The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-01-21 00:00:00

THII ETATS 0/ THE WATZIROLKIL

The next business vu a motioo which had been
ebbed on the paper by Alderman Coombe to have a
competent engineer to make a survey of the works.
Alderman Cooties said he thought it right to put this
motion before the meeting for Ws reason—Our weter-
works are to an uneatiefactorysloodition—thereie some-
thlog wrong with them. Mr. Jewett bad never seemed
to be able to tell them where the fault was; and all
they know was that the working expenses last year
were £lOO more than thoy reoelmel, and this year the
Imo wee likely to amount to £l5O, to say nothing of
paying some Interest upon the cost of greeting the
works. It had been within his explimee at works of
a somewhat similar character that after gaffing an
hydraulic mgineer to look over and report opal' the..,
and then sdoptiag his suggesidoes, faults were amended
and the works went on very math better. Before Mir.
Jowett resigned, he had intimated hie intention to make
such a proposition ; be should have dram so bad be con-
tinued, and be thought It would be unfair to the new
Surveyor not to have seam such overhauling as ae
gaited; because he reoollemed thstin the ease to which
he had referred—the Gas Company—a Manager came
and told there tbe work, were wrong and many Woes
required alteration. Bet the Board of Directors thought
he was " a new broom and wanted to "sweep" an-
ememonly "Mean," so they rather snubbed biro, and
the result we. he left at the end of the 12 months.
Afterwards they had the oploion of an engineer, and
he confirmed what the previoos man had suggested ;
that be indicated to be requisite was supplied, and the
works biomass satisfeotory. If Mr. Wood told them
there were various faulto they might be afraid it was
the old experiecoe of "a now broom." end let things
go on unaltered much to she disadvantage, of the town.
Ho therefore propmed that some first-olass hydraulic
engineer be employed to survey and report upon the
condition and efficiency of the waterworks forthwith.
Mr. Basset'y said he should like to knew what they
were roles to be beeefitted by having lido's'? Besides,
they had now appointed a new roan; surely he would
be able to God out anything that was rmialted. In
Mr. Jewett they had a vary good- Surveyor, who wee
well qualified—
Kr. Coomaa : For this purpose we want a different
man from n working Surveyor.
Mr. Hammer : Be did not think they bad treated
Mr.Jowett as they ought: he wee as honest and straight. 1
forward as possible, and had served thee faithfully. I
There might be something ,the new man mole find out, 1
and if there were any detests they could be remedied.
He should *ortolan oppose the proposition.
Mr. Ooolles : Jo wet' did not soceseed In making the
waterworko melt-paying. I don't Wallkill hint became be
can't tell,, where the fault is, but I think we ought
to have somebody who sea tell us where the blot is.

Tbe Mason said he had not the slighiset objeeti— on
to alderman Coombe's proposition ; in fast, he thought
It desirable they should be,.. person to examine into
the state of the machinery, and It would be more otitis-
factory to a nelsons's. But. as regarded the wait, of
water, from his own experts's*, end observation he wee
quite satisfied the leakage wee caused by defective
valves end by persons " ttigging " up the handles In
closets—more aro:daily the latter ; and until they
adopted the Nostril& system he feared they would
ohmk that waste.

—M
. OirrViat would be expensive. On
Inspection something might be found wrong with the
works; the engines might not accurately register the
water pumped.
Mr. Buntwrr, thought It premature to cows a spools!
ingumer. They had Jot appointed a fiarveyor. and if
they had not confident* in him, why did they elect
hisul If at the end of six or twelve months be could
not find out what was wrong, then they might imusider
such a proltion.
Mr. F. BarraTT : Jewett sent in reports again and
again, and they were never reed.
. Dr. ALDJUDGM did not at all me any nosessity for
anything of the kind. Ths £lOO or £l5O Alderman
Doom,* referred to was not in coommitionoe of increased
working espouse, but the extra oast of coals and waste
of water.

