The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-01-28 00:00:00

Your committee have to report that the following
works, reoommended to be done by the late committee,
have been carried out under the superintendence of the
surveyor. The wood and ironwork of the general
?darks. House painted, and the inside whitened, under
contract with Mr. Jetty. A brick floor to the cellars
under the general Market House has been laid, rind the
sellers rendered dry. The Louvre board windows of the
Fish Market House replaced with glass, and the inside
of the Fish Market whitened. The recommendation of
the late committee, to appoint a Clerk of the Markets,
has been carried into effect, by the appointment of the
junior Sergeant-at-Mace, at a salary of KO per annum.
We recommend that, this officer be now dispensed
wiWas the present oollector *an perform the duties.
With regard to the financial cotidition of this fund, it
thPurs your present bonded debt amounts to £lO,OOO,
of: which £14,760 bears Mewed at 4 per cent., the
remaining £1,2519 at 5 per cent. Your income during
the year ended 31st August last, was £4.48 Os. fkl.,
and your expenditure during thesame period £336 Is. 7d.,
viz. ; interest paid on bonded Idebt, £397 17s. 3d.;
other expenses, £l3B 4s. 2d. You will therefore per-
ceive that your expenditure during that year exceeded
your income by £981;. id. ; but having a balance of
of £B4 Os. Bcl. in the treasurer's hands to commence
with, the rum of 1:34 Os. sd. only at the end of the
year remained as a balers.° due to the treasurer. We
think there is every probability of the receipts in
future covering the espenditure. Your liabilities on
account of this leadois at- present ascertained, amount
to about £3B, which we recommend to be paid. We
also reeommenti that handbills be hurtled, inviting
tenders for renting the wluile or any part of the cellars
under the Market House, the party tendering to state
for what term they are willing to rent the same, and
the purpose for which they are intended to be used.
We recommend that tenders be invited to remove 16
stalls in the centre of the Market House, so as to give
a thoroughfare through the centre of the building
and an entrance to the cellars be made in the middle
of the Market House, thereby making 16 corner
stalls, and rendering the cellar useful for market and
other purposes.
BURVIYOR'S Reamer. The Surveyor reported as
follows :—I have to inform you that the roof, gutter,
coping, parapet, wall, &a. of the Guildhall are in •
very bad state, and it has he.,
necessary to commence .
the repairs of the same. [The Mayor said as the ex-
l' pease was small, he had ordered the work to be done.]
F beg to say I felt it incumbent on in. to call on the I
proprietor of the theetrical performance in Silver-street
plain, to pay for stanffing ground. I have drawn from
him 10s. • week. The rent of four weeks has been
phased to the General Fund account. [Mr. Rowland
Thomas considered that this was the very best job Low.
man had ever done since he had had the office of sur-
veyor. Laughter.] I have previously called your at-
tention to the bad state of the Esplanade chairs. A few
S lengths would connect them, and prevent beasts
intruding on the F,splanade, as is sometimes the case
when driven from the railway. It was necessary to
metal the bridge and repair the plank pathway. All
the ironwork should be painted. [The Mayor asked the
Surveyor if he did not tell him to cement the bridge;
had he dens it? Surveyor: Onlytturt look at the absur-
dity of the thing I—Mayor . Absurdity or not, have you
done it ?—Surveyor: Why you see you suggested it.—
Mayor: I did not suggest, I told you to do it. What
have you done I—Surveyor : Why you see I let in a
piece.—Mr. Hibbs thought there was not mirth harm
done. It was a very small matter—Mayor; Yes, it is
• small matter, hut if it were a large one it would be
jut the SAMO. If /am Mayor I'll be obeyed in small
matters, for if the Surveyor is allowed to disobey in
small matters he will in large. If I was not right he
should have told me different, and not promise to do
what I told him, and do the contrary.—Mr. Hibbs:
Oh, certainly.]—l have to state some of the coping
stones of the new quay wall, opposite Messrs. Bailey and
Randall's premises, have been knocked cut of plus by
a vessel of Mr. Samuel Siinmonds. The stones should
be put in place immediately. [The work was ordered
to be done.] In a previous report I called your atten-
tion to the necessity of making Mr. Pothecary repair
that portion of the north quay wall, injured by timber
being placed upon it. [Ordered that notice be sent to
Mr. Pothecary accordingly.] I also called your atten-
tion to the absolute necessity of driving three piles to
stay the Quay wall, opposite Mr. Wallis's premises.
