Archifdy Ceredigion Archives

Business Records - Cardigan Engineering Co.

ACC. 470

Ref: DB/6

Records of J. P. Baillie and the Cardigan

Engineering Company, deposited per Miss

M. Patch, County Archivist.

October, 1984

Mr. J. P. Baillie was civil engineer for

the Cardigan Engineering Company which

supplied engines and boilers to the firms

of the district.

The records had not been preserved in

any order and have been sorted as follows:

Cardigan Engineering Company

The Company thrived at the beginning of

this century and a number of its records

have survived, mainly correspondence 1892

1931, business receipts and advertise-

ments . Much of the material is connected

with Messrs. Ruston, Proctor and Company

Limited of Lincoln because the Cardigan

Engineering Company acted as their

representatives in this area.

Civil Engineering

In his capacity as Company Engineer, Mr.

J. P. Baillie was a member of the Institution

of Civil Engineers. He kept copies of

its reports and Presidential addresses

and took a keen interest in its affairs.

Household

These records consist mainly of correspondence

to clothing firms [Pettigrew and Stephens

Ltd. Glasgow], about arrangements for

travel to Penang and from Mr. Baillie

to his daughter Joe. In addition 2 volumes

of Mr. Baillie's diary have survived [1931

and 1938], which are a record of his daily

routine and work.


Personal Interests

In his private life, Mr. Baillie had several

hobbies which he keenly pursued. He was

interested in farming, especially rearing

poultry and later on he devoted most of

his time to this. In keeping with his

engineering background, he was also very

interested in cars and motorcycles. He

received copies of The Motor and Motorcycling

every week and from these, he would either

keep articles of interest or the complete

edition.

Miscellaneous

This includes bus and train timetables,

membership of the Cardigan Boating Club

and some pamphlets.

1-33. Cardigan Engineering Company

1-22. Business Correspondence

1. 1892

2. 1893

3. 1898

4. 1901

5. 1909

6. 1910

7. 1911

8. 1912

9. 1913

10. 1914

11. 1915

12. 1916

13. 1917

14. 1918

15. 1919

16. 1920

17. 1921

18. 1922

19. 1928

20. 1929

21. 1930

22. 1931

23. Business receipts 1913 - 1929

24. Business notes 1915, 1917, 1920 - 1927

including 2 notebooks on London visit

23 - 30 July 1924

25. Record of High Court of Justice Proceedings,

Chancery Division

Arthur Picton Saunders Davies - Plaintiff

v

James Picton Baillie - Defendant

Filed 27 February 1907


26 - 31. Business Advertisements

26. Advertising for the Northern Assurance

Company [English and Welsh], 1896 and

1901

27. Ruston, Proctor and Co. Ltd. Engineers,

Lincoln, England, 1912 - 1915

28. Miscellaneous business advertisements,

1911 - 16

29. Calendar produced by Dunlop and Ranken

Ltd., Leeds, 1922 - 1923

30. 3 pages from Ruston and Hornsby Ltd.

Calendar February - April 1923

31. 2 calendars produced by Crofts [Engineers]

Ltd., Bradford 1931

32. Cardiganshire County Council: notice to

contractors for tenders to raise the road

at Llechryd and rebuild Arberth Bridge

July 1910

33. Carriage labels and calling cards 1916

1924

34 - 44. Civil Engineering

34 - 41. Institution of Civil Engineers

34. Brief Subject Index to the Minutes of

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil

Engineers. 10 volumes 1879 - 1901

35. Miscellaneous sheets from Institution

of Civil Engineers Subject Index

36. Report of Institution meeting held on

12 January 1892

37. The Institution of Civil Engineers Charter,

Supplemental Charter, Bye-Laws and List

of Members [3 volumes]

October 1898, 1900, 1902

38. Address of the President of the Institution

of Civil Engineers [3] November 1904,

1909, 1918

39. List of Members of the Institution of

Civil Engineers, January 1920

40. Invitation to the Institution of Civil

Engineers Conversazione on July 6th

41. Two circular letters from the Institution,

October 1920


42 - 44. Engineering Books

42. Spons' Engineers' Price Book [1888]

43. John Courtney: The Boilermaker's Ready

Reckoner and Assistant [1890]

44. Donaldson: Principles of Construction |)

and Efficiency of Water Wheels


45 - 70. Private Papers of J. P. Baillie

45 - 52. Household

45. Correspondence with clothing companies

1909 - 1911, 1919, 1920

46. Clothes catalogue and leaflets from Pettigrew

and Stephens Ltd. Glasgow 1909/10

47. Letter to Miss Joe Baillie on terms and

conditions of service in the Women's

Army Auxiliary Corps, 18 September 1917

48. Correspondence concerning travel to Penang

on the S.S. Egypt 1921

49. Letters from J. P. Baillie to his daughter

Joe 1930 - 34

50. J. P. Baillie's diary - 1931

51. J. P. Baillie's diary - 1938

52. Household Receipts and Shopping lists

1919 - 20

53 - 70. Personal Interests

53. Farming advertisements 1914 - 16, 1930,

1936

54. Statutory Rules and Orders, 1926. No.821

Milk and Dairies, England

List of Publications of the Ministry of

Agriculture and Fisheries 1928

55. Miscellaneous advertisements for bicycles,

radios and chimneys

56. Page from Popular Wireless and Wireless

Review - 3 January 1925

57. Advertising sheet from The Engineer

1 November 1929

58 - 68. The Motor [magazine]


58. Articles on coachwork and body design

1920 - 23

59. Articles on Carburreters, fuels and lubrication

1920 - 1923

60. Various articles 1920 - 40

61 - 68. Complete Editions

61. 25 March 1942

62. 30 September 1942

63. 6 December 1944

64. 14 March 1945

61 - 68. Complete Editions [continued]

65. 8 August 1945

66. 8 March 1950

67. 12 April 1950

68. 5 December 1951


69 - 70. Motor Cycling [magazine]

69. Complete edition - 21 July 1949

70. Various articles 1945 - 1953


71 - 80. Miscellaneous

71. Season ticket, rules and letter requesting

payment of subscription to the Cardigan

Boating Club 1911 and 1914

72. Royal Agricultural Society of England,

Bristol Show, 1913. Exhibitor's assistant

ticket for Mr. J. P. Baillie

73. Great Western Railway: Excursions to

London for the British Empire Exhibition

1924

74. Timetable for motor omnibus services:

Carmarthen, Cardigan and districts,

February 1929

75. Leaflet on Great Western Railway market

tickets

76. 3 Omnibus tickets

77. Cigarette card - No.18 in Infantry Training

series

78. Paper bag advertising J. Lyons & Co.

Ltd.

79. Y Mae Arnom Eusiau Pobl Cymru Y Tu Cefn

i Ni!

80. Pamphlet: After War. A Future Policy