The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-02 00:00:00

Xocal an gistrid Pitts.

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

The monthly meeting of this body was held
in the Board Room, on Monday last; Mr. H,
Billingharn in the chair. There were also pre
sent; Messrs. 11. Hughes, McEwen, J. Hughes-
Emery, Perkins, Woolley, Thorne, Allsop,
Franklin, Young, Stringer, Newnam ; Captain
Walker, and the Rev. D. Maginuis.
The minutes of the last meeting were read
and confirmed.

The Clerk reported thLt there was due from
the treasurer ou the Improvement Account the
um of £585; on the Highway Account, ..t 44.

FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.

The Committee reported that there were a
number of bills due, and recommended the pay-
ment of them, which amounted to £23 lie lid;
al), that a claque for .£4O be paid to Messrs
Evans and Smith, on account of Hagley•street
coatraet.

Nr. If. Himlies moved the adoption of the
re?,,!!, which was seconded liy Mr. Stringer.

ISIPOVEMENT COMXITTFIRII REPORT.

Your Committee reprt that Hagley-street is
completed, so fJr as one side is concerned, and
that the contract is commenced on the opposite
side. The alterations in the cellar openings,
your Committee report to be in progress.
Your Committee report that Mr. EVIL., Su
perintendent of the Post Office Telegraph for
the district, waited upon your Clerk on Monday
last, and, having inspected the telegraph posts
in Hagley•street, Union•street, and other parts
of the town, undertook that all those objected to
should be removed, and dressed and painted
plsts substituted.
Your Committee report that the two streets
at the Longlands have been declared to be high-
ways, and advise that the street between Lion•
street and Bowling Green-lone b oiled Albert.
street.

Your Committee report that the following
letter has been forwarded by the sub-committee
appointed at the last monthly meeting, to the
Chairman of the Great Western Railway Com-
pany :

"To the Chairman of the Directors of the Great

Western Railway.

" Stoarbridge Branch Line and Central Station.
Sir,—At the monthly meeting of the Stour-
bridge Improvement Commissioners, held on
Monday last, we, the undersigned, were appoin-
!is I a special committee to urge upon your Board
to il ility of an early completion of the
.bove-nanied Line.

We do not consider it necessary to furnish
any evidence as to the importance of the Stour.
bridge traffic, nor as to the general inconveni-
ence to the inhabitants generally, arising from
the distance of the present station from the
town. We assume that your having undertaken
to construct the works is full concession of both
these points.
" We have to express the deep regret of the
Committee at the delay in carrying out your
undertaking, and also to call your attention to
the tardiness of your Board in replying to the
communication of the Commissioners on the
subject. On the 14 August last our Chide, by
order of the Commissioners, wrote to inquire
how soon your Board would be prepared pro-
ceed with the constauction of the line, a depu-
tation from the Commissioners which waited
upon the Board upon the subject on the 17th
November, 1870, having regarded the reply of
the Board as indicating a willingness to proceed
without any further unnecessary delay. In due
course (on the 4th of August) an acknowledg-
ment of the receipt of the letter was made, with
an intimation that it would be laid before the
Directors at the next meeting. At the Corn.
missioners Meeting of the 25th September. it
was reported that no further communication had
been received from your office, although almost
two months had then elapsed from the date of
your Secretary's letter. At that meeting in
September, the Commissioners directed their
; Clerk W ask whether their former letter had
been laid before the Board, and if so, with what
results. Our Clerk wrote a, directed, but his
letter failed Iv elicit evco en acknowledgui ent of
its receipt. We now 0n14,, call your attention to
the seeming discourtesy in the hope that it can
3e satisfactorily explained:
" In regard to our main object in advising the
Board through you, we havejo ;ware yen, in

" Dear Sir,—The Chairman of this Company
received a letter addressed to him by Mr.
Hughes, Mr. Maginnis, and yourself, on the 2nd
inst. As he was leaving the town yesterday he
advised me to acknowledge its receipt, and to
Bay that the subject of it shall not fail to have
his immediate attention.