Kelowna Record
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2016-08-30
issued: 1912-02-29
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note: fl MAR 6 1912 VOL. IV. NO. 14. KELOWNA. BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY. FEB. 29, 1912. $1.50 Per Annum. Meeting of City Council Inquiry to be Made Into Con- ditions-in Chinatown Tlie city council met Monday morning, with a full attendance, Mayor Jones presiding. Mr. R. H. Parkinson attended with a plan of a subdivision of property belonging tn Mr. D. W. Crowley, alongside the creek. The plan gave rise to some discussion on the difficulties attending the subdivision of land along the creek. It was felt advisable to have some idea as to how the rest of the land was to be subdivided before passing the present plan. The Mayor suggested that as quite a number of subdivisions were being made in that neighborhood, the council pay a visit of inspection. Almost every street and lane seemed likelv to cross the creek several times, and this would mean an enormous expense to the city for bridges. It was necessary to have the matter adjusted before allowing things to proceed any further. A letter was read by the mayor which he had received from Mr. J. A. Rennie of the Okanagan Telephone Co. Mr. Rennie stated that he was in the valley endeavoring to straighten out matters, and would like to meet the council Tuesday to talk things over. A letter was read from Mr. R. H. Parkinson, complaining of a regulation made by the council that blue prints were to be supplied to the council before a subdivision plan could be passed, and pointing out that plans were not usually blue-printed until they had been passed. He also complained of a charge of $2 for passing plans. The city clerk explained that the charge was made in accordance >with the Land Act. The regulation respecting blue-prints was made owing to the difficulty of obtaining blue prints from the surveyors or owners, once a plan had been passed. It was decided in reply to Mr. Parkinson who spoke on the matter, that the case could be met by the clerk retaining one of the tracings until blue prints had been furnished to the city. The chie…
note: Titled The Orchard City Record from 1908 to 1911-11-16. Titled Kelowna Orchard City Record from 1911-11-23 to 1915-01-14. Titled Kelowna Record from 1915-01-21 to 1920-09-30 Print Run: 1912-1920 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Kelowna (B.C.)
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language: English
lat: 49.8880556
long: -119.495556
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Kelowna B.C. : John Leathley
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