Notes from Newport Town Council Minutes
These are not full transcripts of the Minutes. They are my own notes.
1928-29 (November 1928 - November 1929) Source: Newport-on-Tay Council Minutes, B79-1-28
| Parish Council: Ward 1: W F French, Taybank; J Husband, Lyndhurst; D McPherson, Seacraig, Tay Street. Ward 2: J M Latto, Tay Street; C W Mitchell, The Firs; J Young, Taycliffe. Ward 3: E W Christie, Ashdene, Bay Road; A Johnston, Rowanbank; J Sturrock, Westfield. |
| Election of Town Councillors: Ward 1: William Forrest French, no poll. Ward 2: John Davidson, Norwood, no poll. Ward 3: James Barry Robb, Whinhurst, no poll. |
| Council: Ward 1: Alexander Henderson Smith, elected 1926; John Thomson Young, elected 1927, Senior Bailie; William Forrest French, elected 1928, Provost. Ward 2: George Scrymgeour, elected 1926, Junior Bailie; Garnet Douglas Wilson, elected 1927; John Davidson, elected 1928. Ward 3: William Ramsay, elected 1926; George Tudhope, elected 1927; James Barry Robb, elected 1928. |
| There was a vote between Councillors French and Young for Provost. Councillor French won. |
| Application by James Moodie, trading as C L Simpson, to store calcium carbide at his workshop in High Street. |
| Building of house for John A Leng. |
| Old Pier subjects: deferred meantime. |
| December 1928. Death of ex-councillor Davis. |
| Electricity Provisional Order: still no progress towards Newport. Fife Electric Power Co. were in breach of their obligations. Electricity commissioners are taking up the matter. |
| Smell at drain at Tayside Electric again. |
| February 1929. Death of ex-Provost Robertson, Wormit. |
| Tayside Electric: underground cable to Henry Johnston's workshop at Bay Road. |
| Derby Lane and Sylvan Lane: ? public lanes under control of Council? What about their condition? [No further mention.] |
| Electricity Provisional Order: Fife Electric Power had authorised extension to Newport - too indefinite - should have been done by 31 December 1928. Write to Secretary of State. |
| Smithy Brae Lane: right of way. Ground adjoining it was being feued. ? How wide was the lane to be? 15'. |
| Bus licences: a 'pointsman' at Kilnburn / Cupar Road junction. |
| May 1929. Electricity Provisional Order: anticipated in Newport in advance of the next lighting season. |
| 17 new buildings; 5 alterations. |
| Fife Electric Power Co: intention to lay underground cables; a 12000 volt transmission line to Wormit; low pressure through Newport & Wormit by next lighting season. |
| New Council housing scheme proposed: ?'Mars' garden / Craighead Farm / Waterstone Park? |
| New Council housing: Gordon & Scrymgeour, Dundee to be architects. |
| Ex-provosts lamps: to be maintained by the Council, paintwork same as ordinary lamps. If ornamental work is wanted, it is to be paid for as an extra by the ex-provost. |
| A house at Woodhaven, condemned some years ago, still being occupied. |
| Mrs Elsie Cameron: refreshment licence in Boat Road (J T Young, proprietor). |
| Insanitary conditions at 2 William Street. |
| Speed boat licence granted to Kenneth Grant Campbell, Tayport, using the Newport Boating Club slip for embarking / disembarking passengers - only if the boat is satisfactory. |
| Canopy for J T Young's premises at Boat Road. |
| ? A station at Woodhaven? |
| Condition of Cuthberts Brae, Scotswood Terrace and Kirk Road (between Bridge Street and West Station). |
| July 1929. Woodhaven house: no trace in minutes of St Fort's house (Mrs Thomson, occupier) being condemned. |
| Cameron, Kilgask Street terminating tenancy of house. |
| Resignation of Thomas Brown as Hallkeeper and Burgh Officer. |
| 1929 housing scheme: 12 houses on 1.25 acres previously used as vegetable gardens for the 'Mars' : 1 block of 4 x 3-apartment houses, 2 blocks of 4 x 2-apartment houses. Approximate cost £345 (3-apartment) and £320 (2-apartment). Ground offered at 2/6d. per pole. |
| Kilgask Street tenancy: David W Rollo, 4 Robertson Place. |
| New hallkeeper: John K Leslie, Woodhaven Terrace (born 19 February 1889). |
| ? Widening of Boat Road by taking ground on north side owned by Trustees (from Ferry Pier eastwards for 400') and ground in river? |
| September 1929. 'Mars' hospital building is for sale - no action by Council. |
| Government don't want 2-apartment houses to be built. |
| No hot water supply in hallkeeper's house or Blyth Hall. |
| Retiring: Smith, Scrymgeour, Ramsay. Resignation of J T Young as senior bailie. |
| Eadie's Brae [Adie's Brae]: laying of road material at request and cost of Misses Just. |
| Mars Gardens: plans for 5 blocks of 4 houses (1 of 2-apartments), but only 3 blocks of 3-apartments to be built meantime. Mr Scrymgeour, architect, cost about £350 per house. |
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