Holdings & Collections | William Button Diaries Introduction
June 24, Tuesday
June Tuesday 24th
Schnrs. "Grilse" & "Mary E" sailed from Hants Hr. at noon today their destination being the
Straits of Belle Isle First news received from them
that they were at Fortune Notre Dame Bay ice bound
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August 9, Saturday
Saturday Aug. 9th recd. message from Cooks Hr at noon to day. Schnr Grilse 300 qtls. all
well
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Thursday 28th [Left?]
after using 1010 Salt and securing 700 tubs fish arrived at Hants Hr. at Hants Hr. at
4 am. on Sunday Sept 7th and came here in motor boat abt 9 am same morning on
the afternoon of Monday the 8th the traps with much of the outfit was brot. here in motor boat
on Tuesday the wind being Notherly their [sic] wasn't anything done.
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September 12, Thursday
Thursday 12th Grapnels & blubber brot. down. The week passed without any effort made to
discharge fish owing to difficulty of getting it cured & uncertainty of price.
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September 15, Monday
Skippr F took wife & others in in [sic] motor boat to Old Perlican learnt reports of fish prices
retd. at 11 am. we soon after recd. message from P.J. Shea broker estimating $10.00
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September 16, Tuesday
Tuesday 16 Day fine sea on could not launch Motor
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September 17, Wednesday
Wed. 17 sea abated some, so that skippr with crew left about 8 am in Motor boat for H Hr.
and left at 9 am for New Perlican where he hopes to get fish cured.
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October 1, Wednesday
Wed. Oct. 1. Grilse left New P. in the early morning for st Johns intending to come in here but
strong N.W. wind prevented his doing so Arrived St John's 4 pm. Jas. Snelgrove brot. in
Motor Boat having left schnr. when passing by Salvage Rock
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October 12, Sunday
Sunday 12 Returned to HHr. at 4 am & came here in Wesly Goodwin's motor boat at 8
[am.?]
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October 15, Wednesday
Wed 15 Came here in the early morning & discharged upward of 120 Brls Flour 36 Brls 3 Tc
& 2 P. Mols [Brls] Meat & other goods & took unboard 200 qtls Fish remain all night but
Thursday morng 16th being dull & unfit for handling fish left at a am for H.Hr. The week all
through tho was an exceptional one for this season of the year a smooth sea every day &
Tuesday & Saturday especially good days for handling & curing fish
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October 21, Tuesday
Tuesday 21 owing to trouble with motor boat & having to travel the Schnr did not get here
until breakfast hour & then with a goodly numbers [sic] of willing workers she was filled up by
4 pm. we having weighed a total of 670 qtls beside considerable sent on freight by wish of
owners approximated her load is now 800 qtls
We also shipped by her 18 steel Drums to be refilled with Kero oil & 4 Casks refined oil and
11 Comm oil
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Engine for Hoisting landed May 24th & Hoist on June 7th & little wheel by mail several days
after Used it for first time June 17th hoisted 2 Brls sugar & other goods with satisfaction as well
as the Grilses cargo on
Saw Mill Engine "Bull Dog" landed on Friday June 20th and placed on its concrete bedding
Saturday June 28th
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Chas. Driscoll was employed by us Friday 27 & saty. 28 at wharf Monday 30th did a little
whitewashing and afterward assisted Mr. Kelland in bringing sand & making concrete blocks in
Mill Tuesday July 1st spent forenoon doing like work in the mill afternoon cleaning pipes of
Engine in factory. Wed & Th absent Friday Mornig went to W. Brook & brot up from there
the belting & spent the rest of day cleaning saw in New Mill
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[July?] 5, Saturday
Sat. 5th Was at work afternoon only shoed horse & put in press in factory & pd him $1.00 for
his service
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[July?] 12, Saturday
Sat. 12 pd. him for making 4 press Boards 70 cts
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[July?] 14, Monday
Mon. 14 He again left for Crockers Cove to engage in the mfg. of cod liver oil
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Events in the Employment of the Messrs Kellands 1919
May 6, Tuesday – May 12, Monday
Mr. Kelland sr. arrived on Tuesday May 6th commenced work Wed. 7 Made workbench in
the cook room & dressed up facings for window boxes during the remaining days of the week
he built a "stand" for weighing of fish and about Monday 12th began the foundation of the building of the
New Mill continued at this work during the month.
