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CAPT. G. W. DEAN DI�
AFTER LONu
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Captain Georg e W. Dean, who died
last Wedne� day, had been a resident
of Fort Er1e for the past 45 years.
He was born in St. Catharine$ on
October 7, 1863, and married Lillia r
.
Walkin shaw. Mr. Dean, for e1ghtee11.
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IN EACH·
OTHER'S GRAS
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and Li£hthart in
Fnendly Scuffle Aboard
F erryboat Hope When
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years, was captain on the ferry boat· '
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Union and Hope, and later becam
Erl
the . Fort
superjntendent of
1
waterworks, where he mstalled t
He suffer I
gas engine and pu�ps.
a stroke of paralysis ten years ag
.
compelling him ? retire.
He was familiarly known m th1
village as Cap. Dean, and ha<l a lw
demo·
of friends which was clearl y
strated during the ten years he w.
incapacitated. He is survived by l
widow, three 1brothers and two siste
Cyrus, Edward and John, an d M
Arthur Parcell, of Vancouver•. B. • Fireman
eni
and Mrs. Fred. Brown, of Prov1d
Dives
R. 1., his onl_Y son, Russell, haVli
predeceased him four years ago.
Rev. c. H. Lowry, ·Canon Sm
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and Rev. A. L. Thompson, B. A.,
ducted the service at Mr . . Dean's I
.
residence, and Canon· Smith the b
al service at St. Paul's cemetery.
Both Lose Fo otincr 'nd
1o
Plun£"e Into· River
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GIRVll'f DROWNS WJllLE
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CROWDS WATCH
Bell •
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Fully
in to
Save Him b I .. t:
Youth Sinks to Death
SBrave Man Gras s Ca from
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p
H1� Head-Body Not
Found
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1In the � r esen
ce of a large .crowd
on
' tt1e doc
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k and another on
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the
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b
a t , I"'a
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G irv1n 18 y
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l
o d, a deck hand on
i.1e fe rr y o a t
e' . plying
betw
e:en ·
Buffalo end Fort
p Eri;, was
drowned
last evenhg abou
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t
o clock, while t
he
boat was about
t
oc
k at �ort J!Jrie.
Girvin's hc;me
� in
F o rt Erie.
Wh en h e
v s :ne:;-r �Y tl e
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en t
doc]<:
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('h'�in
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oc k e d th<>
.ham.
As h
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:'harles Ligh h r
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a.
old,
.riend of Girvin
1 's ' can�
e UJ:'. and the 1
boys e nga ryed
f��ghdl�
Vhile wr stlin
wi h
th r . ey
ecame ur mind
r e
ful of thei�
,)0�1t1on, and wre
stllng towarg
of the boat beth
boys fell overbo
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sc�gle.
t��ari�u"
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.uuth Strike Out Wel
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h couldd svdm
ac
and With difficu ty
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th Y succee ed In getti
. l
ng
from
f
suction
he
t
of
e era t and
reachIn1<
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pen water .
r ' l g11 t art struck
out ·"or
. ore about eighteen
feet away
e
i owd on shore <:.nd
on tJ-e
breath l�ssly watching the• boa
boys
:it':�r�
.
gl ng IL
the water and putti
ng
th�lr best efforts to
reach land ·
A crv ·
·ent up "Man overboar
d,,,
Lighthart was well
on
way wh
tto Bell, a fireman on
the Hope th.
ig
he
was playing out jum
ped
e water, fully clad,
to r es ue � 1llllJ.
.
"" started Jn the directio
n
of tiL tJOy
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1aware that Q'irv1n
was also over"ard.
Girvin was seized
with
s
ancJ.
". hen the crowd saw him icramp
n di stres
.
shout :vent up to Bell
to turn bac'- s ..,
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""'an
sav., him.
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away
th
t
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'Th
l'orfh
his
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"Girvin's hehinC:: you!"
e.
regarclingferrj
and hoping to operate a trol le'y servi �e
.
.in . conneHion 'th�rewit�1, c·ame in for.
some criticism, and ·also had a goo.dly
t he m .
'number of friends who 'defen ded
t he
to'
was
The theme�f the c�nversation
ey
:oll
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a
w
tg
Bridge
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effect
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and.
.connection with th e . Ferry boat(
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nj;,
compa
e
and·'th
Erie
Fort
that
,vishes
agr.eement.'
' c o ld comet� some terms t1f
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/ Girvin
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men
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Hope this �eason,_ Sam.
;�er
amo ng some of the
and trolley 'service, ,took · place in. th e
t.
