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Beacon
Jan 4/1906
Fought with Wolves
Don't tell me that there are no wolves in Charlotte County, remarked a well-known resident of the rural districts to the Beacon a few days ago. I had an experience with them going from St. Andrews not long since that I will not forget in a hurry. I had been in town buying holiday supplies and enjoying myself and had postponed by departure until well on in the night. I had not gone far on my journey when I began to see wolfish shapes all about me. They made no noise but crept stealthily after me, stopping when I stopped and quickening their pace when I tried to escape from them. Try as I would I seemed unable to get out of their sight. My actions emboldened them, and at last one, bigger, bolder and uglier than his fellows, leaped upon me and bore me down. In a twinkling I was surrounded by snapping, snarling fiends. To my frightened vision they assumed all sorts of monstrous shapes. The one that held me by the throat was a terrible monster. His fangs dripped with bloody froth as he tore at me. His breath fairly overpowered me, while his blood-shot cruel eyes threw baleful glances at me that caused my frightened tongue to cleave to the roof of my mouth. I tried to scream for help but my feeble cries were drowned by the weight of the brutes that held me down. They trampled over me, ripped my clothing in tatters, dragged at my ears and bit me in a score of places. I felt that my last hour had come. I thought of my wife and children waiting expectantly for me and my promised Christmas gifts at home. I wondered how they would get along without me. I even wondered what my friends would say when they found my mangled body and what tune the band would play as they planted the fragments. All the sins of my life, and they seemed to be legion, came trooping up before me. The thoughts of my family gave me fresh strength and hope and I fought as I had never fought before to escape from the clutches of the blood-thirsty pack. My struggles were successful and I had the satisfaction of seeing my foes retreating one by one into the forest. When I awoke my sled was lying across my body and the empty flask of Scott Act whiskey, which I held by the neck in a deathlike grip, bore mute yet eloquent testimony, to the desperate struggle I had made to overcome it. "Don't tell me, please, that there are no wolves in Charlotte County because I know better.
Owen Batson of Welchpool who has been in charge of the Welshpool Arms is negotiating for the lease of the Island City Hotel in Eastport, which was recently closed by Landlord W. S. Hall.
Beacon
Jan 11/1906
Good progress has been made with the construction of the Katy's Cove dam. The curve has been straightened and the structure is so heavily ballasted that there is little fear of any further movement. Birch sheet piles are now being driven on the inner face of the dam. The work will be completed in about three weeks more.
A fair bit in the news over the last year about Donald McMaster—his various successes in the legal profession, going to England, etc.
There is no wolf to be dreaded more than the wolf of strong drink. Where the forest wolf has slain its tens, the wolf of strong drink has slain its thousands.
Golf by Moonlight
Pinehurst, NC—One of the most novel and unique matches in the history of golf, an 18-hole contest by moonlight, was played here Tuesday night between the professionals, Donald Ross, of the local club, and Jack Jolly, of New York. Ross win five up and four to play, with a medal play score of 88 to 93. Nearly 200 people followed the contest, which lasted over two hours. [Donald Ross, the winner, in the above unique contest, visited St. Andrews a year or two ago as the guest of J. M. Peacock, the Algonquin club professional. He was a keen, athletic young Scotchman who won the heart of every one he met.] (1904 or 1905 then—above newspaper item contributed by Peacock)
Beacon
Jan 18, 1906
Senator MacKay's Property
The transfer of Sir Hibbert Tupper's property at St. Andrews to Senator Mackay, of Montreal, was made last week and it is now a part of the Senator's St. Andrews demesne.
Beacon
Feb 1/1906
In St. Andrews there are nine grocers and general dealers, two druggists, three dry goods and clothing stores, four blacksmiths, five hotels, two livery stables, three lawyers, two doctors, one milliner, four barbers, two plumbers and tinsmiths, one restaurant, three fish and clam factories, one grist mill, two boat-making shops, one photographer, one hardware dealer, one dealer in jewellery and fine China, one laundry, one bank agency, seven insurance agents, two shoe makers and several carpenters and contractors. How the town would look up if even half of these were represented in the advertising columns of the home paper?
Beacon
Feb 8/1906
The Old Trapper Trapped at Last
David Slater, who will be recalled as the "star witness" in the famous Scott-McLaughlin murder trial of October 1901, died at the residence of his sister, Ms. Samuel Clark, Baillie, recently, aged 76 years.
TRAPPER WOULDN'T BE TRAPPED
(Extract from the Beacon, Oct. 17, 1901)
A quainter character was never found outside the page of a dime novel than David Slater, the grizzled old trapper who was called as a witness in the McLaughlin murder case.
A giant almost in height, with his head and face covered with an unkempt mop of hair, he looked like a veritable wild man of the woods. The fierceness of his aspect was enhanced by a huge pair of spectacles which were tied with a string behind his head and pulled high up over his forehead. He appeared at his best in the witness box when he was fondling a long old fashioned rifle that had been presented him by the prisoner. "It's a beauty," said he, as he drew it toward him, stroked his fingers down into the muzzle.
No mother ever gazed upon a child with more loving eyes than this lean old veteran gazed upon this rifle. And when he took it in his hand and brought tit to his shoulder, he made a picture for an artist. Every movement showed the keen-eyed, alert hunter. Some of the spectators trembled a little lest the eccentric old gentleman might look upon the court as fair game for his rife, and they breathed more freely when the weapon had been returned to the crown lawyer.
His trapping instincts were clearly shown in his evasive replies to the court. He had never seen the inside of a court room before, and he had entered it with the fixed belief in his mind that he was being led into a trap. He knew nothing and cared less about the dignity of the court or the respect due to it. When the lawyer questioned him a little closely, he replied: "You don't get me into a trap; no sir. I have been a trapper myself; yes, sir."
One question he evaded by saying "This is the place where you hang people aint it? You don't hang me, no sir. You don't twist an old man up; no sir, because I won't be twisted. There's enough Scotch in me for that; I won't stay, sir; I'll go home, sir."
He would have seized his hat and fought his way out of the court room if the judge had not calmed his fears. He declined to say why he had chipped the wood off the stock of one of the guns. "I did it to suit myself—and that's all you'll get out of me; yes, sir. If it suits me it'll have to suit you, sir."
Asked whether it was by chance or by appointment that he had called upon the prisoner at his house, he replied: "Yes, just by chance, sir, as the cow killed the rabbit, when she tossed it in the air, sir, and caught it on her horns."
The climax of ludicrousness was reached when he asked the court; "Where's George?" meaning the prisoner. "Don't you see him?" queried the judge. "No. I don't;" and the old man peered on the bench, among the jurymen and over the lawyers. Failing to discern the prisoner, he called out in stentorian tones, as if he was in the woods: "Where are you George; speak for yourself, man!"
The prisoner answered with a faint halloo from the dock, and the old man was happy.
