Blue Water Bridge

^1 wr the Herald Vol. Ill, No. 40 SARNIA, ONTARIO October 8th, 1938 BLUE WATER BRIDGE

Commemorative Number

POINT EDWARD SARNIA

Dedicated by and

MITCHELL F. HEPBURN Prim* Minitter of Ontario PORT HURON FRANK MURPHY MICHIGAN Governor of Michigan The EDITH and LORNE PIERCE COLLECTION o/CANADIANA Blue Water Bridge Edition

Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie Kins

Queen's University at Kingston

CANADA

For more limn a thousand miles, the United States

and Canada are separated by the greatest inland water-

Way in the World. The Lakes and the St. Lawrence

constitute a frontier which does not divide, but serves rath-

er a common highway for both nations—a highway which,

through more than a century, has been shared in unbroken

amity.

The growth of intercourse between our two count- PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA ries— itself a token and a product of intimate and peace-

ful relations—has led, in recent years, to the building of Canada's Prime Minister (1938) was born at Kitchener, Ontario, on De- magnificent bridges over the Waterways which We enjoy cember 17, 1874. He studied at the in common. These structures have been brought into be- universities of Toronto, Chicago and Harvard. From 1900 to 1908, ing to facilitate still closer relations, commercially and he was deputy-Minister of Labour culturally, to the mutual advantage of both nations. They in Canada, editor of The Labour Gazette, and did notable work on are, in themselves, monuments in steel and concrete of the labor and immigration commissions.

peaceful and progressive civilization which it is the joint He was Minister of labour in 1909-11. purpose of our peoples to preserve and foster upon this In 1914-17 he investigated in- continent. dustrial relations for the Rockefell- er Foundation, and in 1918 publish- I am happy to have the opportunity, through the ed "Industry and Humanity.

columns of The Herald, to share in the general satisfac- In 1919 he became leader of the Liberal party, tion which the completion of the Blue Water Bridge succeeding Sir Wil- fred Laurier. In 1921 he became affords to the people Point of Edward, Sarnia and Port Prime Minister, advocating tariff for revenue and a program to pro- Huron, and to express the wish that it may, through years mote Canadian nationalization. Re- to come, contribute to the prosperity of the countries which tired for two months in 1926, he was returned, it serves to connect. and served until 1930, when the Conservative party carried the elections.

On the return of the Liberals in C £y>- 1935, he again became Prime Min- ister. Blue Water Bridge Edition

Franklin Delano

Rooseve it

PRESIDENT

The United States of America

>>v rlie Dominion of Canada is part of the sisterhood of the

British Empire. I give you assurance that the people of

the United States will not stand idly by if domination of

Canadian soil is threatened by any other empire.

Canada and the United States are true friends be-

cause we maintain our own rights with frankness; be-

cause we refuse to accept the twists of secret diplomacy;

and because we discuss our common problems in the

spirit of the common good."

—President Roosevelt, on the occasion of the opening of the Thousand Islands International Bridge at Ivy Lea, Ontario, August. 18th, 1938. THE HERALD f ~~ ~ ~~~

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With a Background of Thirty Years

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Blue Water Bridge Edition OFFICIAL PROGRAM Dedication and Opening BLUE WATER BRIDGE

Point Edward/ Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron/ Michigan

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7th

9:00 a. m. — Re-dedication of Kiwanis Peace plaque by Port Huron and Sarnia Kiwanis clubs at American plaza, Pine Grove Avenue and Elmwood Street. luncheon Harrington, Port Huron, followed by pre- 12:00 Noon—Press, radio and newsreel ; Hotel view of the bridge. 5:00 p. m. — Rehearsal for Coronation ball by "Miss Blue Water" and her court, Port Huron. 9:30 p. m. — Coronation ball, open to the public, in Port Huron High school gymnasium.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8th 8:00 a. m. — Bridge opened for pedestrians from Canadian side only. l h00 a. m. — Marathon relay race—Teams from University of Detroit and Western University carrying goodwill messages between Mayor Charles Rettie of Port Huron to Mayor Pelling of Sarnia and Reeve Ross of Point Edward—starting from centre of bridge to Lambton County Court House in Sarnia and City Hall, Port Huron respectively. 9:30 a. m. — Religious Services will be conducted at centre of Bridge by representatives of all Re- ligious Creeds. "America" and "God Save the King" will be sung by massed choirs of the Sarnia Male Chorus and Shubert Male Choir of Port Huron—Broadcast WJR WHLS. 10:00 a. m. — Unveiling of Peace Plaque by Lambton County Women's Institute. 10:00 a. m. — Parade of Canadian Legion starts from Sarnia City Hall. 10:00 a. m. — International parade starts from Court and Military streets, Port Huron, through downtown section for American plaza. 10:00 a. m. — Official Canadian party meets at Fair Grounds, Point Edward. 10:20 a. m. — Official Canadian party leaves Fair Grounds, Point Edward, for Plaza. 10:30 a. m. — Bridge will be closed. All guests must be in their seats at Port Huron Plaza by 11:30. 10:45 a. m. — Premier Hepburn inspects Guard of Honour. 11:00 a. m. — Premier Hepburn greets Governor Murphy at Plaza, and Official Party proceeds across the Bridge, pausing to cut Ribbon at International Boundary. 12:00 Noon—Dedication services at American plaza with Governor Frank Murphy, Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn, United States Senator Prentiss M. Brown, Ross W. Gray, K.C., M.P., Wm. Guthrie, M.P.P.; V. B. Steinbaugh, chairman state bridge commission of Michigan and other American and Canadian dignitaries participating. Louis A. Weil will pre- side. The program will be broadcast by Canadian and CBS networks and WWJ,

Detroit from 12:30 to 1 p.m. 1:15 p. m. — International boat parade from Black river to Lake Huron and return. 2 to 5 p. m.—Band concerts on American and Canadian plazas and at city hall by Port Huron High school band, Port Huron City band and Windsor Salvation Army band. 2:30 p. m. — International sailboat races off Pine Grove park and Sarnia Yacht Club. 3 to 8 p. m.—Bridge open free to pedestrians. 7:00 p. m. — Port Huron-Sarnia High school floodlight football game at Sarnia Athletic park. 8:00 p. m. — Fireworks on Canadian end of bridge, visible on both sides of St. Clair river. (Schedule of official banquets appear elsewhere in this issue.)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9th 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.—Bridge open free to cars. Pedestrians 10 cents. Ferries on regular schedule.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10th

6:00 a. m. — Bridge opens on regular 24-hour schedule, ferries run for pedestrians. THE HERALD

STATE OF MICHIGAN

Executive Office - Lansing

FRANK MURPHY - GOVERNOR

I \ear Friends:

It is not often that a Communi-

ty is privileged to celebrate an

ni as great and as much its own as, the opening of the Blue

Water Bridge is to Sarnia.

Because it brings so much that is new and exciting directly into your lives and those of your neighbors in Port Huron, your pride in it is very justly increased by a feeling of ownership.

But We who live outside of Sarnia and Port Huron, in Michigan and Ontario and throughout the United Stales and Canada, also feel with our happiness in this achievement a sense of possession. It is a pro- prietary feeling born of the thought that our countries have found it possible, year in, year out, to walk together along the pathway of peace, adding one useful, mutual accomplishment to another as evidence of our un- qualified friendship.

It is a feeling we all hope will some day be shared by every in- habitant of neighbor nations the world over.

Sincerely, FRANK MURPHY

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Office of THE PRIME MINISTER AND PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

The construction and opening of the magnificent Blue Water International Bridge between Point Edward, Ontario, and Port Huron, Michi- gan, is indeed a notable tribute to the peace-loving people of two great nations.

As Prime Minister of the Province of On- tario, I lake great pleasure in seeing this great bridge form another connecting link across the border where not a single gun can be found. The citizens of Canada and the United States have enjoyed peace for more than one hundred years, and the building of bridges across the imaginary boundary line is just another means by which this peace can be prolonged.

Ontario welcomes residents of the United

States and, on behalf of the Province, I send a i Di dial imitation to you all to visit with us in this country.

The Blue Water Bridge is a magnificent structure of stone and concrete to be used for years to come in friendly pilgrimages.

Yours very sincerely,

M. F. HEPBURN,

Prime Minister of Ontario.

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BUILDING SUPPLIES AND CONTRACTS

Moved 80,000 Cubic Yards of Earth and Fashioned the Ground for the Canadian Approach

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Sarnia Industrial Official Kept Film Record of Blue Water Bridge Construction

FRED J. SCUPHOLM, Secretary-Treas- urer of the Sarnia Bridge Company, which had one of the two major steel production and erection contracts in the buildirtg of the Blue Wlater 'Bridge, chough kept busy with bridge construction business during the whole period of

its development, found the time to take photographs of every step in this great program. Hundreds of photographs were taken and completed. The suggestion of movement is jnveyed by the wide sweep the Canadian entrance to the Blue Water Bridge. Mr. Scupholm is one of che outstanding amateur photographers in this section of Ontario and Michigan, and the film history he has gathered and tabulated will form a most unique volume, probably unparalLeled in any con-

: 'jhW. ; . temporary enterprise.

The Herald is particularly indebted to Mr. Scupholm for his ready and active co-operation in providing many of ithe photographs reproduced in this Special Comimemorative volume on the Blue Water Bridge. Symmetry of canvas and steel join in the composition of a pleasing view r— THE SARNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF The Dedication of The Blue Water International Bridge

The Completion and Dedication of the Blue To the Chambers of Commerce extending Water International Bridge at our neigh- along the various paved arteries on both bouring village of Point Edward brings this sides of the new Blue Water Bridge, the city into closer relations with scores of cit'es Sarnia Chamber of Commerce extends throughout Ontario and Michigan. The goodwill greetings, at this momentous time; commerce and travel of these two great and pledges, also, the spirit and action, for areas will come closer to our doors than our relations that will bear the fruits of ever before. Distances are annihilated, and. mutual helpfulness and betterment. new relations are in the making. This organization welcomes enquiries about I This fortunate and happy condition pro- Sarnia, the Imperial City, and also about li vides closer links between this of Ontario, in general. As a new Bridge-Gate- < Chamber < Commerce and those of the other cities of way City to Ontario and Canada, we

Ontario and Michigan. As a result, new especially welcome any task, within our '

and wider programs of inter-city work must sphere of action, placed in our hands from '

follow. our friendly border. '

HOMER LOCKHART, W. D. FERGUSON, Sec't'y - Manager. President.

