The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-01-16 00:00:00

WEST NAL
PROPOSED SEWAGE WORKS AND SEPARATE

DISTRICT.

An important meeting was held under the Public.
H •alth Act, 1875. on Weduesday hat, at St. Paul's
Schoolr son, Weat Ham, Captain Ito.a.t C. T. HU-
yar I, late of the Boyd Rugiosera, Preening, as
Inspector appoinad by the Local Government Board,
to enquire wila reference to an applicaiion of the
Rural Sanitary Authority of Weymouth Union to the
Local Goverameut Board, for their approval of the
constitution of a sp•cial drain up district, to comprise
a portioo .if the parish of Wyl6 R and for 660 -
Clock to borrow £1,500 for works of sewage and sewage
disposal for anon special drain ore .listrict. A part of
the work, is pr .p see 1 to be constructs. I outside the
Rural Sanitary District, and an objection ham been
lodged theret i—hence the enquiry.
Among those present were :—Colonel Sivaflidd,
Masons. Jesty, .T. Boonton, John May H. Pope, 0„
J. Stone. and Foot. membe.• of the Rural Sanitary
Authority, with M. G. B. Weaford, their clerk;
Akhronou If,„ Teo,nae, eouticillors Robes's, Seaman,
Curtis, and 'drown, memoers of the Corporation of
Mina moth, with Ur. Polly Hooper, Town Clerk, and
clerk to the Urban Sanitary Autnority. who opposed
for the Authority; Dr. Tigard, Medical Officer of
fiealtn for Weym lath ; Dr. Pridhani, Medical Idditaer
of toe Rural Sanitary Authority; ilr. Lows, mana.ar
I f the Gee Works, who upp iced; Minisrs. E. Knight,
White, Grant, Padget. I. 0-a,1a,11, J. Will one, S.
Ja.ltion, J. Gard, Whethan, Cr ick-r, Plow lie ~
-axtoo, King. Ksllawav, Mao Enefltrodi P,lla,
Syuaes, It. B. Kseping, J • B. H ...boo, Stick.
tiny, and many other'. iticlud.ng Air. R.. C. 8.-ntiett,
'pedal engineer to the It ire! S unitary Authority for
this scheme. Mr. W. B. Alorgao, surveyor Of the
onnugh of Weym iutti and Meliximbe Regis, and Mr.
Syria.
Captain Flitiarsat., R. E., the inspector, having
introunoel the suojects, aid •ocertained bat no objec-
tion Was alsda ti the notices, .mated he should Ciao
the lira of the eswerage works first, because it would
be impossible to uoderstand the necessity for the
special drainage district without understanding about
the works.
A RATLPAYta asked if any gentleman had made a
tl.lLdp. ,:h.al
he complaint that sewerage is required. He had nut
heard any.
The INSPKTOII said the statement root to the
'll'
twposlat er"ium'uion as 34, ln".rl4wt" tot Ii
he am.,e .
value 1:620. The figures of the rest os tme pariah
pomlatiou 1154, acreage 1437, ratearile rah,' £7380.
Did this include the popalation within the rnuntei,..l
boundary
Mr. WitaranD
of W believed it included the whole parish
yke.
Q nations were then put by Capt. idildyard.
N. outstanding debts for smite y porp eel exist.
What. asked toe IllePterba, Were the rates last
year?
Mr. Flux HOOPIft ,id 3.. 21. for the year, includ-
lug sanitary and a penny ...lu.lati in rate.
Mr. WiLaINIW remarked mutt.-, had been unsatis.
fectoq with regard to a late other, and last year's
was hardly a pattern rate. . .

IL WWI propo.od to b ,crow fr m the Public W irk.
uttmleeioners Chit uotioe WM to, U 1.4 offed%
meowed Mr. WILir)RD.

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Any of the worts o aria out a!rsa ly!—Mr. Witte-
roau Not by the authority.
If put of Lb. w. .rk within the C mporat ou
district f— Vir. WILAFOIII> Pru, within the Imam of
tbe b mouth a Weytwotb.
Pluas of the tauka and of the prop mad district pro-
duced.

thd the U.S.A.. propoge to do any f the Wevmmtb
draining ?-4r. WitLerottu : We do cud into d to
aihist &beta in any Sialyo or wAy in dramatic their
distract.

