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Report of Water Committee about water supply, 1851

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Unique IDA-00434752SeriesCommittee Reports (Various committees), 1842-1899DateBetween 31st July 1851 and 13th October 1851Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Water Committee recommending laying three inch water mains in Kent Street from King to Erskine Streets, in Duncan Street and Duncan Lane, and from the Cumberland Street main to the northern end of Princes Street. Appended: Memo from Thomas Doling, Superintendent of the Water Works, to the City Surveyor, Francis Clarke, listing those in Kent Street willing to take water viz Carruthers, Marsden, Smith, Mrs Howell, James Wheeler, Smith, Fuller, Howell; Report on petition for water to be laid down in Duncan Street; Memo Doling to Clarke listing applicants for water in Duncan Street: Golden, Sulivan, Purchase, Sulivan, Brodie & Craig, Donaldson (Sugar Works), Rodgers, Brown, Bissland, Buller, Burns, Burns, Kelly, McGowan (Soap Boiler);
Petition from residents and proprietors in Northern part of Princes Street for a main: Thomas Ryan, William Cole, Richard Hazes, Andrew Drysdale, George Marsden, George Atherden, William Dalton, SB Williams, John Bolton, Thomas Douglas, Harry Garman; Memo of number of rooms each house contains in Princes Street North and beyond the cut: Ryan 2, Page 1, Ready 1, Williams 1, Mathews 1, Carew 1, Marsden 1, Duisdale 1, Thilkill 1, Cole 1, Moore 1, Bowlton 1, Strong 2, Cooper 1, Gorman 1, Roberts 1, Plumb 1, Smith 1.
Petition from householders off Bathurst Street for a main: Michael Golden, Alex Donaldson, Brodie & Craig, Peter Stewart, George Roberts, John Paton, Israel Rodgers, James Sullivan, Thomas Sullivan, Eleazer Colvin, Thomas Pilling, Mrs Bissland, Walter Burns, George Brown, John Rowling, James Kelley, James Neil. Plan of properties in streets bounded by Back Lane, Barker Street, Bathurst Street and Sussex Street. Report on Application for water to be laid in Kent Street between King and Erskine Streets and petition from householders: John Carruthers, James Smith, James Wheeler, Thomas Marsden, Harry Howell.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Source system ID21/9/60 [493] (a)

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Authenticity & integrityThese are the original Committee Reports created by Council. The record has been held in the Council’s custody and has a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that this is an historical record and the language used within the record was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

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Report of Water Committee about water supply, 1851

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