Council Meeting – 26th November 1897
Friday, November 26th, 1897
Thirty-ninth meeting of the Parish Council held in the School Room, Great Longstone,
on Friday, November 26th, 1897.
Present: Mr. S. Johnson (Chairman), Messrs. J. Johnson, J. Wood, and I. Shimwell (Clerk).
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.
Gilder Quarry
The Clerk stated that he had been to Sheffield to A. Muir Wilson Esq., Solicitor, and that Mr. Wilson had undertaken the case, and that on the 23rd inst. he had received a letter from him in which he states that he had written to Messrs. Taylor, solicitors for Mr. Wright, suggesting that the case be tried as one of Trespass, with Wright the Plaintiff and the Council as Defendant, and to be heard at Bakewell at the January or February Court.
On the motion of Mr. Wood, seconded by Mr. J. Johnson, it was unanimously resolved that this Council approve of the course suggested by Mr. Wilson.
Proposed Gas Supply
The Clerk stated that he had received a communication from Mr. Cockerton, Clerk to the Bakewell Urban District Council, stating that the Bakewell Urban District Council were applying for an Act to supply their district with gas, and that they proposed to include the Parish or Township of Great Longstone unless the Parish Council objected.
The Clerk was directed to write in reply that the Council had no objection for Great Longstone to be included in the Bill, provided that no expense was incurred or thrown upon this Parish.
Sewerage
The plans and estimates for the drainage of this Parish, as prepared by Messrs. Stoney & Sons, were laid before the meeting for consideration.
It was decided to suggest that the outfall works be made a little nearer to the village if there was no engineering difficulty, and that all the branches be 6-inch pipes instead of 9-inch as proposed.
It was unanimously resolved that a precept for £10 be issued to the Overseers to be paid to the Treasurer of the Parish Council at the Sheffield and Rotherham Bank, Bakewell, on the 20th December.
Signed: Samuel Johnson, Chairman
January 20th, 1898
Summary for 1897:
Throughout 1897, the Parish Council was preoccupied with two major concerns — the long-running Gilder Quarry dispute with Mr. Wright over parish rights to stone, and the development of a sewage and water supply scheme for the village. Routine parish business also continued, including Wakes Week arrangements, village green maintenance, and coordination with the Bakewell authorities over gas supply proposals.
