
In a few weeks more the hand of winter will be laid upon the water of the St. Lawrence, and they will be closed to navigation. Shipments from that port must then cease for the season. At what other port on the Atlantic will the grain of the West find an outlet during the coming winter? Certainly not at St. Andrews, because we have not the facilities here for handling it. Will it be Saint John or Halifax? Both ports are supplied with elevators, and both ports are open during the winter months, yet it is evident from the tenor of President Van Horne's remarks to the Beacon a few weeks ago that he does not look for any great amount of grain to be shipped from maritime Province ports this winter. The fact that none of the large Atlantic steamship companies is applying for port space at the ports mentioned is another indication that the winter shipments from these points will not be large. The only conclusion to be drawn from the present situation is that the ports of the US are to continue to do the winter business of Canada. It is an outrage upon the Maritime Provinces that the Dominion government should become a party to this arrangement. If the Atlantic steamship companies who are now drawing subsides from Canada, and who are using those subsidies to compete with other steamship lines, were compelled to do their winter business in Canadian ports the ground of complaint that Dominion money is being utilized to build up foreign ports would soon cease to exist. We have had ample evidence of the desire of the chief steamship company of Canada (the Beaver Line) to utilize the port of St. Andrews if facilities were provided for them here. The fact that they gave their preference to St. Andrews over the other Canadian ports proves conclusively that it is the only Canadian port that can hope to successfully compete with the ports of Portland or Boston. The government ought to recognize this fact and act upon it without further delay.
Mrs. W. C. Van Horne and Miss Van Horne, who have returned to town from their summer residence at Minister's Island, St. Andrews, left on Monday evening, with Mr. Van Horne, in his private car for Chicago, where they will visit the World's fair. - Montreal Star.
Beacon
Sept 28, 1893
A Miserable Service
There are those who think that whatever of good or evil "the gods send us" should be accepted without murmuring. But we are not far enough advanced in grace yet to subscribe to that millennial doctrine. If something is sent us or imposed on us which we feel is going to be disadvantageous to the public or ourselves, we propose "kicking" at it. And if ever there was occasion for "kicking" it is now, when the CPR have inflicted on us such a miserable train service. Never, since the Beacon has been published, has St. Andrews been so badly served by the railway people as it is now. According to the new time-table, the train leaves at 7 o'clock in the morning, and is booked to arrive at 5 pm standard time! And as the St. Andrews engine is expected to run to McAdam, then to St. Stephen, back to Watt junction and down to St. Andrews in the interim, we fear that it will more frequently be 7 o'clock when she arrives.
If the CPR authorities are desirous of advancing the interests of St. Andrews, they take a very queer way of showing it. If their object is economy, and we presume it is, we think it will be found a false economy. We are assured that last year there was an appreciable increasing of the freight business in and out of St. Andrews. Surely this ought to be an argument in favor of a better service, instead of worse one. By the new arrangement, the businesspeople of the town do not get their letter or paper until after six o'clock, and perhaps not until after 8 o'clock, when the telegraph office has closed. This will inconvenience them very much and may be the means of doing them injury. During the day, there will be no engine to shunt the coal cars, and thus time will be lost, and possibly the credit of the port affected by not being able to handle coal promptly. The passenger business must also be affected, as people will not care to spend from one to six hours at McAdam or some other point where the accommodations are equally primitive. Nor would it be surprising if the railway should find a falling off in their freight receipts, as parties having goods shipped to them, say from Saint John , would have them forwarded by boat instead of by rail, thus getting them quicker and cheaper.
We hope that the railway people will see the necessity of giving a better train service than what they are now giving us. It is hard enough work to keep business afloat here when the railway is assisting, but when they put obstacles in the way it becomes doubly hard.
Beacon
Oct 5/1893
Jack Ashore
Two Skippers Break the World's Slowest Record on Wheels
Two well-known skippers—Capt. Pratt of the Dominion fishery cruiser, Curlew, and Capt. Nellie Clarke, who is home on a furlough—made a desperate attempt on Wednesday to break the world's slowest record on bicycles. The contestants were about evenly matched as to experience, Captain Pratt having been a wheelman of four days' standing—or falling, while Capt. Clarke had been making a close inspection of the gutters, sidewalks and fences with his wheel for about an equal length of time.
