City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . al institution till 1853, when the Legislaturewas petitioned for an Act giving power toerect ^waterworks. In the meantime a systemof tanks was put in at various cross-streets,and a couple on the market square, wherealso were two excellent wells, one at the 34 CITY OF LONDON, north-west corner of the old fish market, theother at the rear of the City Hall. From thispump an eccentric character known as OldYorkie used to supply the neighboring storesand hotels, his apparatus being a barrel hungbetween ^vheelbarrow shafts.
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . al institution till 1853, when the Legislaturewas petitioned for an Act giving power toerect ^waterworks. In the meantime a systemof tanks was put in at various cross-streets,and a couple on the market square, wherealso were two excellent wells, one at the 34 CITY OF LONDON, north-west corner of the old fish market, theother at the rear of the City Hall. From thispump an eccentric character known as OldYorkie used to supply the neighboring storesand hotels, his apparatus being a barrel hungbetween ^vheelbarrow shafts. His nameno one ever seemed to know, and as for hisnickname, Old Yorkie, some said it arosefrom the fact that he was a Yorkshire man,while others held that it was because hecharged a York shilling a barrel for were also pumps before many, if notall, of the hotels, and Carters hotel pump was a landmark on the corner of Dundas andClarence streets (the site of the present Odd-fellows Hall) till 1872, when the building wasburnt. In the London and Westminster. mously elected the pioneer water commission-ers ; while the antis were led by the late Brown, who contended that a comprehen-sive sewerage system should precede or ac-company the waterworks. So far as Londonis concerned, the naatter is beyond the stageof disputation now. We have both. Exten-sive additions have been made each year tothe supply pipes, and no city on the continentis furnished with better water, fresh from thesprings. It had been intended at first to doall the pumping by hydraulic power, but oflate years steam power has been added andboth systems are now at command. Spring-bank, the name given to the waterworksproperty, is a charming natural park about JOHN JENNINGS. Appointed the first Town AVarden of London, on its separation from the Township of London tor municipal purposes in 1838.
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