1886

Sponsponship is available for the Vancouver City Council minutes from 1886Transcribed 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)


DateTitle of MinutesImages
1886-May-10First meeting of Council (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-May-12Vancouver wants Coal Harbour Peninsula for a public park (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-May-13Council adjourned to attend public meeting (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-May-17Applications for liquor permits received (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-May-18By-law No 1. passed for duties of Vancouver city employees (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-May-25By-law passed to restrain and punish vagrants (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-May-30The ward system in Vancouver, 1886 (1 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1886-May-31Vancouver divided into five wards (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Jun-07Vancouver has no money for improvements (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Jun-10Liquor by-law made official (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Jun-22City debentures to be sold to finance fire engine (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Jun-28Vancouver purchases Fire Engine (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Jun-30Engineer’s report re Water Street adopted (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Jul-05Police Court fines to date total only $89 (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Jul-14Vancouver seeking a Treasurer, salary $25 per month (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Jul-19Board of Works authorized to remove fire hazards at property owners’ expense (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Jul-21Police inquiry to be held (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Jul-26Vancouver Fire Hall plans to be drafted at once (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Jul-28Police Magistrate J. Boultbee cleared of charges (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Aug-02Special 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)
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1886-Aug-03Property owners will be billed for their share of clearing expenses (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Aug-06Fire engine arrives in Vancouver (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Aug-09Vancouver Council off to Victoria to find a $8,000 loan (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Aug-13Water, fuel to be held ready for fire engine at each wharf (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Aug-23Vancouver has found $10,000 loan (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Aug-30Vancouver city hall, fire hall, lockup will be built right away for $2,000 (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Sep-06Sidewalk obstruction by-law is not popular (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Sep-08Many Vancouver tax assessments reduced (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Sep-13Fire Engine not working well, CPR offers hospital beds (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Sep-20Contracts awarded for Hastings, Water streets (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Sep-27No raised sidewalk for Cordova Street (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Oct-05Post office must be moved “before the rainy season sets in” (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Oct-07Vancouver will soon vote on $21,000 of debentures for fire engine, improvements (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Oct-11Vancouver’s fire bell to ring four times daily (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Oct-15Carrall Street wharf will be built by David Oppenheimer (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Oct-18Vancouver’s city hall is complete (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Nov-01New fire hall can be rented to “suitable” groups (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Nov-08Council’s first meeting at the new City Hall on Powell Street (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Nov-16Election date set for Council of 1887 (4 page PDF)Political Factions in Early Vancouver (video)
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1886-Nov-22County court to be held monthly at Vancouver’s new city hall (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Nov-29Vancouver to co-operate with Holy Rosary Cathedral in building sidewalk to church (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Dec-20City hall upper floor to be offices for Mayor, City Engineer & Assessment Commissioner (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Dec-27Vancouver street improvements will continue in 1887 (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1886-Dec-29Vancouver’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)


DateTitle of MinutesImages
1887-Jan-03Vancouver Committees for 1887 formed (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Jan-10Charles G. Johson and John Devine to audit Vancouver’s 1886 accounts (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Jan-17Vancouver to set aside $2,400 for hospital, seeks property owner to donate site (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Jan-24J.H. Carlisle appointed Vancouver’s License, Fire & Health Inspector (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Jan-31Police Magistrate refuses to act, charges Stewart (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Feb-08Vancouver cannot grant money to City Band (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Feb-11Council meets to make changes to the City Charter (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Feb-14Hudson’s Bay Co. refused liquor license (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Feb-17Lawyer J. Boultbee appointed to take Charter changes to Victoria (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Feb-21Water Works proposals for Vancouver due in two weeks (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Feb-28Correspondence from Yung Chung asking for “protection from mob” (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Mar-01Vancouver opposes provincial takeover of city police (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Mar-04Health By-law for Vancouver finalized (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Mar-07Vancouver holds itself not responsible for mob damage (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Mar-14Vancouver requests B.C. to appoint Commissioner of Inquiry on “alleged Chinese Riots” (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Mar-15Council sits to review appeals on tax assessment (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Mar-21Coquitlam Water Works to supply Vancouver’s water (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Mar-28Vancouver wants False Creek portion east of Main Street (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Apr-04Vancouver City Officials’ salaries will total $12,600 this year (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Apr-11C.P.R needs more room for switches (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Apr-15San Francisco engineer Schussler asked to examine Vancouver’s Water Works (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Apr-18Vancouver forms a Board of Commissioners of Police (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Apr-21Council goes over CPR agreement, sets date for referendum (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Apr-25Vancouver civic scavengers appointed (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-May-02Clark’s Park offer rejected by Vancouver (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-May-06Vancouver Mayor and Aldermen review $28,000 Water Works acquisition (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-May-09Vancouver sends $500 to the Nanaimo Relief Fund after mine explosion (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-May-16Well and drain to be put in at the foot of Carrall Street (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-May-23Vancouver commemorates arrival of the first train (2 page PDF)First Train (photo)
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1887-Jun-06Board of Works promotes Granville Street horse racing (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Jun-15Standard loaf of bread in Vancouver will be 1.5 pounds (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Jun-20Grant sues City of Vancouver for “wine drank by the police” (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Jun-27Vancouver’s sewers to have cast iron junctions (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Jul-04Contractors must complete work for City of Vancouver on time, or pay (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Jul-11City of Vancouver needs a road from Fraser River to False Creek (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Jul-18Owen Hughes rewarded $25 for fire bravery (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Jul-25Baseball team may put up caretaker’s building in Stanley Park (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Aug-01Fifty foot fire hose needed for Vancouver (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Aug-08Dupont Street well will be allowed until Council needs it filled in (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Aug-16Standard Oil wants to build a warehouse in Vancouver (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Aug-22Imperial Oil also granted permission to build fuel warehouse in Vancouver (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Aug-29Dunlevy Avenue being used as a “dumping ground,” says Tatlow (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Sep-0560 Vancouver street corners to have electric lights (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Sep-24Vancouver Iron Works Company gains 10 year tax exemption (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Oct-03Vancouver Fire Department to build its own stable (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Oct-10Vancouver seeks tenders for construction of hospital, road around Stanley Park (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Oct-17Vancouver Fire Brigade to get $500 grant (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Oct-24Vancouver to buy lots for hospital, school recreation grounds (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Nov-07Cemetery caretaker to live on grounds (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Nov-14Pawn brokers and second hand stores to be licensed at once (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Nov-21Vancouver street names to be posted at each corner (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Nov-24Canada’s Minister of Defense Sir A. Caron to visit Vancouver (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Nov-28Vancouver must stop boarding chain gang prisoners in private homes, say Police Commissioners (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Dec-05Trounce Alley improvements must wait as Works budget for 1887 exhausted (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Dec-12Many City hospital contracts awarded, but plumbing & gas fitting must wait (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Dec-19Contractor William Harkins’ employees cry foul at Council meeting (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Dec-27Budget requested to build bridge across False Creek (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1887-Dec-30Outgoing 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)


DateTitle of MinutesImages
1888-Jan-02Mayor David Oppenheimer takes office (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Jan-09Vancouver to buy horses for fire department (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Jan-16By-law will regulate firing of guns, bonfires within City of Vancouver (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Jan-23Vancouver requests 64 acre park in Hastings Township (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Jan-30Alderman Sam Brighouse granted three months leave of absence (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Feb-06Vancouver wants lighthouse at First Narrows, bridge to Richmond (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Feb-13Cambie Street to be improved south of Hastings (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Feb-23Council reviews C. Gauthier smelting works agreement (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Feb-27Council endorses lower qualifications for voters, elected officials (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Mar-05Five dollar reward offered to report those dumping on city streets (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Mar-12Mr. Pitt asks compensation for loss of his leg (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Mar-19C.P.R Superintendent Abbott supports Granville Street Bridge over False Creek (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Mar-24Mayor Oppenheimer & Council mull over this year’s tax rate (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Mar-26Liquor licensing should be left to municipalities, say Vancouver City Council (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Apr-02Vancouver to get fire alarm system (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Apr-16Vancouver needs second fire engine (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Apr-23Province must not meddle in Vancouver property assessments, says Council (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-May-07Bank of Montreal to purchase Vancouver’s $150,000 debentures (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-May-14Vancouver house numbering will cost 25 cents (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-May-28Council asks federal government for “some provisions for the defense of Vancouver” (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Jun-04New school to be built south of False Creek (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Jun-11Much road work ahead for Vancouver (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Jun-19Mount Pleasant school site donated by H. V. Edmonds (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Jun-25Finance Committee to track street, sidewalk expenses before contracts are signed (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Jul-09Vancouver hospital nears completion (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Jul-16Four plans received for False Creek bridge (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Jul-23Pender Street lowlands to be drained (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Jul-30C.P.R. offers site for immigrant sheds (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Aug-10New City Hospital to be finished soon (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Aug-14Second fire engine on its way to Vancouver (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Aug-20Circus can go ahead on cricket ground (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Aug-27M. A. McLean appointed Vancouver’s police magistrate (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Sep-10City street lighting quality called into question (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Sep-17Hospital medical staff appointed (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Sep-26Parks Committee formed for City of Vancouver (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Oct-01Ward 1’s budget exhausted for this year (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Oct-09Vancouver corners chosen for fire hydrants, electric lights (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Oct-15City hospital now in operation (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Oct-22Police to monitor Vancouver’s street lighting (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Nov-05Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid furnishes eight hospital beds (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Nov-12Vancouver will donate land for post office and customs house (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Nov-19Three more policemen added to the force (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Nov-26Mayor David Oppenheimer granted $50 to establish a Fruit Growers’ Association (13 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Dec-03Meeting cancelled to commemorate death of Alderman Humphries (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Dec-11King Fung demands his opium back (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Dec-17Tenders called to supply groceries to hospital (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Dec-28Fire Department may not supply water to private parties (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1888-Dec-31Biographies (.RTF)

