Week
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contributor: W. Blakemore
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1909-12-04
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note: ___ vrtm .tv. _ eTnnnr*5YyyBTr»-r Let us show you the new « i Pocket Edition | Gillette Safety Razor E TERRY CASH CHEMIST ? (S.E. coiner Fort and|Doufrias* . Ci« mjuuuuuu.».«an a mm ita aj The Week A British eolnmbia Review, Published at Vietoria, B. 6. ^__-__inv_ v_ wnmnn* HALL & WALKER Agents WELLINGTON COLLIERY COMPANY'S COAL «® • 1232 Goremment St. o Telephone 83 miitiiiiinn^mmt Vol. VI. No, m THE WEEK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1909 One Dollar Per Annum No fair minded man who is familiar with the conditions will deny that Civic affairs in Victoria are not only in a hopeless muddle hut in a disgraceful state. There has heen any amount of indiscriminate fault finding, and a number of specific complaints. None of these have had the slightest effect upon the City Council, the Mayor or the permanent officials. The Week was the first to tabulate specific complaints; after a time the daily press followed suit, but has been very fitful and uncertain in its criticism, having the fear of advertisers before its eyes. In fact the daily press is not in a position to take an independent stand upon any .public question which involves criticism. This is easily understood when the various ramifications of civic work are borne in ' mind. For instance, to take one concrete illustration: Suppose a piece of engineering work is being constructed in which cement, steel or brick is being used. Suppose when completed the structure is de- * fective, denunciation of the City authorities, or the engineer, involves the question of the quality of the material used and may not improbably lead to the discovery that it. was below standard grade. This'makes trouble for thc local agents, or manufacturers, who are probably large advertisers, and so by that inevitable bias from which no human judgment is immune, (he disposition to deal gently with tlie City authorities neutralizes tlie impulse to do one's duty to the public. This explanation accounts for the "war of the pavements" for the undue write-…
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: 10.14288/1.0344440
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