Fonds / Collection

District of West Vancouver fonds

Description Level

File

GMD

textual record

Date

1928

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence between C.M.C. [Clerk Municipal Council] James Ollason and various correspondents. The correspondence is arranged in chronological order within alphabetical sub-headings based on correspondent surname or organizational name. Some correspondence included in the file falls outside the specified date range. The file includes records regarding the following: A – Canadian section of American Waterworks Association meeting, subdivision request, business licenses, request to save a tree; Assessment – North Shore Press (Tuesday, April 10, 1928); Auditor (J.S. Flanigan) – ferry operations, school accounts; B – B.C. Telephone Co. pole mileage, Burrard Inlet Tunnel and Bridge Co., tenders and contracts for municipal projects, new ferry boat design, Marine Dr. expenditures (Jan.-Feb. 1928), requests for improvements (stump removal, road conditions, culvert crossings); British Columbia Electric Railway – streetlight installation, estimates for extensions to Districts 1, 2, 3 (includes street blueprints for Districts 1 and 2), poll tax, pole line right-of-way; Beaches – oppositions and requests for trail access to beaches; C – fundraising requests, requests for improvements (drainage, culverts, water supply, sidewalks, dumping of waste, change in ferry schedules, new float at Fisherman’s Cove); Circulars – correspondence copied to multiple recipients re: municipal projects, tenders; Councillors – meeting notices, memorandum and internal correspondence, janitor’s duties/wage, resident assistance; D – Vancouver Sun (Jan. 28, 1928), Marine Dr. widening and paving contract, timber cutting rights, request to improve dangerous road conditions/high collision areas; Duncan, J. (Municipal Engineer) – correspondence re: municipal infrastructure projects, hydrant installation; Dominion Government – Inlet/Island/Cove names (includes materials from 1926-1928), income tax, wharf construction at foot of Nelson Ave., float at Horseshoe Bay; E – requests for improvements (conditions of road pavement, grading), application to rent private property, furnace tender; Elks – May Day celebration, municipal donation; Engineer – list of estimates for road work; Estimates – municipal expenditures (1926-1927) includes details for various departments; F – requests for improvements (tree removal, culvert crossings, road extensions and conditions, installation of fire hydrants, float at Fisherman’s Cove); Ferries – maintenance records, tender agreement for new engine in Sonrisa, accident involving No. 2 Bus, operating budget, renewal of agreement for Engineer Employees, complaint re: bus cleanliness; G – bill for home fumigation (George Cave), applications under the business sign bylaw, subdivision proposals, public liability insurance, requests for improvements (stumps and debris on boulevard, sidewalk extension and repairs, road extension and conditions); Garbage – resident concerns re: location of municipal garbage dump behind cemetery; H – applications under the business sign bylaw, Hollyburn Public Library grant, injury and harassment claims, health report re: slough water near P.G.E., requests for improvements (culvert crossing, stump removal, streetlight); Health – reports from A. Gracey (Sanitary Inspector) re: municipal conditions, response to complaints (private residence, refuse dumping, earwigs, cannery fish refuse); Hospitals – accounts, patient admissions; I – request for road; Insurance – tenders and contracts for municipal insurance policies (fire brigade, ferries, buildings, busses); J - liquor profit payment to Provincial Government, complaint re: bylaw compliance of garage, request for improvements (road opening, domestic water supply); K - Klu Klux Klan resolution, request for improvements to road conditions, complaint re: parking at Piccadilly and The Dale; L – B.C.E.R. transformer station location (18th and Bellevue), fundraising requests, event invitations, damage claim, fire brigade supplies, property rezoning, requests for improvements (streetlights, log removal, culvert construction, tree removal, West Bay Beach improvements); Library- appeal from Public Library Commission (N. Black) for service improvements; Light – petitions and request for streetlight installation; M – municipal and Workmen’s Compensation Board assistance (Ernest Davies), request for building inspector investigation, subdivision plan with blueprint (D.L. 237), building and wiring permits, extermination of earwigs, Mother’s Pension, request for improvements (road extension, culvert construction); Mc - requests for improvements (road conditions, drainage); Medical Health Officer – employment applications, appointment of A.C. Nash, infectious