1914-01-19ss

Hamilton’s downtown park was in the focus of many eyes whatever the season. Whatever took place in the park would be seen by thousands of people passing along King or James street road allowances, or just walking along the sidewalks of those streets.

On January 19, 1915, a small gang of City of Hamilton workers were assigned to work in Gore Park, as a recent light snowfall required that the pathways be cleared.

A Hamilton Times reporter was one of dozens who watched the following ensue:

“About half past nine, a force of five men, with a horse and snow plow, paraded to Gore Park, where they proceeded to clean off the snow which had fallen during the night.

“Two of the men managed the plow, while the other three shoveled snow in the regular fashion.

“All this is quite an ordinary proceeding, but that which caused the comment was that, after scraping a section of the walk, the men went up the road a started back again on another part, but on the second trip, they piled the snow a foot high on the section which already been cleaned. This necessitated more work.

“Those who saw it said that had the men been equipped with shovels only, they could have done the work in less time.”¹

¹ “Not Experts : Handling of Snow Plow Requires Some Skill”

Hamilton Times.   January 19, 1915.