Fifth Avenue

1905 February – J. Philips wrote to the Board of Works asking for the opening of 5^th Avenue from Park Drive to Woodland. The request was referred to estimates.^ⁱ

1906 March — J. McNichol complains of conditions at Victoria Drive & Fifth Avenue. Referred to Engineer.ⁱⁱ

1906 July – 5^th Avenue is opened up by the chain gang “from Park Drive westerly as far as houses extend on the north side.”^ⁱⁱⁱ

1906 November – The Board of Works approved a 3-plank sidewalk on 5^th Avenue from Park Drive east for 600 feet for $120. The north side had the sidewalk laid under foreman George Freemen. The work was completed on 9^th January 1907.^{^iv}

1907 November — Four signatories sent in a petition “to open up 5^th Avenue east as there is now 4 houses in the first block from the car line on Park Drive. There is (sic) 2 houses occupied, one with two families who is (sic) waiting to have the water laid on which cannot be done until the street is opened.” In response the work gang was instructed to cut a trail east of Park drive which they did by 8^th January 1908. In addition, a 3-plank sidewalk was laid on the south side of 5^th Avenue from Park Drive east to lot 24. The work was completed on 13^th February 1908.^{^v}

1909 February – 5^th Avenue was cleared and graded from Semlin to the City Limits with the work being completed by 12^th June. ^vi

ⁱ J. Philips to Board of Works, Board of Works Minutes, 2 Feb 1905, CVA, MCR-36 Roll 2

ⁱⁱ Board of Works Minutes, 10 April 1906, CVA, MCR-36 Roll 2

ⁱⁱⁱ WO 954, 24 Jul 1906, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders 1906-1910, 128-B-2

^iv Board of Works Minutes, 20 Nov 1906, CVA, MCR-36 Roll 2; WO 1166, 22 Nov 1906, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders 1906-1910, 128-B-2

^v Petition to Board of Works dated 6 Nov 1907, CVA, Series 342, Board of Works, Letters Reported 3 Dec 1907, 129-A-5 File 23; WO 1700, 8 Nov 1907, and WO 1760, 29 Nov 1907, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders 1906-1910, 128-B-2

^vi WOs 2801 and 2811, 20 Feb 1909, CVA, Series 356, Record of Work Orders 1906-1910, 128-B-2

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