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Opened primarily as a military measure and with military labor, it became the great high- way north from York â€" Yonge Street's180th birthday is this year Road duty As part of their set- tlement duties, each settler was required to clear the 66 foot (one chain) road allowance to the halfway mark across the quarter-mile frontage of his lot, so eventUally a good cart road could be constructed. He personally explored the area north of Toronto Bay as a means of shortening the journey by water from York to Fort Penetanguishene to provide an inland route which would be com- paratively safe from attack by Americans. The survey and opening of the road from York to Georgian Bay took 43 days (January 4 to February 16) â€" 40 to reach Penetang and three for the return trip. In 1795 Simcoe sent out Surveyor Augustus Jones with Indian helpers and 30 men of the York Rangers to lay out the road. For years Yonge Street was a hard road to travel, and that altogether on foot, the farmers carrying the products of their farms on their backs to York. This opened the way for early settlers to reach a market for their produce and encouraged many more hardy souls to make a new home in the wilderness. of the military roads planned by John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant- governor of the Province of Upper Canada. Yonge Street is shown looking south from Arnold Street about 1900 with a “radial” car on the east side of the macadamized road. no street lights. hitching posts in front of the two hotels. The Liberal office is behind the trees in the centre of the picture. A row of rocking chairs on the Palmer House verandah was We have been reminded Yonge Street is 180 years old this year. ‘ Yonge Street, named for the British minister of war at the time, was one E YESTER DAYS 6 i :Iljlk-u‘sL mull Grand Prizes Giant Cake Carnival 5 Jungle Cats Clowns and Savings Galore ! By Mary Dawson Omnibuses, with lengthwise seats and a single door in the back, carried passengers from Richmond Hill to the marketplace in York. There the road resumed and continued to the fort at Penetanguishene. The first stage coaches appeared in 1828 and were operated by George Playter & Son. The line was bought by William Weller'in 1832 and he sold it in 1840 to Charles Thompson. It ran to Holland Landing where con- nection was made with a steamer for the trip across Lake Simcoe to Barrie. Government officials and military units used it frequently. Lords Derby, Elgin, Carlisle and Ellesmere, Sir Charles Lyle, Sir Henry Bonâ€" nycastle, Sir Francis Bond Head and many other titled men travelled over its muddy surface. First stagecoach Until 1820 wagons were the common conveyance. Then the Concord-type stage coach, designed for heavy service, made its appearance. ' The usual load was eight or nine passengers inside, with one or two sitting with the driver. centre of government, of wealth and of fashion â€" to Penelang, naval and military depot. 14 DAYS BY SHIP and TOURCOACH MARITIMES INTERNATIONAL One at our most popular packages to eastern Canada. "Mans times International" will carry you through the US. nonheast to Fenland. Maine. From here a memorable ocean cruise sails to Yarmouth. Nova Scotia. then our coach will tollow the most scenic route at Nova Scotia past Dlgby overlooking the Annapolis Basin to Halitax. the memorable Cabot Trail and across the Northum- berland Strait to PKEJ. Here you'll visit Chartottetown, Green Gables. and Woodleigh Replicas betoro returning through lovely New Brunswick. along the St Lawrence River. a tour at quaint Quebec City and then home. Departs: Aug. 2, 3, 24, 3‘ Street cars continued until the hydro shortage of the winter of 1948 and the imminence of the Toronto Yonge Street subway replaced the street cars with buses. Traders’ trail But let’s go back to the beginning. In 1923the Metropolitan was t In over by the Cityof rontoandin 1930 sold toahe Townships of North Yfrk, Vaughan and Markhan, and the Village cf Richmond Hill. Regullr service to Sutton legan the next year. They fired the TTC to provide a street car service. 4-horse coaches A line of four-horse coaches wlich carried 40 persons wzs started by a man named Shuttleworth in 1847. 'I‘lose ran as far north as Hchmond Hill at first, but later to Lake Simcoe. The stage coaches continued to serve the travellirg public on Yonge Sreet until 1896 when thz first electric street cars, powered by a generatirg plant at Bond Lake, ran on the Metropditan Railway (Radial)fr0m Toronto to Richmord Hill. Time hr the 30-mile trip from ake to lake was seven yours. Stage coaches, ‘being smaller, were fastar. usually occupied by elderly men of the town. The building on the extreme left is the Trench Carriage Works. It and the Palmer House still stand. The picture is from the collection of Russell Lynett by courtesy of Stuart’s Studio Archives. $4109 V V V W”- m, ...- .... “Atlantic Canada" and includes m rugged beamy of Newfoundland Our coach will carry us aboard the CN lorry across lhe Cabot Swan enain many opponune moments to photo- graph t magnificent seascape. Departs: Aug 27. Sept. 3. 