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Report recommending no compensation to J Williams for injury to property by Burton Street work, 1858

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Unique IDA-00441133SeriesReports of the Improvement Committee, 1843-1887 [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 9th June 1858 and 2nd August 1858Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Improvement Committee recommending that no compensation or relief be given to John Williams for injury to his property caused by the filling in of Burton St as the properties such as his on the northern side of the street have been built without regard to the adopted levels and the properties on the southern side will be injured if the road is not raised to the adopted level. Appended: Memo from Chas H Woolcott, Town Clerk, referring a petition to the Committee with annotation by Edward Bell, City Engineer; Petition of John Williams, owner of dwelling house on corner of Crown and Burton Sts, No 40, lately known as the Gas Fitters Hotel and last tenanted by Patrick Keating, complaining that the levelling of Burton St has completely blocked access to the rear of the premises.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNoBorn digital itemNo

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Page number3, 64Volume number23

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Public access statusOpen to public accessPublic access notePlease acknowledge the City of Sydney Archives.

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Source system ID23/3/064

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Authenticity & integrityThese are the original records of the Municipal Council of Sydney. The records have been held in the Council’s custody and have a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that these are historical records and the language used within the records was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

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Report recommending no compensation to J Williams for injury to property by Burton Street work, 1858