The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-04-17 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.

A meeting of the Corporation was held in the Counci
Chamber at lb. Guildhall on Thursday last. The
members present were the Mayor, Alderman Devenish,
Proust, and Ayling, and Councillor. Pothecary„
ledge, Cummins, Thompson, hibbs, Joseph Timid,
.10410 Timed, Pitman, Hem, Anderson, Berlins, Basptt,
Aid Bartlett.

The tee of the previotui meeting having bean
reel, the Town Clerk laid on the table a number of
111. which the di y before had been examined by the
.iimmittee, and said that they .In, to between
bio mid LIU, but that there we. not halt enough money
is the hands of the treasurer to meet them. Several
.4 these bilhi underwent a severe scrutiny. In refer.
erica. to the hill of ten guineas for supplying gas to the
pirs 1 Alt fur three months,
. . . .

PUTIIECAST reauazked that the charge appeared
a ligh usia.. . .

IlArou said that formerly they 'mid £9O a year
the light, and he thought that the present charge
was a very woderiste one, and that the Council ought to
be sell satisfied.

In reply to a remark that the Council had to pay for
11.. escape of ps through the defective elate of the
lie leadnig to this light, the ChMit stated that this
would soon be remedied, as he wee daily eliPopting •
boniuunicat: from the War Of Bee for continuing the
1..dhi...t wharf and walling up the side of the Noels.;
and that then the pipes would be repaired and protected.
'one of the bulls wa. (roan the harbour master of rum-
inn, and costa incurred by him in bringing • case
Li fore the inagivtrates, but which they hod dismissed.
Mr. PoTIIWARV remarked on a foot-note which the
lorbour-m .ater hail added in the bill, to the elect in
hringing the case forward he had acted with "users-
amid judgment" in the matter, stating that if such
acre the fink the magistrates must have acted with
in..iscretion and want of judgment in diamisving the
and added that, if he recollected rightly, Alderman
Captain Prowae were the magistrates on the
leech at the time.

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Ur. Alum; dewed that he sat in judigutent on that
(Awe,

THE PILE PIER.
The MAYOR paid he had noir to bring before the notice
4 the Board Mr. 'ordu.uy's report winch had been
received. Ile then read the repurt, as follow :
T. the Mayor, Aldermen. and Town Cqlllll6l of
Weymouth.

"Oentlemen,—Agreeably to your directions I hsve
tvveyed and esainisied the Pile Pier at Weymouth.
Mr. Lawman. the Town 'Council surveyor, also Mr.
Kole, the contractor, Mr. Fuller. civil engineer.
Los.lon, end Mr. Brooking, the eoutractisea foreman,
wc,c with me • part of the survey.
'I 'mounted a portion of the sheet piling on the
aortl, elle of the pier where the ground was opened 1.7
Lowin..n ; also Neveral under roadway planking
sim cud of pier, and various sheet piling south aide of

" Examined the stone work of pier as far as the stone
work ass seen. The stone is good. and the work
well executed.

standards on the pier looked, sod
were, clean castings, but, being painted over, could not
ea": its quality.
"I did not discern one piece of Swedieh timber oon-
meted with the pie'. The whole, as far as I could see, is
tivibel, excepting a few braces, which I think is
Norway; hut, as the timber is ersioseted. it is difficult
to tell. &meg of the timber is very good, woe coarae
awl knotty, a part of which, I 1111111 of opinion, ought
oat to have been allowed to he used, but in all probe-
-I'ol4', in the position it is placed, as braces, ke., it will
hut as lung as any timber there; the workinauehip is
good.
" With respect to the creosoting, it haa not penetrated
through the sheet piling where the ground was opened
by 11r. 61111,1115 n. our had it in the tioubeni examined at
the ea,t end oif the pier; hut in several of the ends of
sheet piling, where I had the tope &dud off, the
er..o,ele had penetroted through ; but how far it lied
in, in the length of the pile. I cannot tell. (see
nnens taken hum timbers left at Mr. &emirs
Lace.)
" The Contract ie—folio 4 in the epecificatiosur—' The

