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001B6BC4 A Weekly Newspaper Circulatiugin the By Mail $1.00 per year. District of West Vancouver-Ambleside, Hollyburn, Weston; Dundararje Caulfei ld, Whytechff, Cypress Park Etc. Newsstands 5c per Copy Fl(I DAY, SEPT. 17th, 1926WEST VANCOUVER, B.(.'.,HOLLYBURN P.O.,Vol. 1 SIX I'AGES LIONS'ATE No. 30 L oR RAY ANswERs EI idge Committee MeeCORRESPONENT re CLFAR- The Bridge Committee at their Requests Ask for More IlluminationERIDGE meeting yesterday morning made a recommendation to the two contracting firms that the road- way be twenty-seven feet broad instead of twenty-four feet and that the sidewalks be not less than six feet wide. City Engineer Charles Brak- enridge, George S. Hanes, city engineer of North Vancouver, aml A. S. Wooton, parks board engineer, were delegated to in- ten iew representatives of the two fitsns and obtain additional information. Details of the probable term of the franchise and the tolls to be proposed by the Dwight Rob- inson Company are to be furnish- ed by the latter. The other con- tracting firm has submitted its list of tolls but not the period of the franchise to be asked for by them. The next meeting will be held at an early date at the call of the chairman, when it will be de- cided which of the two firms has made the best offer. I:DITOR OF WEST VAN NEWS: Dear Sir& In your last issue of September 10th a letter was inserted from Mr. Black, calling the attention of the Council to th«necessity of establishing a bath. lug biach at the foot of lgtu Street. Please I'cimit me to make tbe futluu- iu„ i .placation to Mr. Black aud other citizens whose letters have appeared in yotr paper in previous l«ucs ve- gavdiug the same subject.'"ivct the Bathing Beaches comes within the category of the Purl s: the vihole of the estimates for the pares being $ 1000. This sum has been spent iud a little in addition on Ambleside Park in the nature of permanent iiork. Second--The Bathing Beach in West Vancouver is a big problem. In order ts have a proper bathing beach, it requires retaining wall, uot less than 000 to 400 feet in length, in order to iaaiutaiu the sandy beach, after the same has been cleaned. It requires more land abutting on the beach than the street ends. This project would cost in the neighborhood of $ 50,000 upward, and would require a by-law voted on by the citizens to insure suc- cess. In my opinion it is useless to clear a small portion of the beach, as has been suggested, because the break- ers would fill it with rocks, etc., in a very short period aud the work done viould be lost. I quite appreciate the s iggesvion of your correspondent, and for their information I might say that the matter is under the cousidevatior. of the three municipalities to establish a community bathing beach on the North Shore, in all likelihood in Iyest Van. as the most suitable location. Yours respectfully, K. A. BAY, Chairman of Parks Committee. The notice by the council last week brought many applications and requests for additional light- ing. One big petition signed by seventy of the business an&i pro- fessional people of the district asked for more eflicient lighting along the most used parts of Marine Drive aml on 14th Street from Marine Drive to the Ferry entrance. This was presented to the council by Mr. Fred Tite sup- ported by other residents on be- ~ half of the signatories. There were ten other written applications for specific lights. Of these the one asking for a light on Kings Avenue between Inglewood and Mathers carried 12 signatures. Another for the corner of Fulton between 17th and 18th was signed Ity 10 resi- dents and still another asking for a light at 21st and Bellevue was signed by five interested citizens. The other seven applications were over single signatures. These requests will all be dealt with at the next meeting of the council. I. O. D. E. The regular meeting of the Duncan Lawson Chapter, I.O.D. E., was held at St. Stephens Par- ish Hall on Monday afternoon. A Committee was named to make arrangements for a picnic at IVhytecliff for the boys from Shaughnessy Hospital. A month- ly donation was authorized to the Disabled Veterans Associa- tion. A Tea will be held at the home of Mrs. David Morgan on IVednesday afternoon, Septem- ber 29th, and plans were made for the Annual Masquerade dance on Friday, October 22nd. AIrs. Vaughan, Mrs. Prentice and Mrs. Thomas were