Andrew Ross (Barton Street Arena)
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Andrew Ross, born: 1857 in Hamilton, Ontario Canada, businessman. [1] died: 29 December 1941 at Hamilton, Ontario, buried in Hamilton Cemetery.
Founded a carriage and wagon factory in 1888 that expanded several times in the years that followed, occupying, by 1912, numbers 281 through 288 on King Street East. With the advent of the motor vehicle Ross branched into trucks, supplying the Canadian, Dominion and American Express Companies with trucks and wagons by 1910, as well as providing many Hamilton businesses with delivery vehicles. Also built the Tivoli theatre and the Barton Street Arena, and was involved in professional hockey (Hamilton Tigers of the NHL) and softball. In 1905 the Scoundrel softball team became world champions under his management.
