Document 11, p 4
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| the same Fate unless a much larger Sum of Money be expended than the late | ||||
| Bridge cost- and altho Mr Errington may by rebuilding it according to the former | ||||
| Plan be enabled to leave it at the end of the 7 Years to all appearances a perfect | ||||
| Building and by that means extricate himself from his Engagement yet the Good | ||||
| of the Public will not be thereby answered, inasmuch as the Bridge cannot be | ||||
| expected to have any long duration, and must ultimately be rebuilt at the | ||||
| Expence of the County. | ||||
| The Justices are all thoroughly satisfied that Mr Errington executed his | ||||
| Undertaking in the most perfect and Correct Manner, and that this Misfortune | ||||
| which has happened was & then occasioned by the Natural Insufficiency of the | ||||
| Foundation to admit of any Bridge standing thereon or in the Method pointed | ||||
| by Mr Smeaton (whose Directions Mr Errington was compelled to observe) and used | ||||
| to secure such Foundations – and inasmuch as it appears necessary either to | ||||
| erect the Bridge in another place or to adopt some very Material alterations in | ||||
| it is believed have no Objection | ||||
| the Mode of securing the Foundations, the Justices |
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| Matters with Mr Errington and to accept the Materials which may be got from | ||||
| it is | ||||
| the Ruins and a Sum of Money in Lieu of his rebuilding the Bridge which ⁁ |
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| will | ||||
| conceived[ |
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| rebuild and uphold it for 7 years, the greatest part of which Term will | ||||
| exppire before the Bridge can be used | ||||
| The County has been presented since the Bridge Fell | ||||
| Can the Justices justifiably make such a Compromise with Mr | ||||
| Errington – and if they can – must the same be made at the | ||||
| General Quarter Sessions or how otherwise? And are any Steps & | ||||
| what necessary to enable them so to do? | ||||
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Note: Case prepared on Mr Errington's behalf, undated, p 4
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