The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-31 00:00:00

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COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

The usual monthly meeting of this Board aas
held on Monday last, Mr. W. Platt presiding.
Tlvre were also present Messrs. Haskew, Collie, J.
E. Jones, Hughes, Stringer, Woolley, W. Jones.
Purkiss, Bi e Perkin, Gillam, liieklin, Walker,
Griffin, James, anl Billingham.
Tr:e minutes of the last meeting were read ad
confirmed.

Mr. John Skelding made the u3ual declaration
and took his seat on the Board in the place of Mr.
Patch.

the Board proceeded to consider Mr. Purltiss's
notice of motion to rescind the resolution raised on
the 27th July last in reference to the purchase of
209 square yards of land in Heath Street. Mr.
Purkiss said it was not necessary to purchase the
ttnd. If they went to any of the persons in that
street they would find them all against it. Tliff
lied said it would cost £25 to make improvements.
He had seen the street and he calculated that it
would cost £250. L')wer down the street there did
want an improvement, for it was in a disgraceful
state; and it they wanted to spend money spend it
there. They wanted light and airy streets; he was
(1 opinion that Heath Street was one of the lightest
and most airy streets they had. He asked them to
acc,2,pt his resolution, and they Tould vive satisfac—
tion of all the inhabitants in that street. He pro.
proposed that the resolution passed on July 27th be
rescinded.
Mr. Baker seconded this.

Mr, Hughes thought that if they pu-chased the
land in question, they would have to buy lind all
down the street. Further he considered that it was
not a street.

Mr. Collis said it was a street within the meaning
of the Act. If they waited for 50 years they would
never have suela a chance again. It was offered to
them at 2s per yard. The street was light and airy
i.ow, but when houses were built both sides it would
not be. _ . .

On the resolution being put to the meeting 5 voted
for it and 12 againFA it. Iho Chairman dw.:lared
the resolution lost.

FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.

Your Conunittee report that the Treasurer's bal.
ances on the severAl accounts at this date are as
follows, viz: Improvement Account, £62 lOs id;
ilighway Account, balatiee due from Treasurer,
£220 15s 10d; Ur-bin Sanitary Account, balance
due to Treasurer, £42 5s lid; Loan Account, due
to Treasurer, £25 5s 31 Your Committee having
carefully es mined. the following account, aad find-
ing them correct, recommend that they be paid,
viz , : improvement Account, £244 16s 8d; High-
way Account, #:7B 17s0d ;Urban Sanitary Author.ty,
paiu-at act _ The vouchers of accounts ordered to be
correct. Security to be gi-r-re examined and found
veyor. Your Committee beg to rqiulc and Sur.
Incorporation Accounts. Your Committee beg co
report progress. Audit or the Town Accounts.
This audit has not yet ben completed, but a letter
from one of the auditors has been received and laid
before yGur Committee.

Mr. Haskew moved the adoption of the report,
and Mr. Perkin seconded it.

The report was adopted.
The Solicitor to the Board produced tLe en7ross-
meet of the proposed mortgage to the Public Works
Loan Board, and authotity to deliver the certificate
to the Treasurer. A resolution, proposed by Mr.
Platt and second,d by Mr. Stringer, was passed
adopting the mortgage and authority, and ordering
the common seal of the Board to be affixed to the
mortgage to the secretary of the Public Works Loan
Board to secure a present loan of £2,000, and future
advances of (not exceeding) £3,128, making to—
gether £5,128, with interest at 3f per cent. per
annum, payable by annuity of ~t 27 Is 8d each half
year per .£l,OOO by 59 payments, and the balance
at the 60th paytnew, Authority to the secretary of
the Pub ic Worka La Board to deliver to William
Perry, Esq., the C mmissianers' Treasurer, the cer-
tificate for the £2,000.

GEN'EItAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE REPORT.

