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Report of the Improvement Committee recommending pitching with hard stone or boulders of Margaret

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Unique IDA-00439267SeriesReports of the Improvement Committee [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 30th April 1863 and 7th September 1863FormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Improvement Committee recommending pitching with hard stone or boulders of Margaret St between Clarence St and Kent St and ballasting and blue metalling and adding an extra course to the gutter where necessary. Appended: Memo from Edward Bell, City Engineer; Petition from house and property holders of Brisbane Ward requesting cutting down of Margaret St from Gilchrist Watt and Co offices to a little below Kent St: [signatories]: JG Raphael; Thomas Day Junior; Jaret Davidson; John London; E Gay; DE McDonald; Thos C Breillat; P Geo Breillat; James Prescott; Thos B Ward; WV Palmer; Thomas Foster; James Davidson; John Wood; W Adams; EW Doyle; Joseph Davis; William Day; JC Sutton; Petition by the Australasian Steam Navigation Co per Ja Paterson, manager, on steepness of Margaret St and requesting works similar to those done in Erskine St; Memo from Chas H Woolcott, Town Clerk, with Council resolution to refer the petition to the Committee with annotation by Roe, City Surveyor, noting that the gradient of Margaret St is the steepest of principal streets in Sydney, submitting a section to lower the street but noting that such action might cause damage to the Maitland Hotel at the corner of Clarence St, a public house opposite and three private houses on the north side between Clarence and Kent and a cottage on the south side between Kent and the Clarence River Inn on the corner of Sussex St; Memo from Edward Bell, City Engineer, on suitable pitching for Margaret St; Memo from Edward Bell, City Engineer, on cutting down Margaret St; Petition from residents etc in Margaret St opposing the cutting down of the hill in Margaret St as their properties will be seriously affected: [signatories]: Thos Buck, Margaret St; W Scoles; Richard Watson; Edward Anderson; William Brennan, Clarence Lane; James Moyer, Clarence St; John Spicer, Clarence Lane; James Tier, Clarence Lane; John Cottle, Burwood Hotel; William Finnes, Clarence St; Memo from Chas H Woolcott, Town Clerk, with Council resolution to refer the petition of Thomas Buck and others to the Committee with annotation by Edward Bell, City Engineer, noting the difficulties of lowering Margaret St in the vicinity of Clarence St; Report of the Improvement Committee on the Petition by Buck and others recommending that no cutting down be made.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNo

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Report of the Improvement Committee recommending pitching with hard stone or boulders of Margaret