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Engine has been very Judiciously let the Last year; the Company has been paying the men at the Rate of 5d per Day for finding Hemp Spun yarn Oil & Tallow & White Lead, 2/- for Coals per day 1/8d for Oil for waggons & Sheaves per day, 8s/10d for wages which is equal to 12/11 per Day J Graham expects to get the Coals for them at A Less Price, and the oil for the Sheaves being Taking off them will Reduce it to 12/- per Day or under
Brusselton Engine
The Consumption of the above Engine taking from the Company Books are as follows
For Hemp Spun yarn Oil & Tallow and White Lead 11d per Day, Coals 5s/- per Day Cleaning Boilers 5d per Day wages 12/2/ per Day equal to
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18s/6d per Day;
Robt Young the present Engine man considers it is to Little and thinks the Oil & Tallow &C he has got has not been all set Down; - The Prices he gave in was as follows
Fine Oil 4d per day
Hemp & Spun yarn 6d per do
Tallow 1”6 per do
Boilers Cleaning 5d per do
Coals 5”0 per do
Wages 12”2 per do
£1 “ 0 “ 0 per day
Which is 1/6 per day more then the Company has been paying acccording to our accounts ______
Mr Hackworth & J Graham aggreed to let R Young try the Engine A month before he took her