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Abbotsford Post

Location

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Date

Aug 22, 1913

Page

4

Birth announcement and local waterworks notice in Abbotsford

The notice records the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Matthew Nelson on Friday August 8 and corrects a prior report. It also details a right of way project along Yale Road Abbotsford, caused by water works, including dimensions 400 feet long by 4 feet wide, with involvement of Crown land and private property. Applicants Hannah Fraser and William Roberts invite appeals by mail to P O Box 62 Abbotsford B C.

Matthew Nelson Yale Road Abbots ‘Ford Abbotsford, West Abbotsford HCL P.O. Box B.C Hannah Fraser William Roberts

Notice to Contractors Ten der for Poplar School

Public Works invites sealed tenders for a large one room schoolhouse at Poplar Matsqui. Plans and specs available August 15 1913 at Matsqui School Board office Victoria. Tender due noon September will be accepted only on supplied forms with bank cheque equal to 10 percent of tender.

Poplar School Poplar Matsqui Municipal S.A S.A. — Fletcher, Government Agent, New Westminster Wm. Merryfordid Matsqui Mownt Lehman B. C Department of Public Works Victoria Bank of Canada Minister of Public Works J. By Griffith Public Works Engineer Department of Public Works

Water Licence Application From Abbotsford Pair

Hannah Fraser and William Roberts of Abbotsford apply under the Water Act BC to take 0 gallons per day from a spring on Lot 4 subdivision part of Sec. 22. Diversion point described. Water to be used for domestic purposes in Abbotsford Townsite. Ownership listed as Fraser and Roberts.

British Columbia Hannah Fraser William Roberts Abbotsford S. EB N. WD Hane and Fraser Sumas Prairie Alghotsford

Aldergrove School Tender for Two-room Building Offered

The Minister of Public Works will receive tenders by noon September 1 1913 for erecting and completing a two room school at Aldergrove in the Chilliwack School District. Plans and specs cost ten dollars. bids require a ten percent deposit with bank cheque or Bank of Canada certificate. J E Griffith Public Works Engineer Victoria August 1 1913.

Aldergrove School Aldergrove S. A. Pletcher New Westminster Department of Public Works Victoria B.C Bank of Canada Minister of Public Works J. E. Griffith B. C

Water notice details for Abbotsford applicants and route

A water notice lists applicants I A Swift Joseph Sanderson and others with Abbotsford as the address. The source river runs along the Victoria Vancouver and Eastern Ry right of way and flows northward then empties into ground near a railway crossing at Oxcar Street.

Water diversion notice for Abbotsford spring rights

Water is to be diverted from a spring on the north side of the Victoria Vancouver & Eastern Ry and Navigation Co. right of way variant 338 feet east from the crossing at Laurel Street. Domestic purposes only. Land includes Lots 15 and 16, Block 50. Lots 8, Block 40. and Lots 13, 19, 20, 21, 15, and 150, Block 40 in Abbotsford. One thousand gallons daily. storage five hundred gallons. Reservoir northeast of the spring, measured from the main track. Notice posted August 15, 2013. Objections may be filed with the Water Recorder in New Westminster or the Comptroller of Water Rights in Victoria. Applicants: Thomas A. Swift Agent and others.

British Columbia I. A. Swift Joseph Sanderson Jiatward Rubbig Jaine Murphy Janes Meltroy Erward Mckilroy Une Abbotsford Rumning Victoria Vancouver & Eastern Ry & Navigation Co Pownsite Ry & Nay, Co Vancouver Andern Ry & Navigation Company Sear St Vancouver &Bastun The Water Recorder New Westminster B.C

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