Kanturk Board of Guardians
IE CCCA/BG/98
30 Dec 1886 Resol ved, ‘that we emphatically condemn the report of our meeting of the 23 rd instant both in the Cork Examiner and Daily Herald’, the report being ‘most inaccurate and damag ing not only to B Daly but to the intelligence of the board generally’, and calling for an inquiry into this ‘stultifying blunder’. The report concerned a resolution seeking LGB approval to give work fencing plots to some of the ‘vast number of labourers’ who appeared before the board ‘seeking relief or employment’.
14 Apr 1887 Resolution appointing tenants to the 171 labourers cottages about to be erected.
26 Dec 1887 Enclosure, letter by John Sullivan to the board: ‘I the undersigned John Sullivan give up my claim to the house that I was appointed for on Denis Galvin’s farm, Tullabraher North’. [Signed with an ‘x’ mark]
2. 3.
Missing
16 Jan 1890 – 12 Nov 1891
Includes:
16 Jan 1890 Assistant architect’s report on cottages inspected by him and reported by the Local Government Board’s engineering inspector. [A recurring item]. 23 Jan 1890 Architect’s letter seeking instruction on cases where he finds houses are uninhabitable, but this has not been reported [by the LGB inspector]. He cites examples, such as a house at the Island, Newmarket, ‘in which no person can scarcely stop in with rain down’. 20 Feb 1890 Response to LGB letter, explaining the proceedings taken against the board by Mr McAuliffe, a contractor, arising out of the board holding back final payment on the grounds that the cottages contracted for, in Newtown Electoral Division, had not been certified as complete by the architect. They seek direction regarding an appeal and state ‘should McAuliffe succeed a great many contractors whose contracts are incomplete will take action against them’. 1 May 1890 Solicitor’s letter advising on proceedings on wilful trespass against three persons who took illegal possession of labourer’s cottages. [See also letter read at meeting of 3 Jul]. 15 May 1890 Resolutions passed, rescinding the existing fixed rent of labourers’ cottages, and reducing rents by three pence per week in all cases. [See also 12 Jun: LGB refuses to approve the proposal] 7 Aug 1890 LGB letter forwarding extracts of inspectors’ report s. It is noted ‘the houses built under the 1884 Order were among the first erected under the acts and the work was not superintended as it should have been, nor were the provisions of the specification as to workmanship and quality of materials stringently enforced, to which may be attributed the excessive need of repairs which now arises’.
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