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Beacon

Jan 3/1901

Sir William Van Horne, who gave up the management of the CPR to take a rest, has a rest-cure peculiarly his own. It consists in developing enormous steel works at Sydney, in building pulp plants at half a dozen places, in girdling Cuba with a network of railway, in exploiting electric roads in several large centres, in developing a mammoth farm in the North-West, etc., etc. As if he was not getting rest enough out of these trifling schemes he has now placed himself at the head of a company to develop the coal lands of BC on a large scale.

A fox hunt on Minister's Island furnished a little excitement for New Year's day. Fourteen huntsmen and four dogs participated. The brush was finally captured by Sumner Mallock.

The coal situation has been thrown in bad shape again by the strike of 1200 coal miners in NS. [There have been frequent strikes at both Springhill and Joggins over the last year or so]

Saint John and Halifax may have steel ship building plants within a year.

The proprietors of the Owen Hotel, Campobello, have issued a very neat and effective holiday circular. The hotel is illustrated on one page. Another bears a map of Campobello Island, which is quite a unique representation. On the last page there is a marine sketch.

Beacon

Jan 10/1901

The St. Andrews Alms House Commissioners, after laying a sewer from the building, carrying out other improvements, and providing generously for the inmates during the year, will have a surplus of $450 to hand over to their successors in office. Much of the produce of the farm still remains unsold, so that the new board will start in under very favorable auspices.

Relic of the Past

Occasionally reminders of the distant past are meet with in one daily experiences. Not many days since, an old gentleman, who had almost reached his ninetieth birthday, had occasion to go to the Bank of Nova Scotia to transact some business. A pen was handed him to subscribe his name to a piece of paper, but he shook his head, as much as to say that he had no use for such "new-fangled ideas." Reaching down into his pocket, he pulled out a quill pen—one of the kind that was in general use a hundred years ago—and dipping it into the ink, wrote his name clearly and rapidly. The noise of the quill passing over the paper grated upon the ears of all those who were in the room, but it seemed to be music to the old man. When had finished his writing, he took the quill lovingly into his mouth, removed the ink and then restored the quaint implement to his pocket.

Boston Shoe Store in Calais selling rubbers.

Debut of "Acadiensis." Details.

Beacon

Jan 17/1901

A New Brunswick Artist

Providence, R. I. Jan.10—Edward M. Bannister, a native of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, a famous negro artist, died suddenly of heart disease today. He ranked with the foremost American artists, his work being on exhibition in the leading galleries, and has won prizes at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. He was born of West Indian parentage. [Though many years have elapsed since the Bannister family left St. Andrews, there are some of the older residents who still remember the famous artist.]

Beacon

Jan 24/1901

Miss Johnson, the gifted Indian poetess and journalist, delighted the people of St. Andrews and St. George last week with her entertainments. She gave two performances in St. George and on in St. Andrews (the latter on Thursday night). At each she carried out a very pleasing programme.

Beacon

Jan 31, 1901

Death of Queen Victoria all the new last few issues.

The new CPR station at McAdam, with hotel and restaurant accommodations, is now being used.

Distinguished Visitors in Town

Sir William Van Horne, Viscount Dunluce (nephew of Lady Minto [Governor General's wife]), Donald MacMaster, K. D., Mr. William Hope and Mr. Finley, architect, of Montreal, came to St. Andrews on Tuesday in the private car Saskatchewan. The party drove to Minister's Island, where Sir William inspected his property. Afterwards, they looked over the site of Mr. Hope's summer cottage and examined Mr. MacMaster's new summer residence. Sir William stated that he had some additions to his present buildings on the island in contemplation. Mr. MacMaster expressed himself well pleased with the appearance of his cottage and with the character of the work being performed by Mr. Robert Stevenson, who has the contract for its erection. The party returned to Montreal the same afternoon.

Beacon

Feb 7, 1901

The Winter Business of Canada

Says the Montreal Star—

The determination of the Grand Trunk Railway Company to make Portland summer port is a serious matter for Montreal. For many years the winter business of the company has gone to Portland at the expense of the Canadian winter ports of Saint John and Halifax, but the businessmen of Montreal were indifferent because they did not see that it mattered much to them whether the business went to a Canadian or an American port in winter. But it is a matter of importance to all Canada to keep trade in Canadian channels in both winter and summer. The Grand Trunk has spent millions of dollars in providing terminal facilities at Portland; it is not making similar expenditures at Montreal; and it is evidently the intention of the company to make the American port the rival of Montreal. The announcement that the company has arranged with the Dominion steamship line for summer service to Portland has caused sensations in Montreal business circles, but it will not surprise those who knew what large amounts the GTR has been expending at Portland. What are we doing to do about it?

The proper thing for the Montreal people to do is to interest themselves in the development of lower province winter ports, so that no part of Canada's trade shall go toward the development of foreign ports. It is not easy to recall business when once it begins to travel in the wrong direction. So long as Montreal got the summer trade of Canada, the Montrealers did not care where the winter business went to. It might go to Saint John, or to St. Andrews or to Portland or to Boston. It was all the same to them. But they are beginning to reap the consequences of their folly, for the development which followed at Portland, Maine, as a result of the winter business of Canada being allowed to drift to that port will now be used against them in the summer season.

The St. Andrews Alms House Commissioners have organized with Angus Rigby as chairman and Dugald C. Rollins as secretary.

Beacon

Feb 14/1901

The Lansdowne hotel was re-opened last week by Theodore Holmes.

"Fancy St. Andrews turnips, 150 lb. bag, 97 cents," is one of the items on a Boston grocer's ad.

Miss Addie Van Horne left on a visit to Boston, where she will spend several weeks with friends.—Montreal Star.

Beacon

Feb 21/1901

W. A. Holtland and Thomas Burton have retired from the Alms House Commission, as the Councillors had exceeded their limit.

Description of two paintings—"When the Tide is Out" and "When the Tide is In," by George Innes, Jr., by Rev. A. W. Mahon, St. Andrews, in The Evangelist. Provides spiritual symbolism.

Mr. Daniel B. Claflin Dead

Mr. Daniel B. Claflin, of the dry goods firm of Claflin, Young and Stanley of Bedford Street, Boston, died this morning at his home on Chase Street, Newton Centre, after several months' illness. Death was due to heart trouble. Mr. Claflin was well known in Newton Centre, where had made his home for about 27 years, and had a large circle of friends through the Newtons. In Boston, he was equally well known as a prominent and successful businessman, particularly among the members of the dry goods trade. He was born in Hancock, Vermont, received his education in the schools of his native place, and when young man of about 20 years, came to Boston. First as a clerk and then has head of department, by his strict attention to business and integrity, he worked himself up from the ranks to the position of partner in the firm which bears his name. The firm name has been changed several times during its long business career, but for man years Mr. Claflin had been associated with the above partners. He was a member of the First Baptist church of Newton Centre, and was connected with a number of local organizations.—Boston Herald, Feb. 7.

[Mr. Claflin, as a member of the St. Andrews Land Company and Algonquin Hotel Company, had extensive interests in St. Andrews. His death will be a great loss to those companies as well as to St. Andrews.]

Beacon

Feb 28/1901

Mr. Robert Stevenson is making rapid progress on the cottage he is erecting in Mowatt's Grove for Mr. William Hope, Jr., of Montreal. The building occupies a beautiful site, commanding an expansive view of Passamaquoddy Bay.

The phosphate business has been resumed in earnest. Two large schooners, the Ruth Robinson and Sabage, arrived last week with one thousand tons of fertilizer on board for Aroostook County. The vessels are being discharged at the DeWolfe wharf, under the supervision of Mr. A. W. Perry, the Maine representative of the phosphate company.

The Charlotte County fisheries net as much as Lunenburg and Digby Counties—tied for tops in Maritimes.

Beacon

March 7, 1901

Fast Atlantic Service

Montreal next week will see the reopening of the negotiations for the fast Atlantic mail service. Several conferences have already been held and the project is likely to be carried through. The only steamship company mentioned in the present negotiations is the Allan Line, member of which have discussed the matter with the ministry. The present intention is not to endeavour to equal the speed of the Cunarders, as was intended four year ago, but that ships of twenty knot capacity will b sufficient for the St. Lawrence traffic. It is also suggested that the type of ship to be selected will probably be the Empress line of the CPR.

One of the handsomest summer dwellings in St. Andrews will be that of Mr. William Hope, Jr., of Montreal, which is romantically situated near the shore on the Bar Road. Mr. Robert Stevenson is pushing forward its erection and will have it ready for occupation when the summer breezes blow.

Lady Van Horne, accompanied by the Misses Van Horne, left this morning for south Carolina, where she intends to spend the next month.-Montreal Star.

Beacon

March 21, 1901

A pair of very handsome ponies arrived for Mr. E. Maxwell, Bar Road, on Tuesday. They were purchased in Truro, NS.

Beacon

March 28/1901

Montreal parties are negotiating for the purchase of lots of land near Mr. Donald MacMaster's new summer cottage.

The new summer cottages that are being erected here under the direction of Mr. Robert Stevenson are in an advanced state. That of Mr. Donald MacMaster, of Montreal, will be ready for occupation in a few days, owing to delay in getting lumber. The cottage of Mr. William Hope of Montreal is not in such a forward condition, but it will be ready on the 15 of May as the contract requires.

New station house at McAdam a thing of beauty.

Suicide by Drowning

Capt. Starkey, A Victim of Melancholy, Takes His Own Life

A shocking tragedy, and one that is fortunately very rare in this community, occurred early on Saturday morning last, when Capt. James Starkey, the well-known boatman, ended his life by his own hands.

For some time past, Capt. Starkey had been in a despondent mood. The recent deaths of his two sons (both remarkably brilliant students) the serious illness of another son at Aitken, South Carolina, and the discovery that he himself was affected with a cancer, so preyed upon his mind that the became melancholy and unable to sleep. Dr. Gove, his attending physician, tried to shake off this melancholy feeling, but in vain. On Friday, the doctor paid him two visits, and left with his wife a prescription to induce sleep. The doctor warned Mrs. Starkey that her husband was in a dangerous frame of mind and that he should be watched.

