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001C9699 A Wee.e y .'4 eWS Sa aeI Ci rculati upi n $ 1.00 per year. g/ge District of H~est 1'ancouver-- Amblesir/e, Holly'burn, Westow, Duudarave Cj~press Park, Caulfeild, Whytecliff, Etc. Newsstands 5c per Copy V'ol. II I EIGHT PAGES HOLLYB URN P.O. ~ WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FR I DAY, J AN UA RY ]Sth I929 No. 42 EI.ECTIONS TO&IORROIV Tomorrow is election day. The polling station, Ambleside Hall, corner of Iiarine Drive and 14th Street, will lie open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Besides filling the of- fices of Reeve, t»o Councillors, three School Trustees, and one l'olice Commissioner, two pleb- iscitcs come up for the decision of the taxpayers, one asking, "Are you in favor of amalgama- ting the various municipal water systems," the other for your ap- proval of th» I'. G. E. Settlement. IVe think it is fairly safe to as- sume that these will both be en- dorsed by the voters. There are three candidates for the Reeveship, five for the Coun- cil, two of whom will be elected, For the School Board two will be elected for two year terms, and one for n one year term.. One I'olice Commissioner will be el- ected. The following is the official list of candidates. The names are given in the order in ivhich they ivill appear on the ballot papers. IVhcn marking your ballots the 'fficial instructions, which you will find printed on the ballot papers, are that in the case of all candidates you niust mark in t b~ space allot ted alongside each name the figures 1, 2, 3, etc. If, however, you wish to vote for only one candidate, you are permitted to do so by placing the figure 1 before the name. This is perfectly in order, and does not spoil the ballot. Election Candidates The following is the of- ficial list of candidates in alphabetical order: REEVE S. Gisby J. H. I.eyland V. V. Vinson COUNCIL E. J. Crickmay lV. J. M. Jackmnn lV. AIc(}uaker D. Blorgan P. IVait SCHOOL BOARD J. 51. Edington H. R. Harrison T. E. iV. Russell (Airs.) AI. Selwood A. E. Young I'OLICE CoiIAI ISSION Capt. C. J. Archer Colonel K. lV. Savory REEVE VINSON'S i~IEETING TONIGHT IN HOLLY- HURN THEATRE Reeve Vinson's meeting to- night will be held in Hollyburn 'I'heatre at 8.30 p. m. instead of in Amblcside Hall as previously announcnl. This change has been rendered necessary by the fact that the polling booths will have to be sct up in the hall this evening. This arrangement h'id to bc made at the last minute, «nd, in order not to dLmppoint the young people who were at- tending the picture show, blan- ager Fletcher has arranged n free show for them on Saturday «ftclnoon, REEVE VINSON HOLDS ENTH USIASTIC il EETING EX-RE E V E GISBY'S J. B. LEYLAND'S WIEETING ilEETING DRAlVS CROWD )VELL ATTENDED There was a large and enthusi- astice crowd at the EIo]lyburn Theatre for Reeve Vinson's meeting on ~londay night. Ex- Reeve George Elay, who was in the chair, invited all the candi- dates for the reeveship, cou»cil, polic „. commission and school board to sit on the platform and speak. The candidates for reeve &vere allowed fifteen minutes and the other candidates ten minutes. Candidates for council ivere heard first. The names being called in alphabetical order. Reeve V. V. Vinson Reeve Vinson said he stood as always for progress, and had no apologies to make. He was only standing for reeve again this year as the re- sult of the request of a large dep- utation of representative citizens from all parts of the district. Eie had felt that, while his own business must necessarily suffer to a certain extent while he was attending to the municipality's business, he could hardly turn down such a deputation. So far as municipal finances were con- cerned, it did not take a financial wizard to run the affairs of AVest Vancouver. As a matter of fact, more financial ability was requir- ed to conduct any small business in Vancouver. There ivere in the affairs of the municipality the fixed charges and overhead to be met, ivhich were pretty well known quantities. The only place where mistakes could be made was in estimating revenue. Mistakes had been made her:, and would be made again, be- cause conditions of the past year and previous years did not nec- essarily form a reliable index of conditions obtaining for the year under consideration. The deficit of $ 18,200 in 1928 was due to mistakes in estimating revenue, and not to exceeding the esti- mates, as these as a ivhole had been kept to the allot ted a- mounts. These errors in estimat- ing were l. An increase in receipts oi o»ly $2,000 on the ferries, in- stead of $ 11,000 as they had ex- pected. They had carried 36,- 000 more passengers up to April 30, than for the same period in 1927, but from then on to Sep- tember there had been a de- crease instead of an increase as compared ivith the previous year for reasons unknown, whereas they were expecting their heavi- est traffic during the summer months as in the past. In the fall the passe»gers carried were about the same number as in 1927. 