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Parliamentary Officials Who Guided Bridge Project

Federal and Provincial Members of Parliament and Provincial Minister of Highways have important roles

ROSS W. GRAY Member House of Commons Chief Liberal Whip of Mackenzie King's Government Dominion of Canada

HON. T. B. McQUESTEN Minister of Highways Province of Ontario

Provincial Highways Radiate Jrom Bridge

THE HONOURABLE T. B. McQUESTEN, Minister of Highways in Ontario, had super- WILLIAM GUTHRIE vision and direction, for his government, of the provincial Member Legislative Assembly highway construction that actu- Province of Ontario ally runs to the middle of the Blue Water Bridge. DIRECT FROM THE BRIDGE run pavement courses connecting this new Bridge Gateway with the east, north and south, in Ontario. Highways No. 7 and 22 coincide, going due east. The Blue Water Highway BLUE WATER BRIDGE A MONUMENT follows Lake Huron up into the MEN Bruce Peninsula and the Georg- TO LOCAL ian Bay District, north and east. Running southward, along the WILLIAM GUTHRIE, provincial member of parliament for West shore-line of the St. Clair river Lambton since 1934, has had the responsibilities of seeing to the necessary is Highway No. 40. legal and legislative arrangements at Toronto and at Point Edward for EVERY TOWN AND the completion of the Bridge and the provincial highway which connects CITY IN OLD ONTARIO with the eastern approach thereof. north of a line drawn from

Sarnia to Niagara Falls is closer, ROSS W. GRAY, federal member of parliament for West Lambton, by miles and hours, to Chicago, St. Louis, and the great west and Chief Liberal Whip of the Mackenzie King Administration, was given and south-west, in the United States, the task of carrying through Ottawa the necessary arrangements leading through automobile travel con- to the Canadian Government's participation in the international enterprise. verging at The Blue Water Mr. Gray has been a member of the House of Commons since 1929. Bridge. THE HERALD

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT HURON

Offical Statement on the Occasion of the Opening of the

Blue Water International Bridge

AT PORT HURON » POINT EDWARD » SARNIA

Saturday, October Eighth, 1938

City Commission the city The of of Port Huron, Michigan, on the glad !

occasion of the International Rejoicing and Celebration to commemorate the

Dedication of the Blue Water Bridge, wishes to make a suitable record, in the

Official Canadian Program Souvenir Book, of our civic gratification in being

now more closely linked and allied with the city of Sarnia and village of Point J

Edward, on the opposite shore of the St. Clair rive\\

The people of these communities have always dwelt in the friendliest re-

the bridge is to the unity lations, and new both a monument long and accord !

that has characterized our intercourse, and also a guarantee for permanent, mutual

friendship and helpfulness for the future. |

The new bridge is a Covenant of Peace and: enduring trade. It is a band

of international accord that has its roots so deep in the stock and traditions of

'! our respective peoples that no citizen of all the millions in the two nations partici-

piiting in the construction of this bridge Would find limits to the time when this

accord might end.

We give our hand to the Canadian people, as We have, so often before.

We invite Canadians to visit Port Huron. We invite them to travel further into

//?e United States. Our doors are ever open, as alsd our hearts, for all who come

by the Blue Water Bridge.

THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PORT HURON CHAS. D. RETTIE, Mayor MEMBERS—HARRY C. SCHUBERTH, OTTO A. SCHMEKEL, WM. N. POWELL AND MALCOLM D. PATRICK.

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REEVE DAVID ROSS MAYOR FRED PELLING COLIN C. O'NEIL

Colin C. O'Neil, chairman of the Reeve David Ross, of Point Edward, Mayor Fred Pelling of Sarnia one attractions conirnittee and a vice . chair. . or the vice-chairmen or the general ii. c , com- general chairman ot the opening and . . , , c .C •• ^-,, ~t tU~ ^„^«..,i v s nuttee and chairman of the reception man ot the general committee.„„,„„;„ dedication committee. committee.

OPENING AND DEDICATION COMMITTEE—David Ross, Colin

O'Neil, W. B. Norton, Fred Pelling, Aubrey Oldham, J. Dean Bradley, S. B. Scott, Aid. Norman Perry, C. H. Belton, Norman S. T. Gurd, K.C., H. E. Stevenson, J. Kennedy, Mrs. J. B. Pardee, WARDEN W. E. YOUNG Homer Lockhart, W. Eric Harris, Cordon Mclntyre, F. W. Hollo- *M way, John Danner, William Young.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE—Mayor Fred Pelling of Sarnia; Ward- en William E. Young, of Lambton County; Colin O'Neil, president of the Kiwanis Club; Ross Gray, Wni Guthrie and H. Lockhart.

Aubrey Oldham, president of the Sarnia Rotary Club, is general secretary, and E. G. Ahern, general organizer. Sub-committee chairmen are Chester H. Belton, John E. Goodison, Charles Grant, Colin

O'Neil and Sheriff A. J. Johnston.

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE—John E. Goodison, D. Lawler, M. Jef-

fries, W. J. Batten and Fred Smith.

LIAISON COMMITTEE—Sheriff A. J. Johnston, Mayor Fred Pell-

ing, Councillor H. E. Stephenson, of Point Edward, S. A. Cole,

Henry MacMillan, Norman Gurd, K.C., W. R. Paul. International Warden William E. Young of Lamb- chairman, Roy Norton; International secretary, Aubrey Oldham. ton County, one of the vice-chairmen of the general committee. Blue Water Bridge Edition THE BLUE WATER BRIDGE CELEBRATION

AUBREY W. OLDHAM CHESTER H. BELTON J. CHARLES GRANT wnm

secretary Aubrey W. Oldham, of the Chester H. Belton, chairman of the J. Charles Grant, chairman of the general cgmmittee for the celebration. finance committee.- traffic and locations committee.

FINANCE COMMITTEE—C. H. Belton, William Young, 1 I. E Stevenson, Aid. Norman Perry, Walter Reid.

JOHN E. GOODISON ATTRACTIONS COMMITTEE—Colin O'Neil, S B. Scott, Norman Perry, C. H. Belton, John T. Kennedy, W. E. Brush, John E. Lea, T. E. Pressey, Douglas Macklin, Frank Gower, W J. Batten, T. H. McCann, John Wocker, Charles Kennedy, Stanley Burke, James McDonald, Roy Norton.

TRAFFIC & LOCATION COMMITTEE—Charles Grant, F. W. G.

Hanmore, C. A. White, Sam Lampel, D J. McRury, Dr. A. R. Mc- Millen, Fred Scupholm, Herbert Mitchell, Dr. A. E. Hughes, Russell Kirk, Fred Smith, Charles Grace, James Norwood, T. E. Pressey, F.

P- Dawson, K.C., Chief W. J. Lannin and Chief Gilbert Hummell.

RECEPTION COMMITTEE—Mayor Fred Pelling; Ross W Gray, K.C., M.P.; Hugh McKenzie, M.P.; Wm. Guthrie, M.P.P.; Charles O Fairbank, M.P.P., Petrolia; Reeve David Ross, Point Edward; Warden William E. Young, Lamb ton County; Major W. Eric Harris, representing local garrison; W. D. Ferguson, president of Chamber of Commerce; Fred W. G. Hanmore, Canadian Legion; Mrs. W. J.

John E. Goodison, chairman of the Hanna, Mrs. J. B. Pardee, Aid. Norman Perry. publicity committee. ?

THE HERALD '—

THE OPENING OF THE

Blue Water International Bridge

Forms Yet Another Link in the Chain

of Friendship Between

United States and Canada

The Province of Ontario offers its good wishes on this occasion and, on behalf of the people of the Province, extends a cordial invitation to the American people to come and spend a vacation in Ontario.

Last year over nine million people crossed the border into Ontario where 75,000 miles of good roads, unexcelled fishing and sports of all kinds, with splendid hotel and camp accommodation, combine to make our Prov- ince an ideal spot for a holiday.

For further particulars, illustrated booklets, highway maps, game and fish laws, etc., Write

BART G. SULLIVAN, Director

Ontario Travel and Publicity Bureau Parliament Buildings Toronto, Ontario Blue Water Bridge Edition

CANADIAN OFFICIALS JOIN IN SOD-TURNING CEREMONY

Hundreds of Port Huron citizens turned out to witness the ceremony pictured above, when the firslj sod was turned at the American end of the Blue Water Bridge. Shown from left to right are Reeve David Ross of Point Edward, Mayor Fred Pelting of Sarnia, Marshall Campbell, state bridge commissioner, V. P. Steinbaugh, chairman of the state bridge commission, Ross W. Gray, K.C., M.P., and Dale E. Moffett, state bridge commissioner.

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We are proud to serve these communities with the most modern Dry Cleaning

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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SARNIA

Official Statement on the Occasion

of the Opening of the

Blue Water International Bridge S

\ AT PORT HURON POINT EDWARD SARNIA 'i

Saturday, October Eighth, 1938

\ ON BEHALF OF HIS WORSHIP MAYOR FRED The city of Sarnia, as the newest Bridge-Gateway \ PELLING AND OUR FELLOW ALDEKMEN, we city of Canada, expresses to iche people of the United \ welcome to the city of 9arnua, at onus new Blue Water States, a ihearty welcome to enter Canada at this new. \ \ International Bridge Gateway, Premier Mitclhul F. Hep- bridge, and stands ready to receive American citizens \ \ burn, of Ontario, and Governor Frank Murphy, of and their commercial and tourist caravans with that Michigan. On behalf of the citizens of this city, the spirit of ihospitality whidh marks our Canadian people city council tender.; Premier Hepburn and Governor in all their dealings with their friends to the south of

Murphy our most profound gratitude for the services the peaceful international boundary delineating our \ they are today rendering, in officially opening for in- borders. ternational traffic and travel, between Canada This is an important industrial city with excellent 'i and the United Stares, this great, beautiful 'bridge. rail and waterway snipping facilities, and industry is At this time also, we wislh, to express to the Legis. invited to locate here. It is an educational centre where latures of Ontario and Miclhigan our appreciation for settlement may be made widh assurances of excellent \ their united action in laying the necessary foundations educational advantages for the children and the youtlh. for the completion of this useful structure. the re- To It is a splendid] business city. Moreover, it is a city of spective federal governments of the two countries chat fine bomes, cihurches and beautiful parks. Along the have permitted tlhis new, unifying link to be brought sbore of Lake Huron, just to the north, lie fifteen miles into being we pledge ouij efforts, at all times, to main- of beautiful summer resort properties rapidly being tain the high standards of international friendship and built up into a summer city. This region is only an mutual helpfulness of which this is bridge a permanent hour's drive from Detroit and Flint, and only four symbol. hours drive from Toronto.

As a city, we earnestly trust irihat the Stare Bridge Sarnia (and Point Edward) provides for most Commission of Michigan, under whose capable juris- points in Ontario and Micibigan the mosr direct route, diction the new bridge has been joined above the waters east and west, north and south. Being at dhe source of the St. Clair river, will ihave, through the time oi nortlh of this continuing jurisdiction, every merit for our con- of the great ihighway lines to the and east tinuing mofal support, and we fervently desire to lend Ontario, it is the logical poinlt of entry for all summer every measure of co-operation and assistance as this visitors from western and southern United States. Come can, from time to time, be given. the Sarnia way when visiting Canada.

INDUSTRIAL AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ALDERMAN GEORGE STIRRETT, Chairman ALD. CARLYLE HIPPLE—ALD. NORMAN PERRY 1

Blue Wale\ Bridge Edition

For over one hundred years the peoples of Canada and United States have passed freely and peaceably across the St. Clair River.

Since 1836 ferries have crossed "The Blue Water" between Sarnia and Tort Huron. With the passing of time increasing traffic lias demanded increased crossing facilities until a bridge was necessary.

Now the Blue Water International Bridge

is completed and it is a remarkable tribute to the personnel of the Michigan Bridge Com mission and the Highway Departments of Michigan and Ontario under whose authority

and supervision it has been built.

The Sarnia Bridge Company is proud of

its part in building this wonderful bridge. 1

is proud of having contributed to the forging of one more bond of friendship between these two nations by supplying and erecting steel for the Canadian Approach.