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


DateTitle of MinutesImages
1889-Jan-07Council of 1888 wraps up, 11:30 am (2 page PDF)
Council for 1889 begins its work, 12:00 pm (5 page PDF)
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1889-Jan-14Readjustment of Council Committees overturned, 3:00 pm (6 page PDF)
Portuguese Joe to get $150 compensation, 7:30 pm (6 page PDF)
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1889-Jan-21Vancouver Water Works Company given last chance (9 page pDF)Original Minutes
1889-Jan-28Council 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-11Mount Pleasant streets to be named and registered (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Feb-18Business 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-25Aldermen’s absence cancels meeting (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Mar-01Legal opinion needed re: Mayor’s vote (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Mar-04Stanley Park lodge to be built, deadwood removed (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Mar-11Continual damage to fire engines intentional? (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Mar-18Council opposes draining of Burnaby Lake (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Mar-23Mayor to take Charter of Amendments to Victoria (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Apr-01Alderman J.M. Lefevre resigns (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Apr-08Vancouver accountant and street superintendent hired (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Apr-15Post office boxes needed in Mount Pleasant, West End “suburbs” (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Apr-23Electric lights for Fire Hall No. 1 (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Apr-29Stray cattle and horses to be curbed, verandah damaged by runaway team (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-May-06Vancouver police get uniforms, batons, handcuffs, and whistles (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-May-13Race Course planned for Hastings Park (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-May-20Future of City Wharf uncertain (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-May-27Aldermen to meet with Vancouver Wharfage and Storage Co. (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Jun-03Chinese residents to be evicted from Stanley Park (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Jun-07Vancouver sends $1,000 to relieve Seattle fire victims (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Jun-10Richmond hedges on its bridge contribution (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Jun-17Market plans take shape, Board of Works budget exhausted (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Jul-15Vancouver street improvements approved for each ward (13 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Jul-22Sansom & Dawson win City Market contract (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Jul-29Stanley Brothers may put a photo studio on the roof of London House (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Aug-05Knights of Labour want nine hour day (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Aug-12Time limits for smelting company, street railway both extended (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Aug-19Wanted: one Fire Chief, two Engineers, two Drivers, and two Stokers (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Aug-26Mr. Clark donates park to Vancouver (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Sep-02Salaries set for firemen, nurses (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Sep-09Special audit of Vancouver Police Court Accounts called (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Sep-16Chain gang set to work on police officer’s private property, report alleges (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Sep-23Vancouver to acquire Water Works, electric street lights (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Sep-30Street railway construction will close Westminster Bridge for 15 days (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Oct-07Westminster Ave. to be repaired, bridge closure still pending (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Oct-14All building materials and debris to be removed from Vancouver streets (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Oct-21Fire department gets new team of horses (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Nov-02Constable accepted bribes from prostitutes, night policemen dine on the job (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Nov-04Park leases to Athletic Club, Jockey Club finalized (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Nov-11John Devine resigns as City Auditor (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Nov-18Board of Works, Finance Committee debate fountain purchase (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Nov-21Sewer contract decision postponed (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Dec-11City solicitor, two police officers resign (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Dec-16Vancouver volunteer militia approved (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Dec-23Former city solicitor Devine files charges against Vancouver Mayor and Aldermen (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1889-Dec-30Smelting 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


DateTitle of MinutesImages
1890-Jan-06Council of 1889 concludes; John Clough awarded $50, 11:00 am (1 page PDF)
Floating cabins to be removed (5 page PDF)
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1890-Jan-20Chain gang labour to be seen on city streets (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Jan-27Vancouver to acquire its own Water Works (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Feb-03Recommendations needed to guard against electrical accidents (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Feb-10Rogers sugar factory bonus drafted (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Feb-17Post office petition draws Dominion Government wrath (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Feb-24City Charter to be amended (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Mar-03Robert Hemphill new Pound Keeper at $420 per year (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Mar-17Labor wants nine hour day, no chain gang on city contracts 3:00 pm (2 page PDF)
Isaac Hallet new Police Magistrate at $1,500 per year 8:00pm (8 page PDF)
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1890-Mar-24Fire alarm boxes received at customs (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Mar-31Hack (horse-drawn taxi) fares standardized (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Apr-14Alderman Browning OK to serve as sugar company director (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Apr-21Citizens must protect trees from stray animals (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Apr-26Changes to liquor license by-law (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Apr-28Water Street property owners may be forced to fill in lots to the low water mark (15 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-May-05Fire department salaries established (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-May-13Public meeting will be held over July 1 celebration (7 page PDFWorld Day news clipping (photo)
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1890-May-26City of Vancouver work day reduced to nine hours (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Jun-02Dogs running without a license will be seized (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Jun-16No dumping off the Granville Street Bridge (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Jun-30License fees for wrestlers reduced to $10 per show (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Jul-14City band gets $400 for musical instruments (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Jul-21Police may keep all outside rewards (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Jul-28Barbers clamour to re-open on Sundays (5 page PDF)Wrestling Match (photo)
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1890-Aug-04Garbage burning crematory urgently needed (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Aug-11Rev. E. D. McLaren to head University of British Columbia (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Aug-25Morley gets $200 reward for info on Sunbury murder (13 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Sep-08Street railway route revealed (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Sep-09Council carefully review market by-laws (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Sep-15City buildings to be numbered (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Sep-22CPR bridge must have a draw, Council affirms (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Sep-30Garbage burning crematory will cost $6,000 (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Oct-13City Market rents established (13 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Oct-20McGeer vows he will close Westminster Road (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Oct-27Cemetery Road to be made passable for “the upcoming wet weather” (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Oct-31Water Works price to be set at arbitration (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Nov-03Library requests $125 per month (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Nov-10Citizens Committee wants Market Hall entertainments three nights per week (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Nov-24Present street lighting is “unsatisfactory” (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Dec-01Library budget increased, building planned (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Dec-15Police, firemen to get free first aid training (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Dec-22Officer Grady injured on the job, receives full salary (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1890-Dec-29Council seeks company to build drydock for less than $100,000 10:00am (2 page PDF)
Chinese citizens to be buried separately 7:30 pm (6 page PDF)
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1891

Shirley Barnett funded the Vancouver City Council Minutes of 1891.

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 Donna Kynaston, Mary Norris, Devon Harlos, Chris Stephenson, Martha Hazevoet, Chris Mizzoni, Leah Minuk, Linda Evans, Jordan Cripps, Bronwyn Cripps & Anonymous.

1891 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)