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June
About the 4th June Mr. Harold Kelland came here and began work in the afternoon put
covering board on the mill during the month they covered the mill & felted and tarred it. spent
several days installing motor engine & hoist on wharf & built house for same several days was
also spent in helping to concret [sic] the block of wharf and the month ended by them in doing
work in this way, with the exception of the last day when concret [sic] form was built for main
shaft & one block filled up with cement
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July 1, Tuesday and July 2, Wednesday
Tuesday July 1st 2nd block filled & two pulley wheels partially made
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July 2, Wednesday
Wed 2 All day spent on wheels which was completed main shaft put in position and one wheel
fastened to it & put in position
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July 3, Thursday
Thursday 3 Finished the smallest pulley wheel & fastened to axle. Made improvement on the
bench and rollers so as to make it run smoothly & evenly made up a belt from the rubber
belting of the old mill & partily finished a few feet of new bench fastening to old now in
position
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July 4, Friday
Friday July 4. Finished spanning the bench & constructing new piece & made the second Belt
for Mill
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July 5, Saturday
sat. 5 spent the morning helping us land Goods from s.s. Petrel & then until dinner hour at
work on bench & belts. Mr. Harold Kelland went home at noon his father spent afternoon
sharpening saw.
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July 7, Monday
Monday 7 Mr. K sr. spent the whole of today sharpening saw. His son Harold did not return
until late at evening.
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July 8, Tuesday
Tuesday 8th The two workmen spent the day trying to get the saw mill engine to work and
succeeded ere the days work ended slabbing the first stick
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July 9, Wednesday
Wednesday 9
sawed 20 Posts & put some rimming around the smallest drum wheel much of the day spent
in trying to get engine to run satisfactory. Day was a stormy one throughout with rain &
sleet & cold. Traps hauled in the morning by three or four parties only 2 to 4 qtls. taken by each
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July 10, Thursday
Thursday 10th Made a new guage [sic] for bench spent some time fitting rollers so as to saw
more evenly spanned the bench on which rests the iron pulley & sawed about 15 logs in board
of 1 ¼ inch for flooring
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July 11, Friday
Friday 11 Fitted a sleeper and nailed down the flooring sawn yesterday which covered the
[sic] around the [Enginge?] and about half of the length of the foor [sic] space on
North side of bench The saws not running evenly much time was again spent in
trying to get it to cut timber evenly. The only sawing done was three or four pcs. cills [sic]
slabbed.
The trap set at I. Rock was taken on shore this mornig nearly all torn off of head rope but with
the help of willing workers was again ready by Evening. No fish owing to tides so that traps
could not be hauled.
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July 12, Saturday
Saturday 12th sharpened saws in the morning & again fixed rollers & saw so that it now works
better than at any time Mr. K. sr. whent [sic] home in afternoon. Harold sawed a few pcs sills
for cook room & also a few sticks of flooring for mill
Our trap at Harrys shoal taken on shore also Joshua Goodwins leader.
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July 14, Monday
Monday 14 Mr. K.- sr. did not return to day. Harold spent forenoon puting flooring in mill
and in the afternoon sawed some more flooring. Quite a few traps had from 8 to 14 qtls fish in
the morning but none afterward.
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July 15, Tuesday
Tuesday 15th Harold spent forenoon nailing down flooring in spaces distant south of bench &
sawed a few posts his father returned in the afternoon The SS Petrel called soon after &
having quite a lot of goods they helped us in the landing so that there was nothing more done
with Mill Work for the day.
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July 16, Wednesday
Wednesday 16 Both of them spent the day sawing posts cills [sic] & couple pcs. for new cook
room.
Clarks at evening traped 14 qtls. fish and Albert Reid about the same others nill.
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July 17, Thursday
Thursday July 17th
Began today & spent the time laying the foundation of a house 45 x 18 for the three fold
purpose of cook & wash house carriage & wood. The side & end cells [sic] was put to gether
& placed in position pillored & levelled.
