The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21 00:00:00

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LC CAL GOVERNMENT ENQUIRX...-31r. J. T. flat'rison, CE., inspector to the Local Government
Board, held an enquiry in Tuesday, at the Cum-
tnissiooers' Room, relative to the app!ication of the
Stourbridge Commissiene,ra for the sanctien of the
above Dep trunent to a loan not exceeding ..ti3;00)
for drainage purposes. The Main Drainage Boned
only deal with main sewers, and the present ques-
tioa w-..s with iegard to al: henich drains, which
will discharge into the main sewers. There was
0.,1y a small attendance at the enquiry. Mr. W.
Fiddian explained the plans which had been pre-
pared relative to internal drainage. In rep .y to the
Inspector, he s that there would be v,ntilators
about every hundred ya-ds, an lin some few cesce
rather mare. Thee would be flushing chainbes at
. every dead end. -The, Inspector asked if they were
self-actuee—Ar. Fidlian said they were, and they
would hold 503 vallens of water. The Inspector
asked if they could be constructed for £2O each, as
stated in the estimate? M'S. Fiddian s tid they
could, and he mentioned the cheapness of bricks in
the mighbourhood. In reply to further questions.
Mr. Fiddian said the works at Amblecote were £3OO
within the estimate, and the main-drainage Can--
tracts al,te were under the estimate. Mr. John
Taylor, replying te questions, said there was no
debt under the sanitary Acts at Stourbridge. Under
local Acts they had a debt of ..t19,570. Cho In-
spector asked what was going to be dene with the
house-drain connections ?—Mr. Fiddian said that at
Amblecote the authorities had done the nth le f he
connections by tenthrs. It was done uuder super-
vision and on a s ttled plan. Property owners fell
in wiih that arrangetnesit.—Mr. Taylor said he be-
lieved they would do EO at StourbrPge as well.—
The items of expenditure were then gone through,
the total estimated outlay being £5,229 3s sd.
With regard to the house drains into the sewers,
the Inspector said where there was a sufficient con-
nection already with existing sewers, and tha urban
authority constructed a new sewer, he did not think
the owners should be called upon to make the new
connection, but it should be charged to the rates.
Mr. Hart ison afterwards visited the sewage pumping
station which is nearly completed and he also drove
on to see the sewage farm.
MAIN DRAINAGs Boartp A. meeting of this
Board was held on Monday night; Mr. W. J.
Turney in the chair —Among:, other matters coming
before the Beard was the question of the Stourbridge
Western Railway BT. As the promoters had staled
they could not accede to the requirements of the
Board without modification, and the time for peti-
tioning against the bill expired last Saturday aeek,
a peitionfrom the Board fal been lodge •t withiu
that time. Since then the solicitor to the rozneters
had asked what elause. the Board required inserted
to give effect to their wishes, en I at the same time
had s'an3cl that as a ratepayer he should object to
the ainage Board incurring any law costs in op-
posing the bll. The grounds of objection ti tne
line hal been furnished to the protnotera.—A. for-
mal resolution was pa-sed appro%ing of the action
taken in regard to the petition against the bill
The question of the subsidences in the road in cell-
sequence of the drainage works also came before. the
Beard.

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RURAL SANITARY WORK. 'Mr. Z. T. Harrison,
C.E., Local Government Inspector, attended at the
Commissioners' R mm, on Wednesday, to enquire
into the application by the Rural Sanitary
Authority for the sanction ef the Local Government
Board to loans for private road improvements at
Amblecotcr, and for drainage purposes at Upper
Swinford and Wol aston.—Mr. T. Wall, clerk to the
Rural Authority, read the notice rs:lating to the
Amblecote application, and Mr. W. Fiddiati ex-
plained the nature of the work whic't i wa-, pro-
posed to do in Collis Street, Kilg William Stret,
and adjacent roads. The total es ins "led expendi.
ture for making the streets was X 1,910 Thirty
years was men ion!d as the titnJ in which the loan
was proposed to be made repayable, but the inspec-
tor said that would be out of the question. The
Local Government Board would not sane ion it for
such a period. The loan was simply to fi.td funds
t e execution of the work, and its repayment
xt,nlerl over a term of years, to ease the property-
.ntn:a as to their repayment of their apportion-
ta,rit, of the expense. Some of them would pro-
:ay the whole amount at once, and he sug-
_..s . that it would be well to arrange with a bank
t, he amount in-,mediately required, and then
when it w i a,eertained how the property-owners

