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Standard
Feb 5/1835
Mill Privilege
For sale: that valuable water privilege at the foot of Chamcook Lake, containing 7 acres and a half of land; also, the sawmill and dams on the second and Limeburner's lakes—the whole embracing advantages of peculiar importance and magnitude. For particulars inquire at Samuel Frye.

July 17th
Standard
October 9, 1835
The St. Andrews and Quebec Railroad bill referred to in our last, having been inclosed by Mr. Rait to the members of Council and Assembly for this County, together with a letter embracing in general terms the leading objects of the Bill, these gentlemen intimated their intention of laying the same before the Public, in consequence of which a large and respectable meeting of the Merchants and other Inhabitants of St. Andrews and the neighouring parishes was held at Smith's News Room on the 5th inst. To take into consideration the formation of a Company, having for its object the highly important and gigantic project of constructing a Railroad from the Port of St. Andrews to communicate with the City of Quebec.
            The Hon. James Allanshaw was unanimously requested to take the Chair, Thomas Wyer Esq. was appointed Deputy Chairman, and Adam Jack Esq. was requested to act as Secretary. 
            The Chairman opened the meeting by stating in a very clear and lucid manner the importance of the object in view, and called attention to the movement now before the public of the two Canadas, on this all important subject; he also alluded to the stirring industry of our neighbors in the State of Maine respecting a communication from some of the sea ports with Quebec by Rail Roads. He then adverted to the immediate and decisive measures which should be undertaken by the proposers of the present scheme to meet the views of those persons in Canada friendly to the undertaking, ere they or the Government of the Canadas should pledge themselves to support the views of any of the American companies.
            Resolutions were then introduced expressive of the opinion of the meeting, namely, that a railroad from Canada to the nearest winter harbor in new Brunswick would be of great national importance and of incalculable benefit to the interests of the North American Provinces and to British Trade and Commerce generally.
            That it was the sense of the meeting, that the route or line of communication from St. Andrews to Quebec from all the information that can be relied upon, is the best and most natural one that can be proposed.
            That the profits arising from the transportation of merchandise passengers etc from Quebec and the Atlantic, would in the opinion of the meting be commensurable to the cost of constructing a railroad and fully justify that great and important undertaking.
            That a Chairman, Deputy Chairman, and five committee men be appointed to prosecute the views of the association.
            That the honorable James Allanshaw be Chairman.
            Thomas Wyer Esq. Deputy Chairman
            Harris Hatch, John Wilson, James Rait, Samuel Frye, J. McMaster be the Committee, and Adam Jack be the Secretary and Treasurer of the association. A paper was then sent round for signatures by all parties proposing to become members of the association.
            That the Committee forthwith prepare an address to His Excellency Sir Archibald Campbell praying his countenance in furtherance of the views of the association.
            A Sum of money was then subscribed to defray preliminary expenses.
            The Hon. James Allanshaw having left the chair, it was occupied by Colin Campbell, Esquire, High Sheriff of the County, and the thanks of the meeting expressed to Mr. Allanshaw for his able and impartial conduct in the Chair. [The bill itself appears in this issue, from September Sessions—quite lengthy]

Standard
March 3/1838
A. W. Smith (later editor of the Standard) will publish the Temperance Monitor. Dr. Frye, President. William Curry Secretary. Will embrace principle of temperance publications of US and British Empire/ Europe. 

Standard
March 9, 1839
S. T. Gove
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons London,
May be found at the residence of Mr. Whitlock
S. T. G. will in a few days open a Drug Establishment in the shop formerly occupied by Dr. Frye.
St. Andrews, March 9, 1839

Standard
March 7, 1840
Literary and Scientific Club
An introductory lecture on Geology was delivered by Dr. S. Frye on Monday evening last, and illustrated by specimens of the general division of Strata. It was well worth the attention of every person desirous of becoming acquainted with that useful and interesting Science. We look forward with pleasure to the course of lectures on this important Science, which Dr. Frye intend giving.
            A debate took place immediately after the lecture upon "whether the lumbering trade has been a benefit to New Brunswick or not?" The question was kept up with much spirit and the arguments on both sides were ably sustained. It was decided in the affirmative. [in a previous session, imprisonment for debt was also decided in the affirmative, I believe the previous session]

