Week
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contributor: W. Blakemore
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1910-05-14
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note: ._$_ n_Ti___ t ___TPrtimrsT_Trt~ Just a Little Bette ' 1 Terry's Fountain ALWAYS IN THE LEAD U« 8 M.ft&JUUUUUJUUUUUUUUl* The ft British Columbia Review, Published at Victoria, B. 6. HALL & WALKER 3 Agents •} WELLINCTON COLLIERY 5 COMPANY'S COAL 3 » 1232 Government St. Telephone 83 3 ffltMllllH»OIDIIIH|mt(^ Vol. VII. No. 15 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1910 Onb Dollar Per Annum IE HIGH SCHOOL SITE The Week has been opposed, from the [•st, to Mordecai Hill as a site for the new ligh School. The more its pretensions live been examined, the hoi lower they Ive proved; and it now transpires that addition to the disadvantages of a poor [cation, an unwelcome neighbour, in the swish Cemetery, and difficulty of access le site would have been far more costly Ian its advocates tried to make out. Iiairman Jay supported the claims of the pation on Burnside Road, ancl everyone 111 have respect for his judgment. Lat- I'ly, public attention has been directed to Spring Ridge sandpits, and an organ- M effort is being made to utilize them the High School. The Week favoured location which has not yet been publicly Icussed. It comprises a portion of the Irnsew Hairy farm on Moss Street. This [uld undoubtedly be central, accessible, economical. It is within five minutes' Ilk of two tram routes, and is level and Jissed over; so that no expenditure would necessary to prepare the site. Nine ■■es, which seems to bc the area desired ■although in the judgment of The Week would be ample—could be purchased $35,000, and no other site yet men- Ined would cost as little when everything |taken into account. In spite, however, these advantages, The Week favours Spring Ridge site; not only because it I central and accessible, but because the lilding of a High School in that locality luld forever solve the problem of an eye- re, as well as raise the value of property Id the tone of the Spring Ridge district, lie Week is informed by a competent Ithority that if the City donates its area some three and one…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344229
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : ""The Week"" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text