The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-06-27 00:00:00

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SATUiDA.Y, JUNE 27th, 1885

L&ASEHOLD DWELLINGS.

IT was at one time fondly hoped that ere the
present Pal 'lament had finished its course it
would serious,y turn its attention to the con-
sideration of the enfranchisement of lease-
holds. But those who have taken intelligent
interest. i - the matter, either because it '
affects them personally, or en the broader
ground of public good, almost ceased to
xpect legislation or even discussion with ,
regard to the subject in question, when, '
months back, it was seen what was still
1 1).111:h8d of the political programme of
has Ministers.ha Now that the late Government
to give up office, their successors
wiil barely be able to accomplish the enact-
ni. ent (_f four or fivemeasures of pressing and
'Jame hate importance, and then we shall
have
a general election and anew Parliament.
It is to the next Parliament, then, that the
leaseholder n
must now look for some relief
from
the burdens so grievous to be borne,
which old custom has thrust upon him. The
system of leasehold dwellings which obtains
solargely in many towns and districts has
much to answer for in the way of injury to
individual and general interests; and, indeed,
it is questionable if it does any real good to
anyone at all. But the ground landlord is
the gainer, surely? many readers -will at
_once exclaim. He lets you land on a long
lease of, say, 99 years, at so mach annual
rent, and at the expiration of that period it
reverts back to his successors with all the
improvements upon it. He and his assigns
have
been drawing an income for the land
yearly, ard ultimately it comes to them ex-
clusively, tenfold, it may be, greater in
value, and that for nothing. He must then
be the gainer, and the unfortunate lessee the
loser, says the reader. Were this view not
pretty generally held by those who are
content to view things supeificially, it 13
probable the leases would shortly cease to
be
.of themselves without it being necessary
t .
their abolition
the. assistance of Parliament for
abolition by enfranchisement or other
wise. But we go with Mr. Emmett, who
contended at the Birmingham Social Science
Congress that the ground landlord who lets
a plot for house bailding on lease makes a
STOoKBRIDGE OLYMPIC CRICKET CLUB —k col
d speculation, disadvantageous to himself, '
sett was gia•en in t-,e Union Hall en Men 1a; ni..:11. -t
notwithstanding his lump-sum receipt for i.iii:i aid of the above club. Mr. Roe presided, and
the leasehold purchase in the first instance,
pi:perawmia,sm,nwly a small autienee An excellent
his annual ground rents, and the value in ran,ileetsharnlgh in a capital manner
ay 'the followian!,
the market of his reversionary rights. Mr.
and gentlemeniNie,:s—rsMiisi,s Si af -
Grey, Miss Perks,
Emmett, whose Social Science Congress ford' Miss
din, L. Joan, G. Heathcock, W. Broughton, °AI.-.
paper has since been re-published (through Mtn,
DUDLEY
Saumiers, and J. Perks.
. Mr. T. Fisher Unwin), undertook the task .-
e,ss-
se.,Nleee t OcI,,DruV)I.NttFoRD IRAMsvAYS. Mr.
-o, f proving that the system of terminable Poriumpa'n
them
tihee e o fth e Houdseoof Cum-
irseholds is inimical to the interests moos had be:orit 1,-,
ford Tramways Provisional DudleyOrderilla whicilidseweikns-
• 0.,. the landlords themselves long before the
powers to authorise the construction of tramways'
voices of either Mr. Henry Broadhurst or
cinutnhte parishes of Oldswinford and-;;Dwiley, in the
, 'Seed Randolph- Churchill were heard in The tratnwas will consist of
, Parliament. The public men and political a combined sinrc.,elset,eacrnniclnnueonuebinlee.r.i.il thw?Dinidles three
economists who have now espoused the furlongs in length ue-11,7
naen d
Kingswiliford road, and termiimianinngtat a
movements for the enfranchisement of intersection with the road to Holly ADall, being
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leaseholds, are now, happily, numerous and tthileerbountdary between the counties of Stafford ard
influential, and the matter will certainly be Worcester. A A further line will commence at this
kept at the front, and not allowed to recede
___ pointo
dc eisanedr. termin-de in the Wolverhampten and
Mr. worses road north of the int•rsection of t Dub
out of the ranee of practical politics.
aley and Kingswinford roads third will carrtyieti- C:
Emmett pat the question of profit or loss to
ftenisitohn.to the Dudley and Stombridge road; riendla
the landlord wko lets on lease tersely, and sdtrset, Si ou, lee- iv. The Bill
:as unol'itho HeaighT
in a manner most convincing. He must formal amendments hay-
ignore the surprising powers of compound lag been made, the cs:)1171 .
