JND 194/13 (Please quote this number if requesting this item)
BOROUGH OF BRADFORD. Reports of the Committees of the Council, Presented 26th, October, 1889. Bradford: M. Field, Printer. 1889. 96 pages.
Council documents are a rich source of information. So much of what happens in a locality is due to the decisions and actions of the local authority. In 1889 Bradford covered a much smaller area than it does now – as witnessed in the second report noted below under the Finance and General Purposes Committee. Of great importance to us today was the decision to build reservoirs on the Nidd Valley, noted in the report of the Waterworks Committee. The topics listed below are only a small selection from a year’s work of the Council, much of which was routine. Committees, and some items from each, were:
Building Committee
49 new streets planned
Finance and General Purposes Committee
186 Omnibuses and 44 Tram Cars licensed
Parliamentary powers to be sought to extend Bradford to include Allerton, Heaton, Thornbury and Tyersal
Free Library and Art Museum Committee
New branch library opened in Barkerend
Gas and Electricity Supply Committee
Gas Stove Department report
Hackney Carriage and Cleansing Committee
94 notices served re smoke prevention
Markets and Fairs Committee
The ‘Tripery’ building has been successful
Parks Committee
Flowering plants and evergreens planted at Forster Square
Sanitary Committee
66,903 ashpits emptied
30 public urinals maintained
Street and Drainage Committee
Postal Telegraph wires have been laid underground in Great Horton Road
Street Improvement Committee
New and improved sight lines prescribed for Heaton Road
Tramways, Baths and Team Labour Committee
The Cheapside and Otley Road Tramway opened
27,470 people used the swimming, slipper and shower baths
66 horses in stock
Waterworks Committee
New water filter approved for Thornton Moor Reservoir
Parliamentary approval to be sought to build reservoirs in the Nidd Valley
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