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• H2-208.149: Baker Letters - regarding: Rents for allotments and cottage tenants; death of John Baker's son

  Rents for allotments and cottage tenants at Hirst; Mr Thomas renting Hirst House for £40 a year; still waiting for plans of Hirst mill from Mr. Thomas; Baker buried his youngest son Harold last Saturday, died from pneumonia, leaves wife and 2 children and only 30
• H2-208.150: Baker Letters - regarding: plans of allotments; Saltaire Park to be looked after by Bradford Council

  Plans of allotments to be done; Park to be looked after by Bradford rather than Shipley; mentions Mr Robert Thornton, Mr Frederick Smith, Mr T Gray, Mr George Overend
• H2-208.152: Baker Letters - regarding: opposition to Saltaire Park ownership; plans from Glyn Thomas

  Baker has been ill with bad cold; Mr Denison and others didnâ??t like the Park going to Bradford; Denison tool John Inceâ??s position; Plans from Glyn Thomas describing rooms; Mr Robinson trying to sell the Lord Mayor [William Wade] the Park, greenhouses; greenhouses suppled from Glen Reservoir
• H2-208.158: Baker Letters - regarding: plans of Saltaire; auctioning of plots

  Mentions various plans of Saltaire; Plots going for auction and needing a reserve price. Between Albert Road and Hirst Lane & Hirst wood should bring a good price;
• H2-208.159: Baker Letters - regarding: Tender for repair of Hirst Lane

  Tender for repair of Hirst Lane
• H2-208.160: Baker Letters - regarding: Plans are mentioned; tenders for road

  Plans are mentioned; 4 tenders have been asked for the road repairs but no replies
• H2-208.162: Baker Letters - repairs on Hirst Lane

  Letter from Coopers Brothers contractors stating they cannot give a tender for repairs of Hirst Lane but will do a days work
• H2-208.164: Baker Letters - regarding: plans sent; plans for Hirst Wood and Milner Fields Estate

  Plans sent to Sir Francis Watson, can Baker go see Mr Illingworth to sort out; mention of other plans for Hirst Wood & Milner Fields Estate
• H2-208.165: Baker Letters - regarding: measurements not completed; sale plan of Exhibition Land; boundary of Glyn Thomas land

  Surprised Sir Francis Watson hasnâ??t had the measurements completed; sending Sale Plan of Exhibition Land to show how the scale for other plans will be expensive to do; Boundary of Glyn Thomas land behind the farm and that the road belongs to Sir James to the end of the houses
• H2-208.167: Baker Letters - request for stone from quarry

  Letter from the Leeds & Liverpool Canal company wanting a few boat loads of stone from quarry near Hirst Wood
• H2-208.168: Baker Letters - Tender for repairs

  Tender from Joseph Lee for repairs to Hirst Lane
• H2-208.169: Baker Letters - regarding: Leeds and Liverpool Canal Co; tender for Hirst Lane; repair of water pipes

  Sent letter from Leeds & Liverpool Canal Co; Tender for Hirst Lane is high so asking Mr Wilks of Shipley Council for recommendations - Mr Obank & sons or Mr Starkey; a gardener wants his water pipes repairing
• H2-208.178: Baker Letters - repairs for 54, Albert Road

  Letter from Ezra Priestley about pipe repairs for the gardens & allotment no. 54, Albert Road
• H2-208.183: Baker Letters - regarding: query about Hirst Farm

  Mentions plans and asks if road behind Hirst Farm is part of farm or mill.
• H2-208.187: Baker Letters - regarding: trees at Higher Hirst Woo

  Talks of cutting down trees at Higher Hirst Wood to show what a good building site it was.
• H2-208.190: Baker Letters - regarding: renting of garden; repair needed for wall

  Garden no. 46 in Albert Road let to Mr Garton of Lloyds Bank. Wall at top of Albert Road needs repairs.
• H2-208.191: Baker Letters - regarding: cottage rents

  Asked if cottages rents need to be raised
• H2-208.193: Baker Letters - regarding: cottage rents; walls of Milner Field Estate

  Asks if he should raise rents again. Walls of Milner Field Estate have been knocked down. Mr Robinson wanted advice. Told him Sir Robert had kept walls to roads in good repair.
• H2-208.196: Baker Letters - regarding: level of rents. Caroline Street

  Rents would be 4s 9d a week or 19s a month for 3 cottages. Advises not to fence land near Caroline Street. Reply from Sir James very hard to read.
• H2-208.197: Baker Letters - regarding: Higher Hirst houses

  Higher Hirst houses would cost a great deal to make tenable.