File consists of report by Edwin O. Jordan on typhoid fever in Winnipeg. Read at City Council on February 20, 1905. The recommendations outlined in this report guided City decisions on matters related to public health, sanitation, sewers, and water supply.
Handwritten timeline and miscellaneous notes about the history of Winnipeg municipal elections from 1882 to 1937, presumably written by the City Clerk or someone within the City Clerk's Department. Includes a small number of inserts (documents, newspaper articles) amidst the handwritten notes.
Letter to Council. Sender: Caldwell & Cunningham. Subject: tender for printing of cheque books for the City Clerk. Referred to: Committee on Printing. Action taken: (offer rejected).
Letter to Council. Sender: Hyslop & Ronald (Engine and Machine Works - Chatham, Ontario). Subject: steam fire engine (promotional letter regarding the fire fighting products they have for sale). Referred to: Committee on Fire and Water.
Letter to Council. Sender: James Collins. Subject: application for position of Scavenger. Referred to: Committee on Works (cover sheet states referred to Board of Works). Action taken: confirmed March 23, 1874.
Letter to Council. Sender: L. R. Bentley . Subject: Lease of room for Council Chamber (advising the City that he will lease the room the Council is currently using as a Council Chamber, to them for a further year for a sum of $500.00 per annum). Referred to: Finance Committee. Action taken: offer accepted by the City at $450.00 per annum.
Letter to Council. Sender: Willoughby Clark. Subject: application for position of City Assessor. Referred to: Committee on Appointments. Action taken: appointed to position Feb. 23, 1874.
Letter to Council. Sender: Alex Brown. Subject: application for position of City Assessor. Referred to: Committee on Appointments. Action taken: appointed to position Feb. 23, 1874.