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Beacon
Jan 8/1914
Capt. Mowatt Banqueted
He Told St. Andrews Board of Trade St. Croix would make finest port in world.
Details
Beacon
Jan 15, 1914
Deeper Harbours Wanted
St. Croix Could Supply Beyond this Depth Standard
Details
St. Andrews and St. Stephen are pulling together in double harness for the purpose of securing the recognition and development of the St. Croix River and Passamaquoddy Bay as a great national port. Details.
Beacon
Jan 29, 1914
Late Lord Strathcona. Great National figure passes Away. Details. Became Sir Donald in 1886.
New Bedding Company. A company is being formed in St. Andrews, composed of such live businessmen as P. G Hanson, W. F. Kennedy, A. Allerton, W. Allerton and F. H. Grimmer, to take over and operate the bedding manufacturing industry which was recently started on a small scale by the Messrs. Mason. It is likely that the old Gove building near the railway station will be acquired and will be put in shape for the carrying on of this industry.
St. Croix Courier
Feb 5/1914
The mattress manufacturing business established at St. Andrews by F. W. and S. Mason and successfully conducted for several years, has been taken over by a company composed of Frank Kennedy, P. G. Hanson, A Allerton, W. Allerton and F. H. Grimmer. New premises are to be secured and the business extended. The goods manufactured already have an excellent reputation and are in demand.
Beacon
Feb 26/1914
Counterfeit 25 cent bills said to be circulating
Canadian Sardine Co. Affairs
Creditors Asked to Accept Bonds for Debts
The silence respecting the affairs of the Canadian Sardine Company, which has prevailed for several months past, was broken on Monday last, when circulars were received by the creditors setting for the following statements and propositions:
Montreal, Feb. 18, 1914
Dear Sir,
After a great many meetings of the Directors of this Company and the consideration of a number of proposals, a scheme of reorganization and refinancing has at last been arrived at which, if carried to its conclusion, will have the effect of placing the Company again on an operative basis and of giving it an opportunity of demonstrating its worth as a commercial proposition.
At present, the company is indebted to its Bankers to the extent of $400,000, for which indebtedness they hold first mortgage bonds of the Company, secured by the whole of the Company's assets to the extent of $300,000, and the personal guaranties of two of the Directors of the Company for the remaining $100,000. The amount of the Company's indebtedness to other creditors is now approximately $175,000, making the whole of the Company's indebtedness at the present time about $575,000.
The Bank requires a personal guaranty to the extent of $400,000, and will accept such guaranty in lieu of its present security, and will deliver over to the guarantors the $300,000 of bonds it now holds. The individual Directors have indicated a willingness to undertake this guaranty to the Bank in an aggregate amount considerably beyond their aggregate proportionate interest, and they have little doubt that a sufficient number of the larger shareholders will join them in making up the full amount required; but it is necessary to know at this juncture the disposition of the general creditors towards the following proposal for the settlement of their claims.
It is proposed to cancel the $300,000 of bonds referred to and to issue $600,000 of new bonds, bearing interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum, secured by a first mortgage on the whole of the Company's assets, and that $400,000 shall be held in trust for the security of the guarantors. From the remainder the general creditors are asked to accept bonds at par for the face of their accounts, which bonds will be redeemable in whole as soon as the Company finds itself in a position to meet its outstanding claims. these bonds will be deposited with a Trust Company in trust for the creditors, and the interest paid thereon will be distributed to the creditors in proportion to their claims at such interest date.
The Bank has agreed, in addition, to accepting the personal guaranty above mentioned, to advance to the Company a liberal amount as working capital to carry on operations, and the proposed arrangement with the creditors is found necessary in order to give the Company time to earn sufficient money to meet its obligations to them.
The Directors are most desirous of taking care of the creditors, and were it possible to secure sufficient money to pay all claims, the creditors would not be asked to accept this proposition, but in view of the fact that the Bank has so generously cooperated with the Directors, and in view of the heavy personal obligations necessary to be taken by the Directors and some of the other shareholders in order to protect the creditors and extricate the Company from its present difficult, position, it has been decided to ask the creditors to assent to the plan proposed; and there is every reason to believe that, with the cooperation of all parties, the Company will soon be in a position, not only to meet its claims, but to reimburse those who have made it possible for it to continue as a going concern.
