James Young and Sons (of Edinburgh)
From Graces Guide
of Bryson Road, Edinburgh
1895 James Young and Sons, contractors for Glengaval Waterworks.[1]
1897 Contractors who built the first phase of the Water Supply of Edinburgh.
1899 August. Concerning the creditors of the company. [[Robert Young (1855- )|Robert Young[[, brother of James Young (deceased), is sole surviving partner. Had contract for the Talla Reservoir works and others. Incorporated in March 1899 as James Young and Sons with £100,000 capital.[2]
1899 James Young and Sons went into liquidation and a bankruptcy hearing on 26 October 1899; the contract for the Talla Railway was re-allocated to John Best of Leith, who had been one of the main sub-contractors on the project, the other being Robert McAlpine and Sons.
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