OSHAWA'SHISTORY

HISTORICAL SKETCH

WRITTEN BY

MAYOR T. E. KAISER, M.D.

Divided Into Five Periods: First Possessorsof the Land Around our Celebrated FourCorners, Industrial Foundation, Pioneerswho Should be Remembered, The earlyPress, Some Personal Factors.

1908

HISTORICAL SKETCHOF

OSHAWABY

Mayor T. E. Kaiser, M. D.

For convenience it might be well to divide the history ofOshawa into five periods:

1. Early settlement, 1798-1822.2. Industrial foundation, 1822-1840.3. Post office hamlet, 1840-1850.4. Incorporated village, 1850-1879.5. Town of Oshawa, 1879-1907. Early settlement.The site of the present Town of Oshawa covers an area of

2,400 acres, and is generally recognized upon a county map asoccupying Lots Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Concessions 1 and 2,East Whitby. As most of this land is still used for purposes ofagriculture, it can readily be understood that it is only the moredensely populated section that can pretend to play any part inthe real history of the town.

In dealing with the early settlement of Oshawa, we will confineour attention to Lots Nos. 10 and 11 of the 1st and 2nd Conces-sions of East Whitby, thus taking in the four two-hundred-acrefarms which come in close touch with each other at the main fourcorners of the town. Who were the first possessors of this land?and who immediate successors ? The following table of names anddates compiled from the Registry Office will fairly answer thesequestions as to the full lots or sections thereof:

Lot 10, 1st Concession.Up to 1798, Crown.

1798, Isabella Shaw." 1824, John Crooks." 1829, Chas. Arkland." 1832, Aaron Choat.

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" 1834, Dennis Dullea.1835, Phil Herriman.1836, Joseph Fox.

" 1836, Nelson Amsbury,1837, Edward Skae.

Lot 10, 2nd Concession (N. E. Ward).

Up to 1798, Crown.1798, Isabella Shaw.

" 1819, Francis Leys.1832, Norris Kerr.1832. William Kerr.1835, Elijah Haight,1839, Joseph Wood.1840, Abraham Farewell.1841, Henry Pedlar.

Lot 11, 1st Concession.

Up to 1798, Crown.1828, King's College.1828, Joseph Gorham.

" 1832, Robert and John Bradbury.1837, Joseph Gorham.1837, John McGrigor.1837, Elijah Haight.

" 1837, William Weller." 1839, Thomas Gibbs,

Lot 11, 2nd Concession (N. W. Ward).

Up to 1798, Crown.1795, Elizabeth Gray.1803, R. I. D. Gray, first Attorney-General, Ontario

" 1804, Slave Simon (by will)." 1809, John Gray." 1813, Jabez Lynde." 1816, John Kerr." 1829, James Hall." 1836, J. B. Warren.

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When General Simcoe removed the seat of Government fromNiagara to Toronto in 1794, the Queen's Rangers, a British regi-ment, of soldiers, were taken along with him, and in 1798 largesections of lands throughout the Home District were ceded to thevarious officers and their particular relatives. In most cases thepossessors of these grants never considered them of sufficient valueto even visit them, let alone attempt anything in the shape of set-tlement. In many cases these lands were bartered away by thegenerally easy-going soldier for a mere song. In the case of thelands now under consideration, it is seen that they were first cededin this very way, and in arriving at the earliest settlers we mustdeal alone with those who actually lived upon the land, and notwith the holders of the deed. Jabez Lynde, 1813, is the first nameof any probable settler. He built a house in 1804 at Lynde's Creek,just west of the Town of Whitby, which it was claimed was theonly house at that time between Toronto and Port Hope on theKingston Road. In 1813 he bought Lot No. 11, or Oshawa's N.W. Ward, and sold it to John Kerr in 1816. It must be fairlytendered to John Kerr that he was the first bona fide settler inOshawa. He had a large family, many of whom were born beforehe came to Oshawa; some were born here. Many direct descendantsstill live in the town and surrounding district. Among the pioneer-settlers we meet the following names: Jno. Kerr, Wm. Kerr, NorrisKerr, Jno. McGrigor, John Ritson, Ben. Stone, Annis, Hall, Ark-land, Hinkson, Henry, Ross, Bartlett, Wilson, McGill, Farewell.

INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION, 1822-1840.

Since the general introduction of steam power into factories-one might fairly ask what natural advantages are possessed byOshawa from a manufacturing standpoint, and frankly the answerwould be, that they are very few indeed. While that is true ofOshawa today, it was not the case in early days. The number ofpossible water-powers of fair capacity within a circumscribed areaattracted the attention of many business men as far back as 1822.To the original water-power and the impulse it gave to businessmust be attributed the foundation of industrial Oshawa. Factories,mills, distilleries, breweries, carding mills, asheries, tanneries, etc.,sprang up along the creek from 1822 to 1840.

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The life history of the early factories was circumscribed tonarrow limits. A few years of energy and activity generally ter-minated in failure, but apparently from the ruins of small indus-tries larger ones would rise, and these would live somewhat longerthan their predecessors. Such seems ever to have been our history.Ups and downs have come and gone, but on the whole the tendencyof Oshawa has ever been towards the establishment of larger andpermanent industries to take the place of those which happenedto be overtaken by misfortune or distress.

The appended list of industries and the date of their inceptionwill give a fair idea of the foundation of our industrial history.

1822, Cleveland, grist mill.1822, Joseph Gorham, carding mill.1829, Thos. Gibbs, grist mill.1832, T. N. Gibbs and W. H. Gibbs, grist mill.1836, Miles Luke, tannery.1836, Luke & Ash, tannery.1836, Bartlett Bros., tannery.1837, J. B. Warren, distillery.1837, J. B. Warren, grist mill.1837, J. B. Warren, ashery.1837, Thos. Fuller, chair factory.Later by Thos. Fuller, Jr., chair factory.Later by Edward Mialls & Co., Ltd., chair factory.1840, Oshawa Cabinet Co.1839, Patrick Wall, cooperage.1841, Henry Pedlar, blacksmith.1842, John Amsbury, edged tools.1842, E. Card, fulling mills.1843, Munroe Bros., foundry.1841, Moscrip, foundry.1841, Spalding, brewery.1841, Lockart & Wilson, distillery.1843, R. Wellington, furniture.1864, Lauchland & Robinson, tannery.

HISTORY OF OSHAWA.

POST OFFICE, 1840-1850.

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In 1840 the people in this little hamlet, known all around thecountry as Skae's Corners, so called after Edward Skae, an enter-prising and industrious merchant of the place, received word fromtheir M. P. at that time that the Government had decided to listento their request and to grant them a post office. It became theduty of the hamlet to select a name, and night after night, we areinformed by Mr. Glenny, who was present at the time, the peopleinterested met in the parlor of Munroe's Hotel and before theblaze of the black logs in the large open fireplace they deliberatedupon the great question of a name for the new post office. In themidst of one of these conferences Moody Farewell and two or threeIndians from Lake Scugog, with whom he had been engaged in thefur trade, came into the room, and by common consent the Indianswere taken into the confidence of the Council and asked for theiropinion as to a suitable name. They rose to the occasion and sug-gested "Oshawa," explaining that it meant that point at the cross-ing of the stream where the canoe was exchanged for the trail.The name was at once accepted and has ever since been applied tothis prosperous and progressive town.

It was during this period that we have to record the chiefevents in the life of J. B. Warren. Although many business menof fair calibre preceded him in Oshawa, still the extent and varietyof enterprises, the comprehensive plans designed by him for thefuture, the length of time from 1837 to 1865 in which he stoodforth as our most substantial industrial leader, justly entitles himto be regarded in the front rank of those men, past and present,whose business genius did so much towards the building up of theTown of Oshawa. He erected the large mill at the bridge, whichhas scarcely once since 1837 ceased "to grind the corn to feed thecrowd," a tannery, store, a distillery, an ashery, an hotel, the layingout of the N. W. Ward into town lots, the building of ProspectPark and the laying out of its grounds, which were afterwards de-veloped by W. H. Gibbs into one of the finest private dwellings inCanada are all attributed to the business ability of J. B. Warren.Among other business men deserving of recognition throughout thisperiod are: R. Wellington. W. Bambridge, R. Moscrip, Henry Ped-lar, Wm. McMaster. S. B. Fairbanks, R. Woon, F. Caulfield, Jas.

