The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-12-18 00:00:00

PUBLIC ANALYST.

A communication from the Local Government
Board 34 to the appointment of an analyst for the
borough was allowed to be laid .41 the table.

A NEW RAILWAY.

A lone letter waa read troll; I%fr. J. F. E.
Barnev, C.K. of Charrnin,ter, relative to the ennstnw-
ti.in of the Bridport and Chard.' unction Railway, and
a,king the Council it they would give it their support.
Laid on the table.
AN iNTERVIEW.

At this point Mr. TRACEY was granted an interview
with the Council. He complained the surveyor
refused to certify for the payment of his account for
work done at the new fair hell

A di,ussi ensued, which it would not he well to
soiffice it to say a Aatiifactory understanding
was arrived at, and Mr. Tracey left.

Loc IL BOARD Or IiCALTH.

Before the commencement of the Board of Health
Business, tee MATOU said he should like to make a
few remarks. Last night they hail another aceident
at the Water Works through one of the valves of the
en:One giving out. Fortunately at the time there was
15 feet of water in the reservoir. or the town would
have been left without a drop of water. The Surveyor
speedily got all hands together, and by working hard
all night the damage was reeedied and this morning
they were all right again. His Worship very forcibly
pointed out the importance of at once pm:tiring
another engine id the hest possible description and
equal to the power 1 the present one, When ('aloudl
Cr was here a few weeks w'e he pointed out the
paramount necessity of their at once getting another
engine, and he (the Mayor) hoped they would not
separate that morning without taking some steps for
immediately procuring one.
Mr. 1101.00 ES wass very pleased with the Mayor's
remarks. They would never be safe until they had a
d u plicate engine at the Works. It had been urged several
times before, and he should never be satisfied until
they hail two engine + of the best possible ilesetiption,
as without them they would never be free from the
possibility of a dixistrims misfortune.
The following letter wad then read :
" Local Government Board,
" Whitehall, S.W.,
th December. 1X77.
"Sir,—l ass directed by the Local Government Board
to state, that they have had under their consideration the
report male IT their Inspector, Colonel Cox, after his
inquiry relative to the application of the Town Council of
Dorchester for sanction to borrow .CS,OBO for Works of
Sewerage and Water Supply.
With regard to the works of sewerage the Board learn
from the report that it is proposed to discharge the sewage
direct into the river Frome. I on directect ti all alt
lion to section 3 of the Rivers' Pollution Prevention Act.
and to point out that it would lie illgil for the Town
Council to discharge the sewage into a Stream Under
these elreumstances, it is necessary that proper means of
purification should he provided, and the Board will be
Mad to learn what steps the Town Council propose to take
for this purpose.
"The Bard learn also that the present oat-fall sewer
discharged unpuritied sewage into the stream, and tney
must remind the 'flown Council that inter the section
above referred to, it is necessary that the hest pruticable
and available means shall he taken ta render the sewage
harmless, even where it is discharged into the stream
through a channel ill existence when the Act passed. This
matter should receive the attention of the Town Council,
and the Board should be informed of the result.
"With regard to the works of water supply. Colonel Cox
states that at the enquiry an alternative plan for lifting
the water to the higher tank we; sugapeded. and Colonel
Coo also skew the attenti in of the engineer to some other
points in connection with the scheme.
'The Board are de :irons that the matter's above
mentioned should be considered by the Town Council,
before they proceed further with the application.
" I am. Sir,
" Your obedient Servant.
"J. K SUTTON,
"Assistant Secretary.

"To G. Symonds, Esgre.,
"Town Clerk, Dorchester."
A letter had been synt to Sir Joseph Basalgette,
EnLrineer for the Nlytropolitan Sewa,te Works, by the
Town Clerk, on the recommendation .4 the General
Purposes Committee, asking his terms for an inspec-
tion.

Sir Joseph had written a reply stating his terms for
coming down, and this \[r. Symonds read.
This led to a long and rather animated discussion.
Mr. GRIO.IIIT wanted to know if they were Is ,und
to proceed with the works at once. Could they not
let the matter stand over, say for 12 months, to see
what other towns were doing? In some places they
had laid out thousands of pounds, and found 1* to be a
failure after all.

Mr. RODOIN remarked that the Town Council of
Salisbury had been written to as to the disposal of
their eewage, which now rune into the river Avon, and