2. They had had to carry an unexpected $3,000 in the over- draftt on the Nelson Creek IVater System. This has been paid in 1927, but it was their intention to transfer it to the IVater Sys- tem in 1928. This, however, they had fou»tl could not be done due to a legal technicality. 3. The money received for sale of tax sale lands was $ 1,700 less than the estimate. 4, The paymciits o» arrears of taxes had bee» $9,000 short of the est ima t e. (Co»tinued Oii Piige ) Hollyburn Theatre was crowd- ed upstairs and downstairs on Wedn:-sday iiight at ExReeve S. Gisby's meeting. R. C. Procter, the chairman, stated that, while he had never expected to appear on a public platform again in IVest Vancouver, he had done so on the invitation of his old col- l=ague on the council, Ex-Reeve Gisby. He informed the candidates that each of those standing for reeve ivould be allowed fifteen minutes, the remainder receiv- ing t;n minutes. Ex-Reeve S. Gisby Alr. Gisby said he had only consented to run for reeve this year at the earnest solicitation of a deputation composed of eight of his old colleagues and a number of representative citi- zens living all the way from the Capilano to IVhytecliff. He had been articled to one of the lead- ing men in muniaipal work in England at the age of fourteen, and had been trained in his of- fice until he was twenty-one, when he came out to Canada. Ii& had be» elected president of the Union of B, C. Alunicipalities in 1925, a position granted for ivork done and knowledge. The actual overdraft at the bank on 31st December, 1928, divas $55,000, and the only sums due the municipality to offset this was $900 in cash and $900 from the government, and there were also, as always, a few out- standing bills,so that the $55,- 000 might be taken as about cor- rect. This overdraft had all been created over the past two years. There had been no overdraft from 1922 to 1925 when he divas on the council either as council- lor or reeve. The taxes came in after August and a close check should be kept on expenditures after that date. Regarding transportation the sinking fu»d and interest charg- es were $ 17,700, and he said, not one cent hac) been paid against this from the ferry receipts. All sinking fund and inteivst charg- es had been paid by the fences ivhen he was reeve. It divas a mistake to re-engine the Son- risa. He had opposed it when reeve, and as a result No. 6 divas built the next year. Transpor- tat.io» charges should not be made against vacant property, He divas in favor of giving trans- portation east from EVhytecliff, but. before letting any franchise for bussei, it should be put be- fore the people, and before a vote divas take», one bus should be put on to North Vancouver to test out the cost. Our residents paid for the road, and they ivere entitled to reasonable fairs. EVhere the municipality divas in possession of the rights the beaches should be cleaned up. In spite of the existing agreement th» B. C. Electric should have been approached regarding bringing down electric light rat- es to those rulirig in North Van- couver a»d the city, as had bee» do»e by other municipalities in similar circumstances. This was one of the first things he ivould (Continued or& Page 7) The meeting of Ex-Councillor J. B. Leyland in Hollyburn Thea- tre last nigh'. was very well at- tended. Captain S. J. Nasmith, chairman, announced that the candidates for the various offic- es ivould be called alphabetically, the aspirants for reeve being giv- eri fifteen minutes, and those for the other offices ten minutes. He asked that any who had ques- tions to ask ivould defer these until the end of the meeting. Ex-Counciijor J. B. Leyland hlr. Leyland paid a glowing tribute to his tivo opponents as private individuals and pubic servants. If elected, he would see that work done in '5'est Van- couver would be by local men, taxpayers and married men get- ting the preference. He had while in office obtained an in- crease in salary for the ferry staffs, and two weeks'oliday to the bus drivers. baloney should be spent in the wards proportion- ately to the amounts of taxes paid by them. There was no room in municiyal politics for federal and provincial politics. As a municipal servant he knew nothing of party. He asked the electors'otes for the following reasons: 1. He had b en asked to run by serious minded citizens. 