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July 18, Friday
Friday 18. Sawed a few sleepers and put in middle cell did the sleepring completely, prepared
about a dozen posts for the building, & put props. & other stone pillars under neath the
foundation.
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July 19, Saturday
Saturday 19 spent the day posting the building & put in position what was required, fitted jams
for windows & doors & put top walls all around
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July 21, Monday
Monday 21 Sawed abt 16 posts for couples made 7 & put 6 of them in position.
Wind N & some sea on Fish scarce none taken in traps but at Lead Cove New Chelsea &
HHr. considerabl was taken
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July 22, Tuesday
Tuesday 22 Forenoon made & put two more couples in position removed [telpph?] pole
which was in the way of building put posts underneath the end couples afternoon sawed
several posts which was fastened to the corners to the building as double posts put in ridge pole
or board & spanned it in each corner.
Sea on to day Traps hauled under difficult circumstances & fish landed at Indian Point & south
side J.B.M 15 qtls
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July 23, Wednesday
Wed. 23 Raining all the forenoon so that the Messrs Kellands spent the day in the mill making
window boxes (7) for the house they're building. at evening they put them each in their places
in the building
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July 24, Thursday
Thursday 24 commenced the capboarding [sic]. South end finished to height of top wall & 7
course nailed on West side as far as the length of the cookroom is intended to be
"Mr. K- sr. went home" at 10 pm to confer with parties about the building of a new [Post?]
office
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July 25, Friday
Friday 25 Mr. Harold Kelland spent from 7 to 9 am in mill sawing fine axle of old mill for to
make coffin for the late Mrs Ann Evans after wards spent the day clapboardig the West side of
house and did more than two thirds of it. Heard at eveing of Meadus of G. Cove having 300
qtls fish in his trap and of large hauls at o.p. L Cove Avery of B [60?] of eving [Kates? 25 ?]
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July 26, Saturday
Saturday 26 spent forenoon clapboard East side to a distance of about 15 ft and nearly the
height to a finish. Afternoon he went home.
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July 28, Monday and July 29, Tuesday
Monday 28 & Tuesday 29 The Messrs Kellands at home
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July 30, Wednesday
Wednesday 30th Mr. Herald [sic] Kelland arrived at noon and spent the rest of day
clapboarding. Lots of fish being traped this evening by all some - two skiffs visited Trinity
today for salt & retd at evening.
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July 31, Thursday
Thursday 31st Harold fished [sic] clapboarding the two sides of & nailed six courses on North
end of building to day Four or five skiffs crossed the bay to Trinity for salt again to day at
evening quite a few trap hauled & a score or many qtls taken from each.
wife & Joyce went to old Perlican in afternoon in Motor boat with Noah Driscoll wife & others
to welcome home their son Wesley, who was retning from the seat of war.
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August 1, Friday
Friday Aug 1st Finished Clapboarding the North end as high as the side & put other courses
around sufficient to finish the sides when the eve Board is put in place
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August 2, Saturday
saturday 2nd Fastened pieces on couples necessary for the eves on East side & covered about
half of that side of the covering
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August 4, Monday
Monday 4th Mr. Kelland, sr. arrived at breakfast hour and spent the day with Harold at work
covering the roof little more than half of it now being covered with the South end sawn of [sic]
to a finish Much time was spent taking loft and petitions [sic] from old cook room
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August 5, Tuesday
Tuesday Aug 5th spent until about 11 am sawing board for eves & rough boards about 145 ft.
part of it was used to about half the length of the roof on each side & south end & Cornice
moulding put around the same.
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August 6, Wednesday
Wed. 6. The forenoon was spent using felt about half of the roof covered with it. Afternoon
covering was used of board taken from floor of old cook room about half of the west side now
uncovered with the days work was done
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August 7, Thursday
Thursday 7th Finished the covering with board & also finished putting rough board and cornice
moulding around the roof.