This arrangement is, of course, dependent upon it being satisfactory to the creditors, and the completion of the guaranty required by the Bank, and failing in these, there would seem to be no other course open but to put the Company into liquidation. Since the cooperation of the Bank is dependent upon immediate action we would thank you to let us have your reply on the enclosed form not later than the 26th of Feb. instant.
Beacon
March 5, 1914
On the 30th of September last, an agreement was entered into between the ICR and the CPR for the purpose of carrying to Halifax ocean passenger and freight business that the Saint John people had a right to claim as theirs. After months of asking for the full terms of this agreement it has been brought down to parliament at last. It is certainly a one-sided agreement and justifies all the condemnatory language that was applied to it by the Saint John people. The Toronto Globe concludes criticism of it by saying:—"If a responsible official of the CPR or GTR made a contract so improvident the would not remain in the service twenty-four hours. Ye the man who made this one is regarded as competent o report on the great question of the construction of the Transcontinental."
Beacon
March 12/1914
$335 on street lighting in 1913. Details on individual businesses, esp. Poor Account page 2. Building still in operation.
Beacon
March 26/1914
R. E. Armstrong resigns as editor and publisher of Beacon. Accepts position as Secretary-Treasurer of Board of Trade in Saint John. Valedictory. Resigns also as editor of St. Andrews Board to Trade.
Publisher's Announcement
My acceptance of the position of Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Trade of my native city of Saint John, necessitates the early severance of my relations with the Beacon as its editor and publisher, also the severance of my very agreeable relations with its many readers and with the people of Charlotte County generally.
The task of making this announcement is far from being a pleasant one. When a man creates a paper, and gives all that is in him during the best years of his life to its development and maintenance, it becomes part of himself, and when he has lived with a people for many years, sharing their joys and sorrows and their ambitions, the pain of separation in such case is rendered very acute indeed.
The years that I have lived with the people of Charlotte County have not been unpleasant ones—quite the reverse. They have brought to my door an abundance of wealth,—not the passing wealth of money which today is and tomorrow is not, but the greater wealth that comes from warm hearts and loving friends.
I wish to thank the people of Charlotte County (those at home and those abroad) also the summer residents, for their kindly consideration during the years for their many tokens of good feeling, and for the patronage which they have extended the paper. I have done what I could during my residence in Charlotte County to advance its interest, to develop its resources and to encourage its people. More I would have done had I been permitted. It is satisfaction to me to know that there is a prospect of an early materializing of one of the projects for which I had most strenuously labored.
I wish to thank most heartily the patrons of the paper—the advertisers, the subscribers the world over, the correspondents,—all who in any way have contributed to its success. I would say too them that I hope before the middle of April to make a positive announcement a to the continuance of the paper. Much will depend upon the encouragement received from the businesspeople of the Town.
To my brethren of the press throughout Canada and the US, I will say that their companionship has been very dear to me. I do not intend to bid them farewell, for in the new field which I propose entering I will be brought very close to them, and will have to rely very largely upon their kindly support and their brotherly consideration and advice.
—R. E. Armstrong
Engineer Swan's Report
Recommends Adoption of St. Croix River as Auxiliary Port for Saint John. A Safe Port in Every Respect. Oak Point Favored as Beginning. Master Mariners agree as to Excellence of St. Croix.
Details.
St. Croix Courier
March 26/1914
Mr. R. E. Armstrong is the new Secretary
Former Saint John man chosen for Board of Trade Position
Globe—Mr. Robert E. Armstrong, a former Saint John man and now editor of the St. Andrews Beacon, is the new secretary of the board of trade in succession to Mr. Hoag. The appointment, which was decided on Friday evening at a meeting of the council of the board, and some of the most active members, is regarded as a particularly good one and will give satisfaction to the very large and steadily growing number who believe that a local man can fill the position far more satisfactorily than can any outsider. Mr. Armstrong is a native of St. John and was for many years on the staff of the Globe. During more recent years he has conducted one of the brightest and best of the maritime province's weekly newspapers and in St. Andrews, his adopted home, has occupied a prominent place, serving as mayor. He also had the distinction of being nominated for the House of Commons. Mr. Armstrong's work has kept him in close touch with the life of St. John. He will be warmly welcomed back to the city by hundreds of old friends who will rejoice that he is once again to become a citizen. Mr. Armstrong is a man of ability, and of good appearance, and should be able to discharge in a credible and satisfactory manner any and all the duties that many come to him s the official head of the board of trade and the representative of the business industrial and commercial life of St. John.