10 In 1836 trustees were set up for the highways in the Home District, which included the County of York, with power to erect toll gates and collect tolls. A macadam road was built of small con- solidated broken stone on a well drained and crowned gravel base, mostly from rocks broken on the site by men swinging large sledges. The road slashed from the forests by the York Rangers, followed to a large extent a trail which had been blazed by the Northwest Fur Trading Company to shorten their travels to the trading areas west of the Great Lakes. As the road became passable they mounted their boats on wheels and towed them to Holland Landing. One toll gate was built at Langstaff and another at Elgin Mills. Tolls were collected until 1896 to pay for the upkeep of the road. First hard surface The road was first macadamized in 1846 as far north as Richmond Hill. This method of sur- facing continued to be used until 1923 when the first concrete pavement (two-lane) was laid, with the street car tracks along one side or in the centre of the road. This combination is hard to beat. altering basmally the same scenic route as "Atlantic Canada" plus the rugged beauty at the Gaspe Peninsula. Your camera will be busy capturing the charm oi Peggy's Cove. Farce Rock. Charlottetown. Atlantic seacoast and picturesque villages nestled in natural coves This tour also features a retreshing crunse on the terry Bluenose across the Bay at Fundy to Bar Harbour. Maine. the beautitul lorests at New Hampshire and the mountains of Vermont. Departs: Aug 30. Sept 6. 13.20 16 DAYS BY SHIP and TOURCOACH Earlier in the week â€" July 27 â€" the department was called out to a home at 87 Spruce Street, after lightning struck a tree and blew a hole in the house. The incident occurred about 6:15 pm. A bit of spot welding that carried on long after the welder had gone to bed, brought Richmond Hill firefighters to the spot early Tuesday morning. The local department answered the call to the home of Gordon Wood, 253 Harrigan Crescent, at 4:19 am, where a 1962 car was burning in the garage. Mr. Wood told the firemen he had been doing some welding work on the vehicle earlier in the evening. The car was completely destroyed. There was also some damage done to the garage. Damage, however, was minor. She later received 12 stitches. Basement blaze A Markham woman woke up one evening last week to find the cellar of her home in flames. A Lake Wilcox man has been charged with two counts of assault oc- casioning bodily harm and two of common assault, following an altercation at the beach last week. York Regional Police said four people â€" Douglas Wilson, 21, and Bobby-Lynn Wilson, 18, both of Etobicoke; and Hilda Sinovert, 21, and Terry Parnell, 21, both of Toronto â€" were con- fronted by a man they had never seen before. The man threw two beer bottles at Wilson, resulting in a subsequent six stitches in his head, plus another bottle at Miss Wilson. Threatened police Police ran into some stiff opposition when they stopped a car for a traffic violation at Steeles Avenue, near Pine Valley Drive, about 1:45 am, July 26. Their two companions, Sinovert and Parnell, were then punched, police said. Arrested was Philip Jones, 22, of Wildwood Avenue. Markham cellar ablaze Yer/r Regional Police attacked, threatened 2 fires awaken sleeping peeple s449%? 4 assault charges follow head-stitch incident Cause of the fire was unknown. There were no contents in the house. King Fire Department attended. A fire in an abandoned house on Concession 4 in King Township, resulted in $3,000 damage. Mon. to Fri. 4:30 - 9:30 Saturday 9:30 - 6 Damage was $5,000. When the other policeman went to assist him, he was attacked by the passenger in the car. The department then subdued the fire, which had started in an electric baseboard, which had in turn ignited a sofa. One policeman was shoved when he questioned the driver. Marie Davies, of RR 1, called Markham Fire Department after the smell of smoke roused her from sleep, about 10:15 pm, July 25. En route to the station, the passenger allegedly told the policeman he had fought with that he would find where he lived and kill him. Facing a charge of assault is Gordon Lewis. Region's dental director quits Dr. E.F. Shaunessy, dental director of York Regional Board of Health for the past eight years. has resigned, effective August 1. He cited unsatisfactory salary as his reason for leaving. OPT/0N CHARGE ACCOUNT Shaunessy, who resides at 3 John Lyon‘s Road, Markham, will take a similar position with Scarboro Health Department. He also serves jointly as dental director for Durham Region at present. set They will appear in court August 18. Terrance Bell. 20, of Napier Street, Kleinburg. faces charges of assault and threatening. 17, of Teston Road, Woodbridge. George H.. 45, owns a men's wear store. He always wanted to study Economics. Rita B., 28. is a housewife with two pre- school children. She always wanted to study Psychology. Last fall, both found a way to fulfill their ambition yet keep their evenings free. 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