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1891-Jan-05Final reports received, Council of 1890 concludes 10 a.m. (1 page PDF)
Committees established for 1891 12 p.m. (3 page PDF)
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1891-Jan-12Garden resigns council, Brighouse now Works chairman (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Jan-14Progress in drydock negotiations (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Jan-19Old floating quarantine to be burned (7 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1891-Jan-26Second exit to be added to market building (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Jan-27Vancouver to acquire its own water works (8 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1891-Feb-02Rogers’ sugar factory complete (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Feb-10Vancouver Health Departmnt page 185 [missing]Original Minutes
1891-Feb-12C.P.R. denies responsibility for street crossing safety (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Feb-16Vancouver sends condolences re New Westminster fire (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Feb-23Mayor walks out re City Engineer firing (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Feb-24Vancouver sends $500 for Springhill mining disaster relief (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Feb-28Committee off to Victoria to oppose Water Works amendments (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Mar-09Six aldermen walk out, leaving no quorum (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Mar-16Oppenheimer obliged to sign minutes (14 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Mar-20Tracy voted city engineer (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Mar-23Mayor protests “illegal” appointment of Tracy (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Mar-31Warren to contest Tracy appointment (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Apr-06Women’s & Children’s hospital to go ahead (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Apr-13Fire Department given raises (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Apr-20Battle re City Engineer continues (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Apr-22Browning named to Water Works arbitration panel (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Apr-29Browning appointment finalized (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-May-04Thomson building at Howe & Pender must be removed (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-May-09By-law no. 118 altering Vancouver’s ward boundaries (2 page PDF)
Water Works by-law complete 2 p.m. (1 page PDF)
Metro Vancouver Urban Planning History Explained: Living in Gunter’s World (video)
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1891-May-11Clark Park to be seeded over (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-May-18Street lights not to be lit during full moon (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-May-26Brighouse blocks Council resignation (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-May-27Warren’s wrongful dismissal suit could cost the City $5,000 (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Jun-01No signs of leprosy within City of Vancouver (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Jun-08Council meeting adjourned to mark the passing of Sir John A. Macdonald (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Jun-15Vancouver taxes will increase 2% to fund school (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Jun-22Mayor Oppenheimer’s $500 expense account called into question (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Jun-29Regulations formed for the sanitary storage & transportation of the deceased (11 page PDF)
Vancouver By-Law 121 : a by-law to establish rules, regulations, etc. for the interment of the dead in cemeteries and burial places controlled by the City of Vancouver (4 page PDF)
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1891-Jul-06Brown, Macgowan, Murray and Baldwin elected school trustees (5 page PDF)
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1891-Jul-15Police “cannot interfere” with children playing on railway tracks (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Jul-20Phone brought in to Mountain View Cemetery (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Jul-27Ratepayers protest Isaac Hallett’s continuing as Police Magistrate (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Aug-03Water Works worth $330,081.93 (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Aug-06Street railway construction halted (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Aug-10Police to enforce tramway construction ban (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Aug-06Street railway construction halted (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Aug-13Tramway agreement reached, construction to resume (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Aug-17Tramway back on track, business as usual (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Aug-31Nine hour day reaches City Hal (10 page PDFOriginal Minutes
1891-Sep-07Post Office obstruction on Granville Street to be removed (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Sep-14C.P.R. Terminal at foot of Granville Street to be built (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Sep-28Vancouver plans exhibit at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Oct-05C.L. Brown wins seat in Ward 5 (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Oct-12Hallett resigns as Police Magistrate (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Oct-19Champion and White to oversee garbage burning (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Oct-26Vancouver’s population is more than 18 thousand (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Nov-02Water Works total tops $452,000 (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Nov-09Leprosy correspondence to be made public (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Nov-13Council to meet with Victoria City Council to decide the leper matter (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Nov-16Lepers to be moved to Darcy Island (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Nov-18Council selects new Police Magistrate (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Nov-23Police Magistrate appointment delayed, $500 for free library (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Nov-30G.A. Jordan new Police Magistrate (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Dec-07Sidewalk to be put in for Baptist Church (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Dec-10Water Works debentures sold at 96% (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Dec-11Several new by-laws formed (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Dec-14More pipes needed to extend the Water Works (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Dec-16City may acquire Electric Light and Street Railway (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Dec-21One Vancouver leper placed on Darcy Island (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1891-Dec-28Street railway proposition lost; Council wraps up business (5 page PDF)Original Minutes

1892

Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files.

Kip Woodward sponsored the Vancouver City Council minutes for 1892.

The transcriptions were made by volunteers Martha Hazevoet, Bronwen Cripps, Sue Bryant, Christine Cathcart, Krystyna Richards, L. Ellema, David Laing, Susan M. Willows, Gerald Soon, Brenda Chapman & Anonymous.

1892 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)


DateTitle of MinutesImages
1892-Ja n-03Fire, Water & Light Committee’s recommendation overturned; Street Railway Committee’s report adopted (6 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1892-Ja n-16Council for 1892 wraps up remaining business 11:00 a.m. (5 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1892-Ja n-18Last Year’s Civic Overspending Tops $66,000 – Jan 18, 1892 (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Ja n-25Committee Meetings to be held in private – Jan 25, 1892 (7 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1892-Feb-01$250 donation Sir John A McDonald memorial fund overturned (9 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1892-Feb-02Bell-Irving and Paterson get Water Works contract (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Feb-08City Hospital staff reappointed, slaughterhouses all “in order” (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Feb-15Projected new oil warehouse alarms neighbours (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Feb-22Alderman Scoullar’s Seat on Council declared vacant (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Feb-24Special meeting of Council to arrange funding for water works purchase (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Feb-29Popular Aldermen Get Two-Year Term (7 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1892-Mar-14Vancouver asks Canadian government to establish steamship postal service as far north as Comox (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Mar-21Joseph Huntly appointed Health Inspector: M. G. MacLeod both License Inspector & Gaoler (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Mar-24Nothing Decided on Railway Bonus Question (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Mar-28Pardon for Sam Greer? (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Mar-29Council goes over draft contract with the railway (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Apr-04Liquor license by-law amended (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Apr-11MacLean for Sheriff; City to buy Studebaker street sprinkler (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Apr-19Gravel price increased to $1.75 per yard (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Apr-25Foreshore shacks again threatened (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-May-02Selected city streets to be paved (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-May-09Council will meet again on Thursday to consider 1892 budget (7 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1892-May-12Rates for 1892 will be 2 1/4 percent with 20% off (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-May-16Money to be found, but not for Oppenheimer (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-May-23Smallpox, vaccination and quarantine house matters dominate Council agenda (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-May-26Local improvement bylaw passed (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-May-30“More stringent and effective” health inspection needed for incoming ships (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jun-06Board of Works to find a new quarantine site (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jun-13English Bay bath houses may never be built (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jun-20Reward for Conviction of Tree Vandals Increased to $300.00 (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jun-27Deadman’s Island not to be used for quarantine (13 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jul-04Water main replacement to go ahead across First Narrows (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jul-09Vancouver and New Westminster Councils urge formation of Provincial Board of Health (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jul-11No quarantine laid on Victoria steamers, at least for now (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jul-13Dr. Harold appointed Vancouver health officer (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jul-18Labour Day to be granted as public holiday (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jul-22Council unanimously backs smallpox quarantine against Victoria (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jul-23New Westminster to lift smallpox quarantine on Monday (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jul-25Vancouver will crack down on prostitution at once (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jul-27Quarantine decision delayed until tomorrow (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Jul-28Smallpox quarantine lifted (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Aug-01Deadline for 20% tax rebate extended to August 15 (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Aug-08Additional quarantine buildings needed within the week (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Aug-10Council proposes $300,000 bonus to Burrard Inlet & Fraser Valley Railway Co. (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Aug-15Steamer Sunbury given a $25 weekly bonus (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Aug-22Vancouver objects to paying salary for trains health inspector (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Aug-29Vancouver & North Vancouver co-operate to build a road along Capilano water works pipeline (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Sep-05Water Works Superintendent Nickson dismissed (6 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1892-Sep-07$2,000 bonus granted to the B. C. Iron Works Company (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Sep-12B.C. Iron Works bonus question delayed for one week (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Sep-19Lots at the foot of Main Street to be expropriated for street expansion (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Sep-26$300,000 Railway Bonus By-Law receives third reading (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Oct-03New Local Improvement By-Law Passed (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Oct-05Costello and Munro give up Water Mains contract (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Oct-10Westminster Ave. purchase delayed six months (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Oct-17Cemetery road must be repaired, Vancouver & South Vancouver tell Victoria (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Oct-24City to hire Building Assessor (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Oct-31Dry dock needed in Vancouver, says Board of Trade (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Nov-03Taxpayers will soon vote on $300,000 Railway Bonus (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Nov-08Vancouver Council to look into City staff cuts (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Nov-14No additional City layoffs needed, Committee finds (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Nov-21Vancouver Library and Reading Room to move to larger quarters (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Nov-28Vancouver Fire Hydrants to be made locally (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Dec-05Huntly cleared of charges (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Dec-12G. A. Stevenson to buy Local Improvement Debentures (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Dec-19Election set for Mayor and Council of 1893 (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1892-Dec-27Mr. Pitt not to be compensated for loss of his leg (6 page PDF)Original Minutes

1893

Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files.

Sponsorship is available for the 1893 Vancouver City Council Minutes.

The transcriptions were made by volunteers Gerald Soon, Mary-Ann Capistrano, Krystyna Richards, Joanne McCormick, Cathy Harner, Linda Evans, Leah Minuk & anonymous.