Beacon
April 2/1914
Campobello Affairs
The affairs of the Campobello Land Company are in litigation and Howard Grimmer, barrister at law, of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, has recently been appointed receiver to take charge of the assets. It looks now as though the island would revert to the former owners, as Alexander Porter, one of the first promoters of the island as a summer resort, holds a large claim against the Company. –Ex
St. Andrews Board of Trade
Accepts Resignation of President R. E. Armstrong.
. . . As the St. Croix had been recommended by Engineer Swan as an auxiliary port for Saint John , it was quite in line with his labors in its behalf that he should go with all speed to the parent port and endeavour to hasten forward those developments which in time would lead to the utilization of the splendid privileges that are lying idle on the St. Croix.
Beacon
April 9, 1914
St. Croix Harbour
Government Promises Early Development
Canadian Northern Railway Interested
Details.
Courier
April 16/1914
Algonquin Hotel burned to the Ground
Property Valued at Three Quarters of a Million Dollars. Made Spectacular Blaze at St. Andrews on Saturday
If it had not been for the concrete additions which were made in recent years there would be nothing left of the stately Algonquin Hotel today but a heap of smouldering ruins. Every atom of woodwork about the great building, including the central section, the roofs of the concrete wings, the wooden stairways and partitions, etc., was completely destroyed in the fire which began at noon on Saturday and raged throughout the afternoon.
The fire originated from a charcoal spark which had gone beneath the shingles on the northeast concrete wing, whilst some repairs were being made by workmen. Smouldering on the tarred paper it worked its way to the woodwork while the men were at dinner, and a great conflagration was the result.
The water supply which had been turned off for the winter had not been restored, so that there was little to fight the fire with except buckets. In less than an hour after the fire started, fanned by a westerly gale, the flames had eaten through to the four-story central section of wood. Being highly inflammable it burned with great fierceness, the sparks being carried miles away. Some of them even set fire to the grass alongside Sir William Van Horne's summer home on Minister's Island. George Chase's farm building a mile away were fired by these wind-blown sparks, but the fire was speedily extinguished. Half an hour after the flames had taken hold of the wooden section it was completely destroyed together with the board verandas in front.
Then the fire penetrated the western concrete wing which was built two years ago. Everything of an inflammable nature in its five storeys was burned. It was feared that the explosion of the ammonia tanks near the refrigerator would result in possible accident to human life, but happily this did not occur. The fire burned in this section like a great furnace for several hours. It was a spectacular conflagration, and had it occurred at night would have been seen for many miles.
Construction men say that the concrete wings have suffered little damage, and that they can be used again when the hotel is being restored. There were many beautiful summer cottages within the fire zone, but with the exception of No. 1 Algonquin cottage, which stood immediately the north of the hotel, all the cottages were saved. The summer cottage of George B. Hopkins of New York, which was separated from the hotel by only the width of the street, was on fire several times, but the firemen by desperate efforts succeeded in saving it. Had it burned, the summer houses of Mr. Gill, of Ottawa, Mr. Southam, of Ottawa, Mr. Douglass Seeley, of Montreal, Prof. Smith, of Cambridge, and possibly the summer residence of Sir Thomas Shaughnessy would have been destroyed.
Nearly all the interior furnishings on the lower floor of the hotel were taken out before the fire reached it and were safely removed to the casino, but with this exception little of the contents of the hotel were saved. Manager Allerton was away at the time having gone to Boston on Friday night to engage his help for the season. It is the prevailing belief that while the destruction of the hotel has been a great loss to the town, it will lead to the construction of a more modern and more beautiful hotel.