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First Steel Laid by the Sarnia Bridge Co

On December 14th, 1937, at two. thirty in the afternoon the first steel on the new bridge was placed in position by the Sarnia Bridge Company. Interested officials and spec- tators reverently stand by during the significant moment. Blue Water Bridge Edition THESE SARNIA OFFICIALS HELPED BUILD THE BRIDGE r W^WWRW""!**^

WALTER B. NORTON ROY M. NORTON FRED J- SCUPHOLM Vice-President President Secretary-Treasurer

IMPORTANT CONTRACT AWARDED TO THE SARNIA BRIDGE CO.

mi: SARNIA BRIDGE CO., with plant and head office in this city, received the contract, in conjunction with .the Hamilton Bridge Company, for the supplying of steel and erection of the Canadian Approach to the Blue Water Bridge.

Through this contract Sarnia and Point Edward benefitted from the employment of local men and the largo quantities of materials pur- hased from firms in those communi-

ties.

2,750 tons of st r ,, c tural steel is

contained in the part of the bridge bull) by the local firm.

The contract for the construction of the floor was sublet to the Russell

< osstruction Company of Toronto.

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POINT ED WA R D /«

THESE MILLIONS of visitors from the United POINT EDWARD will become an important fac- TOStates and to our home-coming fellow-citizens, Point tor in a truly international city. Lying where the caravans of two nations must pass, Edward, the soil upon which all must first land, by the most direct routes east, west, north, south ship, rail and extends greetings of friendship and welcome. — —by paved highways, this historic community provides the In crossing the Bridge to Canada, a glorious view desirable point for developing industry and commerce. carries the eye from the very point where Mighty Lake But Point Edward will have its greatest glory in Huron converges into the Lordly St. Glair River, (al- its fine homes. Situated at this Vantage Spot of Beauty most under the great skyway), fifteen, twenty, twenty- where the smooch, sandy coasts of the lake lead away five miles along the! enchanting, sandy shoreline of rhe into a paradise of green slopes richly shaded with fine, lake. Here are nestled the most tempting haunts of large trees, this Bridge town now makes plans for additional lovely homes. Travellers from near and afar Summer dwellers. It is a region for holiday resorts will gaze over this vista of beauty as they pass and re- unexcelled in Ontario. pass across che Great Span. The Point Edward scene Point Edward is che logical distributing point for will fill them with joy to stay, and if they have to pass summer supplies. on there willl remain in their 'hearts a longing to return. DAVID ROSS, Reeve

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Point Edward's Dream of Bridge Comes True

1938 POINT EDWARD COUNCIL GATHER ON PLAZA OF BLUE WATER BRIDGE

are the five proudest oivic officials Here in Canada—justly councillor; Donald J. McRury, Councillor; David Ross, Reeve, proud of rheir village's achievement, in this year 1938, in the and General Chairman of The Canadian Blue Water Bridge iJetion, in their municipality, of the Blue Water Inter- Dedication Committee; H. E- Stephenson, Councillor; and

national Bridge. They are, left to right; Dennis J. Burgess, Thomas McCord, Councillor.

Point Edward Has Colorful Fish Hatchery, Wireless Station Traditions at Point Edward

Now one of the most important Inter- In 1908, under federal government national Bridge terminals in Canada, supervision, a fish hatchery was estab- Point Edward, in rhe last century, was, Important Industrial Interests lished in the village, and from this in- one time, the Canadian terminal of The stitution approximately one million fish in Point Edward Grand Trunk Railway System. Prior are annually set free into Lake Huron. to 1891 when the St. Clair railway tun- The Canadian Branch of Electric Auto- In 1927, the care of the hatchery revert- nel was opened, Grand Trunk Railway Lite Company of Toledo, Ohio, located ed to provincial control. trains crossed the river by car ferries, in Point Edward in 1930, and employs The Dominion govennment erected from Point Edward to Fort Gratiot, an average of about 300 in rhe manu- the wireless station at Point Edward, in Michigan, from almost the same ident- facture of automobile and radio units 1912. The equipment and staff of the ical point as that over which rhe Blue and parts- station are controlled by tihe Marconi Water Bridge now stands. In 1918, the Canadian branch of che Company of Canada, and Mr. David In 1860, Albert Edward, Prince of Holmes Foundry Company of Port Ross, Reeve, and General Chairman of

Wales, , and latter King Edward VII Huaon, Michigan, was established in the Canadian Blue Water Bridge Dedi-

visited Point Edward, the Royal guest of Point Edward, with a large factory to cation Committee, is the officer in a large ball given on the occasion of produce high grade automobile grey charge- This station broadcasts weath- ohe openinglof che Grand Trunk Freight iron castings, and employs about 300 er reports, storm warnings and messages

Sheds at this important shipping term, men. to ships on tihe Grea.o Lakes. It is cap- inal. The Samia Cement Products Comp- able of picking up messages from the Point Edward's first church, built in any has been established in Point Ed- Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and has a 1868, was a gift to the village from the ward since 1919, engaging in the sale of record of signals received as far back Grand Trunk Railway Company, and gravel throughout Ontario, and manu- as the sinking of the Titanic and The

was used by Anglicans, Presbyterians facturing cement blocks, tile, and Great War. and Methodists alike. Sir Henry Tyler, cement products on a large scale. This Canatara Park, located in the northern president of rhe railway conducted tihe company had an important contract in borders of the village, becomes more firat services. the building of the Blue Water Bridge, popular with che tourists each summer. <

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Cost of completion—#3,250,000.00. Total length of bridge from Pine Grove avenue, Port Huron to end of Canadian plaza in Point Edward 8,020.94 feet. Length of American plaza—685 feet. Width of American, plaza— 198 feet. Length of Canadian plaza—900 feet. Width of Canadian plaza—240 feet. Length of American approach—2,301 -315 feet. Length of Canadian approach—2,657.375 feet. Length of main span— 1,576.25 feet. Overall width, including three-lane highway, four-foot sidewalk and 18-inch curbway—40 feet. American approach has 30 spans, ranging in length from 44 feet to 80 feet, and two truss spans, 204 and 260 feet long, which connect the approach and main span. Canadian approach has 37 spans, ranging in length from 44 to 80 feet and two truss spans, 204 and 260 feet long.

First bids (American and Canadian approach and main piers) taken May 15, 1937. Construction work started June 24th, 1937. Opening date, October 8th, 1938- Built by Michigan and Ontario highway departments and state bridge commission of Michigan. Modjeski & Masters and Monsarrat & Pratley, consulting engineers. Weight of main span steel, piers and roadway concrete 28,340 tons

Weight of American approach piers, steel and roadway - 9,940 tons

Weight of Canadian approach piers, steel and roadway.— .__ - — - 11,050 tons

American plaza buildings, roadway and ramps _ 22,600 tons

Canadian plaza buildings, roadway and ramps 14,(3(75 tons

Rivets H _ — 500 tons Total weight of steel and concrete - 86,905 ton,s Height of lower chords of steel above) St. Clair river— 152 feet. Top of steel—210 feet above the river. Main piers, each containing 10,000 tons of concrete and reinforcing steel, rest on rock, 101 feet below ground level and extend 53 feet in the air. Span between the two main piers on the banks of St. Clair river—871 feet-

POINT EDWARD HYDRO-ELECTRIC SYSTEM SUPPLIED THE

Gigantic Power of Niagara

For the extensive Electric .Work in the Construction of THE BLUE WATER BRIDGE

HYDRO-ELECTRICS "SODIUM VAPOR LAMPS" SUPPLY BRILLIANT LIGHT ALONG THE BRIDGE TRAFFIC LANES, CANADIAN APPROACH AND CAN- *

A I MAN GOV'T BLDGS , AND FOR LAKE AND RIVTER NAVIGATION BEACONS • POINT EDWARD HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMMITTEE

! D. J. McRury, chairman; H. E. Stephenson; David Ross THE HERALD

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honor of co-operating in the construction of The Blue Water Bridge between Sarnia and Point Edward, and Port Huron, Michigan, having had one of the two major contracts for supplying and erecting

steed for tin- Canadian Ap- proach.

Can ad a, p a rticularly

( hitario, will be greatly benefitted through completion of this internation-

PANORAMA OF STEEL AND WATER al pathway. It is a per- Seemingly, the eye carries to infinity as one looks down upon the mighty Canadian Approach from the be- ennial tribute to the Legis- ginning of the centre span. Unlike many bridges, the open sides afford an unobstructed view of river and lake. latures of ( hitario and M ichigan.

For these reasons, we are proud of our identifi- cation with this monu- mental enterprise. HAMILTON BRIDGE CO. " LIMITED EEEEEEE

W. B. CHAMP President and Managing Director HAMILTON CANADA THESE HUGE PINS SUPPORT BRIDGE Four of these main supporting pins carry the weight of the entire centre span. There are two on each <>f the main piers at water's the edge. „ „ i Blue Water Bridge Edition - - ^•^^-^^^^•^•^-^- ^•^ ^- ^^•^•^^^ ^*-*~ ^^^-.^^^^- -^ ^^--**^~^ ^^^-^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^»sys»sr .^^-»^^^^'^•^^^*^*^^*^*^^*~^** ^'^*^ ^^^- ^^^^^^d

Reeve of Point Edward Worked Hard for the Bridge

Herman L. and Harmon L. Stevens through the Blue Water Bridge edition of THE HERALD announce that "WHLS" The Blue Water Station

pledges its facilities to the service of all citizens in the Thumb District of Michigan and that part of West- ern Ontario served by One of the most ardent supporters of the Blue Water Bridge in the border com- our station munities of Point Edward, Sarnia and Port Huron has been Reeve David Ross of Point Edward, and ito Reeve Ross goes the hearty applause from these communities ANGUS D. PAFF for the vigorous fight he has made to have Point Edward recognized as) the Canadian Mgr. terminal of the Blue Water Bridge. Reeve Ross, at (he moment) he was photographed in the above pose, said (as he pointed to the windshield sticker) "Genltlemen! This is the Blue Waiter Bridge!"

for over half a century, has beckoned men PUNCH from near and far To STOREY'S

Known from Coast to Coast and thro' the States for the World's Finest PIPES

and PUNCH will tell you that only last week a Gentleman

from Montana bought two pipes—a present for

Wayne King—who like Peter Pan—should

know his pipes

The Bridge Gives You Time to Stop and Shop at G.W. STOREY, Ltd

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OFFICIAL PLAQUE MARKS THE BOUNDARY LINE Blue Water Highway Leads to Enchanted Summer Land

Direct from rhc Blue Water Bridge, through northern Lambton, close to the souchcrn shore of Lake Huron, and curving to the north, at Grand Bend, the Blue Water High- way runs due northwards, through Bayfield, Goderich, Kincardine, Southampton and Wiarton, into the Bruce Peninsula, popular resort area known as "Beautiful Bruce." lor a number of years, this rou:e has been promoted! by its component municipalities, under the direction of the Blue Water Highway Association, with headquarters at Sarnia, Ontanr. More recently, the Bruce Peninsula Resort Association, with headquarters at Wiarton, has drawn attention of United States Tourists to the many beautiful and recreational summer resort and summer sports sections of Bruce county.

