The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-07-25 00:00:00

The Worahiptul the Mayor.
He then spoke of the plan propoeed by ttr.eg:
and his letters were reed. Vatter date Ilach

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Mr. Grover writes :
Jo suggestions are sery simple : Ist, T.i 'alio se 0:
bank or um across the estuary, where the liaksor
new exists ; and in that dam to put shows with uti.
front, and freshwater sliding doors behinJ. OJ, n'
of this dam and sluices week' be such &II wain,
; no tidal water could got &boo thou'. °' •
the whole of the laud wsitte now coven,' at h .0
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be reclaimed, except the hod of the river and lot es,
nun over which the impounded river water :ear.
while the sluice doors were closed. 3rd, Tue antral- oya
the railway bridge and the backwater
available would be about ten acres. Above the railee.:.•.:
I think about 110 acres might Mt oblate-LI ; but Ito l'°'.
can only amtirne, not having any levels or asxuraw
the river and its tributaries. if the river could
confined to its extreme low water channel by gut' "
banks there would be as much as ion acre, ith. T'"
would open at a certain level, sky throo-quarior (ob.
impounded waters of the river wou;il ItaL e the
paring through the harbour basin with a o:ruut
near low water, and thereby produce a ten hvit."6""r
In that baain ; whilst above the dam, havitx;
repose for some hounsthey would meat
lug their eedinieut, a system teelintall) levee in ate
Marine as "warping.'" bth.—The matenal 10 font. bc .
might be obtained by dredging the liarno rOdle h....
backwater budge, and thereoy greatly ituprot tn.:
In dllscult for me to give you, asyou reque.t,
not having made any survey; but as for a, I cut
eittlinatit, the dam and sluices aright be 1.11.111,1,ta
£1,000; and would reclaim probably amoeba,: iirro
oval the rate of 630 per acre. I need hardi
are no legal impalimante iu the way, a
be very profitable, as most of the wade would 1e,'",;',10
in two years. 7th.—The ten acres 641t*c1.:11 it
railway bridges would be too low toy MUM.: 510
which Its situation is admirable. I Aotild
raised at least 311 01u,and &attuning that swill c." -
from the adjoining railway cutting, n ottOi u. • ,
don* for about O$J;63 regarding it as hulloed .."'• • IN.'
not be excessive. U however the harbour m'trbr,64•o4
psy a certain sum in addition, the material OLO:' 10!
by dredging the harbour basin for • depth
acre., or where required. This would he a gra, `V.11,41.,.'
and what la much wanted. The land suriteek.l.M,-, 40*
coloured dark green on the plan. 111,h,--to .!!",;‘,..ie
(agginisimately) would be required for Ito dam
The raising of the ten scree might to done,
17;, e that the capitalof the company dio.td
701,, £e,uoO. irth. —As far as my obvcrllnt.ll9 •
be amid to recutuniend any obstruction st the I°C
before proposed, as I think any melt work would be
to slit up We harbour channel altogether. The
have made iio not affect Um level of the tidal eater.
would hat .51
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basis were 000 SC
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.d .r.. 7.. .d to add that thaAretstegat: the t.ildribever.to
On April 29, 1871, laa, Grover made • dialii"
offer
1 beg to robailt So you the followleg
itms you will mall at myself or my boalls.a.,:kok
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miler shovaihe melte road bridge ror • period el Wo
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