Council Chamber Ja'st Monday-nigh
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Co.uncilloi· 'Gear, of Fo rt Erie, wa�: preÂ
sent.-. The cc\mpan y operating the Ferry
Ferry Ste�mer. Hope � -il(sh�itly
NiJgara
.will... then receiv� her spring fittino- up.·
:\1r. Geo . . pe<\.!1:� will he 1nastef of -the
be ready for- .service, when the
talk
ic:il and b u sine ss
h o u te d.
s
an expert
s-..vin1mer
:tnc� � re ached Girvin j,P
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-oed
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som6l·,.
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that would, allO\V \he Ii�e 'to Ge bdilt,
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·and ,it· i � tho µght .by-"a .number th.a
a
take'
and
give,'
',
should
ties
.both p,a
any
little to, that 'e'nrl. The Ferry Cop1p
nave
alr;aay'maclc snme conce,ssions and
�l�u.fo4,.,,....,,�iw· l".l.1·�£rle-.l\·6t
·:b�·ptl'tclone in gcncr�sity ,of f�ir' play. ·�
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other papet,s�i
.of this lease· tO' the Ch!
Niagara Falls ElectricRail
pany on April ls� .1901,··upon
expiration_ of the'Bridgel:iurgh. an
Black Rock Ferry's 4-yeai lease. The
ttansfer reads:
"For- value received the :BtidgeÂ
�urg� �11� Black Rock Ferry ComÂ
pany Ltf'Uted does hei;eby sdl asÂ
sign �d transfer to thC:: Chippawa
and �i. agara .Falls Electrtc Railway
Company all the right, title and inÂ
terest in and to a certainJease, here�
·to ,attached, dated April 5th, 1897.
Dated �t Fqrt ·Erie,. Canada,
1st, 1901, by Peter P. Miller,.
1dent of the Bridgeburg and .Bladt
Jtock Ferry .Company, a,nd E C:.
Maythani, �->
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;l�t�9( .
c.oncesston ·
Jt.ie/inth�C0U1ltY.o
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of
fut:ed by,. d:ie
o�e. 9(tne .othef �f.�se _places::
stea.iner
and carriages:
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�. fif.s('msudi
e�a
'lu:uf'be
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�e
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be :made
to
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on
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�wo
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1� ions, : �50 �;; Donble teams
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loaded over 2Â¥2 toris and.' under 3.
'tons, .60 cts.; Double teams loaded
over 3 t ons and under 3� tons, .75
cts.; Single: rigs, oth� than for
pleasure, each way, .25 cts.; Vehicles
without· hoi:se, .10 as.; Sheep and
swine, .03 ets. "
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Notite�'of·tli� rat� of fares
and raies-�f_ tolls' on the said ferry
shall be j>uf-up and kept\ip and ex·
hjbitecl. .at all times,. in a conspiro·:
oils place.1n or near the said. dock
or. wliiti:f;.a:nd...:hlso on the steamer
employed_ from time. to time on the
said terry. c :
11. Thatthe Governor in ·counÂ
cil shill be at liberty to alter and
modify the tariff charges and tolls·
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permit
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�t
hereinbef�re.
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5, That me :Lessees of the Ferry,
for the time bein:g; shall anill times
during.�· continuance of the lease,
carry agoss on i:he said ferry�·withÂ
out_ fee, toll or reward, Her Majes�
ty's Mails. arid upon requisition b}t�
the PosµDaster Geaei:al of_ Canada,
the Mails of the United States of
America.··
6. That the. Lessees. shall no.t at
any time carry oi convey or
or suffer to be carried or conveyed
over the said'.' ferry any contrafiand
3,l'tide. wha..tever:
1. Th�(Jhe Le8sees sbal1. ob�erve
all Customs 'and ·Revenue Laws of
the Domipiori of Canada and of �e
··
·:,·Io.
spectively are riD.sllitable to_ the seror unsafe or inaClequate to meet
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the. wants of th� public.
vice
M:NewYotk,; one of 'I'he•United
: '
Sta.i$b£Ameiica
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�o, ;and Bla(k �ock,·1n rhe.S�are
;!entalr �or·· �of
.·'
insp�c;tion arid .approvals of the DoÂ
minion' Inspector of.. S!eanihoats.
The yessel shill. be supplied with
life preservei:s and be in all respects
folly equ�pped, bajihg a respectable
and dlic1ent commande r, and the
Departtnent of Inland Revenue
·wan qe at -libeit}' to rejett. any.
steamer .:which may at any t ime be
pl�ced upon the said ferry pr !he
commander thereof, or. the ·said
9Pcks or wharf should it be considÂ
ered. that they. or .any of them. re�.
.
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. 4. The �gine shall _be � well as
the. vessel· generally, rubject _to the
tlitii successors. and assig�s�bur
Fetrj/'acr<5ss The Niagara River be-:
�en Bridge�urgh, in the County
�t}Vel1�d �d ProV:i�ce of OnÂ
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enger, .05 cts.; Double teams loaded
tons and u�der, .40 cts.; DQulM
teams loaded over 2 tons and under
''Ni!lgara:' now runni ng be�:
.
ees,
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.
afford sufficient spaces fo_r h<>i:ses
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tween 'Eon -Erie .and Buffalo :and
having pro)ectirg
i guards s0 �s ro
.
