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lieri-reiff3Sars»11X)itaa-• Mayor Hard j:, “What more important questions did the street committee decide?”. Aid. Gallowayr : “Well, they decided to cut down the street to the present level without reference to the council.”Mayor Hardy: “I want to tell youand some of ..those, calamity howlersthat we are following a grade and arc going to follow it. If last year's committee had done its duty there wouldn’t be so much kicking now. The grade is, I say, a shame and disgrace to any street committee or. engineer on the continent. The engineer is doing the work according to profile.”Aid. Galloway: • “Why don’t you remove the wall if its in the way of the grade. You moved the earth and boulders—you might move the wall as well.”The mayor: “We. don’t want to do that.”A motion to adjourn brought the discussion to a close.BOARD OF TRADE.Business Transected at a;Meettof.Special Generali There was a large attendance at the special general meeting of the Greenwood board of trade, held in Rendell hall. Wm. Law and Mayor Hardy reported having had a conferencey^ith Messrs. McMullen and Crowhurst who looking for a site for machineshops.' The gentlemen did not accept .a reasonable proposition made to them. \ W. T. Smith, F. Keffer, J. H. Mac-farlane and A. Fisher were elected members.By-laws were passed, initation fee being fixed at 510, aud quarterly dues at $2.50.-President Galloway reported the steps which had been taken in reference to the tramway to Phoenix. Some discussion ensued but action was deferred until the scheme assumed more tangible shape.The board decided to send a good exhibit to the Spokane fruit fair. W. T. Smith was appointed to take charge of the exhibit and Messrs. Wm. Law, Thos. Miller and James Kerr were appointed a committee to collect $350 to defray the expenses. Suitable advertising literature will be sent with the exhibit. The secretary was authorized to collect initiation fee and pay outstanding bills.S(werec sa
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Greenwood Boundary Creek Times
Greenwood, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Sep 16, 1899
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