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mm“ Its Past 'vi,"'." 'l'"",]','?""'" " "i"jii'"ii"it'"'ififfiiiit" Of Its Future 'jatr0llllifill JUNCTION ALWAYS CENTRE OF -.BERl|N’S HOTEL TRADE A Look at the Past stead, Many a dear familiar spot, Brought within my recollections, Scones I'd seemingly target. Tin-re the orchard, meadow, wild- wood. More the deep uld-lashinned well. With the old htoss-covered bucket. Sent a thrill no tongue can tell. As I wandered round the home- Kaiser King street in Kitchener has) only one or two landmarks now to remind us of the muddy main sum-l of many generations ago. The old corudroy road bed is gone. as well as the board side- walks and the wooden lamp-posts, JrirkiaciraCor the Buéiness plates ago. Tue corner where the Walper House now stands has a most in- !vresting history. It has always iuwn the centre of the city from a. hotel point of view. The old Commercial Hotel, a frame struc- The above photo shows the I nearly a century ago. There are today. That is the narrow/nus oi of the city. There were no city . th, A saloon was c0nductod.in a1 frame building near the present Woolworth block. Previous to the erection of the old town hull (now the city hall square) the site was ocCu- pied by the Queen's Arms Hotel and it was sumo "joint" accord- ing to historical writers of the .day. It was later purchased by the town of Berlin and the town hall erected with a small market building in the rear. - - a . ..,._. 'h., un.......h ... ...- --"' The Royal Exchange Hotel (la- ter the Last Chance and Germa- nia, and presently the East End Hotel) and the old mill on the corner were the main business places in the town between Eby and Cedar Strette, , A " gnu ”um. an“... The corner of King and Cedar Streets for many years was the amusement centre of the town. Kaiscr's hotel at that junction had at the rear a large garden used for band concerts, dances, etc. of aver three score years " SUNDAY, JUNE 20». Yes, come in to-day and see our large selection of Father's Day gifts. . Canis J. t. JAIMET ll, til. ND. " King 8‘ 0 Cameras . tight Meters "The Store With the Stock" KITCHENEI M - Tet.--..."--"'-'-" uws the King and - Streets intersection in Kitchener as it append mere are only two serious [units with Kitchener‘s main intenection ownars of King Street and the nhsence oi a straight corner in the centre no city rstaruortroards in those days. Pen and Pencil Sets consequently formed a band.; {During the summer evenings. un-' lder the hotelman's leadership, the band practiced in the large ‘orchard attached to the property. Sometimes it gave concerts be- I neath the apple trees. where kegs , of lager were made available to lthe spectators. A feature of many years at the southerly end of Berlin was a windmill on what was known as 2'/11'll'lld'r"g Hill, nearly the western corner of Church and Al- bert Streets. It was built in 1860 by a German who had operated Is, similar mill in his home coun- try. The structure was 60 feet high. Particular excellfnce 'led, _ A . - .. - in..- -A... o L, "Sign: that day the. old orchard has yielded to modern brick homes. claimed mill. I The Village of Bridgeport was termed a suburb of Kitchener by lwriters in the semi-centennial souvenir booklet published by the thronicie-Telegraph in Waterloo in 1906. _ _ - ' _ Ghuke‘l's Hotel was the first building of its kind in berlin. It was built on western corner of y In part the article reads: "A ‘beautiful suburb of Berlin is the millage of Bridgeport, about two ‘miles distant, fricturesquely situ- Lated on the Grand River. The trolley line to Bridgeport tra- lverses the north ward with its many factories including the ‘plunl of the Ontario Sugar Com- pany. l Railway excursions were a fea- lturc for early Berliners. The Great Western Railway had ex- lcursions to Niagara Falls. The trains would leave Preston, near- liG G.W.R. station to Berlin, at 4 {o'clock in the morning, and return 24 hours later at about the same time. Fare for the round trip was '75 cents. Hundreds of people , would go, driving to Preston in . crowds. They travelled in beer l wagons or any other available ve- l hicle. The railway used freight ' cars if there were not enough passenger cars. Railway Travel was a music teaehey and EFT}; 656i from this King