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St. Croix Courier
Jan 12/1911
Account of life and death of B. F. DeWolfe. Interesting piece on varied business interests and connections. Related to Hartt's. See also Beacon for obit same date.
Beacon
Jan 5, 1911
Sir William Van Horne, who returned from Cuba a few days ago, has just received the regrettable tiding that Mr. James Yule, the manager of his famous six thousand dollar stock farm at East Selkirk, Manitoba, is dangerously ill, having been stricken with epilepsy.—Montreal Star.
Beacon
Jan 12/1911
Death of Mr. B. F. DeWolfe
Mr. DeWolfe began business as a boy in the grocery store of J. R. Bradford. A few years afterwards he established a grocery business of his own, which proved very successful. He subsequently promoted and managed with much success the Deer Island and Campobello Steamboat Company. Upon retirement from this Company he sold out his wharf to the CPR. For a time he was partner with Albert Denley in the livery stable business. He sold out his interest in this business and went to Portland, Oregon. Upon his return be bought the old Street Building on Water Street, erected a wharf and started a coal business. This he was prosecuting at the time of his death.
Venus is inhabited. Prof. See says so. He claims the accepted theories on cosmical evolution are vitiated by a false premise to the effect that planets have been detached from the sun by acceleration of rotation when the matter of this globe was originally expanded into a nebula filling their orbits and rotating in the equilibrium under conditions of hydrostatic pressure. Surely this is proof enough.
Two men who waked from Fredericton this week expecting to get employment of the water works had to be cared for at the Town Home, as they were without funds. The contractors are now cutting down their crews and are not employing new hands. This week several Bulgarians were allowed to leave.
Beacon
Jan 19/1911
A Clydesdale mare, valued at $1000, died at Sir William Van Horne's farm last week.
St. Andrews' business reviving—new CPR wharf, new Dominion Gov't wharf, for general and local traffic, respectively. Dredging now deepening entrance to inner harbour. Eastern Steamship Co. has asked govt. to lower channels to 20 feet at low tide; further suggested that deep water pier in outer harbour, where 30 feet available, be erected. [but herring, cod and haddock business has fallen far behind this year]
Capitalists such as Van Horne, Shaughnessy, Hosmer, Markey, Smith, Thompson and MacKay have extensive holdings here. 100,000 wing on Algonquin. Water system being erected. "All the signs portend a period of exceptional development in the neighbourhood of St. Andrews." Article follows with other local news.
Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. Ltd. Appointed Miller to His Majesty King George of England. C. R. Hosmer and F. W. Thompson—president and vice-president. But doesn't include right to wear silk-stockings, plush knee breeches, and right to walk in coronation procession.
CPR has formally taken over New Brunswick Southern on long lease.
Beacon Jan 26/1911
New Brunswick Waking Up Industrially
Montreal Herald. Sir William Van Horne is on the directorate of the Grand Falls Power Company, which has secured the rights of a rival company and is now organized to go on, it is stated, with the development of great pulp and paper industries at Grand Falls. A number of large industrial projects in different parts of New Brunswick promise to give a decided impetus to general business this year. There are, for example, the iron mines in Gloucester County, the oil and gas wells in Albert, the coal fields in Queen's, and the railways under construction or likely to take practical shape. All of this, of course, in advance of the great developments at St. John. In short, the whole Province of New Brunswick is waking up.
Runaway
Capt. Clark's horse started on a run down McLean's hill at breakneck speed yesterday morning, with the reins dragging the ground and the only occupant of the wagon the captain's little daughter, Miss Marjorie. The animal turned Hartford's corner with a rush, the wheel just grazing the telephone pole. Nearing Kennedy's hotel, Henry McQuoid leaped in the wagon and reaching out after the reins, brought the horse to a standstill, without any injury being done.
Beacon
Feb 2/1911
A most beautiful booklet descriptive of The Inn, St. Andrews, has been published by the advertising department of the CPR. The cover pages, daintily printed in several colors, are most attractive. The first page illustration shows the entrance to The Inn, with its old-fashioned English swinging signboard. On the back page appears an illustration of the bird-house at The Inn, with the sail-dotted waters of the Passamaquoddy beyond. The inside illustrations and letter press are printed on a light green background, which is most effective. The rustic entrance makes a fitting frontispiece. Then follow pictures of The Inn, the Lighthouse, the Eastport and Saint John boats, the parlours, the drawing room, good roads, boating, the fire-place, the turnstile, golfing, children playing on the sand beach, a view of the town from Navy Island, a Water Street scene, the Algonquin Hotel, a weir fishing scene and a variety of other land and water sketches. The letter press is just as "fetching" as the rest of the booklet. This work has been done und the direction of Mr. W. T. Robson, general advertising agent, and does infinite credit to him.
Beacon
Feb 9/1911
H. M. Merriman has left hand amputated in New York.
Mrs. Walter Morris
The death occurred in Saint John hospital on Tuesday afternoon, of Mrs. Maria Morris, who passed away a few months ago. The deceased, who had been enjoying fairly good health, was taken ill a fortnight ago. As she continued to grow worse, an operation was decided upon. Last Wednesday, in company with Dr. Thomas Walker and her daughter, Miss Lillian Morris, who is a professional nurse, she was taken to the general hospital, St. John, where an operation was performed. She seemed to improve for a day or two after the operation, but on Monday her condition grew critical and on Tuesday afternoon death intervened and her sufferings came to an end. The deceased was 78 years old. She was the daughter of the late David Jack, who was prominent in the life of St. Andrews for many years. The late William and Henry Jack, of St. John, and the late Edward jack, of Fredericton, were brothers. Another brother, R. Melville Jack, C.E., resides in Sydney. He is the only surviving member of the Jack family. Mrs. Morris is survived by two daughters, Misses Lillian and May Morris. Bereft of both parents within a few months, very general sympathy is expressed for them. The body will arrive here on today's train and interment will take place therefrom. The church service will be held in St. John.
St. Andrews Rural Cemetery
Walter B. 1836 - 1910 / His wife / Maria 1832 - 1911 / Walter E.1870 - 1873 / Lilian Hope 1872 - 1953 / Marian Margaret 1874 - 1962 / Bessie E. JACK 1865 - 1903 / MORRIS
Sacred / To the Memory of / Rebecca R. JACK late / Consort of David W. JACK / Who died Jan. 20, 1828 / Aged 59 yrs / R.J. [footstone]
In Memory of / Charles St. Stephen / Son of David & Rebecca JACK / Who died / 4th September 1819 aged 7 months / [epitaph]
JACK: David William Jack b. 25 Feb 1785 at Cooper Fife, Scotland: came to NB in
1802 and settled in St. Andrews, Charlotte County: m. (1st) 10 Dec 1810 Rebecca
Russell Wyer b. 22 Jul 1788, died 30 Jan 1828, d/o Thomas Wyer, a Loyalist of
Charlestown, MA and St. Andrews, NB, and his second wife Mary Hunt: m. (2nd) 21
Sep 1829 Mary Wyer born c1802 in NB, sister of Rebecca:
Children of first wife:
1) William Jack born 27 Sep 1811, died 1 Oct 1886, married Emma Carleton
Kenah d/o Joseph Kenah and Mary Allen: they had eleven children:
2) Thomas Jack born 19 May 1813, died 5 Sep 1833:
3) Margaret Jack born 20 Apr 1815, died 2 Jan 1869:
4) Alexander Jack born 29 Apr 1817, d. 28 Jan 1833:
5) Charles St. Stephen Jack b. 31 Jan 1819, d. 9 Sep 1819:
6) Mary Jack born 17 Aug 1820, died 7 Sep 1820:
7) Elizabeth Jack born 13 Oct 1821, m. J.T. Nevill:
8) Henry Jack b. 11 May 1824, died 28 Oct 1884, m. Jun 1862 at Gagetown, NB,
Annie Carmichael Johnston b. 17 Dec 1840, d. 20 Nov 1882, youngest d/o Hugh
Johnston settled in Saint John: had six children:
9) Edward Jack b. 8 Apr 1826, d. unmarried 31 Dec 1895:
Children of second wife:
10) Mary Rebecca Jack born 21 Nov 1830, d. 9 Dec 1830:
11) Maria Jack (twin) b. 15 Mar 1832: (this woman was the wife of Walter Morris)
12) Jane Jack (twin) b. 15 Mar 1832, d. 25 Mar 1832:
13) Laura Jack b. 7 Feb 1834, d 1 Sep 1895:
14) George Cecil Jack b. 15 Sep 1835, d. 30 Dec 1835:
15) Robert Melville Jack b. 5 May 1837:
16) David Jack b. 5 Mar 1840, died 9 Mar 1840.
