The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-08-21 00:00:00

POOLYL

POOLE SHIPPING INTPLLIGINCL —Arrivals.: August
B—Q, Brodre, Knudsen, deals, Dramen ; Wood, '
Howard, nil, Portsmouth. 12—Georgina,
Filmier, nil, S nallsmotou ; lia Louisa, Vincent,
onions, Portam,uth. 13 —Appledram, App., barley,
Southampton ; Lothair, Eloards, coals, Newcastle ;
Poona'. Wilcock', coals, Newcastle; Frances and
Jane, Mann, coals, Newcastle. 14 —Acorn queen,
Jones, coal", Newriaa•le Herbert, Evans, coals, New-
castle; Dorothea, Williams, coals, Hartlepool ; Mary
Kellow, 'Stably, eoaM, Sunderland ; Mary Jane,
It unsay, coals, Clackmannan ; Maas, Ltromver,
deal, Uddewalla ; Industry, Fleet, pea., are.. L induct.
—Sailing. : Auguat 8 Ilinerva, E lwerdsoo,
ballast, Soderhama. Bengtesop, ballast,
Huchkewall ; John Pierce, E.mis, clay, Rune ire ;
Hopewell, Smith, clay, London. 10 —Rainbow, Bret,
clay, London; Najade, Hygsson, ballast, Garai&
Carleby. 11—Ker,tine. Elide, Hansen, ballast,
Elsinore ; Jenue Ellis, Le Claire, ballast, Roan if ;
Uganda, Skunterbury, clay, lioncora ; Arthur Wyatt,
Parry, clay, ituncorn. 11—Constance, Wilcock.,
clay, Runcorn ; Irish Chieftain, Curtis, clay, Rue-
corn; Anna, Herbert, clay, London; Wood Park,
Howard, nil, Seeking.
Tat CLAIMLNT. A story which cannot fail to have
• strong fascination for Tichbornites is told in an
Australian paper. It appears that a Mr. Gordon
Duncan, of Benalla, recently pail • visit to the
Lunatic Asylum, at Paramiatts, where he recognised
Arthur Orton, whom he had known at Wapping,
among 150 patients in • yard. Turning to the keep -r,
an I pointing to Orton, Mr. Duncan said "That is
• man whose hand I cut over thirty years ago; and if
it be he, he must have the cut mark the back of hi.
hand." Sure enough the mark was there, and the
man's Mime was Crewmen, a name which has long
been believed by the Tichbornitee to be that of the
missing Arthur Orton. Thir tale, however, reads very
strangely in view of what was published far and wide
.me time ago, that " • deputation " of the belie...re in
the validity of" the unfortunate nobleman's" claim to
the Tichborne baronetcy had procseded to Australia
for the express purpose of interviewing this same
CreeswelL Further, it has since gone the rounds that
they were bringing Cromwell, or Orion, here to con-
front those who &clam that the real Arthur Orton is
the prisoner now undergoing 'matinee under the name
of Thomas Castro. Which story is true, or are they
both false? I. there • Cromwell in Paramatta
Asylum! Has he • cut on his hand, which was
recognised by the man who inflicted it thirty years ago?
Did • Tichborne deputation ever sail from England io
search of Orton, and find him? Or are them various
statements new concoctions!

