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001B6C86 '..'e ']f -:S'..'.'..:&.:.'I I- VS A Weekly Newspaper Board of Trade Ct'rculatiugitJ the District of West Vancouver--Ambleside, Ho(churn, Weston, Duytdarave Caulfei ld, WhyteCliff, CyPreSS Park, EtC. Newsstands 5c per Copy FIGHT I AGES HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER. B.C., FRIDAY, MARCH 18th, 1927 ~ iNo. 52d Harrington Addresses TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES is se. die &00 &,00 i,00 f00 000 Meets Next Monday The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trade will be held next Monday in the New Ambleside Hall. Councillor Watt, chairman of th&e waterworks Committee, has been invited to attend and ad- dress the members on "Water Supply. 'ihe North Vancouver Board of Trade will also attend follow- ing a resolution to that effect passed at their own regular meeting. Phillips Addresses Local Liberals Mr. A. Phillips was the speci- al speaker at the regular meet- ing of the Liberal Association last Tuesday night in the New Ambleside Hall, and gave a very instructive address on the mat- ters taken up at the recent B.C. P+ Convention. Mr. Phillips went over the different resolutions, giving expanatory details of many of them. President John Lawson and Mr. George Hay, who were dele- ~ ~ates t& the convention, also af» dressed the members, gfving a report of their attendance. New Archery Club To Meet Tomorrow An archery club is being org- anised in West Vancouver, and, weather permitting, the initial meeting will be held next Satur- day afternoon at 2.30 on the land at the south-east corner of 29th and Marine. This pastime, so popular in olden days, has of late become quite the vogue, and, wherever clubs have been organised. int- erest is very keen. Some months ago Mrs. Proctor held an arch- ery meeting in West Vancouver with a view to forming a perm- anent club. Evidently this new endeavor is a result of that meet- ing. Anyone interested in the welfare or membership of this club are very cordially invited to the meeting next Saturday after- noon. If you have bows and arrows, bring them along. If not, come along and bows and arrows will be furnished. Major W. B. Barwis, 28th and Bellevue, Phone West 430R, will be glad to give further particulars to any- one interested. 'y- Have You Written Your Letter? )Ve would &lraw the attention of our readers to the contest, of which details are given on an- other page. The subject chosen is "Why I prefer West Vancou- ver as a place of residence 7" The competition is open to all, and the subject of the essay a timely one, which should, we i.hink. be of interest to all resi- dents of the district. Three prizes are being offered. Shrubs aml plants are being placed in the Capilano View cem- etery by the municipal council. Boards of Trade on Lions'ate Bridge The North Vancouver Board of Trade were hosts at a "get- together" meeting held last night in the City Council cham- ber on 3rd Street, when J. F. Harrington gave an address on the Lions'ate bridge. The Mayor of North Vancouver, the Reeves and Councils of all the North Shore municipalities, the KVest Vancouver Board of Trade, and a crowd of interested resi- dents filled the chamber to over- flowing. Mr. Harrington, who is one of the foremost bridge engineers on the American continent, filed at the meeting blue prints of the bridge, and stated that his finn, Armstrong, Morrison & Co., were sending immediately to Ottawa plans which would conform in every particular with the re- quirements laid down by the Board of Inquiry. The span of 1400 feet provided ample accom- modation for any vessel enter- ing the port. A roadway 24 feet wide with five feet sidewalks ivould be provided on the bridge, which would be strong enough to .boas&5-ton trucks.. Being of steel and concrete fabrications it would last a life time. The proposed roadway through Stanley Park runs almost para- llel to and a little west of the Pipe Line Road as far as Coal Harbor, passing immediately west of Beaver Lake. On the West Vancouver side there is a big Y in the road at the norther- ly approach to the bridge to al- low of traffic going east or west. "Study of traffic conditions," said Mr. Harrington, "has con- vinced our surveyors there is sufficient traffic available to merit construction of a bridge over the First Narrows", and the proposed bridge would be ade- quate to carry the traffic of a city ten times the size of Van- couver. Questioned by Reeve V.V. Vin- son, Mr. Harrington stated con- struction of the bridge would occupy from a year to a year and a half, while the cost would be in the neighborhood of $3,000,- 000. The North Vancouver Board of Trade passed a resolution sup- porting the construction of a bridge over the Lions'ate of the specifications laid down by the Board of Inquiry, and a copy of this resolution is being sent to Ottawa. They also endorsed a similar resolution recently passed by the West Vancouver Board of Trade. The Councils of the City aml District of NorthVancouver have already gone on record as being in favor of the construction of the bridge, sending telegrams to this effect to Ottaiva, and the West Vancouver Council are fol- lowing the same course. This means that the whole of the North Shore is a unit in its desire to have a bridge construct- ed over the I.ions'ate. Professor James M. Morgan the talented conductor of the West Vancouver Musical Society under whose direction a concert is being held next Tuesday night in the Hollyburn Theatre. Musical Society Final Rehersal The final rehearsal ~ for the concert to be given by the West Vancouver Musical Society will be held in Hollyburn Theatre next Monday at 8 p. m. $ 1,589.80 When it is considered that these figures do not include cost of tires, anff gas, depreciation and'wages, and interest on capit- al invested, it will be seen that the stages pay very hea&dly for the privilege of serving this district. Insurance costs are, nf course, outside our control, but we, as citizens and voters are certainly responsible for