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Martin, A. Masson, P. Wall, E. Card, J. Fleming, J. Hyland, JamesMurton, J. D. Hoyt, M. B. Stone, Wm. Bettes, E. B. Wilcox, A.Farewell, Jonathan Farewell, Martin Shaw, Peter Nichol, JohnSykes, James Luke, Samuel Hall, Henry Carswell and W. J.Sutton.

VILLAGE OF OSHAWA, 1850-1879.

As in the period from 1837 to 1850, the history of Oshawa wasvery much told in the life of J. B. Warren, so in the period of itsexistence as a village from 1850 to 1879, the history of Oshawa isalmost identical with that of the life of another great man, theHon. T. N. Gibbs. True that his father, Thos. Gibbs, in 1829 pur--chased the Cleveland mill, and the sons, T. N. Gibbs and W. H.,followed along the same line, but the great incidents of the life ofT. N. Gibbs, and their bearings upon the history of Oshawa havereference to the period of history now under consideration.

He was first Warden of the County in 1854. Born in 1821 atTerrebonne, Que.; married August, 1843; was director of Confed-eration Life Co.; president Dominion Telegraph Co.; president ofStandard Bank; member of Privy Council, June 14th, 1873; Sec-retary of State for the Provinces until July 1st, when he was trans-ferred to the Inland Revenue Department; first elected to Parlia-ment in 1865, and continuously represented South Ontario until1874, when he was defeated by Hon. M. Cameron, at whose deathIn 1876 Hon. T. N. Gibbs was again returned; 1878 was defeatedby F. W. Glen, and called to Senate April 2nd, 1880; died inOshawa, 1882.— (From Parliamentary Register, 1878). His brother,W. H. Gibbs, was Reeve of Oshawa and the first Mayor of the town.He was also Warden of the County, and elected to Parliament in1872 for N. Ontario; defeated 1874, and re-elected in 1876; re-moved to Toronto in 1882, and died there 1903. While in Torontohe filled the office of Alderman.

The members of the first Council for the Village of Oshawawere: T. N. Gibbs, Reeve; J. B. Warren, Silas B. Fairbanks, PatrickWall, and G. K. Monroe.

The part played by Mr. A. S. Whiting in the industrial evolu-tion of Oshawa entitles him to be remembered as one of the town's

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greatest benefactors. In 1852 he organized the Oshawa Manufac-turing Co., with a capital stock of $75,000; president, A. S. Whit-ing; secretary and treasurer, W. Abbott; stockholders, L. Butter-field, T. N, Gibbs, W. H. Gibbs, A. Farewell, A. M. Farewell, Jr.,John Smith, James Murton, Geo. Gould, J. D. Hoyt, D. Conant.This company failed in the crash of 1857, and in 1858 Mr. Whitingsucceeded in getting Mr. Joseph Hall to take hold of the works,and thereon was erected the great industry that made Oshawaknown from one end of Ontario to the other.

In 1860 Whiting took a part of the Hall works to manufacturescythes, and in 1862, being crowded out of those quarters, he erectedthe Cedar Dale Works, and under the firm of Whiting & Tuttleconducted those works, always most successfully, till his death in1876. In 1867 Mr. Jno. Cowan joined Whiting in these works un-der the name of Whiting & Cowan. In this way, and at this time,commenced the manufacturing career of John and W. F. Cowan,whose remarkably successful efforts in these lines have done morefor the present proud position of Oshawa as an industrial townthan any other single factor now visible in our history.

