1886
Sponsorship is available for the Vancouver City Council minutes from 1886.
Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files.
The transcriptions were made by Margaret Sutherland and by Darrin Pezer / Proactive Building Maintenance.
1886 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)
1886 Research on Vancouver Voters (1 page PDF)
Date
Title of Minutes
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1886-May-10
First meeting of Council (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-May-12
Vancouver wants Coal Harbour Peninsula for a public park (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-May-13
Council adjourned to attend public meeting (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-May-17
Applications for liquor permits received (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-May-18
By-law No 1. passed for duties of Vancouver city employees (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-May-25
By-law passed to restrain and punish vagrants (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-May-30
The ward system in Vancouver, 1886 (1 page PDF) Original Minutes [missing]
1886-May-31
Vancouver divided into five wards (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Jun-07
Vancouver has no money for improvements (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Jun-10
Liquor by-law made official (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Jun-22
City debentures to be sold to finance fire engine (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Jun-28
Vancouver purchases Fire Engine (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Jun-30
Engineer’s report re Water Street adopted (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Jul-05
Police Court fines to date total only $89 (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Jul-14
Vancouver seeking a Treasurer, salary $25 per month (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Jul-19
Board of Works authorized to remove fire hazards at property owners’ expense (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Jul-21
Police inquiry to be held (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Jul-26
Vancouver Fire Hall plans to be drafted at once (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Jul-28
Police Magistrate J. Boultbee cleared of charges (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Aug-02
Special meeting authorizes payment of Fire Engine freight charges, 3:00 pm (1 page PDF) Four lots donated for Vancouver City Hall by D. Oppenheimer, 7:30 pm (3 page PDF) Original Minutes Original Minutes
1886-Aug-03
Property owners will be billed for their share of clearing expenses (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Aug-06
Fire engine arrives in Vancouver (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Aug-09
Vancouver Council off to Victoria to find a $8,000 loan (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Aug-13
Water, fuel to be held ready for fire engine at each wharf (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Aug-23
Vancouver has found $10,000 loan (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Aug-30
Vancouver city hall, fire hall, lockup will be built right away for $2,000 (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Sep-06
Sidewalk obstruction by-law is not popular (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Sep-08
Many Vancouver tax assessments reduced (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Sep-13
Fire Engine not working well, CPR offers hospital beds (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Sep-20
Contracts awarded for Hastings, Water streets (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Sep-27
No raised sidewalk for Cordova Street (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Oct-05
Post office must be moved “before the rainy season sets in” (8 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Oct-07
Vancouver will soon vote on $21,000 of debentures for fire engine, improvements (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Oct-11
Vancouver’s fire bell to ring four times daily (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Oct-15
Carrall Street wharf will be built by David Oppenheimer (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Oct-18
Vancouver’s city hall is complete (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Nov-01
New fire hall can be rented to “suitable” groups (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Nov-08
Council’s first meeting at the new City Hall on Powell Street (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Nov-16
Election date set for Council of 1887 (4 page PDF) Political Factions in Early Vancouver (video) Original Minutes
1886-Nov-22
County court to be held monthly at Vancouver’s new city hall (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Nov-29
Vancouver to co-operate with Holy Rosary Cathedral in building sidewalk to church (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Dec-20
City hall upper floor to be offices for Mayor, City Engineer & Assessment Commissioner (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Dec-27
Vancouver street improvements will continue in 1887 (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1886-Dec-29
Vancouver’s $4,700 debt will be paid in order of approval (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887
Bill Boultbee / Boultbee Realty sponsored the Vancouver City Council minutes for 1887.
Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files.
The transcriptions were made by Margaret Sutherland, Chris Stephenson, and Darrin Pezer / Proactive Building Maintenance.
