The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-07-08 00:00:00

THI COUNTY GAOL OFFICIALS.

The ismwerie holf.snrown • week In this pey of
Ms warders of the CIOUCIir g6Ol, wtieh was screed to
it the Quarter Roeder, cannot bat be regarded with
satisfaetion by all ear the mar rabid ronerists, whoa
111. reeollored that the lower paid °Meer ha. only
141. a week, with 2s. 61. dednoted fer the rent of his
soilage. Bar pay le lower thin that of the sgrioul.
tarsi labourer, who only eves lb. a week for his orris,
while tits work to be dor by the wrap," bad tho lose
hours sad slooteentant It distills, sell for a eras of men
who shall at say Tato be on • par with the boat of
farm earvants. Beroad-olar warders reesive 161. and
trot-claw warders 18s. at preeeat, whereas at Taunton
oaly perms pakl 161. are the gale porter sad asok,
and both of them col Istria besides. Tar the swords
Si Teaston kris and the trade instrootors 215.,
with £6 rah ia Ilea of widener All thre too have
5 per sent. idled to thole wages after sera years'
serer*, and other advantegoe ii th• share el obitblsg
and finadeys oat. At the Boomer prison the Deputy.
Governer boo 35a. • week, sad • dark 30s; st nor
prisoa we bailor both oiler are tiled by if r. Bawler
mash lea. it... It Is very important art isconory
should to studied, but, at therm. tire, the ratepayers
of the runty do not want to underpay, as compared
with other prima, the warders and other viol °Moire
who bare eery operate sod important dares to per-
form. The opposition swede by the Oloplrtnea of Boards
of Ousations was very ineffective sad I'llW:warted. If
earrany Is to be had, let It, se Mr. Floyer suggested,
be looked for in soother dlrectre—ln the redsotLin of
the senator of ofileiale in proportioo to the fewer
prisocars now in the poi se compared with former
year.

DORCHBEITZR BOROUGH BURVITOBBHIP.
Tlat MN:salty already exparleafted be obtsfalag
troocestar to Br. Jowout, as Borougt Bummer, 80.,
eters, to call for a assifal 'Mew of work to be per-
forated, sad tbs proWaities of fladlag one man who
ass properly meet all to. dssaads to be ads spas

roe U years Yr. Jove*. Willed the dation of the
egos to the eatiefeetlea of the Omni& AS • draughts.
sae nod in all sake week, SON weld be better, and
he had sub Wordiest knowledge of englaoseteg that
he was able tea enperinanad with ootainerable 11111004114
the within( of the engines ter providing the waist
a.oply. At the seas doe, hie knowledge of eagle*
fitting end the praotical *Made of engine inanagentest
wait really nit, but toot and aptitude larwily supplied
hot laza of elperionoe in that clop...tamed. end the
gradual growth of the, 'earls io the borough dld the
mot

la a nasal town like Dorchester, the °Serial
mot be a man expenenesd in surveying, able to tell
lb. roweuroseat of a OW of ground to a slows foot
and draw • plan of it ; ready at peewit.'
specifications for drainer. works, knowing how
beet to perform atom, and able to ealoelate
to • nicety sot ; skilled in making
and maintaWra roads and pavements ; having
such oxperlow atal knowledge of betiding as to
enable him to, operhatend the works of the Boerd, and
to seam all %bit go submitted to the Joel aethority er
ender their or gesture; such as oetive beetling man
N to have ft.. thorough evoright of the seeveligors
and others ea iplayed by the Council; quick to appre-
hend Use righ I things to he done for the wellbeing of
the inhalator to and reedy todevlse and awry them out.
Hie has also nulmanose to led out sod noires, waste of
water to pre vent by his Wotan' /.
Besides Uwe. multlferions and important duties,
winch owe would think would *coup; his time, the
Surveyor be • the supervision of th• watorworks—esonag.
leg the. ea rh. and all cocumeetod therewith ; and,
obviotudy Ute good menageenest of the embus, and Owe
&moony fuel, imply oestriat srateadeg.
Nom *mating over tho duties laid on the
Betrayal Sanwor maggot tho questloo, oan any
one Imo well perform them all t They MOM •to
emboss the work of a clever builder and surveyor,
and that of a practical engines... oresent the
Br.eveyor hae the senior. cf • maple of Women to
Wailed to the engine, and It does seem that It le worth
too coneideration of the Cawood wbetoer it would not
be letter to hare as woe of the two, a good ..gins
utter, In lien of one of th• present attendant., girls,
him 10e. or 15s. a week mere money, for then • man
would be secured who know the duty well 1144 wee
able to do any ordinary repairs ; and the additional pay
given him meld be deduated from the eidary of the
Sart eyor ; and for that work they oould get a man. who
ao se wyryor and budder oottlii do everything In the way
of p 'tuning and oxoeutlng works, and, with a good
engi Geer at the waterworks, would have due alai, to
gape enfold late proper work in the borough. If
they wee. to select an engineer only. he could not be
expo sled to know all relating to building required; arid
If me iply a surveyor, his experience with 'aglow moat
be se st to nothing. But two could be got in the way
gam sled without any greater oetlay than at present.
W ith • Gem petal t 111:1•100 fitter sod driver the Surveyor
1/0111 ciba,, time to Ingalls lab, amongst other things,
the otaciosuntable waste of water. Tow has been
she re MI to be not the fault of the engines, or the
rae, voir ; Is moat be fa the mane or lorries pipes. No
et ginger could discover It; cal, • practical working
b. elder. Stoppage of sewers, dangerous struotures,
h sows null for oeoupatioo, nuisances of all kinds,
I arched. of road motel, ko.,de,oreall ths work of
• practical surveyor, and an engineer we aid be "at see"
' to regard to them.
The waterworks Is a wetly •witablishowet, and
lowa have good attention, but an engineer only woeld
be alsosothre useless, and It vrc uld sem that the
eiteation eon only be well lied by some we
alnagemilint for having two men • w we have sagioatod.
Fee it is seareely pblo any a on son be • working
engineer, • surveyor, and • pawl boilder—for such
see the Ailed to he letetentied, and, seem If scab a one
altered himself, we might or attire to suggest the
inisolig about • rasa " sok of .11 trades end Nader of
none.

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Binder all this, looking Ice •ward to ooming work in
the borough. there will bat cry icsaortset guttys tot
the new Surveyor incomes'," ou with the Beggars Yam)
fair field. Great Interests are involeed to making the
sew lea field ea 000venleat at possible for all who will
haw, business that.; and it he seedless to point out that
endimalf, or iadited say maii who was not prastially
acquainted with gamy* tg, levelling, sal ballelnit
geoerelly, would be is owsptesat to design, and
1' very espensive to co rry out, ouch work, aa
will there be required . Cinder soy eirimmstanses,
the trandormation of &wort goao lobo a pad
fair field, with sale tit ers, shads, and rem, end all
the rest of it, will be an espeusive stair, and it
dose seem of the but I caportaace to ewer* a Borough
Serveyor who shall hay had mob aperient» in work of
that kind, as will so amend the tioafideinoe of the
oounoil and the robins ,yers, and no lane essential to
hese $ working ought* if °militantly at the waterworks,
who by his knowledge sod constant attendance would
save both foal and outeltinery, sad would relieve the
SsrveVor of all bat solgterlotendense, so that he might
have freedom of both bead and hands to devote to pre-
putag the sew lair field, improving oar I".
sad roeds, mit al the other assareary work it
borough.