| Description | Very large bundle of papers and correspondence concerning water supply to Rainhill, the development of works and the sale of the water undertaking for Rainhill to the Council from the Rainhill Gas and Water Company.
Includes correspondence with Liverpool Corporation regarding costs of works, disputes over costs and providing evidence for proposed works (Apr 1925 - Jul 1929).
Also includes related correspondence with: Oppenheim, Brewis & Co., solicitors, St. Helens, acting for Whiston R.D.C. (Jan 1926 - Aug 1928); the Ministry of Health (Jul 1925 - Feb 1927); H.B. Ward, Chartered Civil Engineer and Surveyor, Liverpool (Feb 1925 - Jan 1928); the Rainhill Gas and Water Company (Dec 1923 - Jun 1926); Rainhill Parish Council (Dec 1923 - Feb 1929) and Syers, Dixon & Barrell, solicitors, Liverpool, acting for the Rainhill Gas and Water Company (Dec 1925 - Mar 1926).
Additional papers include: draft copy of Clause 120 of the Liverpool Corporation Bill, with handwritten annotations referring to the borrowing of loans by Whiston Council for public health duties, with covering letter (Dec 1926); draft Agreements, with handwritten amendments, between Whiston R.D.C., the Rainhill Gas and Water Company and Liverpool Corporation, with covering letter (Nov 1926); newspaper clippings of related public announcements; estimates and particulars for a loan application from the Ministry of Health to undertake water supply works (Dec 1925); blank Ministry of Health form (K.20) for Estimates and Particulars of Works of Water Supply; draft Heads of Agreement between Whiston R.D.C. and Liverpool Corporation for a supply of water to Rainhill (Dec 1925); various draft estimates and calculations; Liverpool Corporation Bill - extract from the Report of the Ministry of Health, clause 121, Power to Whiston Council to borrow (c. 1927); brief report of an inspection into the water supply to Craven Villa, Lawton Road, Rainhill, following a complaint (c. 1927); brief report by the Sanitary Inspector on complaints regarding a shortage of water in Rainhill (Jan 1925); table of expenditure for the Rainhill Gas and Water Company (1923-24). |