The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-03-26 00:00:00

There heilles already notice of ca•tle eotninz to the lairs,
the e .nins inc. are ts most on blondes td decide rippectiug
the tenders.

ORIAT WRITERS PROPOSALS.

The Maros believed there is general unanimity as to
the proposals of the Great Western.—(Mr. Wateroan
intimated the meanitnits is not perfect.)—The lliyor
believed all felt the proposals are so important that it Is
desirable to rarry out tise requinouents for the new traffic.
As to the Harbour dredging tiny. enough hal not elapeed
to ascertain defloitelY the amount required; but the
gar-greyer had heard frost Muars. Leather and Co., and
alien:spec:Aug Decknaan • patent dredging plant. The
latter dii work that sled Li colt 111 pre cube yard, at
about Id. per cubs yard, for It not only dredged but
discharged the dredge I materially a pneumatic apparatus
tm some hundreds of fe t, where it was to let depaited,
and by this means .54.000 had been aavad in the dredging
at Mimlwall last year. Tle apparatus would be turned to
two moat important emages.—deepening the harbour and
crea'ing a pj..ca of full rtb all the money to the Core
P!rntiett. lted.tes Isakier • great sanitary improvement.
B it toe Council must provide forlits being immediately
done, if done at &IL
The letter respecting Mackbanio plant stated that it
would deposit the sod at 150 yar I. from the quay aide.
In answer to the Marna, Mr. Morgan stated present
barge is doing goal ; but it la only like • spit in the
ocean, and Mr. L ov••11 sett she would not increase the
death to that required in 10 agars.
Markham. Dredger at 41.11 w all, had reduced the cut
from 10.1. on, per soul* sated to 41. per cube yard, and
hen oueaus •on co.• .t Milleull was lowenel (ruin
53 333 all to Lett 41. Alo• our dredger site 3 irseyor
estimated, would be far more costly In work than
Due • ham s.
Mr. Deists &eked, sappoemt the whole idea should be
upset by a resolution of this Board, what would be the
use of proceeding! They bad bet.er proceed to • resolu-
tion. We had arrived at • very important crisis in the
Mallory of the town • and. as e vt ry eminent statesman
welting In the Allacteenth Coatury wrote of the Eastern
Question, It ought not to be vie wed in a spirit of yen-
romance, so we ought not to approach the Great Western
C ompany in • spirit of vengeance hut of prevention, and
have somrthing for the advantages we are going to glee
them flow much are we mewed to give, and how
much to ask for the money laid out! He moved • resolu.
tion—to deepen the harboor 14 inches; to erect landing
stage at a site to he 4-terminal ; and to eve permnalon
for the use of their orun engine on the quays, provided
the Great Western R ail way C mammy will undertake to
pay the harbour wharfage. and Pdapier dues for the
Cherbourg and Channel Islands steamer., in such •
manner as shall be determitied between a committee of
this Board and the company. lie went into • calculation,
showing that from the two lines of steamers an income
of about Ll 300 might be expected yearly, including all
the tolls and does, and naiad that he wished the com-
pany to have every facility on the conditions named,
bee suss he did not believe they would throw down the
quay walls to the extent of £1.317 every year. The
Council ought to Meet the railway company, not in •
spirit of vengeanre, hit • generous spirit
Mr. Alduman fitment,. with great pleasure, seconded
the resolution.
Mr. Alderui ea Tttoeu said ever eines the laying down
of the tramway, it bad Iseen a reproach to the Council
that no security VMS taken for the maintenance of toe
utay walls, the argument used having lees that if the
aye fell Into the ta.rhooir, the Great Western would be
limed t o repair them. But nothing bad loosen done IT
thesis for the (ii,mye. Were the Council. therefore, doing
Just ce to the town ix allowing the sine thing io, oione
.16111 lIVILIVNIt In akin.; provo.iou for the contingency
Deepening the Hubei,. whether at the centre or the Side,
inil4 necesu only wealan the Q o aor wail, because the
no &ter' al would draw fru tho as I. to the centre. The
Council are unanituom in wishing to bring the traffio luta
the place, becalm it must be • g sel advantage, but they
moat he careful of the interests et the town. As to any
arrendentent ter the en,ee.llY.• to Pay Pole-pier due., he
doubted if it would legally be carried oat; then a d
sore of of opinion might Anse with the company, and they
refuge to pay if they cruld not leg ally be compelled. The
only proper piece the ireCtion mail at the Pala-pier, where
they coutl legally rare ye the due., already they bad an
Art nuking it nrce.ary for steattpes to land pailliengure
there, and Gem should se Carried out.
liv tiowtan remarked the extra dues must come into
the Coro oration funds and not to the present lessees.
Mr. DUMAS sail tee le-seipa were ready to give up to
the o own, sod consent to their own steamers being placed
lower down
Mr. Rolthxd said the aTe.timl of Pennant of the dues
woo put t. o Sir Alexaeler W sod awl the other gentlemen,
and they refused to outertain it. The Corporation'. duty
Is to see the Pile•p or put into proper order, and they
ought not to shrink lrorti it. Any revenue from the Pier
should tee tins employed, before even the bondholders are
paid their interest ; but the Council should protect the
hmonltil lets awl compel the steamers to bring puungers
to the Pier. If they were so compelled to pay the Pier
dues, • revenue would be created which would enable
them to make the Pier • perooanent structure, such ea
ought to be at Weymouth. By having the passenger
traffic there, a large auonnt of interest would be crewed
In the Pier, and there will be competition for lea.ing the
dnes. Al to the number of pusengers who land at the
Pier, every word he mid load been carefully coneiderel,
he hood the proof in his pahet, and at the proper time
would prove time truth of what he had said. No hostility
had he to Como. and C 'moony ; but should not seal his
lips ag ain.t the truth, tar the interests of the town.
The Mayon reed the roil.erla;:—
"Urfa! Westin it a lieu, -