About midnight, the unfortunate man went out of his house, but soon after returned and warmed his hands at the stove. Between 1 and 2 o'clock, he left the house again. This time he did not return. His wife waited half an hour for him to come back, and the, becoming thoroughly alarmed, she visited Mr. James Ross, a neighbor, and imparted her fears to him. He aroused Mr. Thomas Pendlebury and together they went over to the Starkey wharf to begin their search. With aid of a lantern hey soon discovered the body in the water, with a heavy weight fastened to it. The painful discovery was at once made known to his family and as soon as the tide receded the body was lifted. Coroner Wade, who viewed the remains, did not consider an inquest necessary.

The deceased was 64 years of age and leaves a wife, two sons and a daughter, for whom the heartfelt sympathy is felt. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, with a great deal of personal independence about him. His integrity was undoubted. As a mechanic, he had few equals.

During his time, he built some very fine vessels. Among those whose construction he directed were the schooners Nettie, Greta, Nellie Clark, Christina, Annie P. Odell, George Lamb and Telephone, all of which with the exception of the Nellie Clark were constructed at St. Andrews. The Clark was built at Robbinston.

Of late years, Capt. Starkey has devoted his time to building boats and taking out pleasure parties in his little schooner Crusoe. He was well known and greatly respected among the summer visitors. He was also buoy contractor for the port of St. Andrews.

On Monday, the remains were taken to Robbinston, Maine, for internment. Before leaving, a short service was held at the house by Rev. A W. Mahon.

St. Croix Courier

March 28, 1901

Suicide in St. Andrews

James Starkey, aged sixty-five years, in the most deliberate manner, committed suicide about two o'clock last Saturday morning at his home in St. Andrews. He has, for some time, suffered from insomnia. This, coupled with the death of members of his family and tidings received one day last week that his son, Justin, who is in South Carolina for his health, was sinking rapidly, and the thought that a pustule on his nose would form into a cancer, so preyed on his mind as to cause him to act queerly. He went out of his home about midnight, returned in half an hour or so and sat down by the stove to warm himself. About one-thirty, a.m., he again went out. His wife requested him not to stay long. Shortly after he went out she heard a noise on the wharf adjacent to the house which so alarmed her that she went over to her neighbour, James Ross, and asked him to go down to the wharf in search of Mr. Starkey. Mr. Ross went but having no lantern found it too dark. He went back to his house and got one. Accompanied by his sons and a neighbour, Thomas Pendlebury, he went back and searched the wharf. Finding no trace of him, he held the lantern over the end of the wharf where the feet of the missing man were seen near the surface of the water. Having no boat or other appliance, the parties waited until the tide ebbed and with a rope fasted to the legs hauled the body on the wharf, when it was found that Starkey had passed the end of a piece of rope through a hole and took three half hitches around a piece of rope, part of the drawbar of a railroad car, that weighted about one hundred pounds. He then passed the other end of the rope around his neck, taking two half hitches in it, heaving about two feet slack. So bound he went to hid death over the wharf. Coroner J. A. Wade, M. D., was called the view the body. He believed that the jerk when the iron drew tight the rope had broken Starkey's neck. Deeming an inquest unnecessary he directed the body to be taken to the house. Mrs. Starkey has the sympathy of the community.

The remains of Mr. Starkey were taken on Monday over to Robbinston in the steamer Jeanette for interment in the grave where two of his children now lie.

The late James Starkey was a respected citizen of St. Andrews, of which he was a native. He was a shipbuilder and amongst other vessels built by him were the schooners Nettie, Greta, George Lamb, Telephone and Crusoe; barkentine Christiana, Brigantine Annie P. Odell, and at Robbinston, Maine, the schooner Nellie Clark. The Crusoe he built as a yacht, sailing her himself for the pleasure and accommodation of summer visitors who will regreat to hear of the genial captain's end.

Beacon

April 2, 1901

(Written for the Beacon)

History of St Andrews R. C. Church

The first Catholic Church built at St. Andrews was erected in 1825, as a result of the visit of Father Mauricett, who visited St. Andrews in September, 1822. After celebration of Mass a meeting was held, and Thomas Dunn, Peter Dunn, Henry O'Neill and John Lochary were named trustees of the proposed church. A collection was taken up, and 30 pounds obtained. Father Mauricett then went to Quebec with the intention of returning to St. Andrews, but he never came back. His visit in 1822 was his first and only visit. The congregation, however, went ahead with the work, and during the year 1824 erected a building, 24 x 46 feet on a piece of land donated by Mr. John Dunn, then collector of the port. The building, which was small and unpretentious, was completed on the outside in the year mentioned and next year the interior was finished, and the church dedicated, much to the joy of the people. The little church bore this inscription: "Erected to the Honor and Glory of the Only True and Living God. A. D. 1825."

The first entry in the parochial records is the baptism of E. J. Carney, under date of Dec. 23rd, 1827, by Father John Commins, then in charge of the parish. The first interment in the Cemetery was on March 15th, 1825, when Catherine Cavenagh was interred there.

On Nov. 22nd, 1836, Rev. Father Vereker succeeded Father Commins, to be followed Jan.16th, 1839 by Father Quinn. In Nov. 1844 Father W. MacDonald took charge of the affairs of the parish, which he administered until Feb. 12th, 1848, when Father Walter Aylward took the place and held it until November of the same year (1848). Father M. A. Wallace then succeeded, to give place in March 1849, to Rev. J. C. McDavitt, at present at Fredericton, under chose charge eleven feet were added to the length of the church, with a spire and a vestry. It is related that the bell used in the church came as a present from Mr. John Wilson, of Chamcook, which he promised to give the trustees in case he won a pending lawsuit between himself and the comptroller of the town. In 1852 Father Quinn returned to the parish; Nov. 20th 1854, Father Barron was in charge and remained until June 29th, 1857. Then Father Edmond Doyle became pastor and continued so until 1860, when he died. Father R. Vereker was his successor, and he remained there until 1873, when he died. From 1873 to August, 1877, Father William Doyle, now of Milltown, took charge and remained until 1880, when the present incumbent, Rev. J. M. O'Flaherty, was placed over the congregation.

Within the last few years it had become apparent that a new church was required, and steps were taken to erect a building. Land 160 feet square, in a convenient place (bounded by King and Parr Streets) was secured, contracts were given out, and the work energetically pushed forward, so that by Dec. 1886, the new sacred edifice was completed. On the 5th of that month it was privately blessed and divine service was held in it for the first time.

Beacon

April 11/1901

Mr. A. C. Towle, of the Owen Company, arrived on Monday.

Beacon

April 18/1901

Now doth the bicycle belle with her bicycle bell make merry music upon the dusty boulevard.

Mr. John Peacock, golf expert, of St. Andrews, has laid out a golf links at the Owen Hotel, Campobello.

A Lincoln Towle, who was one of the proprietors of the Owen Hotel last year at Campobello Island, has recently sold out his half interest to John J. Alexander, who will conduct the place this season. (So Towle and Alexander each bought a half-interest in the Owen in 1900)

The Burton livery stable has been purchased by Messrs. B. F. DeWolfe and Albert Denley. [Looks as though the Burton livery stable was on our site?] They assumed control on Saturday night. The new firm is known as DeWolfe and Denley. They are both young and active men and will doubtless make a success of the undertaking.

An Easter Ball was given in the Owen Hall on Tuesday evening.

Beacon

April 25, 1901

Harvest of Death

One of the oldest and most esteemed residents of St. Andrews passed to her rest on Saturday night last in the person of Mrs. Julia Whitlock, relict of the late Mr. Henry Whitlock. Though having passed her 85th birthday, she was remarkably bright and active until a day or two before her death. A few minutes before midnight on Saturday she closed her eyes upon the world. The deceased, who was a woman of lovely character, is survived by three sons and two daughters. The latter are Mrs. Edward E. Street, of Newcastle, and Miss Florence Whitlock, o Saint Andrews. Her sons are William, of the Customs, St. Andrews; J. Henry, of Freeport, Ill., and Arthur, of Oakland, Cal. Mrs. Whitlock was a daughter of the late Thomas Dunn, for many years a leading resident of St. Andrews, and was born here, the house in which she first saw the light being near Joe's Point, on the land now used as a golf links. Her uncle, Mr. John Dunn, was the first customs collector of St. Andrews under the Imperial government.

The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon, from the late residence of deceased, the body being first borne to All Saints Church, where an impressive service was conducted by the curate, Rev. Mr. McWilliams, the venerable, rector, Rev. Canon Ketchum, being unable to attend through illness. The attendance was large. Many beautiful floral pieces were strewn upon the casket, the tributes of loving friends. Among them were a pillow with "Mother" in violets, from her children; a cross of lilies and cream roses, from Miss Gladys Forster; a cross of Easter lilies, from Mrs. G. H. Stickney; calla lilies, from Mrs. John Pye; but flowers from Rev. Dr. Ketchum, Mrs. F. Howard Grimmer, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Forster, the misses Furlong, Mrs. John Stinson, Mrs. John Wren, Mrs. R. Glenn and others. The mourners were a son, Mr. William Whitlock; her three nephews, C. C. Whitlock and W. Whitlock, of St. Stephen; Chas. M. Gove, Capt. Wren, W. D. Forster and Thomas Stinson of St. Andrews. The pall bearers were M. N. Cockburn, F. H. Grimmer, T. T. Odell and E. A. Cockburn. After the church service, the procession moved toward the rural cemetery, where the interment took place.

Beacon

April 25/1901

Our Summer Cottages

The following cottagers are expected here the coming summer:

1. Covenhoven—Sir William Van Horne and family, Montreal.

2. Lazy Croft—Mr. George F. Inness and family, Montclair, NJ.

3. Cedar Croft—Rev. A. T. Bowser and family, Wilmington, Delaware

4. Risford—Mrs. and Mrs. J. Emory Hoar, Brookline, Mass

5. Casa Rossa—Mrs. J. S. Ludlam, Lowell, Mass

6. Algonquin cottage—Ms. Thomas P. Curtis, Cambridge, Mass

7. Grimmer cottage (near Algonquin)—Mr. and Mrs. George Hooper, Montreal

8. Grimmer (brick) cottage—Prof. Wendell and family, of Cambridge

9. Bar road—Mr. and Mrs. E. Maxwell, Montreal

10. Bar road (new cottage)—Mrs. And Ms. William Hope, Montreal

11. Smith cottage—Misses Barlow and Mrs. Carpenter, Atlantic City

12. Donald MacMaster, K. C., and family, Montreal, new cottage King St. extension

13. Rev. Dean Sills and family, Portland, Maine, cottage near rectory

14. W. D. Hartt and family, Florida, cottage on Water Street

15. T. R. Wheelock and family, Boston, King Street cottage

16. Gardiner cottage—Mrs. William T. Payne and family, Yokahama, Japan

(Only 6 of 16 from Montreal, and only Canadians from Montreal; this doesn't include the various cottageless Montrealers at the Algonquin, or the many cottageless Americans as well; the Hosmers, Meighen's, etc., were here every year)

Fred Worrell and Loren Thompson, students at Baltimore Dental College, arrived home on Friday to spend the summer vacation. (Mr. Worrell has been in the news the last year or two, with notices of his various teaching positions around the county, and the odd piece of bicycle trips to and from St. Stephen with friends)

Beacon

May 2/1901

Summer Homes

The advent of the summer tourist is being diligently prepared for. Around the summer hotels and among the cottages workmen are busily engaged in getting things put to right before the rush sets in. Almost every available cottage in the town has been taken, and if more comfortable dwellings with modern equipments could be had they would all be leased.

In addition to the list of cottagers published last week are:

17. The Anchorage—Mr. and Mrs. Allan R. Macdonnell and family, of Montreal

18. Green Dwelling—Mr. Fred G. Andrews (will fit it up for lodgers)

19. Campbell House—Mrs. And Mrs. Hans Johnson, corner water and King. (are renting it to summer boarders)

Harvey and Woods to manage again.

"Almost every available cottage in the town has been taken . . ."

The Owen Hotel, Campobello, is being improved in a great many respects. The roof will be raised, the upper rooms enlarged, the laundry improved, and a number of other changes for the better made.

Beacon

May 9/1901

Indians' Narrow Escape

Canoe Capsizes in the Angry Sea—Two Men Battle Bravely for Life

John Nicholas, the genial old chief of the Indian camp at St. Andrews, and his son, William, had desperate battle for life in the angry seas off the entrance of Letete passage, on Sunday last.

The Monday before, John and his son in one canoe and the Horaces in another, set out from St. Andrews to hunt seals and porpoises in the Bay. They went up as far as Lepreaux, but, having poor luck, decided to come home on Sunday. Soon after leaving Point Lepreaux, the wind came out from the eastward and blew a perfect gale, with showers of rain. Nicholas saw schooner craft heading for the harbors and he concluded that there was going to be a bad storm. A big three master ran into Beaver Harbor for shelter, but the Indian felt so secure in his little canoe that he pressed on towards home. With a full spread of canvas on and the sheet made fast to one of the thwarts, the canoe skimmed over the seas like a bird. Two hours from Point Lepreaux the little craft was off Green Point, Letete entrance. By this time the seas were running like race-horses, so that even the stout-hearted Indian quailed as he glanced around on the great waves. Light-keeper Helms also saw the predicament the men were in, and fearing disaster, made ready to hasten to the rescue, if the need should arise.

When about mid-way between the White Horse and Green Point the canoe ran under in the boiling sea and when she arose she was bottom up and the two Indians were fighting for their lives in the surf. The younger Indian could not swim a stroke, but the father was a good swimmer and never lost his head. He helped his son on the upturned craft, while with the tips of his fingers he worked around the canoe until he got hold of the end, where he could support himself without endangering his companion. The mast and sail projecting straight downward also helped to keep the upturned canoe steady.

The Horaces in the second canoe, who were following after, saw the accident, and ran for the drowning men. After some manoeuvring, both were picked up. The addition of the two men to the already heavily laden canoe brought her gunwales almost to the water's edge.

Though a boat could scarcely live in the sea that was running, the light-keeper, George Helms, and his assistant, Sidney Dines, bravely pushed off to the rescue. They reached the upturned craft just as the two Indians had clambered into the other canoe. The Indians wanted to try to save some of the floating wreckage, but, fearing they would forfeit the lives of all four in the attempt, Helms told them to go ashore and he would try to save the canoe for them. The boatmen succeeded in making last to the canoe, and after a desperate pull, towed it ashore. Meanwhile, the four Indians, with their canoe almost full of water, had also effected a safe landing;

Nicholas says that in forty year's experience with canoeing in the Bay of Fundy and around the Penobscot he was never out in such a storm and never had such a close call for his life. He was in the water over half an hour before he was rescued. He lost his gun, 600 cartridges, his tent, camp outfit and everything else that was in the canoe. He says $60 would not pay for the loss he sustained. He says that but for Mr. Helms and his assistant they might all have been drowned.

ON Minister's Island

While Sir William Van Horne has been strengthening his grip upon Cuba he is not neglecting his interests on another island much farther north. Minister's Island—the summer home of Sir William and his agreeable family—is looking very beautiful just now, but when the flower beds are in bloom and the miniature lake is finished, and the roadways are smoothed down, and the other improvements about the little isle complete, it will be a little short of a paradise.

Supt. D'AlMaine has his hands full this spring, looking after the horses, and the cows, and the pigs, and the sheep, and the hens, and the ducks, and the African geese, and the guinea fowl and other bipeds and quadrupeds about the farm, to say nothing about the hot houses and the gardens. Three handsome Clydesdale colts disport in the paddocks, and in another month it is expected that five more will be gamboling around the horse stable. Stalls for this second contingent are now being built in the large barn. Of horses, large and small, there are twelve on the farm, and of cows eighteen. In the piggery, there are between twenty-five and thirty, of various sizes and ages—all Tamworths. The other farm stock is prospering, so that the island is very much alive just now.

Sir William up against the Foraker law in Cuba. So much the worse for the Foraker law.

The new Dairy Farm at Bayside, under the ownership of a Mr. Cames from Montreal, has been in the news the last six months or so. Quite a bit last few months.

The Minstrel Co. gave a very interesting entertainment to a large audience in the Owen Hall on Thursday evening. The Owen grounds are presenting a very much improved appearance. The buildings are repaired and freshly painted and being got in readiness for the summer work. J. J. Alexander will be sole proprietor.

George H. Ham, advertising agent for the C. P. R. in town securing materials for a "write-up" on the place for C. P. R. booklet for this year. Last year 20,000 copies issued. This year 35,000 will be printed. Booklets circulated in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Buffalo, St. Paul, Chicago and other western points.

The CPR people are showing renewed interest in the summer resort features of St. Andrews. This year they propose giving the place the best passenger service it has ever enjoyed. There will be two fast trains per day for passenger traffic entirely. Visitors to St. Andrews will have no further occasion to grumble about delays between McAdam and their destination.

Beacon

May 23/1901

Peter Johnson's horse fell into a deep cesspool at the Lorimer house on Monday. It took a small army of men to lift the frightened beast out of the hole.

Beacon

May 30/1901

A water tower to provide water for the new Hope cottage, Bar road will be built at once.

The first of another 5000 tons of coal for the CPR arrived by barge on Sunday evening in tow of the tug Springhill.

The golf bus in which Peter Johnson will haul the golfers to and fro from play this summer is a very comfortable vehicle and a decided improvement over the clumsy affair which has been in use in past seasons.

The Presbyterian Manse

Within the next month, the new presbyterian manse will be ready for occupation. It is quite an imposing structure, with its broad front and pillared portico facing the golden West.

Entering the main door one steps into a hall 8 x 14 feet. On the southern side of this hall will be the library and study, and on the opposite side the drawing room. These rooms are each 13 x 17 feet, and will be supplied with register grates. The drawing room and the nursery, 12 x 13 feet, which is immediately to the rear, have doors opening on to a side verandah. Behind the study is the dining room, 13 x 17 feet, and in the ell are the kitchen, pantry and larder. The kitchen is 11 x 18 feet.

In the main house, upstairs, there are four sleeping rooms, 13 x 7 feet, and a comfortable sewing room, which commands an interesting view. The ell contains one sleeping room and a bath room.

The carpenter work on the building is being done by Mr. Angus Rigby, from plans supplied by Mr. Maxwell, architect, of Montreal. The massive stone wall, which encloses the cellar, was the work of Mr. Chas. Horsnell. The interior mason work was done by Mr. Howard Allen, of St. George. Daniel O'Brien, of St. Stephen, is doing the plumbing. The grounds are being graded under the supervision of Mr. P. J. MacNamara, landscape gardener, of St. Stephen.

The manse owes its existence to the generosity of Mr. s George R. Hooper, of Montreal, who contributed $2000 towards its construction and $300 toward the purchase of the land upon which it stands. The building will probably cost $3500 when completed.

Beacon

June 6/1901

Canadian Salt Combine

Buffalo, New York, June 1

The Canadian Salt Company and the Windsor Salt Company, the two concerns which control practically the entire salt output of the Dominion of Canada, have been consolidated under the name of the Canadian Salt Company.

The board of directors is composed of Sir William Van Horne, T. G. Shaughnessy, Arthur D Bissell, vice-president of the People's Bank of this city; Frank. S. McGraw, the local capitalist; George RR. Cockburn, president of the Bank of Ontario, and Thomas Tait, manager of the CPR.

Down on Campobello, where the air is laden continually with the balm of the sea, The Owen is reaching out for the summer visitor. This splendid old house has been thoroughly rejuvenated under the direction of Mr. J. J. Alexander, the new proprietor, and is in thorough shape from top to bottom. Among the attractions added is a golf links. Mr. Alexander has received much encouragement in his venture and thinks that he will have a good run of business.

James O'Halloran has gone to New York to sail Sir William Van Horne's yacht to St. Andrews. He took Friday's train from here.

New Summer Cottages

Two Handsome Dwellings to Open This Season

Donald MacMaster, K. C., and Mr. William Hope, of Montreal, Owners

Slowly but none the less surely the cottage population of St. Andrews is increasing. This season will witness the opening of two handsome summer dwellings, both of which belong to Montreal people.

That of Donald MacMaster, the celebrated King's Counsel, of Montreal, occupies a position at the eastern extremity of King St. and besides commanding a full view of that pleasant avenue opens out a prospect of the bay and the surrounding country to the eastward that is charming in the extreme.

The cottage itself is a marvel of beauty and of architectural skill. One of the most noticeable features about it is its broad verandah, which runs around the greater part of the building. This verandah is ten feet wide for the greater distance, but on the east there is a bay in it which extends out sixteen feet.

The main entrance is on King St. Passing through a large porch and vestibule with a cloak room on the left of the latter, one enters the hall, 9 x 18 feet. To the right of the hall, on the south-western corner, is the library, a spacious room, 16 x 18 feet, which has an opening out on the verandah. The adjoining room, which will be used as a drawing room, is 16 x 14 feet. It also has an exit on the verandah. At the extremity of the hall is the "ingle nook," with a massive fireplace.

On the King St. side, to the left of the entrance, is a bedroom 13 x 12 feet, with a comfortable and thoroughly equipped bathroom immediately in its rear. On the opposite side of the house, facing the east, is the dining room, 14 x 19 feet. From the dining room one passes into the serving room 12 x 10 feet, and from there to the kitchen, which is 12 x 17 feet. In the rear of the kitchen is another verandah, with a room on either side for fuel and larder.

There are two stairways leading to the second floor, the main stair rising from the hall, while the other is further in the rear, with a passageway from the hall 3 feet wide.

On the second floor, facing the south, are two large bedrooms, the one on the farther side of the building opening out on to a bayed balcony. These rooms are 16 x 15 feet and 16 x 14 feet. There is a large closet attached to each. The upstairs hall is 9 x 16 feet. At its western end there is a charming little boudoir, which has an exit on a balcony facing the town. Besides the bedroom already mentioned, there are three other bedrooms on the second floor, with two sleeping rooms in the rear for the servants. There are also a linen room, closet and bathroom on this floor, conveniently located.

The building is supplied with fireplaces and means of heating.

Mr. Robert Findlay, of Montreal, was the architect of the building. Mr. Robert Stevenson, of St. Stephen, was the contractor for its erection. He has done his work well and has been ably assisted by the men under him. The plumbing is the work of Maguire, of Toronto, and is of a very complete character. A. A. Laflin, of St. Stephen, has done the painting, and Howard Allen, of SG, the plastering. The grading of the grounds around the cottage is being performed by P. J. MacNamara, the well-known landscape gardener of St. Stephen.

Occupying a romantic position on the Bar Road, on the spot known for so many years as "Mowatt's Grove," stands the beautiful summer home of Mr. William Hope, of Montreal. The lower part of the property skirts the CPR railway, so that the house may readily be seen on entering the town. It has a very pretty outlook to the south and east.

The structure is over 100 feet long. There is a verandah almost ten feet in width along the Bar Road front. On the railway side, this verandah is increased to fifteen feet in width. The high sloping roof gives the house a unique yet very summery appearance. There two entrances, one on the railway side of the house and one on the opposite side. They both enter a broad hall of living room, with a massive fireplace in the centre. Between the hall and the front there are two large rooms with a lavatory and closet between and a fireplace in the corner of each. One of these rooms will be used as a library, the other as a bedroom. The dining room, which is on the other side of the hall, is about 19 feet square. It is provided with a large fireplace and china closet. The pantry, which is of good size, adjoins the dining room. The kitchen occupies the whole width of the ell, and is a bout 15 x 18 feet. Adjoining it in the rear, there is a larder, also a cold room, ice room and woodshed. Upstairs on the second floor there are four large bedrooms one of which open son a balcony to the east, a commodious hall, also bathroom linen closet, etc. On the attic floor, there are two bedrooms for servants, with a lavatory attached.

The interior of this dwelling is not plastered, but is covered by a creamy colored pulp, or heavy paper, which gives it a unique appearance.

A water tower will be erected in the rear of the cottage for the purpose of supplying it with the necessary water.

The grounds around Mr. Hope's cottage have been laid out in a very tasteful manner. A miniature pond has been constructed nearby the old spring, and it will be from its ice-cold depths that the supply for the tank on the water tower will be drawn. A broad carriageway has been opened up a few rods above the railway track. Drives around the building have also been provided for.

Mr. Edward Maxwell, of Montreal, was the architect of this building. It was built under contract by Mr. Robert Stevenson, of St. Stephen, which is a sufficient guarantee of the excellence of its construction.

Beacon

June 20/1901

A Twenty Mile Jaunt

How John Graham Demonstrated the Sturdiness of His Frame

The Alms House commissioners of St. Patrick are men who believe in taking time by the forelock. When they found that John Graham, who had been a resident of the parish for a little less than a twelve-month, was not in the receipt of a munificent income and that the weight of odd years was telling on his once sturdy frame, they came to the conclusion that sooner or later he would become a parish charge and that it was in the interests of their constituents that he should not be permitted to obtain a legal settlement in the parish. They therefore caused summons to be issued to the overseers of the poor of St. David to show cause why Graham should not be returned to that parish, where he had lived a sufficient length of time to gain a residency under the Poor Act. As the law requires, a summons was also served upon Graham, who was living at that time upon William Blakely's farm, a little over twenty miles from St. Andrews. It did not take the veteran long to get into his good clothes and trudge towards the County seat. He covered the twenty miles to St. Andrews easily in a day and when he got here, he was only beginning to get warmed up to his work.

The hearing of the case was to have taken place before Justice Hatheway on Monday and all the parties were here with the witnesses and their lawyers, but the lawyers for the prosecution having learned of the walking feat of the veteran, and having been assured by his friends that he was not a pauper, nor likely to be one, they concluded to drop their case. The parties then got their heads together and it was decided to proceed no farther. Mr. Graham will, therefore, continue to exercise his privilege of citizenship unmolested.

How Campobello Looks. (Humorous "map" of island as old lady sitting in chair with dog on her lap—see earlier reference to Owen's Christmas publication)

Another coal shed has been erected at the head of the DeWolfe wharf.

The greater part of the Algonquin Hotel staff arrived by Wednesday's train.

Beacon

June 27/1901

Ad for the Owen. "Finest aquatic resort on coast. No hay fever. Golf links. Good boating, fishing, bicycling. Open June 1st to Oct. 1st." J. J. Alexander, proprietor. One hour's ride from St. Andrews, New Brunswick.

Editorial: With the development of St. Andrews as a summer resort must come increased responsibilities upon the community—responsibilities that we cannot escape from if we would maintain a reputation for progressiveness. If we permit people to come here and build luxurious homes for themselves, and thus enrich and beautify the town, and help us to pay our taxes, the responsibility is thrust upon us to afford them as full a measure of protection as our circumstance swill permit of and also to assist them in the upbuilding of the place. Are we doing this? The time would seem opportune at the opening of a season which promises so well to discuss this question. It is now over a dozen years since St. Andrews launched itself before the world as a summer resort, yet as a community we have done little or nothing to attract tourists or to encourage wealthy citizens of the outside world to establish summer homes here.

We are without a water system; our streets are without lights; police protection is an unknown quantity; our beaches, which might be made places of attraction, are allowed to be littered up with garbage; no new drives have been opened up; no means of amusement or recreation have been provided which did not exist prior to the birth of the town as a summer resort. The streets and roads which the tourists drive and wheel over were bequeathed to us by those who have preceded us; outside of keeping them in a fair state of repair we have done practically nothing to encourage the growth of the place. While fully recognizing our limitations, we think it due to ourselves as well as to the stranger within our gates that we should give some stronger manifestation than we have done of the possession of a spirit of progressiveness. Perhaps we cannot afford just now to indulge in a water system, yet if the community is to grow, either along the lines of summer resort or as a commercial centre, a proper water supply is an absolute necessity. Indeed, with the introduction of modern bathrooms the importance of a water system with which to flush our sewers is becoming daily more apparent. Leaving the water question out of the consideration for the present, it seems to us that we might provide the town with a cheap lighting system. Or we might employ a small patrol of police during the summer season, so that he stranger might be assured of protection, should he need it. Happily, we have few complaints of disorder, but the community is not without its mischievous members and at time we are visited by outside roughs, so that a policeman or two has become a necessity. Again, we might keep the beaches in better shape than we do the pleasure drives around and through the park might be improved; the propriety of opening up new drive-ways might be considered; we might trim the grass along the streets; provide seats here and there for weary promenaders, plant shade trees along streets now devoid of trees, and in other directions, not necessary to specially describe, we might manifest a spirit of progressiveness. The carrying out of these suggestions or any of them would be as much to the advantage of the permanent resident as of the summer sojourner. We boast of the beauties of our town, of its attractions for the summer tourist, yet these beauties and attractions have not been of our creating. We can take no special credit to ourselves for the charming surrounding of the town or of its healthful location. but we might take credit if following the splendid example of the men who preceded us, we sought earnestly and unitedly to forward its interests. Being an unincorporated community, we are not as well placed as we might be to initiate and carry out reforms and improvements, yet under our municipal system they are not impossible of being exploited, if we so desire it.

The grading around Mr. William Hope's cottage which has provoked such favorable comment was the work of Mr. William McQuoid, of St. Andrews. It is certainly very creditable to his taste and skill.

Sardines very scarce at the factories.

Beacon

July 4/1901

The St. Patrick Overseers Case

With regard to the Graham case, recently referred to in these columns, the Beacon is assured by one of the overseers of the poor of St. Patrick, that on the 7th day of June, William Blakely applied to the board to take Graham off his hands, as he had been sick all spring, and could do no work. Fearing from what Blakely had said that he was likely to become a parish charge, they at once entered action against the overseers of St. David parish. They were as well pleased as anybody when they learned that Graham was not likely to be thrust upon their parish as a pauper, and as it was to prevent such a contingency arising that they took proceedings, they dropped the matter very willingly when they had gained their point.

Algonquin Staff

Francis Howe, Resident manager

Wilbald Seiler, Bookkeeper (soon to have several pitchers smashed over his head)

Mr. Warren, room Clerk

Mr. A. J. W. Hutton, Assistant do.

Miss Knight, operator

F. P. Colby, Chef

G. W. Walker Second chef

Harry Bennett, Head Waiter

Miss Oikle, Housekeeper

Hubert Stinson, Head Bellboy

Hugh Lewis, Engineer

Beacon

July 11/1901

With the Merry Yachtsmen

R. B. Van Horne, Sir William's bright son, who has just returned from railway building in Cuba, is spending his leisure moments at St. Andrews with his handsome sloop yacht, Uvira, purchased by him in New York. This boat was built by the Fifes and is a handsome, as well as speedy craft. While in New York waters she won several prizes. The Uvira's length overall is 59 feet. John O'Halloran is skipper. At present the yacht is undergoing extensive repairs.

Sir William Van Horne standing at the grave of his palace car porter as chief mourner presents the great railroad man in a pleasingly human aspect.—Exchange

Lady Van Horne, Miss Van Horne and Mr. R. B. Van Horne are enjoying the summer days beneath the cool shades of Covenhoven.

President Shaughnessy's handsome little ponies are again to be seen around the streets of St. Andrews.