Other gentlemen who held high positions in the municipal lifeof Oshawa Village, and who contributed much to its successfulgrowth, were: Silas B. Fairbanks, David Spalding, James Car-michael, John Hislop, Geo. H. Grierson, Thos. J. Eck, W. D.Michael, Ed. Morris, W. F. Cowan, Dr. F. Rae, Dr. McGill, Wm.Dickie, G. Hodder, F. W. Glen, Patrick Thornton, W. T. Dingle,Wm. King, D. F. Burk, J. W. Fowke.

TOWN OF OSHAWA, 1879-1904.The year 1879 will be ever memorable in the annals of our

history as being the date upon which the village Corporation cameto an end and the birth of a new town took place. W. H. Gibbswas elected as the first Mayor of the Town of Oshawa. Dr. Raewas the first Deputy. Other Councillors were: M. H. Thomas, Hig-ginbotham, Steele, Mallory, Western. Munro, Blarney, Kirby, Gar-row, Hodder, Smith, Deans, Lauchland, Warren.

Since 1879 the Mayor's chair has been successively filled by thefollowing men, whose names have been identified with the industrialand social life of the town:

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W. H. Gibbs, 1879.Dr. F. Rae, 1880-1887.John Cowan, 1887 to July, resigned.Robert McGee, 1887, September, 1889.W. F. Cowan, 1889-1894.W. J. Hare, 1897.F. L. Fowke, 1898.R. McLaughlin, 1899.F. L. Fowke, 1900-1906.T. E. Kaiser, 1907-1908.

Among the matters which engaged the attention of the townduring this period are to be mentioned the bonus by-laws for thepurpose of further extending the industrial undertakings of themunicipality, namely:

Masson Mfg. Co., $15,000, 1887.Heaps bonus, $15,000, 1887.Williams bonus, $20,000, 1888.Canning factory, $5,000, 1900.McLaughlin loan, $50,000, 1900.Eaton bonus, $3,000, 1903.Harness works, $10,000, 1903.First waterworks, $11,000, 1899.Final waterworks, $130,000, 1904.Guy bonus, $3,000, 1908.

The population of Oshawa in 1871 was 3,187; in 1879 it was3,900; in 1881, 3,992; 1891, 4,066; 1907, 6,400.

Assessment. Population.1898 $1,108,330 4,1341899 . . . . . . 1,137,895 4,2011900 1.184,820 4,5641901 1,196,875 4,3031902 1,225,005 4,4911903 1,314,875 4,7671904 1,383,650 4,9181905 1,766,042 5,1131906 1,864,303 5,5851907 1,984,832 6,400

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The electric light was established in 1887 and the Oshawa.Street Railway in 1895. Among the industries and institutionswhich today contribute to the life of the town and constitute itsframe work, are: The Western Bank and the Ontario Loan Com-pany, with T. H. McMillan at the head of these institutions; theOntario Iron Malleable Works, which is claimed to be the largestinstitution of the kind in Canada; the McLaughlin Carriage Co., thelargest carriage factory in the British Empire; the Williams PianoCompany, which can lay claim to being the largest factory of thekind in British North America; the Coulthard Scott Works; theSchofield Knitting; Company; the Canning Co.; the Robert WoonWorks; the Provan Hay Fork Works; the Pedlar. Works; Rob-son's Tannery; Eaton White Goods Factory; Oshawa Steam and.Gas Fittings Co.

Prominent among the names who have been associated with themunicipal history of Oshawa, not already mentioned, are: WalterCoulthard, Geo. H. Pedlar, C. A. Jones, Jno. S. Larke, L. K. Mur-ton,, J. F. Tamblyn, Wm. Dickie, Jno. Dickie, O. Hezzlewood, J.F. Grierson, Jas. Provan, C. French, Jas. Ross, R. McCaw, Wm.Glenny, E. S. Edmondson, L. C. Smith, Samuel Luke; R. J. Mackie,Thos. Morris, P. H. Punshon.

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES:The first school of Oshawa was a small log building in the S.

