. The township of Biddulph : short sketch of municipal history and official life, with some of the most important municipal events from the pioneer days of 1830 to 1912 : with The consolidated by-laws of the township . eople in a heroic and noblespirit, and the payments as they fell due were promptly 1875 the Township received out of the John Sandfield Mac-donald surplus distribution the sum of $6,714, which was turnedover to the County of Huron in full satisfaction of the balanceof the Townships indebtedness to them, and thus freed theTownship of indebtedness of any kind whatsoever, wh
. The township of Biddulph : short sketch of municipal history and official life, with some of the most important municipal events from the pioneer days of 1830 to 1912 : with The consolidated by-laws of the township . eople in a heroic and noblespirit, and the payments as they fell due were promptly 1875 the Township received out of the John Sandfield Mac-donald surplus distribution the sum of $6,714, which was turnedover to the County of Huron in full satisfaction of the balanceof the Townships indebtedness to them, and thus freed theTownship of indebtedness of any kind whatsoever, whichposition has been held religiously ever since. The only de-benture indebtedness that the Township has since been in anyway responsible for was $30,000 in common with the rest ofthe County of Middlesex for the House of Refuge and IndustrialFarm at Strathroy. The present Clerk as County Auditor, hadthe satisfaction of cancelling those debentures twenty yearsthereafter. -4— Public Improvements The first public roadway was a blaze in the dense forestthat covered the Township. Next a road was chopped forthe ox team and pole jumper. The swamps and waterholeswere made passable by corduroy. The water^runs, streams. ADAM KINGSLEY HODGLNS, Reeve and rivers were bridged by logs, and later by wood culvertsand bridges. The western portion of the Township is traversedby the river Aux Sauble, which intersects the highways at alarge number of points, thus necessitating a large number ofbridges, and the Township can now boast that nearly all theirbridges and culverts are of steel, cement, or stone, and all this has been accomplished without selling a debenture or creatinga debt. In 1911 over $7,000 was expended in permanent im^provements on the roads and bridges without creating a Biddulph people and municipal men of the day havesho\A/n a courageous spirit, and faith in themselves, their town^ship, their country, and in the God of Heaven. They havehanded down to the present gene
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