appointed as an Entertainment Committee for three months. The hostesses for the afternoon were Mrs. Dick and Mrs. McVean. Radio Concert The Sons of England Benefit Society is broadcasting a con- cert this evening, C.N.R.V., and the band of this society will play the following programme: Grand March -- "The Doge's March" ............................Rosse Overture--"The Golden Scep- treu ....................................Ricci Valse Lente -- "Midsummer" ......................................Marigold Suite--"Monsieur Beaucaireu .....................................Bucalossi Selection'--"H.M.S. Pinafore" .........................Sullivan March--"Fraternity" .............. ................................. Moorhouse It is interesting to note that this band is composed entirely. of amateur players and numbers some twenty-five pieces. Several of its members are boys and listeners-in will have an oppor- tunity of judging for themselves the extent to which amateurs may go in the art of playing wind instruments. Mr. C. Waddingham (late Lieutenant and Bandmaster In- dian Army Reserve of Officers) is the leader. He also directs the 1st B. C. Rgt. Ban&1, and a band of the B. C. E. Co. em- ployees. Mr.. Wad&lingham is also a skilled clarinetist ainl saxaphon- ist, and teaches all wind instru- ments. Those who desire to take up a wind instrument in consulting Mr. Waddingham as- sure themselves of real service, the outcome of some thirty years'xperience gained from many fine bands. WHYTECLIFF RATEPAYERS A delegation from the Whyte- cliff Ratepaye'rs Association ap- peared before the Council on Monday making various requests for the filling of gaps in the roads, for lighting and for bet- ter telephone service, but the most important of their requests ivas that certain areas in their &'.istrict be purchased for Park purposes. Reeve Wants Resolution Rescinded Reeve hlorgan objects to the sale of part of D.L. 1494 to Messrs. R. P. Clark 4& Co. Ltd., as passed by the council, for reasons as given below: First: I do not like the way this matter was pushed through, because a majority of the Council had agreed in private on a minimum price of $ 100.00 per acre. Secondly, because the price of $50.00 per acre is not sufficient, having regard to what private individuals are able to obtain for land adjacent to this land and because the Coun- cil had knoivledge of certain developments about to take place in the immediate vicinity of this particular parcel of land. Because, further, as all the memberrs of the Council know, we are on the eve of receiving good reports regarding the Lions'ate Bridge, the time is inopportune to sell it at so low a figure, and, as I ives prepared to call in an expert party io value this land, I feel quite satisfied in returning this reso- lution for reconsideration. Councillor Ray supports Mr. Morgan in this objection. The resolution referred to was passed at a meeting of the Council on September 8th, 1926. and appears on the records as folloivs: Moved by Councillor Leylaml, scconded by Councillor IVatt. that 800 acres of D.L. 1494 enst of raihvay (to be de- fined by the Council) be sold to R. P. Clark Ik Co'y for the sum of 815,000 on the understanding to be set forth in agree- ment dated 1st October that a nine-hole golf course be pro- ceeded with immediately, that'no call on the municipality for roads and sideivalks will be made, and that no timber will be sol&l commercially from the ground, and that the solicitor be instructed to draw up the necessary agreement. Terms, one- thir&l cash, balance five'years at 6 per cent. Carried. Councillor Ray dissenting. We lea'rn again from The Province that there must be adequate provision for public control of it while it is privately owned, and it must be publicly owned as soon as passible. We would consider that the Bridge Committee are quite capable of protecting the public in the first regard, while nnturally the bridge will be turned over to the municipalities on the expiry of the bonds that will be used for its construction, and the term that such a bond issue will run can be found out by looking up the offerings of any responsible bond firm. The Province, in conclusion, bids us to talk about the Burrard Bridge, which incidentally has about as much io do with the Lions'ate Bridge as duck shooting or the next Derby winner. Tenders to be AskedA meeting of the West Van-ouver branch of the Canadian lk:gion