HITEFT%ed the preamble
rHE GRAMMAR t.•:Cu OIL' Aere
. interest if .he looks to the terminable lease- '
sports in connection with the above Ps7l-1 ro8o). tit,' to. ke
his
system to give him the best return on ;pace -di Wednesday afternoon at the ci.diet field
is property. At the initiation of the lease-
ta..t,
,Atrilco'ie. The weathEr was very wet and un-
hold epoch in the history of a poi eel
I): to
fthihsedbid !lot I.revent .: good number
boys from bem,,-, l,reseint and
ground it is advertised as "freehold land to eat'vtdineTafr);,een'
let on leases." It was freehold, and had eatcheie the pro 'eedin .s Wi,h considerable
then a freQ,hold vaitu‘. Bat thenopfortii it A- band I:k•rf'llll`'d " s'lecti-n of m,isic duritne-trertehset
ifiefithornoen.pli The diff.-rent contests resulted as
becomes Only leasehold; and at onee the weight:
t Firm,tone i. Climb-
market worth of the land, including the ieg twhe. polet'.lll'iihte r.s,ioi
tlateo ioii; e , High p jump, boys
reversion, goes down twenty-five per cent. under 13 : Wood ii:
huwired yards, boys over 13 ; Ga., rraetrtryiii,* fi?Lie
This because of the complexities and costs
Blunsont ii., seir,nd. One hundred yarts, boys
anti apprehensions incident to leasehold law. ov‘,:e,drsshe,:viPierry i.,: first; . Grien iv., seen], 120
Take au instance of a depreciation on this
:01ra.esdittPoen:y.
ILongjam?, h)ys under
scale, which is a just and truthful one, of 13 : Dorrsei, Qiarter
mi le : Smart, first ; dreeevnie,irniv.3..t*sheUrectaopCii:d)alett
.illti• .ogli jump
say forty-five pounds sterling on an animal
with pole : Folke. Cie)
rental of one hundred and eighty pounds.
yg.s,,Ltlt.:,,,s!:
Iriped race : Penley and Freer i. *220 •
Ninety-nine years hence a house of this value
One
i. Throwir:g the cricket ball: Muir.
to-day - would he old-fashioned and out of ; Smart. first; 11 artier, secon,.;
date, and worth perhaps half of its original Psneeleh-il'tic'h'iredl,:it'din,se, e!ibNosavr, lrys under 13 : Stand-
Oost, say, six thousand pounds. And the isa s Yi:eatii ; 3\ i
e‘lts'irr‘inTs to tereins
et ea m,
whole of the capital sam, it must he re- censolation r Ice : Yardleye ~
menibered, is deferred for the length I'. Parkes officiated as starters, Mr. W. G. Gioded'aurldi
alw' as the handicapi,er, and the Rev. G. Gilbanks and
-period of the lease. The forty-fire pounds - P,ailey having won the
Sahli? ji.dg.es.
extra annual income that an out and out Mr. H.
oforp4,hisesesnbseucionwres the holder of
sale on freehold conditions would realise, I•3.eir. Clul eeu' tim cupe. year.
for use year by year, is sacrificed entirely. proposed a vote of thanks to Cheorffi D. NVlh
cialsraneleit
This at compound interest at five per cent., was given with hearty cheers. 0 wieg to the ie
.
clemency of the we tine; the distribution of the
vrou.d at the end of ninety-nine years amount prizes
at t
sw as postponed till Thursday, when it, took
place to, not six thousand, but one hundred and h,,, eirammar School. ,
OF
I
twelve thousand pounds, or eighteen times Sroußnitmorl Pose OFFICE. ALTERATIONS•
,--, TIMES (,F NIOnT I'vlAlLs, _on and fiona , h - -
t 2.lst ot
Vike -total of the old property reversien
Or July, owing to alterations in the 'Um? of ranron: of
if this -extra income were accumulated and
clearedte e'i:e,ilf trains, the l Lead °thee letter box wit he
enipleyed in trade, at only ten per cent. net()alt. tBll.3eoNoimes, North Wales, Scotland and
in., or tenrmintudtels_eariier than at
sensual profit, it would at the end of the Ireland,
lease term reach an aggregate of upwards present. Lett,Prs. * tat2iextra,
_will be
of seven millions sterling. Thus the only accepted at the counter &e., prep
tiP until 8.05 p in.
commencing on the same date, at the Lune,
plausible argument in favour of the choic Alaniadds,,oldswinford, and Upp.r High Street town
of the leasehold system by the landlord as an
arenk.d.eiLvii.g,uobtiicel„ and the Breitell Lane, Wordsler,
investment for the benefit of his aftereomers
..-,4l;_es, _ and, will
'made
boxes the last
disappears when eubmitted to those tests of coll..cti'm
. f. , ta.. (la) yill i.e .made ten minutes
facts and figures which financiers now-a-days earlier than now. The time of posting at the lie ad
ioffice for Birmingham, Load n, Datil-it-re N,fttlinni-
apply to their business speculations. None.'