Hee the time for objections expired ?—kfr. WILS•
FORD : Yel, on Soot. 29th lett,

Anyutherobje.tionlown received WiLATOYD
No formal wria.en objection.
What arranremente have been made for acquiring
land for the tw. ouifalln ?
Mr. Bairerrr there are not two.
Mr. WIWI/USD: Toe first plan had been abanioned.
Mr. Exacasi) : We should like to see the phn ; it
seems as it ev-rytbing is oaike 1 for us. Lt us know
what we are got ig to d
The INsrectan : Rave you applied to see them ?
Mr. WIJAIVILD : They have been tor the laet three
movhalo

ic7(14717 Toere will to 212 people of Way.
mouth and 80 or 90.1 Wyke living roan 1 the tack—
about 300 pe 'PIO ; but they are p 'or MOP, SO does it
matter much? (A laugh.)
The Innen:mon : The' is all the worse, air, because
perhaps they may be buried by the parish.
Mr. &MIGHT : IL wool.) be a mercy to get them out
of the way of this fever nest.
Mr. PADGETT sat) he went 10 the office and saw the
plaice; and Mr. Wrisroan added they were advertised
In the papers.
Dr. PalDHall put in a statement showing the greet
ace of the people who died at Wyk. ••••ral trona
*mile lec .y.
The plana having been inspects i by the ratepayers,
the Ixoracroa elici ed no arrsngamente hut *en marls
to acquire "aid. M. Weld ird hal entered into
negotiations; but objscti .0 was made 1.. the plan by
the owner, Mr. Thomas Snook.
Under these circumet emcee the Rural Sanitary
Authority wished to apply for a Provisional Order. if
necessary, but they hope Inc me to terms ?—A. Ido
tint linagine there will be any great difficulty.
Mr. Ksiour : I do.
Mr. It THuilas I think there will be an insuper-
able difficulty.
Wnat is the 'inmate for the works? I have here
1478 15a. ; but I imegina that refers to the scheme
with the two °Walls !—Mr. BUSETT estimate 1 the
coat at CM

Goes that include the charges for engineering end
incidental. I—A.. No, sir.
Being called on, Mr. WiLseußD said this was the
district immediately surrounding them. During the
past few years a oonsiderable number of house, had
been erected in the district, an .ngst other, a its.rn
Lann.lry. When that was built, no prop-r provision
was made for the &snood of tie ref's. water, an tin
• short time, in coneefinence of the effluent water b-iog
allowed by the occupier of the adj .in hod t ft ov
into his agricultural 'act., a .ery g eat nui.a as
ss.urre.l. ererious to dist there had been a row .1
houses built, Called lioche.te nose, and, won after
their erection, the sane question arose se to the
sewerage matter from the.e bonsai' being all ...red
to flow lot, the open sgricudural ditch, whi.h, in the
course of time, created a puolic MI6/MCI. From time
to time the lend had been sold and bought, enl kid
out for building purposes, and it was evidently inten.led
that • large number of h .ueee shoal.' be built there.
In consequence, several objections hay, beei, rids.
complaint. have been male, and the., c no hays
gone before the Local Government Boar I. The R
iral
Sanitary Authority being powerlees to control die
qtteetion of drainage, or what the persons building
0011104 should d how they were to ley out tbei• 1.04
or what buildings they should erect, • great difficul/
was felt in dealing with the ma t-r. had ,alled
in an engineer' woo bad reported to the B orl a. to
the bat plan for draining the whole of th district,
not only the house.' "ow boil', but tho.e whi h will
probably be erected in the future, and other portions
which will .be used or building operations. The
surveyor had made his rep irt, it has been referral to
him once or twice, the plan has been approved, and
different proceedings have taken place, the matter
having been brought before the Local Government
, Board.
The INISPICITIMI said he would weigh the sewage
scheme on its own merits first.
Mr. Birsetrr, 'ho surveyor to the Authority f g this
purpose, then state I that wh,n th pun we made
there were about 80 houses in the di.trict ; this we.
in May, 18S2; now there are ab int 100.
Mr. %lOWAN •ald in July there Were 129 houses, of
which 93 were occupied, 12 in course of erection, end
21 void.

