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W. A. STARRET.","@language":"en"}],"CatalogueRecord":[{"@value":"http:\/\/resolve.library.ubc.ca\/cgi-bin\/catsearch?bid=1198198","@language":"en"}],"Collection":[{"@value":"Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia","@language":"en"}],"Creator":[{"@value":"British Columbia. Legislative Assembly","@language":"en"}],"DateAvailable":[{"@value":"2014-08-11","@language":"en"}],"DateIssued":[{"@value":"[1890]","@language":"en"}],"DigitalResourceOriginalRecord":[{"@value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/bcsessional\/items\/1.0065814\/source.json","@language":"en"}],"FileFormat":[{"@value":"application\/pdf","@language":"en"}],"FullText":[{"@value":" 53 Vic. Correspondence\u2014Dismissal of Me. W. A. Staeret. 363\nRETURN\nTo an Order of the House for a printed return of all papers, correspondence, petitions\nand telegrams with reference to the discharge of Mr. W. A. Starret, late Road\nSuperintendent in Yale District, and the employment of William Bristol in his\nplace.\nF. G. VERNON,\nChief Commissioner of Lands and Works.\nLands and Works Department,\nMarch 12th, 1890.\nPETITION.\nSimilkameen, B. C, June 18th, 1888.\nTo the Honourable the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works:\nSir,\u2014We, the undersigned residents of Similkameen and Fort Hope, being directly\ninterested in the traffic over the H ope-Siniilkameen trail, would respectfully call your attention\nto the state of said trail.\nWe respectfully submit (having no certain knowledge of the amounts expended on the\nsaid trail) that we believe through'the ignorance of the requirements and incompetency on\nthe part of the present Superintendent the moneys have been wasted and mis-spent, and that\nif the present Superintendent is continued in charge the trail will soon become impassable.\nWe therefore respectfully ask the dismissal of W. A. Starrett, and recommend the appointment of W. Bristol, a former Superintendent, whose management and economizing always\ngave satisfaction.\nTrusting you will give this our petition your early attention, we remain yours, &c,\nJ. F. Allison, 3. P., Barrington Price, Roland Ryder,\nThomas Ellis, J. P., J. Oswald Coulthard, W. L. Flood,\nR. L. Cawston, Jas. A. Fraser, Ag't H. B. Co., D. A. McDonald,\nE. M. Allison, Luke Gibson, J. H. Bears,\nJ. H. Coulthard, J. P., William A. Yates, Chas. Galloway.\nThe Chief Commissioner to Messrs. J. F. Allison, Thos. Ellis and others.\nVictoria, B. C, July 18th, 1888.\nGentlemen,\u2014I have the honour to acknowledge the reeipt of your petition, dated the\n18th ultimo, for the dismissal of W. A. Starret as Superintendent of work on the H ope-\nSimilkameen trail, and recommending W. Bristol for the position. I am also in receipt of a\npetition protesting against Mr. Starret's dismissal.\nI have, &c,\n(Signed)    F. G. Vernon,\nChief Commissioner of Lands and Works. 364 Correspondence\u2014Dismissal of Mr. W. A. Starret. 1890\nMr. James Wardle to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Woi-ks..\nHope, B. C, July 16th, 1888.\nHon. Sir,\u2014A few days ago a petition addressed to you was in circulation round here\nrequesting that you would discharge Mr. Starret and employ Mr. Bristol, and as a great\nmany of the settlers were indignant that such injustice should be done to Mr. Starret, they at\nonce got up a petition to protest against Mr. Starret being discharged.    Petition enclosed.\nHon. Sir,\u2014As I am requested by a number of voters to write you in regards the matter, I\nbeg to inform you of a few facts. In the first place, some five or six years ago Mr. Bristol\ngave up the trail work, and very highly recommended Mr. Starret, who had been working with\nhim on the trail, and for three years Mr. Starret has given very good satisfaction to every one.\nI suppose I have travelled the trail more than anyone else, and I can speak with truth\nthat the trail was never kept in such good condition as it has been for the last five years, not a\nhoof having been killed or any accident occurred in that time. I came over it the latter part\nof May this year and the road was splendid. I have enquired of a large number of travellers\nwho all pronounce it the best mountain trail they have ever seen. I have asked all the\nSimilkameen people who came in, and one and all say it is good, even the parties who got up\nthe discharge petition cannot deny it.\nIn regard to Mr. Bristol I have nothing to say except he is an American citizen, and\nscarcely qualified to fill a Government position in British Columbia. I would also call your\nattention to the discharge petition, that they are all opposed to you in politics, and canvassed\nagainst you, with the exception of two or three, and Mr. Galloway, who is one of the latter,\nand he informs me he was worried and pressed into signing the petition, and that he did it also\nto help Mr. Bristol, who is an old friend.\nIn regards the petition enclosed you will observe that we had not time to send it round\nthe district, but the names that are on it are all supporters of you.\nHon. Sir,\u2014If it was possible, I would suggest that you interview Mr. Starret, when, I\nhave no doubt, you would find his alleged faults were simply attending to his business.\nI have, <fec,\n(Signed)     James Wardle.\nPETITION.\nHope, B. C, July 14th, 1888.\nHon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Victoria, B. C:\nHon. Sir,\u2014It has come to our ears that certain parties have entered into some combination to petition you to discharge Mr. Wm. Starret from Government works in Yale and\nHope District.\nHon. Sir,\u2014We, the undersigned, who have been witness to Mr. Starret's good work, do\nbeg and petition that the said William Starret do be kept on in the Government work for\nHope District as heretofore; that the money at his command has always been spent to the best\nadvantage.    By doing this you will confer a favour on\nYour obedient servants,\nManuel Barcelo, Kermeous, James Wardle, Hope,\nhis his\nFrank x Surprise, Ruperte   x   Deloe,\nmark mark\nJ. W. Wirth, Hope, Frank Passingham,\nThomas Alvarez, Hope, A. H. Coppen, Hope,\nE. Derdinger, Hope, C. E. Shuttleworth, Hope,\nPeter Gundersen, H Hunter, near Hope,\nThomas Hicks, near Hope, Owen Jones,\nWm. Parke, Chas. A. Herrling,\nM. J. Murphy, Eba B. Knight,\nRobert Kennedy, Oliver Ingram,\nGeo. Wilkinson, Hope, James Fraser, Hope,\nJames Corrigan, Hope, George A. Gouldsbrough. 53 Vic. Correspondence\u2014Dismissal of Mr. W. A. Starret. 365\nThe Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to Mr. James Wardle.\nVictoria, B. C, July 19th, 1888.\nSir,\u2014I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th inst.,\nenclosing a petition protesting against the dismissal of Mr. Starret as Superintendent of work\non Hope-Similkameen trail. I am also in receipt of the petition you refer to praying for Mr.\nStarret's dismissal.\nI have, &c,\n(Signed)    F. G. Vernon,\nChief Commissioner of Lands and Works.\nMr.  W. A. Starret to the Surveyor-General.\nMay 1st, 1889.\nHon. Sir,\u2014I have the honour to inform you that there should be a movement made\ntowards opening and repairing the Hope trails at an early date.\nI have, &c.,\n(Signed)    W. A. Starret,\nRoad Superintendent, Hope, B. C.\nThe Surveyor-General to Mr. W. A. Starret.\nVictoria, B. C, May 6th, 1889.\nSir,\u2014I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 1st inst., and in\nreply I am instructed by the Honourable Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to inform\nyou that your services will not be required this season in connection with the Hope trails.\nYou will please hand over all tools and other Government property to Mr. Wm. Bristol,\nwho has been appointed to take charge of the work.\nI have, &c.,\n(Signed)    W. S. Gore.\nSurveyor-General.\nThe Surveyor-General to Mr.  Wm. Bristol.\nLands and Works Department,\nVictoria, B. C, May 6th, 1889.\nSir,\u2014The Honourable Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works has been pleased to\nappoint you to take charge of the Hope trails and the Hope-Popcum road.\nMr. Starret has been requested to hand over to you, upon application, all tools and other\nGovernment property which may be in his possession.\nYou will please make arrangements to commence work on the trails as soon as may be\nnecessary, and have needed repairs effected. The work should be well done, but all unnecessary\nexpenditure must be avoided.\nReturns must be made showing the nature and extent of the work done at the end of\neach month, also the names of the men employed and wages paid ; forms for this purpose, as\nwell as vouchers and pay sheets, will be sent to you. As you have been employed in a similar\ncapacity before you will know what is required without further instructions.\nYour own remuneration will be at the rate of $100 per month during the working\nseason, and an allowance of $15 per month for horse hire.\nI have, <fec.,\n(Signed)      W. S. Gore,\nSurveyor-General. 366 Correspondence\u2014Dismissal of Mr. W. A. Starret. 1890\nMr. W. A. Starret to the Surveyor-General.\nHope, M!ay 10th, 1889.