—"lien-81;1 ilairs,;;;*; bake, Paddington Station,
" Stwch 214, 18711
er Sir.—With reference to the interview a Pitch S;r
Alexander Wood and Sr. Grant had with the Committee
of the Co,lllCli Tu-inhy, I bar • to state thst slier the
m-eting they proceedeil to the Coitons Houqs and bed a
con'enince with the Collector. Mr. prim, ee to the beet
of warting the • e oner• on the new 'wryly: to France
wilihrith eelero
'h this
Ge"Rce nart to Ctutims sz
Paa Y 4417 " C.rd':uPi4thrn 'sa. gement% the
(mowing would prohibit' he the tools of workint
"The Inwards Et eta from Prance. arriving about two
RN. deity, +add come to the New Wharf, opposite tome
Channel Islands aim to lead lisseenticce. 'UM*, and
light numbs.
"Toe Oottoine Tem' +mild be despatched from the
(limy, opposite the Cur.tora House, at three p.m., and so
son as the latter is available to receive the Inwards
It will go to it to discharge the remainder of i
Caret -
ts

" Adverting to the foregoing circumstances, and to the
strong objections urged by Mr. Webbed to the extension
of the wharf opporte Pelteney.huildings, in the direction
of the Pilo-pier,Sr Alex eider Wood and Kr. Grant have
con.idered tb. fesathility of commencing the French
Service without erecting the prop sae.' phstionet wharf,
and have Teo-mimeo-led to the Board to make the experi-
ment in tits way shove describe.'; hut in loading the
Outwards B tat, it is feared that great inconvenience may
he expetfinceal by the narrowners of the Quay opposite
the Co-atom House, and it is believed that this might be
overcome he the addition of • Waging Way about 3 feet
wide and 900 lest long. which Mr. Owen. the Company's
Encloser, smimates emld be put up at a cost not exceeding
" I accordingly enclose you a &ketch of the proposed
L iodine Stage, opposite the Custom Howie, which you
will be so toed a+ to einsider as an alternative to the
Wharf under consideration at the Meeting of the Council
on Tuesday.
" It will he seen that the cost will be considerably less
than the original priporal, and it will, I believe, remove
the objection orged by Mr. Welirord.
"The Company would be prepared to advance • sum
not exceeding LINO to improve the berthing accommoda-
tion opposite the Custom House, the amount to be repaid
out or the Harbour dues, Tolls and Charge& in respect of
the Cherbourg vessels.
"I am to impress time you the absolute neeensity of
the Channel being deepened 18 inches before the new
steamers commence running, and that the French Company
urge that the establishmant of the Service abroad not be
delayed beyond the middle, or at the latest, the end of
next mouth—Yours faithfully,
.1. Gatemen.
o F. C. stermas, Sm., Town Clerk's Office, Weymouth."
As to the &uremia& swine way, the Mayor continued
there are moot serious objection+, the boats are MX in
length, being act. longer than the Channel Islands boats,
and they will otetruct Mr. Dyne. water frontage, the
alternative staging being to the level of the Quay will he •
dangerous mean, of weakening it, and if only Wt. off, the
action of the paddle" will further weaken the wall.
Mr. Alderman Reagargie (ally endorsed all Mr.
Thomas said ; it .111 "Now or never " with the Council
and the Great Western; if the latter knock down the
Quay walls, we shall never get any recompense. He was
most anxious to do all he amid to facilitate the traffic
coming to Weymouth, but we moat take care M
ourselves.
Mr. AThernmy reminded the Cloned there is the
South Weaterti else; they are partners with the Great.
Mr. WriAlge sumested lengthening the present stage at
both sad.; hut the Earle said lengthening wmtwaril