From Wiarton, Gateway to Peninsula, ohe runs Highway S Number 26, due east, through the Georgian Bay Disrict The Official Pictures of the Canadian Ap- Summer lands, with centres at Owes Sound, Meaford, Colling- proach to the Blue Water Bridge wood, Wasaga Beach, Penetanguis-hene and Midland. Prox- Were Recorded with a imity to the new, international bridge at Port Huron, ROLLEIFLEX CAMERA Point Edward and Sarnia makes these areas within a few Sold Exclusively by hours of such Michigan cities as Detroit and Flint. The Blue Water Bridge maintains a 24-*hour service. per day SOLE THE DRUGGIST s \ --i

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1 The Popular Parker Street Meat Market the Builders of Enters Its Ninth Year of Successful Service

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A TRIBUTE TO TWO FRIENDLY

By FRED PELLING Mayor of Sarnia NATIONS ' ©artatt The people of Port Huron, Point Atlantic to tihe Pacific. May we be Edward and Sarnia have many things truly thankful to Almighty God that in common, Situated as we are, on along this imaginary line of more than the banks of the mighty Lake Huron ohree dhousand miles, there is a deep

and the lovely River St. Clair, it is rooted understanding of trust and our constant pleasure to enjoy the friendship. many privileges wlhich ithis ideal lo- For 12f5 years there has been that ADJOINING THE cation provides for us. indefinable sense of mutual security Visitors who come into our neigh- wihidh completely dispels the remotest IMPERIAL THEATRE borhood are impressed with the evidences thought of the necessity of armed forti- of industrial and business activities. They fications. May the feeling of under- ndmire the scenic beauty, watch with standing between the United States, fascination the graceful and inspiring Canada and the British Empire, that is A Well Established Centre movements of river and lake traffic, so evident today, be maintained and and at eventide enjoy the glorious sun- grow even stronger as the years go by. In Sarnia sets over Lake Huron. It is ahen that It is my pleasant privilege on behalf we have brought home to us the wond- of the City of Sarnia to extend to the srful privileges that we really enjoy, but people of Port Huron, Point Edward sometimes take for granted. The recre- and the surrounding districts, our cord- ational facilities along our water fronts, ial greetings and best wisihes at this time Invites you from the Blue though commonplace to us, are used to when we join in recognizing this historic the fullest extent and are particularly occasion. Water Bridge appreciated by visitors from inland FRED PELLING, points who each year take up residence at our beaches or visit at vacation time. E. G. AHERN To Luncheons For several months we ihave been watching, day by day and week by week, Jf Dinners the remarkable progress chat has been made on the construction of ohe "Blue Water Bridge." As work progressed After Theatre from both sides of the river, it seemed Part les as if the arms of the bridge were reaching out to meet half way. to finally clasp 'hands in a spirit of international ^^^^^^'-^^^-^^•^^^^•^-.^^^^.^,^,^.^.,^ goodwill and friendship. The bridge **' itself wit'h its graceful lines and pro- portons is an engineering achievement "7

of which the designers and contractors 1 may well be proud. To them, to the governments in the United States and Canada, and to the Michigan State i Bridge Commission, may I offer my sincere congratulations. John Garroch I am sure also that ohe citizens are grateful that the completion of Vhe bridge is making possible the freer means of communication between our two countries. It is significant that this friendship bridge of steel has been built at a time when there is so much unrest and distrust between nations in evidence COAL in other parts of the world. To mv E. George Ahem, General Organ- the world mind it is a demonstration to izer of Canadian Opening and Dedi- at large that peace loving citizens living cation Committee. under a democratic form of government desire to live at peace with their COKE

1 neighbors and to share with them the freedom of thought and action that STEINMAN'S true democracy provides. The international border line between the United WOOD States and Canada extends from ohe IMPERIAL

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FERGUSON PORT HURON'S MAYOR GREETS SARNIA AND POINT EDWARD To the Citizens of Sarnia, and Canada: portent of far greater splendor than The simple fact chat I, a United any physical or tangible benefits that States citizen, am invited to address you may be measured in terms of wealth. By through the medium of this souvenir its encouragement of intercommuni- edition on the occasion of the opening cation, closer contacts, warmer friend- for use, by your country and mine, of ships between your citizens and our a great causeway linking Canada and citizens, it insures posterity against race the Uniited States, is a significant omen prejudice, mutual distrust, misunder- of an age of even closer fellowship and standing, malice, bitterness, hatred. goodwill than has existed heretofore. Yet I would not minimize the ma- For more than a century (the thous- terial value of this mighty bridge nor ands of miles of border line between our its firm, substantial grandure. There respective countries has been unarmed will pass beneath its span the greatest by either side, and 'this defenseless state flow of marine commerce in the world, has never been violated by either and it will itself support one of the country. At ohis point our countries greatest lines of overland commerce in are physically separated by the purest the world. With its connections it is and most beautiful great stream of fresh comparable to a great railway system, water on the face of the globe. Through with its tenacles spreading to the most many generations of happy growth and remote places of each country, uniting development on both sides of this great them, bringing to them life, culture, river, our citizens and yours have progress. crossed the invisible border line without It should be a matter of gratification restraint. No cannon, forts or arma- and pride to every citizen of Canada W. D. Ferguson, the 1938 Presi- ments have bristled defiance. Your and of the United States chat this great dent of the Sarnia Chamber of Com- citizen* have been welcomed in our structure has been conceived and built merce is an authority on Tourist and country, ours have been welcomed in in honesty and sincerity of purpose Highway affairs relating to Sarnia and yours. Through many decades the which has been beyond question, and the Blue Water Highway. spirit of friendship between our two chat those who participated in its com- countries has thrived and grown- in a pletion, from the most humble work- manner without parallel in history. The man to the greatest engineer, may spirit of suspicion, distrust or open properly and justly feel a noble pride enmity which exists between other .in its accomplishment. And so every

H. W. McRITCHIE 1 countries throughout the world, and to citizen of both our countries may feel which numberless human lives and un- a corresponding pride in a momentous, 139 S. MITTON ST. counted treasure have been sacrificed, international achievement. has not cast its baneful curse upon our The City of Port Huron gladly em- Smarter Patterns Better i peaceful border. braces this opportunity to welcome the I emphasize closer relationship, Values ohese simple, yet wonder- City of Sarnia to a ful, unique, almost incredible truths, with the confident hope chat we may because it is my profound conviction continue tlhrough the centuries to work Specializing in Draperies, chat the consumption in steel and con- together in harmony and peace, with Wallpaper, Venitian Blinds crete of a glorious dream of another rhe Blessing of God. great physical link between two great CHARLES D. RETTIE, countries, has a spiritual or intangible Mayor of Port Huron.

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International Bridge Brings Direct Routes Closer Relations

BACK IN THE DAYS when The Blue Water Bridge THE 1938 MAYORS of over a score of cities located in was still only a mental conception in rhe minds of a Ontario and Michigan have rushed to The Herald for few, the above map was drafted to show rhe natural, rhis Pictorial Blue Water Bridge Edition the most suit- geographical link of a Sarnia-Port Huron Gateway to able form of Goodwill Bridge Greetings as shown in facilitate trade and travel between the Great West and the illustrations on ai number of pages that follow. the Great East, the American South and rhe Canadian North. Now chat the Blue Water Bridge has become You will find depicted therein representative scenes a concrete reality, millions of people will follow che from these Ontario and Michigan cities that are now closer miles closer before. lines, shown above, to reach cities beyond our fniendly by and by hours than ever For, completion of Blue 24- borders by the most direct international routes. wirh The Water Bridge, a hour per-day Gateway, entirely free of all delay, and Entering or leaving Canada at Point Edward, On- free also of all metropolitan congestion, will enafcle tario, (Samia's adjoining, international Key Point), inter-communion between Ontario and Michigan cities the largest volume of international tourists and merchan- on a scale of speed and economy unprecedented in all dise in the whole continent will now begin to flow. our annals. THE HERALD

POINT EDWARD (at Sarnia) LIGHTS THE WAY

RIGHT—One of the Range Lights at Point Edward, Ontario, that guides Great Lakes Navigation southward into the St.

Clair River. Across the river is Fort Gratiot, suburb of Port Huron, Michigan.

The New International Blue Water Bridge, situated just south of the point where Lake Huron converges into the St.

Clair ris-er. gives to rhe traveller a clear view of these two light-houses and, on a fine day, a vast expanse of Lake Huron's blue waters extending a score of miles to the north, before the waterway horizon meets the sky.

Point Edward, home of the Canadian side of the Blue

Water Bridge, is an incorporated village, adjoining the northern city limits of Sarnia.

Powerful lights from this quaint land-mark at Point Edward throw tfheir beams far out over Lake Huron to the north of the village, the source of River St. Clair. Here passes, annually, the continent's largest volume of water cargc^—chaefly wheat, flour, iron ore and other base metals, going southward, and manufactured goods going northwards.

Grand Rapids (Mich.) Civic Auditorium, built in 1933 at a cost of $1,500,000, seats 5600.

LEFT—Views of Grand Rapids, Michigan's second city in the United State's seventh most populous member.

Since its founding, in 1826, as an Indian ti-adiing post. Grand Rapids has grown to a population of 170,000.

Beautifully situated in rhe valley of the Grand, and one of the major cities connected by the Blue Water Bridge, along most direct routes, to Ontario's many points of attrac-

tion, Grand Rapids is governed by a Com-

mission-Manager, is marked by organization, become an important convention Pleasure steamer and sailboats on Reeds Lake, at the city's edge. and has city.

The city has a municipal tourist camp on the eastern shore of the Grand river, with ten Grand Rapids acres of parking space. Close to 10,'0O0 tour- Furniture Museum, ists use this camp annually. completed In 1937, Hotel accomodation in Grand Rapids displays original provides for 5,000 visitors. There are five masterpieces, repro- private golf clubs, and a number of municipal ductions, modern and public links. The city has an airport, and creations and one of the most outstanding furniture museums processes of furniture in the world. manufacture. —

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IN THE LAND OF THE BLUE WATER HIGHWAY

UPPER Hillside view of St. Anne's Jesuit Memorial Church at BELOW—Selected views at Southampton, On- Penetanguishcnc, historic Ontario town on the south-eastern shore of tario, about three hours drive from The Blue Georgian Bay, about five or six hours drive from the Blue Water Water Bridge along the Blue Water Highway. Bridge. Southampton is located on a beautiful spot by the eastern sandy coast of Lake Huron. In Huron ia Park provides excellent camping facilities, wh

The town and surrounding district are rich in points of historic interest dating back to the time of Ghamplain.

LOWER—Ghamplain's monument at Orillia, Ontario, jumping -off town between Southern Ontario and Muskoka, and located about six or seven hours drive from The Blue Water Bridge.

The town enjoys water boundaries on La'kes Couchxhing and Simcoe, and, by the Trent Waterway, connects with Georgian Bay and Lake On.ano. Practically all tourists' from the south-west of the town pass through Orillia on their way to see the Quints, at Callander.

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MICHIGAN'S CAPITOL NOW IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH ONTARIO CITIES

RIGHT—The State Capital at Lansing, Michigan, centre of che state's legislative and administrative activities.

Lansing is a growing, industrial city, credit- ing its development as a manufacturing centre to the action of its original settlers in building a dam across the Grand river, in 1837. Thus came the steps for securing water power, and thereby its growth and commercial importance today.

The city is situated on one of the chief routes to the west and souah, leading from ohe Blue Water Bridge, and the Michigan State Bridge Commission which was created by the State Legis- lature to build and manage the bridge, has its offices located here.

LEFT—A view of the Main Street, at Bracebridge,

Ontario. Bracebridge is one of the leading centres in Ontario's famous Muskoka District, lying in che hill and lake country east of the Georgian Bay. With ohe completion of the Blue Water Bridge, this pretty

Ontario town expects to see many thousands of ad-

ditional American visitors, enroute ito the many interesting points in Muskoka, as well as to see the Dionne Quintuplets, farther north, at Callander.

Bracebridge is 1 ,OCfO feet above sea-level. The

town is situated in a wonderland of beauty, with facilities for 'tennis, golf, boating, riding, bowling, fis'hing, biking, swimming, and dancing. The altitude and clear air provide healtlhful vacations.