The Algonquin Hotel was opened in 1889 with Mr. F. A. Jones, of St. John, as its first manager. Since then it has been enlarged and improved, the C. P .R. having spent nearly a quarter of a million upon it in making additions and in supplying it with modern equipment. The entire value of the hotel and furnishings was about three quarters of a million. It had accommodations for over 400 guests. Many enquiries for rooms had been received this year and a successful season was anticipated. It is understood that the property was well insured.
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St. Andrews, N.B. April 13
The Algonquin, a large summer hotel here, owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway, was destroyed with contents by fire Saturday at a loss of $500,000. The structure had been renovated recently, and was nearly ready for the opening in June. It contained 275 rooms with elaborate fittings.
Starting on the shingle roof of the old part of the building, from a spark from a charcoal fire used in repairing the roof, and flames were quickly fanned beyond control by a high wind. There was practically no firefighting apparatus available, and in a short time all that remained standing was the concrete walls. A nearby cottage, also owned by the railroad company, was burned.
The portion of the building which represented the original hotel was composed entirely of wood. It was five storeys in height with a wooden tower and lookout in the centre. This section burned with great fierceness, the sparks being carried miles away. Some of them even set fire to the grass alongside Sir William Van Horne's summer home on Ministers Island.
The hotel first opened in 1889, with Mr. F. A. Jones of St. John, as manager. A few years later it passed into the hands of the C. P. R., who have spent at least a quarter of a million dollars improving it.
The two new concrete wings had been built within the last couple of years, and the furnishings throughout were unusually elaborate for a seaside hotel, and was a favorite resort from the New England States and New York. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the C. P. R., Sir William Van Horne, Mr. C. R. Hosmer and Mr. Percy Cowans, of Montreal, beside several others, have private summer cottages here.
Manager Allerton was in Boston engaging help for the coming season when the fire occurred. Mr. N. S. Dunlop, head of the C. P. R. insurance department, has arrived here to look into the loss.
St. Croix Courier
April 23/1914
D. Will MacKay has taken photographs of the ruins of the "Algonquin Hotel for Peter Lyall and sons, contractors, Montreal.
St. Croix Courier
April 30/1914
The debris from the Algonquin fire is being rapidly cleared away. About one hundred men are employed. then will follow the rebuilding of the hotel. The contract for rebuilding the Algonquin has been let to R. A. Clark. The new structure will be of concrete and will be ready for business in the summer of 1915.
Courier
June 4/1914
The Empress of Ireland Sunk in Terrible Marine Disaster
Plans for the reconstruction of the Algonquin were received on Friday, and the work will now be pushed forward with all possible speed.
June 28/1914 Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo
Beacon
July 2/1914
New Editor Wallace Broad
Beacon suspended since April 9 because of technical problems, but nothing could be done in time, since the town no longer has a machine shop or foundry.
Assassination of heir to Austrian throne.
Foreign Sardines
The Fishing Gazette. Foreign sardines continue in fair demand with the market firm on all grades.
Former St. Andrews Man in Big Lawsuit
John Treadwell sued for $2,000,000
Details. John Treadwell discoverer of famous Treadwell mine in Alaska
Beacon
July 9/1914
The two vital questions of the moment in St. Andrews are those of the present inadequate summer arrangement of the C. P. R. train service, and of the pressing necessity of a general system of water supply for the town.
There are not two opinions in the whole community in regard to the C. P. R. train service, all citizens, indeed all persons who have any connexion whatever with the town, are unanimous in their condemnation of the treatment St. Andrews is receiving this summer at the hands of the C. P. R. Because, forsooth, the Algonquin Hotel was destroyed by fire, the citizens of this town are to be denied a right they have enjoyed for more than thirty years. Is the town regarded as an adjunct to the hotel? The destruction of the hotel was itself a great loss to the town, but it is not claimed that the fire was of incendiary origin. Then why punish the citizens doubly for what is no fault of theirs, and which they could do nothing to avert? Let us have our former summer train service restored at once; and let us see to it that the service next winter is greatly improved. Every citizen of this town, every visitor here, contributes something to the revenue of the C. P. R., and it is a short-sighted policy of this great national transportation company to do, or to neglect to do, anything to antagonize so many of its patrons. Two trains a day are as necessary to St. Andrews this summer as during any summer in the past.
