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CHARGE of North Van City's finest relives the way it used to be for
flremen's hose drill in the days prior to the incorporation of the City In

May 2, 1982 Tel. 985-2131

$907. Firefighters used to pull their own hose reels until they got horse- —_ photo)
drawn fire wagons. They'll be pulling the reels again May 15 at 2 p.m.

Bus depot
park
will clear WV

waterfront

in the

Humphreys: ‘A momentous

KLAHANIE PARK will be the site of a sin tle
North Shore bus depot to replace those at Third
and St. David's in North Van and 14th and Argyle

in West Vancouver.

Aldermen at West Van
counct! mectng Monday
were united in their approval
of the new depot

They have bee
negotiating for some time to
move the present bus depot
off the waterfront as part of
ther foreshore poli y

A study of North Shore
(ranstt concluded — that
provincially owned land tn
the 300 block Manne Drive

By NANCY WEATHERLEY

and a porton of Klahanic
Park “would be an ideal site”
for the shared depot

But sports enthusiasts are
not to worry because one of
the conditions of using the
park would be replacement
of the playing ficids as they
are needed for more buses

At the moment only 542

when a team trom the City will be competing against ones from the
District and West Van in races around Mabon Park track. (Terry Peters

occasion’

buses are kept on the North
Shore, 20 in North Van-
couver and 32 in West Van

But by the year 2001. the
study predicted, 200 buses
could be needed by the
North Shore, requiring soven
acres of land ,

The government's three
and onc half acres just north
of Manne Drive would be
used first

Vhen as me gocs on and
more buses are aceded,
takeover of three and one
hall acres of Klahame park
will begin

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LGH staff protest cutbacks by telegram: A3

THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

Bell not so
sure about
incineration

By CHRIS LLOYD

IT COST an estimated
$15,000 in direct costs
to send North Van-
couver District
delegates on a_ two-
week tour of European
garbage disposal
facilities. And though
he says they haven't yet
reached any  con-
clusions, Mayor Don
Bell considers it was
worth the taxpayers’
money.

The District officials —
Mayor Bell, Engineer John
Bremner, Manager Doug
Welsh and Aldermen Jim
Ball and Ernie Crist —
retumed from Europe last
weekend.

Bell has since told the
News the delegates have not
sat down and come to any
agreed conclusions over
preferred garbage disposal
techniques but that he is
already having second
thoughts about the idea of
incineration which he was so
enthusiastic about before

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