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001C9682 THE WEST VAN NEWSJanuary 4, 1929. SAYS NET PROFITS OF FERRY SYSTEif SHOiV "COIIFORTABLE GAIN" NORTH SHORE KEEPS CAPT. WEBB PLANS TO EW YEAR'S REJOICING OBTAIN BOAT TO TAKE WELI WITHIiV THE LAlV PLACE OF LOST VESSEL QpLTli & ~p -- ~ere does Elei~H come Qom... " The gay holiday season has not been gay to F. S. Webb, cap- tain and owner of the launch Vimy No. 3, who lost his vessel early last month when it caught fire and sank up coast. Such insurance as was carried was taken to meet repair bills against the vessel, and Webb is now on the beach. endeavoring to arrange to obtain another boat. He is a returned veteran, hav- ing gone overseas with Captain Powley's "Baiitams," and before and since his war service was al- ways an independent small-boat operator on the coast. It is suggested that a fund be raised among his waterfront friends to obtain sufficient money to permit him resuming his occupation. Few men know the coast waters, from the stand- point of small-boat operation, better than Captain Webb. The Vimy No. 3 which has al- ways docked alongside the ferry dock in Vancouver, was very well known to )Vest Vancouve& resi- dents, as was also her oNeer. The New Year was accorded a royal welcome by residents of the North Shore, Monday even- ing. when several public func- tions and a large number of priv- ate social events were held. The feature of the evening was the annual Hogmany dance of the St. Andrewss and Caledonian Society in the K. P. Hall, North Vancouver, where a large crowd gathered to welcome the infant year. Another interesting event was the carnival dance held by the Army and Navy Veterans'sso- ciation of iVorth Vancouver. This event attracted a big crowd and when midnight arrived every conceivable kind of noise-making contrivance was brought into ac- tion in welcoming the New Year. Despite the increase in the use of the automobile and heavy increases in traffic over the Second iiVarrows bridge, the North Vancouver city ferries have held their own during the past year. The net profits have not been reduced, but show a comfortable gain, reports Ald. H. C. Anderson, chairman of the ferry committee of the City Council. Ald. Anderson also points out that in the past year the ferries and ferry system were improved. "The suggested alterations to the North Shore terminal pre- sent an entirely new method of handling traffic," he adds, "and a rearrangement of the waiting rooms which has received the considered opinion of experts, will eliminate the present dang- erous method of permitting large bodies of pedestrians to cross streams of vehicular traffic. The scheme also calls for the provis- ion of shelters for passengers tn and from the ferries and will facilitate embarking and dis- embarking." A ferry service of greater fre- quency will soon become neces- sary with the growth which must follow the development of the city's new industrial area, says Ald. Anderson. The ferry chairman points out that with the addition of anoth- er boat similar to No. 3 ferry, a thirteen minute service could be maintained without increasing the speed of the boats or driving them beyond their economical capacity. DOLLhRS to doughnuts, Johnny answers "Prom powerplants, of course.- Buc where do power plants gec electrtcity? g hh, there's the rub l That's the mystery about electric current. We use it every day we can capcure it, trans- form ic and transmit ic and do nearly everything with it, buc we don't exactly know what ic is. Who cares anyway g g We have tried to cake much of the mystery out of elecmc currenc by explaining in a little booklet in plain everyday language some of the features of an electric power system, hoar elec- tricity is generated, transmitted, transfocmecf and distributed. /The booklet is made ap ofeight chapcers reprinted fromTheBu~- Ic s yours for a postage sca&p. Jasc fiO in and mail che coupon: WIANY BADIIINTON TO URN EYS LISTED liV COAST CITIES Entries for the championships of the Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club closed last night. Play starts Saturday and will continue the following week. There will be men's and women' singles championships and five additional handicap events. Following is the list of sanc- tioned tournaments during the next three months: . January 17-18-19 -- B. C. Championships, Vancouver Club. January 24-25-26--Duncan. January 31, February 1-2-- Island Championships, Victoria. February 