It would be difficult for those who looked upon this uncouth, shaggy old veteran of the forest, and listened to his quaint answers, to imagine that he had at once figured in an affair of the heart, and it was owing to the unhappy outcome of love's young dream that he had become the eccentric individual that he now is.
In his young days, David Slater was one of the finest specimens of sturdy manhood in the countryside. He was a giant in stature, as strong and as brave as a lion and as tender as sucking dove. He fell deeply madly in love and gave the object of his adoration all the affection that was in his manly heart. She proved faithless.
When she jilted him, he fled to the forest, vowing that he would never again look upon the face of womankind.
For over 50 years he has kept his vow. In the deep solitudes of the forest, far from the haunts of man, with only his dogs and his gun for companions, he lived the life of a hermit. Once in a while, one of the male relatives would seek him out and leave him food or reading matter, but beyond this he was dead to the world. He was a great reader.
For eight or nine years he had a huge bear as the sharer of his forest life. He caught the bear in a trap when it was two years old, dragged it to his cabin and tamed it. For several years it was his constant companion. At night it would drag its huge bulk up to the "dingle" and lie down with the dogs, while the old trapper disposed himself in the bunk.
On one occasion, when Slater came into the settlement, the bear, then of enormous size, followed him in. It grew frightened when it reached civilization. Its master tried to coax it along, but it became ugly and in its ugliness it leaped upon him and tore his hand. In its rage it would have rent him into fragments, but the old hunter seeing this, crew his revolver and placing the muzzle in the bear ear blew out its brains.
The defection of the bear, which he had come to regard as one of the dearest friends, was to him a source of keen sorrow for a long time.
There is probably no man in the province who has killed more game in his days then David Slater. On the witness stand he declared he "had left his mark in the woods" by killing between 250 and 300 animals. His friends say that he has a game book in which he entered every animal killed by him, whether it be mink, otter, deer or moose.
Though more than half century has passed over his head since his heart was shattered by a faithless woman, the old man has not forgotten his vow. When he came to St. Andrews on Thursday last, he refused to enter the hotel for his dinner because there were women in the house. His food had to be brought to him out of doors. He ate it sitting in the wagon.
The constable who captured the old man and brought him to St. Andrews had to seize him in his bed at night. He fought with the officer of the law and had to be fairly dragged to the court. On the witness stand he vented his wrath upon the constable and detective Ring. When his examination was over, he refused to remain in town overnight, or to trust himself to the "new-fangled" railway train, but struck out for his 36 mile tramp homeward on foot.
None Good—No, Not One
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy's Opinion of Canadian Ports
Montreal, Jan. 31—Sir Thomas Shaughnessy made the important and significant announcement this forenoon that the company has decided to make Quebec the terminus for the present of the new fast steamers of its Atlantic fleet. "We have decided," said Sir Thomas, "to stop at Quebec until such time as the St. Lawrence is so improved between Quebec and Montreal as to make the route a safe one of the two vessels that form the latest addition to our fleet." . . . The port of Saint John has been improved some, at the cost of the city of Saint John, but it is inadequate for even present traffic, and there are no wharves at which these vessels can land. Some work is being done at Saint John to improve the conditions, and we hope that our vessels can take care of theses next fall, in such a satisfactory manner as will encourage business going that way. Looking at the wharves down there," proceeded Sir Thomas, "one gets the impression of a pile of rotten and tottering logs. Halifax is probably somewhat better, but the length of the rail haul to Halifax makes it an almost impossible port. It is to be hoped that the federal government will take hold of this matter and have these natural ports put into shape without delay, so that ocean traffic to and from Canada can be retained for Canadian ports."
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy's sweeping condemnation of Canadian Atlantic ports will serve to direct attention to a subject that has not received the serious consideration that its importance demands. The rapid development of our western territory, coupled with the increased development in ocean steamships, has created a demand for a port system that Canada at the present time does not possess. To be sure, we have harbors that with some expenditure could be made into splendid ports, but until the responsibility for that expenditure has been fixed there is little use in talking about them. St. Andrews is one of such harbors; L'Etang is another. Saint John has already a standing as a port, but he demands that are being made upon it are greater than the people can or should supply. The government has made an appropriation for improvements, but it seems to be inadequate to satisfy the ambitions of the steamship companies or to ensure the permanency of the port. Halifax seems to have been dismissed by the CPR as a port ever since the failure of that company's negotiations to secure control of the ICR. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy is evidently impressed with the idea that the responsibility for providing the required ports is more a matter for the government of the Dominion than for the people who may be residents at the ports. With this idea we in part concur, but we fail to see why all the responsibility should be borne by the government. Surely the transportation companies that are growing wealthy out of the development of the country ought to share the burden. If the transportation companies refuse to recognize their responsibility in this connection it is the duty of the government o take the matter in hand, equip the needed ports and levy such a tax as may be deemed necessary upon the railway and steamship companies that do business in and through these ports. This seems to be the only feasible solution of their difficulty.
The CPR yards and sidings on the main line are crowded with ocean freight. At McAdam alone there are 389 cars of ocean freight.
John Peacock and Donald J. Ross are making a tour of southern golf courses. They were at Augusta, Georgia on the 30th.
Beacon
Feb 15/1906
70 feet of Katy's Cove dam collapse in heavy storm.
The easterly storm of Friday last played havoc with the new Katy's Cove dam. When the heavy tide from outside the bay came thundering against the breastwork it undermined the centre of the dam, causing the ballast floor to fall down. The ballast dropped through into the hole thus caused, leaving the top of the structure exposed. About 70 feet of it washed in toward the railway trestle. Some alarm was felt lest the following tide would drive it still further in and imperil the railway line, but fortunately, the storm subsided in the meantime and the threatened disaster was averted. Contractor Clark ordered a watchman put on Friday night, so that the railway authorities might be promptly apprised if any serious damage occurred. The damaged section has been taken out and is being repaired. If it had not been for this accident the dam would probably have been completed this week.
Mrs. Hosmer and Miss Hosmer, who leave on the 13th of this month to take the Mediterranean trip, will be accompanied by Miss Marjorie Heney.
Beacon
Feb 22/1906
Rise to 45 cents per ton by CPR has cut hauling of ice to town. CPR to store 500 tons at ice shed for railway and hotel purposes.
The people of St. Stephen will be called upon on March 1 to cast their votes for or against the establishment of a water system by the town. They have taken counsel with one of the best water experts obtainable and he has reported that an ample supply of pure water can be obtained from wells about three and a half miles from town. As the test of these wells was made during one of the driest seasons that we have ever had, there does not seem to be any good reason to doubt the permanency of the flow. The only question that can arise is as to the prudence of the town assuming the liability for the coast of construction. The weight of evidence, and the whole tendency of the times are in favor of municipal ownership as against ownership by private corporations The necessary capital of an enterprise of this kind can always be more cheaply obtained by a municipality than by a corporation as a better security can usually be given.
