The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-10 00:00:00

DUDLEY.

Tows COUNCIL.—On Tuesday evenine a monthly
meeting of tee atior • Colwell wet; held at the
Town hail; the Mayor (Mr. Job G arratt)
—dis Worship reported that a letter had been re-
ceived from the Worcestershire Exhibition COM-
mittee, thanking the lecal chairman arid committee
for their xertions. Thesum alloted to Dudley
was below his (the Mayor's) expectation, and
bele.edue that there was not mach sympathy with
Dudley among toe central committee he recom-
mended the borough to be canoul as to future ex-
hibition's.—The Mayor also reported that, in ac,
cord,ance with a communication from the Royal
College of Music, he bad appointed three boaorary
examiners for Dudley and district. These gen-
tlemen were Mr. Garton, Mr. Tromans, Mus. Bac.,
and Mr. S. Simms. The preliminary examinatiou
woul I be held in March. and the result would save
unsuccessful candidates the expense of • travelling
to Lendon.— ['he Manchester Corporation sent a
memorial to the Council asking that that body
would assist th-m in trying to obtain permiSsion
to proceed with the bill for the proposea ship
canal between Liverpool and Manchester, notwith-
standing that the standing orders had not been
complied with The Council agreed to affix the
seal of the Corporation to a petition in favour of.
the bill being allow-d to procee t.—Elis Worship
further reported thet the Nal ional Telephone Com-
pany were about to extend their area around
Dudley.—The Str. ets and Gas Committee recom-
menced that if certeiu previsions wire inserted in
the bill tor procuring st-am power on the Wolver-
hampton, Sedgley, and Dueley tramways, the bill
be not oppowd —ln .eply to a quest on, th May a.
said that the expenditure by any electric lighting
company in the borough would not be a bar to the
introduc, ion of any other electric lighting company
His Worship also stated that the town clerk had
drawn up a document, in the interests of the town.
relating to the question of electric lightieg. ['he
report was adopted. - The report of the Sanitary
Committee recommended the building of an annexe
to the infectious diseases hospital at Blower's Green
the same to be used as a mortuary. There were
four smallpox patients in the hospital, but they
were all convalescent. The committee discussed
the letter from the Guar limns, but decided that it
would be best for that body to provide for pauper
petients in an hospital of their own. Dr. Timmin's
report was added in the document. This showed
a death-rate of 25.01 per 1,000. One death had
occurred from smallpox, and he had ordered the
fun-ral the next day. The house, linen, clothing,
Szc., of the patient had .been di-iafected, and since
the last meeting of the Sani ary Committee there
had been no fresh case of smallpox. roe Mayor
conteev ulaeed the commi tee bn rh succe,s of their
exei ms isol -te the sinalleox patients, and he
reere.ted t w the i olorance, of sme people had
been t.e iiuse of the diseas a spreading in Dudley.
It wes agreed to have handbills Meting to pre-
caution spread over the borough, and the report
was teen adepted.—The report of the Sewerage
Committee recommended the payment of the award
of the Court' of Appeal in the m atter of tee Earl of
Dudley's Trustees and the Co poration for way-
leave and injuries to mines by the deep drainage.
Alderman kl. M. Wainwright (ex Mayor) traced
the history of tee claim, from £23,000 to .23,000
awarded by the Court of Queen's Bench on the
arbitration award, down to the final award of
£1,500 by the Court of Appeal. This was final
because no ease could now be brought before the
House of Lords, and he was glad to know that the
matter was at its last stage. The 'Mayor con-
curred with the last remarks of the ex-Mayor end
said a good feeling existed among all parties. The
report was then edept, d.