and Queen Streets in 1834. The building was a two-storey structure with a wide Colonial style verandah. Candidates at election time spoke from this ver- andah to crowds in the streets. When judges came to Berlin for County Court they stayed at this hotel. They were treated to de- lectable dishes of speckled trout and partridgfe. The woods along} the Conwtogo River abounded in butternuts and these, gathered in the fall, served to entertain the guests on Sunday afternoons. In the early years Indians, 'wrapped in their government blankets, were in the habit of ,[calling at the house for something t to eat. Many years later the hotel was taken over by a Bridgeport man. The new proprietor erected a large swinging sign at the gorner _ ' . - . A -1-- .nnn. "new -._ "-9-". --- of the hotel facing King Street. On a windy day, it has been re- corded, the squeak of the swing- ing sign could be heard through- ‘out the village. Almost the whole of the block between Ontario and Queen Streets was a swamp at one time. Came could scarpely go into it as they would sink. Along the street there was an elevated side- walk erected on cedar posts with stringers. The sidewalk was about A - . n I ce-c -s...ls 0n 'iir7GGriUG" Gd high enough to enable young boys to explore the mirk underneath itu - . ""iaii"irGrTGrB. F. Goodrich Rubber plant now stand there was once a sand hill over 25 feet high. BISHOP SUGGBIS NAME " TOWli How Berlin was named is told to readers by J. W. Connor in his "historical Sketst of Berlin" writ- ten in 1906. Mr. Connor says: "As to the naming of the village, Mr. Ezra Eby, grandson of Bishop Eby, tells us, in his valuable History of, Waterloo Township, that on al rainy day, some of the working) men had gathered in a carpenter shop. Bishop Eby, coming in, asked what they had been discuss- ing. when one Conrad Becker re- plied, 'What shall be the name of 'II ,,nl m- 'D".."-., yum... "u... 0...... .. ...- -"i"'"' our new village?' The Bishop. knowing that most of those pres- ent came from Berlin, Prussian, or from places near it. said, 'Call it A ___ .. ' ...,___.A_.._ H...“ rm“. __-___ "e"F - V Berlin'. All replied: ‘Henceforth the village shall be called Ber- time after 1830. Before Berlin was Incorporated as a village it was known as "Sand Hills". The name was lchanged to "Kitchener" Mennonites Held Early Church Services In Homes The Mennonites who were the first and only settlers in this dis- trict up to about 1820 held their services in the homes of the peo- ple until, in 1813, a log church was erected on the site of the giant church on King Street t. The adjoining cemetery was the first and largest in the dis- trict. In 1334 the log church was replaced with a frame building, In 1841 the Wesleyan Methodist Church was erected on Church Street, east of Benton Street. It was a frame building mmmo- dating shout 200 people and cost about $1.000 to build. The ttrat Evungelical Church was erected on queen Street South, near the end of Church Street in IMI. This was a frame building mun 250 and costing approximately £1,000. In 1866 this building was moved to Elgin Street and used as a urinary In place of the old ‘church I new brick building was erected in 1866 with a pawn-go alongside The Evangelical cemetery was a small plot on Benton Street, next to the Methodist cannery. In In"! the New Jerusalem Church was erected on the west- erly corner of Benton and Church Streets, It wt: . white frame huildhg costing about $400 and seating 150 . In to" St Paul's Lutheran Church was erected oh the south the New Jerusalem Kitchen/I ”W - W pm q "u"iiiiriiiG-imtiiitreettet"l1't.td sum plague-I. -."""""""'" -- --- r"- -» community utivltiee in " welfare duly and an abiding laitll in Caneda"and Canadian. In in- duetry. initiative and organiaetion. it hoe empha- sized the value of native talent and gel-inn ler hard, consistent work. Small units have given way to inunenee plants in which nothing le,laching to reach the matinuun of predation. And still the forward look prevails in~the ranks of hath labor and capital. Throbbing with faith in, itself, with confidence in i1 First Press Mirrors Tribulations Of Berlin's Pioneers an WWII! poor tth-at cum-m1 Almost 115 years ago the ftrst newspaper was published in iii) lin (now Kitchener). This paper -- the Canada Museum - was printed in German and chron- icled the hardships. laughs and ‘tribulations of Waterloo County's earliest settlers. We reprint here excerpts trom the Canada Muse- um published in 1835. With the Boston Riders (circus) coming to town tomorrow we warn everyone to moderate in all things. No one coming from a dis- l tance should remain the whole day with an empty stomach and much less should he take too much strung liquor. Anyone not able to purchase a good meal at the hotel should bring some food along. We hope no one will take this good advice amiss. Let everyone be moderate in drinking and eating (and let each one come in oeace, . - r -- “A I -" CIM- lvt Inasm- v--' V.,, r, go f" p_eace, and peace will rev mam with us. The following men will pardon me that I ask them to pay that amount due as soon as possible. I am in great need of money to pay type recently bought as well as the carpenter who made the cases and did other work in the othe. The sum owing by each is given below. I would like to visit everyone but I cannot do that. To save letter writing I will publish the names for some time in the paper. (Then follows a long list of names with the amounts owing.) In re John Goss, deceased: "My l executrix to pay unto my beloved wife. Hester, tit living), the sum of one shitting, which I give her (as a token of my love) that she may buy hazel nuts, as I know she is better pleased with crack- ing them than she is with mend- ing the holes in my.stockings." On March 9, 1839 reference is) made to a law passed in 1832 to the effect that everyone in Upper Canada who drives a sleigh must have at least two bells fastened to the harness of the horse; other- wise he will be subjected to a _iiriil of $2. - - . of our readers object to the lang- uage used in this paper. Some (find it lacking in 1oftiness, others ‘in clearness, for some it is too common and for others "distinct We wish to say to all our critics that if they really think that we are lacking in correct style they should pity us, as that is more irGPGtGihayGytkery A young man ndw living some- where on the Huron Road. who a year ago bought a number of tin dishes in Berlin and forgot to pay for them is requested to do so, otherwise he will be exposed ‘to disgrace. - From the Aug. 27, 1835 issue: The town of Berlin. is located in the centre of Waterloo township which is thickly settled with Ger- man farmers who came many corner of Church Ind moon Streets. The rhyrrtt spirit telf, atlct'. In: =.r...i.. ”I'"’ - to have ruched a height of 100 feet above the street, Adjoining the church was the Lutheran mmelery. __ - -. - 'n __., _.-- Lu‘il. . a.“ .c. ,, The 8091'th Church was built on Benton Street in 11P4. The first Catholic Church. the old St Mnry's Church. on the south corner of Weber Ind Young Streets, WIS built In 1354-56 The have often heard that _some nu ‘ntu rum gum um I I!» years ago from Pennsylvania. Berlin is in a nourishing condi- tion with all kinds of diligent tradesmen; among them a maker of spinning wheels and chairs, a hatmaker, tour cabinet makers and carpenters, one blacksmith, three stores, two shoemakers. one weaver, one tailor, one mason, one wagon maker, one hotel keeper, one doctor. There are today 25 dwellings. The large hotel erected by Frederick Gaukel is very note- worthy. (There. however, was no ‘post ofBce in Berlin at that time). [ Flour in Philadelphia $3.25 a _ bbl.; in Halifax $6.75; in Dundas, f $4.50. Wheat $1.25 bus.; rye 82 , cents; corn, 93 cents; whiskey, 36 t cents a gallon. Fat cattle, $6.50 a , hundred, cows and calves $20 to l $30, sheep $2.50, hogs $6.50 per iuuidred, When the editor of the paper had to have any work done he simply gave notice in the paper as follows: We would like to have a carpenter to build a small stable for us. He must bring the lumber along. A good capable man who can do the work at once should call at the once. He will received good wages and other ifrdtitatue -wortr. . "'"u “I'r-"~-‘~.r .7 __ - crop in 1835. Sam Scherck of ‘Waterloo brought an Imperial plumb to the editor's office 6% inches in circumference and weighing nearly three ounces. The editor says: "There are cer- tainly large plums in Canada. It is te,',', that the printer so rare- ly as a taste of them. Immigrants are coming