| Description | Council meeting, 12 March 1819
[Sederunt given]
The Council approved the draft of the bill for erecting a new Court House and Jail for the City and County of Aberdeen. The Council remitted to the Standing Committee to take any steps in support of the bill. (194r)
The Council considered the report of the committee appointed to inspect the pipes laid from the Town's Loch and aqueducts to dwelling houses or manufactories. The committee made the following observations on their inspection from the Flour Mill to the Loch, and from the Loch along the Burn to Barkmill.
There were three necessaries between Upperkirkgate and the Loch, belonging to the Tannery Company, Copland & Milne and [no owner stated].
There was a hen coop or pigsty over the Burn which belonged to Mr Bothwell.
There were two heaps of wood laid across the Burn by Copland & Milne, one of which obstructed the course of the water.
There was an indigo mill on the Burn.
There were nine bridges on the Loch, the uppermost of which was in disrepair and obstructed the water.
Pipes had been laid by the following people for conveying water from the Loch to their properties: John Innes, dyer; John Barry, founder; Alexander Innes, dyer; Milne, Cruden & Company. Milne, Cruden & Company also had a pipe from the Burn to supply a reservoir and a mill wheel on the north side of their manufactory
The bridge leading to the ground at the back of Milne Cruden & Company's manufactory was too narrow for the Burn.
The waste sluice at Ferguson's Work, Broadford, should be raised and secured by a padlock.
There was a drain from the Burn at the back of John Chree's property.
There was a large sluice near the property of George Black, Hutcheon Street.
There were two sluices at Mr Harthill's property, Barkmill, for removing water, though these were not constructed by the proprietor.
The Burn was very dirty; there were roots in the Burn opposite Maberly's Work; and there were stones obstructing the Burn below the bridge at Millbank.
There was a wooden erection and indigo mill built over the Burn near Short Loanings, belonging to Robert Alexander, dyer. There was another indigo mill at the end of Short Loanings.
The dyke belonging to the Gilcomston Brewery Company on the south side of the Burn required repair.
The sluice and bank near the Gilcomston Brewery required repair.
There was a pipe for conveying water from the Burn to James Roger's tanwork.
The committee recommended that the necessaries and other erections which had not been sanctioned by the Council should be removed; that owners of pipes, sluices and indigo mills should pay a yearly rent to acknowledge the Town's property rights; that the Burns should be properly cleaned; and that the sluices and banks in disrepair should be repaired. The Council remitted back to the committee to remove the encroachments. (194r - 195v)
The Council recommended to the new Council to appoint an annual committee to inspect the water courses and aqueducts in order to prevent encroachments which reduced the supply of water to the Town's mills. (195v - 196r) |