The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-02-28 00:00:00

DORSET CENTRAL RAILWAY.

On tVednesday morning a highly influential and
important meeting was held at the ouildhall, under
the presidency the Sheriff, David Duren. Eel.. jun.
The proceedings were of a most entliusiaetic charac-
ter, out o.ie feeling actuating thenieeting - &desire ti
see the Dorset Central Railway line brought into the 1
town of Poole. Amongst thaw present were H. D. i WIIIBORNE.
Seymour, EN. 31.1'. • J. %V. Martin, Esq.., Mayor I Tyree SEASIONS, Friday. February 24.—(Before W.
of Poole ; NI. .li. WH NI
Welch, 11. . Aldridg We, . Parr. 'C. Lam C bert. hairman ;D.F. 0. Dalton. and Willett
It. Slade, T. Slade, G. leelgarel, T. Wanhill, C. J. L. .dye ; Heys. C. J. Glyn and John 11. Austen.)—
Stone, 11. Harris, W. Toogmel, 11. W. Dickinsen. 1 The e girls. named Seiseiwitis. Allem, and Willis were
F. Styring, .1. Ailey, E. Nlntlett, R. A. Reed (Setae- summoned and convicted in Is. fine and To. each damage
tary of the I ).weet ( 'muted Railway), .1. C. Nlausel .• and costs. for breaking 54 yarila of dead fence, belonging
director of the Dorset Central Ilaile ay), Esque., &e. to Mr. Robert Honlen. It appeared they were engaged
The SHERIFF, having read the requisition which • rick belonging to Mr. Lewer. and
hail been presented to him, eXpl*CaSeil the pisasure it
brriTeinttebrk t a
;‘tacatoinake a fire to warm themselves.
, 31r. Wilt.,., Hunt, schoolmaster of Verwood. sem-
ath.nled him to convene the present meeting. The . in„ned rh,.. Fr„ for an m;,oinit and trying to turn
subject was one of areat inip.rtauce to the town, I ' out of poeses:sion of the Independent School, of
and he should be 441 to hear the uleiei"ue of all which he bad poseseedon for 2 years. There being a
gentleman pyramid. , question of right involved, the Magistrates considered
The Nlevisit proposed a resolution to the effect their inrielicti ~,, ousted, and discharged the complaint.
that the want of railway communication direct to Mr. F. W. Freemen appeared for complainant.
Poole bail long been sensibly felt by the trade and Mr. Simeon Meddle, J Keowle Hill farm, summoned
commerce of the town, as also by all paesengere hay- ; .I.l..i.eieie Ifia‘.,l fci.i.r letaoviiiiii: his service Ordered to for-
log occasion to from, nt Poole and Bournemouth, 1 f. 't thettkinstinwaaig.eWai:l for the'ilefendant!
and that any further delay vtould be highly detri- 1
lo•lera-kiShale, and Mary. his wife, werebrought up
: mental to the interests of the pert and neighbour- . in custody of P.l'. Mills. charged with stealing two iron
howl. His Worship warmly contended that Poole whirls from • horse hoe at Affiershott as far back as
was deficient in railway commuuication, and ex- September last, the property of George Churchill. kk.
pressed his belief that the Dorset Central line would The defence w-s the children found them The charge
supply that want. I Was di Aniseed, the lapse of time and the stealing being
it. M. Ametitme, Esq.' seconded the proposition, doubtful.
which was carried by acclaniation. I
H. IS. SEYMOUR, E.g., M.P., chairman of the Dorset ; I WERNE MINSTER.
Cemral Railway Company, entered at great length into : On Monday shout nine o'clock. a fire ntoke on
the q u
ueet of the railway accumoslaison at P... le. li I e on the upper part of Mr. John Fry's farm, which
allowed that the SoutleWestern Company had ijite- ' ilestniyeil an oat rick of aboue 30 yards in length
1. niatically neglected Poole, and how that the I•orsetCentral , 6 y, wide.
