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Title: City of London, Ontaro, Canada. The pioneer period and the London of to-day
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bremner, Archibald, 1849-
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Publisher: London, Ont. : London Printing & Lithographing Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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officers of theBoard at the present time are : President, ONTARIO, CANADA. 113 James Mattinson ; vice president, A. M.bniart; socrotaiy ■ tn^asurer, J. A. Nelles.Council—Messrs. P. W. D. Broderick, John-Bowman, C\)l. Gartshore, W. J. Reid A BGreer. John McClary, John Campbell, T. H.^mailman, W. J. Saunby, J. H. Ginge, J. W.l.ittle, and V. B. Hunt. Board of Arbitration—D. W. Blackwell, J. A. Kennedy, L. H.Ingram, D. S. Perrin, V. H. Elliott, Thos.Bryan, R. Inghs, P. Poeoek, J. H. Ginge, S.^tevely, A. St. L. Macintosh, and J. D. S. Hobhs, W. (;. Allen, F. A. Fitzgerald, Robt.Reid, Jr., W. J. Saunby, H. C. Strutliers, JohnMcClary, D. W. Blackwcdl, W. M. Gartshore,S. Sterling, T. H. Smallman, and John For-restal. Auditor—Thos. A. Browne. Reference was made in the preceding para-graph to the days of the oil boom in WesternOntario. It was believed by many that theoil so freely pumped at Bothwell continuedits underground course to London, andseveral derricks were put up and wells put
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XO. 2 FIRE STATION. NO. 3 FIRE STATION. Saunby. Board of Examiners—C. B. Hunt,W. J. Saunby, J. D. Saunby, John Sutherland,and John S. Pearce. Western Fair Repre-sentatives—A. B. Greer, J. W. Little, T. H.Smallman, W. J. Reid, A. M. Smart, and A.St. L. Macintosh. Railway and Municipal—A. M. Smart, George McCormick, C. S. Hy-man, J. H. Ginge, J. W. Little, John Camp-bell, C. W. Leonard, L. H. Ingram, A. M.Smith, John Bowman, John Labatt, A. W.White, J. R. Minhinnick, Sir John Carling, T. clown to test the truth of the theory. One ofthese derricks still stands at the foot of Dun-das street. The White Sulphur Springs werestruck while boring for oil, and have flowedcontinuously ever since. It soon became appar-ent that oil was not to be had, and the bor-ings were gradually abandoned, though insome cases the derricks remained till they fellto pieces of their own accord or were tornapart for fuel. In this connection, in 1865,an oily sharper named Hicks undertook a 114 CITY OF LONDON. K

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