The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-04-30 00:00:00

ICOCAL DOißil Of lICALTIL

Tug LIAW.—The MATOR had communicate,' with Sir
J. Coode as to the amount necessary to corn; l•te ttio
whole drainage work, and Sir John advised them to
apply for p3wer to borrow £23.000. This mtiinate
included the cost of Greeting a dam, meting an embank-
amat at the gas home enlister, and sliming &I Hied-alas
of the borough In a tatisfratory coalition, according to
Mr Weisford's resolution in January lest; it also pro•
sided fni the wholo of the intercepting setter. ; in fact
everything in the original estimate eseept the cent of
erection the pumping mediae. If, by Mr A.itstin's plan,
that was rendered sameemery, they saved between
£7,000 and £B,OOO, and a year let pimping. If
all the interoeptiog sewers are not required, the mosey
which they would met will provide for strainers, so that
the £25,000 will pleas the town In a thorciaghly good
saeltery grooditioa. After the exaggerated reports—
Mist the drainage will east £50,000 or £lO.OOO, he was
pleased to my those reports had no foundation what-
ever, and • rale of 1. in the E for drainage purposes
will be sufficient In addition to those already raised. it,
John recommended that the site of the pumoing station
should be obtained in order to construet the dun sod
than the site would be at their disposal if they adopted
the irrigation system. lie &satinet that the primping
station will not be Irvin, I.—Mr Georre thought
It too early to assume anything of the kind.
The 1147011 read a letter from Sir John, stating facts
similar to those his Worship had meationed, and stu-
bs( that at present the Board must provide for hying
the 'ewers seesesary for Mr Auttlo'i promos, no Mist
at may tutors time they may be coupled up and form
part of • connected whole; but am the sitcom of Mr
Austin's proems at Weymouth is probleinstic,i, Sir
John had provided for • conpirti system of news,.
The amelpulitiou and cleansing of snob it Maur will
take • man half his time, therefore some cono.ntration
is necessary, mad the sewage of Weymouth and lieloombe
aegis mast be brought to six or eight points only, and
that number of strainers will be required.—Mr Wats-
rOlLD remarked that the plane to be laid before the
General Board of Health eontempbste the whole of the
tallereeptieg sewers, oeaveying the sewage woes the
&shelter, and geanipalatlog it there, and do not show
any reference to Mr. Austin'. pleas—ln answer to Kr
Tisard, the Maros said the plum widish ere going to be
, submitted to the Board do not show the details of the
pimples elation, and if Kr Aastin'm plan shoulcil3Ll
' they would have tag. to the Local Goesirement
again.—Mr Tii MID said that as this £25,000 clomp not
Include the oost of the pumping-station, it would be
fair to aroma that, Wised of £.15,000, they might
want £3d,000. —Dr snow' said the brick drains com-
plained of were only suitable for carrying surfeits drain-
age, but sine* water-Glosses had taken the pleas of ease-
Peels, mileage had very improperly been (conveyed Into
than. It the soot of making than avelhble to convey
sewage was doable that proposed, ths stoney would be
well laid eat. As to the intereepting sewers It would
be !advisable to have all Mr Austin's Mainers at one
point, ite the smell would be most obnoxious, and the
drainers should be bellied at one point. Piy this
tbe interespting 'Gwen would be essential. As
to the be had got his brother Medial men too alga
• memorial that to allow the Basirwsleg mad to be ex-
posed would be most prejudicial to health, and any
mensy expended in the ormatrnetion of a den would be
well lald out, The wanted a pumping site to provide
materiels ler the dam, and also to tamales the sewage
on. Thera wail be no .It. better th•n the pumping
station, It woe LA yards from soy h dolt &on, and had
in the ne4hboarhood a number of gardens, the 03011-
pasts of 'hid would gladly use the moose. The yea.
MIMI= of the sewers, mentioned by Mr Howard last
week, sftht to be done at whatever oat, and if the
Park dos were Ineffisient, they mast be at once
remedied, as it must not be said that any portion of the
lowa had rod SR opportunity to drab'. He rioted
the money should be voted at onee.—The MATOB pro-
dosed • letter from the eagineer who had the whole
=I the drainage of West WorthiaL to Hr 0,
y, who obtained • prise of 10 guineas for his
plea of the &Maw of that plan. The letter WM se
, follows.