#�d one .·tho� eight. hundrecl.
c��;'iliJlety s�en, yicl.Cling and pay:_
t!i��efor .Y�!I._and e�!}' .YC!ll
1.1&��e. said. �erm to lls. .OUr
and Assigns,: on the fust
�fli and -�fr� jear,
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N W YE that. under and by
t\M of. the powers vestecl in-Us in
d by The Revised Statutes of CanÂ
·a�. chapter ninety-seven, irltintled'
'.An Act respecting Ferries''.. and the_
Act ih. amendment th�reof, and• bf
i d w�th the agvice of. Our. PriV-y
ungJ..,Jor-• Ou:iada, we have, .for
�d in .considei;ation of the ren�,
a,nd .subJect·'tO the provisos and 1 OOt
r �
. .()rls hereinafter reserved and'
ed and ori ili,e. part' of · the
. .
�ees hereinafter. ·named, their. Ex:;
rotors, "Acbajnismttors, or !\Ssigns,__
to be paid, ob�;ved, performed,·
and .abided by, demised and leased;
a,nd. we clO �l these' pres.¢rits demise
ad
n . lease, unto Tb,e Bridgebri.rgh
and .:Slack R,<>ck :i<erry Company,
Lijn1ted, hereinafter called the Less·
;-'lI'O : llAVE 'and ·to hold the said
·�tty with ill its righ_ts and. appurÂ
tenances •unto· the _said Lessees, their
t�cce�rs. add Assigns, for and durÂ
®g the te�- of four y�ts to com,mence --ana be.·computetl; from· the
.:fi.tst day pf:Maytin•the. year of Out
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'nour:of :CiJ�.fu o'dotk :at
'' ·� '.·l'bai7�e �ges t.
.
burgh arid Black Rock Ferry from
l
e &own rc;ads as follows:
·
.��.f.etf.''·th.er
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Th�.Qrj� leas� to the Bridge-Â
.
am;��·:#
.·'sh411 .
·side· '.at' intervals.'
�hal}.:not'.� '3ttr 'tfu;i.e�exte¥ tl;\
2. ·'stii�bl�·�ai�_t' ;,.�e��"' ilr" l�:W11!f�t� .!Q' say:���;
docks. shall ;t;e 'secilled and at' mi
gei;s, ceadi :!lay;-t J)' di:;
times maimained, b)r''.ili,e Lesks. . Un�f �'3':j,�s. eadi w���;Q3 .
.which must. be s�f� ,at;1<layailable at .Hor$El itnd rider,· each .way }10 ctr•
:�'; ":,
all states ,.of the iit:er.��bj� to i:E'actF head ·01��ttie .io '. �::>,_o�the appr oval of. the· �partment of ,hor&f v:elikk<ang ari'7er;. £tit .plea&-*
:me. .ea&;way.�:��l5cs
I�and Revenpe.; : ;:
�; : �· �.: ! :
t .;: Each 11��
tiotial passenger_, .05 cis.; T�o-:}io�
3. The vessel .shall be. �. substanÂ
tial seaw6rthy St:tamer_ :of :not: less vehioe aridi dr��er; for pleasure,'0f!ach'.
_capacity�,or po\v¢i _than that oh:he way, 25·�:1 pa� additioilal p��;
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No�-��alo
�r �!af�:}lJk._t�:&
,Mun1qpa,I: authQr�ty
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Jo -orie,�a::<>ne ��.�110Ml�Q
-FreriChm3.tls ereele•:i;�iiia ·.:sob.di· to'·
Gilnic>Uf�-1loaQ; Jr.ria : a . fuf'
.
.
�on�aine?, should
be deemed exped�ent in the public
int,erests, and after such notification
as aforesaid, .the 'Lessees shall not
take or -!eteive any other or larger
fare$ or tolls tlian those which shall
be· imp0sed in ·such
during
the
modified tariff·
Sl:lbsistence thereof.
ImmigratiQn Inspector niuny
Sabine has -loaried THE ·TIMESÂ
REVIEW. some interesting and valuÂ
able papers; among them being the
original lease by "Her Majesty the
Queen to The Bridgeburgh and
Black Rock Ferry Company LimitÂ
ed, of the Ferry across the Niagar
River between Bridgeburgh in th
.County of Welland, Ontario, ·an
:Slack Rock, in the State of Ne
York, U.S.A., foi 4 years at an an
nual rent of $25.00."
Dated 5th April, 1897, and ·re
corded 24th June, 1897, Lib. 15
Fol. 51, by the. Deputy Registr
,
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Ferryboat "Hope"
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Fort Erie
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