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)
Date
Title of Minutes
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1891-Jan-05
Final reports received, Council of 1890 concludes 10 a.m. (1 page PDF) Committees established for 1891 12 p.m. (3 page PDF) Original Minutes Original Minutes
1891-Jan-12
Garden resigns council, Brighouse now Works chairman (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Jan-14
Progress in drydock negotiations (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Jan-19
Old floating quarantine to be burned (7 page PDF) Original Minutes [missing]
1891-Jan-26
Second exit to be added to market building (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Jan-27
Vancouver to acquire its own water works (8 page PDF) Original Minutes [missing]
1891-Feb-02
Rogers’ sugar factory complete (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Feb-10
Vancouver Health Departmnt page 185 [missing]
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1891-Feb-12
C.P.R. denies responsibility for street crossing safety (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Feb-16
Vancouver sends condolences re New Westminster fire (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Feb-23
Mayor walks out re City Engineer firing (8 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Feb-24
Vancouver sends $500 for Springhill mining disaster relief (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Feb-28
Committee off to Victoria to oppose Water Works amendments (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Mar-09
Six aldermen walk out, leaving no quorum (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Mar-16
Oppenheimer obliged to sign minutes (14 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Mar-20
Tracy voted city engineer (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Mar-23
Mayor protests “illegal” appointment of Tracy (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Mar-31
Warren to contest Tracy appointment (11 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Apr-06
Women’s & Children’s hospital to go ahead (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Apr-13
Fire Department given raises (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Apr-20
Battle re City Engineer continues (12 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Apr-22
Browning named to Water Works arbitration panel (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Apr-29
Browning appointment finalized (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-May-04
Thomson building at Howe & Pender must be removed (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-May-09
By-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) Original Minutes
1891-May-11
Clark Park to be seeded over (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-May-18
Street lights not to be lit during full moon (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-May-26
Brighouse blocks Council resignation (10 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-May-27
Warren’s wrongful dismissal suit could cost the City $5,000 (3 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Jun-01
No signs of leprosy within City of Vancouver (12 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Jun-08
Council meeting adjourned to mark the passing of Sir John A. Macdonald (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Jun-15
Vancouver taxes will increase 2% to fund school (12 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Jun-22
Mayor Oppenheimer’s $500 expense account called into question (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Jun-29
Regulations 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) Original Minutes
1891-Jul-06
Brown, Macgowan, Murray and Baldwin elected school trustees (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Jul-15
Police “cannot interfere” with children playing on railway tracks (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Jul-20
Phone brought in to Mountain View Cemetery (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Jul-27
Ratepayers protest Isaac Hallett’s continuing as Police Magistrate (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Aug-03
Water Works worth $330,081.93 (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Aug-06
Street railway construction halted (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Aug-10
Police to enforce tramway construction ban (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Aug-06
Street railway construction halted (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Aug-13
Tramway agreement reached, construction to resume (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Aug-17
Tramway back on track, business as usual (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Aug-31
Nine hour day reaches City Hal (10 page PDF Original Minutes
1891-Sep-07
Post Office obstruction on Granville Street to be removed (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Sep-14
C.P.R. Terminal at foot of Granville Street to be built (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Sep-28
Vancouver plans exhibit at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Oct-05
C.L. Brown wins seat in Ward 5 (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Oct-12
Hallett resigns as Police Magistrate (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Oct-19
Champion and White to oversee garbage burning (8 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Oct-26
Vancouver’s population is more than 18 thousand (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Nov-02
Water Works total tops $452,000 (10 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Nov-09
Leprosy correspondence to be made public (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Nov-13
Council to meet with Victoria City Council to decide the leper matter (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Nov-16
Lepers to be moved to Darcy Island (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Nov-18
Council selects new Police Magistrate (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Nov-23
Police Magistrate appointment delayed, $500 for free library (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Nov-30
G.A. Jordan new Police Magistrate (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Dec-07
Sidewalk to be put in for Baptist Church (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Dec-10
Water Works debentures sold at 96% (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Dec-11
Several new by-laws formed (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Dec-14
More pipes needed to extend the Water Works (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Dec-16
