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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1889)
THE WEST SHORE, 21)5 being $35,000.00. It is a well disciplined and ellicient organization. The streets of the city are nearly all macadamized and have well-kept sidewalks. Nearly $53,000.00 were expended on them last year, and im portant improvements in the way of paving the main thoroughfares and opening new ones are contemplated for the near future. One thing that strikes the vis itor is the'unuBually excellent condition of the drives about the city and the roads leading into the country. They are alljhardand smooth like the Btreets of tho city. These roads are under the supervision of the Besides these, there are the ladies' college uuder tho auspices of tho Anglican church, and an academic in stitution, as well as a primary school, maintained by tho Roman Catholio denomination. There are Prot estant and ltoman Catholio orphanages. Tho city has a public library of about ten thousand volumes, and several of the fraternal and benevolent societies also havo libraries of considerable $h EsquimaU harbor, about three miles to tho west ward of Victoria, is tho sito of a British naval sta tion. It is an excellent harbor. Due, two or three I ntvT'J Ar-TT ." til fi L'l I 1 l 1 M h II,,., - - L 111 Iff I 1 " - i II AL ' .1. I II! II IK 1 I IT ' ifciiijr.-Kia vwiwrfrm 1 1 1 y of aw m 1 I Elil W ' ,.11 , Wi Ml! -1 r 3' T7 ti f ' r r Till I I MI , Wl1"l, government, and not subject to tho caprice of local tax payers, or rate payers, as they are termed there. The soil of Vancouver island is such that good rol can be maintained at a comparatively small eipena, and tourista'fiod special enjoyment in tho long drives in the country from Victoria, and tho beautiful sen- ery they afford. Tho city is amply provided with educational facil. ities, both publio and private There are fire ward schools, beside the largo central high school, and an efficient corps of instructors is emplojed. The pub lie schools are supported by tho government and eon trolled by a school board elected by popular suffrage. war vtwls are statioui tlre constantly, and it Is general headquarters for Ilnr Majesty's navy lo the I'aciflo. Fcilitie are provided for doing all sorts of repairing for war ship. There Is a dry dock four hundred ami fifty fl long and twentyven M dtvp, with ao entrance fifty-five M wb!s which was construct! at a out of aUmt t.m,lW.W. The arv nal contains largo quantities of store au4 orJnanca nppli of all description. A royal tavy UopiUl and crmrtj U thnro. A small town U built up about the dry dock. Tier ar many fine rl dene along the Koimall rol and It U a j-ofuUr dris from Victoria. Th Kaqulmalt district embr c-