Your Committee beg to report that they have ap-
pointed Mr. li. Bißingham chairman for the year.
Medical Officer of Ilea'th's report. Number of
births registered in the town& ip of S:ourbridge
from September 21 to Oc ober 19, 17, viz., 10 males
and 7 females. Number of deaths rugistered in the
same period. 17, viz.. 9 males and 8 temales. Birth-
rate 20.9. death—rate 1;0.9. The officer reports that
the deata.,...rate for the last tru nth wits higher than
the preceding One ; out of these deaths 7 were undet
cue year old,-and 54.:ver CO. I have not required
to make any visit during the month. The corn--
Ton:ling nee last year was ve; y xiiii h Liwer, viz.,
86. It is a remarkante fact that the birth-rate and
death-11de are the same.
TOWN OFFICreS REPORT.,
Nuisances brought forward 21
Repurted during theluonth 46

6:3
Removed
Retuainii.g 241
In making my inspection during the month 1
have found and reported upon 48 nui,qtnces ; zmong
them are 2 dilft.pittat -(1 danerous houses; 2 cases
of overcrowding, 6 dilapidated open offtnalve ash-
pits. 6 chbked or di4Odated drains. and 5 houses
deficient of proper spouting. Tie other nuisances
come under the head of misctlianeous. I have
served 33 written notices and given 15 verbl notices
for the abatement of the said nuisances. The regis-
tered lodging houses, slaughter houses and bake—
houses :are reported to be in a. good sanitary con-
dition with one exception. The seven registered
lodging houses have been occupied as follows
67, weekly 473, and during the month by 1,917
perons. There have been no complaints. NL4.l.t—
-soil removal. One hundred and sixteen privies, 90
ashpitF, belonging to 201 houses have been etnpiied
and cleansed and their contents removed. Number
of loads 153. Your Committee have appointqd a
sub-committee to inspect the public lighting of
several streets and report thereon.
The report was adopted.
REPORT OF IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE.

Your Committee report that they have appointed
Mr. Henry James chairman for the year. Internal
drainage, From the surveyor's report, read at the
meeting of your Committee, the eot.tractor
has continued the work in Summer-street,
Cecil street, Bell street, Brook. street, Swan-street,
Heath-street, New-street, Lion-street, Hemplands,
Round Court, South-street, Cemetery Road, West_
street, and Long Lands. The tote) it ngth of sewers
laid down to this date Is 4,`z67 yards, er nearly 2i
miles; and the value of the -work is £1,299 4s 2d;
and there is due to the contractor the sum a 5499
2s Bd, There is also due £69 4s 11d for extras and
house connections, making a total of .t 568 7s 7d
now due to the contractor. Your Committee re-
commend that the surveyors be instructed to report
flora time to time as to the house connections to be
done at the public cost and at private expense, so
that the required notices be given to enforce the
drainage of all undrained houses in the township.
Your Committee recommend that the sum of £ll6
13s Od, due to Messrs. Fiddian and Perry as per
agreement, he paid out of the Loan Account; also
the sum stated as above as due to the contractor.
Land in Heath Street. The Committee appointed
by your Board reported that in accordance with your
instructions they have seen Mr. Perry, the vendor's
solicitor, and are still disposed to sell the land at 2s
per square yard,!the vendor's solicitor's costs not to
exeeed £2 2s Od. These terms your Committee re -
commend be accepted. Re-construction of the
second bride over the river Scour. The Amblecote
vestry have &weed to do the required work, and
have appointed a cormnitt,e to see to its execution.
Your committee therefore recommend a committee
appointed by your Board cohabiting of Messrs.
Turney, James, Collis, Perkin, Platt, Hughe,,
and the Surveyor to co-operate with the Amble
cote Committee to carry out the work. Boundary
of the township. Owing to the uncertainty existing
on this matter your Committee recommend that ap-
plication be made to the Local Government Board
under section 278 of the Public Health Act to hold
a local inquiry in reference to the boundaries of the
township. Your terve) or ha,i reported that Mr.
John Saunders has agreed to give lOs on account
of the encroachment in Bell Street, which your
Committee recommend be accepted. They have
instructed your surveyor to repair all the worst
places in the flagging of upper High Street.
After some discussion it was decided to ask the
L .eal Government Board to send down a Commis-
si,..ner to hold a local enquiry as to the Township
Boundary.

ALHAMBRAT HEATRE. - Interest in theatrical
perforuasnoes gems to be oh the decline lit this