The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-03 00:00:00

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The registered lodging houses, bakehouses, and
slaughter houses are reported to be in a good sani-
tary condition. The 7 registered lodging how's
have been occupied as follows: Daily, 74, weekly,
518, and total during the month, 2,071. There
have been no complaints. Night soil removal.
One hundred and nine privies, 83 ashpits, 2 cess
pools, belonging to 190 houses have been emptied
and cleansed, and their contents removed. Number
of loads 151.

The report was adopted. .
IMPROVEMENNTS COMMITTEE REPORT.

Your Committee have considered the draft
agreement for the purchase of land for the widen-
ing of heath Street, and have approved of the
same subject to the clauses relating to the fence,
and the payment of ven2or's fees being struck out,
and have instructed your solicitor accordingly.
Alteration to the New Inn, Gig Mill. The plans
wet e approved subject to being in compliance with
the bye laws. An application has been received
for the erection of a telegraph pole in Angel Street.
Your Committee recommend that the application
be granted. Re. arrangement of Public Lamps
The appointrcent of a committee for the re-arrange-
ment of these lamps was referred to in the Sur—
veyors report, and your Committee recommend
that it be referred to the General Purposes Com-
mitte3. Internal drainage. The Surveyors have
reported that the work has been continued in
Short—street, School street, West-
treat, Enville-street, Wheeler-street, Summer-
street, Hemplands, Rourel Court, Now-street, and
Lion Street. By reason of the old sewer in West
Street and Wheeler Street c rninc, into the line
of the new sewer, and. having to be taken out for
the purpose of the construction of the latter, the
surveyois found it necessary to break and re.eroa
struct the house connections in the said streets
the cost of which was £1.9 2s 3d, which sum your
Committee recommend be paid. Your Committee
also recommend that the requ!sae notices should
be se,i ved on the Owners and occupiers of private
lands and premises through which it is propose! to
carry sewers, and that the surveyors should hare
instructions to prepare the necessary plan and
reference, to enable the revired notices to be
given.
It was, after some discussion, resolved that the
proposition for improving Heath Street should be
referred back again t> the Improvement Committee.
Other rccontmendations in the report, including one
with reference to the cost of making the connections
from house drains to the public sewers, were also
discussed. It was said that the cost of making
those connections would amount to more than
£l,OOO, and the surveyors were of opinion that those
charges should be defrayed by the Commissioners.
It was said that where houses had been disconnected
he Board should pay the expense of again connect-
ing their drains with the sewers.
The rep el was adopted.
The Board proceeded to consider the expediency
of electing another Commissioner in the place of
Patch, who has ceased to be a member of the
Board owing to non-attEndance.
Mr. Walker proposed teat thy should not fill up
he vacancy.
This was not seconded, and the rropositiou wns
lost.

Mr. Haskew said that if one was elected he
would only have to servo the temainkg time for
which Mr. Patch was elected.
Mr. Perkin proposed Mr. North, and thii Was
seconded by Mr. Woolley.
Mr. Turney thought Mr. North did n 4 care to
serve again.
Mr. W,dker proposed, as an amendment, that Mr.
Skelding be elected, as he owned c9nsiderable pro-
p.::rty in that ward (East Ward).
Mr. 'Raney seconded the amendment, and Mr.
Collis supported it.
Mr. Haskew proposed that the next highest on
the poll for that ward should elected, as it wou'd
give satisfaction to the ratepayets who voted for

The in. ',ions were put to the meeting. and it
,nded in Mr. Skel.tiug being electei by 10 votes
05. •

On the motion of the'..Chairman, a resolution was
carried directi,g the clerk to communicate further
wlth the Amblecoto Authority as to the dangerous
state of tipli se: end bulge near Messrs. Turney's
vo k-, owl to int' • ln'ho,ity that a chili ha,=
nad a n,rrow e.Leiire irom drowning during the
th t the Commissioners were prepared to
pay their proportion of (ha necessary expenditure
on the bridge ; and that if the bridge was left in is
precut dangerous a ate, 1.11., Amblec te Authority
must alone accept the responsibility.

martial inspection of
!• e ou Tuesday last before Colonel
Covet:Ant Inspccter. and C.lonel Car-
la ci:htl was al o p:c6,lit. There were on parade
I. superintendent, 5 sergeants, and 23 constaUB,
The IllealW9llt through a uumbor Qi vJutons in a