| Description | 2 sheets. Accounts at Newcastle – Mr. Dudgeon’s payment of engine erectors Michael Wheatley and George Taylor. Wheatley’s leaving Dudgeon and going to the Tyne Iron Co. without being dismissed by Boulton Watt & Co. Higher wages and entering into an agreement might induce Wheatley back. George Taylor is at Hull erecting engines for Coates & Co. and Pease Wray & Trigg. Need details of his accounts. Progress with Dudgeon’s engine. When at Newcastle James Lawson detected Dudgeon making engines, but they have done nothing as he has helped Boulton Watt & Co. in the past, particularly in the Matthew Murray trial. Financial affairs of the Kenton Colliery and the creditors’ proposals for payment of debts. Financial problems of firms connected with Surtees – the Tyne Iron Co. and Easterly Hall & Co. Ropes ordered from Grimshaw & Co. Report that Wheatley had combined with the millwrights to prolong the erection of Ellerby & Ransom’s engine. |