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The Work of Our Hands Devlin's Store in 1909. The modern era in Mount Pleasant was beginning but the motor car had not yet made its presence felt in this scene -note the hitching posts in front and the buggy at the far left on the Burtch Road. The pole visible on the left is for telephone or telegraph -hydro did not arrive in the village until 1925. The picket fence enclosed the private living quarters and garden. The Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railroad, built through Mount Pleasant in 1895. A spur served Wm. Biggar's coal and grain business on the east side of the track where it crossed the Station Road (Burtch Road). Mount Pleasant residents boarded a 9:00 a.m. train for Brantford for a day's shopping and came back about 4:30 p.m. Everyone nearby watched to see who came down Station Road - the shoppers, visitors, and commuters.