Charles Street

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1903 August – Board of Works approved a request to “grade Charles from Clark Drive to Woodland Drive.” i

1904 June – The Board agreed to open Charles from Clark Drive to Park Drive. ii

1904 October – A.A. McLeod and others asked for the blasting of two stumps on Charles Street near Park Drive. The Board agreed that the foreman should blast out the stumps. iii

1905 February – A.A. McLeod asked for a plank walk on the eastside of Park Drive from Grant St to Charles Street and 72’ on Charles. The work was approved.iv

1905 June – Under By-Law 508, Charles Street was ordered to be graded and rocked between Park Drive and Clark Drive at an estimate of $787.50. Between October and December, $381.06 was spent on labour.v

1905 August — Mary McPherson and others asked for a 3-plank sidewalk on the south side of Charles Street from Park Drive to Woodland. The Board approved the work for $115.vi

1906 July – A trail was cut on the south side of Charles Street between Salsbury and Victoria Drives “for water pipes.” The work was handled by the chain gang. vii Later that month, Charles was opened between Park Drive and Victoria, also by the chain gang. viii

1906 December — Peter Richards wrote to the Board of Works asking “your engineer to rough clear Napier from Victoria Drive to Lakewood Drive along Napier Street to enable me to draw lumber onto Lot 22, block 33 … on which property I am proceeding to build and at present I have no means of access forward of a track.” ix

1907 March – Dr. Jeffs asked that stumps be blown out at Salsbury and Charles. The work was handled by George Freeman’s crew and was completed on 30th March. x

1907 May — P.J. Foran wrote to the Board: “I have two lots on Charles Street, block 44. I want to put two houses on them, it is useless to do so before the street is opened up from Park to Salsbury Drives, as the appropriation was made some time ago, I would like to know the cause of the delay.” Albert Ross wrote that “having bought three lots on Charles Street, between Park & Salsbury, at the time the appropriation was made, I have been patiently waiting to see it started …”xi

1907 July – 6’ concrete sidewalk proposed for both sides of Charles between Clark Drive and Victoria Drive. Estimated cost $5,862.71 with city paying $284.05. xii

1907 August — The Grandview Progress Association unanimously passed a resolution “that the Council be urged to open Charles Street east to Lakewood Drive, and 2nd Avenue east from Park Drive to Victoria Drive.” Twenty-two other residents wanted to “draw your attention to the necessity of giving us access along Charles Street from Victoria Drive to Lakewood drive … we do not ask for the grading of the street the full width at the present time, but we do ask that part of the street be cleared by the expenditure of a couple of hundred dollars.” xiii

1907 September — Seven residents petitioned the Board that “a three-plank walk be put down the south side of Charles Street from Park Drive to Victoria Drive, with a crossing on Salsbury Drive.” This was approved and the sidewalk was laid with the work completed on 19th November. xiv

1907 October – The chain gang cut a trail along Charles from Victoria to Lakewood. xv

Board of Works Approved 3-plank sidewalks for the following (with estimated costs): xvi

 Charles Street – Park Drive to Cotton Drive $83

 Charles Street – Victoria Drive to Lakewood $172

 Woodland Drive – Graveley to First $53

1907 December — J Lennox Wilson wrote to the Board: “Kindly do what you can towards having Charles Street opened from Victoria Drive to Lakewood Drive at as early a date as possible. I have built a house and am living in it on lot 7 on the north side of the street and I am building another house on lot 16 in the same block. There are several other families living in this block also besides new house being built … Now that the wet weather is here the old skid road from Bismark Street is almost impassable.”xvii

1908 March – 3-plank sidewalk was laid on the north side of Charles between Victoria and Lakewood Drives. The work was completed on 7th April.xviii

1908 December – 3-plank sidewalk was laid on the north side of Charles between Salsbury Drive and a point 110’ east. The work was completed on 8th January 1909.xix