Mr: j'ADOX7T : And about 10 hoarse built since.
Mr. Basterrr then went on to explain his scheme
in detail, and showed how the sewage ie to be taken
down to a triangular piece of land belonging to Mr.
Snook, and outside the boundary of the Rural
Authority, this being the only part to which it was
poasible to drain the land. It would be impossible ti
move the tank to another point requested, because
they could not get the drainage there. some had Bag'
a BIBB'd to carry it out a mile and three-quarters into
the fleet; but they would have to deal with a place
1461 t. above the present level of the tanks, so there
would be a mile and three-quarters of sewer, and a
pumping station be neceseitated. The present plan
would therefore be the be-t. The fall would be one
in 200. and the pipes 12-inch.
The LINIPICROII 'Tweeted a small flushing arrange-
ment to flush both east and west, and remarked they
had good falls throughout.
What are the present arrangements for disposing °I
the sewage '—lt was answers I there ere 6-inch and
9-inch pipes, and they empty into two teaks. They
have an overflow over the land towards the dyke
the houses above it empty into the laundry dyke; to
the west it primes through s me ashes and clinkers
before it comes ont. He had not seen t lately, but
had heard it emplane I of. Excelsior-terrace had
Only ; other hou•es discharged into the
t oak. and the liquid is finally discharged into the
Backwater.

Mr. Pitur MOM : Is it iiiterell
Mr. Bionrcrr : The whole of the natural drainage
Ii into the Backwater.
Mr. PILLT Room elicited that the fields behind in
one direction ware higher.
Mr. Banirrr further stated the average depth of the
sewers would be Mt. 61n.
That would not allow for drainage of °alarm ?
Mr. Blaserr : There are none bore.
Mr. 11.111OHT : Will this drain relieve Mr. Ilsonten'e
nlngh ?

Boarifirr : We have nothing to do with that
(In answer to the Inspector about the lead): We
only require room on the field to piece the teas
but thinking we might have tome difficulty, I thoucht
it better to have enough ground to lay out filter
beds, if required.
in answer to Mr. CURTIEI, Mr. 13101=1"r mil the
saunas embrame the whole boundary of West Ham
The plans of the tanks were shown ; the sewage
to be altered through gravel, and treated with limo
lim_e tank._

/41:: PILLT Hoonta elicited the effluent water is to
iv. Jiro the dyke on ler the railway.
Mr. HOOPEI : Flow into that uorovyred culvert.
What is to be done with the aludg- That
will have to be removed, I do noeknow whether it will
be worth anything to take it away.
AA to the filter bid., the lead le to be suds 19
!WM then, es the waterher Ow.

The INSPECTOR: Yru will have to raise the level
of the land to the level of the Alter beds. You will
have to boy another field to mak• up this.
Mr. KNIGHT: I will bell you this one (pointing it
out.)
There is no high land that can be utilised to raise
the level of the filter beds. Tbe working *simmers
were eetimated et aho it e'al or a refl..
Mr. I'ILLT Ho 'PER enquiring ab.,ut the high land
between the Fleet and the tank., Mr, Bemire? ..td
that to take the sewage Into the F act, would neceesi-
tete a tunnel about a mile long, Of pumping. The
natural drainage of the land was into the Ilackwatet.
By Mr. liocren : Did not know if the sewerage
Itself iv taken Into the Backwater by say pipe.
Mr. IV ILSFORD : But you know that the sewerage
front the I,a miry goes into an agricultural ditch that
g v.. into the Backwater !—A. Yes,
By Nlr. iteiper : I have ma 'e no arrangement for
the •Imige ; it is a very inoffensive affair.
It would hive to be removed once in three or foto.
months.
Mr. P.. 111 Hooper : The .flinent water would be
Ike milk in co!rior, would it not V—A. There is no
harm in that. The est...nee would not be constant;
you mud have a man to take charge, but it would not
take him his whole time. .

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Mr. Brown naked an to the Halite of the district ?
Th,. Inventor ret.lied they would Pee afterwards what
li tote w.-re best; but Mr. Brown returned it was im-
p rtant bt know, becatve wome peopta mi:ht not be
within the limit., and tfterefore woald hare nothing
t • Pay.
The Inmector said he wanted to guard against par-
titular own*rts " " a• to htcle parts of the
ehone.

