The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-01 00:00:00

Aocat aab piistrirt gem.

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

Mr. Platt pre,ided at the monthly meeting of the
Commis loners, held on Monday last. There were
pr.sent gem% Jawed, Stringer, Perkins.
eiriffi,,, Cadwallader, Walker, Not th, Jones, Pa :trey,
Edwards. o.llam, and Parkes.

The minutes of the last monthly naeetinz; al
of the t;pec.ial meetings held July Btii and July 16th
were r, ad and confirmed.

It was resolved to 'idopt an amended form of
ontraot at £4,561, with Mr. Thomas Vale. for the.
'nternal draimige works. with Vie I.am aof Me-a-e,
William Fiddian and William Petry a= the nominated
,nrveyors of the Board, with equal powers and
discretion, instead of one name only insr-rtei
therein and the name of Mr. E. B. Marten, as um
pire between the surveyors.
Mr. Edward 4 remarked that he believed ;n
having Mr. Vale they had the right man in the
right place.
Mr. Platt proposed, and Mr. Gillam seconded,
that they adopt and order the sealing with the
common seal of the Board the engrossment of the
aprointment of the surveyors.
Tho Chairman read the report of the Finnnee
Committee as follows
Your Committee report that the treasurer's
balances on tbe several accounts are as fellows :
Improvement Account, 944 2s 0.1; Higs•way Ac-
,-;cunt, £257 is ; Urban Sanitary Authority.
£332 93 Od. Your Commit eo, having examined
the following accounts, and finding them correct,
eoimenend that th.,y be paid :—lmpro-ernent
kccount, £slss Od ; Highway Account, £122 17s 3d;
Urban Sanitary Account, £317 us Id.

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Mr. Janis said that their financial position was
becoming serious, as, after paying the account-
just passed, there would be -21,645 owing to the
treastarer. Thoy had a tate granted at the end f
May, and he thought with due diligence a much
larger bum tnight have been g.t in, and so enabl d
•he Commissioners to have It. pt down the debt
the treasurer. It was a very important matter,
:Ind he urged before that the rate should be tot
out as early as possible.
The Chairman said he had told the cZector to
push the collection of the rates.

Mr. Hipkiss, the collector, said he wa.s doing all
he could!

Mr. Edwards said the fault was n t with the
collector, but was due to the rates not being go
out at the proper time.
The report was adopted.

REPORT OF THE GENERAL PURPORTS COMMITTEE.'

Medical Officer of health's Ravi:la.—Number of
births regigt,red in the towt,ship of Stuurbralg,
from June 22nd to July 21st. 188:5, 22, viz 12
naies, 10 females. Number of deaths registered in
he sania period 7, viz, 3 males, 4 females. Birth-
-27.0, death-rate 87. The deatb-rate for the
•at enth is much lower than tile preceding one
he corresponding rate hest ear was 98. With
.....Atird to the water in Blakeway's buildings, Enville
Street, a new well is bei.tg sunk. The ten,lets of
Soo. 6 and 7. Cecil StreA, are obt.iining their water
:rem other sources than their own wols. A notice
was served on Juno 2n.i, and nothing has been done
in reference thereto. In the case repo:ted in the
j,)urn II about the off-naive ashpit in Chapel Street,
the owner absolutely ref uses to have anything don,.
La both cases it is necessary that proceedings sboul
oe taken to compel compliance with the notic-
iven. Your Committee advise that proce, jogs-,
be taken in compliance with the notices served.—
lowa Officer's li-port. Nuisances brought forward
from llst month 22; reported during the month 29;
ronoved, old, 6; removed, new, 20; remaining, 25,
The registered odging bowed, slaughter houses,
and bakehouses, are reported to be in a good sani-
tary condition.:The 7 registered lodging hous Ns have
been occupied daily by 63, weekly 476, and during
the month by 1,917 persons. There have ben
complaints. Night-soil removal. One hundred
and forty-six privies, 111 ash-pits, and 1 cesspool,
belonging to 218 houses have been emini•A and
,leansed and their contents removed. Number of
loads, 181. One case of overcrowding has occurred.
Eight persons in one room, 13ft x 10 x 9; de-
ficient of 1,230 cultic feet of air Notice has been
~erved for the abatement of the nuisance.
It wee considered and found necet,sary to alopt
the recommendation oi the Committe, thaL lc% al
proceedings be taken to comp 1 compliance with
the notices served or the removal or abatement of
nuisances referred to in the above report.l
The report was received.
REPORT OF IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE.

Improvement in Coventry Street. Y,:ar Com-
mittee report that Mr. Cooper has kindly consented
to vivo up the laud fptupied by the bay window for
the purpose of widening the street. Widenitz ~f
Heath St,eer. Your Committee report that the
v,,n or of land in Heath Street is willing to adl 209
oquare yards for the parp- se of wideni,,g Heath
Sweet, a: 20 per square yard, and your Committee
recounne. d it be accepted. Extt naion of West
Street. In this matter your Committee report pro
gress. With regard to the renaming of that vat
of Worcegter Street from the White Horse to the
flettili Rol, your Committee recommend tnat it
called Norton R ad. And your G.mmittee
rucommeud nat a footpath about 3it wide be formed
from the Red Lion to Albert Street. An application
.o purchase the lan I at the corner of High Street
3.n.1 Fo6ter Street has been received, but at such a
,ri e that y-ur Committee are unable to ewertain.
Mr Edwards opprwed the purchase of the 209
squay, yards of land as being unnecessary. 11,.
~.roposed as an amendment that the matter be not
ent, rtained. Ile would not mind if th, street was
_o,lv- to be widened ali the way down, ut e uch a
p• -rtial widening as was proposed would be oi no
-
use.