1887 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)
Date
Title of Minutes
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1887-Jan-03
Vancouver Committees for 1887 formed (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Jan-10
Charles G. Johson and John Devine to audit Vancouver’s 1886 accounts (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Jan-17
Vancouver to set aside $2,400 for hospital, seeks property owner to donate site (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Jan-24
J.H. Carlisle appointed Vancouver’s License, Fire & Health Inspector (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Jan-31
Police Magistrate refuses to act, charges Stewart (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Feb-08
Vancouver cannot grant money to City Band (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Feb-11
Council meets to make changes to the City Charter (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Feb-14
Hudson’s Bay Co. refused liquor license (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Feb-17
Lawyer J. Boultbee appointed to take Charter changes to Victoria (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Feb-21
Water Works proposals for Vancouver due in two weeks (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Feb-28
Correspondence from Yung Chung asking for “protection from mob” (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Mar-01
Vancouver opposes provincial takeover of city police (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Mar-04
Health By-law for Vancouver finalized (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Mar-07
Vancouver holds itself not responsible for mob damage (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Mar-14
Vancouver requests B.C. to appoint Commissioner of Inquiry on “alleged Chinese Riots” (8 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Mar-15
Council sits to review appeals on tax assessment (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Mar-21
Coquitlam Water Works to supply Vancouver’s water (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Mar-28
Vancouver wants False Creek portion east of Main Street (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Apr-04
Vancouver City Officials’ salaries will total $12,600 this year (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Apr-11
C.P.R needs more room for switches (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Apr-15
San Francisco engineer Schussler asked to examine Vancouver’s Water Works (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Apr-18
Vancouver forms a Board of Commissioners of Police (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Apr-21
Council goes over CPR agreement, sets date for referendum (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Apr-25
Vancouver civic scavengers appointed (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-May-02
Clark’s Park offer rejected by Vancouver (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-May-06
Vancouver Mayor and Aldermen review $28,000 Water Works acquisition (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-May-09
Vancouver sends $500 to the Nanaimo Relief Fund after mine explosion (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-May-16
Well and drain to be put in at the foot of Carrall Street (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-May-23
Vancouver commemorates arrival of the first train (2 page PDF) First Train (photo) Original Minutes
1887-Jun-06
Board of Works promotes Granville Street horse racing (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Jun-15
Standard loaf of bread in Vancouver will be 1.5 pounds (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Jun-20
Grant sues City of Vancouver for “wine drank by the police” (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Jun-27
Vancouver’s sewers to have cast iron junctions (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Jul-04
Contractors must complete work for City of Vancouver on time, or pay (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Jul-11
City of Vancouver needs a road from Fraser River to False Creek (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Jul-18
Owen Hughes rewarded $25 for fire bravery (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Jul-25
Baseball team may put up caretaker’s building in Stanley Park (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Aug-01
Fifty foot fire hose needed for Vancouver (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Aug-08
Dupont Street well will be allowed until Council needs it filled in (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Aug-16
Standard Oil wants to build a warehouse in Vancouver (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Aug-22
Imperial Oil also granted permission to build fuel warehouse in Vancouver (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Aug-29
Dunlevy Avenue being used as a “dumping ground,” says Tatlow (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Sep-05
60 Vancouver street corners to have electric lights (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Sep-24
Vancouver Iron Works Company gains 10 year tax exemption (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Oct-03
Vancouver Fire Department to build its own stable (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Oct-10
Vancouver seeks tenders for construction of hospital, road around Stanley Park (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Oct-17
Vancouver Fire Brigade to get $500 grant (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Oct-24
Vancouver to buy lots for hospital, school recreation grounds (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Nov-07
Cemetery caretaker to live on grounds (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Nov-14
Pawn brokers and second hand stores to be licensed at once (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Nov-21
Vancouver street names to be posted at each corner (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Nov-24
Canada’s Minister of Defense Sir A. Caron to visit Vancouver (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Nov-28
Vancouver must stop boarding chain gang prisoners in private homes, say Police Commissioners (8 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Dec-05
Trounce Alley improvements must wait as Works budget for 1887 exhausted (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Dec-12
Many City hospital contracts awarded, but plumbing & gas fitting must wait (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Dec-19
Contractor William Harkins’ employees cry foul at Council meeting (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Dec-27
Budget requested to build bridge across False Creek (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1887-Dec-30
Outgoing Mayor M. A. MacLean granted seven hundred fifty dollars (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1888
The Oppenheimer Group sponsored the Vancouver City Council minutes from 1888
Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files.
The transcriptions were made by Margaret Sutherland and Joy Marie Vasquez.
1888 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)
1889
Shirley Barnett sponsored the Vancouver City Council minutes from 1889.
Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files.
The transcriptions were made by Margaret Sutherland, Joy Marie Vasquez and by Darrin Pezer / Proactive Building Maintenance.