7-8-9--North Van- couver. February 26-27-28--Interior Championships, Kelowna. March 7-8-9--Canadian Cham- pionships, Vancouver Club. PuM ~ey Derssganoslc Q, C Issrseie QilAeeee , B.C. I would like co know more about electricity. please send me your &ee booklet "Hcctncity- che story of how «e get oar current." gcC, ti /y A building permit for D. L. 558, Ei,'i - A - 2, was granted to S. Snoddy. GORDON ROBSON Barrister 4 Solicitor iVEST VANCOUVER-- Office No. 1447 Marine Drive. Phone AVest 403. VANCOUVER OFFICE-- Suite 818; 610 Hastings St. %V Phone Seymour 4199. BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECT'SIC RAILWAY COMPANY CV W9 The L. O. B. A. is holding their ~/.next general meeting on Friday evening, 11th January, at 8 p. m. in St. Stephen's Church hall. The officers elected for this year will be installed and the scarlet de- gree exemplified by visiting of- ficers. CAPILANO TlibIBER Coital PAN Y )Villie--Pa, what' parasite? His Pa--A parasite, son is a man who walks through a re- volving door without doing his share of pushing. GARDENS and GARDENING S:ar::ie .Iew ..ear .(igI: The lawn i+ass has now prac- tically ceased its growth but the perennial weeds are still growing and show up quite clearly partic- ularly in the places where the soil is poor. A lawn where the soil is rich will have very few weeds as the grass will crowd them out so if you are establish- ing a new lawn or renovating one in which the sod is thin and poor your lawn problem is well on the way to solution when a rich soil is procured. In the case of old lawns it will be less work to enrich the soil by applications of a fertilizer and a pound or so of grass seed once or twice a year, than to get down on your hands and knees to grub out the weeds. Thtit is once when the charm of getting next to the soil is somewhat mythical. A good method of applying the fertilizer and sowing the grass seed is to rake the lawn over sev- eral times, putting plenty of pressure on the rake to loosen up the soil. scatter the fertilizer and the grass seed over the freshly raked soil, roll or tamp down firmly, or if you wish it will be quite satisfactory to rake it again instead of rolling or tamping. Bone meal makes a good fer- tilizer for general use, used at the rate of eight to ten pound~ per hundred square feet, Nitrate of soda is beneficial to yellow or poor grass applied at the rate of four to five pounds per hundred square feet of lawn. Other chemical fertilizers rec- ommended by your nursery man may be used to advantage but it must be remembered that nearly all of these have a tendency to burn, and therefore should be thoroughly soaked into the soil before the grass seed is sown. Another plan for enriching the soil is to use bone meal in the fall, or now for that matter, let- ting the rains wash it into the soil and the grass seed may be sown in the early spring. Bone meal unlike most chemical fer- tilizers is slow acting and we pre- fer it on that account. The quick acting fertilizers are very satis- factory for making rapid growth but their strength is soon dis- sapated and the soil reverts to its original state in a short time. If you are troubled with moss in your lawn or near your walks, wet the moss thoroughly ivith a solution composed of one pound oil of vitriol (sulphuric acid) to ten quarts of water. Avoid sprinkling good sod or edgings. Early in spring take a long tooth- ed rake and work it back and forth over the ground, whicli will bring the moss to the sur- face and it should then be re- moved. A few weeks later repeat the operation, and after all the moss, or as much of it as can be removed by raking, leave the ground untouched for two or three weeks and then apply a dressing of finely sifted rich compost, adding about one-sixth of fresh lime to it. Rake the cnmpost evenly over the ground then seed with a good quality seed. NOTE--Tbe writer will consider It a pleasure Io answer que ~ Iioas concerning the garden ln Ibis column. The questions sbould be addressed I ~the writer I~ caro ot Ihs Editor. Theanswer will appear ln an early Issue or It a personal repIy ls desired a ~ tamped, ~sll addfas ~ sd snrsiope sbouid hs sactossd By 5IINA G. HUTT, Lmidscape Architect Graduat ~ ln Landscaping V. ot C American School ot Landscape Arejsliecture aod Gardening. Member National Landscape Serrice. ANY INDUSTRY THAT BUILDS UP LOCAL PAYROLL DE- SERVES YOUR ENCOURAGEiMENT. 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