The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-01-29 00:00:00

THE PROPOSED PLEASURE GROUND FOR

PARKS TONE.

A meeting of the aoh ab taut, of Parkstone was held
at 011 St. Pete,.. 740110 oin i.e Fel lay erasing I iii
1, oleander the p • p0...1 vases at grou ad fir Pant-
.ltoll.. file Vac it (tie idea. E. E. liegel 'r)
and there reit' also .111, the platform Mr. O. B.
Aldridge, Col noel Baker, ijor Lang, 31. r. Horace
Daimons Mr. Barnes, Mr. Penton, ikc. The Cacti.
MAR having brivfly introdtbse I the auoject of the meet-
tug,
Mai ir LANG rose to propase the first mutation,
and said the consideratiou before them was,
whether or not the plot of grin ii in question IVY to
be retained amen olieti ep•Oda or crowded with second-
rate buildings. What they required, in his opinioo,
was a villagirgr.eo, and tne formation of that on the
prop wed cite would hue dye simply the expenee of
taro wiug down the aura. •uuding haute aud (snows, sod
they would thu lio.gede a green similar to thaws which
forme! so great and eii picture...toe • feature in the
villages of S weir and K or, an 1 which tended so
mach to the happy sod pr ehoiroue way in which the
Inhabitant, of th eta v Mag.. heeL Let them turn to
the alter° save. Supp wing toil did not retain the
growl , sod th • lord of th in tour sold it to speculat-
lug builders—who boat house* not with spotter, but
w.th Ina —(bight ir) —eh at w “ill be the recall?
Wily, toot th y w ul.i get 40 or 50 ale iodirate houwis,
! and al • Creelc try cill A 5 i much dirt. Certain
retro has spy oared ti w.sii ec alt lough it might
ti their olvsntar to sell orioka and mortar, it
would it c an-lu tahe g of esrhstone. (Rear,
hear.) 11,w Were Llivy to get ri I of the surelo.
sewage which these h inset would , snoop: by
tiudiog tneuisalves iloorustori by 'defog, on charming
mionllglit ereniugs, so many night-once taintiug the
pult air of the p or. (Apo: Toey had been
iii, that the w.•rkuiso 'ii Parksteue, if this ground
were lilC111•i al Via .4,111,14)111, would find 'heir
rates very much inereassi, ea I therefore it was against
their Itatere4a. Ile wished particularly to disabuse
thin if that ides (Hear, bear.) ill hal km, slightly
iato the matter—not y4I'V de-aply —bat supposiog this
ground were purchaael at the awn fir which they all
knew it had been offersi at, it :quid nit possibly
acre.., the racism in ro than il. iu the g. :Slow the
w irkm an', tioietueut might ii, £lO .r £l5 or £.20 year,
and thst made an a hlitimaal 10, 15, or 20 poooe
t• hnl rate* no the you—, SLIM that probably he would
spend in the beer-aouse in line night. (flear, hear.)
But he would not have to spend all the money; it wee
really the rico men, 4,ii live lii. villas, routed at £320
or More a year, who would have to pay the greater
proportion. A gehtleinau—who had gone about and
ma is apeocaes, making an immense lot of clatter—
(laughter)—bad etthat that not one of the over-
burdened poor workmen, who gained by the sweat .4
their brow a few *hilltop per week, wool lever benefit
by It. but Viet all the A !flouters' would be reaped by
the rich. Tuat souuded, pertia.m, very pretty ; but
it was utter cotiotrsp. lie did not think any village
workman would lode much from the moult.' of toe
sweat of his br iv/ in paying the little sum they
woult be called opon to pay for the purchase of Mos
village-greeu. Bat if they oanvertei it into a WWI of
homes. Parkstaue would become anything but worthy
of the ttle of whine it boat. I—" England'. AlLentons
Some of the C °moil of Poole said, "Oh, yes, but the
po..r follows of Poole will have to pay for thin."
Well, be thought they had every right to do so.
(Haar, bear.) .tlr. Oaf halt old him Parkstione paid
t mar I. the rated 'it k'a de El 500, or, to be more
eseet, £3,493 l'Ja 2 I—(laughter)—irreepective of poor.
ratio'. Weil. one thing was outgun—V*o did not get
that out of Poole—(lood "ILear, beer. ")—arid thee.
fore they had a right t i ask Po de to assist them in
keeping that little opsu space. (0 leers.) Tnere
wag yet soother side of the picture. If this
land were covers 1 with workman', houses they
stolid be baring them filled with workmen from
forego parts who would be the rival. of the workmen
here, and cut down their wages. Re would propose
the tollowing resolution That the inhabitants of
Porkstone entirely concur In the decision of the Poole
Town Counoil last autumn, which authorised the pun-
abase of • piece of land near the railway station for
the porpoee of • people's park.
Mr. Burros ALDRIDGE, wit i wee received with
..theers, s.c ,n lel die rut dotid i. lie hal always felt
• great in ereet in Parkstoue, and he believe lit was
still in its inlaucy, and it would be the mire appro.
ciatad the more they rendered it attraotive. The
climate was, he believed, milder than that of Bourne-
mouth, for he remembered that in the old times when
they travelled by the old 'bits to Bownent ioth, while
they left meow behind them at Poole and saw it again
at idournemouth, they found none at Parkstone. It
appeared Lord Witaorne WM unable, sooordlog to the
settlement, Li make them a present of the land, but he
ha l no doubt he would lend them eonte assistance, for
he had always proved bitneell very generous, and he
believed he had al way. taken an inter art in the place, in
that, more than many peril-ins believed. (Apobtase.)
Fir Parkst me he (the ',Naito') ealtilaidlered it Wee
111310111tely neowniary t.l have open spaces, for in a
few years they would sal a II 'wishing resort at Park•
otone',nithe-sea. lie ii I tierefore mush pleasure in
secooding the re. dialon.
1114 UIiAiRM AK .11 .1 ,n Vl3.3ti tine tor any
gentle-Men t 1.; ,1 up mad give theas their view. on
the inatt-y. _

