File 10 - New Square - General, 1896-1908

1 file, paper

File containing the following letters:

(1) 26 May 1896 - from Richard Reynolds Rowe (Rowe & Scott, Architects) to the Bursar – report on the condition of 28 New Square, 4 Park Terrace, Nos. 38-45 Jesus Lane and Nos. 33 and 34 New Square and recommendations as to work needing to be undertaken;

(2) 4 December 1896 - two letters from Edwin John Wallis (Valuer, Estate Agent and Accountant) to the Chairman of the Paving and Drainage Committee asking them to put in order the path, road and new drains for top water and citing a petition signed by most of the residents. One letter to Hugh Shield (Bursar) asking for help as he had received no reply from the Committee for 2 years;

(3) 8 May 1900 - from Hugh Shield (Bursar) to Mr W. B. Westley offering him a new lease of 19 New Square;

(4) Site plan of No. 19 with dimensions of the property, dated 28 September 1900;

(5) 30 April 1902 - from E. Wareham Harry (Borough Engineer & Surveyor’s Office) to J. H. H. Goodwin (Bursar) asking for permission to erect a ventilating shaft in Jesus Terrace to stop unpleasant smells being emitted from the manholes in New Square;

(6) 18 July 1903 - from J. Carter Jonas & Sons (Land Agents) to Goodwin (Bursar) confirming they had ordered work to start at Nos. 38, 40 and 42. Also asks for permission to lay on water to Nos. 39 and 43 as the water supplied to them from a shallow well was “yellow and turbid” at a cost of £7 10s;

(7) 3 October 1903 - from J. E. L. Whitehead (Town Clerk) to Goodwin (Bursar) calling to the attention of the College authorities complaints about the condition of New Square on each side of the footpath;

(8) 2 March 1904 - from J. Carter Jonas & Sons to Goodwin (Bursar) informing him that the wooden fence outside Nos. 37-44 had been taken away and burnt in the night and they had asked for an estimate for an iron fence to replace it. They would make a claim for the costs from the Corporation;

(9) 7 May 1904 – offer of £27 15s to settle a claim under Riot (Damages) Act from the Watch Committee for erection of iron fence;

(10) 13 May 1904 – from J. Carter Jonas & Sons to Goodwin (Bursar) recommending the College accept the offer from the Watch Committee;

(11) 5 March 1908 - from E. Wareham Harry to Goodwin (Bursar) informing him that by mistake workmen had cut across the green without the College’s permission and assuring him that the trench had been filled up and the surface reinstated;

(12) 26 March 1908 - from the Borough Surveyor to Goodwin (Bursar) asking for permission to insert some gullies and lay a surface water drain alongside the path.

Originally in a Box labelled "Cambridge Barnwell 10. New Square (Gravel Close) 1824-1900"
In a folder entitled "1896-1908 New Square. Paving, Drainage etc. Correspondence"