in the city opens at back of the J.W. MacDonald Tobacco shop, (66 James Street North). 1892 – June 29, 1892, is the date the first electric streetcar was operated in Hamilton. The first two electric routes were King Street East and James Street North. Street cars continued running on Hamilton streets until 6 April 1951. 1892 – The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway began operations. 1892 – The Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) converted to electrically powered vehicles in 1892. 1892 – James Street incline railway opens up June 11 (1892–1932). 1893 – Hamilton's first large department store opens: the Right House (King Street). 1893 – The Sir John A. Macdonald statue arrives in Hamilton from London, England on 30 October 1893. Official dedication of the statue took place 1 November 1893. Located at the intersection of King and Hughson Streets. Prime Minister Sir John Thompson in attendance. 1893 – Hamilton Electric Light Co. electrify the street railway. 1894 – Harvey Park was named after Colonel John Harvey, a British officer during the War of 1812. The name was accepted by Hamilton City Council 11 June 1894. (situated just west of Dundurn Park). 1894 – Hamilton Herald newspaper and cigar store owner Billy Carroll established the Around the Bay Road Race. Although it is not a proper marathon, it is the longest continuously held long-distance foot race in North America. 1895 – Wentworth incline railway begins operation in August 1895. (1895–1936) 1895 – The TH&B Railway came into Hamilton in 1895. A railway tunnel was then constructed from Queen to Park Street to cut down on the noise, pollution and disruption for the wealthy families who lived South of Jackson Street in the Durand neighbourhood. 1896 – Cataract Power Company of Hamilton was incorporated, later becoming the Dominion Power and Transmission Company acquires water privilege at Decew Falls. Nikola Tesla (the inventor of the AC Polyphase system of generators, transformers and motors) consulted about the plans to built a power generating station in St Catharines at Decew Falls and to send to power to Hamilton. Tesla approved the plans. 1896 – Sir John Morison Gibson forms The Dominion Power and Transmission Company, that brought hydroelectric power, for the first time, to Hamilton, from their plant, at DeCrew Falls. 1896 – Hamilton Radial Electric Railway extended across Beach Strip. (7 September 1896). 1896 – Hamilton firefighters unionized. 1897 – John M.