The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-02-26 00:00:00

COUNTY PETTY BEBBIOB.

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13U.AMONIN0 THE SWA VAG& RAILWAY

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The Buena(' Railway Company (Limited) were
imam 'nod by the Wareham Highway Board for
neglecting to repair damage d.ine to the highway
between C irf• Cadle and dwanage, occesioned through
exuessive treffic in the construction of their railway.—
Mr. R. N. Howard, of Weymouth, prosecuted—Mr.
W. W. Fooks, surveyor t the Highway Board, bel-
ie; been .worn, said defendants were constructing a
railway between Wareham sod and in his
diatrict there I. a road kuown aa the Vale-road, and is
situated at Corte Castle, Lent/toe, and Worth
Matravers. Cousiderable damage had been done to
the road In conerpiencie of the heavy traffic, and no
damage had been repaired by them. The greater
pert of Vie damage bad been don. during the port
three months. re. wheels i 4 the stone waggons hay,,
cut rut. lo the roads to a depth of wine three or four
inches. he Highw-iy Bard have been compelled to
use nearly doubts the quantity of metal in repairing
the same, and the road was now ia s very bad state.
The.. was no toll gate whatever on the road. He
considered the road equiftd at leaat 200 yard. of
gravel
to put it in proper order, and woo that it oould
e done 311 lee than • Inonth.—Mr. T. R. Dewar,
contractor's agent, croes-eizatnined wit,...: I copilot
say wbo the carte are employed by, but I bel eve the
R Away Company. The road I. damaged moat
bagmen Crack duand •nd Aliagton, • didance of
abut 170 chains. I c innot 1.1 the number .4 carts
need. During the 1.4 wiuter I Imes teed Piet 00.
third Mere metal in the repair of the road in quer inn
than the average iluring the past 14 yeare.—Mr.
W. Edmunds, of Lento', and Mr. G. Ford, a
Woidiside, Gale Castle, gave corroborative evidence.
—Mr.T. l. Dewar, on oark,seld —The number of loads
of at me conveyed over the road bee been about 500,
and the repair of tbe road has been notoriously
neglected. We have ourselves repaired a portion of it.
I mean where the Q may-road meet, the Nursery-road.
--Ones-examined by Mr. R. N. Howard: I am agent
to the contract no, Mead.. Curry arid Reeve, of We -
nainater, L nion. The one was 6r4 brought uniler
my notice by a letter, which Mr. Foglia wrote to our
engineer. I met Mr. rooks n the ground to see if I
could arrange with him, and since I saw bun I have
repaired the road., stated. We repaired it partly for
our own convenience. I have a copy of the summons
which was served to Mr. Burt, and which I received
from Mr. Freern in, too no,ititot of the company,
con.epence of which lam h re t i-day. lam certain
the r has been ueglei tied by the Highway it oird,
end Ido no not see by we should he culled up in to
do the whole of the repair., seeing our traffic 1.. only
about • thir lof what la o Toyed over the roid.—The
Bench considered that damage had been done, and
rofortned Me. Dewar that an order would be made
&rooting that 200 yards of metal be carrild tear* au.i
used, ant that the road be put in proper order wihin
one month, and the ooat• of the procee liege, &mould-
ing to £2 16.., be defrayed by the rail Ivey cimpauy.