The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-05-23 00:00:00

LOCAL BOARD.

The steal monthly meeting of this Board Iris bold
In the Town Hall on Wednesday. There were present t
Kr. J. G. E. lAwrenoe (dustman), M 5.,.. F. J.
Johns, T. M. Park, P. A. Barna.. J. I. Rezoes, .1.
841, A. S. Hodges, J. Stewart, H. Childs, itt.
Surpitt, Kr. S. Truitt (clerk), C. W. Will. (survel..4
Ou behalf of the Lighting Committee, Mr. arawsav
reported that there were one or two lamps required
removing from present *Won, to more comusitolog
ooss, notably use in -road, which was con.
sidered urgent. The lighting warn on the whole natl.-
f wary ; but the committee thought the time h.] come
when they could reasonably expect a reducti in In the
price charged per Le.p, Ida., S 3 pie year. They
toought, as the Gas Company had reduced the precis
of gas to ordinary ouneumert, the public lamp* might
to also reduced in price of lighting.
I Several member. agreed to this euggentioo, and Mr.
I Hodges as a cl,rector of the Gas Company, was
appealed to to speak in favour of the reduottoo.
Mr. PAIN said be always understood from the Gas
Company that they were losers by lightir.g th, et, eet
lamps at toe price mentioned, and, .lotrottem, that
would be their plea for not reducing the price. He,
however, suggested that a Itter be at to the Ges
Company &eking. f.or. IS.111011!..n. . . _

Mr. Joasi said f oily eat. —•
lamp wee tilted off, Ii
would save the pasha something like £2O annually.
l'be Surveyor read the report oi the uis.nos Coin.
mitts., whica stated they had visited the menalies Is
Beer's-yard, for which applicati.m had been made foe
linens' for slaughter.huum by Mr. Bellamy, and fottnd
the premien could be well and readily 000merted low
• slaught•r-hous,•, but the yard and premise. would be
compelled to be kept in a far in re sanitary state than
what it bad been of late, and whet It was when they
visited the mine. They directed the manure In the
yard, both widd and liquid, to be at once removed, •ld
the old building material, laying in beep. to be spread
over the whole area. The committee iikewloi .sorted
viaiting the Star.yari slauebter-bunse, and found it in
• clean and cratitablo state.

-Mr. free said before this report was alopted, be
should like to norm* that this application for license
for another slauehter-house was an important item to
deal with. They had not as a public body to look to
the interest of any one individual, but to the elm-
munity at large, sod therefore it would be no injustice
to Mr. Bellamy for them to refuse MD ap,,lication, as
he had never had a slaughter-bons* there, and the
present one used by Mut was still available, and
goo irdiog the crormittes's report clean sod in good
condition. He therefore asked them to winder ere
they granted the license, and referred to two written
pro is.ts against the same IA sod around the table;
one from resident estop .yen s in the immediate Leality,
MO one from the trustees of Williams' Charity, who
owned adjacent property.
Mr. HODONI enquired If the Board had not got
control ovor these pieces; If they gracile! a
and the requirements of their bye-laws were not com-
plied with, they could at once withdraw the same.
The 01 oh read the section referring to control of the.
Board over such places.
Mr. Sezwrter asked If there wan DO &UMW in it.
bye-laws restricting the passage of &amide for
slaughter through the town at certain hour. of the
day. He wed a ewersei in the negative. He then
expressed a hope that such might be inserted at a
future revision of the bye•lawa
Mr. JOHNS read the petition against granting the
license, and the letter from the trustees' solicitors at
Dorchester, and then proposed that the applioatiln for
license Cr slaughterhouse be refused.
This was seconded by Mr. T. M. PAIL
Mr. HODOU proposed an amendment that the appli-
cation be grants-I.
Mr. CHM, OS marondekl the amendment. _

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On being put to the meeting there mud for the
amendment Messrs. Budges, Childs. Bn-putt,
Lawrence, and Ball. For the original proposition—
Mesas. Johns ar.d Park. ?dews. Barnes did not
vow.

The Highway Committee mart was reed by the
Surveyor; It recosimeeded the carrying out of he new
drainage in Salisbury-street, from Higtimen'e-oornar
to the Anchor gateway, arid recommended a redaction
in width of the present pave•. eat so ae to kerma*
the width of carriage way; and also reducing the
pavement from a line from Dowdiog'e-coreer down the
street some distance to Mr. Shores. The report also
referred to required completion of the newly acquired
path in Daniory Courtetreet.
In response to invitations for tendon for flints,
three tenders were received—via., J. Pops 3.. per
yard; W. Foot, 3.. 3d. per yerd ; and W. Wheeter,
'3.. 31. per yard. The decision of the Board relative to
these tenders was debated at some I. math, but Ida.
mat.ly, altar a division on • proposition and amend-
ment, which resulted is four voting for each, and the.
chairman having to give the casting vote, it wee
resolved that Foot should supply MO yards at 3.0.
and Pope 410 at 3e. per yard.
There were five tenders for the contemplated new
pavement, gutter, and drainage in Balieburyearet,
and it was decided to accept the lowest tender of Mr.
Beall—sir., £137. This le the male contractor whittle
laid the paving is the Market-place.
The m -dial cam's report pronounced the health
of the town to be in a rood state,
Previous to separating, Mr. P. A. Barnes called
attention to the bad state of the peeing in front of
Messrs. Blanchard's, Meader's, Elphisptone, and
Bennett's, which was worse than that prop...
to be re-laid, and, a. it was •la ge aunt of money t lay
out, unless absolutely needed, be wished cue members
to inspect the same if ore the other works write
comeseamid, and moved that the intended worts be
allowed to stand over till attar the next meeting.
This was agreed to, although one or two washy,
doubted if they could make altelations now tend .re
had been invited and accepted.
Signing cheques, kc., terminated the buena I
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IMITIMBORINE EINGHITOW.
Tan BUM Roam( Altar are itin at wotk. and will
not lit this village sleep without a sound of the GotuA
Timpanists Truto. The int attack via made by a
detaolizasat from ~thsr parte on Monday evening last,
I. the schoolroom, when the plaos was filled to ems.%
um, roaming Ming .li:tressed by Mr. Russell. of Bi.
Regis, and Mr. J. 1..0t of Dorchester. On Tweed.,y
wreck( Me.sfs. D I anis s and Darden, of Dorchester,
arrived at 6.30, when • large procession, headed by the
visitors, paraded the village, which attracted gnas
numbers to the meeting, when the chair wan ably Idled
by Mr. Little, jun., who delivessd a mast swelling
opening address. i here wee • crowded atteadsocio at
Viedn.a.lay's me. tig, whieh was addreeerd by Messrs.
J. Fa t, Daniell., awl Miller. Abu 50 pledges have
already been taunt awl • much larger scathes et bins
ribbons. The meetings ars to be continued throagbeat
the week,