1893 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)


DateTitle of MinutesImages
1893-Jan-03Fire, Water & Light Committee’s recommendation overturned; Street Railway Committee’s report adopted (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jan-09Vancouver prepares to fight injunction against Railway Bonus By-law (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jan-16Council for 1892 wraps up remaining business 11:00 a.m. (5 page PDF)

New Council meets to form Standing Committees for the year 12:00 p.m. (2 page PDF)
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1893-Jan-23School Board granted $1500 extra to hire “best” teachers (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jan-30Investigation Committee to Count Cost of running City Hall (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Feb-03Heavy snow hampers Vancouver traffic and water supply (5 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1893-Feb-13Vancouver Police ordered to enforce snow removal by-law (5 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1893-Feb-20Hours of work set for civic employees (6 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1893-Feb-27No seats for Press during Council meetings; Railway litigation goes on (6 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1893-Mar-06Burrard Inlet and Fraser Valley Electric Railway bonus upheld (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Mar-11Council meets to consider Street Railway Company’s offer (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Mar-13Street Railway Committee’s report adopted: Railway to go ahead (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Mar-20Health officers to inspect every building in the city (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Mar-27Street Railway by-law gets first reading (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Apr-04Railway Bonus guarantee raised to $400,000 (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Apr-17Vancouver City Council disapproves $600,000 cost for Victoria Parliament buildings (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Apr-24Vancouver’s budget for 1893 finalized (14 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Apr-28Council guarantees payment from By-Law Nos. 155, 168 (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-May-01No Liquor Sales Allowed on By-Law Decision Day (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-May-08Lt. Gov. Dewdney to Open New Vancouver Y.M.C.A. (6 page PDF)YMCA (photo)
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1893-May-15Wash Houses locations to be strictly regulated (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-May-22Bath to be installed in Vancouver jail (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-May-25Liquor, Trades Licenses By-Laws Amended (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-May-29“C” Battery Artillery to Relocate to Vancouver? (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jun-05Dominion Day Celebration given $1,000 (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jun-12City closes out Sinking Funds (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jun-19Epworth League objects to Stanley Park Liquor License (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jun-21BC Iron Works to supply new water main (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jun-26Water Rate By-Law Finalized (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jun-29Council prepared to offer $360,000 for street railway (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jul-03English Bay bath houses ready for use (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jul-06Talks with Street Railway company continue (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jul-07Railway purchase faces uncertain future (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jul-10Fire, Water & Light Committee considers tunnelling “The Narrows” (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jul-17Railway purchase by-law stalled on second reading (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jul-24Tax rebate deadline extended to September 1st (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Jul-31Churches ask for tax deadline extension (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Aug-07Vancouver Electric Railway purchase deferred six months (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Aug-14City to participate in upcoming Labour Day Parade (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Aug-28South Vancouver wants road gravel extended (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Aug-31Fire limits by-law completed (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Sep-04Vancouver Sued over Fireman Smalley’s Death (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Sep-11Ward 5 Review Overturned (4 page PDFOriginal Minutes
1893-Sep-18Plumbers, Board of Works will meet to amend the plumbing bylaw (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Sep-25Police to monitor bicycle riders on Vancouver streets (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Sep-30November 28 to be final property tax extension date (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Oct-09New Police Uniforms Needed (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Oct-11H. R. Bellamy to get $230 for testing “the Narrows” (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Oct-16Cabs available on Abbott Street (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Oct-23Gravely Street to be opened up (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Oct-30Roaming cattle block tramway (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Nov-06Road from Squamish to Pemberton Meadows proposed (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Nov-13Tax Deadline Extended Again (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Nov-20No new railway tracks until paving by-law passed (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Nov-27Militia Department Allows Reservoir in Stanley Park (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Dec-01Repair to Stanley Park road will cost $700 (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Dec-04Alderman Anderson wants elected Water Works officials (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Dec-11Public works requested to reduce unemployment (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Dec-14Water Commissioners and Civic Election by-laws complete (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Dec-18Restaurant owners challenge hotel’s wooden building (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1893-Dec-26Street loafers will be moved along (6 page PDF)Original Minutes

1894

Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files.

Sponsorship is available for the 1894 Vancouver City Council Minutes.

The transcriptions were made by volunteers Gerald Soon, Krystyna Richards, Linda Evans, Sharon Mowat, Joanne McCormick, Michelle C., Rachel Amanda Hennessy, Chris Mizzoni, Cathy Harmer, Jane Edmonds and Darrin Pezer/Proactive Building Maintenance

1894 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)


DateTitle of MinutesImages
1894-Jan-02Mass firing averted; referred to next Council (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jan-08No pay for injured water main worker (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jan-15Final meeting for Council for 1893 11:00 a.m. (2 page PDF)
Committees formed for 1894 12:00 p.m. (2 page PDF)
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1894-Jan-22Vancouver needs to borrow $50,000Original Minutes
1894-Jan-29Vancouver officially requests “tide lands of False Creek” from BC (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Feb-05Future Vancouver street lights to be powered with hydro electricity (7 page PDF)VCCMIN (photo)
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1894-Feb-06$5,000 public works project created (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Feb-12Relief street work to begin on Friday (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Feb-19Job Layoffs, Salary Cuts for City Employees (11 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1894-Feb-26Champion & White ousted from city crematory (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Mar-05Council empowered to borrow $100,000 (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Mar-08Vancouver asks BC to incorporate High Schools, build University here (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Mar-12Crushed rock confined to Powell Street (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Mar-18Cambie Grounds Cleared for Football Team (8 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1894-Mar-19East End race track closed except by special permission (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Mar-27New Women’s Ward in hospital will cost $10,000 (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Apr-02City takeover of Vancouver’s streetlights moves forward (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Apr-09Council supports petition for East End post office (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Apr-16Health Committee reviews costs (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Apr-19Street Railway Company must repair its tracks (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Apr-23Market scales’ measure called into question (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Apr-30City Reviews Estimates of Costs and Revenues (14 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1894-May-07Fire Department to buy new Team (7 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1894-May-10Aldermen Shaw and William Brown added to the Street Railway purchase committee (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-May-14Cemetery needs draining, fence repair (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-May-21Kendal’s crushed rock no longer wanted (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-May-28Finance Committee regrets no funds available to provide public parks (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jun-04More street railway tracks to be built on Granville Street (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jun-11Dupont Street sewer request under review (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jun-18Arcade Building plans sent back (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jun-25Street Railway By-Law to “Take its Course” (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jul-09Street Railway Purchase By-law overturned (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jul-16Columbia Avenue lowlands must be drained (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jul-30Alexandra Hospital needs better drainage (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Aug-06All Vancouver Fire Halls to Hear Every Fire Alarm (6 page PDF)Fire Hall No. 1 (photo)
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1895-Aug-13$100,000 for Vancouver Street Lighting? (4 page PDF)Street Lighting (photo)
The Narrows (photo)
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1895-Aug-20Wilfred Laurier to Receive Official Welcome to Vancouver (7 page PDF)Sir W. Laurier (photo)
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1895-Aug-27Iron & Steel bonus decision delayed (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Sep-04$100,000 Electric Light By-Law Given Second Reading (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Sep-10Injunction Forbids Vancouver to Pay for Street Rails (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Sep-17Street Railway Track Needs Improvements (9 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
1894-Sep-24New City Assessor Appointed (4 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1894-Oct-01“Fire Escape Act” mandatory for all new buildings (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Oct-04$100,000 raised for Electric Light (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Oct-08Electric Lighting By-Law to Go Ahead (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Oct-15Sumas-Vancouver Railway Report Filed, But Not Adopted (9 page PDF)Sumas Railway Substation (photo)
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1894-Oct-22Granville Street to be Paved Between Hastings & Cordova (7 page PDF)Granville Cordova (photo)
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1894-Oct-29City Staff to “Make Due Provision” against Sickness Or Death (6 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1894-Nov-05West End Streets Not To Be Opened (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Nov-12North Vancouver Wants Three Years’ Road Tax (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Nov-19Robson Street railway permission repealed (9 page PDF)Robson St Railway (photo)
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1894-Nov-26Lands for CPR, Street Railway Identified (5 page PDF)Sugar Railway (photo)
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1894-Dec-03Seized gambling funds to be used for Mayor’s social service fund (7 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1894-Dec-11Future Council Members May Not Hold City Contracts (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Dec-17Vancouver to insure against fire (13 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Dec-24Council Denies Secret Amendments to Charter (7 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1894-Dec-31James McGeer new milk inspector (6 page PDF)Original Minutes

1895

Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files.

Sponsorship is available for the 1895 Vancouver City Council Minutes.

The transcriptions were made by volunteers Margaret Sutherland, Anonymous, Cathy Harmer, Darrin Pezer/Proactive Building Maintenance, Gerald Soon, Hal Bell-Irving, Joanne McCormick, Rachel Amanda Hennessy, Susan Willows, YVR Mike & Janny P.

