Gas and Water Purchase Committee

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Gas and Water Purchase Committee

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Gas and Water Purchase Committee; 1870-1871

    Other form(s) of name

    • Gas Purchase Committee (1871-1878)

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1870-1871

    History

    Gas was provided privately in York by the York Gas Light Company and the York Union Gas Light Company who merged to form the York United Gas Light Company in 1844.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    Occasional special committees were setup to discuss relationships with the corporation's gas suppliers and actions to be taken, including attempting purchase.

    Mandates/sources of authority

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Gas was provided privately in York by the York Gas Light Company and the York Union Gas Light Company who merged to form the York United Gas Light Company in 1844.

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Gas Purchase Committee (1871-1878)

    Identifier of related entity

    GB0192-39

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Gas Purchase Committee is the successor of Gas and Water Purchase Committee

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Occupations

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    GB0192-31

    Institution identifier

    GB0192

    Rules and/or conventions used

    International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

    Status

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        VCH York, BC 42

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