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Miscellaneous (M-Z)

File contains incoming correspondence addressed to a variety of City officials, which is filed by correspondent (by institution or individual), e.g.: Vancouver Wharfage and Storage Company (Limited) regarding their shareholders list and the value of the City wharf property; Keefer & McGillivray regarding the Granville Street bridge; the Vancouver World pertaining to printing contract and costs; the Ball Electric Light Co. Ltd. of Canada regarding electric light costs; Vancouver Board of Trade regarding contract with the British Columbia Smelting Co.; R. B. McMicking regarding tender on fire alarms; R. Mathison relating to a printing contract; Edward Mohun, civil engineer, regarding sewerage system; California Fire Apparatus Mfg. Co. (California) regarding sales; Vancouver Electric Illuminating Company regarding electric lights for Fire Hall No. 1; British Columbia Smelting Co., Limited pertaining to their smelter in Vancouver; D. Robson (to the Minister of Education) pertaining to schools; Brussels Steam Fire Engine Works regarding supplies; Thomas Stephenson pertaining to an application for Street Superintendant and a second letter relating to the clearing of the road on Brockton Point athletic grounds; Sansom & Dawson, architects, (to the Board of Works) pertaining to the roof of the Market Building; E. S. Scoullar & Co. regarding the cost of sewer pipes; O. D. [Sweet?] relating to the bridge across the north arm of the Fraser River; Tatlow & Spinks, real estate and financial agents, regarding the sale of City lots; the Toronto Rubber Co. relating to the purchase of supplies for the Fire Dept. (including a receipt); the Vancouver Drug Co. regarding hospital supplies; London & Lancashire Fire Insurance Company; letters of reference for E. G. Wiswell applying for the position of Fire Chief; Barr & Wright regarding electric lights. File also includes an advertisement for a "Chain Winding Hose Cart"; an invitation to the opening of the Provincial Exhibition in New Westminster; resolutions passed by the Council of the City of Vancouver; an agreement between the Corporation of the City of Toronto and the Toronto Incandescent Electric Light Company; copies of the agreement between the Vancouver Electric Illuminating Co., Limited and the Fire Hall on Water Street; and an invitation to the Celebration of the Queen's birhday.

Assessment roll Ward 1

Includes all or portions of District Lots in the following order: 185, 541, Old Granville Townsite, 196, 182A, 182B, 182G, 182H, 182I, 182J, 182K, 183C, 183D, 183E, 184, 264A, 200A, 301, 302, 540, 526, 192, and 264A.

Hospital

File includes a semi-annual report of the City Health Officer and some patient data lists ("Hospital Returns for fortnight ending . . . ").

Champion Hose Team [standing beside hose and roller]

Champion Hose Team [standing beside hose and roller]

Item is a photograph showing (L-R): Jas. [James] Moran, S. Ramage, J. Garvin, A. McDonald (trainer & capt.), J. McKenzie, R. Rutherford, A. Montgomery, F. Gladwin, A. Saunders, B. Hall, H. E. Campbell, W. L. Hayward, D. Bigger, George Brown, G. Thomas, T. Lilley

Miscellaneous (A-L)

File contains incoming correspondence addressed to a variety of City officials, which is filed by correspondent (by institution or individual), e.g.: Drake, Jackson & Helmcken, solicitor, relating to the J. P. Blake case, the J. D. Schmidt case, letters regarding the Vancouver Waterworks Company, and a letter pertaining to the construction of a Grist Mill; Dr. G. F. Bodington regarding the S.S. Premier; W. Norman Bole, barrister, solicitor, regarding "D. Burns v. Corporation"; Canadian Pacific Railway Company correspondence pertaining to the sewer on Granville Street and the erection of a fountain on the corner of Carrall and Hastings Streets; California Electrical Works relating to fire alarm installation; the News Advertiser relating to the Police Court; the Vancouver Street Railway Co. regarding the closing of the Westminster Avenue bridge to lay stringers and planking and further correspondence relating to the use of electric power for the operation of the line; Ross & Ceperley, real estate brokers, regarding the widening of the bank to accomodate the railway track; Office of Chief of Fire Brigade; the Bank of British Columbia pertaining to debentures; Corbould & McColl, barristers, solicitors, etc. regarding debentures and the costs of law suits; W. M. Crickmay & John J. Robson, civil engineers and contractors, regarding delivery of building materials; W. A. Cumyow, chinese agent and court translator, regarding fees; D. S. Curtis, acting Mayor, relating to Burnaby Lake improvements; Thomas Dunn & Co. regarding electric lighting; Armstrong & Eckstein regarding the voters list; Jose [Gonsales?] pertaining to a claim for compensation; Frank Granville, real estate agent, regarding a rental; Alfred S. & G. Hamersley (to the Park Commissioner) relating to the construction of a road around Brockton Point; Canadian Pacific Railway Company telegrams; Hanson Bros. regarding tender of loan; Citizens Insurance Company of Canada regarding insurance for Fire Hall No. 2; City of London Fire Insurance Company regarding donation to the Fire Dept.; Innes & Richards, real estate brokers, regarding a fence; and letters from various citizens requesting that they be placed on the voters list. File also contains the publication, "Garbage, Night Soil and Offensive Matter : the Dominion Sanitary and Cremation Co."; and a list of corners on which electric lights are to be placed.

Police Department

File contains: audit reports by the City Auditor; reports to the Police Committee by V.W. Haywood (on John Morgan) and M.W.T. Drake (on charges against Malcolm Stewart, Chief of Police); handwritten (pencil) minutes of Board of Police Commissioners (2 Sept. 1889); and a few other items. Originals difficult to decipher.

Police Department

File contains sworn statement regarding Officer Fyfe and a series of handwritten audit reports on the special audit of the Police accounts by the City Auditor (John Devine).

425 Westminster Avenue (Main Street), Vancouver, B.C. [Market Hall]

File consists of architectural drawings of Market Hall (later the second City Hall, commonly referred to as "Old City Hall"). The drawings depict floor plans, elevations, sections and details, and the file includes a number of unattributed drawings depicting various alterations and additions to the building, most likely created by the City's Engineer's Office.

City officials

File contains a report to the Board of Police Commissioners from the License Inspector and letters to the Mayor and aldermen from the Chief of Police (21 Jan. and 23 Sept. 1889).

Police Department

File contains a statement from the City Auditor, correspondence from external auditors, a report on the Officer H. Fyfe inquiry written by M.W.T. Drake (Q.C.), an affadavit in charges against Officer Fyfe, and a complaint written by John Abrams. Originals difficult to decipher.

Agreements

File includes agreements with Vancouver Street Railway Company and Vancouver Electric Illuminating Company.

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