The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-09-11 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL.

THI PHOPMAL 0FV1171.00- SPED £5,000

ON RIC RIATION GROUNDS.
A meeting of the U..rporetion, which wee very fully
attended, was held at the Guildhall on Moncii/, under
the presidency of the Mayor (Mx. Aldridge . There
were also present : —Aldermen Hamilton, Buckley,
and Aylee; Councillors Redden, Marston, Curtis,
Buckley, Fermat., Budge, Dug isle, Mate, Hudson,
Mil. Western, Ccnwey, BI enchard, Yeatman,

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they were not justified in attemPtinr to shirk the
question. and to kay4 Ch public ti fight it out. He
had a better opinion f I..rd Wiinhorue than some of
the gentlemen around that board, and ho was not
so
certain he would not in .ke some c messlion. It wan
culpAble in any man to soap at every I, dt which was
put before him. It•proaeutatioo having been made
t L 4,1 Wunborne, be woo n. 4 with.mt hope., that
1.01111 way of dealing with the qu atom more &drat.
tempume to the pohlio than the present Imbrium miebs
be found. Be therefore moved that the orb Is subject
stand over until Lord Wimborne'm reply had bran

received.
In reply to Mr. BODO& the Tows CLIME said the
gist of his letter to 1.. r I Wimb 'roe
.wee ...king him
whether he could modify the c mditions he had law
down.
Mr. RALSTON remarked the committee were • very
long way from being unanimous in their recommendsv
dobin.
t. III:mos said as regarded the land at Porkstorm
it was six agdost viz, and was carried by the casting
vote of the Nlsynr.
The MAYOR admitted this.
Mr. i ONWST prote.ted againet any discuseion in
committee being be. tight before the public.
Mr. Mottling . Now, don t be &lewd.
Mr. CONWST said he Met not. But it wee not the
thing to ,1“. Hi remembered the time when Mr.
Hudiou himself compl dne I very bitteey about some.
thtng coming out which had taken place in cow.

mittee.
Mr. BALLSTON : I thlok Mr. C noway is out of order
In wing t . keep anytbina back from the public.
Mr. CONNOCT : I don't wieh to.
Mr. Ltooliacg oeconded Mr. Hudson's proposition.
If there was any chance of the land being bought
cheap.r it wool be ~beer f dly to boy it at the price
at which it was at pre.ent offered. At any rote there
would be no harm io airing it • little more considera-
tion than it heal ec.lvot at present. It seemed to
him the L011..' Waking Field was • far liettee
peition for a people's pork than the land at Rockford.
He aug.estad they eb 'old ask whdler hie lorciabi
would feel diepoaed to sell it to the Town Conant
and if so at what price? If Mr. Hu loon woul
intro lace that into his rem dutioa then they would
have no alternative scheme.
The Tow( CLARK said it was not OD the agenda
paper.
Mr. RALSTON said be paid £l4O fit the premises he
rented, and it would be perfectly melees without the
field, which be put at another kW.
Mr. DOGDALI aail IT WoOlti make • paik of 12

acres.
Mr. ruans ridiculed this; it was not mo•e than
three. He .011 he eh ,uld p•op so another amen latent
—" That the repor. of the committee be adopted, and
step* taken t secure this laud." A go id deal had
been sad about this matter, and he should not weary
them by going into it folly. Alth .u.ch be would not
raise any obj Gaon to their writing to Lord Wimborne
to aourtain if he would well the land at lege than
£4OO an acre, he thought it would uo be very wim
their port to attempt It. He had got better fa th in
Lord Viimborne than s .me of the g-ntleinto around
that board—(mu lau 4hter),—and he thought it they
gave him the prico he sake I f .r the I bud tbey might
contentedly leave it to him. It would be in the recol.
lectiou of some that hie lordship, unsolicited, sent •
cheque for £I,OOO for the improvement of the Barl
and he had not the slightest doubt that if they bought
the land • like sum would come to help them. Tee,
must look at it from a business point of view, and
regard the worth of the laud. He believed they were
getting 204. for 184. There had neon groat complaint.,
on the part of the inhabitants that t bey c ,uld not treed
upon a foot of land which they could call their own,
and now th.y bei the opportunity of upraising this ;
he c insidered they would be guilty of great neglect if
they dli not avail themselves .4 it.
Alderman ATLES seconded Mr. Curtis's amendment.
He believed they would in • very short time find them.
selves recouped their outlay.
Mr. Bonne confessed that individually he sympa-
thised with Kr. Curtie's propositioe, but at the same
time as the committee in their report had mixed up
the two schemes, he felt It would be the wisest thing
that • matter of at great momeot to the town should
have further consideration. Although be wont with
all that bad been sail about the land at Parkstone, he
should vote fur Mr. Hodeon's amendin-mt. At the
same time he thought, lookiug at the rating of Put.
aqua, it wouti be perfect madness on the part of the
C ,uncil ti allow the only open space in the place
to be built over. He thought the La lies' Walking
Field wee a scheme well worthy their attention.
Mr, FAIMIR also, as a member of the Council,
thought a gre .t deal better of Lord Wimborne than
some of the others—(renewed laughter)—and he sup.
ported the propodtdm for an adj .u. lament.
Mr. MATZ did likewise, adhoogh be was strongly
in favuur 4 obtaloiog the laud at L ingfieet. Ho aa
not say the land at Perkstone was dear. but he
thought thil ought to get it • little cheaper.
The MATOR was very pleased to support Mr.
Curtis' prop eition with all his heart. It was • step
in the right direction. Parkstoue would soon become
a rive! to Bournemouth in the winter months, and
what would Southern ,uth do without its 'int.,
garden. He would like to see more open paces.
Mr. Cortwer felt he woul I beet be doing his duty
by refraining from voting. The achem • weal,' be
more dam aged by being lost at that meeting than it
pomibiy c .uld be if it were a Ijou•ned, and be wonli
be very sorry to see a narrow elej .rity —perhaps of
one—on Ached to authorise the expenditure of • sum
of £5,000.
Mr. Wearies wee certain that if the petitions which
some meetings ago were prose° el In fey or if the
scnemee were again sent round Parketone and Poole,
not one half of the number of signatures would be
again obtained, for a great many people had told him
they would have signed had they thought it was
proposed t , incur such an expense. With regard to
the sugdestion at t , the Ladies' Walking Field, he
knew that Mr. Balstou, in the magnanimity of his
heart, would never allow his private interest. to *MA
in the way of thase of the public. (Laughter.) What
• splendid place might they not make of the Liclise
Walking Field I He himself should not object to some
day seeing Mr. Balston's house and hi* et .re-rooms
and his nice garden taken away, and a beautiful
entrance erected in their steal. They had read lately
of various noblemen who bad felt it a pleasure to give
the people nice parks, and they did not know but Lord
Wimboroe would di the same with them some day.
He suggested the beet plan would be to call • public

