Sections and profiles of Lyons Creek

Sections and profiles of Lyons Creek (1 page, handwritten), June, 1857.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo stating that he has enclosed a cheque for the engineers’ pay, June 9, 1857.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo in which he says he has enclosed a copy of the resolution of the council, June 20, 1857.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes. He says that A. Mains has finished levelling the road through his section of the marsh ditching and is in want of any back monies. Mr. Clancy has also levelled the roadway but there is too much water to do the bottoming. He does not want money until the final completion of his job, June 30, 1857.

Letter containing a listing of the amounts paid for Lyons Creek

Letter containing a listing of the amounts paid for Lyons Creek. These were sent to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo, July 10, 1857.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes who says that he received Mr. Woodruff’s instructions to change the level of the bottom of the northwest corner of lots no. 9-15. He then received a note from Mr. Cook, the foreman that they had to quit working because of too much water in the ditch, Aug. 1, 1857.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo stating that he has enclosed a cheque for the engineers’ pay for July and August, Sept. 5, 1857.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo regarding ditching on both sides of the canal near Marshville (2 ½ pages, handwritten), Sept. 11, 1857.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo regarding ditching near Marshville, Sept. 15 (3 pages, handwritten), 1857.

Diagrams (charts and graphs) made into a booklet with a newspaper cover

Diagrams (charts and graphs) made into a booklet with a newspaper cover. This booklet contains cross sections of the back ditch on the south side of the Welland Canal feeder, west of the Marshville culverts (45 pages, hand drawn). This was created by Fred Holmes, Oct. 3, 1857.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes stating the Mr. Cook’s work on the marsh is nearly finished. Mr. Holmes says that he will make the final estimate next month, Oct. 27, 1857.

Charts and graphs of cross sections from Brown’s ditch culvert to the main drain

Charts and graphs of cross sections from Brown’s ditch culvert to the main drain, cross sections from the feeder on the road allowance between lots 26 and 27 in the 5th concession of Humberstone, Cross sections of the main drain from Lyons Creek culvert to the road allowance between lots 7 and 8 in Wainfleet and cross selections of the old ditch on the west side of the road allowance between lots 17 and 18 in the 3rd concession in Wainfleet (8 pages, hand drawn), n.d.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo stating that a cheque is enclosed for the services of the engineers and a resolution is also provided to continue the services of the engineer, Jan. 20, 1858.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes stating that he received Mr. Woodruff’s letter and a copy of the motion and resolution of the Municipal Council of Jan. 16, 1858, Jan. 28, 1858.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo regarding the completion of the drain (2 pages, handwritten), May 19, 1858.