Mr. Georg= : That Le not serials.
Dr. ALDIUDG He did not think the can. of the Gee
Works at all 11111111(f0411 with the Water Works. Hs
begged further to say that Mr. Jowett wag a Civil
1•1011•11, and a seteilleeted engineer, and not idmply •
working man. If anything had been wroug In lb.
machinery he would have known and report it. He
wee • man of very great irdormation, and thoroughly
well op in his profession—se much eit as any moo we
Gould ever get here, and most sonscienUous. If he had
had a little more " brass, to return the brow-beating
he occasionally got, it would have been perhapa better
for him. Mr. Jowett was one of the beet men Dor-
@luster could am have aa a civil eogineer : he
thoroughly understood the working of the pumps, for
he was a meebsnical engineer as well. He did not
think Alderman Coombe wished to reflect on tha
oharsoter of Mr. Joust.. Us OD. Coombs/ thanght
there was something wrong ad the waterworks, and thee*
had been a great lose no doubt; but it was from the
astute the Mayor had mentioned. The carelessness
of people using the closets was something wonderful.
But tbere wa• an invention Just out, and • sompany
of £12,000 or £15,000 formed at Southampton to work
It, for p tang all Aorta arising from closets ; and U
It bosuns generally adopted, would be somparatively
inexponsive and prevent is • greet measure Um lou
weter. Al present, however careful they may he In
putting down the valve, they oould not get rid of all
calevia ; bet by this invesMoe the talr was sompreased
in • very clever way and all bed odour passed into a
pipe with an opening to the outer air. He (*old not
altogether explain it without diagrams, but probably
they worn d hoar more about it. If the i11T00,4011 Caine
into gsusaal use, tbe waste of water, of widalt they had
now joss wise to complain, would be greatly obviated.
He did Lot think there was any necessity for going to
such an expense am wan involved in having another
sesinser to inspect thit works. The men who came
before them the other day were some of the firirt rr
in the 'aingdom as 'Orli and mechanical engineers.
White Wall • tret-olass surveyor, as oleo 'soMr. wOO r.
and no doubt if titers were anything wrong it. geoid is:
dimeovered.
Mr, COWEN : When docton are pusaled, they sall to
• man who has practised that particular branch of the
profession. Jewett had never told them the real emus of the loes—Le PliongAr it arm from the elogeta. He
should have moved in the matter if he (Jewett) had
remained, mid to help support him.
Mr. LOCK said without liatencli.4 any disparagement
to Mr. Jewett, U he bad rtenrakied he should have
supported the motion; bat, as they ware going to hare
another man, he tbooght before they adopted the pro-
pantie°, they e.h;:oiti get him here ad have hie opinion
ou the melte,.
Mr. tioDulto thought postponemeat very desirable
Laid*/ the present oireatuatanoes. may were now in a
state of transition from 000 Surveyor to another. He
thought Mr. Jowett had oondected their briehreas
eleesdingly will, his /oddment was alwaet rarl geode and he did not think there was anything wanting to his
Management daring the time he had been in their
molar. In Mr. Wood he believed they should find a
prarakel roan, and he thought after be had beet here
and beanie the:o4*y aequainted with the works
under Xi. Jewett's lastruotkola, he would be able to
sirs wag aa oplakin ea the eubjeet, and they should
ieve the beneGt of his Judgment for the future. lie
11••••• heard that the hydrae/is power was at all defes•
Sly.,itlas"astudb.llB"dirard there" us.wasetWorkludeornePartwhereellgraawakisooe but
ue; of tte quantity of walla' Ukid and wham Whey got tbe
new Surfigor th• matter miget ha tusgusi baa, sad
lead to • disolautioa of the 1:1001 Limy bag la pump.
roe the present he thootti they had better trait to go
knowledge and shill the now man. If It were
found notoescery so ealf *me 055 else, they shriek'
teen gat it thoroughly able mash
Barn!e remarked that pima' bad ham
!Kind wtellag the wow mow thyg. 4,4 be.

voyor anwooood these, but the magistrates took so
farther nodes thou to reprimaad them.
The MAYOII theaeht t woro'd bo well !o rive the
Ise, Surveyor a trial; and, if he *mild oft Sud out
the faalt, then be believed *very member would be In
favour nf Alterman Coomba's motion far cakiag in •
therouebly able engineer.
Mr. HUD' was also in favour of trying the new Sur.

'A-Mermen Onowiti reminded the Oeneeil that they
were dropplogllso a yeer on the waterworke eddi,h,w
to whi di they ought te be paying gene iti;rest on ilea
works.

M. Strum concur/A.
Mr. Beavirr ..i1 thoy o•Rht not to lay nimi
£l2O s tear if be 0001 l not Rod out whet wee the
sowter.

-71'he.aul.bct Ova dropped.
The MAYO. said Wore beide( Mr. Jewett infrrmed
him he had arranged for Mr. Allardy°, to superintend
the works in hiii absence, and on Saturday tdr.
dyes told him Mr. Jewett had protnieed to give him
inetrustiou and hand over ths keys, but he had done
%either, nor loft any money to pay the men. The
walks keeper fume to him (the Mayor) tor his
and he pond him.
Mr. Coouss suggested he bad better pay the rrat—
(laughbr).
The TOWN CM( arid be preowned Mr. .il;erdyco
would get some communication by letter from Mr.
Jewett.
Mr. F. Beitnerr mks.' it Mr. Jowett did not pay the
men before he left.
The hall-keeper (Mr. Curtis) said the men were there
ou Friday and said they were being paid.
Thb ended the meeting.