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August 8, Friday
Friday 8. owing to strong S. wind they did not do the Felting to the roof to day but petitioned
[sic] the part of building intended for cook room used what flooring we had on hand which
covered about half of the room. made a work bench and a door box
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August 9, Saturday
Saturday 9th The two workmen spent some time sawing posts for petitions [sic] & other
purposes. Harold left at 11 am Johny accmp. him in motor boat as far as H.Hr Geo C M-
going their [sic] for salt. Mr. K sr spent the day flooring the cook room & used what board we
had for that purpose a space about 4 by 6 is now infinished [sic]
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August 11, Monday
Monday 11 A splendid day light W. wind Mr H.K arrived in the early morning & the two
began the work of puting felt on about half of the buildig still requiring it & finished the
job in the forenoon. Afternoon they put the end & crossing facing & eves on South end & what little
clapbord was needed so that the S end was brot to a finish
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August 12, Tuesday
Tuesday 12th A splendidly fine day Eaves & base boards was put around the sides of the
building the length of the part intended for cook room. Much time in afternoon was spent
helping us land goods from "Petrel." Wm H. Joshua G & others put unshore their smaller
traps to day I.R. Trap taken up yesterday.
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August 13, Wednesday
Wednesday 13 put up posts across c. room so as to partition bedroom from kitchen nailed
strips of board all around kitchen & fastened to it the beaver board except the south end & the
loft.
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August 14, Thursday
Thursday 14 spent some time in the mill sawing board sufficient to strip the loft of cook room to
nail beaver board on. After this done the [beaver board] was nailed on all that was required
for the room which concluded the work for the day.
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August 15, Friday
Friday 15 Fitted & put cornice moulding around room. Moulding was dressed & put on the seams of the
loft, and about half of the wainscoting was put on.
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August 16, Saturday
sat 16 wainscoting finished around the kitchen of cook room mouldings put all around the
wainscoting & the sames [sic] of the Beaver Board around the Kitchen was also finished with
moulding Mr. Kelland sr went home soon after taking dinner
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August 18, Monday
Monday 18 Mr K- sr. at home all day. Harold partitioned the bedrooms nailed strips around
it for to fasten the Beaver Board & hard Pine ceiling to & put the wainscoting around about two
thirds of one room.
Albert Reid and others who had intended to take unshore their traps to day was apprised [sic]
to find in them several qnts of very large cod fish
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August 19, Tuesday
Mr. K.- sr. arrived at about 8 am the two of them spent the day putting Beaver Board on the
two bed rooms & finished them in this respect.
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August 20, Wednesday
Wed. 20 About two thirds of the secnd. bed room was wainscotted which used up all the hard
pine ceiling we had in stock Moulding was prepared for the rooms to cover seams of Beaver
Board & Mr. H. Dressed & Moulded ½ in board suffient for to face two doors which was
nailed on, about 4 ft of flooring required to finish the room was dressed up & put in place
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August 21, Thursday
Thursday 21 The second room with wainscoting second hand was finished cornice put around
& partily moulded moulding & rounds put around wainscoting facings for the inside of the two
room dressed & moulded & put in place
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August 22, Friday
Friday 22 stops was put around kitchen or front Door [stops] or ¼ Rounds on rooms & all but
south end of kitchen & two windows faced. Mr. Harold also spent some time greasing engines
etc.
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August 23, Saturday
Saturday 23 spent forenoon sawing board for the flooring of the carriage room of the building
Mr. H. went home in the afternoon Mr. K Sr. put up the posts for petiting the carriage house
from wood house & nailed down about half of the flooring.
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August 25, Monday
Monday 25 Mr. H. at home all day Mr. A. nailed down in carig house a few flooring brd. the
only left unused on saturday & ceiled about 6 ft square of same in the afternoon he spent the
time cutting mortise in door Jams for the making of door for cook room.
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August 26, Tuesday
Tuesday 26 spent forenoon sawing flooring for carriage room Harold nailed in dorm in
afternoon or what was required to floor it & his father spent the time making a door.
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August 27, Wednesday
Wednesday 27 Door was finished for the Kitchen of cook room put on its hinges & Lock put
on it. some more of the petititioning [sic] of carrig room from wood house was put up so that
more than half is now done. Afternoon they began sawing but had to leav [sic] of [sic] owing to
warmth. So the eveing was spent put door box in carrig and wood house N. side
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August 28, Thursday
Thursday 28th spent some time in the mill Enlarged the Drum Wheel by putig another
[rimming?] round it & put on new belt for first time Sawed flooring sufficient to floor Wood
House and did the flooring excepting a small space of three or 4 ft. square.