The question of a system of water works for the town appears to be on a different basis, inasmuch as the desire for it is not unanimous, however incredible this may appear to those who wish to promote the best interests of . . .
St. Croix Courier
July 23/1914
The New Algonquin Bigger and Better
A Concrete Structure with Accommodation for over five hundred guests in course of construction
The plans for the new Algonquin Hotel, as approved by the president of the CPR, have arrived at St. Andrews, the contract has been let, and all is now in readiness for the construction of the new building which will be pushed forward as rapidly as possible.
The contract for the superstructure which it is estimated will cost within the vicinity of one hundred thousand dollars, has been awarded to the Peter Lyall and Sons Construction Company, Limited, of Montreal, and they are under contract to have their part of the work finished by the last of October.
The building will be constructed entirely of reinforced concrete, all partitions to be of terra cotta, with fireproof doors between the wings, thus making it as nearly fireproof as possible. The new hotel, when completed, will be a handsome and imposing structure of six stories, with accommodation for five hundred and fifty guests and three hundred employees.
On the ground floor there will be two main entrances, one to the large rotunda of the hotel, which is ninety feet long by twenty feet wide, with a fireplace at each end, and a ladies' entrance to the drawing room, which room will be fifty feet by forty feet. In the center of the main building, as one enters will be found the general office, manager's office, telephone exchange, news stand, etc. The large a spacious dining room, one hundred and nine feet by forty-one feet, with seating capacity for five hounded guests, is situated on this floor, at the west end. Connected with the main dining hall are two private dining rooms, the officers' dining room, and children's dining rooms. There will also be ladies' sitting room, and writing and reading rooms. The barber shop, billiard rooms, barroom and café, for the use of the guess will be situated directly under the main office. The remaining four stories will be composed of sleeping apartments. Spacious verandas and balconies will adorn the buildings.
The men in charge of this tremendous undertaking, and upon whom the responsibility rests, are Manager A. A. Allerton of the Algonquin, who is keeping a watchful eye on all phases of the work; George Archer, superintendent of the Lyall Construction Company Limited; Robert A. Clark, local superintendent of the CPR. Mr. Clark has eighty-five men employed, and is making splendid progress with his end of the work. Mr. Huch is inspector for the CPR on the new building, which work it is expected, will be completed early next week. Concrete mixtures and other necessary machinery, are now being set up to be in readiness and with the arrival of two hundred and fifty men during the next few days the work will be full swing and will be rushed forward with all possible speed as the hotel must be completed and ready for the reception of guests by the firs of June next.
The CPR are sparing no trouble nor expanse in order to make this magnificent building one of the finest of its kind on the Atlantic coast and everything for the accommodation and comfort of the guests is being worked out to the smallest detail.
The CPR Inn at Indian Point is now open and ready for the reception of guests with Mrs. Allerton in charge. During the past week about twenty guests have registered.
July 28/1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia
August 3/1914 Germany declares war on France
August 4/1914 Germany invades neutral Belgium and Great Britain declares war on Germany
St. Croix Courier
August 6/1914
Britain and Germany at War
Died
Wren, John
Sex M
Age 79
Date of Death 1914-08-06 (Y-M-D)
Residence St. Andrews
County of Residence CHARLOTTE
Place of Death St. Andrews
County of Death CHARLOTTE
Place of Birth St. Andrews
County of Birth CHARLOTTE
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Reference C1d , Page 58, Line 48
Beacon (f9822)
Aug 27/1914
Minister's Island was visited by a plague of army worms last week. About one quarter of a field of oats was destroyed before the birds discovered and made a meal of them. Only once before have hey had army worms on the island.
Council meets with Shaughnessy. "He . . . assured us he was very anxious to see the Town provided with a water supply, which would be the means of inducing a number of people to build houses here in the summer."
St. Croix Courier
Sept 10/1914
Campobello Doing Her Share
. . . Leaving the waterfront, the crowd wended their way to the picnic grounds at Tyn-y-coed Hotel.
Beacon
Sept 10/1914
Red Cross Picnic fund-raiser at Campobello; Tyn-y-Coed grounds used; Grand Ball held in Inn Casino. Corn roast by Tyn-y-Coed club at Indian Point.
