***************************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. ***************************************************************************** In 1829 the Duke of Sutherland bought the Reay estate and started an extensive programme of road making - funded by himself - although using the county road administration (the problem was that the volume of traffic in Sutherland was insufficient to pay for construction or indeed maintenance costs). This included several chain ferries over the northern rivers - for instance the Hope and Naver -and crossings at Kylesku, Eriboll and Tongue. The Sutherland estate paid for the ferrymen's houses, boats and subsidised the crossings. That was certainly the case into the 1850s. I cannot recall the precise arrangements at Tongue. At Kylesku the ferryman was tenant of the inn. As tourist traffic increased between 1830 and 1880, the need for subsidy would presumably have diminished. The Sutherland Papers in the National Library will provide answers - check the rentals and also the accounts for the Tongue District factorship. Malcolm Bangor-Jones -----Original Message----- From: Jimfowler3@aol.com [mailto:Jimfowler3@aol.com] Sent: 18 April 2001 00:02 To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Ferryman at Tongue ******************************************************************* This email has been received from an external party and has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. ******************************************************************* I wonder if anybody out there might know what the employment status of a ferryman might be in the 1840s/1880s. My greatgreatGrandfather - Robert MUNRO - was a ferryman at Tongue in that period and in order to follow up some aspects of his life I'm trying to find out if he would be self-employed, in the service of one of the landowners or in County or State service. Any information gratefully received. A' the best to you and yours Jim Fowler Gateshead UK http://members.aol.com/chieflymurder ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. You can do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com