the various licenses required to be taken out. It is admitted that road building and road upkeep are ex- pensive items, also that a stage uses the roads oftener and wears them out quicker than a private auto. At the same time some of the figures given appear to be unduly large, more par- ticularly the 8200.00 under heading of stage licenses. Recently we have started to run the municipal ferries and busses on a cost basis or a little under cost, on the very sound principle that cheap transportation will result in a large in- crease in population. The private stages too, are doing "their bit," towards this very necessary object, and it would seem wise policy to make the way as easy for them as possible, re- membering that, while we at present derive a certain amount of financial benefit from these licenses, we should reasonably obtain a greater revenue from an increased population attract- ed to our municipality by improved transportation facilities. Muckleston to Address B. of T. The regular monthly meetmg of the Executive Council of the West Vancouver Board of Trade was held in Byrnell & May's office on Wednesday evening. Among other matters discussed was the holding of a public meet- ing to be addressed by Mr. H. B. Muckleston on the subject of the Lions Gate Bridge. Mr. Mc- Quaker, who had been delegated by a previous meeting to inter- view Mr. Muckleston, reported that that gentleman would be pleased to comply with the Board's request and the secre- tary was instructed to endeavor to make arrangements for a meeting on Tuesday evening, March 29th, in the New Amble- side Hall. A communication from Gen. McRae, M. P., was read, giving ~ details of information required by the Postmaster General to enable him to come to a decision on the Board's petition for im- proved postal service, and par- ticularly asking for a map with houses marked and showing streets open and suitable for mail delivery. The secretary was instructed to supply the necessary information. STILL HAMMERING AWAY The objectors to the Lions'ate bridge have brought up a number of absurd arguments against its const&n&ction, and have grasped at every straw in their frenzied efforts to prevent or delay the project. It was hardly to be expected that they would allow the recent mishap to the Second Narrows bridge to pass without trying to make some capital out of it, and in Monday night's Province an editorial duly appeared treating of the subject. The attitude assumed is that of an old sage instructing a class of young and eager pupils, and the lesson is. of course, that "the bridge at the First Narrows, if and when it is built, must be such a bridge as will be at least subject to, or likely to suffer from such an accident." In receiving this advice, we thank our big contemporary for nothing, because by no possibility could a similar accident happen in the case of the proposed suspension bridge over the Lions'ate. The Second Narrows bridge was, as everybody knows, built so low that a draw had to be placed in the structur to allo&v of the passage of vessels. The bridge itself rests on a number of comparatively small cement bases places in the channel itself from shore to shore. The Lions'ate bridge with its 190 feet of height above high water gives an absolutely free passage underneath its roadway to all ships going through the Narrows. This feature by itself takes a&ray the possibility of any such accident as befell the "Eurana." In the second place the t&vo huge cement to&vers on which our bridge will be supported will be at the edge of the channel and not in the channel. Passing vessels will have the whole width of the channel to operate in instead of having to steer through the narrow space left by the open draw. The object- (Continued on Page 8) General McRae Endorses Bridge Support of the construction of the proposed Lions'ate Bridge was promised by General A. D. McRae in a letter to the North Vancouver District Council at their meeting last Tuesday night. This &vas in answer to a letter from the Council endors- ing the fimiings of the commis- sion inquiring into the bridge aml urging construction. CURFEW BV-LA1V ASIIED The North Vancouver I'olice Commissioners have made a re- quest to their city council to take steps t opass a curfew by-law. Every facility and encouragement should be given trans- , portation companies in their efForts to build up good passenger services into West Vancouver. Generally speaking they do not conflict with our municipal busses or ferries. Our municipal transportation systems are patron!sed by the majority of those people and their families living between 10th Street and West Bay who work in the city. To these must be added probably most of the visitors who come over from Van- couver. This leaves for the private bus companies those living west of West Bay, and residents of the District and City of North Vancouver who are visiting West Vancouver. In other words we depend chiefly on these companies for the develop- ment of our western area and for inducing residents of that part of the North Shore east of our district to become residents here. The development of our western area is one of the most important questions confronting our municipal authorities. It is generally conceded that North Vancouver will be the manufacturing and business centre of the North Shore as 1Vest Vancouver will be the residential centre. It will probably surprise many people to kno&v how heavily transportation companies are taxed and the following figures supplied by the North and West Van. Stage Company are very illuminating: 4 Stage licenses, Provincial Government...... $183.65 Special permit ............................................. 8.15 4 Stage licenses, City of North Vancouver....'0.00 4 Stage licenses, District of EVest Vancouver 200.00 Personal liability insurance ........................ 900.00 ~Fire and collision .....'.......................................... 200.00 3 Chauffeur licenses ..................... 15.00 3 Drivers licenses .......................................... 3.00