W. corner of King and Simcoe, taught by Miss Hall, in 1829, andafterwards by A. Masson, who was the first male teacher. TheUnion school was built in 1835, a part of which is used still asthe dwelling house of Royal Grigor McGrigor. In 1843 a secondschool was opened where now stands the dwelling of R. Wellington,Centre Street school was built in 1856, and the ward schools in1877.

Among the early teachers were: Miss Hall, Miss Howard, An-drew Masson, Bentley. F. Wheeler, Sloan, Wm. Scott, T. G. Chest-nut, D. L. Younghusband, A. W. Lawder, Alex. Begg, Thomas Kirk-land, afterwards Principal Normal School, Toronto.

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The Union schoolhouse from 1835 to 1841 served the doublepurpose of academy and cathedral. The children attended throughthe week for instruction and on Sunday all denominations—Metho-dists, Quakers, Baptists, Catholics and Christians—by mutual ar-rangement as to time, etc., would meet here in turn for divine ser-vice. In 1841 the Methodists built a church on the hill at the headof Nassau street, and in 1867 removed to the large church still usedby them on Simcoe street.

The old Catholic church was also completed in 1841 upon thesame site as that occupied by the present handsome structure, whichwas built by Father Jeffcott in 1898. The old Christian churchwas erected in 1842 upon the ground now occupied by the Williams;Piano Factory. The Presbyterians, under ministry of the distin-guished Dr. Thornton, erected a church upon the grounds where-now stands the beautiful edifice, built in 1899

THE PRESS.The first paper published in the County of Ontario was the

Christian Luminary of Oshawa, 1844. It was printed under theauspices of the Christian church. The Tribune and Friendly Mor-alist followed from the same source in 1850, under the guidance ofElder Thomas Henry. The Freeman and Protestant were startedabout the same time. In 1854 The Freeman and Protestant mergedinto The Vindicator, and under this heading it has never missed aweek of publication since that date. J. 0. Dornan, of Whitby, pub-lished a paper for a short time. In 1872 The Reformer was estab-lished by W. R. Climie, of Bowmanville, and is still published.

A list of physicians who have practised in Oshawa are as fol-lows: Drs. Clarke, McGill, Burdette, Tempest, Rae, Martin, Mc-Brien, Farewell, Coburn, Belt, Wilkinson, Hoig, Kaiser, McKay,Ford, Montgomery.

Lawyers: Silas B. Fairbanks, Edgerton Ryerson, John Bill-ings. R. L. Holland, Lyman English, J. E. Farewell, R. McGee, C.A. Jones, L. K. Murton, A. Rundle, J. F. Grierson, L. Drew, W,E. N. Sinclair, H. E. Morphy.

High School Principals: Russel, McCabe, Carnage, Seath, Pro-fessor Baker, Tamblyn, Smith.

In a mere sketch such as we have here attempted it is impos-sible to do justice to all the prominent characters who come beforeus for review, and we hope we do no discredit to any when we givespecial attention to a few names which seem to stand out as thegreat moulding factors in the evolution of the industrial life ofOshawa.

Four generations have almost passed away since Oshawa startedon its mission to become a great manufacturing centre. It is amatter of congratulation that each period of her existence has beenmarked by the possession of one or two men of so remarkable ability..And it is to those men, more than to natural advantage, that weowe any prominence we may possess as a manufacturing town.Let us be fair to the past and true to the present by according tothese men the credit to which they are justly entitled: J. B. War-ren, T. N. Gibbs, W. H. Gibbs, A. S. Whiting, S. B. Fairbanks,.James Lang, Thos. Fuller, F. W. Glen, John Cowan, W. F. Cowan,Thomas Dow, Edward Miall, Wm. McGill, Robert McLaughlin,Samuel Hall, and T. H. McMillan, are names which should ever becherished in the memory of those who take pride in the prosperityand progress of the Town of Oshawa.

