The Miner, March 6, 1897

The Lieutenant-Governor Has Given is Assent To It

The Provisions of the Law are as Published By the Miner Last Week Except That Addition "A" Is Included-Victoria. March 5, (1897). The bill incorporating the towns of Nelson, Rossland and Grand Forks was assented to by Lieutenant Governor Dewdney at a shofl session of the legislature yesterday. The bill is now law and the election of a municipal government for each town will be proceeded with as soon as possible. Next week Governor Dewdacy will probably issue final orders concerning elections.

The House has adjourned until Monday and the Victoria delegates who have remained here to attend to the final details of the bill are ready to go home.

The law embraces all the provisions set forth in the draft of the bill published in the last issue of the Miner with the exception that Mdition "A" is included in the city limits.

Messrs. Houston and Hillyer gave a dinner on Wednesday evening which was attended by Messrs. Semlin, Sword, Foster, Graham, Kellie, Kidd, Hume, Stoddart, Kitchen and Jowett. The next question of special interest to Kootenay and Yale district will be the dispoal of the question of water power privileges.

Editor's note:
Incorporation had been on the minds of Nelson citizens since 1893, when Kaslo became a city. Early in 1897, with Nelson businessman J. Fred Hume representing the south Kootenay in the provincial legislation the time was right. A local Incorporation Committee raised funds and sent a delegation headed by fiery editor John Houston to Victoria to help push things along. The new City ofNelson included the original town
and an area further uphill commonly known as the "Hoover Addition" after the original settler; Newlin Hoover.

Editors Notes by Shawn Lamb

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