OSLER, Andrew - "Dundee Courier" correspondent
Visited the Bell Farm on August 10, 1893.
Andrew Osler [1841-____) was one of 12 men commissioned by the "Dundee Courier" to attend the World's Fair at Chicago in 1893. He and James Taylor then went on to travel throughout Canada and parts of the USA to report on agricultural development in those countries. The tour was formally called the "Artisan Expedition" by the "Dundee Courier", and the men travelled from Dundee, Scotland to Montreal, Quebec aboard the Thomas Line steamship "IONA". Then they travelled by the Canadian Pacific and American trains direct to Toronto and Chicago.
Osler and Taylor then took the train to Winnipeg, and then on to Vancouver. Their return trip east was taken at a more leisurely pace.
Andrew Osler's journey commenced on June 24, 1893 and concluded in late August. During that time and for the following year, he submitted weekly reports to the "Dundee Courier", based on his notes. His journey also included a side trip to Edmonton.
The 12 men who went on the Tour to Chicago, and their area of expertise, included:
James Taylor - Agriculture
Andrew Osler - Agriculture
Ebenezer Bennett - Mechanical Industries
Robert A. Muir - Mining
John Sinclair - Building
Thomas Logan - Woodwork, Furnishing
Mungo Smith - Textile Industries
William Smith - Other Manufacturers
David Brown - Shipbuilding
David G. Watson - Railways
Robert Dunlop - Metallurgy
James Murray - Conductor of the Tour and Journalist
SOURCES:
photo source -
http://www.archive.org/stream/britishartisanex00dundrich#page/n21/mode/2upPart 1 of "Dundee Courier" reports:
p. 6-14 of first report (detailing the 12 representatives and their visit to Chicago)
Part 2 of Dundee Courier reports - Canadian Tour:
pg 58 of Osler Report:
http://www.archive.org/stream/britishartisanex00dundrich#page/58/mode/2up
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.