meeting.
Mr. BacsroN thought they ought to call in a p•o-
-feesional man to report upon the various sites. The
Ladies' Walking Field was nothing but a bed of mod
saturated with salt water.
Mr. CURTIi withdrew hi. amindment. They would
soon get the name of " do-uothlng Council." The
time they wasted at their meetings we. a ,rn,thing
lamentable. He also remarked that a halfpenn' rats
per quarter would cover the outlay.
Mr. Coswgr thought that if Indeed the Council
had that contidenoe in Lord Wimborne, which PO many
of the members prcfessed, they should ac 'opt his offer
and leave it to his generosity afterwards.
Mr. CORTI, would also have been in favour of the
ratepayers being called together in publl meeting,
but that be had always found whatever resolution
might he arrived at it was ignore].
Mr. Hui:mote : Why don't you challenge a division
now, instead of threatening us with a public meeting!
Later on Mr. Cuans remarked if they b,ught the
Ladie'e Walking Field they would be simply buying
heir own rights.
Mr. licogage said that assertion ought not to go
further tu the public uncontradicted. If they had a
right to the field why .iid they pay rent for it' U.
thought if they could connect it with Pitwines by
means of an iron bridge over the railway it would
form far better grounds than the other site.
The motion that the crumideration of the subject
be adjourned was then put and carried by 12 to Cl. no
member voting azainst it.
Fiat !

A report was sent in from the Fire Engine Committee
recommending that the Borouth Fire Brigade shoot,'
be reorganised, and that the men comprising such
brigade should be provide] with some suit.ble
clothing or some conspicuous badge ; alai rccommen l-
ing that ths sum of Eli 12.. 6 I. shoul I be executed
for certsin things enumerated in the report of the
captain (axes, crowbars, ac.), and also Viet a Fire
Escape abould b. purchased.
Mr. COKTIS wanted to know how often they were
to have n ,av clo• h e—every throe in oath. or three
year.. Ho move that the report be sent back foe
the committee to re-casr,
Mr. WaSTERN • .mm(l4o. He thought the clothes
wool I be • uselese expense, and that some distinguish.
in badge w odd be sufficient.
Mr. Idumm moved an amsndment that the sum . f
£l6 124.6 I. be granted, and that an E.cape be Pro-
vided at once at • east not exceeding £5O.
Mr. Mamirros seconded. The escape is an abeAnte
necessity.
Mr. Currie suggest that helmets would be Tille
• sufficient distinguishing mark.
Mr. Famine doubts.] if they would get the men te
wear them with private clothes. They would look so
utterly rillcruloual
Mr. Euvera (Captain of the Brigade) sail there
were plenty of young men willing to ,in without
Payment. if • Proper uniform were Inlet led, but they
w.m1.1 not consent to get their own cl ,thee c owed
with wawa or dAnged with water.
It was hinted that the time involve.l in putting on
the clothe. would do away with the chances of
speedily putting ut firm.
The Heron said, but it was • singular thing
..
H
last fire in the town the Bournemouth brigade
appeared in full uniform having driven the whole
way, only 10 minute. after the Poole men were 00 the
spot I
Mr. Bunoint motion was then carried Wm. du..
On the motion of Mr. Humor,. teconded by 11.•
MATZ, it was ordered that the +eel of the Conned hi
affixed to a deed of exchange between the Coqe'll
and Lord Wim .me me of two pieces of land aituate at
Constitution-hill. at the
It was prop sied by Mr. NEARAT ,N. seconded by Mr.
WieTIIIN, and carried, th it the report of the Watch
C immittee recommenditg that P.C.. John f],"
and David Horn be promoted from first clam c
stables to the merit class and that P.M,. James Dyer
and John Webster be advanced from second clam to
first class, was adopted,

IWThe Tows CLUNKtelkil":lll3iTaAntiulTg:tion from the L
Chancellor that he intended to • Id
H1y0240, %V. A. kit ,ne ant W. %Veteran'', E
to the Meant Bench ol M igistretee f ,r the Botoegt •
Mr. Bui GI: Very kin lof Itim. If we go
this rate the magistrates will soon hare to try 0041
another. (Laughter.)
Mr. OJRTIS ()tinted out that in c msequeoce of re'
moyals and death' the list wait really shorter 00
than it formerly was.
This coucludsd the business.