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Richmond Hill was incorporated as a village in the year 1873 but thirty years before that the post office of Richmond Hill was opened on- January 6th, 1836, with James Sinclair as first post master. The name, however, is older than the post office. 'In 1800 Abner Miles, a merchant of York, acquired large holdings in yaughan and Markham along Yonge Street. At the ‘time of his death in 1806 these holdings amounted to some two thousand acres. It was but natural then that this community should be referred to as Miles’ Hill. Some years after his death the community was known as Mount Pleasant and it was not until about 1819 that the name Richmond Hill was adopted. - I have heard at least two versions of the naming of the Vill- age. The late Wm. Harrison of Richmond Hill, a worthy resident of the village who took a great interest in its early history, main- tained that the place was named by Benjamin Barnard. Benja- min Barnard first taught at Langstafl’ removing to Richmond Hill in 18l6 and teaching in private houses until the first public school was built in 1820. On Richmond Hill there lives a lass More bright than May-day morn, , Whose charms all others do surpass A rose without a thorn. He was so enthusiastic for his own town name of Richmond in Surry and so persistent in singing the river song “The Lass of Richmond Hill” that the name Mount Pleasant gave way to Rich- mond Hill. In August 1819 he was bitten by a tame fox and on the 27th of the month died of hydrophobia. The awfulness of this untimely death recalled his visit to the district and to commemorate this visit and the name of a distin- guished guest the Hill was rechristened in his honor “Richmond Hill," In 1846 it was spelled as two words and with a capital H in the postal guide of Canada. And in the postal guide it is so spelled although many write it Richmondhill. Richmondhill was incorporated by the County Council of York on June 19th, 1872 on the petition of Abraham Law and Matthew Teefy Esq. appointed the first returning officer. The election was held on January lst, 1873 and the first council consisting of Abraham Law Reeve. and Councillors, Wil- liam Warren, David Hopkins, Jacob Brillinger and William Pow- ell. Mr. Barnard was from Surrey, England. He had pleasant memories of'the hills of Surry and the boat songs on the Thames and one song was with him a favorite and we reproduce one stanza. ‘ N.B.â€"â€"The writer welcomes comments, criticisms or corrections and he also hopes readers will forward descriptions of incidents connected With the County of York, of which they have particu- lar knowledge. - - '\ '4 Matthew Teefy was appointed Clerk and Treasurer. At the time of incorporation the population was 631 and the assessment $114,900.00. To-day the returns show a population of 1340 and an assess- ment of $805,884.00. On June 4th. 1844,. I. Walsingham succeeded Mr. Sinclair as postmaster and the succeeding post masters were Matthew Teefy in 1853; Peter J. Savage, December 29th, 1911 and the present postmaster Armand G. Savage on October 3lst, 1917. My own impression however, is that Richmond Hill was nam- ed after Charles Gordon Lennox, Fourth Duke of Richmond, who was Governor-General in Canada in 1818 and 1819. This community then, as now, was anxious to display their loyalty to the British Crown and British Institution and for sev- eral hours entertained the representative of the British King. The Duke of Richmond, a distinguished nobleman, impressed the people of the community by his dignified, yet pleasant bearâ€" mg. During the summer of 1819 he made a tour of Upper Canada including in that tour a journey by way of Yonge Street from York to Holland Landing. ' COVERING CANADA’S BEST SUBURBAN DISTRICT Vol. XLVIX. PIONEER AND PRESENT ABRAHAM LAW First Reeve of the Village of Richmond Hill in 1373. “The Lass of Richmond Hill.” NEXT WEEKâ€"BOND LAKE RICHMOND HILL BY E. A. JAMES YORK Article No. 4 “In Essentials, Unity; In Non-essentials, Liberty; In All Things, Charity.” RICHMOND HILL, ONT, THURSDAY, JULY 29, TOWNSHIP OF NORTH YORK LOCAL IMPROVEMENT NOTICE Bathurst Street and Carmichael Ave. \Vatermain K TAKE NOTICE THAT:â€". .. . . . . . . 