In fact, the district generally is a "better 'healdh" resort.

RIGHT—This is not an aeroplane picture, but rather a view of Hamilton, Ontario's

second largest city, as seen from the Hamilton- - mountain.

Hamilton is known as "The Pittsburgh of

Canada" because of its outstanding nature as a manufacturing centre. The importance of

its manufacturing business gives ithe city an intimate relation with every municipality in the country.

The city nestles on the shore of Lake On- ".;..,- tario, surrounded by a mighty escarpment from m\ which one of the most arresting sigihts strikes one as comparable with a scene in che foot- hills of the Rocky Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia. At the noiroh-west entrance,

direct from tihe Blue Water Bridge, is the Rock Garden visited annually by thousands of garden fanciers throughout Canada and uhe

United States. .. !a*w^*' THE HERALD

BELOW—The town of Brampton, Ontario, located on No. 7 Highway, direct from The Blue Water Bridge, has a popul of 6,000, and possesses, in The Dale Estate Limited, an establish- Aerial Views ment of 132 greenhouses, covering 35 acres.

ABOVE—View of Parliament Hill, with the federal Parliament Buildings, Chateau Laurier, and a section of the city of Ottawa, Canada's capital.

The city is located on a high bluff of the Ottawa river, overlooking the Gatineau Hills, and is reached from The Blue Water Bridge by two direct routes beginning at Sarnia as No. 7 and No. 22 Highways respectively.

It possesses beautiful parks, art galleries, museums, foreign embassies and points of historic interest. Ottawa is the headquarters of experimental agriculture in Canada. It is joined wic-h tihe city of Hull, Quebec, by auto and rail bridge facilities across the Ottawa river.

LEFT—An air view of Lon- don, Ontario, t'he "Forest City." Just an hour's ride east of The Blue Water Bi London is Western Ontario's largest and richest city. With a population of 75,000, and a wide diversity of manufactur-

ing, this centre is Southern Ontario's leading agricultural market. The large open space in the photograph shows the London Farm Produce Mark- et

London is the home- of the Western Fair. It contain-; beautiful residential districts seldom equalled in Canada. It is less ohan an ihour's ride from two well known summer resorts, Grand Bend to the north, on Lake Huron, and Port Stanley to 'the south, on Lake Erie, Blue Water Bridge Edition

OTTAWA, the Capitol of Canada

Invites You!

Your New BLUE WATER BRIDGE

Maizes Distances Shorter

East, West, North, South

If You Want Beauty of Site and Sight of Beauty SEE OTTAWA

STANLE^LEWIS, Mayor of Ottawa

S. S. Moronic, Largest on the Great Lakes, Pastes Under Blue Water Bridge Blue Water Bridge Edition

Seen from the Sky

LEFT—Huntsville, Muskoka, in the Lake of Bays District. Situated 150 miles north of Toronto, on the road to Callander, thome of the Quints, Huntsville lies close Co Algonquin Park, governmental bird and game sanctuary. With a wealth of wild, unspoiled natural beauty of hills, forests and lakes, the district of whiah Huntsville is centre is also marked with important developments for the delight and convenience of tourist travellers entering Canada via The Blue Water Bridge at Port Huron, Point Edward and Sarnia. Among these attractions are some of the finest summer hotels on che continent, golfing, tennis and fishing accomodations, and ihunting org- anizations.

RIGHT — Traverse City, Michigan, four or five hours drive from the Blue Water Bridge.

Traverse City is located on Grand Traverse Bay, in ohe cenrrre of the North- western Michigan resort country. Facing the bay, tihe city is partially circled by a string of beautiful blue lakes, giving it a delightful, summer resort character.

This community of 13,- 000 people welcomes annu. ally an unusually large tourist population. It is the "Cherry capital" of the world, exporting twenty million pounds of cherries eadh summer.

BELOW—Looking down on Grand Haven State Park, at hours ride westward from The Blue Water Bridge. It is; the Grand Haven, Michigan. home of 8,345 people, and itfhe mecca of thousands of tourist i Located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, at ohe eadh summer. Of special interest co tourists are Spring Lake mouth of the Grand river, Grand Haven is about 3 Vi or 4 and Highland Park in this popular resort. !

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Christopher Columbus

Began It All

TRANSPORTATION in the Western world dates back to 1492 when Christopher Columbus of Genoa, Italy, made his trip to the Bahama Islands. The discovery of America changed the whole history of

the world, because it gave men of all nations new objectives and activities in the settlement of heretofore unknown part of the globe.

The sail boat shown to the left is a replica of the Santa Maria in which Columbus ruade his great voyage across the Atlantic. This

scale model may be seen on the St. Clair

river frequently. It was built by Andrew Cuthbertson and his sons, at Algonac,

Michigan, and is equipped with an

auxiliary motor as well as sails.

WALPOLE ISLAND, historic home of Tecumseh, is reached from the Canadian shore of Dhe St- Clair river, by wire-cable ferry operaced by In dians of che island

Ice-bound Ferries a Thing

of the Past

THE completion of the Blue Water Bridge ends the delays caused by periodic ice jams in the St. Clair

river. To the left is shown one of the Port Huron

- Sarnia ferries pushing its difficult course through

the ice-choked stream, a condition that sometimes gave travellers vexation or anxiety-

On the Occasion of the Phone 2500 Completion of the Blue Water International Bridge Sargrs "THE LEADING CLEANERS AND DYERS OF SARNIA"

Congratulate Sarnia and Point Edward on the successful completion of this great achievement. THE HERALD

ABOVE—Downtown view in Pontiac, Michigan, one of the Wolverine state's large cities connected with Ontario centres by the Blue Water Bridge.

Ponitiiac is known as the industrial city in the land of play, being the home of important automobile manufactures which

make it one of the best known cities in the ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL'S HOMESTEAD, Brantford, Ont. United States, and also being surrounded

THE CITY OF BRANTFORD is located about three hoars east of the Blue by over 400 lakes which make it an at- Water Bridge, on the route to Niagara Falls and New York sHate. Trie Grand tractive point for tourists and holiday,

River, ancient home of Canadian Indian tribes who still maintain picturesque makers.

reservations along its course, runs through the city. Pontiac possesses state and county

Brantford is an -industrial centre of national importlance, enjoying un- parks, beautiful golf courses, and modern

usual railway and highway connections with all parts of Ontario. It is itihe accommodations in the midst of unspoiled home of agricultural manufacturing interests known throughout the British scenic country. empire, and has a wide range of other produotjs. Mohawk Park and Lake provide beautiful tourist attractions. Sports are organized, and there are fine facilities for every type of summer game. The

Brantford golf and country club is claimed to be the fourth oldest on the

continent!. The city is the home of the Bell Telephone, the inventor, Dr.

Bell having originated the invention1 in Brantford. INTERNATIONAL AIR VIEW AT NIAGARA FALLS

HERE IS one of the most-visited spots on the North American continent. To xhe right lies Niagara Falls. Ontario, with the Canadian section of the cataract in the back-ground. At the extreme left is shown the American section of this world famous waterfall. The Honeymoon Bridge which was destroy- ed by an ice jam early this year (1938), formerly crossed the river from a point depicted at the lower left extremity of this picture. The Lower Aroh Bridge connects the two cities a short dis-

tance f u >r t h er down the gorge.

(See op po s i te page). Blue Water Bridge Edition STRATFORD-ON-AVON Two Hours from Blue Water Bridge

TO THE RIGHT is shown the dam .-.t Strat- ford, Ontario, direct along No. 7 Highway from the Blue Water Bridge, by which t"he Avon river was successfully controlled to give this pretty city a beautiful parks system. Stratford is following a program of Shakespearean development, and the city is gradually reviving, on this side of the Atlantic, various features of Stratfordon-Avon. in England. Buildings are adopting Shakespearean architecture, and it is planned to build a re.

plica of Anine Hathaway 's cottage. The city lhas unexcelled water from artesian wells and reservoirs, with total all- year range of temperature from 47 degrees to 57 degrees Fahrenlheit.

BELOW—The only radium refinery in America, located at Port Hope, Ontario, on the north shor» of Lake Ontario, six or seven hours east of the Blue Water Bridge.

Port Hope is a thriving industrial town with

a population of 4,70t|. It is the home of a large, »>-*« tr a a a M ii"i-:.;» W^m residential school far: boys from all over Canada, and 'has attractive summer points along the Lake

shore in and adjacent to tihe town.

ABOVE—View of Flint, one of Michigan's leading cities, just an hour west of the Blue Water Bridge on one of the most direct routes tq Ohicago, ,the South, West, and Northern Michigan. Flint is the second largest automobile city in the world, and con- tains many various division-factories of the General Motors Corpor- ation, ix is expected large caravans of oars will travel from Flint, through The Blue Water Bridge, by the most direct highway route to New York and the New England states. NIAGARA GATEWAY, ONTARIO --- - NEW YORK HERE IS the Lower Steel Arch Bridge, a few moment's drive from the mighty cataracts ait Niag- ara Falls. This bridge connects Niagara Falls, Ontario and Niag- ara Falls, New York. It is especially interesting at the time of the Opening of The Blue Water Bridge to note that direct Chicago to New York traf. fie will use both these bridges on the same trip, thereby including Sout'h-We stern Ontario in the itinerary. THE HERALD

ABOVE—Harbor at Kincardine, Ontario, on the eastern shore Kincardine offers the tourist traveller a special attraction of Lake Huron, 100 miles up the Blue Water Highway from in its beautiful sunsets, particularly striking at this resort the Blue Water Bridge. Accommodation for every type of centre, and viewed annually by thousands each summer. water craft makes Kincardine a favourite stopping place.

LEFT—Scene on the bathing beach at Petoskey, Michigan, about four hours ride north of the Blue Water Bridge. Situated on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, Pet-

oskey is a year round playground. While a favourite summer resort for over 50 years, winter sports enthusiasts go to Petoskey for skiing, skating, tobogganing, and snow- shoeing. Winter sports programs, including periodical carnivals, are held under Regional, state and national organization.

The town provides most modern facilities in a setting of glorious, unspoiled beauty and historic landmarks.

RIGHT—Boat scene at Algonac, Michigan, home of Gar Wood's "Miss America," winner of the Harmsworth trophy, in 1933.

Situated at the foot of River St. Clair, about three-quarters of an hour's drive southward from The Blue Water Bridge, Algonac is internation- ally known as "The Venice of America," the waterfront presenting an interesting network of water-girded summer homes reached by a variety of water craft.

Algonac is famous as a picnicking and resort n on both sides of the border.

The town is the home of "The Notre Dame," A-.nner of The Gold Cup and The President Roosevelt Cup. Probably more than any other

town on the river has it contributed to the fame of the St. Clair which The Blue Water Bridge now spans. Blue Water Bridge Edition WORLD FAMOUS LIFT-LOCKS AT PETERBOROUGH

PETERBOROUGH is a citv of 25,000 population on Hig'h- Everything for holiday enjoyment is available in and about way No. 7, 90 miles north-east of Toronto. Besides bains? an Peterborough and at comparatively low cost. More and moic industrial centre witlh 81 busy manufacturing plants, many of Ontario residents are talcing their vacation in and about them world famous for tiheir size and products, Peterborough Peterborough, something which Ohio, and Micthigan residents is the hub of t'he Kawartha Lakes, famous summer playground. have been doing for years.

