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Claim for loss of property #448 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  448 Joshua Bower and Enoch Blackburn Contractors for the repairs of the 3rd District of the Halifax & Sheffield Turnpike Road Hanslet near Leeds  
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  The Claimants are under a written contract with the Trustees or Commissioners of the said District of Road to repair & maintain the said road & the fences drains etc. connected therewith for a term of 3 years form the 1st September 1864   Manual labour in restoring the portions of the road etc between Owlerton & Sheffield damaged by the Flood £120      
    Team work in restoring the portions of the road etc between Owlerton & Sheffield damaged by the Flood £60      
    30 Road guards destroyed & washed away at 16/ each £21      
    1000 Tons of dross or Furnace Cinders to replace those carried away & repair surface damage including cartage, breaking & putting on the Road @ 7/6 £375      
    Side Chains repairing & grates replaced £10      
    One pair of Gate posts replaced £1 10s    
    Walls rebuilding 35 roods @ 12/. £21      
    Travelling & other expenses attendant upon the superintendence of the repairs £19 10s    
        £628      
  Certificate Granted
6 June 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £550      

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