City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . THE DOMINION AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. portion of the site was too small, but, secur-ing the Drill Shed and ordinance land^, andfencing in Great Market street (now Central Avenue), verypassablegrounds andbuildings wereobtained, andthe makeshiftFair passed offto the satisfac-tion of all con-cerned. Thefollowing yearsaw the insti-tution onanewbasis. The cityhad in themeantime be-come the own-er of what isnow known asQueens Park,then called S a 11 e r sGrove. TheCouncil ad-vanced fundsto the amountof $70,000, newbu
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . THE DOMINION AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. portion of the site was too small, but, secur-ing the Drill Shed and ordinance land^, andfencing in Great Market street (now Central Avenue), verypassablegrounds andbuildings wereobtained, andthe makeshiftFair passed offto the satisfac-tion of all con-cerned. Thefollowing yearsaw the insti-tution onanewbasis. The cityhad in themeantime be-come the own-er of what isnow known asQueens Park,then called S a 11 e r sGrove. TheCouncil ad-vanced fundsto the amountof $70,000, newbuildings wereerected, andthe present Fair site became an accomplishedfact. It is far and away the best the Fairdirectors have ever controlled. The main ONTARIO, CANADA. 157. ADAJI BECK S VENEER AND THIN LUMBER SAWMILLSAND BOX WORKS. building is 200 x 80, and cost about $25, sidings run to the site on one side,and electric cars enter the grounds on theother. The cattle sheds are the best in theProvince. Wm. McBride was the secretaryof the Western Fair till his death at thefoundering of the Victoria in 1881, when hew^as succeeded by George McBroom, who heldoffice for eight years. T. A. Browne thenfilled the position acceptably till the year1899, when, the Dominion Government hav- ing appointed him postmaster, he resigned,and J. A. Nelles was elected to and stillholds the office. In the early days the officeof president was rarely or never held morethan one year, continu-ously held thatofficefroml887till his removalto Toronto in1897, when was elect-ed. He heldthe office onlyone year, be-ing elected in1898 and againin presi-dents had beenas follows: 1868, Jas. Johnson; 1870, Jas. Johnson187
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