The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-07-25 00:00:00

BICKWATER RECLIMInGI

Te busiaesa was to rec,ive a commas.=
(row 11r. irovvr, 33 to tie ez.,c:our; of th: Baus,z
and to coati ler a a:heule;for no:snail-4 a
Back water Ly vf /1x.4g,k0.

Mr. Alderman Tit no said that hiving pat
posal on the piper several tines, he wank' be
to iritroluee the whole matter in coon..xt.on
Grover's plan, and then my scheme (or
might perhapi be taken as ma addendum ton
first waked thi Town Clerk to rewl the nielisal re:-
mod wlso Mr. (rover's letter. Tney were Ai &Wit
" the Werihiptul the Ma)or and Caper.:
Weytuouth.
" Mr. Ilayotand Contlemem—We, the undaeiseel
men practising Ito Wqmsath ant its vicigit),
respecUully to coil your atkllti,oll ti the presset
the Backwater, obnoxious alike to the panii, hes= c.
the best interests of the Iwo mc & favourite water.m,

"T he present tints seem, sp,ially oprrt in,
have been recently asked to suggevt any meneree
our OpiWWl. WOUld tend to eszedorate the pron. 1
agjemig and to improve generally the sanitary cal'.
Lae town, which is especially ur,tent at the, she:::
(a disease, more than ani other, :little:wed by Ur Me:
impure Mr and the vicinity of ike.vap ”did
is reported to be very severe in lin*o and sant el ix:
Ports, and will very probably pave onwards Iron en::
taking England in its ermine.
•• We are well aware that the Log Bard of
been doing its beat for some time log tv =pone be e 0
condition of the town by aboli*hing r
*system of drainage ; but while that drainage is a- v.,
at present, to be Lamed from the orillee..4 nu tin ~:st
with the coming tide, all over the llac'ssatev,
heavier and more obnoxious pram of the tetwagea sant
on the surface of the mud and there left to be a:a...°.!
the influence of the sun, as awn as the mud Is t5.?.,!3.
receding tide, eau•in,; necessarily. the ev• ,44
U•nclutts miasma frail the decomposing animas- Cut
matter, it will be ranhly admitted that al; ha
dune, which might be doue,for the heal hand f
town, nun town almost entirely dependent Up..L • Jr?.
as a watering.placae The retaining of such
ebb-tide as would keep the mud of the au:kits:a ;
submerged. without Imperilling the IreoUlll4 of a 7
would bring about a ouble molt; tl.tl, Ce ra • •
vary serious milaance of the obnoxious .m 1
complained of bitterly by vulture and ramielents, lairs
to Create a leaUtilUl sliest of water, Sonan4 a iro
thin not only for its appearance on entering the Inc
but al., for the opportunity it wiU afford ter butt:S.
mg, eiv., and for the erection of villa. all round Mc
kt
this fine lake. In recommending that steps be at I
to effect this at the toast puesible cost, we feel assaft;-. I
the benefits which would accrue to the town, Is.th Pt. '
tary point of view and also increased attractivene, t -
much More titan compensate the ratepayers Lrl&nj •-•
which would be required t—
(filfftwd).
FaIDINACIS C. O. beam, M, MR. C.i.E
JAmms Lanoow, ILO., Fit C.S.E.
WiLt.lan %%Welly Loan, M.D., Lund; FL
J, MtH.C.g.E.
Hever Hainan, M.R.C.S.E.,
Jolla W. PRIMIAM, Lend.
W. K. Itia. IL
Citaalsal MODES,
PainitaVa Sharron, H.R.C.S.K,
%%bumf J. Snail, M.D., It.C.P. Lund.
MISSY Tues.!', M.D., Medical Uffleer of ffeeith:
Weymouth'
"June, 171."

Portmore, Weymouth, leth July, le7:
Ily diar amr Sir,—The subject of the Da:hooter is, I UPJ
*Wald, shout to emu., lodore the Town Connell. Will
alio.: me, in my capacity of linctor of Meleanho Ky
urge upon you and the Commotion the immense tenor,
of OIIn aubymt in the health and prosperity of Weym
Tilt the evils canna:mil with the present state of the bi
water are romaliod, the town can never he what It oar.'
be and might be. lam quite mrtaiu that the Town c.
would Bud themselves supliortial by the great ,It -
tutebbtout inhabitants iii any well entodered .cheme It.
improvement of the Backwater: And I know that to
our manual visitors there Ii tiny one feelin‘of urpro
from year to year nothing In dune in the lustier In
ii
neat 0.10 the Backwater in unquestionably
hoalthiuois of the town, and by str.m4ers it in atipiix,i
far more injurious than it really in. Only let .no
engineer be foquostol to navilo up in the boo
adopted, and let the Corporation mom in the ainicc.d.'.,
will And yoursoivo strungly supportod lq 1.1,
ready luterostal in the prosperity of our town.
llelieve
lOut.4tly tr:4,
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