tisail er shall nut contain leas than nibs. of creosote to
ends cubic foot, the process to he earned oil in IOCh
roamer as will adnsit of the engioner testing the quan-
tity forced in by we.ghinit say tie:amen pieta, he may.
&Ma.: 51 ally. time Wore aid otter the price..
Wl:ether the cubic lout of timber omtaine 741na. ij
mosaic 1 lieve no of looting now. 1 termini).
have soy doubts', front tbe umearanve of some of the
whether the whole ha. remised the quentity of
enstemte &snot to be injected into it.
"The euutreetur ..n.l hi. foreman declare the timber
has received the quantity contracted for, and mho,. sal
me certificate of 41110uCtica of timber to that vireo,
from which certificete. I have tl ..... glit it right to
send you cold, 0. The orlglliall ll:e In the bands of the
contractor'. furemm :

Mews. froos Portland work* for timber used at
Pile Pier Works, Weymouth :-174 paces limbs r. con-
taining 1,30 ti cubic (net; weight in. 22 tons 16 twt.
1 qr. ; ditto out, 27 tons 13 cwt. 3.lrs. 1i1t.... Creosate
us 4 tons 17 cwt. 2 qrs. 111 k,.. ; 1b... per foot cube,
8.35."

" Eliug Creosote Works—Delivered to barge Reform,
Captsin J. Dodge, for Weymouth hie Pier, 138 loads
16 ii. creosoted timber.

"1 herelni-ce—rti—fi-iliat the above was creosoted at
these works, and that the quantity of creosote used for
the sawn nos about 4,90.1 gallons, nt the rate of iillts.
per foot.
" (Signed) J. E. CLAYSON,
"For H. I'. Burt and Co."
(There were three other certificates similar to the
above.) _

It thus appears that Hr. Payne, the contractor, has
had 10.1,791 cubic feet of timber treosotatl, areording to
the above certiliwitaii, and that tlitre has been 7i lbs. of
creosote 'skit-clam in e.ich foot cube of timber, amounting
to 18,483 Ivet cube of timber, awl t3s lbs. cremate into
each cubic foot of timber, showing that the tiwticr
creosoted at Portland received about ut • hi,, in each
foot more than the ouutractor wan called upon to use
Asuilning that these tertilbutta are true, I must leave
the Council to draw their own couclusions. The only
W.LX, IBA I before uluervril, to know whether you
have the proper ophuitity of cieibute injectid into the
timber, was to wdh, the timber before it ass rut into
the cylinder, and when the timber came out. 'I lie time
W paat fur that process, if it has not alrewly been
dune.

I have examined some of the hills, and had two of
them drawn. Whether they were made of S.C. Crown
trim I admit I cannot tell, our is it material, as the ,
$11.1161.19.10.11 see••-••• gum •• equal
in quality. Ibe iron of the bolts 1 CIAMIUWI hied
they were drawn by the contractor's men where I
directed), appe.red good, clo.e, malleable iron, the
sprees were well cut, awl I am of opinion the thread
of the screws WOUILI bear a strain of several tuns before
it would strip.
I have not seen any of the drawings, but if the pier is
built agreeably to them, said the fouelitions put ie aim
ampurdance with the apecalcations, my uk mites is that
the engineer should certify thm..t the pier is built agree-
ably to the spirit, if nut to the letter, of the contract.
I would observe ii, injecting Bethel'a ereussote into
timber, a much larger quantity than 7i lbs. would be
injected into some 'reaper. I lis.e by MY .tats showing
that above 13sIss. per foot was in some oases injected
into timber op the Slicerneve jetty ; the (*intr..' was
Whs. per cubic foot. In aline casee it varied from 4111 w.
upwards per cubic tout, but where may 4ilirs. was in-
jected, it lied to go through the priussor sgsin. The
urepu absorption of the whole of the timper was as
follows :—whole timber per culire foot 711 or. 2101., half
tiii.ber, 1405., pladkang ditto, Whs.:l4u/.
1 mu, geirtleuren,
Your uhe.dent servant,
Vth March, 1860, GEORtIE CORDUROY.
The MAYOR : If any gentlemin had any reitoprks to
offer, now was his tunic. But before they did he would
just read them Mr. Cordunry'a bill which accompanied
lute rei.ort, and whirls Ise had withheld when the others
bills Were laid before the Council. Mr. Corduroy's
cloorg,e were kW Cps. 64., a lees stun, he supposed, than
must of
.there expected. . .

ri,THECA KY Sala it was much lesc than he ex-
pected. He fully anticipated that Lowman " mare's
nest" would hair cost them r.io r.t the vary lowest.
The 11.tvog thought that the 1.11 was well laid out.
The Council would feel cutodied about the pier now it
had been surveyed, and the public would have inure
cuntblen, in the undertaking.
Mr. Punir.c.tirr : Some will want Lowsnan's report
as well.

