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Accession # |
A1996.141 |
Title |
Harriston municipal records, draft minutes and supporting documents, 1889-1915. -- 36 cm. |
Date |
1889-1915 |
Description |
Town of Harriston, draft minutes and supporting documents, 1889-1915. Files include handwritten correspondence, motions, reports (Market and Property Committee; Charity Committee; Printing Committee, Fire and Water Committee; Cemetery Committee, Finance Committee, etc.), tenders, recommendations, invoices, statements, contracts; companies named have Harriston addresses, unless otherwise noted; the minutes of the meetings (as formally reported) are available in A2001.19, Series 1: files 1 - 72 [MR 23]; files 74 - 93 [MR 24]. - file 1: 1889 Jan. 04 - includes letterhead of John Waddell, dealer in groceries, teas, etc. "The Model Grocery, Meiklejohn's Block". - file 2: 1889 Jan. 18 - includes letterhead of A.C.R. Saunders, Division Court clerk; Brockest & Wilson, stoves, tinware, etc. - file 3: 1889 Jan. 21 - includes arrangements of committees. - file 4: 1889 Feb. 01 - includes letterhead of Gurneys & Ware / Hamilton Scale Works, Hamilton. - file 5: 1889 Feb. 15 - includes letterhead of James Smith, boots, shoes, etc; Dowling & Leighton, furniture and school desks. - file 6: 1889 Feb. 19 - "Minutes of Adjourned Meeting"; includes letterhead of Sault Ste Marie Water Light and Power Company. - file 7: 1889 Mar. 01 - includes letterhead of Canadian Pacific Railway Company Telegraph (with rubber stamp of Hugh Wright, confectioner and dealer in fruits, fish, oysters, tobaccos, cigars, etc; Hart & Company, publishers, booksellers, Toronto; Wm. Thackeray, manufacturer of pumps; George Gran, planing mills etc. - file 8: 1889 Mar. 15 - includes letterhead of Dowling & Leighton, furniture and school desks; Chesley Planing Mills / Steven Bros, Chesley. - file 9: 1889 Apr. 05 - includes letterhead of Dowling & Leighton, furniture and school desks; A.J. Stewart, Town Clerk. - file 10: 1889 May 03 - (a) includes letterhead of the Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co. of Toronto; Fisher, Irvine & Co, vehicle manufacturers; a resignation and applicants for a position with the Harriston Fire [Department]. - file 11: 1889 May 03 - (b) includes letterhead of George Gray, builder and contractor; Canadian Pacific Railways's Telegraph; A. Laidlaw, general hardware dealer. - file 12: 1889 May 07 - special meeting regarding a by-law for the purpose of restraining horses, cattle, sheep, swine and other animals; establishing a pound and pound keeper. - file 13: 1889 May 17 - includes letterhead of Fisher, Irvine & Co., vehicle manufacturers. - file 14: 1889 June 07 - includes letterhead of Dowling & Leighton, Samuel / Thomas Wilson, Alloway Roller Mills; Eakins Bros., groceries, provisions, etc., furniture manufacturers. - file 15: 1889 June 21 - "Furnace contract in this package"; includes letterhead of Queen's Hotel, Orangeville; E.& C. Gurney Co., heating and ventilating engineers, Hamilton and Toronto; Dowling & Leighton, furniture manufacturers; Hart & Company, publishers, booksellers, etc., Toronto; James Smith, boots, shoes, etc. - file 16: 1889 July 08 - includes letterhead of A. Laidlaw, general hardware dealer; Dowling & Leighton, furniture manufacturers. - file 17: 1889 July 10 - special meeting. - file 18: 1889 Dec. 30 - nomination papers for officers, public school trustees, Town of Harriston, 1890. - file 19: 1890 April 08 - includes letterhead of Geo. Stong / Harriston Agricultural Works; A.J. Stewart, Town Clerk, Harriston. - file 20: 1890 April 18 - includes letterhead of A&J Meiklejohn; Howes & Co; Geo. Fulton, Greenbush Saw Mills; Watson Manufacturing