Boston Comedy Company appears at Andraeleo Hall.
Roof being put on MacKay's summer dwelling.
District Passenger Agent Perry, of the CPR, told a Fredericton reporter that St. Andrews is to be boomed during the next season to the very limit as a summer resort. There are improved bathing facilities. The golf greens are to be made second to none in the country and the usual trophies are to be offered by the management.
Sir William Van Horne intends going to Scotland to purchase thoroughbreds—Clydesdales and shorthorns—for his farms in St. Andrews and Calgary. Details March 15.
Beacon
March 1/1906
Katy's Cove Dam 10 x 540 feet. 2 rows of sheet piling down 4-6 feet on inside of dam.
George Hopkins, summer resident of St. Andrews, takes Sir Williams place on board of Havana Railway
Sir William's List
He is identified with no less than 20 boards of directors and concerns in Canada, the states, Cuba and South America.
Canada N. W. Company
General Electric
Com. Cable
Cuba Railway Company
Dominion Steel
Equitable Life
Equitable Trust
St. John Railway
Laurentide Pulp
Royal Trust
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Salt Company
The Cuba Company
Dominion Coal
Duluth Railway
"Soo" Railway
Rio Power
Winnipeg Railway
Montreal and Alberta Railway
Guatemala Railway
Few directors can boast of a more varied list.
Beacon
March 8/1906
Algonquin roof to be shingled. Shaughnessy cottage to be expanded.
2200 pound shorthorn slaughtered at Minister's Island; 1100 pounds dressed for O'Neill's market
F. P. McColl of the Seacoast Canning Company
Mayor Snodgrass to retire next month.
Beacon
March 15, 1906
Montreal Friends
Sir William Van Horne is, as many of our readers know, keenly interested in the improvement of Canadian livestock. His beasts are prize-winners at leading shows in United States and Canada, and his farms in New Brunswick and the Canadian North-West stand in high repute. One of the main objects of Sir William's present visit to this country is to purchase pedigree Clydesdales and Shorthorns for shipment to Canada, and will shortly leave London for Scotland with this end in view. Another well-known Canadian Pacific director, Mr. C. R. Hosmer, left for New York on the Celtic on Feb. 17 with his family for a sojourn in Southern Europe. He intended to get off at Gibraltar, proceeding through Spain to Biarritz, and remaining there for five or six weeks.—London Canadian Gazette
Beacon
March 22/1906
Black granite quarry doing well. St. George considering a summer hotel, but really needs a decent, year-round one. Armstrong weighs in on various business ventures worth considering for St. Andrews, including another summer hotel.
Beacon
March 29/1906
A. Allerton Algonquin's new manager. No changed this year but next year 50 rooms to be added.
Beacon
April 5/1906
Coakley withdraws from partnership in Exchange Hotel. $1.50 per day. Sample room attached for commercial men. Long distance telephone connection.
Sir William Van Horne as an artist
Edu. Review
The picture this month is a representation of native trees from two pictures by Sir William Van Horne of Montreal. It is something in the life of a busy man of affairs to have a taste—and cultivate it—for nature and art. The skilful delineation of trees and the larger fungi, in which Sir William has excelled, has not interfered evidently with the business but has given a rare pleasure to his eventful and busy life.
Beacon
April 12/1906
Over last four years power boats in bay gone from 2 to over 100.
SG cannot accommodate all the potential visitors. Tourism seems on rise. New hotel needed.
C. R. Hosmer also a C. P. R. director.
A map of the area shows a railway line into Calais but only a road to Eastport. Two railway lines into St. Stephen—New Brunswick Railway and Shore Line.
Business Ad for St. Andrews—granite deposits in area for enterprising investor, possibilities for manufacture and shipping of fish, "There is also a fine field for a large Summer Hotel." Cf. Armstrong's earlier editorial on advertising possibilities for town. March 22 above.
For Sir William's Western Farm
James Yule, manager of Sir William Van Horne's North West farm, has just returned from a purchasing trip to Britain, and reports having bought a bull from King Edwards's stock for $1,000 and a bull from a private party for $5,000. He offered $12,000 for a shorthorn bull from the famous Wiltshire herd, but the owner of the animal demanded $16,000.
Beacon
April 19/1906
The Alms House a Source of Disquietude
There was only one absentee at the last session of the town council on Thursday night last. The chief subject for debate was a statement of the financial position of the Alms House, which had been prepared by the clerk. It was the opinion of the aldermen that the town was maintaining too costly an establishment, but though several suggestions were advanced no motions were made and no action taken. One alderman favored disposing of the farm and boarding the inmates out. Another thought that cheaper property might be got. Still another favored the sale of the present Alms House property, suggesting that as the site was a valuable one; sufficient might be obtained to support the inmates on the increment. Two or three bills were ordered to be paid, including one of $65 from the Provincial hospital. Mr. James A. Shirley was appointed commissioner of measure.
Beacon masthead for years:
Home of the Beacon. Shiretown of Charlotte County, New Brunswick. Situated on Passamaquoddy Bay. The finest harbour on Atlantic coast; open at all seasons of the year. The leading summer resort of Canada. No HAY FEVER. Large hotels. Unrivalled scenery. Beautiful country drives. Good fishing, sailing and bathing. Magnificent GOLF LINKS. Canadian Pacific Railway terminus. Steamboat connection with St. Stephen, Calais, Eastport, Deer Island, Campobello, Grand Manan, Bar Harbour, Portland, Boston, etc.
Editor mentions this to stress the need for local advertising abroad.
Beacon
April 26/1906
Dredging St. Andrews Harbour
Government Dredge Begins Work on the Western Channel.
Details.
Whipping Post in the Old Days
St. Andrews in old times utilized its law breakers by setting them to work on public improvements, as Saint John does at present. They had the same troubling experience when opportunity offered. Their mode of dealing with an absconder, however, when he was recaptured, though highly efficacious as a deterrent, would scarcely be tolerated amongst us at the present day. The following lively account of one of these attempted escapes is reported from St. Andrews on July 13, 1830:
One of the convicts employed at forming a common sewer in this town becoming wearied of his employment, on Monday last made a bold but unsuccessful attempt at escape. The villain had found some plan of unlocking his fetters although the lock cannot be picked, and stripping off his parti-colored inexpressibles, underneath which he had provided himself with a pair made of white duck, he suddenly bolted and went on a smart trot up King Street, doubled the corner of Queen street, and turned up Frederick street, where he was headed off, and being closely pursued in the rear showed fight, but was instantly overpowered and led back to confinement. On the same day a meeting of the magistrates was held in order to decide upon suitable punishment for the misdemeanour, when it was adjudged that on the following day he should receive 39 lashes on the bare back; which punishment having been inflicted he has since been set work, with still less chance of escape than previously in making this imprudent trial.—St. John Globe.
