| Description | Relating to the promotion of separate Bills and to the proposed for a joint Board, including notes of meetings and proposals by Alderman Gainsford; Resolutions of a conference at Sheffield by representatives of Leicester, Nottingham, Doncaster, Barnsley and Sheffield Corporations on 16 Aug 1898; Book of Reference Nov 1898, to the Sheffield Corporation Derwent Valley Water Bill, 1899; Draft agreement between Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster (the latter two partly supplied by Sheffield) to oppose Bills being promoted by Derby and Leicester and for Sheffield to promote its own Bill, 1898; Observations and instructions for Sheffield's draft Bill (Doncaster having withdrawn from the scheme), Dec 1898; Draft agreement between Sheffield and Rotherham (to be supplied by Sheffield) as to Sheffield's Bill, Dec 1898; Town Clerk's notes relating to a conference of a delegation from the Water Sub-Committee, Counsel, Engineers, Parliamentary Agents, and Officers of the Corporation as to Sheffield's Bill, Jan 1899; List of witnesses to be called by Sheffield; notes for cross examination of Mr Watson, of Bradford, water works engineer; Notes for the cross-examination of Mr Tyldon Wright, witness for Nottinghamshire County Council; Notes for consultation with counsel for Sheffield, Jan 1899; Notes by Alderman Gainsford relating to the Bills promoted by Sheffield, Derby and Leicester, Jan 1899; Outline of brief for the promoters of Sheffield's Bill, Feb 1899; Notes for cross-examination of Messrs. Hawksley, Rofe, Watson and Parry, Apr 1899; Plan to Sheffield's Bill, Apr 1899; Proposals by Sheffield for dealing equitably with the Derwent Water shed submitted to Parliament, May 1899; Copy of the terms of settlement of the opposition of Wortley Rural District Council to Sheffield's Bill, May 1899; Notes of a meeting with the representative of Chesterfield Rural District Council, May 1899; Notes on the draft Bill to establish the joint Board, May 1899. |