The Algonquin Hotel had its first hop of the season on Saturday night. The orchestra this season is composed of Henry Burger, violin; August Suck, cello; Chas. Hill, pianist.

Though there have been many players on the Algonquin golf links this season, the summer rush of golfers has hardly set in yet. Peter Johnson is now running his handsome new bus regularly between the Algonquin Hotel and the golf grounds.

Beacon

July 18, 1901

Adjacent Summer Resorts

All the beauties of the Passamaquoddy region do not centre in St. Andrews. Lovely though it is, and desirable as a summer retreat, there are other points in Charlotte County that are just as lovely and perhaps just as desirable. There is Grand Manan, for example, where the salt breezes of old ocean are always being wafted over its bosom; where the air is always pure and healthful; where nature has combined all that is grand and beautiful in the way of scenery, and where the weary sojourner may rest and recuperate far away from all that is suggestive of the turmoil of the city life. Life is the summer season on Grand Man is an ideal existence.

Then, on the island of Campobello, where fashion and society have set their seal, there is much that is pleasing and attractive - delightful surroundings, good boating bathing and fishing, smooth roads for cycling or driving, romantic nooks along the shore, and to crown all, a great wealth of historic associations. There are also good hotels, and boarding houses, adapted to the length of any purse.

Deer Island and Indian Island have not blossomed out a summer resorts, and yet they have all that the neighboring islands have to make them attractive resorts. Hotel accommodation is lacking, but there are many opportunities for securing boarding in private houses.

Along the shore of the mainland, from Lepreaux to Oak Bay, there are many cool and shady retreats. Beaver Harbor, Blacks' Harbor, Latete, Back Bay, Latete, Mascarene, Digdeguash, Bocabec—all offer splendid opportunities for the erection of summer homes. Each has beauties and attractions peculiarly its own. At the mouth of the Magaguadavic, Mr. Dan Gillmor, of Montreal, has established a summer home, and others are talking of locating in the same favored locality.

At the mouth of the Digdeguash river in a very shady romantic nook, Rev. Mr. Edwards, of Malden, Mass, has established himself in an unpretentious, yet comfortable cottage.

Bocabec Cove is rapidly coming to the front as a summer retreat. With the rugged, tree-clad hills, rising in terraces behind, and the broad island dotted bosom of Passamaquoddy Bay, stretching away for miles in front, the Cove makes a truly ideal summer resort. For several years past, a number of families from the neighborhood of Boston have been rusticating at the Cove, living lives of healthful, peaceful quietness. This season, a charming summer cottage has been opened by Mrs. Malseed, a western lady. It occupies a commanding position on the hillside facing the Bay. In the valley beneath, Mr. John McMullen is erecting a handsome cottage for some Boston people. Then Mrs. Woodworth and family, of Jamaica Plain, have a very cosy little cot, besides several others. Further along, on top of one of the many hills that have made Bocabec famous, Mrs. Turner has a charming residence, where in the summer season she entertains many guests. At the Exchange, —once a well known house—Mrs. Carl Forsbery, of Dorchester, Mass, and a number of friends are located. These are only a few of the summer resting places in the Bocabec region.

Along the shores of the St. Croix, particularly at Bayside, there are many summer visitors. At the Chamcook Farm, Mrs. F.E. Came, of Montreal, is spending the season. She will be joined in a few days by Mr. and Mrs. George McAvity, of Saint John, and by members of her husband's family from across the border.

Taken all in all, it is doubtful if more or better opportunities for summer retreats can be found anywhere in the Maritime Provinces than are to be found in Charlotte County.

Hosmers at the Algonquin for summer. Have their horses and carriages with them. Shaughnessy's also.

Sir William Van Horne reached St. Andrews on Saturday.

Beacon

July 25, 1901

Sir William Van Horne is one of the directors of the Submarine Signalling Company recently organized in Waterville, Maine.

Governor General Minto to tour the provinces in August. To arrive at Algonquin Aug.1 for overnight stay.

Robert Stevenson gone to Montreal to superintend some building operations for Donald MacMaster.

Bonaparte back. Mrs. Dalton McCarthy.

What a charming picture for an artist is the Algonquin golf links on a sunshiny day. The fantastic costumes of the players scattered over the verdant field, the nimble caddies hastening hither and thither, and the picturesque surroundings of river and by and town, make up a scene that is truly inspiring. The roll of players this year includes: —

Gentlemen—N. A. Cliff, C. A. Richardson, R. B. Van Horne, Vern Lamb, T. T. Odell. J. Smith, W. W. Watson, H. F. Hinckley, Dr. A. E Ham, Justice Street, A. E. Benson, Charles Holt, G. R. Hooper, Edward Burke, T. P. Curtis, J. H. Allen, J. D. Randall, We. B. Wendell, George Ethridge, T. J. Morrison, Rev. At. T. Bowser, Henry Reed Bowser, T. R. Wheelock G. M. Wheelock, T. G Wheelock, Jr. R. Fletcher, Dean Sills.

Ladies—Miss E. V. Ludlam, Miss Wendell, Miss Van Horne, Miss Hazen, Miss E. H. Smith, Mrs. Charles Allen, Miss Gardiner, Miss Benson, Miss R. Benson, Mrs. Charles Holt, Miss Williams, Mrs. George Ethridge, Mrs. J. H. Allen, Mrs. Nathan A. Woodlin, Miss Inness, Miss Sweetland, Mrs. J. B. Fletcher, Miss M. A. Sills.

Beacon

August 1/1901

Sir William Van Horne's Dutch belted cattle have recently been entertaining two summer visitors in the persons of two yearling moose.

A Noble Benefactor

Mrs. George R. Hooper, of Montreal, who generously contributed $2300 towards providing a manse for the Presbyterian denomination in St. Andrews has given further proof of her noble generosity and her interest in the Presbyterian church, by offering to assume the entire indebtedness of the property, provided satisfactory assurance are given her that the property will be retained for all time for the purposes for which it was originally designed by her, and not diverted to any other use. Her attorney, Mr. Holt, of Montreal, had a conference with members of the Board of Trustees on the matter last week. When he returns to St. Andrews in a day or two it is likely that negotiations will be completed.

There was a dance at the Algonquin, on Tuesday night, in honor of the Saint John ladies. They were brilliantly costumed and enjoyed themselves greatly. (The "Hotel Arrival's" section shows a party of about 20 persons from Saint John.) "King's Brae," the summer home of Donald MacMaster, K. C., beautiful externally, is having its interior tastefully adorned with some rare works of art.

Another golf tournament between Algonquin and Saint John. We win again.

Beacon

Aug 8/1901

Governor-General's Visit

St. Andrews Extends the Glad Hand to King Edward's Representative

Address and Reception. Pleasant Drive and Sail. The Vice-Regal Party Delighted

Royal weather attended the visitors of the vice-regal party to Charlotte County on Thursday last; indeed, had the reception committee the making of the weather they could not have provided a more pleasing article.

His Excellency and party first visited St. Stephen, where they were regally entertained by Mayor Murchie and members of the Council. After a drive about St. Stephen and its beautiful suburbs, they returned to the train and steamed towards St. Andrews.

It was well on to 7:30 in the evening before the vice-regal train reached the Shiretown. When the Governor General's private car came to a stop in front of the station door, the members of the citizen's reception committee were on hand to extend a greeting to them. Fully one thousand people on foot and in carriages were also assembled, hoping to get a glimpse of the distinguished visitors. A guard of fourteen sturdy sailors from the D. C. Curlew, in command of Capt. Pratt and officers Cameron and Kyffin, was drawn up on the platform. When His Excellency emerged, the guard presented arms, after which the St. George band played a few strains of the national anthem. Then His Excellency and Lady Minto were introduced to the members of the reception committee by the chairman. This ceremony performed, the vice-regal party entered the waiting carriages, and preceded by the St. George band, playing lively music, and accompanied by the marine guard, were driven towards the courthouse.

The route to the courthouse was lined by hundreds of people, who gave vent to their feelings by enthusiastically applauding the visitors. The Governor-General and Lady Minto were delighted with the cordiality of the reception. The splendid music of the band also drew from them many flattering comments.

On arriving at the courthouse, the guard of honor was drawn up at the entrance to receive His Excellency. As the doors were thrown open, a blaze of glory was revealed. All about the eastern end of the room flags and bunting were gracefully draped and blended, while the space usually occupied by the barristers' table was turned into a beautiful garden, in which rare house plants were artistically displayed. The elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen who composed the choir and who occupied the judge's platform, made a fitting foregro9und for the beautiful scene.

As his Excellency stepped over the threshold, the grand old strains of Britain's national anthem, sung by the choir, assisted by the Algonquin orchestra, greeted his ears.

[speeches here]

Among those who were presented to His Excellency and Lady Minto were the following:

Gentlemen: Sir William Van Horne, The Mayor of Toronto, Rev. Dean Sills (Portland), Dr. William Watson (Utica, NY), Rev. John Allan, Rev. Calvin Currie, Dr. J. Wade, Justice Street (Toronto), High Sheriff Stuart, Mr. George Mowatt, G. Hibbard, John Magee, William Watson, Frank Kennedy, Donald MacMaster, Frank Allen, T. R. Wren, Thomas Armstrong, F. R. Grimmer, T. T. Odell, R. E. Armstrong, P. G. Hanson

Ladies: Lady Van Horne, Mrs. Charles Bonaparte, Mrs. Donald MacMaster, Miss Mowatt, Miss Van Horne, Miss Van Horne

At the close of the reception, His Excellency and Lady Minto spent a few minutes in pleasant conversation with Sir William and Lady Van Horne, and others whom they recognized, after which the party returned to the waiting carriages, and accompanied by the guard of honor, the St. George band playing lively airs, and the reception committee, were driven to the Algonquin Hotel, where they were to spend the night. The hotel presented an attractive picture as the vice-regal party approached. All the windows in the front were illuminated, while numerous Chinese lanterns were disposed about the piazza. Over the entrance was the British coat of arms loaned for the occasion by Mr. John S. Magee. Flags and bunting were also twined and displayed about the pillars of the piazza and over the portico. The elegantly dressed and expectant guests, drawn up on either side of the hotel entrance made the whole scene one of dazzling loveliness. Everyone was impressed with the beauty and graciousness of Lady Minto and her daughters and the affable demeanour of the Governor General. After the party had entered the hotel the band played a selection, at the close of which they were driven back to Kennedy's hotel, where they were entrained by mine host Kennedy.

