Edward Lemon - certificate for transfer of Red Saloon license
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- 1874
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
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Edward Lemon - certificate for transfer of Red Saloon license
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Duncan McArthur and others - petition against granting of license to Red Saloon
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Hugh McEwan - request for reduction of taxes on property in Point Douglas due to fire
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
House of Commons Committee to Mayor Gray regarding the prices of food, clothing, and fuel
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A telegram to Mayor Gray from V. Cloutier, Clerk of a Parliamentary Committee collecting data on abnormal pricing of food, clothing, and fuel, asking that several organizations be brought together to provide data.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Mayor Gray to House of Commons Committee regarding the prices of food, clothing, and fuel
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A telegram from Mayor Gray to V. Cloutier, Clerk of a Parliamentary Committee, informing him that he cannot respond to the request for information until the "present attempt to overthrow constituted government is defeated”.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Letter from Duncan McVicar to Council applying for position of City Chamberlain
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Letter to Council. Sender: Duncan McVicar. Subject: application for position of Chamberlin. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Letter from John S. Ingram to Council applying for position of Chief of Police
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Letter to Council. Sender: John S. Ingram. Subject: application for position of Chief of Police. Referred to: Committee on Appointments. Action taken: appointed Feb. 23, 1874.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Letter from Lyster Hayward to Council applying for position of City Chamberlain
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Letter to Council. Sender: Lyster Hayward. Subject: application for position of City Chamberlain. Referred to: Committee on Appointments. Action taken: appointed Feb. 2, 1874.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Letter from Frederick John Haskin to Council applying for position of City Clerk
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Letter to Council. Sender: Frederick John Haskin. Subject: application for position of City Clerk. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Letter from John Nisbitt to Council regarding position of Chief of Police
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Letter to Council. Sender: John Nisbitt. Subject: application for position of Chief of Police. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Letter from T.E. Rawson to Council applying for position of Chief of Police
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Letter to Council. Sender: T.E. Rawson. Subject: application for position of Chief of Police. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Letter from Josiah Adams to Council applying for position of City Assessor
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Letter to Council. Sender: Josiah Adams. Subject: application for position of City Assessor. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Letter from James McIlroy to Council applying for position of Tax Collector
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Letter to Council. Sender: James McIlroy. Subject: application for position of Tax Collector. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Letter from William Bruce to Council applying to police force
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Letter to Council. Sender: William Bruce. Subject: application to police force. Referred to: Committee on Appointments. Action taken: appointed March 30, 1874.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Forms part of Fonds 1. Series consists of all surviving correspondence directed toward the City Council of Winnipeg via the City Clerk, with the exception of those items of correspondence that were filed with other series at the time of creation and/or use. Correspondence dates from the first year of the City of Winnipeg's incorporation in 1874 until 1971.
Civic employees, citizens of Winnipeg, and any other persons interested in communicating with the municipal government of Winnipeg wrote to City Council on a wide variety of topics, including civic administration (e.g. by-laws, elections, etc.), local improvements and developments (e.g. sanitation, the water supply, schools, parks, streets, traffic, bridges, etc.), invitations to conventions and other events, legal disputes, and assessments and taxation, among other issues.
Originally all correspondence was enclosed in a City Clerk's cover page to form a packet, which was then assigned a number. The packet was then folded twice and placed in pack boxes in chronological order. The numbering scheme was started anew several times over the years.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Forms part of Fonds 1. Series consists of by-laws for the City of Winnipeg pre-unicity (1874-1971). By-laws are municipal laws that were passed or amended by City Council. By-laws relate to City land development, regulations, local improvements, street names/openings/closings, authorization of agreements, finance/taxation, governance/administration, and amendments to previous by-laws.
Original by-laws dating 1874-1971 exist in a set of trifolds and are numbered 1-19876. By-laws are numbered chronologically according to date created.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Forms part of Fonds 1, City of Winnipeg (1874-1971): Series 82 consists of items contained in a casket prepared by City Council for placement in the cornerstone of the City's first city hall.
Not long after incorporation, City Council proposed construction of a city hall. A site on Main Street between William and Market Avenues was selected. On August 17, 1875, the cornerstone of the new city hall was laid with Masonic honors by Grand Master the Rev. Dr. Clark and officers of the Grand Lodge. A civic holiday was declared to mark the occasion, and speeches were made by Chief Justice Wood, the Hon. R. S. Davis, Premier of Manitoba, and American Consul James Wickes Taylor. At the ceremony, a casket was deposited into the cornerstone ' the casket contained coins, bills, newspapers and photographs of the City. Today, such a box would be called a time capsule.
Completed in 1876 and formally opened on March 14 of that year, the first city hall suffered chronic structural problems. Repairs were attempted, but were not successful, and for some time, the building was propped up with wooden braces until it was finally judged unsound and demolished in 1883. At demolition, the casket was removed and eventually placed into the cornerstone of the second city hall. When this building was demolished in 1962, the caskets were moved to a bank safety deposit box and then to the Archives.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Forms part of Fonds 1, City of Winnipeg (1874-1971): Series 83 consists of items contained in a casket prepared by City Council for placement in the cornerstone of the City's second city hall.
Shortly after Winnipeg's first city hall was demolished in 1883, City Council called for plans and specifications to construct a second city hall. The cornerstone for this new building was laid on July 20, 1884 by Mayor Logan, with speeches from Captain Scott, Aldermen Mulvey, Wilson and Drewry and American Consul James Wickes Taylor, among others. The casket from Winnipeg's first city hall was placed into the cornerstone for the new city hall, along with a second smaller casket which contained a number of civic publications, coins and photographs.
Affectionately known as the "Gingerbread" building, the second city hall served Winnipeg until it was demolished in 1962 to make way for construction of the new civic centre. Upon demolition, the caskets were removed and opened and the contents moved to a bank safety deposit box and then to the Archives.
Winnipeg (Man.). City Council