Wales, &e.,
Salop, and Mid and South
jof the other positions of the advocate of i) extended, and
.the h tter box
be
elsehold enfranchisement need any arom- will he, cleared ate.szBeoll`s.,o pprelpaidurd eenxertrarai,gawilotanitiiiltujiei,:laleiesyt.
msntetlou. Mr. Emmett and those who July' Letteis,
cepted at the c unter for despatch until 9.15 p.m.
are 'it one with him have raised a terrible
aßoAno OF GuARDIANS.—AIr. It. Bitliugha n pie-
indictment against the old system. For sli.2,
ddisa:_htahre, ling ye-tee, ay. Admitted
ewde9tlydelnaedi
the good of th2st State they would have every
.man, .who is thrifty enough to take meat tires 502 in the correspoutleg
ii lief, Kiugsa- in! ord X fs,wlo:"'''47k
in that direction, his own landlord, in fact
'd, Hal( s.)weil ,U,l 11s 3d, non-ri siderit paupers
ipt)ao well as in name, so that the Englishman's Isi . ats s. t 'Yr '-'
, 15. : 11
. s 6: °. ea. st 4 9- ad
' u: lit.
't. 1 19, Bd, total £lO2 Ss 7d, apinat .07 Os 51 last
me may henceforth be in reality his year.
castle, You give thus a true stake in the DR 'NK t
E 8 —At the Police Court yesterda,' y,
country,. not something to have and to hold 1;efo e 11...j0r Cochriatneh, "nil ii,Kiesra. T. D. Thomas
for a generation or two, and then surrender, t.iel W J Tune), oi 1 t ennar was ehar •ed
Not something to keep theether at the low-, %.%i‘i.h bc.i.n.g drunk on the 21St inst. P.C. Cartwris,dit
provtd the ease Fined 5s and erist,,,.—P:fer
eat possible outlay until the lease falls in ; sleßryte, wos ebar-ed .•t' le-t. drunk on the
but. a tenement to improve and guard with 20th inst., at*- Wella-sto 1"1 •IP.O'ing proved
car for handing down strews and sound and the case. Fi: ed 5s 'a. rid cosisCaJto"s'
substantialth_l was charged with being drunk On the leBt'h
through all th:nrres. some-
P.S. Chare ploved the case,
thing all your own, not held ire fee until Coventry Streie"
inc.-tiding costs.—James Heywood was
another 's time corned to take it away as it charged 5s
drunk on the
.20th inst. P.S.
stands without any compensation. Those C'hf.ttrr-e'ed proved being
d Fined . 2s 6:1, and. costs.
insubstantial street liatt Adanis.focr
ures—horrors in mortar,
Iv. lined - - being drunk on the 23rd lust
are proved the
and brick, and cement, and stneeo—nhich a, ..,s fiii and catts. P.S. Ch
spring up in the outskirts of large towns e .5;c7.1i00t, BOA,D CASES —Thiee persons were saw-
like mushrooms at the bidding of the speca-
t itl,mcd fcr nut sending their children to school
lathe builder, largely rise from the ferment- reguhrly. :One was wijourn3d, oie tined 2s lid, and
lug hotbed of the leasehold anomaly. The one ls*.
EEIE;EFFECT OF TEACHING AT SCHOOL —Josetph
enfranchisement of leaseholds would h '
e ad-
It Savagepivas ~ummoned for not sending his child
va,ntageous to all especially concerned. . e (11) to school regularly.—Tuds
would be for the gain of the freehold lessor, wSesiiHaeiS4vaghad
order to make en-
the n
ist
iaces J
from a
fromera last t
week
the proprietor on lease, and his sub-tenants'
made an
been n merardedto the
effect that the child had be-nt
It would fart :er tend to the development of
bythe school teachers. A certificatew as now handed
wise !municipal and corporate energy, of in-
child had not been sent on
aividual character, and of building art. And . errands and
showed thw: the
ail.—Mr. Cochrane asked the child how
it Would work for the permanent improve- many at
; replied
weeks she had been sent out, and the chile
ent of the home condition of the poor. :How many tan-s
lied a fortnight. Mr. Cochrane -
The isout well in detail, i
problem • thought • have you been sent out. The child: i Seven. I al-
ways went on a Tuesday. Not on any other day.
