City policy split on street lines for builders
City council weighs whether the city engineer should supply street lines or if owners must hire private engineers. Aldermen debate city responsibility, fees, and impact on surveyors. A report from the engineer is requested as part of the decision. A prominent mining party visits Prince Rupert to survey Queen Charlotte Islands prospects, predicting a rush and noting coal fields remain undeveloped. The expedition includes D. R. Young and experts from multiple institutions.
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Hilditeh
Col. Davis
Ald. Hilditch
Ald
Pattullo
Barrow
Hilditch
Prince Rupert
Queen Charlotte Islands
Prince George
Queen Charlotte City
Su. Bruno
D. R. Young
Queen Charlotte
Thomas Kiddie
M.E
Alex, Faulds
Queen Charlotte Fields
C. Ross McAdam
Dominion Government
Welland Canal
Ontario
Queen Charlottes
Ells
Government of
Messrs
Leyson and McGinnis
M.b.'s
Queen's College
Toronto
Rayner
D. G. Allen
M.B
Royal College of Engineers
Kingston
Laoger
Graham
Moresby Island
Capt. Nicholson
G.T.P. Steamship Service
Wm. Newman
Electric Lighting On Council Agenda For Major Purchases
City council discusses electric light plans with Mayor Stork and city engineer ready to act once a decision is made. Alderman Hilditch asks about purchasing procedures as the clerk outlines the system and procurement safeguards.
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Stork
Ald
Hilditch
Hilditeh
Pattullo
Franks Leaves Empire Ties for Hazelton Business
Presentation A. O. Franks, longtime secretary of the Typographical Union, departed yesterday for Hazelton to pursue another line of work. At a farewell gathering, fellow members honored him with a valuable pipe for his services.
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A. O. Franks
Hazelton
High School Inspectors to Oversee Province Area
The Education Department plans an Inspectorate of high schools with Inspector Gordon to lead. Two inspections will require redrawing school territory, focusing on relief for the lower mainland congestion. A new inspectorate will cover the Fraser Valley, Prince Rupert, and surrounding areas.
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Department of Education
Gordon
Lower Mainland
Fraser Valley
Prince Rupert
Capitalists from Britain to visit British Columbia en route
A party of British financiers and politicians visiting Santiago for the Chilean Longitudinal railway plans is en route to New York and will travel to British Columbia within weeks. Members include Morton Griffiths and Sir Gilbert Parker. The Chilean contract is valued near four million pounds. British capital in South America totals about eleven million pounds.
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Great Britain
Santiago
Chili
British Columbia
New York
Morton Griffiths
Gilbert Arker
South America
Vancouver executive tours Prince Rupert harbor and business district
A. B. Wood of Vancouver vice president of the V. W. & Y. railway company, visiting on the Prince George, tours the city with Mrs. Wood. He praises the rapid progress in the business section and notes Vancouver’s past rough appearance, predicting a first class townsite and a surprising harbor body of water.
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A. BE. Wood
Vancouver
V. W. & Y. Railway Company
Prince George
Prince Rupert
Jeanba
Liberal redistribution forecast for province’s MPs
Hon. William Templeman Minister of Mines told the Victoria Liberal Association that the province may gain ten to twelve seats after the next redistribution. The address was reported in The Prince Rupert Journal as a sign of upcoming political change.
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House of Commons
William Templeman
Victoria
Oliver Typewriter 17 Cents a Day Sale Sparks Demand
An Oliver Typewriter is advertised as the universal writing device with a plan of 17 cents per day. The campaign touts numerous features and wide appeal, claiming overwhelming interest from all classes and a rush of applications for machines.
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Oliver Typewriter
Oliver Typewriter Promises Easy Money and Home Use
The Oliver Typewriter is pitched as a money maker for beginners and a staple in business and home use. It claims strong demand, high salaries for operators, and a plan to place the machine in every home, with offers for details and a free catalogue from the Chicago offices.
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Oliver
America
Cancellation of Reserve Notice Near Babine Lake Casstar District
The reserve on Crown lands near Babine Lake in Casstar District is cancelled. The notice dated June 80th 1909 and published July 2nd 1908 in the British Columbia Gazette is superseded. ROBERT A. RUNWICK Deputy Commissioner of Lands Victoria BC announces the cancellation dated June 16 1910.
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Babine Lake
Casstar
British Columbia
Robert A. Runwick
Victoria
B. G
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Typographical Union
Goverment
Inspector Gordon
Haynor Bros
Dunedin
Second Avenue
Highth Street
Manson Blk
Third Ave
B. C
Rupert City Realty & Information Bureau, Ltd
A. E. Wood
The
V. W. & Y. Company
C. B. Ware
Clarmont Rooms
Sixth Avenue
Fulton Street
Annie McGrath
Roland
Ladysmith Coal
H. B. Rochester
Centre Street
Fred Stork
Fort George
the Pioneer Newspaper
Western Canada
Albert Dollenmeyer
Salmon River
William River
Nechacco Valley
Babine
Stewart and
Nation Lake
Omineca
Tribune
the Tribune
Fort George, British Columbia
R. C. Bean
Oliver Typewriter Building
Chicago, Ll
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