Copper Cliff
May 12th
Dear Father + Sisters,
I have not received
any letters from home now for
nearly three weeks. There was
a smash up on the Toronto line
some four or five days ago and I guess
what was coming was lost there.
We are having beautiful weather
now again, alltho[sic] last week we
had 4° of frost and a little snow
storm. We have started up a
good football team here this
season and lots of the fellows
are taking great Interest in it, but
of course the great National
game is Base-ball something
like what we call rounders home.
This is another view of the plant
+ perhaps you will be surprised
to see a small lake there. All
our furnaces are fitted with
water-jackets + this water is…
…pumped all through these
water-jackets + back into the
lake again. This water is
purified every week with
soda-ash. This is a photo of
part of another street, you will
notice that every house has a
verandah, quite different from old
Country style. Tommy is expecting
his brother out here every day.
He is an Electrician + ought
to do well. Do you see anything
in the papers home about the
fun they are having in the
Canadian parliament of this
naval bill. I think they will
have to go to the Country at
the finish. There are lots of new
houses going up here and if
they still keep going this will
be quite a town pretty soon.
I'm just going to have
a kick around, give my regards
to all. Len