Comp'y, Ayr. - file 21: 1890 Aug. 15 - includes letterhead of Canadian Express Company. - file 22: 1891 Dec. 18 - "Ronald correspondence in this package"; includes letterhead of Bingham's Royal Hotel; Howes & Leighton; Thos. Richardson, fresh and cured meat; Alex Yule, baker; E. Johnson, town drayman, dealer in wood and coal; The Bell Telephone Co. of Canada; John Robertson, printer; A&J Meiklejohn, hardware; Howes & Leighton, lumber; Fisher, Irvine & Co, vehicle manufacturers; Brussels Steam Fire Engine Works, Brussels. Includes Auditors Declaration, Alexander MacReady; Declaration of Office, John C. Fulton. - file 23: 1892 Jan. 18 - includes letterhead of Alex. Yule, baker and confectioner (chairman of the Fire and Water Committee). - file 24: 1892 Feb. 25 - Declaration of Office, Charles H. Ward as Chief Constable and Street Inspector. - file 25: 1892 Aug. 19 - includes letterhead of A.J. Stewart, town clerk. - file 26: 1892 Oct. 21 - includes Certificate for Selection of Jurors; letterhead of Howes & Leighton. - file 27: 1892 Nov. 04 - - file 28: 1892 Nov. 18 - includes payment to C.H. Ward "for taking care of tramps" and "conveying James Campbel Cameron to the Poor House". [The Fergus News-Record, 5 April 1905, reports the death of James C. Campbell, 31 March, committed from the Town of Harriston 1 Nov. 1892]. - file 29: 1892 Dec 02 - includes letterhead from Howes & Leighton; permission for use of the Town Hall by the "Travelling Dairy"; letter from F.O. Taylor regarding sleighs and "indecent or profane language on the street in front of a home" - file 30: 1892 Dec. 15 - regarding receiving, printing and posting of the Treasurer's report. - file 31: 1893 Jan. 20 - recommendations regarding standing committees. - file 32: 1893 Feb. 03 - letterhead of Harriston Agricultural Works, Geo. Stong, manufacturer of reapers ...; Geo. Fulton, saw-miller, Fulton's Mills; Registrar General's Office, Toronto. - file 33: 1893 Feb. 17 - letterhead of Hart & Riddell, publishers ..., Toronto; Dowling & Leighton [statement of the number of men employed]. - file 34: 1893 Apr. 21 - petition from ratepayers regarding celebration of Arbor Day; letterhead of A.& J. Meiklejohn; H. Cargill & Son, Cargill; J.M. Moore & Co, dealers in hardware ...; includes letter of 30 March regareding receipts from the Land Improvement Fund. - file 35: 1893 June 23 - special meeting re petition regarding celebration of Dominion Day; letterhead of Canadian Express Company. - file 36: 1893 July 06 - letterhead of H. Cargill & Son, Cargill; J.D. Detwiler, general Hardware; Howes & Leighton; Finley Campbell, the horseshoer, Rothsay; Grand Trunk Railway. - file 37: 1893 July 14 - special meeting. - file 38: 1893 July 21 - letterhead of A.G. Campbell (application for improvements at the High School); includes papment of bed and breakfast for a tramp. - file 39: 1893 Sept. 13 - special meeting. - file 40: 1894 Jan 2-3 - special meetings regarding a petition to the legislature for consolidatation of debt. - file 41: 1894 Jan. 12 - special meeting to further consider consolidation; includes legal opinion on letterhead of Guthrie & Watt, barristors-at-law, Guelph. - file 42: 1895 Jan. 15 - Declaration of Qualification, Declaration of Office, address and signatures of George Moon; Thomas Dunbar; Charles French; John Bradley; Archibald McKillop; James McQuibban; Robert Grieve; John Ival / Ivel; William W. Morley; John Grieve; James Smith; Alexander Yule. - file 43: 1896 Oct. 06 - includes letterhead of A.R. Morrell, choice tobacco, family groceries, fruit, &c.; J.D. Detwiler, dealer in general hardware ...; Edw. Johnson, general drayman; the Silica Barytic Stone Co. Ltd., Ingersoll. - file 44: 1897 Jan. 05 - - file 45: 1898 Mar. 