Sources: MC80/338 I. Allen Jack's Biographical Review, pages 9-10, 428-431: Mary
Allen was a daughter of Isaac Allen, a Loyalist from New Jersey: see also MC80/360
Acadiensis: Vol III, No. 4, Oct 1903, Old Burial Ground, St. Andrews, pages 285-
286: see also MC80/467 David R. Jack's History of Saint Andrew's Church, Saint
John, NB, pages 333 to 335: see RS184 New Brunswick Museum Vertical files, Jack
family: William Jack and Emma Carleton, microfilm F11085, 6 pages: see also New
Brunswick Museum: Markham scrapbooks: The Jack family on microfilm F10048,
pages 109-112.
Dr. John Cassils Cockburn
"Friend after friend departs; who hath not lost a friend?" On Monday morning, the sad news was telegraphed to St. Andrews that Dr. John Cassils Cockburn, eldest brother of Judge M. N. Cockburn, and Edward A. Cockburn, St. Andrews, and Mrs. Susan Boyd, of Calais, had died in Minnesota on Sunday, following a protracted illness. Dr. Cockburn was the eldest son of the late Robert and Susan Cockburn. He was born at Elmsville in October, 1842. He took a course in the Provincial Normal School, St. John, and taught school for several years. He was two years on Campobello as a teacher. While three he took up the study of medicine with Dr. Tupper, who was practicing in Lubec, afterwards completing his medical course at Harvard, graduating from there in 1873. After graduating he spent two years in the Hospital for the Insane, at Concord, N.H. He came to St. Andrews in 1875, practiced here for a year or more and was senior partner of the drug firm of Cockburn Bros. He then went to Canterbury, where he practiced 5 years. In 1881 he removed to Zumbrota, Minn., where he formed a partnership with his old preceptor Dr. Tupper. This partnership continued until 1883, when he removed to Minneapolis, where he has since remained. For several years he held the office of city physician. In September, 1878, he was married to Miss Annie C. Clark, of Concord, N. H.; two daughters and a son where born to them, all of whom are still living. The deceased was a prominent member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow orders. He was a big, generous hearted man, of a bright, genial disposition, and made friends wherever he went. His death has been a sad blow to his brothers and sister, by whom he was greatly beloved. Dr. Cockburn visited St. Andrews last season. He was then in poor health, but improved somewhat as a result of his visit. Three weeks ago he was compelled to take to his bed, and though he had the benefit of the best medical skill, he gradually grew worse. Interment took place in Minneapolis.
Beacon
Feb 16/1911
A Settlement Effected
Between the Two and parish of St. Andrews
Legislation is being asked to confirm an agreement entered into between the town and parish of St. Andrews with respect to the disposition of lands and other property held jointly by the two prior to incorporation and which have remained undivided up to the present time. The lands involved are the western commons, the school lands and the Alms House property. The town and parish will continue to hold jointly the commons and school lands, dividing their interests on a basis of 7:45 to the town and 1:25 to the parish. In the case of the Alms House property, the parish for a stipulated sum relinquishes all its interest therein, the town assuming full control of lands, buildings and chattel property. The arrangement is a good one for both parties and will tend to remove any friction which might exist between the two communities.
Suit Against Sir William
Winnipeg, Feb. 7. A statement of claim in the action of the Attorney General of Canada against Sir William Van Horne has been filed in court here. The object is to cancel the patent issued in 1899 for fourteen acres of land near East Selkirk, Manitoba. The claim is made that the patent was issued to Sir William through error and improvidence. The plot was occupied at the time by Isaac Pickett, who has retained possession as a squatter. Sir William will not consent to have the sale set aside.
Reciprocity Issue now frequently in news.
Wound Up Company
The St. Andrews Company Limited, which obtained a charter from the local government a few years ago, covering almost everything on the face of the earth and in the waters of the ocean, met on Thursday last, in the Persons of Messr. Francis P. McColl. G. D. Grimmer, G. J. Clark, Nelson M. Clark and J. T. Whitlock, and decided to wind up the Company's affairs.
Beacon
Feb 23/1911
Motor for waterworks to be 50 hp gasoline-powered pumping 400 gals per minute. Pump house to be put alongside track where water pipes enter Senator MacKay's property. Water will flow to that point by gravity. Then forced up to reservoir on Hume's Hill, then on the highest point in town.
HRH Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Governor General: 1911 - 1916 Appointed: March 6, 1911 Sworn in: October 13, 1911, Quebec City Born: May 1, 1850, Buckingham Palace, London, England Died: January 16, 1942
Beacon
March 16/1911
Sir William Likes Men Who Do Their Duty
Sir William Van Horne has gone to England. It is rumoured that the object of his visit is to finance the Grand Falls pulp scheme. The Saint John Times, in speaking of his departure from that port, says of Sir William:—
"An incident that gives an insight into the character of the man, occurred as he was walking from the train to the steamer, smoking a cigar. A policeman stepped up to him and politely informed him that smoking was not allowed on the docks. Sir William promptly threw away his cigar. When a reporter who was with him remarked that the policeman evidently did not recognize him, he replied curtly: "He was perfectly right. That's what we pay him for."
In open letter to town, Armstrong urges Trade and Improvement Club, as per 15 years ago.
A Power Bill
A bill to incorporate the New Brunswick Hydro-Electric Power Company has been presented to the provincial Legislature. The provisional directors are Messrs. Charles H. Easson, Walter E. Foster and Percy A. Thomson of Saint John, and Herbert H. Beck of Toronto. The company asks for power to generate hydraulic power and electric light, and heat at the Lepreaux River and at such other places in Charlotte and Saint John counties as they may deem desirable, and deal within these counties in hydraulic and electric power and electric cheat and light, to acquire water powers at Lepreaux river and other places in Saint John and Charlotte counties and all lands, water rights, etc., necessary for the operations of the Company, etc.
The Exchange Hotel of which Bismarck Dick is the proprietor, is being well patronised.
Rural Cemetery Burial
Charles Norris
Age 66, Cook
Lot 144A
March 22, 1911
Beacon
March 23/1911
Charles Norris
Mr. Charles H. Norris, whose death occurred on Monday last, had been for 32 years a resident of St. Andrews. (1879) The greater part of this time he had spent as chef at Kennedy's hotel. Born in Maryland 67 years ago (1844), he took part in the Civil War of the United States and at the time of his death was in receipt of a pension from the U. S. Government. He was a quiet, industrious, model citizen. He is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter. His funeral took place yesterday afternoon.
Beacon
March 30/1911
Alexander Gibson, now 91, favours reciprocity with US, the big news item in the papers.
Beacon
April 13/1911
The Water Works
The last cut is now being finished at Chamcook Lake. The foundation for the pumping station has been laid. This week the reservoir will be begun. The contractors say they can finish up in a month.
Beacon
April 20/1911
How the town may be improved: "If every citizen would regard it as his duty to keep his own premises clean and attractive; if he would keep his outbuildings neat and not offend his neighbours and the public anymore than is necessary by ill-smelling and ill-appearing barns, poultry houses, piggeries and such like . . . . Unfortunately, there are a few people who seem to think that it is nobody's business but their own whether their own premises are in a disorderly condition. These are people who have to be educated up to their duties as citizens."
Beacon
April 27/1911
Photo of Water Street
Reciprocity adopted by Congress.
Beacon
May 4/1911
Improvement Society meets. Resolves to purchase 50 shade trees.
Sir William Van Horne's new vinery on Minister's Island is an immense glass and stone structure and resembles a miniature "crystal palace."
The summer interests of Campobello continue to prosper. This season there will be two new summer homes,—one a very pretty bungalow, which is nearly completed, for Mrs. Brooks, of Baltimore, and the other a pretty summer dwelling, which has just been started for Mrs. Johnson, also of Baltimore. These cottages are being built by Townsend and Trecarten
The double cottage, which Sir Thomas Shaughnessy has had built at the head of town for his coachmen, is a model of neatness and comfort, and a most creditable addition to the town's homes. A commodious barn, fitted up in the most complete fashion, even to a pair of roosters on the weathervanes, adorns the rear of the lot. The grounds are being nicely graded. (future St. Andrews dairy?).