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August 29, Friday
Friday 29 Finished flooring wood house. Dressed the facings for the two bedroom windows
& put it on. finished wainscoting a bed room which was partialy done only for want of P
Ceiling put moulding on it & ¼ rounds on floor also ¼ rounds in end facings of s. end of each
room. The door boxes was also finished in carriage & wood house & lentels [sic] put over the
doors. Henry Pynn tarred the roofing of it in the afternoon. Johney drove with J. Clarks horse
& wagon his mother Nelson Aunt Mary & her 2 children to Chelsea in fore noon & his mother
& Nelson had the mishap of falling out of wagon & injurng the former considerably.
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August 30, Saturday
Saturday 30th Mr. K. sr. in the forenoon finished the partition of the carriage from wood house
and went home soon after dinner Harold dressed up & put togethr 4 sashes for cook
room.
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September 1, Monday
Monday Sept 1st Mr. Harold spent the day finishing & painting window sashes which Job he
completed. His father did not return to day.
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September 2, Tuesday
Tuesday 2nd Mr. Kelland sr. arrived at breakfast hour & they both spent the day puttying in
glass in each sash put them in their boxes & put stops around them wherever [necessy?] & so
completed that work. They also spent some time helping us in the handling of freight from S.S. "Petrel"
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September 3, Wednesday
Wed. 3 The eaves base boards & end facings from cook room part of buildig, to the North
end was finished & & [sic] the little clapboard required was also put on so that to day the
finishing on the outside was completed.
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September 4, Thursday
Thursday 4 spent some time in the mill sharpening saw and sawing board thought to be
sufficient for the making of 4 Doors necessary for wood & carriage house this was nearly all
plained & two of the doors made.
Day very wet. Hy. & Hbt. removed foundation & other rubbish of the old Cook room
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September 5, Friday
Friday 5 Finished the making of 4 Door put stops around the opening & fastened them to their
hinges Mr. H. also put step to one of the wood house doors & Mr A put fasteners to windows
& thus their days work was done
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September 6, Saturday
Sat. 6 Mr. K. sr. Left for home in the early morning at 4am in response to Tel. message of last
eveng Mr. H put step to cook room door & to the west door of wood house. painted the
South end of Cook room with Empire Brown paint & the Felt mouldng with rich crimson Soon
after dinner he also went home Chesly Driscoll driving him part way.
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September 8, Monday
Monday Sept. 8th Both workmen absent being at home.
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September 9, Tuesday
Tuesday 9th Mr. H. returned in the early morning and spent the day painting. The Trimming &
facings of south end of cook room was painted with white & the West side was entirely finished
with red or Empire Brown but the facings remains for another day. He also painted with Rich
Crimson the felt moulding compltely
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September 10, Wednesday
Wednesday 10th Painted the whole of the East side with colour & white except the base board
only.
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September 11, Thursday
Thursday 11 Mr. Harold painted west end & what was left of base boards ect. [sic]. he also
painted with Rich Crimson for second time the carriage doors so that now the painting is
entirely completed.
Mr. K. sr. returned at Breakfast hour & spent the day at work on mill & boarding up what was
intended for a second door at east end & making box for the one door only
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September 12, Friday
Friday 12 He continued at work put on end facings and clapboarded about 1/3 of it. Mr. H as
it was wet ceiled the carrig room by the doors and afterward sawed the frame for two fish
barrers & dressed up the 1 side bars & mortised the same.
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September 13, Saturday
Sat. 13 Mr. K. sr. spent the day clapboarding mill & finished the East end to the height of sides
Mr. H. made the two fish barrers & repaired a third & painted two of them
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September 15, Monday
Monday 15 Mr. H. spent the day repairing & painting fish barrers & his father puting [sic] eves
on East end & finished the little clapboarding as well.
Wife Johney Pearl, Mrs. Grandy & two children was taken in the early morning to Old
Perlican to meet the train wife & Pearl going to st John's. Johney to Sackvill & the later to her
home North side skipper Fred Mansfield with Wm H. Goodwin Jr. conveyed them their [sic] in
his motor boat & retd again @ 11 am.
