Vancouver Board of Health record of work done – 1900
This document was transcribed by Transcribimus volunteer Gerald Soon in June of 2018. original handwritten records here 1900 Work done by Health Dept January 20th 1900 Sent copies of Treatise…
Squalid Hovel their Prison – September 11, 1900
This news clipping was included in the Vancouver Board of Health's records for 1900 [City of Vancouver Archives COV-S33] and transcribed in June of 2018 by volunteer Gerald Soon. Gerald…
Street Railway Company Must Build Waiting Room – May 17 1897
Council agreed that if the Street Railway Company agree to erect a suitable waiting room at the terminus of the line on Coal Harbour they be granted permission to build the track in accordance with the recommendations of the Railway & Light Committee. Pictured above is the Marpole waiting room and news stand 1921.
New Women’s Ward Reduced to 2 Stories – May 10, 1897
As all the tenders received were higher than the budgeted amount, it was decided to ask for tenders for a 2 storey addition to the hospital for a women’s ward.
Prisoners Board: 50 Cents Per Day Too Much? – May 5 1897
Council would like to see the cost of boarding City [of Vancouver] prisoners in the Provincial Jail reduced, “the Committee being of the opinion that 50¢ a day is too much seeing that the prisoners are obliged to work for which no credit is given to the City”.
Dogs’ Feed Costs Pound Ten Cents per Day Each – March 29, 1897
The Pound Keeper be allowed 10 cts a day for feeding each dog impounded. Resolved that the Stove in Fire Hall No 2 be fixed without delay. Detective Haywood to be notified that his services will not be required after the 30th of April 1897.
Vancouver to Hold Referendum on Smelter Bonus – March 26, 1897
Council met with representatives of J. Evans & Co. of London, who were seeking a ten year exemption from taxes and from water charges in exchange for building a smelter within City Limits. Council agreed to submit a By-Law to the voters for their approval.
“Dangerous” Dwellings Ordered Cleaned or Demolished – March 22, 1897
Several buildings were ordered cleaned or demolished by the Board of Health, “such buildings and filth thereunder to be a nuisance and dangerous to the Public Health.” Mrs. E. Campbell and four children to be sent to Ripley, Ontario by Council “on the most favourable terms.”
No Bicycle Roads To Be Built – March 15, 1897
City Solicitor A. St. George Hamersley gave as his opinion that that “the Council could not reserve a part of the Street for Bicycle riders nor impose a compulsory tax on them“.
Vancouver Wants Industrial Railway to the Coast – January 25 1897
Council sent a long resolution to the Dominion (federal) government about a planned industrial railway through Lethbridge and the Crow’s Nest pass; that it be extended to the coast using a route surveyed in 1896, and that it be “free from the manipulations of large monopolies.”