With the advent of the CPR upon the scene, it was thought that the town's great natural advantages would be utilized, but though rumors have sprung up from time to time no positive action looking towards its development as an ocean port has been taken. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been expended by the big railway company in providing summer hotels and cottages and equipping the place with a modern water system, but they have left the harbor almost as Nature created it.
Beacon
May 11/1911
Some hope that recent CPR improvements in St. Andrews will prove to be the vanguard of winter port business.
Beacon
May 18/1911
Max Aitken, the cement promoter and English M. P., plans a blow-out for New Brunswick Premier Hazen when he goes over for the coronation of George.
When Manager Allerton, of the Algonquin Hotel, was asked by the Beacon as to the season's prospects for the big summer hotel, he replied with more than usual emphasis and enthusiasm. "We will have a tremendous rush this season. Never in the history of the hotel have there been so many applications for rooms as there have been this year. Indeed, there are so many that I find myself unable to answer them all. They are coming from every quarter—east and west, north and south. Almost every room on the three upper floors of the new wing has been taken. In some cases, we have several people after the same suite of rooms."
Mrs. William Bell died on Tuesday morning, at her home on Minister's Island. She was a bright, energetic woman and had formerly been a member of the Van Horne household staff.
St. Andrews is on the tip toes of excitement over the announcement made by Sir Thomas Shaughnessy on Monday that the wedding of his eldest daughter, Miss Alice, and Mr. Beauclerc, of Montreal, would take place here on June 3. Sir Thomas was accompanied here by his prospective son-in-law, a handsome looking young man. Sir Thomas, as usual, paid his respects to The Beacon. He is looking in fine form after his European trip. He stated that Lady Shaughnessy would arrive at the end of the month to get "Tipperary" ready for the important event. Forty rooms will be got in readiness at the Algonquin for the wedding guests.
Beacon
May 25/1911
Chamcook Lake Water
Now connected with Algonquin Hotel
A very important event in the history of St. Andrews occurred on /Saturday last, when the last pipe in the water works system was laid at Chamcook Lake and the waters of this beautiful lake were of for the first time brought within immediate reach of the town.
The construction of this water works system was begun last Fall by the CPR, the contract with Messrs. Joseph McVay and Son, of St. Stephen, requiring it to be completed during the present month. Mr. Hugh Lumsden, an engineer of large experience, planned and carried out the work. The primary object of this system was to provide an abundant supply of good, pure, water for the Algonquin Hotel and cottages, and to give connection with the town, in case a satisfactory arrangement can be entered into. It is hoped and expected that this will be done.
An analysis of the water, which was made before the work was begun, shows it to be of remarkable purity and softness. It is absolutely free from bacteria and is about as perfect a drinking water as can be procured anywhere.
The pipe enters Chamcook Lake at his south-western extremity, a few rods north of the track. An eight inch pipe follows the course of the track for 8,500 feet, and then by the aid of a 40 h. p. gasoline engine is forced up the hill, a distance of something like 7,900 feet, through Senator MacKay's woods (crossing the Saint John road a few rods north of the Catholic cemetery) to a concrete reservoir on the top of the hill overlooking the town. This reservoir has a capacity of 250,000 gallons. Provision has been made for its enlargement should the Town make a permanent contract with the Company. From the reservoir the water is brought in by gravitation in a 12-inch main, following the highway almost the entire distance. A 10-inch pipe, 1100 feet long, carried the water to the hotel. The entire distance traversed by the pipes is about 23,250 feet.
Fire in American house. James McDowell's house adjoining.
Beacon
June 1/1911
It is worth something to St. Andrews to have the reputation of being the "cleanest and prettiest" town on the Atlantic seaboard.
Supt. Downie of CPR says Company plans new wharf and warehouse for St. Andrews. Praises town for attention to appearance and plans for new sewerage system. St. Andrews one of the most beautiful summer resorts on the Atlantic coast.
Murillo Masterpiece
Great Painting Property of Sir William Van Horne
Montreal Herald.—"St. Stephen's Martyrdom," formerly attributed to Alonso Cano, but which has recently been pronounced by Prof. von Loga, of the Kaiser Friederich Museum, Belgium, to be an admirable example of Murillo, has been purchased through the Ehrich Galleries, of New York, by Sir William Van Horne, for a sum said to be in the neighborhood of $25,000. It is a painting with a history and was originally acquired by the Ehrich Galleries from the collection of M. Duprez, in England about four years ago. The picture was then thought to be a Murillo, but as there was some doubt, it was ascribed to Alonso Cano. when Dr. von Loga America arrived in this country recently to view certain Spanish pictures in the large collections of America he chanced to see the painting an immediately pronounced it a Murillo, which is an opinion shared by other authorities. It is the only Murillo purchased thus far this season for a collection on this side of the Atlantic, and considerable interest in attached to the picture on account of the recent attribution of Prof. von Toga, who is now engaged in preparing a work on early Spanish art.
Beacon
June 8/1911
Description of wedding at Tipperary for Alice Shaughnessy, now Mrs. H. Wyndham Beauclerc. "The special train which brought Sir Thomas and party from Montreal to St. Andrews is said to have been the finest special ever assembled in Canada. The train was composed of one of the newest types of baggage cars and four of the company's most palatial private cars, all of them being divided into state rooms with solid brass bedsteads and every luxury of an up-to-date private dwelling. They were the 'Killarney,' Sir Thomas' own car, the 'Cascapedia,' the 'Canada,' built on the occasion of the visit of the present King and Queen to the Dominion as Duke and Duchess of Cornwell and York; and the 'Qu'Appelle.'
King of England
George V
(George, Frederick, Ernest, Albert)
1910-1936
Crowned June 22/1911
St. Croix Courier
June 15/1911
Eastport Sentinel—A Visitor from Uncle Sam's domain writes of the Shiretown.
Found much to impress the stranger, including an ideal hotel.
. . . Beautiful St. Andrews at this time is one of the cleanest of towns, no rubbish or litter about the streets and the well-kept lawns give full reward for the labour expended. The new concrete addition to the Algonquin, the leading summer hotel of Canada, nearly doubles its accommodations and already the demand for rooms presages the largest influx of summer tourists known in its history.
St. Andrews has many handsome and costly summer residences. In fact, the taxes paid by the summer colony and the CPR cover three-fifths of the assessment. . . . (No one in St. Andrews yet owns an automobile) (same excerpt appears in Beacon June 1, 1911)
Beacon
June 15/1911
Plans for large CPR hotel in Calgary, and addition to Empress. Allerton connected with Calgary enterprise.
Beacon
June 22/1911
Hydrants for fire protection will be erected in front of the Algonquin Hotel.
CPR Hotels—Summer hotels have opened doors for 1911
The Algonquin Hotel is now in full swing, with good prospects of a banner season. The staff of the hotel this season is as follows:—
A. Allerton, Manager; S. Farmer, Chief Clerk; Rupert Preston, Second Clerk; Miss Gaynor, stenographer; Philip g. Brockington, Steward; James S. Hobbs, Chief; Mrs. H. E. Banks, Housekeeper; Mrs. Magury, Assistant Housekeeper; John A. McLean, Head Waiter; Robert Tennant, Head Porter; L. B Struthers, Head Bellman; Miss Mary Sately, head Laundress; Ira Brown, Engineer; Miss Keating, Telegrapher; Thomas Hogan, hair Dresser; L. Moser, Ladies' Hair Dresser; Miss Temple, Manicurist.
Orchestra: August Suck, cello; Miss Ames, pianist; Percy Levene, violinist. Mrs. Levene has won the first medal for violin at Boston university.
R. G. Christie, President of the Christie-Browne Company, Toronto, and family will occupy No. 4 cottage.
Inn already occupied. Staff and guests listed.
Mr. And Mrs. Luther Brown of Worcester, Mass. In cottage 2. "Mr. Brown has his auto and their three saddle horses with him."
Beacon
June 29/1911
Coronation Day festivities—MacKay, Shaughnessy, Hosmer, Hope, McColl and Ross loan their teams and horsemen, and participate in the hurdle-jumping and other horse-racing events in the town.