1. The council of the Corporation of the Township of North York in- tends to construct as a local improveâ€" ment :1 6 inch watermain on:â€" (a‘) Bathurst Street from Dun- blaine Ave. to Carmichael Ave. (b) Carmichael Ave. from Bath urst St. to the east side of Lot 78, Plan 1831, and intends to speci/ally assess ‘a part of ’che cost upon the land abutting directly on the work. 2. The estimated cost of the work is $3,539.00 of which $305.51 is to he paid for the .Water Area No.1. The es- timated special rate per foot front- age is $1.16. The special assess- ment is to be paid in thirty annual instalments. ,3. A petition to the said council will not avail to prevent its construc- tion, but a petition against the work or the manner in which it has been undertaken, may be made pursuant to Section 9 of the Local Improveâ€" ment Act, to the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board, by a majority of the owners representing at least one-half of the value of the lots which are to be specially assessed therefor. Dated at Willowdale July 20th 1926. II. D. GOODE, Clerk. IN MEMORIAM Brownâ€"In loving memory of a dear husband and father Edmund Brown who went to rest one year ago Brown who went to rest one year ago to-day. August lst. No one knows the heartache, 3. A petition to the said Council will not avail to prevent its construc- tion, but a petition against the work or the manner in which it has been undertaken, may be made pursuant to Section 9 of the Local Improve- ment Act, to The Ontario Railway and Municipal Board, by a major- ity of the owners representing at least one-half of the value of the lots which are to be specially assessed therefor. Dated at Willowdale, July 14th, 1926. l H. D. GOODE. Clerk. Only those who have lost can tell, Of the grief that is borne in silence For the one we loved so well. “Oh for the touch of a vanished hand And the sound of a voice that is still.” Local Improvement Notice Don Boulevard Bridge ..Take Notice That: 1. The council of the corporation of the Township of North York intend to construct as a local improvement a reinforced concrete bridge, over the west branch of the Don River on Don Boulevard and intends to especially assess a part of the cost of the land abutting direct- ly on the work and upon the follow- ing land which is to be immediately benefited by the workzâ€"both sides of Don Boulevard from 30th., Aven- ue, West, to the north limit of Don Boulevard. 2. The estimated cost of the‘ work is $3,000.00, of which $1,500.00 is to be paid by the Corporation. The es- timated special rate per foot front- age is $0.75. The special assess- ment is to be paid in fifteen annual instalments of 10 cents per foot fier year. Sadly missed by Wife, Daughter and Sons. - J. LUNAU Present Reeve of the Village of of Richmond Hill TOWNSHIP OF NORTH YORK the Corporation North York in- a local improveâ€" ‘atermain on:â€" SOME INTERESTING TRAVEL TALK TRTTITT DWN EAST Mr. G. R. Goulding, Newtonbrook, writes about beauties of the Maritimes. Rev. E. R. Young of Newtonbrook, has received a very interesting let- ter from Mr. G. R. Goulding, which contains some delightful descriptions of his trip through the Maritime Provinces and we herewith print. a few selections from the same. The letter is dated, “Sackville, N. 1?... July y “We have been in four provinces," says Mr. Goulding; “namely: Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and, last Saturday, Prince Edward Island. This last mentioned place is reached by a railroad ferry from Cape Tor- mentine in New Brunswick across Northumberland Strait to Borden, Prince Edward Island. This partic« ular ferry to me was one of the Won- ders of the world and one of the dc- lights of this delightful trip.” The motor car was loaded on a railway flat car after paying the freight charge of $4.00 each way and 45 cents a passenger, who were in- structed to remain in this auto until they were on the ferry. 2-1, 1926.” “There were five autos going over and seven or eight coming back. They have enough flat cars to accommodate the number of autos and you run» your auto from one to another; over a big plateVof iron until you as far ahead as they want you so as to ac- commodate those coming behind. Then a locomotive connects with» the flat car and away we go down a long pier, out into the waters of the strait. A Moose Seen On the Streets of St. John. N. B. This pier is built of stone, very large boulders, and is only wide en- nough to accommodate the railway track in most of its length; at some places it is wide enough to have a switch and in some places awe switch- es. This