The suite of rooms assigned the vice-regal party at the Algonquin were on the second floor and commanded an expansive and beautiful view. Special pains had been taken by Manager Howe to make the rooms attractive and comfortable for his distinguished guests. A special dining room was provided for His Excellency and family on the ground floor. After dinner, the Governor General and party moved about, among the guests, and before retiring enjoyed an hour or two on quiet restfulness on the piazza. . . .

[Drive about town and sail in Curlew]

On returning to town, the party at once drove to the steamboat wharf, where the Curlew, spick and span, with a rainbow of colors from stem to stern, was in waiting to receive them. The party stepped on board and accompanied by the reception committee, the town clergymen, Judge Forbes of Saint John, Donald MacMaster, K. C., and a few other invited guests, steamed around the Sand Reef light and over towards Minister's Island—Sir William Van Horne's summer home. Of the island pier, the Curlew came to anchor, after which the vice-regal guest and nearly all the others were boated ashore. Sir William Van Horne and Lady Van Horne were on hand to give the party a greeting. A landing having been successfully effected, then Sir William Took charge of the party and showed them about his beautiful grounds. Sir William's studio, in which there are many artistic products from his brush, was also visited. Carriages were provided and a visit paid to the stock farm on the island. Lady Minto was enchanted with the loveliness of the island and took a number of views with her camera. About an hour was spent in rambling about the lovely island, after which the party bad Sir William and family adieu and returned to the Curlew. . . .

The report that the Allan Line has decided to withdraw its winter passenger service from Portland is officially corroborated, says an Ottawa despatch. The contract which the steamship company made last spring with the dominion for the trans-Atlantic mail service, stipulates that the sailings in winter shall be from a Canadian port—Saint John or Halifax. The contract does not expire until the spring of 1903, so that Canadian ports instead of the Americans port will be the Atlantic terminus of the Allan's weekly service during the next two winter seasons.;

The new steamboat landing connected with the Owen property is completed.

Algonquin management offering golf cup in tournament of 30 to 40 golfers to last all week. Geoffrey and Gordon Wheelock (brothers) fight it out for first place.

Sir William Van Horne proposes establishing a salt-water pumping station on Minister's Island, so that he may have saltwater baths in connection with his summer home.

Sir William Van Horne's trim little yacht Uvira is frequently seen in the harbor these balmy August days.

The Work of an Artist

Sir William Van Horne is not idle while in St. Andrews. When he is not devising additions and improvements to his property he is employing his brush in committing subjects to canvas. He has quite a number of canvases under treatment. One of these depicts very cleverly a scene witnessed on Minister's Island by Sir William a week or two ago. He was strolling upon the beach with a friend when he suddenly came in full view of two handsome moose that the descended to the shore to cool their limbs in Quoddy's tide. The scene so impressed itself upon Sir William that he at once committed it to canvas. It makes a pretty picture, indeed. Another painting of merit from Sir Williams' brush is a "Sea Study" sketched by him while returning from Cuba. It is a very truthful reproduction of the ocean in one of its troubled moments. The coloring of sky and sea is very effective. Another scene, "At the Foothills of the Rockies," has been admirably treated. In the foreground is the broad prairie, with the trail leading to the dimly outlined foothills in the distance. The presence of a number of Indians on horseback adds life and charm to the picture.

Beacon

August 15/1901

Deep Water Wharf Wanted

From time to time for a dozen years past The Beacon has been urging the importance of providing a deep-water terminus at ST. In 1891 the question came prominently to the front when the Beaver Line Steamship Company of Montreal expressed a preference for St. Andrews as a port. At that time the Local Government was asked to aid the scheme, and an appropriation of $1000 for twenty years was granted towards the project. The Dominion government was likewise approached on the subject but declined to make any grant. The CPR was appealed to, but nothing was accomplished, except that a promise was made by Sir William Van Horne that if the experiment of making a winter port out of Saint John proved a success, St. Andrews would receive consideration.

As a matter of fact, the experiment at Saint John has proved such a signal success that already railroad and steamboat traffic at that port is in such a congested state that the port can scarcely take care of all the business that is offered. Furthermore, within a few weeks, the railway freight department has been asked by a large shipping concern in Maine if deep water facilities could not be provided at St. Andrews for the loading of lemon and orange box shooks and other lumber for the European market.

With such a condition of affairs as described prevailing at Saint John, and with such a tangible project as that submitted by the Maine concern, the time would seem opportune for putting our deep-water scheme into operation.

As the Dominion government has assisted in the development of the port of Saint John in many ways, we are satisfied that if proper representations were made similar aid could be secured for St. Andrews. With the local government grant (and, we presume, that it is till at the disposal of the town), with financial assistance from the CPR, and with the town assisting there should be no trouble in starting the ball rolling. Once started, we feel confident that it would lead to a successful finish.

Rev. Canon Ketchum Called to His Eternal Home. Article.

Hotel Arrivals—Montreal, C. R. Hosmer; E. H. Heney

Killed by a Hotel Bill—

He didn't rock a boat, or show

His small son how to swim

He didn't shoot a mammoth bomb

That tore him limb from limb

He didn't light the kitchen stove

At dawn with kerosene

He didn't light his pipe inside

A powder magazine

He didn't wander for a walk

Upon the railroad track

He didn't go to hunt the pole

And never more come back,

He got his seaside hotel bill

And when the same he read

He stood beside the sounding surf

And quietly fell dead

—Portland Oregonian

Beacon

August 15, 1901

CPR coal contract completed. Between 8000 and 9000 tons unloaded here.

Beacon

Aug 22/1901

Who's Who and What's What

Mr. Randle, who is sojourning at the Algonquin with his family, is the president of the Sea Coast Packing Company, better known in these parts as the Eastport Syndicate. Mr. Randle hails from Chicago.

Mr. William Hope of Montreal, whose beautiful cottage on Bar road was opened for the first time this season, is an artist of considerable repute. Since coming to St. Andrews, he has transferred many subjects to canvas.

Mr. Donald MacMaster, K. C., of Kingsbrae, is recognized as one of the ablest legal minds in Canada. He is interested in politics and literature; a man of an agreeable personality.

Miss Fielding, who was in St. Andrews last week, is a daughter of Hon. William Fielding, Canada's finance Minister. She has been yachting with upriver friends.

Mrs. Eatough, widow of the late curate of Trinity church, Saint John, who is now visiting St. Andrews, is matron of the House for Incurables.

Harvard College is well represented among the visitors to St. Andrews. Prof. Smith, who is at the Algonquin, is President of Harvard Law School. Mr. H. C. Copeland, who is at Kennedy's, is a lecturer on English literature. Mr. H. C. Rideout, at Miss Ross's, is an instructor at Harvard. The Board of Overseers is represented here, besides other departments of this great educational institution.

Rev. Mr. Winfield, who preached so acceptably in Greenock Church on Sunday morning, is the pastor of the Presbyterian church at Westmount, Montreal. He was chaplain to "The Aberdeens" when Lord Aberdeen was Governor General of Canada. Mr. Winfield is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell, Bar Road.

Judge Allen, at the Algonquin, who has been a summer resident at St. Andrews for several years, is a member of the Supreme court of Mass.

Mr. C. J. Bonaparte, another Algonquin guest who has been making St. Andrews his summer home for quite a lengthy period, is a leading lawyer of Baltimore. He is also one of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College. He recently obtained some publicity, in the United States, through his opposition to the proposal to bestow Harvard degree upon President McKinley. Mr. Bonaparte, who is a direct descendant of Prince Jerome Bonaparte by his American wife, (Miss Patterson) is a man of literary tastes.

Mr. Justice Street, of Toronto, who takes such a deep interest in golf and outdoor sports, is a member of the Supreme Court bench of Ontario. He is a man of pleasing address, a delightful conversationalist and highly esteemed by his fellow sojourners.

Dr. W. H. Watson, at the Algonquin, a leading physical of Utica, NY. He is also entitled to the degree of L. L. D.

Dr. J. G. Wilson, at the Algonquin, is a prominent member of the medical fraterni8ty of Philadelphia.

Mr. Thomas Barlow, who is spending the season with his son and other members of his family, at the Smith cottage, is one of the keenest of Philadelphia's keen lawyers. In politics he is a Republican, but in municipal affairs he is a Philadelphian. He is a man of advanced ideas and would make an excellent permanent summer resident.

Mr. J. P. Hudson, of New York, who has been summering at Kennedy's hotel with his family, is calendar clerk of the circuit court, Brooklyn. He is a native of St. Andrews, and obtained his first knowledge of law at Fredericton, where he resided for a number of years before removing to the United States.

Mr. Nelson Cliff, who is spending the season here, was formerly a resident of New Brunswick's capital, but removed to the United States some years ago. He has orange groves in Florida and spends his winters between Florida and the Bermudas. He is a bachelor, an ardent golfer and a very agreeable gentleman.

Mr. C. R. Hosmer, who is registered at the Algonquin, obtained prominence through his association with the promoters of the CPR. As manager of the CP's Telegraph Company he did much to bring the company up to its present degree of efficiency. He is one of Montreal's wealthiest and most public-spirited citizens.

Mr. John G. Grey, at the Algonquin, is a leading lawyer of Wilmington Delaware.

Mr. George F. Inness, who has been sojourning at his summer residence, "Lazy Croft," for the past two months, is one of the most successful of American's artists. A son of the late George Inness, the celebrated American painter, he was early brought into contact with the easel and brush. In addition to the training he received under his father's eyes, he has had the benefit of the teachings of some of the best of the old-world masters. His paintings long since won for him merited recognition at the Salon, Paris. He is an enthusiast in his profession. A member of one of New York's' crack military corps he is likewise a splendid horseman and a great lover of the horse. Personally, he is everything that is pleasing. Mrs. Inness is a woman of very charming personality, devoted to her husband's interests and devoted to her family. She is a daughter of the late Mrs. Roswell Smith, who spent several seasons at St. Andrews, and is associated with one of the oldest and wealthiest publishing houses in the United States. She is woman of broad and cultured mind, deeply interested in church work, and of generous disposition.

Rev. A. T. Bowser, who is one of St. Andrews most esteemed summer residents, is pastor of the leading Unitarian church of Wilmington.

Dr. Hartt, who resides at the Lorimer cottage, is a leading and wealthy physician of Philadelphia. He has his yacht moored in the harbor and has a white Indian pony for his two children. His wife . . . possesses much wealth.

