Journal entry – John Grey – 2 Jan 1835

Friday 2nd January 1835



       Received from the Lessees of Langley Mill a cheque for £1685.10.5 on Account of Duty Ore for the quarter ending  30th June 1834 and transmitted the same to the Bank. Heard from Messrs Parker & Crawhall that they had fixed the price of Lead for the past quarter at £17.7.6 a Fother.  

       Met Mr Parkin in the Office & examined all the accounts of Wood sold in the past year & not paid with a view to his obtaining a settlement of them as soon as possible, took advantage of the frost to walk through several Plantations, looking to their condition & fences also visited the Men employed in clearing the Ground & pitting for replanting - in the evening had an interview with one of the Rail Way Agents respecting Allerwash Mill, & found that the Directors are inclined to acceed to the proposal of removing & rebuilding the Mill, but decline have any thing to do with refitting the Machinery, being aware that a part of it could not be put up again.  I thought it best to appoint a meeting with him on the spot, which he fixed for Monday next, for the purpose of deciding on the proper situation for the Mill, as well as what change may become necessary in the Reservoir & tail race, the cost of which they must also undertake.  The Company will remunerate the Tenant for his loss of time, & as the Commissioners will then get a new Building in place of a bad one, I conceive they will not consider it just to require the Company to replace the old Machinery with new, a part of it is good, but a part, especially the Water Wheel is quite worn out, & must have been renewed at any rate which would probably have been done last summer, but for the anticipated change.  Before anything is done, respecting the Machinery, the Board will probably think it right that the Works should be examined by two or three Millwrights & Estimates had from them of the expense of replacing the Machinery, including the cost of what must be absolutely new.