The start, says the Beacon's marine editors, was a flying one, each craft passing the starting buoy with hatches tightly battened down, and every stitch of canvas spread. The skippers grasped the tillers with the grip of desperation. Of the two, Capt. Clarke was the first to get on an even keel, and with the wind on his quarter he was able to lay a straight course for the first buoy. His opponent meanwhile was steering wildly. Opposite Cockburn's drug store he mis-stayed and was carried across the bow of a turnip "dingey," narrowly escaping the loss of his job-boom and headgear. He lost several seconds by this mishap, but it was evident from the determined look that settled down on his face as he brought his craft up in the wind again, that he had made up his mind that his prestige as a commander of a warship would be forever gone if he allowed himself to be whipped by an ordinary everyday merchantman. So, hauling in his weather-braces, and pressing on his craft all the canvas she could carry, me hade attack in the direction of his rival, who was now floundering in a heavy cross sea on the cross street. He succeeded in running up under his stern, and in a trice was on even terms with him. Both crews were now laboring heavily, their figureheads being drenched with spray and their decks at times awash. Rounding the second turn, the wind died away, and both skippers were in the "doldrums." Capt. Pratt was the first to get a breeze, but his steering chain became entangled in his pants leg, and he was almost thrown on his beam ends. When he righted himself, his opponent had again passed him, but it was not long before they were bow and bow once more. Capt. Clarke tried to give his rival his backwater, but the attempt nearly ended in splitting his main-sail. The wind dying out, it was a drift the balance of the course.
The umpire decided the race a tie, declaring the world's slowest record smashed beyond repair, and ordered the race to be sailed over gain. The racers agreed to carry out the decision, as soon as they had taken in water and ballast and made necessary repairs, but up to the present writing it has not come off.
Testimonial by a Mr. Strauss from Chicago who never had hay fever while in St. Andrews but got it when he returned home. Will be back but wishes out train arrangements were better. Used to vacation in mountains but mountain air does not agree with everybody. Editor notes: "Here is a practical illustration of the effect of the present train arrangement upon the business prosperity of St. Andrews."
Beacon
Oct 12/1893
Van Horne in England
(Montreal Star)
The visit of Mr. W. C. Van Horne, president of the CPR, to the Old County is attracting a good deal of attention in railway and financial circles, and gossip is rife as to the meaning of the great railroad magnate's journey at this season of the year. Mr. Van Horne for himself told an intimate friend that he would visit Spain and Italy and purchase some of the works of art there, but while the CPR 's president is known as a great at lover, those in the inner circles hardly believe that he would spend so much time away from his beloved road for pleasure alone. The most common rumor is that Mr. Van Horne has gone to England in connection with a fast Atlantic steamship service. In fact, it is stated that the Canadian Pacific means business this time, that it purposes to have a fast Atlantic service of its own, and that Mr. Van Horne has gone to make all arrangements for the building of the steamships. Color is given to this rumor by the semi-official statement of the Hon. Mr. Foster that the government had some sort of a steamship arrangement under discussion. Other people in the street, however, who also claim to be well informed, state that Mr. Van Horne is going to the Old Country for no other purpose than to list the stock of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway on the London Stock Exchange. They, in arguing for their idea, point to the report that the CPR intend to make Duluth the base of very extensive operations, work to be commenced next spring. The wheat business of the CPR, which has been handled through Winnipeg and Fort William, is, so the story goes, to be diverted to Duluth, where the CPR will erect elevators. There was considerable gossip in the street this morning regarding this scheme.