Alderman ATLING thought that their Surveyor had
made • great nitstake in looming theme bills.
Mr. PoTHECARY had always thought he was a great
fool for his palms, but after all he must bear the conic.'
queues* for Lis folly. He had cau.ed • greet acid of Lob
to no purpooe, created • emit amount of ill-feeling acid
suspicion emmmm.mmgat parties—he had in fact said every-
thing that was had without the rilightest foundation.
Altbriiiito A t LINO admitted that this report was very
different from what he bad expected after reading those
bills.
Mr. PoTHICART : It is utast abominable that the
stateumuts of such • man should for • moment lie
listened to. (hie would have thought from Ins state-
ments that half the pier would have to be pulled du. is.
The )(Aeon remarked that they coula nut now tell
whether the timber had received the lull complement
of creosote, milese they saw it weighed before it went in
and after it came out; but there were the certificates.
Mr. RAGGerr said the specimens at the Town Clerk's
offioe showed that the timber had receivell some
creosote.
. _

Mr. IN/TM:CAST did not question for a moment but
that the contract had been carried out strictly to the
letter, according C. the specifications.
Mr. RAI:GiI:TT had the highest opinion of Mr. Bennett,
who attended parto.ularly to the creosoting.
The M.tvott had no knowledge of Mr. Bennett till the
other day ; be certainly appeared to be a very intelli-
gent man, and one who was well up in his work.
Alderman AILING supposed that the next thing
would be Mr. Cubites certificate—the *ironer they gut
lb now the better.

The Matott thought that it was important they
should write to Mr. Cubitt respecting the Imoiin4
steiw, gates, ke., in order that they melt be erected
Ii soon ss possible.
Mr. ruIIISCAICT asked if these things were not exclu-
sive of the eontract . .

The CLEM( said they were, and added that he bail I
written to Mr. Cubit', and that gentleman had pro-II
wised to attend to the subject immediately.
Mr. POTNECAKT thought they ought to be very
zealous in the matter. Summer W4U. fast appruacling,
the interest on the cost of erecting the per was
rapidly accumulating. and not • day should be lost uu-
necesearily for opening the pier.
MAT.,II 11141Fpurtoi that time work to he done now
would not be. very heavy *flair.
Mr. PierilicaitY said that Lowman. by the reports
he hail circulated had 4.111111C4 a delay of iieveral months.
had brought about • very bad feeling between many
parties. and entailed on them in consequence of his
proceeding. • very 'tarty expense.
Mr. Jolts Maim thought that • copy of Mr. Cur-
doruy'e report should at once ha forwarded to Mr.
Cubit t. _ . .

Alderman ATLING proposed that Mr. Corduroy's
report be tutored upon the niinute..
Mr. Natir.nan't %aid be had great !demure in second.
um it. The report. to his :Mini, wee very satiafaotory.
and they might ouw con•Oler the contraut for the Pile
Pier hi.d been ouiepltted Inc &sta.:Wry incliner. He
had no doubt but tl.at Mr. Cubit", on rea iing the
report, could immediately give hie antiticate, awl lie
thought thAt • comm.ttee should he appointed to inert
, that gentleman to point out to him what they wanted
dour, end ascertaiu the prob t.hi rost. The sooner the
Pier was now maned the bettts se Lowinou's gratuitous
interference. hmides the luiscl:ief it hail caused, and
the expense of getting a survetor which had coat them
PM. had also hindered the link:rem of the work tor
which they would hare to pay three months' interett on
£12,000._ . . . .

Tin Nava' thec put the resolution which had been
proposed and accoucied, and it was earrhal ennui-
muusly.