File 12 - Correspondence about Bathrooms in New Square Houses, 1910-1915

1 file (5 items), paper

File containing the following letters about the installation of bathrooms in various houses:

(1) 3 October 1910 - from J. Carter Jonas & Sons (Land Agents) to J. H. H. Goodwin informing him that the Rev Pollock (Secretary of the Lodging House Syndicate) had inspected No. 44 and reduced the rent for the two sets of rooms by £1 due to a lack of a bathroom. He had also done this on a number of other College owned houses. Advised him to put the matter before the Syndicate as this action effected the value of the College's properties;

(2) 20 June 1913 - note by J. H. H. Goodwin (Bursar) that the estimate for fitting a bathroom at No. 48 would be £27 or £28 and the College would pay £14 towards this;

(3) 15 October 1913 - invoice for £30 0s 6d from Arthur Negus & Sons for fitting a bathroom at 48 New Square;

(4) 6 June 1914 - from J. Carter Jonas & Sons to the Bursar saying that the tenants of Nos 27 and 28 had asked for bathrooms to be fitted and laying out how they could be fitted into the houses and at what likely cost;

(5) 2 July 1915 - from J. Carter Jonas & Sons to the Bursar informing him that the tenants of No. 41 had asked for a sink to be fitted in the back room of the first floor and that he had obtained an estimate of £4 10s 0d from Messrs Coulson & Son. He states that it is difficult for the tenants of these houses to make a living but he felt that if the College gave permission for this it would "lower the tone of the property".

Originally in a Box labelled "Cambridge Barnwell 10A. New Square 2"
In a folder entitled "1910-1915 New Square. Demand for Bathrooms etc"