The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-01-14 00:00:00

" W. 13.45L0w Moaotx, •
" Borough Survey°, ,
"January 4th, 1879."
Mr. Rosen mid he wee not going to tnike any lengthy
remarks on the wham hut Amply to propose the following
resolution

-777171ra-t-the Surveyor be instructed to prepare plans for
the necasesry repairs of the Pile-pier and that the work
be commenced at an early date, end that the bondholders
be ant invited to as early conference with the Council
relative thereto."
Mr. NMIOLII seconded the proposition.
The MAYOR asked how much they proed to upend
ROBVIS : Oh, nothing. If the bondholders and
Owl Collatil Gould only meet and show them that it wee
their earnest desire that every farthing should be paid to
them, they would be satisfied, and if they, a. trustees, did
their duty, they would be able to give their bondholders
all they required. He thought they would be able to get
sufficient money to put the Pier in thorough repair and
leave a handsome surplus for further repairs should they
be required at any future time.
The Marcus thought their only practical difficulty was
in getting the money.
Kr. LOMA, said he would like to ask it the proposition
waa any Inference on the report made hy the Surveyor,
made some time ago for the stun or Altille 1 He thought
if they were to wait a little they might save a deal of
x es the timber required for the temporary bridge
ecori aterwarda be used for the Per, and would thus
deereame the expenaes considerably.—rbe proposition was
then put, and there being no amendment it was carried.

DILITIPIO Pll.ll IWO THE MIJUIMIL
Two Waders were sent in for the repair of the Pile-pier,
one from 11r. Shepherd at 34 Bd. per cubic foot, sad Li
driving, and another from Mr. IL Hooper for 31. per cubic
foot and 30. driving.
The Surveyor wee called in, and in 1112/Wer to Mr.
Webb.. to whether the piles would be driven from the
Vial, or from a barge, the surveyor replied (rem the
LOvit.i. 'suggested that the piles shsuld be driven
from a staging connected with the quay, which wet ulti-
mately agreed to.
The Marna said perhaps the council would like to hear
She result of Mr. Mars.., visit to Falmouth, with reaped
to the dredger. The following letter had been received
with risprd to it.

" Weymouth and Portland &aim Packet CompanY.
" Custom Muse, Qty. Weymouth.
" tird December. 1878.
"The Worshipful the Mayor and Corporation a
Weymouth.

"Oontla.nen,—ln reply to your enq miry, per Mr. Morgan,
respecting the hire of barges to be used for the work of
dredging the harbour, Ism desired by my directors to
state they will be pleased to mast you in *very possible
way to carry out the above object, and are ready to lot
you have at special low rates, whatever plant, ao., do., we
may be possessed of that would be of service to you to
this end, they are willing to undertake the towage of the
dredge from Falmouth to Weymouth for £45, and from
Weymouth to Falmouth for £4.3. floding for rope in each
case. Also will let on hire our etaam•lauuch for towing
op and down the Harbour, Anding her engineer
barges
v or, towing gear, and all working expenses at LC Is.
. Also one Saton lighter at Se. 64. per day, one
Cried:lighter at 6iPer day; end ditto ditto at 64. per day—
time three tortes have just been overhauled on our slip,
end will not require amen specially to pump, and further
they carry their cargo on dock, thus saving a greet deal of
labour in unloading. Also one 40-ton barge at 61. per day,
one 36 ton ditto at 6s. per day, in goal condition likavnse,
bat carry their cargo below dock.
" Anchors, mooring chianti and such like, which may
perhaps be needed for the dredger, we can lead you should
You engage our other plant as above. We shall be plowed
to quote wholesale price' for best Welsh steam coal for the
use of tke dredger, the tame quality as consumed in our
own boats.

" I gentlemen,
Tear obedient servant,
" 8. J. FOwuna
" Moaner and Beerebuy,
("Omens and Co., Limited.'