Beacon
July 6/1911
Death of Peter Johnson's horse from colic.
Beacon
July 20/1911
"Laurier's Last Fight." An American View
Boston Herald. Laurier, it seems, is to have the fight of his life this fall. The Conservatives are confident—not so much as before Mr. Borden's tour of the Northwest, but still confident—that anti-reciprocity is a winning issue and they hope to line up every special interest in the country. The first thing is to prove the passage of the bill by the present Canadian parliament; the next, to force a general election. The only way to defeat the will of the present majority at Ottawa is by obstruction; so obstruction it is to be. Not only will passage of the Reciprocity bill be blocked, but passage of the Supply bill also. The government—that is to say the crown—will be put in the position of having a majority in Parliament friendly but powerless. Dissolution will become necessary, so that it is likely that another Canadian general election will be held in October or November.
And so Sir Wilfred Laurier is to have the fight of his life. He seems to have been having such fights for the last fifteen years, and winning. Hope springs eternal in the politician's breast. It seems paradoxical; but those who are supposed to know most about the game of politics often prove after the event to have known less than the outsider. Their attention is fixed on local currents and eddies, and they do not see trend of the stream.
Leader Borden's tour of the Canadian Northwest ought to have made it clear to him that no appeals to sentiment will avail to make on part of the country with its eyes open, agree to sacrifice itself for another part. Perhaps he did see it. In any case, a liberal sweep in the new provinces of the Dominion may fairly be predicted. Efforts to shake strength in the French province of Quebec are likely to fail. The stings of Bourassa and the pin pricks of Monk will not be felt when Laurier puts on his harness. The French-Canadian elector cares little about third parties; he is rouge or bleu. In the English speaking centres of Ontario and the Lower Provinces all kinds of appeals will be made to loyal sentiment but the loyal horse, like the protestant horse, is weary. The Herald believes Laurier will win this, his last fight.
Chamcook water is great stuff, but the Algonquin bell-boys, who were chased out of their little trundle beds a few nights ago [during big rainstorm] by the big water tank overflowing into their rooms, thought it might choose other hours for its capers.
Beacon
July 27/1911
Piece on career of Sir Thomas Tait, who has been staying at Algonquin lately.
A splendid array of silver cups for prizes adorns the mantle shelf over the Algonquin fireplace. They include trophies presented by Miss Greene, Mr. F. W. Thompson and Sir Thomas and Lady Shaughnessy. [Golf] [photo of golf cups from 1924 in CPR archives; I have a photocopy]
Miss Ames and Mr. Paul Leveen, of the Algonquin orchestra, are holding select dancing party sin Paul's hall, on Thursday evenings. The first party will be held tonight.
Beacon
Aug 3/1911
Prominent U. S. Gentleman staying at Algonquin to present a number of magnificent golf trophies.
St. Croix Courier
Aug 10/1911
Account of Campobello field day. Ref. to use of Tyn-y-Coed's golf links; ball at Inn Casino.
Three magnificent ocean-going yachts, as big as ocean liners, have been anchored in St. Andrews waters lately, while those on board have been enjoying themselves at the golf grounds, or in visiting friends. Mr. James Ross's yacht Sheelah made a pretty night picture with her electric illuminations. The Kehdoh and Margaret were the names of the other yachts. They belonged to wealthy Americans.
Beacon
Aug 17/1911
Summer People frolic at Forester picnic. Details. Mr. Christie there.
W. F. Todd again nominated as Liberal Standard Bearer in upcoming election.
Marriage
Name SHIRLEY, ARCHIBALD
Married GUILFOYLE, KATHERINE L.
Date 1911 | 08 | 21 (Y-M-D)
County CHARLOTTE
Parish ——
Number 3187
Reference B4/1911
Microfilm F15944
Beacon
Aug. 24/1911
Obituary
Charles F. Smith, Jr.
The death of Charles F. Smith, Jr., at Montreal, last Sunday, has taken from our summer community one who was much beloved by his friends and held in the highest esteem by all who know him. His qualities of mind and heart, were such that his loss is felt in his own home with more than usual poignancy; and to many of his acquaintance, to think of him as gone is a real personal sorrow.
Even as a boy—he had barely reached his majority—he had already shown traits of character that in youth are very unusual. An eager and able student, he had won a high place both in school and in college, and had displayed such intellectual ability as promised a distinguished career.
He seemed to possess a genuine love of learning for its own sake; he was eager to know; his curiosity was that of the real scholar. He was industrious and ambitious; in the first stages of his illness, when his bodily pain was great he insisted at some personal risk in taking his college examinations which he passed with the highest distinction. His interests in his academic work were wide; he was genuinely fond of books and for one of his years well read. But the best of his scholarly attainments was that he was modest and hardworking and open minded. No one who has known him will soon forget his exquisite courtesy. Reserved and shy in manner, he was invariably considerate and thoughtful; even in his very painful illness, his thoughts were constantly of others. Here at St. Andrews there are many who recall his innate politeness, his modest self-effacement, his well-nigh chivalrous kindliness. He was also by nature and training deeply religious; without pretense and without a shadow of cant he was faithful to the faith and worship of his church. For a boy to contain in himself such qualities as these and to dhow them forth so genuinely is nowadays something unusually fine and rare. He marched along the path of life but such a little way, and now he is gone. But so long as he marched he bore himself so valiantly and so well that in his life there is much to enhearten others. A gentle, modest, high-minded youth, he has left to his St. Andrews' friends a memory that will bloom and blossom in their hearts when many other things are forgotten.
K. S.
Joseph Denley
Joseph Denley, the well-known farmer and milkman, died on Friday morning last, after a protracted illness. He is survived by a widow, two sons, five daughters, and a large number of relative. The deceased was a man of great kindness of heart, a good neighbor and friend and one who was universally esteemed. Interment took place on Saturday, Rev. A. W. Mahon officiating.
Golf season has excelled all records.
Sir William Van Horne is planning further additions to his island buildings, which will be carried out by Mr. R. D. Rigby.
Beacon
Aug 31/1911
Welcome Mr. Borden!
Mr. Borden, leader of the opposition, is expected in St. Andrews on Saturday. Though disagreeing with his attitude on reciprocity, we will be glad to welcome him as the leader of a great party and as a distinguished Canadian. We do not apprehend any great change in sentiment as a result of Mr. Borden's visit. A number of years ago, when Sir John MacDonald, the greatest and most magnetic leader that the conservative party ever had, visited St. Andrews, he was given a reception befitting a prince. Bands and banners, badges and buttons, streamers and arches wee much in evidence, but it made no difference in the result. Mr. Gillmor, who stood for closer trade relations with the outside world, ever and always, was returned by a large majority. When we compare the almost fulsome adulation Sir John received at that time with the uncomplimentary remarks that are being made concerning him by former worshippers, we begin to realize the hollowness of many political professions. We hope that Mr. Borden will meet a better fate in this respect than his distinguished predecessor, but we are afraid he will not. Party exigencies, as in the is instance, compel so many right-about-faces on public questions that it is just possible in a few months the very men who are applauding him for the stand he has taken on reciprocity will be upbraiding him as a stupid politician and trade bungler. Such is politics—party politics.
Mr. Borden's Visit
Mr. R. L. Borden, leader of the Opposition, is expected to arrive in St. Andrews on Saturday morning's train. He will be met at the station by a reception committee and band and escorted to Mr. F. W. Thompson's summer residence, where an informal reception will be held from 12 to 1. Following the reception there will be a lunch at Mr. Thompson's and at 3 o'clock he will deliver as address in Andraeleo Hall.
It is highly satisfactory to note the success which has attended the tourist business this year. Even with the large additional wing, the Algonquin Hotel at times has been unable to accommodate all who wished to secure shelter beneath its roof. One noteworthy feature is the increasing number of Americans of the better class who have come here to enjoy themselves and spy out the land. . . . The C. P. R. People feel under the necessity of increasing both the hotel space and the pleasure grounds, particularly the golf links. It is not unlikely that some of these extensions will be begun immediately."
Three hydro-electric plants will be built along Magaduavic River.