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ABOVE—City Hall at Kitchener, Ontario, largest and rich- industrial plants. It is one of the few cities on the continent est city on No. 7 Highway, leading eastward from The Blue without a single slum. Water Bridge, about three hours drive from Sarnia. There are three golf courses, one bowling green, a muni- This progressive city has a population of 33,000 and 72 cipal pool, beautiful parks, and one of the most beautiful rock per cent, of its homes arc owned by the occupants. The un- gardens in Ontario.

broken prosperity is partially attributed to a wide diversity of

LEFT—Entraince to Southside Park, at Woodstock, Ontario, half-way city between The Blue Water Bridge and cither Toronto or Niagara Falls.

A city of important industrial development and excellent labor conditions, Wood- stock provides manufacturers with central location, cheap natural gas and electric power, and a local purchasing power of #40,000,000 annually.

Woodstock has a beautiful tourist camp, a splendid recreation building and a

fine arena. It also possesses lovely residential districts marked wkih a wealth of large trees.

KIGHT—Here is shown the Toronto skyline from Toronto island. The capital of the province of Ontario,

Toronto is the country's leading year 'round 'holiday and convention city; greatest commercial and industrial centre, population over three-quarters of a million.

Toronto is the home of The Canadian National Exhibition, the world's largest annual fair. Its Sunnyside Board Walk rivals that of Atlantic City.

Situated on the norch-Western shore of Lake Ontario, It is a mecca for tourists twelve months in the year, and it font; to five hours east of The Blue Water Bridge, Toronto is has the largest hotel in the British Empire. It is the greatest the most beautiful city in Eastern Canada, providing thous- railway centre in Canada, and is served by a multitude of ands of interests and attractions for every traveller. highways radiating east, west and north. Blue Water Bridge Edition

ABOVE—View of the locks at Sauk Stc. Marie. Michigan, about eight hours drive north of the Blue Water Bridge. Motorists from north or west of Sault Ste. Marie will now save many hours travelling to Toronto, Niagara Falls, or New York City, by using the Blue Water Bridge route.

Sault Stc. Marie offers a great store of attractions to tourists: Lakes, mountains, waterfalls, and primeval forests containing deer, moose and bears; (historic spots recalling Hiawatha and Marquette; rainbow and brook trout fishing; golfing, boating and river excursions.

The city ihas an excellent

ist and trailer camp, 4,000 homes, and a number of fine hotels. In an area of 16 square miles, there are 55 miles of paved and improved streets and 221 acres of parks.

RIGHT—Scenes from Hali- burton County, near Lindsay, Ontario.

Lindsay, situated in the unspoiled Kawartha Lakes region, lies on No. 7 Highway, direct from the Blue Water Bridge by about six ihours drive. Hundreds of Jakes within a few miles of the town provide unspoiled borders on whicih to erect new summer homes. The country is hilly to rocky, and prodigiously enriched with forest trees. Here nestle the beautiful Kawartha Lakes, of which Sturgeon, Scugog, BaL sam, Cameron and Pigeon are the largest.

The district offers excellent fishing, boating and camping in scenes of rugged grandeur seldom excelled in Canada. THE HERALD IT'S A LONG WAY UP OR DOWN

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The comment.) rv ECONOMY on the Blue Water CLARK BROS. STORE Bridge would no: be complete without a CHRISTINA AT CONFEDERATION STS. tribute to :he late W\ Sewing a large clientel with the choicest T. Gcodison, MP. Groceries, Vegetables and Cooked Meats To him must be given the credit for the GREET THE BLUE WATER BRIDGE successful piloting of As a more convenient medium of com- the first Bill, to build merce and friendly intercourse between a bridge across the Canada and the United States St. Clair river, through the House of Commons at Ottawa, and Jie therefore \ must be given a LORETTA BEAUTY SALON \ premier p o s i it i o n among the pioneers MRS. RETTA AIKEN whose efforts resulted Specializing in Permanents in the completion of «he great structure OPP. CITY HALL 'PHONE 273

which is now ready for dedication. Mr. Goodison, who THE LATE W. T. GOODISON was president of the May the Blue Water Bridge continue to John Goodison link- those two great nations in friendship Thresher Co. Limited, will alway^ be remembered as a kindly, E. A. SEELEY beloved figure in the St. Clair River district, and the Blue POINT EDWARD Water Bridge stands as a monument to his courage and fore- Grocer - Confectioner - Soda Fountain sight.

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Water International bridge. It is in this enterprise is to have had an outstanding example of sym- a share in the shaping of future goodwill and new friendships metry, precision and beauty in that will grow between the peoples who dwell in the cities and the nations at the bridge We appreciate also the effort of ends.

I lie Press in the furtherance of Therefore, while the construction this useful construction activity. of the new bridge itself has been an achievement of which all participants are proud, the at- tainments yet to be derived, from the use of the bridge arc mostly in our thoughts as we con- template the honor of having made a contribution to the 'l inter- 'i national goodwill and friendship |l

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The Bridge in the Building

DURING the construction of the Blue Water Bridge, all through the spring and summer of 1938, tens of thousands of visitors from more tlhan a score of scaites and provinces jourmed to Port Huron and Point Edward, and gazed upon the dizzy sight presented by the partly constructed towers and steel-wonk projections that today fit harmoniously into one great ipanorama of strength and beauty in this great, international span over the St. Clair. THE HERALD

f^-^--*-^-^*-—* ^^^-^^^-^»>^^^^-^^«»-^»^-^^ ^ Blue Water Bridge to be Toll-Free, in Time LAMBTON Recalls Toll-gate Days in Sarnia District MOTORS \CK IN 1862, three toll gates business that shall pour over the :e established on the "Plank Blue Water Bridge. Tolls on the LIMITED Road," built from Oil Springs to bridge shall cease when the bonds, Sarnia, for the conveying of crude sold to finance the centre span, oil to the "Imperial" city. Only a have been retired. This is expec- little more than a decade ago, the ted in about 15 years. remaining two of these toll gates Lower photo shows Sam Hitch were abandoned, and the road be- cock, veteran Sarnian, one of the came free. This route, years after best known men in Lambton its original inception, also served to County, as he appeared in his link Sarnia closer to Petrolia. It horseless chariot, built by himself. FORD just shows that tolls can eventually in 1905. Those were the gay days! be overcome. Of course, traffic In 1908, Sam drove his car to an DEALERS J over the road was moderate in no Old Boys Re-Union, at Stratford — — \\ sense similar to the international an outstanding, motoring achieve- Year In stream of commercial and tourist ment of the times. and Year Out

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WITH COMPLETION of the Blue Water

International Bridge across the St. Clo it- river, che city of Sarnia, Ontario, has be. come one of the most talkid about cities ol

Canada. Here, it is universally recognized, a tremendous and increasing commercial and tourist business will become at once manifest. Millions of additional cars will point towards this city, as tihey throttle their courses from She Pacific coast and che Rio Grande, and all the great areas east and north thereof, respectfully, seeking the ever-increasingly popular areas of Ontario,

the banner province of tfhe Dominion of Canada.

Sarnia, as a city, and as individual citizens stands ready to extend a roval Can- adian welcome to all visitors to Ontario. Its Chamber of Commerce, its Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Kinsmen, and other clubs are ready, 365 days in tfhe year, to exhibit the warm hospitality of Ontario. The City Council of Sarnia, Chamber of Commerce, and leading Industrial Con- near Sarnia, southern shore of just HERB IS A SPOT on the Lake, Huron, cerns are ready and anxious, also, to co- a few moments drive from the Blue Water Bridge. This area is being rapidlv operate wioh industrial enterprises seeking built up wioh better-class summer ihom.es mainly by the better-to-do Sarnia advantageous sites in tfhe province. As the residents and folks from Michigan and Ohio. The summer colony at Sarnia eyes of the continent turn to Sarnia, this comprises a town-sized population. city is ready to welcome all who come by the new bridge.

Sarnia, as well as being an industrial city, centre of Great and an inducement to families moving to this city. Sarnia is

Lakes Navigation, and Canadian railway terminal, is an edu- called "The Imperial City," due to dhe location here of the cational city of importance. Above is shown a picture of the home plant oi Imperial Oil Limited, one of che largest of its Sarnia Collegiate and Technical School, one of the most kind in the Whole British Empire. complete educational institutions in th« province of Ontario, -

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DIVERS EMPLOYED IN SINKING CAISSONS 4 -Star Used Cars In preparation for the erection of the huge concrete arches on either river bank, divers were required to enter the deep holes to clean away earth to allow the concrete to settle on bedrock 100 feet below.

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Joining with the community

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NOW DWARFED IN COMPARISON WITH STEEL BRIDGE 53 feet high, and extending 100 feet beneath the surface into bed rock, the concrete piers supporting the suspended span of the bridge are shown above during construction. i J , JJJ J JJJ . r~f^m rr^^r^ Blue Water Bridge Edition

Carried Goodwill Tidings Through Province

A PERSONAL PILGRIMAGE to herald the completion of the Blue Water Bridge was made by A. C. Trusler of Sarnia. Travelling as The Canadian Goodwill Representative of The Port

1 Inron Times-Herald, Mr. Trusler drove the

Goodwill Oldsmobile, a special six sedan specially provided for the goodwill tour by General Motors of Canada, a distance of more than 8,000 miles.

Calling on civic groups in many of the larger

cities and towns of the province, Mr. Trusler told

the story of the bridge and the benefits to be derived therefrom by Ontario municipalities.

Received with acclaim throughout the prov- GOODWILL CAR VISITS PORT HURON BRIDGE SITE

ince, this goodwill advocate of the new, -inter- HERE ARE PICTURED: E. J. Ketterman of the H- G. Ghrist- mann-Lansing Company, builders of the Plaza and U. S. Customs national link at the Point Edward, Sarnia, Port Building; L. B. Henderson, Michigan State Highway Department Huron gateway, was able to interest the news- Engineer; H. Blair, also of the H. G- Ghristmann-Lansing Comp- any; F. S. Reynolds, Construction Engineer; and A. C. Trusler, papers of the province, thereby resulting in the conductor of the bridge tour through Ontario. They were snap- ped by The Herald camera wihile) the goodwill Oldsmobile, visit, story of the tour and its message reaching an ing the Port Huron end of the bridge, made history by being the approximation of a million people. first Canadian car to entsr che bridge from the American side.

CIVIC OFFICIALS OF POINT EDWARD GREET THE GOODWILL TOUR

POINT EDWARD, justly proud of 'having this great bridge completed and officially dedicated in this his-

toric municipality, is suitably repre- sented 'here by the full council turning out to be on hand to greet the Goodwill Oldsmobile at the end of

its journey through Ontario. Left to right: A. C. Trusler; P. L. Irwin, High- way Engineer; David Ross, Reeve of Point Edward and Chairman of the Bridge Dedication committee; Dennis

Burgess, Councillor; D. J. McRury,

Councillor; O. I. Lyons; H. E. Steph- enson, Councillor; Thomas McCord, Councillor.