Standard
July 10, 1841
Smallpox
The barque, Elizabeth Grimmer, Captain McKenna, with 171 passengers, from Cork, bound to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, put in at this port on Thursday last, having 7 cases of smallpox on board; 1 woman and 2 children died on the passage. Capt. McKenna is one of the patients and dangerously ill; the others it is reported are likely to recover. The vessel is lying at the quarantine ground; an to prevent he possibility of those on board disseminating the infection by visiting the city clandestinely, the corporation have stationed a guard boat between her and the shore.—Halifax Recorder
 July 6—The Captain died on Sunday
The Elizabeth Grimmer arrived at this Port on Sunday last and anchored on the ballast ground. On Monday morning, the Visiting Physician, Dr. Frye, proceeded on board the vessel and after examination discovered three cases of smallpox. The vessel was ordered at once to the Quarantine Ground, the Sick were landed at once and sent to the Hospital, on the Island, and every attention was paid to the other passengers who were landed also, while the vessel was cleansing. The greater number of the passengers were short of Provisions notwithstanding their short passage; but we are happy to say their wants were speedily relieved by the Board of Health. We understand that they are decent looking persons. —Ed. Standard

Standard
Sept 29, 1847
It is our painful duty in this number, to record the decease of Dr. Frye. He was a man, the loss of whom must be deeply and sincerely deplored by all classes of the community. In him were united a sound judgment, a benevolent heart, an amiable disposition, and an irreproachable character. From our childhood we have been accustomed to look up to him as to a parent, and his kind advice and friendly admonitions, we have often had the good fortune to receive. We view his loss as the bereavement of a near and valued relative; and sure we are, that everyone who has had the pleasure of his acquaintance, and who is not devoid of the ordinary feelings of humanity, will entertain a like sympathy. Whether in his family, in the social circle or in public life, the same unvarying kindness of disposition, gentleness of deportment, and rectitude of principle, were manifested.
            It is seldom a man has pursued a public course for so long a period, with firmer friends or fewer enemies. His duty as a man and a Christian was faithfully discharged—his life was spent in benefiting his fellow creatures, his death is unfeignedly lamented, and his name and memory will be long and gratefully cherished.
            We sincerely sympathize with his bereaved family, in their present affliction.

Died
At his residence in this Town, on Monday morning last, the 27th instant, Samuel Frye, M.D. in the 61st year of his age, deeply lamented by a large circle of relatives and friends. Educated at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, of which he became a Graduate, he soon after applied himself in the study of Surgery and Physic. Having completed the usual preparatory course, he removed to St. Andrews in the year 1810, and from that time till his death, a period of nearly thirty-seven years, he continued in the exercise of his professional labours. Possessing a sound judgment, a benevolent disposition, and a great experience, he was eminently qualified for the discharge of those duties in which he had been so long engaged. In his last illness he exhibited no querulousness or impatience, but was calm and resigned agreeably to the even tenor of his previous life, and met death with the pious submission of a Christian. —Com.

