The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-10-10 00:00:00

THE DRLINAEZ SCHEEL

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The General Purposes Committee reported that
since the last meetin.: of the Council the Comnittee
had placed themselves in further communication with
Mr. Floyer, in order, if possible, to obtain possesel.olof
the field lying below Lund'. Mal for the Drainage
Purification Work.. Mr. Floyer, as will be seen by
the lettsr from him which so -omparies this report,
declines to re-open airy discussion of a subject whch
might have in vi,w the purchase by the Council of the
whole of the field; but he is walling to entertain pro-
posals for the sale to the Council of five acres of it.
Mr. Floyer's letter was as follows :—Dear Sir,—l
shall be happy to meet the Mayor of Dorchester with
the Borough offi oars again on the sewage question, if any
new view be taken on the matter; as we nut so lately
and discussed the whole of the subject see there is no
object to be gained in goiog over the same ground again,
I shall be prepared to entertain propowds for the pur-
chase .4 five acres of the field in question by the Town
Council. and I am not disposed to part with a larger
,unt of land."
Alderman lIREGORT I thought IVO had COMO to the
c mclusion that five acres were quite sufficient.
Mr. POPE said they could not very well do with
less than ei4ht acres. The three from Mr. Burden
and five from Mr. Floyer would be sufficient to deal
with the drainaze for ninny years to come.
Alderman Gastioxv : Mr. Floyer has positively
refused to allow us more than live acres.
The DEPETT Tows CLERK : But there are means of
obt dning it..
Mr. Pore said if they attempted to obtain more it
would occasion POMO delay. 'there were eight acres
which they could take next November. What was
the Surveyor's opinion on it ?
The Surveyor :It will d t mmence with.
Mr. I'OPE: Then wa can get powers to obtain more
who we find eight acres are not sufficient.
Mr. W. Mans% : Is the land really suitable?
Mr. Pore We had it reported on the authority of
Captain Halyard that the three acres are suitable fir
the tank., and the other suitable for the other par-
lions'. The question is. is there any other land in
the town more suitable'
The DLPOIT Tows CLZER : You will be netting
aside the whole of your scheme if you go into another
district. .

Mr. POPE : It is the most suitable.
Mr. CuO3IIBS said three scree were no good without
the live, and the five no good with ,ut the three.
Would it be wi.e to pure ,aie the three, with ,ut
knowing what they would have to pay for the five?
It was agreed to inf,rm the heal Government
13 kard the result td the coonnunicaqnns with Mr.
Flover, and enquiring if ei4ht acres were consi.lered
sufficient. _

THE LIGHTING OF IRE TOWN.

Varbue alteration. in the pitina of nereral of the
public I imps were ord,red, to improve the lightin; of
the town.

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.

Two commtinicatione had been rec•ived from two
Electric Lighting Companie., purstrint to the Electric
Light Act, 1882, one of which gave notice that they
intended to apply for a provi•ional order to introducer
their system, and the other ask .1 for the eviction of
the Council, in order to save them going thronzb the
form of applying for a proviei ,nal order.
It WM generally agrea,l to be premature, and
nothing will bed no", at proeent."
FINAXCE.

Various bills wers ordered to be psid, the total
liabilities of the Bor ingh being stated tl be .£l,OO,
including two in4alments of lon. There will shortly
be 1:2,000 due, by rates, &:. The account at the bank
is overdrawn £177.

A KNOTTY POINT.