It has now come out that while in New York a quiet conference was held between the CPR officials and Mr. Van Horne. R. B. Angus, Duncan McIntyre and D. G. Ogden were present. It is believed that the conference had something to do with Mr. McLeod's proposed new line into New York City. It is a well-known fact that Mr. Van Horne has long cherished the idea of getting better facilities for the CPR in reaching New York, and there have been abundance of rumors about an independent road. When Charles Parsons was negotiating for the sales of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad to the New York Central, Mr. Van Horne was of invaluable assistance to him, for the Central was afraid that Mr. Van Horne might take the Rome road. Mr. Van Horne used the opportunity to exact advantageous pro-rata arrangements with the Vanderbilt system, with power to fix rates largely to suit himself. But the Trunk Line Association would not allow such rates to be quoted, and so the alliance was not of the benefit that Mr. Van Horne anticipated. He is now looking around for something better. There would be no restraint about rates if he helped Mr. McLeod to put through his road into New York city, for the New York and New England Railroad does not belong to the Trunk Line Association. A part of the project, al heretofore related is another line between New York and Montreal. It is well understood that Mr. Van Horne can command a great deal of capital, and this would not come amiss to Mr. McLeod.
The people of St. Andrews are justly indignant at the wretched train service that the CPR is furnishing them. The last summer visitor had scarcely left the town, when the worst timetable since the memorable days of the New Brunswick and Canada regime, was sprung upon the unsuspecting inhabitants of Charlotte's Shiretown. On Saturday night, the train, due at 5:35, did not reach St. Andrews until nine o'clock. And it was ten o'clock before the mails were assorted. The passengers who had to wait so many weary hours at the junctions were worn out in body and in spirit, but bad as their case was it was not half so bad as the businessmen of the place, who were unable to get their mails until it was time to go to bed. In consequence of the late hour, the people of the region outside the town, who receive their mails through the St. Andrews office, did not get their letters until Monday morning. Freight and express matter were, of course, delayed along with the mails, thereby causing much hardship. The Beacon has always had a warm spot in its heart for superintendent Timmerman. We would appeal to him now to use his powerful influence to secure better treatment for St. Andrews. We can assure him that the existing arrangement will cause a greater loss to the road than any saving it will produce, as already our merchants are arranging to have their goods shipped from Saint John by boat, as they can get them several hours earlier. Passengers will also use the steamers in preference to such a tiresome railway journey. Such a state of affairs, from a railway point of view, must result disadvantageously to the town.
It's all right. "Jim" French says there need be more "kicking" about the railway service. He'll see that Mr. Van Horne "fixes it up" when he comes back from England. thanks, Jim.
Van Horne and Atlantic Steamer Service
The visit of President Van Horne to England has revived interest in the fast Atlantic steamship service. A belief is entertained that his visit is directly in the interest of this scheme, but whether there is any foundation for this belief only time can tell. We shall see what we shall see. In connection with the stories afloat, the statement has been made that the Milford Haven will be the English port and Halifax the Canadian Port. No mention is made of Saint John, which has just provided itself with costly wharves and an elevator, nor of St. Andrews, whose natural location is far superior to either of the ports we have named. It hardly seems reasonable that the CPR would be willing to haul freight hundreds of miles to Halifax, when with a little expenditure, such a handy port as St. Andrews could be made available. But there seems to be little present hope of the CPR doing anything towards advancing the interests of St. Andrews in this regard. A years ago, there seemed to be a possibility that St. Andrews would be utilized as a winter port by the Beaver Line of steamers, but the railway people were not disposed to accept the slightest risk, and so the negotiations ended in naught. We are hopeful that at some future day the merits of this port will receive the recognition they deserve. When that day comes, Canada will then have a winter port of which she may be proud, and a port by which she may successfully compete with her business rivals across the border.
The new warehouse on the coal wharf is rapidly approaching completion. A tower for the hoisting engine has been erected at the eastern end of the building, and from it the work of hoisting the coal into the cars is now being carried on.
George H. Ham, the well-known and popular travelling passenger agent of the CPR has been called to Montreal to take the position of chief of the literary bureau of the CPR.
Beacon
Oct 19, 1893
C. L. McKeen is about to begin the erection of a gardener's cottage on Mr. Van Horne's property, Minister's Island.
The Campobello Island syndicate has sold the Owen Hotel property to a syndicate represented by James W. Inches, of Boston, for $25,000, it is said.
