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Report of Improvement Committee on petition to improve William Street, Sydney, 1869

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Unique IDA-01150031SeriesPetitions to CouncilDateBetween 22nd February 1869 and 24th April 1869Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Improvement Committee on the petition of certain ratepayers residing in Macquarie, Cook and Fitzroy Wards for improvements in the main thoroughfare leading from Woolloomooloo to the city centre, recommending: Cutting down William and Park Streets, between Boomerang, Yurong and Elizabeth Streets, depositing this material on the Government Paddock close by, building a bridge across the cutting at College Street and another at the walk through the park.

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Petition 5 July 1869 by owners of property in College Street, Liverpool Street, South Head Road and adjoining streets, together with other citizens, protesting against the proposal on the grounds of inconvenience to traffic and unnecessary expenditure affecting ratepayers. Signed: M A Burdekin, Macquarie St; Bossley Burdekin, Brougham St; Marshall Burdekin, Macquarie St; Sydney Burdekin, Macquarie St; P Sydney Jones M D, College St, Hyde Park; Mary Moore, College St; W M Lees, Macleay St; Wm Long [William Long], Macleay St; William J H Thorne, William St; James Godfrey, 22 South Head Rd; Jas Moon Junr [James Moon Junior], 34 South Head Rd; Gregory Board; Wm Moffett [William Moffett], Liverpool St; E C Weekes, College St; W C Wentworth by T J Fisher. Numbered 784.

Petition 24 June 1869 by owners of property in Woolloomooloo and College Street against the proposal on the grounds of serious deterioration in value of their property. Signed: M A Burdekin; Bossley Burdekin; Marshall Burdekin; Sydney Burdekin; W Long per R Butcher. Numbered 714.

Letter dated 7 July 1869 from Department of Lands (numbered 779) informing that the Secretary of Lands has no objection. Includes two letters from Hyde Park Improvement Committee dated 18 and 19 June 1869 (numbered 691) informing no objection.
Petition 22 February 1869 (numbered 23) by Freeholders and other citizens of Fitzroy, Cook and Macquarie Wards requesting the cutting down of William and Park Streets, commencing at Yurong Street and terminating at the intersection of Park and Elizabeth Streets, thereby rendering ease of access to the eastern portion of the City, together with erection of a traffic bridge, on the line of College Street, and a footbridge on the line of the Park Avenue, as shown in the annexed sketch.

Signed: John Tighe; Thomas Pearce; W D Stone; Maurice O'Neill; Chas Rea [Charles Rea]; Henry Fourton; Louis Loewe; Jas Moore [James Moore]; George Hill; Samuel Garrett; George Putterill; William Brown; J Mundy; F Sloper; Clement Lewis; William Gaydon; G F Wright, Wm St; Alfred Steel, Woolloomooloo; Thomas Pierce; James Weir; A E Edwards; B Murphy; D Murphy; James Dummer; William Hughes; G M Seymour; D Williamson;

[page 2] John McElhone; W H Beaumont; John Sangster; John Stubbs; William Jones; Edwd Constable [Edward Constable]; William Berry; J G Thurlow; I S Solomon; M Lonergan; Christopher Hart; Jno M Walker [John M Walker]; Wm Ferguson [William Ferguson]; Lewis Morgan; Woft dr Ver Jackey; Patrick Kenny; John F Goggin; John O'Connor; William Parks; Thomas Lawler; Francis Dixon; Robert Weepers; Michael Hyde; H Hinton; H Deverix; T Coleman; W Hillebrand; Ralph Montgomery; Timothy Lawlor; John Cockroft; Edward J Campion; Wm Jackson [William Jackson]; William Honey; R Martin; Jo Young; C Young; Louis Loewe; Jabez Connor; George Linnler; J Wallace; William Walter [crossed out]; James Turner; W H Lysaght; H Barnes; G P Dwyer; R Terry; Edward Nye; Henry Clarkson; William Carlisle; George Crikey; H Biddles; J Buchanan; Wm Todd [William Todd]; R Thomson; Henry Sealey; Nicholas Newnham; Henry James Holland; B Hughes; J Gowans; J Hazlett; John Brewer;

[page 3] Alfred Drinkwater; William Crompton; James Kerr; Chaes Thos Proberts [Charles Thomas Proberts]; William Jones; B Rawlings; W Wiseman; James Neill; Wm Davis [William Davis]; Lewis Williams; William H Carrick; H Hunt; John Dingle; J V Bushelle; Sam Corry; Henry J Small; Ths Baird [Thomas Baird]; William Baird; R Cobley; Red Wells C E; P Wells (Tertius); John Joseph Earl; Edward McCann; John Drake; Joseph Carroll; Robt H Ronson [Robert H Ronson]; Patrick McKenna; Cecil A Becke; H W Heemilton; Robert Spence; John McKeown; William Johnstone; Edward Bardsley; Patrick Ward; Robt Jackson [Robert Jackson]; Fred W White; Robert Bone; F Wyatt; W Manton; J Sutton; M A Landy; M McMahon; Hy Pickering [Henry Pickering]; Wm Macintosh [William Macintosh]; W A Parfitt; Alexander Sim; Benjn James [Benjamin James]; T H Cowell; Thomis Jonston [Thomas Jonston]; Stephen R Burke; Richard Buist; F Coar; J D Coar; H Legard A M; Oliver G Rea, Grocer; Charles Kirkpatrick; Chas Jones [Charles Jones]; Wm Smith [William Smith];