Beacon (f9822)
Oct 8/1914
Proposed route for water supply:
CPR main on Saint John Road, 10 inch main to Parr, along Parr to Mary, down Mary to Water, along Water to Augustus, Augustus to Patrick with 6 inch main. 6 inch main on Queen, Montague and Parr as far as Augustus to be connected with four inch bleeder down Augustus. Six inch main on Harriet to Prince of Wales down Prince of Wales to King, four inch to Parr. 55 hydrants.
Small fire at Algonquin—circular saw powered by gas engine. Easily extinguished as water supply on. The fire is said to have occurred in a room containing a circular saw driven by a gasoline engine. The fire was confined to the saw room; and the damage done is said to have been comparatively small. The building it is believed sustained no injury whatever. It must be carefully noted that when the fire took place in April which destroyed the Hotel it was thought to have been caused by the carelessness of the workmen engaged in the work of renovation and that the water supply from the reservoir was not available, as it had been shut off over winter, and the consequence was the building was destroyed. The fire on Sunday morning was probably due to the same cause; but the water supply from the reservoir being is use the fire was extinguished without serious loss. "This is a lesson and a warming to the people of "Sa.
Beacon
Oct 22, 1914
Sir William Van Horne went to Montreal by Friday's train.
Beacon
Oct 29, 1914
Mr. and Mrs. William Hope and family heft for Montreal Saturday evening last. It is winter, indeed, in St. Andrews when they leave us; for of all our summer residents none endear themselves more to the permanent inhabitants, none enter more sympathetically into the life and spirit of this old world town, then they. And those who have enjoyed the hospitality of "Dalmeny" look forward to the spring when this charming home will again receive its fortunate owners.
beacon
Nov 5/1914
Eight men, who had been at work on the Algonquin Hotel, were arrested at McAdam Junction last week on the supposition that they were Austrian reservists intending to go back to their own country via United States. They were taken to Saint John, and were brought before Lt. Col. McAvity and questioned by him through an interpreter. The men turned out to be Bulgarians, and were allowed to return to McAdam.
Beacon (f9822)
Nov 26/1914
Design and Construction of the New C. P. R. Hotel
Schematic of new section and wings.
In April this year the Algonquin Hotel, owned by the C. P. R., was almost entirely destroyed by fire. The main building, of frame construction, was completely burned, and only the shells of the wings were left standing. It was decided to rebuild, and Messrs. Barott, Blacader, and Webster, architects, Montreal, were instructed to draw up plans. The contract for the main building was let to P. Lyall and Sons Construction Company, Limited, Montreal, while the restoration of the wings was undertaken by the C. P. R. building construction department, of which Mr. D. F. Mapes is superintendent.
As will be seen on the plans reproduced, it has been decided to adhere to the original plan of a main building with two wings. The hotel stands on a site covering 28,000 feet and will be constructed almost entirely of reinforced concrete, terra cotta partitions being utilized in the interior. In order to give an artistic appearance to the front of the main building, a quantity of lumber, embedded in concrete, is employed. The roof is of red slate.
The building, consisting of four stories and two basements, will have accommodation for 200 [error—500 guests] guests. The basement and sub-basement are, owing to the sloping character of the ground constructed at a lower level than the greater part of the main building. These basements are partly situated in the front portion of the hotel, and are continued under what is known as the kitchen wing. They contain servants' quarters, officers' quarters, helps' dining room, refrigerating plant, bakery, laundry, men's lounge, common room, servery, etc. An open terrace is built over the front portion of the basement, and as higher ground is reached, a verandah is constructed right around one side of the building.
The first floor, entered from the verandah, is arranged so that the lobby is placed between the dining room 41 1/192 x 112 ft.)—the largest room in the hotel—and the lounge (2 1/192 feet x. 89 1/192 feet). These can also be entered from the terrace and verandah respectively. The drawing room (27 ft. x 38 1/192 feet) leads off the dining room. Behind these rooms and facing the rear portion of the hotel, are children's dining room, private dining room, sitting room, office, news stand, ticket and telegraph booths, manager's office, smoking room, etc.