City may acquire Electric Light and Street Railway (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Dec-21
One Vancouver leper placed on Darcy Island (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1891-Dec-28
Street 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)
Date
Title of Minutes
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1892-Ja n-03
Fire, Water & Light Committee’s recommendation overturned; Street Railway Committee’s report adopted (6 page PDF) Original Minutes [missing]
1892-Ja n-16
Council for 1892 wraps up remaining business 11:00 a.m. (5 page PDF) Original Minutes [missing]
1892-Ja n-18
Last Year’s Civic Overspending Tops $66,000 – Jan 18, 1892 (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Ja n-25
Committee 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-02
Bell-Irving and Paterson get Water Works contract (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Feb-08
City Hospital staff reappointed, slaughterhouses all “in order” (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Feb-15
Projected new oil warehouse alarms neighbours (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Feb-22
Alderman Scoullar’s Seat on Council declared vacant (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1893-Feb-24
Special meeting of Council to arrange funding for water works purchase (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Feb-29
Popular Aldermen Get Two-Year Term (7 page PDF) Original Minutes [missing]
1892-Mar-14
Vancouver asks Canadian government to establish steamship postal service as far north as Comox (11 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Mar-21
Joseph Huntly appointed Health Inspector: M. G. MacLeod both License Inspector & Gaoler (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Mar-24
Nothing Decided on Railway Bonus Question (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Mar-28
Pardon for Sam Greer? (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Mar-29
Council goes over draft contract with the railway (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Apr-04
Liquor license by-law amended (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Apr-11
MacLean for Sheriff; City to buy Studebaker street sprinkler (8 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Apr-19
Gravel price increased to $1.75 per yard (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Apr-25
Foreshore shacks again threatened (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-May-02
Selected city streets to be paved (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-May-09
Council will meet again on Thursday to consider 1892 budget (7 page PDF) Original Minutes [missing]
1892-May-12
Rates for 1892 will be 2 1/4 percent with 20% off (10 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-May-16
Money to be found, but not for Oppenheimer (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-May-23
Smallpox, vaccination and quarantine house matters dominate Council agenda (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-May-26
Local 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-06
Board of Works to find a new quarantine site (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Jun-13
English Bay bath houses may never be built (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Jun-20
Reward for Conviction of Tree Vandals Increased to $300.00 (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Jun-27
Deadman’s Island not to be used for quarantine (13 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Jul-04
Water main replacement to go ahead across First Narrows (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Jul-09
Vancouver and New Westminster Councils urge formation of Provincial Board of Health (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Jul-11
No quarantine laid on Victoria steamers, at least for now (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Jul-13
Dr. Harold appointed Vancouver health officer (2 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Jul-18
Labour Day to be granted as public holiday (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Jul-22
Council unanimously backs smallpox quarantine against Victoria (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Jul-23
New Westminster to lift smallpox quarantine on Monday (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Jul-25
Vancouver will crack down on prostitution at once (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Jul-27
Quarantine decision delayed until tomorrow (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Jul-28
Smallpox quarantine lifted (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Aug-01
Deadline for 20% tax rebate extended to August 15 (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Aug-08
Additional quarantine buildings needed within the week (8 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Aug-10
Council proposes $300,000 bonus to Burrard Inlet & Fraser Valley Railway Co. (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Aug-15
Steamer Sunbury given a $25 weekly bonus (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Aug-22
Vancouver objects to paying salary for trains health inspector (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Aug-29
Vancouver & North Vancouver co-operate to build a road along Capilano water works pipeline (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Sep-05
Water 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-12
B.C. Iron Works bonus question delayed for one week (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Sep-19
Lots 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-03
New Local Improvement By-Law Passed (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Oct-05
Costello and Munro give up Water Mains contract (1 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Oct-10
Westminster Ave. purchase delayed six months (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Oct-17
Cemetery road must be repaired, Vancouver & South Vancouver tell Victoria (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Oct-24
City to hire Building Assessor (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Oct-31
Dry dock needed in Vancouver, says Board of Trade (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Nov-03
Taxpayers will soon vote on $300,000 Railway Bonus (4 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Nov-08
Vancouver Council to look into City staff cuts (5 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Nov-14
No additional City layoffs needed, Committee finds (7 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Nov-21
Vancouver Library and Reading Room to move to larger quarters (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Nov-28