Beacon
Oct 26/1893
A Westerner's View. A Minnesota Journalist talks about St. Andrews and Thereabouts
St. Paul Despatch
One of the quaintest old relics in the Canadian provinces are the ruins of battered old Fort Tipperary, asleep in wreck and the bite of ages beyond the town of St. Andrews, New Brunswick. St. Andrews, you will know, is a famous old English town, where the 1700 worthy people still sing the High church service in manner and form of the time-honored days of the Georges. But to Americans, St. Andrews is fast becoming much more of a picturesque tomb of past great shipping life. It is and always will be the noted scene of the ill-fated Fenian raid in 1867, when the secluded rebels steamed proudly off Eastport, Maine, to raid Indian Island. To repulse this mad attack the English attracted a man-of-war from Halifax and taking a wet towel imperiously wiped the Fenians from the face of the sea.
But all is now serene and blissful in and about the pudgy little town, with its fishing smacks lying gracefully in the harbor, with its low, white houses and high gray churches; its pretty garden and prolific orchards. Its modern aspect is heightened by the stateliest of resort hostelries, the Algonquin—a home for summer tourists. Seated high upon an eminence of 200 feet above high tide, this commodious resort, is indeed a pleasure gratifying every sense, delight, sense and comforting indulgence.
To the west the historic St. Croix moves majestically to the sea, bearing every form of craft from the old black "Pinkey" (a small sloop designed for the slumber trade) to the great sidewheel bateaux of today. From the east a sheen of gold and reddened amber lights up the romantic Bay of Passamaquoddy, seventeen miles long and about as deep. To the south lies the foliaged town; while directly in the north and interior of the province a thousand beautiful roads lead to many interesting lakes, glens and nooks "where thought a treasures sense becomes."
So in the midst of all this beauty, where the salt sea air exhilarates the feeble, where the sun shines for weeks, they have discovered the climate to be a panacea for the ills of afflicted folks. Sufferers from hay fever and catarrh, I am assured, come to this lovely little retreat and are released and loosed of their distress. But prominently among the pleasures of this resort, which surround the American visitor, is that which one knows when he greets his own countryman abroad. We greet here an American manager of Boston, a man whose personality alone would make the resort popular. Unlike the cold, distrustful attention, we Americans often time suffer from the foreigner—he whose allegiance is not pledged to Uncle Sam—this generous cosmopolite starts your comfort with the genial warmth of true American hospitality. You will know his land and his nativity to hear him invite you to dinner from the remote end of a telephone circuit, though you had never seen him or known him, and when you tumble into his summer home and feel his universally applied and perpetually expressed welcome, you are sure you see the stars and stripes in his cheeks an eyes. Such a host is Mr. Albert Miller, our American fellow, away up in the balsam laden air of New Brunswick.
Near the Hotel, stands the oddly-constructed cottage of the famous landscape artist, George Inness. When the prominence of the cottagers was disclosed to me, I sought an interview with Mr. Inness, who is not only noted for his great talent as our leading American landscape painter, but also for his marked ability as a conversationalist and art critic. A crowded chat of three hours one Sunday afternoon on a balmy porch did not seem to weary him, nor did it effect less than to attract about us a score of eminent sojourners, who, for the moment, seemed to be interested in our discussion of Turner, Ruskin, Claude, Daubigny, Fortuny, Corat, Delacroix, Dannat, Chase, Marr, and a host of other great names in the realm of art and its literature. I shall reserve for another relish, the character and issues, the repartee and satire and the very interesting deductions of this debate with the elder Inness.
An hours' run in the steamer Rose Standish, for thirty years piloted by that sturdy, kind-faced mariner Capt. Daniel Ryan, and you pick your way through the sardine factories of that old New England town, Eastport, Maine. This is indeed an interesting little city. It has a history as long as time and as wide as nature. Its people are genuinely of the New England type—a type which clings loyally to the forms and traditions of corn bread, brown bread, baked beans and "twant so." They are of an ultra-hospitality, which throws itself in distinct relief when compared with Canadian frigidity. The collector of customs, the Hon. George A. Curran; Alden Bradford, capitalist and romancer, and the postmaster, Mr. Paine, represent in themselves and their generous conduct of newspaper correspondents, three of New England's characteristic elements—humor, hospitality and herring!