The next business was to receive the Committee's
report on Mr. Wiltshire's plane for the erection of
hoopoes on the Cornwall Estate, near the new barrack,. I
They reported that, inasmuch as the new street Or
roe ) on which the said bourn will abut will be
insufficient t, meet the requirements of the bye-laws,
they felt they were unable to rase the plan.. Mr.
Pope, as one of the owners id the estate, and Messrs.
Andrewslnd Huxtable,repreeentinsr other jointiowner.,
hat stated it was to be a prhate r sad, but such fact
wog not stated on the ground IA in, and the committee
declined to express their approval of the plane.
Mr. Pore: to fares the houses themselves are con-
cerned, the committee can approve of the plans, they
being stated by the Surveyor to be in accordance with
the bye-laws. The only question remains as to the
road.
Mr. Alderman GILIGORT would lik, to ask Mr. Pope
a question. They would recollect a few meetings ago,
he (Mr. Pope) had some applcothm hr building tilde,
and he thee declared most de bledly he wmld let no
more until the drainage question wee settled. This
did not agree with his present application.
Mr. Porn was quite ready to give an explanation of
this. In the first place he was quite at liberty to
alter his mind if he liked. In the second, he warn
• joint owner, and when the other owners came to him
he felt he should be putting himself very much in their
light if he did not join with them.
Mr. Alderman GREGORY You spoke very
positively.
Mr. Pore: Yee, that was my intention, but being
my own private matter, and for the reasons I have
stated, I think I ha 1 a perfect right to change my
mind.
The MAYOR: But the Ltd remains—the street is
only of a certain width.
Mr. Pore: The plane Wee made ont before the
passing of the bye-laver. It would be fallacy to
make a road there 36ft. wide. It wont I be always
half covered with weed., and wont,' be a great expend*.
Besides, It runs into a road only 2.lft.
Mr. W. TILLET : It would be a waste of land.
Mr. Pore : Why not appoint a committee to view
the spot I
The MAYOR: That worild not make it wider.
Mr. A. LOCK remarked there was a very hard and
fast line for other builders shut the byelews
The Maros: I don't s-e how we can entertoin it.
Mr. Alderman GRIGORT : Not in the face of the
bye-laws.
Mr. A. Loct paid Mr. Pe.oe might do it on his own
responsPoility —certainly thy C ,nl,l not sanction it.
Mr. Pope: If you will p is. the plans so for as the
houses ass concerned, ov., will take our own course.
Mr. G. Dacia was in fa voor of the plans being
granted. If they had the full width, lef.. would be
wanted out of it.
Mr. Porr ultimately moved that the plans as sub-
mitted by Mr. Wiltshire f,r the erection of le houses
on the Cornwall F:etato so for as relates to their con-
struction he approved. (This leaves the question id
the road untouched.)
This wail carried by a maj vity of two.
I think it a great pity, said Mr. Pope, that obsitselms
phould be thrown in the way of houses being built.
(He gave notice of his intention to put on the agenda
paper for the next meeting, a motion for the revision
of Rule G and Role 3 of the bye laws.)
Mr. W. M. Hill wrote asking that his new villa in
the Prince of Wales' Road might be connected with
the main sewer. " I have this 'lay bad an interview
with Mr. Floyer," wrote Mr. Hill, "with respect to
my new house on the Prince of Wales' Road, and he
says he ham not the least objection to Its connection
with the main sewer. It is the new district on the
Cornwall Estate be objects to.
Mr. G. Dade: I don't think we ought to object to
this.
The Dept-re' Tows CLERK roggested Mr. Floyet
should be communicated with.
Alderman ORID.OnT proposed that sanction he given
to make this drain, subject to written authority from
Mr Floyer.
Mr. A. Pole: That would be • very unwise course
to take. We shall then be binding ourselves never to
put drainage in withont goinc to Mr. Floyer. I would
rather propose that Mr. Hill's application to connect
with the moin Newer be granted.
Mr. U. Davis: I will aecond that. I think it i. •
very hard case that Mr. Hill should not be allowed to
do so.
The MATOR pnlipcifie Mr. Floyer has the right to
'top more sewage going into the eVestn.
Mr. Pore: I don't think he can, Besi lee he is not
the only owner on the river.
The Marcia I think we ought rather to see about
going .in with the main drainage.
Mr. G. Davis thought they had made a mistake in
going to Mr. Floyer at all
After some discussion Mr. POPI amended his motion
as follows :—" Mr. Hill's baring represented that Mr.
FIOVIS tan no obJeetion to the drainace et hie now