1909 July – 3-plank sidewalk was laid on the south side of Charles between Clark Drive and a point 100 east of Odlum Drive. The work was completed on 19th August.xx

1909 August – 3-plank sidewalk was laid on the north side of Charles between Odlum and Woodland Drives. The work was completed on 14th Octoberxxi

1909 October – 3-plank sidewalk was laid on the north side of Charles between Park and Cotton Drives. The work was completed on 20th November.xxii

1912 June – 6’ concrete sidewalk is proposed for both sides of Charles from Victoria Drive to Lakewood Drive at a cost of $2,608.50 with the city paying $123.84.xxiii

1912 June – 6” concrete curbs proposed for both sides of Charles street between Victoria and Commercial Drives at a cost of $1,219.50 with the city paying $133.42.xxiv

i  Board of Works Minutes 13 Aug 1907, CVA, MCR-36 Roll 2

ii  Board of Works Minutes 9 Jun 1904, CVA, MCR-36 Roll 2

iii  Board of Works Minutes 10 Oct 1904, CVA, MCR-36 Roll 2

iv  Board of Works Minutes, 2 Feb 1905, CVA, MCR-36 Roll 2

v  By-Law 508 accounting, CVA, Series 356, Street Improvements 1905-1906, 134-D-5

vi  Board of Works Minutes, 17 Aug 1905, CVA, MCR-36 Roll 2

vii  WO 944, 17 Jul 1906, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders, 1906-1910, 128-B-2

viii  WO 955, 24 Jul 1906, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders, 1906-1910, 128-B-2

ix  Peter Richards to Board of Works dated 29 Dec 1906, CVA, Series 342, Board of Works, Letters Reported 15 Jan 1907, 129-A-5 File 1

x  WO 1254, 2 Mar 1907, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders, 1906-1910, 128-B-2

xi  P.J. Foran to Board of Works dated 18th May 1907, CVA, Series 342, Board of Works, Letters Reported 21 May 1907, 129-A-5 File 9; Albert Ross to Board of Works dated 18 May 1907, CVA, Series 342, Board of Workd, Letters Reported 4th June 1907, 129-A-5 File 10

xii  Schedule published 7 Jul 1907, CVA, Series 356, Proposed L:ocal Improvements, 134-A-2 File 1

xiii  Grandview Progress Association to Board of Works dated 5 Aug 1907, CVA, Series 342, Board of Works, Letters Reported 27th Aug 1907, 129-A-5 File 16; Petition to Board of Works dated 29 Jul 1907, CVA, Series 342, Board of Works, Letters Reported 13 Aug 1907, 129-A-5 File 15

xiv  Petition to Board of Works dated 4 Sep 1907, CVA, Series 342, Board of Works, Letters Reported 24th Sep 1907, 129-A-5 File 18; WO 1636, 25 Sep 1907, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders 1906-1910, 128-B-2

xv  WO 1767, 5 Oct 1907, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders, 1906-1910, 128-B-2

xvi  CVA, Board of Works Minutes, 5 Oct 1907

xvii  J. Lennox Wilson to Board of Works dated 21 Nov 1907, CVA, Series 342, Board of Works, Letters Reported 17 Dec 1907, 129-A-5 File 24

xviii  WO 1944, 12 Mar 1908, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders, 1906-1910, 128-B-2

xix  WO 2633, 11 Dec 1908, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders, 1906-1910, 128-B-2

xx  WO 3317, 20 July 1909, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders, 1906-1910, 128-B-2

xxi  WO 3361, 3 Aug 1909, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders, 1906-1910, 128-B-2

xxii  WO 3522, 13 Oct 1909, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders, 1906-1910, 128-B-2

xxiii  Schedule published 15 Jun 1912, CVA, Series 356, Proposed Street Improvements, 134-A-2 File 1

xxiv  Schedule published 28 Jun 1912, CVA, Series 356, Proposed Local Improvements, 134-A-2 File 1