Gordon, William Matheson

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Unique IDPE-003041SurnameGordonGiven namesWilliam MathesonBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1891-1915Biographical noteBiographical details:
1897 Statement on the Telephone Tunnels [ref: SMH 21 June 1897 p3]

1898 Council Inquiry 1898 [ref: SMH 15 March 1899 pp5-6]; report with line drawing [ref: Truth 20 March 1898 p5]

1899 Appointed temporary Superintendent of Street Cleansing [ref: SMH 24 October 1899]

1899 Office of Superintendent of Street Cleansing reinstated after lapse as separate from Inspector of Nuisances department [ref: Daily Telegraph 16 October 1899]

1899 Appointed temporary Superintendent of Street Cleansing [ref: SMH 24 October 1899]

1915 NSW BDMs Registry: Death: 3396/1915: GORDON WILLIAM M [parents] JOHN & HELEN registered at ST LEONARDS

1915 Death Notice: GORDON.-February 20, 1915, at Minadah, West-street, North Sydney, William Matheson Gordon, aged 57 years. [ref: SMH 22 February 1915]

1915 Funeral Notices [ref: SMH Monday 22 February 1915]

Obituary [ref: SMH 22 February 1915 p10]

Details from contemporary sources:
1891 Appointed February 1891 - superseded 31/8/1913 [ref: Staff Record Cards (CRS81)]
1891 Request by City Surveyor to employ Gordon as alignment surveyor for Moore St widening including preparation of plans - February [ref: 26/247/210]
1891 Draftsman - requests gas stove for Drawing Room - June [ref: 26/251/1231]
1893 Salary Schedule 1893-94 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/46/6]
1894 Salary Schedule 1894-95 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/47/57]
1895 £364 pa- Alignment Surveyor & Draftsman - Report on salaries of employees [ref: 22/48/22½ (c)]
1896 Appointed Acting City Surveyor by Mayor from 1 August at current salary [ref: 26/286/1063]
1896 Appointed Acting City Surveyor during absence overseas of Richards - from August 1896 to August 1897 [ref: 22/51/36]
1897 Memo - April 1897 [ref: 26/290/580]
1897 Suspends Geddes, block sweeper - July [ref: 26/292/1129]
1897 Reports excellent progress by probationary pupil William McDowell - March [ref: 26/290/436]
1897 Report on site for garbage destructor - February [ref: 22/52/11]
1897 Report on prices of Allen Taylor and WJ Wright, stock In hand, quantities required for wood paving George St - May [ref: 22/52/25]
1897 Reporting Electric Telegraph Department opening streets without notice - inadequate work- June [ref: 26/292/0980]
1897 Tracings and specs for laying Trachyte cube sett paving at Flemington Stock Yards - July [ref: 26/292/1061]
1897 Reports on deficient method of filling in excavations for the Telegraph Tunnel by the Electric Telegraph Department - July [ref: 26/292/1109]
1897 Reports on subsidences in the Telephone Tunnels Works and mode of actions by Water and Sewerage Board, Australian Gas Light Co and Sydney & Suburban Hydraulic Co - July [ref: 26/292/1127]
1897 Memo - August 1897 - recommends appointment of Coulson [ref: 22/53/10]
1897 Draft specification for cleaning and cutting down old wood blocks - August [ref: 22/53/5]
1898 Assistant City Surveyor - £364 pa - Return of Officers and Servants, January 1898, by the Town Clerk [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 Report on suitable screens for Corporation Baths - March [ref: 26/298/767]
1898 Assistant City Surveyor - £364 pa - Recommendations on working of Corporation Departments - Partial return of employees at July 1898 [ref: 22/55/1]
1899 Surveyor and Chief Draftsman - Salary Schedule 1898-99 - Finance Committee recommendation for 1899- £300 [ref: 22/55/65]
1899 Chief Surveyor and Draftsman appointed temporarily as Inspector of Nuisances, August 1899 [ref: 26/310/2038]
1899 Suggestion from City Treasurer to City Surveyor that Gordon supply financial information required in Abstracts - January [ref: 26/304/144]
1899 Appointed Superintendent of Street Cleansing - October; [ref: Agency detail, 92]
1900 £300 salary list [ref: Daily Telegraph 27 April 1900]
1901 Appointed City Surveyor 11 December 1901 [ref: SMH 12 December 1901]
1901 Sketch in The Telegraph 14 December [ref: 1083/02/145]
1913 Appointment of Briggs as Acting City Surveyor during Gordon's absence [ref: 1913/5843]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-001738

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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionAlignment Surveyor [City Surveyor's Department]Assistant City Surveyor [City Surveyor's Department]Chief Surveyor [City Surveyor's Department]Draftsman [multiple departments]Inspector of Nuisances [multiple departments]City Surveyor [multiple departments]Superintendent of City Cleansing [multiple departments]Surveyor [multiple departments]Related items26/247/21026/251/1231Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1894Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1895Report of the Committee appointed to Inquire into and report upon staff salaries and wages26/286/106322/51/3626/290/58026/292/112926/290/43622/52/1122/52/2526/292/098026/292/106126/292/110926/292/112722/53/1022/53/5Finance Committee Report - Re adoption of Report of Committee of Inquiry (re fraud)26/298/767Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 189926/310/203826/304/1441083/02/1451913/5843Source systemDatabase of 19th Century Staff

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