Tem WATERWORKS COMPACT—Th. forty-ninth half.
yearly geoeral meeting of the shareholders of this
o .mpany has been held at the company's offices.
The following is the Direct we' report for the
half-yew :—" he directors feel they are now address-
ing the shareholders under altered circumstances.
From the commencement of the company down to
1881, the water eupply Wa4 obtained by natural
gravitation, the incresaing denim Is having con 'mood
the directors of the Una...lay of lo king t • other
.nrcea of supply, in additi ot to which the outside
district devolved, by tips ',.mpany'a Act, on the com•
pany, rendered it Into Wive. the t ,tuptr.y ehoold
resort to pomping. These objects c•luid to
be reached without the creation .d additional Cal. tal,
and acLordingly an order, called the Poole Wa•er
Order, leg', wee obtai ed, and received the It lid
assent on the 11th August, 1881. By this order the
company woo authorised to raise any further onto n.,t
exeseding £12,000, and under certsin restrictions a
further debenture ,took of £3.0010, thus rendering the
share capital of the censpeny £24,000, and in debenture
£6,000. The Directors deeire to draw the attention
of their shareholders to the extent and nature of the
works up to the obtaining of the order. The property
prior to the extension of cspital in 1881 consisted of
gathering grounds at the following points :—Foxho'sw,
Alderney, and Parkstone, with filtering beds at Park-
stone. Tbe filtering hale iuri reservoirs at Parkstone
were placed on freehold land acquired by the corn.
pany, the whole of which, extending to about 2 ace,,
was partially enclosed by • substantial brick fence;
in addition t tthe.e works, the company were Possessed
of main. and service pipes over the whole system now
supplied by natural gravitation. The total c.t of the
whole of these works up to the time of obtaining the
.o•der of 1881 may be outrunarioed at 1:14 Fe; lewing
• balance to the credit of the new works £234 In
1882 the Directors considered the position f the com-
pany under the new circumetanoest The first point
WY the future water supply, in which gnat:antf, and
quality had to be taken account of; the result Was
the select' xi of a spot at Lilliput, where the supply
was unlimited an the quality ,d the water, aftrr
careful analysis, found to be unexceptionable.
Freehold land was acquired for a pumping and filter-
leg station, and lande belonging to I. rds Wimborne
and Alinsrton, which has been conveyed ti the von-
pany, and also a piece of land on the high level at
Par tone, near Ileatberland, for a water tower. The
, directors are able to give the shareholders an approxi•
I mate ides of the oost of those new works, consisting
'of :—The coat of the Parliameetary Order. 406; of
the lands nuked for the new worka, and the cost of
transfer, £396; of the coat of the pumping-station at
Limput, with cottages, filter bed, and reservoir, and
other works connected therewith (now in progress).
£1,88.5 ; cost of engine, boiler, and rieaultinery,
£442 ; gathering grounds and reoeiving tanks,
£100;
water tower (buildhse), £1,t77 ; took, &c.,
at the water tower, LT.PI:t ; Main pipes, and laying
from pumping station to water tower, t 1,150 ; of the
mains and eervioes eelenleled to he necessary on
opening the new works, £2,100; thus it will be peen
that by the end of the year, the company will Lave
made a total outlay or expenditure on new works,
03,491. The company will then be in • poeition to
supply fully all the wants of its existing and new
customers in the old ground, us well se three arising
in the new district extending over the high levels of
Parkstene and KOLKs. It is probable that, Pendine
the tall developement of the new system, the thug--
holder, will for a time have to submit to IN Ole
diminution of interest ;It is ader, fah. to la that
additional cost will be incurred incidental to le use
of steam power, but, on the other hand, the rapidity
with which homes are springing up &II 0 erthe water
district will insure • increase of rental. In
carrying out warrior 111:rie new
be %Asa tbea swamis ibowdlititt' °an "ill
proeselbed

return for outlay to amommodate individuals. In
conclusion, your directors, in Wring • oompre-
heosive view of tbe situation, are sanguine that the
Poole Waterworks Company will continuo to bees it
has hitherto been, a sottud and good investment, es
well as being instrumental in maintaining the high
reputation of the district for salubrity and health.
It may be observed that the averse quantity of the
c .moany's water use I by the Tewn Council Co fleshing
purls:was has been redooed, the past half being only
£26 6,11 d., against £95 164. 2d. In the previous hall
year's account, so that the town has n. t been unduly
oppressed by the company. The directors are happy
to be able, under esistlnr circumstances, to declare •
dividend at the nit, of 10 per cent. Per annum on the
ordinary stock."
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