The Greater Vancouver Chinook
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issued: 2016-08-24
issued: 1912-08-17
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note: ^P^CHINOOfc VOL. I, No. 14. SOUTH VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA, SATURDAY AUGUST 17, 1912 Price 5 Cents Westminster Road Paving will Probably Start Next Year Council Discusses Possibilities of Work Being Proceeded With at Once���Temporary Repairs to Road Remaikable Record of South Vancouver Saddle Horse at Vancouver Exhibition Show The question of the paving of Westminster Road came up for discussion nt a meeting of the South Vancouver Council on Tuesday afternoon, when it was hoped to read the bylaw for the third time. Owing to thc fact, however, that Assessor West has not yet satisfied himself that there is fifty-one per cent, of the property- uncrs or their authorized agents on ihe list, it was decided to hold over lhe reading until a later date, when another report will be made by Mr. West. Mr. West appeared before the Council in person and stated that he had hoped to bc able to complete his investigation about the end of the iveek. He is working in conjunction with Mr. A. P. Black, president of the Westminster Keiad Improvement Association, and it is expected that they will bc in a position to announce a satisfactory list by the time of the next Council meeting. Owing to the difficulty in securing the signatures of the property-owners or their authorized agents the work i'i checking and compiling the list has necessarily been slow. Some 'ignatnres over which there has been question are being investigated as to their legality, but the association dei not anticipate the slightest trouble in being able to get thc necessary fifty- one per cent. It looks, however, as if the paving of Westminster Road will not bc commenced this fall, even should thc bylaw receive its third reading at the next meeting of the Council. While I no definite action was taken at the meeting of the Council on Monday i the feeling seemed te) prevail among the Councillors that it was probably I late in thc year to start such exten- ' sivc work, particularly in view of the amount of work now being do…
note: Titled "The Greater Vancouver Chinook" from 1912-05-18 to 1915-05-01, for 1915-05-15, and from 1915-06-05 to 1915-09-11; "The British Columbia Chinook" for dates 1915-05-09, 1915-05-22, and 1915-05-29; "The Saturday Chinook" from 1915-09-18 to 1916-04-15; and "The Standard" from 1916-04-22 onward. Published by Greater Vancouver Publishers Limited from 1912-05-18 to 1916-01-01; Chinook Printing House from 1916-01-08 to 1916-04-15; The Standard Printers from 1916-04-22 to 1917-04-07; and The Standard Company from 1917-04-14 onward.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0315461
language: English
lat: 49.2611110
long: -123.1138890
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Greater Vancouver Publishers Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text