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" 0.1 d p th. 3 money, the loan cOuld be arranged
r l'agiv. He did not think any of the money
:nu for longer than ten years.—The enquiry
4t• loan of £2,600 for works of sewerage at
6winford, and of .22,200 for similar works at
o'o.laiton, was next taken, and there was no oppo-
A :i.,u to either.—The usual explanations as to the
•.,/eIF., flushing arrangements, &c., were given. Mr.
kiddian said there would probably bean application
from Pedmore, an adjoining parish, to send sewage
into the sewers at Upper Swinford. The various
items of estimated expenditure were gone through,
and reached the amount proposed to be borrowed by
the Rural Sanitary Authority.
DRITNIZENNESS.—At the Police Court yesterday
before Col. Fletcher, and Messrs. T. D. Thomas and
W. J. Turney, Henry „tioberts wa.t fined 2s 61 and
costs for being drunk in Coventry Stre2t.—Hen y
Dann was charged with being drunk on th irch
inst, at the Lye. Fined 5s and costs or 7 days.—
Sarah Dunn was charged with being drunk on the
10th inst, at the Dye. Fined 6s 6d including coits.
—Benjamin Billingham was charged with being
drunk, on the 14th inst, at the Lye. Fined 2s 6 i
and casts.—Squire Taylor was charged with being
&Link on the 14th inst, at the Lye. Fined 5s and
co ts, or 14 days.—Walter Homer was charged with
lying drunk on the 11th inst, at the Lye. Fined
2,i rid and costs, or 7 days.—Herbert Sylvers and
Wallac,l were fined 2s 6d and costs for
bt ing drunk.—Squire Taylor, for being drunk on
the 14th lust, and Patrick Kilcoyne for being drunk
on the 15th lust, wis fined 58 and costs.—Meshack
Williams was charged with being disorderly and
refusing to quit the Railway Tavern, and further
charged with using obscene language, on the 17th
inst. The landlord proved th _1 case. Defendant
was fined 7s 6d for being disorderly,; the other case
was not proceeded with.
ADJOURNED —The case against Harry Swiachett
for using obscene language on the 17th inst, was
adjourned for a week.

datrnmi.—Joh Langford was inbred to pay
costs for allowing a mare mai colt to stray on the
15,h inst at Lutley.
To MiLksELLEas.—John Baker was charged with
b,;ing the purveynr of milk us the 16th inst. with -
out being registerod. It appears that defeAant
regist: rod at his last residenc2, but having re-
ni,ved he 11-d not been re-registered, as was
neccs ary, so thlit th Supe!•intendent [nig t inspect
the premises. Defendant was fined 103 an)
costs.

CRUELTY .—George Crumpt.m was charge,tl with
charged with cruelly ill-psi:l;r a hor:e, on the 7th
just, by kicking it, Albert St twon said he saw
the &fendant kick the horse on the le,o.—llitlard
!Mullins said he examined the horse and found the
legs swollen. Defcwiant was fined 2s 6d and
costs. _ -

CLAlM.—Joseph Beasley brought a claim against
his latl employer, Richard Attwood, to recover the
,utu of XI 13s 6d, for work done and wages earned.
Mr. Waldron appeared for the applicant, and Mr.
Homer defende,t. After a deal of discussion, the
case wa3 diiwissed. There was a couut.2r-claim by
which the deLndaut sought to recover 24s id
The Ben ;h made an order for Beasley to pay lOs a

POOR RATE DEFAULTERS.—A number of persons
were summoned by Mr. Ballow for not paying the
poor rates.—One was allowed 6 weeks, one a month,
three excused, and two ordered to pay,
FOWL ST:tALlNG.—Benjamin Penn and George
Weonoe were charged with stealing a hen the pro-
perty of Samuel Leonard on the 9th inst. at Cradley.
—Louise Leonard. sister to prosecutor, said that
,ho lived with her brother. The hen produced was
her brother's. She saw it safe on the morning of
the 9th;iest and missed it in the afternoon. It was
worth 3s.—SuFan nab Davis said that Wootton
came to hr house, on the 9th inst. He brought
;he fowl produced and she gave him 2s Gd for it
She handed the fowl her husband.—P.S. Cope said
.hat he went to the last witness's house and took
• ossession of the fowl produced. From informa-
tion he received he apprehended Wootton awl
charged him with stealing a cock and a he.—
Prisoner said "I did'nt weal the hen, I reared it
bum a chicken. It's my own." He afterwards
apprehended Penn and charged both prisoners with
stealing the hen on the 9th inst but they made no
reply. Penn made a statement and said "I
was with Wootton when he stole the hen and I
went to Bed it, but I know nothing about the c. ck "
Homer, who defended Penn, asked the Bench
to withdraw the el; arge as there was no evidence
again,t hun,—The Bench retired to consider their
verdict and on rtturning into Court, Colonel
Fletcher said there was another case and they
would hear that I efore deciding.—.. Woo ton was
then char 4-ed with stealing a cock the prcperty ef
Joseph i'eareehouse.—Prosteut Jr said tat he