INDEXTO THE

CONSOLIDATED BY-LAWSOF THE

TOWN OF OSHAWADEC. 7, 1908

The numbers refer to the sections unless otherwise, indicated.Accounts to be reported on by Committee 86Aisles of Public Halls, obstruction of 405 et seq.Animals running at large 159 160Assessment 343, 344By-laws 78 et seq.By-laws, to be read twice before amendment or commitment 79By-laws, to receive three readings 81By-laws, Corporate Seal to be attached 84Bathing 389Beggars 404Billiards 437 et seq.Billiard Rooms, regulation of 444 et seq.Boulevards 149 et seq.Bowling Alleys 476Bowling Alleys, regulation of 479Buildings, moving 371 et seq.Buildings, in fire limits 163 et seq.Cellars, regulation of draining of 318 et seq.Cess-pools, to be approved of by Medical Health Officer 42Clerk, assistant to 104Clerk, duties of 100, 101, 102, 103Clerk's Office united with. Treasurer 99

110 INDEX.

Closets, regulation of 42Coal on Streets 373Coal Oil, storage of 480Collector 105Collector, security of 105Constables ... ...... 109 et seq.Constables, additional may be appointed 132Constables, to sign agreement 130Constables, one to be night-watchman 110, 131Constables, Chief, duties of 111 et seq.Constables, Chief, fees 128Contagious Diseases 45Contracts with Council 87Contracts with Council, Engineer to supervise 142Cordwood on Streets 373Corner Lots, assessment for Local Improvements 24 et seq.Council, By-laws of 78 et seq.Council, Committees of 88 et seq.Council, Divisions of 66Council, Meetings of 51 et seq.Council, Members of 58 et seq.Council, Minutes of 54Council, Motions 67 et seq.Council, Routine of Business of 53aCouncil, Standing Committees of... 92Council, Suspension of Rules of 95Disorderly Houses 403Ditches on Streets, Crossings over... 361Dogs, Constable may destroy rabid 419Dogs, Constable may impound .......... 415 et seq.Dogs, Licenses for 409 et seq.Dogs, Running at large . 413 et seq.Dumping Ground 342Electric Lights, Chief Constable to keep record of 127Engineer, Town 133Engineer, Duties of Town 134 et seq.Engineer, Local assessment report as ... 9, 10, 11, 12Fire Department 171 et seq.Fire, False alarms of 190

INDEX. 111

Fire, precedence on streets in case of 191Fire and Fireworks on Streets 386 387Firearms, discharging in town 387Fire Limits 163 et seq.Fire Limits, Buildings within 163 S. sec. 2, 164, 165Fire Limits, Exemption from rules 166Fire Limits, Hazardous trades within 167Fire Limits, Penalty for infringement of rules 168Fire Limits, Permits to build within 170Food, tainted 39Food, tainted, destroying of 432Foot Passengers on Streets, regulation of 353 et seq.Fresh Meat, Licenses for peddling 467 et seq.Fruit Skins and Peelings on Streets 396Gambling Houses prohibited 393Gunpowder, Storage of 480 et seq.Gunpowder, Limited defined 480Gunpowder, Quantity allowed 481, 482Hawkers and Peddlers 454 et seq.Hawkers and Peddlers, Definition of 458Health, Public , 29 et seq.Health, Report of Chairman of Board 31Hog Pens, regulation of 42Horses and Vehicles on Streets 356 et seq.Houses, Construction of, with reference to health 43Houses, Drains, etc 43Houses, Plans or places of drains, etc 44House Sewers, Connections 201 et seq.House Sewers, Construction of, etc 209 et seq.House Sewers, Fee for Supervision 234House Sewers, as local improvements 203 et seq.House Sewers, to be made under supervision 219House Sewers, Permit for 218Ice and Snow 365 et seq.Indecency 389 et seq.Insulting Language on streets 391Interpretation Clause 1Junk Dealers, regulation of 460, 461Local Assessments 6 et seq.

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Local Assessments, pe t i t ions for t o be examined by clerk 8

Local Assessments, corner lo t s , m o d e of assessment ... 24 et seq-

Loca l Assessments, Cour t of Revision 13

Local Assessments, Appeal from Cour t of Revision ... 14, 15

Local Assessments, Engineer t o r e p o r t on 9

Local Assessments, Financing 16, 17

Licenses, for Bill iard Rooms 437 et seq.