Report of Electric Light Committee
Two photocopies: technical details concerning options and cost of electric lights for town
Game of basketball played in Owen hall.
Beacon
May 3/1906
Kennedy's has erected a 100-candlepower gasoline lamp in front of hotel.
Executive of golf club—big wigs Ganong, Chipman, Grimmer, etc., as usual. T. R. Wheelock in former days.
Town to vote on electric lighting
Work to resume on Katy's Cove with steam pile driver
Beacon
May 17/1906
The Passing of the Old Bellman
Beacon, April 24, 1890
It is curious with what tenacity we cling to the customs of the by gone ages.
To a stranger dropping into St. Andrews nothing awakens more interest than the quaint old custom, which has descended from our forefathers, of "belling" the town when an auction is to be held. For a couple of hours before the auction, the bellman travels the main thoroughfare with slow and measured tread, his feet keeping "time, time, in a sort of Runic rhyme" to the jingling and jangling of the auction bell, which he swings in his hand. At every street corner he halts and proclaims in as loud a voice as he can command the nature of the sale, terms, and names the auctioneer, concluding his harangue by the usual "God Save the Queen." Tradition has it that one of the old bellmen of the town, was in the habit of extending his proclamation by uttering after the words "God Save the Queen," "And Garret the tailor." This was, no doubt, an ingenious advertising dodge, which both the bellman and the tailor found to their mutual advantage to perpetuate. The present knight of the bell, who has held his position for a number of ears, never fails to conclude his oration by holding out the expectation of great bargains. No matter what the nature of the sale is, "great bargains" may always be expected according to the bellman's story.
[the town is still belled on auction days to some extent but the old bellman with his quaint proclamation has passed away forever, leaving many fragrant memories behind.]
Senator MacKay's Summer Abiding Place
A Beautiful Building Beautifully Located
There is no more palatial residence in this corner of the King's domain than that of Senator Robert Mackay, which is rapidly approaching completion.
Standing on an eminence overlooking St. Andrews Bay the prospect before it is a most entrancing one. To the west is the Saint Croix River, winding gracefully past tree-clad hills and verdant meadows; to the south, beyond the waters of the inner bay, lie Deer Island and its sister isles; to the east are Minister's Island, the summer home of Sir William Van Horne, the distant shores of Mascarene and the granite hills of Saint George; to the north and east are the Chamcook hills, with their changing variety of scenery. Nowhere in Canada could there be found a more beautiful panorama than that which will be constantly spread before the Senator and his family and the stranger who many happen to be within his gates. The approach to the residence, through a tree-embowered avenue, is also surpassingly beautiful. Many years ago, this property was the summer home of Sir Charles Tupper, who beautified it greatly. Now, under Senator MacKay's guiding hand, it will be made still more beautiful.
The dwelling which the Senator has erected on his newly acquired property is in keeping with the surroundings. Its heavy stone walls, broad galleries and buttresses of stone, impress the eye at once. It is massive without being too imposing, and there is withal a suggestion of comfort about it that is most pleasing.
The first story is built of rough field stone, the cement joints being painted in black. The walls and pillars of the verandah are similarly treated. The second story is of wood, the panels in the exterior walls being filled in with pebbled plaster of a dark shade. The entrance will be on the western side, where a broad porte-cochere will be erected.
To the right of the entrance is a cosy little reception room. A few feet above is the main living room of the house, which has an outlook towards the east and which is adorned with a massive fireplace in the southern end. Adjoining this, on the south-east corner, is the Senator's library, which also has a large fireplace. Alongside the library are a bathroom and two bedrooms. On the northern side of the living room are the dining room, bath, fitted up with shower bath, etc., butler's pantry, kitchen, servants' dining hall and refrigerator. On the second floor are nine sleeping rooms of large size, bathrooms, and servants' chambers in the north-western wing.
In the attic above there is large water cistern, capable of containing 5,000 gallons of water. The supply for this tank will be obtained from a cold spring nearby; the water being forced up by hydraulic ram.
The basement contains a large Gurney heater.
A feature of the property is the icehouse, which is built of stone largely, and which cost $2,000. It is somewhat inconspicuously located.
The building will probably be ready for occupation about the first of July.
The stonework of the building, which is its more prominent feature, was performed by Mr. Charles Horsnell, of St. Andrews. He also did the interior plastering, and the place of the fireplaces. The workmanship is highly creditable to him. Mr. Aquin, of Lachine, is the contractor for the woodwork. The plumbing and painting are being done by Montreal concerns. Messrs. Finley and Spence, of Montreal, are the architects.
Beacon
May 24/1906
Algonquin to open June 20
The Tyn-y-coed and Tyn-y-maes will not be run this season. Both buildings are sadly out of repair, and as Messrs. Porter and Wells are the sole male survivors of the Company, the inducements to repair them is not sufficiently remunerative, so that in a short time they will lapse into decay. The Owen under the able management of its owner, Mr. J. J. Alexander, which proved a success of late years, will again open its hospitable doors. (sounds like the Owen was split off from the other hotels under Alexander's ownership; also, that it the Company has shrunken so much it would cost the two remaining members too much to repair the two others)
Beacon
May 31/1906
The people of St. Andrews are justly proud of the CPR and its enterprise, but they are not enamored with its local freight rates, which in some cases are so exorbitant as to be a hardship to the community. The town council has taken up the matter with the freight department of the road, and it is hoped that a reduction will result.
New steel ceiling for Kennedy's put in by Leo Ross. Also gets a Heintzman piano. Gasoline lamp outside Andraeleo Hall.
Dam at Katy's Cove nearly done. Row of beach houses to be erected at once.
Beacon
June 7/1906
Bowling green 90 feet square being laid out in front of Algonquin.
Manager Allerton from Montreal
At a meeting on Monday last, an agreement was entered into by this Corporation to supply the Maine Water Company with water from the new source of supply at $24 per million gallons. The Maine Water Co. will supply Calais and Milltown. The latter town was invited to join with St. Stephen but refused. Now, the people of that town will have to pay whatever rate the Maine Company may impose upon them.
Beacon
June 14/1906
Donald McMaster on Imperial Preference
St. Andrews to vote on electric light question June 26. By-law advertised this edition: "To provide for the issue of Town of St. Andrews Light Debentures, to the amount of $10,000, for the purpose of providing and establishing an electric lighting system; and further to provide of an application to the legislature for the passing of an act to authorize a further issue of like debenture, to the amount of $2,000 of the same purpose.
New Riverview hotel. Details. Has electric light, 51 bedrooms with double toilet rooms and bathrooms on each flat, five tables in pool room. Hot and cold water, having its own waterworks and sewer connections.