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.5, Wedge Meter Chambers, Victoria-street,
Weetodoster, 8.W., April 101 h, 111171.
My dew Bir,—l hare Just heard iu• blood Mr human Is
making an offer to introduce his syram of illtrati,m to the
ewer authorities of Weymouth. I bps he will sumeed, hav•
Mg full evidence of its efficiency at West Worthing. Can you
further RI If se, I .bail be eauti'l oldie& —Tours felthfully,
' Queue WY.
George Orktmly, Eq."
llr WIZAPOad malaMined that a pumping station
would be of no use unless they had pumping machinery
and teaks ietteehed. If they adopted the plan about to
be seat up to the Central Booed, which oantemplatod
sewage irrigation, they would probebly want £40,000,
though they only went in for £25 000, and there was
the merlons question of from £5OO to 0100 a year for
pumping and keeping the tanks In repair. As load se
he remained in the Council, he should oppoee sewage
Irrigation, as a sewage farm would be meet detrimental
to has • fashionable wearing place. H. read extracts
from the report in the Times of the evident,. of Dr
Letheby, who said that sewage ferias on t`oe irrigation
Principle are nothing often but stinking =gesso& At
Eihaftashary, in 1862, one eighth of the populotlon was
attacked with fever owing to the sewage being distri-
buted on the land. He should support the applioation
if it was understood tits Beard would be able to omit
portions of the scheme. —The Tow, CIA= stated that
Mr J. Coode had said it was neesseary to make appli-
cation for the loan before the plans were deposited ;but
It woe opposite to anything he (the Town Clerk) had
had to do with.—The Mania explained that when he
desired the Town Clerk to make formal appliseldoe to
the General Board for • loan, the Town Clerk replied
that they had not passed any resolution. He therefore
trolled • matting at the earliest date. After remarking
that Dr Letheby was prejedieed against sewage Irriga-
tion, he said they pledged themselves now to speed
E 25,00). and if it name to the worst, they might be
called au I. speed £B,OOO more.—la answer to Mr
Tisiord. the ItATOII said the Park wail =MI be built
out of the funds of the Council, and not of the festal
Board. —Mr Thump pointed out that they would very
likely require not only £25,000. but £1,00) for the
pumping site, and El 500 for the Park wall, so that the
whole amount would be near £95,000 He believed the
Local Government Board rioull oompel them to carry
out the pumping station If Ineleded in the plans.—The
Town Cum' said the name—Mr Gawrcir thought they
should now only apply for the money required for the
strainer and dare.—iiir Alderman Buoy proposed, and
Mr THOM 4/1 aeoonded, "That the Town Clerk be in-
structed to apply to the Loci! Government Board to
authorise the fend Board of Health for the district of
Weymouth and Hideouts Regis to borrow the sum of
£25,000 on mortgage of the general district rates, for
the pupae of carrying out the drainage and the sani-
tary pleas intended to he submitted to them by Sr
Jobe Goodie for their approval, provided sash pl .ns be
approved of by the Local (levers scent Board."—Carried
Won. COIL

TOWN col:molt.

THE PAUL WALL. —Tbe blsroa esplained that Sr
John Used. laded it was aseessary that the Park wall
should be rebuilt before the B tekwater darn was made.
—Mr TIVAO should withstand making a rate for the
perinea lie thonght they could take In a Aloe of the
Btekwater and sell it to pay for the work, or odd the
oat to the lout, and Ito spread it over 20 or 30 yeari.—
Mr Mr THOMAS, and the Karol, were in
favour of the met being included In the total amount
to be horrowed.—Mr Giov mama sti making an
earthen dam instead of • quay wall.—Kr Luca pro.
poised and Mr Yuman. seeooded " Thal Btr John
Ooode be requested to embrace in Us general system of
drainage the amessary repairs alike Park wali, and
ballade the met thereof Is his estiotates."—Oarried
unanimously.