Licenses, for Bowling Alleys 470

Licenses, for Circuses, Menageries 471 e t seq.

Licenses, for Dogs, etc 409 e t seq.

Licenses, for Hawkers and Peddlers; . . . . 454 e t seq.

Licenses, for Liquor Shops, t w o only 463

Licenses, for Liquors , Taverns 462

Licenses, for Merry-go-rounds, e t c 475 e t seq-

Licenses, Milk Vendors ., .. ... 426 e t seq.

Licenses, Roller Ska t ing Rinks 476

Licenses, Sale of Fresh Meat ... 467 e t seq.

Licenses, Shoot ing Galleries 476

Licenses, for Shows 474 e t seq.

Licenses for Taverns , four only 462

Licenses, Thea t r e , Opera House, e t c 477

Line Fences 155

Liquor Licenses, dut ies on 464 465

Liquor Licenses, shops 463 465

Liquor Licenses, Taverns 462 464

Livery Stables , cleansing of 42, Rule 8

Manufacturing Works, was te from 305

Medical Hea l th Officer, dut ies of. 29

Medical Hea l th Officer, sa la ry of 108

Meetings of Council, who t o preside a t 56 57

Members of Council, conduct of meet ings 58 et seq.

Milch Cows, subject t o inspection 38, 40 Rule 1 e t seq.

Milk, ac t with respect t o enforce 433

Milk, Inspection of 431

Milk, Specific Grav i ty of 436

Milk, Tester authorized 434-5

Milk Vendors 426 e t seq.

Nigh t Soil , removal of 42 Rule 4

Night Watchman, dut ies of 131

Numbering Buildings 192 et seq.

Numbering Buildings, cost of 199

Numbering Buildings, Cost Engineer t o keep record 200

Numbering Buildings, 20 feet t o be un i t 194

Noxious Weeds 483 et seq.

Noxious Weeds, Chief Constable t o be Inspector 484

Offal and Ashes (see also Hea l th Clauses) 401

Officers, & c , continued 2

Orders of Day a t Meetings of Council 93 94

Oshawa Rai lway, Rights on S t r ee t s 368 e t seq.

Paper , throwing on s t r ee t s prohibi ted 395

P a y m e n t of Taxes 348 et seq.

Peddlers , Licensing, &c 454 e t seq.

P e n a l t y for Offending Agains t By-laws 489

Plumbing 240 e t seq.

Plumbing, Carpenters ' work 314 et seq.

Plumbing, Cellar and subsoil d ra inage 318 et Seq.

P lumbing , connecting old work 327 e t seq.

Plumbing, fee for inspection 243

Plumbing, Inspect ion of by engineer 248 e t seq.

Plumbing, Mater ia ls and workmanship 224 et seq.

Plumbing, P e r m i t for 240 et seq.

Plumbing, P l a n for 242 e t seq.

Plumbing. Roof wate r 323 e t seq.

P lumbing , S a n i t a r y inspection 331 et seq.

Plumbing, Sundry fixtures 306 e t seq.

Plumbing, T r a p s and ven ts 278 e t seq.

Plumbing, Water services 334 et seq.

Police 109 et seq.

Polling Subdivisions 3 4 5

Poll ing Subdivisions, uni ted in wa rds for Municipal Elect ions 4

Pol l Tax 345 et seq

Pou l t ry , no t t o run a t large 150, 160

Pound-keeper, Chief constable t o be 123157Pound-keeper, dut ies of158

Pound-keeper, fees ofPound fees t o be paid on an imals impounded 161

Pound, place of 156Privies on defined a reas closed 46 47 et seq

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Privy-vaults 399 400 (See also Health Clauses.)

Profane, &c, Language on Streets 391

Proprietary Clubs, Billiards at 438 et seq.

Public Halls, obstruction of aisles, exits, etc 405 et seq.

