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AT THE FORKS OF THE GRAND street, and a section of its walls can be seen where the raceway now opens upon the Grand, under the Community Building. Furthermore, up to i86o the first and succeeding councils ordered and supervised the gravelling of the main roads in other parts of the village and town. And where these roads climbed steep hills, thev installed box-drains of cedar to carry off the rain water which in former years had cut deep gullies into the roadways. And on the principal streets they built the first sidewalks of our town. These walks, according to the early specifications, were made by laying two parallel lines of planks with a space of fifteen inches between, and filling in the space with gravel. Later, however, most of the walks were built of boards laid crosswise on sleepers. In 1858, such a sidewalk, six feet wide, was built on Banfield Street from Grand River Street to the Junction. The cost was $500 for the laying of 38,oo000 square-feet of surface. Finally, in connection with the improvement of the streets, the council built a wooden truss-bridge on William Street over the Nith to a distillery, and another over the Grand eastward to the Flats. This latter bridge, the first built at this point, cost $I1750. The laborers were paid 75c a day. The villagers were very much pleased when the first council made arrangements for the ringing of a town bell. Before i850o, if they wanted personally to get the "exact" time, they had to visit the TX 'ill at! Hl is marked / ari 56 _ X1 ....., 'l.';:, _Iw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "l