STREET IN VANCOUVER.—Vancouver is a young city. In the beginning of 1886 its site was a virgin forest. The few buildings that were erected the same year were burned down. It has now a population of about 35,000, and the same is increasing rapidly. Its streets, which are asphalted, are lit by electricity, while it has lines of electric cars all over city and to Westminster, 10 miles distant. Its private residences, public buildings, business houses, hotels and clubs would do credit to a city many years its age and population.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1665, 27 January 1904, Page 46 (Supplement)

STREET IN VANCOUVER.—Vancouver is a young city. In the beginning of 1886 its site was a virgin forest. The few buildings that were erected the same year were burned down. It has now a population of about 35,000, and the same is increasing rapidly. Its streets, which are asphalted, are lit by electricity, while it has lines of electric cars all over city an d to Westminster, 10 miles distant. Its private residences, public buildings, business houses, hotels and clubs would do credit to a city many years its age and population.