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Telegraph Company

Letters between Bradford and the Great North Western Telegraph Company of Canada about discontinuing service in Bradford in relation to the introduction of Hydro-Electric power in Bradford.

John Harrison

Thompson and Annie Fisher Assessment Appeal

An notice of assessment for Thompson & Annie Fisher. The appeal section is filled in to announce the attention of disputing the assessment. Appeals would have been heard by the Court of Revision.

John Harrison

Train Shipment

Shipping record for a shipment made by the Corporation of Bradford to Toronto using the Grand Trunk Railway, dated July 6, 1918.

John Harrison

Train Stops

Correspondence relating to Bradford wanting the Grand Trunk Railway train called the “Cobalt” to make a stop in Bradford rather than just passing through. This was requested to make travel more convenient.

John Harrison

Tuberculosis Epidemic

Documents relating to procuring donations for the Muskoka Free Hospital for Consumptives (Tuberculosis).

John Harrison

Unemployment Relief Tax Documents

Breakdown of expenditures and taxes used for unemployment relief during The Great Depression. Dated 1936.

Excerpt:
"...In order that taxpayers and citizens of our municipalities may have a better appreciation of the expenditures being made with respect to unemployment relief, it is important the tax bills and demands to be issued for taxes levied by municipalities in 1916 show very clearly how much money is being provided by each municipality for its share of unemployment relief expenditures, and the mill rates levied for the purpose..."

John Harrison

Vacant Land Act

Letter about unproductive land and a copy of a bill passed by the Ontario Legislature regarding the cultivation of vacant land (mentioned as an enclosure in the letter).

John Harrison

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