\nHon. Sir,\u2014I was much surprised to receive your letter of 6th inst., having always carried out your instructions and doing my duty as I thought, and, as I understood, you thought.\nIt would have been a great convenience to me had I known this last fall, as I have been looking\nforward to this employment for the last five months. I had been under the impression that a\nperson need be a citizen to hold a position under the Government.     This  Mr.  Bristol  is not.\n1 have turned over the tools, as desired, to Jeremiah G. Bristol, alias Wm. Bristol, the newly\nappointed Government Road Superintendent for Hope District. The accompanying is a list of\nthem, a copy of which I have given Mr. Bristol.\nAs there is no Government ware-room at Hope, and carrying tools is so cumbersome,\nespecially late in the fall, that it is customary for men working on the mountain trails to cache\nthem in safe places convenient to the work. This was done as usual last fall, and I did not\nhave a moment's warning in which to gather them up this spring.\nI have, &c,\n(Signed)     W. A. Starret.\nP.S.\u2014As soon as tools are worn out they are thrown away.    Those I gave to Mr. Bristol\nlast fall were not returned.\n(Initialed)    W. A. S.\nList of Government tools, parcel of vouchers, &c, left in charge of James Wardle, Hope:\u2014\n3 shovels, 9 axes, 2 brush-hooks, 1 steel square, 1 one-inch  augur, 1  l|-inch  augur, 1 fly tent,\n2 steel drills.\nList of tools on Similkameen Trail, under east end of 9-mile bridge:\u20143 picks, 2 pick\nhandles, 1 heavy line, 1 heavy hammer, 1 small blacksmith hammer, 3 steel drills. One grindstone at 14-mile house. Six steel drills at 27-mile post. One grindstone at 32-mile post. One\nshovel at 38-mile post. One pick and shovel at 43-mile post. Two wheelbarrows inside my\ngate on Hope-Popcum Road.\nHope-S\"icola Trail:\u20141 l|-inch augur under cedar log at east end of Ladner's Creek\nBridge, cached by William Gardner in September, 1887.\n(Signed)    W. A. Starret.\nMr. W. Bristol to the Surveyor-General.\nHope, B. C, May 9th, 1889.\nDear Sir,\u2014I am in receipt of your favour of 6th inst.,  and have carefully  noted  contents.    Mr. Starret has handed me the tools in his possession.\nI leave here in the morning with  one  man  to  cut out fallen timber between here and\nAllison's, and to acquaint myself with what repairs are immediately needed.\nMy predecessor informed several persons that the Nicola Trail  was  abandoned.     Please\ninstruct me in regard to this.\nI am yours truly,\n(Signed)    W. Bristol.\nThe Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to Mr. Wardle.\nVictoria, B. C, May 18th, 1889.\nDear Mr. Wardle,\u2014Mr. Wm. Bristol has been placed in charge of the road work on\nthe Hope-Similkaineen-lSricola Trails for this season at the urgent request of a number of\nsettlers who, from frequently travelling over these trails, should be in the best position to\njudge of the value of the work performed by the men in charge of the road work. Considerable\ndissatisfaction has been expressed at the manner in which the work has been performed and\nthe expenses incurred during Mr. Starret's regime.\nMr. Bristol, as you know, was in charge for many years before Mr. Starret, and he\nappears to have given very general satisfaction.\nThere was no occasion to notify Mr. Starret. Foremen of road parties are employed\nfrom time to time during the season in the same manner as the men, and are supposed to work 53 Vic. Correspondence\u2014Dismissal of Mr. W. A. Starret. 367\nas well as superintend.      The only permanent officer employed  by  the Department   on road\nwork is Mr. Stevenson, the District Road Superintendent.\nFrom the number of valuable bridges which require attention at all seasons of the year,\nespecially those spanning the Fraser and Thompson Rivers, as well as such structures as the\nLillooet Bridge, we find it in the public interest to retain the services of one competent\nSuperintendent during the whole year.    Trusting these explanations will prove satisfactory,\nBelieve me yours very truly,\n(Signed)    F. G. Vernon.\nVICTORIA, B C :\nPrinted by Richard Wolfenden, Printer to th   Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Legislative proceedings","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"J110.L5 S7","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1890_21_363_367","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0065814","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"Victoria, BC : Government Printer","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. 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