18 - includes letterhead of Ontario Department of Agriculture (regarding a meeting "to judge of the real condition of your streets...". - file 46: 1900 Mar. 16 - - file 47: 1900 Apr. 20 - includes letterhead of E. Walker, choice groceries ...; Wm. Hinde, butchers ...; Harriston Bakery and Restaurant, J. Hucks & Son; John Robertson, grocer [scratched out: The Harriston Tribune, book and job printer]; John McConnell, general house furnisher; reports of Charity Committee and Sanitary Inspector. - file 48: 1900 May 14 - includes letterhead of the Watrous Engine Works Co. Limited, Brantford; The Harriston Review. - file 49: 1900 July 20 - includes letterhead of Canadian Architect and Builder, Toronto; Dorrien Plating and Mfg. Company Limited, Toronto; Grand Trunk Railway System; the Canadian Sewer Pipe Co., Toronto. - file 50: 1900 Aug. 10 - special meeting regarding assessment rates; leave of absence of A.J. Stewart, Clerk. - file 51: 1900 Aug. 17 - includes letterhead of the Harriston Review. - file 52: 1900 Oct. 02 - includes arbitration between Town of Harriston and Matthew Hastie, carriage builder; Certificate for Selectors of Jurors; letterhead of Harriston Planing Mills; the Carswell Company Limited, Toronto. - file 53: 1900 Nov. 16 - includes letterhead if Bruce, Burton & Bruce, solicitors, Hamilton; H.R. McCullough, M.D. [for attendance and medicine given a tramp]; Dowling & Leighton Co; Harriston Oil Co. - file 54: 1900 Dec. 07 - includes petition to procure a suitable Armory for No.1 Company, 30th Regiment; request for assistance from the Citizen's Band; letterhead of A.& J. Meiklejohn; Howes & Leighton; John McConnell, hardware; Geo. Gray, architect. - file 55: 1900 Dec. 28 - includes letterhead of Howes & Leighton; Edw. Johnston, general drayman; George Hyland, contractor and general jobber; Alex. Hall, blacksmith; John McConnell, hardware; Harriston Planing Mills; John A. Copland; Walter D. Ebbels, barrister; Geo. Gray, architect; A. & J. Meiklejohn; includes list of firemen and their wages. - file 56: 1901 Jan. 18 - includes report from C. Campbell, barrister, re trustee appointments; bylaw to appoint a local Board of Health. - file 57: 1901 Jan. 19 - includes bylaw for taking over the Public Library and establishing a free library; letterhead of the Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co. of Toronto; the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (seeking a donation); Ontario Provincial Board of Health, Toronto. - file 58: 1901 Feb. 01 - includes letterhead of The Municipal World, St. Thomas; Registrar General's Office, Toronto (re payment for registration of births, marriages and deaths); the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; McDonald House, Joseph Schohn, proprietor, Chesley (re lighting for Town Hall); resolution "to put on record our sincere sorrow and regret occasioned by the death of our beloved Sovereign Queen Victoria who died Jan'y 22 1901". - file 59: 1901 Mar. 15 - includes list of electrical supplies bought from John Froman, Montreal; letterhead of Edw. Johnston, general drayman. - file 60: 1901 Apr. 04 - includes letterhead of Globe Printing Co., Toronto; the Mail and Empire, Toronto; Howes & Leighton; George Fulton, Fulton's Mills, Minto; proposal by D. Hepburn to establish a shoe factory. - file 61: 1901 May 03 - includes letterhead of Harriston Tribune Power Printing House; Ellsworth Bros, manufacturers of and dealers in light and heavy harness; bylaw re laying the composition stone or granolithic sidewalks. - file 62: 1901 June 07 - includes letterhead of John Bradley, merchant tailor; The Municipal World, St. Thomas; Howes & Leighton; Harriston Planing Mill (regarding an addition to the factory); bills