Some fine Clydesdale colts by Sir William Van Horne's Sir Adam McAdam are showing up on farms in this vicinity. Among those who are the proud possessors of these colts are C. B. Laurence, Joseph Wiley, C. S. Garneys, Bayside; James McCullough, Bocabec, and Hartford Giles, Waweig.
R. B. Van Horne's Wedding
At St. George church, Montreal, Tuesday afternoon, Edith Bagley Molson, only daughter of Dr. Molson, was united in marriage to R. B. Van Horne, only son of Sir William Van Horne. Bishop Carmichael officiated. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Van Horne left for Vancouver in Sir William's private car, where they will spend a couple of weeks, afterwards going to Cuba to remain for a few weeks. They will spend a portion of the season at St. Andrews.
The bride's trousseau included a Japanese costume, presented by Consul General Nosse.
Beacon
June 21/1906
The people of St. Andrews will be given the opportunity on Tuesday next to say whether they will adopt a municipal electric lighting system, or whether they will continue in the dark ages for another period of years. All ambitious towns are now provided with electric lights, and where they are under municipal control the results in most cases have been satisfactory. We feel sure a like result would follow its adoption in St. Andrews. The CPR Company would only be too glad to use electric lights for the Algonquin Hotel and for the summer cottages if they were available, so that good revenue might be looked for from that quarter alone. The present lighting plant at the hotel is now running at its full capacity, so that new system would be required if the hotel should be enlarged next season. This feature of the matter is one that should be borne in mind, as, if the CPR places a system of their own in the hotel, the town may be debarred for many years from obtaining any revenue from this source. The people have had ample time to consider the subject in all its bearings, and they should be in a position on Tuesday next to give an intelligent vote.
Proposed By-Law on the Lighting question appears in this issue.
Algonquin ad same as last year.
Elm Corner still going
The big Summer Hotel—the Algonquin Hotel began its seventeenth season yesterday, with every prospect of its being the most successful that the hotel has ever had. The CPR Company, in whose interest the hotel is operated, has spared no expense to make the hotel attractive this year. A bathing beach has been provided at Katy's Cove, a new bowling green laid off in front of the hotel, the golf links has been improved and the tennis court placed in the best of shape.
This season the hotel will be under the management of Mr. Andrew Allerton, of Montreal, one of the most experienced hotel men in Canada. Mr. Allerton has had a long connection with the dining car and hotel service of the CPR and has recently been appointed to the management of the Company's' big hotel in Montreal. He has surrounded himself with a capable staff, several of the former heads of the departments having been re-engaged.
Mr. W. J. Bryant, Jr., the chief clerk of last season, will occupy the same position this season. Mrs. Banks the capable housekeeper, has also returned. Last seasons' orchestra, under the able direction of Mr. August Such, will again furnish music. Hubert Stinson, the chief bellman for several seasons, and James Morrison, the familiar porter, are both again in harness. Mr. Ira Brown, last year's engineer, is also in his old position. Miss Jennie Cunningham and Miss Reeves are clerks; Irving Linnell head waiter; Jules Panet, of Paris, chef; Miss McColl, newsstand clerk; Miss Taylor, Montreal, manicurist. The billiard room and barber shop will be looked after by Messrs. Lyons and Hogan.
Beacon
June 28/1906
CPR has two wharves in town.
Shaughnessy's, Wheelock's and Thompson's in town to open cottages.
Sir William's summer home on Minister's Island robbed.
When Lady Van Horne and Miss Van Horne opened their summer residence on Minister's Island, on Tuesday, they were astonished to find their linen closet emptied, also almost all the silver in their silver closet taken away. The value of the linen alone was about $700, so that probably in all $1000 worth of goods had been stolen. When it was taken nobody knows. The closets were securely locked when the house was closed, and they were found locked when the house was re-opened. Mr. Clark, the gardener, inspected the house every day, and never saw any signs of the closets being tampered with. Whoever did it must have been an expert in the business.
Electric Light referendum defeated by one vote. "Thus endeth the electric light incident."
Beacon
July 5/1906
Piece on industries of St. Croix. Says Porter's Mill, first of local sawmills, handled ever-increasing lumbering business until 1875, when a decline set in. All mills cut 100 million annual feet at highest. Many of other mills sprang up. Daniel Moore owner. 35 million feet this year. 25 million for pulp.
"Have you lived here all your life?" quoth a summer maid of a native. "Not yet," was the laconic rejoinder. Further inquiry ceased.
By a vote of 90 to 80 townspeople have decided against an electric street lighting system—Fredericton Herald
The Van Horne Robber
Robbers Showed Unusual Taste in Selection
No clue has yet been formed to the robbers who despoiled Sir William's summer residence on Minister's Island. It is thought that whoever did it must have had a good knowledge of the house, and they must also have had a good assortment of keys with them, as nearly every door has a different lock, and almost every door had been opened by the burglars and locked again. Why they should take this precaution is not clear, unless it was to prevent an earlier discovery of the robbery by the gardener, who inspected the house every day.
The character of the goods taken is not such as the ordinary burglar would trouble himself with. How burglars are there who would burden themselves with $400 worth of linen, nearly every piece of which would be marked with the owner's stamp? Or what burglar is it that would take a lot of private writing paper bearing the "Van Horne" stamp upon it? Yet that is what this burglar did, for he or she took nearly all of Sir William's private writing paper and left behind in the same drawer a fine pair of field glasses. The case had apparently been taken out and returned to the drawer again.
The silver taken was not of a costly character, the solid silver having been removed to Montreal when the house was closed.
Another peculiarity about the robbery is that some rolls of butter that had been left in the refrigerator were taken.
It is the general belief that the robbers landed in a boat on the back of the island and carried their plunder off by the same way.
Stylish Turnouts
Some very stylish horses and handsome equipages may be seen about St. Andrews streets now. Mr. George B. Hopkins, of New York, has a handsome pair of high-stepping American hackneys. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy has sent three horses from Montreal; C. R. Hosmer, three; F. W. Thompson, three; Clarence McCuaig, two; Mortimer Davis, three; Morris Davis, two; Mr. Evens, two. The greater number of these horses are at Mr. Russell's new stable. Two are quartered in the Cummings barn.
Beacon
July 12/1906
St. Andrews has 90 telephone subscribers on Exchange.
Beacon
July 19/1906
The continued absence of sardines is being severely felt by people in this County as well as in the adjoining County of Washington. Maine. Never perhaps in the history of the sardine herring industry have the little fish remained so long off shore. It would be difficult say what are the responsible causes. Some attribute the scarcity of sardines to the presence of dogfish and pollock which are very numerous close along the shore, and which prevent the herring from entering upon their accustomed haunts. The noise caused by the many motorboats that are continually moving about and the too frequent use of dynamite are among the other reasons that are assigned. [there has been a great deal of dynamiting of Pollock in recent years, and much discussion of the ethics of this practice] [but by July 26 the schools have reached shore and are being taken in large numbers]
First signs of elm disease in Sherbrooke. Under Secretary for the Colonies Hon. Winston Churchill.
