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0001 ~ ~ A Weekly Newspaper Circulatiyfgiyf the District Of West Vayfcouegr--Ambleside, Hollyburyf, %aston, DuyydaraYJe $1.00 per year. CyPreSS Park, Caulfeild, Whytecliff, EtC. Nmmu de 5 pe Copy No. 36 flOLLYBURN LIBRARY ANNUAL MEETI iG The annus! meeting of the Hollyburn Public Library wss held in Hollyburn School at 8 p. m. Thursday, 22nd instant. The reports for the year were read and adopted, after which the election of the board wss nro- ceeded with, which resulted in the 1930 officers being ~iected unanimously for the year 1931. The personnel as re-elected is: President: Colonel K. W. Sav- ory. Treasurer: Miss Mabel Mscfie. Secretary: W. J. Hilton. Fxecutivei Mrs. H. A. Eager, J. Edington. Librarian: Mrs. G. Gemmill. W. J. Hilton in his report drew attention to the excellent pro- gress that had been made by the library. They had purchased 816 new books in 1930, making s total at the end of the year of approxi- mately 1,300 volumes on the shelves. The circulation had been very satisfs tory, being a- bout 11,500 for the year. He submitted figrzres, showing the great increase in the pur chases of book since 1924. In 1930 this increase kver the a- mount for 1929 wss I per cent, while the increase irgpurchases in 1929 over the amount for the period 1924-1928 w~220 per celli; The board hsd always done their best to meet the wishes of the subscribers in their selection of books and would maintain this policy in the future. They had held two whist dnves dunng the year, the net profits of which had been devot- ed to the purchase of books. OWS BRIDGE PETITIONi The regular monthly meeting of the Canadian Legion, West Vancouver branch, will be held next Monday ei ning, 2nd Feb- ruary, at 8 p. m. in the Legion Memorial Hall. Every member is. requested to mrke a sperial pdint or%sing pi"ascot. Ernest R. Crumner asked for a lighting service. He was in- formed that the council couM do nothing in the matter now but would keep'his application in mind until further street lights were ordered in the fall. Now that the written findings of the Privy Council in re- gard to the status of the Second Narrows bridge have reached Vancouver, it has been found that up to no«r an entirely «vong impression has existed here as to the exact terms of the find- ing. It will be remembered that the universal impression which obtained was that the Privy Council found the bridge to be a menace to navigation and so automatically an illegal structure, because one of the provisos of the federal sct authorizing its construction expressly stated that the bridge must not be a menace to vessels. %Worn that it was deduced thaL while the bridge as it stood could be made legal by authority of another special act, it wouM be useless to have this done, because it would still remain a menace and as such the bridge company would be liable in the case of any further accidents regardless of the circumstances. Apparently all this was wrong. The special federal act authorized the construction of a bridge "which would not inter- fere with navigation." The Privy Council, we understand, held that the bridge did interfere with navigation on the principle that one stick was an interference, and that therefore it was illegal and a public nuisance. Consequently the remedy is obvious and easy. A special act passed through the federal house validating the structure as it stands would not only make it legal, but would also free the bridge company of responsibility in khe crLve of further accidents where faulty navigation could bgrrsstablished as the cause. We want and are going to get a First Narrows bridge. We want, however, and we want very bsdLv to have the Second Narrows bridge in operation to handle traffic while our bridge is being built. Nor will the resumption of traffic over the Second Narrows bridge stop us getting the Lions'ate bridge in any ivay. We are informmi that a new span can be built and put in place in a few months, but nothing can be done until the bridge is validated. In order to lend power to the application of the bridge company to Otta«vr for this validation, petitions are being circulated all through the North Shore mquesting the Federal I'arliament to put through such a validating act this session. Everybody will be asked to sign, and in this connection petitions will be kept available at certain places where these can sign who may be out when the house to house canvas is made. It is vital that you sign. It is iritsl that the Second Nar- rows bridge be open for the summer traffic. if possilde, and therefore we most earnestly rertuest all West Vancouver resid- ents to make a point of putting their names to the petition. .J ™Q Vol. V SIX PAGES HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY ]AN. 30th, I931 ~ IIRIDGING THE INLET LEGION W. A. HOLDS CONSERVATIVE MEETINiGANNUAL 5IEETING f The recent finding of the Privy Council has aroused Van- A general meeting of the West couver to the vital necessity for the immediate construction At the Annual Meeting of the Vancouver Conservative Associ of s permanent line of communication across the inlet. While Women's Auxiliary, Canadian ation took place last Tuesday the Second Narrows bridge hss had a chequered career and Legion, which wss held in the evening at the Fortune Cup Inn, has been the target of more or less continual abuse, it hss done Legion Memorial Hall on Mon- when a number of matters caine a great work for the North Shore snd Greater Vancouver as day last, reports of the officers up for discussion. a whole. Vancouver realizes today that her interests demand and conveners of the various The meeting endorsed the inletbebridged,and itis theSecond Narrowsbridgewhich committees were very gratify- formation of a Young Conservs- has brought home this lesson. ing. This organization has only tive Association on the North The question of transportation across the inlet is now been in existence since last Aug- Shore. being discussed by a special federal commission sitting in Van- ust but has already done splen- A resolution was also passed couver, and there is practically no doubt that the building of did work, not only in assisting that a strongly worded letter be a permanent link will not be delayed longer than is necessary the Legion in'its work amongst sent from the Association to the