The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-03 00:00:00

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Mr. Alderman THOMAS said they were all agreed as tn
the deairsbility of doing s 'meth ing en improve the surfact
of the It planade, the unlv qu stion was as ti the
pr etticability of doing s The E-planade had been for
• Crest 1n.., 1,4 r• lit • conditien rt -hould not have been.
kin r years ago the E plans I. was r• paired from the
beach, wh•eh 'IL must aclin,wledge was a vary offensive
war, and this west on until the (I tuncil found they
bad no weans left in the general fund with which to
repair tho Melanin:lg, and the ennsegeence was it
became in a very diszracefui ren•litt et He urged up ma
the la, Town Clerk they ought to take step, to make
a public highway of the E,,,piamade, and after a great
deal of persuasion he co him to issue the neosasary
ru,ticsa, and it had since then been a highway under
the urban sanitary authority and had been repaired at
the ofot of the rrelnYers. In soot, years he knew a very
considerable stun kiwi been laid out—al much as .C10(1 in
one year for gravel •Inne, iroqec lent of labour, water,
and other Incidentals It was tiarguated to him by a
respectable inhabitant tome years ate they should aaphalta
the E•olansde, but he had found that would coat sonadbang
lii,. £5.000. which was morelien they ehnuld spend. Mr.
Ifforgan kaid Inrobihed him with the average aaaaa I coat
for the last three care of general rep tiro, and he f 'end it
• am ant d of CINJa year. iiy scow mended they should lay
I tar par -.went on the Eaol.c.o. 7ney had bad experi•
anon of till.iuit-riol on the ',the, • de rif al.a, toter, and it
bed answerwi very eel. Toe warvernr hid untuieed
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,emetion on the pent, and he believ •4 there wera
Ittnw •rillitit to t't.ler I r tic easier the Esplanade,
•4,lp.garig tee PlYmeot over • Period of ars Year..
—ss• . isseus had egtimated +add be C 1.460.
.:711Mis~gui Toaki bs the salukis

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which he

figure. He proposed they ghoul' seurtain of the con-
tractor what rate of intermit be would require for the
residue of an unpaiii suna spread ~,or a period of five levee
He thought they would actually have to pay about EiHO a
year foe doing the work he /uigssted on the Zip Meals.
It we, desirable something should be done. If they used
gravel it wax like • quagmire in wet weather, and if they
• thud gravel that would not stick in wet weather it wee
aqua!), objectionable in fine we .ther. He moved—" That
the Surveyor prepare opecific atiom, and tenders be invited
for laying tar paving similar to that on the Pier, on the
Etplanade. and that the payments towards the seine,
including maintenance, he unclad over five years in equal
annual in et aliment,"
Dr. Dag, 'mounded the inot,n.
Mt. °KARIM Impel that before they decided to pave the
whole ..0 the Eeplanade they .hould try it on a portion—
sitv from the cab-stand to the Pier
Dr. DREW said ist St. John'eterram they bad i fair
specimen tot the tar paving, and they could not have a
better tut than this. He did not find it warmer than
stone. He thought it a sitmt desirable improvement sod
should support it.
Mr. Weallrailla said be had I eon given to understand
the beat would be much greet Ar. Ind ho should like to
know the Surveyor'. opinion upon this pint, and also GI
to the durability of the paverneot.
The Surveyor said this surt of tie paving would not be
as hot ar aaphaltm It was, however, only • question of •
degree With regard to the other point milted, the "life"
of this paving was twelve years, and at the end of that
period it would nit be necosaAry t. y. lay the wpm., but
only the inutile e. In Bournemouth they were so pleased
with this pavement that till year they were going to My
32.(03 yards of IL lo answer ICI a queeion, he stated the
beet time for carrying out the work was September.
Hr. BROWa said he thought they cult not lay this tar
paving ex•mpt no cc mum. foundation.
Alderman THOilad p.ll he had Men told by a cm-
potent authority the present fouudatiun you'd be quite
nt.
The reeolu'ion was carried unanimously.
Mr. Rows said at the Isat meeting it was decided
application should he made to Sir Vrederic Johnstone for
prolonging the Esplanade hi frontal 00 Greenhill Gardens
to the Preatouero.d. He pr ...I the Town el,•rk should
he requested t. bring the inatt,r buiure Sir Fre hark
Johostoue, and ask d if h • weld kiwily 1110 • 111., 1:2.000
which he a, genenoi ly offered for the improvement of
the town to he der iteo to that purpose.
This concluded the husin• se.