J. F. Worrell, who has been practicing dentistry in St. Andrews for a few years (not full-time; he has an office here which he visits) graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
Beacon
July 26/1906
The Welchpool Arms at Campobello is coming in for extensive repairs and additions, a new story being added and a number of extra rooms will be had. Eastport Sentinel
M. E. Davis (Mortimer?) registered at Algonquin.
Beacon
Aug 2/1906
At Last, the Sea Serpent
Seen In St. Andrews Bay on Thursday Last
The sea serpent has arrived!
There is no longer any doubt about his serpentine majesty holding court in Quoddy waters. On Thursday evening last, about 7 o'clock, the great serpent was seen by light-keeper Theobald Rooney disporting himself quite close to the Sand Reef Light. He had driven two schools of herring ahead of him in the direction of the Holmes weir, when his attention seemed to be suddenly drawn towards the lighthouse. He moved around quietly for a while, and having satisfied his curiosity, stated off in the direction of Clam Cove head.
Keeper Rooney looked at the serpent trough his glasses and judged he was between twenty-five and thirty feet long. The head was small and kept up a bobbing motion. That part of the body that was visible looked about the size of a large weir stake. Mr. Rooney at first thought it was a shark, but he could see no fin such as shark have in their back. As the serpent moved out of his range of vision he flipped up his tail in a "bye-bye" sort of way and then glided out of sight.
This not the first sea snake Mr. Rooney has seen in St. Andrews Bay. Several years ago, a large one appeared before him and other local fishermen and made a great noise as it scudded through the water. The serpent he saw on Thursday night was moving along in less strenuous fashion and made no noise whatever. Mr. Rooney is a reliable man who is not given to seeing "snakes" other than sea serpents.
Sir William Van Horne
Thinks Saint John is Moving Too Slowly
Montreal Herald
"The port of Saint John will have to brace up if it expects to be the sailing terminal of the Empresses next winter."
Sir William Van Horne hinted, in an interview given yesterday on his return from the Maritime provinces and New York, that he was not at all satisfied with the way things were going. He said that at present the harbor is not deep enough to accommodate these huge boats, while the wharves are also too short. Efforts were being made by the Saint John people to rectify these conditions. But when he visited the place he found most of the work shut down, owing to broken machinery and other sources of delay. He hinted that it might yet become necessary for the CPR boats to use Halifax as a winter port of call.
Sir William Van Horne spoke of the difficulty the railways are experiencing in finding employees in the West, and deprecated any restrictions on immigration at the demand of organized labor or anyone else. There was plenty of room in Canada for all who would work.
Golf Notes—The situation of the new Golf Club house has not been satisfactory to the players and this week the Club's effects were removed to the old building. In the winter the new building will be moved over alongside the old one.
Beacon
Aug 9/1906
The Van Horne farm
Seen through eyes of a visitor
On Thursday morning we boarded the staunch, smooth-sailing and well managed boat "Henry F. Eaton" for a trip to St. Andrews. We noticed Col. J. D. Chipman and wife and the Methodist Sunday School and parents numbering two hundred and fifty-three in all, coming on board for their annual picnic, which was held in a suburban spot of the Shiretown.
The day was fine, and warm, and the party made the round trip without accident and delighted with the outing. Col. Chipman is the popular Supt., and he can call any of the children by name readily when he meets them. He is often called "Jack," being so well known, and having so many friends throughout the St. Croix Valley, and seems to wear a blander and sweeter smile when saluted as Jack than Colonel.
Mr. and Mrs. Chipman are great church workers in all its departments. He has established a good chorus choir in the church, making at present young Moore chorister, but Mr. Chipman is always there to assist the choir when at home. We can speak of their choir reference from an experience of many years, and can truly say that to run a volunteer chorus choir successfully as Mr. Chipman has done is an arduous task, and requires a level head.
Arriving at St. Andrews, in company with W. H. Stevens we called on the genial editor of the Beacon, who received us most cordially. After a brief conversation, he asked, "anything special"! We replied "No! We called to renew our subscriptions to the newsy Beacon." After requesting him to deal gently with the bald-headed men of our district, among whom we are included, we left for other scenes of interest bidding the editor a pleasant good day.
Some one possessing more zeal than wisdom has said "nine tailors make a man." We take exception to this statement in two localities at least, namely, in St. Andrews, and St. Stephen, where we are confident the assertion will not bear analysis. For the tailors in these localities are first-class, progressive and well informed as to farming and breeding generally, and other leading industries. At any rate we were convinced of this fact when S. McConkey, of St. Stephen, on Thursday, procured a team from the well-equipped livery of W. E. Mallory, taking with him two of his friends, one a farmer of long experience, the other a progressive horseman, to Ministers Island, now chiefly the property of Sir William Van Horne, where scenery and environments are grand, to some of which we will briefly refer.
From the Andrews home and the Van Horne residence there is a good view of St. Andrews harbour which is fine at high water, but at low water the bar is exposed, which reveals an obstruction, but the Government dredge is there, and will without doubt make a passage through for steam boats and vessels which shortens the trip to and from St. Andrews and St. Stephen considerably. St. Andrews is laid out in squares and the roads are in good condition, and will be kept in good order without a doubt as it is now becoming a progressive town with an efficient mayor and council, and competent officials. Good order must prevail, and everything kept in good condition. After satisfying the eye from nature's observatory in and around the Shiretown, we direct our attention first to the cattle.
On entering the commodious stables, we found the men all busy, some unloading hay and others at their daily routine. The stock is stabled every night, and the stables are kept as clean as a parlor, no odor perceptible from any of them. On entering we were met by James Fitzsimmons, who has charge of stock and stables, and a fine, intelligent dog of 150 pounds by his side. The dog viewed us sharply as we approached, keeping a little in advance of Fitzsimmons, who whispered something to him we thought the told the dog they're from St. Stephen and are all right. At any rate we let Mr. McConkey keep the lead, and the dog seemed satisfied, going the rounds with us, listening to what was going on, and when we were making a note here and there watched us as though he would like to be included. It would be dangerous for a tramp to enter the premises.
The first shown was the Dutch belted and French-Canadian cattle, of which there are forty head, all the belted wearing nature's uniform, a white belt around the body. As they were driven from the field to the paddock, they presented a fine appearance. The Dutch belted bull weighed 2100 pounds, and a noble-looking animal, and has always been kind, his caretaker says. The French Canadian bull is also a beautiful animal, with horns growing from each side of the head, and extending forward and upward in symmetrical form, while the Dutch Belted's horns extend directly from each side of the head, so that the caretaker must look out for side issues when they swing the head to either side suddenly. The man in charge of the cattle says they are all very quiet, and receive kind treatment, and he has no difficulty in managing them.
