The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-12 00:00:00

BRICRLEY HILL LOCAL BOARD.

The first meeting of the new Board was held in
the Boarclreom at the Town Hall, on Monday. The
new members, having made the u-ual declaration,
took their see.tl.—Mr. M. Rollint,on was voted to the
chair pro -tem.—Mr. Simon Bennett was un-
animouelv elected chairman of the Board for the
year —The Sanitary and General Purposes Com-
mittee recommended that the offer of the Gas Com-
pany to bght seven lamps from May to September,
at Xt each extra, be accepted.—A. deputation had
wa t don the local magistrates, and urged their
claims for additional magistrates. The views of
the deputation would be communicated to the Lord
Lieutenant of the County in due ,course. The re-
port was adopted.—Mr. Ashmead medical officer
of health, reported that 28 deaths had occurred
during the month, giving a death rata of 27.6, with
too deaths from zymotio disease. One death
oceurred from typhoid fever in Parkes-street.
Seven eases of scarlet fever had occurred in Moor-
St re at and Bent-street, and one death was certified
from; that cause,—A, letter receival from Dr.
Walker respec!ing the construction of filtering beds
was read. In it the writer expressed an opinion as
to the entrusting of the surveyor with the construc-
tion of filter beds. A deputation h.,cl waited upon
Dr. Walker in reference to this matter. From
statAnents-now made by one or two members of the
deputation it appeared that in some conversation
reEpecting an alleged nuisance on the premises of
Mr. Hipkiss, of High Street, Dr. Walker had in-
timated to the deputation that if the Board did all
they could to remove the nusiance, he would be
pleased to assist them in carrying out their scheme
of drainage —Mr. Beckley, surveyor, said, with
all due d ference to Dr. Walker, he thought very
little about his opinion. If there was any nuisane
exieiting, he (gr. Beckley) should not fail to do
his duty. but he was not going to lend himself to
the elector or anybody else—(hear, ht ar).—The
Volunteer fire brigade presented their first annual
r port. It showed th3t the brigade, which had been
in ex'stence a little over twelve months, now con-
sisted of 21 members, including officers. Eight fires
had been attended, and the damage done by the
fires um £250, but the property at risk was con-
sidetably murZ3 than that amount. The Board
dee del to give Sergeant Bird, the drill instructor
to the brigade, £5 fur his • services,—Tuwards the
close of the meeting, Mr. MacMilien called the
attention of the Board to a piece of land known as
Ceuech hill, and mentioned that the planting of
shrubs and the conv,rtiug of land into a public
promenade, at a cost of something like .€B5, would
be done by voluntary subscript;ons provided the
Braid would raise the retsining wall under theem-
bankment at that spot. The cost of raising the wall,
it was stated would be about£3o.—Several members
objected to the Board expending money tor the
raising of the wall at present, on the ground that
the Board already had enough work on their hands.
A"fter a long discussion the Board gave their sanc-
tion to the improvements mentioned by Mr. Mac.
Milli tn being carried out, the Board to repa'r the
wall at the pub!ie expense