• PiTMON PLOY nannwicagisrairr.
The Yam said he hid received the following petition
from certain ratepayers In ilardwlekeetrest
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"Weymouth, December 181878.
"To tho ltayor, Aldermen. and lturgeesse of Om borough
of Weymouth and Keloombe R bslmt the I:lrbsa and
Sanitary Authority, for the &ark, of Weymouth and
lleloombe Reed; in the munty of Dorset
" Hardwisksotreet, Park Estate.—Gentlmnan,—We the
Undarligned Owners In Ilard.rickeollest, beg respect-
fully to call your attention to the following statomont.
" Ist —We oder no opposition to your authority to save
ourselves of any work justly our own to At tho
imam Um* we fast Mrongly that groat in mike has end is
being exercised towards no which you have prevented
had the matter been laid before you.
making of Hardwickrotreet a but question,
thereby ceasing a few ownal, en, the hest able to with-
stood the hettini against lb. town purse, when other
means lose costly were mew
Iloi--Wettave not objected to perform what was required
of us by format SOMPOrII of the town, submitted plans,
but pavements at m generelb seed at that time, width
wen paned or ogproved of by servants of the boat.

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" 4i,b--Without fixing na au option of todepordeat
action to mak* good any dalcionoleo any) we aro
caned upon to sit still sad we one surveyor pall to pleas
at our expanse what former mei had dose or approved of
as snob surveyor.

" 64.—Blany of us have for yews been p.loj rani
teens* the expensesto,lFiriag roads, ec.
th h se-
knowledge& for oer of the tow to denied us of
haring ray portion their money expended on the
roads, In

"eth.—We are called upon to pay for pavementa abutting
on land not yet built on. and u no raU can be levied on
such for maintenance. and repair. yon are, we admit.
entailing on the tax-paying property an uncalled for
expense.

" TW.—The estate has been entered upon by your Board
—the system of drainage (whisk never failed) abandoned.
Now the "ewes' to constantly Bowing up our yard traps,
and the drainage is, In every way, inefficient.
" ask you to look upon those melees with a
friendly and common interest is the welfare of the rate-
payers to whom you have pledged yeureelvm acid we Sr.
immured you will grant to us the object of this communi-
cation. which is m follows : -.That • compromise
be made, by whkh the owner'. shell Par
few paving, curbing, and channelling (two third.
of the amount) and the Urban and Sanitary
Authority for the roads and drains (the remaining third).
In granting this you will rye mike litigation, injury to
the town at large, and us in particular. The above is
written without prejudice.' Signed—Thoinns Omsk
John T. Wl:lettere. James Francis Brows, William
Thomas, JUDOS Mills, William Rom, John Olive, and
Robert 0. Bennett."
The lIATOI said, with regard to the memorial he had
Nat read from certain of the occupiers in Hardwick.-
street, a deputation bad waited upon him on the matter,
and be had promised that deputation that legal proceed-
ing' should he suspended, until the opinion of the Town
Council had bees asked upon it He would. therefore,
ask the Town Clerk to give his opinion on the 'LINKS at
issue.

The Town CLIIIK said that ths Board could not do what
tbe resnierislista asked them, and that if they were to
take such s step. every individual member of the Board
would be held Bahl*. It wee, however, oompetent on in
two ratepayers to appeal by certiorari, and than sach
member of the Town Council would be list& Several
Vwere desirotts of harlot the question settled pt the
emils Bona.
it,. LOIIDIE expressed his entire, sympathy with the
petitioners, but axpsoneed his opinion that if they were to
take action it would be set said. A cone hod reoently
come befogs the County Court at Bournemouth when
each was the caw
Ur. CzAkura said ha knew of one case whore in front of
the houses the poring was laid down with the approval of
the surveyor, and that such pavement wee now Limn up,
and that it was proposed to put down flaw znataisl.
Theijamight Jut al wilt' Pull other Poolgo's pavements op
In meat porta of the town—them% bowl—bowies it
woo net done to the sotlidectka of the Surveyor.
The spotter then dropped.
IMAM Or TEE ROAM

On this report being brought forward, Mr. TOOMAI
said he found thatthat contracts which had been adoptod
In this cue had not Woad out sitcliether said eeterilY
• WM satisfactory mode was adoptod by the Highway
Baud, witrasszer.sons coutraoting for • certain quantity
of read to work by • curtain
solisdals Of AMPS. is I=4 sem geparale sharp
Mead be feme fee lay extra liar ranked. Kr

A conversation air NS respecting the tost.rial to be
eg,idgy,,l on the roads: wilco it was rosolvod on the pre
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proposition of Me TRONA{ seconded by Mr. ilOWA11),
that tenders be invited for the .ply of 500 t ns of
gravel, 7.000 tons of granite, and a certain quantity of
dints, which was agreed to.

