The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-09-09 00:00:00

THE WATERWORKS QUESTION.
STORMY IFLITIIIO OF IaTEFATI3IO.

About twelve menthe ago the Local Government Board
celled the attention of the Local Board at Health to the
necessity of providing waits of sewerage and water supply
fur their district, and ever since that time the
cluestion has been under the consideration of the
Board, and has also much exercised the minds
of the admen. On the 10th of August the Local
Government Board wrote to the Board requesting to be
Informed within two mouths what course it was intended
to pursue in this important matter, and a meeting of rate-
payer, was held at the Town ball on Tuesday morning
last to madder the best steps to to adopted. The hall was
crowded, and the proceedinp were most uproarious, the
majority of those present evidently being opposed to the
establishment a waterworks.
Amongst those uremia were Kr. H. Durdee, chairman of
the Board drama C. Pond. F. T. Johns.. T. 11. Perk, A.
8. Hodges, E Wareham, J. G. Z. Lawrence, Ej. L.
Brown. J. J. Barnes, P. A. Berta, T. Bennett. and Ball,
msmimes of the Beard; Mr. S. Trail. Clerk to the Based;
Mr. C. W. Wills, Surveyor to the Board; Mr. J. R.
Simplon& of Saiodon, engineer to the Based: Masan. C.
Rickman. IL W. Abbott.W. H.Atkineon,J. Lindsay,W. T.
Riga, R, Eras, F. Davis, Normand. & J. Burpitt, .1. &
Daelells, G. W. Dada* 11,_Shirm. F. J. Boys. J. Bach
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war, T. George. F. Wyatt, H._ Curtis, W. IL Brenuaad,
J. L. Manta J. Strange. sad H. 11. aon.àc
DUILIICs proposed, and Mr. Howes weeded, that
the Mayor sok' the chair, to tir hick Mr. J. Covilyzaproposed
an amendment that the chair be taken by Mr.
That gentleman, however. declined the honour. &arr.
Pond t0...k the chair.
In opening the proceedings, his Wanda" said that
the meeting was called together in consequence of COM,
spondaic* that lied been received by the Loral Board from
the Local Government Board. with regard to the earth.
!lament of waterworks. The correrpondence dated over
• long time, and the Board had not hurried the thing, se
a proof of which they had received a peremptory order to
proceed and decide what plans should be adopted to carry
out the erases of the Local Government Board.
The CLIME having read the toot letter from the Local
Government Board (which we published • fortnight dues),
The MAYOR continned that it wag in roneepoence of taut
letter the meeting was called, and they had a pion of pro-
posed waterworks to subad_,t which de. shopm,,a, Limb.
engiseer, would explain. His Wardle read the notion
convening the meeting. and soid them were two important
„msg,,,sotor supply end eswerage, and by taking eg
one, and carrying it out themselves, they hoped they would
not be forced to take up the seco. They should premed
a plan, which they thought wee the best they could adore;
but they wore ready to receive any better suageationo At
the outset he would oak Kr. Shoplaad to mole his state.
mast, and they would then have a evaded beds to es
upon.
Mr. SIMPLAND, C.H. then exploded his scheme forth.
erection of waterworks in Derisory Field, where a good
supply el care water could be obtained at a depths( shoat
20 feet proposed to establish a peseta( stadia, and
build a reservoir, which would be at • liver of ahead=
feet above that of the lower part of the tare, the raws
being by Minnie iron pipes sad taco Hydniale weekilie
erected at about every hundred yards, for the peeps= of
watering the street., aad in canes of fire no =glee would
be required, em the faros of water would he michat with-
out. At the present pram of labour sad meeerld, he
estimated that the oat of carrying out the whose would
be something like £1.030. By borrowing the marg. and
',madam the re-payment over apertoo ofsea 30 years,
, the annual charge for capital sad Interest would be some-
thing like six per met., or about .C3)O a year, and the
working expenses woukl be about nso more, or sae a
keel of 13210 • year. Houses under CS • year in value
could be supplied with water for about 21. pa week, or
about fit. • year. uuder 1:10 for At, unser CIS for 41.,
„od some ma for al per annum, which he considered
would be less they the present cost of repair.. He calor-
kited that the wake would bring in about £7OO • yeaz.
they would thus bare Llllll or .f. 150 a year to the good,
so that be did pa that* they would have much•lbetoplain
Of.
Mr. BIOV/II saki be mewled to hear something of the
necessity for waterworks, and he should like to know how
away bad wells there were in the town, pout bong
rilanedied by the owners If owed". of bow. did Una
duty to tear treats. waterworks would not be wasted,
and with the low death-rate if 15 per Hee. he did oat see
the neesente for such works- As • twee ratepayer be wee
dmeesdly apposed to anything of the sm. (Vociferwee
ran said the meeting was not called to discuss
the agegeeity for waterworke—(uproaa —but to receive the
=sad to bear what the sagieeer bag to my.
gma dsms what they thought best for the inmates(
the town, sad the letter already read was the „„,,,,,mork
al in. meeting that day, et the Local Ormitotneut..Booak
I/46W WO their doing the. thing. (Cafe of N,.")The rideslio o are we to do it. Of not I (Dmfeedas
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. LAMISINSI NM& Meg were Mid to ewasider the use.
von CI San* e %be town, and beide set
ehialg the gagetios Ikwatearedu had aver bees Weed
upon *be
.Blinird yet. wow* )tr. Smith, the Load Gems.
meat Sesta Paw* held hie elnleire them he seta
how that mail *ink of borrowing. mow Lw improvise
their streets when maided mitten were braze deplor-
able Mete / He Oar. Latrabgei 'coesidcred thvganitary
state of their lowa very ba4 !wh+d. twii• be hot
been looking for prawn' Irma Me yoOtromelt
(load, but hi was of *pinkie that too stair 111 14111111
could be remedied without either egigrworke of awawa
of ereMage. The Local Board had I, I pewee to adores
;wintery improvements, sUd thry rugbt to have takes the
sunder es hand y•us ego. Ho nitiotillhod that W the
ewers irsel in the Board they could miry out the dry
earth. rie 6,t4 taw dust system in the teens, end thus
purify their ajar_ gr, Lawrence gave manta details of
elm SIPM•111•• sr IND tyncies, and ealwhen,d why thee
he— pet ill. MOW et. when, by