The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-08-09 00:00:00

DORCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL

A mentina of the C,.irporation w h. 1,1 on Wednesday
mining. pre,ent—The iindze., nig.). Aldermen
Galvin Roll I,,ek Fount:mom, Mtn-1,, T. Bennett, F. Bennett,
M. lievemsh, .1. 01Mor, and W. Made, with the TONI' Clerk
(0. Symund., E.) )
It was decided to close the tattle naiad at three o'clock.
• mrm^ria, was pr. minted azalnet maim s road ter. .. the
walk., shin there is.n an ammeted dlerkioli. The subject
is to be could& red at the next ineeth.g.
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TIM tom rant MELD.
The There CLIME rep irted important Information rektite tG
the Requirement of It. ggar'o Keen IN a cite for a market and
fair wound. Mr John Hamm for hi. copyhold interest in
21. It. 2t9t. of &gear'. Knelt mked £l/0 per acre, making about
Mr. Fitch would accept g 3 free of all expenom for his
['teen to is. Or. Hp.; and the only other piece about which
there wan en.? eue..tion wan 1r 17p. held by Mrs. flee Poe, but
it au thought the Pooh.' authoriteeee had a, ranged
for Ito purrendei. I. !dot had been freaked from
the Duchy Council granting, on a Imre fr DA years,
4a. 2r. 21p. of the plot, Le rmerringto thentoelves the northern
'minion and a otrip Including the tali... Ton the not aide, on the
tenno—that the Council rl hl buy UP the o, pyheeld inter. eta
and common righeo o.er the whole pleme. that r. f!)c of abOo
ii Id be p.ll and an tonna! rent aL3O. that a 11011 to be
agreed on rhooki he e xpeerdod In huildinot or leeprovementf ,
that they obould build a .übotantlal lit -41 e or brick wall on the
north,-n, boundary. and °tithe caoters. ride • proper fence; wlth
a condition that ii the land muted to be toad ma Lir and nme let
gn .1 it ohou 4 revert teethe Duchy.
Th M•vo• remarked that it bad been raid by some they
would never have the offer of Beraiam' knap, hot now thot lead
that, and there Cal reasonable eitpectation 14 their getting it
The lawn Clerk estimated the cost ri the she as follows:
Flute and end cure of the land .. 1,470
Levelling and buildings 1,030
An Act 11 Parliament 500
Capitalleitm the ground rent ..

AS.IIOO
Mr. (limns mid they wild not Calculate on Its costing Ices
than Xt.ooo.
Mr. : We are tooter well in debt already.
In reply ton question, Mr. !Iv Horne ssid a echeditle of toll.,
Cc., would be put in the Act .4 Parliament, buil they *debt
he able to mim money by debentures on the srcurfty of he
market and fair lolls. Under an Act they would have suninary
towers of recovering the tolls, which is ould facilitate the homing
of debenture..
Mr. hoca was afraid the cost was too formidable, and pro-
posed "That, the terms being I r in exce.ri sit any funds in the
no:session of the CoUlteil, the whole question be referred to •
committee, to see if tie present fairground could not be made
more suitable, sir some leis expensive site obtained"
The MAYOR: Then to u would refuse one site, and see If
onsther could lint'
Mr. F. ORKT:crr : Ithink one might be obtained that IWO low
expensive.
Mr. Rumor : What probable income world there be from the
tolls
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Mr. CLAD.: It would never pay the interest of the money.
Mr. LUCK : The only way to rake money would he to inmate
• toil, and that would be very likely to devtrny the markets.
Mr. Rumor : Suppose we had • Market Act, and t dls came
Into operetion, would not their amount be xinsiderabiy in camas
of whit they now produce ?
Mr. LOCK : That is • matter of opinion. It is a queetion
whether the markets have not notch increased througil there
beii.
lfr! G'otsil.iret did nnt think a penny • bead would drive
stork away.
Mr. Lora : A penny a heist wrin:d rot raise MCI!.
Mr. T. lIIINNETT tlitalitit it would.
Mr. Humor said thet had been desirous of t:etl:ng thllt cite
for the lvd dozen years, and vhould not now give it up It thout
con iderat

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Yr GALI IX still he did not want to give It up If It was
brought .Rhin their mean•; hut he would .y to the [Melly
at rongly that if they lipi.ted en the present terms it must be
given up.
The MAYOR stigge4.4l a committee to dims ups letter asking
for a modific.thot of tern.. Rut. he I.inted out, taking the
larie.osi buildings in Knap, and the pre.ent
fair gr it to involve the same outlay, the additional co 4 of
he. gars Knap would only be an .% and he was hopeful they
might get the rune reduced.
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Mr. St toe thought the Duchy should extinguish the copy-
-1141 and isinunon right. over the pit.
Mr. nymonds spid Mei. might offer to surrender their Int.:Test
the fir field held it Mr. Tome's fife, on which the Council
had an assurance policy of Xl,OOO, when Beggar's Knap was
rea y.
Mr. Gaunt thought it practicable to raise the preseni fair
ground. an I extend the boundary. Ilc alto suggested sonic
lent belonging to the Great Western Railway Cempany, now
used as gardens, 1.4 a pia.ilole .its.
The 111. vow said the Duchy authorities hail been told that
having lkshrars knap was very objet' losable. as It would be a
limey tax 1m the Inhabitants ; hut that was a great absurllty,
beesii.e it was not isinnixicd with any tax al the inliali!tsid.s.

Finally at tea,' am. :zed that the Mayor and the Town Clerk
altould write a letter to the Duchy for a modification of the
terMe on which Damara knap in offered.