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Report recommending formation of Forbes Street between Liverpool and William Streets, 1861-68

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Unique IDA-00440319SeriesReports of the Improvement Committee, 1843-1887 [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 9th January 1861 and 5th October 1868Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Improvement Committee recommending the cutting down of Forbes St between Liverpool and William Sts in accordance with the Plan and Section already adopted and that it be formed, ballasted and drained, 1 October 1868. Appended: Various letters and petitions both for and against formation of street from January 1861 to October 1868; Letter from William Dean, Pitt & O'Connell St, January 1861; Petition from freeholders in Upper Forbes St praying plans be adopted, March 1861; [signatories]: [p1]: Benjn Darley, Upper Forbes St; John Walker by his agent How Walker & Co; Francis Mitchell, Upper Forbes St; John Hardy; William Chapman, 159 Upper Forbes St; James M O'Niel, 161 Upper Forbes St; George Best, 179 Upper Forbes St; [p2]: Robert Richardson, 173 Upper Forbes St; Robert Walker, 183 Upper Forbes St; Peter Smith, 171 Upper Forbes St; Michael Cunningham, 169 Upper Forbes St; Thomas Hoskins, Upper Forbes St; Walter Friend, Upper Forbes St; WS Friend by his agent W Friend; Thomas Cripps, 165 Upper Forbes St; Thomas Cook, 193 Upper Forbes St; William Fraser, 178 Upper Forbes St; James McNaughton, 175 Upper Forbes St; H Deane & Co, Proprietor Forbes St; Charles Lockyer, Upper Forbes St; Frances Callaghan, Upper Forbes St; A Brooks, Broomby Terrace; William Howes, 191 Upper Forbes St; Memo from Town Clerk referring petition to Improvement Committee, March 1861; Report of the Improvement Committee 11 September1861; Memo from Edward Bell, City Engineer, 17 June1861; Petition from Land Holders and Lease Holders of properties fronting Upper Forbes St praying the plans not be adopted, 19 August 1862; [signatories]: Benjn Darley, Allen Thomson, John Walker by his agent How Thomson & Co.; RAA Morehead; M Yonn; Willm Spain; Petition by Residents and Owners of property in Upper Forbes St supporting the plans, 30 June 1862; [signatories]: [p1]: JB Hutchins; John Hardy; Wm Flemming; for RAA Morehead and self M Yonn; Henry Cox; W Maguire; Charles Lockyer; A Brooks [p2]: Charles William Snow; Wm Thomson; John Walker by his agent How, Thomson & Co.; Henry Cherry; Willm Spain; Benjn Darley; Francis Mitchell; Memo from Town Clerk attaching petition for consideration 2 September 1862; Memo from Town Clerk attaching petition for consideration, with annotation by Edward Bell, City Engineer 10 February1863; Petition from inhabitants of Forbes St and the neighbourhood of Darlinghurst praying for street to be repaired and a gas light installed at the top of the hill, 29 January 1863; [signatories]: [p1, all of Forbes St]: William Newman; JH Hunt; William Chapman; James Anderson; Thomas John Iredale; M Johnston; Wm Wilmot; M Cunningham; Jonathan Smith; J McNaughton; A Leggatt; Charles Lockyer; Mrs Bullard; Chas J Hepburn; John Hardy; Wm Shorter; Amy Mildren; JT Watson; Henry Freeman,6 Belgrave Terrace; [p2]: Robert Curtis, 3 Belgrave Terrace; J Meadows Brownrigg, Belgrave Terrace; Catherine Buchanan; Edwin Cock, Burton St; Elizabeth Morwick; John Rae; C Husband; Jas A Paterson; WH Drewett; W Maguire; JR Hoalding; [p3]: [left column]: John Lutton; William Henry Clark; Frederick McGrath; William Hornblower; James Tanner; Edwin