continu- l ally into the new country. We are told that 30 to 40 Germans from Europe nearly all from Baden passed through Berlin. ‘Whether these people are staying l? Waterloo or going into Wilmot is not known. The editor was apparently hav-,1 ing sleepless nights, for In the‘ issue of October 8, 1835, he said that so far he has not received any bed feathers, although he had offered the highest price. There are. many geese in the neighbor- lhood and therefore he thinks there ought to be feathers. ll . A may A» I”. a Plums agggregtly were a We reprint below a second se- lection of items taken from the "Canada Museum" published in l836. These items are selected at random but they. serve to indicate outstanding conditions over we years ago. There are three breweries in Waterloo all of which produce good beer, particularly the one erected last. The beer has no un- pleasant taste but is agreeable for drinking and does not cause head- aches. We like a glass of beer and some time ago ordered a bar- rel from our Waterloo neighbors, but so far there has been no deliv- ery. We will therefore have to from the top the brick coll-red and no more materiel coul be obtained. By 1834 red brick could still not be obtained, so the upper hm feet were hid with white brick. This gave the build- ing an odd town-nee until many ‘yelrs later when the whole ‘huildin; WIS painted red cornerstone WIS laid Ihoul Aug- “Ilurlpnnw WV..., ._.- -"" - _ ust, 1.54. but when the wnlls of red brick were about two feet toCu'0. MI an ("nun In} Blacksmith Shop First Industry Kitd-ener, with a population of , nearly 53,000 and diversified in- ; dustries to the number of 175 or w more, stands today where one hundred and forty-eight years ago there was a dense forest. In 1806 (the first tree was cut down by the early pioneers, descendants of whom are numbered among the hundreds in this vicinity today. The rough tree trunks were sawed into logs and used in erect- ing houses and barns. The stumps were pulled out and the fine farm _ land was plowed and cultivated for some years while the small handful of settlers steadily in- creased and by industry and con- _ fideoee-two leading virtues that have always characterized the in- _ habitants of Kitchener-the foun- i dation was laid for this industrial ‘centre. Kitchener did not become atity in a day, but its growth has been steady and has been comparative- ly free from booms and their re- lapsas. The first indications of ayowth were seen as early as 1816 send to Preston or to Dundas order to obtain going beer. W _-.---" The -erfeats attracted thousands to the Twin City in the latter part oi the 18th century end the early 1900‘s. The (navel: lasted for three or (our days with singing societies tnvellllg from as hr up.) u bordering American states. Marry young couples used to (knee through huge loops similar to that as shown in the top Ian-hand drawing. Among the death notices there is one referring to the death of Henry Orth of Clinton. The edi- tor adds as muows---We request the relatives to let us know whe- ther we are to continue sending ‘the paper. Business first, evident- Ir Four young coopers, brothers, and sons of Mr. Boehmer near Berlin, recently made 100 barrels in one day. One of the quartetttr made 29 of these barrels himself. For several years a poor, lousy! Irishman, named Crazy John, who 1 has not got his right senses. isl coming into our settlement as a burden to the people since he dir- ‘ties their beds with his vermin. A number of people have ar- ranged to give him a thorough cleaning and new clothes and all those who have heretofore given him a bed are requested when he m... a u“. ...- .