We next viewed the piggery which was kept in fine order. Our chaperon says, "Where are the pigs"? I'll show you," says the super, giving the call and throwing some feed in the box. They responded promptly, 40 red Tamworths, very choice pigs; their weight when killed in the winter averages nearly 500 pounds.
Our attention was next directed to the hennery which was a well-equipped department. The hens occupy the lower flat, except when they lay they go to the second story where each hen as a box and always occupies it. These boxes are arranged in order around the room. There are at present one hundred and fifty hens I should think of all kinds and the very choicest.
The Clyde stallion, weighing 1670 pounds, was at the Islands on service. There were 11 horse kind, 6 horses, and five colts of the working and profitable class, good general purpose horses.
Two windmills are used in connection with the work of the stable and all the farming machinery is of the improved kind. 2 silos are used which store three hundred and fifty tons of feed. There is at present in one silo 175 tons of feed in good order. Everything about the farm is in good condition. The roadway around the island is three miles long and is in excellent condition. The view from the veranda of Sir William's residence of the bay is fine, most invigorating. It is a delightful place to spend the summer. Time and space will not allow us to go further into details. We close with thanks to the men in charge for kindness shown us.
Ad for Worrell, dentist, in Eastport.
Beacon
Aug 16/1906
Eastport canneries substantially down over the previous year.
A number of camping parties in town.
Beacon
Aug 23/1906
The Sea Serpent Again
Capt. Miah Mitchell Sees His Snakeship
Another reputable boatman has come forward to testify to the existence of a sea serpent, or something of that nature, in St. Andrews Bay.
Capt. Miah Mitchell, sailing master for Mr. J. Howe Allen, of East Orange, New Jersey, is the last man to make the acquaintance of the big snake. "I was skipping along with a nice breeze on Thursday afternoon," said Capt. Mitchell, "when I saw something ahead of me about a quarter of a mile from the Sand Reef Light house which attracted my attention. It seemed to me about thirty feet long and was leaving a wake behind it such as would be caused by a boat in motion. I got within twenty feet of it when it suddenly became aware of my presence. Lifting its head, which seemed to be about the size of a barrel and greyish-brown in color, it looked about from side to side, and then with a rush it was off in the direction of Clam Cove head. Talk about speed, there isn't a gasoline boat in Quoddy that could hold a candle to this sea serpent. The 'Evelyn' wasn't in it at all. I have seen many fish in my day," remarked Capt. Mitchell, "but I have never seen anything like this before and don't expect to again."
Asked if Mr. Allen had seen the monster, Capt. Mitchell said that Mr. Allen was sleeping in the cabin at the time and he didn't care to wake him, fearing that the thing would be out of sight when he got up and he would have the laugh on him.
The finest set of photographic views of St. Andrews that has yet been issued by Messrs. Notman and Son, of Montreal. The photographs were taken this season and include the best bits of scenery about the town. The views may be seen at Wren's Drug Store.
(The date on the back of these photographs is 1905)
The Procession of the Flowers
Covenhoven—the beautiful country seat of Sir William Van Horne, is looking more beautiful than ever this season. With that courtliness which has ever characterized him, Sir William has always permitted the visitors to St. Andrews to share with him the beauties of his estate, —hence no drive is considered complete unless it has included a visit to Minister's Island. The "procession of the flowers"—which someone has aptly termed the enchanting stretches of flowers which border the roadway on tier hand,—is worth going many miles to see. One beautiful flower after another joins the "procession" as you drive along until the senses become intoxicated with there are colorings and fragrant perfumes. Almost every flower that blooms in the temperate zone has its representative in this lovely procession. Besides being a successful floriculturist, Sir William has met with great success as a horticulturist, his gardens being among the finest in the lower provinces.
Delighted with St. Andrews
Mr. A. McKim, the well known advertising expert of Montreal, was in St. Andrews last week. He dined at the Algonquin, lunched with Sir William Van Horne, inspected Sir William's great stock barn, played on the St. Andrews golf links, took an auto spin to St. Stephen wit J. E. Ganong, and visited The Beacon. What wonder then that he should have expressed himself delighted with the Quoddy region! He thought St. Andrews the most charming summer resort he had ever visited.
Beacon
Aug 30/1906
Photo of Greenock with Algonquin behind it. From K. C. Cockburn's "History of Greenock Church, St. Andrews." New wing visible? (I think this article appeared in Acadiensis)
Raymond Party at Algonquin for a few days.
Globe—Algonquin has had record year and will probably be enlarged in near future. Large number of Montrealers presently visiting.
Beacon
Sept 6/1906
The New Van Horne Yacht
The government steamer Lansdowne ran into St. Andrews harbor on Thursday evening last, having in tow Sir William's Van Horne's new pleasure boat, the "Covenhoven," which was recently built to his order in Southampton, England. The yacht was coming down from Saint John on her own engines, when the batteries gave out. A trysail was put up and she was slowly working down the bay when the Lansdowne hove in sight. Capt. Bissett, seeing the yacht's predicament, at once offered his services and they were eagerly accepted. The Covenhoven is a very comfortable steamer 40 feet in length and 8 feet, 6 inches in breadth. Though designed more for comfort than good looks, she is very speedy, and with her 25 horsepower Parsons engine will be able, it is said, to rattle off a twelve-knot clip. The boat has since undergone some slight repairs at the hands of Mr. Fred Leeman, having been strained on the passage out from "England.
Beacon
Sept 13/1906
The attempts that are being made by Maine sardine packers to force the weir fishermen of Charlotte County to accept a price for the raw product below the paying limit wills serve to give strength to the agitation which was started some time ago looking over the establishment of the sardine factories on the Canadian side of the line. Details
The old foundry building, which was recently bought by Albert Denley, has been removed. C. L. McKeen has purchased the building that was on the front of the foundry lot. He will move it to another to another location.
Beacon
Sept 20/1906
Mr. R. B. Van Horne's trim little yacht "Uvira" has been able to show a clean pair of heels to everything that she has been up against in Quoddy waters this season. She is still sailing the waters blue.
It is feared in Saint John that the new steamer berths for which dredging and wharf building have been going on for some months, will not be ready for use this winter. This will be a great disappointment, if not a serious financial loss to the city.
Algonquin closed. Plans—addition to kitchen, piers or walls under building and cottages.
Beacon
Sept 27/1906
Saint John is to be honored by having the big CPR Empress steamers this winter. The Allan Line will run only to Halifax. The CPR liners will carry mails direct to Saint John.
Mr. C. L. McKeen has a number of men employed in placing sills under the foundry building recently purchased for Leavitt Brothers, the Clam Dealers. The building is to be placed upon the Ross property, between the two steamer wharves. It will be used as a clam factory after it gets in position.