Stone; James Kirk Small; William Stanton; Joseph Alliband; Henry Foster; D Jones; HD Smith; R Rowley; T Williams; Jas D Gray; Mrs Denham; W Preston; Andw Ramage; John Lord; WE Gooch; P Finigan; John Hill; [right column]: Arthur Barter; William Strange; Jno E Lattieu; William Fraser; Henry John Bone; John Gell; Hugh Craig; John N Wallace; Thomas Morae; Chas Barton; Chas Pearson; Henry Lee; F McGrath; A Stewart; W Fullarton; Robert Patterson; G Hare; William Wallace; A Stewart; Chas Belford; James M McNaughton. Petition from Ratepayers praying for Forbes St plans to be implemented, September 1863; [signatories]: [p1]: [left column]: George Best; Joseph Hoskins; A Brooks; Henry Cox; Henry Beit; Aaron Buzacott; John Brewster; John Prendergast; Saml Lane; Alex Ross; Benedict Edwards; [right column]: James McNaughton; Philip Palfrey; William Bishop; Gilbert Wright; WA Scott; Edward White; William Tuttle; William Treble; Henry Milgrove; John Crawford; William Porter; [p2]: [left column]: John Wright; John Dalziel; William Dalziel; James Watkins; J Mulholland; Jas A Paterson; Wm Maguire; JB Houlshire; John Rae; Peter Smith; JH Drewett; John Halloran; William Neuman; Bernard Scully; Charles Cole; James Spratt; Joseph B Spratt Jnr; CW Harwood; William Hall; JC Blanchard; W Bromley; William Graham; [right column]: Michael Talty; Joseph Talty; George Johnson; Peter Martin; Edward J Flaherty; E Mena Morae; Henry Williams; Allen Hollinshed; JBC Miles; James Crarma; Henry Martyn; Thomas F Williams; James Hunt; Charles Hunt; John Sluce; Robert Walker; William Goodwin; James Reading; Thomas W Walcot; Jerh Donovan; Henry L Dunn; CH Lewis; C Flaper; P Coute; John G Marwick; Petition, September 1863, [continued] [p3]: WE Blanchard; Archd Garrick; Nicholas Daveron; George Graham; Fredk Butcher; Edwin Jenkings; Michael Ryan; Henry Phillipps; [p4]: [left column]: David Nicoll; James Cathels; William Hughes; J Gilhuley; William Baird; A Croft; John Wise; Robert Douglass; Patrick O'Keefe; James Smith; Alexander Hanna; Joseph Short; Thomas Johnson; Thomas Foster; George Munro; P Furly; T Mooney; James Moroney; James Lees; Patrick Farr; John Reddy; John Primer; Philip Smith; [right column]: Fredk Jameson; O Byatt; Edw Johnston; Francis Johnston; John Keegan. Memo of Edward Bell, City Engineer submitting drawings for the cutting and levelling of a portion of Forbes St dated 17 July1862; Report of the Improvement Committee recommending the cutting through of a portion of Forbes St, 20 October1864; Memo of Edward Bell, City Engineer, 4 August 1864; Memo of Edward Bell, City Engineer regarding plans for Forbes St dated 2 May1867; Petition from William Chapman, 159 Upper Forbes St, 6 July 1865, objecting to plans as advertised; Petition from William Russell, Attorney to Mrs Martha Rogers, 177 Pitt St, Sydney, 5 July1865, objecting to the advertised plans; Petition from John Walker, 3 August1865, objecting to the advertised plans; Petition from William S Friend, 4 July1865, objecting to the advertised plans; Petition HC Burnell, 10 June1867, objecting to the advertised plans; Second Petition from William Russell for Mrs Martha Rogers, 8 April1867; Petition from Holdsworth & Brown for Henry Bell, owner of property in Forbes St, objecting to advertised plans, 31 May 1867; Petition from William Chapman, 2 Thomson St, 29 May1867 objecting to advertised plans; Petition from William S Friend, 23 May1867 objecting to advertised plans; Petition from Francis Mitchell, Darlinghurst, 22 May1867 objecting to advertised plans; Petition from Holdsworth & Brown, 69 PItt St, 23 May1867, for Henry Bell, objecting to advertised plans; Petition from Inhabitants, Freeholders and Occupiers in Upper Forbes St objecting to advertised plans, 6 July 1865; [signatories]: WS Friend; HC Burnell; Martha Rogers (owner of 7 houses) by her Attorney William Russell; For JB Watt Attorney pr John Walker proprietary Rose Hall, Gilchrist & Watt; William Chapman, 159 Upper Forbes St; William Kelly, 161 Forbes St. Petition from Ratepayers and Freeholders residing in Forbes St and its vicinity, 17 July 1865 supporting Council plans to cut down Forbes St, with 123 signatures; [signatories]: [p1]: John Hardy, 195 Upper Forbes St, Thomas Cripps; [p2]: [all Upper Forbes St unless noted]: George Spilsbury, Brougham St; Jas K Small, Bloomfield St; James McNaughton; George Best; William Wilmot; Peter Smith; Robt Richardson; J Scheivel; Joseph Hoskins; William Fraser; Mrs Lockyer; M MacDermott; Mrs Cohen; JW Drewett; Wm Maguire; Mrs Soutar; L Bell; Charles Harper; E Duram; R Curtis, Belgrave Tce; Whiting; WG Beverley; William Sherwin, Upper Liverpool St; JR Houlding, Upper Liverpool St; Alexander Kennedy, Upper Liverpool St; D White, Upper Liverpool St; J White, Upper Liverpool St; S Cunningham; W Johnston; A Leggatt; [p3]: Henry Thelwell; James Jones; WC Wells; Mrs Falle; Sarah Cronin; Jnr Pegus; John Halloran; Patrick Dolan; Henry Campbell; Henry Hart; John Miller; Andrew Gairns, Lower Forbes St; Gorge Lewis, Lower Forbes St; CW Harwood, Lower Forbes St; Patrick Murphy (his mark); Jeremiah Donovan, Lower Forbes St; A Hollinshed, Lower Forbes St; MA Boughton, Lower Forbes St; James Paton, Lower Forbes St; John Wilson, Lower Forbes St; William Vaughan, Lower Forbes St; Henry Jackson, Lower Forbes St; Joseph Chant, Lower Forbes St; Geo Hardie, 19 Lower Forbes St; W Austin, Lower Forbes St; M Calkin, Lower Forbes St; GH Johnson, 19 Lower Forbes St; M Talty, 15 Lower Forbes St; Charles Manning, Stephen St; W Bottomley, Forbes St; Peter O'Connell, Forbes St; [p3]: [right column]: CH Franton; Mr H Fairfax; [p4]: [all Forbes St unless noted]; Sidney Edwards, 16; Mrs Leslie, 18; Chas Bovis Jnr; Julius J Montefiore; Joseph J Harper; John Matthew, 31; Michael Talty, 33; M FitzGerald; E FitzGerald; John Bentley, 45; William Dalziel, 47; John Dalziel, 47; William Scott; Peter Corte, 4 Forbes St; Henry L Dunn; William Henery; WD Rhodes; Joseph Winnett; EC Manuel; T Reading; GO Regan; ET Taggart; E Bennett; Thomas Hannington, Thomson St; M Ryan, Thomson St; John Wise, 90 William St; Charles Cole, 94 William St; Jane Jolley, 82 William St; [p5]: Mrs Houston, 112 Phillip St; J Donaldson, Bourke St; E Samuell, Forbes St; Henry Wallis, William St; Henry Quinlan, William St; John Hackett, William St; John Mason, William St; Jn B Carter, William St; Peter Reid, William St; John Dingle, 50 William St; E Price, William St; George H Hamilton, MD; Henry Evans, William St; George Swyny, William St; Alfred Staples, William St; NW Cormack, William St; James Russell, Forbes St; Wm Newman, 109 Upper Forbes St; John S Pacey, 165 Upper Forbes St; Mrs Terry; W Blair, 2 Belgrave Tce, Upper Forbes St; Thomas Hicks; Bernard Scully, 171 William & Forbes Sts; John Rae, Liverpool St; Charles P Allen, Charles St, Woolloomooloo; Fredk Bozon, York House, William St; James McCarty, William St; AW Dowman, William St; William Buchanan, 127 William St; Chas Bate, Carlton House, William St; [p6]: James Mill, William St; N Wilson, William St; John Gell, Riley St. Memo from City Solicitor, Rd Driver Jun, to Town Clerk, 1 August 1865, advising