1895 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)


DateTitle of MinutesImages
1895-Jan-07Incoming Council will have to provide relief (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jan-14Council for 1894 Wraps Up Business 10:00 am (6 page PDF)

11:00 am [missing]

New Council squabble over Board of Works seat 12:00 pm (3 page PDF)
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1895-Jan-21Churches unite to appeal for relief work (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jan-28Relief work rates settled (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Feb-04$150,000 needed for Vancouver’s expenses this year (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Feb-11Crazy George, Sullivan child to receive City aid (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Feb-18Alderman McCraney’s resignation refused (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Feb-25Vancouver to Borrow $150,000 (8 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1895-Mar-04Streetcars coming to Granville, Hastings streets, but not to Robson (7 page PDF)Streetcars and Metro Vancouver: Urban Planning History Explained (Video)
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1895-Mar-11City Band funding cut off (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Mar-12Several City Departments amalgamated (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Mar-15Baldwin, Scoullar get city appointments (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Mar-18[missing]Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
1895-Mar-25City Band Found in Good Order (8 page PDF)Band (photo)
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1895-Apr-01More relief work granted (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Apr-08Sgt. Haywood’s name is cleared (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Apr-17Aldermen vote themselves $300 annual salary (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Apr-22South Vancouver’s part of North Arm Road ‘nearly useless for traffic’(6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Apr-25Special Meeting considers terms for street railways (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Apr-29Vote on Sunday Closing Delayed (8 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
1895-May-02Council Reviews City Budgets (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-May-06City Employees’ Salaries Cut (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-May-13Road to Hastings Mill in Poor Condition (8 page PDF)Hastings Mill (photo)
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1895-May-20Liquor, Gambling Fines Totals Demanded (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-May-27Half Holiday June 3 for Grand Lodge’s Visit (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jun-03Two New Firemen Needed (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jun-10Bars and Saloons Must Close Over Sundays (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jun-17Opium Tax to be reduced? (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jun-24Morley, Butler Get Sunbury Reward (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jul-02Council Meeting Cancelled Due to Lack of Quorum (1 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1895-Jul-08All Police To Stay In Office For Now (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jul-18By-Election Set For August 2 (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jul-22No Additional Money for School Board (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jul-29No Final Word on Police Dismissals (20 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
1895-Aug-01Council Seeks Power to Remove “Undesirable” Buildings from Stanley Park (6 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1895-Aug-05Clandenning, Sanders and McDonald Take Their Places on Council; McLaren, Haywood and McLeod Dismissed from Police Force (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Aug-12English Bay Swimming Improvements Pursued (13 page PDF)English Bay 1911 (photo)
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1895-Aug-19City Demands Details on Reservoir, Robson Street streetcar (8 page PDF)

By-law No. 233 altering the subdivision of Wards (2 page PDF)
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1895-Aug-26Granville Street Car Service To Run Every Twenty Minutes (9 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
1895-Sep-03Consolidated Railway & Light’s Wires Must Come Down (6 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1895-Sep-04William Ward Appointed Police Chief (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Sep-09Pioneer Place deeded to Vancouver by the C.P.R. (9 page PDF)Pioneer Place Map (photo)
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1895-Sep-16Council Accepts Consolidated Railway & Light’s $250 Offer For Robson Street (10 page PDF)Foreman Grocers, Vancouver 1895 (photo)
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1895-Sep-23Improvements Voted for Granville Street (7 page PDF)1895 Picnicers aboard the Cutch (photo)
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1895-Sep-30Vancouver Asks Victoria for Deadman’s Island (9 page PDF)Squatters and boats on Deadman’s Island 1895 (photo)
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1895-Oct-07Council Declares Holiday to Attend Fair (6 page PDF)New Westminster Agricultural Fair 1904 (photo)
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1895-Oct-14“Not Legal” for Vancouverites to Trade Work for Taxes (8 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1895-Oct-21Hospital Verandahs Need Repair (5 page PDF)Hospital Balcony (photo)
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1895-Oct-23Special Meeting (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Oct-28Sidewalk Labour Free: Materials Must Be Found (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Nov-04City Solicitor Hamersley Resigns (10 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
1895-Nov-08Special Meeting To Settle Market Lease (1 page PDF)

Second Meeting on Market Lease Yields No Results 5pm (1 page PDF)
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1895-Nov-11False Creek Filling Up (10 page PDF)False Creek Vancouver ca 1891 (photo)
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1895-Nov-18Special Meeting to Discuss Street Lighting Contract (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Nov-19Second Meeting to Review Lighting Contract 10:00 am (1 page PDF)
Discussion Continues on Lighting Contract (1 page PDF)
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1895-Nov-22City Lighting Contract Still Under Consideration (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Nov-25Beattie Must Give Up Lease on Market (14 page PDF)Vancouver Market Interior 1888 (photo)
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1895-Nov-27Meeting Postponed Till Next Day (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Nov-28Mayor Authorized to Sign Light Bill (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Dec-02Council Passes Lands to Vancouver Improvement Co., C.P.R. (7 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1895-Dec-03Foreshore Rights Committee Struck (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Dec-09Weekly Market Established (11 page PDF)Vancouver Market 1910 (photo)
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1895-Dec-16J. G. Jonah Appointed Fire Dept Engineer (7 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
1895-Dec-23Vancouver Owed $30,000 in Unpaid Taxes (16 page PDF)Georgia Street (photo)
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1895-Dec-30Archie Robinson Appointed Market Clerk (6 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1895-Dec-31Special Meeting Wraps Up 1895 (1 page PDF)Original Minutes

1896

Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files.

Sponsorship is available for the 1896 Vancouver City Council Minutes.

Minutes were transcribed by volunteers Anonymous, Cathy Harmer, Darrin Pezer/Proactive Building Maintenance, Gerald Soon, Hal Bell-Irving, Joanne McCormick, Rachel Amanda Hennessy, Susan Willows, YVR Mike & Janny P.

1896 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)


DateTitle of MinutesImages
1896-Jan-02Special Meeting Yields No Results (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Jan-03Second Special Meeting Also Unsuccessful (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Jan-06Hamersley Must Return All Commissions (9 page PDF)Firemen Responding (photo)
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1896-Jan-13Special Meeting Wraps Up Business from 1895 11am (2 page PDF)
Council for 1896 establishes Committees (2 page PDF)
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1896-Jan-20Library Board, City Solicitor appointed (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Jan-27$150,000 Loan By-Law debated (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Jan-29Council wrangles over John Grady’s hire (13 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Feb-03Vancouver moves to “protect its interests” against railway expropriation (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Feb-10All requests for street improvements on hold (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Feb-17Mayor to oppose Railway & Light Bill in Victoria (12 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
1896-Feb-24Sunday Shop Opening Remains in Question (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Mar-02Properties to be sold for back taxes (9 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1896-Mar-09No bridge to be built across the Fraser River at present (5 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1896-Mar-13Friday 13th Council Meeting Overturns Sunday Closing By-Law (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Mar-16Recreation area planned for Stanley Park (5 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
1896-Mar-23City Lighting Contract Cancelled (7 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1896-Mar-30Vancouver Seeks Authority to Make Grants (8 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1896-Apr-07Vancouver Seeks Market Day Steamship Service (9 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1896-Apr-10Estimates Reviewed (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Apr-13False Creek Bridge “In A Dangerous State” (8 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1896-Apr-17Liquor License Fees Reduced (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Apr-20Vancouver Budget totals $362,138 (23 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
1896-Apr-27Compensation of Mayor & Aldermen Now A Reality (6 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1896-May-04Vancouver Council “Cannot Refuse” Laundry License (7 page PDF)Cordova Street (photo)
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1896-May-11Repairs to Bridges, Ditches Needed (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-May-18Bicycling By-Law Gets First Reading (9 page PDF)Terminal City Bicycle Club (photo)
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1896-Jun-01Steamers Unavailable for Twice A Week Market Service (10 page PDF)Men and women on Captain William Watts’ gasoline launch “Ruth” at bank of Lynn Creek, ca. 1896 (photo)
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1896-Jun-08July 1 Celebration in Question (7 page PDF)Regatta (photo)
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1896-Jun-15Dominion Day Celebration Funds Reduced by $1,000 (7 page PDF)Child Dominion (photo)
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1896-Jun-22$1,000 restored to Dominion Day grant (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Jun-29Telephone Switchboard worth $2,000 (7 page PDF)Switchboard (photo)
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1896-Jul-06Police Magistrate’s Salary Reduced (5 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1896-Jul-13Proposal to prevent flooding along the Fraser River (10 page PDF)Flood (photo)
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1896-Jul-20Champion Sculling Race Cancelled (6 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1896-Jul-27Water Committee’s Agreement Overturned (8 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1896-Aug-03Cowderoy appointed City Accountant (6 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1896-Aug-10Granville St. Grading Obstructs Several Doorways (9 page PDF)Construction on Granville Street (photo)
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1896-Aug-17Carnival Liquor Sales Get Green Light (10 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
1896-Aug-24Vancouver Favours Kootenay Railway, Fraser River Flood Protection (10 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
1896-Sep-08Water Will Be Cut Off If Bill Not Paid (5 page PDF)English Bay (photo)
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1896-Sep-14Sun Life Water Rebate Turned Down (6 page PDF)Vermilyea Block, 869 Granville Street (photo)
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1896-Sep-21“Nuisance Shacks” To Be Demolished (5 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1896-Sep-28Rae appointed Pound Keeper (7 page PDF)Rae Pound Keeper (photo)
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1896-Oct-05Wiffin Denies His Cabins Unsanitary (4 page PDF)CVA SGN (photo)
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1896-Oct-12Council to Regulate Stables Within City Limits (6 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1896-Oct-19Four Prisoners Break Out (7 page PDF)Gaoler’s Mews (photo)
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1896-Oct-26John Devine Appointed City Assessor (9 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
1896-Nov-02J. M. Stewart Appointed Chief of Police (2 page PDF)J.M. Stewart (photo)
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1896-Nov-09New City Hall in Market Building? (6 page PDF)Market Building (photo)
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1896-Nov-16Vancouver Police Men Need New Raincoats (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Nov-23Brush By-law Will be Enforced (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1896-Nov-30Fire Department Needs A New Team (6 page PDF)Fire Horses (photo)
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1896-Dec-07McAllister & Fulton Appointed to the Police Force (7 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1896-Dec-14Additional Cemetery Needed (7 page PDF)Vancouver East (photo)
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1896-Dec-21City Salaries Will Be Paid Before Christmas (6 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1896-Dec-28Detective Added to Police Force (5 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2

1897

Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files.

