Vancouver Library Premises Confirmed “Unsafe” – December 12, 1898
Council granted to the Free Library the balance of their yearly budget. However, the premises [151 West Hastings, in the Y.M.C.A. building] “now leased by the Corporation of the City of Vancouver as a Free Library” from the Credit Foncier Co., “have upon examination being found unsafe and that they [Credit Foncier| be required to take such steps and make such repairs as may be necessary for the purpose of rendering the said premises safe.