Council will be liable for damage to properties if Forbes St is cut down; Memo from Town Clerk to Chairman of the Improvement Committee, 23 May 1865, returning Improvement Committee Report for a further report of forming Forbes St from William to Liverpool Sts rather than to Ann St and to advise on cost; with annotation by Chairman for Mr Bell to report; with annotation by Edward Bell, City Engineer; memo from Alderman Sutton attached being draft of motion 25 May 1865; Report of the Improvement Committee, 27 April 1865, recommending the cutting down of Forbes St between Liverpool and Ann Sts; Memo by Edward Bell, City Engineer, 13 April, 1865; Memo by Edward Bell, City Engineer, 20 March 1867 stating the excavated material would form Bourke St between Stanley and Burton Sts; Petition [1] of the proprietors of property and residents in Forbes St, 18 May 1868, praying that the repairs agreed in October 1864 be carried out; [signatories]: [p1]: Henry Bell, Rosedale Upper Forbes St; HC Burnell, Clapton Villa; E Deas Thomson, Barham; Francis Mitchell, Darlinghurst; Martha Rogers by her attorney William Russell; Marshall Burdekin, Macquarie St; MA Burdekin, Macquarie St; SH Marton, Incumbent of St Peter's Church; JE Beaumont, Upper Forbes St; WC Wells, Upper Forbes St; NME Shorter, Liverpool & Forbes Sts; Wm Thomas, Upper Forbes St; F Biddulph, Upper Forbes St; C Lockyer, Upper Forbes St; H Fairfax, 261 Upper Forbes St; George Megan, 257 Upper Forbes St; Mrs Smith, Forbes St 2055; George Best, 253 Upper Forbes St; [p2]: JH Burgess, 247 Forbes St; Susan Cunningham, 243 Forbes St; M Taylor, 237 Forbes St, Darlinghurst;John Fleming, 235; C Hill, 239 Forbes St; Mrs Sarah Armstrong, 233 Forbes St, Darlinghurst; Petition [2] of the proprietors of property and residents in Forbes St, 18 May 1868, praying that the repairs agreed in October 1864 be carried out; [signatories]: Chas J Burney, South Head Rd; Henry Carruthers, Crown St; Henry Fenton, Goulburn St; George Rowe, Goulburn St; Chas Mainstone, South Head Road; DB Evans, Goulburn St; TR Saywell, Park St; TS Donald, Lower Paddington; FT Rose, Baptist St, Surry Hills; G Evans; M Gillatly, Buron [Burton?] St; B Hughes, Crown St; W Bennett, Crown St; P Nugent, Paddington; T Peake, Burton St; T Smith, Crown St; F Kensett, Macquarie Terrace; JA Wilson, Bourke St; A Smith, Sydney; [p2]: John Dent, Norton St; JW Drewett, Paddington; Enoch McCroty, Bourke St; John Sommer, Bourke St; John E Spragg, Bourke St; Christian Von Essen, Victoria St; William Gibbes, Liverpool St; J Webb, Paddington; Charles Butler, Surry Hills; A Johnston, Crown St; JD Abbot, Redfern; J Fleming, Paddington; Thomas Bennett, Liverpool St; Robert Iredale, Bourke St; John Watts, South Head Rd; James N Thomas, South Head Rd; Henry L Malone, Crown St; NW Holland, Liverpool St; Henry Evans, Liverpool St; Edward Arnold, 115-117 South Head Road; Horace Pleis [Rees?], Campbell St; Wm Evans, Campbell St; P Charters, 165 South Head Road; C Campbell, Glenmore Road; Thos M Brown, Glenmore Road; JJ Walters, Francis St; Mrs Shaw, Darlinghurst; William Friend; William Chapman, 233 Upper Forbes Ln; Memo Edward Bell, City Engineer to City Surveyor, 1 October 1868, providing new costing for cutting down Forbes St.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNoBorn digital itemNo

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Page number22, 068aVolume number23

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Report recommending formation of Forbes Street between Liverpool and William Streets, 1861-68