1897 Vancouver City Council Minutes is sponsored by Arnold Silber.

Minutes were transcribed by volunteers Anonymous, Darrin Pezer/Proactive Building Maintenance, Gerald Soon, Joanne McCormick, Hal Bell-Irving, Krystyna Richards, Leah Minuk, Cinda Jong, Lynne Jambor.

1897 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)


DateTitle of MinutesImages
1897-Jan-04Armstrong & Morrison’s Steel Pipe Approved (3 page PDF)Pipes (photo)
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1897-Jan-11Amendments to Polling By-Law Introduced (6 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1897-Jan-18Final Meeting for Council of 1896 10:00am (4 page PDF)
Committees Formed Among 1897 Council 12:00pm (3 page PDF)
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1897-Jan-25Vancouver Wants Industrial Railway to the Coast (9 page PDF)Rail Bridge (photo)
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1897-Jan-28Drill Shed Needed for Vancouver’s Artillery Companies (4 page PDF)Drill Shed (photo)
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1897-Feb-01Proposed By-Law to Raise $70,000 for Schools (13 page PDF)Central Shool (photo)
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1897-Feb-08Fish Peddling, the Corpse, and the Pound Keeper (7 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
1897-Feb-15Safe Jail Accommodation Called For (11 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
1897-Feb-22Tidal Flats to be Filled in? (10 page PDF)False Creek (photo)
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1897-Mar-01Married Women as School Trustees? (9 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1897-Mar-04Selover’s Smelter Proposed Rejected (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1897-Mar-08Liquor By-Law Amended (7 page PDF)Balmoral Saloon (photo)
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1897-Mar-15No Bicycle Roads To Be Built (9 page PDF)Bicycle Group (photo)
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1897-Mar-22“Dangerous” Dwellings Ordered Cleaned or Demolished (6 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1897-Mar-26Vancouver to Hold Referendum on Smelter Bonus (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1897-Mar-29Dogs’ Feed Costs Pound Ten Cents per Day Each (7 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1897-Mar-30Estimates Granted (3 page PDF)New City Hall (photo)
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1897-Apr-02Estimates For 1897 Finalized (8 page PDF)
Vancouver Budget Finalized (15 page PDF)
Bear Pit (photo)
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1897-Apr-05Electric Poles on Barnard Street Must Be Moved Aside (7 page PDF)Electric (photo(
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1897-Apr-12Vancouver Will Employ Only British Subjects, Effective Immediately (9 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1897-Apr-20No Music Hall Licenses to be Issued At Present (9 page PDF)Bicycle Timms (photo)
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1897-Apr-26Bicycle Parking Granted for Trial Period (8 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1897-May-05Prisoners Board: 50 Cents Per Day Too Much? (9 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1897-May-10New Women’s Ward Reduced to 2 Stories (7 page PDF)City Hospital (photo)
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1897-May-17Street Railway Company Must Build Waiting Room (11 page PDF)Marpole Station 1921 (photo)
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1897-May-21Council Reviews Street Railway Agreement (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1897-May-25New Streetcar Route for Robson, Denman, Georgia (10 page PDF)Robson Streetcar (photo)
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1897-May-31Pender Street to be Widened at Burrard (9 page PDF)Pender Burrard (photo)
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1897-Jun-07YWCA To Give Magic Lantern Show (8 page PDF)Magic Lantern Projector (photo)
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1897-Jun-14Council Divided on Funds for Swimming Facilities (12 page PDF)English Bay (photo)
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1897-Jun-18Special Meeting To Consider Smelter Proposition (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1897-Jun-28New Medical Health Officer Halts Dumping On To Tidal Flats (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1897-Jul-05Mr. Hogue’s Smelter Proposal Received (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1897-Jul-06No Conclusion Reached on Mr. Hogue’s Smelter Proposal (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1897-Jul-12Temporary Tracks To Be Laid at Granville & Pender (7 page PDF)Pender Granville (photo)
City Wharf (photo)
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1897-Jul-19Notice Given to Tenants of City Market (7 page PDF)Handwritten Clip (photo)
News Clipping (photo)
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1897-Jul-26Ward 1 By-election Set (6 page PDF)St Luke’s Home (photo)
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1897-Aug-023 Additional Fire Alarm Boxes for Vancouver (9 page PDF)Gamewell Fire Alarm Box (photo)
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1897-Aug-09Jockey Club’s 10 Per Cent to Improve Grounds (6 page PDF)Horse (photo)
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1897-Aug-13City Will Not Buy Gas Works at $265,000 (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1897-Aug-16Fenders Needed on Public Streetcars (7 page PDF)Carter House Hotel (photo)
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1897-Aug-23Vancouver Objects to Federal Government Cuts to Leper Colony Funding (6 page PDF)Leper, D’Arcy Island (photo)
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1897-Aug-30Vancouver’s First Water Conservation Rules (7 page PDF)Sprinkler (photo)
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1897-Sep-07Train Noise to be Quieted (3 page PDF)Canned Salmon Train Load (photo)
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1897-Sep-10Alderman Coldwell Dead (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1897-Sep-13Swing Span for Granville Street Bridge considered (7 page PDF)Obituary (photo)
Granville Bridge (photo)
1897-Sep-20Water Street in “Disgraceful Condition” (6 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1897-Sep-27Tremont Hotel Verandah to be Removed (6 page PDF)Sunnyside Hotel (photo)
Vancouver Daily World (photo)
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1897-Oct-04Ex-Mayor Fred Cope Dead (5 page PDF)Fred Cope Residence (photo)
Fred Cope (photo)
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1897-Oct-11Council Excludes Street Light Near Catholic Church (7 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1897-Oct-12Special Meeting to Review Smelter Proposals (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1897-Oct-14Second Special Meeting to Discuss Smelter Matters (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1897-Oct-15Council Forward Smelter Report to Rothschild Representative (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1897-Oct-18Board of Trade Criticizes Lack of Places of Amusement in Vancouver (7 page PDF)Vancouver City Wharf 1897 (photo)
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1897-Oct-25Typhoid Fever in Mount Pleasant (5 page PDF)Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ad (photo)
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1897-Nov-01Mount Pleasant, Fairview Need Sewerage Systems (6 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1897-Nov-08Pender Street in Unsafe Condition (5 page PDF)Pender at Burrard St (photo)
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1897-Nov-15City Council Spends $2,000 on Klondike Advertising (8 page PDF)Klondike Ad (photo)
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1897-Nov-19MacKinnon Block Roof to be Altered (1 page PDF)Linton’s Yacht (photo)
Masonic Hall (photo)
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1897-Nov-22Linton’s Cabins Rebuilt (6 page PDF)Start Paper Fastener (photo)
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1897-Nov-24C.P.R. Asks for Tax Exemption – Vancouver (1 page PDF)CPR Dock (photo)
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1897-Nov-29C.P.R. continues to press for tax exemption (8 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1897-Dec-03CPR Properties to be Exempted from Taxes for 20 Years (2 page PDF)CPR Steamer (photo)
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1897-Dec-06Local Council of Women Request the Appointment of a Police Matron (5 page PDF)Robertson & Hackett Sawmills (photo)
Vancouver Daily News Advertiser (photo)
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1897-Dec-13Streetcar Will Run to New City Hall (7 page PDF)Robertson Hackett (photo)
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1897-Dec-20Westminster Avenue Laundry Under Investigation (8 page PDF)Wah Chong Laundry (photo)
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1897-Dec-27Year’s Accounts Wrapped Up (5 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1897-Dec-30Draft CPR Bylaw Sent to Company Directors (1 page PDF)Original Minutes

1898

Sponsorship for the 1898 Vancouver City Council minutes is still available.

Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files.

