The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-07-22 00:00:00

BILIDPORT.
THE LAND QUESTION AT BRIDPORT HAE-

BOUR
A writer in the Slit awe Journal says :—I have
always hien a great sttckler for the '' rights f p.
..-
Petty," an •I have often combatted some of the tbsoriee
and argonaut.; of G ...r.ze. But • late visit to Brid-
p..rt Herb or, and what I saw and heard there, h
greatly lessened my bsliel in the Nawca-tle sap. g
That a man hsa a right t do what h. like, with
his own." There are few localities posses lug woe
natural advant.g.s I ,r • Nasaide re.ort that Uri ip rt
Harbour. The sea is all that c.n be desited ; the
air is fine arid invigorating; the cliff. high and ono-
mending ; andtha inland scenery attractive, and wit on
ewe), access. A railroad 12.se been constructol wan •
.t.tion within a comparatively few yards 01 the se'.
This railway (connected with the G.W.I. ay stem)
opens up the place to seekers of pure air awl a a
attractioos from all parte. There is plenty of laud
:root admirably sdiptod for the eviction of au.l
: terraces overlooking the yea. I was 111 toot theie
are people who want to build ; also People sto ' ?P"ild
; gladly oc:upy the house's when built; an I, what is ..f
more importauce, that there is plenty of in nley whirr*
with to built them. There it only one obst rel., asd
that lath. acquisition of the needful lan • Se •.
e V.arl
eorril belong.
:337;X titlt :nu! rkTiny re
stated to be hoth inexqrahli iii to matter. At ..t 30 .
an acre is ab ,ut the pres it vs un of the laud in t
locality ; sot report stces th •or ono I re's of
more than three thee* that value hats bi,•l olio •.1
by those. wishing to roil I, as. I refused I It is
understoood that t-iey ezpsct by waiting I. co:upel
the builders to pay • much larger sum fin in-
land than they is is/ feel just 110.1 lo doiu . 1 'in
in 09 way connect's' with the pla, or the
people; but I like the sea, the air, and the scesa..y
around, an I should r. joins to ries a fiouriau. •g water
ing.plece rise up in that favoured locality. leo !-
owners' irrespon.ible power, and want of prrdic eni
have set me moralizing. Aol I count help thioki g
why—if the present value of the land he Ws. ao
acre—they should have any right t more than toot
SUM, unless they ezpeni t seir own orna.y, UM their
own brains, and they them. elves ro u the "...beery rein,
of building, roe I malting, & h If they di n thing—do
not spend • peony or run the slightest risk— in what
ground hive they a right ti an do:reseed valo., pc.
duced by the ezoeialittire of time, mouov, anti bran.
by other people. The who': trade if to, place is
crushed, sod the expectation of afresh wate dig place
being created, foiled because the owners of laws wall
not use it themselves, or allow others to do so. E‘ery
new wet 'ring-plane a Ida to the wealth of Clio batiol,
and it strikes me that the possession of land :bout I toot
be allowed to stand in the way of national or 1 c
progress. But what is the remedy? As reg ads land
In peters', one most be found, and there IS eu or
much difficulty as many think, without going to t se
lengths of George. As regards Bridpo t Hero our, a
remedy should at 01MS be fount for tits injury it
riuffsre. I understand there is • Hob oar T 0..:, with
certain is, 1,95. Thor eh dal seek for p owers to
seltct an p 4461.4 e 10 ..r 100 axes. and t,, compel the
lathion.nr, .110,1 land 4, :M years' puru:iaso
its present renitinr value. When purchase.' they
should be h .uu t nffar all tits lan I f r sale by pub ic
auction. TIM prAt u: the tra ail I aid th-,
Harbour T. ost. Toe landlor ii 1/911Id ISM Calmly be
entitled t . it. They do thsy ruo as risk,
they do n..t nay a penny out of their piuket, y
would oa pail the full preanot value .if the pur•
chased, and that is all they C4O reasonably ezpect. It
is a shame th.t every re et to improve th herin,nr.
an t woke it a wsteriu„-llace, has been ,saralys
because the I no 'owner., like the do.; in tho us asic r,
will not bui‘d n their orru land, or sell it on terms
that will on doll others to do so with profit is them
selves, and b.oefit to the locality, arid the Wei= a.
well.