Standard
Aug 5, 1868
An Account of the St. Andrews and Quebec Railway from its First Inception in 1835
By W. M. Buck
Second Period. 1835 to 1845
During this year the subject of Intercolonial Railroads had been fully discussed by the provincial press, more especially by that of Halifax, which strenuously advocated a line from Halifax to Quebec by an eastern and northern shore route, while the Saint John press as firmly supported a line from that city to Quebec. Saint John had now entirely ignored St. Andrews as a terminus, and the "Courier" did not reiterate its former opinion of 1836. A prospectus was issued of a railroad from Saint John to Fredericton, to connect at this latter place with one from the Grand falls; the line to be extended by steamboat via Annapolis (the present route) to Halifax.
            The chief competitive scheme, however to the St. Andrews and Quebec, was the Halifax and Quebec or "Great Northern American Railway," of which a brief notice may be here considered as a necessary episode.
            During the month of August, His Excellency the Lieut. Governor of New Brunswick, received communications from the British Government respecting the construction of a railroad from Halifax to Quebec for the purpose of carrying the troops and mails. It was also rumored that there were capitalists in England who would invest money in provincial railroads, if the security was satisfactory. 
            The Saint John Courier of August 30th next informed the public that the Provisional Committee in London of the "Great Northern American Railway," had issued a second prospectus. The Company had changed their title to the "Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land Company," and had increased their capital to Three Million. The Company only proposed a line from Halifax to Quebec, connecting these ports by passing through, or by, Saint John and Fredericton along the river valley. The Company also proposed to combine the settlement of this country with the progress of the railroad, by pre-empting purchase of blocks of land of 20,000 acres at each station, which when cleared and improve under the direction fo the Company, would combine to encourage settlement and production, and ensure the road of a large return.
            Despite the efforts made in England by this Company for the advancement of their rival project, the acting committee of the St. Andrews and Quebec Association worked away with all the greater energy and stronger will for their own original scheme. John Wilson, brought this enterprise again before the public through the medium of a letter, which appeared in the "Standard" of October 8, intended chiefly for the information of British Capitalists, who would, no doubt, wish for the most economical, shortest and best route to open the Canadas with the Atlantic Ocean and England. A glance at the map would show the geographical advantages which the St. Andrews line possessed over that proposed from Halifax; the distance from St. Andrews to Quebec by survey, being 275 miles, whilst from Halifax to Quebec would be 550 miles. The former line had been most favorably reported on by Major Yule, the maximum grade not exceeding 10? Feet per mile; the country produced fine groves of yellow and red pine; the lands were excellent for the Emigrant and farmer. The extra time in ? from Liverpool to St. Andrews would be only 8 to 12 hours, over that to Halifax. St. Andrews possessed a harbor accessible at all seasons of the year, and was more favorably situated for direct intercourse with the British West Indies than any other port in the Provinces. These facts alone should engage the attention fo the British Government and capitalists.
            The Quebec Gazette in noticing the rival project from Halifax to Quebec was f opinion that the magnitude of the undertaking would ? in a belief in its success. It was however as an improved military communication between Great Britain and Canada, and a commercial connection during the winter when the St. Lawrence was sealed up, that the contemplated railroad would be of national advantage. 
            But Great Britain also required a safer and cheaper mode of export than by the St. Lawrence when it was open, which if not accomplished would render a great portion . . . Canada to come and go through American exports. . . . The New York Albion likewise contained a ? of the projected lines to Quebec, and . . .
            "it is impossible for us with our present in? to recommend any particular route. Three towns are claiming the honor of opening a road from the Atlantic to Quebec, and thus establishing a direct communication with England. Halifax, Saint John and St. Andrews possess their several advantages. The Halifax is the longest road, being nearly six hundred miles; but then it will lay open and render accessible to the settler a proportionately greater tract of country which is a consideration of great importance for the success of either of the projects must ultimately depend on the extent of territory rendered accessible, and the increased travelling and transportation of produce that is to be created by the construction of these great works."
            We next make extracts from an excellent letter of the subject of routes addressed to Editor of the New York Albion, by "an Old Subscriber," which was, no doubt, from the able pen of the late D. Samuel Frye, St. Andrews, in reply to an article on "Colonial Railroads," which appeared in the Albion of the 11th October:
            "It is true that on a first or superficial view the route from Halifax has a prepossessing aspect, but when the great length is taken into consideration, and also the fact that it must pass through the interior at a great distance from seaports of favorable outlets for shipment it becomes self evident that the utility of the railway will diminish in exact proportion to its extent, and independent of its greater outlay, that the capital must be unproductive from the remoteness of the places intended to be brought into direct communication and the want of liberal support. This need ? by saying that there are certain and defined limits of expense beyond which mot goods will not admit of transportation."
            "On the other hand the line from Quebec to St. Andrews will not only connect these places by the shortest possible routes, but can be extended to the city of Saint John; it may also connect Fredericton, and every other point that may be desirable, especially a junction with the proposed railway from Boston via Portland, Bangor, and Calais, could be effected at a trifling cost, thereby completing the communication from Boston to St. Andrews, Saint John and Halifax, and very materially enhancing the value of capital invested, and the generality of the undertaking."
            "In the selection of a route for he contemplated railway, all local feelings and interests should give way to public good, and every care taken to ? the one that will hereafter be least exposed to rival competition."
            At this time there was a vast amount of editorial correspondence and discussion in the provincial papers in advocacy of the different private ? "Scrutator" appears to have been the Nova Scotia champion for the Halifax and Quebec scheme, and endeavored to write down St. Andrews as a railway terminus but "An old Subscriber" again came to the front and met "Scrutator" at the point of the pen:
            "The terminus of St. Andrews is not contended for in opposition to Halifax. Far from it. Its position alone give it claims that are contended for as being adapted to secure a greater portion of Canadian trade than any other one that can be found. It is the nearest open winter port on Atlantic waters that can be reached from Canada within British limits, and passes through a country—at least that portion from Woodstock to St. Andrews—better adapted for a track than any that can be selected elsewhere, if the testimony of surveyors can be trusted."
            "If, then, St. Andrews by natural position, is the nearest practicable terminus for communication with Canada, and the Railway can be constructed with less cost—nearly one half of that to Halifax—it would seem that it was entitled to some degree of consideration."
            "That the Halifax route possesses many features in a military and natural aspect worthy of consideration, no question can be entertained: whether it will pay adequate interest for the investments however may be problematical, as its great extent must necessarily limit its commercial utility to the trade of Canada, the very first vitally important object to be attained, but which by some strange fatality, has been either too much overlooked or intentionally avoided in all the notices of the magnificent scheme hitherto submitted to the public."