HF41/2/21/1c

Letter (damaged) from A K Lindsell to T J Hooper

21 Nov 1884

From: 1884 To: 1884

answers to queries regarding Mill and business indicates: principal markets firm goes to are Biggleswade, Bedford, Hitchin, St Neots, Cambridge, Leighton Buzzard (fortnightly) and Newmarket (fortnightly) motive power water and steam can crush 100 tons a week working night and day average last 6 years Linseed Cake 2102 tons per year Linseed Oil 919 tons per year Cotton Cake 1084 tons per year Cotton Oil 225 tons per year buys seed in London at most favourable opportunity at 40-50s per quarter employs 20-30 hands on siding from London North Western Railway lowest amount £5000 net profit £1000 per annum salaries Mill Manager £200 per annum clerks etc. £100 proposed to hire Mill

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Hooper & Fletcher,
Powers, Charles,
Charles Powers and Co.,
Lindsell, Arthur Knox,
Hooper, T J,
Hooper, Thomas James,
London & North Western Railway Company

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