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September 16, Tuesday
Tuesday 16 Mr. K. sr. finished the eaves & put Felt moulding around East end and spent the
afternoon clapboardng North side. Mr. H- Finished painting barrers fastened two pieces &
painted trolley made a stand for fish beam weights painted it & weights of one beam as
well.
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September 17, Wednesday
Wed. 17 Mr. K. sr. spent nearly all of the day clapboarding the North side which is now
finished to heigh [sic] of windows late at evening he sharpened saw (mill) Mr. H- spent the
day making repairs to Fish Store door putting threshold & facings on it & a door step.
Joseph Clark was at work for the greater part of the day hauling logs from the site of the old
mill 163 that had been left their [sic] unsawn & 25 purchased in the spring from Albert Durdle
a total of 188 pd. J Clark $2.50
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September 18, Thursday
Thursday 18th Mr K. Sr. Dressed and fastened two end facings to south side of mill and seven
course of clapboard the total length of same. Harold sawed 12 logs (helped by his father as
well) after which he made the two doors for the mill and hanged the outer one in position.
Joseph Clark hauled three loads (35) Logs from Thornes garden whales Brook part of lot of
(70) purchased from Louis Thorn last spring. @ 10 or 12 cts a lg & Josep for carting 50¢
load.
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September 19, Friday
Friday 19 Mr K. sr. Nailed on six courses by the South Side of Mill clapboard being now to
the height of window he also nailed four courses on each side of door of West end. Mr H
made door box fited [sic] & hung Door on West end & secured the East Door with the making
of a bar & bolt. J. Clark again hauled 3 Load logs 35 a total of 70 in all
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September 20, Saturday
Sat 20 He Mr. Harold painted the two doors helped his father put on clapboard to the height
of the side and spent the evening both of them sawing board for eves.
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September 22, Monday
Monday 22 Put eves and felt moulding and finished with clapboarding West end and put eves
& felt moulding around South Side to a distance of about 15 ft
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September 23, Tuesday
Tuesday 23. Finished eves on South side and on the North side as well with the exception of
about 10 ft & the felt moulding. The work of dressing up board suitable for the work occupied
much of the time.
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September 24, Wednesday
Wed. 24 spent some time but to non [sic] effect in trying to remove saw from spindle so as to
fasten new one sawed ½ Doz. sticks for board for window boxs and made the six required
apart from putting on one pc on the head of each.
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September 25, Thursday
Thursday 25 Finished the boxes completely fitted the sashes secnd-hand purchased from Mrs.
Simeon Bursey/ [sic] & put them in position also finished the eaves of North side apart from the
felt moulding.
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September 26, Friday
Friday 26 The Felt moulding was partily made by Mr. H & put on by his father who also
Clapboarded the north side between & to the height of two upper windows. Mr. H spent
some time cleaning engine & clapboarded the s. side to the height of two upper windows. They
now decided to give up work here Having been engaged to build a new Methodist school at
Winterton so that their work is ended here
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September 27, Saturday
Saturday 27 Made some repairs to couches forenoon gratitously [sic] and afternoon was taken
to HHr by Joseph Clark.
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Days Labour worked & amount pd
| Mr. Kelland sr. | Mr. Harold | ||
| May 21 ½ | |||
| June 20 | June 21 ½ | ||
| July 18 ½ | July 22 ½ | ||
| Aug 22 | August 24 | ||
| September 18 | September 22 | ||
| 100 @ $3.00 $300.00 | 90 @ $3.00 $270.00 | ||
| Total 190 Days. $570.00 |
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October 18, Saturday
Oct 18Geo C. Mansfld
15 hrs. Clapboarding Mill
5 “ choppe [sic] stick
14 “ Mill Work
34 hrs @$2.00 6.80 pd.
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Nov. 1919
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November 17, Monday – November 22, Saturday
Monday 17 Mr. H. Kelland arrived at evening & spent Tuesday 18 & the forenoon of Wed.
