Bell, Edward

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Unique IDPE-004528SurnameBellGiven namesEdwardBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1856-1870Biographical noteNewspaper comment:
“Letters” from “The Old City Council”: Headline: “The Corporation, its Officers, their Salaries and Family Compacts” [ref: Empire 16 April 1862 p4]; [ref: 28 April 1862]

Assessment of his work:
“Edward Bell and the interdisciplinarity of engineering and architecture in Victorian Sydney” by Preston, Jennifer and Stead, Naomi Jean (2013) Edward Bell and the interdisciplinarity of engineering and architecture in Victorian Sydney. in Fabrications: the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, 23 2: 182-207. doi:10.1080/10331867.2013.860673

List of Works: Dictionary of Sydney online [ref: home.dictionaryofsydney.org]

Sydney’s third water supply: [ref:https://www.sydneywater.com.au/web/groups/publicwebcontent/documents/document/zgrf/mdq0/~edisp/dd_044106.pdf]

Death of Charles Bell, brother of Edward Bell: BELL. — February 9th, at Richmond, Surrey, Charles Bell, Esq., M.P. for the city of London, and brother to Mr. Edward Bell, City Engineer, and Mr. John Bell, of this city. [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald 21 April 1869 p8]

Death of Edward Bell: May 5, 1875, at Limes Gove, Lewisham, Kent, England, at the residence of his son-in-law, WH Duguid, Esq., Edward Bell, C.E., Memb Inst C.E., aged 63 years. [ref: SMH 30 June 1875 p1]; [ref: Australian Town and Country Journal 3 July 1875 p34]

Obituary - 1875 Institution of Civil Engineers: Obituaries: [ref: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Edward_Bell]

Details from contemporary sources:
1856 Appointment approved - lieu Rider - 21 February 1856 [ref: 25/8 1856/1524]
1856 £800 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1856 - succeeded Rider [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 8 February 1856]
1856 Conflict with Baron re appointment of draftsman - August [ref: 26/024/717]
1856 Salary payments March 1856 [ref: 36/1/1]
1856 Requests resignation of Mais - Mais incompetent - May 1856 [ref: 26/23/397]
1857 £800 pa - Salary Recommendations May 1857 - £50 for horse during Botany work [ref: 11/2 -27 May 1857]
1857 Responsible for City Works, Improvements - June 1857 [ref: 21/14/2 [7]]
1857 £850 pa - Recommendations 1 June 1857 - Finance Committee [ref: 22/1/09]
1857 £850 pa - Salaries of Officers 1 July 1857 - including £50 forage [ref: 27/11/57/203]
1857 Salary payments October 1857 [ref: 36/1/1]
1858 £850 pa - Salaries of Officers 1 July 1858 - including £50 forage [ref: 27/12/58/488]
1859 City Surveyor to control City Works for 3 months from 20 January while Bell completes the Water Works at Botany [ref: 10/5/29]
1859 £800 pa - Salary Recommendations for 1859, February - £50 for horse [ref: 11/3/17]
1859 Adds duties of City Surveyor - July - "City Engineer and Surveyor" [ref: 23/5/89]
1859 Duties of City Surveyor transferred to Bell 1 August 1859 -City Engineer & Surveyor [ref: 7/11/165]
1861 Requests appointment of overseer of works - July [ref: 26/52/761]
1862 Requests increase - February [ref: 26/55/208]
1870 Resignation 13 December 1870 [ref: 26/106/1169]
1871 Informal application for City Engineer’s position rejected [ref: Empire 26 May 1871]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-000249

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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionCity Engineer [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]City Engineer & Surveyor [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Related itemsMemorandum: William H Baron, City Surveyor - Disagreement over employment of two men as draughtsmanJournal of Accounts: City Fund, 1855-1859Memorandum: Edward Bell, City Engineer to City Commissioners. Informing of his request to Mr MaisReport of Finance Committee - Salaries and duties of officers and servants, 1 June 1857Minutes of the Finance Committee: "B": Payment of accounts; officers’ salaries; collection of

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Bell, Edward