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001C982D A Wee~ y .'hews~a~e. Newsstands Gc per Copy$ 1.00 per year. Qsrcs~/Qfspjg /pl ghc Di stri cr of West Vancouver-- A rnblesi ac, Hollybur», Wcstow, Duudarave Cypress Park, Caulfeiln', Whytecliff, Etc. Vol. IV EIGHT PAGES HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, OCT. 11th, i929 No. 30 B.C. EI.ECTRIC CO. TO I3ROA DCAST I'RE41 I ER'S SPEECH Through the courtesy of the 13. C. Electric Railway Co., the speech of Rt. Hon. Ramsay Wiac- Donald will be broadcast tonight fo the residents of Greater Van- couver. The broadcast will be made between 6 p. m. and 7 p. m. I'acific Standard time over CJOR Vancouver (291.3 meters, 1030 kilocycles). The local office will be open from 6 to 7.30 tonight for any ~ho care to listen to the speech as it comes over the radio. )VANTS DUNDARAVE PIER LIGHTED The letter from Mrs. H. B. Stevens, a copy of which appear- ed in the West Van News last i'eek, was received by the coun- cil last Monday. In it the writer ark that Dundarave pier be closed to the public after dark during the winter months or that it be well lighted. Several rea- sons were given why this should be done. After a free discussion "~ of the matter the council ordered the removal of the seats on the wharf and referred the matter of lighting to the reeve, the chairman of the light committe and the engineer with power to act. 5Irs. Stevens to be notified accardingly. I'LANS FOR HOSPITAI. TEA COi&IPLETED Arrangements have been com- pleted for the annual bridge-tea of the Women's Auxiliary to the North Vancouver General Hos- pital to be held in the K. P. Hall, North Vancouver, October 16th, at 2.15 p.m. The proceeds of the bridge-tea will be devoted to the purchase of supplies for the auxiliary's work in connection with the hospital. COUNCIL VETOES SCHOOL ADDITION G. D. Elgar, chairman of the Board of School Trustees, pre- sented to the council on Monday night for their approval a plan of an addition to the 5Ianual Training building of the Pauline Johnson School to cost $2,400, certain items on the estimates to be curtailed in order to save the sum required for the building. He was informed that the coun- cil was not in favor of the erec-t /ion of buildings of a temporary bature such as that planned, and that sanction for same could not be granted on that account. IIAVE YOUR NA51E PLACED ON THE VOTERS'IST I'ersons desiring and entitled to have their names placed on the Voters'ist for 1930 as Householders, I'oil Tax Receipts or Licence Holders, must file a declaration (which may be made before a Notary I'ublic, or the undersigned) in the form provid- ed, on or before the 31st day of October, 1929. The ubove notice under the signature of Jam'llason, 51unlcipal Clerk, is given in the advertising columns of this pap- efi Forms may be obtained at the blunicipal IIall. THE REEVE GOES HUNTING AAIBUI ANCE CHARGES At the meeting of the council last Monday night bills were pre- sented for carrying patients to North Vancouver Hospital. Aft- er some discussion these were returned with the notification that the council was not respons- ible, and that the bills should bc cliarged against the patients. There was some discussion a- mong the members of the couii- cil as to ambulance charges be- ing sent to the municipality, and it was decided to notify local medical practitioners that the municipality would not be re- sponsible for ambulance bills for iion-indigents, and that only in case of emergency calls, whether due to accident or sickness, &vill they accept responsibility in the indigent cases, and further that the chief constable must be not- ified by the doctor in every case before the ambulance is ordered. COUNCIL FAVORS STATE INSURANCE The State Health Insurance and AIaternity Benefits Commis- sion wrote the council recently asking if the council was in fav- or of instituting a state system of health insurance, and, if so, whether this should be compul- sory or optional. The clerk divas instructed to reply that the pro- posal to institute such insurance met wth their unanimous ap- proval, and expressed the opinion that participation in it should be compulsory. Fire Brigade Insurance The council ordered the fire brigade insurance policy renew- ed, and that the names of the members of the brigade as at present constituted be checked and the list adjusted ivhere nec- essary. REEVE V. V. VINSON who returned home last week end after a successful hunting trip which took him through the Cariboo Country as far as Williams'ake. He was accompanied by Mr. George Creech of New Westminster. Whilst in the Williams Lake district Mr. Vinson had the good fortune to fall in with George W. Moore, one of the old timers of the district and who owns and manages several large ranches in that country. Mr. DIoore accompanied the party and helped materially ia making the trip a successful atid pleasant one. Mr. Vinson spoke in a particularly enthusiastic way abou'. the Williams'ake district, where by the way, he met Harry Atkins, formerly of the West Van. Investment Coy., and stated that if he were 20 years younger he would make for that place himself as there are unbounded opportunities for young fellows to make good. "This," he said "was my first trip to the Cariboo Country, but I hope to visit it again as the charm of the district and the hospitality and kindness of the people I met has made a lasting impression." The party carried a separate camping and provision truck and a cook. The reeve reports a very happy trip. His proavess with the