The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-11-13 00:00:00

Kr, S. J. Day (borongh analyst) report..l that no
sample. bed tola received during the quarter ending
Sept 30th.
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THE PUBLIC WALKS.

Mr. Alderman GSSOOSY. Who ha I caused • notics Ii be
pieced on the a fends paper, brought up tbs. Meet of the
state of the &Yonne on the L indon-r ad. ft. air..aoo. one
of the beet in the town, ern rapidly dinptiearing. for during
every gale there were two or three .4 th.tee.blown dow•,.
and as for those that remained they appeared as though ,
no one took any interest in them. sir curd for abate
welfare. lie had suggested Oast it MOlli.l to advisable to '
hear what the Dachy • ithi.ri ties had Is say on the
matter. Daring his year of office he saw Kr. Htrriot, and
induad him to put in some new Veils. but he did not
know whose taut .t eat, Mr. lierriot'a or th ; pen mi who
took the order • nay were only about tre sine oi walking
sticks, ant in a Is. won. wen polled down
by bon. They ought to get some good-six ,i, substantial
trees, as on the Grant Western and Prince of Walei•road,
and then they would have some chance so standing. lie
made • proposition to the effect the' the Mayor be
reqaested t wait upon the Duchy authorities, who would
be in Dorchester during ths next week. end wee what
they could do in the matter. They ought to do their
utmost to induce the Duchy to keep up the avenue in •
proper meaner, as else let them band them over to the
Donnell, who would, he was sure, do th best they mold
to preserve the trees. (Llen, hear.) He enquired if tha
Duchy authorities really could oialiu the trees, as
there seemst to be some doubt on the matter.
The Amman-Tows th.gas : There is no doubt the
trees belong to theca
Kr. Aran= POPS said h. had great pleasure In seconding
the motion. Dorchester woe nniqu lin the moult,. of tree.,
and be did not know any other town in the kingdom that
had each dna erratum Yr. Gregory, however, annullesd
to have lost slight of one foot' and that was the cause of
the trees blowing down. Within the last few years a
huge dyke bad been dos out on the mos.:low side of the
trees to allow of drainage parpons, and that had so
weakened the ground on which In teen stood that they
could bars'', hold by the roots, there being scarcely nut-
thingts keep them up. He suggested that the dyke
sod be re-made half-ado/en yarn away from the 1T...,
and the unseat one tilled up ; then. ho thought, they would
not only prevent tanker damage in the way of the trees
bung blown down, but any youog ones that might be
plant el wool! have • better chance of growing. (Hear,
hew.)
Mr. R. HOST said, living in the p wish ash. had all his
life, and being somewhat connected with the Dochy, he
was not altogether • stranger to this metier. skhout six
year, ago be callei the serious aft intloa of the Docby to
the irregular state of the avenue. Ha told the ait was •
great pity that every yea' one or two of thm Rae teen
come down, and he urged them to do something to
revise* them. They counted no len thin IR g in% and
nothing bat been done to fill them up. Mr. H -Hot then
vxprs.ed himself very anxious about the atate of such a
lamitif al avenue, and be said he should certainly like to
hey. it preeerved. He gave hint (Kr. Hunt) authority to
purchase 18 Crow, but he Imorawd on him not to bare
them too large, but medium Mae. He carried out slime
lastenotions. and went to Mr. Harris. the nurseryman and
the trees were carefully pleated mid guarded, but within
two years (not two week., as Kr Or -gory had sal I) the
whole of throe beautiful saplings were doetriyed. Of
course, be reported it to Kr. Herd it, and he Wa4 naturally
st-nob by the spirit of evil abounding in thee, days; he
was eaep couch sin .yed, but he should not plant any ,
more. Nmrly ilrov ir woo passed by would out WWI
hit knife and cut inn of tho eoulinre down, and so the
thing was done. About two yogi,' no be again called Kr.
Herriot's at intim to his tree, nit stiwel him the over-
hanging boughs, which appeared to be swaying the UM"
over, and he then gave him liter unions to chop them of.
That was done, but it appeared now to bare been a
neroilems mutilation, and he certslnly re tr-tt-i it.
Within the last few months ha had nate spo ••••1 t
Her-riot; be then said it was a v,ry aerioos mai• e-, Ihe
bu.t a coui mind to mike to lode or tie lir. if • sup-
ported IS4. Pope's opinion as to the ea is, of tso
innicority of the trees being the sracrlorgiog of tic
ground by the dykes., but he wished to say tho
dykes were tbers even Infer, the tens we ra
Now the matter hat cease before thew he hope.' she whole
queetioa of the avenues that alorned the ent anal
of tie town would receive ;heir sigious att union.
. Thum wets the Wenni.ntL-r ad, the ave one to rub 4 lino
shortened, and he now heard rumours that LAu beautiful
avenue on tho Bridport-road was the next, end that the
. axe would shortly be laid at the root of some of those
' trees. He sincerely hoped that rumour eat .infounded,
aa4 that that splendid aVeIIUS of which they could now
bo•ct themselves, would never be mutilated in soy way.
Now was the t me. private interests were coming and
not a moment was to be lost by the Council if the ken
worm to be preserved. (Haar. Iva.)
. Mr. Purl suggested toot the motion be ametrie Ito the
' eff.mt that • deputation be located, with the Mayor, to wait
' on the Duchy authir:ties,
The KAYOS expressed hie oomplet• willlngases to join
I the deputed on.
I Mr. W. TILLEY was of opinion the security of the trees
• had been greatly lessened by the cotting off of the lower
, branch's.

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Th. MAYOR maid no one felt more strongly than ho did
on the matt, r. and he sinc.rely regretted as remetent dia-
appearance of theme fins I r
The motion sae curled unanimoudy. the deputation t
cupid of the Mayor, Alderman Gregory, Mr. R. Rout.
and Mr. A. Pops
Kr. Poen said so regarded the tress bet ween Mr.
Messer, how, and the bridge, he had wtrocwely put
beck the buildings he wee snorting. leaving a footpath
eight feet wide, In order that the trees Web t b preserved,
and he hoped eventually to have the plemaurd to hand
them over, with the footp‘th, to the town. (Applause)
It having been !two I th .t the Rome Gtfic had con-
firmed the rstoluVon of the Council with r fares:o to the
Prousotteo of &Meant Carter. and the Incre,se of the
salaries of P. 0.11 Dunn and Gould, the meeting Wag
adJ turned to Wednesday mixt