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001B6BDC A Weekly Newspaper Circulatiugin the District of West Vancouver-- Ambleside, Holi@burn, Weston, Duffdnrave By Mail $1.00 per year. Caulfeild, WhyteCliff, CyPreSS Park, EtC. Newsstands Gc per Copy , Vol. I SIX PAGES Grouse Season on North Shore to Be Re-Opened No. 33 New Public Park To Drain RoadsBoard of Trade Meeting and roadway on Marine Drive after a rainfall has been for some time a source of inconvi- ence to all who have had to use them. The residents of West Vancouver will therefore be glad to hear that the Council on Wednesday night instructed the Cotton Company to cut in at once all gutters and storm out- lets on the Drive sidewalks and to dress off and roll the bennes of the roads immediately, so that ditches can be dug. This ivill nave the efFect of keeping the sidewalks and roadway dry A meeting will be held tonight, at 8 o'lock, in the New Ambleside Hall, corner of Fourteenth and Marine, when it is expected that the Board of Trade for 1Vest Vancouver will be formed. The report of the committee of investigation appointed last Monday will be read. Mr. E. G. McFeat, secretary of the North Vancouver Board of Trade, will address the meeting regarding the functioning of such a body. Mr. Dickinson, president of the North Vancouver Board of Trade, will also be present. It is strongly urged upon all the business people of the district to be present at this meeting, New Ambleside Hall, tonight (Friday), at 8 o'lock. The Council decided on Wed- nesday to take the necessary steps to reserve as a public park all land east of Nelson Creek and for a distance of 300 feet west of said creek lying within D. L. 1494. North Vancouver Game and Fish Protective Association has been informed by J. M. Bryan, M.L.A., that an order-in-council will be passed by the Provincial government this week declarir g an open season on the North Shore for grouse. The season has been closed since 1925 as a rapid disappear- ance of the grouse in the district had been noticed, but a satisfac- tory increase in the birds siuce has induced the association to recommend the season being re- opened. Rainfall Days on which rain fell: Duchess Road, September, 1926. Sept. G.........................07 inch 14 10 1 5........................ 1.06 17....................... .01 20....................... .01...." 21...................... .85 27 49 II 28........................ .73 29........................ .28 II 30 05 II Meeting Re Promotion Stage Compaay Of Board of Trade Object of Suit WhptecliH Mon is Freed Frederick J. Corbett, Whyte- cliff, was charged at the criminal assizes held in Vancouver before Mr. Justice Gregory with retain- ing stolen property. On Friday the jury returned a verdict of not guilty and the ac- cused was discharged. An order was made for the return of the goods to the owners. A. H. Casey was counsel for the defense and C. H. McAlpine for the prosecution. Doncella To Be Sold Last Monday night a meeting of business people was held to consider the formation of a Board of Trade for West Van- couver. The meeting was a very enthusiastic one and was well attended there being prac- tically every line of business represented. Mr. H. May was elected secretary pro tern. The meeting went on record as being unanimously in favor of pro- ceeding with the formation of this or some similar organiza- tion. A committee composed oi'hreemembers was formed to obtain detailed information as to the necessary procedure, etc., re- garding the matter and to inter- view Mr. E. G. McFeat, the sec- retary of the North Vancouver Board of Trade, with a view to having him attend the next meeting to tell something of the functioning and operation of such an organization, Mr. Mc- Feat having been good enough to volunteer his assistance in forming a local Board of Trade. The interest taken in this mat- ter was very evident by the num- ber present, the rooms being found too small to comfortably accommodate those in attend- ance. Another meeting will be held i.onight (Friday), in the New Ambleside Hall (Fourteenth and Marine), to which every busi- ness person in the district is in- vited. Action against the West Van- couver Stage Company has been begun by Albert Johnson, Kitch- ener Street, who is asking $20,- 000 for damages he alleges to i&ave been sustained by himself and wife when the closed car in which they were riding in West Vancouver was struck by a West Vancouver stage. Mr. Johnson asks $15,000 for his wife. who sustained a fractured leg and serious injuries, as well as a bad shakmg up, and $5,000 for him- self, asserting he sufFered acute- ly from shock and other injuries. It was decided to offer to sell the Doncella for $2,076 cash to the Vancouver Dredging and Salvage Company, otherwise the boat to be sold for $2,150, terms as formerly agreed upon. Total for month, 3.65 inches New Ferry Schedule To Be Adopted COUNCH TO MEET EVERY TWO 1VEEKSThe recommendation made to the Couiicil last )Vednes- day by Councillor Watt and adopted by them regarding the time schedule on the ferries is one of the most promising measures that has yet met with the approval of our municipal authorities. We most heartily congratulate Councillor Watt on the working out of this schedule and the Council upon its adoption. The detailed time table, which comes into effect on the 18th instant, is given below. Unfortunately--and we use this term only after due consideration--the adoption did not take in the whole of Councillor Watt's recommendations. Had it done so, we should have had the issue of a book of fifty tickets (unlimited) for $3.50, seven cents a ride. We understand that the Council is holding a special meet- ing