Report of the Lighting Committee recommending instruction be given to place two lamps in Bourke St

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Unique IDA-00442697SeriesReports of the Lighting Committee, 1857-1892DateBetween 25th May 1863 and 24th August 1863FormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Lighting Committee recommending instruction be given to place two lamps in Bourke St South. Appended: Memo from Chas H Woolcott, Town Clerk, with Council resolution to refer the petition for 3 lamps in Bourke St South to the Committee, with annotation by Edward Bell, City Engineer, noting that the street is lit as far as Mr Brown's property and that there are two public houses at the corner with Cleveland St which are required to have lamps and recommending 2 lamps as sufficient; Petition repeating an earlier request last winter for 5 lamps in Bourke St South (rather than the 3 lamps granted) and further stating that settlement has nearly reached Baptist's Gardens, ratepayers are contributing more by having water laid on, Alderson & Sons employ at least 80-100 mechanics and labourers and the street is an important outlet of the City: [signatories]: [p1, left column]: William Brown; Alderson & Sons; W Thurlow; M Bansfield; Wm Thompson; John Royce; Sammon; William Jackson; William Watson; John Martin; Ryan; Joseph Clark; James Gibson; Thomas Ashcroft; John Forsyth; James Forsyth; Thomas Forsyth; [p1, right column]: Philip Cotter; Kingsley; Thomas N Matterson; George Evans; Charles Wiggings; HR Whittell.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNo




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Source system ID24/03/1863/27