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Hartt Family

Standard
May 8, 1872
The lobster factory in this town has been put in operation for the season’s business, with greatly increased advantages, and presents a busy appearance. The factory is owned by Mr. W. D. Hartt. Of this place, and is in charge of Mr. Balkam, who superintends. It gives employment to quite a number of persons, who earn good wages and are sure of being honorably dealt with. Large, foreign orders we learn have been received. We heartily wish the enterprise success.

Standard
Nov 25, 1874
Destructive Fire. On Thursday afternoon about 2 pm fire was discovered in Hughes and Whitlock’s stable. The populace and fire Companies were early on the grounds; owing to the stable being attached to the surrounding buildings, and the hay and straw in the loft being on fire, the flames spread with fearful rapidity despite the noble efforts of the firemen and hose companies, aided by the people. The horses and wagons in the stable were got out, as well those in the opposite stable belonging to Mr. Adams of the Central Exchange. The shed and house owned by C. C. Bridges, with his hacks, the house occupied by T. Rooney and others, and the Exchange stable were consumed. Mr. Adams saved his horses, carriages and the rest but lost his sleights, stable furniture and two fine pigs. John Bailey’s small cottage took fire but was torn down to prevent the fire reaching the adjoining buildings on Water Street, W. Sharkey’s house, and Michael Faul’s two houses, all occupied by several families, a barn by Thomas Healy and Hartt and Co., store and remises on the Market Wharf, owned and occupied by Mr. Hicks was several time son fire, but by well directed efforts the building was saved; the large pile of lumber on Robinson and Glenn’s wharf was with great difficulty saved. Another pile of lumber owned by the same firm on the wharf below the old steamboat landing and a pile of railway ties owned by R. Ross were burnt. Several families on Water Street including Mr. Adams of the Exchange removed their furniture. The losses gathered from the most reliable sources are: [here list]

Pilot
May 22, 1879
St. Andrews and Its Improvements
A half-acre lot, more or less, situate between Water and Queen Streets, above McElwee’s Bakery, has lately had the great old stumps of ages rooted up---no more to mar the beauty of that portion of the town by sights unseemly—reminders of the days long ago, when the Micmac or Milicete Chief, pitched his camp there, surrounded by his braves!
            Farming, in fact, is prosecuted with zeal and vim this spring, in the “old Shire Town,” and gardening is becoming an institution. It will soon rival Flores and Carvo of the Azores—it does Carvo now, in Crows; and it bids fair, also, to cope Flores in Flowers.
            A handsome and valuable corner lot, also facing Water Street, on the corner of Princess Royal Street, has been fenced in; and the gander and the goose will now, henceforth, be deprived of perambulating that verdant plot, nor dogs congregate there, to play “tumblers in a Circus” at their will, to give them appetite.
            A handsome yacht craft can be seen on the “Stocks” near the Steamboat wharf. Connoisseurs in naval architecture pronounced her the model of a fast sailer; and when Lord Lorne and the Princess Louise visit St. Andrews, this little gem of a vessel, if ready, will be just the Craft to speed them over the dancing waters of the Passamaquoddy.
            Hartt’s Lobster Factory is in active operation; and the neat row of buildings extending far down the wharf, tells in favour of the enterprise of the proprietor.
            The constant arrival and departure of vessels at our Port, with numbers of sail boats, lobster smacks, etc., present a pleasingly picturesque and enlivening scene. Business is gradually increasing, and all the traders are piously intent on rigidly adhering to the law against smuggling.
            The Custom House officials occasionally keenly watch certain movements of the innocents—but, implicit obedience to the Law renders even a look quite unnecessary. Suspicion itself is disarmed; and the man from Over the Border, can spin himself along on a leg-and-a-half, free from the shadow of the shade of suspicion.

St. Croix Courier
May 30/1880
WD Hartt’s (of SA) new sardine factory in Robbinston in full operation. 30 hands employed.
            A new beverage: Kakoa is a pleasant nutritious and very palatable substitute for tea and coffee. It is nutritious and wholesome, devoid of those properties so injurious to the nervous system. We have tried it and cordially recommend it. Sold by A. DeWolfe. (editorial infomercial)
(No change in International Steamship schedule since Oct. 1879: Portland and Boston from Eastport, twice a week.)

Pilot
Jan 13/1881
W. D. Hart, Preserved Provision Manufacturer. A large stock of fresh canned lobsters, clams and baked beans. Of superior quality in 1, 2 and 3 pound tins, constantly on hand. Factory on Hartt’s wharf.

Beacon
April 12, 1894
It is estimated that the total turnip crop in this section last season will run close to 75,000 barrels. In the neighborhood of 50,000 barrels have been shipped by Messr. Hartt and Greenlaw. The principle other shippers are B. F. DeWolfe, G. D. Grimmer and Frank Mowatt. Probably 10,000 barrels still remain in the farmer’s cellars. The biggest crop was raised by Martin Greenlaw, of Bayside who pulled 1015 barrels. Alexander Russell, of Bayside, got over 500 barrels off 1 ¼ acres.

Beacon
Jan 30/1896
The turnip market has not yet revived from the shock it received by the large influx of “Canadas” into the Boston market. Mr. T. A. Hartt, of St. Andrews, who went to Boston last week to feel the pulse of the market, said he found things much worse than his correspondents had stated. The Boston figures now are about 90 cents per barrel. This is equal to 50 cents here, but as the farmers are holding out for 60 cents very few shipments are being forwarded. [the market has been suffering for a while, as I recall]

Beacon
June 3/1897
At the cottages.
Our cottage population will consist principally of the following families this season: Risford, Emory Hoar of Brookline, Mass. Innes cottage—Mrs. Roger Allen and family, of Boston. Gardiner cottage—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gardiner, of Boston. Algonquin cottage—Mr. Day and family, or Morristown, NJ. Grimmer cottage—Mr. and Mrs. Hooper, of Montreal. Tilley cottage—Mrs. and Mrs. A. R. MacDonald and family, of Montreal. Lorimer cottage—Mrs. Hansard and the Misses Hansard, of Boston. Smith cottage—Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. “Everett and family, of Saint John. Robinson cottage—Mr. and Mrs. J. Douglas Hazen of Saint John. Howard cottage—Mrs. Henry Todd and Mrs. McNichol, of St. Stephen. Hartt cottage—Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hartt and family of Tallahassee, Florida. Pendlebury cottage—Mr. Merritt and family , Houlton, Maine. “Casa Rossa,” (Parker cottage)—Donald McMaster, Q.C., and family, Montreal. Covenhoven, Horne. (14 cottages) (How was Algonquin cottage different from Grimmer cottage?)

Beacon
June 14/1900
Mr. W. D. Hartt and family, of Tallahassee, Florida, are always welcome summer residents. Mr. Hartt was formerly in business in SA, but though he has long since severed his business relations with the place, he has never forgotten his first love. He loves its picturesque surroundings, he loves its healthful climate, he loves the old flag which waves over it, and he loves St. Andrews as s summer abiding place. His comfortable summer home within the town is already occupied by himself and other members of his family and before many weeks slip by still other representatives of the family will arrive to occupy it.

Beacon
April 25/1901
Our Summer Cottages
The following cottagers are expected here the coming summer:
1. Covenhoven—Sir William Van Horne and family, Montreal.
2. Lazy Croft—Mr. George F. Inness and family, Montclair, NJ.
3. Cedar Croft—Rev. A. T. Bowser and family, Wilmington, Delaware
4. Risford—Mrs. and Mrs. J. Emory Hoar, Brookline, Mass
5. Casa Rossa—Mrs. J. S. Ludlam, Lowell, Mass
6. Algonquin cottage—Ms. Thomas P. Curtis, Cambridge, Mass
7. Grimmer cottage (near Algonquin)—Mr. and Mrs. George Hooper, Montreal
8. Grimmer (brick) cottage—Prof. Wendell and family, of Cambridge
9. Bar road—Mr. and Mrs. E. Maxwell, Montreal
10. Bar road (new cottage)—Mrs. And Ms. William Hope, Montreal
11. Smith cottage—Misses Barlow and Mrs. Carpenter, Atlantic City
12. Donald MacMaster, K. C., and family, Montreal, new cottage King St. extension
13. Rev. Dean Sills and family, Portland, Maine, cottage near rectory
14. W. D. Hartt and family, Florida, cottage on Water Street

Beacon
Aug 22/1901
Who’s Who and What’s What
. . . Dr. Hartt, who resides at the Lorimer cottage, is a leading and wealthy physician

Beacon
Oct 24/1907
Two lives in peril on Minister’s Island Bar.
They are saved in the nick of time, but their Horse perishes. A foolhardy attempt which two young men made to cross Minister’s Island bar on Sunday morning last, almost led to the loss of two human lives. As it was, it caused the drowning of a valuable horse.
            On Saturday night, it was arranged between Frank Miller, James Henderson and Eugene Worrell that the latter, who is employed at the Hartt Coakley stable, should drive over to  of Philadelphia. he has his yacht moored in the harbor and has a white Indian pony for his two children. His wife . . . possesses much wealth.

           
Beacon
Feb 3 and 10, 1910
THE BAY PILOT
The Bay Pilot first saw the light of the day on the island of Grand Manan; the late John G. Lorimer was its publisher. This was in the year 1876. It was a bright little sheet containing considerable local news. But Grand Mana proved too msall for the venture and the paper and press were removed to St. Andrews, the plant being set up in a store on Water Street, adjoining the Bradford Hotel. On the 30th day of May, 1879, a company composed of John S. Magee, John Wren, Robert Robinson, W. D. Hartt and Robert Glenn, became proprietors of the paper.

Beacon
Dec 29, 1910
One of the most interesting social events of the week will be the wedding of Miss Lottie Hartt, only daughter of Mr. Thomas A. Hartt, MPP, and Dr. J. Fred. Worrell, dentist.  They are both popular, hence their marriage has more than ordinary interest. Madge Rigby and Percy Hartt will be there. Latter bride’s brother.

Beacon
Sept 7/1911
. . . Mr. Borden followed Mr. Hartt. He was vociferously applauded, but the enthusiasm waned as his speech progressed. He seemed nervous and ill at ease and kept up a handkerchief act that worried his auditors very much.

Beacon
Sept 28/1911
Election Breakdown by province and within Charlotte County
NB elects 8 liberals to 5 conservatives.
Conservatives win by small Margin in Charlotte.
Conservatives led by Hartt win by 212 to 141 in St. Andrews.

April 11/1912
Mr. Hartt’s Speech on Charlotte County Ports
Hansard, March 29, 1912
(doesn’t mention St. Andrews at all)

Beacon
July 20/1918
Let St. Andrews flourish.
Another summer season is well advanced and the old Shiretown as it is called in terms of endearment by many is once more thronged with visitors who revel in the natural beauties of the place and enjoy the salubrity of its climate and the endless means of enjoyment the locality affords. All these attractions have been described many times by enthusiastic admirers and graphic journalists, and the fame of the place has extended throughout the world, from all corners of which visitors find their way here summer after summer. The magnificent summer residences of the large number of wealthy persons of Canada and the US who come here annually testify in the most impressive way to the permanent interest taken in the place by some of the most prominent people of the American continent.
            While it is eminently satisfactory from many points of view that St. Andrews has become a renowned summer resort to possess a residence in which is a hallmark of distinction, a thoughtful consideration of the present day condition of the Town must create a feeling of regret that the natural advantages of this famous old seaport and shipbuilding centre are not now being utilized as in former years, and that its commerce and industries have been allowed to decay and vanish. In the spite of the business created for two or three months in the summer by the influx of many hundred of summer residents and hotel guest—a business which is certain to expand year after year—there is a present lethargy in the Town which is due entirely to the indifference of the permanent residents, a lack of public spirit, an entire absence of cooperation for the general welfare of the community, and an utter failure on the part of those directly concerned to interest themselves in the material, coal and educational development of the Town. One need of the community is paramount-0-the need of a leader to bring the people together and to direct their efforts towards the accomplishment of things which are essential to progress and without which the present stagnation will continue or will degenerate into a condition so much worse that it is painful to contemplate.
Mr. T. A. Hartt exhorted to join St. Andrews Board of Trade. Member of Parliament for Charlotte County. See photocopy.

Beacon
Nov 16/1918
[Armistice 1918] . . .  Never before was there more enthusiastic or successful celebration in the Old Shire Town. A feature, a conspicuous as it was commendable, was the absence of speech making. Just before the great parade started, Mr. T A. Hartt, M. P., speaking from the bandstand, made a few remarks appropriate to the occasion, but beyond that there were no speeches whatever.

St. Croix Courier
Oct 29/1942
Shiretown Items
The first newspaper to be published in St. Andrews was called the St. Andrews Herald, and appeared in 1819. The first editor was John Cochrane, who retired and was succeeded by David Howe, brother of the honorable Joseph Howe. In 1822 the paper was purchased by Pierre Stubb, . . . SA, Mr. Howe continuing as editor, John Storey as foreman. It was discontinued about 1831. A second paper, the St. Andrews Courant with Colin Campbell as editor, began publication in the same year. Mr. Campbell was assisted by his three sons. This newspaper was evidently short-lived as the Standard appeared in 1833, with George Smith as its published. The paper was afterward edited by Adam Smith, remembered by old folks. This paper covered most of the period between the passing of the Courant and the beginning of the Bay Pilot in 1876. The latter was begun on Grand Manan and later moved to St. Andrews. It was owned by a company composed of John S. Magee, John Wren, Robert Robinson, W. D. Hartt and Robert Glen, with Mr. Magee as editor. The paper continued until 1889 when it gave way to the St. Andrews Beacon. The latter was first owned and edited by R. E. Armstrong and later by Wallace Broad. A sheet called the Charlotte Gazette appeared in 1846 but I have no record as to how long it continued.

St. Croix Courier
March 18/1948
Shiretown Items: Lobster Factory
Sure enough, as I had hoped, Owen Rigby remembered when lobsters were packed here and says that the plant was situated about where Fraser Keay’s warehouse now stands. It was near the head of Clinch’s wharf, long since disappeared. An extension of the railroad ran up along the shore-line as far as this wharf, and although the rails had been taken up,, many of the buttresses were still standing in 1889. I got some further information from Herb Greenlaw on this subject. He says that the lobster plant at the head of Clinch’s wharf was run by George Young, a Saint John man who boarded with William Little in a house, no longer there, situated next to that in which Mr. Atkinson now lives. I can remember the house well and also Mr. Little who was a railway engineer in the wood burning days. I have his copy of “Rules of Railroading.” Mr. Greenlaw says that W. D. Hartt also packed lobsters in the factory, originally built to pack sardines, and located on what was then called the “Long Wharf.” River steamboats landed at this wharf in those days. Many now living can remember this old factory. It was burned one day about noon, a bright sunny day, around 65 years ago [1883]. The wharf was then bought by Gardner and Doon who put up buildings and handled fresh fish there for many years. The last remains of it went out to sea in a bad storm just a few years ago. W. D. Hartt also packed clams in the old building. The factory at the head of Clinch’s wharf was destroyed by fire about 1880 along with Whitlock’s livery stable situated back of the “American House” now the St. Andrews bakery. Wm. Little was the father of Mrs. Wm. Burton, matron of Chipman hospital for many years and who was buried here last week.

St. Croix Courier
May 10/1951
Dr. J. F. Worrell Claimed by Death in St. Andrews. Photo. History of column.
            The death of Dr. James Frederick Worrell, dentist and a former mayor of SA, occurred at this home on Montague Street in the early hours of Thursday, May 3, after a recurrence of an old illness which had confined him to bed for several weeks.
            Dr. Worrell for many years past had written one of the most widely read features of The Saint Croix Courier, a column of news and comment brightened by his keen sense of humor, insight into human nature and broad knowledge of many fields of learning. His last column was published March 8.
            A native of Charlotte county, he was a son of the late Robert and Martha (McCartney) Worrell and received his education at the Charlotte County Grammar School here and the Provincial Normal School in Fredericton. After graduating he taught in the public schools of the Province for a number of years.
            Later he studied dentistry at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery where he graduated with honors in 1909, and returning home opened practice in St. Andrews which he had carried on for more than 40 years.
            Dr. Worrell was formerly a member of the St. Andrews Town Council and served for five and one-half years as mayor, but there were few community interests in which he did not have a hand. He was a member of St. marks’ Lodge, F &AM, vice-president of the Men’s Club, a member and former officer of Wesley United Church, a leading spirit in the St. Andrews Band, and active in the Knights of Pythias. He was in addition a sports enthusiast who played basketball and other games when a youth and in later years became a keen follower of hockey and baseball. Well versed in nature study, he loved the out-of-doors.
            No citizen could have been more enthusiastically loyal to the community and all its activities; he loved SA, was proud of it, and was tireless in his efforts to promote what he considered its best interests. Dr. Worrell is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Charlotte Hartt, a daughter of the late T. A. Hartt of SA, a member of parliament for Charlotte County in past years, and Mrs. Hartt; a son, Donald Worrell; a brother, Dr. S. A. Worrell, retired superintendent of schools of Saint John ; and a granddaughter, Mary. An only sister, Mrs. R. D. Rigby, died in 1942. (desc of funeral service)