next Wednesday to deal with transportation and other matters, and THE NEWS would suggest that the issue of this form of ticket be very carefully considered, believing as we do that it would be one of the most popular pieces of legisla- tion ever effected by the municipal fathers, and that it would prove to be a very effective means of developing and popu- larizing West Vancouver as a residential district. West Vancouver has everything that is necessary to make it attractive to city workers except accessibility and cheaper transportai,ion. The coming of the Lions'ate Bridge will make our district very accessible, but the development of our ferry service along the right lines is more a pressing need of today. A cheaper fare is an absolute necessity and the proposal made by the Chairman of the Transportation Committee is one, we think, which should receive the support of everyone who has the welfare of West Vancouver at heart. We must look to the moiTow, next month, next year, and we must plan and develop according to the reasonably expected growth of our population. EIigh fares only result in making a ring arouml ourselves. Low fares mean, metaphorically, extend- ing the hand of welcome to others to come and join us aml enjoy the wondrous beauties of our attractive municipality. Once again we congratulate Councillor Watt upon the result of his study and thought, as exemplified in the recom- mendations he made last Wednesday. That his recommenda- tions meet with approval has already been shown, as there was a delegation before the Council at their last meeting mak- ing requests an&1 presenting a schedule regarding the ferry service. The schedule they proposed was, it so happened, practically the same as that worked out and presented by Councillor Watt. The delegation expressed itsolf as perfectly satisfied with the recommendations passed. The schedule is as follows (it must be remembered that this is a two-boat schedule and leaves the third boat at liberty for emergencies): Leaving West Vancouver--At 10 minutes to each hour from 6.50 a.m. up to and including 9.50 p.m. Other boats at G a.m., 7.20 a.m., 8.20 a.m., 9.20 a.m., G.20 p.m., 7.20 p.m. aml 11 p.m. I.caving Vancouver--Twenty minutes after each hour from and including 7.20 a.m. to 10.20 p.m., the last boat from Van- 'couver being 11.30 p.m. Other boats at G.30 a.m., 7.50 a.m., 8.50 a.m., 9.60 a.m., 5.50 p.m. and G.50 p.m. A special meeting of the Coun- cil is to be held next IVednesday evening, October 13th, ivhen matters connected with light, the municipal hall and transpor- tation will be very fully dis- cussed. Hereafter the Council will only meet once every two weeks. An invitation was received from the North Vancouver Town Planning Commission inviting the West Vancouver Commis- sion to attend their meetings for the mutual benefit of each. Lions'ate Bridge Practically Assured Subject to certain reservations, the plans submitted by EIarrington, Howard and Ashe of Kansas City, for a suspen- sion bridge over the Lion's Gate were recommended for ac- ceptance at a meeting of the inter-municipal bridge committee at Vancouver City Hall on Thursday, October 7. The members present were Aid. Dean, chairman, Mayor Taylor and Aid. P. C. Gibbens of Vancouver; Mayor G. H. 51orden of North Vancouver City;'Reeve J. 5I. Fromme and Councillors Whitaker and Marshall of North Vancouver Dis- trict; Reeve D. Morgan and Councillors Ray an&I )Vatt of West Vancouver. Recommendation of the acceptance of the Harrington, EIoward and Ashe plan was moved by Reeve D. Morgan of West Vancouver, seconded by Councillor IVhitaker of North Vancouver District. In the resolution it was stipulated that final approval is deperdent on arrangement of satisfactory franchise terms and councils of the municipalities interested are to fonvar&l approval of the plans to Ottawa. Construction of tivo five- foot (instead of two four-foot) sidewalks is also stipulated. Armstrong, Morrison 8& Co., the well-knoivn contractors, of Vancouver, have been associated ivith Harrington, Howar&! and Ashe, whose bridge plan has been thus recommended for acceptance. The bridge planned by Harrington, Hoivard aud Ashe will be about one mile long, with a niain span 1200 feet long be- tween towers. The maximum clearance at high ivater ivill be 1G5 feet, and the minimum 150 feet. There will be a second span to the north of the main channel. This will be 400 feet wide. This span ivill have a maximum clearance of 150 feet aml a minimum height of 125 feet. The bridge roadivay ivill be 24 feet &vide, ivith tivo sideivalks of five feet each--if the 'resolution clause is complied with. The bridge deck will be concrete. The bridge, according to Mr. J. L. Harrington, will cost approximately $3,000,000, and take about three years for construction. Great credit is due Reeve Morgan for his initiative on several occasions at the meetings of the committee. The reeve has unquestionably by his actions and advice helped re&~ materially in forwarding the project. Option Refused OII Tax Sale Lands The Council at their Wednes- day night's meeting refused mi application from Mr. E. E. Has- kell to give him an option on tax sale lands, but stated they would consider a concrete propo- sition backed by a substantial sum of money. Proposal to Classify a Section of Marine Drive A letter has been received by th&! Council from the District ot North Vancouver expressing their desire to co-operate in a request to the Provincial Gov- ernment that a section of Marin&, Drive be classified. The subject will most likely be fully dis. cussed at the next meeting of the joint councils. HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, OCT. 8th, 1926