| Description | Docketed "Mr. Houstoun’s engine house built. Will not want an engine erector for 3 or 4 weeks. The Gourock Rope Work Co. done. Will start in a few days and William Wright return in 8 or 10 days. Thomson returned from Leadhills and employed at Sruthers & Co. Proposes Price to erect the engine for the Blackburn Spinning Co. State of H. Houldsworth & Co.’s mill. Encloses Hugh Thomson’s indenture executed by his father. Mr. Brown likely to want a small engine next summer." |