particular piece of track Printing that Satisfies ! “T116 Liberal ” We have “got out something” for hundreds of people, but not before we have been all over the preliminaries. Our “somethings” have beenâ€"letter heads, envelopes, bill- heads, statements, reports, pamphlets, posters magazines, labels, paper. We’re proud of our workâ€"the kind of work that has brought to us many an unsolicited testimonial. It the sort of printing that has produced results. While quality is the important issue with us, our un- usually low pl‘ices also are an inducement for you to have your Printing done here. THE silent salesman of to-day is printing! If you wish to make a favorable impression, if you want it to be read and remembered, it must be done by a quality shop and in a quality manner. THE FIRST THING CONSIDER IN PRINTINGâ€" IS QUALITY OF WORK must be half a mile long and the ferry is at the end of it. .This ferry is both wide and long. It has two railway tracks of Standard guage and amorent parts required in landing and docking at the piers. This ferry has, of course, to be very strongly at- tached to the pier and the railway rails I‘nust meet exactly and be held tight in place to meet the rails on the pier. Once. you are on the ferry, you are allowed to get out of your own auto, climb down the side of the flat car and go up on deck. The boat is nicely furnished and well kept. The trip across, nine miles, takes about 45 minutes. C(prning to the pier at Borden you are supposed to be in your place in the auto and a locomotive connects with the cars and takes the whole train up the pier to the station, where the flat cars are shunted to a siding that ends in a place where the auto road is as high as the flat cars. They pull out the blocks that have been securing your car and go away on your own power on land once more. Prince Edward Island resembles Ontario more than any of the Mar- itimes. The soil is darker than that of New Brunswick or Nova Scotia and looks to be more productive. I think they grow more grain than the other Maritime Province farmers. We went to Charlottetown, the capâ€" ital, about 38 miles from Borden and returned in time to get the ferry and get back to Tormentine and Sack- vilIe, 735 miles, about 9.30 pm. We have been to Halifax, saw the devasted area, now mostly rebuilt. IT CAN BE PRINTED ANYWHERE WE CAN DO IT‘ cataloguesâ€"all kinds of things made from printed TELEPHONE 9 RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO flat cars as lway passen- particularly the SINGLE COPY, 30 $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE We also saw an ocean liner coma into pier No 2, and next morning were allowed to go aboard and 1001‘ around, and it was worth seeing We saw also the military head quarters, a neglected looking spot Once it was a pretty strong fortifica- tion; now it could be blown to piece; very easily by the big guns from th'. harbour. Among the freight to be shippe from the pier were 80 or 90 casks or hogsheads of Jamaica. rum, cor. taining about 115 gallons each. 0:: of the men who handled the freigh remarked that when they were 109.6 ing these casks into the ocean boat! if anything happened to them, th crowd looking on wbuld burst inl tears! He said ‘that even a bottl broken, brought tears to the eyes c any bystanders. ’ any Truro has a nice park up th~ mountain side, a stream of wate. running close to a winding walkâ€" beautiful scenery. Truro, N. S., alsx. has a fine model and experiment 21] farm and some lovely crops (..' hayâ€"3 tons to the acre. Oats, ou' in head; corn, coming on fine and likely to mature in time for the silo also great crops of potatoes and other vegetables. There is a bi:.' acreage of turnips, beautifully free from weeds. The model farm cer- tainly leads in crops, far ahead o’ anything to be seen anywhere else Coming home, one evening aboui ‘7.30, we sighted a full-grown do: deer about 200 yards ahead on the road. She stood still for a few sec- onds as we approached, then sudden- ly glancing in our direction, shr, bounded away at full speed. I sa\. a fox on the road, away ofl", one day also a medium sized black bear, the. had just been shot. A moose appear- ed on the streets of St. John, N. B. one day recently. He went back intc the woods after looking around a bi: Nobody molested him.” Centre St. \V. Richmond Hi.2 Prompt Service. Rates Reasonable. ’Phone 149. CHARLES E. HOPPER Cartage and Expres: