scotto
10-22-2014, 09:36 PM
Scott, does this mean that the land that the houses were on where Confederation Park is now,wasn’t owned by the people who owned the houses, as you’ve said in another thread (I don’t know which one now) was/is the case on Hamilton Beach? And do you have any news paper articles that indicate what the reaction was from the home owners on Hamilton Beach, to suddenly being crowded out by these new houses? ________________________________________
I could get some direct quotes from the book, "Memories of Van Wagner's Beach and Parkview Survey", but I don't it at this time.
However, the people did own the land that their homes were on, some welcomed the new park and some didn't.
The only Beach residents that had homes but didn't own the land was on the Burlington side, these where all cottages that had a 99 year lease on the land located between the lake and the rail line.
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Scott, it is the quote from Dorothy Turcotte’s book in the thread ‘Oldest House’ that seems to indicate that all of the land on the beach was leased to the peaple who built houses.
scotto
11-06-2013, 03:45 PM
Scott,
“From Dorothy Turcotte's book "The Sand Strip"
When the Hamilton and Northwestern Railway laid its line across the Beach in 1875, a new era began on the sand strip. Until then, anyone wishing to reach the Beach from Hamilton or Toronto had to come by boat or dirt road, or else take the train to the Great Western Railway station at Burlington.
Now, access to the Beach was easy.
Lots were laid out in 1875, and were auctioned off, then subleased to the purchaser.”
Scott, I’m a little confused. What is meant by ‘subleased to the purchaser’? ‘once a person bought a lot, he/she then had to lease it?
Do you know how big the lots were? And were they all the same size?
Yes that is confusing, I can't see someone back in the day spending loads of cash on a great summer home to only lease the land.
But that is what happened to the smaller cottages on the Burlington, the lease expired and they were all removed, some were paid out, others not.
Something to check out further.”
http://hamiltonbeachcommunity.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-1537.html
and this page also seems to refer to lots on ‘the beach’ being leased.
“The second surveying party represented the city of Hamilton, which had acquired control of all vacant Crown Land in the name of recreation for its people. Just what that meant in practical terms soon became evident. The surveyed lots were sold at an auction to individuals who then subleased the land for $10 annually. Revenues from the annual rent, purchasers were assured, would be spent on the further development of the beach. The leasing arrangement ensured that the city would have money to spend on the area, since it was denied the right to collect other taxes from the residents.”
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/"The+...inst+Them:"+Class,+Environment,...-a081762577
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