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Title: City of London, Ontaro, Canada. The pioneer period and the London of to-day
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bremner, Archibald, 1849-
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Publisher: London, Ont. : London Printing & Lithographing Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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st one was so inconveniently situ- July 1, 1899, when lie was superannuated t»Ti-i<-;4-l-»..J--.-i. _... .I*_*1 1 t J • 1 1 1 Jl __J_ ___ 1_-~ _„ J- ated that it was fairly regarded as out inthe woods. It was n log house situated onNorth street, as near as can he calculatedwhere the jog at present exists on the north-ern boundary of the grounds ofthe Convent of the Sacred Heart.Major Chas. Schofield was thefirst postmaster, being succeededby G. J. Goodhue, who held theoffice, save for a short periodwhen John Harris acted tempo-rarily, till 1852, when L. Lawlesswas appointed, and continued inthe position till his superannu-ation in 1880. The late R. J. C.Dawson succeeded. He had beenconnected with the office in onecapacity or another since the ap-pointment of Lawless as post-master, and held the position till succeeded by the present incumbent,Thos. A. Browne. Mr. Dawson died andburied in London, England, in September,!The assistant postmaster, J. D. Sharman, andMr. was900.has
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160 CITY OF LONDON. been in the office since 1859. Tlie inconvenientposition of the post office in early days led toa petition to the Government, which resultedin its transference to Goodhues store, in thecommercial district at the intersection of Dun-das and Ridovit streets. At the beginning-there was but one mail arriving and depart-ing each week. Now the number is practi-cally countless, and there is one hour in eachday in which noless than forty-five mails are madeup, while everyhour the process isgoing on. Shortlyafter the estab-lishment of thepost office, JohnNichols began onhis own account,with the Govern-ments sanction, asystem of postaldelivery, chargingone penny for let-ters and a half-penny for papers.This he continuedtill 1876, when reg-ular carriers were appointed and the free delivery of mail mat-ter was inaugurated. From year to yearsince, this system has been amplified, till nowall portions of the city are served with asemi-daily delivery, while in the commercialdistri

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