1889 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)
1889 Election results for Vancouver City Council (2 page PDF) | Original Minutes
Date
Title of Minutes
Images
1889-Jan-07
Council of 1888 wraps up, 11:30 am (2 page PDF) Council for 1889 begins its work, 12:00 pm (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Jan-14
Readjustment of Council Committees overturned, 3:00 pm (6 page PDF) Portuguese Joe to get $150 compensation, 7:30 pm (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Jan-21
Vancouver Water Works Company given last chance (9 page pDF) Original Minutes
1889-Jan-28
Council wants $15,000 more for Court House building (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Feb-04
“Fraudulent absconders” must be stopped, say merchants (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Feb-11
Mount Pleasant streets to be named and registered (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Feb-18
Business suspended while Councillors wrangle 9 (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Feb-20
$50 Exhibit fund granted to Mayor Oppenheimer (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Feb-25
Aldermen’s absence cancels meeting (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Mar-01
Legal opinion needed re: Mayor’s vote (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Mar-04
Stanley Park lodge to be built, deadwood removed (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Mar-11
Continual damage to fire engines intentional? (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Mar-18
Council opposes draining of Burnaby Lake (8 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Mar-23
Mayor to take Charter of Amendments to Victoria (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Apr-01
Alderman J.M. Lefevre resigns (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Apr-08
Vancouver accountant and street superintendent hired (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Apr-04
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1889-Apr-10
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1889-Apr-15
Post office boxes needed in Mount Pleasant, West End “suburbs” (9 page PDF) Original Minute s
1889-Apr-17
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1889-Apr-23
Electric lights for Fire Hall No. 1 (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Apr-25
First meeting [missing]
Special meeting to discuss lease of Deadman’s Island and to ascertain if Island belongs to the City – Second Meeting (4 page PDF)
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1889-Apr-29
Stray cattle and horses to be curbed, verandah damaged by runaway team (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-May-06
Vancouver police get uniforms, batons, handcuffs, and whistles (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-May-13
Race Course planned for Hastings Park (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-May-20
Future of City Wharf uncertain (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-May-27
Aldermen to meet with Vancouver Wharfage and Storage Co. (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Jun-03
Chinese residents to be evicted from Stanley Park (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Jun-07
Vancouver sends $1,000 to relieve Seattle fire victims (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Jun-10
Richmond hedges on its bridge contribution (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Jun-17
Market plans take shape, Board of Works budget exhausted (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Jul-15
Vancouver street improvements approved for each ward (13 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Jul-22
Sansom & Dawson win City Market contract (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Jul-29
Stanley Brothers may put a photo studio on the roof of London House (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Aug-05
Knights of Labour want nine hour day (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Aug-12
Time limits for smelting company, street railway both extended (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Aug-19
Wanted: one Fire Chief, two Engineers, two Drivers, and two Stokers (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Aug-26
Mr. Clark donates park to Vancouver (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Sep-02
Salaries set for firemen, nurses (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Sep-09
Special audit of Vancouver Police Court Accounts called (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Sep-16
Chain gang set to work on police officer’s private property, report alleges (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Sep-23
Vancouver to acquire Water Works, electric street lights (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Sep-30
Street railway construction will close Westminster Bridge for 15 days (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Oct-07
Westminster Ave. to be repaired, bridge closure still pending (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Oct-14
All building materials and debris to be removed from Vancouver streets (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Oct-16
Discussion of Cow Byre and Bread By-Laws postponed one week; request received for removal of ‘objectionable’ party from Gilford Street; Art Historical Association collection accepted by City if suitable rooms are provided (8 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Oct-21
Fire department gets new team of horses (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Nov-02
Constable accepted bribes from prostitutes, night policemen dine on the job (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Nov-04
Park leases to Athletic Club, Jockey Club finalized (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Nov-11
John Devine resigns as City Auditor (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Nov-18
Board of Works, Finance Committee debate fountain purchase (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Nov-21
Sewer contract decision postponed (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Dec-11
City solicitor, two police officers resign (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Dec-16
Vancouver volunteer militia approved (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Dec-23
Former city solicitor Devine files charges against Vancouver Mayor and Aldermen (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1889-Dec-30
Smelting works contract forfeit (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1890
Arnold Silber sponsored the Vancouver City Council minutes from 1890.
Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files.
The transcriptions were made by Margaret Sutherland, Joy Marie Vasquez, Chris Stephenson, and Donna Kynaston.
1890 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)
1890 Election Results for Vancouver Mayer & Aldermen (2 page PDF) | Original Minutes