I had coin.. forward to render aseistance am' supply the . ard it is estimateel that 460 sacks of oats
:. were consumed ; a portson of Mr. Fry's steam
I want thesoutleWesterliofferedopposition, AtalOppolittoll
i.r.as_hing....machine wile also burnt, to the damage of
1 which them was every reason to believe would be car- t.l.
I riot out with great determination. He deimunced the J. I'O The total estiniated lies is about £540. the
opposition as unfair, and thought it extreu ely bard that steam thrashing machine ui
as at work the same day
• powerful company should be able to beat a weaker and left off about five o'clock ; t is supposed a
company from the field, that • ques . of this kind spark from the chimney must have smouldered till
ghoul.) be ectirely dependent on a long pulse, lie pro- the fire broke out. Mr. Fry is fully insured in the
I ceeded to discuss the present condition of Poole, awl ex- Atlas. Farmers would do well by taking warning
' pressed his opinion that it was imperatively neoessaiy from this fire, not to put together, in one stack, so
somethiug should be done to increase traiie 1111.1 cone larva quantity of corn.
merce. Ile pointed out that thee:tension of the Dorset 1
Central Line was eminently calculated to provide he i
creased facilities for trede and commerce, as well as i STU RDII NST ER NEWTON.
develop° the capabilities of Poole. The agricultural 1 One of the largest meetings yet brought together
districts were of the highest importance to this port. . by the Temperance Society of this plane occurred on
They had supplied Portsmouth with pigs and calves for !
Friday week. The room was literally crammed in
a long period, and an increased traffic in cattle might
a every Dart, and this well-packed assembly was
ensue. The railway* would bring the products Of WIC • .
rich agricultural country through which it would pass to ; addreated at considerable length, and in the most
this as the nearest port. This railway d persuasive manner. by Mr. J. Wat-
would also give , energetic an 1 . . . ,
fair rates, which he understuyal bad helm denied by the , midge, of Soutluunpton, treating the question in
South-Westerti. An increassei trettic in mei would various 'mints of view, but chiefly appealing to the
take place. '[lie rate. at which coal would he bronel.t religious sentiment and moral feeling of the hearers,
from tie mines would orainewhat frighten them. to urge them to vigorous endeaeour to stern the tide
(Laughter amid applause.) The dangerous navigation i.of ,of evil. misery, and sorrow, of which the drinking
the coast of Cornwall will be avoided, and from the I customs of this country are so eminently and un-
-1 short route the rate would be protortionably cheep. It ~
iinestionalily the cause. Previous to the lecture
did not follow that this trsffic would niot in, maim the
Mr. Hancock offered up a fervent and eoul-stirnaz
trade of the port. When co.! was brought here it wouid '
!Prayer fir a blessing upon the society's efforts,
nut remain. Thie would be the dei-et, frotu
whence it would be exported. The Coal , for the further manifestation of light and troth
, trade of the place would be greatly iliCreased. , 11111011 g all ranks upon this important topic. Sel-
l The port must be placed within evsy reach of •iod direct . teen adult signaturm, and five to the Band of
1 transit e ith Somil Wale,. anti Somersoshire which had . Hope, were added at the conclusion of the evening.
i not yet been adequately developed. The lion. gentle- The first annual meeting of the promoters and
I man then referred to the opposition fr, ma by the depositors of the Sturminster Penny Bank, was
Suuth•Western Company, and asked if a loug purse WAS 1
h.. den on Wednesday evening last, when the books
to decide this question. If the inhabitants of the town ,
were submitted toy the hon. secretary, Mr. flees-
and neighbourhood backed up time Dorset Central by .
man, from an exiiminntion of which there appeared
.
