The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13 00:00:00

ENGINEER'S REPORT.

" The working plans of the railway having been com-
pleted and the line sot out the negotiations are now
proceeding for the acquisition of the necessary lands.
The heavy portion of the works beinj concentrated at
Broadway, the land has been purthaaed for that portion
of the line, some of which has already been fenced in.
The contractors have commenced active operations at
Broadway, and good progress has already been made with
the excavations there. Material for the bridges is also
being obtained, and the masonry will be proceeded with
forthwith. The junction pointing towards Weymouth
with the t ;rest Western Railway Company's line has been
approved by that company.—l am, my Lord and Gen.
tlemen, yours faithfully (signed), WILLIAM CLARKE,
engineer, 43, Parliament-street, Westminster, 7th of
May, 1879."

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Mr. Tnostm said that in the notices sent out the,, was
an Intimation that some preliminary ParliansenMry
expsoses had been paid. The inference he drew Iran this
was that them were other Parliamentary expanses to be
Paid-
The SZCIZTLILT replied to the 'fact that than. had now
been all paid.
Kr. THOMAS WY very glad to hear no, but also with.
certain amount of regret because he could not reconcile
this statement with those made at public medium. He
should also like to know how the directorate was con-
, stituted--whether by Act of Parliament or otherwise. Did
the Act give direction that within a certain period • meet-
ing should be called to, the PurOcee of electing the
directors I These were two points which had struck his.
and width he should like to be sleuth up.
The Oataranse said he had taken a note of these
questions. Perhaps it would be most convenient U all
which had to be pat were answered altogether.
Mn. Smostss remarked there wee another smithies no
should like to put. It was stated in Um report that
contracte had been entered auto; he should like to know
to what extent that had been so.

—lirThaTivie-s;17117-had—bes.rd that it wee Intended to
entastract the line to Porteeham only, and that the exten.
Ilion to Abbotsbory wee to be deferred to Nome future
time. If that were the case it would be prejudicial to
Weymouth and destroy the interest of himself and
others in the progress of the line. For his own pert. he
had deterred paying up hie first call until he had bead
the matter cleared up. Then, again, there was another
tumour which it was well should be mentioned, and
to plained, if possible—it was to the effect that Lord
Id:luster had repudiated his agreement with regard to the
Iron stone—that inasmuch as the 1.500 a year had not
been paid regularly the agreement had lensed. It was
perhaps is well to give the directors the opportunity of
denying that, if possible.
The CHAIRMAN said the first question referred to Par-
liamentary expenese, and he wee afraid that on that
point a little confusion existed in the mind of the
men who who had pot the query with regard to what had
been said at certain public meeting, that had been held In
promotion of the undertaking. As fsz as he (the Chair-
men) could recoiled, the substance o( what he had said
was this—that cousiderabla trouble, anxiety, and wear
and tear had been involved in getting the Act of Parlia-
ment, and that all this had beim Wrap by faher, and
would not fell on the present company. But SS regarded
the artnal cost of the Art. no One intended it to be fore-
shadowed that was to be absolutely given to Ute present
shareholder., and hi waa surprise I that anybody had
harboured the thought that certain gentlemen should
have prorated the Act, and that the cost thould neces-
sarily be handed over to the present shareholders. AU
that had been intended to COUVey was, se hip bed instead,
that there had been a great deal of trouble, anxiety , wear
and tear, and risk; ELM) had to be deposited before
potting the Bill paused, and if the Bill had not passed
there would have bees a Mth of losing that £1,500. All
that it wee intended to convey was that there had been
handed over to the present shareholder. the IltUtU of fru
£7OO to ALOIS, spent by Sir Ueorge Eliot end all these who
worked with him before the Bill could be got to the stage
at whirls the present company took it up, and the benefit
of which they had derived. With regard to the election
of the directors, their names bad been inserted in the
Bill, and at the regular meetings of the sharehadeva,
. when the full statement of the accounts would be pro-
moted, thus directors worthy of confidenos would be re-
el. eta or otherwise.
Mr. WALYIS : They retire by rotation.
re. cramws: Ter, bit they are eligible for umlection
by the sharsholden.
Mr. WILIAM: 0011 MIMI OVUM /*Fe
Toe CHAIJILKAN : YOU may send to the rightsbout any
&fanning shareholder. Mr. Edwards then added that
the gentleman who had pat the question se to what
°outride were referred to, oteteek be (the Ohara* Pri•