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HARRY DAVID SYMMES
OIL, GAS AND MINING MAN
[The Welland Tribune and Telegraph, 1 February 1921]
Niagara Falls, Ont, Jan. 30- Harry D. Symmes, who was widely known in oil, gas and mining circles. Passed away at his home at 48 Culp street, here at midnight Saturday, at the early age of 51. Mr. Symmes was the manager of the first electric railroad in Canada. Early in the practice of his profession he was a contractor of the Hydro Power Development of the Ontario Power Company at Niagara Falls, and later constructed several water power plants in Northern Ontario. In mining he was connected for many years with the Cobalt and Porcupine camps, having been a director of the McIntyre Porcupine mines and the Timiskaming Mining Company for several years. At the time of his death he was a director of a number of oil and gas and mining companies. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Symmes, and leaves his wife, Eloise Woodruff, two sons, Harry Woodruff and Paul David; also two sisters, Mrs. C.S. Hickman of Dorchester, N.B., and Mrs. Robin Boyle of Toronto; and three brothers, H.O., E.W. and J.H. of Niagara Falls.
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