-,___V,,, comes clean and with a shaved head not to put him into his old den again but to give him a new one since all the pains taken to clean him would be of no benefit. We must be charitable to him since he is a human being, ai- though ugly. Men who think of tomorrow Che House of Seagram sin VII- lo, 7, _ J In 1852 Kitchener was selected Is: the county town. and two years when a g?odlt number of setytrry later the town was incorporated. arrived m. Berlin (by 'tttli',"); population at that time was name the city was known until 2,200. In 1856 the front portionof ”.10 when it was changed to the Central School. now known fgtil"er'ifl after the war of 1812- as Suddaby School was erected. l l . e first industry was a _ e '.' . - blacksmith s.shop opened 'l'llrhllleheeiigiyrrtt,irorf,u'fnitt,ee'li 3:3 st,',,uPtritsdl"lltl'e'i, Geliitiiia, settlers arrived. Among" . _ . . them were Louis Breithaupt, lee year B.s.tore was opened 19' ‘Reinhardt Lange Hugo Kranz. William 9ttid, and Frederick iff _ John Motz Willi}: m Oelschlnger 535 "2:32.: 'trin/rits',-, ‘and others. They joined with which was also used as a 's'itlGeg,ig Pennsslyart.ia..t?d German house. Bishop Benjamin Eby, one ‘giiecessors m building up the of the founders of the. city, pre- . B . h lat T sided over the Mennonite congre- The reit aupt and " In- gation. This formed a nucleus for neries were erected about. 1850. F a thriving village, its central lo- The amen? of thesis ttwod 12:9!- ' entity m the then settled.part of‘ 095 ave one “WC 'ld V “I" . the county attracting considerable ‘Kitchener throughout t e con IV I trade. en . an”. an"... “Ennnnr induetriex ol Previous to 1850 there were two i successful furniture factories es-1 tablished in Kitchener. The one. belonged to Simpson and Aldous.‘ in which $25,000 worth of manu- lectured goods were turned out Jade. _._-ee Previous to 1850 there were twoll The three more". 1erti,gpd successful furniture factories esâ€"bfégdgflfzna;in:gytmjs 'tter. labiished in Kitchener. The one formed the nucleus for an indus- belonged to Simpson and Aldous, trial centre which for number and in which $25,000 worth of manu- diversity of its industries is con- factured goods were turned out iie'yeyigp'putpt,'1f,',;;'il'et a - . - tured in Kitchener find their way to all parts of Canada and some .We are being constantly blamed "Gut.'"" to distant parts -ot the for belonging to the Tory party. . _ . . f f r th last For years Kitchener maintained 3:; stahvat t,e,refr'leat'dL'l" em “game title of the furniture centre of 'ttN, We Irttlotl. tll Jt"itlg, it: iljbe?itaaegtttitgi1"';,tt or, e genera . in e on s, ' Ias mg, a: perm: g'igggr"Liet 1,i',',',teianA,,e,1?"'l'hre sham: ip/IS/UU,;;),'?] a? my "Ja'rli'lrjiiiriinfr.' factories are: harness, from our readers. We approve oi is”? andlgblortc leather; th' .gtg, . h v, than pear u ons, on an s oes 2331:?" it? $5,355 1l,7"i,'l), i furniture of all kinds, automobile. speech but we have never saultirts, rubbers and rubber boots, that a, will support him if he athletic shoes. trunks and bags. abandons these sentiments. Weimeat packing. coniectioyyy, bis- are opposed to the Radicals since curb}: dairy pf??? 1521i]: 2:: they favor separation from the [te"." Tf?.','.: 'Ile'," tr, a fi - 1%"irggTiN7; T,',' Irfi however /t'Cl,rwf,i'lrrio; i1"i,g,"uti'id'l'i, or e arm in a aw u manner, . - ." . 45,9533 ,eeagfdu1/'e1u'e,e 02°“;:::2:£::;“*::s::s°memo: ' mova o , u i 'll,',',',',',',',', res an or re and forges, electric fixtures, board " . a o o ‘and paper boxes. gasoline pumps. h telkee er in Newho ‘wood fibre products and orna- . .IHE-I-S\ an .'ir,'t,r..,,,'h i1b"r1?,elf,iitiiirs, plywoyd 'yodulyttt: ttf. are opposed to the Radicals since they favor separation from the Mother Country. We are however for Reform in a lawful manner, ‘for the peaceful solution of our Amculties and for removal of ,abuses. _ _ - ed The editor informs his readers that he will yaept_ maple sugar in payment for subscriptions as well as for job work provided the sugar be brought by the first of March. the fTriit"tsosi.ety is in the city practice moderation Eddy A great soul prefers moderation annually. The other factory was owned by Isaac Hoftmttn. i;iiiiii7t'aciFr," Jack was-me fimt "d its kind in this part of the In coGection with the (crux; industry there was a largeLstg - .. . -- _ A -. country The Breithaupt and Lang Tan- neries were erected about 1850. The product of these two indu- tries have done much to advertise Kitchener throughout the contin- "mum. w, P._Pw'w_ r"'---- ,, e Kitchener is adequately provid- ed with civic institutions, includ- ing the Kitchener-Waterloo Hos- pital. St. Mary's Hospital. Kitch- fner-Waterloo YMCA, and Kitch- iencr-Waterloo YWCA, Home for 'the Aged. all modern institutions of the highest calibre. l Kitchener citizens are fond of ‘music. The Kitchener Musical o u.c.-.A v.5; , PAC!" fu, J, The Eidest organization