Auto party, all the way from Tennessee, struck town on Sunday. Had spent five weeks in States and Quebec; and were on way back home. Had a camping outfit with them, as well as an up-to-date photographic plant. (cf. Algonquin sketch book)
Beacon
Sept 7/1911
What We Have We'll Hold
It is worth remembering, in connection with the utterances at the Borden meeting, that every speaker from the chairman down has been an opponent of Laurier and his projects during his whole political career, and this is the first time that a confession has been wrung from them that prosperity has resulted from Liberal rule,—a prosperity so great that Canada can get along without any reciprocity pact with eh United States.
These men opposed Laurier in 1891, approving reciprocity and willing to accept all its perils, even to the endangerment of British connection. "If British connection can't stand it, so much the worse for British connection" were the words of Sir John.
These gentlemen entered no protest in 1891 when Sir John Abbott, one of the signers of the famous annexation manifesto, was called to the premiership. His youthful indiscretions were forgiven and forgotten; but, oh! How they would have rung the changes on it had it been Laurier's pen that had threatened the severance of the British tie!
These gentlemen opposed Laurier in 1896, when he proposed taking the nursing bottle from them. They didn't want to be weaned and the dismal howls of their party could be heard the continent over. Blue ruin—smokeless chimneys—it was something terrible. But Laurier took the bottle, and although they are admitting that he was wiser than they, they still treasure an enmity against him.
Again in 1900 they fought Laurier and tried by every means in their power to defeat him. But the people clung to Laurier, and prosperity continued.
In 1904 and again in 1908 they tried to destroy Laurier, charging his government with corruption, incompetency, disloyalty—everything that was bad. The people refused to believe them, and Prosperity continued to stalk through the land.
They condemned every measure that Laurier brought forward: the reduction of the tariff, the preference to the motherland, the building of the transcontinental railway, naval assistance to Great Britain.
And now in 1911, when Laurier has brought forward another scheme to add to Canada's prosperity, they come to us and ask us to turn him out. They admit that they were wrong in their previous estimates of the Liberal chieftain and his measures; they practically confess that they were either deceived themselves or had tried to deceive. After all these years of crying "Wolf" they ask us now to forget the past and believe in their present judgment and sincerity. They ask us to turn our backs on the man who has made Canada prosperous in spite of them. It is asking a good deal.
Better—far better—to hold on to the leader that we have, who has done so much for us. "What we have we'll hold!" "Let well enough alone!"
Mr. R. L. Borden Calls
He was well received and had a good hearing.
Sir William Van Horne says Canada is so prosperous under Liberals that Reciprocity is not needed.
Mr. Borden, the leader of the opposition, received a hearty welcome on his first visit to Charlotte County. Upon reaching St. Andrews station on Saturday morning last, he was met by the local reception committee and escorted amid cheers to the automobile of Mr. G. W. Ganong, ex M. P. of St. Stephen.
Then a procession was formed, composed of the St. Andrews Band, three autos from St. Stephen, the carriages of Sir William Van Horne, Sir Thomas Shaughnessy and a number of local teams, and the distinguished visitor was conveyed to the summer residence of F. W. Thompson, president of the Ogilvie Milling Company, where a short reception was held. The route of March was decorated with flags, and bunting, and mottoes of various kinds. Quite a number of people attended the reception. The house and grounds were beautifully decorated and looked very attractive.
Following the reception there was a luncheon, at which, among others, was Sir William Van Horne, and Mr. Donald MacMaster, M. P., for Surrey, England, sat down.
At 3 o'clock the public meeting was held in Andraeleo Hall. Many ladies were in attendance, as well as many voters belonging to both parties. The hall was decorated with flags, bunting and mottoes.
The chair was taken by Mr. G. W. Ganong, ex M. P., St. Stephen
Mr. T. A. Hartt, the conservative candidate, was the first speaker. He had always been at the party's call, but he would not have thought to taking a part in the present campaign if he was not firmly convinced that "the pact," as he termed it, would work to the detriment of Canada.
Mr. Borden followed Mr. Hartt. He was vociferously applauded, but the enthusiasm waned as his speech progressed. He seemed nervous and ill at ease and kept up a handkerchief act that worried his auditors very much.
His party, he said, had been called obstructionists because they had opposed this reciprocity agreement, but he would never have dared to face the people of Canada if they had allowed it to go through. He accused the liberals of being grafters; said they had squandered ten millions of the people's money; referred to the "rebukes" Sir Wilfred Laurier had received in Quebec by elections; declared Sir Wilfred was willing enough to treat with Bourassa if he could have done so. Fielding and Patterson were totally ignorant of trade conditions in Canada and went to Washington without any data whatever. Patterson was so awfully ignorant that he had put upon the free list one article that would be damaging to his own business!
In explanation of the reasons why his party had not adhered to its reciprocity policy of twenty years ago, he said that Canada had passed beyond the nursing bottle period, and that it required a different kind of food now. Sir Wilfred Laurier expressed a great admiration for Sir John MacDonald, but he never knew that Sir John had much admiration to spare for Laurier! He declared reciprocity would be injurious to the farmer and that it would be bad for the country. Reciprocity would bring about the loss of the bounties paid to Canadian fishermen.
The United States had done us the greatest possible kindness when it had declined to give us reciprocity 20 years ago
Sir William Van Horne received a good hearing and was the first speaker who attempted to discuss the economic side of the question. He was emphatically opposed to reciprocity because the country had become so prosperous that it could get along without it. "Let well enough alone," he declared. Reciprocity would completely disarrange the fiscal policy of the country; it would drive our ocean carrying trade to United States ports; it would lead to free trade in manufactured goods; it would cause the trade to go north and south, instead of east and west; it would be of no benefit to our farmers, who could market their produce just as well in Cuba and the Argentine, as in the United States. He quoted statistics, gave some homely illustrations that pleased his hearers and concluded with an appeal to his hearers to "let well enough alone." with this sentiment he found all the liberals present in hearty accord.
Mr. Donald MacMaster, M. P. for Surrey, England, was the last speaker of the afternoon. He made a rattling good stump speech, without using any very strong arguments. He stated that reciprocity would not give Canadians a 90,000,000 market. They would only have a little fringe along the border line. He quoted Champ. Clark's speech in which he said that the United States had in view the annexation of Canada. He said that beef was being brought from the Argentine republic and marketed in the United States cheaper than it could be brought from Canada. The fruit industry of Canada would be ruined. We don't need U. S. fruit. He argued that reciprocity would be a bad thing for Canada. Though he was the elected representative of a constituency in Great Britain he valued his citizenship in St. Andrews as a higher honor!
At the close of Mr. MacMaster's address the meeting broke up with a lot of cheering.
Mr. Borden and party were then conveyed by auto to St. Stephen, where the former addressed a large meeting. He also spoke to a large audience at Milltown.
Armstrong contends Charlotte County fishermen strongly in favor of reciprocity. Also, "Mr. Donald MacMaster, of Surrey, England, who can get all the early fruits that he wants from the Mediterranean, thanks Canada should do without American early fruit. Last year Canadians paid two and a half millions in duties for American fruit. Under reciprocity they would be saved this sum.
Big Liberal Meeting
The Liberals held a rousing meeting in Andraeleo hall, on Tuesday evening. The hall was beautifully decorated with bunting and flowers and looked like a fairy bower. Stirring and illuminating addresses upon Reciprocity were delivered by Senator Gillmor, Senator King and Mr. W. F. Todd, the Liberal candidate. The meeting, which was large and enthusiastic, closed with cheers for the king.
Yacht Race—"Possum" Wins
An interesting event for the summer yachtsmen was the yacht race held in the bay on Friday afternoon. The starting point was from Mr. Hopkins' yacht, the Seiglinde, which was anchored off the southeastern corner of Tongue Shoal Block, better known as the Sand Reef Light. The course ran direct to Magaguadavic Head, around Hardwood and Hospital islands, and then back to the starting point. When Mr. Hopkins blew the whistle four boats cross the starting line—the Barracouta, owned by Mr. William Hope, the Maple Leaf, owned by Howard Rigby, the Possum, owned by B. H. Robinson (formerly R. B. Van Horne) and the Pak Wan, owned by t. R. Wheelock. The race soon narrowed down to the Barracouta and the Possum, the Barracouta taking the lead at the start, but being overhauled by though Possum before reaching Magaguadavic Head and from that on the Possum increased its lead, winning out by a good margin.
