The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-04-24 00:00:00

TI. *lf NON IT .

The Maros stated that the next notice on the perer
was to take into eoseideration artfelse of agrertneet,
wiiice bad bete foeturifed, from the saltation of the
Weymouth and Portland Railway Company, in refer.
0000 to the er,,,etroction of • causeway on the Back-
water, sad • nustorial to the treasury to enable the
compeny to carry out the tense.
The Tows Cm stated the use, but In no low • tone
that mach that K. mid was inandable to the reporters.
He minimise! the Council that many 14401144 e had been
media to elatitia a settlenrent of the olainte of Use eorpo-
ration on the company, and that he at last received.
letter to the effect that they were willing that the same
referee should be employed for both patties. Be pee•
pared the neeemary Aminnsenta and went up imagining
that all matter. of difference would be settfed and that
• Wanes would be struck, but the oompasy would do
nothing of the kind. They wore willing to settle emu
private claims of which they bad given notice, but they
deferred coming to any egreement with regard to the
40(1. road on the btea water, the rights 500nesia:4 with
the harbour and other matters for after ormaideratlon.
They had stated that they bad good reason for believing
that the corporation haying aliandooed the user of the
40(1. road to the public', it became public property, and
that was the mama they objected to pay maithiag for
paring over it. In Ammer to this be replied the, the
Corporation had not sbudoned this road to the public,
bat retained to themselves the fell benefit to the land.
the greateet proof of which we. that the company were
only too glad to rent it gratuitously while nuking their
railway.
Mr H. Diemen : This was stated In writing.
The 'rows CLIII isontinning, raid that the question
of enespentaiion soubt by different private partiosi
owing to being cut off front the Backwater by the train.
way wee perfectly distiect from the Corporation &time
on the company; he had asked the Council employed if
the rights of the Corporation would b. at all prejudiced
in milling them, and the reply he received was "no,
certainly not." He therefore prepared the documents
relating to there private claims, is the concerned
were urging an liontediste settlement of th.ir claims.
R. hid gone eery earefully through the agreement and
the memorial, sad he had every reason to believe that
the Corpormicie would not be damaged by the settle-
ment of these olefins.

Mr. H. Dioadiag oohed for the plan to whith the
draft mrtnoriol end agrirment referred.
nth Tows CLSIIII said the plain did not soronipony
the draft. and be had not time to obtain it from London
prroions to the bolding of the mooting.
M. Divaxisa adred if be rightly undonthood that the
Corporation orre.to mill part of theft load in feet

The Cldritz replied only the tramway.
Mr. TrzAzo asked lb. C lark .b.ih. hi easaidered
the company bad damaged or improved Ile Corporation
property by what bad been done?
Mr. 'NONA) said they bad done no damage but rather
improved it.

'he ft, filling in o Portion of the Backwater
the Corper.tion has an ionises of lead.
Kr. DlVOillal ..id that Yr. Bruff, their valuer. re-
oranteed-d the Corporation to ran no land whatever—
not even the trantrooL His inconnuradation wee most
positive and strong on that point. It they did so, the
company might pot. truck on the hoe and preveat
their omen to the harbour at any point.
The CLIME 00 sidered that tea sewn' control the
Council portioned over the harbour and quays would
prevent thia
In reply to Kr. TILL!), the Clerk staled Um Corpora-
tion was entitled to more from the aorarany than the
sum for whist' the land could be mortgaged. He was
quite sure it would be better for the Orporetion to sell
the lend. as the will could not steed 10 yearn and the
company bound themselves to keep it M !roar.
Sir. linamen weed if the quay wall were to fall in
consequeem of the teams poring over the road, whether
the company would be b ond to repair it
.

The dunig : That's a different thing, altogether.
Mr.LiAncin thought that the whaled the ro tater.
in (Impute between the Corporation ahoold be settled &I
one and the same time.

-11"dr TI-11;ID as-ni-ie-eartaisly weeld not eonsent to a
settlement of a part of the claims without lb. whole.
When the mewl' hut been applied to—they bad
always wprseented that the fault of one setUeineet
rested with the Council ,• end now. bow Gould The cow-
p.ny draw beck sod say they wets net rowed to coon
In • eettlemest. . . . . .

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Yr vulva drew attention to the fact Usti the
tramroad had 'rattly injured the Backwster wall DOW
the Backwater bridge.
Tim Maros said that misses elaloslog oomprosation.
he noderstood, looked to the Corporation to see them
settled.

Mr. THOMAS Waled it the elaims which Mr. Breff,
the eothoration mluer, made malcst the company, in
hie valuation three years ego could be enfcceed
The CLuE replied
.in the affirmative.
Mt. THOMAS theoght, then, before they complicated
..ttora, the, ought to pt them oleims Nettled that
had etreedy been eliewed by the emarany. Timm had
been • greet deal cif te. Wig on the subject out of doors,
and if the Council demmie theas claimant. and allowed
the legal and admitted claims to remain tin•
settled, they would deserve ell the blame longer
that bad been oast on them, because they would be
bound again to refer for settlement those point. which
had ne both sides been agreed to. From thne to time
the oleintssits had urged the settlement of their claims,
aad the blame of delay had hem bandied from one to
the other. At one time the Tows Clerk had been
blamed ; at another, the agents in London. The
Council had numerous claims upon the company, aid
before they complioated matters any farther those
claims which were legal should he settle. Tim ems-
pony had not met them in any way in remota to the
working of the line. Mr. Stuff bad offered various
segge..tloaa as to lineaments which should he entered
Into between the corporation and the company, such ea
the charge foe the transit ef mods Over the tramway
and the suldelatioe of the quay wall, and the wage of
the tramway. Mame of the corporation enforitiag any
claim the might have for the land whisk the company
had obtain.d. Theee thims had sot been canted out
and it seemed to him the if they entered into fresh
agree:mete before mating claims were settled they
would only complicate matters. Besides, ualees they
same to a speedy settlesmat the time allowed for doing
so would llama
The Towle Cthete remarked that such was not the
sem n- slalom maid be onforeed at any Mae.
Mr. TRONA/ : Well, at all smuts the company ought
to be ashamed of Onenteeleal for allowing these matters to
"mod over so long without coming to a settlement.
There were the widows' cottages on Wyke rood, the
oompensation for which was about VIC which if in.
meted would ham allowed each poor widow to have
received • Wilkie a week sutra for the pad three years.
He tru.ted the Council would not delay it any lamer
but enforce their &aims, taking Mr. Brurs reletale es
the basis. Mat estimate was • most reasonable nee,
and he was sure would stand the teat of say jury. But
unless they did enforce them they would not get them,
for when Mr. Rieke and mom* of the directors met Mr.
Brad, Mr. Nellie pooh-pooled the whole matter of
compensation, saying the company had been promised
every facility and that any lend they would esquire woe
to be given them. It implored that the direM.oes wen
of Mr. Richie's minim Min, sad that they would have
to he taught
Mr. POTIFICIPT said be would like toe., the plane,
there had always beset • great m the
plane. At one time it tram said it TratlateToirnatek's
fault the plane were not forgive:ming, at mother Cline
the Councirs, and then it was Mr. Beater who wee to
blame. tie asked. would the Council egret loadopt the
agreemeet which the company wished them to adopt
without seeing their plan?
After considerable further discussion, Kr. TIZARD pro-
MaZyMr. VUTUB seconded, and it MIA carried neelll-
, "That Were the proposed agreement release
to the omertrustion of a causeway on the Backwater b,
approved of, the Portland &Barmy Company be celled
npoc to ester tote an 'grommet to refer to arbitration
the ratios. claims of the Corporation tor eonicomatioe,e