The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-05 00:00:00

ocal anb pistrid 15,04

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

monthly nrtc!ting of this Board was
; ell on Monday aiteruocar in the CohAni-r-soutts'
Room, Corn Flx.chaiage.. Mr. W. Platt prosidA
,here were also prpsent Messrs. E. Stringer, W.
Jones, J. W. Woolley. W. Blker,/1. E. Purkis, J.
..`qdwalluder. J. Skehiine, H. Griffin,' F. J Hake',
;1. 1311m2haai, H. flicklin, II Jaaies, H. Hughes,
ani I. Nash. _
. _

;he minutes of the laer monthly and
.spcitd
tneetiugs weee reed arel coetirmed.
The Fin tic. Com:mit:cc repc,rted that the
&ensurers balanees on the several accoonts at that
date were as follows :—lmprovement Account,
due from treasurer. £129 4s 4,1, Highway Ace.,uer,
due from treasurer, £324 17e 6,1, 1-Tiban Sanitary
Account, due from treasurer, _Ol4 3e :et. Tireee Ae
count.—To amount received from the Public WOiks
board being rho first instalment of .45,1"8,
B dance dee from tr.'asari-r £1258 is Bi, Your
Committee having carefully examined the following
accounts and finding them correct recomna.nd that
they he paid, viz :—lmprovement Account £l9 9s
01, Highway Account £96 15s 3d, Urban S%,:itury
Account £37 8s 0(1, Loen Account £730 lie id.
Clerk's Security —The security of the Clerk for the
sum of £250 was produced to your Committee and
ordered to he deposited with the treasurer.
Annual Statement of Accounts.—The auditors
report of above accounts for the year ending March
25th, 1855, has been received and laid before your
Committee Loan of £5,128 —Your Committee
recommend that the application be made to the
Public Works Loan Board for a further advance of
£2,000. Your Cemmittee have received bAle of
cot s from your solicitor Mr. TI. Mills, atnnunting
in the aegreeate of £43, which they recommend
sent to the Clerk of the Peace for taxation.
Mr Haskew, in moving the adoption cf the re.
nort, said that there was now a balance ila the
hands of the treasurer of about £9OO. This was a
very eat irfaetory state of affairs. £2OO had been
collected by the collector and great credit was due
to him.
The reielulion was fee)nded and carried arm!.
mously.
kiln fo laving is ih report of the auditors of the
accounts f sr the year en ling lady-day last :—We. the
undersigt el, having ben duly appointed audit(); s
of the aeon ants of the Commissioners, acting under
the Stourbridge Improvement Act. 1866, do hereby
certify that the said Cornmissionere, by thei,
Clerk, have produced and laid before us the written
accounts of the said Commissioners, being the ac—
counts fcr the year ending March 25th 1885. which
Acecuqta h-re allowed I.y he said Commie -
eionors and eer4fied by their Chairman ; and we
further certify that we have Atidied the said withir,
written liclontits and we fied t het the saen; Sr..
atrect (exc. ptine a aayment of £3OO, to Meer,,
arwards, etheph c.rd MilkturcoatisA he, out of
,bielt they have paid oely the sum of £135 12s
leaving a balance on their hands of the
ratepayers money of £164 8s Od, whieh a nount
should be immediately returned to the said Come
tnissionersi and we do accordingly aliw the same
(exceptiug the above-mentioned £164 5s Od) and
do sign this memorandum in token of our allowance
thereof. Signed, H. A. Scott, and Joseph Jaggard,
auditors. _ _ _

Mr. Haskewsaid if they knew nothing of the antec-
ecdents of the report, some of them would be more o
lees in a fog ; but he be:ieved tho question of the
incorporation accounts was well khoen to every
rein her of the Beard. and it was only owing to tilt<
übsence of Mr. Shepherd from :owe th_.t they ha:,
not had an interview with him since the repot;
carne in. He believed, when they had tltA tie.
new, the incorporation accounts would be Battled
to the satii faction of every ratepayer. (Hear, hear)
Mr. Purkis asked why there had not been a pro-
per account of the steam roller kept for the list few
months,
The ehsirman said the steam roller ament would
not be included in that statement. That statement
would only be up to March 1885.
Mr. James said that it was a fact that proper ac-
coun's of the steam rol:er had not be,,,n kept. Ac-
counts had beeri produced, but these appeared tr,
have been taken from a worlcman's rocket bock.
A course had beeu taken weich, no doubt, would
prove benefitia'.
Mr. Purkis sail he La satisfied w:th t'
-nswer, but he thought the Tiiiors should hav,,
eeen more tarefsl and hie hat the accounts pro-
duced before them.

was propo.ed, Evoond .d aid carried that an
Ipplioation be made to Public Works Lca t
fur the further advance of £2OOO.