Beacon
Sept 14/1911
Sir William Van Horne's Views
St. Andrews Address
I am neither a politician nor a speaker but I am glad of this opportunity to say a few plain words on Reciprocity which I regard as the most important and far-reaching question that has come to Canada since Confederation.
I am opposed to Reciprocity—because it would destroy our fiscal independence as regards our tariffs; because it would loosen the bonds which bind Canada to the Empire and ultimately destroy them; because the underlying idea on the part of our American neighbors is our estrangement from the Empire which would be a long step towards annexation.
I am opposed to Reciprocity—because it would undermine the foundations of our trade and manufactures which have been laid with such effort and success in the last twenty-five years; because it would be a most damaging blow to the magnificent Canadian merchant marine which has been built up in these same years; because our trade per capita is threefold that of the United States and reciprocity and its natural results would surely bring a common level.
And I am opposed to Reciprocity because we don't need it now, having made our own way to success and prosperity.
I see many other reasons against it and I do not see one single, real and unalloyed advantage in it to the country at large. There may be individuals here and there who might possibly be temporarily benefited in some way, and perhaps localities, but I doubt if there is a case where the benefits would compensate for the disadvantages sure to follow.
Here in the Maritime Provinces we hear much about hay and potatoes and apples and codfish; but for all those there are better markets than those of the United States. From my own knowledge I can say that Cuba, the West Indies generally, and Central America and other Spanish-American countries offer much better markets for those things, and these markets are wide open to us and it only requires a little attention on the part of the Government to enable us to reach them. It is only necessary to secure the establishment of regular steamship connections. There the profits would be counted in dollars rather than in cents as in the case of the American markets. And it is only now dawning upon some people in New Brunswick that Montreal is a better market for their potatoes than can be found in the United States and that American potatoes are brought there, in the face of the duties, in quantities sufficient to govern prices.
But the individual and local point of view is small-souled one, and he would be a small man indeed who would count the cents per barrel on his turnips one way or the other in the face of a question affecting the future and well-being of his country.
You all know how dead St. Andrews was twenty years ago and how low wages were here and how seldom even these low wages could be got. You have seen your young men going away to the States and in later years you have seen them coming back again to their old homes or other parts of Canada; and all over the maritime Provinces you have seen the dead towns of twenty years ago coming to life and activity. This has been due to the general prosperity of Canada.
You have seen our Canadian merchant marine, including the tramp and chartered vessels employed in our trade, increased in tonnage about six hundred per cent in the last twenty-five years and its character vastly improved at the same time—such an increase as has never occurred with any other country, and you have seen our railway mileage increased within thirty years 300 per cent, an increase likewise unequalled.
Both these great things have resulted from the wise trade policy of the country, which has been maintained by both political parties all these years, and both our merchant marine, and our railways, together with all of our manufacturing and commercial interests, are now endangered by the proposed change in that policy. Canada is now the most prosperous country on the face of the earth and is increasing in prosperity from day to day and I say let well enough alone and don't monkey with the machine that has worked so well.
We have seen recently in a certain section of the Canadian press much about the millions that are being sent into Canada by the American trusts to defeat Reciprocity. There was never a more absurd and impudent story. I know a good deal of these trusts, and I do not hesitate to say that there is not one of them, with the exception of the International Paper Company, that is not hotly in favor of Reciprocity and that any election contributions they might make would go to carry it.
We hear a great dead just now about this that and the other prominent Canadian having at some time favored Reciprocity. It does not matter a rap what anybody thought of Reciprocity twenty or thirty years ago and it is silly to quote utterances of that time. The situation of Canada has entirely changed since then. She has found herself and scorns the crumbs of her neighbours.
And that Canada has found herself is largely due to the neighbourly policy of the United States in their McKinley tariff and the Dingley tariff, the latter having been especially aimed at Canada and intended to exclude her products.
In such a thing as this Reciprocity Agreement one party must lose what the other gains. Do you imagine for a minute or have you seen anything in the commercial policy of the United States towards Canada to indicate that they would press on us such a bargain for our advantage? Not a bit of it. We shall lose in money, in trade, in manufactures, in independence, in self-respect and in the respect of others.
I do not wish to be understood as saying anything disrespectful of the United States. Far from it. They have grown great by taking care of their business just as we ought to do. They very properly seek every advantage just as we should do, and in the present case they are trying to take advantage of us just as we would, no doubt, take advantage of them if we had a good chance.
It was a saying long ago "Beware of the Greeks when they bring gifts." We here in Canada may well say beware of the Americans when they bring tariff concessions.
I may sum up the whole situation in this: Our trade is about $97.00 per capita and theirs $33.00 per capita. In other words the water in our mill-pond stands at $7 and theirs at $2; and they want us to take away our dam. Shall we say, not by a —-mill site?
Looking Backward
A speaker at a recent political meeting (Sir William Van Horne) dropped the remark that St. Andrews was "dead" twenty years ago. We don't know where he got his information but we do know that St. Andrews was a pretty lively corpse about twenty years ago.
Just about twenty years ago, a syndicate, composed almost altogether of American capitalists, was spending the very best-looking American money in trying to develop a summer resort on Canadian soil. Just think of it! They bought lands all over the town; they erected a big summer hotel, the present Post Office and other buildings; they laid out a golf links at Joe's Point; they spent their thousands in trying to develop a park at Indian Point; they induced a newspaper man to come here from Saint John and assist them in building up the town as a summer playground; they organized excursions and advertised the town over the whole American continent; they tried to interest the townspeople in a water system from Chamcook lake; they chartered an excursion steamer for the benefit of the visitors who came here. They were "modern Hustlers" all right!
And when they had spent all the money that they could afford to spend—when some of the original promoters had died—they, very fortunately for themselves and the town, succeeded in persuading the CPR to buy out their interest and shoulder the load they had been carrying. "All this they did as a pure business proposition—without any ulterior motive. They recognized our laws; they paid their bills promptly; they met all their obligations, and during their stay here were quite as good and honorable citizens as anybody.
The people of the town were glad to sell their property to them. They were glad to assist them in their enterprises—because back of it all they had a lingering hope that the oft-made promise of Sir Charles Tupper and other conservative leaders, that St. Andrews would become the chief winter port to Canada's first transcontinental railway, was about to be fulfilled.
This is not hearsay. We know what we are talking about, because we were here and willingly lent our aid to the exploitation of all the schemes for the benefit of the place. Association with Americans in a business way hasn't made a Yankee out of the editor, but it has inspired in him a respect for our American neighbors and for their business enterprise and honor, which he is neither ashamed nor afraid to confess in the presence of so many rampant jingoes as are about. A good many of those who are waving the old flag in the faces of men who are just as loyal as they are were waving sucking-bottles when this newspaper first entered the lists as the champion of St. Andrews. They know nothing of the struggle, and heartaches and disappointments of the men who strove to improve their heritage.
Twenty years ago, or thereabout, two other companies of the United States capitalists were spending their money in the development of an ice business here. It did not prove a very profitable venture for those engaged in it, but it was a source of profit to the town while it lasted.
Twenty years ago, St. Andrews had a nice little shoe factory; also a foundry. It was doing a fairly good fish business. It was supplying the Boston market almost every season with its turnips. There were more permanent residents here then now; there were more voters on the electoral list, if we remember aright. There was an active agricultural society, also a picnic club for the pleasure of the townspeople. Prices of foodstuffs had not begun to soar, and the people were for the most part happy and contented.
Twenty years ago, the Beaver Line steamship Company expressed a preference for St. Andrews as a port.
Twenty years ago, the Conservative government of Canada refused to assist the town in building a deep-water wharf for the use of this Company, and when Hon. George E. Foster, then Finance Minister of Canada, was asked at a political meeting for the reasons for this refusal, his reply was, "Kissing went by favor." Charlotte County had returned an opposition member, and the government had no favors to extend to it.
At the same time the CPR refused to assist, saying they were bound to maintain a neutral attitude toward all seaports touched by their lines.
Twenty years ago, Messrs. G. D. Grimmer and R. E. Armstrong were sent to Fredericton to ask the provincial government for aid for the same purpose. Hon. William Pugsley was a member of that government. The sum of $40,000 was asked as the provincial contribution to the deep water project. The government put $40,000 in the estimates, but the representatives from the upper section of the county insisted upon a share of it, so that it was divided up with The Ledge. Subsequently, St. Stephen used a portion of the money to build a public wharf there, but St. Andrews never called for her share. The deep-water wharf has never yet been built and the dream of twenty years ago is yet unrealized.
So much for St. Andrews twenty years ago.
Brief history of St. Andrews follows.
The Algonquin Hotel will close on or about the 29th inst. after the most successful season in its history.
Beacon
Sept 21/1911
Charlotte County Exhibition
Van Horne's prizes: first place for miscellaneous pure bred Dairy cattle, and bull three years and upward. (Both Dutch belted) Two years and upward, also first place. 12 months and upward first place. Also second and third place.
Cow four years and upward, first (Dutch belted). Cow, three years and upward, first (Dutch belted). Heifer between 12 and 24 months, first. Herd, bull and four females, first. (French Canadian) Herd bull and females, first. (Dutch belted)
Beacon
Sept 28/1911
Election Breakdown by province and within Charlotte County
New Brunswick elects 8 liberals to 5 conservatives.
Conservatives win by small Margin in Charlotte.
Conservatives led by Hartt win by 212 to 141 in St. Andrews.
Serenading Sir William Van Horne
Mr. Thomas A. Hartt, the newly elected member, accompanied by the St. Andrews band, and a number of leading conservatives, including P. P. Russell, W. E. Mallory, A. Allerton, Isaac Johnson and Harry Maloney, paid a visit to Minister's Island on Saturday afternoon to welcome Sir William Van Horne home from Montreal, Sir William received them very cordially and extended to them the hospitalities of Covenhoven. There was a little speech-making, some music and then good-bye.
The conservatives held a "smoker" on Friday evening in celebration of their victory. On Saturday the band serenaded Sir William Van Horne, whose success in "busting the d—-d thing" was so marked. On Monday evening there was a big celebration at St. Stephen.
BORDEN, Robert Laird
Prime Minister of Canada
Conservative 1911.10.10 - 1917.10.11
James K. Flemming 1911-14
Premier of New Brunswick
Conservative Oct. 16, 1911
Beacon
Oct 5/1911
Sir William Van Horne has gone to Ottawa to assist Mr. Borden in cabinet making. It is reported that a portfolio has been offered him, but he is not likely to accept.
Conservative celebration and dance in Owen hall.
Beacon
Oct 12/1911
President Sir Thomas Shaughnessy had a glowing report to present at the last annual meeting of the CPR. "The volume of passenger and freight traffic even exceeded our expectations," said he, "with the very gratifying result that our gross operating revenue for the year was over $104,000,000."
Beacon
Oct 12/1911
Beautiful works of art. Mr. Hope of Dalmeny paints impressions of great storm of this year. Details.
Lovers of art, who have been privileged to see the interior of the art studio of Mr. William Hope, F.R.C.A., this autumn, have had a most delightful revelation of Mr. Hope's powers as a painter of nature. While he is a keen rider, plays a good game of golf and handles a yacht with the skill of an ancient mariner, it is as an artist that he excels. This is very apparent in the splendid canvases that he has to show as a result of his labors this season. It is difficult to say which is best. One magnificent painting of heroic size, which may grace the Canadian gallery of art at Ottawa, shows a forest scene of wonderful strength and beauty and repose. Its vastness of outline, rich coloring, beauty of conception and wonderful restfulness grow upon the spectator the longer he gazes on it. Of another kind is a stormy day in autumn, when nature is in one of her turbulent moods. The murky sky, the waving trees, the trembling grass and shrubs—all are worked out with wonderful effectiveness.
A most striking painting is that in which he has set down his impressions of the terrible storm which swept over St. Andrews Bay a few months ago. Mr. Hope was in the midst of it, in most deadly peril, and the scene that he has painted is one that is calculated to make a lasting impression. The gloom that pervaded everything on that never-to-be forgotten day is well depicted. In the foreground is shown the dredge and tug doing battle against the raging tide, while here and there, through the gloom and sea spume one gets a faint glimpse of the wharves and harbor front. One very beautiful painting is an autumn forest scene, with the tall birches and maples in autumn tints and poses. Another is a sketch of the harbor front, of Palermo, Italy, as a result of Mr. Hope's Mediterranean trip of last season. Several other attractive sketches grace his studio.
Mr. Hope is modest about his work and dislikes publicity, but it is difficult to hide such talent as he possesses under a bushel or in the very pretty little studio among the birch woods on this beautiful summer property.
Deed
October 26, 1911
Frederick Dreyer to Sir William Van Horne
"Between John FrederickDreyer of the City of Montreal in the Province of Quebec, Coachman, and his wife . . . and Sir William Van Horne . . . all the lands and premises recently by deed dated the 12th day of October instant conveyed to Jules S. Thebaud and Ethel Thebaud to the said John Frederick Dreyer and therein described as [the lot conveyed by Annie Johnson, widow, to Ethel Thebaud and bounded by following lots: on north by lands of late William Greenlaw's estate, easterly by land owned by James Townsend and a lot known as the Jackson Townsend lot, southerly by land owned by Andrews Boyd and in part by land owned by John Greenlaw, and westerly by land owned by Joseph Wiley the heirs of the late Ralph Cookson and Gordon Stuart,] and being the same lands and premises formerly conveyed by deed dated the 2oth day of July 1890 by Henry Johnson to his son Hans Johnson [who left it to his wife Annie] including a strip of land connecting the said farm with the Saint John Roadway, which was conveyed to the said Henry Johnson by James Stranaghan about 1852.
Beacon
Oct 26/1911
Mr. Ellingwood, who has succeeded Mr. Painter as C. P. R. Architect, was in St. Andrews on Tuesday arranging for the construction of the kitchen wing on the Algonquin Hotel.
Sir William Van Horne has returned from New York. He expressed himself greatly pleased with the business outlook in Canada. He says "there isn't a cloud in the sky."He will leave for Cuba in a few days.
The Town Home
The Town Home committee has appointed Mrs. Patrick Parker, Chamcook, as keeper of the Home for the following year. Mrs. Parker will make an excellent matron for the institution. A proposal from the Golf Club to lease the farm for a term of years at $250 per year was received by the committee. The council will consider these proposals at its next session. The Golf Club is desirous of installing a nine-hole course on these and adjoining rounds, as the present golf rounds are proving too small for the increasing number of summer people who are coming here.
Beacon
Nov 2/1911
Good Wharf
The CPR are making a fine job of the new wharf which they have erected on the site of the old DeWolfe wharf. The wharf and warehouse are now complete, with a track running down the northern face of the wharf.
D. R. Forgan has bought Grimmer cottage and proposes making additions to it. Under lease for several seasons to Mr. Dunbar of Cambridge, MA.
Beacon
Nov 9/1911
Sir William Van Horne, Lady Van Horne, Miss Van Horne, and Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Van Horne left St. Andrews last week for Montreal, after a very pleasant summer's stay at the seaside. They were the last of the summer visitors to depart.
The contract for the erection of the kitchen wing of the Algonquin Hotel has been turned over to Peter Lyall and Sons, the big Montreal contractors. It may be built of terra cotta, with a cement face. It is said that this material is better adapted for such work than the solid concrete. The hauling of gravel from the beach to the scene of the new work has now ceased.
Beacon
Nov 16/1911
Proposed supplementary golf course of nine holes to relieve congestion. Last summer extremely busy.
Beacon
Nov 23/1911
Concerning Sardine Plants
Rumoured Mammoth Works will be Established at Chamcook, also factory at Saint John.
The Eastport correspondent of the Bangor-Commercial says that officials of the Seacoast Canning Co. of Eastport, are interested with prominent residents of St. Andrews in the erection of a large sardine plant at Chamcook, New Brunswick.
—Talk of this kind has been going on for year past. It has been rumoured tat a $500,000 plant, including can making, packing and fertilizing works with cottages for 1000 or more work people was to be established at Ross's Point, Chamcook, also that leading CPR magnates were associated in the enterprise, and that markets for the products of the factory were to be sought in Australia, South America, West Indies, etc., but the men who are supposed to be promoting the mammoth enterprise say that no company has been formed and that much of the talk if premature. Beyond the acquirement of some valuable properties at Chamcook little has been done toward the rumoured enterprise, and it would not surprise anyone if the whole scheme assumes an entirely different shape before it was through.