gun is attested by a moose head with a 42-inch spread of antlers. Each of the party got a moose. HOARD OF TRADE IVANTS STRIP TICKETS FOR FERRY AND 10 CENT FARE INSTEAD OF 30 CENTS RETURN llake Representations to Counci The above letter embodying a resolution from the Board of Trade regarding the fares on the Ferries was received bythe Council last Monday night. The Council decided to lay thematter over until the next meeting so that the Chairman of Transportation, Councillor Jackman, and the other members of the Council would be able to consider carefully the sugges-tions made. The Board of Trade's recommendation is a decidedly good one. Exception may be taken to the proposal to issue a stripof twelve tickets for $ 1.00, but we believe that it is the prin- ciple of the strip tickets the board wishes to adopt ratherthan any particular number for a certain amount. For instance it would be just as agreeable to issue 23 tickets for $2.00 (thesame number as at present) but in strip form rather than a punch ticket. Therfore this cannot be objected to as reducing the revenue. The straight 10 cent fare, instead of 30 cents return, would unquestionably make the ferry trip more popu-lar not only to casual visitors, but also to the great number of our residents who cannot use up a 23 ride ticket in 30 days. When the business man or woman goes to work in the morning the commutation ticket is carried with them and if another member of the family wishes to use the ferry during the day they must pay 30 cents for a return trip. IT IS TOO AIUCH, and the settlement of the district is being hampered by such a charge. We know of several people who have found this transportation charge so costly that they have moved away. There should be some difference in the cost of fares for those who use them every day and those who use them occas- ionally but the spread should not be as great as it is now. The matter has been argued before and the pros and cons have been debated at much length, but the dissatisfaction still remains. It is up to the council to do something to make ferry travel more popular and less burdensome for our resid- ents. The chairman of transportation can, and unquestionably will, produce a mass of figures to show that the ferries are losing money under certain conditions and under certain mays of figuring. He will have statements to show that it requires such and such a number of passengers to pay operating ex- penses or sinking fund charges or whatever they call them, but the fact will remain that the people want more reasonable fares for themselves and more attractive fares to induce friends, acquaintances and visitors to come to )Vest Vancouver. To insist upon high ferry fares is like building a mall a- round ourselves. It is too apt to develop the atmosphere of "exclusiveness" which a feiv of our people seemingly want to adopt, and it certainly does not carry out the sentiment which adorned the arch recently on ~4Iarine Drive at the easterly limit, i.e., "IVest Vancouver welcomes You." Perhaps as one wag put it that welcome is only for those mho enter by road. The roads are built and maintained by taxes. IVhy fheii shouldn't the ferries be put on the same basis. They provide the shortest road to the city. The path they traverse is just as much a highway as is ~Iarine Drive. Our location, especially considering that nearly all our people mho xvork have to go to Vancouver, makes the ferry trip an absolute necessity, just as our roads and sidewalks are a necessity. The punch ticket is an antiquated method of collecting fares, anyhow, practically all transportation companies have discarded it. The strip ticket is the method in use almost everywhere, and cheap transportation is by far the most ef- fective way of building up any suburban district. At the last general meeting of the West Vancouver Board of Trade the following resolution was unanimously passed,"That this Board after carefully studying the operations of the municipal transportation system from the point of con- venience and service to the residents of the municipality and as an inducement to new residents settling in the district, wish to make strong representations to the chairman of the Transportation Committee and to the Council as a whole for the necessity of changing the present method of issuing com- mutation tickets and of charging 30 cents for return fares." The West Vancouver Board of Trade strongly recom- mends that strip tickets be issued at say a charge of 12 tickets for $ 1.00 and that such tickets be unlimited as to time of use, and also that for those who do not wish to purchase striptickets a straight fare of 10 cents be charged. Tickets and cash fares to be deposited in the fare box by each traveller." In submitting this resolution to the council we trust that it will be very carefully considered. There is a widespread feeling in the district that the 30 cent return fare has the effect of dissuading many people from visiting here, and it is a fact that many of our own resi- dents who do not travel to the city sufficiently to use up a 23 rides ticket in 30 days find the 30 cent fare a distinct hard- ship. A strip ticket would meet this condition and the result would be that people would feel that they could afford to make the trip more regularly. The straight ten cent fare would also be a greater inducement for casual visitors to come to )Vest Vancouver and we are confident that the greater num- ber of visitors attracted to the municipality would more than offset the difference in the fare charged.