Beacon
Oct 4/1906
A Yachtsman's Paradise
St. Andrews Possesses Ideal Conditions
There is no finer field anywhere for yachtsmen," remarked Mr. G. B. Hopkins, of the New York Yacht Club, to the Beacon, "than St. Andrews Bay and its tributary waters. Once outside the inner harbour of St. Andrews and you have the whole broad bay about you to sail wherever the wind may best carry you. You may go to the west, or you can go south out into the broader Bay of Fundy. There is no other place, and I have travelled a good deal, where such conditions prevail."
Whoppers From Clibrig
The editor has tried all summer with a fair degree of success to keep a level head, but when he entered his office the other day and found lying on his desk two mysterious objects, which looked like a cross between a huge trombone and a mammoth pumpkin, he felt included to pinch himself to see if he was sober or if he was not suffering from some form of optical hysteria. Having satisfied himself on these points he cautiously approached the objects to see that they were two tremendous Livingston squash which had been raised on Clibrig, Senator MacKay's farm, by Supt. McQuoid. As an indication of the big things that are to follow from the Senator's coming amongst, us, they are certain, "whoppers."
Beacon
Oct 11/1906
Government will Assist
St. Andrews promised Aid for Deep Water Wharf
The Provincial government has decided that the bonus of 41,000 a year for 20 years which was granted to the people of St. Andrews for wharf purposes in the Act passed in 1891 is still in force and that under that Act it will extend such assistance to the people of the town as they may need in constructing a deep water wharf in the inner harbor.
This decision was reached on Wednesday morning last when the delegates from the town council of St. Andrews presented the petition of that body to the government at Fredericton.
R. E. Armstrong read and presented the case for the town, Mr. George M. Byron supporting him.
Mr. Armstrong was one of the original delegates when the matter was laid before the government in 1891. At that time, St. Andrews seemed so near the fruition of its hopes as a winter port for Canada that the people of St. Andrews went before the local government and asked for an appropriation of $40,000 to enable them to construct a deep-water wharf for ocean steamers. The government of that day favored the idea but in making the grant divided it between St. Andrews and the Ledge, giving $20,000 to each. In 1898 the town of St. Stephen succeeded in securing the passage of an Act whereby $6000 of the sum voted for the ledge was diverted to the erection for a public wharf at St. Stephen and $2000 for the purchase and repair of the Eaton wharf in the parish of Dufferin. In consideration of these concessions the section of the Act relating to The Ledge was repealed. The St. Andrews people never made application for the $20,000 that was vested in their name until the present time, when the government, recognizing the justice of the claim, decided to extend such aid to them as would be necessary.
11 stone piers placed under Algonquin. 25 to 30 under each of cottages.
Mr. C. L. McKeen is moving the foundry building to its new site near the steamboat wharf, where it will be used as a clam factory.
The Summer Visitors in Maine—According to the reckoning of Col. F. E. Boothby of the Maine Central railroad the summer visitor has left an even million dollars more in Maine this year than last, or at least $16,000,000 this season. He is authority also for the statement that a list of 1640 arrivals by automobile has been registered at one in the vicinity of Portland up to the end of Sept. It will be seen that the families of Maine are each over $100 "to the good" when the summer visitors' spendings are averaged among the entire population of the State. Maine Farmer.
Sir William Van Horne
When Sir William arose to address the Canadian Pacific shareholders the other day, he stood almost directly beneath the fine portrait that was painted of him over 15 years ago by Wyatt Eaton, the gifted Canadian artist. Mr. Eaton passed away some time ago, but the fleeting years have been knid to Sir William, and it was remarked by almost everyone that he looked scarcely a day older than he did in the portrait. The beard was a little whiter, but that was all. And Sir William leads what President Roosevelt would consider the strenuous life. He works hard, smokes hard, and sleeps little.
Beacon
Oct 18/1906
A resolution was passed naming the council as a committee with the mayor as chairman, to procure a plan and estimate for the proposed wharf extension and secure the necessary permission from the Dominion government to erect the same. The Mayor was given authority to employ an engineer to draw a sewer plan of the town.
It was ordered that the Alms House Commissioners be advised to purchase only one horse for the fair.
Beacon
October 25, 1906
Sardine Business
The closing of several of the large sardine factories of Eastport and Lube indicates a general closing before many days of all the Maine canneries. The season has not been a satisfactory one for either the fishermen or the packer. The latter was handicapped through having large part for the previous season's pack on the market unsold, and as the quality was below the standard it made it exceedingly difficult work off the new season's pack, even though the assurance has been given that the quality was of higher average. On the other hand, the fishermen have had not only to contend with a great scarcity of fish at the early part of the season, but also had to bear his share of the burdens of loss to the packers by reason of the unsaleability of their 1905 pack, a responsibility that he ought not to bear. He has also suffered in pocket by reason of the low price offered by the packers. The experience of this season should teach the fisher me that they must look to other quarters than Eastport and Lubec for the sale of the product. It was in anticipation of such a condition that the sardine commission appointed by the Dominion government in 1803 incorporate the following recommendation in their report:—
That every legitimate effort should at once be made by the government to secure for Canada the manufacture of the raw materials from the sardine fishery, and with a view to the general development of the fisheries of Canada, that a bureau be established in connection with the Department of marine and Fisheries, and that an agent be appointed to such populous centres as many be to deemed advisable, the special duties of whom shall be the ascertaining and securing of outside markets for the product of the Canadian fisheries and the dissemination of information regarding the trade possibilities of Canada in respect thereto.
This recommendation has not yet been acted upon, but it should be. There are doubtless many markets open to our fish if they were sought out and the way paved for our fishermen to get there with their product. The government, and not the fishermen, is the proper party to bear the expense of such exploitation.
Canada should keep her pulpwood at home, says Sir William Van Horne. Yes, and her pulp too. It should all be manufactured in Canada.
Beacon
Oct 25, 1906
Hulk Removed
There was no moaning when the hulk of the old derelict H. V. Crandall put out to sea on Saturday last, but there was considerable groaning and grinding before the tug Lord Roberts could persuade her to leave the sandy bed where she had been sleeping for the past seventeen years. [since 1889] With the assistance of some airtight puncheons she was towed across to a secluded spot alongside the island where she may spend the evening of her days in peace. Her removal from the beach will improve the appearance of the slip, even though it will deprive the artist of a favorite subject for his pencil or camera. [so it would seem that MacKay's photo was of the ship, not the foundry, and meant as a picturesque object for sale]
Beacon
Nov 15/1906
Annie Campbell of Elm Corner was tutor while in San Francisco of Randolph Hurst's son William, then ten years old.
Beacon
Nov 22/1906
Acetylene gas buoys coming online. Some explode.
Beacon
Nov 29/1906
Large boiler for clam factory hauled down from Calais by Dinsmore's fur-horse team on Monday.