TYPICAL GOODWILL RECEPTION TENDERED BY MEAFORD OFFICIALS

THIS IS only one of the many pleasant experiences met by Mr- Trusler on his tour of the province. In over a score of cities dinner con- ferences were held with Civic Offic-

ials and other representative men of the community. At Meaford, the goodwill man was taken on a fishing party. Photo shows the gathering of civic officials and leading citizens at the fishing launches following a noon day luncheon conference on Midhigan^Ontario tourist relations through the Blue Water Bridge. THE HERALD

The Blue Water Bridge is Designed on Cantilever Principle

HY is the Blue Water Bridge a cantilever type? Is method, thus avoiding the use of falsework, the topography there any special reason for not using the sup.-n- of the land near the bridge site outlawed economic develop- principle? Was the arch type considered? ment of the necessary strong and massive abutments for an These arc some of rhc questions that occur when arch bridge. This was evident from tihe outset; but when the the bridge, or pictures of it. Engin- arch type was set aside, the engineers found that in designing

'v. vs mt to know the "inside facts" about tbes; a cantilever plan, beauty could be added to the bridge by matters. giving ir, at the centre span, something of the appearance of The engineers who designed the Blue Water Bridge spent aril arch. This relieved tihe effect of bluntness that otherwise many months preparing drawings and discussing the feasibil would 'have shown in the beautiful structure now completed appearance, and economy of the various kinds of designs be- and opened for traffic onl October 8th, 1938. fore deciding that a cantilever type was the most desirable Therefore, when tihe designing was being worked out, o\\ A span for rhis great projeot. the cantilever type, the suspended span was taken as the The suspension bridge would not adapt itself either to centre of the arch curve, and tfhc cantilever arms, instead of piers, gracefulness or economy, under 'the conditions existing at this curving, upwards DO wards the main were curved down- it The bridge had to be built high over the waters of tlhc wards to the piers. St. Clair river to permit large boats to pass under it. The According to the cantilever principle, the weight of tlir shore-lines are low, only a few feet above the rivers surface. half of the central span from either shore is over-balanced and Therefore, the erection of a suspension bridge would have held secure by the weight of the net-work steel structure ex. necessitated building exceptionally high towers on either shore, tending back from the shore, plus the steel-work anchorage and the suspending of the bridge from close to the top of and deeply sunk anchorage concrete base. The whole of the these towers. The relatively short distance across the river, balanced weights (with the land-end weight predominating compared with rhe high altitude from which the bridge would sufficiently to allow tor the weight of traffic in the middle of have to be hung, and rhe added fact that most) of the tower- the bridge) rests onf two main piers at each river edge. These height would occur below, rather than above the bridge, would piers are 26 feet in diameter and arc sunk 101 feet in the

! i awe given the structure a grotesque and ugly appearance. ground, to bedrock.

1 The roadway level would, have appeared to be propped up in The main span designates all that part of tihe bridge the sky, at a dizzy height. To retain tihe ends of the suspen. which runs frcm the anchor tower on one side of rhe river sion cable, great massive anchorages would lhave to be created, to the anchor tower on the other side of the river. This is and these anchorages at the ends of the suspended portion of a distance of 1,576 feer. Supporting tihis are the twin pier; the bridge would have discordantly overwhelmed the centre at each river bank, each 26 feet in diameter. From the piers, Proportion beauty span. and would have been completely on each side, to the anchcr towers, is a distance of 326 feet, lost. cost Moreover, masonry would 'have been tripled. Ex- seven and a half linches. From the piers, on each, side, to the cavation would have had to be deeper. Steel work would end of the cantilever arms extending out over the river, and have entailed as much expenditure as for any other type. connecting with the central over-the-river section of :he bridge, And so, the suspension plan was ruled out because it would is 218 feet. Between the ends of the cantilever arms stretches lack beauty, in this particular case, and prove uneconomical. 1 a suspended portion of steel. work 43 ) feet long. Although a steel arch may be erected by the cantilever From bridge end, to bridge end is 8*020.94 fee: 1<

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THE great size of the Blue Water Bridge is emphasized The Government Fish Hatchery and buildings of the Canada in the above picture taken from the Canadian Approach. Steamship Lines are seen to the left of the mammoth structure. THE HERALD

Moving Scenes

at the Blue Water Bridge

The Blue Water Bridge crosses the St. Clair river just a few hundred yards from the point "where Lake Huron's gradually converging sihore-lines pour their blue water into rhe swift-streaming channel curving southward. Here, the traveller may pause on the great steel sky-way, and hard- ly ever fail to see lake and raver craft of steam and sail gliding northwards, southwards. It is the busiest water-lane in North America.

To the right is shown the lightjhouse at Fort Gratiot, Michigan, within easy view

of the Bridge. This old landmark lis known to practically every sailor on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river. And, at the left, a fair visitor looks over the moving at tlhis absorbing Blue Water Bridge scene.

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This heigbf is required by the government to assure plenty of clearance for navigation. Imperial City Centre For The top of J piers—E. C. Nolan & Son—$15,050. American approach superstructure —Wisconsin Bridge 8C Iron Co. $386,575.90. Canadian approach piers and grading — Russell Construction Co. $69,000. Vrltmmt Canadian approach superstructure —Sarnia Bridge Company and Hamilton JRrBtaurant Bridge Company—$514,490. 169 N. CHRISTINA ST. American plaza and buildings—H. G. Christman-Lansing Co.—$236,362.70. OPP. CAPITOL THEATRE W. J. WARJD plaza and buildings Canadian Thirty years of bridge building is Carter - Hall - Aldinger Co., Ltd.,— — the record of W. J. Ward, who was $250,000. in charge of construction of the main span for the American Bridge Co. Sarnia's Friendly Eating Place

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The State Bridge Commission of Michigan

As civilization progresses, man demands more speed, greater convenience in means of communication and avenues of commerce between himself and his neighbors. Time is fleeting—each precious moment is of the greatest value and must not be wasted. There is no time to lose in the busy world, of business where lost moments mean lost dollars.

Likewise, vacation hours are all too short. There are few enough minutes in the day when one is snatching a few hours from his work to enjoy the pleasures of vacationland.

Answering this constant demand for convenient travel and saving in time, the international Blue Water Bridge over St. Clair river, between Port Huron, Mich., and Point Edward and Sarnia in Ontario, steps into a major role in the great system of travel between the United States and Canada.

The Blue Water Bridge adds a new link to the bonds of friendship existing between two great and cordial neighbors. It also becomes an integral part in the most direct, shortest and most convenient highway between the Middle-West, Northwest, Western Canada and the Eastern section of the Dominion and northeastern United States.

The international Blue Water Bridge route between East and West reduces miles to be traveled between the great areas it

serves, it avoids traffic congestion of big cities and offers fine highways and beautiful scenery. V. B. STEINBAUGH In the Blue Water Bridge the United States, Canada, Michi- Chairman gan and Ontario have met the challenge of progress.

The members of the State Bridge Commission of Michigan are proud to have been chosen to co-ordinate the participation of the governments concerned in building the Blue Water Bridge and to maintain and operate this great international link after its completion.

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Gas Master Heating Systems

Rock Wool Insulation

Roofing—Sheet Steel, Asphalt and Built-up

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In the shadow of the Blue Water Bridge stands Point Ed- ward's tribute to the memory of her sons who fought in the SARNIA'S PERMANENT Great War. Many beautiful homes and gardens are to be LAUNDRY found in this peaceful village.

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With the Common Pride We All Share

The seagulls that abound on the river and lake are as much a part of Point Edward's atmosphere as any other element. •" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^j . ^

THE HERALD

^•^^.^ ^^^^^^^^^-^^^-^^^^•^^'^'^'^•^'t MISS PORT HURON CANADA BREAD CO. LIMITED

This Company, having become established in many of the cities and towns of this country, and having, therefore, a wide interest in the

progress of Canada as a whole, is deeply appreciative of ohe benefits that will result, not only to Point Edward and Sarnia, as a consequence of the completion of the Blue Water International Bridge, but of those gains also that will be made by the province of On- tario, and rhe country itself. This gain, moreover, will not be one-sided. Both these countries will receive great profits. Profits in Good Will. Profits in Closer Social Relations. Profits in the interchange of those things which we produce and dis- tribute for one another's use. With sincere pride, our Sarnia Branch of the Canada Bread Company, welcomes the Bridge as our own.

J. H. ARBLASTER, Sarnia Mgr.

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Miss Frances Leithauser has been honoured with the title "Miss Port Huron'' in connection with the Bridge Dedi- CAPEL AT EXMOUTH cation Ceremonies, and will shine among the attendants in SARNIA * Miss Blue Water's court throughout the festivities.

1 r—----— . ^ ^^^^^•^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^4^ LAVENDER BEAUTY SHOP 'i

'i 616 Water St. Port Huron 'Phone 9031

3 years in business in Port Huron i D !| IRMA HARP, Prop. 'i S*e*%ifc2(. 'I E OPERATORS—DOROTHY MONROE ROSAILA BENNETT 'I 'i

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'. 'i 'i ETHEL BEAUTY SHOP 'i VINE DANCE 'i AND 'i

< 'i Cor. Military & Water (Upstairs) Port Huron Dinners 'i 'i ETHEL BENDER, Prop. Dial 2-2791

'i 3'/2 MILES FROM SARNIA ON THE BLUE 'i Expat Operators in all lines of Beauty Culture WATER HIGHWAY 'i

'i in Port Huron over six ye.irs 'PHONE 597-r-3 Established — L'i Blue Water Bridge Edition

"7 INN MISS BLUE WATER At Superior and Park Port Huron 1 (North-West of City Hall)

'i Congratulates American and Canadian '.

Bridge Officials on their achievement 'i

'i Fries All Friday Night Fish — Legal Beverages 'i

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'i HAZZARD Beauty Shop '. 'i Over Newberry's Port Huron Dial 7421 'i

Specializing in Scissors Cut Wave. All 'I

'l Types Permanenls, Finger Waves, etc. of 'i Expert operators to serve you. 'I

MR. & MRS. B. CUTCHER

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IVIr\ Y " r\liT WAFFLE SHOP

"Welcome, Visitors, on the occasion of your visit to the Blue Water Bridge!" SPECIALISING IN DELICIOUS WAFFLES, DONUTS and MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE ROBERT M. FORRY, Mgr.

336 Huron Ave. Pt. Huron Open 24 Hours

s Irene Cadotte Nugent OF THE

i DeLuxe Beauty Shop

Extends the wish that your visit to Port Huron during the Blue Water Bridge Dedi cation Ceremonies will bring you much joy. 2381: Huron Ave. Port Huron Ph. 8211 Over Peck's Drug Store t-

S HELLO CANADA! 'i S \ Attended by a court of beautiful maidens, This is the Metropole Bar, Port s Miss Judy s Dunford, Port Huron High School girl, will be crowned Michigan, broadcasting over Huron "Miss Blue Water," Queen of the Blue Water Bridge Dedi- 'I River St. Clair, through cation the Waves of 'l Ceremonies at the Coronation Ball, Friday evening, in the the facilities of the Blue Water Bridge, Port Huron High School gymnasium. \ and extending a hearty invitation at 'l this lime of celebration to join vjith us in the festivities of the Bridge open- Greetings From The ing.

s ii ALGONQUIN ESSES METROPOLE ii '. On the happy occasion of the Blue Water

HOTEL i Bridge Dedication

'i 527 Huron Ave. Pore Huron Dial 3819

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SHERIFF LEADS THE LIAISON COMMITTEE

I ambton County's genial sheriff, one of the best R. STIRRETT u-n and most popular public officials in the county, was chosen as chair- COMPANY LTD. man of the Canadian di- iin of the Liaison Com- mittee. Other members: Mayor Fred Pelling, Councillor H.

s E. Stephenson, S. A. Cole, Lambton County's Oldest ii ii Henry MacMillan, Norman Gurd, K.C., W. R. Paul, 'i Department Store s Roy Norton (International 'l 'l Chairman), and Aubrey 'l A. J. JOHNSTON 'l (International Oldham, Sheriff of Lambton County ll Secretary). Chairman, Liaison Committee

s NEARED COMPLETION I AS ANCHOR TOWER

'l LOCATED 'l

IN THE CENTRE OF ',

SARNIA'S BUSINESS I

'I DISTRICT I

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J Welcomes all Visitors 'l

To and From THE BLUE WATER BRIDGE

This important part of the bridge connects the Canadian approach with the main span steel work, and serves as an

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Blue Water Bridge Edition

r - i Sarnia and Port Huron Also Have Rail Tunnel G E. MacLEAN'S MUSIC STORE i

Mitton at Davis :-: Telephone 808 SARNIA, ONT.

