Week
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1917-07-14
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note: The Week A British -Solnmbia Newspaper and Review Vol. XV, No.^-15th Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, July 14th, 1917 5c. a copy $2.00 a year The Johnson Street Bridge THE Johnson Street Bridge and tho Songhees Reserve have been before the citizens of Victoria for some years. The subject has served many a politician—Civic, Provincial, Dominion nnd otherwise—till it is now pretty nearly threadbare. The bridge wns the battleground in the civic forum during* the yenr 1913. It went even farther. Sir Richard McBride, the then Premier, and Mayor Morley sparred and measured swords during that period; 1914 was well past before any sort of agreement was reached. The war wns supposed to have stopped everything. The fact was that no one was.very welj satisfied with any conclusions that were reached. All the conferences, meetings, and tentative agreements that were concluded up to the summer of 191C served to show tbat the city could not bring all' the factions together. The Corporation bad no control over any of the Railway Companies—the Province was the only body that bad any sort of leverage. - At least the majority of the Council of that day thought so, and requested tbe Government to undertake the negotiations. The Government acceded to the city's request, and the Railway Department at once proceeded to expropriate the necessary land. The arbitrators fixed the price of tbe land and there the matter rests so far as any active negotiations are concerned. The subject has now taken a new turn. Mayor Todd revived the claim of the city to the free use of the bridge for foot and vehicular traffic. The E. & N. Railway Company naturally resisted this claim. The city, through the Mayor and City Solicitor, placed all the history and facts of the case before the Dominion Railway Commission at its last sitting in Victoria, and although no verdict was given on tlie point, yet it is pretty well understood that the eity scored, and its claim is well established. The city's case was strongly s…
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: 10.14288/1.0374011
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