0,0111.1 interfere with We itylee's whip building.
Mr. WILFORD shorted th,re are other people's Interests
hesite Mr. Alyer's, liable to he effected by the staging—
The Bret staging was not put up for embarking or
emhatliing pamengers : not • sin:le word of complaint
about the position of the C ianusl Island boats was heard,
and they were given to understand the staging was only
wanted for the potato traffinioind would be open for any
other purpose during the Teat of the year. human of that,
Immediately the staring was erected, the atoruetheete
were removed. Was not the old place available for the
st .andx eta! The harts of a for-mer line bad no difficulty
1,, 'Wing out of the Harbour &tern foremost, and if other
places to the Harbour can he hied without detriment why
shiiuld important intermits at Pulteney buildings be
interfered gab? In front of Messrs. Comm.. store., the
steeps emelt oot materially Intoner, cite them, because
I ow would have movable planks. But extension at the
beck ef puiteuep buildings will interfere with the King's
s•e? where the sailor, of the Fleet and the humboat
i
land, end ill the summer there age the pleasure
tt: moored. A. there seemed not the slightest dis-
position at the B erd to consider the interesta of
individuals, interested in hours erected on laud made
by Sir Wllllam Pulteney, and which would Ming thou-
sands of pounds to the town, he announced that those
indrichirs would look after their interests themselves.
Mr. Howrao thought Mr. Welsford mistaken. Public
men are not called on to coffer i. 114 In their private
property f, the ;iodic; pirate interests may he Coln.
peusated, but they must not stand in the way of the
public good. The grand question was that of the strainer
I-nec iming here; for I! years the Great Western Railway
Company had been trying to deal with the Western
Railway of V mice, who held .4 until now, because they
owned half the steamers going from other places Now,
the arrangements were mode, and the Great Western said
to thr Won —" We are going to give you • revenue, and
eak you to make such arrangement, as will give us a
revenue in return." The:e loot., he was told, would
being £1,830 • year to the Herb mr, Ir.. and besides that,
were the indirect henget'. If he could put 30s. Into •
man's picket be weighting him with 101., nod could only
put 2", in his pocket by keeping his rate" down to Is. 61,
be should not hesitate to weight him with 10a to-morrow.
He suggested alter-arms in Mr. Dennis's motion, till it
re d thus:—
"That the various applications of the Great Western
Company haring hid the atvo' consideration of this
Board, it is hereby resolved, with a view of extending
and facil tatting the commercial indorser of this port
11/ to deepen the harbour to the extent of 1.8 inches under
tar supervision of the Harlaartnaster and Surveyor CD
to erect on the terns pr.ipmed by Mr. Grierson, another
landing st tat lute hereafter to be determined); and
(3) to give permission for the use of • traction engine ou
the Qua/ f—Ovutidsd the G. W. B. Co. will undertake to
pay the Harbour, Wharfag and Pile-pier dues for the
Cherbourg and Ciannel lid&nds steamers, if the latter
cm-. into the Co-notation Vol. in rich • manner ria
shell he determined between • Committee of this Board
end the said C‘Axtratir, and arrangements sattsfactery
to this Corporatisa be entered into for rectifying any
Injury that m ay be doe* by them to our Quay walls."
The Great Western Railway would risk thomends upon
Grommet for this sites course With Framei and what, in
comperison, wee the kIIi. sus width the Coma were
called ai to elk. aed UM to kW tin town ialo 00111-