-;-\: I's .acit, as one of the oldeet
iuhabitant• of Parkitooe, supported the resolution, for
he believed • Ft !creation G. round would be • great
benefit t a all the inhabiteute, an I especially to the
mechanics sod w Adak( elem.. (Hear, hem%) They
would have smasher' wilere t my might meet an I
mserse with each other and enjoy their pipes or
oigars, while at the Wild time they would be "misting
the prosperity of the place to 11 very pleasant ant
agreeable manner. He Mild of ..pinion the gr nand
eh be obtained at all 04., Ant if Lird Who.
bore" a mid ait give it to them, why let them put
their han Is in toeir p ickete, In, e•rions object. in
ha I been reheat% 111111 gild was that they w mid have
an increase lath, rates. Now he did not think that,
but be believe 1 they would have an Marsala of build.
hags in the neighbourhoo 1. (Hear, hear.) In
a Idition they and their wives and daughters would
be enabled ti cm. out 111,1 i enjoy themselves MI on
the Continent, in teed of being oonfiried in close rooms
an I breathing thea o bore of bz 1 drainage. Hi .1..1
not think Parlrat no got • Lair proportion of good for
the am out they tied towards the rates. (Choate.)
When he firm GM/ to Parkmeue some 23 years ag
they pal about 1i:250 to the retains, and now they
pall am they had hear 1 about £1,500, etelusive of pier
rates, and they got very little more dame for them than
In the days when they pall ouly the former sum, lie
endended there ought t he a p-oportionate expandi.
tare sooordieg to the inoesast, sod it • committee
were appointed to apply to the Local Government
Board, sad they swill &alio a separate retains of
the perish they would have contr..l of their expeudi•
tore. (Cheers.) At all even's if they failed some
'Lad would aims of the octlou taken In that direction.
(Hear, hear.) 11, was &frail, however, that whatever
might be the dedelon they cams t that evening, it
would have but litt'e iatiusnos upon the ()Kneen.
They seemed wavering an 1 were not .o bounty about it
am they were in the first instance. (A VOWS: Thire's
no election at hand 1) (Laughter.) He did not knew
he was sure, but it seemed to be the Case with every.
thing—in the 5102,11111. tee roam were not watered, and
in the winter the moil was not removed, lie
believed that if the Corp, ati in ma le prope: r
they might Increase the value of their nwn p, °petty
ten-fold. He w..rcil slog it, therefore., they should
firm • o iminittee ii tatiji cn.lln-,tii he beet
lentin prom for, to oit.in sea, ir.t r to.
Tb, C141111tn•N her.. intimat.d hn thiii.eht they ha 1
better confine theme lade thin rot on.
Sir. CONWAY, wh i r P.l It!.e b it of the room, and
and ewe laugh: it we r 'Vet Iby 66. Chairman to
o imply with the dictum recently laid down at Po ille
and step up .n the platform, with which he o
mid he cult not endorse all that tit. Pens, ha I
•.1 I. hut he thoutht, without c himself, he
ini.:ht tell them hiw far the on faros of a
park ha 1 protreeeed in the C 11 1.14 ile,tvmbr
the 'ounc I ..I • raolution a. the urn. th • *.
tion (run,. r .n att.:edit b e them to purchase
both pieces of 1.n.1.
The CH•lhutem I.:marked there WPM separate
roulutioas, be believed,