19 fixing bench & rollers and other wise preparing for sawing & during Thurs to Friday 20
Friday 21 & Sat 22 he did some sawig sawing about ½ M ½ in. board sawed several sticks in
inch board & about enough of [1½?] in to cover & finish flooring the mill
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November 24, Monday
Monday 24 split in halves 40 sticks for Absalom Driscoll and sawed several logs in inch
board
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November 25, Tuesday
Tuesday 25 sawed a number of small logs in ½ in board and several spruice [sic] sticks in plank
for the service of the wharf
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November 26, Wednesday
Wed. 26 sawed nearly all the sticks we had intended for Posts & several logs in half in
board
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November 27, Thursday
Thursday 27th Sawed the few stick left over in 1'2 in. board a few posts & several sticks for
posts for new bench & about 160 staves for bery [sic] brls. also for others viz. Francis Pynn
slide runner & bars Luther Mansfield 21 ft. ¾ board.
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November 28, Friday
Friday 28 sawed a little board for us
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November 29, Saturday
Sat 29 [sawed] Lumber for Jno Diamnd our part of same $2.40 & for fee Jno Manf
$1.18
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December 1, Monday
Monday, Dec 1 sawed several stick for Jas Goodwin also for Hbt Woodland
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December 2, Tuesday
Tuesday 2 sawed logs [for Hbt Woodland] only
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December 3, Wednesday
Wed 3 [sawed logs for] Wes Goodwin & Ap. Reid & help in [?] & measuring ½ M [for?] Aug. sparks
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December 4, Thursday
Thurs 4 spent most of Day cleaning up [?] after fin. AR. Logs.
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December 5, Friday
Friday 5 went home again. Time spent at work. 132 hrs J.B.M. began work in Mill sawing
his own logs
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December 6, Saturday
Sat. 6 sawing Noah Driscoll's logs
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December 8, Monday
Monday 8th sawed. 13 for Jabez Clark 11 for Fred Mansfd. 8 for Noah Driscoll and abt.
doz. for sml. Woodlnd
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December 9, Tuesday
Tuesday 9th sawed 11 for us a few for sJ. woodland and a few for the Diamonds who have an
[sic] hundred or more to be sawn. He also spent some time weighing fish for W.H.G.
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December 10, Wednesday
Wed. 10th Spent day sawing.
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December 11, Thursday – December 13, Saturday
Thursday 11th Left for O.P. viz. Carbonear Mill closed on Friday 12 & Sat 13th as well
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December 15, Monday
Monday 15 Begn work at 10 am and was assisted by Wesly Driscoll sawing Logs of L
Diamonds
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December 16, Tuesday
Tuesday 16 Finished sawng. Diamnd[?] 100 logs. & sawed a few for Eli Woodland
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December 17, Wednesday
Wed. 17 Sawed until noon finished [left?] & 9 beling to WH. Goodwin sr which finished all
that was to be sawn.
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| Cash recd. for sawing $ ¢ | |
| From Jabez Clark | 25¢ |
| “ Luther Mansfield Nov. 24 120 ft. ½ in board owes | $3.00 |
| “ Mill | 32¢ |
| “ Francis Pynn slide pcs | 25¢ |
| “ Luther M. | 20¢ |
| “ John Diamond [his?] logs | $2.40 |
| “ John C. Mansfield [his? logs] | $1.08 |
| “ Herbert Woodland [his? logs] | $7.63 |
| “ Aug. sparks ½ M ½ in board ours | $12.50 |
| “ simeon Bursey 30 ft 2 in [plank?] for | $1.00 |
| “ Absaslom [sic] Reid 190 ft in bord | $3.80 |
| “ Jabez Clark 112 [ft] ½ in board | $3.80 |
| “ Jas Goodwin 192 ft ½ [pd?] by Labour | $2.40 |
| “ Abslm. Driscoll 36 sticks 1 [cut?] | 90¢ |
| “ Wesley Goodwin | $3.10 |
| “ Levi Diamond 1 stick | 15¢ |
| “ Sml. Woodland | $2.35 |
| “ | $44.13 |
| “ Simeon Bursey 1 Log | [10?]¢ |
| “ El. woodland 70 ft in Board ours only. | |
