The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-05-21 00:00:00

BRITIPORT TOWII ODUNCIL.

A quarterly meeting of lb. Town Council took plass
at noon on Tuesday. There was but little business to
transact and only a few members were present. The
Mayoe was in the chair, the other members of the
Council present being Beaus Buell, Bartlett, Jefford,
teraombe, Legg._ Manley, Stembridge, Stephens, B.
Tucker, and J. Williams.
The isms of gut Cottage by the Corporation to J. P.
F. Gundry, ' screed to at the lest quaterly meeting.
was proclaimed and signed by the members present. The
amount Mr. laundry will hays to pee for Inserting two
new lives in the lease, in the place of two others 'sur-
rendered, will he £214. and the property will be subject
t• &yearly head rent of CIO 111 e.
Yr. F. W. °MIDST (Town Clerk) read • letter he had
written to Ifr. Kale, the secretary of the GM Company.
by the direction of the Loc.' Board on the complaint of
Mr. Legg that the town lemon were act lit on the night
of March 14, u they ought to have been. Mr. Gandry
also read tbe reply of Mr. Male, who explained that the
rewire the lamps were not lit on that night, was because
It wax the first of seven nicht@ on which the lamps were
agreed not to be lit about the time of full moon. lie
nA• loss 1.5
otnrs or
the Gas Company to my 'WTI .1--1111.1roeid like
to define the nights upon which the me should not be
lit, the Gas Company would agree to that course. Mr.
Lea, who reiterated his complaints about the lamps
not being properly lit, thought it would be better before
the next winter season arrived that it should be Axed on
what nights the lamps should cot be lighted. This ap-
peared to be the unanimous feeling of the CouneAl to
prevent three frequent complaints. Accordingly, after
Mr. Stephens had defended the Gas Company. and said
the lamps were lit on the night, they weresgreed to be,
it was proposed by Mr. Williams and seconded by Mr.
Bartlett, and curled unanimously, that at the next
quarterly meeting the nights should be specified on
which, during the ensuing winter season, the town lamps
should not be lit.
The ILATOa rioted that no offers had been received to
purchase the property st the bottom of South-street,
called Miocene's, but Mr. Helyar, engineer. of West
street. was willing to rent it, if too high a price was not
asked, to use it in the manufacture of machinery. This
offer, howeeer, it was thought not worth while to take
into consideration at present, as the property was
wished to be sold for building purposes to improve that
put of the town, and this would be no improvement
whatever. It was decided to let the matter stand over
to the next quarterly meeting.
Bills amounting to £145 ss. 10d., were ordered to be
paid.
Ma. Witchcraft drew the attention of the Council to
the &graceful state in which the how* lately occupied
by Mr. Templeman in Easset•eet, right in the centre
of the town, now was, and Mr. Stembridge remarked
that the day previous during the heavy rain the wet
woe running off the bouse,throogh the chutes apparently
being 'Molted and rotten, so mooh that • person could
not walk near. Mr. Manley asked if no stem could be
taken to compel the house being repaired by the land-
lord, but Mr. laundry said they could not tulles, the
house was in a ruinous state, and they solid hardly say
that. He agreed however that the landlord could be
compelled to keep the shutes in repair, and it was
decided es we 'understood that the Council shoald see
the matter attended to and charge the amount to the
landlord.
The Council then separated.