their approbation and pee tttt iary support, they email go
to Parliauient and withstand the •-• dog in the menger" to lie 246 depositers, and the total amount inveetel
principle of the South -Western. That Company refused £lOl 7ii. 6d. The thanks of the meeting were
to accept the mutual advantages which tine line would unanimously voted to the hon, secretary for his
confer became the Dorset Central would he reaping • zealous, untiring, and most valuable gratuitous
degree of benefit, thus abasing their tewitien and inietie services during the year ; not only as be devoted an
plying the resources at their command. (Applause.) imuienee deal of time, trouble, and attention. but
He then referred to the most advantageous route from his pecuniiwy outlay appears to have been no trifling
Blendford to Poole. The Dorset t'entral proposed to go
matter. The officers for the ensuing year were
route' the vale up to Wiluborne and then run alongside
then appointed, the Rev,. T. H. 11110 Fox being
the South-Westeni for two and a half or three milee.
elected president ; IL I, Harvey. EN.. elee'Premi'
I I would v • expense If the South-Western
gwrafluctalldp,rntioZone, which was their wisest policy, the I dent ; kir. Colborne, chairman of committee ; and
Doniet Central would only have two or three tams to Messrs. Marshallsay and I.errett, auditors.
complete time communication. They would love to pay The first meeting of the Public Reading Society
--double toll for running on the South• Western line. At tusk place on Tuesday evening, and was well
a future time, if sufficient -y was at co 11111 l and, the attest ded. The leading, selected were the Poems of
fine might be cut across from o.ikley to Corfu Mullen ; the Rev. W. Barnes, by Mr. Colbourne ; an extract
tbe other line being still serviceable. There would then from Steine, by Mr. Mershallsay, and a choice but
he a perfectly direct line, as the crow tiles, to Blainifura. from Dickens by Mr. Cheesman. As the matter
The line fruiu Oakley to Poole, in any case, was of
great importance, and must be no ia e s proaV e proper
d,„ , i seems now on a somewhat firm footing, it is Intended
communication to the towii. ilavieg mentioned the to affiliate with the London Society, and an encou-
sehemee which had been propounded to carry out ties I raging correspondence has been opened with Mr.
project, and the re-iiiiloursement of those sharelovlders In Plumps re.
the South Midland who subsequently took share* in the Silt-1104—On Wednesday night a labouring
diureet Central Railway, lie then referred to the of the name of Ceorge Porter, who had been
increasing trade sod ,hopping, and value of property of low and deeponiling way for many months,
all descriptions by the patroducti tttt of railways. lie mitte.l pelf-destruction by cutting his throat d
inatanced Weymouth, where one of the best houses, the
~temporary absence of his friends. He lasi
which was formerly offered at I:1.00 no
0, was now
mw
£2,000. Mr. lb:ed, of Burnham, who had wife and large family.
intended to be present, but was prevenkid, would have
informed them that at that place property at risen
twenty-five per cent. since the introduction of the
railway. An enormous increase in the value of
property had ale) Liken plate at tiouthempton. 'Wes
were greatly lessened by the existence of railway enter-
The rates of this town were &tweet unheard of
iti any other place. (Hear.) The average of the
country was Is. 6.1. (A Voice, "Our., is 6s. &L.')
Such rates sounded like the times before the poor law
was introduced. Ily the railway there would be •
greater diviaion of the rates, and more wealth to
bear the burden. Having apologised for the meeting
not having been held earlier, lie alluded to the cost of
the line, whinit would be about let,ooo a mile • total
1:40,000. If the South-Western opposed the bill and
compelled them to make another line by theirs, it
would wet 00,000, but it might be less. If the
South-Westent allowed them to run along their line.
the expenditure would be about le:10,000. Having
alluded to the liberal principleso adopted in America in
laying out large mutual for the improvement of railway
iuterennenunication, lie urged the meeting to show
similar eaniestnese and liberality, and thus elevate time
town to &position of commercial influence and maritime
prosperity. (The bon. member resumed his seat amid
loud and prolonged applause.)
J. C. Meesti., Fee., a director of the Dorset Central
Company, siao lalaresastl the meeting, condemning the
oppoeition of the South- Wradern 1' ',any, and pointing
out that the Dorset Central must if necessity confer
great benefit upon the town of Poole. That town was