Mr. T. G. Shaughnessy, whom we seldom see as often as we would like, but whose family occupies rooms for the season at the Algonquin, is President of the CPR, and as well is a very busy man. He owns a building lot in St. Andrews and proposes someday erecting a beautiful summer home here.

Sir William Van Horne needs no introduction to the Beacon readers. As the leading spirit in the accomplishment of the CPR, with its extensive connections, Sir William has a reputation that is almost worldwide. In addition to his connection with the great railway system of Canada he is associated in a number of other gigantic enterprises, such as the building of a railway in Cuba, the inauguration of the recently discovered system of submarine signalling; the manufacture of pulp at Grand Mere, Quebec; the development of the coal and iron industry at Sydney; and several others of lesser magnitude. He owns an extensive ranch near Winnipeg, has a palatial home at Montreal, and as Beacon readers know, is the possessor of a growing stock farm and an elegant summer home on Minister's Island, St. Andrews. He is an artist of no mean ability, a collector of Japanese curios, and an authority thereon; has a thorough knowledge of architecture, and has also literary interests which he can afford to indulge. He is an approachable and affable man. His domestic relations are singularly felicitous.

Mr. Allen MacDonnell, whose family is sojourning at St. Andrews, is the head of one of the largest contracting firms in Canada. He has been summering in St. Andrews for several seasons and finds life so agreeable that he contemplates establishing a permanent summer home here.

Mr. W. W. Watson of Montreal, who is at Mrs. Johnson's with his family, is manager of the Montreal Sugar refinery, one of the largest manufacturing enterprises in Canada.

Mr. Frank Redpath, chief of the engineering department of the same refinery, is also a guest at Mr. Johnsons.

Rev. Thatcher Kimball, who has been a recent visitor at St. Andrews in years gone by, and who is now summering at Mr. George Mowatt's, is rector of the Anglican church at West Summerville.

Mr. Edward Maxwell, who owns the sightly summer home at the farther of the Bar Road, is an architect of considerable prominence in Montreal, and is greatly esteemed as a summer resident of St. Andrews.

Mr. T. R. Wheelock, who has a delightfully situated summer residence here, has extensive business interests in China. When not giving them his personal attention, he makes his home in Boston. He is a man of bright, active disposition, a keen golfer, wheelman and yachtsman. His son Geoffrey and Gordon Wheelock have his love for outdoor sport; they are recognized as two of the steadiest golfers this side of the Atlantic.

Prof. Wendall, of Harvard college, has not honored St. Andrews with his presence this season. but his wife and children have occupied a cottage during the summer. The professor is a novelist of some reputation and is a man of light in Boston and vicinity.

Mr. George R. Hooper, of Montreal, who has been spending a part of his summer very agreeably at St. Andrews for several years past, is connected with a large manufacturing concern in Quebec. He is a keen horseman a polo player, a golf enthusiast, holds or did hold the responsible position of Master of the Hounds in the Montreal Kennel Club, is Major in the Montreal Militia, and is one of the best fellows standing in shoe leather. He has a charming wife, whose broad generosity has placed at least one religious denomination in St. Andrews under a debt of gratitude to her.

Mr. Frank Thomas, who occupies Rev. Mr. Mahon's dwelling, is a member of the Thomas and Mitchell Morocco Manufacturing Company, Wilmington, Del. He is also president of the board of trustees of the Wilmington Unitarian church. Those who know him best say he a "good fellow."

Census shows while population of Dominion and provinces were up, the population of Charlotte County was down over 1891. Families from 4,693 in 1891 to 4,758 in 1901. Dwellings from 4,601 in 1891 to 4,630 in 1901. Population from 23,752 in 1891 to 22,416 in 1901.

Algonquin Hotel Co met in St. Andrews on Saturday last, re-electing old Board of Directors, substituting Col. F. E. Boothby for Daniel Claflin, deceased. F. H. Grimmer placed on directorate of St. Andrews Land Co. and given plenary powers as general manager of the Company's properties.

St. Andrews People will have to bestir themselves if the community is to make progress. We want a water and sewerage system and a street lighting plant, and we want them very badly. They will not come for the wishing either. Nor will the government supply them. The townspeople themselves have got to provide them or persuade someone else to do so.

Charles Hosmer has purchased Harding property (2 and a half acres) and proposes summer home.

[second telephone line confirmed]

A telephone line has been strung from Mallory's table to the Algonquin Hotel. Mr. James Hunter, of Saint John, was here this placing the apparatus.

The Atmosphere is Rich

it is rumoured that the promoters of the Campobello summer resort threaten to bring suit against the city of Eastport unless something is done to close up the fertilizer factory at the South End. Several guests, who engaged rooms at the different hotels across the harbor, were obliged to shorten their stay on account of the sickening odor which greeted them with every gust of wind from the south and west. The beautiful scenery of Passamaquoddy is still delightful to look upon, but the atmosphere—oh, horrors! —News

Hotel Clerk Arrested

William Seiler, aged 27, is under arrest at Cambridge, Mass, is under arrest for burglarizing the Y. M. C. A. building, opposite city hall. When arrested he had over $200 on his person. Seiler says that he had been employed in a St. Andrews, New Brunswick hotel recently as a bookkeeper. An electric lantern and a blackjack were among the things found in his trunk.—EX

[Seiler was book-keeper of the Algonquin Hotel until a few days ago, when he undertook to castigate a bellboy who was coming down-stairs with seven empty pitchers in his hands. The youth turned upon the bookkeeper and smashed one pitcher after another over his head until he was compelled to effect a "masterly retreat" toward his room. Hostilities were resumed there and afterwards in the private office of the hotel, the bellboy rather getting the best of the scrap. Manager Howe, on enquiry, learned that the bookkeeper was to blame and he at once paid him his salary and dismissed him. A day or two afterwards it was learned he had been arrested on suspicion of theft.]

Beacon

Aug 29, 1901

There can be no mistaking the views of the businesspeople of St. Andrews with respect to the deep water wharf project. The feeling is shared in by all that the time is at hand when the effort to provide this port with better terminal facilities should be renewed. The present scheme is a modest one. It does not involve any lavish expenditure for elevators and such like. It simply calls for the erection of a wharf where vessels of moderate size can lie afloat. We have the assurances of the railway people that business for such a wharf is even now knocking at our doors. This is not business that Saint John or any other Canadian port will be robbed of. It is new business—business that at the present time is being for the most part transacted through Maine and other US ports. Of course, we expect to get some of the traffic which now goes to Saint John. But this traffic willingly comes here when Saint John is unable to care for it, so that Saint John will not feel its loss. There is a feeling that in view of the trade benefits to be conferred upon the CPR by such a wharf, the company ought to lend financial aid to its construction. Perhaps they will. Perhaps when it has been demonstrated to them that trade will come to this port in paying quantities, they will undertake to provide for it, as they are now doing in Saint John. The Company was a little slow in responding there. The people of that enterprising port had to dig down deep into their pockets several times before the CPR would undertake to make any expenditure, but now that the success of the experiment in Saint John has been demonstrated beyond a peradventure, the railway is showing a more generous disposition. No doubt they would do the same here. Our present duty seems to lie in the direction of invoking government assistance. In 1891, the Local Government made a grant of $20,000 running over a period of 20 years toward a deep-water wharf at St. Andrews. A like sum was appropriated for St. Stephen. The people of the latter place have had their public wharf erected out of that grant and they have also had the lower wharf repaired out of the same source. But St. Andrews has never spent a cent of its appropriation, so that it ought still to be available. If the Dominion government will make a like appropriation, there ought to be no trouble in getting a suitable wharf constructed.

Deep Water Wharf

Views of Mr. Sutherland, CPR Freight Agent

Could Provide an Abundance of Business for a Wharf at St. Andrews.

In connection with the deep-water wharf project at St. Andrews, to which allusion was made in this paper a few weeks ago, a Beacon representative had an interview with Mr. Sutherland, the CPR Freight agent at Saint John last Thursday.

Mr. Sutherland said that the necessity for a deep-water wharf at St. Andrews had been apparent for some time. The matter however had been brought more directly to the CPR attention a few weeks ago by a request from a large lumber concern in Maine for a shipping privilege at this port.

Mr. Sutherland is very strongly of the opinion that a deep-water wharf is needed at St. Andrews, "Not," said he, "for winter port business, because the winter port business has come to stay in Saint John, but for the overflow of freight."

He admitted that there was a danger of congestion of freight at Saint John, and for this reason the CPR would like to see wharf privileges provided at some other handy port. "If there was a deep-water wharf at St. Andrews," continued Mr. Sutherland, "we could send it lots of business. We could ship all the up-country lumber through St. Andrews, we could get the bulk of the fertilizer trade, we could get the Houlton coal traffic, which now goes through Bangor almost altogether; we could send potato shipments and a great deal of other business.

Asked if the CPR would lend financial assistance to the construction of a wharf at St. Andrews, he replied that he did not think the company would. He said that the railway would undertake to provide business for the wharf; they would make rail connection with it, if placed at a handy point, for example, to the westward of Katy's Cove, and they would send their engineer here to assist in preparing plans and estimates.

Mr. Sutherland was of the opinion that a good beginning could be made for $50,000 or $60,000. A wharf with a berth on either side and at the end for vessels drawing eighteen or twenty feet would be ample to start with. If trade developed the wharf could be added to. He thought the people of St. Andrews should come together, and endeavor to secure this boon for their port.

The tourist season has been eminently successful this year, so far as St. Andrews and its suburbs are concerned. Not only has the summer hotel given shelter to a larger number of people than ever before, but there is a likelihood of more cottages being built before another season comes around. A noticeable feature of this season, and a very agreeable one, has been the large number of visiting yachts. Some of these visitors shave been almost as large as ocean liners. One yachtsman told the Beacon that they have just begun to know in the US that there was a St. Andrews.

Theodore Roosevelt

26th President of the United States
(September 14, 1901 to March 3, 1909)

Nicknames: "TR"; "Trust-Buster"; "Teddy"

Born: October 27, 1858, in New York, New York New York, New York 
Died: January 6, 1919, in Oyster Bay, New York

Beacon

Sept 5/1901

There is a report that the new station at McAdam is to have its name changed to "Van Horne," Though Sir William has had more to do with the construction of the CPR than any other living man, there is not a single station on the line that bears his name.

The Algonquin Hotel guests have contributed $60 in cash to the Parish Library fund.

