535-03 Page 35_0�periing of Railway Through Beac ille in 1853
Boom -
By M. E. Cropp tending as far north as the .gore,
The Great Western Railway was and as far -.at as the first quarry
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opened through Beachville in 1853. The registry book says, "on con
i 6 A local man, speaking of his dition that the flow of water from
==lathers workjpg on the construc- the creek be not interrupted in
S e-tion of the road bed, remarked, the daytime, in accordance with
P "—and every shovelful' by hand." the right granted to Messrs.
Robert Bowie had charge of the Thompson, Muirhead and Co.,
snthAeams in this sector. He lived in Machinists."
$ the house now occupied -by' B. A. The land was surveyed Into 426
_-`Finch. The horses were stabled
in the barns of the Railway Hotel, lots of varying sizes. Maps were
a large white frame building prepared and posted. They were
standing south of the track, which lithographed by Maclean and Co.,
later burned. James Ham was the Toronto. One of these is in pos-
.proprietor. session of E.J. Hacker, Beachville.
Excitement Prevails In one corner Is printed the fol.
The official opening was on De- lowing: e • , ;
comber 15. Many people could not -
sleep the night before for excite. Beachville, County of Oxford.
lment. Children were forbidden to The Sale Will Take Place
leave their own yards. At last, the Saturday; June — 1856.
diminutive engine, looking today, TERMS OF SALE —
to photographs, something like a One fifth cash, balance in
Shetland pony, went snorting four annual instalments with
through at the spanking pace of interest yearly. An abstract
six miles an hour. of the title, which is unexcep.
The coming of
the railroad fired tionable, may be obtained from
the mind of a local citizen by the Messrs. Dennis and Boulton,
name of William Somerville Boul. Toronto.
ton with the idea that the village Purchasers residing at a
would expand. He bought up a distance will be allowed their
large block of land on the north railway fares to and from the
;ide of the river, including all the sale.
territory not already occupied, ex- Full particulars and plans
may be obtained in Beachville o e at ,
Prom Mr. Moore, Merchant, or tion of ground above the rails jl
from Mr. Wallace, Station renders it admirably suited for
Master, the storage of wheat and other
Dennis and Burton, grains.
Agents, Toronto. "The surrounding country is
Best and Green,one of the richest agricultural l:
Auctioneers. districts in the province and a
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large business is now doing,
In the opposite corner is the Pof- and much more may be don•
owing legend: _
REMARKS in the purchase and forward -
"The great demand for lots ing of produce.
in this flourishing village has "There are at present in the
induced the Proprietors to sub- village three churches, a post
divide and offer for sale this one grist
valuable property. office, one foundry,
"Beachville has always been and flouring mill, eight shops,
celebrated for its healthiness, one stave factory, one barrel
while the beauty of the situa- factory, a planing mill and
tion and extensive view from lumber yard, two tanneries,
,.-almost every part of this prop- I
erty render it one of the most and three hotels, besides a
desirable places of residence large number of merchants in
in Canada, and the proximity different branches of Industry.
to the Great Western Railway "There are also, at present,
Station makes it easily access- in course of erection, a new
ible to all parts of the Province.
"As a place of business it store and several substantial,
offers great inducement to dwelling houses, besides an ex -
merchants .and 'mechanics, and tensive foundry and woollen
the properties would particu- mill, both of which will employ
larly invite the attention of a large number of hands
the former to those building II
lots fronting on the side tracks
Route for London Area By -Pass Determined
Dotted line shows the route of the new $15,000,000 London area by-pass, for which tenders will be tolled immedi-
ately. Cloverleafs planned for the 38-mile stretch of four -lane highway are designated by open circles. Eight more
cloverleafs are considered for traffic transfers between the major Middlesex and Oxford co my roads, but their loco-
tians have not, en de®
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-The population numbers
about eight hundred and is -
rapidly increasing. It will be
seen from the plan that, be-
sides the building lots, there
are several villa lots from one ,
to. ten acreseach, well situated
to Gentlemans' Residences, or
for Market Gardeners, and on
three of these good dwelling
houses are erected.