The casual visitor to this well-known resort is struck at the changes brought about since the Corporation took charge of the Island. Besides the many local improvements noticeable is the widespread feeling that a turn of the wheel has started individuals to take a deeper interest in their island homes. Since the erection of the handsome R. C. Church, built by Messrs. Rigby of St. Andrews, a new highway road has been laid out and now about completed, forming a semicircle and meeting the main road near St. Ann's church. . . . Mr. Parker has built for his son a showy store facing the road leading to the Inn.
Beacon
Dec 7/1911
Big Fish Canning Plant
To be Constructed at Chamcook Immediately
The Beacon is in position to state that under the terms of a federal charter, the Canadian Sardine Company Limited has been organized, with G. F. Johnston, of Montreal, as president, and that the Company will at once proceed with the erection of a modern canning plant upon the lands recently purchased at Chamcook.
The plant will include a packing and can making outfit. There will be no fertilizer plant. A large wharf will also be built.
Cottages for help will also be erected. All the building will be of concrete and will be thoroughly sanitary and odourless.
Sir William Van Horne, Mr. R. B. Van Horne, Mr. William Shaughnessy, and Mr. Bosworth, CPR vice-president are among the men who are backing this big enterprise.
Mr. H G. Jones, formerly of the CPR, architect staff, is now in St. Andrews to arrange for the preparation of the plans.
Mr. Charles Haycock, secretary treasurer of the new company, and Mr. R. B Van Horne, are also her to further the enterprise.
It is expected that consecution will begin at once.
The advent of this enterprise will be of incalculable benefit to this section.
St. Croix Courier
Dec 7/1911
Death of H. Morton's Merriman's father. Heavy owner in large silk mills in Connecticut.
Beacon
Dec 14, 1911
Outline map showing Charlotte Ports.
Develop Charlotte Ports
The nationalization and development of the ports of Canada is a matter of national importance and one that should be considered apart entirely from party politics.
We are glad to be assured by the new Minister of Public Works that this subject will receive his early attention, and we would assure him that in this matter at least he will receive our hearty support.
In Charlotte we possess ports that for convenience of situation and natural advantages have no rivals on the continent. They are nearer the commercial heart of the Dominion than any other port in Canada; they are open at all times of the year; they are easy of access to the largest vessels afloat, and they are capable of being developed at little cost. There is no justification in the Dominion government spending millions to make new ports, when Providence has provided ports in this country that can be developed for one tenth the cost.
At St. Andrews, for example, there are two points in particular where deep water can be obtained without one dollar being spent for dredging. On the banks of the St. Croix River, adjacent to the town, deep water is obtainable within 300 or 400 feet of the shore, with ample room for maneuvering. Wharves at that point would necessitate the construction of a spur trace.
An ideal situation for deep water wharves would be on the western side of St. Andrews or Navy Island. By throwing short steel drawbridge across the eastern entrance to the inner harbor, the island could be reached, and over a mile and half of shore space would be available for piers. The rest of the island would make a splendid railway yard. For the most part the shore of the island shelves off rapidly, so that it would be not necessary to build very far before reaching 30 or 40 feet of water.
We reproduce an outline map of St. Andrews harbor, showing the entrances from the sea. We have also marked the points where the drawbridge might be erected and the wharves built. These are indicated by a "B" for bridge and "W" for wharves.
The member for Charlotte has here a good chance to win fame and name for himself. If he succeeds, the Beacon will be willing to extend him full credit. We would suggest that he should place himself in early touch with the hands of the CPR, and secure their endorsement of a plan of port development. Then let him lay his plans before the government and ask for their assistance. The people of the town and its newspaper will be only too glad to render him any needed assistance.
Beacon
Dec 21, 1911
Montreal Star—A New Industry on the Coast to Tin Sardines
Million Dollar Company Headed by Mr. G. F. Johnson, to Operate at Chamcook
Details In yet another branch of industry is Canada to claim her own.
Eighty five percent of the sardine catch along the Atlantic Coast is taken in Canadian waters and packed in the US. Outside the output of a few individual packers operating in a very small way, there are no sardines packed in Canada.
For years the American packers of Canadian sardines have done a large business in Australia, South America and elsewhere, taking advantage of the splendid fishing grounds of the Atlantic coast of Canada to supply them with their materials.
A new company formed in Montreal of Canadian capital, has been formed with Mr. George F. Johnson, of the firm of McConnell, Johnson and Allison, as president. The organization has been capitalized at ? and has on its board of directors such men as Sir William Van Horne, Mr. S. M. Bosworth, Vice-president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Mr. W. R. McInnis, of the same road, and Messrs. R. B. Van Horne and W. J. Shaughnessy.
The headquarters of the new industry will be at Chamcook, three miles from St. Andrews, New Brunswick, where a big packing plant will be erected in time for next season's catch. The most modern machinery and methods will be installed in the company's plant, which will be second to none in existence, either on this continent or in Europe. Large piers and a number of workmen's cottages built of concrete will be erected at once and the company will be in a position to go into the market of the world before a year has expired.
The quality of Canadian sardines, it is stated, is equal to that of the Norwegian catch, and is held by some to be on a par with those caught along the coast of France, the latter being considered the highest grade in the world, and bringing double the price of Norwegian sardines.
The can manufactory, on which architects are now working, will contain the latest machinery available and the package in which the Canadian fish will be placed on the market will be absolutely air proof. The cans will be packed and sealed hermetically in oil, so that the contents may be kept for years without deterioration.
To Supply Navies
The marines and navies of the world are large users of canned sardines and the new company has in prospect several large contracts when it is in a position to supply the tinned fish. Arrangements are also being made to install machinery and other apparatus to pack larger fish in addition to the sardines. The food, it is said will be put up in a novel form, and will be placed on the domestic, as well as the foreign markets.
That the prospects of the company formed by Mr. Johnston and his associates are of the best, in so far as competition with the US packers at least is concerned, is the opinion of men well informed in the fishing trade. The close proximity of the new packing plant to the sardine shoals is a strong factor in favor of the higher quality of the Canadian product. Sardines, it is said, like many other fish lose their flavour rapidly when taken out of the water and so deteriorate in value. American packers have to bring their sardines from the Canadian coast to their factories in the US, in some cases, hundreds of miles, and will labor under considerable disadvantages regarding quality and expense.
About 600 men and women will be employed by the new company. Mr. Charles Haycock, formerly of the Seacoast Packing Company, of Eastport, Maine, will be the secretary treasurer of the new concern, and it is likely that the manager of the Eastport Company Mr. F. P. McColl, will be appointed general manager.
Forwarding Company's Plans
Sir William Van Horne Will Lay Out New Town site
The announcement in the Beacon last week of the plans of the Canadian sardine Company was received with great satisfaction. It is felt that the establishment of this industry will give an impetus to the industrial development of this section which it stands much in need of.
It is a source of particular satisfaction that Sir William Van Horne is showing such a keen interest in the enterprise. Not only is he forwarding it with his capital, but he is also showing a personal interest in the undertaking which must greatly add to its success. It is understood that the laying out and designing the "town site" and cottages for working people have been placed entirely in his hands. Both in the Canadian west and Cuba Sir William has had considerable experience in this class of work and it is felt that with his experience and artistic taste the new company will be a model one in every respect.
Architect Jones, who was here last week, has returned to Montreal and is busy getting out the profiles and plans for the company.
Sir William Van Horne was in town on Thursday last and consulted a number of builders as to the erection of the cottages.
Several of the men who are to occupy positions of responsibility in connection with the new industry, have taken up their homes here. Among these are Mr. Charles Haycock, secretary treasurer of the company, Mr. Ben Follis and Mr. Kuren, all of whom have been connected with sardine industry in Maine.
Beacon
Dec 21/1911
F. P. McColl [just resigned as manager of the Seacoast Packing Company] to be General Manager of new Sardine plant.
New Ice Rink—through the kindness of Messrs. O'Neill, the boys of the town have been able to secure a piece of land for an open-air rink. The rink has been laid out, and all that is necessary now is to flood it and get ice.
Beacon
Dec 28/1911
The late Kate Gannett Wells. Obit. Literary circle included Sarah Orne Jewett. Details.
Poultry house on F. W. Thompson's property (not to mention water tower and tennis court.