- Mr. Gil am seconded the amendn-.ent.
M. Junes &Aid the price fr the land wns verb
moderate, and he ehould propose they purchase it
whilst they had the opportunity.
The amendment was lost, and the motion that
the land be purchased, as proposed by Mr. Jame,
and seconded by Mr. Walker was carried.
It was p opused and carried that the Cie, k write
le Mr. At twood decliniug his offer of land to extend
West Street into Bowimg Green Lane with thank.
It was resolved that the street extending from
the White Horse to the Heath Pool be called
Norton Road.
It wag proposPd by Mr. Platt, sec.,nderi by Mr.
Edwards, and curried, that a footpath 3ft wide, be
formed from the Red Lion.to the corner of Heath
Street.

With regard to the altering of the bridge over
the Stour, the Clerk reported that he had written
to the Hi4hway Surveyor of the parish of Amble-
,lote according to the resoluion of the last monthly
meeting, and hat the matter would be submitted
ro a vestry meeting.
Thu Clerk reporied that Mr. Stringer had ref us
he sum of .25 tendered to him for alleged rizlit of
way over land near Foster Street, an: it wai now
••es lved to refer it back again to the Impruvem •nt
Committee.

BIatICRUPTCY EX4IIINATION3.—The first meeting
of the c•eoiters of Joseph Lee Stinson. at Yielair,e,
Free, Clent, Rua of Brocktnoor, near Brierley Hill,
:lazed brick manufacturer, was held on Tu. slay
aft,rnoon, at the offices of Messrs. IV all and Hinds.
Hagiey Street, Stourbridge, and the debtor aftoe
.v .r s cern• up for his puelic exareiliation at the
uounty Court, Moro Mr. lt-gigrar Uolh. In
inswer to t'at Official Receiva. (Mr. E. Percy Job-
on), the deter s .1.1 he estiinated hi tt gross liaiiili-
ties'et £4.775,28 10d, and his assets, after deducting
ffeforential claims, at £852 17s. lie comeienced
item. s> in 1852 with a cap tal of £7OO. ani took to
a business of his brother's as a eine mere sit
After a yen years he bold that business, and w• nt
at° the brick trade at Brockmoor, the same p!> C)
hat was referred to in the present proceedings. De
,torwards rented and then purchased the Cricket
F,eld Estate, b-cause the clay mines at Brockmoor
.v.-re getting worked out, and tho Cticket Field
ruperty had proved a serious loss to him. He de-
-A.l. 01y considered himself in a solvent position till
e took to the Cricket Field Estate. The price Wai
WO, and he was to pay for it by twenty annual
.u,tattnente of £lOO. cacti, with interest, and had
paid seven. The debtor was examined at length as
• o loans from his son, and on oilier points, and
ultimately the examtnaVon was adjourned tall 25th
aueuat, and an order was made for lii, to prepare a
.tash statement from January, 1882, to the date of
his bankruptcy, and to deliver all books, papers, a.,d
iccutnents still iu his possession.—Jonas Checkley,
of High Street, Cradley Heath. baker, came up for
his public examination at the County Court, on
.Tuesday, Wore Mr. P gistrar Jobson,
4fficial receiver, said that this was a case where a
petition was presented to the Court, and a receiving
order made, and Checkloy avas adjudged a bank-
rupt., lie absconded, or, at ail events, went away
-0 Ai:aeries, and then returned; and no statement of
agars had been presented to the creditors, as he
hid not seen the debtor till that meeting. Cheekley
said he went away to America to see his brothers,
leaving England on June 18, and he complained
that during his absence bankruptcy proceedings
had been taken against him, as he had 20s in the .
pound. He took £3O one morning, and started away
suddenly without tel ing_his daughter, or she might
have stopped him, He went away with nothing
btu, the clothes he had on and the money he had. in
as locket. and was surprised when he found wnat
;tad occurrea in his absence. He did not know when
he got up in the morning that he was going to
• nerica, but a sudden fit seiz d him. He de ited
7_ Lilt he arranged with his daugOier to foiciar Irm.
r that she knew le had gone. _ He lanoed t.ll.
eJuntry again on Monday week, The uebtor t ap•

-paart.d was doing a good trl4:".. and was Paid to be
aking seventy tacks of flour a week. He admitted
that is oanghter had a sum of E3o.—An order was
.cade for him to prepare a statement of affaits, and
a cash statement for six !Loath', and a search war-
rast wa,i grAnted L :respect to the hous,-, where his
laughter w,s said to be staying.—Debtor's examin-
ltion was &journal tine die