The Clerk was instructed to forward litho roliei-
tor's costs to the Clerk of the Peace for taxation
Mr. U. BiHingham read the General Purposes
Committee report. The medical officer reported
that the number of births re.,is-nered in the town-
ship of 3tourbridge from October 19th to Noeten
ber 23rd, 1885. 26. viz , 14 males, 12 Coma!, s
N'umber of deaths reeistered in the same period. 6
viz., 2 male- and 4 females. Birth rate 31 9, death
rate 7.3. The otlicor reports have mud,
eleaeure in i .ferosiee• the Comme'sioners that tin
-ieatii rate is the lowest ever known, viz .7 3. The.
rate was caused by the death of 6 persons ef whir,
te.vo occurren ender one year old, and the othee
«vex 60, What makes this more remarkable is '
' inen7.l, rentsisted ef the weeks. In my yen,
eir;se,tice is tepteted in Coe -wry street. e
tetice has expire:l aid nothing nu.. no-: n. • ,
'Quis ease tett:tires att,eltiee.” Your
etconnuend that if the notice is not coluenee
-vithie seven •tat s proceeding be taken to enfere..
rue notice. The journal of the Medi.:ii 0.-Ueer wit
!aid befree your Committee.
The Town Officer (Mr. EL D. WI Ham.) report ii
that the intimate:es reported were 38, removed 6
rein iinine 33. In maning my inspection duri
the month 1. have found and reeorted upon 48 ma-
etnces ; erelong: them is 1 dilapidated' dame roes
' buil .ittg, 3 unsanitary dwelling tenses, 14 'dila ei -
lied open p-ivies and asnpits, 13 defective dente:
and premises deficient of spoutieg, 2 offensive pig-
geries! and ereturpulatie, of manure. The other
nni:etnees cone under the head of misecilan rats. i
-ersed 26 sanitary notn!es and 22 sereal order.
:et the abateneept of the said nnisanct s
reen;stered beleing house.s have been eceupiel
.--4)fliy 75, weekly 526, :mid dering, tie
month by 2,633 persons. - There have been no cam-
elaints. Night soil removal. 131 privies, 116 ash
pits helorging to 209 houses have I:eee emptied an
-
cleansed and their contents removed. Numl.er ot
loans 183," Your Committee have recom:neueled the
letter referred to them by your Board cotnplainine
of the obstructing in the butcher's shambles, to be
referred the same to the Market Hall Committee.
Public Lighting.—Your Committee recommend that
the following lamps be removed and fixed on the
; opposite side, viz.. Lamp in Queen Street at the
back of Dr. Birt's stable ; lamp in High Street;
Limp in Market Street opposite St. Thomas's
tnberch. Also that an ordinary lamp be fixed at tnt
corner of Foster Sereet. Your Committee have re-
ceiven Sit application from Captain Turney on be-
half of the Fire Brigade for the free use of th«
11 Corn Exchange for amateur dramatic performailces
on the 18th, 19th, 20 h. arid 21st, of January next
in aid of the funds of the Fire Brieade, end which
application your Committee have complied with.
In regard to nuisauce in Coventry Street, nen
Williams stated thst he had seen Mr. Perry. the
hank manager, on whose prop:rty the ntiliance was
foued. and he said the a orb would it, .ion as 8 yal
as possible.
The alteralion to lamps in rho ereets WES :!e-
-cided upon with one or two exceptions.
The report was adopted.
The Improvements Committee report was then
read. Internal Drainage.— From the stirs.« yor
report it appears the ceirtr-,ctor has entinuee the
work. in Longlands. Crops Street, Lower Lin
Street, Clifton Street, Beale Street, Cemetery Road,
South Street, Pool Street, Glebe Lane, Glebe Street,
Cecil Street, Rn wling Cite en Lane, and Alhrt
Street. The total ler.g:th is 7.261 yards or 411 miles.
The value of the work is ,750 1 3 4d, and there ir
due ro the contactor after ending an allowan•
under clause" 5, and after deductine the ret«.ntion
enotiey ot 10 per cent the sour, of £692 5s 4d. Tne
extre work arnennte to £4,179 ; the tofu l due to
optractor is £697 3s Id. The surveyors having
certified for this amount the Finance Committee
• hare recommend it to be paid to the contractor.
'The surveyors report that about 80 yards in eouth
Sbeet from the junction with Norton Road is not
sewered. A- part of the work belongs to the Rural
Sanitary Authority your Committee have requested
the Clerk to write to that authority asking t:ein
join your your Board in laying down the required sewer
at a cost to the Commissioners of about £5, care to
be taken not to interfere with the contract. The
town surveyor reports an additional wing has been
erected at the corner of Baylie Street to prop3ry
bilonging to Mr. William Orford. No plan having
been deposited of this additional building,. your
Ckerk is to srite to Mr. Orford on the subject. A
truck ioad of York stone is required for repairing
the feotpa 's in High Street, which y our Cora•
xeittee recommend ke or d 'this will (
y, ur surveyor to prcceed at tnce with the necessary
repairs. Your 3,.,ard having agreed to pui chase
from Mr. S. A. Brooke some land opposite the new
building erect by him in Church Street for the pur-
pose ot widening and improving the said street,
Tour Committee recommend that the surveycr be
instructed to have the same paved with blue
diamond bricks. Your survey or having referrei t) •
the berious consequence of persons epening the
at-ect for house drainege, without giving the re-
gen ed notice. jour Committe recommend that
punlie notice be issued calling attention to the
Ina. ter. Your Committee have received a report
(root th 6 tAirvklytnli respecting he cga