will be held tonight, Fri- /~ p eifty, at 8 o'lock, in Ambleside Hall. Arrangements will be made for the activities of the branch during the winter, and matters relating to the taking over of the monies and furniture of the G.W.V.A., West Vancou- ver branch, will be taken up. General A. D. McRae, the mem- ber-elect for the North Vancou- ver riding, will be present, and refreshments will be served. At the meeting of the council last IVednesday the engineer was instructed to obtain as many tenders as possible for the flush coating of roads paved in 1925. The IVest Vancouver Rai«pay- ers Association have ivritten to the council asking that the chair- man of the Board of IVorks at- teml a meeting of the Associa- tion to be held on October 5th so as to give information con- cerning the Marine Drive Fxten- sion and the &liiferent Rond By- laws. The Reeve, Solicitor, and Chairman of the Waterworrks committee will interview Mr. Robert Baird, Inspector of Mun- icipalities on matters appertain- ing to the water supply. A most peculiar condition has arisen within the editorial sanctum of The Province. For some inexplicable reason it has seen fit to suddenly become exceedingly antagonistic to the construction of the Lions'ate Bridge. We remember not so long ago reading a very extensive article in one of the Sunday editions of The Province which gave splendid illustra- tions of this same I,ions'ate Bridge, accompanied by a very descriptive article of iis functions and construction. Not only on that occasion did The Province write favorably regarding this project, but it seems io us that they themselves can almost be said to be the author of the project, as it was the article in The Province which first gave prominence to this matter. We hate to be suspicious of our fellow-men, and we do wish at all times to be fair in our tcriticism, but the re markable editorial which confronts us in the issue of Thurs- day, September 16th, makes us doubt very greatly the sin- cerity of our big contemporary. The first objection is taken on the score of the bridge impeding the navigation of the harbor. The specific instance given where it might do so, if the plans of either of the con- tracting firms is followed, is in the case of "S. S. Empress of Canada," which requires a clearance of 182 feet. We are told in the same paragraph that the Shipping Fed- eration of B. C.'s insistance on a bridge with a minimum span of 1400 feet and a clearance of 200 feet is not unreasonable in view of the requirements of the "Canada." Unfortunately for the Shipping Federation's argument, the Forth bridge's height above high water is only 150 feet, and the British Admiralty, who at least, we suppose, know as much about shipping as the Federation, have set this height as a standard. Furthermore, the Federation may not know that during the war the battle cruiser squadron had to pass under the Forth Bridge on their way to and from the North Sea, and each of them carries of necessaty a far larger wireless set than any- merchant ship. As a matter of fact, 110 feet is the hjghest aerial required by any wireless set in use or even contem- plated, and that is, the only use to which ship's masts are put nowadays, and both facts are well known to the Shipping Federation, or ought to be. As regards the 1400-foot span, we have now a navigable channel of about 1100 feet between the five-fathom lines. As Liverpool has a channel of only 1250 feet of usable width--and it will take many years before Vancouver requires the berthing facilities of that port--the 1200-foot span proposed is ample for any sea traffic for years I to come. With these figures and facts before us, it would appear that, not only are the requirements of the Shipping Federation most unreasonable, but give an impression to the unbiased observer that their real objections are not connected with shipping at all. The NEWS wishes to inform the Shipping Federation and The Province that West Vancouver prefers to see the Lions'ate Bridge constructed, and is not a bit disturbed because its construction will entail the shortening of the "Can- ada's" masts, seeing that the wireless set of this ship under such circumstances will be able to function as well as ever. The Province next insists on the bridge being beautifuL If before writing their editorial they had looked at the plans of either of the two bridges, they would never have raised this objection.