Lighted journey : the story of the B.C. Electric
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Maiden, Cecil
issued: 2019-06-27
issued: 1948
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcbooks/items/1.0379675/source.json
extent: 170 pages : photographs, portraits ; 24 cm
format: application/pdf
note: Copyright, 1948, by British Columbia Electric Company Limited. Published by the Public Information Department, British Columbia Electric Company Limited, Vancouver, B.C. Printed in Canada by The Keystone Press Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. «K£* hpmp?* The bastion, southwest corner of Fort. Victoria, built in 1843. The site formerly occupied by this portion of the Fort is now the corner of Wharf and Broughton Streets. LIGHTED The Story of the B. C. Electric by Cecil Maiden M I Grateful acknowledgement is made to Mr. Wil- lard Ireland, Provincial Archivist, and to Miss Madge Wolfenden, also of the British Columbia Provincial Archives, for their tireless help in supplying data on the period and events covered by this book It is not possible to separate the man from the idea. In the history of civilization, every human enterprise, from the making of a brick to the building of a nation, exists first as an idea in the mind of its originators. This is the story of a great enterprise. It is, of necessity therefore, a story of great people. Their names are not always famous, but the record of their achievement is indelible. To understand that achievement it is necessary to learn not only something of their successes but also of their failures; not only of their steadfastness but also of their wavering . . . their strengths and frailties, enthusiasms and despairs, their solemnities and their frivolities, and thus at length to grasp something of the fervour with which they dedicated their labours to the common good. To these men and women, and to the children who inherit their manner of service, this work—the story of a lighted journey—is now dedicated. June I 1947. -CM. LIGHTED JOURNEY CHAPTER I. HAVE before me as I write a yellowed copy of the British Colonist lor Thursday morning, December 12th, 1861. It was read and talked of, laughed over and gossiped about, by bewhiskered men and crinolined women on their way through the first snows of winter (it had started snowing three days p…
note: Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2777094 Part of: Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
has type: Books
identifier: HD9685.C3 B694
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0379675
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : Public Information Department, British Columbia Electric Company Limited
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.
source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. HD9685.C3 B694
subject: British Columbia Electric Railway Company
type: Text