Monday 26 June 1837
Very fine morning Fahrenheit 59 1/2 at 8 Ann with me for 1/4 hour till near 8 - out about till breakfast at 8 40/60 and sat talking to Ann till 9 40/60
Then out - with Charles Howarth making the glen bridge gate, and with Mr. Gray and Booth ordering about the brewhouse and then with Mr. Samuel Washington measuring off the stuff carted from the front of the house to the foot of the great embankment under the road wall in front of the house, setting out another portion of stuff to be got - then with Mr. Gray at the meer - Mawson and his 6 men began this morning Mr. Gray's job about the byewash and undulating the top of the meer-embankment - with them till near 1
Mr. Gray came home to luncheon and I went by Lower brea and the new road to Mytholm quarry and then to Hipperholme ditto - nobody there - home by Mytham
Holt and Wood the Engineer came about the Engine pit pumps - Holt to have 1/2 the engine pit left clear.
Left Wood to drink his beer in the servants hall and had Holt some time in the little breakfast room - Joseph Mann asked an unreasonable price for sinking the engine pit - but Holt thought he should have £3 per yard from where it is to the bottom i.e. about 27 yards to sink - Holt proposes making a sort of reservoir at the low side of the Engine pit in the bottom so as to hold 12 hours water and let us stop the pumps going during the night - very good plan. He shewed me an estimate from Joseph Clifton of Huddersfield for a 6 horse power condensing engine £240 with boiler and £170 without - he and Mr. Holmes had had a sad dust with Holt the engineer - would never get an engine of Holt - he would not have to make theirs now
Holt would by no means have me build the corn mill sure it would not pay me - wait - a mere shell of a building for £500 would hold 15 worsted frames which would let for £20 per frame and 2 horse power (Holt allowed) would turn 3 frames therefore 10 horse power would turn 15 frames x 20 = £300 a year more than the corn mill that would cost above £2000
Walked down towards the engine pit with Holt to speak to Wood, to tell him that the back shuttle was not included in Mr. Bates's estimate of the pentrough as I expected - this to be explained - it was mere inadvertance that I had not observed this when Mr. Pollett was here on Saturday
Then in the walk pulling away or heading down the grass from removing the hollies in the hedge against Pearson's field and Charles Howarth's till about 6 1/2 then finding Mr. Gray with Mawson's 6 men, staid with them till after 7 - left Mr. Gray to come in 1/2 hour
Made my excuses to Ann home at 7 1/4 waited for Mr. Gray dinner at 7 3/4
Ann and little Mary and Mr Gray and I walked round the meer to its head, and came in again in an hour – then coffee - came upstairs at 11
Ann sat with me 1/2 hour then wrote the above of today - very fine day Fahrenheit 47 1/2 now at 11 3/4 p.m.
Frank brought tonight and left at the Lodge Mariana's box of books.
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