Mr. Petur lloores mai i he appeared on behalf of
the I.Jrltsn Sa .itsry Antholty of Weym nth not
posint • oc't-me .if drainage, b-eacise they were
enougr. to know it is absolutely nece.sary
W,C• most bY dr sine.i, and this was almost a suburb
of Weymouth, but the carrying of the sewage in.. the
B ickyrater is ipp.so-1 to the wishes of the 'nimbi.
t.ints He nut seven oje ti forward sgain4 the
setteme : Tha, thy pew .ge w .ul.l h re•si tiud in
the wa,er c wee by the ti eat leant 5i hour. tele., a
day ;th .t th m.i.t is ,a' the re w of the premise.
i much low w Ibe I able to he g ...el by
• wag ; that on ire net f the leve, of 'h• tank., the
',wage triti.i he pa, in maim. , for a o i.I ler-
/stile .114 Ric-, ilia' titer • e 36 hones., five ntt yet
ed. I.u. the remaindic 31 occtipied iy pe-son•
chi. e. of the erti.sn el.. in die ttei.:hbinrh of the
prop. ad took.; thst the w der curns le not adapt ti
1,,, the storeg. of ..ware: last the sewage would have
300 ft. t • Row four hours every low tile;
I. ~,,, tgh Weym nth b-ing largely clop rtsid by
Fi-i at,. Sloth, objection was that the sewage would
lone in a milky ,ram. and without •liecusang the
valise of the ppoce-s, this being discharged ~n the mint
builte would be met objectionable, looking at the
feet that the hank. are uncovered for so keg a time.
The elatitsry Authority of the borough. taking .11
these facts into their e insideration, felt It their duty
to "ppme the scheme, and they believed that centrali.
ration will hot be in carried out thst it will over-ride
local km...sledge. In conclusion he urged that the
land where the tanks are to be placed is not at all tit
for the proposed.
Mr. W. B. MOlo•st, borough surveyor. said the tides
of Wei mouth age divided into what may he cal:e
tires pintoes—four hours' rise, four hour. fall, and
fur houni of low water. He had taken the &versus
fr ina some di igrame in 1879. April and May being
atiout a fair pr 'portion, ant he tested that owing t.,
the action of the tile the watercouree into which the
&stew would b. discltaged ....Id be tile-locked at
Isn't rni lonia. He also g..ve mea.uremente to show
that ti.rt of the sewsge would be pertnatten,ly retained.
Within 100 yard. of the op.', ditth are 36 hoot*, live
not occupied, lut 31 occultist by 126 person. of he
artinu class. The watrre .nrui is very irregular and
bad y f .rnie 1, the bed is of many Inclus of mud below
the level of the soil. After as mucn 4,f the ativra.n as
cart has p..@ I over the soil it would be Remedial ly
emptied on the fore.hore of the b cough within 10
y..rd* of the Gas Mansge.'s h use, anti w mid have
to flow 300 yards bef re it reached tidal water-,
,ni wou it have sometimes to remain for four
h-ire. He made the estimate f the probable pup.
1.1 boo f this district about 3,000 taking 25 p.m's' to
the acre when c versa; the water supply for all pert wee
wit, in the bor ugh I. 22) Wv diem, and there-
i-re they w ,ul.l hare to r. ceive 1;7,500 gallons of sew-
age p-r ii .y. (Avenel n and ,inue distspprov .1 from
a tart Of the tie tin:.) Mr. M rg di continue I, that
tsking the ces vs. f• m. porti .n of this district
it rea hes a. high as 45 per. on .0 the acre. so if it le
coy tel at that rite. it will be. lie considered that if
the oetea:e I. driivetel into thi. 011.0 ditch, it rill
c tun a great nuisance t . the proper:y near, and ale.
1.. the bormigh. "

The Teorictoe would lite Mr. Margin to esy it he
e odd euggeot shy improvement, insomuch the Auth-
ority was thrown down in s corner. It wile es-y
t ~.jeet. C ,u 1 I any improvement be eugteeted
Mr. Mottoes replied it was a question he had not
c n.i.lerel.

Mr. KNIGHT : C uM not we make as arrangement
with do. Corpototiim of Weymouth?
rt. I .r.C1,11 • Th.t not .1. me to ray.
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Mr. FILLY Hoorta Paid the question was whtther
the Rural %uth..rity were a t eropelog the sell which
the I. cal Goveromeht Board had strictly forbidden
th. lepc.tios to tolprate. They retuned to allow
the t cipe.ti a to carry sswast• into the Backwater.
The INarrcrit : That wu. ettri• pewage. . .

iff: 7 HOOPES : The lime trest-msnt is such
I t.e.AI fx•lure:
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Isrscroa : is a system generally andel

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Ir. WFL9FORD "Math. Boird were acting on the
..t oelrillie will h*ve Wen rendered perfectly
ion venta a. r....ar 'a health, or any ill effects that
The Heard .!r) n..t Wilh I. be lid to
any t tiler ii Cr.& . .

h- INtirtcro. : 4 lot gent'enittosuggerted it should
A- take° i•.• • th- W.ym uti ity•ut