a .nil the conclusion arrived at is not an un-
Cociitanep,o you know bow manydays there are
natural one. The father Of the - agitation 'll : a werk. The child: Yes, six Mr. Cochrane:
for leasehold enfranchisement 1
asserts that What time did you go out. The child. About
for the English
-people this great question '' • .dye. Ir. oc itane . And what time
I li-.nst fitl' 11 C.l . • ' time
1 You go into school. T The child: At half-past
may, in no long time,
. . , . .e, become one not meiely ',Q . ' i''
.ree.-31r. Cochrane said it w:s evident that the
of private, or social, or even of municipal ' '
; child had not heed sent out during school hours,
advantage, but widen out until it involves . Tilev should fine defendant 2s ed
! HenrySTßUCrioN BY THE SALVATION Army... William the . matter of our independent national " 0- ' ) *
existence. That being, a, .
-fee hold, no li Evans, James Hart, and Emanuel Hart, Sal-
iouists, of the Lye were charged with obstruct-
exaggerated view to take it •
En 1' h . ,- .is well that all Yat
ionigtt,he highway on the 7th iest.—lt appears that
_0 g is men should seriously set themselves
,i,i - above date the Army stood "spouting" iu the
T,
..x.n.mine the issues, and assist in the D.-
le )...,ley 1.).0d for n-cry in Iv ur. They were can-
& Loittion of a system which belongs properly tiooed b - •
y the poli.e, but stayed for ten minutes
iO the bad . old times before the schoolmaster afterwards James
. Hart was selling the War Cry'
• - rumen— -11 i Emanuel H-
art wa, shouting -You' 1 aiiiime to 50
uMI• his walks abroad - Winsou Green." ,
Allelulia," and "Praise the Lord,',

Mr. W. Waldron appeared for plaietff. and
Houlray for defendants.
In op.-nine the case, M. WAldron drew Atentioe
to two or the sebesectioes or the Act by whiep
nsponsibility attached to employers; the first
reaeon of any kiefcct in the efo; toll of the wa3e,
;No-1..8, ma hinerY, or plant connected with or use
ii the tu-inest of the emploier ; and the ,ther, b.,
reason of the negligence of any persen in the serv:ee
A the employer to whose orders or directions th-
workman at the time of the injury was bound to
et,• .or:ir aar; did conform, where such injury re-
sulted frern his having so conform -d.
Green, as be whose death the action was brougly,
was a lad lel pars of age, and was assisting a
r named Tilley at the colliery at the :hoe
of the accident. Tilley was doing some ,:epairs to
a lank at the side of the pit, end Green's duty wz.s
to hand him down blicl;s. Green was on some
platAing over part of the pit shaft, end when I!e was
placed there by the foreman, Robert Jones, he was
told he must not stir from there, or he might fall
down the pit shaft lie did ultimately fall down
the s'iaft, and was killed His case %yes that tee
boy was killed in conferming to the:orders of the
foreman, the la.tttr knowing the place to be dung
ons, and he should ask the jury to say that there
was negligence within the me ifling of the Ant. If
the deceased's representatives were entitled to dam-
ages, the three years' wiges fixed by the Act would
amount to .t 44. la, the decease I being employed at.
a shillin4 a day. Witnesses were then called in
support of thi. statement.
Mr. Hoinfrgy, for the defence. coutande.l that the
boy was put in a perfectly safe place, and all t'iat
he had to do was to attend to the orders of Robert
Jones, the foreman, anti remain at the spot %h -re
he was pieced to hand the bricks dewn. Had he
hoe an he e—olilt tint have met with the accident.
fhe inanaer of t•e colliery. on driving to the pit cc
,bout a quarter after two o'clock, saw the boy on
the pit bank talking to another lad, and direetlyh
‘erw t e man 'ger he ran off to his wok, and was
never 8-CLI afterwards alive. He had been acting
c'eatrary to the o:ders of the foreman in leavi-g the
,pot where his work was. and in his en 'eavours to
get back again, he trust have --tumbled down the
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- Witnesses ‘vcro examinel who confirmed Mr.
Hoinfrayt. s•atent, nt, and. in he enc.' tho jufy ga Vt
verdiot in f...vour of the plaitilT.

His Honour to whom the asses-ment of damages
Ws left, sAid that Laviug regard to the trifling
matter it would have been to have saved this poor
lad's life, by the expFndilure of two or thre,t pices
of timber, and having regard to his dome:4th:
p !&tion fett looaul to eve the MI amount
claimed, .246 16s.