2. The basis of his public service. 3. The basis of his policies. He had promised one thing only in 1926, that he would do his best to see that we cleared up our back lots and put our properties in order as a result of the completion of the Marine Drive and the probabilty of our getting the First Narrows bridge and he had kept his ivord. Fur- ther than that, while chairman of transportation he had inaug- urated the half hourly servce, purchased the upper levels bus, made a garage of Ambieside hall, built a passenger shelter on Am- bleside dock and had turned back to the council at the end of his term $6,000 in cash. His contri- bution to the city papers while publicity agent in the city had been one hundred columns per year per paper of advertising IVest Vancouver, at no cost to the district. He had been on the cemetery board, and they had a beautiful cemeteia in a beauti- ful setting. He had left the school boani ivith regret, but had learnt something there, which would be of .alue to him. His policy divas: FINANCE--A sane, sound ad- ministi~tio», not reckless nor yet parsiminous. The overdraft of $53,000 might be regretted, but it indicated progress, and we had got value for the money, So far as he was concerned, any new- comer would be given access svho asked for it. PUBLIC O'ORKS--He would like to have ~een the Veith Road included in the local roads by- laiv. He had moved for a s;par- ate by-lasv for the Capilano bridge both i» 1926 a»d 1927, but had not received the support of his fellow councillors. Al- though there &vere powibly very (Continutd on Page 8) Candidates Address the Ej.ectors COUNCILLOR BLAIROUTLI. I ES PROGRAiDIE Now that the election cam- paign is about over, and none of the candidate for office, have offered you any programme of development to compare with the one your 1928 Council has to go ahead on, I will give you it in detail now. 1st. The completion of ~larine Drive with a new bridge over the Capilano River. 2nd. The amalgamation of our four water systems. 3rd. Becoming members of the Greater Vancouver IVater Board, thereby assuring AVest Vancouver of an ample supply of water at the same price as paid by the City of Vancouver. 4th. A road by-law for $50,000 --$65,000 for local roads, where the improvements are most needed. 5th. A water by-law for $ 12o,- 000 or more if necessary to put in cast iron or steel mains of ad- equate size to take care of )Vest Vancouver's requirements for many years to come. 6th. The protection and im- provement of our parks and the linking up with the city of Van- couver on some scheme to have Hollyburn Ridge jointly develop- eu all@ ~~ureti fvl- GE1 HlIi8' a park reserve for the citizens of Greater Vancouver. In regard to the latter I have already had a conference with the chairman of City Parks Board re Hollyburn Ridge and he is in accord with the idea of co- operation in respect to the pro- tection and preservation of the same and other scenic beauties of the Ridge. Our settletrent ivith the P. G. E. directors should be consider.red by all far minded people as a good one. It was impossible for us to get all we wanted, but as the directors and the ~linister of Public )Vorks showed a reason- able attitude in the matter, we, as your representatives could do no other than meet them in the same spirit. The programme of develop- ment detailed above &vill repre- sent the expenditure of the fol- lowing sums of money, $245,000 from the P. G. E. and Dept. of Public EVork3, $ 125,000 for perm- anent xvater mains, $60,000 for a local road by-laiv, or a total of +435,000, and this sum of money &veil spent will give )Vest Van- couver the desired and need&i boost at thi sjuncture, and I ivill insist that we get value for every dollar spent. In vieiv of the very pleasant outlook is it good business for any ratepayer to knock? To my mind it is the height of foliv. It will show a much better front to the parties on the outside if we all get our shoulders to the ivheel and push. EVith further reference to the above by-laws wc could not gut the water by-laiv now, Saturday, a»d we felt that the outside vot ~ night defeat the road by-law, hence ive ivere all agreed that 30 days or so after the 19th woul! be the best time to put both. In conclusion local labor shall have first call on all municipal work, but they must show a spir- it of co-operatio» and as far as po~iible give their best as I can assure you all that it will be my aim to do likenise during 1929. COUNCILLOR BL 41R.