Ir. Mom; in ;aid the W.yenouth syetom was to
hriag th- drat•age to • lain, w.et of the B.cltarster
Dan t it pre-ent the arra, garment is to discharge
at cities pints into the Harbour below low-water
mark. The C newel n would object to any futthor
erW g. It int; di/Aim:Pi into the Harbour.
Mr. JA3164 !OWL win -r of the (Lie Work.,
;voila t the Klein • of draineg • very *trona'',
no w uld get th• whole of the sewago
el..- in h. n. • re ten, water fr cal the
.7,t am L.un Icy, and what wool 1 b. diluent from
pod pitatiue t k,would c dn. fr rn ala ge dieteict.
tr- e• m-nt had lono ;tie 1 itt n en I .4 plac.s
a... 1 in almoe ram hid failed. Th. lime eimply
;.recst.lo. the mod ff.. tart bit when it ia
diecharged int • ma ear . it ia uttealv itopos-ible that
the rw r,wa air ir w• I h- turn +-I "row eiJd over it'd
th.. soli se ?bet a the h ink. If died' age 11th
eck water at +UM cull b. m t • -c ion able to him-
a l' sod tic- wb .le .4 the p .pl- litriu., in the neigh.
b tarbood.
%Ir. wit sr art : Y or red hence I. at the Ga.
IVO k. wol I •hi k the G,. W rho hay. the credit of
etb.l.4llg • fir r. eat r aink than n..ything elite In th-.
Si on. (14 at aught-r.) I • tither words, is it ot
winch I Ito the kettle cal.ing the egick smut
(Lau:Ater.)
M . Low.: We have credit for a good many things,
ha I sit .0 ,d Ike th- Comilla...loner to come and see
OUT yirre. and I think I cool i sada,' him.
sir. Pius: I remember a member of the Town
eouucil said the 1111.410 if the whole of Weymouth
am. ute 1 only to adr pin a bucket what would be
It- proportion of this -to di quantity!
A T. dee : Ahout the thirty-Nomad of • drop.—
Metter : Well then, W. • j illy shame.
This concluded the enquiry as ti the Drainage
At ta the Special DraMaze Dist lc', Mr. Wr.utrotto
tber Board instructed their eur.eyor t..
Hi *uglily y the whole of the district land
r. sad alter considerable discussion the present
b uelaries IMO Wit. I at.
rtof dletrict Is bounded on the east by the B.ck.
water on the mini be the lane outside of net Louv-
er a fl-Id, which is included. alai the Cemetery and
Princhal inhabited pert of Wed Ham, the b,eadth
fru; eaa to west being apparently about as far an
that ft ta north to south, seri forming • substantial
sad e impact area.
Mr. S. JAttamoi thought it would be desirable to
extend more tr. the 'V.A.
1., tic, course od cony Months Itietuterok remarketl
a.. doubt the rot, la went ITIR011ing•
M . Lott rote .rkeil it iorrmail rather hard upon tho
C,,. C ,nniaoy. Tile ra'ue he noderst war, about
SEP) of which his company would pay one-eighth, and
extol i not cet any tan.fit whatever.
Mr. Patin err : Would it not be well to intik) with
elltol,•rourrh?
The lintricroa: I am afraid we cannot form the
band of t,ve
Capt. Hildyaro then visited dill rent parts of the
alatri.a. Ile will report Ii the Local Government
Board.

PORTLAND.
FAILOM TR4IVITi)III THL Hoses wts.—.on Saturdey
▪dr dt of 12 first•clmis b .ye from the lieecanen pro-
cee 'el to Portsmouth by rail for distribution to the
• shim of that port.
KMEWAT PRAPITI V..r4.—Nfr. James H%llett, gusrd
at Horeh.eter (iooth-Weetern) and Weymouth. be.
he•o oromoted to be stet'onmaeter at W.-et ore
.1 op lion. rice Mr. Proton. d ceased. The South-
Western &leo confirm the promotion of M. of
P•rti .n.I M .tlon b niSC4, to be at. t mew er at
H otliv JUM:M.,, tilt Mr. liirkere, r.-tired.
THE LATII DA A —The matr. as 4 the (sou&
imam, at Woking, have just paid • pleasing tribute to
the rueincry of the late Dr. Aal.baro, by placing on hie
grave. in St. John's Churchyard. • beautiful wresql
of whits modern Dresden chins, enclosed in • glass owe.
Whilst the demand gentleman was esadiosl Aker of