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Vancouver City Council Minutes from 1897

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Draft CPR Bylaw Sent to Company Directors – December 30, 1897

The Vancouver City Council minutes for 1897 are currently being transcribed and are still available for sponsorship

  • Vancouver Wants Industrial Railway to the Coast – January 25 1897
  • Armstrong & Morrison’s Steel Pipe Approved – January 4, 1897
  • Amendments to Polling By-Law Introduced – January 11, 1897
  • Final Meeting for Council of 1896 – January 18, 1897 10:00 am
  • Committees Formed Among 1897 Council – January 18, 1897 12:00 noon
  • No Bicycle Roads To Be Built – March 15, 1897
  • Swing Span for Granville Street Bridge considered- September 13, 1897
  • Water Street in “Disgraceful Condition” – September 20, 1897
  • Tremont Hotel Verandah to be Removed – September 27, 1897
  • Ex-Mayor Fred Cope Dead – October 4, 1897
  • Council Excludes Street Light Near Catholic Church – October 11, 1897
  • Special Meeting to Review Smelter Proposals – October 12, 1897
  • Second Special Meeting to Discuss Smelter Matters – October 14, 1897
  • Council Forward Smelter Report to Rothschild Representative – October 15, 1897
  • Board of Trade Criticizes Lack of Places of Amusement in Vancouver – October 18, 1897
  • Typhoid Fever in Mount Pleasant – October 25 1897
  • Mount Pleasant, Fairview Need Sewerage Systems – November 1, 1897
  • Pender Street in Unsafe Condition – November 8, 1897
  • City Council Spends $2,000 on Klondike Advertising – November 15, 1897
  • MacKinnon Block Roof to be Altered – November 19, 1897
  • Linton’s Cabins Rebuilt – November 22, 1897
  • C.P.R. Asks for Tax Exemption – Vancouver November 24, 1897
  • C.P.R. continues to press for tax exemption – November 29, 1897
  • CPR Properties to be Exempted from Taxes for 20 Years – December 3, 1897
  • Local Council of Women Request the Appointment of a Police Matron – December 6, 1897
  • Streetcar Will Run to New City Hall – December 13, 1897
  • Westminster Avenue Laundry Under Investigation – December 20, 1897
  • Year’s Accounts Wrapped Up – December 27, 1897
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  • Draft CPR Bylaw Sent to Company Directors – December 30, 1897

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