Vancouver Fire Hydrants to be made locally (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Dec-05
Huntly cleared of charges (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Dec-12
G. A. Stevenson to buy Local Improvement Debentures (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Dec-19
Election set for Mayor and Council of 1893 (8 page PDF) Original Minutes
1892-Dec-27
Mr. 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)
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)
Date
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1894-Jan-02
Mass firing averted; referred to next Council (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jan-08
No pay for injured water main worker (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jan-15
Final meeting for Council for 1893 11:00 a.m. (2 page PDF)Committees formed for 1894 12:00 p.m. (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
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1894-Jan-22
Vancouver needs to borrow $50,000 Original Minutes
1894-Jan-29
Vancouver officially requests “tide lands of False Creek” from BC (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Feb-05
Future Vancouver street lights to be powered with hydro electricity (7 page PDF)VCCMIN (photo)Original Minutes
1894-Feb-06
$5,000 public works project created (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Feb-12
Relief street work to begin on Friday (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Feb-19
Job Layoffs, Salary Cuts for City Employees (11 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1 , Part 2
1894-Feb-26
Champion & White ousted from city crematory (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Mar-05
Council empowered to borrow $100,000 (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Mar-08
Vancouver asks BC to incorporate High Schools, build University here (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Mar-12
Crushed rock confined to Powell Street (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Mar-18
Cambie Grounds Cleared for Football Team (8 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1894-Mar-19
East End race track closed except by special permission (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Mar-27
New Women’s Ward in hospital will cost $10,000 (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Apr-02
City takeover of Vancouver’s streetlights moves forward (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Apr-09
Council supports petition for East End post office (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Apr-16
Health Committee reviews costs (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Apr-19
Street Railway Company must repair its tracks (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Apr-23
Market scales’ measure called into question (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Apr-30
City Reviews Estimates of Costs and Revenues (14 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1, Part 2
1894-May-07
Fire Department to buy new Team (7 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1894-May-10
Aldermen Shaw and William Brown added to the Street Railway purchase committee (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-May-14
Cemetery needs draining, fence repair (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-May-21
Kendal’s crushed rock no longer wanted (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-May-28
Finance Committee regrets no funds available to provide public parks (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jun-04
More street railway tracks to be built on Granville Street (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jun-11
Dupont Street sewer request under review (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jun-18
Arcade Building plans sent back (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jun-25
Street Railway By-Law to “Take its Course” (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jul-09
Street Railway Purchase By-law overturned (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jul-16
Columbia Avenue lowlands must be drained (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Jul-30
Alexandra Hospital needs better drainage (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Aug-06
All Vancouver Fire Halls to Hear Every Fire Alarm (6 page PDF)Fire Hall No. 1 (photo)Original Minutes
1894-Aug-13
$100,000 for Vancouver Street Lighting? (4 page PDF)Street Lighting (photo)The Narrows (photo)Original Minutes
1894-Aug-20
Wilfred Laurier to Receive Official Welcome to Vancouver (7 page PDF)Sir W. Laurier (photo)Original Minutes
1894-Aug-27
Iron & 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-10
Injunction Forbids Vancouver to Pay for Street Rails (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Sep-17
Street Railway Track Needs Improvements (9 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3
1894-Sep-24
New 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-08
Electric Lighting By-Law to Go Ahead (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Oct-15
Sumas-Vancouver Railway Report Filed, But Not Adopted (9 page PDF)Sumas Railway Substation (photo)Original Minutes
1894-Oct-22
Granville Street to be Paved Between Hastings & Cordova (7 page PDF)Granville Cordova (photo)
1894-Oct-29
City Staff to “Make Due Provision” against Sickness Or Death (6 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1894-Nov-05
West End Streets Not To Be Opened (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Nov-12
North Vancouver Wants Three Years’ Road Tax (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Nov-19
Robson Street railway permission repealed (9 page PDF)Robson St Railway (photo)Original Minutes
1894-Nov-26
Lands for CPR, Street Railway Identified (5 page PDF)Sugar Railway (photo)Original Minutes
1894-Dec-03
Seized gambling funds to be used for Mayor’s social service fund (6 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1 , Part 2
1894-Dec-11
Future Council Members May Not Hold City Contracts (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Dec-17
Vancouver to insure against fire (13 page PDF)Original Minutes
1894-Dec-24
Council Denies Secret Amendments to Charter (7 page PDF)
Original Minutes Part 1 , Part 2
1894-Dec-31
James 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)
Date
Title of Minutes
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1895-Jan-07
Incoming Council will have to provide relief (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jan-14
Council 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-21
Churches unite to appeal for relief work (10 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jan-28
Relief 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-11
