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001C97BA A Delightful Ho)iday Ground for a Day a hlonth or All Summer. One o& the I.oveliest Play@rounds on the North Shore Two Fine Sandy Beaches Bathing, Boating and Fishing Delightful Picnic Grounds NEW SUMMER COTTAGES FUI LY FURNISHED Entrance on Marine Drive, West Vancouver. The Pacific Stages wiII take you right there. A good auto road all the xvay from the City. Lots of Parking Space. For further information see 51R. Si&lITH, at the Beach Store. g I g ~ h ' lg r Ls THE WEST VAN NEWS WEST VANCOUVER . 303,1.l.l."I ~ ~ :. S ..I:.l..lg Pacific Stages will take you right there A good auto road all the way from Vancouver. Lots of Parking Space. %'.iytec..iff Par.& Under the personal management of Miss H. F. Hunter TERMINUS OF NORTH SHORE MARINE DRIVE Where Meals are Served at All Hours from Ear)y Morning to Night on the Spacious Verandah. LUiVCHEOiVS, TEAS AND DINNE)lS HOTEL ACCOMMiODATIOiV DANCE ORCHESTRA 9 to 12 p m. Wednesdays and Saturdays. SPECIAL MUSIC from 4 to 6 p.m. SUNDAYS Further Infoi mation: TELEPHONE LONG DISTANCE Cliff House Whytecliff Park July 26, 1929. B. C. Electric Service In 1922 the Agreement be- tiveen the Municipality of AVest V:incouvei and the British Col- umbia Electric Railway Coy. was drawn up to supply an area with electric light and power. The area was rogghly that dis- trict bounded on the east by 10th Street and on the west by 32nd Street. It ran north as far as Nelson Avenue in one or two places but for the most part, its »orthern boundary was Mathers Avenue as far as 28th Street. The original plan may be seen iri the local office at 1744 Marine Drive. Simultaneously with this project the power line over the Ridge and up Howe Sound was completed to Britannia Mines and in May 1923, the first street lights ivere in operation in )Vest Vancouver. As may be imagined, it was a small community as compared ivith the present time, and some tivo hundred and fifty residents made application for service to their homes and businesses. The meters to accomodate three hundred connections were stored in the basement of what i~ now Jas. Jefferies'ollyburn store, and these were quickly used up. The high power line to Britan- nia divas tapped at 18th Street and a bank of transformers given temporary housing there. Operations however, increased so rapidly that recently a modern model sub-station has been erect- ed at 18th Street and Bellevue Avenue and this at present takes care of some fourteen hundred connections. From time to time extensions have been made to the original area, tlie most outstanding ones being EVest Bay, Sherman, Cy- press Park and Caulfeild. Another important one lies east to the boundary at Capilano and on the main trail to Holly-burn Ridge on 22nd Street as farnorth as Queens Avenue. The Company keeps engineers and a line construction staff res- ident in West Vancouver, besides launch on Howe Sound, thus assuring a steady and constant patrol from Capilano to Britan- iiia Nines. The showroom and office is located at 1744 Marine Drive, and the public is cordially invit- ed to make full use of the service here offered. An up to the min- ute showing of every electrical appliance is always on display, and prices are kept in stiict con- formity throughout the Comp- any's branches. The services of an experienced sales organiza- tion are constantly in attendance and information is freely offered on all matters electrical. The agreement was originally drafted for a period of ten years,'ut a change was made in 1927 by the introduction of a two step rate. As a result of this, elec- trical cooking is the general rule now, and the per capita users ni this modern appliance, is in ad- vance of any other suburb on the Company's lines. Only those who have been re- «uired to live without the boon of modern electrical supply can imagine the change which came about with this improvement. Street lights appeared on prominent corners, and turned darkness to cheerful illumina- tion, making it possible to ven.- ure out even on indifferent hign- ways with safety and comfort. Courteous and efficient ser- vice is maintained by the Comp- any throughout and as the Greater City has been helped by this great Canadian Company; so it is hoped ~vill the Municipal- ity of )Vest Vancouver continue to its destiny of becoming the finest residential area on the North American continent.