Transcription is still in progress. To date, transcripts have been made by volunteers Joanne McCormick, Leah Minuk, Lynn Shane, Darlene Ochotta, Sandra Robinson, Gerald Soon, Marie-Claude Tremblay, and Carole Wilson

1898 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)


DateTitle of MinutesImages
1898-Jan-03Council Adjourned In Memory of David Oppenheimer (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Jan-10Council for 1897 Wrap Up Business (8 page PDF)Imperieuse (photo)
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1898-Jan-17Council of 1897 Vote Condolences to Templeton Family, 10:00 am (1 page PDF)
Council for 1897 Stand Adjourned, 12:00 pm (1 page PDF)
JF Garden (photo)
Templeton Home (photo)
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1898-Jan-20Committees formed for 1898 (7 page PDF)Klondike Scow (photo)
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1898-Jan-24Committees Begin the Work of 1898 (6 page PDF)Panoramic View (photo)
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1898-Jan-31Library Board Selected (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Feb-01Vancouver Wants Out of the Municipal Clauses Act (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Feb-07Council Disagrees About Taxes Rebate (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Feb-14Will Licensed Music Halls Be Allowed? (10 page PDF)Fire Department (photo)
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1898-Feb-21Jail Expansion Approved, Music Hall Vote Looming (10 page PDF)Jewish Cemetery (photo)
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1898-Feb-28Gold Rush Traffic Jeopardizes Coal Harbour Safety (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Mar-07Colonel Warren Asks for Repairs (12 page PDF)Colonel Warren (photo)
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1898-Mar-14Vancouver Supports Letter Carriers’ Demand for $2 per Day (10 page PDF)Post Office (photo)
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1898-Mar-21By-Law Introduced for Wood Block Paving (9 page PDF)Street Car Track and Wood Block Paving (photo)
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1898-Mar-28Fifty Applications Received for Two Firefighter Positions (9 page PDF)Efficient Firemen (photo)
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1898-Mar-29Council Considers the Estimates (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Apr-01Vancouver’s Budget for 1898 Established at $404,344.95High School (photo)
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1898-Apr-04$650 Granted to Children’s Home (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Apr-12Council Has Questions for the C. P. R. (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Apr-18Home Phone Approved for the Chief of Police (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Apr-22Council Reviews Tramway Agreements (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Apr-25City Bathing Sheds Come Down May 1 (7 page PDF)Bathing Shed (photo)
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1898-Apr-26Council Reviews Conditions for Smelter, Police Magistrate (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-May-02Police Committee to Investigate Police Court Business (10 page PDF)Sidewalk (photo)
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1898-May-04Smelter Agreement Will Go To Vote (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-May-09Police Magistrate Should Not Be In Active Practice (11 page PDF)MV Cemetery (photo)
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1898-May-13Will Council Fund World’s Champion Rowing Race? (2 page PDF)Row Club (photo)
Rowing (photo)
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1898-May-16Street Watering By-Law Passed (11 page PDF)Watering (photo)
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1898-May-23City Hospital Not to House “The Old” (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-May-30Consuls Want Improvements to Dunsmuir & Howe (7 page PDF)Japan Consul 1899
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1898-Jun-07Steamer James Domville Opens Granville Street Bridge (8 page PDF)Steamer Domville (photo)
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1898-Jun-13New Contract With BC Electric Railway To Be Signed (8 page PDF)Street Car Four Wheel (photo)
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1898-Jun-20Brick Barn Allowed on Hastings Street (9 page PDF)Ideal Grocery (photo)
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1898-Jun-27John Pace Appointed Crematory Caretaker (6 page PDF)Palace Stables (photo)
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1898-Jul-05Brick Kitchen Approved for Wing Sang & Co. (5 page PDF)Wing Sang (photo)
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1898-Jul-11Rate of speed for street cars increased; St-Paul’s Hospital & St-Luke’s Home asking for
compensation due to quarantine; infrastructure improvements on-going (6 page PDF)
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1898-Jul-18Hospital Nurses “Shall Obey” Miss Pirk (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Jul-25Vancouver Has “No Power” to Authorize Bicycle Parking (10 page PDF)Lady Hastings Cambie (photo)
Lady Aberdeen (photo)
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1898-Aug-01Council Seeks Power to Remove “Undesirable” Buildings from Stanley Park (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Aug-08Council Adjourns Till The Next Day (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Aug-09Fish Offal Polluting English Bay Beach (7 page PDF)Cannery Interior (photo)
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1898-Aug-15Provisional acceptance of tender from Dominion Bridge Co. re Granville St. Bridge Street span & swing;
Pound Limit extended so straying cattle may be impounded; infrastructure improvements on-going;
Salvation Army contests taxes (5 pages)
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1898-Aug-22Vancouver to Raise $93,300 for Paving and Grading (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Aug-29A Few Policemen to Be Available for Night Call (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Sep-06Council Plans More Recreation Grounds, Direct Steamship Service to San Francisco (9 page PDF)English Bay (photo)
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1898-Sep-12Meeting adjourned to next day (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Sep-13Vancouver Sends “Sincere Sympathy” to New Westminster following Fire (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Sep-19Increased Vessel Traffic in Port of Vancouver (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Sep-20Council Marks the Death of C. L. Brown (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Sep-26Council Debates the Utility of “Dolphins (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Oct-03Stempel Fire Extinguishers Offered to Council for Purchase (7 page PDF)Stempel Extinguisher (photo)
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1898-Oct-10Health Committee Reorganizes the Crematorium (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Oct-17Vancouver “Has No Authority” To Pay for Officer’s Wounds Received On Duty (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Oct-24Colonel Domville Entitled to Refund for Steamer Access to Bridge (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Oct-31Vancouver Wants Foreshore Rights Adjacent to BC Sugar (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Nov-07Street Preachers Causing “A Nuisance” (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Nov-14Curfew Bell Contemplated for Vancouver (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Nov-21City Supports Plan for Steamers North and South from Vancouver (8 page PDF)Dupont St (photo)
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1898-Nov-22Council Mulls Over Changes to City Charter (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Nov-28St. Paul’s Church On The Move (7 page PDF)Moving St Pauls (photo)
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1898-Dec-05YMCA Building Reports Library “In Unsafe Condition” (7 page PDF)YMCA Building (photo)
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1898-Dec-06Street Railway Co. May Build Double Tramway on Davie Street (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Dec-12Vancouver Library Premises Confirmed “Unsafe” (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Dec-13CPR Exemptions & Heatley Ave. Wharf Finalized (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Dec-19Officer McKeown’s Name Cleared (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Dec-20New Hospital Rules Sent to Medical Staff (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1898-Dec-27Street Railway Supplies to be Bought in Vancouver (9 page PDF)Original Minutes

1899

Richards Buell Sutton LLP (RBS) sponsored Vancouver City Council Minutes for 1899. Founded in 1871, RBS is the oldest law firm in British Columbia and one of the oldest law firms in Canada.

Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files.

Transcription is still in progress. To date, transcripts have been made by volunteers Joanne McCormick, Marie-Claude Tremblay, and Carole Wilson

1899 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)


