The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-09-04 00:00:00

DORCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL

A meeting of the Town Connell was hell on
Nlmulay (yesterday), the members present being,
the 3laynr, and Aldermen l'onnths and Nlantield,
awl Comninom Ens,w, Freud, Bishop,
llodgea, and Stant.m.

Tile minutes of the previous niceting were read,
and several bills, recommended by the Finance
Committee, were ordered to be paid.

8011:1) oF HEALTH.

A letter was read from Mr. Coombs in reply to
the resolution passed at the last meeting respecting
the drainage of Mr. Sturt's houses in a passage
leading into Trinity street. He was not aware that
the 1 es were in a worse condition than they had
hitherto been respecting drainage, but there must of
necessity be time to catty out the arrangements. He
still thought that the gutter ought to be repaired, as
it now did not carry off even the rainwater.
Mr. Pommy, in reply to a question asked him,
said that there were no drains at all connected with
the houses, and after considerable discussion, it was
rmiolvtil that another notice be sent to Mr. Coombs
to remove the nuisance in question.

FINANCE.

The Clerk read the report of the Finance Com-
mittee. Mr. Cregory had not replaced the stones
in the pavement in High West-street, as lie had
meed to do, and therefore the committee did not
recommend the payment of the account to him ; but
as it was desirable that the amount should be brought
into this year's accounts, they recommended that an
order for payment should be made, but that the
cheque should remain in the hands of their clerk till
the work was done. The amount due to the treasurer
was £thst;9 1'.5. 3d. and other sums due a 1111 l unted to
£734 14s, 441. to meet which were the .t2:llsi
advanced by the Royal Exchange under the borrow-
ing powers of the Act which. with the rates, would
meet all liabilities and leave nearly .t.:1.1M balance:.
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On the motion o( Mr. Iholges:seeonded by Mr.
EIIBOr, the report was received. and adopted.

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Mu. STUI:T'S Horst:s.
Mr. COOM KS said he WAS not prima when the
question respecting Mr. Start's property was
discussed. Ile was sure it was not intentional on
the part of Mr. Calpin, but the observations be
made at the last meeting were calculated to lead the
public to suppose that .I r. Sturt complained of a
nuisance in one part of the street, created by him
in another part. There bad always been a drain
front the house, in the passage at Bishop's Nursery,
and Mr. Sturt had nothing to do with the nuisance
caused by his tenants. If the tenants caused a
nuisance, their inspector ought to put a stop to it,
under the powers given them by the Act, if he saw
them committing a nuisance he would very soon
put a stop to it. As soon as the Ward had carries!
out its system of drainage in the street, Mr. Stud
was ready to connect the drainage of the houses
with the sewer and put on the water.
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Mr. 1:.t1.1IN mill that Mr. Coombs, in his letter at
the fornaer meeting called on them to abate a
nui,ance in such and such a street, mail he considered
it his duty to resist the preposition of repairing the
gutter in order that the nuisance made by the
tenants of the houses emptying utensils into it, being
care ie.' down the street and creating a 'sauce
farther down. What. he hati sail was simply as
a member of the Board in °wising what he eon.
sidered would be of no public benefit unless the
landlord of the premises did his duty, and lie
iliselaimed all intention of holding Mr. Stint up
to public execration.
Mr. loom us said it was impossible for Mr. Sturt
to prevent his tenants making an improper use of
the guttcr. Let their inspector catch them and they
could deal with them. It was in their power,. and it
was the duty of the Board to prevent these nuisances.
Mr. I A LIIN said he passed the place on the tire-
%ions dav, and the stench was intolerable. The
glitter Widell Mr. Coomim wanted, being on the sur-
face, would only take the nuisance a little further
down.

Nlr. Comm hoped that Mr. Calpin did not mean
to say that the gutter was in repair, or that it was
not shamefully out of repair. If the Board would
give the proper notice to the tenants to discontinue
their nuisance, Mr. Sturt would make arrangements
as soon as he could to connect the drainage and
water supply.
WATER SUPPLY.

The CLERK read several applications from parties
for the water to be supplied to their houses. He
real a letter from the Ideneral Board to the effect
that water used in such a place as a brewery might
be purchased by special contract, or by pater, but
that inns and such places, it was apprehended, must
be supplied as for domestic purposes. He (the
Clerk) was not satisfied with the law here laid down,
and it was resolved by the Board that those appli-
cations alone should be ;panted which were only for
domestic purposes, and the Clerk was ordered to
write to Salisbury and ascertain how they supplied
water to hotels, inns, and places of business, where
water was required for any other than domestic
purposes.
The SunvEvon reported that private drainage
was required mm several properties, and an order was
male accordingly.
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Several vipii7s-of no public importance were Intro-
duced, and Mr. Marine suggested that it would he
better to adjourn to sonic wet day when they could
find nothing Like to do, to discuss over the other un-
important matters.
The meeting then separated.