The herring weirs about Eastport are one of its attractive features. They suggest in great measure the business of the little town. Eastport is full of sardines. It prepares and packs the cheapest sardines of the East. The fish is in reality the English herring. It is caught in great quantities in weirs constructed of birch saplings and nets. When a "catch" is hauled and brought to a factory, a whistle signal is blown and the townsmen and women who work in the sardine industry respond and engage in their various departments. The fish are hauled to the factories in schooners. From the hold of the boat they are carried in baskets to long tables where boys stand with small knives ready to begin the work of "decapitation." For every peck of decapitated sardines, these boys get a credit check for five cents. Then the heedless herring are soaked in brine for one hour, when they are spread on tables to dry. When dry, they are laid singly on grated trays and put into a frame which revolves in a furnace. As a tray is put in, one is taken out and shoved in a stand to cool. From there the fish, when cool, are packed by young women who are dexterous and very deft in their handling of the baked and brittle fish. When hermetically sealed, each can is boiled two hours, then packed in cases of 100 cans. These cases are sold in quantities at $3.50 each. The poor of the East buy these "sardines" at retail for five cents a can and we observe another phase of lowly taste and cheap meat.
Across from dusty little Eastport we see the promontories and cliff formation of rugged Campobello, with its comb of historic inlets. Once the retreat of Benedict Arnold, now the resort of delighted tourists, it is here on this romantic island the popular authoress Kate Gannett Wells has built a beautiful cottage near the hotel Tyn-y-coed. Here also the Passamaquoddy Indians, a tribe as to which there is much interesting lore, built their lodge and welded their birch canoes, hunted the Maine moose and deer and swapped wildcat and sealskins for shamrock whisky.
Jeremiah Hanson, an aged resident of Bocabec, passed away last week, at the ripe age of 85 years. He was a native of Bocabec and spent all his life there. He leaves a large family of sons and daughter and grandchildren.
Murder in St. Andrews; murdered child found in well. Details.
Beacon
Nov 2/1893
Two able-bodied young men made an attack upon Obadiah Conley, on Monday night, at the lighthouse wharf. He had objected to their taking the lighthouse boat, when they seized him and kicked and cuffed about until his cries were heard by the occupants of the Pendlebury house. They then fled. Subsequently, Mr. Conley learned that his assailants were Capt. Bullerwell, of the schooner Tacoma, and one of his crew. Warrants for their arrest were issued, but the vessel was speeding through Latete when the papers were placed in the constable's hands.
beacon
Nov 9/1893
A little oil and varnish, judiciously administered by our local painters, Messrs. E. Graham and Thomas Williamson, have greatly improved the appearance of the Land Company's' building.
The erection of a neat little cottage for Mr. Van Horne's gardener has been begun on Minister's Island. It will be a one-story structure, containing four rooms. G. C. McKeen is putting the building up.
W. C. Van Horne, president of the CPR, reached New York on the Lucania Friday evening. Mr. Van Horne was cited within the next ten days to appear at Seattle to answer before he United States federal court the charge of violation of the interstate commerce law by agents of his road but it was learned that the Seattle trial was postponed until February.
Beacon
Nov 16, 1893
The CPR was granted the highest award at the World's Fair for the excellence of its standard passenger cars and locomotives. The special features of merit in its sleeping cars were also mentioned. The train was almost a facsimile of that the company runs through the maritime provinces.
Beacon
Nov 23/1893
There is no place in the Maritime provinces which offers a better field for a manufacturing enterprise than the town of St. Andrews. Unlike many interior towns, which have to depend entirely on the railways for the transshipment of their goods, raw or manufactured, St. Andrews has splendid facilities for shipping both by and water. The CPR places the town in touch with all of Western Canada as well as the United States, while all the seashore ports of any importance are easily accessible from it. Coal can be landed here as easily as at any other seaport in Canada, and an abundance of fresh water can be obtained by boring or from lakes adjacent to the down. Add to these advantages the additional fact that land is cheap, that taxes are low, that the necessities of life are easily and cheaply obtained that the locality is healthy, and it can be readily seen that it possesses many and important advantages for manufacturing purposes.
