The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-01-07 00:00:00

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must decidedly oppose it, at he thought that a rail-
way to Portland would be of incalculable mischief to
Weymouth; and this he assured the Council was
the general fueling of the town. He greatly regretted
that the two schemes had been embodied in one
Bill; and lie would submit as an amendment to the
proposition that the Town Council, as the trustees
of the Harbour and Pile Pier funds, ought to oppose
any bill, having for its object a railway to Portland.
Mr. W. Tilmeas seconded the amendment—Mr.
DEVENISH laid that a railway was always beneficial
to a town.—Mr. threw : That is when a railway
terminates—not where a railway passes through it.
If there is a railway to Portland, the interests of the
Pile Pier, especially, and also of the harbour, of both
which interests you are the trustee, will be greatly
injured. Ships will than go there to load and un-
load, instead of coming Rho the harbour.— The
MAYOR said that he had had conversation with many
experienced persons on this matter, and they were
strongly of opinion that Portland never could
become an outlet for our exports, and that therefore
so far, the railway could do no injury to Weymouth.—
Mr. ROBERTS was of opinioa that there would be a
custom house at Portland as soon as they had a
railway.—Mr. Devegisis bad given the subject his
best attention, and he was convinced that nothing
would so much tend to the prosperity of Weymouth,
as the prosperity of Portland. He had met many
parties who were of the same opinion as himself.—
Mr. DREW said he had not met the same parties,
for all he had spoken to were of a directly opposite
opinion.—Mr. THOMAS said it would be a moat
seditious thing to some of their trusts, if a railway
was minded to Portlaud.—Mr. DEVENISH was quite
sure, that nine-tenths of the prosperity of
Weymouth, was due to the prosperity of Portland,
in the carrying out of Government works.--Mr.
BOWER could not see how they, as the trustees of
the Pile Pier and harbour funds, could possibly
support a railway to Portland. At the present
time the salaries to servants and interest on (cost
of erection exceeded the income by £l5O per annum,
and if they had a railway the thing would be ruined.
—Mr. DEVENISH : And do you say that because the
Pile Pier will be injured, there shall be no railway
to Portland ?—Mr. THOMPSON: Surely you would
not have the Pile Pier put a drag upon na in this
respect? Mr. Hums: Certainly not.—Mr. Threw
could not see the shadow of a chance of a Portland
railroad benefiting Weymouth in the slightest de-
gree.—The MAYOR asked where they could find
along our coast a port like Portland, that was a
naval Or military station, that was also a commercial
depot for the export of merchandise.—Mr. THOMP-
SON said he sometime ago tried to get docks at Port-
land, hut was unable, as Government was adverse to
such a scheme.—Mr. DREW thought if they could
get the Great Western Company to make a tramroad
to the docks, and carry coal on their line at a
cheaper rate, it would be far better than having a
line to Portland.—Mr. DEVENISH : Support them in
their scheme then, and that'll be the time to
work'ena.—Mr. BEARANT complained that the
railway charges from Weymouth were so high.—Mr.
DREW, in reply to Mr. Devenish's remarks, said the
Great Western Csmpany, in obtaining their bill
would look solely to their own interests in the
matter.—Mr. Daemon( : I mean to say, and I'll
ever hold, that our interests are identical with the
Great Western Company interests, and their in-
terests with ours.—Mr. DREW: And so the Dor-
chester people said, but the Great Western Com-
pany nevertheless looked to themselves rather than
Dorchester, and brought the railroad to Weymouth.
—Mr. R. THOMAS thought Dorchester was bone.
fitted by the railroad. They had now a good many
more houses than they had before.— After some
further discussion, the question was put, when for
Mr. Drew's amendment there were Messrs. Drew,
W. Thomas, Roberts, and Reagent ; for Mr.
Devenish's resolution, Messrs. Thompson, /Ohba,
R. Thomas, Aylee, and Maunders. Messrs. Bower,
Frampton, Harper, and Upjohn did not vote.
REPORT OF THE PILE PIER AND HARBOUR
COMMITTEE. —The CLERK next read the report of
the Pile Pier and Harbour Committee. The report
set forth that the expenditure on account of the pile
pier had been: 'salaries £129 4..; repairs,
£100; interest, £645. Qn the harbour account, the
expenditure had been £1,360 Is. 6d. ; the annual
income, £1,470. After particularising the various
works performed during the year, the report stated,
with reference to the hnancial condition of the pile
pier, that there appeared to be a balance in the
treasurer's hands of £695 10s. 10d. up to the 30th
September last, since which time the sum of
£l9O 17s. 3d had been received for tolls, making
together £BB6 Be. id.; out of which £3OO had been ,
paid to Mr. Payne, on account, and £275 13e. Id.
for interest, to bond-holders and current expenses,
leaving a balance now in the treasurer's hands of
£2lO 15a. The tradesmen's bills, now unpaid,
amounted to £l4B lie. 10d., together with £250 for
interest to Mr. Payne, on money unpaid or due to
him under his contract. The committee recom-
mended that the cost of collecting the pier tolls he
considerably reduced during the winter months, and
also that the tolls be let for any term, not exceeding
three years, either by auction or tender, for not less
than £750 per year, the party taking them to keep
the pier in repair during the time of his lease. On
the harbour fund, the present debt amounted to
£18,310, owing to 20 creditors, in sums varying from
£3OOO to £62 10s. 'the interest on that debt at 5
per cent., amotinted to £915 10s. The wharfage
and harbour dues had been kept in hand from the
6th January last, and the amount received by the
treasurer from the collector to the 25th November,
was £1.078 4s, 9d. The amount received from the
harbeur master for ballast for the year ending 29th
September, was £lB3 ss. 26.—Mr. BOWER said that
the interest on the debt of the Pile Pier, the salaries,
&c., amounted to about £l5O more than the receipts
of the past year.—The MAYOR said that it was
intender' to discharge one of the collectors, and the
reduction of other expenditure, would leave the
expenditure about equal to this inoome.—Mr. BOWER I
thought it was decidedly wrong for Ahem, as the trim.
tees of the Pile Pier to support a railway to Portland,
which would so injure it that the parties having
money in the concern would not be able to receive
their interest. --A Voice: "Well if they can't get their
money they must go without.-7-The discussion
on the report was adjourned. -- 13orsan
OF HEALTH. The Council resolved them-
selves into a Board of Health, and the Mayor,
in regard to the accounts, stated that when the pre-
sent liabilities were liquidated, the rate collected,
and the current expensea paid up to March, the debt
owing by the Board would not be more than £5O.
Some business of minor importance was transacted,
and the report of the Committee appointed to see
Mr. Tigard in reference to the Eagle Tavern was
discussed with closed doors.

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