The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-11-14 00:00:00

VIZ DILAINAOIC QUIDITION.

The General PUrPoeell Committee pre, intr.,' their
report with regard to a oornmunication from the Local
Government Board on the drainage queati..n and their
replies thereto, and also as to the surf ..ce drainage of the
town. W.th ramp -et to the Brat matter the committee
stated that subject to the saw t ono( the L- cal Government
Board they had concluded an arrengereept wrth Mr.
Plover for the purchase of five &ores of hie ft Id lying
below the proported site for the erection of drainaee
corks near Loud's-mill at £lOO an acre, and the Local
lovernment Board being lastisfled with the acquisition
of such additional laud for rewage filtration pur-
poses had communicatrd their read nes, tr Woe •
provisional order for the compulsory purchase of throe
• acres of Irani belonging to the trustees of the late Mr.
I Burden, required for erection of precipitating tanks, or
receiving an undertaking from the Town Council to filter
the sewage over the additional lend after submitting ir hi
chemical tie atment seat fist proposed. This en lertaking
might be given by the Council I. the form of a resolution,
and the committee recommend it be given tortha:tb.
The commute had 4,0 hal un ler their conaideration the
plan. prepared by the surveyor for the surface drainage
of the town, of which there was a great ant immediate
necessity,
especiall in regard to the Cornwall Estate, the
Great Weatern and Weymouth-roads. and Cesrminiter.
Tho surveyor estimated the total coat of divert ng and
carrying oil the whole of the gem water throughout the
town by surfacer drain. at £9OO, and that that portion of
the work above referred to might be done at • oat of
LEY 10r. 4d.
Dr. ALORIDOII in regard to the latter part of the report
said he pretreated armrest the proposed °inlay, on the
ground that he wished the whole drainage scheme to be
carried out in its entirety. They would have to apply to
the Local Goys natant Breed for • loan of £15,000 to carry
out the drainage scheme. whlco would include eurfaes
drainage, and he thought they might as well apply at
once and carry out the whole schema To go on with
the surface drainage at an expense of £9OO in the r
pr,s,nt financial condition would be mad and wrol
&Poi uh.r, and he therefore protested against it. He dal
not wish to coat any aepereions upon the surveyor no
idiubt he had shows great asedulty and attention in the
matter, but thee must remember it was a responsible
thing for the Council to undertake, and he therefore
thought they should get the opal ,n of a CAls.liting
edginesr ns to tt.e whole scheme before they embarked
urn PO seriogs an undertaking. He was noxious the
matter should b gone into at once, and recommended
anpliestion be made to the B et-d above for • loan of
£15,000, and the scheme carried out in ire entirety. No
doubt person, interested in the Cornwall estate were more
inrereated in this qoestion being vowed forward than
other people, but he was independent of auy perronal or
other feeling in the matter.
Y,. A. Lock asked how the committee poem:amen led
the £9OO should be raised. and
The MATOR sad they 1., commended work should be
dune amounting to £5.10 10a. 41.
It wan reuolv it, on shorn Ai in of Mr. A. LOCK, seconded
fry Me. It. Next, t give to undertaking required by toe
Local Governruenr Board.
Alluding to the surface drainage question, Kr. Porn
denied the carrying out of the,. pans would be of
advantage to that p °pert'', ant st at el the idea they had
in prmainc it for earl was thr benefit of the Grammar
School. (lieu, hear.) Ila pointed out the Cornwall
Estate was at preeent perfectly dreined, the whole of the
surface water finding its way into the mein sewer, ant he
therefore repudiated the idea th it ho should be benedtted
in any way, ores? other person interested in the Cornwall
It.tstr, by the storm water b :int taken out of the main
sewerage pipe..
Dr. ALDIUDOZ laid he made no personal reflection
on Mr. Pope, bet he wes not surprised persons living
in the neighbourhood of the Cornwall &tete were
particalarly interested in this scheme being curled out at
our,.
Mr. Pettit: Why I It would be no advantage to us.
Dr. ALDKIDOI : They have more interest in it than
altr. l bxirerg : It would he • disadvantage to them. The
estate is well drained no..
Dr. AI.DILIDOZ said the water wag now in these or four
houses in the Cornwall-road. Where did that come from
if not from the storm / It was not from the deep sewerage.
The MarOlt: I don't think this need to • perisonal
question at all.
Dr. Atom cog said he made no reflection on Mr. Pop.;
if the cep rlttwi him he must wear it.
It was ultimately propoed by Mr. Porn, and seconded
by Mr. G. Davis, that the second part of the committee's
report be adopted.
Me. A. LOCK thought they should consider how the
.C5OO was to be raised, and proposed the rep At be tient back
to the committee for their recommendatioas on this point.
Kr. R. HUNT said this Wee a 0111101111 and important
question, and he thought the money they expended up on
't should come front the sum they borrowed from the
Local Government Boor.), arod the repayment of it borne
by p oskerity as well es by themselves. He thought it was
not right they should place more taxes upon the present
overburdened ratepayer..
Mr. POPS said he saw difficulty in the way, but the
whew* could not be carried out until they hal the money.
Buhisequent4 the MATOR pot the second portion of the
report. to the meeting, and eve voted fot it and two

ag ost.
Mr. Harr rsmarks4 It was not I fair repressatation of
the opinion of the Council es several gentlornsn of the
contrary pinion hat loft the meeting.