[page 4] John Moore; John Richard Drewett; Harry Hall; E C Smee; Peter Connolly; Charles Glass; John Thompson; J I Montefiore; David S Lowe; Charles S Brady; G S Bagot; John Quane; William Johnson; Thos Keddie [Thomas Keddie]; James Stacy Hellier; Martin Morrison; Chas Simmons [Charles Simmons]; Francis McCarty; Wm Jolly [William Jolly]; George Hill; James H Neale; M F Harrison; Edward Markham; John Hourigan; Chas Manton [Charles Manton]; Stephen Plankwell; E Bennett; Thomas Bell; Henry Lewis; Jno Hil [John Hill]l; Francis B Davidson; W C Curtis; J Coffey; P Stone; G Munro; Matthew Mullany; Durell De Le Taite; Henry Weller; Henry Mann; Ludur Broane; Fredk E Davies [Frederick E Davies]; H Fairfax; Jas Chanelor [James Chanelor]; Christof Richardson; Leo Croft; Patrick Neylan; William McGrane; Joseph Brown; John Bary; Peter Kelly; John Victory; Denis O'Sullivan; John O'Loughlin; Thomas McKerney; Thomas Keary; Patrick Condron; Ritchard Bridge;

[page 5] John Shear; D M Ferguson; William Williams; David Evans; Thos Bradshaw [Thomas Bradshaw]; Alfred Jarvis; Michael O'Neill; B Jons; T Baker; Thos Green [Thomas Green]; Derwent M Coleridge; Henry Townshire; Mathew Keating; Burt Morony; Hy Wright [Henry Wright]; M Robinson; William Garthon; J Tell; John Hennessy; John J C Hayes; Edward Byrne; Stephen Long; Jas McInerney [James McInerney]; Geo Kent [George Kent]; P Riedy; James Delohery; George L Little; Charles Little; Thomas Locke; Richard Batters; Sydney Drewe; W Bechtel; James Walder; Alexander Irwin [his mark]; James Campbell; James Quinn; Robrick Washunton; Michael Hackett; James Parsons; James Holland; Henry Pritchard; William Ross; Thomas Keys; Thos Keys [Thomas Keys]; Edw Watson [Edward Watson]; John Murphy; Thomas Webster; John Ray; Wm Manderson [William Manderson]; W Inglis; J A McCarroll; Samuel H Murray; William McCall; John G Gershon; George Murray; Henry Daniel Welch; William Wilson; Timothy Scanlon; Wm Jackson [William Jackson]; W Parker; James Gray; Richard Switson; James McLauglin; Colin Giffin;

[page 6] George Shying; Fredk Bozon [Frederick Bozon]; Thomas Patterson; John Cottle; Henry Lewis; E Hahn; W Brennan; Henry Connell; Fred W White; Charles Cole; W H Vernan; John Wise; Robert Douglass; Edwd Tighe [Edward Tighe]; Thos Dingle [Thomas Dingle]; J C W Donald; G Stening; Joseph Sheppard; James Finucane; William W Wood; William Benry; Thomas Hill; George Hill; William Crompton; John D Delany; John Bradshaw; Thos O'Donnell [Thomas O’Donnell]; James Shanahan; Edward Bitton; Arthur Poulton; John Lathen Andrews; George Doling; Patrick Keating; Fredrick Sholer; William Matchett; Mr John Keany; Charles Butler; William Butler; J Stevenson; L Barrett; William Barrett; Joseph Manning; Wm S Lotheren [William S Lotheren]; James Heaney; Daniel Gallagher; John McCarthy; Charles Meacher; Stepn Smith [Stephen Smith]; Henry Carfrae; Patrick Kelly; John Cleary; John Seamer; William Robertson; James Hammond; John Hartge; William Bottomley; Thomas Henessey; George Holding; James Pantlin; Peter Mantonn; E E Darvale; William Vaughan; James Prunier; Jacob Inder; J Roney, Palmer St; John Caldwell; J J Mullany; W Kelly; Richard Stewart; Edwd Ruvane [Edward Ruvane], 142 Crown St.

Annotation and Sketch drawn by E Bell, City Engineer. LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Number of pages21Volume number2

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Street nameWilliamStreet typeStreetSuburbSydneyPostcode2000StateNew South WalesCountryAustralia

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Alternative ID875-69-003a875-69-003b875-69-003c875-69-003d875-69-003d-1875-69-003d-2875-69-003d-3875-69-003d-4

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Report of Improvement Committee on petition to improve William Street, Sydney, 1869

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