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Mr. CIIAILLES said he thought that picked Mate would
be to, expel:l.lre.
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Mr. Smart quite tbouebt that black rock material
would be &newer and bettor than G normal, granite,whlch
appear.el to be mown u I.at by several monikers. The
subject then caws to an cud.
PI °TIC.

The item' said • special notice would be issued
calling a special meeting at an early date to take into
consideration the whole question a s:wase.
MOILS LIGHT.

Oa the Limp C,:uniittes's ihsp3rt being brouaht
forward in which • ht•sr appeuel from several genth.-
man across the water at Weymouth. one was rmd from
the Rev. Shuttleworth. Curate of Trinity Church. asking
far an addiUonal lamp or two is High-street. once the
fuhlosable street of Weymouth. _ .

WALLIS: I think tlers are plenty of spiritual light.
there already, without say artitlcial on being place
there. (Li tooter.)

The meethig then closed.

and Mas‘ao. tI Arroyos, had sexy kindly supplied hina the Qaeen has just sustained In eh, d.ath of the Prisms
with • list of the extent of the hlighwaYs thln_the Aline. After supper dancing wne tanned. and was kept
b0r,,,,,gb. which wA 30 nth.. .0.1 thAe-Quuters, .11d tent up till Oro and six in the morning.
during to last two years the reads Lad nut SO per
mile.

TO CORRESPONDENT.
CLIFTON PLACE. PARK-STREET. PORTLiso.—Your communisation would havr bent wed
A memorial was sent in from lb. 141tabitants of tido come had It been received a few days ago.
street comolaioluz of certain thhete int being dons whisk
they thought tc Corporstion had • right to do.
Mr. commas stid he 'mew that on one side of Stauler•
place there was ositnrjat.ter or curb. They were mostly
all
of rtfdsricree-arnt.. were ho'out able tounifilktd.it cou the rt:
question in • court of law.
The Town CLERK said he had been on oi,er front the
time of the formation of till (huncil, and he wished to
say that no Surveyor ha I been authoriss.l to pass any
roads in the Park without the sanction of the Town
COusall.
IRE ROADS

THE THIINDERER EXPLOSION.
Antonest the victims in the terrible x;lrMm on bnera
IL U.S. Tbund,rer are the name§ of moven" hu wero wt.ll
keown at Portland
Limit. A. Coker. R.N , was for some time prerions to
kNitling the Thunderer seeon4.lleutenant on Word H. 111.8.
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Lie°. Danteli. It XL. very recently nerved In 11.M.5.
Irerrior. _ _ _ .

G roma Fern wag formerly toxinain of the Warr.or'e
etesna-launch. a married man, and reaidod at llaidenwell.
Pot tiand

Pas formerly captain of the fore -too on
board H. M.. Warrior, vraa also • married map, aad lived
Vttoh.hufldjpg,
Job Month, genocr'a-mate, la brother-in-Law to Yr.
Normau, tbe mail contractor.

OHIONEREL.
BURVING AN Erring—This village WAS 5100
StAte of excitement and glee on Thursday night,
on account of the determination of some of the villagers
to wreak the usual impostical justice upon a supposed
offonder against public feeling, by the awful fate of
bsiag burnt—no, not alive—but vicarotmly. Between
eight and nine a party of villagers paraded the place,
and fortunately for the fun, a fife-and-drum happened
" promiscuously" to be there. Somehow or other, the
effigy of which the party were poeseseed bore •
cur ions resemblance to a pc rson who shill be nameless,
and under the arm of the man-of-straw were some
book covers resembling those of the Bible. These,
however, only represented the outs' le of the cup and
platter, for the interior was gone, supposed to be a type
of the outward appearance of a Pharisee, while the
inner life was &Went • yet still the effigy strewed
tracts through the village a. the procession moved
along, the teaching being evidently—" Don't do as I
do; but do as I tell yon." The man-of-straw-and
thawing' WAS conveyed to the allotment ground, fire
was set to it, and it was quickly consumed—a type
of the end of hypna,ites. The procession passed
quietly withon. Ofering any obstruction in the road.
Eromptly obeying the orders of the policeman to
move on."