They should be finished neer the Old Rooms Inn, as I
have previously reported. [Captain Prowse asked if
come of the old timbers weld not be used I—Surveyor :
Why you see it might be cobbled up.—Captain Prows*:
1 am sure that it might be made to last three years.
[Referred to the committee.] I beg to say the waling pieces
of the landing stage should be finished. The iron rail-
ing and also the woodwork should be painted. [The '
Mayor thought this had better be done, and the Council
eolackled.—Mayor,to the Surveyor: You had better put
down the work you have to do or you will forget it all.—
Sarveyor: Oh! I have a tolerable memory, it don't
signify putting it down.]
FLOOD-GATES.—The Mayor asked the Surveyor if he
had got the Flood-gates foi the marsh.—The Surveyor
said they were all ready.—The Mayor: Can the work
of putting them down be done by tender I—Surveyor :
Oh I yes, as well so as any way—Mayor: How much
would it coat I—Surveyor : About half a dozen pounds.
—lt was ordered that the work be done by tender.
Harmon Masses's RIPORT.—The Harbour Muter
reported, amongst other matters that Messrs. Jay and
Co. were driving piles, he supposed for a landing stage,
for stone outside of the jetty, and that there was an
accumulation of rubbish, which would be detrimental to
the harbour.—lt was ordered that the Town Clerk in-
quire into the circumstance, and report thereon at the
next meeting.
LOCAL BOARD Or HIALTEL—'I'IIII EAGLE TAVLE24.—
The Mayor said the first business on the paper was to
consider the desirability of rescinding the resolution of
the 28th August last, as to the mode of raising the
money for the purchase of the Eagle Tavern. He was
not at the meeting when the resolution was paned, but
he was somewhat surprised when he heard that the re-
solution had been come to to raise the money by the
levying of a rate, as he had previously pointed out the
desirability of borrowing it, in which, as he then under-
stood, the other members acquiesced. If the contem-
plated improvement were carried out, it would be for
the benefit of posterity as much as to the present gene-
ration. The improvement would be a permanent one,
and he thought posterity should bear a proportion of the
burden as well as themselves. Suppose it cost, upon
the whole, £6OO or £7OO, and they determined to levy;
rate for the amount, it would be unjust towards those
who rented a house, say, for only the next half-year.
Suppose, for instance, • gentleman hired, one of thair
large houses for six months next summer; why, he
would have to pay a portion for the improvement, so-
cording to his rental, for the whole work, whams be
could participate in the benefit ter only six months.'
This would not only be unjust, but would tend to injure
the town, as he might go away and say "How heavily
they are taxed at Weymouth; my rent was so and in,
and my rates amounted to so and so," and thus deter
others from coming here.—Mr. Hibbs said he proposed
the resolution it was now sought to rescind, and the
the reason it was proposed to raise the amount by rate
instead of by borrowing was, that it was considered the
amount was so trifling that it would not be worth while
to go to the expense that would be incurred for
borrowing the sum. The Mayor read a letter
from the Secretary of the General Board, show-
ing that there would be no expense attending the hot,'
rowing of the amount.—Mr. Hibbs said if such were
the case he would not object to the reminding of the.
resolution.—The Mayor said he had received • letter
from Mr. John Timed to the effect that notwithstand-
ing the award that had been made, he was willing still to
take the £4OO for the Eagle Tavern, as he had at But
stated. He was also willing to allow the money to
remain for 6 months at an interest of 5 per cent., but
he would expect that the expense he had incurred—flyi"
oefor Mr. Potheoary and ail guineas for Mr.