'Die ion with the Western, the great eatitarlit P.M of
Free, f
Mr. Nasot.i considered the Great Western's merely a
;poen! !e1..., not
Mr. lioWalta soil the contract was for five years.
Mr. TillOalaS did not believe the contr net Isini been
signed; no Fret.ch railway could •Itn nuch a contract,
b•,..140 after a certain time the railway would revert to
the G ',eminent.
The MATOII : Mr. Grant to me the contract was signed,
'and in hi. pocket.
Mr. THONIS: But not confirram
Mr. Naeotz urged ewe. n, Qus, wail. ibouldi be
anrveyed the coot of putting th..w is repair c in.i.lered.
also what sum the 0003franY will pay toner& it, and souse
arrongetnent made for tren•ferrieg the tragic to the
Pile pier, which ought to he brought more into notice, and
we ought to know whether the comp alias are hound to
the town for any time. He urged that the cost of every-
thinc should be ascertained. einbracing that of the use of
the Pile-pier.
Mr. Wows did not believe the clinpany an argentin'
dreirous of having the staging erected immediately, this
Brat year.
The Moroi' did not believe the staging will he ready in
time; bat deeoening the Finrissur even for ordinary
commercial purposes, is &virago, when we had leen an
ordinary retool get only hall-way In, in the middle of the
day.
Mr. WALLIS should not oppose the deed lug because he
saw the way clear where to put the mud; but he should
, not like to interfere with the yachting interest', for whose
! accommodation the Extension was built.
Tho Mamt reminded the Council that the staging
would lie paid for by the Great Western, and in two or
' three years would become the property of the Town
Council. The dredging It was imp irtnnt jo begin at
once, and he approval Mr. Howard'. nuggention —that
, the surveyor go at once to Poole and L indon about the
I dredur.
! Mr. Qualm objected. The dredger company have a
,• certain rate for th dr machines, which can be ascertained.
I Mr. Loynd, said 18 inches would not he en oak;! the
I harbour mud he deepened another foot. The bondholders
! ought to be secured, and the Council know all the cost
before they launched into such • vague resolution as that
proposed.
Kr. Rosin Proponent. —That, the louses of the Pile-pier
having offered t surrender their present lease, arrange-
ments be made to accept the same, and that immediate
steps be taken to make such arrangements as shall secure
to the bondholders of the Pile-pier the dues arising tender
the 30th and 12.14 sections of the Pile-pier Act, as well as
to enforce the Pier rates under B.:betide K. of the same
Art: and that the bondholders he invited to an earl,
conference, in order to suggest • mewl by which the
nerosnary expeneee of the ram um, be met "-111 r. Robens
said the resolution asked the Directors to confer on •
matter thee had already refused to entertain. The Pile-
pier most be kept up even when there was not money
without stopping the bondholder.' interest: bat now there
was an opportimite of getting an inc me which they bad
the legal right to enforce, arid why !should they shrink from
putting It into operation.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. HAMM
Alderman ELurr said it would cost £lOOO to provide
accommelation at the Pile-pier; the Cnstoms authorities
wrothd not co into any rattle-trap shed.
Mr. llgossam said any one who would go to Bank Moose
and Sae the accommodation there most e‘wne arra, with
very extravagant ideU, If the SernMtnntlatinn minnot he
provided at much less cost than Mr Eliot named. The
prnner nhoe is the Pile-pier, where the accommodation can
be_lengthened to any. @stint.

Cmanum °wild sorgort part of Kr. Robins's resolu-
tion awl part of Kr. Dstuilea
Kr. Alderman HOTIOLD promised to vote for Kr.
Robens'a as a separate resolution ; it was not an amend-

went.
Mr. Rostyrs eventually withdrew his resolution for the
present, and the other wee declared to be unanimous',
carried.
The Council then mew

THE RECENT LIBEL CASE.
To tA4 PAW..
Dear the libel case. Wallis s Levi. dentists
of Weymouth, you have kindly raven a full report,
with the exception of publishing the fa t that Wrenn's
coulter] —Mr. Cole—nlaced the damages at the lowest
partible sum, viz , ES suffielent to carry the whole of
the costa; to be nald by the defendant M ras. Lev..
Many of your reader. are ynder the imprerinn the
ca.es waa settled by both Incties Paying their own
costa. which is • mlsteke. Me son's object was sot to
obtain money from the defendant. but • re'raction of
the untruths c tntsinwl In the libel, and the establish-
ment of his profertfonsl character If von will he
conrteous enough to insert this letter, I shall feel
deeply obliged.