to determine what and where it shall be. ex-service men and their fsmil- postal authorities ss to the delay The natural place for a traffic bridge is undoubtedly at ies, but in various activities of in starting a postal delivery here the First Narrows. A properly constructed and sufficiently theirown. Mrs. Atwoodwhohas and that the president be sp- substantial edifice there would greatly enhance the magnifi- been president since insugura- pointed a delegation of one to foL cent entrance to Vancouver harbor. Some few see in it a tion, asked to be relieved of this low up the ktterand take what possible danger to navigation in time of war, not apparent- work and Mrs. T. E. Batchelor ever action should be necessary ly appreciating the fact that an enemy close enough to destroy was elected in her place for the to ensure an immediate com- such a bridge would first destroy Vancouver itself. The British ensuing year. Other officers mencement of the service. Navy does not keep its ships in cotton wool in peace, much less elected were: 1st vice president, in war time, and in the Great War the battle cruiser squadron Mrs. C. E. Sharman; 2nd vice had to pass under the Forth bridge every time it put to sea president, Mrs. W. H. Green, from and returned to its base at Rosythe. secretary-treasurer, Mrs. G. E. There, still seem to be a few left of the two old kinds of Bayfield; convener membership irreconcilables, firstly, those who believe that no bridge, how- committee, Mrs. J. Wicking; con- PO ever wide, is wide enough for the harbor entrance. In spite vener entertainment committee, of the fact that all their theories and arguments were weighed Mrs. F. Rivers; convener in the balances and found wanting, by the federal commission Shaughnessy Hospital commit- which sat on the First Narrows bridge several years ago, they tee, Mrs. W. R. Clark; convener still persist in mumbling them over, like "the Old Men" of house committee, Mrs. O. Phil- which Kipling wry: lips; convener local sick visiting 'SVe shall peck out and discuss and dissect, and evert and ex- committee, Mrs. W. T. Atwoorf. trode to our mind, Conveners of committees also The flacid tissues of long-dead issues offensive to God and comprised the executive, Mrs. F. mankind-- F. Lovegrove was again appoint- (Precisely like vultures over rqk ox that the Army has left ed pianist. h i tl'. ' ~ fl hlv'« The commission settled that a bridge of certain dimen- tea on Thursday afternoon, Feb- sions would not interfere with navigation and that finishes the ruary 19th, in the Legion Mem- matter.. Discussion is at an end, oriel halL Mrs. F. Rivers hss And then we have the second kind of irreconcilables; who charge of arrangements and ponder the imponderable in the sacred shades of Stanley park, those desiring to reserve tables those to whom the "Sanctity" of the park is s thing not to be may do so by Iihoning her at disturbed by a road through its centre. Unfortunately this West 410L. particular part of the park has a very bad police record for A request was received from murders and especially suicides, all the trees are dying for lack the Women's Provincial Com- of air,and the Vancouver fire marshal said s few years ago mand for assistance inestablish- he could not get at any forest fire originating there. Cense ing a Trust Fund for the benefit F SIGN THE SECOND NARR quently, it would appear that a road there would benefit both of ex-service women who served the public and the park, in fact it should have been built iong in the Auxiliary establishments ago, bridge or no bridge. of the Overseas Forces. There is There is in Australia a new and world-famous bridge si. at present no legislation in force most completed, which should be of particular interest to us that wiII provide for the care of Vancouver on account of the amount of trade"which passes and maintenance of such women. through our port to and from the Antipodes. We refer, of It was decided to reserve decis- I course, to the great arch bridge which spans the entrance to ion in this matter until next Sydney harbor. Recently a correspondent in Los Angeles was meeting, when some definite pro- kind enough to send us fo" our information and return the Iect for contributing to this official booklet of the bridge. It is beautifully illustrated not worthy cause would be brought only with cuts of the bridge and its surroundings, but with a number of engineering plans. One picture shows the "Aor- angi" passing under it. Previous to its building, the question of a tunnel or bridge was discussed, and a bridge was settlerl upon for a number of reasons, -The arch span is 1650 feet long, and has a clearance above high water of 170 feet. The completed bridge will contain 50,200 tons of steelwork, will cost $4,217,721, and will carry railway, streetcars, auto and pedestrian traffic. While s First Narrows bridge would not need to be so ex- pensive, as being purely a traffic bridge, doubtless it will be a qtructure of such a design and size as to be worthy of its vetting. ( W/ST VANCOUVER BOARD Ol'EMETERY HOIPI'ICIII,TUltAI. ASSiN. TRUSTEES The council appointed the fol- At a meeting of the Horticult- lowing to act as the Board of ~ 'ral Association on Tuesday Cemetery Trustees for the peri. 'evening it was decided to hold od January 1931 to January s few lectures during the coming 1982: Reeve Leyland, Councillor months, i,he first one to be the Fiddes, Councillor Dickinson, A. i mkldle part of February. Chilton, W. Blair. There will bc a few additions anil alterations in the Catalogue Colonel Savory was present at this year. A Novice Class will thecouncil on behalf oi'the West be instituted taking in Roses, Vsiicouver Board of Trade ask- Rock plants, Perennisls and An. Ing whether they had any infer- nusls, so that those having small mation ss to when mail delivery z. gardens and who have not previ- would be started in West Van- ously taken a prize will have s couver. He was advised they had better chance of showing what been informed by the Vancouver a small garden can produce. Postal authorities that the latter Membership tickets will short- were waiting on instructions ly be printed from Ottawa. The council has The June Show will be held on again written the Vancouver June 13th snd the Fall Fxhibi- postmaster asking him to give tion on Septemiier 12th. them any information he has.