there was a dispute with manlove alliot in may 1894 over the number of railway wagons to be supplied. the corporation thought they had ordered 20 tipping wagons for the transport of the sludge cakes, but only four were supplied by manlove alliot, and eight extra wagons, which they had used during construction, were also being used for this purpose. the corporation eventually ordered eight more. the wagons were moved using both manual labour and horses.