"The gravel road direct from
Stratford and Embro passes
through this property, thus
concentrating a great amount
of trade and travel at the Rail-
way Station situated upon it.
"Full particulars ma
St. Thomas. (3)
3e 33
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TAXES
Date of
?,mount Pa; ment
rained from Mr. MooOmpleyp. First PartchMr.ant, or from i
Station Master.
. • Of Highway No. 401
Mr. Boulton went to LL..-}/S-rytb
Country to get money tl The department6f highways an.
his scheme, but on the nounced We nesda the first four.
he was drowned in Halift lane sector a way 401 in this
Foul play was suspecterj area has been completed. Butit
Many of the lots nevedi is net open to traction
TowConstruction has finish.
the survey still taus f ed bothth the base and top course
headaches. 'Lawyers hat paving running for mare thap five
be paid to declare Boy' miles east of Highway 73 intersect..
opened streets officialll ion. The company has not moved
and farmers, buying p7 to its second contract of about
plot, have had It pay a I five miles just east of Ingersoll.
on each In separately. This brings to 10 miles the
11 amount of paving completed on the
40-mile route. between Eastwood
and Tempo. By late fall cr early
winter, east -west traffic should be
able to bypass Woodstock, Inger-
sell and London using at least one
lane of the projected four -lane
route, department engineers said.
At present no part of the route is
Open to traffic, they said.
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ol a
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Six cloverleafs will be con -
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Strutted to carry traffic off No. 2
O
By
onto the by-pass at Eastwood, !
over the
74, 73, 19, and 59,
and then onto Highway 4 at Lam-
.Pass
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15 Mi
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eth.Eight other cloverleafs pro- 1,
bviding traffic transfers between
ions I
the major Middlesex and Oxford
County roads are also contem-
$pecial to The Free Press
plated, the minister said.
TORONTO, Nov. 26 —
Only five, srnalI_sized bridges
Fenders will be called imme- :
wilt be required on the by-pass
9iately for the first part of
route as there are no major rivers
to span. There is, however, more
the new $15,000,000 London
than 10o culverts included in spec-
area by-pass, Highways Min- t
ifications for the initial grading
ister George H. Doucett an.'•
g
contracts.
"Total cost of the London area
nounced today.
lr -pass could reach about $15,000,-
Four -Lane Highway
000," the highways minister said,
(Continued on Page 6, Col. 4)
The 38-mile by-pass will be a
four -lane controlled,aecess high-
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way designed to relieve traffic
Span
congestion is London and, to a
Oxford
lesser extent, ck St
Thomas and Ingersoll. Inntime t e
Contract �pe�l..
e
highway will form a link of the
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trans -provincial highway now
By Staff Writer
under construction.
TORONTO, March 4, — A, $63,-'
The by-pa@s, as shown in a map
340 contract for construction ofl
released by the department, be-
is bridge to carry Super -Highway)
gins one-half mile west of East-
�No. 401 over No. 2 Highway east
wood and runs. parallel to No. 2
of Woodstock, has been awarded
Highway westwards, passing
to the Canadian Bridge Company
about one mile south of Wood-
'.Limited, it was announced late.
stock and Ingersoll. Crossing the
today by the Department of'i,
Middlesex County line, the high-
I Highways.
bridge will be a four -lane)
way veers to the southwest, three
miles from London city limits, to
The
concrete structure wineh will
join No. 4 Highway just southof
Lambeth.
cross just where the highway
1 divides into four lanes. There will
it be a cloverleaf built so that traN.
Call Grading Bids
fie may connect"with No. 2 High-,
Tenders will first be called for
T
way :at this point.
grading and installing culverts, a
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contract estimated by the high-
ways minister at some $7,000,000.
It's not known how long the pro-
fop PA"Ap. Gv- �'✓
ject will take for completion.
"In addition to providing relief
for traffic on No. 2 Highway, the
London area by-pass will also
serve as an interceptor artery ft-
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four ot�'n:.r north anti } _;