Barnes,, as arbitrators—should be paid by the Board, Aid
that they would recommend the magistrates, at the
next licensing day, to grant a license to one of his other
houses in the place of the license of the Eagle Tavern,
which he gave up.—Mr. Drew. said it was one thing
for the Council to propose, and another thing for the
magistrates to receive the proposition,. He did not
think the magistrates should be expected to he in-
fluenced by their proposition as • Council.—Alderman
Bower said there were four magistrates pretest, but he
did net think they ought to compromise themselves as
to what they could do at the next annual licensing
day. It might, however, be remarked that if they
granted Mr. Tizard a new license, it would be nothing
but just.—Mr. R. Thomas considered that the loss of
the lioeisse was taken into consideration in piecing the
value on the house.—Alderman Prowse said Mr.
Tizard's offer in the Brat instance was to sell the houlse
for £4OO, and a removal of the license to One of his
own houses, and he did not think Mr. Tiserd was
asking too much when be asked for a limes to one of
of his other houses in lieu of the one he gave up,
as there was no extension of licenses in consequence-
-Mr. Maunders thought it was most desirable they
should secure the house for the widening of the Street.—
Mr. Thomas asked it lb% Pawky did not want eommul-
eation for his land adjoining, and whether be had not
threatened to build on it unless the corporation pur-
chased chased it?—The Mayor said Mr. Penn could not
erect other premiees On the slie of the buildingthat had
been pulled down.--"*.,Balgtor-lin •ud had
acted in • very houeurable winner three: ant. He
could have demanded £l6O more money, yet notwith-
standing the award, he was willing still to take *hat he
first offered the house for.—Mr. R. Thomas Atha- M
there would he any impropriety in the Council ream-
mending the Magistrates to grant a new lionise to Mr.
Tizard for one of his other houses instead of this?—
Alderman Prowse thought it would be but just on the
part of the Council to do so.--After some further
discussion, Mr. Meanders proposed tho two following
resolutions, which were carried unanimously : ' That
the resolution passed at the meeting of the Board eft
the 18th August last, for paying for the purcase of the
Eagle Tavern by rate be rescinded," and "That the
money be borrowed for carrying out the above improve-
ment, and that the repayment thereof be extended for
as long • period as the Secretary of State will permikii
Mr. Drew proposed, Mr. Hibbs seconded, and it
carried unanimously, "That Mr. Tisard's offer of :
and interest with 1111 lie. Od., charges, in socordathe'.l
with his letter to the Mayor dated the Bth January,
1982, for the purchase of the Eagle Tavern, be accepted,
and that the Council recommended the magistrates, at
the next annual licensing meeting, to grant Mr. Tizard
a new license for the one be has now given up by the
sale of the Eagle Tavern.

ENCROACHiIINTIL—The Mayor said the next oubjeet
on the paper was a very unpleasant one, and required
a considerable amount of courage on his part to put it
on the notice paper of that day. Ls, however, they
had placed him in the position of Mayor of that
borough, he desired to do his duty. The notice he had
placed on the paper was, to conaider the propriety
of rescinding the resolution passed March 27th, 1860,
relative to the prohibition of encroachments. He
thought that if they could grant facilities to the inhabit
tants or benefit the tradesmen of the town, without
injury to the public, he thought the facilities or benefi-
should be granted. At the present time there were
' applications from Mr, Reynolds and Mr. Landis for
leave to go down into their cellars from the pavement,
ali Mr. Baxter had done. They knew it was allowed
in every other town in England; these trap doors were
contemplated in the Local Government Act, and gave
the town such authority over them as to prevent their
becoming dangerous to the public. The Board, it
seemed to hunt psiaßilt the reselation in order that
imbjeets of encrosehment might hot some before
' tbe BoaA at an, toning it to their °facers to prevent
any enorroachment taking place; bin bethought that in
doing this, they delegated too mei* to their servants,
as they left ft to them to say whet they oonsidered were