If reports be true, it will not be many weeks before trains will be running on the Bangor and Aroostook railroad. Unless the CPR are prepared to carry Aroostook freight at much lower rates than are charged by the B and A. railway, there is no doubt that the great bulk of the business from that prosperous section of country will be done over the new road. It seems to us, and we have pointed it out on more than one occasion, that the port of St. Andrews offers a splendid opportunity for the CPR to steal a march on their formidable rival. By putting a line of freight steamers on the route between St. Andrews and Boston, or by making sharp connection between this port and the steamers of the International line at Eastport, much lower rates could be quoted by the CPR than could be quoted by the B and A railway. The arrangement we suggest would have the double effect of retaining the Aroostook business for the CPR, and of building up the port of St. Andrews. For years past this port has been used in the transhipment of phosphate and coal to Aroostook; and why not for return cargoes of potatoes, starch, lumber and the many other products which are marketed from that section? We invite President Van Horne to give this suggestion his attention.
LG: The Hon. John James Fraser (1829-1896) Born in Beaubears Island, New Brunswick. Appointed 20 December 1893 at age 64 until his death (in office) in Genoa, Italy 24 November 1896.
Beacon
Nov 30, 1893
The Boston turnip market shows no signs of recovery, hence the shipments of late have been small. This week, six cars were sent out.
There is a rumour which is given currency in a Halifax paper, that although the CPR runs from Saint John to Halifax over the ICR, all is not pleasant between these roads, and there is a possibility of the CPR making their terminus at Saint John after May 1st, and will arrange to have steamers from the other side land passengers and freight there.
Beacon
Dec 7/1893
The Coal Trade of Canada
A Bangor paper gives publicity to the report that the managers of the Grand Trunk railway have under consideration the project of making Portland its winter port for the coal trade which goes to Montreal in the summer for distribution to all points of Canada. It is proposed to carry coal in steamers from the Nova Scotia mines to Portland, and thence wheel it over the Grand Trunk to Montreal. This will be a much shorter route than the from Halifax to Montreal, and as the GTR would have all the transportation over their own line, they would doubtless be able to make it pay them very well.
If the CPR should desire to compete with the GTR for this coal trade, there is no better point for them to operate from than from the port of St. Andrews. By the present barge system, coal from Parrsboro can be carried here for 50 cents per ton, which is considerably less than the Grand Trunk railway would have to pay for steamers to carry coal to Portland. This difference in freight, coupled with the additional facts that the port charge here are very much lower than at Portland, and that the railway company would have the carrying over their own tracks, ought to enable the CPR people to place coal in Montreal as cheap as, if not cheaper than the GTR.
The CPR managers have not up to the present manifested much interest in St. Andrews as a port, for the reason, perhaps, that the people of the own have not the necessary means to aid them in their schemes, but it would seem to us that the time is fast coming when they cannot afford any longer to ignore the advantages and capabilities of this port.
Mr. Benedict Van Horne, only son of Mr. W. C. Van Horne, who has been pursuing his studies at West Point, has returned to town on a visit to his parents. - Montreal Star.
Bocabec Black Granite
The part a porcupine played in its discovery
Something about the Quarry and the Company that are to develop it—Steam polishing works and a wharf to be erected at Bocabec. William Gibson to be manager. Details. Jeremiah Hanson a partner in the enterprise. His property, apparently. Notice of incorporation this issue.
It is said that Alexander Gibson's shipment of lumber from Saint John this season amounted to 62,000,000 feet.
The timetable of the railway changed on Sunday last. Trains now leave St. Andrews at 7 o'clock, local time, and arrive at 2 o'clock. This arrangement gives the townspeople their mails at a reasonable hour, and also obviates the wearisome waits at the junctions.