from Thomas Montcrieff, Sanitary Inspector, for burying dead cat and dog. - file 63: 1901 Aug. 16 - includes letter from Mrs. Eastman, regarding the illness of Thomas Cunningham, and his inability to pay rent (referred to the Charity Committee). - file 64: 1901 Aug. 30 - includes letterhead of The Harriston Review. - file 65: 1901 Sept. 06 - includes letterhead of Canadian Architect and Builder [crossed out]; the Mail and Empire, Toronto; grant to West Wellington Agricultural Society. - file 66: 1901 Sept. 20 - letter re dissolution of Howes & Leighton; invoice re Voters' List appeals (136 names). letterhead of Brown Brothers Limited, Toronto. - file 67: 1901 Oct. 04 - includes letterhead of Globe Printing Co., Toronto; Edw. Johnson, general drayman; Geo. Leighton. - file 68: 1901 Oct. 18 - includes Certificate for Selectors of Jurors; letterhead of The Canadian Fire Engine Co. Limited, London; the Watrous Engine Works Co. Limited, Brantford. - file 69: 1901 Nov. 01 - letterhead of A.G. Campbell, barrister (re Harriston High School grant); Howes & Leighton; J. Bradley, merchant tailor. - file 70: 1901 Nov. 15 - letter from Hugh Morrison, barrister, Lucknow, regarding Andrew Carnegie, and "getting him to grant you a library building"; motion that the Night Patrol be instructed to ring the town bell at 6 o'clock, every morning (Sundays excepted). - file 71: 1901 Dec. 16 - R.J. Wells addressed the Council on behalf of the Cunningham family; letterhead of Harriston Tribune Power Printing House; A.& J. Meiklejohn; W.C. Dryden, manufacturer of lumber ...; J.L. Lloyd, contractor; letter regarding arrears of taxes on the Mansion House [hotel]. - file 72: 1901 Dec. 20 - includes letterhead of Harriston Planing Mills; Howes & Leighton; John Ivel, contractor and builder; Watrous Engine Works Co. Limited, Brantford; list of members, Hook and Ladder Company, and amounts due; list of members, Harriston Fire Company, and amounts due; motion that "the free use of the Town Hall be granted for a concert in aid of T. Cunningham ...' - file 73: 1902 Jan. 03 - includes bylaw regarding the Harriston Shoe Company Limited. - file 74: 1903 Jan 11 - includes letter from A.G. Campbell, barrister, solicitor, notary public, &c., regarding appointments to the boards of Harriston High School and Harriston Public Library. - file 75: 1904 Mar. 11 - Special Meeting regarding the distribution of a load of coal, then in the Harriston train station. - file 76: 1904 May 20 - includes letterhead of the Dowling & Leighton Co., Limited; George Leighton, dealer in lumber, lath shingles, coal and wood. - file 77: 1904 June 03 - includes letterhead of the Silica Barytic Stone Co. of Ontario, Limited; Grand Trunk Railway System, Montreal; George Leighton; Union of Canadian Municipalities. - file 78: 1904 July 05 - includes petition to proclaim the 21 July 1904 a civic holiday; letterhead of E. Johnson, general drayman; W. Beatty, hardware, stoves, tinware and graniteware; A.& J. Meiklejohn, importers and dealers in shelf and heavy hardware; George Leighton, dealer in lumber, coal & wood; the Cranston Novelty Co, Galt. - file 79: 1904 Sept. 02 - includes letterhead of the Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal; the Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co. of Toronto Limited. - file 80: 1904 Oct. 21 - includes letterhead of Geo. Gray, architect, superintendent and valuator; Harriston Planing Mills, Geo. Gray, prop; the Harriston Review, R.L. Dewar, editor and publisher. - file 81: 1904 Nov. 04 - includes certificate for Selectors of Jurors. - file 83: 1905 Aug. 24 - first publication of Bylaw No.420 of the Town of Harriston, to issue debentures to raise money to loan John Edward Cave $10,000 to establish a Stove Foundry, &c., &c. - file 83: 1906 Aug. 17 - - file 84: 1906 Dec. 15-18 - regarding receiving, printing and posting the Treasurer's report. - file 85: 1906 Dec. 21 - includes letterhead of Grand Trunk Railway System; George Leighton, dealer in lumber, lath, shingles, coal and wood; The Municipal World, Limited, St. Thomas; Geo. Gray, architect and superintendent; Mansion House; Wm.McConnell, leading grocer; list of firemen with length of service and payments due. - file 86: 1907 May 03 - includes wrapper for Britten's Red Fellows chewing gum, American Chicle Co., Toronto; petition "that the crossing at the corner of King and William Streets be kept free from being blocked with rubbish from other parts of town ..."; payment to the Harriston Citizen's Band; letterhead of the Tribune Power Printing and Publishing House; The Waterous Engine Works Co., Limited, Brantford. - file 87: 1907 Sept. 20 - includes letterhead of Canadian Iron and Foundry Co. Limited, Montreal; Laurie Engine and Machine Co., Ltd., Montreal; The Canadian Independent Telephone Association, Toronto; J.L. Eedy, furniture dealer and undertaker; George Leighton, dealer in lumber...; - file 88: 1907 Sept 23-25 special meeting regarding arrangements for the Harriston Shoe Company. - file 89: 1907 Oct. 18 - includes letterhead of A.& J. Meiklejohn; John Bradley, merchant tailor and clothier; the Tribune Power Printing and Publishing House, John A. Copland, proprietor and editor. - file 90: 1907 Nov. 15 - includes letterhead of Thomson Meter Co., Brooklyn, N.Y; John Howes; A.& J. Meiklejohn; E. Johnston, general drayman; The Toronto World; first reading of a Bylaw to prohibit the sale of liquor in the Town of Harriston. - file 91: 1907 Dec. 06 - letter to reduce the licence fee for playing the game of billiards [includes motion with recorded vote]; letterhead of J.S. Collison Hardware; George Leighton; M. Hastie, dealer in up-to-date vehicles; Wm. Hinde & Sons, butchers. - file 92: 1915 Mar. 05 - letter from Guelph Branch, The Red Cross Society, regarding provision of an ambulance; letterhead of The Muncipal World, Limited, St. Thomas; E. Johnson, general drayman; Lake Erie Coal Company, Limited, Walkerville; Canadian Westinghouse Company, Limited, Hamilton; the Canadian Casualty and Boiler Insurance Company, Toronto; John Patterson, Manager, Electric Light and Power Plant; Grand Trunk Railway System; includes Electricty Meter Certificate. - file 93: 1915 Nov. 05 - includes letter from Ontario Treasury Department regarding tax "payable by all corporations, partnerships and individuals carrying on the business of supplying electric light, heat or power ..."; letterhead of The Imperial Oil Company Limited, Toronto; Canadian General Electric Company Limited, Toronto; The Empire Year Book, London, England; Canada Bond Corporation, Toronto; Federal Engineering Company Limited, Toronto; C.L. Eedy, Clerk, Tenth Division Court, County of Wellington; John Howes; Canadian Express Company; John Patterson, manager, Electric Light and Power Plant; Lake Erie Coal Company, Limited, Walkerville; Grand Trunk Railway System; R.G. Lambert & Sons, general merchants; Dominion Express Co; includes boiler inspection report regarding Municipal Electric Light Plant of Harriston. |
Creator \ Maker |
Corporation of the Town of Harriston [compiler] |
Item Name |
File Minutes Correspondence |
Person \ Organization |
