File contains original copies of: Petition with many signatures from residents asking that instead of building a new road that the two already existing be made passable; Motion to locate a road from Lonsdale to the Tyendanaga Grand Trunk Railway Station.
Bus timetable for routes from Belleville to Madoc, Bancroft, Maynooth and Lake St. Peter; Lindsay to Fenelon Falls, Kinmount, Wilberforce and Bancroft; Victoria Road to Kirkfield, Cambray and Lindsay; Valentia to Little Britain and Lindsay.
Original contract between Samuel and Edward James Tanner of Rawdon Township and The Dominion Express Company for stage coach services dated 14 July 1897.
The file contains a commemorative pamphlet on the history of the Weller's Stage Coach, along with a copy of an advertisement from the Cobourg Star (11 August 1841).
A photocopy of a poster created in 1886 proclaiming "Murray Canal Demonstration! The preliminary opening of the Murray Canal will be celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 6th, '86 at Twelve O'Clock Point, near Trenton, by a grand Demonstration, at which Sir John A. MacDonald and Hon. Messrs. White, Foster & Bowell will be present."
This file contains: 1) A photocopied typed article titled "Telegraph Island Light", about the lighthouse erected 1870 in the Bay of Quinte; 2) A timetable for the steamer Varuna, circa 1920, Captain A. Hicks; 3) A photocopy of the obituary for Rev. James Rollins born 28 October 1865 in Madoc and died 7 February 1943 in Kingston.
Copy of a publication by James T. Bell, professor of mining and agriculture in Albert University and Chairman of the Board of Health for the Town of Belleville.
Business card reading: Anglo-American, Front Street, Belleville George Hoggard, Proprietor Strict Attention Given to Travellers The Best $1.00 a Day House in the City. Street Cars pass the Door every 15 Minutes. Stages Call for All Parts.
Pasted typescript pages registering the incorporation, by-laws and minutes of the Belleville Water Works Company. Includes plans of the site of the water works and water tower in Belleville.
Five newspaper articles clipped from The Tweed News period from Jan 14, 1970 to Feb 11, 1970. Editorial history of Tweed Hydro-Electric Commission written by Cartha Cassidy, Commissioner. "Record of some of the significant happenings relating to the early history of electricity in Tweed and the march of Hydro in the community from 1930 until 1967 - Canada's Centennial Year."
This file contains a ledger recording roads passed in the Midland District in the County of Hastings from 1810 to 1830. Allan McLean Esq. was acting as Clerk of the Peace of the District. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_McLean_(Upper_Canada_politician) these were recorded by James Nichollas, Clerk of the Peace, Midland District.
This file contains a number of newspaper articles from The Ontario Intelligencer containing pictures and history of the railways in Eastern Ontario; a number of maps showing the routes in Eastern Ontario; a brief review of the history written by R.F. Corley (March 9, 1964) and titled "Railway Development In Central Ontario".
The file contains a newspaper article from the Intelligencer dated March 15, 1968, looking back 90 years ago to a Railroad Meeting. The subject matter was the termination point to be in Trenton.
The file contains an original letter dated 3-January-1881 at Picton, from G.W. McMullen, Vice-President and General Manager of the Prince Edward County Railway, to W.R. Ponton.
File contains several manuscript petitions by residents of Tudor and Lake Township for road clearances and the opening of roads in the townships. Also present are Hastings County Council resolutions approving surveys for roads in Tudor , Limerick and Cashel Townships in June, 1870.