On This Memorable Occasion of The Opening of THE BLUE WATER INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE C. E. MacLeans Music Store has Com- pleted the First Four Years of Successful Service

FORTY-SEVEN YEARS before, the Blue Water EXCLUSIVE REP RESENTAJTIVES IN Bridge was built over the St. Clair river, the Grand SARNIA FOR Trunk Railway tunnel was built under it. Northern Electric Mirrophonic Radios On September 19th, 1891, the completion of this "Heintzman" and "Willis" Pianos tunnel, then the longest in the world, was the occasion Northern Hammond Organs of a great celebration in Port Huron and Sarnia. The Leonard Refrigerators St. Clair tunnel was, and still is, an important link be- Royal Vacuum Cleaners tween Canada and the United States. ABC Washers In 1908, the tunnel was electrified at a cost of half a million dollars. This improvement overcame the dangers and annoyance of smoke and coal gas. "A Growing Business Growing in The Confidence The St. Clair tunnel is used by C. N. R. trains Of Those It Is Serving" running from Chicago and Detroit to Toronto — and Montreal, and connecting with New York fliers. An ~~-7 average of 25,000 cars pass through it, each month. The cost of its original construction was $2,700,000,

i McMillan granite co. Limited and three years were required to build it.

SARNIA :-: ONTARIO

MONUMENTS - MEMORIALS

i Token of Appreciation appertaining to // The Blue Water International Bridge The Finest Depot on the Continent" ^•^•^^^^^•^^•^^^^^^^^•^•^^^•^^•^^^^^•^^^^•^^^^^^ r~—~—*~— UtarkUna

Lamb ton County's Leading Florists for Over Fifty Years y SARNIA, ONT. • The above reproduction shows the historic Appointed to Supply Surface Soil for Grand Trunk depot at Point Edward. In 1860, it The Large Canadian Plaza Grounds was considered the finest depot on the continent. —of— Seventy-eight years afterwards, no trace exists of this THE BLUE WATER famous railway terminal. The building of the St. Clair tunnel between Sarnia and Port Huron, in 1891, BRIDGE effected the disappearance of this noble building of the Sixties. :

THE HERALD

Curly Allen DAIRY

The Sincere Hope

that the Blue Water

Bridge will Benefit

Every Citizen.

On Guard at a Friendly - E. W. ALLEN Barbed Wire Border >arnia , Ont.

Inspector W. J. Dussinger, of the U. S. Immigration Board of Patrol was the first permanent officer stationed at rhe Canada- United States border, in the centre of the Blue Water Bridge. s Long before the bridge was completed, government officials decided just where one country ended and the other began, on MORLEY CALCOTT the great sky highway. Plumbing & Heating Contractor Above is reproduced a section of the barbed wire fence that was strung across the bridge roadway several months before the official bridge opening, on October 8th, showing also the warning against The Heating Equipment irregular entry to Canada posted by the Canadian Immigration de- Canadian Government Buildings partment.

This is the point of the official AT THE CANADIAN ENTRANCE ceremonies participated in by TO Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn of Ontario and Governor FranJc THE BLUE WATER Murphy of Michigan, at the time of the Bridge Dedication Cele- BRIDGE brations in Point Edward, Sarnia and Port Huron, THE HERALD

Building a Highway Up High

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ABOVE—Workmen, had a precarious job laying the foundations for the paved route over the Blue Water Bridge steel superstructure. Commencing a: ground level, their work took them upwards, until they looked down through gaping spaces a distance of 150 feet to the surface of river St. Clair.

BELOW—The finished, tlhree-laneway drive over the new bridge can be crossed without giving the traveller the faint- est suspicion of being 'up in the air" unless he goes to one side and looks over. A heavy strong steel fence guards the edges, and a side-walk, suitably elevated for pedestrians, runs within the south side! of t?he structure.

Boats look different from the Blue Water Bridge

KAUPP MEAT MARKET Point Edward's Oldest Store

In all Canada, Kaupp's Meat Market is the closest Meat Store to the Bridge. Once you enter Canada, turn at the end of the bridge, to your left, and purchase your meat supplies for your camp. WE SPECIALIZE IN TOURISTS' CAMPING MEAT NEEDS Our long service in Point. Edward is, in itself, all the guarantee tlhe stranger needs in buying.

Wide aquaintance and patronage throughout cleaner and dyer an area served by THE BLUE WATER >> "A Service of Endurance BRIDGE - —

THE HERALD

^^^^^^^4 ™7 CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF THE AUTOMOBILE CITY THE SARNIA HARDWARECOMPANY

Address Compliments To the Builders of THE BLUE WATER BRIDGE RICHARD W. READING Mayor of Detroit 1938

—and Detroit, Michigan, October 8th, 1938 • Detroit hails the opening of the Blue Water Bridge as All the Local Citizens and one more chain linking1 our city and our nation with our Can- adian friends and neighbors. Visitors This international bridge emphasizes the ties of mutual respect and admiration which exist between the United Who Will Use It States and Canada. RICHARD W. READING, Mayor.

<*---* CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF SECOND AUTOMOBILE CITY

Western Freight Lines, Sarnia, Ont. SERVING WESTERN ONTARIO, TORONTO, HAMILTON, LONDON, CHATHAM, WINDSOR and DETROIT from SARNIA, ONTARIO.

All Points in Lambton, Essex and Kent Counties Serviced by Western Freight Lines 1. r-~- •~~-i

FAMOUS PLAYERS THEATRES AT THE CITY OF SARNIA

The Capitol - The Imperial

Express Hearty Applause for HAROLD E. BRADSHAW Mayor of Flint 1938

THE BLUE WATER Flint, Michigan, October 8th, 1938 BRIDGE This is a very happy day for the city of Flint, the world's second largest automobile city. For, today, with the dedication and Opening of the Blue Water Bridge, at Port Huron. And all the benefits it will bring Point Edward and Sarnia, the tremendous exports of this great city find a new, welcoming Goodwill avenue into Can- ada, and through Canada, both to our reciprocal friends WILLARD FAUCET —Managers— W. J. BURKE across the friendliest of international borders, and also to our American friends in the East. i HAROLD E. BRADSHAW, Mayor Blue Water Bridge Edition

Muskoka and Kawartha The Canadian Plant of Electric Auto-Lite Limited Lakes Now Closer To Michigan

Travelling by way of' [he Blue Water |Bridgb, from Michigan, .towns and cities, Number 7 Highway, which runs eastwards and northwards through central western Ontario, provides a base-line by which the tourist may now reach the Summer Resort areas of Muskoka and the Kawartha Lakes, itwo of Ontario's most famous summer play- grounds.

Muskoka is reached, after passing through the important centres of Stratford, Kitchener and Guelph, and turning northwards, at any one of a number of points enroute. The Kawartha Lakes, marked by Lindsay and Peterborough, are reached by keeping the course to Number 7 High-

way as it progresses north- eastwards The Canadian branch factory and offices of Electric Auto Lite, Toledo, Ohio, have wards and through the province of been located in Point Edward, close Co Sarnia since 1929. One of the major industries in Ontario. these communities, Electric Auto Lite has contributed greatly to our industrial development.

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Automotive Starting and Ignition Systems

ELECTRIC AUTO-LITE LIMITED Point Edward Ontario

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PURITY DAIRY = 0F SARNIA ^=

Pays a Hearty Tribute

to the Builders of THE BLUE WATER Over 46/000 Feet of Lumber on Canadian BRIDGE Side of The Blue Water Bridse Alone

The scenes portrayed here present part of the "Plank Road" that lies beneath nhc completed pavement of We wish to extend to those who have built the the Blue Water Bridge. Canadian lumber supplied bv the new Blue Water International Bridge, a new en- Laidlaw Belton Lumber Company of Sarnia, from their own timber lands in the north, and milled through their own terprise for the Imperial City, phe same hearty Northern Ontario saw mills and ehe Sarnia dressing plant, congratulations and goodwill as Sarnia citizens readhed a figure of 46,224 board feet. This is enough lumber to build a solid, beam, one foot wide, and one foot thick, gave to Purity Dairy when, as a new enterprise, reaching 3,852 feet, or approximately three-quarters of a mile, it began business in this fine city a few years ago. into the air.

To all flhose who have participated in the build-

ing of this Great Gateway across the St. Clair,

we give our heartiest applause. The worth of

this work shall keep on showing itself and giving

benefits, far and near, long into the future gen-

erations.

GEORGE PHILLIPS, Prop.

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MacKENZIE, MILNE & CO. LIMITED

Sarnia s Longest Established HARDWARE STORE

Established 1848

After 90 years of Business in Sarnia

Is glad to join in welcoming the

Completion of THE BLUE WATER BRIDGE Barbed wire border-line is no impediment to friendly relations, as shown by Canadian and American workmen on the C- > rrrrr^^^^..^^ ^^^^^^rr^^^^rrm-r, Blue Water Bridge. —

Blue Water Bridge Edition

Quarter Million Profits in Eighteen Months

The Michigan State Bridge Commission which supervised construction of the Blue Water Bridge, bought the Port Huron

Sarnia Ferries on December 3 1st, 1936. On the same day, the Commission sold she revenue bonds, the proceeds from which were used to purchase the Ferry- Company and finance the erection of the centre span of the Blue Water Bridge. In the first eighteen months that followed these transactions, uhe ferry line paid net profits of #250,000, a sum that would have been ample to pay interes; on the bonds, even without any bridge construction whatever.

The ferry line is said to be going to be continued in service indefinitely for foot passengers, and it is expected to show a profit. despite the fact that the new bridge will care for all automobile traffic. The ferries make close connections with the downtown districts of both Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron, Mich- igan. Out of scenes like this has evolved the Blue Water Bridge "7

i MORDEN'S HOTEL

SARNIA ONTARIO

Sarnia s Newest Stopping Place --- Modern, Central and Hospitable

'•THE POPULAR PLACE TO GO IN SARNIA"

On Front Street — Just a Few Moment's Drive from THE BLUE WATER BRIDGE

'^^^^-^^^^•^^^^'^'^^•^^'^•^^^•^•^•^^^^'^'^^^^^^^^^^^•^•^•^•^•^•^•^'^•^^^ MOTORISTS!

When You Cross

The Blue Water Bridge

Look for This Sign

THE EMBLEM OF "The Sign of Dependable Products and Service"

TRADE MARK

You Will Find It All Along THE BLUE WATER HIGHWAY and HIGHWAYS No. 7 and 22 AND THROUGHOUT ONTARIO AND QUEBEC

LATEST ROAD MAP FREE FOR THE ASKING AT ALL STATIONS DISPLAYING

THE MAPLE LEAF SIGN . . .

N. B. — The Imperial Gallon measure used in Canada is larger than the U. S. Gallon. DEPENDABLE PRODUCTS DISPENSED BY ALERT, COURTEOUS ATTEND- ANTS AT THE SUPERTEST STATIONS PROTECT YOUR CAR INVESTMENT

DRIVE IN AT THE MAPLE LEAF SIGN FOR SERVICE AND VALUE!

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