The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-10-24 00:00:00

wrote in the morning to

THE NEW CORN EXCHANGE.

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A meeting of the Town Council took place yesterday,
for the purpose of sealing the contract of Mr. Wellspring
for the ereetion of the new Corn Etehange ere., when
there were preient t The Mayor (Pr. Aldridge): Alder-
teen Bogor and, Cielpiit ‘• and deltincillore Andrews,
'Vernon, Besot, resod Bishop, Steele, and Lock.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
signed.
Alderman ENSOR said that before proceeding with the
subjeet on the agenda paper, he begged to eay a few
word. with reference to the Council meeting of the
10th Odtober. A few minutes before 10 o'clock that
meriting he eame to the ha'l to deliver a notice, and
then he heard that the committee at the meeting on the
preview evening weld not Wee all tel the tenders, and
Mitt there Was no report to present to the Council.
Upon that he presumed that that question could not be
entertained at the Council meeting of that day, bemuse
on the agenda paper was elated that the business was to
receive a report from the committee of General Put,
poses on those tenders, and to determine what should be
done thereon. In conseqttenee of there being no reeiort
he oonsidered that the queetiofi could not be entertained
alit he therefore left the ball and went about his own
business—to 'Weymouth market. Tht would account
for his absent* from that very important meeting. On
his return from Weymouth he was surprised to find
that the Council had entertained the question, and had
accepted Mr. Wellspring's tender of £%138. He might
be right or he might be wrong in his supposition that
the Council could not entertain that question, hut he
did think under the eireraingteneee, it would hare been
1511 et if the irtlie Cotincil bad Wen infarmed diet the
ememittee could not agree, and for a special meeting to
Imes been celled for the purpose of determining as to
the tenders. But tie Wotild 'este that sebject, and ask
the Cteineil whether they tionaeted they were justified
—sit,mettibeet Mil, he believei Di benfirdijne ail out-
lay of between tyro and three thousand pounds, knowing
how unpopular the subject was in the borough.
The MaT.ll: There were ten persons present.
Alderman BNSOE: Yes, but only six voted for it, two
were spinet it, and two were neutral. Those six out
of 16 have taxed the ratepayers with this enormous
outlay.
Mr. FRO= : That in not correct; certainly not.
Mr. BISHOP 1 I think that ton in more than an abler
ink, majority o/ the eouudl.
Aldetetan BOOR i Peithape the Ttlerii theft will
satAsfy me that It ents • legal kneeling. .
Mt. Mello? said of *puree Alderman Bogor could
make what remarks he thought fit, but he considered it
was not becoming in any gentleman to find fault after
knowing that certain business was to be transacted, and
staying away because it wan convenient to him to attend
to his own business. There was a report from the coin-
mittee, which was that they left the question as to the
acceptance of the tenders to the Council.
Alderman 13N8011 said it wee the used enstAteri of
plardmitibet Kir a repot! to 66 prepared by the Totten
Clerk to be reed at the Council meeting. There was no
such report presented.
The Meier': You (Alderman Enter) had an oppose
tunity of attending the committee meeting.
Mr. BISHOP remarked that if Alderman Ensor had
been present at the committee meeting he °mild lases
given his judgment on the question ; and lit thotieht it
wag not regular for • dierkiber to impugn the proceedings
of Iles eofiimittee in the way Mr. Bogor had now done.
Mr. ANDREWS sajd he should not have entered into
the discussion at all if he had not been present at the
committee meeting; and he was unaware that there was
any such minute of that meeting as Mr. Bishop had
referred to. He was also unaware that there had ever
before been a report from committee that had nit '
been in writing.
The Torts Cement Tee, there has been.
lin Akilnxiis said that seeing the great stake at pre-
sent before the town, he thought it would have been
very desirable to have a report in writing. He Would ask
whether the Town Clerk had a minute on the subject?
[Mr. Symonds : I have not.] He should like to see the
minutes of the meeting. otheraipe they lied to take
verbal statements geptditie etilsjects which were in
writing iv (night to be.
The Meron remarked that Mr. Andrews knew
exactly what palled at the meeting, as he was there
himself. He warn cognizant of the decision arrived at,
and, he believed, concurred in it. It woe the gene:*
understanding at the committee meeting Celt; all the
votes for the t respective tenders were so nearly
eeldali the seltcilois should be referred to the whole
Otsubo%
Mr. ANDRIWS stated that he distinctly declined to
have nothing whatever to do with the matter in
committee.
Mr. FROOD: The question was not whether or not any
tender should be aooepted, but which of the two.
Mr. Vmusos said Mr. Andrews must be as well aware
as any of them, that mi account of the voting being
nearly equal in firm if each tender, it was thought
advisable to leave fikeellailter for the decision of the
Council. And, elimmikes. stake was before the
z
town, a report bribe would neither augment
nor diminish it. Ilfin t some of the Council
re igi
we talking merely fog rim.
' The hfaeou : The , before the meeting
arevact
Is ais to the signing ol
' 'Alderman Biesost i ',Whew the consent of the
*WWI Ili the ad airemprty had been obtained to
' e fiatoll
.4 cum . eCtivvv,i not &Il-
an geteen: you in the hem of that not
completed, satyr; a contract involving an
'titre of betweet. 000 and 23,000 ? And in
, way will you get elles money ? by memorial to the
ileis
of the ........ir , should like co know what
you think., ,iiipisorial would have upon
Consider's* ly of the scheme, I
priTs
• it ia ',remains:ebb Iwo? it.
lIATOIL :It bulls* pop an nonaniannanan.
WaS Ir'"" ,t 4110 brought it vosi
lout nee tellepleJgeeition and
i 10- of year, ['Aldermen
JllOB ' 1 -14ge c4eS is most an-
swer N • wry cantankerous spirit,
Amid r - - -- - PIP tired ot it.
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