The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-11-07 00:00:00

WARZHAIL

OM Saturday evening the Working Men's Institute in
111111.1ane was opened. The premises were given to the
Corporation sometime ago by Mr. J. S. W. S. E. Drat,
M.P.. for this purpose. In addition to various games
which can be played, there are also books and papers
provided.

BWAXACIM.
PROPOSED RAILWAY FOR MANAGE.

A requisition, numerously signed by the inhabitants,
convened a public meeting at the Niowlem Institute
on blond:by afternoon. The gathering was thoroughly
representative of the township.
Mr. Prrea I)itiatiorre will C• 110,1 to the chair.
lie stated that the object of the meeting was to con-
sider the advisability of laying down n railway
between Swanage and Wareham, and he placed a
rough map of the district with propoeed scheme
before the meeting. Starting from Wareham station,
the line would pais through the 'chine at Code Castle,
skirt the comma', and by the way of Lynch and the
newlile quarries reach the pier at Swanage. For his
own part, the Chairman said, having the interest of
the district in view, he was moat willing that aultie
such attempt should succeed.
A letter was rcsul from Mr. George Burt, ex-
preasing his agreement with the object of the meeting
and his sorrow that businees prevented him from being
iireient.
Mr. lioniesoe then moved a rweilution to the effect
that the inciting pledged itself to further the atteintit
to obtain railway mo,iimniunientlun. The speaker said
he had just returned from a tour through bairepe, and
be c.intrasteil the plensantinsis of travelling imw with
the disagreeable state of things seine years since,
when he visited the signe spots mei there was no
.railway 'widen,. lie would not auggest that Swanage
was in a *tat, of semi-barbarian, as seine of these
spot* were at that time, but it was ninny year's be d
other places. lie pointed out very forcibly that this
me-home would benefit the atone trade by 'welling up
desirable markets ; would enable the town to progreee,
fir in the race of present day competitions, where
there was no connection with the rest of the world,
those places must go down. The railway also would
enable the breakwater to become a fact, and their
beautiful bay would NI sin shelter yachting fleets and
increase largely the trade by sea.
Mr. J. Gittaindeau seconded the resolution, and it
was unanimously and warmly carried.
Mr. HARMAN Moved that • committee of ten, whose
names were mentioned, take the matter iu hand and
endeavour to aiil the propeeere.
The Rev. 0. ii. 11.ineicterr seconded this, and it was
unanimously adopted.
The CHAIWILAN asked for a free discussion on the
proposals.
Mr. F. Fittrrsa, the Town Clerk of Wareham,
expressed hie decided opinion that his town would not
suffer from the presperity of Swanage, and declared
himself in thorough erupathy with the meeting.
Mr. LA:EIr, jun., also of Wareham felt that the
very fact of making Wareham a junction would tend
to increase its prosperity and livliness, as had been
the case at Wimborne, where was the janctiou of the
Somerset and Dorset with the South-Western.
The hey. C. CIIAMBERN advocated a railway as is
saver of time and money. 'l'm attend an evenbig
ineetinig, he said, at any place meant a waste of 32i
hours, to every one who was unable to keep a carriage
or to pay one xhilltng a mile for posting from Warr
ham. Iliere would alai, he continued, he a coneides.
able saving of money not only in the way of fares
but on every article bought in the town. An easy
approach would increase the number of visitors and
lengthen their stay by enabling lodging-house keeper.,
to improve their accommodation without raising their
fees. The shipping trade would not suffer, for rail-
ways and ship; were ever augmenting together. The
jesting business would not be injured, for the easier
people could move about the greater the number of
movers. To live so completely out of the world was
too great a sacrifice for the sake of the much lauded
quietness which, alter all, two policemen had been
needed U, maintain.
Mr. H. MIXON said that since the Heather Bell
steamer had been running (which was prophesied as
the ruination of the boating and fishing business) the
work of the boatmen hail doubled. The steamer had
carried over :110,000 parsengere in six years, and he
(the speaker) telt sure that uistead of the steamship
company being injured by this new proposal the
increase of paaseugens would demand two vessels
instead of one.
Mr. WALI,IO2II/ SMITH, KC., then addressed the
meeting. He calculated roughly that the line would
be eleven miles in length and would cost 00,000.
lie believed he could get capitalists to undertake the
outlay if the inhabitants would enter warmly into the
scheme. He hail WON, he Kahl, to answer any
queetione gentlemen desired to lint to him. From
his replies to several queries we gathered that the line
would be under a distinct onnpany ; that a subscrip-
tion list imf £lO,OOO, to be taken out in shame (after-
wards modified by Mr, Smith) in the district, and a
sufficient to purchase the hind required, would
c and the attention of capitalists; that sub-
scribe's abould guarantee conditionally upon °contract
being entered into to construct the line.
A vote of thanks was &comical the Chairman, and
the public Meeting ',operated.
A committee meeting was immediately held, Mr.
liobinaNn in the chair. The following gentlemen
were present :—Mr. W. Smith and Molars. Lacey,
iiixon, It. Meikle, Gillingham, Harman, Didaraotte,
W. liardy, Chambers, Trayte, and Hillier. Twenty.
live were decided that, as but a fortnight remained
before the time for givng with., of new parliamentary
bine expired, the protect eliould not be pushed for this
year. It was ale' etermined that immediate 'tele,
mmli,muld be taken to canvas.' the district, to obtain a
plan and PeCti. 011 ofpropeeed railway, fuel to obtain
funds to tarry the work, at least, to a nticsamsful issue.
A meeting 11111 l called for Mouilay next to meet
?,Ir. U. Burt and Mr. It Rebineon to still further
advania the veheine. "Now or never" is a motto
pertinent to the veople of Purbeck, and if there
remains any patriotism in the landed proprietere they
will not in any way oppose the underbaing, hut rather
they will enter heartily mein the work ta find that
the nionienee self denial is tho long future's pleasar,
and PrisecriiY.