Corporation of the Town of Harriston Waddell, John Meiklejohn's Block Brockest and Wilson Gurneys and Ware Hamilton Scale Works James Smith Dowling and Leighton Sault Ste. Marie Water Light and Power Compnay Canadian Pacific Railway Wright, Hugh Hart and Company Wm. Thackeray Gran, George Chesley Planing Mills Steven Brothers Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company of Toronto Fisher, Irvine and Company Harriston Fire Department Gray, George A. Laidlaw Hardware Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Thomas Alloway Roller Mills Eakins Brothers Queen's Hotel E. and C. Gurney Company James Smith Stong, George Harriston Agricultural Works A and J Meiklejohn Howes and Company Fulton, George Greenbush Saw Mills Watson Manufacturing Company Canadian Express Company Bingham's Royal Hotel Howes and Leighton Richardson, Thomas Alexander Yule Johnson, E. Bell Telephone Company of Canada Limited Robertson, John Brussels Steam Fire Engine Works Harriston Town Hall H. Cargill and Son J. M. Moore and Company Guthrie and Watt A. R. Morrell J. D. Detwiler Silica Barytic Stone Company Limited Department of Agriculture (Ontario) E. Walker Hinde, William Harriston Bakery and Restaurant J. Hucks and Son Harriston Tribune John McConnell Watrous Engine Works Company Limited Harriston Review Dorrien Plating and Manufacturing Company Limited Grand Trunk Railway System Canadian Sewer Pipe Company Matthew Hastie Harriston Planing Mills Carswell Company Limited Bruce, Burton and Bruce Harriston Oil Company Harriston Armoury 30th Regiment Harriston Citizen's Band Hyland, George Alexander Hall Copland, John A. Ebbels, Walter D. Hospital For Sick Children Ontario Provincial Board of Health Municipal World Limited Office of the Registrar General McDonald House Froman, John Globe Printing Company Mail and Empire Harriston Tribune Power Printing House Ellsworth Brothers Bradley, John Canadian Architect and Builder West Wellington Agricultural Society Brown Brothers Limited Canadian Fire Engine Company Limited Watrous Engine Works Company Limited Campbell, A. G. Harriston High School Mansion House Mansion Hotel Harriston Shoe Company Union of Canadian Municipalities Cranston Novelty Company Canadian Rubber Company American Chicle Company Canadian Iron and Foundry Company Limited Laurie Engine and Machine Company Canadian Independent Telephone Association Eedy, J. L. Tribune Power Printing and Publishing House Thomson Meter Company Howes, John Toronto World J. S. Collison Hardware William Hinde and Sons Red Cross Society Lake Erie Coal Company Canadian Westinghouse Company Limited Canadian Casualty and Boiler Insurance Company Imperial Oil Company Limited Canadian General Electric Company Limited Empire Year Book Canada Bond Corporation Federal Engineering Company Limited Lake Erie Coal Company R. G. Lambert and Sons Dominion Express Company Saunders, Alfred Chapman Rolleston Stewart, A. J. MacReady, Alexander Fulton, John C. Ward, Charles H. Cameron, James Campbel Taylor, F. O. Campbell, C. Moon, George Dunbar, Thomas French, Charles Bradley, John McKillop, Archibald McQuibban, James Grieve, Robert Ival, John Ivel, John Morley, William W. Grieve, John Smith, James Yule, Alexander Morell, A. R J. D. Detwiler Johnson, Edward E. Walker Hinde, William Hucks, J. Robertson, John John McConnell Matthew Hastie McCullough, H. R. (Dr.) Gray, George Hyland, George Hall, Alexander Copland, John A. Campbell, C. Schohn, Joseph Fulton, George Hepburn, D. Montcrief, Thomas Eastman, (Mrs.) Cunningham, Thomas Leighton, George Morrison, Hugh Wells, R. J. Dryden, W. C. Lloyd, J. L. Beatty, W. Dewar, R. L. Cave, John Edward McConnell, William Patterson, John Campbell, Finley Collison, J. S. |
Place |
Harriston Hamilton Sault Ste. Marie Chesley Toronto Orangeville Brussels Fulton Mills Cargill Guelph Ingersoll Brantford Greenbush Ayr |
Subject |
Government Commercial Railroad Manufacturing And Trades |
Year Range from |
1889 |
Year Range to |
1915 |
Accession # |
A1996.141 |
Containers |
MR 23 MR 24 |