Public Halls, Police officer may enter and remove obstructions.... 408

Public Halls, Regulation of 406-7

Public Parks, act adopted 2

Racing, &c, on streets forbidden 355

Refuse, Rules for disposing of 42, 401

Repealing Clause 488

Roller Skating Rink, License for 476, 478

Roller Skating, regulation of 479

Roof Water, drainage of 323 et seq.

Rules of Order, Suspension of 95 et seq.

Sanitary Inspector 30 107

Sanitary Inspector, duties of 33

Sewers, constructed as local improvements 202 et seq.

Sewers, construction of, regulations, etc 209 et seq.

Sewers, constructed on corner lots 206

Sewers, constructed on frontage rates 203 et seq.

Sewers, cost of, over local assessment 208

Sewers, house connections, construction of 214 et seq

Sewerage System 201 et seq.

Shooting Gallery, License for 476"

Shooting Gallery, regulation of 479

Slaughter Houses 36 37 398

Snow on sidewalks, etc 365 et seq.

Snow on vacant lots 367

Soil Pipes, regulation of 266 et seq.

Solicitor . 96 97 98

Spitting on Streets, forbidden . 397

Streets, Awnings and signs on 377 et seq.

Streets, Buildings, moving on 371 et seq.

Streets, Cordwood and coal on . 373

Streets, Fire, Fireworks and Firearms on 386-7

Streets, Foot passengers on 353-4 -5

Streets, Hand carts, bicycles, etc, on..... 364

Streets, Horses and vehicles on 356 et seq.

Streets, Ice' and snow on sidewalks 365 et seq.

INDEX. 115

Streets, Indecency on 389 et seq.

Streets, Merchandise on 374

Streets, Profane Language on 391

Streets, Regulation of 353 et seq.

Streets, Rights of fire department during fires on 370

Streets, Rights of Oshawa Railway on 368 et seq.

Streets, Rioting, &c, on 391

Streets, Sand, turf, &c, removal, permit to be obtained 376

Streets, Spitting on streets and public places 397

Streets, Stones and stone throwing on 388

Streets, Tearing up, permit to be obtained 375

Storage of Coal Oil, Gunpowder, &c 480 et seq.

Storage of Coal Oil, Gunpowder, &c, limits for defined 480

Suspension of Rules 95

Taxes, Addition for delayed payment 350

Taxes, Discount for prompt payment 349

Taxes, due 1st June 348Taxes, Payment of 348 et seq.Taxes, Special, payable with ordinary taxes 352

Transient Traders 450 et seq.Traps and Vents in Plumbing 278 et seq.

Treasurer, Assistant to Treasurer & Clerk 104Treasurer, Duties of 102 103Treasurer, Office of, united with Clerk 99

Treasurer, Security of 100Trees, Protection of 381 383 et seq.Truant Officer 106Vagrants 402 et seq.Village erected into a town 1Vehicles and Horses on Streets 356 et seq.Waste from Manufacturing Works 305Watering Streets 420 et seq.Watering Streets, Council to pass resolution 423 424Watering Streets, Petition for 422Watering Streets, Rate for 424-5Watering Streets, Resolution for, form of 426Weeds, Noxious 483 et seq.Weigh-master, duties of 144 et seq.Weigh-master, fees of 145Weigh Scales, public 143 et seq.Wells, may be filled up by Board of Health 41Wells, prohibited in defined areas. 50Wells, to be cleaned before 1st July 41Yards, to be cleaned up before 15th May 42

ERRATA AND ADDENDASect. 168. Line 3. Strike out the words "In section nine of this, By-

law" and insert instead thereof the words "Under thisBy-law."

Sect. 353. Line 4. Strike out the word "Right" and insert insteadthereof the word "Left."

Sect. 404. Line G. Add after the word "Oshawa" the words "To begor receive alms."

Sect. 409. Line 7. Strike out the word "License" and insert in lieuthereof the word "Licensed."

Sect. 413. Line 2. Strike out the word "The" and insert insteadthereof the word "a."

Sect. 414. Line 6. Strike out the words "First and Third Sections."

Sect. 416. Lines 3 & 4. Strike out the words "Section 1 of".