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1899-Jan-03Polling By-Law & Water Works Loan By-Laws Complete (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Jan-07Vancouver Hospital Rules Amended (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Jan-09Water Works Contract Approved (7 page PDF)Water Works (photo)
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1899-Jan-16Final Meeting of Council for 1898 (8 page PDF)
Membership on the 1899 Standing Committees of Council, 12pm (2 page PDF)
Abray Cosmopolitan (photo)
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1899-Jan-21New Rules & Regulations for governance of City Hospital; House Surgeon & Matron asked for resignations; reorganization of hospital staff & Matron’s quarters (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Jan-23Matron Macfie takes offense to newspaper story; suitable quarters needed for isolating smallpox patients & Free Library; Japanese exclusion on Voters’ list; acquisition of head of False Creek (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Jan-30Purchases for VFD & new fire hall; Isolation Hospital; applications for police officers, House Surgeon & Head Nurse; site for Free Library; City Scales considered inaccurate (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Jan-31Council considers Street Railway By-Law and Agreements. Street Railway Agreements to terminate on same date in 1918. Double track for Granville Street (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Feb-03Council considers By-Law and Agreements with B.C. Electric Co; motion carried that all signed agreements terminate on 26th December 1918 subject to rights of purchase (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Feb-06Civic funeral for late Mr. J.J. Blake – compiler of original City Charter and Vancouver’s first City Solicitor (8 page PDF)John Blake newsclipping (photo)
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1899-Feb-13Johnston Kerfoot Block plans submitted and approved. Application for mill site on Deadman’s Island received. N.W. Caulfield suggests certain lots around Court House be purchased for civic purposes (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Feb-20Division in Council over fate of Deadman’s Island; Stanley Park Lease approved and forwarded to His Excellency the Governor in Council. New house surgeon, head nurses, nurse & housekeeper appointed to hospital (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Feb-24Mayor to take necessary steps to maintain City rights regarding Military Reserve (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Feb-27Firefighting Equipment Finalized, Three Policemen Hired (10 page PDF)
Estimates for the year 1899 approved, 11:00 am (8 page PDF)
Waterous Engine (photo)
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1899-Mar-06Lighthouses; crusher at quarry; hogs in slaughterhouses; City cleanup & infrastructure issues; car barn for streetcars; new Hospital Matron and nurse; new chemical engine; assorted By-Laws discussed & grants approved (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Mar-13More Street Numbering to Come to Vancouver (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Mar-20Animal Cruelty Fines to be Paid to S.P.C.A. (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Mar-27Vancouver to Acquire False Creek, Coal Harbour Waterfronts (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Apr-04Vancouver to Have a Wiring Inspector (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Apr-10Jockey Club Granted $250 To Improve Hastings Track (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Apr-17All Quotes for Gravel Found Too High (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Apr-24Mount Pleasant Cow Infected With TB (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Apr-25Lease of Deadman’s Island Debated (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-May-01Agreement to be signed between City and C.P.R. Co. exempting certain lands. Council asked to resign en masse. Pump for fire boat insufficient. Meat supply to jail discussed (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-May-05Council appoints Mayor and City Engineer to visit Champaign, Illinois to report on sewage system used there (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-May-08City Solicitor to have Foreshore Inspected (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-May-15Two Bicycles Purchased for Vancouver Police (12 page PDF)Massey Bike (photo)
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1899-May-22Acquisition of foreshore rights and securing of False Creek flats; lighthouse sites in Stanley Park; cans of salmon and condensed milk condemned; Canadian Mining Institute; slaughterhouse issues; alien labour and union labels (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-May-29Slaughterhouses to Stay on the Shores of False Creek (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Jun-05Council Trades Use of Wharf for Support of Rogers Sugar Foreshore Claim (9 page PDF)Rogers Sugar (photo)
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1899-Jun-12Vancouver Claims Rights to Deadman’s Island, Foreshore (11 page PDF)Police Deadmans (photo)
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1899-Jun-21Coal and Wood Measurements Need Enforcement (8 page PDF)SS Joan (photo)
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1899-Jun-26Sunday Street Sprinkling to Go Ahead (9 page PDF)Street Sprinkler (photo)
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1899-Jun-28Celebration Funds Released, Sewerage Considered (2 page PDF)Dominion Day (photo)
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1899-Jul-03Council Reviews Lists of Accounts (6 page PDF)Evans Coleman (photo)
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1899-Jul-10Approval to petition Dominion Government to cede Indian Reserve south of False Creek and close to Jericho to City and present Indians be placed with Squamish Indians; infrastructure: rails, macadamizing, lights, sewers (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Jul-17Council Split Over $2,000 Settlement Offer (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Jul-21Consideration of Sewerage By-Law with amount of the loan fixed at $150000;properties to receive sewers determined (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Jul-24Sewerage, sidewalks, paving, curbing, grading, watering; opening up lanes and streets; Bylaw to regulate bathing; cans seized unfit for human food; slaughter houses; Brockton Point Association, Jockey & Football Clubs (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Jul-31Special Meeting [missing]

New Rules and Regulations for Fire Department referred back for assessment; requests for sidewalks, water service, hydrants, sewers, lights, etc.; plans Akroyd Block on Cordova Street approved (8 page PDF)
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1899-Aug-07Barrel of whiskey for hospital (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Aug-14Council Offers Court House Free Water For A Fountain (9 page PDF)Court House (photo)
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1899-Aug-21City infrastructures; complaint against Health inspector; City Hospital; Labor Day; ambulance; dolphins removed; piers & wharves; lighting contract; Canada Press Association visit (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1899-Aug-22Special meeting to discuss Granville Street Bridge Pier (1 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1899-Aug-24Special meeting regarding work on new pier for Granville Street Bridge (1 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1899-Sep-05City petitions Provincial Legislature for power to tax bicycles for construction and maintenance of bicycle paths. Slaughterhouse owners ordered to clean up operations or face demolition of premises (9 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]

1900

Bruno Wall sponsored the Vancouver City Council minutes for 1900.

Transcribed minutes are available as PDFs and includes links to original handwritten minutes. Related photos, if available, are also available as image files

Transcription is still in progress. To date, transcripts have been made by Sara Keay, Mary Ann Capistrano, Janet Von Siemens, and Anonymous.

1900 Vancouver Mayor and Council (1 page PDF)


DateTitle of MinutesImages
1900-Jan-02Granville St. Bridge to Be Examined (14 page PDF)Granville Bridge (photo)
Powells Map (photo)
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1900-Jan-15Council for 1900 sworn in, Committees Established (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Jan-22Alderman resigns; securing foreshore rights and Coal Harbour & False Creek flats; Arcade Building; Dufferin bereavement; suppressing gambling; Williams Directory; City infrastructure; completion Granville Street Bridge and slaughterhouse nuisances (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Jan-29Chief of Police Stewart on bereavement leave; Bank of BC manager applies for foreshore rights; Committee seeks legal opinion on City’s foreshore rights; amendments to City Charter; employment of Ward Foremen (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Feb-05Vancouver’s Dolphins “Impede Navigation” in Harbour (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Feb-12Vancouver’s legal reps to examine public access to foreshore (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Feb-19Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition Association asks cooperation of the in building structure entirely of British Columbia Wood; team of horses for Water Works Department; estimate of cost to convey and dump City refuse and garbage out to deep water instead of burning (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Feb-20Special Meeting of the Council held to consider purchase of a portion of land, for the purpose of straightening out Eight Avenue East (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Feb-26City Accountant furnished Financial Statement for A.D. 1899; new fireman and assistant health inspector engaged (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Feb-28School trustees ask for a By-Law for purchase of new school sites and needed improvements (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Mar-05Daughters of England; Florists request; Fraser case; Spicer Mill sale; diving suit; gambling raids; alien Longshore men; City Charter; H.B.C. Block addition; Ferneaux plan (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Mar-06City Engineer’s Department discussed. Council request City Engineer give tabulated report from each ward reducing cost of the different kind of work to a week and comparing them (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Mar-12Tenders for uniforms subject to union labor and scale of wages; sanitary conveniences at new buildings; damages claimed due to flooding; purifiers in slaughterhouse required (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Mar-151900 Estimates considered and adopted (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Mar-19Streetcar service, Stanley Park, valves & hydrants, diversion of water from natural courses, amendment City Charter and sidewalks, flooded cellars, sewers & street improvements (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Mar-23Special meeting called to consider charges against City Engineer (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Mar-26City Engineer investigation continues, 1st meeting (1 page PDF)
Fire in Kuskonook; Stanley Park; water lots; Heatley Ave. wharf completed; rate for 1900 struck; new bylaws discussed; visits to new crushing and cemetery sites; Free Library lease renewed (9 page PDF)
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1900-Apr-02Lord Strathcona and Strathcona Horse for South African service; Y.M.C.A.; tenders for police and firemen’s uniforms; cattle impounded; Second hand dealers; Heatly Avenue Wharf; B.C. Electric Co. using wrong style and weight of rail (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Apr-09Contribution to patriotic fund; employment on streetcars & more rails approved; infrastructure issues; Wave publication; City Hospital issues; leper colony; isolation grounds; Coal Harbour; flush tank; foreshore rights (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Apr-17Vaccinations; tenders for leasing of City Wharf; Chaingang to clear stumps and level lots at
Alexandra Orphanage; Mayor and Alderman Grant to interview Municipal Council of South
Vancouver to secure cooperation in construction of sidewalk to Cemetery (11 page PDF)
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1900-Apr-23Vaccination of school children; supplying of water to cemetery; leasing of Heatley Avenue Wharf; crossing to Alexandra Orphanage approved; tenders for West End and Mount Pleasant Sewers; Jeffries and Gray turn over plant to City (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Apr-26Construction of sewers, ratepayers vote bylaw, amount insufficient (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Apr-30City water carried to the corner of Arbutus St. and 3rd Ave.; Water Committee advise of laying on water westward on Arbutus St. and number and location of houses to be served. J. Morton, Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee, asked for list of Nationalities of all prisoners during past 12 months. Mr. W. Bell, who was injured on Granville Street Bridge through the slipping of the cable, was allowed to retain his pay for the half time during the period he was laid off, amounting to $28.00 (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Aug-06The Government is requested to nominate these gentlemen as first Governors of the City Hospital (12 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1900-Sep-11Squalid Hovel their Prison (3 page PDF)News Clipping Vancouver Daily World Sep 18 1900 (photo)
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1900-Dec-301900 Vancouver Police Court proceedings re Board of Health matters (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1900-Dec-311900 Vancouver Board of Health record of work done (9 page PDF)Board of Health Records Book Cover (photo)
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