Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 174,133 pages of information and 250,321 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Arthur Cadlick Pain

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Arthur Cadlick Pain (c1845-1938)

1938 Died. 'Arthur Cadlick Pain of Frimley who died this week his 94th year. He held many public semi-public offices helped to shape the development of the district in which he lived as well as providing essential services notably as founder and chairman of Frimley Water Company that has grown into the large Mid-Wessex Company. In addition to work as a member of the local district council of which was first chairman he gave 30 years’ service on the Surrey County Council first as a councillor then as alderman and for three years as vice-chairman. He was civil engineer by profession for 15 years ably presided over the Highways and Bridges Committee one of the most important spending committees of the Council His work in that capacity will long be remembered not the least valuable contribution being experiments in tar-spraying of highways to prevent nuisance from dust With the general use of motor vehicles became very troublesome and Mr Pain was among the first to see the possibilities of tar-spraying as a remedy Mr Pain’s voluntary work makes a fine example for the rising generation '[1]


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  1. ↑ Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 01 January 1938