The CPR are to make shipments of wheat and hay from Saint John to Great Britain this winter. The first shipment will be made by steamer from the wharves of Carleton about the 12th of this month. Arrangements have been made whereby the steamer will take from Saint John to London 16,000 bushels of Ontario wheat and about 1,000 tons of hay from Quebec.
Beacon
Dec 14, 1893
It is probable that the steamers of the Beaver Line will be laid up this winter. This is the steamship company that was so desirous of utilizing the port of St. Andrews. The fact that they can find no other suitable winter port for them, is a very strong reason why the Government should lose no delay in developing St. Andrews as a winter port.
Sir John Thompson stated in Halifax that the fast Atlantic steamship service was an accomplished fact.
Steamer "Arbutus" made a special trip to St. Andrews on Saturday, bringing a lot of Deer Island people, whose plethoric pocketbooks were considerably lighter when they returned to their island home.
Beacon
Dec 21/1893
Houlton is rejoicing over the advent of the B and A road into that town: the first engine reached that city soon after midnight on Sunday morning. As the work lately has been carried forward under very trying circumstances, the wonderful progress that has been made reflects great credit on the skill and energy of General Manager Cram and his staff. The Beacon congratulates Mr. Cram upon his success. At the same time we hope that the advent of this road into the Aroostook country will be the means of awakening the CPR people to a higher appreciation of the advantages of St. Andrews as a competing point. By cheap freights from Aroostook to St. Andrews and vice versa, and by the utilization of the water route from this port, the CPR ought to be able to offset in a great measure the completion of the new road.
Winter Port Matter.
While Minister's Thompson and Tupper were in Halifax, a few weeks ago, a delegation from the Board of Trade waited upon them, and presented them with an address, urging upon them the importance of Canada having a winter port of her own, and pointing out the advantages which Halifax possessed for such a purpose. It was pointed out that the inauguration of the National Policy was accepted as a recognition that the trade of Canada was to be conducted for the benefit of Canada, that the high tariff was submitted to as a means of diverting the trade of the different provinces to our own seaports, that the Maritimes Provinces readily contributed their share of the large subsidies granted to the CPR, which was looked upon as an iron bond to bind the scattered parts of the dominion more firmly together, but that instead of the hopes of the Maritime Province people being realized they had witnessed, the winter trade of the Dominion is being diverted to foreign ports. The memorialists regarded these circumstances "as a national and commercial misfortune nearly akin to humiliation." We agree with all the Halifax men have said with respect to the needs of a winter port for Canada, but we think they were justified in using much stronger language with reference to the utilization of foreign ports for the transaction of Canadian business. It is not only humiliating but it is the rankest injustice to the people of the Maritime Provinces to have their ports ignored as they have been. There are ports and harbours in the Maritime Provinces just as well adapted for doing the winter business of Canada as the port of Boston and Portland. It is true that the land haul from the commercial centre of the Dominion to the ports above-named is not so great as to ports in the Maritime Provinces, but there are other compensating advantages in our home ports. The Port of St. Andrews—which is the nearest Canadian port on the Atlantic to Montreal, and which, for this reason, can best enter into competition with the US ports referred to,—possesses all the natural advantages necessary for a winter port. It is open the whole year round, can be easily entered, and at very little cost could be supplied with all the needed shipping facilities. Its geographical position gives it a great advantage, and one which ought to weight very heavily with the power that be when they are selecting a Canadian winter port.
Mr. Robert S. Gardiner of Boston and family were at the Kyoto hotel, Hyogo, Japan, on Nov. 14. Mr. Gardiner remembers the Beacon by sending a copy of the Hyogo Daily News, an English paper published there.
Mr. Van Horne, president of the CPR, has been appointed a director of the Equitable insurance company, of New York. This, it is understood, is the first instance of a Canadian being appointed to such a position in this great corporation the largest of its kind in the world.
Beacon
Dec 28, 1893
The railway wharf is crowded with phosphate vessels, the cargoes of which are for Aroostook County. There were five vessels here at one time. They are getting prompt despatch. Most of the phosphate is being stored in the new warehouse.