disease report (March – May); N - particulars of district land sale, event invitations, notification of trade sign bylaw infringement; North Vancouver Board of Trade – invitation to annual dinner; North Vancouver City – vital statistics, proposed airport, joint meeting minutes (August 30th); North Vancouver District – joint sinking fund, trade license bylaw, suggestions for joint hospital; North and West Vancouver Stages – passenger incidents, schedule, licenses; O – distribution of financial statements, event invitations, request for installation of private wharf; P – Association of Property Owners of Vancouver support for proposed airport, request for road; Pacific Great Eastern Railway – annual passes, Nelson Creek Bridge crossing; Police (F.W. Squires) – license enforcement, council direction, reports of activities, V.G.H. admissions; Poll Tax – distribution notices, payment receipts, partially used receipt book labelled C.P.R.; Provincial Government – correspondence with various Departments, road mileage, Marine Drive extension and classification, probate and estate particulars, property assessments, North Shore Watershed Protection Committee minutes and activities, Better Housing Loan, bylaws; R – D.L. 1059 Rennie Estate (payments and particulars, sale of lot, includes materials from 1923-1928), Caulfeild sign, trade and dog licenses, billboard regulation bylaw (No. 305), request for improvements to road conditions; Registrar – certificate of title, list of agreements completed and signed, tax sale notices; Reports – J. Ollason re: extending light services/liquor license, A. Gracey re: plumbing, annual health report 1927, Queens Ave Water Main; Resident Engineer – employment applications for position of resident engineer to construct portion of Marine Drive; Robson, Gordon (Municipal Solicitor) – legal advice and correspondence, B.C. Electric sub-station, review of survey and engineering reports, bylaw advice and approval, pension and financial assistance allocations, tax sale lands, injury claims, liability advice, North Vancouver Hospital, Marine Drive tenders; S - Salvation Army grant, sprinkling permit, requests for improvements (culvert construction, road conditions, streetlight); Board of School Trustees – requests to issue cheques, enrollment figures (1924-1927), municipal improvements to areas surrounding schools, estimates, financial statement (December 31, 1928); Second Narrows Bridge – reports and correspondence with W.G. Swan (Consulting Engineer) re: proposed causeways and locks; T - council opposition to sales tax on gravel, patient at Tranquille Sanatorium, rent payments, request for road grading; Tax Sale – District of West Vancouver list of tax sale lands, requests to receive list, distribution circulars, particulars for some lots; Tenders – circulars sent to companies for municipal projects, quotes (printing, municipal hall maintenance), blank sample forms; Town Planning Commission – rezoning request (D.L. 430-447); U – request for lane opening; Union of British Columbia Municipalities – resolutions, conference, fees; V- electrical permit, rent collection, timber rights D.L. 1148 Hollyburn Ridge lease, request for culvert crossing; Vancouver City – correspondence with City of Vancouver C.M.C. W. McQueen and other agencies in Vancouver, Vancouver Board of Trade, Vancouver Publicity Bureau, invitations to school openings; W – fundraising requests, requests for improvements (culvert construction, sidewalks, dangerous road corner), septic tank permit, permission for beach fire; West Vancouver Board of Trade – trade license bylaw revision, building permit bylaw, request for blueprint of Brothers Creek from intake to Inglewood; West Vancouver Musical Society – grant; West Vancouver Ratepayers Association – meeting notices, reports, resolutions; West Vancouver Agricultural and Horticultural Society – report and discussion of activities, meetings; Y - J.S. Yates (Fire Chief) report on ski campfire prevention;

Physical Description

26 cm of texual records

Reference Code

CA BWVA F060-S003-F017

Accession Number

2021-026

Creator

District of West Vancouver. Legislative Services

Creator Bio

View Administrative History and Biographical Sketch

Notes

Title based on the contents of the file. There are no headings for the letters Q, X, Z.

Copyright / Terms of Use

Records are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RSBC 1996, ch. 165). However, records are eligible for release for the purposes of historical research under section 36(1)(c) – personal information relates to individuals who have been dead for 20 years; and section 36(1)(d) – the information is contained in records that are over 100 years old.

Repository

West Vancouver Archives

Other Reference Number

1600-05.017

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