The first-floor portion of the kitchen wing, which runs off the dining room and lobby, is devoted entirely to kitchen purposes. These include service, dish washing, cup, vegetable, meat and poultry, knife and glass departments, and officers' dining room. The other wing, leading from a corridor at the side of the drawing room, contains a number of bedrooms. The entire second and third floors, including the wings, are given up to bedrooms; 97 of these have private baths and 22 have private lavatories. In the attic, bedroom accommodation is also provided, while here is also situated maids' and male helps' quarters, dormitory, and common room.
A boiler house is constructed about 300 feet from the main building. This contains three boilers and two generators for the purpose of providing electric light, power, heat and hot water.
The keynote of the furnishing is to be simplicity, as becomes a purely summer hotel. Most of the bedrooms and public rooms will have hardwood floors. With the object of minimizing the risk of fire, automatic fire doors have been provided, dividing each floor into five sections, which can be isolated in case of an outbreak. Thus on the first floor there are seven such doors, which can be very quickly brought into operation.
The C. P. R. have in hand all the electrical work; the Garth Company, Montreal, the plumbing and heating; MacFarlane and Douglass, Ottawa, sheet metal and roofing; Murray and Gregory, St. John, a portion of the mill work; while the Otis-Fensom Elevator Company, Limited, Montreal, have the contact for two elevators—one passenger and one freight.
Beacon
Dec 10/1914
Mr. E. W. Beatty Appointed CPR Vice-President
A new "Movie" show was opened Monday evening in Andraeleo Hall, under the management of Mr. Howard chase. Although there were difficulties with the new engine, a first-class show was presented, and was enjoyed by 400 people. The manager received many compliments and hearty congratulations. The new electric light add greatly to the hall, as does the new heating system; and the Andraeleo show bids fair to be an extremely popular one.
George J. Clark 1914-17
Premier of New Brunswick
Conservative Dec. 17, 1914
Last Will and Testament
Sir William Van Horne
Jan 26, 1915
2. Lucy Van Horne gets the Montreal property and, if she abandons all claim for dower under her American marriage contract, a $30,000 a year allowance for three years after SWVH's death
4. "At the expiration of said term of three years from my death and after providing for the foregoing bequests in favour of my said beloved wife, I direct that the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) shall be set aside and placed in the hands of the Royal Trust Company, a body corporate having its Head Office in the said City of Montreal, to be held by them, in trust for my beloved grandson William Cornelius Covenhoven Van Horne, the said sum to be invested by the said Royal Trust Company, in such interest bearing securities as they may deem advisable, without being limited to Trustees' investments and the revenue therefrom to be used by the said Company as far as need be, for the education and support of my said grandson, till he reaches the age of twenty-one years and any surplus revenue shall be added to the principal and invested in interest bearing securities as aforesaid, and the capital amount together with all accumulations of revenue thereon shall be paid over to my said grandson when he reaches the age of twenty-one years to be held by him in full ownership, but if he should die before reaching such age, the same shall be paid to his Estate and succession. during the interval between my death and the expiration of said term of said term of three years from my death, my Executors shall expend a sum of not exceeding three thousand dollars per annum for the support and education of my said grandson.
5. I hereby ratify and confirm the conveyance to my daughter Adaline Van Horne, of my house and all my real estate on Minister's Island, near St. Andrews in the Province of New Brunswick, such conveyance having been made by deed, and I hereby bequeath to her all the furniture, art collections, animals and movable effects contained in or about the same or appertaining thereto, and if there should be any informality or defect in connection with said Deed I hereby bequeath said property to my daughter.
6. The remainder of the estate is to be divided as follows: 4/12ths to wife, 5/12ths to Richard, and 3/12ths to Adaline.
7. Whereas my said son made certain settlements amounting to $50,000 and $100,000 for the benefit of his wife and children, as set forth in his marriage contract with his said wife Dame Edith Molson and the Deed of Donation in Trust by him in her favour, both documents passed before H. M. Mailer, Notary, of the twelfth day of June , 1906, now therefore if my said son before his expiration of said term of three years from the time of my death, has not invested or paid in the said sums of fifty thousand and 100,000 dollars respectively in accordance with said contract of marriage and Donation in Trust, I direct my Executors to see that such investment and payment are duly made and they shall deduct and set apart from my said son's share in my Estate such sums either in cash or securities as they may deem necessary for that purpose.