The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-02-06 00:00:00

THIt WALK 4.

The report of the Welke Committee wee then pro-
awed, with a letter from the liar. If. P. Rake*
asking Perrnimion, on the part f a committee with the
balance of the walks fun.t, to place a lamp for the
benefit of the public at the Pumtion of the Howling.
alloy and the West Welke, acconling to the plan to
proancel t.. the Council.
Thie led to a rather hem and animate.l
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As the drawing of the lamp WM not pr, sluiced Mr.
Br iccErr !mops-meg! that the considerati 4on the subject
ls; adjourned-
.Uslerman fl.iris all if they wanted to place a
lamp there for the benefit f the public he should have
no objectilm, provided it wws like the ordinary lamp'
of the town, and to he erected and be tinder the entire
contra of the C'onneil as were the other lamps.
Mr. Porn sahl it was quite a mistake the drawing
sd' the lamp WWI not produces!. An ordinary lamp
wmll,l not be of munch use at the pint they proposed,
an it wibl desired to light both ways, and reflectors
would be put to light up the West and down the Bowl-
ing-alley Walk.
Mr. Emsom : Just enough to make darkness visible!
(Laughter.)
• Alderman GALPIN wan at • lOU to know why it wilA
intended to expend the large sum of money proposed
over this lamp while one of the ordinary kind could
be placed there for about CI.
Mr Peg nail they came there with a good deal of
diffi lens,, an they were afraid the Council would mill
upon thou to light the lamp, which would have lien
quite imponsible. They (the committee) would put
Uwe.. or four or more lamps there if the Council would
light them.
Mr. HODGE, thought there should he a lamp to
light the Went Path lewling to the firest Westcro

Mr. r,u4iim wiehed they would izo Into the whole
lamp question av there waa a gal deal of light lot in
the town. Ile referred to a number of lamp+ that
required re-arranging.
Mr. Pope all the iuieotln wm, would they let the
gentlemen forming the cominittee put up inie or more
litnipi in the Weet Walk. He remarked there wee a
lamp built very much higher and larger at the end of
the South Ws& to light down through.

Mr. IiALPIN war; iturpritted that r ontuittee uetin
should he held and 3t one they proterted G. expend the
hattnee of the fund one way, and went at the next
meetin z grel altered it. .

Mr. l'ory. . Xi,'Ain.. that only one conttnittee toot-
ing hect4 11..141. There a our or two im...tiir.cs
et the general potheeril...re which' Mr. 1:44144.1
MO then it wee 1.n.100el committee .4....11.11..• f 4 wilted
to conei.ler the heAt way of Iliflaming of the balancce of
the Walks Finn!, it herng de.4.1.441 to erect the latrip in
luieeti,,n.
Mr. f;al rvr said he wag rialto ma. ixtie.l with Mr.
, Pope'. explanation, it ha.l bronzlit "Tit what he
expecte4, and lae was eorry if he had need the word
MPS, t meeting for the general rue.rthr..f.

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111 r. Btaxm : thwely they were not going to erect
a paltry lamp as a testimom,l to Mr. Gregory. Hal
h. heard Mr. Pope's explanation when he att. ndal
the committee lw should mrtaboly have opposed it.
lie should vote for *seething better than that. What ?
stick up ii lamp and SAY "to the memory of Mr.
Gregory. (Laughter.)
Mr. Porn said the committee thought it would he
the best way to expend the money for the public mssi
In putting up a hum.
Mr. licesm thoughtto thee. mtrary, and considered
it would be a paltry thing to wit up a lamp in memory
of a Town Councillor (Laughter).
Mr. Poet must ask Mr. Puma' to withdraw that
statement, as it had not been said it vra4 to Is, iii
Main-fry of anybody.
After a little more lanAtter and good natured
" cledf," Mr. P. Lacs seconded Mr. thdpin's pro-
isaition, and it was carried.