EV-0618 — Press, 1904–05: Cardiff’s Western Sewer Sub-committee completes the conveyance of the pumping-station site and sewer easements from the representatives of Lord Bute (Evening Express 23 Mar 1905; Weekly Mail 11 Jun 1904)

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EV ID	EV-0618
Title	Press, 1904–05: Cardiff’s Western Sewer Sub-committee completes the conveyance of the pumping-station site and sewer easements from the representatives of Lord Bute (Evening Express 23 Mar 1905; Weekly Mail 11 Jun 1904)
Date of document	11 June 1904; 23 March 1905
Type	press reports
Evidence label	PUBLISHED RECORD — NEWSPAPER TEXT
Repository / reference	Welsh Newspapers Online: Evening Express 23 Mar 1905 (items 4150811, 4150815); Weekly Mail 11 Jun 1904.
Status	READ (newspaper text). The deed itself is not yet copied.
Provenance	Found 25 Oct 2026 while tracing EV-0013. The woodland title WA735527 (Charges entry 1) names both parties to the 23 Feb 1905 conveyance: John Marquis of Bute and Cardiff City Corporation (County Borough in 1905), and records rights only, over a pink strip.
Related entries	EV-0013

Shows: Cardiff paid £5,362 7s for Bute easements over about 2½ miles of sewer route (1904) and completed the conveyance of the pumping-station site and easements in early 1905. This fits EV-0013 being the Western District outfall sewer easements.

Does not show: Until the 23 Feb 1905 deed is copied, its land and terms are not confirmed; an alternative reading is a Leckwith reservoir main.

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