On Tuesday the Tyn-y-Coed golfers visited St. Andrews and played a game with the Algonquins. After a sharply contested platy, the Algonquins became winners. Score: Algonquin, 18, Tyn-y-Coed, 15. There were some splendid players among the visitors. The Misses Porter and Wells were particularly strong players.

Beacon

Sept 12/1901

Mrs. Brooks, of Sherbrooke, who has been stopping at the summer residence of Sir William Van Horne, has returned home.

Sir William Van Horne is on Minister's Island and will remain until Saturday.

Queer Fish in Campobello Weir

Campobello Fishermen have had many novel experiences and have capture many queer creatures in their weirs—dogfish, sharks, horse mackerel, skates, and such like—but never until Wednesday last have they bagged a steamer load of dead game sports.

It happened this way. The steamer Dream, which is under charter to Mr. D. C. Spruance, of New York, sailed from St. Andrews this morning with a fishing party from the Algonquin onboard. Among her passengers were Mr. Spruance, J. H. Allen, C. H. Benson, George, Ethridge, Henry Atwater, Philip Atwater, George Atwater, Dr. Hamm, James Halpin and Capt. Nehemiah Mitchell, the latter being pilot. The intention of the party was to call at the Tyn-y-Coed, to obtain "bait supplies", their own supply having been almost exhausted by the drain upon it going down river. Capt. Worden ran his boat up to the Tyn-y-Coed pier, and then, by one of those unexplainable circumstances which is peculiarly incident to well-baited fishing parties, the boat's head swerved around and ran full pelt into Mr. C. C Flagg's sardine weir. In a trice the whole party was impounded within the weir. At first it was feared that the steamer had been injured, but when this fear had passed away, the ludicrousness of the situation forced itself upon the party. . . . The party afterwards reached the Tyn-y-coed safely, took in fresh bait and started for home.

Beacon

Sept 19, 1901

Lady Van Horne and Miss Mary Van Horne have gone to Montreal to be present on the occasion of the prince's reception in that city.

Beacon

Sept 26/1901

Mr. T. R. Wren is about to add an acetylene gas plant to his store.

It is rumoured that Sir T. G. Shaughnessy has acquired a 99-year lease of the government property near the Algonquin Hotel and that he proposes shortly to erect a luxurious summer home for himself.

Beacon

Oct 10/1901

The six-acre lot at the corner of Joe's Point Road and Cedar lane formerly owned by A. W. Thomson has been purchased by a Wilmington, Delaware gentleman

Harry McClaskey, formerly of St. Stephen, has gone to New York to engage in the study of music and the cultivation of his voice, which has been greatly admired, and for which those who have heard him predict great things with careful training and conscientious work. Harry is a son of Mr. A. A. McClaskey, the popular commercial traveller, and has many friends here.

The Owen Hotel of this place closed for the season on Saturday.

Beacon

Oct 17/1901

"Rex," R. B. Van Horne's famous saddle horse, which was taken to Montreal to participate in the royal parade, has since died.

Covenhoven is closed for the season, Sir William Van Horne and Lady Van Horne and family having gone back to their Montreal home.

Owen dining hall hosts annual Campobello Fish Fair dinner.

Rural Cemetery Burial

Jessie Norris

Age 26

Daughter of Charles Norris

Lot 144A

Oct 29, 1901

Beacon

October 31, 1901

Improvements About Town

From twenty to thirty men are employed on Minister's Island, carrying out the improvements decided upon by Sir William Van Horne before returning to Montreal. These improvements consist of a large addition to the dwelling house, and a number of very important alterations to the grounds. The addition to the house is being placed on the northern side or rear. It will almost double its size. Part of this addition will be used as a studio for Sir William. Prevision will likewise be made in it for a swimming tank, shower baths and the ordinary bathrooms. It will also give more sleeping rooms. Sir William's present studio has been moved farther to the eastward, and later on will form an annex for a bowling alley. The present portico on the front of the house will be extended between 30 and 40 feet to the westward. It will be roofed over and will have pillars of sandstone similar to those which now support the portico roof. The driveway will pass under the western end of the portico. The driveway which formerly turned in front to the house has been carried several hundred feet farther south. This will ensure more privacy for the household and will at the same time give a much greater space for flower beds. In all, there will be close upon half a mile of flower beds. A summer house of rustic design, with a thatched room, has been erected at the south-eastern extremity of the island. The sandstone for the pillars of the portico and for the walls of the annex is being quarried on the island, under the supervision of Mr. James McAvity, of Saint John, who has also charge of the mason work. The grey granite coping or the top of the foundation wall, 170 feet in length, has been cut out of a single granite boulder found upon Mr. George Mowatt's farm. The woodwork on the extension is being constructed under the direction of Mr. Robert Stevenson, Supt. D'AlMaine, who has to overlook the improvements of the grounds as well as supervise the labor on the stock farm, has his hands full. The workmen are comfortably housed in a shanty near the house-barn. They have a chief who looks after their comforts.

Mr. William Hope of Montreal has a large crew of men employed in grading and beautifying his summer property on the Bar Road. Driveways are being laid out, trees planted and a great deal of other work is being done. When finished the grounds will be among the most beautiful in this vicinity.

Sir William Van Horne is in New York

It is reported that the CPR has found it necessary to secure the ICR wharf and elevator at Saint John. And yet we are told no congestion is threatened in winter port traffic.

Beacon

Nov 7/1901

Some weeks ago a committee of citizens was appointed to make enquiries relative to a deep-water wharf. Correspondence was opened up with the CPR, members of the local government and members of the Dominion government. The railway people, in reply to a request to send their engineer to assist in locating a site and arriving at a determination as to the cost of a s suitable structure upon that site, (as they has promised to do), stated that their engineering staff was so busily engaged in Saint John at the present time that they could not spare any of them to come here. The members of the local government who were interviewed, gave it as their opinion that the grant which was made for a deep-water wharf in 1891 was still binding upon the province, but it would be necessary for those who were promoting the scheme to make formal application. The replies from the Dominion cabinet, while not so satisfactory, were not discouraging. Hon. Mr. Blair said he sympathized with the scheme. As Mr. Blair was Premier of the province when the local grant was given, there is little doubt that his sympathy would take an active form if the matter was being pushed to a conclusion. Hon. Mr. Tarte, minister of public works, was non-committal. He was inclined to dispute the proposition that there was a danger of winter business at the port of Saint John being congested for some time to come, though he followed this contention up by saying that the did not mean to convey that St. Andrews harbor should not be improved. Further than this he would not say anything, as the whole matter, he remarked, had to be placed before his colleagues. Thus the subject stands.

If the CPR was in a position to send the engineer here, fix upon a site and determine the cost, the matter might be pressed forward without delay, but the inaction of the railway authorities, who have quite as much to gain as the people of St. Andrews, and whose active cooperation is absolutely necessary to the success of the project, has brought matters to a standstill. The question arises, should the townspeople proceed to carry out the work independently of the railway? No doubt, it would, please the CPR if they were presented with a wharf privilege here without any cost or trouble to them, but would it be good business to go to such an expense without receiving positive assurances from the railway that the wharf, when completed would be used by them to fullest possible extent? The CPR authorities have made promises before to wharf owners in St. Andrews, and some of these promises are still unfulfilled. If we go the trouble of securing governmental assistance to build a costly wharf, we want to have it employed; otherwise, it will be of little benefit. Again, there is a difference of opinion among the townspeople with regard to the proper site. Some favor a deep-water wharf to the westward of Katy's Cove; others think that it should be constructed along the channel to the southward of St. Andrews light. If the former site was chosen, whatever assistance was required from the Dominion government would have to be in cash; if the latter, the assistance would have to be in the shape of a dredge. There can be little doubt that if a sufficiently large channel could dredged at the entrance of the inner harbor, that is the place for the wharf. It seems to us imperative that the matters of site, and of the probable cost of the wharf, must be determined before we can apply to the federal government for assistance. We might approach the local government and secure the provincial appropriation and to be effective this appropriation, which is now spread over twenty years, should be capitalized), but before going to the Dominion government, we should know definitely whether it is money, or a dredge, or both, that we need. We would like to hear the views of the townspeople on the question if that has been raised. It might perhaps be a good idea for the councillors to call a public meeting and ascertain what the views of the people are; at all events, no harm could be done by giving he matter the fullest ventilation.

St. Andrews phone line expected to open December with public offices in Lepreau, Musquash, St. Andrews and St. Stephen.

The first automobile ever seen on St. Andrews streets traversed the town on Monday last. (November 4, 1901) It proved a source of wonder to those who had never seen one of these carriages.

Smallpox making its presence known in Saint John.

Beacon

Nov 21, 1901

Seven Tamworth pigs, averaging 215 lbs each, were killed in the Van Horne piggery on Tuesday. They will be cured by the Messrs. O'Neill in improved English fashion and will then be shipped to Montreal to be used for Sir William's private use.

Beacon

November 28/1901

Hon. Mr. Tarte of Public Works, upon whose attention the question of improving the harbor of St. Andrews has been strongly urged, has promised to "look more carefully than ever into the question and chances of St. Andrews becoming an export harbor" and will consult with Sir Thomas Shaughnessy on the matter. At the present time the department has no dredges available for work here. The building of a powerful dredge for the Maritime Provinces has just been started, but it will not be ready until next season.

Mrs. James Starkey has sold her dwelling-house to Mr. Wheeler Mallock and proposes leaving for Boston

Beacon

Dec 5, 1901

Lady Van Horne, accompanied by Miss Addie Van Horne, left last evening for Washington to visit Mr. R. Van Horne, who was detained through illness from sailing for Cuba with his father.—Saturday's Star

At the St. Andrews ball in Montreal, Mrs. Donald MacMaster was gowned most effectively in blue moiré, trimmed with point lace, and wore diamond ornaments. Miss Alice Shaughnessy wore an extremely dainty gown of white tulle embroidered in silver, and pink rosebuds, which was much admired

Beacon

Dec 12/1901

The telephone wires are now strung between Saint John and St. Stephen, via St. George and St. Andrews, the last wire having been stretched this week. On Saturday night, chief lineman Hoyt with his crew ran the wire into St. Andrews from St. Stephen and on Monday the stringing of the return wire was begun. Just as soon as the local offices have been established, we will be able to "hello" all over the continent.

Beacon

Dec 19/1901

At present CPR trains are hauled over the stretch between Mattawamkeag and Vanceboro by the Maine Central, over which section the CPR has a running lease.