Crazy George, Sullivan child to receive City aid (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Feb-18
Alderman McCraney’s resignation refused (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Feb-25
Vancouver to Borrow $150,000 (8 page PDF) Original Minutes
1895-Mar-04
Streetcars coming to Granville, Hastings streets, but not to Robson (7 page PDF)Streetcars and Metro Vancouver: Urban Planning History Explained (Video) Original Minutes
1895-Mar-11
City Band funding cut off (7 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Mar-12
Several City Departments amalgamated (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Mar-15
Baldwin, Scoullar get city appointments (3 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Mar-18
Many applications were received for the vacant position on the fire brigade. Question asked about Original Minutes
1895-Mar-25
City Band Found in Good Order (8 page PDF) Band (photo)Original Minutes
1895-Apr-01
More relief work granted (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Apr-08
Sgt. Haywood’s name is cleared (12 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Apr-17
Aldermen vote themselves $300 annual salary (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Apr-22
South Vancouver’s part of North Arm Road ‘nearly useless for traffic’ (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Apr-25
Special Meeting considers terms for street railways (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Apr-29
Vote on Sunday Closing Delayed (8 page PDF) Original Minutes
1895-May-02
Council Reviews City Budgets (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-May-06
City Employees’ Salaries Cut (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-May-13
Road to Hastings Mill in Poor Condition (8 page PDF) Hastings Mill (photo)Original Minutes
1895-May-20
Liquor, Gambling Fines Totals Demanded (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-May-27
Half Holiday June 3 for Grand Lodge’s Visit (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jun-03
Two New Firemen Needed (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jun-10
Bars and Saloons Must Close Over Sundays (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jun-17
Opium Tax to be reduced? (11 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jun-24
Morley, Butler Get Sunbury Reward (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jul-02
Council Meeting Cancelled Due to Lack of Quorum (1 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1895-Jul-08
All Police To Stay In Office For Now (8 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jul-18
By-Election Set For August 2 (4 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jul-22
No Additional Money for School Board (9 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Jul-29
No Final Word on Police Dismissals (20 page PDF) Original Minutes
1895-Aug-01
Council Seeks Power to Remove “Undesirable” Buildings from Stanley Park (6 page PDF)Original Minutes [missing]
1895-Aug-05
Clandenning, Sanders and McDonald Take Their Places on Council; McLaren, Haywood and McLeod Dismissed from Police Force (6 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Aug-12
English Bay Swimming Improvements Pursued (13 page PDF) English Bay 1911 (photo)Original Minutes
1895-Aug-19
City Demands Details on Reservoir, Robson Street streetcar Part 1 (8 page PDF) By-law No. 233 altering the subdivision of Wards Part 2 (2 page PDF) Original Minutes Part 1 Original Minutes Part 2
1895-Aug-26
Granville Street Car Service To Run Every Twenty Minutes (9 page PDF) Original Minutes
1895-Sep-03
Consolidated Railway & Light’s Wires Must Come Down (6 page PDF) Original Minutes
1895-Sep-04
William Ward Appointed Police Chief (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Sep-09
Pioneer Place deeded to Vancouver by the C.P.R. (9 page PDF) Pioneer Place Map (photo)Original Minutes
1895-Sep-16
Council Accepts Consolidated Railway & Light’s $250 Offer For Robson Street (10 page PDF)Foreman Grocers, Vancouver 1895 (photo)Part 1 , Part 2, Part 3
1895-Sep-23
Improvements Voted for Granville Street (7 page PDF) 1895 Picnicers aboard the Cutch (photo)Original Minutes
1895-Sep-30
Vancouver Asks Victoria for Deadman’s Island (9 page PDF) Squatters and boats on Deadman’s Island 1895 (photo)Original Minutes
1895-Oct-07
Council Declares Holiday to Attend Fair (6 page PDF)New Westminster Agricultural Fair 1904 (photo)Part 1 , Part 2
1895-Oct-14
“Not Legal” for Vancouverites to Trade Work for Taxes (8 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1 , Part 2
1895-Oct-21
Hospital Verandahs Need Repair (5 page PDF)Hospital Balcony (photo)Part 1 , Part 2
1895-Oct-23
Special Meeting (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Oct-28
Sidewalk Labour Free: Materials Must Be Found (5 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Nov-04
City Solicitor Hamersley Resigns (10 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4
1895-Nov-08
Special 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-11
False Creek Filling Up (10 page PDF)False Creek Vancouver ca 1891 (photo)Part 1 , Part 2 [missing], Part 3
1895-Nov-18
Special Meeting to Discuss Street Lighting Contract (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Nov-19
Second Meeting to Review Lighting Contract 10:00 am (1 page PDF)Discussion Continues on Lighting Contract (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
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1895-Nov-22
City Lighting Contract Still Under Consideration (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Nov-25
Beattie Must Give Up Lease on Market (14 page PDF)Vancouver Market Interior 1888 (photo)Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4
1895-Nov-27
Meeting Postponed Till Next Day (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Nov-28
Mayor Authorized to Sign Light Bill (2 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Dec-02
Council Passes Lands to Vancouver Improvement Co., C.P.R. (7 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1 , Part 2
1895-Dec-03
Foreshore Rights Committee Struck (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
1895-Dec-09
Weekly Market Established (11 page PDF)Vancouver Market 1910 (photo)Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4
1895-Dec-16
J. G. Jonah Appointed Fire Dept Engineer (7 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3
1895-Dec-23
Vancouver Owed $30,000 in Unpaid Taxes (16 page PDF)Georgia Street (photo)Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5 , Part 6, Part 7
1895-Dec-30
Archie Robinson Appointed Market Clerk (6 page PDF)Original Minutes Part 1 , Part 2
1895-Dec-31
Special Meeting Wraps Up 1895 (1 page PDF)Original Minutes
