The 'famous five blasts' of Glasgow will grow ever brighter and continue to serve as one of the landmarks of the city.
“That the light of the famous five blasts will ever grow brighter and continue to serve as one of the landmarks of Glasgow.”
He constructed a wagonway, which went by what is now Butterbiggins Road “through the empty lands of Gorbals” to the Eglinton Street area. From there the coal was taken to Springfield Quay east of the site of Kingston Dock. Many of these disputes related to the movement of coal. The Clyde Trust would not carry his minerals to Greenock at what he thought were fair and reasonable prices.
Although he had enough money to pay every man 10 times more than he owed, he dealt with such large transactions that the banks and his friends said that he could not go on.John Tennant of St Rollox and others put things right, but not until after his death. Every debt was paid off and there was said to have been more than a million pounds left over.had been poor for a number of years before his death.
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