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Report of the Improvement Committee recommending no action be taken to cut down Market St to make

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Unique IDA-00441078SeriesReports of the Improvement Committee [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 9th November 1857 and 1st March 1858FormatVolume - Leather BoundDescription Report of the Improvement Committee recommending no action be taken to cut down Market St to make easier the approach to Pyrmont Bridge; the Committee noted that signatories to the petition received did not represent all those affected and any cutting down of Market St would leave houses in Market St from 10 to 12 feet higher than the street and that the intersecting streets would also need cutting down. Appended: Memo from Chas H Woolcott, Town Clerk, referring a petition to the Committee with annotation by Edward Bell, City Engineer; Petition from citizens of Sydney to decrease the gradient of Market St in anticipation of traffic needs on completion of the Pyrmont Bridge, noting that the Pyrmont Bridge Co has cut down the hill in Union St and also making observations on a preferred terminus for the railway; [signatories]: [page 2]: Daniel Cooper; James Cooper by his attorney, Daniel Cooper; Ray Glaister & Co; E Deas Thomson; [page 3, left column]: Saml Hebblewhite; J Shoobert; Broomfield & Whitaker; Edwd Jas Blaxland; George A Lloyd per J Mullens; Bowden & Threlkeld; Smith Peate & Co; Willm S Friend; Isaac Levey; H Alexander; Keep & Parsons; Saddington & Son; Moses Moss; RM Robey; Walter Friend; John Armstrong, Market St; Geo Chisholm & Co; Alfd Hawley & Co; PN Russell & Co; S Emanuel; AB Armstrong, Market St; Henry Gilbert Market St; Thomas McEncroe, Market St; Robt Murray & Co, Market St; Tilmouth J Dye for the HRNSN Co [Hunter River New Steam Navigation Co]; Walter Church; continuedLanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNo

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Report of the Improvement Committee recommending no action be taken to cut down Market St to make